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147832 SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1901.

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[January 5, 1901

AN IDEALvCiRCUIT FOR 1901

Editor .Breeder and Sportsman — In response
to your,reqVest I will give my views of a California
circuit; 'for. '1901, and the only condition that I ask is
that ;j;cti'permit me to be known simply by the nom cle
plufye' which I sign to this as I am not a newspaper
; scribe and have not the time nor the inclination to be
' 'a regular correspondent. If my suggestions as to a
California circuit have any merit, let them go for what
they are worth, and if not, I shall be content as a cor-
respondent to "fade like a bright exhalation in the
evening, and no man see me more."

Our State is so large in area, and so small compara-
tively in population that the idea of one main circuit
is entirely impractical. Small districts cannot afford
to give large purses, and railroad hajtfs are too long
and fares too high to make a circuit that extends from
Red Bluff to Los Angeles anything but a losing propo
sition to those trying to cover it, unless they win a
majority of their starts, which is a stroke of luck only
allotted to a very few.

An ideal main or Central Circuit as you have already
suggested in your valuable paper, would comprise the
main districts in close proximity to San Francisco bay,
say San Francisco, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Napa,
Vallejo, Woodland, State Fair, Stockton and San Jose.

This wouid make a circuit of ten weeks — about as
long as horses are raced on the Eastern Grand Circuit,
and give to those who followed it from start to finish
enough racing to satisfy anyone that is not inclined to
hoggishness.

I write from the standpoint of an owner who has
campaigned trotters and also from that of a director
who has triA in a modest way to serve his district,
and knows what difficulty is experienced at times to
make the expenses and the receipts balance.

In my judgment an association having its headquar-
ters in a town of less than five thousand inhabitants
cannot afford to give more than two $1000 purses, one
of which should be for trotters and one for pacers.
The other purses should be for about $500 each.

If possible the Secretaries of the districts on this
main circuit should get together in January each year
and agree on dates, but each should arrange his ow%
program, which should be announced early but entx-ies
not close until three or four weeks prior to each meeting.

Another suggestion of the Breeder and Sports.
MAN'S that I would adopt would be that the program
consist only of such races that fill — and that it be em-
phatically stated that no specials will be given. Tf 18
purses, or enough for six days' racing are advertised,
and but half fi^ make the meeting three days in
length, which wrn
everybody.

The dates I would select for this circuit for 1901
would be as follows:

Petaluma July 29th to August 3d, Santa Rosa August
5th to 10th, Napa August 12th to 17th, Vallejo August
19th to 24th, Woodland August 26th to 31st, State
Fair September 2d to 14th, Stockton September 16th
to 21st, San Francisco September 22d to 28th, San
Jose September 30th to October 5th.

In regard to the program I would suggest races for
two and three year old trotters and pacers owned in
the district, races for 2:30 trotters and 2:25 pacers
owned and bred in the district; a purse of $1000 for
trotters of the 2:20 class and one for pacers of the 2:15
class. The other purses to be $500 each and arranged
after investigation by the Secretaries in accordance
with the classes that would fill the best. The $1000
purses should be the feature of each meeting and need
not be of the same class all through the circuit. Con-
ditions can be made that will be drawing cards here
the same as in the East, where last year the M. & M.,
the Charter Oak and the Transylvania were all for
different classes of trotters.

From my experience I am certain that with ener-
getic work by intelligent secretaries, every district I
have mentioned can give from three to six days of har-
ness racing and have every event fill to the satisfaction
of everybody. The conditions should be five to enter
and three to start. This would give more entries in
my opinion than the custom of calling the races stakes
and requiring eight or more entries necessary to fill.

It would be best that a competent judge and starter
be secured for the entire circuit and that they be paid
a reasonable compensation for their duties.

Instead of figuring on $1500 from bookmakers for the
week and $1500 for gate receipts, as some district asso-
ciations do, I would have nothing but auctions and
mutuals, and would figure on $500 for the privilege and
$2500 for receipts at the gate, which can be secured
with energetic work. If the main source of revenue is
from the bookmakers'- privilege it will be a book-
.:__ „_j these are not popular with the

. be found much more satisfactory to

I have only referred to the harness racing portion of
the district fair program in this communication, and
will simply suggest that there should be liberal
premiums offered for all live stock and for horses of all
classes. A carriage pair that is worth awarding a first
prize to should be required to come up to the standard
and $100 is small enough for the first premium for a
pair that fills the bill. Fewer but larger premiums
would be a good rule to follow.

As a resident of California since the days of '49, I
never had more faith in the future of the harness
horse breeding industry than I have at this moment,
and there is nothing that will so aid it and insure it as
well conducted horse shows and light harness meetings,
which should go together hand in hand, and the aim
be to encourage by every honorable means the breed-
ing of the highest types of horses for the park, the
road, the speedway and the track. Let us all pull
together in 1901, the first year of the new century, and
the strain on tb^fcugs will be much easier thereafter.
^ Pioneer.

Cresceus and The Abbot.

The early proposal to bring The Abbot and Cresceus
together in a series of races next season on the Grand
Circuit tracks has set the admirers of those horses to
comparing their racing careers. In order that an in-
telligent comparison may be made as to the racing
quality displayed by each of these great trotters, the
following compilation has been made:

The Abbot has started in thirty races: first in twenty-
three, second in two, third in one, unplaced in four,
distanced in two.

Cresceus has started in thirty-three races: first in
nineteen, second in nine, third in four, fourth in one,
unplaced in none, distanced in none.

The Abbot has started in 104 heats: won seventy-
four, of which seventy-six were in 2:15 or better, and
thirty-eight in 2:10 or better.

Cresceus has started in 112 heats: won fifty-three, of
which forty were in 2:15 or better, and twenty-one in
2:10 or better.

The Abbot's fastest first heat is 2:07J: second heat,
2:063; third heat, 2:06}; fourth heat, 2:08]; fifth heat,
2:093; his fastest two heats, 2:08}, 2:06|: fastest three
heats, 2:09|, 2:07}, 2:07J.

Cresceus' fastest first heat is 2:06J, second heat 2:06,
third heat 2:06, fourth heat 2&!, fifth heat 2:08}; his
fastest two heats 2:063, 2:074; fastest three heats 2:071,
2:06, 2:06.

The Abbot has started against time six times, in five
of which he scored a winning performance.

Cresceus has started against time seven times in four
of which he scored a winning performance.

The Abbot's fastest miles in 1900 were as follows:

Detroit, July 19th, '.2:07; ReadvUle, Aug. 22d, 2:05};
Providence, Aug. 30th, 2:04?; Hartford, Sept. 7th
(wagon), 2:05J; New Y%rk, Sept. 13th, 2:04; Terre
Haute, Sept. 25th, 2:03}.

Cresceus fastest miles in 1900 were as follows:

Pittsburg, July 4th, 2:10, 2:10; Cleveland, July 23d,
2.07, 2:06}; Columbus, Aug. 2d, 2:07J, 2:06, 2:06; Chi-
cago, Aug. 11th, 2:06J, 2:07J; Syracuse, Aug. 29th,
2:06}; Hartfort, Sept. 6th, 2:04}; Readville, Sept. 27th.
2:07J, 2:071, 2:08}; Cleveland, Oct. 6th, 2;04; Toledo,
Oct. 13th (half-mile track) 2:09}; Toledo, Oct. 12th, to
wagon) 2:13}; Terre Haute, Oct. 16th, 2:05}, Terre

Haute, Oct. 19, 2:04}.

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A $10,000 Pacing Stake.
One thing which has been lacking at the Grand Cir-
cuit meetings at Providence the past two seasons has
been a big stake race. Such events are a drawing
card both to the owners and the public. It is now a
settled fact that all this wfll be changed another year.
F. E. Perkins, president of the association, is planning
to give a Grand Circuit meeting which will outstep all
others ever held at Narragansett Park. A $10,000 stake
is already decided upon, and in all likelihood it will be
made for pacers, as there is not an association which
gives a big pacing event. The classes will be gone
over carefully, and one which will give the best racing
will be selected. Mr. Perkins believes that a star pac-
ing event would furnish as good sport and make equally
as good a drawing card as a trotting event. The trot-
ters may be remembered, however, as Mr. Perkins is
looking the ground over to see if a $10,000 stake would
strike the owners favorably. If he receives sufficient
encouragement he will, without a doubt, go ahead with
a trotting stake of the size mentioned. W. W. Dexter,
secretary of the association, will attend the meeting of
the stewards of the Grand Circuit in February. He
will obtain similar dates to last season, which followed
Readville. A spring meeting will be given, probably
along about the 1st of July. ^

Almonada 27079 Has No Record.

It has been stated in this and other turf papers that
Almonada, owned by Mr. D. F. Ogelsby of Ventura,
this State, got ffr^urd of 2:22 during the past season.
This is a mistake as "we now learn from Almonada's
owner, and doubtless arose from the fact that one of the
Southern California papers gave him credit for a heat
in the summary of a race which he was not entitled
to. While Almonada has no record he will certainly
obtain one during 1901 if raced, and that is Mr.
Oglesby's intention now, having arranged to place
him in the hands of a trainer May 1st, after giving
him a short season in the stud. He is believed to be
one of the most promising green horses in the State,
and made a good showing last year for the very
limited amount of training he received.

Almonada was foaled in 1894 and though bred by
Frank H. Burke, of La Siesta Stock Farm, was foaled
the property of Mrs. F. W. Moore, of Santa Barbara.
His sire was Eros 2:291, sire of Dione 2:07], Wanda
2:14} and others. His dam is Maggie E. 2:19}, by the
great Nutwood. This mare is about 21 years old, still
owned in Santa Barbara county and seems to still
possess all her qualities and faculties regardless of her
extreme age. She is safely in foal to George R., son of
Allen Hope, a son of Guy Wilkes, the dam of George
R. being Recta by Directum 2:05}, second dam the
famous mare Grace by Buccaneer. The second dam of
Almonada was May by Geo. M. Patchen Jr., 31, third
dam a daughter of Rifleman, fourth dam the thorough-
bred mare Ida May by Williamson's Belmont, fifth
dam Mary by Red1 Buck and so on. From this it will
be seen that Almonada is about as well bred as any
horse that will stand for service in California.

Grand Circuit.

[Spirit ot The Times.]
Horsemen now await with keen expectancy the an-
nouncements of the leading associations. At the
recent annual business meeting of the New England
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, it was decided
to have a $20,000 purse again this year, though the
specified class will be determined at a later date. We
hope the Board of Stewards of the Grand Circuit will
meet as soon after the holidays as possible ajuljoutline
their programs. In common consent other associations
and horsemen will make no definite plans till the dates
of the Grand Circuit sre pubUshed. It is quite possi-
ble that the circuit may be enlarged this year, though
there will be the usual difficulty about dates. If
Buffalo has a new track it will certainly want to come
in, still as the present club has prior rights it has the
right of way, but as the great Pan American Exhi-
bition will be in progress the city could easily sup-
port two weeks of trotting sport. Syracuse and
Rochester are named as possible applicants for dates;
the latter would have a chance, being a former mem-
ber, while Syracuse has good claims. In spite of all
the reports to the contrary we shall expect to see a
Grand Circuit meeting at the Empire City track, and
we presume that Terre Haute will again hold the last
meeting of the series. It will lie remembered that last
year there was a vacant week before Terre Haute, and
we presume Detroit could start a week earlier, this
would give us two out of three weeks needed, if
Rochester, Syracuse and the New Buffalo Association
want to come in. But none of these questions can be
settled till a stewards meeting is held, and in the
interests of all involved that meeting should be held
early.

Nutwood Leads as Brood Mare Sire.
The table following gives all sires whose daughters
have produced nine or more performers in the 2:15 list

Nutwood

George Wilkes

Blue Bull

Red Wilkes

Mambrino Patchen.

Strathmore

Dictator

Onward

Jay Gould

Almont

Mambrino King

Happy Medium

Electioneer

Harold

Alcantara

Robert McGregor. . .

Enfield

Kentucky Prince

No. in
: 15 list.

No. in
2:10 list

34

7

25

7

23

S

20

i

18

1

16

6

13

4

13

3

13

2

13

2

12

4

12

0

10

2

10

2

9

4

9

4

9

1

9

0

Joshua Babcock is starting a stock farm on the out-
skirts of Albany, N. Y., with the Palo Alto bred horse
Flower Boy by Nephew, out of the famous Wildflower

Answers^o_Cerrespondents.

Free Coinage — This son c* Abbotsford out of Agnes
by Jim Lick, was bred bf Hamilton Bowie of Sat
Francisco, and campaigned by the veteran drive
Peter Brandow. His record is 2:20 made at San Jose
California, September 27, ',894. His age is not given in
the Year Books, but be w:-s trotting in races in 1891
and is probably fifteen yea,3 old, and perhaps older if

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Pacific Northwest Circuit.

A meeting of the fair managers was held at the office
of the Rural Spirit in Portland on Saturday, Dec.
loth. From the columns of the paper mentioned we
take the following account of the proceedings:

The meeting was called to order and W. H. Weh-
rung was elected temporary chairman and W. A.
Austin temporary secretary.

Among those present were: D. A. McAllister, La
Grande; Joseph A. Borden, Spokane; W. H. Wehrung.
Hillsboro; M. D. Wisdom, Portland; A. T. Van De
Vanter, Seattle; W. A. Austin, Lewiston: C. S. Dove-
land, Boise; W. H Keary, New Westminster, B. C; J.
Peirson, Victoria, B. C.

The matter of forming an association to control and
regulate the running races at the various fairs and
race meetings was first discussed. A plan of organiza-
tion was drawn up by the secretary, and after some
slight amendments and additions, was adopted, which
read as follows:

Resolved, 1. That an association be formed for the
purpose of regulating and controling the future of run-
ning races at the various tracks at fairs and race meet-
ings throughout the circuit of the North Coast states.

2. That any reputuoble fair or racing association in
the states of Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho,
Montana, Wyoming or Utah, or in British Columbia
be eligible to membership on payment of a member-
ship fee of $25.

3. That the association be called the Pacific North-
west Racing Association.

4. That the officers of this association shall consist
of a president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary.
A board of directors, consisting of one member from
each local association, to be elected each year.

5. That this board adopt for the government of
racing the rules of the California Jockey Club, and
that the by-laws of the National Trotting Association,
amended to suit local conditions, be adopted as the by-
laws of this association.

6. That the board of appeals, to be selected one
from each state or province, who shall have the same
powers and duties as are delegated to the board of ap-
peals of the National Trotting Association.

7. That all fines and penalties imposed and collected
at any race meeting held by its members, shall be paid
to this association, and reports of all such penalties be
promptly sent to the secretary.

8. That all jockeys must have a license from this
association before being permitted to ride at any meet-
ing held by its members, said license to be good for one
year and to cost $1.

9. That the local officers, directors or judges of the
local associations have no power to remit any fine once
imposed, and that the only means of removing any
such disability shall be through the board of appeals
and claims and protests must be made to that body.

10. That the annual meeting of the board of direct-
ors, of which the president and secretary are ex-officio
members, and the board of appeals, shall be held in
Portland, Oregon, the second Saturday in December of
each year.

On motion, the meeting elected the necessary officers
with the exception of the board of directors, who will
be chosen later by the local associations, with the fol-
lowing results:

President, W. H. Wehrung, Hillsboro, Oregon.

Vice-President, W. A. Austin, Lewiston, Idaho.

Secretary and treasurer, M. D. Wisdom, Portland,
Oregon.

Board of Appeals —

For British Columbia — R. Leighton, Vancouver.
B. C.

For Oregon — D. A. McAllister, La Grande, Ore.

For Washington — A. T. Van De Vanter, Seattle,
Wash.

For Idaho — C. S. Loveland, Boise, Idaho.

Resolved, That the secretary be instructed to send
at once to each local association a copy of the rules,
and that each association be required to elect their
member of the board of directors at the eai'liest possi-
ble date.

The meeting then endeavored to arrange the dates
for the various meetings to be held during the coming
year, but all could not be arranged to the satisfaction
of the various local associations, and the list stands as
follows at the present time, but will probably be modi-
fied somewhat latter by the local boards :

Vancouver, B. C. — August 31th to September 2d.

Everett, Wash. — September 9th to 11th.

Boise, Idaho — September 16th to 21st.

Salem, Ore. — September 23d to 28th.

La Grande, Ore. — October 1st to 5th.

Lewiston, Idaho — October 7th to 12th.

Victoria, B. C— October 7th to 12th.

Spokane, Wash. — October 14th to 19th.

Dates for the Washington State Fair at North
Yakima were not fixed, as they had no representative
present.

Adjourned.

James Thompson's Speech.
When the Pacific District Board of Appeals of the
National Trotting Association met in San Francisco
last December "Jim" Thompson, the well known
trainer and reinsman appeared before that body in the
character of plaintiff. He asked to be released from a
suspension imposed by one of the district secretaries,
but after hearing Thompson's side of the story the
Board concluded that the suspension was legally made
and James lost his case.

Before the case was submitted Mr. Thompson asked
the privilege of addressing the Board, a courtesy that
was cheerfully granted. It is a loss to the turf litera-
ture of the Pacific Coast that a stenographic report of
the speech was not made as it was not only eloquently
delivered but contained so many apt illustrations and
bull's eye hits that it was worthy of preservation in
its entirety. The writer, however, can recall a portion
of it which was about as follows :

"Gentlemen of the Board, I would like to make a
few remarks with your permission on the relations
between associations and horsemen. As several of you
doubtless know from experience, the horse owner and
the trainer are not always inside the money in the
races, or reclining on a bed of roses, when they retire
at night to seek sweet and innocent repose. They
have to dig deep into their pockets for entrance

money, hotel
bills, car fares,
etc., and the
majority find
the balance on
the wrong side
of the ledger at
the end of the
season. We
hear much
about true and
tried officials
being necessary
to make the
drivers obey
strictly and to
the letter
every rule in
the book, but,
gle n t lemen,
what is sauce
for the equine
goose should
also be sauce
for the asso-
ciation gander.
I recall a meeting that was given down here at the beau-
tiful Tanforan course during the first week in October
last. When we trainers arrived upon the grounds we
were confronted by notices which told us in big and im-
pressive letters that the rules forbidding the laying up
of heats would be most rigidly enforced. An eminent
gentleman, high in the councils of the great Demo-
cratic party had been chosen as presiding judge. In
stentorian tones and with profound dignity he called
us drivers together and imparted the information that
any one attempting to lay up a heat, drive unfairly or
violate one jot or tittle of the statutes in such cases
made and provided would be punished to the full ex-
tent of the law. Expulsion, suspension, imprisonment
for life and hanging arose before us like grim spectres
while listening to his deep and sepulchral warning.
Then, gentlemen, they placed in the stand as second
judge, the aged and learned author of the laying-up
rule, the great and good and pure "Hoot Mon" of the
turf who had by his side as third judge, one of Amer-
ica's greatest reinsmen, and it was given out that
should one of us fail to drive his horse out to the
limit, the animal would be taken from our charge and
the man who piloted Dexter and Goldsmith Maid and
Nancy Hanks to world's records would take the mount
behind our horses and drive them to win.

"Gentlemen, this idea that here in California we were
to have one association that would live up to the rules
in every respect and require every man to do his duty,
filled our minds wTith awe as well as fear, and during
three days Dot a driver mounted his bike but with an
apprehension that an innocent mistake might result in
a ruling off. The drivers went out and raced well.
Two or three suspicious incidents occurred and fines
followed quickly. But. gentlemen, on the fourth day
a few clouds appeared in the sky. They grew darker
and darker until finally the gentle rain dropped from
heaven upon the ground beneath. An edict went forth
that the meeting was off. By the following morning
the sun shone in all his regal splendor, and a better day
and track for racing were never seen. The next day
was like it, but the meeting was off and the horsemen
that had entries in the races for those days had to
remove their horses from the track and go home.
Rule 27, section 5, was enforced as far as the drivers
were concerned: rule 18, it seemed, did not apply to the
association.

"Now, gentlemen, I think it would be as well if the
rules could be enfor^e'd on all alike. Do not make fish
of one and flesh of another. If we drivers must walk
on a chalked line, have • the Secretaries and all the
officers do the same. In-tb^ language of the immortal
Shakespeare, or some one hi those poet fellows, "hew
to the line, let the chips fall' where they may," and I
pledge you the horsemen will be.satisfied. Gentlemen,
I thank you."

Second Vice-President N. T. Smith i reminded Mr.
Thompson that the meeting he referred, ;t>o was held
under American rules instead of National, ' which re-
leased the latter association from any blame in the
matter, but the Board seemed to acquiesce in the points
made by Mr. Thompson's eloquent effort and there is
no doubt but it had considerable effect, even though
the case under discussion was decided against him.

Would Prevent Ringing.

A member of a prominent eastern horse dealer's firm
makes a suggestion for the benefit of the parent trot-
ting associations. Every horse handled by his firm is
marked by a number on the off front hoof with a hot
iron, and on the neck, under the mane, another letter
in Roman numerals. This is done to preserve the
identity of each horse. The numbers on the hoof in-
dicates the number of the carload, and the numerals
on the neck show the number of the horse in that par-
ticular load. Speaking of the application of this
system to the trotting turf he says: "I never could
understand why the National Trotting Association
hasn't adopted a similar system to ours for keeping
track of all the horses campaigned on its tracks. Sup-
pose every horse was branded under the mane with a
number the first time he started in public, and that the
number was registered, along with the name of the
horse in the secretary's office at Hartford. I guess the
people who ring horses would have to go into some
other fine of business after that kind of a scheme was
put in practice. It would stop every crooked horse in
America, and most of them in Europe, too. The plan
is practicable — thoroughly so. Every trotting meet-
ing has a horseshoer, and he could do the work of
branding just as easily as he could set a shoe. Make
the owner of the horse pay for it, and let the associa-
tion assign certain numbers to each member, so that
no two horses would be branded alike. There is no
cruelty about it. The United States government
branes every horse bought for the army, and lots of
private breeders and business firms do it, too." This
scheme is not new by any means, but has never met
with much favor from the officials of the National As-
sociation. The fact that many owners would object to
having their horses branded has been the greatest ob-
jection to it. Many people have an idea that it dis-
figures a horse, but this is not so. All the horses bred
at the famous Palo Alto Farm are branded under the
mane, and while the marks are perfectly legible, they
would not be noticed unless one was looking for them.

Horses With Memories.

The following stories are traveling on the hot air
circuit :

" That horses remember their racing days was
evidenced by the performance of Rachel B. 2:28£ by
AUie West, at the Meadowlands Farm one day last
fall. After she had weaned her last colt by Wood
Boy it was decided to turn her out in the infield of the
farm track. It was expected that the old mare would
cross the track to the tract of clover in the infield, but
instead she went to the stand, took the outside of the
track and jogged around it three times, and then,
turning above the wire, took the pole and went around.
She kept going until stopped by the men. The next
day when turned out she went through the same per-
formance, and she made it necessary for the farm to
find a new paddock for her. Rachel B. is 24 years old,
and has not been raced in seventeen years. She is the
dam of Raven 2:10 and Edna Cook 2:12.

Another instance that comes to mind is in connec-
tion with the famous ex-Cleveland whirlwind, Guy
2:09^. After passing to D. J. Campau, the Detroit
political boss and owner of the Chicago Horseman, it
happened that the old black geldiDg was being driven
along Woodward avenue to a phaeton. A motorman,
as is their custom, clanged away at his bell, and hear-
ing it Guy pulled up at once and tried to turn. He
fancied it was the recall bell, beyond a doubt. You
know that in the event of a runaway at a race meet-
ing the starter's bell almost always will bring a mis-
creant to his senses and a jog, to the end that he is
readily secured. Always remember it, too.

Universally Endorsed.

Mr. A. W. Knight, a prominent horseman at Riverpoint, R. i.,
writes: " I have used Quinn's Ointment for several years and know
it is all you claim for it. I cheerfully recommend it to all who
want to remove a swelling of any kind." Quinn's Ointment is uni-
versally endorsed by the most noted horsemen throughout the
United States. For curbs, splints, spavins, windpuffs and all en-
largements, it has no peer Regular size only $1.00 by mail or ex-
press prepaid, if you cannot obtain from your druggist.
W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, N. Y.

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[Januaey 5, 1901

Charles Marvin's Good Luck.

|| HOW TWO CHAMPIONS' WERE SHOD.

• ' In my opinion there,iVere horses bred twenty years
ago that would hate, Veen as fast as the fastest we now
have, had they" received the advantages of education,
modern haivnesv boots and tracks that the champions
of to-day „enjdy."

The .ajj'o'ye remark spoken recently in the presence
of that Veteran champion reinsman, Budd Doble, now
a resident of San Francisco, elicited a prompt expression
of acquiescence on his part and the next day he brought
into the office of the Breeder and Sportsman two

Hind Shoe worn by Nancy Hanks 2:04. Weight 3H ounces.
Actual size 6x4 inches outside measurements.

shoes, photographic engravings of which are presented
herewith, and told a few facts to illustrate the truth of
the sentence above quoted.

"This," he said, "is the hind shoe worn by Nancy
Hanks when she made her record of 2:04 at Terre
Haute, September 28th, 1892."

We placed it on the scales and it weighed a very
slight fraction over three ounces.

"Nancy," said Mr. Doble, "always slid her hind
feet a little forward on striking the ground, and they
slipped back a little as she picked them up. I wanted
to keep every fraction of the forward slide if possible
and get rid of the backward slide. Calks would pre-
vent the latter, but also the former, and I finally hit
upon the idea of making^he toe of the shoe concave
and rather sharp at the forward edge. It was success-
ful and one can readily see from the formation of the
shoe just how it worked. Nancy's shoe when first put
on weighed 3 5-6 ounces, and the loss in weight is
accounted for by the wear it received on her foot and
has received in handling since, as many horsemen have
held it and studied its style and pattern. Her front
shoes weighed aboutten ounces when first put on and
wore down to eight, which was about what they
weighed when she made her record."

"Now Goldsmith Maid in my opinion was just as fast
a mare naturally as Nancy Hanks. She did not re-
quire any heavier shoes than the daughter of Happy
Medium, but here is what she wore on her hind foot,"
and Mr. Doble produced a shoe that looked like those
worn by the average buggy or road horse. It weighed
ten ounces and had been worn down at least an ounce.

"The Maid had the same sliding forward and back-
ward movement with her hind feet that Nancy did, "
said Mr. Doble. "I corrected the backward slip with
the calks but am convinced now that I lost more than
I gained as it prevented the forward slide, and allow-
ing only a couple of inches for this (and it was more)
one can figure out by the number of strides to a mile
how much was lost. Having eleven ounces behind
Goldsmith Maid had to carry fourteen on each foot in
front. Had I known as much about shoeing in 1874,
when I gave the Maid her record as I did eighteen
years afterwards she would have had a record close to
the present championship mark. And then she never
pulled a sulky that weighed less than 90 pounds, and
when it is further considered that Nancy Hanks and
her successors all made their records with the aid of
the modern bike, Goldsmith Maid's performances are
still more wonderful. There has been a great advance-
ment in the breeding of trotters since the days of
Dexter, but I bolieve that there were horses then that
had as much speed as the champions of the present."

The many friends of Charles Marvin, formerly trainer
at Palo Alto Stock Farm in this State, will be pleased
to know that he was the recipient on Christmas Day
of a gift from Miller & Sibley of their entire stable of
trotting horses, comprising twenty-one head. A dis-
patch from Lexington received this week says:

" The gift of the Miller & Sibley trotting holdings,
consisting of twenty-one head of horses, to Charles
Marvin develops the' fact that Marvin has been receiv-
ing more from the firm than Sibley was making in
Congress. The trainer's retainer was $5000 a year,
and in addition he received a percentage of winnings,
which was guaranteed to be at least $2500.

Ceeelian 2:22 and a band of six brood mares highly
bred, are included in the gift. The good campaigner,
Battlesign 2:13i, heads the horses in training, and
there is a good lot of youngsters coming on from which
Marvin expects to develop stake winners. Marvin will
have the use of Ashland Park farm for two years,
when the lease held by Miller & Sibley will expire.
Marvin has ridden behind more world's record per-
formers than any living man, and his reputation is
national. The gift of Miller & Sibley is considered the
equivalent of $25,000 by horsemen who are in a position
to know the value of the animals transferred.

Miller & Sibley first attempted to establish a breed-
ing farm in Pennsylvania, but, failing, brought their
horses to Kentucky about ten years ago. Since then
Marvin has been in their employ. They were heavy
buyers of Palo Alto stock, and their Pennsylvania
place was known as the Palo Alto of the East. Their
retirement from the business is the cause of universal
regret among the horsemen here.

The Breeder and Sportsman extends congratu-
lations to Mr. Marvin and hopes that he will breed and
drive as many record breakers in the future as he has
in the past.

A Good Grandson of Hermit.

There is a horse now here in San Francisco, whose
racing days are over, but that is strong and vigorous
and in good condition for stud purposes that should
make a good sire. We refer to Storm King, the son
of imp. Whistle Jacket, one of the best sons of the
great Hermit ever brought to America. Storm King
was a good race horse — one of the best handicap horses
of his day. He holds the world's record for a two year
old on a circular track, 54} seconds, made when he won
the Maxwell House stake at Nashville. He won the
same year the Pabst Brewing House stake at Milwau-
kee, beating the Burns & Waterhouse pair Altamax
and Parthemax, running the three-quarters in 1:14
with 118 pounds up. He also won the Hollywood stake
at New York, five-eighths over the Gravesend track
in 1:01}, defeating Tragedian, Casseopia and the best
two year olds of that year running on the New York
tracks.

Storm King ran a mile and a sixteenth in 1:46, de-
feating the great mare Imp, and he has beaten such

Hind Shoe worn by Goldsmith Maid 2:14. Weight 10 ounces.
Actual size 5%x4% inches outside measurements.

horses as David Tenny, Mary Black, Way W. and
others of the top notchers.

As an individual he is a jet black with a strip on
nose and stands 16.3. He is well proportioned and a
grand looking horse every way. His breeding, as will
be seen by turning to our advertising columns where it
is tabulated to the fifth cross, shows that besides being
a grandson of Hermit, he has two crosses of the great
Stockwell close up mingled with the blood of the great
Lexington and other of the leading sires of the world.

His owner was offered $12,000 for Storm King when
he was a two year old by Gen. W. H. Jackson, owner
of that princely domain Belle Meade. Storm King
has run and won many races since and being but seven
years of age should be a very valuable stallion for
some stock farm.

Pleasanton Stalls Filling Up.

There must be nearly seventy-five horses occupying
stalls at Pleasanton race track already, and it will not
be long before regular work will be started on them
for the great harness racing of the new century.

James Sutherland is working the track and has it in
splendid condition for training — a nice cushion on it so
that colts and horses will not be sored up; and still fast
enough for them to show their speed if it is desired.

James Thompson has Little Thorne 2:07}, Goshen
Jim 2:101, Monica 2:15, Algonetta by Eros, a mare by
Charles Derby, a three year old pacer by Steinway
that is another cracker jack of the Oakwood Park
breeding, and a chestnut mare by Hambletonian
Wilkes out of Anna Belle by Dawn that will get a low
mark.

Nine horses belonging to A. W. Shippee are being
put in condition to sell or race. They are by Haw-
thorne, Dictator Wilkes and Moses S. and are a very
promising lot.

Bert Webster, the trainer who developed the cham-
pion Bonnie Direct 2:05}, has about ten horses in his
string all looking well. Mr. Griffith's great young
horse will do well in the stud this year and deserves to
as he is one of the fastest, most royally bred and hand-
some stallions in America.

John Blue, "the best conditioner and most careful
man that ever worked a horse' ' as Tom Keating once
said of him, has a public stable and will soon have his
limit. He has seven now, some of them belonging to
Mr. Juan Gallegos of Mission San Jose, a gentleman
who is breeding on the right lines with some of the
best bred£mares in the country. He has patronized
such stallions as Diablo 2:09}, Direct 2-.05J, Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16} and McKinney 2:11}, and the results will
soon be seen at the race meetings. Blue will soon get
them all going, but of course no fast work need be
looked for before May or June.

Millard Sanders has selected his stalls and will soon
have about ten head from the Santa Rosa stock farm
those three great mares Janice 2:13}, Dolly Dillon 2:llj
and Bonsilene 2:14| being members of the string. He
will also have three or four youngsters that he thinks
will be in the 2:15 list before the racing season is over.

J. M. Alviso is also at it again and will probably be
out this year with a regular campaigning stable.

John Sawyer is expected now any day with his string
from the Van De Vanter Stock Farm. He will bring
seven or eight intended for the circuit of 1901.

Bill Murray has Diablo in fine shape for the season
of 1901. This horse has been getting a better class of
mares during the past two years than ever before and
as his get are right up among the principal money
winners every year, he is certain to be a well patron-
ized stallion from now on.

Rey Direct 2:10, Geo. Davis' stallion, is one of the
grandest looking horses at Pleasanton and will be
patronized to his limit this year. That colt stake
which Mr. Davis proposes for the get of his horse
ought to be given over the Pleasanton track and if
it should be, my word for it, a big grand stand would
be necessary to hold the crowd.

William Welch's stallion, G. W. Archer, by Aller.
ton, attracts a great deal of attention and is surely a
fine individual and moves like a trotter. He will get
his share of patronage, as the Allerton blood is highly
thought of.

The Nutwood Stock Farm's string are at the track
in charge of William Cecil and all look good. There
are eight three year olds by Nutwood Wilkes that will
compare favorably with a like number from any stock
farm in the country. Bob Ingersoll 2:14} and Irving-
ton Boy 2:18} are looking as if they could reduce their
records right now.

Pleasanton still remains the horse centre and is
ready for visitors at all times.

Occasional.

Proposed Double Track.

A dispatch from Sacramento says: Judge Peter J.
Shields, who is acting as secretary of the State Board
of Agriculture until his successor shall be appointed,
stated to-day that it was proposed, in case the Board
is allowed by the Legislature to sell the present grounds
and secure a new location, to build two tracks, one to
be used exclusively for trotting races and the other for
running races. The former will be a mile in length,
and the latter a mile and an eighth.

This plan, it is expected, will do away with the objec-
tion of the running horse men to having races on the
hard trotting track on the same days that trotting is
indulged in. They complain that it breaks down their
horses and have demanded that the races be run on
alternate days in order that the track may be har-
rowed and softened for the runners. Judge Shields
states that it as desirable for a variety of reasons to
have running races on each day of the fair, and that
with the two tracks this can be done with less injury
to the horses than would result in attempting to alter
a single track from day to day.

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SULKY NOTES.

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Good prospects are held high.

The Central Circuit will do much for the harness
horse this year.

John R. Gentry 2:001 is jogging" as sound as a dollar,
and Andrews expects him to stand a preparation next

It is officially announced that Montana will have
racing next year at Butte and Anaconda. Full partic-
ulars, including dates, will be published soon.

Dan Misner has received from W. J. Bruce of Oregon
the horses Graceful George 2:23J and Mack 2:22i, two
of as good roadsters as Mr. Misner has driven over the
park roads for some time.

A good report comes from Hollister. All bills in-
curred by the agricultural association, at their fair in
1900, haye been paid in full and there is a small
balance remaining in the treasury.

The well known trotting mare Derby Princess 2:08J,
who was knocked down to B. B. Thomas of St. Louis
at the recent New York sale, has been shipped to
Grattan Farm, Wheaton, 111., and will be bred to
Tommy Britton 2:06i.

The two year old by Cresceus 2:04, out of Blessing
sister to Larabie 2:12|, has been named Crescent. This
is the youngster for which $3000 was refused early in
the summer and which will be sent to the Ketcham
Farm stable next year.

We want every trainer to send us a list of the horses
he has or will have in his string this year as far as
known. Secretaries must have this data to enable
them to make up their programs for 1901 and look to
the Breeder and Sportsman to furnish it.

A report comes from Buffalo that Geers has discov-
ered a new pacer that he thinks will be one of the free-
for-all candidates for 1901. He is called Shadow Chimes
and is a full brother to Carillon 2:16£ and Charming
Chimes 2:11\. His speed is said to be as great as any
green horse Geers ever handled.

Ed Lafforty has seven horses in his string at Ala-
meda that he is jogging and getting ready for work
later on. The stallion Boydello 2:14^ is looking in
extra line shape and ready for the stud season. The
grandson of Electioneer will be allowed to serve a few
mares before being placed in training.

The correspondent of the Associated Press at Berlin
learns from private sources that Emperor William will
send a special envoy shortly to make a tour of the
American stock farms, with the view of purchasing
saddle and carriage horses for the imperial stables.
Hitherto purchases have been made exclusively in
Hungary and England.

Many reinsmen do not walk their horses between
heats on warm days, and they seem to win as many
races as the fellow who drills and drills. A prominent
campaigner said: "Why, if I could learn my horse
to lay down and rest between heats I could win first
money oftener. We all do a great many things, be-
cause it's the fashion that don't amount to much."

It is officially announced that a harness meeting will
be given at Nutwood Park, Dubuque, Iowa, in August
next. The principal events will be the Dubuque Prep-
aration Stake, $7500, for three year old trotters; a stake
worth $2500 for pacing three year olds, and a $10,000
event for trotting stallions, will also be opened. H. L.
Clark of St. Joseph, Mo., will be secretary under the
new management.

Edwin Gaylord signed a three years' lease to Over-
land park, Denver, Col., and has already announced
his dates for 1901. They will be June 15th to 29th in-
clusive. Two harness and four running events will
occur each day and about $40,000 will be hung up in
purses. Mr. Gaylord is well and favorably known
among horsemen and will have the support of a good
element in his meeting.

The Road Drivers' Association of New York, through
its executive committee, has placed itself on record as
disapproving of betting on match races held on the
speedway, and in the future will in no way recognize
or officially participate in any race in which there is
money involved. The committee decided that in the
future the association shall devote more of its attention
to horse shows and parades and the giving of matinee
races.

L. E. Clawson, owner of Phoebe Childers 2:10£, was
presented with a good-looking, well-bred colt recently
by his friend Geo. Fox of Clements, Cal., and on
January 1st made a good start for the year by entering
the colt in the Occident Stake for 1903. He calls the
youngster Keeley. He is a bay, foaled in May last,
and is by Silver Bow, dam Josie Clawson by Nushagak,
seeond dam Venturess by Arthurton, third dam Lady
Venture, a full sister to the thoroughbred horse Ven-
ture that took a record of 2:27£ in 1877.

Mart Rollins, a well known Santa Rosa horseman
who was recently employed with R. A. Thompson in
buying horses for the German government, passed
through Petaluma Wednesday morning for San Fran-
cisco to bring to this county a band of these self-same
horses. The German government bought some 3500
head of California and Oregon horses at an average of
$125 per head and then when the Chinese question
quieted a bit the horses were on the government's
hands without any immediate use for them. The
government sold back to the supplying contractors
several hundred head at a big sacrifice, and it is a por-
tion of this stock that Mr. Rollins proposes to bring to
Petaluma and put on the market. — Petaluma Argus.

Parties wanting good racing prospects for 1901, or
roadsters that are good looking and can step fast can
find them at the Rose Dale stock farm, at Santa Rosa.
A letter mailed to that address a day or two previous
will result in having a conveyance in waiting at the
depot to show visitors over the farm. There are a
number of the get of Daly 2:15 and the grandson of
Electioneer St. Whips in training now.

Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick of this city visited Pleasanton
last week and knowing his appreciation of a ride be-
hind a fast horse James Thompson asked him to get
into a speed cart and drive Goshen Jim 2:102, a mile.
The son of Moses S. is in fine fettle and wanted to go,
so Mr. Kirkpatrick let him step and he went around
the track in 2:15.1 so easily that Mr. K. was convinced
that had he driven him hard he would have equalled
his record.

Good horses ai'e becoming very scarce. Reports
from all over the country say that it is almost impossi-
ble to pick up desirable animals at any price. This is
not only true of trotting stock," but also of high
grade carriage horses. A number of dealers are even
picking up two or three year olds, which they will
keep over until they arrive at a saleable age. Desir-
able horses will bring prices for the next three or four
years at least.

D. F. Ogelsby, one of our subscribers, writing from
Ventura, says: "There is quite an interest being shown
in and around this place and Santa Barbara, in regard
to standard bred horses and roadsters. I think your
published suggestions in regard to the directors of as-
sociations conferring with horsemen and shortening
the number of days in smaller towns, has already
in some and will be acted in other places with advant-
age to all interested parties."

Capt. Ben E. Harris owned some years ago a hand-
some road horse that he called Fauntleroy. He was a
son of the Nutwood horse Brown Jug and was sold,
finally dropping out of the Captain's sight entirely. A
few days since he received a letter from a gentleman in
Maryland asking for particulars of the horse's breed-
ing, etc., and the letter stated that although Fauntle-
roy was getting old he could hold his own with any of
the fastest roadsters in that locality.

The horse stock of the United States has increased
in value since 1897 $150,000,000. With something like
14,000,000 horses in the country, this represents an im-
provement of about $13 per head. It is the opinion of
experts that the next three years will show a still more
remarkable increase in values. The markets of the
world are now demanding horses of the highest class,
regardless of price, and at the same time the horses of
a low grade are becoming more and more unsalable.

The ready wit of an Irishman in saddle or sulky is
proverbial. It was Johnny Murphy who said that a
trotter given to running behind had uan impediment
in his gait." It is related of an Irish car driver who
had a sorry nag drawing a traveler at a snail's pace in
his trap, that on being asked if the horse was sick,
replied: "No, sor, he's not sick, but it's unlucky he
is, sor, unlucky. You see, sor, ivery mornin, afore I
put 'm in the shafts, I tosses him whither 'e'll av a
feed of oats or I'll av a dhrink av whiskee, an the poor
baste has lost five mornin's runnin'."

At an appraisement of the property of the late W.
B. Hinshaw of Sonoma county recently the draft
stallion Napoleon the First was put in at $675, the price
offered by a person who wanted the horse. When this
sale came up for confirmation last week there was an-
other bidder and the horse finally brought $900, being
purchased by J. D. Hinshaw. Napoleon the First, we
understand, is a cross bred horse, being by a Percheron
stallion and from a Clydesdale mare, and is a very fine
individual.

George H. Ketcham, the owner of Cresceus, is kept
busy filling orders for high class horses for export to
Europe. He recently received an order from Anna
Held, the actress, to ship her a pair of high class show
horses to Paris, and also filled an order from Louis
Winans, of Brighton, England, for a great show horse
with speed to compete in the show classes in England.
The gelding Excellency, eight years old, with a three
year old record of 2:29J, by Damo, dam by Erie Wilkes,
was purchased on this order.

There were 305 original entries in the Pacific Breed-
ers Futurity, $6000 guaranteed by the Pacific Coast
Trotting Horse Breeders Association for the foals of
mares bred in 1900. The second payment was due
Wednesday of this week and those from a distance
will probably not be in until the early part of next
week. Up to Thursday afternoon Secretary Kelly had
received payments on 225 nominations at his office,
which shows that the stake will come up to every ex-
pectation of its inaugurators.

The Jewettville covered track is becoming very
popular with trainers as a winter training ground,
Quite a number of stables are already quartered there.
At the head of the list is the Village Farm stable.
This string wintered at the track last year and goes
there again this year in preference to moving south.
The stable is in three divisions, and there are thirty-
eight horses in all, in charge of trainers Geers, Foster
and White. Most of these horses have never been
raced, in fact, only three of the thirty-eight have
records. These three are in Geer's stable, and they
are The Abbot 2:03], Lord Derby 2:07 and The Queen
2:10^, which took her record in 1899, and was not raced
the past season.

The green trotter Salient, by Wickliffe, having
astonished New York Speedway drivers by beating J.
W. Cornish's fast horse David B. 2:09^, in a brush on
the Speedway, is a candidate for still further honors,
as his owner Charles Weiland, has issued a challenge
for a race with any green horse that may be brought
to meet him. Salient's improvement has been so quick
and decided that he is a formidable rival in the matter
of development to Prince D., the green pacer bought
by C. R. Bentley of Buffalo, at Muncie, Ind., for $3000
only a few days ago. Prince D. is expected to become
a star of the turf next season. Shrewd horsemen who
have seen Salient in action say that with proper hand-
ling he, too, may cause a stir in harness racing. — N.
Y. Times.

John S. Phippen has been back in California for two
weeks on a visit to the " folks at home " during the
holidays. He left for Dallas, Texas, on Thursday, and
will immediately begin getting a lot of horses ready for
the Chicago sale which takes place in February.
Phippen gave many of the get of Electrite records dur-
ing the year just closed, but it is the custom of the
Lomo Alto Farm to sell their record horses each year
and develop new ones. After the sale Mr. Phippen
will start in training a number of colts and fillies and
will be out on the Mississippi valley circuit again this
year. All his old friends will be glad to know that he
has enjoyed the best of health since leaving California
two years ago and expects to some day again make his
home here on the Pacific.

In the State Fair edition of the Breeder and
Sportsman published September 1, 1900, it was an-
nounced that a gold medal for best display of horse
boots and light harness would come to California from
the Paris Exposition. That a telegram had been
received from the firm's representative in Paris that
the house of J. O'Kane of this city had been awarded
the gold medal for its exhibit at the great show, which
is the highest award to be obtained. Now that the
gold medals have been issued by the proper authorities
of the Exposition and distributed to the winners
thereof, it is found that it is Mr. John A. McKerron of
San Francisco who won the great prize, and herewith
we present a photographic reproduction of the beauti-
ful award. The medals are of pure gold, mounted in
a handsome blue silk plush case, showing the obverse
and reverse sides. No more'exquisite workmanship or
more beautiful and original designs have ever been
issued from a world's fair and they must be seen to be
thoroughly appreciated. Mr. McKerron has them on
exhibition at his place of business, 203 Mason street,
and they are worthy of inspection by those who appre-
ciate art in any form. That Mr. McKerron received
the gold medal is no surprise to California horsemen.
It has long been known to them all that his harness
and horse boots were the best on earth, and a majority
of the leading Eastern trainers are evidently of the
same opinion, as they use the McKerron goods, which
also go to the principal foreign cities of the world in
response to orders from those who want the best.

GOLD MEDAL. Awarded to John A. McKerron of San Francisco for Best Harness and Horse Boots at Paris Exposition.

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Chance Horse Breeding.

William Easton. the New York thoroughbred horse
auctioneer, says that the American Breeders: Protec-
tive Association is wrong in theory and is perhaps a
trust to discourage the small breeder. The theory of
the association is to buy in cheap, underbred mares
and fillies or high bred ones of bad individuality and
sell them without their pedigrees as work horses.
During the recent sales the association bought largely
of the offerings through Secretary Chenault, and Mr.
Easton frequently protested against his bidding on
well bred youngsters which had not been given a trial.
Mr. Easton maintains that the breeding business is
largely a matter of chance, and that if the association
had existed in past years the turf would have been
deprived of some of its most famous horses. He
declares that the breeding of the high-mettled racer
can never be reduced to an exact science, and recites
instances from turf history to substantiate his claim.

Being an Englishman himself and well acquainted
with English horses, Mr. Easton naturally turned to
that country first for his examples. Queen Mary was
his first example. No one wanted her: she finally
secured an obscure home and became one of the great-
est broodmares of her time. She foaled, among others,
the filly winner of the Derby, Blink Bonnie, the dam
of the great Blair Athol: imp. Bonnie Scotland, imp.
Balicnvnie. Haricot was another of her get, and she
produced a St. Leger winner in Caller On and was the
grandam of Hampton. Had she been offered at public
sale hei-e, the Breeders' Association would probably
have bought her and the world would never have seen
Blair Athol. The dam of the famous Crucifix was also
much despised at one time, and was so bow-legged that
a wager was offered that her foal, afterward Crucifix,
could be rolled in a wheelbarrow between her legs.
Having foaled Crucifix, she afterward made a fortune
for her owner, Lord George Bentinck.

The famous Godolphin Arabian, generally believed
to have been a Barb, was first the property of Mr.
Coke, who presented him to Mr. "Williams, the keeper
of St. James' Coffee House, who in turn gave him to
Lord Godolphin. It was by mere chance that he was
bred to Roxana. She produced the superior race
horse Lath and the stallion's reputation was made.

Marske, the sire of Eclipse, considered by many the
greatest of all horses, was sold to a farmer, who sold
him at half a guinea, which amounts to $2.55. In
1776 his owner, the Earl of Abington, asked 200 guineas
for his services, although he was then twenty-seven
years old.

Sydney Herbert refused to take Melbourne when he
was offered to him with two other Humphrey Clinker
yearlings. Had there been a breeders' association,
the sire of the wonderful West Australian would never
have appeared in the stud. Hybla, the dam of Kettle-
drum, winner of the Derby, was once given away, and
Marmelade, before producing the famous Dundee, was
sold for a song.

Mr. Easton recalls Americans as well as English ex-
amples of this character. Fancy Jane, before produc-
ing the queen of the turf, Miss Woodford, was traded
for a barrel of whisky, and Belle Knight was bought
by John Harper only to throw Freeland and nine or
ten other winners. At a sale in Lexington Bob Baker
bought Sophia Hardy for $25, in foal to Pardee. The
foal was Hardy Pardee, which sold for $2500. Mr.
Baker got a gift season to G. W. Johnson and bred
the mare to him. The result was Lieutenant Gibson,
winner of the Latonia and Louisville Derbys and the
Clark stake. Had the Breeders' Association been or-
ganized a few years earlier no Lieutenant Gibson would
have been seen on the turf. May Hempstead was a
seventy-five dollar yearling and Larkspur, winner of a
number of races and several stakes, was sold in
1898 for $50. T. C. McDowell was very successful with
Rush. Batten and Spirituelle, all the result of gift
seasons. Since that time he has paid large stallion fees
and, with the exception of Monarka, has nothing of
high class. This is noted to show what a figure chance
plays in breeding race horses. Some few seasons ago
John Wallace, of Lexington, was given a horse named
Pete Kitchen, his owner thinking him worthless. The
owner at that time had sixteen horses in his stable and
Wallace's gift colt won more races than all of them.

Old-time trainers recall Rufus Lisle of this country.
He owned a cheap lot of mares, some of which he used
as buggy horses. He never paid for a season to any
horse, always breeding to stallions offered him free.
Nearly everything he turned out won. One of the
horses he bred in this way was Castaway II.. winner
of the Brooklyn Handicap, from a good field. Star
Bright was a $65 yearling. As a two year old she sold
tor $6000. The grand racehorse Raceland and Proctor

Knott were cheap colts. Kinley Mack is another in-
stance. A veterinary advised Mr. Easton to destroy
him as a yearling, thinking he had been rendered use-
less by an injured shoulder. He was saved by careful
nursing, to win the Brooklyn Handicap and the Sub-
urban, a feat never equaled by any other horse. No
better illustration of the chances of the racehorse busi-
ness could be adduced.

The late August Belmont on one occasion weeded
out his yearlings. Twelve were sent to New York to
be developed for the big stakes. Three were left to be
given away in Kentucky sales. The cast-offs were King
Crab, winner of eighty-one races: Badge, winner of
sixty-eight races, and Flitter, a fine performer. The
two first could beat any colt in the Belmont twelve.

The dam of Garry Hermann was bought by the asso-
ciation and is now working in the Southern cotton
fields. He won more races than any two year old of
the year. This has suggested the plan of numbering
the mares that are branded by the association, so that
in case of a good winner being developed they can be
reclaimed.

Mr. Easton is inclined to the opinion that the asso-
ciation is a trust of the big breeders, who do not like
to see a small breeder pick up a mare like Sophia
Hardy and get a colt that will beat the best from their
extensive farms. He says, too. that a bid from the
Breeders Association often brands a mare as worthless
and prevents young breeders, who would be willing to
take a chance of getting a good one. from bidding on
her. The association has never been more active than
at present, and a few years should show whether itf
work has a good or bad effect on the breeding of high
class racehorses.

For three year olds and upward provision has been
made in the Midway Stakes, a mile and a furlong, with
$2000 added: the Auburn Stakes, a mile and half a
furlong, with $2000 added; the Oakwood Handicap, a
mile and a furlong, with $2500: the Great Western
Handicap, a mile and a half, with $3000 added; and. a
new and attractive feature, the Young Handicap, one
mile and one and a half furlongs, with $5000 added,
and the Wheeler Handicap, a mile and a quarter, with
S7500 added. This is a scale of attractive events which
should surely bring together high class representative
fields.

Two year olds have not been neglected, by any
means, and there is the Lakeside Stakes, over five fur-
longs, with $2000 added; the Kenwood Stakes, over
five furlongs, with $2000 added; the May wood stakes,
over five furlongs, with $2000 added: the Edgewater
Stakes, over five furlongs, with $2000 added; the Quick-
step Stakes, over four furlongs, with $2000 added; the
Hyde Park Stakes, over six furlongs, with $5000 added,
and the Lake View Handicap, sis furlongs, with $2000
added.

All of the above stakes and events close on Tuesday,
January 15, 1901, and entry blanks may be obtained
from the office of the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN.

SADDLE NOTES.

Daly Sale Catalogue.

The advance catalogue of the great sale of thorough-
bred horses from the late Marcus Daly's Bitter Root
Stock Farm, at Hamilton. Mont., has just been issued
by the Fasig-Tipton Horse Auction Company. In very
condensed form, announcement is made of general
facts concerning the sale, which will be one of the
most important, if not actually the greatest sale of
thoroughbred racing stock ever held in America. Only
one such event, the dispersal of the late August Bel-
mont's immense breeding establishment ten years ago,
compares with the coming sale. The dates fixed are
January 30th and 31st and February 1st. in Madison
Square Garden. All details of the offering are in the
hands of the Fasig-Tipton Company, and preparations
will be made to accommodate the greatest crowds that
ever gathered to attend such an event, for breeders
from all over the United States will be present in per-
son, and from inquiries received from England, France
and other horse breeding European countries, a num-
ber of foreign buyers will be on hand, interested es-
pecially in the great Hanover horse. Hamburg. Even
in Australia interest in the future of Hamburg is felt.

In the catalogue, eight royally-bred stallions, ninety-
eight of the choicest broodmares that money and care
could collect, and all supposed to be in foal; twelve
racehorses in training that will be each three years old
at the time they are sold, and sixty-six of them two
years in active training and being fitted to race in the
coming spring are named to be sold. The stallions are,
first of all, the mighty Hamburg by Hanover-Lady
Reel, now five years old: Tammany by the English
Derby winner, Iroquois, and himself a great racehorse:
Ogden, winner of a sensational Futurity: Inverness,
an imported horse of fashionable English blood; Isidor
and Bathampton, both imported and both high-class
race horses: The Pepper and Bute. Of the mares
thirty-one were bred to Hamburg, these including the
dams of Bannockburn. Motley, Isidor, Chacornac and
First Mate, and having among them such individuals
as Casseopia, Cassalia, Meriden and Shipmate. Four-
teen others were bred to Ogden, fourteen to Isidor,
twenty-six to Bathampton, ten to The Pepper and
others to St. Angelo, Scottish Chieftain and the Mus-
ket horse, Trenton. The coming three year olds in
training and the coming two year olds are a splendidly-
bred lot of horses, and of great promise.

Washington Park Stakes.

In our advertising columns are given full details of
the stakes for the 1901 summer meeting of the Wash-
ington Park Club of Chicago, and the attention of
owners, trainers and horsemen generally should be
given to them. The meeting will begin June 22d and
close July 20th. overweight handicaps will range from
$1000 upward, and no purse less than $600 will be
offered, this being as promised at the close of the very
successful meeting of 1900.

Prominent among the three year old stakes is the
American Derby, with $20,000 added, over a mile and
a half, an event which should attract the best horses
in training. The Sheridan Stakes, a mile and a quar-
ter, with $1000 added, comes next, and then follows the
Englewood Stakes, one mile, $2000 added, and the
Drexel Stakes, with $2000 added, one mile.

Many imorovements have been maade at Tanforan
Park of late. Several new stables have been built and
much has been done in the shape of landscape garden-
ing. The new steeplechase course has been laid out in
the infield and races over it furnish a very picturesque
spectacle.

Some interesting statistics on the 1900 two year old
running have been compiled, showing that in the 576
races $983,112 was won in stakes and purses, while
second and third money added brings the total to
nearly $1,000,000. Commando and Ballyhoo Bey run
very close for first honors, the son of Domino having
$40,862 to his credit, while Ballyhoo Bey earned $40,210.
Beau Gallant won $28,085, while Bonnibert is next with
$25,982. Miss Benuett leads the fillies with $12,235.
Garry Herrmann won the most races, passing the post
first on nineteen occasions. Altogether thirty two year
olds won over $5000 each. Of the sires of these stars
Belvidere leads with three representatives, while the
dead Domino, imp. Esher and Sir Dixon each have two
big winners.

The Owners' handicap at a mile was won by The
Lady, with Tayon second and Bathos third. The race
calls' for no especial mention beyond the fact that
Owners' handicaps are to racing what jack pots are to
poker; and it is to be hoped that no more of them will
be allowed on the card, as they are most unsatisfactory
from all points of view, to say nothing of the element
of danger introduced by allowing fifty pound boys to
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Bell Punch should never have been allowed to start
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Torsida. He was lame, both before and behind, and
was evidently left in merely to affect the betting and
keep up the price on Torsida's chances. Through
the negligence of the Paddock Judge, his condition
was allowed to pass unnoticed and the '■educated"
money poured in on Torsida in volumes, not only at
the track, but throughout the country, as it was cur-
rently reported. The coup was well planned and
carried through without a hitch, although the result
was very unsatisfactory to the backers of Bell Punch,
which was the legitimate favorite and class of the race,
had he been in proper condition. The bookmakers
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Lieutenant Gibson, the colt that was favorite for the
American Derby in 1900, is dead. Chas. Head Smith
owned the son of G. W. Johnson and at one time
refused $20,000 for him. The colt had quite a history.
When a two year old there was some contention as to
whether he was in the first class, but over a heavy
track he was acknowledged to have no peer. He set
a new record for the Kentucky Derby — 2:06J — and
carried 117. Shortly after this he set the seal on his
greatness by winning the Clark Stakes — a mile and an
eighth — in 1:54. The best previous record was 1:5-4,
made by Pearl Jennings when a four year old. But
she carried only 87 pounds to the 117 of Lieutenant
Gibson. Gibson's most remarkable performance came
after this. In his preparatory work for the Latonia
Derby he made the mile and a quarter in 2:04£. Soon
after' the Derby at Washington Park last year, in
which he ran third, being beaten by Sidney Lucas and
James, it was announced that he had broken down,
though he started a couple of times afterwards and
failed to win. He was fired and a bad job was made of
it, as blood poisoning set in and eventually caused his
death.

One of the turf writers on a morning contempory is
the latest advocate for the adoption of the recall flag
at Tanforan. He advances, as a potent argument, that
Mr. Dwyer desires the innovation on the ground that
his reputation is at stake and for that reason he should
be allowed to use the red buuting. If Mr. Dwyer is at
all anxious in regard to losing his reputation as starter,
through the absence of the recall flag, the remedy
lies in his own hands: but in justice to him it must be
said that his starting thus far has been far in advance
of any seen in California up to date, and it seems to be
the| consensus of opinion among turf followers that
they are willing to take their chances without the re-
call flag in preference to what might, and frequently
does happen when it is employed.

It is said that a syndicate of New York and Phila-
delphia sporting men are negotiating for the lease of
the old race track at Guttenburg. John Mullens, one
of the principal owners, said: ''The negotiatings are
being conducted through an agent, and it is possible
that the lessees may, as has been said, wish to hold a
winter meeting without pool selling. But I could not
say whether it is wanted for any such purpose or not
and I do not believe it is." The intending buyers say
that they can hold a meeting on the track without
pool selling, and that it would pay as there is no racing
carried on in the winter months except at New Orleans
and in California.

The sale of the Corrigan horses took place Saturday
at Tanforan and realized something over $8000. The
Bassetlaw gelding and the Vassal filly brought $1300
and $1100 respectively, Pat Dunne being the purchaser.
L. Scrogins secured Artella for $500. Albert Simon
purchased Rattgar and Sam Howard for $650 and $400
respectively. Dr. Rowell paid $575 for Wallenstein
and also bought Yodel for $225. To dissolve a part-
nership Count Hubert was purchased by Don Cameron
for $400. Luke Dubois, of Denver, secured the stallion
Montana for $1000. John Mackay purchased Primrose
for $200. The two latter animals belonged to the Daly
estate.

Headwater, with 119 pounds in the saddle, won the
Berkeley Handicap from a fast field of sprinters. A
shocking reversal of form from his last race when,
with twenty pounds less on his back, he was beaten by
Tayon and Bathos in an Owner's handicap at Tan-
foran.

Trevathan, a bay gelding by imp. Bassetlaw-Mer-
cedes, starting in the colors of Atkins & Lottridge in
the last race on Tuesday, fell passing the paddock and
rolled over his jockey. The boy escaped with a few
bruises but the horse's neck was broken.

The Hildreth stable was suspended Monday owing
to the extremely bad race run by Bangor. The horse
was a heavily played favorite and looked to be the
legitimate choice; he displayed no speed at any part of
the journey and despite the vigorous efforts of Jockey
Bullman finally refused to run at all and was pulled up.
A veterinary surgeon examined Bangor after the race,
by order of the Judges, and rex^orted that he could
find nothing the matter with him. An investigation
of the race the next day showed that Bangor was
bumped by Kcenig. and his back strained, so the stable
was reinstated, and Miller, who rode Kcenig, set down
for five days.

The St. Louis Fair Association directors held a meet-
ing last week and re-elected the old board of officers,
including President Robert Aull, Secretary Joseph A.
Murphy and Treasurer William M. Lockwood. It was
decided that the next club meeting should open May
12th, and that the series of ten $1000 stake events given
last year would be supplanted by overnight handicaps
of equal value.

The duties of the Stewards at Tanforan Park are
surely not so numerous that they have no time to de-
vote to such cases as that of the hurdle race won by
May Boy, the above mentioned animal showing a de-
cided reversal of form, and Lomo and Eva Moe run-
ning most inexplicable races in connection therewith.
An investigation of such racing should certainly be in
order; and it seems most extraordinary that nothing
was done in regard to this matter. Hurdle racing in
California in times past has been prolific of scandals
and dishonest performances, and unless a set of officials
can be employed who are able to cope with and defeat
the ends of the tricksters, it would be well to follow the
well taken stand of the California Jockey Club and
abolish the illegitimate sport from the racing pro-
gram.

BRUTAL.
Chestnut colt by imp. Brutus-Inauguration. Winner of Juvenile Champion Stake at Tanforan, December 30, 1900.

The accompanying photograph of Brutal shows him
to be a racy looking individual with quality and class
showing throughout his conformation. He was sired
by imp. Brutus, from Forma (dam of Formella and
Premata), she by Inauguration (son of Wildidle and
Miami), second dam Beauty (dam of Nebeau, Nabette
and Romulus, the latter one of the highest class colts
ever bred in California) by imp. Hercules: third dam
the famous race mare Mamie Hall (dam of Viola Rea),
by the unbeaten Norfolk: next dam Miami (again the
most noted stud matron of her day in California), by
Williamsons Belmont. Miami was an own sister to
the phenomenal race horse Owen Dale. Brutus is the
property of Prince Andree Poniatowski, President of
the San Francisco Jockey Club, and was not started
in races until last fall; he at once graduated from the
maiden class and showed marked improvement in every
race in which he started: winning several in succession
and finally placing the last important two year old
event of the century to his credit. This was a parti-
cularly meritorious performance as he was pitted
against the highest class of two year olds that ever
went to the post in California, all of them, with one
exception, having been stake winners on New York
tracks. A full account of his victory will be found in
another column.

The turf career of the American hurdle horse Klon-
dike, in England, has resulted in a pronounced failure,
and the horse is now on his way back to this country.
Klondike, who is a four yea*s old, and by Sir ModrecL
Linotte, was shipped abroad last summer to have a
try for the English hurdle evens that are run there
late in the fall. He had met anc* defeated the best of
our jumping division, and his showing was such a good
one that he was sent over to the o^her side, George
Hill, his trainer, taking Jockey Dono>vue along to do
the riding. The trip was a failure, ai the "hurdle
obstacles on the other side proved to be too stiff for
Klondike to negotiate, and at the same tii^e keep up
his high rate of speed. It is also possible thvt he was
not in as good shape as when he raced on tht* side of
the water.

Advance Guard at last succeeded in winning a stake:
the New Year Handicap (value to the winner, $1650)
falling to his portion. Mr. Brooks succeeded in allot-
ing the weights so that his field were brought together
on somewhere near even terms. He was not favorite
in the betting, but was well backed at threes: probabiy
carrying more money than the Jennings stable, the
actual favorite. The start was fairly good and
Mortgage was first past the stand, then The Fretter
and Haviland. with Andrisa closely trailing. Before
the far turn Bullman had taken The Fretter in front,
the others retaining their positions until the stretch
was reached; here Andrisa passed The Fretter, who
was fast tiring, and things looked easy for the Jennings
entry. Then O'Connor made his move with Advance
Guard, who had been in fourth position, and coming
fast, won by two lengths from Andrisa, who was the
same distance before her stable companion, Vesuvian.

Tom Ryan had The Pride ready for his first start
and he ran a nice race race, winning rather handily
from St. Cuthbert and Ralston, five and a half furlongs
in 1:07.

Kingston, the leading sire of two year olds of the
year, has been insured by the Messrs. Keene for an
amount reported at from $60,000 to $75,000. A veter-
inary surgeon made an examination of the horse about
three weeks ago and pronounced him in perfect health.
This certificate was forwarded to the agent of a Lon-
don company and the insurance was issued. Kingston
is at Castleton Farm.

The first race of the year for two year olds was run
at Oakland on New Year's day. The winner turning
up in a slashing looking son of Golden Garter and Pink
Cottage, from the stable of Green B. Morris. It was a
prettily contested race fought out in a fierce drive, the
winner gaining the verdict by a nose from Dorine, with
Evander two lengths away. The winner is said to
have been highly tried last fall while at New York and
great things were predicted for him.

Jockey Bullman's actions at the post will gain him
no laurels; in his endeavors to beat the gate he keeps
his horse tip-toeing and turning, and on two occasions
last week, when the barrier was released, he had his
horse turned sideways and all chance,of winning the
race lost at the start. Both of these mounts of Bull-
man's were heavily backed; one of them being an odds-
on favorite and the other carrying as much money as
the actual favorite in the Christmas handicap. A
little wholesome discipline will do Jockey Bullman no
harm, and it should be properly administered to him.
It will be remembered that he enjoyed a vacation of
thirty days on the ground for another offense lately,
and the racing proceeded on the even tenor of its way
without the assistance of Master Bullman, as it wouid.
probably do again if he "got hisneedins.''

The Ellison horses appear to have gotten into shape,
and one or more representatives from this stable are
now daily winners. As Mr. Ellison always backs his
horses he must find the season a very profitable one.

The Juvenile Champion Stake for two year olds,
value $2625, over seven furlongs of ground, brought
together the best field of colts that ever faced the
barrier on the Pacific Coast. Of the six starters five
were bred in California, four of them being products
of the Rancho del Paso, while the winner was bred at
the Elmwood Stock Farm. All of the starters received
more or less support in the betting, but Golden Age
and Rolling Boer, the pair from the Hildreth stable,
were hot favorites, coupled at 11 to 20. Canmore was
next in demand at fours and Brutal went to the post
at sixes, having been backed down from tens. To a
fair start Brutal showed momentarily in the lead but
was quickly passed; by Kenil worth, Golden Age and
Bedeck who set the pace to the head of the stretch;
here Canmore went to the front and ran head and head
with Kenilworth to the eighth pole. At this point
Brutal, which had been in last position, commenced to
gain ground and standing a long, hard drive beat Can-
more to the wire, winning by half a length. Rolling
Boer was third, two lengths away. There was some
disposition to detract from the victory of Brutal, many
contending that Canmore should have won, on the
ground that he got much the worse of the start, but
such was not apparent from the way in which the race
was won. The first quarter was run in the slow time
of twenty-five seconds, and at the end of the quarter
the proverbial blanket would have covered the entire
field with Brutal in last position; from here on Can-
more gradually improved his position without effort
and looked all over a winner until Brutal, coming from
absolutely last and making up fully four lengths in the
run through the stretch, beat him out in true race
horse fashion.

The bay stallion Loki by Logic, Slasher, dam by
imp. Gleneig, sold in the recent Woodward and
Shanklin sales to Joplin & Grundy of Elizabethtown,
has been purchased by S. L. Cheney of Galena, Kan.,
and will be put at the head of the Windsor stud. Loki
was first raced by E. R. McLean, the Cincinnati turf-
man, who dropped dead in the timers' stand at Oakley
in 1897. He won during his racing career the Crystal,
Covington, Autumn and Merchant stakes, worth a
total of $15,035. The horse was recently owned by
Hon. W. C. Whitnev.

The report that llittle Jack Martin "had run away
from his employers was prematurely published. He
was quite a prominent figure in the paddock at Oak-
land, on Monday, before the racing commenced. He
expressed himself as standing in no fear of Mr. Shields,
but kept his weather eye open and was constantly on
the lookout for him. When it was reported that Mr.
Shields was coming into the paddoek he suddenly dis-
appeared and was seen no more for the balance of the
afternoon. No doubt the differences between jockey
and employer will be soon adjusted and Uttle Martin
will be seen riding in the colors of Carruthers & Shield*
before the Oakland meeting closes.

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[January 5, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W, KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terms— One Tear S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kellet, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, January 5, 1901.

■yHE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, as its
1 name indicates, was not originally organized to
furnish the sport of racing to the people, or to provide
fat places for politicians. It was originated and has
heen supported hy taxation for the main purpose of
fostering the industries of stock breeding, agriculture,
mining, horticulture, manufacture, etc., that will be of
benefit to the State, assist in developing our resources
and make us a busy, progressive and prosperous peo-
ple. Racing is a side issue — the amusement portion of
the program — so arranged as to encourage the breed-
ing and development of the best thoroughbred and
light harness horses and should be maintained. One
would get the idea, however, when listening to place-
hunting politicians and a certain class of horsemen
that the large sum of money appropriated by the legis-
lature for the annual exhibit of the State's resources,
belongs to them and should be so distributed that they
can get a larger share of it. The Breeder and
Sportsman is of the opinion that Governor Gage
fully realizes the objects and aims of the State Agri-
cultural Society and in the filling of vacancies will ap-
point such men to the position of Directors as will
carry the society along in the lines which it was in-
tended to follow. A man need not be a horseman to
be a competent Secretary and a professional politician
would be entirely out of place in the office. Any man
of known integrity and ability, who is conscious of
the fact that the Board of Agriculture is one of the
most important institutions in the State's development,
who is energetic and has a fair amount of executive
ability should be able to give the State good and
efficient service in the office. The Directors in the past
have been in the majority of instances gentlemen who
have had the best interests of the State uppermost in
their minds, and the California State Fair has been
one of the most successful exhibitions held in the
United States. We believe it should continue to be.
Improvements can be made in some of the depart-
ments. More money can be properly given to theibest
breeds of cattle, sheep, hogs and heavy harness horses,
and many other industries can be offered more encour-
agement than they now get. If the old fair ground
could be sold and a new one purchased and fitted up
with the money thus obtained it would be a great|im-
provement. Many practical men are of the opinion
that the pavilion should be within the agricultural
park and there are numerous suggestions as to changes
that would improve the fair. Whatever may be done
it should be remembered, however, that the Society
should remain true to its name and any attempts to
make racing more prominent than it now is should be
discouraged.

"THE CENTRAL CIRCUIT is meeting with favor
1 wherever the idea is discussed and within a few
weeks a meeting of the Secretaries of the associations
interested will be called to take action toward effecting
an organization and arranging dates. Programs will
be announced early so that by March 1st horse men
will knew just what will be offered them at the princi-
pal meetings in California this year. A perusal of the
list of money winners on the California circuit of 1900
published in our holiday edition will convince anyone
that there is pretty fair money to be won in this State
wii.li a well arranged and well managed circuit. Ten

'" -1 - ■ 1 igned in California exclusively won over

$2000 each iu 1900. Such high class trotters as Geor°i-
aua 2:0!)!. Major Greer 2:14, Gayton 2:08J, York Boy
2:09J, Contralto 2:10 and many others won less than
¥20»n. tlw moll well campaigned all through the big cir-
cuit. California is not the poorest place in the world

unpaign a harness horse and a good one, either

tniH.'r ,,<■ |,a. -.•!■, can earn a pretty fair sum here.
\\ ith the proposed Central Circuit 'in shape, harness
1 acillg should be extra good here in 1901.

rWIK. J. W. BAILEY, associate editor of the North
J'l Pacific Rural Spirit of Porland, Oregon, made
this office a pleasant call last week. Mr. Bailey and
Mr. Wisdom publish an excellent journal and we are
glad to know that it is well supported by the horsemen
and stockmen of the northwest. Mr. Bailey reports

look in all branches of live stock breeding as

promising all through Oregon and Washington

and believes that harness racing will be held at nearly
all thetraeksin that country this year. TheOrego'n

Pair was a success last year and will be still
further improved in future.

The Corrigan-Daly Sale.
Over 1500 people assembled around the salesring at
Tanforan Park last Saturday. The occasion being the
auction sale of yearlings and horses in training belong-
ing to Mr. E. Corrigan. The two stallions, Montana
and Primrose, belonging to the estate of Marcus Daly,
were also among those to be disposed of. Wm. G.
Layng conducted the sale in the same able manner for
which he is noted and the bidding was quite spirited.
The prices were fair considering all the sales held here
this winter. Following is a list of those sold and the
buyers:

PROPERTY OF E. CORRIGAN.

Artilla, br f, 2, Artillery-Duchessof Towers; L. J. Scoggans.S 500

Antioch, b g, 3, by Watercress-La Pomona: L. J. Scoggans. . 150

Long Tom, br g, 2, by Artillery-Long Nannie: C. Harrison. . . 55

Rathgar, br g, 2, by imp. Masetto-Rathleen; A. Simon 650

Bay gelding, 1, by imp. Bassetlaw-Miss Maxim; P. Dunne. . . 1,300
Carter H. Harrison, Jr., b g, 4, by imp. Watercress-Lucille

Murphy (bought by A. J. Walsh of Honolulu) 200

Brown filly, 1, by St. Andrew-Camelia; L. J. Scoggan 175

Sam Howard, b g, 2, by Riley-Miss Howard; A. Simon 400

Grey filly. 1, by Vassal-Fanny Howard; L. Ezell 500

Wallenstein; br g, 3, imp. Artillery-Ventura; Dr. Rowell 575

Bay gelding, 1, by Indio-Edith; P. Dunne 20°

Lily Simpson, brf, 2, by Artillery-Half Sister; G. B. Morris. 100

Vassal, br g, 8, by Jils Johnson- Vixen; G. B. Morris 30o

Brown filly, 1, by Vassal-Helter Skelter; John Mackey 1,100

Yodel, br f, 3, by St. Andrew-Lucerne; Dr. Rowell 225

Bay gelding, 1, by St. Andrew-Long Glenn; Luke DuBois . . . 150

PROPERTY OF THE LATE MARCUS DALY.

Montana, b h. 12, by Ban Fox-imp. Queen; Rancho del Paso., 1,000
Primrose, ch h, 8, by imp. St. Blaise-Wood Violet; Rancho

del Paso 200

Shaft, b f, 2, by The Pepper-imp. Boise; Rancho del Paso — 85

OTHER OWNERS.

Count Hubert, b g, 2, by imp. Mariner-Phcebe; Don Cameron 400
Jenny Riley, b m, 4, by Riley-Jennie Tracey; Rancho del

Paso 65

Total $8,330

249 Out of 250 Mules Lost.

Particulars of the awful voyage of the transport
Leelanaw, which left this city with 250 mules for the
army in the Philippines and arrived at Manila with
only one animal left alive, were received by the
steamer City of Peking this week.

After a voyage of forty days, the Leelanaw arrived
at Manila on November 20th, with a tale of disaster
sustained in a storm.

The storm was met in latitude 20 north, longitude
130 east, a few days out from Manila, the barometer
falling to 27.91, remaining there while it lasted. The
gale continued for twelve hours with a constant severe
intensity. When the storm was at its height, and it
was impossible to hear orders for the shrieking of the
wind, the sea was perfectly smooth, and only began to
rise in the morning watch, as the velocity of the wind
decreased.

The immense waves gradually reached their highest
fury, tossing the Leelanaw like a cockle shell. The
poor brutes of mules, chained and wedged in their
narrow stalls, had their necks and their legs broken,
as the helpless ship alternately pitched and rolled.

The agonized brays of the mules', rising above the
fury of the storm, are said to have been blood-curdling.
Few of the teamsters or officers expected the vessel
would survive the storm. Out of the 250 mules with
which the Leelanaw started from San Francisco she
brought only one poor, battered specimen alive to her
port of destination. The other 249 were buried with-
out obsequies in the Pacific ocean.

Advices from Manila state that the loss of so many
animals will be seriously felt by the Government. The
task of shipping horses and mules to the Philippines
is an expensive, troublesome one. It is estimated that
every mule shipped to these islands costs the Govern-
ment $600. This disaster alone will lose the Govern-
ment $150,000. The mules are needed to carry on the
operations projected, and the loss of so many will be a
serious handicap to the quartermaster's department.

Horses and Mules for South Africa.

A recent dispatch from New Orleans states that the
British transport Montezuma will leave there with a
cargo of 1400 mules. A big revival in the shipment
of stock to South Africa for the use of the British
army has occurred. Nine vessels have left for Cape
Town during the month, carrying 3786 horses and
1700 mules, worth more than $1,000,000. Nearly all
animals were purchased in Texas and Missouri.

The British officers bought originally the largest
and finest mules in the market. They are buying to-
day only the smallest animals which would be rejected
on any plantation, animals not much larger than a
burro, and they report that these little mules are far
better adapted to the climate of Africa, stand the ex-
posure better and have proportionately longer Uvea
than larger ones. The transportation of the mules is
so perfect that the loss in transport is barely 1 per
cent., in spite of some overcrowding of the vessels, a
long voyage of 7500 miles and very bad weather all the
winter.

G. W. Archer, Allerton's Son.

When William Welch of Pleasanton brought the
stallion G. W. Archer to this State he brought a horse
that is not only a grand individual but one whose blood
will be of great value to those who desire an outcross
to a fashionable and worthy family of trotting horses.

Geo. W. Archer was bred by Mr. D. S. Hammond of
New York, a gentleman who preferred to retain a
horse in the stud without a record rather than to race
him, and who would not have a tin cup record at any
price. Had he been trained and raced there is not the
slightest doubt but he could have trotted in 2:15 or
better. Upon Mr. Hammond's death the horse was
consigned to the Fasig-Tipton sale and Mr. Welch
secured him. Geo. W. Archer is a perfect road horse
of great beauty, took the first prize as a yearling at
the great National Horse Show in New York and the
second prize at the same place as a two year old.

He is by the great Allerton 2:09}, a champion stallion
on the track and for the past four years the champion
stallion of America in the stud. Allerton has eighty-
two standard pdrformers, eight of them in the 2:15
list, three of which are in the 2:10 list — Charley Hayt
2:07|, Gayton 2:08} and Alves 2:094. For four years,
Allerton, now but fourteen years of age, has not only
led all stallions as the sire of new standard performers,
but has also been the leading sire of money winners.

Allerton is the leading member of the Jay Bird
family which is rapidly coming to the front as one of
the best of the sons of George Wilkes 2:22.

While there is little of the ultra fashionable blood
on the dam's side in Geo. W. Archer's pedigree, there
is good looks, great endurance and considerable speed
in every strain of it. Tot, his dam, was one of New
York's best roadsters and had a race record of 2:24.
She was by Young Columbus 6429, a very handsome
horse with a record of 2:30 that sired several in the
list. Young Columbus was by Columbus 95, and out
of a mare by the Morse Horse that will be remembered
as the sire of the great California thirty mile horse
General Taylor. The second dam of Geo. W. Archer
is Young Maggie, a producer of speed, and she was by
Vermont Volunteer, another very handsome and speedy
stallion of the old days. There is size and good looks
all through Geo. W. Archer's pedigree and he has
speed enough himself to sire champions.

Death of Lord Beresford.

In the death of Lord William Beresfoi'd, who suc-
cumbed to peritonitis on Saturday morning, December
30th, the English turf has lost a thorough sportsman
and an upright gentleman, one who had the best inter-
ests of racing thoroughly at heart, and who of late
years has been thoroughly identified with American
intei-ests, having had Huggins, an American, as
trainer, Tod Sloan and the two Reiffs as jockeys, at
one time being in partnership with Pierre Lorillard,
racing American bred horses, and having married the
Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, formerly Mrs.
Hammersley of New York, and previous to that Miss
Lily Warren Price, daughter of Commodore Price,
U. S. N.

Lord William Beresford was not unknown to Ameri-
cans, and his fondness for the turf is evidenced by the
expressions of American horsemen who have raced in
England. This was also true of his fairness, and to
him as much as to any man in England is due the foot-
hold gained by American jockeys. f

Weekly Shipments Abroad.
About a thousand horses are leaving New York evei'y
month for Europe. Last week the steamship Minne-
haha took three hundred and forty-five horses booked
for London. The horses belong to Victor Vervacke,
Joseph Hoar, E. C. Roberts, M. Lopez, M. Newgass &
Sons, W. J. Groo and W. E. Drury. Mr. Drury is
taking over some fifty cow ponies from the ranges of
Montana. They were all specially selected by Mr.
Drury, who is said to have the best and most exclusive
connections in England for supplying polo ponies to
the leading players, and the prices he is likely to obtain
for some of these little broncos would make their
original owners stare. However, only a man like Mr.
Drury, who knows his business and has 3he connections,
can make such ponies pay. In the iands of any one
not an expert they are not worth their freight.

War is again being made on the hoppled horse to
good effect in many parts of the country, and the
equine who will not pace wit hout wearing the "straps"
will be tabooed on many trucks the coming season. At
the recent annual meeting of the New England Breed-
ers' Association it wa-s announced that hereafter
hopples will be barrel hy this association. A well
known horseman in commenting on the action said:
"That's o-ood news It will tend to made better horses
for the colt breakers will use more time and patience
to get their youngsters properly balanced, and once
they °"et the*1 to going without the straps they will
have a bett-"' race horse and one that will always sell,
before or^fter being outclassed, for more money than
they co'ld if the hopples were necessary. A horse
that needs the straps is of no use, even on the speed-
way fpr he won't go fast there without them."

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Coming Events.

BENCH SHOWS.

Jan. 1. 2, 3, 4— Louisiana Kennel Club. Bench show. New Or-
leans, La. A- E. Shaw, Secretary.

Feb. 26. 27, 28, March 1— Cleveland Kennel Club. Annual bench
show. CM. Munhall, Secretary, Cleveland, O.

March 6, 7, 8, 9— Duguesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania,
Pijtsburg, Pa. Fred'k. S. Stedman, Secretary.
FIELD TRIALS.

Jan 14— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club. Eighteenth annua
trials. Coronado, Cal. Albert Betz. Secretary, San Francisco, Cal

Jan. 14— Alabama Field Trials Club. Fifth annual trials
Greenville, Alabama. J. B. Rosenstihl, Secretary.

Jan. 21— United States Field Trial Club. Tenth annual trials.
Benton county, Miss. W. B. Stafford, Secretary. Trenton, Tenn.

Feb. Championship Field Trial Association. Annual trials,

(First week in February.) Grand Junction, Tenn. W. B. Stafford
Secretary.

American Kennel Club Meeting.

The appeal of the Pacific Advisory Board for specia^
legislative powers came up for action before the quar-
terly meeting of the American Kennel Club in New
York, on December 18th. The matter was referred to
a committee composed of Messrs. Knocker, Rodman,
Mortimer, Carnochan and Bloodgood, who will report
back upon the same at the general meeting of the club
in February.

The report of the Pacific Advisory Board contained
the following communication by Mr. Merton C. Allen
in answer to the previous refusal of the A. K. C. to
grant the Board greater scope of authority:

"Mr. Chairman, and Fellow Members of the Com-
mittee: It occurs to me at this time that there is
occasion for some decided action on the part of this
committee. The present grant of power which we
hold from the A. K. C. is utterly insufficient to justify
our existence. We exert in dog affairs on the Pacific
Coast no influence of substantial value to the interests
we are supposed to subserve. We represent in theory
a large and important territory holding claims upon
the interest and attention of the A. K. C. In point of
fact, however, we are so circumscribed in authority
that in the eyes of dog owners and exhibitors we ap-
pear as mere figureheads. Our position is anomalous
and unsatisfactory. Instead of promoting harmony
between the A. K. C. and dog owners on the Pacific
Coast the mere fact of the committee's existence under
existing circumstances accentuates and aggravates
points of differences between the A. K. C. and a great
body of dog fanciers, differences, which, under a differ-
ent arrangement, might be readily adjusted.

It does not please me, Mr. Chairman, that this com-
mittee should continue to act under such conditions.
Unless this committee can be put in position to profit-
ably serve dog interests on the Pacific Coast, it should
go out of existence. After nearly two years of trial
we are in position to thoroughly understand the situa-
tion. We know that never since the creation of this
committee has it been able to serve the commendable
purposes for which it was called into being. For this
fact we are in no wise responsible. We lack power to
accomplish for kennel interests on the Pacific Coast
that which those interests demand and require. The
sooner we recognize that fact the better for this com-
mittee and the A. K. C.

Mr. Chairman, in justice to kennel interests, we
should present the existing condition fairly to the
A. K. C. We should ask that our existence be justified
by more positive authority, or, failing in that request,
that the A. K. C. terminate our existence as a com-
mittee, and take to itself the imaginary authority we
are supposed to hold. The sympathy of the members
of this committee with the A. K. C. is well known.
We are anxious to serve the interests of the organiza-
tion in every manner possible, but at the same time
we are not able to close our eyes to the physical facts
by which we are confronted. Both in theory and in
fact the committee stands for all that the A. K. C. is
on the Pacific Coast. Candor and truth, however, call
for an admission that because the committee is small in
power and authority the A. K. C. appears small and is
subjected to a petty opposition and rivalry for which
under a more generous arrangement there would be no
cause or excuse.

Let us not, Mr. Chairman, and fellow-members, de-
ceive ourselves as to the truth. Let us recognize the
fact that the Pacific Advisory Committee, as now
organized, is of no substantial value to the A. K. C. or
to dog interests on the Pacific Coast. To be of real
value this committee should be to all intents and pur-
poses the A. K. C. on the Pacific Coast. It should
have power to do on this coast all things that the A.
K. C. can do. This proposition carries with it the idea
that the committee should receive and act upon appli-
cations for dates, receive for transmission to the A. K.
C. (subject to confirmation) registrations and fees for
listing approved rules for bench show clubs — in fact
have original and complete jurisdiction in all matters
connected with and arising out of kennel affairs on the
Pacific Coast, subject of course to the rules of the A.
K. C. and to such right to repeal as may be necessary
at any time to correct error and mistake.

The geographical distance separating the Pacific
Coast from New York renders it impossible that the
A. K, C. exercise direct control, through its general
officers, over kennel affairs in the far West. That has
been proved in the past by various happenings which
have contributed to the embarrassment of coast shows.
The A. K. C. has made mistakes due entirely to a lack
of knowledge and has thereby jeopardized its own in-
terests, and paved with obstructions the pathway of
supposed usefulness mapped out for this committee.
It is justly claimed that the kennel interests of the
Pacific Coast are of such character and importance as
to justify a reasonable measure of home government.

Exhibitors demand that to the fullest extent possible
their interests be governed here and their rights deter-
mined by men able to act promptly and with full
knowledge of all the facts involved.

I have in mind, Mr. Chairman, two cases arising out
of the last San Francisco show. In one case a win was
cancelled because a registered dog was shown under a
name other than a registered name; in the other case
the secretary of the A. K. C. cancelled the win of a
dog because, through a clerical error on the part of
show management, the name of the dog was omitted
from the listing blank forwarded to the A. K. C.

As to the merits of these cases there need be no
argument. In the first case the secretary of the A. K.
C. was technically correct. His decision came in such
a way, however, as to leave room for bad feeling. Had
the case been decided here in the same way by a local
committee fully understanding the equities, all feeling
would have been avoided. The owner of the dog
would have been made to fully realize the legal aspect
of the situation and would have been able to accept the
committee's judgment without question.

The moral of the second case is none the less appar-
ent. If the Pacific Coast committee were allowed to
accept listings for all shows within its jurisdiction such
mistakes could not occur; — innocent owners would not
be made to suffer for the mistakes of others. Under
such an arrangement a rule could be made that all list-
ings be submitted to the committee in advance of the
show or shows to which they might apply. The com-
mittee would then have an opportunity to observe and
correct mistakes. The show would be the gainer;
there would be equal gain for tho exhibitor, and by
reason of the principle of home government involved
there would follow an immeasurable benefit and gain to
the A. K. C.

In citing the above-mentioned cases, Mr. Chairman,
my only idea has been to emphasize the proposition
that this committee to serve any useful purpose must
enjoy added powers. I fully believe that were this
committee clothed with full power from the A. K. C.
to regulate A. K. C. shows on this Coast that all local
opposition to the A. K. C. would cease, that conflicting
interests could be reconciled, and this committee could
become an agency of far-reaching benefit to all the in-
terests it is intended to represent. In a word, Mr.
Chairman, this committee should be created the abso-
lute agent of the A. K. C. for the purpose of transact-
ing the business of the national organization, on this
Coast, and I would go to the extent of saying that the
A. K. C. should take no action in a purely Pacific
Coast matter until it has been first referred to and
acted upon by this committee. With such a power of
agency this committee would be able to accomplish
much for kennel interests in this jurisdiction. Lack-
ing this power this committee is of absolutely no value
and may as well go out of business.

My views as here expressed I have reduced to writ-
ing in order that they may be a record on the minutes
of this meeting. I submit them to the committee for
such action as may be deemed proper. Personally I
am much dissatisfied with the status of this committee.
Should the other members share in my views I favor
such action as will promptly advise the A. K. C. of
our position. In this spirit I leave the matter in your
hands."

The Pacific Coast Advisory Committee endorsed the
foregoing document and the members decided to tender
their resignations should the A. K. C. still find it ex-
pedient to withhold additional powers from the Coast
board.

Doings in Dogdom.

We were in receipt last week, too late for publication,
of a communication from Mr. J. B. Stoddard (recent
resident manager of the Verona Kennels and a widely
known trainer) that he has located at Pala, San Diego
county where he will work and train a few dogs. Mr.
Stoddard will train and break dogs for the field and
field trials and can be relied upon as a conscientious
and capable handler.

The California Coyote Club has developed a practical
line of sport that is replete with recreation and adven-
ture as well as of benefit to the farmers living in
the country selected by the club members in which
they indulge their penchant for the chase. The kill-
ing of coyotes, wild cats, etc., during close season for
deer is a valuable idea in game protection that could
well be emulated by sportsmen — the field being a wide
one in this state and the supply of material for the
hunt plentiful. The club will soon have commodious
kennels erected near Pinole for their pack of hounds —
fox hounds being used in the club hunts. The club
pack consists now of six high-class trained dogs, this
number will soon be increased by a number of crack
Eastern dogs. The club hunts commence in the morn-
ing after the coyotes have gone to their lairs; an earlier
start is generally fruitless as the quarry is wary and
will keep out of harm's way when the hunters are on
the ridges and the dogs ranging the canyons. On
Christmas day Dr. C. Quinan, K. Quinan and Master
of Hounds Frietas hunted the hills from Crockett to
Refugio and in by way of Pinole, a coyote fell to each
rifle in the party after the dogs had started the
animals; one coyote badly wounded escaped.

On New Year's day the sport was unhappily marred
by a serious mishap to Captain Selfridge who slipped
on the frozen hillside and unfortunately suffered a
compound fracture of his left ankle. Dr. and Mr. K.
Quinan and J. B. Kenniff had each bagged a coyote
when the accident occurred. The party were in a very
rough country and had their strength and ingenuity
greatly taxed in bringing in their wounded comrade in
a fairly comfortable manner.

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Kennel Registry.

WHELPS.
Nairod Kennels1 Cocker Spaniel bitch Chloe (Sander's Bob-
Day's Queen) whelped Dfcember 29, 1000, six puppies {4 dogs) to
Redwood Cocker Kennels' Champion Viscount.
SALES,
Nairod Kennels sold the St. Bernard bitch puppy Nairod's Tomah
(Grand Master Muro— Princess Nairod) to E. L. Dutertre (San
Francisco), December 27, 2900.

1 ROD. 1

A few striped bass have been caught at San An-
tonia 3reek recently.

Harvey McMurchy of Syracuse left this city to-day
for a Coast trip. He will return again in March.

The annual meeting and banquet of the San Fran-
cisco Striped Bass Club will take place next Tuesday
evening.

A Louisiana Shrimping Camp.

Hidden away in the labyrinthine bayous of lower-
Jefferson Parish and scattered about the margins of
Grand Lake, Little Lake and the musically named
Cheneire Caminada, is a strange colony, the bare ex-
istence of which is practically unknown, It numbers:
all told, at least 2000 people, three-fourths of whom
are Chinese and the rest Manilamen and unclassiflable
mongrels. They live in brushwood camps near the
edge of the water, their habits are incredibly simple
and semi-savage, and their business is the catching and
drying of shrimps.

The singular settlement recently came to surface in
some litigation on the calendar of the local courts over
the ownership of a piece of adjacent property, but the
industry had been quietly pursued from time out of
mind in almost unbroken isolation. Its product is
never seen in the New Orleans market, but is shipped
direct to San Francisco and New York, and consumed
entirely by the Chinese. At certain seasons the shrimp
are caught by the millions in rude handnets, and
spread in layers in platforms built over the surface of
the water. The hot sun soon shrivels them up and
*hey become desiccated. When thoroughly dry they
are brown and brittle and have a sweet, nutty flavor
that is far from disagreeable. In this condition they
are packed loosely in barrels holding about 250 pounds
each and sent to native merchants in Mott and Doyers
streets, in New York, and to our own Chinatown. At
both places they are in lively demand, and are eaten
either as condiments, without further preparation, or
with a curry of rice. Even some American barbarians
claim to find them very good.

The scene in the shrimping camp is so strangely
Oriental that it is hard for a visitor to realize that he
is in the neighborhood of a big American city. As a
matter of fact, the southern industry is an imported
one and exactly the same pi'ocess of fishing and dry-
ing as is pursued on a vast scale in China, and is practi-
cally the same as is in vogue around our own bay
shores. Almost all the colonists come from families of
shrimpers, and when they have sufficient money re-
turn to the flowery kingdom and send back relatives
to take their places. There are thousands of common
Chinese fans in the stores of New Orleans bearing
pictures of shrimp fishers and dryers, and no doubt
many a purchaser has been puzzled over the queer
daubs and wondered what it all meant. The same
thing precisely could be witnessed by making a trip
to the outlying bayous of Grand Lake.

The Angler's Puzzle. Some Piscatorial Problems.

The sportsman who goes afield can predict wdth a
reasonable degree of certainty the actions of the game
animals or game birds which he is pursuing, writes E.
Hough in the Chicago Tribune. The deer has certain
known habits, and the man who understands these
habits makes' the deer an easy prey. The wild duck
has habits of his own, which the sportsman comes to
understand, and of which he avails himself readily.
The great goose of the prairies has regular and clock-
like habits which render him an open and easy read
book to the man who pursues him with a gun. It is a
maxim among sportsmen that every wild animal has
its blind side. To civilized man one of the most inter-
esting studies in the world is that of hunting out the
blind side of wild creatures of the forest and field. The
trapper and the hunter are students and philosophers,
and we take pleasure in following their philosophy
when we go into the wild country with them.

So much we may consider as fairly accurate and
true. Bnt when we como to studying the lower orders
of the creatures which we pursue in the way of sport
we are bid to pause and to hark back in our own
philosophy. Neither the scientist nor the business man,
indeed not even the hunter or the trapper or the fisher
may be considered specialists and experts in their call-
ing, can tell you much about what is going on in the"
mind of the fish, which inhabits an element other than
our own. We are of the earth and of the air. The
fish is of the water. Our pshyehology does not encom-
pass that of the fish. We understand things that are
of the earth and of the air, but we cannot solve the
equation of that other mysterious element so essential
to humanity and to sport'. We look at the fish as he
floats about perfectly adapted to his own native
element; we wonder at him, we want him, but we never
understand him. We do not know what he is going to
do next. We do not know what art to employ in order
to accomplish his undergoing with a fair degree of cer-
tainty. Here then is a problem of sport. Then

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possibility, but not a certainty. Upon these conditions
arises the charm of the fascinating sport of angling,
one oflthe most enduring sports in all the history of the
word. It is enduring because it is fascinating and fas-
cinating because it is mysterious.

In a general way the habits even of a given variety
of fish may be determined by the general observer.
From such observations we are apt to generalize. Thus
we classify all fish of a given species as being exactly
like the other under the same conditions. We do not
accord to the fish family the status of any individuality.
We say that one bass is just the same as another and
will act exactly like the other under the same condi-
tions. We expect one trout to be identical with all
other trout. In this we probably err to a greater or
less extent. A student of fishes will perhaps really
observe among them a greater tendency to solitary
habit and to individual initiative than may be observed
among any sort of game creatures. Here again we
have mystery, hence fascination. We do not, however,
have any definate conclusions or any ultimate and es-
tablished facts. We are not able to tell why a big
trout will lie under the same stump in a certain stream
year after vear, resisting all the wiles of the angler:
nor are we able to tell why at a given hour, and with-
out anv apparent change in the conditions of the atmos-
phere 'or water, all the fish in a certain part of the
stream will go on the feed and presently stop as sud-
denly as they began. If we could tell why they begin
to rise with this concerted action we could perhaps also
tell why in another part of the stream not far removed
the fish were lying silent and sullen as before. These
are all studies,' and they make up a part of the greatest
pshychological game on earth. that embodied in the art
of angling.

Continually there come up singular instances of the
perverseness and inscrutability of the fishes which we
prize most. Thus not long ago a Chicago angler was
up near Kilbourn, Wis., and while there he saw one
afternoon an angler who had just come back from a
little creek not far out in the country with a magnifi-
cent lot of trout, seventy-five fish in all, which he had
taken in a short time that day. On question the suc-
cessful fisherman said he had fished on that creek for
some time without success. The fish would not rise to
anything he could find in his fly book. Disgusted at
this he had recourse to the universal expedient of the
worm. After digging for some time in the sandy soil
of that locality he manages to unearth two angle-
worms, which he prized higBly, since he supposed they
would fill his basket for him. ' One of these worms he
unluckily lost, and much to his surprise and disgust he
found that the remaining worm had no such value as
he supposed. The trout did not care for it. One
might suppose that this was simply instinct, since it
does not seem natural that trout should care for a feed
not indigenous to their environment. To disprove
this, upon the other hand, it is well known that trout
do take to the angleworm in streams of the pine woods,
where such a thing as a fish worm never grew. This
is supposed to be heredity or inherited tendency. It
is just as apt to be freakishness or curiosity, but we
will call it heredity for the sake of dignity. Neither
for heredity or other reasons would these trout take
the much prized angleworm which this fisherman had
discovered.

Yet the latter had the true angling genius, and he
knew there was some way to circumvent these creatures
if he only could discover that way. He went back in
the woods and searched in the grassy covers to see
what other bait he could find. Here he got some black
grasshoppers, and as he knew that the grasshopper is
one of the least resistance lures possible to be found
for a good trout he felt sure that he had solved his
problem. Not so. The trout would have none of his
black grasshoppers. He could see the fish in schools
on the bottom of the creek, but he could not get them
to rise. This was a discouragement, but not sufficient
to stop the persistent angler in this case. He went
back into the woods, and this time he secured some
green grasshoppers, which he tried in turn. Imagine
his joy. his exultation, his mental self-satisfaction! He
had solved the problem. It was green grasshoppers
which these fish wanted! He could not get green
grasshoppers enough to satisfy the demand, and to
make short the story he filled his basket more than
twice over with grand trout. Now, these trout were
evidently hungry and they wanted to feed. Yet they
would not eat angleworms, the most universal of ail
baits, and they would not eat a black grasshopper. It
was a green grasshopper which was wanted, and
nothing else. Could we ask a better instance in proof
of the fact that not all our angling science can claim
the distinction of being either inducive or deductive,
but must be branded with the less noble name of
purely empirical ?

Not long ago a Chicago angler was fishing in a Wis-
consin lake, where thousands of other anglers fish
every year. It is not now called a prolific water,
though once in awhile one hears of a good fish being
taken there. This angler was fishing in a little snaggy
bay, where quarters were too cramped to allow him
much latitude in playing his fish. He was casting
near the boat, more from force of habit than from ex-
pectation, when all at once he had a strike from a big
pike, or pickerel, as it is known in this region. The
fish would have apparently have weighed twenty or
twenty-five pounds. It was hooked and played for a
moment, but soon broke away. The whole operation
took place in a narrow little bit of water, and the fish
took the spoon almost against the side of the boat,
evidently having followed it up and seized it as it was
about tu leave the water. There was no question in
the world that it saw the boat and its occupants, and
one would think that it must have known the purpose
of those occupants. Yet in a few minutes after it had
broken away, it rose again at another spoon, with
the first spoon still hanging from the corner of its
mouth. Then the angler, having failed to fasten the
fish again, sent his boatman more than three miles
'or another and better spoon. An hour and a half
later this same fish, in the same cove, rose again, the
spooo still dangling at its mouth. It was not fastened,
and finally left the cove and never was taken. It had
in-nished for the Chicago angler a more interesting

problem in fish psychology than if it had been brought
into the boat on the first cast. No one can tell what
was the motive animating this big pickerel. Possibly
it was anger, possibly curiosity, possibly sheer stupid-
ity. We may take 'our choice, but surely we will go
out again to study some of these unsolved fish prob-
lems of the fish world.

It is commonly supposed that large fish have a re-
stricted habitat and that they do not move far from
their chosen feeding ground or lair, to which they
return when not engaged in active operations else-
where. There seems a certain amount of reason to
suppose that a large muskellunge or pike has a certain
spot to which he returns as soon as he has gorged his
prey. A knowledge of this habit is useful to the angler
who is casting for this big fish, as he will best serve his
purpose by waiting some moments after the bait is
taken before he strikes the fish. The "second run"
is the time when the fish has gorged the bait and has
started off for home, and that is the time the angler
should strike, both for pike and for bass. This is
one of the rules which are almost axioms among skill-
ful fishers, yet it is a rule which certainly has excep-
tions, as the following instance would seem to prove:
A couple of Chicago anglers were fishing at a little
Wisconsin lake, casting frog for bass. It was a lake
not much fished, though it held some good bass. _ At
a certain spot one of the anglers had a heavy strike,
but lost the fish, which parted the line within a short
distance of the snell. The usual condolences followed,
and both men agreed that the fish must have been a
large one. It was determined to fish that spot care-
fully the next day, in the hope that the fish might be
struck again. They did fish it carefully, but they
never got a rise at that point again. Upon the con-
trary, on the afternoon of the second day they got a
heavy strike on the opposite side of the lake, more
than three-quarters of a mile away. This fish was
landed and proved to be a four-pound black bass. It
had a hook fastened in its throat, and hook, snell and
line were identified as those lost on the first strike of
the day before. Here was certainly an instance of a
fish which did not observe the supposed rule of a lim-
ited inhabitant. He was wandering all about the lake,
a bachelor, and strictly unattached.

The mystery of fly-fishing is, as has previously been
remarked in these columns, as much a mystery to-day
as it was centuries ago. The proof of this exists in
the great variety of patterns of artificial flies which
man has devised for the capture of his finny prey.
There are literally hundreds and hundreds of different
artificial flies. The most of these kinds cannot be
called imitations of any Uving insect. Yet you may
try the imitative flies and non-imitative flies, one with
the other, over a score of years and a hundred differ-
ent streams, and at the end of your observations you
will not be able to tell which has averaged the most
killing, the imitative or the non-imitative artificial fly.
There are, of course, some general rules bearing on
this subject, but these rules are much similar to those
above noted, and are remarkable chiefly for their un-
reliability. Thus the writer within the week fished in
a Wisconsin reserved stream which was certainly a
remarkable water in many ways. Deep and unspeak-
ably clear, it seemed under the bright sun hardly a
different element at all, but simply a continuation of
the air. In this case, certainly, one would, under all
angling rules, use a small and dark fly, and cast a long
line. It was found necessary to employ the long line
and a light cast, but all small flies and all dark flies
were utterly disregarded by the trout which inhabited
that water!' Contrary to all precedents and expecta-
tions we found that gaudy absurdity, the "silver doc-
tor,'' the most killing fly which we could employ.
This fly has a bright silver body, with wings mixed
with mottled gray, yellow, red and blue, with hackles
either of gray or blue. There ai*e a dozen different
patterns of "silver doctor," and they are all gaudy and
impossible looking flies. We all experimented with
different flies, and with this same fly on different posi-
tions on the cast, but the trout always singled it out.
They wanted that absurd, fantastic creation, and they
did not want anything else. They were just as partic-
ular as the Kilbourn trout were about having their
green grasshoppers. They knew what they wanted,
but why ? This is the question. It is apt to remain a
question as long as men go a-fishing.

There are still other mysteries regarding that weird
fish, the brook trout, though some of these mysteries
have been more or less solved by close observers, who
have discovered things not generally known to the
angling public. In a general way it is considered
usually certain that fish wili take on the color of its en-
vironments. Thus in a deep, dark pool we expect to
find a trout which is dark in color, and probably with
bright red spots. Over shallow, sandy bottom we
nearly always find pale-colored fish, light in body tint
and with their red spots less brilliantly marked. Nearly
every one knows about this, just as every one knows
that the plumage of the grouse, or the snipe or the
quail is exactly of that coloration which will afford that
bird the best protection and concealment in the sort of
cover which it inhabits. You have walked within a
few feet of a dead jacksnipe on the marsh and you have
not been able to see it, or you have wondered how the
big prairie chicken could crouch in the stubble without
you seeing it until you almost stepped upon it. This
is protective coloration. It is, no doubt, true that the
protective coloration of the brook trout is the same
thing, and intended to render the animal less easily ob-
servable by its natural enemies. But now witness the
distinct difference between creatures of the earth and
air and the creatures of the water, and witness, also,
the limits of our knowledge regarding these lower
creatures. The grouse or the quail or the snipe cannot
change the color of its feathers all at once. The ptar-
migan is brown all summer and white in the winter, for
protective reasons, but it takes a whole season for it to
effect this change. The lizard, the chameleon, effects
this change of color immediately, and thereby it be-
comes one of the most interesting objects known in
natural history. How many there are who know that
the brook trout in its ability to change its spots is more
like the chameleon than the ptarmigan? Yet this is
really the case.

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March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club.
Rocks. Alameda Point.

Merchandise Shoot. Blue

To the Meadow Lark.

Up from dewy grass

While yet 'tis dark.
On trembling pinions

Soars the meadow lark.

His brilliant vest

Like orange glows,
From slender throat

The liquid music flows.

Flute-like warbler

Of wood and field,
To thee all rivals

The palm must yield.

The ambient air, with

Fluttering wings he beats,
In ecstatic song

The morning sun he greets.

Higher he rises; his «,

Pean of praises float,
While listening Nature

Revels in his thrilling note.
—J. Mayse Baltimore, in Sportsmen's Review.

The Proposed Game Bill and Other Legislation.

At the late convention held in this city, of sports-
men and others interested in the protection and preser-
vation of fish and game and also in the enactment of
necessary and proposed legislation, the following
changes in the present law and additions thereto were
adopted and are here given in full. Much herein is
mutually for the best interests of the people at large,
and the sportsman individually. Some matter is
questionable both in its application or its substantial
worth. Great antagonism is felt toward these measures
as a whole by sportsmen in general for the reason that
the sponsors of these proposed changes and amend-
ments— who can be counted on the fingers of one hand
— are not en rapport with sportsmen or the people
at large. We do not by this mean to cast any reflec-
tions on the committee who labored so hard and con-
scientiously in drafting the following proposed legisla-
tion nor upon the personnel of the recent convention.
We allude to the few interested individuals who were
primarily responsible for the whole movement, the
ultimate jjurposes and objects of which is the enactment
of the legislation suggested in the concluding para-
graph of the resolution reported by the committee.

Section Six Hundred and Twenty-six of an Act entitled "An Act
to establish a Penal Code,'" approved February 14, 1872, is amended
to read as follows:

Section 626. 1. All wild animals and birds and all fishes found
within the jurisdiction of the State of California are the property
of the people in their collective sovereign capacity, and all private
ownership and property rights acquired through reducing them to
possession are subject to such limitations as may be imposed by
the enactments of the legislature.

2. Every person who in the State of California between the first
day of February, and the first day of November of any year shall
hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession,
whether taken or killed in the State of California or shipped into
the State from any other State, Territory, or foreign country, any
quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Every person who in the State of California between the first
day of March and the first day of October of any year shall hunt,
pursue, take: kill or destroy, or have in his possession, whether
taken or killed in the State of California or shipped into this State
from any other state, territory, or foreign country, any black brant,
(also known as sea brant), or any kind of wild ducks, or any rail, or
any English or Wilson snipe, or any curlew, ibis, or plover, shall
be guily of a misdemeanor; provided, that the board of supervisors
of any county in the State may designate by ordinance any three
consecutive calendar months in which said birds may be lawfully
taken, killed or had in possession: and provided further, that said
three months shall be months included between the first day of
October and the first day of March of the following year, and pro-
vided further, that until the board of supervisors of any county in
the State shall by ordinance make such designation, every person
who shall hunt, persue, take, kill or destroy, or have in his posses-
sion any black brant (also known as sea brant), or any wild duck,
or any rail, or any English or Wilson snipe, or any curlew, ibis, or
plover, between the first day of February and the first day of
November of the same year, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

4. Every person who in the State of California, between the first
day of January and the first day of June of the same year, shall
hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, any
dove, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that the board
of supervisors of any county in the State may designate by ordi-
nance any five consecutive calendar months in which said birds
may be lawfully taken, killed, or had in possession; and provided
further, that said five months shall be five months included beween
the first day of June and the first day of January: and provided
further, that until the board of supervisors of any county in the
State shall by ordinance make such designation, every person who
shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession
any dove or wild pigeon between the first day of January and the
first day of August of the same year, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

5. Every person who in the State of California, between the first
day of November and the first day of September of the following
year, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or nave in his pos-
session, whether taken or killed in the State of California or
shipped into the State from any other State. Territory, or foreign
country, any partridge, grouse, or sage hen, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

6. Every person who in the State of California shall hunt, pur-
sue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, any of the birds
mentioned in this section, or any other wild birds, except English
sparrows, any variety of geese except black brant, or any swan,
sandhill crane, jay, meadow lark, eagle, hawk, crow, raven, house-
finch, or linnet, or blackbird, or who shall destroy the nests or eggs
of any of the birds mentioned in this section, except those last
above excepted, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

7. Every person who in the State of California shall at any time
hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession, any
English or Mongolian pheasant, or any Bob White or Eastern or
Chinese quail, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

8. Every person who in the State of California shall during any
one calendar day take, kill, or destroy more than twenty-five quail,
wild ducks, snipe, curlew, or ibis, or more than forty doves, or
more than twenty rail, or more than eight black or sea brant, shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor. The possession of more than twenty-
five quail, twenty-five wild ducks, twenty-five snipe, twenty-five
curlew, or twenty-five ibis, or more than forty doves, or more than
twenty rail, or more than eight black or sea brant, by one person,
shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such person did take,
kill, or destroy the same unlawfully; provided, further, that if two
or more persons shall have in their possession such a number of
any of said game birds hereinabove mentioned that the ratio be-
tween the number of birds so possessed, and the number of persons
so having such possession, would be greater than the number
which any one person is by this section permitted to take, kill, or
destroy, then such possession of said game birds shall be prima
facie evidence that the persons and each and all of them so having
such possession nave taken, killed, or destroyed the same unlaw-
fully.

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9. Every person who in the State of California shall at any time
hunt, put-sue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession any
female deer o.' spotted fawn, or any antelope, elk or mountain
sheep, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

10. Every person who in the State of California, between the
first day of December and the first day of July of the year follow-
ing, shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his posses-
sion, whether taken or killed in the State of California, or shipped
into the State from any other State, Territory, or foreign country,
any male deer or any deer meat, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided, that the board of supervisors of any county in the State
may designate any two consecutive calendar months in which said
deer or deer meat niav be lawfully taken or had in possession; pro-
vided, further, that said two months shall be months included be-
tween the first day of July and the first day of December of the
same year; provided, further; that until the board of supervisors of
any county in the State shall, by ordinance, make such designation,
every pers'on who shall hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy, or have
in his possession, anv deer or deer meat between the fifteenth day
of September and the fifteenth day of July of the following year
shall be guiltv of a misdemeanor.

11. Every person who in the State of California shall hunt, pur-
sue, take, kill, or destroy, or have in his possession between the
first day of February and the first day of August of any year, any
gray squirrel, or any species of tree' squirrel, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

12. Every person who in the State of California shall at any
time buy, sell, offer or expose for sale, transport or carry, or have
in his possession, the skin, pelt or hide of any female deer or any
spotted fawn, or anv deer hide or pelt, from which the evidences of
sex have been removed, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; pro-
ved, that nothing in this section shall be held to apply to the
hide of any of the said animals when taken or killed in Alaska, or
any foreign country.

13. Every persqawho in the State of California shall take, kill,
or destroy, or have in his possession, whether taken or killed in the
State of California, or shipped into the State from any other State,
Territory, or foreign country, more than three deer during any one
open season, shall lit- guilty of a misdemeanor.

14. Every person who in the State of California, owning, con-
trolling or having in his possession, any deerhounds, foxhounds,
greyhounds, or any other kind of dog, shall suffer, permit, or allow
any of the said dogs to run. track, or trail any deer during the time
when it is unlawful to kill the same, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor.

15. Every cold storage company, person keeping a cold storage
warehouse,' tavern or hotel keeper, or eating-house keeper, market-
man, or other person who shall buy, sell, or offer or expose for sale,
or give away, or have in his possession, any quail, pheasant,
grouse, sage hen, dove, wild pigeon, black brant, or any kind of
wild duck.'rail. curlew, ibis, snipe or plover, during the time when
it is unlawful to take or kill the same, whether they are taken or
killed in the State of California or shipped into the State from any
other State, Territory, or foreign country, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

16. Every person who in the State of California shall at any
time use any horse, mule, ass, bull, cow, or steer, or any device
representing any of the above animals for the purpose of a blind,
or conceal himself behind any of said animals or devices in hunt-
ing any ot" the birds mentioned in this section, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

IT. Every person who in the State of California shall at any
time between one-half hour after sundown and one-half hour before
sunrise of the following day, hunt, pursue, take, kill, or destroy,
any of the birds mentioned in this section, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

18. Nothing in this section shall be held to prohibit the posses-
sion for scientific purposes or the taking alive for the purpose of
propagation, any ot the animals or birds mentioned in this section;
provided, permission to take and possess said birds or animals for
said purposes shall have been first obtained in writing from the
State Fish and Game Commissioners; and said permission shall
accompany the shipment of said animals or birds and shall exempt
them from' seizure in passing through any part of the State.

19. Every person found guilty of a violation of any of the pro-
visions of this section, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-
five dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned in
the county jail of the county in which the conviction shall be had
not less "than twenty days nor more than one hundred and fifty
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

20. One-half of all fines collected for the violation of any of the
provisions of this section, shall be paid by the court in which the
conviction shall be had, to the informant who caused the action or
proceeding from which such fine shall be collected; and one-half of
said fine shall be paid into the State Treasury: provided, that
should the informant be a game warden drawing a salary of more
than fifty dollars per month, the whole of said fine shall be paid
into the State Treasury.

21. All moneys paid into the State Treasury from fines collected
for the violation of any of the provisions of this section, shall be
set aside and known as the Game Preservation Fund, and shall be
applicable to the payment of salaries of game wardens and other
expenses connect ijd with the preservation of the game of the State,
and shall be disbursed only on the warrant of the Fish and Game
Commission.

All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are hereby
repealed.

Section U27. Every person who in the State of Colifornia shall
use a shotgun of larger caliber than that commonly known and des-
ignated as a number ten gauge, for the purpose of killing or destroy-
ing any of the animals or birds protected in whole or in part by the
provisions of section six hundred and twenty-six of the penal code
of this State, or any gun composedor more than two barrels, or any
combination of guns or gun barrels, or any other device whereby
more than two loads can be discharged at a time, or loads can be
discharged from more than two barrels without reloading, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. Proof of the possession of any such gun
in the field, marsh, bay, lake or stream, shall be prima facie evi-
dence of its illegal use.

% Every person who in the State of California, upon any en
closed or cultivated ground whieh is private property and where
signs are displayed at distances of not less than three to the mile
along all exterior boundaries thereof forbidding such shooting,
shall take, kill or destroy any quail, Bob White, pheasant, part-
ridge, grouse, dove, wild duck, snipe, curlew, ibis, or plover, or any
deer, without permission first obtained from the owner or person in
possession of such ground, or shall maliciously tear down, mutilate
or destroy any sign, signboard, or other notice forbidding shooting
on private property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

3. Every railroad company, express company, transportation
company, or other common carrier, their officers, agents and ser
vants and every other person who shall transport, carry, or take
out of this State, or who shall receive for the purpose of transport-
ing from the State, any deer, deerskin, buck, doe. or fawn, or any
quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, dove, wild
pigeon, or any wild duck, rail, snipe, curlew, ibis, or plover, except
for the purposes of propagation, or who shall transport, carry, or
take from the State, or receive for the purpose of transportation
from the State, any such animal or bird, or any part of the carcass
thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: provided, that the right
to transportation for the purposes of propagation, or for scientific
purposes, shall first be obtoined by permit in writing from the
Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Any person found guilty
of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be fined
in the sum of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail in the county
in which the conviction shall be had not less than twenty-five days
nor more than one hundred and fifty days or be punished by both
such fine and imprisonment.

4. Every railroad company, steamship company, express com-
pany, transportation company, transfer company, and every other-
person who shall at any time ship or receive forshipment or trans
portation from any one person during any one day more than"
twenty-five quail, wild duck, snipe, curlew or ibis, or more than
forty doves, or more than twenty rail, or more than eight black or
sea brant, or who shall transport any of said birds, or any deer in
any quantity, unless such birds or deer are at all times in open
view and labeled with the name and residence of the person by
whom they are shipped, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Section 631. Every person who shall at any time take, kill or
destroy, by the use of any net, pound, cage, trap or set line, any
quail, partridge, grouse, wild duck, or black brant, or any snipe,
curlew, ibis, or plover, or who shall transport, buy, sell, or give
away, offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession any of the
said birds that have been taken, killed or captured by the use of
any net, pound, cage, trap or set line, whether taken in the State
of California or shipped into the State from any other State, terri-
tory or foreign country, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: provided
that the same may be taken for purposes of propagation or for
scientific purposes, written permission having been first obtained
from the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners. Proof of
the possession of any of the said birds which shall not show
evidence of having been taken by means other than a net, pound,
cage, trap or set line, shall be paimd facie evidence in any prose-
cution for the violation of the provisions of this section that the
person in whose possession such quail, partridge; grouse, sage hen,
black brant, wild duck, snipe, curlew, ibis, or plover is found, took

killed or destroyed the same by means of net. pound, cage, trap or
set line.

Section 632. Every person who in the State of California buys,
sells, offers or exposes for sale, any trout of any kind less than
one pound in weight, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

2. Any person who in the State of California takes, catches,
kills, buys, sells, or exposes for sale, or has in his possession, any
salmon trout, brook or lake trout, or any variety of trout, except
steelhead trout iSalmo Gairdnerit between the first day of Novem-
ber and the first day of April of the following year, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor.

3. Every person who takes, catches, or has in his possession,
buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale, any steelhead trout between
the first day of February and the first day of April of each year,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

4. Every person who in the State of California, between the first
day of November and the first day of April of the following year,
shall take, catch, kill, or destroy any steelhead trout iu any of the
waters of the State above tide-water, shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

5. Every person who at any time takes or catches any trout, ex-
cept with hook and line, is guilty of a misdemeanor: provided,
however, that steelhead trout may be taken in tide-water between
the first day of April and the first day of February of the follow-
ing year with lawful nets: and a lawful net shall be a net that,
when placed in the water, is unsecured and free to float with the
current or tide, and the meshes of which are, when drawn closely
together, and measured inside the knots, not less than seven and
one-half inches in length.

6. Every person found guilty of any violation of any of the pro-
visionsof this section, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-
five dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail of the county in
which the convictions shall be had not less than twenty days, or
be punished by both such fine and imprisoumt-nt. All fines im-
posed and collected for any violation of any of the provisions of
this section, shall be paid into the Fish Commission Fund. Noth-
ing shall prohibit the United States Fish Commission and the Fish
Commission of this State from taking at Jail such times such fish as
they deem necessary for the purposes of artificial hatching.

An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act to create the office of
Fish and Game Warden and to describe the powers, duties, and
salary of such officer,*7 approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-five.

Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of each and every county
in the State shall, at its first meeting held after the first day of
May, nineteen hundred and one, and as often thereafter as there is
a vacancy iu said office, appoint a suitable per: on to serve as Fish
and Game Warden of the county, which office is hereby created.

Sec. 2. Said Fish and Game Warden shall enforce the State
laws and all county and municipal ordinances relating to the pro-
tection of fish and game, and he shall be vested with all the powers
of a peace officer and to make arrests for the violation of sucb laws
and ordinances.

i'Sec. 3. The salary of said Fish and Game Warded is hereby
fixed in accordance with the classification of counties as follows:
For counties of the first, second and third classes, one hundred dol-
lars per month; for counties of the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
classes, the sum of seventy-five dollars per mouth: for counties of
the eighth, ninth and tenth ciusse*. the sum of sixty dollars per
month: and for all other classes, the sum of fifty dollars per month.
In addition thereto, said warden shall be allowed a sum not to ex-
ceed twenty-five dollars per month for expenses incurred by him in
the performance of his duties. Said salary and expenses incurred
must be paid monthly from the county treasury. Said Fish and
Game Warden shall, before entering upon the discharge of his
duties, execute a bond with sureties in such ^sum as may be re-
quired by the board of supervisors for the faithful and proper dis-
charge of his duties as such Fish and Game Warden. Said Warden
shall report quarterly to the board of supervisors of his county,
giving a detailed statement of all arrests made, convictions had,
fines collected, and generally, in regard to the management of his
office.

Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.

An Act creating all constables, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, city
marshals, and police officers ex-offlcio game and fish wardens.

Section 1. Every sheriii, deputy sheriff, constablt, city marshal,
po.iee officer, and each of them, by virtue of their election and ap-
pointment, are hereby created and constituted tx-ojfic'to game
wardens for their respective jurisdictions, and they and each of
them shall have authority and power without warrant to search
and examine any boat, conveyance, vehicle, fish basket, tish-oox,
game bag, game coat, or any receptacle for game or tish, when they
have reason to believe that any of the laws for the protection of
game and fish have been violated, and the said officers shall at any
time seize and take possession of any and all birds, animals, or
fish which have been caugnt, taken, or killed contrary to any of
the laws of this State. Each of the said officers shall, fot the
purposes of this act. have concurrent jurisdiction throughoutlhis
proper county.

Any sherifl, deputy sheriff, constable city marshal, police officer,
or game warden, willfully neglecting or refusing to prosecute any
offense under said law. ot which he shall have personal knowledge
or of which he shall have notice in writing by any citizen, giving
the name of the offender together with the name.-, of the witness or
witnesses, shall be guilty or a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a tine of hi" ty dollars or undergo
imprisonment in the county jail for two montns, or shall be pun-
ished by both fine and imprisonment, at the di>cretion of the court.

Sec. 2. AH moneys recovered and all fines collected under this
act, shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the suit,
action, or proceeding shall have been commenced, or in which the
offense shall have been committed, and the prosecuting attorney
or treasurer of such county, ujon the payment of any fine or judg-
ment, may satisfy the same of record lor the State by the payment
of one-half such money, exclusive of costs, to informer, wfiether
such informer be the sherifl, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal,
police officer, game warden, or other person, who caused to be
brought the action or proceeding in which such fine or penalty
shall be recovered. And the other half of such tine shall be re-
tained by the county treasurer, to be appiled te the State fund for
the protection of fish and game.

Your Committee begs further to report the following resolution:

Whereas, The Board of Fish Commissioners have expressed the
opinion that a division of the labors connected with the preserva-
tion of the game and fish would result to the benefit of the State;
and

Whereas, We believe the wild game of the State of California
to be one of its most valuable resources, and that no effort on the
part of the State should be spared to secure its fullest preserva-
tion; therefore, be it

Besotted: That we earnestly recommend to the Legislature of
the State of California that the office of State Game Warden be
created, and that an appropriation sufficient to properly equip the
said, office be made and placed at its disposal, under such necessary
restrictions as will secure a faithful and honest administration,
and give to the game of the State a protection commensurate with
its importance and value as a food supply.

Cartridge and Shell.

The Christmas edition of Shooting- and Fishing is a
handsomely gotten up number full of good things for
those who enjoy recreation with gun, dog and rod.

Our English contemporary, the Shooting Times and
British Sportsman, has issued a splendidly illustrated
holiday number replete with good stories and interest-
ing information for sportsmen.

Wednesday and Thursday were ideal days for the
duck hunter around the bay shores. Market shooters
made large shipments this week from Dixon, Wood-
land, Colusa, Newmans, Firebaugbs and points south.

The Du Pont calendar for 1901 is a beauty, aside
from its intrinsic merit as a record of days it is quite a
work of art. The principal subject of illustration is a
scene familiar to sportsmen. Three hunters discuss-
ing congenial topics in one end of a baggage car where
their dogs are located will bring many pleasant
thoughts to the sportsman every time he looks upon
the picture. A hunting scene in the winter woods with
a Pointer and Setter in the foreground is another real-
istic picture. Two vignettes illustrating naval and
magazine guns at work are grim reminders of the
adaptability of the Du Pout powders for other pur-
poses than those of recreation.

Tod Sloan, Phil Daly, Jr., Walter Patton, Jos. J.
Sweeney, H. L. Van Wyck, Andrew Jackson and Bob
Smith together disposed of about thirty dozen strong
flying pigeons at the Ingleside traps on Sunday last.
Six and ten bird races, miss and out events and three
pair doubles developed some excellent trap work be-
tween the contestants. Sloan and Daly captured the
largest ends of the purses.

""~('A Chip of the Old Block" is the caption to a strik-
ing picture decorating the Union Metallic Cartridge
Compan's calendar. A bright faced, handsome young-
ster is accoutred in the hunting habiliments of his
father and with thelatter's hammerless shotgun which
he holds in front of him he has evidently brought
down the brace of beautifully plumaged grouse hang-
ing over his left shoulder. Possibly the youth may
have been indulging in "forbidden fruit," but if his
daddy is the sportsman he should be he will overlook
the lapse and straightway buy his promising son a new
16 guage.

SHOOTING WITH SMALL ARMS.

Longer Ranges Now in Vogue.

•' It is remarkable what progress has been made in
revolver shooting during the past twenty years," said
Capt. James S. Conlin, of New York, who for many
years was regarded as the best revolver shot in the
world.

The Captain, who is now close to seventy years,
was in a reminiscent mood as he sat in his gallery a
few days ago and told with much enthusiasm how
much progress has really been made in revolver shoot-
ing since he was the champion of the army, nearly
forty years ago.

"Few persons have any idea how many people
shoot with small arms. It has been taken up in all
the clubs, and now I understand that the National
Guard will encourage the art of revolver shooting.
There are hundreds of persons who never go near a
shooting gallery or an armory and are still as pro-
ficient as some of the cracks that we are always read-
ing about in the papers. These people indulge in re-
volver shooting as a sport or pastime, as one may call
it. They have a range at home, and whenever they
feel inclined to pepper a few targets they get out their
gun and retire to the range.

"Now, as regards the actual progress made in the art.
Away back in my time — and that's a good many years
ago — we used to shoot at twelve yards and thought
that this was a long range. Now they are shooting at
twenty-five and thirty-five yards, and in many cases
matches have been shot at fifty yards. The time is
approaching when we will be shooting at seventy-five
and one hundred yards. Years ago it seemed impos-
sible to hit a target at forty yards. The arms and
ammunition used at present make it possible to shoot
one hundred yards, and with accuracy, too.

"Twenty-five years ago the powder, ball and cap
pistol was mostly used. It was a good arm, but if a

COLT'S
NEW POLICE
32 CALIBRE,

man was able to hit the head of a flour barrel at forty
yards he was considered a crack shot.

"It is much more difficult to shoot with a revolver
than with any other arm, and that is probably why so
few people care to take up revolver shooting. Some
people want to learn how to shoot a revolver in a very
short time, and if they fail they give it up as a hope-
less task. They will saw: "Oh, I was never born for a
pistol shot. '

"This is all wrong. Any one can learn how to shoot
accurately with a revolver. Take Major Marks, of the
army, twenty-five years ago. Why, the old major had
paralysis, but could shoot as well as any one at that
time. If a person, when he starts in to shoot with a
revolver, finds that he cannot accomplish anything, its
a hundred to one that there is something the matter
with his eyesight. Let him consult an occulist, and
after he has been fixed up, say with the proper pair of
glasses, I will guarantee that his shooting will improve.

"There are people who will say that they are too
nervous to shoot accurately. That's another mis-
taken idea. A man is never too nervous to shoot.
Technically speaking there are two classes of shooters.
The one wriggles and the other can hold a revolver as
if it were in a vise.

"Take the man that wriggles. If he has the active
nerve he will pull the trigger at the supreme moment
and his score will be as good as a man who can hold
the sight. The man that can hold bis arm steady is
usually best at rapid fire. I knew a great many shots
who are only good at rapid fire shooting. Yes, this
does seem strange, but it is a fact. The best shot is
the man who can shoot the quickest, and that is the
man who can get the aim quickest and pull."

Capt. Conlin's shooting days are over, so to speak.
He injured his right hand several years ago. Some of
the best known shots in the country visit bis place,
however, and seek his advice on revolver shooting.
He has many pupils, many of tnem members of the
National Guard. His collection of targets cannot be
equalled. They include the scores made in all the im-
portant matches for years. Capt. Conlin took an ac-
tive part in organizing the match between America and
France, decided last summer, and which the Ameri-
cans won easily. He intends to organize an in*
national tournament next summer to decide the cl
pionship of the world.

12

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[Jaktaby 5, 1901

THE FARM

Fattening Food for Sheep.

Feeding Hogs on Alfalfa.

C. H. Sessions of Los Angeles. Cal., says
he has never raised hogs for market by
feeding wholly on alfalfa. In his section

This term fattening should he dropped, many farmers pasture hogs successfully
We don't fatten now, we feed the sheep on alfalfa and think it is one of the cheap-
for market. And in good feeding the est feeds they can use. The hogs grow
sheep will take on as much fat as may be rapidly- eating the green feed like a cow.
needed to make the flesh succulent. Even | When the field is not overstocked they
now mutton eaters complain of the excess will not dig out the roots, but if it is, they
of fat, which is a waste of good food and j will burrow down and dig out every one.
no one wants it. Feeding on the ordin- It has been claimed that one acre of alfalfa
ary rations of clover or alfalfa hay, with a will grow 1000 pounds of pork. Hogs
pint of corn a day. is sufficient for a lamb; grown on this feed are soft and the fat
for a two year old or older sheep this watery. They should be fed forty to sixty
ration mav be increased to twice the days on corn, barley or wheat, when the
allowance of corn, with ;?lfalfa or clover meat will be hard a d sweet. Hogs fed in
bay as will be eaten without -waste. The ( this way are wanted by the packers — as
fat should be intimately mixed with the ( the meat is well streaked with fat.
lean meat, and to do this fattening must j In growing the young pigs which we
be a part of the growth. Th s, necessarily ■ sell for breeders, Mr. Sessions says we find
cannot be made in a few days, and thus they do better to run outon alfalfa and we
the practice of feeding lambs all through : always make a hole in the fence, where
the'winter, slowly gaining good flesh, will ] they can run out and in as they please,
be more judicious and effective than to but we always give them plenty of skim
feed highly for a few days or weeks with milk, besides what they get from the sow.
grain food. All the successful experi- : Land pastured in this way must certainly
mental feeding tests have been made dur- be put into better condition to be plowed
ing some months, nine or twelve in the , for other crops.

most successful and standard trials, and i The farmers generally divide off their
we cannot expect to gain similar propor- large fields into smaller ones, and as the
tionate results with a few weeks excessive alfalfa is eaten off. the hogs are changed
feeding, the results of which maybe to. in to another and the last pasture irri-
make fat where it is not wanted, and so
throw away the money spent.

The practice is coming into general use
now for the Bhepherd to feed his own lambs
and the intermediate feeder for market is
no doubt being so much encouraged as he

was when the owner of the sheep had not ' this year is placed at 2SS 636,621 pounds
an easy oppo.tunity to do the feeding for by the National Association of Wool Man
himself. But every sheep man should j ufacturers in a report just published. This
know how to feed for himself and now , is the largest estimated yield reported
that rape and alfalfa are coming into gen- since lSa7, when it was given at 259.153,-
eral use, it is a very easy matter to bring 251 pounds, and compares with a maxi-
the lambs up to the condition when the mum yield in recent years of 34S,538,13S
finishing may be done with cheap grain in 1893, before the repeal of the wool
screenings and some corn. — American tariff under the Wilson bill. Available

gated, so in that way they have fields in
various stages of growth into which to run.

American Wool.

The wool product of the United States

Sheep Breeder.

A Dairy Experiment.

wool supplies on hand in the United States
on July 1st last ars estimated by the asso-
ciation to have been 57S.0S4.304 pounds,
against 667,109,028 at the same date in
1899, 539,309,125 in 1898 and 702, 56S 428 in
It is thought that present supplies

At the Minnesota Experiment Station
they tested six dual purpose cows as repre- 1 1397.

sented by grade Shorthorns of the best are ample to meet the requirements of the
beef type against six grade Guernsey and j mms prjor t0 tne movement of next year's
Jersey, and one grade Holstein, all of the • ciip Tne United States department of
proper build for dairy cows, and give out agriculture estimates the number of sheep

in the United States on April 1st last at
40. 267,81S, against 34,784,2S7in 1897, since
which time there has been a steady in-
crease, confined, however, almost entiiely
to the far Western States.

the following results :

The six dual purpose cows gave an aver-
age of 5077 pounds of milk in a year,
which gave 229 pounds of butter at a cost
of 13.38 cents a pounds. The feed cost
$30.64 per head, and the net profit was
$10.37 each. In October a collection of twenty-six

The seven others averaged produced an ] clTdesdale stalli0ns was auctioned off at
average of 6700 pounds of milk and made Palerm0i ju8t out6ide o£ Baenoa Avree,
446 pounds of butter per year at a cost of I Argentine Republic. The horses were

bred in the Argentine and sold for an
average price of $530. The best price was
$1250, and an Argentine-bred Shire colt
made $1060. Two imported Clvdesdale

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8 43 cents a pound. The cost of food was
$37.60 per head and the net profit $3S.ll
each.

But the comparison between the best of
each sort was more plainly marked. The ' stallions averaged over $1250, the best one
. , , . „_. , , bringing 51755. Another imported pair

best dual purpose cow gave 274 pounds of , brou|ht ?72o each. A Suffolk horse, im-
butter at a cost of 12.14 cents a pound, j ported, brought within a few cents of $1250.
with a profit of $15.69. The poorest ot the — -

lot gave but 196 pounds of butter at a cost
of $14.76 cents a pound and a profit of
$8.51 for the year.

The grade Holstein produced 530 pounds
of butter from 11,726 pounds of milk, at a j
cost of $10 61 cents a pound, having eaten
$55.23 worth of food, but showing a net
profit of $38.26.

This profit was exceeded by a grade Jer-
sey which produced 493 pounds of butter
from 7914 pounds of milk. Her butter
coBt but 6.08 cents a pound, she having
eaten but $30 worth of food, and the profit
from her was $54.45 for the year.

A cross bred Jersey and Guernsey was
next to her. having eaten $35.15 worth of
food and yielded $53.31 profit. She made
512 pounds of butter from 8796 pounds of
milk at a cost of 6.S6 cents a pound.

Gain A Second

— when your horse is fast seconds

count on a record.

A little stiffness or soreness in leg or body

mav lose seconds and bence lose a record.

Chills, congestion and inflammation are the

enemies of speed.

Tuttles
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It haB been demonstrated by actual ex-
periments, observed Science and Industry,
that many of our wild forest plants pro-
duce seeds that when buried in the earth
retain vitality for ten to thirty years.

l'**d and codursed
by the A'Ubs
Express Co.

used in dilute form
— has no superior as a
leg aad body wash.
Apply to the legs and
bandage lightlv. Ap-
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• stiffness and soreness, prevents colds,

• congestion, and produces flexibility

• and firmness of muscles and tendons.

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Veterinary Experlence-^fuU of valu-

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: A L. Thomas, Snpt. Canton Farm, Joliet, 111., remarks,
: "l enclose yon amount for sii bottles of QninD's Ointment.
: After one year's trial must confess it does all you claim for
• it." For Curbs, Splints, Spavins, Windpuffs or Bunches,

Price $1.50.

-^old by all Druggists or sent by

m&iL

W. B. EDDY & CO.. Whitehall. N. Y.

For Sale — Grandson of Hermit.

A Great Race Horse that Should Make a Great Sire.

(Touchstone S%™gr

'^Beeswing {pa utSerot Ai .

(Tadmore

f Citadel.

[Gentle Kitty..

(Imp. Australian.

Spendthrift'.

L Aerolite..

Imp. Bombazine.

(.Green Gown.

(Ion
■ j Palmyra

' bliss Sellon {geEeDame

(•Qtorkwell j The Baron

j btocKweu -( Pocanontas

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fWestAustraUan.... {Melbourne

W.EnaeUa j|j™gE»«lta.

P^ton XfeTcameal

'Vorine fe^e

(Stoekwell.., feonfas

•Wtingale IciST^"

( Solon JWest Australian

" IDaug. of Irish Birdcatcher

' \ Tannery .(De Ruyter

1 BB " (Farthingale by Cotherstone

6th dam Cloak by Rockingham, 7th dam Green Mantle by Sultan. 8th dam Dulcenia by Ceryantes
1 dam Begina by Moorcock. 10th dam Rally by Trumpator. and on to 18th dam Daughterof Spanker.

Bids on Storm King are inyited by letter. Address

BEEEDEE AND SPORTSMAN, 36 Geary St., San Francisco.

Racing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

Dec. 31 to Jan. 12, incl,
OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, tain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leaye San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30,
1, 1 :30, 2:30 and 3 p. M-. connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the track. Bny your ferry
tickets to shell Mound. All trains via Oakland
mole connect with San Pablo electric cars at
seventh and Broadway, Oakland; also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland. These elec-
tric cars go direct to the track in fifteen minutes.

Reluming trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45
p. m. and immediately alter the last rece.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS, Pres.
R. E. MILROY, Sec'y.

■'ALL VOYAGERS AGREE THAT FOR
VARIED BEAUTY OF FORM AND COLOR,
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE UNSURPASSED
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS THAT
CIRCLE ROUND THE HIGH LANDS. GATHER
IN LOVELY STREAMS, AND, AFTER HEAVY
RAINS, TORRENTS PRECIPITATE THEM-
SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN CLIFFS— A FEATURE SO STRIK-
ING A3 TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE AT
TENTION OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL
LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF THE
ISLANDS THERE IS A LUXURIANT CORAL
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE AT NO
GREAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW THE
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLAND
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOSE OF
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS."

— Encyclopedia Brilannica.

The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Me. Send for
"Tahiti?' to Company's office, 643 Market
St., San Francisco, Cal.

FOR SALE— The Fast Green Pacer

"BANKER'S DAUGHTER"

If sold in the nest ten days. Foaled in 1894. Sire
Arthur Wilkes, Dam Sunflower. 2:26. Second Dam
by Chieftain. Has won money over such horses as
Fitz Lee, 2:13^; Wilhelmina. 2:11. Was beaten a
short head by Georgie B, 2:1154, in third heat in
2.]3Lj at Woodland. Cal. She is the fastest Green
Pacer in California. Will Pace three times in 2:08
this year in condition; is Dead Game; was only
trained five months. Address

WM. BROWN, Red Bluff, Cal.

J. O'BRIEN & GO.

1144 Market Street
Importers and Manufacturers of

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Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

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on the affected part, keeping the
sponge hot by repeating the op-
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Bnb dry and apply

ABSORBINE

rubbing it in welL Use the
hot water steaming process
once a day and apply the Ab-
sorbine from three to jjfour
times a day. One or two days
usually cures fresh cases.
Absorbine is unequalled in removing bunches
caused by a bruise or strain from animal or man-
kind. Vet. size S2 per bottle, for mankind SI per
bottle, delivered or furnished by regular dealers.
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Reddington & Co.. J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron
all of San Francisco.

The largest and best located sales pavilion
on the Pacific Coast I

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STREET,

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Having fitted up the abo^e place especially for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond with owners
regarding the Auction Sales which I shall hold
at this place every TUESDAY at u a. m.
Arrangements can be made for special sales of
standard bred trotting stock, thoroughbreds, etc.
My turf library is the largest on this Coast, hence
lam prepared to compile catalogues satisfactorily
to my patrons, I take pleasure in referring to any
and all for whom I have sold horses during the past
two years. TVM. G. LAYNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
Telephone Main 5179.

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-OF-

BITTER ROOT STUD,

PROPERTY OP THE ESTATE OP MARCUS DALY,

-AT-

Madison Square Garden, New York, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, January 30 and 31, February 1, 1901.

-BY-

FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY.

8 STALLIONS.

104 BROODMARES.

75 HORSES IN TRAINING.

HAMBURG, b h. 5, by Hanover-Lady Reel.
TAMMANY, ch h, 11, by Iroquois-Tullahoma.
OGDEN (imp.), b b. 6, by Kilwarlin-imp. Oriole.

STALLIONS.

AFFECT br f, 1897, bv HisTHighness-Eosite; not bred.

ALICE HIMYAR, b m, 1888, by Himyar-Ailee; bred to The

Pepper. „

ANGELURE (imp.), b f, 1897, by St, Angelo-Patineuse; not bred.
ANNOT LYLE (imp.),bm: 1893, by Barcaldine-Little Lady II.;

bred to imp. Ogden.
ASCETICISM (imp.), br m 1890, by Hermit-Perditiom.bred to imp.

Bathamption. . .

ASH LEAF, ch m, 1896, by T am many-imp. Ayrshire Rose; bred to

imp. Isidor.
AVE MARIA, ch m, 1893, by Salvator-Aurelia: bred to imp.

Bathampton.
AYRSHIRE ROSE (imp.), ch m, 1892, by Ayrshire-Rose of Lan-
caster; bred to Hamburg.
BALANCE H., ch m, 1890, by Stratford-Equipoise; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
BALSAM FIR (imp.), b m, 1893, by Friar Balsam-imp. Tempe;

not bred.
BEAUCATCHER, ch m, 1891, by imp. Eothen-Auricoma; bred to

Hamburg.
BEAUTY, ch m, 1888, by imp. St. Blaise-Bella; bred to The

Pepper.
BELINDA, b m, 1895, by Kingfisher-BeUona; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
BELLE OF BUTTE, b m, 1890, by imp. Sir Modred-La Favorita;

bred to imp. Isidor.
BENEFACTRESS (imp.), b or br m, 1892, by Bendigo-Flora: bred

to imp. Ogden.
BERRIEDALE (imp.), b m, 1894, by Donovan-Caithness; bred to

Hamburg.
BETTIE BLAISE, blk m, 1889, by imp. St. Blaise-Bettie M.; bred

to Hamburg.
BLACK CAP (imp), b m, 1895, by Royal Hampton-imp. Oriole;

bred to imp. Isidor.
BOISE (imp.), b m, 1894, by Hampton-imp. Buttermere; bred to

Hamburg.
BRITISH BLUE BLOOD (imp.), blk m, 1890, by Bendigo-Plaus-

aunce; bred to The Pepper.
BUTTERFLY, ch m, 1886, by imp. Kyrle Daly-Mariposa: bred to

imp. Isidor.
BUTTERMERE (imp.), b m, 1884, by Doncaster-Thorwater; bred

to Hamburg.
CALEDONIA (imp.), br m. 1890, by Burgomaster-imp, Fandango;

bred to imp. Bathampton.
CANDOR II., br m, 1892, by imp. Darebin-Miss Clay; bred to imp.

Ogden.
CARNESS, ch m, 1895, by imp. Inverness-Carrie G.; bred to The

Penner
CARRIE G.,brm, 1885, by Spendthrift-imp. Picadilly.
CASSEOPIA (imp.), ch m, 1894, by Friar's Balsam-Starlight; bred

to Hamburg.
CASTALIA, ch m, 1888, by imp. Mortemer-imp. Castaignette; bred

to Hamburg.
CHERRY WILD, ch f, 1898 by Eou-Cerise; not bred.
CLOSE-THE-DOOR (imp.), b m, 1887, by Wisdom-Draughty; bred

to The Pepper.
COCKERNONY (imp.) ch m, 1894, by Friar's Balsam-imp. Irony:

bred to Hamburg.
COALESCE (imp.), b m, 1891, by Timothy— Black Diamond; bred

to St. Angelo.
CONTRADICTION (imp.) b m, 1887, by Sterling-Casuistry; bred

to imp. Bathampton.
CRISIS (imp.),b m, 1893, by Fernandez-imp. Isis; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
CRISIS II. (imp.) br m, 1890 by Springfield-Christine; bred to

Hamburg.

Foals of 1898 -Coming Three Years Old.

FRANKFORT, b c. by Hanover— Lady Reel.
GOLDSPINNER, b c, by imp. Goldfinch-imp. Red Spinner.
EMPORIUM, ch c, by The Pepper-imp. Cockernony.
VESUVLA, br f by Lamplighter-Unadaga.
JOSHER, br t, by Rainbow-imp. Ridicule.
WEALTH, b or br f, by Rainbow-imp. Prosperity.
ELEGY, ch f, by imp, Goldfinch— imp. Buttermere.
CISTERCIAN, ch f, by imp. Goldfinch-imp. La Trappe.
GOLDEN GRAIN, ch f, by Hanover-Fleur d'Or.
CANDLE, b f by imp. Candlemas-Carina.
MARY M'COY, b t, by Henry of Navarre-Laura Stone.

Foals of 1899— Coining Two Years Old.

THE WEAVER, b c, by imp. Goldfinch-imp. Red Spinner.

NORTHERN STAR, ch c, by Hanover-Starlight.

CATHAIRE MOR, ch c, by Kendal— imp. Pastorella.

DARTMAN, b c, by Kendal— imp. Dartaway.

DRUSUS, ch c, by imp. Ravensbury-imp. Drusilla.

MINTAKA, b c, by imp. Crow berry-imp. Mint Cake.

CHOATE, b c, by imp. Meddler-imp. Laetitia.

CHILTON, b c by imp. Meddler-Castalia.

CAMERON, b c, by imp. Meddler-imp. Annot Lyle.

BALM OF GILEAD, ch c, by imp. Inverness-imp. Balsam Fir,

TAMAHNAWIS, ch c, by imp. Inverness-Banshee.

ISIDOR (imp.), ch h, 6, by Amphion-imp, Isis.
BATHAMPTON (imp.), b h, 9, by Hampton-The Bat.
THE PEPPER, b h, 11, by imp. Billet-Vega.

BROODMARES.

DARTAWAY (imp.), b m, 1890, by Galopin-Dart; bred to Ham-
burg.
DARTLE (imp), b f, 1898, by Kendal-imp. Dartaway; not bred,
DESAYUNO (imp.), b or br m, 1894, by Kendal-Snack; bred to

imp. Ogden.
DRUSILLA (imp.), b m, 1889, by Hampton-Bella Agnes; bred to

Hamburg.
EFFERVE SCENT, b m, 1896, by imp. Islington-Mollie; bred to

imp. Bathampton.
ELLA GREGG, gr m, 1892, by Salvator-Lizzie Lucas; bred to

Hamburg.
ERLN-GO-BRAGH (imp.), ch m, 1887, by Barcaldine-Farewell;

bred to The Pepper.
FLEUR D'OR, b m, 1887, by imp Rayon d'Or-Blandona; bred to

Hamburg.

by Faustus-Light Heart; bred to imp.

16, by Hindoo-Francesca; bred to imp.

'6, by imp. Goldfinch-Kiss-Me-Quick; bred to

FLIRT, blk m. 1

Bathampton.
FRANTIC, ch m,

Bathampton.
GARTERLESS, b m, 1897, by imp. Golden Garter-Explosion; bred

to imp. Isidor.
COUTTE D'OR (imp.), b m, 1896, by Orme-Patroness; bred to

Hamburg.
GREENWICH, b m, 1889, by Himyar-Linda Green; bred to imp.

Isidor.
GUALALA, ch m,

imp. Isidor.
GWENDOLYN (imp.), b m. 1891, by St. Simon-imp. Red Spinner;

bred to imp. Ogden.
HATHOR, chm. 1897, by Himvar-Puffer; bred to imp. Ogden.
HOMEOPATHY, ch m, 1887, by Reform-Maggie B. B.; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
ILITHYIA, ch m, 1896 by Tammany-imp. Isis; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
IRONIC (imp.), b m, 1895, by St. Serf-imp. Irony; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
IRONY (imp.).ch m, 1881, by Rosebery-Sarcasm; bred to Ham-
burg.
ISIAC (imp.), ch m, 1891, by Rosebery— imp. Isis; bred to Hamburg*
ISIS (imp.), ch m, 1887, by Bend Or-Shotover; bred to Hamburg.
KITEFOOT, ch m, 1896, by Buchanan-Longshore; bred to imp.

Isidor.
KNOBKERRIE (imp.), b m, 1892, by Galopin-Assegai; bred to

imp. Bathampton.
LAETITIA (imp.), br m, 1884, by Hilarious-Daughter of Wild

Dayrell: bred to Hamburg.
LAMBERT (imp.), ch m, 1894, by Friar's Balsam-Starlight; not

bred.
LA TRAPPE (imp.),b m, 1891, by Hermit- Ambuscade; bred to

imp. Isidor.
LOLA A.,bm, 1890 by Enquirer-Ogar.'ta: bred to imp. Bathampton.
LORGNETTE (imp), b m, 1883, by Speculum— Miss Middlewick;

bred to The Pepper.
LOTTERY, b m, 1889, bv imp. Sir Modred-Lulu: bred to Hamburg.
LUCASTA (imp.), b m, 1890, by Hawkstone-Lucky Shot; bred to

Hamburg.
MADGE D., b m. 1893, by imp. Maxim-Guenn: bred to imp. Ogden-
MAIDEN POEM (imp.).bm, 1891, by imp. Laureate-Maiden Belle;

bred to imp. Ogden.
MAKALLAH, b m. 1SH5, by Tammany-Mehallah: bred to Hamburg.
MARCIANESI (imp.), b m, 1894, by Minting-Emmeline Marcia:

bred to imp. Bathampton.
MERLDEN, b m, 1886, by imp. Billet-Mercedes; bred to Hamburg.

HOUSES IN TRAINING.

DANDY, ch c, by imp. Inverness — Beaucatcher.

GREGORY, ch c by imp. Inverness-Ella Gregg.

ESSENE, ch c by imp. Inverness-Sadie.

RENE ch c by imp. Inverness-Flirt,

SKYE. ch c by imp. Inverness-Salmera.

FLOURISH, b c by Tammany-FIeur d'Or.

SINECURE, ch c by Tammany-imp. The Task.

APPOINTEE, b or br c by Tammany-Benefactress.

CALLER, ch c by Tammany-Caledonia.

MOWICH, ch c by Montana-Butterfly.

FLYING BUTTRESS, b c by Montana-Belle of Butte.

FIVE NATIONS, b c by Montana-Unadaga.

KHITAI. ch c bv Montana-Cathay.

BONNER, b c by Montana-Lola A.

MONTANA PIONEER, b c by Montana-Ravelli.

PURE PEPPER, b c by The Pepper- Virgin.

FRANCOIS, b or br c bv The Pepper-Franc.

CONDIMENT, ch c by The Pepper-Pert.

RED PEPPER, b c by The Pepper-Weeping Child.

EMIGRANT, b or br c by The Pepper-imp. Westbound.

PEPPER SAUCE, b c by The Pepper-Abra Daly.

CORMAC, ch c by The Pepper-imp. Corinna.

FLORDTORM, b c by imp. Bathampton-Florid.

TRAFFIC, ch c by Primrose-Export.

DE-LATE, b c by Primrose-He rmoine.

COCKNEY, br c by imp. Matt Byrnes-Co eke rnony.

GOLDEN ROSE, b f by imp. Goldfinch-imp. La Trappe.

INVERNESS (imp.), ch h, 12, by Cymbal-Belle of Scotland.
BUTE (imp.), b h, 7, by Hampton -Buttermere.

MINTCAKE (imp.).b m, 1895, by Marcian-Mint Sauce; bred to

Hamburg.
MISERERE (imp.), ch m, 1887, by The Miser-Pauline; bred to

imp. Ogden.-
MISS DAREBIN, br m, 1890, by imp. Darebin-Miss Clay; bred to

imp. Bathampton.
MISS LAUDEMAN, ch m, 1896, by Hanover-Elizabeth L.; bred to

imp. Isidor.
MISSOULA, eh m, 1890, by imp. Sir Modred-Dixianne; bred to The

Pepper.
MOYA, ch m, 1896, by imp. Inverness-Miss Darebin; bred to imp.

Ogden.
MRS. DELANEY (imp.), br m, 1895, by St. Simon-Ismay; bred to

imp. Bathampton.
ONEGA, ch m, 1896, by Onondaga-Bessie Hinckley; bred to Ham-
burg.
ORIOLE (imp.), ch m, 1887, by -Bend Or-Fenella; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
PASTORELLA (imp.), ch m, 1892, by Springfield-Griselda; bred

to Hamburg.
PETTICOAT (imp.), ch m, 1888, by Doncaster-Pellesse; bred to

Hamburg.
RED SPINNER (imp.), b m, 1879, by Rosicrucian-Reaction; bred

to imp. Ogden.
RHODA (imp.), b m, 1885, by Master Ki Ida re-Violet Melrose;

bred to imp. Ogden.
RIDICULE (imp.), b or br m, 1892, by Althotas-Lizzie Tabor; bred

to imp. Bathampton.
ROSE OF HAMPTON (imp.), b m, 1891, by Royal Hampton-Lady

Primrose; bred to Hamburg.
RUBY DARE, br m, 1897, by imp. Star Ruby-Flora Dare; bred to

The Pepper.
SACRIFICE (imp.), b m, 1881, by Hampton-Sanctity; bred to imp.

Ogden.
SADIE, ch m, 1892, by Salvator-Aurelia; bred to imp. Bathampton.
SALMERA, ch m, 1895, by Salvator-Chimera; bred to imp. Bath-
ampton.
SALVIA, ch m, 1891, by imp. Rossington-Sallie M.; bred to The

Pepper.
SCOTCH LASSIE, ch m, 1897, by imp. Inverness-Miss Darebin;

bred to The Pepper.
SEPL\ (imp.), b m, 1893, by Petrarch-imp. Homeopathy; bred to

imp. Isidor.
SHIPMATE, bm, 1888, by Spendthrift-Messmate: bred to Hamburg.
SIGHTSEER (imp.), br m, 1893, by Kendall-imp. Lorgnette; bred

to imp. Isidor.
SISTRUM (imp.), ch m, 1895, by Common — imp. Isis; bred to imp.

Bathampton.
SLOW DANCE, b m, 1890, by imp. Darebin— Sly Dance; bred to

imp. Ogden.
STARLIGHT, br m, 1887, by Iroquois-Vandalite; bred to imp.

Isidor.
ST. EUDORA (imp.), b f. 1897, by St. Simon-Dorothea; not bred.
ST. MILDRED (imp.), br m, 1890, by St. Simon-Lady Fitz James;

bred to Trenton.
THE TASK (imp.), b m, 1889, by Barcaldine-Satchel; bred to

Hamburg.
THUENELLA (imp.), ch f, 1897, by St. Angelo-Thuella; not bred.
TROUBA, ch m, 1891, by Lisbon-Glenuline; bred to imp. Bath-
ampton.
UNADAGA, ch m, 1887, by Onondaga-Una; bred to imp. Bath-
ampton.
WALNUT, b m, 1888, by imp. Sir Modred-Wanda HI.; bred to

Hamburg.
WHYOTA, ch m, 1892, by Hanover-Victorine; bred to imp. Isidor.

SINCERE, b f by imp. Star Ruby-Candor H.

LUX CASTA, b f by Donovan-imp. Lucasta.

OKASTE, b f by Ayrshire-imp. Desayuno.

BANDEROLE, b f by imp. Friar-Bandana.

DESTITUTE, ch f by imp. Inverness-imp. Miserere.

THESSALY. b f by imp. Inverness-imp. Tempe.

NANAIMO, ch i bv imp. Inverness-Namonia.

EGYPTIAN PRINCESS, ch f by imp. Inverness-imp. Sistrum.

OATMEAL, ch f by imp. Inverness-Alice Himyar.

SI-AH, eh f by Tammany-imp. Casseopia.

CONTEMPT, b f by Tammany-Ridicule.

RTfSE OF SCOTLAND, ch f by Tammamy-imp. Ayreshire Rose.

NELLIE BAWN, ch f by Tammany-Wood violet.

STAR OF THE WEST, b f by Montana-imp. Isis.

PIGMENT, b f by Montana-imp. Sepia.

ALLOPATH, b f by Montana-Homeopathy.

WINECOCK. b f bv Montana-Whyota.

MONTANA PEERESS, b f by Montana-imp. Merry Peeress.

PARISINA, ch f by The Pepper-Beaut v.

GULF STREAM, ch f by The Pepper-Trade Wind.

ME-SAH-CHE, ch f by The Pepper-Marozia.

BATHA, b f by imp. Bathampton-Missoula.

PAST, b f by imp. Bathampton— Bygone.

COBIA, ch f by imp. Bathampton-Bonita.

MISTRA, b f by Primrose-Mistletoe.

PRICE, ch f by imp. Matt Byrnes-Miss Darebin.

ISHTAR, b f by Sam Lucas-imp. Isiac.

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THE WASHINGTON PARK CLUB

Chicago, Ills.

Stakes to Close TUESDAY, January 15, 1891, for the

Summer Meeting of 1901,

Beg-inninsr Saturday, June 22d.
Ending- Saturday, July 20th.

Overnight Handicaps, 51,000 and Upward. No Purses Less than $600.

SPECIAL NOTICE — -^° en*ry w^^ ^e received for any of these Stakes, except upon the condition: That all disputes,
claims and objections arising out of the racing, or with respect to the interpretation of the conditions of any Stake*, shall
be decided by the Racing Stewards present or those whom they may appoint, and their decisions upon all points shall be final.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

THE AMERICAN DEKBY-820,000 ADDKD.

A sweepstakes for Three-year-olds; $25 to accompany nomina-
tion, $225 additional to start; $20,000 added, of which $3000 to the
second and $20()0 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year-old
stakes of the value of $3000 to carry31bs.;of two such stakes, or one
of $5000 each, 5 lbs.; of three or more three-year-old stakes of the
value of $3000 each, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs. To be
un the first day of the meeting.— One mile and a half.

THE S-HER1DAN STAKES— 84000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds; $10 to accompany tho
nomination, $75 additional to start; $4000 added, of which $1000 to
the second and $500 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year-
old stakes of the value of $1500 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes or
one of $4000, 5 lbs; of three or more three year old stakes of the
value of $15H0, (selling stakes exceptad), or of one of the value of
$7000, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs.— One mile ami a quarter

THE KNGLEWOOD STAKE-*— 82000 ADDKD.

A sweepstakes for fillies, three years old: $10 to accompany
nomination. $50 additional to start; $-2000 added of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year-old
stakes of the value of $1500 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such slakes, 5 lbs.
of three or more such stakes, or of one of the value of $5000, 7 lbs.
extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs. — One mile.

1 HE DEEXEL STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds; $10 to accompany the
nomination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $4i>u) to
thesecond and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year.
old stakes of the value of $5000, or of three or more such stakes of
the value of $1500 each, to carry 5 lbs. extra. Non-winners of two
three-year-old races of the value of $1500 each allowed 3 lbs-; of one
such race, 5 lbs.; of one of $1000, 8 lbs.; of one of $500, 12 lbs. Maidens
allowed 17 lbs. — One mile.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.

THE MIDWAY STAKES— 83000 ADDED.

A selling sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to
accompany the nomination, $25 additional for naming to start;
taOOO added, or which $4ixi to the second and $200 to the third horse.
Weights 5 lbs. BDOTO the scale. The winner to be Sold a I allelic m.

i'h osi entered to be sold for $5000 to carry full weights; I $4000

allowed 5 lbs,; then 3 lbs-, for each $500 to $3000; then 1 lb. for each

$100 to $2000. Winners of a stakes this year, after the closing of

entries, and prior to June 9th, when carrying weight for age, or
I more, not to be entered for less than $4000; after June 9th, $5000.

Starters, with selling prices, to be named through the entry box, at
! the usual hour of closing, the day prior to the race. More than two
' can be named by the same ownar. but only two in the same interest

can start; but the starting fees must be paid for all named.— One

mile anil a furlong.

THE AUBURN STAKES— 82000 ADDED

A selling sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to
accompany the nomination, $25 additional for naming to start;
$2000 added, of which $400 to the second and $200 to the third horse.
The winner to be sold at auction. Those entered to be sold for
$4000 to carry weight for age- for $3000. allowed 5 pounds; then 2
lbs. for each $500 to $2000; then 1 lb. for each $100 to $1000. Win-
ners of a stakes this year, after the closing of entries, and prior to
June 9th, when carrying weight for age, or more, not to be entered
for less than $3000: after June 9th, $4000. Starters, with selling
prices, to be named through the entry box, at the usual hour of
closing, the day prior to the race. More than two can be named
by the same owner, but only two in the same interest can start;
but the starting fees must be paid for all named. On? mile and
half a furlong.

THE OAKWOOD HANDICAP— 82500 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward: $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $50 additional to start; $2500 added, of which
$400 to the second and $200 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry five pounds extra. One mile and a
furlong.

THE GREAT WESTERN HANDICAP— 83000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $50 additional to start; $3000 added, of which
$750 to the second and $250 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry o lbs. extra. One mile and a half

I HE YOUNG HANDM AP-80OOO ADDED.

For three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $75 to additional to start; $5000 added, of which $750 to
the second and $250 to the third horse. Weights to be announced
three days before the race. A winner of any race after the weights
arc posted to carry 5 lbs. extra. Orn mile, cue and one-half
furlongs.

THE WHEELER HA> DI CAP— 87500 ADDhD

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $125 additional to start; $7500 added, of which
$1000 to the second and $500 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry 5 lbs. extra. One milt and aquarti r.

FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

THE LAKK*II)E STAKES -82000 ADDKD.

A sweepstakes for fillies, two years old; $10 to accompany
the nomination. $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400
to the second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of stakes of
the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes, 5 lbs.; of
three or more such stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs.
Five furlongs.

THE K>NWOOD STAKES— 830(10 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for colts, two years old; $10 to accompany the
nomination. $50 additional to start. $2000 added, of which $400 to
the second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of
the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.: of two such stakes, 5 lbs.; of
three or more such stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs.
Five furlongs.

THE MAYWOOD STAKES— 82O0O ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of the
value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.: of two such stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or
more such stakes. 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Five
furlongs.
THE EDGE^ATER STAKES-8200O ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination. $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of the
value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.: of two such stakes, or of the Lake-
side, Kenwood or May wood Stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or more such
stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Five and a half
far longs.

THE QUICKSTEP STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-

, ination. $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the

second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes to carry

3 lbs.; of two stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or more stakes, 7 lbs. extra.

Maidens allowed 7 lbs. Four furlongs.

THE HYDE PARK STAKES-SROOr ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $100 additional to start; $5000 added, of which *H*xi to the.
second and $500 to the third horse. Weights 5 lbs. below the scale.
A winner of a stakes of the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs ; of two
such stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or more such stakes, or of the Edge
water Stakes, 8 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Six furlongs

THE LAKE VIEW HANDICAP- 83000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds: $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. Weights to be announced two
days before the race. Six furlongs.

Please note that the Entrance Fee must a company nominations. Turfmen failing- to receive entry blanks
Whom all communications should be addressed), or at the office of the Breeder and Sportsman.

;an obtain them by application to the Secretary (to

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Joe Wheeler 13 9 7 ? dr

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Winner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit; Blue jn'ciemt'ns Boy I 6 6 d'r

Hill Stake at Readville, and three other great races. Biggest money winner of " New'1 Pacers of Louis E Middteton.. ....... 6 8 12 dr

1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first year out. Sport 7 10 10 dr

Gamecock 10 12 dr

Sired by Direct 2:054, Sire of Di ectly 2:03i, Direc'um Kelly 2:081, etc, HE^k^i^M^m.^^

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsaline 2:14>4), by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:11«. T^itn^nu-'J?"™^ PUrSe $1'500'.,at folom,luS;

New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10^, as a three-year-old. ^:i:„„Z ?'„ 7 V a 5 3

and winner of this season's (1500) Kentucky Futurity lady Piper 3 2 3 4^

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George Wilkes 2:22. Frei'lmont.. . . ".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 5 3 4 3 4

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson, thoroughbred son of Boston. Red Light 4 4 5dr

Prince Exum dis

RONNIF HIPFrT is a blaek stallion. 15& hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual, Time— 0:31, 1:023£, 1:34, 2:05^; 0:33,—, 1:05V4,

UVlllllL, L/HVLVl has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way. 1:38J4, 2:10»4; i):32; 1:03^, 1:34%, 2:07fcf: 0:31^,

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at SI OO 1:04'/., l:37fi, 2:08?i; 0:31VJ, 1:03%, 1:36. 2:08«.

the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession. Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Address Evolute. 5 ? ?

C. _ _,__. _.„ . Annie Thornton 4 4 3

I flDirriTLJ Paul Revere 3 o 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy

^" Vanirriin, W. 76 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright

__, ' — . ■ 9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.

PleaSantOIl, Cal. Time-2:0?K, 2:09m, 2:10}4.

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The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:05 Sire of Directly, 2:03}, and
25 others in standard time.

Dana Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11|) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mar-H only at

Pleasanton Race Track

TEtMS Fi»K THE -*EASOX 860.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special'Stake for foals of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address. _

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTKINS— Winners of everv 7 days1 butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds: 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year myHolsteins have beaten
Jltsi-vs for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

TKKBA BUENA .1 KBSEYS— The best A.J.
C. C. registered prize herd is owned yb Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JKRSEYS.HOLSTHNR ANDDUKBAHS.

I Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angelus,
Cal.

TV. A. SBIPPKE. Avon. Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

DALY 2:15

Son of Gen. Benton and Dolly (dam of Dolly Dillon
2:11££) by Electioneer.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

DALY 2115

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27M by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

VETERINARY.

Breed to Speed. Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07J, GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:091, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary

Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinlmrg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F\ Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for in;ux-s ut reasonable rates. _

b Address WM. R WELCH, Pleaeanton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

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[January 12, 1901

A Sni of Electioneer.

Strange as it^iay seen, here in California where the
great stalliorr. Electioneer lived and founded the great-
est familyr (if, trotters that ever existed, there are very
few of his" gtfns standing for public service. This is not
because Californian's failed to appreciate the value of
the'blc*od of the deceased premier of Palo Alto farm,
bat for the reason that the wealthy breeders of the
East were more able to pay the large prices Election-
- eer's sons brought at the annual sales, and purchased
all that were offered.

There will be in the stud at Woodland, Yolo county,
this year, however, a handsome, fast and well bred son
of Electioneer that is worthy of patronage, and the
breeders of California should take advantage of the op-
portunity to mate their best bred mares to him. We
refer to Alta Vela that made his first campaign during
the California circuit last year and closed it with a
record of 2:15}, which is not the limit of his speed as
the result of the races of 1901 will show. Alta Vela is
a hay stallion 15.2 hands high with a little white on his
near hind foot. He was foaled May 10, 1888. At an
auction sale at the farm some years ago he was pur-
chased by the late S. L. White of San Francisco, who
used him as a road horse. At his demise Alta Vela
passed into the possession of Dr. G. W. Kleiser, a mem-
ber of the Golden Gate Park Driving Association who
started him several times at
the Club's matinees. Th
horse showed so much

Alta Vela 2:15}.

that the Doctor was advised to put him in training for
the circuit, but was reluctant to enter the racing busi-
ness and finally sold Alta Vela to J. D. Heins. Mr.
Heins placed Alta Vela in J. M. Nelson's charge and
the latter raced him on the circuit last year, winning
close to a thousand dollars with him and being inside
the money in a majority of his starts. Before the
season ended Mr. S. A. Hooper of Yountville, Napa
county, purchased Alta Vela and after making a short
season with him at Woodland this spring will again
race him with the idea of reducing his record to 2:10 or
better, a mark that every horseman in California be-
hoves him capable of reaching.

Alta Vela's blood lines are such that a simple tabula-
tion of his pedigree to the third generation is sufficient
to show all students of breeding that he is bred to trot
fast and sire extreme speed.

His sire, Electioneer, stands at the very head of the
list of speed producers, being the grandsire of The
Abbot 2:03}, champion trotter of the world. Elec-
tioneer has sired 160 standard performers, ah of them
trotters but two. At the close of 1899, ninety of his
sons had produced 748 with standard records, and
sixty-five of his daughters were producers of standard
speed. He has grandsons and granddaughters that
are producers and no blood in the trotting register is
breeding on and increasing in speed as it goes like that
of Electioneer.

The dam of Alta Vela was the race mare Lorita, with
a trotting record of 2:18}. She was sired by the game
race horse Piedmont 2:17}, sire of twenty-three trotters
and two pacers in the standard list, and he by that
wonderful speed progenitor, Almont33, whose descend-
ants with standard records number thousands.

Alta Vela's second dam was Lady Lowell, dam of
Ladywell 2:164 and Lorita 2:18}, and whose daughters
have produced Local 2:19}, Lady Piedmont 2;21},
Electro 2:29 and others. Lady Lowell was by Schultz.
St. Clair, and her dam was Laura, the dam of Doc 449,
who sired Occident 2:16}, the horse that was the won-
der of the Pacific Coast back in the early '70's.

To recapitulate, Alta Vela is a fast and game race
horse. His sire is the leading sire of extreme speed at
the trot in the world. His dam has a fast record and
is a producer. His paternal and maternal grandams
are producers, the former, Green Mountain Maid, being
the greatest of broodmares. There is nothing- but

producing blood in his pedigree all through. As he is a
fine individual, a trotter with perfect action, with a
level head and game as a pebble, he is worthy to be
mated with the very best mares in America, Mr.
Hooper has located him at the Woodland track and
fixed his service fee at $50, at which price Alta Vela
should have a full book by March 1st.

State Fair Grounds in Bad Shape.
A correspondent writing to the BREEDER AND
Sportsman from Sacramento says that Agricultural
Park there "is in the worst condition it has been for
years, and would be considered a disgrace to any little
country fair district. The trotting track is in good
shape and with fair weather will make an excellent
track to train on, but the stalls and other buildings
are wrecks, and the grounds and walks in front of
them are a series of mud holes. It is a wonder some of
the old stables do not fall down as the foundations are
badly decayed and the walls leaning over* while the
shingles are so few that they let in the sunshine and
the rain in large quantities. But few of the stalls are
dry enough for a horse to be kept in with safety and
when one considers the many thousand dollars invested
in stallions and racing stock that is sheltered there,
one wonders at the owners trying to stay there at all,
and it is a marvel that lung fever and pneumonia are
not more prevalent. Eastern visitors look
with contempt upon the place where they
are inspecting the horses, and are very
suspicious when told that some of, the
greatest horses in the world have been
trained here. While the Legislature is in
session it would be a good thing if the body
could go on one of those junketing tours
as they call them, out to Agricultural
Park and see for itself what a miserable
place it is. One of the big expenses of the
annual fair are the repairs that are neces-
sary to place these old rookeries in pre-
sentable appearance, and while the Direct-
ors do the best they can it is money thrown
away. What is needed is new buildings
and new stalls, with drainage, etc., prop-
erly provided for. or what would be still
better, permit the Directors to sell the
present grounds and purchase new quart-
ers and fit them up in keeping with the
requirements of the only great annual fair
on the Pacific Coast." If the proposed
improvements could be gotten under way
by the first of March, the first California
State Fair of the new century could be
held on grounds that would be somewhat in keeping
with its importance. Exhibitors are entitled to better
accommodations than those now furnished.

The Handsomest One of the Family.

In our holiday edition was the photo engraving of a
two-year-old filly by Educator, the son of Director 2:17,
owned by Mr. M. Henry of Haywards. The filly is
owned by J. McConaghy of Haywards and is certainly
one of the handsomest pieces of horseflesh in Califor-
nia. Last week Mr. Henry received the following
letter from a resident of Tacoma, of whom he had
never before heard, but who is evidently an admirer of
a handsome horse:

Dear Sir — In the Xmas number of the Breeder
and Sportsman I noticed a picture or a cut of a two
year old filly by Educator, I have known the great
grandsire of this filly, Dictator, and have seen
many of them for several generations, but she is un-
doubtedly the handsomest one I have ever seen. She
is my ideal and I should like for you to allow me the
privilege of naming her Ideal or Educator's Ideal. I
do not remember of ever having seen her equal for
beauty, and I have seen the best of them, while in
Lexington, Ky., and on many other farms besides
those contiguous. Have you a photo?
Yours respectfully,

T. S. Bland.

As Mr. McConaghy had already selected the name Of
Beauty for the filly, the request of Mr. Bland, who is a
prominent attorney of Tacoma, could not very well be
granted although the name suggested is an ercellent
one, and Mr. Henry has sent him an elegant photo-
graph of the filly.

♦

An Eastern dispatch says that it will no doubt be a
source of disappointment to the many admirers of the
famous racing mare Imp to learn that Uncle Dan
Harness, after a long and careful deliberation, has
come to the decision never to race her again. Instead
of disappointment to the actual admirers of the mare
it will be a great pleasure to them. Imp has done all
that any race animal should be asked to do, and her
retirement is in order. She should have at least a
year's rest before being bred and then ought to give
to the racing world something that will be of her own
class.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:10.

No horse in America caused as much talk and con-
troversy during the close of the year as the California
bred stallion John A. McKerron, a son of Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16}. By winning the race for the amateur
cup at Readville, Mass., in which he pulled a wagon
two heats in 2:10 and 2:11 he attracted the attention of
all horsemen, but when the National Trotting Associa
tion, in spite of an earnest plea made by Mr. H. K.
Devereux, his owner, decided that the time was an
actual record, even though made at a matinee per-
formance, it started a discussion that gives evidence of
lasting well into the new century. There is no doubt
that John A. McKerron trotted his miles in the time
given, or that a few days later he pulled a wagon in
2:09 at Cleveland at a public trial against time, but as
they were trotted at matinees where there was no
money charged at the gate and no purse awarded, Mr.
Devereux thinks the old race record of 2:12} should de-
termine the classes in which the horse will be eligible
to race.

The attention attracted to John McKerron and his
grand blood lines has caused California breeders to
remember that there is standing for public service at
San Jose a full brother to him, that for individual
qualifications is the equal of the champion stallion
trotter to wagon, a distinction that McKerron's record
now gives him the title to. We refer to Wilkes Direct
2:22}, owned by T. W. Barstow, of San Jose. Wilkes
Direct is as grand an individual as one would wish to
see, as the small cut in the advertisement published in
this issue will show. His breeding is unsurpassed. Of
his sire, Nutwood Wilkes, our readers have heard and
seen much. He is one of the great sires of extreme
speed of America, and one of the best bred,

He combines the blood of the great families of Wilkes
and Nutwood backed up by that greatest of thorough-
bred strains, Williamson's Belmont. Nutwood Wilkes
is the sire of such fast ones as John A. McKerron,
the champion stallion to wagon in the world, Who Is
It 2:10}, Claudius 2:13}, Bob Ingersoll 2:14|, Georgie B.
2:12} and many others. He is considered by all horse
breeders as one of the greatest horses California has
produced.

The dam of Wilkes Direct is the great pacing mare
Ingar, dam of three in the list, by Director. With
the Director family California breeders are familiar.
A wonderful race horse, champion of his day, bred in
the purple, he sired Directum 2:05} and Direct 2:05},
two world's champions. The latter in turn sired
Directly 2:03}, Bonnie Direct 2:05}, Directum Kelley
2:08}, Rey Direct 2:10 and a long list of champion
trotters and pacers. That Ingar was by Director and
has produced three standard performers, one the
champion wagon stallion, would be enough, but his
pedigree does not stop with her. The second dam was
Anna Titus, a producing mare by Echo, and Echo pro-
duced the dam of Direct 2:05}, Loupe 2:09} and many
other fast ones, besides siring 16 standard performers,
ten producing sons and two producing daughters.

The third dam of Wilkes Direct was the Tiffany
mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22}, the sire of Our Dick 2:10}
and other fast ones) and she was by Owen Dale, son of
Williamson's Belmont. It will be seen that Wilkes
Direct traces to the great thoroughbred foundation of
Belmont on both his sire and dam's side.

What better combination of blood can be found any-
where? Geo. Wilkes, Nutwood, Director, Echo, Wil-
liamson's Belmont. It is of the royal strains, and in
every generation has proved its ability to produce
speed. Wilkes Direct has had no representatives to
face the starter as yet, but his colts that are old enough
to be harnessed show wonderful speed and have size
and good looks as well. We advise our readers to
study the pedigree of Wilkes Direct and to take ad-
vantage of the opportunity to breed to this very
promising young horse this year at a moderate fee.

The highest tried yearling at Montgomery Park this

fall is a colt by Hindoo-Lady Beth, a brother of Queen

Dixon, and the property of Paddy Tomlinson. John

. W. Schorr recently offered $4500 for the youngster,

is nothing but but Tomlinson refused to part with him.

Silk Gown, the valuable broodmare, sold anony-
m ously by the Lexington Horse Breeders' Association
a year ago, and afterwards very much wanted when
known to be the dam of a great colt Garry Herman,
appears to have been found. Mr. R. G. Lemon of
Milton, Ky., writes to a Kentucky paper that he
bought a racing mare in St. Louis last summer for $30
which he is sure is the much wanted daughter of
Longfellow, and had a brilliant racing career. A few
years ago she was put in the stud, but none of her pro-
duce amounted to anything, and Mr. Kinsea Stone, her
owner, sold her to the Breeders' Association for $35.
These breeders make it a point of getting rid of worth-
less breeding stock and sold Silk Gown without her
pedigree in St. Louis for $30 at auction. Last spring
her colt Garry Herrman, developed into the best West-
ern two year old of the season, and his owners refused
$10,000 for him. Inquiry was at once made for his
dam, and then the sad fate of Silk Gown was learned.
All efforts to trace her failed until Mr. Lemon's letter
came to-day. It is believed he has the right mare.

January 12, 1901]

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LEAGUE OF AMATEUR CLUBS

T. L. Quimby, of Boston, Secretary of the League
of Amateur Driving Clubs, recently formed at a meet-
ing of representatives held in New York, sends us a
copy of the by-laws and rules adopted for the govern-
ment of the League and clubs that are members
thereof. Amateur racing, if properly managed, is
destined to take the very first place among American
amateur sports and even though there may be some
differences of opinion in regard to the manner in which
an organization of the amateur clubs should be effected,
we hold that as all are evidently working for the good
of the cause, that the work done will eventually result
in much good being accomplished. The by-laws and
rules adopted by the League of American Driving
Clubs are as follows and seem to have been compiled
and arranged for the sole purpose of placing on a firm
footing and elevating to its proper place, the great
sport of amateur harness racing:
BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE ONE.

This Association shall be known as the League of
Amateur Driving Clubs.

ARTICLE TWO— OBJECT.

The object of this League shall be to further the
interests of Amateur Driving Clubs, to formulate such
rules from time to time as may seem necessary for
the governing of its members, and to serve as a
sponsor for its members to the National and American
Trotting Associations.

ARTICLE THREE— OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.

Sec 1. Each Club member of this League shall
select one of their number who shall act as delegate
for their Club, aud these delegates collectively shall
compose the Board of Directors for this League. They
shall serve for one year or until their successors are
elected.

Sec. 2. The officers of this League shall be a Presi-
dent, Vice-President and a Secretary-Treasurer. They
shall be elected by the Board of Directors and serve
for a term of one year or until their successors are
elected.

Sec. 3. There shall also be an Executive Committee
which shall consist of the officers of the League and
two Directors selected from and by the Directors,
which Committee shall serve for one year or until their
successors are elected.

ARTICLE FOUR — DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Sec. 1. The President of this League shall preside
at all meetings of the Board of Directors; or in case of
his absence the Vice-President shall preside; in the
absence of both, the Board may choose the presiding
officer pro tempore.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the President to fix a
time and place for all meetings.

Sec. 3. The duties of the Executive Committee shall
be to attend to all legislation by the parent associations
affecting the interests of the League; to settle all ques-
tions that may from time to time arise between mem-
bers of the League, and to act upon all such matters
as are not specifically delegated to the Board of
Directors.

Sec. 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall have the
custody of all funds of the League, which he shall
safely keep and account for. He shall keep a record
of the proceedings of all meetings and send a report
of them to each member. He shall also notify each
member of time and place of each meeting.

ARTICLE FIVE — MEETINGS.

Sec. 1. There shall be an annual meeting during
the month of November and on such day and at such
place as may be fixed by the President, it being under-
stood that the place of meeting shall be such as is most
convenient to all members.

Sec. 2. The President shall call special meetings by
request of a majority of members of this League.

ARTICLE SIX— QUORUM.

Sec. 1. A representative from two-thirds of the
Clubs composing this League either in person or proxy
shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE SEVEN— APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP,
INITIATION FEES AND DUES.

Sec. 1. Any Amateur Driving Club of recognized
standing and which is a member of the National or
American Trotting Associations may become a member
of this League by a written application through its
officers, and by a full vote of Directors, one dissenting
vote being a black ball.

Sec. 2. After the application shall be approved by
the Directors as provided, it may become a member by
the payment of $50 to the Secretary-Treasurer of this
League, which shall be an initiation fee and dues for
■the current year, and thereafter shall pay to the Sec-
retary-Treasurer annual dues of $35, payable in ad-
vance at each annual meeting.

Sec. 3. Any member whose dues shall be in arrears
for a year may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the
Directors.

ARTICLE EIGHT — FUNDS.

Sec. 1. After such incidental expenses have been
paid as are found necessary by the Secretary-Treas-
urer, and which shall be approved by the President,
the balance shall be placed in a fund which shall be
known as The League Fund.

Sec. 2. The League Fund shall be kept in trust by
the Secretary-Treasurer, and when the same has
reached sufficient proportions to in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, warrant it, it shall be used for pur-
chasing some suitable plate to be offered for competi-
tion to members of this League. The details of this

expenditure and conditions following the same shall be
in the hands of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE NINE — PENALTIES AND FINES!

Sec. 1. Any offending member guilty of violation of
the rules of this League shall be subject to fine or ex-
pulsion by two-thirds vote of the Directors.

ARTICLE TEN.

Sec. 1. Any of the fore-going articles of the League
may be alter, amended, or added to upon one month's
notice, previously given in writing to the Secretaries of
each member of the League, by a two-thirds vote of
the members present.

RULES.

Rule 1. No pool selling or book-making of any kind
shall be allowed at any of the Matinees of members of
this League.

Rule 2. No performances other than those made to
rule at regular meetings of the Clubs composing this
League, or at regular meetings of Clubs composing
this League, or at regular meetings of members of the
National or American Associations will be recognized.

Rule 3. It being compulsory I that every Club com-
posing this League shall be a member of either the
National or American Trotting Associations, all per-
formances must be made under the rules of such par-
ent Associations, except as to the following:
A. — Making of entries.
B. — Drawing horses.

C. — Change of program and postponements.
D. — Carrying of weight.
E. — Distance.
F. — Accidents.
G.— Fines.

Rule 4. No Club member of this League shall allow
the use of hopples in any of its regular matinee events,
and no performance wherein hopples are used will be
recognized.

Rule 5. All regular events in harness held by mem-
bers of this League must be to road wagons.'

Rule 6. It is understood that all members of Clubs
composing this League shall be amateurs.

A. — An amateur is defined as a man who has not
accepted wages or hire for his services as a trainer or
driver. Any individual club member who competes
for a purse or against professionals, except in such
events as are especially arranged for amateurs, after
May 1, 1901, shall forfeit his amateur standing.

Rule 7. Any protest as to the amateur standing of
any individual, or as to the question of any amateur
record, shall be made to the Directors of this League
through the President or Secretary-Treasurer, and
they with the other Directors shall at their first meet-
ing decide such protest, a majority vote deciding.
Every Club member of this League must have notice of
protest, and shall have a vote on the matter either
through their delegate or by proxy.

Rule 8. Any individual member of Clubs compos-
ing this League who either by the rules of this League
or by a majority vote of its Directors is or may be
adjudged a professional shall be barred from taking
part in any open contests of members in this League.
Any record made by any horse driven by an individual
not an amateur, as provided, shall not be recognized.

Rule 9. All Clubs, members of this League, shall
appoint a Clerk of Course whose duty shall be to keep
an accurate record of all performances, a copy of which
shall be filed with the Secretary of the League, who in
turn shall submit such reports to the Secretaries of the
National and American Trotting Associations and to
the American Trotting Register Association.

The Question of Amateur Records.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — The question
as to whether amateurs are to be allowed to compete
among themselves for cups and ribbons, wherein no
money is at stake, without being penalized with rec-
ords, is a most vital one to the horse interests of this
country. This is made more so by the rapid growth
of this amateur interest. It is strange that fur years
we have been permitted to conduct our matinee races
and have met with nothing but encouragement from
everybody concerned, and now when an amateur club
has generously donated a valuable trophy for the ex-
press purpose of stimulating interest in the trotter, so
many should attempt to place an embargo on the very
thing they heretofore encouraged and recognized as a
benefit.

Will you publish the annexed list of questions which,
from years of active interest and work in this connec-
tion, I believe are honestly answered?

Is matinee racing- by amateurs as conducted to-day
a good thing for the trotting horse industry? It cer-
tainly is.

- Do amateur driving clubs educate and induce men to
take an interest in racing? Yes.

Do the public enjoy amateur racing? Yes.

Does the free gate of the amateur driving club, and the
entertainment given, educate people, and arouse inter-
est in the trotter? If the increased attendance each
year at the matinees of the Cleveland Club, the en-
thusiasm exhibited, the increase in active membership,
and the weekly attendance of from 2000 to 6000 peo-
ple counts for aught, it certainly does.

If there is an increased interest in the horse indus-
try, does this not benefit the breeder, the trainer, the
dealer and the merchant of horse goods? Without
doubt.

Does matinee racing injure anybody? No.

Does matinee racing make a market for outclassed
and unsound horsea? Yes. _ . .."

Does it devolop horses, horsen^en.and.hoi^eraahship",
and does it add to the number of men interested in rac-

ing and the number of horses.eligible for racing? Yes.

Does it in any way injure professional racing? No-
on the contrary, it helps it, as ys?,cs of experience
proves here in Cleveland. ' >

Does anybody directly make money1 ou$> of matinee
racing? Yes; the breeder, the trainer, the dealer and
his employees. ,*"

Do men who spend from $500 to $50,000 a'yeaWor
the pleasure of driving their own horses in ctftUesls
with their friends injure horse interests? Most assyiv
elly not.

Does a man who is privileged to develop his horses
in matinee races have any advantage over the man
who must develop his horses in the usual way? Cer-
tainly not.

Do not both methods lead to the same results, and
do they not both cost money? They do, and for the
credit of matinee racing be it said it is the most expen-
sive way of enjoying a horse.

Is it fair to give a horse a record that is used in
matinee races because he wears a ribbon ? No.

Is it fair to give this horse a record because he wins
a cup ? No.

Is it fair to give matinee horses records ? No; for it
injures everybody interested in horses and does nobody
good.

Does it injure anybody to permit a horse to trot in
matinees, and award the owner a paltry silver cup, to
designate the honor he has acquired, by his most lib-
eral expenditure of money for a cause that is of interest
to every man connected with horse interests ? It does
not.

Are there many men interested in the trotters that
are rich enough so that they can afford to accept
records on their horses by winning only cups and
ribbons. Very few.

Are there enough of these men who can afford this
pleasure to maintain matinee racing ? Indeed no.

How long will matinee racing with a free gate last if
horses shoulder records for winning nothing of value?
It cannot exist.

If the existence of one matinee club has in six years
caused a market for 300 high priced horses, would the
existence of thirty more such clubs help the horse
market any ? Ask the breeder and dealer.

Is it fair to call a race like that for the Boston Cup a
public race, where no admission was charged, and
where competition was limited to five named matinee
clubs ? It would seem not, and that the spirit of the
rule never contemplated such a thing.

If this was a public race, were not all the races held
that day and at that meeting public races? Certainly.

Did Elloree acquire a record when she trotted in 2:10
to wagon and won the Championship Cup, a duplicate
of which was given her owner to keep? No.

Was the matter of this performance discussed in the
turf press. Yes.

Did any of the turf papers decide that it was a rec-
ord? Not a single one.

What is the difference in this performance and the
McKerron performance at Boston? Elloree won a cup
and a blue ribbon for beating 2:15£; McKerron won a
blue ribbon for winning a matinee race and the Driv-
ng Club of Cleveland got a cup.

Was the decision of the Board of jReview regarding
this record a fair one? It was considered by them the
proper construction to place upon the rule.

Would it have been possible, fair and proper to have
construed the rule differently? Under the condi-
tions, yes.

Would such a construction of the] rule have injured
anybody, or have opened the door for fraud? No.

If such performances as these are to be records, what
is the future of the amateur clubs and matinee racing?
Read the answer in the stars.

Does all this interest the turf press? Indeed it should.
The fostering of this amateur interest should be their
greatest boon.

The question of the decision of the Board of Review
anent the McKerron case seems to me to go beyond an
argument as to whether that interpretation of the rule
was logical. It undoubtedly was logical, but was it for
the best to all interested ? Did it avoid trouble, did it
avoid possible fraud, and did it do anybody any good ?
Would not the other interpretation of the rule have
been best, and would it not too have been logical.
Would it not have been fair to have considered matinee
racing without gate money by members of the parent as-
sociation as not public races, and cups, ribbons, etc.,
as not premiums? Yours very truly,

H. K. Devereux,
Pres. Gentleman's Driving Club, Cleveland.

TRY THEM FO IS.

Coughs, Colds,

I Asthma, Bronchitis,

Hoarseness,

and Sore Throat.

Fac-SLmlle
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Key Direct 2:10...

.Midget.

"Rey del Valle," King of the Vale.

Rancho del Valle, Home of Rey Direct, 2:10.
'< Pleasanton, Cal., Jan. 7, 1901.
Ed. Breeder 'and Sportsman — I promised to let
you know abpm the first foal this century from Rey
Direct. Heis a fine upstanding horse colt, dark bay,
two white hind ankles, the very image of his last year's
full brother. I want the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN
to. name him and therefore send a short tabulation of
jsis.pedigree. He wasn't quite a New Year's day colt
but was very close to it, born the third day of the
twentieth century. He looks like a sure winner of part
of that $6000 Futurity, any way he has got a few days
start of the others — drawn the pole so to speak.

Yours very truly, Geo. A. Davis.

(Director 2:17

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Thanking Mr. Davis for his compliment in entrusting
to us the pleasant task of naming such a grandly bred
colt, we shall call the youngster Rey del Valle, or
"King of the Vale," a name that is not only musical
when pronounced in the "liquid Spanish," but has a
meaning and brings to mind the name of the sire and
the beautiful farm whereon the colt was bred. Midget,
the dam of this colt, is the dam of Too Soon 2:24}. the
colt that Monroe Salisbury intended for a record
breaker but arrived a few days too early so that he
would have had to meet colts one year older than him-
self had he been raced in his colthood. Too Soon was
put in training this year in the East and got the record
above given. May Rey del Valle be a worthy scion of
his illustrious family and make Rey Direct the sire of
a two minute horse.

The Time to Advertise.

The season is at hand in which owners must put be-
fore the public their stallions, and in fact the merits of
their entire breeding establishments. Many really
high class stallions have wasted one-half of their lives
in retirement because their owners were not far sighted
enough to see the advantage of placing their names
and breeding before the public. No matter how great
a stallion may be in the estimation of his owner, he
never is considered so by the public until he has
accomplished great things as a sire. It is for this rea-
son, if for no other, that young stallions should be
advertised prominently, for when colts by compara-
tively unknown stallions are offered at public auction
buyers that do not know the horse will decline to pur-
chase, as few men will buy a colt that is by a stallion
unknown to them even by hearsay. The time to place
a stallion's name before the public is when the breed-
ers of the country are undecided as to where they shall
mate their mares.

Owners cannot afford to allow their stallions to be-
come forgotten; they must keep them constantly before
the public, first by judicious advertising, then by
entering their get in stakes, and lastly by winning
some of the latter. The first two conditions can easily
be complied with; unless the last can at least be
approximated the sooner the owner rids himself of his
horse the better for him, for the public will pass him
by. It is wise to advertise a good article, but folly to
do so with one that is known to be worthless. — Spirit
of the West.

Sidney JPointer Sold.

W. H. Anderson of Kemptville, Ont., has purchased
the fast pacing stallion Sidney Pointer 2:08|, by Star
Pointer 1:59}, from A. McLarren, of Ottawa. It was
fully expected that this horse would pace close to two
minutes, but he developed a temper and acted like a
mad horse. Trainer John Kelly, who drove Directum
to his champion record of 2:05}, trotting, could do
nothing with him. He would fight, kick, bite and do
anything but race. As a last resort a Canadian farmer
who bred and broke him, was sent for, and the raging
tiger became as quiet as a cat. He drove him in several
races with success, but as soon as he left him to get in
his autumn crops he began to relapse. If W. H.
Hoftat drives him next season he may be the sensation
of the year.

A Great Pair of Trotters.

Our front page this week contains a good likeness of
Mr. Graham E. Babcock of Coronado driving his
great pair of trotters Toggles 2:09} and El Moro 2:13J.
Most horsemen would not suppose these horses would
mate extra well, but "they trotted together as one
horse when hitched together for the first time and
made an ideal road pair." Now that Toggles has been
sent to C. E. Clark at Fresno to be made ready for the
campaign of 1901, Mr. Babcock has nothing that can
make El Moro step, so when he desires to ride fast
drives him single.

Sir Gibbie II.

Down at Menlo Stock Farm there is a little pony
hackney stallion that is, as a Hibernian horseman re-
marked on looking him over, "the purtiestand biggest
horse of his size in the State." He is only 13.3 hands
high and is just the stallion to breed to if one wants
small horses with good looks and extravagant action

for park and other purposes that ponies are put to.
Sir Gibbie II is the only representative in this country
of the two best British Hackney pony strains, and his
sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the
surest producers of beauty of conformation, combined
with true, high and spirited action. Sir Gibbie II is
by Sir Gibbie, a pony stallion that won many prizes in
England before being imported to America, and
founded the line known in Scotland as the Sir Gibbie
ponies. The dam of Sir Gibbie II is Harebell, a mem-
ber of the other famous pony family the St. George.

Crossed on small handsome mares here in California,
it is not unreasonable to expect Sir Gibbie II to found
a family of ponies that will within a few years be
known the world over.

Matinee Racing at Riverside.

Riverside, Jan. 1. — A large and fashionable crowd
witnessed the harness races run here New Years's day
under the auspices of the Riverside Driving Associa-
tion.

Nine horses, owned and driven by Los Angeles
gentlemen, were entered in the several events and they
eame near sweeping the board.

Milo M. Potter of Los Angeles shipped three of his
fast ones here and they were returned winners of three
races.

G. B. Tibbot's General Wiles won one heat and ran
second to Midnight in another of an unfinished half-
mile event. W. H. Stimson's Richmond Chief was
third in both heats, which were made in 1 :08| and 1 :09.

M. M. Potter's Sweet Marie 2:24, by McKinney, won
two straight heats and the race from a field of six.
The fastest heat was made in 2:27$.

Primrose belonging to the same owner, stepped a
half in 1:06, beating Sunday and Newport. Maud Mc-
Kinney, also owned and driven by Mr. Potter, won a
mile dash handily from Zelum in 2:29.

In the only other race on the card Tim Crowley won
two heats and Lady May one. A. W. Herwig's Leotta
was third in every heat. Time, 2:36 2-5, 2:42, 2:59 2-6.

The Riverside association will send a lot of horses to
Los Angeles to compete in the Washington's Birthday
matinee races at Agricultural park.

Should Be a Great Race.

The Tanforan Park management has offered a special
purse of $1000 for a race between Brutal, Rolling Boer,
Articulate and Canmore. It has been decided that the
weights carried shall be seven pounds below the scale
and the distance one mile. To make it more interest
ing a jackpot of $100 a corner will add to the value Of
the added money, the owner of each three year old
putting up that amount. The race will be run on the
second Saturday of the coming Tanforan meeting. An
effort will be made to get Sam Loates, the English
rider, to pilot Articulate. Nash Turner will have the
mount on Rolling Boer, O'Connor astride Brutal and
Mounce or Sloan on Canmore.

Fine Team for McKinley.

A team of fine coach horses, purchased for President
McKinley by an agent, were shipped from Fairlawn,
Summit county, Ohio, last Friday. They are perfectly
matched bays, with black points, sixteen and one-half
hands high, and weighing 1250 pounds each. The
horses were sired by a Morgan stallion, Bay Highland,
first dam by the imported coach horse Sensation and
second dam by Erie Abdallah.

Likely to Be Changes.

From recent Eastern advices received it is prophesied
that the forthcoming meeting to be held by the Amer-
ican Turf Congress at the Wellington Hotel, Chicago,
on Wednesday, on January 16th, is to be an exceed-
ingly warm one. The forcaster who transmits the in-
telligence likewise says it will result in a complete
dissolution of the Congress. This is startling news to
the turf world, for the American Turf Congress was
considered well nigh impervious to the assaults of time
and its enemies.

According to the very latest advices the American
Turf Congress will become a thing of the past, but in
its stead will rise a new organization, more powerful in
its sway and more dictatorial in its policy. The new
association, whose name is yet a matter of conjecture,
will be represented at the commencement by probably
seven different jockey clubs, among the cities repre-
sented being Memphis, Louisville, Chicago, St. Louis
and San Francisco. The letter states that Lansing
Mizner, one of the stewards of the San Francisco
Jockey Club, is now in Chicago and will represent
Tanforan Park at the coming meeting. Indeed, it is
said that the San Mateo Club has been adjudged
guilty of flirting with the Chicago racing associations
in their efforts to smother the smaller Southern racing
centers.

Reviewing the ruffled turf horizon, the new organi-
zation, it is said, will be most exacting in its demands.
Every club or racing association becoming a member
will receive a license, and dates will be set for all tracks
in the west and south of the Mason and Dixon line.
Dates will be allotted to tracks not members of the
new congress, and unless these dates are lived up to
the tracks in question will be outlawed. This is a very
arbitrary stand, but weak as the present Turf Con-
gress is in regard to rules and regulations, the new one
is to be as solid and unwielding as the rock of
Gibraltar.

This, of course, will place the California Jockey Club
and the San Francisco Jockey Club in a very peculiar
position. They must either accept the dates assigned
or become outlawed. The opinion generally prevails
that if there are so be two great racing associations
there should be three. The climatic conditions of
California are entirely different from the South and
Middle West, the people and the customs are different
and there is no valid reason whythisStateshould.be
dictated to by a body of turfmen unfamiliar with our
ways and more than 2000 miles away.

At the meeting held at Chicago on January 16th the
question will arise as to what disposition is to be made
of the $40,000 or $50,000 in the American Turf Congress
fund. In all likelihood it will be distributed among the
different associations now members of the congress.

Wounds on Horses.

In all wounds of horses, union is promoted by putting
the part at rest. Healthy wounds are seldom much
benefitted by the application of lotions or ointments.
When the wound is of small size it is best to leave it
uncovered; and, if it be in summer, it may be smeared
with zinc ointment, or with forty parts of olive oil to
one of carbolic acid. In large wounds the surface
should be lightly covered with a cloth, kept wet with
a solution of carbolic acid in forty parts of water.
When a wound shows what is called "proud flesh " it
should be rubbed over at its most prominent part with
sulphate of copper (bluestone) or washed with a solu-
tion containing two ounces of sugar of lead to a pint
bottle of water.

The Marcus Daly Sale.

Bitter Root Farm's great dispersal sale will be held
in New York beginning January 30th and will continue
three days. The Fasig-Tipton Company have issued
complete catalogues for the sale which will be ready
for distribution in a few days. There was a large de-
mand for the preliminary catalogue which simply gave
the sire and dam of each animal to be offered and the
name of the sire to which each mare was bred. We
have a half dozen of these left at this office and they
can be had on application as long as they last. We
expect copies of the regular catalogue next week.

The subject of heat betting or book-making at trot,
ting tracks is receiving considerable attention at pres-
ent from turf writers. The subject is an important
and complex one. It is just beginning to dawn upon
the intelligence of a good many people identified with
trotting that betting upon heats, under the plan of
three in five races, is opposed to about everything that
is of good repute in connection with the sport. — Trotter
and Pacer.

A filly that is causing the railbirds at Memphis to
crane their necks and say "hully gee" as she comes
through the stretch in her work is Miss Gaines, a two
year old by imp. Simon Magnus, dam Onvirlace (the
dam of Remp) by Onondaga. Miss Gaines has worked
quarters in 23 seconds.

January 12, 1901]

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A Negro Love Song.

Seen my lady home last night,

Jump back, honey, jump back!

Hoi' huh nan' an1 squeeze it tight,

Jump back, honey, jump back I
Hyeard huh sigh a little sigh,
Seen a light gleam in huh eye
An1 a smile go flittin' by,
Jump back, honey, jump back !

Hyeard de win' blow tro' de pine,
Jump back, honey, jump back !
Mockin' bird wuz singin' fine.

Jump back, honey, jump back !
An' my h'art was beatin' so
When I reached my lady's do',
Dat I couldn't b'ar to go,
Jump back, honey, jump back !

Put my a'm aroun' her waist,
Jump back, honey, jump back !

Raised huh lips an' tuk a taste,
Jump back, honey, jump back!

Luv me, honey, luv me tru' ?

Luv me well ez I luv you ?

An' she answe'd: ''Cose I do."
Jump back, honey, jump back !
Olema, Jan. 1, 1901.

Speedways built by public money are not the proper
place to race for money, whether it be a purse or side
bet between the parties concerned. These speedways
were built for pleasure driving pure and simple.

The Pleasanton track is in better shape than it has
been for years and by the way horsemen are taking up
their quarters there it will remain the horse centre all
right through the first year of the new century.

The sale of standard bred horses from Palo Alto
Stock Farm held in Los Angeles last month, proved so
satisfactory that Superintendent F. W. Covey will
probably take another consignment to that city some
time in February.

A. M. Macpherson, the well known commission mer-
chant of this city, has sold to N. Nathan one of the
most promising fillies in the State, Georgie Mac by
Charles Derby 2:20, dam Nellie E. by Leo Wilkes, full
brother to Sable Wilkes.

Mr. Geers is credited with having driven the green
pacing stallion Direct Hal a half in 1:03}, at Jewett's
covered track the past week. This will make some of
the hot air fellows from the bushes move up closer to
the winter stove. — Horse World.

We are authoritatively informed that Uncle Davy
Cahill has recently refused $50,000 for the five year old
trotting stallion Charley Herr 2:07. Mr. Cahill values
the horse more highly than this amount, and conse
quently there was no sale. — Kentucky Stock Farm.

Monterey 2:09} will probably make the season of
1901 at $50. He is looking fine and wintering in excel-
lent shape, and his foals that are now weanlings and
yearlings are regular top notchers for looks. Monterey
should make a great sire of speed as well as form, size
and style.

Thomas W. Lawson recently wanted one of his
horses registered under the name of Boralma's Brother,
when he is not a brother of Boralma. P. P. Johnson
and Wm. R. Allen, of the American Trotting Register
Association, have both agreed that the name was mis-
leading and should be rejected.

Editor J. W. Thompson of Turf, Farm and Home,
of Waterville, Me., has been presented with a silver
medal by the State Agricultural Society commemorat-
ing the exhibition mile in 2:14, by his three year old
pacing filly. Neldoral, made at the State Fair at Lewis-
ton, Sept. 5th last.

When John A. McKerron 2:10, returns to Cleveland
from Kentucky Charles Turner will have the fastest
nine horses ever trained by one man. They are Free
Bond 2:041, Lucille 2:07, Sunland Belle 2:07} to wagon,
John Nolan 2:08, John A. McKerron 2:10, Mabel On-
ward 2:11}, Peko 2:11}, Aggie Medium 2:12} and Major
Geer 2:14 — nine whose records average 2:09}.

Al Thomas, who shows the horses in the Fasig-
Tipton Garden sales, will succeed Scott McCoy in the
training stable at Keystone Stock Farm, Omaha,
Neb. Thomas served ten years at the Caton Farm,
Joliet, 111., and for a time was trainer at Ashland
Farm, near Lexington. For the season of 1900 he was
trainer for John H. Shults, at Parkville Farm.

Send us a list of horses that you expect to train this
year.

Everything is progressing favorably toward a Cen-
tral California Circuit.

There are one hundred and twenty-five trotters with
records from 2:03} to 2:10.

Several new faces will be seen among the owners on
the California circuit this year.

The great Western circuit of harness racing is ex
pected to be a strong one this year.

It is now said that Andy McDowell did not close a
contract with the Keystone Stock Farm, Omaha.

Dr. Powell Reeves, Seattle, is going to sell all his
trotting horses and go into the raising of fine cattle
and sheep.

Entries for the Occident Stake of 1903 and payments
made on the same stakes for 1901 and 1902 will be ready
for publication next week.

It looks as though Village Farm, instead of retiring
from the turf, would have the strongest stable it has
ever sent out at the races next season.

President Johnson of the National Trotting Associa-
tion has granted an appeal on the McKerron case, and
it will come up for a hearing at the next meeting of the
Board of Appeals.

A. G. F. Stice, of Monmouth, 111., who was in Cali-
fornia last year, owns a chestnut yearling filly out of
the pacing mare Nellie M. 2:10}, sired by Colbert 2:07},
that is very promising.

Trotwood says, "If I was a preacher I'd put half of
my salary in a good 2:10 out classed pacer, and every
time I met a conceited sinner on the road I'd do him
up until he was ready for the mourner's bench."

The list of mares on which second payment has heen
made in the Breeders Futurity will be printed next
week. There are 240 of them. As the first payment
of 305 entries amounted to $915 and the second on 240
aggregates $1200, there is now $2115 in the treasury of
the P. C. T. H. B. A. to the credit of this stake. The
next payment of $10 on each foal is not due until next
January.

_ There are nine yearling fillies at Palo Alto Farm,
sired by Dexter Prince, and out of record mares. The
dams are: Manzinita 2:16, by Electioneer; Elden 2:19},
by Nephew; Bell Bird 2:22, by Electioneer; Carrie C.
2:24, by Electioneer; Sweet Water 2:26, by Stamboul;
Lucyneer 2:27, by Electioneer; Mary Osborne 2:28}, by
Azmoor; Anselma 2:29}, by Ansel, and Wild Maid 2:30,
byWildnut.

S. A. Hooper, owner of that good looking and fast
stallion Switzer 2:13J, writes us that this son of Secre-
tary will make the season of 1901 at his home at the
Gibbs ranch at Yountville, Napa county. Thirty-two
mares have already been booked to Sweitzer and as he
is much thought of in that county there is no doubt

Occident 2:16|.

The first California bred horse to gain a world's trotting record.

but he could make a very big season, but Mr. Hooper
intends to race him and will not permit him to serve
more than forty mares.

P. W. Hodges roan pacer by Dictatus worked a mile
at San Jose last week in 2:14}. He is a sure cracker-
jack as the effort did not make him tired in the least,
and he was ready to kick up his heels five minutes
afterwards when he heard a horse go by at speed. Mr.
Hodges has had several offers for him but is reluctant
about selling, as he thinks he can win many races with
him this year.

Two more of the McKinney family have trotted in
standard time. The mare Sweet Marie that won a
matinee race at Los Angeles on Christmas Day in 2:24
is a daughter of McKinney, and another daughter,
Maud McKinney, won a race at Riverside matinee New
Year's Day in 2:29. As there was no admission fee
charged and no trophies of any kind raced for, these
performances do not constitute records, however.

Will Welch has a pacer in his string at Pleasanton
that is known there as the Honolulu horse, as it is
owned by a resident of the islands. It is a bay gelding
called G. D. Bennett and is very fast. Mr. Welch
drove him a mile last year in 2:16}, which is pretty fast
for a green horse that has never raced. G. D. Bennett
is by the Yolo county stallion Alex Button, and his
dam is a running bred mare.

The time, by quarters, of three most recent miles
that constituted new trotting records was as follows:
Nancy Hanks 0:31, 1:02J, 1:32}, 2:04; Alix, 0:30J, 1:01},
1:32}, 2:03}; The Abbot, 0:31}, 1:02}, 1:31}, 2:03}. It
will be noticed that the only quarter as fast as a two-
minute gait was the third quarter by The Abbot, in
0:29}, while his first quarter was considerably slower
than that of either of the mares. This shows the ad-
visability in such supreme tests of keeping as much as
possible in reserve to finish with.

Zephyr, a filly foaled in 1898, bred and owned by
Mr. C. A. Winship, trotted a quarter the other day
over the Los Angeles track in 34 seconds, last eighth
in 16 seconds. Zephyr is by Zombro 2:11 out of Gazelle
2:11} (dam of Zolock 2:10}) by Gossiper. Zephyr is
considered a crackerjack by the Los Angeles horsemen
and is said to very much resemble her sire in appear-
ance. A big price was refused for her recently. Mr.
Winship owns another filly of the same age by Zombro
out of Vernie McGregor that showed a quarter in 37}
seconds lately.

A. B. Gwathmey of New York, has re-purchased of
Charles Weiland the beautiful bay trotting mare
Salient, by Wickliffe. Mr. Gwathmey brought the
mare from Virginia a few years ago and drove her on
the Speedway until he exchanged her with Mr. Wei-
land for Lorna McGregor. She is one of the hand-
somest and most perfectly mannered road mares in
New York. On one occasion not long ago she won a
brush from David B., 2:08}, and on Sunday, December
30th, she defeated Franker 2:14}.

James Butler will not sell the fast mare Hetty G.
2:05}, although Anaconda, Coney and Gayton will go
to the auction block in February. Mr. Butler in giv-
ing his reason why she will not be- sold, said: "She
has been lame since I got her, and may not stand
training. Should she threaten us at all, why, I'll
breed her to Direct. That ought to be a pacer, eh?
You can tell 'em I'll sell the rest of them, though, for
I'm going to race my own horses from now on. Here-
tofore I've made a lot of reputation for a lot of stallions
owned by other breeders, but I have now shifted my
tactics."

C. E. Morrison, who has his training stables at 260
Second street, Oakland, has seven head of horses and
colts in his stable at present and is jogging them on
the roads. Among them is the fast but heretofore
high strung mare Lady B. by Balkan that i6 going
nicely now and looks as though 2:12 would not stop
her. A two year old pacer by Woodmark looks like a
good one and Mr. Morrison says he expects to receive
in a few days a two year old filly by McKinney out of
a Guy Wilkes mare that he says is the best prospect
he ever saw and that she looks and acts like ready
money.

The annual report of Agricultural District No. 40,
which has been completed by Secretary C. F. Thomas
and published in the Woodland Democrat, occupies a
page of that journal and is the most complete report
we have ever seen from the pen of a district secretary.
It shows every item of the receipts and disbursements
rand is preceded by an excellent article on the resources
of Yolo county, which comprises the district. Agri-
cultural District No. 40 gave the most successful fair
held in the State in 1900 and the manner in which its
affairs are conducted is worthy of emulation by other
district associations. Secretary Thomas is especially
entitled to praise for his work.

The way I cure thrush, and I have never failed to
bring about a perfect cure, is as follows, says a horse-
man: First remove all the decayed portion of the frog
by tearing it away. Do not use a knife — cutting the
frog in any manner is injurious to its health. Take a
rope about three-eighths of an inch thick, soak it
somewhat in hot water, use no soap — and draw it
through the crevice of the frog and along its sides so
as to thoroughly cleanse it of any deleterious matter.
Then pack into the crevice and all around where there
is any appearance of thrush powdered borax. This is
a simple and sure cure, and it cannot have any dele-
terious effect upon the parts or upon the system.

P. C. Knox and two or three other horsemen of
Pittsburg will take a try at the team record next year,
with good chances in favor of their placing the mark
a notch or two lower. With Wirt and B. C„ a $20,000
team, Mr. Knox has a pair noted for manners, speed
and beauty. He intends that they shall trot under
official conditions. Harry Darlington also has a fast
team in his recent purchase, Dr. Buckner and Maltby,
By hooking Dr. Buckner to pole with Dr. Middlemay
he thinks he will have a faster team. So far as looks
go they make a splendid pair, and as both possess speed
they should go a fast mile when they are keyed up.
He also has a fast pair by Wilton that will be prepared
for a speedy mile. J. D. Callery also has a team in
Stranger 2:12} and King Humbert 2:19} that he thinks
will have a chance of lowering the mark. They are
said to be faster than Guy and Ferris, that have poled
a mile in 2:13}.

The American Horse Breeder has this story about a
famous mare: "The trick by which Uncle John Sher-
man won the race in the dark by driving across the
track in a cow path reminds us of a race that occurred
in Mystic Park years ago, that was finally won by
Fanny Wilcox. Fanny, even at that time, was often
cranky in scoring, and sometimes made losing breaks
during the progress of the race. On the occasion re-
ferred to she was so far in the rear that instead of go-
ing down to the wire her driver guided her off the
track above the distance stand and drove to the stable.
Neither the distance judge nor the judges in the stand
noticed this, and by some means placed the mare in-
stead of distancing her, as they should have done.
The other drivers had business of their own and were
not watching Fanny Wilcox. When the next heat was
called, Fannys driver had her out on time, and from
that to the end of the race she was so much on her
good behavior that she won first money."

A valued correspondent of the Breeder and
Sportsman who resides at Sacramento, writes to us
suggesting that the California State Agricultural So-
ciety open a stake for colts foaled in Sacramento county.
Our fair contributor seems to forget that the associa-
tion referred to is a State institution and would not be
doing the proper thing by opening district purses.
Sacramento is greatly favored by having the fair held
at the capitol and a stake offered by the State Board
for foals of that county would raise a demand from
every other county to be treated in the same manner.
We suggest to our correspondent that she induce the
State Fair Club of Sacramento to offer the stake, as it
would be the proper body to handle local affairs of this
kind. There should be district and county stakes but
the State Agricultural Society is not the proper body
to offer them. It has been proposed to add Sacra-
mento county to the 40th District, which now com-
prises. Yolo county alone. This is an excellent idea
and should it be done a stake for two year olds fi
district would not only fill well, but one of the
races on the circuit would result.

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[January 12, 1901

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THE HORSE IN HISTORY.

WM

1

In tracing the lines of history, no subject is of
more interest to those who are in any way con-
nected, than is that of the horse. It is related by
a historian who is unquestionably versed in the
subject, that the early history of the horse could
be. traced to Central Asia, where he is found run-
ning- the wilds of the plains and deserts. It is sup-.,
posed by this writer, James H. Sanders, that the
horse was first domesticated in Northern Africa or
Central Asia. Those of Arabia were, perhaps, the
nrst to attract attention of the European nations,
although it is well kiown that Arabia was one of
the latest of the Oriental countries to engage -in
the raising- of horses. Prior to the time of Mo-
hammed, they were scarcely recognized as a part .
of the possession of an Arab, his riches consisting
chiefly in camels, oxen, sheep, and goats, but Mo-
hammed was an enthusiastic lover of the horse,
and while he succeeded in engrafting upon so large
a portion of the Orient his own religious tenets,
he also imbued his followers with a large amount
of his enthusiastic admiration for his favorite ani-
mal, lie taught them to love the noble animal,
and Lo show their kindness to him. In fact, it be-
came so strong a hobby with him, that kindness
and love of the horse became a part of the religion
of all true Musselmen.

Mohammed had his stud, the most magnificent
which could be procured, and the Arabian to this
day seeks to trace the genealogy of his favorite
horse to those supposed to have been bred by Mo-
hammed's favorites. Whatever may be the truth
or error of the tradition which ascribes the excel-
lence of the Arabian horse to the fostering- eare
of Mohammed, it is undoubtedly true that it was
from the horses of the Orient, and largely from
those of Arabia, that Kuroxieans at a later date
drew the improvements, especially in the matter
of speed. Great Eritain wTas the first country to
make a thorough attempt at breeding, with any-
thing like a definite purpose. Britain was over-
run at the time with a class of horses notoriously
deficient in size, and the first efforts of the people
were directed to remedying this defect. The era
of improvement began with the conquest of the
island by the Saxons by the importations of large
horses from Normandy, Flanders, and Germany, the
original habitats of the great black race.

The horse family embraces three types, largely
dissimilar in some respects, but all possessing the
characteristics of the family to which they belong.
The first is typically represented by the horse of
the Orient, the Arab, the Barb, and the Turk, dis-
tinguished for speed and docility, beauty of form,
and gracefulness of motion.

The second includes all the modern breeds of
draft horses, the cart horses, and are chiefl y de-
scended from the gTeat black horses, that, in the
wild state, roam over the vast expanse of marsh
and forest which have been stretched across the
mouth of the Bhine to the east of the Euxine Sea.
The third is seen in the tough shaggy Shetlands,
that were originally found in that inhospitable
mountainous region which formed the source of
the Ganges or Indus, and to the very crest of the
great Himalayan Bange. From these the more
modern Shetland, Welch, and Norwegian ponies
were practically descended.

It was from the second class of these horses,
the great black horse of Europe, that Great Brit-
ain first bred to obtain size. Later on they sought
to enthuse more of speed, beauty of form, and
gracefulness of action, by the introduction of the
blood of the Arab, the Turk, and the Barb. Many-
years prior to the reign of Charles II horse racing
had become a popular amusement and recreation
among the people, and from that time it has held
first place as an out-of-doors amusement in that
country.

It is. therefore, to the long-continued and per-
sistent passion of the people for horse racing that
the world is indebted to that course of breeding
which has resulted in evolving a race of horses,
that on account of the great care bestowed upon
their breeding, their standing and purity of line-
age, form the first race of domestic animals to
which the term "thoroughbred"' was applied.

Promiscuous mingling of the horses of the Island
of Great Britain was the foundation upon which
all the best breeds were built. Normandy, Flan-
ders, and Germany furnished strength and size;
Spain and Arabia, docility, beauty, and speed;
Egypt, Morocco, Tunis, Arabia, and from the va-

rious -parts of Europe, the importations of class
were carried on until the entire stock had become
permeated.

So thoroughly had the passion for the turf taken
possession of the people as early as the beginning
of the reign of Charles the First, that ability to
run and win a race was regarded as a proper test
of merit in horses, and those most successful on
the turf were the most highly prized for breeding
purposes.

- The racing calendar was kept in form until 1791,
when the English Stud Book took its place, and the
standard of admission to the first volume of this
book was a creditable performance upon the turf,
as shown by the racing calendar, it being taken for
granted no horse could be a creditable performer
that was not well bred, an assumption that has
never yet been found at fault.

Of the Oriental sires imported into England, it
is generally admitted that the Godolphin Arabian,
really a Barb, imported in 1720, was the last that
has proved of any benefit to the English stock, and
while this blending of the blood of the Orient with
the old houses of England, furnished the founda-
tion, there can not be the slightest doubt of the fact
that the care and skill of British breeders in select-
ing and coupling the stoutest and best of the suc-
cessful generations, has been a most important
factor in the breeding of the Turk, Arabian, and
Barb, to all of which the historj' of tradition has
subscribed its power.

From this blood the United States has made
many importations since 1S50, and to the inter-
mingling- with these breeds descended from the
stock abandoned by the Spanish invader in early
attempts at conquest of the new world, the foun-
dation of the American trotter was unquestionably
laid.

Until the rise of Hambletonian, the great father
of the American harness racing family, slight
notice was given to the American trotter, outside
of the country itself; but before Hambletonian
was laid away, in 1S76, his descendants had become
noted throughout the world, and the horse-owning
public of Europe began to cast their eyes towards
the most perfect of --cross-breeds in existence.
Hambletonian's sire was Abdallah, the son of
Mainbrino, a thoroughbred, and he a son of Mes-
senger, an imported thoroughbred. Hambleton-
ian's dam was by Belfounder, an imported trotter,
of a class which at that time had attained some
degree of popularity in England. Further back in
his Hambletonian ancestry, the thoroughbred
largely predominated.

Another noted sire that has left his trace on
the history of the American horse, is Mainbrino,
who was foaled in 1S44, and who took his name
from Mambrino Chief, a horse owned in New York.
Mambrino Chief's sire wras a thoroughbred, and his
descendants have been largely crossed with those
of Hambletonian, with profit to the stock. The
Clays, the Bashaws, the Pilots, the latter of which
is of French-Canadian extraction, the Morgans of
Vermont^ the Vermont Black Hawks, the Morrils,
the Ethan Aliens, the Gold Dusts — all are branches
of the same family of Morgans.

The tro i ting horse is unquestionably the most
scientificall3r bred animal in existence, and in no
branch of live-stock breeding is the influence of
heredity, the patient, persevering selection with
views of perpetuation and improvements of desired
quality, more apparent than in the breeding of the
trotter.

Russia has given to the world a type from the
Orient, known as the OrlotI trotting horse, which
has attained great celebrity in Russia., where it
originated. The Orloff, prominent as he is among
the harness performers of his own country and
elsewhere in Europe, is no equal of the American
trotter, either in speed or endurance.

Mainly from the English thoroughbred, crossed
with the heavier breeds, descendants of the great
Black horse, came the Cleveland Bays and the
Hackneys. France has given to the world a type
known as the Percheron or La Perche, a counter-
current of Oriental and Arabian blood, and that of
the large Black horse family of Europe. The
Percheron horse is invariably of a grayish color,
and unquestionably this mark is due to his rela-
tionship to the Arabian, this being the prevailing
color of the horses of Arabia.

Discussing the Percheron horse, there is little
doubt but for draft purposes, he is the most
selected and profitable of all the heavy breeds.
He is famous for his capacity to travel at a com-
paratively rapid pace while drawing a heavy load.
The pony type of the horse family, descendants
of the shaggy stock found in the Himalayan Range,
is the Shetland, the best known representative of
this class that exists. The chief purpose for which
the Shetland is used is as playthings for children.
It may be said that the Shetland is the toy of the
horse world.

American Mustangs, Bronchos, and Ponies are
degenerate descendants of the Barb horses,
brought over and abandoned by the early invaders
of Mexico and South America.

The history of *he horse is long, varied, and full
of deep interest, but through it all the one great
sotir^e of pleasure and congratulation is found in
the living fact that the science of breeding to pro-
duce speed is to be credited with all the wTorthy
improvements that have been made in class. It
was the desire for speed that moved nations to fos-
ter the industry of horse breeding, the fact being
recognized that perfection in this was the acme of
iflory in the horse.

News From the North.

[From Portland Rural spirit.]
The U. S. transport Thyra loaded 530 horses and
mules here this week for Manila.

Pat Barry says it will take $1000 in gold coin to get

a deed to his McKinney colt out of a mare by Gossiper.

Remember there will be a $1000 stake for 2:15 pacers

and one for 2:20 trotters at the Oregon state fair next

year. Get your material ready.

There are enough men in this city interested in driv-
ing to form a genuine driving club, if they would only
get together and work together along intelligent lines.
Leon Cohen is driving the bay gelding Rockford, a
son of Caution-Warwick Maid, on the road this winter.
This fellow has a nice way of going and Mr. Cohen
thinks he will do to prepare for the races.

Thos. Clancy Sr., of Seattle is wintering his horses
Freddy C, and Direct C, at Pleasanton, Cal. They
will be campaigned in the East, probably coming to
the Oregon State fair for the races.

Emmett Williams spent most of the holidays out on
his farm mixing up a little nature with Blackstone and
enjoying himself looking at his fine McKinney two
year old colt out of Alice M., (full sister to Trumont
2:21J) by Altamont; second dam Minnie by Rockwood;
third dam Sally M., (dam of Pathmont 2:09^ and Altao
2:09|) by Pathfinder. .

J. B. Stetson has returned to Portland for the winter
leaving his stable of trotters at Boise, Idaho, in good
hands to be looked after during the winter months.
Mr. Stetson will return to Boise early in the season and
take charge of his stable for the season's campaign.
He says Boise will give a rousing big meeting this year
and if proper arrangements can be made for grounds,
a new track will be built for future meeting. The
business men having subscribed $5000 towards holding
the fair, and nothing will be left undone to make
the meeting a success.

Mr. V. Maulsby of Wichita, Kas., arrived in this
city last Saturdav for the purpose of looking at the
stallion Claymont that has been advertised for sale in
the Rural Spirit for the past few months, with the
view of buying him if he was as good as represented
in the advertisement. So well was he pleased with
him, that he immediately wired Dr. J. E. Oldham of
Wichita, Kas., for whom he is buying the horse, that
he had closed the bargain and that he would ship him
by express in order to prevent any accident that might
happen by freight.

Claymont is by Altamont-Tecora, and is a full
brother to Chehalis 2:044, Del Norte 2:08, Touchet 2:15,
Tenino 2:19^, Lyla 2:27, Coquette 2:30, and is one of the
best young stallions that was ever bred in this State.
He is a horse of even more substance than any of his
full brothers, and while he may not possess the speed
of his pacing brothers, he has size, form and individual
merit that commends Mm very highly as a sire.

Claymont is a square trotter, with no inclination to
pace, and we predict a mark inside the 2:20 list this
season. He was sold by E. W. Spencer and Sam Casto
of this city, both of whom regretted to see him go.
He was shipped last Tuesday, and will be placed at the
head of Dr. Oldham's breeding farm near Wichita,
Kas., where, we are informed, he will have a splendid
home.

SPOKANE NOTES.

D. B. Stewart is jogging Alteno and Alcounter, a
green pacer, preparatory for this year's racing.

Thos. Griffith is jogging a Hambletonian Mambrino
mare, a Duke of Portland mare and a Delpho filly.

There is some talk of having a rousing race meeting
at Spokane, and also having a horse show in con
nection.

H. W. Leel, Spokane, has two McKinney colts.
Olene is the dam of one and the other is out of a full
sister to Chehalis.

Mr. Boyd, who was with the Bitter Root Stock Farm
for many years, is going to start a brood farm and has
12 head of fine brood mares as a beginner.

W. H. Boyd, of Spokane, is jogging the following
horses: Winona Maid, four year old trotter by Inca
2:25, by Woodford Mambrino, first dam Vista by Nut-
breaker; Honey Brook, four year old by Arrowpin by
Nutbreaker, first dam Kate Dawson by Capoul. He is
also jogging his stallion Bitter Root, preparing him
for races this year; a three year old by Bitter Root
which shows lots of speed, first dam Lena, by Alecto;
a three year old filly, full sister to Caryle Carne. Sh*
promises to outstrip her swift brother.

Lute Lindsay is jogging Arab 2:20; a green trotter,
whose dam is a full sister to Vanquish, and a two year
old pacer by King Altamont, which he will enter in the
colt races. Lute has his old standby, Hambletonian
Mambrino, who will be placed in the stud this spring.
Lute is suffering from a wrenched knee. We hope he
will soon be around again. He is also jogging Lady
Shot Three, a vsry promising mare, and a five year
old green pacer, belonging to E. N. Jones, Babe Chap-
man, owned by Dr. Coyne, and a Warwick Medium
mare owned by A. Petersen.

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It is now stated that Beau Gallant will race around
New York next season. When purchased by Senator
McCarren it was generally understood, that he repre-
sented Richard Croker and that the colt was intended
for England. Now Beau Gallant and Bellario will both
race here, unless present plans miscarry.

So Odom is not going to Europe after all. It is
stated that he will ride for Clarence M. Mackay, who
will maintain a large stable, with Charles Hill as
trainer. Mr. Mackay 's colors were carried to the
front in the firyt trial by Banastar, whose horse he
purchased at the sale of the late W. H. Clark, for
whom Banastar won the Brooklyn Handicap of 1899.
The only start of this horse in 1900 was at the Empire
City track, when he proved conclusively he was still
in the ring.

Sir Walter's first and only representative on the turf
this season will be The Talisman, a two year old colt
that claims Ida K. as his dam. The Talisman is owned
by Mr. H. K. Kapp, owner of Sir Walter, and has
been well entered in the two year old stake events of
the year. His career, which, it is to be hoped, may
prove successful, will be followed with interest by the
many friends of his owner and admirers of his sire.

Dr. Hasbrouck, the speedy sprinter of nearly a de-
cade back and popular sire, has been in Missouri for
some seasons, but will this year be in Kentucky. He
is now at Balgowan in the hands of Capt. Thomas
J. Clay. -

Uncle Dan Harness, the owner of Imp, has decided
to retire the famous black mare from the turf and will
breed her to some famous stallion. She goes to the
stud perfectly sound and is retired solely for the reason
that it is impossible to get her a place in races without
handicapping her with weight that renders her success
difficult if not impossible. During the four years of
her turf career she has won fifty-eight races, besides
finishing inside the money on numerous other occasions.
One of her best performances was in the last Brighton
Handicap, where carrying 129 lbs. and conceding
weight to every horse of a very high class field, she
finished a close third in a mile and quarter run in
2:04 3-5, a marvelous race considering the weight
carried and the extremely fast pace set throughout.

Hermoso is something of a dog, and showed the
white feather in his last two essays very badly. On
both occasions he looked to be winning in the stretch
and quit badly when challenged.

Ike Morehouse, the Montana turfman, made quite a
clean up with Esperando on Tuesday. The black
gelding was hot supposed to like a route as long as
seven furlongs and consequently the books layed as
good as eights about him. He was quickly backed
down to fours and, making his own pace throughout,
won rather handily.

Lou Rey has shown great improvement in the hands
of her new trainer and has won three straight races.
Her last effort was at a mile and a quarter, in which
she made Malay, Locochee and Topmast look very
cheap.

A dispatch from New Orleans states that Jockey
Coburn has arrived there, but the officials have de-
cided not to allow him to ride.

The representatives from the Schorr Stable keep the
public guessing as to what they will do in their various
races. These horses seem to have absolutely no form;
one day running most disgracefully and on their next
esE^y beating better fields than those which beat them
the day before. Then when they are believed to have
gotten into shape, they will drop back into the ruck
again.

Entries for the rich Washington Park stakes close
next Tuesday, January 15th. Don't neglect to make
entries in time. Blanks can be had at this office.

Procure the necessary blanks and make your entries
in time for the rich stakes offered by the Washington
Park Club of Chicago. The blanks can be had at this
office and the stakes with amount added and conditions
will be found in our advertising columns.

Among the callers at this office during the week was
Mr. Elmer Lawrence, of New Orleans, who has been
elected Secretary of the Montana Jockey Club, that
will begin a season of racing on the 29th of June this
year. _ Races will be given at Butte and Anaconda and
last sixty days, after which there will be two or three
weeks at Helena and Great Falls. Mr. Lawrence is
now Assistant Secretary of the Crescent City Jockey
Club and returned to New Orleans last Wednesday.
At the close of the meeting there he will return to
California and secure the attendance of as many horse-
men as possible for the Montana circuit. Montana is a
great place for racing, one of the peculiar features be-
ing that the miners all have money and like to back
their favorite horses, but will not stand for bookmak-
ing, preferring the mutual system of betting. Mr.
Lawrence is no stranger in Montana, having acted as
assistant secretary to Ed Tipton when the latter was
in that State as manager of the racing there. Mr.
Lawrence states that a number of stakes will be an-
nounced soon and every effort made to arrange a pro-
gram that will attract a good class of thoroughbreds
from California. Horsemen will find at the close of the
season here that the Montana circuit will offer many
advantages, and we look to see a very large number
ship direct to Butte at the close of the season here.

Dandy Jim, with Turner in the saddle, ran a very
different race from his last essay when E. Matthews
had the mount. He was an even money favorite and
won with ridiculous ease; although Intrepido might
have given him a contest if he had not been pocketed
all through the stretch.

Mr. G. W. Cushing, the Superintendent of Tanforan
Park, had the pleasure of seeing his colors borne to
victory by Saintly in the second race last Thursday
week. Saintly went to the post at the remunerative
odds of thirty to one and it is reported that Mr. Cush-
ing had quite a good bet down at^ that figure.

Articulate, the brown colt by St. Andrew-Utter,
owned by W. C. de B. Lopez, showed himself to be a
youngster of very high class, running six furlongs in
l:i3| with 122 lbs. up, and making the field opposed to
him look very cheap. It is said that an offer of $10,000
has been refused for this colt which is well entered in
a number of stakes, among which is the California
Derby for which he looks to be a very promising can-
didate. Although classed as a three year old at this
date, and forced to pick up the three year old weight,
he will not be full three years old until the latter part
of next May.

The Blingum handicap was won by the uncertain
Bathos, with Herculean in the place, and Dr. Bernays,
the favorite, third. The winner was well backed, as is
usually the case when he wins. Dr. Bernays ran a
most disappointing race, and Herculean showed sudden
improvement.

Buchanan is showing very poor form in the saddle
just at present and has allowed himself to be beaten
out in nose finishes when he should have won handily
on several different occasions.

It is thought that this year's Futurity will be the
richest prize of its kind ever offered in America. Its
value is estimated at $75,000. The Futurity was in-
augurated in 1888. The first winner of it was Proctor
Knott and the value that year was $40,000. Chaos won
it in 1889, the figures being $54,530. In 1890 Potomac
was victorious and $67,675 was cut up. His Highness
carried off the honors in 1891, the prize amounting to
$62675. Since then the purse has been systematically
smaller. Ballyhoo Bey was the Futurity winner last
season and the purse was $33,790.

Trainer Murry says that Yankee Dame, the two year
old filly which gave Dorine such an argument, is the
fastest breaker he ever saw.

The American Derby has $20,000 added this year.
It will be the greatest race of the first year of the
new century in America. Entries close next Tuesday.

The Pride is in great form at present, having won
both of his starts at Oakland this season. His first
effort was at six furlongs with a very fair class of
sprinters, which he defeated rather handily. On Sat-
urday he started in the Naglee Selling Stakes, a $1500
event; and although off absolutely last gradually
worked his way through the bunch and catching Mee-
hanus and Ordnung half way down the stretch, finally
won by a length from Meehanus; Grand Sachem came
fast at the end and snatched the show money from
Ordway by a nose.

Although the racing season of 1900 has only just
concluded, the majority of the leading jockeys in Eng-
land have already completed their arrangements for
next year. Some of their intentions have already been
made known, but the following claims are worthy of
publication: H. Jones, for his royal highness, the
Prince of Wales; M. Cannon, for Kingsclere and Eger-
ton house stables; C. Jenkins, for Lord Soltykoff; the
brothers Reiff, for Lord William Beresford. and Wish-
ard's stable; F. Rickaby, for Lord Durham and Bed-
ford Lodge; S. Leates, for Sir J. B. Maple; O. Madden,
for James Waugh's stable; K. Cannon, for Mr. L. de
Rothschild and M. T. Cannon; D. Maher, for Black-
well's stable, and W. Lane, for Mr. R. S. Sievier.

Little J. Walsh had the backers of Telaman very
much worried in his last race. The colt was pounds
and pounds the best and should have won by himself.
Master Welch made such a wide turn at the head of
stretch that Malay coming up on the inside and hug-
ging the rail made up all the lost ground and came
dangerously close to beating him out, Telaman gaining
the verdict by the narrowest of margins.

Catalogues for the sale of the Marcus Daly horses
will be issued soon. There have been a number of in-
quiries for them, and it looks as though there would
be several bids sent on from California.

It is reported that Senator Clark of Montana will be
a heavy bidder at the coming sale of the Daly horses
in New York. __

It is reported that the Tanforan association will drop
the claiming clause out of many of its selling races
which will be run at its future meetings this season.
The claiming clause is an excellent thing where racing
is a sport, but when it develops into a business, as it is
now in California, large fields and lively betting are
the requisites, no matter if $5000 horses run in races at
a value of $500. ' ■

Gene Leigh will be present at the sale of Daly horses
the last two days of this month, in New York. He
not only has carte blance to make purchases, but will
endeavor to obtain the mighty Hamburg for Mr.
Gardiner, as that gentleman is anxious to establish a
stud that will be the equal of any in the British Em-
pire.

M. A. Gunst is of the opinion that the price of ad-
mission to race tracks in this country should be raised
to $2, and gives as a reason that it would keep from
the track that element that ought to be at home look-
- ing after their business instead of attending the races.
There is no doubt but catering to bettors who can
only pay a small admission fee is bad in principle, and
that the raising of the admissson price would help
matters some, but a much more effective way to ac-
complish the result would be to abolish the dollar book
and permit no bookmaker to accept less than a $5
wager.

Wandering Nun has a big lusty colt at her side down
at La Siesta Farm that has for its sire Chas. Boots'
good stallion Brutus. The colt arrived January 5th
and will have a chance at the following rich stakes in
which his dam is named: The San Francisco Futurity,
The Produce Stakes to be run at Brighton Beach, The
Futurity, $10,000 added, to be run at the Coney Island
Jockey Club meeting, and The Matron, $6000 added,
to be run at Morris Park. All these events are for
two year olds and will be decided in 1903.

In the Century stakes, which has a cash value of
$10,000, a famous entry has been received. It is a
weight for age race at a mile and a half, to be run at
the autumn meeting at Sheepshead. The fifty-nine
entries are: Sarmatian, Jack Point, McMeekin, Prince
of Melbourne, Ethelbert, Batten, Bellario, Beau Gal-
lant, Ildrim, Alcedo, KinleyMack, Bonnibert, Mortallo,
Black Fox, Irritable, Blues, Belvino, Zeus, Imp, Marti-
mas, Demurrer, Dr. Barlow, Commando, Todciy, Con-
roy, Tommy Atkins, Militant, Outlander, Choir
Master, Water Color, St. Elias, Phosphor, Sweet
Lavender, Beau Ormonde, Banastar, Smile, Bedeck,
Janice, Vitellius, McClurg, Standing, Chuctanunda,
Rockton, Douro, Alvard Scheck, Tammany Chief,
Sam Phillips, Dangerline, Lady Schorr, FarRockaway,
Basuto, Terminus, Box, Garry Herrman, His Lordship,
Sidney, Lucas, Ballyhoo Bey, Star Bright and The
Parader.

The following is the assignment of weights for tho
Follansbee high weight handicap at seven furlongs,
which is to be run to-day : Waring 140, Vesuvian 137,
Meehanus 130, Gold Or 132, Gibraltar 130, Eddie Jones
130, F. W. Brode 128, Vulcain 128, Tillo 128, Autumn
128, Andrisa 127, Yellow Tail 127, Wooster Boy 123,
Formero 123, St. Cuthbert 123, Rolling Boer 122, Jerid
114, Babblor 115, MacGyle 113, Bard of Avon 113, Dan-
gerous Maid 113, Lothian 112, Alleviate 112, Tyr 111,
First Tenor 110, Boundlee 108, Mortgage 108, King
Carnival 108, Scallawag 108, Cougar 108, Bab 108,
Doublet 107. Golden Age 122, Canmore 122, Joe Frey
119, Articulate 120, Herculean 118, Handicapper 118,
Specific 117, Torsino 117, Telamon 116, Kenilworth 116,
Panamint 116, Beau Ormonde 116, Jerry Hunt 115,
Prejudice 115, Don Orsino 115, Broadbrim 115, Matt
Hogan 103, The Benedict 103, Courtier 103, Vain 103,
Gold Badge 101, Gartalene 100, Onyx 100, El Fonso 100,
Mithridates 100, Sinti 100, Sarah O. 100, Bonitary 100,
Kingstelle 100, Sebastiania 100, Joe Doherty 100,
Daniel 100

The Fretter ran a remarkably good race in the
Crescendo handicap, coming from behind and beating
out Lennep and Lady Meddlesome. Mounce seems to
handle The Fretter to better advantage than any other
boy who has ridden him of late. Bullman and others
making the running in front with him and dying away
in the stretch. The Fretter does not like a route and
Mounce nurses him along and always has something
left with which to finish.

Eddie Dominick heads the list of winning jockeys
for the year 1900. This youngster, who has come to
the front rapidly within the last two years, rode in
exactly 1000 races and earned brackets 241 times.
This record, while not equal in percentage to that of
Tommy Burns in 1899, who rode 282 winners in 900
attempts, is a remarkable one in many respects, show-
ing, as it does, how a boy may ride into the front ranks
from comparative obscurity all within two years.
There are a number of jockeys who may be rated above
Dominick in ability by turfmen, but probably few turf
followers, if asked to name the leading winning rider
for 1900 would guess that the little fellow under con-
tract to Fred Cook was the fortunate one. The low
weight, however, at which he can ride has kept Dom-
inick busy and given him the opportunity to head the
jockey table. Dominick began riding at New Orleans
in the winter of '98-99, where he had six mounts and
failed each time to land a piece of the money for his
employers. From there he went to St. Louis and be-
gan to show marked ability. He rode 31 winners in
153 races, and then went to Chicago. He rode at Harlem
and Hawthorne, where his success was less marked,
and completed the season with a record of 49 firsts out
of 293 mounts.

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THE WfctKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELL.EY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

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P. O. BOX 2300.

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Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, January 12, 1901.

AMATEUR RECORDS have started a discussion
among the turf papers and their contributors
that is getting acrimonious in spots. Many of the
bitter things that have been said were entirely out of
order, and as our legal friends say in court, "incom-
petent, irrelevant and immaterial.'' It all started
from a race won by the California horse, John A. Mc-
Kerron, at the matinee given by the Boston Driving
Club at Readville last year, when he won the race in
straight heats, trotting them in 2:10 and 2:11. It was
the first race for a magnificent cup, and the horse,
which is owned by Mr. H. K. Devereux, represented
the Cleveland Driving Club in the event, which will
occur annually until the trophy is won three times by
the same organization. Mr. Devereux desired to race
his horse this year on the regular circuit and asked
the Board of Review to declare-the 2:10 made by John
A. McKerron in the cup race no record, claiming
that it was not a public race in the meaning of the
National rules. There is no use repeating all of the
circumstances. They have been published in the
Breeder and Sportsman and, every other turf
journal in the land and all horsemen are familiar with
them and the decision of the Board, which was against
Mr. Devereux. Situated out here on the Pacific Coast,
far removed from the strife and turmoil which the
discussion of this matter has kicked up, we believe we
are entirely unbiased in this matter, and after a care-
ful reading of all the arguments pro and con that have
reached us, we cannot see wherein the Board of Re-
view has erred, except in the closing paragraph of
their decison, where they say " when a cup cannot be
won, or in other words is a perpetual challenge cup,
heat winners in contests for it do not acquire a record
or bar." There is not one shadow of a doubt that
President Devereux and all the members of the Cleve-
land Club, the Boston Club and the other amateur
organizations of America are earnest and honest in
their efforts to build up the great sport of amateur
racing and that they fully believe that this decision is
a serious blow to them. Prom time immemorial
there has been an effort to draw an impartial
and exact line between professionalism and amateur-
ism in all sports and a final result has not yet been
reached. The trouble invariably arises when a person
is desirious of taking part in both ends of the game,
and will continue to arise under those circumstances,
we apprehend, until the end of time. In our humble
opinion amateur and professional harness racing would
both receive a serious blow should the parent associa-
tinns ever decide that a horse could be raced for cups
and other trophies at a stated public gathering, no
matter whether gate receipts were charged or not, and
no record given him when winning a heat. Such a de-
cision would give wealthy owners and others who were
so situated as to take advantage of the opportunities a
chance to develop and educate horses in actual races
and after proving them to be able to compete in the
free for all purses, enter and race them in the slow
classes. It would not be either right or fair. It is true
that amateur racing has been a tremendous aid in ad-
vancing the prices of trotting and pacing horses, and,
according to the rules of racing, the majority of the
events pulled off at matinees are not public races, but
these are not reasons why a heat or a race for a cup,
or for an interest in a cup is not a race. The cup race
at Readville was widely advertised. Thousands of
people took note of the time set for the race and were
in attendance. Judges and timers were in the stand,
and the association under whose auspices the ra--e was
given was <a member of the National Trotting
Association. If it was not a public race within
the meaning of the rule then a public race was
never trotted. We know there is a great deal of
feeling over this matter and Mr. Devereux has
stated, it is reported, that owing to the decision
he has reconsidered his intention of racing his great
young stallion this year on the Grand Circuit and will
only start him in club races. We hope the report is

untrue and that John A. McKerron will be given an
opportunity to demonstrate to the satisfaction of all
that he is able to compete in races with the best trot-
ters in America of the 2:10 class. It seems to us that
a horse winning a heat in a competition for a cup
which he did not win is as much entitled to a record as
a horse winning a heat in a $20,000 race which he after-
wards failed to win. A true sportsmen should set
more value on a cup than a purse, and if his horse
demonstrates his ability to trot in 2:10 in a race for a
valuable trophy, which is duly programmed and
takes place at a stated time, he should not ask the
privilege of starting him outside that class in races for
money. A trainer may work a horse for months and
pace or trot him many miles in very fast time; he may
work him heats and in company, but it is the actual
contest which tests his qualifications as a race horse,
and this is the test the parent associations have set up
for records. Whether a horse starts for money or for
marbles makes no difference so long as he is contesting
for something of value, and if he wins a heat he should
be given a record.

HARNESS RACING will not be a very prominent
feature of the Montana Circuit this year. There
will be nearly eighty days of racing in that State, be-
ginning June 29th at Butte, and including shorter
meetings at Anaconda, Great Falls and Helena, but
the program in each instance will be made up princi-
pally of running events. The officials of the track will
be gentlemen who are closely connected with the run-
ning tracks and the circuit will be arranged primarily
to accommodate the thoroughbred. Secretary Law-
rence, who was in San Francisco this week, made this
statement to the editor of the BREEDER AND SPORTS-
MAN and stated that he expected from four to five
hundred runners would go from California to Montana
to take part in the races. "There will prob_
ably be some good purses offered for the harness
horses," said Mr. Lawrence, "but the program will
be principally for the runners." This being the
situation it would be a very wise thing on the
part of the district associations in California if they
would make up their programs almost entirely
of harnest events. Very few district associations can
afford to give purses of any respectable size for the
runners. Owners of gallopers will not enter where
entrance fees are charged and it is out of the question
for the district associations to attempt to give even
ordinary purses without entrance money being re-
quired. It will bankrupt any association that tries it.
Six months' high class racing here in the vicinity of San
Francisco during the fall, winter and spring months
makes the running racing provided at county fairs
seem very tame, and there is no demand for the sport
after the season closes here. If the district associations
of California will devote their racing program to harness
events, put their tracks in first class condition for them,
and make an effort to secure the best horses in train-
ing, they can give meetings that will not only be suc-
cessful from a racing point of view but be a source of
profit to the organizations. Let there be a united
effort to make a California harness racing circuit this
year that will reflect credit on both associations and
horsemen. It can be done with intelligent effort and
energetic work.

A BILL has been introduced in the California Legis-
lature providing for the improvement of the Fair
Grounds at Sacramento, authorizing the State Agri-
cultural Society to sell a portion of the present prop-
erty and to purchasead joining land, and appropriating
the sum of $100,000 for this purpose. There is a great
future before California as the base of supplies for the
entire Orient, End if properly encouraged the indus-
tries of cattle, sheep and horse breeding in this
State can be increased a hundred fold and be one
of the greatest sources of wealth in the world.
China, Japan, Russia, Hawaii, the Phillipines and
Australasia are already coming here for the best
products of our farms and this trade can be developed
until it assumes gigantic proportions and makes Cali
fornia the leading supply depot for all breeds of live
stock. There is nothing that encourages the produc-
tion of high class cattle and horses like an annual fair,
and stock show, and there is no reason why the Cali-
fornia State Fair should not eventually take the very
first position among exhibitions of this character.
The greatest handicap in the past in giving a high
class fair at our State eapitol has been the poor accom-
modations for stock and the miserable buildings, some
of which have the moss of forty years on them. The
bill 5introduced by Senator Devlin aims to provide a
modern fair ground, and no appropriation made by
the Legislature will bring quicker or more profitable
returns on the money invested. With proper accom-
modations the State Fair can be made the greatest
stock show in America and bring to this State each
year hundreds of buyers for the best products of Cali-
fornia farms.

THERE ARE RUMORS of much race track legi
lation being brought to the attention of our la
makers at Sacramento this winter. About the be:
thing that could be done with the many bills that wi
be introduced is to consign them to the waste baske
Racing is either a legitimate sport and enterprise or
is not. The schemes to place it under State contrc
to limit the season, and to interfere in other ways wit
it are no more entitled to a place on the statutes tha
would be measures that placed the same restrictions c
golf or football. The associations and clubs that gh
racing in California are fully conscious of the fact tht
the public is ever ready to prohibit any sport or bus
ness that it thinks is a menace to the community. Tl
racing of thoroughbreds has developed into a busine:
here in California and at other great centres of popi
lation like New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Ne
Orleans. It is conducted in as clean and honest
manner as strict and watchful officials can keep it, an
will compare favorably with any other business of
speculative nature. The State can ill afford to medd'.
with it and it is to be earnestly hoped that our legisl;
tors will not waste the public money in efforts to fi
laws for its government. The bill that prohibi'
gambling on contests outside of the places where ti
contests are held is a good one. It makes no attemj
to regulate racing or interfere with it in any way, bt
will simply put an end to gambling games that have r,
excuse for existence. It should be passed at once, an
all efforts to control racing should be sidetracked.

HOLIDAY EDITIONS have been issued by tl
majority of our turf exchanges and all are wort
much more than the money asked for them. Ti
Horse Review easily leads them all, its pages being fille
with statistics that no other journal contains an
which represent an immense amount of labor and r>
search. The Horseman also has issued a very valuah
edition, interesting in every page, while the Kentucl
Stock Farm, the Kansas City Horse Show Monthly, th
Eider and Driver and the New York Spirit of the Tim
are fully up to the standard of excellent holiday jou:
nals. The Chicago Breeders' Gazette is in a class b
itself, as it devotes its columns principally to cattli
sheep, hogs and heavy horses. Its illustrations su:
pass anything we have seen in the photo-engravin
line, and no more artistic magazine has ever bee
issued. It leads all journals of its class in America.

MURRAY HOWE, the well known writer on ha:
* " 1 ness horse affairs, has our thanks for a copy <
his book "Stable Conversation," the greatest satire <
turf literature. The BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN he
published many of these talks of Jimmy, the Swipi
taken from the Chicago Horse Review, and as our reac
ers well know they are brim full of genuine wit an
humor with a large vein of philosophy runnin
through them. These conversations have been co
lected by their author and published in handsome boo
form and are for sale by The Horse Review at $1.50 pe
copy. One of the features of the book are the drav,
ings by Robert L. Dickey, -whose pencil point trace
lines that would excite laughter in a graven imagt
"Stable Conversation" is a hundred dollars worth <
amusement for a dollar and a half with a big bunch c
genuine horse sense thrown in.

SENATOR BELSHAW has introduced in the Cal
fornia Legislature a bill which if it is enacted int
a law will close the pool rooms. It absolutely prohibit
the selling of pools, or bookmaking on contests betwee
horses, men or dogs, except within the enclosures wher
such contests actually take place. It is to be hopei
that this bill will pass without a dissenting voice am
we hold it to be the duty of every horse breeder especi
ally to use his influence in favor of the measure. I
letter written or a few words spoken to the membe
from your district will have its weight. Horse value
are decreased by pool rooms and the business of breed
ing and the sport of racing are injured and brough
into disrepute by them. There is not one argumen
that can be made in their favor. Ask your Senato
and Assemblymen to vote to close them up.

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Golden Gate Pari
Driving Association for the election of director
and officers for the ensuing year will take place at th
association's headquarters in the Palace Hotel, nex
Tuesday evening. At the last meeting the followini
members were placed in nomination for directors, 0
which eleven are to be selected by ballot at the Tues
day evening meeting: J. C. Kirkpatrick, Ed. Aigel
tinger, Geo. L. Sweet, H. F. Patrick, Wm. C. Hamil
ton, H. B. Slocum, I. B. Dulziel, J. B. Ohlandt, L
Richardson, F. W. Thompson, James O'Kane, A. B
Spreckels, Al. Schwartz, E. Stewart, Frank G. O'Kane
Dr. Geo. W. Leek.

January 12, 1901]

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9

I KENNEL.

Coming Events.

BENCH SHOWS.

Feb. 26. 27, 28, March. 1— Cleveland Kennel Club. Annual bench
show. CM. Munhall, Secretary, Cleveland, O.

March 6, 7, 8, 9— Duguesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania,
Pittsburg, Pa. Fred'k. S. Stedman. Secretary.
FIELD TRIALS.

Jan. 14— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club. Eighteenth annua
trials. Coronado, Cal. Albert Betz. Secretary, San Francisco, Cal

Jan. 14— Alabama Field Trials Club. Fifth annual trials
Greenville, Alabama. J. B. Rosenstihl, Secretary.

Jan. 21— United States Field Trial Club. Tenth annual trials.
Benton county, Miss. W. B. Stafford, Secretary. Trenton, Tenn.

Feb. Championship Field Trial Association. Annual trials,

(First week in February.) Grand Junction, Tenn. W.B.Stafford
Secretary. ^^____

Pacific Bull Terrier Club.

A meeting of the Pacific Bull Terrier Club was held
on Monday evening last. In response to a communica-
tion received from the San Francisco Kennel Club ask-
ing for an expression from the club as to a choice in
the selection of a judge for the May show, the senti-
ment of the meeting was favorable to the engagement
of Mr. Chas. H. Mason.

Cocker Club Meeting.

At a meeting of the California Cocker Club held on
Tuesday evening at No. 125 Geary street, Mr. J. H.
Dorian presiding in the absence of the president W. C.
Ralston, much business of importance to the Cocker
fancy was transacted. Among the new members en-
rolled were Miss Ethel H. Tompkins, owner of the Pine
Hill Kennels, and C. A. Mauldin. The club will possi-
bly, at the next meeting, adopt a standard for their
particular specialty.

In response to a communication from the San Fran-
cisco Kennel Club requesting an expression of choice
in securing the services of a judge for the May bench
show, the members present unanimously favored Mr.
C. H. Mason, a committee composed of Messrs. J. H.
Dorian, E. C. Plume and H. A. Wegener were dele-
gated to wait upon the San Francisco Kennel Club
then in session, and advise the bench show club of the
sentiment of the Cocker club in regard to the choice
for a judge for all breeds this year.

Pacific Fox Terrier Club.

The Pacific Fox Terrier Club held a regular meeting
at 41 Sutter street last Monday evening. N. H. Hick-
man presiding and Messrs. Foster, Hogan, Harley,
jMoore, D'Aguin and Martin present.

J. P. Brown of Riverside, Cal., and G. D. Troy of
San Francisco were elected members.

A communication from the San Francisco Kennel
Club was read, requesting this club to designate its
choice for judge at the forthcoming dog show; after
considerable discussion, the members unanimously de-
cided to recommend George Raper, of Wincobank,
Sheffield, England, and furthermore have notified the
S. F. K. Club that if he is selected, this club will sub-
scribe $50 to the guarantee fund.

After the regular routine had been completed the
members indulged in a general talk of doggy matters
and, judging by the number of promising youngsters
under cover, the next show should develop some
cracks. J. B. MARTIN, Secretary.

The Field Trials at Coronado.

On Monday morning the eighteenth annual field
trials of the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club will com-
mence with the Derby at North Island, Coronado
Beach, San Diego county. The ground selected for
the trials embraces about 3000 acres and is said to be
an ideal location for running a field trial. This neck
of land has practically been the private shooting
domain of Mr. E. S. Babcock and his guests. Birds
are plentiful, and water, feed and other circumstances
have been very favorable for the quails. All impeding
and detrimental cover has been removed and the dis-
trict patrolled for some time past. Weather conditions
down south are not so extreme as to cause any appi'6"
hension of interference with the trials in this respect.

The attendance at the trials promises to be larger
than for years past. This is due in a great measure to
the easy and convenient manner of reaching the scene
of the trials and the assurance to the visitor when
there of every accommodation at one of the best
resorts on the Coast and that within ten minutes dis-
tance of the trial grounds. The Southern Pacific
Railroad Company and the hotel management have
both made material reductions in favor of club mem-
bers and visitors to the trials.

Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Winnipeg, Man., who will
judge the trials, was due in this city on Thursday even-
ing. The main delegation from this city left yesterday
on the south bound train. Some of the veterans who
had not attended a field trial in ten years were among
those booked for Coronado.

The Breeder and Sportsman will be represented
at the meeting by Mr. Albert Betz, the Secretary of
the Pacific Coast Field Trials Club.

Bench Show Club Meeting.

The San Francisco Kennel Club meeting held at the
Occidental Hotel, last Tuesday evening, was attended
by Mr. J. E. de Ruyter, presiding, and Messrs. W. S.
Kittle, N. H. Hickmon, E. Courtney Ford, Chas. K.
Harley, Dr. F. E. D'Evelyn and Secretary J. P. Nor-
man. Much detail matter concerning the bench show
this year was taken up and disposed of.

The club had invited from specialty clubs and promi-
nent fanciers an expression of opinion as to a choice in
the important matter of the selection of a judge. In
response to this request for collaboration the Cocker
Club, through a committee consisting of Messrs.
Dorian, Wagoner and Plume reported a unanimous
preference for Mr. C. H. Mason. The San Francisco
Kennel Club members present, with the exception of
one, were also favorable to Mr. Mason for judge. The
St. Bernard Club of California submitted the name of
Miss A. H. Whitney of New York, who has an Eastern
reputation as a judge of St. Bernards and has not yet
been seen in the ring here. The St. Bernard club
offered a certain sum of money towards the guarantee
fund in the event of Miss Whitney's judging the May
show. The sentiment of the BuE Terrier and Fox
Terrier clubs in this matter are noted elsewhere on this
page.

The preference for judge will not be settled for a few
weeks. It is possible that this matter will evolve quite
a little campaigning before a selection can be made and
this will be contingent of course upon advices received
from the other side — the judge's.

The win of Oaiside Tremont, Mr. H. H. Carlton's
Boston Terrier who won first in limit at the May show
and which was subsequently cancelled by the American
Kennel Club, has, on appeal, been allowed to stand.
Hereafter the dog must, however, be known as "Tre-
mont" which is his registered name. The prefix
Oakside cannot be used in future for this dog.

Pacific Kennel League Meeting.

The third annual meeting of the Pacific Kennel
League was held at San Jose on Saturday, December 29,
1900. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: H. ■
A. Wagener, San Francisco, President; Matt Coffey,
Sacramento, First Vice President; Julius Redelsheimer,
Seattle, Second Vice President; H. T. Denham, Tacoma,
Third Vice President; W. F. Burrel, Portland, Fourth
Vice President; N. J. Stewart, Aromas, Monterey
county, Secretary-Treasurer.

A petition was read from the Seattle Kennel Club re-
questing the P. K. L. to adopt a classification some-
what similar to that in force now under the A. K. C.
rules. It was felt that while the present P. K. L. Rules
were better suited to the requirements of the Pacific
Coast when the P. K. L. was formed, at which time
the shows had dwindled down to three shows, yet at
the present time when the organization has seven
shows booked for the coming season, that the A. K. C.
classification could be adopted with advantage here.
The following classification was accordingly adopted.

1. The Puppy Class shall be for ali dogs over four
months and under twelve months of age, and no entry
can be made of one under four months or whose date
of birth, breeder, sire or dam is unknown.

2. The Limit Class shall be for all dogs never hav-
ing won four first prizes in said class, at any recognized
show, but no dog having acquired the title of champion
shall be eligible to this class.

3. The Open Class shall be for all dogs of any age
over six months. No prize winner shall be debarred
from competing.

4. The Winners' Class shall be open only to the
winners of first prizes at any show giving all of the
above classes, and the winner of five wins in this class
will thereby become a champion of record, and will be
so recorded in the Pacific Kennel League Record of
Wins, and will be entitled to a Pacific Kennel League
Champion Certificate. Before awarding "Reserve" in
this class, the dog or dogs having been placed second
to the winner in any of the regular classes must be
brought before the judge for competition with the re-
maining dogs in said Winners' Class.

No class winner shall be withdrawn or withheld from
competition in the Winners' Class and no entry fee
shall be charged for said competition in this class.
The Winners' Class shall be divided by sex, provided
the three foregoing classes, announced in the Premium
List, are also divided by sex.

N. B. Judges are requested to be particularly care-
ful in awarding a prize in the Winners' Class. While
a puppy might be deserving of a first prize in the
Puppy Class, it does not follow that he is worthy of a
first in the Winners' Class if alone.

Rule 5. Miscellaneous Class will remain as before.

Rule 20 was altered to read: "Bench Show Com-
mittee may accept entries of bitches with whelps at
side for exhibition only.

It will be noticed that the Novice Class has been cut
out altogether. It was claimed that the fewer the
classes the better the competition would be. This new
classification makes the A. K. C, the C. K. C. and
P. K. L. classification practically the same and it is
believed ought to simplify matters for exhibitors.

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.

Mrs. W. C. Ralston's black Cocker Spaniel bitch Ch. Princess
Flavia (Ch. Black Duke— Ch. Gaiety Girl) to Plumeria Cocker
Kennels' Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-Hampton1 Queen Readie),
December 17, 1900.

Mrs. L. G. Bederman's Cocker Spaniel bitch Queen (Black Bart-
Beauty) to Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Ch. Viscount (Ch. Pick-
pania— Tootsle), December 18, 1900.

Mrs. E. Colwell's black Cocker Spaniel bitch Fantenette H. (

) to Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Ch. Viscouni (Ch. Pickpania-

Tootsie), January 7, 9, 1901.

The Ail-Round Dog.

Considerable notice and comment has recently been
given an article which appeared in the Christmas num-
ber of the Shooting Times and British Sportsman .
Coming from such a well known authority and able
writer on kennel affairs as Mr. Fred Gresham we have
no doubt the article in question will be of novel interest
to our readers.

"It has been a difficult point to decide by the one-
dog man what breed of animal is best suited for his
purpose. By the one dog man it is to be understood a
sportsman who desires to do a bit of shooting, together
with ratting, and to engage in the pursuit of all sorts
of vermin, and to have an agreeable companion and
good guard far the house. This class of dog, even to
the most accomplished judge or exponent of kennel
matters, must of necessity be a subject for considerable
discrimination, whilst it is apparent how almost impos-
sible must be the task of finding one animal uniting in
itself the gifts of many. The Pointer or Setter must
be discarded at once, as, although both are excellent
in the field to find game and can sometimes be made to
retrieve, they have not the slightest idea of hunting
for and killing rabbits or rats; indeed, it might be ex-
pected that the endeavor to teach one of these dogs to
act as vermin destroyers would entirely unfit it for its
legitimate work.

[The work cut out for the Pointer and Setter in
England is not of the versatile character which our
dogs are trained for. The Retriever in the field here,
acting in concert with the Pointer and Setter is an
unknown feature, and possibly would be regarded by
many sportsmen as either superfluous or an incum-
brance. Our Pointers and Setters working in brace or
singly do all the field work for the gunner, and that so
quickly, intelligently and thoroughly that the Re-
triever, as used in England, would be almost a handi-
cap in the field. Many gunners train their Pointers or
Setters to hunt and retrieve rabbits and hares, which
game is here very plentiful, and they do clever work
of course, but this practice tends to spoil a dog's work
on birds and should never be indulged by the owner
of a good "bird dog." — Ed].

The Retriever, maybe, is the most useful of all dogs
that are used with the gun; he will hunt a hedgerow,
do the work of a Spaniel in turnips or covert, bring
the game to you when it is shot; and has been known
to take his part at rat-catching. Still, it is such an
exception to find one that is tender in the mouth when
retrieving fur and feather and hard-bitten when the
rodent is under consideration that the dog of this breed
that is required for all round purposes is difficult to
obtain. Under the same- category may be classed the
Spaniel, who, although he cannot be surpassed as a
good game dog, and is, in fact, preferred by some
eminent shots to either of the above, is altogether out
of place for anything except as a chum and to lie upon
the hearth rug when his duties are over.

It would be useless to take into consideration any of
the various breeds of Hounds, although the Basset-
Hound and Beagle, like the Clumber Spaniel, are re-
markable for their prowess in thick covert when game
is to be driven to the gun, but here their utility ends
as dogs for general use; and, as regards any of the
larger varieties that hunt their game by sight and kill
the fact of their not putting their noses to the ground
entirely does away with their usefulness as sporting
associates when it is desired to combine the work of
the Pointer, Retriever and Terrier in one dog.

With the exception of the Poodle, whose appearance
is incompatible with any connection with sport, al-
though he has sometimes been trained to hunt, the
Collie is more easily brought under command than any
other of the canine race, but his vocation lies in the
direction of tending sheep, and his aptitude for finding
game and a love for hunting would seriously interfere
with his duties. Still, Collies have been known that
would do all that is required by the all-round sports-
man, even to pointing game, but it is only the excep-
tion that proves the rule in this instance.

Of the many varieties of the Terrier tribe, the Fox
Terrier is undoubtedly the most popular, his Keen love
of sport, natural aptitude to associate himself with the
gun, and deadly animosity to vermin, together with
his many other sporting qualities, making him a most
valuable assistant to anyone who spends his life in
country pursuits, but he is not large enough to occupy
the position for which an endeavor is being made in
this article to discover the most versatile representa-
tive of dogs. The same remarks apply to the Irish
Terrier, who is equally game with the Fox Terrier, but
again is deficient in size, although he loses somewhat
to the latter from the fact that he is too large to go to
ground, but being able to enter an earth to bolt a fox
or badger is only a minor consideration amongst the
numerous qualifications that are desired.

Having so far enumerated the virtues of the various
breeds of possible all-round utility dogs for sport, we
now come to the one of all others in which perhaps is
to be found a combination of the characteristics which
should be portrayed in the animal of which we are
making an effort to find a more or less true represent-
ative. In the Airedale Terrier is to be seen many
points to solve the difficulty to which we have referred.
Almost as large as the Retriever, Pointer or Setter,
and considerably more so than any other of the
Terrier family, which he emulates in gameness and
sporting proclivities, he can be broken to hunt and
retrieve all descriptions of fur and feather, whilst his
undoubted proficiency in the water renders him a val-
uable adjunct in a hunt after the wjly otter. Although
unable to go to ground, he is the sworn enemy of the
badger and fox, both of whom would have a poor
chance of success in a struggle for existence, and,
moreover, when the business of the day is over he is a
most capable yard dog.

"Man's Best Friend" in holiday attire is to hand
this week. The number is liberally illustrated with
elegant engravings and full of interesting doggy lore
—in other words a fancier's high class journal.

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[January 12, 1901

Coming Events.

Feb 22— Grand open-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.
March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Merchandise Shoot. Blue
Rocks. Alameda Point.

A Fine Trip for "Winter.
The following description of wild-fowl shooting and
other attendant delights and recreation dear to the
heart of the sportsman and lover of nature, all to be ,
found in the region of the Colorado delta, is from the
inimitable pen of Thos. S. Van Dyke in the Los An-
geles Herald. The country written of is but little
known to many of our shooters save that it is looked
upon as the southern Ultima Thule of wild ducks,
geese and shore birds when they become scarce as the
season wanes. Plume hunters have also been ever
ready to give those regions a reputation for hardship
and inconvenience that practically kept the sportsman
away. This narrative discloses so much valuable in-
formation to the sportsman that we take the liberty of
republishing it in full:

Among the many who know that the Pacific Coast
has the°most extensive list of summer attractions in
our country, few are aware that the winter pleasures,
though more limited, are fully equal to those of sum-
mer. Ducks and geese with snipe and quail now take
the place of trout, deer, grouse, salmon and doves; but
the number of sportsmen who enjoy the field is prob-
ably greater than in summer, the difference being
almost wholly in the fishing.

But the majority of sportsmen enjoy the background
almost as much asthe game and like a constant variety
in scenery, while many more quickly tire of the same
old ground and are always in search of something new.
For "all such a trip to the mouth of the Colorado river
in the bright warm days of winter, especially about
Christmas, will furnish apout the largest amount of
novelty now to be found on the Coast at that time of
the year.

The absence of regular boats from Yuma to the
mouth of the river seems a drawback. But if there
were any cheap and easy way of going most of the at-
tractions would now be ruined by a horde of tourists.
As it is all that part of the river lies in almost primeval
wildness, making exactly what so many wish to see,
yet safe and pleasant beyond expectation. The best
way is to get up an excursion and charter a boat at -
Yuma, where there are several good ones with parties
who know the river thoroughly and go prepared to
stay two or three weeks at least. One can also go by
wagon on a very fair road on the Sonora side, but a
small boat should be taken along to cross the river
when needed. The distance is something over one
hundred and fifty miles, but the river route is so pleas-
ant that one wishes it were longer, while the land trip
is nothing if one is well prepared.

The first hundred miles or more of the river winds
through rich bottoms almost level and covered with a
heavy growth of cottonwood and willow, with mesquite
of great size taking their place as the bottom lands
become dryer, and running from that into ironwood
and pala verde, with ocatilla and other varieties of
cactus as it slopes out into the dry desert beyond the
reach of the water of the river.

Here you may still find in considerable abundance
the brightest of his family, the quail of Arizona, or
Gambel's partridge. A few days spent with this quaU
will repay one for all the time spent in reaching the
ground, and no matter how well one may know the
slippery quail of California as improved by modern
guns and the conflict with the best of dogs, one's edu-
cation on the crested quail of this Coast is wholly in-
complete without a good interview with this trickster
of the chestnut ;ap and jetty breast. Here, whert he
has never heard the sound of a gun and no one ever
troubles him, he is full of the most varied wiles. The
vast masses of tangled mesquite, whose great snaky
arms reach in a thousand directions like the locks of
Medusa, give a fine field for the display of his talents:
and the arrow weed, dense as quills on the fretful por-
cupine and eight to ten feet high, assist him in giving
you variety when you are weary of his performances
in mesquite.

Along each bank of the river are Indians about as
primitive as when Coronado came, but perfectly well
behaved. Those on the east bank, the Maricopas, are
peaceable and polite, while the Cocopahs, on the west,
are peaceable with all who attend to their own busi-
ness. They are perhaps the most independent people
in North America. The Mexican government never
bothers them, and no one else dares to. They make
their own laws, even to the infliction of the death
penalty: but if you don't try to fool with the camera
and treat them decently you will have no trouble with
them anywhere. They are agricultural entirely, and
farm the rich bottom of the Colorado in the old Egyp-
tian style from the overflow of the river, having a
large territory of the richest soil in America and one
well worth seeing.

In the lower part of the Cocopah territory wild flax
begins to appear on each side of the river, growing
very rank and dense, while tules of great size rise
everywhere from the sloughs and lower lands that
remain damp from the overflow. All through this
some deer live all the time, but the land is so flat that
it cannot be hunted to ad vantage except on horseback,
and in many places one cannot see even then far
enough to do much with deer. But another animal
abounds that will give you far more excitement and
variety. Years ago some enterprising American
thought the rich feed on these bottoms would make
it a good place for a hog ranch. The hogs thought so,
too, and have thought so ever since.
All the pork ever harvested has been taken on the

wing and mighty little at that. But it is the most ex-
hilarating sport in America, surpassing even the pur-
suit of the grizzly bear. The ground between the tule
patches is well adapted for running, the quality of the
ozone is very superior and with a good lively razor back
in your rear you can get your mouth wide enough
open to inhale the climate to the best advantage. The
bright sun and clear dry air are charmingly adapted
for displaying to the best advantage the gleam of a
five-inch spiral of ivory, with edges like razors and
mounted on each side of jaws that pop like dynamite
crackers in a bottomless pit of fiery red in a setting of
bristly black and brown mounted on legs equal to those
of a deer. You need stovepipe leggings for this hunt-
ing and it is well to have a lot of dogs to receive the
charge while you are ambling for the boat. And it
will need several dogs, too, for no matter how brave
they may be hardly one of them will be quick enough
to dodge the whirling swing of a robust boar about
the time he gets his teeth well anchored in the mud-
encrusted ham.

"While there are some sloughs along the sides all the
way down the river in which ducks may be found, it
will hardly pay to stop for any of them until you
reach the large slough known as Hardy's Colorado.
You will see many ducks flying with snow geese and
and white fronted geese (white and gray brant), with
some Hutchins' geese or "little honkers,-' as they are
called in California, with more flocks of sandhill
cranes than can now be seen in any part of the country
that is at all settled. If you stop long enough at
any one point to find the evening and morning fly-
ways you can get some good shooting on these, for
they are very fat on wild flax. It is the common im-
pression that the sandhill crane is one of the bittern or
heron family and therefore not good for the table.
But it is a gramnivorous bird, having nothing in com-
mon with the fish eaters, and has no equal on this
Coast for good flavor when it has good feed, as it has
here. And nothing in America save the wild turkey
and the great white sandhill, or whooping crane, is its
equal in those wild and wary ways that give the real
charm to everything in the line of game.

Huge flocks of white pelicans with black-tipped
wings, circling high in the dome of the blue, show
that you are nearing salt water and curlew and willet.
with other shore birds, trotting along the muddy mar-
gins of the stream prove still more strongly that the
river is rising and falling a little every day from the
tide. Vegetation, too, is growing gradually smaller as
the area increases that is overflowed a long time in
summer from the high water of the river meeting the
high tides of the gulf. On the river itself there is no
shooting on ducks or geese, but in some of the sloughs
and ponds along this lower part that are formed from
the overflow of the river the rush of wild fowl is equal
to the best of old-time flights on the western prairies
or in the early days of California. Some of these
sloughs are some distance from the river and can be
located only by seeing the birds flying there or hearing
their noise at night. But some are so large and the
cover so good that it seems impossible to drive the
game out of them. Even the geese would only circle
and alight again in some of them, and in most all the
bottom is hard enough to allow one equipped for wad-
ing to go where one will.

Here one may find about all the varieties of ducks
found on the Pacific Coast, though most of them come
down the river direct from the great basin of the
Rocky mountains in the north. Mallards stream
through the air in long, green-necked ranks, the white
of the canvasback flickers through the golden haze
that rests on the top of the dense masses of tule, the
forked rudder of the sprig-tail steers him as gaily
along the sky as elsewhere, the plaintiff whistle of the
widgeon greets us on every breeze that blows across the
sloughs, the red-head and the gad well enliven the
scene with their noble presence, while teal and ruddy
ducks, with spoonbills and buffelheads whisk here
and there, dot the quiet waters of the sunny coves or
bask in the sun along the edges.

Outside of the desert there is nothing in California
that equals the winter climate of this section. From
the middle of November until March the air is well
nigh perfect except when some unusual storm is on the
Pacific Coast, when it may be cloudy on the river, and
even cool and drizzling weather may be met on the
edge of a great California storm. But nearly all days
are bright and cloudless, with warm air, cool nights
and perfect freedom from mosquitos and other insects,
as well as malaria. The nights are cool enough and
the air of day dry enough to enable you to keep game
and take it home if you have a boat large enough to
allow you to hang it in the shade.

Near the mouth of Hardy's Colorado vegetation be-
gins to dwindle rapidly from the excessive overflow
and high tides, and is entirely gone long before the
mouth of the river is reached. Here are vast tracts
of alluvium making new territory that in time will
give Mexico more good land than we ever got from
her. This is perfectly flat for many leagues and in
winter, when the river is at its lowest stage, is per-
fectly dry. The air also contains the very minimum
of humidity, and these three conditions make the
most perfect combination for mirage such as can be
seen nowhere else in America. On the flattened por-
tions of the Colorado desert one may see beautiful
lakes, with timbered islands and embowered shores,
but they are far away. But on this level plain, lying
under an atmosphere that, even on the very edge of
the gulf, is as dry as any part of Arizona, the blazing
sun cuts queer antics from the moment it swings, like
a ball of fire, over the rugged hills of Sonora. Xot
merely lakes but little ponds and sloughs begin to
shine with silvery brightness, not a half a mile away,
or even a quarter, but within a hundred yards or even
less. And on their shores are cranes and' bitterns, and
on their bright waters ride ducks so natural that you
can hardly keep the gun on your shoulder, well as you
know that it is ''all in your eye."

At this point on the river you meet the great tidal
wave or "bore'' of the Colora'do. Of course it is very
much exaggerated. I spent several days where it is
the strongest, and while it is strong enough to rock the
boat and probably swamp a badly managed scow, there

is no wall of water fifteen feet high with perpendicular
face or anything of the sort. At the time of the spring
tides it is about eight feet high, and wtth a decided
crest from coming in in a hurry, but there is nothing
dangerous or wonderful about it.

As the river winds through many miles of these dry
open flats, with the shores becoming ever flatter and
wetter, the shore birds of all kinds increase, until at
mouth of the river and below them form a sight that
probably has no equal on the Pacific water. As far as
the eye can reach down the miles of glistening mud
that form the shore, snipe, willet and curlew, with
dowitchers, turnstones, and waders of every imagin-
able variety, dot the shores as densely as quail ever
dotted a stubble surrounded by hills in California.
That charming bird, Wilson's snipe, is about the only
one of the long-billed tribe that seems lacking, there
being not enough fresh water mud to suit his fastidious
taste. All these are easily got at along the shores at
low tide, and the tenderfoot who wants something to
shoot can here keep his gun hot on birds that are
really very good game and that have plenty of feed to
keep them in good order.

Here, too, vast flocks of ducks ride the broad waters,
darkening, not merely acres of the surface of the gulf,
but whole -quarter sections, and swinging here and
there in great clouds that equal any ever seen on the
prriries of the west or in California in the early days.
Though many of these are scoters and all of them im-
possible to get at because of lack of cover, it is none
the less a grand and interesting sight for all those who
love the action of the wild life of the field quite as
much as the size of the bag. Nearly all sportsmen at
some time pass the point where the love of killing is
predominant while in some it is never so. For all such
the scenes at the mouth of this river have now no
superior in our country, if in the world.

Though there are fine clams along the mouth of the
river and fine oysters lower down on the gulf, there is
no fishing in winter worthy of the name. The Color-
ado salmon is not a salmon at all, is caught with a set
line over night and tows in much like a wet rag in the
morning and that is about all one can catch in winter.
What fishing there may be in summer I know not but
do know that you want none of it as long as there is
a trout left in the Sierra Nevada. For the same reason
you do not need to explore, even in winter, the dreamy
lines of hills that enclose this bright ribbon of vendure
the Colorado awakes from the desert. Arrayed in the
soft tints that the many metals that the sinking sun
weaves into the softest and most perfect of all color
harmony, they are the most deceptive and dangerous
of all the mountains of our country. The mountain
sheep yet lingers there in the home of his fathers un-
disturbed by men and the fact that he is undisturbed
is the best of proof that you had better not try to dis-
turb him. For unless you are not only equipped but
thoroughly trained for the work, know perfectly well
what you can stand and how to get along without
guzzling water every five minutes on a hot day, you
want to leave in its primeval solitude that worst of the
deserts of the world that lies on the west of the lower
Colorado and from the deck of the steamer looks so
soft and serene that it is all the more dangerous to
those who do not understand it.

From Our Exchanges.

In a recent issue of this journal we saw fit to criticise
a statement which appeared in the Marysville Demo-
crat. The following in answer thereto places the sub-
ject matter in another light and also contains a few
germs of reasonable game protection philosophy that
are worthy of attention. The question on the limit of
the individual bag of ducks per day is one that has
many opponents who argue that this comparatively
small number is unnecessary and that the requisite
protection and good will be accomplished if the limit
is raised slightly.

"It undoubtedly is true that all men are to a certain
degree selfish, and we do not claim to be an exception.
But we do not write of the scarcity of game in this
city in the sense conveyed by the esteemed contempor-
ary in the foregoing. Our intent was to show to what
extent market hunting is conducted in this vicinity,
the game birds being killed and shipped to other mar-
kets than this under contract. And again, we desired
to show by ample proof that the market hunters and
members of clubs now occupy practically all good
fields for game within reasonable distance of this
city. As to the rights of the market hunters, we
have ever contended they ought to have equal pro-
tection under the law with sportsmen or club members.
We have contended . that a law that permits the
the killing of game and at the same time fixes a
penalty to be applied to a person who sells it is a dis-
crimination, therefore unjust and unconstitutional in
California. The correct theory of protection of game
and fish, as we view it. is to shorten the time in which
they may be taken and when that will not cover the
demands limit the number a person may kill in a day
or a season. In the late convention of sportsmen held
in San Francisco it was the opinion of members from
all parts of the State that present protection is not
adequate. Then to meet the growing demand for
greater protectiod the members discussed various
propositions, including a close season during a
a period of one or more years. It was decided by
practically unanimous vote that the conditions do not
demand a close season covering all of one year or more,
nor to prohibit the sale entirely. Limitation has been
successful in several States, and that plan was adopted
by the convention. To limit the number of ducks and
quail to twenty-five by a hunter in one day will be just
to all classes, give them a sufficient number and pre-
vent slaughtering them on reserved ground or any
other place. In all kinds of game a limit has been
placed on the bag, and that is additional protection
and justice to all who shoot game."

The Los Angeles Express of December 20th, in an
editorial on "'the bag limit," calls names and indulges
in abuse in order to prove that the Breeder and
Sportsman is an advocate of fish and game slaughter
(what brought fish into the argument, we cannot un -

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derstand.) We deny the charge emphatically. The
article we referred to has the ear-marks of similar
vituperative screeds that are not unfamiliar to local
sportsman. This particular style of argument — -'San
Francisco club men have become so notoriously swin-
nish,"etc, for instance — is poor material with which
to prove a principle or gain adherents to a worthy
cause, and continuously emanating from the fountain
head of the present game protective movement, instead
of making friends has grown a crop of opposition and
antagonism that will undoubtedly have an effect not
desired or contemplated by the "apostles of game pro-
tection;*" may their shadows grow less in the effort to
get their names on the State pay roll.

We noted in our issue of October 6th the combined
bag of about 1100 ducks for a total of twenty guns, on
the Suisun marsh ponds at the opening day of the sea-
son. This would give an average of 55 birds to the
gun. Since the firat day[oi the'present season we know
of 500 guns shooting, from that time to this in the
Suisun marshes that have not averaged five birds to
the gun. We again state that the opportunity to bag
twenty-five birds in a day is the exception. It is esti-
mated that there is at least 2500 shooters in this city
and vicinity, we venture to assert that the average has
not been up to date three ducks per gun. The condi-
tions for a large bag are not under control of the
sportsman.

We have not yet expressed our objection to a limit
of twenty-five ducks or any other limit numbers.
What we have done and willcontinne to do is to publish
the sentiment of the many sportsmen who do not
countenance the designs of the "apostles of game pro-
tection."

Cartridge and Shell.

Spare and protect the birds. The Pajaronian has
the following significant paragraph in this respect:

"The orchards of this district are now worth several
million dollars. Their value can be kept up by keep-
ing down pests; and to keep down pests the battle must
not be for one day but for nearly all days. Pajaro
valley produces one per cent, of the apple crop of the
United States and that one per cent, has sold for as
much money each year as have three or four per cent,
of the balance of this nation's apple crop. Good
prices have been obtained because of the good quality
of our apples. That quality and that reputation will
have to be kept to a high standard if the orchard bus-
iness is to continue as a wealth producer.

The birds commonly known as bobolinks, meadow-
larks, orioles, blackbirds, grackles and cowbirds are
all comprised in a group known as the family icteridae
which is represented in the United States by twenty-
nine species and subspecies. In bulletin No. 13 of the
division of biological survey prepared by F. E. L. Beal,
B. S., assistant biologist of that division, issued by the
Department of Agriculture are discussed the food
habits of the bobolink, the cowbird, the yellow-headed
blackbird, the red-winged blackbird, the rusty black-
bird, Brewer's blackbird, the crow blackbird and the
boat-tailed grackle. These comprise all the important
members of the group with the exception of the
meadowlark and orioles. The ravages of the bobolink
in the rice fields of the south and of some of the black-
birds in the grain fields of the upper Mississippi valley
at planting and harvesting time, are matters of com-
mon knowledge, but the other food of these and other
species is not so well khown. The bulletin is devoted
mainly to the food of the various blackbirds during
the summer months and is based on a careful examina-
tion of the contents) of more than 4800 stomachs, re-
presenting nine species and several subspecies of
American blackbirds. This examination, while con-
firming to a certain extent the popular estimate of
their grain-eating propensities, has shown also that
during the season when grain is not accessible these
birds destroy immense quantities of seeds of harmful
weeds, and that during the whole of the warmer por-
tion of the year, even when grain is easily obtained,
they devour a great number of noxious insects. It
appears that the vegetable portion of the food usually
considerably exceeds the animal and is chiefly hard
seeds. The animal portion consists mostly of insects.
The damage done by the red-wings and some other
species has partly arisen from the excessive number of
individuals rather than from the habits of the species,
and there is no doubt that in the Mississippi valley the
red-wings and yellow-heads, and farther west Brewer's
blackbird, are much too abundant for the interests of
the grain grower. The bulletin is illustrated with one
plate and six text figures.

ROD.

THE TRUCKEE FISH SUPPLY.

Letter From a Nevada Angler Showing the
Need of Legislative Action.

Mr. J. P. Morrill of Verdi, in the following letter
published in the Nevada State Journal, pertinently
draws attention to a deplorable condition of affairs,
from the angler's standpoint, in the Truckee river, a
stream that should be unequaled as a trout fishing
water. It is to be hoped that proper action may be
taken so that all interests will be observed and that
the preservation of the river for the angler and as a
spawning ground for the propagation and preservation
of the different varieties of trout as a food supply will
not be impaired. The towns along the Truckee have
been famous for years as angling resorts, surely this
fact will be of importance enough to the commonwealth*
for the proper legislation to remedy existing evils

The conditions shown will interest many Coast fisher-
men and are as follows:

The streams and lakes of this State are fast being
robbed of their supplies of trout, and if the present
unregulated methods of taking fish continue, the fish-
ing industry will soon cease to be remunerative. It is
very essential that we have an office of Fish Com-
missioner to look after numerous obstructions, such as
dams without fishways; and destructive substances,
such as sawdust, and other deleterious substances in
our streams, that may render our water unfit for use.

Our annual run of fish, which leaves the lakes for the
purpose of performing their function of reproduction,
must be permitted to reach the most favorable spawn-
ing grounds. Almost the entire run of trout which
leaves Pyramid lake, must deposit their eggs in the
lower portion of the Truckee river. The eggs having
been deposited under a thin gravelly covering, heavy
rains come and the water continues to rise until it has
become so high and swift that not one of those eggs
could possibly survive. They may be washed away,
devoured by insects, or covered to such a depth as to
be entirely lost. Under the above circumstances the
eggs perish by millions, and the wonder is, not that so
many perish, but that any survive at all.

On the other hand, had we an adequate appropria-
tion for the maintenance of a hatchery, fully ninety
per cent of these eggs could be saved, while by the
natural way of spawning, not more than five per cent,
become fertilized, and from this amount only a small
percentage attains to maturity. We have an excellent
code of protective laws, and all that is now required is
that we put into practice the art of fish breeding and
aid in maintaining a natural supply, and, also increase
the supply beyond its natural limits rapidly enough to
meet the necessities of a constantly increasing popula-
tion. To unaid and derange, nature can do but little
to meet the natural demand for fish to eat, for fishing,
unsupported by fish culture, will soon destroy a cheap
and healthful food for thousands of our people.

Practically, from now on, the Truckee river will be
divided into two streams, and the great benefit we
have in the past derived by California stocking the
headwaters of the Truckee will be cut off for the rea-
son that for ten months during each year all the water
in this stream from the paper mill to the power plant
will be diverted from its natural channel and conveyed
by pipe and flume to the turbines, and the result will
be that small fish moving down stream will be destroyed
by passing through the wheels. During the high
water of spring when fish can pass over these dams,
they are migrating up stream, thereby greatly reduc-
ing the amount of parent fish that we now have, for
they cannot drop down stream during the period of
low water. Plantings of trout for the benefit of our
people, must be made below the above named establish-
ments, and I would prefer not to see any fish distributed
from the hatchery into the Truckee river, for the ben-
efit of our State, about the head of the Steamboat
ditch.

So thoroughly do I understand the exact condition
of the Truckee river since the operation of the paper
mill thereon, we must not approve of the taking of
eggs to be hatched and planted solely outside our State,
as it will result in absorbing the only means which we
have of restocking the various mountain streams
throughout the eastern portion of this State, which
are becoming barren of trout. To replenish these
streams, we will be dependent on the parent fish in the
Truckee river, as there are few, if any, outside this
stream, that produce a sufficient amount of parent fish
to replenish itself. Great care must be taken that we
do not impoverish the supply of rainbow trout in the
Truckee river, for sooner or later, we will have to re-
sort to this stream for planting of trout elsewhere with-
in this State. If we should be so unfortunate as not to
secure an approbation for the maintainance of a hatch-
ery, we must certainly legislate against the affecting of
the natural breeding throughout our streams. It is
with regret that I lay down my pen when writing in
connection with our fishery interests, but I recog-
nize the value of newspaper space and trust this matter
may be given the necessary consideration by our com-
ing Legislature.

Striped Bass Club Banquet.

The annual meeting of the San Francisco Striped
Bass Club was held last Tuesday evening, January 8th.
The club members and invited guests enjoyed an ex-
cellent dinner as a preliminary function to the consid-
eration of club business and the social features of the
evening.

The election of officers resulted in the unanimous
choice and re-election of the incumbent board, consist-
ing of Charles H. Breidenstein, President; James Watt,
Vice-President; James S. Turner, Secretary, and
Charles H. Kewell, Treasurer.

The reports of the secretary and treasurer showed
that the club's financial condition was an exceedingly
healthy one and that the membership limit of twenty-
five was complete, with a number of desirable angling
associates on the waiting list of applicants.

Within the near future and possibly in time for the
opening of the fishing season next March the club
members will have at their convenience a comfortable
club house, whose site will probably be located in the
vicinity of Sears Point.

A committee consisting of Messrs. Breidenstein,
Watt, Evans, Ashcroft, Lynch and Mitchell were ap-
pointed who will make and report upon changes in the
by-laws of the club.

During the distribution of the prizes won last season,
Mr. A. B. Finch presided as chairman and awarded the
angling trophies to each of the lucky fishermen with
appropriate and pleasant presentation speeches, which
in return were responded to by the winning members.
The Ripley "high-hook " medal was won by Andy
Legaspe, who caught the record club fish during the
year; its weight was nineteen and one-half pounds.
The conditions for holding the medal are the following:

'■ This medal shall remain in the possession of the member catch-
ing the largest striped bass in conformity with the Club rules. He
shall surrender it to the member catching a larger bass, and so on.
This medal shall remain in the permanent possession of the mem-
ber catching the largest bass in the season. No witness shall be
necessary, and all days shall be record days to compete for this
medal."

The prizes next awarded consisted of a choice selec-
tion of fishing tackle and were distributed in the order
following, commencing -with the fisherman who caught
the next largest fish to the bass above mentioned,
which latter fish weighed eighteen pounds:

First prize, split bamboo rod, Charles H. Breiden-
stein; second prize, split bamboo rod, A. Legaspe; third
prize, Vom Hoffe reel, D. E. Morris; fifth prize, steel
rod, William Ashcroft; sixth prize, rod case, Louie
Daverkosen; seventh prize, telescope gaff, Terry Evans;
eighth prize, japanned tackle box, W. S. Turner; ninth
prize, leather reel box, Sid Hall; mysterious prize, split
bamboo rod, Jas. Lynch. This prize had been donated
by Charles H. Kewell under sealed conditions, which
directed the prize to be awarded to the club member
who came nearest to but did not win any regular prize.

The rules under which the club prizes are competed
for are as follows:

Rule I. — The season for taking striped bass shall be between the
first day of January and the first day of December of each year.

Rule II.— The official days when bass may be taken by members
of the Club shall be on all legal holidays during the season.

Rule III.— No fish weighing less than three pounds shall count as
a record fish, and all record fish must be taken with rod and line.

Rule IV— Any member using a drop line, throw line, or any other
contrivance but rod and line, on any official day, shall be ineligible
to compete for a prize on that day.

Rule V. — All record fish must be weighed in the presence of one
or more members of the Club.

During the social session which followed, Mr. Finch,
Dr. W. E. Brooks, James Turner, James Watt and
others entertained the assembly with song and story/
Mr. Ashcroft, although a heavyweight, was the light
comedian of the evening. In response to an encore
Mr. Watt recited the following lines dedicated to "The
Hermit Bass1' :

Down in the deep, mud holes I keep,
And there in the noontime I float and sleep;
'Neath the springing bog and the sunken log,
And the waving weeds I lie "incog."

King of the creek, no angler's hook
Fills me with dread of the sweaty cook.
For here I lie and laugh as they try.
Shall I bite at their bait ? Oh, no— not I !

The angler's clam comes floating by,
But never a moment it cheats my eye;
Nor is this bass quite such a lout
As to be by a wading boy pulled out.

But when the sloughs, with silver gleams.
Sparkle all starlight and moonlight beams,
Then look out for the Hermit Bass,
For he springs and he "rolls" in the shallow pass
"While the tired {?) angler dreams.

The following members and guests were present:
Charles F. Breidenstein, J. S. Turner, Andy Legaspe,
Dr. W. E. Brooks, Charles H. Kewell, A. B. Finch,
James Watt, William Ashcroft, Bert Spring, E. L.
Sanford, George Vance, Louie Daverkosen, Terrence
Evans, J. E. Lower, James Lynch, Clarence Maynard,
J. X. De Witt aud Nat E. Mead.

"There is a small boy that I know who is going to
be a millionaire some day," said Professor Bob McFar-
land the other day to a group of fishermen who were
catching big fish in Butler's creek. "At present he
has only an innocent face splashed with sun spots, over
which he never even allows the ghost of a smile to
flicker. I am, as you all know, fond of fishing; so fond,
in fact, that I don't mind now and then coming back
from a fishing trip without even having enjoyed the
sight of a fish. But there is one thing that I cannot
stand, and that is the guying of my friends, who don't
understand that the pleasures of a fisherman are not
solely confined to a big catch.

"I went fishing the other day for striped bass in a
small slough which I have always held sacred even
from my closest friends of the rod. I had no luck, and
was on my way home when I met this small boy with
a string of fine fish. His outfit would have caused a
horse to laugh; but he had the fish and I had none, so
I did not feel like laughing myself. With my guying
friends in mind, I struck a bargain with the urchin,
paying him three prices, and went on my way rejoic-
ing. Two days later I visited the same creek and had
tne same luck, not even hooking the big one that
always gets away. Coming out I met the boy again,
carrying another string of bass and we struck another
bargain.

"'See here,' said I, somewhat exasperated at his
luck, 'I'll give you 50 cents if you will tell me how you
manage to get such a string of bass every day. '

"The boy held out for a dollar and got it.

'"It's just this away,' said he, 'all the kids around
here fish more or less and sometimes they catch one or
two, and I go around and buy 'em up; then I sell 'em
to some greeny that ain't had no luck. I ain't caught
a fish myself this year. I ain't had time,1 he added,
with a grin.

"It is a great scheme, and I don't begrudge him the
money that he made out of me."

C. B. Hollywood and J. M. Pariser caught a large
number of silver smelt last Sunday in the Alameda
canal at the upper end of the Oakland estuary. These
delicious pan fish are running now in myriads. With
a light trout rod and tackle and using black gnat or
red flies on a No. 14 hook the fisherman can have quite
a little sport whipping the water for the smelt.

Coast streams are muddy, rapid and very high. This
has given the fish a chance for an unmolested run to
spawning beds that should be productive of good re-
sults.

*

Recently grilse weighing from three to seven pounds
have been caught at Lombard street wharf in fair
quantities.

A subscriber of this paper desires to purchase an
ark. Who has one for sale?

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[JiXTiHY 12. 1901

THE FARM

Fattening Poultry for Market.

We Westerners have a very crude idea
about the necessity of fattening poultry
by the forcing process and this nescience
may in some degree at least account 'or
the poor quality of the hennery product
which gluts the Denver market every day
in the year. We might take some lessons
in this important cult from European folk.
There the crates in which the fattening is
carried on are sis and one-half feet long
by sixteen inches square, inside measure-
ment. A crate is divided into three com
partments. each of which holds four or
rive chicks according to size. The crates
are made of slats running lengthwise on
three sides and up and down in front.
The slats may be from one to one and one-
half inches wide by five-eighths of an inch
thick.

The spaces between the slats in the '
front should be two inches wide to permit
the chickens to get their heads through
for feeding. The slats on the bottom
should be placed three-quarters of an
inch apart. Each compartment has a
small sliding door in front. The crates
are placed on stands from two and one-
half to three feet from the ground. The
droppings from the chickens in the crate
are received on sand or some absorbent
material below. A light V trough two
and one-half inches inside is placed in
front of each crate running the whole
length of it. The bottom of the trough is
level with the floor slats of the crate. The
birds of the larger breeds are best suited
for fattenfng. Plymouth Kocks and
Wyandottes are good sorts as well as
Light Brahmas and Cochins crossed with
other and lighter breeds.

Tne age may be anywhere from three to
four or even five months and the condition
of the birds should be such as to indicate
healthfulness and a tendency to fatten.
The feed may be barley or wheat, perfer-
ably oats ground very fine, the seeds and
hulls being kept in and also thoroughly
pulverized. The ground grain should be
mixed with skim milk only. The skim
milk may be sweet or sonr— preferably
soar. The mixture should have the con-
sistency of thin porridge so thick that it
will not run readily and so thin that if a
large spoonful of it were put on a plate it
would spread. The chickens should be
fed from the trough in front of the crate
three times a day.

During the first three or four days they
should be fed quite sparingly. After the
first week they should be fed as much as
they will eat clean twice a day. It is de-
sirable to have the chickens fed in the
crates from the troughs for about two
weeks. Daring the last ten days of the !
fattening period a small portion of tallow
should be put with the feed at the rate of
one-half pound a day to about seventy to
100 chickens, according to size, increasing ]
to one pound a day.

The total sheep receipts last year in
Chicago, Kansas Citv, Omaha and St.
Louis exceeded 6,00?,000 head. In 1S"0 in
Chicago and St. Louis— the only western
markets at that time — the sheep receipts
were 444,300. This means an increase of
five and a half million in thirty years, in
these four western cities alone, to say
nothing of the eastern markets or of the
thousands of town and village markets
where mutton is bought and sold. Even
ten years ago mntton could scarcely have
been given away by the butchers. Scien-
tific education through the agricultural
press is one of the factors leading to this
condition and flockmasters ought to ap-
preciate this fact more fully. It is now
well known not only that mutton is a
pleasant food but is one of the most nutri-
tious. Thus the prospect is that in the
future the demand for mutton as a food
will grow as the knowledge of its worth
becomes more widely disseminated.

PCS. A. POSIATOWSSI,

President.

Csasus L- FilE,
Vice-President.

Pneumatic or Gush on Tires.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(Sen Mateo Co., Cal.)

JANUARY 14th. to 26th. iocL

Six or 2Iore Hjgti-claas Kunning Baces

Every Week Day, Beginning at 3:10

p. m. East Eace by 4:40 p. m.

5<aie Races EveT Week. Three Baces lot Jnrcp-
ir»e Horses Boring the First Meeting.

As we have said before sugar-beet pulp
may be successfully fed to fatten sheep at
the rate of twelve to fifteen pounds a head
daily. At $1 a ton it is cheaper fcod for
fattening sheep than corn silage at $3 or
alfalfa hay at $S a ton. It cannot, how-
ever, become a stock food of importance
outside of a radius of a few miles from the
sugar beet factory until some means is
invented for expressing the water out of
it. The best results can be obtained for
fattening sheep on sugar-beet pulp with
alfalfa hav.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets *an Francisco, for Tanioran Psri— A'.
7, 10:40 and 11:30 a- k.: 1, 130 and i r. x.

Trains Leave Tanioran Part for sen Francisco —
At 4:15 p. M-, followed by several specials.

£3" Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the coarse, including railroad fare

both ways, 81-23.

3ITT.TO>" LATHAM. =ecy.

Great Clearance Sale

OF

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & CO.

1144 Market Street

Do you Want

A Speed Cart,
Track Sulky, or
Speed Wagon?

I'll Fit Ton Out with the Best at the
Lowest Price.

W. J. TtFWFV Bikeman,
531 Valencia St.. jtfur 16th,
San Francisco. Cal.

EAKIE & HAMILTON, Agent for Deal Cart
San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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BUSINESS COLLEGE
24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

Cures i&meiisxs &u I Suae ea
Asfe en v horse trainer aboot it

iu men and beast

AC all draeeuts.

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of Jay-Eye-c=eet Racine, Wis., says: "Alter cry- gf
ins every known remedy, I removed a large M
Bunch of two years standing from ai-yearold p
filly, with three applications of i\

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TRTIT.

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I THE TAHITI BLAXDS ARE rXSTTRPASSED
j ES" THE PACIFIC. EOT3IEEABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETTXG CLOUDS THAT
CIRCLE BOUXD THE HIGH LAXD3. GATHER
IN LOVELY STREAMS. AND, AFTER HEAVY
RAINS. TOBSENTS PRECIPITATE THEM-
SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN CLIFFS— A FEATURE SO STRIK-
ING A3 TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE AT
TENTTON OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL
LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF THE
ISLANDS THEBE IS A LUXURIANT CORAL
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE AT NO
GBEAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW THE
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLAND
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOSE OF
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS ."

— Eneptdoptdia BrUannica.

The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Isle. Send for
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St., San Francisco, Cal.

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Capt. Tom Merry

Compiler of

TABULATED PEDIGREES

Address 534 1-2 South Spring st.

Loa Angeles, Cal.
Refers So Hon. Wm. C "Whitney. New York;

:-£:- ?t.-.- 3-:— .:=.: N - - Y:. : ■_ ;.~ ■■• -: l^ir,
Esq., New York: E. S. Gardner. Jr.. Sandersviile,
Tenn.; Wm Hendrie. Esq., Hamilton, Ont.

ABSORBS, JR„

Will Remove

And Cure a

WeepingSinew
or Gangloin

Quickly- Cures any strain of the liga-
ments or muscles. Proof if you want it

$1,00 per bottle delivered.

W. F. YOUNC, F. D. F.,

SPRlVftFrFTT., - - MASS.

For sale by Mack & Co.. Laoeley i Mic-&c- Co.,
Reddjngton & Co.. J. O'Kane. and J. A. McKerron,
all of dan Fr&neisco.

The largest and best located sales pavilion
on the Pacific Coast!

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STEEET,
Near Third - - San Francisco.

RED BALL

It Positively Cures Colic,

BRAND.

Scouring and

Vw^rded fiold Medal
a t i aiiTomia sute
Fair 1&9S.

Krery bore*1 owner
wbo valoea fats st cfe
i&O'ild coa-'tanUy have
« supply of It on t aed.
Ec improves and keeps
«E'->ct id the pink ofcon-

Manhattan Food Co

1353 Foisom St.. San Francisco
.-••sk jroir grocers or dealers for it.

Indigestion.

Havine fitted trp the abo.-e place especiallT for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond wi>b owners
TrrzzziLzz ::; Anction Sales •xhieh Iafaallbold
at this place EVERY TUESDAY a: U a. m.
i"L'_rr-r;'i :-i: := ~l:- fee special --i..^* ol
?;.Liii:i :rer: :::::vl^ r,:cz .lztjzzz. - :rli etc.
My tnrf library is the largest on this Coast, hence
:=.— z:i-i.-~i :■: :. — -.i :-■=•-=, r:-- stisfaetOTilQr
to my patrons, I take pleasme in referring to any
and all for whom I have so'1 hor=es dnring the past
two years. TYM. G. LATNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
Telephone ifain 51T9.

Mark Levy

& Co.

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" BACKER'S DArGH'EE"

If sold in she next ten days. Foaled in 1894. Sire

Arthur WO&es, Dam Sunflower. ±26. Second Dam

.':ain. Has won money o~er such horses as

Fitx Lee, aigjf; Wil nprmtna. ail. TTis beaten ■

-^ : ; -^d by Georgie B. ±11%, In third heat in
2.13H at Woodland. Cat She is the fastest Green
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OOCOANUT OIL CAKE

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STOCK. CHICKENS AND PIGS

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Rufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

Every feature connected with the nnanagemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of gueBts.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will ba introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:05 Sire of Directly, 2:03J-, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11^) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mart-8 only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TERMS FOB THE SEASON 860.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special Stakefor foals, of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:154.

Registered No. 22,449.

1-2 and Lorita

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam Lorita 2:18 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell (dam of Lady well 2:1
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPKB,

R*c« Track, Woodland, Cal.

Pedigrees Tabulated

Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

and type written ready for framing.
Write for prices. Breeder and

THE WASHINGTON PARK CLUB

Chicago, Ills.

Stakes to Close TUESDAY, January 15, 1891, for the

Summer Meeting of 1901,

Beg-inning- Saturday, June 22d.
Ending- Saturday, July 20th.

Overnight Handicaps, $1,000 and Upward. No Purses Less than $600.

SPECIAL NOTICE. — No entry will be received for any of these Stakes, except upon the condition: That all disputes,
claims and objections arising out of the racing, or with respect to the interpretation of the conditions of any Stakes, shall
be decided by the Racing Stewards present or those whom they may appoint, and their decisions upon all points shall be final.

FOR THREE=YEAR-0LDS.

THE AMERICAN DERBY-820,000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for Three-year-olds: $25 to accompany nomina-
tion, $225 additional to start; $20,000 added, of which $3000 to the
second and $2000 to the third horse. A winner of a three -year-old
stakes of the value of $3000 to carry 31bs.: of two such stakes, or one
of $5000 each, 5 lbs.; of three or more three-year-old stakes of the
value of $3000 each, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs. To be
un the first day of the meeting.— Owe mile and a half.

THE SHERIDAN STAKES— 84000 ADDED-

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds; $10 to accompany thg
nomination, $75 additional to start; $4000 added, of which $1000 to
the second and $500 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year-
old stakes of the value of $1500 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes or
one of $4000, 5 lbs; of three or more three year old stakes of the
value of $1500, (selling stakes excepted), or of one of the value of
$7000, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs.— One mile and a quarter

THE ENGLEWOOD STAKE*— 92000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for fillies, three years old; $10 to accompany
nomination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year-old
stakes of the value of $1500 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes, 5 lbs.
of three or more such stakes, or of one of the value of $5000, 7 lbs.
extra. Maidens allowed 7 lbs.— One mile.

THE DREXEL STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds; $10 to accompany the
nomination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $4*000 to
the second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a three-year,
old stakes of the value of $5000, or of three or more such stakes of
the value of $1500 each, to carry 5 lbs. extra. Non-winners of two
three-year-old races of the value of $1500 each allowed 3 lbs-; of one
such race, 5 lbs.; of one of $1000, 8 lbs.; of one of $500, 12 lbs. Maidens
allowed 17 lbs. — One mile.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.

THE MIDWAY STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A selling sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to
accompany the nomination. $25 additional for naming to start-
$2000 added, of which $400 to the second and $200 to the third horse'
Weights ft lbs. above the scale. The winner to be sold at auction
Those entered to be sold for $5000 to carry full weights; if for $400o'
allowed 5 lbs.; then 3 lbs-, for each $500 to $3000; then l lb. for each

$100 to $2000. Winners of a stakes this year, after the closing of
entries, and prior to June 9th, when carrying weight for age, or
more, not to be entered for less than $4000; after June 9th, $5000.
Starters, with selling prices, to be named through the entry box, at
the usual hour of closing, the day prior to the race. More than two
can be named by the same owner, but only two in the same interest
can start; but the starting fees must be paid for all named.— One
mile and a furlong.

TBE AUBURN STAKES-82000 ADDED

A selling sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to
accompany the nomination, $25 additional for naming to start;
$2O00 added, of which $400 to the second and $200 to the third horse.
The winner to be sold at auction. Those entered to be sold for
$4000 to carry weight for age: for $3000. allowed 5 pounds; then 2
lbs. for each $500 to $2000; then 1 lb. for each $100 to $1000. Win-
ners of a stakes this year, after the closing of entries, and prior to
June 9th, when carrying weight for age, or more, not to be entered
for less than $3000; after June 9th, $4000. Starters, with selling
prices, to be named through the entry box, at the usual hour of
closing, the day prior to the race. More than two can be named
by the same owner, but only two in the same interest can start;
but the starting fees must be paid for all named. One mile and
half a furlong.

THE OAKWOOD HANDICAP— 82 500 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $50 additional to start; $2500 added, of which
$400 to the second and $200 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry five pounds extra. One mile and a
furlong.

THE GREAT WESTERN HANDICAP— 83000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $50 additional to start; 53000 added, of which
$750 to the second and $250 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry 5 lbs. extra. One mile and a half

IHE YOUNG HANDICAP-850OO ADDED.

For three-year-olds aDd upward; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $75 to additional to start; $5000 added, of which $750 to
the second and $250 to the third horse. Weights to be announced
three days "before the race. A winner of anv race after the weights
are posted to carry 5 lbs. extra. One jnile, one and one-half
furlongs.

THE WHEELER HANDICAP— 87500 ADDED

A sweepstakes for three-year-olds and upward; $10 to accom-
pany the nomination, $125 additional to start; $7500 added, of which
$1000 to the second and $500 to the third horse. Weights to be an-
nounced three days before the race. A winner of any race after
the weights are posted to carry 5 lbs. extra. Om mile and a quarter.

FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

THE LAKESIDE STAKES-82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for fillies, two years old; $10 to accompany
the nomination^ $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400
to the second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of stakes of
the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes, 5 lbs.: of
three or more such stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs.
Five furlongs.

THE KENWOOD STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for colts, two years old; $10 to accompany the
nomination, $50 additional to start. $2000 added, of which $400 to
the second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of
the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.; of two such stakes, 5 lbs.; of
three or more such stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs.
Five furlongs.

THE MAYWOOD STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of the
value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.: of two such stakes, 5 lbs.: of three or
more such stakes. 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Five
furlongs.

THE EDGEWATER STAKES-S2000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom

ination. $50 additional to start: $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes of the
value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs.: of two such stakes, or of the Lake-
side, Kenwood or Maywood Stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or more such
stakes, 7 lbs. extra. Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Five and a half
furlongs.

THE QUICKSTEP STAKES— 82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $50 additional to start; $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. A winner of a stakes to carry
3 lbs.; of two stakes, 5 lbs.; of threa or more stakes, 7 lbs. extra.
Maidens allowed 7 lbs. Four furlongs.

THE HYDE PARK STAKES-S500C- ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $100 additional to start; $5000 added, of which $1000 to the
second and $500 to the third horse. Weights 5 lbs. below the scale.
A winner of a stakes of the value of $1000 to carry 3 lbs ; of two
such stakes, 5 lbs.; of three or more such stakes, or of the Edge
water Stakes. 8 lbs. extra, Maidens allowed 5 lbs. Six furlongs

THE LAKE VIEW HANDICAP-82000 ADDED.

A sweepstakes for two-year-olds; $10 to accompany the nom-
ination, $50 additional to start: $2000 added, of which $400 to the
second and $200 to the third horse. Weights to be announced two
days before the race. Six furlongs.

.noSXo^?^^^^ — can obtain then, by appUcation to tne Secretary (to

JAMES HOWARD, Secretary,
Sixty-first Street and South Park Avenue, Chicago.

.January 12,. 1901]

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15

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:22^

Full Brother to J. A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD "WILKES 2:16'/=, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09, Who Is It 2:10M,

Claudius 2:13»4. Georgie B. 2:12^, Bob Inpersoll S:14?.r and other standard performers.
Dam Iugar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22'/, and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2'0-H4', Direct 2:05V$, Direction
2:10H> Evangeline 2:111.-4, Margaret S. 2:12!;. and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 4(52, sire of Echora 2:23lA (dam of Direct 2:0a1/") and 16 others
in list;, third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22'/;), sire of Our Dick 2:10&,
Homestake 2:14^ and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

Wll K*F^ HIRFCT is a dark bay- 153 bands and weighs 1200 pounds. Well
yy ii_iyli»j l"IVLV1 formed and of kind disposition; will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Bace Track, San Jose, Gal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T W

Telephone No. West 131.

BARSTOW,

San Jose, Cal,

WILKES DIRECT 2:2i 1=2.

Full Brother to J. A. McKerron 2:09.

Bonnie Direct 2:051

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit:
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05i. Sire of Directly 2:03],
Directum Kelly 2:08! . Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:1-1>4>.
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:I1»4,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10?i, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22,

Third Dam BETTY VIDEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF HIPFCT is a bIack stallion, 15?i hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
u lmi\l,v ■ nas best o( feet and le&S) and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at Si OO
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates-
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 1 1 1

Annie Thornton 14 1 1 2 2 2

Hal McEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10^,2; 12#, 2:13?i;2:13; 2:12^'. 2:12^.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombus-

Bonnie Direct 2 5 1 1 1

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, 1:02?£, 1:34, 2:05H; 0:33,—, 1:05^2,
V.38H, 2:10i4; 0:32; l:03»i, 1:34^, 2:07H': 0:31^,
l:04>/2, 1:37%, 2:08&; 0:31^, 1:03&, 1:36. 2:08^.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct l 1 l

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07%, £09#, 2:10^.

DAII 2:15.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2115

AND

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27& by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal

The farm has some good prospects for

the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTKINS— Winners of everv 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|, GAYTON 2:08|, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by "Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R. WELUB, Pleapanton, Cal.

WOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

^Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3! hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con-
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at W30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McDONALD, Supt. Menlo Stook Farm,

Han IVIatfO County, Cal.

Stallion Cards,

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu-
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

YEKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J.
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cal. 5 '

W. A. SHIPPEE, Avon. Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks. Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

Dr. Wm, "F*

M. R. C. V. S., F. E.

V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near "Webster St., San Francisco;
Telephone West 128.

BLAKE, M0FFITT & TOWNE

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Eighteenth Annual Trials

ific Coast
Field Trials Club

TO BE RON AT

NORTH ISLAND

Coronado Beach

Commencing Monday, Jan. 14, 1901

Annual Derby

Members' Stake
All-Aged Stake

Champion Stake

Entries for All-Aged Stake close Saturday.

December 15, 1900.
\V. S. TEVIS, President.

ALBERT BETZ. Secretary,
No. 687 ParrottB'ld'g., s. F.. Cal,
9S~Fot Entry Blanks and Information address the
secretary.

The Fox Terrier

VI BO

A. K. C. S. B. 52,089.
By Visto (the sire of Champion Veracity) ex
E2L'i-,ford Dora. A winning dogonthe Eastern
Bench Show Circuit and on the Coast. At stud to
a limited number of approved bitches. He has al-
ready proved himself to be a good sire, and should
improve the quality of the breed on the Coast
Fee, $lo m advance. Tor particulars address

Chas. K. Harley, 8M Harrison St., S.'f

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)

SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOCKDALE KENNELS

R. M. DODGE, Manager,

■Bakersfleld, Kern Co., Cal,

Boarding Pointer poppies and well broken does
for Bale.

65-67-69-61 First Street, S. F.

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AT STUD

Champion Guy Silk

No. 39,168, by BENDIQO— MAUD S. II.
Fee, 815.00.

For particulars address

PINE HILL COCKER KENNELS,

Care of DB. M. J. MURRAY,
Bay View Scabies. San Rafael, Cal.

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BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR COLT STAKES.

Denver Races.

Proof That Harness Horse Matters are Very
Much Alive in California.

The list ol money winners on the California circuit
in 1900, published in our recent holiday number, showed
that in spite of the false reports sent out by the Knock-
ers* Club harness racing made a very good showing in
this State last year. There were 32 horses in that list
that won upwards of a thousand dollars each and ten
whose earnings exceeded two thousand dollars.

The entries and payments made on the three princi-
pal California colt stakes for trotters, on the first of
January this year, are further proof that there are
many owners in this State who have faith in the busi-
ness and believe that the future is worth banking on
to the extent of payments in these stakes at least.

The Pacific Breeders' Futurity, for which $6000 is
guaranteed by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association, had 305 mares bred in 1900
named in it. The second payment was due on the 2d
instant, and payment was made on 241, which shows
that a large percentage of the mares are considered to
be safely with foal. The next payment on this stake
will not be due until January 2, 1902, when the foals
will be weanlings and if the average good luck prevails
with the colts and fillies that come this year, this pay-
ment should be made on at least two hundred foals,
especially as the substitution clause in the conditions
of the stake will not expire until the date of that pay-
ment. There is every promise of the Pacific Breeders'
Futurity for foals of 1900 to be trotted and paced in
1902 and 1903 furnishing four of the greatest colt races
ever seen in California. A full list of the mares on
which second payment has been made, together with
the names of mares substituted, is published in this
issue of the Breeder and Sportsman.

The Occident Stake of 1903, original entries for
which closed January 1st, received one hundred en-
tries, the largest number in the history of the stake.
As this payment is $10 it will be seen that there is
already the neat sum of $ 1000 to the credit of this
very popular stake.

For the Occident Stake of 1902, on which there were
ninety-seven original entries, second payment of $15
has been made on fifty-nine, which brings the amount
already in that stake to $1855. The Occident Stake of
1901, to be trotted at the State Fair this year had
sixty-five original entries at $10 each: second payment
of $15 was made on forty-eight, and third payment
of $25 has now been made on twenty-six entries. It
will be seen that this stake is already worth $2025 and
allowing $500 additional to be obtained from starting
fees the stake will be worth close to $2500 this year of
which sixty per cent, will go to the winner. As the
stakes of 1902 and 1903 showed largely increased entries
of the one to be trotted this year their values will
doubtless be increased in the same relative proportions.

The Stanford Stake, another of the State Agricul-
tural Society's events for three year old trotters shows
a healthy increase. The stake of 1901 had fifty original
entries at $5 each or $250: second payment of $5 was
made on forty-three foals, or $215; third payment of
$10 each was made on twenty-five which puts $250
more to the credit of this stake or a total of $715 to
date. Another payment of $10 to be made before the
race will bring it up to something near $800 in value
this year. The Stanford Stake of 1902 closed with
seventy-two entries at $5 each or $360: second payment
has been made on fifty of these at $5 which adds $250
to the first named sum, or a total of $610 with two pay-
ments of $10 each yet to come. The prospects are that
this stake will be worth nearly $1000 to the winner.
The Stanford Stake of 1903 will close about May 15th
this year for foals of 1900, and will get a big list of
entries.

As the payments made in the Occident and Stanford
Stakes this year show that there will be a larger num-
ber of three year olds in training than for several years
past, we renew our suggestions to the district associa.
tion to inaugurate colt stakes for district trotters and
pacers. They will not only encourage the breeding
and training of harness horses but will add very
attractive features to the regular program of the
annual fairs. "

Percheron Stallion for Sale.
The four year old Percheron stallion Native Son,
bred by Jos. Blondin, of Livermore, is offered for sale
in our advertising columns. Native Son is a grandly
bred horse and a sure foal getter, having been bred to
eight mares last year and all of them are in foal. He
will make a ton horse when fully matured. There will
be many mares bred to good draft stallions in Cali-
fornia this year and Native Son should be well patron.
ized if placed in the stud. He took second prize at
the Tanforan Horse Show last October in the class for
three year old draft stallions, there being five horses
entered.

The following is from the Denver Republican of a
recent date:

The meeting in the rooms of the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing and Riding Club was largely attended by the
representative breeders, owners and drivers of this
vicinity. The attendance was so large and of so varied
a character that all who may b in any manner inter-
ested in the June meeting w^re either on hand or
represented. A full discussion was had concerning the
classes that will make up the program, and many
changes were suggested, some of which were acted
upon. Others will be considered at a later time.

Joseph A. Osner called the meeting to order, and
called upon Secretary William Schuckman to read the
provisional program that had been prepared. The
horseman suggested many changes in the classes and
many more in the arrangement of races. The races
that will certainly be on the program are all the early
closing events. The entries for these will open as soon
as an office room is secured, and will close on March 1.
The early closing harness events are : For three-year-
old pacers, purse $1000: three-year-old trotters, purse
$500; two-year-old pacers, purse $500; two-year-old
trotters, purse $500; 2:25 trot, purse $600. and the
three events of the Gentlemen's Riding and Driving
Club.

Races that are definitely upon the program and
which will not be changed, except possibly as to their
place upon the lists, are the 2:09, 2:11 and free-for-all
pace. The other pacing races announced are, in
classes, the 2:27, 2:16, 2:32. 2:23, 2:40 and 2:14, and of
the trotting classes, the 2:14, 2:35, 2:20, 2:27. 2:18, 2:40,
2:22 and 2:11. Any of these last-named may have been
made for classes lower than 2:11. but the experience
of past years has been that those classes would not
fail. The association does not intend, if it can prevent
it, to open any classes that will not fill and eventually
find a place on the program.

A second stake has been opened for Colorado-bred
thoroughbred runners. It will be a five-furlong dash,
entries to close at the same time as those for the Colo-
rado Derby, probably March 1. The five-furlong race
will be for two-year-olds.

Edwin Gaylord will leave in a few days for California
where he will interview the owners and trainers to see
what horses will be brought over the mountains. The
announcement has been made that there will be no
harness racing on the Coast in the early summer, and
the Denver meeting will thus be the first at which the
California horses may start.

Portland Items.

[Rural Spirit.]

Mr. L. C. McCormack has purchased the dam of
Deceiver 2:15 and will breed her to his McKinney stal-
lion Harry McC.

W. O. Trine of Eugene writes that his stable of
horses is wintering well. Al Me is stronger and better
than ever, and will be a hard one to beat in the 2:15
pace. He has also a few gi-een ones and some young-
sters for the two year old stake.

Albuquerque, one of the noted sires of the! Pacific
Northwest, died last Monday at T. J. Matlock's stock
ranch near Heppner, the cause of death being kidney
trouble. Albuquerque was of Alwood-Bellfounder
stock, and was 19 years old.

The Portland Hunt Club, recently formed in this
city for the promotion of horse back riding, has the
promise of large membership in a short time. Secre-
tary Chase says he expects to enroll 100 names before
spring opens.

W. F. Mattock, now of Skagway, Alaska, is back to
Oregon in search of draft horses for that place. This
will be the fifth shipment from here to Alaska, the
fourth shipment being made last week. He says heavy
draft horses are in demand in Alaska, and are likely to
be for some time, but there are very few left now in
Eastern Oregon. He will visit portions of the Willam-
ette valley in quest of a carload.

Sister to Charley Hayt Dead.

The Terrace Stock Farm, Titusville, Pa., suffered a
severe loss on January 2d when the two year old filly
Novello, sister to Charley Hayt 2:07}, while being
ground broken, reared and fell and was injured so
badly as to necessitate killing her. This filly was pur-
chased by the proprietor of Terrace farm, J. C. Mc-
Kinney, at the recent Fasig-Tipton sale, $1275 being
paid for her, the -highest figure paid for a yearling at
that auction. Unlike her famous brother, whose
record of 2:07} pacing was made in his first winning
heat at the Buffalo Grand Circuit meeting, Novello
was a pure gaited trotter and gave promise of proving
a fast mare. She was by Allerton 2:09J, dam High-
lawn Maid (dam of Charley Hayt 2:07}, and sister to
Rensselaer Wilkes 9:Ui), by Alcantara 2:23. Mr. Mc-
Kinney has another promising Allerton fiily in Nysa.
sister of Kaffa 2:19}, etc., her dam being Cvprus 2:22.1,
by Strathmore.

Give the Youngsters a Chance.

Agricultural colleges are now established in every
state. We are sending our next generation of farmers
to these schools to fit them for battling with close
competition on all matters pertaining to successful
farming. These schools of training are commendable,
but the large per cent of the farmers of the future will
come from the farms without the ad vantage of science
as developed in these schools. It therefore stands us
in hand to make the best use of our home schools — the
farms themselves. Every boy and girl likes to own
something and for educational purposes alone they
should own something.

Nothing fills the bill better than an incubator and a
flock of poultry. It cultivates a sense of care and busi-
ness management that would be lacking when they
were called out to do business with a competing public.
It is during this time of life that impressions are most
permanent, good or bad. The writer was a boy once,
raised on a farm; owned every colt — or rather owned a
new colt every spring — owned it until it become really
valuable: then he had the privilege of trading it for
the youngest again and was educated to think the
young colt more valuable for a boy than the colt old
enough to bring a good price.

The result of this line of training and encourage-
ment was that he landed in business at twenty-one. a
regular pumpkinhead to do anything. The farm had
no attractions for him. He could see nothing in it but
plow and harrow and doing without money from crop
to crop. I am not blaming Dad — he simply did not
know how to educate a boy. Had there been an agri-
cultural college or other school that occurred to him
to be a good thing for a boy, money would not have
stood in the way. As stated, he was not aware that he
ran the best school on earth right at home among
realities.

Of course, we would rather the farmer would buy an
incubator for his boys, but rather than see them grow
up without ideas of business cares and management it
would certainly pay to give them a start, even if it
was nothing more valuable than hens and chicks.
Boys and girls like to own something. As soon as thev
are old enough to play marbles they will want to own
the marbles and a rope at least. In buying an incubator
for the young poultry raiser it is just as important to
have a good one — large enough for business and well
enough made to do the work properly — as it is that his
father has a good implement for his work. Give the
youugsters a fair chance. — M. M. Johnson.

Foreign Demand Still Active.
David Bonner issues for the National Trotting Asso-
ciation the export certificates of trotting horses leaving
New York. These certificates are recognized by the
customs: authorities of Europe and by the trotting
associations, and no horse can compete without one.
The foreigners take more logical precautions against
ringers than we do. During the past month thirty-
eight certificates have been issued, and as usual with
three exceptions they are all for stallions or mares.
The Austrians, who are the principal buyers, have no
use for geldings, but are keenly alive to the value of a
good mare. They certainly made no mistake when
they bought such good ones as Neeretta 2:09J, Con-
tralto 2:10, Bertha Lee 2:13J. and Normeda 2:15J, and
several others with slower records. The stallions they
bought were also of good value, and in Greenbrino
2:10}, they have a horse who will do himself justice.
During the spring and summer the export trade in fine
trotters was almost dead, yet the total number of cer-
tificates issued from January 1st to December 24th is
251, while a large number of trotting-bred roadsters
have been exported without certificates. The fcreign
demand is still active and will continue so.

Scarcity of the Cavalry Type.
The following from the Salt Lake Tribune is inter-
esting: ' ' There is a great scarcity of the cavalry ty pe
of horses, "said Veterinary Surgeon John Tempeny
of the Ninth Cavalry at the Cullen yesterday, "be-
cause of the great draft the United States and other
governments have made in the last two years. In
Wyoming, for instance, our government gathered up
all of the desirable, high standard horses, and then the
English army officers came along and picked up 600
others, for the Englishmen are content to put up with
a lower grade of animal than the American army
authorities. There are no more cavalry horses in
Nevada and the market generally is bare and will be
for some time. Prices are stiff and our government
was paying $100 to $125 for the grade of animal in-
quired; but the demand for the Philippines is falling
off with the return of quieter times there, and the
war in South Africa is over, so there is not much call
now for horses for army purposes and general prices
ai-e going down."

The old-time trotter Leander 2:24, died a few weeks
ago. He was foaled in 1871 and in 1879 was bought by
William K. Vanderbilt of New York for $10,000.

January 19, 1901]

Wlxe $#$&&£& cmi* &povi$xxxan

PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY.

Second Payment Made on 214 Mares in the
$6000 Stake.

Following is a list of the mares named in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity on which second payment was made
January 2, 1901. They are arranged under their own-
ers and the sire of the mare bred, and the stallion bred
to are given. It will be noticed that the substitutions

are not numerous:

Stallioa bred to
T. W. Barstow, San Jose.

Princess Airlie by Nutwood Wilkes Direct

E. J. Baldwin, Arcadia.

Sulta B. bv Sultan Neernut

Geo. T. Beckers, Los Angeles.

Whisper by Almont Lightning Stam B.

C. K. Book, Los Angeles.

Leonora by Dashwood McKinney

Jennie Mc by McKinney Steinway

R. H. Bonner, Niles.

Cigarette by Rustler Diablo

Harvev Boone, Bodie. .

Juno by Kent Stranger

I. L. Borden, San Francisco.

Allie Cresco bv Cresco Nutwood VVilkes

Alice Belle by Washington Hamb. Wilkes

* Fanny Vorhees by Dan Vorhees Altamont

Jacob Broillier, Visalia.

* Ethel Bassler by Robert Bassler Stoneway

Alex. Brown. Walnut Grove.

Francisca by Almont 33 McKinney

* Penelope Nushagak

Nosegay bv Langton 17,536 Prince Ansel

A. W. Bruner, Los Angeles. n m.„

Lou by Ira Stanton Wilkes

J. D. Carr. Salinas.

Delight by Eugeneer Boodle Jr.

Bertha by Carr's Mambrino

Epha by Eugeneer "

Elsie by Boodle Nutwood Wilkes

Flossie bv Carr's Mambrino Boodle Jr.

Lildine by Boodle Nutwood Wilkes

Lucky Girl by Carr's Mambrino Boodle Jr.

Nina B. bv Electioneer Dictatus

Taddie J. "by Bay Rum Boodle Jr.

MarvC. by Antevolo

Isabella by Electricity . "

Juanita by Bay Rum Dictatus

Eda bv Hambietonian Wilkes "

Ester M. by Hambietonian Wilkes Boodle Jr.

Edw. W. Clayton, San Jose.

Mae Gill by Sidney ■ - - ■ McKinney

A. H. Cohen, San Francisco.

Clara C. by Nutwood Advertisor

D. S. Cone, Red Bluff.

Stella Marvin bvDon Marvin.. Kinney Mac

Coralietos Stock Farm, San Jose.

Merle M. 2:25 by Boodle Wild Nutling

Viva Williams by Silver Bow Alton

J. R. Curnow, San Jose. „ _.

Fannie Menlo by Menlo Wilkes Direct

Geo. A. Davis, Pleasanton.

Midget by Inca Key Direct

Sidleet by Sidney j

Moscovine by Sidney

Mamie M. by Navigator

Missie Medium by Rampart Diablo

Bay mare by Electioneer Direct

E. D. Dudley, Dixon. ,

Bee by Sterling Baysw er Wilkes

Babe byDawnlight

Wm. Duncan, Chico. „ . _

Mignonette by Antelope Kentucky Baron

S. J. Dunlop, Los Angeles.

Listerine by Atttadon Strathway

Alice M. by Iris

C. A. Durfee, Oakland. .

Lady Dexter bv Dexter Prince McKinney

Rose McKinnev by McKinney Direct

*Babe by Ferdinand McKinney

H. H. Elliott. TJlciah.

Bay mare by Ira Pacheco W ilkes

Robert Elwert, Alvarado. m ,

Belle Welcome

B. Erkenbrecher, Los Angeles.

Galette Wilkes by Jud Wilkes Neernut

C. E. Farnum, San Francisco. .

Bessie Hock by Hock Wilkes Cupid

John Fingland, Loomis.

Nora by Cupid Stam B.

Patrick Foley, Oakland.

Mountain Hare by Young Venture McKmney

Geo. W. Ford, Santa Ana.

Bess by Nutford Neernut

Florence C. by Alban

Dew Drop by McKinney

P. T. Foster, Yolo. ^ „

Beatrices by Tilton Almont Don Marvin

A. O. Gott, Alameda.

Nancy by Engineer Secretary

Juan GalleL'bs, Mission San Jose.

Bessie Wilkes by Sable Wilkes McKinney

*Juan Gallegos, Mission San Jose.

Fortuna by Guy Wilkes Klatawah

J. W. Gardner, San Francisco.

Miracle by McKinney D„ire5.t

Black Swan by Location McKinney

C. F. Giles, San Francisco. m.,, „

Pearl G. by Kebir Wilkes Direct

Frank A. Grimes, Grafton. „ „..

Ruby by Electioneer McKinney

W. Griswold. Los Gatos. .

Lizzie A. bv Blue Bull Diablo

A. G. Gurnett, San Francisco.

Nellie Fairmont bv Fairmont Nutwood Wilkes

Alice G. by Brigadier Diablo

Alexandria by Alexander (tbor)

Mrs. B. E. Harris. San Francisco.

Honor by Fordstan Mamb. Chief Jr.

Ventura by Adventure Melvar

Mrs. W. B. Humfreville. Wrights.

Nellie bv Mulvenna Nutwood Wilkes

J. W. Haile & Son, Suisun

Hannah by Le Grand Demonto

Mamie Comet by Nutwood

S. H. Hoy, Winters. .

Coupon by Easter Wilkes Baysw er TV ilkes

Marguerite by Don Marvin

E. P. Heald. San Francisco. .

Myrtle Thome by Grandissimo Pilot Prince

M. Henry. Haywards. „3

Thera by Albion Educator

Wm. Hogoboom, Marysville.

Daisy by Friday McCracken Lynmont

H. H. Hellman. San Jose.

Bay mare by Guy Wilkes Boodle

Black mare by Prince Nutwood Wild Nutling

J. B. Iverson, Salinas.

*Ivoneer by Eugeneer Dictatus

Salinas Belle bv Carr's Vermont

=t~VVilhilmine by Eugeneer

Belle by Kentucky Prince "

A. W. Kennison, Auburn.

Marv BellK. by Waldstein Stam B.

B. S. Krehe. Marysville.

Ida Belle by Don Lynmont

G. W. Kleiser, San Francisco.

Videttebv Alex Button Altamont

J. C. Kirkpatrick, San Francisco.

Azalia by Mambrino Wilkes McKinney.

Flewev-Flewey by Son of Sidney

C. F. Kapp, San Francisco.

Marguerite K. by Don Pedro I Direct

W. J. Landers, San Francisco.

Floreta by Engineer Welcome

I. M. Lipson,"San Bernardino.

Miss Goldnut by Goldnut Zorlock

La Siesta Rancho, San Jose.

Wanda by Eros McKinney

Stallion bred to
W. H. Lumsden, Santa Rosa.

Myrtle by Anteeo Direct

Lawrence Stoek Farm, Lawrence.

Jib Filly by Messenger Almont Wild Nutling

O. A. Lowe, Woodland.

Cordie N. by McKinney Baysw'er Wilkes

H. C. Myers. Vallejo.

Easter D. by Easterwood Gaff Topsail

W. E. Meek, Haywards.

Hybla by Director : - ■ .- Welcome

Rosemary by Nutwood Wilkes il

Chas. W. Main, Corona.

Kate Hamilton by Gen. Hamilton ..Zombro

Geo. H. Morris, Winters.

Algenie by Algona - Altamont

Wm. Morgan, Pasadena.

Nellie K. by Gen. Grant Jr Zombro

J. W. Marshall, Dixon.

Miss Glenn by Algona Baysw'er Wilkes

S. Montgomery, Woodland

Hattie B. by Alex Button Baysw'er Wilkes

Morgan & Bovd, Los Angeles.

Verona by Diablo v .Neernut

Jas. W. Minturn, Sharon.

Carma by Mambrino Hood Strathway.

H. P. Moore. Menlo Park.

Etta by Naubuc Boxwood

Nettie Elwood by Adrian

J. E. Montgomerv, Davisville.

Nancy H. by Upstart Diawood

J. M. Moorhead, Santa Clara.

Anna Belle by Dawn Hamb. Wilkes

Walter Mastin, Woodland.

Nora S. by Sable Wilkes Don Marvin

H. W. Meek, San Lorenzo.

Cricket by Steinway Welcome

Carmelita bv Steinway

Fenella by Fallis McKinney

Ellenor bv Richard's Elector Wm. Harold

Edwina by Sidney • ■ - .Welcome

Lenora by Lustre

Geo. H. Magruder, Yuba City.

Mollie Mac by Kentucky Lynmont

I H. MeMullen. Sacramento.

Rosa Gold by Gold Rose Stam B.

* I. C. Mosher, Fair Grounds, Ore.

Allie Waggoner by Bi lly Waggoner Co3ur d Alene

R. O. Newman" Visalia.

Daisy Easier by Robt. Basler Direct

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvingron.

Zeta Carter by Director Nutwood W ilkes

Ingar by Director

Brown Eyes by Direct Line

Black Line by Direct Line

Maggie by Cal Nutwood

Lida W. by Nutwood Direct

Queen C. by Nutwood Wilkes Klatawah

LewG. by Albert W T. C.

Lady Mine by Cal. Nutwood 't

Bissie by Cal. Nutwood

Live Branch bv Long Branch

Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville.

Belle II. bv Nutwood Direct

Celia Derby by Chas. Derby l

Princess by Administrator Chas. Derby

Nanny Smith by Red Wilkes Owyhee

Slight bv Electioneer Chas. Derby

Addie Ash by Indianapolis "

* Annie Laurie by Echo Owyhee

Pippa by Stilleco Chas. Derby

Bertha by Aleantara

Essie Farlev bv Mountain Boy

Maggie McGregor by Robt. McGregor Steinway

Inex bv Sweepstakes - - Owyhee

Coquette bv Wilton Chas. Derby

Nazoma by McKinney Direct

Babe Marion by Steinway "

Lurline by Steinway j

*Ituna by Steinway

Chipper Simmons by Mambrino Boy Chas. Derby

Susie Mambrino by Mambrino Boy

*B rilliantshineby Chas. Derby Direct

C. A. Owen, Clovis. _.

Zadie McGregor by Robt. McGregor Direct

K. O'Grady, San Mateo. ■

Flora Grand by Guy Wilkes Hart Boswell

TJ. G. Peterson, Santa Rosa.

Dinah by Gibraltar Jr Arthur Y\ .

* Miss Button by Little Mac Illustrious

Palo Alto Stock Farm. Menlo Park.

Aerolite, by Palo Alto Mendocino

Coral by Electioneer McKinney

Cressida by Palo Alto Mendocino

Edith by Geo. Wilkes w ''

Elden by Nephew. Monbells

Elsie by Gen. Benton Mendocino

Expressive by Electioneer Monbells

Helena by Electioneer

Lady Nutwood by Nutwood Mendocino

Sallie Benton by Gen. Benton

M. M. Potter, Los Angeles.

Irene Crocker by Will Crocker Zombro

Belle Raymon by Raymon

Lady Alice by Albion

Grace Conifer by Conifer Zorlock

Vashti by Vasto _ '

Gipsy Girl by Nucleus Zombro

*Maybreaker Direct

A. B. Rodman, Lakeport. ,,.

Advocatrix by Attorney McKinney

Stalka by Eros _ ,

Faith by Goldrose Falrose

Wm. Rourke, San Bernardino.

Hazel Kinney bv McKinney btam a.

Baby's Gift by Christmas Neernut

Andrew Ryder, Loomis.

Silvie, by Silver Bow fat am B.

C. Raisch, Marysville. _ _ , , „„_,

Cvclone bv Brigadier S. Har's M K ny

Rosedale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa. . .

Delia by Daly !ai-nl^Sl^

ZorabvDaly Saint Whips

A. B. Spreckels, San Francisco. _ _ .

Hulda by Guy Wilkes £ex^r pnnce

Galata by Stamboul £up*2

Lillie S. by Speculation Cupid

Countess by McKinney

P. H. Sexton, Oakland. ^ ,

Hera bv Mambrino Wilkes Welcome

W. G. Stevenson, Victoria, B. C.

Fanny Putnam by Christmas Tennysonian

L. B. Spiirgeon. Wheatland-

Lizzie Ely by Illustrious btam B.

H. B. Smith, TJkiah. , _ _

May Avres by Iris Lynwood W

M. J. Streining, Santa Rosa. . t __.

Dinorah by Dexter Prince Saint Whips

S. G. Scott, Suisun City. „, . .

Lady Dudley Illustrious;

Santa Rosa Stock Farm, Santa Rosa.

Bonsalinebv Stamboul McKinney

Carlotta Wilkes by Charley Wilkes (i

Biscar by Director -

Stamboulita by Stamboul

By Guy by Guy Wilkes

Adioo by Guy Wilkes t|

Guycara by Guy Wilkes H

By By by Nutwood

Rose Russell by Bay Rose ■

Silver Eye bv Abbotsford On Stanley

Princess'McCarty by Dexter Prince Sidney Dillon

Pansv by CassiusM. Clay Jr ",

Lilly Stanley by Whippleton

Oakley Russell by Happy Russell

Thos. Smith, Vallejo. ,, _.

Daisy S. bv McDonald Chief McKinney

Maud Washington by George Washington Tom Smith

Geo. E. Shaw. Hollister.

Nellie Nutwood by Brown Jug - Alton

S. N D. Smullen, Honcut.

Listen by Hark Lynmont

Henry Slruve. Watsonville.

Pearl by Adrian Boodle

C. C. Steele, Ei Monte. „. , „ ,

Bell R. by Alaska Black Jack

Stallion bred to
fE. B. Smith, Sacramento.

Swiftbird bv Waldstein Son Sable W'lk'i

W. L. Spoor, Redlands.

Mabel McKinney by McKinney Neernut

E. Topham, Milpitas.

Blanch T. by Hambietonian Wilkes Alton

Tuttle Bros., Rocklin.

Belle Medium by Happv Medium Altivo

Laurel by Nephew Stam B.

La Mode by Waldstein Stam B

J. S. Taylor, Napa.

Dusky Pilot Prince

Andrew Urban, Fresno.

Panjalie by Panjabi Strathway

E. E. Uslar, Niles.

Nita by Thavermont Diablo

Van de Vanter Stock Farm, Kent, W.

Alice M. by Altamont ^ Esect

W. L. Vance, Marysville.

Elisa S. by Alcantara Jr Diablo

Vendome Stock Farm. San Jose.

Much Better by Charles Derby Boodle

Wm Vanderhurst, Salinas

Salinas Maid by Juno Dictatus

Lily B. by Juno "

Eugenia by Eugeneer

J. H. Williams, University.

Dulcet by Count Simmons Neernut

Wm. LeM Wills, Los Angeles.

Del Amo by Del Sur Conifer

Bonnie Ela by Bonnie McGregor

DelEla by Del Sur "

Anca by Conifer Zombro

*Nopala by Rego Conifer

Otilia by Balboa '■

W. R. Wynn, Los Angeles.

Grace Kaiser by Kaiser Nutwood Wilkes

J. L. Walker, Santa Rosa.

Brilliant by Mambrino Diamond Illustrious

Paul Walthers, Rocklin.

Wanda St am B

G. Wempe, San Francisco.

Lady Director by Director Nutwood Wilkes

%P. J. Williams, Milpitas.

Matena by Tempest Billy Thornhill

tOwnership transferred to Harvey Boone, Bodie.
^Ownership transferred to Mrs. E. Williams, Alameda.
♦Substitutions.

A Good One for Sale.

Mr. 7. D. Heins of this city offers for sale his pacing
stallion John A. 2:12f, by Wayland W. Mr. Heins
cannot find time from his business to devote the proper
attention to the horse and is opposed to leasing or
partnerships, so has decided to offer him for sale, and
we will state that a live man can earn with the horse
by placing him in the stud, the price asked by Mr.
Heins. John A. is a brown horse foaled in 1896. His
sire Wayland W. has a trotting record of 2:12-^ and
his dam Lady Moor by Grand Moor, is also the dam of
Arthur W. 2:lli. Few stallions in California have as
many producers close up in their pedigree as John A.
and as he is a good race horse himself and a good in-
dividual as well there is every probability that he will
be a producer of speed at both trot and pace. John
A. first appeared on the circuit in his three year old
form. There were few races for three year olds that
year and he started but twice meeting Roblet 2:12,
CUpper 2:06 and ten other fast ones in his first start.
He won second money in this race and took -a record
of 2:15. His only other start that year was at the State
Fair where he had the misfortune to have to go
against Kelly Briggs 2:103, and other whirlwinds. He
beat them all but Kelly Briggs. got second money and
reduced his record to 2:14. In 1900 he had to meet an-
other fast lot of aged horses, but made a good show-
ing, winning three races and out of nine starts was out-
side the money but twice and won $1195. At "Wood-
land, when he lowered his record, he paced his three
heats in 2:12|, 2:12| and 2:131, and could have gone
faster had it been necessary. That he is a game race
horse every horseman knows and as he is as sound as
a newly milled dollar there is no reason why his record
should not be below 2:10 this year. At the price Mr.
Heins has placed on him we think John A. is one of
the best bargains ever offered in horseflesh.

Long Tails in Fashion.

"I won't attempt to say whether it is sentiment or
fashion, but from some cause or other there is more
inquiry for long tailed carriage horses than there was
a year or two ago," remarked a prominent New York
dealer. "Some of the highest priced horses we have
sold this winter have been long-tailed steppers, and
some of the best ones now in our coach horse depart-
ment have never been docked. For a rockaway, or a
station wagon, or a runabout, or any other light trap,
I think the long tail is certainly to be preferred. It is
more in keeping with the style of a carriage like the
rockaway, for one thing, and, for another thing, it
affords better protection to the driver in a runabout
from flying gravel and dirt. I wouldn't recommend a
long-tailed horse for a spider phaeton or a spicy gig, or
any sporting vehicle of that sort, but I like to see a
long-tailed horse in a landau, or a brougham, or a Ber-
lin coach, or any heavy carriage. It may not be quite
so smart, but it strikes me as adding to the dignity
and substantial appearance of such a turnout."

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[January 19, 1901

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Interesting Meeting Held last Saturday at
Sacramento.

The Directors of the State Board of Agriculture met
at the Pavilion at Sacramento on Saturday last, the
following members being present: President A. B.
Spreckels, Park Henshaw, M. D. Chamberlain, D. W.
Wilson, John Mackey, W. R. Mathews and A. W.
Barrett.

Prior to the meeting the Board held a conference
with Governor Gage and discussed the necessity of the
proposed appropriation of $100,000 for the use of the
society in making the proposed changes at Agricul-
tural Park. They also pointed out the great benefit
which had been derived by the entire State by the
past work of the society. The improvement of the
various breeds of cattle, hogs and poultry, the intro-
duction into the State of grass food, such as alfalfa,
which was first brought to California by the society,
and the great advancement in dairy products which
had accrued through the establishment of creameries,
etc., were urged as good reasons for the Legislature
aiding the Society.

President Spreckels called the Board to order, and
in his opening remarks said that Senator Devlin, who
had accompanied them in their visit to Governor
Gage, had stated to the Governor that the title to the
park property was vested in the Board of Agricultural
Directors, and did not belong to the State. Judge
Shields, who was present, said there could be no doubt
but what this was a fact. The title was perfectly legal
and clear, and was vested in the Directors. Director
Henshaw asked what disposition could be made of the
money in case the property should be sold by the
Directors. Judge Shields said it would have to be
paid into the State Treasury and reinvested in a like
property, and could not be used for any other purpose.

Director Mathews said that the State could not dis-
pose of the property without the consent of the Board,
while it could at any time sell the property of the Fol-
som Prison or of the various asylums throughout the
State and close those institutions.

On motion of Director Mathews, the Secretary was
directed to prepare a document setting forth all the
work of the society since its inception, and the good
that it had accomplished in advancing the agricultural,
dairy, cereal and live stock interests of the entire State,
so that the public at large would better realize how
essential the society was to the advancement of the
State, and seeing the necessity of placing it on the
basis it should occupy.

Director Barrett, of Los Angeles, then presented
the following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:

"Whereas, The condition of the buildings, barns,
show rings and other appurtenances of the California
State Agricultural Society is such as to interfere with
the work and highest usefulness of said society, and
that it is unable to carry on its work, as indicated by
the necessities of the State, and in keeping with our
vast agricultural and industrial possibilities; and

" Whereas, The proper equipment and maintenance
of said society and sufficient provision for the annual
State fairs given under its management are necessary
to the continuation of said work, and of inestimable
advantage to California; and

"Whereas, The annual exhibitions given by our
said society have been of inestimable advantage and
value to our ) State, and are necessary to the mainte-
nance of our present agricultural growth and progress;
now therefore be it

"Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the
State Agricultural Society most heartily indorse the
bills presented by Senator Devlin and Assemblyman
Johnson to the Legislature, and earnestly urge the
passage of the same."

The present condition of the various stakes to be
read before the society was then read: The Occident
Stake of 1900 had fifty-two entries; thirty-four paid
first money, twenty-two paid second money, and four
paid third money. The same stake closed for the year
1901 with sixty-five entries, forty-eight payi ng second
money, and twenty-six third money. For the year
of 1902 there are ninety entries, of which fifty-nine
had paid second money, while for the year of 1903
there are 100 entries, which is the greatest number
ever known in the history of the Occident Stake.

The Stanford Stake of 1900 had thirty entries, of
which twenty-one paid second money, fourteen third
money, and eleven fourth money. For the year of
1901 there were fifty entries, of which forty three had
paid second money, and twenty-five third money. For
the year 1902 there were seventy-two entries , and fifty
have paid second money.

The Futurity Stake of 1900 had forty- five entries-
that of 1901 thirty-one entries, and of 1902 there are'
109 entries.

The Stallion Stake of 1903 has fifty-eight entries, and
the value of the Stallion Stake of 1902, soon to close, is
nearly 15000, and with the future payments will cer-
tainly be worth $10,000.

The Board decided to open six harness races at an
early date, entries to close April 1st, $500 to be added

and $10 entrance to be the only 'expense, unless they
start, withjno deduction from money winners. The
idea is to place harness stakes on- the same base as run-
ning stakes.

After the meeting, in speaking of the proposed
changes in the park, in case the appropriation bill
carries, President Spreckels said he would favor double
tracks — one for running and one for harness races.
The grand stand would be two stories, with iron pillars
set in concrete, and the stables would be made contin-
uous, and would be placed so that the visitors could
view all the stock without making two separate trips
to different portions of the track, as at present.

Emperor of Norfolk's Great Trial.

Isaac Murphy, the great colored jockey, was asked
just before he died what horse, of the many which he
had ridden during his career of ten years, he thought
the best one. Murphy instantly said, "The Emperor
of Norfolk. ' ' He said he made a bet once with trainer
Thomas that The Emperor could beat 1:38. The wager
was $500 a side.

When it is remembered that the record for a mile at
that time was Ten Broeek's 1:39§, that had stood for
almost a dozen years, one may realize how much
Murphy thought of the horse.

It was just at dawn that Murphy took The Emperor
out of his stall and saddled him. Murphy mounted in
the clothes he wore, and with a "tack" that was
heavier than he usually used in races. Nobody ever
knew the weight the horse carried, but judging from
Murphy's riding weight of 110, and the fact of his sad-
dle being a heavy exercise leather one, the total could
have been but a bit short of 120.

Thomas stood at the wire and did the timing.
Murphy bro kethe horse going at a pace which he
thought was a 1.38 clip. The further he went the
faster The Emperor galloped. Thomas himself could
not believe the quarters his watch was showing him.
At the end of the mile, with Murphy hustling The
Emperor, the lone watch on him said he had done the
distance in 1:36£.

Thomas lost his $500 to Murphy, and the Emperor
of Norfolk broke down. He didn't cave at the moment
of his race. He went a bit longer and won races
against good horses, but he was never himself after the
daylight trial, and that effort, without preparation,
started him on the road that led to retirement.

Thomas kept the secret with Murphy for years, but
one night in Chicago he took to the cups, and then he
told of how the California horse had done the greatest
thing under the sun. Salvator's mile with Ten Broeck 's
weight up on a straight track, with every preparation
made for it and two pacemakers to carry, cannot com-
pare with this effort of the Emperor of Norfolk.

•

Breeding of Harry Gear 25,382.
The breeding of this stallion has been asked for by
a subscriber to the Breeder and Sportsman who
owns several of his get and thinks they will be fast
enough to win races. Harry Gear is a bay horse
foaled in 1882 and the tabulation of his pedigree to
three generations is as follows :

f Abdallah 1
(Chas. Kent Mare
[Magnolia 68

(.By Webber's Kentucky Whip
[Hiatoga

(By Trimble's Eclipse
[Reynold's Messenger
[tJntraced

This is as far as the Trotting Register gives the dam
of Harry Gear. Clara was the dam of Crown Prince
2:17|, a good race horse that took his record at Sac-
ramento in 1892. Clara was bred by John Patterson
of Linden, Cal., as was also Harry Gear. The writer
never saw but one of the get of Harry Gear and that
is a three year old pacer owned by Dr. Boucher of San
Jose. He is out of the Doctor's great mare Miss
Logan 2:06J, and is a whirlwind pacer, besides being a
grand looking horse.

f Hambletonian 10. .

[Fanny Felter-

I Chieftain 721.

I. saiiy-

California Clubs Left Out.

Chicago, Jan. 17. — Representatives of the race
tracks which met here yesterday to form a new West-
ern Jockey Club held another session to-day, but post-
poned the details of permanent organization until a
special meeting in Chicago about February 1st. The
territory to be covered by the new jockey club will ex-
tend from Pittsburg to Denver, leaving out Tanforan
Park in California. This is done not for any special
reason, but because the turfmen think it would* weaken
the body to have a member so far removed-from the
central body. ' Tanforan is willing to be left out, and
suggests that the Coast clubs adopt the rules of the
jockey club and co-operate with the new organization,
receiving protection in return. This movement will
promote harmony on the Pacific Coast, whereas if
Tanforan had been admitted to an exclusive organiza-
tion, Oakland, which was not even a member of the
Turf Congress, would have in all probability have re-
resented the move.

Polo Season Soon to Open.

The polo season which will open about Feb. 1st, will
be the best in the history of the game in the West.

Every one of the Burlingame players has his
ponies up.

The arrival of Frank J. Carolan on Wednesday
from the East, has given added interest to the plans
already under way for the Polo and Hunt clubs. Mr.
Carolan while in the East saw a number of the pole
players of that section, among them Mr. Hubert,
president of the American Polo Association. As the
members of various clubs on the Atlantic usually take
a winter or spring outing, journeying to Florida or tc
other points in the South, they would like to come tc
California for a change. The only difficulty is the cost
of transporting strings of polo ponies across the contin-
ent. This, however, will be obviated by members Oj
the Burlingame Country Club supplying good mounts
to visiting polo men.

All the Burlingame men have new ponies. Mr,
Hobart has now one of the best strings of polo ponies
in America. Every one of them is fast, and some
are said to be even fleeter on foot than Slats, the
famous sprinter that won everything it tried for al
Del Monte and Tanforan. Mr. Corolan has four nev.
ones, and Tom Driscoll, Dick Tobin, Joe S. Tobin,
Peter Martin, John Lawson, Ed J. Tobin, Charlie
Dunphy aud Walter MeCreery have good ponies ir
training.

That California will be the Mecca of polo players this
year is evidenced by the fact that the great Englisl
Hurlingham team is already here. This famous four is
made up of Walter MeCreery, Charles Menges and J
B. Mackie.

Lawrence MeCreery and Mr. Mackie arrived front
England the other day and brought along a lot o:
ponies, ten in number, which they picked up in Texas

Texas is the place which supplies the Eastern pole
players with their mounts, but Peter Martin, who saw
George Gould's stables and was a guest of the lattei
recently, is confident that the California ponies fai
surpass the Texan breed.

While it has not been definitely settled, it is expected
that the team which will meet the Hurlingham players
will be Joseph S. Tobin, Thomas R. Drisccll, Walter
S. Hobart and Charles Dunphy.

The members of the clubs belonging to the Ameri-
can Polo Association cannot as such members play
outside teams, of which Burlingame is one, but they
can contest as individuals, and both Mr. Gould and his
set are pretty sure of coming West.

Games are already scheduled for Burlingame field
and Tanforan Park, and a new field is to be built at
El Cerrito, in San Mateo. There is to be a new summei
field at Walter Hobart's race track, as he has had the
enclosure seeded with Bermuda grass.

While in the East both Mr. Carolan and Mr. Martin
hunted in the Tennessee Valley with the famous hunt
club of that name. Mr. Carolan, who is Master of the
Hounds of the San Mateo County Hunt, has secured
eight hounds from Peter Burke, master and owner of
the pack of the Tipperary Hunt Club, Ireland. Mr.
Burke is well known to Californians, having married a
daughter of the late Peter Donahue. These hounds
will be used to-day, when the San Mateo Hunt Club
will meet at Tanforan Park. A hunt breakfast will
precede the laying on of the pack.

John Phippen Reaches Texas.

Lomo Alto Farm,
Dallas (Texas), Jan. 13, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman— I arrived
here in Dallas on the 7th inst. after a pleasant visit
with my family and friends in California all safe, found
my horses and boys all well; stepped all of the colts
that are going to be sold on February 5th in Chicago
yesterday, and I assure you that they put the foot
down right and can all show fast. I feel sore that
they are going to be sold so soon, but as Mr. Exall
needs money they must go, as the market demands
good ones. I hope that they will fall into the hands
of men that will give them a chance, for I believe there
are great prospects for race horses and matinee per-
formers among them.

Ima Electrite 2:15} and Emerin Electrite (p) 2:12J
would make a great addition to a wealthy road rider's
stable in any country. Very truly yours.

J. S. Phippen.

♦

Entitled to First and Second Moneys.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman — Please answer
the following through the columns of your paper. Two
horses started in a race in which first and second
moneys were offered. One of them distanced the
other and the owner claims both first and second
moneys. Is he entitled to them.

Respectfully, W. P. Yancy,
Sec'y. 18th Ag. Dist.

Answer. — Rule 36, National Trotting Association
provides that a horse that distances all competitors in
a heat, " shall receive the entire purse or stakes con-
tended for, unless otherwise provided for in the published
conditions."

January 19, 1901]

f&lie $veebev txnfr gijxcrvtsutmt

Boston will spend $25,000 on a speedway.

One hundred entries in Occident Stake for 1903.

Two hundred and forty-one second payments in
Pacfiic Breeders Futurity.

The Year Book will be out February 15th, if the
printers do not get behind time.

J. W. Stufflebeam is jogging his stallion Sidney Boy
by Sidney at the Tulare race track.

Good purses will be offered on the California circuit
of 1901, and entries will be numerous.

Added money for trotting stakes is a new plan of the
California State Agricultural Society.

It is proposed to have one harness I'ace a day at the
meetings to be held at Butte and Anaconda.

Myron McHenry is in Chicago at present getting to-
gether a stable for the next season's campaign.

The report that Frank Rockefeller was negotiating
for the purchase of John R. Gentry is denied by that
gentleman.

James Brown, the American trainer, has twenty-five
horses on the Vienna, Austria, track, including Coun-
tess Eve 2:09}.

According to government estimates the horse stock
of the United States has increased in value $13 per
head since 1897.

The good trotter Joe Watts 2:10J, by Electmoneer,
was purchased by P. W. Connelly, of Pittsburg, Pa.,
last week at a stated price of $5000.

Will Welsh of Pleasanton recently purchased a three
year old filly by Welcome 2:104 out of the dam of Gaff
Topsail 2:174 that he thinks will do to take to the
races. The price paid was $300.

Horsemen who talk about going East to race will
find when the day of departure comes that it takes big
money to pay car fare and entrance fees and only first
class horses ai'e worth taking a chance on.

"If you buy a horse for what he's worth and sell him
for what some owners think he's worth, " said Frank
G. Smith, "what a pile of money a fellow could make
during these hot air talks of winter time."

Athalie, the dam of Athadon 2:10, is destined to be
one of the greatest of broodmares as she has already
four in the charmed circle. These are Athadon 2:10,
Athavis 2:18}, Athadon 2:27 and a new one for 1900,
Athalbo 2:24 by Diablo.

Col. J. M. Morehead of Santa Clara has a two year
old filly by Hambletonian Wilkes out of Anna Belle,
by Dawn, that he believes is the best foal the mare has
ever had. The filly has been named Maggie N., and
is entered in the Occident Stake and the Hartford
Futurity.

The Overland Trotting and Running Association of
Denver, Cal., and Charles N. Roberts, secretary, have
been fined $250 and suspended by the Board of Appeals
of the N. T. A. for not complying with the rules in re-
fusing to return judges' books and sending in fines and
suspensions collected.

Millard Sanders has arrived at Pleasanton with
Dolly Dillon 2:11J, Janice 2:13J and a green mare
from the Santa Rosa Stock Farm. He will have a
half dozen more green ones in a short time from the
same farm and expects to get quite a formidable string
out of them for the campaign of 1901.

J. Malcolm Forbes, the Boston millionaire who owns
Arion 2:07J, will send him to the Glenartney farm, near
Versailles, Kentucky, to be placed in the stud this
year. Mr. Forbes has at his farm at Ponkapog,
Massachusetts, Peter the Great 2:07} and Bingen
2:06}. No breeder in the world has three such fast
trotting stallions.

"Uncle Davy" Cahill, of Lexington, Ky., states that
he will campaign Charley Herr 2:07 the coming season,
and that he stands ready to meet all of the best trot-
ters in the country, including The Abbot, Cresceus,
Lord Derby, Bingen, Arion, Grattan Boy, Boralma,
Lord Vincent and any other that would like to com-
pete with him.

There were nearly 20,000 guesses submitted in the
contest for the prize offered by Fasig & Tipton to the
person who guessed nearest the price Axtell would
bring at their December sale. The prize was won by
Mrs. H. M. Booth, of Rich Hill, Missouri, who guessed
the exact figure— -$14, 700 and she has been awarded the
prize, a Frazier bike.

The personal effects of the late Charles Baekmann,
former owner of Stony Ford, were sold by auction last
month, and mementos of the famous horseman were
eagerly bought by his friends. Among the purchasers
were General Benjamin F. Tracy, Messrs. W. B. Dick-
erman, James C. Van Nuyse, John McCarthy, Dean
Sage and Capt. B. H. Tuthill.

At Nicholasville, Ky., recently a novel horse trade
was consummated between William Monyhan and B.
D. Spears. Spears fancied a horse owned by Monyhan,
and remarked that he would girth the horse with ten
dollar bills and take him. The offer was accepted and
the measurement taken, and it required nine bills or
$90 to encircle the animal's body. Both gentlemen
were satisfied with the trade.

The managers of the Boston Horse Show have de-
cided to offer a $500 purse for the stallion best adapted
to sire carriage horses, the stallion to be of any breed
and to be shown with two of his get. This leaves it
open to competition to all breeds of horses.

Mrs. D. M. Holmes, of Norwich, N. Y., who died at
her home there about a week before Christmas, left a
special request that none of the horses used at her
funeral should wear any check lines. This request was
complied with, and although a large number of private
carriages as well as those hired for the occasion, fol-
lowed her remains to the grave, there was not a check
rein in use on any of the horses.

Joseph Hoar and Thomas Manghan, two of the
largest horse dealers fn London, are now in this coun-
try. Mr. Manghan is going to visit Boston, Buffalo,
Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Kansas City and
Montreal. He brings the news that two of the largest
auction firms in England — namely, Manghan & Co.
and Moore Brothers & White of London — have lately
consolidated, to be known hereafter as Manghan &
Moore Brothers. There business is almost exclusively
American.

Diablo 2:09} will make the season of 1901 at Wood-
land at $40. Mr. Murray should get a very large
patronage for his grand young horse at this figure.
There is no better bred horse in America than this
son of Charles Derby, ho was an unbeaten race horse
on the turf, and his get have size and style and great
speed. No horse ever stood in Yolo county that was a
better one for the farmers to patronize as he will sire
horses that are large and fine looking as well as ele-
gant roadsters.

S. Christianson has sent his mare Simone to Grant
Lapham who will get her in shape to work fast later
on. Simone is one of the best individuals in the State
and her breeding cannot be surpassed. She is by
Simmons out of Mi Lidy by Baron Wilkes, second
dam Lady Gay by Mambrino Patchen. Mr. Christian-
sen has recently purchased another grandly bred one
in Emma Smalley who is registered in Vol. 14 of the
Register. She is by Blue Dawn, son of Jay Bird and
her dam is Sally Russell by Mambrino Russell.

Superintendent Frank Covey of the Palo Alto Farm
says that in the lot of colts that are to be shipped to
Cleveland in May next for the Blue Ribbon sale are two
as fast fillies as the farm has bred. Before the first of
January, and while they were yearlings both these
fillies stepped an eighth in 174 seconds. One is a sister
to Idolita 2:12 (by Mendoeino^Edith), and the other is
a chestnut filly named Festival (by Dexter Prince-
Flower Girl). Covey is hightly elated with the pure
trotting action of these fillies, and beUeves that they
will be the sensation of the season on the trotting turf.

We will publish next week a list of all the trotters
and pacers with records in California that are likely to
be campaigned this year, arranged according to their
classes. We will do this for the benefit of Secretaries
arranging purses for the meetings to be given this
season. We desire every California reader of the
Breeder and Sportsman who has a horse with a
record of 2:25 or better that he desires to race or
thinks can be put in condition, to send us the name,
record and pedigree of the animal as soon as possible.
If every owner and trainer will do this our list can be
made most complete.

The National Trotting Association is in excellent
financial shape. At the beginning of the year May 1,
1900, they had a cash balance of over $6000, and re-
ceived during the season about $19,000. The disburse-
ments amounted to $8000, leaving a balance on hand
November 1st of over $16,000. The fines that were
paid under protest were the Louisville Driving Asso-
ciation, $650; W. O. Foote, $600; F. W. Noble, $500;
W. J. Johns, $250; Kent and Queen Ann County Fair,
George Sanders, Charles O'Brien, James Golden, John
Cheney, George Huber, $100 each; Thomas T. Maxwell
and S. S. Lyman, $50 each.

T. W. Barstow of Los Angeles expects to have quite
a string of horses ready to race this year in California.
He has two with records, Wilkes Direct 2:224 (a full
brother to John A. McKerron 2:10) and Claudius 2:13}
by Nutwood Wilkes. He has a trotter called Mormon
Girl for the 2:40 class, Alone, a three year old pacer,
Uncle Dewey, a three year old trotter, and Belle Jack-
son, a four year old mare that he will start in the
green pacing classes. Mr. Barstow 's stallion Wilkes
Direct will get a good patronage this year. The
youngsters by this horse are grand looking colts with
size, style and substance and he will make one of the
greatest stock horses in California.

Joseph Depoister is located at the Tulare race track
and is jogging daily a few horses with the view of
racing them this season. Among them are Peter
Jackson by Designer, and the following three belong-
ing to W. F. Ferguson: Gloaming, bay mare, 6, by
Secretary; Gloaming's two year old bay colt by Harry
Gear, and a four year old filly by Iris. He has a five
year old chestnut mare by Iris belonging to J. W.
Carlisle, a two year old grey colt by Harry Gear out of
Ella by El Capitan, and a three year old filly by the
same sire out of a mare by Algona that belong to E.
D. Scott. Mr. Depoister's horses are all looking well
and there are several very promising ones among them.

The Los Angeles Express remarks: "Interest in-
creases with every succeeding matinee of the Los
Angeles Driving Club. The club has demonstrated
that racing can be conducted on a high plane and still
attract a large audience of lovers of fine horse flesh.
It was the original intention to hold the next meeting
on Washington's Birthday, but a general demand for
an earlier date induced the Directors to decide on a
matinee the latter part of this month. Since the
Thanksgiving Day races, interest in the meeting has
become so widespread that the demand for fast horses
has increased apace and prices of good animals have
mounted up by leaps and bounds."

John Dickerson, who has been in the service of
Senator John McCarty's Parkway Farm, Goshen, N.
Y., for the past two years, severed his connection the
first of the month, and has been engaged by Gen. B.
F. Tracy, to train the Marshland stud youngsters. It
is understood that John's younger prother Will, will
remain in the employ of Parkway Farm.

During the month ending December 24th, David
Bonner, export agent of the National Trotting Asso-
ciation, issued certificates of identity for thirty-eight
trotters that were sent abroad. Among them were
Neeretta 2:094 by Neernut, Contralto 2:10 by The Con-
queror, GJeenbrino 2:10! by Woodbrino, Bertha Lee
2:13} by Senator Rose, Normeda 2:154, by Norval Chief,
Grace Greenlander 2:184 by Greenlander, and Dolly
Marschutz 2:19} by Charles Derby.

Recently John W. Springer, the millionaire presi-
dent of the National Live Stock Association, was
arrested at Denver, Col., charging him with importing
a docked horse and placed under $300 bonds for trial.
Last July Mr. Springer imported the great show horse
Troubadour into the State of Colorado, and entered
him in the Denver Horse Show. April, 1898, the
Colorado legislature passed a statute forbidding the
docking of horses' 1 tails, and their importation into
Colorado forbidden. It is said that Springer welcomes
the intended prosecution, as it will give him an oppor-
tunity of contesting the constitutionality of the statute,
for the benefit of horsemen and others who possess
docked horses.

The owner of Connor 2:03J, Mr. Charles T. Chapin
of Rochester, N. Y., says the famous pacer will be
taken up this week in preparation for another cam-
paign down the Grand Circuit. When Connor took
his record of 2:03} he won jogging at the wire, and as
he has been a half ivght at a minute and any number
of quarters in 29 seconds Mr. Chapin has reason to
expect a mark of 2:00 for his good horse in 1901. It is
possible that before his days are over Connor will once
more be seen in trotting races. He was a wonderfully
good colt trotter, and as a four year old took a record
of 2:13} trotting. Now that he has developed such
wonderful speed it is likely that he would go very fast
at the trot. Alta McDonald has told Mr. Chapin that
he could drive Connor to a trotting record of 2:07 or
2:08.

The pacing stallion Oddity 2:10} that died recently
at the farm of his owner, Frank Jacobs, at Crab Creek,
Ohio, was a chestnut stallion by Sidney, foaled in 1891;
first dam Miss V. by Valensin; second dam Lightfoot
by Flaxtail. He was bred by G. Valensin of Pleasan-
ton, Cal. He was a consistent performer on the turf,
and nearly always on the big rings of the Grand Cir-
cuit. In September, 1899, on the half-mile track in
Dayton, he defeated Effie Powers and others of the
half-mile cracks in a five-heat race, pacing the fourth
heat heat in 2:14J. In the 2:11 class in Cleveland in
the same year he made 2:084, finishing a close fifth to
Hydrogen 2:07|. Oddity went through the New Eng-
land Circuit in 1896, and at Old Orchard, Me., won the
2:13 pace in a four-heat event, taking the fourth heat
in 2:10}.

Geers has three green horses from a new maternal
branch which promise to earn as much fame as any
blood line ever developed at Village Farm. The three
are out of one mare and are showing remarkable speed.
Their dam, Jewel, is by Hamlin's Almont, out ol Fero-
line by Kentucky Prince; second dam Lady Dexter,
sister to Dexter 2:17}, by old Hambletonian. The
three year old is called The Jeweller by Athanio 2:10.
He has trotted a half in 1:034. Diamond King is the
name of the four year old. He is by Mambrino King,
is a pacer, and has gone a half in 1:06£. Lord March
is the third one,also by Mambrino King, and has trotted
a half in 1 :09. It is conceded that the last is the best
green one that Geers has in training. He is a grand
looking, dark chestnut, trots square, and his half in
1:09 was stepped off after the weights had been re-
moved from his toes. Direct Hal, Diamond King,
Shadow Chimes and King Charles are probably the
four greatest green pacers now in training. Shadow
Chimes is coming so fast that there is doubt if Direct
Hal is much the better pacer. The Chimes horse
stepped a half mile last week in 1:05} in handy style.
He is a four year old by Chimes, dam Charmer by
Mambrino King, and is an own brother to Charming
Chimes 2:17} and Carillon 2:16}. King Charles has
only done a half in 1:07 at the covered ring, but last
fall he paced a mile in 2:17, the last half in 1:05}. He
is by Mambrino King, dam Ruffles. Geers had him in
his stable for a short time last summer.

The last time the late Marcus Daly was in Washing-
ton he performed a humane act which very nearly
brought a brutal hack driver into the police court, and
was a topic of conversation at the hotel and other
places which Daly frequented, says the Washington
Post. Daly was coming out of Chamberlain's one
morning when he espied a negro hackman brutally be-
laboring a crippled old horse with a heavy whip in an
almost futile effort to increase its speed from a walk to
a slow trot. Daily hailed the driver, who quickly drew
rein and approached the curb with the prospect of ob-
taining a fare. "Where do you want to go boss?" in-
quired the negro. "I'll want you to go to the police
conrt if you don't stop beating that poor old horse,"
replied the millionaire. "You could coax that nag
along faster with a handful of oats and a whisp of hay
in front of him than you can by beating him from be-
hind. When did you feed him last?" Thenegro com-
plained that times were hard, that fares were scarce,
and that he could not afford to provide better for his
horse. Daly saw the force of the argument at once,
and inquired how much the cabman averaged a week
and was told that $8 or $10 was considered a good wage.
Daly reached down into his vest pocket and drew forth
a roll of bills, from which he peeled off a $20 note and
handed it to the astonished negro. "There, take that,"
said the copper king, "and put that rack of bones in
the barn and treat him to a banquet of hay and corn,
and if I see you with him on the streets in the next tw
weeks I'll have you arrested."

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t THE SADDLE. J

Imp's Great Career.

"Whether Imp was the greatest mare the American
turf ever saw is a question, though many assert that
she was. There is no doubt, however, that for the last
two seasons she was the most popular piece of horse-
Bseh in the East. When the names of Miss Woodford,
Thora, Los Angeles, Firenzi and Yo Tambien are re-
called, it is hard to place the black mare on a pedestal
above them. Both Firenzi and Los Angeles won more
money than Imp did, the former in seventy-eight
races netting $116, 156, and the latter in 108 races putting
some $97,000 to her owner's credit. Imp, however, ran
considerably more races in her career, as she started
158 times, and landed in stakes and purses money
amounting to $67,924, made up as follows:

Starts First Second Third Value

1896 11 3 5 1 t 1,310

lw? ... 50 14 12 8 4.894

897 ...35 31 6 3 12,140

Si 31 13 3 5 31,630

1900 31 8 _J0 _9_ 17,900

~158 ~59~ 36 26 $67,924

Imp came by her speed and gameness naturally, for
she was far more royally bred than many imagined.
She was by imp. Wagner, dam Fondling, she by Fonso
-Kitty Heron, who was by Chillicothe-Mollie Foster,
Chillicothe being by Lexington and the dam by
Asteroid. Wagner was by imp. Prince Charlie, the
king of the T. Y. C, dam Duchess of Malfi by Eland.

Prince Charlie was the son of Blair Athol, winner of
the English Derby and St. Leger in 1864, dam Eastern
Princess, while Blair Athol was by Stockwell-Queen
Mary, and Stockwell was the founder of the famous
Doncaster, Ben a 'Or, Ormonde, Orme and Flying Fox
line.

Imp commenced her racing career by winning a
pui-se for maiden fillies at four furlongs at Cincinnati
on May 22, 1896, when over a heavy track she beat
Dulcinea, Scarf Pin and others in 0:501-

In her two year old career she did not presage her
future excellence, but she did fairly well, starting
eleven times and being unplaced only twice. As a
three year old she did her hardest work, starting on
April 1st at Newport, when she ran third in a mile race
to Winker and "Vengeance, and finishing the season at
Lakeside on November 15th, when she captured an
owner's handicap at a mile, beating Harry Thoburn,
Ben Waddell and others.

In 1898 she commenced racing at Newport on April
9th, and after four straight victories at that track she
came to Lakeside, where she started out with a win,
but at their second venture was beaten in a five-furlong
sprint by Abuse, to whom she was giving considerable
weight. She won two more events at Lakeside before
going to Harlem, where she captured three events in
succession, scoring ten wins and one second out of
eleven starts. C. E. Brossman, who had her in charge,
then determined to start East with her, as she was
entered in the Suburban.

A rather good story is told of Brossman about this
time. A friend of his remarked to him, "How is it
that you always favor mares and have such good for-
tune with them. You had Bessie Bisland, and now
you have Imp and you have been successful with them
both."

"Well," said Brossman, "I prefer mares, some like
stallions, and some like geldings, but I do not. I sup-
pose I succeed with them on accouut of the way I
handle them. ' '

"How is that?" inquired his friend.

"I treat them just as I would treat a woman, " re-
plied Brossman. "I let them have their own way."

Imp's first appearance in the East was at Brooklyn
on June 13th, when, in a handicap for three year olds
and upwards, at a mile and an eighth, carrying 108
pounds, she beat Havoc (6, 126), Knight of the Garter
(4, 93), and two others in a canter in 1:55}. When the
news reached Harlem that afternoon pandemonium
broke loose, and the victory of the black mare was
hailed with cheers, while predictions of her winning
the Suburban were numerous. Unfortunately, those
prophesies were not fulfilled, for carrying 102 pounds
she got off badly, last but one in a field of eleven, and
though she ran a great race, being second to Ogden at
the three-quarters, the effort was too much for her and
she finished sixth.

After the Suburban she came back West, and at
Washington park ran third for the Oakwood Handi-
cap, being beaten by Fervor and What-Er-Lou, to
both of whom she was giving pounds of weight. After
winning a couple of races at Washington park she cap-
tured six events in succession at Hawthorne and Har-.
lem, among them the Austin, Speed and Dash Stakes,
;>nd she finished up the season on November 15th by

winning a mile and a sixteenth handicap at Lakeside,

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carrying 116 pounds, and beating Macy, 114, and Al
Fresco, 97 pounds, very easily.

The season of 1899 may be looked on as the banner
year for Imp, for she reached the zenith of her fame
when she captured the Suburban handicap, and for
the first time placed the name of a mare on the roll of
victors.

In this year she started thirty-one times, was first
thirteen, second three and third five, being unplaced
ten times, and winning $31,360.

The black mare did not race at all in the West this
season, but commenced operations at Washington,
D. C, where, as a starter, she had 126 pounds on her
in a mile and 100-yard race, and was unplaced. With
the same weight, however, she won a few days after at
the same meeting at a mile and a sixteenth, after which
she did not get a winning bracket till May 23d, when
she won a handicap at a mile and an eighth at Morris
Park, carrying 125 pounds, winning handily in 1:53}.
At Brooklyn, again with the top weight, 123 pounds,
she won a condition race for mares at a mile and a six"
teenth easily in 1:49. At the same meeting, carrying
126 pounds, she won a mile and an eighth handicap,
and then at Coney Island came the triumphs of her
life, when, with 114 pounds, she captured the Suburban,
beating Bannockburn (4, 112), Warrenton (4, 114), and
ten others. Imp was at 7 to 1 in the betting, and,
getting off in front, she lay third till the mile, when
she took the lead and won handily in 2:054. There
was joy among her backers on that day.

On July 6th, at Brighton Beach, she won the
Brighton handicap after four defeats, carrying 115
pounds, and beating Ethelbert (3, 106), Bangle (4, 112)
and Martimas (3, 112J) handily in 2:05 2-5. This vic-
tory of Imp's caused some hard things to be said of
the mare's handlers, as, after her poor showing since
the Suburban, she went to the post at 8 to 1. After
winning a mile handicap at the same meeting with 126
pounds, she, on July 31st, captured the Islip Stakes,
at a mile, with 111 pounds up, beating Firearm (4,
113) and others in a drive in 1:40 3-5.

At the Coney Island fall meeting, with 123 pounds,
she won the Ocean handicap, one mile, beating a large
field, and at the same meeting, with the steadying im-
post of 128 pounds, she won the Turf handicap, one
and a quarter miles, beating five others easily. At
Brooklyn she captured the First Special, at one and a
quarter miles, with 119 pounds in the saddle, and fol-
lowed this up by winning the Second Special, at one
and a half miles, at the same meeting, carrying 124
pounds.

She finished the season by placing the Oriental
handicap to her owner's credit, when, carrying 128
pounds, she beat Charentus (5, 106) easily in 2:07 3-5.

Imp's performances this season were marvelous, as
she carried heavy weights on all occasions, and met
and defeated the best that were going.

In the last season, though she has done remarkably
well, it has not been up to the standard of her banner
year. She began the season at Washington, but her
first victory was at Brooklyn, when, carrying 124
pounds, she won the Parkway handicap, at one and
one-sixteenth miles, beating Kinley Mack (4, 127), Sur-
vivor (4, 104), and others. This was on Wednesday,
May 30, and on the Saturday previous Kinley Mack,
with 122 pounds, had beaten her in the Brooklyn
handicap, she running sixth with 128 pounds.

After winning another race at Brooklyn, she started
in the Suburban with 128 pounds up. She and Jean
Beraud raced in front for over three-quarters of a
mile, but they could not stand the pace, and Kinley
Mack, Ethelbert and Gulden all finished in front of
the black mare.

At the same meeting, carrying 131 pounds, she won
a mile-and-three-sixteenths handicap, and captured
the Advance stakes, one and three-quarters miles, with
113 pounds up. At Brighton Beach she won a condi-
tion race on July 23, and then did not get a winning-
bracket till the fall meeting at Coney Island, where, on
September 3, carrying 128 pounds, she won at one
and one-sixteenth miles on the turf.

She had her revenge on Kinley Mack by defeating
him in the Second Special at Brooklyn on September
15, when, with 118 pounds, she beat him in a drive, he
carrying 126 pounds, with Ethelbert third, with 121
pounds, and one and one and a half miles being run in
2:34 1-5. This was the old mare's star performance of
the year, and her backers fared well, as she was the
outsider in the party, 7 to 1 being laid against her.

Imp's last victory was in the Mahopac handicap,
one and one-sixteenth miles, at Yonkers, N. Y., on
October 25, when, carrying 126 pounds, she beat
Kamara and others in 1:47. She finished the season at
Washington, where, in a mile and 110 yards handicap,
she, with 123 pounds, was second to First Whip, on
November 23.

It is to be hoped that the report of her retirement
is true, for the great black mare has earned a rest and
an easy life for the future. All will wish that she may
have better luck with her progeny than has fallen to
the lot of other great mares, and that some day or
other a son or daughter of Imp may follow in the
footsteps of the illustrious mother, and become as
great and popular as she is.

Entries for Brooklyn and Suburban.

The full list of entries for the Brooklyn and Subur-
ban Handicap are as follows:

The Brooklyn Handicap; 'or three year olds and
upward: $8000 to first, $1500 to second and $500 to
to third; weights to be announced February 1st; one
and one-quarter miles — McMeekin, Mischievous, Biig-
adier, Kilogram, Ethelbert, Robert Waddell, St. Fin-
nian, Beau Gallant, Bellario, Alsike, Alcedo, Withers,
Kinley Mack, High Order, Ildrim, Bonnibert, Blues,
George Arnold, Choirmaster, Toddy, Conroy, Out-
lander, Militant, Watercure, Banaster, Approval,
Gulden. Prince McClurg, King Bramble, Raffaelo, All
Gold, Charentus, Standing, Herbert, Box, Maximo
Gomez, Sidney Lucas, Star Bright, St. Simonian,
"Vassal, Bannockburn, Brutal.

Seventeenth year of the Suburban handicap; for
three years old and upward; $10,000 guaranteed, of
which $2000 to second and $1000 to third; weights to
be announced February 1st; one and one-quarter
miles — Jack Point, McMeekin, Prince of Melbourne,
Mischievous, Brigadier, Kilogram, Ethelbert, Batten;
Brutal, Bellario, Beau Gallant, Alsike, Ildrim, Alcedo,
Slap Dash, Withers, Kinley Mack, High Order, The
Lady, Bonnibert, Blues, George Arnold, Zeus, De-
canter, Asquith, Choirmaster, Toddy, Conroy, Mili-
tant, Watercure, Banaster, Gulden, Approval, Kamara,
Prince McClurg, King Bramble, Potente, Alfonso, All
Gold, Charentus, John Yerkes, Standing, Simonian,
F. W. Brode, Bannockburn, Procession, Box, Maximo
Gomez, Sidney Lucas, Star Bright.

Answers to Correspondents.

H. G. Hawaii — Kindly give breeding of imp. Kyrle
Daly and mare Cinderella, sire and dam of Harold, also
the breeding of Milner, sire of Marigold.

Ans. — Imported Kyrle Daly was by Artillery, (son of
Touchstone) out of Colleen Rhue by Gemme di Vergy;
second dam Princess by Retriever, third dam Echidna
by Economist, fourth dam Miss Pratt by Blacklock,
fifth dam Gadabout by Orville.

Cinderella is by Catesby, first dam Slipper by imp.
Yorkshire, second dam Kitten by American Eclipse,
third dam Eliza Jenkins by Sir William of Transport,
third dam Nell by Orphan, fourth dam by imp.
Buzzard, fifth dam by Silvertail.

Milner was by imp. Leamington, first dam by
Lexington, second dam Kate Anderson by imp.
Sovereign, third dam Chloe Anderson by Rodolph,
fourth dam Belle Anderson by Sir William of Trans-
port, fifth dam Butterfly by Sumpter.

Constant Reader — Morello was a bay horse foaled
1890, and died on the farm of J. O. Reis at Alamo,
Contra Costa county, in November 1896. He won the
Futurity in 1892 in 1:12 1-5. He won the Wheeler
Handicap at Chicago in 1893, carrying 117 lbs. and ran
the distance in 2:05. He also ran one and one-eighth
miles in 1:53} with 128 pounds up.; He was one of the
greatest race horses ever produced in America. Mor-
ello stook at the Sonoma Stock Farm of J. B. Chase
and at Alamo. If you have a mare said to be by Mor-
ello you should be able to ascertain whether that breed-
ing is correct. Find the name and breeding of her dam
and learn whether such a mare was bred to him.

M. B. S., Cottonwood — You will find two different
lotions advertised in our business columns, either of
which will be as good as anything you can use. Or
you might try the following: Take biniodide of mer-
cury one and one-half drams, vaseline or lard one
ounce. Mix thoroughly and after clipping the hair
from the parts, rub in well for fifteen minutes. Leave
it on for thirty-six hours and then do not wash it off,
but apply lard or vaseline and keep on with it daily
for three weeks. Keep the colt's head tied up so that
he cannot bite the blistered parts.

SADDLE NOTES.

The following have been elected stewards of the
National Steeplechase and Hunt association, to serve
for three years, or until their successors are appointed:
J. O. Green, J. H. Alexander, R. C. Hooper and W. H.
Sands. . -

Prince Poniatowskiwas the only Californian to make
a nomination in the Brooklyn Handicap.

The thoroughbred horse owned by the Marcus Daly
estate have been insured for a large amount, the in-
surance to run until February 2d. The horses are to
be sold January 30th, 31st and February 1st.

Entries to the New Louisville Jockey Club's stakes,
which show a marked increase over those of last year,
closed as follows: Debutante stake 93, Winonah stake
92, Juvenile stake 95, Bluegrass stake 52, Frank Fehr
stake 86, Turf Congress stake 67, Kentucky Derby for
1902, 112, Kentucky Oaks, for 1902, 79; Nursery stake
for 1902, 153. Six stakes to be run at the spring meet-
ing of 1901, closed January 5th. The average number
of entries to each stake is 83. There will be run at the
spring meeting nine stakes, the Kentucky Derby, the
Clark stake, and the Kentucky Oaks that closed in
1899, and the six just closed.

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Park Commissioner Br owe r of the borough of the
Brooklyn has formally taken charge of the grounds of
the Coney Island Jockey Club at Sheepshead Bay,
under a recent legislative enactment relating to public
parks, whereby the grounds of the club become known
as the Sheepshead bay park. Under this act the
grounds are to be open to the public at all times except
the thirty days of racing given by the club.

Jockey Overton, at Washington Park, Chicago, in
July, 1891, rode in the six races on the card and won
them all, which is the American jockey record for one
day. At Alpin, in New Zealand, on January 28, 1899,
a jockey named Thompson won seven races and a
match, making eight consecutive wins in one day.

Leon N. Salmon, well known as a turf writer and
also in other positions he has held on the turf, has been
appointed secretary of the new Saratoga Racing
Association.

Robert Cumin of Butte, Montana, who is attending
to the correspondence of the Montana Jockey Club
during Secretary Lawrence's absence at New Orleans
finds that he has his hands full as the correspondence
increases in volume daily. The outlook is that the
meeting will be one of the best that has ever been
known in Montana. It is stated that there will be at
least 450 horses from California, and 100 runners from
Denver. New Orleans and Memphis are expected to
contribute a large number of horses for the races Two
of the best race tracks in the country are located in
Butte and Anaconda, and horsemen know that there
is no better field for racing than in Montana. There
will be a number of Montana horses contest for the
prizes, and Montanans are rapidly increasing their
stables in anticipation of the meeting.

The death of Lord William Beresford will not affect
Mr. William C. Whitney's English racingplans, except
that Lord Beresford would have managed Mr. Whit-
ney's stable had he lived. J. Huggins will train the
horses and the Rieff brothers will do the riding.

The stakes of the Harlem Jockey Club, numbering
twelve, with added moneys to the amount of $25,000
and estimated values of $44,500, have been announced
by Secretary Nathanson. Two new events, the Twen-
tieth Century Handicap and the M. Lewis Clark
Stakes, are among those offered. In view of the pros-
perous season passed by the club last year, the increase
in the value of the stakes is marke*3. Nearly all are
more than doubled in value, and the Twentieth Cen-
tury Handicap will add $5000 to the total offered in
added moneys. The increases offered by Harlem tally
to a dollar with those offered by Hawthorne, and the
two rival tracks will race with practically the same
attractions, so far as stakes are concerned. Secretary
Nathanson also announces that no purse of less than
$500, except for the cheapest fields, will be offered at
Harlem, and that overnight handicaps, with $600 to
•$750 added, will be given frequently.

, Thompson Brothers say that Sidney Lucas will be a
greater horse this year than ever, and they do not
care how much weight is packed upon him in the
handicaps. They are willing to chance him against
anything in the country, they say.

Papinta, the famous dancer, will soon be in Califor-
nia and will, no doubt, have the pleasure of seeing
some of her horses start in races at the local tracks.
Eddie Cassin this week brought down six two year
olds from Papinta's farm at Concord, Contra Costa
county. One by Buck Massie is a crackerjack in
Eddie's opinion.

It is stated on good authority that Tod Sloan, when
he returns to England in March, will apply to the Eng-
lish Jockey Club for a license, and he fully believes
that it will be granted him.

In the Follansbee handicap, a high weight affair,
run off last Saturday at Emeryville, Articulate demon-
strated that he is a "sure enough " race horse, defeat-
ing the good colt Golden Age with comparative ease.
There was a delay of twenty minutes at the post, the
flag finally falling to a bad start with Articulate off
behind. Golden Age was first to break and set off at
a killing pace; Articulate, however, ran him down in
the first sixteenth of a mile and then opened up a gap
of five or six lengths, which advantage he held until
the stretch was reached; here Golden Age, gamely
reponding to punishment, drew up to within two
lengths of the leader, but could get no closer, and in
that order the wire was passed in the fast time of 1:29
for a slushy track. Articulate's win was a most im-
pressive one and stamps him as a colt of high class and
great speed. He is a wonder in muddy going and is
probably the best three year old racing here — at pres-
ent. He combines in his veins the blood of St. Simon
and Musket, which has proved such a great success,
especially in Australia. St. Andrew, his sire, is one of
the few sons of St. Simon (the leading race horse sire
in the world) which has been imported to America.
Utter, the dam of Articulate, was by Martini Henry,
a son of the famous Musket, and her dam was by
Chester. Articulate thus carries the best blood of both
England and Australia.

Jockey Coburn has returned from New Orleans and
made his reappearance on the turf last Monday, riding
Casdale in the opening event. Many bettors who had
the misfortune to back Casdale expressed much sorrow
at Coburn's return, as the thoroughly ill-judged ride
which he put up on Casdale was solely the cause of his
defeat.

Ordnung is about the most improved horse racing
here at present; he shows au ability to carry weight,
and run in any kind of going, and in any kind of com-
pany. While he is hardly of stake quality it seems as
if he has a chance, at least, with the best of them.

The McLaughlin selling stakes at one mile and a
sixteenth brought out rather an ordinary lot of horses,
of which the three year old Telamon looked to be the
best and went to the post favorite. The winner, how-
ever, turned up to be Anjou, which came from behind
and snatched the victory from Lena by a neck; Malay
off none too well, at the start, finished third, a length
away.

Sam Hildreth is making changes in his stable; dur-
ing the past week he has sold Meehanus to Caesar
Young, Gibraltar and Bangor to Burns & Waterhouse
and the two year old Sol Lichenstein to Dr. H. E.
Rowell.

Lester Reiff, the famous jockey, was a visitor at the
Emeryville track last Saturday.

It is rumored that Mr. Charles Reed has made up
his mind to race again. He is the owner of the Fair-
view Stud., who, when St. Blaise was offered at auction
years ago, promptly bid $100,000 and secured that
grand sire at the only bid made on the stallion. In
1902, it is said, he will race a strong stable of two year
olds and the cherry, blue sleeves, cherry cap and blue
tassel, will be warmly welcomed back to the track.

Lou Rey was bid up $300 Saturday above his en-
tered price by Mr. Lewis, his former owner. Mr.
Simons retained him with the customary $5 advance.

The total amount of added money offered by Wash-
ington Park, Harlem, Hawthorne and Lakeside is sur-
prising. It is nothing less than $603,250. Basing an
estimate upon the number of entries received in former
years to stake events at Chicago, the values of the
stakes offered by the four tracks reaches $725,000.

Lester and Johnnie Reiff, the jockeys, who scored
such successes in England and at home, have pur-
chased a fifteen-acre home for their parents near San
Jose. The place is located on the Infirmary road and
Moorpark avenue. It is the old Burgess home. There
is a fairly good house on the place and the land is in
fruit. The boys say they will not retire from the
track and engage in fruit raising, but simply want the
place for a home for their parents. The price is said
to have been $21,000.

The prospects for the annual spring meeting of the
Little Rock Jockey Club, which opens March 25th, are
vary bright, and the indications are that the attend-
ance will be the largest in its history. There will be
three stakes, two by the Turf Congress and one by a
St. Louis brewing company, which this year succeeds
a local brewing company. The latter firm has for
several years been giving an annual stake of $500.
~There will be more money up this meeting than ever
before, the association having provided for about $1800
a day during the six days racing. It is announced that
the betting ring will be open to all reputable book-
makers, which will be the means of preventing much
of the dissatisfaction that the closure rule has pro-
duced at some of the previous meetings. There are
now about 100 horses at the track, the largest number
ever stabled there so far in advance. Among the own-
ers who now have stables in quarters are George W.
Long, Louisville; J. E. Gushing, Minneapolis; Charles
Mahone, Kentucky and Ben Vincent. George C.
Bennett, the Memphis turfman, will take over his
stable of thirty racers by January loth, one of the larg-
est stables in the United States, and one of the heaviest
winners on the Western tracks. Ed. Graves of Lex-
ington, Ky., will take over fourteen head and Burrows
of St. Louis will have twenty. The association has a
large force of men at woak on the grounds, .stables and
the track, putting them in good shape for the meeting.

A new set of colors will probably be introduced to
the Eastern turf world at the Brooklyn meeting. They
will be those of W. H. Jackson, Jr., son of the well
known breeder, and his stable will be mainly two year
olds selected from his father's Belle Meade Farm. All
have been highly tried and it is thought that there is
some stake timber among them. They will be handled
by John Brandon, who is trying to make a rider out
of Justice Forehand, a very promising lad. Forehand's
brother, Thompson, who was a crack rider in the
West, is in bad odor, and although strong efforts are
being made to lift the ban, the chances of his riding
this year are not considered very bright. Mr. Jack-
son has already raced in the West with some success.

Fred Taral has signed a contract for three years to
ride for Baron von Zeitaffel, of Vienna. He will sail
for Austria, February 15th. He has sold his place in
Mount Vernon. Taral is noted as one of the strongest
finishers in the business, and while he has not done
much of late years, he has not accumulated weight,
and with good horses to ride will probably prove he is
as good as ever he was.

J. J. McCafferty's good filly Belle of Orleans has
broken down so badly at New Orleans that it is
thought her racing career is over and she will probably
be retired to the stud at once.

A telegram of January 6th from Lexington, Ky.,
announces the critical illness of Major Barak G.
Thomas at his home in that city. Major Thomas is
now 74 years of age and has for many years been one
of the most prominent American turfmen and breeders
and to enumerate the famous horses which have come
from the Dixiana Stud would require a column or more
of American turf history. Major Thomas is known as
the Nestor of the turf and he and Col. S. D. Bruce, of
New York, now in his seventy-sixth year, are probably
the only turfmen living who saw the great Grey Eagle
and Wagner race at Louisville, Ky., in 1839.

For every horse foaled in 1898 (now two years old),
or thereafter, a name must be claimed through the
registry office of the American Stud Book on or before
March 1st of its two old year. In case a horse is not
named prior to March 1st of its two old year it may be
duly named upon payment of a fine of $50, if name is
claimed and allowed at least two days before date of

The condition of the track at Emeryville has mili-
tated against the success of the current meeting, from
a racing standpoint. The sea of mud which has pre-
vailed during the two weeks has been responsible for a
great many upsets and may account for the defeat of
the extraordinarily large number of favorites which
went wrong.

Two year old racing is now in full swing and three
furlong events for the youngsters have become regular
features. It is usually not a very difficult matter to
select the winner in these races as two year olds run
more consistently and closer to form than older horses
do; but this season, owing to the perfectly ridiculous
manner in which the starting is conducted these events
have been decided immediately upon the release of the
barrier and are thus robbed of a large amount of
interest.

Catalogues for the Marcus Daly sale have been re-
ceived and can be had at this office.

The San Francisco Jockey Club has arranged for
longer distance races at Tanforan. The book for the
three weeks' meeting, commencing January 21st, was
issued Tuesday and in it are numerous events at over
a mile. There will be three jumping events a week.
On the 25th the Vernal stakes for three year old fillies
eligible to the California Oaks will be run. The Winter
handicap, with $3000 added, is carded for Saturday,
the 26th. The Eclipse stakes will be run February 2d
and the California Daks on February 9th.

The Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Latonia and
Tanforan tracks will withdraw from the present Turf
Congress and organize a new body similar to the East-
ern Jockey Club, " said a prominent delegate to the
session of the Turf Congress held at the Wellington
Hotel in Chicago last Wednesday. "This will mean a
dissolution of the present Turf Congress, the throwing
out of the smaller Southern tracks and the organiza-
tion of a strong Western body, with a board of stew-
ards that will be extremely powerful in turf matters."
The combination includes the big tracks of the West,
with the exception of Oakland and Ingleside. The
latter has not been in operation this season. It also
leaves out Little Rock and other southern tracks.
These will be provided for, however, if the present
plans carry. It was planned after the Turf Congress
adjourned to have the big tracks withdraw. The
new body, if it goes through, will fix all racing dates.
The object of the meeting waa to provide for the divis-
ion of the monew now in the treasury. This was ac-
complished. Each track in the Turf Congress secures
$2900. This leaves the sum of $2600 in the treasury,
which will cover present expenses. It is likely the big
tracks mentioned will turn their $2900 into the treasury
of the new jockey club to be formed later. The dele-
gates favoring the new organization adjourned to the
Auditorium annex. The name chosen for this body
was the Western Jockey Club.

The catalogue of the Bitter Root horses to be sold in
New York the last of this month have been issued by
the Fasig-Tipton company and are complete in every
particular. Besides containing a history of the per-
formances of the stallions and tabulations of the pedi-
gree of each animal catalogued there are' many hand-
some half tone engravings of some of the leading
stallions and broodmares.

The Canadian racing circuit has announced the
stakes it will offer for the meetings at Fort Erie
(Buffalo) and Highland Park (Detroit). The principal
ones are as follows: At Fort Erie: Canadian Derby —
One and one-quarter miles, for three year old foals of
1898; value, $2000. Hamilton Stake— Six furlongs, sell-
ing, for three year olds and upward that have never
won a stake of $800; value, $1000. Pan-American
Handicap — One mile, for three year olds and upward;
value, $1000. Buffalo Stake — Five furlongs, for two
year olds; value, $1000. Barrie Stake — Four and one-
half furlongs, for two year olds and upward; value,
$1000. Grand Canadian Handicap Steeplechase —
Short course, for four year olds and upward; value,
$1000. At Highland Park: Turf Congress Stake-
One and one-sixteenth miles, a sweepstake for three
year olds. Turf Congress Stake — Four and one-half
furlongs, a sweepstake for two year olds.

W. D. Randall has returned from Montana and
states that everything looks favorable for a most suc-
cessful meeting at Butte and Anaconda next summer.
The season will open on July 2d, and as the Montana
people have enjoyed a three years' rest they are look-
ing forward to a meeting with great interest.

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THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

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of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, January 19, 1901.

THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO MUCH is
an aphorism that is becoming more pertinent every
day. So accustomed have people become to asking
legislative bodies to pass laws favoring special schemes
in which they see big profits, that from Congress to
the board of trustees of the smallest school district, the
legislative apartments of National and State Govern-
ments are asked to hang out the department store
sign "If you don't see what you want, ask for it." It
makes no difference what the nature of the ''want "is
there seems to be no limit to. the demands for legislation
in its behalf, and the State is asked to take control of
everything from religion to racing or from the selling
of a glass of beer to the disposal of the carcass of a dead
duck. There is, just now, in a circle that we believe is
so narrow that not more than a half dozen persons can
find standing room in it, a call for race track legisla-
tion, which will limit the racing season to thirty days
in any one county. Because the Breeder and
Sportsman has intimated at various times that long
continued race meetings were not conducive to the
highest class sport, and that they were of but little
benefit to the breeding industry of the State, some
seem inclined to the opinion that this journal should
favor legislation limiting the racing season. We take
this opportunity to state for the benefit of those who
hold these views, that we see no more cause for legis-
lative control of racing than we do of baseball, golf, or
even the games of marbles played by the school boy.
Because racing from October to May has made San
Francisco "a poor harness horse town" is no better
reason for limiting the running season by legal enact-
ment than the fact that vaudeville and farce comedy
draw larger houses than the Shakespearean dramas is
a sufficient ground on which to pass an ordinance re-
stricting the lighter shows to fewer performances. The
only control over s ports of any kind that the legisla-
ture should attempt to exercise is that they shall not
be cruel, brutal or immoral and Iwhen those points are
covered there :is no demand for any further legis-
islation. Racing, both running and trotting, wi:l work
out their own salvation in this State as they will in
every other locality. Galloping contests are better
gambling propositions than are those at the trot or
pace, and will always be more popular with those who
gamble on them for the sake of gambling. Harness
racing does not appeal to everybody as the greatest of
amusements, but it does to a great many and there are
enough of this sort, in the country to keep it in the
front rank of American sports. The trotting horse
man that sits down and whines because the running
tracks draw larger crowds and make a larger profit
every year than the harness meetings is not a true
lover of the sport that he claims to admire, and the
man or set of men who would have the running season
shortened so that some other game can run, have a
disposition very similar to that of the little girl who
said to her brother when he took the choicest apple
from the plate: "You greedy boy, I wanted that my-
self," and if that little girl is still living we do not
doubt but. she is an enthusiastic advocate of woman's
suffrage and aspires to be a member of the legislature
that she may introduce a bill prohibiting boys from
having a grab at any plate of big red apples until she
has had a chance to make a selection herself. But,
all joking aside, this question of asking legislative
interference in the matter of sports is a very serious
one, and we hope that every fair minded person
interested in any way in the breeding, training
developing or racing of harness horses will frown it
down. Laws governing or limiting racing have no
place on the statute books. Let them once be placed
there and there will be no end to the additions and
amendments that will be offered every year, until no
man will know he has won a race until the Supreme
Court has rendered a decision in the matter. There
is no demand among the harness horse men of Cali-
fornia as a class for any law limiting running races.
They are too representative a set of individuals, too
broad minded and liberal to ask for any such selfish
legislation and too far sighted to fail to see the wreck
and chaos that will follow government paternalism in
racing matters.

IT LOOKS as if there is an inevitable clash coming
between many of the racing associations of America
before many years, and if it does come the cause will
be greed — the vice that is the downfall of nearly all
corporations. There is no doubt but that racing as
conducted in the big centres of population is very
profitable to the associations that manage them, and
this fact leads to many new clubs being formed and
new tracks built. An organization that has been ac-
customed to making a profit of $1000 per day for thirty
days does not see why it should give up one half its
time to a new club, and the new organization cannot
understand why.it should not be permitted to engage in
business on dates of its own choosing. The result is
that around New York everything is in the hands of
that powerful organization, The Jockey Club, whose
members are mostly very wealthy gentlemen who care
more for the sport than they do for the gain
to be made and they keep the Shylocks of the
business under control. Around Chicago, however, a
different condition of affairs exist and the contest for
dates is on every year. The Western Turf Congress
could not solve the question and has gone out of exist"
ence.- A new organization is to take its place, but
breakers are already ahead. The Washington Park
Club of Chicago stands in a better position than any
of the others. It can always depend upon a large
attendance, many high class entries and a profitable
season. It is above the fighting crowd and stands on
its dignity and reputation, like the New York associa-
tions. The others are fearful of opposition and it will
not take them long to make an attempt to outlaw all
the smaller tracks that try to give meetings on dates
not satisfactory to them. The result will be a race war
that cannot help but work great injury to racing as
well as to the breeding of thoroughbreds.

A GUARANTEED STAKE OF $25,000 for trotters
of the 2:14, 2:15 or perhaps the 2:18 class would be
a great drawing card for the next State Fair, and we
suggest that the Directors look the field over and see
if some such stake cannot be arranged. It should be
something after the plan of the big trotting stakes
that are decided in the East every year and for which
buyers are always out with big money looking for
likely candidates. Such a stake should be an annnal
event and nominations should close early and the name
of the horse not required until the opening of the cir-
cuit, which is generally the last of July. We believe a
stake of this kind could be opened with an entrance of
five per cent, payble in installments and that it would
cost the association but very little money. We
think first money should not be less than $1500, second
$750 and third $250, with nothing deducted from the
money won. A stake of this nature would increase
horse values and attract the attention of horsemen all
over the country.

AN EFFORT IS BEING MADE to arrange a cir-
cuit of harness racing to begin at Petaluma and
take in Santa Rosa, Napa, Vallejo, Woodland, the
State Fair, Stockton and perhaps one or two other
places, and we can assure horse owners that there is
every probability of it being successful. By the mid-
dle of February an official announcement will be made
and if everything progresses favorably a circuit of har-
ness racing for purses worth trotting and pacing for
will be assured horsemen.

SAM LOATES, the champion English jockey, left
Chicago yesterday for San Francisco and will
probably be seen in the saddle here. He stated that
he was not coming to the coast for the purpose of
riding, hut for a pleasure and sight-seeing trip, and
added that he would probably ride, however, if Invited.
There will be a general desire on the part of horsemen
to see Loates ride and note his stvle.

TF THE LEGISLATURE would divide the State
1 into not more than ten agricultural districts and
appropriate money for annual fairs held in each, and
some provision could be made whereby the Boards of
Directors appointed to take control thereof would be
composed of men actually interested in the progress
and development of their respective districts, a great
step in advance would be made.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY H. LOWDEN, of the
California State Agricultural Society, writes us
that the Occident Stake has 100 entries, the largest
in its history and that he will send us a full list,
together with a list of those that made second and
third payments in the Occident and Stanford Stakes
as soon as he has them checked up, which will be in a
few days.

A New Plan Suggested.

Assistant Secretary Harry Lowden of the California
Stat Agricultural Society is sending the following cir-
cular to trotting horse owners and trainers through-
out the Coast.

Sacramento (Cal ), Jan. 16, 1901.

Dear Sir: — I enclose you the number of payments
on the Occident and Standford Stakes for 1901 and
1902, also the entries for Occident Stake of 1903.

On my suggestion, the Board authorized the open-
ing of six harness races for the State Fair of 1901.
They have made these races as an experiment to
lighten the cost to owners and breeders of harness
horses, placing them in the same line as running horse
stakes, excepting the division of moneys. They add
$500, which all goes to the winner. The entrance, $10
only, and $25 additional for starters. The entrance
and starting moneys paid in to be divided as follows:
$50 to the fourth horse and the balance paid in — 60 per
cent, to the second horse and 40 per cent, to the third,
five horses to start, and no deductions from money
winners. You will see that under these conditions the
horse that wins the race gets $500 for an entrance and
starting fee of $35, as against $50 for original entrance
and $50 as a money winner, in all $100 in a $1000 purse,
under old system. I am sure the second and third
horses will do better than under the old plan, while
the fourth horse heretofore only saved his entrance,
he will make $15 over and above what he paid in.
These will be nomination purses that will close early
in April, and horses are to be named in June that are
then eligible to their classes. You will notice that if a
horse goes amiss or the owner should not wish to start,
he is only out $10. I would be pleased to have your
views on this proposition, also what you think would
be best classes, for four trotting and two pacing races.
We will see how these take and be guided by them,
whether we continue the balance of our purses under
this proposition or revert to the old system for the
program of races for the next fair. Kindly give this
your closest attention and let me know your ideas on
the system and also the classes at your earliest possi-
ble convenience. The intention is to lighten the cost
of entrance to owners and provide attractions and
drawing contests for the association.

Yours truly, Harry" Lowden,

Ass't Sec'y.

There is no doubt but this plan will lighten the cost
to horse owners, and be especially favorable to those
whose horses go wrong and cannot start, as instead of
being out $50 entrance in thousand dollar purses it will
cost them but $10. The winner of first money will get
$65 more than he could in a purse of $1000, and the
winner of fourth money, as Mr. Lowden states, would
earn $15 net instead of simply getting his entrance
money back. The second and third moneys would de-
pend for their value on the number of entries and
starters. Let us take a big list of entries and a big list
of starters for example. Twenty en tri. sat $10 each
would bring in $200 as we understand the $10 must be
paid at time of entry. Ten starters at $25 each would
make $250 more which with the $500 added by the
association would make a total of $950 in the stake. Of
this $500 would go to the first and $50 to the fourth
horse. Sixty per cent, of the remainder, or $240 would
be paid to second and $160 to the third. In this case
every horse would get more money net than he would
in a purse of $1000 under the old style, and at a less cost
but the association would be the loser, as under the old
plan with twenty entries and ten starters the asso-
ciation could not possibly be out over $300 even
though not one cent was collected from those
that failed to start, and if six non-starters paid the
race would cost the association nothing. Now, let us
figure on a race with a few entries — say eight, with the
required five starters. With the $500 added money it
would be worth $705. First and fourth money would
be the same — $500 and $50 — leaving $93 for the second
horse and $62 for the third, and this division of the
money should surely make a horse race, as the differ-
ence between second and first money would be too
great for an owner to he content with second place.
On the old plan of five per cent entrance money a
thousand dollar purse with eight entries and five start-
ers would cost the association $600 net if it collected
every entrance fee, and $25 additional for each non-
starter that it failed to collect from. Mr. Lowden 's
plan looks to be a good one for the horsemen, espec-
ially where entries are numerous.

We hope every horseman who receives one of Mr.
Lowden's circulars will take the time to reply to it and
state just what he thinks about it. Do not hesitate to
give your opinion, whether it is for or against the pro-
posed plan and give the reasons for thinking so.

Also state what classes you think will fill best and
what ones you will enter in. If the horse owners and
the officers of the State and district associations will
get in close touch with each other the racing season of
1901 can be made a great success.

THE FUTURITY STAKE run last year at the
*■ California State Fair had but forty-nine original
entries yet had a total value of $1660 on the day it was
won by St. Rica, the two year old by St. Andrew. The
Futurity of 1902 has 168 entries and by the rule of
three it should be worth over $6000 next'vear.

Richard Croker has purchased of Colonel W. S.
Barnes, of Lexington, six head of the choicest thor-
oughbred colts of the 1900 production of Melbourne
Stud. The total amount involved is $20,000. The best
youngster of the lot is the handsome Beau Imperial,
by Prince of Monaco out of Bonita Belle, the dam of
Beau Gallant, which cost Croker the stiff sum of $6100.
The youngsters bought for Croker will be delivered in
June, when they will be sent across the water to race,
They are by Prince of Monaco and Jim Gore and out
of such dams as Bonita Belle, Peti Olo, iQuintette,
Bamboo, etc.

January 19, 1901]

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Coming Events.

BENCH SHOWS.

Jan. 14, 15. 16, 17, 18, 19— Pontlac Poultry and Pet Stock Exhibi-
tor's bench show. Pontiac, Mich. Dan'L Thomas. Secretary.

Jan. 33, 34, 25, 26— Chicago Pet Dog Club. First annual show.
Chicago. Mrs. J. T. Buhrer, Secretery.

Feb. 13, 14 — Rhode Island Kennel Club's bench show. Providence.
R. I. Geo. D. Miller, Secretary.

Feb. 19, 20. 21, 32— Westminister Kennel Club. Twenty-fifth
annual show. Madison Garden, New York. Jas. Mortimer, Secre-
tary and Superintendent.

Feb. 26, 27, 28, March 1— Cleveland Kennel Club. Annual bench
show. C. M. Munhall, Secretary, Cleveland, O.

March 6, 7, 8, 9— Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania,
Pittsburg, Pa. Fred'k. S. Stedman, Secretary.

March 13, 14, 15, 16— Mascoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln, Secretary.

April 3, 3, 4, 5— New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

May 8, 9, 10, 11— San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

FIELD TRIALS.

Jan. 21— United States Field Trial Club. Tenth annual trials.
Benton county, Miss. W. B. Stafford, Secretary. Trenton, Tenn.

Feb. Championship Field Trial Association. Annual trials,

(First week in February.) Grand Junction, Tenn. W. B. Stafford
Secretary.

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Pacific Coasr Field Trials.

The eighteenth annual trials of the Pacific Coast
Field Trials Club started last Monday at North Island,
Coronado Beach. In the Derby, the first event, there
were eighteen starters. This event was finished Tues-
day. The winners were: First — J. E. Terry's orange
and white English Setter Lady (Ch. Count Gladstone
IV— Peach Mark. Second — W.W. Van Arsdale's black,
white and tan English Setter bitch Peach Blossom
(Ch. Count Gladstone IV— Peach Mark). Third— P.
D. Linville's white, black and tan English Setter bitch
Maggie F. (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.— Lady Rodscaff).

The Derby winners are all daughters of Champion
Count Gladstone IV, which fact is a pleasing feature to
Coast fanciers and another vivid showing of the old
dogs wonderful career as the best producing sire in
the country. Lady won third in the recent North-
west trials at Whidby Island, being beaten by North-
Huntress and Clipper W,, who both ran in the Derby
this week, but were unplaced.

The AU-Age stake was started on Thursday
morning, the number of starters including the three
Derby winners was six. Peach Blossom won first, Lady
second and Cuba's Zep and Merry Heart divided third.

Following the AU-Age, the Champion and Members'
Stakes were on the card, among the entries for the
first named event were Tod Sloan's Vi, Albert Betz's
Merry Heart, W. W. Van Arsdale's Lou, P. D. Lin-
ville's Maggie F., W. S. Tevis' Petronella, J. W.
Flynn's Senator's Trinket and H. W. Keller's Vals-
mark. W. S. Tevis' Cuba of Kenwood and W. W.
Van Arsdale's Peach Mark were entered in the Cham-
pion Stake. The trials were concluded on Thursday
afternoon. In the All-Age Maggie F. won first, Vi
second and Merry Heart third. Cuba of Kenwood
won the Champion Stake.

During the trials birds were plentiful, weather con-
ditions were changeable, varying from extreme heat,
which interfered with point work, to heavy fogs dur-
ing which it was difficult to keep track of the dogs.

The attendance of sportsmen from the beginning
was large, during the running there was many arrivals
of field trial enthusiasts. The trials were a source of
much interest to the many guests of the Hotel Coro-
nado, the trial grounds being located within a few
minutes walk of this famous resort. Mr. E. S. Bab-
cock and Mr. Graham E. Babcock were untiring in
their efforts to show club members and visitors to the
trials every accommodation possible.

At the annual meeting of the club, held on the even-
ing of the 15th inst., the following officers for the en-
suing year were elected, President, W. S. Tevis; Vice-
Presidents, J. E. Terry and W. W. Van Arsdale; Sec-
retary and Treasurer, Albert Betz; Fxecutive Com-
mittee, C. N. Post, J. M. Kilgarif, C. E. Worden, J. H.
Schumacher and H. W. Keller.

The next trials will be held during the second week
in next January. Entries for the next Derby will close
on July 1, 1901, and for the All- Age Stake "on Decem-
ber loth.

During the running of the trials Mr. Thomas John-
son was assisted in the judging by Mr. C. N. Post of
Sacramento and John Schumacher of Los Angeles.
Mr. Johnson, we regret to hear, was handicapped dur-
ing a portion of the trials by a slight illness which
necessitated his following the dogs in a buggy instead
of on horseback.

The cup won by Mr. W. S. Tevis last yesr in the
Champion Stake at Bakersfield was voluntarily placed
in competition again for the stake this week. W. W.
Van Arsdale, Frank Maskey and John E. de Ruyter
also donated handsome cups to be run for in the differ-
ent events.

A detailed report of the trials will be presented to
our readers next week.

Two Good Ones.

The breeding of two young English Setters
whelped February last year, recently received by Mr.
Clinton E. Worden shows a purple lineage which
should have its corresponding good influence on the
breed out here, the youngsters are now at Stockdale
Kennels, one is a black, white, and tan and the other
is an orange and white dog. They are by that good
Setter Dave Earl out of Accellerando, she by the crack
Gath's Mark ex Countess Rush out of Cit Noble ex
Belle of Piedmont by Dashing Rover ex Ranee. Cit
Noble by Ch. Windem ex Nora. Gath's Mark by
Gath ex Gene by Gladstone ex Gazelle. Gath by Cit
Noble ex Peep o' Day.

Dave Earl by Ch. Count Gladstone IV ex Dan's Lady,
by Dan Gladstone ex Lilly Burgess by Gath's Mark ex
Esther. Dan Gladstone by Gladstone ex Sue. Ch.
Count Gladstone IV by Cit Noble ex Ruby's Girl by
Gladstone ex Ruby Gladstone.

Vibo's recognition as a sterling and high class Fox
Terrier is attested by the recent matings with two
bitches, the owner of these having the reputation of
being one of the best judges of the breed on the Coast.
So much does Vibo show his superiority that it is re-
ported a well known winning dog will not compete
against him at the coming May show.

Doings in Dogdom.
We know of two good Bull Terriers that are for sale.

We have heard the pleasing rumor that the Califor-
nia Collie Club propose to make a great exhibit of
Collies at the May show.

Wade Crane, a well known sportsman of Penngrove,
Sonoma county, has a large pack of hounds thor-
oughly trained for coyotes, wild cats and bear. He
has recently received three good ones from the East

The third annual show of the St. Louis Collie Club
proved a success and is reported to be a good illustra-
tion of what a few enthusiastic fanciers can accomplish.
Mr. Henry Jarratt, of Philadelphia, officiated as judge.
There were 19-A entries divided among nineteen classes.

The All-Age Stake of the United States Field Trial
Club closed with thirty-three nominations. The list
includes the best Pointers and Setters in the country
that have run in field trials for a year or two. The
trials will commence near Grand Junction, Benton
county, Miss., on Monday:

A grand Utter of Great Dane puppies is reported by
Mr. J. L. Cunningham, the result of a breeding of the
beautiful Duke to his weU known blue bitch Champion
Juanita. The markings are of a variety and richness
that promises a sextette of harlequins that wiU be
hard to beat. The litter is evenly divided by sex.

The St. Louis Coursing Club's annual election of
officers for 1901 took place January 2d, and resulted as
foUows: John J. Lavin, President; James Menown,
Vice-President; Thos. McClure, Vice-President; M. F.
Gibbons, Treasurer; C. P. Benson, Secretary. Execu-
tive Committee — W. H. Ries, Thos. McClure, G.
Schuette, F. Schraut, J. J. Curran, A. D. Aldrich and
J. J. Lavin. J. J. Lavin, SUp Steward; W. H. Ries,
Field Steward: Lawrence J. Smith, Judge; John Egan
SUpper.

In order to help the restoration of stolen dogs, the
French society "Assistance aux Animaux" has made
arrangements to tattoo a number on the ear of every
dog or cat presented at the society's estabUshment in
Paris. The process, it is claimed, wUl be painless, and
as a register of aU pets tattooed will be kept, owners
wiU always be able to establish identity by reference to
the number on the animal's ear and the testimony of
the society's books. The plan is likely to be very suc-
cessful it is said.

Good dogs, it is claimed, bring better prices in Eng-
land than in the United States. We hear now and
then of American purchasers who pay large sums for
dogs, but it seems that the average of prices is larger
across the water. According to the EngUsh Stock-
Keeper good individual dogs bring more money and
the market for ordinary specimens is better. A recent
Greyhound sale at Barbican, London, shows some ex-
ceUent seUing figures. Mr. Graham's consignment of
seventeen first and eight second season Greyhounds
brought $7200. The sensational price of over $2000
was obtained for the pair Good Form and Garbitas,
too straight in the shoulders to please fanciers present
but otherwise perfect Greyhounds, the former being
beautifuUy moulded for running, a brace any man could
be proud of. They formed part of a litter by Gallant,
winner of the Waterloo Cup in 1897, and the aggregate
price of the litter was no less than $3480.

The judges for the Westminster Kennel Club show
will be: St. Bernards, Mastiffs, Bloodhounds and
Deerhounds, Mr. Arthur Trickett, Kansas City, Mo.;
Great Danes, Mr. J. Blackburn Miller, Newburgh, N.
Y.; Russian Wolfhounds, Mr. Edward L. Kraus, Slat-
ington, Pa.; Greyhounds, Dalmatians, BuU Terriers,
Airedales, Skye and BedUngton Terriers, Mr. F. S.
BeUin, Minneapolis, Minn.; Foxhounds, Sporting
Spaniels and ColUes, Mr. Henry Jarrett, Chestnut
Hill, Pa.; Pointers, Mr. George Jarvis, New York;
Setters, Mr. W. S. Bell, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Old English
Sheepdogs, Basset Hounds, Black and Tan Terriers.
Yorkshire Terriers, Toy Terriers, Pugs, Pomeranians,
Toy Spaniels and miscellaneous classes, Mr. R. F. May-
hew, Clifton, S. I.; Poodles, Mr. H. G. Trevor, South-
ampton, L. I.; BuUdogs, Mr. L. C. Beadleston, New
York; Boston Terriers, Mr. J. F. Holt, Faneuil, Mass.;
French BuUdogs, Mr. John R. Buchan, New York;
Beagles, Mr. A. J. Purinton, Palmer, Mass.; Dachs-
hunds, Mr. Joseph Graefle, New York; Fox Terriers,
Mr. G. N. Carnochan, Riverdale-on-Hudson, N. Y.;
Irish Terriers, Mr. O. W. Donner, Rye, N. Y.; Scot-
tish Terriers, Mr. J. Steele, MacKenzie. North Bend,
O.; Welsh Terriers, Mr. J. W. MitcheU, New York.

Pampered Pets of the Fashionable Women of
Paris.

A correspondent of the Boston Herald is responsible
for the foUowing interesting letter concerning the
"lucky dogs" of Paris. We know of many owners
whose dogs lead a Ufe of canine luxury in most respects,
but the French article seems to be the ' -lum turn proper
caper." Rather!

No woman of fashion in Paris is ever without her
lap dog, whether shopping from her carriage or driv-
ing or promenading in the Bois. At the smart dog
store in Paris, where every dog of high degree pro-
cures his wardrobe, are shown the latest fashions in
dogdom. Each winter sees a change in the cut of their
coats and the color and design of their pocket hand-
kerchief.

No fashionable dog ever dreams of driving or walk-
ing out without a coat, even in summer, when coats of
pique take the place of the winter ones of cloth, velvet
or fur.

Among these coats is one in scarlet cashmere bound
with black sUk galloon, delicately embroidered in black
sUk, and lined with quilted black satin. It straps
under the tiny terrier with three straps of cloth with
Uttle gold buckles. The neck is finished with a gath-
ered granny hood, which, od cold days, may be drawn
up over the dog's head, there being little places
through which his ears pass. On the back of the coat,
a little to one side, there is, as on every dog's coat, a
tiny pocket for the handkerchief.

A French lady vas buying these handkerchiefs by
the dozen whUe I was looking at them, and I could not
help laughingly saying: "But, madame, why is not
one enough, since he does not use them?"

"But, madame, he does use them. They are most
necessary. He would perhaps soU my frock with his
wet nose on a cold day when he sits beside me in the
carriage. I just wipe his nose with this Uttle morsel
of linen, and when we get home it goes into his own
laundry bag. Oh, they are quite necessary, I assure
you."

These handkerchiefs, so necessary to mistress and
dog, are about three inches square. They are of finest
Unen, and have the narrowest of colored hems, in the
corner of which there is an embroidered initial in the
color of the hem.

On one coat the handkerchief pocket is fixed to the
belt that straps about the dog's back and keeps in
place his elegant coat. This is in white satin. It was
designed for the dog to wear when he accompanies his
mistress on the day of her wedding next month from
the house where the reception is to be held in the
Fourbourg to the chateau outside of Paris, where the
honeymoon wiU be spent, the trip to be made, as is the
thing at present, in an automobile. This coat of white
satin is entirely fined with ermine fur, which turns
over enough to show a tiny border. The belt is em-
broidered in white sUk and buckles in gold, and a nar-
turn-down coUar of fur frames the neck.

AU the dog coats this winter have turn-down coUars,
instead of the flaring Medicis which last winter stood,
up about every dog's head.

A coat of black Persian baby lamb had Uttle jeweUed
buttons fastening the straps under the neck, and a
coUar of black panne. Another of pale blue broad-
cloth has a coUar of sable fur, and an initial worked
on the pocket.

Great care is taken in choosing cloths and furs that
wiU harmonize best with the pet's color, and the
shapes are most carefully arranged to set off their
elegant points to best advantage. Coats are always
made to order.

Quite as important to the fashionable Idog as the
coat are the rubber shoes which he must wear when
he walks out. They are expensive necessities, too.
One doesn't often see rubber-shod dogs on the boule-
vards; for the smart dogs shun the sidewalks as much
as does his mistress, except to trip across it from car-
riage to pastry shops or taUors. But in the Bois, in
the aUeys where the fashionables leave their carriages
for a promenade, one wiU see almost every dog so pro-
tected from the mud — or, rather, it is his mistress'
frock that is protected, when he jumps back into the
carriage with her and the footman puUs off the mud-
died shoes. They come in all possible sizes, from those
little enough for tiny black Terriers that can crawl
into any lady's muff to those big enough for a Mastiff,
for at the country estates of the smart world even big
dogs wear them when they are let out for a run, so
that they may come into the house directly after with
impunity to rugs and gowns, the man having removed
their goloshes at the porte cochere. These shoes are
shaped to fit perfectly and butten about the ankles.

More fascinating than either coats, handkerchiefs or
rubber shoes, are the various pieces of jewelry pro-
vided for the pampered lap dogs of the haute monde.
Rich gems and uncut stones are used to stud their
coUars, many of which in their deUcacy resemble a
lady's bracelet more than they do an ordinary dog
coUar. These loveUest ones are composed of carbun-
cles, of cabochons or Egyptian scarabees connected by
frail and lovely gold Unks, with a little clasp or pend-
ant whore they fasten. A jeweUed anklet of like de-
sign is not unusual, and the jewelled leash that does
duty in the park might be worn by the dog's mistress
as a muff or purse holder. The plainer kid dog coUars
match the dog in color, and are rimmed with gold or
silver and studied with metal flowers.

One does not realize what an extravagant and luxur-
ious city Paris is, untU one sees the possible richness of
the wardrobes of the lap dogs of the rich.

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.
Plumeria Cocker Kennels* black Cocker Spaniel bitch Black Sue
(Sander's Bob-imp. Chippie) to same owner's Hampton GoMi< [Ch
Red Mack-Hampton Queen Readie) January 14, 1901.
WHELPS.
John Love Cunningham's Great Dane bitch Ch. Juaoi ■
36,649— Queen C. 41,471) whelped January 14, 1901, six
dogs) to same owner's Duke (Caesar— Queen Brunhilde).

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Coming Events.

Feb oo_Grand open-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 10. 1901— Empire Gun Club. Merchandise Shoot. Blue
Rocks. Alameda Point.

April 1 2 3 4 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament! Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens. L. I.

April 9 10. 11. 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore
Md.

Tinkering the Game Law.

The Ch ronkh of Thursday last published an editorial
under the above caption which, while good in princi-
pal, does not reach the mark aimed at. The writer of
the article in question is not conversant with the situa-
tion. In the first place, we are led to believe that the^
bill introduced is not the proposed bill which was ad-
vocated by the game convention held in this city last
May. An entirely new bill has been drafted, it is said,
and presented under the prestige of the late conven-
tion and offered as the legislation desired by the sports-
men of the Staie.

This action on the part of two or three individuals
responsible for the alleged game protection agitation
of the past two years nullifies the purpose of the con-
vention held last May and is practically a breach of
faith. In one respect the Chronicle writer is about
correct when the statement is made that "the pro-
posed amendments" "are the outcome of a convention
which was held in this city a few weeks ago and have
only one object in view — the regulation of wild game
killing for the benefit of those who enjoy this kind of
sport "and have the means and leisure to indulge in it."

Whether the bill is submitted in good faith or no,
we are not at present advised, it is possible that the
obnoxious features are in the nature of counter irrita-
tion. A great deal of feeling has already been stirred
up on the subject of game protection and this bill will
not improve the situation.

The whole movement has been inaugurated by inter-
ested individuals for the purpose of ultimately bring-
ing about the creation of a State Game Commission
and the appointment of a salaried State Game Warden.
The men who are desirous of reaping the benefits of such
proposed legislation are unworthy of endowment in
that respect and have not the support of sportsmen,
taxpayers nor the public at large.

A Day in Marin County.

OLEMA, January 9, 1901.
Ed. Breeder and Sportsman — Some large bags
of canvasback ducks have recently been made by the
Country Club members shooting at the "laguna"— a
sheet of brackish water separated from Sir Francis
Drake's bay by a narrow sandspit. This inland pond
is just about opposite the rocky Farallones. The half-
moon expansion of sea northward to the shore as it
stretches away to the south head of Point Reyes — an
open roadstead — is the bay; whence the redoubtable
English navigator whiled away the winter ere he
sailed off roundabout to the Philippines on his voy-
age home, his ships laden with the rich spoils of the
Spanish Main. A friend, I note, has but recently
erected a pine cross twenty feet in heighth, commemor-
ative of the first Protestant services held on the shores
of the Pacific.

But to return to the "laguna." W. S. Kittle and
Alex. Hamilton had killed the Sunday before I went
to this haunt of the "cans" 118 birds. On the suc-
ceeding Tuesday, New Year's Day, Chas. L. Wheeler
and Le Roy Nickel, of Miller & Lux, killed fifty-four.
So I said, why should not I? I stopped my mare,
Lady Fallis. on the water shed, where flood, forest and
field lay in the quiet sunshine before me. My Pointer
Don was immovable on a bevy point. I jumped out,
marked the bevy down, as they flushed to the noise I
made in getting out of the cart.

The birds were located in a high cover of grease-
wood. Upon my near approach the birds flushed
again when I killed one with each barrel. I saw the
cover was too high for me to shoot in, besides the
birds had made a long flight and lit beyond my sigbt,
so I called my dog in. got up behind my fleet-footed
mare and away I went to the "laguna " My heart
misgave me when I reached the shores of the pond.
The barrel blind which the game keeeper, Ben Alcan-
tara, had told me of, was under water and the decoys
were gone. Perhaps fifty canvasback ducks swam and
dove out of gun shot. Out at sea a steamer was puff-
ing and panting northward. The two Italian fishing
steamers were close in shore fishing for the San Fran-
cisco market. They steam along side by side some 200
feet apart, a net stretched between. When the fish
are caught they are put alive into tanks in the boats,
B0 that they ate not, only fresh but live fish when
they reach the market. I staid until the stars came
out; until the Farallone light flashed and gleamed o'er
the waters of the deep "like a good deed in a naughty
world." The whir of incoming birds apprised me tha't
canvasback come high, too high for my L. C. Smith,
-" 1 sadly hied me home. Payne,

A Great Game Preserve Projected.

The establishment of a great game preserve by
Arizona sportsmen, embracing a portion of South-
western Arizonia and Northwestern Mexico, and prob-
ably a small part of California, is a project which was
not conceived until recently, but which will likely be
talker] about by sportsmen all over the country within
a few month. A small party of explorers recently

passed through Tucson after making a trip through
the country adjacent to the head of the Gulf of Cali-
fornia, representing, it is believed, a number of sports-
men of the Middle States, bent on formulating a plan
for the protection of game, and to prevent the exter-
mination of certain species. A convention of sports-
men will soon meet in Chicago or Denver to consider a
plan for the establishment of a great game preserve,
and representative sportsmen from all sections will re-
port the advantages offered for game preseeves in their
immediate sections.

That portion of the country south of Yuma, includ-
ing a small section of California and considerable
territory in Mexico, is one of the most fruitful fields
for the Nimrod of this country today. It abounds in
wild game of all sorts, and with the help of man a
large expanse of land could be converted into one of
the" greatest and most inviting game preserves in the
world. Mexico offers liberal aid to such enterprises,
and it is understood that already that Government has
promised to make important concessions if American
sportsmen are willing to carry out the plan of estab-
lishing a game preserve lying partly in Mexico.

The extermination of wild game in this country and
the urgent necessity of adopting drastic measures for
the prevention of further ruthless slaughter are two
subjects which have long occupied the attention of
American sportsmen. Never before have they been
stirred up to the necessity as within the past few
months when from all over the country there have
been demands for Congressional action. State and
territorial legislation has proven insufficient, but Fed-
eral action in recent years has checked wholesale
slaughter in this and other territories and States.
However, slowly but surely, certain kinds of wild
game, such as deer and antelope will be extinct in
Arizona within a few years, and in a shorter time the
mountain sheep now found in a few parts of this terri-
tory will disappear unless early action is taken. It is
because of the threatened extermination that Congress
will soon be asked to make an apprupriation for creat-
ing a game preserve, or at least for its moral support.

The redskins of Arizona have made great inroads
into the ranks of deer and antelope, leaving their reser-
vations frequently to engage in systematic slaughters
of those animals. The Apaches in Eastern Arizona
kill only the game they require for meat and leather.
It is said that the Navajos of Northern Arizona and
other Indians of this territory do not kill game on the
wholesale plan merely for the sport, as is eommonly
believed, but they seem to require an inordinate
amount for ordinary * use. Occasionally they leave
their reservations, where long ago game became too
sporadic to invite the hunter, and organize bands
which go after big game with guns and bows and
arrows in much the same manner that Americans or-
ganize rabbit dives. Great piles of hair scraped from
the hides speak unmistakably of the slaughter which
attends one of those expeditions.

A party consisting of Professor W. J. McGee, De-
laney Gill, an artist, and others representing the
Smithsonian Institution, recently passed through
Phoenix, after exploring the Tiburon island in the
Gulf of California, returning from Sonora by an old
road near Tenajos Atlas. The party went to examine
the condition of the cannibalistic Ceris Indians of
Tiburon island, who murdered R. E. L. Robinson, a
newspaper man. and a companion six years ago and
feasted on their bodies. On account of tribal friction
a few years ago a small band of these savages left the
island of Tiburan and made their way to the coast of
Mexico, subsequently traveling north and establishing
a small colony near Quitovac. The Smithsonian party
went among the Indians at that place for the third
time, finding them in the same condition on each trip.
They have not multiplied in any numbers in the past
score of years, and their manners of living and habits
have not varied.

In visiting those Indians McGee's journey took him
through the heart of the game country, which in time
may be set apart as a preserve. All along his path he
discovered game in such profusion that he made a part
of his trip the study of the wild animals of that region.

The Indians near Quitovac led him into some re-
markable hunting grounds where deer and wild hogs,
a large species of peccary, tame and unfamiliar with
the white sportsman's methods, were but little intimi-
dated by the approach of the party. The professor re-
turns enthusiastic over the game conditions of that
region. Wild animals abound there as they did only
a few years ago in many parts of this country, but
although the region is not remote from thickly popu-
lated sections, it has been almost entirely neglected by
hunters, untouched by the hand of white man, and its
isolation from the haunts of men would be complete
but for the presence of a handful of redskins who
roam over that section. The country is so formed, said
Professor McGee, that some of the lands could be irri-
gated by water from the Colorado river, making of
them even more alluring stamping grounds for wild
game.

♦

How to Keep a Gun New.

In the days of the old muzzle-loaders there was some
excuse for allowing a gun to remain dirty. Before
drawing a wiping rag through the barrel, as we do in
the case of modern arms, it was first necessary to re-
move the breech-pin, and as this was a job that gener-
ally required the use of a bench-vice and monkey
wrench, it was never undertaken when avoidable. To
wipe a gun with the breech-pin left in simply meant to
crowd all the dirt and fouling to the rear of the bar-
rel: and when this practice was followed for any length
of time the cylinder and tube would become clogged
and miss-fires would result. Later, as the accumula-
tion of dirt increased, the barrel would become rust
eaten at this point, or "breech-burnt," as it was com-
monly termed. A more satisfactory way of cleaning
muzzle-loaders was to wash them thoroughly with hot
water; after which they were wiped dry, and a light
powder load fired from them to expel all moisture from
the tube and cylinder. Re-wiping and oiling should

have followed this, but generally did not. The arm
was placed in the rack or set in its corner, its interior
black with the residue of burnt powder; in a condition
better calculated to invite rust than before it had been
scalded out. How satisfactory shooting could be done
with arms so treated (or mistreated) is a mystery to
every practical sportsman of the present day. But
this we know: That every year or two it was necessary
to re-cut rifles to improve their shooting qualities, and
the art of "floating out'' shot guns to a larger bore
was not unknown among the gunsmiths of that day
and time. A rifle which originally required bullets
running 100 to the pound might come to throw a half-
ounce ball before its period of usefulness was over,
and this will explain why you can hardly find two old-
time rifles of exactly the same calibre. The barrels of
shot guns were lighter and would not stand re-boring
so often. Still, they could safely be given two or three
"dressings'' without rendering them unsafe. It is
necessary to state that choke-boring was not then
practiced. All shot guns were cylinder bores, or, per-
haps, "choked the wrong way'' — i. e., bell muzzled.
Wads were not commonly used. I mean by this "cut
wads," as they were termed.

Fragments of newspaper were used as wadding,
rammed down tightly to form a gas check behind the
shot — and in consequence the size of the bore was a
matter not considered. But at the present time few
rifles and practically no shot-guns are re-cut to a larger
gauge, though in many instances there could be with
advantage a return to this time-honoured practice.
Generally speaking, rifles of small calibre may be re-
bored for a larger cartridge at trifling cost. "The best
snipe gun I ever shot," said S. D. Barnes in Sports
Afield, "was a rusted Parker, sawn off back of the
choke and dressed out perfectly. It was originally a
10-gauge. After a re-boring it was probably a 9, as a
No. 10 wad would almost fall through the barrel. I
I used it with brass shells exclusively, loading with 8-
gauge wads, and it shot very hard and made a beauti-
ful' pattern. I mention this incidentally, and not in
palliation of the neglect that renders necessary the re-
boring of a gun or rifle. '' With proper care the barrel
of a firearm may be made to outlast almost any other
part of its construction. The secret of the whole
matter is to watch for the first rust speck and be sure
that you never see it. The only way to remove rust i;
to cut it out of the metal and re-polish the surface.
Any roughness in the interior of a barrel will catch the
dirt and hold it, and, no matter how thickly you
plaster it over with grease, it will rust. And a rust
spot once formed will never grow smaller. Depend
upon that. Furthermore when the interior of a gun
barrel becomes pitted the owner is more likely to lose
all interest in its care, and after this the story of its
utter ruin is soon told. Pay attention to the following
rules, and your gun or rifle can be kept in perfect con-
dition for manv years: — never leave it over night dirty.
Never put a drop of cold water in the barrel, nor hot
water unless you follow with a thorough drying and oil-
ing. A dry rag will not remoue fouling unless it is first
softened with hot water or oil. Some authorities con-
demn the application of mineral oils to the interior of
the barrels. The writer can recommend coal oil (kero-
sene) for this purpose. He has used it for years and
found that it served admiragly. Draw a kerosene rag
through the bore and follow with a careful wiping. A
grease i rag will remove moist fouling from the gun
barrels, but the dry residue or dirt and lead is some-
what different. For these a soft wire brush or wire
guaze cleaner shonld be used to scour out the barrels.
These cleaners should be just hard enough to remove
the lead or other adherent matter without scratching
or injuring the gun barrel. Then oil with vaseline.
If you chance to be caught out in the rain with your
gun it is best to dismount it, dry each part carefully,
and oil them well. Use vaseline, gunoleum, or other
good lubricant. Every time you clean your gun, go
over every portion of the exterior with a rag soaked
in vaseline. It will prevent the metal parts from rust-
ing and keep the wood stock and fore-end clean and
bright. A dingy and dirt-specked gun is a standing re-
proach to its owner.

Cartridge and Shell.

The sportsmen of Biggs, Butte county, will hold a
live bird shoot on February 22d. Three moneys in
the principal event on the card will pay $100 to first,
$60 to second and $30 to third.

Hon. Bernard Collins, Assemblyman from the
seventh district comprising Butte county, succombed
to an attack of pneumonia on the loth inst. Mr.
Ccllins was Chairman of the Committee on Fish and
Game.

On Washington's Birthday, under the auspices of
the San Francisco Trap Shooting Association, an
attractive blue rock program will be made up for an
open-to-all meeting. This will practically be the open-
ing of the coming trap shooting season.

The live bird grounds will be improved for this year's
shooting and brought up to date. Among other inno-
vations it is contemplated to operate the pigeon traps
from a chamber underneath the trap circle, after the
custom in vogue at the principal Eastern trap grounds.

"A Chip of the Old Block" is a suggestive title for a
congenial subject pictured on the handsome calendar
issued this year by the Union Metallic Cai'tridge Com-
pany. A smiling youth, evidently garbed in the bor-
rowed hunting clothes of his sportsman sire and with
the latter's 12 guage Remington hammerless shotgun
in his bands has demonstrated his ability to handle a
gun by bagging the brace of grouse which he proudly
carries pendant on his left shoulder. The calendar has
a practical value besides its monthly record of days.
Postal and revenue information of value are printed
upon its back and ready for daily reference.

Sonoma county has a local Creelman who is very in-
dustrious in unearthing natural history specimens that,
on paper, are remarkable.

Several days ago Harry Smith of Penngrove killed
a very peculiar specimen of a bird on the laguna near

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Santa Rosa. It had the body of a rail in size and
shape, hut its head is that of a widgeon. It is of a
deep chocolate color, and its legs are like that of a
rail, while the feet are the same as those of a canvas-
back duck.

The open season, for quail and wild ducks will close
on March 1st, this is the gereral statute in that re-
spect. In Alameda, Sonoma, Fresno, Kern, San Benito
and Santa Clara counties the close season on quail
commences February 1st. It has been unlawful to
hunt or kill quail in Los Angeles county since January
1st, in Marin county since January 15th, in San Mateo
county since December 1st, in Yolo county since De-
cember 3d, in Ventura county since November 1st, in
Orange county since October 5th. The close season on
quail in Kern county will prevail after February loth.

Coming Events.

Feb. 3 — Second casting contest.
Club. Stow Lake, 10 a. ii.

San Francisco Striped Bass

Fish Commissioners7 Report.

The sixteenth biennial report of the State Board of
Fish Commissioners for the years 1899-1900 has just
been issued. The document is replete with much in-
teresting information, statistics, data, etc., pertaining
to the value and importance of the fishes in our inland
and coast waters, game protection and enforcement of
the law, fish propagation, needed legislation, inspection
and seizure of fish and game shipments, the present
ruinous system of shrimp fishing, fish hatcheries, trout
and salmon statistics, fish protection, an interesting
chapter on sea lions and their status as fish destroyers,
with a short history of their contemplated thinning
out last year and letters explanatory of the withdrawal
of Federal sanction for the killing of the animals upon
property under the immediate jurisdiction of the
Washington authorities.

A few brief extracts from the report are the fol
lowing:

"Through the efforts of this Board, the delicious
and abundant shad and striped bass, which are the
food of the weathy in other States, come cheaply to
the humblest of our citizens. If this Commission in
thirty years has accomplished nothing further than
the introduction and propagation of these two species,
it has justified all the expenditure that the State has
made in its support. These two species are increasing
year by year."

" By the efforts of this Board, the salmon has been
saved to our State. The decrease of the spawning
areas and the encroachments of civilization would long
since have put this king of fishes among the creatures
that were, if the efforts of this Board had not super-
vened to save it. It has been maintained in full sup-
ply, and hopes are high that it may be increased to
something like its pristine abundance."

" In the two years ending August 31, 1900, our patrol
force has made 526 arrests, of which 101 entered pleas
of guilty, 86 were convicted, 150 were acquitted, 62
were dismissed by the Justice or District Attorney, 76
are pending, and in 48 the defendants were unknown,
but the evidence for their conviction was secured.
The total of fines imposed for these violations was
$5779. Of this amount, $2712.08 was paid to County
Treasurers and $3091.83 to the Fish Commission Fund.
In addition to this showing, our force removed 23 set-
nets and 430 sections of Chinese sturgeon lines from
the public waters, the owners of which were never
found, and the apparatus was destroyed.

"Eleven thousand three hundred pounds of under-
weight striped bass was seized by our force while it
.was en route to marketmen. The fisherman who con-
signed these fish were unknown to us, and the fish
were seized, as the consignee disclaimed it. Over 2500
game birds, killed or possessed in violation of the- law,
were seized. This great quantity of fish and game was
distributed among the hospitals, asylums and charity
homes, etc."

"With the advance of industries in the State, the
establishment of mills, factories and other plants and
smelters, the natural spawning grounds of the salmon
are slowly but surely being destroyed, and in time
there will be no natural propagation. Even the pres-
ent run could not be maintained without the work of
the hatcheries, and this work will become more and
more important as the destruction of natural grounds
proceeds.

It is probable that in time there may not be a suffi-
cient run of salmon up to the points where spawn is
now secured to warrant operations there, and that the
stations may have to be located much below the points
now used, and that streams that have heretofore been
of little consideration in securing eggs may become of
the first importance.

We hope that this question may be entirely cleared
up by the investigations now being conducted."

"We have continued the investigations of the move-
ments and habits of the young salmon liberated from
the hatcheries. This study has been confined to their
movements in the Sacramento river and Suisun and
San Pablo bays. After the young fish leave the river
and enter the bay, it becomes very difficult to locate
them. During the time the young fish are descending
the river, we have been enabled to observe their move-
ments with considerable accuracy. The results of
these observations can be summed up as follows: They
move down stream as soon as the sac is absorbed, con-
tinuing the descent, reaching tide water within a few
weeks. While in clear water the descent is made at
night. After reaching discolored water they continue

their downward movement both day and night. The
contents of the sac contain sufficient nourishment to
sustain life until they reach tide water, though they
feed upon surface insects during the descent. The
rate of growth during the descent is slight. They
apparently have few enemies that can capture them
after the sac is absorbed. We found but few fish that
had caught young salmon. From the time tbe eggs
are deposited until the sac is absorbed and they swim
well, they are at the mercy of many forms of water life
as well as many birds. The fry should not be liberated
until the sac is fully absorbed. They should not be
held after that time. After reaching salt water their
growth is rapid. Their movements after they reach
the sea are still unsolved, but there is some evidence
that their range in the ocean is much more extensive
than is generally supposed. Marked fish liberated in
the Columbia river basin in 1896 were captured in nets
in Suisun bay and the Sacramento river in this State
in 1898 and '1899. This would indicate a very wide
range and that the work of propagation on any stream
on this coast might affect the run in all. If this be
true, it is not unreasonable to believe that the propa-
gation carried on for so many years on the Sacramento
river has "been a factor in maintaining the supply taken
from the Columbia, where propagation was not con-
ducted until after many years after the work was
begun on the Sacramento. This study of the move-
ments of young salmon in fresh water has been carried
on jointly by the United States Fish Commission and
our staff. The final detailed report of this work will
be published by the United States Fish Commission,
whose agents are still engaged in the study in this
State. We hope to see this report within two years,
as it is one of greet interest to all concerned in the
salmon fishery.

An interesting chapter on the capture of shrimps
and destruction of small fish demonstrates the necessity
of legislative prohibition of a practice that does damage
to the commonwealth of the amount of many hundred
thousand dollars.

The following amendments to the fish laws are
recommended and shown to be necessary and wise:

Amend Section 62S to permit the catching and pos-
session of striped bass of one pound in weight, and to
prohibit the catching or possession of any striped bass
from May 31st to July 1st.

Prohibit the taking or possession of any shrimp from
May 1st to September 1st.

Prohibit the catching or possession of any crawfish
or spiny lobster between April 15th and August 15th.

Prohibit the catching or possession of any egg-bear-
ing female lobster at any time.

Prohibit the catching or possession of sturgeon at
any time.

Prohibit the taking of steelhead trout above tide
water between November 1st and April 1st.

Prohibit the taking of steelheat trout in any water
between February 1st and April 1st.

Striped Bass Club.

The first casting contest of the season by members
of the San Francisco Striped Bass Club took place last
Sunday at Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. In the ac-
curacy event five buoys were placed at distances of
fifty, seventy-five, one hundred, one hundred and
twenty-five and one hundred and fifty feet respectively,
the contestants using a casting rod and a one and three-
quarter ounce sinker on the line. Each member made
five casts, the scores made were as follows: L. E.
Daverkosen, 92 1-5 cent: C. F. Breidenstein, 91 4-5 per
cent: Charles H. Kewell, 88 per cent: James Lynch,
82 3-5 per cent; James Watt, 79 3-5 per cent: James
S. Turner, 77 4-5 per cent.

In the distance event the results were: L. E. Daver-
kosen, 75 per cent: James Turner 66 per cent: Charles
F. Breidenstein, 66 per cent: Charles H. Kewell, 62 per
cent; James Lynch, 42 per cent; James Watt, 33 per
cent.

The percentages for accuracy and long distances
were: L. E. Daverkosen first with 84 4-5 per cent, C.
F. Breidenstein second 79 4-5 per cent, Charles F.
Kewell third 75 per cent. James Turner fourth 72 4-5
per cent, James Lynch fifth 62 3-10 per cent, James
Watt sixth 56 3-10 per cent.

In casting with a two and one-half ounce sinker in an
effort made to beat the Chicago record of 266 3-10 feet
Mr. Breidenstein made the longest cast, 256 feet. The
judges were W. H. Ashcroft and W. S. Turner. The
next club casting contests will be held on the first Sun-
day in February.

Big Game Fish of the Ocean.

The seeker after big game should attack the rorqual
if he would see sport indeed. For this agile monster
has such a reputation for almost supernatural cunning
that even if he were as valuable as he really is value-
less commercially, it is highly doubtful if he would
ever be molested. As it is, all the tribe are chartered
libertines, since no whaler is likely to risk the loss of a
boat's gear for the barren honor of conquest. And
not only so, but the rorquals, whether "fin-back,"
"sulphur-bottom*' or "blue-back," as well as the
"hump back" and grampus, make it a point of honor
to sink when dead, unlike the "cachalot" or "bow-
head," who float (awash at first, but ever more buoy-
antly as the progress of decay within the immense
abdominal cavity generates an accumulating volume of
gas. Any old whaler would evolve in the interest of
sport no end of dodges for dealing with the wily ror-
qual, such as the collection of strongly attached
bladders affixed to the line to stay his downward rush,
short but broad-barbed harpoons to get a better hold
upon the thin coating of blubber, etc. In this kind of
whaling there is quite sufficient danger to make the

sport exciting in the highest degree. Not, however,
from the attack of the animal hunted, but because his
evolutions in the effort to escape are so marvelously
vivacious that only the most expert and cool-headed
boatmanship can prevent a sudden severance of the
nexus between boat and crew.

A splendid day's sport can be obtained with a school
of black fish. Although seldom exceeding a ton and a
half in weight, these small whales are quite vigorous
enough to make the chase of them as lively an episode
as the most enthusiastic hunter could wish, especially
if two or even three are harpooned one after the other
on a single line, as the whalers' custom is. The sensa-
tion of being harnessed, as it were, to a trio of mon-
sters, each about twenty-five feet long and eight feet
in girth, everyone anxious to flee in a different direc-
tion at the highest speed he can muster, and in their
united gambols making the sea boil like a pot, is one
that, once experienced, is never likely to be forgotten.
The mere memory of that mad frolic over the bosom
of the bright sea makes the blood leap to the face,
makes the nerves twich, and the heart long to be away
from the placid round of every day life upon the bright
free wave again.

Even a school of porpoises, in default of nobler game
can furnish a lively hour hour or two, especially if they
be of fair size, say, up to three or four hundred weight
each. But of a truth there need be no fear of a lack of
game. The swift passage from port to port made by
her passenger vessels is apt to leave the voyager
with the impression that the sea is a barren waste, but
such an idea is wholly false. Even the sailing ships,
bound though they may be to make the shortest pos-
sible time between ports, are compelled by failure of
wind to see enough of the everyday life of the sea pop-
ulation to know better than that, and whosoever gives
himself up to the glamor of sea study, making no haste
to rush from place to place, but leisurely loitering along
the wide plains of ocean, shall find each day a new world
unfolding itself before his astonished eyes, a world of
marvels, infinitely small, as well as wondrous great —
from the thousand and one miracles that go to make
up the "Plankton" to the ante-diluvian whale. Fish-
ing in more heroic phases is obtainable in deep-sea
cruising as nowhere else.

Do Fishes Sleep ?

" Do fishes sleep — and how ? "

This question was once addressed to Eugene G.
Blackford, formerly Fish Commissioner of New York
State, His acquaintance with fish began when he was
very young, and at the present time he is a recognized
authority all over the world.

"Certainly they sleep," was Mr. Blackford's re-
sponce. "They sleep suspended in the water, with
their eyes wide open. I have seen them do it often. I
have many fish in tanks with glass fronts and can
watch them. Sometimes I see a fish suspended in the
water keeping perfectly still for half an hour at a time
and then I conclude that he is asleep. He does not
even move a fin at such times, and the motion of the
gills is barely perceptible.

"Fishes don't close their eyes, because there is no
necessity for their doing it. They have no eyelids,
because their eyes are not exposed to dust as ours are.
They don't close their eyes in sleep because the light is
so modified by the water that it is not hard for them
to find a twilight spot.

"But they can close their eyes if they want to do it,
and they do on very particular occasions. I will show
you," and addressing an attendant said, " John, bring
me a trout."

The man went to a tank, and soon returned, bearing
in his hand a fine trout about eight inches in length.
This Mr. Blackford held, while he took a lead pencil
and touched one of its eyes with the point. The trout
wriggled about vigorously, and at the same time drew
an inside yellow curtain over the eye.

"You see, he can close his eyes if he chooses," said
the former Fish Commissioner. "The habits of fish
are little known in many respects. We have only be-
gun to to study their migrations in a way that promises
to lead to anything. We have captured some thousands
of cod and mackerel and put metal tags on their fins.
Some of these will be caught in nets far North and
South, and as they have the address of the United
States Fisheries Commission on them, they will give
an idea where the untold millions of fish that race
along our shores at certain periods spend other parts

of their year."

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The shark is held in almost universal fear by nearly
all mankind; his carcass, however, has a high com-
mercial value. Thousands of sharks are annually
caught and the catch devoted to useful purposes; the
liver supplies a certain amount of oil, the residue being
used for various purposes, fertilizers, etc. The skins
are dried and sold at' various prices according to size.
The drying process makes the skins exceedingly hard
with a surface smooth as ivory. This material is
known as "shagreen " and is used mostly for covering
whip handles and instrument cases. Cabinet makers
and others use it for polishing fine grained woods.
From the fins a glue is manufactured that is used ex-
tensively by silk manufacturers.

The bill introduced by Senator Belshaw is one that
should have the support of every angler and citizen
who is interested in fish protection and the supply of
fish as a food product. The subject matter of the bill
is practically the same legislation which has been sug-
gested by the Fish Commission.

"'Canada was awarded the grand prize for foresti
fish, game, mineral and agricultural exhibit* a
Paris exposition.

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tJANUARY 19, 1901

THE FARM

Encourage Local Fat-Stock Shows.

The Chicago Breeders' Gazette says : An
opinion entertained by most men well
able to judge of the meat-making situa-
tion is that henceforth the farmer who in
the last week of November and the first
two weeks of December has well bred,
well-fattened, ripe bullocks, wethers or
lambs to sell will receive a " Christmaa
price" for them. The desire has become
more and more marked on the part of the
packers and wholesalers of meats to bid
up actively for all choice lots of cattle and
sheep suitable for holiday trade. The
feeders of America should take full ad-
vantage of this fact. The impetus given
this phase of the business at the Inter-
national Live Stock Exposition has in-
dubitably set to thinking the working
men who propose to profit more exten-
sively from the existence of this Christ-
mas demand for fancy meat-making ani-
mals. The fat-stock show has been resur-
rected, the breath of life blown into its
nostrils to such good effect that it has be-
come part and parcel of the annual stock-
marketing round and it will prosper from
this day forward.

In the United Kingdom for half a cen-
tury past the fat-stock Bhow has been
putting pounds, shillings and pence in the
pockets of British feeders. The distribu-
tion has been much more general than it
would have been had the exhibition of
well-fattened bullocks, heifers, sheep and
lambs been confined to the great shows at
Edinburgh, Norwich, Birmingham and
Smithfield. At theBe annual gatherings,
of course, the fanciest of the prices have
been paid for the champion animals.
That much was to be expected, but at
dozens of lesB important shows of fat ani-
mals the prize winners have been taken
at increased values, while the unsuccess-
ful exhibits have been sold almost right
at their owners' doors at prices wholly
acceptable by reason of the augmented
attendance of buyers attracted by the
holding of the show and the subsequent
disposal at public auction of the animals
entered.

Why cannot this idea be utilized in the
United States to put dollars into the pock-
ets of our stockmen and merchants? It
is necessary that all fat-stock shows be
held at the great centers of sale and dis-
tribution? Must Chicago, Kansas City,
South Omahajand Pittsburg h ve a mon-
opoly of the fat-stock show business?
There are many districts in this country
where large numbers of well-bred cattle
and sheep are fattened for the shambles
each year and in each one of these dis-
tricts there is a populous city. Would
not a local fat-stock show prosper in each
of these cities? If the feeders of each of
these localieies should enter single
animals and car-lots in suitable classes
great throngs of people would gather
eagerly to inspect them. Only one day
need by taken up with the show. A very
small ^outlay of money would suffice to
transform the local Jetock-yards into ade-
quate quarters in which to house the
show. The railroad companies would
doubtless lend their aid, financial and
otherwise to Buch a project. Then let it
be known that on a certain day at a cer-
tain easily-reached point so many si gle
and so many car-lots of prime bullocks
and heifers, and so many fat wethers and
so many fat lambs would be on exhibition
for prizes, thereafter. to be sold at auction
to the highest bidder, and the attendance
of buyers would be in every way satisfac-
tory. The exhibitor would secure his
money at his very door. The busy season
being over the people would attend in
large numbers ; the merchants would
profit accordingly. Competition of buy-
ers would be secured for all with select
cat le or Bheep to sell and the highest
going market prices would be paid.

Nor would such a show cast a straw in
the way of any larger exhibition. Natur-
ally the best single specimens and car-lots

would gravitate onward to more import-
ant events, taking with them their hon-
ors won. Farmers unable to seek educa-
tion at far distant points would at such
local shows gain vastly io information as
to what constitutes the prime butcher's
beast. In towns where the system of
holding monthly or semi-monthly markets
obta'ns much benefit has accrued. Why
not extend this principle bo as to include
an annual show of Christmas stock? The
expense can only be nominal for prem
iums, management, housing and all. The
profits, of all Borts, must be large.

Sale of Holsteins.

En. Breeder and Sportsman:— I desire
to report to you the sale of thirteen head
of my thoroughbred Holstein-Friesian
cows to the Milbrae Dairy, property of D.
O. Mills. As this is the second herd of
these thoroughbred Holsteins that I have
sold him in two years it speaks well for
the breed and his satisfaction with the
same as they milk some four hundred
cows and claim to be able to make more
money with these thoroughbred Holsteins,
despite the increased price they have to
pay for them, than of any of their herd.
All but three of these animals are of my
own raising and are many of tbem prize
winners at recent fairs, the cow Hight
Ulah IV. having won the first prize in the
butter contest at the State Fair, both in
1890 and in 1899, the best herds of Dur-
hams and Jerseys on the Coast competing.
Carena of La Siesta won second prize in
the butter contest of 1898, my cow also
winning the first.

The following is a list and breeding of
those sold :

Belinda of La Siesta 41,098 by Sirocco,
dam Wyntie Clothilde.

Hight Ulah IV 38,500 by King Aagie
Clothilde's Leader, dam Hight Ulah.

Hight Ulah V 39,639 by King Aagie
Clothilde's Leader, dam Hight Ulah.

Carena of La Siesta 41,101 by Clothilde's
V Clothilde, dam Carissima.

Fidelia of La Siesta 41,149 by Van
Moulke Clothilde, dam Fansje of San
Mateo.

Marian Wilder 42,877 by Sir Walter
Clothilde, dam Miss Tinnette.

Klondyke of La Siesta 46,935 by Tiran-
nia II Zozo Paul dam Juna Padua II.

Hester Ulah of La Siesta 42,885 by Tir-
annia II Zozo Paul, dam Hester Ulah II.

Faith of La Siesta 39,641 by Von Moulke
Clothilde, dam Fansje II Clothilde.

DuchesB Brackenhof 42.8S1 by Sir Wal-
ter Clothilde, dam Queen Brackenhof.

Dora Zweifel 43,178 by Zweifel, dam
Dora Midnight.

Patty Gerben 46 509 by Mechthildus Sir
Henry Gerben dam Sharon Patty.

Sharon Grace 48,043 by Zweifel, dam
Jetty Whitefoot. Respectfully yours,

Frank H. BoRkB.
San FranciBCO, January 14, 1901.

Clydesdale and Shire.

An Eastern wool dealer who thinks he
knows all about it says : 'The wool of the
Shropshire leads all others both in quality
and style, though on some accounts if it
were possible to raise Bheep profitably for
wool alone it would be needless to look
for anything better than the Merino. Ab
mutton has now driven wool to a second
place in the eonsiderat on, from the fact
that foreign wool growers can produce it
cheaper than we do, the Merino must go
back to remote districts and give place to
the mutton sheep, foremost among which
is the Shropshire, with a fleece very
nearly or quite equal to the Merino."

Dairying is an industry which maintains
the fertility of the soil, furnishes a large
amount of labor the year round, is wholly
devoid of the speculative features of the
fruit business and secures the greatest
possible quantity of nourishing food from
the products of the soil. It is the basis of
diversified farming which is the most
promising hope of the farmer for main-
taining his position as an independent
man. All dairy countries will gradually
grow rich and the field for advancemen
is as good to-day as it ever was.

Protest Against Careless Breeding.

A correspondent propounds the follow-
ing query:

"What are the distinguishing charac-
teristics of the Clydesdale and Shire
breeds of draft horses? In other words,
what is the difference between them?

This question, many times answered in
these columns, seems to be one that will
keep on bobbing up serenely till the crack
of doom. There are many differences and
many similarities. When the writer was
getting his practical experience he waB in
charge, at one time, of a large stable con-
taining many Btalliona of both breeds.
Some visitors would insist that it was no
trick at all to pick out the representatives
of one breed from those of the other, but
in not one solitary instance was the
division ever made accurately when a
string of ten or a dozen stallions was pre-
sented for examination. On one occasion
eleven Shires were run out in a row. A
really good judge of a horse divided them
about equally into Shires and Clydesdales
and from the moment he was shown the
catalogue he was cured of the idea that he
could always tell the one from the other.
On another occasion all Clydesdales were
presented and another almost as good,
though not as experienced, a judge made
the selfsame mistake. It is only fair to
say, however, that the entire lot of Eng-
lish and Scotch horses had been selected
by one man and. a Scot at that. This will
serve to show that by keeping away from
the extremes in both breeds a very great
similarity is found to exist.

The fact of the matter is that the differ-
ence between the two breeds is very much
the same as the difference between the
peoples of the two kingdoms, Scotland and
England. Your Scot is inclined to a pre-
ponderance of wiry muBCle ; your English-
man to as great strength but to rather
more adipose tissue in connection with it.
On the whole the Englishmen are the
heaviest race of men. So with their
horses and with the increase of the adi-
pose tissue comes a certain collectedness
of movement,' not perhaps to be denomin-
ated slowness. The Clydesdale may be
called the "gimpiest" horse of the two.
Again the national characteristics are to
be discovered in the legs of the horses, but
as both the Scotchmen and Englishmen
have been working in large measure toward
the common end of establishing more
quality the difference, once very marked,
is no longer great in the high class speci-
mens. It must be admitted, however,
that the most quality belongs to the Scotch
horse.

The men from South of the Tweed have
not sought so strenuously the extreme size
of foot, slope of paBtern, ivory quality of
bone and Bilky hair that at one time
almost infatuated the Scotch. They have
been and perhaps still are content with
sound, big bones and pasterns of ample
length without Beeking extreme quality.
And they have reserved all the immense
size the Shire breed ever possessed. In
short the latest teachings of the showyard
are that while the English horses have
over all a trifle the most size the Scotch
horses are the best at the ground, but
taking the average it is hard to separate
representatives of the breed.— Breeders'
Gazette.

Dairy cows to give best returns must
have much better shelter than beef ani-
mals. The beef animal is well protected
by a coat of fat and the material which it
takes from the feed is stored in the body,
strengthening the whole system. The
dairy cow is thin, her body is not pro-
tected by a coat of fat and what she ex-
tracts from her food goes into the milk
pail and not to build up her body and
strength. A Iobs from the usual methods
of feeding is that many winter feeds tend
to make the cow constipated. The world
over, the dairy cow gives the best returns
under June conditions and the nearer we
can give her these conditions in winter
the greater will be the yield.

Not a little of the trouble in grading up
herds of live stock comes from indiscrimi-
nate and ignorant cross breeding. New
blood is necessary for every flock or herd
and some introduce it with a vengeance.
That is, they cross with about every thing
that comes along. They seem to take a
certain amount of pleasure in introducing
the blood of nearly every breed- good, bad
or indifferent— into their flock. Some
will defend their position by saying that
they are experimenting and that the work
is all done in the interest of scientific
breeding. They will even point to some
accidental discoveries of fine breeds pro-
duced through cross breeding unex-
pectedly.

They are wrong in this logic, for the
accidental discoveries have not been pro-
duced by indiscriminate cross breeding.
There were no doubt breeders who were
conducting a line of experiments with cer-
tain animals for certain results and acci-
dently obtained something else. They
were doing every cross for a purpose and
were thus intelligently conducting experi-
ments in the interest of science. It is
very different from the indiscriminate
cross breeding, which has no other object
or aim and is carried on in a haphazard
style. It only leads to confusion and gen-
erally to the degeneration of a flock or
herd.

ViciouB and undesirable qualities are
pretty sure to be introduced in this way
and in the end there will be absolute loss.
Intell gent cross breeding is of the utmost
importance on our ranches and it is some-
thing that can be carried on by every
stockman. All that is necessary is an in-
telligent desire to improve the animals
and a clear aim in view. A cross should
be made only with superior animals to the
live stock on hand. A neighbor's bull
may have some meritB, but the chances
are that they are not superior to those of
one's own herd. At a little more expense
a high grade bull can be secured to head
the bunch ; or the services of another may
be secured at a trifling higher expense
than the neighbor's.

It never pays to cross with an inferior
bull. Such an animal should have been
killed long ago for beef. It is the best
thing we can do with bulls that have no
Bpecial merits for breeding purposes and
the sooner the range is cleared of such
animals, the less danger there will be that
stockmen will injure the standing of their
herdB through the temptations of economy.
In-an-in breeding is bad enough when the
Btock is all high grade, but to practice
this with inferior animals is something
almost criminal. It means degeneration
in quality and vitality and the loss of
nearly all animals that can be railed profit-
able in any sense of the word.— E. P.
Smith in Field and Farm.

The dayB of range cattle will soon be
numbered in this country. A Colorado
livestock paper predicts that in a very few
years there will not be a herd of 5000
cattle anywhere in this country outside of
Texas. It is easy to forsee what the
effect must be. The demand for beef is
and will continue to be constantly on the
increase, as the range product decreases,
the smaller farms, both East and West,
must-upply the deficiency. Prices will
no doubt be high enough to make beef a
profitable production upon any farm.
Even at present, as conditions now are,
the production of beef cattle is not a bad
business upon any; farm. It affo. ds a
home market for hay, grain and roots, and
very much roughage can be cheaply pro-
duced and thus turned into cash, and be-
sides, it helps to secure the maintenance
of fertility, which the selling of these pro-
ducts does not. The two great questions
which should most concern every farmer
are, how to maintain and increase the
fertility of the soil, and how best to con-
serve the moisture which nature does sup-
ply We must use our opportunities and
husband our resources to make any prog-
ress in this world

January 19, 1901]

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Sheep and Weed Seeds.

A neighbor, who has a nice little flock of
grade Shropshire sheep came to our ranch
in a great hurry a few mornings ago. He
reported two of his fine yearling ewes
dead and a third one sick. We found the
trouble to be impaction of the stomach
from eating too many weed seeds. These
sheep had been running on green feed un-
til the snow fell, which covered it and
thay had to go on dry feed suddenly. He
had fed them some screenings from the
threshing machine and they got too much
of it. which produced in the stomach the
same state of things as smut eating does
in cattle. A charge of food for sheep ap-
pears to be the only remedy, as the sick
die so quickly after the trouble is observed.
Too much care cannot be observed in get-
ting the flock from green feed to dry in
the fall, and they should have plenty of
clean water and salt to aid the digestion j
of the dry feed. The roughage at this (
time of year, too, should be the early cut
kind so as to be as tender as possible.
These three young ewes were quite a loss
in this little flock as the young ewes are
the hope of the flock, and these were
worth at least $6 per head for mutton and
more than that for breeding purposes, as
they were choice. — Rural World.

m

It is said that there are bu three women
in the United States who make what
might De called a wholesale business of
raising turkeys for market, one of them
being Mrs. B. F. Jackson, of Kentucky,
who began five years ago, and now has an
income of several thousands of dollars a
year from her turkeys, while the demand
for them is larger than she is able to Bup-
ply, and another is Mrs. Mary R. Thomas,
of Maryland, who has seven farms de-
voted to the business. A third is Miss
Anita Martin, of Texas, who has been at
it about as long as Mrs. Jackson, and now
raises them by the thousand.

Mrs Thomas makes a specialty of the
bronze turkey and has' taken first prizes
on her stock, the gobblers weighing from
36 to 45 pounds each, and the hens from
18 to 26 pounds. Mrs. Jackson says the
young turkeys should not be fed until
they are at least 36 hours old, and it is
better to wait 12 hours longer. Then they
get three meals a day of bread crumbs,
curds and chopped onion for a few weeks
and then it is changed to wheat and
cracked corn. When she has 100 or more
hatched out she puts them with three of
the best turkey hens and lets them choose
their own mothers. They may be turned
loose at ten days old, but care must be
taken to protect them if a shower comes
up, and to keep them from straying in the
wet grass, as they are subject to taking
cold, and seldom recover from the effect.
They need the sunlight. They must be
protected from vermin, and she finds no
better method than to dust the young tur-
keys with insect powder in cold weather,
and when it iB warm to rub the head and
neck at night with a mixture of lard and
kerosene, which will kill or drive them
off before morning.

Miss Martin keeps about 100 stock birds
and employs two women and several boys
to help her, and says she cleared more
than $2500 last year. She raises shallots
and peppers, as well as corn to feed them,
and her method of caring for them is
about the same as Mrs. Thomas', except-
ing that she uses unsifted corn meal as
grain, and substitutes the Bhallots and
peppers as green food until they are old
enough to find the green food for them-
selves. After they are four monthB they
are only fed twice a day.

A man by the name of Francisco started
a dairy farm in New Jersey 12 years ago,
almost without capital, producing 35
quarts of milk a day. Now he has what
is probably the largest dairy farm in the
world, keeping 525 cows and selling 4000
quarts of milk every day in New York at
12 cents a quart. His cows, 35 horses and
some young stock make over 600 animals
on the farm. The secret of his success is
absolute cleanliness in stables and all per
taining to the handling of the milk. Even
the linen suits worn by the men while
milking are never worn but once without
washing. Each group of 20 cows has an
overseer whose business it is to see that
all feeding and milking rules are carried
out. All milk as soon as drawn is taken
to a milk room a considerable distance
from the stables, and as every cow has
been t sted for tuberculosis, and no new
one is added to the herd until she has been
for some time in a barn apart from the
others, and has been proved free from
disease, he guarantees his milk to be from
healthy animals, and drawn under the
mostfavorable conditions as to cleanlinesB.

A novel way of booming farm lands is
credited to the general passenger agent of
the Atchisan, Topeka & Sante Fe R. R.
He baa had traveling about the West an
expert Bhorthand writer, to visit individual
farmers in their homes, find out what suc-
cess has been met with, and then write
letters at their dictation, addressed to
Eastern friends, telling all about the big
crops and resultant good times. This pri
vate secretary goes about with a team, and
carries a small typewriting machine and
stationery. He interviews the owner or
renter of each quarter section on his route,
and writes down the industrial situation,
as it really is in that neighborhood. He
tells just was luck was had with wheat,
cattle and hogs, describes climatic condi-
tions, mentions Mary and the baby, and
sometimes winds up with the story of a
lifted mortgage and money in the bank.
This personal correspondence is followed
up at the head offices ot the road by mail-
ing appropriate advertising literature to
the farmer's friends. Beneficial results
are Baid to be already manifest to the rail-
road. When a person living back in Ohio
receives a letter from his former neighbor
written on a typewriter, he naturally con-
cludes that any country which is prosper
our enough to warrant a plain farmer
owning his own writing machine is worth
investigating.

Those who are trying to make winter
butter should remember that feeding
cottonseed meal haB a tendency to make
the butter harder, even so that it will
crumble when cut, giving it a greasy ap-
pearance that many do not like. It is
better in winter to substitute gluten meal
or linseed meal for cottonseed as these
tend toward making a soft butter. While
we advise that only one quart of cotton
seed meal be used with four or five of
other grain, it is safe to use one quart of
linseed or gluten meal to two or three of
other grain.

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rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

TrottingHorses

in being shipped about
from place to place on a
circuit, subject to all
kinds of weather and
consequent changes in
temperature are very like-
ly to fall sick, chills,colic,
colds, pneumonia, &c.,
may take them at any time.
Avoid trouble in time by having a supply of

Turtle's Elixir

ever ready to hand. It is invaluable in such
cases and for hurts, bruises, splints, spavins, &c
The best body and leg wash known.

Used and Endorsed by Adams Express Company.

Turtle's Family Elixir S££,3SS2$E

Kills pain instantly. Our 100 page book' "Veter-
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Tattle's Elixir Co., 437 O'FarrellSt., San Francisco, Cat.

Beware of so-called Ellxiis — none genuine b°L Tattle's.
Avoldall blisters j theyoffer only tern porary relief ifanv.
Home office: 53 Beverly, St. Boston, Mass.

FOR SALE

Pacing Stallion John A. 2:12 3=4,

Five year old. Sound as a new dollar and faster
than his record.

Will be sold right, and in care of a good man can
earn his price, in the stud this year and be raced
as well.
For particulars apply to J. B. HEINS,

400 Folsom St , San Franciaco

Percheron Stallion For Sale.

I offer for sale NATIVE SON, foaled April 28,
1897. Sired by Raglan, 1st dam by Adolph, 2d
dam by imp. Weinort, 3d dam by imp. French Spy.

Native Son is one of the most promising young
draft stallions in California, and is a sure foal
getter. He was bred to eight mares last year
and all are in foal. His six year old full brother
weighs 2060 pounds, and Native Son will be as
large at the same age. Apply to

H. B. GOECKEN,
585 Fourth St., San Francisco.

PCE. A. PONIATOWSKI,

President.

Charles L. Fate,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

JAN. 21st. to FEB. 9th. inch

Six or More High-class Sunning Races

Every Week Day, Beginning at 2:10

p. m. Last Eace by 4:40 p. m.

Stake Races Eve>-y Week. Three Races for Jump.
ing Horses During the First Meeting.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
Bend streets San Francisco, for Tanforan Park— Ai
7, 10:40 and 11 :30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 and 2 p. m.

Traina Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. m., followed by several specials.

as-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, J1.25.

MII-TON LATHAM, See'y.

Great Clearance Sale

OF

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & CO.

1144 Market Street.

Do You Want

A Speed Cart,
Track Sulky, or
Speed Wagon?

I'll Fit You Out with the Best at the
Lowest Price.

W. J. KKNNEY, Elkeman,

531 Valencia St., near 16th,
San Francisco, Cal.

•'ALL VOYAGERS AGREE THAT FOR
VARIED BEAUTY OF FORM AND COLOR,
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE UNSURPASSED
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS THAT
CIRCLE ROUND THE HIGH LANDS. GATHER
IN LOVELY STREAMS, AND, AFTER HEAVY
RAINS, TORRENTS PRECIPITATE THEM-
SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN CLIFFS— A FEATURE SO STRIK-
ING A3 TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE AT
TENTION OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL
LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF THE
ISLANDS THERE IS A LUXURIANT CORAL
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE AT NO
GREAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW THE
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLAND
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOSE OF
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS."

— Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Isle. Send for
"Tahiti" to Company's office, 643 Market
St. , San Francisco, Cal.

BUSINESS COLLEGE
24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

The oldest, the largest, the most popular com-
mercial school on the Pacific Coast. 18,000 gradu-
ates; 25 teachers: 60 typewriters; over 300 students
annually placed in positions. Send for catalogue.

E. P. HEALD, President.

BAKER & HAMILTON, Agent for Deal Carts
San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Pneumatic or Cushion Tires.

'BRIEN & SONS, Agents,

San' Francisco, Cal

GOODWIN BROS., Publishers,

1440 Broadway, New York.

Circulars mailed upon application.

COOOANUT OIL CAKE

THE BEST FEED FOB

STOCK, CHICKENS AND PIGS

For sale in lots to snit by

EL DORADO LINSEED OIL WORKS GO.

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[January in. 1001

THE 6AYW00D STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 ^4291)

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:0o Sire of Directly, 2:03J, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11J) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will uiake the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mareg only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TERMS FOR THE SEASON S60.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
— ForrSpecial'Stakefor foals;of REY DIRECT (;j300 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full" particulars, address.

^___ EO. A. DAVIS, Fleasanton, Cal.

DALY 2:15.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2115

AOTJ

ST. WHIPS

By WWps 2:27J< by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. .Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER,25,492b hie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 14, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:071, -GAYTON 2:08J, ALVES 2:09}, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at FLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13. 31 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at S30. Hares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAME3 McnONALD, Supt. Jlenlo Stock Farm,

San Mateo County, Cal.

Pedigrees Tabulated

and type written ready for framing.
Write for prices. Breeder and
Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any ocour.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R. "WELCH, Fleasanton, CaJ.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

ALTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22,449

Dam LOT
2:18

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

•ita 2:18 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell {dam of Lady well 2:16 1-2 and Lorila
$ 1-2) by St. Glair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:18 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage S3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPKR,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

OP THE ENTIRE

BITTER ROOT STUD,

PROPERTY OP THE ESTATE OP MARCUS DALY,

■AT-

Madison Square Garden, New York, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, January 30 and 31, February 1, 1901.

By FASIG-TIPTON COMPANY.

8 STALII0NS.

104 BROODMARES.

75 HORSES IN TRAINING.

"The Great"

HAMBURG.

The "Futurity" -winner

OGDEN.
The Champion

TAMMANY.

(Sire of Inishfree, St. Finnan, &e.)

Imp. BATHAMPTON.

(Already a stud success.)

Imp. INVERNESS.

(Sire of Larva, Scottish Chieftain. &c.)

Imp. ISIDOR.

(By Hampton, imp. Isis, Bend Or, 2d dam Shotover,
Derby.)

THE PEPPER.

(By imp. Billet-Vega, by War Dance.)

Imp. BUTE.

(By Hampton-imp. Buttermere, by Doncaster.

IRONY, grandam of Flying Fox.
IRONIC, half-sister to Flying Fox's dam
MINTCAKE, half-sister to Minting.
MADGE D., hlf-sis.to Commando's dam
LAETITIA, dam of Charcornac-"Fut'y"
ELLA GREGG, dam of Motley.
MERIDEN, hf-sis to TheBut'rfI's-"Fu."
MISS DARE BIN, dam of Scottish Chief.
MISSOULA, sister to Sir Excess.
SALVIA, half-sister to Bersan.
ORIOLE, dam of Ogden-"Futurity. "
BERRIEDALE, hlf-sis. to Latheronwell
BETTIE BLAISE, dam of Bannockburn
ISIS, dam of Inishfree, Isidor, &c.
RHODA, sister to Melton-"Derby.-'
FLEUR d OR, dam of Han d'Or
WHYOTA, half-sister to Ornament.
CHERRY WILD, half-sister to Morello.
And other greatly bred matrons

FRANKFORT.

(Three-year-old brother to "the great" Hamburg)

VESUVIA.

(Half-sister to Can Galop.)

WEALTH.

(Half-sister to P. W. Erode.)

GOLDEN GRAIN.

(Sister to Han d'Or.)

NORTHERN STAR (By Hanover)
(Half-brother to Casseopia.)

CHOATE.

(Half-brother to the Futurity winner Charcornac.)
Q H | LTO N . (Half-brother to Cassette.)
M O W I C K . (Half-brother to Larva.)

ROSE OF SCOTLAND.

(Sister to St. Finnan, &c.)

STAR OF THE WEST.

(Half-sister to Inishfree, &c.)

PRICE.

(Half-sister so Scottish Chieftain.)

Others Equally Desirable.

Regular sale catalogue ready for distribution January 10, 'and to be had from the Breeder and Sportsman
WM. EASTON, Auctioneer. FASIG-TIPTON CO.

Madison Square Garden, New York City.

January 19, 1901]

Suite givjesi/zv mtfr ^paxi&xnmt

15

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:223

Full Brother to J. A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1654, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09, Who Is It 2-10W
Claudius 2:13*4, Georgie B. 2:12^, Bob In^ersol] 2:1434 and other standard performers

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22''n and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 205v4, Direct 2:05 vi, Direction
2:10ji£i Evangeline 2:11^, Margaret S. 2:12U and others: second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 41)2, sire of Echora 2:2.3';. idam of Direct 2:i»51..) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22'i), sire of Our Dick 2:10w,
Homestake 2:UH and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

Wll k"F^ niRFrT is a dark ba5*- 15-3 hands and weighs 1200 pounds. Well
TTiLivbJ unvLVI formed and of kind disposition; will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON OR $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

Telephone No. West 141,

T. W. BARSTOW,

San Jose, Ca),

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to J. A. McKerron 3:09.

Bonnie Direct 2:05'

World's Record for Paceii in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit:
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 td his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05*. Sire of Directly 2:03],
Directum Kelly 7-08}, Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene '2:143 ,),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:1114',
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10-U, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:2ii, by Geo r^ i 1

Wilkes 2:22. ■ Ma*M"^^^^^*™™*^^"^™g^™^™™™g"s*gw*g

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by BobJTJohnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF niPFf T is a Dlack stallion, 1t>% hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
uunniLi uir\LV 1 nas best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at 81 00
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. , Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address

C. r. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cat.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direct-'s Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

Hal McEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 II 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro. Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 ? 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:I0ii,2;12'i, 2:13?i;2:13; 2:12^. 2:12£.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombus.

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 1 12 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, l:02?i, 1:34, 2:05&; 0:33,—, 1:0514,
U38H, 2:10^; 0:32; 1:03&, l:34'i, 2:07'^: 0:31H,
l:04'/2, 1:373£, 2:08?^; 0:31^, 1:03££, 1:36. 2:08M.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct Ill

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:073£, 2:09»^, 2:10j£.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 3:06

B«« dalion 3 :11

Diawood 3-11

Hijo del Diablo 3:11'/.

Ha'

SIRE OF

Tags 3:13

lnfwrno 3:15

El lliablo 2:16^

fJafl" Topsail 3:17]-2

el D 3:34';

N L. E. (3) 2::

Imp 3:!

Key del Diablo (3)...S:i
Athalbo 3:!

Sire

GHAS. DERBY 2:20

Sire of

/"Much Better

I Derby Princess

-(Diablo

J Owyhee

I. and 10 more in 2:3

.2:117. i

■£WH
2:11

Dam /Diablo 2:09M

Elf 2:12';

BERTHA by Alcantaca<Ed Lafferty 2:16;.i

IJay Eff Bee (year-
Dam of | iinS record)

ling record) 2:2614

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MDKKAT, Woodland, Cal.

a
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PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of thia Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such aa have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will ba introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
Bpacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOtSTEINS— Winners of every 7 days1 butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jersovs for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

TEKEA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J.

C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SBIPPEE, Avon. Cal , Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

Absorbine

. . . CURES . . .

Strained,
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without removing the
hair or laying the horse
up. Does the work
well. Pleasant to use.
$2 per bottle, delivered.

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Springfield, Mase.

For Bale by Mack & Co., Langley & Michaels Co.,
ReddiDgton &, Co., J. O'Kane, and J~. A. McKerrOD,
all of San Francisco.

The largest and best located sales paviliou
on the Pacific Coast I

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STREET,

Near Third - - San Francisco.

Having fitted op the abo*e place especially for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond with owners
regarding the Anctlon Sales which I shall hold
at this place EVERY TUESDAY at 11 a. m.
Arrangements can be made for Bpecial sales of
standard bred trottiug stock, thoroughbreds, etc.
My turf library is the largest on this Coast, hence
lam prepared to compile catalogues satisfactorily
to my patrons. I take pleasure in referring to any
and all for whom I have sold horses during the pas'
two years. WM. G. LATNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
Telephone Main 5179.

3Dxr. "Wxxx, TTm Esau.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery. Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital, 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near "Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

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The Fox Terrier

VI BO

A. K. C. S. B. 52,089.
By Visto (the sire of Champion Veracity) ex
Eggesford Dora. A winning dog on the Eastern
Bench Show Circuit and on the Coast. At stud Jto
a limited number of approved bitches. He has al-
ready proved himself to be a good sire, and should
improve the quality of the breed on the Coast.
Fee, $15 in advance. For particulars address,

Chas. K. Harlev, 8J4 Harrison St., S. F.

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)
SAM'S BOW

(Plain 8am— Dolly Dee II)

STOCKDALE KENNELS

R. M. DODGE, Manager,
"Bakersfleld, Kern Co.,
Boarding. Pointer puppies and well broken
for sale.

AT STUD

Champion Guy Silk

No. 39,168, by BENDIGO— MAUD S. II.
Fee, 815.00.
For particulars address

PINE HUX COCKER KENNELS,
Care of DR. M. J. MURRAY,
Bay View Scabies, San Rafael, Cal.

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Compiler of

TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)

Address 534 1-3 South Spring St.

Lns Angeles, Cal.
Refers to Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, New York ;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene,
Esq., New York: E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sanders
Tenn.; Wm. Hendrie, Esq.,Hamilton,/)nt.

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VOL. XXVIII. No.4 .
36 GEARY STREET.

SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1901.

SUBSCRIPTION
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[January 26, 15

OCCIDENT AND STANFORD STAKES.

Colts and Fillies on Which Second and Third
Payments Were Made.

Assistant Secretary H. Lowden sends us the follow-
ing list of colts entered in the Occident and Stanford
Stakes of 1901 and 1902 that were paid up on January
1st. In sending the list of names on which payment
was made in the Occident Stake to he trotted this year
one of the typewritten sheets was accidentally left out
and a duplicate of another sheet sent in its place. We
will have the list in time for nest week's issue. We
have not yet received the list of entries for the Occi-
dent Stake of 1903, to which there were, we under-
stand. 100 entries.

SECOND PAYMENT STANFORD STAKE 1902.

Jesse D. Carr's ch e Admiral Dewey by Boodle Jr.-Isabella.

J. H. Allen's br c Sir Wall by Waldstein Wilkes-Easter.

J. Gallegos' ch t Carita by Direct Prince-Bessie Wilkes.

J. M. Hackett's b c Don Z. by Slam B.-Lottie H.

Palo Alto Stock Farm's br f Alselma by Altivo-Anselma; br f Alto-

vosa by Altivo-Mary Osbom; br 1 WiUowena by Wildnut-

Rowena.
S. Comisto'sb c Montie by Monterey-Hazel.
Ales Brown's br c by Nushagak-Nosegay; br or b f by Nushagak-

Woodflower.
Mrs. Thos. Coulter's br f Fran Kruger by Zombro-Blanche.
Edw. Pickett's b or br f Minnie Talmadge by Knight-Hoodoo.
Blasingame & Schweizer's b c Dan McCarty by Senator L-

Kittv H.

F. D. McGregor's b f by Cock Robin-Mabel.
B Tretry's blk f by Zombro-St. Lonis-

\ McCollum's br or blk bv Dave Ryan-Bessie Lee.

J Doran's b f Oakland Maid by McKinney-Lady C.

Win. Duncan's br f Honolulu Maid by Kentucky Baron-Mignonette.

J. B. Iverson's blk c Prince Rio by Alta Rio-Belle; b f- Ruble by

Altamont-Ruby.
C. A. Durfee's b c Cuate by McKinney-Miss Jessie.
I L. Borden's b f La Belle Altamont by Altamont-Belle.
Van de Vanter Stock Farm's b f Maymont by McKinney-McMinn-

ville Maid. _ ,

J. H. Derosier's blk c Donnatusby Elecrus. dam by Whippleton.
Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Rossmore by Azmoor-Rosemont.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b f Confianza by James Madison-Ituna ;

b I Dixie Derby bv Chas. Derby-Ituna.
H. M oyer's br f Vera bv Chas. Derby-Coquette.
R Jordan Jr.'s blk f Constancia by McKinney- Adeline Patti.
Geo. E. Anderson's b f Maud J. by Wilkes Direct-Fanny Menlo.
A G Gumett's b f bv St. Nicholas-Nellie Fairmont.
Santa Rosa Stock Farm's br c Biscari Russell by L. TV. Russell-

Biscari; b c Alto Russell bv L. TV. Russell-Palo Belle; blk f

Flora Russell bv L. W. Russell-Flora Allen: ch i Lou Russell

by L. W. Russell-Lou Milton; ch c Pansy Dillon by Sidney

D'iilon-Pansy.
H. E. Burke's b c Harry B. by Geo. Washington-May Girl.
Thos. Smith's ch c Gen. Washington by Geo. Washington- Venus.
Dennis Coughlin's b g Loulyn by Lynmont-Lou Star.
A. F. Hamilton's b g bv Meridian-Paulina.
S. J. Dunlop's b g The Gentile by Strathway-Tiba.
W. Masten's b c Expense by Falrose-Claudie.
Mrs S. V. Barstow's b s Jubilee bv Wilkes Direct-Nettie G.
Geo. Trank's b f Cinderella by Arthur Wilkes-Lady Whips.
W. E. Meek's br f by Welcome-Hyola.
Tattle Bros." br c Moscow bv Zombro-Belle Medium.
H. P. Moore's b f Etta Wood by Boxwood-Etta.
J. 3 Taylor's b f Martha Washington by Geo. Washington, dam by

Scott's Henry Clay.

G. W. Ford's ch c by Neernut-Bess.

L. H. Todhunter's b f Zombrozette by Zombro, dam by Stiver Bow#

THIRD PAYMENT STANFORD STAKE 1901.

James Coffin's b f Cuba by Oro Wilkes-Mattie Menlo.

W. Hogoboom's br c Chas. H. by Lynmont-Elmorene.

W. H. Lumsden's b f Tantaline by Altamont, dam by Nutwood.

P. W. Lee's. br f Fluey by Or Lee-Fleety.

J. C. Kirkpatrick's b i Suzanne by McKiuney-Flewey Flewey.

Thos. S Manning's b e Commander Muckle by McKinney-CheerfuL

A. M. McCollum's ch f Jennie H. by Algona-Rosie Lee.

Vendome Stock Farm's br f Elsie Downs by Boodle-Linda Oak.

Mrs. E. W. Callendine's b f Lady Keating by Stam B.-Abbie

Woodnut.
Alex Brown's b I Mamie Martin by Nushagak-Francesca.
W. P. Book's b c Gold Coin by Zombro-Leonora.
J. Doran's b f Delia McCarty by McKinney-Lady C.
R. I. Orr's blk c Oro Guy by Oro Wilkes-Roseate.
A. G. Gumett's ch c by St. Nicholas-Lassie Jean.
C. A. Durfee's b f Lady Elizabeth by McKinney-Alien.
C. A. Owens' ch c Le Roy by Waldstein-Zadie McGregor.
Santa Rosa Stock Farm's blk f by L. W. Russell-Flora Allen; b f

by L. W. Russell-Pansy; br c by McKinney-Bye Bye.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's br c by Chas. Derby-Pippa.
C. A. Durfee's blk c Mazuma by McKinney-Lady Director.
Van de Vanter Stock Farm's blk c Chiel Seattle by Freddie C,

dam by Holmdell: b f Lady Guy by Guycesca, dam by Tom V.
G. W. Ford's b c by Neernut-Florence C; b f by Neernut-Bess.

SECOND PAYMENT OCCIDENT STAKE 1902.

J. Galegos' ch i Carita by Direct Prince-Bessie Wilkes; b f Ojala

by Prince Airlie-Lindale.
Thos." Smith's ch c Gen. Washington by Geo. Washington-Venus.
Alex. Brown's b f by Nushagak-Woodflower; b c by Xushagak-

Xosetrav.
R. I. Mofehead's ch f Maggie X. by Hamb. Wilkes-Anna Belle.
J. D. Carr's ch c Admiral Dewey by Boodle, Jr.-Isabella.
Mrs. Thos. Coulter's br f Frau Kruger by Zombro-Blanche.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b c Confianza by James Madison-
Ituna; b t Dixie Derby by Charles Derby-Pippa.
H. M. Ayers' br f by Charles Derby-Coquette.
Silvio Comisto's ch c Montie by Monterey Amigo-Hazel.
W. F. Snyder's br c by Waldstein. dam by Grand Moor.
J. S. Taylor's b f Martha Washington by Geo. Washington, dam by

Scott's Henry Clay.
J. Gallegos' blkf Megrita by Direct Prince-Quien Sabe.
J. M. Hackett's b c Don Z. by Stam B.-Lotta H.
W. H. Lumsden's b c McPherson by McKinney-Evaline.
Mrs. S- V. Barstow's b c Jubilee by Wilkes Direct-Nettie G.
J. W. Minturn's b c Edran by Teheran-Edna W.; br f Dsa by

Ildrim-Perfection.
Dr. A McCollum.s br f by Dave Ryan-Rosie Lee.
H3rry E. Burke's b c Harry B. by Geo. Washington-May Boy.
J. B.Iverson's b I Ruble by Altamont-Rubv: bike Prince Rio by

Alta Rio-Belle.
I. L. Borden's b f La Belle Altamont by Altamont-Alice Belle.
Chas. A. Durfee's b c Cuate by McKinnev-Miss Jessie.
Tuttle Bros.' br c Moscow by Zombro-Belle Medium.
J. Doran's b f Oakland Maid bv McKinnev-Ladv C.
H. P Moore's b 1 Etta Wood by Box Wood-Etta.
Santa Rosa Stock Farm's brc by L. W. Russell-Biscara; blk f by

L. W. Russell-Flora Allen: ch c by Sidney Dillon-Pansy.
C. R. Harrington's b f Uarda bvFalrose-Virginia
G. Fox's b c by Silver Bow-Kitty Fox.
C. M. Cline's b f Lizzie Zomo bv Zombro-Lizzie Monaco.
Vendome- Stock Farm's b I The Mascot bv Iran Alto-Linda Oak.
A. P. Hamilton's b c by Meridian-Paulina.
H. W. Meek's b f by Welcome-Fennella: b f bv Welcome-Elonora:

b f by Welcome-Edwina: b f by Welcome-Hyola.
Palo Alto Stock Farm's b c Rosemoor bv Azmoor-Rosemont' br f

Alselma by Altivc-Anselma.: br f Wilowena by Wildnut-

Rowena;br f Altivosa by Altivo-Mary Osbourne
A. F- Van de Vanter's br f Maymont bv McKinnev-McMinnville

Maid.
F. D. McGregor's b f by Cock Robin-Mabel.

F. L. Duncan's br f Honolulu Maid by Kentucky Baron-
Mignonelte.

Edw. Pickett's br f Minnie Talmadge by Knight-Hoodoo.

G. W. Ford's ch c by Xeernut-Bess,

L. H. T.xlhunter's b 1 Zombrozette by Zombro, dam by Silver Bow
P. Henshaw's b f Orpha by Arthur Wilkes-Orphan Girl: b f Xim-

shew by Arthur Wilkes-Jaue Stanford.
F. Quimby 4 Co.'s b c by Bay Bird-Hilda: b c by Knight-Alaskena-
b f by Bay Bird-Rosemary; b c by Bay Bird-Violet: b c by Bay
Bird, dam by Albert W.; ch f by Knight, dam by Imperious.

A Promising Green Four Year Old.
B. O. Van Bokkelen has lately had added to his
string of horses at San Jose the four year old colt Tom
Smith, by McKinney 2:11}. As Mr. Van Bokkelen
makes a trip East every year with a few good ones
that he has picked up here for Eastern parties for
whom he is always on the lookout for something extra
good, those who heard that he had this colt in charge
supposed a sale had been made, but such is not the
case, as the colt is still the property of Prof. E. P-
Heald. To the writer's mind Tom Smith was the
handsomest McKinney on the circuit last year, and
although he did not get a record he demonstrated his

ability to beat 2:20 away off, and we were told by a
reliable person that he timed the colt a mile in 2:16.

Tom Smith is a colt with plenty of bone and sub-
stance, level headed and one of the stoutest bred trot-
ters in the books. His dam is the great broodmare
Daisy S. by McDonald Chief 3583, the dam of two in
the list: the second dam is Fanny Rose (also a great
broodmare, dam of Columbus S. 2:17 and George
Washington 2:16|) by Ethan Allen Jr. 2993, and the
third dam is Jennie Lind, dam of Prince Allen 2:27.

Tom Smith is a square trotter and fast, but had to
meet The Roman and Eula Mac last year and failed to
get a record. He was not taught to get away fast and
at the half in all of his five starts he was behind, but
he trotted the last half so fast that he would be well
up at the wire. The picture is from a snap shot taken
at him at Vallejo in July last. We understand Mr
Van Bokkelen has secured an option on him, and if he
gets the colt we do not doubt but 2:10 will be opposite
Tom Smith's name before the season is over.

Average Speed on the Grand Circuit.

Are you going East this year with a string of horses
to race on the Grand Circuit? If so, be pretty certain
that you have the speed and stamina in your string,
as it takes both to win over there. Here is an inter-
esting lot of figures in regard to the racing last year
that is worth studying by those who contemplate
courting the fickle goddess on the Grand Circuit:

At Detroit there were thirty-three miles trotted;
fastest heat, 2:07; slowest, 2:22; average, 2:11 79-100.
The pacers went thirty-five heats; fastest, 2:05; slowestt
2:16}; average. 2:11 55-100. At Cleveland the trotters
went thirty-five heats from 2:06| to 2:19, averaging
2:12 30-100; the pacers thirty-four, from 2:02 to 2:19,
an average of 2:10 7-100.

At Columbus the trotters in thirty-two heats ranged
from 2:06 to 2:17, averaging 2:12 30-100; the pacers
stepped around the circle thirty miles from 2:05} to
2:161, an average of 2:10 7-100.

Fort Erie furnished good sport also, the trotters in
twenty-four heats going from 2:09} to 2:21}, and aver-
aging 2:16 6-100; the pacers twenty-sis heats from
2:05| to 2:26, averaging 2:12 9-100, This 2:26 heat was
by a two year old with no active competition. It was
a stake event with but two as starters.

At Glens Falls the trotters averaged 2:13 29-100 in
twenty-five heats that ran from 2:10} to 2:17. The pac-
ers went from 2:06} to 2:141 in twenty-seven heats, an
average of 2:09 85-100. Over at Readville, Mass., they
trotted all the way from 2:06} to 2:16} in thirty-three
miles averaging 2:12 18-100: and the pacers went thirty-
two miles from 2:021 to 2:14}, an average of 2:0913-100.

At Providence the track was fast. The trotters
averaged 2:12 61-100, and the heats ranged from 2:04}
to 2:17}, while the pacers averaged 2:0858-100 in thirty
one heats that ran from 2:04} to 2:131. At Hartford
they trotted thirty-eight heats fram 2:04} to 2:191,
averaging 2:11 99-100. and paced thirtv-four heats from
2:04} to 2:141, at an average of 2:08 58J0O, just equaling
Providence.

Empire City averaged well, the trotters in thirty-
five heats from 2:04 to 2:261 averaging 2:12 57-100, and
the pacers in forty-four' heats that were from 2:03} to
2:14}. averaging 2:09 23-100. The 2:261 heat was against
time by The Jug. Terre Haute had The Abbot's
champion mile 2:03}, and ran to 2:25}, averaging in
nineteen heats 2:13 90-100; the pacers went twenty-one
miles at an average of 2:10 28-100.

The Agricultural Society Bill.

The bill to enable the State Agricultural Society
enlarge and improve its grounds is now before the leg
lature. It should pass hands down. No good reas
can be shown why the State should not preserve a:
mprove its own property given to it and grateful
accepted by it.

The society has outgrown its present quarters-
fact, that was true ten years ago. Its grounds by t
growth of the Capital City have become ill shaped, t
buildings are old and decayed, and will stand no mo
patching whatever. Wherefore it is proposed to s
the sis most southerly blocks of Agricultural Park ai
purchase land lying to the east of the remainder st
ficient for the new park, which will consist also of t'
nearly two-thirds of the present park to the north.

On these new grounds suitable structures will
erected, and the whole is to be deeded to the State
California, thus placing the title in the State beyoi
question and free from any possible reversion to t.
donors of the original lands. The cost of this chan
is expressed in the appropriation called for, name]
3100, 000, which includes the subsisting indebtedness
the Agricultural Society that must be first paid out
the appropriation. After paying the society indebte
ness and purchasing the new lands, if any money
left it is to be used in improving the property ai
fitting it up for fair purposes generally.

It goes without saving that an appropriation will
made for the society as usual. California will n
abandon that beneficient agency. It follows, therefoi
that it is the part of wisdom to make the appropriate
add still more to the permanent beneficence of th
valuable institution.

The time has gone by when the State Fair is treat'
as a localism; the people fully realize its high value
the whole State, and the immeasurable benefit it h
been to the Commonwealth. In the stimulation
stock and dairy interests alone it has more than repa
all the State has given it. But the State has nev
paid anything for the society grounds.

Of the annual appropriation 80 per cent, goes f
premiums, not for races, but for actual exhibits stim
lated by the Agricultural Society to be made by 1
people. It is, therefore, wise and beneficial in its co
duct and it will be in the direct interest of the prodi
ers in California to outfit the society with prop
grounds for the exhibition and test of choice stock, t;
growing of which the Agricultural Society has pr
moted in the fullest degree.

Its present grounds are wholly inadequate and t.
demands upon them for some years from our own ai
other states has been so great that much of the stoi
sent here for exhibit has either been necessarily refus
or quartered outside, greatly to the inconvenience ai
injury of the exhibitors.

The grounds are so crowded that there is not spa
to allow the people to freely examine stock exhibit
nor can those relaxing and pleasing athletic and oth
eshibitions be made, which at all fairs now proper
and beneficially serve to fill up those programs of e
tertainment which the people who attend expositio
espect to witness.

The time has gone by when the California State Fa
can be sneered down. It is an indispensable factor
the means employed by the State to advance its inte
ests, to develop its resources and disseminate inform
tion concerning it. Sacramento is not asking for tt
benefit for the State Agricultural Society: it is not
benefit for a locality; it is not a selfish personal intere
to be promoted; it is State concernment, as broad
the State, and as wide as the borders of the garmen
of the State. It is in State interest, moving on tl
same plane as the State University, or any other Sta
institution looking to the education of the people ai
the development of the State. — Sacramento Seco

Union.

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Big Stake for Pacers.

The New England Breeders' Association has decide
to increase its 2:25 stake for pacers to 810,000, which
the highest stake open to the pacing brigade. Th
the fast pacers make attractive races is true all ov
the country and associations are beginning to reali
this fact and trainers are pleased over the prospect
There should be more large stakes for both trotte
and pacers, as nothing adds to horse values like tl
opportunity for them to earn large sums of money.

Just at present Direct'Hal, the Hamlin's fast foi
year old; Beausant, the 810,000 stallion, by Bow Bell
and Maury Pointer, the brother to Star Pointer 1:58
seem the best in sight for this rich event, yet it is m
at all certain that either of the illustrious trio will 1
in the field to face the starter, what with the mai
accidents, etc., liable to overtake a horse in the tr

down the line.

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Sir Alfred S., the green pacer by Diablo 2:09}, owns
by William G. Layng that gave promise of being sue
a fast horse last year, but was injured in acaraccidei
and failed to start, is all right again and ought to 1
another 2:10 performer for his sire if raced this year.

January 26. 1901]

Suiw gveebev axxb £tp0xt&man

Joe Patchen and Hal Pointer at Fresno.

Jack Curry was in a reminiscent mood in New York
on New Year's day and out at the speedway, where the
going was so had that the horses could not untrack
themselves, he entertained a crowd of listeners with
the following:

"This is pretty nearly the worst I ever saw and I
do not remember a time when the going was heavier
except once. That was on the Fresno, Cal., track in
February. 1895. I had followed Ed Geers across the
continent with a determination to beat Robert J. with
Joe Patchen or die in the attempt. It started to rain
when we arrived there and it kept on raining every
day, until at last we saw that something would have to
be done to put the track in some sort of shape, or we
would never be able to pull off the race. Well, sir,
we went to work and did something which I am sure
never was done before by a lot of trainers and drivers.
There were Ed Geers, Tom Raymond, Monroe Salis-
bury, Andy McDowell and myself. What do you sup-
pose we did to try and dry out that track *? Why, we
drove a flock of 2300 head of sheep over it. Looks
funny, don't it ? It does to me, now: but it was a long
way from funny then. We'd get the track in pretty
fair shape during the day and at night it would rain
again. For thirty days we drove the sheep, and for
thirty days it rained.

We finally gave up in despair and agreed to have the
race next day regardless of the condition of the track.
We were very weary of drilling sheep every day. The
evening before the race, Geers and myself attended a
dinner party, during which Geers promised one of the
women present that he would give her one of Robert
J. 's shoes which he would wear next day to beat Joe
Patchen. I told him he would not defeat old Joe, and
he agreed to give the woman a nickel-plated shoe from
the hoof of every horse in his stable if he did not.
He had to make his word good, too. Well, the next
afternoon was clear, but the track was in worse condi-
tion than the speedway is to-day. You could hear the
horses' feet pulling out of the mud almost the same as
the popping of a champagne cork, but never were
faster miles made on such footing. We went away on
even terms for the first heat. Patchen was on the in-
side, but could not get close to the pole for the mud.
In fact, we had to swing out so far that Geers' wheel
was on the grass at the outside edge of the track. We
went to the half in 1:05, where we were just about head
and head. Going home, however, Joe got a shade the
better of it and won by half a length in 2:06£.

"As we came out for the next heat, Geers was asked
how he came to lose. 'I didn't carry him to the half
fast enough, ' he said. Well, sir, he started and carried
Old Joe fast enough that heat. We went down to the
half in whirlwind style. You could hear chunks of
mud dropping in every direction. We flashed past
the half-mile pole in 1:01, but it was a trifle too much
for Robert, and he made a break. Joe pottered along
home, five or six lengths in the lead, in 2:12. In the
third heat there was an even start and we raced head
and head to within fifty feet of the wire. Robert was
beating me and I saw something desperate must be
done, so I raised up in my seat and for the first and
only time in my life, I cut old Joe with the whip. He
passed Robert, who made a break, and Joe won in
2:06J. The speedway is bad, but that track at Fresno

was a terror."

♦

Future Prospects of Trotting.

A horseman of experience, keen observation and
action said the following to E. E. Cogswell, the popular
Boston turf writer:

"The relations between those who campaign stables
and those who hang up purses to be trotted and paced
for should be more friendlier than they are. Tracks
cannot live without entries, and trainers and owners
rely upon tracks for reward for development.

"It costs much [time, worry and money to get a
horse ready for the races, j The expense of shipping a
stable over the country is too great, and men like J.
Malcom Forbes, Colonel John E. Thayer, T. W.
Lawson, W. R. Allen, F. H. Harriman, John H.
Shults, B. F. Tracy and C. J. Hamlin, who have in-
fluence with railroad directors should get together and
ask for better shipping rates. A horse properly en-
tered in races should be shipped from point to point at
one-half the regular rate, and this rate should include
his harness, sulky traps and groom.

"The railroads make money out of the race meetings
by carrying an extra number of passengers, and they
can well afford to treat with liberality the horses which
excite the community and stimulate travel.

"Track managers should put into the judges' stand
none but cool-headed men of experience, who under-
stand the rules and are honest. A great many things
may happen in a race to confuse the judgment of a
novice. A horse may have his chances ruined by a
bad start, or he may be held in a pocket, or otherwise
interfered with to prevent him from taking the heat.

"No judge can follow every individual horse in a

large field and things happen which escape observa-
tion and yet influence the result. To require a driver
to pump his horse in a hopeless effort to win a heat is
to demand that he shall throw the race away. The
impulsive, rattle-headed judge is easily swayed by the
clamor of those who hold losing tickets on heats, and
drivers are removed who easily are doing their best to
win three heats out of five. Even cool-headed judges
sometimes err.

"I have heard it stated that two of the judges were
strongly in favor of removing George H. Ketcham after
he had lost with Cresceus two heats to Charley Herr
in the S20,000 stallion race at Readville. Had it not
been for the firmness of the third judge, a substitution
would have been made, and those who had backed
Cresceus to win the race would have lost their money.
Ketcham knows the stallion thoroughly, and can drive
him better in a tight finish than a stranger.

"If you desire to put a stop to the cry of laying up
heats, stop bookmaking on heats. All money wagered
on a race should follow the decision of the stand as to
the winners of purse divisions. If a horse is backed
for a place his rank in the summary will decide it.

" The voices ofjtrack owners are all powerful in the
congress of the National Trotting Association, and if
these gentlemen are really for 'reform,' let them pass
a rule abolishing betting on heats. The major'.ty of
drivers would strongly favor such a rule because it
would remove from them a cloud or source of sus-
picion.

"I believe that we are entering upon a new era of
prosperity for trotting tracks and should like to see
every possible cause of irritation and friction elimin-
ated. If we want to build up light harness racing
steps must be promptly taken to cultivate friendly re
lations between trainers, owners and managers of
tracks."

• —

Sires Represented in Breeders Futurity.

In the Pacific Breeders Futurity for the produce of
mares bred in 1900, there was second payment made on
241. A persusal of the list published in the Breeder
and Sportsman of last week shows that the siallions
to which these mares were bred number 69. Of these
McKinney 2:11} leads with 26 mares named that were
bred to him last season. Direct 2:002 comes next with
15 and Nutwood Wilkes 2:164 occupies third place with
12. Dictatus 2:17 and Stam B. 2:11} tie for fourth
place with 10 each, while Boodle Jr., Chas. Derby 2:20,
Neernut 2:12}, and Welcome 2:104 are represented with
9 each. Bayswater Wilkes 2:25, Diablo 2:09}, and
Zombro 2:11, are each named as sires of T prospective
foals that will be eligible to the stake, Mendocino 2:194
is represented by sis of the mares bred to him, Conifer
has 5, Lynmont 2:234, Rey Direct 2:10, Strathway
2:19, Sidney Dillon, and the three year old colt T.
C. by Nutwood Wilkes are credited with 4 each,
Alton (deceased), Altamont 2:26J. Boodle 2:121, Illustri-
ous 2:29}, Monbells, Owyhee 2:11, St. Whips, Wild
Nutling 2:11|, Wilkes Direct 2:224 and Zolock 2:104 are
each represented by three mares named in the stake.
The stallions that are represented by 2 mares are Bos-
wood, Don Marvin 2:224, Demonio, Hambletonian
Wilkes, Klatawah 2:054, Pilot Prince 2:22| and Stein-
way 2:25}, and the following have one each: Altivo
2:184, Advertiser 2:15}, Arthur W. 2:114, Black Jack,
Billy Thornhill 2:244, Coeur d'Alene, Dexter Prince,
Diawood 2:11, Educator, Erect, Falrose 2:19, Gaff Top-
sail 2:174, Hart Boswell, I Direct 2:12}, Kinney Mac,
Kentucky Baron 2:274, Linwood W. 2:204, Mambrino
Chief Jr., Mclvar 2:22, Nushagak, On Stanley, Prince
Ansel 2:204, Pacheco Wilkes, Secretary, Stranger
2:16}, Stoneway 2:23J, Stanton Wilkes, Suel Harris'
McKinney colt, a Son of Sable Wilkes, Tom Smith,
Tennysonian and William Harold 2:13}.

Answers to Correspondents.

Kindly publish the breeding on dam's side of Silver-
threads by The Moor. ■ S. C.

The dam of Silver-threads was called Grey Dale, and
she was by American Boy Jr., a son of American Boy
sire of Williamson's Belmont. The dam of Grey Dale
was Grey Poll by Winfield Scott 1319, son of Edward
Everett 81, he by Hambletonian 10. Grey Poll's dam
was Sorrell Poll by Sir Henry, out of a daughter of
Printer. Grey Dale is the dam of Longworth 2:19,
sire of El Moro 2:134.

A pacer that is expected to be a world beater and
win all kinds of money for his new owner this year is
Beausant, a full brother to Boreal 2:15}, sire of
Boralma 2:08, and therefore by Bow Bells 2:19}, out of
Rosy Morn by Alcantara. May Overton, of Lexing-
ton, owned this fast green one and recently sold him to
the Titusville, Pa., oil king, Mr. J. C. McKinney. It
is said the price was ten thousand dollars. Beausant
has a well authenticated trial of one mile in 2:07J last
year and is a high class one without a doubt as far as
speed goes. He will probably start in the Chamber of
■Gommerce $5000 stake at Detroit this year and then we
will know more about him.

Oakwood Park Stallions.

Charles Derby, with a record of 2:20 made in the
sixth heat of a race in the days before the bike, a suc-
cess in the stud with three 2:10 performers to his
credit, eight with records better than 2:15 and four
more inside of 2:20, will stand for public service this
year at Oakwood Park stock farm at Danville, Contra
Costa county at $50. This announcement should fill his
book by March 1st, as Charles Derby is not only a sire
of speed but he gets game race horses and horses with
size, style and substance, and his blood lines are royal.
His sire Steinway, still living, but kept as a private
stallion is one of the greatest sires of early and extreme
speed and his dam Katy G., has not only produced
Klatawah (3) 2:054, Chas. Derby 2:20, H. R. Covey
2:25, Sunlight 2:25 and Steineer 2:294, but is by the
mighty. Electioneer, sire of 165 in the list and grand-
sire of the two fastest trotting geldings in the world —
The Abbot 2:03} and Azote 2:04|. From Chas. Derby's
second dam Fanny Malone two of whose daughters are
producers, to his third dam Fanny Wickham, a great
20 mile trotter of the old days, that was by the thor-
oughbred horse imported Herald out of a mare by
imported Trustee, his pedigree can be traced on the
dam's side through the thoroughbred stud book for
twenty-one generations. Chas. Derby is a horse well
worthy of patronage and as his fee has been placed at
the reasonable price of $50 this year breeders should
not overlook the fact and send him some of their best
mares.

At the same farm that grand race horse Owyhee 2:11
that went through the Eastern Grand Circuit two
years ago and won nearly $12,000 defeating many of
the best horses of that year, will also be in the stud at
the same fee. Owyhee is a son of Charles Derby, out
of Ida Wood, (who is also the dam of Babe Marion
2:174) by Simmons, whose daughters produced the
two greatest young horses of last year — Bonnie Direct
2:05} the champion pacer, and Fereno 2:10}, winner of
the Kentucky Futurity and the champion three year
old trotter of the year. Owyhee is a horse of good
9ize, color and conformation and is a young horse yet,
having been foaled in 1894. There have none of his get
been trained as yet, in fact he has been bred to but a
very few mares, but the colts and fillies by him show
great promise and it has been predicted that he will be
a producing sire whenever any of his get are ready to
race.

Value of Colts Prospective.

The chief vaiue of colts lies in their prospective
value as money winners, and while they may ulti-
mately become road horses of great value that does not
affect the selling price until they can show their merit.
It is as a prospective racing machine and money earner
that the foal becomes of value, and unless he is given
the chance to win he can not be said to have a value.
The worth of a young trotter is dependent entirely on
his earning capacity, which is in itself regulated by
his engagements, and whenever a well-bred, well-
formed colt or filly is left out of stakes of all kinds, one
of two things is the matter. Either the colt's owner
has no confidence in his capacity, or else he is ignorant
of the true condition of affairs. The time has now
come when judicious buyers for racing purposes will
decline to pay the full value for youngsters not engaged
in stakes. The entrance fee is so small that any colt
worth raising is worth entering, and breeders must
come to this conclusion before they can expect their
offerings to fetch their real value.

For immediate use a fast colt unengaged is worth
little more than a slow one, for his speed can be put to
no purpose, whereas if he had been entered his value
would have been increased ten times the cost of nom-
inating. While it may be unwise for large breeders to
enter extensively every colt of a year's crop, it is
worse than folly to fail to enter at least a few of the
best. Every colt that is wortb/raising should be given
at least one opportunity of winning a stake. [The
small expenditure in the shape of an entrance fee
immediately adds to his value, for a colt not worth
entering is not worth buying. Owners of stallions
who raise the get of such commit a grievous
error in not entering their colts, for eligibility to a
stake is an incentive to train, and in this way even
should the colt fail to start, he is apt to be given at
least moderate training, which in itself may be of great
benefit to the sire and dam. A colt cannot trot with-
out training, and what object can there be in training
if the youngster has no chance of winning? — Kentucky
Stock Farm.

Neglect of a Cough or Sore
Throat may result io an
Incurable Throat Trouble or
Consumption. For relief use
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL
TROCHES. Nothing excels this simple
remedy. Sold only in boxes.

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[January 26, 1901

What Classes for igoi ?

The question that bothers secretaries of associations
in California every year is what classes will fill best ?
The State is so large in area and the training tracks so
widely separated that it is impossible to get in touch
with but a small proportion of trainers, and thus the
information as to. what horses are in training is hard
to get. The Breeder and Sportsman has started
in early this year to make up a list of record horses in
this State that will probably be campaigned, and if
our readers will aid us a little by sending in the names
of their horses that they intend to campaign, a list
can be secured that will benefit both horsemen and the
associations.

We give this week a list of the horses in the fastest
classes which are at present in California and will prob-
ably be raced. It is not a complete list but we will
keep it standing and ask our friends who see any
ommissions to kindly note the same and inform us that
we may make the necessary corrections.
TROTTERS.

Dione 2:07Jr

Klamath 2:07$

Hazel Kinney 2:09}

Monterey 2:09}

Toggles 2:09}

Stamboulette 2:10}

Diamont 2:10J

Phoebe Childers 2:10|

Owyhee 2:11

Venus II 2:11}

Addison 2:11}

Iora 2:114.

Dolly Dillon 2:11}

Prince Gift 2:12

Iran Alto 2:12}

Dora Doe 2:12J

Dr. Frasse 2:12$

Jack W 2:12}

Janice 2:13}

El Moro 2:134

Osito 2:13j

Miss Jessie 2:13}

Czarina 2:13}

Dr. Book 2:13}

Our Lucky 2:13}

Arrow 2:14

McBriar 2:14

Richmond Chief 2:14}

Monte Carlo 2:14}

Bonsilene 2:14}

Geo. W. McKinney. ..2:144

Lou 2:144.

Boydello 2:14}

Bob Ingersoll 2:14}

McNally 2:15

Lottie 2:15

Santa Anita Star 2:15

Alta Vela 2:15}

Bet Madison 2:15}

Ned Thome 2:15}

Sable Francis 2:154

Belle Patchen 2:16"

Lynall 2:16

Atherine 2:16}

Lottie Parks 2:16}

Maggie McKinney. ..2:17

Peggy 2:17

Charley Mac 2:17}

Gen. Smith 2:17}

Eula Mac 2:17J

Psyche 2:174.

Twilight 2:18}

Bonnie Direct 2

Clipper 2

Miss Logan 2

Little Thorne 2

Much Better 2

Joe Wheeler 2

Rex Alto 2

Seymour Wilkes 2

F. W 2

Rey Direct 2:

Goshen Jim 2

Kelly Briggs 2

Welcome 2

Zolock 2

My rtha Whips 2:

Daedalion 2

Diawood 2

Delphi 2:

Hijo del Diablo 2:

Floracita 2:

Arthur W 2:

Wild Nutling....

Fredericksburg 2

Roblet 2

Georgie B 2:

Meridian 2:

Queen R 2:

Dictatress 2:

I Direct 2:

John A 2:

EdnaR 2

05} Primrose 2:13

06 Dave Ryan 2:13

06} Tags 2:13

07} Wm. Harold 2:13}

07} FitzLee 2:13}

074, Thos. H 2:13}

07} Harvey Mac 2:14}

084 Bill Nye 2:14}

094 MollieNourse 2:144

10 Inferno 2:15"

10} Margaretta 2:15

104 Monica 2:15

10 "i Chas. David 2:15

104. Bob 2:15

10| King Cadenza 2:154

:11 Doc Wilkes 2:154

:11 Mattie B 2:154

11 J Belle W 2:16"

114 Bernard 2:164.

114. Daken D 2:164.

114 Sam H 2:17

:ll| Dictatus 2:17

12 Chloe 2:174

12 Gaff Topsail 2:174

12} Teddy the Roan 2:17J

12} Irvington Boy 2:18}

12} Hermia 2:194

12} Santa Anita Maid.... 2:20

12j Ratatat 2:20}

12} Yellow Jacket 2:204

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The above lists .have been hurriedly made up and
there are doubtless many horses with records of 2:20 or
better that will be raced this year in California, whose
names have been omitted. On the other hand there
are horses given that will not be raced on one account
or another, mares that were bred last year, etc. Will
the trainers kindly send us in the names of horses that
have been omitted and they know will be trained if a
good circuit is organized.

Wi

Death of George West.

Chicago January 4.— George West known the
world over as a trainer and driver of trotting horses,
died at his home in this city to-day after a long illness-

For the last twelve years West has driven all the
great horses owned by Frank S. Gorton, of Chicago,
and has probably ridden as many miles under 2:10 be-
hind his flyers as any driver in the country. Although
he never drove east of Cleveland, his reputation as a
driver is national and his rank among the great reins-
men of the country, as reckoned by the number of
horses he has driven in the 2:10 class, is close to the
top.

West was a pupil of Budd Doble when the latter
was in his prime as a driver. He first trained and
drove for Charles Schwarz, of Chicago. He has won
many great races, but probably none that he took
more pride in than the trotting Derby at Washington
Park in 1894. The race was over a distance of two
miles and was won by Monette 2:14J with West in the
sulky.

A Promising Young Trainer.

Among the young trainers and drivers of California
who have been successful as trainers and drivers dur-
ing the past two years is William G. Durfee, son of the
veteran C. A. Durfee. Last season was his second
season in the sulky and his record was a good one*
He started horses in 55 races, was 11 times first, 13

times second, 9 times third and 10 times fourth, which
is certainly a good showing for a young trainer. His
principal winners were Charley Mac 2:174, Osito 2:134
and Maggie McKinney 2:17, all by his father's stallion
McKinney 2:11}. Mr. Durfee is located at Los Angeles
and will be out again this year with a string of trotters
among which will be several young McKinneys. Mr.
Durfee has a cool head and brings his horses to the
post in good condition to try for the money and gen-
erally gets his share of it. His horse Charley Mac
was one of the best green horses out last year, and will
trot much below his present record this season.

News From the North.

! [Portland Rural Spirit. J

Remember there will be a $1000 stake for 2:15 pacers,
and one for 2:20 trotters at the Oregon state fair next
year. Get your material ready.

Tenino 2:194, is owned by A. G. Danforth, Washing-
ton, HI., and has a yearling foal by St. Vincent 2:134.
Tenino is a full sister to Chehalis 2:04}.

Geo. Perringer, of Pendleton, is jogging Mt. Hood,
Kinney Mac, and two colts, one by Chehalis. He will
try these for the Breeders' stake.

J. W. Tilden says the Vancouver, Wash., track is in
fine condition. He -works every week to a bike sulky
over it without the least trouble.

Frank Frazier is jogging Hassalo and two Westfield
colts which will probably try for the Breeders' stake.
Umaholis is bred to Westfield and out in the pasture.

Cris Simpson is jogging his stable of trotters and
pacers, including Alta Norte, Phil N., Santiam and
Mack Mack. He has two Bonner N. B. colts, pacer
and trotter, which he will try for the Breeders' stake.

Jas. Erwin of Pendleton is jogging about 15 head of
horses this winter. Among them are Edison, Oveto,
two Westfield colts and one Bonner N. B. colt. These
colts are being tried for the Breeders' Guaranteed
Stake.

L. Thompson, of Pendleton, has two handsome two
year olds by Westfield that he intends entering in the
$1000 stake for two year olds. He also owns a pair of
Chehalis colts, three and four years old, that he in-
tends to match up for a fancy team.

I. C. Mosher is driving Mr. J. M. Church's fine pair
of Lemont mares, Estella 2:17} and her full sister Ester,
trial 2:25 at the Fair grounds this winter. This team
is being conditioned to sell and they are one of the
handsomest teams in the State, being so near alike
that even the stable boys can scarcely tell them apart.

Storm King Goes to British Columbia.

A few weeks ago Mr. E. Landsberg of this city,
owner of that good race horse Storm King, son of imp.
Whistle Jacket by Hermit, advertised the horse for
sale in the Breeder and Sportsman, and as a result
of that advertisement Storm King will be shipped this
week to Mr. W. G. Taylor, a prominent citizen of
Victcria, British Columbia, who will use him in the
stud. Storm King will be mated this year with the
following mares belonging to Mr. Taylor, and as he is
a royally bred horse, was a very fast and game racer
and is a good individual he should sire winners. It
will be well to keep an eye on the two year olds that
come down from British Columbia in 1904 as there is
liable to be a second Storm King among them. It will
be noticed that Mr. Taylor's mares are a royally bred
lot:

Accident by Blair Athol from Ambulance (dam of
nine winners) by Victorious. Accident is dam of two
winners and traces to No. 19 mare in Figure System.

Avice by Uncas (by Stockwell) from Lady Luna by
Lord Clifden thence to No. 13 mare. Avice was a
winner and dam of a winner.

Eastern Lily by Speculum from Lily Agnes (Or-
monde's dam) by Macaroni. Eastern Lily is grandam
of Indian Chief, winner of French 2000 guineas.

Empress Matilda by Beauclerc from Miss Muriel
(dam of three winners) by Galliard from The Golden
Eye (dam of three winners) by General Peel. No. 5
Family. First foal now three in England and by
Petronel.

Fair Georgena by George Frederick from Dumbarnie
by Cramond (Andover-Haricot) from Redlight by
Rataplan from Borealis by Newminster from Blink
Bonny, etc. Fair Georgina is dam of two winners.

Friskarina by Chapel Royal (son of Hermit) from
Vanity by Royal George (Gt. Metropolitan) from
Hornsea by Volturno, tracing to No. 3 Family. This
mating would be an inbreeding to Hermit.

Larksome by Skylark (Astor Gold Cup) from Lucy
Glitters (a great race mare, second to Foxhall in Cam-
bridgeshire) by Speculum. Larksome is dam of two
winners. No. 20 Family.

Lectern by Beauclerc from Canonical (dam of nine
winners) by Cathedral from Empress by King Tom.
Lectern is dam of three winners. No. 11 Family.

Loch Silver by Macgregor (sire of Brutus) from
Silver Dee by Rapid Rhone from Ada by Musjid
(Derby). Loch Silver was a winner. No. 4 Family.

Maximilia by Maximilian (by Macaroni) from Wild
Dove (dam of two winners) by Wild Dayrell from
Maud (g. d. of imp. Midlothian) by Loup Garon. Max-
imilia is dam of a winner.

Muscat by Hampton from Muscatel by Musket from
Bonn}T Reel by Voltigeur from Queen Mary. Muscat is
dam of two winners.

Tabby by Westbourne (Newmarket Derby and sec-
ond in Ceasarewitch in front of Isonomy, Parole, etc.)
from Tibby by Sterling from Siluria (sister to Wen-
lock) by Lord Clifden.

Special Notice.

We call the attention of our readers to the fact that since Janu-
ary 1, 1901, Quinn's Ointment is being put up only in one style,
which will be sent to any address by mail or express, prepaid, upon
receipt of $1. This valuable remedy has been on the market a
number of years and thoroughly tested and endorsed by the lead-
ing breeders from Maine to California. Dr. Gerald of Laconia, a
prominent breeder, says in his opinion Quinn's Ointment is the best
preparation ever made for removing bunches. For curbs, splints,
spavins, windpuffs and all enlargements it is highly recommended.
If you cannot obtain from your druggist address W. B. Eddy & Co..
Whitehall, N. Y.

One man in Chicago is said to have sold during the
past three years about 30 mares, all represented as be-
ing foaled in 1892 or 1893, and all out of Delta by Mam-
brino Startle.

Hard Work Good for Them.

"It is odd how blood will tell, " remarked a horseman
recently to a Chicago reporter. "Down at my farm I
have a five year old gelding, whose dam, a daughter of
Electioneer, although fast, never seemed able to go a full
mile where she ought to, and when she was put in the
brood mare ranks her foals had the same peculiarity.
So when the one I am talking about was ready to
break, I decided not to bother about trying to make a
trotter of him, but just broke him to harness and let
him grow up into a fine big horse. Last summer I
was short of mules and concluded to work the son of
Axtell and the Electioneer mare in a team. So he was
hitched with two mules, worked every day like a cart
horse, and I give you my word he actually wore out
both those mules, and when the summer ended was as
fat as a bear and felt able to tackle all the work on the
place. Now I believe I had better train that fellow for
speed next spring.

"Out at the Daly ranch we had a mare whose foals
were a little soft, and a couple of years ago we decided
that they would not do. So the latest arrival from
that mare was put right to work when he was old
enough. He was driven double to wagons and car-
riages, and would often start out in the morning and
never get home till night. Last spring I thought I
would work him a little for speed and in no time
at all he went a mile in 2:15 for me. He has a race
record better than 2:20 right now, and is as game a
thing as you ever saw. I believe there are plenty of
trotting bi-ed horses that are unable to carry their
speed when trained in the ordinary way that would
make good race horses if taken from the track and
given a season of real hard work. It would certainly
develop their muscles, and then when they went back
to brushing their speed would be easy to carry."

January 26, 1901]

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Send us the names of the horses you will train this
year.

What classes do you want for 1901? Send us a list
of them.

Czarina 2:13J is now in Millard Sanders' charge at
Pleasanton.

The Roman 2:18J. will he specially fitted for the
Transylvania.

A bluegrass circuit is being formed in Kentucky,
with purses of $400 and $500.

Mamie Griffin 2:12 is prominent as a brush mare on
the Buffalo speedway this winter.

Bert Webster is jogging Direct Nut, formerly called
Sharkey, at the Pleasanion track.

The old California trotter Dr. Leek 2:09f, is now in
John Splan's stable at Cleveland.

Billy Andrews is quoted as saying that John R.
Gentry is as sound as he ever was in his life.

Ed Gaylord of Denver would like to have Johnny
Blue as his trainer this year and has made him an
offer.

J, M. Alviso has a filly by Diablo 2:091, out of Ruth
C. by Guide, that the Pleasanton folks think is a crack -
erjack.

Village Farm has 139 brood mares with foal, and
this does not look as if the Hamlins will retire from
the business.

Fifteen of the 51 trotters that have brought from
$20,000 to $125,000 were bred in Kentucky and nine of
them in California.

Mr. Peel, wife of David H. Peel, superintendent of
the trotting department of the Bitter Root farm, died
suddenly on December 29th.

The mile track association at Syracuse, N. Y., will
offer two $5000 stakes this year and hopes to become a
member of the Grand Circuit.

The death of Mrs. John Splan, wife of the famous
trainer and driver, which occurred at Glenville, Ohio,
last week, from heart failure, after a short illness, will
be received with great regret all over the country, as
she was a familiar figure at the tracks, where her hus-
band usually received the lion's share of the grand
stand's applause.

The noted horses Fereno, Walnut Hall, Mabel,
Chestnut King and Dartmore, owned by Mr. L. V.
Harkness of Walnut Hall Farm. Doverall, Ky., have
been taken up by trainer Ed Benyon, who will soon
commence to get them in shape for next season's cam-
paign. He also has a number of two year olds who
show great promise.

C. K. G. Billings is confident that his well known
road horse Franker 2:1-U, can lower the two mile trot-
ting record — 4:32 — now held by Greenlander, and the
horse may be fitted for an attempt to do the trick next
summer. Franker has always finished his miles faster
than he could get away, and as he has trotted to wagon
in 2:11! his owner believes he should cover two miles in
record time.

The well known New York horseman, Fred Gerken,
has announced his willingness to back Mr. Scannell's
champion trotter The Abbot 2:03} against Mr. George
H. Ketcham's champion stallion Cresceus 2:04, for
$10,000 a side, the race to take place next summer and
the horse that first wins two heats to take the purse.
A race between these two champions would be well
worth going many miles to see, and it is hoped Mr.
Ketcham will accept the "defl."

The yearling filly by Directum 2:05}, out of Janie T.
2:14, by Bow Bells, is one of the best of her age at
Suburban Farm, Glens Falls, N. Y.

James C. Wallace is nicely quartered at the Sweet-
water track, San Diego, where he is handling a few
green horses mostly his own property.

According to the returns of the French minister of
agriculture, 23,958 horses, 215 donkeys and 34 mules
were killed in Paris during the last official year for
human food.

The year the Dare Devil 2:09, wa; not raced he was
bred to 50 mares, and of these Village farm owns 22
fillies and 23 colts. Nearly all are black and have rare
style and gait.

One of the coming 2:10 pacers at the Jewett covered
track is The Heir Apparent, by Chimes, which Charles
Olcott drove a half in 1:07}- recently. He was pur-
chased by A. E. Perrin for $250 last spring.

Says Ed. Tipton: "As to hopples, there never was
but one set on Marcus Daly's ranch, and when he saw
them, maybe there wasn't some strap breaking. He
didn't leave enough of them to make a boy a book-
strap."

There is to be an auction sale of trotting and running
bred stock at Los Angeles on Tuesday next. The
stock is owned by J. B. Hill and Thomas Clark will be
the auctioneer. The sale will take place at the race
track.

Alta McDonald says he can drive Connor 2:03}, in
2:07 or 2:08 on the trot. If he does, he will have the
fastest double-gaited horse in the world. Jay Eye See
now holds that distinction with a trotting record of
2:10 and pacing 2:06}.

A correspondent of Trotter and Pacer at the Quaker
City writes: Andy McDowell was in town last week
with C. S. Cressman and bought a fine pair of road-
sters. It is said the latter will start a fine stable for
McDowell in New York this year.

Belle Mead Farm reports that 21 mares have already
been booked to Red Wilkes for this season, 13 of
which are producing mares and five show mares. There
have also been 5 mares booked to Ambulator 2:10, a
good start for this early in the season.

The 2:30 list has grown so large that it is getting
cumbersome and the day is not far distant when the
2:20 list will be the only one referred to in the tables of
producing sires. There are probably close to 25,000
that have gained records in standard time.

Messrs. J. C. and J. P. Montgomery of Davisville,
Cal., have sold their fine stallion Diawood 2:11 to a
Mr. King of College City, Colusa county. The priee
realized for him was $1500. Diawood will be placed in
the stud at Colusa county and will be a valuable addi-
tion to the standard bred stock of that section.

In a Maine paper, which reaches this office is the
advertisement of a stallion by Whips, the sire of
Azote 2-.04J, out of Manette the dam of Arion 2:07}.
Owing to his hip having been knocked down, this
horse never trotted fast, and the owner now asks but
$15 for his services. The Maine horse owners ought to
breed to that fellow.

Mr. C. A. Durfee. owner of McKlnney 2:11}, is out
again after a ten daysfsiege with the grip. He was un-
decided last Monday whether he would keep his stallion
at San Jose for the season or take him to Pleasanton.
It is a question of the best pasturage with Mr. Durfee
as he never permits the mares sent to his horse to go
without plenty to eat. He left for Pleasanton Tuesday
and promised to telegraph us as soon as he had decided
which of the two places he would select for McKinney
this year.

Two of the best draft horses in the country will
stand for public service at Haywards this year. One
is the English shire Pride of the Prairie and the other
the Percheron horse Fresno. The former was a first
prize winner last year, both at the State Fair and at
the Golden Gate Fair. The Percheron is one of the
best individuals ever seen in California, and weighs a
ton. Both these stallions will be in charge of Geo.
Grey, the well known horseman and superintendent of
the Meek Estate Farm.

Hon. Jesse D. Carr has placed his promising young
stallion Boodle Jr. in the stud at Salinas race track
and has placed his service fee at the low price of $25.
James Dwain has charge of the horse. Boodle Jr, has
9 representatives in the Pacific Breeders Futurity. He
is by Boodle 2:12! dam Nina B. by Electioneer, second
dam Gabilan Maid, full sister to the great brood mare
Lady Ellen 2:29J by Carr's Mambrino, that is the dam
of four, including Helena 2:11}, the dam of Wild Nut-
ling 2:11|. Boodle Jr. should be a successful sire.

Clipper 2:06, has been sent to James Thompson at
Pleasanton by his owner Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick and we
are glad to know that this fast son of Diablo has en-
tirely recovered from the severe attack of pinkeye
from which he recently suffered. He never had a
more voracious apetite or looked better than he does
now and he looks to be a stronger horse than ever be-
fore. He will be jogged until the rainy season is over
and trainer Thompson confidently expects Clipper will
again knock a few fractions from his record in 1901.

George W. Hughes who formerly resided in Califor-
nia where he developed and drove several good trotters
and pacers, among them Lenmar 2:164;, is now located
at Marshfield, Oregon, where he will probably again
take to the sulky and train a few horses. Hughes is a
good careful man and has the knack of teaching speed
to trotters and pacers. There are some well bred
horses owned in that locality and it neen not surprise
any of his California friends if George comes down here
next year with a web footed horse or two and wins a
few purses.

Seymour Wilkes 2:08J is still the fastest of the sons
of Guy Wilkes that have race records. Fred Kohl
made a record of 2:07| at Columbus, Ohio, in 1899, but
it was in a match against time. Seymour Wilkes was
foaled in 1890 and is by Guy Wilkes, out of Early Bird
by Playmail by Mike 3403, a son of Vermont 322;
second dam Lucy by Odd Fellow; third dam by a son
of Williamson's Belmont. Seymour Wilkes will make
the season of 1901 at Lakeville, Cal., at $25. None of
his colts have been trained but he has some grand
looking sons and daughters.

C. P. Ferrell of Reno, Nevada, writes: "I see by the
Breeder of January 19th that you desire parties that
will race in California this year to send name of horse
and breeding. While I am not in California I am only
across the line and will race there. My pacing mare
Peggy, record 2:17 holds track record at Reno 2:17,
Carson City 2:18 and Sierraville, Cal., 2:18, starting 7
times, winning all in straight heats with ease. Sire,
Brown Jug. Dam was sired by Quien Sabe by
Whipples' Hambletonian; second dam Lady Churchill.
Pedigree unknown; a very fast mare from the East.

It is usual among breeders to talk of some certain
stallion as being successful as a sire of speed in the
male line, and of some other as being a producer of fast
ones through the female channel, but it remained for
last year's record to demonstrate that one horse can
be successful as both. With an addition of three new
2:30 performers in 1900, Nutwood 2:18J has now a total
of 163 in that select list, and with seventeen in 1900
that were produced by his daughters, there are now
158 standard performers that are out of Nutwood dams,
and in both cases they are the largest number by any
horse living or dead.

H. Raymond, a wealthy stock breeder of Butte,
Montana, accompanied by Budd Doble,the well known
reinsman, were the guests of Col. J. M. Morehead at
the Green Meadow stock farm, Santa Clara, one day
last week. They looked over the young stock on the
farm by Hambletonian Wilkes and were greatly
pleased with what they saw.

Meridian 2:12}, who was a good race horse, will be
campaigned again this year in all probability. A
short season in the stud will be made with the son of
Simmocolon and then he will be placed in training.
Robert Brown, who owns Meridian, says he never
looked as well in his life as he does now and he believes
he can pace faster than ever with proper training.

"Uncle" Cahill, the dairyman owner of Charley
Herr, will prepare his great trotting stallion to win
from the start this season, says a Kentucky corre-
spondent. In previous seasons Charley Herr has
started on the circuit with not work enough to put
him in first class fettle, and has been raced into condi-
tion. Charley Herr is now turned out at Westbrook
Stud, but his owner will take him up within the next
week and begin slow work on him. The exceptionally
mild weather, if it continues, will give Cahill ample
opportunity to give his charge some useful preparation
work. Mr. Cahill says his horse has the speed, and
that he expects to have him ready when the bells rings
or his first race.

Ho Yow, the Chinese Consul-General at San Fran-
cisco, a man who speaks the English language fluently,
contemplates going iDto the breeding of trotters on a
small scale. His breeding farm will be near San Jose
and already there have been negotiations begun by
the Consul for the purchase of James W. Rea's fine
stallion, Iran Alto 2:124 by Palo Alto 2:08J, as a sire
to head the stud. Ho Yow is a devoted horseman and
if he secures a string of horses this year that he
thinks fast enough may race them. In an interview
this week Ho Yow said: " My idea is one of pleasure
rather than profit. No Chinaman has ever done such
a thing before. I shall train Chinese into the work,
and make it altogether novel. I want to establish my
own line, like that of other big farms. The pleasure
and novelty, and not the profit, is what I consider."

The man for whom the veteran traider John E.
Turner bought the filly Erirange 2:21 by Prodigal, at
the recent New York sale, is Frank Ellis of Phila-
delphia, a man whose name was a familiar one on the
turf a score of years ago. Twenty-five years ago Mr.
Ellis owned Nettie 2:L8, the fastest daughter of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and Turner campaigned her
successfully for him. Erirange is a two year old and
she cost her owner the tidy sum of $5400. She was
sired by Prodigal 2:16, out of Etta Baron by Baron
Wilkes 2:18. She is eligible to next year's Ken-
tucky Futurity, worth $10,000; the Louisville Prize,
worth $10,000; the Dubuque Preparation, worth $5000,
and the Kentucky Stock Farm Stake, worth $5000.
As she has shown a mile in 2:16, last half in 1:06, last
quarter in 31J seconds, she should be able to win back
her cost and " something besides. She will be trained
under the watchful eye of General Turner, and will be
driven in her races by his son Frank.

Ed Lafferty went up to Geo. Fox's farm at Clements
last week and brought down a three year old colt by
Silver Bow 2:16 out of Grace by Buccaneer (dam of
Daedalion 2:11, Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19J) that he
will train at the Alameda track. Ed says that Mr.
Fox had Silver Bow returned to him from Rancho del
Paso where he was bred last year to a lot of their best
mares, and the son of Robert McGregor never looked
better in his life than he does right now. He will
make the season of 1901 at Mr. Fox's farm and ought
to be largely patronized as his get are grand looking
horses and all have speed. There is not a horse stand-
ing for public service in California that has the blood
of old Hambletonian 10 as close up in his dam's pedigree
as Silver Bow, she being a daughter of that horse.
His sire, Robert McGregor, whose appelation "hero of
the homestretch," has descended by every right of
inheritance to his great son, Cresceus 2:04, the cham-
pion trotting stallion of the world, had no Wilkes or
Electioneer blood in his veins, neither has Silver Bow,
and the latter's third dam was Eleanor Margrave one
of the best thoroughbred mares of those recorded in
the American Stud Book. As a stout outeross for the
Wilkes mares, of which there are so many in Califor-
nia, Silver Bow ought to be invaluable. Mr. Fox has
quite a number of colts and fillies by his horse, and
Lafferty says they are a grand looking lot.

Mr. Edwin Gaylord, of Denver, Colorado, arrived in
California this week and has been interviewing horse-
men in relation to the big meeting to be given at Den-
ver, which will open June 15th. Mr. Gaylord tells us
that this will undoubtedly be the greatest meeting ever
held in the Colorado city, as he already has assurances
that a very large number of horses will be entered in
both running and harness events. Since arriving in
California Mr. Gaylord has visited Pleasanton, San
Jose and other places, and is now in Southern Califor-
nia. He will return here the latter part of next week.
The Denver meeting is to be given by the Overland
Racing Association, a new organization of which
Joseph Osner is President, W. H. Schuckman, Secre-
tary, and Mr. Gaylord the Vice-President and Treas-
urer. The association proposes giving two harness
events and four running races each day, beginning
June loth and ending June 29th, and will hang up
$40,000 in purses and specials. Among the early closing
purses for harness horses will be one of $1000 for 2:20
class pacers and other of the same value for trotters
eligible to the 2:25 class. There will also he two purses
of $500 each for two year olds and two for three
year olds — one for trotters, the other for pacers. To
make a nomination in these races $10 must be
sent at the date of closing, March 1st, and other
payments later on — the entrance to be the usual five
per cent. There are two good tracks at the Overland
Park, the outside track being a full mile and will be
used by the harness horses exclusively. The inner
track for the runners is Beven furlongB in length.

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[January 26, 190J

The Hackney Horse — His Past and Future.

[Vero Shaw in London Live Stock Journal ]
As the centurj- is drawing- to a close, perhaps it may
not he without interest to some of your readers if I
attempt to chronicle the doings of the Hackney horse
during the last eventful hundred years of the world's
existence. That the breed was well established long
before the commencement of the nineteenth century
is, of course, a fact which is within the knowledge of
anyone who has taken the trouble to make inquiries on
the point ; but I may premise my observations by mak-
ing a statement for the benefit of the uninitiated, and
this is that Hackney pedigrees can be traced back to
the year 1755. Shales, affectionately known as "the
original,'' was foaled about that year, his sire being
Blaze by Flying Childers, and his dam a nameless
Hackney mare. It would occupy very much more of
my alloted space than I can afford to devote to it for
me to attempt to enlarge upon the position of the
Hackney before the above date, but there are evidences
by the score of the existence and popularity of the
breed, which was, in the opinion of some persons,
founded on a cross of pack horse upon selected English
trotting mares, the pack horse being a result of the
Eastern and native mare cross. Others contend — and,
possibly, correctly — that the original Hackney was
bred the same way as the pack horse, and this view of
the case is supported by reason of the fact that the
Hackney of the past was essentially a riding horse, as
the pack horse remained until he was permitted to

of a complimentary nature. Of the stallions foaled
before the year 1800 whose colors were stated in the
Stud Book, three were chestnuts, three bays, two
browns, and two blacks, but the colors of some of the
best ones, such as Shales, the original Scot Shales and
Driver, two of his most famous sons, are not recorded.
There are, however, proofs which show how the chest-
nut color has increased in this country which are sup.
plied by the Hackney Horse Society's Stud Book,
which shows that out of the 880 stallions whose names
appear in the first volume, 184 are described as chest-
nuts or chestnut-roans ; whilst in the volume for las*
year 161 animals out of the 333 entered, inclusive of
ponies (which are seldom chestnut), were of one of these
shades. In the old days, too, there was a far larger
average of greys to be met with, and blacks were also
comparatively common, but both these colors are now
extremely rare. The question of color may, however
be deferred, though an allusion to it is unavoidable
when reference is made to the early Hackney.

The doings and descriptions of such pillars of the
Hackney Stud Book as Shales the original, Fireaway
(Jenkinson's) a chestnut, by the way — Scot Shales, an
immensely good horse, got by Shales, and other sires
whose names are household words amongst Hackney
men, must also be passed over for want of space: but a
pause must be made when the grey Mambrino by En"
gineer by Sampson appears upon the scene. This
horse was foaled in 176S, and traces back through
Sampson to Shales the original. Sampson, be it noted,

Hackney Stallion Hedon Squire 4306 by Rufus.

Winner of Two Champion Prizes at the International Horse Show, Paris, 1900.

virtually die out, there being only a single specimen of
this ancient breed that is known to be alive at the
present day. The introduction of thoroughbred blood,
vide the breeding of Shales referred to above, was no
doubt resorted to in order to add to the style and rid-
ing qualities of the old time Hackney ; but breeders
of this latter horse, and, in fact, all those who have
studied the question — save, of course, a few irreconcil-
ables who will not believe anything but that which
they desire to believe, and to whom even ancient litera
appeal in vain — repudiate the suggestion that
the Hackney owes his existence exclusively to the thor-
oughbred, and it is evident that both breeds sprang
from an Eastern cross on native mares. The latter
were doubtless the descendants of the old English war
horse, which is so fully described by Sir Walter Gilbey
in his monograph upon the subject, and it is only rea-
sonable to infer that the thoroughbreds are descended
from dams which displayed an ability to gallop, whilst
the Packs and Hackneys sprang from the trotting
mares. Consequently, and this is beyond all serious
doubt, the thoroughbred and the Hackney were far
more closely allied in blood a century ago than in the
present day, as the two families began to branch off in
different directions after the time of Shales, though
unfortunately for the Hackney, some breeders have
been unwise enough to experiment with thoroughbred
crosses in more recent times.

A reference may perhaps be interpolated here with
reference to the color of the Hackney in the past, as of
late years the preponderance of chestnuts has been the
subject of much comment, which has not been entirely

has been claimed as a thoroughbred by some, but this
contention has been emphatically disproved by Law-
rence, who states that he was personally acquainted
with the man who had Sampson's dam under his
charge, and he absolutely repudiated the idea : while
Sampson was so coaehy in appearance that he was
laughed at when he made his first public appearance
on the course at Malton. His grandson, Mambrino,
the sire of Messenger (exported to America in 1788),
was a horse of great substance, and has been described
of "rather a military figure, " and it is added of him
that "he went in remarkably good trotting form.'' It
is, however, as the sire of the expatriated Messenger, a
horse whose services to the breeders of America are
handsomely acknowledged even to this day, that
Mambrino as a corner-stone of the American trotter is
to be remembered.

Another Hackney which accomplished much in the
United States was Bellfounder (Jay's), a bay, foaled in
1816, by Bellfounder (Stevens') by Pretender ("W root's)
by Fireaway (Jenkinson's) by Driver by Shales the
original. Bellfounder's dam was Velocity, a Yorkshire
fast-trotting mare, which beat a chestnut horse called
Doubtful, the property of Mr. King, of Wymondham
in a trotting match for fifty guineas, one hour race, the
distance covered within that time being fifteen miles
and a half. Of Bellfounder, the following extract from
an American description cf him may be quoted as a
proof that he was calculated to improve the trotting
horses of that country : ' ' His knee action was very
attractive and high, and when his groom would get
upon his back and give him his head, I remember of

but one horse that could approximate him in speed

* * * I never saw him leave his feet. " Some
excellent services were rendered by Bellfounder to the
American Trotter, amongst these being the success
which attended the crossing his daughter, known as
the Kent mare, whose dam was a grand-daughter of
Messenger, with Abdallah, an American-bred son of
Mambrino by Messenger, as the colt which was the re-
sult proved to be the sire of some of the best animals
in the Stud Book.

Meanwhile, whilst the Hackney was improving the
American Trotter, and thereby assisting in laying the
foundation of the speediest harness horse upon earth,
his breeders at home were using him as a means of
conveyance for themselves, and oftentimes their wives
as well, to market and for general purposes, the sub .
stance, speed and endurance of the Hackney enabling
him to undertake serious work which no other horse
was capable of performing. Then came the railway
period, and with it the demand for Hackneys became
reduced, as, naturally enough, if men could get about
by rail they prefered this means of locomotion to rid-
ing a more or less rough-actioned animal — and all ultra-
high movers must of a necessity he rough for saddle
purposes. Consequently the Hackney was indulged
with an experience of human ingratitude, as many
friends whom he and his ancestors had served long and
faithfully deserted him, though a few staunch believers
in the breed stood true. Some infatuated individuals
began experimenting with thoroughbred blood as an
advisable cross for Hackneys, and promptly lost action
and substance thereby ; but meanwhile, those who held
on to the old strains were, perhaps unconsciously, lay-
ing up wealth for themselves, as the day of the Hack
ney was very far from being closed.

It was in 1878 that it was suggested at a meeting held
at Downham Market that a register for the English
trotting horses should be established, and thanks to
the untiring and unflagging energy of Mr. H. F.
Euren, to whom the work of compilation was entrusted,
and to the encouragement received from H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales, Sir "Walter Gilbey, the late Mr. An-
thony Hamond, and many other gentlemen too numer-
ous to mention, the Hackney Horse Society was estab-
lished on a firm and lasting basis.

Since then the progress of the Hackney has been
triumphant ; he has vindicated his claim to be regarded
as the monarch of harness horses by the support he
has received from breeders of every nation that breeds
animals for leather: and he still maintains his absolute
pre-eminence as a distinct variety by defeating,
through the instrumentality of Sir Walter Gilbey 's
Hedon Squire, the picked horses of every Continental
breed at the great International Show recently held in
Paris. In his proper place — harness — there is no horse
like him; he possesses action, pace, size and looks to an
extent which is combined in no other breed of horse.
His detractors attempted to belittle him by imputing
to him a want of stamina, but, singularly enough, a
long-distance road record of America, that country of
trotting horses, is held by County Member Junior, a
Hackney which won prizes in the show ring here pre-
vious to his expatriation. In the past the Hackney, in
addition to his good work in this country, assisted ma-
terially in the production of the American trotter; at
the present time he is siring the most valuable harness
horses of the day, and beats the horses of all other
nations at a foreign international show under foreign
judges; and for the future he must, if judiciously used,
accomplish more for that most saleable of all utility
animals — the high-class harness horse — than any other

Proposed Driving Club at San Mateo.

Several of our local people, says the San Mateo
Leader, are considering the advisability of organizing
an amateur driving club for the purpose of holding a
meeting occasionally at some convenient point where
the merits of local horses could be demonstrated. It is
proposed to hold the initial meet in the near future pos-
sibly at the Corbett track, when a program of trotting
races will be pulled off. It will be strictly local, the
only incentive being clean, gentlemanly sport. Among
those who have thus far been spoken of as possible
members, being the owners of steppers of more than
ordinary speed, are the following: J. T. Jennings, E.
A. Husing, Peter Casey, Ed Foster, John Wisnom,
James Wisnom. W. W. Casey, W. O. Booth, John
Mitvalsky, P. F. Maloney and others. A stipulation
which will be strictly observed will be that each owner
shall train and drive his own horse.

Some years ago a meet was held at the Corbett
track such as is proposed by the new organization, and
the great success of the event is referred to even to-day.

Tempo, a good looking chestnut stallion by imp.
Whistle Jacket, dam On the Lea by Onondago, is
advertised for sale in our business columns to-day.
Tempo won races as a two and three and five year
old. He is now six.

January 26, 1901]

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THE SADDLE. $

Fred Archer, the noted jockey, during1 his career in
England, had 8084 mounts and rode 2748 winners. He
began in 1870 by riding- two winners in fifteen mounts,
while the following- year he rode three winners out of
forty mounts. He gradually improved, until in 1885
he rode 246 winners out of a total of 667 mounts. In
1886, when he died, he had ridden 170 winners in 512
starts. For twelve years he headed the list of winning-
jockeys in England, his victories including the St.
Leger, six times', Derby, five times; Suburban, five
Jimes; Prince of Wales stakes, twice; One Thousand
Guineas, Cesarewich and Royal Hunt cups, each twice.

"William C. Whitney, ex-Secretary of the Navy, pur-
chased 160 acres of land on the shore of Wawasee lake,
near Warsaw, Ind., which will be used as winter quart-
ers for his race horses and also as a breeding farm.
Among the improvements that will be made at once
will be the construction of a half mile track where Mr.
Whitney's yearlings will be trained.

Jockey McJoynt, who is to ride for W. K. Vander-
bilt in France, has been ordered to leave New Orleans
for France at once, and will soon sail for Europe, where
he will school some of the well-bred colts in track tac-
tics preparatory to the racing season in the land of the
sparkling wine.

Astor has proved himself more than a useful horse
for his owner, Mr. Ellison, this winter. At the open-
ing of the season the impression prevailed that the
gelding did not amount to very much although he
showed quite a burst of speed at times. This fact
probably accounts for the liberal odds which are
always obtainable about him, notwithstanding that he
has won quite a number of races.

Maggie Davis ran quite a different race with Coburn
in the saddle on Thursday at Emeryville. On her last
previous effort, with Buchanan up, her performance
was most disappointing and apparently unexcusable.
Buchanan seems to have particularly hard luck with
even money favorites and this one made no exception
to the rule.

In the last race on Thursday at Emeryville, a selling
affair for three year olds and upwards, Mellah was
handedround for a good thing- and backed quickly
from sixes to threes. After breaking in front several
times she finally was sent away on even terms with the
field but was quickly outrun by Sweet Caporal and
was forced to be content with second place. Had the
coup gone through the ring would have suffered
heavily.

The race run by Articulate on Saturday at Emery-
ville was so pronouncedly bad as to defy criticism. Any
published argument in explanation of the exhibition
furnished by this horse must be founded on mere con-
jecture. No doubt a statement, could one be obtained,
from the stable would make interesting reading.

Quite a difference between the two races run by
Theory on the 18th and 19th inst. On the first occasion
starting in the Our Climate handicap and ridden by
O'Connor, she showed absolutely no speed and was
beaten off twenty lengths in 1:13 J. On the following
day with Mounce up she ran six furlongs in 1:13} and
won with perfect ease. Mr. Honig expressed great
dissatisfaction with O'Connor's ride and made use of
some very harsh language in that connection.

The Prince of Wales, now King Edward VII. , heads
the list of winning owners in England for 1900. He
won $147,925. He has been racing for fifteen years, in
which time he has earned $493,040. In 1896 his win-
nings, thanks to Persimmon, amounted to $134,095.
This year Diamond Jubilee, a full brother to Persim-
mon, is responsible for the King's premier position, and
is also an addition to the "triple-crown" heroes. Be-
sides winning the three great classic events, the King
also won the Grand National steeplechase, which is the
blue ribbon of cross-country events, with an Irish bred
horse named Ambush. This makes a record never
before accomplished by any owner. When the season
opened it looked as though Lord William Bei*esford's
American bred gelding Democrat and T. R. Dewar's
Forfarshire were better horses, but Democrat went
wholly wrong and Forfarshire did not train on as
expected, and in addition met with an accident in the
Two Thousand Guineas through the rough riding of
SloaD on Disguise II. Diamond Jubilee is among the
list of horses that have won £20,000 and more as two
and three year olds. His total winnings up to date
have been £145,925. Among the twenty-three horses
which are in this class as winners, Diamond Jubilee is
only beaten as a three year old by Flying Fox £37,415
and Donovan £38,438. The best judges in England
think that Diamond Jubilee will be a heavy winner as
a four year old, but it is unlikely that he will crowd
the opulent Isinglass or the mighty Donovan from
their positions at the top of the winning four year old
list, for those horses have been the only ones produced
in England which have won more than £50,000 in their
racing careers. The late Lord William Beresford and
his string of American horses finishes second in earn-
ing, while Lord Durham was third. J. A. Drake of
Chicago won thirty races, amounting to $52,990. He
is fifth in the winning list. James R. Keene is twelfth
in the winning list with $38,400 won in five races.
Richard Croker is at the bottom of the list, with a
total of $15,370.

The sale of the late Lord Beresford's horses was
held at Newmarket January 23d. Forty horses were
sold and aggregated very close to $100,000, an average
of $2500 each. Caiman fetched 2500 guineas, Jolly Tar
2200 guineas and Democrat 910 guineas. Nahlband
brought 1500 guineas, Uncle Wack, gelding, 3000
guineas and Loveits 1050 guineas.

_ American horses are well represented in the big Eng-
lish handicaps, the entries for which closed on January
1st, and the weights will be announced about January
25th, In the Lincolnshire handicap, which is one
mile, run on March 26th, among the entries are Caiman,
Domino II., Jean Beraud and Sibola. In the Great
Metropolitan stakes, two miles and a quarter, run at
Epsom on April 23d. are Jolly Tar and King's Courier.
In the City and Suburban, one mile and a quarter, also
run at the Epsom spring meeting on April 24th, are
Caiman, Jean Beraud, Jolly Tar, Kilmarnock, King's
Courier and Sibola. In the Chester cup, two miles and
a quarter, run over the old Roodee course on May 8th,
are Caiman and Jolly Tar. It is, however, in the
Kempton park Great Jubilee stakes, one mile and a
quarter, run on May 11th, that the Americans are
strong, W. C. Whitney having in Cap and Bells, Elk-
horn, Jean Beraud, Kilmarnock and Tommy Atkins,
the other entries being Caiman, Domino II.. Disguise
II., King's Courier, Olympian and Sibola.

The officials of the San Francisco Jockey Club are
trying to arrange a four cornered race to come off
during the present meeting at Tanforan, in which Sam
Loates, Tod Sloan, Lester Reiff and the jockey who
has ridden the most winners since the meeting opened
will ride. The weights are to be assigned with great
discrimination, and the intention is to have the jockeys
draw for their respective mounts. In this way all will
have an equal break. Such a race would prove a
great drawing card.

Buchanan, on Tuesday, was set down for a week and
fined $100 by Starter Dwyer for disobedience at the
post.

Companion dogged it as usual in the race on Tues-
day for maiden three year old fillies. This mare is one
of the best bred ones in the country, her dam, Derfar-
gilla, having been one of the fastest sprinters ever
trained. She has developed a yellow streak some-
where in her makeup and quits badly in every race.

The bookmakers were out of line in the second race
on Monday when they layed fifties against "Boots"
Durnell's Credo. This horse has been running con-
sistently of late, having won his two previous starts,
the last one (over the hurdles) being a very impressive
performance.

Lothian made his appearance as a jumper and proved
himself to be a remarkably good one. Only the bad
judgment (or worse) of his rider prevented him from
winning. He gave the favorite, Lomo, a hard tussle
and only lost by a nose.

English sporting papers are at present full of eulo-
gistic obituary notices and reminiscences of the late
Lord William Beresford. One of the most interesting
stories is one concerning the three brothers, Charles,
William and Marcus, who, in April, 1874, rode a steeple-
chase in Ireland, which was won by Lord William.
The story reads: The brothers had a sweepstakes of
100 sovereigns each, play or pay, over the Williams-
town course, three miles, at the Curraghmore hunt
steeplechase meeting. Lord Charles rode Night-
walker, a black thoroughbred horse bred by Billy
Power, the sporting tenant of the course. Lord-
William rode Woodlark, a gray mare, and Lord Mar-
cus a bay gelding called The Weasel; they each wore
the Beresford blue, Lord Charles with the ancestral
black cap; the others had white and blue caps as dis-
tinguishing emblems. No race course in Ireland, ex-
cept Punchestown and Fairy House ever had more
people on it than Williamstown on that memorable
day. Old men and women who had never seen a race
before came fifty miles to see the brothers race. Ex-
citement rose to boiling pitch as the three brothers
filed out of the enclosure and did the preliminary.
Tom Waters awaited them, ready with ensign in hand
to send them on their journey. The only delay was
while he delivered a short, but sporting speech to these
grand lads, when away they went boot to boot. The
pace was a cracker from the start, but none made the
running more than the other, for all three were girth
to girth most of the journey, and at no time did two
lengths divide them until just before the finish. Yes,
every post they made a winning post, and ding-dong
did they go against each other, though, of course, rid-
ing like sportsmen. Fence after fence was charged,
and cleared by them locked together, and it was not
before Nightwalker was beaten just before the last
fence that they separated. A determined struggle be-
tween Woodlark and The Weasel then ensued, and
after a desperate finish old Judge Harter gave the ver-
dict to the former by a short head.

There is little chance for a racing bill passing in
Illinois this year. This word has gone out at Spring-
field, and while the Governor will not formally sanction
it, the statement comes so strong that unless other in-
fluences are brought to bear the bill will surely be
vetoed if it ever comes up. Governor Yates declines
to make any positive statement as to his intentions re-
garding such a bill until he has thoroughly investigated
the subject. From other sources, however, it is learned
that he in no way sees at first thoughts any reason for
sanctioning what is termed the gambling game on the
big tracks in Illinois. ___

Sam Hildreth proposes to confine the majority of
his racing operations to Chicago during the coming
summer season, and has written to Secretary Harry
Kuhl to reserve him twenty-four stalls at Hawthorne.

When Sam Loates, the English jockey now in Cali-
fornia, was asked what horse would win the Derby of
1901, he answered: "Well, I like Revenue the best.
I beat him last season on Toddington, but since that
colt has been amiss I do not know how it would be
now. Revenue is an Irish bred horse, owned by J. J.
Gubbins, who won the Derby with Galtee-More. He
is by Blaisefind, a full brother to Galtee-More, and his
dam, Income, is by that great horse, Isonomy, the sire
of Common and Isinglass, both Derby winners. P.
Lorillard has also a good colt in Exedo, by Sensation-
Equality, a full brother to Democrat. But there are
several other good colts in the race, and it is rather
early to pick a winner.

The opening race of the current meeting at Tan-
foran, as originally carded, promised to be one of the
prettiest and most closely contested affairs of the pres-
ent racing season. At least six of the starters looking
to have a royal chance. The heavy downfall of rain
was, however, the cause of extensive withdrawals and
all interest in the race was lost for this reason.

The Lissak handicap for three year olds and upward
and guaranteed worth $1500 was won by C. Ellison's
Specific in a fierce drive. Dominick out-finishing Bull-
man, who had the mount on Vulcan. The Lady was a
length away. The Lady was pounds and pounds the
best and with a half intelligent ride would have won
by herself. This mare is one of the very best animals
in training here and it seems a pity that her chances
should be ruined by having Marty Bergen continually
in the saddle. Much criticism of Mr. Ezell has been
heard as to why Bergen was always employed, but the
true reason is probably the fact that Bergen is inter-
ested more or less heavily in the ownership of the mare
and has some voice as to how she shall be run and as
to who shall ride.

The publication of the entries for all the big East-
ern spring handicaps except the Metropolitan has pro-
vided food for reflection for horsemen. It is conceded
that the quality of the horses engaged is better than
ever before and a season of first class racing on East-
ern tracks is therefore generally predicted. So far as
the actual races are concerned, the number of entries
does not cut much figure, and with a number of sea-
soned performers of known ability entered the fields
will probably be as large or larger than in previous
years, when many horses of indifferent caliber were
entered on the off chance of their training or in the
spring. Still, the falling off in the number of entries
has been the subject of much discussion, and many
reasons have been advanced to account for it. One is
the partiality of certain owners for weight-for-age
races, where previous wins entail no penalty and the
prospect of the increase of races of that character
next season. An instance of this is the omission of W.
C. Whitney's Ballyhoo Bey and J. R. Keene's Com-
mando from the handicaps, coupled with the fact that
these crack three year olds are both entered for the
Brighton Cup, a weight-for-age event. Another
noticeable feature is the falling off in the number of
Western entries. This is ascribed to the extra induce-
ments held out by the Chicago clubs for owners to
keep their horses in that section rather than incur the
expense and risk of a long railroad journey to compete
with the Eastern cracks.

Major Barak G. Thomas, Kentucky's oldest breeder
of thoroughbreds and one of her most picturesque
characters, is dangerously ill at his home in Lexington.
He is the only horseman now living who saw the fam-
ous Wagner-Grey Eagle race at Louisville in 1839, and
he has witnessed nearly every important turf event in
America since then. He was for years owner of the
famous Dixiana farm, which was named for the first
race mare he ever owned, and has bred scores of noted
performers. Among these are Domino, Correction,
Ban Fox, King Fox, Himyar, Banburg, etc. He sold
King Thomas to the late Senator Hearst of California
for $38,000, the highest price ever paid in this country
for a yearling. Major Thomas always made it a rule
to breed a limited number of colts each season, and to
have them of the highest quality. As a consequence,
his success was remarkable, and he would have been a
very rich man to-day had he been able to refuse a
helping hand to nearly every one who appealed to him.
His rare old Bourbon whisky is nearly as well known
as his horses. He stocked his cellars with barrels of
the best in the market more than thirty years ago and
that which remains is said to be the choicest and most
valuable in America. He presented a bottle of it to
Miss Harriet Richardson of Lexington about five years
ago, and asked that she sip it as she vould so much
nectar. She promised. When, in 1896, she was
selected by Secretary Herbert to christen the battle-
ship Kentucky, she announced that the prized bottle
of whisky was to be broken over the vessel's bow.
Major Thomas was furious. He wrote Miss Richardson
that his whisky was far too good to be wasted on any
craft that ever rode the waters. Miss Bradley,
daughter of Kentucky's governor, was substituted for
Miss Richardson, and the whisky was not wasted.

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[January 26, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SP0RTSMAN|

F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority ot the Pacific Coast,

36 QEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O- BOX 2300.

Terms— One Tear 83, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months «1

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kellev, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
ol good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, January 26, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

Julyl-2

" •' Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-1-1

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-2S

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5]

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. l-5(

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-1:

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-1:

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

ALTHOUGH Edward Corrigan is a long way from
California, there are evidences of another race
track war being declared. The two clubs have issued
the edict that employees cannot hold positions at both
tracks and several resignations have resulted. Badges
have been taken by one club from the employees of
the other, and incensed officials have thereupon re-
turned their passports also. While there has been no
actual outbreak, there is a state of armed neutrality
existing that threatens to develop into war at any
time. The San Mateo Supervisors, influenced, it is
alleged by parties in touch with the rival club, has
passed an ordinance limiting racing in San Mateo
county to thirty-five days in each year, which, if en-
forced, will compel the San Francisco Jockey Club to
close its meeting ten days before the advertised date.
There are whisperings that as a result of the trouble
Ingleside will be opened and racing conducted there
even though no betting is permitted. There is
another tale on the rounds that the Oakland track
will not shut down at the close of its next two weeks'
meeting but continue right along through the summer.
The evening Bulletin, which seems to favor the Tan-
foran people, contains columns every night of war
gossip, presumably from a special corps of war cor-
respondents located at the front. By some mysterious
but evident agreement, none of the other four dailies,
including the big guns of the morning, dignify the
alleged rupture with a line, and their readers cannot
understand why such a condition of affairs as exists
is thus allowed by the city editors to 'escape the lurid
featuring that other track matters of less importance
invariably receive. Meanwhile the patrons of the
tracks are talking much and sensational happenings
are expected at any time. There is one feature of this
business that the powers that be in both clubs should

S. , . , , -..realize. There are about three hundred thousand

OME ORGANIZED EFFORT should be made by!* . . ... ., . , , ,, , , . , . . „

, , , . «avotes in this State and of that number at least two

the breeders and owners of harness horses inr

California this year to abolish bookmaking on harness 1
races. This style of betting has worked a greater i
injury to harness racing than any other one thing, and
it is the duty of those who have their money invested
in the horse breeding business to do something to stop
it. The Breeder and Sportsman has done what
it could in the past to abolish the evil, and is disposed
to continue the fight, but the breeders and owners
should assist and do all in their power to induce asso-
ciations to bar bookmaking from harness meetings.
The better class of breeders and owners are all greatly
opposed to bookmaking and would like to see a return
to either auctions or mutuels, with heat betting en-
tirely abolished, and if they were to make a concerted
movement towards this end it could be accomplished.
The fact that bookmakers can afford to pay a large
sum for the betting privilege is a great temptation to
directors of district associations, who see just so much
sure money in sight toward paying expenses, but there
should be some effort made by all interested in the
breeding and racing of harness horses fco make the
meetings entirely independent of these gentry. In the
writer's opinion pari mutuel boxes, with tickets sold
only on the result of the race would be popular with
the people and profitable to the association. They
should be owned and managed entirely by the associa-
tion or club giving the meeting, and even though the
receipts were small from them the racing would be
benefitted. If a real earnest and intelligent endeavor
were made to draw the public to see the contests of
speed, gate receipts would be large enough to effset the
loss of revenue by reason of abolishing the books.
The running races from one end of the country to the
other are now managed as a business instead of a high
class sport, and it should be the aim of trotting horse
breeders and owners to keep harness racing as free
from the running methods as possible. Matinee rac-
ing is doing a great deal in its way and is getting the
best people in the country interested in fast harness
horses. If the associations that give professional
meetings and breeders and owners will lend their aid
and aim to make the sport as clean and high class as
possible, much can be accomplished for the benefit of
all concerned. The first step to be taken should be the
annihilation of bookmaking.

hundred and eighty thousand have no interest what-
ever in racing as conducted in this city and probably
two hundred thousand look upon six months of it as
an evil. They are not interested enough to care
whether it runs or stops, but let an acrimonious
war break out between the rival clubs and pro.
ceed with all the disgusting notoriety that always
attend such rows, and the voting public will be aroused
to action, and with the cry ('a plague on both your
houses" will insist on legislation that will prohibit rac-
ing entirely. There is nothing truer than "history re-
peats itself, " and California voters as a mass differ
very slightly from those in New Jersey. It is a failing
of politicians and bosses to imagine that any temporary
power they possess over legislative bodies is eternal
and impregnable, but there has never been a time yet
when the people became thoroughly aroused over a
matter that they did not assert their sway and make
short shrifts of anything that was obnoxious to them.
From one end of this city to another a majority of the
wholesale and retail merchants and business men, pro-
fessional men and heads of families are beginning to
express opposition to continuous racing. They are not
in open opposition and will probably not be so long as
the race track people "pursue the even tenor of their
way," but if the Boards of Supervisors and the Legis-
lature are appealed to by racing people to legislate on
racing matters, it is a moral certainty that the people
will become excited and aroused and demand that
legislation be in their behalf and not in that of the
racing class. When that time comes the tracks might
just as well close their gaits or the public will see that
it is done. Old Ben Franklin said that "a mob is a
very large animal with many heads but no brains,"
and in all probability the mass of the people, if excited
would demand a racing law, as they did in New Jersey,
that is entirely unreasonable. But that is a condition
that would confront the magnates and the finest spun
theory of inalienable rights will not prevail against it.

WE

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E PUBLISH this week an interesting article on
the Hackney horse from the pen of Mr. £Vero
Shaw who is recognized English authority on this breed
of horses. The article appeared originally in the
London Live Stock Journal. Accompanying it is a
half tone engraving of the stallion Hedon Squire that
WINTER HANDICAP, which has a gross captured the championship prize at the recent Paris
valuation of $0000, and is the richest stake thus Exposition for the best light horse of any breed,
far of the season, will be decided at Tanforan to-day. thoroughbreds excepted. This stallion is by Rufus
There is a probability that there will be fifteen starters, 1343, sire of Mr. John Parrott's well known Hackney
and all of the best jockeys now at the track will have Green's Rufus, and bred like him on the dam's side as
mounts. Efforts are being made to have Tod Sloan, Hedon Squire's dam is by Fireaway, while the second
Lester Reiff and the English jockey Loates accept dam of Mr. Parrott's horse is also by Fireaway.
mounts. A handsome pair of gold spurs is to be pre- —

sented to the winning jockey. If the weather is good,
which now looks certain, a large crowd will witness the
ace. The probable starters are as follows: Vesuvian
122, Advance Guard 121, Eddie Jones 118, Zoroaster
118, Andrisa 115, The Lady 111, Vulcain 112, Vineitor
109, John Baker 105, The Monk 104, Montanic 106,
Greenook 101, Scotch Plaid 103, Rolling Boar 102,
Autumn 108.

The Directors of Agricultural District No. 40, Yolo
county, are alive and energetic. After giving the best
county fair held in the State last year they desire to
do even better in 1901. At a meeting of the board
this week a committee was appointed to go to Sacra-
mento and ask the Legislature to increase the appro-
priation made to the district. On the showing made
last year Yolo is certainly entitled to an increase.

Dangers of Firing Iron.

"Veritas11 in Trotter and Pacer,

The chemists and self styled professors who com-
pound counter irritants will tell you that blisters can
be made to do the work of firing on bad legs and joints,
but blistering has no effect what ever in producing
pressure upon the parts beneath, while every practical
horse man knows that Stonehenge is right, when he
states that "The purpose for which the heated iron is
employed is twofold; first to produce immediate
counter-irritation, by which the previous inflamation
is reduced; and secondly, to cause the formation of a
tight compress over the part, which lasts for months.
The blemish which it leaves, and the pain which it oc.
casions both during and after the application of the
irons, should cause it to be avoided when an equally
useful substitute can be employed, but, unfortunately,
there are many other cases where it stands without a
rival, as being at once the safest and most efficient
remedy which can be adopted. " From firing ringbone
and cauterizing cases of deep seated thrush we acquire
some practical knowledge in using the irons; but, in
bad cases of strained tendons where the mischief is
great, a master hand must hold the firing iron to draw
the lines evenly over the skin, making just the proper
pressure which is required to burn to the requisite
depth. Then the lines will heal without any sloughs,
which result from irregular or excessive pressure.

The great three year old running horse Lieut. Gib-
son, who won the Kentucky Derby last spring, in 2:06J,
the race being one mile and a quarter, died recently at
Washington Park, Chicago, from the effects of being
fired last summer, the operation having been done
badly and the subsequent unscientific treatment was
even worse. He was fired in both forelegs to help his
bowed tendons which gave way shortly after his race
in the American Derby at Washington Park. The
quack who performed the operation followed it with
liberal applications of vaseline to the seared legs, and
this had the effect of keeping the resultant fever con-
fined, and later it extended to the entire system of - the
colt. His forwai-d legs became practically useless, and
when he would try to rise on them they would give
way and the handsome thoroughbred, by this time a
physical wreck, would pitch forward helplessly. This
continued for months, until at last outraged nature
could no longer stand, the strains, and Lieutenant Gib-
son died, fighting to the last for his life. His owner,
Charles H. Smith of Chicago, refused an offer of $20,-
000 for him just before he began racing last spring.
About the same time that Lieut. Gibson broke down,
His Excellency, a colt that Mr. Smith bought for $8000,
also went wrong, and was subjected to the same treat-
ment. At the time the weather was insufferably hot
in Chicago, and His Excellency, after enduring agony
for a week or more from the action of the firing iron,
died in his stall. Beware of the firing iron in ignorant
and barbarous hands.

"I won't attempt to say whether it is sentiment or
fashion, but from some cause or other there is more
inquiry for long-tailed carriage horses than there was
a year or two ago," remarked a prominent New York
dealer. "Some of the highest priced horses we have
sold this winter have been long-tailed steppers, and
some of the best ones now in our coach horse depart-
ment have never been docked. For a rockaway, or
station wagon, or a runabout, or any other light trap
I think the long tail is certainly to be preferred. It is
more in keeping with the style of carriage like the
rockaway, for one thing, and for another thing, it
affords better protection to the driver in a runabout
from flying gravel and dirt. I wouldn't recommend a
long-tailed horse for a spider phaeton or a spicy gig, or
any other sporting vehicle of that sort, but I like to
see a long-tailed horse in a landau, or broughman, or a
berlin coach or any heavy carriage.

It is said that when William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.,
starts to cross the Thirty-fourth street ferry on his
automobile, the news is telephoned to Long Island,
and the farmers have a scramble to get in the way of
the flying machine and have their horses killed ; $65 to
$100 is the price paid by the young millionaire for
the animals he slaughters, while their value, only for
glue, is $5 or $6. It has been carefully estimated that
his trips on the Island road costs him an average of
nearly $60 a mile.

It had been the intention of Mr. H. K. Devereux to
enter John A. McKerron in the Charter Oak and
Transylvania Stakes this year, but the 2:10 record bars
him in those events, and he will be used for matinee
purposes only.

It is now said that Prince Alert 2:02 will not be sold
at auction, but will be campaigned again next year -by
his owner, James Hanley of Providence, who predicts
that the hobbled gelding will pace in 2:00.

The government agents of Great Britain have been
instructed to purchase the cavalry remounts for the
use of the troops when they return to England at the
Union Stock yards in Chicago.

January 26, 1901]

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Coming Events.

Feb. 22— Grand open-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Merchandise Shoot. Blue
Rocks. Alameda Point.

April I, 2, 3, 4, 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

Game Laws and Game Law Tinkering. Pro-
posed Legislation has not the Support
of Sportsmen.

By the introduction of the Laird bill, so called, the
preliminary labor, expense and preparation, in the in
terest of game protection, of a representative body of
sportsmen and citizens of this State has been arbitrar-
ily and without authority wasted and nullified. A
reflection has been cast upon the intelligence and
integrity of purpose of the gentlemen who were
selected to suggest proposed nece3sary changes in the

In pursuance to the call of the Commissioners the
convention met in this city on May 24th, 25th and 26th
and was attended by a representative membership of
gentlemen from the length and breadth of this State,
many of whom came hundreds of miles, paying their
own expenses, to attend the meeting.

The officers of the convention were Hon. J. W.
Hughes of Sacramento, President; A. D. Jordan, of
San Diego, Vice-President and Andrew Ferguson of
Fresno, Secretary.

The convention labored intelligently and earnestly
for three days and two nights, carefully and thor-
oughly going every proposed measure submitted.

A committee of fifteen composed of: Hon. J. T.
Sherwood of Marysville, Chairman; M. C. Allen of San
Francisco, Dr. A. M. Barker of San Jose, Dr. W. E.
Cook of Eureka, Prof. L. Loomis, Academy of Sciences,
Col. G. C. Edwards of Berkeley, W. C. Kennedy of
Fresno, F. G. Sanborn of Santa Clara, E. C. Tallant of
Santa Barbara, E. E. Maxwell of Sacramento, Dr. I.
W. Hayes of Grass Valley, W. H. Lyons of Sutter,
Dr. W. Wood of Sacramento, H. T. Payne of San
Francisco and John H. Schumacher of Los Angeles,
prepared, after much further deliberation and careful
study of the subject under discussion by the conven-
tion, the proposed bill, of which the following , amend-
ing Section 626 of the Penal Code, is a synopsis:

1 — Wild game and fish the property of the people in their sov-
law by reason of their thorough acq uaintance with the^ereign capacity.

, . , ,.,.,. , ., , , '48 2 — Open season for quail, November 1 to February 1.

Subject and abilities to present proper and equitable 3 3— Open season for black brant, ducks, rail, English snipe, ibis,

MiflTio-oo in thA niwmnt fi<5h and o-am« law |ff curlew or plover— Three consecutive months between October I and

cnanges m tne present nsn ana game law. w Marcn j wnicn mav be designated by Boards of Supervisors.

The bill introduced has not the sanction nor endoroe- '■[ Should no designation be made in a county, the open season in

" that county to be from November 1 to February 1.

ment of the recent game convention, nor do we believe 1
it has that of the California Game and Fish Protective
Association, notwithstanding the prestige given the
measure by the presence in Sacramento and zealous
missionary work of the distinguished President of the
association. This individual, it is claimed, is respon-
sible for the introduction of legislation radically differ-
ent from that agreed upon and for which he was one
of a committee instructed and intrusted with authority
to bring same before the Legislature. Why the changes
have been made and why the respective committees
from two organizations did not carry out instructions
is not known to the large majority of those interested.
This change and divergence from agreed plans has
aroused the indignation and disgust of many sportsmen
as well as those who were sidetracked in their efforts
for a change in the game law. In consequence of this
assumption of individual authority, two of the vice-
presidents of the association, both gentlemen and prom-
inent sportsmen, have resigned from the organization.

One feature of the Laird bill was thoroughly dis-
cussed during the convention last May. H. T. Payne
was the principal advocate for the prohibition of the
sale of game. Hon. C. M. Belshaw, Judge S. C. St.
John, Senator Charles M. Shortrideg and other in-
telligent and discriminating members present argued
the matter thoroughly. This clause is particularly
obnoxious to the citizen and taxpayer, if not to the
majority of sportsmen of this State. The anti-market
faction was snowed under in the convention by a vote
of 33 to 8. The protective association would not en-
dorse this feature either, so far as its sentiment is
known to date. Having already signally failed
twice, how the apostle of game protection expects now,
to force through a hostile legislature this measure is a
problem beyond ordinary ken.

Other important features in game protection have
been ignored: night-shooting, netting and trapping of
wild ducks or other feathered game, the use of large
bore guns or gun devices of four or more barrels
(possibly a chance for litigation on this subject was
not acceptable, for the reason that a recent decision of
the U. S. Circuit Court might be eventually attacked
and perchance be overruled). Why the unterrified
apostle of game protection has overlooked the forego-
ing and the several other important matters which
will appear by a comparison of the two bills is a ques-
tion he alone can answer and it will be a difficult task
for one who has "spent his whole life in the interest of
game protection " and the preservation of a "valuable
food supply."

Just prior to the introduction of the Laird bill, pam-
phlet copies of the original proposed changes were
mailed to many persons. The interior press, believing
that the copies were sent in good faith, published and
generally endorsed portions of the proposed bill. This
looks like a pettifogging piece of chicanery intended
to mislead the public.

The introduction of the Game Commission and Game
Warden matter — emanating from the trio of game
protectionists — is awaited with considerable curiosity.
That the original committee of three may be emulating
those famous philanthropists, "Quirk, Gammon and
Snap," and are laying low on this subject is suspected.
The joker (in italics), which is shown in subdivision O
of the Laird bill, suggests one of the tentacles of the
ink-fish.

The following brief history of the subject may be
interesting:

Last May the Board of Fish Commissioners issued a
call to representative sportsmen and also to representa-
tive'citizens who were not sportsmen inviting their
attendance at a convention to be held in this city, the
object being to obtain their views as to necessary and
proper legislation for the protection of game and fish.
The individuals responsible for this movement, a com-
mitte composed of H. T. Payne, C. W. Hibbard and Dr.
A. M. Barker (in the interest of game protection?) had
previously requested Governor Gage to issue a call for a
game convention, its membership to be composed of
twenty delegates at large and two delegates, appointed
by the supervisors, from each county in the State. The
Governor declined to act as desired, but with a courteous
recognition of the purposes for which the Fish Com-
mission had been created, suggested that the matter
be placed with the Commissioners, who were more
conversant with the situation. After some demur the
Governor's advice was followed and the Board of Fish
Commissioners were formally requested to take charge
of whai has subsequently developed into an ex parte
game protection scheme, which is neither of practical
benefit to the taxpayer, the Bportsman nor the citizen.

A— Doves, open season, July 1 to February I.

B- Mountain quail, grouse or sage hen, open season, September
1 to November 1.

0— Nests and eggs of wild birds mentioned in this section pro-
tected.

D— English or Mongolian pheasants, bob white, Eastern or
Chinese quail, English partridge or any imported game birds pro-
tected indefinitely.

E — Limit on the individual.bag per day: quail, partridge, snipe,
curlew, ibis, twenty-five birds: doves and wild ducks, fifty; rails,
twenty; black or sea brant, eight.

F— Prohibits taking, destroying or possessing does, fawn, ante-
1 ope, elk or mountain sheep.

G — Prohibits hunting, taking, etc., or having in possession any
male deer or deer meat between October 1 and August 1 following,
whether procured in this State or shipped from without.

H— Gray or any tree squirrel, open season August 1 to February 1.

I— Traffic in deer hides prohibited.

J — Individual limit of three deer during the open season.

K— Prohibits the running of deer by hounds or other dogs, during
close season.

L— Prohibits purchase or sale of feathered wild game by market
men, hotels, restaurants, cold storage company or other persons.

M— Reservation for scientific purposes or taking alive for propa-
gation.

N — Penalties for violation, a fine of $50 to $500 or imprisonment
from fifty to one hundred and fifty days— or both fine and imprison-
ment.

O— Half of all fines collected to go to informer. All moneys from
fines paid into the State Treasury shall be set aside and known as
a game preservation fund, and other expenses connected with the
preservation of game of the State.

4— Doves and wild pigeons— Any five consecutive months which a
Board of Supervisors may designate between June 1 and January
1. If no designation is made, the open season to be from August 1
to January 1.

5 — Grouse, partridge or sage hens— September 1 to November 1,
sale prohibited.

6— Protection to be given to all song and insectiverous birds,
their nests and eggs, except English sparrows, all geese except
black brant, swan, sandhill crane, blue jay, meadow lark, linnet,
eagle, hawk, crow, raven and blackbird.

7 — Mongolian pheasant. Eastern or bob white quail, Asiatic or
Chinese quail— Season to be closed indefinitely.

8 — Individual limit on bags— Ducks, quail, snipe, curlew or ibis,
twenty-five birds a day; rail, twenty; doves, forty; black or sea
brant, eight birds a day.

9— Does, fawn, antelope, elk and mountain sheep protected in-
definitely.

10 — Deer — Bucks, open season, during any two consecutive months
between July 1 andDecember 1. If Supervisors;failedto designate,
the season to be July 15 to September 15.

11— Gray and tree squirrels, open season, September 1 to Novem-
ber 1.

12— Traffic in deer hides prohibited.

13 — Three deer the individual limit during the open season.

14 — Prohibiting the running of deer in close season by hounds or
other dogs at large.

15 — Prohibiting sale and cold storageof game in close season.

16— Prohibiting the use of horse, bull, mule, steer, etc., or animal
blind device in hunting wild game.

17— Night shooting of wild game prohibited.

18— Clause in favor of possession of game at any time, under cer-
tain conditions, for propagation or scientific purposes.

19— Fines for violation of law — $25 minimum, $500 maximum. Im-
prisonment.twenty to one hundred and fifty days. Or both fine and
imprisonment.

20 — One-half of fines imposed to go into State fund for game pro-
tection, the other half it was proposed to pay over to the informer.

21 — Disbursal of moneys received for fines, payment of wardens,
etc., by Fish and Game Commission.

Section 327 of the Penal Code, proposed amendments
were as follows:

1— Prohibiting the use of larger than 10 bore guns and also cer-
tain devices or combinations of gunbarrels by which several bar-
rels can be discharged at once at wild game.

2 — Trespassing by the hunter or angler prohibited, a section de-
fining the method of posting forbidden ground.

3 — Prohibiting common carriers carrying game out of the State.

4— Regulating shipment and receipt of limit .number of game
birds by common carriers and sportsmen.

Propossd Section 631 of the Penal Code prohibited
the taking, killing or destroying by the use of any net,
pound, cage, trap or set line of any kind of feathered
wild game.

Under another section of the proposed law all peace
officers of the State were to be made ex officio game
wardens, penalties being prescribed for non-enforce-
ment of the game law by such officers.

The fish law had but few proposed changes. The
open season for trout contines as before — April 1st to
November 1st. Sale of trout under one pound weight
was forbidden. Steelheads may be caught in tide
water only during the close season of trout in fresh
water. Appointment of county game wardens by
Boards of Supervisors was to be made compulsory.

A resolution was also submitted by the committee of
fifteen, suggesting that a Game Committee would be
beneficial and that the office of State Game Warden be
created by the Legislature and the necessary appro-
priation made to equip the said office, etc., "and give
to the game of the State a protection commensurate
with its importance and value as a food supply. t*

The proposed bill, as accepted by the convention was
left with a legislative committee consisting of Hon. J.
W. Hughes of Sacramento, Chairman; A. D. Jordan of
San Diego, S. C. St. John of Fresno, J. K. Orr of Oak-
land, H. T. Payne of San Francisco, Dr. W. E. Cook
of Eureka and T. J. Sherwood of Marysville, which
committee were empowered to shape the various sec-
tions of the bill so that when presented to the legislat-
ors it would be in legal form.

Upun the closing of the important labors of the
game convention the California Game and Fish Pro-
tective Association was organized with a membership
of some thirty odd of the seventy-four gentlemen in at-
tendance. H. T. Payne was elected President and is
responsible for the statement that "the most import-
ant feature of the three days session was the organiza-
tion of the protective association."

This association at its annual meeting held in this
city on December 11th by resolution, unanimously en-
dorsed the proposed game bill. A legislative committee
was appointed consisting of Hon. J. W. Hughes, Chair-
man; Hon. C. M. Belshaw, W. W. Van Arsdale, Dr. A.
M. Barker, Hon. S. C. St. John, Fish Commissioner
H. M. Keller and Geo. B. Roop, which Committee were
instructed to urge the passage of the proposed game
bill.

The game bill introduced by Senator Laird amends
Section 626 of the Penal Code and makes radical
changes from the proposed legislation, all of which is
embodied into one new section,' subdivided, and a viola-
tion of each count is made a misdemeanor. A synopsis
of the new section submitted is as follows:

Pacific Coast Field Trials.

[Special Report by Albert Betz.]
The eighteenth annual trials of the Pacific Coast
Field Trials Club was held at North Island, Coronado
Beach, beginning Monday morning, January 14, 1901,
and were completed on the afternoon of Thursday, the
17th inst. Four stakes were run: The Derby, having
eighteen starters, a larger number than for many
years, and but once equalled in the history of the club.
The All-Age, with (eleven starters; the Members' Stake,
with six starters, and the Champion Stake with two
starters. The Derby purse was $500; fifty per cent, to
the winner, thirty per cent, to second and twenty per
cent, to third. The All-Age purse was $250, divided
in the same manner as the Derby.

Mr. Thomas Johnson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who
so satisfactorily filled the position of judge at the
Bakersfield trials last year, was again invited by the
club to officiate in the saddle at these trials. Mr. John-
son was assisted during the running of the trials by
JudgeC. N. Post, of Sacramento, and J. H.Schumacher,
of Los Angeles. At the meeting of the club held on the
13th inst., attention was called to the fact that many
parts of the trial grounds were rather densely covered
with a growth of brush; in view of this condition it
was deemed advisable to appoint two additional judges;
the gentlemen above mentioned were then selected to
act in conjunction with Judge Johnson. The decisions
of the judges gave general satisfaction, the only com-
ment heard during the trials was a questionable criti-
cism made in regard to the placing of Maggie F., third
in the Derby, over Clipper W., of whom much had
been expected, in view of his performances at the
Northern trials. He failed to come up to expectations,
however, and his poor work in his first two heats
clearly justified his being unplaced. Maggie F., while
not as brilliant a worker as those taking first and sec-
ond, nevertheless did some good work whenever down.
Clipper was practically out of the race after his first
two heats and his work in the third was not sufficient
to fully redeem himself for his former bad showing.
The decision awarding Maggie F. third was generally
conceded to be a correct one. ,

The performance of Lady and Peach Blossom, win-
ners of first and second in the Derby, respectively, in
the opinion of Judge Johnson, is not often surpassed,
and he believes that they will rank with any two
puppies in the country. They go with great speed,
range widely, hunt diligently, and have a merry way
of going. Their points are snappy and positive; they
are staunch and full of style. There was little differ-
ence between them, except that Lady had the better
of the point work on the first day. All three of the
Derby winners were sired by the justly celebrated pro-
ducing sire, Ch. Count Gladstone IV., Lady and Peach
Blossom being Utter sisters. The work of this pair
was consistent throughout the trials as was proved by
their wins in the All-Age stake, although in reversed
order.

By reason of the extreme heat and the unfavorable
conditions but little bird work was done on the open-
ing day of the trials. Many birds were flushed but
seemed tb emit no scent, the dogs being unable to
locate them. The days following saw better weather
conditions and as the trials progressed the work of the
dogs greatly improved, and toward the latter end of
the trials the performance of the dogs was all that
could be desired. The trials were in all respects suc-
cessful, and were attended by a large number of the
club members and visiting sportsmen. Many of the
guests of the Hotel del Coronado were also in daily
attendance.

The trial grounds, while having a plentiful supply of
birds, could be greatly improved in other respects.
Heavy clumps of high brush prevent the dogs being
seen to the best advantage, and also interfere with
their work. Mr. E. S. Babcock, manager of the hotel
has agreed, if the Club again desires to hold its trials
on North Island, to remove all high brush, and also
make available for trial purposes large areas of bare
ground which this year could not be utUized, This
would practically give double the space of ground
gone over this year. These improvements and the
many other conveniences, hotel accomodations, livery
facilities, etc., to say nothing of the great advantage
offered by reason of the close proximity of the grounds
to the hotel, would make this location for the running
of field trials superior to anv place in the country. Mr.
Babcock spared neither time nor expense in mak-
ing everyone comfortable who attended the triait

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&he xgreebev anh gt}«rrtemcm

[January 26, 1901

won the highest encomiums from hoth club members
and visitors for the enjoyable resources at their com-
mand during the week of the trials,

The annual meeting of the Club was held on the
evening of Tuesday. January loth, and the following
officers were re-elected, viz: W. S. Tevis, President: J.

E. Terry, First Vice-President; W. W. Van Arsdale,
Second Vice President: Albert Betz, Secretary-Treas-
urer: Executive Committee, C. N. Post, J. M. Kilgarif,
C. E. Worden, J. H. Schumacher, H. W. Keller.

The meeting was an enthusiastic one and was the
largest in point of attendance that the Club has ever
known. It was determined to run the next trials dur-
ing the second week of January, 1902, the place of
holding the trials to be decided upon later by the
Executive Committee. The order of running the
events will be: Members Stake, the Derby, All-Age
and Champion Stakes.

In all probability, if Mr. Babcock places the grounds
in condition such as to meet the approval of the Com-
mittee, the next trials will again be held at North
Island! It is contemplated to have the grounds in-
spected by a committee sometime during next No-
vember.

The following named gentlemen were proposed for
and elected to membership: E. S. Babcock, Graham E.
Babcock and W. F. Newlands. Coronado, L. T. Moore,
Dr. F. J. Ba.nes, Phil H. Tyler and N. D. Nicholls, San
Diego.

The following ladies and gentlemen were noted
among those in attendance at the trials: Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Tevis and children. Lloyd Tevis of Bakersfield;
W. W. Van Arsdale and party. Mrs. and Miss Flett,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace B. Chase. Mr. and Mrs. Mount-
ford S. Wilson: Mr. and Mrs. Jos. E. Terry, Judge
Chas. N. Post, E. C. Weinrich of Sacramento. Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Dunham of Stockton, W. A. Cutler of
Oakland, Fish Commissioner H. TV Keller of Santa
Monica, F. W. Emery of Buena Park, A. Marquiss of
Surbank, Captain Jake Sedam of Denver, W. H.
Dupee and Mr. Spaulding of Chicago, Mr. Blair and B.

F. Gordon of New York, B. K. Benchley of Fullerton,
J. B. Stoddard, the well known trainer now of Pala,
San Diego county: R. M. Dodge, manager of Stockdale
Kennels, Bakersfield: John E. Lucas, of Mount View
Kennels, Marin connty; W. B. Coutts, Kenwood,
Sonoma county: Fred Coutts, Gordon Coutts: Mr.
Babcock of McCloud, Siskisou county; John Schu-
macher, Frank Schumacher, John Hauerwaas, Col-
lector J. C. Klein; E. S. Babcock, Graham E. Babcock,
Coronado: W. G. Newlands, L. S. Moore, Dr. F. J.
Barnes. Phil H. Tyler, N. D. Nicholls. Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Naylor, San Diego; Capt. A. C. Jones; Major Hess,
U. S. A.: James M. Kilgarif, Armand DeCourtieux.
Lester Kilgarif. Albert Betz, P. D. Linville. Frank
Maskey. J.~W. Flynn. Chas. K. Harley, H. T. Payne,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Hibbard of San Francisco; Thomas
Johnson, Winnipeg. Man.. Mr. Dixon, J. H. Smith. J.
F. Holbrook, Tony Bright. Tod Sloan, Andrew Jack-
son, Mr and Mrs. Walter Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Phil
Daly, Jr.

THE DERBY.

The draw for the Derby was held on Sunday even-
ing, January 13th; eighteen entries paid the starting
fee, the order of running was as follows:

Tod Sloan's Pointer dog Prince with Clinton E.
Worden's Pointer bitch Pearl's Jingle.

Stockdale Kennels' Pointer bitch Jacqcuba with Dr.
C. E. Wilson's English Setter dog Clipper W.

W. W. Van Arsdale's English Setter dog Count's
Mark with George Wilcox's English Setter dog Stam-
ford.

Jos. E. Terry's English Setter bitch Lady with H.
S. Peach's Pointer dog Doctor Daniels.

T. J. A. Tiedeman's English Setter bitch Northern
Huntress with P. D. Linville's English Setter bitch
Maggie F.

Clinton E. Worden's Pointer dog Doc with B. P.
Schwerin's English Setter dog Peach Stone.

Stockdale Kennels' Pointer dog Sam's Bow with Jos.
Singers' English Setter dog Lemon Ears.

S. Christenson's English Setter dog Joe Cumming's
Boy with Stockdale Kennels' Pointer bitch PetroneUa.

W. W. Van Arsdale,s English setter hitch Peach
Blossom with Stockdale Kennels' Pointer dog Cuba's
Zep.

MONDAY, January 14th — The morning was very
warm and the weather continued oppressively hot
throughout the day, not a breath of air stirring
made conditions for bird work poor.

Prince-Pearl's Jingle — The first brace was cast off
at 8:15 a. M. Tod Sloan's Pointer dog Prince was
handled by W. B. Coutts and Clinton E. Worden's
Pointer bitch Pearl's Jingle was in charge of handler
John E. Lucas. Very little was done in this beat.
Conditions were not favorable. Jingle showed the best
speed, had better range and was the most industrious.
She made a point on a running bird and was backed
by Prince. Prince also pointed, but nothing was
found. The brace was ordered up at 8:50.

Jacqcuba-Clipper W. — At 9 o'clock, the next brace,
Stockdale Kennels' Pointer bitch Jacqcuba, handled by
R. M. Dodge, and Dr. C. E. Wilson's English Setter
Clipper W., Coutts handler, were cast off. Clipper
had the best speed and style. No bird work was
done by either dog. Jacqcuba pointed, but no bird
was found. They were ordered up at 9:35.

Count's Mark-Stamford — This pair went down at
9:45. W. W. Van Arsdale's English Setter Count's
Mark was handled by Mr. Babcock, of McCloud.
George Wilcox's English Setter Stamford was handled
by Mr. Katze. More point work was done in this heat
than in either of the preceding heats. Count's .Mark
pointed ami was steady. This point was followed by
four more in rapid succession — good steady points.
He was the best on birds and worked fast. 'but was
poor on range. Stamford made one point. His range
was poor and he showed but little speed. Ordered urj
at 10:1.",. 1

Lady-Doctor Daniels— Put down at 10:20. Joe
Terry's English Setter bitch Lady, handled by Coutts,
and H. E. Peach's English Setter Doctor Daniels,
handled by Babcock. This was one of the best heats of
the day. Lady madejone point, then a covev point, and
was steady. She was very fast and stylish and ranged

well. She has a very cheerful and merry way of going
and her bird work is snappy. Doctor Daniels made two
good points, being steady. He also is fast and ranged
well, but the heat was Lad3''s. The pair were ordered
up at 10:50.

Northern Huntress-Maggie F. — This pair was cast
off at 10:55. Huntress, T. J. A. Tiedeman's English
Setter, handled by Lucas, and the English Setter bitch
Maggie F., handled by her owner, P. D. Linville.
Huntress soon pointed: no bird was found, however.
Then Huntress chased a rabbit across a large field and
had to be brought back. She had the best pace and
range, but did no bird work and was not under good
control. Maggie showed better nose, making two
points, though somewhat unsteady. The brace was
taken up at 11:30.

Doc-Peach Stone — At 11:35 the next brace was put
down, Clinton E. Worden's Pointer dog Doc, handled
by Dodge, and Babcock handling R. P. Schwerin's
English Setter dog Peach Stone. This was a very poor
heat. Doc pointed a rabbit. He was fast and ranged
better than Peach Stone. No work, however, was done
by either dog. They were ordered up at 12:05, and
work was suspended for luncheon.

Bow's Son-Lemon Ears — The first brace cast off
after lunch went down at 1:30. Joseph Singer's Eng-
lish Setter dog Lemon Ears, handled by Katze, pointed
a rabbit, he made another point in heavy brush but
left it. Stockdale Kennels' Pointer dog Bow's Son,
handled by Dodge, made an indifferent point and fol-
lowed with another, somewhat better. Bow's Son was
much the better dog in pace and range. Both chased.
The pair were taken up at 2:00 P. M.

Joe Cumming's Boy-Petronella — This pair followed
at 2:05. Coutts handled S. Christenson's English
Setter dog Joe Cumming's Boy, Dodge looking after
Stockdale Kennels' Pointer bitch PetroneUa. Both
dogs ran over birds. PetroneUa is a very speedy and
stylish goer. She stayed out best and covered her
ground weU. Her bird work was poor. It is but just,
however, to state that she was suffering from an ulcer-
ated throat. Cumming's Boy showed that he was a
dog of fine style and action. He had but recently
recovered from a severe spell of sickness. The brace
was taken up at 2:35.

Peach Blossom-Cuba's Zep — This pair finished the
last heat of the first series. They went down at 2:40
and were ordered up at 3:10. Both dogs were fast,
stylish and had splendid range. Stockdale Kennels'
Pointer dog Cuba's Zep being handled by Dodge, whilst
Babcock handled Van Arsdale's English Setter bitch
Peach Blossom. Zep came to a point then pointed
again and was steady to shot. Blossom proved herself
a splendid, fast going one but did no bird work during
the heat. The honors of the heat feU to Zep.

SECOND SERIES.

After a consultation among the judges it was decided
to give aU the dogs a second trial. The dogs were run
in the order foUowing, the first brace of the second
series was put down at 3:32 P. M.

Prince-Jacqcuba — Under the same handlers. This
was a poor heat and no work whatever was done.
Prince raised birds and was steady to wing. They
were taken up at 3:45, after being down thirteen
minutes.

Pearl's Jingle-Clipper W. — This pair went down at
3:50. Clipper was fast and showed the best range,
covering his ground in good style, but did poor work
on birds. Jingle also is fast. No bird work was done.
They were ordered up ot 4 P. M. after ten minutes run-
ning.

Count's Mark-Lady — Down at 4:04. Lady showed
the same dash and style as she did in the first heat.
Lady was the first to find and point, then she made
another point. She was much the best dog on bird
work, being very snappy on her points. Count's Mark
showed the same lack of range as he did during the
morning heat, but had good style. Lady had the
better of the heat. The brace was taken up at 4:21.

Stamford-Doctor Daniels — Cast off at 4:25. Nothing
was done in this heat by either dog, though both had
several opportunities to work. Doctor Daniels showed
best during the heat in range and style, but did not
equal his work of the morning. Ordered up at 4:47.

Northern Huntress-Peach Stone — This was the last
brace run during the day, and was put down at 4:50.
Both dogs seemed unable to locate birds though some
were flushed. Peach Stone ran over birds and was in-
cUned to chase. Huntress was speedy and ranged weU
but did no bird work. They were taken up at
5:10 p. M.

In the evening there was promise of better weather
conditions for the foUowing day, and this prediction
was verified by a heavy fog coming up, thus insuring a
cooler and more comfortable temperature.

TUESDAY, January 15. — The morning was foggy
and cooler, the first pair cast off in continuation of the
second series went down at 8:05 a. m.

Maggie F.-Doc — The dogs found no birds and
none were flushed. Neither dog showed much speed
or range. Maggie having a shade the best of the beat
by working her ground more thoroughly than Doc.
They were taken up at 8:20.

Bow's Son-Joe Cumming's Boy — Put down at 8:30.
Both dogs behaved badly on birds. Many birds were
seen but no points were secured by either dog. Cum-
ming's Boy came in to his handler too often. Up
at 8:50.

Peach Blossom-PetroneUa — Cast off at 8:55. The
pair showed splendid going, but they were deficient on
bird work. Blossom hunted weU 'as did PetroneUa,
though neither located birds. Ordered up at 9:15.

Cuba's Zep-Lemon Ears — This brace was put down
at 9:21 to an unsatisfactory heat. Zep was the better
in pace and range. No bird work by either. Lemon
Ears pointed, but the bird was not found. They were
taken up 9:35. This heat ended the second series.
THIRD SERIES.

Maggie F.-Lady— Down at 10:05. Maggie was the
first to point and Lady honored the point. Lady then
pointed twice in fine style and was steady. Lady again
pointed, but no bird was found. Maggie again pointed
and was a bit unsteady. Ladv was the best in pace,
range and style. Ordered up at 10:30.

Doctor Daniels-Bow's Son — Down at 10:35. Nothing
was done by either dog, during this heat, on birds and
the heat was an unsatisfactory one. Up at 11:'07.

Count's Mark-Cuba's Zep— Put down at 11:13. Both
dogs pointed in this heat, evidently on running birds,
as none were located or flushed. Zep left the ground -
on which birds had been seen. Zep's range work was
the best. They were taken up at 11:57.

Peach Blossom-Northern Huntress — Down at 11:58.
Huntress was the first to locate and made a point on
a single: she was inclined to chase. Blossom made
two points in this heat and had apparently the better
of it. Both are good speedy dogs and good rangers.
This was the last brace down before lunch. A breeze
having sprung up, prospects were good for better work
during the afternoon.

CUpper W.-PetroneUa — Cast off at 1:30, were the
first brace put down after lunch. CUpper soon after
being down ran into birds and pointed, being backed
by PetroneUa. Both were steady to shot. Clipper
roaded and pointed. PetroneUa refusing to back, went
on and pointed a bird that flushed. Clipper next
pointed a smaU covey, and was backed by PetroneUa.
Clipper made five points in this heat, and partiaUy re-
deemed himself for poor work done in former heats,
though his bird work did not have the snap and vim
shown by other Derby dogs. Up at 2:20.

The weather conditions were now much improved,
and the afternoon's work was of splendid character.

LAST SERIES.

Maggie F.-Peach Blossom — Down at 2:25. Maggie
made two fine points in this heat, Blossom backing
one. Blossom also made two stylish snappy points and
was steady. Again she made a good point. Maggie
was a trifle unsteady to shot. The heat was an excel-
lent exhibition of bird work. Blossom showed best
range and speed. Up at 2:32.

Lady-Peach Blossom— Cast off at 2:38. This brace
was down for a few minutes only. Lady soon pointed
and Blossom backed. Both were steady. The range,
speed and style of both was exceUent and their work
was of a snappy character, full of vim.

This concluded the Derby, the judges agreeing upon
the winners which are noted in the summary foUowing:

SUMMARY.

North Island. Coronado Beach, San Diego, Cal.,
January 14, 15, 1901.— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's
eighteenth annual trials. The Derby — For Pointers
and Setters whelped on or after January 1, 1899.
Entrance $10, $10 additional to start. Thirty-six nomi-
nations, eighteen starters, eight Pointers, ten Setters.
Purse $500. $250 to first, $150 to second, $100 to third.

Clinton E. Worden's (San Francisco) liver and white Pointer
bitch Pearl's Jingle (Young Jingo-Pearl's Dot H.) whelped August

6, 1899, bred by George E. Gray, Appleton, Minn. with Tod

Sloan's imported liver and white Pointer dog Prince (Wisdom-
Whisper) whelped December 16, 1899.

Stockdale Kennels' (Bakersfield) liver and white ticked Pointer
bitch Jacqcuba (Cuba of Keuwood-Jacquina) whelped July 18

1899 with Dr. C. E. Wilson's (Elko, Nev.) black, white and

tan English Setter dog Clipper W. (Marie's Sport-Isabelle Maid),
whelped April 1, 1899, bred by H. B. Ledbetter, Farmington, Mo.

W. W. Van Arsdale's black, white and tan English Setter dog
Count's Mark (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.-Peach Mark), whelped
March 2, 1899, bred by W. W. Van Arsdale with George Wil-
cox's (Los Angeles) white and lemon English Setter dog Stamford
(Stamboul-Fanny S-), whelped May 19, 1899, bred by Jos. Singer.

Jos. E. Terry's (Sacramento) orange and white English Setter
bitch Lady (Ch. Coun t Gladstone IV.-Peach Mark) , whelped March
2. 1899. bred by W. W. Van Arsdale with H. S. Peach's (Mc-
Cloud, Cal.) liver and white Pointer dog Doctor Daniels (Plain
Sam-Dolly Dee II.) whelped May — , 1899.

T. J. A. Tiedemann's (Portland Or.) black, white and tan Eng-
lish Setter bitch Northern Huntress (Ch. Joe Cummings-Mecca
U.), whelped August 29, 1899, bred by W. W. Titus. West Point,

Miss. with P. D. Linville's (San Francisco) white, black and

tan English Setter bitch Maggie F. (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.-Lady
Rodschaff), whelped January 10, 1899, bred by Frank Maskey.

C. E. Worden's black and white Pointer dog Doc (Sam's Bow-

Fannette), whelped February 19, 1899, bred by C. E. Worden

with R. P. Schwerin's (San Francisco) black, white and tan

English Setter dog Peach Stone (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.-Peach
Mark), whelped March 2, 1899. bred by W. W. Van Arsdale.

Stockdale Kennels' liver and white Pointer dog Bow's Son (Sam's

Bow-Countess V.), whelped May 7, 1899, bred by E. B. Horning

with Jos Singer's (Los Angeles) lemon and white English Set-
ter dog Lemon Ears (Stamboul-Fanny S.), whelped May 19, 1899,
bred by Jos. Singer.

S. Christenson's (San Francisco) black, white and tan English
Setter dog Joe Cumming's Boy (Ch. Joe Cummings-Grace Grady),

whelped January 10, 1899, bred by H. P. Jones, Garden, Ga.

with Stockdale Kennels' liver and white ticked Pointer bitch

PetroneUa (Young Jingo-Florida), whelped June 29, 1899, bred by
Stockdale Kennels.

W. W. Van Arsdale's black, white and tan English Setter bitch
Peach Blossom (Ch. Count Gladstone IY.-Peach Mark), whelped

March 2. 1S99. bred by W. W. Van Arsdale with Stockdale

Kennels' black and tan Pointor dog Cuba's Zep (Cuba of Kenwood-
Jacquina), whelped January 5, 1899. bred by Stockdale Kennels.

n.

Prince with Jacqcuba.
Pearl's Jingle with Clipper W.
Count's Mark with Lady.
Stamford with Doctor Daniels.
Northern Huntress with Peach
Stone.

Maggie F. with Doc.

Bow's Son with Joe Cumming's

Boy.
Peach Blossom with PetroneUa.
Cuba's Zep with Lemon Ears.

Maggie F. with Lady. I Peach Blossom with Northern

Doctor Daniels with Bow's Son. Huntress.

Count's Mark with Cuba's Zep. J Clipper W. with PetroneUa.

rv.

Maggie F. with Peach Blossom. ! Lady with Peach Blossom. '
RESULT.
First, Lady; second, Peach Blossom; third, Maggie F.

ALL-AGE STAKE.

The drawing for the AU-Age Stake was held on the
evening of Tuesday, January 15th. Three of the
original eleven entries faUed to qualify, three Derby
entries, however, were named for this stake, thus
making the number of starters the same as originaUy
entered. The order of the drawing resulted as foUows:

W. W. Van Arsdale's Pointer bitch Blazeaway with Stock-
dale Kennels' Pointer dog Cuba of Kenwood.

A. De Courtieux's English Setter bitch Verona Cash with

W. S. Tevis' English Setter dog Pride of Ross.

J. E. Terry's English Setter bitch Lady with Albert Betz'

English Setter dog Merry Heart.

Frank Maskey 's English Setter bitch Lady Rodschaff with

R. B. Dyer's English Setter Tacoma Montez.

Stockdale Kennels' Pointer dog Cuba's Zep with W. W.

Van Arsdale's English Setter bitch Peach Blossom.

Dr. C. E. Wilson's English Setter dog Clipper W. drew the bye.

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WEDNESDAY, January 16th — With favorable
weather conditions the first brace of the All-Age were
put down at 8:27 A. M.

Blazeaway-Cuba of Kenwood — Babcock handled
Blazeaway, Cuba of Kenwood in charge of Dodge.
- Blazeaway ran into a bird and was steady to wing.
She should have pointed. Cuba pointed and was
steady to shot. He later made another point, but was
a bit unsteady. Blazeaway had the fault of coming in
to her handler too often. The heat was Cuba's. Up
at 9:09.

Verona Cash-Pride of Ross — Put down at 9:15.
Nothing was done in this heat. Cash disappeared
shortly after going down and Pride of Ross was per-
mitted to run for some time, when he was recalled.
Cash was not found until several hours later. This
brace was again put down after lunch. Cash was
handled by Lucas and Ross by Coutts.

Lady-Merry Heart — Down at 9:59. Some pretty
work was done in this heat, Lady making six snappy
points, Heart backing staunchly on every occasion
offered. Heart pointed once and shortly after chased
a rabbit. Lady had the better speed and range.
Heart again pointed, though being somewhat unsteady.
Up at 10:37. Merry Heart was handled by Lucas,
Lady by Coutts.

Lady Rodschaff-Tacoma Montez — Cast off at 10:42.
Lady ran over birds and was unsteady to wing. Later
she pointed a rabbit. Again she came to a point, no
bird being found. Tacoma pointed and was steady.
Tacoma had the best pace and range. The bird work
of both was poor. Lady was handled by her owner,
Prank Maskey; Tacoma being handled by Lucas.
Taken up at 11:19.

PeachBlossom-Cuba'sZep — Down at 11:23. Blossom
handled by Babcock, Zep by Dodge. Blossom pointed
a good find. Blossom was then out of sight in the
brush for some time and was found on point. Both
ranged well and had good action and speed. Zep
pointed the bird running into view and after roading
he flushed. Blossom pointed and Zep made a fine back.
Zep again pointed and was steady to command.
Blossom also made another point, which was honored
by Zep. Ordered up at 12.

Pride of Ross-Verona Cash — This brace was again
put down at 1:10, after lunch. Cash soon pointed, Ross
backing to command. Cash pointed again, Ross re-
fusing to back. Cash's last point was on a running
bird. The bird work of Ross was poor. Cash had the
best range and style. Up at 1:30.

Clipper W., a bye — Down at 1:37. The handler of
Clipper, Mr. Coutts, was permitted, at his request, to
run with Clipper a Pointer puppy. Clipper did no
work whatever while the puppy made several good
points. The latter was taken up after being down
seven minutes. Clipper had many opportunities dur-
ing the balance of the heat, but did no bird work. His
range was poor, and he did not quarter his ground at
all. He made a very poor showing. Up at 2:08.

SECOND SERIES.

Cuba of Kenwood-Lady — This was the first brace
down in the second series and was cast off at 2:22.
Cuba had opportunities but did no bird work. Lady
made two points, one on a rabbit. Both were fast and.
ranged well, but Cuba was poor on bird work. The
' heat was Lady's. Up at 2:56.

Merry Heart-Peach Blossom — Down at 3:06. The
conditions were not good, the wind having died down.
Heart pointed, no bird, however, being found. Heart
again pointed and was steady to shot. Blossom made
two good points. Both ranged well, Blossom hav-
ing the better speed, and staying qualities, Heart
slacking up before the end of the heat. Up at 3:45.

Verona Cash-Cuba's Zep — This was the last heat of
the day. Down at 3:36. During the heat some fine
bird work was shown. Cash made three points, being
a bit unsteady on the last. Zep pointed a small covey
on the edge of plowed ground, and the birds were seen
running. In moving along he pointed another small
covey of five birds which also ran into plowed ground
and were flushed. Zep made another point. Cash had
been out of sight for some time and was found some
distance away in the brush on point. This was a very
excellent heat. Up at 4:25.

' FINAL SERIES.

THURSDAY, January 17.— Good weather conditions
prevailed when the first brace were cast off at 8:38 A.
M. for the finals.

Lady-Peach Blossom — Blossom was the first to point.
Lady pointed. Lady again made a point. Blossom
next pointed and Lady backed. Blossom pointed in
this heat altogether four times and Lady three times.
The work was done in comparatively open ground and
was a fine exhibition of bird work. Both had good
speed and ranged well. Blossom showed great im-
provement, while Lady appeared somewhat off in
form. Up at 9:06.

Cuba of Kenwood-Verona Cash — Down at 9:10. Cash
pointed a small bevy in open field and was steady.
Cuba seemed to be off and nothing further was done in
this heat. They were taken up at 9:18, being iown
eight minutes.

Cuba's Zep-Merry Heart — Put down at 9:26. This
proved to be the last heat of the All-Age Stake. Heart
made two points, in one of which she was backed by
Zep. Both were steady. Zep pointed a running bird
after roading for some distance. Heart made several
more points, in another of which she was nicely backed
by Zep. Up at 9:36. The judges announced their de-
cision as follows in the summary:

SUMMARY.

North Island, Coronado Beach, San Diego, Cal.,
January 16, 17, 1901— Pacific Coast Field Trial Club's
eighteenth annual trials. All-Age Stake, open to all.
Eleven original nominations, eleven starters including
three Derby entries, three Pointers and eight Setters.
Entrance S10, $10 additional to start. Purse $250.
$125 to first, $75 to second, $50 to third.

W. W. Van Arsdale's liyer and white Pointer bitch Blazeaway

(Speedaway-Fanny) with Stockdale Kennels' liver and

white Pointer dog Cuba of Kenwood (GlenbeighJr -Dodge's Stella).

A. De Courtieux's (San Franeisco)[white and black ticked English
Setter bitch Verona Cash (Ch. Count Gladstone IV-.-Daisy Craft)

— — with W. S. Davis (San Francisco) black, white and tan

English Setter dog Pride of Ross (Cincinnatus Pride— Flora W).

Jos. E. Terry's (Sacramento) orange and white English Setter

bitch Lady (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.— Peach Mark) with

Albert Betz" (San Francisco) black, white and tan English Setter
dog Merry Heart (Merry Monarch-Sweetheart's Last).

Frank Maskey's (San Francisco) white and blue ticked English

Setter bitch Lady Rodsckafl (Rodschafl-Cressida) with R.

B. Dyer's (.South Bend. Wash.) blue belton English Setter Tacoma
Montez (Ring-Diana Montez).

W. W. Van Arsdale's black, white and tan English Setter bitch

Peach Blossom (Ch. Count Gladstone IV.-Peach Mark) with

Stockdale Kennels' black and tan Pointer dog Cuba's Zep (Cuba
of Kenwood -Jacquina ) .

Pride of Ross with Verona Cash.

Dr. C. E. Wilson's black, white and tan English Setter Clipper
W. (Marie's Sport-Isabella Maid) a bye.

II.

Cuba of Kenwood with Lady. | Verona Cash with Cuba's Zep.
Merry Heart with Peach Bloss'm |
HJ.

Lady with Peach'Blossom. I Cuba's Zep with Merry Heart.

Cuba of Kenwood with Verona
Cash.

RESULTS.

First, Peach Blossom; second, Lady; third, divided between
Cuba's Zep and Merry Heart.

MEMBERS' STAKE.

'JLne Members' Stake was closed on the evening of
January 16th with seven entries, Mr. Van Arsdale's
Pointer entry Lou being, however, withdrawn on ac-
account of illness before the stake was run. The stake
was run immediately upon the conclusion of the All-
Age. The prizes were three elegant silver eups donated
by members of the club. The entries and order of
running was the following, the first brace being put
down at 9:55 A. M.

Merry Heart-Vi— Albert Betz' Merry Heart, handled
by owner, with Tod Sloan's Pointer bitch Vi, handled
by owner. Heart was the first to point, but flushed.
Vi pointed and retrieved nicely when the bird was
killed. Vi made several more points and was the best
on birds. Up at 10:25.

Val's Mark-Maggie F.— Down at 10:30. Maggie
pointed and was steady. She then made another point.
Val was not under control and soon disappeared, but
was brought back. Nothing further was done by
either. Maggie was the best on birds, but was not as
fast as Val's Mark. The latter was handled by Henry
M. Keller, and P. D. Linville handled Maggie F. Up
at 11:35.

Petronella-Senator's Trinket — Down at 11:15. The
former was handled by W. S. Tevis and the latter by
J. W. Flynn. Neither dog was accustomed to handler,
and very little work was done. Petronella, however,
ranged quite well toward the end of the heat. Up at
11:32. This ended the first series.

SECOND SERIES.

Vi-Maggie F. — Down at 11:45. Vi pointed, but no
bird was found. Maggie was out of sight for some
little time and was found on a point, evidently having
been on the bird for some time. Vi backed, but moved
up and Maggie broke. Nothing more was done. Up
at 12.

Merry Heart-Petronella — Down at 1:20. This was
the first brace down after lunch. Heart made two
points and was the best on birds. Petronella pointed.
She was the fastest and had the best range. Up at
1:45.

Vi-Petronella — Down at 1:58. This was the last
brace in the Members' Stake. Vi soon pointed a run-
ning bird; roaded for some distance and was steady
when the bird was flushed. Petronella had the better
range. Up at 2:15.

At the conclusion of this heat the judges announced
the winners as shown in the summary following:

SUMMARY'.
North Island, Coronado Beach, Cal., Jannary 17,
1901. Pacific Coast Field Trials Club. Members'
Stake. Entrance $10. Trophies, silver cups. Seven
original entries, six starters, three Pointers, three
Setters.

I.

Albert Betz' English Setter bitch Merry Heart with Tod

Sloan's imported white and liver Pointer bitch Vi (Wisdom-
Whisper).

Henry M. Keller's (Santa Monica) black, white and tan English

Setter dog Val's Mark (Valiente— Peach Mark) with P. D.

Linville's English Setter bitch Maggie F.

Stockdale Kennels' Pointer bitch Petronella with J. W-

Flynn's (San Francisco) liver and white Pointer dog Senator's
Trinket (Senator P.— Trinket).

n.

Vi with Maggie F. I Vi with Petronella

Merry Heart with Petronella |

RESULT.
First, Maggie F.: second, Vi; third. Merry Heart.

CHAMPION STAKE.

The condition of this stake is that the heats must be
of two hours duration, and in deciding upon the win-
ner the judges take into consideration not only the
bird work of the dogs but also their relative conditions
at the end of the heat. There were two entries, Stock-
dale Kennels Cuba of Kenwood and W. W. Van
Arsdale's lemon and white English Setter bitch Peach
Mark (Mercury-Betsy Mark).

During the first hour Peach Mark had the better of
it on bird work, staunchness to shot and point, but fell
away during the last hour, while Cuba seemed to im-
prove and was much the better dog at the end of the
heat. Peach Mark made nine points to Cuba's six, but
the dog's work was much more snappy. His speed and
range excelled that of the bitch, and as endurance is
one of the points upon which the decision is based, his
better condition at the end of the heat gained the
prize. Among the points made was a splendid one by
Cuba who, while coming across a piece of plowed
ground, dropped to a point, the bird being found in a
clump of bushes quite a distance away.

In winning the Championship Stake, Stockdale
Kennels won the cup for the second time. The cup
was originally donated by Mr. W. S. Tevis and won
last year by Sam's Bow. Mr. Tevis generously placed
the trophy in competition again this year which it
seems was destined to remain with his kennels as a
token of the field trial merits of his Pointers.

Evils of the Chinese Shrimp Fishing Industry.
A bill has been submitted to the present Legislature
providing with other needed changes in and addi-
tions to the laws pertaining to fish, that a close season
on shrimp be made from May 1st to September 1st
of each year. The shrimp fishing industry is entirely
in the hands of Chinese and the amount of damage
they have done in the past can readily be seen when it
is known that thirty-three boats are engaged in the
work— the destruction of small fish from May to Octo-
ber is estimated at millions of pounds. The Chinese,
it is claimed, have defeated all attempted legislation in
the past and possibly will attempt to do so this session.
The bill should be passed and the depletion of food
fishes stopped. This measure is of interest to the
sportsman as well as the public. The following ex-
tracts from a report on the subject by Mr. N. B.
Schofield of Stanford University will throw some light
on the subject, and in a strong argument in favor" of
prohibitive legislation.

"The Chinese shrimp boat is of Chinese make and
pattern, and is 40 feet long by 10 feet on the beam; it
carries a 30-foot mast, which bears a typical Chinese
sail. The crew is invariably made up of five men.

"The fishing is done by means of bag nets made in
China expressly for the shrimp fishing. Each net is
about 20 feet across its mouth, and narrows quickly
into a narrow bag about 40 feet long. The end of the
bag is open, so that the contents of the net can be
easily let out by untying a string which holds the
opening closed. Near the mouth of the net the mesh
is large (about 2-inch), but it gradually grows smaller
till in the last half of the bag the mesh is 4-inch.

"Each boat operates from twenty to "thirty nets,
which are set on the bottom with their mouths against
the current. Some position is selected in the channel
where the current is strong, and here a line is stretched
across the current — lying on the bottom and anchored
at either end and occasionally in the middle — the posi-
tion of the anchors marked by buoys. The nets are
set along this line, usually at low tide, and are taken
up again at the next high tide; depending on the cur-
rent to drift the shrimps into the nets.

"By a special contrivance the nets can be set and
taken up without the anchors by which they are held
in place.

"In drawing in the nets the fishermen pull up one
end of the line to which the nets are attached and pass
it over a pully at the bow of the boat and reel it in by
a windlass in the stern. As each net comes up to the
surface at the bow of the boat, it is unfastened from
the line and carried around to the side of the boat,
where it is pulled up by hand and its contents dumped
into the boat. The nets are taken ashore and dried,
and at the next low tide a second set of nets is taken
out, each boat having two sets.

" The number of shrimps caught by each boat varies
greatly. At some times they catch only a couple of
baskets, which weigh about 90 pounds each: at other
times, when everything is favorable, they catch as
high as eighty baskets These numbers include every-
thing caught.

" The shrimps when brought into the camp are first
boiled in large open vats. Salt water is used for boil-
ing, coarse salt being added in large quantities. After
boiling about thirty minutes they are spread out on
the ground to dry. After they are sufficiently dried
they are swept together and rolled thoroughly with
heavy cleatea rollers, which break the shells away
from the ' meat ' of the shrimp. Then, after a process
of alternate sifting and beating and picking over by
hand and running through a fanning mill, the ' meat '
is gotten out. For this dried shrimp meat the fisher-
men get 8 cents a pound in San Francisco. The shells
and other impurities are saved and are made use of as
a fertilizer, and with the rest of the shrimp product
are sent to China.

"A few shrimps are taken at this San Rafael fishery
and sent fresh each day to the San Francisco market.
"The time of setting the nets varies. Sometimes
the best catch is made while the tide is running out;
at others, the catch is equally good for the outgoing
and incoming tide — due probably to a general move-
ment of the shrimps, independent of the current.

" When the catch is large the men stay at the nets
and pull them in every hour or two.

"The average catch per day for each boat at the San
Rafael fishery during the last two weeks of July was 70
baskets, each basket weighing about 90 pounds, mak-
ing in all 6,300 pounds. The average number of boats
out each day was seven, making in all a daily catch of
44,100 pounds. For fifteen days this number is swelled
to 661,500 pounds. One-half of this consisted of small
fish, principally of the following species: Osnu rus
thaleichthys (smelt), Engraulis mordax (California an-
chovy), Poridithys notatus (midshipman), Lepticottus
armatus (sculpin).

"The small Osmems thaleickthys, about 2J to 3J inches
long, were very abundant, making up over one-fourth
of the entire catch. The estimated amount of these
young smelt taken in the last fifteen days in July is
165,375 pounds, or about 15,537,500 small fish. It is
more than probable that this particular smelt is the
principal food of the young salmon descending the
Sacramento river.

"When the nets come to the surface of the water
these small smelt are dead, so that to throw them back
would do no good. The only way to prevent this de-
struction would be to stop the fishing entirely during
the time from April to October when these fish are so
abundant.

"Duxing July they caught but few flounders. These
were saved and dried, along with a few sculpins, etc..
which are not eaten by any one else. During May and
June the catch of flounders is very much greater than
at the present time"

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| THE FARH.

Feeding the Colt After Weaning.

There are colts and colts, as the saying goes, hut the
differences between the young growing horseis to a very
large extent due to the management and to the feeding,
chiefly, says the entertaining writer H. S. in ihe
Drovers' Journal. Colts are horn, it is true; but to a
large extent they are made by care and attention, and
of these the feeding is the most important. A young
animal may be very justly compared with a plant. The
seed may be of the best, but unless the culture is
equally good the growth is stunted, and by continuance
or neglect weeds are grown instead of healthy, profit-
able, vigorous plants. The young animal of whatever
kind it may be is subject to this same natural law, and
thuB we see the best blood at times going back to a very
low position, due to the neglect to which it is treated.
Itis worth while to mention this, for it is quite a com-
mon occurrence to see the avoidable deterioration of a
well bred young animal due simply to this mistaken
thought that blood will tell, as the saying is, and thus
it is expected to stand good for itself, in spite of neglect
and mistake. Blood, the truth is, represents years and
generations of the best feeding, one generation inherit-
ing the gains made by previous ones, which have been
due to the most skillful feeding. So it will be a simple
loss of money to pay high prices, which are only justly
due for the services of a sire of high character, and then
to think that inherited influence will work without
sufficient feed to support it.

But this mistake is often made, and we have seen an
example of it in a young animal entered in a class of
pure bred stock at an agricultural fair, which had been
badly neglected, and simply became a bad example of
what neglect will do to the best possible bred young
animal. The owner of the animal, in revenge of what
he was ignorant enough to think was a fraud upon him,
stood by his unfortunate colt, and bitterly abused the
breeder from whom the young thing had been bought.
Knowing the blood, a purchaser got the animal, and by
due attention fitted it for the next year's exhibition,
and secured the first premium for it as a yearling.

This instance goes to show how blood will tell in two
ways. It tells when it is ill-used, and just the same it
answers to just and proper education. This word means
leading up, in the true literal verbal sense, and it most
truly illustrates the subject under consideration, that
the young colt of good blood will respond only to the
best treatment, and if the sire has been educated as
highly as he has, the progeny of such a horse must
needs be reared on the same lines of scientific feeding.
The question of kinds of grain foods, and whether
these should be fed whole or ground, is of primary im-
portance. Oats leads the list of grains, but a change of
foods is exceedingly desirable, as it not only stimulates
the appetite, but the digestion and assimilation as well.
And just here it will be useful to understand the differ-
ence between these words digestion and assimilation;
for there is a most important difference between them.
An animal eats its food, chews and grinds it with it
teeth, and makes it into a pulp by mixture with the
saliva which is truly the first of the digestive'and sol-
vent fluids of an animal. The teeth crush and grind
the food, and the more palatable this is the more is
the flow of this fluid; thus with pleasant food the mas-
tication in the mouth is most perfectly performed, and
as the saliva is a solvent, and a chemical fluid aB well,
the food thus thoroughly masticated has its starch to
some extent changed into sugar by it, and so the food
goes into the stomach already partly digested, and this
is one of the facts which should be duly considered by
the feeder.

Every animal loves a change of foods. It is possible
for any animal to live on a single food, but it will never
improve on it. Wild animals in a state of nature never
improve. They are the same always. They cannot
improve; this is easily seen to be an impossible thing
for them. But mankind only is an improving animal,
and when civilized is constantly bettering hio condition
and improving everything he comes in possession of
And it goes without saying that this is the result of im-
proved feeding, adding to the list of food substances,
and as by improved feeding the stock grows slowly,
every improvement is fixed by breeding, and so the pro-
cess goes on. Feeding paves the foundation for train-
ing, and every gain is firmly fixed and made the basis
for future gains. Thus it is our horses are constantly
bettering their records in every way, and what has been
accomplished, impossible to think oi only a few years
ago, is only a starting point for future improvement.

All our live stock has been subjected to the same in.
fluences. We have two year old cattle that weigh as
much as the five year old steer did. Our cows at two
years old yield more butter in a week than any average
three of the stock of fifty yearB ago. Our lambs come

to market under a year, and bring the value of two or
three year old wethers of a generation back. Of course
this increases the profits of the breeders and feeders,
and is equally an economy to the consumers of all the
products of our farm stock. The lists of foods at com-
mand almost bewilder the scientific student, not to
think of how the farmers and stock feeders are at a loss
this or that, as being the most effective, and thus eco-
nomical, and so profitable. But at the same time educa-
tion runs alongside of the train of mechanical and all
other kinds of improvement, and as we gain ;n scientific
information we apply it to practical use, and so every
gain in knowledge is equivalent to such economy in
work that the profits of work increases, while, thanks
to the value of this knowledge, the consumer gains his
share of the benefits in lessened costs of the finished
product. And in regard to our live stock interests, this
advantage is perceived on every hand. For with im-
provements in horses, there are gains made in every
way in our livestock.

The beeves bring more to the farmer and feeder; the
cows are yielding twice the profit of some years ago, and
sheep and swine, even the poultry, has its share in the
general improvement; and thus the world h the better
for the great advance in knowledge.

This is all a result of the modern application of the
ultimate principle of economy by which the art of feed"
ing animals has been so greatly extended and by which
our choice of foods is enlarged so much, and by the ex-
tension of the knowledge of the chemistry of foods which
enables the feeder to vary the bill of fare of his live
stock, and to economize in the cost of feeding; and thus
reduce with profit the market values of all his animal
products. The writer has to excuse himself for ex-
tending the above remarks, but they are made for the
purpose of exciting a due interest in this most import"
subject to the farmer, whose end in view is, of course,
the profit he may make from the feeding of his stock.
And in regard to the feeding of the young colt, we have
to show how much is to be gained by the animal itself
by scientific methods of feeding; how these contribute
to the constant improvement of the stock, and at the
same time may reduce the cost of the foods consumed

Cattle for Beef Production.

On a given area of farming land it will be found that
even under existing conditions, when the prices of beef
are relatively high, a greater profit can be obtained
from cattle kept for milk or for milk and meat than for
meat only. But the fact remains that even on some
arable farms if cattle are to be (grown at all, they must
be grown for meat production only. The conditions
that relate to labor are such that cows cannot be milked
nor can the milk be cared for in the best fashion. Some
of these have relatively large areas of pastures as in the
northern part of the State, and on others the pasture
area is limited, although other food is grown in great
abundance. Under these conditions, which breeds
should be kept? Four breeds will fill the bill reason-
ably well. There are the Shorthorn, Hereford, Aber-
deen-Angus and Galloway. Under the conditions first
named, that is, when the areas of pasture are large and
of cultivated land, small Galloways will probable fill the
bill better than '.the others ; especially will this be true
when the animals are considerably exposed in rough
weather. The dams may be of mixed breeding, the
sires being Galloway. The young animals would suck
their dams, and at 18 months or at 30 months would be
sold for fattening on farms where the necessary foods
can be grown, High grade Galloways fatten well and
produce meat that is eagerly sought in good markets.
On the second class of farms named, the Aberdeen-
Angus would probably prove the most satisfactory, be-
cause of the excellence of the meat produced. But
when grown under such conditions, the aim should be
to grow meat of the best quality. The young animals
should be pushed along from birth and put upon the
market t from 24 to 30 months. They should never be
allowed to stand s ill in growth or to become lean in
flesh. This means that they must get all the supple-
mental food they want, and varied in kind, and when-
ever they need it. The profit comes through the excel-
lence of the meat product and the good price it brings
because of high finish. Only the skilled feeder can
grow such meat — Prof. Thos. Shaw.

An Eastern creamery foreman says: "The farmers
are not particular enough to send us good milk. They
don't seem to understand the value of good milk, in
making high priced butter and cheese. They don't
seem to realize the importance of clean cows, clean
stables and clean milk cans. They demand that we shall
make first class butter and cheese out of milk that is
made foul by the filthy habits of certain of the patrons.
And there we stand. We simply cannot make such
goods unless we have clean milk. If we ask the patrons
to unite for the sake of their own profit, and force the
dirty ones to reform their course or leave, they will not
do it. They seem to act as if they would rather lose a
good bit of money every year than offend some of these
dirty fellows who are lowering the value of the general
product all the time.".

Sheep Pasture.

It is an easy matter to make a pasture carry three
times as many sheep as it otherwise would by dividing
it and using each part for a reasonable time and chang-
ing from one to the other before one is eat n down too
much. So says The Sheep Breeder. When on a large
pasture, a flock will wander all over it, eating here and
there and soiling the uneaten parts, and then refuse to
feed longer, but spend their time in seeking some way
of escape from it and generally finding one before long.
Then the usefulness of the flock is gone, for once rest-
less, sheep are always so, and a restless sheep is a bad
sheep. For a 20 acre field and 100 sheep we would
divide the sheep in o five parts and keep the flock on
each part until it is eaten pretty close, then would
feed some grain feed for a few days, after which
the flock should be turned on to the new ground.
It would be very profitable then to run a harrow
over the pastured field and sow a barrel of salt and one
of ground gypsum, with a few poundB of mixed grass
seed per acre, as 10 pounds of timothy, 20 pounds of
orchard grass, 10 pounds of blue grass and as much of
tall meadow oat grass. Then give another harrowing.
The plan followed will soon make the land carry 10
sheep to the acre or 200 for the 20 all through the
summer. We often read of the fine permanent pastures
of England, which will fatten a 1500 pound ox to the
acre in three months and then finish anotherand which
retain their perennial verdure and freshness for cen-
turies, and we have our fine Kentucky and other equally
fine blue grass meadows on which the finest horses,
cattle and sheep are reared and which have never been
cut by the plow nor torn by the harrow, and these are
by no means works of nature only. They are equally
works of art, and what they are others may be under
the same conditions.

Oleo in Hotels.

L. H. Kirkland, one of the field inspectors for the
Michigan Dairy and Food Commission, says: "I have
called upon 240 hotels and restaurants, taking a sample
of butter from the table or lunch counter in each in-
stance unless there were in sight signs reading thus :
' Oleomargarine or Butterine Used Here.' I found that
50 of them were using imitation butter and violating
the law by neglecting to display the proper signs. In
talking with the proprietors of many of these places I
asked why they used an imitation or substitute instead
of real butter. They immediately replied because it
was much cheaper, only a few, perhaps three or four,
claiming that it gave better satisfaction to their board"
ers. Some people may prefer to buy this oleomargar"
ine, or butterine, as it has been called, to further their
own private interests, but it is certainly an outrage for
an unsuspecting public to be compelled to eat such
stuff, supposing they are eating butter.

"Ask one of these proprietors why he is not willing
to display the proper signs, and nine times out of ten
he will tell you that it would hurt his business. I have
found during my work some few who seem willing to
comply with the law, yet too many of them try to use
too small a sign. In some instances I have been called
to the back part of the room to see a sign, about the
magnitude of a postal card, very often placed behind a
door, a screen or in a chimney corner.

" It is not alone in the cheap eating houses that this
imitation butter is unlawfully'used, but I have found it
being served in some of the best hotels that I have
visited. These are the places that would be hurt by a
sign telling their patrons what kind of butter they were

eating."

. •

How He Makes Prize Butter.

I use good milk only, and have a rather hard time
getting it. The milk is heated in the receiving vat, to
about 75 degrees and finished in the little tempering
vat. When it reaches 86 degrees it is run through a
separator, skimming a 30 per cent cream. I use a
starter and this with the hand separator cream, brings
the percentage of fat down to 26 or 27 per cent, which I
consider about right to secure that high, delicate flavor
so well liked in our markets. My aim is to stir the
cream every half hour, ripening at a temperature of
from 68 to seventy degrees and as the degree of the
acidity advances, the cream isg-radually cooled down so
that it stands at churning temperature ar least 6 hours.
The cream will show from 53 to 54 de.rees and breaks
in 40 to 45 minutes. The butter comes in granules the
size of wheat grains. The buttermilk is drawn off im-
mediately, the butter washed in just enough water to
float it. The churn is given a few evolutions with en-
gine at full speed. The water is drawn off directly, as
I think it very essential to making a high flavored pro-
duct not to let it soak in water. The butter is well
drained, put on the table worker, salted with one oz. of
fine salt to the pound of butter, worked and put in 60-lb.
tubs and is ready for market,— John Metzer, Kansas.

January 26, 1901]

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Hogs Escaped Cholera.

The editor o£ Up-to-Date Farming tells
how he man ged hia hogs when cholera
appeared in the neighborhood two years
ago, when 60 to 80 hogs died within 100
yards of his farm and hog yards. The
hogs were kept healthy, strong and vigor-
ous, and fed liberally so as to be kept
growing every day, and they were given
salt and ashes. When other hogs began
dying he treated them with a formula
recommended by the United States
Bureau of Animal Industry, made of one
pound each of wood charcoal, sulphur,
sulphide of antimony and sulphate of
Boda. All were well mixed and thor-
oughly pulverized, and a large tablespoon-
ful of the mixture was given .for each 200
pounds of live weight of the hogs. This
was given in soft food either cornmeal,
ground oats or cracked wheat, mixed with
bran or middlings and wet up with hot
water, and no stale swill was fed, but fresh
milk from the separator was given night
and morning, with middlings and a little
bran added, and fresh water was given
daily

The pens, yards, sleeping places and
troughs were frequently cleaned and dis-
infected with fresh lime in solution, at the
rate of one-half pound of lime to each of
water. From one to two ounces of car"
bolic acid should be added for a thorough
job.

The survival of the fittest left us all our
pigs in a healthy condition when the sea-
son was over. Not one was sick or indis-
posed. The shade, fresh water and dis-
infection saved our pigs, we verily belie e.
Had we neglected them, we believe that,
in the survival, nothing but the hog pen
and swill barrel would have been left as a
souvenir of this dispensation of Provi-
dence.

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Clay Roads in South Carolina.

Five years ago a farmer in Darlington
county, S. C, had occasion to dig a pit
near the highway, and wishing to get rid
of the clay he spread it on a sand bed in
the road. He builded better than he
knew, as that was the beginning of im-
proved roads in the county. The result-
ant improvement in the roadway was
observed by the supervisor, who treated
half a mile of road with clay. That was
the first of the good roads in South Caro-
lina, and it stands as firm to-day as when
it was laid. During the five years that
have elapsed, 750 miles of the 895 miles
of road in Darlington county have been
treated with clay, and one may ride a
bicycle with ease over every mile of it
Formerly only light loads could with difHl
culty, especially during the wet season, be
carried ; now twice as much can with ease
be carried to market. Where formerly
only two bales of cotton were taken on a
one horse wagon at best (the usual load
being one bale), now as many as four are
seen.

Facts About the Silo.

Swine Notes.

Twenty years' experience in the use of
the silo has brought out some facts about
which all are agreed.

First— That a larger amount of health-
ful cattle food can be preserved in the silo
in better condition, at less expense of
labor and hand, than by any other method
known.

Second— That s'lage comes nearer being
a perfect substitute for the succulent food
of the pasture than any other food that
can be had in winter.

Third— Thirty pounds a day is enough
silage for an average sized Jersey cow.
Larger cows will eat more.

Fourth— A cubic foot of silage from the
middle of a medium-sized silo will average
about forty five pounds.

Fifth — For 182 days, or half a year, an
average Jersey cow will require about six
tons of silage, allowing for unavoidable
waste.

Sixth — The circular s lo, made of good
hard wood staves is cheapest and best.

Seventh — Fifteen feet in diameter and
thirty feet a good depth. Such a silo will
hold about 200 tons of silage, cut in half
inch length. — Drainage Journal.

Either the sow or boar should be well
matured.

For a few days after farrowing, feed the
sow lightly.

Early spring pigs will make fat pigs by
Christmas.

A well bred sow may be profitably kept
until she is six years old.

Feed growing pigs with a view toward
building bone, muscle and frame.

Pigs want water to drink, even when
they are fed on slops.

Do not keep the brood sow and fatten-
ing hogs in the same pen.

Hogs should be fed so as to be ready for
market when not over nine months old.

Feed growing pigs oats. They contain
just the elements to make strong bodies.

Generally it is the poverty-stricken pig
that is always getting where it is not
wanted.

Creamery Business Pays.

The Colusa Herald has the following
relative to a private creamery plant near
that city :

"L. G. Manor is making preparations
to go into the creamery business on a
larger scale in the spri g. He is now
milking thirty-four cows and cannot near
supply the demand. Each churning is
contracted for before the milk is placed in
the separator. It is. Mr. Manor's inten-
tion to enlarge his plant and increase his
herd of dairy cows to ninety or a hundred
head. He has an alfalfa field of 150 acres
which furnishes the finest pasturage
known to the dairyman. With plenty of
alfalfa and a slight mixture of hay there
is never any need of purchasing coloring
material to produce that golden hue in
butter so dear to the heart of the house-
wife. Mr. Manor says there is no longer
any money in wheat and he has demon-
strated by practical experience that there
is money in creamery butter on a small
scale, he proposes to turn his attention in
a greater measure to that branch of in-
dustry which he knows will pay."

There are many who insist that it is not
well to feed cabbage leaves to cows when
making butter, because it would give an
unpleasant flavor to the milk. Now, we
have fed both cabb ge and turnip leaveB
to cows when selling milk to fastidious
customers without having anyone com-
plain of the flavor, or even hint that it
was not right. The Department of Agri-
culture has a report of a test made, which
showed that there was no taint if they
were fed directly after milking, which was
our custom, and we also began with small
lots, and increased until each cow had a
bushel twice a day, much increasing the
milk production. The New Zealand De-
partment of Agriculture reports that 40 to
50 tons of cabbage per acre were grown
upon their experimental farm and fed to
cows with very satisfactory results. As
much as 20 pounds was given to each cow
night and morning, with the result that
the increase of butter averaged one pound
per cow. When the above amount can be
grown to the acre we doubt if there is
a much cheaper feed that can be grown
for milch cows.— Massachusetts Ploughman.

A 200 to 250-lb. Hog the Best.

Hogs weighing from 200 to 250 pounds
make the best pork for fam Iy use. If
several hogs of a size are slaughtered at
one time, the pieces will all be of one size
and it will cure better. Killing hogs
weighing 200 pounds and some ranging
from that to 400 pounds will provide hams
of several sizes and they will not all cure
in the same time. Some will be too salty
while others may get too little salt. I like
to kill the large fat hog for lard and the
greater part of him gets in the lard cask.
I don't hesitate a minute to cut up a great
deal of the lean meat of the heavy hogs
for sausage. The shoulders of the large
hog are'trimmed as small as the joints
will let me. All the scraps possible are
trimmed from the hams, even the skin
snd fat. taken from them and rendered
and they are ready for immediate use.
The nice, trim little hams are cured for
later use. Smoked mutton saddles and
pork sausage make the best meat I know
of. Ahead of beef.— Iowa Homestead.

Three years ago the legislature of Nevada sn01.t time',
passed a law legalizing the indiscriminate
slaughtering of the wild horses on the
ranges. It is estimated since the passage
of that measure upwards of six thousand
horses have been destroyed as burden- 1
some cumbers of the grazing districts.
Now that the demand for range horseB is
in excess of the supply, the owners are be-
wailing the Iosb of a quarter of a million
dollars, which at current prices the horses
would have brought if rounded up. The
unexpected demand comes as a salvage to
the ranchmen for the closing out of the
reBidue of the herds. J. B. Sparks, of
Greenriver, Wyoming, in discussing range
horses says: "I cannot say how the sup-
ply is east of Wyoming, but in this State
as well as Utah, Oregon, Idaho and Wash-
ington I find fewer animals than last year.
When buyerB come out to the ranges, as
they are doing now, they clean out about
everything in sight from the ranchman,
make a contract for the whole business,
colts, mares and stallions, with the result
that some of the smaller owners have not
enough horses left to run an automobile —
in other words have sold everything.
They are generally stocking up again from
the big ranches, but nevertheless the drain
iB heavy and I think is in excess of the
breeding. The range grass is not extra at
present, but horses are in good condition."

How to make an "evener" for a three-
horse hitch : Take a bar of iron one-half
inch thick and one and one-half inches
wide, according to the strength desired,
and about ten inches long. Make a hole
in each end, nine inches apart, and put in
two hooks or rings, then three inches from
one end put in another ring or hook.
Hitch this middle hook in plow clevis or
anything which is to be worked long end
up. Make a double-tree for the two out-
side horses about a foot longer than an
ordinary double-tree — depending on the
size of the inside horse. Hitch the out-
side horses to the double tree and to the
short end of the bar and the middle horse
to the long end.

The best and most convenient place to
feel the pulse in animals is just under the
edge of the jawbone at the submaxillary
artery, of which the facial artery, which
passes on to the side of the face is a con-
tinuation ; but when the animal is masti-
cating, the artery inside the forearm is
the best place, though there is some diffi-
culty at first in finding it ; there are also
the arteries of the fetlock joint. In feel-
ing the pulse the first and second fingers
should gently press the artery, with
regular and remember, moderate pressure.

The final disposition of the prize steer
Advance which brought $1.50 a pound at
the fat stock show in Chicago, has been
made so far as the meat is concerned. The
hide will be mounted and exhibited at
the Pan-American exhibition and later
presented to the Museum of Natural His-
tory. Advance brought $2145. The high-
est price before that time was $"50 for a
bullock. Advance lost fifteen pounds in
weight during the trip from Chicago to
New York, but regained the loss in a very

For Sale.

TEMPO, ch s, 5 years old,

By imp. Whistle Jacket, dam On the Lea by On-
ondago. Price aeftOO, at the stall 23 Poverty
Row, Oakland Track.

LIBEKIT STABLE.

ALORCVTAOL

Cures lameness and Boreuess in hjt.ii and beast
Ask any horse trainer about it. At all druggists.

The average weight of the export cattle
this 6eason will probably run m uch below
that of the past three years if we are to
judge by those bought at leading market
points. The British demand does not call
for as heavy beeves as formerly, but the
present reason for the shipment of lighter
weights is that the heavier ones are not to
be bad. Some of the cattle taken for ex-
port are not of the best quality, though of
courBe they are fat. With urgent orders
for exportation and a scarcity of choice fat
cattle buyers cannot be aa exacting in
their requirements as under other circum-
Btances.

It is reported that C. F. Packer, the
well known rancher and stock-raiser of
the vicinity of Princeton, has sold fifty
head of his fine stall-fed steers, four and
five years old, at ten cents per pound. —
Colusa Herald.

Do You Want

A Speed Cart,
Track Sulky, or
Speed Wagon?

I'll Fit You Out with the Best at the
Lowest Price.

W. -T. KENNKY, Bikoman,

531 VALENCIA ST., near 16th,
San Francisco, Cal

Great Clearance Sale

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & GO.

1144 Market Street.

The largest and best located aalea pavilion
on the Pacific Coast I

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STREET,

Near Third - - San Francisco.

Having fitted up the abo^e place especially for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond with owners
regarding the Anction Sales which I shall hold
at this place EVERY TUESDAY at 11 a. m.
Arrangements can be made for special sales of
standard bred trotting stock, thoroughbreds, etc.
My turf library Is the largest on this Coast, hence
lam prepared to compile catalogues satisfactorily
to my patrons. I take pleasure in referring to any
and all for whom I have sold horses during the past
two years. TTM. G. LAYNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
Telephone Main 6179.

.ffiTi&£ii^^

QUINNS OINTMENT

FOR HORSES

stands at the head of all veterinary remedies. Such troubles
as Spavins, Curbs, Windpuffs, Splints. Bunches have no

terrors for a horse if the master keeps and applies Quinn's Ointment. All

well-known horsemen speak of it in the highest terms :

Miller & Sibley, of Franklin, Pa., owners of St. Eel, brother of late Ball Boy, write, "We have
^sed Qnion's Ointment with great success and believe it fulfills all claimed for it. We cheer-
folly recommend it no onp friends." For Carbs, Splints, Spavins or Bnnches, it has^- -

Pricefi.50. Sold by all druggists or sentby mail

W. B. EDDY <£ CO.. WHITEHALL, N. Y.

TRY IT.

Tallinn Cafflc with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
^LcUI!"" WcllllS, rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco

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[January 26, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufiis 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE ... $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

1

PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of gueBts.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will be introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

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DALY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

DALY 2:15

AND

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:-271i by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 b h, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07J, GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young- Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

$50 the season.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

GHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 sls-s

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:07M, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08'i. DIABLO 2:0914, OWYHEE 2:11,

LIT II.E BETTER 3:11^, CIBOI.O 2 :13U, and many other fast and game race horges

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co , Cal.

Awarded Gold Medal
At California stale
Fair 1892.

Every borse owoer
wbo values bis st- ck
should constantly have
a supply of it on rand,
tt improves and keeps
stock in the piok of con-
dition.

I Manhattan Food Go
RED BALL BRAND

It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R WELCH, Pleasanton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:0& Sire of Directly, 2:03i, and

25 others in standard time.
Dam Vera (Dam of Eey Direct, 2:10 and De

Veras, 2:11J) by Kentucky Volunteer.

1353 l-'olsoin St., San Francisco
Ask your grocers or dealers for it.

PCE. A. PONIATOWSKI,

Preaiaent.

Chablks L. Faib,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

JAN. 21st. to FEB. 9tb. inch

Six or More High-class Running Races

Every Week Day, Beginning at 2:10

p. m. .Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

State Races Eve*y Week. Three Races for Jump-
ing Hones During the First Meeting.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets -=an Francisco, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11 :30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 and 2 p.m.

TraiDB Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 1:15 p m., followed by several specials^

*3-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the coarse, including railroad fare
both wayg, $1 23.

MILTON LATHAM, Sec'y.

Gapt. Tom Merry

Compiler of

TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)

Address 534 1-2 South Spring St.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Refers to Hon. ffm, C. Whitney, New York-

Hon. Perry Belmont. New York: James R. Keeoe,

Esq NewYorta E. S. Gardoer, Jr., Sandersville

Tenn.;' Wm. Hendrie, Esq., Hamilton, Ont

GOODWIN BRus., Publishers,

1440 Broadway, New York.
Circulars mailed upon application.

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24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

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"Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mares only at

Pleasanton Race Track

TERMS FOR THE SEASON S60.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.

For'Speeial Stakefor foals.of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:IK.

Registered No. 22,449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam LoHta2:l81-2by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell (dam of Ladywell 2:16 1-2 and Lorita
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:W 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage -33 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 2 :06

Daedalion 2:11

Diawood 2-11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11^

SIKE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El JHablo 2:16«

Gaff Topsail, 2:17«

Hazel I) z-.stiy.

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Key del Diablo (3)

Athalbo

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CHAS. DERBY 2:20 >iabio aogji

Owyhee 2:11

I. and 10 more in 2:30

Dam

/Diablo 2:09X

nrnTui Elf 2:12V4

DtnlHA by Alcantara-! Ed Latterly 2:16*

jjav Eft Bee '

Dam of

(year-

ling record) 2-.26H

Will Make the Season of MM at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

IHackney Pony Stallion, 13.31 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined "with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at S30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McDOXXELL, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, San Mateo County, Cal.

Pedigrees Tabulated

and type written ready for framing-.
Write for prices. Breeder and
Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

January 26, 1901]

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Bonnie Direct 2:051

First Err

World's Record for Pacers
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. "Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit:
Blue Hill Stake at Rcadville, and three other
great races. Biggest money -winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05£, Sire of Directly 2:03],
Directum Kelly 2:08], Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14^),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:ll\i,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10%, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George H ':
Wilkes 2:22. L ; '■*— — ' "• rl - — " -

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by BobEJohason,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF HIPFCT is a Dlack stallion, 15££ hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
DvJlilHAu L/llyLiV 1 nas Dest 0f feet ana; legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901,atSlOO
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direot'e Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

Hal McEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10!4,2;12>4, 2:13J£;2:13; 2:12M, 2:1S«.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at ColombuS-

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 1 1 2 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, 1:0254, 1:34, 2:05M; 0:33,—, 1:05!4,
l:38Ji, 2:10'-j; 0:32: 1:03«, l:34Ji. 2:07!j; 0:3114,
l:04'/s, l:37?i, 2:08?i;0:31«, 1:03S£, 1:36. 2:08)4.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Keadville.

Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07J£, 2:09«, 2:10;^.

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:222

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16^, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2:10J4,
Claudius 2:13H, Georgie B. 2:12H'> Bob Ingersoll "2:U3i and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22^ and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05j..f, Direct 2:05!4, Direction
2:10j^, Evangeline 2:1 \}-i, Margaret S. 2:12'^ and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:231/4 (dam of Direct 2:05^) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22^), sire of Our Dick 2:10^,
Homestake 2:14!^ and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

WII K^F^ niRFCT *s a dark bay' 15,3 hands and weighs 1200 pounds; well
WILIVtiO UI1YL.V1 formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
. 1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON OR $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141. San Jo»e. Cal

BULL TERRIER

For Sale

Dog, two years old by WOODCOTE VENOM-
FLY. Good looker and good disposition.
For particulars address W, P.,

1237 York St., San Francisco.

The Fox Terrier

VI BO

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09.

O'BBIEN & SONS, Agents,

San Francisco, Cal.

BAKER & HAMILTON, Agent lor Deal Carts
San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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VARIED BEAUTY OP FORM AND COLOR,
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE DNSHRPASSED
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS THAT
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TENTION OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL-
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The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Isle. Send for
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St., San Francisco, Cal,

Auction Sale of Horses

30— HEAD— 30

Of Driving: and Running Stock

At Agricultural Park

LOS ANGELES

Tuesday, January 29, 1901.

Sale commences at 2 o'clock p. m.

J. G- HILL, Owner.

THOS. B CLARK Auctioneer.

FOR SALE

Pacing Stallion John A. 2:12 3=4.

Five year old. Sound as a new dollar and faster
tnan his record.

Will be sold right, and in care of a good man can
earn his price in the stud this year and. be raced
as well.
For particulars apply to J. D. HEINS,

400 Folsom St , San Francisco.

Percheron Stallion For Sale.

I offer for sale NATIVE SON, foaled April 28,
1897. Sired by Raglan, 1st dam by Adolph, 2d
dam by imp. "Weinort, 3d dam by imp. French Spy.

Native Son is one of the most promising young
draft stallions in California, and is a sure foal
getter. He was bred to eight mares last year
and all are in foal. His six year old full brother
weighs 2060 pounds, and Native Son will be as
large at the same age. Apply to

H. B. GOECKEN,
585 Fourth St., San Francisco.

GOITRE,

or any similar bunch,

CAN BE REMOVED

Absorbine, Jr.

In a pleasant manner, without in-
convenience. This is a mild Lini-
ment highly perfumed. $1.00 per
bottle delivered by mail When
ordering describe your case fully.

MANUFACTURED BY

W. F. YOUNG, P. D.F.,

SPRINGFIFXD, - - MASS.

For sale by Mack & Co., Langley & MicbaelB Co.,
Reddiogton & Co., J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron,
all of San Francisco.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTKINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr.,3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YEKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J.
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.. Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SHIPPEE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

3Dr, wm, ^*. lEJg^xi-

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspeetorfor New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

Richelieu (afe ma^

Juncricm 4r £«ARNV

BLAKE, M0FFITT & TOWNE

- DEALERS IN -

A. K. C. S. B. 52,089.
By Visto (the sire of Champion Veracity) ex

Eggesford Dora. A winning dog on the Eastern
Brnch .Show Circuit and on the Coast. At stud \to
a limited number of approved bitches. He has al-
ready proved himself to be a good sire, and should
improve the quality of the breed on the Coast.
Fee, $15 in advance. For particulars address

Chas. K. Harley, 844 Harrison St , S F

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)
SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOGKDALE KENNELS

Boarding.

for sale.

R. M. DODGE, Manager,
TBakersfleld, Kern Co.,

Pointer puppies and well broken

55-57-59-61 First Street, 8. F.

Telephone main 199.

AT STUD

Champion Guy Silt

No. 39,168, by BENDIGO— MAUD S. II.
Fee, S15.00.
For particulars address

PINE HIIX COCKER KENNELS,
Care of DR. M. J. MDRRAY,
Bay View Stables, San Rafael, Cal.

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SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAR

EDDIE JONES

Winner of the Winter Handicap at Tanforan. Jan. 26. Distance one mile and a quarter. Time 2:tt4i£, weight carried 118 pounds. Bred and owued by

Burns rf; Waterhouse.

f Eolus .

f MORELLO.

EDDIE JONES....
B. h., foaled 1895.

i Cerise .

[ Duke of Montrose.

I EARLY ROSE..

Telega..

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Imp. Leamington j Daughter of Pantaloon

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I Fanny Washington j Sarah Washington by Zingan66

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j ImP- Moccasin j Madame Straus hy King Tom

/Imp. Australian
\ Eagless by imp. Glencoe

/ Imp. Australian
X Cicely Jopson of Weatherbit

/Imp. Bonnie Scotland
\ Sister to Ruric by imp. Sovereign

f Imp. Bonnie Scotland {q^ Mary by Gladiator

T j m' , f Imp. Glencoe

i Lady Taylor [ Oecidenta hy Bertrand

Lizzie Lucas..

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LAST Saturday at Tanforan Park, Eddie Jones, the
brown son of Morello and Early Rose, demonstrated
that his win of the Christmas Handicap was no fluke
by again defeating the best horses in training at local
tracks. With the solid impost of 118 pounds he ran
one mile and a quarter in 2:04J, a new Coast record,
and within three-quarters of a second of the world's
n-eui-'l made by Charenton over the lightning fast Em-
pire City track last summer. The winner propped as

the gate arose, and when straightened awray was
lengths behind his field ; he was separately time as fast
as 2:03} and with an even break would doubtless have
set a new world's record for the distance. Eddie Jones
was bred by Burns & Waterhouse at their Sacramento
ranch and has never been a sound horse since his two
year old form; he is a large, heavy horse and a gross
feeder and in consequence it has been a very difficult
matter to get him in shape for racing. Most of his de-

feats in past years may be ascribed to the fact that it
has been impossible to get him into condition on
account of his bad legs. This season Mr. Waterhouse
has ordered him kept on the 30ft tracks and the result
has been most gratifying, the horse having done
remarkably well, and besides winning the two most im-
portant stakes at Tanforan over a distance of ground,
he has succeeded in defeating such fast ones as Joh >
A. Morris and True Blue in a sprint race.

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[February 2, 1901

Horse Gossip From Woodland.

Woodland, January 29, 1901.

Your correspondent visited the track on Sunday last
and found all the horses there looking fine.

Walter Mastin has Falrose 2:19, sire of Don 2:10, at
the track, also Don Marvin 2:221. Both stallions will
make a season in this vicinity. Mr. Marvin has a fine
two year old filly by Falrose which he calls Mannie H.
She has worked quarters in 321 seconds, is a very fine
looking youngster, and as you can judge by the speed
shown, very promising. Another in Mastin's string is
a two year old full brother to Don 2:10: This is a
grand looking colt and is full of speed. The third
time, he Was harnessed Mastin drove him a short dist-
ance, at a 2:30 gait, and says he thinks he will be
faster than Don.

:Johnnie Norton is at the track with that game old
rhorse Alexander Button 2:261, sire of so many fast
■ mes. He is looking like a colt and will make a season
• here at Woodland. Norton also has Gossiper Jr., a
young horse by Gossiper 2:14§, dam Virginia Vasto by
Vasto 2:161. This horse is a very fine individual and
it is Norton's intention to put him in training and race
him. There is no doubt but he has lots of natural
speed. Johnnie has another horse which he calls
Smuggler. He is by Waldstein out of a mare by Odd
Fellow. With four weeks' work last year Smuggler
trotted a mile in 2:28, and ought to be a good prospect
for the slow classes this year.

, C. B, Bigelow left today for Pleasanton with Tags
2:13, by Diablo 2:09}, and a Diablo colt out of the game
old race mare Lucy B. 2:171 that is a coming cracker-
jack. He also has Carrie B-, a young pacing filly that
is owned by Wm. Bemmerley and is very fast. The
horsemen of Woodland all wish "Def the best of
luck and much success.

Lou Mativa is jogging several colts which are good
prospects, and is also holding the lines over Yellow
Jacket 2:201. Mativa is a good horseman and will get
speed out of his charges.

S. A. Hooper, of Yountville, Napa county, will be
here by the 1st with seven head of horses, among them
the Electioneer stallion Alta Vela 2:15} that was cam-
paigned on the circuit last year.

Peter Fitzgerald, who formerly owned the pacing
stallion Killarney 2:201, has in the stud here his stal-
lion Mickey Free by Waldstein out of a Button mare-
Last spring a number of this horse's colts were shown
here for a prize and they attracted the admiration
of all.

Chas. Johnston has Mambrino Chief Jr., the sire of
Geo. Washington 2:16}, here and also the stallion
Tuberose by Falrose. Tuberose is a phenomenally fast
horse, although comparatively untried.

Wm. Proctor, the fruit grower, is the owner of a
fine looking mare that is being worked at the track.
She worked a mile in 2:16 last year and will be put into
condition for this- year's races.

C. W. Burgess has a pacing stallion called Stanford
that is a fine looking horse with a world of speed.
The last time he was worked it is said he made the
mile in 2:12, last half in 1:05 and last quarter in 301
seconds. He will be trained for the races this fall.

William Murray is expected here soon with his great
race horse and sire Diablo 2:09}, the sire of Clipper
2:06 and a lot more fast ones. Diablo made his record
on this track in 1893 and his great performance is still
talked of by the horsemen of Yolo county when speed
is up for discussion. ,

I will have something about the string of Sam Hoy
at Winters in my next. Yours,

Jack O'Keefe.

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The Livermore Horse Show.

The revival of the old-time horse show last year was
a decided success, says the Livermore Herald. It
attracted the best stock in the valley, which included
some magnificent specimens of horseflesh. The sires
were accompanied by their progeny and the display
was one that won the admiration of the hundreds of
horsemen, some of whom came a long distance to see
what the Livermore valley would be able to exhibit.

Although the horse buyers have been scouring the
valley for months, gathering in the choicest animals,
there are still plenty to make a creditable exhibit on
Saturday. March 2d, which is the date decided upon
for this year's show.

All parties owning stallions are invited to take part
in this exhibition and it is suggested that they exhibit
not only sires but their colts as well. No condition
attaches to the exhibition as no premiums will be
awarded and the show is held simply for the purpose
of advertising the stock.

Parties having driving and work horses, jacks and
mules ar< requested to bring them to Livermore and
exhibit them as there is certain to be a large number
of buyers present from San Francisco and other points.

The committee in charge includes the following-
Andrew Block, Hans Christensen, John Martin. Jo°
Martin, Sylvan Borders, N. D. Dutcher and Dave
McDonald.

Matinee Racing at Los Angeles.

The third matinee of the Los Angeles Driving club
at Agricultural Park last Saturday afternoon was a
big success from every point of view.

A beautiful day drew a large representation of the
fashionable set to both the grand stand and infield.

Combined with the ideal day was good racing under
the most favorable conditions. The track was a trifle
slow. It was watered Friday night in preparation for
the races, and the morning rain made it soft and
euppy. The bright sun dried it out very rapidly,
however, as is evidenced by the fact that General
Wiles stepped the last quarter of his final heat in the
sixth race in 32 seconds.

SUMMARY.
First race, two in three.

The Kover (Mr. G. Fritz) 1 1

Robin . - 2

Time— 2:35, 2:29>..

Second race, two in three.

Sandy (Mr. R- H. Herron j 1 1

Maud McKinney 2 2

Bruce 3 3

Time— 3:324, 2:30.

Third race, two in three.

Electra (Mr.Thos. Hughes, 2 1 1

Primrose 12 3

WilhelminaB. , 3 3 2

Time— 2:18^, 2:20m, 2:20.

Fourth race, running, half mile— For Freedom won, Searchlight
second, Waline third. Time 0:52.

Fifth race, two in three.

Sister (Mr. M. M. Potter) 3 1 1

Bessie B 1 3 3

Gypsy Girl 2 2 2

Time— 2:31, 2:28, 2:25.

Sixth race, two in three.

General Wiles (Mr. C. B. Tebbot) 1 1

Sweet Marie 2 2

Coeurde Lion 3 3

Time— 2:22, 2:23.

News From Palo Alto.

A Flattering Testimonial.

The city of Walsall, in England, is one of the great-
est harness manufacturing places in the world, nearly
the entire population of the place being harness
makers and employed in the several big factories
located there. The Walsall Chamber of Commerce
sent a deputation of experts to the Paris Exposition
to examine the harness shown there and report on the
same. These experts were Mr. W. J. Guy and Mr.
Albert Law, the latter Secretary of the body. In the
report the exhibit made by Mr. John A. McKerron
of this city is referred to as follows:

"In the American exhibits of harness, that by Mr.
J. A. McKerron of San Francisco, California, was the
best. This was made in the usual American style, very
light and well finished. The same firm snowed a
quantity of cutting and trotting boots, which made
the finest collection of boots I have ever seen. I
should say that a specimen of every kind of cutting
boot was there, and should recommend any buying
these goods to examine their list/'

Mr. McKerron has received a personal letter from
Mr. Law complimenting him on the workmanship and
excellence of his goods and adding that he would be
pleased to place some of his catalogues in the hands of
English buyers of boots and harness if they were sent
him. Coming as it does from one of the leading har-
ness experts of the world, Mr. McKerron values this
letter even more than he does the handsome gold
medal which was awarded his display.

Big Money at the Grand Circuit.

Detroit, Jan. 29.— The stewards of the Grand Trot-
ting Circuit to-day decided upon the following dates
for next season's race meetings:

Detroit, July 15 to 20; Cleveland, July 22 to 27;
Columbus, July 29 to August 3; Buffalo, August 5 to
10; Glens Falls, August 12 to 17; Keadville, August 19 ■
to 24; Hartford, September 2 to 6; Syracuse, September
9 to 13; Providence, September 26 to 30; Terre Haute,
September 30 to October 5.

On a rollcall of members the following 'purses and
stakes were announced:

Detroit, $50,000, six stakes; Cleveland, $40,000, six
stakes; Columbus, $35,000, six stakes: Buffalo. $35,000,
six stakes; Glens Falls, $30,000, eight stakes; Readville,
$50,000, six stakes; Providence, $40,000, six stakes;
Hartford, $25,000, four stakes; Terre Haute, $30,000,
six stakes.

The above are early closing events.

D. J. Campau of Detroit was re-elected president and
S. W. Giles of Cleveland was again chosen secretary
by the stewards.

Reynold's Messenger.
Can any one of our readers give us the pedigree of
this horse*? We understand he was brought to Cali-
fornia from Kentucky in the latter 60's or early 70's,
and stood in Colusa, Yolo and Sacramento counties.
He is said to be of Messenger and Belmont blood, but
we can find no record of the horse's breeding in any
of our books. Any one knowing of the horse's pedi-
gree will confer a favor by notifying us.

Superintendent Frank W. Covey, of Palo Alto Farm,
made a flying visit to the city yesterday for the first
time in two months. Mr. Covey is now about the busi-
est man in California, as he not only has the superin-
tendence of the horse breeding department, but of the
entire farm, which contains many thousand acres.
About 2000 acres are put in grain and hay each year,
there are vineyards and orchards and fifty tenant
farmers On the place. Besides, the grounds of the
Leland Stanford Jr. University are under Mr. Covey's
care, and he is on the go from morning until night
directing affairs and rides at least twenty miles each
day in a buggy.

Mr. Covey says they have the finest looking lot of
young trotters on the farm this year that has ever been
seen on that great breeding ranch. There will be 48
head of two and three year olds for the Blue Ribbon
sale at Cleveland in May and they will be able to show
speed that will open the eyes of the Eastern buyers.

The other day a two year old bay colt by Adbell
2:23, the champion yearling, dam Rowena 2:191, the
first two year old to beat 2:20 in a race, showed a won-
derful burst of speed. It had only been jogged for a
month, owing to trainer Houser being ill, but Mr.
Houser got up behind him in a Pleasanton cart and
the young son of Adbell stepped a quarter in 36 sec-
onds, last eighth in 17 seconds and did it handily.

Palo Alto Stock Farm has booked six mares to Mc-
Kinney this year and will book four more if that stallion
is kept at San Jose. A stud colt by McKinney out of
the great mare Expressive 2:121, now a yearling is one
the best looking younsters on the farm. He ought to
be a fast trotter and a sire of speed when placed in the
stud.

The rains have made the feed on the Palo Alto
pastures excellent and everything points to a very
successful year with the horses.

At Santa Ana Track.

A letter from Santa Ana, Orange county, Cal., to the
Breeder and Sportsman states that the track
there was never in better shape for training than it is
now, and twenty or more horses are daily jogging over
it. Copious rains have made fine feed in the pastures
and fat horses and cattle ai*e the rule there. Mr. Geo.
W. Ford, who recently purchased the race track, has
a number of youngsters by his good horse Neernut
2:12} that will be trained this spring. Neernut served
45 mares last year and 41 of these are surely with foal.
The first Neernut for 1901 came January 17th. It was
a bay filly, 40 inches high, dam Alcola by Mambrino
Wilkes. Mr. Ford hardly knows what to do with
Toughnut this year, as this son of Neernut seems to
pace or trot as the inclination takes him and goes fast
at either gait, moving like a piece of oiled machinery.
It is no trouble for him to show a 2:10 gait at either
way of going, and he may be raced both ways and
keep the talent guessing.

The Horse Situation.

A close study of the horse situation in America to-
day discloses a startling array of facts. Tho difference
in the census of 1892 and 1900 reveals the extraordin-
ary fact that although the population has increased
very materially, the number of horses in the United
States has decreased, until there is an actual shortage
in the supply of horses. In the last decade the foreign
demand for horses has been enormous, and together
with domestic consumption, the suitable horse is not
only a scarce article, but a costly one. The transac-
tions of the commercial world are largely dependent
on the horse, and the leading society function is the
annual horse show. King Horse has been elevated to a
higher plane than ever, and he is the erstwhile idol of
the hour. Those who loudly vaunted the advent of
the horseless age have failed miserably in their
prophesy. Naturally with this state of affairs existing
it is but natural that the wiseacres should confidently
predict an era of unexampled horse prosperity, which
means much to the breeder whose opportunity to reap
a golden harvest is how at hand. In a great measure,
however, his success is contingent upon the good qual-
ity of his brood mares, for a choice mare bred to a
good sire of her class, cannot fail to be of lasting bene-
fit to the breeder. With the proper types of brood
mares selected for their breeding qualifications, and
the harem presided over by a model sire, under gener-
ous treatment the resultant progeny will develop into
the highest class market horse, so much sought after
nowadays. — Spirit of the West.

It is reported from Lexington, Kentucky, that R. A.
Fairbairn of West Fairfield, N. J., has bought of John
E. Madden for $1000 each the good brood mares Alma
Wilton by Wilton 2:19}, dam Alma Mater, and Sierra
Madre, by Baron Wilkes 2:18. Alma Wilton is in foal
to Adbell 2:23, the yearling champion.

February 2, 1901]

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A Wonderful Old Mare.

We recently read in a Santa Rosa exchange that
Mr. John F. Mulgrew, proprietor of the well known
Skaggs Hot Springs in Sonoma county, was the owner
of a mare over twenty years old that had been used as
a stage horse since she was a three year old and had
traveled many thousands of miles over mountain roads.
Thinking the mare's breeding would interest horse
breeders we wrote to Mr. Mulgrew, asking for the same,
and suggested that a photograph of her would also be
worth reproducing in our columns. Mr. Mulgrew'a re-
ply is as follows:

Skaggs Springs, Jan 24, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman — Yours of the
22d inst. received. The animal referred to in a recent
newspaper item is a mare known as "Old Liz." She
will be 21 years old next April, was broken to harness
when three years old and has worked as a stage mare
for seventeen years. During the months of April and
October of each year she has worked with a mate
pulling an 8-passenger stage. From .the first of May
to the first of October of each year her place has been
in the lead of a four horse team with twelve passenger
wagon. She has never missed a trip during seven
months in each year for seventeen years from Skaggs
Springs to Geyserville and return (the round trip being
eighteen miles), has never had a day's sickness, has
never been lame nor was she ever touched with a whip.
In color she is a dark brown, stands 15-3 and weighs
about 1200 pounds. She is as free a traveler and as
stylish and spirited as when a four year old. "Old
Liz" was sired by Young Ottowa Chief and he by a
Canadian horse known as Ottowa Chief. Her sire's
dam was a dappled gray Messenger mare, weighing
1300 pounds and noted for her qualities as a roadster
and a fine looking animal. The dam of "Old Liz" was
a Hambletonian mare. I am sorry that I have no
picture of the mare to send and it would be quite in-
convenient to get one. As to the distance the mare
has traveled in her regular stage work, to say nothing
of extra trips (and she has made many), the aggregate
would be 65,228 miles. She runs on the range from
Nov. 1st to Aprilflst, but invariably comes to the stable
d uring a storm for hay and grain and a good bed.

Very truly yours, J. F. MULGREW.

Blonde Wilkes 2:22 1-4.
A correspondent at Vallejo asks for the breeding and
performances of Blonde Wilkes. He is by Guy Wilkes,
first dam Blonde by Arthurton, second dam Old
Huntress by Skenandoah, third dam by David Hill,
fourth dam untraced. Blonde Wilkes is a pacer and
took a record of 2:22} at Napa, August 16, 1893, in
the second heat of a race, which he won in straight
heats, the time being 2:24!, 2:22}, 2:24?. He was bred
by the late Wm. Corbitt, but at the time he made his
record was owned, we think, by Gardner Brothers, of
Napa. He was trained in 1892 and 1893. The former
year he took a record of 2:34 as a trotter, but won no
races except the one where he got his mark and which
was a match arranged for the purpose of getting him
into the 2:30 list if possible. The next year he started
three times, and won one race as stated and was once
second and once third. He made several seasons in the
stud in Napa and Solano counties, but was afterwards
gelded and used as a road horse. He started last July
in a race for local roadsters at the Vallejo fair, won a
heat in 2:25 and got second money.

News From Oregon.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Sam Casto has just taken up from the pasture a two
year old trotter by Westfield and a Dexter Prince mare
that he intends to break and enter in the two year old
stake.

John Pender was down from La Fayette this week,
interviewing the owners of two year olds sired by Capt.
Jones, with a view of having them entered in the big
two year old stake February 2d.

It is reported that a La Grand man is negotiating
for the purchase of Chehalis 2:04}, and this noted pacer
may be brought back to Oregon. He is being adver-
tised for sale by his present owner J. O'Neal.

A. T. Van De Vanter has bought from E. B. Wil-
liams his fine McKinney colt, two years old, out of
Alice M., by Altamont; second dam Minnie (dam of
Trumont 2:21}) by Rockwood; third dam Sallie M.,
(dam of Altao 2:09}, and Pathmont 2:09}) by Oregon
Pathfinder. This is one of the best bred colts n the
State and is said to be a great individual. This gives
Van de Vanter two McKinney stallions out of mares
tracing direct to Oregon's greatest broodmares Tecora
and Sally M. ^^_^^__

It is reported that George Bodimer, the American
trainer in Austria has been reinstated. Two years ago
Bodimer won the rich Austrian Derby, but for foul
driving he was expelled and his horse was disqualified
in the race.

List of Eligibles.

We publish this week, with several additions, a list
of trotters and pacers that are eligible to the fastest
classes in California this year. We hear of many
horses without records that will be trained, but we
want a list of all those with records of 2:25 or better.

TROTTERS.

Dione 2:07}

Klamath 2:07*

Hazel Kinney 2:09}

Monterey 2:09}

Toggles 2:09}

Stamboulette.. .• 2:10}

Diamont 2:10*

Phoebe Childers 2:10*

Owyhee 2:11

Venus II 2:11}

Addison 2:11}

Iora 2:11*

Dollv Dillon 2:11|

Prince Gift 2:12

Iran Alto 2:12}

Dora Doe 2:12*

Dr. Frasse 2:12.4

Jack W 2:12§

Janice 2:13}

El Moro 2:13*

Osito 2:13*

Miss Jessie 2:13|

Czarina 2:13!

Dr. Book 2:13|

Our Lucky 2:13!

Arrow 2:14

McBriar 2:14

Richmond Chief 2:14}

Monte Carlo 2:14}

Bonsilene 2:14}

Bonnie Direct 2:05}

Clipper 2:06

Miss Logan 2:06}

Little Thorne 2:07}

Much Better 2:07}

Joe Wheeler 2:07*

Rex Alto 2:07!

Seymour Wilkes 2:08*

F. W 2:09*

Rey Direct 2:10

Goshen Jim 2:10}

Kelly Briggs 2:10*

Welcome 2:10*

Zolock 2:10*

Myrtha Whips 2:10!

Daedalion 2:11

Diawood 2:11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11*

Floracita 2:11*

Arthur W 2:11*

Wild Nutling 2:11!

Fredericksburg 2:12

Roblet 2:12

GeorgieB 2:12}

Meridian 2:12}

Queen R 2:12}

Dictatress 2:12}

Delphi 2:12}

I Direct 2:12*

John A 2:12!

EdnaR 2:13

Primrose 2:13

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Bob Ingersoll 2:

McNally 2;

Lottie 2

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Chas. Marvin's Horses.
The stable of horses pi-esented to Charles Marvin by
Messrs. Miller &, Sibley includes the good young
stallion and sire Cecilian 2:22, as a three year old, who
is sire of Endow 2:14!, winner of the Lexington Stake
in 1898, and holder of the world's record for two year
old geldings; Battlesign 2:13* and several other good
ones. His sire is Electioneer, dam Cecil by Gen. Ben.
ton. Others presented to Mr. Marvin are Endow
2:14! by Cecilian: Battlesign 2:13* by Cecilian; Captor,
trial 2:11, by Electric Ben; the bay colt Endear by
Cecilian and Benign, a six year old by the same horse.
These five are now in training and promise a great
future. There are six broodmares in the lot, including
Mae S. by Nutwood, Beulah West by Abdallah West,
Eldred by Bed Wilkes, Bon Mot by Erin, Eula Lee by
Gen. George H. Thomas and Directorine by Director.
The two year olds are the brown filly Furl 2:15} by
Belsire, dam Miss Royster by Red Wilkes, and a bay
filly by Cecilian, dam Antella. The yearlings are two
by Cecilian, out of Eldred and Erne G. (both mares by
Red Wilkes), and one by Belsire, dam Miss Royster by
Red Wilkes. Three weanlings are by Cecilian out of
Mae S., Antella and Beulah West, and one by Belsire,
dam Eldred by Red Wilkes. Mr. Marvin says that
his present intention is to campaign a stable on the
Grand Circuit the present year and to breed in a small
way. Miller & Sibley still hold the lease on Ashland
Park, and Marvin will have the use of the farm unti
the lease expires.

W. F. Young. P. D. F., Springfield, Mass.

Dear Sir: — In reply to yours of recent date, will say that in every
ease where I have sold Absorbine it has given perfect satisfaction.
One case in particular, where a horse had a soft bunch over the
pastern joint, half the size of a man's fist, which made the horse
unsalable After using many of the blistering remedies I per-
suaded him to try Absorbine. which not only removed the bunch,
but made the horse worth fifty dollars more money, as he was a
splendid horse and perfectly sound with the exception of this
bunch. I would advise anyone having a horse troubled with soft
bunches of any kind to use Absorbine. as it will do. all that. the
originator claims forit. Respectfully yours,

John W. Case.

September 20, 1900. Hartstown, Pa.

Feet Locked Together.

[Yarrum in Horse Review.]
I have never seen a photograph of a harness horse
in motion that showed just the relative position of a
horse's feet when he was in the act of damaging his
front quarters with the heel of a hind shoe, but the
evidence is indisputable that both trotters and pacers
actually do hit themselves in that manner occasionally.
Any trainer wno has had much experience can tell of
cases where horses have thrown themselves by hook-
ing the heel of a hind shoe in a quarter boot. Doc
Tanner, I believe, never uses a bell quarter boot on
that account. He had a horse hook into one once and
fall, and has been afraid of that style of boot ever
since. My friend, C. C. Bates, of Thalberg fame, once
told me that he saw, about six years ago, on an Iowa
track, a trotter — I think he said his name was Roan
Jack, or something like that — coming through the
stretch about a 2:25 shot, when all at once he seemed
to hit himself and almost fall. At the same time he
came to a dead stop and stood balanced on two diago-
nal feet, while the other two were locked together
under his body. An examination showed that he had
caught one of the projecting heels off his hind shoe in
under the toe of the near front shoe — In between the
shoe and the foot. The two feet were locked securely
together, bottom to bottom, and one of the shoes had
to be removed before they could be separated. I have
thought about this case a good many times and have
tried to figure out how the horse could do any such
contortion act when he was in motion. He certainly
was not on a square trot or pace when he did it, but
was probably in the act of changing from one gait to
the other. In Durando's road house, at the far end of
the New York Speedway, there is a horse shoe and a
clipping from a newspaper, in a frame, hung on the
wall. The newspaper clipping tells the story of an
accident quite similar to the one just mentioned. The
story is that on October 21, 1888, Mr. Durando was
driving a fast horse on one of the New York drives,
when the animal struck himself in front and fell
heavily to the ground. When Mr. Durando looked
the horse over he found that the projecting heels of
the near hind shoe had penetrated the off front foot
at the coronary band, passing clear through the foot
to the sole. The feet were locked together and the
animal was unable to move. If you can tell one that
will fade either one of these stories send it in and see
how it will look in type.

Occident Stake of 1901.

Twenty-six grandly bred colts and fillies were made
third payment on in the Occident Stake, on January
1st. This race, the trotting classic of California, will
come off on the opening day of the State Fair this year
and will be one of the drawing cards of the meeting.
Within the next month active work will be com.
menced on all these colts, in fact, some are already
showing speed enough to warrant the prediction that
the race will be a fast one. The list of those on which
third payment was made is as follows:

Oakwood Stock Farm's b c by Chas Derby-Pippa.

W. Hogoboom's b c Chas. H. by Lynmont-Elmorene.

Alex. Brown's b f Mamie Martin by Nushagak-Franeesca.

Palo Alto Stock. Farm's b c Dobbell by Wildnut-Helena.

Thos. Manning's b c Commander Muckle by McKinney-Cheerful.

C. A. Owens' cb c Lee Roy by TrValdstein-Zadie McGregor.

Mrs. E. W. Callendine's b f Lady Keating by Stam B.-Abbie

Woodnut.
A. M. McColIum's ch f Jennie H. by Algona-Bonnie Lee.
M. M. Potter's b f Zombretta by Zombro-For'tune.
J. G. Kirkpa trick's b f Suzanna by McKihney-Flewey Flewey.
Dr. I. P. Dunn's b f by McKinney-Fontanita.
Santa Rosa Stock Farm's bf by L. "W. Russell-Pansy; b c by Mc.

Kinney-Bye Bye; ch f by Sidney Dillon-Lou Milton.
C. A. Durfee's blk c Mazuma by C. A. Durfee-Lady Direct.
J. C. WUhoit's b f Lavina W. by Zombro-Concha.
J. Doran's b f Delia McCarthy by McKinney-Lady C.

F. W. Barstow's b c Uncle Dewey-Canima.

Vendome Stock Farm's br f Elsie Downs by Boodle-Lynda Oak.
"W. H. Lumsden's bf Fantaline by Altamont, dam by Nutwood.
Thos. Smith's b s Gallena by Mambrino Chief-Daisy S.
Dr. W. P. Book's b c Gold Coin by Zombro-Leonora.

G. Fox's b f by Silver Bow-Vesper: b c by Silver Bow-Grace.
A. G. Gurnett's brc by St. Nicholas-Lassie Jean.

R, Noble'sb f Varda by Diablo-Iora.

The bicycle style of tire for carriages is going out of
date, as it does not wear well, and there is a suction
under the flattened tire that makes the vehicle drag.
The solid rubber tire, on the contrary, has come to
stay. It does not last quite as long as the steel tire,
but the jolting it saves a carriage more than com-
pensates for that in wear and tear.

BROWN'S"'

TROCHES

"The liest preparation for colds, coughs,
and iistlmia."
MRS. S. V. W\TSOV. Ter.iperance Lecturer.
" Pre-eminent!*' thp best."

EEV. HESEV 1VABD BEECHEB.

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[February 2, 1901

SULKY NOTES. §§

McKinney 2:11} will make the season at San Jose.

George Starr has thirty -five horses in training at
Terre Haute.

Wm. Murray will take Diablo 2:09} to Woodland
about February 10th.

The fast four year old by Oro "Wilkes 2:11, out of
Mary Best 2:12} will be raced this year.

Edenia 2:133 by Endymion is a broodmare at
Maplehurst Farm, home of Baron Wilkes.

The Michigan State Fair Association has a balance
of $3543.99 from total receipts of $25,830.33 for 1900.

George Ketchem says that Cresceus 2:04 will not be
in the stud this season, but will be kept for racing
purposes.

Peter the Great 2:07} will not be in the stud this
year. Mr. Forbes has decided to have him trained
and raced.

Mr. Forbes drove both Arion 2:07} and Bingen 2:06}
on the snow last week and liked them both very much
as snow horses.

President Johnson of the National Trotting Asso-
ciation, together with his family, are on a yachting
cruise along the south Atlantic Coast.

There is a rumor in San Jose that the city authori-
ties will try to purchase the agricultural park and race
track and convert it into a public park.

It is said that Fred Gerken of New York, owner of
Alice Barnes 2:11}, recently offered the Hamlins $10,-
000 for the yearling brother to The Abbot 2:03}.

The sulky which Flora Temple drew at Kalamazoo
when she placed the world's record at 2:19| in 1859,
will be on exhibition at the coming Fasig-Tipton sale
in New York.

The stallion McAdams, that trotted a trial in 2:14,
two years ago, will be campaigned in the Forest City
Farm stable this year. He is a son of Simmons, out of
a McGregor mare.

The Nevada mare Peggy 2:17, who was last week in-
eluded in our list of trotters that will be campaigned
in 1901, was wrongfully classified. Peggy is a pacer
and is in the proper column this week.

Mr. Snell states that Jupe 2:07} will not be in the
stud this season. He intends to take him to the track
early this year and give him a good thorough prepara-
tion for a tilt against the watch, and he may race him
some.

T. W. Lawson offers a $1500 prize in cash for the
best pair of high stepping harness horses exhibited at
the forthcoming Horse Show in Boston. This is one
of the largest prizes ever offered for competition in the
show ring.

W. W. Estill, proprietor of the Elmwood Farm at
Lexington, where Adbell stands, reports that he has
sold more young trotting stock during the fall and
winter than he ever did at private sale in the same
length of time.

From reports from various parts of the State it is
certain that Diablo 2:09J will be represented by a num-
ber of new performers again this year. There are at
least a dozen we have heard of lately that are showing
race winning speed.

Pennsylvania met with a great loss a few days since
by the death of T. A. Wilson's stallion, Director Moore
by Director 2:17, dam Nancy Lee, dam of Nancy Hanks
2:04. This horse was very fast, and his breeding made
him a great stock horse.

Delphi 2:12}, that fast pacing son of Director 2:17
that made such a good showing on the California cir-
cuit last year, will be out again this season and looks
as if he might reduce his record again. His owner,
C. Whitehead of Stockton, has a green pacer by
Delphi called Toppy that he will also race. Toppy
will be entered in all the green classes.

J. M. Barney of Dutch Flat has sent his two year
old colt by Seymour Wilkes 2:083, out of Le Grandora,
to the Sacramento track to be broken and trained by
"Vet" Tryon, the veteran trainer, who gave the great
pacer Anaconda 2:023, his first lessons, and who has
given as many champions their first instructions in
the speed course as any trainer in California.

The mare Penelope (dam of Peko 2:11} and Pedlar
2:183, sire of Oudray 2:16} and four more in the list) by
Mohawk Chief, dam Planetia by Planet, owned by the
Walnut Grove Stock Farm, died while foaling January
29th. She was a very vigorous, strong old mare and
her death is a misfortune. She vas in foal to Nusha-
gak, and the produce entered in the Breeders Futurity.

The bay stallion Portrero 2:21 by Redondo will be
campaigned on the California circuit this year if there
are races for his class. The owner of Portrero, Mr.
W. B. Prentice of Helix, San Diego county, writes us
that he has an order from the East for two carloads of
horses that he is unable to fill. The order is from the
same parties to whom Mr. Prentice sold a carload last
year.

There is a horse at Santa Rosa that makes the road
drivers' brigade step some when he comes down the
pike. He is by Easter Wilkes, dam Ida D. by Don-
castei', son of Elmo. He is 153 hands, and his gait is
the trot, color bay with a white spot on his nose. Mr.
Yandel, his owner, says he Is faster than Hazel Y., the
black mare by Secretary, which he sold and that got
a record of 2:17.

Mr. Ed Gaylord of Denver, returned from Los An-
geles last Wennesday and left for Denver the following
day. He induced a half dozen trainers of Los Angeles
and several at Pleasanton, San Jose and other points
to promise to make entries at the Denver meeting, and
the probability is that there will be a large contingent
of harness horses from California there when the meet-
ing opens June loth.

Some of the famous horses seen almost daily on the
New York speedway are: Robert J. 2:013, Searchlight
2:03}, Azote 2:04}, Johnny Agan 2:05}. Be Sure 2:06},
Moth Miller 2:07, Dariel 2:073, Fred W. 2:083, Quadriga
2:08}, Hontas Crooke 2:0?, Lamp Girl 2:09, Fairview
2:09}, Sphinx S. 2:093, Louise Mac 2:091, Page 2:093,
Clayton 2:15.!, Louis Victor 2:10}, and several dozens of
others with slower records.

S. Harris, of Oakland, owns a six year old gelding
by Nutwood Wilkes which he uses as a business horse,
driving him over the streets of Oakland every day
hitched to a buggy, that is a verv fast horse. He is a
chestnut, standing about 16 hands high, has rather
high action and is a pacer. Competent judges say that
he can show a 2:10 clip. This gelding was never
trained, but was used a year and a half as a livery
horse.

Owners of the blood of Alcantara and David Lam-
bert feel highly elated over the fact that Princess
Naphta, the greatest winner of 1900 among the three
year olds in Austria, was sired by Callisto 10748, son of
Alcantara, dam Annie Page (own sister to Aristos
2:27), by Daniel Lambert. One of these days it will be
settled beyond argument that the foreigners have
taken some stallions that this country could ill afford
to lose.

Frank J. Gould, New York, will exhibit his trotting
bred stallion Burlingham, for the $500 prize to be
awarded at Boston to the owner of the best stallion of
any breed suitable to get carriage horses. At present
Mr. Gould has only one of the get of Burlingham to
exhibit with the horse, while the conditions require
two colts to be shown. He expects to obtain another
youngster by Burlingham before the date of the
exhibition.

Providence, Rhode, Island, and Readville, Massa-
chusetts, both having dates on the Grand Circuit,
will give $10,000 stakes for trotters and the same
amount for pacers. Big stakes will make harness
horses that are fast sell for big prices.

There are 2000 mares and about eighty stallions in
the stud founded by Abdur Rahman, the present Amir
of Afghanistan, to improve the horse stock of his
domains. Most of the stallions are Arabians and
Turkomans, with a few English thoroughbreds.

Investigations made by the North Dakota Experi-
ment Station seem to establish the fact that millet
hay is not good for horses, as it develops what is
termed "millet disease," which assumes a rheumatic
character and produces a bad effect on the kidneys.

Mr. T. J. Crowley's mare Lottie Parks 2:16} by
Cupid 2:18 is in Ed Lafferty's stable at Alameda and is
looking well. She has been turned out for some time
and is as round as a barrel. If nothing happens her
she should trot below her mark several seconds this
><--ar.

C. A. Durfee writes to the Breeder and Sports-
man that the great and only McKinney 2:11} will make
the season of 1901 at San Jose. Mr. Durfee has secured
a splendid pasture of 60 acres that is knee deep in the
of feed. The servico fee for McKinney will be
$100; The advertisement will appear next week.

The four year old bay colt Syvid by Alex Button,
dam Carrie Malone, having been purchased by a Chi-
cago gentleman, has been sent to the San Jose Fair
Grounds and placed in the hands of L. Van Bokkelen
for development. This is a very well bred young
stallion. Carrie Malone being a full sister to Chas!
Derby 2:20 and Klatawah 2:05{, her sire Steinway and
dam Katie G. by Electioneer.

A subscriber writing from Spokane, Washington,
says that there is a fine opening there for some one
with about $15,000 capital, to establish a race track.
The old track at Spokane became so valuable that it
was cut up into building lot s and sold. Since then
there has been no racing at Spokane, and the people
are hungry for sport of this character. Many good
horses are owned there and a well equipped track
would be a good investment.

Geo. T. Beckers sends us an advertisement for his
great young stallion Zombro 2:11, which arrived alittle
too late for this issue. Zombro'sfee will be fifty dollars
this year and he will make the season of 1901 at the
Sacramento track. He is one of the best bred stallions
in America and was probably the greatest three year
old ever seen in this country. His produce, the oldest
of which are now three year olds, are all fast and there
is certain to be quite a list of performers for him at
the close of the racing season, as several of them will
start.

"If that little fellow is right few horses in the 2:15
class will get to the wire in front of him this year,"
was the remark made by a well known horseman at
Alameda the other day as he looked Boydello 2:14}
over. His ankle, which was so seriously sprained at
Santa Rosa last July, looks as though nothing had
ever happened it, and although he has never been
moved out of a jog since, there is every reason to be-
lieve that the joint has been entirely cured. Boydello
is one of the handsomest horses in the country and the
colts by him are all of good size and have good looks
and speed. As he is a grandson of Electioneer and
has a cross of Dictator and one of Morgan blood on
his dam's side his good looks and the power to repro-
duce them are accounted for. He will be in the stud
for a limited season and is in Ed Lafferty's stable at
Alameda.

John A. McKerron 2:10 will be allowed twenty mares
before his matinee preparation begins in the spring.
Eleven of them have already been booked, and they
are as choice a lot of matrons as was ever sent to a
stallion, "onsisting of Peko 2:11}, Irene Wilton 2:18},
Dimena, dam of Sunland Belle 2:08}; a filly by Actell,
dam by Kentucky Prince; a filly by Shakespeare
2:213, dam Kate Leland by Leland; Eddrea 2:29},
matinee record 2:17}, by Ellerslie Wilkes; Bifty Duck
2:25, and the Pittsburg trotting mares Rose Turner
2:13} and Marguerite 2:14.

Alex Brown, proprietor of the Walnut Grove Stock
Farm, Sacramento county, writes us that his stallions
Nushagak 25,937 (by Sable Wilkes 2:1S, dam Fidelia by
Director 2:17) and Prince Ansel (2) 2:203 by Dexter
Prince, darn Woodfiower by Ansel, will make the sea-
son of 1901 at the Walnut Grove Earm at $30 each.
Both these stallions are grand individuals and elegantly
bred. Nushagak was a wonderfully fast colt, but went
wrong and was never raced. Prince Ansel was one of
the fastest colts ever bred at Palo Alto. These stallions
will both be sires of extreme speed with ordinary
opportunities.

Do not let this year's colt get into a lean and hungry
condition during the winter. The colt's first winter,
like the baby's first summer, is a very important period
of its life. The manner of its treatment then has a
lasting influence upon its development and future use-
fulness and value. The straw stack is a valuable aid
in wintering colts, but it should not be the "whole
thing;" alittle grain should supplant it, and so should
good clover hay, if at hand. Keep the colt growing
thriftily, and teach him to have no fear of man during
its first winter and the little fellow is well launched on
his sea of life.

Robert I. the green pacer by Hambletonian Wilkes
that was out last year but only started once, which was
at Tanforan, where he made a good showing, getting
third money in the race won by Tags 2:13, being second
in three heats to that good mare, will be out again this
year and ought to win a good share of the money. He
is a very fine individual and fast. He will be entered
in the green classes, and will be in Mr. I. L. Borden's
string. Mr. Borden will also race N. L. B., his pacer
by Diablo that took a two year old record of 2:213 in
1899, and a three year old trotter by McKinney 2:il},
out of the dam of N. L. B.

Phili p C. Byrne, of Marysville, has leased the
trotting stallion Billups 2:203 from his owner J. L.
Davis, of Colusa, and will take him to Nevada county
to prepare him for the 2:20 class races in California
this year and with the further idea to lower his record,
which it is believed can be very easily accomplished, as
Billups has shown the ability to trot much faster. He
will be worked at Glenbrook Park until July 1st. and
afterward at the Sacramento track. Billups is by
Boydell, son of Electioneer, first dam Tornado by Til-
ton Almont, second dam Anna B. by John Nelson.
He made his record at Chico in 1897.

Geo. S. McKenzie, former Sheriff of Napa county is
now located permanently in the Hawaiian Islands. He
has been given the responsible position of Manager of
the Volcano Stables and Transportation Company at
Hilo, a corporation that does a big business in livery,
drayage, etc., and has control of the race track at Hilo.
Mr. McKenzie came up from the Islands last week and
will remain in California a short time settling up vari-
ous business matters. He says the Island horsemen
are on the lookout for a horse that can beat Waldo J.
2:08. In our opinion they will have a hard time find-
ing such a horse unless they are willing to pay a long
price.

An inquiry comes from San Diego as to whether
there is a stallion in this part of the State by Dictator,
dam by George Wilkes. The stallion Dictator Wilkes
now owned by A. W. Shippee of Stockton, is by Dicta-
tor, first dam Manolaby Geo. Wilkes; second dam Lizzie
Brinker (dam of three) by Drennon; third dam Lucy
by Million's Copperbottom; fourth dam by a son of
Blackburn's Whip; fifth dam by Post Boy, son of
Henry; sixth dam by Bishop's Hambletonian. Dicta-
tor Wilkes was foaled in 1888. He has sired some very
handsome horses, but we believe very few have ever
been worked for speed. There is a mare by him used
on the road here in San Francisco that is phenomenally
fast.

Dr. William Finlaw and Mr. M. J. Streening, of
Santa Rosa, have purchased a full brother to Geo. W.
McKinney 2:143 and he will be kept at Rose Dale Stock
Farm. This colt is said to be a very fine individual by
those who have seen him and he ought to be a great
sire of speed as he is bred that way. His sire, Mc-
Kinney 2:11}, is the greatest sire of speed of his age in
America. His dam is Lady Washington 2:35 (dam
also of El Molino 2:20) by the producing sire Whipple
8957, son of Hambletonian 725, second dam Lady May-
berry (grandam of Dubec 2:17, Mista 2:28, etc.) by
Chieftain 721. Lady Mayberry was a very fast pacer
and the dam of State of Maine, that trotted in 2:27 as
a three year old and sired Queen Ann 2:28.

Messrs. John Ott and George Rose of Pacheco,
Contra Costa county, this State, have recently pur-
chased from D. Jackson of Alvarado, the stallion Sid-
moor, son of the great speed* producing sire Sidney,
dam Mamie Harnev bv Grand Moor, sire of the dams
of Joe Wheeler 2:0-73, Arthur W. 2:113, John A. 2:12},
and others, grandam Sarpy mare by Echo, sire of the
dam of Direct 2:053, Rex' Alto 2:07} and other fast
ones. Sidmoor is a handsome bay stallion, with great
muscular development, good bone and excellent dis-
position, and is a horse of great endurance and game-
ness. He has had scarcely any opportunities in the
stud but is the sire of General 2:143, a horse that
trotted some sensational races in the East two years
ago, Teddy the Roan 2:173, a 2:10 pacer sure when
right, Little Miss 2:173 and others. Sidmoor will make
the season of 1901 at Pacheco and should be well pat-
ronized as he is a horse worth breeding to.

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Hambletonian Wilkes 1679.

Horse breeders in California should not overlook the
stallion Hambletonian Wilkes this year. The get of this
horse are uniformly such good lookers, with size, sub-
stance good bone and style that colts from him always
bring good prices and that is what the breeders should
strive to get.

Hamblt tonian Wilks is a horse of marvelous strength
and substance, good bone, powerful muscles and plenty
of quality. He is the only son of the great champion
sire Geo. "Wilkes 2:22 on this Coast, and has proved
himself a sire of extreme speed and good looking, game
race horses. His daughter, Phoebe Wilkes 2:08.1, was
one of the greatest race mares the Grand Circuit ever
saw, and when she took her record at Nashviile in
1894, beating Nightingale 2:08, and others, trotted her
three heats in 2:08J, 2:09J and 2:09}. That year she
started seventeen times, meeting such horses as Alix
2:03}, Azote 2:04}, and all the free for all trotters out
that year, and won money in nearly every start she
made. All the get of Hambletonian Wilkes that have
been raced show the same bull-dog, do-or-die quality.
There are a number of his get now at Green Meadow
Farm which will be shown visitors at any time. The
blood of George Wilkes is the most prepotent of the
sires of harness horses, and breeders should not miss
this opportunity to get it through one of his best sons.
Mr. R. I. Moorhead, owner of this Farm, which
is located just outside the city limits of Santa Clara,
tells us that Hambletonian Wilkes was bred to 21
mares last year and there will be 20 foals. The old
horse is as vigorous as a four year old and looks like
one. As the price for his services has been fixed at $40
his book will certainly be full very early in the season.

OAKLAND TROTTING CLUB.

Organizes With Thirty Members and Will Build
Half Mile Track.

Colt Stakes Necessary.
The Horse Beview is on the right course when it
attributes the decrease in the interest in harness racing
to the disappearance of the small breeder and the colt
racing which was prevalent when the small breeders
were plenty, and when every county fair had one or
more colt stakes on its racing program. The larger
number of the stables now campaigned on the mile
tracks and organized and campaigned much as the big
running stables ai'e, and the tendency to pay more
attention to the speculative end of the game is becom-
ing more and more pronounced. Whenever trotting
horse breeding becomes confined to the wealthy men,
who breed and race on a big scale, then the trotting
turf will be found to occupy a position in public esteem
such as the running turf now occupies. At only two
or three meetings each year do colt stakes have a
place on the program. If there were more of them,
there is no question but that the incentive to breed
would be greater. In the futurity events for young-
sters, the produce of the small breeders' mares have
just as good a chance to be a winner as do the produce
of the mares owned at the big establishments, and the
large number of the small breeders, who make nomin-
ations in the few futurity events open to them, show
how the interest in breeding would be stimulated if
there were more of them. There may be room for a
difference of opinion as to the advisibility of training
and racing all colts, but the fact remains that, when
colt racing was a feature of nearly every race meeeting,
the interest in breeding was much more widespread
than it now is, and no better remedy can be devised to
do away with the complaints of the racing managers
regarding small entry lists and light attendance. —
JEforse World,

Pleasanton Items.

[From the Times.]

Bert Webster has a promising two year old filly by
Directum 2:05}.

John Blue thinks he has another Anaconda in the
four year old Diablita by Diablo 2:09}.

Millard Sanders received last week a team of bays
from W. J. Dingee, of San Francisco, which he is driv-
ing. He also received a very nice looking Directum
colt from Judge W. E. Green, of Oakland.

George Davis has put the harness on two or three
very fine baby colts by Rey Direct. They are fine
looking animals.

C. L. Crellin has booked his mares Ruth C. and
Ramona to W. R. Welch's horse G. W. Archer, son of
Allerton.

Wm. Cecil is sampling several of the get of Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16J that are showing up well.

James Thompson has a promising three year old by
Steinway, first dam by Allendorf, that paced a mile
last year as a two year old in 2:18.

Ed Gaylord of Denver, Colo., was the guest of John
Blue on Tuesday.

C. A. Durfee of San Jose was the guest o'f George
A. Davis on Wednesday.

W. R, Welch has a grand looking two year old in
his string by Allerton 2:09}, dam by Kentucky Wilkes
2:21}. This colt is the property of Mr. J. J. Shoo of
Oakland and was purchased by him at the Fasig-
Tipton sale in New York last November.

For some time the harness horse owners of Oakland
have been agitating the question of building a track
for training and racing purposes on the made land
near the Sixteenth street depot on the bay shore and
on Thursday evening of this week effected an organiza-
tion and the track will be in course of construction
within a week.

Thirty prominent road Irivers and horse owners of
Oakland met on the date above mentioned and orgar,,
ized the Oakland Trotting Club with P. W: Bellingall
as President and J. Doran Secretary. It was announced
that permission had been obtained to construct a track
on the made ground at the Oakland marsh close to the
Southern Pacific Railway Company's station at Six-
teenth street. After some discussion it was decided
that a regulation half mile track, with the turns prop-
erly thrown up would answer every purpose and it was
decided to begin the construction of such a track at
once. It was also decided to have the track fenced,
and a cooling out shed and stalls erected. A small
stand for spectators will also be put up and Saturday
matinee racing will be a feature there before long.

The location of the track will be between 16th and
22d streets, and a few hundred feet northeast of the
railway station. A few years ago this land was a
marsh, but was filled in with dredgings from the bay,
and Oakland has been agitating the question of making
it a public park ever since, but seems no nearer accom-
plishing the work than when the proposition was first
announced. The soil or silt is very much the same as
the Alameda track, which was made in the same man-
ner, and makes the very best of footing for a harness
horse, while the foundation is damp and has a springy
nature that prevents lameness and soreness from con-
cussion. We believe the Oakland Trotting Club is
wise in voting to build a half mile track. Properly
made it is as good to drive on as a mile course, and
though necessarily not as fast by a few seconds, can be
maintained at about half the expense, which is a very
important consideration with any organization. In
the East some of the largest attended meetings held
are at half mile rings, notably the one at Goshen, New
York, near where John R. Gentry and Joe Patchen
are owned and where they have received a great deal
of work. Thirty or forty thousand people, it is said,
were present at that track in August, 1899, when those
two great pacers contested for a purse of $2000, pacing
a dead heat in 2:08 the first mile.

It is probable that several members of the new club
will erect stalls at the track and there is a very likely
probability that some excellent racing will be seen over
the course this summer.

All hail to the Oakland Trotting Club! May its
membership increase and may it pursue the path it
has laid out to have clean, honest, gentlemanly sport,
and furnish recreation for thousands of people who
while not lucky enough to own a trotter or pacer,
nevertheless like to see them at speed.

*

A Promising Three Year Old.

"The best looking McKinney in the State" is the
way a well known horse owner in this city described
John Rowan's three year old Mount Shasta to the
writer the other day. The dam of Mount Shasta is
Hattie (the dam of Monterey 2:09} and Montana 2:16})
by Commodore Belmont 4340, who also sired the dams
of Iago 2:11, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman (3) 2:13} and
the four year old pacer Dr. Fellfare 2:10}; the second
dam of Monterey is Barona by Woodford Mambrino
2:21J, sire of the dams of Kremlin 2:07}, Bbn-
natella 2:10, Lakewood Prince 2:13£ and others;
third dam Miss Gratz by Norman 25, sire of Lula
2:15 and the dam of Norval 2:14} that sired Count-
oss Eve 2.09}, Flowing Tide 2:09}, Norvin G. 2:09},
and a half dozen more with records better than
2:15. The breeding of Mr. Rowan's colt, it will
be seen, is rich and his blood lines full of extreme
speed. He is a very fast trotter, and good judges say
should get a mark of 2:15 or better this year. Mr.
Rowan will breed him to seven or eight mares and
then train him for the races. He is now at the Rand-
lett Stables at Emeryville, and is being jogged on the

reads.

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Picked Three Good Ones.
Some ten years ago, when Gen. B. F. Tracy was sell-
ing off trotters at the Marshland Farm, Al Thomas
dropped off there one day and bought four or five
mares, none of whom had ever done anything to make
General Tracy wish to keep them. One of these
mares is Atlanta, dam of Early Reaper 2:09}, one of
the sensational trotters of last year; another is Pique,
dam of Chain Shot 2:11}, and another is Electa, dam
of Selia L. 2:24}. Few men have ever picked out from
among the cast-offs of a farm such producers as Thomas
did that day at Marshland.

Balancing the Hoof.

With your permission, writes D. V. Soule, of New
York city, to the Blacksmith and the Wheelwright. I
should like to say a few words on the subject of
balancing the hoof of the horse, which I sincerely hope
will be of some value to your readers.

In your journal, also several others, I have read
many articles on balancing the foot of the horse, yet
many of the writers give little or no information upon
the subject. Many of these communications seem to
be articles that are merely copied, yet the writers claim
to be the authors of the information.

I have yet to see the work of any author, previous
to the publication of "The Foot of the Horse," by the
late David Roberge, in which it is claimed that a horse
is unsound only through an unbalanced foot bone
(called pedal or coffin bone), except where accident is
the cause. The correspondent, therefore, that claims
the only way to retain soundness ;is by balancing the
pedal bone is, I think it safe to say, in possession of a
copy of "The Foot of the Horse." and that is where he
received his information.

Now, as there has been so much said about balanc-
ing the foot, let us talk about unbalancing the foot.
Let us sacrifice something in orner to learn. I really
believe if the horseman and shoer will try the follow-
ing he will receive the key to cure lameness much
sooner than by trying to balance the foot. Take, for
instance, a perfectly sound horse — one that has a per-
fect standing and true gait; measure from his hind
feet at toe to forward feet at heels with a rule; note
how many feet and inches he stands apart, and with-
out cutting feet adjust shoes on forward feet with toe
calks one inch in height; no heel calks. On hind feet
put shoes with heels one inch in height; no toe calks.
Drive your horse, and when cooled out measure his
standing as you did previously, and you will find that
he will stand further apart — several inches, probably
a foot or more.

After this has been done shoe him again; this time
raise heels on forward shoes with calks one inch in
height; no toe calks. Hind feet shoe with toe calks
one inch in height; no heel calks. Drive horse, then
allow a day or two, and measure as before, and you
will find the horse to stand much closer together than
he did at first.

These two unnatural positions are called pointing.
What have we done? We have caused the horse to
stand apart by raising the apex of the pedal bone of
the front feet; we have strained the perforans tendon,
commonly called back tendon, which caused him to
point forward. By raising the wings of the pedal bone
of hind feet we lessen the tension of the perforans
tendon and for the horse to receive an equal bearing
he is obliged to point backward with his hind feet,
thus standing apart several inches, which position, of
course, is unnatural and is often mistaken for a sign of
what is termed chest founder, which disease never has
existed and never will, for it is simply an unbalanced
foot bone which causes the horse to stand in such a
position to ease pain.

Now that we have caused the horse to assume two
unnatural positions, how easy it is when we see cases
of standing too far apart to remedy such by raising
he heels of the forward shoes (providing there is not
enough hoof at the toe to be removed) to allow the
horse to receive a perfect balance, which will again
allow him to assume a natural position.

A Humane Driver.

John Reilly was a prisoner at the Desplaines street
police station, Chicago, one day last week, but he did
not care for that. His horse stood outside the station
and was hungry and thirsty. This fact entered the
prisoner's soul. He finally sent for Justice Doyle.

"I want to get out of here just five or ten minutes,'
said the prisoner. "I will not run away and I will go
no further than to the street."

"But why do you wish to go out?" he was asked by
the justice.

"I want to feed and water my horse," was the
prompt reply. "The poor animal has been standing in
front of the station several hours and I know he must
be hungry and thirsty."

"I am pleased to note your love for your horse," re-
plied his honor. "If all horse owners were as thought-
ful for the welfare of their mute friends this world
would be better and more cheerful."

And Reilly was permitted to leave the station, and
after feeding and watering his horse he returned and
stood trial for disorderly conduct, the case being dis-
missed after the evidence had been heard.

W. A. Clark, Jr., son of Senator Clark of Montana,
has bought of Matt Dwyer, Brooklyn, the brown
trotting gelding Will Lane 2:18} by Milmarch 2:17},
dam by Ohio Knickerbocker. The horse was bought
to drive on the road. Mr. Clark is now negotiating
for a fast pair.

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Dodd Dwyer's Reminiscences.

. The following interesting prattle of California racing
ten years ago, was written for the American Horse
Breeder by Dodd Dwyer and printed in the issue of
that journal of January 15th:

In your last issue I noticed that this is the time of
year to have our stove races and talk over our fun of
past years. I saw it stated in a late number of the
Breeder that The Roman 2:18J by McKinney 2:11J, dam
Wanda 2:14}, was sold for the reported price of $5000;
That item reminded me of the race I saw between his
sire and dam. It was in 1892, I think. (In case I
make a mistake in these ramblings please correct me.
They are all from memory, having no data. The race
I speak of took place in Los Angeles, Cal.) The date
was October 24, 1891. — Ed.] In it were Tom Keating
with Frank M., Bill MeGraw with Silas Skinner,
William Vioget with Wanda, Charlie Durfee with Mc-
Kinney and another horse I cannot remember the
name of.

Those good fellows, Wm. Vioget and Tom Keating,
have passed over the great divide. They left few foes
and did much good while alive. The race was actually
a race between north and south California. The three
first represented the north, and the Alcyone king was
out for the money, I had Kate Castleton 2:26} at that
time, and she was bred to McKinney. I brought a
bunch of beef cattle into Los Angeles, and of course
the punchers had to have a day off to see the race.

One of the Northern horses won the first heat, and
McKinney won the second, notwithstanding all the
Northern monkey work. The Northern horses were
all stabled in one section, and when they scored down
for the third heat you could see a caucus had been
held, and the North had to win under any circum-
stances. When they entered the stretch Wanda was
leading McKinney about a length. The latter was on
the inside and had plenty of room to get through, but
Vioget tried to pinch Durfee and he wras a bad man to
pinch. I know that from the fact of having to buy a
new sulky. When they got to the wire the shoulder
straps of Wanda's arm boots were on McKinney 's sulky.
Of course there was a howl as the followers of the
Northern horses had about $10,000 on this event, and
I think they gained their point.

In scoring for the fourth heat one of my cow punch-
ers was down near the distance. He had a gun a yard
long and casually mentioned that if any more funny
work went on somebody's horse would go under the
wire without a driver. McKinney won the fourth and
fifth heats. I think without exception he was the best
race horse I ever saw. I never saw him make a break
and when he struck the stretch and Durfee went to
the bat, few on this earth could head him.

That reminds me of the first race that Klamath,
driven by Tom Ryan, and McKinney, driven by
Durfee, ever had. Durfee had about a length the best
of it at the head of the stretch and was taking things
easy. Tom went after Klamath, saying: "Eat him up
Cookie." "Yes," Durfee said to himself, "you cat eat
up small fish but you can't swallow this stud." But
Charlie loafed too long. Tom beat him to the wire by
half a length.

Durfee tells some good ones on himself. He went to
Sacramento (Cal.) State Fair once with a horse he
wanted the society to make a special race for. The
committee did not think it would pay. When Edwin
Smith, the Secretary, told Charlie he could not accom-
modate him, Durfee got hot and swore he never would
enter another horse at the State Fair. Smith politely
replied, "Mr. Durfee, the State Fair was going on be-
fore you drove a trotter, and no doubt they will be
open to take entries from your grandchildren." Dur-
fee looked at him and said: "I guess it's up to me,
Mr. Smith."

I lived in San Bernardino, Cal.. for 14 years, and
may say that it was the sportiest, hottest little town
on the Coast. As poor Johnnie Goldsmith used to
say. if the right horse did not win it was a common
occurrence to see pieces of ears and noses lying around
the judges' stand next morning. I was trying to get
Ed. Lafferty to take W. Wood and Keating to take
Our Dick to San Bernardino for a special race in 1892.
Keating had heard the stories of the hot town. While
we were making arrangements for the race I noticed
that Tom had on a pair of very low shoes. I told him
if he came up there he would have to wear long-legged
boots, as the rattlesnakes and tarantulas were very
thick. He replied, "I don't care a gol darn for them
if the men will only let me alone. " He came all right,
and was never treated better in his life, so he told me
many a time.

That reminds me of something else. The night of
that race Keating and William Rourke, breeder and
owner of Hazel Kinney 2:09} were driving in from the
track when a scrapper named Jim Logan caught their
horse's head and said he was going to ride with them.
They were riding in a cart that would carry two and
Billie didn't feel disposed to take in a third party. By

the way, this same Billie is hot stuff. He will not take
any blazer. He said to Keating, "Hold the mare a
minute," and jumping out he got hold of part of the
fence rail lying on the road and laid Mr. Logan out.

Keating said, "You killed him."

Billie replied, "There's more like him."

Keating was not satisfied to leave the fellow that
way and tried to bring him to life. He came to all
right, and on opening his eyes he asked, "Who hit me?"

Billie replied, "I did."

"What's your nama ? "

" My name is Rourke."

Logan got up with some blood on his countenance
and in his scalp, and he said, "Mr. Rourke, you're a
gentleman."

Another little incident I remember was the first
time I ever met Tom Keating. It was at Sacramento,
Cal., in 1889. Uncle Joe Kelly of Valentine 2:22} fame,
and myself were out on a tour, and we had the old
horse and two other skates for specials, Tom wanted
to have a race in Reno, Nev. He had Sensation at the
time. Joe took Valentine up with some of my money
and he should have won dead easy, but the high alti-
tude threw the horse out of form, and he could not
race a little bit, Keating told Joe on the way up that
the climate would make a great difference in his horse,
and warned him not to bet too much on Valentine.
When the latter left California he could go all day in
from 2:22 to 2:23, but in Reno 2:29 or 2:30 tied him up.
We came out all right. Right here I must say that if
there was a kingly entertainer Tom Keating was
the man.

In looking over these items I may say that to some
of your readers this may appear like a Keating-McKin-
ney epistle, but I have no excuses to offer, only that I
always considered Keating the greatest man and now
consider McKinney the greatest horse there ever was.
I bred to McKinney 2:11} as a three year old and also
as a four year old, and had the bad luck to be the only
breeder whose mare missed having foals two years, in
succession. The horse was not to blame, as after ex-
perience demonstrated. Who will gainsay the claim I
make above when a stallion puts 15 in the 2:15 list (and
was not kept for choice mares) at 13 years of age and
takes a four year old record of 2:11}, and is sired by
the great Alcyone, dam by Gov. Sprague ?

I am sorry I cannot give you any local items at pres-
ent. We have no ice yet, but will tell you about the
fun we have later on. Yours truly, DODD Dwyer.

Pictou, N. S., Dec. 27, 1900.

HAMBURG BROUGHT $6o,ooo.

William C. Whitney Purchases the Great Son
of Hanover.

Armies Must Be Mounted.
As Thomas Carlyle expressed it some years ago,
"Brute force still rules the world." This Republic is
no exception to the rule. We are now to have an army
of 100,000 men, and a goodly number are to be cavalry.
As we are now estimating the future of the horse
industry on venal lines only, it is easy to see what
influence the vastly destructive forces of war will have
upon the immediate future of that industry. We are
not here to discuss whether it is a good or a bad thing
to inaugurate the twentieth century with the pictur-
esque splendors of militarism, but we are here to dis-
cuss the economic influences of prevailing environ-
ments upon our chosen field of effort — the horse. The
war in South Africa has already demonstrated[the fact
that all the English war experts were wrong in pre-
dicting that the present long range muskets that kill
at a mile and a quarter, and the dynamite shells that
carry and kill at five miles, would make cavalry prac-
tically useless in real red handed war. The Boers
have had practically no army but cavalry and light
artillery. The English have had largely infantry and
long range heavy artillery. And the story of the war
already told is that twenty thousand Boer cavalrymen
have evaded and constantly harassed the English
army of 200,000 men. And England has learned what
she has learned at the cost of $500,000,000, and the
lives of over 20,000 soldiers. The atmosphere on both
sides of the Atlantic is surcharged with the military
spirit. And it takes no prescient prophet to predict
what this means for the war horse. And all our horses
are war horses. — 'Western Horseman.

It was a cold, stormy night in New York last Wed-
nesday evening when the sale of the Marcus Daly
horses began at Madison Square Garden under the
management of the Fasig-Tipton Company, with Wil-
liam Easton as auctioneer.

The first animal to be offered was the famous stallion
Hamburg. When the stallion was brought into the
ring the bidding commenced at $25,000. It was im-
mediately raised by one bid to $40,000, then to $41,000
and next to $45,000. Here the figure stood for a
moment and then advanced by easy stages to $58,000,
and finally to $60,000. For that sum the horse at last
was sold to William C. Whitney, being bid in by John
F. Madden who formerly sold Hamburg to Mr. Daly.
The principal opposing bidder was J. B. Haggin, the
California horseman, owner of the famous stud at
Rancho del Paso.

Hamburg, a son of Hanover and Lady Reel, was
foaled in 1895 and was purchased by Mr. Daly from
John Madden at the reported price of $41,000. As a
two year old he won twelve out of sixteen starts, was
second three times and third once. The next season
he lost the Belmont stakes to Bowling Brook by a close
margin, but immediately after began a phenomenal
series of successes, during which he won the First
Special at Gravesend, the Swift and Realization at
Sheepshead Bay and the Brighton cup at Brighton
Beach. He was retired as a three year old and placed
in the stud.

The following horses brought $500 or over at the
first night's sale, fifty-two head being disposed of and
John Mackay, acting for J. B. Haggin being the larg-
est purchaser in point of numbers:

Hamburg, b s, 1895, William C. "Whitney, $60,000.

Tammany, ch h, 1889, Michael Murphy, Philadelphia, $4000.

Bathampton, imported, b h, 1891, J. B. Haggin, $8000.

Ogden, imported, br h, 1894, William Lakeland, New York, $43U0.

Isidor, imported, ch h, 1894, G. F. Smith, New Y'ork, $5000.

The Pepper, ch h, 1889, S. C. Clyne, Lexington, Ky., $3000.

Annot Lyle, imported, b m, 1893, John Boden, New Y'ork, $800.

Asceticism, imported, br m, 1890, Eugene Fisher, Paris, Ky., $850-

Ave Maria, ch m, 1893, J. B. Haggin, $1000.

Ayrshire Rose, imported, ch m, 1893, J. B. Fisher, Paris, Ky.,$3c00-

Belinda, b m, 1895, John Boden, $800.

Belle of Butte, b m, 1890, Wilson Thompson, New York, $750.

Barridale, b m, 1894, J. B. Haggin, $4000.

Bettie Blaise, blk m, 1889, Michael Murphy, $2900.

Black Cap. imported, b m, 1895, Eugene Fisher, $1500.

Boise, imported, b m, 1894. J. B. Haggin, $4000.

British Blue Blood, blk m, 1890, John Madden, New York, $1050.

Buttermore, imported, blk m, 1884, J. B. Haggin, $3100.

Goutte d'Or, imported, b m, 1888, John Madden, $4000.

Greenwich, b m, 1899, John Madden, $1000.

Gwendolin, imported, b m, 1891, John Boden. $4000.

Heart ot Midlothian, ch m, 1897, J. B. Haggin, $1000.

Casseopia, imported, ch m. 1894. J. B. Haggin, $1100.

Castalia, ch m, 1888, W. C. Whitney, $3600.

Cockernony. imported, ch m, 1894, J. B. Haggin, $5500.

Coalesce, imported, b m, 1891, Michael Murphy, $2200.

Contradiction, imported, b m, 1887. Wilson Thompson, $4100.

Crisis, imported, b m, 1893, J. B. Haggin, $2100.

Dartway, imported, b m, 1898, J. B. Haggin, $4100.

Dartle, b m. J. B. Haggin, $2100.

Desayung, imported, br m, 1894, C. B. Reed, Gallatin, Tenu., $16C0.

Drusilla, imported, b m, 1889, J. B. Haggin, $3100.

Garterless. b m, 1897, J. B. Haggin, $2100.

Fleur d'Or, b m. 1887, John E. Madden, $1000. '

A green pacer by Brown Hal belonging to William
Gerst of Nashville, Tenn., is said to be one of the
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Joe Ripley made his reappearance on the turf last
Saturday after an absence of several seasons and
showed some of his old time form, running second in a
race at a mile. It is to be hoped that he received no
money for finishing second as he was not eligible to
start,' the conditions of the race being "for horses that
have started and not won since September 1, 1900."

Place and show horses seem to be in hard luck at
Tanforan. On two occasions last week horses which
finished third were placed outside the money by the
judges, and on Saturday in the race won by Dolly
Westhoff the occupants of the stand were unable to
separate the second, third and fourth horses, and
finally decided to call it a dead heat between Grand
Sachem and Dandy Jim for the place.

Curly Brown claimed Sad Sam out of a selling race
last week. The horse in his first start in his new
owner's colors snowed great improvement, forcing Joe
Frey to run six furlongs in 1:12J (a new track record)
to beat him.

Bill Garrett is a pretty shifty sort of selling plater
just at present. Last Monday he took up 111 pounds
and ran six and a half furlongs in 1:33|, cutting three
seconds off the track record and winning cleverly from
Gold Or and Ordnung, which both appeared to be out-
classed by the winner.

The end of the litigation between Jockey Coburn
and Atkins & Lottridge appears to be at hand. Mr.
Lottridge stated that he had disposed of Coburn 's con-
tract to George Bennett the turfman and bookmaker.
Coburn is riding in excellent form at present and
should prove one of the stars on the Western tracks
during the coming season.

Mr. Broderick Cloete, the wealthy English turfman
who has been spending a few weeks in this State, has
purchased the contract of jockey Willie Buchanan
from Barney Sehreiber, the St. Louis bookmaker and
horse owner. Under the terms of the contract to ride
on the other side, Buchanan is to receive a salary of
$8000 yearly for a term of three years with permission
to accept outside mounts. Richard Marsh, who trains
the horses of Mr. Coete, also has charge of the racing
stable of his Majesty King Edward VII. So it is more
than probable that Buchanan may fall into the position
which was at one time reported to have been assigned
to Tod Sloan.

One of the statisticians of the turf shows that no
less than thirty-three three year olds last year won
$5000 or over, and that the total winnings of this bunch
amounted to $321, 715. By his victory in the Champion
Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, Pierre Lorillard's David
Garrick heads the list with $25,510, F. D. Beard's
Prince of Melbourne, winner of the Realization, is
second, with $22,415, and Sidney Lucas, the American
Derby winner, third, with $20,759. The Lady, who is
fourth, with $13,109, won twenty-two races, no filly,
either in this country or England, having won that
number before it is said. James McLaughlin's First
Whip, with eighteen wins, heads the list of the colts in
the matter of races won.

The Lady ran a remarkable race in the Winter
Handicap at Tanforan last Saturday and showed her-
self to be a mare of high class and great speed. Mr.
Ezell has received several offers for the mare and may
sell her; it was reported that Burns & Waterhouse had
made a tempting offer for her, with a view of starting
her in the Burns Handicap. These gentlemen have
been very desirous of winning this stake for a number
of years past, but have never been able to 'get a good
horse to the post fit. The Lady, on the form shown
in her last race, certainly looks to be the best prospect
for a winner out of those liable to start in that event.

* Buchanan has at last succeeded in winning with a
short priced favorite, and it is now up to Tommy
Burns.

California race goers had an opportunity to see Tod
Sloan at his best last Saturday in the Winter handi-
cap. His handling of The Lady in this race was a
masterly piece of horsemanship, the like of which was
never before seen on a California race course. Sloan
is certainly worthy of the great reputation he has
gained and enjoys the distinction of being in a class by
himself.

The second race on the card at Tanforan last Mon-
day, in which Marshal Neil went to the post an odds
on favorite, was a ridiculous farce from every stand-
point. Such races do no good to the sport and it is to
be hoped that some action will be taken by the
stewards to prevent a repetition of such an occurence.

The entries for the stake events of the Latonia
Jockey Club, which closed on January 15th, were given
out last week as follows: Clipsetta, for two year old
fillies, fifty-six entries. The Harold, for two year old
colts, sixty-five entries. Tobacco, for three year olds
and upward, fifty-five entries. Turf Congress Handi-
cap, forty-two entries. Derby for 1901, seventy-eight
entries. Oaks for 1901, forty-eight entries. Derby for
1902, fifty-eight entries. Oaks for 1902, fifty-two
entries. - —

The highest price ever paid for a yearling was given
by W. S. Sievier at the Eaton Stud sale at New-
market, on July 4th, and it was 10,000 guineas, or
nearly $50,000, for a filly by Persimmon, winner of the
Triple Crown in England, and Ornament, by Bend Or.
At the coming sale of the late Marcus Daly's Bitter
Root Stock Stock in New York a yearling filly bred
on exactly the same lines is to be sold. She is by Per-
simmon, dam Field Azure by Bend Or. Field Azure
has already been the mother of winners, Harp Or,
Wreath Or and Admiral Dewey, all by Kilwarlin, hav-
ing given good accounts of themselves. Admiral
Dewey especially distinguished himself, as he won last
year the Sandown Foal Stake at Sandown, the distance
being one mile and a quarter. Among those he de-
feated was Winnifreda, winner of The Oaks and Strong-
bow. It will be interesting to watch and see how much
this royally bred youngster will bring in America, as
compared with what was given for her relative in
England.

Among the heirlooms of the Reiff family years hence
that will no doubt be very highly prized will be the
following dispatch received by the diminutive jockey,
Johnny Reiff, from King Edward VII. of England in
response to a message of condolence sent him on the
death of his mother, the Queen. "My Dear Little
Johnny: Your tender message of sympathy to me in
this, the saddest hour of affliction that I have ever
known, will be one of my most cherished assurances of
a brave American boy's love. I thank you. Your
true friend and comrade in the old days.

EDWARD VII."

According to a Memphis dispatch, C. J. Fitzgerald,
the well known starter at the metropolitan tracks, is
to start at the spring meeting of the New Memphis .
Jockey Club. Capt. James H. Rees will be judge and
Col. S. M. Apperson one of his associates.

All doubts as to whether Imp will race again or as
to where she will race are set at rest by a letter
received by Secretary Ralph Bayard of the Brighton
Beach Association, from Dan Harness. It is as fol-
lows: "Dear Sir: Your letter of the 10th inst. is
received. My friends have prevailed upon me to let
Imp go out again, and I have made arrangements with
Mr. Peter Wimmer to handle her the coming season.
She will leave home about February 1st for New York,
in company with the Wimmer horses, which are win-
tering in Kentucky. I am sorry, very sorry, that she
is not in the Brighton Handicap and cup, now closed,
of which you send me printed copies of the entries.
Imp is, to all appearances, as good as she ever was,
and if Mr. Wimmer gets her on edge the horses that
beat her will know they have been to the races."

A correspondent asks the age and breeding of Wing.
She is recorded in the Stud Book as a bay or brown
filly by imported Dundee (son of The Rake and Flora
Macdonald by Knight of the Garter), first dam Right-
wing by Renown, second dam Beeswing by BallinkeeL
third dam Orphan Girl by Muggins, fourth dam by
Wagner, fifth dam by Stockholder.

There will be at least thirty American jockeys riding
in Europe the coming season. Among those who have
crossed the ocean or contemplate doing so are Lester
Reiff, Johnny Reiff, Maher, Gray, Freeman, Henry,
Spencer, Jed Waldo, Will Waldo, Rigby, Cash Sloan,
Morgan, J. Weber, Jenkins, Eddie Jones, McJoynt
and Mclntyre.

The steeplechase jockey De Soto, who was suspended
indefinitely at Hawthorne on August 17, 1889, for a
peculiar ride on Thomas Hum's Uncle Jim, was in-
formed by Secretary Hopper yesterday that the sus-
pension had been removed and his license granted last
October. De Soto may ride this season for John
Brenock.

Chacornac, b g, 4, by imp. Juvenal, dam imp. Lseti-
tia, and Tommy Atkins, ch c. 3, by imp. Masetto, dam
Quesal, the property of J. R. and F. P. Keene, were
sent to England on Saturday, January 19th, by the
steamer Marquette. They will join the balance of the
Keene stable at Newmarket. Chacornac won the
Futurity of 1899, but only started in one race last year,
when he received an injury which laid him up the
latter part of the season. Tommy Atkins was one of
the two year old cracks of 1900, and both should be
heard from on the English turf. Tommy Atkins is
engaged in the English Derby.

Commando is entered in the American Derby. Bally-
hoo Bey is also in that event, and the meeting of the
three year olds at Chicago will be one of the most in-
teresting races of the year should the stars of the past
season be fit for the race. Mr. Keene has an idea, and
James Rowe shares it with him, that Commando will
be a good horse over a distance of ground; perhaps a
better horse than Tommy Atkins. If they are correct
in their notion Commando will have a splendid oppor-
tunity to show his class at the long routes when he
strikes the Derby crowd.

Trainer Julius Bauer, who manages the stable of
A. Featherstone, has been on a trip through Europe,
and had his eyes opened while abroad. On his return
to New York last week he said: "I do not think there
is any antipathy among English racing men toward
American trainers, horsemen or jockeys of good class.
I believe that all the talk and trouble of that nature
that came up last season was due to the hangers-on
and 'touts' that invaded the English tracks from this
side, and represented themselves as this or that Ameri-
can jockeys or well known horseman."

E. S. Gardner, Sr., turfman and breeder, died at his
home Avondale, near Washville, Tenn., January 26th.
Mr. Gardner was proprietor of Avondale stud, at the
head of which is imp. Quicklime, and was widely
known to turfmen throughout the United States. The
mare Ida Pickwick made the Avondale colors famous
in the West; Mr. Gardner was 57 years old, and a
man of wealth.

The London Sporting Times says it is not likely the
King's colors will be seen on the turf during the period
of mourning. His stud will probably be transferred
temporarily to Marcus Beresford.

Jockey Richard Clawson, who has been ill with pul-
monary trouble in the Adirondacks for some time, is
reported as having taken a turn for the worse, and
under the advice of his physician will soon go to Ashe-
ville or some other place in North Carolina in the hope
of recuperating his health, Clawson's trouble was
brought on by trying to keep down to riding weight
last year.

Upon the invitation of President McKinley, Troop
A, Ohio National Guard, of Cleveland, will act as his
personal escort at the inauguration ceremonies in
Washington, March 4th. This is the second time the
troop has been honored in this manner. The troop is
making preparations to secure eighty coal black horses
for the occasion. Four years ago the troop's horses
were the admiration of every one. J. B. Perkins, a
prominent man of Cleveland, scoured the entire coun-
try to get eighty horses of the same color, all black.
After the inauguration people paid fancy prices for the
famous blacks, but two months later complaints were
received from many purchasers that the black had
commenced to wear off. A few brown horses had been
painted black.

Brenhelda's race last Tuesday was a most disgrace-
ful one and will gain no laurels for her owner pr
trainer. She showed no speed at any part of the
route and finished outside the money in a field which
she outclassed "from shoes to plates."

Cunard a green two year old colt by imp. GoIdTihch-
Lucania from the string of G. B. Morris -won- his -first
start on Tuesday last, running the three furlongs in
35J seconds, which is a new track record for Tanforan
Park. -

The colors of D. E. White were seen at Tanforan last
Tuesday after an absence of three years or so from
local tracks. Mr. White uncorked a good thing in the
last race, The Phoenician, ridden by Bullman, was th.e
real goods, and was taken to the front at gate raise
and every post made a winning one. Mr. White backed
his horse heavily at sixes and made a large winning
over his victory. ....

One of the best known turfmen in England, Sii;
George Chetwynd, an owner of thoroughbreds and a
life long friend of the Prince of Wales, has been speak-
ing of English racing matters said: "All this hue-aacf
cry about doping horses is worse than silly. Doping
has been practiced on the English turf for twenty-five
years. My horse, Chypre, winner of the Ascot stakes
in 1875, went to the post doped. It was a lazy and un-
manageable brute, and needed stimulant. Veracity,
the Cambridgeshire winner in 1888 proved the effi-
ciency of dope."

A new owner to make his bow to the turf this year
is William Spence, now owning the famous Maximo
Gomez. He was at one time a steeplechase rider, later
it is said, a valet to Jockey Clawson. He was also at
one time a commissioner for Sam C. Hildreth.

Mr. Edward Corrigan, who sailed for England a
week ago last Saturday, took with him two promising
young jockeys, "Jed" and "Willie" Waldo, sons of
the Kansas City turfman. "Jed" is 15 years old anql
"Willie" 13. Both boys have been riding with success
during the past year, and according to Mr. Corrigan;
will make their mark among the lightweight jockeys
riding in England.

The winter meeting at Chesapeake Bay Beach has
been declared off, owing to an attachment for $46,000
having been secured against the improvement com-
pany. The company last fall held out great induce-
ments to owners, and also applied to the Jockey Club
for a license, which was refused. Still a meeting was
announced to begin directly after the close at Ben-
nings, but it was postponed from time to time, until
now it is declared off for the winter at least.

News comes of the death of Handball, recently sold
by Col. Milton Young to the Cobham stud of England,
He contracted pneumonia on the trip over. Handball
was a chestnut colt by Hanover-Keepsake by Onon-
daga, was foaled in 1895, and bred by Milton Young at
the McGrathiana stud, Lexington, Ky. His racing
qualities were leased to P. J. Dwyer, and as a two year
old he started twenty-three times, winning on three
occasions, and being second in no less than fourteen
events. His principal victories were the Expectation
and the Tremont stakes at Brooklyn. As a three year-
old he started in twenty-one races, winning four, being
second eight times, and third twice. He won a mile
handicap at Morris Park, the Tidal stakes at Coney
Island, carrying 122 pounds; the Jerome handicap at
Morris Park, and the Bronze Highweight handicap at
Morris Park, with 126 pounds up. As a four year old
he started four times, was first once and third twice,
his solitary win being a selling race at Brooklyn. Last
year Milton Young traded Handball with the Cobham
stud for Sorcerer by Ormonde-Crucible. Sorcerer-
arrived safely in this country and is now at the Mc-
Grathiana stud farm.

The directors of the new Louisville Jockey Club
have decided to add six more days to the spring meet-
ing, making eighteen in all. This is three more days
than has ever before been given the patrons of the
Louisville race track, and entails an additional expense
of $15,000 for purses, none of which will be less than
$400. The Derby will be run on April 29th. There
were no changes in the officers of the Jockey Club.

Breeders should avail themselves of the opportunity
offered this year to breed a few mares to Mr. Ed. Cor-
rigan's two grandly bred stallions, Riley and imported
Artillery. RHey is a son of the great Longfellow, was
himself a stake winner and is a sire of stake winners.
Imported Artillery is a son of the great Australian sire
Musket, and left many winners in Australia and
already has a number here. The stallions will be bred
to a few outside mares at terms that will be made
known by addressing Mr. J. J. Green, manager of Mr..
Corrigan's Monument Ranch, Sacramento, Cal. It is
Mr. Corrigan's intention to breed his imported stallion
Brantome by St. Simon, to about half the mares on
the Monument ranch this season, the other half to be
divided between Riley and imported Artillery. Th^e
great success the St. Simon-Musket cross is meeting
with in England, America and Australia, has led Mr.
Corrigan to try a unison of these two crosses on his own
farm. He will therefore save his Artillery fil
breed to Brantome in 1893.

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[February 2, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELLEY, PROPRIETOR.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. (

P. O- BOX 2300.

Terms— One Tear S3, Six Months SI. 7 5, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, February 2, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-35

Julyl-2

" ■• '. Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

SALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE. Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GEAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE .- Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

LARGER PURSES will be offered on the Grand Cir-
cuit this year than for many seasons past. The
purses already announced provide for nearly half a
million dollars, and the horse that goes through the
circuit, starting at Detroit and is able to finish inside
the money with any regularity, can earn a large sum
for his owner. Readville will renew the $10,000 Massa-
chusetts for 2:13 trotters, and Providence has raised
the value of the Roger Williams to the same amount.
Both Readville and Providence will give $10,000 for
pacers. The M. & M. and Chamber of Commerce at
Detroit will give the horses of both gaits chances to
win large sums at the opening of the circuit, and all
down the line stakes of $1000 to $20,000 will be offered
this year. We are not of those who believe that all
the California bred horses should be kept at home to
race for the small purses which our local associations
can afford to offer. California, considering its popula-
tion, gives more and larger purses for trotters and
pacers than any State in the Union, but we cannot
compete with the Grand Circuit, which consists of ten
meetings divided between seven of the most densely
populated States. We say, therefore, to our owners
and trainers who have high class horses and can afford
the trip, to enter on the Grand Circuit and may you
win money for yourselves and fame for your horses and
State. Horses that can trot four or five heats in 2:12
or better may earn large sums in the East. If they
are not up to that point of speed and endurance they
have no business monkeying with the Grand Circuit
buzz saw. We believe California will have a very good
harness circuit this year — ten weeks or more of purses
ranging from $500 to $1000. There will probably be
not very many of the latter, but as many as the asso-
ciation can possibly afford. Many horses have been
taken East in the past with the idea of making a tour
of the big meetings, but after arrival the owners found
that the only way to earn expenses was to race for
small purses on the half-mile rings at the country fairs.
We often hear horsemen refer to the old days when
$1000 purses were the rule here, but it must be remem-
bered that those were the days of ten per cent,
entrance and when the annual race meet of one week
was about the only amusement the people of the coun-
try districts had. There was more money in circula-
tion then, farmers were getting rich selling wheat at
2 cents a pound, while now they are going broke trying
to make a living with the cereal at 70 cents a hundred.
But matters are improving. The farmers are finding
that well bred horses, cattle, sheep and hogs can be
produced and sold at a profit and the day of the big
wheat farm is passing. California is better off this year
than she was last, and progress is the word in almost
every line. The district associations that give fairs
and race meetings this year will doubtless give as large
purses as they can possibly afford, ano" horsemen will

find that horses that can win here can earn a pretty
fair sum. Horse values are going up and a well man-
nered horse that is fast or stylish can be sold for a fair
price. So we say, train your horses this year. There
will be plenty of racing here at home, and if you
develop a real erackerjack there is big money for
him in the East.

SOME OF THE Western associations are talking of
giving free-for-all stallion races for big money, in
imitation of the one which was so successful at Read-
ville last season. In looking over the material for sen-
sational events in 1901, it looks as though a free-for-all
class, open to mares, stallions and geldings wouldjbe
better than one exclusively for entire horses. Of
course, the great danger in such an event would be the
possibility that The Abbot would either frighten out
the others or would so far outclass them in the public
mind as to detract from the interest in the race. In
an event open to stallions only, however, Cresceus
looms over the others as much or more than does The
Abbot over the whole lot. Then again there is little
new material in sight for a stallion race, while an open
event would doubtless bring out Lord Derby 2:07,
Georgena 2:07}, Boralma 2:08 and others which last
year showed free-for-all speed. There are a great
many horsemen who think it would be a mistake to
leave out Boralma, as they believe Mr. Lawson's geld-
ing to be the coming trotter.

THE BELSHAW BILL, which provides that pool-
selling and bookmaking are unlawful unless con-
ducted in the buildings or on the grounds where actual
contests are held, has been turned down by the Com-
mittee on Corporations to which it was referred. The
committee, by a vote of 7 to 1, recommended that it
do not pass. Senators R. Porter Ashe and Frank W.
Leavitt, who are connected with racing, both spoke in
opposition to the measure. They contended that,
however desirable anti-poolroom legislation might be,
it ought to emanate only from the local legislative
body. The trouble with this contention is that small
suburban towns can be colonized by a lot of voters
from near by large cities and poolrooms thereby foisted
on communities that do not desire them. Take Sausa-
lito as an example. The actual residents and property
owners of that pretty little town do not desire the
poolrooms, but the "water front'' controls the elections
by voters who have no interest in the town except to
work in or about the poolrooms.

A QUARTETTE of three-year-old colts that are
considered by the race goers here in California to
be a very high class lot, will race at a mile to-day at
Tanforan for $1400, of which sum the San Francisco
Jockey Club gives $1000 and the owners put up $100
each. Articulate, Brutal, Canmore and Rolling Boer
are the colts that will make up this notable bunch of
blue bloods and each will have his admirers and back-
ers. Tod Sloan will probably ride Articulate, O'Conner
will be up on Brutal, Mounce will guide Canmore. and
Nash Turner if he can make the weight will pilot
Roiling Boer. The race will be weight for age, seven
pounds below the scale. The fact that these four colts
are considered to be the best of their age now racing
on this coast adds great interest to the event, especially
as all four will go East to race this year where they
will have to meet the best in Amei'ica. The race will
draw a tremendous crowd to Tanforan if the weather
is fair.

A STALLION SHOW will be held again this year
at the town of Livermore and the date is set for
next month as will be seen from a news item published
on another page and taken from the Herald of that pro-
gressive town. The show last year was a great success
and all want it repeated. No prizes are given at this
show, but stallion owners take their horses there with
a few of their colts to let the people see what sort of
animals are in the stud in Alameda and Contra Costa
counties. Last year a number of good sales resulted.
We suggest to the horsemen of other cities that they
emulate the example of the Livermore people. It will
not cost a twenty dollar piece for expenses and will at-
trace many people to the town.

Among the stallions that will be at service at Wood-
land this year (and that town threatens to bo the horse-
centre of California before long) will be Tuberose, a
six year old son of Falrose 2:19, sire of Don 2:10. Tu-
berose is a good sized, handsome stallion that is con-
sidered by all who have seen him in his work to be
pretty close to a two-minute horse. He has started
in but one race and that was at Dixon last year in a
local trot. It was in the midst of the stud season and
Tuberose had no preparation for the contest, but he
trotted the last half mile of one heat, timed by several
reliable parties, in 1:07J and an eighth of this'half was
in 15 seconds. Horsemen who saw it say it was one of
the most remarkable exhibitions of speed ever seen on
a race track. Mr. Nason, of Dixon, issued a challenge
to match a two year old full sister of Tuberose against
any two year old in the State for $1000 a side and had
no takers. Tuberose is 16 hands high and weighs 1140
pounds. He is a bay with black points and a mag-
nificent specimen of the American trotting breed. He
is in charge of Charles Johnson at Woodland.

Horse Items From Marysville.

On January 25th I made a visit to Mr. William
Hogoboom's place at Marysville and spent an exceed-
ingly pleasant day among his horses. On his return
home from the circuit last year all the horses cam-
paigned were turned out and since that time have not
been in harness.

Eula Mac 2:171, the little MeKinney mare that has
gone through the stakes in her two and three year old
form and has never met defeat, has filled out into a
good si?ed mare. She, together with the others to be
raced this year, will commence jogging the 1st of Feb-
ruary. William is confident that Eula will be ready
money in her class this year and I think it will be less
surprising to read of her going in 2:10 than a great
many that are touted as sure to do so as I was told that
she trotted a half in 1:04 at Santa Rosa at the Breeders
meeting and I saw her step to the half in the second
heat of the Occident Stake in Sacramento in 1:05} and
that's speed enough for any one's three year old. Then
we all know that the MeKinney 's improve with age.

He has a brown three year old colt Chas. H. by Lyn-
mont 2:23} dam Elmorene that is entered in the three
year old stakes for this year that is as fine a looking
colt as there is in the State and I think is the best bet
of the season that he will be there to score up for the
the word as Lynmont has a trick of putting a set of
wear and tear legs under his colts that stand the nec-
essary drilling to trot young. Mr. H. says that all the
colts that he has trained and raced as two and three
year olds by Lvnmont, not one has broken down and
this fellow trotted a mile last June in 2:36 and quarters
too fast to write about, after which he was turned out.

I was next shown a bay filly by Lynmont dam by
Waldstein that will be raced in the green classes.
These three together with two or three that he will
handle for other parties will make up Mr. Hogoboorn's
racing string in 1901.

Daimont, looking big and strong, is being used by
Mrs. H. for a driving horse and she says will not be
raced this season. I was shown a number of fine look-
ing colts with good trotting, action by Lynmont that
will be heard from in the future, also their sire Lyn-
mont who at the age of fourteen looks what he is, one
of the handsomest big stallions in the State and Mr.
H. says he can take him out any day and breeze
through the stretch in 34 seconds.

The subject of organizing an Amateur Driving Club is
at the present time being discussed among the amateur
drivers in Sacramento and there is little doubt but
that such a club will be organized in the near future
and matinee races held regularly through the spring
and early summer and should prove an excellent thing
for horse interests here. The Roadite.

A Highly Successful Fair.
We found the following item in a recent issue of that
newsy journal the Chicago Horse Review:

Secretary W. K. Mohr has forwarded the auditor's
report for 1900, which clearly proves the popularity of
the great AlleDtown, Pa., fair. The fair receipts last
vear amounted to $33,077.61. and the expenditures were
$19,401.31, showing a net profit of $14,576. There are
few fair associations charging but 25 cents admission
fee that can show such large profits. The floating in-
debtedness is but $11,000, and the total cost of the
grounds and buildings almost $112,000. The semi-cen-
tennial anniversary of the society will be celebrated
next Sepetmber with more than ordinary splendor.
The financial exhibit shows what enterprise and wise
management will do for a fair association. Allentown
has always been fortunate in this regard without ex-
ception.

Interested in what sort of a racing program was
offered by an association that could show a profit of
$14,000 on a four days' meeting at a half-mile track in
a city of 35,000 population, we turned to the issue of
October 2, 1900, of the Horse Eericic, and found the
program to be as follows: 2:50 trot $300, 2:33 pace
$200, 2:25 trot $500, 2:20 trot $500, 2:19 pace $500. 2:15
trot $600, 2:34 trot $500. free-for-all pace $1000. 2:17
pace $1000, 2:15 pace $600, free-for-all trot $800, 2:24
pace $500, and on the big day Joe Patehen went
against time and won in 2:05V, for a sum not stated.
The fastest time in any race was 2:09| in the free-for-
pace, and in the free-for-all trot, 2:14| was the best
mile. Allentown is in the centre of a dense population,
railroad facilities are good and fares low, and yet four
days' racing with twelve races was the extent of the
program. It is evident that the Allentown folks know
how to nurse a good thing. Many associations in other
localities where the conditions are the same would try
to string the meeting out to two weeks or more and
the result would be that the harness racing would lose
its position as a sport, degenerate into a gambling
scheme and soon be in ill repute. There is a lesson in
the report of Allentown fair that will do to study.

One of the best entered three year old trotters in
this country is Neville Graddy by Ondale, son of On-
ward, dam Gracie N. by Crittendon. He is eligible to
start in $51,500 worth of stakes.

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Coming Events.

Feb. 22— Grand open-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Merchandise Shoot. Blue
Rocks. Alameda Point.

April I, 2, 3, 4, 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 9, 10, 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore
Md.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

The Colusa Sim says the record to date shows the num-
her of birds killed on the preserve of Colusa Gun Club
by members this season to be 3052. The best month
was October, when 1390 were bagged; November, 903;
December, 657, and up to this time this month, 102,
which makes the above total. C. W. Tuttle carried
oft the honors for the greatest number of birds killed,
having to his credit 365, while Burr H. Mitchell has
the honor of making the largest bag in one day, he
having killed 92. Bud Welch carried off the booby
prize for one day's shoot, the game keeper's register
showing one mud hen and a shunk.

A Substitute

The Laird Bill Unsatisfactory.
Offered.

The game bill introduced by Senator Laird, it tran-
spires, was not acceptable to many members of the
Legislature who were alive to the proper measures
needed in the interest of game protection. That bill
has been sidetracked and another bill introduced, em-
bracing practically all the features of the Laird bill,
and also including most all of the principal measures
of the bill proposed by the game convention. These
are, the prohibition of night shooting, netting or trap-
ping of wild ducks, etc., a clause also appears provid-
ing against the shipment by common carriers of more
than the limit number of birds and also providing for
the identification of shipper and consignee and the
style of game package, so that ready inspection of its
contents is allowed.

Several features in the proposed bill, the power dele-
gated to the county governments for instance, would
not stand the test of legal scrutiny, as had been inti-
mated, and were of course eliminated.

As a reason for the paucity of game protection mate-
rial in the Laird bill, the excuse was given by its
sponsors that it was introduced for the purpose that
time would be gained by its early appearance. That
this was a specious fallacy is clearly made apparent by
subsequent proceedings. As the matter stands now
there is a prospect of much amendment and possibly
many readings; this will take much time and labor
with the not remote chance of an ultimate rejection of
the whole subject. This would be an injury to the
people that can be ill afforded, but for which the
stigma can be placed upon the one or two individuals
who are responsible for the present muddle. That the
situation is understood by the promoters is believed; it
is reported that there is a disposition to let go in the
attempt to force matters and accept what can be got —
half a loaf jbeing better than no bread.

A Canvasback Gun Club shooting party, composed
of Peter McRae, Jos. J. Sweeney, N. H. Hickman,
Fred Johnson, James Maynard, Jr., and a guest, found
the weather on the Suisun marsh on Sunday to be
warm and pleasant. Mudhens were plentiful and
ducks scarce. Joe Sweeney slipped away from the
preserve and managed to bag a nice string of fat
mallards in another portion of the marsh.

Cinnamon teal have commenced to make their annual
appearance on the Suisun marshes. These handsome
and excellent table ducks are the last comers of the
Anas family to our marshes where many of them breed
during the early spring and stay all summer, along
toward the fall they take flight, going southward as
far as the Central American Coast. Years ago they
could be counted on Joyce island, in the summer time,
by the thousands.

Hyp Justins and A. D. McClellan stirred up the
feathered denizens of the southern bay off Belmont
last Sunday morning. The hunters were in a boat and
kept after the birds incessantly, bagging a "can" or a
blue bill at intervals. Many of the birds took refuge
in the marsh, which temporarily was unvisited by
hunters. The boys afterwards posted themselves in
blinds located at a point on the line of flight, during
the afternoon when the ducks sought the bay again
the hunters killed a big string of ducks. The day was
warm with but little wind blowing, which conditions
favored the hunters.

With the Hunters.

No guns were on the ponds of the Tulle Belle or Ibis
clubs on Sunday.

The gun clubs whose members shoot on the Peta-
luma and Sonoma marshes had very indifferent shoot-
ing during Sunday last.

Seven members of the Empire Gun Club were
credited with a total of two careless ducks as the show-
ing for breaking the Sabbath.

Quail shipments to the dealers this week denote a
plentiful supply of birds in Monterey and Calaveras
counties. The retail price has been $1 per dozen.

In the "Black Hills" back of San Bruno many wild
pigeons have been shot for several weeks past. The
birds abound in the San Pedro region also. Hunters
in Santa Clara, San Benito, Monterey and Santa Cruz
counties have had great sport shooting pigeons for the
past three weeks. The birds are also reported to be
plentiful in the wooded canyons near Livermore.

Duping the first of the week many sacks of ducks
were shipped to the city. These birds were sent in
from various points; the ducks seem to have become well
scattered and the majority of them were not in good
condition. One downtown restaurateur is reported to
have purchased 200 dozen ducks for the purpose of
placing them in cold storage. This presupposes the
possibility that they will be served after the season is

Black brant shooting is still an enjoyable sport on
Tomales bay, premising favorable conditions, weather,
wind and tide. A quartette of hunters composed of
H. W. Keller, F. G. Sanborn, Al Wilson and Orrin
Peck last Sunday bagged eleven of the dainty birds
and also nearly two dozen ducks, mixed in variety.
The day was a scorcher, not a whiff of wind to temper
the sun's rays beating down on the hunters lying low
in their boats far out on the bosom of the bay. A high
tide in the morning also helped to spoil the chances for
a shoot, the boats came in at 11 o'clock, there being no
further inducement to try for a shot as the birds would
not fly.

The Marin County Gun Club, whose preserve em
braces a tract comprising about 47 acres of marsh and
adjacent land at the head of Richardson's bay near
Reeds station, have had, since baiting their ponds,
some remarkably good shooting in a district hitherto
overlooked by the majority of city sportsmen. A cosy
club house has been fixed up by renovating an old
building near the shore; dikes have been put in so that
the rains have formed a series of brackish ponds,
which are visited by many birds. Inland, a shallow
fresh water pond near the county road has been well
baited and now affords good shooting. Some of the
members have extolled the advantages of the pond for
moonlight shooting. The club has a ten years' lease
of the preserve. Last Sunday Bert Patrick and Andy
Buckley bagged sixteen "cans" and a few "sprig."
The club record of ducks killed this season is a good
one.

The San Pablo Gun Club preserve has afforded a
number of excellent bags this season to the half dozen
sportsmen comprising the club. A recent shoot in-
dulged in by Achille Roos, Dr. Fehlieson and Dr. F.
W. Vowinckel was remarkable not only for the splen-
did flight shooting offered, but also for an opportunity
given Dr. Vowinckel to make a record as a clever wing
shot. The Doctor was evidently in his best shooting
form and from the earliest dawn until late in the fore-
noon he brought down birds on single and double shots
in such a brilliant manner as to create feelings of ad-
miration as well as some illy concealed jealousy on the
part of hiS'Shooting comrades. Now and then a flock
shot was offered by the flight of birds up or down the
slough, on the west bank of which the Doctor was con-
cealed in a blind. Two barrels fired into a big bunch
of teal brought down fourteen birds which were re-
trieved by the keeper from the creek bed. The
Doctor's score for the day was the record one for the
club.

Cartridge and Shell.

Allen S. McDougall has been appointed Game War-
den for Alameda county.

Harvey McMurchy was a welcome visitor at a shoot
of the Cincinnati Gun Club on the 19th inst.

R. A. Eddy has temporarily laid aside his shotguns
and is at present located in Riverside, where he has
some orange groves that have more attractions for him
than the sport of dropping canvasback ducks.

W. H. Ogden has been appointed Game Warden for
Merced county. A warden will be appointed, it is
reported, for Santa Clara county about March 1st.
Trinity county recently appointed this necessary game
protection ofncicial and Mendocino county has again
provided her citizens with the efficient services of W.
S. Ornban, erstwhile game warden for the county,
where the office had been temporarily abolished.

The Ingleside traps were in use last Sunday and
about twenty -five dozen pigeons were grassed by a group
of shooters composed of Chas. L. Fair, Jr., Andrew
Jackson, John B. Coleman, Tod Sloan, Dick Dwyer,
Frank Ireland, Bob Smith and Willie Martin, 'lhe
best work was done by Mr. Ireland who killed forty-
two straight, then missed two out of five, following
with another ten straight, losing but two out of fifty-
five. Dick Dwyer was next with two clean strings of
ten, losing but four out of fifty-two. Mr. Jackson's
record was four lost out of forty shot at. He also
scored ten straight twice. Tod Sloan was not shoot-
ing in form, he failed to place ten birds out of fifty-six
chances offered his gun. Johnny Coleman allowed a
baker's dozen to escape from his quota of fifty-seven
pigeons, two of these dropped dead out. Mr. Fair
killed his birds fairly well, and while somewhat a
novice at the game, shows much improvement in his
trap shooting. Jockey Martin beat Bob Smith in a
three-bird race. The events were at ten, nine and six
birds, several shooters indulging in side pools.

A Deer Hunt in Northern California.

The following laughable finale to a deer hunt in
Mendocino county is told by one of the hunters, who
for obvious reasons wishes to remain incognito and has
suggested that the same consideration be shown his
companions in crime.

The party, composed of three local Nimrods and a
well known Oakland shooter, who used to be often seen
at the blue rock traps, were in that section of country
prospecting for timber lands and being keen sportsmen

decided to avail themselves of the chance of a lifetime
to enjoy a deer hunt on horseback.

Our sportsmen anticipated no trouble in securing a
large and variegated pack of hounds.

It was therefore without a misgiving that they
reined in their horses beside the rough rail fence sur-
rounding a rude log cabin. Seated in the open door of
the cabin was a dirty-faced, sorrowful-looking woman
who listlessly eyed the party through the half-closed
lids of her watery blue eyes. In her makeup and
style there was an unmistakable suggestion of Old
Missoury,

"Good morning, madam," ventured the spokesman.
"Is your husband at home?"

"In the first place, my name ain't madam," the
woman replied, drawlingly, "an' in th' secon' place,
my husban' ain't 'ome. Ef yer th' sh'iff come ter 'rest
'im, yer'll be'bleeged ter ride further."

She was assured that the party had no designs upon
her husband's liberty, but to secure the loan of a pack
of hounds was their mission.

"We ain't got no houn's an' never had none," she
replied, still suspicious, as she walked to the fence.
"Say, thar, mister," she exclaimed, excitedly, pointing
to the hand of one of the party, "ain't that thing er
dimont?"

"It is," the owner of the diamond replied. "Would
you like to look at it?" he asked, drawing from his
finger a ring in which a small diamond was set.

"An' ken I take it in my own nan'?" she asked
eagerly.

"Certainly," was the reply. "Put it on your finger
and see how it looks there."

With the light of other days shining in her faded
eyes, she tremblingly pushed the ring on her bony,
knotted forefinger. Then, with a sigh, the ring was
returned to the owner.

"Whut wus it you said erbout wantin' ter borry
some houn's?" she asked, after a moment's silence.

"We simply wish to borrow the dogs for to-morrow,
when we intend having a deer hunt."

"Wall," she said hesitatingly, "I reckin I kin get
yer some." Then, walking briskly to the cabin door,
she took down a long cowhorn that hung on a nail,
and, placing it to her lips, blew three loud blasts.

It was not a great while before a man who carried in
his hand a repeating rifle appeared on the far side of
the clearing and cautiously approached the party. He
also had style and general appearance to match with
his better half.

"It's all right, Jake," the woman shouted; "they
ain't after you."

The sun had just risen the next morning when the
party again drew rein at the cabin.

"'Mornin', gentlemen. 'Light an' have er snack.
Wall, ef y9r won't yer won't I reckon. I'd go 'th yer,
but I've got some business to tend ter over yan, " the
Missourian added, apologetically, pointing to the woods
back of the cabin. "Better take thish yeah hawn, er
th' dawgs won't foller.,'

With the pack trailing behind, the party rode away.
Soon they reached the edge of the river bottom, and
the hunt began. The sun was well on toward the
meridian before a sound was heard from the dogs.
Then the musical half-mournful cry of a hound was
heard. Soon another joined in, then another and an-
other, until the entire pack was in full cry.

The hunters whipped up their horses, stumbling and
floundering through the chapparal and wild grape
vines, and they were pretty well spent when a stretch
of open woods was reached. Far in advance the hind-
most dogs, tails high in the air and noses to the ground,
were seen tearing along in the wake of their leaders.

"There goes the deer," shouted the foremost one of
the hunters. "It's a buck with magnificent antlers."

Then it was noticed that the cry of the dogs was
becoming louder. Nearer they came. Louder and
louder swelled the music. The air became full of it,
and the echoes in the hills awoke.

"The deer is doubling back," cried one of the party.
"Let's get ready for him."

On came the hounds, their voices becoming clear
and distinct. A crashing and floundering in the brush
was followed immediately by the deafening report of
both barrels of a shotgun. A dense cloud of blue
smoke hung in the motionless air, enshrouding the
men and blotting out the landscape. Then the smoke
was scattered by a gentle breeze, and the one who
had fired was seen leaning on his gun, pale and
trembling.

"A clear miss! Why didn't you wait until you had
a better sight of the deer? "

"I-er-I didn't see it at all," the shooter managed to
reply, that sinking feeling in his stomach having be-
come by that time somewhat bearable.

"Weil, why did you fire? "

"I don't know," he answered meekly. " ! !

! ! " chorused the others.

"The sun was hanging low in the west and the frosty
chill of night was stealing over us as we struck higher
ground and open woods. The dogs, still in full cry,
were not far ahead of us and we whipped our horses
into a swinging gallop."

"Soon we saw in front of us a clearingand in its cen-
ter a lug cabin, surrounded by the usual rail fence.
As we reached the edge of the clearing we saw a giant,
long-legged animal, its tail carried well aloft, nimbly
leap the fence and come to a stand, panting and breath-
less."

"Whut in blazes d'you fellers wanter be er chasin'
my cow for? " a voice asked, irately, and we saw emerg-
ing from the house a man who carried a long barreled
rifle. "Thought she wuz er deah? Uv all the blankety
blank fools I ever see! Can't tell er cow frum er

deah!"

* * * . * * * *

"Run er cow? Well, I'll be dog goned! I mout er
tol' yer ef yer run acrost ol' Jim Waters' cow the dogs
'd run 'er. I've been er doggin' that ol' cow outer mv
Eel' all summer. Won't yer 'light an' have er snack '.J

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| KENNEL. |

Hunting With the Hounds and Running With
the Hare.

A communication from "New Hand" which was pub-
lished last Saturday by a weekly contemporary, we
suggest, might reasonably have been signed "Old
Hand.'' There is a smitch of familiar inuendo pervad-
ing it that is not misleading.

Therein the writer, who claims to be prompted by
perusing the daily newspaper reports of the recent
field trials at North Island, puts several interrogator-
ies as to why Verona Cash was not placed. Continuing
he argues, unlogieallj, a statement that the dog
should have been placed.

The daily respaper reports of the ti-ials were in sev-
eral respects (and this was one instance) highly unsatis-
factory and not warranted by the performances of the
dogs. Verona Cash in her first heat became lost, she
was hunted for fifteen minutes by Lucas on horseback.
This undoubtedly militated against her, a dog should
follow the handler and work with the gun. A reversal
of this does not count in the dog's favor. Cash un-
doubtedly did good work and is a high class Setter,
but the other dogs down in the second and final heats
did, it has been decided and conceded, better work,
which is fully shown in the report of the trials appear-
ing in last week's issue of the Bbeedeb axd Spobts-
silx.

In reference to this dog another statement appears
(again with familiar ear-marks) in the weekly publica-
tion referred to as follows: "There was some rather
clever work done by the little bitch which might have
won her a place without disturbing the feelings of any.
It was learned that Judge Johnson, in one or two in-
stances, yielded to the desires of the gentlemen ap-
pointed to assist him and the division of third in the
All-Age may have been due to such stress. " The gen-
tleman who* temporarily and ably filled the editorial
chair last week answered "New Hand" that he "knew
nothing personally" of the matter and further, that
"the judge, Thomas Johnson, has proved himself a
good, fair and competent man." That some dissatis-
faction has been engendered by the press reports of
the trials is very evident. But little, if any, excep-
tions were taken to the decisions by the great majority
of those who were present at the trials. We will
instance the attempts made to show where Clipper W.
was ill-used, not directly, but by intimation. Clipper
TV. was not judged by what he "did in the Northwest,
but by his performances at Coronado. Northern Hunt-
ress was another dog whose owner was commiserated
with. Huntress, who had probably never seen a rab-
bit, did a little chasing for fifteen minutes that was
pardonable, but did not help her any. The handlers
of both these dogs, we are reliably informed, admitted
their defeat.

Another instance ivas the Call's report of the heat
between the Pointer Vi and Maggie F., in which it was
stated that "a serious error" was made and "the de-
cision of the judges was extremely unpopular." _ The
same writer does not reiterate this statement in his
own weekly publication. He mentions the heat with
six conventional lines! Mr. Sloan has expressed his
satisfaction with the result and believes, on his own
observation, his dog to have been fairly beaten.

There seems to be an attempt to carry water on both
shoulders by praising the winners and placating some
of the losers — particularly the owners who were not
present: by a style of condolence that is apt to arouse
an unwarranted suspicion. It is a peculiar truth that
owners of fine animals, of dogs as well as horses, are
prone to be susceptible to a condition which Iago
worked on when he said:

"O, you are well tuned now!

But I'll set down the pegs that makes this music,

As honest as I am." (Aside)

Another gratuitous "hot air" embrocation (in the
weekly) is the account of the heat between Tacoma
and Lady Bodschaff in which the latter dog is made to
appear severely disabled by cactus thorns, and then
further on "it was thought by some to be a mistake to
leave out of the second series Lady Bodschaff whose
work had been consistent and who had shown herself
staunch on points." As a matter of fact the bitch was
simply not in form and was unplaced for that reason.

Out of the litter of eight puppies whelped by Phil
Wand's, English Setter bitch Flora W. (Luke — Victor's
Belle) to W. J. Baughn's Count Danstone (Ch. Count
Gladstone IV. — Dan's Lady) five are yet living and do-
ing splendidly. Mr. Wand still has two dogs and a
bitch. John Tate has a dog and W. J. Mentz has a
dog puppy recently purchased from W. E. Chute, a
bitch puppy belonging to Mr. Chute died of distemper
several weeks ago. The latter gentleman has been
singularly unfortunate in losing some very promising
young Setters, among which we note three puppies by
Uncle B.— Dolly Y. and a bitch puppy by Marie's
Sport — Dolly Y. The latter died just prior to being
entered in the last Derbv.

The Spanish Bulldog.
I am happy to take an opportunity of exhibiting the
interest I take in Bulldog subjects by bringing to your
readers' notice a most valuable discovery made by my
old friend Mr. John Proctor, of Antwerp. He and I
have for many years had the honor to appear in the
character of English judges at the Paris Dog Show.
No feature in this delightful exhibition has more in-
terest for us as Britons than the classes which remind
us of our national breed, the Bulldog. It is my belief
that the Bulldog is but one member of the important
family of the Molussus, which is recognizable by the
truncated muzzle. I do not claim any originality for
this opinion, but I do admire myself for having the
courage to brave the wrath of the home fancy by say-
ing so. We have no generic name for this family, but
in France they are called Dogues, whence we get our
own word dog, but we have corrupted the meaning of
it. The heads of the group are the Spanish Bulldog,
the dogue de Bordeaux, and the little toy oddities of
Paris, bred and reared by Lutetian bootmakers, and
lastly, the English Bulldog. It is clear to me as an
unprejudiced eynologist, and entirely unaffected by
what previous authorities have said on the subject,
that the original home of the breed was Spain, where
the dog was "made" for a special mission. The fair
name of Spain always was, and still is, associated with
sport in which the bull plays the leading role. The
Spaniard fashioned a dog to suit this sport, with a firm
strong body, stoutlegs, a short neck of powerful muscle,
a big head with a wide mouth and prominent upturned
underjaw, so that the dog could still breathe while re-
taining his grip, and the weight would tire out the
bull which was unable to fling off the dog. From
Spain dogs of this kind migrated to France; it is only

The negotiations between the San Francisco Kennel
Club and Mr. C. H. Mason have fallen through and the
selection of a judge or judges for the May show is still
undecided. We should not be surprised if Mr. J. J.
Lynn of Port Huron, Mich., or Mr. James Cole of
Kansas City, or both of these gentlemen should be en-

variety in the Stock-Keeper, whose readers had never
seen nor heard of them before, and the enterprising
Messrs. Sam Woodiwiss and H. E. Brooke subsequently
imported a few fine specimens and showed them here.
Our English fanciers just dropped short of heaving a
brick at them, but those who had eyes to see, and were
willing to see, recognized that they were in the pres-
ence of the ancestors of the English Bulldog. We
English are unwilling to be taught anything about
animals, and when I imported Toy Bulldogs from
Paris my countrymen glanced askance at them until I
found the dwarfs an English ancestor or two. As a
matter of fact, I think the French Toys owe little or
nothing to English descent, but I propitiated my
critics. A French friend assured me that these dogs
were called Boule-dogs from the round shape of the
head, and that their owners did not know the word
"bull" nor its meaning. Well, to return. I am quite
satisfied that the Bulldog owes its origin to Spain.
Mr. Adcock 's importations date only some ten or fifteen
years back, but if I can show that the Bulldog existed
in Spain in the early part of the seventeenth century
it will, I suppose, support my contentions. When Mr.
Proctor and I were in Paris last year my friend had the
good fortune to obtain a most valuable piece of evidence
on this point. He found an old bronze plaque. Every-
body must admit that this is the head of a cropped
Bulldog — Spanish, Bordeaux or English is immaterial;;
It is a Bulldog. The description above the head reads:
Dogue De Burgos, Espagne.

Burgos is the principal town of the province of Old
Castile, in Spain, and was noted for the breeding of
dogs used in the arena. The date is 1625, and the
name of the artist "Cazalla." The appearance of tlie
plaque indicates its age. and everything points to the
probability of its being genuine. Anyhow, I give all
the particulars, so that whoever cares to may make
inquiries. Mr. Proctor purchased the medallion in
Paris from Mons. A. Provandier, a well known breeder
of Toy Bulldogs, who relates that he bought it one
Sunday in the Paris Dog Market from a trainer of dogs
who visited the market. This man stated that he had
it from a bric-a-brac dealer in the Paris Gingerbread
Fair, at which time there are always two or three
thousand dealers in art ironwork and all sorts of such
things, standing by their booths on the roadside. Mr".
Proctor took his find to a connoisseur, who pronounced
it authentic, and it was then that I decided, with the
cwner's kind consent, to publish it in England for the
benefit of the English Bulldog fancy, who cannot fail
to recognize its historic value and to' acknowledge the
light it throws upon a question which so violently
agitated the kennel world when Mr. Adcock brought
it forward. I am indeed happy in this wise to be able
to hand down Mr. Proctor's name and my own to an
appreciative Bulldog posterity. — George B. Krehl.
honorary member of the Bulldog Club, In Stork- Keeper.

Mr. Geo. Baper will judge at the Moscow (Bussla i
Dug Show. Before going to the land of the Borzois
he will attend the Westminster Kennel Club Show.
He will leave England for New York on Februarv 6th.

Dogue de Burgos, Espagne, 1625,

a short excursion to Bordeaux, where the services of
the dog were in demand as fighting dogs and for dog
and donkey contests. Then they traveled up to Paris
which has always had an eye for the artistic, so they
bantamized the breed to the modern Toy Bulldog.

From France the breed came over to England, and
with several other imported varieties, took their place
among what modern writers describe as the indigenous
breeds of Great Britain. This is a theory carefully
thought out to suit those who maintain that the Bull-
dog is a British product. Personally, I believe that
the only breeds indigenous to the British Isles are the
Irish and Scottish Terriers.

In English history there Is no mention of the Bull-
dog before the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and I find it
quite easy to assume that at a period when the rela-
tions between England and Spain were exceedingly
strained, and Britannia's sea-dogs were plundering the
Spanish coast and worrying their galleons, that among
the loot were these doughty dogs. Certain it is that
the sport of these animals would take the Virgin
Queen's masculine fancy. It is unfortunate that
though due credit has been accorded to the gallant
knight who about the same time imported the potato,
it is still unknown to England whether it was a Drake
or a Frobisher, or which enterprising captain it was,
who placed his country under a far greater obligation
by bringing over from the enemy the animal which
has become our national dog. To approach a little
closer the main object of this communication. When
the late Mr. Frank Adcock many years ago stirred the
Bulldog fancy to its depths by the introduction of the
Spanish Bulldogs Toro and others, the English fancy
turned upon him, and when he courageously put his
dogs on the show bench he was told they were "inven-
tions, " no pure breed at all, but the result of a freakish
experiment with Mastiffs, Bulldogs and perhaps other
varieties. The unbelief and prejudice were so strong,
and the literary onslaughts so violent, that nobody for
years after attached any value to Mr. Adcock's claims,
which were simply that his importations were— Bull-
dogs. A long time after I had the good fortune to en-
counter, in the Paris show, a magnificent class of dogs
called the Dogues de Bordeaux; smaller than a Mastiff
but more bulky, brown-red in color, mostly Dudleys,
with Bulldog skulls, but the heads larger and more
wrinkled; and to my mind these animals were plainly
the Spanish Bulldog, or its first cousin. I boomed the

Doings in Dogdom.

At the English Bulldog election of judges Mr. Sam
Woodiwiss topped the poll with 72 votes, and among
the rejected was Mr. C.-G. Hopton.

Crufts great international show, which takes place
in Agricultural Hall, Islington, every February, is this
year fixed for February 13th and two following d ay s.

Mr. Wm. Halley, of Sacramento, under date of the
21st inst. writes: "I have sold a Fox Terrier puppy
through my 'ad' in the Bbeedeb and Spoetsmax.
and would hke you to note the sale in your Kennel
Begistry announcements."

The judges at the B, I. Kennel Club will be Mrs. E.
O. Giles for Beagles and Foxhounds; Mr. J. Gibbs,
Whippets: Mr. Brickley, Boston Terriers: Mr. Geo.
Lovell, Pointers and Setters; W. C. Codman. Black
and Tans and Pomeranians: Mr. Henry Jarreft, Cocker
Spaniels; Mr. H. W; Lacy, all other breeds.

Mr. A. P. Vredenburgh, secretary of the American
Kennel Club, reports that the year just closed was the
most successful in the history of the club. Paid regis-
trations in 1900 were 4550 and associate members, regis-
trations 330, making a grand total of 4883, against 4044
paid and 274 associate members' registration: a total of
4318 in 1899, showing a gain of 565 registrations for the
year.

Beceipts for the month ending December 31, 1900,
amounted to $2,533.41, against $2,192.73 for the corres-
ponding month in 1899: a gain for the month of $340.68.

The English Champion Bromley Cribb (58,604) has
joined the canine majority. This celebrated Bulldog
was taken out on the ice and becoming wet and chilled
through falling into the water and not being dried off
properly, a cold set in which brought on pneumonia
and that, aided by indigestion of the stomach, settled
Mr. Croker's four figured Bulldog — it would also settle
almost anything else, too. Cribb had the reputation
of being a good sire and promised to rank high in the
stud. With many he was preferred, aside from his
foreface, to Bodney Stone, his kennel mate. For
shoulder and body formatio- Cribb was a model. He
was somewhat deficient in layback and muzzle forma-
tion, but withal had an expression of intelligence and
character that is rarely seen in the breed. He was the
English crack until dark brindle Bodney Stone low-
ered his colors. He was by Boyal Duke out of G.
Irvine's Maid of Perth and was whelped August 1,
1896. When Mr. Bichard Croker, Jr., purchased these
two dogs last summer, he took from England the two
choicest specimens of the national breed.

James J. Corbett, the pugilist and saloonkeeper, lost
a Bull Terrier about a week ago. While one of his
friends was in a restaurant at Thirty-sixth street and
Broadway he saw the dog with an under-sized man
who sat at a table. He ran over to Corbett 's saloon
and told him about it. Corbett hustled to the restau-
rant and claimed the dog. The man refused to give
up. saying it was his. There was a scuffle, each man
trying' to get a grip on the Terrier, which showed a

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preference for Corbett's company. A policeman was
called in by the restaurant people and he took every-
body to the Tenderloin Station. On the way Corbett
picked up several friends and his wife, all of whom
wTere prepared to swear that the dog was Corbett's.

The matter was explained to Capt. Thomas. He de-
cided that all the evidence was in favor of Corbett,
who got the dog.

The American Fox Terrier report mailed December
29th indicates that the club paid out in specials $219.50,
an increase of $27 over the previous year. The number
of members are fifty-eight, Mr. C. L. F. Robinson be-
ing elected since the previous report. The winners of
specials and stakes are embodied and cover the shows
held at Kansas City, Toronto, Danbury, Philadelphia
and Cincinnati.

There are nine entries in the 1901 Stud Dog Stakes,
two hundred and seventy-five entries in the Yankee
Stakes and in this stake for next year the entries
already amount to ninety-eight entries. The Fifteenth
Grand Produce Stakes and the Stud Dog Stakes will
be competed for at New York. And at Boston the
Grand Challenge Cup and the Yankee Stakes will he
decided.

Mr. Louis M. Rutherford of New York, a prominent
society and club man and also an enthusiastic patron
of sports, recently passed away at Davos Platz, Switz-
erland. Mr. Rutherford was the senior partner in the
widely known L. & W. Rutherford Fox Terrier Ken-
nels. This sprightly breed being his special canine
love. Mr. Rutherford benched his first Fox Terrier
exhibit at the Westminster Kennel Club show in 1879.
His brother, Winthrop Rutherford, followed suit the
following year, the brothers showed dogs individually
until 1881 when the well known and successful partner-
ship was formed which has now been broken by the
inevitable. The loss to the Fox Terrier fraternity and
to breeders and exhibitors by Mr. Rutherford's call to
the beyond is felt keenly. We quote Turf, Field and
Farm as follows, showing some of the work of the
Rutherfords in reference to benefitting the breed of
Fox Terriers:

Among the early importations of Fox Terriers made
by the Rutherford brothers were Nailer, by Buff-
Activity; Bowstring, by Old Turk, Champion Royal,
from Mr. Burbidge's kennel; Belgrave Primrose, bred
by Mr. Luke Turner; Splauger, by Dickon-Sutton
Veda; that lovely little bitch champion Diana, by
Tackler-Belgrave'Viola; Dance, by Brokenhurst Spice
-Polonaise; Dusky II. and Resume, the latter by the
champion of champions, Result. Later they imported
Raffle, by Brokenhurst Rally-Harmony; First Flight,
by New Forest-Retire; Warren Safeguard, by Venio-
Eggesford Sapphire, and Warren Cautious, by Charl-
ton Verdick-Refuge, the last two imported in utero.
Their latest importation that has been seen in public
is Claudian, by Champion D'Orsay-Clytha Starlight.
The Rutherfords, unlike most of our breeders, have
not sought the highest priced dogs nor those with the
biggest records as winners of prizes, but have bought
purely on blood lines with an eye to the improvement
of the breed, and by a judicious selection from time to
time from the various strains of winning blood obtain-
able in England they have been eminently successful.

Geo. S. Mott, superintendent of the Westminster
Kennel Club, lost recently a Pointer puppy from what
he thought might be poison. He had an autopsy per-
formed and the "vet" said that the cause of death was
appendicitis. We had heard of several cases of in-
verted intestine causing death, but appendicitis was a
novelty in dog diseases so we consulted Dr. French,
the well-known canine specialist, regarding it. Dr.
French says :

Appendicitis, or inflammation of the vermiform ap-
pendix, is a well-known surgical lesion and is frequently
found in dogs, though, owing to the absence of sub-
jective symptoms, difficult to diagnose, many cases
being treated for enteritis, the exact cause of death
being revealed by the autopsy.

Catarrhal and ulcerative inflammation of the muc-
ous membrane of the appendix without mechanical
injury has been frequently observed and is possibly
due to the action of a micro-organism.

A frequent cause of appendicitis is the presence of
fecal concretions and foreign bodies, as grape-seed,
fruit-stones, straw or bone. The foreign body first
produces a catarrhal inflammation, and later ulcera-
tion and frequently escapes with the inflammatory
product through the perforation intoabcessor abdom-
inal cavity. The gravest form is when the whole ap-
pendix becomes gangrenous or if the perforation com-
municates with the free peritoneal cavity, giving rise
to a diffuse septic peritonitis speedily resulting in
death. In favorable recoveries the inflammation does
not terminate in suppuration, but gradually disappears.

The symptoms are swelling, rigidity of abdominal
wall on right side, localized pain and other symptoms
suggestive of circumscribed peritonitis in the ileo-
coecal region. Vomiting and constipation are often
present, making a differential diagnosis between an in-
flammatory lesion in this region and intestinal obstruc-
tion difficult, though the absence of a rise of tempera-
ture would point to the latter condition.

The mortality in human beings is about one to seven.
The usual treatment in early stages is to give a saline
aperient, supplemented by enemata and external
fomentations, then tincture of opium to relieve pain
and keep the inflamed parts quiet. If this is ejected,
subcutaneous injections of morphia should be ad-
ministered. If the inflammation does not yield to this
treatment, laparotomy and removal of the appendix
should be at once resorted to, the strictest antiseptic
precautions being observed. — Turf, Field and Farm.

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Kennel Registry.

VISITS.
Mrs. C. G. Saxe's Great Dane bitch Lady Ermine (Lord Londs-
brough-Mabel S.) to Posen Great Dane Kennels1 Bluebeard
(ZouroB-Olga. January 17, 1901.

SALES.
William Halley (Sacramento) sold a Fox Terrier bitch puppy
(Warren Clerk-Veracitat) to J. V. Moorehead, Chico, January
16, 1801.

Origin of the Trolling Spoon.

During the last half century a revolution has been
brought about in the piscatorial art, through the in-
vention and continued development of the trolling
spoon. This device, in its varied forms, is so common
to-day that no successful sportsman would engage in a
general campaign against the aquatic species without
being well equipped with spoon tackle. Yet less than
fifty years ago no patent had been taken out on any
kind of a spoon bait, nor had the idea of such a bait
originated, save by the man who was destined to bring
it before the woi'ld, and, by devoting his life to the
study of the art of luring the finny tribe and the per.
fection of his invention, to become famous in every,
clime. Perhaps not less interesting than the develop-
ment of the trolling bait is the life and personality oi
its inventor, the late Julio T. Buel. To Mr. Buel alone
belongs the distinction of having discovered the value
of bright, shining metal as a means of luring fish to
the fatal hook, and of making such a practical appli-
cation of his discovery that he felt justified in taking
out a patent, the first of its kind covering such a
device.

Julio Thompson Buel was born in West Poultney.
Vermont, October 12, 1806. During his boyhood the
family moved to Castleton, Vt., and the young lad was
free to wander "by the brook and in the glade'1
along streams that contained the finest specimens of
"speckled beauties." He also frequented the beautiful
Lake Bomoseen, whose waters are wonderfully trans-
parent. Young Buel was early interested in angling
and devoted much time to the sport. Before reaching
the age of 15, he was recognized by the local Vermont-
ers as a most expert fly fisherman. About this time
he discovered the principles of the now famous bait.
While on the bank of a trout stream one day he threw
some bright pebbles into the water and observed that
the trout dashed up to them. After repeating the
performance he concluded that a more shining mark
would be a greater attraction. Accordingly he secured
several pieces of bright tin and threw them into the
water, succeeding in causing still greater excitement
and activity among the fish.

His next step was to solder a hook on a piece of tin,
bent so that the bait would revolve. By drawing this
rude bait through the water the ingenious youth
snagged a large bunch of fish. A year or two later,
when 18 years of age, while eating his luncheon on
the bank of Lake Bomoseen, he accidentally dropped
a spoon into the water. He was impressed by the
gyrating movement of the spoon as it sank to the
bottom, and not less so by the appearance of a large
fish that struck the sinking spoon. In this incident
lies the origin of the "spoon bait." Our inventive
juvenile fisherman promptly secured an old brass table-
spoon, and polishing the convex side of the bow], until
it shone like the traditional New England milk pan, he
soldered a hook on the small end, and to a portion of
the handle he tied the line. It was with this tackle
that he made his first trolling trip on Lake Bomoseen.

Buel promptly satisfied himself as to the merits of
his contrivance, but people generally were disposed to
look upon it with the greatest ridicule. One, Wilkin-
son, laughed heartily at the idea of getting a fish with
a spoon, but when young Buel landed a big pickerel,
Wilkinson threw himself on the ground and rolled
over in astonishment, uttering many forcible ejacula-
tions expressive of his surprise and pleasure. The
result of spoon fishing in the lake astonished the
natives, who at once adopted the use of the tackle,
and after 40 years many were still using the original
design, refusing to believe that Buel's first spoon could
be improved upon. Mr. Buel, himself, was far more
discriminating. He continually experimented with
baits, making them in various forms, seeking to secure
the strongest construction and the most effective de-
sign and action. He purchased only the most ex-
pensive piano string steel wire, and ordered bright,
polished steel treble hooks, in preference to those hav-
ing black japanned covering, as the latter might con-
ceal a flaw in the metal. While he continued to develop
the "spinning bait" and the "fly spoon," he was also
intently studying the habits and tendencies of various
kinds of fish. He had been known to lie almost breath-
less on the shore for a long time, watching the move-
ments of the water population. He became able to
detect the faulty action of a spoon at once, from that
which attracted and snared the game. Every piece
of material entering into the construction of the spoons,
and every detail in the work of putting them together
was carefully considered. No material was too good
or too expensive for the bait. Mr. Buel obtained fine
silver for the artificial lures, the color being nearest to
that of the fish's belly. Rolled plate was selected in
preference to electro-plate because of its greater dur-
ability.

• Mr. Buel was over 30 years of age when he moved to
Whitehall, N. Y., and engaged in the business of a fur-
ier. He had found even greater advantages for study-
ing the character and habits of fish than in Vermont.
Whitehall is immediately at the head of Lake Cham-
plain, and but six miles distant is Lake George with
water as transparent as glass. Mr. Buel spent a great
deal of time experimenting at Lake George, as he could
there watch the motion of his spoons as they were
drawn through the water. He frequently took long
trips into the heart of the Adirondack wilderness to
test his baits upon the various fish to be found in the
more secluded streams and lakes. Lake George was a
rich field for large trout, while in Lake Champlain
were breeding the muskalonge, bass and pike. The
aim of the inventor was to devise a spoon for each

species of fish that would work in each particular case
to a nicety. He was fastidious almost to a fault.

It is a singular fact that while sportsmen were en-
thusiastic -in their commendation of the baits, and
often in meeting Mr. Buel on his trips, importuned
him to engage in their manufacture on a liberal scale,
that he did not seem at all disposed to push the matter
as a business. He appeared to be more pleased to work
with the baits as a pastime. Possibly he had not
brought them to a degree of perfection that satisfied
him. It was not until 1852 that he took out his first
patent, though he obtained a dozen, more or less, in
after years. He used to say that he had no intention
of making the spoons as a business, but their reputa-
tion and the general demand for them became such
that he was actually forced to establish a small plant
in a two-story brick building on Broad street. He
went into the spoon manufacturing business in 1848.
The number of men employed was six, and this in-
cluded Mr. Buel's brother, Harvey W. Buel, who was
much interested in the apparatus and became expert
in its manufacture. Orders were received from all
parts of the United States, and other dealers purchas-
ing direct from the factory, shipped the baits to all
countries in the world.

While there are a great variety of the baits, the
principal ones are the "spinning bait, "and the "fly
spoon." The former consists of an arrow-shaped
copper plate soldered to an air chamber or "belly," the
latter being long, narrow and oval, tapering to a point
at each end. The air chamber is silver plated. The
rear ends of the copper plate, known as "wings" are
turned to resemble a propeller. A small tube extends
through the air chamber providing for a large wire,
on which the wings, or belly, revolve. The three
hooks (if a single set) are attached to the wire men-
tioned and are stationery. A swivel connects the
other end of the wire with the trolling line. The
spinners are made in eight sizes, varying from about
one inch to four inches in length. Bright feathers
are attached to the hook. The fly spoon, which is
a spoon proper, is oval and kidney shaped. The
spoon is simply fastened on the hook wire with a ring,
at a proper interval above the points, and revolves
around the hooks when drawn through the water.
There are many forms of these spoons with special
contrivances, some being two-bladed, others having
double set of hooks, etc., but all embrace the general
principles described.

Mr. Buel's establishment produced the bulk of all
trolling baits that delighted the hearts of sportsmen
for many years, but the demand became greater than
the house could supply, and the proprietor refused to
put in more machinery or to increase his force. As he
became advanced in years he felt less interest in prose-
cuting this work, and the old shop grew dingy. He
died in 1886, having reached 80 years.

Mr. Buel was a fine looking gentleman with strong
characteristics, who had a very happy faculty as an
intertainer. He had an inexhaustible fund of stories
concerning his experiences in fishing, and unlike some
fish stories, many of his were true. He was recog-
nized as authority by the fishermen of his section of
thecountry. He was familiarly known as "the Judge,"
and it was the delight of his friends to assemble in the
old shop and hear him relate his adventures and dis-
cuss his favorite topic while seated on an empty dry
goods box, known as "the seat of honor." Mr. Buel
was of a good family, and was held in the highest con-
fidence and esteem by all who knew him. He held the
office of deputy collector of U. S. Customs for the dis-
trict of Champlain for several years, and filled other
local offices. Alexander W. Buel, a brother of Julio
T., was a distinguished statesman of Detroit, Mich.,
and was a member of Congress when Mr. Buel took
out his first patent in 1852. The inventor was related
to the family of the late Commodore T. W. Philips,
and also the family of Gen. Grant.

The indications for steelhead fishing at Point Reye»
to-morrow are said to be first class. The Paper Mill
is in good condition and the water clear for spoon fish-
ing. The tide water spots below the railroad bridge,
where the fish have favorite feeding places, will be
prospected by a number of rod wielders.

Last Sunday the attendance of anglers was a re-
minder of the old days at the Point when the fishing
was a thing -of joy to the angler. Notwithstanding the
efforts of the many fishermen present the fish caught
were but few. No indications of their presence in the
water was shown by jumping fish nor did the tell tale
"swirl" and flirt of the tail delight the investigating
angler as he kept his weather eye open looking for fish
signs. Among the Waltonians Sunday were James
Watt, who hooked three small fish at the "rock," A.
E. Lovett, Chas. Kewell, W. H. Ashcroft, Chas. Breid-
enstein, Andy Legaspe, A. B. Finch, G. Luttrell, F.
Carroll, H. Battu, Paddy Doogan, Dooley and some
friends, Louis Rondeau, J. B. and C. R. Kenniff, Del
Cooper, John Gallagher, who caught an eight and a
half pound spent fish last week, O. W. Jackson and
Ron McMillan.

There is now quite a run of salmon grilse on and the
fish are caught daily at Lombard street wharf — one
weighing three and a half pounds was hooked on
Friday. A number of fish were caught in the water
east of the wharf. Generally the fishermen have
fished on an incoming tide and would put out their rods
from the wharf side nearest the incoming current.
The belief among the frequenters of the dock was
that all attempts to catch fish on the opposite side
would be futile, the impression, judging from results
this week, seems now to be erroneous.

At Sausalito, off the Buffalo hotel wharf, trolley
fishermen have been surprised during the week to find
grilse caught on their stationary fishing contrivances.
A few grilse, it is reported, have also been caught at
Lime Point.

The San Francisco Fly-Casting Club members will
have their annual banquet at the California Hotel this
evening at 6:30 P. M. An unusually attractive pro- '
gram embracing vocal and instrumental music,
addresses, etc., will be offered for the evening's enter-
tainment.

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[February 2, 1901

f THE FARn.

Agricultural Products at the Pan-American.

About one-half of the population of America live in
the rural districts. As the majority of these are en-
gaged in farming of a general or special character, their
influence on a great Exposition is apparent. Agricul-
ture, like all lines of business, is being divided up and
parcelled out into specialties Soil and climate are the
two great factors which determine the special line of
production of a farm or community. Business enter-
prise exerts a great influence in determining the degree
of success in any direction. Transportation often de-
cides the kind of crop in Bpite of all other influences ;
but the good sense and business qualifications of he in-
dividual farmer determines the amount of profit.

No matter what the division may be, the visitor to
the Pan-American Exposition may find his special line
singled out with up to date methods of cultivation,
shipping, marketing and other essential features accen-
tuated. Our own methods in many cases will be con-
trasted with those of countries of North or South Amer-
ica as well as compared, theoretically at least with other
countries.

To realize wh t compet tion in bus ness means, and
the painstaking care that is exercised in regard to fol-
lowing out minute details, the exportation of eggs from
Denmark to Great Britain offers an illustration. A
system of co-operation is adopted, deposits established
along the lines of railway and an agent stationed at
each point who has the right to refuse or accept any
eggs offered by the producer. Each egg is required to
be marked with a rubber Btamp giving the name or
mark by which it may be traced if not fresh. No eggs
are received if more than four days old and a severe
penalty is inflicted if this rule is disregarded. When
received the eggs are at once assorted as to size and
shipped to Great Britain where they bring the highest
price because of the uniform character and general ex-
cellence of the product. To make sure that everything
is right, they are inspected again upon their arrival.
This is done in a darkened cellarlwhere the egg is made
to pass before a strong light and one showing the slight-
est cloud is reported to the person sending it. This
system has resulted in increasing the trade in eggs from
Denmark from 1,279,031 great hundreds in 1S95 to
2,266,031 great hundreds in 1999. As Great Britain im-
ports about 16,000,0J0 great hundreds (1,920,000,000)
eg s, little Denmark must furnish about one-seventh of
the whole supply.

France is sending poultry to Great Britain in especially
constructed cars as far as the channel. The chickens
are sent alive and fattened on the way, being so arranged
that one attendant may look after several cars. The
same system is employed in shipping "petit poussin"
from Belgian to Paris. These partridge-like broilers
arrive in such good condition the restaurant men are
willing to pay 48 cents each for them. The experiment
is being tried of sending this class of poultry all the
way from Russia to England in this manner.

As in the selling product of the poultry yard, ao it
will be Been in each department connected with the
farm. The Exposition is systematically divided into
sections. A visit to many sections will sometimes be
necessary to follow a production from stait to finish, but
guide books, maps, etc.. will be issued and the effort
will be well rewarded.

To MakeJWire_Cuts Heal.

Barbed wire cuts frequently occur on horses where
barbed wire fence is. A writer in an exchange gives his
treatment. He says: Allow me to give the treatment
in use here and found effectual in cases where the cut
was on the breast of horses, the opening being Bix inches
wide and two or three inches deep. These caBes healed
without any stitching, or leaving an unnatural enlarge-
ment, in a short time. Another cure where a horse got
his foreleg over a wire and back of the knee haggled to
the bone for six inches. This got well without lameness
or any enlargement, only a small scar. Another young
stallion had the back of his front pastern cut, and was
treated with liniments without healing, and an un-
natural growth would show and was trimmed with a
knife without healing, and when the treatment below
was given it healed up in a short time. Wash the cut
daily with warm water and caBtile soap to cleanse parts.
Then spray or dampen the injury with a weak solution
of carbolic acid, then dust on fresh air slacked lime.
There does no' appear any need of covering or bandag-
ing the cut, aa this will keep off the flies or any un-
natural growth.

Fully one-half of the chicks that die in the early
spring time are victims of the vermin pest. If the
premises are not renovated and the vermin extermi-
nated in the fall it will be next to impossible to raise
chicks in such quarters in the spring.

The Cowboys of the Olden Times.

In the beginning, the live stock men ruled the world
and they have had a good deal to say as to how things
should go ever since writeB C. C. Goodwin in Field and
Farm. The first book ever written tells of the horse
trainers of Troy, and old Homer often turns aside from
his great theme to give the pedigree of a horse. While
Ajax, THysses, Achilles and the others were famous
fighters among the Greeks, to Diomed was singled out
the glory of possessing more skill in handling horses,
and ever since the race that has possessed the best
horses has been the world's ruling people. In the old
davs, the standard of value waB live stock, and when
men began to coin money, each coin represented the
value of some animal.

Thus, the shekel of the Jews meant a lamb and the
pecus of the Romans meant an ox. When it was said
that a man had not a shekel, it meant he had no sheep,
and when in Rome a man was called impecunious, it
meant he had no cattle. That man Sisyphus, who
founded Corinth, was the most famous live stock
breeder of the age. According to all accounts, he did a
great business. He had better branding irons, longer
riatas and more accomplished vaqueros than any of his
neighbors He got to that country early; he located
the valley in which Corinth was afterwards built. He
may have had a summer ranch on the mountains. He
took up all the springs and he was doing a smashing
business until once, when he had bought in all the fat
cattle on the near ranges, the gods caught him trying to
bribe their oracles to threaten the people with a mighty
famine in order to frighten them into laying in their
corned beef at increased prices. He had trouble then.

You remember his sentence — that he was to roll a
huge boulder up a steep grade in Erebus, but he was
promised that if he would once roll it over the divide,
he should be given a ranch in Elysian fields — a great
range where no sheepmen would ever intrude, where
the springs would be unfailing and where the bunch-
grass would be richer than it was in Nevada in '60.
At last accounts he was still rolling the boulder. That
Bible story of how Jacob worked his father-in-law, old
Laban, by promising that he would take all the spotted
and speckled and striped cattle, giving Laban the cattle
of fixed colors was of direct interest to stockmen.

The story of his peeling the hazel and poplar trees
and bushes, thus showing streaks of white and brown
and green, to have its influence upon the females at
certain periods can be taken for what it is worth. My
own belief is that Jacob knew a thing or two about
stock and knew that the native breeds were all of fixed
colors, even as the Devons, Galloways, the Pembrokes
and Kylos are to-day ; that by some means Jacob had
succeeded in introducing some imported males and
knew that the next year's calves would be of mixed
colors and so took that plan to secure the best animals
and to get even with old Laban for making him do
chores for fourteen years for his daughter Rachel, when
the original contract was that he should have her after
seven years.

The following resolution adopted at the National Live
Stock Convention last week speaks for itself : "Where-
as, The policy of the American government for the past
thirty years or more has been to protect home manu-
facturers and home grown products, and to purify the
manufactured article, and, whereas, recent statistical
facts disclose the paradox that the present production
of woolen and worsted finished fabrics by the manu-
facturers of wool in the United States is the largest in a
period of twentj' years and that the consumption of raw
wool is smaller at present than at any time durins the
same period and believing that the cause for this condi-
tion ariseB in a large measure from an extensive use of
cotton and shoddy in what is put as so-called woolen
goods ; therefore be it resolved, by the National Live
Stock Association, in convention assembled at Salt Lake
City, that we conceive it to be our duty to call the atten-
tion of our representatives in Congress to these facts,
and ask them to provide and enact such legislation as
will prevent deceit and fraud in marketing the manu-
factured articles as wholly of wool, when in fact the
same is made largely from cotton and shoddy, as the
case may be, and to provide suitable penalties for viola-
tions of the provisions of such an act."

Water supply from flowing wells is called artesian
from the town of Artois, France, where such sinkings
were made in the middle ages, but the discovery that
water might be so obtained dates back to the older civi-
lization of Egypt, in Asia Minor to a period to historical
times and to ancient times in China, Persia, Algeria,
Lombardy and the Sahara.

Big Sale of Holsteins.

Several months ago the sale of the Oakland Dairy
Ranch in San Joaquin county was reported. As stated
heretofore the purchasers intend to make the dairy one
of the very best to be found anywhere. The following
from the Fresno Democrat is of interest in this connec.
tion:

Probably the largest sale of registered Holstein cattle
that has ever taken place in the United States has been
made at the famous Minnewawa farm, where 100 head
of full bloods have been sold consisting of 40 cows, and
the remainder calves and young 6tock, including three
fine bulls. This fine herd consists of about 2S0 heed,
and he sale of these choice full bloods will consist of
some of the finest stock in the herd.

No prices are named for Jpublication, but, suffice it to
say, only long prices could induce the sellers to part
wfth such a large number of fancy breed dairy stock. It
is not the purpose of this noted (breeding farm to dis-
continue the breeding of the cattle, but after the cold
weather in the East other stock will be supplied here to
fill the place of those sold. The purchaser was Charles
D. Pierce, a wealthy gentleman of San Francisco, who
will take them to his farm on the San Joaquin river four
miles from Stockton, .'where he has fitted up new barns
and houses and will make his place one of the finest in
California.

He proposes making butter for fancy trade in San
Francisco, and after looking over all the herds in Cali-
fornia choBe the Minnewawa, because its stock suited
him best and appealed to his pride and business judg-
ment as bei g the animals suited to his wants.

The sale was made through Fulton G. Berry of this
city and R. H. Cameron of San Francisco. The stock
will remain at the Minnewawn farm until about the
middle of February and until Mr. Pierce has completed
his commodious barns on the alfalfa farm near
Stockton.

Why I Patronize the Creamery.

Because it benefits me financially, makes farm da ry-
ing a mere chore to be attended night and morning,one
that almost all members of the family can take part in.
Because the creamery pays about 3 cents a pound more
for butter than the merchants pay, and I get the cash
at the end of every month, and it makes me a right nice
little pension if I do have to milk theold cow to make it.
Then again the creamery helps me to make from $20 to
$30 per cow more than to keep her a year to rais • a calf
from. Then again it is considerably ahead of the old
way of making butter and taking it to town and beg-
ging the merchant to take your butter and give you
groceries for i . When I patronize the creamery, I have
the cash to go and buy the groceries with and a good
many other things, and if you keep good cows enough
you can soon pay the mortgage off or buy an addition to
the farm.

These are a few reasons why I patronize the creamery.
I have the record of my last year's business with the
creamery, the proceeds from 11 cows. I delivered, to
the creamery, 38,975 poundB of milk, in which were
1545 pounds of butter fat, for which I received $285.60.
Skim milk returned, 23,385 pounds, which at 15 cents
per hundred, was $35 10. Nine calves, at $25 per head
is $225. The total income from 11 cows then is $545.70.
— I. B. Brown in Kansas Farmer.

The succesB of turkey raising depends largely on the
selection of the breeding stock. Never use young birds
if it can be a oided. If necessary to breed "from young
hens use a two year old gobble'. If a young torn is
kept, mate it with two year old hens o older. Never
in-breed. A new male each season from a reliable
breeder will pay many times the cost in stronger poults.
Aim to have the poults hatch as near June 1st as possi-
ble. Early poults in this climate are not especially de-
Birable. June hatches should make fine birds by
Thanksgiving and Christmas. The hen usually lays
from eighteen to twenty-four eggs before wanting to sit,
but young r hens sometimes lay double this number.
On the whole, turkey mothers are the best, but oftimes
it is best to hatch and rear the first litters with common
hens. Eight or nine eggs will be sufficient for a good
sized hen. A turkey will cover fifteen to eighteen.

Some interesting facts and figures regarding the man-
ufacture and sale of filled cheese are given in the
annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue
which has just been published. It shows a gradual but
steady falling off in the traffic in these imitation goods.
The cheese tradeof the country was seriously threatened
prior to the passage of the law in June, 1S96. defining
cheese, imposing a tax upon and regulating the manu-
facture, sale, importation and exportation of filled
cheese. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900,
there was produced and tax paid on 1,574,W79 pounds of
filled cheese, which shows a decreased production as
compared with the previous year of 113,671 pounds or
nearly seven per cent. Of this amount only 22,473
pounds were consumed at home, the remainder going
for export and branded imitation cheese. The tax is
refunded on all stock shipped out of the country.

The hen is the housewife's best friend. It is to the
hen that most farmers' wives must look for their pend-
ing money and where the farmer does his part in pro-
viding comfortable quarters nine times out of ten the
wife is better provided with spending money than the
master of the premises.

Frequent inquiries come to us for some good remedy
for worms in horses. The following is recommended :
Give calomel, three drachms; tartar emetic, three
drachms; mix and divide into three powders. Hive
one powder each night, for three nights in succession,
in a bran mash. Forty eight hours after giving last
powder give raw linseed oil, one quart, and turpentine
two ounces; mix and give as a drench, and at once dose.
Repeat in a week or 10 days if necessary.

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Pointers for the "Small Farmer."

In concluding a description of Briarcliff
Farms, Briarcliff Manor, N. Y , owned by
Mr. W. W. Law, the Country Gentleman
says;

Here are some of the things to which

To Make Durable Whitewash.

Take a half bushel of unslaked lime,
slake it with boiling water, cover during
the process to keep in steam, strain the
liquid through a fine sieve or strainer and
add to it a peek of salt, previously dis-

Mr. Law gives sedulous and unremitting mUed in warm water, three pounds of
attention : He selects his service bulls ground rice boiled t0 a tllin paste and
with the utmost care, both individually stirred in while hot] ha]f a pound Spanish

and in regard to their pedigrees; he
watches the health of his cattle as if
they were his children ; he requires abso-
lute gentleness in every movement that is
made with them, and perfect quiet in the
stables ; he keeps everything clean to the
smallest detail, milkpails always covered,
cows' udders and milkers' hands washed,
milk repeatedly strained ; he knows ex-
actly what every cow does and disposeB

whiting, and one pound of glue, previously
dissolved by soaking in cold water and
then hanging over the fire in a small pot
hung in a larger one filled with water.
Add five gallons of hot water to the mix-
ture, stir well and let it Btand a few days
covered from dirt. It should he applied
hot, for which purpose it can be kept in a
portable furnace. A pint of this mixture
will cover about one square yard.
Some of the departments of the United

fences and other outbuildings, where
cheap, durable paint is needed. Add a
little carbolic acid when using inside the
poultry house.— Farmers' Advocate.

promptly of the poorer kind; he keeps States Government make and UFe this
accounts to a penny, and withal he con- whitewash, and it is cheap, durable and
aiders the esthetic side of the business ??ect'\v?, Lighthouses are covered with
, . . . ,, it, and the east end of the AVhite House

and permits no ugly blot on the landscape. at Washington is coated with this prepar-

Cannot the smallest and poorest farmer ation.
do exactly the same? Does his poverty|_ It ia good for use on poultry houses,
in any manner compel him to permit
noise or dirt or harshness about his stables
or dairy? or leavinga milkpail uncovered?
or carelessness in selecting service bulls?
or ignor nee of the production of each
cow? or the neglect to keep a cash ac-
count? or leaving the dooryard untidy and
repulsive? Weigh these questions, Mr.
Small Farmer, we pray you, and compare
the principles on which you are conduct-
ing your business with those regarded as
fundamental at Briarcliff. If they are
practically the same — that is to say, if you
are just as careful up to the limit of your
ability to make the best of everything on
the place, as Mr. Law's employees have o
be— you may perhaps find little to learn
from their methods. If you are not thus
careful it may be profitable for you to re-
flect that you are indulging yourself in
easy-going practices which millionaire
farmers think they cannot afford! Lay
that proposition to heart now, and be
wise.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Good Pasturage at
accidents. No wire

per month.

The Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08VS, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Mac
2:lli(i, Arlene Wilkes2:ll?i, New Era 2-13
Aeroplane 2:W",i. Sunbeam 2:164. Sybils
2:165£. Saville 2:1?;;, Grand George 2:18w,
J. P. Hanson 2:19.1.4, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, y« mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I.

Telephone: Suburban oil.

Stoppings as a Tonic.

Dr.

N. Y

B. J. Kendall, of Saratoga Springs,
says:

"The last qu'rt of the milking before it
has partea with any of the animal heat is
the most valuable thing koown to build
up a person who is tnin and emaciated
with disease."

This opinion is shared by many of the
best physicians throughout the entire
land, who prescribe Jeysey strippinga as-
being richer and specifically more effective
as a tonic than any other milk. Thous-
ands of cases might be cited of the most
wonderful effects of this milk tonic.
Where it is not practicable to get strip-
pings warm from the cow, they may le
saved separate and warmed to blood heat
before drinking. Begin with half a pint
night and morning and increase as the
case calls for it. Some persons take as
much as a half gallon a day with excellent
results. This rich milk tonic is especially
valuable for feeble children and for in-
fants. In feeding infants it is of more
importance- to use it from the cow so as to
avoid any chance of souring. For infants
more care too, is needed in regulating the
quantity and times of feeding. — Jersey
Bulletin.

Scarcity of Old Steers.

In times when any industry is prosper-
ous, there are always croakers who predict
overproduction overstocked markets and
consequent lower prices, and who throw
such like cold-water dashes on men of
more hopeful temperment and view. Re-
vival of the cattle industry, with good
prices for breeding Btock and with farmers
desirous o£ owning better bulls for grad-
ing up their herds, make these croakers
ominously shake their heads and predirt
"slumps ' in the cattle market. But let
such philosophize on the following from
the Denver Record-Stocfanan:

"The scarcity of old steers in the mar
ket of this country, so noticeable a year
a;jo, continues, and this is one feature that
shows conclusively that the country is
keeping the cattle supply close up. Fully 90
per cent, of the steers offered on this mar-
ket are not over two years of age. The
bulk of the offerings are yearlings."

Such reports to the thinking stockman
are evidences that overproduction of cat-
tle is not a thing of the near future, when
is added to this the fact that ranges are
every year becoming more restricted and
that our best beef cattle, which the mar-
ket is demanding, will be fed in small lots
and on the farm rather than on the ranges.

Your Winnings

for the season will depend
entirely on the health of
your "string" of racers.
Frequent shippings in
disease infected cars, say
nothing of drafts, bad
weather and the sudden
changes in temperature may
break you. A dependable
remedy always at hand is the best insurance.

Turtle's Elixir

tills the bill to a nicety. Breaks up chills and
wards off and cures colds and pneumonia. Un-
equalled for Colic. Distemper, &c. Applied ex-
ternally it is invaluable in cases of Splint. Curb.
Spavin. &c. Used and endorsed by Adams Ex=
press Company.

TUTTLE'S FAMILY ELIXIR cures rheumatism, sprains
bruises, etc. Kills pain instantly. Our lOO-page book.
"Veterinary Experience," FliEE.

Tuuie's Elixir Co., 437 O'FarrellSt., San Francisco. Cat.

Beware of so-called Elfxlre— none genuine but Tiitile'h.
avoid all blisters ; they off er only temporary relief i I any

Home office: 53 B verly, St. Boston, Mass.

Your stable is not complete without Ouinn'S
Ointment. An infallible cure for all ordi-
nary horse afflictions. Follow the example
set by the leading horsemen of the world and
your stable shelf will always hold a bottle of

Quinn's Ointment

A. L. Thomas, Snpt. Oanton Farm, Joliet, 111., remarks,
"Iencloaoyoa amount for aix bottles of Qninn'a Ointment.
After one year's trial must confess it does all you claim for
it." For Curbs, Splints, Spavins, Windpaffs or Bunches.

Price fi.oo per package.

Sold by all druggists,

or sent by mail.

| w. B. EDDY & CO., Whitehall, N. Y.

TRY IT.

MOORHEAD,

Santa Clara,

Great Clearance Sale

OF

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & CO.

1144 Market Street

Stallion Cards,

BUSINESS COLLEGE
24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

The oldest, the largest, the most popular com-
mercial school on the Pacific Coast. 18,000 gradu-
ates; 25 teachers: 60 typewriters; over 300 students
annually plaeed in positions. Send for catalogue.
15. P. UEALU, President.

The largest and beat located Hales pavilion
on the Pacific Coast 1

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STREET,

Near Third - - San Francisco.

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

Having fitted up the abo/e place especially for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond wiih owners
regarding the Auction Sales which I shall hold
at this place EVERY TUESDAY at 11 a. m.
Arrangements can be made for special sales ol
standard bred trotting stock, thoroughbreds, etc.
My turf library is the largest on this Coast, hence
lam prepared to compile catalogues satisfactorily
to my patrons. I take pleasure in referring to anj
and all for whom I have sold horses during the past
two years. WM. G. LATNO,

Live Stuck Auctioneer.
rel*>nh.mP MHtii 5179.

GOODWIN BKu&., Publishers,

1440 Broadway, New York.
Circulars mailed upon application.

PCK. A. PONIATOWSKI,

President.

Charles L. Fair,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(3an Mateo Co., Cal.)

JAN. 21st. to FEB. 9tb.

incl.

Six or More High-class Running Races

Every Week Day, Beginning at 3:10

p. m. Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

Stake Races Evcy Week. Three Races for Jump-
ing Horeea During the First Meeting.

caSVITAOIL

Cures laineuess mm Sttiuue&s )n 111.. 11 unci oeabt
Ask any horse traiDer about it. At all druggists.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets San Francisco, for Tanloran Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11:30 A. M.; 1, 1:30 and 2 p. M.

Traios Leave Tanloran Park for San Francisco—
At 4:;o p m., followed by several specials.

43" Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, SI 25.

MILTON LATHAM, Sec'y.

'ALL, VOYAGERS AGREE THAT FOR
VARIED BEAUTY OF FORM AND COLOR,
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE UNSURPASSED
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS THAT
CIRCLE ROUND THE HIGH LANDS. GATHER
IN LOVELY STREAMS, AND, AFTER HEAVY
RAINS, TORRENTS PRECIPITATE THEM-
SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN CLIFFS— A FEATURE SO STRIK-
ING A3 TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE AT-
TENTION OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL-
LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF THE
ISLANDS THERE IS A LUXURIANT CORAL
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE AT NO
GREAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW THE
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLAND
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOSE OF
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS."

— Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Isle. Send for
"Tahiti" to Company's office, 643 Market
St., San Francisco, Cal.

To cure a Wind Puff
or Strained Joint:

Steam the pait with very hot
water for 20 minutes, rub dry
and apply

ABSORBINE

once or twice a day, rubbing
it in. At night saturate the
hair full of the following
wash: 1 oz. ABSORBINE,
% pint vinegar and IK pints
water, cover with a layer of
cotton and bandadge over.
Repeat as above until cured.
ABSORBINE sold by regu-
lar dealers or delivered for S3 per bottle. Mfg. by
W. F. YOUNG, P.D. F., Springfield, Mass.
Also manufacturer of Taroleum for horses' feet.
For Bale by Mack & Co., Langley & Micbaele Co
Reddington & Co., J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron,
•ill of San Francisco.

Capl. Tom Merry

Compiler of

TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)

AddreBs 534 1-2 South. Spring St.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Refers to Hon. Win. C. "Whitney, New York;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene,
Esq., New York: E. S. Gardner, Jr., Saudersville,
Tenn.; Wm. Hendrie, Esq.,,Hamilton,_Ont.

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Pabhott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE ... $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

DALY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15

A>T)

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:-XH by Electioneer.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

and

- For
and full

By Direct. 2:0d Sire of Directly, 2:03£,
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
VeraSj 2:11^-) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mares only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TEOIS FOR THE ^EASO.V S60.
Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.
" Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares 33.00 per month. (Xo
barbed wire.
Special Stake for foals. of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
particulars, address

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton. Cal.

Cl;pper 2:06

Daedal ion 2:11

Diawood 3 11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11)6

SIRE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 3:16^4

<Jafi" Topsail. 3: "

N L B. (2) 8:2154

Imp a :22>i

Key del Diablo C-i) . ..2:23%
Athalbo 2:24U

Sire

Hazel D 2:24t;

Much Better 2:07M I Dam /Diablo 2:09$*

»...« nrnnw nnn | Derby Princess ■««„..-„. } Elf 2:1214

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 •< Diablo £09fc I BERTHA by Alcantara ^ Ed Lafferty 2:1^1

lOwyhee 2:11 „,„ n. |Jay Efl Bee (year-

Dam of ( lins record*. ._ . 9-at

and 10 more in 2:30

ling record) 2:26^

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per
or escapes.

month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

SIDNEY

S:1BJ£

.sire of

LENTANiOj".

IT in>2:15£l!st

S3 irf2:30 list

Sire:

».-= ARTHUR

CRICKET

2:10

6y

STEIXWAY

sire of

Klatawah2:u5t»

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 3:30 list

WILKES

2:2**4

sire of
WAYLAXD W-
■::\-2--.
4 in 2:15 list
7 in 2:30 list
grandsire of
2 in 2:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of

Apes.. ..226

grandam of

4 in 2:15 list

6 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLDS first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all have

2:13;£, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900. ; size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with, tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Eanch

RILEY,

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
(winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J, GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

Ho. 3i0 Ame>ican Hackney Stud Book

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3: hands.

The only representative stallion in America of 1 he two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Botn his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, eorabim'-d Kith true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE -2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1931 at «30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten (*10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McDonnell, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm.
Portola, ;.ati Mateo County. Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22,449

■16 ;-.' and Lorita

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam-Zoritit&iB l-|*|i 'Piedmont sot: tecpnd dam La - id'ivweU

~':- < Ltt'irfi, dam of aire of Occident :':i>; 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track-Terms $50 the Season.

, Hi*!? V" be met at ,r?-ln bT «>mP8«en( man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for.^'Jc?'s or escoI!es-. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of sVrvice and St be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address s! A. HOOPER,

Race Track, "Woodland) Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1-4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:0TJ, GAYTOX 2:08}, ALVES 2:091, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young- Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PI.EASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Monev
due at time of service or on removal of mare.-

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

•-Address WM. K WELCH, Pleasanton . CaJ.

XOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 slssj-s

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:0~.X, DERBY PRINCESS 2:084. DIABLO 2 :09)<, OWYHEE 2:11,

LITHE BETTER 3:11H', CIBOLO 2 :13' ., and many other fast and game race horses

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11 «"»—■

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Aadress

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal

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Bonnie Direct 2:051

World's Record for Pacers in First £
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber" of Commerce Stake at Detroit:
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having S7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05*, Sire of Directly 2:03V,
Directum Kelly 2:08;. Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14&),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:ll"4.
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10%, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE TVILKES 2:29, by George
W^ilkes 2i22.

Third Dam BETTY VXLEY, by BobTJohnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston. "*

is a black stallion, 15?^ hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.
BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at S 1 OO
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates-
Address

C. 1-. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

BONNIE DIRECT

Summary of Three of Bonnie

Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, S5.000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

HalMcEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 II 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10H,2;12#, 2:13^:2:13; 2:12^, 2:12%.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at ColombuS.

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

LadyPiper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr. Prince Exum. dis.

Time— 0:31. 1:02%, 1:34, 2:05M; 0:33,—, 1:05^,
1:38K. 2:lt)'4: 0:32: 1:03^, l:34»/„, 2:07>i: 0:31^,
l:04y2. 1:37%, 2:08%; 0:31M, 1:03%, 1:36. 2:08^.

Blue Hill Stake, S3.000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

Sal lie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6. Lady Albright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07%, 2:09^, 2:10^-

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

BULL TEKRIER

For Sale

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:221

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16'4, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2:lOH,
Claudius 2:l3Vi, Georgie B. 2:12^, Bob Ingersoll 2:14% and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22U and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05 H- Direct 2:05'-2, Direction
2:10 Ji, Evangel'n? 2: 11 hi, Margaret S. 2:12!4 and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462. sire of Echora 2:23 v; (dam of Direct 2:05*4) and 16 others
in list; third aam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22!^), sire of Our Dick 2:10^,
Homestake 2:14J4 and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

WII KP^ DIRFf T is a dark ba5"- 15-3 nan<ls and weighs 1200 pounds; well
TT ilivl-o l/iivlv i f0rmeti and 0f kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Gal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141. San Jo»e, Cal

Dog, two years old by WOODCOTE VENOM-
FLY. Good looker and good disposition.
For particulars address "W. F. ,

1237 York St."; Sau Francisco.

The Fox Terrier \?1 RO

A. K. C. S. B. 52,089.
By Visto (the sire of Champion Veracity) ex
Eggesford Dora. A winning dog on the Eastern
Bench Show Circuit and on the Coast. At stud ;to
a limited number of approved bitches. He has al-
ready proved himself to be a good sire, and should
improve the quality of the breed on the Coast.
Fee, $15 in advance. For particulars address,

Chas. K. Harlet, 844 Harrison St., S. F.

AT STUD

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2 09.

SSSSS2

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PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
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The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
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"The Regal McKinney at the Top."
Mr. Winfield James, one of the leading statisticians
of the country who compiles many interesting com-
parative tables for the horse journals, recently pub-
lished an article in the Kentucky Stocl Farm in which
he gave a list of the leading sires of 2:15 speed. When
Mr. James speaks of 2:15 speed he does not include
all the pacers in the 2:15 list, but only those with rec-
ords of 2:10 or better, holding that 2:15 speed at the
trot is fully as meritorious as 2:10 speed at the pace.
Mr. James claims that the best evidence of a sire's
ability as a producer, is the proportion of his get that
have extreme speed, and on this basis he says -"the
regal McKinney is at the top," and gives the following
table to prove it. Now, for a fact, just fiftv per cent,
of the get of this great son of Alcyone that have taken
records are in the 2:15 list, but Mr. James' table omits
all pacers slower than 2:10, and even then McKinney
is ten per cent, ahead of any other sire in America.
The table is as follows, and contains the names of all
sires of 2:15 performers that have 30 standard repre-
sentatives :

Horse's XAiiES.

McKinney 2:11M

Baron Wilkes 2:18

Guv Wilkes 2: 15?^

Wilkes Boy 2:24'-.

Robert McGregor 2:1?;;.

Stranger

Mambrino King

j Chimes

Altamont 2-.26?^

Simmons 2:26

Patcben Wilkes 2:29'....

Sieinwav 2:2o34

jAsnlana Wilkes 2: 17^...

Alcvone 2:27

Eagle Bird 2:21

Patron 2:14^...

Brown Hal ipi 2:12'.

Wilton 2:19^

Onward 2:25t$-

C. F.Clay 2:18

Pilot Medium

Stamboul 2:07^5

Axtell (3) 2:12

Director 2:17

Bourbon Wilkes

Elyria 2:25>4

Jay Bird

Dexter Prince

Red Wilkes

Norval 2:143i

Sphinx 2:204

Alcantara 2:23

Youns? Jim

Electioneer

Gambetta Wilkes 2:19^..

Allerton ±mx

Sidney 3:103£

Happy Medium

Nutwood 2:18?i

33.3
22.

21.2
1- .6
18.5
18.1
17.8
17.5
16
15.3
15
15
14.5
13.6
13.5
13.5
12.8
12.7
12.5
12
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11.6
11.5
10.4
10.3
9.9
9.6
9.5
9.4
9.3
9.2
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2:12.2

2:11.9

2:12.4

2:12.9

2:13.4

2:10.7

2:10.8

2:11.6

2:13.2

2:12.1

2:13

2:12.3

2:125

2:11.5

2:12.1

2:10 6

2:11.9

2:12.3

2:11.7

2:12.4

2:11.8

2:11.9

2:10.6

2:10.3

2:13.9

2:12.1

2:12.7

2:13.3

2:12 9

2:13.9

2:12.8

2:10.6

2:11.6

2:12.5

2:11.2

2:11.8

2:11.2

2:12.2

This is a wonderful showing for a comparatively
young horse, and it is no wonder that the leading
breeders of America are turning their eyes toward him
and it need not surprise anyone if McKinney goes East
at the close of the present season at a price that will be
more than has been paid for a California stallion in
many years. The Palo Alto Stock Farm will breed
twelve high class mares (to him this year, and Mr.
Durfee stated to the writer last Tuesday that a dozen
more will fill McKinney's book, as he has been booking
mares since October.

"Good wine needs no bush," but we cannot refrain
at this time from calling attention to a few of the re-
markable things about McKinney and his breeding.
He was a champion race horse himself. He won 25 out
of 28 races, and was the champion four year old of his
time with a record of 2:12J and did not lose a race that
year although he raced through the entire circuit.
Two years later, in 1893, he made another champion
record when he won at Stockton the fastest eight heat
race ever trotted up to that time, and in that race
took his record of 2:11}. In the stud he has been the
champion sire of 2:15 performers of his age ever since
his colts and fillies began to race and he now has fif-
teen of them, headed by Coney 2:02J, one of the fastest
- the world has ever seen, there being but six
horses that have ever beaten his mark and these are
Star Pointer 1:59}, John R. Gentry 2:00J, Joe Patchen
2:01}, Robert J. 2:01J, Prince Alert 2:02 and Anaconda
'J.:**- \ As a race horse McKinney was invincible and
as a sire he is equally so.
His breeding is so rich in blood that has proven its
potency that his greatness as a sire is not to be
wondered at. His sire is Alcyone 2:27, for his oppor-
- the greatest of the sons of Geo. Wilkes, as he
had but ten years uf life. Alcyone's dam Alma Mater,
probably the greatest of all broodmares, was by Mam-
brino Patchen, one of the leading sires of producing
dams, and her dam Estella, a thoroughbred mare
ose blood lines are royal even among thoroughbreds
of highest breeding.

The dam of McKinney, Rosa Sprague, would be
great had she only given birth to this great son, but
v hile several cf her foals died before they were raced
several showed great speed and one, Sampson, trotted
i public trial in 2:14. Rosa Sprague left a daughter,
-r, in Hetty Case whose daughter Fereno proved

the potency of the blood by winning the two year old
division of the Kentucky Futurity in 1S99, taking a
record of 2:17, and winning the three year old division
of the same stake last year, reducing her mark to
2:10| and closing the season the champion three year
old trotter of the year. Gov. Sprague 444, the sire of
Rosa Sprague, was a wonderful sire. The Year Book
of 1899 shows that 38 of his get took records in 2:30
or better, and that 23 of his sons had sired 83 standard
performers and 32 of his daughters produced 43 in the
list. As Gov. Sprague's entire list of foals is said to be
less than 200, this is a marvelous showing. The second
dam of McKinney was a full sister to Gen. Geo. H.
Thomas, the sire of six in 2:30, and sire of the dams of
Billy Andrews 2:06}. Walnut Boy 2:113. Dyersburg
2:11.!, St. Andre 2:13} and a great many more fast ones.
McKinney's third dam was by Mambrino Chief 11, one
of the greatest progenitors of speed America has pro-
duced; his fourth dam by the imported thoroughbred
Napoleon: his fifth dam by the thoroughbred horse
Tempest that was a grandson of imp. Diomed, winner
of the first English Derby.

There are so many horses with fast records closely
related to McKinney that a list of those in the first,
second and third generations would fill a page. Alcy-
one, his sire, has eleven 2:15 performers, the fastest be-
ing Martha Wilkes 2:08, and is the grandsire of Coney
2:02f, Searchlight 2:03]. Win. Mac 2:05} and fifty
more with records of 2:15 or better. Alma Mater, his
paternal grandam, produced 8 standard performers,
and has 46 grandsons and grandaughters with records
from 2:02| to 2:15.

But aside from his speed, his race horse qualities
and his power to reproduce both. McKinney has a
grand individuality. A magnificent, intelligent head,
perfect neck, massive shoulders, a back that is remark-
ably short, large muscular quarters and feet and legs
like iron. He is a king, every inch of him, and there
is not a stallion owner in California that will dispute
his title.

Mr. Durfee, as announced in our last issue, now has
McKinney at the San Jose track, where he will remain
until further notice. The service fee will be $100 for
the season.

Memphis to be a Horse Center.

A despatch from Chicago under date of February
2d, says : Memphis is to be made a great racing and
training center for harness horses through a plan
already launched by C. K. G. Billings, the gas mag-
nate of Chicago, and Frank Jones of the Tennessee
metropolis. Within the next few months a tracki
grand stand, stables and a club-house will be erected
and stake events rivaling in value those of any other
prominent racing association will be announced for a
meeting to be given next fall, immediately following
the races at Lexington, Ky. Land for the racing
plant has already been purchased. Billings and Jones
are now in New York to engage Seth Griffin to take
charge of the building of the race course.

Murray Howe, associate editor of the Horse Reviewi
has been engaged to act as secretary for the new rac-
ing organization. He began his work to-day and will
shortly make announcement of the stakes which will
be given at the inaugural moeting. It is the intention
of Billings and Jones to spare no expense in the build-
ing of the track. They propose to make it an ideal
club, with racing for sport the only object. The
grounds are located within twelve minutes ride of
Memphis. This will be partially surrounded by a park
and a golf course will be laid out on the track. Part
of the plan is to establish a club which can be enjoyed
by Northern enthusiasts during the winter months.

Jones, who is much interested in harness racing and
harness horses, besides having extensive property
holdings at Memphis, is the originator of the project-
He believes that Memphis can easily draw the best
horses from the great meeting at Lexington, which
has heretofore marked the end of the trotting and
pacing season. He found a ready supporter of his
plan in Billings, and the two have carried on the
greater part of the arrangements within the last month.

One of the big points involved in the project is the
establishment of winter training quarters for harness
horses. There is at present no available place for
trainers who do not care to cross the mountains to
California. Memphis has long been a great winter
training ground for thoroughbreds, and could as well
be used by harness horsemen, in the opinion of Jones.

In the purpose of holding the great race meeting
late in the fall it is understood that there will be no
idea of conflicting with the plans of any other racing
organization of importance in the country. The Lex-
ington meet is always noted for its sensational perform-
ances and Jones believes the Memphis track will
eclipse Lexington in this regard.

Horse News from the South.

San Bernardino, Jan. 20, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman"— Probably most
of your readers have read or heard of Colton, Cal.
Its the first place in the State where the two great
Transcontinental railroads cross. The citizens of that
place claim it is the head of navigation on the Santa
Ana river, as they have never known any of the deep
water steamers to go north of there. The Colton
Chronicle, the brightest and most newsy weekly in the
State, notifies the denizens of the place when the
weekly fog horn is to be blown. Colton is justly cele-
brated for its fine oranges: for the quantity and purity
of its water: for the beauty and number of its widows:
for the number of its passenger trains; for the number
and breeding of its fine horses. Sir. S. B. Wright
owns Alta Rena 2:27 at three years, trial at five of 2:12;
H. A. Smith owns a fine filly by Zombro 2:11, dam Alta
Rena 2:27: Mr. E. D. Roberts owns Colton Maid 2:17
and two very promising fillies by Zolock 2:10J from her.
Mr. Van Lenven drives a very fine Bob Mason horse
that can show a mile in 2:27.

There are a good many finely bred mares from Max-
imillion here. Zombro has some three year olds, Conn
2:15 has several, Happy Prince many. McKinney,
Inca, Sacramento, Adjutant, Tenbroek, Del Sur,
Woolsey, Judd Wilkes, Christmas and many other
very well known and prominent stallions in Southern
California have left a broodmare foundation that is
simply splendid for any horse to build up a reputation
on as a sire.

Your correspondent while making his rounds among
the breeders of San Bernardino county called at the
bleeding farm of Mr. M. A. Murphy of Colton, there
one can find some of the best bred animals in Southern
Cal.. Mr. Murphy having other business to absorb the
major portion of his time yet he devotes some time to
breeding and developing his light harness horses.
Among his brood mares he has Sarah Benton by
Albion and Nellie Bly.by Woolsey dam Bessie by Inca.
These mares have produced Ellen Madison 2:12} and
Harry Madison a green horse, though he has always
shown as much speed as any campaigner in the State.
Among his other brood mares that he prizes very
highly are May Day by Woolcouch son of Woolsey,
and Alaska by Woolsey both out of Sarah Benton.
Both these mares have shown extreme speed, but were
retired to the harem without records.

In his paddocks we find the beautiful jet black stal-
lion Lord Kitchner by Zombro out of Sarah Benton.
This is a grand looker as well as grandly bred. He
was worked last spring and was showing very well
having worked miles in 2:19 when he was taken sick
with epizootic and was thrown out of training at the
end of six weeks work. Lord Kitchener stands fully
16 hands and weighs 1200 lbs., of large bone and muscle
and of very high finish. In the adjoining paddock
romping was a filly of the same age who was also un-
fortunate in getting the same disease at the same time
This filly trotted quarters in 36 seconds and those in-
terested in her had great expectations of her. She is
also by Zombro 2:11 out of Nellie Bly. These two Mr.
Murphy intends to train and race the coming season.
In the larger paddock we find a band of seven wean-
lings by Monterey 2:09} and Zombro 2:11 and looking
them over carefully the writer never saw a more
promising lot of weanlings. It would be hard for the
connoisseur to make a choice out of the lot. All are
candidates for the Horse Review and Kentucky Futur-
ity. Mr. Murphy always has light harness horses for
sale. All standard bred as he keeps nothing else.

Alcantellum.

Heretofore all of the Grand Circuit races at Colum-
bus have been three in five events. It is said that the
association proposes giving a number of two in three
races this season.

Readville May Give Another $20,000 Race.

During the past week I gathered from parties that
should know the New England Breeder's Association,
that it is only a question what class the directors de-
cide upon for a $20,000 race next fall, says the turf
editor E. E. Cogswell, in the Boston Traveler.

The size of the purse is just as good as settled, but
some of the directors are in favor of making it a free
for all to trot instead of repeating the open stallion
event of last season. They argue that such a class
will not only bring together the stallions Cresceus 2:04.
Peter the Great 2:07}, Charley Herr 2:07, Grattan Boy
2:08, etc., but will be greatly improved by adding such
noted trotters to the event as The Abbot 2:03}, Lord
Derby 2:07. Boralma 2:08, and others of similar reputa-
tion.

In case such a race is agreed upon when the direct-
ors meet, the stallions will in all likelihood be looked
after by a suitable purse for the entire horses eligible
to the 2:10 class. This would give to Harry Devereux
an opportunity to start his much discussed horse, John
A. MeKerron, in a stake event of value, which he so
much desired, when the board of review, by giving his
horse a record of 2:10 placed him outside the two
classic events, the Massachusetts and the Transylvania
stakes.

February 9, 1901]

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Oregon Items.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

W..F. Watson of this city sold his mare Alma K. hy
Bonnie Boy, dam Jenny Lapham, to Mr. Smiley of
Blaine, Wash.

L. Zimmerman says his horse MeBriar 2:14 is win-
tering well and will make some of them march down
the line a pretty merry trip to beat him this year.

W.. F, Watson has sent his Lemont-Deadshot mare
Nancy K. to California with John Sawyer, where she
will be educated at the diagonal gate. She is one of
the handsomest looking mares that ever left thiis State.

L. C. McCormack is breaking his McKinney two
year old E. O. Mo., a full brother to Harry MoC. He
is a larger and better colt than Harry was at the same
age. He is entered in the colt stake at the Oregon
State Fair.

The Dalles Driving Association has elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: President, Robert
Mays, Si-.; Vice-President, E. C. Pease; Treasurer, T.
J. Seufert; Secretary, Judd Fish. The grading of the
speed track has all been completed, save a small por-
tion, which will be finished as soon as the weather per-
mits. The grounds comprise 21 acres. They will be
completely fenced in as soon as possible, and the asso-
ciation will make a determined effort to have the dis-
trict fair held here next fall.

John Sawyer left this week for Pleasanton, Cal.,
with Van -De Vanter's stock farm stable of horses,
where he will condition them for this season's racing.
He took with him Helen J. 2:18}; Pathmark, (p)2:l"J;
Altaho, green trotter by Altao, out of Minnie (dam
of Trumont 2:21J); Kinmont, green trotter by McKin-
ney, out of Bulah, full sister to Chehalis 2:04] ; a three
year old trotting gelding by Freddy C, son of Direct;
a three year old trotting filly by Guycesco, son of Guy
Wilkes; a two year old colt by McKinney, out of Alice
Mann, full sister to Trumont 2:21J. This last named
colt is a late purchase and is one of the best looking
MeKinneys in this neck of the woods. He is unbroken
yet, but will be entered in the $1000 colt stake.

Instead of having 80 to 100 head of horses in train-
ing at Irvington and the horsemen spending their
money in this city, the number has dwindled down to
about 20 head, the least number that has wintered on
the track since it was built. Horsemen, stable keepers
and road, drivers should give this matter at least a
sober thought. The breeding industry in this State is
on the verge of a boom, horses of all kinds are going
to be scarce and hard to get, especially is this true of
speedy roadsters. This class of horses cannot be
picked up on the farm like the ordinary work horse,
but he must have had some education on the track in
order to have the desired speed that will be demanded
by future road drivers. How are we to get this class
of horses, if we do not keep up and encourage our
training stables ? It is not every horse that is trained
that proves to be a profitable race horse, though he
may develop into a valuable roadster, and it is through
these channels we get our very best and most desirable
road horses. Close up the race track a few years and
we will be content to sit behind the three minute trot-
ter or pacer, instead of the exhilerating enjoyment of
brushing a 2:10 clip along our beautiful (nit) driveways
on a summer evening.

Pleasanton Track Notes.

[From The Times.]

" Det " Bigelow arrived here from Woodland on
Wednesday, January 30th, with Tags 2:13, and two
very fine green ones. Mr. Bigelow met with a serious
accident at the Oakland mole on his way here. While
making up the train in which the car containing his
horses was, the cars came together with a terrible jolt.
The door of the car was open and Mr. Bigelow was
looking out. The jar caused the door to close sud-
denly, striking Bigelow in the head, splitting his ear
and otherwise injuring him. One of the horses also
had his head slightly cut.

Monroe Salisbury, who formerly owned the Pleas-
anton race track and sold out to go to Nome to try his
fortunes, was in town looking up old friends Wednes-
day. He is located in San Francisco now.

Johnny Blue has in training two two year olds by
Direct Prince which he likes.

A good Directum colt is one of the features of Millard
Sanders' string.

Lou Carrillo' has some promising young pacers in
training owned hy W. A. Shippee, of Stockton. The
colts are for sale.

Chas. L. Griffith has booked his mare Ginger to
W. R. Welch's horse G. W. Archer.

S. K. Trefry has a couple of young Direct colts that
act as though they would turn out all right.

A new arrivalat the track this week is J. R. Sawyer,
of Portland, Ore., who arrived Friday with eight head
which he will put in training.

J. C. Stubbs, general freight traffic manager of the
S. P. Co., accompanied by his wife and Mr. Ottinger of
San Francisco, were the guests of James Thompson
Friday.

Boydello 2:14 3-4.

One of the most promising young stallions that will
be in the stud in California this year is Boydello, a
grandson of the mighty Electioneer, another of whose
grandsons, The Abbot 2:03}, is the world's champion
trotter. . Boydello is by Boydell 5391, a producing, son
of the dead hero of Palo Alto. Boydell 's' dam was
Sontag Dixie (dam of Pasonte 2:13 and five more in
2:30). As Boydell was by the greatest sire of trotters
that ever lived and his dam one of the greatest pro-
ducing mares in the stud book, Boydello's blood lines
on the sire's side are beyond criticism. The dam of
Boydello was a producing^ mare with a record, Flor-
ence C. 2:30, by Durango Chief 2314, sire of six in the
list, and he a son of Durango -1115, sire of eighteen
standard trotters, seven producing sons and fifteen
producing daughters. The seeond dam of Boydello
was by Prince Dictator, a son of the great Dictator,
sire of Director 2:17, he the sire of Directum 2:05] and
Direct 2:051, the latter the sire of Directly 2:03}. The
third dam of Boydello was a Morgan mare and there
are three crosses of this valuable Morgan blood in his
pedigree.

Boydello was campaigned but one year, in 1897. He
started out a green four year old in C. A. Winship's
string that he took East from Los Angeles that year.
His first start was at Denver, where he won a four
heat race, gettting a record of 2:22. A few days later
he won another race in three straight heats. From
Denver he went to Peoria, Illinois, and on July 6th '
won a five heat race, his position in the summary be-
ing 2-2-1-1-1 and in this race he got his record of
2:14} in the fourth heat. At Detroit, he had fifth
position in the summary of the M. & M. of that year
won by Rilma, and where the heats were trotted
around 2:12. Grand Baron, The Abbot, Oratorio,
Mosul and others were in that race. He was beaten a
length in Columbus that year in 2:093 and at Halton,
Kansas, and at St. Joseph, Mo., won his races in
straight heats. Wherever he started he showed that
he had speed and the gameness to carry it through as
many heats as any horse. Last year he was brought
to California by his owner, Mr. T. W. Pemberton, of
Phoenix, Arizona, and started in one race at Santa
Rosa. In the race were Daimont, Claudius, Bonsilene
and Hobo. '1 he first heat Boydello had a bad start
and finished fourth, the mile being in 2:101. In .the
second heat he was a close second in 2:12} and seemed
to be the freshest horse in the race, but when pulled up
after the heat twisted an ankle when being turned
around and did not start again during the season.
That a record of 2:10 or better is certain for this horse
all good judges will admit, provided no further acci-
dent happens him and his ankle gives him no further
trouble.

Boydello will be trained and raced again this year,
but his owner desires to breed him to a few mares of
approved breeding and consequently has placed the
service fee at the low price of $25. Ed Lafferty, the

well known trainer, has Boydello in his care at

Sherman street, Alameda, and any further particulars
can be had from him. There are few horses as well
bred as Boydello standing for a fee of $25 in California
to-day, to say nothing of his individuality and race
horse qualities.

Our Jack 2:13 1-4 Was a Shoe Puller.

James Sullivan, the well known California reinsman,
who has been living in San Francisco this winter,
dropped into our sanctum one day this week and in
the course of "hoss" conversation, Yarrum's story,
published last week, of horses getting their feet locked
together came up. "I never had that experience with
a horse, but when I had Our Jack 2:13} he yanked off.
many a shoe from his off fore foot before I found how
to prevent it. He would only do this when jogging — at
speed he never touched his feet together. When go-
ing slow, however, he would strike the point of the
heel of his front shoe in such a manner as to take it off
slick and clean and I never knew him to break his hoof
in the least doing it. He would tear a shoe off every
day and sometimes two a day, until I buckled a heel
strap around that foot so that the hind foot could not
catch against the heel point and never had any trouble
with him thereafter. He was one of the handsomest
looking horses I ever handled and could put on more
style than a dancing master and I am not surprised
that he is a popular horse on the New York speedway."

Princess Derby may be raced this season. It will be
remembered that she was purchased last year at the
Cleveland sale by Mr. Bronk of New York for $4100.
She is a full sister to Derby Princess 2:084 and showed
Millard Sanders a mile in less than 2:15 and quarters in
311 seconds at Pleasanton before she was shipped East.
She also showed a very fast half at the Cleveland
track just prior to the sale, but went wrong after Mr.
Bronk purchased her.

■ ; Adding to the District.

--. . .^Woodland Democrat.]

The comtnittee appointed by the directors of the
Fortieth Agricultural, Association to interview Senator
Cutter' and Assemblyman Chiles with a view of secur-
ing an increased appropriation returned from Sacra-
mento last Monday evening much encouraged with the
success with which' they met. They not only inter-
ested our two representatives in the Legislature, but
they agreed upon a line of action that will no doubt
secure the active co-operation of the business men and
commercial organization of 9Sacramento and the
senator and assemblymen of that county.

Senator Cutter explained to the committee that any
attempt to increase the -appropriation for the district
as it now stands would result in an attempt to make a
raise all along the line, and that would insure the de-
feat of the whole appropriation for the various districts.
The committee at once conceded the force Of his argu-
ment. Then Secretary Thomas suggested his original
plan of so amending the law as to include Yolo and
Sacramento in a district. This suggestion met with
favor, and -with the approval of the Sacramento
Chamber of Commerce and Sacramento county's
senator and assemblymen, Senator Cutter and Assem-
blyman Chiles have each introduced a bill amending
the law. The bill is not liable to met with any serious
opposition. If it is enacted Governor Gage will cer-
tainly approve it, and he knows from actual observa-
tion that the Yolo county fair last year was better than
any other district fair in the State. ■

Our representatives are not likely to encounter much
opposition in their efforts to secure an increase in the
appropriation. The population of the new district will
be almost as large as the Alameda and Los Angeles
districts, and their claim will be reasonable and just.
Yolo county alone gave a better district fair than San
Jose, Oakland and Los Angeles. A fair given by Yolo
and Sacramento counties combined will be second in
importance to the State Fair, and there is no reason
why the appropriation in aid of the district should not
be as large as the appropriation for any other district
in the State.

But our senator and assemblyman are entitled to the
enthusiastic support and earnest co-operation of every
resident of Yolo county. Everybody concedes that
the last district fair, from a business point of view,
was a good investment. The appropriation was in-
sufficient and the premiums necessarily so small that
many exhibitors lost money even after being awarded
the first prizes, but the fair aroused extraordinary in-
terest and the result will be a material improvement of
the stock and other industrial interests of the county,
and amagnificent display of farm and orchard products
next fall.

The Heaviest Winners of 1900.

We have been asked the question, What trotting
horse was the. .greatest purse winner out last year,
says the Horse Review. The answer is Cresceus 2:04.
We are not, however, able to give the exact amount
that he won. In three races — the 2:08 class at Cleve-
land and the free foe all stallion races at Columbus and
Readville — bis winnings were $13,250. He took part in
two races during the season, specials at Pittsburg and
Chicago, against Tommy Britton. At the former
place the attendance was heavy; at the latter it was
not. A reasonable estimate, however, would place his
winnings in these events at from $1500 to $2000. At
Spracuse and Hartford, where he trotted against time
he started for a stated, premium, in each instance of
$1,000. How much of the percentage of the gate re-
ceived for his' exhibitions at Cleveland and Toledo
cannot be estimated. At Terre Haute he probably
won nothing. His known winnings in purse events
were, therefore $15,250, and it is possible that his gross
earnings for the season approximated $30,000. No
other trotter came near this. Boralma 2:08, won
$10,900. Cresceus and Boralma are the only two trot-
ters of 1900 whose winnings are expressed in five
figures.

Among the pacers the veteran Connor 2:09] made
the most profitable campaign, but four figures indicate
his earnings. They were $9875 and it is too bad that
he didn't manage to pick up the extra $125 that would
have raised the sum to $1,000. It is interesting to note
that Connor started in fourteen races, Boralma in six
and Cresceus in but five. Cresceus, however, won a
$20,000 race and a $5000 one; Boralma won one of
$10,000 (the Massachusetts) and one of $5000 (the Tran-
sylvania); Connor's richest prizes were the $5000
Neponset, at Readville, and the $3,000 Tennessee at
Lexington.

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[February 9, 1901

The Knockers' Club.

[Written for the Bbeedeb ajo> Spobtsmax.]
Gome all ye chronic kickers and join the Knockers Club-
Get your hammers out.
"We'll prove that every "good one" is nothing but a "dub" —

Get your hammers out.

If you are a dyspeptic or have been to knocking school

And always aim to recognize your neighbor as a fool

We'll take you into membership and let you ride the mule.

Get your hammers out.

You'll have to swearthatevery horse is known to be unsound.

Get your hammers out.
That not a prospect good or fair can hereabouts be found.

Get your hammers out.
You'll have to take a solemn oath to always knock a sale
No matter whom the parties, or conditions that prevail.
Unless you get a "divy" on the spot and without fail.

Get your hammers out.

Whene'er you hear a person speak in praise of any horse

Get your hammers out.
Begin to knock his legs and feet from poor to bad and worse,

Get your hammers out.
Don't fail to claim, and demonstrate, with energetic knocks,
That he's never beaten anything but slow and rusty clocks.
And that his forty-seventh dam had quite suspicious hocks.

Get your hammers out.

In summer when the racing starts at first tap of the bell

Get your hammers out.
Call the drivers alia band of thieves and knockthe judge as well,

Get your hammers out.
Don't fail to call in question the length of every track,
At each and everything you see just take a vicious whack,
And remember that a knocker always hits things in the back.

Get your hammers out.

Bui when you've run your earthly race and in your coffin lie,

Leave your hammer out.
Some friend may look upon your face and heave a little sigh.

But leave your hammer out.
For nearly all the mourners will want to use the tool
With which of every Pegasus you've tried to make a mule.
And they'll nail the coverdown so tight, in Hades you'll feel cool

So leave your hammer out.

• EigJit;hiLn.dred ami"' fifty horses have been hooked for
export on the steamships Minnehaha and Mesaba,
which are to leave New York this week. Both vessels
are full, and the agents have notified shippers that no
more horses can be accepted.

We have received a supply of the celebrated Wilson
stallion service books, which are indispensable to the
stallion owner. They are neatly bound in leather and
can be carried in the pocket. The pri-e is one dollar.
. Send a dollar bill or a money order and get one.

Harry Wilkes 2:13i, the fastest of the get of Geo.
Wilkes" and a veteran trotter, whose whereabouts were
unknown to most horsemen, has turned up in the
hands of A. M. Weaver, of Milford, N. J., who is driv-
ing him on the road. Harry Wilkes is now twenty-
five years of age.

Send iin your stallion advertisements right away if
you intend placing your horse before the public this
year. Every good horse deserves to have his breeding,
service fee and location made known to horse breeders.
The cheapest and best way to do this in California is
through the columns of this Journal.

Secretary Ed Bell of the Napa Agricultural Society
was in this city this week. He says the directors of
that association and the people of Napa are anxious to
have another fair this year. If the track can he put
in proper shape some fast miles ought to be shown, as
it is proposed to have the race program consist entirely
of harness races.

Hon. Grove L. Johnson, the well known Sacramento
attorney and member of the Legislature, has been re-
appointed a Director of the State Agricultural Society
by Governor Gage, his term having expired. Mr.
Johnson during the time he has been on the hoard has
been an earnest and energetic worker for successful
fairs and is a valuable member.

The correct number of entries in the Occident stake

Village Farm will not race the green pacer Direct
Hal this year.

Briee McNeill 2:19} has lost his tail and is now a high
stepper down at Burlingame.

How Yow. the Chinese Consul General, will breed a
mare to McKinney 2:11} this year.

When John Dickerson begins training for Gen.
Tracy he will commence work on some very promising
young trotters by Advertiser and Adbell.

Que Allen 2:08 2-5. the holder of the European
record, lias been permanently retired to the stud at
Austria. His service fee is about $200.

,:Petaluma is ripe for a harness meeting," said a
resident of that city the other day. "and the butter-
and-eggs town will be on the circuit in 1901."

The grandly bred Electioneer stallion Eugeneer, the
property of J. B. Iverson of Salinas, has been leased
to a party at Newman. Stanislaus county, where he
will make the season of 1901.

If you want a good young Percheron stallion consult
our advertising columns. The stallion Native Son,
there offered for sale, is an excellent individual and is
offered at a very reasonable figure.

The get of the French trotting sire Fuchsia won
about $100,000 on European tracks last year. This is
far more than the get of any American trotting sire
won in this country during the same period.

Robert E. Bonner has decided to discontinue the
breeding of trotters at Bonner farm, and has con-
signed Highland Baron, Baron Review and all the
broodmares and young stock to the Fasig-Tipton sale.

Alcona 730, one of the grandest specimens of horse-
flesh ever seen in the show ring, is now 24 years old.
He was gelded several years ago and, we understand, is
still used as a road horse by a resident of Alameda
county.

"Vet" Kent, the trainer and driver, has a good billet
at the Los Angeles track, training the stable of Mr.
Potter of the Van Nuy's Hotel. He writes that his
health is good and that he has some fine prospects in
his string.

of tiu Wegt, published at Des Moines, Iowa,

- ssued a very handsome 20th century edition of 42

pages profusely illustrated and very generously filled

with advertising. It is a credit to the publishers and

compilers.

The dam of You Bet 2:12J, is given in the Year Book
Vol. 14, as untraced. The dam of this pacer is the
Palo Alto bred mare Florence Clay by Clay 4779,
second dam Florence Anderson, thoroughbred
daughter of Enquirer.

C. E. Morrison, of Oakland has just received an
addition to his string in a green five year old by St.
Nicholas, out of the dam of Lady B." 2:32}. He is a
typical Sidney in appearance and a rugged horse with
plenty of nervous energy.

Hans Freillson has a couple of geldings(full brothers)
in his charge out at his place on 20th Avenue that are
likely candidates for fast records. The older is a three
year old of speedy conformation and though never
yet worked for speed can show a 2:30 gait. He will be
able to beat 2:20 this year if raced as he is a pure gaited
trotter, with level head and a desire to show his speed.
The brother, a two year old, is a little more blocky
built, but of the wear and tear order and always
understands what speed at the trot means and seems
to enjoy trying to show it. These very promising
young geldings are owned by Chas. A. Hug Esq. of
this city and were sired by Mr. A. B. Spreckels stallion
Cupid 2:18, their dam being Mr. Hug's well known
mare Charivari 2:20} by Sterling tj223.

The pacing mares Lolita 2:12} by Sidney and Emma
M. 2:12| by Cecilian Prince have been matched by
their owners, Mr. A. H. Miller and Mr. S. H. Knox,
both of Buffalo, for 85000 a side, the race to be paced
at Cleveland during the Grand Circuit meeting in that
city next summer. Messrs. Miller and Knox are thor-
ough sportsmen and it can be safely said that no hard
feelings will result no matter how the match results.

Secretary Horace Wilson of the Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders Association has officially announced
the dates of the annual meeting at Lexington as Oct.
8th to October 18th, in accordance with the custom
followed since 1870 of commencing the meeting on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in October. The
program of stakes and purses will exceed $80,000.

Sam Gamble, who was up at Danville recently, tells
us he went to Oakwood Park Stock Farm and saw
Charles Derby 2:20 and Owyhee 2:11. Two finer look-
ing stallions he says he never saw and both are in the
very pink of condition for the season of 1901. Chas.
Derby he considers, in the way he is muscled and built,
is nearer like the great George Wilkes 2:22 than any
horse he ever saw.

According to a new rule of the American Shetland
Pony Club, children under fifteen years of age must
hereafter drive when ponies are shown in harness in
the ring. The Shetland is essentially a children's
pony, and it is deemed proper that he should be
handled by the youngsters at the horse shows.
Whether the ruling of the Shetland Pony Club will be
recognized and enforced at the horse shows is a matter
of uncertainty.

Washington McKinney, the stallion recently pur-
chased by Rose Dale Stock Farm at Santa Rosa, has
arrived at his new home and will be placed in the stud
there this year. He is a beauty, a black horse 15.3}
hands, weighs 1140 pounds and is five years old. He
is very speedy and if trained will take a low record.
He ought to make a great cross for mares by Daly
2:15, of which there are a number of good ones on this
well known farm.

We received a pleasant call this week from Mr. Lew
Thorne. of Wabash, Indiana, who owns the stallion
Shadeward 28591, a son of Shadeland Onward. Mr.
Thorne is representing the American Clay Working
Company on the Pacific Coast at present and having
signed a five-year contract with that corporation has
no time to devote to his horses; in fact, he expects to
make very few trips back to his home State during
that time. Shadeward is therefore for sale. He has
no record but is very fast at the pace.

The last foal of the celebrated speed producer. Alma
Mater, is the six year old brown mare Alma Wilton,
sired by Wilton 2:19}. as her name indicates. By many
competent judges Alma Mater is considered the great-
est of all brood mares, and it is a certainty that no
other mare has had two sons that have succeeded so
eminently in siring speed as Alcyone and Alcantara.
Alma Wilton is sure with foal by Abdell 2:23, the
world's champion yearling trotter. She is undoubt-
edly the most valuable young brood mare in America.

The first foal to arrive at Green Meadow Stock
Farm this year is a fine bay colt sired by Hambleton-
ian Wilkes, dam Dollie Gollin by A. W. Richmond.
Mr. R. I. Moorhead, proprietor of this farm, writes us
that he claims the name of Gollin Wilkes for the colt.
We suggest that he reconsider this and give the colt a
name that will be acceptable for registration. The
blanks of the American Trotting Register Association
contain this statement: "We will accept no more
"Hamhletonians, " nor "Mambrinos" nor ''Wilkes" nor
"Pilots'' etc.. in anv form."

Mr. Harry Goodall, of this city, who a few weeks
ago purchased from Oakwood Park Stock Farm the
four year old colt Rajah by Chas. Derby, and has been
driving him on the park roads, where he failed to find
anything that could head him, has sent the horse to
James Thompson at Pleasanton. Rajah worked a
mile in 2:13 for the late T. E. Keating last year as a
three year old and is one of the most promising pacers
in the State.

Look at Zombro's advertisement in this issue of the
Breeder and Sportsman, and those of you who
have never seen this magnificent horse can judge
what a grand individual he is from the engraving,
which does not flatter him in the least. An account
of his races, together with some comments on his
splendid breeding will appear in this paper next week.
Zombro is the grandest son of McKinney and is show-
ing that he can sire good looks, size and speed. Several
of his get will start in the races this year, and they
are a very promising lot. Zombro will make the season
at Sacramento at $50. His owner, Mr. Geo. T. Beckers,
has him in charge.

W. G. Durfee is working sixteen trotters and pacers
at the Los Angeles track, and has pretty well made up
his mind to tackle the Grand Circuit this year, be-
ginning at Detroit. He has two trotters that he is
particularly sweet on. one a green five year old by Mc-
Kinney 2:li}, out of the Palo Alto bred mare Satire by
Benefit 5327. second dam the thoroughbred mare
Satanella by Leveller, a grandson of Lexington. Mr.
Durfee thinks he has a 2:10 trotter in this fellow. The
stallion Dr. Book 2:13} is another of the horses in his
string that he is confident will trot very fast, barring
accidents and confidently believes a record of 2:06 is
within his reach.

Millard Sanders was down from Pleasanton this
week and reports :everything in good shape at the
horse centre. He has Dolly Dillon 2:11}, Janice 2:13}
and Czarina 2:13J- and will have in a few days Venus
II. 2:11}. This mare is reported to be in fine shape
and will be raced again this year. Mr. Sanders has a
two year old colt in his string that is by Directum
2:05} out of a mare by Director 2:17, that' he says is
nearer a counterpart of his sire than any young horse
he ever saw. He is a handsome black fellow and a
trotter. The colt is the property of Judge Green of
Oakland and is entered in several of the big stakes
over East, those at Hartford and Lexington in particu-
lar, to be trotted this year and next.

Nutwood Wilkes 2:16 J will have a number of choice
mares hooked to him this year again. Dr. Boucher,
of San Jose, has already booked Miss Logan 2:06i to
Mr. Carter's great young horse and P. W. Hodges will
send Hazel Kinney 2:09} by McKinney and Atherine
2:16} by Patron to him. Nutwood Wilkes at twelve
years of age has four 2:15 trotters to his credit, few
horses at that age having ever produced as many. He
will make the season of 1901 at $50 and the season will
begin February 15th. Some of the leading Kentucky
breeders have tried to induce Mr. Carter to send Nut-
wood Wilkes to the blue grass country this season and
offered him all sorts of guarantees and inducements,
but so many California owners importuned him to let
horse remain here another year that he has acceded
to their demands.

James Sutherland, who is superintending the Pleas-
anton race track, has it in fine condition and horses
can be worked at speed over it from now on. Mr.
Sutherland is training a stable of horses, assisted by
Fred Chadbourne. who gives promise of being a trainer
of no mean ability. Among the horses in the Suther-
land string is a three year old filly by McKinney, be-
longing to Dr. Dunn of Oakland, that is a good' one.
She worked quarters in 38 seconds as a two year old.
A full brother of Rey Direct 2:10. that is a square
trotter and showed a mile in 2:18 last year, is also in
Mr. Sutherland's charge. He should be a good one in
the green class this year. Mr. S. has a Direct filly out
of Queenie that promises to be good and a black mare
by Direct, owned by W. B. de Lopez, that is a square
trotter with speed enough to be a money winner. He
has also a half dozen colts, among them some by
James Madison, that are showing up very well. Horse's
are arriving every day and by the first of March, speed
and rail birds wili be as thick* as bees in a clover patch.

Capt. W. Ford Thomas of this city, who has charge
of the Custom House business for the firm of John D.
Spreckels & Bros., has been confined to his home for
the past five weeks with a serious illness. The Captain
is able to be up again, however, and will soon be out
attending to business, but has decided to dispose of a
number of his horses of which he has nearly a dozen
head in care of Hans Freillson out on 20th Avenue and
Point Lobos Road. Among others is a dark chestnut
mare, five years old, by Secretary, out of a full sister
to Nellie R. 2:171. This mare is as handsome as a
picture, is a high stepper and can be driven by a child .
She is absolutely sound and a beauty. A gray pacing
gelding by Secretary is just nicely broken and
is a very promising young horse. He has race-
winning speed and as he goes without straps
or boots should be a good prospect for some one.
There is also a pair of carriage horses that are not
only of good size, gentle and handsome, but sound as
a new dollar and afraid of nothing. As the Captain
wants to sell these horses he has put the prices down
low, and we advise anyone wanting something good
and choice, at a low figure, to get on a Sutro line car,
get off at 20th Avenue, walk one block south and look
these horses over at Hans Freillson's place on the Point
Lobos road.

February 9, 1901]

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Occident Stake o 903.

Assistant Secretary Harry Lowden of the California
State Agricultural Society sends the following list of
entries for the Occident State of 1903 on which first
payment of $10 each was made January 1st this year.
It will be seen that a total of 98 entries were made, so
that the stake already has $980 to its credit.
Mrs. J. L. MeCord's ch c Lou Bee by Silver Bee-Mary Lou.
C. Masoero's b f Daphne McKinney by McKinney-La Muscovite.
W. J.. Irvine's b c April Fool by Bay Bird-Lady Annesley.
Joe Bowers' ch c by Silver Bee-Sadie Benton; b f by StamB.-Belle

Mack.
B. Erkenbrecker's blk f by McKinney-Galette Wilkes.
W. H. Lumsden's br f Indamont by Altamont-Myrtle; b c Robin

Stanley by On Stanley-Roblet.
Chas. A. Durfee's blk or br f Ragsie by McKinney-Babe; br 0

Greeko by McKinney-Alien.
Jas. W. Minturn's b c Edrian by Teheran-Edna W.; br f Imogen

by ridrim-Perfection.

B. S. Krehe's ch f Daisy Bell by Kimball's Hero-Ida Bell.
L. E. Clawson's b c Keeley by Silver Bow-Josie Clawson.

I. L. Borden's blk f by Altamont-AUie Cresco; b f by Altamont-

Beatrice.
Jno. Gallegos, Jr.'s b f by MeKinney-Bessie Wilkes.
La Siesta Ranch's b c Moonlight by Searchlight-Wanda.
Lawrence Stock Farm's b c William H. L. by Messenger Almont-

Magna Maid.
Wm. McCune's b c Starr Mont by Lynmont-Lou Star.
E. A. Gammon's blk f, by Stam B.-Cleo G.

John W. Gardner's ch c Tidal Wave by Nutwood Wilkes-Miracle.
Geo. E. Shaw's blk c Cheechako by Alta Rio-Nellie Nutwood.
Oakwood Park Stock Farm's b c by Owyhee-Inex; b f by James

Madison-Ituna; rn c by James Madison-Steinola; b f by

James Madison-Babe.Marion; br f by McKinney-Electway.
Mrs. E. W. Callendine's ch o Guymot by Nutwood Wilkes-Abbie

Woodnut.
Dr. W. P. Book's b f by Monterey-Jennie Mc; b f by Zombro-

Leonora.
P J. Williams' blk f Monterey Bell by Monterey-Leap Year.
Tuttle Bros, b t by Nutwood Wilkes-Belle Medium; b f by Stam

B.-Laurel.
G. W. Kingsbury's b c by Lynmont-Daisy.
W. E. Meek's b f by Welcome-Hybla; b c Welcome by Leonora; b e

by Wm. Harold-Fenella; b f by Welcome-Edwina.
M. A. Murphy's b f Fairy by Zombro-Fairy Glen.
E. B. Smith's b c Swift B. by Stam B.-Swift Bird.
Rosedale Stock Farm's b c by St, Whips-Dalia.
S. W. Lockett's b f Zoe Patchen by Zombro-Last Chance.
J. B. Iverson's ch f Dictarita by Dictatus-Mambrita.
Mrs. S. V. Barstow's b c Star B. by Wilkes Direct-Nettie G.
S. V. Montgomery's b t Blair Allan by Boodle-Elora H.
Vendome Stock Farm's b c Chas. Durtee by McKinney: ch t by

Iran Alto-Laura R.
S. J. Dunlop's b c Strathcona by Strathway-Pan Jalie.
S. C. Tryon & Co.'s b c Sir Knight by Knight-Regina T.

C. A. Owen's ch g Acme byDexterwood-Sadia McGregor.

Thos. Smith's blk c by McKinney-Sadie S.; b c by Mambrino

Chief-Alumina.
Alex Brown's b c (?) by Anthonie B.-Nosegay; ch f by Nutwood

WiLkes-WoodQower.
Mrs. E. Williams' b f Matena Thome by Billy Thornhill-Matena,
L. H. Todhunter's br c The Jester by Zombro-SilverBow (mare.)
Palo Alto Stock Farm's br e Alta Vista by McKinney-Expressive;

br f Menrosa by Mendocino-Atlanta; b f La Rose by Dexter

Prince-Bell-Bird; b f Tokie by Dexter Prince-Nellie Benton.
Santa Rosa Stock Farm's ch c by Sidney Dillon-Silver Eye; b c L.

W. Russell-Pacita; b f by Sidney Dillon-Lilly Stanley; b f by

Sidney Dillon-Pansy; b c by Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell: b r

by Sidney Dillon-Princess McCarty.
Ben Davis' blk f Dixie S. by Zolock-Gypsy.
John A. Cole's br f Dixie W. by Zolock-Zola.
Valencia Stock Farm's blk c Amado by Direct Heir-La Belle.

D. M. Healey's b c Thomas Murphy by McKinney-dam by Guy

"Wilkes.
Thos. Chariton & Sons' b c Sullivan by St. Patrick-Nance.
Milo M. Potter's b c You Lee by St. Vincent-Maybreaker; b c Buy

Me by Charleston-Grace Wood.
Geo. W. Ford's ch c by Neernut-Florence C.
C. W. Main's b f Zomilea by Zombro-Kate Hamilton.
W. R. Rourke's br or b f Nino Bonita by Zombro-Baby's Gift.
R. O. Newman's blk c by Robert Basler-Ida May.
G. Fox's f by Silver Bow-Vesper; c by Silver Bow-Venturess; f by

Silver Bow-dam by Tempest.
J. A. Moffett's ch f by Tom Benton-Saidie M.
A. O. Gott's ch c Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes-Nancy.
Zahner & Lamb's b f Redwood Maid by Waldstein-Nancy Moor.
John Baker's b f Freckle Bird by Red Freckle-Birdroe.

E. P. Heald's b c by Nutwood Wilkes-Myrtle Thorne.

F. Quimby & Co.'s b c by Baybird-Hilda; blk c by Knight-La

Scala; ch f by Knight-dam by Albert W-; b f by Knight-Honey
suckle; b f by Baybird-dam by Albert W.; b f by Knight-
Silica; br c by Knight-dam by Imperius; b f by Baybird-dam
by Knight; b f by Baybird-dam by Algona: b f by Baybird-dam
by Eclat; ch c by Knight-dam, the dam of Carmelita; b c by
Baybird-Swift Tide.

Sires of Producing Daughters.

The table following gives all sires whose daughters
have produced nine or more performers in the 2:15 list:

Sire No. in No. in
2:15 list. 2:10 list.

Nutwood 34 7

George Wilkes 25 7

BlueBull 23 3

Red Wilkes 20 4

Mambrino Patchen 18 7

Strathmore 16 6

Dictator 13 4

Onward 13 3

JayGould 13 2

Almont ." 13 2

Mambrino King - 12 4

Happy Medium 12 0

Electioneer 10 2

Harold 10 2

Alcantara 9 4

Robert McGregor 9 4

Enfield 9 l

Kentucky Prince 9 0

To any one who has closely watched her actions at
the post and in the paddock, The Lady seems to have
been most appropriately named.

Speed and Conformation in Demand.

Ten years ago, when the breeding interest was at its
height, the stallions whose services were in the great-
est demand were those that had established great
reputations as sires, and in many instances these repu-
tations were founded on long rolls of honor, as they
were called. Younger, and, consequently, less famous
stallions found little patronage, and no matter how
richly bred or how highly formed or brilliant as race
horses they might be, they were forced by public opin-
ion to await their turn, and those that had sired 2:30
performers in great numbers, no matter how 3lose to
the 2:30 line the records might be, were the idols of the
breeders. Many a royally bred young horse of real
merit wasted several years of his life simply because
the breeders were not far-seeing enough to take advan-
tage of the opportunity of getting trotters from a
trotter.

Now all has changed, and to-day many sires of the
past decade are relegated to the rear, while the fast,
young and highly formed trotting race horses have
taken their place. A man can breed to one of these,
even though untried as a sire, with more assurance of
getting speed than he could from many of the so-called
great sires of ten years ago.

It is not strange that this should be the case, for by
the laws of nature, of heredity and progress the well
bred young stallions of to-day that are good individ-
uals and were themselves race horses, should and will
beget a better class of trotters than their shorter bred
and frequently less well formed ancestors, especially if
the latter had no speed or action. Ten years ago when
stud fees were so high, stallions commanded figures
that amazed the breeding world, and many of these
same horses are to-day doing duty at less than one-
tenth of the fee charged during the zenith of their
fame. This fact does not alone show how much in de-
cadence the breeding industry has been, but it also
shows that after all, these sires that were so loudly
praised were not really great; that there are to-day
fifty young stallions that are better qualified to get
trotters.

A long roll of 2:30 performers means little in this
enlightened age, unless it contains the names of some
that by their brilliant deeds have shown the ability of
their sires to beget true race horses. A stallion can be
the sire of twenty with records from 2:20 to 2:30 and
unless his list comprises many colt trotters he will be
completely overlooked. A few high-class trotters that
have won their right to be called first-class are worth
to a sire more than fifty with records slower than 2:20.
The latter show their sire's ability to get some speed,
but not enough to make him worthy of the name of a
great sire. — Kentucky Stock Farm.

Won Heats Better Than 2:12.

The stallions on the Grand Circuit that last season
won heats in better than 2:12 are as follows: Ace (p)
by Delmarch, best mile 2:10; Bonnie Direct (p) by
Direct, 2:05}; Cobbitt (p) by Online, 2:11J; Charley
Hen- (t) by Alfred G., 2:07; Cresceus (t) by Robert
McGregor, 2:04} to wagon; Charlie Hayt (p) by Aller-
ton, 2:07|; Dare Devil (t) by Mambrino King, 2:09;
Deveras (p) by Direct, 2:11}; Prank Bogash (p) by At-
lantic King, 2:03J; Fred S. Wedgewood (p) by Fred' S.
Wilkes, 2:09}; Grattan Boy (t) by Grattan, 2:08J; Gen-
try's Treasure (p) by John R. Gentry, 2:10; Greenbrino
(t) by Woodbrino, 2:11; Island Wilkes Jr. (p) by
Island Wilkes, 2:08i; Onward Silver (t) by Onward,
2:11J; Solon Grattan, formerly Brandt (t) by Grattan,
2:11}; Sidney Pointer (p) by Star Pointer, 2:08J;
Searchlight (p) by Dark Night, 2:06}; Stacker Taylor
(p) by Captain Cook, 2:09J; The Admiral (p) by Be
Sure, 2:07}; Pilatus (t) by Onward, 2:09}; Courier
Journal (p) by Wilkes Boy, 2:06; York Boy by Wilkes
Boy, 2:09|.

Aelse 2:105, Ambulator 2:10J, Billy Andrews 2:06},
Chehalis 2:04}, Dan Q. 2:07J, Exploit 2:08J, Eyelet 2:064,
Hail Cloud 2:07J, Kingmond 2:09, Kelvyn 2:11J, Lord
Vincent 2:08f, Riley B. 2:10}, Searchlight 2:03}, Sphinx
S. 2:09}, Tommy Britton 2:06}, Valpa 2:09}, Will Ley-
burn 2:09, William Wallace Scribner 2:06}, Pilatus 2:09}
and Bob Fitzsimmons 2:071, the big winners down the
1899 Grand Circuit, failed to earn their oats last season.
Their earnings collectively only amounted to $6980, an
average of $332 each. — Philadelphia Record.

As a result of the crowding and jostling in vogue at
Tanforan, two horses met with accidents on Tuesday.
Ordnung was cut down in his race and injured so
badly that it will probably be at least two months be-
fore he can race again. Tyr was also cut down and on
examination it was found that the back tendon was
completely severed, the injury being so serious that
the horse was afterwards destroyed. Tyr.wasa brown
colt by Kingston-Miss Dixie and was purchased by
Carruthers & Shields last summer in Chicago for $2500.
He proved a very useful performer in their colors and
his loss is quite a serious one.

Horse in Living Pictures.

"My beautiful, my beautiful, that standest meekly
by," sang Mrs. Hemans, apostrophising an imaginary
Arab steed, says the London Express. At the London
Pavilion just now they have an Arab steed which
"standeth meekly by" every evening, while his mis-
tress strikes attitudes (in appropriate costume) on his
back. In fact, so meekly does he stand by that it is
difficult to believe that he is a real fiesh-and-blood
animal and not a dummy, cunningly contrived. His
name is Loky, and he assists his mistress, Madame Sidi
Nirvana, in presenting a series of tableaux vivants.
Sometimes the lady appears as Joan of Arc, then as
Mazeppa, anon as the Empress Maria Theresa, and
then again as the "Lady Hawking," after Koppay's
celebrated painting. In each pose horse as well as
rider remain perfectly immobile — a marvelous exhibi-
tion of animal training, which is due to the patience
and skill of M. Ernest Durmont.

Mr. Frank Glenister saw this turn about two months
ago, while traveling on the Continent in search of
novelties, and promptly secured it for England. Loky
is the only horse that has been trained to pose per.
fectly motionless in living pictures, and the handsome
horse and his handsome rider certainly made a strik-
ing picture. Loky is a pure white Arab of the highest
intelligence, about three years old and stands 15 hands.

On the Snow at Reno.

Reno (Nev.), February 3, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — After read-
ing the Breeder of February 2d, and thanking you
for the breeding of Wing, I thought I would tell you of
a day's sport in Reno. About nine inches of snow fell
here last night and to-day the streets were crowded
with single and double cutters and, in fact, every and
anything that would slide over the snow was in use.
The merry jingle of sleigh bells and the bright, warm
sunshine made it an ideal day for sleighing. I shod
Peggy with 4 oz. sharp shoes and she would glide over
the snow with such grace and willingness, that it was
such a pleasure to sit behind her and let her step occa-
sionally better than a '20 clip down the main street.

Wishing you were here to enjoy a sleigh ride behind
a mare shod with sharp heel and toe and without boots
and straps, I remain very respectfully,

C. P. Ferrel.

The jumping game is still made a prominent feature
of the weekly sport at Tanforan Park, notwithstand-
ing the element of danger and other more objection-
able features connected with it. Last Saturday's
steeplechase was a farcical affair, although had Koenig
stayed on his feet, the outcome might have had serious
results which would have called for the intervention of
the Stewards. Every jockey in the race seemed to be
riding to waiting orders; Worthington, on May Boy,
going so far as to slip off his horse after clearing the
last hurdle. The hurdle race on Monday was run on
the same lines as the steeplechase, nobody seeming to
try to beat Periwig. T. McHugh showed so palpably
that he was not trying, that the judges ordered him to
accept no more mounts at the meeting.

Michael Murphy, the Pennsylvania oil man, is mak-
ing good his promise to establish a stock farm at Mon-
mouth. When he purchased the Clason propertyin
New Jersey, he gave it out that he would make a train-
ing and breeding establishment of it, and he is quietly
going about that purpose. His purchase of Tammany
was something of a surprise to those who did not know
of the intention of the Philadelphia man to go in as a
breeder.

The Alexandra Park handicap run for on Wednes-
day was won by Astor, with Burns in the saddle.
Janice, tha crack three year old filly which ran in
Green B. Morris' colors, made a strong bid for the
money but could not get up. The filly was endeavor-
ing to concede twenty-seven pounds to the winner, a
task which was beyond her, especially in the slushy
condition of the track.

A new rule has been promulgated by the San Fran-
cisco Jockey Club which will prove a very popular one
to the horsemen. In future all names collected by the
association from the excess bidding up of horses in
selling races will be retained until the end of the week
when it will he offered as a special purse to be run for
at the close of the meeting.

Clarence Mackay is the real purchaser of the three
year old colt Frankfort, the full brother of Hamburg,
sold at the late Marcus Daly's sale of thoroughbreds at
Madison Square Garden for $10,100. At the time of
the sale Lord Clonmel was given out as the man who
had bought the colt.

The last race the late George West drove was in the
Walnut Hall cup at Lexington, which he won with
Chain Shot 2:11}.

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[February 9, 1901

The Marcus Daly Sale.

Following is a complete record of the sale of the
Bitter Root Farm consignment to the great sale held
in New York on the evenings of January 30th and
31, 1901, the closing out sale of all the thoroughbreds
owned by the late Marcus Daly:
Hamburg, b h, 6, Hanover-Lady Reel; W. C. Whitney, New

York $ 60,00j

Inverness (imp.), chh. 13, Cymbal-Belle of Scotland; John

E. Madden, New York i-. 100

Tammany, ch h, 12, Iroquois-Tullahoma; M. Murphy, Phila-
delphia, Pa - .* 4-,CO0

Bathampton (imp.j, b h. 10, Hampton-The Bat; James B-

Haggin. New York 8.CO0

Ogden (imp.), br h, 7, Kilwarlin-Oriole; Wm. Lakeland.. ..__ d,20o
Isidor (imp.), ch h, 7, Amphion-Isis; George E. Smith, New

York 6.C00

The Pepper, b h, 12, Billet- Vega; Sandford C. Lyne, Lex-
ington, Ky -..:. ...'./ 2,000

Angelure (imp.), b m,4, St. Angelo-Patineuse; Lord Clon-

mel, Ireland .- -. 150

Annot .Lyle, b m, 8, Barcaldine-Little Lady II.; John

Boden, New York '..'. ' 800

Asceticism (imp.), br m, 11, Hermit-Perdition; E. Fischoff,

Paris 850

Ash Leaf, ch mt 6, Tammany-Ayrshire Rose; Wilson Thomp;

son, New York 350

Ave Marie, ch m, 8, Salvator-Aurelia; James B. Haggin,

Ne W York -. -....:..-..: ■ 1 ,000

Ayrshire Rose (imp.), ch m, 9, Ayrshire-Rose of Lancaster,

E. Fischoff ; :3,800

Balance II., ch m, 11, Stratford-Equipoise; Wilson Thomp-
son, New York 350

Beaucatcher, ch m, 10, Eothen-Auricoma: H. Balcom, New

York 200

Beauty, ch m, 13, St. Blaise^Bella; James B. Haggin, New

York 300

Belinda, b m, 16. Kingflsher-Bellona; John Boden. New York 800
Belle of Butte, b m, 11, Sir Modred-La Favorita: Wilson

Thompson. New York 750

Benefactress (imp.), b or br m, 9, Bendigo-Florida; J. W.

Mahouey, Morrisburg, Canada 350

Berriedale, b m, 7, Donovan-Caithness; James B. Haggin,

New York , 4COo

Bettie Blai7,e, blk m, 12, St. Blaize-Bettie M.; M. Murphy,

Philadelphia, Pa 2,900

Black Cap (imp.), b m, 6, Royal Hampton-Oriole; E.

Fischoff, Paris, Ky 1.500

Boise (imp.), b m, 7, Hampton-Buttermere; James B. Hag-
gin, New York 4,000

British Blue Blood (imp.), Bendi go-Plea sua nee: John E.

Madden, New York 1,05°

Butterfly, ch m, 15, Kyrle Daly-Mariposa; A. McDowell,

New York 150

Imp. Buttermere, b m, 17, Doncaster-Thorwater; James B.

Haggin, New York 2^100

Caledonia, br m, 11, Burgomaster-Fandango; H. E. Leigh,

New York 550

Candor H., br m, 9, Darebin-Miss Clay; James B. Haggin,

New York ■. 600

Cherry Wild, b m, 3, Eon-Cerise; George Johnson. New York 600
Casseopia (imp.), ch m, 7, Friar's Balsam-Starlight; James

B. Haggin, New York 1,100

Castalia, ch m, 13. Mortemer-Castagnette; W.C.Whitney,

New York 2,000

Close the Door (imp.), b m,4, Wisdom-Draught! P. D. Still-
man, New York 200

Cockernony (imp.), ch m, 7, Friar's Balsam-Irony;- James B.

Haggin, New York .,.- 6,500

Coalesce, b m, 10, Timothy-Black Diamond; M. Murphy,

Philadelphia. Pa 2,200

Contradiction (imp.), b m. 4, Sterling-Casuistry; Wilson

Thompson, New York 2,100

Crisis (imp), b m, 8, Fernandez-Isis; James B. Haggin,

New York 2,200

Crisis II. (imp.), b m, 11, Springfield-Christine; James B.

Haggin, New York 300

Dartaway (imp.), b m, 11, Galopin-Dark; James B. Haggin,

New York 4,600

Dartle. b m, Kendal-Dartaway; James B. Haggin, New

York 2,160

Desaayuno (imp.), b or br mare, 7, Kendal-Snack; C. B.

Reed 1 6C0

Drusilla (imp.), b m, 12. Hampton-Belle Agnes; James B.

Haggin, New York.. , 3^00

Ella Gregg, gr m, 9, by Salvanor-Lizzie Lucas; H. K.

Knapp, New York 1,500

Erin Go Bragh (imp.) chm, 14, Barcaldine-Farewell; P. D.

Stillman, New York 300

Fleur d'Or, b m, 14, Rayon d'Or-Blandona; John E. Madden,

New York t 1 QOO

Frantic, oh m, 15, Hindoo-Francesca; Matt Byrnes, New

York 500

Garterless.b m, 14, Golden Garter-Explosion; .James B.

Haggin, New York 2 IOO

Goutte d'Or (imp;, b m, 10, Orme-Patroness; John E. Mad-
den, New York 4 500

LWioh, bm, 12. Himyar-Linda Green; Jno. E. Madden,

New York j 000

Gualala, ch m, 5, Gold Finch-Kiss Me Quick; James B.

Haggin, New York 250

1 : .■■■ ndolyn, b m, 10, St. Simon-Red Spinner; John Boden,

New York 4C0O

Hathor, ch m, 4, Hlmyar-Puffer; John E. Madden, New

Yo,k 300

Heart of Midlothian, chm, 4, Midlothian-Mabel; James B.

Haggin , , 3|000

athy, chm. 14, Reform-Maggie B.B.; Sydney Paget 4;000
lUthyia, ch m, 5, Tammany-Isis; John E. Madden, New.

rorfc 2^50

iiuiiy (imp.), ch m, 20, Rosebery-Sarcasm; James B. Hag-
gin, New York li600

Ironlc-Clmp.), bm, 0, St. Serf-Irony; James B. Haggin, New

v,,1"k , 8,000

fsis (imp, 1, oh iu, il. Bend Or-Shotover: Sydney Paget 8,500

11 [0 . '.' ebery-Sarcasm; James B. Haggin, New

8,000

Kitofoot, oh tn, (',. Umbanau-Long Shore; E. C. Cowdln,

?ork ](Ooo

bkerrl (imp.), br m, 9, Galofln-Assegai; Broderick
> Hoete, England \ J%-m 1 700

Lastitia (imp.), br m, 17, Hilarious-Post Haste's dam; Jas.

R. Keene , . :

Lambent (imp.), br m. 8, Amphion-Starlight; John M.

Madden

Lola A;, bm, 11, Enquirer-Ogarita; John E. Madden

-Lorgnette (imp.), br m, 18, Speculum-Miss Middlewick; E.

. C. Cowden, New York

Lottery, b m, 12, Sir Modred-Lulu; James B. Haggin. New

York .,

Lucasta (imp.),b m. 11, Hawkstone-Lucky Shot: James

Galway,New York

Madge D., b m, 8, Maxim-Guenn; James B- Haggin, New

York i

Maiden Poem (imp.), b m, 10, Master Kildare or Laureate-
Maiden Belle; James B. Haggin, New York

Makallah, b m, 6. Tammany-Mehallah; Matt Byrnes, New

York :

Marcianesi (imp.), b m. 7, Minting-Emmeline Marcia; Wil-
son Thompson, New York

Meriden, b m, 15, Billet-Mercedes; James B. Haggin, New

York :.....

Mintcake (imp.), b m, 6, Marcion-Mint Sauce; James R.

Keene

Miserere (imp.), ch m, 14, The Miser-Pauline; James B.

Haggin, New York

Miss Darebin, br m, 11, Darebin-Miss Clay; James B. Bag-
gin, New York

Miss Laudeman, ch m, 5, Hanover-Elizabeth L.: Wilson

Thompson, New York

Missoula, ch m, 11, Sir Modred-Dixianne; E. M. Chessman. .
Moya, ch m, 5, Inverness-Miss Darebin: J. Chinn, Kentucky
Mrs. Delaney (imp.), br m, 6, St. Simon-Ismay; James B.

Haggin; New York

Onega, ch m, 5, Onondaga-Bessie Hinkley: James B. Hag-
gin, New York

Oriole, ch m, 14,-Bend Or-Fenella; E. C.:Cowdin, New York
Pastorella, ch m. 9, Springfleld-Griselda; James R. Keene,

New York

Red Spinner (imp.), b m, 22, Rosicrucian-Reaction; James

B. Haggin, New York

Rhoda (imp.), b m, 16, Master Kildare- Violet Melrose; Jas.

B. Haggin, New York

Ridicule (imp.), br m, 9, Althotas-Lizzie Tabor; Wilson

Thompson, New York

Rose of Hampton (imp.) b m, 10, Royal Hampton-Lady

Primrose; James B. Haggin, New York

Ruby Dare, br m, 4, Star Ruby-Flora Dare; Wilson Thomp-
son, New York

Sacrifice (imp.),b m, 10, Hampton-Sanctity; E. Fischoff,

Paris

Sadie, ch m, 9, Salvator-Aurelia: James B. Haggin, New

York

Salmera, ch m, 6, Salvator-Chimera; James B. Haggin,

New York

Salvia, ch m. 10, Rossington-Sallie M.; Edward Kelly, New

York ;

Scotch Lassie, ch m, 4, Inverness-Miss Darebin; _Captian

Radford ■

Sepia, b m, 8, Petrarch-Homeopathy; Edward Kelly, New

York

Shipmate, b m, 13, Spendthrift-Messmate; James R. Keene,

New York

Sight Seer (imp.), b m, 8, Kendal-Lorgnette; J. Chinn,

Kentucky

Sistrum (imp) . ch m, 6. Common-Isis; Lord Clonmel, Ireland
Starlight, br m, 14, Iroquois-Vandalite; James R. Keene,

New York

St. Eudora (St. Theodora) (imp), bf,4, St. Simon-Dorothea;

John Boden, New York

St. Mildred (imp.), br m; II, St. Simon-Lady Fitzjames;

James R. Keene, New York

The Task (imp.), b m, 12, Barcaldine-Satchel; James B.

Haggin, New York

Thuenella (imp.), ch m, 3, St. Angelo-Thuella: James B.

Haggin, New York

Trouba, ch m, 10, Lisbon-Glenluine; James B. Haggin, New

York

TJnadaga, ch m, 14, Onondaga-Una; James B. Haggin, New

York

Walnut, b m, 13, Sir Modred-Wanda HI.: James B. Haggin,

New York

Whyota, ch m, 9, Hanover- Victorine; F. R. Hitchcock, New

York

Bay mare (imp.), 3, St. Serf-Merry Bell; G. H. Whitney,

New York

Balsam Fir (imp), b m, 8, Friar's Balsam-Tempe; Capt.

Radford

Carness, ch m, 6, Inverness-Carrie G; James B. Haggin,

New York

Effervescent, bm, 5, ;Islington-Mollie; James B. Haggin,

New York

Flirt, blk m, 11, Faustus-Lightheart; Matt Byrnes, New

York • ■ ■

Racine, bh, 14, Bishop-Fairy Rose; W. S. Differndorffer,

New York

Bay filly (imp.), yearling, Persimmon-Field Azure; John E

Madden, New York

Candle, b f, 3, Candlemas-Carina; William Lakeland, New

York

Wealth, br f, 3, Rainbow-Prosperity; Wilson Thompson,

New York.

Josher, br f, 3, Rainbow-Prosperity; Wilson Thompson, New

York

Mary McCoy, b f, 3. Henry of Navaree-Laura Stone: James

B. Haggin, New York

Vesuvia, brf, 3, Lamplighter-Unadaga; R. G. Tower, New

York

Golden Grain, ch f , 3, Hanover-Fleur d'Or; J. G. Follansbee,

New 'York

Elegy; ch f, 3, .Goldflnch-Buttennere; James B. Haggin,

New York

Cistercian, ch f, 3, Goldfinch-La Trappe; James B. Haggin,

New York

Frankfort, b c, 3, Hanover-Lady Reel; Lord Clonmel, Ireland
Gold Spinner, b c, 3, Goldfinch-Red Spinner; James B. Hag-
gin, New York

Emporium, ch c, 3, The Pepper-Cockernony; M. Murphy,

Philadelphia, Pa

Oatmeal, ch f. 2; Inverness-Alice Himyar; M. Hueskier.New

York

Cameron, b c, 2, Meddler-AnnotLyle; J. G. Follansbee;New

York

Rose of Scotland, ch f, 2, Tammany-Ayrshire Rose; James

B. Haggin, New York

1,150
200

100

250

1,600

1,900

1,400

1,200

2,200

2,000

2,000

100

3,600

1,200
150
350

8,200

450
1,000

10,000

300

600

2,100

8,000

600

800

4,200

1,100

600

600

2,000

2,600

400
4,000

3,000

5,000

5.600

4,600

800

250

550

100

2,800

1,750

200

150

400

350

425

6,100

2,200

2,000

500

1,350

200

3,100

2,500

400

10,100

500
800
650

Banderole, b f, -^Friar-Band ana* H. McCarren, New York" 200

Balm of Gilead, ch c, 2, Inverness-Balsam Fir; A. L. Aste. . 1,400

Ta-mah-na-wis, ch g, 2, Inverness-Banshee; W. C. Daly 250

Parasina, chf 2, The Pepper-Beauty; John Croker, -New-

York , . . . 25u

Flying Buttress, b c, 2, Montana-Belle of Butte; T. J.

Healy, New York 2,600

Appointee, b g, 2, Tammany-Benefactress; .J. O. Decker; ■

New York 300

Cobia, ch f, 2, Bathampton-Bonita; F. O. Burridge,N. Y'ork. , , 200

Mowich, ch g, 2, Montana-Butterfly; Frank Bray, N. York. . 200

Past, b t, 2, Bathampton-Bygone; F. O. Burridge, N. York. .. 550

Caller, ch c, 2, Tammany-Caledonia; A. L. Aste.New York. 2,000

Sincere, b f, 2, Star Ruby-Candor II. ; J. B. Haggin,N. York. 450

Si-ah, ch f, 2, Tammany-Casseopia; R. W. Walden,N. York. 350

Chilton, b c, 2, Meddler-Cast alia. D. D. Porter 3,700

Khitai, ch g, 2, Montana-Cathay; R. G. Loud, New York.. . . 750

Bay filly (imp.), 2, Orvieto-Coalesce;M.Finlen,Butte, Mon. . 600
Cockney, br c, 2, Cherry Tree-Co ckernony; R. T. Wilson, Jr.,"

New York '3,000

Cormac, ch g, 2, The Pepper-Corinna; Strubb Bros 150

Dartman (imp.), b c, 2, Kendal-Dartaway; Lord Clonmel,

Ireland 4^00

Okuste, b f, 2, Ayrshire-Desayuuo; M. Finlen, Butte, Mon.. 1,150
Bay filly (imp.), 2, Royal Hampton-Dorothea; W. C. Whit-
ney, New York 3,000

Gregory, grg, 2, Inverness-Ella Gregg; J. Hope 400

Killarney, b f, 2, Goldfinch-Erin-go-Bragh; H. K. Knapp,

New York 1,100

Roue, ch g, 2, Inverness-Flirt; Wm. Beckett, New York. . . . 850
Flourish, b g, 2, Tammany-Fleur d'Or; J. Duffy, St. Louis,

Mo \ 2.400

Floriform, b f, 2, Bathampton-Florid; F. A. Hart 1,300

Francois, br g: 2, The Pepper-Franc; W. C. Daly, New York 100

Dominican, b g, 2, Friar-Gwennin; T. J. Gowan 450

De-Late, b g, 2, Primrose-Hermine; J. Carr, New York 250

Allopath, b f, 2, Montana-Homeopathy; J. Baker 500

Star of the West, b f, 2, Montana-Isis; G. H. Whitney, New

York 2,050

Choate, b c, 2, Meddler-Laetitia; Lord Clonmel, Ireland. . . 9,000
Golden Rose, b f, 2, Goldfinch-La Trappe; Charles Reed,

Gallatin, Tenn 850

Bonner, b g, 2. Montana-Lola A.; D. D. Porter 2,500

Lux Casta (imp.), 2, Donovan-Lucasta: Wilson Thompson,

New York 1,500

Me-Sah-Che, ch f , 2, The Pepper-Merozia; H. J. McCarren, Jr. 300

Rubus, b f, 2, Bramble-Meriden; J. Chinn, Harrodsburg, Ky. 650
Montana Peeress, b f, 2, Montana-Merry Peeress; J. Chinn,

Harrodsburg, Ky 200

Mintaka (imp.), b c, 2, Crowberry-Mintcake; J. Duffy, St.

Louis, Mo 1,300

Price, ch f, 2, Cherry Tree-Miss Darebin; Wilson Thompson,

New York 2,60q

Batha, b f, 2, Bathampton-Missoula; R. T. Wilson, Jr.,

New York 1,500

Mistra, b f, 2, Primrose-Mistletoe; G. Krause, New York.. 2C0

Destitute, ch f, 2, Inverness-Miserere; W- C. Loring 200

Nanaimo, ch f, 2, Inverness-Namonia; L. H. Franchi,

New York 250

Cathaire Mor (imp,), ch c, 2, Kendal-Pastorella; Lord

Clonmel, Ireland 6,500

Condiment, chg, 2, The Pepper-Pert; J.McLean, New York.. 650

Montana Pioneer, b g, 2, Montana-Ravalli; J. Thompson... 250
The Weaver, b c, 2, Goldfinch-Red Spinner; J. Duffy,

St. Louis 1 ,300

Contempt, b f, 2, Tammany-Ridicule; John E. Madden,

New York 2,100

Essene, ch g, 2, Inverness-Sadie; T. J. Healy, New York 1,200

Skye, ch c, 2, Inverness-Salmera; E. F. Hughes, New York. 1,500

Pigment, b f, 2, Montana-Sepia; John Franklin.- .200

Bay filly, 2, Dr. MacBride-Sissieretta; George Gillette. . , . . 500
Egyptian Princess, ch f, 2, Inverness-Sistrum; J, W.

O'Rourke 250

Northern Star, ch c, 2, Hanover-Starlight; W. C. Loring,

New York , , 3, 100

Sinecure, ch g, 2, Tammany-The Task; W. Oliver, New

York 200

Gulf Stream, chf, 2, The Pepper-Trade Wind; L. H. Franchi,

New York 500

Five Nations, b c, 2, Montana-Unadaga; Thomas Welsh,

New York 2,000

Pure Pepper, b g, 2, The Pepper-Virgin; M, J. Cavanagh... 300

Red Pepper, b g, 2, The Pepper- Weeping Child; R. Hawkins 15U

Winnecook, b f,2, Montana-Whyota; J. Duffy, St. Louis, Mo. 1,100
Emigrant, br g, 8, The Pepper-Westbound; James Galway,

New York 200

Nellie Bawn, ch f, 4, Tammany-Wood Violet; N. Benning-
ton, New York 350

Another Pioneer Gone.

James F. Bybee, well known all over the Pacific
Coast as the king of the Oregon turf, died Thursday
January 24th, at his daughter's home at Sellwood,
Multnomah county, Oregon. He was born near Win-
chester, Clark county, Kentucky, in 1818, and came to
Oregon in 1847. He settled on Sauvie's island and
built a fine home on his 640 acres. In 1848 Mr. Bybee
went to California, where he made a fortune. He then
began to invest in thoroughbred horses. He soon be-
came known in racing circles, and two of the racers he
trained for John F. Miller of Salem were the famous
Ryestraw and Allstraw. His son Robert inherited his
father's love for horses. He died several years ago.
He also became well known in racing circles in Oregon
with his horses Misty Morn, Daily Oregonian and
Raindrop, and the stallions Oregon and St. Paul. In
1873 Mr. Bybee sold the Sauvie's island home, and took
his horses to Crab creek, Wash., and ran a stock
ranch until about 1880. Subsequently he traveled a
good deal, until about two years ago, when he was
striken w'.th kidney troubie. He made his home in
Sellwood with his daughter, Mrs. Mary JLockhart,
where he resided for two years. He leaves three
daughters, Mrs. Lockhart of Sellwood, Mrs. Lillie
Rich of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Imogene Carahar of
Seattle, who were all with him during his last sickness.
Mr. Bybee was also wrell known in southern Oregon
being a cousin of Wm. Bybee. — Jacksonville Times.

February 9, 1901]

Wa^ gwevev mta §t|ji?vi&ttttt»t

I THE SADDLE, f

There is altogether too much rough riding indulged,
in at Tanforan, and some action should be taken to
abolish it. Henry seems to be the principal offender
and also seems to enjoy imnrunity from any penalty for
his conduct. The day that Edna Brown was beaten
by Maresa, there can be no question but that Henry
pulled his mount in front of Edna Brown and spoiled
her chances, yet nothing in the way of fine or suspen-
sion was inflicted. Burns also, on his own confession,
was an offender in the sweepstakes, on which occasion
he shifted his course on Canmore in the stretch, pull-
ing out toward Articulate and forcing that horse to
shorten his stride to avoid a collision; but for this inter-
ference Articulate would unquestionably have won.
The numbers, however, were allowed to remain hung
up as the horses finished and Burns may consider him-
self very lucky to escape a heavy fine or indefinite sus-
pension for his questionable tactics.

Burns & Waterhouse have purchased Favonious
from S. C. Hildreth for a price which was not made
public. Favonious was one of the best handicap horses
racing at New York last summer and should prove a
most useful member of the Burns & Waterhouse stable.

Montanic has proved himself to be a disappoint-
ment in every race in which he has started this winter;
and it is said that Prince Poniatowski intends to have
him schooled for the jumping game.

The Eclipse Stakes, at one mile and six furlongs
proved on easy thing for Advance Guard with the:
light impost of 105 lbs. He paid no attention to the
strong gale that was blowing down the stretch, and
won as he pleased. The Bobby succeeded in getting
the place just as easily after making the pace through-
out; Greenock was an indifferent third.

The sweepstakes, with $1000 added by the manage"
ment of Tanforan Park, for Canmore, Articulate'
Rolling Boer and Brutal, was run off last Saturday,
and the question of supremacy still remains undecided,
although Canmore succeeded in winning the stake.
These colts have met on several different occasions and
from the results of the various races it does not appear
that they are able to beat one another. The first
time that Rolling Boer and Canmore met, Rolling Boer
conceded fifteen pounds to Jennings' colt and. beat
him handily. On another day Brutal came from be-
hind Canmore and Rolling Boer and beat them both at
even weights. Rolling Boer has beaten' Articulate,
and on Saturday Articulate beat him, running second
to Canmore. There is still a question as to which is
the best of the outfit, but there is no question but that
the whole lot are absolutely without form and hardly
rank above the selling plater class.

Horsemen who will race at Bennings in April and at
Morris Park in May and October should not fail to
enter in the stakes offered by the Westchester Racing
Association to close at midnight next Tuesday. See
advertisement in this issue. Entry blanks can be had
at this office.

Some absurd articles have appeared in the daily
papers to the effect that a conspiracy exists among the
jockeys riding here at present to prevent Tod Sloan
from winning a race. While it is perfectly evident
that they are, without exception, jealous of Sloan, and
always rejoice when he rides a loser, the idea that any
concerted action has been taken by the jockeys is not
to be entertained for a moment. Sloan, as a race
rider, towers head and shoulders over all the boys rid-
ing on the local tracks, and is able to hold his own
against them in any department of the racing game.
And while rough riding is not to be countenanced on
any first-class track, should it come to that, Sloan can
give them points in this matter as well as any other.
The best evidence of this can be obtained from those
who witnessed Sloan's rides on Ballyhoo Bey and other
horses last summer at New York.

No English hoi*se has won the Grand prize of Paris
in fifteen years, and though English entries are numer-
ous for this year, the class is not such as to justify
anticipations of a break in the record.

The Maryland Steeplechase Association, through its
racing secretary, Col. Robert Hough, has applied to
the Baltimore County Circuit Court for permission to
hold race meetings at the old Pimlico track, both in
the spring and in the fall. The club held a meeting for
three days last November, and it was so successful that
tjhey are anxious to have another one. The officers in
the association are identified with all the leading hunt
clubs, as William P. Riggs is the President and Charles
Fj. McLane, Treasurer, while the Stewards are F. H.
M. Birchhead, S. S. Howland, President of the Wash-
ington Jockey Club, and William M. Manly. Other
members of the association are H. Carroll Brown, I.
M. Parr. Jr., T. Dedford, Jr., T. Dudley Riggs and
Charles E. Rieman.

L. V. Bell and Trainer James McCormack have en-
tered into partnership for 1901, and will train and run
Dr. Eichberg, Half Time, Philae, Cheesemite, Sweet
Tooth, Lone Fisherman, Miser, Somerset, Mischievous
and a two year old by St. Andrew-Cuisine. Every one
will wish them success.

Speaking of the two year olds at Montgomery Park,
Memphis, John Fay, of Louisville, a shrewd turfman,
says: "I have been to many winter quarters, but
never before have I seen such a grand looking lot of
two year olds. At first I was inclined to disbelieve
what I had heard of the doings of the youngsters here,
but I have now seen with my own eyes, and as far as
my bunch are concerned they are not to be compared
with the grand lookers at Montgomery Park, where
almost every stable seems to have two year old stake
material in their barns. Why, Schorr's two year olds
look like four year olds."

The Board of Directors of the organized Saratoga
Racing Association held a business meeting January
29th, and made a number of changes in the list of
officials governing the affairs of the association. By
resolution the Board of Directors, which originally
consisted of five members, was increased to thirteen
by the election of Perry Belmont, J. H. Alexander,
Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.', John G. Follansbee, W. W.
Worden, Philip J. Dwyer, J. H. Bradford and John G.
Hecksher. Andrew Miller, who originally was elected
as secretary and treasurer, offered his resignation as
secretary, while agreeing to continue filling the office
as treasurer, and the meeting elected Harry K. Knapp
to the vacant secretaryship. William W. Whitney,
F. R. Hitchcock, H. K. Knapp, Andrew R. Miller and
R. T. Wilson, Jr., were elected to serve as an executive
committee. No announcement has been made as yet
as to the stake program for the coming summer races,
though a member of the Board of Governors said that
all the well known stakes, except those that were of a
purely advertising character, would be renewed.

In the mile race for three year old fillies at Tanforan
last Friday, Jockey Miller on Bab attempted to squeeze
through a small opening on the first turn and the filly
crossed her feet and fell with him. Miller sustained a
fracture of his collar bone and will be kept out of the
saddle for some time. Bab did not get up for some
minutes and at first it was thought she was dead, but
an examination by a veterinary proved that the only
injury to the filly was a broken nose.

The two year olds which have faced the starter, so
far this season, are the best lot which have made their
debut in California for some years. One of the fastest
yet seen is a chestnut colt by imp. Friar Tuck from
Queen Kapiolani, which made his first start last Friday
and made the field opposed to him look very cheap,
running away from them at the start and winning in a
common canter. ■

The Queen's County Jockey Club has announced a
list of eight stakes for the spring meeting at the Aque-
duct track, all to close on Monday, February 18th.
The chief fixture opened is a renewal of the Carter
handicap, about seven furlongs, for three year olds and
upwards, with $1200 added, the weights to be announced
on March 14th. The other stakes are the Flushing
handicap, and Rockaway stakes for three year olds
and upward; the Arvene, seven furlongs, for three
year olds, and the Canarsie, Rose and Ozone, four and
a half furlongs each, and Woodhaven, five furlongs,
for two year olds.

There are already over 150 two year olds at Mont-
gomery Park, and as a whole a finer looking lot of
youngsters never wintered there. Perhaps the hand-
somest colt on the track belongs to W. M. Wallace.
He is a strapping big colt by imp. Wagner-Flying
Duchess by Hindoo. Bell's Commoner, b c, 2. by The
Commoner-Battle Belle, a half brother to Eddie Burke,
is another of Mr. Wallace's fine looking youngsters,
while The Commoner-Elletta filly, a half sister to
Havoc, has shown considerable speed, and is a trim,
racy looking filly. Mr. Wallace also has a colt by The
Commoner-Becky Sharp, named The Sharper, and
another by the same sire out of Levissa that are likely
looking colts.

Westchester Stakes close next Tuesday at midnight.

A gentleman who recently visited Mr. A. B.
Spreckels' Napa Stock Farm says that no breeding
farm in California is kept in any better shape than is
this model place on the Napa river. Superintendent
Geo. Berry is au indefatigable worker, and on the go
from morning until night, seeing that nothing escapes
proper care and attention. The stock is all looking
well and foals are beginning to arrive. Cavel Rodri-
guez, formerly of Salinas, now has eare*of the brood-
mares on the Napa farm, having forsaken the sulky
for a time. Jack Dinue took the mares Annie Buck-
ingham and Pique from the farm to Milpitas last
week. They will be bred to Mr. Boots' stallion Brutus.
Mr. Spreckels will send Headflower, imp. Candid and
Glitter to Rancho del Paso where they will be mated
with imp. Watercress, imp. St. Andrew and imp. Bas-
setlaw respectively.

Among the trials of yearlings at the old Kentucky
Association headquarters there is one reported of a
McGrathiana bred chestnut filly by Hanover, out of
imp. Aquila by Sterling. She was bought December
4th, was bitted, broken and galloped, and on the nine-
teenth day she wore a saddle, is said to have covered
a quarter in 0:24£ on a track that was not fast. This
filly is said to have been the result of artificial impreg-
nation.

A welcome addition to the thoroughbred ranks of
America is the stallion Laurium, a bay horse foaled in
'93 by Rightaway-Infanta Paz by Pero Gomez (the
famous St. Leger winner), second dam Hilarity by King
Tom out of Nightingale by Mountain Deer. He has
been bought in Ireland by Dr. A. W. McAlester, of
Columbia, Mo.

The English racing critics still devote much attention
to the action taken by the Jockey Club in regard to
Tod Sloan. The following excerpt from Truth bears
out the oft expressed view, that the noted jockey will
be eligible to take charge of Mr. Gardner's horses pro-
vided he does not apply for a license. "A great deal
of trash has been printed about Sloan lately and it
appears to be thought that he is practically ruled off
the turf. This is a complete mistake. A riding license
will be refused to Sloan if he applies for one, but there
is nothing to prevent his returning to England in the
spring and taking charge of the stud of Mr. F. Gard-
ner if he is disposed to do so. Sloan's betting oper-
ations had long been notorious, and as there had been
no interference with his irregularities during three
seasons he may have thought that he was dispensed
from obedience to the rules by which jockeys are sup-
posed to be governed, and especially considering the
insane fuss which was raised about him, both by many
of the sporting papers and by some of his aristocratic
patrons, for during the first two years of Sloan's em-
ployment in England he was never mentioned except
in terms of extravagant laudation."

WESTCHESTER RACES.

Added Money Increases the Metropolitan Handi-
cap— Entries to the Nursery.

The regular blank conditions for the races of the
Westchester Racing Association's spring and autumn
meetings, entries for which close next Tuesday, have
been sent out by Secretary Crickmore and can be had
at this office. In the Metropolitan Handicap for three
year olds and upward, which is the first big handicap
of the year to be run in the East, he calls attention to
the fact that the added money has been raised from
$5000 to $6000. In keeping with the rules passed by
both the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association
and the Jockey Club, that each association must have
weight for age races, attention is called that the St.
Nicholas is made a weight for age hurdle race. He
also announces that the Woodlawn Vase, which was
first run for at Louisville in 1861, will be added to the
Morris Park weight for age race under conditions to
be announced in August. He also gives out the follow-
ing list of entries made to the Nursery Handicap; $2500
added, for two year olds, which closed on August
15, 1900.

August Belmont's Masterman, Anak, Friction, Rose-
plume and Fidena colts; S. S. Brown's Ambulance colt
Merden colt, Semaphore colt, Julia W. colt; John
Ealy's Lydia colt, Julius Fleischmann's Serene colt,
Spinaway colt, Reina Victoria colt, Villette colt, the
Heroine colt and Hifight colt; Goughacre's stables and
Thistledown colt, Pilgrimage filly, Lady Stamford
filly, White Squall colt and Miss Glennon colt, W.
Hendrie's Scotland Pet and Ten Below Zero; Green B.
Morris' Ealsara colt, S #eet Home coit; M. Murphy's
Bowden Lass colt, Red and Blue colt, Alabama colt,
Duchess colt, Yum Yum colt and Wanton colt, Mrs.
R. Roche's Lombre, J. W. Schorr's Peninah colt,
Orchid colt and White Veil colt.

The attention of owners and trainers is called to the
fact that there is a fine of $50 imposed for two year
olds which are not named by March 1st.

The Futurity of 1903 has received 1049 entries.
Among the new stallions represented are Hamburg
Ogden, Isidor and Tammany. Old Ben Holiday, the
former long distance champion, and gallant Sir Walter
are also on the list.

James R. Keene's famous colt, Tommy Atkins, died
in England last Saturday where he had been shipped
to take part in the races this year. To a New York
reporter Mr. Keene said: "I do not know exactly when
Tommy Atkins died or from what disease, for I have
not been advised from the other side as to the partic-
ulars of the colt's death." Mr. Keene took the loss of
the colt, from whose performances in England he ex-
pected so much, very philosophically. It could be
seen, however, that he felt the loss of the horse more
than he cared to show. Tommy Atkins was one of the
best two year olds on the American turf last season
and second only to Commando in the stable of James
R. and F. P. Keene. He was by imp. Masetto, out of
Quesal by Himyar. He was shipped to England re-
cently with Chacornac, winner of the Futurity in 1899,
and other horses. He caught cold on the trip over,
according to advices from England, and died after
being landed. Tommy Atkins was purchased as a
yearling for $4500. The colt gave such grand promise
that his many good engagements in this country were
cancelled and he was elected by the Messrs. Keene to
race in England this year instead. He was eligible for
most of the classic turf events in England and France
this season, including the Gold Cup, the Cambridge-
shire, the Czarewitch and the Grand Prix. As a two
year old Tommy Atkins ran nine races and only once
was out of the money. There was considerable hard
feeling engendered over the running of the Flatbush
stakes, which was Tommy Aitkin's last race, when he
was beaten by Ballyhoo Bey by a head after being
interfered with in the stretch.

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THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

P. w. KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority ot the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O- BOX 2300.

Terms— One Year S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley. 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, February 9, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

•' Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) — ■ Sept. 16-21

ALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

^EW "WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

A GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

THERE IS every prospect of a good circuit of har-
ness racing in California this year if the appro-
priation for the district fairs is made by the Legislature,
and thus far no opposition has manifested itself in that
direction. A majority of the districts in the central
portion of the State are partial to a program of har-
ness racing with the running feature omitted. As a
rule nearly all the running horses of any class go east
during the summer, or race only at the State Fair, and
those that make the round of the district fairs are a
band of skates that must have conditions made especi-
ally for them. They are more trouble and expense to
the associations than they are worth, and are attended
by a band of ruled off trainers and out-lawed jockeys
that lend anything but dignity to the sport. The six
or seven months of continuous racing held here dur-
ing the winter months, with the two weeks furnished
by the State Fair and the two weeks at Los Angeles,
provides amply for the runners, and the district asso-
ciations in California will be wise if they recognize this
fact and make up their programs with harness racing
exclusively. Montana will have sixty days of running
this summer, which will leave nothing of any class in
the thoroughbred line in this State. The harness
horse is the popular horse with the general public and
is the animal of pleasure, recreation and usefulness.
The runners have become mere gambling machines,
and it is not the province, or it should not be, of dis-
trict associations to make any provision for them. If
the agricultural associations of California will arrange
good programs of harness racing this year, and pro-
vide liberal premiums for exhibits of cattle, sheep, hogs,
poultry and all farm products, they can not only make
their fairs interesting and instructive hut profitable as
well.

A GOOD LIKENESS of the four year old pacing
colt Beauseant by Bow Bells 2:19}, dam Rosy
Morn by Alcantara, recently purchased of May Over-
ton, of Nashville, Tenn., by J. C. McKinney, Terrace
Stock Farm, Titusville, Pa., is shown on our front
p:iLr'- this week. Beauseant is a full brother to Boreal
2:153, sire of Boralma 2:08, and has an authenticated
trial of 2:07j as a three year old in 1900. The best
judges do not hesitate to declare that Beauseant is the
best Individual ever bred in Tennessee.

WATCH THE RESULT of this mating. Carria
Blackwood, the daughter of Blue Bull 75, that
is the dam of Atlantic King 2:09j, Major Centlivre
2:101, Mary Centlivre 2:12, Carrie Strathmore 2:17}
and the dam of Captain Ranke 2:211, has been bred to
I Ireseeus 2:04. By all the laws of heredity the produce
should bo fast as the proverbial bullet.

THOSE WHO RACE AT NEW YORK will be in-
terested in the advertisement of the stakes to be
run at Morris Park in May and October and the han-
dicaps to be run at Bennings in April this year. A de-
tailed account of these stakes will be found in our ad-
vertising columns, and entry blanks with full particu-
lars can be had at this office upon application. These
stakes will close on Tuesday next, February 12. At the
spring meeting the two year olds have the Gaiety, for
fillies with $1000 added, over the last four and a half
furlongs of the Eclipse Course; the Bouquet, with $1000
added, selling stake, over the last five furlongs of the
Eclipse Course; and the Laureate, with $1200 added,
over the last five furlongs of the Eclipse Course. For
three year olds there is the Larchmont, with $1000
added, over the last seven furlongs of the Withers
mile; the Baychester, with $1000 added, over the
Withers mile; the Van Nest, with $1000 added, over
the last six and a half furlongs of the Withers mile,
and the Pocantico, with $1200 added, a mile and a six-
teenth, over the hill. For three year olds and upwards
there is the Metropolitan, with $6000 added, over the
Withers mile; the Harlem, with $1000 added, over the
Withers mile; the Tobogan, with $1000 added, over the
Eclipse Course; the New Rochelle, with $1000 added,
over the last seven furlongs of the Withers mile. The
Spring Serial Handicaps for three year olds and up-
wards, are the Crotona, with $1000 added, over the last
six furlongs of the Withers mile; the Claremont, with
$1000 added, over the last six and a half furlongs of the
Withers mile, and the Van Courtland, with $1000
added, over the last seven furlongs of the Withers mile.
There is also the new Jockey Club Weight for Age
Race, with $1500 added, over a mile and a furlong on
the Withers course; the Amateur Cup, selling, $1000
added, over the Withers mile; the St. Nicholas Weight
for Age Hurdle Handicap, $600 added, mile and a half;
the Knickerbocker Hurdle Handicap, $600 added, a
mile and three-quarters; the New York Steeplechase,
with $750 added, about two miles, and the Interna-
tional Steeplechase Handicap, with $1000 added, over
a two mile and a half course. All of these spring meet-
ing events close Tuesday, February 12, 1901. For the
autumn meeting the two year olds have the Nursery
Handicap, with $2500 added, over the Eclipse course;
the Champagne, with $2500 added, over the last seven
furlongs of the Withers mile, and the White Plains
Handicap, with $2000 added, over the Eclipse course.
For three year olds there is the Jerome Handicap, with
$1500 added, a mile and a quarter over the hill. For
three years old and upward is the Municipal Handicap,
with $2500 added, a mile and a quarter over the hill,
and the new Morris Park Weight for Age Race, with
$3000 added, two miles and a quarter over the Withers
course. These events for the autumn meeting close
February 12, 1901, the supplementary entry closing
August 15, 1901.

THE BREEDING SEASON has begun and there is
every reason to believe that more mares will be
bred in California this year than for many seasons
past. Every owner should make up his mind to mate his
mares with the very best stallions he can afford to pay
the service fee for. The day is past when the foal
sired by a scrub stallion will bring any money unless it
is a freak. It sometimes happens of course that the
progeny of a scrub will hark back to an ancestor of
worth and be a good individual, but in ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred a scrub will produce after his
kind. The best plan is not to breed a scrub mare at
all but if you must do it, pick out the best horse you
can find to mate her with, that the progeny may have
a chance to amount to something more than its dam.
Breeders who will look over our advertising pages will
see there advertised a number of well bred stallions
and thus far there is not one named but we can con-
scientiously recommend as a horse worth breeding
good mares to. California, fortunately, is pretty well
supplied with grandly bred stallions of all breeds, and
though there are many plug cross road stallions in ser-
vice, owners are not compelled to patronize them for
want of something better to breed to. If you want to
secure the services of a good horse consult our columns.

A DISTRICT FAIR can be made a splendid adver-
tisement of the resources of the district wherein
it is held, if the directors but work to that end. A
county not a hundred miles from San Francisco last
week appropriated a thousand dollars for a "write up"
in a San Francisco publication that probably circulates
ten thousand copies. It may be money well spent, and
we hope it is, hut the same amount judiciously ex-
pended in helping a district fair would do the county
ten times the amount of actual good.

/^"OLT STAKES for two and three year olds bred
^— ' and owned in the district should be a feature of
our county fairs this year. They will nc t only encour-
age the breeding and training of better horses, but
will be most interesting features of the fair programs.

THE SLOW CLASSES for trotters and pacers will
fill well in California this season if fair purses are
offered. A 2:15 class for trotters should draw a good
list of entries and the 2:20, 2:25 and 2:30 classes should
fill to overflowing — that is, the entries will probably be
numerous enough to pay the purses. While quite a
number of the leading trainers are talking of going
East, it is very plainly evident that unless one has a
string of horses good enough to take through the
Grand Circuit, he can do better at home here in Cali-
fornia. Outside the Grand Circuit purses range from
$200 to $500 over on the other side of the Rocky Mount-
ains and it is more profitable to stay here than to pay
big freight bills to reach a place where the purses are
no larger and the opportunities not so good. Thirty-
two horses won from $1000 to $2725 on the California
circuit last year, and it is a pretty safe bet that this is
as good a showing as the same number of horses from
any State will make on the Grand Circuit this season.
Good purses for the slow classes will not only draw big
lists of entries in this State this year, but they will en-
able the horsemen to make a little monev.

AYEAK AGO, says the Horse World, the coming
of better conditions was evident, but even the
most buoyant hardly dared prophesy so great a change
as has occurred. Never has there been a greater de-
mand for racing material and breeding stock than has
characterized the year just abont to close. Breeders
who have been conducting their operations on con-
tracted lines have branched out by adding to their
studs, and horsemen who have heretofore confined
their racing to one or two horses have enlarged their
campaigning stables. Stallions in public service have
been well patronized; owners of race horses have had
no trouble in racing them for liberal purses, and breed-
ers who have sent the product of their studs to the
sales ring have secured exceedingly satisfactory prices.
Speedway sport has advanced rapidly in the big cities
during the year, and it promises to become one of the
principal elements in establishing the value of fas 5
trotters and pacers. This form of sport has already
robbed the turf of several of its best performers, and
has thus assisted in creating a demand for the same
sort.

Raymond writes as follows in the Buffalo Horse
World: The proposition of a Kentucky man to back
Charley Herr 2:07 in a three cornered match against
The Abbot 2:03} and Cresceus 2:04, the stakes to be
$10,000 a corner, is causing a lot of talk and it is inter-
esting to note that more than one good judge thinks
the Kentucky stallion would be as good as second in
such a race. The New York man who represents the
backer of Charley Herr is reported to have referred
to that horse's chances in the proposed race as follows:
"The Abbot and Cresceus would have to trot two
heats close to 2:05, I believe, and with Kelly warming
little Charley nicely back in third place, why, I reckon
he would just about eat 'em up along toward the
fourth or fifth heats." That sounds all right, but un-
less Kelly drove a different race than he has ever
driven Charley Herr, it would be that horse and The
Abbot that would be doing the fighting in the first two
heats, with Cresceus waiting until the third heat to
make his bid. In all the races Kelly has driven
Charley Herr, he has always driven the game stallion
to win every heat. He did that in the stallion race at
Readville last fall, and he did it in the Transylvania in
the fall of 1899. Such a race as the one suggested would
be worth witnessing at any rate, but I do not believe
it will ever be arranged, for I do not think the owner
of The Abbot would care to start him against the two
stallions, although he may be perfeatly willing to start
him against either one single-handed.

Three hundred Kentucky horses will soon be shipped
to South Africa for the British army's use. The con-
tract has been awarded to Thomas Murphy, of Glas-
gow, Ky., and is the first ever given directly to a
Kentucky hoi'se dealer by the British Government.
Murphy has begun purchasing, and he believes that
he will soon secure the number desired. Murphy has
been furnishing horses for the United State army both
in Cuba and the Philippines.

. The beneficial influence of matinee racing on the
sport of harness racing is readily acknowledged by
those in a position to observe and judge of its effects.
Here is what the Boston Herald has to say: "Matinee
racing has been one of the best things that ever hap-
pened for the breeder of the light harness horses, and I
its beneficial effects will be reflected on the race track.'

Countess Eve 2:09}, now owned by the Austrians,
will be sent to Russia to compete in some of their long
distance races.

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Coming Events.

Feb. 33— Grand open-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Merchandise Shoot. Blue
Rocks. Alameda Point.

April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 9, 10, 11, 12 — Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore
Md.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

Wild Pigeons.

The abundance of wild pigeons at present in many
sections of the State is regarded as phenomenal. Im-
mense flocks are reported as infesting the agricultural
districts where the birds have entirely destroyed newly
planted fields of grain, and in some instances the farm-
ers have been compelled to replant their fields, as the
birds come down in thousands and devour the seed be-
fore it can be harrowed into the ground. The pigeons
have furnished great sport for sportsmen in many
localities, who are after the pests in large numbers.

In some farming districts they have proved so great
a nuisance that on many ranches poisoned wheat has
been laid for them.

In the vicinity of Gilroy the pigeons have been feed-
ing on manzanita blossoms, the result of this diet
causes the bird's crop to swell out like a balloon, creat-
ing a peculiar appearance and from the actions of those
affected in that manner, rather making Mr. Pigeon feel
very uncomfortable.

In the vicinity of Sacramento the birds are reported
to be resorting to their old roosting grounds on the
Raneho del Paso in millions.

Their favorite food is acorns. It is not of much use
to hunt the wild pigeon during the early part of the
day as they are very wild and wary, although some
sportsmen claim they will light to stools, circling
round and pitching in like a flock of ducks.

These wild pigeons of California are now about the
only ones,left in the United States, which congregate in
large flocks. Not many years ago the birds swarmed
over the Western and Middle States, but the market
hunters and everybody else huntsd and killed them
year after year so incessantly that the birds finally dis-
appeared and it was for a long time supposed they were
exterminated. It seemed impossible to destroy birds so
thick that when on their flights they actually shut out
the sunlight, but nothing is impossible for the class of
men who kill game for the dollars they can make out
of it and for many years the Eastern wild, or passenger
pigeon was regarded as a thing of the past. Recently
the secret of their disappearance from wonted haunts
has been disclosed and the birds have been re-located
in the fastnesses of the Peruvian Andes where they
are said to be found in the same countless myriads as
was the case when they used to visit Eastern localities.

The California wild pigeons are, however, safe from
extinction. They stay in the fastnesses of the Sierra
Nevadas, and come into the foothills and valleys only
when heavy snow storms cover up the berries on which
they feed and hunger drives them down into the acorn
belt.

These wild pigeons are larger than those that used
to be found in the East, and ornithologists have ad-
vanced the theory that they sprung trom the domestic
bluerocks brought from England years and years ago
by the Hudson Bay Company and distributed among
its Pacific Coast stations. They are said to be identi-
cal with the English bluerocks.

While feeding on acorns the flesh of the birds be-
comes bitter. As soon as they are shot the contents of
their craws should be removed, the birds are also im-
proved by parboiling. This bitterness removed the
wild pigeon becomes an excellent table bird.

Local sportsmen can get a pigeon shoot in the vicin-
ity of Livermore, Pleasanton, Sunol or Pinole where
they are reported to be in great numbers. The San
Bruno hills and the hill district back of the cemeter-
ies have furnished some good bags. They have also
been located in plenty near Point San Pedro.

'■Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any common carrier from and
after the time this ordinance is passed and in force and effect to
accept for transportation or to transport any quail delivered to
said common carrier for the purpose of shipping the same to

market."

Punishment for violation of the provisions of the
first ordinance is a fine of from $20 to $500, or impris-
onment from one to six months, or both; and for vio-
lation of the second ordinance a fine not to exceed $100
or imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or both.

The State law holds in the case of wild ducks, the
open season for which runs to March 1st.

Change in a Quail Law.
The board of supervisors of Monterey county has re-
pealed special game ordinance No. 292, which provided
that the close season for quail should begin February
1st. Hence it is lawful to kill quail in that county
throughout this month as the general or state law pre-
vails, which permits quail shooting until March 1st.

Santa Clara Game Law.

Recent changes in the county game laws by the
Santa Clara board of supervisors are noted below.

The repeal of the local game ordinances by the
board of supervisors and the substitution of new ordi-
nances was for the purpose largely of correcting a de-
fect in the former ordinances. As these ordinances do
not go into effect until fifteen days after their passage,
the open season for quail was extended this year until
February 5th. The essential features of the new or-
dinances are as follows:

"Section 1. — It shall be unlawful for any person to take, catch,
kill or capture or in any manner destroy or have in his or her pos-
session, within the limits of this county, any mountain or valley
quail between the first day of February and the first day of Novem-
ber of each year.

"Sec. 2.— It shall be unlawful for any person within the limits of
this county to kill or take more than twenty quail or wild duck in
any one day, or to have in his or her possession more than twenty
quail killed or taken by one person in one day, or more than twenty
wild ducks, killed or taken within the Jmits of this county in any
one day by any one person.

The following ordinance in regard to quail in the
light of a recent decision of the Supreme Court is, we
believe, not worth the paper it is written upon.

"Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons from
and after this ordinance is passed and in force and effect to take,
kill or transport any species of quail for the purpose and with the
intent of marketing the same.

"See 2. It shall be unlawful for any wholesale or retail dealer
from and after the time this ordinance is passed and in force and
effect to buy or sell quail for the purpose of trade.

At the Traps,

The following program is announced for the open to
all bluerock shoot Washington's Birthday, February
22, 1901. at Ingleside, commencing at 10 A. M.

Event No. 1 — 10 birds. Jack rabbit system. En-
trance, $1.25. (Every bird broken pays back 10 cts.
Balance of pool divided among high guns.)

Event No. 2. — 12 birds. Entrance, $1. 3 moneys.
Class shooting.

Event No. 3. — Freeze out. Entrance 50 cts.

Event No. 4. — 10 birds. Entrance 25 cts. Jack
rabbit system revised. (Each bird missed costs 10 cts.
extra, money thus collected will be divided among high
guns.)

Event No. 5. 20 birds. Handicap in distance. En-
trance $1. For merchandise prizes as follows: 1st
class, $5; 2d class, $3; 3d class, $3; 4th class, $2.50; 5th
class, $1.50, in cash or order for merchandise.

Event No. 6. — 10 birds. Entrance To cts. High
guns to win.

Other events will be arranged on the grounds if time
will permit.

Entries for the second annual Grand American
Handicap at targets close July 22d.

At a recent meeting of the San Francisco Trap
Shooting Association the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Edward Donohoe, President;
A. M. Shields and Phil B. Bekeart, Vice-Presidents;
A. M. Shields, Secretary; Clarence A. Haight, Treas-
urer. Executive Committee, Dr. S. E. Knowles, C. A.
Haight and Herbert Kullman.

The Executive Committee will assume the active
management of the Ingleside trap shooting grounds
and arrange the trap program for the year, announce-
ment of which will be duly made.

The grounds will be placed in first class condition for
the season of 1901. Notable among the several con-
templated improvements will be a new arrangement of
the live bird traps. These traps will be operated by
an underground method, which is now in practical
operation on many Eastern grounds and known as the
"Fulford system." This will mean a great saving in
time, both in filling the traps and retrieving.

The California Wing Club will probably open the
live bird season at Ingleside on the first Sunday in
March. Other meetings at inanimate targets and live
birds will possibly be arranged for the San Francisco
Gun Club, Olympic Gun Club and Union Gun Club.
The rumor has been current that the Lincoln Gun
Club propose to use their grounds at Alameda junction
this year.

The Empire Gun Club will open their trap season on
the club grounds at Alameda point on Sunday, March
10th, with a merchandise shoot, open-to-all.

The program for the Grand American Handicap will
be ready on the 20th inst., and may be obtained by
addressing Manager Elmer E. Shaner, 122 Diamond
Market, Pittsburg, Pa.

The Grand American scheduled for Wednesday,
April 3rd, will have a guaranteed value of $1500,
divided into three moneys — $600 to first, $500 to sec-
ond and $400 to third, with a silver trophy for the
winner. The shoot will be a sweepstakes of $25 en-
trance each, and all money in excess of the guaranteed
value of the stakes will be divided into additional
moneys under the rules that have been in force for
the event in former years. This distribution will be to
the high guns.

The one important change in the great live bird
shoot will be in the method of handicapping. In former
tournaments the handicap was by distance solely, from
25 to 31 yards rise. This year the handicap will be
from 25 to 33 yard s rise, with the addition of allow-
ances to short mark men, misses to count as kills for
those at the shortest distances, misses as kills and
misses as "no bird" for shooters just back of these,
and misses as "no birds" for the gunners at intermedi-
ate marks, the straight handicap by distance ruling
only for the back mark men under the scale adopted
by the Insterstate Park Association a few weeks ago.

The complete list to date of the Interstate Associa-
tion's trap shooting tournaments is as follows: Ninth
Annual Grand American Handicap at live birds and
second Grand American at targets, commence April
1st and June 23d respectively, at Interstate Park.
Queens, L. I.; June 19-21, target tournament at Cleve-
land under auspices of the Cleveland Gun Club; May
8-10, target tournament at Memphis, Tenn., under
auspices of Memphis Gun Club; July 1-2, target tourna-
ment at Sherbrooke, P. Q., Can., under auspices of
Sherbrooke Gun Club; target tournament at Provi-
dence, R. I., under auspices of the Rhode Island Gun
Club. All these shoots will be under the supervision
of Manager Elmer E. Shaner.

Cartridge_ and Shell.
K. L. Hart a Tucson sportsman and prominent dealer
in sporting goods will visit this city in a few weeks.
Mr. Hart is quite an expert at the traps.

What is reported by the Asian as a record bag of
ducks was made in Kashmir towards the end of last
month. Six guns in the Hokarsar and two in the Mer
gund valleys killed and gathered five hundred and
sixty-four ducks in the day. Shooting began at 10
A. M. and was continued till 5 P. M. with an hour's in-
terval for tiffin. This enormous bag consisted chiefly
of gad wall, teal and mallard with a few pintails, white
eyes and odds and ends.

The Emperor William is credited with having'bag-
ged during the year 2,750 pheasants and 146 deer. This
record was a better showing than the royal sportsman
made the year previous. In Europe, it seems, the man
who makes the biggest killing is the greatest sports-
man. The two sports of hunting and angling — the
latter indulged in away from the seabord, are the
sports of the rich and the favored. Game of all kinds
in Continental countries is protected most rigorously.
The unlucky wight who is caught poaching pays
dearly for his temerity. On the preserves, in most dis-
tricts, the game is nearly as tame as the domestic ani-
mals and easily slaughtered.

To many readers the following prosaic item from the
Red Bluff News will bring memories of an almost for-
gotten and arduous vocation, but one that was an
absorbing romance to many during the days of their
youth: Two trappers, with two boats, one a punt and
the other a large, fiat-bottomed scow, for their traps,
camping outfit, etc., reached here from up river on
Thursday. They started out from Anderson and will
continue down the river, stopping whenever they find
signs of fur-bearing animals. They say otter and
beaver are scarce so far, but have trapped many
skunks, which fur at present brings very good prices
in the market.

All hawks are not destroyers of wild game, many of
them are of great benefit, they catch and kill much
field vermin, gophers and mice, as well as grasshoppers
and other insects. Speaking of hawks, one of the men
at the Museum of Natural History in Washington tells
a story of how one was fooled at the State Museum at
Raleign, N. C, a few weeks ago. One of the curators
there was mounting a number of partridges that had
recently been presented to the institution. One of the
stuffed partridges was on the sill of a window near
where the curator was at work. A hawk flying by saw
the bird and pounced down on it, falling with it into
the room where the men were at work on the specimens.
An assistant of the curator as promptly pounced on
the hawk, and after a very short battle had captured
a very fine specimen of what is known as Cooper's
hawk. The bird was dispatched and has been added
to the other specimens in the museum.

This particular kind of hawk is the deadly enemy of
the valley quail. The "chicken" hawk, so called, is
another depredating raptor. Few, comparatively of
those who have an opportunity to shoot a hawk, know
the difference between the good and bad varieties, and
as the species has an unsavory reputation the useful
members of the hawk family are sacrificed to the gen-
eral beUef that hawks, like some Indians, are only good
when they are dead.

With the Hunters.

Shooting wild geese by moonlight was a diversion in-
dulged in by four hunters in the following manner last
week on one of the burnt tule sections of the upper
Suisun marsh. The place selected for operations was
a spot three or four acres in area which had recently
been burnt off, this being the time of the year when
fire is put to the tules, and immense tracts can now,
daily and nightly, be seen in flames. The burnt patch
was the resort at night of thousands of geese which
huddled together on the open ground. The hunters
visited the patch before the immense flocks came in for
the night and laid newspapers over the ground in
many places. When the wary geese commenced to
flock in, one string after the other, the birds at once
discovered the white and strange objects lying on the
ground. The purpose of the newspapers was shortly
evident as the geese instead of taking permanent
flight would circle round and come back again over the
spot, suspicious but still curious enough to fly back
within range of the hunters' guns. The scheme
worked only to a certain degree, while a fair number
of geese were brought down the greater number of the
birds would persist in keeping out of reach of the guns.

Black or sea brant can still be found about the tur-
bulent waters of Tomales bay, principally at the north-
ern end of this arm of the ocean. On Saturday Fred
Sanborn, Mr. Stone Jr., and Al Wilson were out goose
hunting in boats but the weather and tide were not
in their favor. Sunday morning the shoot was con-
tinued in stormy weather, but seven birds were secured.
Sunday afternoon Wilson and the Christianson broth-
ers, a trio of the most expert sea brant hunters on the
Coast, went after the geese and raised the score to
seventeen. Monday morning the hunters put off from
their camp in the boats and got enough birds to make
the bag for five men, in four shooting trips, run up to
twenty-eight geese. Results as barren as here stated
are the general rule, not the exception, and proves the
utter uselessness as a game protection feature, of a bag
limit of eight geese.

Duck hunters have been handicapped bv adveise
weather conditions, But few results were obtained on
Sunday at the resorts on the Suisun, Sonoma or Peta-
luma marshes. At Mt. Eden several bags of spoonbills
were shot in the morning. Joe Bickerstafl: brought in
fifty, Mike McDonnell and "Nick" dropped thirty
each, and G. Cook and a shooting companion had.
several dozen. Lee Larzalere, John Burfiend and a n-
other shooter came in on the Sunday train from
Alvarado with over 100 birds. There was a bright
moon Saturday night! At the "bridges" one hunter
is said to have bagged a big string of canvasback.
Three cars full of hunters came in on the 6:15 t.iaiii
Sunday night.

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

BEXCH SHOWS.
Feb. 13, 14— Rhode Island Kennel Club's bench show. Providence.
R. I. Geo. D. Miller, Secretary.

Feb • 23— W sterinister Kennel Club. Twei

annuals. M is - Garden, Xew York. Jas. Mortimer, Secre-

tary and Superintendent.

Feb 96 r 2* March 1— Cleveland Kennel Club. Annual bench
show.' C. M. Muchall. Secretary. Cleveland, O.

March 6. 7. S. d— Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania -
Pittsburg, Pa. Fred'k. S- Stedman. Secretary.

. 13, 14. 15, 16— Mascoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
-: J. L. Lincoln. Secretary,
\pril ■'' 3, 4 5— Xew England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
-. Boston Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
.. ::. AsslL
April 10 11. 12, 13— Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show.- rasa. P. K.L. Rules.

- 9. 10, 11— can Francisco Kennel Club. Filth annual
show. San Francisco. J- P. Xorman, Secretary-Treasurer.

Growing Popularity of the Dog as a Fancy.

The rise of the dog in America, from the gutter to
the show bench, is one of the natural results of the
growing popularity of sports and pastimes during the
past quarter of a century. The cult of the dog has
been brought to a degree of perfection undreamed of
in the early 70's, when a few venturesome Eastern
sportsmen who owned "bird dogs," decided to hold a
dog show. The first bench show of which any record
can be found, was given by the Illinois State Sports-
man's Association at Chicago, June i. 1871. Twenty-
one entries comprised of English, Irish, Gordon and
Laveraek Setters, Irish Spaniels and Pointers were
judged by John Davidson of Monroe, Mich., Hon. L.
B. Crocker of Mendota, Di, and H. X. Sherman of
Beloit. Wis. On June ±2. 1574. a dog show was held
at Oswego, X. J., in connection with the sixteenth
annual meeting of the Xew York State Sportsmen's
Association. There was but three entries and the en-
trance money was returned to the two exhibitors on
the report of the bench show committee "as there was
no competition."

In October, 1871, another show was held at Mineola,
Long Island, and consisted mainly of Setters and
Pointers. Another show was held at Springfield soon
after, but it was not until the Centennial exhibition
at Philadelphia, in 1876, that general interest was ex-
cited in the possibilities of the dog cult. A more mis-
cellaneous collection of dogs was brought together,
which served to show the insufficiency of quality which
existed in that day.

This show was merely an incident of a world's fair,
and it was not until the Westminster Kennel Club was
formed in Xew York, with club quarters at Babylon,
L. I., that the system of dog shows which has brought
about the present popularity of our friend the dog, was
instituted with the show held in Xew York in 1877.
Under the auspices of this kennel club, the oldest in
the country, dog shows have been held annually in
Xew York, "and the advancement of kennel interests
throughout the United States may be said to date from
the year named.

The first dog show -held in this city was in Xovem-
ber. 1877. at the Mechanics' Pavilion, under the man-
agement of Messrs. Pond, Andoe and Lock, three
theatrical managers who came to this Coast to run a
musical festival. This venture was generally con-
demned by reason of mismanagement and it utterly
failed of its object.

Other shows were given in different Eastern cities
until the interest in dogs became so general that an
association of clubs was formed at Philadelphia, in
1885, under the name of the American Kennel Club.
Headquarters were established in Xew York and a
■ stem of rules and regulations were evolved to pro-
tect dog owners and clubs giving shows, which in its
powers, is on all fours with the Xational Trotting
Association and kindred governing bodies. A Stud
Book was instituted, in which, during the past fifteen
years, nearly 60,000 dogs have been registered, and no
-- than twenty-seven shows were held in 1900 under
American Kennel Club rules.

The old Massachusetts Kennel Club, which later be-
came the Xew England Kennel Club, is the next oldest
kennel club in the country, and through its annual
shows has done no little toward educating the public
to a better appreciation of the dog.

The outline of the birth of the dog show system in
the United States paves the way for a general consider-
ation of an animal, which vies with the horse in being
considered man's best friend, and the importance of
the h - hich work for its interests.

The first breeds which commanded intelligent con-
sideration enough to lift them out of the category of
"just dog," were Pointers and Setters, more particul-
arly the latter. The old - . -..-''.net borne in the
average Anglo-Saxon to go out and kill something de-
manded a dog that would aid him to find it first.
Therefore, naturally, for some years the Setter and
Point- - - -jpreme at our shows, but grad-

ually the importation of good blood in these breeds
from England, aroused the ambition, as dog shows be-
came more numerous, of owners of other dogs known
- non-sporting, in order to improve their dogs in the
same way, until gradually the Pointer and Setter were
forced into the background, and field trials having
been instituted, they found in these a more congenial
atmosphere that the hurly-burly of a modern dog
show.

The inauguration of field trials while, undoubtedly
to some extent, improving the field qualities of Point-

ers and Setters, resulted in an inattention to bench
show form, which has, sad to say, caused a marked
deterioration in the good looks of the general average
of these dogs, compared to dogs which filled the show
benches in the 'SO's. The something like contempt
for dog shows and the bigoted ignorance of many field
dog owners- especially in the Southern and Western
States, -have contributed no little to this unfortunate
condition, unfortunate because there is no earthly
reason why a good field dog should not be a good
bench show dog, for the original standard was made
to suit both.

Among other breeds, commencing with Mastifis, the
outlook for the latter is not encouraging. During the
eighties and before the St. Bernard became the popular
big dog. the Mastiff filled out show benches numer-
ously. ~ There were then ten breeders to one now and
several shows have been held of late years in the East
where scarcely an entry has been benched. The gen-
eral opinion seems to prevail that the craze for short
wrinkled heads, more on the bull dog order, is respon-
sible for the decline of popular admiration. The craze
for these abnormal heads at the expense of other
points resulted in a line of cowhocked cripples, which
naturally disgusted dog lovers who could not under-
stand the intricacies of scientific show breeding. Other
breeds have suffered from the same inattention to uni-
formity.

The" specimens of the breed as shown here and at
other bench exhibits on the Coast for the past decade,
have, with but few exception, not been of an encour-
aging standard. Ingleside Crown Prince was one of the
best dogs shown here years ago. Ch. California Cube,
owned by W. E. Meek" of Haywards, is a dog having
the nearest approach to the typical Mastiff head that
has been seen at the local dog shows for several years
— he however is somewhat lacking in body and stature
to come up to the full standard. Speaking of this
Mastiff an amusing statement appeared a week ago in
a morning daily of this city, when it was announced
that he "has sired no less than thirty puppies within
the past month, of which eleven were out of James L.
Flood's Myra and ten out of J. P. Xorman's Hebe
Montez." This is rather a startling example of canine
energy, abnormally rapid in conditions of prepotency
and fecundity. Brilliancy of reportorial prophesy is
merged with'free advertising in a comical manner.

Happily, reason is prevailing, and through the con-
stant efforts of a few well known breeders, the Mt.
Vernon farm, for instance, also Boston and Baltimore
kennels, activity and good legs are being once more
combined with good head formation,

Among all large breeds the St. Bernard has been
most popular during the past twenty years. At- one
time St. Bernards, or, as they are sometimes irrever-
ently termed, the "saintly breed," made up the largest
entries at our shows, but now they must, at a Xew
York show, for instance, divide the laurels with Fox
Terriers, Sporting Spaniels and Boston Terriers.

Some ten years ago the St. Bernard suffered from
the craze for heads and size and markings, at the
expense of activity and good legs and feet. Wiser
counsels prevailed and such splendidly headed cripples
like old Champion Marvel would not now be tolerated
in the first ranks. Uniformity has been recognized
and deformed legs are knocked hard in the ring.

The Great Dane, although laboring under an absurd
prejudice in some sections, on account of the terrors
suggested by those uncouth monsters which are won't
to travel with the "Uncle Tom's Cabin'' troupes, is
coming rapidly forward into general popularity. The
Great Dane would become general as a country house
dog in Massachusetts were it not for the absurd blue
law which prohibits its possession in this State. The
similar law in that State which affected Bloodhounds
was repealed some years ago, and it is a pity action
was not taken on behalf of the Great Dane. This
dog is consideredlby all who know it, to be one of the
best-natured of the big dogs, and its handsome, active,
clean-cut personality, faithfulness and courage, make
it peculiarly fitted for the home guardian.

Greyhounds do not attract much interest on the
bench. Their place is on the coursing field, and since
the inauguration of coursing in this State the breeding
of Greyhounds for this purpose has become a most im-
portant pursuit, and thousands upon thousands of
dollars are invested in them.

Borzois or Russian Wolfhounds, the handsomest of
the Greyhound family, graceful, long haired animals,
with not the best of dispositions, cannot be said to
have made much headway.

Xewfoundlands, that grand old breed, also suffer, but
from an unfair reputation for treachery and uncertain
temper, brought about in most part by the reputation uf
the average black curly dog of the street, which always
gets into print as a Xewfoundland. The real Xew-
foundland is a benevolently inclined dog and has been
immortalized in Landseer's great painting. "A Dis-
tinguished Member of the Humane Family." In Eng-
land the breed is almost a national one.

Foxhounds we have always with us in the country
districts, and no keener sportsmen are to be found in
the world than the fox hunters, who, as a rule, must
pursue their sport under pretty rough conditions of
weather and country. We see little of the Foxhound
on the bench, owners generally paying little attention
to anything hut speed and nose.

And now we come to the army of Terriers. Of all
these the sprightly and prettily marked Fox Terrier
is the most popular, judging by the entries at the
shows. The smooth coated variety is most numerous,
although during the last seven years the wire haired
Fox Terrier has come well to the front, and at impor-
tant shows has only a few less representatives than the
smooth.

Bull Terriers, perhaps, come next in popular estima-
tion. Some prominent men have taken up the breed
of "white 'tins. " and a large entry is now assured at
almost all shows.

Perhaps no breed has come more quickly to the
front than the Irish Terrier — a very favorite breed
around Boston and Xew York. It is the favorite Ter-
rier around Boston. The best are owned, it has been
claimed, in that section of the country. E. Courtney
Ford, of this city, and Mrs. Bradley-Dyne, of Sydney,
B. C, have some of the best specimens on this Coast.

Scottish Terriers are also becoming a popular breed,
for while nothing gamier lives for all sorts of small
"varmints. " they are also very cute house companions.
The best in the country hail from Boston.

The different breeds of Toy Spaniels and pet dogs,
particularly Pomeranians and Blenheims, are all on
the boom, the last two years having seen a big jump
in their favor and many good ones have been imported
from England and the East.

Bench Show Notes.

The interest among the local fancy and other intend,
ing exhibitors of dogs at the coming show of the San
Francisco Kennel Club in May increases as the weeks
go by and dogdom is daily agog with this, that and
the other rumor anent the judge selected and a thou-
sand and one details. The bench show committee has
had several executive sessions and some preliminary
matters have been already arranged.

The only decisive information to date concerning the
prospective judges considered is that neither Mr.
Mason nor Mr. Raper will be in the ring. Mr. Raper
has other engagements which would prevent his visit
to this city: the negotiations with Mr. Mason have been
closed on purely business lines. The committee has
been in communication with a list of eligibles, but
nothing definite has yet been evolved. This is not to
be wondered at, considering that time, distance and
contingent circumstances prevent, to a great -
an announcement thus early of the judge or judges
engaged.

The statement which appeared, exclusively, in a
morning daily a week ago to the effect that the posi-
tion of manager had been conferred upon H. D. Laid-
law, and that J. C. Langenderfer would officiate as
superintendent, also that John Bradshaw had been
suggested for judge of Greyhounds and that Mr. Bert
Weyman had been slated for ring steward seems to
have been in part premature, although given out posi-
tively. We are informed by the Secretary that appli-
cations from the gentlemen named are now on file but
have not yet been finally acted upon.

In view of the executive abilities shown by the See-
in the past it seems somewhat in the nature of
ill advised judgment to allow matter, which should be
generally distributed to the daily and weekly press, to
be given exclusively to one publication. The small
amount of space compensation and the individual ad-
vertising acquired is not of an importance.as contrasted
with the benefit to be derived for the kennel club
and the fancy generally, to warrant a continuance of
the same distinction which was entirely too conspicu-
ous last year in connection with the bench show.

In justice to the Secretary -Treasurer we will state
that he has positively disclaimed the authorship of the
"kennel barkings" above referred to.

A new section, of interest to dog owners and club
members, was added to the club constitution at a meet-
ing held Wednesday evening and it is as follows:

"It shall he a part of the functions of this Club to
take such measures as will lead to the detection and
punishment of persons who shall steal, poison or other-
wise injure dogs, the property of a member of this
club.

••A special committee shall be appointed to take such
action as mav be neeessarv under this rule."

Pacific Coast Field Trial Notes.

The criticisms on the recent trials at Coronado
which appeared in the columns of a weekly contempor-
ary last Saturday seem to be founded on a studied
effort to belittle facts and create an unwarranted sus-
picion as to the ability or motives of the judges. The
previous communication from "Xew Hand" is an-
swered by ••Trailer" and is a peculiar document to
come from one who was not present, but is only a reader
of the reports of the trials, which by the way were all
written for the daily and weekly press by two corres.
pondents. One of which is the owner of the weekly
of this city here referred to,and the other reporter is the
editor of the weekly's kennel department, The pro-
prietor prepared the field trial matter for one morning
daily, which it is said had to be re-edited and re-
vised to make it presentable to the reader, and the
kennel editor is accredited with sending telegraphic
reports to the other two morning dailies. In the light
of these conditions it is also claimed that the latter
journalist also prepared the reports of the trials which
appeared simultaneously in the American Field and
The Sportsman's Review last week.

The kennel editor of the weekly shows great appre-
ciation of his own superior field trial intelligence when
he writes: "It is not to be expected that the decision
of the judges will at all times give entire satisfaction,
either to the owners or to those of the spectators who
have from long experience qualified themselves to form
an intelligent opinion. But when decisions are ren-
dered which are not approved by any one on the field
competent to form an opinion, it becomes a serious
matter to the welfare of the club."

Taking the dogs into the second series of the Derby
was not a mistake, the second trial was given on the
equitable ground that a young dog is often bothered,
frightened or non-plussed the first time down and-does
not show what is in him. The results of the Derby
showed this to have been a wise move. Judges as a
rule are generally more lenient with a puppy than with
the older and more experienced dogs.

The great majority of the gentlemen who were pres-
ent at the trials, whom we have met and interviewed,
unreservedly state, the decisions met with general sat-
isfaction and the only discordant element manifest at
the trials was the rancous difference of opinion ex-
pressed by the indinidual who is the self-constituted
oracle of dogdom for the Pacific Coast.

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Doings in Dogdom.

Entries for the Westminster Kennel Sho*v closed on
londay last.

It is reported that Tacoma will not have a bench
aow this year.

Mr. Thomas- Johnson was in- attendance at the
'nited States field trials at Grand Junction, Tenn.

The Canadian Fox Terrier Club will hold their fourth
anual bench show at Toronto on March 21st. 22d, 23rd.

The San Mateo Hunt Club has placed a contract
ith contractors McCracken & Andersen for the con-
duction of new kennels for the hounds and a dwelling-
>r the keepers. The structures will be located at
lurlingame, and the work of construction will begin
t once. The improvements will cost in the neighbor-
ood of £1500.

A beautifully marked young Fox Terrier by Scorcher
at of Lillian Sage shows a fine type conformation,
jlendid bone and a surprisingly good coat. In head
ad ears he is more than promising. He has a taking
;yle and shows much character. Fanciers who have
;en him say that he is a rattling good puppy. Mr.
oster has entered him in the Produce Stake of the
acihc Fox Terrier Club.

The Anglers* Annual Banquet.

The members of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club
and their guests assembled around the oak on Tuesday
evening the occasion being the annual dinner of the
Club. Over three score jolly anglers devoted them-
selves to the igood things bountifully served on the
flower bedecked and ingeniously decorated tables,
meanwhile indulging in quip and repartee typical to
the sportsman the world over.

After the coffee and cigars "VT. D. Mansfield -directed
a short entertainment replete with good things.
Orchestral and solo instrumental selections interspersed
the rendition of several clever dialect skits by R. W.
Tully and Milton W. Schwartz, two versatile Univer-
sity of California boys. Mr. Schwartz, in response to
an encore, proved himself an adept in whistling.

Judge Hunt, ever fertile in congenial resources, at
the request of the Chairman, submitted to tne club an
impromptu report which evoked a hearty laugh by
reason of its whimsical oddities and mathematical sur-
prises— the paper is here given in full:

GRAND TREASURER'S TRIAL BALANCE SHEET AXD
STATEMENT.

Classification of Members of Club —

Mr. Clinton E. VTorden has recently purchased from
ames Watson of Hackensack, X. J., a handsome sable
ad white Collie dog about one year old. He is bv Ch.
Id Hall Admiral out of Red Hill Xellie. He has'been
illed Red Hills Commodore (>o. 55.000). He is said
y good judges of the oreed to be an excellent speci-
len in every respect. This, we believe, is a new de-
arture for Mr. Worden, who also has some eycellent
'ointers and several Bull Terriers.

Kennel Registry.

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Feb. 16. — Fly-casting. Saturday contest Xo. 1.
Ties. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

Feb. 17— Fly-easting. Sunday contest Xo. 1.
Bries. Stow lake 10 A- IE.

Classification
Classification

Contests, 1901

lassiflcation
«-entry

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le-enty

Satusday, 2:30 p. 1L

1 Feb. 16

2 ^.Feb. 23

3 March 9

4 March 23

5 April 13

6 April 27

7 Mav 11

1 May 25

'( June 8

8 June 22

!' July 13

0 July 27

1 Aug. 10

2 Aug. 24

' Sept. 14

t Sept. 28

SO'DAY. 10 A. M.

Feb. 17

Feb. 24

March 10

March 24

April 14

April 28

May

May

June

June

July

July

Aug.

AUg.

Sept.

Sept.

12

23

14
28
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25
15
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Salt water anglers are getting- good catches of rock
sh at the various fishing places along the Matin
hores. Silver smelt are still very plentiful in the
stuary and Oakland creek.

Some splendid specimens of striped bass were seen in
he market this week ; a number of the fish weighing
ver twenty pounds were netted in the "cut off'' near
Jutton's Landing.

Successful anglers and "dreadnaughts" Ti

Stow lake anglers and "catchnaughts"

'■Goo gcof" drinking and steam beer members. ..
Bar room smashers and followers of Mrs. Nation.

Gold medal casters, first class

X'iekel plated boarding hourse castors, second
class

90
85

us;.

Mr. Thomas S. Griffith, a prominent business man
F Spokane, who is a lover of good horses and dogs,
as recently indulged his fancy for dogs by purchasing

pair of well bred Bloodhound puppies from the
tockwood Kennels of Lexington. Ky. He has pur-
btased from a Scotch fancier the Collie, Lenz Prince,
;ho is credited with a record of winning forty-five
rsts at shows in Scotland. This dog is now on the
ay to Mr. Griffiths and will shortly be seen by Spo-
ane fanciers.

VISITS.

T. J. Blight's red Cocker Spaniel bitch Baby Ora (Ch. Viscount-
lack Sue) to Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-HamDton Queen
eadiej January 28-30, 1901.

SALES.
W. J. H. White bought the white Bull Terrier Captain C. (Adonis
rwilight) from W. J. Wattson, February 2, 1901

Total membership .SM1^

Profit and Loss Account —

Total amount of dues paid on and up to January 1, 1901
— naught thousand, nausht hundred and naught dol-
lars and naught cents ?0,000.00

By amount of delinquent dues outstanding Feb. 1. 1900. 633.33
Amount of said delinquent dues still outstanding 633.33

Total *1.286.S6

By account of Vogelsang's attorney fees in

failing to collect above sum, sis months

back dues inclusive 350.00

■"■ cost of suit of clothes for Carlos Young at

Ross Bros- ?9.97

'' assorted prize packageof gum with suit. 3

X~et cost 59.94

" boodle credit to cash 20.00

" profit of 'California Hotel on dinner 50.00

■' floating indebtedness to sinking fund... 10 beers

Total P. &L. account -512,370 and 10 beers

Petty Cash and Investment Accounts —

Total amount of annual tournament 15.00

loss of members defeated in tournament 85

weight of Henry Skinner 203 lbs.

" number of bait fishermen in club — X it

idjourned Meeting of the Fly-Casters. — Stow
Lake Contests.

Notices were mailed Thursday by Secretary Horace
mythe announcing: The adjourned annual meeting
E the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club will be held on
uesday, February 12, 1901, at 8 o'clock P. M. at the
alifornia Hotel dinning hall (same room as used at-
onal dinner), the Executive Committee concluding
lat the room in Mills building was not suitable.

Reports of officers and Committees will be presented,
-mendments to by-laws will be proposed. Election of
fficers will. take place. Rules govering contests for
Wl and plan of same will be adopted.

Other business presented by the Executive Com-
littee will also come up for hearing and determination.
t is surmised that the meeting will bring a large num-
er of members together.

The following schedule of fly-casting contests, to be
eld at Stow lake this season, has been announced:

Grand total - SS.85, 203 lbs. and nit.

Discount Account —

On stories of number of trout caught by members. .1,699,405 trout
X. B. Grand Secretary thinks this item should
have been placed under head of "lie-abilities." j

Capital Account —

Account of this dinner in to-morrow's papers.
Running Expenses —

Fees of Constable in chasing up delinquents 150 yen

Current Expenses —

To cost of cleaning carpet when soot came down chimney. .5 5.00
" cost of bricklayer when chimney followed soot 100.00

Total J105.O)

Resources, Assets and Property Account —

Value of MillsBldg. i 1,000,000.00

Amount on deposit in California Bank in other
peoples' names - v. 126,500,000.00

Total $127,500,000.00

Dated: E. & O. E., C. & O. D.: I. & O. O. F.
Respectfully submitted,

Fred Saxborx,

Grand Treas. of Club Funds,
Jake Rauer.

Grand Rep. of Club's Creditors.
Sheriff Johx- Lackmax.
t Grand Keeper of Club's Archives.

The large attendance at the dinner was a notable
one, the function was entirely social, all business feat-
ures being postponed until the meeting to be held in
the same dining hall of the California Hotel on next
Tuesday evening.

Much credit is due to Mr. A. B. Finch to whose rare
judgment and skill was due the artistic decorations
and tasteful ensemble of the banquet hall.

The first fly-casting contests for this season will be
held at Stow Lake on Saturday, the 16th inst. at 2:30
p. M. At 10 o'clock Sunday morning the members will
indulge in the initial Sunday casting contest.

Among those present at the dinner were Fish Com-
missioner Alex T. Vogelsang, Judge John Hunt, Jr.,
Judge James M. Sewell, Walter D. Mansfield, Horace
Smvth. Herman F. Muller, Fred Surrhvne, M. J.
Geary. J. X. De Witt. F. E. Daverkosen, E. T. Allen.
H. El Skinner, James Watt. C. G. Young. A. Muller,
C. Klein, E. H. Horton. Fred Johnson, E. L. Sanford,
John Siebe, Joseph Peltier. W. A. L. Miller. Charles
H. Kewell. J. S. Turner. F. H. Reed. M. C. Allen. J.
Butler, L. Butler, J. B. Kenniff. C. R. Kenniff, J. F.
Babcock. H. H. Briggs. Geo. Walker. W. A. Cooper,
Colonel G. C. Edwards. Dr. W. E. Brooks, T. W.
Brotherton. A. M. Blade. W. Dassonville. W. Hinze.
H. Battu, C. C. Stratton. E. A. Mocker. W. H. Kier-
rulf. R. W. Tullv. M. R. Schwartz. C. M. Walker. A.
S. Carman. Charles Huvck. Clark Wise. P. W. Watson.
G. F. Klink, O. F. Ray! A. E. Lovett. R. Isenbruck, J.
Bernhard. E. A. Everett and A. B. Finch.

Tarpon and Tuna. .
The respective merits of these two -fish are given
some attention by Mr. F. Gray Griswold, a noted East-
ern angler, who writes as follows in the Xew-York Sun ■'
It is not easy to compare the. two kinds of fishing,
nor to say which fish is.more game, the tarpon or the
tuna, for they act very differently. It is safe to say
that they are imbued with quite different ideas when
first hooked. The tarpon has no fear of boat or fish-
erman: his only idea is to shake the hook loose, and to
do this he jumps out of the water and will do so sev-
eral times if you fight him hard. The harder you
fight him the move he jumps and the quicker he comes
to gaff. I have never had a tarpon take more than 250
feet of line, and that in a tideway. I have heard of
fish that have taken more, but am only telling of my
own experience. The tuna, on the contrary, is off in a
wild rush the moment he feels the hook, and I have
had 650 feet of line taken from me before I could stop
my fish. He then dwells, perhaps sounds, then runs
again, perhaps twice, then sounds as a rule. From
that time on it is a question of "pumping" your fish
up to the boat if you wish to kill the fish and not to
allow him to commit suicide by towing you about.
With proper tackle either fish "should "be" killed and
gaffed within thirty minutes, barring accidents. If
you are fortunate enough to hook your tuna in the
upper jaw and hold him hard during his first run. he
comes to the surface practically drowned, and if you
are quick it takes but a few minutes to bring him to
gaff.

The method of- fishing for a tuna is to troll from a
power launch or from a rowboat astern of such: a
launch; with a flying fish for bait. The tuna follows
the bait, strikes at the head and turns as he strikes, so
that he is generally hooked in the corner of the mouth
and makes his run with his mouth closed. - To kill him
in such cases you must tire him out. The water is
very deep off Catalina — hundreds of feet deep. When
your fish sounds, if you wait a few moments he will
discover that the pressure of the water is more com-
fortable nearer the surface. The great depth of water
. is an advantage as well as a discomfort to the fish.
I proved to my own satisfaction years since that
every tarpoon should be brought to gaff within thirty
minutes, and went to Catalina Island to see if the same
could be done with the :tuna., with the following
result:

1900 — June 5th, tuna, 150 pounds, 2 hours 20 minutes;
June 6th, tuna, 130 pounds, 1 hour 17 minutes: June
Sth. tuna. 102 pounds, 19 minutes; June 9th, tuna, 123
pounds, 19 minutes, tuna. 104 pounds, 45 minutes: June
10th, tuna, 118 pounds, 27 minutes, tuna. 88 pounds. 20
minutes, tuna, 100 pounds, 17 minutes: June 11, tuna,
99 pounds, 15 minutes, tuna, 108 pounds, 14 minutes!
tuna, b'2 pounds; 8 minutes: tuna, 109 pounds. 9 min-
utes, tuna, 118 pounds, 20 minutes. Total, thirteen
fish. 1411 pounds.

I fought my first fish with a rod that had a flaw in
it, and the reel was spread by the second fish, yet" I
averaged about thirty minutes on the thirteen! and
five of them I killed in one- day in six hours' fishing.
I used a stout rod, a Vum Hofe Star reel, holding 800
feet of Xo. 22 Hall line, and a Van Vleek tarpon trolling
hook with swivel and piano wire snood.

The leaping tuna do not jump after being hooked,
but do when chasing schools or flying fish, hence the
epithet. — ~ -

Xow, to answer the question, Which :is the more
game — the fish that stands and fights, the tarpon; or
the tuna, the fish that runs away, then holds on and
fights to the last moment'? I say the tarpon. Yet
there is no sea fishing sensation equal to the first grand
run of a hooked tuna, and he is a harder fish -to -Mil
than the tarpon. Try it! . The season is from. June 1st
to July 15th.

«

Striped bass anglers have commented on the provis-
ion in the proposed fish bill, introduced this session,
which provides for a close season during the month of
June. This particular month was decided upon partly
for the reason that but few salmon are then running.
Any month earlier or later closed for the bass would
not be in close season for salmon. The net fishermen
could, and possibly would, while seining for salmon
catch many striped bass. In selecting the monthof
June this complication was avoided.

Andy Legaspe hooked a spent fish weighing eleven
and a half pounds at Point Reyes on Sunday. Geo.
Walker's dog Monk pointed a half dozen fish, the
largest about twelve inches in length, which Mr.
Walker 'ooked and placed in his creel.

The "white house pool" at Point .Reyes was appar-
ently full of steelheads last , Sunday, the fish were seen
jumping and swirling as many as fifty different times.
Whether they were fresh fish or spent was not ascer-
tained as none of them were caught by any of the
fishermen at the Point.

The growth of salmon is thus tersely described by
Genio C. Scott: "The fingerling becomes the parr, the
parr develops scales to cover the bars on its sides and
becomes a smolt: goes to sea and returns a grilse, then
returns to sea and comes back a salmon."

A report from Point Reyes this week is to the effect
that at the "fill" just below "railroad'-' point, a num-
ber of striped bass have been caught with minnows
recently. Some of the fish were said to weigh six
pounds.

Among the tossers of salmon roe and spoon casters
at the Paper Mill tide waters last Sunday were Paddy
Dugan, Jas. Carroll, Andy Legaspe, Geo. Walker. Jas.
Price. During the day slight showers of rain fell at

intervals.

♦

"Doc" Watt is a wise angler. He is credited with
taking a prospecting trip as far as Santa Rosa on Sun-
day last and no doubt acquired much information
regarding possibilities for rod and line this season.

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[February 9, 1901

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THE FARM

Sheep Help the Land.

Somehow or other sheep have always
been associated with fertility of the soil.
They are regarded as good fertilizers, and
we think it proper to give them a great
deal of credit for it. At any rate farms
never get poorer when they are pastured
by sheep, but they do increase in richness
until it becomes practically impossible to
raise oats on such lands.

Sheep are close croppers and will eat
grasB, weeds and the foliage of trees, and
will convert and distribute such portions
of what they consume as is not needed
for the' nourishment of the body over the
land again. They graze nearly all the
time, eat plenty of grass, if they have it
to eat, and are constantly engaged in con-
verting feed into mutton, wool and fertil-
ity. It has been said of the sheep that
"its boof is golden," and it has been said
of. the sheep that it has no taste, and for
that reason will thrive as well on weeds
and browse as it will ' on grass. We are
not prepared to indorse all of this. Sheep
seem to be not very fastidious as regards
herbage and will usually eat almost any-
thing green. That they will do as well on
'weeds as grass, we are not prepared to
acknowledge. A Bheep will eat nothing
putrid and no animal matter at all. Gar-
bage has no charms for them.

Other kinds of stock beside sheep will
convert grass into fertility, but none will
more satisfactorily distribute it over the
fields. Cattle will eat but little else but
grass. Sheep will eat of both grass and
weeds. In proportion to size, a sheep will
consume- as much grass as any other do-
mestic animal, perhaps a little more. As
a grain-consumer it does not come up to
some other kinds of domestic animals.
It will convert some grain and plenty of
bay into fertility in the winter, which can
be distributed in the same manner, if
properly managed, aB in summer. Fertil-
ity is always present where there are
Bheep. Keep sheep and the farm will be-
come but little poorer, if enough of them
are kept Sheep are rent-payers andean
be turned into mortgage-payers if one so
desires. While enriching the land they
are enriching their owners.— Iowa Home-
stead.

Stockmen Elated.

Stock Notes.

The excellent prospect which apparently
stretches- before agriculturists this seasom
induced by timely rains coming at short
intervals, have inspired stockmen with
such confidence that thousands of head of
stock have been imported from Texas and
Arizona. The extensive stock raisers of
the Simi report a bright outlook. The
hills and valleys of the country are clothed
knee deep in verdure. Charles Donlon,
of Donlon Bros., in company with Sheriff
Charlebois, has just returned from a trip
through Southern Arizona and the State
of Sonoraj in Mexico, where they secured
bargains in cattle. As a result of their
venture, they brought back 900 head of
cattle, with 1000 contracted for and being
rounded up for shipment here. Donlon
returns in a few days to oversee Mb pur.
chases, and bring them in safety to the
ranges in Ventura county. — Ventura

Independent.

• —

Driving Off Coyotes.

Coyotes are more numerous in Tulare
county probably than in any other section
of the San Joaquin valley. The Register
says that they are gobbling up pigs, lambs
arid chickens by the wholesale. The
stockmen are doing everything in their
power to destroy and drive away the pests,
but aw yet there has only been one meas-
ure that has been fairly successful and
that is the firing off of cannon firecrackers
about i be corrals of the animals just at
nightfall. This drives the coyotes away
and they do not venture to return for a
day or two. This is practiced by many
farmers in that section.

[Jacksonville Democrat.]

The stock raisers are much pleased
with the generous amount of snow on the
mountains and in the valley sections, as
it will be a needed help in starting more
grass on the ranges, so that good feed
may be afforded during next summer,
Although the snow is very deep in some
localities, it will melt rapidly during the
summer months to keep the grass trow-
ing and afford considerable water also.
During ordinary seasons the ranges be-
come very dry and barren in many locali-
ties.

Henry Scluimger of Sacramento has
been in Butte Creek Valley and Shasta
Valley lately, purchasing beef cattle for
the San Francisco and Sacramento mar"
kets. He secured three carloads from
Hank Meiss of Butte Creek, which were
shipped from Montague, and will send
more below later on.

Lassen Mail: Two weeks ago G. E De
Forrest, shipped a car load of hogs to San
Francisco. At Amedee, before being
placed on the cars, the hogs were taken to
the scales and weighed. There were
seventy-five of them. Only sixty of them
were shipped. Fifteen, in some unac-
countable manner, were left in the weigh-
ing room and remained there for a period
of eight days without food or water. Mr.
DeForrest was notified and went to
Amedee to get the hogs. He says that
the animals looked but little worse for
their experience of eight days without
food or water.

Cedarville Record: William Mulling has
recently been buying and selling quite a
number of cattle, and yesterday he pur-
chased eighty head from D. E. Hill. The
cattle have always been reputed to be first
class, and as good cattle are in demand, it
is probable hat Mr. Mullins will dispose
of them when the right buyer comes
along.

Laieview Rustler: S. D. Coulter and
Cordell Thurston left here last Thursday
for Warner Valley to buy cattle. They
returned Saturday, neither having made
any purchases. Mr. Thurston found a
few of his strays there, but did not bring
them back owing to the deep snow.

Etna Advance: The stock raisers have
good reason to feel jubilant in this valley
at the advanced prices of beef cattle.
Several of our stockmen have lately sold
their beef and are transferring them to
the railroad this week.

Pneumonia Killing Hogs.

Why Bacon is High.

As to the reason for the fact that bacon
now costs more than most any meat in
the market wholesale handlers supply an
explanation. The increased cost is due to
the fact that the various governments
that now have exceptionally large armies
in the field take all that Bort of meat the
packers have in the way of surplus. They
also absorb much of the regular supply.
So the price is kept away beyond what it
normally would be. Bacon is the staple
food of the soldier in the field. Packers
have standing orders from the United
States, British and German governments
for all the bacon they can spare. So, tak
ing the scarcity of both commodities, it is
easy to see why there is a scarcity of the
general breakfast dish in boarding houses
and an increase in the price for the dish
on the bills o' fare. — New York Times.

Hundreds of hogs are dying every week
up and down the river from the effects of
pneumonia. Many farmers have been
doctoring them for hog cholera, but from
Dr. Bannerman, who is recognized all
over the county as being one of our best
veterinary surgeons, we learn that the real
cause of the great loss is pneumonia
brought on by the hogs not being properly
housed. The doctor says that too many
of our farmers think that all that is
needed for hogs is plenty to eat and a
mud-hole to wallow in, but during the
winter, especially when we have so much
damp, foggy weather, hogs, as well as all
stock running out, should have proper
Bhelter. It will be noticed that very few
hogs have died where proper shelter has
been provided.

J W. Browning of Grand Island is
probably theheaviest loser, having already
lost about four hundred head. Many
cattle in the county have also died recently
of the dreaded disease, black-leg. Seven
or eight head on the late C. P. Wilson
place have died. S. H. Hines, Mr. Kil-
gore and Dave George have also lost sev-
eral. This is a dreadful disease and there
is absolutely no cure for it after it once
has a good start, but wherever Dr. Ban-
nerman has vaccinated the sound animals
no further loss has been sustained. —
Colusa Sun.

Value of Crop Rotation.

Hon. C. L. Smith, of Minnesota, ad-
dressing the dairymen, emphasized the
value of crop rotation.

"One strong argument in favor of live
stock is found in the provision it makes
for a rotation of crops, and this is always
an important factor in maintaining fer-
tility. The growing of a single crop of any
kind on the same ground year after year
will of necessity exhaust or seriously im-
pair those elements of fertility that enter
most largely into that particular plant.
As an illustration, wheat uses up the
nitrogen in the soil, but clover increases
it. Diversity of crops leads naturally to
an increase in live stock in some form,
which increases the volume of barnyard
manure. This, properly used in crop rota-
tion, will increase the fertility of the land
so that the number of tons of roots or
forage crops will grow larger instead of
smaller, as is the case with a single crop
system.

' 'Diversity of crops is a check against
the scourges of weed and insect pests.
The changes in cultivation and in the sea-
sons of plowing destroy weeds and insects
more effectually than any form of single
crop, always seeded and harvested at the
same time of the year.

"It is a much safer system of farming,
as climatic conditions unfavorable for one
crop are often propitious for another, and
with a variety of crops some one is usually
productive and profitable."
. »

One of the most remarkable instances
of productiveness known is that of the
famous Jersey cow Adelaide of St. Lam-
bert; she weighed when tested 1002
pounds and in 31 days she produced 2006^£
pounds of milk or more than twice her
own weight. She made 21 pounds 5% oz.
of butter in seven days and 82% pounds
of milk in one dav, 917U' pounds in two
weeks or about 65}£ pounds per day for
that time. There may have been larger
records, but that is large enough for a
Jersey.

TXT m Tif arl Road horse 1514 to 16 hands.
VV O 11 LOU. Must be sound, gentle and
fast. Give full particulars ana right price. "Ad-
dress M. I., pancoast, S. E. cor. Bush St.
and Central Ave., San Francisco.

FOR SALE

Pacing Stallion John A. 2:12 3=4.

Five year old Sound as a new dollar and (aster
than his record.

Will be sold right, and in care of a good man can
earn his price in the stud this year and be raced
as well.
For particulars apply to J. D. HEINS,

400 Fulaom St , San Francisco.

Percheron Stallion For Sale.

I offer for sale NATIVE SON, foaled April 28,
1897. He is a handsome black with brown points
and was sired by Raglan, 1st dam by Adolph, 2d
dam by imp. Weioort, 3d dam by imp. French Spy.

Native Son is one of the most promising young
draft stallions in California, and is a sure foal
getter. He was bred to eight mares last year
and all are in foal. His six year old full brother
weighs 2060 pounds, and Native Son will be as
large at the same age. Apply to

H. B. GOECKEV,
585 Fourth St., San Fraoclacn.

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Having fitted up the above place especially for
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will afford me pleasure to correspond with owners
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13

WESTCHESTER
RACING ASSOCIATION

Events to close Midnight of Tuesday, February 12th.

To be run in May, 1901,at Morris Park, New York.

GAIETY— Fillies, two years old; condition, $1,000
added. Four and a half furlongs.

IOUQUET— Twoyearsold. Selling
, Five furlongs.

$1,000 added.

.AUREATE— Two years old; condition $l,onn
added. Five furlongs.

.ARCHMONT— Three years old. Maidens. $1,000
added. Seven furlongs.

AYCHESTER— Three years old. Non-winners of
$1,000. Condition, $1000 added. Withers Mile.

AN NEST— Three years old. Selling. $1,000
added. Six and a half furlongs.

'OCANTICO HANDICAP— Three years old. $,1200
added. Mile and a sixteenth.

[ETROPOLITAN HANDICAP— Three and up-
ward. $6,000 added. Wither Mile.

[ARLEM— Three and upward,
added. Withers Mile.

Selling. $1,000

OBOGGAN HANDICAP— Three and upward
$1,000 added. Eclipse Course.

rEW ROCHELLE HANDICAP— Three and up-
ward. $1,000 added. Seven furlongs.

ivents to close February 12th
Supplementary Entry

'URSERY HANDICAP-Two years old. $2,500
added. Eclipse Course.

HAMPAGNE— Two years old. Conditions, $2,500
added. Seven furlongs.

raiTE PLAINS HANDICAP— Two years old
$2,000 added. Eclipse Course.

EROME HANDICAP— Three years old. $1,500
added. Mile and a quarter.

SPRING SERIAL HANDICAPS— Three an up-
ward.
CROTONA- $1,000 added. Six furlongs.
CLAREMONT- $1,000 added. Six and a half

furlongs.
VAN COURTLANDT— $l,000added. Sevenfur-
longs.
Note— Entrance, $30 each for the three races.

JOCKEY CLTJB-Weight for age. $1,500 added.
Mile and a furlong.

AMATEUR CUP— Three and upward. Selling,
40 lbs. above the scale. Gentlemen ridnrs.
$1,000 added. Withers Mile.

STEEPLECHASES AND HUKDLE RACES.

ST. NICHOLAS HURDLE— Weight for age. $600
added. Mile and a half, six hurdles.

KNICKERBOCKER HURDLE HANDICAP— $600
added. Mile and three-quarters, seven hurdles.

NEW YORK STEEPLECHASE— Weight for age.
$750 added. About two miles.

INTERNATIONAL STEEPLECHASE HANDI
CAP— $1000 added. About two miles and a half"

, to be run in October, 1901.
to close August 15th.

MUNICIPAL HANDICAP— Three and upward'
$2,500 added. Mile and three-quarters.

MORRIS PARK WEIGHT-FOR-AGE RACE—
Three and upward. $3000 and Woodlawn Vase
added. Two miles and a quarter.

Other events for two-year-olds, three-year-olds,
three and upward, and for all ages, will be
duly announced to be run at the Autumn meet-
ing to close August 15th, 1901.

Washington Jockey Club

Handicap to close February 12th.
To be run in April at Bennings, Washington, D. C.

ENNINGS SPRING HANDICAPS, to be run on the first and last days of the meeting. By sub-
scription of *10 each, which shall entitle the entry to start in the First and Second Handicaps on
payment of the additional starting fee of $20 each.

IRST BENNINGS SPRING HANDICAP-$700 added. Six furlongs.

ECOND BENNINGS SPRING HANDICAP-$1,000 added. Seven furlongs.

otice— To owners and trainers. The overnight programs will include races for two-year-olds and

three-year-olds, also steeplechases and hurdle races, the conditions of which are similar to those

that have heretofore closed, also the Hunters1 Spring Steeplechase.

For entry blanks, address

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,

36 G^a'y St , San FranciHco, Cal.

PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the manageratnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of ad ling to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will b* introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attrihutes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

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Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2111 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10?4; by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

MeKINSlT 2:llfv

sire of

Coney 2:023£

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09^

Zolock 2:10^

Zombro 2: 1 1

You Bet 2:12}$

McZeus 2:13 *

Dr. Book ..2:13^

Osito 2:13H

Juliet D 2:13;i

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14fc(

Geo. W. MeKinhey. . . .2:14H

McNally 2:15 "

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the show ring, champion on-the-raee
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKmneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

— co Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 <With usu"i return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at U per month. For further particulars, address

C. J. DURFEE, San Jose, Cal.

Or 985 Peralta St., Oakland. Tel. Red 2*324.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!
A Grand Individual!
A Coming Great Sire!

Sired by the champion MeKinhey 2:11K danVbv

Almont Lightning.
"Will make the season of 1901

from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the

Sacramento Race Track at .

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse. '
For further particulars address •

GEO. T. BECKEES.
Bace Track. Sacramento.

$50

/The Abbot 2:03^

| Azote 2:04 %

Electioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 2:14*, Reg mi;mm

Sire BOIDELL r.3Bl by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE C. 2 -30 bv Dnranm nhl.r
2314. Second dam Grace P by Prince Dictator 5953 B '

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee $26

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and verv DmrnisinS
Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further oartiVii S
call on or address ED HFFBKIV, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alam *"» nl™

. Alameda, Cal.

Racing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

Feb. 11 to Feb. 2 3,incl.
OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Rocing MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, lain or
sbine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races s-tart at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Franci.co at 12 M and 12:30,
1, 1 :30, 2:30 and 3 p.m., connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the tract. Buy yonr ferry
tickets to shell Mound. All traiDS via Oakland
mole ejnDect with San Pablo electric cars at
seventh and Broadway, Oakland; also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadwav, Oakland. These elec-
tric cars go direct to the track in fifteen minu'es.

Reaming trains leave the track at 1:15 and 4:45
p. m and immediately after the last rece.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS, Pren.
R. B. MILKOV, Sec'y

■'ALL VOYAGERS AGREE THAT FOR
VARIED BEAUTY OF FORM AND COLOR,
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE UNSURPASSED
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE RILLS
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS THAT
CIRCLE ROUND THE HIGH LANDS. GATHER
IN LOVELY STREAMS, AND, AFTER HEAVY
RAINS, TORRENTS PRECIPITATE THEM-
SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM THE
MOUNTAIN CLIFFS— A FEATURE SO STRIK-
ING A3 TO HAVE ATTRACTED THE AT-
TENTION OF ALL VOYAGERS FROM WAL-
LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF THE
ISLANDS THERE IS A LUXURIANT CORAL
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE AT NO
GREAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW THE
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLAND
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOSE OF
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS."

• — Encyclopedia Britannica.

The Favorite S. S. Australia sails
monthly for this Garden Isle. Send for
Tahiti" to Company's office, 643 Market

St., San Francisco, Cal.

Do You Want

A Speed Cart,
Track Sulky, or
Speed Wagon?

I'll Fit You Out with the Best at the
Lowest Price.

J. KESSET, Bikeman,

531 Valencia St., near 16th,
San Francisco, Cal

BAKER & HAMILTON, Agent for Deal Carts
San Francisco and Los Angeles.

O'BRIEN & SONS

Agents,

San Francisco, Cal.

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[FEBRrARY 9, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of Johx Parroti, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufiis 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

4.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:0d Sire of Directly, 2:03J, and

25 others in standard time.
Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De

VeraSj 2:11^) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Wiirmake the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
3Iares only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TERMS FOR THE SEASON' SSO.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.
Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in

America.

t£ood pasturage for mares
barbed wire.

1.00 per month. (No

For Special Stake for foals of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton. Cal.

DAIY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

Bj- Whips 2:27M by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2: 1 1 '4 .

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co.,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 2:06

liaedalion 2 :1 1

Diawood 2 11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11!

SIRE OP

Taes 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16H

tiaff Topsail, 2:17"

Hazel D 2:24i:

N L. B. (2) 2:21«

Imp 2 :22*;

Key del Diablo (3)...2:233i
Athalbo 2:24Vi

Sire

/Much Better -2-.0TH

/Mu.

I Derby Princess.. .
J Dia

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 -'Diablo..

=. . (Owyhee 2:11

Sire of ( an,i w more in 0.30

Dam (Diablo 2:09*f

- _„.... . Elf 2:12i;

DtRIHA by Alcantaras Ed Laffertv &16JS

Dam of |Ja-^ Eff Be-e- <year--

ling record) 2:26!4

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40,

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out uf Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2!131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

Sire:

SIDNEY

2:19=^

sire of .

LEN_XAX2:05'j

1? in 2:15 list

93 in 2:30 list

.^

Dam:

ARTHUR

CRICKET

WILKES

2:10

2:2*54

by

sire of

STEECWAY

YTAYLAND W..

sire of

&12K

Klatawah 2:0514

4 in 3:15 list

9 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

33 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

•2 in 0:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of
Apes . . . .&26
grandam of -
4 in 2:15 list
6 in 230 list

L--V.1 _- . .

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and wci

:13h. that won five races and over 52000 on the California Circuit of 1900. ; size, style, good looks and speed.

i a erand individual. His get all have

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Banch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

D I I C" V Ba5" norse bv Longfellow, dam Geneva by "War Dance. Sire of Corsine
■* ' Lt I j (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly

Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

. Bro*vn horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.
Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc.. address J. J, GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH. Sacramento, Cal

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

Xo.

70 American Hacknev Stud Book

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13. 3\ hands.

The only representativejstallion in America of ihetwo best British Hacknev
~Pony Strains.

^J^^1* si? an,a du,m ""es b»™ lons bees recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined witlnrue. hit-hand spirited action

v^S.mir'V?B" i Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at »30. Mares will

be boarded by the season, or durmt'- >1U) Dollars per month

JAMES MelloNNELL. Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,
Portola. >a» Mati-o County. Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22.449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

I !-« and I„.;i„
Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track-Terms 350 the Season.

, Ma.r', s J >'y competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility -isMime/l

SM-fi?*8 °J .bleat time of se??ice aid mus?oe

M.ttl9d before removsl ol mare. Pasturage S3 per month. Address s. A hooper!

Race Track, Woodland", Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER,25,492bh i6 hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:0T|, GAYTOX 2:08], ALYES 2:09J, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young- Maggie bv Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taben to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WW. R WELCH, PleaPanton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 slssjss:

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:0?if, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08:. DIABLO 2:09y, OWYHEE 2:11,

LITTLE BETTER 2:11^, CIBOLO 2 :1s';, and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11

$50 the season.

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices. -
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal

BRITARY 9, 1901]

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15

Sonnie Direct 2:054

orld's Record for Pacers in First £

Season's Campaign.

inner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
Ler of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit-
Jlue Hill Stake at Readville. and three other
;reat races. Biggest money winner of '"New"
'acersof 1900, having S7,o?o tohis credit the first
rear out.

■ed by Direct 2:05;,. Sire of Directly 2:03'
Directum Kelly 2:08], Etc.

)am BON BON" 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2: 14 VI
Simmons 2:38, sire of Helen Simmons 8:liw'
w York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
yhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10?^, as a three-year-
, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
turity.

iecond Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29 by George
Ikes 2:22. B

'hird Dam BETTY VLLEY, by BobTJohnson
■roughbred son of Boston. "" '

)NNIE DIRECT ?Ji^,HS^^lu^?lie5'1?e,«h8ll001l,a Is a good individual,
w~ * bas best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

SSS^rtS?,?^ S^wf-? Iimited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at 81 on
Sn- ^*ctnufQ PnYlle^e lf mare Proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in mv possession
ney due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Everv care taken to Drevent LririPim nr
apes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for ma?es at reionaWe Stes
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

fc=r-£ ;

-kW£E^-

W&L — - '-

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Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

Hal McEwen l 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, ait. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr.
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10H,2;12M, 2:13?i;2:13; 2:12!*, 2:12?^.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse §1,500, at Colombus.

Bonnie Direct 2 5 1 1 1

Johnny Agan l 1 2 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 a dr. Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, 3:02^, 1:34, 2:05V*; 0:33,—, 1:05*4,
1:38H. 2:10^: 0:32: 1:03';, 1:34U, 2:07!*: 0:3l'A
1:04J4, 1:37?*, 2:08?*; 0:31!*, 1:03?*, 1:36. 2:08j*.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct l i i

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07?*, 2:09!-*, 2:10}*.

The Highly Bred Stallion

l/ILKES DIRECT 2:22^

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

I -NT¥T^°°D ^j^S, 2:16''=. site of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2-10W
Bins 2:13*, Georgie B. 2:12*, Bob Ingersoll 2:1«C and other standard performert'
lf,^,Tr,'1am "■ Jo^1 A- 1IcKe"-ron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:'^'. and ThuSdav
■ %™Z If- cha™P10°P'rector 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05*, Direct 2:16';. Direction
;, Erangel-n. 2:11«, Margaret S. 2:124 and others: second dam \nnie Titus l dam
inie C. 2:25) by Echo M2, sire of Echora 2:23>2 (dam of Direct 2:05°;) and la o tneS
it; third oam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22'.,, sire of Our Dick alow
estake 2:14.., and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont ~

LKES DIRECT 5™<iarkJba?', !5-J j""^ a"d weighs 1200 pounds; well
it the stables of TW n^!^ni ?l ^ dlsf>°siti°n. Will make the season of
it tne staoiesot 1. \\ . Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

RMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

ood pasturage S3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken tonrpvpnt
ents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur Address prevent

T. W. BARSTOW,

San Jose, Cal

>hone No. West 141.

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2 09.

•eed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

The Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phcebe Wilkes 2:0814, Rocker 2:1], Tommy Mac
2:11".,, Arlene Wilkes 2:1 Pi, New Era 2:13
Aeroplane 2:16^, Sunbeam 2:16^. Svbil S.
2:lfi?i. Saville 2:17'-. Grand George 2:18^,
J. F. Hanson 2:19& and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make (he Season of woi at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, !; mile fromSaota Clara-

Terms for the Season - $40

Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Santa Clara, Cal-

IOODLE 2:121-2.

sire of Ethel Downs 2:I0, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

land for service at the

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOI.STKINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerrys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs F
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

•od Pasturage at $4 per month.
snts. So ici re fences.

hose: Suburban 541.

CORALIETOS STOCK FABM

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

TKKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A.J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co. Los Angeles

W. A. SHTPPEE, Avon. Cal, Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks. Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage.Ssddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Ayenue, San
Fr3ncisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

E $50.

Return privilege, in case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention
Lfc, possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of Ms colts
ive been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent to
B-'in by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Ir:tf7~: — a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd of
ten : f beheve Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laving speed aside, his colts
leir size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppv appearance in general, with 3-minute speed
fc^a$t for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced

3TTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

West Santa Clara St.. San Jose.

W. A. HACK, Superintendent,

San Martfn.

ECRETARY

28378

Dr. w xxl, :F\ EJsctja..

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College. Edinburgh: Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surjrery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco;
Telephone West 128.

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The Fox Terrier

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A. K. C. S. B. 52,089.
By Visto (the sire of Champion Veracity) ex
Eggestord Dora. A winning dog on the Eastern
Bench Show Circuit and on the Coast. At stud :to
a limited number of approved bitches. He has al-
ready proved himself to be a good sire, and should
improve the quality of the breed on the Coast
b ee, ilo in advance. For particulars address,

Chas. K. Habley, 8M Harrison St., S F

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— dtellaj

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for sale.

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New York.

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The Picturesque Route

OF CALIFORNIA.

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m$®

$30 THE SEASON.

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER will
make the season of 1901 at iLHUU.i RACE TRACK, from Feb. 15 to July 1 at

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

„. and tinish aud beautiful symmetry.

Mis get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13'.; Hazel Y "IT

elf Id *' Aud,,or i:I9'= anQ many others, and all have great style and action,' as

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February loth. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLS0Nt

ANmeda Race Track,

all ion Cards,

Write foe prices

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu

rately compiled, printed at short notice at this

Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

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K. P. HEAHl, President.

Capt. Tom Merry

Compiler of ■

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(Thoroughbred Horses Only)
Address 534 1-2 South Spring St.

I<oa Angeles, Cal.

Refers to Hon. Wm, C. Whitney, New York;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York: James R. Keene,
Esq., New York: E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sandersville
Tenn.; Wm. Hendrie, Esq., Hamilton, Ont.

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To Be Mated With McKinney.

Palo Alto, February 11, 1901.

Breeder axd Sportsmax: — Palo Alto Stock Farm
recognizing the grand results that have been produced
through crossing the blood ol Electioneer and Geo.
Wilkes, and also recognizing the superiority of the
great sire McKinney 2:11}, of the Wilkes family, as a
producer of extreme speed and race horses, has booked
to him twelve mares, eleven being daughters and
granddaughters of Electioneer, the twelfth a daughter
of his half sister, the champion of her time as a three
and four year old, Elaine 2:20. Seldom have twelve
mares, so noted, been sent from any stock farm to a
stallion standing for public service as the lot to be
sent from Palo Alto to McKinney, the great son of
Alcyone. The list comprises:

Helexa 2:11} by Electioneer, dam Lady Ellen 2:294
(dam of four) by Mambrino 1TS9. Helena is dam of
Wild Nutling (p) 2:11} and Hyita, second in 2:15}, in
1900, her first two foals. Helena has a yearling by
McKinney, a brown colt.

Expressive (3) 2:125 by Electioneer, dam the thor-
oughbred mare Esther (dam of four) by Express. Ex-
pressive has a yearling brown colt by McKinney named
Alta Vista engaged in stakes amounting to $46,000.

Coral 2:18}- by Electioneer, dam Columbine by A.
W. Richmond. Coral is full sister to Anteeo 2:165, J.
C. Simpson 2:184, Ant evolo 2:194 and Anteros. Coral
is now carrying a foal by McKinney.

Bell Bird, yearling record 2:26, two year old 2:22,
by Electioneer dam the great Beautiful Bells, by
The Moor. Bell Bird held the world's yearling record
2:26, and race record 2:18}. She is a full sister to
Hinda Rose (1) 2:364, (3) 2:195, worlds records -when
made; St. Bel (4) 2:244; Chimes sire of The Abbot 2:03},
world's champion record, and Fantasy 2:08}, world's
record for three year olds: Bell Boy (3) 2:19|, Palo
Alta Belle (3) 2:224, Bow Bells 2:19}, Bellflower (4) 2:12f,
and Belsire 2:214. Half sister to Adbell (1) 2:23, world's
record for yearlings and Rosemond dam of Mont Rose
(3) 2:18, Sweet Rose (1) 2:25| and Infact 2:26|.

Palita (2) 2:26, by Palo Alto 2:08}, dam Elsie (dam
of Rio Alto (3) 2:164, Novelist (2) 2:27, Mary Osborne
(3) 2:28} and Falvini 2:30 by Piedmont 2:17}.

Palatixa (2) 2:23, (3) 2:18, by Palo Alto 2:08| dam
Elaine 2:20, (dam of Iran Alto 2:12}, Norlaine (1) 2:314,
and Anselma 2:294 by Messenger Duroc.

Eldex (3) 2:194, by Nephew, dam Eleanor by Elec-
tioneer.

Cressida (3) 2:18} by Palo Alto 2:08}, dam Clarabel
(dam of Clifton Bell 2:244 and Idealia 2:30) byAbdallah
Star.

Sweet Rose (1) 2:25} by Electioneer, dam Rose-
mont (dam of Mont Rose (3) 2:18 and Infact 2:26}) by
Piedmont 2:17}, granddam Beautiful Bells.

Athexa 2:15} by Electioneer, dam Ashby (dam of
Aria (3) 2:16} by General Benton.

Elsie by General Benton, dam of Elaine 2:20 by
Messenger Duroc. Elsie is the dam of Palita (2) 2:16,
Rio Alto (3) 2:164, Novelist (2) 2:27, Marv Osborne (1)
2:37. (3) 2:28} and Salvini 2:30.

Avexada, ch m by Dexter Prince, dam Avena (2)
2:194 by Palo Alto 2:08f. Yours truly,

__^_^ F. W. Covey.

Revenue from Racing.

The annual report of the racing associations of New
York State to the Comptroller reveals an unprecedented
degree of prosperity to the running tracks. The
seven tracks in the State which are occupied by the
gallopers, report aggregately the sum of $1,973,368.80
as gross receipts for the season of 1900, on which the
tax amounted to $98,688.44, the latter sum going as a
subsidy to the agricultural societies of the State. The
Coney Island Jockey Club reported $494,895, as the
receipts of thirty days racing last year. The Brook-
lyn Jockey is a close second with $474,887.80. The
other tracks show proportionate results, even the two
weeks' meeting at Empire City Park, with its inade-
quate transportation facilities, yielding $71,430. Of
course the returns from the trotting tracks do not
show any such stupendous figures as these, but they
swell the total amount of the subsidy to the fairs to
$101,313,95. The itemized reports of the associations
are not submitted by the Comptroller, but it is well
understood that the item of gate receipts constitutes
the largest portion of the revenue to the running
tracks. By a little dextrous manipulation the fees
from the bookmakers, of whom there are more than
half a hundred at each track who pay nearly $75 each
per day, are made to appear as gate receipts, and this
gives a most surprising result to that source of revenue,
which, however, without the above explanation, would
be somewhat misleading. The trotting tracks realize
comparatively little from pool selling, and some of
them even less from actual gate receipts, their greatest
source of income being entrance fees, which are wholly
paid back to the owners in purses.

A Denver Breeding Farm.
A correspondent of the Chicago Horse Beview re-
cently visited and wrote as follows of what is destined
to be one of the greatest nurseries for the production
of the light harness horse in this western country, near
Denver, Colo., owned by Messrs. W. W. & M- B.
Porter. Mr. W. W. Porter, by whom that great
pacer W. W. P. 2:054 was brought out and for whom
he was named, and his son, Mr. Miller B. Porter, both
business men of Denver, like many other horse lovers
of wealth, looked to the breeding of trotters as a diver-
sion. They consequently seven years ago purchased a
farm (called a ranch in this country) of 1700 acres,
situated most beautifully on a plateau in the foothills
of the Rocky mountains, about eighteen miles from
Denver. A number of fine barns and stables were
erected and a good half-mile track. After a diligent
and studious search throughout the East and West,
Messrs. Porter finally selected for their premier stallion
that grand young horse Saraway by Steinway, out of
Katie G. by Electioneer. He is full brother to Charles
Derby and Klatawah, who holds the three year old
world's pacing record of 2:054. He is a grand individ-
ual, and with only four years in the stud has already
to his credit W. C. Stratton (3) 2:22}, Helen Mar (3)
2:29}, Lord Gilbert (2) 2:304, and six with trials better
than 2:20 as three year olds. Slipaway, with a trial
quarter in 31 seconds this year as a thi-ee year old, and a
yearling pacing filly, broken only three weeks, I timed
an eighth in 20 seconds over the lstock farm. Several
two year olds at the farm I timed an eighth in 185 to
19} seconds. Out of seven yearlings and two year olds
not nearly bridlewise, there is not one but what can
show right at a 2:20 gait under the watch. There has
been gathered for Saraway 's harem a grand galaxy of
brood mares, some of which are Betsy Cotton 2:16}, by
Jay Bird, dam Flora Pilot, by Mambrino Patchen;
Marvine by Pilot Medium, dam by Chichester, he by
Luxon 2:114: Mollie Wilkes by Red Wilkes, dam Mollie
Patchen, by Wild Wagoner; Nannie V. (dam of Nannie
W. 2:22}), by "Venture, dam Nannie Thorn (dam of
Thornless 2:15}). by Hamlet; Stella Magnet 2:24], by
Magnet; Miss Wilkes, by Superior 2:17}, dam Reta
Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes; Orient by Kentucky Volun-
teer, dam Miss West, by Egbert, etc., etc. The time
is not far distant when the produce of this farm shall
be known the whole country over and will get their
share in the large stakes "down the line." I am a
Pennsylvanian sojourning here, and when I saw this
farm and colts I thought it might be of interest to
your readers to know that the State that gave W. W.
P. 2:054, Carbonate, 2, 2:09, and Success 2:10} to the
Grand Circuit contingency will, in a short time, be far-
ther famed by the get of Saraway.

Oregon News.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

J. D. McKinnon, of La Grande, shipped three car-
loads of Oregon horses to Arkansas this week.

Mary A 2:30 by Altamont has foaled a fine bay 30lt
by McKinney January 27th at the fair ground.

Chet Bidwell shipped two carloads of horses to Kan-
sas City, Mo., from Union last week.

The Vancouver, B. C, Jockey Club has leased the
Hasting track near Vancouver and will greatly im-
prove the same for their season's racing.

The Idaho Inter-Mountain Fair, Boise, have an-
nounced three $1000 purses for their race meeting this
fall, one for 2:15 pacers, one for 2:20 trotters and one
for runners. Full program will be announced soon.

The Breeders' Guaranteed stake of $1000 for foals of
1899 to be raced for this fall at the Oregon State Fair
has closed with 49 entries. McKinney leads with eight
of his colts entered and wins one division of the Sural
Spirit prize, $25. Del Norte is a close second with six
of his get entered. Cris Simpson, of Pendleton, wins
another division of the Bural Spirit prize, $25, for
making the largest number of entries. The stake as
a success and will do much to encourage the breeding
of horses in the Pacific Northwest.

Draft Horses Bring Good Prices.
The draft horse industry is certainly in a healthy
condition, and the breeder of this type of animal can
depend upon good profits for years to come. A num-
ber of notable sales have been made on the Chicago
market during the past three months. Six matched
Clydesdale geldings sold for $3000; a pair of geldings
(of same breed) sold for $700; many individual sales
running from $200 to $350. Ol Percherons, a pair of
geldings sold last week for $700; a second pair brought
$675; eighteen head averaged $250, and seventeen head
averaged $233.

Richard Clawson, the well-known jockey, who has
been sick for a long time, caused by excessive reducing
in weight at the New Orleans track last winter, re-
turned to New York last week with his wife, who was
the daughter of James;McLaughlin, the former jockey.
Clawson does not seem to have improved much by his
stay in the mountains. He has gone to Aiken, South
Carolina, in the hopes that the southern clime may
benefit him.

Horse Gossip From Yolo.

Woodlaxd, Feb. 12, 1901.

Breeder axd Sportsmax: — Your correspondent
visited Sam Hoy and his horses at Winters last Sun-
day and found the popular owner and his string all in
the best of condition. Sam is jogging them every day
on his own track which is as good as any to be found
in California for training purposes.

Bayswater Wilkes, the good looking son of Sable
Wilkes and Fannie Bayswater is in the stud and a lot
of fine mares have already been booked to the sire of
Kelly Briggs 2:10}. The colts and fillies by him are a
splendid looking lot.

Kelly Briggs 2:10}, is in excellent shape and Mr. Hoy
thinks he will surely get a record of 2:05 under favor-
able conditions this year. No gamer pacer ever went
down the line.

There is a green colt by Bayswater Wilkes, that Sam
worked miles in 2:30 last year and looks and acts as
though he will be a good one in the green trotting
classes this year.

McNally 2:15 by McKinney, is looking as good as
when on the circuit last year. There is another Mc-
Kinney that Sam worked a mile in 2:24 as a two year
old and considers as promising a filly as there is in that
section of the State. If there is a good circuit ar-
ranged in California this year Mr. Hoy will have
number of horses to enter.

Kelly Briggs, the well known young farmer of this
place, has sent his mare Pearl Sinclair to William
Hogoboom of Marysvilie to be trained. She has paced
halves in 1:10 as a two year old and Kelly thinks she
ought to pace a mile in 2:10 or better this year. She
s by Hanford Medium out of the dam of Kelly Briggs
2:10}. Geo. Morris has a.two year old out of the same
mare which he will have trained this season.
woodlaxd track notes.

S. A. Hooper arrived at the track last week from
Napa county with nine head, among them Alta Vela
2:15} and two fast McKinney colts.

C. Harrington sold his handsome mare by Falrose
2:19 to Mr. H. Coil of this city recently and the latter
is driving her on the road. She is a fine looking animal.

James McNeil has a two year old filly by Alex Button
out of a mare by Electioneer that is very fast.

Lou Mativa has seven head at present, as follows:
Yellow Jacket 2:204: a three year old pacing filly by Gold
Rose out of Pattie P.; a two year old by Falrose, dam
by Geo. Washington; a two year old filly by a son of
Gold Rose; a three year old gelding by Alex Button,
dam by Electioneer. All these horses are very
promising.

John Norton has booked thirty mares to old Alex
Button, and twenty-five to his handsome young horse
Gossiper Jr. He has a colt by the last named horse
that is a fine looker and a good advertisement for
his sire.

Mel. Keefer is driving Bessie Rankin 2:16} on the
road. Hitched to his rubber tired buggy she makes a
fine appearance and is a great brusher.

Jack O'Keepe.

♦

What a Veteran Says.
A man who has given practical demonstration of his
ability to conduct a meeting successfully and without
partiality to any particular set of horse owners, says in
the course of an interesting letter: "I am firmly of
the opinion that as soon as the majority of societies
commence treating horsemen equally, i. e., not extend-
ing more favors to some than to others and at the same
time have it understood that when they start for the
money, they must go on their merit and in each and
every case make an effort to win what they can, then
and not until then will this continual talk about pro-
fessional judges, etc., cease. I haven't any more con-
fidence in a professional starter or judge than I ought
to have and my opinion is based entirely on observa-
tion made at many times and many places where, what
would be called, professional judges were in charge.
There are any number of improvements that can be
suggested in the management of judges' stands. Many
of them would seem of minor importance to the aver-
age person, but in the aggregate, if imposed, would
make every stand better and freer from criticism. I
am opposed to the liberty judges take of talking about
what did and did not occur in the stand during the
course of a race. During a contest, I do not deem it
wise or necessary to call a driver into the stand if the
judges are satisfied he is not driving to win. It only
tends to create unnecessary talk if the judges after-
wards allow the driver to continue. Why call him to
the stand and ask if he is driving to win? I never yet
heard of a fish peddler crying, -Poor fish for sale.'
Judges, too, should be more observing of the details of
a race. Plenty of cases can be cited where important
facts have been overlooked, which, if noticed and
properly handled, might have made material changes
in the result. — Chicago Horseman.

Geo. W. Berrv the Superintendent of A. B. Sbreck-
els' Napa Stock'Farm was at Oakland on Monday. He
reports the birth of eight January foals, two of them
being the get of Libertine.

February 16, 1901]

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A Trainer's Opinion of Two in Three.

John Kervick, a Massachusetts trainer, recently
gave the following ideas on the three-in-five system to
a newspaper representative.

"Everything connected with the racing game with
exception of the races has seen wonderful improve-
ment and advancement in the past ten years. Tracks,
sulkies, harnesses, boots, everything, I might say, is
better than it ever was before. But we horsemen go
out and race three heats in five, a style and system that
is 100 years behind the times.

"There has been a dispute and controversy for
several seasons regarding the proper length for a trot-
ting or pacing race to harness. Arguments have been
advanced by both sides, and occasionally a few two
heats in three races are undertaken by some enter-
prising association. For the most part, the old three
heats in five system remains in vogue and there is little
indication of a change in that respect the coming
season.

"I am in favor of shortening up races, " said Ker-
vick, "from the standpoint of the spectators and from
the standpoint of a practical horseman, although I am
well aware that there are many horsemen and trainers
who do not want a change and say the racing system
is good enough as it is. As the racing is conducted, a
good deal of criticism and fault finding is directed
against the associations. It is aE well enough for the
horsemen and the associations to say the owners pay
for the purses and they must first be consulted. That
sounds very well, but it is an established fact that
trotting to be successful must draw crowds. Race
meetings would soon be given up if the rule was big
fields and small crowds.

"At best horse racing is long drawn out. It requires
more time than than any other form of sport, and
there are some necessary evils that tend to delay the
sport. It is often 7:30 or 8 o'clock before people who
go to Grand Circuit meetings get back to the city on
race days, and even at Greendale track in the summer,
it is usually 7 o'clock, and frequently later, before the
day's sport is over. Patrons do not like to see the
fun so long in finishing.

"Make the contests shorter and you will popularize
horse racing- At running race meetings the money is
divided after one heat. Six or seven of these races in
the course of the afternoon constitute a day's sport,
and everybody goes away early, thoroughly satisfied
with the fun. I am not in favor of making all the
horse {races merely mile dashes, but I do believe that
by getting most of the classes down to a two in three
basis bigger crowds would be drawn out and the gate
receipts proportionately increased.

"A long, drawn-out race does not appeal to many of
the spectators in the grand stand, and it certainly isn't
satisfactory to the owners represented in the race, un-
less perhaps to the winner, who is only able to beat the
others when they are tired and worn out after having
gone four or five good heats. The statement has been
frequently made by some horsemen opposed to any
change in the rules that as soon as the two-in-three
system was adopted, a generation of 'quitters' would
be bred. The sucker horse, these men declare, would
have his day, and the noble animal that made his
record in the 'sixth heat of a winning race' would no
longer exist. Now I am of the opinion that if some
other man comes out and beats me twice in the after-
noon it is pretty fair evidence that for that day a*
least the other man has the faster horse when both are
fresh and anxious to race.

"I believe a good sharp mile and repeat is what the
spectators want to see. My idea is to lengthen out the
program by giving more races a day, four class events
and perhaps a single mile dash, and cut down each
race to best two heats in three. Nine times out of ten
by such an arrangement, the association would be the
gainer. By a two-in-three heat system a horse could
be raced more than once a week without fear of injuryi
and all necessary would be a little thoughtfulness on
the part of the association in the arrangement of the
program, so that horses might be raced twice a week.
"A good sharp mile and repeat never injures a horse
that is in good condition, nor manifestly uses up all Of
his available speed. It is after the field has been four
or five heats that extra miles begin to count. After
that it becomes hard work for a horse to race, he
grows leg weary and tired, his courage is broken, he
may not try to do as well as he might. He requires
several days' rest in which to recuperate before start-
ing in another race.

"The only logical objection that can be raised to
shortening races is that it is often true that in a big
field a good horse draws so poor a position that it re
quires two heats at least for him to work up through
so as to be in a position to tackle the leader. That
objection can be easily overcome by limiting the size of
fields. It is not necessary to start ten or twelve horses
in one race; make the limit number six, or in the most
cases eight horses for a race. The entrance fee can be

decreased somewhat and the value of the purse dimin-
ished also, for the earning capacity of the horse will
even then be increased if he has a chance to win two
races in a week without running the risk of hurting
himself, where before he could be raced only once a
week.

"Much of the objection against shortening the num-
ber of heats is raised solely because of its novelty
There is a class of horsemen, always was and probably
always will be, that believes unqualifiedly in the per-
fection of the present and is unwilling to admit there
is room for possible improvement. We all remember
when the first pneumatic tired sulky appeared at the
Worcester track. The judges didn't know whether to
allow the horse so hooked to race with the others, and
one horse was actually sent to the stable and made to
change sulkies because his sulky was not of the old-
fashioned, high wheel variety then in vogue. Some
breeders, progressive along other lines, the Hamlins,
for example, shake their heads when it is suggested to
change the number of heats after which the purse
money shall be divided.

"Personally, I am thoroughly of the opinion that in
three years the three-heat-in-five race will be as scarce
as is the high wheeled sulky to-day. Frank J. Kenny,
ex-Secretary of the Louisville Trotting Association, is
one of the stanchest friends of the two-heat-in-three
system. When he was managing a circuit in Montana
in 1896 and 1897, for Ed. A. Tipton, he adopted the
two-heat-in-three system altogether and declares it has
no equal.

"In extolling the virtues of shorter races and more
of them, I forgot to add that the laying up of heats,
one of the most objectionable features to horse racing,
would be partially if not completely eradicated by
making two winning heats entitle a horse to first
money. When they have only two heats to go instead
of three, very few drivers will be willing to take chances
and lay up a heat, knowing that the winner of the first
heat will need only another heat to win first money and
the race.

"1 do not believe in drawing a dividing line. It has
been suggested that horses with marks better than
2:10, also all colt trotters up to four years old, race on
the two-in-three plan, while aged horses and those
with slower marks go the three-in-five race. Two
good, sharp, fast heats on a hot summer afternoon is
enough for any horse. If it was universally followed
there would be more interest in horse racing, and so
many good horses would not be knocked out for no
apparent reason."

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Gen. Lafayette's Carriage.

An elaborate carriage, built by order of Congress for
the use of General Lafayette, when he paid his last
visit to the United States in 1824, is now owned by
Studebaker Brothers, of South Bend, Ind., and is still
in a good state of preservation. This carriage repre.
sents the highest development in the carriage builders
art at that time, and is a most interesting relic. It is
a barouche, seating four passengers inside and two on
the dickey seat, which is built in the body of the ca r
riage.

The body is narrow and is set up very high, the floor
being at least three feet from the ground. The queer,
leather covered steel springs which support it are
shaped like fishhooks and appear to be a compromise
between the whip springs of the eighteenth century
and the C spring, which came into use a little more
than a hundred years ago. The footboard curves like
the dash of a cutter. At the rear is a baggage rack,
which at that time was considered an indispensable ad-
junct to all private equipages of this class.

Over the back seat there is a hood with wooden ribs
and a rear curtain, but no side curtains. The body is
profusely ornamented in silver scroll work. The doors
open toward the front wheels, letting down three cur-
ious folding steps by which the high body of the car-
riage is reached from the ground. The rear wheels
are nearly twice as high as the front ones. On the
hubs is this inscription: — John Ourlet, coachmaker
No. 30 Gay street, Baltimore. Studebaker Brothers
exhibited this carriage and their famous Lincoln car-
riage at the Paris Exposition.

Horse Rescued Horse.
The following story is vouchsafed by the Independent
State, a West Virginia exchange: A blind horse wan-
dered into the mill pond at Mountain Grove, and, get-
ting beyond his depth, swam around in a circle trying
to find a way out. His distress attracted a horse which
belonged to Postmaster Charles Z. Hevener to the
water's edge, which tried to direct the blind horse to
the shore by neighing repeatedly. Failing in this he
plunged into the water of Back creek, swam out to the
unfortunate animal, seized its foretop and towed the
quadruped to terra firma, amid 'the cheers of upward
of one hundred people who had become spectators
The circus people have made Mr. Hevener some fabu
lous offers for his horse, but he has refused to sell.

Trotting in Irelr

Any one who has ever been "ou the other side"
knows that it would be practically an impossibility to
find a genuine Irishman who did not have a sporting
streak in him somewhere, and pretty nearly all of
them have a decided predilection for racing, says an ex-
change. For centuries past the ownership of the fast-
est horse on the road has been the coveted title, and
when the first regular Americanized trotting meeting
was held in Europe, it did not take the natives of the
Emerald Isle long to catch on to the game. Some of
the residents of Dublin and vicinity formulated the
Ashtown Sporting and Athletic Club for the purpose
of promoting sports of all classes, not the least of which
was trotting, and the club obtained grounds and build-
ings suitable for their purpose. A track was con-
structed which, while not quite so fast as our tracks in
this country, was fast enough to make the sport really
good, and it takes a pretty good kind of a horse to win
there now.

Like the Austrian Trotting Association the handi-
capping system is in vogue at the Irish tracks, and no
matter what the record of an American trotter is on
this side, he is rated there according to what he shows
at their meetings. The first time a horse that has
been imported from "the States," starts at the Dublin
track, he is handicapped somewhat on his American
record standing, several seconds being allowed for the
"flying start," as they call our system of scoring, and
a 2:20 horse will be placed maybe fifty yards ahead of
a 2:30 horse that has shown himself to be really good
at their tracks; but if the 2:20 horse wins he is put
back ten or fifteen yards the next start, and each suc-
cessive win places him still further back, until he finally
lands on the scratch mark.

This system of handicapping makes good racing, and
as all the events are dashes there is a continuous
change in the rating of the various starters. At least
one day each week there is a trotting meeting, and
some times two days in a week, so that there is plenty
of opportunity to start a horse, and furthermore rac-
ing is carried on throughout the entire year. 'J. here
is no laying up for the winter, and a postponement on
account of rain is a very rare occurence; a little drizzle
is not even noticed and it takes a pretty good down-
pour to dampen the Irishman's arder for sport enough
to send him under cover. The purses there are of
■variable calibre, sometimes about $60, sometimes $100
and occasionally quite a bit more, but the entrance fee
is the same all the time. $5 to start and that's the
limit. Generally there are three moneys, but the
second and third are only about enough to save the
entrance, the winner of the race getting the big end of
the purse. There is plenty of speculation and a lot of
money can be taken up by the man who can spring
"an unknown" on the crowd and win with it. Like at
many EngUsh tracks a great deal of betting is done
"on honor" and the losers settle after the race is over
every time. To Welch would Imean social ostracism
from the tracks and probably in addition some very
rough handling by the crowd.

The races are at various distances, often as much as
two and a half to three miles, and all the starts are actu-
ally standing starts. Of course, in the case of a very
nervous or fidgety horse it is allowable to keep moving
around a bit, but very little of that is done as the
starting signal is liable to be given with the moving
horse turned around the wrong way. No penalty is
inflicted for a break or two unless it is a gaming run,
or there are too many breaks in the mile, and pacers
and trotters all go together; in fact, they don't con-
sider the pacer as a different gaited horse from the
trotter at all; the system of handicapping by distance
equalizes the difference of gait. All the American
racing appliances are used there, sulkies, boots, weights
and even occasionally hobbles. The shoeing is not as
good as we have here, and much difficulty is experi-
enced in getting shoes made light enough, the average
blacksmith being inclined to put on too much quantity
and not enough quality. Regulations regarding driv-
ing clothes, etc., are strict, and everyone has his own
recognized color, just as they have on running tracks.
The driving is remarkably free from any attempts at
crooked work or anything that could be called foul
driving, and any man trying to do that kind of work
would quickly find himself barred from the grounds.
Nearly all owners drive their own horses, and but very
little professional training and driving is done. Al-
though there is no recognized circuit in Ireland, there
are several tracks at which trotting is held, but as a
day's racing or more is held every week throughout
the year at the tracks, there is no necessity to ship
away in search of new engagements, so the expense
item is small and the size of the purses proportionately
larger in profit.

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[February 16, 1901

SULKY NOTES.

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A California circuit is certain.

Betonica 2:103 will be trained once more.

McKinney's book is very near filled already.

There are one hundred horses n training at Pleas-
anton.

A draf i stallion is offered for sale in our advertising
columns.

Charley Doble will train a public stable at Syracuse,
New York.

Dr. Leek 2:091, is being trained at the Cleveland, O.,
track by John Splan.

Coney 2:02| sold for $4100 and was purchased by B.
O. Shank, of Cleveland.

The pacer Thorndine 2:115, stands 17} hands high
and weighs 1400 pounds.

Ottinger 2:09| has been showing up splendidly on
the snow at Philadelphia.

The Primate is the name given to the weanling
brother to The Abbot 2:03}.

Prince Alert will be trained again this season with a
view of lowering his record.

About seventy-five trotters and pacers are being
worked at the Alameda track.

C. J. Hamlin considers Dare Devil 2:09 the greatest
stallion ever owned at Village Farm.

Director Joe by Director 2:17, out of the dam of Joe
Patchen 2:01], is said to be very speedy.

A yearling filly by Chimes, out of the dam of Peter
the Great, has been sent to P. V. Johnson to train.

John Blue has in his string at Pleasanton a gelding
by Oro Wilkes that is over 16 hands high and quite a
fast trotter. Blue's horses are all in good shape and
some are very promising.

Are you going to Denver ? Six of the early closing
events for this great meeting are advertised in our
columns today. Two of them are for $1000 each and
the other four are for colts. The first payment on
these purses is only $10.

I Direct 2:12} will be in the stud at Alameda. He is
one of the best bred horses in America and his dam is
the dam of three in the list, and the dam of another
that has sired six with standard records. I Direct's
advertisement will appear next week.

The following American bred stallions standing in
Europe command service fees as follows: Athanio 2:10,
$225; Que Allen 2:09i, $200; E. L. Robinson 2:171, $100;
Wilburn M. 2:27, European record 2:14|, $100; Caid
2:071, $150; Prince Warwick, $25, and Robert E. Lee
2:181, $25.

Gayton 2:08} will go to Europe. He only brought
$4000 at the Fasig-Tipton sale, one hundred dollars
less than was paid for the gelding Coney. Carl Peat-
nak was the highest bidder and will ship Gayton to
Vienna. He ought to race well there and we believe
will make a successful sire.

"Farmer" Bunch is on a tour of the State with the
Chinese Consul, Ho Yow, looking for broodmares and
racing prospects. Bunch will have quite a string for
the California circuit this year. They say at San Jose
that his jacket will be of yellow silk with a silk em-
broidered dragon on the back.

The estate of the late T. E. Keating has been ap-
praised at $10,206. The largest item in the inventory
is cash amounting to $6112. Various sums are due
from different parties and the remainder of the inven-
tory comprises racing sulkies, harness, etc. These by
the terms of the will were left to John Blue.

The stallion Geo. W. Archer, son of Allerton, will
be pretty well patronized this season by California
breeders. His owner, Wm. Welch of Pleasanton, has
already booked a number of well bred mares. The
horse is a fine individual and greatly admired by those
who have seen him since he arrived in the State.

Rey Direct 2:10 puts his likeness on all his progeny-
He will be bred to some highly bred mares this season.

The Hawaiian horsemen are still looking for a pacer
to beat Waldo J. They are having a hard time of it.

Stam B. 2:115, will make the season of 1901 at Sacra-
mento at $25. His book should be filled in a week at
this figure.

Mules are getting scarce and many farmers will want
to breed to a good jack this year. One is advertised
for sale in this issue.

Will Welch, who is training Decorah 2:22.1 at Pleas-
anton, has shifted her to the pace and she acts as if
she might go very fast at that gait.

The stewards of the Grand Circuit by a series of
resolutions request the National Trotting association
to recind their ruling in the McKerron case.

Baltimore will be an important factor in the turf
world this season. About $30,000 will be hung up in
purses in that city, $14,000 of which will be devoted to
stakes.

Among the mares at the Forbes farm that are in
foal to Peter the Great 2:07} are Nancy Hanks 2:04,
Vina Bell 2:15] and Maggie Sultan 2:30, dam of
Nico2:08J.

Anaconda 2:021 is now owned by E. B. Rice, of Bos-
ton. His bid of $6500 secured the great California
pacer at the Fasig-Tipton sale in New York hist
Wednesday.

The treasurer's report of the Michigan State Fail-
showed a clear balance of $3500. This is a great show-
ing, inasmuch as five years ago the association was
heavily in debt.

There has been too much rain this winter for any
fast work with the harness horses up to this time. By
the first of March they will be sent along some if the
weather permits.

Ed Benyon has a green gelding at Walnut Hall Farm
that recently showed him a quarter on the trot in 33
seconds. This gelding is by Moko. He has several
other likely ones by A Hie Wilkes.

No breeder should overlook the fact that Nutwood
Wilkes 2:161 is at service for $50. This is one of the
greatest young sires in America, and as a sire of early
and extreme speed he has few equals.

John Flynn, who raced Captain Jack 2:091 success-
fully a couple of years ago, and drove Jupe to a race
record of 2:10} as a four-year-old, has engaged to train
for Charles Weiland, of New York, a former resident
of San Francisco.

^ Bert Webster is giving three two year olds their
first lessons at Pleasanton. Two are by Steinway and
one by Diablo. Bonnie Direct 2:1)5] is growing hand-
somer every day and is admired by every person who
looks him over.

An owner of a stallion that enjoyed something of a
State reputation several years ago was mentioning the
fact to a circle of acquaintances that he still owned
t) e horse, but that he was so poorly patronized as to
h-3 unprofitable. "Why," exclaimed one of the listen-
ers, "I thought that horse was dead years ago, as I
' avenot seen him advertised for a long time."

Diablo 2:09} at $40 for the season should draw patron-
age from every county within shipping distance of
Woodland. His breeding cannot be excelled, his indi-
viduality is superb, he was never beaten in a race, his
record is below 2:10, and he has six representatives in
the 2:15 list, headed by Clipper 2:06. If you want the
very best value for your money breed to Diablo this
year.

Old Onward 2:25}, the greatest sire of trotting speed
in Kentucky, is still in service at Patchen Wilkes farm
though being used strictly as a private stallion. The
greatest producing son of his mighty sire he has to his
credit 153 standard performers, fifty-eight of which
have records of 2:20 or better, twenty-four in 2:15 or
better, and six with marks better than 2:10. He is
still vigorous and healthy, and sires a number of good
colts each year.

The advertisement of Nutwood Wilkes 2:161 is
printed in our business columus today. An extended
article on his breeding and performances on the track
■and in the stud is in preparation and will be published
in our next issue. No stallion in America has any
greater license to reach the very top of the list as a
sire of speed than Nutwood Wilkes, who at 12 years of
age has already four trotters in the 2:15 list, two of
them holding world's records.

Superintendent Converse, of the live stock division
of the Pan-American Exposition, has planned to
accommodate more than 1000 horses in the exhibit of
American bred animals. The breeds that will be
recognized are: Standardbred, thoroughbred, French
coach, French trotters, Cleveland bay, Oldenburg, etc.,
Belgian, Hackney, Morgan, Arab, Percheron, Clydes-
dales, English shire, French draft, Suffolk Punch,
Shetland ponies, jacks and jennetts.

Monterey 2:09} will make the season of 1901, at the
Land's End Stock Farm, Milpitas, Cal., at $50. Those
who contemplate sending their mares to a high class
stallion this year should read the advertisement of
Monterey which appears in this issue of the Breeder
ane Sportsman, as it tells the whole story of his
great breeding in a small space. Monterey is a grand
individual, a horse with as much speed as any trotter
that ever lived and has that bold, strong, high action
of both knees and hocks that the majority of breeders
hold is necessary in a great sire of speed. An ex-
tended article on Monterey and his blood lines will ap-
pear next week.

The indications point to the coming season as certain
to be sensational in one respect among the trotters, if
in no other, and that is in the number and high qual-
ity of the three year olds which will be raced. There
will be at least five big stakes for three year olds to be
decided this year, and the colt or filly that can win
either one of them will be a very profitable youngster
to his or her breeder. These five events are: The
Kentucky Futurity, value $10,000; the Louisville Prize,
value $10,000: the Dubuque Preparation, value $5000;
the Kentucky Stock Farm, value $5000, and the Horse
Review, value $5000. Here is a total of $35,000 for
three year old trotters, and the youngster that can
win first money in two of the events will go into winter
quarters one of the biggest money-winning trotters of
the season.

The breeders of Contra Costa county have the op-
portunity to secure the services of that handsome
stallion Sidmore this year at the reasonable fee of $25.
Sidmore is by the great Sidney and his dam Mamie
Harney is bv the Grand Moor that sired the dams of
Joe Wheeler 2:071; Arthur W. 2:111, John A. 2:12J
and other fast ones. The second dam of Sidmore was
by Echo, sire of the dams of Direct 2:051, Rex Alto
2:07J, Loupe 2:09} and many more. Sidmore has the
same blood in his veins, through The Moor, that pro-
duced Beautiful BeEs, dam of Chimes, sire of The
Abbot, champion trotter of the world. He is a very
handsome horse, with great muscular development,
the best of feet and legs and has with the most limited
opportunities sired General 2:141, Teddy the Roan
2:171, Little Miss 2:171 and others. He is now owned
by Messrs. John Ott and George Rose of Pacheco, and
will make the season of 1901 at that town.

The management of Charter Oak Park is the first to
announce its stakes for the coming season. The first
in the list is an eleven thousand dollar Futurity. This
race will be decided at the Grand Circuit meeting of
1904, when the nominations will be three year olds.
Five stakes are open for the Grand Circuit meeting
next September. The Charter Oak Stake of $10,000
is for the 2:18 trotting class, and four of $2500 each are
for the 2:17 and 2:30 trotting classes and the 2:14 and
2:30 pacing classes.

John Kelly, who has trained in New York for many
years, and who drove Directum 2:05} and several
others to champion records, has decided to open a
public stable at Louisville, Ky. At the head of the
stable will be Charley Herr 2:07, who, driven by Kelly
last autumn, nearly beat the champion, Cresceus, for
the $20,000 staEion race at Boston, taking the first and
second heats, whUe in the third he was only defeated
by a short head. KeEy will also have the McLaren
string from Quebec and several good green ones owned
in Kentucky.

Breeders should not faE to note the fact that the
great speed producing staEion Chas. Derby 2:20, sire of
three 2:10 performers, is in the stud this season at
Oak wood Park Stock Farm, at Danville, Contra Costa
county, at the low fee of $50. Chas. Derby is one of
the best bred staEions in America, and gets size and
good looks as weE as extreme speed. His son Owyhee
2:11}, one of the greatest winners of 1899 on the East-
ern G rand Circuit, is also in the stud at the same place
and at the same fee. He is a very promising young
sire and will get speed, gameness, size and good looks.

C. A. Durfee had a stroke of bad luck last week that
very near put him to bed. His black three year old
Mazuma by McKinney, out of a full sister to Belle W.
2:16 by Director, died last Thursday and Mr. Durfee is
unconsolable. He paid $800 for the colt a few weeks
ago, and had paid up on him for the Occident and
Stanford stakes for this year. Mazuma looked and
acted so much like McKinney at the same age that
Durfee just fell in love with him and every horseman
will know how a man feels when a horse he loves Ees
down and dies. The cause of death was an impaction
of the bowels.

The Pan American Exposition to be held in Buffalo
this year can be visited by horsemen who race at the
big meeting to be given over the Fort Erie track by
the Buffalo Driving Club. Secretary John B. Sage
has prepared a list of stakes for the Grand Circuit
meeting of the club that assures to Buffalo one of the
best trotting meetings of recent years. The program
caEs for $18,000 in stakes and is a guarantee that every
leading stable in the country will be in attendance at
the August meeting, which wUl be held over the Fort
Erie track, aE reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
Two of the stakes, one each for pacers and trotters,
caE for $5000 each and this wEl bring out every crack
harness horse eligible and make the meeting one
worthy of the year and the equal of any in the country.
The list of stakes to be offered is as follows: Pan
American stake, 2:25 class, pacing, $5000; Electric City
stake, 2:25 class, trotting, $5000; Queen City stake, 2:19
class, trotting, $2000; Niagara River stake, 2:14 class,
trotting, $2000: Iroquois Hotel stake, 2:09 class, pacing,
$2000; Empire State stake, 2:14 class, pacing, $2000.

"The Supreme Court of Iowa has handed down a de-
cision in tne case of Lucas vs. the B. C. R. & N. RaE-
way Company which will be of general interest to rail-
road companies and horsemen. A judgment has been
entered against the company for $2500 for injuries to
the pacing stallion Larry Ginter 2:15}, while being
shipped from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids. When the
freight bEl was made out it was made out for "an ordi-
nary horse, " and at a lower rate than would have been
charged if it had been known by the railroad agent
that he was biEing such an animal. The raEroad com-
pany claimed fraud in procuring this lower freight rate
by misrepresentations and insisted that the limit of
liabEity of $100 on the horse should not have been ex-
ceeded. But the court held that the procurement of
the billing of the animal as indicated was not a bar to
collection of the higher rate by the company, hence
the fraud was no bar to the payment of a higher dam-
age when injury was done. The Supreme Court held
against the raEroad company and in accordance with
this view.

Col. George Wilkes Simmons is reported to be seri-
ously Ul at his home, near Lexington, Ky. It is
said that when the trotting horse was first in-
troduced to Kentucky it received the favorable sup-
port of the church people because the gambling ele-
ment stuck to the thoroughbred. Thus, trotting
breeders seemed to think it no harm to breed and race
the trotter, but at the same tim&.they would scorn to
witness a contest between runners. It is related that
John M. Clay, the youngest son of the great Commoner,
who was for a long time a very successful breeder and
patron of the running turf, meeting a minister of the
Christian faith, asked him if there would be "any im-
propriety in my joining the church and stiE retaining
my racing and breeding business." The minister
replied that he would have to give up his turf pursuits.
Mr. Clay then gave his now famous answer: "I know
a number of your good brethren who are breeders and
owners of trotting horses, and whenever you preach
on the difference between trotting to heE and running
to heE I'd like to come and hear you." — Spirit of the
Times:

February 16, 1901]

Zombro — Heir Apparent to the Throne.

There has long been a controversy among horsemen
as to whether Electioneer or Geo. Wilkes was the
greatest son of Hambletonian 10 and it will take time
to settle the dispute. As a sire of extreme speed and
of sons that beget it, the former leads, but as the pro-
genitor of a family of race winners "Bill Simmons'
pony" has the claim to the championship.

During the past few years all turf writers have
agreed, however, that Alcyone 2:27 is without doubt
the greatest son of Geo. Wilkes, and there are none to
dispute the assertion that McKinney 2:11} is the great-
est son of Alcyone. Thus far it is a line of kings, with
the crown resting on the head of the son of Rosa
Sprague, who, at 13 years of age has thirty standard
performers, with fifty per cent, of them in the 2:15
list, and three representatives with records below 2:10.
McKinney is the reigning King of the Geo. Wilkes fam-
ily, and to which of his sons will the crown descend?
Without doubt to Zombro 2:11.

This grandly-bred young stallion was probably the
greatest three year old trotter this country ever pro-
duced, and although his record of 2:13 at that, age has
been beaten bv other three year olds, no colt ever
raced with more consistency or showed greater racing
qualities than he.

Portland, Or., July 3— Zombro 7-1-1-1. Time, 2:22J,
2:201, 2:21, 2:21. July 4-Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:22,
2:22}, 2:23.

Sacramento, P. C. T. H. B. A., July 20— Prince Ira
1-1-1, Zombro 2-2-3. Time, 2:21, 2:21, 2:21. July 24—
StamB. 1-3-1-1, Zombro 10-H-2. Time, 2:21," 2:19,
2:18}, 2:17}.

VaEejo, Aug. 6— Boodle 1-1-1, Zombro 7-5-9. Time,
2:19, 2:17?, 2:17. Aug. 10— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:20,
2:20, 2:17?.

Napa, Aug. 14— Zombro 3-2-1-1-1, Stam B. 1-1-2-2-
2. Time, 2:19J, 2:16, 2:16J, 2:15}, 2:15}.

Woodland, Aug. 28— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:16},
2:16}, 2:14}. Aug. 31— Zombro 1-1-1. Time. 2:13, 2:14}
2:14|. '

Sacramento, State Pair, Sept. 9 — Iago 1-1-1, Zombro
2-3-2. Time 2:11, 2:12}, 2:13}. Zombro beaten a head
in first heat: a wonderful performance for a three year
old against an aged campaigner.

Stockton, Sept. 21— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:16i,
2:15}, 2:17.

San Beunaventura, Oct. 8 — Zombro 1-1-1. Time
2:25}, 2.25, 2:28.

Santa Ana, Oct. 17— Zombro 11-1-1. Time, 2:15,
2:14}, 2:16*. Oct. 19— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:215.,
2:15, 2:19.

Los Angeles, Oct. 23.— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:13
2:15}, 2:14. Oct. 30— Zombro 1-1-1. Time, 2:13, 2:13}'
2:14}. C. A. Durfee, his driver, says he could have
driven him better than 2:10 in this race had it been
necessary. Nov. 1— Zombro 1-1-1, Time, 2:17}, 2:17,
2:15.

This is his three year old record, and it will be seen
that he started in seventeen races, winning thirteen
first moneys. He got second money in three races, in
which the winners were Iago 2:11, Boodle 2:121 and
Stam B. 2:11}. He was unplaced but once. In his
memorable campaign he met all the best aged horses
on the circuit including McZeus 2:13, Neernut 2:12},
Jasper Ayers 2:09, Ethel Downs 2:10 and many others.

The next year Zombro was taken to Oregon, where
he made a season in the stud and though not in condi-
tion was started in two races, one at Vancouver, Wash-
ington, where he won the free for all trot and the
other at Butte, Montana, where he was beaten but got
fourth money, the time 2:15} in two heats being very
fast considering the track.

In his five year old form he again campaigned in
California and had to meet the free for all trotters in
hss races. At Marysville he defeated Jasper Ayers
2:09 and Ethel Downs 2:10, the time being 2:11J, 2:i2,
2:12. At Chico in that race that is still talked of when
long drawn out contests are up for (discussion, he trot-
ted the second and fourth heats in 2:11} and 2:11 re-
spectively, was beaten a head in the third heat, won
by Jasper Ayers in 2:11}, also beaten a head in the
fifth heat won by Mamie Griffin in 2:12} and was second
in the seventh and last heat and got second money.
This race was won by Mamie Griffin, and behind
Zombro in the summary were Jasper Ayers 2:09, Ethel
Downs 2:10, Helena 2:11} and' Margaret Worth 2:15.
The day was very hot, the thermometer registering
over 100 degrees. Mamie Griffin was 5—1-4 in the first
three heats, while Zombro was contender for every
heat in the race but the first.

Zombro's breeding is in keeping with his race record.
His dam, Whisper, is a daughter of Almont Lightning
1023, a son of Almont, and a daughter of Mambrino
Pilot, second dam May Berry is by Kentucky Clay 198,
by Cassius M. Clay Jr. 22, out of the dam of Lady
Thorne; third dam by Edwin Forrest 49, seven of
whose sons and twelve of whose daughters are pro-
ducers of standard speed.

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A great race horse and grandly bred, Zombro is also
one of the best individuals of California stallions. He
is a rich brown in color, wonderfully intelligent,
strongly muscled, with good bone, excellent legs and
feet and a conformation that cannot be found fault
with.

As a sire he is destined to be equally great. His get
that are three years old are being trained for the first
time this year and are showing wonderful speed. They
are invariably bays, browns or blacks, with good looks
to spare and strongly built, rugged colts.

At $50 for the season Zombro is within the reach of
every breeder in California. No mistake can be made
in mating mares with him, and just so sure as he lives
and his get are trained and developed he will be one of
the great sires of extreme speed and race winners.
His owner, Geo. T. Beckers, has already booked a
large number of mares to him, and his book will soon
be full. Zombro will make the season of 1901 at the
Sacramento race track .

The Dam of You Bet 2:12 1-2.

Last week we published an item stating that the dam
of You Bet 2:12J was Florence Clay, a Palo Alto bred
mare. The information was furnished us by Mr. C. A.
Durfee, who had obtained it from the Palo Alto Stock
Farm. A letter received this week from Mr. E. C.
Truesdell, of Los Angeles, owner of the dam of You
Bet, states that the breeding as given by us is an error.
The letter is as follows:

Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 12, 1901.
Breeder and Sportsman— In your issue of Feby.
9th, you make the statement that the dam of You Bet
2:121, is Florence Clay. At the Palo Alto Stock Farm"s
sale Jan. 30, 1894, Los Angeles, they sold a mare named
Gift to Mr. Murdock and by him was bred to Mc-
Kinney and the colt passed to Wm. Durfee. That colt
was You Bet 2:121. Gift passed to Dr. Sanborn and
from Dr. Sanborn to myself. I wrote to Palo Alto
and got her breeding as sired by Alban 5332 dam Miss
Gift by Wildidle. Her brand is J. 136 on off side of
neck. The mare Florence Clay was sold at this sale
but does not answer the description of the dam of You
Bet 2:12£. Yours very truly,

E. C. Truesdell,
133 W. 25th St., Los Angeles.

As the brand is certain identification of the mare
Superintendent Covey can straighten the matter out
in short order. Mr. Durfee has been anxious to get
the breeding of all the mares that have produced speed
from mating with McKinney, and when at Palo Alto
last week was given the breeding of You Bet's dam as
we published it last week. The brand, however,
should settle the matter and when that and the de-
scription is given there need be no doubt as to the
breeding of any mare bred at Palo Alto.

Conflict in Names.

Breeder and Sportsman: — In your issue of the
B. & S., under date of February 2d, I observe that Mr.
John Blue claims or rather calls a four year old sired
by Diablo by the name of Diablita. You will doubtless
recollect that I have a mare sired by the same horse
to which I gave the name of Diablita. My mare was
foaled May 18, 1896, and consequently will be five years
old May 18th next. You are also aware that she was
entered in the races at both Tanforan and Salinas dui'-
ing last year. She paced in the 2:30 class on Monday
October 2 (I think it was), winning fourth money. She
also paced in two races at Salinas, winning money in
each, but obtained no mark. Excuse me for particu.
larizing so much in this matter, but I wished you to
understand the situation, also to refresh your memory
in regard to those events. Now, after making you this
statement, with part of which yon are personally cog-
nizant, I desire to ascertain your opinion as to which
mare is entitled to the name Diablita, that of Mr. Blue
or mine. Your answer to this will confer a favor on
Yours truly,

Wm. Vanderhurst.

That Mr. Vanderhurst is entitled to the name of
Diablita for his mare there can be no question, but the
naming of a harness horse is not governed by any rules
unless it is desired to register the same. No horse will
be registered by the Register Association by the same
name that another has been already registered, but the
rules of harness racing do not bar names. Three mares
by the name of Princess and three others called Nelly
B. took standard records in 1899, while the Daisies and
Mauds and Queens are numerous every year.

The three year old trotter who has the engagements
this year will be able to win more money than was ever
earned by a trotter of his age, provided he can win all
his races, as there will be decided during the season the
Kentucky Futurity, in which first money will be $7300;
the Louisville Prize, first money $5000; the Dubuque
Preparation, first money $5000; the Kentucky Stock
Farm, first money $2500, and the Horse Review Stake,
first money $3000.

Stam B. 2:n 1-4 by Stamboul 2:07 1-4.

There is no reason why the California owner of a
good mare should not breed her this year when he can
send her to such a grand young stallion as Stam B.
2:11} for the ridiculously low fee of $25. Messrs. Tuttle
Brothers, who own this handsome stallion, desire that
he should be mated with a large number of good mares
that he may have an opportunity to be placed as soon
as possible in the list of producing sires, and feeling
confident that a very large proportion of his get will
trot fast if trained they have made the fee low in order
that his patronage may be certain and large. What
horseman in California does not remember Stam B.
and his racing career. He was a wonderful young
horse and proved his speed and gameness in many a
hard fought battle. He was never beaten by any horse
during his career (except Ottinger 2:09}) but he turned
the tables and beat him in return. He met all the
craekerjacks of his year on the California turf and de-
feated them at one time or another. He was never
outside the money in his life and won ten races, was six
times second, and five times third, starting in twenty-
one races in all. His winnings were $7500, a snug sum
for any horse to win in California that had no stake
entries.

The breeding of Stam B. is so exceptionally good
that it is no wonder he was a great race horse and is a
grand individual in every way. His sire, the great
Stamboul, whom he greatly resembles, but is a hand-
somer horse, was the sensational stallion of his day and
held the world's record, 2:07}, for years. In the stud
Stamboul has been a wonderful success in spite o
many adverse circumstances. A prize show ring horse
himself, he has sired many prize winners, and although
but a small percentage of his get have been trained
and raced he already has 43 standard performers, every
one a trotter, and five of them are in the 2:15 list, viz:
Stamboulette 2:10}, Ellert 2:11, Stam B. 2:11}, Elsie S.
2:11} and Bonsilene 2:14}. Each and every one of
these fast performers is a handsome individual, good
looks, style and size being strong characteristics of the
Stamboul family. The dam of Stam B. is a producing
daughter of Happy -Medium and has a record of 2:20*
She not only produced Stam B., but has a son that is
a sire of standard speed.

Happy Medium, sire of the peerless Nancy Hanks
2:04 and 93 more in 2:30, has 57 producing sons
55 producing daughters and is one of the greatest sons
of Hambletonian 10. Argenta, second dam of Stam
B., is by Almont Lightning, sire of the dam of Stam
B. 's great racing rival Zombro 2:11, and of Almont
Princeps 2:15 and many others. The third dam is by
the great Mambrino Patchen and fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief, founder of one of the greatest
branches of the trotting family.

With such breeding as this, and with his magnificent
individuality and splendid racing record, what more
could be asked as requirements for a young stallion.

Stam B. is a sure foal getter and those of his get that
are old enough and are trained this year will prove his
worth as a sire of speed. As a sire to mate the best
mares to we could not recommend a more promising
young horse than Tuttle Brothers stallion. He is as
near perfection as any young horse we know and at the
low fee of $25 for the season there is an inducement
which breeders should not overlook. Stam B. 's book
should be fuE within a week or so after this announce-
ment, and we advise those who wish to secure the ser-
vices of this horse to write to Tuttle Bros., Rocklin,
immediately, as it may be too late if there is any delay.
Mark these words, a son or daughter of Stam B. will
within the next two years make such a low record and
show such race horse qualities that there will be a wish
to breed him at a much higher fee than the very low
one that has been fixed for his services this year.

Nutwood Leads.

Nutwoad 2:18? leads aE other staEions Eving or dead
in the number of 2:10 performers out of his daughters.
The Est up to date is as foEows :
trotters.

Arion 2:07} Fred Kohl.. 2:07} Ethel Downs. .2:10

pacers.

Eyelet (p) 2:061 Sunland BeEe (p) . . . .2:08}

BeEwood (t. p. ) 2:07 j Nydia Wilkes (p) . . . . 2:091

At the sale of Marcus Daly's thoroughbreds at Madi-
son Square Garden there were four mares offered that
were not placed in the ring. This was due to the fact
that they were heavy in foal. J. B. Haggin bought
one of them, imp. Berriedale, for $4000. Since then
she has dropped a colt to Hamburg at Morris Park-
Mr. Haggin also got the mare The Task for $4600.
She dropped a fiUy a few days before the sale. John
Madden bought the mare imp. British Blue Blood for
$1050 and the mare Greenwich for $1000. Imp. British
Blue Blood was in foal to The Pepper. Both foaled
when they got to Madden 's farm outside of Lexington.
The one by imp. British Blue Blood is a filly, while
Greenwich has a colt by Bathampton.

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[February 16, 1901

I THE SADDLE.

•

TURN IN THE TIDE.

England Now Seeking Thoroughbred Blood in
America.

In recent years there has been a growing demand
from across the water for American-bred racing stock.
This demand has been particularly noticeable in har-
ness horses, large numbers of which have gone to Aus-
tralia and thereabouts. More recently still there has
been a demand on the part of our English cousins for
American thoroughbreds, and the more advanced of
the British breeders are now after the animals that
present the strongest of their own old blood lines. It
has taken the Englishmen a long time to realize that
they have a competitor in the production of thorough-
breds, but now that it is understood and investigation
reveals that many of the best lines in tnis country run
back to their own stout and ancient lines, the English
are after available sires for their big breeding establish-
ments.

After more than a century there seems to be a strong
turn in the tide of race horse trading, writes P. P.
Pomeroy in the Inter-Ocean. From a time antedating
the American revolution, English sires were imported
to this country. Among the first to bring over a
thoroughbred stallion for breeding purposes was old
General Johnson of Virginia, and since that early day
the importations of have gradually increased. The
experience of Richard Ten Broeck, the first American
to take a string of thoroughbreds to England to race,
was not calculated to give the horse racing and horse-
breeding fraternity of the tight little island a higher
regard for the American species of animal than they
had before. But the experiments of Pierre Lorillai-d
and the Keenesleft the impression, perhaps reluctantly
conceded, that there were race horses bred in other
countries than England that could compete with their
own, and were just as royal in their blood lines. And
the events subsequent thereto have added to the im-
pression until it became a certainty that has resulted
in a study of American lines and a search for available
material.

Anyone who has had occasion to go to the American
Stud Book must have been impressed with the number
of foreign horses that have been brought into this
country as sires, particularly from Britain. Of course,
a great deal of this importation is due to the great
growth lof the breeding industry, farms of this kind
being stretched from the eastern coast to the monster
ranches of the Pacific, and from Montana on the north
to the big ranches of Texas. Even in Colorado there
is a great breeding farm, with two Arabians at its
head, started as an experiment in the belief that a fine
and hardy type of thoroughbreds could be developed
*n that high altitude. The larger of the American
stock farms have made drafts on all sections of the
world for stallions, but long before these institutions
oegan and the breeding industry had begun to flourish
in this country, England was looked upon as the better
quarter in which to pick up thoroughbred sires. For
some time the number of the running horses bred here
has exceeded that of those in England, almost as two
to one, but it is only in the more recent years that the
A merican quality of thoroughbred has come to be con-
sidered of sufficient value to be worth securing for
breeding purposes. This, too, in the face of the oft-
repeated assertion that in the desire for speed the
American horse is deteriorating in point of endurance,
becoming a mere sprinter, with legs so delicate that
they could not stand anything beyond the dash race.
Time was when the old racing programs used to
contain the word "imp." in giving the sire of a starter,
but the numbers grew so rapidly that now this dis-
tinction is done away with, as well as for the reason
that the average race-goer doesn't care a rap whether
a horse is imported or not: and the average horseman,
either, for he can go to the records if he cares to know
about the breeding of any animal.

For the most part the horses that were brought over
in the earlier days were old or considered of secondary
value. Diomed, the early Derby winner, was 19 years
old when he crossed the Atlantic in 1796, and it was
not until along about 1840 that the purchasers from
this side began to look for the best that could be
secured. Major Barak G. Thomas of Lexington, Ky..
is reputed to have been among the first to suggest the
purchase of Priam, bought for the then enormous
price of $30,000. Although Emancipation and Chateau
Margaux had preceded Priam by several years, the
latter was considered the greatest horse imported up
to that time, and the English turf followers considered
his lost a great one.

Next in importance, perhaps, to Priam was Glencoe
by Sultan, who sired in England Pocahontas, famou.

as the dam of Stockwell. Rataplan and King Tom.
The American pedigree book is full of lines running
back to his sire, and it is this blood that is sought by
the English breeders, as well as that of Hanover and
Lexington and Leamington. Hanover was by Hindoo,
out of Bourbon Belle, by imp. Bonnie Scotland. Lex-
ington was by Boston, out of Alice Carneal, by imp.
Sarpedon, and Boston was a son of Timoleon, a son of
Sir Archy, a son of Diomed, the Derby winner of 1780,
which was imported to America sixteen years after he
annexed the great English classic to his credit. It is
this blood that the English breeders are talking about
as the best to secure in th's country, which is enhanced
by the fact that Iroquois, the American winner of the
English Derby, was a grandson of a mare sired by
Boston. It is also found in a number of good American
horses that have performed on the English race courses.

Others that are not overlooked by such English pur-
chasers as the Cobham Stud are the classic winners
Saltram, Spread Eagle, Sir Harry, Archduke, Lap-
dog, St. Giles, St. Blaise ($100,000) and Ormonde, the
"horse of the century." As the St. Leger winners
that were brought over are Phenomenon, Spadile,
Barefoot, Rowton, Margrave, Mango, Don Juan,
Knight of St. George and Rayon d'Or, there is plenty
of material for the English seekers after blood lines
that run back into their own families. Js ot all of these
have been the success that has been expected of them
as sires — notably Ormonde — some of the others less
notable that have been imported showing equally well
as sh'es. Among these may be mentioned Florist, Fly-
by-Night, Scythian, Mortemer (bred in France),
Eclipse by Orlando, The Sailor Prince, Australian
Gleneagle, Phaeton, Sir Modred, St. Andrew, Prince
Charlie, Watercress, Goldfinder, Bassetlaw, Preston
Pans, Kismet, The Ill-Used, Cavalier, Midlothian, Star
Ruby, Darebin, Goldfinch, Artillery by Musket, Mr.
Pickwick, Knight of the Thistle, Candlemas, Crighton,
Juvenal, Likely, Satellite, Stromboli, Lord Esterling,
Foul Shot and Golden Garter, the latter bred by her
majesty the late Queen of England.

So the Englishmen have plenty of their own blood
lines to run back to in their search of American mate-
rial to re-enforce their breeding farms. Not all of
those that have been brought over to this side have
proved the great sires that their pedigrees or perform-
ances warranted the importers in expecting, and, in
fact, some of those which cost the most and from
which the most has been expected have proved disap.
pointments. How much of this is due to the niching
of lines may never be known, the problem of breeding
being one in which nearly every individual has a differ-
ent opinion.

In one instance the value of a sire was discovered by
accident, and accidents of breeding have developed
some wonderful facts. When Florist came into the
possession of Hiram Scoggan it was with no thought of
of making him the head of that gentleman's Kentucky
breeding farm. But by ahance Mr. Scoggan discov.
ered that he had a horse that was too valuable to be
put to the purpose for which he had been bought-
And so Florist begot, among others, the speedy mare
Flora Louise and Dunois, which many believe would
have won the Futurity but for the kick at the post
from Ornament that affected him more or less through-
out his racing career.

A great field promises to start in the Burns handicap
to be decided to-day at the track across the bay. The
following horses are still eligible: Beau Ormonde,
Advance Guard, Waring, Yellowtail, Florizar, Specific,
Greenock, Handicapper. The Monk, Bathos, Mort-
goge, Rio Shannon, Eddie Jones, Favonius, The Fret-
ter, St. Simonian, Sea Lion, Gauntlet, Morinel and
Scotch Plaid.

Following are the entries for the San Francisco
handicap, $10,000 added, to be run at Tanforan Park
to-day, February 16, 1901, at one and a quarter miles:
Advance Guard, Vesuvian, Vulcain. Waring, Andrisa,
The Lady, Gonfalon, St. Simonian, Autumn, Joe Frey,
Owensboro, Canmore, Handicapper, Imperious, Green-
ock, Vain, Star Chamber, Beau Ormonde, Brutal,
Lavator, MacGyle, Florizar, Pacific.

The racing career of Peep O'Day by Ayrshire-Sun-
down is ended. J. A. McCormack has sold him to A.
Albright, owner of the Eaton Stud at Eatontown,
N. J., and he will be placed at the head of that estab-
lishment.

Several horses have changed hands during the past
week. Charley Ellison has purchased Montanic from
the Burlingame Stock Farm; and after having refused
several good offers for his colt, Billy Cahill last Friday
sold Rolling Boer to Sam Hildreth. By the terms of
the sale Mr. Cahill received $7500 in cash and an addi-
tional $1000 should the colt win the California Derby.

Bullman is the leading rider at Oakland while Tommy
Burns is landing a large percentage of his mounts in
first place at Tanforan.

Burns & Waterhouse now have a half brother to
their great horse Eddie Jones. Early Rose has foaled
a colt sired by Col. Wheeler at their Sacramento
county breeding establishment.

It is timely to remind owners and trainers that all
two year olds must be named by March 1st, or a fine
of $50 will be imposed by The Jockey Club for subse-
quent registration.

On January 28th the directors of the Delmar Jockey
Club now building a track at St. Louis, met in that
city and elected the following officers: President, R. S.
Gardner: Vice-Presidents, L. F. Pretorius, A. A.
Busch; Secretary-Treasurer, J. F. Martin. While no
definite announcement is made as to a program for the
coming season it is generally known that the plans of
the organization, as far as they have gone, are on a
broad and liberal scale. The officers declare that if
the Turf Congress cannot be maintained on the old
basis and a fight between the two factions should
come they will east their fortunes with the Southern
tracks which Chicagoans are endeavoring to drop from
the new Western Jockey Club.

Speculation on the Kentucky Derby has commenced
and the opinion of many good judges has been en-
dorsed by the odds offered at Louisville. These make
Garry Herrman and Alard Scheck favorites at 4 to 1
each, Silver Dale comes in at 8 to 1, Joe Frey is 15 to 1,
The Puritan 20 to 1, Ampere, Driscoll, Demurrer and
The Commander at 25 to 1 each, and the rest range up
to Prior at 300 to 1.

SADDLE NOTES.

The predicted race track war is on in this city and
racing is held every day except Sundays at the Oak"
land track and at Tanforan. The daily papers, each
of which now employ two special writers — one for each
track — have discussed the situation pro and con and
thoroughly threshed all the straw that is obtainable.
The actual cause of the trouble is probably known only
to the principals and all the stories published are here"
say. The fight will injure both jockey clubs and can
do the horsemen no good, except temporarily. Jockeys
are reaping a harvest and printers and advertising
firms have had their revenues increased. Outside the
racing world, however, the "war'' has not caused a
ripple of excitement anywhere. One thing is certain:
San Francisco race goers are not numerous enough to
support two tracks, in fact they could not support one.
The money received from the bookmakers is the main
factor. The trouble between the two clubs is to be de-
plored and it is to be hoped that it will not continue
long. There never has been a race track war in the
history of this country but has worked on injury to all
immediately concerned and has brought unwarranted
attacks and condemnation on the sport of racing.

Tod Sloan rode his first winner of the season last
Monday at Tanforan. He had the mount on Joe Frey
in a mile event, a handicap for three year olds and up-
wards. Sloan took his mount to the front at gate
raise and held the lead throughout although it re-
quired all his skill to land Joe Frey a winner from the
fast coming Advance Guard. The win was a very
popular one and Sloan received quite an ovation as he
rode back to the judges stand to weigh out.

Regarding his purchase of Hamburg last week. Mr.
W. C. Whitney said he bought the horse on his own
judgment because he was a very high class and an in-
dividual type of the American throughhred. "Through
Hamburg*, "he said, "I get the blood of three cham-
pions of their year — Hamburg himself, Hanover and
Hindoo. Then we have the strain of Virgil, Glencoe
and a host of other grand race horses. On the female
side there is long list of famous matrons, including the
great Dance family, Hamburg's dam being Lady Reel,
a half sister to the great Domino. These are enough
reasons why I should have purchased Hamburg. I
have not formed any definite idea of his future. That
will entail considerable study of blood lines, for I be-
lieve that a great type of such as Hamburg should
receive the purest of strains on the female side.''

Charley Boots appeared in a new role at Tanforan
Tuesday. Some time ago Edgardo was claimed out of
a selling race and after Edgardo won on Tuesday Mr.
Boots bid him up $200 above his entered price but did
not get the horse back.

A large crowd was in attendance at Tanforan last
Saturday to see the California Oaks run off. The
event carried with it a gross valuation of $4050, of
which amount $3200 first money was taken by Janice,
starting in the colors of Green B. Morris. Janice had
117 lbs. in the saddle with Jockey Bullman at the helm.
Maresa attempted to make a runaway race of it and
led until the saddling paddock was reached: here
Janice managed to get up and won by a length in a
fierce drive. Edna Brown finished third six lengths
away.

Tod Sloan, on Saturday, purchased both The Lady
and Credo, and won enough money on the jumper to
pay for both of his purchases. Credo ran a remark-
ably good race, shouldering the heavy impost of 170
lbs. and making the running throughout. He stood a
long, hard drive and won by half a length from J. O.
C, to whom he was conceding forty-five pounds. The
Lady was not so fortunate, being forced to content
herself with third place in her race.

F. O. Hanlon. assistant secretary of the Jockey Club,
desires to call the attention of owners of two year olds
to the following rule of racing, relative to claiming
names for horses: Rule 39— A name must be claimed
through the registry office of the Jockey Club for each
and every horse on or before the first day of March of its
two-year-old year. In case a horse is not named prior to
March 1st of its two old year, he may be duly named
upon payment of a fine of $50, if name is claimed and
allowed at least two days before date of starting. No
name that has been employed during the previous five
years, either at the stud or on the turf, shall be dupli-
cated, nor can a name be claimed for any horse not
registered as a foal. No horse will be allowed to start
unless duly registered and named.

5BRUARY16, 1901]

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The visiting' and local turf writers at New Orleans
, February 4th organized the "Turf Writers' Asso-
ition of America." Frank Bryan, of New York,
is elected chairman, while Hugh E. Keogh, of Chi-
go, was elected secretary and D. T. Murray, also of
licago, treasurer. One of the main objects of the
sociation is to add some dignity to that of a turf
itic, which at the present time is lost by the unlim-
•d issuance of press badges- to other than reputable
.d recognized turf critics. The men who report the
ces have for years stood sponsor for the acts of
hers, who by some hook or crook have been able to
sure press badges. It is the intention of the associa-
m to remedy this evil and to bring the responsibilities
the proper source. Racing scribes all through the
"est will be asked to lend their aid by uniting in the
:ort to wipe out the evils that have developed
rough a lack of organization.

At the sale of W. B. Sink's horses Captain Hackett
3ured Formero for $1750, and "Frisco" Lind paid
35 for Isalene. Rio Chico sold for $465.

Yellowtail made his first appearance ;this season on
onday at Emeryville, Pitted against a good field of
rinters he went to the post an even money favorite
tt did not show much of his old time speed and was
aten out by Frank Bell and Rollick.

Jockey Bullman rode a fine race on Jerid the open-
s' day at Emeryville defeating such good sprinters as
aggie Dairo and February. Jerid wanted to stop,
it Bullman persisted so vigorougly with him that he
anaged to last out to the wire.

A dispatch from Lexington says that M. F. Dwyer,
Brooklyn, has bought of James B: Clay a black
larling by Handspring, dam Mendroit, and a black
ly by Handspring, dam Nor Mantle, for $25,000 and
500 respectively.

The match race between Canmore and Articulate,
hich was carded for last Wedru sday at Tanforan, did
)t come off. The conditions of the race called for a
st track and Mr. Jennings declined to start his colt
the sticky going. Mr. Schorr offered to start Joe
rey in Canmore's place and his offer was accepted by
ie management and the event placed fourth on the
,rd. The battle for supremacy was one of the most
)tly contested and exciting affairs ever seen on a local
ack, the most blase race-goers shouting themselves
>arse as the two colts raced head and head through
te backstretch. At the start Burns outbroke Sloan
id gained a slight advantage which he held through-
it the first quarter, which was run slowly; after the
im into the backstretch was made Sloan moved up
i even terms with the leader and a mighty shout
'ose from the backers of the favorite; Joe Frey, how-
ler, showed as much speed as Articulate and after
icing him to a standstill finally won, with something
> spare, by three parts of a length. Sloan rode a
ost vigorous finish on Articulate, but the colt was
itclassed by his opponent. The mile was run in 1:42,
good performance in the sticky going.

The stable of Eastin & Larabie was shipped from
exington, Ky., on February 4th, to Sheepshead Ray,
here it will be taken in charge by P. Wimmer. In
ie lot is Kinley Mack, Sharpshooter, High Order,
lying Torpedo, Julia Hanover and five two year olds.

Among the interested spectators at the Bitter Root
de at New York was "Bob" Irving, about the oldest
ring American jockey. When it is remembered that
3 rode Sue Washington and other racers of her day
•ound Charleston, Savannah, etc., in the "fifties" it
in readily be understood that he is no "spring
licken."

The American Derby, $20,000, one mile and a half,
hich will be run at Washington Park, Chicago, June
id, attracted entries from some of the strongest
tables of the East. Mr. Keene, for instance, has nom-
lated Commando, Conroy and Outlander, and Mr.
Whitney has named four, among them Ballyhoo Bey.
fith racing firmly re-established at Chicago, Eastern
orsemen will frequently contend for the rich prizes of
lat section, and the exchange of courtesies will help
ie breeding interest. The American Derby closed
ith ninety-three entries and the race promises to
rove one of the sensational events of the season.

The Belmont Handicap at Oakland was won by
'rank Bell, who, after making the pace throughout,
lanaged to stand off Loving Cup in a fierce drive and

on by a head. Lennep, poorly handled by Stuart,
nished third and was probably the best.

The first declarations out of the great spring handi-
aps, though not due until February 20th, have been
eceived. John F. Schorr, the Memphis brewer and
iirfman, is the owner responsible for them, he having
eclined the weights alloted to his horses in the Brigh-
on Handicap, and declared F. W. Brode, four years
Id, handicapped at 103 pounds; Alard Scheck, three
ears old, 103 pounds, and Silverdale, three years old,
8 pounds. As the horses were left in their other en-
;agements at Brighton Beach, it seems that Mr.
Schorr was dissatisfied with the weights put on his
torses in the handicap. F. W. Brode is the only one
•f the three entered in the Suburban, for which his im-
lost is the same as that declined for the Brighton.

The Lexington track is to be opened in the spring
for a ten-day meeting by Owner Charles Green of St.
Louis. The meeting was announced by Mr. Green,
the owner of the track last week, There has been no
meeting at the historic course for several years. Lex-
ington has been dropped from t he Turf Congress list
because of failure to have racing for several years, and
the meeting will be independent of that body.

A dispatch from London, dated February 9th, says:
It is more than probable that Tod Sloan, after he gets
a hearing before the stewards of the Jockey Club, will
have a license granted to him to ride this year. Sloan's
ability as a jockey is unquestioned by all, and the
English turf would be sorry to lose the services of such
an artist. Sloan's offenses, though they were directly
against the laws of the Jockey Club, were of the sort
that might be condoned. There was never any sus-
picion of fraud attached to him, and there is no doubt
that he tried his best to win whenever he could. In
the race for which he is held most to blame, the accept-
ance of a present from Gardner, if he won on Codoman
there was nothing to impeach his honesty. He tried
his best to win, ran second, and did not get the present.
Sloan will have a fair hearing before the stewards, and
he has many influential and politically potent friends
here willing to lend him a helping hand. By the death
of Lord William Beresford he lost a man who had the
greatest admiration for his riding and who, though he
fell out with him, would have helped him in any way
he could. There are others, and though King Edward
is not likely to interfere with the racing at present,
Sloan has ridden for him and won, and the King, un-
doubtedly bearing out his character as Prince of
Wales, never goes back on his friends. As a matter of
fact, those close to the throne insist that King Edward
will demand that an unconditional license be accorded
the American rider. As regards the King's racing, it
is believed that he will practically decide to lease the
royal stud now in training for 1901. It is suggested
that it is possible that the Duke of Devonshire, who
has not many horses in training just now, will take the
entire lot over, but nothing is known for certain. As
to whether the King will continue to race after 1901,
nothing can be stated definitely. Queen Anne, George
IV. and William IV. all raced, and it is believed that
King Edward VII. will probably continue to do so.
Sporting circles are interested in the King's colors.
At present they are a purple waistcoat, scarlet sleeves
trimmed with gold, and a black cap, which were the
orders of George IV. when he was Prince of Wales.
When he became King he changed them to a crimson
bo^yj gold lace, purple sleeves and a black cap.
.*,

Keep Your Stables Clean.

Horses and other animals are subject to influenza or
grip, which is now causing so much suffering among
humanity. The bacillus sets up a peculiar form of
irritation in the upper air passages and this often ter-
minates in various complications under three heads,
which are the thoracic form, or that of the cavity of
the chest, the abdominal form or that of the digestive
organs and the rheumatic form. There is great and
general prostration from the attack at the onset, with
inflammation of the membrane fining the nostrils and
respiratory organs. Preparations to ward off attack
should begin by strict attention to sanitation, washing
out the floors, flushing the drains, whitewashing the
walls, scouring the woodwork, washing windows and
fumigating the stables in a thorough manner with
chloride gas or the fumes of burning sulphur. Feed
the horses liberally, but at night give a bran and flax-
seed meal mash with two or four ounces of glauber
salts in it two or three times a week, and in the drink-
ing water dissolve a tablespoonful of sulphite of soda
in each stable bucket of water.

Lady Meux, who races in England under the name
if "Mr. Theobalds," has commenced an action to re-
over possession of her horse Volodyovski, which she
eased to the late Lord William Beresford, and to
estrain the latter's executrix, Lily, formerly Duchess
if Marlborough, from dealing with the horse in any
ray. Volodyovski is the favorite for the Derby next
rune. The ground for the action taken to recover
>ossession of the horse is that under the Jockey Club
■ules the lessor and lessee become partners, and as the
leath of a partner ends the partnership the executrix
if Lord William Beresford has no assignable interest
n the horse. When the case was first talked of about
hree weeks ago the opinion prevailed in England that
f the partnership is proved the horse will revert to
'Mr. Theobalds."

The Road Horse.

We are often asked to define just exactly what is
meant by the term "road horse." In reply to one of
these questions it was stated some time ago that now-
adays a road horse to merit the title must have ex-
treme speed and the more of it the better. An Ohio
subscriber now wants to know what sort of speed a
road horse should have and what name is accorded to
good looking, reasonably fast trotters and pacers that
sell for prices ranging from $250 or a little less upward.
It is hard to say just how much speed a horse must
have nowadays to be entitled to the rank of a real
roadster, but a recital of the names of celebrities seen
almost every day on the New York Speedway will go
far toward showing the kind of horse that is now dig-
nified by that descriptive title. Of course only a few
of the new York cracks can be named in this connec-
tion, but the following will suffice: Robert J. 2:01],
Searchlight 2:03£, Azote 2:04|, Johnny Agan 2:05£, Be
Sure 2:06|, Moth Miller 2:07, Dariel 2:071, Fred W.
2:08J, Quadriga 2:08|, Hontas Crooke 2:09, Lamp Girl
2:09, Fairview 2:09£, Sphinx S. 2:09£, Louise Mac 2:09£,
Page 2:09|, and a great many more with records just a
fraction or so slower than 2:10. It is plain that it is no
earthly use turning in with that sort of a procession
unless the driver has very great speed in front of his
pneumatic wagon. From these facts the seeker after
knowledge may figure out for himself how much speed
a horse must have to be entitled to rank as a roadster.
In reply to his other question, the slower horse is
usually termed a buggy horse or pleasure horse. In
some parts of the country he is termed a business horse,
but that is largely a local appellation and does not gen-
erally apply to such animals throughout the country.
As a rule the term "business horse" is applied to the
animal that pulls a light weight delivery wagon and
does other and similar work without laying any claim
to speed or high quality. The buggy or pleasure horse
must have at least a modicum of speed and with him as
with the roadster the more the better. If he can pull

a three-quarter-seat buggy at a 2:40 clip he will do all
right. Even if he cannot do all that but is withal

handsome, large and sound he will find dozens of pur-
chasers at a price highly remunerative to the man

who places him right and fit on the market. But he

will never more rank as a road horse. — Breeders

Gazette.

Still Going to Africa.

More than 2000 horses have been purchased by
Major Powell and his associates of the British army
in the vicinity of St. Louis and Kansas City in the last
three weeks. Major Powell is now in St. Louis to
complete purchases made recently at the East St.
Louis stock yards. The horses bought all go to South
Africa. They are to be utilized in the artillery regi-
ments. Because of this they are larger than the
cavalry horses which have been shipped from Texas
points. The Missouri and Kansas horses are well
adapted for artillery service after they once become
immuned to the climate of South Africa. They are
shipped as rapidly as possible to New Orleans and from
there transported to South Africa. Several vessels of
the English government make regular trips from New
Orleans to Port Elizabeth and Cape Colony.

Traditional Origin of Polo.

A great many hundred years ago an oriental prince
was in a very bad condition. His liver was too big, his
muscles were too small, his heart acted badly. He was
bilious, downcast and ready to give up the ghost. The
doctors could do nothing for him. But along came a
doctor from foreign parts who agreed to cure him.
He said: "I have wonderful drugs which can only be
absorbed through the pores of the palm of the hand.
These drugs I have enclosed in the handle of this in-
strument which you see." Thereupon he showed the
prince the original polo mallet with leather wrapped
around the handle. The prince, as easily deceived as
most princes, consented to try the new remedy. It
was explained to him that he must get warm in order
that his hand might absorb the health-giving drugs.
He raced about on a little pony as directed all day
long for many days and at last was a perfectly healthy
prince. The wise doctor never told him that there
were no drugs in the handle of the mallet and that he
had invented the scheme to make him take exercise.
His couriers were compelled of course to exercise with
him. Thus the game of polo became fashionable and
survives to our day.

Colic, the Gripes.

The causes for this complaint are various: viz — improper feed-
ing, sadden changes of diet, exhaustion from overwork, drinking
cold water when overheated, constipation, worms, bots and ulcers
of the stomach, this has all been set down as frequently leading to
the complaint. Treatment— the safest and quickest treatment of
colic is first to neutralize the gases generated from undigested
food by drenching the animal with a mixture of Manhattan food
Red Ball brand and luke warm water; this will counteract, the acid-
ity of the stomach and neutralize the gases, the next is to obtain a
free action of the bowels and bladder. All the above trouble can
be prevented, however, by feeding Manhattan Food Red Ball
Brand mixed with their regular feed. "We have many testimonials
from leading horsemen in our possession who will testify to the
above. Manhattan Food Co.

A Trip From Kansas.

Capt. I. F. Sperry of Minneapolis, Kansas, writes January 23rd
as follows: "For a number of years I have used Quinn's Ointment
with perfect success, removing curbs, splints and bogs. I always
recommend Quinn's Ointment. Horsemen who desire a remedy
which has been used for years by the leading breeders from Maine
to California will try Quinn's Ointment. For curbs, splint, spavins,
windpuffs and all enlargements it has no equal. If you cannot ob-
tain at your druggist, regular size will be sent by mail or express
prepaid, upon receipt of $1. Address W. B. Eddy & Co., White-
hall, N.Y."

Horse Owners Should Use
GOMBATJLT'S

Caustic
Balsam

The Great French Veterinary Remedy.

A SAFE, SPEEDY AND
POSITIVE CURE.

SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OF FIRING

Impossible to produce anv scar or blemish. Tru,
Bafast best Blister evor u«e.i. Takes the pine
Bl all liniments for mild or severe act on. Removes
nil Bunches or Blemishes from Horses or Cattle.

As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheumatism,
Sprains, Sore Throat, Etc., it id mva.uabie.

HIE tfklllBlllTrX that one tablespoonful of

nCuUAnANILt caustic balsam wii<

produce more actual results than a wnr>le bottle o*
any liniment or spavin cure r \Uture ever made.

Every bottle of Caustic balsam sold is Wurraii-
ted to give satisfaction. Price St. 50 p*>r bottle bnlfl
a? druggists, or sent byeipress, cbarges paid, with lull
directions for its. use. Send for descriptive circulars,
testimonials, eta Address
fHE LAWRENCE-WXLLIAMS CO., Cleveland. Ohio

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[February 16, 190

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W- KEIXEY, PROPRIETOR.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terms— One Year S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN" ADVANCE.
Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter

gsed to F. YV. Kelley. 36 G?ary St., San Francisco. Cal.
Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, February 16, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 2-4-35

July 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER. Col June 15^29

BUTTE aud ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

ALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

EW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

A GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct, 1-5

LEYVISTOX. Idaho (Interstate Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GKAXD CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

rOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READYILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYR ACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

THE RACE WAR which is now on in this vicinity
is not furnishing as much excitement as it was ex-
pected would result. Both tracks are being fairly weP
patronized, Tanforan getting a slightly larger attend-
ance and having more books than Oakland. Outside
the columns of the daily papers, which contain accounts
of two meetings each day, there is nothing to attract
the attention of the general public to the fact that a
race war is in progress. What the final result can be
no person can tell. Should the bookmakers on one
track sustain a few days of successive losses, they will
move to the other, and it is the same with the public.
People who gamble are invariably superstitious and
friendship ceases when bad luck is encountered. Why
the newspapers or the public should rush in and take
sides in the fight is no more apparent to the level-
headed looker-on than it would be if a couple of mer-
chants should begin selling goods below cost in an
effort to drive one another out of business. The
officials of both -clubs know their own business
and have a perfect right to run it as they see fit,
provided they infringe upon no law or the rights
of anyone. There are people, however, and among
them turf writers and journalists who claim the
right to dictate to every person or corporation just
how they should manage their affairs, and finding
their advice unheeded generally appeal to the Leg-
islature or local legislative bodies to pass measures
that will compel people to do as they desire. Some Of
these writers are particularly bitter because their ser-
vices have been dispensed with by the race track man
agers and their salaries cut off as useless or worse ex.
penditures. The California Jockey Club and the San
Francisco Jockey Club are managed by men who have
- ims of money invested and who certainly realize
that their interests are injjeopardy as long as a war is
carried on. If they choose to run in opposition to one
another it will be a question as to whose sack is the
ble to stand the losses that will in-
variably follow. If the fight progresses as quietly as
started, there will be no occasion for any alarm
on the part of the public. If it should degenerate into
a brawl, it will mean the end of winter racing in Calr

AX ORDINANCE has been introduced in the Board
of - - permitting racing and betting

for thirty-five days in this county in each
year. Th ire would be no harm in amending it so as to
number of days for harness racing.
If the dates arc till taken up by the runners, harness
out and as there isa probability
rackerjacks of the harness turf
a next fall, provision should be
made for

WE HAVE RECEIVED from the Westchester
Racing Association a photograph of that classic
turf trophy, the old Woodlawn vase, which, after
serving as a prize in many a sph'ited race without the
original conditions having been quite fulfilled, has been
purchased by the Westchester Racing Association and
it will be added to the Morris Park Autumn, weight
for age race, at two and one-quarter miles. The first
closing of entries was on February 12th, the second on
August loth, when the conditions under which the
vase is to be run for will be announced. The history
of the Woodlawn vase includes the last period of racing
in the South "befo' the wan," its revival in Kentucky
after the conflict and the "palmy days'' of the sport at
Sheepshead Bay and Jerome Park. The trophy was
made for R. A. Alexander of Woodburn, Ky., in 1860.
who presented it to the Woodlawn Association of
Louisville, to be run for at four miles, and to be won
three times before becoming the property of the win-
ner. Captain T. G. Moore, with Mollie Jackson and
Idlewild, scored two wins in 1861, the first races held
for the cup. The war forced a suspension of racing at
Louisville until 1866, when the trophy was raced for
again, generally resulting in "walkovers" for Mr.
Alexander, although General Abe Buford, had a win
with Harry of the West. The Louisville Jockey Club
then bought the vase, and it was added to the Great
American Stallion Stakes of 1878 and won by Bramble
for the Dwyer brothers. It has since been held in the
North, and in succeeding years has been added to
several races to be won by the same horse. In 1883, at
Sheepshead Bay, in the Great Long Island Stakes, at
two-mile heats, Frederick Gebbard won it with Eole,
but the Dwyers won it back in 1884 and 1885 with the
successive wins of Miss Woodford. It was last raced
for at Jerome Park on October 4, 1894, the last day's
racing at that famous resort, when F. M. Dwyer won
the vase with Banquet, beating Sir Excess, who had
won it for J. W. Rogers two weeks earlier. A few
weeks ago Mr. Dwyer sold the vase, one of the most
handsome specimens of the silversmith's art made in
this country, to the Westchester Racing Association.

DENVER'S MEETING will open June 15th this
year and close on the 29th of the same month,
thus giving two weeks of racing. There will be two
races each day, and the purses will range from $500 to
$1000. In our advertising columns to-day will be
found the conditions for six of the early closing events,
two of which are for $1000 each, one for 2:25 trotters,
the other for pacers of^the 2:20 class. The remaining
four are races for colts. The nominations to these
purses will close March 1st, and it only costs $10 to
nominate. The Overland Racing Association, which
will give the.Denver meeting, is a new organization, and
perfectly reliable in every way. Mr. Edwin Gaylord,
the vice-president and treasurer, is well known to
horsemen as the champion amateur reinsman of Amer-
ica, he having driven Coney to a wagon record of 2:03}
in New York last season. Mr. Gaylord was in Cali-
fornia last month and secured premises from many of
the harness horse trainers that they would attend the
Denver meeting and many good horses will go from
here. Those going East to campaign should certainly
stop at Denver, as it furnishes an opportunity to win
some good purses and rest the horses on the long
journey.

EVERY FARMER IN CALIFORNIA who owns a
standard bred mare that is a good individual, or
that possesses speed at the trot or pace even though
she is not standard bred, should mate her this year
with the best stallion for whose services he can afford
to pay, and enter the produce in as many rich stakes
as possible. Even though the stake entries are not
made, the investment will be profitable if the colt or
filly resultant has ordinary good luck and grows to be
an averaged sized horse. Stake engagements will add
materially to its value, however, and if the youngster
is trained and shows speed a big price may be secured.
There are advertised in our columns this week as grand
a lot of trotting bred stallions as can be found in any
State in the Union, and we advise our readers to look
them over and select one to breed to.

JAKE HOLTMAN, who arrived in California
Wednesday evening last and assumed the position
as starter at the California Jockey Club's Oakland
track on Thursday, started off well with|almost a per-
fect start for every race. He was heartily applauded
by tne spectators until his reception amounted to an
ovation. His control over the jockeys seemed to be
absolute.

THE Senate Finance Committee has agreed to make
a report on the State Agricultural Society bill, to
the effect that $45,000 be appropriated to pay the in-
debtedness of the society, provided a deed be made to
the State for the property, which now stands in the
name of the Directo ' .

Memphis to the Front.

Since harness racing languished and then came to ;
full stop at Cumberland Park, Nashville, the las
southern outpost of the first rank on the trotting maj
has been Lexington. An attempt to resuscitate thi
sport at Nashville was made in 1899, but it failed ant
it is now seven years since the trotters and pacers havi
pushed on further south after the grand meeting o
the Kentucky Breeders. At last, however, there is i
"new town on the map" and when the plans for mak
ing it a trotting center have been perfected and real
ized — as they surely will be — it will take its placi
among those of the first rank.

Memphis, Tenn., is the city now to be reckoned with
It will at once be suggested that the harness racers an
practically unknown there and that it is a famous thor
oughbred racing point. But there are many argu
ments to be advanced showing that this will be a bene
fit, rather than a drawback. This is the opinion o
the projectors of the new enterprise, and as they an
among the wealthiest and most influential of Memphis
representative business men they have every reasoi
for being conceded correctness of judgment. A largi
tract of land has already been purchased, which is bui
twelve minutes ride by trolly from the heart of th<
city, and here they will build as fine and fast a regula-
tion mile track as skill can construct; grand stands,
judges stands, stables and all necessary buildings wil
be erected on a grand scale, and the whole property
transformed into a park which will be unsurpassed bj
any of the great trotting plants in the whole country
The finances back of the project are such as to assun
the carrying out of the most ambitious schemes anc
the inaugural meeting will be held in October imme
diately after that at Lexington and will have a progran
of Grand Circuit calibre. As an indication to horse
men of what this grand enterprise is to be we may an
nounce that ground for the new track will be broker
within the next few days and that the secretary anc
manager will be Mr. Murray Howe, so widely and favor
ably known through his work -for the Review during
the past decade. Mr. Howe claims the dates of Oct
21-26 for his inaugural meeting. — Chicago Horse Review

A Clash at St. Louis.

News comes from St. Louis that the new Delmai
track there will not affiliate with the Western Jockej
Club nor recognize its powers. In fact the new St
Louis organization will defy the new governing body
Here is what Capt. C. A. Tilles of the Delmar tract
says concerning their plans:

"We propose to go ahead and rush the work o
building our new track. We expect to be ready t(
race early in May, and if the Fair Association (St
Louis) refuses to divide dates with us we will open ou
track and endeavor to give the racing public the hes
racing ever seen west of New York. Big money wil
capture the best horses. That will be our policy ii
case of a clash with either of the local tracks.

"Unless something turns up to make us change ou
minds we do not intend to pay any attention to thi
new Western Jockey Club. We propose to run ou
business affairs without any interference from Chicago
Memphis, Cincinnati or New Orleans.

"We think we can operate our track as Oakland, o
San Francisco, has been run ever since it came into ex
istence. Oakland never has belonged to the Turf Cor,
gress or any other self governing body, although i
has always respected every other track's rulings ii
case of fraud. We intend to do the same thing.

It is a well known fact that the maddest horse wil
come to a standstill almost instantaneously if deprive!
of the use of his eyes, a fact made use of by cowboy
on the plains who will whip off his coat and throw i
over the head of a runaway. A Frenchman, M. Ran!
glaret, has made use of this knowledge and has turnei
it to good account in the construction of a simpll
arrangement by means of which the horse's eyes maj
at will be covered, so as to shut out the light. It 1
called a blinder brake, and consists of double blinders
The inside ones, which can be readily fastened on thi
ordinary blinder, is made of very pliable leather an
controlled by a cord, the end of which is accessible tl
the driver and experiments show that the device n

very effective.

*

We frequently read of colts and fillies trotting I
quarter in thirty-eight seconds, or even faster, the firs
time they hitched to a bike. There exists no vali
reason for doubting the statements, but it so happen!
that a majority of our fastest trotters have bee
schooled for several months, and in some instanod
part of two seasons, before they could trot a quarte]
in that time.

The New England breeders have decided to hold I
meeting at Readville the first week in July, and hav
further decided to bar hopples and hang up a $10,00
purse for the 2:25 pacers at their Grand Circu;
meeting.

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Coming Events.

Feb. 22 — Grand oDen-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 9, 10, 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore
Md.

July 23, 24, 25, 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

Jim Crow.

Ob, say, Jim Crow,
Why is it you always go
With a gloomy coat of black
The year long on your back ?
Why don't you change its hue,
At least for a day or two,
To red or green or blue ?
And why do you always wear
Such a sober, sombre air,
As glum as the face of Care ?
I wait for your reply,

And into the peaceful pause
There comes your curious, croaking cry —

"Oh, because! 'cause! 'cause!

Oh, say, Jim Crow,
Why, when the farmers sow,
And the corn springs up in the row,
And the days that once were brief
Grow long, and laugh into leaf,
Do you play the rascally thief ?
I can see by the look in your eye-
Wary and wise and sly —

That you know the code in vogue ;
Why will you then, oh, why

Persist in the path of the rogue S
I harkenfor your reply,

And into the empty pause
There rings your graceless, grating cry —

"On, because! 'cause! 'cause!

And say, Jim Crow,

With all of the lore you know-
Lore of the wood and field,

Lore of the clouds, and the clear

Depths of the atmosphere,
To ourduller ken concealed —

Why is it you ever speak

With a mingled squawk and a squeak ¥

You, with your talents all,
And your knowledge of this and that.

Why must you sing like a squall,
And talk like a perfect ' ' flat ? "

I listen for your reply,
But in the lapse and the pause

All I hear is your impudent cry—
"Oh, because ! 'cause I 'cause ! "

At the Traps.

The opening affair at the Ingleside live bird traps will
probably be the season's initial shoot of the California
Wing- Club. For this occasion the management of the
grounds propose to have in readiness the set of under-
ground traps recently purchased and which is now in
course of preparation for the use of shooters this
season. This system is the invention and design of E.
D. Fulford, the veteran trap shot, who spent a long
period and considerable money in perfecting what has
now been found by practical experience to have more
advantages than any other device used for this pur-
pose by trap shooting clubs.

A description of this system, which is in vogue on the
grounds of the Interstate Association, Queens, L. I.
where the Grand American Handicap tournament will
be held next April, will readily convey to our readers
the utility and progressiveness of this move by the San
Francisco Trap Shooting Association. On the Ingle-
side grounds there will be but one set of five traps
used and the following will apply in giving an idea as
to their working.

Each set of five traps is worked by a single lever,
which, with a short travel, opens and closes a trap and
if necessary, starts the birds after it is released, so that
the bird is always under control until it actually takes
wing. There is no communication between the puller
and trapper, so that no collusion is possible. Every
pull of the lever sets spinning a collar on the shaft, its
stopping point regulates the number of the next trap
to be pulled, and no one can tell what that will be, for
the mechanism is within a steel box, inaccessible with-
out the use of tools. The sides of the trap are counter-
balanced and but little power is required to throw them
open and shut. All the rods and levers are of steel
and work somewhat on the same plan as those of rail-
road signals. The main pulling rod runs through a
covered box from the pulling house to the trapping
pit, the connections being made inside the latter. The
pit is 7 feet deep and 74 feet long, curved in a segment
of a circle, 33 yards from the shooters' platform. In
this pit are the pigeons and the trappers, who serve
the traps from below, while behind No. 3 trap and out-
side No. 1 and No. 5 are underground spaces for tho
boys who gather the birds, each space covered with a
strong wire screen. The screens are under the control
of the puller and allow the gatherer's exit only at the
proper time, a signal telling which of the three lads is
to start after a bird, while at the same time the

SNIPE IN THE SOUTH.

Reckless Slaughter Driving Out all the Game
Birds.

To License the Gun.

The Senate and Assembly Committees on Fish and
Game met in general session on the afternoon of the
11th inst. Several bills introduced by individual
members were considered, but were deemed im-
practicable, and- it was finally decided to report a
bill imposing a license upon every person carrying a
shotgun during the hunting season. The license will
be fixed at $1 each and the proceeds will be used to
carry out the provisions of the law. The tax will not
apply to Indians nor to minors.

It was stated at the meeting that the visitation of
Easterners during the hunting season is as much as
15,000 annually. This is a palpable exaggeration
and in keeping with many other absurd statements and
fanatical assertions emanating' from the "apostles of
game protection." These arguments cannot do any
good in influencing necessary legislation but may do
considerable harm.

The imposition of the tax is an acceptable measure
to every sportsman and, it is believed, will eliminate
the pot hunters. Particularly that class of detestable
beings who shoot and kill every kind of bird, large and
small, that they can get within range of. Notable
among the violators of both the ethics of -sport and of
all humane considerations is a class of ignorant and
brutal foreigners that this tax would effectually teach
that our laws are made to be respected.

The fund received for tnis proposed tax is to be de-
voted to the expenses of maintaining a proposed Game
Commission. The Commissioners are to be appointed
by the Governor and will serve without fee or salary.

In view of the difficulty of procuring appropriations
of sufficient amount to carry out all of the work the
Fish Commission find actually necessary and also to
meet the expenses of fish and game protection re-
quested by sportsmen at large, and to provide a fund
for future game protection, it is not unreasonable to
ask financial support in the shape of a nominal tax
from a source which is most interested and which
will be benefitted by it.

Chairman Tyrrell of the Senate committee and Chair-
man Higby of the Assembly committee were delegated
to confer with the Governor and other officials as to
the constitutionality of the proposed measure. The
law is modeled in part after the Maine law.

Wild pigeons are reported to be frequenting the
grain fields near Centreville, Alameda county, in count-
less numbers. The pigeons have descended upon the
regions in numbers such as never before known. They
are voracious and as they pick out the young grain it
is feared that they will do a great deal of damage.
Such flocks have never before been known, and the
shooting of them has become more serious work than
sport. The farmers are worried. In the crops of two
birds killed' 1350 kernels of barley were counted. As
much as a cupful of the grain was taken from the crop
of one bird. When many thousands of pigeons are
eating at that rate, the damage is very serious.

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all seasons in Inyo county until January 1, 1903.

CHAMPION COUNT GLADSTONE IV.

mechanism releases him for his work. Not a thing is
visible above the field to the shooter at the score but
the five traps. The dead birds when retrieved are
placed underground and none are seen by the shooters
or spectators, a method which commends itself as doing
away with the one disagreeable feature of pigeon
shooting.

The saving of time in filling the traps and retrieving
dead birds is a feature that is quite important when,
for instance, a ten or fifteen bird race is on with twenty
or more shooters up.

The Union Gun Club will hold seven inanimate
target shoots at Ingleside during the coming season.
Three live bird meetings will take place on March 31st,
June 30th and September 29th respectively.

A meeting of the club will be held on next Wednes-
day evening for the purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year and arranging the program of monthly
shoots.

Scelp Tube Gun Barrels.

A correspondent in the American Field takes excep-
tion to the phrase "not the cheap 'scelp1 tubes that the
American gun makers use" and admits his inability to
find a definition of the word "scelp" in his proper ref-
utation of the "slur on American gun makers."

Whilst sojourning in Pennsylvania some years ago,
the writer, one day near Reading, visited a scelp-
mill. This institution is an important factor in the
iron manufacturing East. The output of a scelp-mill
is seen in thousands of bundles of flat strips of iron,
various in thickness, wide and length. These strips
are sent to pipe mills and then made up into iron pipe
of different sizes. The strips are placed in furnaces
and properly heated, they are then forced through an
aperture (in a plate or mould) of the diameter of the
pipe desired. A moulding ball on the end of a rod
meets the heated strip, the two lateral edges of which
in the process are welded together by being run over
and turned onto the socket rod. The rod portion of
the tool is on the inside of the redhot tube, which is
run off on a series of rollers. There are two methods
in practice for the welding of these tubes, one is called
a "butt weld" — the edges of the scelp strip are of
equal conformation when they meet for welding, being
simply stuck together as it were. The other style, the
"lap weld," is produced by beveling the edges of the
strip, so that when they are forced together in weld-
ing the pipe the beveled edges lap and form a stronger
seam than the butt weld. The ordinary gas and water
pipes in use in dwellings are thus made.

Louisiana has a law of recent enactment which in
local verbiage bids the market hunter to get off the
world. It calls him a pot hunter, and inhibits, under
heavy penalty, his use of gun, trap or snare in the tak-
ing of game in or out of season. It does not seem tc
have affected the market hunter much. Generally he
has refused to be bound by it. It is difficult, indeed, to
persuade a Southerner, whether he has land or not,
that any being has an exclusive right to shoot birds-
Attempts to preserve certain tracts of land have all
been failures. It is possible for a man who has title
to fifty or a hundred acres to guard it from armed in-
vasion because of its smallness, but when it comes to
preserving thousands of acres in a body it cannot be
done except at a cost almost equal to the value of the
land. Signs reading, "No shooting here!" "Noshoot-
ing on these premises!" "All shooters will be vigor-
ously prosecuted!" are regarded by the market hunt-
ers as good things to empty a gun against, and most of
them are full of holes made by shot ranging in size
from blue whistlers to No. 10. One day two months
ago there were shipped from Horton to a restaurant
keeper at Shreveport five dozen woodcock, fifty teal
ducks and ten dozen of Wilson's snipe, or jacksnipe as
they are called in that section, all killed by two men in
three days' shooting in the Lake Bistineau country.

The ducks on this lake have become wary from much
hunting. The man who gets them must work hard
and far out from the shores or the customary blinds.
Procuring woodcock means an infinity of labor in a
close malaria brake, composed in part of canes, thirty
feet high, and thick enough to touch each other. The
sport requires muscle, patience, endurance, and a re-
markably quick eye, the birds flushing close by and
rising straight in the air until they clear the growth
then plunging to earth again. For the fifth part of a
second the woodcock hangs outlined against the sky.
Perhaps a heavy clump of Spanish moss screens it from
the perspiring gunman below. Perhaps a limb of
cypress intervenes. Perhaps only twigs are there to
deflect the pellets. Perhaps once in a hundred times,
there may be no obstruction whatever. At any rate,
in that portion of time, almost too small for a split-
second watch to register, the shooter must catch his
bird and put it out of the flying class. Otherwise he
will hear his shot patter harmlessly against the vege-
tation.

Along the shores of Bistineau in the season the most
remunerative sport to be obtained is from jacksnipe.
To get jacksnipe upon the surrounding marshes of
Lake Bistineau, one leaves Horton with three other
good fellows, a heavy farm wagon, which contains a
tent, some blankets, cooking utensils, bacon, cornmeal,
a great amount of ground coffee, and impedimenta of
like character. The wagon will be drawn slowly but
surely by two large opinionated mules, and they will be
driven by a negro man in his forties, so black that his
face makes a spot on the midnight. The hunters will
walk the fourteen miles to the snipe grounds and do it
merrily enough, always ahead of the mules. When the
end of the alleged road is neared and it becomes neces-
sary to leave it so that camp may be made as close to
the lake as possible, the way will lie through the woods
of cypress, oak, ash trees and hickories. In many plaecs
vines as thick through as a man's thigh will have
leaped from trunk to trunk, weaving an impenatrable
barrier, or some giant will have fallen recently, fresh
dirt still clinging to its roots; or a shallow trough,
hard in appearance, but really competent to hog a
saddle blanket, will lie across the route.

The Northern sportsman in the party, guest of three
planters of wealth, and standing intent upon showing
him "th' fines' snipe-groun' 'n th' worl', suh; bar
none, suh," will watch the unloading of the wagon
with an interest accentuated by hunger. He will have
heard much of Southern hospitality and recondite
dishes that tune the taste and soothe the nerves. He
will see dragged into daylight from under the tent
which covered them the mcst crass, crude and rude
layout of grub that ever his educated palate was
forced to content itself with. Each of these men, in
his own home, would be glad to entertain him for a
month or a year, and would introduce him into enough
recondite dishes to last him a lifetime, but now they
are out for hunting, and they believe, as their grand-
fathers believed, that in the field a man's gun or rod
must be the mainstay of his provender. The North-
erner will find them to be keen sportsmen and good
shots, and so long as he is with them "his money won't
be no good," but once the tent is pitched, the trench
dug around three sides of it to carry off the rain, the
fire built, and the inevitable coffee drunk, he will be
forced to look out for himself. In other words, while
he will shoot with one of his hosts and be welcome to
the services of the retriever, he will help himself to
his food, draw his own coffee, and, gustatorily, conduct
himself as if all the veneer of civilization had been
rubbed off, and he was once more a prehistoric savage,
chasing his meat with flint-headed arrows.

He will find that in the morning his three planter
friends will get out of bed and into their rough, stained
garments as fast as they can, make a rapid break for
the fire, grab the first thing to eat their fingers will
close on. pour themselves a liberal libation of coffee,
gulp it down, unloose the dogs, and hie away. If he
fails to do likewise he may get nothing to eat, and he
certainly will get no shooting. It is a case of devil take
the hindermost. All of the day will be spent in unre-
lenting pursuit of the birds Miles will be covered and
large bags made. After supper, eaten in the same
God-helps-him-who-helps-himself fashion, pipes are
produced, and the story of the chase told and retold.
Songs will be in order^ chaff, anecdotes more or les-
Rabelaisian. and even practical jokes. This wiil 1- e
kept up until 1 o'clock of the morning, or possibly

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til 2. It seems to be the motto of these people that In
camp any man may sleep who can.

They do this sort ol work wholly on coffee. It is a
rare thine to find a party of North Louisianians with
whisky in bottles or jugs. They are singularly tem-
perate. A party recently camped on Bistineau con-
tained seven teetotalers and one who took three toddies
a day, a habit of twenty years' standing. The others
regarded him as a good man and a good shot, but they
spoke in whispers of his unfortunate addiction to alco-
hol and the grip it seemed to have on him. Time was
when the Louisiana planter regarded himself as seri-
ously lacking unless he were at least a two-bottle man,
but "the present generation seems to have eschewed
intoxicants.

If not the greatest snipe grounds in the world, the
nearby marshes furnish shooting for more months in
the year probablv than grounds to be found elsewhere.
The' jacks arrive'reasonably early. They are down in
most cases by October and they make Bistineau their
winter home, not leaving for the North until the mid-
dle of April. The chances are that some of the birds
go further south in December and January and are
replaced by others working their way down from the
colder regions. Experience in this region demonstrates
that there is no such thing as a universal flight of jacks
in any direction. The rail is a bird which gets up in
millions and goes toward its destination in a night or
two, but the migration of the jack is spread out over
a comparatively large lapse of time. It breeds from
Southern Illinois to a point far beyond the Canadian
line and the width of the belt covered by its nests ex-
plains its gradual southward flight.

The Illinois birds, since they do not bear cold so well
as their Canadian cousins, are first to rise after sun-
down, hover for a while a mile high, and then start.
The marshes they have left will, until they are frozen
solid, contain snipe, the more northern birds replac-
ing the early flyers. The best time for shooting snipe
on Bistineau is' between December loth and February
1st. Through February there is a lull, though scat-
tered birds may still be found. In March there are
thousands of them, the ranks of those that stayed
through the winter being re-inforced by returning
wanderers that have wintered on the edge of the Gulf
of Mexico.

It is to be recorded that the Louisiana planter,
although he declares that he is a sportsman and stands
ready to carve the person of him who denies it, uses
the pump gun on all sorts of game. This contrivance
permits the discharge of six cartridges into a_ bevy of
quail or hover of jacksnipe, and an expert will often
get five birds while the ordinary shooter has contented
himself with one. The fact that all small game in this
country has struggled bitterly for existence against the
flintlock converted to the percussion-cap weapon, the
percussion-cap weapon converted to a breech-loader
and the breech-loader converted to a breech-loading,
hammerless marvel of delicacy and balance does not
count with the planter. His object seems to be meat,
or, if not meat solely, a bigger score than is made by
any other person in the party.

This way of looking at sport is responsible for some
of the bags made on Bistineau, both on ducks and
snipe. Not a great time back three men shot continu-
ously at ducks for two and one-half days. Long before
the end of the time each was unable to raise his gun to
the shoulder, and shot from the hip. The jar and
smoke and constant strain made them sick. The
barrels of one man's gun, a Greener, was torn to the
thinness of paper for four inches from the muzzle.
The score made by these people was nearly 1300 ducks
of all sorts. At the end of the explosive debauch the
two leading contestants had slain 496 and -476 respect-
ively. They piled the ducks on their wagon and
brought them to Horton. It was a miniature mount-
ain of ducks. The birds were given to the whites and
negroes and eaten, but for days there was no shooting
to be had in the vicinity of the slaughter. The con-
tinuous reports of the guns frightened away everything
that could get away. Some months have elapsed since,
but it is noteworthy that sport has never been so good
in that part of the lake as before the "contest."

Certain parts of Bistineau marshes are covered by
coarse brown grass not more than six inches high. The
soil is soggy, so moist, in fact, that water comes up
around the foot if a man stands still for a minute or
two. This grass furnishes fine lurking places for the
bird, and it is not high enough to interfere with aim.
There are times when it is so thickly inhabited by
snipe that they get up like bees before the advancing
hunter, and unless he is a trained hand he will never
know at which bird to shoot, since they are all around
him and all going elsewhere as fast as they can. On
such days any good shot well supplied with ishells
would be able to stuff his shooting coat to bursting
with jacks, and all of them fat, as they get any quan-
tity of food and put in their waking hours feeding.
The man who loves snipe shooting for the poetry of it
and the character of the bird will like best a warm,
bright day with a slow breeze, such a day as comes
often to North Louisiana in midwinter. There is a
certain languor in the air and a stillness around, a still-
ness so profound that it is only accentuated by the
sibilant whispers of the little grass stems rubbing sides.
"When such a day dawns it will not be necessary to get
to the ground before 10 o'clock in the morning. The
sun must have time to heat the atmosphere, because
then the birds he best. Toward noon their unwilling-
ness to stir becomes more pronounced, and often they
will flush within two yards of the hunter. Under
these circumstances he is a poor shot who cannot make
a decent bag and enjoy every moment of the making.
The birds are not so numerous possibly as when the
wind howls and the sky is gray, but they look much
handsomer, and there are enough to satisfy any rea-
sonable person. A man may even pick his shots. For
instance, if he is weak on right quarterers or incomers
or straightaways he can get practice to lessen his
faults. To score a clean kill of a bird which has been
doing the thing that has fooled him a thousand times
makes the man stick his chest out and stoop down to
pet the shining retriever and to mutter delightedly
that the old gun may be a little bit dusty in the face,
but it is still on the track.

Doings in Dogdom.

N. H: Hickman's Elmwood Vassaris a litter sister to
Elmwood Varsity sire of Seldon Stuyve, one of the
best Fox Terriers ever produced in America, he will be

Death of Champion Count Gladstone IV.

The death of this grand field trials English Setter
champion occurred on February Tth, at Verona Ken-
nels, and was due to old age. Count Gladstone was
black, white and tan in color. He was whelped October
29, 1889, by Count Noble out of Ruby's Girl. He was
bred by Chas. Turner, of Stanton, Tenn., and pur-
chased by the Verona Kennels in 189" from, we believe,
Messrs. F. R. Hitchcock, of New York, and J. 81
Avent, of Hickory Valley. Tenn. He was installed as
the head of the Setters in the Verona Kennels and since
arriving on the Coast has shown in his progeny a
duplication of the qualities and character which won
for him in his early career the field trial honors he so
readily annexed. Until recently he was holding his
age well and acted as young as a three year old.

In 1891 he opened his field trial career by winning
third in Central All-Age Stake; in 1892 he won second
in the Eastern Club's All-Age Stake; in 1894 he won
first in Manitoba All-Age, third in the Eastern All-Age,
first Eastern Subscription, first Southern All-Age
Stake, first United States All-Age as well as the abso-
lute winner in the United States All-Age Stake and in
1896 terminated his career in the field by winning the
Four Hours Stake of the Eastern Field Trials Club
and the Champion Stakes of that year. Among the
field trial winners who claim him as sire may be men-
tioned Albert Lang, Dave Earl, Feu Follet, Gleam's
Ruth, Gleam's Dart, Lou, Lady's Count, Pin Money,
Shadow, Tory Topaz, Tory Rustic, Tory Fashion,
Tory Jessamine, Tory Dotlett, Count Danstone, Prime
Minister, Lady's Count, Gilt Edge.

Count Hunter, Sioux, Lady Rachel, Lady's Count
Gladstone, Woodcraft (owned by Henry Betten), Ver-
ona Cap, Verona Wilhelmina, Daughter Noble, Lady,
Belle of Hard Bargain. Of these winners during 1900,
Sioux has won the most prizes, closing with the United
States All-Age and Champion Stake. Jos. E. Terry's
Lady, W. W. Van Arsdale's Peach Blossom and P. D.
Linville's Maggie F. were winners in the Pacific Coast
Derby.

The foregoing brief list of winning field trial dogs
sired by Count Gladstone IV. might be supplemented
with a list of choice performers found among his
grandsons and granddaughters, but space and time
are not at command to give a more extended notice of
a dog that has, happily for the breed, passed his ster-
ling qualities to a progeny that have emulated a worthy
sire on many fields.

The illustration presented on the preceding page is
after the original painting by Fred W. Butler, Esq.

The Late H. G. Hemelright.

We regret .to announce the passing away of one
who was an enthusiastic fancier and a man of many
sterling qualities. Mr. Harry G. Hemelright, who
joined the silent majority this week, was an energetic
member of the Pacific Bull Terrier Club and also of the
Pacific Fox Terrier Club until illness made necessary a
trip to the southern part of the State last September.
Mr. Hemelright, before devoting his attention entirely
to doggy affairs, had made an enviable record as a
breeder and fancier of homing pigeons, several of his
birds having made champion records before he de.
cided to dispose of his loft and follow his more recent
fancy. Mr. J. H. Dorian of this city, and Rev. J. W.
Flinton of Victoria, became the owners of his choicest
pigeon stock.

The Powhattan Kennels were started in 1899, the
first entry of Fox Terriers was made at the May show
1900. Warren Clerk, an Eastern importation since
dead, winning first in Puppy, Novice and reserve in
winners. Cairnsmuir Doctor and Warren Tattle, two
other good ones, were sent East when Mr. Hemelright
closed out his kennels.

Mr. Hemelright was a fancier of a sanguine disposi-
tion and determined character and one whose loss the
fancy will no doubt feel.

The rumor is current that a prominent local fancier
will add two crack Eastern Fox Terriers to his string
very shortly, in fact the dogs are now en route. One
of the coming dogs is said to be Norfolk Queen Dance
by Champion Norfolk Victorious out of Norfolk
Valse.

Mrs. A. W. Lee announces that she has sold her
imported Swiss St. Bernard bitch Beline and another
bitch Miss Barry to Mr. Philip C. Meyer of this city.
Beline will not join the other St. Bernards of the
Golden Gate Kennels until she whelps, due towards the
end of this month, a litter to Marse Jeems.

Proposed Change in A. K. C. Rules.

At the recent meeting of the Executive Committee
of the American Kennel Club in New York, proposed
changes in the rules governing dog shows and bench
show clubs were recommended as follows:

Rules Governing Dog Shows — An additional Rule
No. 22, in place of the present Rule No. 22 to read:
In default of the payment of prize moneys within sixty
days of the last day of a show, the officials of such
show, except paid employees, shall be suspended or
disqualified for such time as the American Kennel Club
shall determine. No claim against a club for unpaid
prizes shall, however, be valid unless filed with the
secretary of the American Kennel Club within six
months of the last day of the show held by such club.

Change the present Rule 22 and make same 23.

Rules Governing Clubs Holding Shows — Amend Rule
5 by adding thereto: "Excepting, however, that all
claims against a club for unpaid prizes, shall be out-
lawed after the expiration of six months from the last
day of the closing of such show."

To amend the resolutions under which the value of
winners classes are determined by adding to the clause
relating to Specialty Clubs. "No Specialty Club can
delegate its right to any other club or person to hold
or manage a show in its name. ' '

Frank A. Cushing, the official keeper of records of
the Union Coursing Park Association, has compiled
an interesting book containing all the stakes run dur-
ing last year, the individual performances of each
hound, the date and class of stakes, number of nom-
inations, weight of each dog, time of each course, num-
ber of lengths in the lead up to the hare, number of
courses each dog ran and amount of money won by
every dog that ran at Union Park. During 1900 there
were 114 events run, in which 893 different dogs par-
ticipated. The total amount of money distributed in
prizes was 874,179, Of the 893 dogs that started dur-
ing the year 306 failed to raise a flag. The total num-
ber of entries during the year was 8519, which indicates
a like number of courses run, without taking into con-
sideration the undecided, in consequence Judge John
Grace was called upon to render something more than
9000 decisions.

Emin Pasha ranks first amongst the winning sh-es,
his get winning $11,618; Skyrocket second, $8178; St.
Lawrence third, with $8157; St. Clair fourth, with
$3167, and Waratah fifth, with $2907.10. The St. Law-
rence-Moonlight litter won $2982.50; the Emin Pasha-
Bonnie Dass Utter, $2710. Of the three big kennels,
Curtis & Sons won $9141.50: Pasha Kennels, $5873; R.
E. de B. Lopez & Son, $3918.50. Of the 114 stakes run
Curtis & Sons won twenty-two; Pasha Kennels twelve;
Lopez & Son, ten; E. Geary, eight; Pat Reilly, six.
Curtis & Sons have the distinction of running but one
dog that did not secure a winning bracket, which was
the Fram, imported. The biggest individal winner of
the year was Sacramento Boy, who has $1735 to his
credit. Palo Alto and Whitehead each have six stakes
to their credit; Royal Anne and Little Sister four each
Royal Flush, Bacon, Badboy and Wedgewood three
each; Ireland, Floodgate, Luxor, Anchor, Flying Fox,
GreenhalhiHarlen Gladys, Echo, McKinney, Mayflower,
Pleasant Girl, Warship, Vandal, Risky Attempt,
Candelana, two each, The most remarkable winning
of all the hounds was that of Brutus, who won $915
during the year, and never won a stake. May Hemp-
stead holds the record forthe number of races run, with
144; Brutus second, with 135; McKinley third, with 134:
Royal Anne fourth, with 128.

Pine Hill Cocker Kennels will soon have two Eastern
Cocker Kennels domiciled with their other dogs. The
new arrivals will be seen at the bench show in May.

The Modern Type of the St. Bernard.

That rough and smooth coated puppies are found in
the same litter, is one of the peculiarities of the St.
Bernard known to fanciers who favor the breed. At
the same time, while this would indicate that the pup-
pies would be of the same type, this, however, is not
the case. It has always been conceded that the smooth
variety is the savior of the breed. If breeders were
compelled to depend entirely upon the roughs for a
continuation of type, the St. Bernard would, probably,
soon become just a big rough dog with more or less
correct markings. It is safe to presume that the rough
coat of today is a purely manufactured animal, while
the smooth is" a reproduction of the original dog of the
Hospice, altered only in slight degree as regards text-
ure of coat.

Breeders, therefore, if they wish to retain quality
and true type, with the short, square head, must fre-
quently breed rough dogs to smooth bitches.

A notable example of the two varieties of coat was
in the memorable Sir Bedivere litter, which contained
not only this celebrated rough dog, but also the
famous smooth coat, Baron Wallasey.

Careful rearing and the best of food have added con-
siderable to the size of St. Bernards, and a full grown
dog of 200 pounds weight is not now considered more
extraordinary than a dog of 160 pounds weight would
have been a quarter of a century ago. But it is a
question whether the breed, as a whole, is as robust as
it should be. Great height is usually accompanied by
structural weakness in one part or another, and in
mating much care must be exercised in weighing the
possibilities of reproducing these defects. Mating
roughs with smooths has been found to give greater
size and more stamina.

At one time in Switzerland it was feared that there
was some danger of the St. Bernard becoming extinct,
the monks having to resort to some other dogs, vari-
ously stated as Newfoundlands, Pyrennean Mastiffs,
etc., to revive the breed. There is Uttle fear of this
danger today, for a stud boolf. has been published con-
taining the "pedigrees of nearly 6000 St. Bernards of
both Swiss and English breeding, to say nothing of the
thousands bred in America, which are on record in
the stud books of the American Kennel Club.

In giving a description of the St. Bernard it is best
to first consider its general appearance. It should
strike the eye as large and powerful, with great mus-
cular development (more apparent, of course, in the
smooth variety), suggesting endurance. Ch. Le Prince
Jr. is about the best exponent of the smooth type on the
Pacific Coast. The body should have a lengthy ap-
pearance, giving the dog an effect of standing over a
good deal of ground. The expression should be what
might be termed alert, benevolent and dignified intel-
ligence, and its movements should be more active than
the mastiff.

BEUARY 16, 1901]

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Che head of the St. Bernard is very distinctive.
,ny good dogs, such as Plinlimmon and Le Prince,
ve been too long- in head, though redeemed in a
asure by their great depth of muzzle. The promi-
lce accorded to these dogs has developed the idea
.ong some breeders that a long head is correct. It
not, for the standard tells us the circumference of
j skull should be more than double the length of the
id from the nose to the occiput. This would neces-
ily make the muzzle moderately short. Most long-
izzled dogs are narrow in skull circumference. The
izzle should be square, full below the eye and not
oped out; there should be great depth from the eye
the lower jaw; and the flews should be very deep,
b not too pendulous. The line from nose to stop
mid be straight; to be Roman-nosed or scooped is a
It. The stop, or indentation between the eyes,
mid be abrupt and well defined. This is an impor-
it point, and aids or detracts from expression. The
ill should be broad, rounded at the top, but not
ned, and the brow being somewhat prominent adds
the effect of a good stop.

?he ears should be of medium size, lie close to the
tek, strong at the base, and should not be too heavily
bhed with hair. When at attention the base of the

should be almost on a level with the top of the
id. This adds much to the desired square effect the
id should possess. The ears should not be so held
jt the "flat" of the ear is at right angles with the
e. This effect is styled elephant ears,
.''he eyes are rather small and deep set, dark in ccV».r,
ght eye entirely destroying the expression, however
>d the dog might be in other respects. They should
set pretty wide apart and the lower eye droop some-
at, showing a part of the haw. A full round eye is
te wrong.

'he nose should be large and always black, with
itrils well developed.

'eeth must be level, although some winners have
n more or less undershot, it is a great fault and is

to give a fictitious squareness to the muzzle,
'he neck should be rather long for a big dog, mus-
ir and slightly arched, the dewlap, the loose skin
ler the jaw, well developed, though the skin around

neck and shoulders shouldl not (have a loose (effect,
ihoulders are broad and oblique and running well
3 the withers, for, unlike some big dogs, the St.
*nard is built for work.

'he chest should be wide and deep, and this is where
nany tall dogs fail.

'he back should be level with no suspicion of hol-
ness, nor should the dog have the appearance of
ng lower at the shoulders than at the hips, then,
aing to the loins, they should arch a little and droop
■dually to the root of the stern. The loins should
wide, deep and muscular, a point that, obviously,
i of more consequence for work in the snow, than it
ow.

'he stern is set on rather high, so that there is no
den drop from the hip bone. It is long, and, in the
gh variety, bushy; in the smooth, there is a slight
lge of hair; it should be carried low in repose and
en excited or in motion slightly over the line of the
ik, but never curled over nor carried gaily. The
iss prefer a slight curl over at the tip, like a J.
'he legs and feet are most important, as their proper
struction lend so much to the appearance and util-

of the dog. The forelegs should be perfectly
light, strong in round bone, and of good length in
'portion to the depth of the body and general height
the dog. A low set St. Bernard loses half its dig-
y. The same applies to the hind legs, except that
t hocks should be well bent and not straight, as so
ny are found to be; they should be very muscular.
e feet should be large and compact with well arched
s, and should turn neither in nor out; the pasterns
<uld be strong and straight and not bent.
ls to size, a dog should be at least 30 inches in height
he shoulder, and a bitch 27 inches (the taller the
ter provided only the symmetry is maintained),
roughly well proportioned and of great substance,
he coat, in the rough variety, should be dense and

and not curly over the neck, hips or on sides; over

neck it should be rather fuller. The thighs and

are feathered, but not heavily. In the smooth, the
t should be dense, hard, flat and short, and only
htly feathered on thighs and tail,
'he true color is orange or red, various shades of
adle (the richer the color the better) or white with
ches on body of either of these colors. The mark-
s are most important and should be as follows:
lite muzzle, white blaze half-way up the forehead,
ite collar round the neck, white chest, forelegs, feet
I tip of tail, black shadings on face and ears, the de-
es of this and their placing lending much to the
,uty and expression of the face. Should the blaze
wide and run through to the collar, a spot of the
ly color on the top of the head will redeem the
ection to some extent,
'he disposition should be gentle and kind,
'he faults of the breed are: Ill-temper split nose,
evel mouth and cankered teeth, snipy muzzle, light
staring eyes, cheek bumps, wedge head, flat skull,
1 eyes, domed skull, badly set or heavily feathered
s, too much peak, short neck, curly coat, flat sides,
led tail, hollow back, ring tail, open feet or bare
b, cow hocks, straight hocks and self-colored, which
;er means, when there are no markings or shadings.

these blemishes are cut in judging more or less
ording to degree.

'oints which absolutely disqualify the St. Bernard
:ompetition at shows are: Dudley (red), liver, flesh
ared nose; fawn if whole colored or with black shad-
s only: black, black and tan, black and white, black,

and white, and all white. All white, however, has
she past taken high honors under one of the best
3tern judges.

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.

. W. Hickman's Pointer bitch Kenwood Belle (Senator P.-
ly Bess) to L. Aubert's Ashbury (Baldy-Beulah), February

. H. Hickman's Fox Terrier bitch Elmwood Vassar (Eclipse
tar-Eclipse Blanche) to same owner's Warren Sceptic (Claud-
-Warren Spray), February 7, 1901.

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Feb. 16.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 1. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

Feb. 17— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 1. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

The Song of the River.

Down by the shelving bank,

Where Sows the tranquil river; —
Where the yellow soil is dank,

And rank green rushes quiver.

Where falls the slanting light

Which glimmers on the stream;—
Little eddies dimpling bright,

Like golden waves they seem.

Onward the sparkling waters glide,

Murmuring softly as they go-
Onward, onward to the tide,

Swinging, winding slow.

Past the forest old and grand,

Across the sunlit plain;
Over the stretches of pebble and sand,

And into the shadows again.

Now beneath the frowning cliff,

The angry waters roar and rush.
Where lofty mountains soar and lift

Their heads above the wild flood's crush.

Again, its placid course assume,

Broadening, deepening as it goes;
Flashing in the light and gloom,

As the widening river flows.

Ever singing in musical song,

Whispering sad, or laughing in glee;
Through the day and night so long,

Hurrying onward to the sea.

Oh, gentle river, what is thy lay?

As thou, the low banks lave —
Whether plaintive or whether gay,

The ocean must be thy grave.

—J. Mayne Baltimore in Sportsmen's Review.

Along my banks, in creel laden ranks.

Will gather the men, who have the ken
Of casting the fly, 'neath a balmy sky.

Luring the fish for the angler's dish,
And the stories that fresco the glories

Of April's first day; which is one lay,
Plaintive to dangler, but gay to the angler;

I sing as I pave, the low banks I lave
With rippling wave, ere seeking my ocean grave.

— Wennitz Dunne.

PACIFIC COAST FISHING.

The Deep-Sea Fishing of San Diego and Santa
Catalina Island.

It was on the 19th day of February, 1853, that I,
then a beardless boy of eighteen, landed in San Diego
(what is now called "Old Town," about two miles from
here); full of energy and youthful ambition. I sit
down here now, a white-haired man of sixty-five, to
scratch off a few lines about our summer fishing on the
Southern California coast. You hear people recom-
mending Southern California to invalids for the winter
months, but the real truth is that summer is the time
to visit either San Diego or Catalina Island.

Forty-six years ago I worked on board of an old hulk
at anchor at the Playa, and San Diego was a place of
about 1200 people. There was a one-company post at
Fort San Diego, under command of Capt. J. Bankhead
Magruder, afterwards famous as a Confederate Gen-
eral, and under him was Lieut. George H. Derby,
famous in American humorous literature as "John
Phoenix." On the peninsula where now stands the
beautiful Coronado Hotel was a long dreary waste of
sand, sage brush and silence, where I used to go with
Capt. Jacob Bogert, of blessed memory, to shoot quail
and cotton-tail rabbits, when we had no ships in port.

Now, all this is changed. Here is a busy city with
all the modern appliances of which electricity is the
parent. Instead of the lumbering old Goliah that used
to make semi-monthly trips between here and San
Francisco, there are now semi-weekly trips by elegant
iron steamers which have triple-expansion engines and
reel off their fifteen knots per hour; and in addition to
these there is a line of monthly packets to Yokohama,
Shanghai and Hong Kong, each of which carries about
6000 bales of cotton to the land of the little brown man,
in addition to other cargo. This place is reached also
by the Atchison Railway system, and the last eighty
miles of it is right within sight of the white-lipped
breakers that chant their eternal orisons to the great
white throne. The man who comes this way from San
Francisco by rail finds this ride beside the surf a most
agreeable change from the arid and dusty journey
through the great San Joaquin valley.

Of course, I would rather catch a dozen trout, of an
aggregate weight of six pounds, with a fly at the sur-
face of the water, than to haul in a hundred-pound
jewfish after a half-hour's tussle in the salt water, but
trout fishing is very poor after you leave Kern river
behind you; and if sea fishing is what you are after, this
is the place to come for it. Here you have the great
black sea-bass, sometimes 300 pounds in weight; the
voracious jewfish, the slim and savage barracuda, the
"Lanky Bob" of the sea; the glittering and pugnacious
tuna, fully the equal of his congener in the Mediterra-
nean, and last, but not least, the game and beautiful
yellow-tail, that affords a far greater degree of sport
than the bluefish of the Atlantic waters.

In October, 1854, the steamship Yankee Blade, Capt.
Henry Randall, left San Francisco for Panama with
800 passengers and about $1,500,000 in gold dust on
board. Sixty hours later, in a dense fog, through
which she had been creeping along at about two-
thirds of her speed, she ran on Point Arguello, about
sixteen miles north of Santa Barbara. There were
some sixty lives lost, but the survivors reached Santa
Barbara safely. An expedition was fitted out at San

Francisco_ on the schooner Dancing Feather, an old
Boston pilot boat, to wreck the steamer and recover
the treasure, and I shipped on her as a deck hand.
Capt. James Fowler was in command. We had only
been there at work about four days, when on came a
heavy southeasterly gale of wind, and we had to seek
a harbor of safety, so Capt. Fowler stood off shore
about ninety miles southwest and then headed in due
east for a small harbor on the west side of Catalina
Island. And there it was I had my first en20unter
with a yellow-tail, a grand looking fish of sixty odd
pounds, and something that none of us had ever be-
fore seen. Captain Fowler was from Nantucket and
Mr. Abbott, the mate, was from Hyannis, but neither
of them had ever seen anything like this. He had the
head and shoulders of a Sacramento river salmon, with
the forked tail of the mackerel tribe. But we caught
dozens of them and christened them "white salmon, "
for the flesh was in snowy flakes, like that of the striped
bass.

Apropos of the striped bass, I would say that magni-
ficent game-fish attains the grandest kind of propor-
tions in these waters. It was in 1879 that the young
fry were first turned loose in the Bay of San Francisco
and as long back as 1893 I saw one taken at Monterey
that weighed twenty-six pounds when dressed. I can
only attribute the marvelous growth of these fish in
our waters to the fact that we have no menhaden oil
industries here, or anything else of like character.
The coast is very rocky for over 700 miles and the
rocks are full of slugs, limpets, star-fish, hermit crabs,
and all the lower orders of marine animal life, thus
affording ample food to the bass while he is growing.
In the upper portions of San Francisco Bay— what are
called San Pablo and Suisun Bay — where the fresh
water blends with the ocean tide, the striped bass
affords good sport in May, June, October, November
and December. He was not so quick about making his
wav northward as the shad (which attains its greatest
proportions in the small rivers emptying into Puget
Sound), but he will get there all right, after awhile. I
got a letter from a friend of mine living at Port Orford
about 675 miles north of here, in which he described
haying caught an eighteen pounder with teredos as
bait, and said he believed he could have taken a dozen
if he had only been able to get shrimp for bait.

The tuna is the great monarch of these waters,
especially in the warm summer days, when the flying-
fish are about. Of course, Mr. Doran and Charles F.
Holder are the acknowledged chiefs of that branch of
sport, and I don't pretend to air my abilities alongside
of them. Here we can either go down to the Atchison
Railway wharf or take the ferry and cross over to
Coronado, where they have built a pier that has given
many a good days fishing without entailing the ex-
pense of boat hire. The catch for last Thursday was
272 barracuda, 103 groupers, 51 black sea-bass, 54 hali-
but, 18 yellow-tails and about 300 surf fish and cavallos.

Over on this side of the bay there is a small dock
known as Jorres' Wharf, and there you will find every
day from ten to thirty disciples of Izaak the Gentle.
On Friday the tide was just right for sport, high water
a little after 2 p. M., in consequence of which three fine
jewfish were "taken from that dock inside of an hour,
the successful anglers being George J. Connor, the
well known poolseUer, who got one of 126 pounds; Mr.
C. C. Woodmansee of Indianapolis, one of 151 pounds;
and then, to cap the climax, Mr. Dibble of Osceola, la.,
who has been spending the last six months here, reeled
in one that weighed 277, and was nearly sixty inches in
length. It was the largest fish I had ever seen taken
with a rod and reel, and I expected to see the big brute
snap the line every minute, but a forty-eight minutes'
play tired him out, and he was brought to gaff and
dragged out on the beach, being too heavy to lift into
a boat.

As for me, I am, so far, content with hauling in
sharks weighing from eight to twelve pounds and giv-
ing them to the almond-eyed gentleman whose "smile
is childlike and bland. " I use an old Bathebara salmon
rod that Fred Devine made for me twelve years ago,
and with which I have caught salmon in Oregon and
kingfish in New Zealand. It is a sturdy old rod. I
brought it home on Friday night, after having caught
five sharks, and the tip of it looked like a corkscrew.
I hung it up, with the dowel end downwards, that
night, and the next morning nobody could have told
that it had ever been used. That Bathebara is great
material. Here is a sample of the sesthetic conversa-
tion on Jorres' Wharf:

"Moses, what a bite I had!"

"Moses? That must hev been a jewfish."

"Git outen my way, Bill Brown; yew doan' give me
no room ter sling up when I git a bite."

"Say, Pete, did you git a bite yit?"

"Ya-as, lots of 'em."

"Ya-a-as, yew did — under yer hat."

"Tom, are you thirsty?"

"No."

"Well, I am. Pass around the wh-at yer call it."

"Here's pretty good luck. Thus we cross the Yuba."

"By the piper that played before Moses, I had a bite
that weighed a ton!"

"Yes, and could prove it too, ef old Bill Jones was
alive. — Thos. B. Merry in the American Angler.

Fly-Casters' Meeting.

The adjourned annual meeting of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting Club was held in the banquet hall of the
California Hotel, last Tuesday evening, with an attend-
ance of about forty-five members. H. F. Muller, the
Treasurer, submitted his annual report and sup-
plemented the same with a verbal report from- which
it appears the club is in a healthy financial condition,
having a cash balance of $400 on hand. The club
membership is full to the limit, with about thirty pros-
pective candidates on the waiting list.

A report submitted by the Executive Committee was
discussed in executive session, Dr. C. W. Hibbard pre-
siding as Chairman by the request of W. D. Mansfield.
This report claimed the attention of the meeting for
the balance of the evening. The election of officers
being thereby postponed until a meeting shall be called
by the Executive Committee in the near future.

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[February 16, ]

THE FARM

Effect of Food on Wool.

There is no better criterion by which
we are able to correctly judge of the gen-
eral health of a sheep than its fleece.
Since the winter health of the flock de-
pends largely on the quality of food it re-
ceives, so also is the growth and quality of
the fleece influenced in like manner. We
have always considered that sheep fed
abundantly on roots with a small allow-
ance of grain thrown in invariably give
us a heavier, a more brilliant and lustrous
fleece than the flock fed on hay and
other dry fodder, even with the most lib"
eral use of grain added. There is no
special ration which if fed to sheep will
produce wool of great strength nor can
we at any time say that such a thing is to
be recommended to produce a large quan-
tity of wool. It has often been observed
that sheep and lambs which have been
on full feed for long periods shear heavy
fleeces of wool. This would indicate that
any ration calculated to keep the sheep in
thrifty condition would be suitable for
growing large quantities of wool. It is
highly desirable to provide the sheep
proper nourishment throughout the year,
permitting no periods of neglect to inter-
vene to destroy the strength of the fibers
of the fleece. Liberal and judicious feed-
ing does not change the quality of the
wool, but it does affect the strength and
quantity of the staple produced by a given
sheep. The weight of wool produced is
affected both by increasing the length or
fiber and by increasing the amount of yolk
and natural oil in the fleece. One fault in
our method of western ranging in winter
is contained in the fact tha a sudden culd
snap and attendant shortage of feed is
bound to Bhow a weak spot in the fiber
and this defect never fails to catch the eye
of the buyer when he claws over the wool
the following summer.— Field & Farm.

How the Prize Lambs Were Produced.

The splendid carload of range lambs
which took the first prize of $300 at the
recent stock show in Chicago were owned
and raised by L. F. Oswald, of Utah.
They were out of common range ewes and
Bired by full-blooded Lincoln rams, and
were dropped on the range along the foot-
hills from April 3d to May 1st. Concern-
ing their treatment Mr. Oswald sayB:
They were run in small bunches until the
middle of May, when the mothers were
sheared and the flocks started for the high
mountains and kept following the snow
banks until August 10th, when I sent the
ones intended for the contest to my alfalfa
ranch and turned the lambs on the alfalfa,
then about fifteen inches high. I took
great care not to allow them on the field
until the dew or frost had disappeared.

They were bandied in this way until
October 1st, when a mixture of oats and
wheat was given them with hay in racks
at night. They still had the run of the
fields in the daytime. About October 10th
the lambs were eating a pound to the
head. I then changed the grain to 25
bushels of corn, 5 bushels of oats, 12 grain
Bcoops of good screenings and 150 lbs. of
oilmeal all ground together. I gradually
increased the grain ration until they were
eating a trifle over 2}i lbs. of this mixture
and 1 lb. of sugar beets, pulped, a day,
with as much wild hay as they wanted.

They ate the 1% pounds of grain and the
pound of sugar beets for thirty days, were
never off their feed and were sound. I fed
twice a day, night and morning, and at
exactly the same time each day, 7 in the
morning and 4 in the afternoon. They
weighed 83 lbs. when they went on feed,
116 lbs. when they le't the feed lot for
market and 107 lbs. when sold. They
brought $6.50 per 100 lbs.

Adelaide's Sons in California.

Mr. Henry Pierce, owner of the cele-
brated Yerba Buena herd of Jerseys in
Santa Clara county, writes us as follows
in relation to the great Jersey cow Ade
laide of St. Lambert, whose wonderful
record we published last week:

"Referring to your remarks of the great
Jersey cow, Adelaide of St. Lambert, it
may interest California breeders to know
that this cow, that gave S2 pounds of milk
in a day and made over 21 pounds of
butter in a week, had but two bull calves,
of which I own the three year old, and
Mr. Will am Rockefeller (the old man)
the other — 10 months old."

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g^ Distemper, etc., which
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Beware of so-called Elisirs — none penulno hut Tattle's.
Avoid all blisters ;they offer only temporary relief if any.

Do You Want

Placing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

Feb. 11 to Feb. 23,incl.

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, lain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start, at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Frauci- co at 12 m and 12:30,
1, 1:30, 2:30 aud 3 p. m., connecting with trains stop-
pine at the entrance to the track. Buy your ferry
tickets to shell Mound. All trains via Oakland
mote c ranect with San Pablo electric cars at
seveuth and Broadway, Oakland; alsu all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadwav, Oakland These elec-
tric cars go direct to tbe track in fift?3j minuses.

Re uming trains leave the track E. 4:15 and 4:45
p, m. and immediately alter the last race.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS, Pres.
K. B MILROT, Sec'y.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTKIXS— Winners of every 7 days' bi
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 24 for aged c
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durl
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have be
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

TKKBA BUENA JEBSEYS— The best
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by H
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHA

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Ei
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.. Los Ang
Cal.

PC

A. PONIATOWSKI,

We^ioeut.

Charles L Fair,
Vice Pi evident.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co.. Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.
SIS OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.
Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Six

Steeplechases.
Beginning at 2:io p. m.. Last Race by4;40j>. m.

A Speed Cart,
Track Sulky, or
Speed Wagon?

I'll Fit You Out with the Best at the
Lowest Price.

W. J. KENNEY, Bikeman,

531 Valencia St., near 16tr,
San Francisco, Cal

The largest and best located saleB pavilion
on the Pacific Coast!

Occidental Horse Exchange

721 HOWARD STREET,

Near Third - - San Francisco.

Having fitted up the abo<re plBce especially for
the sale of harness horses, vehicles, harness, etc., it
will afford me pleasure to correspond with owners
regarding the Auction Sales which I shall hole1
at this place EVERY TUESDAY at 11 a. m.
Arrangements can be made for special sales ol
standard bred trotting slock, thoroughbreds, etc.
My turf library is the largest on this Coast, hence
lam prepared to compile catalogues satisfactorily
to my patrons. I take pleasure in referring to any
and all for whom I have 6oid horses during the past
two years. WM. G. LATNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
Telephone Main SITS.

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Train Service : Trains leave Thiid and Town-
send streets San Francisco, for Tanloran Park— At
7, lu:-iO and 11:30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 and i p. h.

Trains Leave Tanloran Park for San Francisco—
aI 4:15 p m., followed by several specials.

£S-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, SI 25.

MILTON LATHAM. Sec'y.

Jeck For Sale.

A fine Five-Year-OId Jack will he sold at a
reasonable price. For particulars address

J. R. MADDEV,
Dixon, Solano Co., Cal.

For Sale
Young Draught Stallions

High class, well bred and desirable young
draught stallions at reasonable prices.
Address owner

T. A. NUFER,
Sonoma City, Cal.

BAKER & HAMILTON, Agent for Deal Carts
San Francisco and Los Angeles.

IV. A. SBIPPKE, Avon, Cal., Standard-
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, K
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalzi

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue,
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

r

Dr. w aaa., ~F". ZEJgfv:

M. E. C. V. S., P. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON'. I

Member of the Royal College of Veteril
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinl
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the!
Veterinary College. Edinburgh; Veterinaryl
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Liye S|
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Col-I
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Eel
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Del
ment University of California: Ex-Presideil
the California State Veterinary Medical Assl
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Cl
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Gel
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francl
Telephone West 128.

O'BRIEN Jt SONS, Agents,

San FranciB

•'ALL VOYAGERS AGREE THAT
VARIED BEAUTY OF FORM AND COll
THE TAHITI ISLANDS ARE UNSURPAsI
IN THE PACIFIC. INNUMERABLE Rll
FED BY THE FLEETING CLOUDS t|
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SELVES IN GRAND CASCADES FROM I
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LIS DOWNWARD. ROUND MOST OF I
ISLANDS THERE IS A LUXURIANT CoB
GROWTH BUT AS THE REEFS LIE A'T
GREAT DISTANCE, AND FOLLOW
LINE OF THE COAST THE INTER-ISLl
CHANNELS ARE SAFER THAN THOS)|
THE NEIGHBORING TUAMOTUS."

—Encyclopedia Britann

The Favorite S. S. Australia
monthly for this Garden Isle. Sen*
"Tahiti'' to Company's office, 643 _3f<
Si. , San Francisco, Cal.

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GQQDWIN BROS., Publishers,

1440 Broadway, New Y\
Circulars mailed upon application.

Stallion Service Books

The Best "Presented
Pocket Size

ONE DOLLAR IN C!

1 At This Office.

UARY 16, 1901]

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LIST of officers:

IPS OSNEB, President. EDWIN GAYLOKD, Vke-Pres. and Treas.

W. H. SCHUCKMAN, Secretary.

E OVERLAND RAGING ASSOCIATION

IN PURSES
AND SPECIALS

)FFl!^ $40,000

June 15th to 29th, Inclusive
LAND PARK, Denver, Colo. Nominations transferable up to May 15.
Early Closing Events

Nominations GIofg M rch 1st

Trotting— 2:25 Class Purse $1000

Pacing— 2:20 Class Purse 1000

Payments in above events, $10 to nominate on or before March 1st, $15 on
April 1st, and $25 on May 15th when horses must be named.

Trotting— 2:50 Class, Three-Year-Olds Purse $500

Pacing— 2:50 Class, Three=Year-OIds Purse 500

Trotting— Two=Year=01ds Purse 500

Pacing— Two=Year-Olds Purse 500

Payments in above events— $10 to accompany nomination on or before
March 1st, $15 on May 15th when horses must be named.

tional Purses for other clasess to close May 15, will be announced later.

TROTTING AND PACING.

1 trotting and pacing to bo in harness and to be governed by the rules of the American Trotting
ation, unless otherwise specified. Heats best three in Ave.

i liability for entrance beyond the amount paid in, if Secretpry is notified in writing on or be-
1 a t° n Paymen' falls due, but no entry will be declared out unless amount is paid in

1 nominations must be accompanied with cash.

horse distancing the field will receive first money only. Five per cent, to accompany entry, and
t cent, additional from all money winuers. Two horses may be named from the same stable
same class and held but for one entrance. Horse to be named the day before the race. Money
d 5u, A). 15 and 10 per cent. Heats in each day's races may be alternated. Right reserved to
e order of program or declare off any race not filling satisfactorily. Races will be called at 2
i sharp. The management reserves the right to start earlier.

iplication for stabling should be made to Secretary, stating the number of horses to arrive. No
ig will be guaranteed except for horses that are entered. In case of bad weather or other un-
idle causes, the Association reserves the right to declare all races off that had not been started
clock p. m. on the last day of the meeting

itry blanks mailed on application. There will be four or more running races each day. Ameri-
irf oongress rules to govern. We are members of the American Trotting Association. We have
class mile track for harness horses and a 'seven-eighths track , for runners kept in perfect con-
For further information address

W. H. SCHUCKMAN, Sec'y.,
Room 22 Iron Bid?., 1031 17th St., Denver, Colo.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

AS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 «*^=

SIRE OF
a BETTER 2:07)f, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08'^, DIABLO 2:09)4, OWYHEE 2:11
II,EBErTEK2:llH, CIBOLO 2 :13!4, and many other fast and game race horses.

fYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11

for young stallions and pasturage on application.

$50 the season.

Address

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co , Cal

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PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of thia Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of gueBts.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will be introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American, Plan. European Plan.

eat Clearance Sale

OF

ies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

O'BRIEN & GO.

1144 Market Street

GOCOANUT OIL CAKE

THE BEST FEED FOR

STOCK, CHICKENS AND PIGS

For sale in lots to suit by

EL DORADO LINSEED OIL WORKS GO.

208 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.

HIMfllll

MONTEREY 2:09

Sired by SIDNEY 2:19 3-4,

4 Reg. No. 31706.

Sire of Lenna N. 2:05H, Monterey 2
ana 03 in 2:S0.

SJi, Dr. Leek 2:09J-f, 17 in 2:15

Dam HATTIE by Commodore Belmont

dam of

Monterey 2:0!)i.£

2:WK

Montana. .

sire of 6 in 2:30 and dams
of Monterey 2:09m, Fell-
fare 2:10j;, Iago 2:11, Ga-
lette 2:12. Dr. Spellman
(3) 2:13J£.

2d dam BARONAby Woodfood Mambrino

Monterey am.2°:09.r sire °< » "• 2:30, 24 pro-

Montana .... 2: HP iuo\nZ son?, daughters

a produced Kremlin 2:07i£,

Bonnatella 2:10 and others.
3d dam MISS GRATZ by Norman 25

sire of
Lulu 2:15

Will Make the Season of 1901 at MaJ Queen 3:20

LAND'S END STOCK FARM . . MILPITAS, CAL.

TERMS $50 FOR THE SEASON

Usual return privileges for mares not in foal Good nastm-surfi at <es «„,. «,„„*.*, t> t *
taken hut no responsibility for accidents or escapes. M™ esSuld fe "wKo^uStas "^

P. J WILLIAMS, Hilpitas, Cal.

ST AM B

| Started in 21 Races |
1st 10 times |
I 2d 6 times
u 3d 5 times

I WON 1

| $7500 |

| IN PURSES. 1

SKS!Z2JSSSSE5!ZiSS!ZM

23444

REC. 2:11 1-4

STAM B. (23444) 3:11^ is by Stamboul 3:07*6 (sire of 5 trot-
lel^n £l15 llst and 43 trotters in the 9:30 list), dam Belle Medium
;L ?&?.appy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04. and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 10?d lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTIE BROS., Bocklin, Cal.

Cures lameness and soreuesa in man and beast
Ask any horse trainer about it. At all di ugglsts.

ZOMBRO 2:11

.

A Great Race Horse I

A Grand Individual I

A Coming Great Sire I

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:11k, dam by
Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKERS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

$50

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKIMNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:1034) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

McKINJJfcT 3:11&

sire of

Coney 2:

Jennie Mac 2

Hazel Kinney 2:

Zolock 2:

Zombro 2:

You Bet 2:

McZeus 2:

Dr. Book 2:

OsitO 2:

Juliet D 2:

McBriar ..2:

Harvey Mac 2:

Geo. W. McKinney 2:

McNally 2:

Monica 2:

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in ilie show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 (Witl1 usuai r6turn privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $i per month.
Or 985 Peralta St., Oakland. Tel. Red 2B24.

For further particulars, address

C. A. DURFEE, San Jose, Cal.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, in case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent to
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd of

horsemen : " 1 believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed "aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2: 15 speed."
HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners, W. A. HACK, Superintendent,

1 West Santa Clara St., San Jose. San Martin.

mxc gvec&ev cmfcr g^Kivtsmmt

[February 16, 190

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Pahbott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Kufus 63 <«">

Will serve a limited number ot approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75
Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:0a Sire of Directly, 2:031, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11}) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mares only at

Pleasanton Race Track

TERMS FOB THE SEASON 860.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not m foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America. 4. ,,T„

Good pasturage for mares S3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.

For Special Stake for foalsiof REY DIRECT (dadoed by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address. GEO. A. PAVIS. Pleasanton, Cal

Rose Dal

H

Home of

STOCK FARM

DALY 2:15
ST. 'WHIPS

By Whips 2:27J4 by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11^-

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Ca

The farm has some good prospects jl
the racing season of 1901, and roadstel
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

SIRE OF

Tags *;1|

Inferno a .„ ,

El Jliablo 2:16>4

"gzelS'ff.TOP9a"::...'...'.^.:1' - .8:2*H

Dam /Diablo

Clipper

Uaedalion...
Diawood .

.2:06
.2:11
.2:11

N L. B. (2) 2:21

Imp 2:»2

Key del Diablo (3).. .8:8]
Athalbo 2:24

Sire

/Much Better

.2:07M I

Elf.

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 &Pri~:...cK | BERTHA by Alcantara ^Lafferty

) Owyhee 2:11

I. and 10 more in 2:30

]Jay Eff Bee (year-
Dam of \ ling record) 5

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per
or escapes.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $4i

month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accide:|
ddress ivllLIAH JIBBKAT, Woodland, C;

UJiV. a. jmj^-i i

BTeeillirstal^

WILLIAM HAROLD 2.131-4

Terms S40 the Season.

SIDNEY

2:19i£

sire of

LENNAN2:05K

17 in 2:15 list

93 in 2:30 list

CRICKET

2:10

by

STEINWAY

sire of

Klatawah 2:05>/=

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 2:30 list

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice
2:13M that won five races and over S8000 on the California Circuit of 1900.

ARTHUR
WILKES

3:28J4

sire of

WAYLAND W..

2:12/3

4 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

2 in 2:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of

Apex.. ..2:i

grandam i|

4 in 2:15 li

6 in 2:30 li

WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all li

size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cs

Corrigan's Monument Ranch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

nnrV Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
RILEY, (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J. GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal,

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3". hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action „„„„„ „. ,0m „t mxn Mares will

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at S30. Mares will
bo boarded by the season, or during servioe, at the rate of Ten (S10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McnONNEIX. Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

1 " * Portola. San Mateo County, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 b h, ie han

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1-4, sire of

CHARLEY fiAYT 2:071, GAYTON 2:08i, ALVES 2:091, and 79 others vl

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.
Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRAC

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. M,
^^verv'ca^eSIen^o^eveXa^denTand escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. Address mIiB WELCH, Pleasanton,

NOTE-I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonabl

ALTA VELA 2:154.

Registered No. 22,449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam lorila 2'1S 1-2 by Piedmont !)04; second dam Lady Lowell {dam of Ladymell 2:16 1-2 and Lorita
2:K 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:1(1 1-4.
Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address^ Tr|ok%f0^faod; Cal.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER
malted season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.U, to July 1 a

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 ll
*^ft TUIF" 9FASON high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high qui

»OW inc. «ju-«-»wwi»- an(i unish and beautiful symmetry.

■ni* m>t have sneed and hi"h action, and no stallion in California sires as gi'jl

saSSffiSSaar-SAS s & asssastssia

well asjWgd. ^^ some q£ Mg oplts at Alameda Track arter February loth. For fu|
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON.

Alameda Race Ti

_ I f . •-» j with tabulated pedigrees carefully and :

3t3.lll0ri wflTQS, rately compiled, printed at short notice at
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St., San Francl

Febkuaky 16, .1901]

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Race Record]
2:16 1-2. J

NUTWOOD WILKES 22I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed,

He "is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of '4:12 and 2:1234 respectively. "Who I- it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10*4. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

By Guy Wilkes 2:16|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18J by Nutwood 2:18J

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

Fee = $50

I'or the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

John A. McKerro.n 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec(wagon). 2:09

3-year-old race rec... 2:12 j-jf
Who Is It 2:10Vi

3-year-old race rec. . .2:12

Georgie B 2: 1234

Claudius 2:13K Queen C,

Bob Ingersoll 2: U% Electress 2:28

Irvington Boy 2:18% Daugestar 2:29

Irvington Belle 2:189X

Echora Wilkes 2:18'.;

Central GJrl 2:22^

Wilkes Direct 2:32>-i

AlixB 2:24!4

Who Is She 2:25

Fred Wilkes 2:36^

2:58'.;

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

Bonnie Direct 2:054

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
Blue Hill Stake at Eeadville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05}, Sire of Directly 2:03],
Directum Kelly 2:08;, Etc.

TJam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14*4),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:ll}£,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 8:11, and Fereno 2:10^, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George E&ifi£*fc3 ■ - 1 - -
Wilkes 2:22. ' *"* =*■ ■--.-»• - .. ^ftv^v - fr , ■_

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob^Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RON1VIF niPFCT is a black stallion, 15& hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
uunniu L/ii\J_,v 1 nas Dest 0f jeet an(^ \egs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at SI 00
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie

Direct'a Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

Hal McEwen 1 11 2 8 Mis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middle-ton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:I(H4,2;1% 2:13?£;2:13; 2:12^, 2:12S£-

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombo-
Bonnie Direct 2 5 1 1 1

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr. Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, l:02i£, 1:34, 2:05«; 0:33,—, 1:0314,
V.S8U, 2:10M; 0:32; 1:0354, KMJSi 2:07W; 0:3114,
1:0414, l:379i, 2:08i>i; 0:3114, l:083f , 1:36. 2:081*.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Keadville.

Bonnie Direct Ill

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07J£, 2:09)4, 2:1054.

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:22J

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1614, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2:10^,
Claudius 2:13M, Georgie B. 2:12^, Bob Ingersoll 2:143^' and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22(4 and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05#, Direct 2:0514, Direction
2:10$i, Evangeline 2:11^, Margaret S. 2:12U and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:23*4 (dam of Direct 2:05!4) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:2214), sire of Our Dick 2:1014,
Homestake 2:14J4 and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

WII k'P^ HIRFrT is a dark bay- 15-3 hands and weighs 1200 pounds; well
W ilivi_o 1/iiYL.vi formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
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WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Fall Brother to John A. McKerron 3:09.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Sameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

The Only Son of tJie Great Geo.
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and sire of
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Terms for the Season = $40

Good Pasturage at $4 per month. Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or

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NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16 1-2.

A Grandly Bred Trotter and One of America's
Greatest Young Sires.

The day of 2:30 speed as a test of the get of trotting
sires has passed, and the 2:30 list, or rather that por-
tion of it which is slower than 2:20, will soon be laid
upon the relic shelf along with the high wheel sulky
and other appliances that were good in their day, but
have had to get out of the way of progress. Early
and extreme speed and the ability to train on are now
required of harness horses, and the stallion that gets
that sort is entitled to a position among speed sires^
and if he is to occupy a place among the stars, size and
good looks must also be characteristics of his progeny.

Among the young stallions in America that are forc-
ing their way to the front every year in spite of poor
opportunity and environment, Nutwood "Wilkes 2:162
is one of the most prominent and has drawn the atten-
tion of breeders from the Pacific to the Atlantic. At
twelve years of age, he has four trotters in the 2:15
list, one the champion trotting stallion to wagon in a
race — John A. McKerron 2:10, another, Who Is It
2:10], holds the champion three year old gelding race
record — 2:12. The same year that Who Is It made
his three year old record, John A. McKerron trotted
to a race record of 2:12], and we believe Nutwood
Wilkes to be the only stallion- that ever produced two
three year olds to get as low records in one season.
And at the time he was but ten years old.

Last year the list of new standard performers con-
tained the names of six by this young stallion, includ-
ing Georgie B. 2:12} and Bob Ingersoll 2:14}, besides
three that reduced their records. When it is consid-
ered that nearly all the get of Nutwood Wilkes that
have been raced were in one stable, that of his owner,
Mr. Martin Carter, and that they were nearly the entire
number of the Nutwood Stock Farm foals old enough to
race, the showing is still more wonderful. In short,
Nutwood Wilkes at twelve years of age has four trot-
ters in the 2:15 list with an average speed of 2:12 and
one-tenth, and as his list of standard performers is six-
teen, the percentage of extreme fast ones is 25, or one-
quarter of all his performers. There are but thirty-
eight sires in America that have produced as many as
four trotters in the 2:15 list, and of the thirty-eight
Nutwood Wilkes is the youngest. It takes 2:15 speed
to win big money in harness races and from a racing
standpoint the stallions that get it are the ones that
will receive the patronage of those who want the best.

The name Nutwood Wilkes indicates his breeding,
but it will do no harm at this time to glance over his
pedigree and see from what sources he has drawn his
speed and the power to reproduce it in his progeny.
His sire, Guy Wilkes 2:15}, was a fast race horse and
his list of performers with extreme speed at the trot is
only exceeded in numbers by three stallions, Baron
Wilkes, Onward and Simmons. Baron Wilkes has 16
in the 2:15 list, Onward and Simmons 15 each, while
Guy Wilkes is sire of 14. We are not taking the
pacers into consideration in this comparison,

Nutwood, sire of the dam of Nutwood Wilkes, is the
leading sire of broodmares in the world, and his
daughters have produced nearly 160 with standard
records, 34 of which are in the 2:15 list and 9 in the
2:10 list, both champion records. The greatest colj
trotter the world ever saw, Arion with a two year old
record of 2:10} to high wheel sulky, and now having
a mark of 2:07} is out of a daughter of Nutwood.

The second dam of Nutwood Wilkes is Belle, a pro,
ducing daughter of Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 31, who sired
Wells Fargo 2:18} and nine other standard performers
in "the old days," whose sons have produced twenty-
eight with records from 2:09} to 2:30 and whose
daughters are the dams of four in the 2:15 list.

Rebel Daughter, his third dam, was a thoroughbred
mare by Williamson's Belmont, that great stallion
whose blood has d one so much to give California horses
speed and stamina, and among whose posterity is
Directum 2:05}, who held the champion record for so
many years.

Among the sires represented in the pedigree of Nut-
wood Wilkes are Hambletonian 10, American Star 14,
Abdallah 15, Pilot Jr. 12, Geo. M. Patchen 30, William
son's Belmont, Mambrino Patchen 58, Belmont 64, Geo
Wilkes 2:22, Nutwood 2:18} and Guy Wilkes 9:15}, and
among the broodmares are the Chas. Kent mare, old
Telegraph, Rodes mare by Gano, Belle by Mambrino
Chief, Dolly Spanker, Miss Russell, Lady Bunker and
Lida W. 2:18}. It is a grand array of producers that
are among the very best in the trotting register.

As a sire of money winners, Nutwood Wilkes, with
but six of his get competing in races last year in Cali-
fornia, stood second, their total winnings being $5775,
an average of over $1000 each for the five that won
money. Georgie B. 2:12], Claudius 2:13}, Bob Inger-
soll 2:141] and Irvington Boy 2:17} were seen on nearly
ry track on the California circuit last year, proved
themselves race horses and are all ready to reduce
heir records this year.

Besides speed that is shown early and reaches the
the extreme limit, Nutwood Wilkes sires size and good
looks. His son, John A. McKerron with a matinee
record of 2:09, is one of the handsomest stallions in
America. Who Is It 2:10], Claudius 2:13}, Bob Inger-
soll 2:14}, Wilkes Direct 2:225, Alix B, 2:24J and others
of his get with records are square, open gaited trotters
and attract attention to their handsome proportions in
any company.

At $50 the season, the fee fixed for Nutwood Wilkes'
services this year, his book will fill early, and as he
was bred to a very high class lot of mares last year
and the year previous, the foals of. 1900 and 1901, when
developed will add greatly to the value of the foals of
each succeeding year, as low records will be gained by
many of they. The get of Nutwood Wilkes meet
ready sale at profitable prices at the present time, but
their values will increase greatly within the next two
or three years. As sure as his get are trained and
raced a majority of them will get records, and as a
sire of 2:15 performers few stallions will lead him in
five years from now, and they will have to have the
best of opportunities.

News From the North.

[Portland Rural Dpirit.]

The boys down at Irvington say if Sam Casto's two
year old trotter ever gets his "back up" there will be
nothing left in the $1000 stake, but second third and
fourth money.

W. F. Watson has placed his trotter Ned Wilkes
and Frank Watson in A. E. Heller's stable at McMinn-
ville. The last named is a three year old stallion
brought out from Kansas that is said to be very promis-
ing.

Mr. Dodge, of Pocatello, bought Midday Bell, dam
of Captain Jones, from Roberts & Williams of this
city. The price paid was $400. She is in foal to Clay-
mont.

C. P. Bacon, a pioneer horseman of Oregon, died at
his home in Portland last Monday of la grippe. Mr.
Bacon was a great lover of the trotting horse, while he
never indulged in the sport of racing, he always bred
and drove the trotting bred horse. In early days Mr.
Bacon was engaged in the livery business and during
the time and since has bred and owned some very good
horses and among them we mention the stallions Eph
Maynord, Bacon's Hambletonian and Chance. Mr.
Bacon was very fond of driving and was seen almost
daily winter and summer behind a handsome driver.
He will be missed by many road drivers who have be-
come accustomed to his. presence on the road for many
years past.

John Pender, who has been in Oregon for nearly
three years past, is in the city on his way to Sacra-
mento, Cal., with his stallion Capt. Jones, where he
will make a season with him. Capt. Jones is one of the
best bred stallions that has ever been in this State, be
ing sired by McKinney 2:11], son of Alcyone; first dam
Midday Bell by Gossiper 2:14}, second dam Briar Bell
(dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes, another son of
Alcyone; third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58, fourth
dam by Almont 33. It will be seen by this that he has
a doubie infusion of the blood of Alcyone, backed up
by such great families as Mambrino Patchen 58 and
Almont 33. He is bred in the same lines as Zolock
2:101, McBriar 2:14 and others of the McKinney family.
He is not only well bred, but is a great individual, and
proved himself last year to be a trotter worthy of his
family in his workouts. His colts, too, are showing up
well, and Mr. Pender thinks he will give McKinney a
close race as a sire. He takes a two year old, Lady
Jones, with him and expects to return to Oregon this
fall and win the big colt stake at Salem, where she is
entered.

Dam of You Bet 2:r2 1-2 is Gift by Alban.

Palo Alto Stock Farm, Feb. 18, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— In regard to
the breeding of the dam of You Bet 2:125, will say that
it is correct as given by Mr. E. C. Truesdell in your
issue of February 16, 1901.

While visiting at Palo Alto a few weeks ago, Mr.
Durfee said he would like to have the breeding of the
dam of You Bet; he said she was sold at a Palo Alto
sale in Los Angeles: that he knew the name of the pur-
chaser but could not call it at that moment, but would
know it when he heard it; he also said that the mare
was, he believed, by a son of Electioneer, who had a
record of 2:24 or 2:25.

The names of purchasers at the Los Angeles sale of
January 30, '94, were called off and when that of Mur-
dock was reached Mr. Durfee said "that's the man;"
this name appeared opposite Florence Clay by Clay
2:25, and as Mr. Durfee was sure that this was the dam
of You Bet, she being by a son of Electioneer that had
a record of 2:25, we did not look for further informa-
tion.

Since reading the article in the last Breeder. I
have looked over the sale register again and find that
Mr. Murdock purchased both Florence Clay and Gift
at the sale above mentioned. Yours truly,

F. W. Covey.

Tetanus.

E. Mathews, V. S., of New Jersey City, N. J., read
before the Veterinary Medical Association of his
State at its 1900 meeting the following interesting
and valuable paper on the above subject. It is re-
printed here for the reason that it may be of great
service to some reader. In fact, it is well worthy of
preservation for reference:

"We will not enter into any discussion as to the
different division given to tetanus (lock jaw) by differ-
ent writers, except to say that it is a continuous con-
traction of the muscles, causing rigidity of the parts
they supply.

We will speak of tetanus as we find it in our every"
day practice. We are called in to see our patient in a
more or less advanced stage of sickness, and are told
he will not or cannot eat, appears more or less stiff in
his gait, and has been so for a day or two. After a
more or less careful examination it is pronounced a case
of tetanus; prognosis very unfavorable.

As every practitioner is left to his own judgment in
the treatment of tetanus, I have tried some experi-
ments on my own account, and will give you the results
of some of them.

Case I — A roan gelding, about five years old, weight
about 1200 pounds. I was called to see my patient No-
vember 24, 1897, and was given the privilege of taking
him and doing what I saw fit with him. Through the
kindness of Dr. G. W. C. Phillips, druggist, I procured
a small vial of woorara, having the seal and stamp of
the government still unbroken; it was very old. I
began by injecting hypodermatically one-eighth of a
grain three times a day, increasing it to three-eighths
of a grain three times a day.

I had this case under treatment about seventeen
days with favorable results. He is still working. It
was a very severe case, his jaws becoming locked very
early; at no time did the muscles of respiration become
very much affected. I am of the opinion that tetanus
in this case was induced by the removal of a tumor
about October 1st, the wound to all appearances mak-
ing a complete recovery.

Case II. — Brown gelding, eight years old, weight
about 1500 pounds. Was treated a few months later
from same vial of woorara, beginning with two-eighths
of a grain three times a day, with favorable results.
The case was not as bad as Case I, hut was well defined,
and was under treatment about ten days. This case
used up that vial of woorara. From that time on my
saccess with the drug has been negative. I attribute
it to the inferiority of the preparation. I am of the
opinion that if we could get a really good article, and
could see our patient in the first stages of the disease,
we could cure a large percentage.

Having read in some medical journal of the treat-
ment of tetanus with carbolic acid and beladona, I
tried the combination in two cases with favorable
results.

Case III. — Bay gelding, six years old, weight about
1450 pounds; in good flesh. Was called in to see him
in early summer. When I first saw him tetanus had
already developed, yet he had very slight symptoms.
I put him under the carbolic acid and beladona treat-
ment. He was out of harness about five weeks. Is at
present working in a lumber truck all right. I gave
him about thirty drops each in a little water with a
hard rubber syringe.

Case IV. — Brown gelding, about twelve years old,
used as a driving horse; very high-strung and nervous;
weight about 1100 pounds.

I was called in about May 1st. A well developed
horse from the start. He had the patient taken to an-
other part of the stable in a narrow stall, darkened.
Gave him same doses as Case III. Had him under
treatment about two months, greater part of the time
in a sling. In all of the cases I kept some thin gruel
before them.

In this case I had a very careful, painstaking nurse,
one who did as he was told, which is a great help to us.
These are the only cases which I have treated with
this combination, and am well pleased with the results.

W. C. Whitney has secured entire possession of La
Belle Farm, near Lexington, owned by Hal P. Headley,
and has taken charge, placing the $60,000 Hamburg at
the head of the stud. Hamburg, upon his arrival at the
place, was given the stall formerly occupied by imp.
Meddler, and Meddler was moved to the stall formerly
given Lissak, and Lissak placed in the stall used by
C. Fleischmann's Halma, Halma and St. Maxim being
moved to Beaumont Farm, to which place the Fleisch-
mann's mares were also transferred. There is not a
horse on this fine establishment now but which be-
longs to Mr. Whitney. The band of broodmares num-
bers eighty-nine, and there are several score of year-
lings and two year olds. Only two foals have arrived
this season, the first being a brown filly dropped by
Kildare and the other a brown colt out of Aunt Betsy,
both by Lissak. Lissak is always the first to foal at
La Belle.

Fkbrdary 23, 1901]

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Wm. C. Whitney's Racing Establishment.

Wheatley Hills is on the outskirts of the Quaker
town of Westbury in Massachusetts. It has long
been famous for its many beautiful seats, but is now
better known by the racing world for the perfection
and magnificence of Mr. William C. Whitney's new
stables and race track just completed.

Mr. Whitney's racing establishment is said to be the
largest and handsomest in the world. From the plain
below the new racing stable presents one straight line
of frontage, so long that its great size can scarcely be
appreciated at a single glance.

Its architectural features are those of the Swiss
chalet, its sloping roof being marked by innumerable
gables, single and in pairs and triplets.

A wall of red brick approximately six feet high serves
as a base, and a succession of windows, as close to-
gether as the frames will allow, takes the place of walls
in front, rear and sides. Within the object of this
unbroken row of windows, six feet above the ground
and running around the four sides becomes instantly
apparent.

The stalls and harness rooms occupy a long oval in
the building's centre. Circling thence for a width of
10 feet from the outer wall is a winter exercising track,
extending around the building. Twelve feet six inches
in the clear and three and a quarter times around to
the mile, it forms a superb inside track.

This colossal racing stable measures 870 feet in length
by 36 in width, and is divided into two sections, the
center being devoted to a show ring, where horses can
be put through their paces.

The building at this point has a square centre
structure, extending out both front and back. In the
rear one of the features is a shower bath for sick
horses, and above are quarters for 60 stable hands.

In respect of finish the Whitney stable at Wheatley
is likely to become the most noted in the world. Ex-
perts shake their heads and say : "There is nothing
like it anywhere. It is not alone the stable's size, but
quite as much its finish, that makes up the magnificence
of the establishment.

Mr. George A. Freeman, the architect, was in-
structed by Mr. Whitney to use only the best of ma-
terials, and he has certainly fulfilled his part of the
contract.

The stalls open front and back, thus gaining admir-
able ventilation. There is space for 116 stalls; 80 have
already been built.

All are box stalls, the majority of them 12 by 14
feet, a few 10 by 12, and their floor is precisely the
same as that of the track ; an inch of loam on white
sand. In the stalls this loam is carpeted by an extra
thickness of straw. The stall structure rests on a
foundation of red brick.

At 4:30 each morning the stable boys, who are
around at 3:30, take out the first bunch of yearlings.
Another section goes out for exercise at 7:30, the third
at 9:30. Then, as a usual thing, the horses are kept in
the stable the rest of the day, and are never exposed
to the hot sun. They may be allowed to go out to
grass for an hour or two, except in the heat of the
sun, but oftentimes the fresh grass is brought to them
in box stalls.

The gymnasium crowns a hilltop. Rough stones
make up the lower walls. There is an effect of yellow
that is almost ochre, and there are the same peaked
eaves and windows as are seen in the stable.

This villa-like structure is called "Amusement Hall"
or "Pleasure Hall." It is a house of amusement
throughout — a private clubhouse, in fact. There is
seen on entering a square hallway, two stories in
height, with galleries on the second floor on either
side, overlooking the tennis courts. There are a
billiard room, furnished with quaint chairs, and an
exceedingly good bowling alley.

Up at Wheatley Mr. Whitney's favorite custom is to
ride unattended in the late afternoon on a pony. He
covers in this way the nooks and crannies of his prop-
erty, and it is on these rides that he studies out many
of the improvements he afterward makes. There are
enough emprovements planned to keep a goodly force
of men employed for several years.

Libertine's Fastest Mile.

A correspondent at Oakland desires to know "the
fastest time ever made by Libertine on a circular track.
The correspondent does not name the distance for
which the record is wanted, but we suppose he means
at a mile, as Libertine held for six years the record of
1:38| made at that distance on the circular course at
Harlem, Chicago, October 24, 1894. Libertine was
three years old at the time and carried 90 pounds. On
July 17, 1900, Voter, 6, carrying 122 pounds, ran a mile
at Brighton Beach in 1:38, and July 21 Orimar, 6, with
109 pounds up, ran the same distance at Washington
Park, Chicago, in the Jsame time. Both these per-
formances were made on circular tracks.

Size, Style, Speed and Action.

During the "period of depression" in the horse busi-
ness, which is the language in which the years from
1894 to 1899 are referred to by breeders, there was one
style of horse that commanded a fair price. This
was the trotting bred animal, with size, style, speed
and action. If a horse had these qualifications and
was well mannered owners had little difficulty in dis-
posing of him at a profit. The observing breeder, now
that fair prices are again obtainable for all descriptions
of good horses, will heed the lesson which the hard
times taught, and not be caught again, should there
be from over production or other causes, another slump
in prices. He will breed for the qualities that brought
the money under all circumstances, and to that end
will select a stallion with which to mate his mares that
will produce in the offspring as uniformly as possible
the qualities desired.

Such a stallion is Monterey 2:09], owned by the
veteran horseman P. J. Williams Esq., of Land's End
Stock Farm, Milpitas, Cal.

Monterey is a chestnut horse with stripe in face and
ankles white. He stands 15.3 inches high and weighs
1200 pounds. He is a grand individual in every way,
the figures just given showing that he has the size, his
record of 2:09] is conclusive evidence of his speed,
while any person who has ever seen him trot knows
that for style and action few horses are his equal.

His sire, Sidney, outranks every California stallion
but Guy Wilkes as a sire of extreme speed, as he has

that he has are a fine looking lot. They are bays,
chestnuts and blacks and show that they will have
size and finish, which qualities will make them saleable.
They are all trotters with a square gait and need no
hopples or toe weights to get them going. He will
make the season of 1901 at $50, which places his ser-
vices within the reach of all breeders.

The Great Western Circuit.

Monterey 2:09].

17 in the 2:15 list, 26 in the 2:20 list and 93 in 2:30.
Sidney never had the opportunities that some of the
California stallions enjoyed, as his owner died just as
the horse was coming into prominence and he was
afterwards sold to Eastern parties. Hattie, the dam of
Monterey, is a bay mare that has produced two very
fast trotters — Monterey 2:09] and Montana 2:16]. She
is by Commodore Belmont 4340, a great sire of mares
that have produced speed. He never had any but the
poorest opportunities, being bred only to mares on one
Montana farm, but he sired Meteor 2:17}, Carrie Bell
2:23J and four others, and his daughters have produced
twenty with standard records, five of them being in

the 2:15 list.

Barona, Monterey's second dam, was sired by the
great Woodford Mambrino 2:22S, sire of Pancoast
2:21|, Abbotsford 2:19}, Inca 2:27 and 24 other produc-
ing sons. Woodford Mambrino has 13 trotters in the
standard list, his sons have sired over 170 and his
daughters have produced 50 or more in 2:30, among
the produce of these daughters being Kremlin 2:07|.

The third dam of Monterey is Norman 25, sire of
Lula 2:15 and others, and the fourth dam was by the
thoroughbred horse Gray Eagle.

Monterey took his record in 1898, when he was cam-
paigned on the California circuit. He won at Oakland
in June, beating Galette 2:12, Jack W. 2:12}, Mamie
Griffin 2:12} and others. At Santa Rosa, after Zombro
had won the first heat of a race in 2:13, Monterey took
the next two in 2:11 flat. At Sacramento he beat
Toggles 2:09] and others in 2:11] and 2:13}. His record
was made at Nevada City in the second heat of a race
against Zombro. It was equal to 2:08 on a good track.
At Los Angeles he raced against Toggles, Galette,
Zombro and Prince Gift 2:12. Toggles won the first
heat in 2:10, and Monterey the next three heats in 2:12,
2:11} and 2:103. No greater homestretch trotter ever
lived than Monterey. His last race was at Tanforan
last year when he won the Western Stallion Stake and
a beautiful eup valued at $400, and donated by Presi.
dent Henry J. Crocker to the horse making the fastest
mile at the meeting. Monterey's heat which won him
this prize was in 2:12, which, considering the condition
of the track, was as good as 2:08 on a first class track.
He trotted the last half of this heat in 1:03 J and fin-
ished as strong as a lion.

Monterey has no colts old enough to race, but those

Delegates from the associations composing the Great
Western Circuit met in Chicago on Tuesday, February
5th, and assigned dates for the season of 1901. There
will be seventeen meetings in the circuit this year and
the total purses offered will aggregate $179,000. The
meeting was harmonious throughout and the delegates
were all enthusiastic over the prospects of the coming
racing season.

The circuit opens July 2d with meeting at Minneap-
olis, Minn., Terre Haute, Ind., and Pekin, 111. The
second week will divide the horses between St. Paul
and Davenport, la. This is unusual in the Great
Western Circuit, but the double events had to be
arranged to suit the delegates. It is believed that
these early double meetings will not materially affect
horse owners making the circuit, as the cities whose
dates conflict are so far apart. In the last week of
August there will he a meeting at Dubuque, la., and
one at Columbus Junction, la., and the circuit will
close during the first week in October with the horses
divided between Springfield, 111., and Terre
Haute, Ind. The dates claimed by the dele-
gates, purses at present estimated and local
secretaries are as follows:

July 2.5, Terre Haute, Ind.; purses, $6000;
Charles R. Duffln.

July 2-5, Minneapolis, Minn.; purses, $6000;
R. F. Jones.

July 2-5, Pekin, 111.; purses, $6000; F. W.
Sodey.

July 9-12, 'St. Paul, Minn.; purses, $6000.
July 9-12, Davenport, la.; purses, $6000; J.
P. Van Tyle.

July 16-19, Des Moines, la.; purses, $6000:
S. M. Bush.

July 23-26, Independence, la.; purses, $12,-
000, jA. H. Farwell.

July 30-August 2, Joliet, 111.; purses, $8000;
L. E. Ingalls.

August- 6-9, Freeport, 111.; purses, $8000;
J. N.I Taylor.

August 13-16, Davenport, la.; purses not
announced.
August 20-23, Galesburg, 111.; purses, $8000; W. H.
Smollinger.

August 27-30, Dubuque, la.; purses, $20,000; C. T
Hancock.

August 27-30, Columbus Junction, la ; pursesi
$5000; R. S. Johnson.

September 2-5, Hamline, Minn.; purses, $20,000; E.
W. Randall.

September 9-13, Milwaukee, Wis. (State Fair);
purses, $10,000; J. M. True.

September 17-20, Indianapolis, Ind. (State Fair);
purses, $8000; Chas. Downing.

Sept. 24-27, Evansville, Ind.; purses, $20,000; R. L.
Akin.

September 30-October 5, Terre Haute, Ind. ; purses,
$12,000. Chas. R. Duffin.

September 30-October 5, Springfield, HI. (State
Fair); purses, $20,000; George H. Madden.

The old officers of the circuit were re-elected. They
are: E. W. Randall, Hamline, Minn., president, and
George H. Madden, Mendota, 111., secretary and
treasurer.

On the Speedway in Golden Gate Park.

BY FRANCES n. LA PLACE.

[Written for the Breeder and Sportsman.^
Up the Speedway, down the Speedway, see the horses go:

Sorrel, bay, roan and black

Free of blinker; not a check,

Bay is winning by a neck!
But the roan comes round the bend.
Whoa! The black wins at the end.

Up the Speedway, down the Speedway keep your horses straight,

Whether in sulky, buggy or gig.
Let the "old plugs" have a run

Just to see a little fun;
But the women are shut out:
"Lack of nerves?"— Not a doubt.

Up the Speedway, down the Speedway there you meet a friend.

As you drive along the way

Each may brag about the speed

Of his own particular steed.
Then you put them to the test
And the Speedway proves the best.
Up the Speedway, down the Speedway in the sunny Park.

The "Horsey man" enjoys his life

Though he drives a fancy pacer,

Speedy trotter, or a "racer1
In his sulky, king of men!
Down the Speedway! Back again!

(The 33x*eefc£tr cmfc gtpovtsxixan

[February 23, 1901

THE WE-KLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KBLLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terms— One Tear S3, Six Month; SI. 75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY" IN" ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kellet. 38 Geary St.. San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a priyate guarantee
of good faith.

San Francisco, Saturday, February 23, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER. B. C May 24-25

" " July 1-2

" "' Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DEXYER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

ALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

Eff WESTMINSTER (Proyincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

A GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLEXS FALLS Aug. 12-17

RE ADYTLLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTERS.

ALTA VELA 2:15« S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT 2r05« C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14-j I Ed Laflerty, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12'; , w. A. Mack, San Martin

CHAS. DERBY- 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, DanyiUe

DIABLO 2:09.^ Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY' 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:12'; Ed Laflerty. Alameda

McKIXNEY" &UJ4 C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MOXTEREY 2:W« P.J.Williams. Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1654 Martin Carter, Iryington

OWYHEE &Ujf Oakwood Park Stock Parm, DanyiUe

STAM B. i-.UH Tuttle Bros., RockUu

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Al3meda

WASHINGTON McKTXXEY. . . .Rose Dale St'k Fm. Santa Rosa

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:13>{ Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:10'; Geo. Gray, Haywards

WILKES DIRECT 2:22' ; T. W. Barstow, San Jose

ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKSEYS.

GREEX'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE n Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS

ARTILLERY" (imp.) J. j. Grant, Sacramento

RILEY j. j. Grant, Sacramento

"THE CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT will be determined
* very soon after the Legislature now in session de-
cides what appropriation is to be made for the district
fairs. As there is every prospect at the present time
for one of , the most bountiful haryests this year that
has ever been garnered in California, and that a very
large immigration of home seekers is coming here from
the East and Europe, the district fairs need support
more than ever, and first class displays of the products
of the State in the districts and at the State Fair at
Sacramento will do much toward inducing the better
class of these immigrants to remain here and purchase
land on which to establish homes. In those districts
where fairs are giyen with State aid, the agricultural
associations will in most instances provide programs
for harness racing, and as soon as they know to°a cer-
tainty that they will be giyen the help of an appropria-
tion for the fair exhibit, they will be able to announce
dates, size of purses and other particulars in regard to
the racing. If by any chance, which is not probable,
the appropriation for the district fairs should not be
voted, there will be an effort made by representative
and reliable gentlemen interested in harness horse
affairs to provide a circuit of harness racing that will
lie worthy the patronage of horse own»rs and the
public. Owners and trainers have been making numer-

ous inquiries recently as to when the^California dates
will be announced and what the probable value of the
purses will be. If it were not for the fact that the ap-
propriation for district fairs is now exhausted, and
that for the next two years not yet made, dates would
have been selected ere this and purses announced, but
we can assure those who desire to race their trotters
and pacers in California that there will be racing pro-
vided for them and that the purses will be generous
enough to be profitable to those owning the winners
thereof. The Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders
Association will make a supreme effort to give a meet-
ing this year that will be popular with the horsemen
and the public and will soon make a preliminary an-
nouncement of some of the features. The Napa Asso-
ciation will certainly give a harness meeting, and the
Woodland organization is determined to still further
improve upon its splendid effort of last year. Vallejo
will be in line with a good harness program, the State
Fair will furnish two weeks of racing, and Stockton
and Los Angeles can be depended upon to hang up
generous purses. Several of the smaller districts will
hold meetings this year and no horse owner need delay
training for fear that he will not have an opportunity
to race. There will be a California circuit and many
good purses to race for.

THAT GRAND OLD MAN, Hon. Jesse D. Carr of
Salinas, who has been a prominent figure in the
history of California since her admission into the
Union, and who took part in the first and last Ad-
mission Day ceremonies, is now 87 years of age, and
failing health warns him that he must begin putting
his house in order. Interested in many great enter-
prises, having investments in many counties, and every
moment of his time occupied with business, Mr. Carr
writes us that he will not have any more of his horses
trained and that the entire band is for sale. On his
farm near Salinas they are now on pasture, in good
condition and as will be seen by reference to the adver-
tisement in another column there are among them
forty well bred mares, nearly all in foal to standard
bred stallions. Mr. Carr has been a breeder of har-
ness horses for years and has always bred for conforma-
tion and size as well as speed. He has some splendid
specimens of horseflesh now on his farm and all are for
sale. It will be noticed that many of the mares are
stinted to Boodle Jr., a son of Boodle 2:123 out of Nina
B. by Electioneer. As Mr. Carr writes: "Boodle Jr.
is as finely bred as any horse in the State and there is
no reason why he should not prove to be as good a
breeder as old Electioneer himself. His oldest colt is
now about twenty months old. Mr. Dwain is now
driving him on the track and says he thinks he is the
best colt I ever raised. I have some ten or twelye of
his colts foaled last spring and do not think I have
ever had a horse in my life whose colts looked as prom-
ising as his do. He has a good deal more spe?d than
old Boodle had at his age and more than Electioneer
ever showed. I think he is going to prove as fine a
stock horse as there is in the State. I have no hesita-
tion in saying that he is the best individual of any of
the colts old Boodle ever sired." Horsemen generally
will regret that "Uncle Jesse," as he is affectionately
termed by all who know him, is retiring from the horse
breeding business, but they know that nothing but his
age could compel him to do so. No better opportunity
was ever offered to secure some prizes for the track,
the road and the breeding farm, and they will be
offered at very low prices.

TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS in coin of the
realm is guaranteed to the winning colts in the
great Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1901 by the Ken-
tucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association of Lexing-
ton. In the two-year-old division the first four colts
get $3000-$1000-$500-$200 respectively, and $300 is di-
vided among the nominators of their dams. In the
three-year-old division the first four colts get $10,000-
S2000-$1000-$500 respectively, and $500 is divided among
the nominators of their dams. In the three-year-old
pacing division, the first four colts get $1000-$5OO-$3OO-
$200 respectively. And to be eligible to all these races,
to within four months of the starts, costs but $15, or
one-fourteenth of one per cent. The entry of the
mare in foal on March lath costs $5. On December 1,
1901, the foal must be described and $10 paid on it, and
not a cent more is due until June 1st of the year it
starts. If the mare nominated on March 15th has no
foal on Dec. 1st, another mare and foal may be substi-
tuted. Could there be a more liberal race? This is
the twelfth Kentucky Futurity. It has been opened
each year regardless of panics and depression, often in
the face of certain heavy loss. For yeax*s it alone up-
held the earning capacity of trotting colts and event-
ually encouraged the opening of similar events. It has
earned and deserved the first position among trotting
stakes of the world, both in value and reputation, and
every trotting bred mare in foal should be named in it
March 15th, with Secretary H. H. Wilson.

DENNIS GANNON, the well known horseman, has
been ill with bronchial trouble for the past three
months and is not able to leave his bed. He wants to
to sell his mare Twilight 2:18^ by Noonday, and has
placed the price of $1000 on her. Twilight is in shape
to get ready for the races this year and can win money
in her class. She took her record last year on the
Oakland track when it was at least six seconds slow,
and has been timed miles repeatedly in better than
2:15. A mark of 2:12 is within her reach and her
breeding is of the best, as will be seen by her pedigree,
given in the advertisement, to which attention is
called.

The Man With a Pull.

When the Government was purchasing horses in
California last year, we heard many complaints from
farmers and others that they were unable to sell horses
to the purchasing agents except through a third party
who had to have a big commission. The Government
buyers have been in Oregon during the past month
and the Portland Oregonian, the leading daily of the
northwest, recently contained the following. It will
be noticed that it is the man and not the horse which
is required to have the "pulling" power by Uncle
Sam's buyers:

Considerable indignation was aroused among the
farmers and horsemen of Union county this week by
what was alleged to be unfair discrimination on the
part of Captain Cheever, who purchased 43 head of
horses for cavalry and artillery purposes. About a
month ago it was announced by the Portland press
that the United States Quartermaster at Vancouver
wished to secure for the Government 500 head of horses
in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and that he desired
to buy direct from the farmers.

This was the only notice that the farmers received,
and they were at a loss to know when to submit their
animals. It was observed however that the McDonald
Bros., who had previously acted as agents for the Gov.
ernment, were busy collecting horses and this led to
the discovery that a selection would be made at Union.
The speculators run in 57 head from which 39 were
selected. The farmers discovering the "lay of the
land" submitted only 23 head and from these only
four were selected, these four being the property of the
man at whose stable the sale was held. Naturally the
farmers are inclined to believe that the selection was
determined largely by "pull."

Two $10,000 Handicaps.

The race war was profitable to horsemen last Satur-
day as it resulted in two races for $10,000 instead of
one, for the horses that were originally in the Burns
Handicap. To draw as much as possible from the Oak-
land track, the Tanforan people instituted the San
Francisco Handicap with $10,000 added for horses
eligible to the Burns. This, of course, divided the
field, and the California Jockey Club's classic had nine
starters, while at Tanforan fifteen horses went to the
post for the |big purse. Favonius and his stable com-
panions, Scotch Plaid ' and Mortgage, were favorites
for the Burns, but The Fretter, a son of imp. BrutuSj
won at 7 to 1. Fayonius was second and Joe Ripley
third.

Sam Hildreth's Waring, a four year old by imp.
Massetto, won the San Francisco Handicap, with
Vesuvian second and Specific third. The odds on the
favorite were 9 to 1.

The Burns was run in 2:073 and the San Francisco
in 2:053.

On the steamship Minneapolis, which sailed for
England on Sunday, February 10th, was the two year
old colt Etruscan, that was bought by Lord Carnarvon,
a prominent English turfman, from Lucien O. Appleby,
owner of the Silverbrook Stud. Etruscan cost
Appleoy $1-450 at the sale of yearlings from the Rancho
Del Paso Stud last May. He is a chestnut in color, by
Goldfinch-Ortawin. Etruscan was entered in all the
big races on this side for both this season and next, but
was declared out.

%

Boodle 2:123, sire of Ethel Downs 2:10 and others,
will make the season of 1901 at the Coralietos Stock
Farm, which is between San Jose and Gilroy. Boodle
is noted all over the State as a sire of size, style and
speed, and those of his get that have raced never found
the race too long for them. Very few of Boodle's pro-
duce have been trotted or raced but he has six in the
list, all trotters, with Ethel Downs 2:10 at the head.

The latest issue of the English Boeing Calendar
shows that during the season of 1900 1924 races were
run in England. Of this number 682 were at five fur-
longs and under six, 352 at six furlongs and under one'
mile, 358 at one mile, 469 over one mile and under two,
sixty-one at two miles and under three, one at three
miles and one at four miles. The number of horses
which started was 3921. the largest on record.

When the Intertate Fair of Trenton, N. J., held its
annual meeting recently, Secretary Margerum pre-
sented the best report that has been placed in the
hands of the directors since 1891. It showed a net
profit of $14,837. Mr. Margerum reported that the
attendance during the five days was 93.624. an increase
of more toan 21,300 over 1899."

February 23, 1901]

©he gtvee&ev anb gftwrrtemmt

Kentucky Futurity $21,000 MME

Opened by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association for the 1901 produce of mares, nominated March 15, 1901. or their substitutes, as provided hereafter, to be contested in 1903

and 1904, in THREE DIVISIONS, as follows:

$14,000 for 3-year-old Trotters,

Divided :
$10,000.

First,
Second*

$5,000 for 2-year-old Trotters,

$2,000 for 3-year-old Pacers.

5500. Third, 1300. Fourth, $200.

Divided: First,
$1,000. Second,

Divided : First,

$3,000. Second,
$2,000. Third, $1,000. Fourth. $500. The original nominators of ! $1,000. Third, $500. Fourth, $200. The original nominators of dams
dams of first four colts to receive, respectively, $300, $100, $75 and $25. [ of first four colts to receive; respectively, $150, $75, $50 and $25.

ENTRANCE, S5, to accompany nomination of mare March 15 1901, when her name, color, pedigree, and name of horse she was bred to in 1900 must be given: SIO, DEC. 1- 1901, when color and sex
of foal must be given, and if a Dominated mare has no living foal on that date, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. No further payment until June 1st of year
of race. No payment required on two-year-olds not intended to start until three-year-olds.

A payment of $25 is due June 1. 1903, on each two-year-old trotter expected to start in the two-year-old division. September 1, 1903, a payment of $50 is due, and a starting fee of $100 must be paid by
seven o'clock of evening before race.

A payment of $50 is due June 1, 1904, on each three-year-old (trotter or pacer) then kept in. September 1st, a payment of $50 on each trotter and of $25 on each pacer is due, and a starting fee of $250 on
trotters and of $25 on pacers must be paid before seven o'clock of evening before the respective races, which will both be mile heats, tbree-in-five.

A distanced horse's money goes to the first horse, but if less than four start, those starting and the placed horses' dams will receive only what each would have received had four been placed. National
Association Rules, in force when races are called, to govern. No hoppled horses allowed to start. Right reserved to reject any entry we do not want.

Address nominations to Secretary. Mail same on or before March 15th. Make remittances in New York or Chicago exchange, postofflce or express money order.

Our Fixed Events Close Jane 1.

H. W. WILSON, Secretary, Lexington, Ky.

THE "400'

SALE.

Gayton Brings

$9000, Anaconda
Coney $4100.

$6500 and

Baron Bird, b g, 1898, trotter, by Baron Review-Birdie A.; B

Froude, Jersey City

Keene Baron, rn g, 1898, trotter, by Baron Review-Lady Mc-

Kinney; J. B. Rhodes, New Bedford, Mass

Patty Swain, b f, 1899, trotter, by Baron Review-Cantal; A.

Brown, Boston.

The harness horses of the Fasig-Tipton Company's Baron Alfred, br c, 1899, trotter, by Baron Review-Dewey A,
"400" auction sale drew a large crowd to Madison
Square Garden on Wednesday, February 13th. The

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attendance was made up very largely of horsemen,
breeders, owners of racing stables, and trainers, th»
sale, though an extraordinary one, as regards the
number of high-class and high-bred stock catalogued,
offering but little attraction to the general public.
The horsemen, however, represented about every
horse-breeding section of North America and included
about a dozen European harness racing men and
breeders as agents. The foreigners' interest was
chiefly in the dispersal of the strong racing stable col-
lected by James Butler, who, intending to retire from
racing for the present, sent his entire string to the
sale. Of this lot, the stout young stallion Gayton
2:08}, styled "King of the Allertons," and the two
great campaigning pacers, Coney 2:02f, holder of race
and wagon records, and Anaconda 2:02J, were the
stars.

G. G. Blank, Allentown, Pa
Baron Review, rn s, 1895, trotter, by Baron Wilkes — Spanish

Maiden; John McCarthy, Brooklyn 1,800

Ethel A., b f, 1897, trotter, by Alfred G.— Irwia; Charles

Thompson, New York

Bell Alfred, br m, 1897, trotter, by Alfred G.-Curfew Bell; E.

F. Hamlin, Poughkeepsie

Mat A., br g, 1897, trotter, by Alfred G.—Taretta: F. Blau-

velt, Brooklyn

Oteo, br g, 1891, trotter, by Anteeo: Dr. Northrop, New York
Maud Harold, ch m, 1894, by Haroldmont-Forget-Me-Not; L.

Weil, New York

Hope Brewer, b f, 1899, trotter, by Palatka-Mary Belle; F.

Hamlin, Poughkeepsie

Dicker, b g, 1898, trotter, by Lord Eldon-Nena; M. J. Laffln,

Irvington

Brightson, blk g, 1898, trotter, by Atnel-Aya; B F. Thompson,

Rahway

Agrella, br f, 1899, trotter, by Athel-Arga; John McC'arty,

Brooklyn

Alissa, b f. 1899, trotter, by Palatka-lmpression; Francisco

Brothers, Little Falls, N. J

Alrova, ch f, 1899. trotter, by Palatka-Watercress; A. Brown,

Boston

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Coney, the first of the Butler consignment to be Blink, bg, 1898, trotter, by Palatka-Watercress;W. Lowell
offered, caused sharp competition with James Carroll,

B. O. Shank and "Vance Nuekal, the leading bidders.
Nuckal went to $3100, and then gave it up, the others
carrying the price up to $4100, at which figure Shank
secured the famous wagon horse, presumably for Dr.
J. C. McCoy of Deleware, for whom he trains. Albert

C. Bostwick, the millionaire amateur horseman, was a
bidder on the great bay pacer Anaconda, but his de-
sire to own the horse evidently was not very great, for
after a sharp tilt, in which four or five bidders en-
gaged, Mr. Bostwick turned away from the ring and
Anaconda went to E. B. Rice of Boston for $6500.

The foreign buyers practically had the contention

Auka, br f, 1899, trotter, by Athel-Milford Maid; E. L. How-
Fall River

Cooperer, ch c, 1899, trotter, by Palatka-Mollie Gibson; M.
Piatnak

Berico, b g, 1898. trotter, by Palatka-Myra; A. Brown,
Boston

Col. Aster, thoroughbred pony; Matt Dwyer, New York

Total for twenty-eight head, $8,890; average $317.87.

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i. CAMPBELL & SONS, KIOVA, KAN.

16, pacer, by Symholeer-Electric C:

PROPERTY OF W.

Commanche Boy, b g, 18

James Conly, Lowell $

Valdo, b g 1897. trotter, by Alcolyte-Dauntless Bess; George

Inhken, Brooklyn

Allie Tinker, b m, 1895, trotter, by Alcoylyte-Lady Onward:

J. B. Rhodes, New Bedford.

John Hausman, Newark 210

Golden Rod, ch g, 1896, trotter, by Breastplate-Alcoletta; H.

T. Denmead, New York 120

Plato, ch g, 1896, trotter, by Alcolyte-Lady Tocomb; I. R.

Blumenthal, Hartford 110

Total for six head, $1545; average, $257.50.

PROPERTY OF JAMES BUTLER, EAST VIEW FARM, NEW YORK.

Gayton 2;08K, b s, 1892, trotter, by Allerton-Lucy Wilton:

for Gayton to themselves, though until the bids went Lady Grace, b m, 1897, trotter, by Breastplate-Kate Lambert;
above $5000 American horsemen were among those in
the strife for possession of the handsome and sturdy
animal. Karl Piatnak, one of the leading patrons of
harness racing in Austria, was the most aggressive of
all, and left no doubt that he meant to take Gayton to
Europe. To the bid of $9000 the hammer fell at last,
in favor of Mr. Piatnak. Gayton, the Austrian turf-
man said, would he shipped abroad as early as the

' ., . , 3 -ii. l xt. i. Charles Piatnak, Vienna, Austria $9,000

voyage can be made in safety and without the chance ooney2:02K. blk g_ 1895i pacer, by McKinney-Grace Kaiser:
of throwing the horse too far out of condition to per-
mit of his being handled early. He will be campaigned
on the Vienna tracks, under the care of the American
trainer, George Nelson, who has charge of the Piatnak
horses. He is intended ultimately for the stud,
though Mr. Piatnak now is engaged exclusively as a
racing man and has no important interests as a
breeder. The fifteen head of the Butler consignment
brought a total of $26,675, an average of $1778.33.

Prom the Bonner farm came an even and high-class
lot of well-bred horses, the choicest of which caused
spirited bidding. The best prices paid for any of these
were $1600 for the six-year-old Highland Baron 2:30,
and $1800 for Saron Review. Twenty-eight head from
the Bonner farm brought $9185, an average of $328.03.
For the others of the eighty-three horses sold, the
prices were fair, in general, though there were some
bargains, good-looking and promising young horses
occasionally going for astonishing prices. The prices
were as follows :

PROPERTY OF BONNER FARM, NEW YORK.

Willis Price, b g, 1898, trotter, by Highland Baron-Fannie

Ford; Schuyle&Mol, Holland- $ 160

Highland Baron 2:30, b s, 1895, by Baron Wilkes-Irina; Her-
bert Gray. Boston 1.600

Dewey A., b m, 1893, trotter, by Alfred G.-Dewey Eve; Fiss,

Doerr and Carroll, New York 210

Miss Baron, b f, 1898, trotter, by Baron Review-Sweetheart;

W. Jones, Long Island ■ 320

Baron Asher, b g, 1899, trotter, by Baron Review-Katie G.:

William Crawford, Monroe, N. Y 110

Baron Henry, b g, 1899, trotter, by Baron Review-Birdie A.;

Thomas Corr, Brooklyn 130

Baron Wedgewood, rn g, 1899, trotter, by Baron Review-Can-

tatrice; W. C. Kidd, Montreal, Canada 210

George Loftus, blk g, 1897, trotter, by Lotus-Jennie; P. F.

Biersbank, Brooklyn 60

Comet, b g, 1892, trotter, by Regulus-Kit; Ed Golden,

Newark 50

Chatauqua Belle, bm, 1892, trotter, by Wilkesonian-Fleety;

T. Mathews, Mt. Kisco 140

Lady W., ch m, 1889, trotter; G. M. May, Brooklyn 120

Jennie W-, b m, 1890, pacer, by Deucalion-Lady Woodburn;

Harry Shultz, Long Island 90

Total for ten head, $1,530; average, $153.

PROPERTy OF VARIOUS OWNERS

Laertes 2:25&, b g, 1890, trotter, by Polonius-Silver Pail; C.

H. Burch, Copake $ 210

Miss Eleanor 2:19',s, bm, 1890, pacer by Overstreet Wilkes-

Patsy; W. T. Huff, Brooklyn 100

Piccolo, 2:24^, b m, 1895, pacer, by Colbert-Jara; -C. H. Han-
ford, Newburg 350

Sunneva 2:24M, b m, 1895, pacer, by Colbert-Daisy Richards:

C. H. Hanford, Newburgh '. 285

Miss Colbert 2:24»4, b m, 1894, pacer, by Colbert-Lady May;

J. A. Morley. Waverly 300

Angelus 2- I2\i, ch g, 1891, trotter, by Whitby-Winnefred: L.

P. Knight 250

Prince Maxon, b g, 1893, trotter, by Maxon-Flora: J. A.

Baker, Sheepshead Bay 400

Lucy Hill, ch m, 1895, trotter, by Haroldmont-AUie Hill; F.

Blauvelt, Brooklyn 120

Raven, blk g, 1894. trotter, by Fred M., dam by Seneca

Patchen; J. B. Rhodes, New Bedford 455

Shellac, ch g, 1896, pacer, by Advertiser-Bailey Nutwood;

Thomas O'Brien, Yonkers 400

Ammond, blk g, 1894, pacer, by Ambassador-Fanny S.; Chas.

Weiland, New York 160

Cathran Lunette, br m, 1893, trotter, by Wilkes Boy-Minnie

Thornhill; A. Brown, Boston 200

Silver Dell, b m, 1896, trotter, by Alcandre-Berdina; A. A.

Sealey, Brooklyn 159

Heloise, b m, 1893, trotter, by Nutbreaker-Lack Mack: F.

Blauvelt, Brooklyn 120

Gracie Davis, b m, 1896, trotter, by Prussianeer-Real; Fred

Dietz 225

Architecture, thoroughbred saddle mare; A. Dufour & Co.,

New York '5

Glenmont. br s, 1895, trotter, by Glencoe-Velvet; William

Rush, New York 250

The Charmer, b s, I8y6, trotter, by Epaulet-Charm; F. M.

Martin, Atlantic City 950

Jack Brereton, gr c. 1897, trotter, by Ansel-Daybreak; Harry

Fancher, agent, New York 500

The Sapho, br f, 1897, trotter, by Capt. Walbridge-jUelvenah

Confusion; George Ketcham, Cleveland 100

Kembaletta, b m, 1895, trotter, by Pamlico-Windsor Belle;

T. W. Murphy, Glen Cove 200

Irene 2:17'/.. b m. 1891, trotter, by Ira Nutwood-Daisy; P. A.

Hamlin. Poughkeepsie 375

Prince H. 2:17?i, b g, 1885, trotter, by Haw Patch-Mai. ; John

Driscoll, Orange HO

Clerimond 2:183i, so s, 1890, trotter, by Wetton-Almonetta;

Schuyler& Mol, Holland 230

Grand total for 83 head sold, $44,375; average, $538.50.
The report of the succeeding day's sales will appear
in our issue next week.

B. O. Shank, Cleveland 4,100

Anaconda 2:0254. b g, 1893, pacer, by Knight, dam by Algona;

E. B. Rice, Boston 6,500

Belle Direct, ro f, 1898, trotter, by Delmarch-Direct's Daugh-
ter; James W. Daly, Mount Kisco 300

Nettie Cantara, b m, 1894, trotter, by Alcantara-Nettie Tell;

R.E.Boland, Brooklyn 205

Miss Beatrice 2:13M, b m, 1894, by Direct-Fannie K.; S. B.

Doerr, New York 1,000

Miss Kate 2:15M, b m, 1892, trotter, by Direct-Fanny C: J. B.

Doerr, New York 900

Justa J., b m, 1895, trotter, by Jay Bird-Loo; A. Picker,

Yonkers 30o

Georgia H. 2:16',4, b m, 1888, trotter, by Alcantara-Rose R.;

Schuyler & Mol, Holland 200

Cora Wilcox, b m, 1892, trotter, by Jerome Eddy-Evemont;

B. Fancher, agent, New York 200

Nell Direct, b f, 1897, pacer, by Direet-Kate Hall; I. T. Wash-
burn, New York 485

Direct Kirke, b g, 1895. trotter, by Direct-Hazel Kirke; I. T.

Washburn, New York 300

Ed B. Young 2:11><£, blk g, 1894, by Direct-Lily Langtry; John

McGuire, New York

Soon Enough, b g, trotter, by Direct-Midget; E. R. Shipman,

New York 285

Baron March 2:15, b g, 1895, by Delmarch-Inez Wilkes; J R.

Rhodes, New Bedford. Mass 2,00°

Total for fifteen head, $26,375; average, $1,758.33.

600

ROPERTY OF J- V, BAYLESS COMPANY, NEW HYDE PARK, L. I.

Brown Bessie, b m, 1896, trotter,-by Robinhurst-dam by End-
field; Dr. G. E. Logan, New York $ 110

Silver Maker 2:llK,grg, 1891, pacer, by Silver Cloud-Dolly

Fish; C. E. Emson, New Egypt, N. Y 525

Eleanor, br m, 1890, trotter, by Bayonne iPrince-Ellen E.,

Chas. Burant, Newburg 1 10

Happy Gift, b g, 1896, by Happy ^Promise-Sorrento Rose; N.

D. Baldwin, Derby 250

Wind Gait, b c, 1898, trotter, by Brignoli Wilkes-Prineess

Dexter; James W. Quinn, Fall River, Mass 75

The State of Texas, big as it is, is a debtor to Colonel
Henry Exall of Dallas, whose plucky fight against
business adversity and the game stand he took during
the years of depression in horse flesh are now bringing
their own reward. The record of his breeding opera-
tions, says Palmer Clark, stands alone. Of thirteen
mares purchased the first year to be bred to his Elec-
tioneer-Sprite stallion, six standard, six non-standard,
and one of unknown breeding, but who was the dam of
Madge Hatton 2:27J, he got twelve foals, of which at
three years of age eight had acquired marks in 2:30
and better, at four years eleven of them had marks in
standard time, and the twelfth took a 2:30 record as a
five year old, his entire first year crop thus getting
standard records. But that is not all. The Colonel
named nine mares in futurity stakes in which there
were some 4000 nominators, and he sent a colt to the
scratch in each event, and got a piece of the money in
every race except in the Review purse at Buffalo,
where he stood to earn third money with a sick horse.
The driver, wishing to save him the last heat drove
him just to get inside the distance, but overlooked the
fact that as the race progressed and horses dropped
the distance flag was moved up, and consequently was
shut out through the oversight. This is a record that
cannot be surpassed or even equaled. John Phippen,
formerly of the Palo Alto Stock Form, is now the
trainer at Col. Exall's Farm, having held that position
for two years and driven the majority of the colts to
their records.

yMMk. Neglect of a Cough, or Sore
Throat may result in an
Incurable Throat Trouble or
Consumption. For relief use
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL

TROCHES. Nothing excels this simple

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[February 23, 1901

Train your trotters and pacers.

The California circuit for 1901 will provide racing.

Early closing events for Denver meeting close next
Friday.

Red Seal 2:10 and Thompson 2:141 will he in John
Hussey's string this year.

Vance Nuckels will he up behind Coney 2:02| when
he starts in the races this year.

The California State Fair will probably give a good
purse for trotting stallions this year.

The stewards of the Grand Circuit desire that John
A. McKerron be left in the 2:13 class.

W. C. Trimble of Instant and Cobwebs fame, has a
pacer by Rio Alto 2:161, that is said to be a 2:10 horse.

C. W. Williams will do the starting for the Gales-
burg Driving Park Association for its meeting in
August. ;

If you are going to Denver this year, make some en-
tries * in those early closing events. They close
March 1st.

Geo. H. Ketcham, of Toledo, has just received a
commission to purchase four high-class trotting mares
for export.

I Direct 2:121 is in the stud at Alameda at $25 for
the season. He is one of the best bred of all the sons
of Direct 2:05*.

J. Howard Ford, who recently bought Stony Ford
Farm in Orange county, is said to be trying to buy
Charley Herr 2:07.

The price paid for Gayton 2:08} was $9000, instead of
$4000 as the telegraphic report from the East to all the
coast papers stated.

The Maid 2:05}, after being turned out all winter,
will soon be taken up by Richard Curtis and be pre-
pared for another campaign.

J. A. Green, the Philadelphia trainer who formerly
owned and drove the pacer Saladin 2:05}, now owns
the pacing stallion Be Sure 2:06}.

Rose Dale Stock Farm at Santa Rosa has some good
roadsters for sale. It will pay anyone looking for
track or road horses to visit this farm.

Frou Frou 2:25}, former champion yearling to high
wheel sulky, is in foal to Advertiser 2:15}. Frou Frou
is owned at Grand View Stock Farm, Lancaster, Pa.

The Empire City track is still owned by the Clark
estate, the syndicate of Brooklyn horspmen organized
to purchase it having failed to secure possession of the
property.

Fred Gerken, of New York, has engaged Fred Noble
to drive for him this year. He intends campaigning
The Monk 2:08}, Fred S. Wedgewood 2:09} and several
green ones.

The Oakley track at Cincinnati, which will give a
meeting early in July, has decided to give four days of
racing commencing September 16th and hang up
$40,000 in purses.

Secretary's get are all noted for their good looks,
size, speed and excellent road qualities. At $30 the
season, he is a profitable horse to breed to, as his get
sell for good prices.

Dick Blumenthal of Hartford, Conn., on a recent
trip to Maine, bought a very promising green trotter
called Aloscan, by Arion 2:07}, dam by Paola 2:18,
brother to Palo Alto 2:08}.

Send us $1 for a stallion service book and you will be
able to keep your accounts easily and accurately. It
can be carried in the pocket and contains space for the
records of one hundred mares.

George Wilson, brother to Secretary Horace W.
Wilson of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders As-
sociation, died at the Cincinnati city hospital, February
3d, from a stroke of apoplexy.

The old time race stallion Jerome Turner 2:151, is
still hale and hearty and was a show ring winner with
his colts at the Texas fairs last fall. He is owned by
D. B. Connelly, at Sherman, Texas.

William Harold 2:13}, sire of Janice 2.13}, will make
the season of 1901 at Haywards and is in Geo. Gray's
charge. He is one of Sidney's best sons, and has never
sired anything but can show speed.

Hambletonian Wilkes, the only son of Geo. Wilkes
in California, should receive a large patronage at $40
the season. He has sired a long list of fast race horses,
all of them good looking and game to th» core.

The dates for a California circuit will be fixed with-
in a few weeks. Many of the associations that gave
meetings last year are more than anxious to try it
again this summer. There is every prospect of a pros-
perous year in California and the meetings will all pay a
profit if properly managed.

Read Hon. Jesse D. Carr's big advertisement this
week. He wants to sell all his trotting bred horses and
broodmares. As Uncle Jesse is 87 years of age and
not'ili the best of health he cannot devote any more
time to race horses. He has some well bred stock and
1 "odmares and foals are well entered in stakes.

Irvington Boy 2:17} is in William Cecil's string again
at Pleasanton and will be out among the pacers of his
class this year. He is one of the gamest horses ever
seen on the circuit and has more speed than his record
shows.

At a meeting of the New York Road Drivers' Asso-
ciation, a member introduced a resolution asking the
Board of Review to remove the record of 2:10 that
stands against John A. McKerron. It was promptly
voted down.

If you want to raise a handsome pony that will be a
horse show winner, send a small mare to the Menlo
Stock Farm to be bred to Sir Gibbie II. He is but 13.3
hands high and a horse of marvelous conformation.
See his advertisement.

Cleveland will be a banner town this year. The Bil-
lings horses are here, the Pittsburg people coming,
and right at home there are men on the lookout for
sensations and willing to pay the price for what they
see and like. — John Splan.

Wilkes Direct 2:221, full brother to the great John
A. McKerron 2:09 to wagon, is getting some choice
mares this year. T. W. Barstoiv, his owner, will train
him again and give him a mark of 2:15 or better this
year unless prevented by accident.

Helen J. 2:18}. the mare by Corrector that John
Sawyer brought down with the Van De Vanter Stock
Farm string to the Pleasanton track last month, died
last week from lung fever. Helen J. had trotted trials
in 2:15 and was considered a great prospect in her class
this year.

Welcome 2:101 is the fastest big horse in the stud in
California. He weighs over 1300, but carries his
weight so well that few would guess it. He has the
best disposition of any stallion we know of, is very
handsome and grandly bred. Write to Geo. Gray at
Haywards for one of his cards.

E. M. Cheesman, of Cambridge Springs, Pa., owner
of Bruce Watson, a brother to Eyelet 2:061, has bought
the noted producer AngeUne by Chester Chief. She is
the dam of several in the list, including Online 2:04
and Ontonian 2:071. Mr. Cheesman also bought a
mare by Direct 2:051, dam Cricket 2:10.

A letter from James Sutherland conveys the infor-
mation that he has sold the McKinney mare Solo 2:23
to John Blue for $500. Solo is a faster mare than her
record and is a well bred one, being out of a daughter
of Stamboul 2:071. She made her record in 1899 over
the Concord track, which was at least four seconds
slow that year.

Much might be written about Chas. Derby 2:20 and
his son Owyhee 2:11}, but the fact that they are stand-
ing for public service at $50 the season should be
enough to attract a large patronage to them. They
are at Oakwood Park Stock Farm, where several
champions have been bred in the past and from whence
more will come in the future.

Imported Socrates Nc. 99, the German Coach stallion
that won the special silver cup at the Horse Show in
this city in 1894, and has many first premiums to his
credit, will make the season of 1901 at Llano Seco
Rancho (Parrott Grant), near Chieo, Butte county.
Socrates should do well in that district as he will sire
horses that will bring good prices when matured.

Nominations to six purses offered by the Overland
Racing Association of Denver will close March 1st,
next Friday. There is $1000 for trotters eligible to the
2:25 class and $1000 for pacers of the 2:20 class. Also
two purses of $500 each for colt trotters and two of the
same value for colt pacers. Read the advertisement
in our columns to-day and make your entries in time.
It will be a great meeting.

B. B. ^lO}, the old roan pacer that was racing
against Hal Pointer for the championship of the turf
more than ten years ago, is now one of the cracks of
the snowpath at Springfield, Mass. George W. Rice,
of that city, has just purchased him from New Jersey
parties. B. B. is now in his nineteenth year, and he
has been doing service on the track and road since
1888. His record was made at fifteen years of age.

Alta Vela 2:15}, son of Electioneer, is at Woodland
this year and is making the season at $50. Sons of
Electioneer are not numerous in California and breed-
ers should not miss the opportunity to secure their
services. Alta Vela will be a producer of extreme speed.

Tuberose, the son of Falrose that is making a season
at Woodland, is said to be a phenomenally fast horse.
He is a square trotter. The only race in which he
ever started was at Dixon last year, where in a local
three-cornered match he trotted the last half of a heat
in 1:071 and finished the last eighth in 15 seconds. As
the track is not extra good, and a half-mile oval at
that, this was a great showing for a horse not in actual
training.

The big prices brought by trotting bred horses of
the coach, carriage and roadster type in the Chicago
market recently shows that this is the kind of horse
now in the greatest demand. For a time the draft
horse brought higher prices than the fighter horses,
but to-day, the horses suitable for coach, carriage and
road lead, and as the breeders continue to produce
higher class horses for these uses higher prices will be
obtained.

Those that have figured out that The Abbot 2:03} is
in a class by himself do not allow for improvement in
some of the other horses which were out last year.
Boralma 2:08 was a much greater four year old than
the son of Chimes, and the same is true of Peter the
Great 2:07}. There is no reason why both of those
horses should not be much faster the coming season
than ever before, which will put them in the same
class with the champion.

Colonel Henry Exall, Dallas, Texas, has sold to
Thomas Stark of Colorado Springs, Colo., the promis-
ing four year old Porto Rico than won fourth money in
the Kentucky Futurity last fall in the fastest three
heut pace ever trotted 'by three vear olds: time, 2:121,
2:103 and 2:12. He is by Electrite 2:281, out of Anthem
by Wilkes Boy 2:241, a'nd consequently a full brother
to Ima Electrite 2:15, he being Anthem's second foal,
Ima being the first. The price paid was $2500.

The Buffalo Association will try to get up a free-for-
all pace this year with such as Coney 2:02}, Prince
Alert 2:02 Connor 2:03} Anaconda 2:021 and Frank Bo-
gash 2:03} for starters, and a fast trot, which will in-
clude Lord Derby 2:07, Charley Herr 2:07, Georgena
2:071, Boralma 2:08, Bay Star 2:081 and Peter the
Great 2:07} as starters.

The Indian Government, assisted by the Royal Brit-
ish Commission on horse breeding, is largely increasing
its purchases of breeding stock with a view of materi-
ally improving the quality and quantity of horses pro-
duced in that country. Recently four very fine thor-
oughbred stallions ana two Spanish jacks were shipped
from Southampton to Calcutta where they will be
placed in the Government Stud. It is stated that a
total of fifty stallions and twenty jacks will be sent to
India this spring.

Boodle Jr. ought to produce speed. He is by Boodle
out of an Electioneer mare, second dam Gabilan Maid,
by Carr's Mambrino, a son of Mambrino Patchen,
third dam Ida May, Jr., by Owen Dale, fourth dam
Ida May by Williamson's Belmont. Hon. Jesse D.
Carr has entered nine mares bred to Boodle Jr. in the
Breeders $6000 Futurity. These mares are all for sale
together with the rest of the trotting bred stock be-
longing to Mr. Carr. This is an opportunity to secure
some great bargains and very likely a future stake
winner.

One of the best bred fillies ever produced in this
country is now owned by Ho Yow, the Chinese Consul,
whose recent investments in trotting bred horses have
attracted considerable attention. This filly is coming
three years old and is by McKinney 2:11}, dam Blanche
Ward by Onward 2:25}, second dam Belle Patchen by
Mambrino Patchen 58, third dam Lady Blanche by
Privateer 258, fourth dam Jenny Lind by Abdallah 15.
fifth dam Lady Wisner by Saltram, son of Webber's
Kentucky Whip. This filly is a fine individual and
gives every promise of being as good as she looks.
Ho Yow has purchased five or six mares during the
past month, besides a fine pair of road horses.

President Hock of the Goshen Driving Association
has selected August 20-23d for this year's meeting, to
be held on the historic half-mile track at Goshen. The
program of events has not yet been fully decided upon,
except that there will be eight $1000 guaranteed early
closing stakes, four for trotters and four for pacers.
It is quite possible that ten of these stakes will be
scheduled. President Hock says that the Goshen
meeting will outshine any held in Orange county since
the days of Old Messenger, 100 years ago. The ques-
tion of giving two year old sweepstakes, at both gaits,
at $100, the association to add $100 for each nomina-
tion, is being discussed with good chances of their being
announced when the program is fully made up.

The Elmwood Farm at Lexington, Ky., home of
Adbel, yearling record 2:23, has two yearlings by that
stallion that seem to be extra good. Abdel is sure to
take high-frank as a sire of early speed. His sire, Ad-
vertiser, was a fast colt trotter, and his dam, Beautiful
Bells, threw nothing but extreme early speed, and Ad-
bel himself trotted the fastest mile ever made by a
yearling. The owners of extreme early speed are
sending their mares to Kentucky to be bred to Adbel.
Nellie A., who trotted to a yearling record of 2:291 and
Leone who has a yearling record of 2:28 will both be
bred to him this year, making three yearlings at Elm-
wood Farm with records below 2:30. Elmwood there-
fore is the only farm in the United States with such a
trio. — American Simrtsman.

It is not generally known that England's new king
once owned the old-time American trotting stallion,
Silverheels by Vermont Black Hawk. In a moment of
enthusiasm, General James W. Singleton presented
the handsome horse to the then Prince of Wales, who
greatly admired him in the show ring at the St. Louis
fair of 1860. Silverheels was the apple of General
Singleton's eye, and when he cooled off it was like
parting with a member of his family for the old horse-
man to be separated from his favorite. In some way
the Prince learned of this. On the following day he
had Silverheels led out in front of his private box at
t he fair, and, calling General Singleton, publicly gave
his pet stallion back to him, accompanying the presen-
tation with a neat little speech. The story is vouched
for by the veteran horseman George P. Floyd, who
then had charge of Silverheels

Detroit will probably have a new race track this
year. The movement to form an association and build
the track, stand, clubhouse and stables is well under
way, and a meeting will soon be held to perfect the de-
tails. The Detroit Matinee Club raced at Highland
Park in 1899 and at Grosse Pointe in 1900, and the suc-
cess of the organization has prompted members to
branch out for themselves. What they want is a half-
mile track, where the racing is always more spectacu-
lar than on a big ring, and it will require about $25,000
to float the project. The track itself will be built on
the lines of Combination Park, Boston's famous
' 'parlor track, ' ' with very wide stretches and a sufficient
pitch to the turns to allow speed in the wagon races.
An ornamental grandstand seating 1500 will answer,and
stabling for 200 horses will be required. It is also the
intention to have a modern and thoroughly equipped
clubhouse, where members can drive and get a country
dinner at any time. Fire Commissioner Fred T. Moran
is one of the men instrumental in the project, and will
put $2500 into it. H. R. Leonard, A. E. Murphv, H.
B. Edwards, J. E. and A. L. Goldberg, W. R. Croul,
A. W. Freer and others have signified their intention
of investing in the plant. It will have a very beneficial
effect on the amateur sport, and will greatly increase
the popularity of the matinee club.

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Charles Head Smith does not take J. W. Schorr's
offer to race his three year old Alard Scheck against
Smith's colt Garry Herrmann for a side bet very seri-
ously. Smith says that such a match could not be run
until after the Kentucky Derby at the earliest, and as
the two will meet in that event it is not probable that
a match will be required to settle the question of
supremacy. The two colts remain about equal choices
in the winter betting on the early classic event, despite
confident prophecies on the part of Louisville turfmen
that Garry Herrmann would soon be a pronounced
favorite.

A lease of the Silver Brook Stud Farm near Red-
bank, N. J., has been taken by Clarence H. Mackay
for a term that may be extended indefinitely. Mr.
Mackay was a prominent buyer at the dispersal of the
Bitter Root Stud breeding stock and horses in train-
ing three weeks ago, though his identity then was con-
cealed under the name of the Earl of Clonmel, who
acted as his agent in bidding and buying. The horses
in training will be added to the hitherto small stable
Mr. Mackay has maintained in this country, the best
known animal of which is the Brooklyn Handicap win-
ner of 1899, Banastar. In the lot bought at the Bitter
Root sale the most noted horse is Frankfort, the three
year old brother to the celebrated Hamburg. Others
of note are Hartman, Choate and Cathaire Mo, all two
year olds. As these are all heavily engaged in the
most valuable stakes of the Eastern turf, and Mr.
Mackay has a capable jockey in George Odcm, the
Mackay stable promises to figure prominently on the
metropolitan tracks in the future.

In his assignment of weights for the Montgomery
handicap, the. best race for three year olds and over on
the Memphis Jockey Club's spring calendar, Secretary
McFarlane appraises Carruthers & Shield's four year
old Advance Guard as the best horse and gives the
Great Tom colt to the impost of honor. The handicap
will be run at Montgomery Park on April 1st as a feat-
ure of the opening day's card for the Memphis meet-
ing. Advance Guard is to carry 121 pounds and other
heavily weighted horses are: Favonious 120, F. W.
Brode 119, Waring 118, Vulcain 117, The Lady 116,
Prince of Verona 115, Gonfallon 115, Zoroaster 115 and
John Yerkes, The Rush and Unknown 112 each. Alard
Scheck is allotted 103, Joe Frey 108, Rolling Boer,
Telamon and Silverdale 106 apiece. Lady Schorr 104
and Duelist 102, Florizar 98 and Salvable 100.

Patrick Freeman, the American jockey who last sea-
son made a conspicuous success on the French turf,
riding on the Paris tracks, sailed February 6th to fill
an engagement made last fall to ride through the
season of 1901 for M. Dreyfus. Freeman only went
to France late in the summer, after an unsuccess-
ful attempt to make a place for himself on the New
York tracks, his fame before having been confined en-
tirely to the Western tracks. Cassius Sloan, elder
brother of Tod Sloan, preceded him in riding on the
Paris tracks, and had made a great reputation when
Freeman reached Paris, but the newcomer, after going
unnoticed for a few weeks, finally secured a mount,
and attracted attention enough to get additional rid-
ing. Then one day he rode five winners, and his fame
was established. At the end of the French racing sea-
son Freeman was the foremost jockey, and very popu-
lar with both horse owners and the public, although
in the United States he had been i-egarded as having
seen his best days as a jockey. On the reputation he
made in the short time he rode at the end of the season
his services were in great demand, and he was signed
to ride this year for M. Dreyfus, who has a large and
prominent stable. In addition to that, Freeman has
three other retainers in France, and if he rides through
the year, probably will earn in| riding and retaining
fees something like $25,000. Freeman, four or five
years ago, was considered as one of the best of the
Western jockeys.

The wedding of Mr. Seth W. Lougabough and Miss
Theodora Winters, youngest daughter of that well
known horseman, Mr. Theo. Winters, was celebrated
at Washoe, Nev., Thursday, February 11, 1901, in the
presence of relatives and a few intimate friends. The
happy couple took their departure on the afternoon
train'for San Francisco, where they intend spending
their honeymoon. Information has been received of
the displeasure of a leading uptown hotel upon their
arrival in San Francisco, owing to the quantity of old
shoes of every description, size and shape, tied to their
trunks, among them being one large pair of overshoes
placarded "A happy pair." So rather than cause
further annoyance to the hotel they changed their
quarters to another, leaving all superfluous effects
behind.

While everything is harmonious in the East and one
of the most prosperous seasons in the history of the
turf is expected, merry wars are in progress on the
Pacific Coast and in the West. The formation of the
Western Jockey Club has stirred up opposition and it
appears almost certain that there will be enough
tracks in rebellion to form an independent circuit.
W. O. Palmer, the ruling spirit at Fort Erie and
Highland Park, Detroit, has stated that neither of the
associations which he represents will ask for a license,
while Nashville, Little Rock, Newport and the Delmar
track at St. Louis also intend to act independently of
the new organization. Those interested in the St.
Louis track assert that if any attempt is made to out-
law their meeting they will retaliate by building a
track at New Orleans in opposition to the Crescent
City Club. It seems probable that there will be two
conflicting factions in the West, each outlawing the
other, one set of tracks recognizing the old Turf Con-
gress and the other the Western Jockey Club. The
solution of the problem may rest with the Eastern
Jockey Club.

The stable of J. R. and F. P. Keene are having a
streak of ill luck. It was only a week ago that word
was received from England that Tommy Atkins, the
crack three year old, had died and now the firm has
also lost by death the valuable yearling filly by King-
ston-Fair Vision. W. L. Powers, representing the
Keenes, on Saturday notified Ralph Bayard, secretary
of the Brighton Beach Association, to declare Tommy
Atkins out of the Brighton Derby and the Iroquois
Stakes, which were his only engagements at Brighton,
while the filly was to be declared out of the Produce
Stakes of 1902.

Patsey McDermott, the well known jockey, sailed for
England last week. He will be a valuable addition to
the English turf, as he can hold his own with any of
his craft and what is better still can ride at 102 pounds
without the trouble of reducing. He says he will look
the ground over carefully before he makes a contract.

The comfort of the patrons of the Brooklyn and
Coney Island Jockey Clubs will be greatly increased
next season by the building of new betting wings.
The old ones have been torn down and glass buildings
will take their place. The ring at Coney Island will
cost $18,000.

Jockey George Odom is in New Orleans. He has
been signed to ride next season for Clarence Mackey,
son of the bonanza king, who purchased Frankfort,
the full brother of Hamburg, which was sold at the
Daly sale. Odom's contract calls for him to do 105
pounds and he is to receive a retainer of $15,000 for the
season. He will ride in New Orleans for the remainder
of the meeting.

The name of M. Lewis Clark is not to be dropped
from the books of the new Louisville Jockey Club, nor
the memory of this great race horseman forgotten by
the people of Kentucky. It was decided at the close
of the last racing season not to continue the Clark
stakes after this year because it was considered such a
walkover for the Derby winner, but no arrangement
whatever was made to perpetuate the memory of M.
Lewis Clark. As soon as it became known that Louis-
ville was to drop the Clark stakes, the Harlem Jockey
Club, Chicago, took up the matter and at once added
another feature to- its card and named it the Clark
stakes. At once a number of protests were made in
Louisville which were followed by others until the
directors of the New Louisville Jockey club decided
that something had to be done. Last week they held
a special meeting to consider the matter, and it was de-
cided to run the Clark stakes as usual this year, and
instead of continuing this feature so as not to conflict
with Harlem, it was agreed to add another stake which
wiil be called the Clark handicap, to be worth not less
than $3000 or $1000, and to which all ages will be elig-
ible.

Jockey Cochran, who is the smallest jockey riding at
New Orleans, has signed to ride for J. J. McCafferty
the Eastern turfman next season, and his salary is
said to be $10,000.

A horse has finally run a mile below 1:40 at New
Orleans. On the 5th inst. the Crescent City track
record for one mile was lowered a quarter of a second
by Varro, a chestnut gelding by Pardee- Julia Magee,
who covered the distance in 1:39|. Varro is about the
best horse shown at New Orleans this winter, and he
is entered in the Crescent City Derby. After a long
delay at the post the field was finally sent away. Lady
Callahan showed the way for a half mile, when Varro,
who had been lagging in second place, assumed the
lead and won by a short neck from the heavily played
favorite, Aloha II.

Secretary Howard of the Washington Park Club,
Chicago, has announced the list of nominations to the
stake events which closed on January 15. There are
1427 entries, an average of over eighty-three to a race.
Of course the main event of the meeting will be the
American Derby, for three -year-olds. The value of
this event has been raised since last year, as it is now
worth close to $25,000, the added money being in-
creased from $10,000 to $20,000. Ninety-three entries
have been made, among them being : Commando,
Ballyhoo Bey, Garry Herrman, Alard Scheck, Articu-
late, Conroy, Lady Schorr, Silverdale, Joe Frey, The
Parader, Bellario, Beau Gallant, Far Rockaway, Bon-
nibert, Brutal, Rolling Boer, Canmore, Outlander,
Golden Age, Terminus, Blues, Sweet Lavender, Water-
color, Jiminez, Amuse, Frankfort, Robert Waddell
and Tyr. The list of entries to the stakes is as follows:
Three-year-olds — American Derby 93, Sheridan Stakes
69, Englewood Stakes, for fillies, 45, Drexel Stakes 89.
Three-year-olds and upward — Midway Stakes 84, Au-
burn Stakes 97, Oakwood Handicap 81, Great Western
69, Young Handicap 86, Wheeler Handicap 102. Two-
year-olds — Lakeside, for fillies, 85, Kenwood, for colts,
81, Maywood 71, Quickstep 105, Hyde Park 136, Lake-
view Handicap 63.

The Coney Island Jockey Club has announced the
list of entries to the annual Champion stakes of 1903.
This is a race for three-year-olds and upward, and the
value is $25,000, of which $20,000 goes to the winner,
$2000 to the second horse, $750 to the third, with the
remainder of the money being divided between the
owner of the second and third horse at the time of the
entry and $500 to go to the trainer of the winning
horse. J. B. Haggin, the well known breeder, is the
largest nominator. He has entered seventy weanlings,
sixty-one being from his Rancho del Paso stud in Cali-
fornia and are by such well known sires as Goldfinch,
Golden Garter, Sir Modred, Salvator, Star Ruby,
Tryant, Watercress and Darebin. Nine are from his
Elmendorf stud in Kentucky, the sires represented in
this lot being Nomad, Order, Salvator, Candlemas and
Arkle. John Madden has twelve weanlings, all by
Mirthful, while A. B. Barnes has the same number by
Prince of Monaco, Handspring, Jim Gore and Cayuga.
August Belmont has six weanlings, L. O. Appleby six,
Gideon & Daly 3, and Julius Bauer 2. C. Littlefield
Jr., has seven on the list, two-year-olds; Green B.
Morris 5, J. E. Madden and the Keenes four each, W.
C. Whitney seven, and Phil Dwyertwo.

A dispatch from London says : William C. Whitney
of New York has offered to take over Heath house
from the late William Beresford's execctors under cer-
tain conditions. Besides taking Heath house, Whitney
will agree to fulfill the arrangements entered into with
the jockeys, Lester and John Reiff, subject to the con-
dition that John Huggins remains at Heath house as a
trainer. It is understood that Huggins had meditated
returning to the States, but is now considering Whit-
ney's offer. Huggins is well liked, and it is hoped he
will stay. The tiportiny Life at the time of Lord Here-
ford's death spoke of Huggins in the following compli-
mentary terms: "That we shall ever lose so fine a
trainer as Huggins is not at all likely, provided he
cares to stay in England, for his ability is of the high-
est, and plenty there are who would gladly avail them-
selves of his services. "

The weights for several of the earlier of the English
spring handicaps have been received here, and Ameri-
can turfmen will be interested to learn that American
horses head the list in the first of these, the Doveridge,
one mile, to be run at the Derby spring meeting on
April 19th. W. C. Whitnev'sfour year old Delacy, by
Hanover-Kingcup, has the top weight, 9 stone, (126
pounds), with Caiman, sold out of Pierre Lorillard's
stable to Mr. Warren, next with 8 stone 12. Richard
Croker's Flambard is third in the handicap, with 8
stone 10. In the Lincolnshire, one mile, to be run at
the Lincoln spring meeting March 26th, the once fam-
ous Jean Beraud, now a five year old, owned by Mr.
Whitney, has the highest impost of the American
horses engaged, with 8 stone 8, (120 pounds), and is
sixth on the list. The Grafter, aged, being top weight
with 9 stone 2. Caiman and Flambard are in with 8
stone 6 each, while J. E. McDonald's Rensselaer, aged,
from whom great things were expected when he was
sent to England to race as a four year old, gets in
among the mindleweights with 7 stone 6. In the
Grand National Steeplechase to be run March 29,
Manifest is at the head of the list with 12 stone 10, (178
pounds.)

Three Chicago handicappers who are making winter
books on the American Derby have figured out the
chances of each of the ninety-two candidates. There
is some variation of opinion and only one handicapper
is willing to declare that one horse is better than the
others. All agree that Garry Herrmann should be
classed with the favorites and one holds him a point or
two better than Commando or Alard Scheck. Five of
the Derby colts are bunched at the head of the list by
all the handicappers. They are Charles Head Smith's
Garry Herrman, John T. Schoor's Alard Scheck, J.
R. & F. P. Keene's Commando, Richard Croker's Beau
Gallant and William C. Whitney's Ballyhoo Bey.
These five horses undoubtedly represent the cream of
the Derby material viewed from a standpoint of per-
formance. Of these five, all have yet to show what
they can do over a distance of ground. Allowing that
the physical condition .of all is equal the breeding will
tell the tale, and this important item carried back a
few generations is a subject for an interesting study.
For instance, some will not fancy the Domino strain
in Commando, but on his dam's side he gets the blood
of Ten Broeck, and Ten Broeck was dedicated to dis-
tances. There is nothing lacking in Alard Scheck.
The Hindoo blood is good enough for most people, and
breeding should not stand in the way of the develop-
ment of the Schorr candidate. Ballyhoo Bey is a
Kingston and Beau Gallant is a Jim Gore colt. The
Esher strain in Garry Herrman may detract slightly
from some turfmen's admiration for that colt, but
others will stick to him. 'lhe California colts are
classed by the handicappers in a division next to the
five above named. Articulate, Canmore, Golden Age
and Rolling Boer are considered about on the same
footiDg as far as Derby prospects are concerned, and
with them are listed Blues, Bonnibert, Conroy, Far
Rockaway and The Parader. The third division in-
cludes Brutal, Frankfort, Joe Frey and Silver Dale.

Reports from New Orleans state that the manage-
ment proposes to raise the purses in an attempt to in-
duce owners of good horses to run at the track. It
has been found that the large purses offered at San
Francisco are hurting the New Orleans meeting.

The Western string of race horses, owned by Eastin
& Larabie, and shipped from Kentucky to New York,
consigned to Peter Wimmer, who last year handled
Kinley Mack when he won the double event of Brook-
lyn and Suburban Handicaps, arrived at the Sheeps-
head Bay track February 6th. The horses, thirteen
in number, were received by trainer Wimmer, and
were at once transferred to his stable, at the head of
the straightaway, known as the New Futurity Course.
Most celebrated of the lot of horses are the famous
old black mare Imp, now seven years old, and the hero
of the two great spring handicaps last year, Kinley
Mack, now five years old and top weight in the popu-
lar spring handicaps this year. Imp, the property of
Daniel Harness, was sent from Chillicothe, Ohio, the
home of her owner, by way of Cincinnati, to join the
Eastin & Larabie lot, and this year will be trained by
Mr. Wimmer, her former trainer, Charles Brossman,
who is also a part owner in Imp's racing qualities, hav-
ing agreed to the change. Owing to indecision by her
owner, Imp was not engaged in the important handi-
caps this year, but she is entered in some of the richest
weigh t-for-age races, and will be handled especially
with a view to winning some of these. Kinley Mack,
with 128 pounds impost in both Brooklyn'and Subur-
bran, and 127 pounds in the Brighton Handicap, top
weight in all three, will be trained with a view to run-
ning for all three events. In spite of his clubfoot and
his supposed unsoundness, Kinley Mack is now in first
class condition, and there appears to be no reason for
the general belief that he will not stand training this
season. Next to the two famous old , horses the most
prominent animal in the newly arrived stable is the
three year old Sharpshooter, from whom great things
were expected last year. Nine of the twelve of the
Eastin & Larabie string are two year olds, all well bred
and highly tried early in the fall in Kentucky.

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Coming Events.

Feb. 22— Grand oDen-to all blue rock tournament. Ingleside.

March 3— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

March 3— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901 — Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

March Hi— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

March 31— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

March 24 — San Francisco Gun Clnb. Live birds. Ingleside

April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 9, 10. 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,
Md.

July 23. 24, 25, 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

Game Legislation.

The game bill now before the Legislature was sub-
jected to innumerable amendments after its introduc-
tion. When the Fish and Game Committees were
through with the document and had shaped it into
proper form the bill was somewhat different from the
original draft submitted. The matter of game pro-
tection, we are sorry to say, has received a serious set.
back by reason of the unwarrantable interference of
the individual who was responsible for the introduc-
tion of the features in the present bill which were
rejected by both the Game Convention and the Cali-
fornia Fish and Game Protective Association. The
question of prohibiting the sale of game is not one that
is palatable to the people at large, in spite of the vir-
tues claimed for the proposed measure, which we be-
lieve in the main to be good. Its introduction was pre-
mature and may result in preventing the adoption of
legislation for game protection that is not only reason-
able but absolutely necessary, and which would, if the
wise counsel and intention of the Game Convention
had been followed, have been accepted by the taxpay-
ers, citizens and sportsmen and ere this would also
have had the recognition and favor of the law making
body now in session.

The usurpation of the powers and commissions which
had been conferred upon two committees, by the self
appointed protector of California's wild game, aided
and abetted by one or two other "apostles of game
protection"' who were actuated, not as much for the
public welfare, as for the chance to be "johnny on the
spot" when the plums fell, has resulted in a temporary
stagnation of the game protection issue that will be
remembered in the future by the people who have
been betrayed and also by the sportsmen whose rights
have been trampled upon.

When crippled, however, their strong legs enable them
to run very fast, and, like all ducks, they are expert
hiders, getting into the grass and lying there without
moving. The bird is also a good diver, and if it reaches
the water is not likely to be captured. It is said never
to be found on the salt water, but confines itself entirely
to inland pools, rivers and swamps.

A Rara Avis.

Not for many years past have collectors had such
opportunities for procuiing fine specimens of wild fowl
as has been the rule for the past three or four months.
The canvasback, cinnamon teal and mallard specimens
which we have seen recently in the studio of H. F.
Lorquin, a taxidermist located at No. 331 Kearney
street, are remarkable for symmetry, color, beauty
and condition of plumage.

Many other varieties of wild ducks have also been
mounted for sportsmen, as well as quite a number of
interesting specimens of hybrids and albinos.

Unexpected visitor's of the Anas family make their
appearance in our shooting districts at times, seeming
to have strayed temporarily from their particular
habitat. A pair of strange and unknown variety of
wild duck was shot last week in one of the Black Jack
ponds on Sherman Island. They were sent down to
President John Lemmer who will have them mounted -
Whilst they were temporarily on exhibition in a local
sporting goods store they were the subject of much in-
quiry and comment, being unknown to most sportsmen
who examined them. W. S. Kittle and Al Cumming
solved the riddle by stating that they had seen and
shot several specimens at different times and that they
were known as the Mexican tree duck. This bird is
described by George Bird Grinnell as follows:

The brown tree duck, Dendrocygna fulva (Gmel), is
found in Mexico and northward through parts of Cali-
fornia and Nevada, as well as in Texas and Louisiana.
The head, neck and lower parts are deep reddish-yellow,
darkest on top of head, and changing to reddish on
the flanks, the longest feathers being streaked with
pale yellow; middle of neck whitish obscurely streaked
with black. A distinct black stripe runs from the head
down the hind part of the neck. The upper parts are
brownish-black, the feathers of the wing being tipped
with chestnut. The upper tail coverts are white; the
belly and lower tail coverts yellowish-white; the bill is
blackish, and the feet and legs are slate-blue; the length
is about 20 inches; wing, 9i inches. The colors of the
young are somewhat duller, and the wing coverts lack
the chestnut.

The fulvous tree duck, known as the yellow-bellied
. fiddler in Louisiana, and the long legged duck in Texas,
is quite common there at certain seasons. Its habits
do not vary greatly from those of the black-bellied
tree duck. Like that species, it spends much of its
time in fresh water lakes and sloughs, feeding on the
grasses that grow there, and it also visits the cornfields
at night in search of grain.

The flesh of both of these species is said to be very
delicious, and is eagerly sought after. The birds are
shot only by being stumbled on or by lying in wait for
them as they come into or leave the cornfields.

The duck is exceedingly unsuspicious and readily
permits approach, so that many of them are killed.

Field Sports Retired.

The publication of Field Sports and Fanciers' Maga-
zine, a monthly publication devoted to legitimate
amusements, has been discontinued. The publisher of
Field Sports has arranged with the management of the
Breeder and Sportsman to have delivered to those
subscribers to Field Sports who had paid their yearly
subscription in advance, copies of this journal in lieu
of numbers of the suspended magazine due to paid up

Terrible Teddy.

The recent hunting adventures in Colorado of Gov.

Theodore Roosevelt have been the subject of much and individual subscribers.

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under the auspices of Mr. H. T. Payne until September
1898 when the plant was sold to the Field Sports Pub-
lishing Company. The journal was then issued
monthly until last December, the issue for that month
closing its career as a paper devoted to sports and
sportsmen.

A Buffalo Battle to the Death.

The pride of the Golden Gate Park herd of buffaloes

of the matter printed seems to have been founded
purely on imagination, spiced with humor or political
satire.

The action of certain "blue-stockings" as will ap-
pear from the following resolution agpearing in the
Boston Globe of Janurry 19th is not only a curiosity in
its way, but the document is one that is laughable to
the extreme:

Andover, Mass.. January 18.— The Forum literary society of
Phillips Andover Academy, one of the largest and most flourishing

institutions of its kind in the co-mtry, adopted a resolution to-night d j d f the tj0SCme harem was stripped of his laurels

condemning the spirit shown by Vice-President-elect Roosevelt in ouu""u _

killing animals for pleasure.

J. M. Cates of Cambridge offered the resolution after reading the
newspaper account of Col. Roosevelt's recent encounter with a
mountain lion, in which he dispatched the animal with his knife
after it had been driven to bay by the dogs.

The first speaker, C. T. Ryder of Andover, said: '-The killing of
a 67-pound lion whelp in so one-sided a battle was an act of brutal
cowardice and cruelty.'"

G. W. Howell of Lenoir, N. C, spoke at length, and pointed out
that Roosevelt, in his eagerness to plunge his knife into the ani-
mal, put himself on a level with the dogs, by jumping from his
horse and taking part with them in the fight.

The resolution, which was carried after stormy debate, was as
follows:

"Whereas, we, the members of the society of the Forum, believe
that the race of man has no right to destroy, for reasons other than
self-defence, the lives of animals ichich an all-icise Creator has
ordained to live upon this earth, and

"Whereas, we believe that the reports which have been spread
broadcast of the hunting expedition upon which the Vice-Presi-

on last Sunday morning by a younger rival and
"Young Ben" as he was called, gave up his life in a
gallant but futile defense of his royal tenure. Ten
years ago two bulls and a cow buffalo were placed in
the park paddock. They were well cared for and
throve, recently the original enclosure was deemed too
small to accommodate the herd; another paddock -was
built near the ocean beach in which were placed four
strong young bulls, all of them native sons. While
being taken to the new quarters Young Ben gored a
mounted officer's horse to death. He was a grand
specimen of the buffalo, clean limbed, supple, active
and strong and ruled his fellows by right of might and
was respected accordingly. About two weeks ago it
was noticed that Ben was out
of condition and apparently
ill, all his friskiness had van-
ished. On Sunday morning
the ether bulls were not kept
waiting by Ben at feeding
time as had been usual, they
soon noticed the champion
was not himself and forthwith
helped themselves to the feed,
a piece of familiarity which
had never been countenanced
before. Ben meanwhile was
quiescent, but not for long.
Presently one of his rivals
made overtures that had but
one meaning. The old law of
survival of the fittest and a
battle to death between the
two bulls was on. In this the
challenger was aided by the
other two "who repeatedly
charged the struggling mon-
arch and gored him in the
sides while he was fighting his
rival. He had been the dicta-
tor and ruled his conquerors
absolutely. Now was taking
place something characteristic
of the buffalo nature or in-
stinct. Whenever a growing
young bull, and they x-each maturity at the age of
three years, will summon up courage to attack and con-
quer the master of the herd all the other males will aid
him in the fight. The unequal contest did not last
long and the dethroned ruler of the buffalo paddock
lay prone on the ground, his sides ripped and gory
from the combined onslaught of hoof and horn. His
head will be mounted and placed in the Park Museum.

Charles G. Lamb, a cattle man well known in Santa
Barbara county, came into that city one day recently
with two very fine lion skins which he and others
secured hunting in the Santa Cruz canyon, on the
San Marcos rancho. The skins are large and of good
fur and Mr. Lamb will have them stuffed. The lions
were captured with a lasso by an old man named Bico
Bejarra. The feat is unusual and one that few men
have seen done. They were lassoed, moreover, from
trees. Dogs treed the animals and the men of the
rancho came upon them in two big sycamores. The
lions were thirty and thirty-five feet from the ground.
Lamb would have shot them with bis revolver, but
drives, a number of Oregon sportsmen will join in one Bejarra stopped him and promised sport. With un-
of these affairs, March 5th. The round-up is to be erring aim he caught lion number one around the body

BUFFALOES IN GOLDEN GATE PjlRK

dent-elect of the United States, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, is at
the present time said to be engaged, are calculated to have a de-
basing effect upon the minds of the school children and youth of
our country and to counteract the good results which have been
accomplished through the efforts of humane societies, churches and
private individuals toward stamping out those savage instincts
inherent in the human race which have for ages past caused wars
and murders and impeded the progress of the world; be it

"Resolved, That we, the members of the Society of the Forum,
do hereby condemn the spirit manifested by Hon. Theodore Roose-
velt in ruthlessly taking the lives of innocent and unoffending ani-
mals without provocation and with the sole aim of gratifying a
desire for killing, which we do not believe to be compatible with a
truly manly and Christian character."

The editor of Our Dumb Animals, a paper published
in Boston, in its reference to the above submits the fol-
lowing question and answers it in a highly original and
erudite manner:

Did an "all-icise Creator" create wild animals of prey for a good
purpose?

We answer, Certainly. Otherwise other weak: sick and wounded
animals would have a stoic death with great suffering.

Frank Dolliver would not have many friends in that
section of our national plantation and George Walker
would wish he was dead on Sundays.

Stimulated by the success of California jack rabbit

held on Blalock island, in the Columbia river, opposite
Coyote station on the O. R. and N. It is expected a
large number .of sportsmen will attend from Portland
and the other Oregon cities in the excursion radius
from the place of meeting. The island is six miles long
and half as wide, covered with sage brush and other
good cover. It is owned by the Blalock Company,
which is trying to put in crops of various sorts, hence
the crusade against the destructive rabbits. Hunting
will be done in the California style — on foot, and clubs
will be the arms carried. Two expert shots, both care-
ful men, will be on the outside ends of the lines, so as
to finish any coyote which may break cover and en-
deavor to escape by water. The corral at the end of
the island opposite from the start will be a triangular
fence, leading into a corral, in which the game will be
dispatched. Several hundred sportsmen (?) will be ex-
pected, and this, the first affair of its kind in Oregon,
bids fair to be a great success. The assemblage will be
the guests of the Blalock Company, and refreshments
will be served, as well as free ferryage provided across
the river.

Field, Marsh and Fen is the title of a beautifully
illustrated booklet containing practical pointers pro-
moting pleasure for sportsmen. The brochure can be
procured by addressing any of the Du Pont Powder
Co.'s agents.

just back of the forelegs. The animal was hauled down
and after a struggle killed. The second one was then
roped and met the same fate as its mate. Bejarra's
work was very much praised by all who saw him
handle the lions.

The coming trap season promises to be a busy one
for the shooters. Eight or ten trap shoots are already
scheduled in this vicinity for March. Yesterday a
well attended blue rock shoot took place at Ingleside.
The live bird season will be formally opened on Sunday,
March 3d at Ingleside, by the veteran trap shooting
organization, the California Wing Club. The popular
Union Gun Club will open the blue rock section of the
grounds on the same day. On March 10th the San
Francisco Gun Club hold their initial target shoot and
commence their live bird season on Sunday, March
24th. The programs of the Olympic and Lincoln Gun
Clubs have not yet been announced. The Empire Gun
Club will open the Alameda trap grounds on Sunday,
March 10th. The underground system of trapping
pigeons is now in process of construction at Ingleside
and will be ready for shooters about the 1st inst.

The duck season, now closing, has been a good one,
the birds being more plentiful than for years past.
Quail shooting has also been good; birds were numer-
ous in many districts.

February 23, 1901]

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^KMMMKMK^ Westminster Kennel Club Record Entry.

KENNEL.

Coming Events.

BENCH SHOWS.

Feb. 19, 20. 21, 22— Westminister Kennel Club. Twenty-firth
annual show. Madison Garden, New York. Jas. Mortimer, Secre-
tary and Superintendent.

Feb. 26, 37, 38, March 1 — Cleveland Kennel Club. Annual bench
shbw. C. M. Munhall, Secretary, Cleveland, O.

March 6, 7, 8, 9— Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania
Piltsburg, Pa. Fred'h. S. Stedman, Secretary.

March 13, 14, 15, 16 — Masqoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln, Secretary.

April 3, 3, 4, 5 — New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

April 3, 4, 5, 6 — Portland Kennel Club. Bench show, Portland, Or.

April 10, 11, 12, 13 — Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show, Seattle, Wash. P. K. L. Rules.

May 8, 9, 10, 11— San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary.

Correct Version of Judge Johnson's Letter.

The following letter from Thomas Johnson, Esq., of
Winnipeg, Man., is a duplicate, verbatim et literatim of
the communication forwarded by Judge Johnson to a
weekly contemporary with a request to publish the
same.

It is the custom with journals which value their
standing and influence and desire the support of the
public — and particularly so with class publications, to
either reject a communication or, if it is published, as
requested, to print the statement in full — providing
that it is fit for publication, when a protest is made
claiming unfair treatment and charging criticism of a
character which is liable to impugn the writer's motives
or abilities.

A comparison between the letter given below and- of
a sentence of apparently the same communication pub-
lished last week by our contemporary will show a de-
liberate mutilation of the author's phraseology which
distorts and radically changes the meaning of a sen-
tence of integral importance in its relation to facts and
truth.

The sentence is as follows, the interpolations and
changing are shown in italics:

"I do not purpose going into full details of the work
done during the trials, as I think all fair-minded
sportsmen will agree that when three judges follow the
dogs every moment from start to finish, and the times
most of the spectators — including myself — were inter-
ested, was only when a handler would call "point," the
sportsmen will accept the verdict of the judges as likely
to be the more accurate."

To one familiar with field trial running the foregoing
garbled sentence is equivocal — taken in relation to
the context — and a reflection on the abilities and in-
telligence of the writer. Mr. Johnson's meaning is
made clear when printed as originally written, and is
shown below by the italicized omitted keyword. Any-
one familiar with field trials and field trial dogs knows
that the "point" is not the all absorbing standard of
quaility upon which a dog's merits are determined.
At a trial the claim of "point" made by a handler
would naturally divert the attention of the spectators
to a particular dog. This distinction has been appar-
ently distorted in a' manner that will admit of no ex-
cuse and is an imposition upon its readers designed to
belittle and ridicule the writer, whilst making a hypo-
critical showing of fairness in publishing an altered
communication and attempting to palm it off as the
following original letter which we leave for sportsmen
to consider without further comment:

Winnipeg, February 8, 1901.

Editor Pastime—Dear Sir: I have carefully readyoureditorial
comments of the judging at the late Pacific Coast field trials, and
while I never object to fair criticism, I must protest against your
opinion, as exprested, for reasons I will endeavor to make clear.

in the first place let me say that the most thorough esprit de
corps existed between myself and confreres, and every final decision
arrived at was unanimous.

I must thank you for your fair statement of why I probably did
not see a lot of the work done during the trials, but in this you are
mistaken, as I followed the dogs zealously from start to finish, and
saw at least ninety-flve per cent., and what I did not see was care-
fully explained to me by whichever of my associates witnessed
same. I do not purpose going into full details of the work done
during the trials, as I think all fair minded sportsmen will agree
that when three judges follow the dogs every moment from start to
finish, and the times most of the spectators — including yourself—
were interested, was when a handler would call "point," will ac-
cept the verdict of the judges as likely to be more accurate.

Your remarks of "putting gentlemen in the saddle, who under-
stand what constitutes a high class performer, or the Club will
suffer'" is a pertinent one. I could, I think, readily answer this
portion of your article from a personal standpoint, but to do so
would partake too much of egotism. I would, however, like you to
permit me to say, that there are others who make clubs suffer, and
they are the individuals who are charged with an exuberance of
their own vast knowledge, which is not shared by those who know
them best; and who having lost the respect of the best supporters,
and encouragers of field sports, commence to toady to the dis-
gruntled kicker, who never learned the first rudiments of how to
take a defeat gracefully. Such disturbers are an incubus to any-
club, which will suffer with their support, and prosper without it.

I would also like permission to say, that I took notes of all the
work done during each competition, and if any owner, or all
owners, who desire to know why their dogs were not placed will
drop me a line, I will give them full particulars of my conception
of their dogs' field ability, how they used it at the trials and the
causes that led to their defeat. Yours truly,

Thos. Johnson.

The following extracts from another letter from
Judge Johnson are self-explanatory — the only elimina-
tions made are of a purely personal character and were
not intended for publication:

I am in receipt of the Breeder and Sportsman, and have care-
fully read the report of the Pacific Club's field trials, and I must
say it is the only accurate account I have read, so that with its
truthfulness, correctness and facts so apparent, it cannot help but
commend itself to all fair-minded sportsmen; and those who pose
as such, but who cannot see good in anything outside of what they
own themselves, "carry no weight," and what they think or say
would never disturb the equanimity of either of us.

The entries for the annual bench show of the West-
minster Kennel Club, which commenced at Madison
Square Garden, Tuesday, February 19th, and continues
until to-day, closed on the 4th inst. with 2084 on the list.
This is the largest in the history of the association,
the most received in any previous year being 1977, at
the last show. The number will be added to slightly
on the arrival of the next English mail and there may
probably be a few more mail entries from the Western
fanciers.

The greatest proportionate increase is in Scottish
Terriers, forty-eight being entered as compared with
twenty a year ago. Great Danes, Russian Wolfhounds,
Sporting Spaniels, Boston Terrier and the toy breeds
have also received entries above the standard. The
most noticeable decrease is in the Bulldog class, where
the superiority of Richard Croker, Jr.'s, Rodney Stone
is supposed to have kept out the owners of other dogs
that would have had a chance in other years. The
Fox Terriers have suffered from two causes. The
death of Louis Rutherford has prevented the entering
of a strong contingent from the Rutherford Kennels
and the fine wire-haired Terriers belonging to G. M.
Carnochan are not entered owing to the fact that Mr.
Carnochan is judging the class. Four entries have
been received for the Griffon class, a French sporting
dog. The number of entries in each class follows:

St. Bernards 113 BullTerriers 98

Newfoundlands 5 Airedale Terriers 25

Great Danes 88 Boston Terriers 176

Mastiffs — H French Bulldogs 67

Bloodhounds '2rZ Basset Hounds 2

Russian Wolfhounds 39 Beagles 116

Deerhounds 14 Dachshunds 43

Greyhounds 27 Fox Terriers 139

Foxhounds 14 Irish Terriers 77

Pointers 102 Scottish Terriers 48

English Setters Ill Black and Tan Terriers 24

Irish Setters 39 Welch Terriers 15

Gordon Setters 21 Skye Terriers 5

Griffons 4 Bedlington Terriers 4

Sporting Spaniels 229 Yorkshire and Toy Terriers . 43

Collies 115 Pugs e

Old English Sheepdogs 7 Pomeranians 3£

Dalmatians 4 Toy Spaniels 7£

Poodles 37 Miscellaneous U

Bulldogs 61

A fine Irish Terrier arrived at New York on the 8th
inst. on the Germanic. The dog was shipped to
Howard Gould, but the man in charge refused to give
any particulars as to the pedigree. It was appraised
at $5000 before being shipped by 'Mr. Jamison, the Irish
merchant, who is a friend of Sir Thomas Lipton.

Forty-one dogs in forty-one crates gave thanks in
Wty-one different keys when the White Star freight
steamer Tauric reached her dock at New York. They
had been at sea nearly two weeks and barked their
keen delight that the trip was at an end. They came
from Liverpool and were to form part of the dog show
at Madison Square Garden. There were all kinds of
dogs from the big and haughty St.| Bernard to the
beautiful St: Charles Spaniel, with a row of ugly Bull-
dogs to form an attractive background of teeth and
toughness.

Northern Bench Show Notes.

Portland will have a bench show commencing April
3rd and running for four days. This show will be fol-
lowed by the Seattle dog show opening on April 10th
and closing on the 13th inst. These shows will be held
under the P. K. L. rules.

Victoria was originally scheduled to fill in dates on
the circuit, but the English fanciers^seem inclined to
have a show all to themselves, which will open its doors
commencing on May 23rd for three days.

Vancouver and Spokane fanciers are continuously
talking bench show but definite action has been dor-
mant for two years.

The recently organized kennel club at Victoria has
the prestige of Sir Henri Joly, Lieutenant Governor, as
Patron; Honorary Presidents Hon. C. E. Pooley, Hon.
Mr. Justice Walkem, Hon. Mr. Justice Drake and
Hon. P. O'Reilly.

The officers elected for the ensuing year are Mrs.
Bradley-Dyne, President; Rev. J. P. Flinton, Vice-
President; Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary; Dr.
John Duncan, Honorary Treasurer. Executive Com-
mittee, the Board of Officers and Messrs. J. W. Creigh-
ton, J. D. Prentice, R. Hamilton, T. B. Macabe, J.
O'Reilly, W. F. Burton, J. K. Wilson, Bradley-Dyne,
W. M. Le Poer Trench, A. Garesche, W. J. McKeon,
G. J. Litchfield, Emil Pferdner, G. L. Milne, W. F.
Burton, Dr. Verrinder, Tolmie and Hanson.

Mr. E. Davies, of Dewdney, B. C, and Rev. Dr.
Christmas will probably act as judges for the coming
show, J. Keith Wilson will be manager.

Six cups have been donated for the club's bench
show: Mr. Hansen' "Civil Service Cup;" J. K. Wilson,
•'Bankers' Cup;" Dr. Duncan, "Medical Cup;" Mr.
Litchfield. "Merchants' Cup;" Drs. Garesche and Ver-
rinder, "Dentists' Cup," and Mrs. Bradley-Dyne,
"Breeders' Cup."

Mr. Jack Bradshaw has been mentioned as an eligible
judge for the Portland Show. The selection would no
doubt be a satisfactory one for the Northern fanciers.

Mr. Philip C. Meyer, a popular member of the St.
Bernard Club, was married to Miss May Hyman in
Maple Hall, Palace Hotel, on Thursday.. It was a
swell event.

The Pacific Mastiff Club held a regular meeting on
Wednesday evening last week and resolved to offer
the following special prizes for competition by its mem-
bers at the fifth annual bench show of the San Fran-
cisco Kennel Club, to be held in May next: For the
best Mastiff, a silver cup; best Mastiff dog, a gold
medal; best Mastiff bitch, a gold medal; I'eserve Mas-
tiff dog, a silver medal; reserve Mastiff bitch, a silver
medal; best Mastiff dog puppy, a silver medal; best
Mastiff bitch puppy, a silver medal.

Popularity of the Collie.
_ There is no breed of dog so popular as the Collie,
with the possible exception of the Fox Terrier and the
so-called bird dogs, Pointers and Setters. This popu-
larity is due to the Collie's beauty and intelligence.
The sheep dog's intelligence is of a very high order.
The Collie derives its name from the name given in
olden times to such sheep as had black faces and legs,
and, as these were the prevailing variety in the north
of England and Scotland, the dog that guided them
was naturally called the "colley dog." Later the
"dog" was dropped, and colley became the general
term for a sheep dog. It is spelled either collie or
colley.

The Collie's intelligence is due in great measure to
its constant association with man. In saying this we
refer more particularly to the working Collie, for in
the case of many show dogs, good looks and adaptabil-
ity, either in temperament, coat or endurance, are not
synonymous. The fancy craze has laid its hand upon
the breed, and, though its looks have been enhanced
by careful breeding for head and coat, this has been
done, it is claimed, at the expense of intelligence. Any
breed of dog which is bred in idleness soon loses, to a
greater or less extent, its adaptability for the certain
line of work its ancestors were used for. This we find
to apply especially in Pointers and Setters.

At the first show, in 1860, at Birmingham, Eng.,
where classes were made for Collies, there were five en-
tries; nowadays from 100 to 200 entries are the rule in
England, and at New York shows the number has
reached as high as 163. At the first show in 1877. there
were eight. The record entry for Collies for a Coast
show was sixty-two at the Oakland show last December.

Thirty years ago, even in England, the Collie was
more or less uncertain in breeding, but with the ad-
vent in 1870 of a dog called Cockie, a strain was estab-
lished through him. Afterward came Trefoil, and to
these two dogs most of the best Collies of the day trace
their pedigree and good looks. Then came the great
Charlemange. For six years he was never beaten at a
show — the celebrated Rutland accomplished the feat —
but when eleven years old he appeared again at the
Collie Club show in London in 1890 and won the prize
for the best in the show. He died the year after, with
the reputation of being the most noteworthy Collie of
any time. Rutland was bought for $12 before he came
out, but ultimately was sold for $1250. A peculiarity
at the time and a much desired point very difficult to
obtain in those days, was this dog's semi-erect ear, and
to obtain this property in the progeny, Rutland was
extensively used by breeders.

From this time the Collie increased in money value
until now $1000 is but an ordinary sum for a good dog.

Among the crack Collies that have brought more
than $1000 are Metchley Wonder, that once fetched
$2650. The same purchaser, Mr. A. H. Megson, after-
ward paid $5000 for Southport Perfection and then
capped his extravagance by giving $6000 and a dog
called Edgbarton Marvel, valued at $2500 for Ch.
Ormskirk Emerald; that is still considered the best
Collie in the world, and a dog who is best represented
on the Pacific Coast by O. J. Albee's Ch. Ormskirk
Emerald, Jr. (Ch. Ormskirk Emerald — Queen's
Bounty). This stands as the record price for a Collie.

American breeders, however, are also responsible for
big prices. Mr. Mitchell Harrison of Philadelphia
started the fever by importing Dublin Scot, Scotilla,
Maney Trefoil and later Ch. Christopher for $5000, a
record at the time. This dog is still living at the age
of 14 years. Then J. Pierpont Morgan took a hand in
the game and imported Sefton Hero for $3000, and
afterwards paid $5000 for Rufford Ormonde. All these
dogs had easily asserted their supremacy over home
bred stock, until Mr. Morgan bred Ch. Ornament,
probably the best dog ever bred in America. Not only
do the crack dogs bring good prices, but members of
the other sex have been eagerly sought at big figures.
The record $1250, was given for Sweet Lassie.

Probably the best litter of Collies ever bred was one
out of Long Eaton Magic by Wellesbourne Conqueror,
and included four youngsters that in six months won
over ninety first prizes.

Another crack collie is Ch. Balgreggie Hope, for
which Mr. Morgan has offered all sorts of money but
without success.

The disposition of the Collie has been a matter for
much argument. Many people, strange to say,
much as they admire the animal and desire to possess
one, are deterred .by the idea that the breed is treach-
erous. This is entirely erroneous. The breed is so
very vivacious and inclined to bark and gambol, that
timid people often imagine danger when the dog is
merely showing an effervescence of good spirits. In
the old days when he was an uncared for, unkennelled
watchdog, churlishness and snappishness were prevail-
ing features, but constant association with his supe-
riors has improved his disposition immensely, and his
bark now is more a call of welcome than a cry of alarm
or ill temper. Properly brought up and trained, as
all dogs ought to be, he will be found faithful and good-
natured enough.

There is one drawback to the Collie — he matures so
early, or rather has the appearance of so being, that
when he arrives to the age of two years he has become
comparatively plain. Collies are said to, be at their
best when ten months old, and the few that improve
or hold their own after that age are in a small minority.
This is the reason when a lasting dog somes forward
it is held to be so valuable. Southport Perfection, now
in Mr. Morgan's kennel, is one of this sort — at six he
was as good as he ever was. Others were and they are
Metchley Wonder, Stracathro Ralph, Ormskirk Emer-
ald, Sefton Hero and Wellesbourne Conqueror, who
improved as he got older. This is not a big list out of
the thousands shown. We might also mention here,
Verona Kennels' Ch. Old Hall Admiral and Ch. Heather
Mint, now in the East and in charge of James Watson.
Esq.

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There are two kinds of Collies, the rough and the
smooth. The latter differs only from the rough in the
coat, which should be hard, dense and flat. The general
appearance of the Collie is that of a lithe, active dog,
with no useless timber about him, his deep chest show-
ino- strength, his sloping shoulders and well bent hocks
speed and high intelligence. The expression of the
face should be sharp and doubtful. Taking the dog as
a whole, he should impress one with his elegant and
pleasing outline, which is quite distinct from any other
domesticated animal, and show great activity and
strength. These latter points are indispensable in
sheep herding.

Taking the head first, the skull should be flat, mod-
erately wide between the ears and grad ually tapering to
the eyes. There should be only a slight depression at
the stop. In considering the width of the skull, this
should depend upon the combined length of skull and
muzzle, and then the whole must be considered with
the size of the dog. The cheeks should be flat, and
when these are termed "full" it isasignof '-going off."
Much depends upon the shape of the muzzle. It
should be of fair length, tapering to the nose. It must
not show weakness or be snipy or lippy, nor must it be
overshot, a prevailing fault, however. The nose must
always be black, whatever the color of the dog. The
teeth should be of good size and level. The jaws should
be clean cut and powerful. The eyes of a Collie are
one of its most important features. They give ex-
pression. They should be of medium size, set some-
what obliquely, not round, but almond shape, and of a
brown color, except in the case of merles, when the
eyes are frequently blue and white or china; the eyes
should have a bright, snappy expression, full of intelli-
gence, and with a quick, quizzical look when listening.
The ears are also very important. They should be small
and moderately wide at the base, and should not come
too close togther at the top of the skull, nor too much
to the side of the head, In repose they should be
carried thrown back, but when at attention brought
forward and carried semi-erect with the tip slightly
dropping in an attitude of listening and facing the
muzzle.

The neck should be shapely and of fair length, for it
has to carry an immense amount of hair. It should be
slightly arched, powerful and muscular.

The body should have lots of liberty, rather long,
ribs well sprung, lots of heart room, deep in chest,
fairly broad behind the shoulders, which should be
sloping, slightly arched over the loins, and powerful, in
order to gallop.

The forelegs should be straight and muscular, the
latter sometimes giving the dog a little bowed appear-
ance. The elbows should be true to the body, neither
in nor out, with a fair amount of bone. The forearm
is somewhat fleshy and the pasterns should be flexible
without being weak. The hindlegs must be muscular
at the first and second thighs, but very clean and
sinewy below the hocks, with well bent stifles. The
feet are oval and very neat, soles well padded and toes
arched and close together.

The tail, called brush, is moderately long and is car-
ried with a slight upward swirl at the end, but should
never get over the back.

The coat is most important. It should be dense, the
outer coat harsh to the touch, the inner or under coat
soft and furry and very dense and so close as to hide
the skin. The mane and frill should be very abundant;
on this depends much of the character of the dog; the
face is smooth, also the ears and tips, but they should
carry more hair toward the base. The forelegs are
slightly feathered, the hindlegs profusely so above the
hocks, but smooth below. The hair on the brush is
very profuse.

The color is immaterial, but sable and white, sable,
and black and white, and black, white and tan, are
most usual.

In size the Collie should stand about 22 to 24 inches
at the shoulder, bitches 20 inches to 22 inches. Dogs
will weigh 45 ponndsto 65 pounds, bitches 40 pounds to
55 pounds.

They should have a racy rather than a cloddy
appearance.

The faults of a Collie are: Domed skull, high, peaked
occipital bone, heavy, pendulous or prick ears, weak
jaws, snipy muzzle, full, staring or light eyes, crooked
legs, large, flat or hare feet, curly or soft coat, cow-
hocks, and brush twisted or carried right over the
back, undershot or overshot mouth.

Coat and frill count the most in a Collie.

The noted stud Fox Terrier, Dalby, one of the fam-
ous "Totteridge Eleven, " formerly the property of
Francis Redmond, London, Eng., is now at the Kil-
hurst Kennels, Harrison, Ohio. Dalby's pedigree goes
back to some of the best strains in the celebrated
Hunton Kennel, and this combined with Despoiler (his
sire) should brove a valuable cross for Veracity, Claude
Duval and Claudian bitches. He is a grand stamp of
a Terrier, having an exceptionally long, lean head,
with perfect ears in shape and carriage.

Mr. Camillo E. Pani, of Cuidad Juarez, Mex., a
member of The Bulldog Club of America, has recently
imported the thoroughbred dogs Royal Sovereign by
IVmnsexMona; also a brindle dog puppy Royal Tiger
by Night Watch. His favorite fancy, St. Bernards,
has been indulged in by the purchase of nearly all of
the Alta Kennels' show kennel, including Marse Jeems
and Ursula.

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.

Leon D. Greenebaum's Bulldog bitch Gold Nugget (Webb's
Monarch-Nelly) to same owner's Harry Lacy (Captain Kidd-
Phaedra), February II, 14, ioul.

Woodlawn Kennels' Fox Terrier bitch Warren Tattle (Warren
Safeguard-Warren Tongs) to George Bell's (Toronto) Fordham
elty-Greno Charm) , January, lyoi.

!■:. ti.iniiny Ford's Irish Terrier bitch Virginia F. (Norfolk

Spike-Endoliffe Lmrrane) to same owner's Barney F. ( ),

January 82, 1901.

WHELPS.

K. L. Starr's Irish Setter bitch Lilliokalini (Finglas Jr.-Lady
lo) w helped December 1, 1900, leu puppies idogs> to L. s. Adams'
Toronto Mike (Toronto Bleaney-Torouto Mollic).

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Saturday Contest No 1— Stow Lake, February 16, 1901
Wind, light, west. Weather, foggy.

Judges— Messrs Muller and Young. Referee, Mr. Mocker. Clerk.
Mr. Smyth.

Events 12 3 4

Feb. 23.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 2. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

Feb. 24— Fly-easting. Sunday contest No. 2. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

When the North Wind Blows.

When the north wind blows on the southern sea

The venturing tide turns about;
The waters retreat to the caves of the deep,

And the whitecaps are picketed out;
The camp is all snugged for a wintry day,
While the south wind has wandered in dalliance away

The foam on the breakers is chilled and white

As the snow on an old man's beard,
And the waves are still as the graveyard mounds,

For the timorous sea is afeared.
The north wind is angry and threatens a fray,
And the vigorous south wind has wandered away.

The beach is bare, and bleak, and wide,

And the fishermen's nets are dry;
The pelicans squat in the lee of the reef,

And the ocean is hushed as the sky;
For the north wind is master and lord of the day
When the sun is aslant and the south wind's away.

Fly-Casting at Stow Lake.

The initial meet for this season of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting Club was scheduled for last Saturday, at
Stow lake. A number of the members with their rods
and reels met at the rendezvous at 2:30 P. M. The
weather conditions were not favorable for expert work,
a fog and west wind interfered materially with the
long distance casting, in this event; the contestants
cast from the lower platform, the tally-boards being
moored in the water some sixty feet distant and ex-
tended in a northeast direction. Champion Mansfield
did not enter in this event, contenting himself with
practice casting; he put his line out frequently to and
beyond the 120 fcot mark. In the regular entry Col.
G. C. Edwards was high rod with 103 feet. At the
initial meeting on February 17, 1900, the Colonel was
satisfied with a cast of 83 feet. Herman Muller was
second on Saturday with 102 feet, last year his cast
was 99 feet. Chas. Grant was third with 101 feet.
Col. Young beat his initial record last year by one foot-
In accuracy on Saturday Mr. Muller scored first
with 93 4-12 per cent, a year ago his score was also
93 4-12 per cent. Second high rod was manipulated by
W. D. Mansfield who scored 90 8-12, which was below
his introductory record of 95 8-12 made last February.
Henry Skinner who scored 89 8-12 was in third place.
Mr. Skinner was said by Col. Young to have used a
peculiar new leader of special delicacy and short length
which helped his score considerably. Mr. Battu ex-
ceeded his initial count last year in this event.

In the delicacy event Col. Edwards beat his opening
score of last year by 4 2-12 points. Mr. Mansfield, who
was high rod in this event, was 2 1-12 points higher
than a year ago. Col. Young was nearly two points
better in percentage. Mr. Muller also slightly exceeded
his first score made last February.

The members who chose the Sunday meeting as well
as some new aspirants for fame and skill in the art of
fly-casting convened at the lake on Sunday morning.
Among the veterans present we noticed the appearance
of several new faces. The attendance of casters was
far in excess of the number present on Sunday morn-
ing, February 18, 1900. A light northwest wind pre-
vailed during a cloudy day on Sunday last, but never-
theless some excellent scores were shown by the mem-
bers. Harry Golcher, with a cast of 115 feet, exceeded
by two feet his record last February and gave him th
longest score record for the initial Sunday meets of two
seasons. Fred Daverkosen was second high man Sun-
day, as he was a year ago. He bested his previous
score five and one-half feet. Muller, Mansfield and T.
W. Brotherton divided third honors with a cast each
of 98 feet. Brotherton was also third high man last
year. Brotherton and Muller were high rods in accur-
acy. The participants in this event who were present
last February all show marked improvement in then-
work.

Harry Golcher shows the initial Sunday high scores
for two seasons in accuracy. Mansfield also stands
twice in second place for this event.

The following is a summary of scores made at the
first contest last year by those gentlemen who were
present at the lake on the 16th and 17th insts.

Saturday Contest No. 1, February 17, 1900. Long
Distance — Edwards 83 feet, Muller 99, Young 95. Ac-
curacy— Battu 83 per cent, Edwards 91, Mansfield
95 8-12, Muller 93 4-12, Young 93 4-12. Delicacy—
Battu 82 2-12, Edwards 81 5-12, Mansfield 84 4-12,
Muller 80 5-12, Young 81 4-12.

Sunday Contest No. 1, February 18, 1900. Long
Distance — Brotherton 105, Daverkosen 105 1-2, Golcher
113, Mocker 84, Turner 79. Accuracy — Brotherton
90 4-12, Daverkosen 89, Golcher 91 8-12, Mansfield 91,
Turner 81 8-12. Delicacy— Brotherton 79 4-12, Daver-
kosen 78 7-12, Golcher 86 7-12, Mansfield 83 11-12,
Turner 79 6-12.

This afternoon at 2:30, will take place at Stow lake,
the second classification contest of the San Francisco
Fly Casting -Club. To-morrow morning at 10 o'clock
the second Sunday contest will be held. Weather
rjermitting a large attendance of members is expected
and some good scores will probably be recorded,

The

Battu, H 85

Smyth, H

Mocker, E. A 88

Young, C. G 96

Edwards. G. C 103

Muller, H. T 101

Heller. S. A 80

"Garr. A. B."

Skinner, H. E

Grant, C. P.: 102

88 8-12
92 4-12
94

83 4-12

88 4-12
93 4-12
83 8-12
90 8-12

89 8-12 : 99 4-12

84

79 4-12

73 4-12

ra

5-12

74 2-12

85

5-12

70

81

2-12

72 6-12

m

3-12

76 6-12

85

7-12

80

82

71 8-12

75

B-12

80 10-12

86

5-12

75

82

8-12

Sunday Contest No. 1— Stow Lake, February 17, 1901. Wind,
light, northwest. Weather, cloudy.

Judges— Messrs. Mansfield and Turner Referee, Mr. Brotherton.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

Mansfield, W. D.... 98

Muller, H. T 98

Mocker, E. A 81

Brooks, W. E 89

Daverkosen. F.....

Turner, J. S

Smvth, H

Haight, F. M

Young, C. G

Huyck, C

Kenniff. J. B

Brotherton, T. W. .
Kierulff, W. J. L . .

Blade, A. M

Foulks, G. H

Golcher, H. C

Battu, H

Grant, C. F

Heller, S. A

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77
93
94
66
98

. 82
.115

97
80

92

95

78 4-12

K1

5-12

94

92

75

83

0.12

86

93

70

81

6-12

87 4-12

88

60 10-12

74

5-12

87 8-12

89

8-12

75 10-12

82

9-12

93

K8

59 2-12

73

4-12

88 8-12

90

67 6-12

78

612

88

85

4-12

71 8-12

78

6.12

90 8-12

90

8-12

75 10-12

83

3-12

93 8-12

90

4-12

67 6-12

78

84 8-12

83

8-12

51 8-12

67

K-ia

94

93

4-12

70

si

5-12

64

73

72 6-12

72

9-12

75 8-12

75

8-12

57 6-12

66

4-12

90 3-12

85

8-12

70 1C-12

78

3-12

96

81

812

84 2-12

87 11-12

86 8-12

93

8-12

74 2-12

83

8-12

81 4-12

83

4-12

66 8-12

75

Ml

4-12

58 4-12

73 10-12

■03?- NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac;
curacy percentage. Event 3— Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage-

(b) delicacy percentage; {c) net percentage. Event 4— Lure cast.
ing, percentage.

Catching Eels With Canthooks.

Salt water eels are caught frequently around our
bay shores. The rocky shores of Marin county, from
Point Bonita to Sausalito, proving good fishing ground
for the succulent wrigglers, some of which will turn the
scale at five pounds weight. They also abound in large
numbers in the pools, crevices and under the rocks of
the storm beaten Farallones. Al Wilson recounts an eel
hunt one day on the South Farallone, the island upon
which the lighthouse is located. Wilson and several
other sportsmen were ashore during one of their sealing
trips last year. While the party were listlessly killing
time near the rocky and swell beaten landing place,
some of the children of the island accompanied by the
school teacher arrived on the scene, the tide being
then at its lowest. The newcomers began a lively
scramble over the limited beach space, turning stone
after stone, such as their youthful strength enabled
them to move: under the stones a wriggling, squirming
eel would now and then be found and tossed into the
basket with shouts of childish merriment.

Wilson surveyed the eel hunters for a few minutes
with an amused smile, then seemed to have an inspira-
tion which quickly evolved action and astonishing re-
sults. He picked up one of the large canthooks which
the party used for the purpose of dumping dead sea
lions into the ocean current from the rocks where they
had been laid low by a rifle ball. Another canthook
was also seized by a comrade and the two sealhunters
selected an immense boulder to experiment on. The
hooks wei*e rapidly placed in position and with "a
heave altogether" the inert mass of storm beaten rock
was turned over and to the eager eyes peering into the
ci'evices and crannies that had been hidden under the
boulder for so long, a number of fine, fat, big eels were
discerned which were rapidly scrambled for and placed
in the basket. Other rocks yielded more fish, until in
a short time more eels were caught than could be
carried.

We have heard of many methods of catching eels,
but this style of going eel fishing with canthooks is a
new one.

The following recipe for making salmon salad is given
by a local angler who vouches for the gastronomic
elegance of the dish: Take two onions, cut fine, a small
carrot, a small head of celery, half a cupful of parsley cut
fine, two tablespoonsful of butter and a teaspoonful of
prepared mustard. Let them simmer fifteen minutes
in just water enough to prevent scorching; then add
one cupful of vinegar, one cupful of water, salt, a pinch
of cloves and a little cayenne; then put in your fish.
Simmer half an hour, then remove from the fire and
let the salmon remain in the dressing until perfectly
cold. Serve with lettuce and some of the dressing
sti'ained through a fine sieve.

rod-weilders are showing much interest and enthusiasm
in the sport, thus early in the season.

Local anglers continue to have a try, now and then,
for the elusive steelheads in the tide waters near Point
Reyes station. Signs of the fish have been reported
frequently but few have been hooked, Charley Precht
caught an eleven pound spent fish on Sunday and Del
Cooper hooked what must have been a large and judg-
ing from the amount of tugging and fighting the fish
did before breaking loose. John Butler, Louis Ron-
deau and F. Schad were among the anglers at the

Point on Sunday.

^

Col. O. W. Jackson and Professor Bob McFarland
made another attempt this week to catch striped bass
in the water off Point Bluff, Marin county; all efforts
were unsuccessful, however. The bass has now been a
scarce article for some time. The season for tak-
ing them will open in a few weeks and much sport
is anticipated. The many sloughs of the Sonoma and
Petaluma marshes will be thoroughly prospected.

EBRUAEY 23, 1901]

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I I

THE FARM

The Mis-use of Tuberculin.

"The tuberculin test of breeding ani-
lala now required by all quarantine reg-
lations of the United States and Canada
i proving hurtful to the cattle-breeding
ldustry of America." This is the blunt,
nqualified declaration made by Short-
orn breeders of the Mississippi Valley,
ssembled at the annual meeting of the
lentral Shorthorn Breeders' Association
t Kansas City last week. Asserting that
ne teBt has proved no substantial protec-
ion they denounce it as ''a menace to
neir herds and an unnecessary restriction
pon their business." On this ground
hey rest an emphatic request to the agri-
ultural authorities of both countries to
3move the quarantine restrictions based
n the tuberculin test. This petition will
lso be sent to the live stock sanitary
oards of every State in the Union.

This is an appeal that may well give
ause to those that are responsible for this
icious regulation. It is the voice of the
ien most concerned, it is the expression
t those in whose interests allegedly the
eat was required. It is not a hastily
eached conclusion. It is not a half-formed
onclusion. Cattle breeders have listened
a the scientists on this subject entirely
ubious of the correctness of their latter,
ay contentions concerning this disease,
ut inclined to tolerate the inconvenience
nd annoyance of the experiments being
>erformed on a large scale if possible good
ould come from them. But soon indi-
idual complaint began to rise. Personal
cquaintance with the workings of the
ompulsory test quickly awakened disguBt
nd kindled resentment and as the trade
xpanded, bringing more and more within
he reach of thiB regulation, the protest
welled to the strong chorus that is now
teing voiced by organized stockmen. The
American Association of Exhibitors of
ive Stock, the breeders' associations in
heir Chicago meetings, the National Live
itock Association, and now the Central
Shorthorn Breeders' Association have
poken out positively against the quaran-
ine now based on the tuberculin test and
o this expression the authorities will do
fell to give heed. We have the unique
pectacle at the present time of practi-
allya unanimous proteBtfrom individual
>reeders and organized associations
igainst the enforcement of a measure
vhich the veterinarians are endeavoring
o persuade cattlemen is for their own
;ood. As the live stock breeders of
Imerica are of sound reasoning faculties
md able to figure out the case for them-
lelves they are declining with thanks the
>roffered aid from the scientists now en-
;aged in experimentation. Their exper-
ence with tuberculin has taugh them the
langera to healthy cattle connected with
ts use. In the nature of the case the
svidence on this point that can he given
roru many an importin : and breeding
arm is not such as will admit of publica-
tion, hut it is available for the proper
luthorities at any time. A public state-
nent of the losses incurred in healthy
inimals from this experimental dosing
ivith tuberculin would kindle a resent-
ment among men whose property is thus
put in jeopardy by the veterinarians that
would not easily he assuaged. It is agains*
this gathering storm, the mutterings of
which are plainly perceptible, that The
Gazette has warned these experimenters
with other people's property.

The cattle breeders of this continent
are willing that scientists should carry on
all the experiments they desire at their
own or the Governments expense. They
decline longer to furnish the subjects.
They object most strenuously to the com
pulsory use of tuberculin on animals
which are not under suspicion of disease
because of the losses which are known to
have resulted from the indiscriminate
official injection of this Btuff into the veins
of healthy animals. Evidence on this
point is constantly accumulating. Enough

has already been collected to warrant the
sweeping denunciations of the Kansas
City Convention. The officials of the
Agricultural Departments of the United
States and Canada are confronted with a
grave accusation, the result of the mis-
leading advice of over-zealous scientists.
Breeders now demand of them the aboli-
tion of the compulsory test. Its fallibil-
ity has been demonstrated, its ineffective-
ness has been proved, its danger is un-
doubted. What is wanted just now is a
little common sense — protection from the
ravages of tuberculin rather than from
the alleged dangers of tuberculosis.

Tuberculin doubtless has a place in the
private practice 'of veterinarians. It has
none at present in governmental quaran-
tines.— Breeders Gazette.

that, with the average creamery or dairy, Wool Market.

the closer milk and its products are kept ;

from the surrounding air, the less liability j The American Wool and Cotton Reporter
is there for its taking up objectionable of January 23d said : It is a pretty monot-
odors and taints. onous state of affairs which one finds in

One of the Canadian schools made an the Foston wool market at present. Two
experiment on this point, by dividing a weeks ago the wool company opened its
quantity of cream and ripening one lot r lines of overcoatings and took good orders,
in a close tank, and exposing the other in Theother houses followed with their over-

Dairy Notes.

It is not all of dairying when one has
provided himself w th the best of every-
thing that pertains to the profession ; in-
creased responsibilities always follow im-
proved methods — all of which means look
to your milk strainers when you can't
find any other reason for the milk going
off, either in winter or summer. If you
are using an old fashioned cloth Btrainer,
do something more to it than washing it
out in cold, or even warm water. The
best you can do, you can no wash out the
enemy: every hole is a hiding place;
every thread is an abiding place, and
when covered over with a film of casein,
they lie in wait for to-morrow's milk.
Boiling water, with a little soda in it, will
remove the casein along with the bacteria
and thus remove one source of contamina-
tion.

It is often asked why soap should not be
used for cleaning dairy utensils. Well,
first, because all 90i.p is not clean. No
one article of common use is so open to
adulteration as soap. Fat from various
dubious sources can be, and ie, used in
making the lower grades of so p, so in
washing away one source of trouble it
may leave a larger one behind. Second.
will not dissolve the thin layer of half-
dried casein tha is very apt to be found
on the upper part of the cans, in summer
and that is very bad. Third, if the wash
water is hard the soap will form insoluble
compounds with the lime, etc., in the
water and these are liable to stick to any
cracks there may be in the can. Last,
common washing soda and a little lye, is
both cheaper and will do the work quicker
and better.

Tradition seems to have considerable
influence, even yet, on our dairy methods.
Ways and means that were in use when
dairying was a craft rather than a science,
are still found floating around that part of
farm papers that is devoted to dairying.
Following is an example : "To make the
finest flavored and longest keeping butter,
the cream must undergo a ripening process
by exposure to the oxygen of the air while
it rising." Again: "Cream makes better
butter to rise in cold water." The patent
office alBO shows to what extent the air
question has influenced the churn in-
ventor and in consequence we have churns
where the air is pumped in and pulled in,
with the idea that the air performs some
mysterious action on fat, casein or milk
sugar, or as the circulars of the "two min_
ute churn" put it: "The air oxidizes the
casein and seta free the fat gl .bule, etc.,
etc."

The whole question probably goes back
to the time when bacteria were unknown
and the production of flavor in the cream,
like the aging of liquors, was attributed to
the action of oxygen, for want of a better
explanation. It is very doubtful if ex,
posure to the air influences, in any way
either the flavor or keeping quality of the
butter produced. The tendency has been,
for twenty years, towards methoda that
include the keeping of cream in covered
utens Is, during creaming, ripening or
churning. Cooley creamers, tight ripen-
ing vats and churns, all contribute to the
manufacture of butter while protected
from the air, and there is not much doubt

a thin layer while ripening The butter
made from both creams was equally good,
and certainly the "oxidized" cream
showed no superiority over the other.
Aeration of milk however, is entirely an-
other question, and always will be so long
as cow stables and cows have their usual
dirty Burroundings. Aeration enables the
dairyman to drive out of the warm milk,
those odora or taints that the milk may
have taken up, while in the cow or milk
pail.

If a cow is obliged to spend day after
day in a dirty ill-smelling stable, to
breathe air that has passed over a ferment-
ing manure heap, or that has been re-
breathed by stable companions, it would
be strange if the cow and her milk were
not saturated with the offensive odor.
Under these conditions, aeration will not
only free the milk from this taint, but alBO
reduce the temperature decidedly, and
thus aid materially in increasing the
keeping quality of the milk.

Keeping Swine in Good Condition.

Hogs that have considerable range dur-
past seasons are the ones that may re
most economically and profitably fattened.
Sometimes it is not possible to give this
pasture for any considerable period, and
the animals have to be confined moat of
the time. When such ia the case they
are apt to be troubled with indigestion.
Extreme care must be taken to avoid this
as far as possible. To a certain extent
root crops, soiled (or green) cowpeas or
rape, will remedy the trouble, or will, at
least, do a great deal to correct it. One of
the best correctives for indigestion when
something in the form of medicine is re-
quired ia a mixture consisting of three
bushels of charcoal, eight pounds of sail,
two quarts of air-slacked lime and one
bushel of wood ashes, mixed with a pound
of copperas that has been dissolved in hot
water. Keep the mixture where the hogs
can have free access to it. They will not
eat more than is good for them, and their
indigestion will disappear. This formula
ia by no means meant to take the place of
pasture or green food cut and thrown into
the hogs, but it will do no harm to keep
it before them at all times when they are
confi ed. It will keep them in good con-
dition and will prevent much of the dirt
eating so common among confined hogs,
and which indicates theneed of something
to aid digeation.

The champion fat wether in the carcass
show at Chicago was a grade Southdown
yearling fed by the Wisconsin Experiment
Station. ThiB animal waa started on feed
June 15th, but was fed lightly on bran,
oats, ground peas, etc., during hot weather.
After September 1st, a little cornmeal and
oilcake were added. The laet four weeks
the amount of cornmeal was increased
daily until it was given all the grain it
would eat with a relish. Some clover hay
was fed for roughage. Turnips and rape
also formed a part of the ration. The fat-
tening sheep were all given the run of a
small pasture part of each da/ when the
weather was good.

coating lines. But the wool dealers are
not able as yet to any Bee amount of new
business on this account. Now they are
waiting for the improvement of the heavy-
weight lines the first part of February. A
week ago the London sales opened at an
advance This, too, has not caused any
great amount of business to be transacted.
A little better tone, perhaps, but trade
waits this time to see how prices hold in
London. PriceB are not at all well and
whatever the apathy of the market may
be, however small the quantity o£ sales,
the fact remains that the dealera and
farmers alike are not letting up one bit in
their opinion of the value of their com.
modity. That is one reason why sales are
so light, because the dealers will not make
concessions.

The sales of the week in Boston
amounted to 1,170,000 pounds domestic
and 115,0 0 pounds foreign, making a
total of 1 283.000 pounds, against a total
of 1,715,000 pounds for the previous week
and a total of 3 120,000 pounds for the cor-
responding week laet year. The aalea
since January 1st amount to 6,159 000
pounds, against 13,155,600 pounds last
year. .

More than one-fourth of the entire
cheese product of the United States is
produced in Wisconsin. There are now
more that 1800 cheese factories in that
State Besides the regular goods they
produced laBt year 15,000 000 pounds of
cheddar, 15,000,000 pounds of Swiss, brick
and limburger cheese,

M. D. Parmenter of Prowers county,
Colorado, has been growing sugar beeta
for fourteen years. He has come to the
conclusion that he cannot afford to Bell
his, beets to the factory aa they are worth
more than the factory price to him aa feed
for his cows. He has produced as high as
fifty-two tons to the acre.

Horse Owners Should Use
GOMBATTLT'S

Caustic
Balsam

The Great French Veterinary Remedy.

A SAFE, SPEEDY AND
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SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY OF FIRINC

Impossible toproduce any scar or blemish Thi,
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ffafi liniment, for mild or severe action. Bemoves
ill Bunches or Blemishes £rom Horses or Cattle.

As a HUMAN REMEDY for Rheumatism,
Sprains, Sore Throat, Etc.. ,t is invaluable.

MP AllinillTfC that one tablespoonful of

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produce more actual results than a whole bottle o.
any liniment or spavin cure r uture ever made.

Every bottle of Caustic. t,alsam sold is Wurrnn-
tedto cive satisfaction. Price SI .50 per botde bold
XTdrnccist- orsentbyexpreee, chargespaid. with foil
directions &? its. use. Send for descriptive circulars,
testimonials, eta. Address
rHE LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS CO.. Cleveland. Ohio

sTistoTaTsToTsTsT^T^^^^

QUINNS OINTMENT

FOR HORSES

stands at the head of all veterinary remedies. Such troubles
as Spavins, Curbs, Windpuffs, Splints, Bunches have no

terrors for a horse if the master keeps and applies Quinn's Ointment. All

well known horsemen speak of it in the highest terms :

Miller & Sibley of Franklin, Pa., owners of St. Bel, brother of late Bel Boy, write, "Wo have
used Quinn's Ointment with ereat success and believe it fulfills all claimed for it. We cheer-
fully recommend it to our friends." For Curbs, Splints, Spavins or Bunches it hasno equal,

Price $1.00 per package. Sold by all druggists, or sent by mail.

W. B. EDDY 4 CO., WHITEHALL, N. Y.

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<r:ite gvee&ev mtfe sportsman

[February 23, 1901

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Ass'n.

CONDITIONS OF

Terre Haute
Matron Stakes

$10,000 FOR FOALS OF 1

Entries to Close March 25, 1901.

FOR SALE.

I Have for Sale on my Ranch near Salinas about

Seventy-Five Head of High'y-Bred Horses, Mare-, Yea lings and Colts.

I will sell them all together or any number of them. All
are finely-bred and most of the mares are stinted to some of
the best horsf s in the country. Below I give a list of some
of the mares and the horses by which they are in foal. I
would greatly prefer selling them in a body and would give
a great bargain to anyone who would buy them or even one-
half of them. I am selling these animals on account of my
age as I am now eighty-seven years old, and too old to be

j bothered with race horses. These animals are now running
POR FOALS OF 1 901 'out on my rancn aDOut seven miles from town. It is a very

I large ranch and I could not get them up without a day or
two's notice and would not like to be asked to get them up
unless a man wanted to buy at least eight or ten. Anyone
wishing to start a good stock farm can do no better than to
buy my entire band or a portion of them.

At Fall Meeting 1903.

$2,000 to go to the Two-Year-Olds that Trot )
$1,000 to go to the Two=Year-Olds that Pace )

$7,000 to go to the Three=Year=0Ids that Trot } At Fail Meeting 1904.

In the Two-year-old Trot the winner will receive $1000, the second $500, the third -3200, the fourth
S100, and *200 will go to nominator of winners dam.

In the Three-year-old Trot the winner will get $4500, the second $1500, the third $500, the fourth $300.
and $300 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Pacing Race $500 will go to the winner, $250 to second, $150 to third and $100 to fourth.

ESTRAXCE AS FOLLOWS: $5 to nominate March 25, 1901. $10 December 2. 1901, when
color and sex of foal must he given. Nothing more till June 2d of year of race, and all foals on
which payments (of $10 each) are made December 2, 1901, will be eligible to start either as two-
year-olds or three-year-olds, or in both years (if conditions that follow are complied with), no pay-
ment being due in*1903 from those not wishing to start till 1904. Those expecting to start two-year-
olds must, on Jane 2, 1903, name and describe their entries, and pay on each a forfeit of $\o, and as
many may be named as the owner desires to beep in. Thirty days before meeting, those who desire
to start in trotting race shall pay $20 on each entry they then keep in, and those who desire to start
in pacing race shall pay $10 each: on starters in trotting $30, and on pacers $15, must be paid by 7
o'clock on evening before race. Those desiring to start three-year-olds must, on June 3, 1904, name
and describe as in the two-year-old event and pay on each a forfeit of $3o: thirty days prior to the
meeting on each of those to start $35 must be paid, and on starters $70 must be paid by 7 o'clock of
evening before the race.

The Two-year-old races will be mile heats, two in three; but the three-year-olds will trot mile
heats three in five. I

A distanced horse's money will go to the first horse; but if fewer than three start in a race, those
starting and the winner's dam will receive only what each would have received had three been
placed. Rules of American Trotting Association to govern.

If a mare proves barren, or slips, or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies be
fore December 2, 1901. her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of owner-
ship; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount
paid in. In entries the name, color and pedigree must be given, also the name of the horse to which
she was bred in 1900. Send entries to 1

W. P. IJAMS, Pres. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y-

Terre Haute, Indian3.

Stakes for 2:28, 2:20 and 2:15 trot; 2:25, 2:18 and 2:14 pace for September meeting,
together with parses for July meeting to be announced later.

Awarded Gold Medal
At California &tate
Fair 1892.

Every borse owner
who values his st etc 1
should constantly have
a supply ot it on ) and.
It improves and keeps I
toes id the pick of con- ]

3IAKT C— Foaled April 18, 1889. Sire, Antevolo
7618; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 27, 1900.

NANCY— Foaled May 12, 1885. Sire, Mambrino
Jr.: dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 31, 1900.

SArSAI. 3IAID— Foaled January 8, 1892. Sire,
Gabilan: dam, Flossie bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 25. 1900.

EPHA— Foaled April 34. 1892. Sire, Eugineer:
dam. Puss. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 17,
1900.

BERTHA— Foaled April 16, 1886. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino: dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. May 1, 1900.

ECNIQUE— Foaled January 15, 1888. Sire. Carr's
Mambrino: dam. Emma by Elmo. Stinted to
Boodle May 22, 1900.

FLOSSIE— Foaled May 12, 1883. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino; dam. Gray Eagle mare from Ken-
tucky. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May I. 1^00.

JANE— Foaled Mav 26, 1886. Sire, Carr's Mam-
brino; dam. Ballot Bos-dam by Peacock.
Stinted to Sam. April 15, 1900.

LADY COMSTOCK JR.— Sire, Elmo; dam. Lady
Comstock by Norfolk. Stinted to Ed Wilkes
May I, 1900.

LADY NELSON— Foaled April 12, 1884. Sire,
Carr's Mambrino; dam by John Nelson-
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

LADY PALMER— Foaled June 2. 1887. Sire,
Carr's Mambrino; 1st dam by Luciona, he by
Whipple Hambletonian. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 5. 1900.

LUCKY CTRL— Foaled May 24, 1889. Sire. Carr's
Mambrino: dam, Flossie" bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 11, 1900.

LADY ST. CLAIR— Foaled May 3. 1891. Sire,
Gabilan; dam, Ballot Box. Stinted to Eugin-
eer June 13, 1900.

PEERLESS— Foaled April 5. 1891. Sire, Gabilan:
dam, Jane by Carr's Mambrino. Bred to
Boodle Jr. April 22, 1900.

FLORA— Foaled February 24. 1892. Sire, Reno:
dam. Lady Palmer bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 30, 1900,

dition. GABILAN GIRL— Foaled April 8, 1892. Sire.

Man h 3ltS n FOOd CO Gabilanj dam, Clara by Elmo. Stinted to

Rf"f\ DAI D C A M H 1253 Folsom St., San Francisco

C. \J DHLL DnMIN L/. a sk your grocers or dealers for it.

It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion.

Racing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

Every "Week Day

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, lain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sbarp.

Ferry boats leave San Franci-eo at 12 m. and 12:30,
1, 1 :30, 2:30 and 3 p. m.. connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the track. Bnv vour ferry
tickets to shell Monnd. All trains via' Oakland
mole connect with San Pablo electric cars at
seventh and Broadway, Oakland; also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland. These elec-
tric cars go direct to the track in fifteen minotes.

Remitting trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45
p. M. and immediately alter the last rpce.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS, PreB.
R. E. MILROY, Sec'y.

O'BRIEN & SONS,

Agents,

San Francisco, Cal.

PCE. A. POSIATOWSKI,

President.

Charles L Faie,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing Febrnary 11, 1901.
SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.
Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Six

Steeplechases.
Beginning at 2:10 p. m.. Last Bacf by4:4np. w.

Roodle Jr. April 12, 1900.
NINA B.— Foaled April 30, 1888. Sire. Election-
eer: dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Dictatus June 15, 19U0.
SURPRISE— Foaled 1882. Sire, Abbottsford

2:19Vi, son of "Woodford Mambrino: dam. Minnie

by Ladd's Kentucky Hunter. Stinted to

Boodle July 3. 1900.
RITA v.— Foaled April 21. 1894. Sire, Direct

Line; dam, Surprise by Abbottsford. Stinted

to Ed Wilkes April 27, 1900.
LITTLE ORA— Foaled March 17, 1897. Sire,

Eugineer; dam, Lilly B. by Homer 1235.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 21, 1900.

ELSIE— Foaled March 25. 1S95. Sire. Boodle;
dam, Mary C. by Antevolo 7018. Stinted to
Nutwood Wilkes May 6, 1900.

TADDIE J.— Foaled April 2, 1896. Sire. Bay
Ram; dam, Marv C. bv Antevolo 7648. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

JULIA— Foaled Mav. 1894. Sire. Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Puss. Stinted to Thor March 28, 1900.

ISABELLA— Foaled May 1. 1893. Sire. Lottery;
dam, Mohawk McCa bvMohawkChief. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 29, 19J0.

ALMEDA C— Foaled January 9. 1893. Sire, Gab-
ilan: dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 6, 1900.

JUAXITA— Foaled March 26, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam, Luckv Girl bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus April 20, 1900.

GOLDIE— Foaled April 15, 1893. Sire, Eugineer;
dam, Ballot Box-dam by Peacock. Stinted to
Sam April 29, 1900.

NELLIE JR.— Foaled 1886. Sire. Carr's Mam-
brino; dam, bv Fred Lowe by St. Clair. Stinted
to Thor March 6, 1900.

LILDLVE— Foaled March 29, 1894. Sire. Boodle;
dam, Gabilan Maid bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Nutwood Wilkes April 7, 1900.

SEPTLVA— Foaled April 25, 1895. Sire, Eugineer;
dam. Lady Palmer bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 19, 1900.

MISS DELMAS— Foaled April 26, 1893. Sire,
Eugineer: dam. Lady Comstock Jr. by Elmo.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 13, 1900.

BELLE— Foaled March 20, 1893. Sire, Alpheus
Wilkes: dam. Lady Nelson bv Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 13, 1900.

LILLY B.— Foaled 1879. Sire, Homer 1235; dam,
Maggie Lee by Blackwood 74. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. June 2, 19W.

MARTHA— Foaled 1886. Sire. Mambrino Jr.!
dam, Gabilan Maid bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 18, 1900.

DORA— Foaled April 2, 1890. Sire. Reno: dam,
Martha bv Mambrino Jr. Stinted to Sam
April 18, 1900.

MISS BEAUTY— Foaled May 22, 1891. Sire.
Gabilan; dam. black mare by Elmo. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 7, 1900.

MADGE— Foaled April 16, 1893. Sire, Reno: dam,
Nellie Jr. by Carr's Mambrino. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. April 14. 1900.

EDA— Foaled April 19. 1895. Sire, Hambletonian
Wilkes: dam. Gabilan Maid bv Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Dictatus May 9, 1900.

ESTHER SI.— Foaled February 19, 1896. Sire,
Hambletonian Wilkes; dam, Nancv bv Mam-
brino Jr. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 26, 1900.

DELIGHT— Foaled February 15, 1897. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 3, 1900.

For further information, address J. D. CARR. Salinas, Cal.

For Sale.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets. San Francisco, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11:30 a. sl; 1, 1:30 and 2p.m.

Traios Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. m., followed by several specials.

.flS-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, Jl 25.

SHI/TOX T.ATTTA^r, Sec'y.

Great Clearance Sale

OF

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & CO.

1144 Market Street.

Bay mare TWILIGHT, 15 hands high, record
2:18^ on running track considered 6 seconds slow.

Sired bv NOONDAY. 1st dam MISS SIDNEY
(dam of Twilight 2;lS»-i and Ira 2:1614>: 2d dam
Maud R. by "Whipple's Hambletonian; 3d dam
Root Mare by G. M. Patchen Jr.: 4th dam Queen
by Bellfounder (dam of Ida Howe dam of
Georgena, record £07*4 -

Sound and gentle to drive, will win in class this
season. May be seen at D. Gannon's, Watt street
and Park avenue, near Racetrack, Emeryville.
Price SIOOO. For further particuars.

Address r>. GANNON,
Emeryville, Alameda Co.. Cal.

For Sale.

One five year old horse, sixteen hands high:
bright bay; good stepper; very gentle; high bred.
Wi Ikes-Pat chen. A first class gentleman's driv-
ing horse, single or double; very stylish. Can be
seen at 1101 Park Avenue. Alameda, at 12 m.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTEINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-vr.. 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jersevs for butter. Stock for sale; also piers. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

TEKBA BUENA JEKSEYS— The best A.J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTfelXS AND DURHAMS.
Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles i Co.; Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SHIPPKE, Avon. Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Carriage Team Wanted.

Must be fairly well broken for single and double
rig, 16.2 to 17 hands high, and weigh from 1250 to
1350 pounds. Color rich bay, brown or chestnut
sorrel. Send description and where team can be
seen. Address **M."

Office Breeder axi> Sportsman,
36 Geary St. San Francisco.

mmnniiii

Cures lameness and soreoess in men and beast
Ask any horse trainer about it. At all druggists.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

For Sale

Young Draught Stallions

High class, well bred and desirable young
draught stallions at reasonable prices.
Address owner

T. A. NUFER,
i Sonoma City, Cal.

FEBRUARY 23, 1901]

©to ^veebev nut* jStjxtfvisman

13

LIST of officers:

JOSEPH OSNER, President. EDWIN GAYLORD, Vke-Pres. and Treas.

W. H. SCHUCKMAN, Secretary.

THE OVERLAND RAGING ASSOCIATION

OFFERS

IN PURSES
AND SPECIALS

$40,000

June 15th to 29th, Inclusive
OVERLAND PARK, Oenver, Colo. Nominations iransf errable up to May 15 .

Early Closing Events

Nominations Clo<e March 1st

Trotting— 2:25 Class Purse $1000

Pacing— 2:20 Class Purse 1000

Payments in above events, $10 to nominate on or before March 1st, $15 on
April 1st, and $2o on May 15th when horses must be named.

Trotting— 2:50 Class, Three-Year-Olds Purse $500

Pacing— 2:50 Class, Three=Year-01ds Purse 500

Trotting — Two=Year=01ds Purse 500

Pacing — Two= Year-Olds Purse 500

Payments in above events— $10 to accompany nomination on or before
March 1st, $15 on May 15th when horses must be named.

Additional Purses for other clasess to close May 15, will be announced later.

TROTTING AND PACING

All trotting and pacing to be in harness and to be governed by the rules of the American Trotting
Association, unless otherwise specified. Heats best three in five.

No liability for entrance beyond the amount paid in, if Secretpry is notified in writing on or be-
fore the time the nest payment falls due, but no entry will be declared out unless amount is paid in
full to date.

All nominations must be accompanied with cash.

A horse distancing the field will receive first money only. Five per cent, to accompany entry, and
five per cent, additional from all money winners. Two horses may be named from the same stable
in the same class and held but for one entrance. Horse to be named the day before the race. Money
divided 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent. Heats in each day's races may be alternated. Right reserved to
change order of program or declare off any race not filling satisfactorily. Races will be called at 2
o'clock sharp. The management reserves the right to start earlier.

Application for stabling should be made to Secretary, stating the number of horses to arrive. No
stabling will be guaranteed except for horses that are entered. In case of bad weather or other un-
avoidable causes, the Association reserves the right to declare all races off that had not been started
by 4 o'clock p. m. on the last day of the meeting

Entry blanks mailed on application. There will be four or more running races each day. Ameri-
can Turf Congress rules to govern. We are members of the American Trotting Association. We have
a first class mile track for harness horses and a 'seven-eighths track .for runners.kept in perfect con-
dition. For further information address

W. H. SCHUCKMAN, Sec'y.,

Room 22 Iron Bldg., 1031 17th St., Denver, Colo.

I DIRECT 2:12 1

Sire, DIRECT 2:05l-£ (sire of Directly 2:03".£. Bonnie Direct 2:05& Directum Kelly 2:08^. Rey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:11^, Ed B. Young 2:1 H£, Miss Margaret 2:1114, 1 Direct 2:12V£, Miss Beatrice
&13J4, Arthur L. 2:Io, Margaret ta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam. FKANCISCA {dam of I Direct 2:i2tA Sable Frances2:15M, Guycesca 2:26and Earl Medium,
sire of Maybud 2:1314, Tom Martin 2: HM, Kanawha Star 2:14i.f, Lucy Stokes 2:\8%, Goneril 2:24^ and
others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175, sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:12'S) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53, sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12^
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Gleneoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1424: Sherman Street

TERMS $25 THE

I DIRECT 2:I2vi is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ED LAFFEKTY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda.

MONTEREY 2:09

Sired by SIDNEY 2:19 3-4,

4 Reg. No. 31706.

Sire of Lenna N. 2:05'4', Monterev
and 93 in 2:30. *

iM»H, Dr. Leek 2:09«, 17 in 2:15

Dam

HATT.Eby Cor

dam of

Monterey 2:09j..r

Montana 2:16jf

mmodore Belmont

sire of 6 in 2:30 and dams
of Monterey 2:09i<, Fell-
fare 2:111=.,, Ia„„ .!.Al g^.

dflilv2' Dr' sPellman

2d dam BARONA by «/„„,« _>

«-ranrt™„, Woodfood

grandam of

Monterey.... 2:09^

Montana 2:l&}$

3d dam MISS GRATZ by.

Mambrino

sire of 13 in 2:30, 24 pro-
ducing sons, daughters
produced Kremlin 2:07V
Bonnatella 2: 10 and others'

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

Norman 25

sire of

£tulu- 2:15

May Queen 2:20

LAND'S END STOCK FARM MILPITAS> CAL

TERMS $50 FOR THE SEASON

P. J. WILLIAMS, Hilpitas, Cal.

Usual return privileges for mares not in foal
taken but no responsibility for accidents or escapes

STAM B. 2:11

2»55£ZZ2i5H5Effi5K225!2

I Started in 21 Races j
1st 10 times

I 2d 6 times
3d S times

WON

$7500

1 IN PURSES.

Alameda, Cal.

SEASON

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 -LSLa-a

SIRE OP
MUCH BETTER 3:07^, DERBY PRINCE9S 2:08yi, DIABLO 2:09}.(, OWYHEE 2:11,

LITTLEBETTEE 2:11J4, CIBOI.O 3 :13 ', , and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11

$50 the season.

,!.V,

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal

^SKfSiaiSK^XKX^X^^K^SKKiaSSOefSSl^aXXXXmtXlSSSSfXKf^^SSl&ai^^

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such aB have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will db introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

??ZZZi

§Si# -ft ffi^ne«ti*s ffla-as*

Hfry ^lmSnt ,L'f*toing (sire of the daml of Kin ° PrSc'ens ™ls
Mam^oChieV/ ti,ra ^ "y M",bri"' PMohe^l&dSa'g
Cora1?Lrt'oifp°„nfe,hf e,?e ,s°™<iest and gamest race horses on the

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met bv eomne
«f™»?fn- B-e„St ?' care taken ot mares bl» »° responsibifity at
Airb1nsrDaCvCaMetat0t'™CaPfeS- G?od Parage »*» Per month,
removal of mire Ser™e an4 mUSt be seUIed betore

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Eocklin, Cal.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse I

A Grand Individual!

A Coming Great Sire !

Sired by the champion McKinney
Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKEKS.
Bace Track, Sacramento.

:IIH, dam by

$50

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno(3)
2:!OM) by Gov. Sprague.

McKINNEY 3:11^.

sire of

Coney 2:02%

Jennie Mac 2;09 ■

Hazel Kinney 2:09&

Zolock 2:10^

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12V£

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13s*

Osito 2:13*4

Juliet D 2:13J4

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:I4j$

Geo. W. McKinney 2:14^

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

By the percentage Of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in tlie show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 (Witn usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month.
Or 985 Peralta St., Oakland. Tel. Red 2624.

For further particulars, address

C. A. DURFEE, San Jose, Gal.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, in case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd of

horsemen : " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produo-il
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners, W. A. HACK, Superintendent,

7 West Santa Clara St., San Joee. San Mm

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE ... $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:0s Sire of Directly, 2:03}, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11}) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mares only at

Pleasanton Race Track

TEKMS FOR THE SEASON S60.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special Stake for foals of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address. ___ _ . _._._ •»»■. j. *i i

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

DALY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

)me of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:'Z!l{ by Electioneer.

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11}^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Ca 1 .

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 21091-4.

Clipper «:06

l>aedallon 2:11

Diawoort 2-11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11!4

SIRE OP

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16M

<iaff Topsail, 2:17'/

Basel D 2:24H

N t. B. (2) 2:21VS

Imp 2:22V|

Key del Diablo (3) . ..2:23%

A thai bo 2 :24^i

Dam /Diablo 2:09^

>rnT,,. I Elf 2:12%

Diablo ~':C»;j | utKIHA by Alcantara < Ed Lafferty 2:16%

Sire /Much Better 2:07M

. Derby Princess.... : -08«

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 ^Diablo 2:00;

. I Owyhee 2:11

Sire of ! and 10 more in 2:30

r,™ „f JaT Efl Bee (year-
Dam of ( Hngrecord) 2.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40,

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Bestof care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 21131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

Sire:

SIDNEY

2:199i

si re 'of

L,ENNAN2:05'<

17_in:2:15 list

93 in"2:30 list

Dam:

CRICKET

2:10

by

STEINWAY

sire of

Klatawah 2:05>/s

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice
2:13^, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

ARTHUR
WILKES

2:2»>4

sire of

WAYLAND W..

2:12%

4 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

2 in 2:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of

Apex .. . .2:26

grandam of

4 in 2:15 list

6 in 2:30 list

"WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all have
size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Ranch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

Rl I C"\/ ' Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
ILLTj (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F.( Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J. GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.,

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3' hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at S30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McI>ONNEIX, Supt. Menlo Stools Farm,

Portola, San Mateo County, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:154.

Registered No. 22,449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam Lorlla Ills 1-2 by Piedmont 004; second dam Lady Lowell [dam of Ladywell 2:16 1-2 and Lorita
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Wu

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
(or accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address s. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland,' Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1-4. sire of

and 79 others with

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|, GAYTON 2:08J, ALVES 2:091,

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young; Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R WELCH, Pleasanton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMKDA RACK TRACK, from Feb.15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1300 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13>4, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17*4, Auditor 2:19H and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track alter February loth. For further
particulars address HANS FRIBLLSON,

Alameda Race Track.

Stallion Cards,

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

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NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:12 and 3:l-ii:( respectively. Who J> It is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10^. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18| by Nutwood 2:18|

Fee = $50

For tlie Seagon

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle...

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes. ..

Matinee rec(wagon) .2:09 Central Girl

3-year-old race rec. . .2:12j.i Wilkes Direct

Who Is It 2:10J4 AlixB

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

Gforgie B 2:12^

Claudius 2J3J4

Bob Ingersoll 2:14a.i

Irvington Boy. 2:17i£

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,

Who Is She 2:

Fred Wilkes 2:

Queen C 2:

Electress 2:

Daugestar 2:

Cal.

Bonnie Direct 2:05i

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
Blue Hill Stake at Keadville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05J, Sire of Directly 2:03],
Directum Kelly 2:08.;, Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:MJ4),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:11^, r^
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of a*1
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10?.i, as a three-year- §|
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky jjB
Futurity. ' (

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George H
Wilkes 2:22. ■■

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bobrj0hnson, *"*

thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF HIPFCT is a black stallion, 15& hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good
uul,n11' UUVLVI has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at Si OO
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.
Address

C. r. GRIFFITH.

Pleasanton, Cal.

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individual,

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

HalMcEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10*4, 2; 12H, 2:13&;2:13; 2:12!4, 2:12^.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombus-

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny A gan 1 12 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, J:02&, 1:34, 2:05'4; 0:33,—, 1:05H,
1:38«, 2:10',i; 0:32; l:03f/2, l:34'/2, 2:07 J^; 0:31'^,
l:04}/3, i^a^ 2:08^; 0:31^, 1:03^, 1:36. 2:08^.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct Ill

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07^, 2:09#, 2:10^.

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:22£

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16^, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2:10^,
Claudius 2:13'4, Georgie B. 2:12^, Bob Ingersoll 2:14^ and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22»-i and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2'051i'l Direct 2:i'i51^, Direction
2:10^, Evangeline 2:11^, Margaret S. 2:12!/, and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:23'/, (dam of Direct 2:05'/) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22"/), sire of Our Dick 2:10^,
Homestake 2:14;.f and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

Wll K"F^ HIRFCT is a dark bay- 15-3 bands and weighs 1200 pounds; well
*»ili\lj UIRLW1 formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141. San Jose. Cal

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

2 lie Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.

and sire of
PntEbe Wilkes 2:08'/, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Mac
2:11'4, Arlene Wilkes2:lli£, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16;^, Sunbeam 2: 16'4, Sybils.
2:llj?j, Saville 2:17'/., Grand George 2:18^f,
J. P. Hanson 2:1914, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, lA mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season = $40

Good Pasturage at $4 per month. Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. JVo wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Telephone: Suburban 541.

Santa Clara, Cal.

Electioneer Blood Leads!

fThe Abbot 3:03H

\ Azote 2:04 JJ

BOYDELLO 2:14^, Reg No. 263*2

Sire BOYDELL 5391 by Electioneer 135. Dam FLORENCE C. 2:30 by Dorango Chief
3314. Second dam Grace P by Prince Dictator 5953.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Gal.

Service Fee $25

! BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising.

1 Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
call on or address ED LAFFEKTY, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

ABSORBINE, JR.

Will remove the
soreness from a

r^BUNION

And gradually absorb the bunch.
Also unequalled in removing any
bunch or bruise. Pleasant to use,
nicely perfumed.

$ I >00 Per bottle, by mail.

MANUFACTURED BY

W. F- YOUNG, P. D. F.f

SPRINGFIELD, • • MASS.

For sale by Mack & Co., LaDgley & Michaels Co.
Reddington & Co., J. O'Kane, and J. A. MeKerrco,
all of San Francisco.

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IRAN ALTO 2:13 1-4.

The Mascot (2) by Iran Alto. Entered in $75,000 worth of stakes

Dr. Frasse 2:I2l,» by Iran Alto
The Barn
Yedral by Nutwood

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[March 2, 19 01

VENDOME STOCK FARM.

The Royally Bred Iran Alto 2:t2 1-4 and
His Produce.

heats and got a record of 2:195. in the second heat. His

present record was made at Stockton in 1899, where

he was the contending horse in nearly every one of the

six heats and had such horses as Hazel Kinney 2:09}

and Neernut 2:12} hehind him. A splint prevented

his racing last year, but in condition he can beat 2:10

When in the fall of 1892 James W. Kea, the wel to a certainty.

known capitalist of San Jose, went to Palo Alto Stock Of his produce just four have been trained Of

5 ■ .' , , , ,, , these Dr. Prasse 2:125, one of the greatest bulldog

Farm and purchased an eight months old colt lor trotters ever seen on this Coast, was the result of Iran

$4500, he took away with him one of the best bred Alto's only service as a two year old when he was bred

youngsters ever seen on that great breeding farm, to Lynda 'Wilkes. The next year, as a three year old,

and one that, had Palo Alto's founder, Senator Stan- \e served two mares, one of them Lynda Wilkes and

'. . , , i_j< she produced Dr. Prasse's Sister 2:254, that took her

ford, been alive, could not have been purchased for record as a three year ola and was seCond in the Occi-

ten times the money. The colt was Iran Alto, now dent and won the Stanford Stake that year. As a four

holding a race record of 2:12} (which he can reduce year old five of the farm's mares were bred to Iran Alto

„ „i c„„n„A*\ o„,i +v,a =;,«>„f oioiror, living fnalo fn„r and five foals resulted, two of them being trained last

several seconds) and the sire of eleven living foals, four ._Vendome 2;21l and Thos. R. 2:30, the latter a

of them with standard records, one of which, Dr. 2:10 tl.otter i{ there is one in California this year.

Prasse, has a four year old record of 2:12J. Of the Iran Alto and his four colt performers were all

seven foals that are without records not one has as yet trained and driven to their records by "Farmer Bunch"

been trained, but Mr. Rea is so confident of the abili- who was interested with Mr. Rea in selecting and pur-

. ' . „. .. . . . .... chasing the young stallion. It has been the idea of

ties of his great young stallion that he is willing to both Mr_ Rea and Mr Bunch t0 seCure by breeding

wager any reasonable amount that every one of them and purchase a number of McKinney 's daughters to

will get a record in standard time if it lives to be four mate with Iran Alto, reasoning that the blood of

years old. Iran Alto has never made a season in the Electioneer, Green Mountain Maid and Fanny G.

stud, being bred to but twelve of his owner's mares, (S^?11? °f ^ma^a'erUn I J?nf' ™\T couPj,ed

and to on! belonging to the father of Vendome Stock with that of Alma Mater through the daughters of her

Farm's trainer, C. F. Bunch. The mares belonging greatest grandson could not help but result m speed

to the Vendome farm were mated with outside stallions, and gameness of the very highest order, and a world s

such as Boodle 2:125, McKinney 2:11} and others in the champion by Iran Alto out of a McKimiey mare may

hope ot getting fillies to mate with Iran Alto after his yet be bred by them. The Palo Alto Stock Farm, by

retirement from the track. Having secured a number its genial and able Superintendent Mr. F. W. Covey is

of mares by this plan and purchased several others, breeding in these lines this year and sent twelve of its

Mr. Rea will breed Iran Alto to them this year, and great Electioneer mares to McKinney. Mr. Covey will

for the first time advertises him for public service, send a couple to Iran Alto, and one of them will be

He will not be allowed to serve more than ten outside BeU Bird, the daughter of Electioneer and Beautiful

mares, which he desires to have of approved breeding. BeJ~?- .. ..,.,, „ . c. , ™ , .

Iran Alto's blood lines are such that even had he not The writer visited the Vendome Stock Farm last

already proved himself a race horse and a sire of ex- Monday for the first time. It is a beautiful spot, a mile

treme racing speed, he would reasonably be expected and a half from San Jose, situated on Guadalupe creek,

to do so. His sire, Palo Alto 2:08|, one of the greatest and contains 80 acres. Seven artesian wells that flow

race trotters ever bred, is the holder of the world's enough water to flood the land in one night in the

stallion record to high wheel sulky, and the sire of Iran summer time make irrigation when necessary merely

Alto 2:121, Pasonte 2:13, Palita 2:16, Rio Alto 2:16}, PlaJ- There are rye grass and alfalfa paddocks that

Palatine 2:18, Palon 2:18}, Cressida 2:181, Alia 2:215, grow more feed to the acre than any spot m California,

Fillmore 2:21|, Erastus C. 2:22, Palo Belle 2:245. and aQd the residence, barns, eta, are kept in good order

Avena 2:27, although he left but about forty foals all and condition at all times. We saw Yedral, a daughter

told, having died at an early age and before being of Nutwood 2:18}, that is over twenty years old but

actually placed in the stud. Palo Alto 2:08|, as all does not look mere than half of it. Her daughter,

horsemen know, was Senator Stanford's favorite stal- Lynda Oak 2:185, is used as a buggy mare this year by

lion as he was bred on the lines laid down by him to Mr Rea and his daughter and grandchildren. Lynda

improve the breed of trotters, and which has been such °ak « the dam of three in 2:30 and can trot in 2:12 or

a marvelous success. Palo Alto's sire, Electioneer, has better. Mr. Rea says that by mating her with Iran

166 in the 2:30 list, and is the leading progenitor of Alto he will make her the greatest broodmare in the

extreme trotting speed in the world, his son Chimes W0I: ["• .

being sirt of the world's champion, The Abbot 2:03}. The Vendome Stock Farm is an ideal place where-
of Electioneer it is (not necessary to say much. No ?n to breed trotters. It has abundant feed, is beauti-
other sire has approached him in the number of stand- fully and conveniently located and what is not to be
ard trotters, and his family holds more world's records overlooked has a successful start. Among the mares
than that of any other stallion. there that are due to foal in a few days is Much Better
The dam of Palo Alto was the thoroughbred mare 2:07} by Chas. Derby. She was bred to Boodle last
Dame Winnie, dam of Palo Alto 2:08|, Paola 2:18, year in the hopes of getting a fiily to bred to Iran Alto.
Altivo 2:185, Big Jim 2:23J and Gertrude Russell 2:235. s\e will be mated with Iran Alto this year.
Dame Winnie was by Planet out of Liz Mardis by im- Mr- Rea and his trainer and manager "Farmer"
ported Glencoe, her next dam being Fannie G. by imp. Bunch have made a successful team and if they pursue
Margrave, the first mare to run a mile so fast as 1:45 in the plans they have laid in breeding mares of their

America, and the grandam of Alma Mater the wonder- selection to Iran Alto there is nothing that can pre-
ful broodmare with eight in the list, and dam of those vent hls Demg what his breeder Senator Stanford in-
great speed producers Alcantara 2:23, sire of 142, tended him for— the best son of Palo Alto 2:08}, his
Alcyone 2:27, sire of 60, Allandorf 2:17J, sire of 27, favorite horse. i
Alfonso 2:29}, sire of 12 in 2:30 and several other pro-
ducing sons and daughters. Palo Alto's breeding is Matinee Racing at Los Angeles,
rich in blood that produces speed-Electioneer the Harn6ss raci (or ribbons has been made ve
leading sire of trotters and thoroughbred blood that j . L £ ■ ^ , h Drfvi club ize||
has produced extreme speed at both running and trot- ^ Ust year_ 0°n Feb/Uary 22i, the Club celebrated

1 Thf dam of Iran Alto is that wonderful mare Elaine Washington's birthday by an afternoon of racing that

'••'0 bv Messeno-er Duroc Elaine was the world's was thoroughly enjoyed and remarkable for the good

„w 1 »f Kl , „h „msT tZl ™™ a ?2w time made by some of the contestants. Several thous-

champion three year old of 1877, the record being , , / Present,

2:28}. She was the world's four year old champion ™P0 "sLIf ®f^lf^„ TO0„0. p,.c;fli„„i„j„„ 4 w

? . . n n -u _. , 4. o o , j Hie onicers ol the day were Presiding iuage, A. W.

next year when she reduced her mark to 2 24, and D ■,_„_. a „„„„,-„+„ a.,a „ n,r„„i, a a„?,„. „„„„. t tut

afterwards took a mark of 2:20. She is the dam of grun Ass^cia e ^^^|

Norlaine that took the world's champion yearling R,,n ' » M pd„imaT1 ' ' "

record of 2:315 in 1887, of Iran Alto 2:12}, of Palatine, p^i"^„1 ;„ rf.f^f?" n, +>,„ j = „i= „„„;„„•.

three year old record 2:18, of Anselma 2:295, and also Following is a summary of the day's racing:

of Elsie, the dam of Palita, two year old record 2:16, Mile dash for horses that had not started at previous matinees.

Rio Alto, three year old record 2:165, Novelist, two Joe (C. D. Black) 1

year old record 2:27, Mary Osborne," yearling record Anme B Ttae-SMSH ' J P' *

2:37 three year old record 2:28}, and Salyini 2:30 Mile aash trotti 8:30 ciass

The second dam of Iran Alto is the famous Green gjster (M M p0tter) 1

Mountain Maid, dam of Elaine 2:20, Prospero 2:20, Medico'.'.'.'.'".'.'.'.'.".'.". '.'".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '(J.H. Keynoldsj 2

Elesta 2:20}, Dame Trot 2:22, Elina 2:24}, MansSeld MarkH (E. T. Stimson) 3

2:26, Storm 2:26},Lancelot 2:28}, Antonio 2:28}, Miranda Mlxei race Tmie-2:20'/3.

2:31, and of Electioneer 125, the greatest of trotting Bessie B (A w Herwig) 3 t t

sires. It will be noticed that Iran Alta gets two crosses TomMoore. (Dr. Moore) 122

of Green Mountain Maid and two of Hambletonian 10. Maud McKinney (M. M. Potter) 3 3 3

In a letter to the editor of this paper Mr. F. W. Time-2:26, 2:23Si, 2:23.

Covey, Superintendent of Palo Alto Stock Farm, re- Halt mlle d3sh' runnins-

eentlv wrote • Searchlight (D.Llewellyn) 1

°ti , jr • .u i *t a,* For Freedom (J. G. Mott) 2

"The extreme speed lines in the make up of Iran Alto Hacienda (T. H. Dudley) 3

is very remarkable. He is by a champion who was a Time^b:oii«.

fast colt trotter, out of a champion mare who held the Face, 2:15 class.

world's record for three and four year olds, and pro- g^afy'0 (a'w'"^611'™! 212

ducing the world's champion yearling Norlaine 2:315. Bastina'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'!!.'!!.'.'.'(K.''^'RedpatI) 3 2 3

The family that Iran Alto comes from has to its Time— 2:2% "i:iiy.,"&isyi. '

credit: A world 's record for yearlings — Norlaine 2:31 J; Free tor all pace.

a race record for two year olds — Palita 2:16; a world's Primrose (M.M.Potter) 1 1

record for three year olds — Elaine 2:28}; a world's Electra '.'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.','.'.'.'.'. '(Thomas Hughes) 3 2

record for four year olds— Elaine 2:24; a world's record Wilhelmina .. (Byron Erlienbrecher) 2 3

for stallions— Palo Alto 2:08}. Pace, 2:25 olass. Time-2:14KS, 2:18.

Iran Alto traces twice to Green Mountain Maid who Red Lion '. (W. H. Stimson) 1 1

has six trotting 2:10 descendants. Iran Alto comes Dewey. .."!""'.!.!^!!"!!".'!!!!.'.'"*?!.'!!!; !.(Dr. Hitchcock) 2 3

from a family of extreme speed, and will produce ex- JheKover (Godfrey Fritz 4 2

t.i-fime onperl " Stipulator (A P. Wilson) 3 5

Heme speed. Dewey (Stanton's) (Thos. Hughes 5 4

Iran Alto was a fast colt trotter. He was first raced Time— 2:27>f , 2:25K-

in his three year old form and was second every heat Mile dash for pole teams.

in the Occident stake won by La Belle at the State Maud McKinney and Sister (M.M.Potter) 1

Fair that year, the heats of which were trotted in Bessie B. and Harry H (A. W. Herwig) 2

' ,:20}, 2:19} and 2:20J. At Los Angeles that year in Free for all trot. Time-2:45.

the stake for three year olds, where Iran Alto and the Monopole (E. T. stimson) 3 11

Palo Alto mare Cressida were the only starters, and gweetMme ._. (M.M.Potter) 1 2 2

forwhich shewasabig favorite, he won in straight 0en- Wll6s Time^i^a^isj^ |G- B' Tibl)ot) 2 a 3

The Los Angeles Driving Club.

A recent issue of the Los Angeles Express contained
the following :

In the interest of true sport no better thing was ever
organized in Southern California than the Los Angeles
Driving Club. It has encouraged a healthy rivalry
among owners of fine horse flesh, provided a clean
amusement for the public generally and proved con-
clusively that gentlemen may conduct the "sport of
kings" without any objectionable features creeping in
to mar the sport.

Horseless carriages may become the popular means
of locomotion of the future, but it will be many long
years before the standard bred horse of style, speed
and action will be supplanted in the affections of the
people.

Two of the driving club members were in the far
east last Monday and both cut their stay short in
order to hurry westward and handle the ribbons over
their entries in Friday's races. A delayed train came
near causing them to miss the races, and the wires
were kept hot with directions to trainers. When they
finally arrived at the track, in the nick of time, their
joy was as intense as a school boy's. This same inter-
est is manifested among the entire club membership.

One of the most enthusiastic members is Milo M.
Potter, owner of Primrose the new club champion,
Sister, Maud McKinney, Sweet Marie and several other
fast ones. His stable would prove a bread winner on
the racing circuit, if he wished to send them after
purses and stakes, but Mr. Potter maintains the ex-
pensive stable merely for pleasure. Much of the credit
of the recent good showing made by these horses is
due Trainer Kent for the careful preparation he gave
them, but at the same time it is probably the best
stable all things considered, owned by any amateur
reinsman in the west.

News From Oregon.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Clay Bryant has gone to Sacramento along with
John Pender.

Mr. Mosher will have the track at the fair grounds
in splendid condition for early spring work.

A. L. Force reports the loss of his broodmare Pathfly
by Pathmark, out of Bid by Black Pilot, due to foaling.

This time last year there were seven stallions at
Irvington; this year there is only one. They are get-
ting as scarce as automobiles.

It begins to look like Oregon will be short of first
class stallions this season. There are but very few up
the valley, not enough to serve the mares that should
be bred.

Aug. Erickson has one of the handsomest yearling
fillies in the State, sired by Claymont out of Viola, dam
of Giles Noyes 2:05}. Viola is due to foal to Claymont
again this spring.

W. F. Watson has bought the two year old Caution
colt out of Timosa, from Clay Bryan, and has changed
his name from Alta Caution to The Bryan. He will be
sent to A. E. Heller at McMinnviUe to condition for the
stake in which he is entered.

There is nothing to indicate that there will be a race
meeting at Irvington this year, and no doubt the few
horses in training there now will be compelled to move
to some other track, as the Irvington track is in poor
condition to train one, and will get no better without
considerable expense.

Paid to Breeders of Winners.

During the past three months the San Francisco
Jockey Club has given to breeders throughout the
country over $2800, in accordance with the rule which
the directors of the club adopted before the racing
season opened. This sum has been credited to twenty-
two different breeders located in all parts of the United
States.

The full list with the amounts is as follows:

J. B. Haggin Sacramento, Cal $ 646.

Ed. Frazer Lexington, Ky 566.

Burns & Waterhouse Oakland, Cal 401

John Mackey Sacramento, Cal 397.

ElmwoodFarm Milpitas, Cal 148.

Belle Meade Farm Nashville. Tenn 119.

A. Josephs San Francisco, Cal

W. S. Barnes Lexington, Ky

L. H. Ezell Chicago, 111 48.

Megibben-Edgewater Stud. . .Cynthiana, Ky 43.

W.F. Shulte Louisville, Ky 59.

W. Showalter Lexington, Ky 144,

P. Lorillard New Jersey 31

Thos. Wallace Shelbyville, Ky — 31.

H. Eugene Leigh Lexington, Ky — : 28.

Geo. Long Louisville, Ky 22.

E.J. Baldwin Santa Anita, Cal 20.

Jas. Galway New Jersey — 20.

Cbas. Kerr Bakersfield, Cal 18.

J. Dolan Stockton, Cal 23.

Geo. W. Curtis Egmont Stud, Ind 18.

W. O'B. Macdonough San Francisco, Cal 17

Total J2818 50

Wild Horses Snow Bound.

A visitor from Ashland states that an effort is being
made to capture a band of nearly a thousand svild
horses which have roamed the hills and ranges of
Southern Oregon for years, and which are as fleet as
deer and equally as wild.

This great herd of horses is now snowed in at Sican
marsh, not far from Yainax Indian agency in the
Silver Lake country. The animals were caught in the
heavy storm and are now surrounded by five feet of
snow in which they flounder about. As browsing is
poor they will starve unless got out before spring.

This band of wild horses have been increasing for
nearly a score of years. It originated with horses
which strayed from ranges. During recent years when
food has been scarce and prices low many horses of
good breed have been turned loose by their owners and
have joined the band. It is reported that strains of
good blood have been grafted in and some of the wild
horses are splendid animals. — Bedding Free Press.

March 2, 1901]

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THE "400" SALE.

Following are the horses sold and prices received at
the Fasig-Tipton sale in New York last month. The
result of the first day's offerings were published in our
last issue:
Lady Lee, brm, 1893, pacer, by Superior-Lady Upton; Henry

Hessner, Brooklyn $ 260

Becky Sharp 2:23j£, b m, 1892, pacer, by Repetition-Collete;

W. H. Reid, Brooklyn 185

Directeea, blk m, 1895, trotter, by Direct-Fanny Bos; N. D.

Baldwin, Derby, Conn 100

Genevire, b m, 1889. trotter, by Leland-Bessie Forrest; M. J.

Miles & Co., Greenport, L. I 45

Lady Bantry, b m, 1895, trotter, by Wilkes Boy-Mattie H.;

W. H. McCarthy, New York ... 90

Prince of Orange, ch g, 1894, trotter, by Prince George-Lucy;

Charles Burant, Newburgh, N. Y 135

Frank Knapp 2:15J£, b g, 1889, pacer, by Red King-Carrie

Knapp; D. Vaughn, Brooklyn 260

Anselor 2:2iy~, b g, 1894, trotter, by Electricity-Anselma; D.

O. Jones, Newport News, Va 310

Dixie K., b g, 1894, pacer, by Sam Purdy Jr.; Frank A. Boyce,

East Shodack, N.J 100

Mace 2:21^, b g, 1894, pacer, by Hinder Wilkes-dam by

Rooker: Jerry Gauff , Allentown, Pa 400

Little Tidy, b f, 1897, trotter, by Alfred G.-High Tide; Ed

Thompson, Northport, L. 1 475

StarlettaA., br f , 1898, trotter, by Alfred G.-Taretta; Fred

Isabell, New Bedford, Mass 410

Miss Alfred, b f, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Miss Eagle; J. C.

Stratton, New York 275

Miss Louise, bf, 1898, trotter, by Alfred G.-Miss Eagle; L.

O. Smith, New York 170

George G.: br g, 1898, trotter, by Alfred G.-Roxana; Wm.

Mahamme, Lenox, Mass 250

Cantal, br m, 1895, trotter, by Alfred G.-Cantratrice; O.

M. Murray, Atlantic City, N. J 160

O-na, ch f, 1899, trotter, by Hambletonian's Last-Dora Sim-
mons; Capt. Harrington, Troy, N. Y I05

HerterG., b f, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Queen Roseberry;

Edward Thompson 135

Little Mamie, b f, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Fanny Ford;

James Warren, Syosset, L. 1 175

Miss Sarah, b f, 1898, trotter, by Alfred G.-Sarah Bell: W. S.

Jenks, Adams, Mass 235

Lillian A., b f, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Agnes L.; G. E.

Ferguson, New York 303

Fearless, b f, 1898, trotter, by Alfred G.-Spartana; C. H.

Pulis, Suffern, N. Y 130

Trivia A., b f. 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Trivia; A. Ganlin,

Woonsocket, R.I 130

George Stone, b g, 1897, by Alfred G.-Roxana; J. H.Daly,

Lee, Mass 350

Florida King, br c, 18a9, by Clay King-Florida Maid; A.

Ganlin, Woonsocket, R. 1 250

Josie Thayer, ch f, 1898, trotter, by Sunland Bourbon-Die

Vernon; H. Gray, Boston 175

Brightlight. brf, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Darkness; Frank

Burnett, Madison, N. J 8°

Peter Duryea, br c, 1899, trotter, by Patchen Wilkes-Anteno

Wilkes; J. R. Blumenthal, Hartford, Conn 70

Wild Violet, brm, 1893, trotter, by Egbert-Elsie L.. J. R.

Blumenthal, Hartford, Conn 130

Farida, b m, 1890, trotter, by Onward-Carrie T.; John Dwyer,

New York 175

Miss Bell, b f, 1899, trotter, by Alfred G.-Curfew Bell: P. F.

Hamlin, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 100

Fair Maiden, b m, 1897, pacer, by Alfred G.-Fair Ines; Frank

Franeisco, Little Falls, N. Y 150

Secret 2:2654, gr m, 1890, trotter, by Secretary-Pastime; Chas.

Burant, Newburgh, N. Y 120

Abraham Wilkes, br g, 1892, trotter, by Abdallah Wilkes,

dam by Abraham; C. F. Cook, Pittston, Pa 210

Clinker, ch g, 1894, trotter, by Darlington-Springdale; N.

Caffelli, Providence, R. 1 223

King Right, b g. 1896, trotter, by Enright-dam by Ira Wilkes;

Jerry Murphy, New York 250

Gen. Maceo, blk g, 1896. trotter, by Red Jim— Coratine; F.

Gilchrist, Glens Falls, NY 185

Duke, b g, 1895, trotter, by William Rysdyke, dam by Spur-

geon; W. Grifflng, Glens Falls, N. Y 110

Bonnie Boy 2:27^', blk s, 188-3, trotter, by Patchen Wilkes-

Bonnie Maid; W. L. Rhodes, South River, N. J 475

Lorena 2:29^, b m, trotter, by Bonnie Boy, dam by Gen.

Stanton; Charles Bell, New York 260

Julia Marlowe, ch f, 1897, trotter; by Lynne Bel— Emily G.;

Max Geissman, New York 245

Delia, gr m, 1885, trotter, by Nutwood-Dalphine; Charles E.

Lawrence, Long Island 230

Rob Roy 2:16^. b g, 1891, trotter, by Pilot Chief-Nancv; J. S.

McDonald, New York 475

Walter D. 2:20^, ch g, 1893, trotter, by Jersey Wilkes-Miss

Simmons; Frank Morrill, Winchester, N. H 325

S. S. B., ro g, 1895, trotter, by Alamato-Towaway; John Mc-

Guire, New York 425

Jack 2:18^, blk g, 1892, by .Mambrino Boy-Artful; A. Brown,

Boston 275

Bay filly, 1897, trotter, by Director-Ollie Wilkes; Robert

Steele, Philadelphia 300

Bay filly, 1896, trotter, by Wilkes Boy-Preamble; Edward

Thompson 300

A. B. C. 2;13U, b g, 1894, pacer, by Mephisto-Birdie Stevens;

John A. Atwell, St. Louis 1,025

Queen Alfred 2:12',i, b m, 1891; trotter, by Alfred G.-Alis Star;

Harry Fancher, agent, New York 750

Miss Bell, blk m, 1896, trotter, fty Guy Wilkes-Atalanta; E.

Hammer, New York 220

Nelly Fitz, b m, 1895, trotter, by Trevillian, dam by Harold;

C. Smith, Rockville Center, L. 1 135

Flare Up 2:14, b m, 1894, pacer, by Charles Derby-Flash; Wm.

Snyder, Parkville 700

Miss Willard, b m, 1891, trotter, by Arasces-Ruth Medium;

M. McDonald, New York 250

Myrtle Nub, b m, 1896, trotter, by Myrtleton-Nubretta; A.

Hollander, New York 130

Lady Loo, b m, 1896, trotter, by Waterloo-Maud: W. L.

Rhodes, South River, N. J 160

Marie L., brm, 1891, trotter, by Bayonne Prince-Emily H.;

Martin Bourke, Brooklyn 150

Mylea, b m, 1892, trotter, by Stranger-Mystery; J. H. Car-

michael, Springfield, Mass 185

Mascot 2:04, b g, 1885, pacer, by Deceive-Miss Delmore; Dr. F.

H. Flagge, New York 1,000

Fitz Royal 2:13#, ch g, 1891, trotter, by Prince Regent-Bar-;

bara; L. Boynton, New York 510

Domino 2:5234, b g, 1892, trotter, by Cornet-Kitty Morgan; M.

McDonald 425

Juva 2:20!4, ch m, 1891, pacer, by Young Fuller ton-Lady C;

E. R. Cobb, Chester, Mass 370

Harlo, b g, 1896, trotter, by Pearlo, dam by Mambrino King;

Charles Hilt, Jersey City 190

Dariel 2:07'A b m, 1893, pacer, by Alcander-Topsey J.; J. W.

Horner. New York, for Mr. Chapin of Rochester 2,100

Little Gem 2:15#, b g, 1892,:by Alcander-Buttercup; William

McFarland, Philadelphia 475

Hattie L. 2:17^. b m, 1892, pacer, by Alcander, dam by Chazey

Patchen; H. C. Smith, Bridgeport, Conn 370

Laura W., ch m, pacer, by Alcander; S. H. Knox, Buffalo,

N. Y 1,000

Maggie 2:1734, b m, 1892, trotter, by Bourbonite-Kitty, and

Marion Messenger 2:20M, b m, 1891, by Elyria-Fanny; J.

W. Horner 5,000

Monopole 2:08H, ch g, 1890, pacer, by Leicester-Robin, and

Amokin 2:14J4, blk g, 1894, pacer, by Ambassador-Scotia

Queen; D. Bryce, Newark, N. J 1,600

Strathbelle 2:14»-f , ch m, 1891. pacer, by Strathmore-Hope So;

W. J. Young, Lexington, Ky 525

Master Delmar 2:20^, b g, 1893, trotter, by Delmar-Lady Hill,

and Mar Boy 2:19a, b g, 1894, trotter, by Delmar, dam by

Ben Franklin; D. M. Carr, Butte, Mont 1000

Anheuser 2:24*4"; gr g, 1890, pacer, by Alonzo Hayward; Chas.

Foucart, New York 460

Daisy Reeves, b m, 1890, pacer, by Boaz-Nettie Middleton;

Dr. J. B. Finch, Ramsey's, N. J 220

Ira Greenfield 2:12!4, b g, 1893, trotter, by Ira Wilkes, dam by

Greenfield; J. Vanderoest, Newark, N. J 110

Louise B., b m, 1894, trotter, by Alcander-Sunlight; W. W.

Burgoyne, New York 200

Bay gelding, 1897, trotter, by Fallis-Sunlight; Frank Bur-
nett, Madison, N.J 100

Robert, bg, 1893, trotter; A. Garson, New York 130

Betsy, b m, 1894; A. Barroyan, New York 100

Katie Greenlander 2:17?i, blk m, 1890, pacer, by Greenlander-

Kitty Wilkes; W. S. Aldrich, Ashaway, R. I 335

Bay gelding, 1893, pacer, by Matterhorn; Edward Lyons,

Hadley, Mass 150

Starbird.bm 1895, pacer, by Nuthurst-Gallantra; Dr. H. D.

Gill, New York 1,200

Countess Margaret, b m, 1896, pacer, by Gambetta Wilkes-

Margaret W-: W. H. Stevens, Troy, N. Y 200

Maynee B., br m, 1896, trotter, by Gambetta Wilkes-Miss

Moulton; Jacob Everett, Cornwall, Canada 475

Louis V. Bell, b c, 1897, trotter, by Young Jim-Recompense;

Ed de Cernea, New York 400

Anteeoyne 2:20H, b g, 1890, trotter, by Anteeo-Anna Lotta;

Barney Demarest, Morristown, N. J 200

Al Carroll 2:18^, gr g, 1893, trotter, by Alcryon-Nelly C; E.

J. Decker. Far Rockaway, L.I 360

Whistle 2:20, b g, 1890, pacer, by Alcander-Topsey; Edward

Clark, Boston 280

Earline 2:1834, br g, 1893, trotter, by Trump-Nelly B.; W L.

Rhodes, South River, N. J 550

Kitty Connors 2:2334, h ni 1894, pacer, by Nutwood-Kate

Wilton; C. Leland, New York 270

Roscoe, b g, 1892, trotter, by Santa Claus-Bellman mare; A.

Barroyan, New York 210

Minnie Corwin 2:27>4, b m, 1893, by Major Corwin-Minnie

Benton; Charles Bell, Jersey City 435

Paper Boy 2:26!4, b g, 1892. pacer, by Petrel-Zephyr; James

Smi th, New York 120

Bell Metal 2:1634; b g. 1892. trotter, by George Belmont-Ade-

lina; Leo Keene, New York 375

Newburger 2:1514, ro g, 1891, trotter, by Jay Bird-Emma W.;

J. L. Eccles, New York l?o

Greenwood 2:14Vi, b g, 1893, by W. A. Wood-Blanche Peace-
maker: John Maguire, New York 475

Tiger Tom 2.-21J4, b g, 1894, trotter, by Fred S. Wilkes- Wilkes

McGregor; Abe Johnson, New York 700

third DAy.

Huro, b c, 1898, trotter, by Highwood-Laura Cossack; W. F.

Campbell & Sons, Kiowa, Kan $ 320

Lady Ruth 2:29*4, blk m, 1896, .trotter, by Falmont-Maud; D.

S. Jones, Newport News, Va 250

Axenberg. br c, 1898, trotter, by Direction-Gladys; F. Cronin,

Hartford, Conn 200

Telltale 2:1634, ch m, 1895, trotter, by Axtell-Adelina; Abe

Johnston, Brockton, Mass 800

Cora Tell, b m, 1896, trotter, by Axtell-Cora Bell; A. V.

Mahon, New York 500

Tell, blk f, 1898, trotter, by Axtell-Blossom; D. S. Jones 200

Bay horse, 1897, trotter, by Axtell-Lizzie Wilkes; William

Mahanne, Lenox, Mass 450

Axiom, b c, 1899, trotter, by Axtell-Lottie Lee; MartiDemarest 2fl0
Sea Shell, ch m, 1889, pacer, by Lord Russell- Wavelet; E. J.

Reynolds, Catskill, N. Y 220

Scudder 2:183-1, b g, 1895, pacer, by Stately-Nominette; John

Maguire, New York 300

Speedon 2:1934, b g, 1895, trotter, by Hummer-Splendor; John

Maguire 475

King Crystal 2:249£, b s, 1894, pacer, by King Nutwood-
Crystal; M. McDonald 325

Majestic, b g, 1895, trotter, by Trot wood-Rein a; W. L.

Rhodes, South River, N. J 430

St. Edwin, b g, 1895, trotter, by St. Vincent-Marion King; A.

W. Smith, New York 375

Subiston 2:31 34, b g, 1892, trotter, by Gen. Hancock-Lorena;

R. H. Berger, New York 310

Bayonne Girl, b m, 1896, trotter, by Mahogany-Mary H.; A.

B. Miner, Ohicopee, Mass 32

Bay colt, 1897. trotter, by Bow Bells-Alcemai; N. Stanbrough,

Newburg, N. Y 290

Penobscot, b g, 1894, trotter, by Expedition-Petrel; William

N. Findlay, New York 200

Dearest 2:22*4, bm, 1893, pacer, by Mambrino King-Grand-
mother: W. L Grifflng, Glen Falls, N. Y 370

AiDtree, bs, 1897, pacer, by Chimes-Dearest; S. R. Brown,

Rochester 200

Joe Baily 2:11%, br g, 1893, pacer, by Cyclone-Neoma C; B. J.

Devine, South Boston 47q

Dr. Dewey 2:23, ch g, 1893, pacer, by Brino Wilkes; E. Bald-
win, New York 300

Ada Lewis, b m, 1895, trotter, by Norval-Hinder Belle: John

H. Woodbury, New York 250

Abdul Ameer, 2:1934, b g, 1893, trotter, by Stamboul-Silver-

one; B. H. Demarest, Morristown, N. J — 310

Brown colt, 1897, trotter, by Oro Wilkes-Atalanta; Matt

Dwyer, Gravesend, N. Y 370

Palette 2:13'^, ch m, 1891, pacer, by Alcantara-Piccolo; H. F.

Doris, New York 323

Mazie Sidney, bm, 1893, pacer, by Sidney-Messine; George

A. French, South Braintree, Mass 485

Cello 2:1734, b g, 1891, trotter, by American Lao-Cleo D.; B.

H. Demarest 265

Alrich 2:12*4, blk g, 1890, trotter, by Atlas-Namonna; J. S.

Erich, New York 500

Our Jack 2:1314, b g, 1892, trotter, by Steinway-Inex; J.N.

Foster, New York ]F<J00

Fairy Regent, ch f, 1897, trotter, by Vice Regent-Olive Wat-
son; W. H. McCarthy, New York 300

Enquirer, b g, 1896, pacer, by Jerome Eddy-Olive Watson;

W. H. McCarthy 400

J. H. D.,bg, 1895, trotter, by Trinket Boy-Lilly Benton; B.

H. Demarest 200

Dictator Pride, b g, 1895; trotter, by Adigone-Durango P.;

Charles Wilson. New York 200

Philip E. 2:15, b g, 1894, trotter, by Clay-Clara Belle; John

Maguire 2,525

Dollade Wilkes 2:1034, blkm, 1893, trotter, by Guy Wilkes-

Dictatress; Charles Reilly, New York 1,52

Nutlawn, ch g, 1897, pacer, by King Nutwood-Kathleen

Rogers; Abe Johnson, Brockton, Mass 1,000

Neville Groddy, b g, 1898, trotter, by Ondale-Gracie V.;

John Reilly, Boston 460

Just Right, b g, 1895, trotter, by Favorite Wilkes-Kophta;

John A. Potter, Patchogue, L. 1 200

True Chimes 2:12*4, b g, 1894, trotter, by Chimes-Yours Truly;

W. B. Lewis, Brooklyn 1,000

HelenDouglas2:25*4,bm,1891, trotter, by Woodford Douglas-
dam by Waverly; L. C. Manley, Philadelphia 235

Copper King, br g, 1892, trotter, by Mascot-Dollie Wimple;

W. H. Clafiin, Boston 330

Page 2:0934; b g. 1889, trotter, by Polonius-Dubois mare;

Frank E. Barns, Paterson, N. J 525

Jessie Wilkes 2:21*4, b m, 1893, pacer, by Charles Dorsey-Cor-

delia; Thomas F. Meehan, Boston 360

Princess Rose, blkm, 1896, trotter, by Dexter Prince-Sweet

Rose; H. F. Doris, N. York 385

Duke 2:20*4, br g, 1893, trotter, by Gen. Woolsey-dam by

Royal Revenge; C. Leland, New York 200

Sweetheart, b f, 1897, trotter, by Great Heart-Dolly; Fred

Dietz. New York 975

Belasco, grm, 1891, trotter, by Mendonias-Lucy A.; W. A.

Comstock, Providence, R. 1 270

FOURTH DAY.

Sam Steele 2:2034, b g, 10 years, by Sam Hill-Rose by Alger

Horse; Charles Johnson, Buffalo, N. Y 470

Tippo 2:2634, gr g. 9, pacer, by Resolute-Dolly by Hallett

Knox: Henry T. Denmead. New York 285

Wilkes Maid, b m, 5, pacer, by Wilkes Boy-Bettie Mack by

Abdallah Mambrino; T. F. Maguire. New York 210

Machias, b g, 6, by Velocidod-Lady Bismarck, by Victor
Bismarck, and Leewald, b g, 7, by Redwald-Clarice by
Patronage, sold as a team; Ed Thompson, Northport, L. I. 575

Pair coach horses, b geldings, each 6 years; M. McDonald,

New York 526

Duane, br m, 5, pacer, by Myrtleton-Daisy byHannis; James

C. Dang, Baltimore, Md 210

Marvelline, br f, 4, by Marvellous-Myrtle King by Myrtle-
ton; Jacob Errett, Cornwall, N. Y 675

Marvel Queen, br f, 3, by Marvellous-Myrtle King by Myrtle-
ton: George F. Harris, Brooklyn 285

Marvel Girl, ch f, 3, by Marvellous-Bertha Red by Red

Wilkes; A. H. Gilbert, Brooklyn 325

Bertha Red, ch m, 8, by Red Wilkes-Bertha F. by Pancoast;

D. Mahoney, Portsmouth, N. H 725

Marshall, br g, 3, pacer, by Marvellous-Louina by Patchen

Wilkes; Frank Morrill, Winchester, N. H 350

Afortune, br m, 10, by St. Bel Alcippe-dam by Alcyone; J. S.

McElwain, Holyoke. Mass 210

Nelly, bm, 5. by Ronald Wilkes- Western Fearnaught mare;

M. McDonald, New York 200

Topsy, b m, 5. by Ronald Wi Ikes-Hard wood mare; E. Ham-
men, New York 210

Sandy Boy 2:12, ch g, 9, pacer, by Sphvnx-Lizzette by Mam-
brino Gift; Thomas J. White, New York 275

Jersey Mac 2:09*4> br g, 10, pacer, by Jersey Wilkes-Lady

Mae by Mambrino King, W. I. Grifflng, Glenn Falls, N. Y. 410

NellieS., chm, 10, by Mambrino King-Balmoral by Black-
wood Chief; Matt Dwyer, New York 350

Sleepy Joe 2:25|4, blk g, 8, pacer, by Abdalia-untraced mare;

Melville Demarest, New York 375

Orangelander 2:16*4, br g, 13, by Greenlander-Orange Girl, by

Hambletonian; Charles E. Annor, East Orange, N. J — 225

Garrie B., b g, 6, by Lavalard-Florida mare; S. R. Bradley,

Nyack, N. Y 210

Joe Scott, blk g, 5, by Charles Derby-Lucy E., by Black Wal-
nut; Jacob Ehret, Cornwall, N. Y 250

Virginia M., br m, 7, by Alger Boy-Woodbride Girl by Cali-
ban; James Brown, Flatbush, L.I 200

Madame Temple (pacer), b m, 5, by Temple Bar-Steenims by

Strathmore: W. J. Willis, Arlington, N. J 235

Quarter Bell, b m, 5, by Quartermaster-Miss Bell by Albart

W.; Matt Dwyer, N. Y 235

Cardenas 2:29*4, b g, 9: by Joy Bird-Queen Sweepstakes by

Sweepstakes; W. H. Carpenter, White Plains 215

Malcolm, b h, 7, by Arion-Bessie Wilkes by Red Wilkes; A.

D. Barriman, New York 200

Total for four days' sale— 363 head sold for $125,550; average

$345.70.

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[March 2, 1901

THE WESKLY

BaEEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

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San Francisco, Saturday, March 2, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C Hay 24-25

Julyl-2

» •' Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DEXTER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE PAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash , Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept, 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-13

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

carry them out. As the Legislature will in all prob-
ability refuse to appropriate any greater sum in the ag-
gregate than the present bill provides for, all additions
will be made at the expense of items now in the bill. It
will be well for the friends of the district and State fairs
to be on their guard and prevent, if possible, any taking
from the agricultural appropriation. We believe it is
the desire of a 'large majority of the legislative body
and the Governor as well, that the appropriations for
the fairs remain as they are now and there is no ques-
tion but a vast majority of the taxpayers are of the
same opinion. The fairs of last year showed a vast
improvement over those of the years immediately pre-
ceding, and aroused an interest in blooded stock of alj
breeds that has in itself added many thousands of
dollars to the assessable property of the State. Of
horses alone there will be three times as many bred
this year than there were two years ago and it is the
same with the leading breeds of cattle. Our State
and district fairs need every dollar that is given
them by the State, and there is not an appropri-
ation made that is more judiciously expended and
brings better results than that portion of the Stat*
money which goes to the agricultural districts. Some
make better use of it than others, but there are very
few that do not expend the money in a manner that is
profitable to the people of the district where the fair
is given. When the appropriation for the district is
passed and the bill signed by the Governor there will
be signs of activity in harness horse affairs all over the
State, as a circuit will then be assured that will provide
racing for all the horses that are now or will be in
training in California this year.

THE GRAND CIRCCIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

rOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

RE ADVTLLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept, 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTERS.

ALT A VELA 2:15^ S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT £05M C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14J£ I Ed Lafferty, Alameda

BOODLE 2:124 W. A. Mack, San Martin

CHAS. DERBY 2:30 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DL\BLO 2:09)^ Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

HAMBLETONIAX WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:12H Ed Lafferty. Alameda

McKINNEY 2:11}j C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09^ P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16^4 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:11>4 Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

STAM B. 2:ll>i Tuttle Bros-, Rocklin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY".... Rose Dale SfkFm, Santa Rosa

WILLLAM HAROLD 2:13« Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:1034 Geo. Gray, Haywards

WILKES DIRECT 2:22'. T. W. Barstow, San Jose

Z0MBRO2:ll Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS

GKEEX'S EUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GD3BIE H ..., Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS

ARTILLERY (imp.) J. J. Grant, Sacramento

RILEY J. J.Grant, Sacramento

MONEY FOE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS and
for the State Agricultural Society has been pro-
vided in the general appropriation bill which was re-
ported to the California Legislature on Thursday last
with a unanimous recommendation from the com-
mittee that it pass. The amounts are the same as
those appropriated two years ago. As the entire bill
which provides for the maintenance of all State ex.
penditures appropriates less money than was voted by
the last Legislature, there is no reason why the appro-
priations for the agricultural districts and the State
Fair should not pass without opposition. The forty
odd districts get a total of $£0,500 and the State Agri-
cultural Society $30,000. These appropriations are for
two years and have usually been divided, one-half be-
ing used each year. It is the duty of every agricultur.
ist and live stock breeder who desires to see the dis-
strict fairs prosper and made high class object lessons
for the people, and profitable to the State and the dis-
tricts, to give these appropriations his endorsement and
request the members from his district to give them
their support. There will probably be strong efforts
made by parties desiring appropriations for measures
not included in the bill in its present shape, to amend
it and add them thereto, and ask for large sums to

ONE DOLLAR TO ENTER in a stake guaranteed
to be worth $11,000 is an inducement that should
draw two or three hundred entries to the Hartford
Futurity from California alone. Last year the author-
ties at Charter Oak Park astonished the horsemen by
opening a ten thousand dollar stake with a dollar
entrance fee and their audacity was approved and
endorsed by the biggest lot of entries ever made to a
stake. This year they go the horsemen a thousand
better and the extra "thou" is to be divided between
the nominator of the dam of the winner and the nom-
inator of the winner of the race. If the owner of the
mare retains ownership of the colt until he wins he
gets the entire extra bunch of ten one hundred dollar
hills. The stake this year is guaranteed at $11,000
with an entrance fee of one dollar for mares to be
named on March 15th. At the same initial fee as last
year, the stake is increased by ten per cent. The
other payments in full are $30, so that for less than
one-third of one per cent, a colt can start in this race.
The division of the stake is $8500 for trotters. $2. 500
for pacers, to be decided when three years old. The
nominator of the dam of the winner and the nominator
of the winner get $500 each. Here is a stake that
should secure every good broodmare on this coast. It
is the colt stakes that make life in the harness horse
business. Suppose you have a colt that is three years
old and your trainer along in May shows a mile in 2:25
and a quarter in 34 seconds, and the horsemen begin
talking about him as a very likely trotter and a
probable 2:15 performer. If he is entered in a few of
these rich stakes there will be people writing to you
from Maine to Oregon as soon as they hear about him,
and you will be asked to set a price. He will be worth
thousands, cash in hand. But if he has no stake en-
gagements he will not bring one quarter the money
even though he shows greater speed. Stakes keep up
the breeding business and make good prices. It is the
duty of stallion owners and all breeders who are inter-
ested in making the business healthy and profitable to
make entries in these stakes. The Hartford enables
everybody to get in. Read the advertisement and in-
vest a dollar for each mare that is in foal. The follow-
ing are some of the reasons why the Hartford is one
of the best up to date. Only foals named when en-
tries close March 15, 1901, to start. Breeders don't
have to beat world beaters that show up later. Man-
agement forfeits all rights to sell substitution.

TWO SMALL PAYMENTS this year and nothing
more until the year of the race is one of the at-
tractive conditions of the Matron Stake of $10, 000 which
has again been opened by the Terre Haute Trotting
Association, the leading association of its kind in the
middle west. A year ago this stake was given for the
first time, and it was so well ireceived by breeders that
we presume it is to be an annual event at Terre Haute.
As the conditions show the event calls for $10,000 and
is for foals of 1901 to be trotted for by two year olds in
1903 and by three year olds in 1904. Of the stake
$2000 will go to two year old trotters, $1000 to two year
old pacers and the balance, $7000, goes for the main
stake that will be trotted for by three year olds, first
money being $4500. Nominations will close on March
15th when a payment of $5 must be made, a payment
of $10 will be due on the second day of next December
and nothing more will be required until June 2d of the
year of the race. In other words, $15 is the entire en-
trance fee required until June of 1904 unless it is de-
cided to start the colt in the two year old race. The
conditions also provide that if the nominated mare
proves barren or if the foal dies before December 2d
another mare may be substituted regardless of owner-
ship. No owner of a well-bred mare in foal to a well-
bred stallion can afford to leave her out of this stake.
Every futurity offered in the United States in the last
ten years has shown that every colt entered and which
turned out good was worth double his value by reason
of the engagement. No one can tell how valuable
your foal of 1901 will be and the possible benefit that
can be derived makes the investment of $15 one of the
very best that can be made in the horse business. Read
the advertisement. For entry blanks write to Charles
R. Duffin, Secretary, Terre Haute, Ind.

KENNY THE BIKEMAN is the person you are
looking for now if you want your old sulky re-
paired or that new one lined up so that it will run true.
You can find him at 531 Valencia street, near 16th,
and he can furnish you with a speed cart, a track
sulky or a speed wagon at the very lowest rates and
will guarantee his goods.

INGLESIDE IS TO OPEN soon. The Supervisors
' at their meeting last Monday passed to print an
ordinance permitting for 36 days in each year book-
making and betting on premises where racing is actually
held. This will permit Ingleside to open and the San
Francisco Jockey Club is making great preparations
for the event, which will occur probably on Saturday,
March 9th.

THERE IS ONLY ONE $21,000 STAKE and that
is the Kentucky Futurity, and it closes March 15th
with a fee of but $5 per mare. It is the richest trot-
ting stake in the world, from two to four times as
large as other like events, while the entrance fee re-
quired to carry the colt to a saleable or trainable age
is either the same, or less. The $5 entrance would be
trifling for a race one-fourth its value, being but one-
fortieth of one per cent. The $10 payment on wean-
lings (or their substitutes) next winter, makes a total
of but one-fourteenth of one per cent, to keep each
foal eligible, without further payment, to within four
months of both races, nothing being due on two year
olds between December 1, 1901, and June 1, 1903, and
nothing being due on three year olds between December
1, 1901 and June 1, 1904. Therefore, before any pay-
ments are due, the breeder can sell his colts, with the
advantage of the rich stake engagements, and the buy-
ers can work them enough to know if they warrant
further payments. Whether you breed to sell or race,
you can't afford to miss the Futurity. It is the star
event of the trotting turf. The winner makes its sire
popular in the stud, and doubles the value of his colts.

A NUMBER of important improvements are to be
made on the property of the Vancouver Jockey
Club this year and the sport of racing there is in a
very healthy condition. At a meeting of the directors
of the club held recently the proposed stake for
British Columbia bred colts was talked of and Secre-
tary Robert Leighton stated that over twenty colts
would be entered, as he had already been promised
that many. This stake would be for trotters and do
much to encourage the breeding of light harness
horses. The club will probably join the North Pacific
Racing Association and will retain its membership in
the American Trotting Association, of which it has
long been a member. President Fullerton and Secre-
tary Leighton of the V. J. C. are very sanguine that
the sport will be of higher class and more gener-
ously patronized this year that ever before in British
Columbia and have already been assured that many
good running horses from California will start at their
meetings.

G ROVER CLAY 2:23}, son of Electioneer, dam the
producing mare Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk, next
dam Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatham, ought to get
plenty of patronage this year at a fee of $25. Dennis
Gannon has him at Emeryville, and attention is called
to his advertisement. Grover Clay has sired Clay S.
2:13} and Mr. Gannon informs us that another of his
sons trotted a mile in 2:16} last year up in Humboldt
county. Grover Clay gets extra good looking large
horses and they are stylish and speedy. A son of
Electioneer, out of a mare by the great running cham-
pion Norfolk, should not go begging for patronage this
year.

THE AMERICAN HORSE BREEDER, one of our
most valued exchanges, comes to us this week
looking as attractive as a summer girl in a bright new
dress. The horse papers are keeping step to the
music of good times.

Breeding of China Maid.

Since the publication in the Bbeeder and Sports-
man last week of the breeding of the daughter of Mc-
Kinney 2:11J recently purchased by Consul-General
Ho Yow, representative of the Chinese Government in
this city, horsemen are wondering how it happened
that this filly was not snapped up by some of the East-
ern horse buyers who have visited the State during
the past year. The fact of the matter is that the
owner of the mare did not care to sell and had never
made any move in that direction. This gentleman,
Thos. Grace, of Parmington, purchased Blanch Ward,
the dam of this filly, in Kentucky, in 1889, when she
was eight months old, paying $3200 for her. He
shipped her to his home in Farmington and when she
was grown, bred her to Guy Wilkes when that horse
was commanding a fee of $1000. Mr. Grace has the
receipted bills now to show that the cost of sending
her to San Mateo, pasturage during the season, service
fee and freight bills amounted to $1300. Blanche
Ward foaled a filly as a result of this mating, which
Mr. Grace still owns and in 1897 bred to McKinney and
got a stud colt now coming four years old which he
recently refused $4000 for. This colt will make a sea-
son this year at Farmington. He bred Blanche Ward
to McKinney the same year and got the filly just pur-
chased by the Consul-General. Consul Ho Yow has
named this filly China Maid, and that she is a hand-
some and racy piece of horseflesh the accompanying
engraving from a photograph taken last Monday at
San Jose plainly shows.

The breeding of China Maid is so rich in speed lines
that it has attracted much attention recently. Mc-
Kinney 2:11J, her sire, is the leading sire of 2:15 per-
formers of his age in America, and is recognized as the
greatest son of Alcyone, who was the greatest son of
Geo. Wilkes. Blanche Ward, dam of China Maid, is
by Onward 2:25}, also a son of Geo. Wilkes, and the
greatest living sire, having 163 standard performers,
24 of which are in the 2:15 list, among them being
Pearl Onward 2:064, Beuzetta 2:06f, Gazette 2:07}, Col-
bert 2:07.5, Pilatus 2:09} and Col. Thornton 2:09J. The
daughters of Onward have produced 13 in 2:15, among
them Choral 2:06.', and two others with records of 2:10
or better. Onward's dam is Dolly, the dam of Director,

of broodmare sires himself and his daughters have
produced no less than eighteen 2:15 performers, among
them being the trotters Ralph Wilkes 2:06J and Jupe
2:07i.

The next dam of China Maid is Lady Blanche (dam
of Alcryon 2:15, sire of 15 in 2:30 including Amos B.
2:09} and Nell Gwynn 2:10J) by Privateer 258 a produc-

CHINA MAID.

sire of the ex-champion Directum 2:05} and Direct
2:054. The dam of Blanche Warr is Blanche Patchen
by Mamhrino Patchen 58, sire of the great Mambrino
King, that is the sire of seven 2:10 performers and sire
of the dam of The Abbot 2:03}, champion trotter of
the world. Mambrino Patchen is one of the greatest

BRAW LASS.

ing sire that has sons and daughters that are produc-
ers. The next or fourth dam is by Abdallah 15, sire
of the old champion Goldsmith Maid 2:14 and one of
the greaters progenitors of trotting speed, having 14
producing sons, among them Belmont 64, sire of the
great Nutwood. A tabulated pedigree of China Maid
with the fast performers of each generation back to
the fifth would make a wonderful showing. China
Maid is now in "Farmer" Bunch's charge at the San
Jose track and will be trained to race and get a low
mark. She is a square trotter. Consul General Ho
Yow has certainly shown excellent judgment in his
first selection for a mare from which to breed trotters.
Another mare that he purchased recently is Braw Lass
by El Benton 2:23, out of a mare by Mambrino Wilkes.
She is a splendid individual as the engraving herewith
shows. El Benton is by Electioneer out of Nelly
Benton (dam also of El Rami 2:14) by Gen. iBenton. As
Mambrino Wilkes is a producing son of Geo. Wilkes,
Braw Lass represents the Electioneer-Wilkes cross
which has produced so many fast trotters and pacers.

a winner East and West; Mischief, a stake-winner and
producer; Glen Ellen, a winner and phenomenal pro-
ducer; Mystery, who won three Derbys and took the
measure of Geraldine and Acclaim; Manzanillo, who
won two races at Sacramento in 1898 and defeated the
famous Libertine; Rebecca, a winner and one of the
most wonderful producers alive; Marian, her sister, a
good winner and the mother of Sir John, Sykeston,
Lady Marian, etc., and Modwena, a stake winner in
1898. Many others might be mentioned, going to
show that Mr. J. B. Chase has had a greater measure
of success as a breeder than often comes to a man.

James B. Chase was born in New Bedford, Mass, in
1837. He was the father of eleven children, six of
whom survive him. He was a member of San Fran-
cisco Lodge I. O. O. F., Master Mariners and Legion of
Honor.

Frank M. Day, one of the prominent horse breed
ers of California, died at his home in Alameda, Febru-
ary 24th from paralysis. He was a native of St. Paul,
Minn., aged 47 years. He had resided in ^California
nineteen years and in Alameda three years. He was a
member of the Masonic fraternity. For many years he
had been a commercial traveler for a San Francisco
firm. He leaves a wife, a son and a daughter. Mr.
Day some years ago founded the Belmont Stock Farm
at Belmont, San Mateo county, purchasing the Red
Wilkes stallion Dictatus and placing him at the head.
The hard times in the horse business which settled on
the whole country soon after, induced him to retire
from horse breeding altogether, though his son still
owns Dictatus and has been fairly successful with him.
Mr. Day was a very enthusiastic lover of the harness
horse, out ill health made him an invalid for nearly
two years prior to his death.

A move has been made with the Sheepshead Bay
track. Mr. Frank T. Clark, the Superintendent, states
that he has ploughed it up, and will resoil it just as
soon as the frost is out. He expects to have it in first
class order in March, if favored with anything like
reasonable weather.

W. H. Jackson, Jr., will be a recruit to the running
turf, making his debut at Montgomery Park. He is a
graduate of Vanderbilt University, educated for a
lawyer, but has forsaken Blackstone for the stud book.
His stable will be highly bred two year olds from his
father's farm at Belle Meade and they will be trained
by John Brandon.

Obituary.

James B. Chase, a pioneer resident of this city, and
well known horse breeder, died at his home on Mason
street, on February 22d, lacking a few days of being
74 years of age. Mr. Chase came to California in 1851
and engaged in the stevedore and ballast business, at
which he acquired a competency. He was a great ad-
mirer of the thoroughbred horse and owned a beauti-
ful farm in the Sonoma valley when with the great race
mare Katie Pease and many other royally bred mares
he founded a stud farm from which has come many
stake winners. Among them may be mentioned Hidal-
go, who won many memorable races both in the East
and in California; Gilead, winner of the Thornton and
other stakes and conqueror of Rey El Santa Anita,
Hawthorne, etc.; DeBracey, who beat the best three
year olds in the Middle West and California and ran a
mile in 1:40; Monterey, one of the crack two year olds
of 1894, sired by Hidalgo; Marigold, who ran a mile in
in 1:41, two miles in 3:30J and four miles in 7:20}, the
world's record for mares; Centella, winner of twelve
races and $9265; Kildare, winner of more than twenty
races; Morven, a heavy winner on the flat and over
the sticks; Del Norte, who broke the Coast record at a
mile and a sixteenth; Top Gallant, winner of fourteen
races and "in the money" on fifty-three occasions;
Horatio, a good two and three year old; Phoebe Ann,

NORA MCKINNEY.

This handsome four year old filly is in "Farmer"
Bunch's string at San Jose. She is by McKinney out
of a mare by Dexter Prince, and was raised by David
Young, of Stockton. She resembles Hazel Kinney
2:09} in looks and also in action and is a very promis-
ing trotter.

HARTFORD FUTURITY

$11,000 for $1. For Foals of 1901

Entries Close 1\/Lsljcg1oi. IS, 1901.

GREATER THAN EVER MORE LIBERAL THAN EVER

$1,000 added for Nom-^OOJo the Nominator of the

inators to the Orig-
inal $10,000 Purse.

Entrance Clause

r $500 to

Dam

$500 to

the Nominator of
of the Winner,
the Nominator of

Three to Enter. Two to Start

Winner of the Race.

Entries can be made at any time up to date of closing March 15,

For Foals of 1901 to be Raced
as Three=year-olds in 1904

1901.

Only $1 (less than one-
hundreth of 1 per cent,
with nomination of mare
MARCH 15, 1901

The produce of mares nominated to be trotted and paced in 1904,_when name a^nd^gai^otanimal must be stated.

$8,500

For
Trotters

For
Pacers

$25,00

Payments :

$ 5.00 Nov. 1, 1901 jg

@ $10.00 March 1, 1902 \

S $10.00 March 2, 1903 5

9 $ 5.00 March 1, 1904 K

TROTTING" DIVISION— $6,000 to first horse, $1,000 to second horse and '$500 to third, 1500 to the nominator of the dam of the winner, $500 to the nominator of the winner of the race.
PACING DIVISION— $-3,000 to the first horse, $300 to second and $200 to third.

No Substitute in Any Event Full paid-up Starting Fee only $31, less than one-third of 1 per Cent.

In entries the name, color and breeding of the mare must be given, also name of horse to which she was bred in 1900. National Trotting Association Rules in force on day of race will prevail.

ENTRIES CLOSE FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1901.

Mail Entries to E. M. STALKER, Secretary, care Fasig-Tlpton Co., Madison Square Garden, New York City.

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^ SULKY NOTES.

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Mares are foaling.

Enter in the rich futurities.

The Hartford costs but $1 and is for $11,000.

Seth Griffin has begun work on the new Memphis
track.

Don't miss having an entry in the rich Kentucky
Futurity— $20,000.

Vina Belle 2:155-, is safe with foal by Peter the Great
at the Forbes Farm.

Lomo Alto Farm's consignment at the Chicago sale
averaged nearly $500.

Bessie Huntington, dam of Charley Herr 2:07, has
been bred to Ali Bey, a son of William L. and Dewey
Eve, by George Wilkes.

Chas. L. Griffith is driving Beet 2:165 on the road
through Golden Gate Park. He is one of the fastest
trotters that goes down the speedway.

Nutwood Wilkes is getting a lot of high class mares
again this year. Mr. Carter is reaving letters every
day from owners who want to book their mares.

The Terre Haute Matron Stakes, $10,000 for foals of
this year has many excellent features. Add to the
value of prospective foals by naming the mares by
March 25th.

The colt that has been reserved at the Two-Minute
Farm to succeed his sire, Guy Wilkes 2:155, is the two
year old, out of Lea 2:18} by Sidney. He is said to be
a trotting wonder.

Palmer L. Clark, the founder of the Horse Review,
has been engaged to conduct a department in the
Chicago Sunday Inter-Ocean, devoted to the news of
the trotters and pacers.

There will be twenty-six harness events at the
Denver meeting in June, and the amount of money
hung up will be $13,000. The prospects for a good
meeting are very bright.

Secret 2:265 by Secretary, the gray mare that Dr.
Latham took East two years ago and placed in Chas.
Marvin's hands, was among the horses sold at the 400
sale in New York, in February. She brought but $120.

Bey del Diablo 2:235, J. M. Alviso's fast colt by
Diablo 2:09}, is showing wonderful speed at Pleasanton.
He worked a quarter in 325 seconds last week very
handily. He will be another 2:15 performer for his sire.

Mr. A. B. Spreckels has sent his mare Venus II.
2:11J to Pleasanton where she will be trained by
Millard Sanders. She looks to be in perfect shape and
hasn't a blemish on her. She should lower her record
this year.

Boydello 2:14f is a good horse to breed to this year.
He is a grandson of Electioneer and well bred on his
dam's side. He is not only a fast and game race horse,
but a model of symmetry. See Ed Lafferty about him
at Alameda.

See that the Assemblyman and Senator from your
district look after the appropriation for your district
agricultural society. The appropriation bill will be
up for discussion next week at Sacramento. The agri-
cultural districts should not be slighted.

Mr. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, had Bingen 2:06}
out on the snow path one day last week, and the great
stallion was easily boss of the road. He caught the
eye of the crowd every time he marched down through
the centre by his impressive way of going and superb
style.

Dr. Boucher went to Pleasanton this week with his
pacer by Harry Gear out of Miss Logan 2:065. He will
enter him through the Eastern circuit andexpects a
very low mark for him. No three year old in Califor-
nia has shown as much speed as this fellow and he
looks and acts like a race horse.

Ed Geers says he does not care to enter The Abbot
in a three-cornered race with Cresceus and Charley
Herr, although he would like to get on a single-handed
match with either one of them. Geers is no young fox
to be caught with an exposed trap. He says: "Two
pretty fair horses can defeat one crack."

Mr. P. J. Williams desires to farm out his great
mare, Hattie, the dam of Monterey 2:09} and Montana
2:16}. He will take $250 cash for her use for one year.
She is now heavy in foal and a sure breeder. Here is
an opportunity for some one to breed a crackerjack,
and one that will sell for $1000 as a yearling.

John Hogan, for many years superintendent of the
famous Stony Ford Farm in Orange county, is now in
the employ of William C. Whitney as foreman at the
farm in Kentucky, where Hamburg is to be kept. The
man who once had charge of Electioneer and other
trotting stallions will hereafter look out for the $60,000
thoroughbred.

One of the best posted breeders in California, and a
gentleman who has bred a number of good ones him-
self, was asked by a young man the other day what
stallion was the best to breed a standard bred mare to
this year. "That is a hard question to answer," the
gentleman replied, "but if you breed her to Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16} you will make no mistake and will have
the satisfaction of knowing that there are none any
better bred or more likely to produce you a fast trotter
than he."

I Direct 2:125, will be a great producer of speed if
given an opportunity. He is from speed producing
families, champions on both sides. At $25 the season
his services should be in great demand. Ed Lafferty
has him at Alameda.

The first foal reported to this office from mares
named in the Pacific Breeders Futurity $6000 stake is
owned by Mr. Chas. F. Giles, of 1113 McAllister street,
this city. The colt is a bay, by Wilkes Direct 2:225
(full brother to John A. McKerron 2:10), dam Pearl
G. by Kebir. Mr. Giles has named him Frank G., and
has already pointed him toward the big end of the
stake.

L. V. Harkness, owner of Walnut Hall Farm, at
Donerail, Ky., whose success in winning both divisions
of the Kentucky Futurity last year was one of the
features of the harness racing campaign, has consigned
to the sale ring every marketable animal on his exten-
sive farm that shows a tendency to pace. Mr. Hark-
ness has an aversion to the pacing gait, and he is going
to eliminate it from his stud by selling off the pacing
colts as fast as they show their heads.

J. W. Gordon is working his stallion Silver Arrow
by Silver Bow at the San Jose track and will race him
this year in the hope of getting a low record for him.
Mr. Gordon's black gelding Black Diamond, that was
thought last year to be one of the best green prospects
in the State and would certainly have reached a low
mark this year, is just recovering from a mix-up with
a piece of barbed wire that came near cutting a couple
of his legs off. The cuts have all healed and though
they left ugly scars, the gelding shows no signs of
lameness. He is a big, rangy fellow, high headed and
can trot a 2:40 gait anytime, even in the condition he
is now. If no further accidents happen him he may
be able to get a record yet.

It is said on good authority that Vance Nuckols, of
Cleveland, will campaign Coney 2:02|, this year, and if
he does the Cleveland trainer will probably ride about
os close to the two-minute mark as any man in the
business. Nuckols never trains very many horses, but
the few he does train gets about as good care as it is
possible for horses to get. Nuckols is also a very
clever driver, as he showed the Grand Circuit follow-
ers last season when he got some of the money in about
every race in which he started Tom Nolan and Arch
W. Coney is one of the speediest pacers ever seen,
and it is quite possible that he will materially reduce
his record during the coming horse season. — Buffalo
Horse World.

During the Fasig-Tipton sale last month a rumor was
circulated that George Ketcham had bought the fast
bay trotting gelding, Henry S., that was thought to
have had a mortgage on the Merchants' and Manu-
facturers' $10,000 stake at Detroit last year, but pulled
up lame after a warming-up mile before the race was
called and was not started. When Ketcham was asked
about the deal he said he had received a price on the
horse and the chances were he would complete a trade
for him. Charley Thompson, in whose stable Henry
S. is located, at Guttenberg, N. J., said that he was
going all right and should be a great race horse the
coming season. If the deal is consummated, Henry
S. will be campaigned in the stable with Cresceus.

Although the sale of thoroughbreds from the farm
of the late Marcus Daly realized $403,000 for the estate
of the Montana breeder, it is a significant fact that his
heirs have concluded to keep the trotting department
of the farm in operation, writes Baymond in the Horse
World. From this it is evident that the heirs to the
Daly millions regard the breeding of trotters as more
profitable than the breeding of runners. Probably no
breeder of thoroughbreds ever gave more attention
to them than did Mr. Daly, and his success was excep-
tionally great, but as a means of earning dividends on
the capital invested, it is evident that the trotters are
regarded as better than the thoroughbreds by those
most familiar with the earning of both departments of
the Daly breeding establishment.

In a letter to Turf, Field and Farm, J. Malcolm
Forbes, the Boston millionaire horse owner, says: "I
see that some of the papers are trying to push the pro-
fessional judge question to the front. In theory it
would be all right, but in practice you could not get
the men who are honest and at the same time capable.
You and I know what pressure would be brought and
how the professional judges, traveling through the
circuit and living with the drivers and the pool sellers,
would find it almost impossible to act independently.
Under the present system we have seen bad blunders
in judgment, but through the Grand Circnit at least I
believe, the stand has been very generally honest. At
any rate, under the present system the standard on
the trotting tracks has improved very much in the
past twenty years, and I think we had better leave
well enough alone. One can stand losing a race on its
merits, but as soon as I feel that the judges and the
starter are working in favor of any interest rather than
fair play, I will stop racing."

Coney 2:02}, was bought by J. H. Bronson for $4100,
no doubt on the recommendation of Burt Shank, who
has regarded the black gelding more highly than any
other man for more than a year. After Coney had
closed his campaign in 1899 and was sent to the New
York sale, Mr. Shank asked [James Butler again and
again to buy the horse for him to raee,butgot no satis-
faction. When the sale came, however, and Coney
looked to be going for $1,100, Mr. Butler stepped in
and bought Coney for $50 or $100 more and sent the
gelding to Shank at the farm with the words: "There
he is, now get my money out of him." When Shank
brought Coney to Cleveland last spring his horse could
not have been in better order. It was soon apparent
to all who saw the two work, that Coney could step all
around Anaconda, and the mile in 2:05} which Shank
drove Coney in July, without hopples, was not the
geldings limit that day. During the season Coney's
winnings were $5000 and at the sale he fetched almost
$3000 more than Mr. Butler paid for him. — American
Sportsman.

Mr. T. F. Bicks, of Eureka, Humboldt county, has
a six year old mare by Mustapha 11, 716, son of Guy
Wilkes, that he will put in training this year. Her
dam is Lou 2:145 by Ira. Mr. Bicks formerly owned
Lou, and believes that but for too much work and rac-
ing, which resulted in her breaking down, she would
have had a record below 2:10, so he has allowed this
daughter of hers to become fully matured before plac-
ing her in training. She is thoroughly broken and
has stepped a mile in three minutes.

The free for all pace at the last Ottawa, Ont., meet-
ing was one of the hardest and brilliantly fought con-
tests ever pulled off over the ice. It was a seven-heat
race, the track was half-mile and the time made was
2:21, 2:215, 2:215, 2:21$, 2:22, 2:19 and 2:19}, and it was
won by Looking Glass, owned by Col. W. Perry Taylor
of Buffalo. Sloppy Weather won the first two heats,
Looking Glass the third, fourth and seventh heats,
and Jewel the fifth and sixth heats. In this race Jewel
made a world's record for a half-mile track on the ice,
stepping the sixth heat in 2:19. Frank G. Smith, who
started the horses at the meeting, says that the racing
in every heat was great, and every finish was of the
eyelash ordei*, and when the horses reached the wire
in the final heat the crowd fairly went wild with
excitement.

Neernut 2:12} will make the season of 1901 at the
farm of his owner, Geo. W. Ford of Santa Ana, at $40.
On Friday and Saturday of each week Neernut will be
at the Los Angeles race track to accommodate a num-
ber of owners desiring to breed to him there. This
splendid young representative of the Electioneer-Nut-
wood cross is in fine shape at the present time. Out of
45 mares bred to him last season not over two or three
missed. The young colts and fillies by him now being
worked at the Santa Ana track are as fine looking a
lot of youngsters as has ever seen seen in Southern
California and are all, without exception, stepping fast.
Toughnut is already showing quarters in 33 seconds
easily. Neerana, a bay filly out of Florence C. by
Alban, is a crackerjack and a brother to her is not far
behind her in speed. He is entered in the Stanford
Stake to be trotted at the State Fair this year. A full
brother to Neeretta, now a two year old, is entered
in the same stake for next year. The Neernuts
will begin dropping into the list now about as fast as
they are raced and it will not take him long to make a
great showing among the sires of extreme speed if his
get are trained. An article on his breeding will ap-
pear in this journal next week.

Henry Hellman has a big string of trotters and pacers
at the San Jose track, several of them prominent
candidates for the California circuit this year. The
record horses in the string are Wild Nulling 2:11},
Myrtha Whips 2:10} and Ned Thorne 2:15], all looking
well and in shape to race again this year if purses are
offered for the classes to which they are eligible. Oro
Guy, the three year old colt by Oro Wilkes out of
Boseate by Guy 'Wilkes, that B. I. Orr of Hollister
purchased as a suckling at the foot of its dam in 1898
at the Corbitt closing out sale, has developed into a
powerful big horse that will not only trot to a fast rec-
ord, but should prove a great stock horse. He has a
bold way of going that is very attractive. Examiner
is the name given a three year old by Wilkes Direct
2:225 out of a mare by Strathway. This is a handsome
and promising youngster. Motanic, the five year old
by Chehalis 2:04}, dam by Hamboy, is owned by Mr.
John Wise of this city. He is a handsome colt with a
head and neck very much like his sire, and shows great
speed. T. S. Montgomery's two year old filly by
Boodle 2:125 is another promising youngster. Mr.
Hellman also has a four year old gray filly by Wild
Boy, a four year old by Prince Nutwood, a green pacer
by Benton Boy and the stallion Alton, son of Altamont-
Tecora and a very handsome member of that great
family of fast ones.

B. O, Van Bokkelen, of San Jose, will again journey
to the East this year with a string of good California
horses that he is now putting in shape at the San
Jose track. Mr. Van Bokkelen will not race all of *
them, "several being horses that he has purchased for ^
Eastern parties and will deliver them when he goes I
over East in June. He has the game and fast stallion ■
Stamboulette 2:10}, and no horse ever looked better
than he does right now. After a year's rest he looks*
to be fully equal to the task of reducing his record,
and this will be expected of him with confidence. Tom
Smith, the McKinney colt that showed so promising
last year, is another good one in Van Bokkelen's care.
He has had a severe attack of illness, the result of a
cold, but looks well now and will soon be ready to
show speed. The fast pacer Fredericksburg 2:12 will
go East in this stable. He is a candidate for 2:05 before
fall. Among the other horses under Mr. Van Bok-
kelen's charge are Vic Shellar, owned by Mr. C. Y.
Bollinger; an Oro Wilkes colt out of a mare by Prin-
ceps, the property of Mr. C. J. Molero: a gelding by
Sable Wilkes, owned in this city, a very promising
four year old brother to Ethel Downs 2:10 that is
owned by Mr. T. J. Weeks of Santa Cruz, and a
three year old stud colt by Alex Button out of Carrie
Malone, the dam of Chas. Derby 2:20. The horse that
attracts the most attention however is The Boman (3)
2:18}, the sensational three year old of last year. He
is filling out wonderfully and growing every day.
Since he landed at the San Jose track from La Siesta
Farm, he has grown fully an inch and measured last
week fifteen hands one inch and a half in height, a
gain of nearly an inch in three months. He is in per-
fect health, and though he is only jogged for exercise,
picks up his feet and places them down in a manner
that shows him to be everything that is claimed for
him. "He moves more like The Abbot than any horse
I ever saw, and I have seen a great many on the grand ,
circuit." said the man in whose special charge the
gelding is. It is the opinion of all the horsemen at San
Jose that when Mr. Christy of Kansas City instructed
Dick Benson to buy The Boman, that he made the best
bargain in horse flesh that he has ever made in Cali-
fornia for some time. That he will trot close to the
world 's record they all believe.

| THE SADDLE.

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Majon Barak T. Thomas.

A Lexington wriW speaks thus of one of America's
foremost horsemen: Thirty-five years ago a man of
50, dressed in the ragged uniform of a Confederate
soldier, stood in the office of James A. Grinstead, the
famous hanker, breeder and turfman of the "time be-
fore the war."

"Jim, I need some money. I want to get on my feet
again," said the soldier.

"Just write your check for what you want and I

will see that it is honored at the bank," was the reply.

The soldier was Major Barak G. Thomas, now

dangerously ill, and whose life history reads like a

romance.

Within the past few years, when James R. Keene
and his party of millionaire turfmen from the East
visited Lexington and the blue grass region, they were
entertained at the elegant residence of Major Barak G-
Thomas. They looked at his famous pictures of great
horses — horses that had been bred and which master
hands have produced upon the canvas; they drank
punch from gold and silver bowls — howls which Hira
won more than thirty years ago — and brewed from
Bourbon, which had mellowed in Major Thomas'
cellars for two decades; they accepted with gladness
the kind hospitality of this courtly gentleman, listened
with eagerness to the words of turf lore which fell
from his lips, and saw as they sat beneath his roof how
that ragged Confederate soldier of 35 years ago had
carried to a successful end his determination to "get on
his feet again."

They saw him, too, the last of the old school of turf-
men. Such men as James A. Grinstead, Dr. Weldon,
David McDaniels, Price McGrath, Major E. O. Elliott,
Wood Springfield, General A. Buford, Captain Viley,
John Harper, John M. Clay, A. Keene Richards, Miles
Kelly and the like were his contemporaries. All of
these are dead and he, the most successful of them all,
stands like the best, at the last. Domino, the largest
winning horse in American turf history, was bred by
him. Mannie Grey, whose produce have won more
money than any brood mare in American breeding
annals, cropped the blue grass in his paddocks. King
Thomas, which sold for more money than any yearling
that ever passed under the auctioneer's hammer in
America, was bred at his farm. Himyar, in the year
when his sons and daughters won more money than
any other stallion, was owned by Major Thomas.

Always a lover of the thoroughbred horse, Major
Thomas owned racers before he was of age, and he
continued to breed and to race thoroughbreds even
while engaged in other forms of business. His first
success of note was to come after the Avar in Hira, that
wonderful daughter of Lexington and Hegira which
was to lay the foundation of his new fortune — the for-
tune of his old age. The Major Thomas of to-day
retains all of the cheery disposition, which has stood
him in such good stead under trying circumstances, in
spite of his eighty-five years and his recent narrowly
averted attack of pneumonia. "I am sorry to see all
the nice things they have said about me, for they will
have nothing left when I die, "he laughingly remarked.
He declares that he is good for many years yet.

Major Thomas' life reads like a romance — a fit sub-
ject for a Dumas or a Dickens. It lacks but one essen-
tial feature — the woman in the case — for he has never
married and lives wifeless, childless, a bachelor in his
i elegant home. There may be a story hidden behind
the placid front he always wears. In the South, down
underneath the magnolia trees, where the gray moss
waves in the breezes, may sleep the girl who might
have played a part in a life which has exceeded the
three-score years and ten of Holy Writ, but if it is so
he has never told his story.

Even the manner of hi3 joining the army reads
like a chapter in a novel. Union soldiers were en-
camped around Lexington. Major Thomas had a
serious difficulty with a man from a particular com-
pany, and in the fight which followed the soldier was
killed. Major Thomas was exonerated at the examin-
ing trial, but the man's comrades determined on
l'evenge, and after several days of waiting saw Thomas
in the distance, and, armed with rifles, began pursuit.
A race for life ensued, and the city limits were quickly
passed. Once in the open country Major Thomas saw
an engine side-tracked, and boarding it, found the
engineer a friend who had known him when a civil
engineer on that road. On the engine he was borne to
a place of safety, and a few days later joined the army
in Virginia. I

The havoc of war left Major Thomas but one piece
of property. Years previous he and his brother, Cir-
cuit Judge Charles B. Thomas, owned a good race
mare by imp. Ambassador, called Heriga, which for
several years held the best two-mile record. Before
leaving home he had her bred to Lexington, and when
he returned he found a filly old enough to race. The
part interest he owned in this filly constituted Major
Thomas' sole earthly possessions at that time. He'
entered the filly in a stake worth about $2000, run at
the old Woodlawn course, near Louisville, and she'
proved the winner, giving the now famous breeder a
new start in life and laying the foundation of his pres-j
ent fortune and earlier prosperity. The filly in time
became the broodmare Hira, the dam of Himyar, the
sire of Domino. Prom the appearance of Hira on the
turf, Major Thomas' prominence as a racing man and
successful breeder began, and it has continued down to

1900, Tommy Atkins, Maximo Gomez, Trumpet and
The Musketeer, all grand winners last year, being bred
by this noted sportsmen.

Major Thomas followed a certain line in breeding
horses, and having been so very successful his views
are of much general interest. In a recent interview he
said: "Having long since learned that every foal was
just a reproduction of some preceding horse or mare in
the family to which it belonged, my aim has been to
use no mares for raising horses except those which had
no stains in their pedigree and traced back through
good performers on the turf to an Oriental origin.
Tom Bowling was only a few crosses thoroughbred,
but he looked the image of his sire, Lexington, and
was a grand race horse. None of his five or six
brothers looked like Lexington, and not one of them
was worth his oats. Suppose the dam had come from
a long line of winners. Is it not clear that she might
have produced the type of some one of them, and,
therefore, make the foal resulting from crossing her
with Lexington a greater racing probability? Poor
mares may throw one good winner, but they will get
ten or fifteen bad ones in the meantime."

Major Thomas began his breeding career on a large
scale when he founded Dixiana stud. There he resided
for years in a large stone house, which was surrounded
by the white painted cottages for the hands, the place
presenting from the road the picture of a Swiss village.
Over the gateway hung a unique sign which warned off
peddlars and agents, and the last line read: "Nothing
but a good race horse wanted here." In one of his at-
tacks of illness he sold his beautiful estate and moved
to his present city residence. He transferred his horses
to another farm, which he called Hiravilla, and which
is still his property.

Major Thomas will always live in turf history as one
of the most striking characters. He is regarded as the
sage of the turf to-day, and has always been consulted
on matters of turf legislation when of great importance.
He first devised the scheme of having the numbers on
the program correspond with the number on the jock-
ey's arm. He has bred scores of great horses outside
of Himyar and Domino, and some of the mares he
raced in other hands proved very famous producers,
notably Lady Reel, the dam of Hamburg. It is said
that he sold Maud Hampton, after she had produced
Ban Pox, King Fox and King Thomas, for the highest
price ever paid for an American brood mare, but at J.
B. Haggin's request, the amount was never made pub-
lic, that California 'millionaire having been the pur-
chaser.

He still owns one of the most valuable broodmares
in the world in Quesal, who last year had out three
fine stake winners in Tommy Atkins, Trumpet and
Maximo Gomez. It is very rare that three performers
out of the same mare each win stakes in a single
season, and it is doubtful if any mare in one year ever
before had a two, three and four year old stake winner
at the same time.

Though never at one time owning a great number of
mares, and hardly ever over two stallions in service,
Major Thomas' success as a breeder is truly remark-
able. He has bred forty stars, which have won $5000
or over, and such other noted performers as Aureola,
best two-mile heat racer in her day; Herzog, first horse
to run a mile better than 1:44; Hifiight, who lowered
the 1 3-16 mile record; Queen Ban, who beat Miss
Woodford; Rosary, at one time holder of the five-
furlong record; Sir Himyar, beaten a nose in 1\ miles
in 2:074, the world's record when made, and White,
who ran a dead heat with Los Angeles in the Latonia
Derby of 1888.

Major Thomas is the only breeder in Kentucky that
ever bred two unbeaten two year olds, neither Domino
nor French Park being defeated at that age, and the
latter was never beaten. He has always made it a rule
never to buy a mare, no matter how cheap, if she
lacked any of the prerequisites he believed necessary
to secure her success in the stud. The results he
attained are startling, as he is the only man whose
establishment has turned out winners of all the big
classic events in the East for two year olds. The
Futurity, Great American, Great Eclipse, Great Trial,
Produce, Saratoga, Kentucky, Double Event, Junior
Championship and Matron Stakes and the Great East-
ern Handicap have all fallen to colts bred by him.

SADDLE NOTES.

Mr. W. O'B. McDonough had an unique experience
at Tanforan last Monday. His colt Beau Ormonde
started in a six and a half furlong race for three year
olds against a field which he appeared to hold safe.
The colt was wretchedly handled by N. Turner, who
was in the saddle, but finally got up in the last stride.
The judges called it a dead heat between Beau Ormonde
and Invictus, and on further consideration allowed a
claim of foul against Beau Ormonde, placing him last.

Invictus showed wonderful and startling improve-
ment in Monday's race at Tanforan. On Saturday
last with Burns in the saddle he was a hot favorite,
and though off in the lead showed no speed and was
beaten off. On Monday he was piloted with J. Daly
who certainly does not class with Burns and showed
great speed leading a good field to the wire.

The first mare bred to Hamburg after his arrival in
Kentucky was Black Venus by imp. Kantaka, dam
Queenie by Himyar.

Jockey Tony Hamilton will sail shortly for England,
where he will ride the coming season. He has not yet
secured an engagement, but will no doubt secure
mounts.

Jockey Ural, one of the leading jockeys in the early
'80's and contemporary with McLaughlin, Donohue,
Hayward and Barbee, was found dead in a barn on
Gravesend avenue, Sheepshead Bay, on February 14th,
and his remains will be buried by The Jockey Club.
Ural rode for the late G. L. Lorillard and piloted to
victory such horses as Greenland and Reveller.

Ingleside will be opened in all probability one week
from to-day.

If you did not send in a name for your two year old
by March 1st (yesterday), it will cost you $50 for your
procrastination.

The English Sportsman confirms the report that the
Duke of Devonshire will lease the race horses of King
Edward VII., for 1901. These number fourteen and
they will, it is stated, be run in the name and under
the colors of the Duke in all their engagements.

Dr. Thos. Hagyard, veterinary surgeon for the
Elmendorf Stud, died Thnrsday afternoon of rheuma-
tism of the heart at Elmendorf. Dr. Hagyard was one
oi the most skillful veterinary surgeons of this country.
His two brothers are also surgeons, Dr. E. W. Hag-
yard being now at the late Marcus Daly's Bitter Root
Farm, while Dr. J. Hagyard is a practicing surgeon in
Lexington, Ky.

Goodwin Brothel's announce that the publication of
"Winning Stallions" has been discontinued on account
of lack of support. ■

The crack English jockey, Sammy Loates, was not
greatly impressed with the racing he saw in California
if the following statement made by him to a New York
reporter is correct: "My impressions of racing here
were gathered while on the Pacific Coast," he said,
"and so I am not qualified to speak of racing in the
East. Of course, there is a difference in the tracks
here and in England. Over there we race on the turf,
while here your tracks seem to he sand, and sometimes
mud. The races I witnessed were not so exciting as
those in England. In the first place, out there the
'stakes were not high, and the horses not the best. I
'understand that it is different in this vicinity."

William Duke, who will probably draw the highest
Fpay of any trainer in England, was a passenger on a
{steamer which left New York for England last week.
jDuke is under contract to Sir John Thursby Salsbury.
[Sir Thursby has at present fifteen horses in his string,
[and according to Duke has several other good ones in
Iview. "Sir John," said Duke, "is a liberal gentleman.
IHe has offered to spend $50,000 for horses, if I pass
|on them. " Duke has a record of thirty-three wins last
{season with seven horses. Enoch Wishard, who heads
Ithe list, won fifty-four races with thirty-three horses.

The first important three year old event of the year
was the Washington's Birthday Handicap, one mile
and an eighth, value $2385, whichjwas run at Tanforan
last Friday. This event was looked forward to with
with great interest as it was supposed that from its
result a line could be obtained on the probable starters
for the California Derby. Owing to the bad condition
of the track the outcome was rather disappointing
and the race did not appear to be a true run one.
Articulate endeavored to make a runaway race of it
and was in front throughout until the eighth pole was
reached where he was passed by Telamon, who won
with ease by two lengths. Canmore was a bad third.
Telamon's race showed startling improvement over
some of his late essays.

Charlie Thorpe was seen in the saddle on Washing-
ton's birthday. He had the mount on Brutal in the
stake race, but failed to finish inside the money.

The attendance at both tracks on Washington's
Birthday was very large, and the bookmakers had
their hands full in attending to the wants of their
numerous patrons.

Barrack seems to have gotten into shape and is com-
mencing to show some of the form which he displayed
last summer at Chicago, when he defeated such high
class horses as Advance Guard, Zoroaster and Ban-
nockburn. His race at Tanforan last Friday was won
with ridiculous ease.

Earl Islington made his first appearance on the
track since his retirement a year ago, and was well
supported at fifties, as he was reported to have been
working very fast at Ingleside. Off well, he was run-
ning easily in third position when he was seen to falter
and fall out of the running; at the three-eighths pole
his jockey dismounted and led him back to the stand
on three legs. His trainer said it was doubtful if he
would ever face the barrier again.

Sea Lion has proved to be quite a useful horse for
Bookmaker Csesar Young. Since coming into Mr.
Young's hands he has won several selling events, be-
sides annexing the George Washington Handicap and
the Palace Hotel Stakes.

The San Mateo Handicap at Tanforan Park was an
easy thing for Waring, who, with 120 lbs. in the saddle,
galloped in front throughout and won with his ears
pricked. Imperious showed sudden and startling im-
provement and finished in the place. Wyoming was
third four lengths away.

Burns & Waterhouse had bad luck again in the
Palace Hotel Handicap. Favonius was weighted out
of it and Bangor sulked, which resulted in the B. & W.
stable only gaining second and third money, the long
end of the purse going to Sea Lion.

The substitution of Lee for Buchanan on Vohicer by
the judges at Tanforan last Saturday worked a hard-
ship on those bettors who had backed Vohicer. This
horse, with a hustling rider such as Buchanan had a
chance to finish in the money, but with a weak boy
like Lee figured to run last. In changing jockeys it
should be obligatory on the judges to put up a boy of
at least equal ability to the one removed.

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mencing to-morrow, the last shoot taking place on
September 8th. . I

During the Empire Club shooting season targets willl
be trapped to all comers at one cent per bird. Thej
regular club program will be issued nest week.

The California Wing Club has elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Dr. S. E. Knowles, Presi-
dent; Edw. Donohoe, Vice-President; C. C. Nauman,
Secretary, the Board of Directors is composed of the
officers and Chas. H. Shaw. Otto Peudner and Frank
Vernon.

The club program for the year comprises six monthly
shoots, each taking place on the first Sunday of a
month, the initial shoot for ftthe season will take place
at Ingleside to-morrow. Five shoots will be at fifteen
pigeons. The final shoot will be at twenty-five pigeons.
All shooters will stand at the thirty-yard mark, in-
stead of the twenty-eight yard line as was the practice
heretofore. Five elegant prizes valued at $150, will be
given to the five high guns at the end of the season.
Two years ago the club had three prizes for the season's
shoot, last year another trophy was added and this
season it was determined that it would be a pleasing
move for the members to offer an additional trophy.

Peter J. Walsh was elected to membership at the
last meeting of the club.

The San Francisco Gun Club announce the following
trap shooting events for Ingleside this season:

The blue rock program comprises six monthly club
shoots at twenty-five targets, each shoot taking place
on the second Sunday of the month; the first meeting
will take place on March 10th. A handsome medal
will be awarded the high average gun and $150 will be
distributed in cash prizes. The other shooters who
have competed in the six club shoots will be divided
into four classes after the final shoot. High gun in
each class shall receive $20 00 and second high gun
$10.00. The classification will be made as follows:
After the final shoot a list of members who have com-
peted in the six club shoots will be made, beginning
with the highest score, down to the lowest. The num-
ber of names on the list will then be divided into four
equal parts, and the first and second high gun in each
of the resulting classes shall be declared winners of the
cash prizes. Targets will be trapped to members for
one cent apiece in all events excepting pool shoots.

The live bird program comprises six monthly club
shoots held on the fourth Sunday of the month. The
first shoot will take place on March 24th. Five shoots
will be at fifteen birds and the final shoot will be for
twenty-five pigeons, making a total of 100 birds.

A diamond medal will be the trophy awarded the
high gun for the season. The classification of the
other shooters into four classes is similar to the blue
rock division. High guns in each class will receive $30
and second high gun $20. All live bird shooters will
stand at the thirty-yard mark.

Club shoots will start promptly at 10 A. M. No en-
tries will be received after 10:30 A. M. Any member
missing two consecutive shoots will have to withdraw
from the club matches The winners of the high aver-
age medals will not participate in the division of cash
prizes. The sum of $400 will be distributed in cash
and prizes among the winning club members.

The Union Gun Club has elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: Fritz Walpert, President; M, J.
Iverson, Vice President; Wm. Janssen, Secretary-
Treasurer; C. M. Wollam, Captain.

The Empire Gun Club announces that both the
"Yellowstone" championship trophy and Schumacher
handicap trophy will be placed in open competition
again this season. The former prize must be shot for
seven times, at twenty-five targets, $1 entrance. 50%
entrance money to go to side pool, two moneys 60%
and 40%. Trophy winner barred from pool. Three
back scores can be shot up during the season. Second
high gun will get 60% and third high gun 40% of the
pool money.

The Schumacher trophy conditions are seven shoots
at twenty targets — ten singles and five pair doubles —
distance handicap, entrance 75 cents. Winner of trophy
will not share pool in the pool made up of 20% of the
entrance money divided into 60% and 40%.

These trophy shoots are open to all, the first com-

Coming Events.

March 3— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

March 3— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

March 10, 1901— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

March 10— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

March 31— Union Guu Club. Live birds. Ingleside..

March 34— San Francisco Gun Clnb. Live birds. Ingleside

March 24— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 9, 10, 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,
Md.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

At the Traps.

The formal opening of the trap shooting season on
the Ingleside grounds is scheduled for to-morrow with
both live bird and inanimate target shooting. The
California Wing Club and the Union Gun Club will
each hold their initial shoot for the season of 1901.
The target section of the grounds is in excellent con-
dition. The improvements being put in the live bird
grounds will be completed and the underground trap-
ping system in readiness for the shooters.

On Washington's Birthday a blue rock shoot took
place at Ingleside. A number of practice ten bird
events were shot and several pool events at ten and
fifteen targets. Among the shooters present were C.
C. Nauman, A. J. Webb, M. O. Feudner, Edg. Forster,
Gene Forster, Pete Walsh, "Slade," M. H. Iverson, E.
Feudner, Otto Supe, L. Leach, H. Kerrison, Tom
Lewis, Fred King, S. Sylvester, C. E. Englehart and
Walter Davis. The average of scores was excellent.

Harold Money of Oakland, N. J., a member of the
Carteret club of Garden City, L. I., and the youngest
son of Capt. A. W. Money, the veteran trap shooter,
won the amateur pigeon shooting championship oij
America from a field of 17 contestants at the Carteret,
Gun club's grounds, New Yo k, on the 22d inst. with aj
score of 88 killed out of a possible 100.

Later a miss-and-out contest for $15 entrance was in-
stituted, to which the club added a prize of a $100 silver
cup. The new amateur champion was put on the 33-yard
mark and had to concede two, three and four yardsto^
some of the men whom he had just beaten. McAlpin,
who was on the 31-yard mark, and Dan Bradley, who
was on a similar mark, had to play second and third
to the young fellow at the finish. Money killed 17,
while McAlpin ran second with 16, Bradley 15 and
Painter 15, the other 12 men falling by the wayside.

Cartridge and Shell.

Harvey McMurchy arrived from the East this week
and will shake hands with his fellow sportsmen who
frequent Sportsman's Bow. He will remain in this
city about a month.

The California Coyote Club will re-organize this
month. The club will change their kennel quarters
from Pinole to Haywards where commodious kennels
will be constructed for a pack of twenty-five dogs. The
club recently received from Kentucky a grand brood
bitch and splendid hunter, she is from the famed Jack
Shepard stock. The club members invariably follow
coyotes and wildcats on foot. The new section selected
for the club hunting ground is too rough a country
for following the quarry on horseback. The farmers
also, are averse to the riding hunter, because they fear
the use of the convenient wire-nippers in making a
quick passage through a bai'b wire fence when it bars
the hunter's course in following a hot trail. Mr. K.
Quinan, an enthusiastic club member will shortly leave
for South America to assume a lucrative position with
the De Beers Explosive Company. The regular club
hunts will be resumed shortly. Coyote pelts are not
taken except in the fall and winter months, the tail
will be the trophy this summer. The summer crop of
tails will be used to ornament rugs made of coyote or
cat skins secured in the colder months when the furs
are in good condition.

A club hunt is carried out after the following plan.
The start is made at 8 A. M., the animals sought being
nocturnal in their habits are then in their lairs. Upon
arriving at the gulch or canyon to be hunted, the cap-
tain posts his men on the ridges at agreed upon or
understood locations compatible with safety and a
chance for a shot at the fleeing animal. After the
men are posted each hunter signals to the master of
the hunt with one horn blast. The captain signals
back; the master of the hounds then turns the dogs
loose and they immediately "feather'* the ground. If
they jump the quarry, their giving tongue will warn
the posted men to be on qui vive. When a kill is made
by a rifle shot, the signal is two horn blasts. If the
chase escapes over the ridge or out of gun range the
hounds are called back by three horn blows. The
signal for danger or injury is a series of short consecu-
tive blasts or rifle shots. Capt. Selfridge who was
badly injured by a fall two months ago is out again
thoroughly recovered and ready to join in the next
club hunt. Coyote hunting is rapidly gaining favor in
many parts of the State as an exciting an enjoyable
sport.

How Wild Animals Sleep.

The students of animals in search of information
concerning the habits of wild beasts might travel
around the globe before finding better opportunities
to study the fierce creatures of jungle and prairie than
right here in the heart of New York. It might be
argued in defense of the dangers courted by the
naturalist who seeks the wild animals in their natural
haunts that the creatures are never the same in activ-
ity, and the data derived from close observation of a
menagerie of animals would hardly apply to the wild
creatures in their natural habitat; but the study of the
animals in captivity furnishes a great deal of informa-
tion.

When the night falls the inhabitants of the woods
and jungles undei'go a change. The great night prowl-
ers yawn and stretch their limbs and emit howls and
screeches that startle the echoes of the forest. The
shy, timid creatures huddle closer together on the
tree limbs or burrow in their holes in the ground or
rotten tree trunk to hide from their natural enemies,
They know from instinct and experience that the great
animal hunters are abroad, and from the intense dark-
ness of the woods a great hulking form may at any
moment dart forth upon them. So these timid little
animals and birds huddle together and sleep with one
eye open. It would be courting danger to slumber
otherwise, and scarcely can a twig snap or a leaf fall
from the tree without attracting attention.

In captivity these peculiar characteristics of the
wild animals and birds are not entirely lost. In fact
some of them are so fixed in the very nature of the
creatures that they are handed down for several gen-
erations to those born in captivity. It is undoubtedly
true that continued captivity gradually blunts and
dulls the keen instincts and hunting and fighting in-
telligence of the wild forest inhabitants. The power

with which these creatures resist this leveling influence
of captivity is much greater in some cases than in
others, and it would seem as if they would never grow
accustomed to their new kind of life or lose the keen
senses which nature gave to them.

The difference in the animals is particularly notice-
able in the creatures of the Central Park menagerie
or at the Bronx Zoological Garden. Because of the
more confined quarters of the former there is better
opportunity to study the animals at night time. Then
it is that primal instincts assert themselves. Often-
times the new captive which remained dull and dormant
through the quiet hours of the day will rouse itself
and become bold, daring and crafty in the dark.
The staring crowds of visitors through the long day
intimidated it, but now, under the sheltering darkness
iOf night it becomes again the ferocious beast of prey,
and with the odor of other animals filling the menag-
J'erie its hunting spirit becomes dominant. For a long
i time it may lay stretched on the bottom of the cage,
'"with eyes and ears alert, watching and listening eagerly
for strange sounds or noises. Many times a new occu-
pant of the menagerie has made the nights hideous for
weeks at a time by its outcries and restless walking up
and down.

Great care is to taken both at the Zoo and the park
menagerie not to frighten the animals after dark, and
all spectators are turned away before sundown. Then
the animals are given their evening meal, and this in-
duces them to go to sleep peacefully. Just now while
in their winter quarters the animals retire early. It is
dark in the menagerie houses by 5:30, and by 6 most of
the creatures have finished their evening meals and are
spread out for their night's rest. All is quiet in the
great cages. The lions and tigers stretch themselves
out fiat on their cage floors, showing the small indiffer-
ence to danger that they do in the jungle, and their
slumbers are usually peaceful and heavy. Recently an
attempt was made to take flash light pictures of the
sleeping animals in the menagerie, and the sudden
flash of light so disturbed them that in a few moments
half of them were roaring or screeching in their cages.
The lions and tigers alone seemed to sleep through the
tumult, apparently unmindful or unconscious of the
whole noise. There is something odd or pecular about
the sleep of the tigers or lions, and even in the day
time they may frequently be found slumbering in their

The bears are also heavy sleepers, but they are less
disposed to seek slumber in the day time, although
occasionally they will curl up and rest. The big grizzly
bears in the outside cages in the park invariably curl
up under the rocks, which supply them with the only
resemblance to a cave. Sometimes they crawl up to
the very top of the rocks, and with front paws spread
around the iron cage bars go to sleep in what seems an
uncomfortable and perilous position. But bears never
relax their muscular grasp of any object when asleep.
The black hears will curl up among the branches of a
tree when they have the opportunity and go to sleep
in this peculiar position. In their native haunts this is
a common habit with the black bears. The big white
polar bears of the park simply curl themselves up on
the rocky bottom of their outdoor cage and go to sleep
without thought of fear. They show a peculiarity in
the selection of their sleeping place characteristic of
nearly all the captive animals. They select one par-
ticular corner of the cage for sleeping, and invariably
they seek this out for every night's rest. This corner
seems more like home to them, and they sniff around
the whole cage before they are finally satisfied that it
is the right place for their night's rest.

The high-strung, nervous animals are the most in-
teresting to watch at night time. They usually belong
to the hunted tribes, whose lives are in constant dan-
ger in the forest, and they possess such a highly devel-
oped nervous system that they really sleep with one
eye open. They never seem to lose themselves in slum-
ber so that an enemy could steal upon them unawares.
The slightest noise will instantly awaken them, and
even in the park menagerie this instinct of self-
preservation is clearly shown. The prairie wolves
merely seem to close their eyes for an instant, and then
open them again to see if all is quiet. Many vain,,
efforts have been made to photograph these animalsf
by flashlight at night time, and every time revealed «
the fact that one eye at least was partlv open. Some r
time ago one photographer who had secured permission '
to photograph the animals at night time waited a full
hour in breathless silence for an opportune moment to
photograph the prairie wolves. When the pictures
were developed the animals had both eyes open.
Usually when noises disturb these creatures they jump
up and run around their cage, or stand alert, ready
for instant action.

Many of the animals in the menagerie do not have
the opportunity to select their natural sleeping places,
and hence their positions are not indicative of their
true preference, 'l hus the porcupine tribe in the park
are forced to sleep in their cages the best way they
can, but up in the Zoo they climb into the branches of
a tree, and then curl themselves up in a round ball and
go to sleep. In this position nothing hut a bristling
wall of sharp quills is presented to the outside world,
and the quills make an unpleasant mouthful for any
beast of the woods.

The day sleepers in the menagerie are for some
reason the heaviest slumberers of all, and when they
close their eyes in early morning they seem almost as
stupid as if drugged. Both eyes are closed and every
sense of faculty seems dormant. Danger in many
forms could creep upon the "creatures, and they would
never be aware of it. Even when violently aroused
from their day slumbers they do not instantly regain
their faculties, but appear stupid and only half awake.
This is in marked contrast to most of the light night
sleepers, which on the approach of danger are inslantly
awake and on the alert. Before one could put a hand
through the iron bars to touch one, an instinct would
warn it of danger and it would leap away or stand on
the defensive ready to bite or scratch the offending
hand. Thus in a way the natural instincts of their
wild life are kept alive in captivity, and these senses
are only dulled through many generations of cage life.
— New York Evening Post.

March 2, 1901]

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Coming Events.

March 33.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

March, 24— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

The Fly-Casters.

A postponed annual meeting of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting- Club was held on Thursday evening last
in the assembly hall of the Mills Building-.

The following officers for the ensuing year were
elected by acclamation: Walter D. Mansfield, Presi-
dent; F. H. Reed, First Vice-President; Col. G. O. Ed-
wards, Second Vice-President; Horace Smyth, Secre-
tary-Treasurer. The Executive Committee elected
which with the officers, composes the Board of Direct-
ors, includes J. P. Babcock, H. F. Muller, C. G. Young*
J. S. Turner and Edw. Everett.

The announced program of twelve contests for the
season of 1901, was by reason of circumstances — the
draining and cleansing of Stow lake, etc. — re-arranged
and a new schedule of ten contests adopted, the next
regular contests taking place at Stow lake early in
April, due notice of which will be given by the Secre-
tary. Contests numbers 2 and 3 were counted out.
Contest number 4, dated for March 23d and 24th will
be held on those dates or sometime in April, the days
depending upon the completion of the lake improve-
ments.

The first five contests of the series will be for classi-
fication. There will be three re-entries allowed mem-
bers in which to cast up back scores. The class con-
tests will be five in number, with two re-entries for
hack scores.

In lure or bait casting the record scores will com-
mence on the sixth contest of the series. After con-
siderable discussion it was agreed to have but one class
in this event, the prior contests being set apart for
practice. High scoring rods will win.

The rules in vogue for the casting events of 1900 will
prevail this season, with the exception of several im-
portant changes suggested by the Executive Committee
and afterwards adopted.

The Executive Committee is empowered to extend
the re-entry limit for cause in the case of individual
members.

The method of casting in Event No 2, accuracy, has
been changed to conform to the style practiced by the
Chicago Fly -Casting Club and also in Eastern contests.
After the first five scoring casts at the forty-five foot
buoy the caster will continue with five casts at the sec-
ond and third buoys, thus making fifteen consecutive
casts.

The same rule will apply in the delicacy and accu-
racy event. Thia eliminates the making of t;dry
casts." In the case of a leader or a fly fouling back
on the line, the caster will have the opportunity of
stopping and clearing his line, but upon resuming his
casting must start witb the next buoy. In Event No.
3, it was decided to score the cast from the spot where
the fly strikes the water in front of the platform on
the forward cast. Events 2 and 3 will be cast from the
first platform. The other two events from platform
number two.

In the long distance event, on the "call off" the
caster is allowed but 60 feet of line out. In lure-cast-
ing, five consecutive casts will count, commencing at
the 60 foot buoy and then one cast each at buoys
placed ten feet apart up to 100 feet.

For this season the classification in long distance
casting will be — champion class, all members who cast
115 feet or over prior to 1900 and also those who aver-
age 102£ feet or over in the first five contests this
JBeason. The championship class members last season
'were Golcher, Lovett, Brotherton, Daverkosen and
v Everett. The first class standard is over 90 feet and
under 102J feet. The first-class long distance fly-cast-
ers last year were Muller, Young, Brooks and Huyck.
The standard for the second class is any distance under
90 feet. Battu, Haight, Edwards, Brooks and Foulks
were in this class last year. It is safe to presume that
several of these gentlemen will easily move up a notch
or two this season leaving the honors in this class for a
number of promising beginners.

In the accuracy and delicacy event a class has been
added. The standard of skill for the three classes is
as follows: Champion class, 90% or over. The mem-
bers in this division last season were, Mansfield, Young,
Lovett, Muller, Golcher and Everet. The first class
guage will be under 90% and up to 83%. The members
of this section last season were Haight, Huyck, Battu,
Daverkosen, Brotherton, Brooks, Foulks, Edwards and
Everett. The second class limit comprises all scores
under 83%.

The class divisions in the accuracy and delicacy
event are the following: Champion class, 82% or over.
Mansfield, Golcher, Lovett, Young, Muller, Battu,
Daverkosen, Everett and Edwards competed in this
class last year. First class, 77% and under 82%. The
first class in last year's contests was Brotherton, Huyck,
Haight, Foulks, Brooks and Battu. Second class will
be filled by all members whose average is under 77%.

Medals will be awarded in the long distance event as
heretofore. For the accuracy event and the delicacy
event two extra medals will be awarded, thus providing
prizes for the winners in the newly created second
classes. This will be an encouragement to the new
members and also give some of the older casters a
chance to gain angling laurels.

The Horace Smyth medal has been generously put
in competition again for this season's contests and will
be awarded to the member competing in the ten meet-
ings, who shows the greatest average jimprovement.
This standing will be determined by the increase in the

sum total of the season's percentages over the sum
total of the classification percentages.

There will be three medals in long distance, one for
each class. The winners last year were, champion
medal, H. C. Golcher, who was high man in his class
for the Saturday contests and won the tie from Lovett
in the Sunday contests. First class medal winner was
H. F. Muller who was high rod for both days through-
out the season. Dr. Brooks won the second class medal,
winning the tie from H. Battu who was high Saturday
contestant.

In the delicacy event the champion class medal win-
ner was W. D. Mansfield, who was dual high rod for
the series of 1900. First class medal was won by H.
Battu, the week day representative who won the tie
from T. W. Brotherton, a Sunday rod wielder. G. H.
Foulks was awarded the Horace Smyth trophy in
1900.

Prior to the beginning of last year's contests a rule
was adopted whereby the then bolder of a medal should
win the same three times before attaining permanent
ownership of the prize. This rule was again adopted
for this season but any member who has not yet won
a medal will have to win the same but once to retain
the prize.

The Saturday and Sunday contests wiil be conducted
on the same basis of averages and percentages as
prevailed in the past.

All ties to be cast off in future will be determined by
the Executive Committee.

The rules as now adopted and with the amendments
briefly listed above will be issued in booklet form as soon
as practicable.

A custom which allowed members who were away
from the State to be placed on the absent list was re-
voked by the club after considerable discussion, and
hereafter it will be compulsory for every member of
the club to pay his dues to retain his membership. This
action will bo carried out for the purpose of keeping as
many active members on the roll as possible. The duties
of the treasurer was merged with the secretary's work,
the office of second vice-president was created in order
to fill out the requisite number of directors.

The meeting was adjourned subject to the call of
the Executive Committee. The regular meeting dated
for next Tuesday evening has been indefinitely post-
poned.

Striped Bass Club.

A meeting of the San Francisco Striped Bass Club was
held last week. The salt water anglers assembled at
the residence of Fred Daverkosen on Bush street and
enjoyed a social evening after transacting the regular
business of the meeting.

A new club constitution and by-laws was submitted
and adopted. The document will soon be printed and
issued to the members in pamphlet form.

The Executive Committee will prepare a new set of
casting rules.

A "high hook" medal for this season will be given
to the member catching the largest striped bass this
year. The member holding the same at the close of
the fishing season will permanently own the prize.

The club fishing season commences on March 1st and
ends on December 1st. All fish caught, by the members,
weighing three pounds and over are entitled to official
record.

There will be a casting contest held once, on a Sun-
day, in every two months, followed by a tournament
after the fishing season for striped bass is closed. The
dates for these events are determined by the Executive
Committee, who will, if possible, choose a day which is
not looked upon as favorable for fishing. A failure by
the committee to catch an unlucky fishing day is liable
to end disastrously for the committee members.

A large contingent of the club members propose to
inaugurate the season by fishing in Schultz slough, a
tributary of Petaluma creek, to-morrow.

Striped bass are plentiful in the markets; many large
fish have been sent in by the net fishermen, some of
them going over forty pounds and many splendid fish
have been noticed that run over thirty pounds. The
large fish are caught in Suisun bay near the mouth of
the San Joaquin; this spot is the place where the first
fish were liberated after crossing the continent in cans
carried on the trains. Most of the bass running now
are male fish filled to bursting with milt. Many fish
have recently been caught at the mouth of Petaluma
creek, below the railroad bridge. Very few fish have
been taken with rod and line. Some of our most
experienced and skillful anglers have endeavored
to get a strike. Every known fishing ground has
has been tried and a number of unfamiliar waters have
been prospected without avail, despite the use of all
kinds of lures, baits and tackle. During the last cold
spell, striped bass were very scarce. The theory has
been advanced that the fish left the cold surface waters;
many shallow places around the bay shores were en-
tirely deserted by the bass, and sought the compara-
tively warmer tempered but deeper waters either in the
ocean or San .Francisco bay where it was impossible to
locate them. The idea seems plausible for as the
weather gradually became warmer the fish made their
appeai'anee in the old haunts in daily increasing schools.
Pete Walsh sent down from Black Point during the
week a dozen splendid large fish for distribution among
his friends.

Eminent piscatorial honors are not entirely won in
the higher ranks of the followers of Walton, as will be
noticed by the claim to fame made in creating a new
world's record for skinning 540 pounds of whole fish
which has been established by Freeman H. Brown,
who performed the required work in 43 minutes 50 sec-
onds at Gloucester, Mass., recently. The best previous
record was about one hour.

Rain about the middle of the month and then a
period of dry weather until the first of April should
bring about conditions for the trout angler that wouli
be hard to improve.

KENNEL.

Doings in Dogdom.

Prof. J. Boozclerq. Markland asserts that doggy ethics
are fractured, when a big- fat man leads a thiu hungry
dog about on a chain.

Great Dane entries for the S. P. Kennel Club show
will be well represented by John Love Cunningham,
also the Enterprise and Posen Great Dane Kennels.

Dawson people all go armed with clubs on the streets
to protect themselves from the attack of dogs afflicted
with rabies, induced by extreme cold. The mad-dog
epidemic has increased to such an extent that a general
extermination of the canines has been suggested.

Glenwood St. Bernard Kennels, owned by Phil C.
Meyer and located in San Mateo, is now the name for
the Golden Gate St. Bernard Kennels. The change of
name has been granted by the American Kennel Club
and the dogs raised henceforth by these kennels will
have the prefix Glenwood.

A smart wire-haired young Fox Terrier dog made
his advent in this city recently and is temporarily
placed at Woodlawn Kennels. He is by Ch. Go Bang
out of a Cairnsmuir bitch. His owner purchased him
whilst sojourning in the East. He is said by com-
petent judges to be a good one.

Mr. Harold R. Brown recently received from New-
market Kennels, Montreal, Can., a Bull Terrier dog
puppy by Edgewood Dick out of Newmarket Violet, a
grandaughter of Ch. Woodcote Wonder by Ch. Little
Flyer. The puppy is now five months old and a prom-
ising candidate for bench honors.

Woodlawn Kennels under the management of Jack
Bradshaw presents to our local fanciers the ideal em-
bodiment of a long felt want in doggy matters. For
convenience of location and comfortable fittings for the
canines installed in these kennels it is a model, and one
would go far to find a superior kennel establishment.

S. Christenson has sold his Bull Terrier bitch Miss
Venom by Woodcote Venom II. out of Mr. Clinton E.
Worden's Lady Jane to George Mead, of Oakland.
Miss Venom won second in puppies at Tanforan. She
is destined for a future home in Honolulu. She is a
good young bitch and should produce some excellent
ones for fanciers in the far Phcific Islands.

Eclipse Blanche, the dam of Lady Mask, arrived in
this city from Geo. Bell's Eclipse Kennels, Toronto,
on Wednesday, February 20th. Two hours after be-
ing delivered at the Woodlawn Kennels, she gave birth
to a litter of six puppies, five dogs and a bitch. Blanche
and the youngsters are now doing finely. The dam
will be seen in the Fox Terrier section at the coming
bench show.

Pinehill Cocker Kennels has been reinforced by
the arrival of two good red ones from W. T. Payne's
kennels, Kingston, Pa. TJncas No. 58,885 (Red Leo-
Red Molly) and Bluff Beauty (Black Knight-Flossie).
We are advised they reached their Marin county des-
sination in excellent condition and are two very fine
little Cockers. They will make their debut at Mechan-
ics' Pavilion in May.

We regret to chronicle a setback to the Coast Bull-
dog fancy in noting the loss to Leon S. Greenebaum
of his Bulldog bitch Gold Nugget, which died on the
22d inst. of pneumonia. She was in whelp to Harry
Lacy — both dogs were received from Mr. Harry Lacy,
of Boston. Nugget made her initial appearance here
at Tanforan, winning second in novice and reserve in
winners. She was by Webb's Monarch out of Nelly,
a brindle and a likely specimen of the breed.

Edgewood Jean, a Bull Terrier bitch Mr. H. H.
Simpson, of Alameda, brought out from Mr. Gooder-
ham's Newmarket Kennels, was recently sold for, it is
reported, $200. The purchaser is an Eastern fancier.
This bitch was badly injured upon her arrival here,
and too, while she was heavy in whelp. She is said to
have been a first class one in every respect, in fact,
John Sparrow, who knows something about the breed,
was so well impressed with her that he bought two of
her puppies after seeing the dam. He is now more
than pleased with the pair.

Mr. Irving C. Ackerman, the young Great Dane
fancier, has two puppies, a dog and a bitch, by his
prize winning Great Dane Beau Brummel II. that are
looked upon as very promising youngsters, particularly
the dog, which although only ten months old, is now
thirty-two inches in height. These puppies will be
benched at the May show and promise to take a lot of
beating before lowering their colors to any young ones
on the Coast.

Mr. Ackerman will show a Great Dane kennel com-
prised of Beau Brummel II., Yoris H., the puppies
already mentioned and possibly Thelma.

Bruin, a St. Bernard dog belonging to Joseph Bald-
win, Bloomfield, N. J., is regarded as a hero by the
citizens of that place. Recently there was a fire in the
Baldwin stable. The dog gave the alarm by barking
and scratching at the door of his masters home. There
were two valuable horses in the stable. The dog was
very friendly with them and was almost beside itself
with excitement until Baldwin broke open the stable
door. He managed to release one horse and led it out
into the yard, and going [back to get its mate, as he
reached the doorway he was astonished to see the dog
with the dangling end of the rope in his mouth, lead-

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in°- the second horse out through the flames and smoke.
Investigation showed that the dog had chewed the
rope and released the horse.

Apropos of a sentiment, advanced by a number of
fanciers, that local judges could acceptably preside in
the ring during the May bench show, Domimck
Shannon was mentioned as an eligible for the Fox
Terrier judging by several well known admirers of the
Fox Terrier. There is more value in this suggestion
than might casually appear. Mr. Shannon was a
prominent breeder at one time and knows the type
thoroughlv from the ground up. As the question of
expense, etc.. has entered largely in the matter of en-
gaging an Eastern judge, the San Francisco Kennel
Club bench show committee would not go far out of
the way if thev threshed out the local crop of available
judges — this is' suggestive merely. Speaking of local
judges Mr. Jack Bradshaw could and would fill the bill
for the Greyhound classes.

The kennel press in the East have taken note of the
peculiar tactics invariably indulged in by the self-con-
stituted ''oracle of dogdom." The situation has been
correctly sized up by .American Stock-Keeper, a journal
of standing and influence, as follows :

"During the off season of bench shows in California,
the annual field trials afford the scribes a chance to
get after a judge, especially if he is imported. This
time it is poor Mr. Johnson of Winnipeg, Man. The
first time he judged he could not have done better if
he tried; so one was led to suppose. This time the
great disorganizer is after him with one of his charac-
teristic diatribes. The wonder is that dog owners of
intelligence will be led by such a halter. Of course
any one who knows Mr. Johnston is aware that any
criticism of his knowledge of field work from that
quarter is regarded as a pastime and in no way
seriously."

Pacific Advisory Board.

At the meeting of the American Kennel Club at
Madison Square Garden, New York, during the bench
show of the Westminster Kennel Club, the Pacific Ad-
visory Board, the Coast representative of the Ameri-
can Kennel Club, was granted, in substance, the follow-
ing increased authority and jurisdiction:

"Recommended, that the Pacific Advisory Board be
accorded authority to act as the agent of the A. K. C.
and to receive membership applications, approve show
dates, approve classifications, fix the value of winners'
classes, receive and transmit listing fees. The position
of secretary of the committee to he honorary. All acts
of the Board to be subject to appeal to or correction
by the American Kennel Club. Carried."

The concession is one of the most important moves
hitherto made in regard to Coast kennel matters.
The distance to New York, where the governing ken-
nel organization is located, has, with the time required
to properly handle matters of immediate importance,
been a stumbling block in the speedy and proper ad-
justment of various subjects of vital interest to local
and Coast fanciers.

The personnel of the Pacific Advisory Board is: John
E. de Ruyter, chairman: M. C. Allen, H. H. Carlton,
A. J. Allen and J. P. Norman, secretary.

California Cocker Club.

The California Cocker Club held a meeting on Tues-
day evening, February 19th, at 125 Geary street, San
Francisco, J. H. Dorian presiding. Mr. Dorian was
elected first Vice-President vice A. Edwards resigned,
H. A. Wegener elected second Vice-President and the
following Executive Committee chosen: W. C. Ralston,
J. H. Dorian, E. C. Plume. H. A. Wegener and Philip
C. Meyer. Mrs. E. Colwell and Mr. R, R. Grayson
were elected to membership. The new standard of the
American Spaniel Club for Cocker Spaniels was
adopted. The head of Ch. Woodland Duke (in effigy)
was chosen as the emblem of the club.

Cocker circles are all en i apport and arranging for a
splendid representation of the breed at the coming
May show. The club will make extra efforts for a
record entry and propose to offer several valuable
specials.

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Hardy Alaskan Half Breed Dogs.
Experience has proven that a cross between the
Great Dane and "Siwash" dog of Alaska has developed
a hardier strain of canines than even the heretofore
supposed invincible Malamoot or Esquimau dog. This
latter variety has furnished many tales of the wonder-
ful vitality, endurance and speed possessed by the
canine natives of the frozen north in making long and
killing journeys in all kinds of weather from point to
point in that bleak rendezvous of the gold hunter. A
trip recently made by Mr. E. T. Barnett, of Dawson, to
White Horse, a distance or 369 miles was covered in
six days and eight hours by a team of dogs consisting
of "Malamoots" and the Great Dane cross above men-
tioned. One day the thermometer registering S4 de-
grees below, two Malamoots gave out after going
thirty six miles, the cross bred dogs stood the weather
and work without showing any distress. They are
active and supple and show the best characteristics of
both breeds. Their coats are close and thick and but
little longer than Great Danes ordinarily have. The
Great Dane colors generally prevail in the half breeds.
They are very game and great fighters. Mr. Barnett
has had live years experience in the Alaskan gold fields
and favors these cross bred dogs more than any others,
not excepting the native dogs. In 1897 he purchased
a team of dogs in Circle City for $2000. These dogs, it
was claimed, were a cross oetween Scotch staghounds
and timber wolves, they were bred at a trading post
near Hudson Bay.

Breeding for Points Has Changed the Bulldog.
No breed of dog has been so changed through breed-
ing for fancy points as the Bulldog. Originally an
animal of great activity and strength, through the
condemnation of his original purpose, bull baiting, it
has become a mere ponderous accumulation of exagger-
ated features, which could no more serve him in an
encounter with his cousin canine than with his bovine
antagonist. The original Bulldog used for bull baiting
while possessing much of the outline and character of
the dog of to-day, was built on more active lines, and
had the necessary strength of jaw and muzzle forma-
tion to hold on to the bull's nose while his antagonist
thrashed the ground with him. His pluck was
proverbial and his indifference to pain was so marked
that almost incredible stories are told of the tortures
he would submit to before losing his hold on the bull,
but to-day the Bulldog is a very mild mannered sort of
chap, though many of his old traits are only latent.

The Bulldog is a good example of the old saying
about giving a dog a bad name and you might as well
hang him. In the minds of the average person every
half-bred bull and terrier mongrel that is used for
fighting purposes, is termed either a "business" dog or
a Bulldog. If one of these curs bites a child or runs
amuck, he is generally alluded to in the graphic re-
ports of his doings, as a Bulldog, while, in reality, there
is no better tempered, more honest dog in the whole
canine race than the Bulldog. If he is savage he does
not hide the fact, and both by expression and action
he allows it to be known. He is never deceitful. As a
friend and guard of the home, he is admirable, and no
better dog can be chosen as a playmate for children.
Some dogs will resent the unconscious cruelty of very
young children, hut one could pull a Bulldog both ways
at once and he would seem to enjoy it. But he has his
sense of dignity and can differentiate between abuse
and rough play; therefore he won't stand the whip.
As a house dog the Bulldog is eminently suited for
either city or country. He is quiet, unobtrusive, nor
addicted to barking like the Terrier or the Collie and
responds readily to sociability with those around him
— he likes notice.

The Bulldog has been wonderfully changed since it
became an object of the fancier's attention, until, in
the case of many first class show specimens, their
points have been so exaggerated that they are little
more than cripples.

Owing to his notable pluck and powers of endurance
the Bulldog was used in several breeds as a cross to
develop more pluck and tenacity. Notably has this
been done in the Greyhound and the Terriers, and
from him by judicious selection and mating has been
produced the handsome white Bull Terrier.

One of, if not the earliest importer of celebrated
show Bulldogs to this country was Col. John E. Thayer
of Lancaster, Mass., whose kennel was easily supreme
during the middle eighties, containing Ch. Britomartis,
for which he paid the then record price, $1500, Romu-
lus and other cracks.

Col. Hilton, of Saratoga, New York, was another
fancier who later on imported the crack King Orry.

But it was not until the establishment of the Bulldog
Club in 1890, at the Boston show, that exhibition ken-
nels became more general, and the unjust prejudice
that existed in the idea that the Bulldog was merely fit
for the companionship of the corner loafer, began to
disappear.

Many fine animals have been imported from England.
Among the most noted importations were Champions
Bedgebury Lion, His Lordship, Saleni, King Orry,
Harper, Pathfinder, and recently Ivel Rustic, Kater-
felto, Bromley Crib, Rodney Stone, etc.

Last year the breed made a big jump in general in-
terest and popularity through the importations made
by Richard Croker, 'Jr., and the Vancroft Kennels of
Pittsburg, of the best show specimens. Mr. Croker
brought over Champions Rodney Stone and Bromley
Crib, which cost actually $5000 and $3500, respectively.
The latter dog unfortunately died from pneumonia at
the beginning of the year. 'To the Pittsburg Kennels
came those grand bitches, Champions Housewife and
Lady Dockleaf, and the crack dog, Champion Kater-
felto.

Mr. Codman of Providence has a strong kennel, at
the head of which are Champion Glenwood Queen, one
of the best hitches in the country, and Glen Monarch.
Mr. Tyler Morse of Boston has also a good kennel.
He recently imported a winner in Footpad, and used to
own Champion Rustic Sultan. The best specimens of
the breed we have seen here recently are Leon S.,
Greenbaum's Harry Lacy and Gold Nugget.

In describing the breed generally, or as a whole, the
salient points which strike the observer are the im-
mense skull, the protruding under jaw, the grotesque
facial angle, to be seen in no other breed, the massive
neck and the extraordinary disproportion of the girth
of the brisket as compared with the waist, the prodig-
ious width of chest, the shortness of body, the roach
or "wheel" back, the low set legs, the malformation of
tail and the disparity of development between the
forepart and the hind, all of which contribute to make
the Bulldog an animal of marked individuality.

The head should be of striking massiveness in pro-
portion to the dog's size. It cannot be too large,
so long as it is square; that is, it must be as deep as it
is wide; it must not be wedge-shaped, peaked or domed.
The head of the female is, of course, not so massive.
The jaws should be broad, massive, powerful and
square, the lower jaw projecting considerably beyond
the upper and up into the top lips — this feature being
termed "turn-up." When the jaws meet even, or
almost, or are overhung, the dog is called "frog-faced"
and the formation is a fault. The under teeth should
not show. The lips should be broad and thick and are
called the "chops." On the thickness of the chop de-
pends the degree of "cushion, " an important attribute;
the lips should hang well over the bottom jaw and
form heavy wrinkles at the corner of the mouth. The
teeth should be strong and the lower jaw be wide
enough at the point to admit of the front teeth between

the tuskslbeing regular and upright, not straggling
and pointed outward as very often is the case. The
nose must recede until it almost touches the stop, and
should be broad and black with wide open nostrils.
This formation is a relic of the old bull baiting days,
for with this "lay back," the Bulldog was better able
to hold his grip and breathe at the same time. A
spotted nose, a red nose or split, handicaps the dog
very considerably.

The indentation at the junction of the forehead and
the muzzle must be very deep and should run into a
furrow extending up the forehead, which should be flat
and not prominently overhanging the face; the skin
covering should be very loose and hang in large
wrinkles. The eye should be placed low down in the
skull and as far from the ears as possible and wide
apart, round and of medium size, neither sunken nor
prominent, and very dark. The ears should be set on
high, small and thin, and the rose-ear is correct, the
back of the ear falling inward and the front edge
curving over outward and backward showing part of
the inside of the "burr." A good guide to the degree
of shortness of face desired is that the length from
the inner corner of the eye to the extreme tip of the
nose, should not exceed the length from the tip of the
nose to the edge of the under lip.

The neck should be broad, massive, moderately short,
with a good curve, and have much loose, thick and
wrinkled skin about the throat, which forms the
dewlap.

The chest is important with its width, depth, round-
ness and prominence, making the dog look broad and
short legged in front. The shoulders are very notice-
able and should be broad, thick and deep, very power-
ful and muscular, but not lumpy, with a formation at
elbow which turns the latter unnaturally out.

The brisket should be very deep and capacious and
be well let down between the forelegs; it should he
large in diameter and round behind the forelegs and
reaching into well-rounded ribs, the belly must be
tucked up, not pendulous.

The shortness of the back is an important point.
It should be broad at the shoulder with a slight drop
behind the latter, whence the spine rises in a curve to
the loins, which should be higher than the shoulders,
giving the roach back.

The tail is set low, juts out rather straight and then
turns downward, the end pointing out horizontally:
smooth and devoid of coarse hair and fringe, moderate
in length and tapering from a thick root to a fine
point. It should not be raised over the hack at any
time. There is also the screw-tail, which is said to be
a sign of inbreeding, and, with some owners, is desire-
able.

The forelegs are stout and short, set wide apart,
muscular, with well developed calves, which give them
a bowed effect, though the bone should he straight and
strong at the pasterns.

The hind legs are longer, with hocks well let down
and not bent much, strides long and straight but
muscular. The hocks should turn in a little so as to
expose the inside edge of stifle. This point was sup-
posed to give power to the dog in crawling up to the
bull before the spring for the nose. The feet are round
and compact.

The coat should be fine, short, close and smooth.

The peculiar formation of the Bulldog gives it a
heavy, rolling gait, called the swing, which is caused
by a more forward movement of one shoulder.

The most desirable weight for a Bulldog is about
50 pounds, though they often run over 60 pounds.
Bitches are smaller. Several weights are provided in
the show classifications under and over 45 pounds for
dogs and under and over 40 pounds for bitches.

The color of a Bulldog is usually brindle of different
shades, red, fallow, fawn and smut (that is a whole
color with black muzzle), white, with their varieties,
then the pied and mixed colors. Black and tan is very
objectionable, but black and brindle is allowable, but
not so fashionable as the other colors.

The breed is a difficult one to raise and breed, and
for this reason puppies of good stock command high
prices, and no good show dog can be had for less than
$300 to $500 or more. Some kennels have been known
to breed bulls for years without succeeding in raising a
pup.

J. H. Mulhns, owner of the noted Bridge Kennels of
Bulldogs, New York, lost by death on Thursday night
February 14th, the imported dog King Crib, valued at
$1,500 and the winner of many prizes. Within a few
months of this importation the death of Bromley Crib
and King Crib so soon after, is a blow to the admirers
of the Crib strain in the breed. Usually the Bulldog
is very tenacious of life and King Orry, Handsome Dan,
the Yale mascot, and other old dogs have made friends
with thousands at successive shows. "Hard to breed,
but long to last," is what old fanciers sav of the
Bulldog. ___^_^_

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels1 red Cocker Spaniel bitch

(Ch. Viscount-Omo Girl) to same owners' Hampton Goldie (Ch.
Red Mack-Hampton Queen Readie), February 8, 10, 1901.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels' black Cocker Spaniel bitch Omo Girl
(Ch. Omc-Ch. Gaiery Girl) to same owners' Hampton Goldie (Ch.
Red Mack-Hampton Queen Readie), February 19, 21, 1901.

B. & S. Kennels' Pointer bitch Fav to Du Pont Kennels' Glen-
aale, February 26, 1901.

Redwood Cocker Kennels" St. Bernard bitch Ramona (Ch. Call- ■
fornia Bernardo-Lady Delight) to Glenwood St. Bernard Kennels*
Le King (Ch. Le Prince-Sylvia's Lola), February 16, 1901.
WHELPS.

Mrs. L. G. Boderman's black Cocker Spaniel bitch Queenie B. ,

( ) whelped February 16, 1901, nine puppies (7

dogs) to Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Ch. Viscount (Ch. Pickpania-
Tootsie).

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California Dairies.

The daily interests of California are by
no means insignificant. In the year just
passed there were 28,782,859 pounds of
butter made from California cows, and
that product was worth $6,360,054. The
cheese manufactured in the State was
4,989,900 pounds, worth $503,986. There
war produced from the dairies 66,302 cases
of condensed milk, worth $276,558 There
was sold by the milkmen and dealers for
consumption milk and cream to the value
of $5,567,462 In addition to the direct
product in milk and the butter and cheese
made the calves from the dairy cows were
valued at $1,293,276 and the value of hogs
produced on dairies and creameries were
$1,492,236. This gives a total value of
dairy products as compiled by the State
Dairy Bureau of $15,493,272 for the year
1900,' which is an increaseof 2,215, 647 "over
the output of the previous year.

There are now 317 creamery plants in
operation in the State using upwards of
553 centrifugal milk separators. The total
number of dairy cows in the State is
given by the Bureau as 298,868.— Sacra-
mento Bee.

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TRYIT

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Ass'n

CONDITIONS OF

Terre Haute
Matron Stakes

$10,000 FOR FOALS OF 1901

Entries to Close March 25, 1901.

$2,000 to go to the Two-Year-Olds that Trot I..,.. .. 1Qn,
$1,000 to £o to the Two=Year-Olds that Pace \ At Fal1 Meeting im

$7,000 to go to the Three* Year=01ds that Trot } At Fail Meeting 1904.

In the Two-year-old Trot the winner will receive $1000, the second $500, the third $-200, the fourth
8100, and $200 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Three-year-old Trot the winner will get $4500, the second $1500, the third $500, the fourth $200,
and $300 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Pacing Race $500 will go to the winner, $350 to second, $150 to third and $100 to fourth.

ENTRANCE AS FOLLOWS: $5 to nominate March 25, 1901, $10 December 3, 1901, when
color and sex of foal must be given. Nothing more till June 2d of year of race, and all foals on
which payments (of $10 each) are made December 2, 1901, will be eligible to start either as two-
year-olds or three-year-olds, or in both years (if conditions that follow are complied with), no pay-
ment being due in 1903 from those not wishing to start till 1904. Those expecting to start two-year-
olds must, on June 2, 1903, name and describe their entries, and pay on each a forfeit of $15, and as
many may be named as the owner desires to keep in. Thirty days before meeting, those who desire
to start in trotting race shall pay $20 on each entry they then keep in, and those who desire to start
in pacing race shall pay $10 each; on starters in trotting $20, and on pacers $15, must be paid by 7
o'clock on evening before race. Those desiring to start three-year-olds must, on June 2, 1904, name
and describe as in the two-year-oldevent and pay on each a forfeit of $35; thirty days prior to the
meeting on each of those to start $3a must be paid, and on starters $70 must be paid by 7 o'clock of
evening before the race.

The Two-year-old races will be mile heats, two in three; but the three-year-olds will trot mile
heats three in five.

A distanced horse's money will go to the first horse; but if fewer than three start in a race, those
starting and the winner's dam will receive only what each would have received had three been
placed. Rules of American Trotting Association to govern.

If a mare proves barren, or slips, or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies be
fore December 2, 1901, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of owner-
ship; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount
paid in. In entries the name, color and pedigree must be given, also the name of the horse to which
she was bred in 1900, Send entries to

W. P. IJAMS, Pres. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y.

Terre Haute, Indian3.

Stakes for 3:38,2:30 and 2:15 trot; 2:2a, 2:18 and 2:14 pace for September meeting,
together with purses for July meeting to he announced later.

I Have for Sale on my Ranch near Salinas about

Seventy-Five Head of Highly-Bred Horses, Mare-, Yearlings and Colts.

I will sell them all together or any number of them. All
are finely-bred and most of the mares are stinted to some of
the best horses in the country. Below I give a list of some
of the mares and the horses by which they are in foal. I
would greatly prefer selling them in a body and would give
a great bargain to anyone who would buy them or even one-
half of them. I am selling these animals on account of my
age as I am now eighty-seven years old, and too old to be
bothered with race horses. These animals are now running
out on my ranch about seven miles from town. It is a very
large ranch and I could not get them up without a day or
two's notice and would not like to be asked to get them up
unless a man wanted to buy at least eight or ten. Anyone
wishing to start a good stock farm can do no better than to
buy my entire band or a portion of them.

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24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

The oldest, the largest, the most popular com-
mercial school on the Pacific Coast. 18,000 gradu-
ates: 25 teachers; 60 typewriters; over 300 students
annually placed in positions. Send for catalogue.
E. P. HEALI), President.

Capt. Tom Merry

Compiler of

TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)
Address 534 1-2 South Spring St.

Lob Angeles, Cal.

Refers to Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, New York;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene,
Esq., New York; E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sandersville,
Tenn.; Wm. Hendrie, Esq., Hamilton, Ont.

MARY C— Foaled April 18, 18S9. Sire, Antevolo

7648; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mam-

brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 27, 1900.
NANCY— Foaled May 12, 1885. Sire, Mambrino

Jr.; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 31, 1900.
SAUSAL MAID— Foaled January 8, 1892. Sire,

Gabilan; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 25, 1900.
EPHA- Foaled April 24. 1892. Sire, Eugineer;

dam. Puss. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 17,

1900.
BERTHA— Foaled April 16, 1886. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to

Boodle Jr. May 1, 1900.
EUNIQCE— Foaled January 15, 1888. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to

Boodle May 22, 1900.
FLOSSIE— Foaled May 12, 1883. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino; dam, Gray Eagle mare from Ken-
tucky. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 1, laOO.
JANE— Foaled May 26, 1886. Sire, Carr's Mam-
brino; dam. Ballot Box-dam by Peacock.

Stinted to Sam, April 15, 1900.
LADY COMSTOCK JR.— Sire, Elmo; dam, Lady

Comstock by Norfolk. Stinted to Ed Wilkes

May 1, 1900.
LADY NELSON— Foaled April 12, 1884. Sire,

Carr's Mambrino; dam by John Nelson.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.
LADY PALMER— Foaled June 2. 1887. Sire,

Carr's Mambrino; 1st dam by Luciona, he by

Whipple Hambletonian. Stinted to Boodle

Jr. May 5, 1900.
LUCKY GLRL— Foaled May 24, 1889. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino; dam, Flossie bv Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 11, 1900.
LADY ST. CLAXR— Foaled May 3, 1891. Sire,

Gabilan; dam, Ballot Bos. Stinted to Eugin-
eer June 13, 1900.
PEERLESS— Foaled April 5. 1891. Sire, Gabilan;

dam, Jane by Carr's Mambrino. Bred to

Boodle Jr. April 22, 1900.
FLORA— Foaled February 24, 1892. Sire, Reno;

dam, Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 30, 1900,
GABILAN GIRL— Foaled April 8, 1892. Sire,

Gabilan; dam, Clara by Elmo. Stinted to

Roodle Jr. April 12, 1900.
NXNA B.— Foaled April 30, 1888. Sire, Election-
eer: dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted toDictatus June 15, 1900.
SURPRISE— Foaled 1882. Sire, Abbottsford

2:1914, son of Woodford Mambrino; dam, Minnie

by Ladd's Kentucky Hunter. Stinted to

Boodle July 3: 1900.
RITA V.— Foaled April 21, 1894. Sire, Direct

Line; dam, Surprise by Abbottsford. Stinted

to Ed Wilkes April 27, 1900.
LITTLE ORA— Foaled March 17, 1897. Sire,

Eugineer; dam, Lilly B. by Homer 1235.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 21, 1900.

ELSIE— Foaled March 25, 1895. Sire, Boodle;
dam, Mary C. by Antevolo 7648. Stinted to
Nutwood Wilkes May 6, 1900.

TADDIE J.— Foaled April 2, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam, Mary C. bv Antevolo 7648. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

JULIA— Foaled May, 1894. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Puss. Stinted to Thor March 28, 1900.

ISABELLA— Foaled May 1, 1893. Sire, Lottery;
dam, Mohawk McCa bv Mohawk Chief. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 29, 1900.

ALMEDA C— Foaled January 9. 1893. Sire, Gab-
ilan; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 6, 1900. .

JUANITA— Foaled March 26, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam, Lucky Girl by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus April 20, 1900.

GOLDIE— Foaled April 15, 1893. Sire, Eugineer;
dam, Ballot Box-dam by Peacock. Stinted to
Sam April 29, 1900.

NELLIE JR.— Foaled 1886. Sire, Carr's Mam-
brino; dam, by Fred Lowe by St. Clair. Stinted
to Thor March 6, 1900.

LI LDINE— Foaled March 29, 1894. Sire, Boodle;
dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Nutwood Wilkes April 7, 1900.

SEPTLN A— Foaled April 25, 1895. Sire, Eugineer;
dam, Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 19, 1900.

MISS DELMAS— Foaled April 26, 1893. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Lady Comstock Jr. by Elmo.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 13, 1900.

BELLE— Foaled March 20, 1893. Sire, Alpheus
Wilkes; dam, Lady Nelson by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 13, 1900.

LILLY B.— Foaled 1879. Sire, Homer 1235; dam,
Maggie Lee by Blackwood 74. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. June 2, 1900.

MARTHA— Foaled 1886. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Gabilan Maid bv Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 18, 1900.

DORA— Foaled April 2, 1890. Sire, Reno; dam,
Martha by Mambrino Jr. Stinted to Sam
April 18, 1900.

MISS BEAUTY— Foaled May 22, 1891. Sire,
Gabilan; dam, black mare by Elmo. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 7, 1900.

MADGE— Foaled April 16, 1893. Sire, Reno; dam,
Nellie Jr. by Carr's Mambrino. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. April 14, 1900.

EDA— Foaled April 19, 1895. Sire, Hambletonian
Wilkes: dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Dictatus May 9, 1900.

ESTHER M.— Foaled February 19, 1896. Sire,
Hambletonian Wilkes; dam, Nancy by Mam-
brino Jr. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 26, 1900.

DELIGHT— Foaled February 15, 1897. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 3, 1900.

For further id formation, address J. D. CARR. Salinas, Cal.

For Sale.

si

Bay mare TWILIGHT, 15 hands high, record
--MsiJ on running track considered 6 seconds slow.

Sired bv NOONDAY. 1st dam MISS SIDNEY
(dam of Twilight 2:18Ji and Ira 2:l6&); 2d dam
Maud R. by Whipple's Hambletonian; 3d dam
Root Mare by G. M. Patchen Jr.: 4th dam Queen
by Bellfounder (dam of Ida Howe dam of
Georgena, record 2:0754)-

Sound and gentle to drive, will win in class this
season. May be seen at D. Gannon's, Watt street
and Park avenue, near Racetrack, Emeryville.
Price SIOOO. For further particuars.

Address D. GANNON,
Emeryville, Alameda Co., Cal.

For SaR

One five year old horse, sixteen hands high;
bright bay; good stepper; very gentle; high bred.
Wilkes-Patchen. A first class gentleman's driv-
ing horse, single or double; very stylish. Can be
seen at 1101 Park Avenue, Alameda, at 13 m.

For Sale

Young Draught Stallions

High class, well bred and desirable young
draught stallions at reasonable prices.
Address owner

T. A. NUFER,
Sonoma City, Cal.

Great Broodmare to Lease.

I wish to lease for one year my mare Hattie
(dam of Monterey 2:09 tf and Montana 2:16;,l) by
Commodore Belmont. She is now heavily in foal
to Iran Alto 2:12'4 or Billy Thornhill 2:24. Terms
s-J5(i f-ash. Address P. J. WILLIAMS,

Milpitas, Cal.

Great Clearance Sale

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Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

L O'BRIEN & CO.

M144 Market Street. :tw

Write for particulars.
O'BRIEN & SONS,

Agents.

San .Francisco, Cal.

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Kentucky Futurity $21,000 FeB $5 Pep Mae

Closes March 15th.

Opened by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders Association for the 19M produce o^m^nomta^ed March^ 1901. or their substitutes, as provided hereafter, to he contested in 1903

$14,000 for 3-year-old Trotters.

Divided : First,
§10,000. Second.

i $5,000 for 2-year-old Trotters.

Divided : First,
$3,000. Second,

Third «1 000. Fourth. SSOO. The original nominators of J1.O0O. Third, -J500. Fourth, $200. The original nominators of dams

$2,000 for 3-year-old PaGers.

$500. Third, -5300. Fourth, $200.

Divided : First,
81,000. Second,

§2 000 j

dams of first four colts to receive, respectively, J300, WOO, 175 and S25. ( of first four colts to receive; respectively, 8150, 875, $50 and 825.

k-mtkawk «*: to afoimmnv nomination of mare March 15 1901. when her name, color, pedigree, and name of horse she was bred to in 1900 must be given: SIO, DEC. 1. 1901, when color and sex
of foal mStbe > eirei and if Ttfominated mare has no living foal on that date, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. No further payment until June 1st of year

°f rA=|ay^n'tT^tlS^u^S,l l^l^S^Sriw'^er expect^t'J'start'ln the two-year-old division. September 1, 1903, a payment of SO is due. and a starting fee of 8100 must be paid by

S6Vef S"„™C£,r* nf «m%up June 1° 1901 on each three-year-old (trotter or pacer) then kept in. September 1st, a payment of 850 on each trotter and of 835 on each pacer is due, and a starting fee of 8S0 on
trnrfeS S of KS on DaceK Imusi 'be paid before seven' o'clock of evening before the respective races, which will both be mile heats, three-in-five. . JVJ< ,»•».-,

i ^«S^ed h^Se's moSe?»oes to .the first horse, but it less than four start, those starting and the placed horses' dams will receive only what each would have received had four been placed. National
AssocStion Rule iS force when races are called, to govern. No hoppled horses allowed to start. Eight reserved to reject any entry we do not want.

iSjareS nominations to Secretary Mail same on or before March 15th. Make remittances in New York or Chicago exchange, post-office or express money order.

Our Fixed Events Close June 1.

H. "W. "WILSON, Secretary, Lexington, Ky.

THE SARATOGA ASSOCIATION

For the Improvement of the Breed of Horses.

STAKES TO CLOSE ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1901.

To Be Run at Summer Meeting of 1901.

FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

Five and a Half Furlongs.

Sis Furlongs.

Five Furlongs.

Six Furlongs.

Five and a Half Furlongs.

Five and a Half Furlongs.

Six Furlongs.

Five and a Half Furlongs.

. .Mile and Five Furlongs.

. Mile and a Furlong.
. . Mile and a Sixteenth.

. Mile and Seventy Yards.
. . Six Furlongs.

United States Hotel Stakes $10,000

Grand Union Hotel Stakes 10,000

The Flash 5.000 .

The Adirondack. A Handicap 5,000

The Spinatvay, for Fillies 1,000

The Kentucky, For Fillies 1,000

The Albany. A Handicap 1,000

The Troy (selling) 1.000

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

The Travers 810,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Kenner 5,000. .Mile and Three Furlongs.

The Saranac. A Handicap 5,000 . . Mile and a Furlong.

The Alabama, for Fillies 2,500.. Mile and a Sixteenth.

The Huron. A Handicap 1,000. .Mile and Three-sixteenths,

The Seneca (selling) 1,000. .Six Furlongs.

The Mohawk (selling) 1, 000 . . Mile and a Sixteenth.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS.

The Saratoga Handicap 810,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Saratoga Cup 5,000

The Champlain. A Handicap 3,000

The Delaware. A Handicap 1,000

The Amsterdam |(selling) 1,000 .

The Catskill (selling) 1.000

STEEPLECHASES AND HURDLE RACES.

The Beverwyck Steeplechase $1,500. .Two Miles and a Half

The Ballston. A Hunter's Steeplechase. . 1,200. .Two Miles and a Half.
The Summer. A Hurdle Handicap 1,000. .Two Miles.

Full conditions of above Stakes and Entry Blanks will be forwarded on applica-
tion to the Secretary. 173 Fifth Avenue, New York. Or they can be obtained at office of

BREEDER AXD SPORTSMAN.

TTXLXIAH C. WHITNEY, President,
H. D. McINTYKE, Asst. Sec'y. H. K KSAPP, Secretary

$18,000 IN STAKES. $18,000 IN STAKES.

Pan American Exposition Meeting-

OF

The Buffalo Driving Club.

(BRAND CIRCUIT MEETING., week of August 5 to 10, 1901.)

ENTRIES CLOSE HARCH 15, 1901 ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 15, 1901

Announces the following early closing events:

TROTTING.

NIAGARA RIVER STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:14 CLASS

QUEEN CITY STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:19 CLASS

ELECTRIC CITY STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:24 CUSS

PACING.

IROQUOIS HOTEL STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:09 CUSS

EMPIRE STATE STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:14 CLASS

PAN-AMERICAN STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:24 CLASS

CONDITIONS.— Five per cent, entrance and 5 per cent, additional for money winners. Entries
to the above close March 15, when horses must be named and first payment accompany the entry. All
races mile heats, 3 in 5 to harness. One money only to winners. Money divided 50. -£>, 15 and 10 per
cent. No liability for entrance beyond amount paid in, if Secretary is notified in writing' on or before
the time nert payment falls due, but no entry will be declared out unless amount is paid in full to
date. Members of National Association and its rules to govern, except Section 2, of Rule 9 (abolish-
ing hopples) will not be enforced. Right reserved to declare off and refund first payment to any stake
which does not fill satisfactorily. Will give in addition to the above stakes sis or more class races for
trotters and pacers, which will be announced in the Grand Circuit program later.

Payments will be due March 15. April 15, May 15, June 15. and Julv 10, and in amounts as follows:

Classes Nos. I, S, 4 and 5, $30, $30, $30, $20, $30. Classes Nos- 3 and 6, $30, $40, $50, $60, $70.

For further information and entry blanks, address the Secretary, 668 Ellicott Square, Buffalo. N. Y
W. PERRY TAYLOR, Chairman Executive Committee. JOHN B. SAGE, Secretary'

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ELECTIONEhR

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEERETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20. son of Electioneer.

Bam Clytie 3d, by Nutwood 2:1% 3-4.
Will make the season of 19U1 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09l j is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 3:11 M that year, which she reduced the following
year to 3:0914. Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, 15?i hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

FARM

FEE $50.

Return privilege, in case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at j3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd of

horsemen : " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MOiNTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St.. San Joge.

W. A. fUCK, Superintendent,

San Martin.

PALACE HOTEL

NO.

1.

$2,000.

NO.

2.

$2,000.

NO.

3.

$5,000.

NO.

4-

$2,000.

NO.

5.

$2,000.

NO.

6.

$5,000.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At This Office.

MTCTiTTI

Cores lameness and soreness in man and beast
ask any horse trainer abont it. At all druggists.

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will bs introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

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Racing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

Every Week Day
OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
TBDR3DAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. lain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each. Day

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12m. and 12:30,
1, 1 :30. 2:30 and 3 p. M-. connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the irack Buy your ferry
tickets to bhell Mound. All trains via Oakland
mole connect with San Pablo electric cars at
seventh and Broadway, Oakland; also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadwav, Oakland. These elec-
tric cars go direct to the track in fifteen minutes.

Returning trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45
p. m. and immediately alter the last rece.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS, Free.
R. B. MILROY, Sec'y.

PCB. A. PONIATOWSKI,

PresioenL

Chaeles L Faib,
Vice-President,

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.
SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.
Sis Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Sis

Steeplechases.
Beginning at 2:10 p. m.. Last Race by 4:40 p. ;».

Train Service : TraiDS leave Third and Town*
send streets --an Francisco, for Tanforan Park— Al
7, 10:40 and 11:30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 and I p. m

Trains Leave Tautoran Perk for San Francisco-
At 4:.o p m., followed by several specials.

.«5*Rea.r cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fan
both ways, 51 25.

MJXTOX LATHAM, Sec'y.

MARCH 2, 1001]

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Vendome Stock Farm

THE HOME OFj

Iran Alto 2:121-4.

San Jose, Cal.

Season of 1901.

For the first time it has been decided
by the owner of this great young stal-
lion to permit him to serve a few out-
side mares of approved breeding. Not
over ten mares will be taken, and four
of these are already booked. Terms
will be made known on application.
Every one of Iran Alto's get are trot-
ters. He has but eleven living foals,
and four have records. The six more
that are my property will trot in
standard time as soon as matured.
His breeding is unsurpassed by any
stallion in America.

Write for terms Address

JAMES W. REA,

Venclome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal.

IRAN ALTO 2:121

Bay horse, foaled 1892.
sire of

Dr. Frasse 2:12J^

Dr. Frasse's Sister (3) ..2:2iy3

Vendome (3) 2:2514

Thos. R. (3) 2:30

PALO ALTO 3:08?£

World's stallion record to

high wheel sulky

sire of

Iran Alto 2:12^f

Pasont e 2:13

Palita 2:16

Rio Alto 2:16H

Palatine 2:18

Palon 2:1&H

Cressida 2:18?X

Alia 2:21»/£

Fillmore 2:21&

Erastus C 2;22

Palo Belle 2:24^

Avena 2:27

ELAINE 2:20...'

holder of world's 3 and 4
year old records in 1877
and 1878

dam of

Norlaine (1) 2:31!*

Iran Alto 2:12^

Palatine (3) 2:18

Anselma 2:201/£

and Elsie, dam of

Palita (2) 2:16

Rio Alto (3) 2:16!4

Novelist (3) 2:27

Mary Osborne (3)..2:28&
Salvini 2:30

ELECTIONEER 125

sire of

Arion 2:07%

Sunol 2:08 m;

Palo Alto 2:08%

163 more in 2:30
grandsire of

The Abbot 2:03if

Azote 2:04%

and many others

DAME WINNIE (thor-)

dam of

Palo Alto 2:08%

Faola .- 2-18

Altivo 2:18*/

Big Jim 2:33&|

Gertrude Russell. ...2:23' s
MESSENGER DUROC 106.
sire of
23 in 2:30

25 sons produced 95 in 2:30
48 daughters 66 in 2-30

HAMBLETONIAN 10

sire of

Dexter 2:17J4"

40 in 2:30

150 sons and 80 daughters
are producers

GREEN MOUNTAIN TYTATTi

dam of 9 in 2:30

("PLANET

[LIZ MARDIS by Imp. Glenoce

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID.

dam of

Elaine 2:20

Prosper 2:20

Elista 2-20%

Dame Trot 2:22

Elina 2:24%

Mansfield 2:26

Storm 2:26%

Lancelot 2:28%

Antonio 2:28%

Miranda 2:31

Electioneer 125

[HAMBLETONIAN 10

sire dam of
. -j Stamboul .2:07}<

[SATINET by AbdaUali Chief

HARRY CLAY 45

sire dams of

Harrietta 2:09%

St. Julien 2:11^

SHANGHAI MARY

CAPTAIN JONES 29666. si^mckinneymii!

Sire of Coney 2-02%, Jennie Mac 2:09, Hazel Kinney 2:09»^, Zolock 2:10^, Zombro 2:11, You Bet 1
2:12' ;. McZeus2:13, Dr. BooU2:13>4, Osito 2:13"/i. Juliet D, 2:13':.. MeBriar2:14, Harvey Mac 2:14"Y, Geo.
W. McKinney 2:14%, McN/ally -2:15, Monica 2:15 and 15 more in 2:30. !

First dam Midday Bell by Gossiper2:I4jf. sire of Gazelle 2:11^, Miss Jessie 2: 13'<£ and others.

Second dam Briar Belle (dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes 2:24% (.son of Alcyone) sire of
Riverside 2:!2'4 and twelve others.

Third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58, the great broodmare sire.

Fourth dam by Almont 33, sire of Altamont. the great Oregon sire.

CAPTAIN JONES is a black stallion foaled in" 1895, stands 15.3 hands high, waighs 1100 pounds, '
has perfect trotting action and promises to be McKinney's best son. Captain Jones will make the I
season of 1901 from April 1st to July 1st at

Agricultural Park, Sacramento.
TERMS $25 THE SEASON

$10 payable at time of service and balance June 1st or when mare is taken away. Usual return
privileges. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Due care taken to prevent accidents or escapes but no
responsibility assumed. A special invitation to all to call and see Captain Jones at the race track
whether you are a breeder or not. Address JOHN PENDKR, 2218 H. Street, Sacramento.

Electioneer Leads All

Stallions.
Breed

to a Soi

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of ClayS 3:13?j and Ira 2:16>(.)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam, Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor ) 2d dam
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16«, Pleety
Golddust 2:20. Indicator 2:23<4, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)

FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address D. GANNON, Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

STAM B. 2:114

I Started in 21 Races |
1st 10 times |
I 2d 6 times
| 3d 5 times |

WON I

§ $7500 |

1 IN PURSES. |

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!

A Grand Individual!

A Coming Great Sire!

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:11^, dam by
Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKERS.
Face Track, Sacramento.

$50

Breed to Monterey 2:09 i No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

STAM B. (23444) 2:11^ is by Stamboul 2:07% (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:047 and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Sea-on at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Sired by Sidney 2:19%, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05M, Monterey 2:09}$ and Dr. Leek 2:09#— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:W\{ and Monterey 2:09 j^, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Pell Fare 2:10%, Monterey 2:09^. Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13Jf.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:2114 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19% and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07%, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer-
less Abbot 2:03j^ to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Binsren 2:06*4 and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS «50 FOR THE SEA.SOX ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, mipitas, Cal.

Address all communications to

T0TTLE BROS., Rocklln, Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
MCKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of FerenoO)
2-AOli) by Gov. Sprague.

I DIRECT 2:12£

Sire, DIRECT 3:05% (sire of Directly 2:03^- Bonnie Direct 2:05K. Directum Kelly 2:08^, Rey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:1I&, Ed B. Young 2:11^, Miss Margaret 2:11%, I Direct 2:12%, Miss Beatrice
2:13 j-4. Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam. FRANCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:12%, Sable Frances 2: 15"/f, Guycesca 2:26and Earl Medium,
sire of Maybud 2:13^, Tom Martin 2:14&, Kanawha Star 2:14m. Lucy Stokes 2:18%, Goneril 2:24& and
others) by Almont 33^ Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175, sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:12%) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53, sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12!-i
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1424: Sherman Street

Alameda, Cal.

McKlNNH-T 2:11J£.

sire of

Coney 2:022!

Jennie Mac 2;09 ■

Hazel Kinney 2-.0SH

Zolock 2:10%

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12%

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13'4

Osito 2:13%

Juliet D 2:13%

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14^

Geo. W. McKinney — 2:14%

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them,was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in tlie stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

I DIRECT 2:12\i is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ED> LAFFERTY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 a

the season.

erms for the Season $100 <With usual retura privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month.
Dr 985 Peralta St., Oakland. Tel. Red 2634.

For further particulars, address

C. A. DURFEE, San Jose,

MUCH BETTER 2:07«, DEBET PK1NCESS 3:08VS. DIABLO 2 :09H, OWYHEE 2:llf
LIT I LE BETTER 2:11J4. CIBOLO 2:131/2,and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11 » tte -—

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cr

®Jte xgveebev curt* gtijcvt&xnan

[Ma hch 2, 1S01

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parbott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's ftufus 63 ^

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75
Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:05 Sire of Directly, 2:03£, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11J0 by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make tlie Season of 1901 to 30 approved
Mares only at

Pleasanton Race Track

TEliMS FOR THE SEASON S60.
Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare ored is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special Stake for foals.of REY DIRECT (MOO added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address. —.—« -ni _.«._ _ n~t

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

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BAIT 3:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. "WHIPS

By Whips 2:27^ by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11^.

Santa Rosa,SonomaCo.,Cal.

The -farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 2:06

Unedalion 2:11

Diairood 3-ll

Hijo del Diablo 2:11%

SIRE OP

Tags 3:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16M

Gaff Topsail 2:17'/2

N I,. B. (2) 2:21>4

Imp 2 :22>/

Key del Diablo (3)...2:23J£
Athalbo 2 :24!4

Bazel D 2:24j!

Sire ' f Much Better 2:07Ji I Dam (Diablo 2:09^

Derby Princess.... : -08'/a „.„„. Elt 2:12'/s

OHAS DERBY 2"20 (Diablo a:TO>4 I BERTHA by Alcantara^ Ed Latterly.... 2:16^4

unHg- lowvhee 2:11 I r,™ „f Jay Eff Bee (year-
Sire of and 10 more in 2:30 Dam ot < ling record) 2:26!-i

Will Maie the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month,
or escapes.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Bestof care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are hy Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.
WILLIAM HAROLD 2:131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

SIDNEY

2 : 1 9i£

sire'of

LENNAN 2:05'.;

17_in;2:15 list

93 in"2:30 list

CRICKET

2:10

by

STEINWAY

sire of

Klatawah 2:0514

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 2:30 list

WELCOME 21101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

ARTHUR
WILKES

sire of
WAYLAND W-
2:12H
4 in 2:15 list
7 in 2:30 list
grandsire of
2 in 2:15 list

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grandam of

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6 in 2:30 list

WELCOME stands 16.1 bands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all nave
WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start m a race was the sensational mare u *uii.» ^^ ^^ loQl.g ^^ speed<
3:13^, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900. ' ' • _

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal,

Corrigan's Monument Eanch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

mi r \# Bay horse by Longfellow, Sam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
LLT) (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yatteudon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J. GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 1=4, sire of

SIR GIBBIE 2d.,

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of ihe two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, hi {in :md spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at »30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McDONXELL, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, San ZMateo t'ouuty, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22,449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam Lorita 2:18 1-2 by Piedmont no}; second dam Lady Lowell {dam of Ladywell 2:w 1-2 and Lorita
S:18 1-2) '."j St. Glair; third dam Laura, dam oj sire of Occident 2:ie~ 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

CHARLEY HAYT 2:075, GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:09*, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.

Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates. ™— »-,«, ™ ^ ,

Address W.U. R WELCH, Pleasanton, Cal

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a -daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMK1H RACE TRACK, from Feb. 15 to July 1 at

,-_ -fc„.i— .— .«■ SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

$30 THE SEASON. Mgh, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.
His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a
proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13H, Hazel Y. 2:17,
Butcher Boy 2:17?^, Auditor 2:19V; and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further*
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON.

Almneda Race Tract.

ft;

^j. ||. •"» J. with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accuj

i5Lcll lit-'" wdrtlSj rately compiled, printed at short notice at thia l
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

March 2, 1901]

f&he gxee&ev cmfc &povt$maxi

NUTWOOD WILKES 22216 {

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-vp»r-nMc in „ ,.„*

records ot 3:13 and z-l*H respectively. Who F. u ?s Se „„, ™Slnn .hT wlth

ron 8:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race Mciier-

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season ot 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

15

Race Record } By Guy Wilkes 2:15^,
211 6 1-2. J Dam Lida W. 2:l8± by Nutwood 2:I£

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS,

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

.S:\SVn
.2:181'.

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec
Matinee rec (wagon) .3:09
3-year-old race rec. ,2:12u

Who Is It 2:101)'

3-year-old race rec .2:12

Gcorffie B 2:12'4'

Claudius 2:1SM

Bob Ingersoll 2:14^

Irvington Boy 2: vjki

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

Irvington Belle..
Echora Wilkes..

Central Girl

Wilkes Direct....

Alix B -•-.i|1-

Who Is She [ V'sfas

Fred Wilkes O-v.ia

Queen C 2-jsi;

Electress 2-jhu

Daugestar 3-29 '

Bonnie Direct 2:054

.4

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900 Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit-
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New''
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05J. Sire of Directly 2:03'
Directum Kelly 2:08], Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene S-14W)
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2- in/
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10JJ, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentuckv
Futurity. ' *

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22.

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson
thoroughbred son of Boston.

BONNIE DIRECT £* S,ok,st,all.ionU1^ hands hi8*. ™Shs lino lbs. Is a good individual,
w » has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares durinn season of 1901 ntcinn

Soeneev S a^me' TIllt\me " mare Prove,s not witnV^Thora" afiv and "in m™ 'otsefs ?n
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable ™ate*
Address

1 1 1

2 2 2
8 4dis

3 3 ro

c. r.

GRirFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary cf Three of Bonnie
Direot's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, a
Detroit.

BonnieDirect 9 5 8

Annie Thornton 14 1 1

Hal McEwen 1 11 2

Pussywillow 8 3 11

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duct
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 0 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10ii,2:12K, 2:13J£;2:13;2:12«, 2:12J£-

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombus.

BonnieDirect 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time-0:31, 1:0234, 1:34, 2:05«; 0:33,—,
1:38}*, 2:l'>'..; 0:32: l:f8ii, 1:341.1, 2:07w!
1:04^4, 1:37S£, 2:08J£; 0:31«, 1:03S£, 1:36. 2:08«.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

BonnieDirect i

Sallie Hook 2

Evolute '. 532

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07&, 2:09J^, 2:10^.

1:05 !4,
0:31H,

1

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:221

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

3,N?7<W.°£D ^K? S 2:16„^' sire of Jolm A. McKerron 2:09, Who Is It 2:10u

.audius 2:13«, Georgio B. 3:12M, Bob Ingersoll 2:14?i and other standard perfonners

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:2211 and Thu™day

1) . l ,y the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum S:05«, Direct 3:05'/., Direction
Kn°ft-U,n£ ^ f ila,''garet ?i?:i2'/= =""d others: second dam Annie TiYis (dam

A-B? ",?■• ~?°J by £»h0 46~' s,re of Ect>°™ 2:23!'. (dam of Direct 2:05'/.) and 16 others

list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22V!), sire of Our Dick 2 m.?
mestake 2:14J< and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont

rTLKES DIRECT K±<!,arkJbay', !5I ]1.anas ana weighs I200 pounds; well

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

OR $50

From February 1st to June 1st.

ERMS $40 THE SEASON

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to Drevpnt
ndents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address prevent

T. W. BARSTOW,

San Jose, Cal

lephone No. West 141.

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:08

•reed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

h m^ffr *m Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ike Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.

and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08*4, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Mac
2:11*4, Arlene "Wilkes 2: 11*£, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16j-L Sunbeam 2:16»-£, Sybil S.
2:16%, Saville &17J4, Grand George 2:I8#,
J. F. Hanson 2:19!^, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

QREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, y» mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season = $40

Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

|3oodJPasturage at £4 per month,
■dents. No wire fences.

Igphone: Suburban 541.

IT SAVES TROUBLE

and annoyance many times to have

ABSORBINE

handy in case of a Bruise oi
Strain. This remedy is rapid to
cure, pleasant to use, and Horse
soon ready for work. No blister,
no hair gone.

ABSORBINE

removes any soft
bunch from Ammal or Man-
kind. S2.00 per bottle deliv-
ered or of regular dealers.

W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.,

SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

Also Mfr. of TAR0LEUM

for horses' feet.

For sale by Mack & Co., Laogley & Michaels Co.
Reddingtoo & Co.. J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerrcn,
all of Han Fr&.Dcisco.

i m

R. I.

MOORHEAD,

Santa Clara,

(The Abbot 2:03a

(Azote 3:04j;

:ctioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 2:14^, Reg No. 26392

BOYDELL 5391 by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE C. 2:30 by Oarango Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P by Prince Dictator 5953.

Jl Richelieu (afe Mar«?

Junction &- KearnV

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee $25

MSLLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con"
.ion, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising,
ello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
>n or address ED I/ABVFiSBTY, Manager, 14184 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

BLAKE, M0FFITT & T0WNE

- DKA LKRR IN -

1 65-57-59-61 First Street, S. P.

Telephone main 199.

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)

SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee IT)

STOCKDALE KENNELS

K. M. DODGE, Manager,
!Bakersfleld, Kern Co.,

Boarding. Pointer puppies and well broken
for Bale.

^Dog

Diseases

to JF"©oci

Mailed Free to any address by the inthot
H. Clay Gloveb, D. V. 8„ 1293 "toadwaj
New York.

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NUMEROUS RESORTS.

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Santa Rosa, UkiaH

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BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL STEINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 3d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 3-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale: also pigs. P.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YEKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SBIPPEE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage, Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

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SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAR

®h£ gveebev cmi> gtpurtsmcm

[March 9, 1901

HARTFORD FUTURITY

$11,000 for $1. For Foals of 1901

Entries Close ILVEetrolx IS, 1901.

GREATER THAN EVER

MORE LIBERAL THAN EVER

1,000 added for Nom-
inators to the Orig-
inal $10,000 Purse.

: $500 to the Nominator of the

Dam of the Winner.
| $500 to the Nominator of the
I Winner of the Race.

$11,000 Three to Enter. Twoto Start

I Entrance Clause : |

| Only $1 (less than one- !§

| hundreth of 1 per cent,) S

I with nomination of mare, gj

MARCH 15, 1901. I

Entries can be made at any time up to date of closing March 15, 1901.

For Foals of 1901 to be Raced
as Three=year-olds in 1904

$8,500

For
Trotters

For
Pacers

$2,500

Payments :

$ 5.00 Nov. 1, 1901 I

$10.00 March 1, 1902 j

$10.00 March 2, 1903

$ 5.00 March 1, 1904

Z«55S!Z2WZ2Z222ZS!ZZZZZi

The produce of mares nominated to be trotted and paced in 1904, when name and gait of animal must be stated.
TROTTING DIVISION— $6,000 to first horse, $1,000 to second horse, and $500 to third, $500 to the nominatoTof
the dam of the winner, $500 to the nominator of the winner of the race.

PACING DIVISION— $2,000 to the first horse, $300 to second and $200 to third.

No Substitute in Any Event. Full paid-up Starting Fee only $31, less than one-third of I per Gent.

In entries the name, color and breeding of the mare must be given, also name of horse to which she was bred in
1900. National Trotting Association Rules in force on day of race will prevail.

Entries Close Friday, March 15, 1901.

Mail Entries to E. M. STALKER, Secretary, care Fasig=Tipton Co., Madison Square Garden, New York City.

Kentucky Futurity $21,000 Fee $5 Pep Mare

Closes March 15th.

Opened by the Kentucky Trotting- Horse Breeders Association lor the 1901 produce of mares, nominated March 15, 1901. or their substitutes, as provided hereafter, to be contested in 1903

and 1904, in THREE DIVISIONS, as follows:

$14,000 for 3-year-old Trotters.

Divided: First,
¥10.000. Second.
$2,000. Third, $1,000. Fourth. $500. The original nominators of
dams of first four colts to receive, respectively, $300, $100, $75 and $35.

$5,000 for 2-year-old Trotters,

Divided : First,
$3,000. Second,

SI- 000. Third, $500. Fourth, $200. The original nominators of dams
of first four colts to receive; respectively, $150, $75, $50 and $35.

$2,000 for 3-year-old Pacers.

$500. Third, $300. Fourth, $300.

Divided : First,
$1,000. Second,

ENTRANCE, S3, to accompany nomination of mare March 15 1901, when her name, color, pedigree, and name of horse she was bred to in 1900 must be given: SIO, DEC. 1. 1901, when color and sex
of foal must be given, and if a nominated mare has no living foal on that date, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. No further payment until June 1st of yea r
of race. No payment required on two-year-olds not intended to start until three-year-olds.

A payment of $25 is due June 1, 1903, on each two-year-old trotter expected to start in the two-year-old division. September 1, 1903, a payment of $50 is due, and a starting fee of $100 must be paid by
seven o'clock of evening before race.

A payment of $50 is due June 1, 1904, on each three-year-old (trotter or pacer) then kept in. September 1st, a payment of $50 on each trotter and of $35 on each pacer is due, and a starting fee of $350 on
trotters and of $35 on pacers must be paid before seven o'clock of evening before the respective races, which will both be mile heats, three-in-five.

A distanced horse's money goes to the first horse, but if less than four start, those starting and the placed horses' dams will receive only what each would have received had four been placed. National
Association Rules, in force when races are called, to govern. No hoppied horses allowed to start. Right reserved to reject any entry we do not want.

Address nominations to Secretary. Mail same on or before March 15th. Make remittances in New York or Chicago exchange, postofflce or express money order.

H. W. "WILSON, Secretary, Lexington, Ky

Our Fixed Events Close Jane 1.

$18,000 IN STAKES. $18,000 IN STAKES.

Fan American Exposition Meeting-

OF

The Buffalo Driving Club.

(GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING, week of August 5 to 10, 1901.)

ENTRIES CLOSE HARCH 15, 1901

ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 15, 1901

Announces the following early closing events:

TROTTING.

NO. I- $2,000. NIAGARA RIVER STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:14 CLASS
NO. 2- $2,000. QUEEN CITY STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:19 CLASS

NO. 3. $5,000. ELECTRIC CITY STAKE, tor horses eligible to - 2:24 CLASS

PACING.

NO. 4. $2,000. IROQUOIS HOTEL STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:09 CLASS

NO. 5. $2,000. EMPIRE STATE STAKE, for horses eligible to - 2:14 CLASS

NO. 6. $5,000. PAN-AMERICAN STAKE, tor horses eligible to - 2:^4 CLASS

CONDITIONS. — Five per cent, entrance and 5 per cent, additional for money winners. Entries
to the above close March 15, when horses must be named and first payment accompany the entry. All
races mile heats. 3 in 5 to harness. One money only to winners. Money divided 50, 35, 15 and 10 per
cent. No liability for entrance beyond amount paid in, if Secretarv is notified in writing on or before
the time next payment falls due, but no entry will be declared out unless amount, is paid in full to
date. Members of National Association and its rules to govern, except Section 3, of Rule 9 (abolish-
ing hopples) will not be enforced. Right reserved to declare off and refund first pavment to any stake
which does not All satisfactorily. Will ^'ivein addition to the above stakes six or more class races for
trotters and pacers, which will be announced in the Grand Circuit program later.

-Payments will be due March 15. April 15, Mav 15, June 15, and July 10, and in amounts as follows:

I ilasses Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, $30, $20, $20, $30, $20. Classes Nos. 3 and 6, $30, $40, $50, $60, $70.

For further information and entry blanks, address the Secretary, 66S Ellicott Square, Buffalo. N. Y
W. PERRY TAYLOR, Chairman Executive Committee. JOHN B. SAGE, Secretary ^

Racing! Racing!

I PCS. A. PONIATOWSKI,

President.

Charles l. Fair,
Vice-President.

California Jockey Club

Every "Week Day

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, iain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. M. sharp.
Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and 12:30,
1, l :30, 2:30 and 3 P. M-, connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the track. Bay your ferry
tickets to bhell Mound. All trains via Oakland
, mole connect with San Pablo electric cars at
' seventh and Broadway, Oakland: also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
! at Fourteenth and Broadway. Oakland. These elec-
' trie cars go direct to the track in fifteen minutes.
Returning trains leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45
p. m. and immediately after the last rfce.

TBOS. H. W1XLIAMS, Free.
R. B. M1XROY, Sec'y.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.

SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.

Sis Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Six

Steeplechases.

Bccfinnirit/ at 8:10 }). m.. Last Race by 4:4o p. m.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets. San FranciBCO, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10 :40 and 11 :30 a. m. ; 1, 1:30 and 2 p. m.

Trains Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. si., followed by several specials.

^F-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, SI 25.

MIXTON LATHAM, Sec'y.

March 9, 1901]

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JOTTINGS.

go over to Alameda and look the marefover you will
use the same language the Queen of Sbeba did when
King Solomon showed her around his stock farm.

TWO GOOD PROSPECTS for the races this year are
pictured on our front page this week. The photos
from which the engravings were made were taken last
Sunday in front of Ed Lafferty's stables, at 1424 Sher-
man street, Alameda. Boydello 2:14£ is in the stud,
but will only be allowed to serve a limited number of
mares, as it is intended to campaign him again this
year. The sprained ankle, received in his first and
only race last season seems to have entirely recovered
and if it shows no signs of lameness when fast miles
are asked of this grandson of Electioneer, he should
win a fair share of the races in his class on the Cali-
fornia circuit and get a mark of 2:10 or better, as he
is certainly a very fast horse. He is a finely propor-
tioned stallion, and one of the most intelligent and best
dispositioned horses ever seen. Pew horses have more
brains in their head than Boydello, and that is a very
important qualification for a stock horse in our hum-
ble opinion. The other engraving portrays a colt that
attracts attention in any company. He is a bay, with
his near hind foot and ankle white and has one of the
shortest of backs, as well as nicely turned quarters and
loins. He has plenty of muscle, good bone and pos-
sesses both quality and substance. His head is one of
the sensible kind and he shows it in every action.
Lafferty has had this youngster but a few weeks, and
has never asked him for speed as yet, but believes from
the way he handles himself that he possesses a gener-
ous amount of that necessary commodity. This colt
was bred and raised by Geo. Fox, of Clements, and is
- by Silver Bow 2:16, dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:11,
Creole 2:15 and Eagle 2:19J) by Buccaneer. Grace is a
half sister to Lettie, that is also the dam of three in
the list, namely Welcome 2:1(H, Wayland W. 2:12£ and
Maud Singleton 2:282, an(l Grace and Lettie have each
a son that is a great producer of speed, the former's
son Creole being the sire of Javelin 2:08£, and the lat-
ter's son Wayland W. being sire of Arthur W. 2:11£
and John A. 2:12$. This colt is entered in the Occi-
dent Stake for this year, and is bred and looks like a
trotter.

Mr. Lafferty has several other horses in his string,
among them the little black stallion I Direct 2:12$ that
is also in the stud and limited to a few mares. I Direct
never looked better in his life than at the present time
and gives every promise of being able to again lower
his record. He is one of the best bred sons of Direct
2:05£ and as handsome as a picture.

The Alameda track has not been in a shape to drive
on a good part of this winter owing to the excessive
rainfall, but the last week or so of dry weather has put
it in fine condition. Two or three days of sunshine
will dry it sufficiently for jogging even after a week of
continuous rain. It is so close and convenient to San
Francisco that many horses would be trained there were
it not for the lack of stall room. The straightaway,
which was made before the circular track was built, is
nearly always in good shape for speeding, and if the
present idea of covering it with shell from the Alameda
cove is carried out it will be an ideal speedway. If it
could be beautified with a few shrubs and a neat walk
for pedestrians made alongside, it would soon be a
popular resort.

J. M. Nelson has but a few horses at his Alameda
stables, old Altamont, a four year old by Alexis, and
two or three others being all. Nelson tells a joke on
A. C. Dietz, the well known horseman and owner of
that good stallion Longworth by Sidney. Mr. Dietz
sent to Nelson last month a mare with instructions to
begin work on her for the circuit this year. Two
weeks after she arrived she dropped a foal. Dietz was
notified and sent up another mare who looks now as if
she would do just as the other one did. Mr. Dietz was
told of this mare's condition and will ^take no fur-
ther chances but will ship Mr. Nelson a young stallion.
Nelson is getting to be a poultry enthusiast and is
raising Black Minorcas and White Leghorns. He
says that every hen is a producer and the young ones
need no hopples or toe weights to get them going
right.

Phoebe Childers 2:10i is in Grant Lapham's charge.
She looks fit to trot for a man's life right now, although
she will be some lighter in flesh when the bell taps.
Phoebe would be a prize winner at a beauty show
where harness horse breeders were judges. She is
clean, well muscled, and breedy looking, and has that
racy appearance which is the admiration of trotting
as well as running horsemen. Phcebe is as sound as
the day she was foaled, not a pimple or a mark any-
where, and is everything that her owner L. E. Claw-
son of this city says she is. Did you ever hear him
talk about her ? If you have you may have a slight
suspicion that he is over enthusiastic, but if you will

Sunday forenoon always furnishes plenty of sport at
Alameda track if the day is fine. The trainers all lay
their horses of on that day and the track is used by
the road drivers of Oakland and Alameda who pay for
the privilege. Some good brushes are seen every Sun-
day and some pretty fair trotters and pacers compete
in them.

Among the visitors to the office of the Breeder
and Sportsman this week was the prominent Iowa
horseman, Tom James of Des Moines, owner of Baron-
dale 2:11}, a son of the great. Baron Wilkes. Mr.
James will be in California for a few weeks and will
visit the leading stock farms while here as he is greatly
interested in the American trotter. His horse Baron-
dale is a grandly bred one, being out of Nathalie by
Nutwood and she is also the dam of Grand Baron 2:12}
the latter therefoi'e a full brother to Barondale. The
second dam of Barondale is the great broodmare
Beatrice (dam of Prodigal 2:16, Patx'on 2:144 and
Patronage; that are respectively the sires of John
Nolan 2:08, Ananias 2:06| and Alix 2:03$), by Cuyler
100, and the third dam is another great broodmare
Mary Mambrino by Mambrino Patchen. Barondale
never served a mare until he was five years old (he is
now 11) and has but one in the list Baronoid 2:24}, a
horse that will trot in 2:12 this year,barring accidents.
Mr, James is not an extensive breeder, believing that
size, style and speed are all necessary qualifications for
both sire and dam, and what few mares he has are all
very royally bred ones. Among them is Mary B. by
Wilkes Boy 2:24J, sire of two in 2:10 and 50 in 2:30,
her first, second, third and fourth dams being all
great broodmares by Young Jim, Administrator and
Mambrino Patchen, the third dam Kitty Patchen being
by Mambrino Patchen out of Betty Brown a daughter
that great sire. Another of his mares is Dictara
Wilkes, dam of Baronoid 2:24}. She is by Dictator
Wilkes, a son of Nancy Lee, dam of Nancy Hanks
2:04, her dam Bonarosa by Dictator, next dam by
Mambrino Patchen. It will be seen that Mr. James
has some royally bred stock and has a right to expect
great results from his farm in the near future. Mr.
James made a short stay at Los Angeles and says he
found the horsemen very much alive in the orange
belt and attributed the enthusiasm displayed to the
Driving Club recently organized in Los Angeles in
which he is undoubtedly correct.

While in San Jose last week we noticed that on the
street which leads to the race track there were a few
blocks which were in very poor condition wh'le the re-
mainder was in first class order, its smooth surface
making riding over it a pleasure. On inquiry we
learned that these blocks had been macadamized with
a blue rock from the Gay quarry near San Jose, which
furnishes material admirably adapted to make good
roads. The macadam is put on in three layers. The
first consists of rock broken to the size of a large
orange, the next about half this size and the third layer
consists of pieces not larger than a small prune. After
these layers have been thoroughly rolled with a heavy
steam roller, they are covered with pulverized rock and
rolled again. The surface resulting is smooth and is
neither dusty in summer nor muddy in the heaviest
rainy season. San Jose should have the best streets
in California at a low cost with such material close at
hand.

We know of several parties here in San Francisco
who are in the market for a first class team of road-
sters. The peculiar feature of the demand is that but
very few parties who want a high class pair, realize
that they are hard to get, and few desire to pay what
a good pair is really worth. In this connection the
following by Palmer Clark, who edits the harness
horse department of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is inter-
esting reading:

"The difficulties encountered in securing a first class,
well matched team of trotters or pacers are indeed very
real, and some idea of why a pair is worth so much
more than the same team scld separately is acquired
when the difficulty of mating up an ideally matched
team is understood. They must look alike, travel
alike and drive as one horse, with manners and speed
added. They must not pull, and an essential qualifica-
tion is that they must stick to the trot in company
and stand a drive at top speed without going to a
break. These qualifications in one horse are not so
hard to find, but to find two that will fill the bill, in
every respect, is entirely another matter. To illus-
trate: Take for example the team put together by L.
M. Newgass last week. Two years ago, when prices
on good horses were the lowest, Mr. Newgass bought
at auction the handsome bay mare, Muggins 2:20},
stating at the time that with her handsome appear-
ance, style, manners and speed, she would make half
of a show team that would carry off the honors in the

big ring. As a member of the firm of Tichenor & Co.
and L. Newgass & Sons, the new owner of the success-
ful race mare was in touch with more traveling horse
buyers than any other one man in America, and one
after another as they came to market with stock were
asked to examine the mare, and then be on the look-
out for a suitable mate for her. How many miles have
been traveled, and how much expense incurred in this
effort during the past two years, can only be con-
jectured, but now having the team together with the
necessary requirements the labor is not ended by any
means. Next comes the work and expense of educat.
ing them to work in union at all ways of going, and
properly fitting them for the show rings. Assuming
them to be successful on the tan bark (and no one who
has seen them together will deny they have an equal
chance with the best), and they are sold at a figure
up in the thousands, it is a question in my mind
whether there is any profit in the transaction, or at
least sufficient to warrant the risk and labor involved.
A well matched team is cheap at any price, and only
the wealthy can afford to own and drive them at their
value. The mate secured for Muggins is Zula Z., rec-
ord 2:30, but has shown better than 2:20 speed, and
has thirteen blue ribbons to her credit."

Geo. Davis' handsome and fast pacing stallion Rey
Direct 2:10 is bound to be a great sire. Not a colt of
his get is dropped that is not a big, lusty fellow with
strong resemblance to hie gh-e. Rey Direct, unlike
many of the Director family, is a very certain foa-i
getter and as he has the strongest of constitutions and
wonderful vigor and strength, his ruggedness and high
rate of speed will certainly be transmitted to his off-
spring.

William Hogoboom, who is training a string of very
promising youngsters by Lynmont at the Marysville
track, recently sold the trotter Lynhood 2:28| by Lyn-
mont and the mare Lady McDonald by Direct to H.
A. Wardner, of Walla Walla, Washington. Mr. A.
W. Hexter was the owner of Lynhood, but Hogoboom
negotiated the trade and besides these two sold a very
promising bay mare by Lynhood to the same gentle-
man. Mr. Hogoboom is getting ready to campaign on
the California circuit again this year, and horsemen
who have visited Marysville say that he will have some
very fast young horses to start. Eula Mac 2:17} is
looking and doing well. It will be no trick for her to
get into McKinney's 2:15 list this year.

The California team record for a mile is one that
ought to be held by some enterprising amateur driver.
It is now 2:16J and was made in an actual race by those
two pacers by old Alexander Button, Thos Ryder and
Belle Button. It was made at Oakland in 1892, and
with the fast pacers and trotters we now have it should
not be such a difficult task to lower it, although a pair
that can trot or pace a mile in that time is not put to-
gether every day.

Mr. Milo M. Potter of Los Angeles, holds the record
for the fastest mile ever driven by an amateur in this
State. He drove his handsome little mare Primrose
by Falrose a mile -in 2:14i at Los Angeles, February
22d. Primrose is a pacer and her record is 2:13. Now
that amateur clubs are organizing all over the State
the mark set by Mr. Potter will furnish something to
shoot at, and we may expect to see it lowered before
the year is over, and it is more than likely that this
gentleman will knock a few seconds from it with Prim-
rose or another of his younger horses.

The only mai*e ever bred to Iran Alto 2:12} outside
those owned by the Vendome Stock Farm was a mare
by Dawn 2:18|, son of Nutwood. The dam of this
mare was Edith 2:10 by Dexter Prince, she out of a
mare by Hamilton Chief, and the next dam by William-
son's Belmont. The foal that resulted from breeding
Iran Alto to this mare is a filly now four years old and
is said to be one of the most promising youngsters in
California. "Farmer" Bunch will probably have her
in his string soon. She was bred by his father.

A letter from Memphis, Tenn., reports the veteran
track builder, Seth Griffin, hard at work with sixty
teams and the necessary men on the new trotting
track, which, with good weather, he expects to finish
in May. When Frank Jones gave him the contract
instructions were to get the best top dressing, no
matter from what part of the country it had to come.
Mr. Griffin reports the top soil at Memphis about like
that used at the Empire City track, New York, only
there is an abundance of it. Horsemen will remember
how fast horses stepped at New York, and how good
the footing was the first few meetings, before neglect
and heavy rains washed the never-too heavy top soi
away. The stakes decided upon so far for the openingl
meeting include one for two year old trotters and one
for three year old trotters, a 2:20 and 2:14 trot, and a
2:30 and 2:08 pace, entries to close about June 1st. Th
innovations are likely to be radical and numerous.

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[March 9, 1901

The Horse Show at Livermore.

Livermore's annual horse show was held on last
Saturday and was a great success notwithstanding the
disagreeahleness of the day caused hy the high north
wind that prevailed throughout the day. Hans M.
Christenson who was one of the committee on arrange
ments don't believe in doing things by halves and he
collected enough money to defray all of the expenses
besides hiring the Livermore band which played
patriotic airs from the veranda of the Livermore hotel
throughout the afternooD and led the parade during
the forenooD.

At 11:30 A. M., Frank Fennon as marshal of the day
and his aids Wm. Moody and E. Horton had every-
body in position and the orders to fall in were given
and the parade was on, witnessed by an immense
crowd.

At the head of the parade was M. Henry of Hay-
wards with his Director stallion Educator. Many of
those present had read of Educator and his splendid
appearance and were inclined to think that those writ-
ing of him had stretched their imagination a little but
when this handsome son of the Black Tornado with
heat erect and eyes aglow was seen keeping step to the
strains of the band everybody was willing to admit
that he was the most perfect show horse ever seen in a
Livermore parade and when he was taken back to his
stall many followed him there to further examine him
and not a criticism of any kind was offered. That
Educator is a producer was shown by the next animal
in line, Black Beauty a three year old filly owned by J.
McConaghy of San Leandro. This filly is a model of
beauty and was greatly admired.

Guard, the game and speedy son of Guide, came
next, followed by two fillies sired by him, May G., a
two year old, and Merrill F., a yearling.

A. Wilder showed Skylark, a likely looking colt by
Comet "Wilkes.

John Frick 's Jack Nelson Jr. shows that the blood
of the old time monarchs mixes well. Jack Nelson
Jr. was sired by a son of John Nelson and his dam was
by California Patchen.

Wm. Murray's famous Diablo was represented by J.
H. Dutcher's Diablo Jr. out of a mare by Plowboy.
Diablo Jr. will make the season in Livermore and his
book is being rapidly filled.

Probably the best son that the mighty Nutwood left
in California was Redwood out of Alice R. by Naubuc.
Redwood never had a chance to show what he could
do, either on the track or in the stud, but all of his
colts were horses of fine style and carriage and were
able to hold their own on the road. Billy Tanglewood
by Redwood was in line on last Saturday and in future
shows will be represented by a number of his colts, as
he is producing a fine class of colts, the oldest of which
are now three years old.

N. D. Duteher showed Warren by Walker and seven
of his colts, and if the late Dr. Hicks, who bred War-
ren, could have seen the handsome, big fellow and his
family, he would certainly have been proud of them,
as they made a fine appearance. Dan W., a four year
old stallion, and Daisy, a three year old out of a mare
by Whippleton, are the counterparts of Warren.

In the draft horse division were Louis Mels' Joe
Reno (a Shire), John Mohis' Morgan Boy (a Morgan),
C. C. Christensens' Black Bart (Punch) and the fol-
lowing Percherons: A. Block's Raglan, Joe Martin's
Origon, H. M. Christensen's Le Dard, Nolan Coat's
Monarch, A. Flores' Dom Pedro, S. Borges' Duke, A
Fregolio's Duke Jr. Spectator.

Livermore, March 5. 1901.

Quartermaster is Dead.
The great stallion, Quartermaster 2:21}, died Feb
ruary 22d, at the Ridgewood Farm, Danhury, Conn.
Quartermaster was a brown stallion, foaled in 1883,
bred by A. S. Talbert, of Lexington, Ky., and was by
Alcyone, dam Qui Vive, by Sentinel; second dam
Missis, by Brignoli. His record of 2:29J was taken in
1890, at Gleetwood, when he defeated Isaqueena, St.
Elmo, Aline, Violin and Shipman, and trotted his fasti
est mile in the fourth and final heat. Messrs. Runde
and White, of Danbury, bought him a» a two year old
and in the course of his life refused scores of tempting
offers for him. At Madison Square Garden, New York
city, in November, 1891, when eight years old, he and
four of his foals were shown against Mambrino King.
Quartermaster was awarded the blue ribbon and the
first premium of $500. In 1892 the contest was re-
newed, and Quartermaster entered the list competing
for first honors as a stallion and as a sire. Again,
Mambrino King, with Haldane, disputed his claim,and
Quartermaster, upon his individuality and breeding,
m-ded the first premium of $1000. His get have
raced well tot only here but abroad, and his blood has
given abundant, proof that it has that very desirable
quality, the ability to breed on. Of his get 45 have
taken standard records at the trot and seven at the
pace.. The fastest are the trotters Quartermareh 2:11 J,
and Quarterstretch 2:15, and the pacer Daphne Dallas

At the Chico Track.

Chico, Cal., March 3, 1901.

Breeder & Sportsman: — The weather has been
fine here for the last week and prospects are good for
crops in this vicinity this year.

Horse business is looking up a little around Chico.
There are only a few horses as yet being worked here.

Mr. D. Daniels has two promising green ones, a three
year old by California Lambert, the other a four year
old filly by Kentucky Baron. They are the property
of one of our leading attorneys, F. C. Lusk.

Mr. A. Summers is jogging Monte Carlo 2:14}, Fitz
Lee 2:13} and Maud P. 2:27J. They are also the prop-
erty of another one of our leading attorneys Col. Park
Henshaw.

Mr. Chas. H. Wheeler has Harry J. 2:30} and a big
fine looking sorrel stallion by Diablo, that shows won-
derful speed at the pace. He also has Cinderella, a
two year old filly by Arthur Wilkes, that is entered in
the Occident and Stanford Stakes, the property of
Geo. Trank.

Mr. F. Turner has a green pacer, a full brother to
Fitz Lee 2:13}, that is a very good prospect. He also
has a green pacer by Dr. Hicks that he is quite
sweet on.

I nave my stallion Kentucky Baron 2:271 and am
making a season with him here; he is getting a high
class lot of mares. I have him limited to thirty mares
which I have nearly all booked, as I intend to race him
this season, knowing that 2:275 is no limit of his speed.
I think he will make another 2:15 performer for his
great sire Baron Wilkes. I am working Honolulu
Maid, a two year old filly by him that I have entered
in the Occident and Stanford Stakes. I think she
is headed toward the big end of the stakes barring ac-
cidents. The horse; here are all looking fine and
doing well. Yours respectfully.

Wm. Duncan.

The Dinner Was on Stimson.

Tom Hughes' Electra by Silkwood, did things to
Hanford Medium, Williard Stimson's stallion, last
Saturday afternoon at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles.
The race could hardly be called such, as the mare in
all three heats simply walked around the older horse,
who is evidently not equal to former performances.
At no time did Hanford Medium show 2:11 time or
even better than 2:18, while the mare exhibited possi-
bilities far in advance of her 2:155 trial, although
2:18 in which the first heat was paced, was the best
time negotiated. As all three heats were won before
entering the stretch, this time is slow.

A. W. Bruner acted as judge. He succeeded in giv_
ing the horses a good start in the first two heats, but
in the third, after scoring for the word several times>
Hanford Medium got away a good length in front of
Electra, taking the pole. Electra was forced to pull
up and go around, and when she was again stepping
out freely the stallion was five lengths in the lead. At
the quarter Electra had cut this down a length, and in
the back stretch she passed the older horse with a
steady stride which brought her into the turn full four
lengths to the good, with Hughes pulling her head off,
Stimson, whipping, tried to gain on the mare, who
jogged in.

Stimson was greatly disappointed at the pex-formance
of his entry. He explained that the track was too
hard for the tender underpinning of Hanford Medium,
but it is extremely doubtful if the stallion could beat
Electra on newly plowed ground.

The unofficial fractional time, as taken in the:grand
stand, follows:

First heat— 0:325, 1:05, 1:411, 2:18. Second heat—
0:335, 1:065, 1:435, 2:20|. Third heat— 0:34, 1:07. 1:45,
2:19}.

Floreta Bell, Byron Erckenbrecher's mare, beat Rex
Alto two straight heats. John Llewellyn, the owner
of Rex Alto, expressed little confidence in the contest
before the race was arranged, but Floreta Bell's feat in
taking the second heat easily in 2:16|, rather startled
him. The first heat was done in 2:26. — Los Angeles
Ex}jress.

Outlook Good at Stockton.

C. A. Whitehead, owner of that fast son of Director,
Delphi 2:11 J , writes us from Stockton that about 40 of
the horsemen of that city have organized and will
keep the track in first class shape for training purposes
for four months, beginning March 1st. Mr. Whitehead
will have charge of it and expects quite a number of
horses will be at work in a few days if the weather
keeps good. Daisy, the handsome Nutwood mare be-
longing to Edward Dunn, dropped a fine black foal by
Delphi on the 25th of February. The outlook for a
good fair and race meeting at Stockton this fall is
good as there is an increasing interest in the breeding
of stock of all kinds and especially light harness horses,
for which the demand for good ones is ahead of the
supply.

Why Every Breeder Should Enter at Buffalo.
The 1901 Grand Circuit meeting of the Buffalo Driv-
ing Club has been dubbed ''The Pan-American Exposi-
tion Meeting, " it being held during the great Exposition
that will attract thousands to Buffalo from every sec-
tion of North, South and Central America. Every
breeder of trotters who has followed the trend of
affairs, recognizes that to the Columbian Exposition
the industry is indebted in a manner beyond measure.
That the export demand for trotters received an im-
petus after the Exposition of 1893 is readily conceded
and the relief afforded by the demand for export
worked incalculable good for the overstocked breeder.
A glance at the report of the Treasury Department
for the years 1893 and 1900 shows a marvelous gain in
the number of horses exported and this gain was due
to the Exposition of '93. What the Columbian Exposi-
tion did for the export demand in Europe the Pan-
American can do for the South American trade. The
trotting horse has never gained a foothold in the
American Republics south of the United States solely
because no effort has been made in that direction.
But the time will come when the sport-loving peoples
of the lower continent will be after the harness game
and no better time can be found to insert the opening
wedge than during the Pan-American Exposition.
This Exposition is given with the idea of bringing to-
gether in a close industrial bond the countries compris-
ing the American continent and thousands of South
and Central Americans will be in attendance. The
breeder who has the good of the industry at heart wil
enter his horses at Buffalo and thus give the visitors
from the South a chance to see the harness racers at
their best. While it is undoubtedly true that the
country is far from overstocked at present and the
likelihood of it ever being so is most remote, it is un-
doubtedly true that breeding operations are being con-
ducted on a larger scale than heretofore and the supply
will be larger in a few years than in any year in the
past decade. No better time to cultivate an acquaint-
ance between the American trotter and the people of
South America will ever be offered. Enter your horses
at the Pan-American Exposition meeting of the Buffalo
Driving Club.

Supervisors Buy a Race Track.

The Fresno race track and fair grounds, one of the
best appointed properties of that description in the
State, outside of those in the immediate vicinity of
San Francisco, has been purchased by the Supervisors
of that county for the sum of $30,000. It is proposed
to turn the place into a county poor farm, that is, the
infield and other portions of it that can be cultivated.
The county hospital at Fresno was burned recently
and at present quarters have to be rented in the city
limits of that city to accommodate the indigent sick
and helpless that are charges upon the county. The
Supervisors believe that they can remodel some of the
buildings at the Fresno track so that they will furnish
temporary quarters for the invalids and that the land
inside the track oval can be worked profitably by the
patients that are able to labor, and thus be a partial
means of support to them. We understand that it is
proposed to allow the track, grand stand and stalls to
remain and that they will be kept in order and rented
to horsemen and some provision made for an annual
fair to be held on the property. There is no doubt but
the track and stalls can be kept in condition for the
use of horsemen at a profit to the county, and the use
of the grounds for an annual fair would benefit the

entire community.

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Big Profits from Nutwood.
Frank D. Stout of Dubuque, la., who has accumu-
lated a great deal more than $1,000,000 in the lumber
business, says he never made an investment of any
kind that paid as well as his purchase of the trotting
stallion Nutwood 2:18J for $22,000. "In one year,"
says Mr. Stout a few days ago, "we bred Nutwood to
sixty-one outside mares at a stud fee of $1000, and the
same year we raised forty colts of our own, which we
sold at an average of more than $5000 each." It is
said that Mr. Stout cleared more than $500,000 during
the five yeai*s following his purchase of Nutwood at
the Glenview sale in 1886.

Answers to Correspondents.

Please let me know the breeding of Ladv Tiffanv—
W. D.

She is registered in volume 9 of the American Trot-
ting Register as by Gibraltar 1185, dam Kitty Gavin by

Royal George 83. She was bred by Monroe Salisbury.

♦

Louis Winans, of London and Brighton, England,
who has the largest stable of trotting and pacing road-
sters on the other side of the big pond, has decided to
campaign a stable next year, and has instructed Geo.
H. Ketcham to buy four trotters and ship them to him
in time to take part in the summer meeting in France,
Germany and Austria.

March 9, 1901]

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The New York Speedway.

New York, Feb. 21, 1901. — Since the now famous
Harlem river speedway was completed, a little more
than two years ago, the characteristic sport of driving-
fast trotters on the road, has undergone a revival in
New York which amounts to a new birth of this old
pastime. Road, driving had. reached a low ebb before
the opening of the Speedway took place, on July 2,
1898. The last of the unpaved avenues on which the
Bonners, Vanderbilts, Works and Rockefellers used to
speed their horses in early days had disappeared with
the rapid growth of the city. There was not a level
stretch of soft earth road in all New York where the
man who owned a trotter could tighten the reins and
sing out: "Goon, boy!" to his favorite flyer. No in-
centive remained for the horseman to keep a fast one
in his stable, and while the population of the city in-
creased, the number of fast road horses steadily
diminished.

On the splendid speeding ground which stretches
away at the water's edge along the eastern side of the
picturesque upper end of Manhattan island, two miles
and a quarter without an intersecting street, all the
glories of the old Bloomingdale road, Third avenue
and Harlem lane have been revived and surpassed.
Old road drivers who had given up their horses have
taken to driving again and purchased better trotters
than ever before. New men are every day swelling
the ranks of those who take their daily recreation be-
hind a fleet road horse.

Within a year nearly 1500 new members have joined
the Road Drivers' Association, and this organization
represents only a small percentage of those who drive
on the Speedway. Metropolitan horsemen now possess
more fast trotters and pacers than are owned in any
other six cities in America, and driving enthusiasts
from all over the country are bringing their crack
road horses here to take part in the sport. At least one
Western millionaire has in a measure changed his resi-
dence from Chicago to New York on account of the
Speedway.

The owners of fast horses are not by any means the
only beneficiaries of the Speedway. Remote as it is
from the heart of the city, 20,000 pedestrians some,
times go there on a pleasant Sunday in spring or
autumn to see the trotters and pacers in action. Sun-
day is the gala day on the road. Beginning before 11
o'clock in the morning, the best horses are out for an
airing, and the broad stretch north of Washington
bridge then presents a spirited scene. Brushes be-
tween rival flyers come thick and fast.

Again at 3 o'clock or thereabouts in the afternoon
there is another carnival of speed. Most of the sport
is then on the lower stretch, between High bridge and
the macadamized approach from One Hundred and
Fifty-fifth street. The horses are not of the class seen
on the north end in the morning, but their contests
are just as exciting and the crowds on the sidewalks
are even larger than the morning crowds.

On week days the speeding is late in the afternoon.
Business men leaving their offices down town are often
met at the terminus of the elevated railroad by grooms
or trainers having the horses in charge, and from
there to the speeding ground is a drive of only five
minutes or so. But for those who keep their horses
south of Central Park a trip to the Speedway involves
a drive of nearly 15 miles, going and coming.

While some men who drive daily and win many
brusheo keep but one horse, other enthusiasts own
half a dozen or more, and employ trainers to keep
them in shape for fast work, so that a fresh horse is
always ready. Nathan Straus, for example, had in his
stable at one time last season Alves2:09], Cobwebs2:12,
Our Jack 2:133, Cuprum 2:121, Querist 2:12f, Freddy
2:16J, Lily Glenn 2:17^ and Malacca 2:18^, and he has
since then purchased the renowned pacer Robert J.
2:0U; the fastest harness horse ever kept for road
driving.

C. K. G. Billings, of Chicago, brought two carloads
of horses and paraphernalia here last saason, and then
added $20,000 worth of flyers to his stable while in New
York. Among the fast ones he has driven on the
Speedway are Lucille 2:07, Battleton 2:09J, Ellert 2:11,
Mabel Onward 2:123, Aggie Medium 2:12.}, Jimmy
Hague 2:13|, Maj. Greer 2:14, Frankers 2:141, Right-
wood 2:16] and the pacers Bumps 2:03}, Free Bond
2:04}, Sunland Belle 2:073, Hontas Crooke 2:09, Gus
Barrett 2:10} and Tulsa 2:10J.

Viewed from a commercial standpoint, the opening
of the Speedway has been of great benefit to the
breeder, the dealer, the stable keeper, the carriage
j builder,, the harness maker, the horseshoer and every-
body connected with the horse interest and with other
related lines of business. Its influence on the breed of
1 horses has been most beneficial, and promises to be of
I greater ultimate good in this direction than all the
i race tracks in the State combined.

possesses not only speed, but good manners, good looks
and ability to trot fast without the aid of all the arti-
ficial appliances which disfigure the average horse
seen on the harness racing circuits. Boots are used
on some of the Speedway stars, but the model road
horse will go without them.

Just when and by whom a Speedway was first sug-
gested is a matter of uncertainty. As long ago as 1880
a soft earth driveway for trotting horses in Central
Park was proposed. Teh years later Hamilton Bus-
bey addressed a letter to A. B. Tappan and his asso-
ciates of the Park Board, asking them to take steps to
provide such a driveway. The project had the sup-
port of Mayor Hugh J. Grant and in 1892 a bill was
passed and approved by Gov. Flower, authorizing the
construction of a speedway on the west side of Central
Park. The measure aroused bitter opposition and it
was repealed with the understanding that a speedway
should be built elsewhere.

To Thomas F. Gilroy, then Mayor of New York, be-
longs the credit of having suggested the unrivalled
location of the great driveway which has become a
reality. Mr. Gilroy himself turned the first shovelful
of earth in the work, and after more than four years
of difficult labor the Speedway was completed. Its
cost was about $3,000,000.

An Offer of $35,000.

Palmer L. Clark, President of the Chicago Horse
Sale Company, makes an offer, which, if accepted,
will bring about the most interesting series of races in
the history of the trotting turf. He says:

"The much-talked of three-cornered match race be-
tween The Abbot 2:03^, champion trotter, Cresceus
2:04, king of the trotting stallions, and Charley Herr
2:07, whose bulldog racing qualities have placed him
in the select class of champions, is likely to end as all
such newspaper matches end, unless the parties con-
cerned indicate a greater willingness to come together
than they have thus far evinced. Sensational horses,
like theatrical stars, are generally under the manage-
ment of progressive men, on the lookout to advertise
and to keep their charges before the public, and this
time of the year is the most favorable for rumors of
matches, sales, races and plans for the season's cam-
paign. As a rule, I am opposed to matches between
two horses. No matter how fair they, are or how hon-
estly conducted, they are bound to hurt the business.
The condition of the track or weather or a temporary
indisposition of either horse is sure to make the contest
a one-sided affair, and, again, no good driver will pun-
ish his horse and destroy his chances in succeeding
heats by driving for a close finish just to please the
crowd, when he knows his horse is beaten, and the in-
experienced cry fraud. The proposed match between
these three horses, however, would eliminate one of
the objections mentioned, but in making just one race
it can readily be seen that the weather, condition of
the track or either contestant, would favor one or the
other of the participants, thus conducing to a result
that might be reversed at a subsequent trial under
reversed conditions.

I believe these three horses would draw more people,
and the betting would be heavier, than any other three
horses that could be named, and if the owners wish to
race their horses on good mile tracks once a week for a
purse of $5000, entrance fee, until some one horse has
won three races, I can get them the money: the races
to be mile heats, best thiee in five, each owner to select
a judge, and I to name the starter. This plan would
result in at least three contests, a week apart, on three
different track, with a possible value, to the winner of
$15,000, or with a divided purse would insure a contest
for the place as well as the race. On the other handi
the races might be split, each horse getting two races
before the contest was settled, thus making seven
weeks' unparalleled racing, with a total of $35,000
at stake.

"In 1894, the pacers Robert J., Joe Patchen and
John R. Gentry occupied about the same relative
oositions before the public then as these three trotters
do now. Two were stillions, rivals for the highest
honors in their class, and the third a gelding, with the
championship well earned, and owned by a man who
wanted first honors more than he needed money. In
discussing the situation with a friend, I was authorized
to make an offer similar to the above, and journeyed to
Buffalo to make the necessary arrangements, where I
feel I would have succeeded but for the then pending
Philadelphia match between Patchen and Gentry. My
$5000 races looked small alongside of the 80 per cent,
gate receipts offered by the Quaker City association,
until after the money was divided and the $500 fines
paid, and then it was too late. It is to be hoped that
this new proposition will meet a ready response from
those interested, and thus effectually settle the ques-
tion of the merits of these great horses in a series of
races that can reflect only glory on the losers as well as
the winner."

Traces Twice to Alcyone.

A well bred son of McKinney 2:11} is Captain Jones
that as will be seen by an advertisement in this paper,
is making the season of 1901 at Sacramento in charge
of his owner John Pender, who recently brought the
horse here from Oregon. Captain Jones has two
crosses of Alcyone, which is a distinguishing feature
of his pedigree and a rare one in any horse. With the
sire of Captain Jones every horse breeder in California
is familiar as he is the most prominent stallion in
America to-day and the only standard bred horse on
the Pacific Coast for whose service a fee of $100 is
asked. The dam of Captain Jones is Midday Bell by
Gossiper 2:14|, thus making him bred very much like
the great young horse Zolock 2:103. Gossiper is the
sire of Gazelle 2:11}, Miss Jessie 2:13} and others and is
a son of Simmons 2:28, like Alcyone a son of Geo.
Wilkes 2:22. Simmons is the sire of 19 in the 2:15 list,
and his daughters have produced six in that exclusive
list including Bonnie Direct 2:05}, and the champion
three year old trotter of 1900, Fereno 2:10$. Simmons
has 98 standard performers, 25 producing sons and 15
producing daughters.

The second dam of Captain Jones is Briar Belle (dam
of that fast trotter McBriar 2:14), by Don Wilkes 2:24|,
a son of Alcyone that is the sire of Riverside 2:12} and
twelve more in 2:30. The dam of Don Wilkes was
Gossip by Tattler 300 (son of Pilot Jr.) out of the fam-
ous Jessie Pepper. Gossip has three producing sons
and three producing daughters.

The third dam of Captain Jones is Belle Bryan a
daughter of the great Mambrino Patchen 58 that sired
Mambrino King, sire of seven in 2:10, besides many
other producing sons and nearly 100 daughters that
have produced horses with standard records. With
such blood as this in Captain Jones' pedigree, coupled
with the fact that he is a grand individual and is a
proven producer of handsome colts, there is no reason
why he should not have booked to him some of the
best bred mares in California. That he will produce
speed is certain and no better bred horse stands for
public service in any country on earth. Mr. Pender
has placed the fee for Captain Jones services at $25 for
the season, a very reasonable figure, and invites breed-
ers and others interested in good horses to call at the
Sacramento track and look the horse over. Look
over the advertisement in this issue.

Big Sale of Range Horses.

One of the most extensive sales of horses ever held
in this country was the sale of the range and other
horses purchased by the German agents in California
last fall, which was conducted by William G. Layng in
this city last month. The German Government hav-
ing no use for the animals ordered them sold. Mr.
Layng held the auction at the baseball grounds, corner
of Sixteenth and Folsom streets. Five hundred and
ten horses and 125 mules weni under the hammer, the
sale beginning at 9:30 A. M. and the last horse being
knocked down at 6:30. Some animals were as wild as
deer, although they had been put through a course of
handling by vaqueros at Baden when first brought in
from the ranges. The horses averaged $40 each,
which is sufficient evidence that the horse market is
in a healthy condition here in San Francisco just now
and they would not have attracted a bid of $5 per head
two years ago. The 125 mules averaged $70 each.
Mules are good value now and buyers for the U. S_
Government are now paying $100 per head for good
army mules and find them scarce at that.

Country shippers o.f horses to the principal Western
market centers all say that it is getting harder and
harder to buy horses. The farmers are buying one
from the other and paying prices that shippers cannot

afford.

«.

A Great Harness and Turf Goods Institution.

Our readers will no doubt closely pursue the advertisement of
Messrs. Tuttle & Clark, of Detroit, Mich., appearing in this issue.
On the first of March each year this house issues its new catalogue
of turf goods, which is received by horsemen all over the world
with a great deal of interest, for the catalogue generally illus-
trates many new and valuable improvements in paraphernalia for
the trotter and pacer. This year they claim to have eclipsed all
former years. In the way of improvements their line will certainly
be hard to beat from what people say about them. In fact, it is of
the very greatest importance to every user* of horse goods, track
harness and similar goods to avail himself of the opportunity of
possessing one of these catalogues. They are an old established
house and certainly have set the pace in improvements for the last
sis or seven years. According to what Messrs. Tuttle & Clark in-
form us they have materially changed the styles of horse boots that
are in vogue to-day, making great improvementson them improve-
ments which anyone can fully understand and appreciate by seeing
the goods or looking at their catalogue. They have greatly im-
proved their line of track harness, raising the quality and standard
very materially. They have not, however, raised the price. In
some cases the prices have been lowered.

Again referring to boots they are making boots out of a material
known as vulcanized leather. This is a new patent tannage of
leather, almost white in color, like compressed felt but is tough as
rawhide and makes exceedingly fine knee and arm boots, knee
boots and quarter boots. Their catalogue fully explains this new
leather. They have changed their linings in nearly all boots, using
what they term genuine mollified kangaroo skin. This is a very
peculiar kind of leather. It is tough, will not crack, will not take
water, always soft and pliable and is absolutely non-chafing. Some
of the best horsemen in the country claim that it isoneof the great-
est improvements. Messrs, Tuttle & Clark also issue a book
called the Twentieth Century Handy Book which among other
things contain some very valuable and interesting statistics. TL-
Handy Book is included with the catalogue, free of charge. "WbeD
writing them be sure and mention this paper.

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[March 9, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELLEY, PROPRIETOR.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 QEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terras— One Tear S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three MonthgSl

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Keli.ey, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TURRI Jt CO.. Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building. Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, March 9, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-35

July 1-2

" -: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CL E VE L A ND July 22-27

rOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO - Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTERS.

ALTA VELA 2:15>4 S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT 2:05J{ C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14S£ I Ed Lafferty, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12! j W. A. Mack, San Martin

CAPTAIN JONES John Pender, Sacramento

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09^ Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY' 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

GROVER CLAY2:23J4 Dennis Gannon, Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIFER 2:145i S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETOXIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

IDIRECT 2:12'; Ed Lafferty. Alameda

IRAN ALTO 2:12>4 Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose

MeKINNEY ailjf C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09« P.J.Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1614 Martin Carter, Irvingtoa

OWYHEE 2:ll)i Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

STAM B. 2:11)4 Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON MeKINNEY. . . .Rose Dale St'k Fm. Santa Rosa

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:13>i Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:10>4 Geo. Gray. Haywards

WILKES DIRECT SZ28H T. W. Barstow, San Jose

ZOMBR0 2:ll Geo. T.Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREENS BTJFTJS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE n Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS.

ARTILLERY ( imp. ) J. J. Grant, Sacramento

KILEY j. j. Grant, Sacramento

DEFORE ANOTHER WEEK has passed the Legis-
'-' lature will have passed the appropriations for
the district fairs and the directors of the different
agricultural societies will know just how much aid
they will have from the State toward providing pre-
miums for displays of the products of their districts.
The prohabilities now are that the appropriations of
two years ago will be increased by twenty-five per cent
which will enable the associations to make a much
better showing than last year. As soon as the Legis-
lature has passed the measure and it is signed by the
Governor, there will be a movement all along the line
toward making official announcements for 1901. That
a good circuit will be arranged is certain and from the
interest already manifested, the prospects are very
bright for the most successful circuit of fairs seen in
California for years. A rough estimate of the number
of horses now in training in this State shows that
there are nearly five hundred trotters and pacers and
when programs are announced this number will be in.
creased. At Pleasanton there are over une hundred,
at Alameda and Oakland fifty, Woodland has forty or

fifty, Colusa, Red Bluff, Chico and Marysville tracks
have from a half dozen to twenty each, the Sacramento
track has sixty horses at work, Salinas, Eureka,
Vallejo, Santa Rosa, Hollister and Fresno have very
respectable strings, while Los Angeles and Santa Ana
have one hundred at the lowest calculation." All tha"
will be needed to get a good entry of harness hox'ses
this year will be the offering of a good program of lib-
eral purses. We again urge all the district boards to
get to work as soon as possible after the appropriations
are made and announce a fair, and it will be advisable
not to try to do too much. A three day meeting with
the purses all well filled will pay, where a six day meet"
ing with the same horses strung out through twice as
many purses might be a losing venture. The horse
breeding business is one of the leading industries of the
State at the present time and one of the most valuable
to the commonwealth. It should be encouraged as
much as possible, and the district fairs are the proper
mediums for such encouragement.

AN INVESTMENT OF ONE DOLLAR made in
the Hartford Futurity Stake next Friday may
put you in the way of winning the big end of the $11,-
000 prize which the three year olds of 1904 will con-
test for at Hartford over the historical old Charter
Oak track. This is one of the best opportunities in
the horse business to get a big return for a small in-
vestment. How many colts do you know of that would
have never been heard of had they not been entered
in some rich stake. The Roman 2:18^, a horse that is
certain to beat 2:10 if he lives and has no bad luck,
would probably have spent his life on a dairy farm do-
ing menial service had he not been entered in the Occi-
dent Stake of last year. He had been named in that
stake, however, and showing speed on the road while
hauling a milk wagon, it was decided to train him for
the stake. He did not win it, but showed a half in 1:03
after getting a bad start, won every race in which he
started thereafter, and was sold for $5000. If it had
not been for the Occident Stake perhaps The Roman
would never have been developed. Now the Hartford
Futurity offers every breeder a chance to get in for $1
and all the payments together amount to but $31 on a
colt. It is one of the best conditioned stakes ever de-
vised and was made in the interest of breeders and
horse owners. Every mare in California of trotting
or pacing blood that was mated with a standard
horse last year and has dropped or will drop a foal
this spring should be named in this stake. Cali-
fornia breeders should make an effort to place Califor-
nia colts in the position to win these big Eastern stakes
by entering them. If California colts could be re-
turned winners of the majority of the rich events de-
cided this year in the East, there would be a train load
of horse buyers here before Christmas offering big
prices for every likely colt that was well engaged. It
pays a breeder to have his stock well represented in
stake events. If he wants to sell he will find that it is
the best and cheapest advertising he can do. When
one is showing an unengaged colt to a prospective buyer
and is indulging in lurid oratory in attempting to de-
scribe his good qualities and great speed, and the afore-
said prospective buyer asks if it has any stake engage*
ments, the effect of the oratory is lost. A man does
not have much faith in his colts if he gives them no
stake engagements, especially when they can be
secured as cheaply as in the Hartford.

COLT RACING is the backbone of the horse indus-
try, that part that most directly benefits the
breeder. Stakes and purses for young trotters is the
very life of the breeding industry. It fosters it and
forms an incentive for men to buy young trotters at
high prices. Trotting as a sport has and always will
endure. Yet no sport can have a following among any
class other than the very wealthy where the earning
capacity is insufficient to at least defray part of the ex-
pense. It is the prospect of winning money that in-
cites men to pay long prices for horseflesh, and unless
colt stakes are given the buyer or the breeder who
races must wait the development necessary to enable a
horse to cope with seasoned campaigners. It is unrea-
sonable to expect three year olds to successfully race
against aged horses, and it is impossible of course for
two year olds to do this. Yet colts at these ages can
be made successful racing machines, and consequently
be made to have an intrinsic value. Now that speed is
to a certain extent born with the foal and the proportion
of fast colts is greater than formerly, colt stakes can be
made as interesting as those for matured hoi-ses. The
Kentucky Futurity for three year olds is one of the
classic events of the trotting turf. It is usually a race
worth going miles to see. The time made not infre-
quently compares favorably with that of the class races.
The spectators relish a battle between precocious young-
sters; the prowess of the latter appeals to the racing
public. It is in a measure the achievement of scien-
tific breeding. The value of colt stakes is incalculable,
for not only does the winner earn remuneration for

the time and labor incident to the development of the
colt, but he reflects credit on the breeder and reputa-
tion to his breeding stud. Nothing can benefit a
breeder as much as to produce a stake winner. Noth-
ing gives his breeding stud the same advertising.
Both sire and dam are made famous in a day. The
cost of entry is so slight in comparison with the prize
itself that breeders and owners of young foals cannot
afford to keep their colts out of stakes.

CALIFORNIA HORSEMEN going East should
make entries in the rich events offered by the
Buffalo Driving Club and advertised in this issue. The
early closing stakes are very generous and the date for
making entries is next Friday, March loth. As the
great Pan-American Exhibition will be in full blast
there in August, when the meeting is to be held horse-
men will have an opportunily of seeing this great ex.
position while there. As will be seen by reference to
our advertising columns, Secretary Sage has provided
two stakes of $5000 each, the Electric City for 2:24 class
trotters and the Pan-American for 2:21 class pacersi
and four of $2000 each as follows: The Niagara Falls
and Queen City for the 2:14 and 2:19 trotting classes,
and the Iroquois and Empire State for 2:09 and 2:14
pacing classes. The entry list will close on March loth
and the entrance fee is five per cent, with five from
the winners, and payments are due March, April, May
and June 15th and July 10th. There is no liability be-
yond amount paid in, provided due notice is given to
the Secretary of withdrawal. Hopples are not barred
At a later date a strong purse list will be offered.
Horsemen do not need to be reminded of Buffalo
claims. The Queen City has alway been the friend of
the light harness horse. It has been well called the
mother of the Grand Circuit. Buffalo will fully hold
its own in the Grand Circuit series.

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SECRETARY SCHUCKMAN writes us from Denver
that the early closing stakes of the Overland Rac-
ing Association filled well and the indications are that
a very successful meeting will be held in June. Un-
fortunately, the grand stand at the track caught fire
on February 20th and was burned to the ground. The
association immediately made a contract for the con-
struction of another, which will be complete in every
detail and the contractor is bonded to have it com-
pleted by May loth. There will be quite a number of
California horses at the Denver meeting, which will
open June 15th. A program of additional purses for
harness horses and runners will be advertised shortly.

Offers to Race For $60,000.

Boston, March 4. — Probably the greatest trotting
race ever seen will be arranged this season for the largest
purse ever hung up. The proposition is contained in
the following letter issued last night by Thomas W.
Lawson, owner of the champion gelding, Boralma:

'As there is considerable controversy about the
merits of Cresceus, Charlie Herr and The Abbot, and
there seems to be much trouble in getting on a match
between all three or any two of the three, perhaps I
may be able to assist, now that I have concluded, on
account of the cup race, not to send Boralma to Europe
until next fall.

"To that end I will agree to race Boralma against
the three, each entry to subscribe $10,000; and I further
agree that the association holding the race will add a
purse of $20,000, making $60,000 in all, the first horse
to take $40,000, second $15,000, third $5000. All minor
conditions to be arranged on a mutually satisfactory

basis to all."

♦

In raising coach horses conformation, size, style and
action are the leading characteristics. For gig and
other light vehicles 15 to 15.2 hands are frequently
used if of cobby conformation and high, commaifoing
action. But for the heavy coach, victoria and park
surrey, sixteen hand animals are demanded. In con-
tour the coach horse should be of round barrel and
well ribbed down to the hip. A broad arched loin is
desirable, as strength at the coupling is essential for
durability and weight-pulling qualities. The croup
should be well set up, as a low set tail gives the animal
an inferior appearance. The quarters should be broad
and deep with good muscular development of the stifles
and gaskins. The stifles ought to stand out promi-
nently from the flanks and show beyond the angle of
the body. The hock should be broad, clean cut and
well protected with a strong, clearly defined tendon.
The canon bones must be flat and well protected with
strong tendons. The forelegs should be moderately
wide apart and the forearm well muscled. With
oblique shoulders, arched neck, clean bony head, full
intelligent eye, slim, thin pointed ears and a foot of
medium size, the modern coach horse commends him-
self to popular favor. The producer never realizes the
sensational prices negotiated by professional dealers.
A prospective show animal is always sold as a diamond
in the rough, and the art of the trainer is required to
develop and manner the horse for private use or exhi-
bition purposes. The unmannered coach horse will
sell to the experienced handler for $150 to $800, accord-
ing to quality. Frequently the dealer en's in judgment
and the animal, after much expense, fails to rise above
the ordinary . There is a handsome profit to encour-
age the breeder to raise coach horses, as they are in
urgent demand and ready sale at remunerative prices.
Drorcrs' Journal.

March 9, 1901]

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Anaconda Will Meet the Champions.

Horse Business at Ukiah.

Now that match talk is all the go on the good old
hot stove and hot air circuits, the veteran Boston
trainer, John Trout, he of the merry infectious laugh,
is out with a den to race Anaconda 2:021 against any
sidewheeler in the world three in five at from $1000 to
$3000 a side; or will pace the "Kangaroo wonder" five
races, all at $1000 a sido, one a week for five weeks,
Joe Patchen 2:01 j, perferred, all over mile tracks, and
man and money are on call within a day's notice of ac-
ceptance of any of these propositions, writes "Percy"
in the New York Telegraph.

. This means that we shall see Anaconda out racing
this summer, "and that is a relief, for we need the
great son of Knight and the Haggin mare in the free-
for-alls along the line now that the ranks are so much
depleted.

Mr. Rice, who owns Anaconda, is just turned twenty-
one, and the youngest owner of as fast a horse, I fancy,
as ever haslraeed horses. He wants to match another
.pacer that he owns, Helen R. 2:101, against Emma E.
2:09}, owned by a Bostonian, and at $1000 a corner it
would be of interest to local horsemen who make the
Boston tracks their summer headquarters.

Between Messrs. Rice and Lawson, the Bostonese
have two very game sportsmen, for it takes nerve to
stack up Boralma 2:08 against the top notches of the
trotting contingent, and, if good, Joe Patchen, with a
good fitting and driving, should be yet a hard horse to
meet in a race or series of races.

Last fall he was badly rated here at Parkway, yet
paced his mile in 2:06£ on the half mile ring on none
too favorable a day. I don't believe he is quite as
good as he was a few seasons ago, still, if I owned
Anaconda, I'd be rather cautious about tackling the
grand old "iron" pacer by Patchen Wilkes.

Anaconda has had a wonderful career on the turf.
Starting in 1897 as a four year old, he contested in
eight races, winning seven, and a heat and second
place in the eighth, taking a record of 2:08}. The
average time for the twenty heats paced was 2:13 3-5-
In 1898, he was started fifteen times, winning nine
races; was three times second, once third and twice be-
hind the money. His winning heats (28) averaged
2:07 1-7. Every heat was below 2:10, except one, and
he reduced his record to 2:04J. He was beaten by
Directly in 2:04^, 2:062, 2:03}, and distanced one time in
2:07. Anaconda started eleven times in 1899, won six
races, was second three times and third twice. He was
beaten by Joe Patchen in 2:04$, 2:04 and 2:03}; by
Searchlight in 2:033, 2:06}, 2:04 and 2:03}, 2:04},
2:04, 2:052-, 2:04}, 2:03J; by Lena N. in 2:121, ^2:15,
by John R. Gentry and Joe Patchen in 2:04}, 2:03}.
His seventeen winning heats were paced, except in the
first three, on a half mile track early in May, at an
average of 2:05 46-100. Every heat was below 2:08, and
his record at the end of the season was 2:03}. Last
season he was started five times down the Grand Cir.
cuit, winning two races and finishing second three
times, making a record of 2:02^. His winning heats
were in 2:07}, 2:045, 2:021, 2:04J, 2:04J, averaging
2:04 65-100.

[Ukiah Saturday Night.]

The Ukiah Race Course and Fair Grounds, formerly
owned bj Ukiah Park Association, is now the property
of F. C. Albertson, Thomas Charlton and H. B. Smith.

It is the intention of these gentlemen to expend
about a thousand dollars in regrading the track and
fixing up the stalls and buildings on the premises.

We are informed that the track now has a slope of
about eleven feet between the turns, and that County
Surveyor_Donohoe will at once begin setting grade
stakes preparatory to cutting and filling the turns
about three feet each, thus making the slope about
four feet. As soon as the survey is finished bids will
be let to move the dirt. The track is a half mile, 46
feet wide, and regulation shape.

These gentlemen should be congratulated in the
move contemplated, and we feel assured that in time
Ukiah can boast of having one of the best fair grounds
in the State.

Ukiah is taking a sudden start in the horse business,
especially as far as fine blood is concerned.

Several local horsemen contemplate forming a futur-
ity stake for trotters and pacers when two or three
years of age, and are sending their mares to Santa
Rosa to be bred to the Guy Wilkes stallion, Lyn-
wood W.

Among those already sent are O. E. Williams' bay
mare, Thomas Charlton's two bay mares, Monte Bank-
er's sorrel mare, H. B. Smith's bay mare May Ayers.
Those we know of that are to be sent are Smith &
Gibson's sorrel mare, H. T. Hopper's bay mare, Otis
and John Redemeyer, one mare each; John Burgess,
one mare; S. S. McGarvey, one mare, and there are sev-
eral others.

The futurity stake will be for colts raised in Mendo-
cino county. The conditions of the stake are not yet
published and the time of entry has not yet been de-
cided, but will probably be about July 1st. Several
mares have also been bred to Charlton's St. Patrick
for the purpose of entering colts in the stake.

We are glad to see this interest taken. There is no
reason why record breaking trotters cannot be raised
in Mendocino county as well as any other place.

Sacramento Track Notes.

Sacramento, March 6, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: Considerablo
interest in manifested in horse circles here just now,
and especially as the season is coming on when the
programs for the meets in the different agricultural
districts are in process of formation.

Among the stables of trotters and pacers at the track
here are those of Clay Bryant and John Pender from
0*gon. They have Captain Jones by MeKinney and
several others.

Vet Tryon has Margaretta 2:15 by Direct, and quite
a string of green ones that he is getting ready for the
circuit.

O. J. Holmes is driving a number of good ones. He
has the stallion Arthur Holt in the stud, and is train-
ing H. O. B., Lady Keating and others.

L. M. Clark has begun work on Ouiboul 2:22 and
several others.

Mrs. E. W. Callendine has Abdine and the colt Guy-
nut by Nutwood Wilkes here. Guynut is conceded by
all to be the best looking yearling in this vicinity.

Chris Jensen has quite a string and H. S. Hogoboom
is in charge of Stam B. 2:11} and has several colts in
training by Zombro 2:11 and Stam B. that are stepping
some, he says.

Mr. Martin, the lessee of the track, is working hard
to have it in perfect order, and his intention is to make
it the finest and fastest track in the State. More anon,

Wilita.

•

The following horses are among the probable start-
ers in the free for all trot at Denver June 22d : Venus
II. 2:111, Phoebe Childers 2:101, Toggles 2:09}, Pat L.
2:09}, Stamboulet 2:10J and Altoka 2:10}.

Successful County Fairs.

[Spirit of the West.]

County fair officers should begin early this year to
complete arrangements for their fairs. A great deal
has been said and written upon the subject: "How to
Manage County Fairs." Spirit of the West believes the
the best way to secure success is by interesting the
home people. Balloon ascensions and fake side shows,
are often paid large amounts, for very poor perform-
ances, and other cheap attractions are paid too much
for the class of entertainment furnished. Spirit of f/te
West would like to see a higher estimate placed upon
the intelligence of the people in general who attend
county fairs and less upon the theatrical features of
cheap attractions. In fact, we will broaden the issue
a little and include State Fair attractions.

No county fair can count on permanent success one
year with another that depends upon special features
and attractions to draw the people, in other words, if
there is no incentive, except a mere entertainment,
which may be very poor, to induce the people to at-
tend the fair, the chances of success are hot of the
substantial kind.

Our belief is that there is talent enough in each
county, if properly cultivated and utilized, to make
every county fair a success.

We do not mean that the program for the week
should entirely exclude special attractions, but a great
many that have been a feature for years could be left
out without endangering the gate receipts.

As we said at the beginning of this article, to make
a county fair a success, all the people in the county
must be interested. They must come upon the stage
and become performers in the play.

The young men and the young women must be in-
terested. Some can help in one way; others in another
way. The grounds should be put in order just the
same as the dwelling house and the home on the farm.
Every township in each county should have a com-
mittee and each committee should have some certain
part of the duty to perform, make the county fair
educational instead of theatrical, and secure the co-
operation of the school children rather than the class
who attend merely to be entertained.

The Business Improving.

Says the Chicago Inter-Ocean: The shipping of mares
from Kansas and Missouri to New York, to be bred to
the great pacer John R. Gentry 2:001., and from Wis-
consin to Missouri to be bred to the great young sire
and show horse, Norcatur, recently noted in this
column, and the more recent shipment of mares from
Canada to Galesburg, this State, to be bred to Allerton
2:09}, recalls the times when mares were sent across the
continent to California to be bred to the famous Elec-
tioneer, and it gives a fairly good idea of the return of
conditions in the breeding business which has not been
apparent for nearly a decade. When the cost of ship"
ping is taken into consideration, with the service fee,
the cost of keep, the cost of raising the prospective
foal until it is at least two or three years of age before
anything may be expected of it, it is evident that there
are gentlemen in the business that are able and willing
to speculate for the sport's sake alone. Those who
have, however, experienced the pleasure of breeding,
raising and developing a champion, know something
of the charm that stimulates the speculation and the
fascination that accompanies the undertaking. All
will not have the same fortune that came to C. W.
Williams, then at Independence, Iowa, when he sent
his two mares to Kentucky, the one to be bred to
William L. and the other to Jay Bird, the resulting
foals being respectively the champions in their day
and class, Axtel (3) 2:12, and Allerton 2:09}, as there
will always be more blanks than prizes, but the agree-
able signs of the times are the number, which is daily
increasing, who have the means and the inclination to
try.

Gossiper 2:14} will make the season of 1901 at New
ark, Alameda county, and should not be overlooked
by breeders. He is a grandly bred son of Simmons,
and is a producer of extreme speed, having sired Ga-
zelle 2:11}, Miss Jessie 2:13}, Ketcham 2:16} and others.
Gazelle is the dam of the sensational pacer Zolock 2:101
and Ketcham is the sire of Connie 2:15}, which shows
that Gossiper breeds on. His sire, Simmons, is sire of
the dams of Bonnie Direct 2:05} and of Fereno 2:10},
the champion three year old of last year. Gossiper
possesses wonderful speed, and his record is no meas-
ure of his ability. His dam was by 1 he old champion,
Smuggler 2:15}, and his second dam by a son of Mam-
brino Patchen. The very best of pasturage for mares
will be furnished at Newark for $2.50 per month.
Write to Mr. S. T. Coram, manager, in regard to
Gossiper or pasturage.

Perhaps it is the result of the wonderful miles some
of the trotters- went hooked to a wagon last year, that
has decided Roy Miller to have a sulky made for
Grattan Boy that is a distinct departure in sulky con-
struction. The new sulky that Grattan Boy will draw
is much lower than the average sulky, and with shafts
eighteen inches longer than sulky shafts usually are.
This sulky will allow Miller to hook the stallion far
enough away from the sulky frame so that there will
be no danger of his striking it. The speed which has
been shown by wagon trotters recently proves that it
is not necessary to hook a horse so close to a sulky as
has been supposed, and Miller is one of the first to take
advantage of it.

At last Chicago is to have a first class road drivers'
association, a number of the leading amateur drivers
of Chicago having met last week and organized what
will be known as the Gentlemen's Driving club. Per-
mission has been granted the new club to use the
Washington Driving Park for its summer matinees,
and as that is all that is necessary to carry out their
operations in first class shape, the men behind the
movement being such as will see to it that all the other
requirements of a first-class gentlemen's driving asso-
ciation will be amply provided for. The club will be
exclusive to the extent that it will be for amateurs only
and it will likely affiliate with the Road Drivers'
league, recently organized in New York City. The
charter members include C. K. G. Billings. Frank S.
Gorton, John R. Thompson, F. G. Hartwell, Will J.
Davis, Martin A. Ryerson and E. A. Lord.

Caustic Balsam Cured Bone Spavin.

Atchison (Kan.), July 26, 1900.
Perhaps you will recall about a year ago I wrote you concerning
your Gombaulfs Caustic Balsam for a bone spavin, and also said
if it cured my horse of his bone spavin I would add my testimonial
to your list. I have given it a long trial, as it will now soon be a
year since I blistered him and put him out to pasture. He has
been driven on the road and worked on a farm ever since he was
taken from pasture last November. He shows no signs of lameness.
Every one predicted it would not cure, but I gave him thorough
treatment and testify to the power of Gombault's Caustic Balsam
to cure bone spavin. N. F. Maynard.

At a recent special sale of horses held in Indianapolis
nearly 900 head found new owners. Dealers all com-
plained that between the prices asked by breeders and
feeders for drafters in the country and those that
Eastern consumers will pay, it is hard to strike a bal-
ance on the right side of the ledger. Draft geldings,
1800 pounds, sold up to $235 and bussers to $140. Ex-
presses sold at $140, $160 and $175, four head being
taken on an export order at the last named figure.
One hundred head of Southerners were taken by one
man at a range of $65 to $95 and over 250 cavalry
horses for the British army brought from $70 to $170.
The largest attendance of buyers seen in Indianapolis
this year was counted.

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[March 9, 1901

H SULKY NOTES. H

Eater in the stakes.

Don't forget the Hartford Futurity.

The fair appropriations will be made.

Silkwood 2:07, is making a season at Reading,
Kansas, at $25.

There is a good season of racing ahead for harness
horsemen this year.

Cricket 2:10, dam of William Harold 2:13}, has been
bred to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16}.

The $21,000 Kentucky Futurity is is the biggest stake
for trotting bred colts. Make an entry in it.

Woodland's fair this year will be ahead of any fair
ever held in the State, so the directors say.

Young Jim, now 27 years old, is still hale and hearty
and in the stud at a farm in Harrison county, Ky.

Seventy-five Tennessee mules, two, three and four
years old, were recently auctioned off in that State for
an average price of $131.75.

Sunol 2:08} is in foal to Orowood, son of Oro Wilkes
2:11, at Shultshurst Farm, and Kentucky Union 2:07},
will drop a foal by Chimes at Village Farm.

A movement is on foot in Portland, Or., to organize
a joint stock company to lease the Irvington track
for the purpose of holding a race meeting this year.

For the meeting at Cincinnati class races will be
offered for probably free-for-all, 2:07, 2:18, 2:21 and
2:27 trotters and free-for-all, 2:00, 2:11, 2:10 and 2:20
pacers.

The money value of the prizes to be won at the com-
ing Boston Horse Show in April exceeds $25,000. In
addition many valuable trophies and pieces of plate
will be competed for.

E. B. Rice, the new owner of Anaconda 2:02}, has
just passed his twenty-first birthday. He owns also
Li. L. D. 2:08}, Helen R 2:10} by Redfield and last year'5
noted campaigner, Orianna 2:12}.

James Butler, East View Farm, New York, has
bought of W. J. Young, of Lexington, Ky., the brown
mare Catherine Lunette, by Wilkes Boy, dam Minnie
Thornhill, dam of Melton, trial 2-.20J, by Billy Thorn-
hill.

The Oregon State Board of Agriculture will give a
very liberal purse for 2:14 trotters at the State Fair
this year in order to draw together a high class lot
of trotters, like Anzella, McBriar, Road Boy ard
others.

H. W. Brown is wintering Altoka 2:10} at Salt Lake
and intends to race him on the big circuit this year.
He has a two year old by Altoka, out of Miss Fox, that
is entered in all the big stakes East, where he will start
this season.

A special prize of $500 has been offered for the best
tandem team shown at the coming Boston Horse Show.
No limit has been placed on the size of the horses and
the class will therefore be in the nature of a free for
all for this sort of a hitch.

Diablo 2:09], will have a good patronage this year at
Woodland. Breeders will be falling over each other
in a few years trying to book mares to this great young
stallion. He will be one of the greatest speed produc-
ers ever bred in California.

r

A dealer in this city has a contract to supply the U.
S. Government with several hundred mules at $90 a
dead. It is said by some of the other dealers that he
will have to pay $100 or over for mules that will fill
the Government requirements.

The Year Book, Vol. XV., for 1900, is in the hands
of the printers, and Secretary Steiner hopes to have
books ready for delivery next week. The book will be
the same as that of 1899, which was a great improve-
ment on all year books issued since 1892.

C. A. Durfee has received a letter from an Eastern
horse breeder who wishes him to secure a mare of
Electioneer blood, get her safely in foal to McKinney
and ship her East on the train -with the Palo Alto
consignment to the Cleveland sale in May.

Capt. W. Ford Thomas of this city has sent his
handsome chestnut mare, a full sister to Nellie R.
2:17.1 to the Nutwood Stock Farm where she will be
bred to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16}. We'll wager the foal
will trot in 2:30 before it is three years old.

James B. McDonald and F. Townsend of Fresno
have purchased the McKinney stallion called McKinley
from M. A. Lewis of Oakdale. He is six years old, a
handsome blood bay and weighs 1300 pounds. Mc-
Kinley will make the season of 1901 at Fresno.

This is the time when trainers and horse owners are
getting boots and harness for their horses and they
are keeping the leading dealer John A. McKerron busy
filling their orders. As he makes the best horse boots
and light harness in the world he gets the business.

The San Leandro road drivers have organized a club
of thirty members under the name of the San Leandro
Driving Association. The half mile track just east of
town is now in fine condition and will be kept in shape
for matinee racing, which will be held frequently dur-
ing the spring and summer months. M. L. Rawson is
President of the club and Isaac Ury Secretary.

Wilkes Direct 2:22}, is the sire of several colts owned
in Santa Clara county that are showing speed, and he
will have a list of standard performers soon. He is a
larger horse than his full brother John A. McKerron
2:09 to wagon, and is one of the best looking stallions
in California.

P. W. Hodges has moved his horses from San Jose
to Pleasanton. Hazel Kinney 2:09}, and Atherine 2:16}
are both safely in foal to Stam B. 2:11}. Something
extra good should come from the Stam B. -McKinney
cross. Hodges has Queen R. 2:12} moving nicely and
that roan pacer by Dictatus is a regular whirlwind.

It will not be decided until later whether or not John
R. Gentry will be raced this year, but under no circum-
stances will he race against any other horse than his
"fellow townsman," Joe Patchen. The indications are
that Gentry will have a big season in the stud and this
will be concluded before any racing contests are
mapped out.

Some of '.the members of the Gentlemen's Driving
Club of Cleveland, who are interested in horse shows
are agitating the giving of an open air horse show at
the Cleveland Driving Park in the spring. It is pos-
sible that the show w2l be given under the auspices of
the Gentlemen's Driving Club, and will take place on
the day of and the day preceding the opening of the
matinee season.

Andy Welch is talking of hanging up a unique
purse at the Grand Circuit meeting at Hartford. He
proposes to offer $10,000 for a race, the actual purse to
be $7000, the other $3000 is to be divided $1000 to the
winner of each of the first three heats, and the winner
of the race to take fifty per cent of the $7000 purse.
By this arrangement a straight-heat winner of the
race would get $6500.

Hans Frellson has taken Secretary to the Alameda
track for the season of 1901. The service fee for this
handsome son of Director is $30 this year and he will
have quite a number of very handsome mares booked
to him. Secretary gets size, style and high action and
puts as much finish on his get as any horse in Cali-
fornia. He is a sire of speed and for his opportunities
has a large list of standard performers.

Zelia McCee by Dexter Prince, dam by Parker's
Elect, has been bred to Zombro this year. This mare
has shown great speed, having worked a mile in 2:13.
She should get a great colt by Zombro. A fine looking
mare by Antevolo was bred to him recently. This is
the Wilkes-Electioneer cross which is so popular at
the present time and will remain so as the two horses
named were the two best sons of Hambletonian 10.

The Terre Haute Trotting & Fair Association gives
the Matron Stake of $10,000. This event is for foals of
1901 to be decided as two year olds in 1903 and as three
year olds in 1904, the main stake for three year olds
calling for $7000. Under the conditions it will cost $5
to nominate each foal on March 25th, and after a pay-
ment of $10 on December 2d no more will be required
until the year of race. Send for entry blanks to Chas.
R. Duffin, secretary, Terre Haute, Ind.

The majority of the horses that perform in the
Canadian ice races have five calks on each bar shoe.
The average American horseshoer may wonder where
the fifth one is placed. It is midway between the toe
and the heel on the left side, and the object is to keep
the animal from slipping when speeding around the
sharp turns. All of the horses wear pads under the
shoes to protect them from the jar. It takes a Cana-
dian turfite to prepare a horse properly for the ice
races.

The world's famous Kentucky Futurity calls for
$21,000, of which $14,000 goes for three year olds that
trot in 1904, first money being $10,000, $5,000 goes for
two year olds that trot in 1903, and $2,000 goes for
three year old pacers. It costs but $5 to nominate a
mare and no one can show where a colt of speed with
a Kentucky Futurity engagement is not worth just
twice the value of a colt equally as good that was not
engaged. As entries close on March 15th, no time
should be lost in writing to this office for entry blanks.

If you want to get real value for your money, see
Kenney the Bikeman and purchase a McMurray sulky
or speed cart. These are certainly the best vehicles
for the money made in the United States, and as the
prices are wi ;hin reach they are popular with horse-
men. The McMurray sulkies have been used in mak-
ing several of the world's champion records, and they
are reliable in every way. The speed carts are the
most popular in use for fast work on track and speed-
way. See Kenney at 531 Valencia street, near 16th, in
this city.

A fast son of Alcyone is offered for sale by Mr. D. A.
Sprague, proprietor of the Maple Leaf Farm, South
Charleston, Ohio. The stallion is Alatus 19,092, record
2:17}. He is by Alcyone, sire of McKinney 2:11}, and
his dam is Nettie (dam of Jerome Turner 2:15.!, News
Boy 2:22], Turner 2:23} and Alatus 2:175) by Tom Hall
3000, grandam Mary by Sorrel Tom, son of Bald
Stockings. Alatus is the sire of Alice J. 2:09J, Jessie
W. 2:15|, Bend Orr 2:21} and Barefoot O. 2:24}. Mr.
Sprague offers Alatus for $1500 if taken soon. We
refer our readers to his advertisement in another
column for further particulars.

Zombro 2:11, the fastest trotting son of McKinney,
will be in the list of speed producing sires before the
close of the year. The two year old by him out of a
full sister to Arrow 2:13 is a real trotter, and is entered
in several stakes. Tuttle Bros, owners of Stam B.
2:11} have a colt by Zombro out of Bell Medium, Stam
B 's dam, that has already trotted quarters in 40
seconds. He will not be two years old until May. So
many of the young Zombros in the southern part of
the State are showing speed that there has been an
effort made to get Mr. Beckers to promise to stand
him in Los Angeles again next year. He gets speed,
size and style with as great uniformity as any stallion
that ever stood for service in this State.

M. Henry of Hay wards lhas leased from Mrs. Cropsy
the mare Hulda by Guide 2:16}, dam Alice R., (dam of
Eva W. 2:25} and Redwood 2:27) by Naubuc, second
dam Nelly by Geo. M. Patchen Jr. 31. Mr. Henry will
breed Hulda to his stallion Educator by Director, and
as the sire and dam of the prospective foal are both
strong, vigorous animals, it should be dedidedly of the
Director type, and fast.

A gentleman who recently visited the Village Farm
near Buffalo says that a herd of cows is maintained
there nowadays to supply milk for the weanlings which
get a liberal ration of the lacteal fluid every morning.
The youngster which has the box next the cow stable
is the full brother to the champion The Abbot 2:03}.
An offer of $10,000 has already been refused for this
little chap but that was no object, the colt being espec-
ially promising, indeed much more so than his famous
unsexed brother was at the same age.

G rover Clay, the son of Electioneer that Dennis
Gannon has in the stud at Emeryville this year at a
fee of $25, gets very handsome horses as a rule. A
well known Oakland capitalist has one that is one of
the handsomest carriage horses in that city. That
Grover Clay should get good looks is not to be won-
dered at. His sire was a good looking horse, and Nor-
folk, the sire of his first dam, was the founder of a
family of very handsome thoroughbreds. Few grander
looking thoroughbreds were ever seen than the Prince
of Norfolk, Emperor of Norfolk, El Rio Rey and Rey
del Rey, all sons of Norfolk. Then Billy Cheatham,
sire of Grover Clay's second dam, was a very hand-
some horse and his sons and daughters had much more
than average good looks. We remember roadsters
that Nathan Coombs, his owner, used to drive back in
the early 70's, and they were as proud as peacocks and
very handsome animals. It is no wonder that Grover
Clay gets size and good looks, bred as he is.

James B. Iverson and Judge Vanderhurst of Salinas
made a sale of several road horses this week to W. W.
Van Arsdale, the millionaire lumberman of McCloud,
near Sissons. Mr. Iverson disposed of his handsome
road team, the sorrel gelding Willneer by Eugeneer
20450, dam Wilhelmina by Messenger Duroc, and the
bay gelding Mulveneer by Eugeneer, dam Mulvorhees,
a son of Jim Mulvenna, out of a Dan Voorhees mare.
The pair can road along at 2:35 and brought $450. Mr.
Iverson also sold the same party a handsome six-year-
old gelding by Eugeneer, out of Knoxie by Winthrop
Knox, just slightly broken, for $115. Judge Vander-
hurst sold the five-year-old bay gelding, a sweet-going
young horse by Winnipeg 14489, to Mr. Van Arsdale,
who will use him for a roadster as well as for the saddle
for his wife, who is an expert reinswoman as well as an
equestrienne. The price, we understand, was $150. —
Salinas Journal.

Vendome Stock Farm at San Jose made no mistake
when a stallion of Electioneer blood was selected to
head its stud. The Electioneers cross well with all the
other families and get speed of the highest order.
Electioneer and Steinway gave us Klatawah 2:05},
Chas. Derby 2:20, W. Wood 2:07; Electioneer and Dic-
tator gave us Directum Kelly 2:08}; Electioneer and
thoroughbred produced Palo Alto 2:08|, Sunol 2:08},
Azote 2:04| and Expressive 2:12}; Electioneer and
Wilkes produced Adbell 2:23, the champion yearling,
besides Boralma 2:08 and many others; Electioneer and
Nutwood gave us the great Arion 2:07|, whose two
year old record of 2:10} to a high wheel sulky has
never been approached. Electioneer and Mam'brino
Patchen blood when united through Chimes and a
daughter of Mambrino King, produced The Abbot
2:03}, the fastest trotter yet produced. Electioneer
and McKinney blood produced The Roman 2:18|, the
sensational three year old of last year that sold a few
months ago for $5000.

There have been at least a dozen of the get of Mc-
Kinney 2:11} change hands here in California during
the past three months at prices ranging from $500 to
$5000, The Roman 2:181 bringing the last named figure.
An offer of $4000 was made and refused a few days ago
for a son of McKinney out of a mare by Guy Wilkes,
second dam Blanche Ward by Onward. This young
stallion is four years old and has no record. It pays to
breed to a horse whose colts can be sold at such a big
profit. There will be more McKinneys in training this
year than ever before, and it need not surpise anyone
if this stallion leads all sires of new performers at the
close of the year. If he does, his sons and daughters
will be eagerly sought by Eastern buyers and it may
be that in a few years the produce of the son of Alcy-
one will be like those of Electioneer — a scarce article in
the State where they were bred, as the Eastern horse-
men will want them all. Mr. Durfee is receiving let-
ters every week from parties on the other side of the
Rockies asking him to price sons and daughters of Mc-
Kinney to them.

Commenting on Hon. Mr. Tracy's remarks anent the
secret of breeding trotters, viz., "All that is necessary
is for breedei-s in selecting their animals to choose
those that do not pace and reject those that do," friend
Thompson says in Turf, Farm and Home: "That all
appears very simple and easy, but when I bred Lou-
viska, a pure-gaited trotter that never even singled
going down hill, or ambled when going from a walk
into a trot, never knew butthree gaits, walk, trot and
run, to a horse like Alclayone 2:20}, with the same
characteristics, and get the pacing filly Nelldora, that
paced a mile in 2:14 over the half-mile track in Lewis-
ton as a three year old, what are you going to do
about it?" Yes, and we are constrained to remark
that when you breed such a trotting-bred mare as
Dame Wood by Wedgewood (trotting record 2:19),
dam Fancy, with a trotting record of 2:30, to such a >
trotting-bred horse as Ashland Wilkes, with a trotting
record of 2:17], and get a pacer like John R. Gentry
2:00}, what are you going to do about it ? The problem ,
seems all the more perplexing, too, when we remem-
ber that John R. Gentry has a brother, Myron Mc-
Henry, that took a trotting record of 2:15}. This all
reminds us of what the Frenchman said : "Sometam
dey come one ting; sometam anoder." — American
Horse Breeder.

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Tne Saratoga Racing Association.

The new organization will close a number of stakes
on March 11th, Monday next, a fact that should not
he overlooked by horse owners who are now racing in
California. This new organization, of which William
C. Whitney is President, is making an effort to again
make this track the most popular and fashionable race
course in America and the stakes, full details and con-
ditions of which appear in our advertising columns, are
well arranged and very liberal. Two year olds have
been very well treated, and have the United States
Hotel Stakes of $10,000, with $7000 to the winner, $2000
to the second and $1000 for the third, five and a half
furlongs; and the Grand Union Hotel Stakes of $10,000,
with a similar division, over six furlongs. Of unusual
interest is the Saratoga Special, a new stake by sub-
scription of $1000 each, half forfeit, and a piece of plate
valued at $500 added. Subscribers to name three
horses by May 1st, only one to be a starter. Among
the subscribers already known are William C. Whit-
ney, R. T. Wilson, Jr., Philip J. Dwyer, F. R. Hitch-
cock, Julius Fleisehmann, P. H. MeCarren, J. R-
Keene, John E. Madden, David Gideon, Perry Belmont,
J. G. Follansbee, August Belmont, A. H. & D. H.
Morris and H. K. Knapp. It should make a magnifi-
cent two year old event over five and a half furlongs.
Other two year old races are the Adirondack Special
of $5000, a handicap over six furlongs; the Flash Stakes
of $5000, over five furlongs; the Spinaway Stakes for
fillies with $1000 added, over five and a half furlongs;
the Albany, a two year old handicap, with $1000 added,
over six furlongs, and the Troy, a selling stake, with
$1000 added, over five and a half furlongs, and the
Kentucky, for fillies, with $1000 added, over five and a
half furlongs.

For three year olds the list is headed by the Travers,
with $10,000, over a mile and a furlong; the Kenner'
$5000, a mile and three furlongs; the Saranac, $5000, a
mile and a furlong; the Alabama, for fillies, $2500, a
mile and a sixteenth; the Huron, $1000, a mile and
three-sixteenth's; the Seneca (selling), $1000, six fur-
longs, and the Mohawk (selling), $1000, over a mile and
a sixteenth.

For three year olds and upwards is the Saratoga
Handicap, with $10,000, over a mile and a furlong; the
Saratoga Cup, $5000, a mile and five furlongs; the
Champlain of $3000, over a mile and a furlong; the
Delaware Handicap, with $1000 added, over a mile and
a sixteenth; the Amsterdam, with $1000 added, over a
mile and 70 yards, and' the Catskill, a selling stake,
with $1000 added, over six furlongs.

The Ballston Hunters' Steeplechase for four year
olds and upwards, with $1200, is over the full course of
about two miles and a half. The Beverwyck Steeple-
chase of $1500, for four year olds and upwards, over
the full course, and the Summer Hurdle Handicap, for
four year olds and upwards, with $1000, is over eight
hurdles in two miles.

All entries should be made to the Secretary of the
association, H. K. Knapp, at the offices, 173 Fifth
Avenue, New York. The schedule is a most attractive
one and should be liberally patronized.

A Celebrated Ringer.

There is more than one path that leads to success on
the turf, and among the most remarkable and at the
same time disreputable was chosen by William Bran-
non, who is now living a retired life in Covington, Ken-
tucky, with the notoriety of being the most marked
man ever connected with racing in this country.
Others have offended the turf laws, and after a period
been reinstated, but those in authority have said that
William Brannon should never again enjoy the privi-
leges of the course. He stands to-day in racing records
as an outlaw on the American turf without a future.

No race ever run in America was followed by more
sensations than when Polk Badget swept down the
stretch in Latonia an easy winner that mellow Septem-
ber afternoon nearly ten years ago. He was entered
in the race by the Rocky Creek stable, and the faded
colors of his jockey — Keith — suggested that he was
nothing more than a regular campaigner from the
small fair districts familiarly known as the "bush."
His pedigree was given as by Quicksote-Eva R., and
the peculiar looking breeding was not noticed, as in
those days it was not out of the ordinary to enter
horses with the. most ordinary pedigree in maiden
races. The opening price' against him was 25 to 1, but
this was quickly pounded down to 8 to 5, and when the
horses went to the post the thirty books doing business
at the track that day had, in the majority of instances,
rubbed his price off their slates. Everything worked
well for the Brannon confederation that dav. There
was no delay at the post; they were sent away and

Polk Badget took the lead from the jump, and flashed
under the wire an easy winner. Before the judge sus-
pected anything the numbers had been hung up, the
bets paid, and the greatest steal in American turf
annals had passed into history. Perhaps because the
Brannon confederation had worked so successfully in
ringing Tanner as Polk Badget is the reason "Will"
Brannon's sin against turf laws is classed as unpardon-
able. At any rate, Secretary Hopper recently said
Brannon would never be reinstated so long as he had
any voice in racing affairs.

In a recent talk Brannon said he did not think it
possible now to ring a good horse like Tanner with
profit and escape detection. He said that the only way
such a job could be worked now would be by some one
of such standing that his simple word would explain
away any suspicious circumstances.

"I never saw as good a subject for ringing purposes
as Tanner," said Brannon. "In the first place he was
a horse of perfect temper and as docile as the buggy
horse of a country doctor. All the races he ran for us
he only had to gallop in. He was really a high class
horse, and over -tracks as fast as they are to-day a
mile in 1:39 would not have been beyond his capabili-
ties. He could carry weight, any kind of going suited
him, and a stable boy could ride him as well as a Reiff
or a Tod Sloan. After he had cleaned up at Louisville
as Little Dan, I bleached him a chestnut and sold him.
He won many times afterward under the name of
Bill Brown. Counting his legitimate races, together
with the races he won under various aliases, I should
think that Tanner landed first money in fully seventy-
five races, and in his ringing career, when right on
edge, he never encountered a horse that could make
him fully extend himself. It takes a good horse to
make a ringer," continued Brannon. "Someone once
asked Milton Young, the famous breeder, what was
the best horse he ever bred. He replied that Frog-
dance probably was, because he was the only one good
enough to be bought for a ringer.

Brannon, according to his own statement, has no
knowledge of Frogdance, and what became of the
son of Pirate of Penzance will probably remain a
mystery forever. It is generally believed that the
horse died before the coup planned for him could be
carried out. Brannon tells many interesting stories of
"bush" racing. In Texas the combination put through
many jobs, but was finally caught red handed at Waco
and the Sheriff attempted to seize the horse. The
horse was with some effort removed from the track to
a stall, but the Sheriff traced him. Inside-a negro boy
was heard singing Georgia ballads, and he apparently
did not hear the knocks of the Sheriff on the outside.
The exasperated Sheriff broke down the door, only to
find that the back of the barn had been taken away
and that the horse had been spirited out through a
cornfield. Although they lost money at Waco, they
had better luck at the other places, and as the result
of the trip with Post Odds cleaned up a tidy sum.

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Handicapping is a Science.

Nothing in racing has changed more of late years
than handicapping. Ten years ago it was a simple
"rule of the thumb," to-day it is an intricate science.

It consists in the art of placing a number of horses
on terms of equality when the official handicapper of a
club does the work, but when the punter does it, it
means finding out what slips the official has unwittingly
made, and benefiting by them. He makes slips because
his work is done anywhere from a month to twenty-
four hours before a race, while the punter has to the
last minute, with all advantages of track conditions,
exercising data, etc., to help him.

Ten years ago a man took the entries for a race and
avoided gathering any idea of the official estimate.
He made a handicap for himself, as if he had been the
official, and when it was finished he compared the
result with the official weights, picked out the most
favored horse, according to his argument, and played it.

Boiled down, this means he took each horse, noted
track, weight, distance and where he finished. If a
horse carrying 120 pounds won from a horse carrying
102 pounds by half a length, what weight would bring
them together?

This was a rude method of solving a very delicate
problem, for half a length is a tenth part of a second
over six furlongs, and so a rude table in use for nearly
a hundred years was used, which made to win by a
neck driving, was equal to three pounds; handily by a
neck, four pounds; half a length driving, four pounds;
half a length handily, five pounds; a length driving,
six pounds; and a length handily, ten pounds, and so
on. Thus, driven hard by whip and spur, winning by
half a length, four pounds placed on the 120 pound
horse or four pounds taken off the 102 pound horse
would result in a dead heat. That's the theory of it.
That it does not always work out that way is one of
the "glorious uncertainties of racing."

The modern method retains all the good points of
the old system, but developed and elaborated so that

the old blunt terminal becomes as a needle point. In
these matters Americans are away ahead of the rest of
the civilized world. Of that there is no doubt, and the
condition of what may be termed our "racing litera-
ture" proves it.

To-day everything is reduced to percentage and a
decimal point for calculation. When these are massed
into a total it definitely indicates the best horse on
performances.

The old method held that weight brought the horses
together. The new method realizes that one horse
with added weight runs more slowly as the post is
being reached, while the other is running at the old
rate, or even faster, because of greater encouragement
and a table of percentage is used to demonstrate the
difference.

Thus if a horse runs a mile in 1:42, carrying 115
pounds, his percentage or decimal is possibly 108. If
in a race at the same distance, carrying ten pounds
more, it will be 98, a point being deducted for every
added pound. Naturally, if ten pounds be taken off,
his decimal rises to 118.

The arrangement of the oscillating point is arbitrary
with the calculator, and is generally placed at a point
away beyond the record for the distance, making it
impossible to reach the maximum, such as a mile in
1:30, for instance. So much for weight.

The speed of the last race was a mile in 1:12, and tte
percentage figure is 51.78, this being the average num-
ber of feet covered per second, there being 5280 feet
in a mile, divided by the 102 seconds which constitute
the 1 minute 42 seconds. If the previous races run by
the individual horse were at other distances, the same
line of calculation added or subtracted will give the
correct figure for the distance.

More Weight for Age Races.

By far the most important and encouraging feature
of the present situation in American turfdom is the
unmistakable evidence of a coming revival of weight
for age racing over really satisfactory distances of
ground, says the Neiv York Telegrcqyh. This is espec-
ially noticeable upon reference to the plans of the race-
courses under the direct control of our Jockey Club in
the East, and the revolution, so to speak, is doubtless
mainly due to influences emanating from that body.

It is but a year or two since the turf in this section
possessed in the Brighton Cup the only event which
was in any way worthy to be regarded as a distinctly
classic fixture for the older horses, the sport being
then characterized by excessive patronage of the two
year old division, with almost a monopoly of handicap
races for the seniors.

The season of 1901 will witness a most beneficial
change in this direction. Instead of allowing the
Brighton Cup to stand out virtually alone as a strictly
weight for age event the other great race courses in
our vicinity will furnish a magnificent series of races,
with distances so varied and adequate that the ques-
tion as to supremacy in the all-aged department should
be thoroughly well solved ere the close of the
season.

The benefit and importance of this policy to both
the racing and breeding interests of the American turf
cannot be overestimated. The previous lack of this
class of events has for some years caused either the
premature retirement of our high class racehorses i.t
the very zenith of their careers or else has compelled
them to take their chances under heavy weights for
more or less important handicaps.

The public, carried away with the prestige of these
horses and blind to the great disadvantages under
which topweights invariably labor in handicaps, would
make them strong favorites for these races, and their
defeats would frequently cause dissatisfaction and un-
favorable comment, for which there was no reasonable
foundation.

The new and better policy of 1901 will afford ample
scope for the senior cracks to race for valuable prizes,
however, without running the risk of interference or
injury from the lightweight riffraff which almost in-
variably characterizes a handicap.

This will surely result in the prolongation of the rac-
ing careers of our best horses, and their inevitable
meetings in these races will add great dignity and im-
portance to our turf.

Another direct benefit from this policy will be found
in its tendency to check the exportation of high class
horses to England. This has already been amply dem-
onstrated, for several of the best two year olds of last
season would have shared in the foreign trip of Olym-
pia, Cap and Bells, Elkhorn, etc., had it not been for
the prompt announcements made last fall in regard to
the certainty of weight-for-age fixtures of adequati
value for the all-aged division of 1901.

The weight-for-age events on Jockey Club courses
during the coming season will furnish a great series of
important races, and their installation makes a new
and eventful epoch in the American turf. Their im-
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the general racing public and the owners of the high
class horses may be easily realized when it is considered
that the series will comprise the Jockey Club weight-
for-age race at Morris Park (spring), $1500 added, one
mile and a furlong; the Standard Stakes at Brooklyn
(spring), $1500 added, one mile and a half; the Advance
Stakes at Sheepshead Bay (spring), $3000 added, one
mile and a half; the Brighton Cup, $5000 added, two
miles and a quarter; the Saratoga Cup, $5000 guar-
anteed, one mile and five furlongs; the Century Stakes
at Sheepshead Bay (fall), $10,000 guaranteed, one mile
and a half, and the Morris Park weight-for-age race,
$3000 and the Woodlawn Vase added, two miles and a
quarter.

The Brooklyn Jockey Club's usual First and Second
Specials will constitute its fall quota to the series.
Irrespective of these, however, the above seven events
will net a total of virtually $50,000 to the all-aged divi-
sion, and the great beauty of the whole matter is the
reasonable certainty that each and all of the series are
calculated to be won by the best horse on the day.

The tendency for these splendid races, as has already
been noted, has doubtless come in the main from
Jockey Club circles, and is in itself not the least of the
benefits which have inured to the American turf from
the policy of the governing organization of the East.

SADDLE NOTES.

Racing is still going on at both the race tracks in
this vicinity and there are few new developments. The
San Francisco Supervisors have passed an ordinance
permitting racing for thirty-six days in each year, and
the San Mateo Board has repealed its ordinance limit-
ing racing. The only sensation of the week was an
offer of $600,000 for the Ingleside and Tanforan tracks,
make by M. A. Gunst on behalf of his associates in the
California Jockey Club. The offer was declined. The
class of racing is not of a very high order at either o,
the tracks at the present time, and as the dates ap^t
proach for the big stables to start east, the class wil
still further deteriorate.

At a meeting of the San Francisco Jockey Club held
this week, Alfred Bouvier was appointed managing
director of the association. Bouvier is well known as
a theatrical promoter. He managed the recent Grau
grand-opera season and was for a long time identified
with the Baldwin Theater, but this is his first venture
into the racing game. Bouvier came to San Francisco
in 18S6 from St. Louis, his native city. He is very
wide awake and courteous, and will aid in popularizing
the San Francisco Jockey Club with the race-going
public. It is intended to secure increased railway
facilities and to plan out an elaborate program for next
season. There are also numerous details to be ar-
ranged in regard to the re-opening of Ingleside a week
from to-day. The bulk of the racing parapher-
naliawill have to be shipped from 'I anforan to Ingle-
side during the nighttime, if there is to be any rac-
ing at Tanforan on Friday.

There is more than a chance that Jockey Reiff, the
great little American lightweight, will ride the winner
of the first big race in England this season, and that
is the Lincolnshire handicap. Harrow, a five year old
by Orme-Lady Primrose, is owned by "Richard Croker,
and trained by Enoch Wishard. He was bought at
the sale of the late Duke of Westminster's horses, and
is a speedy miler. He has only 104 pounds to carry,
and that is a light impost for a horse of his age. In
speaking of Harrow, the Sporting Life of February
15th says: Equally satisfactory news comes to hand
concerning Harrow, who was yesterday supported at
15 to 1, for the first great handicap of the season, and
despite the fact that his stable companion Flambard
has been occasionally supported for the Lincoln event
at outside prices, I feel sure that the five year old son
of Orme and Lady Primrose will be the representative
of Wishard's stable in the great race at Lincoln. As
Lester Reiff rides Flambard, it looks as, if the Ameri-
can boys would have a good chance in the first big
race of the season.

Ben Holladay, by Hanover, damMollie L., by Long-
fellow, one of the best long-distance performers during
his career on the turf, has been sold by Messrs. Eastin
& Larabie to Mr. J. B. Haggin, and will be placed in
the stud at Elmendorf. Mr. Haggin, besides purchas-
ing Holladay, bought ten mares, five yearlings and one
suckling. The price paid was not made public, but is
said to be about $50,000.

Seven jockeys sailed from New York February 27th,
on the Oceanic to seek honors on foreign tracks.
This is the record for outward-bound riders, and the
number leaving was further increased by the sailing of
Elmer Jones on the New York. Lester and Johnny
Reiff, who will ride for Haggin's stable, were objects of
especial interest. The remarkable feature of the sail-
ing is the number of jockeys that are bound for
Austria. Morgan, who was so successful there last
year, was the feature of the brigade. Eddie Jones
also sailed. He will ride for Dr. Dreher, a rich Austrian
brewer. Jones took along with him Erbsmall, an
eighty-pound boy. Austria is also the destination of
Tony Hamilton, who sailed on the Lahn Tuesday.
Taral, Doggett and Ballard are also on their way to the
new hunting ground, and Eddie Ross, the Pacific
Coast boy, who is going shortly, will make a total of
eight Americans in Austria next season. Cash Sloan
and his wife were also on the Oceanic.

There is a considerable difference of opinion among
the English turf writers as to the condition of the
much-talked of Derby favorite, Volodyovski. Truth,
in its issue of February 14th, has the following: "I
hear from Newmarket that it is believed that some-
thing is seriously amiss with one of Volodyovski's
hocks, and that it is now considered improbable that
he will ever get through a Derby preparation. No
rational being will dream of backing the horse for a
farthing, and it is difficult to conceive how any one fit
to go at large could be so infatuated as to accept the
ridiculous price which has been offered against this
colt during the winter." On the other hand, the Rac-
ing World, which makes a specialty of training reports,
contains the following in its Newmarket notes of Feb-
ruary 16th: "Volodyovski may not be at all safe to
lay odds against for the Derby; it is quite certain that
he is not suffering from thoroughpin, though his hock
is much disfigured; those who profess to see that both
hocks are affected are trusting entirely to imagina-
tion." Meantime, Volodyovski is quoted at 100 to 15
for the big event. The colt is by the King's horse
Florizel II., and even should he fail to stand training,
Florizel II. will be represented in this year's classic
stakes with Doricles, Floriform and Royal Rogue.

Strenous efforts are to be made to attract a higher
class lot of horses to New Orleans next winter. During
the coming summer a number of improvements are to
be made on the track. Among them is the promise of
a new grand stand, something that is badly needed.
The purses will he raised, $300 being the minimum,
with handicaps each day and a number of new stakes,
none of which, will be of the guaranteed variety. If
these inducements ai*e put before the horsemen at the
proper time there is no question that it will bring the
desired results.

The Supreme Court of Missouri, in declaring the
Breeders law constitutional, closed up all the pool
rooms in St. Louis. The Court held that the State,
in the exercise of its police regulations, might prohibit
gambling altogether or regulate it in such a manner as
it saw proper. The act was also attacked on the
ground of class legislation, but the Court held that
the law "embraces all persons alike who choose to
place themselves within its reach," and was not, there-
fore, vicious class legislation, either as to persons or
places.

Magian, the bay son of imp. Ill Used, which Mr.
Perry Belmont has placed at the head of his stud, will
be remembered principally for his victories in the Dun-
mow Stakes and the White Plains Handicap at Morris
Park in the fall of 1894. In the Dunmow he fought a
battle royal with Mr. O. H. P. Belmont's Brandywine,
the Nursery bred colts drawing clear away from their
field in a head and head sprint, hut the White Plains
was won by a length. In this race Magian carried 117
pounds, among the defeated ones being Counter Tenor
(second with 116), California (third with 110), The
Commoner (118), Owlet (102), Havoc (105), Annisette
(116), Halma (110), etc., and the six furlongs were on
that occasion negotiated in 1:10, from which it will be
seen that Magian 's speed was of a high order. Magian
has grown into a really handsome and impressive
stallion. He is a bay with black points, on the typical
111 Used order and much like His Highness. His qual-
ity and strong, flat bone are alike impressive and it
needs no lengthy study of the son of Magnetism to con-
vince one that he possesses ample qualifications of in-
dividuality as well as pedigree for continuing his suc-
cessful career as a sire, which was so auspiciously be-
gun with six two year old winners — Edgeworth, Merri-
man, Lyror Belle, The Covenanter, The Laundress
and Mistigri — in 1900.

The California Jockey Clnb has filed an answer to
the suit of Charles Wedderstrand, a jockey, who has
sued for reinstatement in the United States District
Court. The defendants make a general denial of all
the allegations in the complaint. The specific grounds
for expulsion are that Wedderstrand was guilty of dis-
honest practices in holding back a horse on December
8, 1900. The time for argument was set for next
Monday.

An eastern writer thus describes Frankfort, the full
brother to Hamburg, purchased by Clarence Mackay
at the Daly dispersal sale. Frankfort is disappointing
at first sight for there is nothing heroic about his pro-
portions, nor is his individuality particularly impres-
sive. He is a bay with black points and with a star,
and one misses Hamburg's white face and hind stock-
ings. Frandfort's good point is not in his height, but
in his length, and he appears to have spread out since
the sale and shows signs of muscling up. He may be
described as a nicely turned colt, although hardly a
classic looker, one of the kind that improves as one
studies him, yet never fulfills expectations as to the in-
dividuality actually expected from a brother to Ham-
burg.

Burlingame Stock Farm's colt Brutal has been de-
clared out of the Suburban.

Owner Lakeland appears to have got a bargain in
Ogden at $4200, for the horse is sound and should be
worth every dollar of the amount paid for the stud.
Ogden has been entered in the Carter Handicap and
other events, and his astute owner does not disguise
his good opinion of the horse.

During the coming season there are 21 American
jockeys who expect to ride in Great Britain and Europe.
The names of the boys, with the reported amounts
they will receive, are: Tod Sloan, free lance, probable
income from various owners, $20,000; "Cash" Sloan,"
$5000; Henry Martin, $10,000; Henry Spencer, $12,000;
Joe Scherrer, $3000; Fred Taral, $5000; Sam Doggett.
$5000; Danny Maher, $20,000; Lester Reiff, $25,000;
Johnny Reiff', $15,000; J. Morgan, $10,000; E. Rigby,
$6000; W. Simms, $5000; E. Vittatoe, $5000; Tony Ham-
ilton, $3000; Elmer James, $4000: Waldo brothers, Dave
and Edward, $3000 each; McJoynt, $8000, and J. Mc-
Intyre, $5000. Of the above list of jockeys, Taral,
"Cash" Sloan, Doggett, Morgan, Simms, McJoynt and
Hamilton will ride in France and Austria. The others
will have mounts in England. The Reiffs will ride for
Richard Croker, McJoynt for W. K. Vanderbilt,
Maher for P. Lorillard and Spencer for Edward Corri-
gan. Of this number Tod Sloan may not get a license
in England and Spencer will have to get the ban
removed from him in this country, as his license was
revoked here by the Jockey Club last season.

The stewards of the Western Jockey Club at a
meeting held in Chicago March 5th, adopted the rules
which will govern the new turf body. The most im-
portant point is a declaration of policy towards race
track owners who refuse to recognize the authority of
the Western Jockey Club. The stewards passed a
rule barring from participation on any Western Jockey
Club track any one racing at unrecognized meetings,
such as those held by all tracks west of the Allegheny
mountains, except California, where a license is not
obtained from the stewards. The decree does not
carry absolute "outlawry "because the persons so barred
are privileged to race in the East or on the Pacific
Coast, but it was as far as the Western Jockey Club
could go under its present powers and shows that the
stewards are determined to take a firm stand to obtain
the control of racing in the West and will press their
power to the utmost.

A Los Angeles paper says: The war between the San
Francisco race tracks may result in depriving Los
Angeles of its spring race meeting. J. W. Brooks,
official handicapper of the California Jockey Club, was
the man appointed by the Sixth District Agricultural
Association to agitate the matter among horsemen,
and if a sufficient number of them could be induced to
stop over here for ten days or two weeks to ensure a
fine meeting, the local people were going ahead with
arrangements at this end. The northern trouble has
divided the horse owners against themselves, and
although they are remaining neutral in the trouble,
Mr. Brooks is unable to do much missionary work,and
the plan to give Los Angeles the very best running
meeting it ever had is liable to fall through. President
E. T. Wright of the Agricultural Association said re-
cently that no word had been received from either Mr.
Brooks or John C. Lynch as to the status of affairs for
a couple of weeks. "We are ready and willing to give
the meeting, and believe a high class meeting would
receive substantial support here, but the track troubles
around San Francisco will probably spoil the plan,"
said Mr. Wright.

The second volume of Goodwin's Turf Guide, com
pleting the record of racing in the United States and
Canada for the year 1900, has just been issued. The
work contains all the best features of the publication
in former years, and has also several new departments,
one of the best of which is a tabulation of the perform-
ances of American horses in England, showing the
number of races and amount of money won by each.
Records of American racing, indexed form tables, rec-
ords of best performances, the names and addresses of
race track secretaries, information about the various
tracks and an article on handicapping are among the
conspicuous departments of the "Guide."

Dr. Seward Webb, who with his "Across the Conti-
nent Train Party," is at Santa Barbara for a time,
has - purchased nine of the finest saddle animals in
Southern California. He has a well appointed stock
car car on his train and the horses go East with him
when he leaves California. Of the horses bought
seven were from the stud of the lately deceased
Countess Hamsch, of Montecito. They may be de-
scribed as brilliant animals. There are three trained
polo ponies of the seven, clever little animals known to
polo players the Coast over. The other horses were
blooded saddle animals trained to the bit after the
Mexican fasnion. They were bought from M. Den and
Hiram Pierce. It is stated that R. Barrett Fithian
may sell Mr. Webb some stock.

According to the English newspapers, there is fear
in England that the supply of American horses for
military service in South Africa will be exhausted be-
fore the war there is ended. The army is now getting
nearly 10,000 horses a month, and it is said that most
of the animals are disabled and out of business within
six weeks after they are sent into the field.

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I KENNEL.

Coming Events.

March 6, 7, 8, 9 — Duquesne Kennel Club of Western Pennsylvania
Piltsburg, Pa. Fred'k. S. Stedman, Secretary.

March 13, 14, 15, 16 — Mascoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln, Secretary.

April 2, 3, 4, 5 — New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

April 3, 4, 5, 6— Portland Kennel Club. Bench show, Portland, Or.

April 10, 11, 15, 13— Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show, Seattle, Wash. P. K. L. Rules.

May 8, 9, 10, 11— San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Bench Show Notes.

The selection of judges for the San Francisco Ken-
nel Club May show was announced last week. The
choice of the bench show committee was for Mr. Henry
Jarrett, of Philadelphia, and Mr. James J. Lynn, of
Port Huron, Mich. The former gentleman is a prom-
inent Eastern breeder of Collies and is also regarded
as an authority on Pointers, Setters, Cockers and the
small breeds. Mr. Lynn is by choice a Fox Terrier
fancier. Both judges have officiated at many impor-
tant Eastern shows and have also been successful ex-
hibitors. Mr. J. Bradshaw will judge Greyhounds.

These selections seem to be universally acceptable to
the majority of the fancy here.

The work of preparation for the May show is pro-
gressing rapidly. A sanguine feeUng among the doggy
rank and file is that the fifth annual show of the local
club will be a successful one.

The office of the Kennel Club, it is announced, will
be opened at No. 16 Post street on or about the first of
April. This change in location is a wise move, the
spot is a central one, easy of access from any part of
the city, and will be of much convenience to intending
exhibitors.

A rousing list of elegant specials is promised for the
May show.

Among the proposed novelties it is possible that Mr.
Lynn's crack kennel of winning wire-hairs will be en-
tered for exhibition only.

The Fox Terrier showing here in May promises to be
a hot competition. N. H. Hickman, J. B. Martin, C.
K. Harley and Jack Bradshaw will each bench a ken-
nel of four. Some of the best outside of New York
will show up in this quartette of kennels, nearly all of
the dogs having scored wins already.

Toy Dogs.

The term "toy dog" was never applied with more
appropriateness to any breed than the clever and
beautiful little Pomeranians. Admirers of this breed
claim that the Pomeranians supersede every other dog
and are sure to become the most popular as pets. In
England they have had a great vogue for some time,
but as yet. there are comparatively few in this country.
The first were brought over about a year ago by Mrs.
C. Harley Williamson of New York, who fell in love
with the beautiful little animals, and has made a sort
of fad of them. Mrs. Williamson, who is a member of
the Ladies' Kennel Association, brought a dozen with
her from a European trip, and now she has twenty,
keeping some of them at her home in that city and
others at her Lakewood place. At last year's West
minister Kennel Club show her Lakewood Roy took
the prize for the best Pomeranian exhibited.

The black Pomeranians are the smallest. As yet it
has been impossible to breed the white one so small.
Eight pounds is the dividing line; dogs under eight are
called "toy Poms," and the smaller the finer and more
valuable. Lakewood Boy weighs not quite five pounds.
Besides black and white, Pomeranians;come in brown,
blue and sable. The white is snowy as ermine, and the
black like ink. The first black ones in England were
bred by Gladstone, who was extremely fond of Pomer-
anians as pets.

These tiny dogs bring prices in no way commensur-
ate with their size. The price averages from $500 to
$1000, and as much as $2000 has been paid for an
especially fine one.

Some of the Pomeranian's distinguishing points are
these: A profuse coat which is more like fur than that
of any other dog, having an upper and an under coat;
the hair is not curly nor is it brushed smooth; it stands
out from the body in a fiuffy way; the nose it pointed,
the ears small and erect, the feet dainty and
"feathered," and the beautiful plume, as the tail is
called, is carried erect.

Very affectionate and lively are the little Poms, but
jealous of attention paid to any other pet, playful and
intelligent and quick to hear any noise. Mrs. William-
son declares that hers know everything going on in
her house, and are superb watch dogs on account of
their acute hearing. The same regimen of food and
exercise suitable for any house dog suffices the Pom-
eranians, although they are in every way more dainty

An entry of one hundred and eleven English Setters,
one hundred and seven Pointers, thirty-nine Irish Set-
ters and twenty-one Gordons at the New York Show
made up quite and interesting bench exhibit in itself.

The old English bob-tailed sheep dog was repre-
sented by seven specimens at the Westminster Show.

No person can have been closely associated for a long
time with exhibition Terriers, such as Fox, Irish,
Scottish, &c, without having frequently noticed that
something has been done to make the exhibits more fit
for the show bench. They have been smartened up,
and appear "fresh" and "fit as fiddles." This has been
so much the fact, that one would expect it to be a
matter of common knowledge in all parts of the world
where such Terriers are exhibited.

We are particularly concerned with Fox Terriers,
though much of our talk may be equally applicable to
all rough-coated Terriers, and some smooths. It
would surprise many to read the numerous letters we
receive, asking questions on this subject, though as we
said above, we thought everyone knew the dogs were
trimmed. Many breeders are fond of wires, but be-
cause of their utter inability to prepare the dogs,
either give them up, or show them in such form, that
they are quite unlike show dogs.

Some writers ask us to tell how it is done; others
beg we will put the writer "in the way of getting a
kit." The last-noticed evidently has an idea that it is
necessary to have a box of tools. All our correspond-
ents, though generally novices, agree that the dogs
have to go through some tooled preparation to fit
them for exhibition. Each operator has his own way
of doing the business, and each prevents anyone else
frem seeing the process. One gentleman who writes to

us says, "I came upon Mr. preparing his Terriers

for the show, but directly he saw me he put up the
articles he was using, and stopped the business, whilst
no persusion or offers of mine would induce him to let
me into the secret." Another would-be-cup-winner
tells of how he visited an exhibitor's celebrated kennel
somewhat unexpectedly. The champion dog was in
such full coat, that for the moment he was not recog-
nized. The following week, on calling again at the
same place, this dog was found 'denuded of his coat,
and quite the opposite of what he was at the time of
his first visit.

Many of those who read these remarks, must, at
somD time or other, have heard the chaffing which has
passed between the patrons of the two sections. The
"smooth fancier" charges the "wire man" with having
trimmed his "poodle," and with having taken off too
much of "the sea-weed arrangement." The wire fan-
cier retorts that the smooth dog could not win unless
"some of his neck cloth had been removed."

Whichever side one chooses to take, there can be
little doubt but that some smooths are "prepared, "
and we should certainly believe we are correct in say-
ing that no wire would stand a ghost of a chance in
hot company without more or less trimming. The effect-
ual arrangements of such details marks the successful
exhibitor, and no doubt it accounts for so many wire-
haired Terriers being in charge of professional handlers
— men who know exactly what is wanted, know how to
do it, and the proper time to carry it out. He can
easily decide whether a Terrier carries too much or too
little coat, whether it is soft or hard, and what is
wanted to make it proper. It is seldom one sees a
Terrier put down in the form we once did. Many then
looked as if the superabundant coat had been cut off
with scissors, or had, according to the show slang,
"been chopped with a knife and fork." Others we
have seen unquestionably singed. The trimming grew
so glaring that the attention of the Kennel Club felt so
keenly interested in its suppression, that a Watching
Committee was appointed to report owners whose ex-
hibits appeared in such condition.

We do not recollect this committee reporting anyone.
The probability is that they found trimming so general
that to have reported one would have entailed the re-
porting of many more.

This action though put exhibitors on the qui five,
and it was necessary to find some other way to prepare
their Terriers than plucking or cutting just before a
show. Several well known exhibitors determined to
demonstrate that it was possible to show wire-hairs in
a perfectly natural state. The most successful in this
direction was Mr. Redmond with "The Untrimmed,"
which won the Challenge Cup at Barn Elms, and was
claimed by Mr. Wharton.

The result of all this attention was that one heard less
of the question for a year or two,but it was only another
plan which had been substituted. We have applied
to several of the best known experts to write us an
article upon the subject, but we have never yet had
the promised contribution. A gentleman of whom
we asked the same question a week or two back, re-
plied: "I always prefer to do what I have by myself,
and let no one whatever see what I do." How, then,
could he publish it to the world? Several exhibitors
have been brought before the Kennel Club for trim-
ming, but in most cases they always declared that
nothing had been done but use the comb. The major-
ity of exhibitors to-day would declare that they did
"nothing" to their dog before the show. Exactly so;
it is what has been done earlier which marks the de-
parture of the modern from the older method.

The general practice is somewhat in this way: An
exhibitor makes up his mind to enter for a particular
show. Some weeks before this shows comes off the dog
is "stripped" of his old exterior coat from nose to tail.
This is done so carefully that he knows the dog will be
just in full bloom again about the time of the show he
has decided upon, and this terrier turns up without
any superabundant coat "in excellent trim." A glance
at our show reports will indicate in several ways that:

1. The same exhibitor generally has a duplicate
team, of which he brings out a fresh lot directly the
old one is becoming stale, or has grown too much coat.

2. The exhibitor generally arranges that his new
team (or part of it) shall come out, after a rest, at a
large show.

3. The reports of shows speak of such and such a
dog being soft in coat, or with too little coat on. This
is often accounted for by— in the first case the old coat
requiring to be stripped; and in the latter the new
coat has not filled expectations, and grown as quickly
as was anticipated.

The only tools necessary to carry out this "strip-
ping" are a brush and a comb. Spratts had a comb
made specially for the purpose. It is described in
their catalogue. Strongly made with short teeth, and
a handle of horn. They have recently introduced a
smaller one more effective, and only differing from the
other in being shorter in the blade. Grasp the comb
firmly in the hand, and with that and the thumb the
whole of the long hair may be drawn off in a very
short time. Experience will soon show how much or
how little to take off. From a month to six weeks is
required to allow the new coat to replace the old. It
will be seen from this that the dog requires very little
touching up before he visits a show.

There is one other point to be noted, and that is, to
avoid all washing during the time the new coat is
growing. A clean, plentiful supply of good wheat-
straw for his bed will make washing quite unnecessary,
but if his coat looks a bit grimy — it ought not — when
he goes to the show, it is needful to do something to
clean it. This may be easily performed with a little
wheaten flour. Take an ordinary sized soup plate and
fill up the centre with flour, put it in the oven for a
few moments to get hot. Then take the dog in hand,
and start at the head, thoroughly rub the flour into
his coat. When you have done a'll you think neces-
sary, take a perfectly clean brhsh, get out all the flour,
and then rub him down well with a clean, rough towel.
If this is practiced a few times there will be no need of
washing, and if the brush is stiff enough it will bring
out all traces of the flour and clean his skin.

The above does not profess to be a "full and com-
plete" history of the subject, but it is written in hope
of assisting some of the many who have written to the
Citron irk.— The Hermit in Fox Terrier Chronicle.

Doings in Dogdom.

N. H. Hickman lost by tuberculosis his handsome
Pointer bitch Kenwood Belle, by Senator P. She was
recently bred to L. Aubert's Ashbury.

The Wheatland Four Comers has the following an-
nouncement: "Poison will be placed for coyotes on
the Durst place south of town. Dogs and dog owners
should make a note of this." The dogs probably will
enjoy a meal when they note the matter, and subse-
quently attend their own inquests.

W. W. Van Arsdale last week sent East his noted
English Setter bitch Peach Mark in charge of his
trainer, Chas. Babcock. Peach Mark will be bred to
Tony Boy, now at J. M. Avent's headquarters, Hick-
ory Valley, Tenn. This "nick" will make another
grand addition to the gilt-edged ones on the Coast.

It is reported that J. Otis Fellows, the pioneer
Cocker Spaniel breeder, says the American Field, is in
straitened circumstonces, partly because his afflictions
prevent his gaining a livelihood. A subscription list
list has been started and though it is not headed by
the wealthy devotees of the merry Cocker, it has as-
sumed large proportions, not only from those devoted
to this breed, and from Imany who are ever ready to
render aid to the afflicted, but by many who thus wish
to join Dr. Niven and others in resenting insulting re-
marks made on account of his circumstances and
position.

The new fancier of wealth may spend a small fortune
for a great dog and so be in the winning honors from
the start, but, in the highest degree of bench show
success — the winning with dogs of the owner's breed-
ing— the rich and poor amateurs have an even chance
in the race for the blue ribbons. The latter often has
the best of it, for he devotes usually his own time to
the dogs, while the rich man must depend on salaried
kennelmen. In rare instances blue ribbon dogs have
been picked up very cheap by good judges. Quite a
noted Greyhound was bought as a puppy for twenty
dollars from a curbstone vender in New York, -and
Trafalgar, a famous Bull Terrier, was bought for not
much more from an Adirondack guide by one of a
hunting party who knew the points of the breed.

All lovers of dogs will rejoice that at last the germ
or microbe of distemper has been discovered. Dr.
Copeland of London, according to the Chronicle, has
succeeded in isolating a "coccus," or rounded form of
microbe, from the secretions of the lungs and nose of
dogs suffering from the d'sease in question, and with
the identification of the particular bacillus to which
the disease is due fanciers may hope for the coming of
the knowledge which will enable them to prevent the
ailment and save much pain and suffering to their
canine friends. The coccus of distemper is easily cul-
tivated by laboratory methods, and a pure and strong
culture produces fatal effects in the dog. But when
the strong culture is heated to sixty degrees Centigrade
and carbolic acid is added to it a vaccine can be used
to inoculate dogs, and so to prevent them taking the
disease. Experiment has shown that puppies thus vac-
cinated escaped infection when exposed thereto, the
dog breeders in Great Britain and abroad are assisting
in the work of the further elucidation of the powers
possessed by the vaccine to confer immunity, and of
the length of time such protection may last.

Kennel Registry.

SALES.

Nairod Kennels sold the red Cocker Spaniel dog puppy Nairod
Beau (Ch. Viscount-Day's Queen) to L. P. Olker, March 2, 1901.

Nairod Kennels sold the black Cocker Spaniel dog puppy Nairod
Duke (Ch. Viscount -Day's Queen) to Mrs. A. A. Moore, Jr., March
5, 1901.

VISITS.

H. H. Carlton's red Cocker Spaniel bitch Oakside Trilby (Hamil-
ton Jack-Heather Bloom) to Plumeria Cocker Kennels Ch.
count (Ch. Pickpania-Tootsie) February 15, 190L

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GUN.

Coming Events.

March 10-Califoraia Wins Club. Live birds Ingleside
March 10-Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.
March 10-San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingles de.
March 24-San Francisco Gun Clnb. Live birds. Ingleside .
March 24-Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda

"larcn 31— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

Si' ™ 5-Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament'. 'Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I. ,. , ..

Aoril 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

\oril 9 10 11 1-2— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,

MJulv 23 24 25 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

Called Down.

The efforts of the local '•apostles of game protection"
have heen deservedly catechised by the Marysville
Democrat. The editor of that journal was the Chair-
man of the Committee of Fifteen which drafted the
bill proposed by the Game Convention which met in
this city last year.

The present game legislation muddle at Sacramento
is aptly described in a telegraphic report this week as
follows :

The committee bill regulating the manner and sea-
son in which wild game shall be taken furnished the
solitary feature of the day's proceedings in the house.
Duryea's amendment extending the open season for
the killing of deer from July to October, instead of
July to September, as at present, was voted down.
Then followed something like twenty amendments
attacking various sections of the bill. Greer, Sehles-
singer. Johnson, Feliz, Higbee and others became
tangled in controversy at various stages of the consid-
eration of the bill. Greer's amendment permitting
the carrying of wild duck, plover, wild pigeons and
rail out of the State was beaten out, the Saeramentan
lost on his proposition to amend by permitting a person
to kill more than fifty ducks a day.

Schlessinger tried to kill the bill by moving to strike
out the enacting clause, but failed. He succeeded,
however, in forcing an amendment which permits of
game being sold in restaurants and open markets, and
handled by cold storage companies, as now.

Feliz tried to have the hill amended so as to forbid
any man owning land and prohibiting others from
hunting upon it to hunt there himself, but his amend-
ment was lost. Then the bill went to third reading.

It is now proposed by a few that the laws of the State be changed
so as to permit the market sale of game during one or two months
in each year. In other words, we are asked to spend large sums to
propagate and protect game and pay wardens to look after it, dur-
ing ten to eleven months of the year, and the other month or two
offer a bounty of 25 cents a head on birds and 52 or $3 on deer (or
whatever the market will pay) to destroy the results of the labor
and money expended during the other eleven months. That would
be equivalent to hiring a man to plant your potato patch and when
the spuds were grown, licensing the youth of the neighborhood to
gather them in to sell for their own benefit. It's worse. In the
latter case you waste only your own efforts, while in the former you
squander the resources of the State and injure the people at large.

In commenting on the foregoing the Marysville
Democrat says :

The present laws of the State do not prohibit the
sale of game, therefore the esteemed contemporary is
in error when it says it is proposed by a few that the
laws of the State be changed so as to permit the mar-
ket sale of game during one or two months in each
year. It is presumed that Pastime intended to refer to
a proposed law that was manipulated by a few, and in-
troduced in the Legislature early in the session. And
this reminds us that there has been peculiar and unfair
means resorted to by certain men who were in duty
bound to stand for the bill formulated in the State
Convention of sportsmen held in San Francisco last
summer. The question of prohibiting the sale of game
during the open season was fully discussed, and when
the vote was taken it was defeated by five to one, or
in that proportion. When that point had been decided
it was a plainjduty of the minority to acquiesce and give
their suport to the bill then formulated. But the fact
remains that a few members of that convention did
inject this clause into another bill and had it introduced
into the Legislature, thus dividing the strength in
favor of greater protection. Pastime, no doubt, means
to favor greater protection of game in California, but
it certainly has not exercised proper discretion in its
contention for a law that would not stand the test in
oourt a single day. When we concede that the game
of the State belongs to the people thereof, we can go
no further after fixing a limit to a close season and
limiting the number a person may kill in one day or a
season. When a man has killed a quail or duck during
the open season it is his property and to undertake to
deprive him of the right to sell it or give it away is in
conflict with the spirit of the Constitution of California.
We do not believe in a law that will dictate to a man
how he shall dispose of his own property. Personal
rights must be respected, even though it is distasteful
to Pastime, or any other sportsman. There already
is a decision on this point in this State and it is not the
part of good judgment, or in the interest of greater
protection to bite off more than one can chew, as in
the case of prohibition of sale.

Commissioner will serve without salary. There has
been $5000 appropriated for game protection this year.
This amount will not bv any means be sufficient to
meet the expenses of such a newly created department.
As a means of raising the necessary funds for this pur-
pose another bill has been introduced whereby a shoot-
ing tax of $1 per head will be levied upon the sportsmen
of the State. There seems to be some reason in this
latter proposed law, as it will be the means of raising
the money from the class for whom, and in whose
benefit, it will be expended. The bill providing for a
State Game Commissioner will pass both houses, but
should the gun license bill fail to pass, and it has much
opposition, then the Game Commissioner bill will die a
natural death and great will be the chagrin of several
individuals who have been working harder than did
Jacob when he wrested with the angels. The office of
Game Commissioner will necessarily have subordinate
positions appurtenant for so much per capita per
annum and this desideratum is the milk in the game
protection coeoanut sought by the one or two
"apostles" who are interested in game protection
solely for an individual purpose.

These designs are transparent enough to bring forth
an opposition that may result in a failure to recognize
needed measures for the protection of our game.
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Trap Shooting.

In a recent article published in the Chicago Times-
Herald, Mr. E. S. Rice, a prominent sportsman of
Chicago, has expressed some pertinent views on the
growing popularity of trap shooting, some extracts of
which are here given:

In these days of close application to business, the oft
repeated admonition from the family physician to "go
out of doors more, ' ' is heeded best by him who, with
dog and gun, journeys a-field, or properly equipped
and accompanied by a little party of kindred spirits,
repairs to the shooting park for an afternoon of target
breaking or live bird shooting and the absolute dis-
pelling of all business cares and worries.

Trap shooting, both at live birds and inanimate tar-
gets, has shown a decidedly healthy growth during the
past year. Many new gun clubs have sprung up all
over the country, almost every small town of five hun-
dred souls boasting of its little aggregation of congenial
spirits banded together for the purpose of friendly
competition at the traps with a shotgun.

The consumption of inanimate targets at these
country shoots is very large, and that there is a good
profit in supplying same, is demonstrated by the fact
that new clay bird companies are constantly coming to
the front with their wares in competition with the
older and better known concerns.

It is also a fact that more pigeons have been sacri-
ficed at the traps during last year than ever before in
the history of trap shooting, and even the festive little
sparrow has been made a target for the practiced eye
and steady aim of the sportsman.

That quaint and inimitable shooter, Fred Gilbert, is
accredited with the original remark that "A sparrow
at twenty-five yards looks like a bumble-bee, and flies
like a pickininny chased from a melon patch. "

Be that as it may, this tantalizing little target fur-
nishes exciting sport and excellent practice for one
desiring to excel in quick, snappy shooting, which is
most necessary in killing this small quarry.

Never in the history of trap shooting "has there ap-
peared before the public, and using as a medium sport-
ing papers, so many newly organized gun clubs, which
have, in due course of time, become parts of city,
county or State Leagues, thus severally and collectively
exercising a beneficent influence upon shooting in-
terests.

Those organizations, either as local or State Leagues,
have at one time or another during the year, given
tournaments, usually well attended and from the true
sportsman's standpoint, highly satisfactory.

The live birds used during many tournaments were
remarkably active lots, making shooting extremely
difficult, and yet, in spite of all this, many excellent
scores were made, showing most conclusively that the
sportsman of this country are remarkably good shots:
that they are becoming more devoted to' the sport of
trap shooting as the years go by, and if some of the
best of them should go across the water in the near
future to compete in an international contest with a
picked team of English sportsmen (as may, perchance,
be the case), God pity the Englishmen, say I — for in
all confidence and sincerity, I beg to express the opin-
ion that American sportsmen to-day excel all other
nationalities in the use of their favorite weapon — the
shotgun.

A Game Commissioner.
On last Saturday morning a bill was introduced in
the Senate creating the office of Game Commissioner
which evoked quite a controversy. The bill is designed
to lighten the work of the Fish Commissioners and
relegate the supervision of the game of this State and
its protection to a separate establishment. The Game

Joe Manton's Pistols.

Joe Manton, the famous gunmaker, was crossing
Hounslow Heath, when he was stopped by a highway-
man. On hearing the summons to "stand and deliver,"
Manton looked hastily out of the window and recog-
nized a pistol of his own make leveled at his head.
"Why, damn it. you rascal," cried the indignant gun-
maker, "I'm Joe Manton, and that's one of my pistols
you've got. How dare you try to rob me!" "Oh!
you're Joe Manton, are you?" said the highwayman,
coolly. "Well, you charged me 10 guineas for this
brace of pistols, which I call a damned swindle,
though I admit they're a good pair of barkers. Now
I mean to be quits with you. Hand me over 10 guineas
and I'll let you go because you're Joe Manton, though
I know you have got £50 at least about you." Joseph
swallowed his wrath and promptly paid the 10 guineas.
But he never forgave the highwayman for getting' a
brace of his best pistols for nix, and he made himself a
special double gun, with barrels barely two feet long,
which he always carried about with him afterward
when traveling, and christened "The Highwayman's
Master." With this weapon, it was said, that he
subsequently shot a highwayman who stopped his
chaise, and mortally wounded' him.

The Wholesale Murder of Pigeons.

An editorial with the above caption in the Examiner
this week on live pigeon shooting (?) is strictly in line
with the usual style of diatribe indulged in by many
writers who are technically unfamiliar with a subject
matter, and, to make their arguments palatable to a
general public whose previous information is, at most,
only superficial, will color their pen pictures with a job
lot of morbid phrases, "catch lights" and denunciatory
adjectives that would lead a nervous reader to imagine
the scenes and incidents transpiring on a trap shooting
ground during a pigeon match to be as gruesome and
gory as Flodden Field.

But before going any further into the matter, we
will offer the saving clause, that if the writer first
alluded to has relied on the reports of pigeon matches,
as usually given in the columns of his paper, as models
of technique for his knowledge of pigeon shooting, we
will overlook his temporary delinquencies in that
respect.

We will also take occasion here to place the other
morning dailies on the same plane, usually, of confusion
and unreliability. This digression may not be exactly
relevant; it is simply made to assert facts and also to
avoid the charge of playing a favorite.

Live bird matches are not being "organized on a
huge scale, "at least not on the Pacific Coast, the club
announcements are almost identical with the programs
that have been followed for years.

An "appeal to the ingenuity and avarice of the
human beings who shoot" is made, for what purpose?
Presuming that the writer refers to animate objects
(which he does not), why not include field and marsh
shooting at wild game — the same objections might be
made, but the distinction never is by the ready-made
humane scribe.

Trap and field shooting are lines of sport that have
created in the Unites States, a class of marksmen
second to none in the world. It has aided in develop-
ing the manufacture of ammunition that has made his-
tory which has brushed the cobwebs of presumption
and intolerance from the musty burrows of conservatism
prevailing in some parts of the plantation across the
"herring pond." The American manufacturers of shot
guns and other fire arms have lead the world in pro-
ducing a high standard of "shooting-iron." The
elusive live pigeon and the much pitied "blue rock"
have both been humble, primary factors in achieving
these results.

How a shooter can be accused of avarice when every
live bird shot at costs the shooter (for birds) an aver-
age of thirty cents at least, is hard to understand.

In club shoots the winning members are rewarded at
the end of the season with medals or other trophies
in kind. If shooters would change about, and "prac-
tice at targets the size of a man two miles away," the
cost and reward, if any, would be comparatively the
same — the incentive in perfecting this style of shooting
would be to place oneself in proper trim to kill human
beings. The implication by the editorial writer is un-
doubtedly that killing pigeons is cruel and "not noble"
but sniping human beings would be the proper caper.

"The swiftest •blueroek' " is an exceedingly difficult
mark to hit. Good shots during this particular diver-
sion we have frequently noted which have elicted a
round of applause from shooters and spectators alike.
We have yet to hear from anyone, supposed to be in
his ordinary senses, that the sport is ' 'thoughtless and
cruel." It is somewhat expensive however as a sport.
We have heard the remark by a devotee of "blueroek"
shooting, that "it costs more money to feed a shotgun
than to run a small family." Perhaps the writer
referred indirectly to a possible "thoughtless and
cruel" meglect of shooters' responsibilities when he
advanced this peculiar and laughable humane plea.

The "murder of live birds" or pigeon shooting at
the traps has stood the test of several of the highest
tribunals in the States. It is a recognized sport and is
the means of dispensing, directly and indirectly, sev-
eral millions of dollars annually. The editorial writer
referred to might, with equal force, offer the same
arguments in favor of the other sheep, whose wool he
wears, or for the calf whose hide covers his feet.

We have yet to observe at a trap shoot, the "pigeon
with broken wing fluttering beyond bounds to be
kicked to death by the first boy or other ruffian who
can get near it." Wounded birds are always given the
coup de grace immediately, in or out of bounds. Ruf-
fians do not frequent trap shooting grounds, any
evidence of ruffianism is always summarily dealt with.
The attendance of shooters and spectators at a shoot-
ing match is generally a criterion of respectibility and
individual standing in the community.

In the foregoing we have taken the writer somewhat
seriously for the reason that allusions which were in-
tended for pigeon shooting would possibly be miscon-
strued. For that individual's guidance in the future
we will inform him that the "blue rocks, " for which
he so strenuously makes his plea, can be purchased in
barrel lots at about ST.O0 per 1000. Take a day off and
observe just how trap shooting is conducted and some
interesting information and facts may be derived there-
from. One thing is patent, however, of "blue rocks,"
whilst it is true they have a "streak of yellow" around
their tarry faces, the veriesfTtyro would not claim they
had any animation or bloody blood in their make-up.

The Santa Clara County Fish and Game Protective
Association has elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Dr. A. M. Barker; Vice-
President. Homer Prindle: Secretary, D. J. Prindi-
ville; Treasurer, Harry Doble; Prosecuting Board —
George H. Anderson, S. G. Tompkins, F. E. Brock-
hage, C. M. Wooster and P. F. Gosbey; Prosecuting
Attorney, L. B. Archer,

Reports were presented at the annual meeting last
week that showed the association to be in a prosper-
ous condition. Game Warden Foster, who was ap-
pointed by the Supervisors at the instance of the asso-
ciation, began his duties on the 1st inst.

March 9, 1901]

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At the Traps.

The trap season is now in full swing. The local at-
tractions to-morrow being1 a postponed live bird shoot
of the California Wing Club and the blue rock meeting
of the San Francisco Gun Club.

The Empire Gun Club will open their season on the
club grounds across the bay at Alameda Junction. The
Empire program for this year is an attractive one. Be-
sides the regular club medal race at 25 targets and the
re-entry money race, also at 25 targets, the Yellowstone
and Schumacher trophies are placed in competition
again and two additional prizes are offered club mem-
bers and others — the Lewis Allen Handicap Gun prize
and the Jas. P. Sweeney record medal.

The club grounds have been rearranged and several
improvements made. The maugatrap section of the
ground has been so arranged that distance handicap-
ping— from 16 to 22 yards — is available in all handicap
races. This is an innovation that will be appreciated
by the shooters.

The opening club race at the Union Gun Club shoot
last Sunday was participated in by thirty-one shooters.
In the club race at 25 targets, the men were handi-
capped in distance. The club purse was divided
among four classes. C. C. Nauman won first money,
O. Fisher and W. Janssen were high guns for second.
The third division was taken by A. M. Shields and H.
Hess won fourth money. In the handicap race follow-
ing the shooters were ranked in accordance with the
individual record made in the previous race. The
target allowance was from 25 to 30 birds. The men
who scored 20 or over were scratch men. Those who
broke from 16 to 19 inclusive were allowed 1 blue rock:
12 to 15 breaks inclusive secured 3 extra birds, 11 and
under made the allowance 5 birds. Fred Feudner and
O. Fisher tied for the first class monthly medal in this
race on scores of 22 each. On the shoot off at 10 tar-
gets each scored seven, the second tie resulted in two
straight scores of 10 each. A miss and out theu de-
cided the ties in Feudner's favor, Fisher losing his sec-
ond bird. The second class monthly medal was an-
nexed by H. Von Soosten, a novice at the traps, who
scored 17 out of 30 targets. In the ability handicap
medal match the tie resulting between A. R. Jackson
and C. H. Shaw will be decided in April. Tom Lewis
and Fred King also tied in the "walking match" shoot.
Twenty squads indulged in practice shooting; some ex-
cellent scores were made by these shooters at No. 2 set
of traps. The Union Club members will shoot live
pigeons on the 31st inst.
The scores made last Sunday are the following:
Club match, 25 targets, class shooting —

Yds. B'ke

Nauman, C. C.t 18—11111 11111 11I1I 10111 11110—23

Feudner, O.f 18—11011 11111 11111 Hill 11110—23

Ringle, D. C 14—10011 01111 11111 11111 11111—23

King, F. W 16—00111 11111 01111 1U11 11111— 22

McMurchy.H.f 18—11101 11111 Hill 11010 11111—22

Kelly f 16—01111 1111 1 10111 OHIO 01111—20

Jackson. A. R 16—11111 10101 10011 1111)1 11111—20

"Chestnut" t 18—11010 Hill lOlli liuoi mil— 20

Fisher, 0 16— 10110 11011 11101 lllll 10101—19

Janssen, W 14—11010 IllOl lllll 01111 lllOO— 19

Feudner, F 18—11101 10101 11011 01110 01111-18

Klevesahl.E 16—10110 11101 11011 11011 01011—18

Iverson. W. J 16—11111 10101 01111 00011 10110—17

Walpert, F. "W 16—11010 00111 00111 10110 11101—16

Debenham, A. VT 16—11001 11101 01011 10111 10001—16

Dennyt 18—11100 01111101010110101110—16

Clausen 14—11000 01111 11100 01101 10001—14

Shields, A. M 16—10100 10110 11100 11011 Oinnt— 14

Drieschman, A 14—11111 01010 10011 00100 UOOll— 13

Olsen E 16—01101 00111 10111 11000 1UO00— 13

Von Soosten, H 14—00000 00010 11101 11101 12101—13

Mitchell, C.T 16—10111 10100 11 000 00101 10100—12

Rickie, C. W 16— 11110 00O00 nuuo 00110 11101—12

Michelssen, E. C 16—O0101 00100 OHIO lllill 01100—12

Phillips, 14— 00011 00011 10111 00001 01110—12

- Wollam. C. W 16—01100 lllixi rtiiOO 001U1 01111—12

Hess 14—00101 10 loo linuo 00001 01100— 9

Barber 14— 00001 ooilo unxNj llllO 10000— 8

Lewis, T. L 18-00000 U00O0 01UW 11001 01101— 6

Haggard 14—00000 00000 00000 00000 00000—0

fBirdsonly.
- Club medal handicap match, 25 to 30 targets —

Birds Broke

Haight.C.A.f 25—11111 lllll 11011 10111 lllll —23

Fisher, 0 26—11111 10110 11110 lllll 10111 1 —22

Feudner, F 26—11011 11101 lllll 11011 1 —23

Rickie C W 28—11101 11011 11011 10101 01 111 110 —31

Nauman, C. C 25—10101 lllll lllll 01011 lllll —21

Shields, A.M. 28—1110110111 1101110010 10101111 —20

King F. W 25—11110 11101 11011 00111 11010 —18

Jackson, A. R 25—00110 10011 lllll lllll 11010 —18

Von Soosten, H 28—01101 lllll 01111 11000 00101 100 —17

Michelssen, E.C 28—10000 11100 10110 01111 00110 0111.— 16

C. W. Debenham 26—01111 11010 11110 01000 01101 1 —16

Iverson, W.J 26—10010 00011 lllll OHIO 10101 1 —16

Phillip 28—11001 OHIO 10101 11000 01001 011 —15

Mitchell, C. T 30—11111 00100 101ft) OHIO 10000 11001—15

Barber 30—01110 10011 00011 10000 01001 10101—14

Lewis, T. L 30—01110 11000 00011 00111 10100 00001—13

tBirds only.

Ability handicap medal match, 20 to 30 targets —

Yds. Birds B"ke

Jackson, A. R.. 16 22—10011 lllll 11110 10011 11 —17

Shaw, C. H.. 16 25—00110 01111 01101 11101 11011—17

Nauman, C C, 18 30—11111 10010 lllll 11110 —16

King. F. W-,16 20—10110 01111 11010 lllll —15

Feudner, F., 16 20—10111 10011 11110 01100 —13

Shields. A. M., 16 25—00100 01011 00110 01011 11001—12

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International Trap Match.

The long-talked of plan for the arrangement of an
international wing shooting tournament between teams
representing the United States and Great Britain has
taken definite shape, and Paul North, of Cleveland,
Ohio, has been authorized by a number of New York
men prominently identified with trap shooting to com-
plete arrangements for a match that have begun
already.

The same men have approved Mr. North's suggestion
that a fund be raised by subscription among the
patrons of trap shooting, and Thomas Marshall, Mayor
of Keithsburg, 111., and twice winner of the Grand
American Handicap, has been designated as custodian
of the fund, which shall be used to send a thoroughly
representative American team to England to compete
against a pitched English team.

It is estimated that about $4000 will be ample to
cover all the expenses of sending an American team
abroad, and the promoters of the plan anticipate no
difficulty in raising that amount. This sum, it is an-

nounced, must be raised by April 1st to enable the
manager of the team to carry out his plans.

The team matches which it is proposed to hold will
include competitions at both live birds and targets.
Several meetings have been held by the men who are
pushing the matter, and inquiry among the most ex-
pert trap shooters has been made to learn who of the
best of these are willing to make the trip.

Among those who have expressed willingness to go
if their business affairs will permit are R. O. Heikes,
J. A. R. Elliott, J. S. Fanning, "Fred" Gilbert, W. R.
Crosby, C. W. Budd, W. Parmelee and T. A. Marshall.
Among others prominently mentioned are Edward
Banks, E. D. Fulford and W. Le Roy. It is hardly
probable that Harvey McMurchy, although mentioned
by the Eastern press, will go as a member of the
American team.

Cartridge and Shell.

In connection with the question of game extermina-
tion and the destruction of wild life going on, it is in-
teresting to note what is happening in much the same
way in other parts of the world. An official statement
to the effect that during the past year there was an
increase of nearly six thousand pounds in the value of
monkey skins exported from the Gold Coast tends to
show that the warnings issued by Past Colonial Gover-
nors must have been unheeded, although for a time
there certainly was a slight relaxation in the indis-
criminate slaughter of these animals. To what an ex-
tent this is carried out, even to the danger of exter-
mination, may be gathered from the fact that in 1896
it was reported that during the six previous years no
fewer than 884,768 skins had been exported to the
value of £195,300; and, inasmuch as only those in good
condition, with few shot holes, are capable of being
disposed of, it is estimated that during the period in
question as many as a million of these persecuted
creatures must have been massacred in the Gold Coast
District alone. Indeed the slaughter only showed
signs of decreasing when the traders, having depopu-
lated one district, found themselves obliged to go
father into the interior, a risk many of them were in-
disposed to undertake. Thus, in 1894, as many as
168,405 skins, valued at £41,000 were exported, whilst
two years later the number fell to $67,660, the value of
which was £8662. Alas, that the ancestors of the
human race (see Drawin, passim) should thus be ruth-
lessly killed to satisfy the vanity of ladies for seal skin
jackets and the pride of men to wear 'bearskin lined
overcoats! For monkey skins are capable of any
development.

Fully 16,000 persons attended the formal opening of
the Forest, Fish and Game Association exhibit at the
Coliseum on February 27th. Many of the leaders of
Chicago business and social life were there, and the
interest manifested in the various exhibits led numbers
to promise to return when there were fewer present
and more time to look at objects of interest. So great
was the crowd that it was difficult to move, and only
when all went in the same direction could the throng
make any headway.

Maurice Thompson, the popular author, novelist and
sportsman, passed away at Crawfordsville, Ind., on the
12th inst. Twenty years ago he was well known to and
his writings much appreciated by lovers of out door
sports. The "Witchery of Archery" "By Ways and
Bird Notes," "Toxophilus in Arcadia" and "Sylvan
Secrets" are several of his most entertaining books on
sports and out door life.

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The Eagle's Swoop.

[For Breeder axd Sportsman.]
High o'er a deep and rushing stream,
A giant, beetling cliff arose;
From water's edge to dizzy crest,
Grew neither tree, nor scrub —
A sheer, rough, ragged wall.

Upon the lofty, topmost crag,
A lonely, sullen eagle perched;
Hard by, a nest of sticks, was built,
Wherein were huddled eaglets three,
Whose cries so harsh were heard above,
The swirl and roar of angry river.
The mother caught the hungry calls.
And waters scanned with eager eye.
"How can I stop those famished mouths"-"'
Was thought which filled the eagle's heart.

While thus she spake within herself,
A flsh-hawk far below was seen,
Skimming along the whirling flood—
With preening beak, the parent bird,
Watched the angling of her foe;
She poised with ruffled, outspread wings,
Waiting the instant when to swoop.

See! from the stream a fish is snatched!
From throat of hawk exultant scream,
Awakes the echoes of winding shores;
But, fiercer still, is eagle's shriek,
As thro' space she madly darts;
Down, swift as hurtling arrow flies,
The mother shoots to clutch her prey.
From dripping talons drops the flsh,
As Quickly swerves the hawk aside;
Ere quarry reaches rolling waves,
'Tis seized with eagle's savage clutch.

With heavy wing she beats the air,
Slowly rising in circles wide,
Until the eyrie's safely reached;
Then, scaly prize asunder's torn.
An lo! the eaglet's cries are hushed.

—By J. Mayne Baltimore

Striped Bass Club Rules for 1901.

The rules adopted by the San Francisco Striped Bass
Club, and which will be in force for this season, are as
follows:

Rule i — The season for taking striped bass shall be
between the first day of March and the first day of
December of each year.

Rule ii — The official days when bass may be taken
by the members of the club shall be on all legal holi-
days during the season.

Rule hi — Any member not wishing to angle for
striped bass on Sundays may, by giving due notice to
the secretary select a day, this day to be his official
day throughout the season.

Rule iv— -No fish weighing less than three pounds
shall count as a record fish, and all record fish must be
taken with a single rod and line,

Rule v — Any member using a drop line, throw line
or any other contrivance but a single rod and line, on
an official day, shall be ineligible to compete for a prize
on that day. And all casting must be done from the
reel.

Rule vi — All record fish must be weighed in the
presence of another member of this club, and notice of
same, including weight and name of witness, must be
sent to the secretary by the member catching the fish,
otherwise it will not be recorded.

Rule vii — There shall be three official outing days
during the season — one in May, one in July and one in
September — the dates thereof to be selected by the
Executive Committee. Three prizes of the value of
$2.50 each will be awarded to the members catching
the three largest striped bass. Any prizes not won on
an outing Sunday will be offered at the following out-
ing Sunday, but in no case shall more than §15.00 be
awarded in prizes on any outing Sunday.

Rule viii — No member shall be entitled to more
than one prize in the regular fishing contest.

Rule ix — In case of a tie in the weight of a fish,
the members catching the same shall draw lots at a
regular meeting of the club, the winner to take the
prize allotted to said bass and the loser to take the
next lower prize.

Rule s — Practice casts shall be held on one Sunday
every two months, the date to be appointed by the
Executive Committee. A casting tournament shall be
held after the close of the fishing season, the prize or
prizes and date to be selected by the Executive Com-
mittee.

The "Ripley High Hook" medal shall remain in the
possession of the member catching the largest striped
bass in conformity with the club rules. He shall sui-
render it to the member catching a larger bass, and so
on. This medal shall remain in the permanent pos-
session of the member catching the largest bass in the
season. No witness shall be necessary, and all days
shall be record days to compete for this medal.

For the opening of the trout fishing season Clabrough,
Golcher & Co., have secured a line of staple and new
goods that will "warm the cockles" of the most en-
thusiastic angler's heart. Flies that will tempt a strike
from the most sulky trout in pool or riffle — some new
ones that are beauties. Carded silk lines that are un-
excelled in finish and strength. Leaders for fly-fishing,
of gossamer appearance and that have a surpassing
strength. A new supply of gut and leaders of variety
and sizes that are applicable to every phase of angling.
Among the novelties we noticed an aluminum fly-box
that will be most acceptable to trout fishermen. The
box is light, compact and durable, and so arranged
that an assortment of flies can be placed within, the
fly bodies being always dry and the snell kept moist
and ready for placing on the leader. Striped bass rods
and reels, the latter showing a line of goods smaller
than the salmon reels, but designed to carry 200 yards
of No. 15 cuttyhunk. Compact, durable, with click
and drag or for free casting at a surprisingly reason-
able price. Some self- winding automatic reels in the
show cases are worthy of inspection. A full stock of
assorted sizes of spoons has not been overlooked. In
short, the angler will find a joyous lot of fine tackle
for his every wish on stream, lake or bay.

Among the steelhead anglers at Point Reyes last
Sunday wereC. R. Kenniff, J. Boswell Kenniff, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. B. Hollywood, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Mc-
Manus, J. Carroll, Paddy Doogan, Bert Spring, Cham-
pion John Gallagher, Steve Riordan, Al Smith, W. A.
Cooper, Andy Legaspe, J. Price, G. Walters and others.
Most of the fishermen caught a fish or two. Andy
Legaspe hooked 36 small fish in the "white house"
pool. Al Smith and Del Cooper, who hooked a six and
a half pounds spent fish in nice condition, fished at the
"big rock" and Ziegler's point. The Kenniff brothers,
Hollywood, McManus and the ladies also fished at
Ziegler's point. A nice lot of small fish, averaging
from seven to eleven inches in length were caught.
The fair anglers put their respective better halves way
into the shade on the day's results with the rod.

The Paper Mill is at present full to repletion with
suckers. Many anglers regard these fish with hatred
and aversion. If it were not for the scavenging and
cleansing the suckers give the bottom of a stream, it
is a pertinent question as to whether or no the game
fish could exist in numbers sufficient to afford any
great degree of sport. The humble sucker has a value
not to be despised, even though his reputation as a
spawn eater is a mark against him.

Bay fishing is becoming better every day. Salt water
eels, many of them weighing over four pounds, have
been plentiful along the rocky Sausalito shores. Rock
fish, "blue cod" and sea trout are caught in plentiful
numbers every day at the Marin fishing grounds.

Coming Events.

T'March 33.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

March 24— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 4. Classifies i
series. Stow lake 10 A. M.

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[March 9, 19oi

THE FARM.

It Kills the Squirrels.

Signs of Health and Disease in
Poultry.

When fowls are judiciously fed, made to
take exercise, and their quarters kept
clean and free from lice, there is compar-
atively no trodble with sickness, except
in cases of contagion.

Poultry raisers should learn the cause
of diseases, how to prevent them, and
there will be no need of medicines in the '
poultry yard

When the comb and wattles of the fowls
are of a bright red color it indicates a
condition of health.

When the fowls are busy scratching,
the hens laying and singing, and the cocks
crowing, are signs of health.

When you can enter the hennery after
dark and hear no wheezing, it proves that
there are no roup fowls in the flock.

When the manure is hard and a portion
of it is white it indicates a healthy condi-
tiyn of the digestive organs

When the edges of the comb and wattles
are of a purplish red and their movements
are sluggish there is something wrong.

When the fowls lie around indifferent
to their surroundings, they are too fat and I
death from apoplexy, indigestion or liver i
complaint will result unless the trouble is
corrected.

When the fowls are restless and con-
stantly picking their feathers, they are in.
fested with vermin.

Black Minorcas for Utility.

I bred Black Minorcas for a number of
reasons, among which are utility, beauty
and cummercial value. I place utility
first because my experience has demon-
strated that there are few better utility
fowls than the Black Minorca, especially
as now bred. First, they certainly excel
in egg production any other fowl as they
l«y as many eggB as and a much larger
egg than the Leghorn. The size and the
beauty of the Minorca egg are certainly
very attrae ive to the eye, and (heir large
size makes them very much in demand
for market. Then, too, the Minorcas have
been advanced in size very much in the
past few years and for a table fowl are
growing right along. Fanciers are no
longer satisfied to breed leghorn-Minorcas
but want them up to standard weight
and above to be at all satisfied, until now
we see on exhibition Minorcas much above
the requirements of the standard as to
weights. Neither the fancier nor his cus-
tomer will be satisfied with fowls which
fall below standard requirements as to

weight. — Ex.

*-

What the inrkey is to America on
Thanksgiving Day the domestic goose is
to Germany all fall and winter long. The
goose is the standard luxury in the fowl
line of all the subjects of the Kaiser. "Un-
fortunately the Germans do not, despite
their earnest efforts, raise anything like
enough geese to supply their trade, so re-
course is had to Russia for enough to go
around. The month of December and the
first half of January include the weeks
when the goose trade is at its height in
Germany and every day during that
period a special train brings from twenty
to forty carloads of the big birds to Berlin.
The daily average receipts are 15 000 birds
during the holiday season. Rigid inspec-
tion is enforced and if one bird in any of
the individual consignments is found
diseased, a quarantine of eight davs is re-
quired, the cost of which forany consider,
able flock is over $400 chiefly for fees and
feed. If another death takes place from
the cause first discovered, another eight
day period must be passed in quarantine
before the flock is released, a system
which has practically rid the Berlin
authorities of all trouble to keep diseased
poultry out of the bailiwick. Importers
have found that it hardly pays to pay
approximately $900 for the sake of palm-
ing off as sound a few diseased or infected
birds.

The Anaheim Plaindeakr is authority
for saying that "Principal R. N. Bird of
the West Anaheim school, has given a
simple and inexpensive receipt for killing
squirrels a very successful test. From his
experience in using the mixture he is sat-
isfied that ranchers will find it a certain
destroyer of their industrious enemies in
the ground. The formula is as follows :

"Strychnine 1 oz.. cyanide 2 oz.. croton
oil }£ oz., oil rhodium J£ oz., one cup of
vinegar, four eggs, four cups of honey or
syrup. Dissolve the strychnine in the
vinegar. Add cyanide potash, croton oil
and eggs. Then put in the honey. Mix
well with five gallons of wheat or barley.
One-fourth of this quantity will be all you
will need at one time.

"The poison should be spread in the
same manner as other squirrel poisons,
with the uses of which ranchers are fa-
miliar. The formula given above was
secured by Mr. Bird from a Santa Fe
division track superintendent, who had
used it along that road. Through it he
ridded his division of squirrels. It was
the only satisfactory poison he had ever
found. It is now in general use on squir-
rel infested divisions of the railroad."

A successful business woman who owns
a dairy says : "It is a strange fact at first
when one comes to think of it, that the
large yieklers are the healthy ones of the
herd. One of my cows made 629 pounds
of butter last year and has never been be-
low 500 pounds, even when she had two
calves in the year. Since I learned how
to feed her this cow has never missed a
meal; indeed, when fresh I believe she
would take almost any amount of grain
offered her. Her mate is the same. I
am now sending to beef all the heifers
that do not do well with their first calves,
for I am more and more convinced that
cows that will not be thrifty under intelli-
gent care are useless for the dairy, just as
the cow that goes into a panic at the sight
of a stranger in the stable is a loss to her
owner constantly. We want strong cattle
that are t eated kindly enough from baby-
hood to think of the human family as
friends, not as fiends."

The Scottish Highland and Agricultural
Society is by far the wealthiest corpora-
tion of the sort in existence. At the last
annual meeting the treasurer's report
showed that the profit on the show held
last year at Stirling waB $6392 and the ex-
cess of receipts from all sources over ex-
penditures for the year $12 241. Besides
this sum, which was then in cash in
bank, the society possesses stocks, bondsj
mortgages and other quick assets amount-
ing to $4S7,335 or counting the cash in
bank and subject to check something like
half a million dollars. All the society's
assets are in the form of interest paying
securities, which, if put on the market}
would realize much more than the face
*alue as stated above. No other show-
holding association on earth can show
such a prosperous balance sheet.

It is a little wearisome to read in
journals opposing irrigation about the na-
tion being taxed to water the arid lands
How much tax has the nation paid towards
such purposes? The nation seems to have
abundant revenue to build immense ship
canals, provide unlimited harbor defences,
great ship subsidies, but if we talk about
using a few million dollars to supply a few
million acres with water in order that they
may be productive and converted into a
home by some wandering toiler, there are
those who are always ready to raise a
great hue and cry about taxing the nation.
This Western domain is eminently fitted
for homes for the white race, far better for
homes for this class of people than islands
of the Philippine archipelago, and yet the
nation paid its millions for Oriental posses-
sions under the pretext of furnishing room
for American enterprise. Would it not
be the thing to water these arid wastes

and make homes for our people, thereby
multiplying the nation's wealth? It is
the thing to do. It is enterprise, and it
will prove profitable to the nation. — Mon-
tana Husbandman.

The Agricultural Department at Wash-
ington during the course of 1900 collected
no less than 450 varieties of seeds and
plants in foreign countries which it is
hoped will do well in various parts of the
United States where hitherto crops of
similar sorts have not been matured.
Among the most important cf the new ac-
quisitions may be mentioned the Alexan-
dra clover from Egypt, intended for late
fall planting on irrigated lands in the
West ; the seedless grape from Italy in-
tended for raisin-raising in the desert
lands of Colorado; cotton from Egypt,
long famous for the length and fineness of
its staple and now under experiment in
100 fields in the South. East In iia yams,
alleged to be far superior in yield and
flavor to the native sweet potato, wheat,
oats, barley, alfalfa and many other plants

and seeds

•

The Iowa Experiment Station states in
a recent bulletin, No. 52, their test of the
amount of water absorbed by butter under
different conditions, and they found that
the butter held most water when the
cream was quite cool, or at 52 degrees*
and the water in which it was washed
was warmer, or at 70 degrees. When the
cream was warm, or at 71 degrees, and
the water was at 40 degrees, there was but
little water absorbed in the butter. We
need a standard for butter which shall
declare that there shall not be over 13 per
cent, of water in butter, or at least 85 per
cent, of butter fat, and the balance in
caseine, salt and other elements, includ-
ing the moisture. Then we shall be sure
of receiv'ng what we pay for. We scarcely
care to spread our biscuit or our Bteak
with either cold water or sour buttermilk.

There seems to be somewhat of a craze
for big steers just now. If an unusually
large animal of this kind shows up at any
of the big markets a dozen bidders are
after him at once. A stock company was
formed one day last week to buy a very
big-framed grade Shorthorn steer that
came into Kansas City forsalein a bunch.
It is said that he will weigh at least a
couple of tons when fat. This steer is
said to be a "dead ringer" for the big steer
fed by D. M. Moninger, Galvin, la., some
years ago. That one was nearly white,
Shorthorn by breeding, scaled 4100 pounds
and after being exhibited in Chicago was
taken to England and there lost sight of
for good and all.

To run a creamery successfully help
must be sufficient to prevent any man
having to do double duty. Wher: a cream-
ery is run short-handed some of the vital
things are neglected. The man at the
weigh can be conscientious, but if he has
to leave his position to look after the
boilers he will have to take some things
for granted in the quality of milk he is
receiving. It is a short-sighted policy to
attempt to save a few dollars a month on
wages and lose it in the selling price of
the butter.

A band of stock sheep, consisting of 6400
head sold in Natrona county, Wyoming,
the other day at $4.40 a head.

As an example of what may be termed
"fool legislation" that passed by the Col-
orado legislature in 1881 providing for the
payment of a bounty on loco weeds de-
! stroyed is perhaps entitled to the first
i rank. The law providing for this payment
1 remained on the Colorado statute book for
; four years during which time no less than
$425,139.67 was paid out at the rate of one
cent and a half per weed. The business
of growing loco paid better than cattle
breeding or potato farming and things
came to such a pass that the senator who
introduced the obnoxious bill and pushed
it into a law had finally to take to the tall
timber to save himself from being roughly
handled by an "outraged people."

A fatal disease hag been raging in some
herds of cattle in Texas. It first appeared
in Kendall county and in one band of 400
head, fifty animals succumbed. The State
Veterinarian examined each one of these
dead cattle and in each instance found a
large number of black worms in the lungs
and air passages. Dr. C. W. Stiles of the
Bureau of Animal Industry at Washing-
ton has been dispatched to study the dis-
ease and is now located at Dilworth, Tex.

A Rush county, Indiana, farmer re-
cently sold a bunch of swine five months
and eighteen days old, that averaged 200
pounds each. He received $5 per hun-

i dred for them. They were Poland-Chinas.

j They were fed corn and oats ground to-
gether and mixed with warm water. Milk
and slops were also fed.

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ALATUS 2:17 1-2 (pacer).

(Race Record Half-Mile Track).

A successful sire and son of the great Alcyone
2:37 and the noted broodmare Nettie, dam of the
great Jerome Turner 2: 15 »4, Newsboy 2:22>-.£, Turner
3:23 and Alatus 2: i7!-i (that can beat 3:10) by Tom
Hal 3000. Alatus can step an eighth in 15and a
quarter in 31 seconds any time, and is already the
sire of one better than 2:13 and three others aver-
aging 2:20Ji with many more great prospects, and
his opportunities have been very limited. Foaled
1887, a golden chestnut with star, \bl/« hands,
weight 1100 pounds. A handsome horse all over, a
show horse and trotter with lots of action all-
around, powerfully built and fine finished at every
point: clean. Hat limbs: extra fine head and neck;
the best disposition, and kind in and out of har-
ness; absolutely sound and a sure foal getter. Only
reason for selling him have two other stallions,
one a son of Alatus. Price SioOO, not one-half
his value.

D. A. SPRAGUE,

South Charleston, O.

For Sale.

Bay mare TWILIGHT, 15 hands high, record

2:18>4 on runninir track considered 6 seconds slow.

Sired by NOONDAY. 1st dam MISS SIDNEY
(dam of Twilight 2:18m aud Ira 2:I6'4): 2d dam
Maud R. by Whipple's Hambletonian; 3d dam
Root Mare by G. M. Patchen Jr.: 4th dam Queen
by Bellfounder (dam of Ida Howe dam of
Georgena, record 2:(yi'/z).

Sound and gentle to drive, will win in class this
season. May be seen at D. Gannon's, Watt street
and Park avenue, near Racetrack, Emeryville.
Any reasonable offer entertained.

For further particnars. address D. GANNON,
EmeryvUle, Alameda Co., Cal.

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Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene,
Esq., New York; E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sandersville,
Tenn.; Wm. Hendrie. Esq., Hamilton, Ont.

- DEA1EB8 IN -

65-57-59-61 First Street, S. F.

Telephone main 1

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1 ELECTIONEtR

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of SEERETTA 3:09 1-2

Bij Albert Tl" 2:20, son of Electioneer..

Dam Clyti* X'!. by. Xntirood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays

Los Angeles Race Track

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Xeernnt was foaled in 1R>1, and the great race mare
Xeeretta 2tf9J4 is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:13*4 that year, which- she reduced the following
year to 0:03';. Xeernut's oldest colts are coming sis
years old. He is a blood hay. lo3^ hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. TT. FORD,

Santa Ana, CaL

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

^ r— p ^K r— ^^ Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still

p E_ C. sD O \J • own the horse. Good pasturage at *3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possessesall the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B ■ — . a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd o

horsemen : " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet -shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed-"

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners, W. A. HACK, Superintendent,

7 West Santa Clara St., San Jose. San Martin.

FOR SALE.

I Have for Sale on my Ranch near Salinas about

Seventy-Five Head o! Highly-Fred Horses, Mare , Yea' lings and Celts.

I will sell them all together or any number of them. All
are finely-bred and most of the mares are stinted to some of
the best horsfs in the country. Below I give a list of some
of the mares and the horses b}' which the\' are in foal. I
would greatly prefer selling them in a body and would give
a great bargain to anyone who would buy them or even one-
half of them. I am selling these animals on account of my
age as I am now eighty-seven years old, and too old to be
bothered with race horses. These animals are now running
out on nry ranch about seven miles from town. It is a very
large ranch and I could not get them up without a day or
two's notice and would not like to be asked to get them up
unless a man wanted to buy at least eight or ten. Anyone
wishing to start a good stock farm can do no better than to
buy rny entire band or a portion of them.

MARY C.— Foaled April 18, 1889. Sire, Antevolo , ELSIE— Foaled March 25, 1895. Sire. Boodle;

dam, Mary C. by Antevolo 7648. Stinted to
Xutwood Wilkes May 6, 1900.

IADDIE J.— Foaled April 2, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam. Mary C. by Antevolo 7648. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

7648: dam. Gabilan Maid by Carr"s Mam-

brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 27. 1900.
NANCY— Foaled May 12, 1885. Sire, Mambrino

Jr.; dam. Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 31, 1900.
SAUSAL 3LAII)-Foaled January 8, 1892. Sire.

Gabilan; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 25, 1900.
EPHA— Foaled April 24. 1892. Sire, Eugineer:

dam, Puss. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 17,

19 0.
BERTHA— Foaled April 16, 1886. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino: dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to

Boodle Jr. May 1, 1900.
EUNIQrE— Foaled January 15, 1888. Sire, Carr's

Mambrino; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to

Boodle May 22, 1900.

JCXIA— Foaled May, 1894. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Puss. Stinted to Thor March 28, 1900.

ISABELLA— Foaled May 1, 1893. Sire. Lottery;
dam, Mohawk McCa by Mohawk Chief. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 29, 1900.

ALMEDA C — Foaled January 9. 1893. Sire, Gab-
ilan: dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 6, 1900.

JCANITA— Foaled March 26, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam. Lucky Girl by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus April 20, 1900.

Sam April 29. 1900.

FLOSSIE— Foaled May 12, 1883. Sire. Carr's

Mambrino; dam. Gray Ea^le mare from "

tucky. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 1, 1J0O.
JANE— Foaled May 26, 1886. Sire, Carr's Mam-
brino; dam. Ballot Bos-dam by Peacock.

Stinted to Sam, April 15, 1900.
LABI COMSTOCK JR Sire. Elmo: dam. Lady

Comstock by Norfolk. Stinted to Ed Wilkes

May 1, 1900.
LADY NELSON— Foaled April 12, 1884. Sire,

Carr's Mambrino: dam by John Nelson.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.
LADY PALMER— Foaled June 2. 1887. Sire,

Carr's Mambrino; 1st dam by Lucion3, he by

Whipple Hambletonian.

Jr. May 5, 1900.
LIC'KT GIRL— Foaled May 24, 1889. Sire, Carr's

M3mbrino; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino

Stinted to Boodle Jr. May II, 1900.
LADT ST. C'LAIR-Foaled May 3. 189T Sire.

Gabilan; dam, Ballot Box. Stinted to Eugin-

eer June 13, 1900.
PEERLESS— Foaled April 5. IBM. Sire, Gabilan:

dam, Jane by Carr's Mambrino.

Boodle Jr. April 22, 1900.
FLORA— Foaled February 24. 1892. Sire, Reno;

dam. Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 30, 1900.
GABILAN GIRL— Foaled April 8. 1892. Sire.

Gabilan; dam, Clara by Elmo.

Roodle Jr. April 12, 1900. "
NINA B.— Foaled April 30, 1888. Sire, Election-
eer: dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Dictatus June 15, 1900.
SIRPRISE— Foaled 1882. Sire,

NELLIE JR.— Foaled 1886. Sire. Carr's Mam-
brino; dam, by Fred Lowe by St. Clair. Stinted
to Thor March 6, 1900.

LILDLNE— Foaled March 39, 1894. Sire, Boodle;

dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Nutwood Wilkes April 7, 1900.
SEPTINA— Foaled April 25, 1895. Sire. Eugineer;

dam, Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 19, 1900.
Stinted to Boodle MISS DELMAS— Foaled April 36, 1893. Sire,

Euitineer; dam. Lady Comstock Jr. by Elmo.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 13, 1900.
BELLE— Foaled March 30. 1893. Sire, Alpheus

Wilkes: dam. Lady Nelson by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 13, 1900.
LILLT B — Foaled 1879. Sire, Homer 1235: dam,

Maggie Lee by Blackwood 74. Stinted to

Boodle Jr. June 2, 1900.
Bred to MARTHA— Foaled 1886. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;

dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 18. 1900.
DORA— Foaled April 2, 1890. Sire, Reno: dam,

Martha by Mambrino Jr. Stinted to Sam

April 18, 1900.
Stinted to MISS BEAUTY— Foaled May 22, 1891. Sire.

Gabilan: dam. black mare by Elmo. Stinted

to Boodle Jr. April 7, 1900.
MADGE— Foaled April 16. 1893. Sire, Reno; dam,

Nellie Jr. by Carr's Mambrino. Stinted to
Abbottsford Boodle Jr. April 14. 1900.

- m of Woodrord Mambrino: dam, Minnie EDA— Foaled April 19. 1895. Sire, Hambletonian

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by Ladd's Kentucky Hunter.
Boodle July 3, 1900.

Stinted to

RITA V.— Foaled April 21. 1894. Sire. Direct

Line; dam. Surprise by Abbottsford. Stinted

to Ed Wilkes April 27, 1900.
LITTLE ORA-Foaled March 17, 1897. Sire,

Eugineer; dam, Lilly B. by Homer 1235.

Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 21, 1900.

Wilkes: dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Dictatus May 9, 1900.

ESTHER M.-Foaled February 19, 1896. Sire,
Hambletonian Wilkes; dam, Nancy by Mam-
brino Jr. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 26, 1900.

DELIGHT— Foaled February 15, 1897. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April '3, 1900.

"or further information, address J. D. CARR. Salinas, Cal.

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Assn

Terre

CONDITIONS OF

Haute
Matron

Stakes

$10,000 FOR FOALS OF 1901

Entries to Close March 25, 1901.

$2,000 to go to the Two-Year-Olds that Trot ) if _, ., „ t. _„,
$1,000 to |o to the Two-Year-Olds that Pace \ At FaU Meetmg im
$7,000 to go to the Three=Year=01ds that Trot } At Fail Meeting 1904.

Id the Two-year-old Trot the winner will receive §1000, the second $500, the third $300, the fourth
$100, and $300 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Three-year-old Trot the winner will get $4500, the second $1500, the third $500, the fourth $300.
and $300 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Pacing Race $500 will go to the winner, $350 to second, $150 to third and $100 to fourth.

ENTRANCE AS FOLLOWS: $5 to nominate March 35, 1901, $10 December 2, 1901, when
color and sex of foal must he given. Nothing more till Jane 2d of year of race, and all foals on
which payments (of $10 each) are made December 2, 1901, will be eligible to start either as two-
year-olds or three-year-olds, or in both years (if conditions that follow are complied with), no pay-
ment being due in 1903 from those not wishing to start till 1904. Those expecting to start two-year-
olds must, on June 2, 1903, name and describe their entries, and pay on each a forfeit of $15, and as
many may be named as the owner desires to keep in. Thirty days before meeting, those who desire
to start in trotting race shall pay $30 on each entry they then keep in, and those who desire to start
in pacing race shall pay $10 each; on starters in trotting $30, and on pacers $15. must be paid by 7
o'clock on evening before race. Those desiring to start three-year-olds must, on June 2, 1904, name
and describe as in the two-year-old event and pay on each a forfeit of $35; thirty days prior to the
meeting on each of those to start $35 must be paid, and on starters $70 must be paid by 7 o'clock of
evening before the race.

The Two-year-old races will be mile heats, two in three; but the three-year-olds will trot mile
heats three in five.

A distanced horse's money will go to the first horse; but if fewer than three start in a race, those
starting and the winner's dam will receive only what each would have received had three been
placed. Rules of American Trotting Association to govern.

If a mare proves barren, or slips, or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies be
fore December 2, 1901, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of owner-
ship: but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount
paid in. In entries the name, color and pedigree must be given, also the name of the horse to which
she was bred in 1900. Send entries to

W. P. IJAMS, Pres. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y.

Terre Haute. Indiana

Stakes for 2:28,2:20 and 2:15 trot; 2:25, 2:18 and 2:14 pace for September meeting,
together with purses for July meeting to be annonnced later.

THE SARATOGA ASSOCIATION

For the Improvement of the Breed of Horses.

STAKES TO CLOSE ON MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1901.

To Be Run at Summer Meeting of 1901.

FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS.

United States Hotel Stakes $10,000. .Five and a Half Furlongs.

Grand Union Hotel Stakes 10,000. .Six Furlongs.

The Flash 5.000.. Five Furlongs.

The Adirondack. A Handicap 5,000. .Six Furlongs.

The Spinaway, for Fillies 1,000. .Five and a Half Furlongs.

The Kentucky, For Fillies 1,000. .Five and a Half Furlongs.

The Albany. A Handicap 1,000. .Six Furlongs.

The Troy (selling) 1.000 . . Five and a Half Furlongs.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS.

The Travers $10,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Kenner 5,000 . . Mile and Three Furlongs.

The Saranac. A Handicap 5,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Alabama, for Fillies 2,500. .Mile and a Sixteenth.

The Huron. A Handicap 1,000. .Mile and Three-sixteenths.

The Seneca (selling) 1,000.. Six Furlongs.

The Mohawk (selling) 1,000.. Mile and a Sixteenth.

FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARDS.

The Saratoga Handicap $10,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Saratoga Cup 5,000. .Mile and Five Furlongs.

The Champlain. A Handicap 3,000. .Mile and a Furlong.

The Delaware. A Handicap 1,000. .Mile and a Sixteenth.

The Amsterdam ((selling) 1.000 . . Mile and Seventy Yards.

The Catskill (selling) 1.000. .Six Furlongs.

STEEPLECHASES AND HURDLE RACES.

The Beverwyck Steeplechase $1,500. .Two Miles and a Half

The Ballston. A Hunter's Steeplechase. . 1,200. .Two Miles and a Half.
The Summer. A Hurdle Handicap 1,000. .Two Miles.

Full conditions of above Stakes and Entry Blanks will be forwarded on applica-
tion to the Secretary. 173 Fifth Ayenue. New York. Or they can be obtained at office of
Breeder axd Sportsman.

WIILI.1M C. WHIIXET, President.
H. D. JTcIXTIKE. A»8t. Sec'y. H. K KN'iPP, Secretary.

173 Fifth Avenue. Sew York.

March 9, 1901]

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Pahrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Kufus 63 «m

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE ... $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

By Direct, 2:05 Sire of Directly, 2;03£, and
25 others in standard time.

Dam Vera (Dam of Rey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11}) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make the S*>a*o»i of 1901 to 30 approved
Mart's only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TE^BIS FOR THE REASON- S60.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Rey Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Uood pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special Stake for foals.of REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address

DALY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:Z1% by Electioneer.

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11J^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co.,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

GEO. A. DAVIS, Pleasanton, Cal.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Crpper 3:06

IljiedHlion 3:11

Diawoocl 3 11

Hijo del Diablo tS-.llH

SIRE OF

Tae» 3:13

Inferno 3:15

El iliablo 3:16^

<J*flV Topsail 3:1714

Hazel D 3:24V4

N I. B. (2) 3:31V5

Imp 2:82%

K«y del Diablo (3)...3:23J£
Athalbo 2:24%

Sire

/"Much Better..

-2:07H" I
•08H

, (Derby Princess

CHAS. DERBY W° -(Diablo £09k 1 BERTHA by Alcantara<; Ed Lafferty

) Owyhee 2:11

1. and 10 more in 2:30

Dam /-Diablo 2:09W

Elf 2-.12H

<Ed Latterly 2:16%

n„„ „, Jav EH Bee (year-
Dam of ( line record). s

ling record) 2:26%

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

Sirs:

SIDNEY

2:lflSf

sire of

LENNA N 2:05%

17 in 2:15 list

93 in 2:30 list

CRICKET

2: ill

by

STEINWAY

sire of

Klatawah 2:05%

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 2:30 list

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice
Z:l-<\-i, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900.

ARTHUR
WILKES

2:2-X

sire of

WAYLAND W..

2:12%

4 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

2 in 2:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of

Apex . . . .2:26

grand am of

4 in 2:15 list

6 in 2:30 list

WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all have
size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Hay wards, Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Ranch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

R| I C* \/ Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
«LL Tj (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly

Burly, Daisy F., Joe TTIlman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J, GRANT,

MONUMENT KANCH, Sacramento, Cal.

1 Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 b h i6 hands

Sired by the Great

| ALLERT0N 2:09 1-4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|, GAYTON 2:08£, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others with
| standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PI,EASANTON RACE TRACK.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of i he two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
'ormation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at W30. Mares will
ie boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES MinoN\KLt, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, ."*a" Mat«*o County, Cal.

HLTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22,449

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

7am Lorita 2:18 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell {dam of Lady well 3:16 1-2 and Lorita
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track- Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
)r accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
ettled before removal of mare. Pasturage §3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

TERMS FOfl THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R WELCH, Pleasanton, Cal.

NOTE — I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMBU.1 RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July 1 at

*•»»*% __. . _. #*.^j»«^^in SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

D)OU THE. SlASON. &igk, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a
proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13I/S, Hazel Y. 2:17,
Butcher Boy 2:17^, Auditor 2:19'/i and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

AlMmedn Race Track.

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices* Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

Stallion Cards,

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[March 9, 1901

Vendome Stock Farm

THE HOME OF-<

Iran Alto 2:121-4.

San Jose, Cal.

Season of 1901.

For the first time it has been decided
by the owner of this great young stal-
lion to permit him to serve a few out-
side mares of approved breeding. Not
over ten mares will be taken, and four
of these are already booked. Terms
will be made known on application.
Every one of Iran Alto's get are trot-
ters. He has but eleven living foals,
and four have records. The six more
that are my property will trot in
standard time as soon as matured.
His breeding is unsurpassed by any
stallion in America.

Write for terms Address

JAMES W. REA.

Vendome Stock Farni, San Jose, Cal.

IRAN ALTO 2:121

Bay horse, foaled 1
sire of

Dr. Frasse 2:13k

Dr. Frasse "s Sister 1 3 ..0:21 ■ .

Vendome (3) 825J4

Thos. B. (3) 2:30

PALO ALTO 2:08'j

World's stallion record to

high wheel sulky

sire of

Iran Alto 2:121-4

Pasonte 2:13

Palita 2:16

Bio Alto 2:16>i

Palatine 2:18

Palon £18!<

Cressida 2:1834

Alia 2:2u;

Fillmore 2:21?i

Erastus C 2:2-2

Palo Belle 2:2454

Avena 2:27

ELAINE 2:20

holder of world's 3 and 4
year old records in 1877
and 1878

dam of

Norlaine (1) 2:31«

Iran Alto ■ 2:13k

Palatine (3) 2:1S

Anselma 2:20vi

and Elsie, dam of

Palita (2) 2:16

Rio Alto (3) 2:11',:;

Novelist (3) 2:27

Mary Osoorne (3). .2:28!^
Salviin 2:30

("ELECTIONEER 125

sire of

Arion 2:074£

Sunol 2:08Vi

Palo Alto 2-M'i

163 more in 2:30
grandsire of

The Abbot 2:03y

Azote 2-mu

and many others

DAME WINNIE (thor)

dam of

Palo Alto 2:08J£

Paola 2-18

Altivo 2:184

Big Jim 2:23!i

Gertrude Russell. ...2:234
fMESSENGER DUROC 106
sire of
23 in 2:30

25 sons produced 95 in 2:30
-18 daughters 66 in 2-30

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID

dam of

Elaine 2:20

Prosper 2:20

Elista 2,20J£

Dame Trot 2:22

Elina 2:24J£

Mansfield 2:26

Storm 2:265£

Lancelot 2:28J£

Antonio 2:28i£

Miranda 2:31

Electioneer 125

HAMBLETONIAN 10

sire of

Dexter 2:17w

10 in 2:30

150 sons and 80 daughters
are producers

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID

dam of 9 in 2:30

( PLANET

(LIZ MARDIS by imp.'Glenoce

HAMBLETONIAN IO

sire dam of
Stamboul 2:07H

SATINET by Abdallah Chief

HARRY CLAY 45

sire dams of

Harrietta 2:09S£

St. Julien 2:11K

SHANGHAI MARY

CAPTAIN JONES 29666. Sired by McKINNEY2:lUj

Sire of Conev 2-02?j. Jennie Mac 2:09, Hazel Kinney 2:09^, Zoloek 2:I0£, Zombro 2:11, You Bet j
2:1254, MeZeus2:13, Dr. Book 2:l3«-4', Osito2:13H- Juliet D, &13H. McBriar2:I4, Harvey Mac 2:m4', Geo. !
TV. MeKinney 2:14^, McXaLly 2:15, Monica 2:15 and 15 more in 2:30.

First dam Midday Bell by Gossiper 2:14j^. sire of Gazelle 2:ii'i. Miss Jessie 2:i3?4 and others.

Second dam Briar Belle (dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes 2:24^ (son of Alcyone) sire of !
Riverside 2:1234 and twelve others.

Third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58. the great broodmare sire.

Fourth dam by Almont 33. sire of Altamont. the great Oregon sire.

CAPTAIN JONES is a black stallion foaled in 1895. stands 15.3 hands high, weighs l ilk i pounds. ■
has perfect trotting action and promises to be McKinney's best son. Captain Jones will make the '<
season of 1901 from April 1st to July 1st at

Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

JlO payable at time of service and balance June 1st or when mare is taken away. Usual return
privileges. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Due care taken to prevent accidents or escapes but no
responsibility assumed. A special invitation to all to call and see Captain Jones at the race track,
whether you are a breeder or not. Address JOHN FENDER, 2218 H. Street, Sacramento.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse t

A Grand Individual I

A Coming Great Sire 1

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:llj^, dam by
Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. EECKtRs.
Bace Track, Sacramento.

$50

Electioneer Leads All

Stallions.
Breed

to a Soi

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

<Sireof Clay S 3:13J4 and Ira 2-.16H)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam. Maggie Norfolk bv Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16}£, Fleety
Golddust &20, Indicator 2:23'j. and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track. Emeryville.)

FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address D. GANNON, Manager.

Emeryville, Cal.

STAM B. 2:114

I Started in 21 Races |
I 1st 10 times I
I 2d 6 times

3d 5 times g

I WON

| $7500

% IN PURSES.

iBreed to Monterey 2:094. No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

STAM B. (23444i 2:11^ is by Stamboul 2:074 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04; and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producingsons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 3:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses>on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. "Weight 10*3 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the sea-ou at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Sired by Sidney 2:19?i, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
| treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
| 2:05^, Monterey 2:09H and Dr. Leek 2:09*4— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hat tie. dam of Montana 2:16^ and Monterey 2:09^, bv Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:102$, Monterey 2:09^, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13^-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:214 (sire of Abbotsford 2:1914 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2-.07&, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexanders Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:23 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer*
less Abbot 2:03Ji to win the 4th and 5th hea'ts in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06^ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 153 hands high. TERM' «50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st. 1901. TTsual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal

I DIRECT 2:12i

Address all communications to

TDTTLE BROS., Roeklin. Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10%) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

II': is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race

track and a champion in tlu stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth monev in the Pacific

Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake

and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The

McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season S100 ^With usual return prfviiflgw)-

For further particulars, address

C. A. DURFEE, San Jose, Cal.

Sire. DIRECT 2:05U (sire of Directly 2:03& Bonnie Direct 2:05^, Directum Kelly 2:08^, Key
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:ii'4. Ed B. Young 2:11^, Miss Margaret 2:114, 1 Direct 2:12';, Miss Beatrice
: 2:13;^, Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam. FRANCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:124- Sable Frances2:15^,Guycesca 2:26 and Earl Medium,
sire of Maybud 2:13^. Tom Martin 2:14^. Kanawha Star 2:14^, Lucy Stokes 2:18Ji, Goneril 2:24Vi and
i others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175. sire of 7 in 2:30 anc
| Fort una dam of Tuna 2:124) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53- sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12)i
i and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. FifU
] dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1421 Sherman Street

TERMS $25 THE

Alameda, Cal

SEASON

McKINNEY 2:11^.

sire of

Coney &02£

Jennie Mac . .2:1 ft*

Hazel Kinney 2:09^

Zoloek 2:104

Zombro 2:11

You Bet &12J5

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13»i

Osito 2:I31-

Juliet D 2:13':

A^Briar 2:14 "

Htevev Mac 2:14}$

' McKinney.. ..2:144

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

I DIRECT 2:12^ is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, grea
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars
Address ED EAFFERTT, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 » * —t*

j

sire or

MUCH BETTER 3:07)4, DEBET PRINCESS 3:08>;. DIABLO Z:09ii, OWYHEE 3:11
LITILE BETTER 3:1 l'j, CIBOI.O 3:1s1;, and many other fast and game race borses.

m

the season.

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per montb
Or 985 Peralta St., Oakland. Tel. Red 2624.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11 a

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prioH \],
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., O

Makch 9, 1901]

®he gvtfeiter emit gipotrtemcro

19

Race Record]
2116 1-2. J

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of «:I2 and 2:1**4 respectively. "Who I- It is the champion three-year-
■old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10,^. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

By Quy Wilkes 2:15^,

Dam Lida W. 2:18^ by Nutwood 2:18^

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec
Matinee rec(wagon) .2:0!

Irvington Belle..
Echora Wilkes..
Central Girl..

3-year-old race rec...2:12<-£ Wilkes Direct

Who Is It 2:10^ AlixB..

3-year-old race rec. . .2:12 Who Is She

GeorgieB 2:12^ Fred Wilkes

Claudius 2:13^ Queen C

Bob Ingersoll 2:14^ Electress :

Irvington Boy 2:17% Daugestar

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,

Cal.

Bonnie Direct 2:051

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit:
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
• year out.

Sired by Direct 2:053, Sire of Directly 2:031,
Directum Kelly 2:08{, Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14m),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:llM,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10?i, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
W^ilkes 2:22.

Third "bam BETTY VTLEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF niPFCT is a black stallion, 15& hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
uuiiiiiu uiivLvi i,as Dest 0I feet an(j \QgS, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at »1 OO
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH.

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary

cf

Throe cf Bonnie

Direct's Races.

Chamber of
Detroit.

Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at

Annie Thornton

14 1 12 2 2

Pussy Willow. .

8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton f> 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time-2:10H,2;12M, 2:13?i;2:13; 2:12^, 2:12^.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombus.

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, 1:023£, 1:34, 2:05M; 0:33,—, 1:05*4,
l:3B&. 2:10»4'; 0:32: 1:0354, 1:34'/,, 2:07J£ 0:3114,
1:04*4, l:37?i, 2:08?i; 0:31M. 1:033S, 1:36. 2:08$*.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07?^, 2:09&, 2:10^.

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:221

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1654, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09, Who Is It 2:10#,
Claudius 2:13$*, Georgie B. 2:12$*, Bob Ingersoll 2:14?a and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22V- and Thursday
2:24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05$*, Direct 2:0554, Direction
2:10$*, Evangeline 2:11$*, Margaret S. 2:12>; and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:2354 (dam of Direct 2:0554) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:2254), sire of Our Dick 2:10$*,
Homestake 2:14$* and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

WI1 k"F^ niRFrT is a dark bay' 15-3 bands and weighs 1200 pounds; well
ttilivlj UI,VLVI formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141. San Joae. Cal

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phcebe Wilkes 2:0854. Rocker 2:11, Tommy Mac
2:11$*, Arlene Wilkes 2:ll?i, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16$*, Sunbeam 2: Ifiv*. Sybil S.
2:16?*. Saville 2:1754, Grand George 2:18$*,
J. F. Hanson 2:19$*, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, 54 mile from Santa Clara-

Terms for the Season - $40

Good'Pasturage at $4 per month. Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or

accidents. No wire fences. Address

R. 1. MOORHEAD,

Telephone: Suburban 541.

Santa Clara, Cal.

(The Abbot 2:03$*

1 Azote 3:04%

Electioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 21 1< Reg No. 26392

Sire BOIDEIL 5391 by Electioneer 135. Dam FLORENCE C. % :30 by Durango Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P. by Prince Dictator 5953.

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so bad he could not use the limb. He ap-
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he rode 42 miles without a sign of soreness.

This unequalled Liniment costs only
$1.00 per bottle by mail.

MANUFACTURED BY

W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.,

SPRINGFIELD, - - MASS.

For sale by Mack & ro , Laneley & Mirhaels Co.
Reddineton & Co.. J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerrtn,
all ol Han Franrisno

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Gal.

Service Fee 25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con ,
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promisir g
ioydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will.be raced this season. For further particular^ '
ia 11 on or address ED LAEFKKTY, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal*

Mark Levy & Co.

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contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yi"-, 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

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C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrs
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

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Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

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Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
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at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
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Bob Ingersoll 2:14& by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16H-
Julia S. by Daly 2:15.

AT PLEASANTON TRACK.

Goshen JinT2:10J4. Driven by James Thompson

El Primero (3) by Diablo 2:09J<, dam Lucy B. 2:17!4.
Diablito by Diablo, dam by A. W. Richmond.

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[March 16, 19ol

THE FAMOUS TRAINING TRACK at Pleasanton
is about the busiest place in California just now.
No less than seventeen trainers are working- horses
there and the trotters and pacers occupying stalls
number a little over one hundred. "There are more
coming/' said track superintendent Sutherland last
Saturday, "and by the first of next month there will
be one hundred and fifty horses at work.''

The track was never in as good shape as it is now.
Last fall a surveyor ran a correct line for a regulation
mile track in place of the old one, and Mr. Anderson,
the owner, had the corrections made at once. By
widening the track at the turns, making the stretches
straight and cutting down the grade on the back
stretch, an oval was made that measures four inches
over a mile three feet from the pole. The turns were
then thrown up, and a prettier track does not exist in
the State. The gophers have been troublesome for a
year or so. but Mr. Sutherland went at them with bi-
sulphide of carbon and has cleaned them out entirely.
He pours a small quantity of the volatile stinking stuff
on a rag, "thrusts it in the gopher hole quickly and
covers it over with dirt packed down with the foot.
He says that every gopher within a radius of twenty-
five feet dies within a minute. There is not a gopher
hole on the track at the present time and Sutherland
says there, will not be as he is on the lookout for signs
and carries the bi-sulphide with him.

The stables and stalls are all kept in first class shape
this season and the entire premises show care and at-
tention. The change from last year is a great im-
provement in every respect and Mr. Anderson, the
owner is to be congratulated upon it.

The fastest horse at the track, and probably as hand-
some a stallion as there is in America, is in charge of
Bert Webster. This is Bonnie Direct 2:05}, winner of
nearly eight thousand dollars last year on the grand
circuit and the fastest green horse ever campaigned.
The great showing made by Bonnie Direct is due to
Mr. Webster, who broke him and trained him to go
fast He showed so much speed that the late Thos.
Keating offered Chas. Griffith ten thousand dollars for
him on behalf of James Butler of New York. The
offer was declined but Keating took Bonnie Direct East
and raced him. He was a race horse when Webster
turned him over to Keating and had shown his ability
to pace as fast as anybody's horse. He is making a
season in the stud but may be raced again this year.
He looks to be as perfect a horse phvsically as any
stallion in the world and he undoubtedly is.

There are fourteen colts, fillies and aged horses in
Webster's string. He has a four year old by Rect
2:16} out of Bon Bon 2:26, dam of Bonnie Direct 2:05}
and Bonsilene 2:14}, that is a promising trotter; a two
year old filly by Chas. Derby and a yearling by Stein-
way, both out of Bon Bon, are highly prized members
of this stable. The two year old is a pacer and has
shown an eighth in 19 seconds with no work at all
The yearling by Steinway is a chestnut colt and one of
the largest and at the same time best formed young-
sters we havs seen for a long time. He will be a 16
hand horse. A two year old by Directum, dam a Pied-
mont mare, is a bay beauty. Has been a quarter in 40
seconds and as it is entered in all the big Eastern colt
stakes, is looked upon as a future bread winner. The
most promising of the others in this string, all being
the property of Mr. Griffith, are Domino by Rect out
of a mare by Robert McGregor, a yearling by Stein-
way. dam bv Nutwood: a four year old gelding by
Diablo 2:091, dam by William L.; colt by Erastus C.
(son of Palo Alto), dam by Steinway, and a three year
old by Waldstein, dam by Robert McGregor. All
these horses look well and that there will be some
money winners developed from them is a foregone con-
clusion. Mr. Griffith will breed a filly to Bonnie Direct
this year that is bred unlike any other mare we ever
heard of. She is two years old and is by imp. Sain,
Barney Shreiber's grandly bred thoroughbred stallion.
Her dam is by Gen. Benton 1755, second dam by Ham-
bletonian 10 and third dam a thoroughbred mare
whose breeding has slipped our memory. The filly
is a handsome piece of horseflesh and a natural trotter.

James Thompson, the well known trainer who, since
his memorable speech before the Board of Appeals, is
known as the California Demosthenes, is getting ready
a string of crackerjacks with which he will go East,
starting in time to race at Denver in June. He has
Clipper 2:06 by Diablo, Little Thorne 2:07} by Haw-
thorne, Goshen Jim 2:105 by Moses S., Rajah, a four
year old by Chas. Derby out of Edon by Gen. Benton,
next dam Emma Robson by Woodburn; a three year
old filly by McKmney out of Lullaby; a mare by Rory
O'Moore from Los Angeles and Thornway, a three
year old by Steinway, first dam by Allandorf, second
dam by Mambrino King, third dam by Blue Bull 75,
fourth'dam by Tom Hal. Thompson's" string all look
well. Clipper is heavier than ever before and he will
be kept that way. Little Thorne is several pounds
heavier than he was last year, looks fit to race now
and his flesh is firm and hard. That Goshen Jim is
about right can be seen by the engraving on the first
page, taken just after he had been driven a mile in
2:16} last Saturday. He did the mile so easily, with
Thompson pulling hard to keep him back as be over-
took Tags 2:13 at the head of the stretch, that it looked
to us as though a mile in 2:10 would not have been be-
yond the big pacer's reach that day. He is going
smoother and better than ever and has also improved
in looks over his last year's form. Goshen Jim is a
f'.05 horse sure, if no accident happens him. In the
three year old pacer Thornway, owned by Mr. J. C.
virkpatrick, of this city, the Oakwood Stock Farm
lias turned out another Klatawah. Thornway looks and
acts like a race horse. He worked a mile last year at the
arm as a two year old in 2:18, before Mr. Kirkpatrick

purchased him. He is a full brother to Sable Steinway
2:23} and AHandora 2:18}. He is a large colt, but not
gross and has the appearance of one that will stand lots
of work and keep in condition easily. If he does not get
a low mark and win some good three year old races
this year we will miss our guess a long way. The four
year old, Rajah, owned by Mr. Goodall of this city, is
the colt that Keating drove a mile in 2:13 at Pleasanton
last year in April He looks to be in good shape, takes
his work as though he enjoyed it and can show as much
speed as any horse on the track. Mr. Thompson has
not asked him nor the three year old to go fast for any
distance yet. in fact Goshen Jim is the only horse in
his string that he has gone a fast mile with and as he
has been jogged all winter and is in fine shape the mile in
2:16} was only a jog for him. The three year old filly
by McKinney is a nice looking youngster and a great
prospect. The mare Vic by Rory O'Moore arrived
from Los Angeles a few days ago. She belongs to D.
B. Stevenson of that city and is a promising trotter.

When M. Thompson went to Pleasanton last fall he
rented a house near the track, fitted it up in splendid
shape and there keeps bachelor quarters that are not
only neat and cozy but comfortable and elegant. His
Chinese cook is an artist in his line. Mr. Thompson
entertains the owners of the horses in his string and
others of his friends who go to Pleasanton in a manner
that makes a visit most pleasant.

J. M. Alviso, whose memory of men and horses
around Pleasanton runs further back than the found-
ing of the town, has a small string, but it tests 100 per
cent, of good ore. He has but three, one his own colt
Rey del Diablo, that took a three year old record of
2:23}, and the other two the property of Mr. L. C.
Creliin. Rey del Diablo, always a very handsome colt,
is better looking than ever. He is pacing like a whirl-
wind again this year, as a quarter in 32} seconds a few
days ago gave evidence. Anita is the name of a four
year old pacer by Diablo that Alviso thinks will earn
money for Mr. Creliin if started this year. She is fast
and steady. Nora, a bay mare by Direct, a square
trotter, we saw work a mile in 2:27 Saturday. Nora is
a large mare for a Direct, and has such a nice way of
going that she looks like 2:15 before the summer is
over. The last quarter of her mile in 2:27 was trotted
in 32| seconds.

Dr. A. W. Boucher, has lately moved from San Jose
to Pleasanton with his great four year old son of Miss
Logan 2:06} . He is by Harry Gear, son of Echo. Our
readers have read of the wonderful half in 1:01} this
colt worked at San Jose several months ago. Dr.
Boucher does not believe in racing colts extensively,
and for that reason did not start this one last season.
He had no stake entries and though a wonderfully
fast colt, the Doctor thought too much of him to put
him in against aged horses. He will probably go East
about June 1st with him.

William Welsh was for several years with Keating
and before that with some of the leading trainers of
the East. He has a public training stable at Pleasan-
ton now and is doing well. We were interested par-
ticularly in the two sons of AUerton that he has in
charge. One, Geo. W. Archer, is advertised in our
business columns. On entering his stall we enjoyed
our first view of an AUerton, and if they all look like
this fellow it is no wonder that C. W. Williams secures
such a large patronage to his horse and that they sell
so welL Geo. W. Archer is a blood bay, with a beauti-
ful head, wide between the eyes and of the Arabian
type, powerful loins, short back, and strongly muscled
limbs. His bone below the knees and hocks' is a little
too light for his size but this only adds to his beauty.
We think him one of the handsomest horses we have
ever looked upon, and it is noiwonder an Eastern buyer
offered a big price for him with the idea of cutting off
his tail and converting him to a show horse. He has
speed, too, and has worked a quarter in 36 seconds
lately. The other AUerton is Nerio a chestnut colt
foaled in 1899. He is out of Lexington Girl by Ken-
tucky Wilkes 2:21}, second dam by Hambletonian 506,
and on through thoroughbred lines to the fifth dam, a
daughter of Medoc. Nerio is also a handsome colt and
will grow to be a good sized horse. He will be a valu-
able addition to the breeding ranks of California
horses.

Mr. Welch is handling about a dozen colts and aged
horses. He worked Geo. T. Bennett, "the Honolulu
horse,'' a mile in 2:22|-, last quarter in 32 seconds Sat-
urday. This pacer is by Alex Button, first dam by
Cresco 4909; second dam' by Echo, and third dam by
Jack Hawkins. He is a large, good-looking bay and
last year paced a trial in 2:16. He should make a great
roadster and could win money racing. Deborah 2:21}
by Sable Wilkes is in this string as are two of her
foals, one a yearling by Searchlight, the other a four
year old by Oro Wilkes. The Searchlight yearling is
a large colt for his age and is marked just like his sire.
Among others being worked by Welch are a gray
pacing filly by Welcome 2:10}, out of the dam of Gaff
Topsail 2:17} that is a very likely pacer, a three year
old filly by Secretary, a natural trotter, and a three
year old co'lt by Diablo out of a mare by Alex Button.
This last one is a very promising youngster. He is the
property of J. W. Marshall of Dixon.

Fred Chadbourne, a young man who gives promise
of developing into a first class trainer, is working a
number of horses for James Sutherland and others.
We saw him work a handsome bay trotting stallion a
mile in 2:27 and asked about the horse. It was Charley
G.. a full brother to Rey Direct 2:10 and De Veras
2:11J, the two fast pacers that made Vera a great
broodmare last year. There is not the slightest sus-
picion of an inclination to pace in Charley G. and as he
worked a mile last year in 2:18 as a four year old, and
moves like the real "thing, we shall expect Vera to gain
further honors by his performance before this year is
ended. Mr. Chadbourne has several youngsters be-
longing to W. E. deB. Lopez in his string. There is a
black filly by Direct out of a Naubuc mare and two
fillies by James Madison that are showing speed. Jerry
is the masculine name given a filly by Direct out of the
gray mare Queenie that was on the circuit last year.
Jerry is fast and has already worked a mile in 2:30. A
three year old by Falrose out of a Tilton Almont mare,
is a natural pacer that will be heard from. Mr. Suther-

land is using Harry Hurst, a son of "the fastest, broken
legged horse in the world," Delwin, as a roadster, but
may put him in training for the races.

S. K. Trefry was working out with several of the
trainers Saturday with the little black stallion Direct
C, a son of Direct. This pony built little pacer is not
much bigger than a fox terrier, but he can pace like
a cyclone. He worked miles in 2:27 and 2:25 with Mr.
Trefry driving with almost a loose rein and taking him
back with the very slightest pull or sending him to the
front with a word. Mr. Trefry is working a son of
Direct C. that he calls Freddy C. He shows consider-
able speed and will be raced.

The trainer that every one inquires for on reaching
Pleasanton is Johnny Blue, one of the quietest and
at the same time most genial men in the business. He
has had many flattering offers to go East and enter the
employ of wealthy owners who campaign on the Grand
Circuit, hut says the numerous trips he has made has
taken the romance out of it and California is good
enough for him for a year or so. Johnny is training
seven handsome and very promising young horses for
Mr. Juan Galleagos, who resides at Mission San Jose
and began breeding harness horses for pleasure
during the past few years, having purchased a number
of mares at the Corbitt closing out sale. The four year
old gelding Diablito pictured on our front page is one
of the good ones in Blue's string. As his name indi-
cates he is by Diablo, his dam being a mare by A. W.
Richmond. This gelding will get a low mark at
the pacing gait and that he is endowed with good
looks can be seen from his likeness. A five year
old mare by Direct is a speedy one, and paces so nicely
and without effort, although too heavy as yet, that
she attracts much attention from the raUbirds. When
this mare gets in condition she will make some of them
think their watches have been tampered with. A two
year old pacer by Nutwood Wilkes out of Sable, the
dam of Sable Wilkes and others is a very handsome
filly and one that will certainly be fast. She is just
getting her first lesson and has shown a quarter in 37
seconds already. One of the mares purchased by Mr.
Gallagos at the Corbitt sale in 1898 was Lindale a
daughter of Sultan. She is one of the finest formed
mares Mr. Corbitt ever bred and trotted very fast as a
two year oid but was put to breeding instead of being
trained. She produced Linwood Wilkes 2:20}, now
owned at Santa Rosa, and Rutger Wilkes 2:27}. Mr.
Gallagos has two foals out of her, one a three year old
bay filly by Oro Wilkes that was at her side when he
purchased" her, the other a two year old filly by Prince
Airlie 28045 to which horse she was bred in 1898 at the
Corbitt farm. Both are handsome fillies. A couple of
two year olds by Prince Directs are also in Mr. Blue's
charge and are doing well.

Nutwood Stock Farm is represented at Pleasanton
by eight young horses in charge of William Cecil who
has trained and driven the colts of this farm for the
last seven years. The only two record horses in the
string are Bob Ingersoll 2:14| (one of the heaviest
money winners in California last year, and a horse that
will trot in 2:10 this year if any horse will, provided
he meets with no accident) and Irvington Boy 2:17j,
one of the gamest pacers ever seen on the circuit.
Both these horses look well. A fair picture of Bob
Ingersoll is shown on our front page. A full sister to
John A. McKerron 2:09 was being driven on the track
while we were there. She is one of the most promising
three year olds we have seen for some time and although
she acts like the majority of green youngsters, shows
that she knows what is wanted and tries to do it. The
colt T. C, a big-boned chestnut, that looks like he
might trot fast, is getting slow work. He is too big
and growthy to take any chances with, but he has
shown quarters repeatedly better than 40 seconds with-
out being pushed. One of the fillies in this stable that
attracts much attention by her long striding action is
a full sister to Central Girl. She can trot fast now, and
when she learns how to go will be a very fast one with-
out doubt.

There is not a colt or filly in this string (and all are
sons or daughters of Nutwood Wilkes) but can show
speed. Rob Ingersoll is good enough to be sent East,
to race on the Grand Circuit and we should like to see
him sent over in charge of some good man to contend
with the Eastern horses in his class. We are certain
he would make a good showing and be a money winner.

Det Bigelow is located at Pleasanton this year. His
mare Tags 2:13 that started in a green race and won
him a good bunch of money, is looking to be in fine
shape and will be a fair mare in her class this year and
she can knock a second or two from her present record.
The handsome colt, El Primero, a three year old, a
blood bay by Diablo out of Lucy B. 2:17} by Alex But-
ton, is a very promising youngster and if he is as fast
as he is good looking, will get some of the money. He
showed wonderful speed last year, but has not been
moved fast as yet this season. Bigelow has a daughter
of old Button out of Carrie Malone, full sister to Chas.
Derbv, that is also very promising. The three year
old filly Pearl S. by Hanford Medium 2:11} out of the
dam of Kelly Briggs 2:10}, is owned by Kelly Briggs,
of Winters, and he is taking care of her while Det does
the training. Pearl S. is a fast pacer and a nice,
smooth article on the track. She will be raced this
year.

John Sawyer, trainer for the Van De Vanter Stock
Farm of Washington has seven head that he is getting
ready for the circuit, but has not-yet asked any of them
for speed. He has Pathmark 2:17} by Pathmont, and
a half dozen horses without records. He has two Mc-
Kinney s and others by Lemont, Freddie C, Guycesa
and Altao — all showing speed enough to warrant enter-
ing them if a circuit is arranged.

P. W. Hodges is occupying four stalls with his
horses. He has but two so far that will be raced this
year, Queen R, 2:12} by Redondo, and the roan pacer
by Dictatus that has been talked about so much lately.
Hodges was jogging him when he visited the track and
as he went by we said to Dr. Boucher, ' 'Did you ever see
that roan pacer work very fast when Hodges had him
at San Jose?" "I did, " replied the Docror, "I timed
him a mile in 2:14} on the first day of last January on
that track." They say the roanis faster now that he
was then so he must be a pretty fair green one. He is

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a short backed, round barrelled horse, with good bone
and powerfully muscled all over. He'll do for the
green classes in any country. The other two that
Hodges has are the mares Hazel Kinney 2:09}- and
Atherine 2:16}. They are both in foal to Stam B. 2:11}.

Millard Sanders, who has educated as many cham-
pions as any trainer in California, is getting ready for
the Eastern circuit as nice a string of trotting mares
as can be found on any track in America. They are
Dolly Dillon 2:11J, Janice 2:13}, Czarina 2:13J and Julia
S.. a green mare by Daly 2:15 that he says has shown
greater improvement in the short time he has had her
than any trotter he ever handled. Now Millard has
trained a great many fast trotters that came to their
speed early and quickly and when he makes this state-
ment it means that he' has something mighty good in
this daughter of Daly. She is owned by the Rose Dale
Stock Farm and is a handsome, rangy mare that trots
like a winner and can go the route. Dolly Dillon,
Janice and Czarina we saw jogged and they are all
looking good.

As we were walking up the stretch inspecting the
track, two pacers went by with a "zip" that caused
every head to turn as they seemed to be going a two-
minute clip. The black we recognized as Rey Direct
2:10, winner of five races and over two thousand
dollars last year in California. He has more speed than
ever, hut his owner Geo. Davis, of Rancho del Valle,
was driving the other pacer, a bay that was hog fat,
but kept alongside the black whirlwind with ease. It
was Mr. Davis' road horse Flying Jib 2:04. Since Mr.
Davis began driving him he is one of the best disposi-
tioned horses in the country, and is an ideal roadster.
Mr. Davis has not yet sent his horses to the track, but
sends one or two over to be jogged every day. He has
secured stalls, however, and will soon have them
stabled there. Rey Direct will be sent East to race.
His colts are a great lot of youngsters.

Louis Carrillo is in charge of two horses belonging
to W. A. Shippee that he is putting in shape to sell as
road horses. They are all five or six years old and are
by Hawthorne, Dictator Wilkes, Moses S., and Stam-
boul. The gelding by the last named is a fine looker
and has been a mile in 2:28. Mr. Carrillo has all his
horses in good shape and is rapidly making well-
mannered roadsters of them.

Among those who have engaged stalls at Pleasanton
is Mose Hart of San Francisco, the well known dealer
in high-class roadsters, and he will go up next month
with two or three. " The trip to the "horse centre"
can be very easily and pleasantly made by rail. The
broad guage ferry boat which leaves the foot of Mar-
ket street at 8 a. m. connects with a fast train that
stops only at Niles before reaching Pleasanton, and one
can reach the track before 10 o'clock. Returning there
are two trains for the city in the afternoon, one leaving
the Pleasanton station a few minutes after 2 o'clock,
the other at 5:30. This gives a visitor ample time to
see the horses taking their work, and a pleasanter day
cannot be spent by those who love the harness horse
than a trip to Pleasanton one of these beautiful
spring days.

Anent Colt Racing.

The following interesting remarks in regard to colt
racing are made by L. D. Sale, of Washington, D. C,
in the last issue of the Chicago Horse Beview:

The decadence of colt racing, which set in eight
years ago has, to my mind, detracted greatly from the
interest" of trotting meetings. Whatever inspiration
and enjoyment the average racegoer may receive in
witnessing a contest between high class aged horses,
there is a certain interest and gratification in viewing
a struggle between youngsters, that the finished
product cannot give.

. I particularly desire to emphasize the word interest,
for in the term dwells the germ that preserves light
harness horse sport. A promising colt is like a prom-
ising boy — one cannot correctly forecast his future.
But°the joy of dwelling in the realms of speculation as
to his success in life is an enchanting luxury. If the
boy is father to the man, the colt is father to the race
horse. And so through the several stages of his devel-
opment he is the object of solicitude and hope; if suc-
cessful, of pride and self congratulation. And when
we finally sum up all the big and little things that go
to fill the measure of human happiness none are dearer
to us than the success of the object on which we con-
centrate our ambitious hopes and affection.

The argument advanced against racing youngsters
extends far beyond the time of Hiram Woodruff. The
same arguments advanced in favor of and against the
project are as strong now as they ever were. A certain
percentage of colts will be ruined, without question,
because of natural physical defects, or because of over-
work. Others will better stand the strain on muscles,
feet and tendons, and, perhaps, will fall in more skill-
ful hands. The late Leland Stanford once said to me
that he could rely on a certain number of his colts
going wrong,no matter how carefully they were worked.
He observed that he made calculations for such a con-
tingency in his breeding equations. Perhaps, he said,
they would have gone wrong if worked when more
mature. From my own experience and from what I
have seen of colts and aged horses, I think the late
Senator was sound in his philosophy.

I hope to see colt racing revived. No scheme devised
will add a greater stimulus to breeding, and breeding
of the right kind. Better mares will be bred, better
stallions will be patronized, and out of it all will come
the uplifting of the American light harness horse and
an increased demand for him in the marts of both
hemispheres.

A collection of horsehoes belonging to F. C. Snow,
of St. Louis, attracts much attention among the horse-
men wherever shown. It embraces all sorts of queer
things made in all parts of the world for the purpose
of protecting the foot of the horse. An excellent
piece of workmanship, not radically different from the
modern shoe, was made in 1743 by a Pontiac Indian.
Another notable shoe in the collection was made in
Arabia. It is a very crude affair, that would ruin a
horse that wore it on the rough payments of the cities.

Murray Howe's New Scheme.

Murray Howe, Secretary of the new Memphis asso-
ciation, whose first meeting will be held in October
this year over the new track at that place which is to
be one hundred feet wide the entire length, has sent
out the following communication to horsemen:

"In common with a large majority of horsemen who
have heen privileged to study harness racing from all
standpoints, I am firmly of the opinion that the system
of racing in vogue is a serious handicap to the sport.
There is a growing demand among the patrons of the
game for a change that will shorten races, introduce
novelty and variety and do away with the evil of lay-
ing up heats. The dash system could do all this, but
until the inclination to break and run. has been bred
out of the harness horse, his owner will always demand
more then one chance to get back his entrance fee,
hence any new plan of racing, to meet with general ap-
proval must be a compromise between the heat and
the dash systems. In studying the various remedies
that have been proposed, I have hit upon a new plan
of conducting harness races, which I believe will do
away with more of the evils and incorporate more of
the advantages of both the heat and the dash systems
than anything that has been tried to date.

"I have submitted the scheme to a great many own-
ers, trainers and track managers, who were favorably
impressed with it, and now turn it over to the pubUc
for general criticism. I am well aware that many
will condemn it, simply because it is new, but unless
some one points out a more serious flaw in it than I
have been able to detect, the plan will be tried on at
least two of the five stakes that the Memphis Trotting
association will announce in the near future. The
new plan, in brief, is as follows:

"Three heats a race. First heat — One mile, for 31
per cent of the purse, divided in three moneys. Second
heat — One and one-eighth miles, for 46 per cent of
purse, divided in three moneys. Third heat — One half
mile, for 20 per cent of purse, divided in three moneys.
Pools to go to winner of most money.

"The scheme of making the heats different distances
introduces variety and quick action and gives me an
excuse to divide the money in a way that is fair, and
yet makes it extremely hazardous for a horse who is
out for the race to lay up a heat.

"I make the second heat a mile and one-eighth in-
stead of a mile and a half, because a mile and one-
eighth will not frighten anyone, and at the same time
it is a greater test of endurance for horses that have
learned the length of a mile than most people will im-
agine. The horses will be started at the seven-eighth
pole in the mile and one-eighth and at the half in the
half-mile, of course. A race under this system will be
a fairer test of the relative abilities of a field of horses
than a race under any of the older plans. It will intro-
duce an element of uncertainty that will make it a
better betting race for books, mutuals and pools than
the ordinary heat race.

"It will enable a track manager to start and finish a
program on schedule time, and, I believe, will do more
to popularize harness racing and make it an up to date
sport than any innovation yet proposed, and the
scheme of dividing the money pays every horse for his
effort.

"A horse that trots third or better in any heat gets
a piece of the money, if he stays inside the flag in the
other heats. It gives money to the game horse and
money to the sprinter. It makes it possible for one
horse to win 60 per cent of the purse and yet, in case a
large field happened to be wonderfully evenly matched,
nine horses might win money.

"This plan of dividing the money and giving the
race to the winner of the most money precludes the
possibility of two or three horses tieing for first place,
which is the big objection to the ordinary three-heat
plan that was tried by several prominent associations
last year.

"The matter of dead heats, distanced horses, en-
trance, etc., will, of course, be regulated by special
conditions. Here are a few illustrations of the way
the money will be divided:

2:02 class, pacing, purse $3000. One mile, first, $612; second, $306*
third, $102. One and one-eighth miles, first, $828; second, $414; third,
$138. One-half mile, first, $360; second. 8180; third, $60.

Anaconda, b g by Knight (Trout) 1 1 1 $1800

Searchlight, b g by Darknight (McCarthy) 2 2 2 300

Coney, blk g by McKinney (McHenry) 3 3 3 300

2:06 class, trotting, purse $2000. Mile, first, $408; second. $204;
third, $68. One and one-eighth miles, first. $552: second, $276: third,
$95. One-half mile, first, $240; second, $130; third, $40.

Lord Derby, bg by Mambrino King.... I (Oeers) 1 2 2 $804

*Grattan.Boy, bhby Grattan (Miller) 4 1 1 792

Charley Herr, b h by Alfred G (Kelly) 2 4 4 204

York Boy, b g, by Wilkes Boy (Smith) 3 3 3 200

♦Grattan Boy laid up a heat and lost first money.
By this method the placed horses can he so divided
as to give seven money winners.

Denver Matinee.

The Gentlemen's Driving Club of Denver held their
first matinee of 1901 on Feb. 23d at City Park. The
races drew an attendance of six hundred, and the
three events were close contests.

Feb. 23— No. 1. Named horses.

Slippery Jim (J. F. Roberts) 1 1

Mollie B (R. K. Wright, Jr.) 2 2

Hal Reuben (E.Mathews) 3 3

Riley ( W. Tichenor) 4 4

Time-l:16, 1:13H-

No. 2—2:40 class, trotting.

Red Bird (J. A. Burnette) 2 1 1

Gladstone (G.M.Black) 1 2 2

Time— 1:M& 1:26, 1:23.

No. 3— Named colts.

Supreme (M. Penroe) 1 1

SamPurdy (G.M.Black) 2 2

Miss T (W. Tichenor) 3 3

Annese. '.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'..'.'.... .'.' (J- K. Stua:t) 4 4

Time— 1:36M, 1:34.

Get a Book Free.

KlNGFrELD, Me., March 20, 1900.
Dr. S. A. Tuttle.— Dear Sir: I have used more than one hundred
bottles of your Elixir and always with the best of results. I find
nothing that will take its place in my stable. Will you please
send me your horse book. Yours very truly, W. W. Mores.

Denver Nominators.

Secretary Schuckman sends us the official list of
nominators to the purses which closed March 1st:

Pacing, 2:20 Class— W. T. Lewis, Denver; E. A. Col-
burn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; A. L. Camp Jr., Greeley,
Colo.; V. D. Boucher, San Jose, Cal.; A. C. Botsford,
Cedar Lodge, Colo.; J. K. Strom, Aurora, Neb.; George
W. Cook, Denver; F. E. Selden, Denver; Goodell Bros.,
Sioux City, Iowa; Walter Wood, Denver; JoeMcGuire.
Denver; Thomas Johnson, Denver; Walter Cummingsi
Denver; Maud Gough, Denver; S. C. Hinkley, Denver;
James Thompson, Pleasanton, Cal.; Ollie B. Graves,
Guthrie, Okla. : S. Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal.; W
G. Durfee & Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; J. C. Wallace, San
Diego., Cal.

Three Year Old Trot — Edwin Gaylord, Denver; E. A.
Colburn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; F. K.Mann, Denver;
J. F. Church, Bromfield, Colo.; A. J. Campion, Denver;
A. J. Chapin, Denver; J. W. Dowd, Red Cliff. Colo.;
Wood & Sigel, Denver; James Anthony, Denver; J.
Jay Joslin, Denver; Walter Wood, Denver; Valley
View Farm, Denver; Frank KUpfel, Denver; Van Vor-
hese, Denver: H. W. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah;
Ollie B. Graves, Guthrie, Ogla.

Trotting, 2:24 Class (to wagon) — J. K. Stuart, Den-
ver; J. Fred Roberts, Denver; A. E. Colburn, Colorado
Springs, Colo.; M. J. Dunleavy, Denver; R. R. Wright,
Denver; W. T. Duncan, Denver; E. A. Beecher, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo.; Joseph Osner, Denver; George M.
Black, Denver: J. R. Reed, Denver; Windsor Farm,
Denver; Joe Rycraft, Denver.

Trotting, 3:00 Class— J. Fred Roberts, Denver; W.
N. Burdette, Denver; James Ferry, Denver; E. A. Col-
burn, Colorado Springs, Colo.; J. E. Crawford. Little-
ton, Colo.; W. T. Duucan, Denver; Chas. T. Bowles,
Littleton, Colo.; J. A. Myers, Denver; Geo. M. Black,
Denver; J. A. Burnette, Denver; J. W. Miller, Colo-
rado Springs, Colo., George Bernard, Colorado Springs,
Colo.

Pacing, Two Year Olds — F. B. Loomis, Denver; J.
A. Burnette, Denver; J. B. Rycraft, Denver; Valley
View Farm, Denver; Highland Stock Farm, Denver;
Jesse Haworth, Denver.

Trotting, Two Year Olds — F. K. Mann, Denver; J.
K. Church, Bromfield, Colo.; A. J. Campion, Denver;
Walter Wood, Denver; Frank Klipfel, Denver; John
W. Weaver, Denver; J. B. Rycraft, Denver; Valley
View Farm, Denver; George Estabrook, Denver;
Maude Gough, Denver; George Brown, Denver; Eclipse
Livery Co., Pueblo, Colo.; E. A. Colburn, Colorado
Springs, Colo. ; D. TJ. Robinson, Denver; H. W. Brown,
Salt Lake City, Utah.

Pacing, 2:25 Class — J. K. Stuart, Denver; Dr. Albert
A. White, Trinidad, Colo.; E. A. Colburn, Colorado
Springs, Colo.; George H. Estabrook, Denver; Joseph
Osner, Denver; Dr. E. R. Rust, Denver; J. A. Meyers,
Denver; J. R. Reed, Denver; A. G. Bixler, Denver;
Joseph Gavin, Denver; A. L. Mulcahy, San Francisco,
Cal.; Ollie B. Graves, Guthrie, Okla.; B. O. Van Bok-
kelen, San Jose, Cal.; F. W. Ellsworth, Los Angeles,
Cal.; W. G. Durfee & Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; J. C.
Wallace, San Diego, Cal.

Pacing, Three Year Olds — W. P. Farris, Hot Sulphur
Springs; J. F. Church, Bromfield, Colo.; W. T. Dun-
can, Denver; Joseph Osner, Denver; Davis & Anthony,
Denver; F. L. Sigel, Denver; George M. Black, Denver;
Valley View Farm, Denver; Highland Stock Fark,
Denver; James Thompson, Pleasanton, Cal.; Ollie B.
Graves, Guthrie, Okla.; W. G. Durfee & Co., Los
Angeles, Cal. ; J. C. Wallace, San Diego, Cal.

Program tor Montana Races.

The program of the first issue stakes for the meet-
ing at Butte and Anaconda of the Montana Jockey
Club, of which H. L. Wilson is president and Louis
Frank secretary, has been issued. All entries for the
first issue stakes close April 10th. The club proposes
to give sixty days' running racing in Butte and Ana-
conda, comming Saturday, June 29th.

The stakes announced are as follows:

The Montana Derby, $1500, for three year olds (foals
of 1898), colts to carry 122, geldings 119 and fillies 11",
one mile and a quarter; the Daly Memorial Cup, $1000,
a handicap for three year olds and upward, two miles;
the Miners' Union Stakes, $1000, a handicap for three
year olds and upward, one mile; the Butte Selling
Stakes, $850, for three year olds and upward, six fur-
longs; the Hot Times Stakes, $800, a handicap for all
ages, four and a half furlongs; the Labor Day Handi-
cap, $1000, for three year olds and upward, one mile
and an eighth, the Silver City Selling Stakes, $1000, for
three year olds and upward, one mile and a sixteenth;
the Silver Bow Stakes, $1000, for two year olds, four
and one half furlongs; the Hamburg Handicap, $1000,
for two year olds, five furlongs; the Anaconda Handi-
cap, $1000, for all ages, one mile.

In the Daly Memorial Cup race plate to the value of
$150 accompanies the first prize. In all stakes, except-
ing the Montana Derby, the weights are to be an-
nounced three days prior to the event and entries re-
ceived up to the day of the race.

Mr. Haggin Buys More Horses.

The Coney Island Jockey Club has received notice
of the transfer of all engagements of ten broodmares
and five yearlings from Messrs. Eastin & Larabie to
James B. Haggin.

The broodmares are as follows: Mollie L., the dam
of Ben Holladay, in foal to Order; Tongese, in foal to
Ornament; Julia Kinney, in foal to Ben Holladay; Gyp
Fonso, in foal to Ben Holladay; Josie Rood, in foal to
Ben Holladay; Lina Holladay by Hanover-Mollie L.,
and Koumiss by Candlemas — Gypsy.

The yearlings are Teddy Mack, brown colt, by Can-
dlemas—Tongese; Highland, brown colt, by Mirthful-
Koumiss; Anacleta, brown filly, by Lamplighter-May
H.; Wahden, chestnut filly, by Lamplighter-Josie
Rood, and Ralpha, chesnut filly, by Lamplighter-
Gypsy.

The entire lot are grandly bred and have many rich
engagements.

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[March 16, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O- BOX 2300.

Terms— One Year 93, Six Months 91.75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
address'ed to F. W. Kelley, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily fo- publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TURRI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building, Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, March 16, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

" July 1-2

■: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept. 16-21

SALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

I

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

TOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

RE ADVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTERS.

ALTA VELA 2:15^4 S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT 2:05i< C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:143i ' Ed Laffertv, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12(4 W. A. Mack, San Martin

CAPTAIN JONES John Pender, Sacramento

CH AS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09Jf Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henry, Haywards

GROVER CLAY2:2.3Ji Dennis Gannon, Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIPER 2:14« S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:1254 Ed Laffertv. Alameda

IRAN ALTO 2: 12M Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose

McKINNEY 2:11U '. C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09)4 P.J.Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1614 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:11H Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

STAM B. 2:11 u Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY. . . .Rose Dale St'k Fm. Santa Rosa

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:13Ji Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:101,4 Geo. Gray, Haywards

WILKES DIRECT 2:22!4 T. W. Barstow, San Jose

ZOMBR0 2:ll Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Bay wood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE H Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS .

ARTILLERY (imp.) J. J. Grant, Sacramento

RILEY J. J. Grant, Sacramento

AT A MEETING of the Pacific District Board of
Appeals of the National Trotting Association held
March 7, 1901, the matter of the rehearing of the cases
of L. E. Clawson, T. J. Crowley and the Vendome
Stock Farm vs. the Chico Association was presented.
The evidence showed that the purse in which the en-
tries were made under the conditions advertised did
not fill, and under the changed conditions the nomi-
nators could not be held. It was ordered that the ap-
plications be granted and money paid under protest
returned. The foregoing is one of many instances
where horse owners and associations have been put to
much trouble and annoyance, and appeals made to the
National Trotting Association to settle the difficulty,
which could all have been avoided had the officers of
the associations making the suspensions understood
the rules governing entries. Last summer the Colusa,
Red Bluff and Chico associations offered large purses
for 2:12 trotters, which races failed to fill, there being
four entries in each, while more were required. The
associations notified the owners to this effect and also
sent notice that the races would be permitted to "o if
the owners would consent to a reduction of the purses.
To this but one owner agreed and took his mare (Hazel
Kinney) to the places mentioned and enjoyed a walk-
over at each place for the entrance money paid in and
due. The associations suspended the three parties who
failed to re-enter, under the idea that the original entry
held where notification was sent of a reduction of the
purse and changed conditions. The suspended parties
paid the amount of the suspensions under protest and
at the first hearing of the case were released, except as

to the Chico association, the evidence in that case for
the appellants not being introduced through an over-
sight. When this fact was discovered a rehearing was
asked for as to that ease and granted with the result as
above stated. It is unfortunate that horsemen should be
suspended for claims which are entirely illegal, and it
sometimes works a great hardship on them, as many
are not blessed with a surplus of the coin of the realm
and to be compelled to put it up to release an illegal
suspension and wait for months before it can be re-
covered is annoying to say the least. A different con-
dition of affairs exists in California in regard to race
meetings than in any other part of the United States.
Here the racing outside the large cities is in nearly
every instance giving by the district agricultural asso-
ciations which draw appropriations from the State
treasury annually for the purpose of holding fairs. No
part of these appropriations can be used for paying
race purses or the expenses of holding race meetings,
but must be legitimately expended for an exhibit of
the district's resources and the payment of premiums
therefor. Owing to this state of affairs the district
boards of directors are in most instances composed of
business men, agriculturists and horticulturists who
know nothing of racing or the rules governing
the same, and a Secretary is -usually selected who
is no better acquainted with this part of the program.
As the Secretary is usually required to devote but
two or three months of his time to the fair and race
meeting and for a very small salary is compelled to act
as general manager of the whole proceedings, he finds
no time to study and become familiar with racing
rules and it is not to be wondered at that many mis-
takes occur. The wonder is that they get along
as well as they do and have so little trouble. District
associations would do a very wise thing were they- to
engage the services of ssme person familiar with the
laws governing harness and running races to attend to
that part of the fair programs and thus leave the Sec-
retary free to devote, his time to the fair proper. In
the majority of instances California district fairs, even
with the aid of appropriations from the State and an-
other from the citizens of the towns where held, fail to
show a profit and it is considered good management
when they strike an even balance at the close of the
meeting. On the other hand a week of racing given
by the P. C. T. H. B. A. and other organizations
in some of the country towns has in most instances
paid a profit. The reason is that the district boards,
not understanding the racing game, have many ex-
penses which the others do not. That a properly
managed fair and race meeting in any enterprising
town of two thousand or more inhabitants should pay
a profit especially when aided with a fund from the
State treasury, is to be expected, and if the district
boards will make an effort this year to have the racing
position of their programs intelligently managed they
will have a balance of profit as a result, and establish
their annual fairs on a sound and enduring basis.

THE PRESENT OUTLOOK is that speed horse,
will reach a price as high as in what we call the
the boom days of the trotter — twenty-five years agos
It is a mistake, however, to compare the so-called boom
prices with the prices of to-day. Twenty-five years
ago extreme speed was so exceedingly rare that only
four or five persons out of our then forty millions of
people were able to purchase it. It was the extreme
rarity that had much to do with the value. In 186",
we had only one Dexter 2:17]. In 1900, Dexters were
so common that we have not taken the trouble to count
them. As nearby as 1874 we had but one Goldsmith
Maid 2:14. In making comparisons of speed values
we fail to note the fact that rarity had everything
to do with the extreme prices that prevailed in the so-
called boom days. Prevailing prices fully justify the
opinion that the outlook for the immediate future of
the harness horse is brighter than ever before. The
road and speed horse, and the show horse are all in
fashion, and fashion rules the world. Take our advice
and breed liberally in this bright year of the new cen-
tury. Not only is the demand active and growing at
home, but it is growing abroad. In fact the civilized
world is ours. No country has produced a horse equal
to the American trotter. And while they are buying
our best in Russia, Austria, Germany, England and
France, and borrowing our ideas, it will be at least a
quarter of a century before they reach our standard.
And if there is any one in this great booming land of
ours that is secure it is the harness horse. — Western
Horseman.

THE WESTERN HORSEMAN, one of the best of
the journals devoted to harness horse affairs, has
issued a souvenir number that is a beauty. The cover
pictures, printed in colors after paintings by Frank
Whitney, are works of art, and the number is pro-
fusely illustrated with half tones. There are many
interesting and valuable articles and the issue is a
credit to the publishers and the printers.

ONE WEEK FROM MONDAY the Terre Haute
Matron Stakes, $10,000 for foals of 1901, will close
with Secretary Chas. R. Duffln of the Terre Haute
Trotting and Fair Association. The $10,000 is divided
as follows: $2000 goes to the two year olds that trot)
$1000 to the two year olds that pace, and the balance,
$7000, to the three year olds that trot. It only costs $5
to nominate March 25, $10 on December 2d this year
when foals must be described, and nothing more until
the year of the race. All the other big stakes for foals
of 1901 have closed, and the Terre Haute Matron Stake
is the only one left open. Every owner who failed to
get in on the others should see to it that the 25th inst,
does not pass without filling out an entry blank to this
rich event and mailing it to Secretary Duffin, and those
who have entered in them should add this one to the
list, as it is the earning capacity of a colt that makes it
valuable and justifies its owner in asking a big price if
it is fast.

ALL THE STOCK of the California Jockey Club is
now owned by Col. D. M. Burns and Thos. H.
Williams, Jr., those gentlemen having bought out the
other stockholders this week. The other Directors
will remain the same as before, each one retaining just
enough shares to permit him to act in that capacity.
The purchase was agreeable to all concerned. That
there will be any compromise in the race war now go-
ing on here is extremely improbable. Messrs. Burns
and Williams believe they are in the right in the stand
they have taken and are willing to stand all the losses
that may result from their action in the present trouble
with the other association. For this reason they de-
sired to secure the other stockholders against any loss
and purchased their stock.

THE MATINEE NUMBER of the American Sports-
man is one of the best ever issued by that pro-
gressive journal. If one wishes to look at the counter-
feit presentments of all the prominent roadsters and
matinee horses of Cleveland and the Western cities he
should buy a copy of the Sportsman as they are there.
A picture that will interest Californians is on the cover
and represents the California stallion John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 by Nutwood Wilkes defeating Senator L. and
Temper in the memorable cup race at Boston, which
has since been the subject of so much controversy.
The list of 2:20 performers is very valuable and the
table of money winning stallions in 1900 is of especial
interest to us as it is headed by the California stallion
McKinney 2:11}.

CREDIT is very seldom given to any stallion for
daughters that are the dams of speed siring stal-
lions unless they are likewise the dams of standard
performers. Take the case of American Star 14, for
an example. The Year Book credits him with four
standard performers, seven speed siring sons, and
thirty-five daughters that are the dams of forty-five
trotters with records of 2:30 or better, but fails to
mention the fact that he is the sire of the dams of
fifty stallions that are sires of standard performers.
While Abdallah 1, sire of Hambletonian 10, is repre-
sented in the Year Book with the dams of only seven
performers, twenty-seven of his daughters were dams
of speed siring stallions.

AHORSE going a mile in 2:30 covers 35.20 feet per
second: in 2:25, it is 36.41 feet per second; in 2:20
it is 37.71 per second; in 2:15 it is 39.11 feet per second;
in 2:10 it is 40.93 feet per second; in 2:05 it is 42.24 feet
per second, and in 2:03 it is 42.59 feet per second. The
difference in energetic force between a mile in 2:30 and
a mile in 2:03 is 7.38 feet per second. It is the pace that
kills — that exhausts vitality and strains tendons. The
horse that runs a mile in 1:35 covers 55.57 feet per
second, a test that seems beyond physical capacity.
None but the best of lungs can sustain action of the
purest kind at this high rate of speed for a mile.

THE MONTANA CIRCUIT will begin on June 29th
and run sixty days. The racing will be at Ana-
conda and Butte. There will be four or more running
races each day and one or more harness events. A
number of valuable stakes have been opened, which
will be found together with conditions and other neces-
sary information in our advertising columns. Horses
that race in Montana can return in time for the Cali-
fornia State Fair at Sacramento.

THE CONDITIONS of the $5000 four year old trot
at Readville are the most liberal to owners of any
race opened for the coming season. For fifty dollars,
one per cent, of the purse, horses will be carried until
the night before the race, and the total entrance is but
five per cent, with no reduction from winners.

A GOOD PROSPECT is offered for sale by William
G. Layng in our advertising columns this week.
The horse is a good looker and has paced a trial in 2:22.

March 16, 1901]

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A Notable Purchase.

Through an advertisement printed in this paper,
Hon. Jesse D. Carr, of Salinas, has sold to Mr. John
Parrott, proprietor of the Baywood Stud, eleven trot-
ting bred mares, which have been shipped to San
Mateo and will be mated with Mr. Parrott's Hackney
stallion, Green's Rufus. These mares were bred by
Mr. Carr, who has always pursued the policy of breed-
ing for good looks first and speed afterwards, and Mr.
Parrott is much pleased with his purchase. Each of
these mares is a good individual with good bone and
plenty of substance and all but two are in foal. It
will be noticed that many of the mares carry the blood
of Elmo, one of the handsomest stallions ever brought
to the Coast, and the blood of Carr's Mambrino, a son
of Mambrino Patchen, is also prominent. Two of the
mares are by Hambletonian Wilkes. Ten of those
purchased are the following:

Miss Beauty— Foaled May 22, 1891. Sire, Gabilan;
dam, black mare by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle Jr.,
April 7, 1900.

Julia— Foaled May, 1894. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Puss. Stinted to Thor March 28, 1900.

Miss DELMAS-Foaled April 26, 1893. Sire.Eugineer;
dam, Lady Comstock Jr. by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. April 13, 1900.

EUNIQUE— Foaled January 15, 1888. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino; dam Emma by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
May 22, 1900.

Lady Comstock Jr.— Sire, Elmo; dam, Lady Com-
stock by Norfolk. Stinted to Ed Wilkes May 1, 1900.

SEPTINA-Foaled April 25, 1895. Sire, Eugineer; dam,
Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino. Stinted to Boodle
Jr., May 19, 1900.

Go LDIE— Foaled April 15, 1893. Sire, Eugineer; dam
Ballot Box dam by Peacock. Stinted to Sam April
29,1900.

Eda— Foaled April 19, 1895. Sire, Hambletonian
Wilkes; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus Mav 9, 1900.

Ester M.— Foaled February 19, 1896. Sire, Ham-
bletonian Wilkes; dam, Nancy by Mambrino Jr.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 26, 1900.

Rita V.— Foaled April 21, 1894. Sire, Direct Line;
dam, Surprise by Abbottsford. Stinted to Ed Wilkes
April 27, 1900.

♦

News from Sacramento.

Our Sacramento correspondent, D. L. Crane, writes
us that Princess Wilkes 2:30, one of the greatest pros-
pects in California, died at Sacramento this week from
pneumonia. She was owned by Mr. J. E. Terry, the
well known lumber merchant and Director of the State
Agricultural Society and was in Vet Tryon's string.
Princess Wilkes was a daughter of Clarence Wilkes
and her dam a daughter of Dexter Prince. She was a
trotter and made her record of 2:30 in a race at Carson
several years ago. In Mr. Tryon's hands she showed
great improvement, in fact a record of 2:10 was confi-
dently expected for her, and as she was a square trotter
and game a great future would very likely have been
hers had she not contracted the fatal disease. She
was as handsome as a picture and very attractive in
harness.

While standing on K street the other day our corre-
spondent saw a fine span of pacers coming down the
line and on second look recognized Baby Button and
Pehoe hooked together and driven by Charley Payne.
They looked all right and Charley probably was fully
aware of the fact, and he wore a smile of confidence in
their ability to throw gravel in the face of any pair
whose owner was rash enough to attempt to pass them.

There are quite a number of horses working at the
track and the certainty of district fair appropriations
has put confidence in the minds of the trainers for a
good season of harness racing in California. Zombro
2:11 is making a good season. His colts are such grand
looking youngsters and show so much speed that all
horsemen believe he will be one of the leading sires of
speed within a very few years. None of his colts have
ever been started in a race yet but some of the three
year olds will be this year. Geo. Beckers has him in
such good shape and he shows so much speed in his
exercise that many believe he could reduce his already
low mark.

Stam B. 2:11} is also getting a good patronage. Hi
Hogoboom has him in charge. The Stam B. colts are
good lookers and show speed. There will be a few of
them seen in the stake races this year.

C. J. Hamlin, the veteran breeder of trotters and
pacers, has decided to spend his remaining years in
Florida. The venerable breeder is as enthusiastic
about his horses and their great deeds as he ever was,
but he is now hardly in shape, on account of his great
age, to withstand the sudden changes of temperature
even in summer on the shores of Lake Erie.

James Butler is said to have added a fast one to his
East View farm string, which will be campaigned
down the grand circuit. He will also try to have
Klatawah 2:05|, the sensational pacer of 1898, in shape
to go down the line along with Hetty G. 2:05}. The-
latter is slated to get the record for pacing mares any

time she is right.

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Neva Simmons, who last fall worked a mile in 2:08},
looks like a hard nut to crack for the green brigade,
yet some good judges who have seen her say she will
prove of the Sagwa, King Vasco, Axtello order.

Vilette, the only sister to Star Pointer 1:59} and dam
of Venona 2:15}, has been booked to John R. Gentry
2:00}. The two-minute pacer should result, but its
dollars to doughnuts that it don't.

A Wonderful Broodmare.

[Chicago Horse Review.]

Considering all that has been, and is being, written
about great broodmares, we confess to a feeling of sur-
prise that due prominence has not been given to one
certainly among the greatest, but whose fame has been
so neglected that her name is seldom, if ever, seen in
print. We refer to Sally Adams by John Burdine, one
of the three mares enjoying the distinction of having
produced four 2:15 performers.

Sally Adams is a brown mare, foaled 1883, and at the
close of 1900 she was credited by the Year Book as the
dam of the trotter Sally Simmons, four year old record
2:13}, and the pacer Margery 2:12}. Last year she
contributed two more 2:15 performers to the turf, the
trotter Dolly Bid well 2:13}, at four years, and the pacer
Rosalet 2:12}. This does not constitute a world's
record, because two performers out of the same dam
have previously entered the 2:15 list in the same season,
and there are also two other mares that have each
produced four 2:15 performers. But, despite this,
Sally Adams is in some respects, as a dam of extreme
speed, unequaled. The two other dams of four 2:15
performers are Nell by Estill Eric, dam of one trotter,
Belle Vara 2:09| and three pacers, Vassar 2:07, Susie
T. 2:09| and Ambidexter 2:11}, and Possum Pie by
Octoroon, dam of four pacers, Judge Hurt 2:09}, Dr.
Flowers Hill 2:12}, Lena Hill 2:12J and Abbot Hill 2:14}.
Of the produce of these two mares, two of Nell's are
by Vatican 2:29} and two by Ambassador 2:31}; all
four of Possum Pie's are by William M. Hill 2:20.
Sally Adams, however, possesses the unequaled distinc-
tion of having foaled four different 2:15 performers
by four different sires. Sally Simmons 2:13} (who,
with Roseleaf, holds the trotting team record in a race
2:15}), is by Simmons 2:28; Margery 2:12} is by War-
fare, son of Aberdeen, Dolly Bidwell 2:13} is by Ingle-
wood 2:24, son of Onward 2:25}, and Rosalet 2:12} is by
Cleveland 2:29}, son of Zilcaadi Golddust. Moreover,
Margery and Rosalet are the sole standard performers
to the credit of their respective sires. It is also a
notable fact that all four of these 2:15 performers of
Sally Adams' are mares, and that every one of them
entered the 2:15 list the same season that they first
made a standard record.

In early life Sally Adams was known as Lady H.
The Register (Vol. XIV,) gives her simply as by John
Burdine, with no information about her dam. She
was bred by Mr. J. D. Creighton, the well known Lex-
ington, Ky., breeder, and her last recorded transfer
(1893) was to the Rumbarger Live Stock Company,
Indianapolis, Ind. The catalogue of this firm — the
Brooklyn Heights Stock Farm — for 1894, gives her as
a "brown mare, black points, no white; 15} hands
high" and states that her dam was by Mambrino
Columbus; grandam untraced. Her sire, John Bur-
dine, was a son of the great Almont and a brother of
the well known sire Antar, his dam having been the
famous matron Puss, by Brown Chief, also the dam of
Frank P. Porter 2:271 (sire of two), and grandam of
Nelly McGregor 2:14, Arcadian 2:23| (sire of Little
Edgar 2:14}, etc.), and Ferguson Wilkes 2:25. John
Burdine does not figure in the "Great Table" in the
Year Book, but he is the reputed sire of Lady Almont
2:27} (dam of Bob 2:28), and beside Sally Adams, of one
other producing daughter, Nomis, dam of Prelude
2:29, and grandam of Burns McGregor 2:29 at two
years, a famous colt trotter burned to death early in his
third year. Mambrino Columbus, sire of Sally Adam's
dam, was by Mambrino chief out of Fly by Barclay's
Columbus. Mambrino Columbus is not a standard
sire, but has one producing daughter, the dam of Ver-
linda B. 2:20. He was, however, own brother of one of
Mambrino chief's best daughters, the celebrated Vic,
dam of Mattie Graham 2:21} and Dainty 2:26}, of
Tattler Chief (sire of Dolly B. 2:14}, pacing, and the
dam of Fred S. Wilkes 2:11}, sire of two in 2:10) and
grandam of six below 2:30. Vic is also the third dam
of Baron Dillon 2:12 (Sire of Dillonite 2:14), Utility 2:13
and Carrie Shields 2:13}, and the fourth dam of Phrase
2:12J. The Vic family is one of the most prolific brood-
mare strains in the Register, in the matter of extreme

Sally Adams was foaled 1883, as above stated, and
produced her first foal in 1890. This was Sally Sim-
mons. Margery was her second, Rosalet her third and
Dolly Bidwell her fifth. Thus, of her first five foals,
four are in the 2:15 list. She is, indeed, a wonderful

broodmare.

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In all probability there will be a grand trotting car-
nival held at the Brighton Beach race track, New
York, this summer, the dates figured on being August
12-17. Prominent Parkway Club officials are behind
it with money in abundance, and Charles A. McCully
will, beyond doubt, be the secretary and race manager.
A $5000 stake is to be opened, and five others of $2000
each — surely a splendid chance open to owners to race.

Several owners of horseflesh at Davisville, Yolo
county, have leased~£T'pl'ece of land just east of that
town and are building a mile race course on it. They
expect to have it finished in time for racing in the early
part of May, about which time the annual spring races
at Dixon occur. Quite a number of local horsemen in-
tend entering horses in the Dixon meet, and will prob-
ably enter at Davisville if the race course is finished.

John Splan, Glenville, O., has bought the chestnut
gelding Eureka 2:15} by Ira, and will look for a pole
mate for him. Eureka was bred in California and
made his record here.

It is said that a twenty-nine year old' mare by
Swigert, owned in Clinton, la., produced a foal last
season and is now again in foal.

For the Massachusetts purse New Hampshire has a
candidate who, if he should train good this year, will
bear watching. This is Idolita 2:12. Last year he was
off and did not start. Thomas Lawson has a fine pros-
pect for the big events at Readville, Providence and
Lexington, in Dreamer 2:14}. Last summer, as a three
year old, this handsome colt could reel off halves
better than a 2:08 gait.

A. B. Rodman of Woodland, was made happy one
day this week by the advent of a handsome colt pre-
sented him by his mare Advocatrix, a daughter of At-
torney. The sire of the colt is McKinney 2:11}. The
youngster is entered in the Breeders Futurity and Mr.
Rodman thinks he has a mortgage on first money.

Eastern Racing Dates.

The long delayed meeting of the Stewards of the
Jockey Club for the adjustment of the coming season's
racing dates for the Eastern racing associations was
held in New York, on the 6th inst., when the turf
schedule of 1901 was arranged and racing officials for
the year were appointed. August Belmont, whose ill-
ness was the chief cause for the delay, and who had
just returned from Florida, presided. The other
Stewards present were J. H. Bradford, F. R. Hitchcock,
H. K. Knapp and Andrew Miller.

The meeting organized for the coming year by re-
electing all the Jockey Club officers, Mr. Belmont con-
tinuing as Chairman, with James R. Keene Vice Chair-
man and F. K. Sturgis Secretary and Treasurer. In
the selection of racing officials the meeting reappointed
all the members of the Jockey Club's racing staff who
served at the close of the Eastern racing season of
1900. These are:

Starter— C. J. Fitzgerald; Judges— C. McDowell and
C. H. Pettingill; Clerk of the Scales— H. G. Crickmore;
Handicapper — W. S. Vosburgh; Timer-W. H. Barreta;
Paddock and Patrol Judge — J. L. Hall.

The arrangement of dates for the racing associations
under the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club was made
without altering in any way the order that has been
observed for the various meetings for several years.
The opening of the Eastern racing season, however, is
fixed five days earlier than the opening last year, the
Washington Jockey Club's spring meeting being an-
nounced to begin on March 28th this year, against
April 2d last year. The meeting will continue to April
12th giving Washington fourteen racing days, with
three Saturdays.

The New York racing season is arranged to open at
the Aqueduct track on April 15th, racing to continue
at Aqueduct until May 2d, giving Aqueduct sixteen
days. Racing at Morris Park for the Spring meeting
follows, beginning on May 4th and continuing to May
23d, making seventeen days available for that track,
though it is probable that the association will follow
its custom of racing not more than five days a week.
Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach fol-
low in that order, Gravesend getting eighteen days,
beginning May 25th; Sheepshead Bay seventeen days
beginning June 15th and Brighton Beach getting
twenty-six days of continuous racing, beginning July
5th. The Saratoga meeting is set to open August 5th,
and runs to August 30th, which, as Brighton Beach
closes August 3d, gives Saratoga its full meeting with-
out conflict with racing in New York, a concession that
was expected, since the Saratoga track has passed into
the control of members of the Jockey Club. The
schedule of dates follows:

SPRING MEETINGS.

Washington Jockey Club — March 28th to April 13th-

Queens County Jockey Club — April 15th to May 2d.

Westchester Racing Association — May 4th to
May 23d.

Brooklyn Jockey Club — May 25th to June 14th.

Coney Island Jockey Club — June 15th to July 4th.

Brighton Beach Racing Association — July 5th to
August 3d.

Saratoga Association — Aug. 5th to Aug. 30th.

AUTUMN MEETINGS.

Coney Island Jockey Club — Aug. 31st to Sept. 14th.

Brooklyn Jockey Club— Sept. 16th Oct. 5th.

Westchester Racing Association — Oct. 7th to Oct.
26th.

Queens County Jockey Club — October 28th to
Nov. 9th.

Washington Jockey Club — Nov. 11th to Nov. 30th.

Annabelle 2:27 1-2.

A St. Helena subscriber asks that the breeding and
produce of Annabelle 2:27} be given. She is by Dawn
2:18}, son of Nutwood 2:18} and Countess (dam of
Strathway, sire of Toggles 2:09}, etc.,) by Whipple's
Hambletonian. The dam of Annabelle was Pacheco,
thoroughbred mare by Hubbard, son of Planet; second
dam Mercedes by Lodi; third dam Trampolette by
Billy Cheatham; fourth dam Emma Taylor by imp.
Glencoe, etc. Annabelle produced La Belle, two year
old record 2:16, and Robert I., a three year old that
was a close second last year in 2:15 and will get a low
mark this year beyond a doubt. For a list of her foals
and the names of their sires write to R. I. Moorhead,
Santa Clara.

F. M. Ware, secretary of the Newport Horse Show,
suggests a novel plan for bringing together The Abbot,
Cresceus, Charley Herr and Boralma, without forcing
the champion to start against more than one horse at
a time. Mr. Ware suggests that the New England
Breeders' Association, or some other association in the
Grand Circuit, offer a purse of $20,000 for three races,
the horses to start in pairs. Before the first race he
would have the drivers draw lots to determine which
horses should compete against each other in the pre-
liminaries. The winners in these trial races should
then trot another race to decide the championship.
Mr. Ware would give $5000 to the winner of each of
the preliminary races and $10,000 to the winner of the
final. This proposition would doubtless suit the owner
of The Abbot, but would hardly be attractive to the
other owners, the public or the association over whose
track the race was given. Match races between two
horses have nearly always proven unsatisfactory, either
one of the contestants lays over the other so much as
to make the race a farce, as was the case in the Cres-
ceus-Tommy Britton matches last year, or else on the
day of the race one of the contestants is out of shape,
and by not racing up to his previous form gives the
event a bad look. If the owner of The Abbot holds
to his decision not to race the champion against a field
of horses there are Peter the Great 2:07$, Lord Derby
2:07, Georgena 2:07} and others that would not be out
of place in any company. A race between a good sized
field of evenly matched horses, will always be nioi
satisfactory than a match between two horses, evei
the latter have the fastest records in the world.

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Dgaras

It is said that M. E. Me Henry will have just four
horses in his stable this year.

There will be ten members of the Lake Erie Circuit
the coming season, with customary $400 purses.

Dr. E. E. Frost, of Worcester, Mass., is driving the
pacer Ed. B. Young 2:11} by Direct on the road.

Harness racing will begin in California about August
1st or perhaps as early as the last week in July.

Charles Marvin has a yearling trotter by Belsire
2:21}, that he expects to beat 2:30 with this season.

Horsemen all over the country will be glad to hear
that W. B. Fasig is recovering from his long illness.

Dick Benson will leave Kansas City about May 1st
with the string of trotters that he intends to campaign
on the grand circuit this year. Among the California
horses that will be in thestring are The Roman 2.18}
and Sybil S. 2:16}. Benson will campaign eight or ten
horses.

Addison 2:11} has been running out for a few months
but was brought in this week by his owner, F.;Hahn,
who has again placed him in Ed Lafferty's charge at
Alameda. He will be jogged for a while to get him in
shape to race if purses are offered for the classes to
which he is eligible.

It is reported that several months ago Soprano, the
dam of C. F. Clay 2:18, and four others in the 2:30 list,
died in Illinois at the age of 26. She was a full sister
to the Oakwood Park stallion, Steinway, one of the
greatest sires ever owned in this State. Steinway is
still alive at the age of 25.

The Village Farm catalogue shows that there are
450 head of horses at the great breeding farm at East
Aurora.

A Suffolk Punch stallion, nine years old and in first
class condition is offered for sale by one of our ad-
vertisers.

Wilmont M. Chapman, who was connected with
Turf, Field and Farm for many years, died on Feb-
ruary 24th.

Lucy Wilton, the dam of Gavton 2:08}. has a bay
colt by Axworthy (3) 2:15}, at Shultshurst Farm, port-
chester, N. Y.

Caid 2:07}, who last year won $9325 on French and
Austrian tracks, was driven in all his races by "Cin-
cinnati Jack" Miller.

Three hundred and sixty-five horses, among them
ninety polo ponies, were shipped from New York to
Liverpool last Saturday.

C. W. Williams will breed a lot of his best mares to
St. Vincent 2:133 : he believes him to be one of the very
best of Wilkes' stallions.

There is a very promising green trotter owned in
Hartford, Conn., that is by Arion 2:07}. dam by Paola
2:18, brother to Palo Alto 2:08}.

J. C. McKinney of TitusvUle, Pa., has a great pros-
pect in the mare Carolita by Dexter Prince. She has
been a mile in 2:15} and a half in 1:041.

Rey Direct 2:10 prior to this year had been bred to
thirty-one mares, and he has thirty-one living foals.
That's a record that few stallions can beat.

It is reported that twenty-two mares have already
been booked to Creseeus 2:04 for the fall season to be
made by him in Orange county, New York.

The rumors that James Butler has bought Neva
Simmons, trial 2:08}, probably arose from a mistake in
names, as he has bought Edna Simmons 2:12}.

It is said that the pacer Little Boy 2:06} worked a
mile in 2:02} last year, and that in the race he won at
Boston, he was separately timed in 2:05}, 2:04}, 2:05}
and. 2:07.

M. H. Tiehenor & Co., of Chicago, recently sold to
an Eastern dealer 20 head of coach horses for $40,000,
all of them trotting bred, some of them standard and
registered.

Fred Nagle's mare by Wapsie, a full sister to Nelly
Bly, dam of Our Boy 2:12}, has a fine colt by Hamble-
tonian Wilkes, foaled at Green Meadow Stock Farm
on the 11th inst.

By the first of April the horses at Pleasanton will
begin moving a little faster and by the first of May
quarters in 31 or 32 seconds will be common on that
celebrated track.

John Gleason,:who for ten years handled the horses
of the late Robert Bonner, has taken a lease of the
Bonner farm near Tarry town, N. Y., and will open a
training and boarding stable.

United States army officers are buying a number of
short, stocky cow ponies for the P'hillipine service.
This purchase is entirely without precedent and is
understood to be an experiment.

At a sale of registered Percheron stallions and mares
held at Corning, Iowa, last week, 22 mares sold for
$7720 and eight stallions for $3625. The highest price
paid was $1175 for the imported stallion Louis.

There will be one or more harness races each day at
the meetings to be given at Butte and Anaconda.
Sixty days' racing will be given. The program for
harness races will be announced on or before May 12th.

The mare Beatrice by Tilton Almont, belonging to
P. T. Foster of Yolo, has a colt by Falrose 2:19.° It
was foaled February 8th. Mr. Foster claims the name
X-Ray for the colt, which is entered in the Breeders'
$6,000 Futurity.

Lou Starr, well and favorably known to many Cali-
fornia horsemen, left San Francisco on the sailing vessel
Santiago this week, in charge of twentv-seven head of
horses and mules consigned to Geo. S. McKenzie. Hilo,
Hawaiian islands.

An Eastern gentleman who has been visiting the
California tracks remarked to us the other day that
he noticed the get of Diablo 2:09} were nearly always
handsome horses. There is no question but Diablo
' Z as any horse in California.

The Roman 2:18} is now at the Alameda track. He
is being jogged and gets some work Tuesdays and
Fridays. His principal workout day is Tuesday. Budd
Doble is driving him in his work and likes him very
much. He irill take him to his owner, Mr. Christie of
Kansas City, about May 1st.

A prominent carriage builder of New York has ex-
pressed the opinion that road wagons built with high
wheels, steel tires and standard straight bearing axles,
are faster on a straightaway course like the Speedway
than are the wagons built with pneumatic tires, small
wheels and ball bearing axles.

Sidlette 2:22, the gray mare by Sidney, has a colt by
Rey Direct that measured 51 inches high the day it
was foaled. It is as black as a coal as is this mare's
yearling also by Rey Direct. There is not a more im-
pressive sire than Rey Direct in this State. He has
been bred to 31 mares up to this year and as a result
there are 31 foals, and all are black.

Robert I., by Hambletonian Wilkes, dam Annabelle
2:27} by Dawn (dam of La Belle, two year old record
2:16) is at the Alameda track. No handsomer horse is
owned in California and he is fast enough to win money
in good company though he has no record. He was
second last year in 2:15 in two different heats at Tan-
foran, and showed that he was a game colt.

The California trainers who have made nominations
in the Denver purses are James Thompson, Pleas-
anton; Dr. Boucher, San Jose; S. Thompson, Los
Angeles; W. G. Durfee & Co., Los Angeles; B. O. Van
Bokkelen. San Jose; J. C. Wallace, San Diego, and A.
L. Mulcahy, San Francisco. The full list of nomina-
tors appears in this issue of the Breeder and
Sportsman.

P. C. Knox, of Pittsburg, who it is said will succeed
Mr. Griggs as attorney general of the United States,
was one of the four or five who stood readv to pav
$25,000 for The Abbot 2:03}, when the champion trot-
ter was sold last fall, but he did not get an opportunity
to make a bid. In Wert 2:15} and Dr. Leek 2:09}, Mr.
Knox owns the fastest pair of trotters in the world,
and what is more, he has himself driven them the
fastest mile ever trotted to pole — 2:105,

English exchanges comment on the official statement
by the British Board of Trade that no less than twenty
million pounds sterling have within the past three
years been lost in the bicycle manufacturing business.
Speculators, it is also said, have lost heavily in the
auto-truck and automobile making business, the pub-
lic having turned completely from the self-propelled
vehicle to the horse. The Board also comments on
the augmented demand all over the world for high
class driving and draft horses.

C. K. G. Billings, of Chicago, has purchased from
John B. Stewart, of Lexington, Ky.. the five year old
high acting gelding Billy K. by Poem, dam Kitty by
Argonaut, for $2500. All good judges of this class of
horses pronounce this gelding an extraordinary good
one, with not only the right kind of high action all
round, but speed along with it. It is said that Billy
K. has been a mile in 2:19, a half in 1:07. He is hand-
some and good mannered, and looks like a prospective
prize winner at the Madison Square Garden shows.

With all the outcry against hopples the pacers that
wore them last year got a large proportion of the
money. The fastest heat of the year was by Prince
Alert, a hoppled pacer who beat Anaconda and In-
diana in 2:02. In the 2:06 pace won by Coney at Cleve-
land, and in which eleven horses started, the four
money winners wore the straps, viz.: Coney, Prince
Alert, Ace and William Mac. The time of the three
heats in this race was 2:041, 2:02} and 2:04}. All the
other horses in this race paced without the Indiana
pajamas.

The "big" horses at Goshen are wintering finely and
may be seen jogging on the streets every pleasant day.
"Billy" Andrews sees that Stamboul and Gentry do
not suffer for want of exercise. John Dickerson is
looking after Advertiser and Lord of the Manor, and
his brother, "Will" Dickerson jogs Joe Patchen and
Fred Kohl from the Parkway Farm stables. Potential
and Nonesuch, from Capt. Tuthill's stables, attract
attention when Mr. Rossmore brings them out. The
person who loves horses can see a lot to interest him
on Goshen's streets these pleasant days.

"Though the Year Book and the unofficial compila-
tions in this country still credit Greenlander with the
'world's' record at two miles, and Senator L. with the
'world's record at four miles, the best time of both
American champions has been beaten by trotters on
the other side of the Atlantic. At Blackpool, England,
on Sept. 11, 1899, the American mare Bertie R., 2:12},
trotted four miles in 9.58, cutting fourteen seconds from
the mark made by Senator L. in 1893. Caid 2:07}, an
American stallion, trotted two miles in 4:27} in a race
at Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 27, 1900. Greenlanders
hampion American record at the distance is 4:32. "

Consul-General Ho Yow visited Pleasanton last Sat-
urday with C. F. Bunch, of San Jose, and purchased
from John Blue the mare Solo 2:23 by McKinney, dam
by Stamboul. Solo bears a very close resemblance in
size, conformation, color and gait to the Consul's mare
Braw Lass by El Benton, and he proposes making a
pair of them. If they travel well together they will
attract attention in the park when driven by their
new owner.

While the theorists are studying and figuring out
some plan by which they can breed trotters from trot-
ters and pacers from pacers, will they please to note
that there is a bay stallion now at Pleasanton called
Charley C. He is by the pacing Direct 2:05} and out of
the mare Vera, two of whose foals, Rey Direct 2:10 and
De Veras 2:11}, are both natural pacers with a high
rate of speed. But Charley C. is a square trotter with
lots of action and has never shown the least inclination
to pace. He has worked a mile in 2:18 and is thought
to be a coming 2:15 performer to a certainty. Accord-
ing to the Gen. Tracy idea that the producers of pacers
should be cut out of breeding farms where fast trotters
are desired, Vera would be a cast-off, and Direct, sire
of that good trotter Directum Kelly 2:08}, would not
be of any use.

The McMurray Sulky Company is making two styles
of bikes for 1901. This company is now selling the
pneumatic bike all over the civilized world, or wher-
ever the harness horse is raced. They have a good
trade in Austria, Russia, France and Germany, and
their home trade is better than ever. They make the
following points: Perfect construction, light weight,
superior strength and easy running. They are also
building a jog cart that is very popular at a reasonable
price, also gentlemen's pneumatic runabouts for fancy
driving, also with solid rubber tires, and pneumatic
speed wagons, All these are new styles for 1901.
Kenney the Bikeman has them for sale. Call on him
and look over those he has in stock and inspect the
catalogue of fine vehicles turned out by the McMurray
factory.

September 10th to 13th will be the dates of the next
horse show in Denver. The officers elected for this
year are C. E.Tubbs, President; W. W. Porter, Vice-
President: John W. Springer, Treasurer; C. F. Mar-
tin, Secretary; J. A. Burnett, Assistant Secretary.
Directors — William Cooke Daniels, George L. Gouid-
ing, Dr. E. R. Kust, Harry J. O'Bryan, J. C. Burger,
J. Fred Roberts, Harry K. Brown, John M. Kuyken-
dall, Dr. Sherman Williams and Judge A. W. Rucker.
There is $4412.27 cash in the treasury. The receipts
from the last horse show amounted to $11,967.35 and
the total expenditures, $6883.27. There is a perma-
nent asset in the way of leases and other property
valued at $2500 which brings the assets of the club up
to $6912.27. The original capital of the association was
$6000, so that there has been a profit of $912.27.

The last day of the Woodward-Shanklin sale at Lex-
ington was marked by a commendable act of generosity
on the part of the horsemen present. The mare Arcti-
letta by Almont Arch, and her yearling filly by
Electric BeU were entered in the sale by Mrs. Irving
Halsey, widow of the trotting horse writer, Judge
Halsey. This was his entire estate. The mare was
bid up to $30 and there it stopped. J. E. Bathgate of
Newark, N. J., placed a five-dollar bill on the mare's
back as a contribution to the widow. This example
has followed until $218 were raised. The youngster
was next offered and was going at a low figure when it
was proposed that bids of $5 be made, the last bidder
to get the filly and each one contributing his bid.
There were thirty-six bidders. Sheriff Henry Bos-
worth secured her and gave her back. She then
brought $101, being knocked down to Frank Gentry
of Lexington. In all $529 were secured. A farmer
who had been keeping the mare and filly donated his
feed bill and the sale company its percentage.

At a meeting of the Directors of the New England
Breeders Association, held March 1st, the possibilities
of a $20,000 stallion race were canvassed, and it was
decided to lay the matter on the table for the present,
as no such class of stallions appear to be in training,
as was the case last season. If it appears later that a
good stallion or free-for-all is possible, the stake will
be given. Two classes were opened for the annual
breeders' meeting, which will be held at Readville,
commencing September 16th. One is a $10,000 purse
for 2:10 trotters under usual conditions, while the
other is a guaranteed $5000 purse for four year old
trotters eligible to the 2:25 class. In the latter class
the entrance fee is $50, and nothing more is due until
the night before the rare, when starters will pay $200
more each. No percentage will be deducted from win-
ners. In addition to these two races, there is a $5000
Futurity for three year old trotters, anil $1000 for three
year old pacers, which will be raced at this meeting,
as well as at $2500 division of the Futurity for two year
trotters. The purse events will be announced later.

Attention has lately been directed the world over to
the cream colored horses used in the British royal
coach. Some inquiry has been made as to the breed
to which these horses belong. To that question reply
may be made that much difference of opinion exists as
to the origin of the tribe. Some authorities call these
horses a breed, others only a variety. The fact prob-
ably is, according to the best authority, that these
cream colored horses are a distinct breed, originating
in Denmark, but transplanted wholly into Hanover.
The royal horses of Hanover were white — who has not
heard of the "White Horse of Hanover?" — and white
horses were used in the king's coach. At one time or
other an ingenious chamberlain conceived the idea of
putting cream colored horses in the queen s coach and
ever afterwards horses of that hue of coat were bred
and maintained in the royal Hanoverian stables. Thel
probability is, however, that both the whites and the
creams will soon be represented solely in the stables of
the British crown, for we learn that for the past two
decades or so the Hanoverian studs have not been kept
up as they should have been if intended to supply any
great number of the beautiful coachers for which they:
have been so justly celebrated.

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The new track at Memphis, Term., which is now in
course of construction, is to be 100 feet wide its entire
length. It should be an ideal place to wind up the
grand circuit although we fear that it will prevent the
Los Angeles people from continuing their custom of
getting big attractions from the East at their fall
meetings, as the Memphis date is as late as it will be
safe to advertise a California meeting.

"Uncle Davy" Cahill, the Kentuckian who owns
Charley Herr 2:07, in a recent interview regarding the
future of his great stallion, recently said: "While I
have had no negotiations with any trotting associa-
tions or the owners of Cresceus and The Abbot for a
proposed race between these great horses, I am ready
to race one or both of them for a purse such as would
be given for a race of this kind, for one heat, two
heats, three heats or any number of heats." I am in-
clined to think that Charley Herr will show more im-
provement so far as speed is concerned than either The
Abbot or Cresceus this year, and if he does show
material improvement in this respect, he will not be
outclassed by either of the other horses in a race. He
is much such a trotter as Joe Patchen is as a pacer, for
he saves himself as much as possible, is always going
the gait he ought to, and can take the severest kind of
punishment in a losing heat and come up sweet tem-
pered for another tilt. Such horses are few, and they
usually continue to improve for a longer period of time
than those which have to be handled more carefully.

Mr. August Belmont, although prominently- identi-
fied with thoroughbreds, is a great admirer of a square
going trotter; one that steps high, isfreegaited, stylish
and of such a disposition that, the owner can drive him.
Mr. E. H. Harriman, some four or five years ago, when
he had Stamboul in the city, took Mr. Belmont out
riding one day in a cutter, and Mr. Belmont was very
much impressed with the desirable qualities which.
Stamboul displayed — being a horse of fine. manners and
very brushy. The horse that can out-brush Stamboul
on the trot has never lived. The late John A. Gold-
smith trained Stamboul one year in California, and one
day brushed him an eighth of a mile in 135 seconds
over the Stockton track. Mr. Belmont bred a grand-
daughter of Volunteer to Stamboul with fine success,
and has now sent to Goshen to be bred to him, a very
handsome trotting bred mare called Rainbow, by King
Rene, dam Fiddle String by Piddle Stick, son of Lex-
ington. Stamboul has one marked characteristic
which will appeal to all those who havebeeninfluenced
by reading the recent article of General Tracy's in
which the General animadverts against the pacers —
Stamboul always sires trotters. He has forty-four in
the 2:20 list, four of them are in the 2:12 list — and he
has never sired a pacer. — Spirit of the Times.

Chas. L. Griffith was busy last Saturday figuring
how much a black foal born at Pleasanton the night
before would have to win if raced, or be sold for to
make him even on the original investment on his dam
and her cost since. The foal is a black son of Direct
2:055, his dam Vida "Wilkes 2:18} by Guy Wilkes. Mr.
Griffiith paid $9500 for Vida at auction in New York
and has bred her nearly every year since he owned
her. She has slipped foals twice, and the only live
foal she had previous to this one, fell and broke its
neck when a yearling. Several years she failed to get
in foal at all, and Mr. Griffith was rather surprised
when he found that this little son of Direct was a
healthy looking little chap and was taking his nour-
ishment as though he enjoyed it. He is a granlly bred
one and if he lives and has no ill luck should be a won-
derful horse. His dam was one of Guy Wilkes' fastest
daughters and would have taken a very low mark had
she not gone wrong. She took her mark as a three
year old. The dam of Vida Wilkes is Vixen (dam of 3
with standard records) by the great Nutwood, and the
next dam is another great broodmare, Sister (the dam
of Albert W. 2:20 and Bonanza 2:295 and grandam of
Waldstein 2:225) by John Nelson. The writer never
saw Lady Bunker, but if the photographs of her that
have been published are at all correct, Vida Wilkes
bears a very marked resemblance to her. We re-
marked this to Bert Webster and he said he had often
been struck with the same idea when looking at Vida
Wilkes.

A number of trotters and pacers are being worked
at Pendleton, Oregon, this spring, and owing to the
climate, good breeding and horsemanship this place
has turned out some of the best horses Oregon has
ever produced, which is likely to continue, judging
from present prospects. At the Perringer & Simpson
track they are stepping along some already, and the
boys are confident they will win their part of the big
purses this year. Cris Simpson is working Alta Norte
2:165, Phil N. 2:21, Mack Mack, a green trotter by
McKinney out of the dam of Bonner N. B. 2:17, San-
tiam (p) 2:26 by Caution and the two year old Charley
S. and New Moon, both by Bonner N. B., which are
entered in the Breeders' Stake at the State Fair
Simpson's horses are looking well and are in good con-
dition for the season's work. James Erwin is work-
ing a very promising stable, and they all show the
good care and careful handling they are receiving.
He has Starkey (p) 2:15}, John Edison (p) 2:16|, Oveta
2:21}, Saltese. a green trotter by Caution; Ollie M., a
two year old pacer by Westfield; Oregon Sunshine, a
two year old pacer by Bonner N. B. Both these two
year olds are entered in the Breeders' Stake and are
promising colts. Geo. Perringer is jogging Mt. Hood
by Westfield and Kinney Mack, a three year old by
McKinney. They are both looking well and in good
condition. L. Thompson is placing his faith in his
two year old trotter, Promise, by Westfield, and to
our mind is one of the best two year olds in the State;
keep your eye on her. Frank Frazier, who brought
out the fast pacer Chehalis 2:04}-, has Hassalo, a green
pacer by Westfield 2:225 out of Alta 2:23}-, that will
show the boys Frank's old time horsemanship when
he turns him loose. Frank also has a Westfield two
year old that he says can beat anything in Umatilla
county and this includes the best ones in the State.
We advise our West Oregon friends to look out for
the Pendleton aggregation, for they are full of bone. —
Poiiland Rural Spirit.

At the Nightingale farm at Cordelia, Solano county,
there is standing for public service this year the stallion
James Monroe, a son of James Madison 2:17£. James
Monroe stands 16 hands 3 inches high and weighs 1320
pounds, but is so handsomely proportioned that he
does not look to be as large as he is. He was worked
some as a four year old (he is now eight) but was such
a big colt that his trainer was afraid to do much with
him, although he showed great speed at the trot and
had a nice way of going. His dam was by Whipple's
Hambletonian out of a thoroughbred mare by Owen
Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont. James Monroe is
a Mahogany bay with black points and should be a
good horse for the farmers of Solano county who wish
to raise carriage horses and roadsters to breed to, as
size and style are in great demand in the horse market
and will always be. The service fee has been placed
at $25.

We desire to call the attention of breeders to the
fact that the horse Educator advertised for service in
our columns to day is one of the most profitable horses
to breed to in California. He is said to be the hand-
somest son of Director which is no slight compliment
as many of the Director family are noted for their
great beauty. Educator's get, the oldest of which are
coming three year olds, are noted for their handsome
proportions, and as he is a sure foal getter and so pre-
potent that all his get look like him, the breeders of
Alameda county are giving him an increased patron-
age this year. Educator is a jet black horse, foaled
June 1892, stands 155 hands high and weighs 1170
pounds. He is a natural pacer and his action is perfec-
tion. With lofty carriage and a perfect disposition he
is a show horse that is hard to beat in any company.
He was sired by the old champion Director 2:17 one of
the greatest race horses that ever trotted in America,
and a sire of champions having produced Directum
2:05} and Direct 2:055, besides many others. Educa-

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Palmer Clark makes the following sensible remarks
in a late issue of the Chicago Inter-Ocean: Some com-
plaint is being made in various quarters at the non-
appearance of volume fifteen of the Trotting Register,
it now being three years since the last volume was
issued. It is presumed the stringent rules and high
fees for registration are retarding the registration of
stock, both handicaps to the business that have no ex-
cuse for their existence and could be regularly recti-
fied. The term "standard bred" has long since ceased
to have any significance. I have always contended
that the "standard" should consist of just two rules —
viz.: a horse that has performed in a public race, ac-
quiring a record of 2:30 and better, or a horse or mare
that has produced one or more such performers; other-
wise all trotting or pacing bred horses, rtgardless of
rules, should be admitted to the register at a nominal
fee, just as a matter of record, the only requirement
being that the pedigree be authenticated. This would
make the tracing or establishing of the breeding of
an.y horse a simple matter instead of a grt.it hardship,
which it is getting to be more and more as horses
multiply and registering is not maintained. It would
also place the value of the standard on the only
basis on which it can hope to live — the speed or speed
producing test, doing away with the idea of admitting
to standard rank all the probable no-account relations
of already registered animals, the only merit to the
rank which some of them possess being that they or
their ancestors were admitted when the rules were less
stringent, a fact in itself that shows the absurdity of
applying any blood standard as opposed to the per-
forming test."

BEAUTY BY EDUCATOR.

tor's dam was Dolly by Vermont Messenger. Dolly
was noted in Alameda county as a handsome roadster
with great speed and wonderful endurance, it being a
common occurrence for her to be driven from Hay-
wards to Broadway street, Oakland, a distance of four-
teen miles in fifty minutes hitched to a buggy. Dolly's
dam was a handsome representative of the Morgan
family of trotters and it is from this happy combina-
tion of the beauty, speed and endurance of the
Director, Messenger and Morgan blood that Educator
gets those qualities and the power to reproduce them
in his offspring. The late T. E. Keating worked Edu-
cator for a short time, and said he showed a 2:20 gait
easily, but as the horse was suffering from a severe
cold that nearly developed into influenza he was let up
on and Mr. Henry being a farmer and not a racing man
concluded to keep him in the stud, especially as many
of his neighbors desired to breed to him. At the low
service fee of $25 Educator will be a very profitable
horse to breed to. He will get speed in all probability
and good looks *to a certainty. The latter commodity
does not have to be developed and brings the ready
cash in the market. All of the get of Educator are
black or brown, and from three mares with white
faces and white legs he has produced three solid black
colts. The cut herewith of a three year old filly by
Educator, that is owned by James McConaghy of San
Leandro, shows the type of horse he is siring. By
turning to our advertising pages a small picture of
Educator will be seen, as well as some particulars in
regard to him.

Ever since The Abbot changed hands there have
been rumors of matches and races. At first the only
idea was a series of matches between The Abbot and
Cresceus. Then it was pointed out that Charley Herr
and two or three others would like to come in, and
then Thomas W. Lawson, who will go in for anything
from a $30,000 pink to a $500,000 yacht, declared that
he would put up $10,000 on his gelding Boralma 2:08
for a $60,000 sweepstakes. This has brought out a dis-
tinct declaration from Fire Commissioner Scannell
defining his position, and what he will do. He says:
"Having seen the notice of Mr. Thomas W. Lawson,
desiring to race his gelding Boralma against other
trotters for $10,000 a corner in a sweepstakes, and men-
tioning among others he is desirous of meeting the
champion of the world The Abbot, as owner of The
Abbot I beg to say to Mr. Lawson and all other owners
of trotters that The Abbot will not race in any sweep-
stakes, but stands ready to trot any horse in the world
for any amount of money over any track of the Grand
Circuit after July 25th, the race to be trotted over the
track of the association offering the best inducement.
I wish to show that The Abbot is the champion of the
champions, and am ready to make any kind of a race
to substantiate the claim of champion trotter of the
world, and will also endeavor to beat his own record
of 2:03} before the end of the year." ■ j

McKinney 2.11}, stands at the head of winning sires
in America. The American Sportsman of Cleveland,
Ohio, has compiled a table of the sires whose get won
over $1500 last year and McKinney leads them all. The
Sportsman says: "For the first time since 1892, when
this paper began its table of money winning sires, a
stallion under fifteen years of age stands at the head
of winners, and that stallion belongs to California, it
being McKinney, one of the most talked of young stal-
lions of the day. It goes without saying, that with
harness races in progress in all parts of the United
States, many of them never reported, it is impossible
to compile a table of winning sires that will be abso-
lutely complete, but it can be made so nearly complete
that a meeting here or there will not change the stand-
ing of any horse materially. The table of winning
sires for 1900 shows some peculiar facts; for the first
time in many years, the stake winners have come from
families that were represented on the turf by only
those particular horses. As the winner of the Mass-
achusetts and Transylvania, Boralma was Boreal's
only performer; Annie Burns was the only prominent
one of the Bobby Burns family; Charley Herr the only
one of the Alfred G. family; Connor the only one of
C. F. Clay; Lady Geraldine was Constantine's only big
winner, and the futurity which has in many years made
the champion sire, went to the Moko family, which
has produced only two trotters as old as three year
olds. The get of McKinney won $15,000 in California,
while in the East Coney won $5000. The reputation
this young horse is gaining is certain to keep him in
the foreground as a sire of money winners. He was a
great race horse himself having won twenty-five of the
twenty-eight races he contested, and never behind the
money, while as afsire he stands as a champion. At
thirteen years of age he has thirty performers, and
fifteen (one half) are in the 2:15 list: three in 2:10, and
six below 2:13. The list puts McKinney first with
$20,000, Robert McGregor $18,215, Onward $16,825,
Direct $14,805, Bobby Burns $14,157, Alfred G. $14,042,
Mambrino King $13,420, Allerton $12,663, C. F. Clay
$12,377, Constantino $12,295, Moko $11,000, Wilkes Boy
$10,120, and 47 others whose get won from $9112 down
to $1592.

There is more life on the Vancouver, Wash., track
this spring than for years past. The return of J. W.
Tilden to this popular winter track has created quite
a bit of interest in trotting horse circles, and those
who quit the business some years ago are again to be
seen and heard talking horse. It was on this track
that Mr. Tilden brought out the noted race mare Ella
T. 2:08} and the unknown quantity Kittitas Ranger
2:11}, but since that time the inner field has been
planted to a prune orchard and the track dropped out
of notice. The return of Mr. Tilden has brought the
track to life again, and people are beginning to visit
the old training grounds once more, which is a con-
vincing argument that a fine stable of horses can "trot
rings around a prune orchard" in attracting a crowd.
Mr. Tilden is working a dozen or more head, mostly
youngsters or green ones. He has the big stallion
Package 2:24} and May Tilden 2:29}. Package is fully
16 hands high, rather on the coarse order and would
not impress any one favorably as a race horse, though
the records show that he is a consistent performer,
and Mr. Tilden winks the other eye when he speaks of
him. May Tilden by Altamont, out of Pussy Ivanhoe,
second dam Daisy Dean, the dam of Ella T. 2:08}, is a
racy looking beast, and if she does not go along some
we miss our guess. The best thing we saw in Mr.
Tilden's stable is the gray three year old filly by
Touchet, out of Pussy Ivanhoe. She is a clean cut
pacer and goes without either boots or pajamas.
Hattie Holly is a $25 filly that Mr. Tilden brought out
here to win the pacing division of the two year old
stake at the State Fair this fall. Golden Scarlet is a
Washington bred colt by Scarlet Letter, entered in
the two year old stake and looks more like a winner
than Hattie. Doc Sperry is also at this track; in fact,
he has never left it since it was built. He has Scarlet
Letter, Vinmont2:21, a green trotter by Coeur d'Alene
out of Venetia, by Almont 33, and a three year old by
Malheur. Scarlet Letter is looking big and fine, and
will be kept in the stud again this season. Perhaps no
horse on the coast with such ultra fashionable breed-
ing has been kept so isolated as Scarlet Letter. The
few colts he has are nearly all fine individuals -
plenty of natural speed to warrant training, but
have, unfortunately, been in the hands of thos»:
would not give them a chance. — Portland Rural Sj

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I GUN. ■

Coming Events.

March 17— Lincoln Gun Club. Green blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

March 24— San Francisco Gun Clnb. Live birds. Ingleside

March 24 — Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

March 31— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April I, 2, 3, 4. a — Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Lire birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 7 — California Wing Club. Lire birds. Ingleside.

April 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

At the Traps.

The Lincoln Gun Club announces the following
schedule of shoots at Alameda Point for this season, to
he held on the third Sunday of the month, commenc-
ing March 17th and ending August 18th. The regular
club race will be at 25 targets, class shooting: $150 will
be distributed among the winners. Event No. 2 at 25
targets for the Neustadter trophy, for members only.
Event No. 3 will be the favorite "continuous break"
match. Four entries in one day will be allowed. Suit-
able prizes are offered the winners. Other events will
be announced from time to time by Manager Edg.
Forster.

17 Swales 16 12

8 Jacobson. 14 6

12 Gere 16 11

The rain interfered with the blue rock shoot of the
Empire Gun Club on Sunday. A good attendance of
shooters were present but nevertheless several events
were necessarily postponed, among them the contests
for the "Yellowstone"' and "Schumacher" trophies.

In the club championship diamond medal race,
twenty-four men faced the traps, A. J. Webb was high
gun. A summary of the scores made is the following:

Debenham 15, La Motte 17. Lambert 13. Lewis 14,
Fish 14, Cullen 17, Baird 19, Wood 11, Juster 15. Hauer
10, Webb 19, Guyett 9, Howard 7, jacobson 10, Reed
14, Searls 15, Gere 13, Seaver 17, Hoyt 18. Sweeney 17,
Ireland 6, Houpt 10, Gregg 10, Jansen 3.

The second club event, the money match, followed.
In this race the shooter's are classified by scores made
in the medal race, a club purse is divided among four
classes each month. For the initial time inlthe history
of a club shoot, the first class was not represented, not
a man could break 20 targets in the previous race.
Time again a target would be blown from the trap to
the shooting score, thus making the shooting in wind
and rain exceedingly difficult. In second class Cullen
won first money, Debenham and Fish divided in third
class The fourth class men partially shot out their
scores. Guyett, Ireland, Hoyt, Gregg, Janssen and
McLain were compelled to postpone shooting in this
class until next month. In this race the shooters were
handicapped in distance Targets were thrown from
the maugatrap. The handicap distances and scores
made were the following:

Second class —

Yds B'k Yds B'k

Cullen 18 18 Baird 16 15

LaMotte 11 11 Webb 22 16

Third class —

Debenham 18 17 Reed 16 10

Fish 16 17 Searls 18 15

Juster 16 14

Fourth class —

Lambert 16

Wood 16

Hauer 22

Despite the inclement weather a large gathering of
sportsmen attended the pigeon shoot of the California
Wing Club at Ingleside last Sunday. Weather condi-
tions militated against high scores during the regular
club race. A high wind prevailing carried several
dead birds just over the boundary fine and thus cut
ragged edges in scores. Clarence Haight had a clean
run of kills broken by the wind, his fifth bird, well
centered and killed clean, dropped a few inches over
the line. Five shooters with fourteen birds each were
the high men in the club race. Williamson and Haight
divided a $25 side pool in the club match. Six bird pool
races then prevailed. In the first six bird pool five
shooters with straight scores divided the purse, they
were Walsh, Shaw, Nauman, Tod Sloan and Klevesahl.
In the second six bird pool, six shooters, Dwyer,
Lougee, Shaw, Nauman, "Heidelberg" and F. Feudner
were in the money division.

Eight shooters 'divided the pool in the third race,
they were Dwyer, Sloan, Ireland, Lougee. Shaw,
Shields, "Heidelberg" and F. Feudner.

Following the six bird races two miss and out events
were shot. In the first one Lougee went out on his
first bird, dead out. Tod Sloan then missed his fourth
bird; this left four men in with five birds each; a divi-
sion of the pool was agreed to and another miss and
out started with five men up. This proved to be the
most interesting event of the day. The shooters
started from the 30 yard slat, after the fifth round,
with each man straight, the shooters stepped back to
the 32 yard mark, then shot from the 34, 36 and 37
yard scores successively, as each round was shot out
straight. It being inconvenient to get back further
than 37 yards, Frank Ireland proposed that but one
barrel be used, which was agreed to; Dick Dwyer
wanted every shooter to shoot left handed, this was
barred and single shots prevailed. The birds were
rather easy and favored the difficult shooting condi-
tions. The first man to drop out was Sloan on his
eighth bird, a strong one. "Heidelberg" next fell out
on his twelfth pigeon, a strong "magpie" from No. 3
trap. Frank Ireland 's hopes for the purse were spoiled
on bis eighteenth pigeon, Dwyer also fell down in the
eighteen row. Nauman, with eighteen birds scored,
won the purse. The rain, during this race, made
shooting conditions very difficult.

The underground system of operating the traps now
in vogue, proved to 'be effective and of the highest
convenience. The new apparatus was [critically in-
spected by a number of trap shooters, who were all de-
lighted with the improved facilities for indulging in
their favorite sport.

The method of retrieving was a practical innovation
that had the strong approval of the shooters. Within
a few feet of No. 3 trap and inside the row of traps, a
pit had been dug in the ground. This hole was covered
over with a banking of earth, the portion of the hood
furtherest from the shooter being open and raised nine
inches higher than the surrounding ground. In the
dugout a man and two dogs were safely esconced, the
dogs being placed on a shelf were enabled to see every
trap as it opened and without difficulty could locate all
birds that were shot and fell beyond the trap circle.
For retrieving birds that fell between the pit and the
shooting platform boys were employed. The whole
system, as used last Sunday, worked smooth and satis-
factorily. The emerging of a Pointer or Setter from,
apparently the bowels of the earth, and then a quick
dash for the bird and after coming in a few feet the
disappearance of the dog into the ground again was a
peculiar new phase in trap shooting that will be long
remembered by those present.

Club match. 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise —

Haight, C. A..... 2221* 22222 22222-14

Williamson, W. H 02222 22222 21212—14

Walsh, P. J 22122 211*1 22122—14

■Heidelberg" 22221 21012 21221—14

Owens, L. D 21222 21221 02111—14

"Slade" 21211 11210 10221—13

Lion, C.t 122*2 12210 12112-13

Roos, A 21012 12112 122*2-13

Nauman, C. C *1221 *2122 11122—13

Feudner, M. O 50222 22222*2222—13

Shields, A. M 21210 12210 12211—13

JuStins.H 22.122 2CI 122 22120-11

Shaw, C. H 02020 2*220 212*1— 9

Donohoe.Ed 22*22 12000 20022— 9

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Weil 12101 12w —5

Hecht.H.t 21210 Olw — 5

Neustadter, N.t 00102 20w —2

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First six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, high guns. 30
yards rise —

The Butcher Bird.

Franklin *20121— 1

Lougee 2*1210—1

Lion, Chick 222001—4

King. F. W. t 010011— 3

Gerstle. W. L.f 02012O-3

Weilt 110000-2

Haight, C.A 220w— 2

Far, Ed 120w— 2

Shields, A. M 210w— 2

Donohoe, Ed lOw —1

Justins. H 20w — 1

Feudner, F 2*w — 1

Walsh, P. J 211211—6

Shaw. C. H 122221- "

Nauman, C. C 222221—6

Sloan, Tod 122222—6

Kleresahl, E 1 12222—6

Williamson, W. H 021221—5

Neustadter, N 302122—5

"Heidelberg" 221021—5

Bancroft t 11 1201—5

Dwyer. R 111220—5

Roos, A.t. 102122—5

Hecht t 202212—5

Ireland. F 121012—5

t Birds only.

Second six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yard rise, high
guns —

Dwver, R 111211—6 Walsh, P. J 221*12—6

Lougee 112111—6 Ireland, F 101111—5

Shaw, C. H 112211—6 Sloan, Tod 002121—1

Nauman, C. C 212212—6 Nauman. H.t 110202-4

"Heidelberg" 111211—6 Shields. A. M 21130w— 1

Feudner, F 221221—6

tBirds only.

Third six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, high guns, 30
yards rise —

Dwver, R 211111—6

Sloan, Tod 221122—6

Ireland F 112221—6

Lougee 11 1222—6

Shaw.C. H 221112—6

Shields, A. M 222221—6

"Heidelberg" 211211—6

Feudner, F -222122—6

tBirds only.

Miss and out, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Sloan, Tod 1110 —3 Nauman, C. C 21211—5

Ireland, J 11212—5 "Heidelberg" 12122— S

Dwyer.R 12111—5 Lougee * — 0

Miss and out, $2.50 entrance —

Dwyer. R 22212 12211 11111 110—17

Sloan. Tod 22112 210 — 7

"Heidelberg" 21122 11111 110 —II

Nauman, C. C 11122 21211 lull 111—18

Ireland, F 22221 21711 11111 110—17

Walsh, P. J

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...220202—4

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...001111—1

Lewis, T. F

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Vernon. F.t

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Kleresahl, E

...lOw — 1

The blue rock shoot of the San Francisco Gun Club
at Ingleside Sunday was postponed. Several squads
shot in practice early in the morning; the club events
were started and several scores at 25 targets shot up
by Dr. Derby. N. Neustadter. W. Weil. E. Eievesahl.
Ed Forster,' Ed Wands, O. Fisher, G. G. Gauld, H.
Hecht, F. Feudner, W. J. Golcher and J. Karney.
The incessant downpour of rain sent the shooters to
shelter and prevented further continuance of the pro-
gram for the day.

•

The Game Bill.

The game bill passed the third reading in the Senate
on Thursday. The best features of the bill are the
prohibition of the sale of quail and a limit on individual
bags of feathered game. That the "apostles of game
protection" were not actuated by an honesty of pur-
pose for game protection is shown by the omission
from the bill of the very features that a majority of
the sportsmen of the State desired in the interest of
legitimate game protection, viz.: prohibition of night
shooting, sink-boxes, sneak-boats, the trapping and
netting of ducks, a provision relating to trespass, the
use of illegal devices and large bore guns, animals or
animal blinds in slaughtering ducks, the frivolous limit
on black brant, non-protection of shore birds, no pro-
tection whatever for English snipe, etc. The individual
who was most assiduous in drafting bills and sending
letters to the interior press in favor of this peculiar
game law is well aware that the wanting features in
the game bill are the very matters most obnoxious to
Eastern game law makers, whom he has continually
quoted as bright examples for our sportsmen to follow.
Their omission from the present bill shows a positive
lack of good faith on the part of the principal advo-
cates of the bill.

As a recompense for what was lacking in the game
bill, we have the establishment of a Game Commis-
sioner ($7500 was appropriated for game protection
this year) and a gun license law, taxing sportsmen one
dollar per annum. This tax will be used to furnish a
fund to run the Game Commissioner's office. How,
when, where and by whom the tax will be collected is
an interesting problem. This is game protection with
a vengeance — the idea and principal is a good class
proposition, but we believe that the gun license law
will not stand the test of the courts, it is not con-
stitutional.

The following interesting story concerns a denizen of
the thicket and field that has, with many, a reputation
for mischief and marauding that is believed by most
authorities to be undeserved :

All of us who have lived in California any length of
time know him, and such of us as are new to this "land
of sunshine" will soon make his acquaintance, for he
is such a nervy chap that he challenges at once our
attention and our admiration, writes Harry H. Dunn
in the Los Angeles Herald. It almost seems from his
very dash and energy as well as his carnivorous nature
that the butcher bird should have been classed among
the falcons and smaller hawks, rather than to be
placed off by himself among such peaceful birds as the
vireos and waxwings. His Latin name is Lanius, which
means literally "a butcher," but his proper name
among English-speaking people is the California shrike
— not butcher bird. There are many other kinds of
shrikes, and they inhabit every country in the world
from the cold boreal regions to the torrid zone. In
North America alone we have some four distinct species.
The largest of these is the Great Northern sb rike, a bird
much larger than ours and seldom, if ever, seen at this
low latitude. Two others about the size of ours in-
habit the States to the east of us and are known as
the loggerhead and white-rumped varieties. The Cal-
ifornia shrike was formerly called the "white-winged"
on account of the white spot which you can plainly see
on each wing.

The shrikes are ferocious, bloodthirsty birds, always
on the warpath against lesser birds, especially such as
are confined in accessible cages. Yet all the cage birds
ten shrikes could destroy in a whole year could not
possibly balance the good" one pair will do in destroy-
ing mice and large insects. Just now they may be fre-
quently seen perched on some dead limb — usually in
pairs, for their nesting season is close at hand — watch-
ing the ground and air beneath for creeping or flying
life. The appearance of a moth or other insect is the
signal for a hawk-like swoop into mid-air, returning, if
successful, to some perch where a convenient thorn or
perch provides a suitable receptacle for the captured
prey. This habit of hanging up game in forks of
branches or impaling it on thorns is peculiar to this
family alone. There seems to be no reason for it — at
least I have never known the birds to return to this
improvised larder for their victim, and it is not com-
monly done by a pair after their young are hatched.
Then, indeed, papa and mamma shrike have all they
can do to procure food for their nestful of youngsters.

Some time in March or April the nest is built, both
birds contributing equally to the labor of constructing
it. Outwardly it is a rough mass of coarse twigs, but
this is only a protection from creeping enemies that
would seek to despoil the home. Inside the rough
basket we shall find a soft nest of string, fine grasses,
bits of cloth and horse hair, sometimes an inch in
thickness, whereon the six or seven gray, spotted eggs
repose. For the building of this nest some thick, bushy
tree is usually chosen. Many times it is one of a
cypress hedge, more often a heavily thorned orange
tree, while sometimes it is placed within a few feet of
the ground in a clump of "water mootics," or scrub
willows. No bird or animal can come near this nest
when the eggs are laid and Mrs. Shrike is at home
without hearing from her in no undecided tones, often
reinforced by blows from her strong beak.

The nesting habits and eggs of the other shrikes are
exactly like ours, except in the case of the northern
bird, which, being larger lays a larger egg. The
shrikes are regular inhabitants of our parks, and any-
one who is interested in bird life may spend a profitable
hour or two watching them, especially in Eastlake
park, where bird life is noticeably more plentiful than
in almost any other.of the city's breathing spots."

As supposed by many persons, rifling and breech-
loaders are not of recent invention. A breech-loading
magazine gun was made by Cookson as early as 1586.
A breech-loading revolver was patented by Buckle in
1717, and a single trigger double-barrel sporting gun,
having a lock similar in almost all essentials to tnat of
the most modern form of weapon, was patented by Joe
Manton in 1792. The use of fulminate ignited by per-
cussion was patented in 1807, but the invention had
been employed by others prior to that date. It is
mainly the invention of the cartridge making its own
gas-tight joint and carrying its own ignition, and the
substitution of steel for' iron that has rendered the
modern forms of small arms and ordnance possible.
Breech-loaders were invented long ago, but they did
not come into use because it was found impracticable
to design a breech mechanism which could be opened
and closed quickly, but which would nevertheless make
a gas-tight joint. ' The made-up cartridge for ordnance
is now often replaced by the obturator, but the obtura-
tor was suggested by the cartridge, and the idea is the
same — namely, that'the tight joint does not depend on
the fit of the breech block. The principal improve-
ment in ordnance is the introduction of the divided
breech screw.

In the contest . for the William Payne Thompson
Cup, valued at $600, emblematic of the Carteret Ama-
teur Championship at live birds, Mr. Harold Money
won the trophy, shooting with a Parker gun, over a
field of seventeen of the crack amateurs oi the country.
H. B. Kirkover and Col. Thos. Martin, second high
guns, also shot with a Parker gun. The distance was
30 yards rise and 30 yards boundary. In a miss and out
for a cup, valued at $100, given by the club, Mr. Money
again proved the winner; he shot from the 33 yard
mark and killed 17 straight.

W. L. Gerstle had the misfortune to break his high
grade Lefever gun during the live bird shoot at Ingle-
side last Sunday. Both barrels were fired at a bird,
on the second discharge the recoil caused the stock to
break in two at the grip. An examination of the wood
showed a cross grain in the walnut which weakened
the stock considerably.

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Coming Events.

March 23.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 P. M,

March 24— Fly-casting, Sunday contest., No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

In the Country.

There's a sort o' kindly feelin' in the wind that rustles by,
There's a kind o' warmer color 'long to'ard evenin' in the sky;
You can see the buds a-swellin', an' in almost ev'ry place
There's the pussy willows weavin' patterns out o' soft gray lace;
Grass is greener in the pastur' an' has started in to grow;
You can see it run in ripples when the meadow breezes blow,
An' a solitary robin, of the birds the pioneer,

Pipes a promise from the poplar that the spring will soon be here;
— /. J. Montague in the Portland Oregonian.

The New Fish Law.

The principal changes in the new fish law now in
force have been introduced to curb many abuses aris-
ing from purely commercial causes. The close season
on steelheads in tide water, it is hoped, will stay the
rapacity of the net fishermen. If this result is achieved
the true sportsman will not begrudge the curtailing of
the period for angling that hitherto has prevailed.
Another thing, the law as it stood, by reason of the
inaccurate amendments and ambiguous changes intro-
duced by the enacting legislative body, was of no force
or effect. This fact was not generally known. It
was patent to the Fish Commission officials and the
county authorities, however. In Marin county for in-
stance, a case was never brought to trial, for the reason
that the law in so far as "trout" were concerned would
not stand the test. Trout of any kind may now not be
taken at all above tide water except with hook and
line in open season from April 1st to November 1st.
The open season for taking steelhead in tide water is
from April 1st to February 1st of the following year.

A close season during the month of June will be in
force for striped bass. The legal weight limit will now
be fish of one pound weight or over. The month of
June was selected for close season because at that time
the salmon nets are laid aside.. Any other month
would allow the chances of striped bass being caught
in nets ostensibly set for salmon. The law as it now is
cuts off a chance for argument with the salmon men
who might accidentally have caught striped bass in
their nets during close time.

The suppression of the Chinese net fishermen is a
long sought for boon. A close season on shrimp for
four months will be the means of saving many thou-
sands of dollars worth of fish annually. The provision
in the law for the saving and preserving of young salt
water food fishes and the prohibition of their sale, fresh
or dried, is in value to the State worth more dollars
than the total expenditure to date of the State funds
in maintaining the Fish Commission.

The close season on sturgeon has been extended one
month. It possibly would have been better had a
close season for several years been provided.

Needed protected legislation was obtained when the
amendments to Section 635 were incorporated in the
law.

The law in full as passed by the legislature is as
follows:

An Act to amend Sections 628, 632 and 635 of the
Penal Code and add thereto a new section Numbered
636A, all relating to the preservation of fish.

Section 1. Section six hundred and twenty-eight of the Penal
Code of the State of California is amended to read as follows:

Section 628. Every person, who, between the thirty-first day of
May and the first day of July, buys, sells, takes, catches or has in
his possession, any striped bass, or who, between.the first day of
January and the first day of July, buys, sells, takes, catches or has
in his possession, any black bass, or who, between the first day of
April and the fifteenth day of August, buys, sells, takes, catches or
has in his possession, any lobster or crawfish, or who, between the
first day of May and the first day of September, buys, sells, takes,
catches, kills or has in his possession, any shrimp, or who, at any
time, buys, sells, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession, any
striped bass of less than one pound in weight, or any lobster or
crawfish of less than nine and one-half inches in length, measured
from one extremity to the other, exclusive of legs, claws or feelers,
or any sturgeon or any egg-bearing female lobster, or any female
crab (or any abalone shells, or abalone, the shell of which shall
measure less thanfifteen inches around the outer edge of the shell),
or who, by seine or other means, catches the young fish of any
species and does not immediately return the same to the water
alive, or, who buys, sells, or offers for sale or has in his possession,
any such fish, whether fresh or dried, or who catches, takes, kill or
carries away any fish from any pond or reservoir belonging to, or
controlled by the Board of Fish Commissioners, or any person, or
corporation, without the consent of the owners thereof, which pond
or reservoir has been stocked with fish, or who, except with hook
and line, takes, catches or kills any black bass whatsoever, or any
kind of fish, from any river or stream upon which the State, or
United States fish hatchery is maintained, is guilty of a misde-
meanor, and punishable bv fine not less than twenty dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county
jail, not less than ten nor more than one hundred and fifty days, or
by both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected for any
violation of any of the provisions of this section must be paid into
the "Fish Commission Fund." Nothing in this section prohibits
the United States Fish Commission and the Fish Commission of
this State from taking at all times such fish as they deemnecessary
for the purpose of artificial hatching. It is no defense in a prose-
cution for a violation of any of the provisions of this section that
tha fish were caught or taken outside, or within, this State.

See. 2. Section six hundred and thirty-two of said code is hereby
amended to read as follows:

Sectional 632. Every person who, between the first day of No-
vember in any year and. the first day of April of the year following,
buy, sells, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession, any variety
of trout, except steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri), or, who, be-
tween the first day of November and the first day of April of the
year following, takes, hills or catches, any steelhead trout above
tide water, or, who, at any time, buys, sells, or offers for sale, any
trout of less than (one-half) pound weight, or takes or catches any
trout except with hook and line is guilty of a misdemeanor; pro-
vided, however, that steelnead trout (Salmo gairdneri) may be
taken in tide water between the first day of April and the first day
of February of the following year, with lawful nets, and a lawful
net is a net that when placed in the water is unsecured and free to
drift with the current or tide, and the meshes of which are. when
drawn closely together and measured inside the knot not less than
seven and one-half inches in length. Every person found guilty of
any violation of any of the provisions of this section must be fined
in a sum of not less than twenty dollars or be imprisoned in the
county jail of the county, not less than ten days, or be punished by
bo a such fine and imprisonment, and all fines collected for any

violation of any of the provisions of this sectionmust be paid into
the ' Fish Commission fund." Nothing in this section prohibits
the United States Fish, Commission and the Fish Commission of
this State from taking at all times, such trout as they deem neces-
sary for the purposes of propagation.

Sec. 3. Section sis hundred and thirty-five of the Penal Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 635. Every person who places or causes to be placed in
any of the waters of this State dynamite, gunpowder, or other ex-
plosive compound, for the purpose of killing or taking fish, or who
takes, procures, kills or destroys any fish of any kind by means of
explosives; or who places or allows to pass, or who places where it
can pass, into any of the waters of this State, any lime, gas, tar,
cocculus indicus, slag, sawdust, shavings, slabs, edgings, mill or
factory refuse, or any substance deleterious to fish, is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and is punishable by a fine of not less than two hun-
dred and fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the
county, not less than one hundred and fifty days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 4. A new section is hereby added to said code to be num-
bered section six hundred and thirty-six A, to read as follows:

Section 636A. Any net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net
used for taking or catching fish, which shall be used or main-
tained in any of the waters of this State in violation of any exist-
ing or hereafter enacted statutes or laws of this State for the pro-
tection of fish, is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and it is
the duty of every peace officer to :seize and keep the same and re-
port such seizure to the board of fish commissioners of the State.
Thereupon said board must commence proceedings in the superior
court of the county or citv and county in which the same shall be
seized, by filing a petition in said court, asking for a judgment
forfeiting such net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net so seized,
and ordering the destruction thereof. Upon the filing of such peti-
tion, it is the duty of the clerk of said court to fix a time for the
hearing thereof and to cause notices to be posted for the sDace of
fourteen days in at least three public places in the town, city, or
city and county, where the court is held, setting forth the substance
of such petition and the time and place fixed for its hearing, and
if at the time fixed for such hearing, no person appears and claims
such net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or set-net, the court must
proceed to hear and determine said proceedings according to law,
and upon proof that the said net, seine, drag-net, paranzella, or
set-net was used in violation of law, must order the same to be for-
feited and destroyed.

See. 5. All acts, or parts of acts, in conflict with this act are
hereby sepealed.

Sec. 6. This act takes effect immediately.

Stow Lake is as dry as the proverbial bone at pres-
ent. The contemplated repairs are well under way,
and ere long the pretty lake will again be the resort of
the many visitors who daily frequent the park. Fly-
casting contests and practice will probably be resumed
at the end of this month. The water in the lake has
been drawn off and used in filling up another artificial
lake near by. Last year Stow Lake was the home of a
number of trout and striped bass. Numerous in-
stances of trout striking at the barbless tournament
fly are recounted by the sportsmen who have fre-
quented the lake side. One fly-caster, who, by an
oversight placed a red fly on his leader one afternoon
last summer was surprised by a strike and then by
force of habit gave the rod a twist, found that he had
hooked what proved to be a ten-inch rainbow trout.
The fish was caught good and hard and had to be
brought to bank before it could be liberated without
tearing the hook from its jaw. Another fly-caster was
surprised by a strike at his red barbless fly from a
striped bass. He was trying a few practice casts a
short distance away from his fellow rod-wielders and
in dropping his line in the water on one cast a fish
jumped for it. The variety was immediately recog-
nized, it was without doubt a striped bass. Curiosity
prompted a cast in the same spot a few minutes later,
this brought the same fish, or one that looked exactly
like it, to the surface in another jump at the red
hackle.

While trolling Wednesday, last week, at Catalina,
D. B. Bonbright took in the first yellowtail of the sea-
son, and he was a beauty, weighing 37 pounds, and
putting up the usual hard fight offered by every yel-
lowtail. The same gentleman on the day before caught
a sting ray that weighed 50 pounds. Two more
yellowtail were taken on Wednesday on the cod
banks by a party consisting of A. D. Barrows and wife,
of Cheboygan, Mich., and Profs. Dewey and Conant.
They also took 38 fine rock cod, with a total weight of
266 pounds, which is an average of better than seven
pounds to the fish. This is, as every rock cod fisher-
man knows, a pretty good average weight. The yel-
lowtail weighed 23 and 16 pounds.

Last Saturday Dr. Milbank Johnson and H. Lee
Borden were trolling off Catalina island for yellowtail,
and instead of the desired game, they hooked the rarer
fish — a tuna. The earliness of the season is a great
surprise to tuna anglers, as the fish have never been
known to bite at this time before. Whether it means
the tuna season is on or not, is likely to be proven soon,
as there are many anglers who are ready to go over to
the island at the first suggestion of tuna.

The first barracuda of the season were taken at Cor-
onado last Wednesday by G. B. Beckmares, who got
a dozen of these snaky, but delicious salt water pick-
erel. W. H. Smith, of Yedo, Pa., went out after them
Thursday and was fortunate enough to catch 40 barra-
cuda and six big yellowtail. Spanish mackerel and
sea bass were also taken. So popular is this resort for
fishing purposes, that no boats are to be had unless
previously engaged.

♦

The angling visitors to Point Reyes and also to other
Coast waters in search of sport with the steelhead
trout will now have to lay by their rods until the 1st
of April, the opening of the fishing season.

KENNEL.

Eleventh annual

Coming Events.

March 13, 14, 15, 16— Mascoutah Kennel Club,
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln. Secretary.

April 2, 3, 4, 5— New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

April 3, 4, 5, 6— Portland Kennel Club. Bench show, Portland, Or.

April 10, 11, 12, 13— Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show, Seattle, Wash. P. K. L. Rules.

Great excitement and sport is to be found in catch-
ing halibut, one of the largest of our Pacific fishes,
mostly found in the strait of San Juan de Puca.
The line reel which is used at the stern of the boat re-
sembles an old fashioned well lift. When hooked, the
halibut draws the line slowly at first, but on finding
that his progress is checked, it gives a vigorous jerk
and speeds away at a furious rate. When its efforts
are fairly expended, the fish rises to the surface, churn-
ing the water all round it into foam. The men lose no
time in shooting the monster before it has t*me to dis-
appear, but not until it is quite dead do they venture
to draw it toward the boat. The great halibut of the
northwest coast sometimes attains a weight of 1000
ponnds, catching it is regarded a as dangerous game.

The Pacific Fox Terrier Club.

A regular meeting of the above named club was held
at No. 41 Sutter street, on last Monday evening, N. H.
Hickman in the Chair, and Messrs. Harley, Moore,
Shannon, Foster, D'Aquin and Martin present.

Dr. Charles E. Turner, of Vallejo, and Walter Magee,
of this city, were elected members. Nominations to
the Produce Stakes to be competed at May Show were
received as follows:

First Division — Dominick Shannon's Santa Anita by
Scorcher-Lillian Sage; W. F. Foster's Village Belle by
Scorcher-Lillian Sage, and W. W. Moore's Vina Belle
by Ch. Aldon Swagger-Ch. Golden Jewel.

Second Division — J. B. Martin's Powhattan Queen
by Ch. Claude Duval-Shadyside Tippet; N. H. Hick-
man's unnamed pup by Ch. Warren Safeguard-War-
ren Supple; W. F. Foster's Village Dandy by Scorcher-
Lillian Sage; C. K. Harley's unnamed pup by Aldon
Artist-Sweet Music; F. B. Costigan's Eureka by Nor-
folk Arbitrator-Diana.

The distribution of prizes will be in the following
order: 60 per cent, to winner; 30 per cent, to second
and 10 per cent to breeder of winner.

The club offers the followins special prizes for com-
petition by members only at the coming show of the
San Francisco Kennel Club:

A silver trophy for best dog puppy, also for the best
bitch puppy. A silver trophy for the best novice dog,
also for the best novice bitch. A silver trophy for the
best limit dog, also for the best limit bitch. A silver
trophy for the best open dog, also for the best open
bitch. A silver vase for the best Fox Terrier. Wires
and smooths to compete together for these special
prizes.

Competition promises to be of the keenest, as the
recent importation of .several good ones, together with
those that have been bred here, will no doubt result in
the benching of the best lot of Fox Terriers yet seen
on the Coast. Club adjourned to call of Chair.

J. B. Martin, Sec'y.

The~Bench Show.

The bench show committee have held weekly meet-
ings for sevex'al weeks past and disposed of a vast lot
of preliminary details necessary to pave the way to a
successful exhibition in May. It is announced that the
premium list will be issued very shortly, possibly next
week. A splendid list of open trophies and specials is
promised. The specialty clubs will come to the front
with a fine showing of specials. H. D. Laidlaw will
act as manager of the bench show.

The Irish Terrier.

A sterling breed that will test the spirit of the true
fancier is the dare-devil Irish Terrier. A popular type
of dog with the Eastern fanciers and one which has
power to be a true canine friend, a rollicking and ugly
customer in a fight, is the variety of Terrier here
mentioned. It is only within very recent years that
the breed has emerged from semi-obscurity, and very
few specimens that, in type and style, differed materi-
ally from just yellow dogs were seen on most show
benches until the beginning of the nineties. Even then
there were still fewer that would compare with the
stylish, long-headed "tyke" that made so good a dis-
play on the benches in Madison Square Garden, New
York, last month;

To breed Irish Terriers with a view to producing a
bench champion is a test of the high fancier spirit. .
It is probably one of the most uncertain breeds one
could choose in this respect. It has a habit of revert-
ing back, atavism as this is technically termed, that is
heart-break'ng to the amateur who has started his
little kennel with the best blood. There are several
kennels that have expended hundreds, and even thou-
sands, in importing the bluest blood without raising a
pup that could be termed high class. On the other
hand, more than one dog owner at the first shot has
hit a winner.

As an example. Oscar Donner, of New York, who
owns the crack bitch Champion Milton Droleen, went
to the expense and trouble of taking her over to Ire-
land to be bred to the crack sire Ch. Breda Muddler.
One of the resulting litter was presented to a friend,
and from this bitch, bred to Mr. Taylor's Ch. Gudcliffe
Muddle, was produced perhaps the best of her sex yet
bred in America, and the next litter contained another
winning puppy at the recent New York show. Her
sisters have not produced anything above mediocrity.

It is the vague and uncertain origin and ceaseless
interbreeding of the original stock of Irish Terriers on
the old sod, of all shapes, sizes and every color from
black to yellow, that brings about this diversity. Of
course during the past twenty years, since the Irish
Terrier became a show dog, the breed has been brought
to a type and character very.few of the earlier Terriers
possessed.

In former days the Irish Terrier's ears were cropped,
which state lent an artificial smartness to the Terrier's
expression. Since the English Kennel Club and Irish
Terrier Club made rules forbidding cropping, breeders
have, with no little success, striven to breed a small
button ear. Many otherwise good Terriers, however,
come with big "sow" ears which effectually spoil a
promising show career.

The Irish Terrier is an ugly customer in a fight- ii
knows no pains and its activity, strength and '
coat makes it a dangerous foe in any mix-up.

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fights to kill when once aroused. Around the house
and as a companion for the children an Irish Terrier is
admirable, for no treachery lurks in its honest brown
eye, and. moreover, it is gifted with Intelligence of a
high order. The Irish Terrier has been. aptly named
the dare-devil of dogdom.

Another useful trait possessed by the Irish Terrier
is his love of hunting. In this respect no other Terrier
approaches him. In hunting a field for vermin he
will quarter his ground like a Setter and trail like a
hound.

The leading characteristics of the breed are courage
and good temper. As a water Terrier they are not
excelled, and will work for hours along a water bank
after water or musk rats. Their ;oat being so hard
and close and flat, it is almost impervious to water.

Several well known Boston fanciers have large
kennels of Irish Terriers, the principal ones being
those of Oliver Ames, L. Loring Brooks, J. I. Taylor,
S. D. Parker, H. TV. Lacy and George S. Thomas, who
has imported and bred more good ones than any one
in the country.

Mr. Ames "imported Ch. Rum and Tory, whose
prices reached into $2000, as well as several of lesser
note. Mr. Taylor owns Ch. Gudcliffe Muddle and Ch.
Meddler and has imported recently several new cracks
for the Boston show. Mr. Brooks bred the famous
Iroquois Bencher, about the second best home bred
dog in the country. The best Terrier is said to be
Masterpiece, owned by Mr. Bruckheimer of New York
and is another instance of blind luck. This Terrier is
considered by judges to be one of the best ever turned
out, and no* less. a judge of the breed than George
Raper, the best all round judge of dogs in the world,
offered, during the New York show, it is said, $1500
for Masterpiece to take back with him to England.

The Irish Terrier Club of America was formed in
1867, and since then has boomed and bred immensely,
until at present there are about seventy members.

The best specimens of the breed on the Coast at
present are Mr. E. Courtney Ford's prize winning dogs
Barney F. and Virginia F. and also the kennel of good
ones owned by Mrs. Bradley-Dyne of Victoria. B. C.
Imp. Cardiff, TVarman and Saanich Doreen were
winners at the last Oakland show.

The head of the Irish Terrier should be long, flat in
skull and narrowing from ears to eye, free from wrinkle
with scarcely any stop. Jaws must be strong and
muscular; but not prominent in cheek, and of good

r punishing length. The hair on the face is about a
quarter of an inch long, and compared to the body
T hair, almost smooth: a slight beard is the only longish
hair that is permissible, and this lends character
to the expression. The teeth must be strong and level
with lips fairly close fitting, showing their black lining
through the iair. The nose must be black. The nose
is quite liable to be smudge or red, and is one of
the provoking experiences of the breeder. The eyes,
an important feature, should be a dark brown or
hazel, small, keen and full of fire, and with that
something behind them that proclaims intelligence.
The ears are uncut, small and V shaped and set well
up on the head, drooping forward close to the cheek
not to one side like the Fox Terrier. The ear is smooth
and generally darker than the body color.

The neck should be fairly long, well arched and free
from throatiness. The carriage of the neck lends
much style and character to the Terrier. A frill
should be visible at each side of the neck, running
nearly up to the ear, a very characteristic attribute.

The shoulders, this Terrier being more or less of a
galloper, should be fine and long and sloping well to
the back. The chest should be deep and muscular,
but not full nor wide.

The back and loin are distinctive. "While most Ter-
riers are cobby, the Irish Terrier should be more racily
built. Therefore, the back is moderately long, strong
and straight, with no slackness or dip behind the
shoulder. The loin is broad and powerful and has a
slight arch. The ribs are fairly well sprung, but more
deep than round and extending well back toward the
flank.

The hindquarters should be characteristically well
under the dog, stoong and muscular; thighs powerful,
and long, bringing the hocks near to the ground,
with stifles not much bent.

The feet should be strong, not so round as the Fox
Terrier's and moderately small and true set to the leg;
toenails black. The legs are moderately long, per-
fectly straight with pasterns straight and strong. The
legs should be free of feather and covered with short,
hard hair.

The coat is hard, wiry and free from softness or
silkiness, not so long as to hide the outlines of body,
particularly in hind parts, straight, flat and without
shagginess and curl.

The color is distinctive and should be whole covered.
In order,jthe colors are, first, bright red; thenwheaten,

yellow and gray. Brindle disqualifies. White ii
allowable in small degree on chest, but not elsewhere

The size varies, but should not exceed 24 pounds anc
not less than 18, for dogs, and 16 to 22 for bitches.

In general the Irish Terrier should present an active,
lithe, wiry, lively appearance, with lots of substance it
racy style, as speed and endurance, as well as power,
are .very essential. They must not be "cloddy" nor
cobby, but should be built on lines of speed and showing
a racing outline. Gameness is absolutely demanded

A mule owned by a Columbus, Ohio, man, was taken
to a farrier recently to be shod. While the smith was
preparing the shoes the mule broke away and a Bull
Terrier started after it, overtaking it and sinking his
teeth in the fleshy part of its thigh. The mule kicked
the dog off, and as the dog tried to renew his hold
caught him on the back with one of his hoofs, knock-
ing him head over heels. Again and again the
dog sank his teeth in the mule's leg and was
loosened by the mule only when the flesh yielded.
The mule's heels were telling severely on the dog,
when the latter managed to catch the mule by the
nostrils, throwing him to the ground. The owner of
the animals, who had been trying in vain to separate
them, managed to beat the dog into insensibility and
the fight was stopped. The dog was so terribly injured
that he had to be shot and the mule will probably die

' 'I expect they had some fine pups at the dog show, ' '
remarked a passenger from a country station; ''but I
have a dog at home that I wouldn't give for the best
of 'em."

"What breed is he ? "

"Don't know exactly, but I call him a coaly."

"Collie, you mean ? "

"No, I mean just what I say — coaly. Money
wouldn't buy that dog. He's a cur, but we couldn't
keep house without him. You see, several years ago I
trained him to bark at the raiiway trains as they
passed our house. He does give mouth to them, so
that every driver and stoker on the line has vowed to
kill him. Oh! but he is a valuable dog. "

"I can't see where the value comes in."

"You can't ? Well, you would if you was in my
place and had all the coal you could burn and some to
sell thrown off at your back door, free of cost." —
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party wanting to buy him to race this season.

For further particulars call or address

W. G. LAYKG,
Occidental Horse Exchange,
721 Howard St., San Francisco

For Sale.

Bay mare TWUJGHT, 15 hands high, record
2:18^ on running track considered 6 seconds slow.

Sired bv NOONDAY. 1st dam MISS SIDNEY
(dam of Twilight 2:18^ and Ira 2:16^); 2d dam
Maud R. by Whipple's Hambletonian; 3d dam
Root Mare by G. M. Patchen Jr.: 4th dam Queen
by Bellfounder (dam of Ida Howe dam of
Georgena, record 2:074).

Sound and gentle to drive, will win in class this
season. May be seen at D. Gannon's, Watt street
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Any reasonable offer entertained.

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Department F,, TUTTLE & CLARK, Mfr s. Harness and Turf 6oods, Detroit, Mich.

FOR SALE.

I Have for Sale on my Ranch near Salinas about

Seventy-Five Head of Highly-Bred Horses, Mares, Yearlings and Colts.

I will sell them all together or any number of them. All
are finely-bred and most of the mares are stinted to some of
the best horses in the country _ Below I give a list of some
of the mares and the horses by which they are in foal. I
would greatly prefer selling them in a body and would give
a great bargain to anyone who would buy them or even one-
half of them. I am selling these animals on account of my
age as I am now eighty-seven years old, and too old to be
bothered with race horses. These animals are now running
out on my ranch about seven miles from town. It is a very
large ranch and I could not get them up without a day or
two's notice and would not like to be asked to get them up
unless a man wanted to buy at least eight or ten. Anyone
wishing to start a good stock farm can do no better than to
buy my entire band or a portion of them.

MART C— Foaled April 18, 1889. Sire, Antevolo
7648; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 27, 1900.

NANCY— Foaled May 13, 1885. Sire, Mambrino
Jr.; dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 31, 1900.

SAUSAL MATT)— Foaled January 8, 1892. Sire,
Gabilan; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 25, 1900.

EPHA— Foaled April 24. 1892. Sire, Eugineer;
dam, Puss. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 17,
1900.

BERTHA— Foaled April 16, 1886. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. May 1, 1900.

FLOSSIE— Foaled May 12, 1883. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino; dam, Gray Eagle mare from Ken-
tucky. Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 1, 1900.

JANE— Foaled May 26. 1886. Sire, Carr's Mam-
brino; dam. Ballot Box-dam by Peacock.
Stinted to Sam, April 15, 1900.

LADY NELSON— Foaled April 12, 1884. Sire,
Carr's Mambrino; dam by John Nelson.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

LADY PALMER— Foaled June 2. 1887. Sire,
Carr's Mambrino; 1st dam by Luciona, he by
Whipple Hambletonian. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 5, 1900.

LUCKY GIRL— Foaled May 24, 1889. Sire, Carr's
Mambrino; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. May 11, 1900.

LADY ST. CLAXR— Foaled May 3, 1891. Sire,
Gabilan; dam, Ballot Box. Stinted to Eugin-
eer June 13, 1900.

PEERLESS— Foaled April 5. 1891. Sire, Gabilan;
dam, Jane by Carr's Mambrino. Bred to
Boodle Jr. April 22, 1900.

FLORA— Foaled February 24, 1892. Sire, Reno;
dam, Lady Palmer by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 30, 1900,

GABILAN GIRL— Foaled April 8, 1892. Sire,
Gabilan; dam, Clara by Elmo. Stinted to
Hoodie Jr. April 12, 1900.

NINA B.— Foaled April 30, 1888. Sire, Election-
eer; dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus June 15, 1900.

SURPRISE— Foaled 1882. Sire, Abbottstord
2:19^S, son of Woodford Mambrino; dam, Minnie
by Land's Kentucky Hunter. Stinted to
Boodle July 3, 1900.

LITTLE ORA— Foaled March 17, 1897. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Lilly B. by Homer 1235.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 21, 1900.

ELSIE— Foaled March 25, 1895. Sire, Boodle;
dam, Mary C. by Antevolo 7648. Stinted to
Nutwood Wilkes May 6, 1900.

TADDIE J.— Foaled April 2, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam, Mary C. by Antevolo 7648. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 5, 1900.

ISABELLA— Foaled May 1, 1893. Sire, Lottery;
dam, Mohawk McCa by Mohawk Chief. Stinted
to Boodle Jr. April 29, 1900.

ALMEDA C Foaled January 9. 1893. Sire, Gab-
ilan; dam, Emma by Elmo. Stinted to Boodle
Jr. May 6, 1900.

JUANITA— Foaled March 26, 1896. Sire, Bay
Rum; dam. Lucky Girl by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Dictatus April 20, 1900.

NELLIE JR.— Foaled 1886. Sire. Carr's Mam-
brino; dam, by Fred Lowe by St. Clair. Stinted
to Thor March 6, 1900.

LILDLNE— Foaled March 29, 1894. Sire, Boodle;
dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Nutwood Wilkes April 7, 1900.

BELLE— Foaled March 20, 1893. Sire, Alpheus
Wilkes; dam, Lady Nelson by Carr's Mam-
brino. Stinted to Boodle Jr. March 13, 1900.

LILLY B.— Foaled 1879. Sire, Homer 1235; dam,
Maggie Lee by Blackwood 74. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. June 2, 1900.

MARTHA— Foaled 1886. Sire, Mambrino Jr.;
dam, Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 18, 1900.

DORA— Foaled April 2, 1890. Sire, Reno; dam,
Martha by Mambrino Jr. Stinted to Sam
April 18, 1900.

MADGE— Foaled April 16, 1893. Sire, Reno; dam,
Nellie Jr. by Carr's Mambrino. Stinted to
Boodle Jr. April 14. 1900.

DELIGHT— Foaled February 15, 1897. Sire,
Eugineer; dam, Flossie by Carr's Mambrino.
Stinted to Boodle Jr. April 3, 1900.

For further information, address J. D. CARR. Salinas, Cal,

Good Pasturage.

Very best pasturage and good care taken of
stock for $3.50 per month. Stuck can be shipped
via either Niles or Newark. Freight from San
Francisco or Oakland $1.45. Stock will be met at
the train bv careful employees of the ranch. Ad-
dress S. T. CORAM, -
Newark, Alameda Co., Cal.
Or, C. S. NEAL,

230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Great Broodmare to Lease.

I wish to lease for one year my mare Hattie
fdam of Monterey 2:09^ and Montana Zildii) by
Commodore Belmont. She is now heavily in foal
to Iran Alto 2:I2^i or Billy ThornhiU 2:24. Terms
>25"tcash. Address P. J- WILLIAMS,

Milpitas, Cal.

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Assn.

CONDITIONS OF

Terre Haute
Matron Stakes

$10,000 FOR FOALS OF 1901

Entries to Close March 25, 1901.

$2,000 to go to the Two-Year-Olds that Trot K, w „ „ „ 1onQ
$1,000 to Jo to the Two=Year-OIds that Pace \ M FaU ***** 19°3'

$7,000 to go to the Three=Year=0Ids that Trot } At Fail Meeting 1904.

In the Two-year-old Trot the winner will receive $1000, the second $500, the third $200, the fourth
$100, and $200 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Three-year-old Trot the winner will get $4500, the second $1500, the third $500, the fourth $200,
and $300 will go to nominator of winner's, dam.

In the Pacing Race $500 will go to the winner, $250 to second, $150 to third and $100 to fourth.

ENTRANCE AS FOLLOWS: $5 to nominate March 25, 1901, $10 December 3, 1901, when
color and sex of foal must be given. Nothing more till June 2d of year of race, and all foals on
which payments (of $10 each) are made December 2, 1901, will be eligible to start either as two-
year-olds or three-year-olds, or in both years (if conditions that follow are complied with), no pay-
ment being due in 1903 from those not wishing to start till 1904. Those expecting to start two-year-
olds must, on June 2, 1903, name and describe their entries, and pay on each a forfeit of $15, and as
many may be named as the owner desires to keep in. Thirty days before meeting, those who desire
to start in trotting race shall pay $20 on each entry they then keep in, and those who desire to start
in pacing race shall pay $10 each; on starters in trotting $20, and on pacers $15, must be paid by 7
o'clock on evening before race. Those desiring to start three-year-olds must, on June 2, 1904, name
and describe as in the two-year-old event and pay on each a forfeit of $35; thirty days prior to the
meeting on each of those to start $35 must be paid, and on starters $70 must be paid by 7 o'clock of
evening before the race.

The Two-year-old races will be mile heats, two in three; but the three-year-olds will trot mile
heats three in Ave.

A distanced horse's money will go to the first horse; but if fewer than three start in a race, those
starting and the winner's dam will receive only what each would have received had three been
placed. Rules of American Trotting Association to govern.

If a mare proves barren, or slips, or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies be
fore December 2, 1901, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of owner-
ship; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount
paid in. In entries the name, color and pedigree must be given, also the name of the horse to which
she was bred in 1900. Send entries to

CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y. _
Terre Haute, Indiana

Stakes for 3:88, 3:30 and 3:15 trot; 3:35, 3:18 and 3:14 pace for September meeting,
together with, pnrses for July meeting to be announced later.

W. P. IJAMS, Pres.

jV«V,

PALACE HOTEL

Every feature connected with the managemtnt of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will ba introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
Bpacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

Pedigrees Tabulated »™-Itte»re^

Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

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H. I. Wilson, Pres. J. F. Finlen, Vice-Pres. E. D. Laurence. Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y. Silas F. King, Tres. Louis Frank, Sec'y

THE MONTANA JOCKEY CLUB j

(INCORPORATED)

Bia.tte, IVJIoiitetrigt. Anaconda, ]VIontana.

60 Days Racing, Commencing June 29 to Sept 7, 1901.

Stakes for Summer Meeting 1901. - First Issue— Nominations Close April 20, I901J

THE MONTANA DERBY, S1.500— For three-year-olds (foals make the value of the stake *8S0, of which $150 to second, *75 to third allowed 8 lbs., if for less lib. allowed for each $1G0 from$1200t<l
of 1898). S10 to accompany the nomination. $15 additional it not \ and $35 to^fourth. The winner to be sold atauetion. Horses en- j $500. Entries with selling price to be made through the entry boi|

declared out on or before June 1, 1901. $100 additional to start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $1,500, of which $250 to second, $150 to third and
$100 to fourth horse. Colts to carry 122, geldings 119 and fillies 117.
Allowances— Non-winners of a stake in 1901 or of 5 or more races
(selling races not counted) since April 1, 1901, allowed 7 lbs.
Beaten maidens allowed 13 lbs. One mile and one-quarter.

THE DAiY MEMORIAL CtJP $1,000— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1,000. The winner to re-
ceive'$650 and a piece of plate of the value of $150, the owner of the
second horse to receive $200, the owner of the third horse $100, and
the owner of the fourth horse $50. Weights to appear 3 days prior
to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box the
day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Two miles.

THE MINER'S TNION STAKE, §l,OOOA handicap for three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount suffi-
cient to make the value of the stake $1,000, of which $200 to the
second, $100 to the third and the fourth horse to save its stake.
Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry bos the day preceding the race before 11:30
A. si. One mile.

THE BUTTE SELLING STAKES, $850— For three-year-
olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional
to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to

j the day preceding
sixteenth.

tered for $3000 to carry weight for age, if for less 2 lbs. allowed for
each $500 to $1500, then 1 lb. for each $100 to 81000, then 2 lbs for
each $100 to $5C0. Entries to be made through the entry bos (with
selling price) the day preceding the race, before 11:30 A. si. Six
furlong's.

THE HOT TIMES STAKES, $800— A handicap for all ages.
$5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional to start- The

Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the i more races since March 15th to carry
value of the stake $600, of which $150 to second, $75 to third and $35 ' ---- - - -

to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior, to the race. Accept-
ances to be made through the entry bos the day preceding the race,
before 11:30 A. si. Four and one-half furlongs.

THE LABOR DAY HANDICAP, $1000— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and $50 to fourth horse. Weights to appear 3 days
prior to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry bos
the day preceding^the race, before 11:30 A. si. One mile and one-
eighth.

THE SILVER CITY SELLING STAKES, $1000— For three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 add!

the race, before 11:30 a. si. One mile and one- 1

THE SILVER BOW STAKES, $1000— For two-year-olds. & I
to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Mon-
tana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value ol
the stake $1CC0, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 t«
fourth. 5 lbs. below the scale. Stakewinners or winners of 4 or
_ lbs. estra, of 3 races of any
value siDce that date, 5 lbs. extra. Allowances — Maidens 3 lbs.
Beaten maidens, 7 lbs. Entries to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race before 11:30 a. si. Four and one-half
furlongs.

THE HAMBCRG HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
two-year-olds. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to
start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient lo
make the value of the stake $10t:0, of which $200 to second, $100 to
third and $50 to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race.
Acceptances to be made through the entry bos the day preceding
the race before 11:30 a. si. Five furlongs.

THE ANACONDA HANDICAP, $1000— For all ages. $5 to

accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Montana

tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of the
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1GC0, of which $200 to sec- j stake $1000, of which $2C0 to second, $100 to third and $50 to fourth,
ond, $100 to third and fourth horse to save its stake. The winner Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
to be sold at auction. Horses entered to be sold for $2500 to carry made through the entry box the day preceding the race before
weight for age, if entered for $1500 allowed 5 lbs., if for $1200 I 11:30 a. si. One mile.

Five or more running' races and one or more harness races each day, for which liberal purses will be given.

Program of first week's racing will appear before April 12th.

Harness horse program will be published on or before May 12th. There will be races for all classes.

For further information address E. D. LAURENCE, Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y.,

P. O. Box 22, Butte, Montana

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

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Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum 2:05K, Direct 2:05}£ and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt,
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, CaL

ELECTIONEER

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEERETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

JDain Clytie 2d, by Xuticood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09(£ is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1893, getting a record
of 2:11H that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09!4. Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, 153i hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For farther particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. XV. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

GOSSIPER 2:14t, Reg. No. 12008.

Sire of Gazelle 2:U\i (dam of Zolock 2:l0y2), Miss Jessie 2:132J, Ketehum 2:16J4 (sire of Connie
2:15Vi), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2:10'; and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 24I5"4: Pereno (3) 2:10fi- Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15V
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06?^ and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Mahe the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms - $30 for the Season.

With usual return priyileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at J2.50 per month
„ „„ r~ „ „„ „For •Urtl>er Particulars address S. T. COKAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St.. San Francisco.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

"Will stand for service at the

COKALIETOS STOCK FARM

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

CC C dj C f\ Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
rtt "Pwwi own the horse. Good pasturage at S3 per month. Not responsible for
ur.r>r,T ^ „ ... accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention

BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. E. R. Send for tabulated pedigree. y

i,„^„5r„BT77T-|? Prominent horeeman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd of
horsemen: ■ I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laving speed aside, his colts
S ,i\ n"; S1r,' style' dutiful mane and tail and toppy appearance iu general, with 3-minute speed
with »isf led" more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced '

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Sauta Clara St., San Jose.

PCS. A. PONIATOWSKJ,

Presioent.

Chables L. Paie,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.

STX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.

Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Sis

Steeplechases.

Beginning at 2;io p. m.. Last Mace by 4:40 p. m.

Train Service: Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets San Francisco, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10 :40 and 11 :30 a. m. ; 1. 1:30 and 1 p. m.

Trains Leave Tanforan Part for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. m., followed by several specials.

fl3F-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, SI 25.

MILTOX LATHAM, Sec'y.

GOODWIN BROS., Publishers,

1440 Broadway, New York.
Circulars mailed upon application.

Stallion Service Books

The Best ^Presented

frequently produced j Pocket Size
W. A. riACK, Superintendent,

San Martin. J At This Office.

Racing! Racing!

California Jockey Club

E very Week Day
OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, rain or
shine.

Five or More Races Each. Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Franc^co at 12 m. and 12:30,
1, 1 :30, 2:30 and 3 p. m-, connecting with trains stop-
ping at the entrance to the [rack. Buv your ferry
tickets to bhell Mound. All trains via Oakland
mole connect with San Pablo electric cars at
seventh and Broadway, Oakland; also all trains via
Alameda mole connect with San Pablo electric cars
at Fourteenth and Broadwav, Oakland. These elec-
tric cbts go direct to the track in fifteen minutes.

Returning trainB leave the track at 4:15 and 4:45
p. m. and immeuiately alter the last rece.

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B. B. MILROY, Sec'y.

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TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)
Address 534 1-2 South Spring St.

Los Angeles, Cal.

Refers to Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, New York;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene
Esq., New York; E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sandersville
Term.; Wm. Hendrie, Esq., Hamilton, Ont.

March 16, 1901]

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Vendome Stock Farm

THE HOME OFi

Iran Alto 2:121-4.

San Jose, Cal.

Season of 1901.

For the first time it has been decided
by the owner of this great young stal-
lion to permit him to serve a few out-
side mares of approved breeding. Not
over ten mares will be taken, and four
of these are already booked. Terms
will be made known on application.
Every one of Iran Alto's get are trot-
ters. He has but eleven living foals,
and four have records. The six more
that are my property will trot in
standard time as soon as matured.
Bis breeding is unsurpassed by any
stallion in America.

Write for terms Address

JAMES W. REA,

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal.

IRAN ALTO 2:12}

Bay horse, foaled 1892.
sire of

Dr. Frasse 2:I2j-(

Dr. Frasse's Sister (3). .2:21%

Vendome (3) 2:25%

Thos. R. (3) 2:30

PALO ALTO 2:08?£

World's stallion record to
high wheel sulky-
sire of

Iran Alto 2:12^

Pasonte 2:13

Palita 2:10

Rio Alto 2:I6W

Palatine 2:18

Palon 2:18^

Cressida 2: I8ai

Alia 2:2m

Fillmore 2:2P.£

Erastus C 2;22'

Palo Belle 2:24U

Avena 2:27

ELAINE 3:20

holder of world's 3 and 4
year old records in 1877
and 1878

dam of

Norlaine (1) 2:31%

Iran Alto 2:12w

Palatine (3) 2:18

Anselma 2:20%

and EUie, dam of

Palita (2) 2:16

Rio Alto (3) 2:16%

Novelist (3) 2:27

Mary Osborne (3)..2:28K
Salvini 2:30

ELECTIONEER 135

sire of

Arion 2:075£

Sunol 2:08%

Palo Alto 2:08^

163 more in 2:30
grandsire of

The Abbot 2:03m

Azote.. 2:04££

and many others

DAME WINNIE (thor-)

dam of

Palo Alto 2:083i

Paola 2-18

Altivo 2:18%

Big Jim 2:23%

Gertrude Russell. ...2:23%
MESSENGER DUROC 106..
sire of
23 in 2:30

25 sons produced 95 in 2:30
48 daughters 66 in 2-30

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID.

dam of

Elaine 2:20

Prosper 2-20

Elista 2-20?i

Dame Trot 2:22

Elina 2:24&

Mansfield 2:26

Storm 2:20&

Lancelot 2:28^

Antonio 2:28 '%

Miranda 2:31

Electioneer 125

HAMBLETONIAN 10

sire of

Dexter 2:17'*'

40 in 2:30

150 sons and 80 daughters
are producers

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID

dam of 9 in 2:30

r PLANET

I^LIZ MARDIS byimp. Glenoce

HAMBLETONIAN 10

sire dam of

Stamboul 2:07Ji

SATINET by Abdallab. Chief

[HARRY CLAY 45

sire dams of

I Harrietta 2:09?£

] St. Julien S: 1 1 * i

[SHANGHAI MARY

grandam of
Electioneer, and 9 in 2:30

CAPTAIN JONES 29666. sired by mckinney am

Sire of Coney 2-02%, Jennie Mac 2:09, Hazel Kinney 2:09j<. Zolock 2:10%, Zombro 2:11, You Bet
802% McZeus2:13, Dr. Book2:13i|, Osito 2:13'/,. Juliet D, 2:13H. McBriar 2:14, Harvey Mac 2:14^, Geo.
W. McKinney 2:14%, McNally 2:15, Monica 2:15 and 15 more in 2:30.

First dam Midday Bell by Gossiper 2:14^. sire of Gazelle 2:ll>i, Miss Jessie 2:13^ and others.

Second dam Briar Belle (dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes 2:24?i (son of Alcyone) sire of {
Riverside 2:)2M and twelve others.

Third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58. the great broodmare sire.

Fourth dam by Almont 33, sire of Altamont. the great Oregon sire.

CAPTAIN JONES is a black stallion foaled in 1895, stands 15.3 hands high, weighs 1100 pounds,
has perfect trotting action and promises to be McKinney's best son. Captain Jones will make the
season of 1901 from April 1st to July 1st at

Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

$10 payable at time of service and balance June 1st or when mare is taken away. Usual return
privileges. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Due care taken to prevent accidents or escapes but no
responsibility assumed. A special invitation to all to call and see Captain Jones at the race track,
whether you are a breeder or not. Address JOHN PE.VDKK, 2318 H. Street, Sacraineuto.

Electioneer Leads All Stalli ons.

Breed

to a Son.

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 2:13^ and Ira 3:1 6J*0

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam. Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16#, Fleety
Golddust 2:20, Indicator 2:23»4, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)
FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.
Payable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address D. GANNO\, Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

4

9 Started in 21 Races
1st 10 times
2d 6 times

3d 5 times

a won

| $7500
9 IN PURSES

STAM E. (23444) 3:11^ is by Stamboul 2:07'^ (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04. and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producingsons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the >ea-i>u at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best or care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTILE BROS., Rocklin, Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno(3)
2-AO}4> by Gov. Sprague.

HoKlSSHY 2:11>.{.

. .2:02^

..2;09 '

Hazel Kinney

..2:09}.{

...2:10^

...2:12'/o

Dr. Book

..2:13^

Juliet D

..2:13^

...2:14

..2:14M

Geo. W. McKinney.

..2:14^

McNally

..2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 3U stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the shov: ring, champion on the race
trade and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, seeond and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month.
33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393.

$ J_00 (Witu us"*1 return privileges).
For further particulars, address

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!

A Grand Individual I

A Coming: Great Sire!

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:11!4, dam by
Almont Lightning.

$50

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Goad pasture at S3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKERS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

Breed to Monterey 2:091 No. 81706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19i£, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05M, Monterey 2:09^ and Dr. Leek 2:09#— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2;l&\£ and Monterey 2:09Vf, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?£, Monterey 2:Q9H, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:I3ji-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:2154 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19!4 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07*i, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:033^ to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money iu the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06»4 and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS S50 FOR THE SEASON" ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents orescapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal.

I DIRECT 2:12

Sire, DIRECT 2:05'^ (sire of Directlv 2:03^. Bonnie Direct 2:05^, Directum Kellv 2:riRLf, Rey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:1H{, Ed B. Young 2:11^, Miss Margaret 2:Il»-i, I Direct 2:12|i, Miss Beatrice
2:13J4, Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam. FRANCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:12^, Sable Frances2:15Ki Guycesca 2:26and Earl Medium,
sire of Maybud2:13H'. Tom Martin 2:14^, Kanawha Star 2:14^, Lucy Stokes 2: 18_3.£. Goneril 2:iM\, and
others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 517;>. sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:1214) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53. sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12',j
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1424 Sherman Street - Alameda, Cal.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

I DIRECT 2:12^ is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ED LAFFERTY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pec. 2:20 » - «— ■

SIRE OP

MUCH BETTER 2:07}<, DERBY PRINCESS 2:081*, DIABLO 3:09y, OWYHEE 2:11,

LITILE BETTER 2:11^, CIBOLO 2:13H,and many other fast and game race horses.

$50 the season.

C. A. DURFEE

OWYHEE 26,116, ne.111

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Ca'

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of Johs Pabrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 (4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

The Fast and Game Race
Horse

REY DIRECT, 2:10

\ By Direct, 2:05 Sire of Directly, 2:03}, and
25 others in standard time.
Dam Vera (Dam of Eey Direct, 2:10 and De
Veras, 2:11}) by Kentucky Volunteer.

Will make trie Season of 1901 to 30 approved
MareB only at

Fleasanton Race Track

TEB3IS FOE THE SEASON 860.

Return privilege or money refunded on veterinary
certificate that mare bred is not in foal.

Key Direct is as sure a foal getter as any horse in
America.

Good pasturage for mares $3.00 per month. (No
barbed wire.
For Special Stake'for foalsiof REY DIRECT ($500 added by owner of horse), tabulated pedigree
and full particulars, address.

GEO. A.bDAVIS, Pleasanton, Cat.

DALY 2:15

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27^ by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:llj£.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 21091-4.

Clipper 8:06

Daedalion 2:11

Diawood 2:11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11 !i

SIRE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16M

Gaff Topsail, 2:17 k

Hazel D 2:24 ji

N. t. B. (2) 2:21H

Imp 2:22>4

Key del Diablo (3).:.2:232£
Athalbo 2 :24>4

Sire

(•Much Better 2:075^

• «rt iDerbv Princess ?:08H

GHAS. DERBY W0 Jm^mo scan

, (Owyhee 2-.11

Sire of | ana io more in 2:30

Dam /Diablo 2:09^

..„,.„. Elf £12%

tJtnlnA by Alcantara^ Ed Latterly 2:16J4

Dam of |Ja^E

ling record) &26J4

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no

Address

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

or escapes.

responsibility assumed for accident
WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2.131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

SIDNEY

2:19?i

sire of

LENNAN 2:05!-!

17 in 2:15 list !

93 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice
2:13^, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900.

LETTIE

dam of
2 in 2:15 lis
2d dam
MARY
dam of

Apes 2:26

grandam of
4 in 2:15 list
6 in 2:30 list

WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all have
size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Eancli

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

R.| p %# Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
I LL T j (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J. GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

Ko. 370 American Hacknev Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at S30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McPOXXELL, Supt. Menlo Stoek Farm,

Portola, San Mateo County, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:154.

Registered No. 22,449

Dam Lorita

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

rrita 2:18 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell (dam of Ladvwell 2:16 1-2 and Lorita
x;lS 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track-Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills pavable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage 33 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style.
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 b h, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 14, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07}, GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:09£, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young- Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PJLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address W!ff. R WELCH, Pleaganton, Cal.

NOTE — I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY sssts

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July 1 at

trnA -i-i_iE- er«e-^\M SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

9oU I ML oLAbUIN. bigh, weighs law pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful svmmetry.
His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a
proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:l3v;, Hazel Y. £17,
Butcher Boy 2:17H, Auditor 2:19;; and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after Februarv 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FR1ELLSON.

Alameda Race Track.

Stallion Cards,

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Bkeedeh and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

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JUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

£ is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
fiords of 2:12 and 2:1«& respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-year-
H gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 3:10,^. John A. McKer-
|i 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

jjUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2210, Race Rec 2:10 1-2

By Guy Wilkes 2:15i,

Dam Lida W. 2:18J by Nutwood 2:18|

For the Season

nth return privileges
■ horse remains my
pperty. Good pastur-
es at $3 per month.
Bis payable before re-
val of mare. Stock
11 cared for, but no re-
msibility assumed for
sidents and escapes.

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle. .

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes. .

Matineerec(wagon).2:09 Central Girl. . . %■

3-year-old race rec... 2:12# Wilkes Direct 2'

"Who Is It 2:10,4 AlisB 2:

3-year-old race rec. ..2:12 Who Is She 2

GeorgieB 2:12^ FredWilkes 2

Claudius 2:13^ Queen C 2

Boblngersoll 2:14^ Electress 2

Irvington Boy 2:17?i Daugestar i

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,

':lS'i
:£»i

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Cal.

Bonnie Direct 2:051

Vorld's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

fvinner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
r Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
i great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
I Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
I year out.

iired by Direct 2:054, Sire of Directly 2:03},
Directum Kelly 2:08}, Etc.

I Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14^),
lij Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2;11M,
•few York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10^, as a three-year-
tld, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

j Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
IWilkes 2:22.

Third Dam BETTY VTLEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF IlIPFfT *s a black stallion, 15& hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
LH/iiiiiL* lJi i\1jV 1 hag Dest of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.
' BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at SI OO
r-he season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
pscapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.
Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Street's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5

Annie Thornton 14 1 1

HalMcEwen 1 11 2

Pussywillow 8 3 11

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Coboett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler IS 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10>4,2;12)i, 2:13S£;2:13; 2:12K, 2:12X.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombu

1 1 1

4dis
3 ro

: lkV^-:-.

Bonnie Direct 2 5

Johnny Agan 1 1

Lady Piper 3 2

Freilmont 5 3

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Esum dis
Time— 0:31, 1:02&, 1:34, 2:05^; 0:33,-
1:38!^, 2:10U'; 0:32; 1:03'/., 1:34*4, 2:07K; 0:31%,
l:04'/2, l:37?j, 2:08ii; 0:31!i, 1:03S£, 1:36. 2:08«.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct Ill

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07%, 2:09Ji, i:\0H-

111

2 2 3

3 4 2

4 3 4

1:0514,

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:221

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16H, sire of John A. MeKerron 2:09, Who Is It 2:10^,
audius 2:13M. Georgie B. 2:12;..f, Bob Ingersoll 2:14% and other standard performers.
, Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22(4 and Thursday
24), by the old champion Director 2: 17, sire of Directum 2:05^. Direct 2:0514, Direction
lOji, Evangeline 2:ll#, Margaret S. 2:12',-i and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
Annie C. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:23',4 (dam of Direct 2:05!4) and 16 others
. list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22>4), sire of Our Dick 2:10^,
omestake 2:14^ and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

yil KP^k HIRFCT is a dark bay' 15-3 na!3ds and weighs 1200 pounds; well
Y1LIVL.O uii\Lvi formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
01 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

■ERMS $40 THE SEASON OR $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
jcidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

elephone No. West 141. San Jo§e, Cal

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09.

3reed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.

and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08H, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Mao
2:11^, Arlene Wilkes2:ll»i, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16!^, Sunbeam 2:I6M, Sybil S.
2:16i£, Saville 2:17'/., Grand George 2:18«,
J. F. Hanson 2:19^, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, l/2 mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

GoodJPasturage at $4 per month. Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
jcidents. No wire fences. Address _-—.—. — .■-— i— *

R. I. MOORHEAD,

elephone: Suburban 541. Santa Clara, Cal.

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BOYDELLO 2:142, Reg No 26392

Ire BOYDELL r,39l by Electioneer 135. Dam FLORENCE O. 2:30 by Duraugo Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P by Prince Dictator 5953.

"Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee J 5

Thick, Swollen Glands

can be removed
. . with . .

ABS0RBINE

or any Bunch or
Swelling caused by
strain or inflam-
mation. $2.00 per
bottle, delivered,

W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.,

Springfield, Mass*

For sale by Mack & Co., LaDgley &. MicbaelB Co.
Reddiogton & Co., J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron,
all of San Francisco.

iOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
titution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising,
toydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
ill on or address ED LAFFBRTI, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

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AT STUD

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(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)
SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOCKDALE KENNELS

K. M. DODGE, Manager,
'Bakersfleld, Kern Co.,

Boarding. Pointer puppies and well broken
for Bale.

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Ticket Office— Corner New Montgomery and
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General Office— Mutual Life Building.

R. X. RYAN, Gen. Pass. Agt.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL.STKINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr-. 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YEKBA BtJENA JERSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DUBHAM3.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SHIPPEE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

I3r. "Wm, F. Ssan.

M. B. C. V. S.„ F. E. V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

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SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAR

Del Oro, blk h by Oro Wilkes 2:11.

Owned by C. H. Williams of Mealo Park.

Phoebe Childers &10JS by Sir Roderick.

Owned by L. E. Clawson of San Francisco.

MARCH SNAP SHOTS AT ALAMEDA.

A" Great Reinsman with a Great Prospect.
Budd Doble and The Roman 2:18?.,'.

Another view of The Roman

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J- JOTTINGS. §

BVDD DOBLE AND THE ROMAN remained quiet
and looked pleasant last Tuesday morning over
at the Alameda track while a representative of the
Breeder and Sportsman pointed a' little camera at
them and snapped the shutter. The early morning-
light was not strong enough for the hest results, but
the likeness of both man and horse are easily recog-
nized and the poses are true to life. Having made "an
exposure" of the great reinsman (probably the greatest
in America) and the four year old gelding whose future
is as great in prospect as any horse ever bred in Cali-
fornia, we sat in the stand for a while and watched
them in their morning exercise. There were two miles
of slow jogging, with the veteran swinging the whip
back and forth and up and down slowly and quietly,
and anon tapping the gelding most gently on the back
with it. The Roman has plenty of nervous energy and
this was to get him accustomed to the ' 'speed accelera-
tor" and learn that it was not an instrument to fear,
He took no notice of it seemingly, and his beautiful
and prominent eyes were taking in the sights to left
and right as he jogged along. After the jogging he
was moved through the stretch a few times at perhaps
a 2:40 gait, and his gait was perfection. A line trotter
is The Roman and he needs no boots or weights, but
wears the former fov protection as he is too valuable a
horse and too great a prospect to take any chances
with. After a half hour of this easy work he was
breaking out slightly and taken to his stall. When
Mr. Doble alighted we asked:

"When do you take him East?"

"I will leave about the first of May and you may say
in the Breeder that, notwithstanding rumors and
statements to the contrary, The Roman will be in
Dick Benson's string. He is owned by Mr. Christy of
Kansas City, was purchased for him by Mr. Benson,
and I am simply giving him his work on Tuesday and
Friday mornings. Mr. Benson thought best to let him
stay in California and thus escape the intense cold of
the Mississippi valley during the winter. The Roman
has not had a blanket on him in the stall since he was
turned out at the close of the racing season last Octo-
ber, and you can see for yourself that he is strong and
lusty and an improved growing young horse. I shall
go East about May 1st, and will take him with me and
try to turn him over to Mr. Benson in as good shape as
he how is. I think he is a great colt. Heisoneofthe
most intelligent horses I ever sat behind. He has a
frictionless, easy gait, is a line trotter and has demon-
strated that he has great speed. I think Mr. Christy
has a great prospect in The Roman."

Mr. Doble took him out again after twenty minutes
or so had been spent on him by Tommy Carmady. a
young. man who is in Mr. Christy's employ and who
came out especially to take charge of him. Carmady
is in love with The Roman and the condition of the
son of McKinney is a tribute to the care he bestows
upon him. As Mr. Doble drove toward the track
three boys on bicycles came by with a "swish. " The
Roman jumped and swerved, but Doble is never caught
napping and had him in hand. The boys stopped, the
colt was turned and driven up toward the wheels. He
looked a little frightened but at the same time inquisi-
tive and was driven closer. He stopped with his ears
forward and his nostrils distended and was a picture.
He stuck out his muzzle and gave an inquiring sniff,
saw that the wheels were harmless and wanted to walk
right up and touch them with his nose. During all
this Mr. Doble never touched him with the whip or
uttered in a loud tone, but spoke a few quiet words of
assui-ance that The Roman seemed to understand. The
Roman has brains and they are under the tutelage of a
most painstaking and intelligent teacher. A few more
miles of jogging, with a few brushes, and the colt's
work was over for the day.

When the sun was brighter, later in the day, our
camera caught The Roman out of harness. It shows
his racy conformation and proves the truth of the
statement made by Eastern horsemen who have seen
him that he is shaped very much like The Abbot 2:03},
the world's champion trotter. His neck and shoulders
resemble to a marked degree those of Chimes' great
son when photographs of the two are laid side by side.

Del Oro is the name of a black son of Oro Wilkes
that posed for a picture when led out as though he
had been trained for it. He looks like the Director
family, and bears a very strong resemblance to Rey
Direct. The only Director blood in his veins is the
portion he receives from Ellen Mayhew, dam of Oro
Wilkes. Del Oro is a pacer with a nice smooth way of
going. Be has never had any work to speak of and
though he shows considerable speed, has never been
asked to go a mile better than 2:40. His dam is Net by
Magic and is the dam of Leonel 2:17.'..

That Phcebe Childers 2:101 is looking strong and
lusty the camera testifies. Phcebe is a plain, matter of
fact lady and could not be induced to toss her head
and look coquettish in the least, but turned her ears
back and evinced a desire to get back where a bunch
of hay had more attractions for her than any camera
possibly could. Phoebe Childers is a strong feeder,
and carries her appetite with her wherever she goes.
She loves to eat and race and can do both to perfection.

is one of the handsomest horses in Alameda county.
He is doing quite a business in the stud but will be
trained as he has lots of natural speed. Mr. Shaner is
working for these gentlemen a six year old daughter of
MeKinney that is a good prospect, and will be raced
this year in the green classes in all probability.

Mr. J. Breed, of Phoenix, Arizona, lost last Sunday
by death Arizona Boy, a big bay gelding that gave
promise of being the best green trotter in Cali-
fornia this year. Mr. Breed recently brought the
horse to the Alameda track and every man that saw
bim admired his way of going and his looks. He had
shown speed that would warrant the prediction of a
record below 2:15 had he lived. The cause of death is
said to be colic, but Mr. Breed states that he is not
certain what ailed the horse.

If there were three or four enterprising and enthusi-
astic amateurs in Alameda who could stir up the
Driving Club that has charge of the track there, mat-
inee racing could be given on occasional Saturdays that
would furnish high class amusement and draw large
crowds. Look, at the summai'ies of the races trotted
and paced last Saturday at Los Angeles. Few profes-
sional meetings can furnish a better program for a
day 's sport than was pulled off by the gentlemen reins-
men of the southern metropolis that day. These
amateurs were not racing for money, no money was
charged the spectators for entrance at the gate or for
a seat in the grand stand, and the contests were purely
for sport, yet the horses were raced as if thousands of
dollars depended on the result. This is a condition of
affairs that aids and booms the breeding and training
of light harness horses. The Alameda Driving Club
has a good track — one of the best in the State. It needs
a covered stand that will accommodate a few hundred
people and other improvements. It needs a few enter-
prising men with means who love harness racing and
road driving for the sport's sake, and who will take hold
with enthusiasm and arrange for a Saturday matinee.
One successful one will establish the sport on a firm
basis and create a demand for more. There should be no
money or prizes other than ribbons to be trotted for
and all races should be to wagon. There should be no
betting on the grounds and no liquor sold, and no
catering should be made to the gambling element what-
ever. A meeting of this sort could be carried to a suc-
cessful conclusion for a very small expense and the
Alameda club, having a good track could jump right
into the front rank of amateur clubs on this Coast and
furnish sport at short intervals that would be enjoyed
by thousands of the best portion of the population in
this vicinity.

Reardon & Newlands of Oakland have three or four
very promising horses in training, Mr. .1. Shaner hav-
ing them in charge. The chestnut mare Maud R. by
Jim C. that was out last year but got no record, is
working well for Mr. Shaner and has shown a quarter
in l(i seconds. The stallion Chas. Marvin, a full brother
to Don Lowell 2:141, which Messrs. Reardon & New-
lands purchased from Frank Lowell a few months a»o

High Class Matinee Racing.

The Los Angeles Driving Club gave a program of
harness racing on Saturday last that furnished as good
sport as can be seen at a grand circuit meeting. The
events were closely contested and the third race, which
was for pacers, resulted in the fastest three heats ever
made in an amateur contest on this coast, and in the
last heat of the race Mr. M. M. Potter drove his mare
Primrose in 2:13], a full second below thecoast amateur
record. It was a great day for Mr. Potter. He won
three straight races, the first with Maud McKinney.
fastest heat 2:25.]. the second with Sweet Marie, another
daughter of McKinney, fastest heat 2:17}, and the third
as stated above with Primrose, daughter of Falrose.
and drove her within a quarter of a second of her pro-
fessional race record.

Although the matinee was not held on St. Patrick's
day, it was within two of it, and the program was
printed in green in honor of the event, with a horse
shoe garlanded with shamrocks as an ornament on the
cover. The St. Patrick's Handicap furnished the
amusing feature of the program. It was a donkey
race with four starters, the steeds being ridden by
members of the club. The distance was a half mile
and the time announced, 8:05, was considered fast.
Dr. Moore, who rode the winner, is now the Tod Sloan
of the club, but bears his honors modestly.

The summaries of the club's races last Saturday are
as follows:

Race No. 1— Mile heats, 2 in three.

Maud McKinney (Mr. Potter) 1 1

Tom Moore (Dr. Moore) 3 2

Robin (Mr. Myriclt) 2 3

Time— 2:27, 2:25\<.
Race No. 2— Mile heats, 2 in 3.

Sweet Marie iJIr. Potter, l 3 l

Coeur De Leon (Dr. Wells i 2 1 2

Medico (Mr. Revnolds) 3 4 3

RedLion (Mr.Felton) 4 3 4

Burley F (Mr. Bundrem) 5 5 5

Time— 2:18, 2:23, 2:17V
Race No. 3— Mile heats. 3 in 5.

Primrose (Mr. Potter i 1 1 1

Floretta Belle (Mr. Erkenbrecher) 2 2 3

Electa (Mr. Hughes) 3 3 2

RexAlto (Mr. Llewellyn) 4 4 4

Time— 2:15!f, 2:14tf, 2:13'.,.
Race No. 4— St. Patrick's Handicap, one-hall mile, runniDg.

Micky Finn (Dr. Moore I 1

Biddy Flannagan (Mr. Herwig) 2

Pat Murphy ( Mr. My ri cl; 3

Time— 8:05. Tim Hooley also ran.
Race No. 5— Mile heats, 2 in 3.

Bastina (Mr. Redpath) 1 3 I

Dewey (Dr. Hitchcock i 2 1 2

BessieB (Mr Herwig) 3 2 3

Rover (Mr. Fritz) 4 4 d

Time— 2:23;;, 2:2P,4, 2:24.

Mr. A. W. Brunei- acted as presiding judge and
starter and his associates in the stand were H. N. Hen-
derson, Capt. A. C. Jones and E. T. Stimson.

Woodland Claims Its Date.

Woodland. March 10. 1001.
Breeder and Sportsman: — Woodland wants you
to announce in the proper place in your most valuable
journal that they claim their usual date viz. the week
proceeding the State Fair for their 1001 meeting. Now
that Yolo and Sacramento are united in one district
(No. 40) we expect to be able to excell all of our previous
efforts. Yours truly. C. F. Thomas, Sec'y.

Neernut 2:12 1-4 Doing Well.

No stallion ever bred in California or elsewhere has
any greater license by reason of his breeding, his speed
or his individuality to become a uniform sire of extreme
and early speed than Neernut 2:12]. owned by Geo.
W. Ford of Santa Ana, Cal., and now making a season
at the farm of his owner and (two days of the week) at
Los Angeles. P. D. Jonas, who has the horse in
charge, roads him from the farm to Los Angeles every
Thursday afternoon and back on Sundays. The dis-
tance is 35 miles and six hours is taken for the trip.
Neernut holds up well and never looked or felt better
in his life than now. Mr. Ford says he will be in shape
for a ten heat race this fall, and adds that he has had
more inquiry for Neernut colts this winter than ever
before.

Neernut's tabulated pedigree is a most interesting
study for a horse breeder. His sire Albert W. has a
trotting record of 2:20, sired such game and fast horses
as Little Albert 2:10, Neernut 2:12], Flowing Tide 2:14J
and many others and is sire of the dam of Bob Inger-
sol2:14$, one of the most promising trotters in Cali-
fornia to-day. Albert W. was by Electioneer, |the"
greatest of extreme speed progenitors out of Sister by
John Nelson 187. Sister is a great broodmare and is
grandam of two with records below 2:20, and of Wald-
stein 2:221, sire of Jack W. 2:123, Humboldt Maid 2:13.1
Lady Waldstein 2:15 and others.

The dam of Neernut, Clyte 2d, is a daughter of the
great Nutwood, whose list of standard performers no'*
numbers 163, whose producing sons outnumber those
of any horse except Hambletonian 10, and whose pro-
ducing daughters outnumber those of any stallion
living or dead, and have produced more 2:15 perform-
ers than the daughters of any stallion. Clytie, the
second dam of Neernut, wasj by Whipple's Hamble-
tonian, and a daughter of that horse produced Azote
2:04|, and another produced Georgena 2:074, the trot-
ting mare that showed such wonderful speed and
gameness in her races last year. Thus far in Neernut's
pedigree we have the two verv best strains of trotting
bloood, Electioneer being his paternal and Nutwood
his maternal grandsire, and in the next remove those
two great broodmares, Green Mountain Maid and Miss
Russell. The third dam of Neernut was one of the old
time long distance trotters of this State and was by
Williamson's Belmont, often called the Mambrino
Patchen of the Pacific Coast, although he was a thor-
oughbred while Mambriuo Patchen was not. William-
son's Belmont sired the dams of eight in the list, and
was grandsire of Stemwinder, the dam of Directum
2:05k whose record stood until beaten by Cresceus
last year. California breeders know the value of the
blood of Williamson's Belmont and prize it above all
other thoroughbred strains in a trotter.

Neernut is a handsome horse, standing 15iJ hands, is
a blood bay with black points, weighs 1100 pounds and
trots without boots, weights or hopples. He has as
much speed as any horse, and always trots the fastest
at the end of the mile. When he made his record he
was in fourth position and five lengths behind on
getting the word, and had to trot around the other
three horses, going the entire distance well out from
the pole on account of the footing. It was equal to
2:08 under good conditions.

Neernut's first foal is the mare Neeretta that took a
record of 2:091 last year and won five first, two second
and two third moneys out of nine starts while compet-
ing with the best trotters on the Eastern circuits.
She was then sold for $4000 and went to Austria. Until
last year Neernut was bred to but few mares and the
majority of them non-producers without records.

It is said of him that he has never sired a colt that
could not out trot its dam before it was weaned.

As Neernut's service fee has been placed at $40 he is
within reach of all breeders, and as he is a sure foal
getter a person takes no chances in sending mares to
him. Mares with Wilkes blood can hardly fail to pro-
duce speed when mated with Neernut and we do not
know of a horse in California better suited to mares
sired by any of the stallions of that family.

Dave McClary Wanted Thornway and Zolock.

Dave McClary, the well known trainer and driver,
who trained and drove the champion harness horse of
the world, Star Pointer 1:59}, in all his record break-
ing attempts, has been in California this week on a
flying visit. He was looking for something real good
to take over East with him, but after making two offers
and having them refused left for home Thursday with-
out buying. He visited Pleasanton Wednesday in
company with "Sandy" Smith and while there was
very much taken with the looks of Mr. J. C. Kirk-
patrick's three year old pacer Thornway that is in
James Thompson's string. He saw Thornway move,
heard what was said about him and then quietly re-
marked that he would pay four thousand dollars for
the colt. The offer was refused. Thornway, as our
readers know, is by Stein way out of Algerdetta by
AUandorf, the dam of Sable Steinway 2:231 and Allan-
dora 2:181. It is the intention of Mr. Kirkpatrick to
enter Thornway well on the Eastern Grand Circuit and
as he believes him to be a grand prospect the price
offered did not tempt him.

Mr. McClary had heard a great deal about Zolock
2:10], and after getting the opinion of several horse-
men, and looking over the horse's pedigree, he tele-
graphed an offer of $0000 fot^the fast son of McKinney
2:11] to Mr. Ben Davies, his owner, at San Bernardino.
This offer was also declined, and Mr. Davies replied
that the price of the stallion was $10,000. Mr. Mc-
Clary did not care to go that high however.

These offers show that the harness horse that is
fast enough to show racing speed and is considered
good enough to win in his class over East can be sold
at very profitable prices. Had either Thornway or
Zolock' changed hands at prices offered, they would
have left quite a profitable balance to their credit on
the books of their owners. There is money in devol-
opeded horses that can show speed, which fact should
cause owners to spend a little more money for training
this year than they have for the past few seasons.

March 23, 1901]

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A Sunday at Green Meadows Farm.

San Francisco, March 19, 1901.

Believing- that the weather god would favor us, we
concluded to spend Sunday at the hospitable farm of
Colonel J. Murray Moorhead, Green Meadows Farm.
We 'phoned the Colonel from San Francisco that our
party would leave on the 7 A. M. train. His answer
was "Come, and bring- all your friends."

Upon arrival at Santa Clara we were met by the
Colonel, who was driving an oddly matched pair of
trotters; one a grey and the other a sorrel. The grey
was old Monte Christo. and the sorrel a two year old
filly by Hambletonian Wilkes out of Anna Belle 2:27
by Dawn.

After a brisk drive down the beautiful Brokaw road,
we arrived at the Green Meadows Farm, where R. I.
Moorhead greeted us as only a gentleman of the old
school can. When the Colonel was satisfied that his
team was put away properly, he proceeded to do the
honors, and opened the game by offering the ladies
Santa Clara lemonade and the gentlemen of the party
one of the Green Meadows1 famous Nagle punches.
After partaking ol this seductive beverage (which, by
the way, no one can make to perfection except the
Colonel) we were handed cigars, and then we started
to prospect the farm, commencing with the beautifully
comfortable home, where everything bespeaks good
taste and refinement. We were shown the game
chickens which the Colonel boasts can whip any game
birds in the State, and from the looks of those birds
we concluded not to press the Colonel for a match.
We visited his brood of turkeys; his famous Pekin
ducks; his Jersey cows, all of which we admired, as
well as the comfortable way which the Colonel has of
caring for them.

We were then ushered into the presence of one of
the grandest horses in the State, old Hambletonian
Wilkes. When the Colonel called "Jimmie" the old
horse trotted up to him, and showed his affection for
his master by placing his head upon the Colonel's
shoulder. We saw in Hambletonian Wilkes all the
qualities that it takes to make a grand horse. From
his beautiful blood-like head to the tip of his tail he is
all horse. His coat is like satin, and his large express-
ive eyes and clean limbs do not show his 21 years at
all. Col. Moorhead says he is either ridden under a
saddle or driven every day. Each one of our party had
a little caress for the last son of the mighty George
Wilkes ever to be seen in the Golden State.

We were then shown Anna Belle, the queen of the
farm. She, like Wilkes, showed the greatest affection
for her master. She is one of the most elegant matrons
I ever saw, showing a lot of thoroughbred qualities,
which she no doubt inherits from her sire Dawn, who
was a son of the great Nutwood. Her weanling filly,
a seal brown, was playing race horse in real trotter
style. This young miss is the first brown foal Anna
Belle ever had. She is surely a beauty. Next we saw
Anna Belle's two year old filly Maggie. She is a
beautiful chestnut of great size and finish. She not
only inherits all the beauty of her sire and dam, but
the best of dispositions; in her conformation no critic
could find a flaw.

Florence M., a three year old sister to Maggie, was
led out. This filly is said to be the handsomest mare
in California, and certainly she looks the part. Her
manners are perfect. She is a trotter and a fast one,
with good size and beautiful gait.

The two year old, Dexter Wilkes, is a beauty, but
like Peck's Bad Boy, he wanted to bluff the entire
party. The Colonel made him trot across the meadow
and then we saw a trotter. He is surely a fast field
trotter. Next we saw a weanling, out of the pacing*
mare Bella Dona, by Gladiator. This colt is positively
the grandest field trotter I ever saw; he is a bay with a
star, and he enjoyed performing for his master and
then coming up for his share of admiration.

Trinket is the name of a three year old bay pacer
out of TJrena by Bell Alta. He has a white face which
is his only bad mark and is a rapid pacer. He has
shown a quarter in 37 seconds as a two year old, is
gentle and can pull a buggy fast enough to please most
any one. He is a lady's horse, having been loaned by
the Colonel to a lady last summer who drove him for
three months.

Next we saw a grand looking brown mare named
Golovin Maid by the game race horse A. W. Rich-
mond. This matron is blind but she is the proudest of
mothers over a young pacing son. Though she can't
see, her matronly instinct must tell her he is perfection
and he surely is just right in every way,

A full sister to the darn of Our Boy had by her side
a late arrival in the shape of a sorrel colt with a snip
nose. This baby is a typical Wilkes.

A four year old out of Bella Dona is a big bay geld-
ing which would not gtt friendly, he was too busy do-
ing stunts at the trot, which he can do in good shape.

A good looking mare by Gaviota that will join the
matron ranks in a few days and should produce a fine
foal was the last one we looked at in the field.

The Colonel thought he had given us enough walk,
so we returned to the spacious barns where every thing
was in apple pie order. Each horse's stall looked like a
room in a first class hotel.

, We were shown a picture of Robert I, a four year
old son of Anna Belle and Wilkes, that is owned in
Alameda. This horse shows size, style and finish to a
high degree. -

There is a picture of Phoebe Wilkes 2:08, one of the
trotting queens of the Grand Circuit. Then Maud
Murray's picture, a sister to Robert I. This mare is
owned in Germany and was sold at $5000; she trotted
in 2:12. R. I. Moorhead purchased old Wilkes from
Col. Jas. Murphy, hence his reason for calling the old
horse "Jimmy," as Col. Murphy has been a life long-
friend of the Moorheads.

Our host-informed us that dinner was ready and we
adjourned to the comfortable residence, and after re-
freshing ourselves with one of those celebrated Robt.
•E. Lee punches, we sat down to a dinner that only an
old style gentleman can produce and surely we enjoyed
it all. The Colonel entertained us after dinner with
stories of early life — his experience as a horse buyer
for the government, as a builder of railroads, as a
Wall street magnate, and finally said it was all a mere

circumstance to the real pleasure he is now taking out
of the Green Meadow Stock Farm and driving the
young Wilkes — said he would not exchange places
with any man. His brother, R. I. Moorhead, pro-
prietor of this ideal farm had the same remark to
make.

Train time was announced and we were driven by
the Colonel through the classical village of Santa
Clara, were shown the famous college and told all the
great native sons who graduated from there.

A hearty goodbye and all aboard we left and each of
us regretted that our stay was not been of longer dura-
tion. _ We had spent a profitable Sunday; saw one of
America's greatest speed producers, and saw what per-
haps we will never see again unless we return to the
same farm, a son of the great speed progenitor George
Wilkes by the father of race horses Hambletonian 10.

We voted that Col. Moorhead and his brother Robt.
I. Moorhead were the best of good: fellows, and wished
them in the language of Rip Van Winkle, "Good
health and prosperity," and we could well afford to do
so as we had a day long to be remembered.

Yours truly.- C. A. HARRISON.

Lincoln's Horse Story.

Abraham Lincoln used to be fond of telling a story
of a lawyer in a Western town who desired the nomi-
nation for County Judge. On the morning preceding
the evening on which the County Convention was to
meet, the lawyer applied to the liverystable keeper in
his village for a horse and buggy in which to drive to
the county town, sixteen miles distant, where the con-
vention was to be held.

"Give me the best and the fastest horse you have,
Sam," said he, "so that I will have time to go around
and see the boys before the convention begins."

The liveryman, however, was supporting a rival can-
didate and gave the lawyer a horse that outwardly ap-
peared perfect, but broke down before half the journey
was completed, so that when the candidate arrived the
convention had adjourned and his rival had been
nominated.

On his return to the stable late the following after-
noon, knowing that it was useless to resent the trick
played on him, he said to the owner:

"Look here, Smith, you must be training this horse
for the New York market. You expect to sell him to
an undertaker for a hearse horse, don't you? Well,
it's time wasted. I know from his gait that you have
spent days training him to pull a hearse, but he'll
prove a dead failure. He's already too slow; he couldn't
get a corpse to the cemetery in time for the resurrec-
tion."

The Village Farm Champions.

The wonderfully successful breeding establishment,
Village Farm, stands without a rival in the breeding
world, and the number of great horses bred at this
farm probably exceeds all others. From this farm
have come more 2:10 horses and 2:15 horses than from
any other establishment. The list is as follows:

Trotters— The Abbot 2:03k Fantasy (4) 2:06, Lord
Derby 2:07, The Monk 2:08], Dare Devil 2:09, Battleton
2:09|, The Queen 2:10k King Chimes 2:101, Emily 2:11,
Merriment 2:11k Equity 2:12}, American Belle 2:12},
Valance 2:12|, Belle Hamlin 2:12f, Tudor Chimes 2:13,
Fitz Royal 2:13}, Milan Chimes 2:13|, Ward well- 2:14k
Globe 2.143.

Facers — Lady of the Manor 2:04}, Heir-at-Law 2:05£,
Bright Regent 2:06}, Passing Belle 2:08}, Mocking Boy
2:08k Merry Chimes 2:08J, Moonstone 2:09. Ed Easton
2:09£, King Chimes 2:11}, Scapegoat 2:11}, Elsinora
2:12$, Reed Bird 2:14$.

A grand total of thirty-four in 2:15, the average
record of the list being 2:10}. The average record of
the twenty-two trotters Is 2:10 4-5, and that of the
twelve pacers is 2:09 1-6.

Hodges' Roan Pacer to Go East.

"Sandy" Smith went to Pleasanton last Wednesday
and purchased from P. W. Hodges the roan pacer by
Dictatus 2:17, that has been talked of so much in horse
circles since January 1st, when at the San Jose track
Hodges drove him a mile in 2:14a, a wonderful per-
formance for a green horse. The price paid is not for
publication, but was a good figure for any green horse
and all the parties to the deal are satisfied. Mr.
Theurkauf, of San Jose, is the breeder and was the
owner of the horse. The new owner is Mr. A. Kaul, a
wealthy gentleman of St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, whose
intention is to campaign him. "Sandy" will take the
horse East at the time the Palo Alto consignment goes,
about the first of May.

Edwin B. Rice, the Boston man who owns Anaconda
2:02}, says he will drive that pacer in an attempt to
beat the world's amateur wagon record for pacers,
which Coney placed at 2:03| last fall.

Send for Catalogue.

There is one Arm in the country that outdoes all others in cata-
logue work and that is the firm of Tuttle & Glark, Detroit, Mich-
They are issuing at the present time two catalogues, one illustrat-
ing all classes of goods used on the race track and this is catalogue
No. 21. The other illustrates all kinds of harness for pleasure driv-
ing, such as surrey harness, buggy harness, pole harness, carriage,
coupe and runabout harness, No. 20. Either of these catalogues or
both of them are sent free of charge to those who desire them.
Some of the printing plates in these catalogues cost as high as $1.5
and $20 each and arc certainly beautiful works of art. Their No.
20 catalogue is the finest that has ever been published in the
United States and probably in the world in the line of harness
business. Tuttle & Clark are this year making extraordinary
effortsfor trade and are offering immense inducements to those who
wish to buy. Before placing an order it will be well for the reader
to send for either or both of their catalogues and we assure our
readers that they will be more than nleased with the treatment
they will receive from this popular firm. They have made extra-
ordinary advances in the line of horse boots for T001 and have prac-
tically revolutionized this part of a horseman's outfit, improving
the leather and other materials which go into the boots, changing
ahd improving nearly all the styles, making them more adapted to
the conformation and action of the horse than any other firm in the
country has ever attempted to do. Their wear plate quarter boots
have begun to sell already and trainers are more than pleased with
them. Messrs. Tuttle & Clark will also send free of charge to
those who mention this paper their 20th Century Handy Book, a
valuable book of sixty-four pages with statistics that are exceed-
ingly interesting to all horsemen and others.

Is the Pacer Superceding the Trotter?

["Trotwood" in Horse Review.]

In a recent article on this subject Gen. Tracy seems
unduly alarmed, and after quoting figures to support
his assertion of the rapid growth of the pacer, he calls
on the breeders to breed out the pacer, predicting that
if this is not done we will soon have a trotterless age.

With due respect to the distinguished author of the
above remarks, I desire to state that, in the first place,
they are not new, and, in the second place, there is no
real danger of the pacer superceding the trotter. But
if such a remote and unexpected thing should happen,
it will be because the people have decided that they
want the pacer, and if they want the pacer, and get
what they want, we should want them to get him.

The appeal of Gen. Tracy is not new. It has been
uttered again and again since the days of Pocahontas.
'-No gentleman will drive a pacer," said Mr. Bonner.
"Breed away from those rackers," said Mr. Hamlin.
"If he cannot trot let him walk," said. Gov. Stanford.
And yet, as Gen. Tracy clearly proves, the pacer keeps
marching on, until now the distinguished gentleman
fears the trotter himself is in danger

No, no! The remarks are not at all new; we have
heard them before. In fact, they belong to that very
primitive period of turf journalism when the science
contained, in its crudity, only two formulas for discus-
sion— thoroughbred in the trotter, scrub blood in the
pacer.

That was fifty years ago. God be praised, this is the
twentieth century, and both of them have long been
bred away from that age. To-day the American trot-
ter is as much a thoroughbred as the thoroughbred
himself. He is now the product of line upon line, ped-
igree upon pedigree, generation after generation of
trotters. He has been built with care, in beauty and
speed. He is first in war, first in pace, and first in the
hearts of his countrymen. And there he will stay.
General — never fear. And the pacer — God wot! — but
that's the fnnny part of it — even he is a scrub no
longer; like the trotter, he, too, is a thoroughbred —
a trotter with a changeable gait. It is breeding that
counts — that classifies — that establishes — not gait. It
is biood that tells, not form or action. Thoroughbred
runners have trotted fast, but they were not trotters
and would not beget them. It's the perfume that
makes the rose, not the name. If two ripe apples grow
upon the same tree, and one reflects, in its exposed and
ruddy cheeks, the parting glory of the dying day,
while the other, concealed beneath the leaves, is pale
as the silvery face of the new-born night, should the
first be called an apple and the other a quince?

The American trotter is a thoroughbred, and the
pacer is simply a trotter with a slightly different gait.

We have smiled at the English, but, as usual, they
are right. There are no pacers — they are all trotters.
The English thoroughbred has three gaits, two of them
the walk and the trot, being merely preliminary, or
incidental; the other, the gallop, the object, the instinct
of his life. The thoroughbred trotter is reaching the
same point. He is acquiring only three gaits — the
walk, the pace the trot. Two of these — the walk and
the pace, or trot (whichever of these two gaits he is
less expert at) — will be his instinct and object. But
whichever he adopts, he will still be a trotter.

The trotter is reaching this point, and when he does
— when his years of breeding will carry with it so
strong an instinct that he cannot break, even into a
gallop — then, indeed, will be the great American
trotter,. though when at full speed, to attain his ends,
he adopt either the movement of Star Pointer or
Cresceus. The American saddle horse has five gaits,
but is he not the saddle horse still? Cannot the Ameri-
can trotter have three without it being said that he is
about to be lost to the world. In riding, some riders
prefer one, some another of the saddle-horse gaits. In
driving, does it detract from the trotter that he has
two gaits at your choice.

But at last the argument of the distinguished gentle-
man is sifted to this: The American people do not
want the third gait — or they should not want it — but
either through carelessness or design if has crept in
and threatens to give us a trotterless race of horses.

Whether the people want this gait or not, I am not
prepared to say. I have always thought they did, be-
cause the gait is so popular with them. But whether
they want it or not, they have now got to take it, be-
cause the laws of nature are stronger than the wishes
of man. That law of nature exemplified and demon-
strated in the animal is this: Like begets like or the
likeness of an ancestor. Breed for generations to stick
to a harness gait, when put between shafts and forced
to extreme speed, I shall adopt the one of two instincts
most natural to me."

"But I am a trotter."

This is the writing on the wall, and this has it come
to. The distinguished gentleman, Gen. Tracy, deep in
the study of grave problems and seeing only one side
of the trotting problem, has not given it the deep
thought it requires, and which the close student of
many years has given. But it has come to this as the
records are proving. Even the Hals are trotters in the
true extreme speed sense. Else could Hal Dillard, if
the instincts were not one and interchangeable, ever
have sired a 2:11 trotter?

Kohlan King 28295.

Pacheco. March 18, 1901.

Breeder and Sportsman:— Will you kindly in-
form me if the horse Kohlan King 28295, by Simmo-
colon, dam Sybil by Sidney, has ever been on the race
track and what he accomplished. JOHN Ott.

We can find no mention of him in the Year Books
and are inclined to the opinion that he never raced.

Breeding of Comet Wilkes.

A subscriber asks for the breeding of the stallion
Comet Wilkes 2:21. He is by Guy Wilkes 2:15.], dam
Mamie Comet by Nutwood 2:18A, second dam Black
Betty by Sportsman, a son of David Hill 857, third
dam by St. Clair 16,675. Comet Wilkes made his
record at Concord, Contra Costa county, last year.

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[March 23, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

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Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

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addressed to F. W. Kelley, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TCKEI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building. Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, March 23, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

" " July 1-2

" -: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER .Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept. 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES. Oregon (District Fair) Oct, 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) .Oct. 7-12

VTCTORH, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GBASD CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

DOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept, 28-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

WOODLAND, District No. 40. August 26-31

CALIFORNLi STATE FATR, Sacramento. . : Sept. 2-14

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTERS.

ALTA VELA 2:15H' S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BOYDELLO 2:14M I Ed Laffertv. Alameda

BOODLE 2:124 vy. A. Mack, San Martin

CAPTAIN JONES John Pender, Sacramento

CHAS. DERBY 2-.20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, DanvUle

DLiBLO 2:095* Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm. Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henrv. Havwards

GROVER CLAY2:23« Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleas'anton

GOSSIPER 2:14i£ S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

IDIRECT 2:124 Ed Latterly. Alameda

IRAN ALTO 2:U2M Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose

McKTNNEY 2:11M C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09)* P.J.Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:164 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE i:llti Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

STAM B. 2:11H Tattle Bros., RockMn

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm. Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON McKTNNEY.... Rose Dale St'k F'm. Santa Rosa

WILLLVM HAROLD 2:13)4 Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:104 Geo. Gray. Haywards

WILKES DIRECT 2:224 T. W. Barstow, San Jose

ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE H Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS

ARTILLERY (imp.) J. J. Grant, Sacramento

RILEY J. J.Grant, Sacramento

ST. CARLO James McDonnell. Portola

T"HE QUESTION of having annual spring horse
' shows in country towns has been receiving a good
of attention lately from the horse owners at Haywards,
Alameda county, owing to the success of the annual
show held at Livermore in the same county. These
horse shows are really stallion shows and gotten up
for the purpose of giving owners of stallions the oppor-
tunity of exhibiting their horses to the breeders of the
section in which the show is held. The Haywards
Journal in a recent issue, contained the following on
the proposed idea of holding an annual show in that
thriving and enterprising town:

The success of the Livermore Horse Show every year
has caused a number of our horsemen to bring tip" the
proposition of holding a horse show here next spring.

Mr. M. Henry, while at the Livermore horse show
last Saturday suggested the idea to one of the com-
mitteemen, and he was very favorably impressed with
the idea, and stated that he would help it along by
bringing all his stock; others also spoke encouragingly
of the proposition.

In speaking to a number of horsemen here they
stated it would be a great success.

Said Geo. Grindell: "I am heartily in favor of a horse
show in Haywards next spring. Our central location
would bring a large number of horsemen from Oakland,
San Francisco and all over the country. Buyers would
come here from the large cities to purchase horses, and
our neighboring horsemen of Washington and Murray
would find it would well repay them for bringing then-
animals here. To make the show of special interest I
am in favor of giving liberal premiums for all horses

and it would prove a great drawing card. "With a
band of music to enliven the day I am satisfied that
Haywards would have the most successful horse show
ever held in the country.

Says Geo. Gray: "Ia'min favor of holding a horse
show in Haywards and believe it could be made a great
success. To induce horsemen to come here we must
offer liberal premiums."

Says Mr. Henry: ''The central location of Hay-
wads and the fine traveling facilities makes Haywards
just the place to have a successful horse show. Many
buyers would come here from Oakland and San Fran-
cisco that would probably not go to Livermore and
this would naturally induce Livermore horsemen to
have horses for sale to bring them here, and the same
could be said for horsemen in Washington and Murray
townships. It could be made a great affair and bring
hundreds of visitors to Haywards. The citizens could
well afford to raise $200 or 8300 for premiums and hav-
ing a brass band. I would not hesitate to say that the
display of fine horses on that day would attract the
horsemen of the State."

Other horsemen spoken to bere and in this neighbor-
hood are equally enthusiastic over the matter.

We would suggest to all those who favor these
stallion and horse shows that nothing will do more to
help the business, bring about sales at good prices, or
induce farmers and others to patronize good stallions.
At the same time we think the offering of premiums
would be unwise and lead to much trouble and eventu-
ally result in a discontinuance of the exhibits. Pre-
miums for stock should only be given by regular or-
ganizations, such as agricultural societies or horse
show associations that are regularly incorporated, and
that employ recognized authorities as judges. The
spring stallion parades or exhibits, such as are annu-
ally held in Kentucky on Court Day, were originated
especially to induce all owners to show their stallions
without having to compete with others. The origina-
tors of the scheme recognized the fact that there were
hundreds of young stallions that would not be entered
against champions if prizes were given, but whose
owners would show them under other conditions. The
idea is to show the public what sort of horses there are
in the district, what are for sale, the prices asked, etc.,
etc. No ill feelings are aroused, as there is nothing to
compete for but the admiration of the public, and the
man who makes a sale or the owner who books a few
mares to his horse as a result of the show is satisfied.
These stallion and horse exhibits attract hundreds of
people to see them and they are certain to leave money
in the town. We hope the citizens of Haywards will
hold a show next year and that many other towns will
do likewise. The Breeder and Sportsman has
advocated these shows for the past three years, and
will say again that they will pay big returns on the
money spent.

JWIR. M. M. POTTER, of Los Angeles, is thelead-
'" ing amateur driver of the Pacific Coast as he
now holds the record for the fastest heats ever driven
in this State, as well _ as the fastest mile, The Los
Angeles Times thus -speaks-of his triumphs at the
matinee of the Driving Club of that city last Saturday:

The colors of the Potter stable floated triumphantly
at Agricultural Park yesterday at the matinee of the
Los Angeles Driving Club. There was nothing in
sight but Potter from start to finish, for his three
speedy racers, Primrose, Sweet Marie and Maud Mc-
Kinney not only carried off the honors, but made time
which smashed records right and left. Primrose paced
the three fastest mile heats ever done with an amateur
driver in California. The time was 2:15}, 2:14?. 2'13J
Primrose without doubt is the daintiest, speediest and
most knowing pacer in her class in the'State. She took
the heats in one, two, three order, after fairly beating
Electra and Floretta Bell, each of whom challenged
her and made races which could not but evoke Ihe
greatest enthasiasm. The grand stand went wild and
some there were who would probably have crowned
the clever animal and its steady driver with laurel
had any wreaths of that variety been handv But
while Primrose broke the California record', Sweet
Marie was doing things to the track trottinc record
m two good heats which the watches showed were
stepped out in 2:18 and 2:17}. This lowers the track
record a half second. Maud McKinney showed her
heels and romped home in two straight, in 2'27 and
2:25} and so it is small wonder that the Potter colors
went up at the masthead, and that the owner-driver
was overwhelmed with congratulations — which, bv the
way, were received with the quiet dignity character-
istic of the man.

The amateur drivers are demonstrating every day
that they can take horses which the profession have
considered "quitters" and make race horses out of
them. It is very likely that the slow road work and
refraining from giving the horses so many fast miles is
what accomplishes the result. A year ago Primrose
was called a quitter by nearly all the horsemen in
California. They said she was good for one mile but
would not do for three in five races, and yet an amateur
reinsman takes her in hand and in the month of March
drives her three heata in 2:15} 2:14| and 2:13}. Mr.
Potter is to be congratulated. He has proven his little
mare to he as fast as ever and possessed of as much
gameness as any horse. More power to the amateurs
and to the amateur organizations. They are helping
the horse and the horse business as well.

THE GOVERNOR has the appropriation bill passed
by the recent Legislature under consideration and
according to law has until the 27th instant to give
or refuse his approval to the different sections of the
same. The appropriations for district fairs are a part
of the measure. We believe Governor Gage favors
these appropriations and that he will approve them.
If he does there will be a movement immediately by
many of the district boards toward preparations for
the fairs of 1901. Never in the history of the State
have there been better prospects for a successful
season on farm, orchard, stock farm or in the mines
and factories, while a new industry of great propor-
tions has been added to the States resources by the
discoveries of wonderful wealth in the oil fields. The
prices of all breeds of horses and cattle have greatly
increased during the past year, and there is every
reason to believe that the people will take a greater in.
terest in fairs this year than ever. As soon as the
Governor has affixed his signature to the bill and the
appropriations for fairs are thus assured, no time
should be lost by any association in fixing dates and
announcing the same. District No. 40, which now
comprises the counties of Yolo and Sacramento ha5
already selected its date. Let others do likewise and
when the date is fixed begin a systematic booming and
advertising of the exhibition and make it worthy of
the district. It will pay this year.

GLENS FALLS great trotting meeting, one of the
most important of the Grand Circuit, will be
held in August, and seven of the purses, which are
.$1500 each, are advertised in the Breeder and
Sportsman this week. In addition there is a stake
of $1000 for three year old trotters of the 2:25 class.
The purses are for the 2:14. 2:18, 2:24 and 2:28 trotting
classes, and for pacers of the 2:12, 2:18 and 2:24 classes.
Later on a number of large purses will be offered for
2:07. 2:09 and free-for-all pacers, and 2:10 and 2:07 class
trotters, and every effort is to be put forth by the
officials of the Northern New York Trotting Horse
Breeders Association to make the Glens Falls meeting
better than ever, and it has always been one of the best
meetings of the circuit. Entries to the purses adver-
tised will close Monday, April 1st, and should be ad-
dressed to W. F. Bentley, Secretary, Glens Falls.
Ohio.

T-HE ONLY COLT STAKE for foals of 1901 of a
* large value that is still open is the Terre Haute
Matron, which is guaranteed to be worth $10,000, and
it closes Monday next, March 25th. It will cost but
So to nominate and we earnestly advise every Califor-
nian who owns a trotting bred foal, or a mare that is
due to foal this year, to invest that much money and
send it on or before Monday to Chas. R, Duffin. Sec-
retary of the Trotting and Fair Association: This is
one of the most reliable associations in America and
this stake is one of the best, as the payments are so
small and so few. Besides the nominating fee there is
but one other to be made prior to the year in which
the race takes place. When the colt is weaned next
December, a payment of $10 is required, at which time
color and sex of the foal must be given. No further
payments need be kept in mind, as there are none due
until June of the year of the race. If the colt starts
as a two year old there is a small payment to make, if
not, nothing is to pay until the following year. The
amount to be given to the two year olds is divided into
two purses— $2000 for the trotters and $1000 for the
pacers. The balance of the purse, $7000, goes to the
three year old trotters, and the winner will get $4500.
There have been many entries made by California
owners in the Eastern stakes for foals of this year that
have already closed, but there are many foals that are
as yet without stake engagements. The very best in-
vestment that can be made by owners of these foals is
an entry in the Terre Haute Matron. Do this and
then give the colt extra feed and care and see if it does
not pay. Remember the stake closes Monday.

CHARTER OAK PARK, historical Charter Oak as
it is usually called, will give one of the greatest
meetings ever held in America this year. "The
Charter Oak," for the 2:13 class, is worth $10,000 and
five other purses are for $3000 each. This makes a
total of $25,000 to be given for six events. The Hart-
ford Association has by this liberal program of events
given the harness horse an opportunity to be a great
money earner and horsemen should appreciate the fact
and enter as liberally as possible. A number of Cali-
fornia horsemen will go East to race this year. They
should enter at Charter Oak Park. A number of addi-
tional purses will be offered later on. The conditions
are most liberal, National rules to govern except that
hopples are not barred. The money in the Charter
Oak stake is to be divided on a different plan than has
heretofore ruled. S1000 is to be given to the winner
of each heat and the remainder of the purse will be
divided into the usual four moneys to be awarded to
the horses placed first, second, third and fourth in the
summary at the close of the race. Entries close
April 1st. Read the advertisement.

March 23, 1901]

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The Match Not Made.

New York, March 20. — William L. Marks, repre-
sentative of J. J. Scannell, and Jack Roach, represent-
ing Thomas W. Lawson of Boston, met in this city to-
day for the purpose of arranging a match between the
trotters. The Abbot and Boralma, but failed to come
to terms and the match was declared off. Mr. Scan-
nell insisted on having three out of five heats, to which
Mr. Lawson's representative objected, preferring that
four out of seven heats should be the conditions. Mr.
Scannell said he was now ready to race his horse, The
Abbot, against any horse in the world for $50,000, best
three In five heats, the gate receipts to go to charity.

BOSTON, March 20. — Mr. Lawson to-night sent to
two Boston charities, the West End Nursery and the
Crippled Children's Home, one half each of the deposit
of $10,000 which he put up through his New York
representative to bind a race with The Abbot. These
are the institutions which Mr. Lawson had selected to
receive the $25,000 guaranteed gate receipts if Boralma
defeated The Abbot. Mr. Scannell having agreed to
accept charities in New York as the recipients in case
his horse won. But the race having fallen through,
Mr. Lawson decided that his first deposit of $10,000
should go for a worthy cause.

In a statement issued to-night Mr. Lawson said he
regretted that the race had fallen through, but he had
no desire to criticize the action of others in connection
with the matter. He reviewed the negotiations and
the reasons for their failure, announcing his gift of
$10,000 to the institutions, and concluded with these
words: "With this I trust all interested friends of the
horse will call the incident closed."

New Yoke, March 21.— "I will race The Abbot
against Mr. Lawson's trotter, Boralma, under any
terms acceptable to him and the National Association,''
said Fire Commissioner John J. Scannell this afternoon.

"I have made a thorough survey of the facts and
find that my manager, Mr. Marks, did make a state-
ment in Buffalo to the effect that The Abbot would
race any trotter in the world from seven to twenty
heats if necessary.

"I consider Mr. Lawson to be a fair sportsman and
am sure we can yet arrange a contest on his terms."

Mr. Scannell sent his certified check for $10,000 to
the order of the New York Journal and authorized the
paper to reopen negotiations with Mr. Lawson. In
accordance with this request Mr. Lawson was called up
on the long distance telephone. Mr. Lawson said:

"I had considered the incident closed. I have every
regard for Mr. Scannell, but in the interests of the
sport I do not deem it advisable now to reopen negoti-
ations for a match."

*

An Important Ruling.

A suit of importance to matinee clubs and trotting
associations has just been decided in the court of com-
mon pleas of Allegheny county, Pa., growing out of a
trainer's ticket or license, issued by the Pittsburg &
Allegheny Driving Park to one W. A. Dawson for the
season of 1899. The trainers ticket or license so issued
by the driving association, among other rules and
regulations, specified that it was subject to revocation
for improper conduct on the grounds of the association.

Subsequently the trainer's ticket so issued to Dawson
was revoked and he was denied the privilege of the
track, for the reason as alleged by the association, that
he was guilty of misconduct on its grounds; whereupon
Dawson brought the above mentioned suit against the
association that he had been damaged in the sum of
$10,000 by reason of his unlawful expulsion from the
track. In the trial of the case before Judge Shaffer It
appeared from the plaintiff's own testimony, that the
time the privilege was extended to him as a trainer
upon the defendant's track, that he received a train-
er's ticket; upon which it was expressed that same was
revocable for improper conduct in or on the grounds
of the association, and it further appeared from the
evidence, that Dawson at one of the matinees of the
defendant association, got into an altercation with an
official of the defendant and struck him; whereupon
his ticket was revoked and he was excluded from the
privilege of the track, and the court held that Dawson
was bound by conditions expressed upon his ticket,
and that if he was guilty of misconduct, that he had
broken the contract and could not recover, and that
the striking of the defendant's secretary in the man-
ner explained by plaintiff's witnesses, was a violation
of the agreement and that the association had the
legal right to revoke the license in the manner that it
had been done and deny the plaintiff the privilege of
the track, and thereupon granted the defendant's
motion for a compulsory non-suit.

Notes from Tulare.

Tulare City (Cal.), March 19, 1901.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman — The Tulare
track is being kept up in good shape. It is kite-shaped,
splendidly graded and very safe. I believe it is the
fastest track in the State. I have Osito 2:13J, Edna
R. 2:13, a green trotter by Osito and a green trotter by
Albenton 4023. Edna R. will be bred to Osito and
worked for a record. She showed at Woodland last
year that she could step a mile in 2:10 or better and has
»s much speed as anybody's pacer. The McKinneys
surely are "in it" this year and Osito is meeting with
»ood success here. I believe he will lower his record
ihis season, for the leg he injured at Woodland seems
;o be quite sound. He worked a mile at Chico last year
n 2:11}, timed by R. Havey, President Merrill and
leveral others, and did it well within himself. I hope
md believe the coming season will be a good one in
lalifornia for the harness horse brigade.

Yours truly, I. H. Mtjlholland.
«

The thoroughbred stallion St. Carlo, a great winner
limself and the sire of a sensational lot of race horses
rill be in the stud for outside mares at $100 the season.
le is at Monlo Stock Farm and communications should
'6 addressed to James McDonnell, Portola, San Mateo
ounty.

The New York Sale.

The spring sale conducted by the Pasig-Tipton Com-
pany began at Madison Square Garden last Tuesday.
Chehalis, the noted black pacer, was sold to W. L.
Davis, of Chelsea, Mass. He paid $2200 for the animal.
During the day and night eighty-five animals were dis-
posed of at a total of $23,786, or an average of $278.63
each.

On Wednesday the prices were better than on the
opening day. Eureka 2:15h, the California horse by
Ira, was purchased by Geo. Keteham, owner of Cre-
sceus 2:04, for $1200. The best prices were: Brandy-
wine, trotter, to Joseph Wilson, New York, $900;
Eureka, trotter, to George J. Keteham, Toledo, O.,
$1200; Dan Westland, pacer, to Charles Tanner, Glen-
ville, O., $1300.

The attendance at the night sale was very large.
The features were the purchase of Emma Winter and
Baystar for $8000 and $6100 respectively. Following
are the principal sales:

Emma Winter 2:14J, br m, 1897, trotter, William
Simpson, Cuba, N. Y., $8000: Baystar 2:08. b m, trotter,
William Simpson, $6100; Ed Winter 2:13§, trotter, blk
s, R. Conover, Trenton, N. J., $2100; Clinton B. 2:08},
pacer, John McGuire, New York, $2000; Miss Birch-
wood, pacer, br m, A. H. Gibson, Mount Holly, N. J.,
$1700; Walter Kelm 2:15, trotter, b g, 1896, Dan May-
nard, New York, $1500; Oakland Pilot 2:20, br g; 1897,
A. Brown, New York, $1150; Trustwood, trotter, br g,
1894, Dan Maynard, $1050. Ninety-two head were sold
for an average price of $575; grand total, $52,065.

Claims a Name.

I. M. Lipson, of Los Angeles, owns a handsome colt
a few weeks old by Zolock 2:10}, out of Miss Goldnut.
He wanted the name Warlock for him but found the
name already taken by a registered stallion. He has
sent to the Breeder and Sportsman three ad-
ditional names from which he desires to select one and
asks if they are taken. The names are "Souvenir,"
"Tamarac" and "Bertholdi." The first two are the
names of registered stallions, but we do not find the
name Bertholdi in the books, although there is a
"Bertoldi." By putting the "h" in the name Mr.
Lipson has probably selected a cognomen for his colt
that is not already claimed.

The Abbot's Record.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— Will you
kindly publish in your next issue, the best time made
by The Abbot, when and where, and oblige

Seattle.

The Abbot, bay gelding by Chimes, dam Nettie
King, trotted against time at Terre Haute, Indiana,
September 25, 1900. The effort was to beat 2:04 and
he trotted the mile in 2:03}, thereby winning the race
and establishing a new world's record.

Over forty mares have been booked to Adbell, in the
stud at Elmwood Farm, and among them are such as
Mantuamaker by Red Wilkes; Gracie V., dam of Gracie
Onward 2:14}; Capote, dam of Noline 2:23}; Lady of
Quality, dam of Florida 2:14; Flora McGregor, Lady
Alcy 2:13, Leone (1) 2:28}, Victorine by Alcantara,
Etiquette 2:18, Nellie A. 2:13, Tentonette by Dictator,
Jean Wilkes 2:28; Otway, Mina De 2:244, Eliza Jane
2:22, and Marcola, dam of Mazette 2:07}. This is a
grand lot and their produce should be good ones.
There are but six of the get of Abdell at Palo Alto
Farm and Superintendent Covey wishes there were
more every time he looks at them.

One of the neatest appliances in the way of toe
weights will soon be placed upon the market by the
well known Kentucky trainer, Gus Macey, of Ver-
sailles. Unlike any other toe weight now in use
Macey 's invention has not only a detachable spur, but
the weight itself can be removed in an instant. These
features will be gladly welcomed by the horsemen of
the whole country. The weight will be advertised ex-
tensively and the driver of the Futurity winners,
Beuzetta and Boralma, should richly reap from his
invention.

A. B. Rodman of Woodland has been in the city this
week. He reports the horse business as lively in his
section and says a number of young horses in training
at the Woodland track are showing speed. His pacer,
Yellow Jacket 2:20}, is an improved horse over last
year and has not made a break this year. His stallion
Tuberose is being well patronized.

Those McMurray sulkies and speed carts that
Kenney, the Bikeman, has for sale are the very latest
and best in up to da'te vehicles. See Kenney about
them and learn how much you can save on the price of
a first class guaranteed sulky or cart.

Phil Collins of Gonzales, Monterey county, has a
very handsome four year old brown gelding by Ben
All for sale. He has shown very fast quarters in his
work, which was very limited. He will run very fast.
See the advertisement.

The get of Dexter Prince are likely to be quite prom-
inent this season, as a large number of animals by him
are being entered in the green trotting classes.

Send a good mare to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16* this year
and you will get a colt that will sell at a profit as a two
or three year old. ^^^^^

If one-third of the 2:10 prospects come out right, the
year of 1901 will produce more horses of extreme speed
than any three years in the past.

As the Rules Are.

[Spirit of the Times.]

In discussing the amateur question The Spirit has
freely quoted the opinions of its contemporaries and
has opened wide its columns to correspondents. It has
kept its gates ivide open and all have been welcome.
As a general result of the argument we think it must
be conceded that as the rules now are, they cover all
amateur records where any object of value is competed
for, and therefore the Board of Review of the National
Trotting Association cannot reverse its original decision
in the McKerron case. In writing of the case the Inter
Ocemi, while leaning strongly to the amateur side, agrees
with The Spirit in this interpretation of the rules.

It says: "The resolutions passed by some of the
Eastern Clubs, petitioning the National Trotting Asso-
ciation for a reheai'ing of the case wherein John A.
McKerron was given a record of 2:10 for winning the
inter-city cup at Boston last fall, can be of little avail.
All the re-trials and re-hearings can bring only one
result as long as the rule stands that a horse gets a
record when he wins a premium of any kind. The
question is an old one, and each recurring season and
the growth of amateur racing by gentlemen drivers
who do not care to race for money only emphasizes the
fact that the matter must be taken in hand and settled
in some way. Years ago, Morris J. Jones, when a
member of the Board of Appeals of the American
Trotting Association, advocated the giving of records
to horses only when the contest was for a money purse.
This, it seems to me, would be the easiest and quickest
way to dispose of the matter. Put the sport on the
same basis as amateur athletics, the winning of a heat
in a money contest, giving the horses a professional
record, and making the driver a professional driver.
On the other hand, amateurs could trot for premiums
having a value intrinsic or otherwise. For the benefit
of the breeding interests the authenticated amateur
records could be kept as well, thus giving stallions
proper credit for the performance of their get and
serving also the double purpose of handicapping the
amateur contests as well. There are some minor de-
tails that would have to be provided for, but on the
whole the giving of gentlemen drivers public marks
without making the time a bar to public races, cannot
help but redound to the benefit of the sport, and would
work a hardship on no person or interest involved. I
would go further and advocate the giving of amateur
contests at a public meeting — that is, a class for prem-
iums where the cracks of the local road brigade could
enter without the chance of being penalized with a
public record. This plan would, in many instances, be
the feature of the meeting, attracting the biggest
crowds, bringing the revenue that managers of trot-
ting associations are much in need of."

Our esteemed contemporary would do well to re-
member that in athletic and bicycle races many grave
abuses arise in connection with the prize question, and
we shall be pleased to know the moral difference be-
tween competing for a $100 purse and a $1000 cup, but
we are just as anxious as he to have the rules so
amended, that the amateurs can have their competi-
tions without obtaining a record, provided it can be
arranged without inflicting an injustice on the pro-
fessionals.

The death of Judge Walter I. Hayes, Clinton, Iowa,
removes from the ranks of trotting horse breeders one
of the Western pioneers of the business. Back twenty
years ago he owned the stallion Almont Rattler, and
while no stallion in the West was better advertised and
boomed he proved a practical failure, He, however,
raised some good ones, having bred the trotting queen
Alix 2:03|, and others. Judge Hayes was an able law-
yer, having served several terms on the bench in the
Circuit court at Clinton, and was two terms at Wash-
ington as Congressman from the second Iowa district.
His death took place very suddenly from angina
pectoris, at his place of birth, Marshall, Mich., where
he was attending the funeral of his old friend, General
C. T. Gorham.

M. S. Holt, writing to the American Horse Breeder,
speaks of "the fanatic who will squeeze into the amen
corner of a crowded, ill-ventilated country church,
breathe death germs at every inspiration, singing
'Praise God from Whom all Blessings Flow, ' while his
poor, unprotected horse stands hitched out in a blind-
ing storm with the mercury 10 degrees below zero.
And after service, while the faithful animal that
carried him to and from the place of worship stands
shivering on a month's deposit in a narrow stall, with
snow drifting in on every side, he sits by his hearth-
stone and glibly denounces the cruelty of horse racing,
during which time the track horse is quartered in a
10x12 box stall provided with a good warm blanket and
clean straw bed.

Undoubtedly the best filly, and probably the best
two year old at New Orleans, is The Hoyden, owned by
A. H. & D. H. Morris. She is by Esher-The Maid,
and so comes of sturdy, enduring stock, too good to be
frittered away at a winter track. When the filly was
sold for J. N. Camden she only brought $500, and was
the cheapest bargain Mr. Walden can be credited with.
In three starts she won $2000 in stakes, running a three-
furlong dash in 0:38, and five furlongs in l:02i}, carry-
ing 115 pounds, eased as she. reached the judges. For
the early season this is a really good performance, and
if she keeps well there will be some lively hustling at
Morris Park among the high priced youngsters.

Directum Kelly 2:08J is to be campaigned this year,
and great things are expected of him. In his last
campaign, as a four year old, he made a clean sweep
through the Grand Circuit until he was taken sick at
Boston. He was not once beaten during the season.
Scott McCoy is now jogging him at Mr. Butler's farm,
near Tarrytown. If Directum Kelly comes to the wii*e
all right, he should be a factor in races even against
such horses as Boralma, Charley Herr and Lord Derby_

The Village Farm entries to the early closing purses
are made in the name of Ed Geers.

I'OR SALE— Two young
Monterey, Cal.

stallions. Address R. C. Austin

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5GXD;

SULKY NOTES. M

The new Year Book is out.

Woodland's dates— August 26 to 31, 1901.

A 25-pound sulky is being built for Coney 2:02}.

Cresceus 2:04 has but sixteen living foals, it is stated.

Directly 2:03}, will make the stud season of 1901 in
Tennessee.

Enter in the Terre Haute Matron. Entries close
Monday next.

Perndale, Humboldt county, has announced a fair
and race meeting to be held September 10th to 14th
this year.

Little Boy 2:06} on a half mile track, is considered to
be one of the pacers fast enough to start in the two
minute class this year.

$10,000 for foals of 1901. Get some of it by entering
in the Terre Haute Matron stakes. Entries close
March 25th, next Monday.

One of the best prospects for 1901 is the mare
Twilight. She is eligible to the 2:19 class, and can win
money in it. She is for sale. See advertisement.

Grover Clay, a handsome son of Electioneer is in the
stud at a fee of $25 for the season. Don't miss getting
Electioneer blood when you can breed a mare at that
figure.

Prince Warwick, a son of Alcona, bred by A. C.
Goodrich of Jordan Valley, Oregon, headed the list of
winning sires in Austria last year, his get having won
$21,500.

President Williams states that racing by the Califor-
nia Jockey Club, which now owns the three tracks in
this vicinity, will not be held so as to conflict with any
of the district or State fairs.

©he $xeebev mtfc gtpuvtsmtttt

Says McHenry: "I remember after the Cleveland
race between Gayton and Dare Devil, when I had won
the necessary two heats by an eyelash, Tom Keating
said to me: 'Well, you ought to beat Dare Devil right
along now.' I asked why, and he replied: Why, you
beat him to-day. ' 'We did,' I answered, 'but don't
you ever believe that Gayton can trot that sort of a
race, or that I can drive it, even if he can trot it, more
than once or twice in a season.' "

[March 23, 1901

H

Jean de Reszke, the great singer, will add a trotting
department to his thoroughbred breeding farm in
Poland, and he already has commissioners on the look-
out for American trotting-bred stock.

Secretary Murray Howe of the Memphis Trotting
Association announces that stakes will be opened by
his association for two and three year old trotters, 2:14
and 2:20 class trotters, 2:08 and 2:30 class pacers.

Georgena 2:071, winner of the Charter Oak Stake at
Hartford last year, is going sound and true, and her
trainer, "Andy" McDowell, says he is confident that
no trotter in the 2:08 class can take her measure.

Geo. M. Walker, of Denver, Colorado, whose place of
business in that city is headquarters for horsemen, is
visiting San Francisco and staying at the Palace. He
predicts a very successful meeting at Denver in June.

Cavalry horses are not being given away nowadays.
Bids wei-e opened at Omaha the other day for 400
horses, for the newly organized Fourteenth Cavalry at
Fort Leavenworth. The bids ranged from $139 to $150
a horse.

Among the visiters to California from the East this
month is Mr. Joseph Hubinger, a millionaire who owns
several fast trotters and pacers and whose plunges in
the betting ring during the grand circuit have made
him well known to all trotting horse men.

The colt that wins first money in the three year old
division of the Terre Haute Matron Stake, which is for
foals of 1901,!will get $4500. Your colt cannot win that
money for you unless he is entered, no matter how
good or fast he is. Read the advertisement. Entries
close next Monday.

Mr. A. Innes, of 2700 Central Avenue, Alameda, is
the owner of a good looking bay horse by Direct out
of a mare by Philosopher that Elias Williams is work-
ing at the Alameda track. This horse is a trotter, of
the Morgan type and can trot a pretty fair gait. He
is five years old and quite promising.

E. D. Dudley of Dixon says he has the sure winner
of the first money in the Pacific Breeders Futurity.
It is a bay filly, with star and both hind feet and ankles
white. The little miss arrived on March 3d. Her sire
is Bayswater Wilkes, sire of Kelly Briggs 2:10}, and
her dam Bee by Sterling, second dam Flash by Egmont.

Reforming kicking horses and mules by electricity is
the latest use to be made of the subtle fluid. The neg-
ative pole is attached to a sheet of iron in the rear end
of the stall. When the horse's hoofs strike the iron
wall the circuit is completed and the animal receives a
shock in the head and legs that may be made strong
enough to cause him to think twice before making the
second kick.

Those who attended the closing out sale at the Cor-
bitt farm in June 1898 and secured mares with foals at
foot by Oro Wilkes 2:11 for very small sums were lucky.
The youngsters sired by Oro Wilkes since he was
located at Mount Kisco Farm, are very highly thought
of by Eastern horsemen and are held at high figures.
$1000 was recently refused for a yearling by him out of
Belle Archer 2.12J. *

Fifteen mares are booked to John A. McKerron 2:10.
All but one has a record and that one has produced a
2:10 performer. They are Peko 2:11], Rose Turner
2:13}, Marguerite 2:14, Carrie Onward 2:14J, Elcise
2:15, Rosa L. 2:17}, Eddrea 2:29.1 and 2:17} to wagon,
Irene Wilton 2:18J, Mayflower 2:18, Henrietta G. 2:19},
Bifty Duck 2:25, Czarina Wilkes 2:19} and Zimena,
dam of Sunland Belle 2:08}.

Captain George E. Stone, who had a national repu-
tation with horsemen as the former owner of Maud S.
2:08}, the one-time world's champion trotter, died
March 8th in Cincinnati, from pneumonia following an
operation for appendicitis. Captain Stone was a native
of New Hampshire. He served with the Seventh
Rhode Island Infantry through the Civil War. At the
time of his death he was the head of Cincinnati's tele-
phone system. He left a large estate.

Robert Brown, of Petalunia, has been in- the city
this week. With the many enterprises in which he is
engaged occupying his time, Mr. Brown nevertheless
finds occasion whenever in the city to visit the
Breeder and Sportsman office and talk a little
about harness horses. His fast stallion Meridian 2:12}
by Simmocolon is making a heavy season, having 60
mares already booked. The foals by this horse are
attracting much attention and great admiration from
the breeders of Sonoma county and are uniformly a
fine looking lot. Mr. Brown reports his creamery is
turning out about 25 boxes of butter daily. Over 400
cows are being milked and are giving more milk now
than they were in April last year, which is generally
the best month.

Secretary Horace Wilson, of the Kentucky Horse
Breeders' Association, says the great Transylvania
stake, to be trotted at Lexington this fall, promises to
be a battle between millionaires. He predicts that J.
Malcolm Forbes, Thomas W. Lawson, Albert C. Bost-
wick, W. C. Lloyd Jones and Nathan Strauss will
make entries in the race, and that, should the National
Trotting Association reverse the ruling in the case of
John A. McKerron, Harry Devereaux will also make
an entry. . Strauss has instructed his trainer to especi-
ally prepare the colt trotter Cuprum for the event.
Mr. Lawson will enter Dreamer. Mr. Forbes has a
four year old on his farm which he thinks will be up to
the race, Mr. Bostwick is on the outlook for a superior
horse, and Mr. Jones is negotiating for Oriano 2:12}.
Dick Benson will have an entry and intends to start
The Roman 2:18} if he is right.

Col. Park Henshaw of Chico, Butte county, who has
bred and raced several fast trotters and pacers and
who still owns a few, is compelled to go entirely out of
the racing business owing to the fact that his time is
entirely occupied with business affairs, consequently
offers his horses for sale. Among them are Monte
Carlo 2:141 by Mendocino, sire of Idolita 2:12 and
others. Monte Carlo is six years old, and as he is
sound and made his record last year should be a good
horse in his class as his record is not the measure of
his speed by a good deal. Maud P. 2:271, a daughter
of Grand Moor is worth a good deal more than the
Colonel asks for her, and Fitz Lee 2:13}, would make
some speedway driver happy as he can beat more
speedway horses than can beat him and can win money
racing in his class. Besides these the Colonel has two
four year old McKinneys that have never been raced
but have shown racing speed. One is a filly, the other
a colt and both are out of mares by Blackbird. See
the advertisement in this issue and correspond with
Col. Henshaw in regard to prices.

A sale of draft stallions was held a fortnight ago at
Newark, O., by Geo. W. Crawford. The weather was
intensely cold, but the crowd in attendance was very
large and some fancy prices were returned by the
auctioneer. Most of the horses offered were Belgians.
Col. Blair, of Blair, Baker & Walker, horse commission
salesman, Indianapolis, was the auctioneer. Some
Boulonnais horses were also included in the sale list
and none of those put up had been registered in the
United States. The top figure was reached by the
Boulonnais horse Urban d'Estruval, a stalliou said to
have been approved by the French Government. He
went at $2125 to the bid of S. Clark, North Lawrence-
burg, O. Libertin, Boulonnais, went at $1300 to J.
Adams, Coshocton, O. The Belgian stallion Orange
fell to the bid of J. H. Covert, Cumberland, O., at
$1500. John Clark, Westfield, Ind.. is reported to have
purchased eight Belgians and one Boulonnais at from
$1000 to $1500. Mr. Crawford is stated to own a horse
called Martel, a Belgian, which is full brother to the
stallion that won the grand sweepstakes over all draft
breeds at the Paris Exposition last summer It should
be understood that this horse Martel is not a Percheron.

Arrangements are being made in Denver to enable
Colorado horse breeders to feed their bands fat in the
stock yards before shipping them East. The railway
companies have combined to provide these accommo-
dations and many range owners who have big bands
of horses fit to market this year will after the round
up yard them in the new pens and later, when they
are fat, send them out to the river and other markets
in the East. Practically similar arrangements have
been made in Cheyenne.

Thousands of horses are brought into existence with-
out any definite idea on the part of the breeder as to
market requirements they are to meet. This convic-
tion is based upon three considerations: First the very
evident fact that an inordinate proportion are fitted
for no special market class, indicating that a large
number of farmers are not acquainted with the market
classes that have been established by the trade. Sec-
ond, the glaring defects that are passed unnoticed by
owners. Third, the fact that the average horseman is
vastly better acquainted with the blemishes of horses
than he is with the proper type and characteristics
that go with the different use to which the horse is
put. These three reasons are sufficient to account for
the production of a mass of inferior animals which do
not meet the eye of the critic until they are offered for
sale. — Kentucky Stock Farm.

Among the horses that will go East this year from
California Rey Direct 2:10 has probably more engage-
ments than any other. He is entered all through the
Grand Circuit and payments have been already made.
None of the purses for which he will start are less than
$2000, and at Providence he is named in the $10,000
purse for the 2:10 class pacers. He is looking and act-
ing so well that his owner, Geo. A. Davis of Pleasanton,
believes that heats in 2:05 are within his reach. Last
Saturday at the Rancho del Valle, while Gus Hagan
(who has had charge of Rey Direct ail winter, and who
was to take him East) was showing one of Rey Direct's
yearlings to Consul General Ho Yow, who was visiting
the farm, the colt tried to pull away and in his efforts
to hold him, Mr. Hagan was thrown and in the fall
fractured three ribs on his left side. While a physician
was immediately called and the injuries attended to,
they are so serious that Mr. Hagan will not be able to
leave his bed for some time, and will probably not be
able to go East with Rey Direct. Mr. Piatt of the
Rancho del Valle came to San FraDcisco on last Mon-
day to arrange with some one to take charge of the
horse. Mr. Davis has not yet made arrangements for
a driver, but will probably secure the services of some
of the well known Eastern drivers who are on the cir-
cuit and do not have a horse in the same class.

The- following from Coleman's Rural World, pub-
lished at St. Louis, Mo., applies to many California fair
grounds and conveys an idea that should be acted upon:
"One of the greatest needs on most fair grounds is
more shade. A naked field is not a very inviting place
when Sol is pouring down upon us its hottest rays.
This is the season to think of this. This is tree-
planting time, right now. Will not those who are in-
terested in fairs have trees carefully planted this
spring? Save one year's growth by planting now.
Get shade for yourself, and if not for yourself then for
your children. Beautify your grounds by the plant-
ing of trees. Fair grounds must be made attractive to
draw people to them. In some places a public tree
planting day is selected and farmers are invited to
bring in maples, elms, ash and other native trees from
their farms or woods, and plant them under the direc-
tions of some competent person. This is a most ex-
cellent idea. Can it not be utilized this very spring?
Who will take hold of the idea? And this is a hint
likewise to farmers. Many have front yards and lawns
with few or no trees. How desolate a farm house looks
without trees and how cosy and comfortable it looks
when surrounded by trees and shrubs and flower beds.
Lose no time in adorning home as well as fair grounds.
Now is the time to plant trees."

Al McDonald, who trained and drove Who Is It to
his three year old record of 2:12, will go to Pleasanton
in a short time with a string of four more promising
young horses bred and raised by Mr. A. G. Gurnett,
owner of the Sulphur Spring Stock Farm. The horse
Direct Fils, is as his name implies, a son of Direct 2:051.
He is a handsome big horse about 16 hands high and
weighs close to 1200 pounds. His dam is Lady W. by
Ophir. Mr. McDonald thinks Direct Fils will get a
low record. The gray gelding by Direct out of Lassie
Jean, dam of Who Is it 2:10} and Dolly Marchutz 2:19},
is working nicely. No fast work has been required of
him yet this year, but he has received plenty of road
work and is hard and ready to begin showing speed,
which he always carries with him. He trotted a half
in 1:06 last season at Pleasanton, but contracted the
disease that sent so many horses home and did not
start. The four year old Zombra by McKinney that
took a three year record of 2:23 and drove Eula Mac
out in 2:19, is an improved colt and 2:15 ought not to
stop him this year. The chestnut three year old geld-
ing hy St. Nicholas out of Lassie Jean shows speed
that is of the encouraging sort and leads his owner to
think that perhaps he will capture a good share of the
money in the Occident and Stanford stakes this year
as he is entered in both. Mr. Gurnett will send these
horses to Pleasanton in Mr. McDonald's care as soon
as the weather is thoroughly settled and the winter
rains are over. Al will probably move over by the
middle of April, if not before.

One of our most intelligent and alert students of
horse heredity wonders, and wonders well, why the
Orloff trotters of Russia have not made the speed
development of the American trotter when the breed
is older, and has been bred practically on the same
theory and lines. This is an interesting question, and
the answer may be difficult. The Orloff family of
European trotters ante-date our Hambletonian family
about fifty years, and fifty years of scientific breeding
should produce marked results. The Orloff horse took
his name from a Russian count, Alexis Orloff, who first
crossed a half-breed Arabian on Dutch mares, imported
from Holland. One main reason why the Russian Or-
loff has not developed extreme speed, as compared
with the American trotter, is the fact that in Russia
and Austria and on the continent the effort has been
to develop capacity to carry speed a long distance.
The minimum distance in Russia in racing is two miles,
and it has been the custom not to race the Orloff
trotters until they are three years old or older. And
there is still another reason that has some force.
About fifty years ago the Russian Government bought
from the descendants of Count Orloff the entire Russian
stud — 21 stallions and 194 broodmares — and since that
time the Orloff trotters have been under the exclusive
control of the official family of his austere majesty,
the imperial Czar. It is safe to say that what these
unschooled dependants don't know about evolution
and scientific breeding would make several volumes as
large as the Year Book for 1901, and probably about
as slow in coming out. Over here on our side the de-
velopment of the American trotter has had the genius,
alertness, scientific knowledge and intuition of the
Yankee nation, the best developed evolution of the
primeval man since Christopher Columbus of 1492.
These are the principal reasons that we can now think
over why the American trotter surpasses the Russian
Orloff and leads the world in speed, stamina and
strength. — Western Horsemen.

March 23, 1901]

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THE SADDLE.

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The War is Over.

Last Monday President Thomas H. Williams, of the
California Jockey Club, ended the racing- war by pur-
chasing-both Ingiesideand Tan for an tracks for $600,000.
His offer had been standing for some time and when
the principal stockholders of the two tracks named
found that Mayor Phelan had vetoed the ordinance
permitting- racing in this city for th'.rty-six days in
each year, they accepted. As the greater portion of
the stock was held by gentlemen who are not actively
engaged in racing, and who did not care to be identi-
fied with a war or controversy they availed themselves
of the opportunity which Mr. William's offer presented
and got out. There is no question but the transaction
will better the condition of things here as in an inter-
view Mr. Williams has made the following statement:

"I firmly believe that racing should be limited as to
the number of days. I can promise that next winter
there will be a shorter season than was scheduled for
the winter and spring of 1900-1901. The time set apart
for local fairs will receive our attention and no inter-
ference with their operation in point of time will be a
part of our program."

This has the right ring and no one who knows Thos.
H. Williams will for a moment entertain the idea that
he did not mean just what he said. By agreement the
California Jockey Club closed its Emeryville track last
Tuesday and for thirty days there will be racing only
at Tanforan, when Mr. Williams and his associates will
assume control, and racing for the balance of the season
will be held at Emeryville. It is very probable that
there will be no further opposition to the California
Jockey Club for some time. There are rumors of a
new track being built, but modern race tracks cost
money and it is not likely that capitalists can be induced
to put any more money in opposition tracks in this
vicinity for some time. However, the profits of suc-
cessful running meetings are so large that there is
always a great desire on the part of speculators to get
a share of it. The principals in this big deal by which
one corporation will become the owner of the three
magnificent racing properties are Col. D. M. Burns and
Thos. H. Williams, Jr., though there are others who
will have an interest. In this connection it can be
stated that Col. Burns, who is now at his Mexican
mining property, has had the good fortune to uncover
a new body of ore that is said to be the richest and
most extensive yet discovered in the celebrated Cande-
laria mine. It runs from $200 to $2000 per ton and
there are thousands of tons of ore in sight.

two ten day running' meetings in a county would have
a monopoly of the dates, and an association that should
desire to give a harness meeting would be debarred.
A matinee club that wished to hold Saturday afternoon
meetings could not do so within the law after any asso-
ciation had run for twenty days. And yet matinee
racing is conducted without betting or gate receipts
and as a sport pure and simple. Suppress bookmaking
and the short race meeting will take on its old shape
of a sport instead of a gambling game and the long
meetings will not be able to continue.

General Amnesty.

At a meeting of the Board of Directors and the
Board of Stewards of the California Jockey Club the
following proceedings were had:

By unanimous vote of the Board of Stewards and
Board of Directors of the California Jockey Club Dow
Williams, Jerry Chorn, H. Chevalier, A. Hinrichs and
I. Rubenstein stand ruled off the turf. The cases of
H. Greenberg and H. Wedderstrand remain under ad-
visement. All others heretofore under the ban are
hereby reinstated and restored to good standing.

The list of those who will be reinstated by the above
resolution is as follows:

Ruled off the track, trainers and jockeys — J. Garri-
son, A. Johnson, Goodman, Moyer, H. Moose Taylor,
McCluskey, J. Brown, A. R. Hill, Andy Davis, Ollie
Johnson, Al Goodwin, Charles McMurray, J. M. Mc-
Donald, Henry Spencer, Ivy Powell, Willie Flynn, W.
Martin.

Indefinitely suspended jockeys — R. Williams, M.
Fell, Cleveland, Wallace, A. Williams, Regan, P. Sulli-
van, B. Guoin, Ellis, W. H. Martin, J. Ward, J. Con-
ley (Long Shot), W. Narvaez, Duffy, Moody.

Warned off the track — Owners, trainers and book-
makers— Sandy McNaughton, Joe Rose, Sec. Nichals,
Leo Salomon.

Barred from the track — Owners and jockeys — Danny
J. Lynch, Joe Piggott, M. Henry.

Royally Brod.

Chas. Long of San Bernardino is the owner of a
young thoroughbred stallion that is not only handsome
as a picture, but a royally bred one as well. He is
trailed" Benroe and is by Hindoo, out of Francesca, a
full sister to Iroquois. Benroe stands 1*3 hands, weighs
1150 pounds and is a fine model of the thoroughbred.
Mr. Long will make a season with him at San Bernar-
dino and should be well patronized, as no better bred
horse can be found in California to-day. He has won
several races and is both fast and game.

SADDLE NOTES.

Tennessee Breeders Would Limit Racing.

The "Breeders' Bill" which has been introduced in
the Tennessee Legislature is attracting great attention,
especially as it is accompanied by a petition signed by
the leading thoroughbred breeders of that State ask-
ing that it be passed in the interest of the industry
in which they have large sums invested. The bill asks
that racing be limited to two meetings of ten days each
in any one county and that a period of ninety days
shall separate the two meetings. The bill is ably
drawn and has evidently been framed so carefully that
it can be enforced if it passes and is not declared un-
constitutional. The petition which accompanies it is
signed by thirty of the most prominent breeders in
Tennessee; among them Geo. W. H. Jackson, pro-
prietor of the celebrated Belle Meade Farm, Charles
Reed of the Fairview Farm (the man who paid $100,-
000 for St. Blaise); Wm. Gerst of the Hermitage
Stud, C. H. Gellock of Maplewood Farm, E. S.
Gardner of Avondale Farm, D. C. Shafer, Peytonia
Stud and many others whose names are known as
breeders of the very highest class of thoroughbreds.
The petition reads as follows:

To the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee:

We, the undersigned breeders of blooded stock in the State of
Tennessee, memorialize your honorable body to enact into a law a
bill which will be introduced, seeking to limit racing upon any
one track in the State of Tennessee for a period of ten days at a
time, and not oftener upon one track than twice a year; but such
meetings not to be held within ninety days of each other.

We take this step because we believe it is to the interest of the
better element, and that it will tend to elevate racing in this State.
We have invested large sums of money in this business, and we feel
that it is very much to our interest, as well as to the interest of the
general public in the State, that racing be conducted as a sport.
and not as a gambling venture, and we believe that the passage of
this law will materially aid in the uplifting of racing in this State
and for the development of live stock interests.

Other States have enacted similar legislation as to time limit,
especially New York, Indiana and Missouri, and, so far as we know,
it has operatedmost successfully, and has fostered and built up the
live stock interests of all of those States in a marked degree.
- The English people have, by pursuing a like policy, I. t., short
race meetings, placed the turf upon a high plane, which has had
the effect of greatly improving the breed of horses. We regard the
development and protection of the horse on the race course as
absolutely essential to the improvement of such live stock inter-
ests, for by this development alone can breeders know where to get
the best strains of blood to propagate; but long, continuous race
meetings we regard as detrimental not only to turf interests, but
to the best interests of the breeders of blooded stock.

While the end which the Tennessee breeders are
striving to reach is one that every thinking person
knows is necessary to the salvation of the breeding in-
terests, we cannot but believe that they have failed to
direct their attack against the real cause of the trouble.
Long meetings are the result of making gambling the
principal feature of racing, instead of gambling being
the result of long meetings. Suppress the bookmakers
and long meetings will cease. While racing in England
is undoubtedly on a higher plane than it is here, the
bookmaking even as there conducted is a bad feature.
Australia is far ahead of England In its manner of con-
ducting racing and the totalizator is the only system
of betting allowed. France has short meetings attended
by the President of the Republic and the best people
in France, and all the money wagered goes through
the mutual boxes, which pay tribute to the govern-
ment. The trouble with all laws like the one proposed
for Tennessee is that it limits racing, a harmless sport,
but takes ho cognizance of gambling, the evil attend-
ant thereof. Under it an association that should give

The feature of the re-opening day at Ingleside was
the third renewal of the California Derby, which was
worth more this year than formerly, $5000 being added
by the association to the subscription money. A select
field of six three year olds was sent to the post to con-
test for the rich stake. Joe Frey with Sloan in the
saddle ruled favorite and was held at evens at post
time. Canmore was second choice at threes, while the
Hildreth pair were held at fours. After a slight delay
at the post starter Dwyer dispatched the field on even
terms. Articulate at once went to the front and in so
doing bumped and jostled every horse in the race.
Passing the stand Articulate had a lead of two lengths
with Canmore in second place, a length before Telamon
and the favorite in last position. Round the turn and
up the backstretch the order was the same but when
straightened away for home, both Sloan and O'Connor
moved up with their mounts and in a fierce drive for
an eighth of a mile Joe Frey finally forged ahead and
won by three parts of a length from Brutal. Canmore
was third, three lengths away. The mile and a quar-
ter was run in 2:07£, a good performance for three year
olds with their weight up.

Saratoga stakes have filled exceptionally well. A
better class of horses than has been seen at the springs
in years will battle for the rich purses and stakes at
the Spa. Among the nominators is J. B. Haggin with
Kinley Mack, High Order and his recent purchases
from Eastin & Larabie.

Jockey O'Connor has shown most remarkable im-
provement in his work in the saddle since last fall.
When he first came out here at the beginning of the
season his work was slovenly and his finishes remark-
ably weak efforts. Now he seems to have acquired the
knack of making a horse run for him and can hold his
own in a nose finish with the best of them. The ex-
perience gained by him this winter will prove invalu-
able, and before the summer season is over at New
York, O'Connor will doubtless be considered one of the
stars of his profession.

Capt. S. S. Brown, of Pittsburg, has increased his
offer for Garry Herrman to $25,000, but it has been
refused. Charles Head Smith, Garry Herrman's
owner, has offered $6000 to J. J. McCafferty for the
Puritan, but McCafferty wants $10,000. Garry Herr-
man will be shipped to Memphis shortly.

Morocco bound volumes of Goodwin's Guide have
been received. They are for sale at $7 per set and con-
tain summaries of all the races run in the United States
during last year.

The English Jockey Club has taken action to pre-
vent the excessive running of two year olds by passing
a law reducing the value of the stakes in which the
youngsters take part. This should tend to minimize
the evil, as owners will reserve their promising two
year olds for the richer stakes, which they will be
eligible for when more matured. Conservative owners
have tried to have similar legislation enacted in this
country, and about a year ago, F. R. Hitchcock intro-
duced a resolution at a meeting of the Jockey Club to
the effect that before June 1st, no two year old shall run
in any race with more than;$1000 added. jThe resolution
failed to go through at that time, but the seed was
planted, and good judges think . very probable that
before long the subject will be aga*L brought forward
and accorded a more cordial i*eception.

The Hamlins will sell a consignment from their cele-
brated farm at Chicago next week. The mares con-
signed are all in foal, and nearly all through dam or
prospective foal combine the famous Mambrino King-
Chimes blood that has proven so prolific in the pro-
duction of extreme speed. While Mambrino King
shares with Altamont and Baron Wilkes the honor of
having sired seven 2:10 performers, he surpasses them
in point of average speed, his seven 2:10 performers
averaging 2:07 5-14, and three of his seven are trotters,
they having but two each. Chimes is indisputably the
greatest sire of extreme trotting speed that ever lived.
He has three trotters, The Abbot 2:03£, Fantasy 2:06
and The Monk 2:08], the three fastest trotters ever
credited to one sire, their records averaging 2:05 5-6.
In this respect Mambrino King stands second only to
Chimes, his three 2:10 trotters, Lord Derby 2:07,
Nightingale 2:08 and Dare Devil 2:09, averaging 2:08.
Statistics may be used in so subtle a manner as to pro-
duce almost any desired result, even though figures
may not lie, but it cannot be disputed that Chimes has
three faster trotters than any other sire and Mambrino
King the second fastest trio. The combination of the
blood lines of Mambrino King and Chimes, unlike so
many •'nicks,1' works well either way. Bred to Chimes,
the daughters of Mambrino King have produced The
Abbot 2:03}, the world's champion trotter; The Monk
(4) 2:08|, Ed Easton 2:09i[, The Queen 2:10}, King
Chimes 2:10£ and many others. Daughters of Chimes,
bred to Mambrino King, have produced the world's
champion pacing mare, Lady of the Manor 2:04}, the
incomparable Dare Devil 2:09, that good filly Merri-
ment 2:11} and others. The competition to secure this
great blood thus offered for the first time in the Chi-
cago market will be watched with interest.

A dispatch from St. Louis states that the new Del-
mar Jockey Club proposes to offer the richest stake in
the West, valued at $50,000, and will be run during the
World's Fair year. It will receive some name descrip-
tive of the anniversary it celebrates, and will be a
futurity handicap, with the weights arbitrarily instead
of conditionally assigned. It will be a mile and a
quarter, and entries will close next fall. The fees will
be so arranged that failure to remit will constitute a
declaration, hence the full value of the stake will be in
cash, their being no forfeits. The weights will be an-
nounced about forty-five days before the race is run,
and the date selected will be in -the early fall, so that
the respective champions of the year will develop their
best form before the handicappers will assign the
weights. The conditions of the stake promise to be so
liberal as to attract entries! from all over the United
States. The conditions cannot be definitely announced
until the exact date of the world's fair has been deter-
mined. As soon as this is announced the conditions
will make their appearance, and entries will be im-
mediately solicited.

Mars Cassidy, the well known starter, who has been
dropping the nag at the Bennings track, Washington,
and on the Canadian circuit for three or four years,
will do the same thing at Aqueduct's spring meeting.
Cassidy never has officiated on the metropolitan tracks,
but those who have seen him wield the flag say that
he will be a worthy successor to C. H. Pettingill, the
former starter of the Queens County Jockey Club.

The $20,000 colt by Honover-Correction has been
named Yankee. All kinds of rumors have been around
concerning this colt, but he is generally judged to be
one of the finest looking two year olds at Churchill
Downs. The statement detrimental to this colt, credited
to President W. F. Schulte, of the new Louisville
Jockey Club, and Mr. Hiram J. Scoggan, the well
known local turfman, have been emphatically denied
by these gentlemen. As a matter of fact no one know-
ing these horsemen for a minute believe that they had
uttered such ill-judged remarks. Both agree the colt
is a beauty. He belongs to John E. Madden.

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[March 23, 1901

GUN.

fSec. 627 — Every person who, upon any enclosed or
cultivated grounds, which is private property, and
where signs are displayed not less than three to the
mile, along all exterior boundaries thereof, forbidding

[ii>3 ^ { such shooting or hunting, hunts, pursues, takes, kills,

.S^^^^^>fe5£«=S:sSi?£s==i^ Uli §§§li I or destrovs, anv quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse,

Coming Events. I deer, without permission first obtained from the owner
. .-,,_,., B or person in possession of such ground, or who ma-
March 24— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside. limmialv toara rlnwn mutilates nv rlestrovs anv su?n

March 24-Empire Gun Club snoot. Blue rocks. Alameda 1
Junction. I

March 31— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 1, 2, 3. 4, 5— Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Lire birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
P^rk. Queens, L. L

April 7— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 7 — TJnion Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

April 14— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

April 14— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

April 9, 10. 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,
Md.

April 21— Lincoln Gun Club. Green blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Seccnd Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens. L. L

THE NEW GAME LAWS.

The Game Bill, Creation ot a Game Commis-
sioner and Sportsmen's License Law.

An act to amend Sections 626, 627 and 631 of the
Code of California, to add seventeen new sections to be
numbered 626a to 626m, 627a, 627b, 631a and 631b, in-
clusive, relating to the preservation of game, and to
create a game preservation fund, and to appropriate
the moneys in said fund.

Section 1 — Section 626 of the Penal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows :

Sec. 626— Every person who, between the first day of
February and the first day. of October of any year,
hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his
possession whether taken or killed in the State of Cali-
fornia, or shipped into the State from any other State,
territory or foreign country, any quail, partridge,
grouse, or sage hen, or any kind of wild duck: or any
rail, or any curlew, ibis, or plover, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

Sec. 2 — A new section is hereby added to said Code,
numbered Section 626a, as follows:

626a — Every person who, between the first day of
February and the first day of August of the same year,
hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his
possessien any dove, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626b— Every person who destroys or has in his pos-
session the nest or eggs of any of the birds mentioned
in this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626c — Every person who takes, kills, or destroys, or
has in his possession any Mongolian or English pheasant,
or any bob white or Eastern or Chinese quail or Eng-
lish partridge, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626d — Every person who during any one calendar
day, takes, kills, or destroys, or has in his possession
more than twenty-five quail, partridge, snipe, curlew,
or ibis, or more than fifty doves, or more than fifty
ducks, or more than twenty rails, is guilty of a misde-
meanor.

626e — Every person who pursues, takes, kills, or
destroys, or has in his possession, any female deer or
spotted fawn, or any antelope, elk or mountain sheep,
is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626f — Every person who between the first day of
October of any year and the first day of August of the
following year, hunts, pursues, takes, kills, or destroys,
or has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the
State of California, or shipped into the State from any
other State, territory or foreign country, any male
deer meat, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626g — Every person who hunts, takes, kills, or de-
stroys, or has in his possession, between the first day of
February and the first day of August of any year, any
species of tree squirrel, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

626h — Every person who buys, sells, offers or ex-
poses for sale, transports or carries, or has in his pos-
session, the skin, pelt or hide of any female deer, or
spotted fawn, or any deer hide, or pelt from which the
evidence of sex has been removed, is guilty of a mis-
demeanor.

626i — Every person who takes, kills, or destroys, or
has in his possession, whether taken or killed in the
State of California or shipped into the State from any
other State, territory or foreign country, more than
three deer, during any one open season, is guilty of a
misdemeanor.

626j — Every person who, controlling or having in his
possession any deerhounds, foxhounds, greyhounds, or
any other kind of dog, willfully suffers, permits, or
allows, any of said dogs to run, track, or trail any deer
during the time when it is unlawful to kill the same, is
guilty of a misdemeanor.

626k — Every person who buys, sells, offers, or ex-
poses for sale, barter or trade, any quail, partridge,
pheasant, grouse, sage hen, ibis or plover, or any deer
meat, whether taken or killed in the State of Califor-
nia, or shipped into the State from any other State,
territory or foreign country, is guilty of a misde-
meanor.

6261 — Nothing in this act shall be held to prohibit
the possession for scientific purposes, or the taking
alive for the purpose of propagation, any of the ani-
mals or birds mentioned tn this section [act] ; provided,
permission to take and possess said birds or animals
for said purposes shall have been first obtained in
writing from the Game Commissioner or the State
Board of Fish Commissioners, and said permission
shall accompany the shipment of said birds or animals,
and shall exempt them from seizure while passing
through any part of the State.

626m — Every person who, at any time, between one-
half hour after sundown and one-half hour before
sunrise of the following day , hunts, pursues, takes, kills,
or destroys-any of the birds mentioned in this chapter
[act], is guilty of a misdemeanor.

ignboard, or other notice forbidding shooting on pri-
vate property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

627a — Every railroad company, express company,
transportation company, or other common carrier, its
officers, agents and servants, and every other person
who transports, carries or takes out of this State, or
who receives for the purpose of transporting from the
State any deer, deer skin, buck, doe or fawn, or any
quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken,
dove, wild pigeon, or any wild duck, rail, snipe, iois,
curlew or plover, except for the purposes of propaga-
tion, or who transports, carries or takes from the
State, or receives for the purpose of transportation
from the State, any such animal or bird, or any part
of the carcass thereof, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
The right to transport for the purposes of propaga-
tion, or for scientific purposes, must first be obtained
by permit in writing from the Game Commissioner or
State Board of Fish Commissioners.

627b — Every railroad company, steamship company,
express company, transportation company, transfer
company, and every other person, who ships or re-
ceives for shipment, or transportation, from any one
person, during any one day, more than twenty-five
quail, partridge, grouse or sage hen, snipe, curlew, or
ibis, or more than fifty doves, or more than twenty
rail, or more than fifty wild ducks, or who transports
any of said birds or any deer, in any quantity, unless
such birds or deer are at all times in open view, and
labelled with the name'and residence of the person by
whom they are shipped, is guilty of a misdemeanor

Sec. 631— Every person who takes, kills, or destroys.
by the use of any net. pound, cage or trap, set line or
wire, any quail, partridge, grouse, wild duck, curlew,
or ibis, ov who transports, buys, sells or gives away,
offers or exposes for sale, or has in his possession, any
of the said birds that have been taken, killed or cap-
tured by the use of any net, pound, cage, trap, set
line ar wire, whether taken in the State of California,
or shipped into the State from any other State, terri-
tory or foreign country, is guilty of a misdemeanor;
provided, that the same may be taken for purposes of
propagation or for scientific purposes, written permis-
sion having first been obtained from the Game Com-
missioner or the State Board of Fish Commissioners.

631a — Every person found guilty of a violation of
any of the foregoing provisions [except 626 1] must be
fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars, or im-
prisoned in the county jail, of the county in which the
conviction shall be had, not less than twenty-five days,
nor more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.

631b — All fines paid or collected for the violation of
any of the sections mentioned must be paid by the
court in which the conviction shall be had into the
State treasury to the credit of the Game Preservation
fund, which fund is hereby created, and the moneys in
said fund shall be applied to the payment of claims
approved by the Game Commissioner or the State
Board of Fish Commissioners for the expense of pro-
tecting, restoring and introducing game into the State
and to the payment of the expenses incurred in the
prosecution of offenders against the provisions of the
above-named sections.

All acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.

This act shall take affect and be in force from and
after its passage.

Section 343 of the Political Code was amended by
the addition of a Game Commissioner to the list of the
number and designation of the civil executive officers
of the State of California.

A new section was added to the Potitical Code as
follows :

Sec. 644 — It is the duty of the Game Commissioner:
1 — To see that the laws for the preservation of game
are strictly enforced ; and for that purpose he may
from time to time appoint such assistants as he may
deem necessary, which persons so appointed as assist-
ants shall have the powers and authorities of sheriffs
to make arrests for violation of such laws throughout
the State. 2 — To provide for the distribution and pro-
tection of game birds imported into this State for the
purposes of propagation. 3 — To report biennially to
the Governor a statement of all his transactions. The
Game Commissioner shall hold his office at the pleasure
of the Governer, and shall serve without compen-
sation.

An act to regulate the killing of game birds and
animals and to provide therefrom revenue for their
restoration and preservation.

See. 1 — Every person who shall hunt, pursue, take,
catch, kill, or destroy, any quail, partridge, grouse,
sage hen, or any kind of wild duck, or any rail, or any
English or Wilson snipe, or any curlew, ibis, or plover,
or any dove, or any gray squirrel, or any deer, shall
pay an annual license of one dollar. The Controller of
the State shall prepare suitable licenses designated by
the Game Commissioner of the State, which shall pur-
port to license the holder of such license, to hunt, pur-
sue, take, catch, or destroy any of the birds or ani-
mals mentioned in this act, in accordance with the
laws of the State, for the term of one year, from July
1st of one year to June 30th of the year following.
The license shall be numbered consecutively, beginning
with the number one and containing blanks for the in-
sertion of the name of the holder and the name of the
county in which he resides. The Controller shall sign
all licenses and deliver the same to the Game Commis-
sioner, on demand, who shall be charged for the same
by the Controller. Each license before delivery to the
applicant for a license must be countersigned by the
Game Commissioner, and the Game Commissioner
shall execute a bond to the people of the State of Cali-

fornia in the sum of S5000 for the faithful perform-
ance of the duties imposed upon him by this section.
The holder of a license shall, upon demand, display
the same to the Game Commissioner, or any of his as-
sistants, or any peace officer of the State, while in the
act of hunting, pursuing, taking, catching, killing or
destroying any of the birds or animals mentioned in
in this act, and a failure to so display said license
shall work a forfeiture of the license. The said
license fees may be collected by the said Game Com-
missioner, or some one designated by him for that
purpose; and said Game Commissioner and such per-
sons designated by him for the purpose of collecting
said license fees is, and are, hereby empowered to
arrest any person who shall hunt, pursue, take, catch,
kill, or destroy, without such license, any of the birds
or animals mentioned in this act. The moneys collected
from the sale of said licenses shall be paid by the
Game Commissioner into the State treasury and shall
constitute a fund to be called the "Game Commission
Fund." All moneys in said fund shall be applicable to
the payment of the expenses of protecting, restoring
and introducing game birds into the State, and to the
payment of all expenses incurred in the prosecution of
offenders against the provisions of this act, and all
other necessary expenses incurred by the Game Com-
missioner. The provisions of this act shall not apply
to minors or Indians not taxed.

Sec. 2 — All acts and parts of acts in conflict with
this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3— This act shall take effect immediately.

Game Legislation Favorable to Sportsmen.

In another column will be found substantially the
context of the bills pertaining to game protection
which were passed by the recent Legislature and are
now before Governor Gage for approval or rejection.
If the bills are not signed on or before March 28th they
will be dead. The prevailing sentiment among those
best posted is that they will be signed and there will
thence be in force and effect laws that up to date are
regarded by sportsmen as the best game legislation
which has ever been enacted in this State.

That such is fortunately the case is due to the efforts
principally of such friends of the game and sportsmen
as Fish Commissioner Henry W. Keller, Chas. N. Post
of Sacramento, Hon. Wm. Higby, Chairman of the
Assembly Fish and Game Committee Hon. George An-
derson of San Jose, Hon. Oscar Sutro of San Francisco
Hon. Dr. W. D. Hasson of Buena Park, Hon. W. C.
Ralston of Tuolumne, Hon. W. F. Cowen of Sonoma
and Hon. H. E. Carter of Los Angeles of the Assembly.
In the Senate A. K. Taylor of Alameda was ably sec-
onded by Hon. Chas. M. Shortridge of San Jose, Hon.
A. A. Currier of Los Angeles, Hon. Thos. Flint of San
Benito, Hon. J. T. Laird of Alpine and others.

Early during the recent session, the Breeder and
Sportsman repeatedly called attention to the efforts
of the "apostles of game protection" to ignore the ex-
pressed wishes and instructions of the Game Conven-
tion of last May, whose proposed game bill was endorsed
by the California State Fish and Game Association and
sportsmen generally. The game bill originally intro-
duced was something entirely foreign to what the
sportsmen of the State desired or expected, the princi-
pal provisions of the Game Convention's proposed bill
were eliminated and matter which the Convention had
rejected was introduced. The bill stirred up a fund of
opposition which was only partially allayed when the
original of the bill passed was introduced, this bill was
amended and changed from time to time until all of the
important features of the Game Convention bill were
embodied in the measure. The efforts of the "apostles-
of game protection" gained more opposition than
friends and such was the critical position of needed
game legislation that had it not been for the timely
and intelligent efforts of the gentlemen mentioned, it
is more than probable, the whole matter of game leg-
islation would have been denied.

The present bill cuts short the open season on feath-
ered wild game one month and includes several birds
hitherto unprotected. The open season on doves is
lessened two weeks. A most important clause in the
new law is that protecting the eggs of all birds men-
tioned in the act. This is a move in game protection
that strikes at the root a of growing evil. At many
breeding grounds in this State duck eggs have been
gathered and shipped to market. This reprehensible
practice also prevails further north than the boundar-
ies of this State.

The clause in the law prescribing a limit on the bag
is regarded as the most drastic measure in the bilL The
possession during any one day of more than the limit
number of birds mentioned in this act applies to hotels,
clubs, restaurants and dealers as well as to the sports-
men. It is plain to be seen what the effect of this re-
striction will be next fall. Many of our hotels, clubs,
etc., have been in the habit of having at least 100 pair of
ducks in the larder daily during the season. This com-
plication may be the subject of a test case. What con-
struction the courts may put upon a case wherein the
possession by one individual for instance of more than
50 ducks in* one day which ducks have been legally
shot is a question open to much argument.

The open season on male deer has been shortened
one month and a limit placed on the season's bag.
The former prohibition of the sale of deer meat has
been augmented by wise legislation which forbids the
selling of valley quail and other game.

The usual favorable reservations for scientific and
propagation purposes have been embodied in the bill
and the possible evasion of the law by the shipping of
wild game in or out of the State is made difficult.

The provisions of the law respecting night shooting,
trespassing, netting or trapping ducks or other wild
fowl are good and essential. A clause respecting the
running of deer in close season by loose dogs is a needed
move. Marin county took the initiative in this respect
last year.

The establishment of a State Game Commissioner
will practically relieve the Board of Fish Commissioners
of a portion of the functions of the Board. This sev
erance of two interests will undoubtedly redound tD
the benefit of each department. The bill creating a

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Game Commissioner was so radically amended that it
was practically a new bill when it passed and its par-
ticular structure temporarily lost sight of. The Game
Commissioner will serve without compensation; the
machinery of the office will be devoted entirely to the
interests of the wild game of the State, its protection
and propagation. The Commissioner will appoint his
assistant or assistants and fix the amount of compensa-
tion for his deputies. A portion of the revenue neces-
sary for the maintenance of this office will be derived
from an annual tax levied upon sportsmen.

The sportsmen's license bill as passed is not the bill
that common rumor made it. It is not a direct tax
upon a gun, the act simply provides that any person
who shall take or kill the wild birds or animals men-
tioned shall pay an annual tax upon the demand of an
authorized official. Sportsmen are not liable for the
tax until demand is made. An amendment to this
effect was inserted in the bill in order to meet the very
objections which some critics have already pointed out.
A favorable feature claimed for the bill is a revenue of,
at least, $10,000 annually, which will be devoted exclu-
sively to game protective interests. Several Eastern
States have adopted similar, and in some cases more
stringent measures respecting sportsmen's licenses. In
one State there is an annual tax of $10 on visiting or
non-resident sportsmen. The collection of this fund
and its distribution is an important interest that sports-
men will fully appreciate. It is needless to say that
the majority of our sportsmen when they understand
the exact provisions and workings of the law will be
heartily in accord with it. One prominent advocate of
the bill stated that a revenue of at least $2000 would
accrue from visiting sportsmen each year at Coronado.

The bills as passed do not restrict the county govern-
ments from adopting game or fish laws, provided that
the limitations and clauses defined in the act are not
enlarged upon or lengthened. The county officials
have comparatively the same restrictive powers in
regard to game and fish as prevailed prior to the pas-
sage of the bills mentioned.

The bills as passed can be regarded as a signal vic-
tory of the sportsmen of the State over the selfish
designs of the "apostles of game protection" who
usurped an authority established by, and broke faith
with, the Game Convention of last May, which repre-
sentative body championed the sentiment of the
sportsmen of the State in regard to game and fish
legislation necessary and desired.

We have been in daily rece pt of communications
from many sportsmen respecting an article on the game
law which appeared in the Breeder and Sports-
man last week. We believe the matter on that subject
appearing to day sufficiently covers the case and gives
practically an answer, to each correspondent, in all im-
portant details. The numerous requests for publica-
tion of communicated matter in reference to the above
cannot be complied with, limited space and the state-
ment already given will readily show to some of our
readers why their communications do not appear this
week.

At the Traps.

The trap shooting program for to-morrow includes
the first regular five bird shoot this year of the San
Francisco Gun Club at Ingleside and the Empire Gun
Club blue rock shoot at Alameda Point. The latter
club will hold on the fourth Sunday of each month
until August 25th two prize shoot events, the Allen
handicap gun race, at twenty targets for members
only, and the Sweeney record medal, open to all. The
conditions of the medal competition are a handicap
continuous break race. All shooters starting from the
sixteen yard mark, going back two yards for each five
successive breaks, until the twenty yard mark, when
doubles must be shot, the shooter will be set two yards
back for each five pair of targets smashed until a bird
is missed. Pour re-entries are permissible at each
shoot. The second and third high guns in this event
will receive 60% and 40% of the pool.

The live bird program of the Union Gun Club an-
nounced for the 31st inst. is the following: At 9 A. M.
the starting match will be a six bird shoot, $1.50 en
trance, high guns, birds extra. The club race at
twelve pigeons will follow. The handicaps will be
prom 26 to 33 yards. The high gun over 75% will re-
ceive, as a prize, a pair of handsome gold cuff buttons.
The second prize, an elegant pair of silver cuff buttons
will be won by the shooter having 75% or nearest to it.
The prize competition is for members only, entrance
will be $3, including price of birds. The entrance for
the side pool is $2, to be divided into three moneys,
class shooting. The final event of the day will be a six
bird race, class shooting, entrance $1.50, birds extra.

Clarence Nauman left for Chicago on Tuesday morn-
ing. He will lay over for a day or two at the lake city
and shoot a few pigeons at Watson's Park and then
proceed to New York. Mr. Nauman will be one of the
shooters at the Grand American Handicap, commenc-
ing on April 1st. He will attend the Baltimore Inani-
mate Target Tournament, April 9-12. It is very
probable that the local crack will visit England before
he returns to this city.

It would not be a great surprise to Nauman's many
friends if he were chosen as one of the American team
of shooters which will join issue at the traps this year
with a team composed of the crack shots across the
water. "Freak" shoots well enough to go at the
game in any company. He has attended the Great
American Handicap twice, scoring 23 and 24 birds in
the main race, besides doing some good shooting in
other events. He has improved since last year and
should make a gsod showing in the East. His stand-
ing with the Eastern shooters is one to be proud of.

At the coming tournament of the Northwestern
Association it is estimated that there will be about
$4000 in added money. Shooters from British Colum-
bia, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon will
attend. Two days will be devoted to live pigeons and
three days to blue rocks. This meeting will be the
greatest ever held by the association.

The opening shoot of the Lincoln Gun Club last Sun-
day at Alameda Point was successful as a trap shoot
ana also a pleasant rendezvous for a large number of
sportsmen. In the club race, at 25 targets, A. J. Webb
was high score. This event is divided into five classes
for the club shooters; at the end of the season a purse
of $150 will be divided among the winners. The sec-
ond event, the Neustadter Trophy shoot, at 25 targets,
is for members only, the shooters being handicapped
in distance. In this race, the high score was made by
Fred Feudner, a visiting shooter. In the continuous
break prize shoot with a total of forty-five entries the
best runs were made by Jones 12, La Motte 10, Edg.
Forster 9, Bruns 9, Haight 7, Webb 7, F. Feudner 8.
In this race the shooter can re-enter four times at
each monthly shoot. In two ten bird events follow-
ing, the shooters shot under the "jack rabbit" system,
in w hich each shooter is credited with a certain amount
for each bird broken and penalized in the same amount
for each bird lost. The aggregate amount accruing
from the lost bird fund is then divided on a basis of
50%, 30% and 20%. In the first ten bird race four
shooters, Bruns, Jones, Edg. Forster and E. Feudner
with nine breaks each divided the purse. In the sec-
ond ten bird race C. A. Haight, A. J. Webb and
"Slade" each made straight scores. The high men in
the extra event, a 20 bird race, were Fred Fendner,
C. A. Haight and A. J. Webb. The principal extra
event next month at the regular shoot, will be a prize
shoot. The scores made during the day were as fol-
lows:

Club match, 25 targets, class shooting —

Webb. A. J 11111 1U01 11101 11111 11111—23

Hauer. J. B.t 11111 11011 11101 11101 mil— 22

Haight, C. A 10111 11110 11111 11101 11110—21

Forster, Edg 01011 11101 11111 11100 11111—20

-Slade" t Will mil 11101 10101 01111—20

La Motte, v. j.t omi mu loon ioiio mn— 20

Thomast HI" 10010 10101 11111 11101—19

Golcher.W. J 11001 11011 11111 11011 10011—19

Cuneo Ill" 01111 011U 00001 01111—18

Bruns, J 00111 11011 11101 01101 01111—18

Kerrison, H Ill" 01011 01101 10110 11011—18

Fischer, O 01111 01101 01101 11110 10100—16

Balrdt 11111101011100101110 01100—16

Olsen t 01011 00100 11111 11110 01101—16

Forster, Eug 00110 10111 00111 01011 01011—15

Rumpf Will 01100 110OO 00101 10111—14

Iverson, W. J.t 10110 11000 10011 01101 10000—12

Lewis, T. L 01000 00110 00101 01010 00101— 9

Herzog 11010 "000 01000 00O0O 10011— 9

tVisitors.

Neustadter Trophy, handicap in distance, 25 targets —
Yds.

Feudner.F.f mil mil "111 "011 11111—24

Webb, A. J 18—11111 "111 "111 OHIO 11111—23

Haight, O. A 18—11111 mil 10111 10110 11111—22

Kerrison, H 16—1101101111 10111 1111110111—21

Golcher, W.G 18—11111 10111 11101 11110 10110—21

La Motte, V. J.t 101" 1"" "1" "001 11101—21

Klevesahl, E.t 00110 10111 111" 11110 11111—20

Forster, Edg 18—10111 01011 10111 101" 11111—20

Cuneo 14—11111 01011 11110 10010 11011—18

Bruns, J 18—11111 11100 10110 10101 11011—18

Olsent 1 11010 101" "010 001" 01101—16

King, F. W.t 00001 11001 01001 111" 01111—15

Fischer, 0 16—11111 00110 11101 00101 00001—14

Iverson, W. J.+ OHIO 010" 10000 10111 01101—14

Oltont "HO 01100 11100 11101 00100—14

Grantt 10111 00000 10001 11110 "110— 14

Rumpf 14—011" 10000 11000 01100 01011—12

Thomast 00000 00000 11110 OHIO 11111—12

Lewis, T. L 1 14—00010 01100 00101 00011 01010— 9

Herzog 14—01000 00000 00001 01100 00111— 7

t Birds only, 16 yards.

Ten target race, "Jack Rabbit" system, high guns —

Bruns, J 10111 11111—9 Golcher, W. J "10101110—7

Jones 11101 11111— 9 Kerrison, H OHIO 11101—7

Forster.Edg 11011 11111—9 Feudner, F 0110111001—6

Feudner, E 11110 11111—9 King, F. W 10010 11100-5

Webb. A. J 10111 10111—8 Read 01001 OU01— 5

"Slade" 10101 11111—8 Cuneo 00110 11000— I

Haight, C. A "110 01011—7 Peterson, E.F OHIO OOOOO— 3

Ten target race, "Jack Rabbit" system, high guns —

10111— 9

omi— 6

00010-6
01OO1— 4
OOOOO— 3

Haight, C. A Ill" 11111—10 Feudner, F "Ill

Webb, A.J "Ill 11111—10 King.F. W 10001

-Slade" Ill" 11111—10 Kerrison, H "Ill

Feudner.E Ill" 10111— 9 Read OOHO

McKalvln 11110 11111—9 Peterson, E. F 100"

Bruns, J 11101 11111— 9

Extra event, 20 targets, entrance $10 —

Feudner, F "Ill "111 111"

Haight, C. A Ill" 111" 11010

Webb, A.J 10011 mu mn

Bruns, J 11110 11111 01111

"Wilson" Ill" OHIO 101"

Jones "1" ""I "110

Karney, J 10100 10110 "011

King, F. W "010 111" 10001

Read 10010 01000 01101

Peterson, E.F 10OO0 10100 10O01

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Coming Events.

March 30.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. at.

March 31— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No.
series. Stow lake 10 A. si.

Classification

12111—19
11111—18
11111—18
10011—16
01111—16
11000—16
00111—12
10001—12
00100—7
10000— 6

The Reliance Gun Club grounds were open last Sun-
day and apparently considerable trap shooting took
place. The account of the shoot which appeared in a
morning daily was unreliable. The published scores
made by some of the shooters were phenomenal, par-
ticularly so as most of the shooters were novices — old
timers could not do as well under the most favorable
circumstances. "Boosting" of this character can not
accomplish any good for the sport.

The Wardner Gun Club of Wardner, Idaho, an-
nounce a trap shoot for Monday and Tuesday. Six-
teen events are scheduled; 10, 15, 20, 25 and 50 target
races, 10 singles and 5 doubles. Two team shoots at
10 and 15 targets. There will be $250.00 added money.
The Maugatrap will be used for all events.

The initial shoot of the newly organized Riverside
Sportsmen's Club was held on the 8th inst. at the club's
new grounds. Arrangements have not been entirely
perfected yet, but it is believed a very pleasant summer
will be passed by devotees of the gun. Grounds will be
fitted up nicely, and the club is assured of financial
backing by the number of new members who are
coming in at every meeting.

H. G. Lougee, a prominent business man and well
known sportsman of Spokane who has been on a visit to
this city for several weeks past, will return to Spokane
next week. Mr. Lougee has frequently held his own
at the traps with our local cracks.

Geese are plentiful in Colusa and Solano counties.
Black brant shooting on Tomales bay is still produc-
tive of sport and good bags. English snipe are in evi-
dence in many locaUties. The continuous dry weather
has caused the dainty long bills to frequent their old
haunts in the pastures and boggy spots in the hills.

Striped bass anglers are on the qui vive; reports
from Petaluma creek near the railroad bridge, San
Leandro bay, Oakland estuary, San Quentin point,
etc., are to the effect that the fish are beginning to
take the hook. Salmon creek, or rather the lagoon at
its mouth, is said to be full of large striped bass; Horace
Smyth, John Butler and John Lemmer left for Mrs.
Colby's on Wednesday to have a try at the bass.

Horace Smyth, the secretary of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting Club, is authority for the pleasing news
that Stow lake will soon be filled with water again and
the regular fiy-casting meetings will be resumed com-
mencing on Saturday and Sunday, March 30th and
31st.

If the pleasant weather continues until the first of
April, just nine days more, many streams will be in
splendid condition for fly-fishing. The indications fo r
a pleasant trout season are most auspicious.

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Coming Events.

March 13, 14, 15, 16— Mascoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln, Secretary.

April 2, 3, 4, 5 — New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

April 3, 4, 5, 6— Portland Kennel Club. Bench show, Portland, Or

April 10, 11, 12, 13— Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show, Seattle, Wash. P. K. L. Rules.

May 8, 9, 10, 11 — San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Doings in Dogdom.

An executive meeting of the Pacific Advisory Board
was held on Tuesday evening.

H. L. Betten recently sold to H. R. Edwards, of
Cleveland, Ohio, the owner of Uncle B., a black, white
and tan English bitch, about a year old, by Uncle B.
out of W. E. Chute's Dolly Y.

Dr. Chas. Turner, of Vallejo, recently presented to
Dr. W. D. Anderson a Fox Terrier puppy that has
now become a most pugnacious canine and has the
reputation, in his particular neighborhood, of having
several traits peculiar to his master. This fact coupled
with the dog's daily increase in weight is taken by
Vallejoans as a startling example of the force of asso-
ciation.

N. H. Hickman recently purchased a Fox Terrier
bitch and has shipped her East for exhibition at the
Boston bench show. The bitch was owned by Domi-
nick Shannon and bred by W. J. Foster. She is by
Scorcher out of Lillian Sage, and is regarded by the
local Fox Terrier talent as the best home bred bitch
here. In this move Mr. Hickman has shown the
spirit and energy of a true fancier. He is desirious of
finding out just exactly what the standard of our dogs
is as compared with the Eastern product. The price
paid for the bitch was a good one and he had the
courage to devote the money and time to solving a
question that is of much interest to every fancier on
the Coast. We wish Mr. Hickman the success in his
venture that its enterprise deserves.
•

Bench Show Notes.

The issuance of the premium list for the San Fran-
cisco Kennel Club show is announced for April 1st.

The Pacific Field Trials Club has donated a hand-
some silver cup as a special for the best Setter or
Pointer in the field trial class at the May show.

The premium list of the Portland bench show is
similar in classification to the A. K. C arrangement of
classes. The awards are medals and diplomas. Some
excellent trophies for specials are listed. Norman J.
Stewart will judge Collies. James Cole of Kansas City
will also judge.

A Good Dog is the Scotch Terrier.

The general name of the Scottish Terrier, before dog
shows and standards were thought of, was "Scotch."
Under this cognomen were grouped a variety of rough
little tykes. Up to about 1890 the average American
spoke of every little sandy or brindle Terrier of nonde-
script appearance and sharp expression as a Scotch
Terrier, or else it was a Yorkshire Terrier, and ten to
one neither name fitted by the standard of to-day.

The real simon pure Scottish Terrier, however, when
it began to appear at dog shows, soon asserted itself as
a very smart individual. He was not quite like any
other Terrier, although in a vague way he most re-
sembles the Skye Terrier, under which name he was,
some years ago, quite generally known in some parts of
Scotland. But there is a wide difference between the
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and coat, and generally lower on the leg. Others called
the "Scottie," Highland Terrier; others, Cairn Terrier,
from their use among the rocks of the Highlands; but
their more general nickname was ' 'die hard, : ' a title
indicative of their gameness and toughness.

The Scottish Terrier, as it has now become known
by the kennel authorities, is said to be in its various
forms, one of the oldest races of dogs in North Britain,
but owing to the topography of the country and the
seclusion of the districts wherein this Terrier has more
generally kept, it did not become a known breed over
the English border until the early eighties. That is,
it was not recognized at dog shows and before. 1879 was
scarcely known. Many Highland families had a strain
of their own, and valued it highly according to pluck
and gameness.

Another section of this Terrier is dubbed the Aber-
deen Terrier, but they all partake of the same charac-
teristics. Years ago these Terriers were either prick-
eared, or the ear was semi-prick. The former style is
now de rigeur, and when properly shaped with the tips
pointed and not rounded like a bat ear, the prick ear
is a very characteristic feature.

This prick ear doe? not attain its perfection, as a rule,
until the Terrier is some months old, the ear usually
being thrown back in puppyhood. Another prominent
feature which does not attain perfection early is the
hard, crisp coat which does not appear until the young-
ster casts its first set of teeth. The hard dense coat is
a sine qua non to the breed, and a soft coated Terrier
must be near perfection in other points to be noticed in
the show ring.

The Scotch Terrier, in its general appearance, is
lower to the ground than most Terriers, short and
stocky in body, tail curving upward from the roots,
and has a sharp, strong, punishing head with a foxy,
keen disposition. In character and disposition this
Terrier is charming, and makes a sensible and pleasant
companion.

Unlike most rough-haired dogs he makes a good
house dog, and his hard coat shakes itself clean, and
he carries no unpleasant smell. Being a game, sensible
little chap, he is not everlastingly seeking a quarrel,
but, like the Irish Terrier, when once the challenge is
accepted he fights fiercely, and, no matter what the
size of his opponent, he will punish, for there is prob-
ably no Terrier so powerful in the jaw for his size and
weight, nor with such big teeth, with which he can
make such big holes in an opponent's legs and throat.

They will go to ground eagerly and gamely after any
kind of vermin, and are at home in the water. In fact,
no hardier Terrier lives for work above or below ground.
A characteristic of the "Scottie" and all Terriers which
go to earth, is that the ribs must not be sprung, as this
condition would impede him in working his way into
the earth or burrows.

A Mr. Naylor of Chicago was one of the first fanciers
to show the real Scottish Terrier in American shows,
but it was not until about 1891 that any systematic
effort was made to popularize the breed and make
classes at the shows. The Scottish Terrier is a grow-
ing favorite in Eastern kennel circles. Western breed-
ers have taken up the "die-hard" and several ladies in
the East also affect the little tyke.

At the coming show Mrs. "Jack" Brazier of New
York, will pass judgment on these Terriers in Boston,
and this will be the first occasion on which any lady
has judged any sort of Terrier in America.

The head of a Scottish Terrier should be long and
punishing, with a great appearance of strength. The
skull is covered with short, close hair. The skull is
fairly flat, with a furrow between the eyes. The
muzzle is very important. It should be very powerful,
and gradually tapering to the nose, which must be
black and of good size, like all dogs that go to earth.
The jaws must be level, neither under nor over-shot,
thougb a characteristic projection of the nose over the
top lip gives the impression that the upper jaw is
longer than the lower.

Eyes are important as giving -that keen, sharp ex-
pression which marks the breed. They are set wide
apart, small, piercing, very bright, and like all Ter-
riers, rather sunken than prominent; the color should
be brown or dark hazel. The ears count ten points, and
should be very small, prick and never drop; the tips
should be sharp and the hair ;on them should not be
long but velvety, and free from any fringe; they should
not be cut. The neck should be short, thick and mus-
cular, strongly set on sloping shoulders.

The chest is proportionately broad and deep for the
size of the dog. Body, an important feature, must be
of moderate length — not so long as a Skye Terrier —
and rather flat-sided, but at the same time the ribs
must extend well back, and the hind quarters be ex-
ceedingly strong. On the loin and quarters depend
much of the dog's strength in burrow work.

The legs should be short and heavy in bone. Whether
the forelegs should be perfectly straight or slightly

bent is a question that has caused much argument
among breeders. Some maintain that as the fox goes
to ground with straight legs, the Scottie's should be
straight too; others contend that a strictly croked for-
mation aids the Terrier in digging his way under-
ground. They should be well set under the body, and
must not be out at elbows. The hocks should be well
bent, and thighs very muscular; the feet are small,
strong and thickly covered with short hair.

The tail is never cut, and should be about seven in-
ches long; carried with a slight bend over and some-
times quite gaily. Coat has a value of fifteen points,
and should be moderately short (about two inches), in-
tensely hard and wiry in texture (coacoanut matting is
a good simile), and very close and dense all over the
body. In color there is some latitude, for it counts
only 2J points; steel or iron gray, brindle, black, sandy
and wheaten are popular, but white is objectionable,
and is only permissible to a slight degree on the chest.

The size of a "die-hard" ranges from eighteen to
twenty pounds in a dog and from sixteen to eighteen
pounds in the opposite sex. In general appearance
this Terrier should present a face with a keen outlook,
sharp, bright and active expression, and the head
should be carried up. Owing to the shortness of his
coat he should appear to be higher on the leg than he
really is, but should be compact and carry lots of
muscle, especially in the hind-quarters. He should
have the appearance of a little cart horse and stand
about nine to twelve inches high.

Defects which are scored hard in the ring are large
and light-colored eyes; large ears with round tips, and
when they are heavily covered with hair. Any silki-
ness of the hair, wave or tendency to curl is s serious
blemish, as is also an open coat. A movement is afoot
among breeders to keep the weight down to eighteen
pounds, as this is supposed to be the limit in a dog that
is expected to go to earth. An under-shot or over-shot
mouth should disqualify, for such a mouth is useless in
quick work with fox or other vermin.

Kennel Registry.

SALES

Nairod Kennels sold to W. H. Day, the St. Bernard bitch puppy
Nairod Gloria (Grand Master Muro-Prineess Nairod) March 16,
1901.

Nairod Kennels sold to Lieut. J. R. Lee. U. S. A., the black
Cocker Spaniel dog puppy Nairod Bey (Nairod Chleo-Champion
Viscount) March 15, 1901.

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terrors for a horse if the master keeps and applies Ouinn's Ointment. All H

well known horsemen speak of it in the highest terms :

Miller & Sibtey of Franklin, Pa., owners of St. Bel, brother of late Bel Boy, write, "Wo have
nBed Qninn's Ointment with preut success and believe it fulfills all claimed for it. We cheer-
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Price #1.00 per package. Sold by all druggists, or sent by mail.
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Every feature connected with the management of this Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will b< introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

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■ Compiler of ■*

TABULATED PEDIGREES

(Thoroughbred Horses Only)
Address 534 1-2 South Spring St.

Log Angeleg, Cal.

Refers to Hon. Wm. C. Whitney, New York;
Hon. Perry Belmont, New York; James R. Keene,
Esq.," New York; E. S. Gardner, Jr., Sandersville,
Tenn,; "Wm. Hendrle, Esq., 'Hamilton, Ont.

Suffolk Punch Stallion.

Weighs 1700 pounds, sound as a dollar, 9 years
old and in first class condition. He is a high class
draft horse, well broken and as a stock horse can-
not be beaten.

Apply to or address

A. W. LACQT7E,

Petaluma, Cal.

For Sale.

Bay mare TWILIGHT, 15 hands high, record

2:18M on running track considered C< seconds slow.

Sired by NOONDAY. 1st dam MISS SIDNEY
(dam of Twilight 2:18M and Ira 2:16^); 2d dam
Maud R. by Whipple's Hambletonian; 3d dam
Root Mare by G. M. Patchen Jr.: 4th dam Queen
by Bellfounder (dam of Ida Howe dam of
Georgena, record 2:07}£).

Sound and gentle to drive, will win in class this
season. May be seen at D. Gannon's, Watt street
and Park avenue, near Racetrack, Emeryville.
Any reasonable offer entertained.

For further particuars, address D. GANNON,
Emeryville, Alameda Co., Cal.

ferre Haute Trotting and Fair Assn.

CONDITIONS OF

Terre Haute
Matron Stakes

$10,000 FOR FOALS OF 1901

Entries to Close March 25, 1901.

$2,000 to go to the Two-Year-Olds that Trot ) At „ „ M t. inftQ
$1,000 to go to the Two=Year-0lds that Pace \ At Fal1 Meetmg im

$7,000 to go to the Three=Year=01ds that Trot )■ At Fail Meeting: 1904.

In the Two-year-old Trot the winner will receive $1000, the second $500, the third $200, the fourth
$100, and $200 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Three-year-old Trot the winner will get $4500, the second $1500, the third $500. the fourth $200,
and $300 will go to nominator of winner's dam.

In the Pacing Race $500 will go to the winner, $250 to second, $150 to third and $100 to fourth.

ENTRANCE AS FOLLOWS: $5 to nominate March. 25, 1901, $10 December 2, 1901, when
color and sex of foal must be given. Nothing more till June 2d of year of race, and all foals on
which payments (of $10 each) are made December 2, 1901, will be eligible to start either as two-
year-olds or three-year-olds, or in both years (if conditions that follow are complied with), no pay-
ment being due in 1903 from those not wishing to start till 1904. Those expecting to start two-year-
olds must, on June 2, 1903, name and describe their entries, and pay on each a forfeit of $15, and as
many may be named as the owner desires to keep in. Thirty days before meeting, those who desire
to start in trotting race shall pay $20 on each entry they then keep in, and those who desire to start
in pacing race shall pay $10 each; on starters in trotting $20, and on pacers $15, must be paid by 7
o'clock on evening before race. Those desiring to start three-year-olds must, on June 2, 1904, name
and describe as in the two-year-old event and pay on each a forfeit of $35: thirty days prior to the
meeting on each of those to start $35 must be paid, and on starters $70 must be paid by 7 o'clock of
evening before the race.

The Two-year-old races will be mile heats, two in three; but the three-year-olds will trot mile
heats three in five.

A distanced horse's money will go to the first horse; but if fewer than three start in a race, those
starting and the winner's dam will receive only what each would have received had three been
placed. Rules of American Trotting Association to govern.

If a mare proves barren, or slips, or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies be
fore December 2, 1901, her nominator may substitute another mare and foal, regardless of owner-
ship; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than the amount
paid in. In entries the name, color and pedigree must be given, also the name of the horse to which
she was bred in 1900. Send entries to

W. P. .JAMS, Pres. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y-

Terre Haute, Indiana

Stakes for 2:28,2:20 and 2:15 trot; 2:25, 2:18 and 2:14pacefor September meeting,
together with purses for July meeting to be announced later.

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We call the special attention of trainers and owners of horses to the illustration of the scalper in this advertisement. Everyone
£nows of the trouble that horsemen have had in years past with scalpers getting' heavy on account of wet, losing their shape and thereby
being rendered very liable to chafe. To obviate this we have placed on the market a line of scalpers made of waterproof leather. It is
really remarkable how this new leather will withstand wet and how beautifully it keeps its shape. It is without any question of a doubt the
greatest leather that has ever been produced in the' world for making scalpers, and there is no factory in America to-day that uses such
leather, for the reason that it is tanned by a peculiar process and filled with a secret compound by ourselves so that you may know if any-
one offers to sell water-proof scalpers unless our stamp is on the boot they are not genuine good's but spurious imitations. The leather 'is
filled with a peculiar material which keeps off the effect of water. Notice also the beautiful shape of our scalpers. They are greatly im-
proved over anything that has been placed upon the marketlin the past. We further desire to say that we are offering these new improved
scalpers at the same price as the ordinary ones. A bad fitting quarter boot, a bad fitting shin boot and especially a bad fitting extention
scalper or even a low scalper has often been the means of losing a heat and probably losing a race.

Do not be deceived by the old-fashioned knee boots that are being made to-day by all other manufacturers. You can buy our new im-
proved line at the same price and in some eases less than what is made by any other factory in the country.

If you do not care to send your order direct to us order through your dealer. Any dealer can get these goods. Send at once for our new catalogue No. 21, if you
desire full information on our new boots and track harness. If you desire a catalogue illustrating buggy, surrey, pole, carriage and coupe harness order No 20 cata-
logue also. We published two this year. No. 21 illustrating track goods, and No. 20 illustrating harness for pleasure driving. We also send with either our 20th
Century Handy Book, a very valuable little book of statistics for every horseman. Do not delay. Send for our catalogue at once. It is free for the askin°-

Address all communications to

Department F., TUTTIE & CLARK, Detroit, Michigap.

C. W. COOL. Pres.

W. F. BENTLEY Sec'y.

H. L. SHERMAN, Treas.

$25,000 ixi Purses etxid Specials
— '•-GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING-^—

Glens Falls, N. Y.. Aug. 12, 13, 14 & 15, 1001

PURSE NO 1

SI, 500 The Glen, 3:38 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 3.
SI, 500 The Horicon, 3:34 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 3.
©1,500 The Adirondack, 3:18 Class, Trot

Purse £ vents

PURSE NO. 4.

$1,500 The Combination, 3:14 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 5.

$1,000 The Breeders' Stake, 2:35 Class.

Trot, for Three Year Olds.

PURSE NO. G.

SI, 500 The Suburban, 3:34 Class, Pace

PURSE NO. 7.
Sl,50O. .The Hudson River, 3:18 Class, Pace

PURSE NO. 8.
SI, 500 The American, 3:13 Class, Pace

Entrance fee in purses Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. payable in the following forfeits: April 1st, $10;
May 1st, $15, June 1st, $15; July 1st, *25: August 1st, $10.

Entrance fee in purse No. 5, payable in the following forfeits : April 1st, $111; May 1st, $10; June
1st, $10, July 1st, $10; August 1st, $10.

Entries for all the above purses will close Monday, April 1st.

Iu addition to the purses already named, the Association will probably offer purses for 2:07, 2:0
and free-for-all classes pacers, 2:10 and 2:07 class trotters and other speeials.

Conditions.

Entries to all the foregoing events close Monday, April 1, 1901, when nominations must be named
and accompanied by first installment of entrance fee as above.

On payment of one entrance fee nominators will be allowed to name two horses only in same
class ; and the horse that is to start must be named the night before the race. In case where two
horses are named as one entry, from the same stable, and any horses that have been separated from
the stable from which they were originally named, and such separation made according to rule, they
shall be eligible to start in the race if the forfeits, falling clue after said separation have been met
according to conditions, upon the payment of forfeits which fell due before said separation. All
forfeits are payable in cash, on or before the date specified. No credit extended. Horses may be de-
clared out at any time, but declaration must be mailed to the Secretary in writing, and to be valid
must be accompanied by amount due (if any) on such entry. Upon such declaration being received

Remember, Entries Close Monday, April 1st.

the subscription is forfeited, the horse ineligible 'to start and the nominator released from further
liability. No return of any payment on account of death of horse, but the death of the nominator
will not make void his entry.

Entrance fee 5 per cent., with 5 per cent, additional from the winner of each division of the purse
Customary division of purses, viz.: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.

National Association Rules to govern, except Section 2 of Rule 9, abolishing the use of hopples,
which will not be enforced. A horse distancing his or her field or any part thereof will receive
only one money. All races to be in harness, mile heats, three in five, except No. 5, which will be two
in three heats. The right is reserved to declare off any purse which receives less than ten nominators
and four starters.

For entry blanks, and all other information, address

W. F. BENTLEY, Sec'y. Glens Falls, N. Y.

H. I. Wilson, Pres. J. P. Pinlen, Vice-Pres. E. D. Laurence. Gen'1.1 Mgr. and Racing- Sec'y. Silas P. King, Tres. Louis Frank, Sec'y.

THE MONTANA JOCKEY CLUB

(INCORPORATED)

JBia/tte, ]\/Iontana. Anaconda, ]Viontana.

60 Days Racing-, Commencing June 29 to Sept 7, 1901.

Stakes for Summer Meeting 1901. = = = = = First Issue— Nominations Close April 20, 1901.

THE MONTANA DERBY, 61,500— For tliree -year-olds (foals
of 1898). $10 Fo accompany the nomination. $15 additional if not
declared out on or before June 1, 1901. $100 additional to start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $1,500, of which $250 to second, $150 to third and
$100 to fourth horse. Colts to carry 123, geldings 119 and fillies 117.
Allowances— Non-winners of a stake in 1901 or of 5 or more races
(selling races not counted) since April 1, 1901, allowed 7 lbs.
Beaten maidens allowed 12 lbs. One mile and one-quarter.

THE DA1Y MEMORIAL CUP SI, OOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1,000. The winner to re-
ceive-$650 and a piece of plate of the value of $150, the owner of the
second horse to receive $200, the owner of the third horse $100, and
the owner of the fourth horse $50. Weights to appear 3 days prior
to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box the
day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Two miles.

THE MINER'S UNION STAKE, $1,OOOA handicap for three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount suffi-
cient to make the value of the stake $1,000, of which $200 to the ,
second, $100 to the third and the fourth horse to save its stake. |
Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry box the day preceding the race before 11:30
A. m, One mile.

THE BUTTE SELLING STAKES, S850— For three-year-
olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional
tostart. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount, sufficient to

make the value of the stake $850, of which $150 to second, $75 to third
and $35 to fourth. The winner to be sold at auction. Horses en-
tered for $3000 to carry weight for age, if for less 2 lbs. allowed for
each $500 to $1500. then 1 lb. for each $100 to $1000. then 2 lbs. for
each $100 to $500. Entries to be made through the entry box (with
selling price) the day preceding the race, before 11:30 a. m. Six
furlongs.

THE HOT TIMES STAKES, $800— A handicap for all ages.
$5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional lo start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $800, of which $150 to second, $75 to third and $35
to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Accept-
ances to be made through the entry box the day preceding the race,
before 11:30 A. M. Four and one-half furlongs.

THE LABOR DAY HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and $50 to fourth horse. Weights to appear 3 days
prior to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box
the day precedingjthe race, before 11:30 A. si. One mile and one-
eighth.

THE SILVER CITY SELLING STAKES, SIOOO— For three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-

allowed 8 lbs., if for less 1 lb. allowed for each $100 from $1200 to
$500. Entries with selling price to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race, before 11:30 A. m. One mile and one-
sixteenth.

THE SILVER BOTV STAKES, SIOOO— For two-year-olds. $5
to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Mon-
tana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of
the stake $1000, of which $20U to second. $100 to third and $50 to
fourth. 5 lbs. below the scale. Stake winners or winners of 4 or
more races since March 15th, to carry 7 lbs. extra, of 3 races of any
value since that date, 5 lbs. extra. Allowances— Maidens 3 lbs.
Beaten maidens, 7 lbs. Entries to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race before 11:30 a. h. Four andone-half
furlongs.

THE HAMBURG HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for

two-year-olds. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to
start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to .
make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to
third and $50 to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race.
Acceptances to be made through the entry box the day preceding
the race before 11:30 a. m. Five furlongs.

THE ANACONDA HANDICAP, SIOOO— For all ages. $5 to
accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Montana
Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of the
stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $110 to third and $50 to fourth.

ond,$100to third and fourth horse to save its stake. The winner | Weights to appear 3 clays prior to the race. Acceptances to be
to be sold at auction. Horses entered to be sold for $2500 to carry ! made through the entry box the day preceding the race before
weight for age, if entered for $1500 allowed 5 lbs., if for $1200 I 11:30 a. m. One mile.

Five or more running- races and one or more harness races each day, for which liberal purses will be given.

Program of first week's racing- will appear before April 12th.

Harness horse program will be published on or before May 12th. There will be races for all classes.

For further information address E. D. LAURENCE, Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y.,

P. O. Box 22, Butte, Montana

Good Pasturage.

Very best pasturage and good care taken of
stock for $2.50 per month. Stock can be shipped
via either Niles or Newark. Freight from San
Francisco or Oakland $1.45. Stock will be met at
the train by careful employees of the ranch. Ad-
dress S. T CORAM,

Newark, Alameda Co., Cal,
Or, C. S. NEAL,

230 Montgomery St,, San Francisco.

Great Broodmare to Lease.

I wish to lease for one year my mare Hattie
(dam of Monterey 2:09jrf and Montana 2:16^) by
Commodore Belmont. She is now heavily in foal
to Iran Alto 2:12>4 or Billy Thornhill 2:24. Terms
$250 cash. Address f J. "WILLIAMS,

Dlilpitas, Cal.

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HARTFORD. CONN.

Old Glory Grand Circuit Meeting Sept. 2 to 7, 1901

Opens the following early closing events

To Close MONDAY, APRIL 1.

TROTTING EVENTS.

No. 1—2:13 Class Charter Oak
No. 2—2:19 Class
No. 3—2:30 Class

$10,000
3,000
3,000

PACING EVENTS.

No. 4—2:09 Class
No. 5—2:14 Class
No. 6—2:30 Class

$3,000
3,000
3,000

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To be Raced at Its 1901 Grand Circuit Meeting September 2d to 7th.

CONDITIONS

No. I. CHARTER OAK 2:13 TROT.

(Mile Heats, test three in five.)
Entrance 5 per cent. Nothing from money winners.

FORFEITS— April 1, $100 ; May 1, $100 ; June 1, $100;
July 1, $100 ; August 19, $100, when horses must
be named.

Purses to be divided as follows :

$1,000 to the Winner of Each Heat

the remainder to be divided

50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, to the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th
horses placed at finish of race.

HORSES MUST BE ELIGIBLE APRIL I, AND NAMED AUGUST 19.

No. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Entrance fee to each 5 per cent, payable in following
forfeits, viz.:

April 1, $30, when horses must be named ; May 1, $30 ;
June 1, $30 ; July 1, $30 ; August 19, $30.

FIVE PER CENT, additional will be deducted from
the winner of each division of purses.

No substitution for horses named,

Division of purses : 50 per cent., 25 per cent., 15 per
cent., 10 per cent.

General Conditions.

National Trotting Association Rules to Govern h

Except hopples are not barred.

Payments are due in cash on dates specified.

Liability of nominator ceases when written declaration
of withdrawal is lodged with the association

All the Events are to be Harness Mile Heats, best
three in five.

Remember
Entries Close

APRIL 1

I when first payment must be made

Other events of this Grand Circuit Meeting programme will be announced later.

For entry blanks address E. M. STALKER, Sec'y.

Care of FASIG-TIPTON CO., Madison Square Garden, New York.

Buy them of

TV. J. KENNEY, Bikeman,

531 Valencia St., near 16th,
San Francisco, Cal.

Write for particulars.
O'BRIEN & SONS, Agent*.

Han Francisco, Cal.

Great Clearance Sale

or

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Sacrifice Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & GO.

1144 Market Street.

For Sale.

MONTE CARLO 2:14K, 6 years old,
by Mendocino (sire of Idolita 2:12).

MAUD P. 2:27>£, 8yearsold, by Grand
Moor.

FITZ LEE 2:13K (pacer), 8 years old, by
Arthur Wilkes.

LEITA C, fouryearsold,byMcKinney2:ll#,
dam Gladys B. 2:24 by Blackbird.

GEN, FORREST, four years old, by Mc-
Kinney 2:11}^, dam Orphan Girl (dam of Chico
2:14Ji) by Blackbird.
Neither of the last two have been raced, but
have shown satisfactory speed in their work.

Reason for sale— owner has decided to go out of
the business. Address

PARK HENSHAW, Chico, Cal.

For Sale.

AfilllNAI HO Brown gelding. Sired by
AUUI11AL.UU. Ben Ali; dam, Merry-go-
Round by Jim Brown. Will be four years old in
April; will weigh 1000 pounds in racing condition,
sound and gentle, and of kind disposition. After
six weeks1 handling he has shown quarters better
than 24, and a half better than 49. He is a half-
brother to the Phcenician. He is the exact color
size and disposition of his sire. The dam of
AGTJLNALDO was one of the fastest mares in
California for three-eighths of a mile.
For further particulars inquire of

PHIL. COLLINS,
Gonzales, Monterey Co., Cal.

St. Carlo — iooi

f Hermit fNewminster

„, , 1 Seclusion

Blaise -j

I Fnsee jMarsyas

' " | Vesuvienne

f Kingfisher J ^f?n&t.on

„ . (Ethan Lass

I Carina -i

CCarlta fTheDl-Psed

I Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island the Whitf
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two year-old He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamar II. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan' Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate Glendinnin0,
and many others,

ST. CARLO

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

JAMES McDONNBLL,

FOETOLi, San Mateo Co., Cal.

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Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

1 he Only Son of tiie Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Pnosbe Wilkes 2:0S!4, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:lltf, Arlene Wilkes2:ll=i, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16M. Sunbeam 2:16K, Sybils.
2:163£. Saville 2:17'^, Grand George 2:18«,
J. F. Hanson 2:19!4, and 12 more in 2:30.

JMtl make the Season of woi at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, % mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

Best of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Santa Clara, Cal.

GoodJ Pasturage at $4 per month,
accidents. No wire fences.

Telephone: Suburban 541.

SuSSicVITAOIL

Cures lameness and soreness in man and beast
Ask any horse trainer about it. At all druggists. ,

Stalllion Cards
with Tabulated Pedigree

At this Office

vlARCH 23, 1901]

t&he gveeirev croft gtptftrtemcro

Vendome Stock Farm

THE HOME OFi

13

Iran Alto 2:121-4.

5an Jose, Cal.

Season of 190).

For the first time it has been decided
ay the owner of this great young stal-
ion to permit him to serve a few out-
ide mares of approved breeding. Not
>ver ten mares will be taken, and four
>f these are already booked. Terms
pill be made known on application.
Svery one of Iran Alto's get are trot-
ers. . He has but eleven living foals,
md four have records. The six more
hat are my property will trot in
standard time as soon as matured.
3is breeding is unsurpassed by any
itallion in America.

Write for terms Address

JAMES W. REA,

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal.

IRAN ALTO 2:12|

Bay horse, foaled 1892.
sire of

Dr. Frasse 2:12j*

Dr. Frasse's Sister (3) ..2:2iya

Vendome (3) 2:25^

Thos. R. (3) 2:30

PALO ALTO 3:08^

World's stallion record to

high wheel sulky

sire of

Iran Alto 2:133.4;

Pasonte 2:13

Falita 2:16

Rio Alto — 2:16J4

Palatine 2:18

Palon 2:18M

Cressida 2:18?£

Alia 2:21Vi

Fillmore 2:21%

Erastus C 2;22

Palo Belle 2:24!.;

Avena 2:27

ELAINE 2:30

holder of world's 3 and 4
year old records in 1877
and 1878

dam of

Norlaine (1) 2:31%

Iran Alto 2:12w

Palatine (3) 2:18

Anselma 2:20*4

and Elsie, dam of

Palita (2) 2:16

Rio Alto (3i 2:16%

Novelist (3) 2:27

Mary Osborne (3)..2:28«
Salvini 2:30

ELECTIONEER 135

sire of

Arion 2:079£

Sunol 2:08}£

Palo Alto 2:08?i'

163 more in 2:30
grandsire of

The Abbot 2-.03H'

Azote 2:043i

and many others

DAME WINNIE (thor-)- ...
dam of

Palo Alto 2:083£

Paola 2-18

Altivo 2:18^

Big Jim ...2:23%

Gertrude Russell. ...2:23%

MESSENGER DCROC 106..
sire of
23 in 2:30

25 sons produced 95 in 2:30
48 daughters 66 in 2-30

GREEN MOUNT AXN MAID.

dam of

Elaine 2:20

Prosper 2:20

Elista 2-20&

Dame Trot 2:22

Elina 2:24%

Mansfield 2:26

Storm 2:28%

Lancelot 2:28%

Antonio 2:28%

Miranda 2:31

Electioneer 125

fHAMBLETONIAN 10

j sire of

Dexter 2:17}i

40 in 2:30

150 sons and 80 daughters
are producers

GREEN MOUNTAIN TWATT»

dam of 9 in 2:30

f PLANET

(LIZ MARDIS by Imp. Glenoce

BLAMBLETONIAN IO

sire dam of
Stamboul 2:07 Ji

SATINET by Abdallah Chief

HARRY CLAY 45

sire dams of

Harrletta 2:09%

St. Julien 2:1U£

SHANGHAI MARY

grandam of
Electioneer, and 9 in 2:30

]APTAIN JONES 29666. a«d by mckinney *m

Sire of Coney 2-02&, Jennie Mac 2:09, Hazel Kinney 2:09}£, Zolock 2:10%, Zombro 2:11, You Bet
B%, McZeus2:13, Dr. Book 2:13M, Osito 2:13%. Juliet D, 2:13%, McBriar2:14, Harvey Mac 2:14^, Geo.
V. McKinney 2:14%, McNally 2:15, Monica 2:15 and 15 more in 2:30.

First dam Midday Bell by Gossiper 2:14j^. sire of Gazelle 2:11^, Miss Jessie 2:13^ and others.

Second dam Briar Belle (dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes 2:24% (son of Alcyone) sire of \
tiverside 2:.'2!4 and twelve others.

Third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58, the great broodmare sire.

Fourth dam by Almont 33, sire of Altamont. the great Oregon sire.

CAPTAIN JONES is a black stallion foaled in 1895, stands 15.3 hands high, wsighs 1100 pounds,
as perfect trotting action and promises to be McKinney's best son. Captain Jones will make the |
eason of 1901 from April 1st to July 1st at

Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

$10 payable at time of service and balance June 1st or when mare is taken away. Usual return
irivileges. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Due care taken to prevent accidents or escapes but no
esponsibility assumed. A special invitation to all to call and see Captain Jones at the race track,
whether you are a breeder or not. Address JOHN PEXDKR, 2318 H. Street, Sacramento.

Electioneer Leads All

Stallions.
Breed

to a Son.

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 2:13% and Ira 2:16?*.)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam, Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
ilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16&, Fleety
kflddust 2:20, Indicator 2:23J4, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

)ENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)
FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.
'ayable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address D. GANNON. Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races
1st 10 times
2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON

$7500

IN PURSES

STAM E. (23444) 2:11^ is by Stamboul 2:0754 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural J*ark, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!

A Grand Individual!

A Coming Great Sire!

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:ll$f, dam by
Almont Lightning.

$50

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at S3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO T. BECKERS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

Breed to Monterey 2:091. No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Address all communications to

TUTItE BROS., Rocklin, Cal.

freed to the Champion of the World.
VIcKlNNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of FerenoO)
2:1 0}£) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of bis performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

Sired by Sidney 2:193£, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05^, Monterey 2:09M and Dr. Leek 2:09#— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:16jf and Monterey 2:09»^, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10%, Monterey 2:09 U, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13^.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21H (sire of Abbotsford 2:19}4 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07%, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03& to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06K and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver oup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS #50 FOB THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st. 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, nilpitas, Cal.

I DIRECT 2:121

2

Sire, DIRECT 2:05'/ (sire of Directly 2:03^. Bonnie Direct 2;0bH, Directum Kelly 2:08^, Rey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:11^, Ed B. Young 2:llH> Miss Margaret 2:11^, I Direct 2:I2!4, Miss Beatrice
2:13H, Arthur L. 2:15,*Margaretta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam FRANCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:12*4. Sable Frances2:I5M. Guycesca 2:26and EarlMedium.
sire of Maybud2:13H. Tom Martin 2:14^, Kanawha Star 2:14#, Lucy Stokes 2.18%, Goneril 2:24^ and
others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175, sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:12*4) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53, sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12#
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
| dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

McElNNET 3:11J^.

sire of

Coney 2:02%

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09j.f

Zolock 2:10ys

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12!4

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2-ASH

Osito 2:13H

Juliet D 2:13*4

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14*4

Geo. W. McKinney — 2:14H

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the show ring, champion on tlie race
track anil a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Jerms for the- Season $100 <With usual return p"«ieges).

Good pasturage for mares at U per month. For further particulars, address

I Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEE

1424: Sherman Street

TERMS $25 THE

Alameda, Cal.

SEASON

I DIRECT 2:12^ is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ED LAFFERTT, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alameda.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pec. 2:20 » ** season.

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 3:07*, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08VS. DIABLO 2:09K, OWYHEE 3:11,

LITTLE BETTER 2:1 IK, CIBOLO 2:13^, and many other fast and game race horses.

$50 the season.

OWYHEE 26,116, ne.tn

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal

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[March 23, 19(

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Eufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. ■WHIPS

By Whips 2:27^ by Electioneer.
AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11;^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Cal

The farm has some good prospects fc
the racing season of 1901, and roadstei
for sale.

FEE

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

^K pr ^^ Return privilege. In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still

^P^J\J , own the horse. Good pasturage at S3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd o

horsemen : " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners, W. A. HACK, Superintendent.

7 West ."anta Clara St.. San Jose. San Martin.

! Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 2 :06

Daedal ion 2:11

Diawood 2:11

Hijo del Diablo 3:H*-»

SIRE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16M

Gaff Topsail, 2:17^

N L. B. (3) 2;3l

Imp 2:22

Key del Diablo (3). .2:239
Athalbo 2:24"

Hazel D 2:2414

Sire /MuchBetter 2:07^ f Dam /Diablo 2:09'

1 Derby Princess c'08}^~ 1 Elf •'■12'

CHAS. DERBY WO ^Diablo '.'.'.'.. .s;:09M | BERTHA by Alcantara.; Ed Laffe'rtv .".".'.".'.' '.'.'.%W

=i„„, lOwyhee 2:11 I Jar EH Bee (year-

Sire of I anij jo more jn 2:3o Dam of ( liaf

; record) 2:26!

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40

Good pasturage at $2.50 per montb. Bestof care taken but no responsibility assumed for acciden
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY. Woodland. Cal

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams

WILLIAM HAROLD 21131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

CRICKET

ARTHUR
WILKES

Sire:

SIDNEY

3:19^
sire of

17 in 2:15 list
93 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and ■

2:13M. that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900. : size, style, good looks and speed.

3:10

2:28^

by

sire of

STEINWAY

WAYLAXD W

sire of

2:12^

:iatawah2:0oK

4 in 2:15 list

9 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

33 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

2 in 2:15 list

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MAKV

dam of

Apex.. ..2:26

grandam of

4 in 2:15 list

6 in 2:30 list

ghs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all hav

For further particulars, and cards with tahulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal

c

Corrigan's Monument Ranch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

Ri C"V *Jay ^orse °y Longfellow,
I ^ ^ ■ j (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes

dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy P., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER,25,492bh i6hand

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Sired bv the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1-4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J. GRANT,

MONUMENT KANCH, Sacramento, Cal

I

GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others witl
standard records.

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hacknev Stud Book.

; Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of ihe two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at »30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McI>»K\ELL, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, SanMatPO County. Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:154.

Registered No. 22,449

■Itj 1-2 and Lorita

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam Lorita 2:js 1-2 by Piedmont W4; second dam Lady Loirrfl (dam of Ladywell
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third darn Laura, dam of sir? or' Occident 2: IS 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
lor accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland.' Cal.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PIEASANTON RACE TRACK

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in mv possession Mone
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R WELCH, Pleasanton. Cal

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a"daughter of VOLUNTEER wil
make the season of 1901 at ALAMBDA RACK TRACK, f rom Feb.15 to July l at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hand

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high qualit-

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great '

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer '.M31; Hazel Y 2:11

Butcher Boy 2:17m, Auditor 2:19V5 and many others, and all have great style and'actkuTa

well as speed. *

t See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For furthe

particulars address

HANS FR1ELLSON.

ANmeda Race Track

StfllHOfl Cfirrf^. With tal3ulatea Pedigrees carefully and aeci
»_7 Lai 1 IVJ11 vai US, rately compiled, printed at short notice at thl
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco

March 23, 1901]

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NUTWOOD WILKES 22216

fRace Record)
I 2116 1-2. J

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:181 by Nutwood 2sl8f

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:12 and 8:1*^ respectively. Who l« it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to StlQji, John A. McKer-
ron S:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. ISth to July 1st.

Fee = $50

For the Se

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec .2:161-2

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec (wagon) .2:09

3-year-old race rec, . .2:12#
Who Is It 2:10;.,

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

Georgie B... 2:12J4

Claudius 2:13'i

Bob Ingersoll 2:14%

Irvington Boy 2:VZ%

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nulwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,

Irvington Belle..
Echora Wilkes. .

Central Girl

Wilkes Direct....

AlixB

Who Is She

Fred Wilkes

Queen C

Electress

Daugestar

:2G'i

Cal.

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:22£

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

. By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16!4. sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2:10J4,
Claudius 2:13M, Georgie B. 2:12*4, Bob Ingersoll 2:143i and other standard performers.
Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:U0, Wilkes Direct 2:22l* and Thursday
E24), by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05^, Direct 2:05!-i, Direction
•2:10*4, Evangeline 2: HJ4, Margaret S. 2:12"^ and others: second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie C, 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:23fi (dam of Direct 2:05V£) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22U), sire of Our Dick 2:10'4,
Homestake 2:14'4 and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.

Wll K"F^ HIRFf T is a dark bay- 15-3 h:*nds and weighs 1200 pounds; well
TV ILIVL.O Lm\L.V 1 formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T, W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near jRace Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care taken to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141. San Jose, Cal

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 3:09.

ELECTlONEbR

NUTWOOD

PCE. A. PONIATOWSKI,

President.

Charles L. Fair
Vice-President.

NEEKNUT 2:12 14J san Francisco Jockey Club

Sire of NEERETTA 3:09 1-3

By Albert W. 2:30, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nulwood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09 ji is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:lljg that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09j6- Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, 15?^ hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address

GEO. TV. FORD,

Santa Ana,

GOSSIPER 2:144 Reg. No. 12008.

. Sire of Gazelle 2:11^ (dam of Zolock 2:10J£), Miss Jessie 2:13?£, Ketchum 2:16^ (sire of Connie
3>15&), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2:10^ and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-05^: Fereno (3) 2:109£: Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15H",
Sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06?£ and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms - $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.50 "per month.

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St.. San Francisco.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL.

Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum 2:051i, Direct 2:051-2 and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt.
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, Cal.

Electioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 2:1

(The Abbot 3:03ij

1 Azote 3:04?f

Reg.

No. 26392

Sire BOIDELL fi39l by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE O. 3:30 by Duraugo Chir-
2314. Second dam Grace V by Prince Dictator 5953.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee 25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine actiou, good bone and iron cbn-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising
Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
call on or address ED I-AKFKktv, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(c>au Mateo (Jo.. CbI.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.

SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.

Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Six

Steeplechases.

Beginning at 2:10 p. m.. Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

Train Service : Trains leave Third aDd Town'
send streets, *an Francisco, for TaDforan Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11:30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 aDd 2 P. m.

Trains Leave Tauforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:. 6 p M., followed by several specials.

45F»Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
both ways, 81 25.

Mil, TON LATHAM. Sec'y.

Absorbine, Jr.,

Cures Boils, ,
Ancesses, etc*
Kills Pain,

Absorbs Any Soft Bunch.

If afflicted send $1.00 for a bottle.
1-Jescribe your case fully, and any
special directions needed will be
sent free. - Address the Mfgr.,

W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.,

SPRINGFIELD, ■ - MASS.

For sale by Macfa & Co., Laneley & Michaels Co.
Reddineton & Co.. J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerroD,
all ol San Francisoo.

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contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
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VETERINARY DENTIST

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Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
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Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
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the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
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San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1901.

SUBSCRIPTION
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■~-?£lj

SEYMOUR WILKES 2:08^ AND SOME OF HIS THREE YEAR OLDS.

1. Seymour Wilkes. 2. Kay gelding (3), dam untraced. 3. Bay Ally (3), dam by California Nutwood. 4. Bay gelding (3), dam untraced.

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THE SEASIDE MEETING

SIX DAYS OF HIGH CLASS HARNESS RACIM

ATJOrTJ^B,T^ 1Q, 13, X^3=, 15, 16, 17.

Brighton Beach Race Track, Brooklyn, N. Y,

The New York Trotting Association announces the following early closing purses for its inaugural summer

meeting at the splendidly appointed Brighton Beach Track :

No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.

$5,000.
$2,000.
$2,000.
$2,000.
$2,000.
$2,000.

No. 7. $10,000.

The Bonner Memorial, 2:12 Class, TrottiDg.

The Hiram Woodruff, 2:20 Class, Trotting.

The John H. Shults, Three Year Olds, Trotting.

The Metropolitan, 2:20, Class, Pacing.

The Breakers, 2:12 Class, Pacing.

The Brighton, 2.-10 Class, Pacing.

The Champion, Free-for-all, Trotting.

Entries Close Wednesday, April 10, 1901.

CONDITIONS — National Trotting Association Rules to govern except : (1) In All
Events a horse must win a heat in 3 or go to the stable (2) Hopples not barred.
Horse distancing the field or any part thereof to be benefitted and where four
horses start the full purse will be paid. Purses divided 50, 25. 15, and 10 per cent.
All the above events best 3 in 5 heats.

Entrance — Five per cent., of purse and nothing additional from winners.
Nominators only liable for amount paid in. after written notice of withdrawal
before payment is due.

Forfeits are due April 10, May 10, June 10, July 10 and July 30. as follows :

Purse No. 1— $20, $30, $50, $75, $75.

Purses Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6— $10, $15, $15, $20, $40.

Purse No. 7— April 10, $100: Mav 10. $100: June 10, $100: Julv 10. $100, and
July 30, $100.

Terms — In Class No. 1. Horses to be named with last payment July 30, that
were eligible April 10.

In classes Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 horses to be named with first payment April
10, and more than one may be named from same stable, the selection to start where
two or more are named to be made on or before July 30.

Besides these six events other classes with good -sized purses will be opened later.

For entry blanks and further information apply to

C. A. McCULLY, Racing Secretary,

Room 84, 215 Montague St., BROOKLYN, N. Y.

$25,000 RHARTFR llftK PARK i $25,0001

SSWJW/iTOHS'.WSWifWSra. Ul I fill I ivll Willi I fTlll 1 1

HARTFORD. CONN.

Old Glory Grand Circuit Meeting Sept. 2 to 7, 1901.

Opens the following early closing events

To Close MONDAY, APRIL 1.

TROTTING EVENTS.

No. 1—2:13 Class Charter Oak
No. 2—2:19 Class
No. 3—2:30 Class

PACING EVENTS.

$10,000 ! No. 4—2:09 Class

3.000
3,000

No. 5—2:14 Class
No. 6—2:30 Class

$3,000
3,000
3,000

To be Paced at Its 1901 Grand Circuit Meeting September 2d to 7th.

No, I. CHARTER OAK 2:13 TROT,

(Mile Heats, best three in five.)
Entrance 5 per cent. Nothing from money winners.

FORFEITS— April 1, $100 ; May 1, $100 : June 1, $100;
July 1, $100 ; August 19, $100, when horses must
be named.

Purses to be divided as follows :

$1,000 to the Winner of Each Heat

the remainder to be divided

50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent, to the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th
horses placed at finish of race.

HORSES MUST BE ELIGIBLE APRIL I, AND NAMED AUGUST 19.

CONDITIONS

No, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Entrance fee to each 5 per cent, payable in following
forfeits, viz.:

April 1, $30, when horses must be named ; May 1, $30 ;
June 1, $30 ; July 1, $30 ; August 19, $30.

FIVE PER CENT, additional will be deducted from
the winner of each division of purses.

No substitution for horses named,

Division of purses : 50 per cent., 25 per cent., 15 per
cent., 10 per cent.

General Conditions.

National Trotting Association Rules to Govern

Except hopples are not barred.

Payments are due in cash on dates specified.

Liability of nominator ceases when written declaration
of withdrawal is lodged with the association

All the Events are to be Harness Mile Heats, best
three in five.

Remember j
Entries Close (

APRIL 1

i when first payment must be made

Other events of this Grand Circuit Meeting programme will be announced later. For entry blanks address E. M. STALKER, Sec'y.

Care of FASIG-TIPTOvX CO.. Madison Square Garden. New York.

March 30, 1901]

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fj JOTTINGS. M

IT IS TOO BAD the Abbott-Boralma race fell
1 through. Judging from the reports published in
the eastern press, millionaire Lawson retired from the
controversy with honor and dignity and his acts in the
matter have left no stain upon his escutcheon. It
seems that W. L. Marks, manager for Mr. Scannel,
owner of The Abbot, '.while in Buffalo a few weeks
ago, made the defi that Mr. Scannel would race the
champion trotter of the world against any other trot-
ter, for any amount of money, best two in three, three
in five, seven in eleven or even eleven best heats in
twenty and that Boralma or some other of the Lawson
horses were preferred. Of course this created a sensa-
tion among horsemen all over the country, as while
there have been pages of matter written aud tons of
hot air energy expended in the endeavor to lessen the
number of heats in harness racing, this was the first
suggestion to race beyond the old fashioned three-in"
five system. Mr. Lawson is one of the most genuine
sportsmen in America, however, and thought a defi like
that issued by Mr. Marks need not die from lack of
attention so long as he owned a horse, so he offered to
accept the challenge aud said four heats in seven would
about suit him and Boralma would try conclusions
with the champion on that basis. It should not be
charged against Mr. Lawson that he was making a
condition that was unreasonable. The Abbot is the
champion trotter of the world. His record is 2:03.j, or
four and three-quarter seconds below the greatest speed
ever shown by Boralma. Mr. Marks had made the
challenge and Lawson simply accepted and kept within
the limits of the defi. Of course the race fell through,
as Mr. Marks insisted on the stakes being $50,000 a side
and the contest three in five. Mr. Lawson, although
many times a millionaire, held that $25,000 was enough
money to put up on a horse race, and stipulated that
all the gate receipts which he guaranteed to be $25,000,
should go to charity. After the negotiations had fallen
through, a race was arranged between Boralma,
Charley Herr and Cresceus. This race is to be for
$50,000, of which $10,000 is to be put up by the owner
of each horse and $20,000 is to be added by Mr. Lawson.
The race will be held at Beadville, Mass., in the week
beginning September 16th, all the gate receipts to go
to charity. The race will be handled by the New
England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. The
race is to be the best three in five heats, the first horse
to take $30,000, the second $20,000, each owner to de-
posit $2500, and the remainder before the night of the
race; all gate receipts to be divided equally between
the West End Nursery and Infants' Hospital and the
Industrial School for Crippled and Deformed Children,
both of Boston. It is a foregone conclusion that
this race will excite more general interest than any
contest that will be held between horses in America
this year, and Readville will see a larger crowd even
than was present at the great stallion race last year.
Charley Herr and Cresceus were so closely matched in
that race that the contest was really between them,
although there were eight starters in the race. Char-
ley Herr won the first two heats in 2:07J and was only
beaten a nose by Cresceus in the third heat in the
same time. Boralma was not entered.

fore they are hatched" about any preliminary figuring
on a racing proposition, I shall try to be modest in the
use of the Arabic characters. Let us suppose that a
purse of $2500 is guaranteed for trotters of the 2:25
class to be held in September. This stake should be
advertised as early as March each year and nomina-
tions close about April 1st, with a payment of one per
cent, or $25 due at that time. Another payment of $25
would be due June 1st, and horses should be named
and eligible about August 1st, or at the opening of the
regular circuit. No money should be required at this
time, but a starting fee of $75 due the night before the
race. I believe that there would be at least .thirty
nominators that would make first and second payments
to such a race, which would amount to $1500. If ten
horses started, and that is not an unreasonable num-
ber for a race of this character, the event would only
cost the association giving it about $250, and if an
additional five per cent, were deducted from money
winners there would be a balance of profit for the
association. A stake of this kind would do much for
the harness horse business in California, and I cannot
but believe that if the stake were $5000 it would draw
enough money at the gate to pay a profit to the asso-
ciation giving it.

Two very important offices have just been filled by
President McKinley and Governor Gage with gentle-
men who are known in their respective communities as
accomplished amateur horsemen in addition to their
high business and legal attainments. The appoint,
ment made by the President is the tendering of the
Attorney Generalship of the nation to Mr. P. C. Knox
of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, to succeed Mr. Griggs who
has resigned. Mr. Knox as our readers are doubtless
aware is one of the leading lawyers in the Keystone
State and finds the best recreation and tonic after
business hours in driving a fast trotter or a pair of
them on the road. He owns that good California bred
trotter Dr. Leek 2:09J, and drives him with Wert
2:15J. They are the fastest pole team in the world, and
Mr Knox drove them a mile in 2:10J, which while it is
not a record accepted by the Year Book as it was not
for any prize or valuable consideration, stands as the
champion amateur team record and is so recognized by
all the amateur driving clubs. The appointment made
by Governor Gage is that of Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick of
this city to the responsible position of Harbor Com-
missioner for the port of San Francisco. Col. Kirk-
patrick is known to all California and to globe trotters
as the manager of the Palace Hotel and other interests
of the Sharon estate. The Colonel loves a horse, owns
several high class ones and is a regular road driver. He
is the owner of the fast pacer Clipper 2:06, and a recent
purchase is Thornway a three year old by Steinway,
that worked a mile at Pleasanton last Tuesday in 2:20
and will be raced in the E.ast this year. His favorite
roadsters are the black trotting mare Azalia 2:22J and
the black gelding Harvey Mac 2:14£. Col. Kirkpatrick
is a director of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breed-
ers Association and a member of the Pacific District
Board of Appeals of the National Trotting Association,
and is a valuable member of each. His appointment
as Harbor Commissioner has received the general en.
dorsement of the business men of San Francisco.

It is strange that with the amount of money wealthy
men have invested in harness horses in California, there
is not interest enough manifested among them, or by
the organizations that give racing, to establish an
annual trotting stake here that will enable horses with
slow or no records to meet for a large sum of money.
There should be one or two events of this sort where
at least $2500 would be trotted for, and if the prize
were $5000, and was properly advertised, "boosted" and
managed it would fill every year and cost the associa-
tion giving it very little money. The honor of winning
an event of that description would put many men in
the field looking for good green trotters and would
cause many to be trained that are now sold for common
roadsters. It would attract more attention to the
horse and owner winning it, to the trainer and driver,
and to the sire and dam of the winner than all the
cheap races that could be given on a six months' circuit.
Every association cannot give such a stake, as there
are chances to take that it will not fill with enough
entries to make it profitable, but these chances are
small. There are not enough harness horses bred or
trained in California to fill more than one big annual
event, as the expense of entrance would be too great
on individuals, 'but if the State Agricultural Society
or the P. C. T. H. B. A. were to inaugurate a stake of
this kind and announce it early in the year it could be
carried to a successful conclusion with the assurance
that the entrance fees would very nearly pay the full
amount guaranteed.

Perhaps a few figures would explain the matter better
and although there is the fear of ' 'counting chickens be-

Charter Oak Purses.

That the Hartford Grand Circuit meeting at Charter
Oak Park, will this year retain the prestige it has for
many years held among race meetings, is conclusively
shown by the list of early closing purses announced
this week by this association.. This listj which aggre-
gates $25,000. for six events, is as: follows: The Charter
Oak, for 2:13class trotters, $10,000; 2:19 class trotters,
$3000, 2:30 class trotters, $3000; 2:09 class pacers, $3000;
2:14 class pacers, $3000; 2:30 class pacers,. $3000. In the
big Charter Oak purse, about the most sensational
event of the year, the entrance fee will be five per cent,
of the purse, and nothing additional from the winners.
This event will this year be trotted under somewhat
novel conditions. It will be mile heats, best three in
five, the purse to be divided as follows: $1000 to the
winner of each heat, the remainder to be divided 50,
25, 15 and 10 per cent, to the first, second, third and
fourth horses placed at the finish of the race. Horses
must be eligible April 1st, when entries close and must
be named August 19th. The innovation introduced
in the dividing of the money in this event will tend to
make the race earnestly contested each heat, and it is
hardly likely that the spectators will find any reason
to complain over any laying up tactics.

The other purses also close April 1st and the entrance
fee will be the regular five per cent, with five per cent,
additional from the winners. These events will be
supplemented later on, with a good list of regular
purse events, providing for all classes of trotters and
pacers, making up a program that will result in a
meeting that will gratify both horse owners and race
goers. For entry blanks, apply to E. M. Stalker,
Secretary, care of Fasig-Tipton Company, Madison
Square Garden, New York City.

Seymour Wilkes 2:08 1-2 as a Sire.

When at Sacramento at the Breeders meeting in
July 1895 Seymour Wilkes, driven by Ed Lafferty de-
feated a field of nine of the best pacers out that year
there was considerable excitement and a great deal of
money changed hands, but when in Los Angeles in
October of the same year the son of Guy Wilkes downed
the pride of Santa Ana, Silkwood 2:07, and the Oak-
wood Park champion W. Wood 2:07, in three straight
heats, Lafferty was lif ied from the sulky and carried
about on the shoulders of the horse's backers while
Seymour Wilkes was decorated with flowers and hailed
as a champion pacer, which he was. It was in this
last race that Seymour Wilkes made his record of
2:082, his present mark. A large horse, sixteen hands
high, and weighing 1200 pounds, a grand individual
and a handsome stallion in every way, Seymour Wilkes
is demonstrating that he will be as great in the stud as
he was on the track.

His owner, Mr. J. W. Gregory of this city said one
day last year, when ordering a lot of cards announcing
that Seymour Wilkes would make a season at Lake-
ville, Sonoma county, "I will not advertise my horse
through the columns of the BREEDER AND SPORTS-
MAN until I have some of his get to show; next year 1
will want you to tell your readers something about
them."

Last Monday Mr. Gregory came in and informed the
editor that there were five three year olds by Seymour
Wilkes in the city and if we would accompany him he
would be pleased to show us what sort of colts his
horse was siring. We took our camera along and
were first driven out to Jo Cuicillo's stables, Page
street, where three of them were led out. Two were
the property of Mr. Allen, the hay and grain mer-
chant, of this city.

One, a big, bay gelding out of a mare thought to be
well bred, but really of unknown breeding,stood sixteen
hands high nearly and was a powerfully made three
year old. Cuicello has had him just twenty-one days
and the gelding has shown him a quarter in 40 sec-
onds. He is a square line trotter, and will be very
fast. The other was a three year old filly out of a
mare by California Nutwood. She had more finish
than the gelding, but was about the same size and they
looked alike. She had shown that she would trot fast,
but Joe did not consider her as great a prospect as the
gelding, though he said she would do to take to the
races. The third one led out was the property of Mr.
Gregory. He was just in off pasture, looked rough
and unkempt and was in poor flesh. While he was
not in shape to have his picture taken, he was a good
looking horse nevertheless. He also stood very close
to sixteen hands and weighed at least eleven hundred
pounds. He was a troiter also and showed plenty of
style and action. Mr. Gregory then drove us to Dr.
McNutt's stable, where he said the Doctor had a three
year old by Seymour Wilkes worth looking at. We
found a grand looking fellow, like the others a solid
bay, about sixteen hands high, weighing from 1100 to
1200 pounds, and a perfect model of a horse. He was
suffering from the distemper, however, and in no
shape for a picture. Driving down to Dr. Dalziel's
stables on Golden Gate avenue we were shown an-
other gelding of the same age as the others and just
about the same color and size. He was led out on the
sidewalk and a snap was made.

Never have we seen five colts by one horse, all the
same age, that looked as like one another in color,size and
general make-up. They showed that Seymour Wilkes
is producing size, style, solid color, good bone and good
looks with uniformity, and although he took his record
as a pacer, there is but one of his twenty colts that are
grown, that has the pacing gait. All the others are
trotters.

That a three year old with twenty-one days' hand-
ling from the time of breaking should show a quarter
in 40 seconds is out of the ordinary. Few of the very
fastest of record horses ever showed as much early
speed as that. Of the five colts which are owned here
in .the city there is not one but can show better than a
three minute gait.

If Mr. Gregory will collect a dozen of Seymour
Wilkes' three year olds and exhibit them with him at
the State and district fairs this year he would have no
trouble filling the stallion's book next spring at double
the price he now asks for his services — $25.

Seymour Wilkes is by Guy Wilkes 2:151, and is dam
is Early Bird by Playmail, a horse that was an inbred
Morgan. Playmail's dam, Kate McDonough, was the
dam of that old time race mare Ella Lewis 2:27 and the
grandam of the great pacer Saladin 2:05j. Early
Bird's dam was by Odd Fellow, a son of Chloroform,
and her grandam by a son of Williamson's Belmont.
Here are three great crosses — Guy Wilkes, Morgan
and the thoroughbred. It accounts for the prepotency
of Seymour Wilkes as they are all prepotent strain s
We would suggest to those who are breeding mares
this year and want size, style, speed and other good
qualities to call on Mr. Gregory at the St. George
Stables, 408 Bush street, or write to Thos. Roche at
Lakeville where the horse is in the stud. Seymour
Wilkes certainly has the colts to show that he is a
horse worthy the patronage of those who desire to
breed to the best.

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[March 30, 1901

Notes From the Woodland Track.

Woodland, March 28, 1901.

Breeder and Sportsman: — About fifty horses are
now stabled at the track here and it reminds one of
last August when Woodland gave such a successful
fair. The track is in good shape and all the horses
are doing well.

Walter Hasten is working eight. Mamie H. by Fal-
rose worked a mile in 2:34 this morning to a cart and
seemed to be capable of going a very fast mile. A
three year old pacer by Falrose worked a quarter in
34 seconds. It is a good looker and promising. Geo.
H. is a very likely green horse that worked a mile in
2:20 last year and is faster than that now. Masten has
a green pacer by Nevada that is well thought of and a
three year old by Falrose that belongs to Geo. Lent
that he tbinks will be a standard performer for this
horse by August. Falrose and Don Marvin are both
making a good season.

Lou Mativa is now stationed at the track with eight
head of trotters and pacers. He has Roehab by
Prince Red, a good green mare, and Italca a full sister
to Iris, owned by A. B. Rodman. Trilby is the name
given a filly by Truman 2:12 that belongs to H. E.
Coil. She is a good prospect. Leroy Coil has a three
year old by Alex Button, dam by Election that Mativa
is working. She is a trotter and a good one. Leroy
calls her Sauer Kraut. William Proctor's Button
mare Mary P. is one of the best lookers and fastest
roadsters in this vicinity. She worked a mile in 2:16
last year and Mativa is again training her. He has
also a four year old Waldstein and another by Button
out of Lynmont's dam that are owned by Geo. Hoppin
and a four year old trotter by Button owned by Tom
Lowe. All these horses are doing well.

Sam Hooper has seven head in his string. Alta Vela
2:15] by Electioneer is doing well in the stud and will
be trained again this year. Prince Howard, a fast son
of Dexter Prince, Lady Rose, a four year old daughter
of Falrose, Helena S. by Falrose and two McKinneys
that are showing racing speed are all in Mr. Hooper's
charge. Out of them he will have several money win-
ners this year.

Tom Donahue, who is known on every race track in
California, is chief cook for John Norton and unless he
puts too much flesh on the latter he will drive some
fast miles this year. Mr. Norton is stationed outside
the track. His horses are all doing well. Gossiper Jr.,
a fine looking stauion, is doing well in the stud, as is
Tuberose, the fast trotting stallion belonging to A. B.
Rodman and Sam Montgomery. One of the best look,
ing yearlings here is a son of Gossiper Jr. Yellow
Jacket 2:201 is getting regular work and shows much
improvement. They will have to go some to beat him
this year.

Wm. Murray is going a good season with Diablo
2:09], the fastest stallion and the greatest producer
that is standing for service here. He has received
many high class mares from all parts of the State to
mate with Diablo. It is said that there are at least
three of the get of this horse that will get records of
2:10 or better this year. Jack O'Keefe.

Well Represented in the East.

Palo Alto, March 26, 1901.

Breeder and Sportsman: — In looking over en-
tries at Cleveland, Readville and Detroit I notice that
California is well represented and particularly Palo
Alto Stock Farm in horses that have been sold in the
sales at Cleveland and New York.

At Cleveland in the 2:23 class are entered — Elata,
blk f by Dexter Prince, dam Eldren (3) 2:191 by
Nephew; Hyita, ch f, by Dexter Prince, dam Helena
2:11} by Electioneer; Florist, b g by Dexter Prince
dam Floweret by Electioneer; Marston, br g by Dexter
Prince, dam Maiden (3) 2:23 by Electioneer.

In the 2:16 class — First Love 2:17} by Wildnut, dam
Mamie by Hambletonian Jr. In the 2:12 class — Idolita
(3) 2:12 by Mendocino 2:191, dam Edith by George
Wilkes.

READVILLE.

In the 2:30 class — Leonora, b m by Mendocino 2:19.',,
dam Norah by Messenger Duroc; Carrie Caswell, b m
by Altivo 2:181, dam Amei-ica by Hambletonian 10;
Hyita, ch m by Dexter Prince, dam Helena 2:11} by
Electioneer; Willard, brg by Dexter Prince, dam Wild-
may by Electioneer; Elata, blk m by Dexter Prince,
dam Elden 2:191 by Electioneer; Carolita, blk f by
Dexter Prince, dam Carrie C. 2:24 by Electioneer.

In the three year old stake — Elmoor, b c by Azmoor
2:20.1, dam Elden 2:19} by Nephew; Rowellan, br g by
Adbell 2:23, dam Rowena (2) 2:17 by Azmoor 2:201.

2:10 pace — Betonica 2:101 by Azmoor 2:201," dam
Madine by Wildidle.

DETROIT.

Merchants and Manufacturers' Stake — Elata, blk m
by Dexter Prince, dam Elden 2:19} by Nephew.

2:14 class— Marston, b g by Dexter Prince, dam
Maiden 2:23 by Electioneer; Willard, br g by Dexter
Prince, dam Wildmay by Electioneer.

2:17 class— First Love 2:17} by Wildnut. dam Mamie
by Hambletonian Jr. Yours truly, COVEY.

Senator 2:26 1-4.
A good looking stallion and one that would have
secured a very low mark is the black horse Senator
2:26}, owned by the well known ticket broker of this
city, Mr. A. Ottinger. Senator is a son of Secretary,
he by Director, and his dam is Emma Taylor by Alex-
ander. Secretary, with the most limited opportunities
in the stud, is the sire of Sweitzer 2:131, Hazel Y. 2:17,
Butcher Boy 2:17}, Auditor 2:191 and seven others
with records from 2:22 to 2:271, and every one of them
is a handsome individual. No horse in California has
sired good looks with more uniformity than Secretary
As he was by the mighty Director and his dam a
a daughter of Goldsmith's Volunteer, his style, size,
quality and finish are accounted for, and he has
certainly transmitted them to Senator. Emma
Taylor, the dam of Senator, was sired by Alex-
ander 2:31} that sired Button 2:261, sire of
Yolo Maid 2:12, Tom Ryder 2:131, Margaret
Worth 2:15 and many other fast and game race
horses. Emma Taylor is the dam of Alto, a stallion
owned by M. O'Reilly, of Healdsburg, that is very
highly thought of as a sire of handsome, speedy and
stout roadsters. She is also the dam of Annetto that
took a two year old record of 2:46, a three year old

SENATOR 2:26}, blk s by SECRETARY.

record of 2:39, and won a colt stake in Sonoma county
in 1888. Emma Taylor was sold to the late Gov. Stan-
for $500 when she was twenty years old, and Annetto
was sold to Pierce Bros, at a long price for a brood-
mare. The dam of Emma Taylor was Belle by Gen.
Taylor, the gray stallion that still holds the world's
thirty-mile trotting record, nd Belle's dam was by
Boston Boy, a son of Dave Hill 858, son of Black
Hawk 5. It will be seen that the progenitors of Sen-
ator were of the speediest, stoutest and gamest of their
day. His grandsire Director 2:17 was King of the
Grand Circuit in his day and sired Directum 2:051 that
held the champion stallion record from 1893 until
•Cresceus lowered it last year. He also sired Direct
2:051, one of the greatest race horses that ever lived
and sire of such fast and game ones as Directly 2:03},
Bonnie Direct 2:05}, Directum Kelly 2:08}, Rey Direct
2:10 and many others. Dictator, the sire of Director,
founded a family to which belong Jay Eye See 2:06}, a
world's champion; Phallas 2:13}, a stallion king; Nancy
Hanks 2:04, Dexter, the champion of his day, and
many others too numerous to mention.

Senator's mark of 2:26} is no measure of his speed.
He has worked miles below 2:15'on more than one oc~
casion, at Sacramento last year pacing in 2:141 one
morning with half a hundred watches on him. Had
he not had harsh treatment he would have made a
very low record, but a tendon of one of his front legs
is now under suspicion and he will not do to race,
although with a year's rest he might be as good as
ever. As he stands 16 hands high and is a well formed
horse all over ,with his natural speed and breeding he
should make a great sire and he will probably be
placed in the stud. Mr. Ottinger has been using him
as a-road horse and found that there were but few of
the fast ones driven in the park but Senator could
beat easily.

Horse Shows in tie South.

The Horse Show fever has struck the Southern
country in the last two or three years, and there is
now a circuit comprising New Orleans, Memphis, Bir-
mingham and Mobile. Shows will be held at all these
points this spring, beginning at New Orleans some
time early in May. A new horse show association has
been organized and details are now being perfected for
the spring exhibition. The show will have a novel
feature. It will be held at the New Orleans race track
under canvas and at night. It will continue one week.
While fine horses are hardly as plentiful as in the
North, yet the officials say that an abundance of ma-
terial can be found to fill the various classes,

Oregon State Fair Grounds.

plural Spirit.}

The track at the State Fair grounds at Salem is
being put in splendid condition and will be ready to
work on by the first of April, in fact it has been in
pretty good condition all winter and with a little more
tiling will make a good winter track. The board will
spend about $8000 in improvements on the fair grounds
this year, which with the training going on will make
things pretty lively there.

Only a few horses are in training on the grounds now
but a number of horsemen have engaged stalls, and
intend moving there soon! I. C. Mosher is breaking
and training quite a number of youngsters by Cceur
d'Alene, mostly three and four year olds, and they look
racy enough to win their share of the stakes this year.
Mr. Mosher says he is considerably handicapped in the
big two year old stake as he has only one colt to choose
from and it is hardly broken yet. Those he is working are
Ath Alene, four year old by Cceur d'Alene, dam Allie
Wagner by Billy Wagner, son of Petosky: Kath Alene
(3), full sister to Ath Alene; Carrie Nation (4) by Coeur
d'Alene, dam by Altamont; Queen Alene (3) by Coeur
d'Alene, dam by King Patchen; An Del (3) by Del
Norte, dam An Alene 2:221 by Cceur d'Alene; Dix
Alene (2) by Coeur d'Alene, dam by Laddy; William
N. (4) by Altago, dam An Alene by Coeur d'Alene.
He is also driving J. M. Church's team of Lemont
mares to pole and they make a handsome pair. This
team is being fitted up for 6ale and the man that gets
them will secure a prize in beauty, speed and attraction.

J. W. Shannon is working a big Coeur d'Alene geld-
ing out of Mary A. 2:30 that is said to be good enough
for the races. He also has a two year old by McKin-
ney out of this same mare that we know is good and
the colt that goes up against her this year will know
that he has been to the races.

G. W. Isbell is getting a stable of runners together.
He has a good-looking two year old by Jack Richelieu
out of Lila Ferguson, and expects to get a few more in
a short time.

W. H. Bradford, who had Estella 2:17} last year,
will open a stable in a few days. He has made arrange-
ments to train Bell Air 2:14} and is looking for her
down any day.

Docking Now a Misdemeanor.

A new section was added by the California legislature
at its recent session to the law for the prevention of
cruelty to animals, which will make it a misdemeanor
to cut the tail of a horse. The section reads as follows:

''Whosoever shall cut thesoUd part of the tail of any
horse in the operation known as 'docking' or by any
other operation performed for the purpose of shorten-
ing the tail, and whoever shall cause the same to be
done, or assist in doing such cutting, shall, upon con-
viction, be deemed guilty of a demeanor.

The new law has two other new sections, and six of
the old ones are amended. By the terms of the pro-
visions now in effect, the officers can take a sick horse
away from its work and turn it over to a veterinary
until it is well. The charge of the veterinary becomes
a lien upon the animal. Another section empowers the
officers of the law or citizens to kill any incurable ani-
mal after twelve hours' notice to the owner, if he
refuses to do so himself or to take action for the relief

of such animal.

*

A Preacher as a Horse Trader.

A good joke is told on a certain minister of the gos-
pel, who likes to trade horses by way of recreation.
By some means the preacher came into possession of a
horse that wouldn't pull at all when he came to a hill.
The parson found a purchaser, who inquired particu-
larly as to age, condition and qualities of the parson's
steed. At last he asked if he was a tried puller. "It
would do your soul good to see him pull," was the en-
thusiastic response. The trade was made, and in a few
days the new owner came back and claimed the parson
had misrepresented the qualities of the animal. The
parson listened and then replied: "I told you it would
do your soul good to see him pull." The purchaser saw
the point and dropped |the subject. — Philadelpia Tele-
graph.

The Outcasts: A Tale or the Northwest. J

Mr. W. A. Fraser, author of Mooswa and Others,
has just written for early publication in The Saturday
Evening Post a short, 'stirring serial, entitled The
Outcasts.

The Outcasts are an old buffalo and a wolf-dog,
and the greater part of the story is about the strange
comradeship and striking adventures of these com-
panions, and their pilgrimage, in company, to the
distant plains of deep grass, of which the wolf-dog
knew.

There are action, and strength of word and phrase
in the story, and the touch of the soil and the music
and charm and sombreness of the forest. The rush of
the frenzied buffalo herd to death is told with splendid
dramatic power. The plan of the book is a unique j
conception, and it is worked out on novel and enter- J
taining lines.

IAKCH 30, 1901]

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5

The Tale of Wyokee.

The following story is from the pen of William B,
'asig, and was published in the catalogue of the recent
larch sale, along with the pedigree and description of
is horse Wyokee that was disposed of at the sale:
At different ones of my auction sales I have sold
orses that turned out profitable investments. For
istance, Marie C. for $70. She was highly bred and
3uld trot fast, taking a record the same season of
16}. I sold Stambold for $205, also fast and without
icord, but he took one of 2:16J the same season and
ild for $2500, just ten times what I got for him. I
Id Wyreka, green but very fast at both gaits, for
85 and he, too, took a record the same season, pacing,
2:18}, and showed a mile in 2:12. These are only
stances on one side of the ledger.
On the other side I've sold some no account ones:
>r instance, Musket, that I catalogued as the "un-
ckiest horse in America," for he'd had every disease
the calendar, from worms up. I told the bidders
lien he was in the ring they were giving more than
was worth, and he "made good," for he died soon
ter he arrived in Boston, whether because of the
nation to which they -had taken him or that he
mted to make my word good, I do not and never
all know.

Now, whether Wyokee is fated to go on the right
le of the ledger, or over there with Musket remains
be seen. I think he's a real trotter, and will be the
al thing as a race horse; but as I may not be present
len he's sold, I want to say here that I guarantee
thing about him, his merits,[soundness, or anything
le, except that the high bid gets him, and when he's
cocked down he's your horse, whether he's an escape
>m Hagenback's trained animal show or the fastest
d best trotter on earth. I bred him and he's been
e apple of my eye; he looks like a race horse and
eslike a race horse. He has never been trained a min-
3 (I thought him "too good" (?)" to work early so he
,s not broken until last summer). He is by a game,
it horse, out of a game, fast mare, knows nothing
t trot and I've seen him go fast for a green horse,
nd in the stable as a kitten.

; have driven him daytime and night, and he never
tde a wrong move with me, but a drunken stable-
n fell out of the cart in one of his nightly sprees
1 the colt ran home and stood all night in the
ifts — we found him the next morning — the "bum"

0 drove him we didn't look for. Afterwards I drove
n repeatedly. Then when I took sick the new
bleman drove him, and he (the stableman) was
jer. The colt jumped, in play I suppose, in turning
orner, and the sober stableman fell out, so Mr. Colt,
' pet Wyokee, ran away again to the stable and
ited to be unhitched. He never raised a foot to kick

lost a hair. I had Tom Gallagher drive him since

1 he says he couldn't make him do a wrong thing;
. there's trouble in the "old man's" house; the
bleman is afraid, the household are afraid and
enny" is sick, so the colt has got to be sold, I sup-
le, on the theory that he is surely bound to kill
lebody and my folks want that somebody to be
lebody else — Christian spirit, isn't it? But it's the
th, and I sell him with the chances, after telling the
ts.

wouldn't catalogue all this gush for anyone else
ause printing costs— possibly more than Wyokee
worth — but I'm playing myself a favorite now,
I it will be printed — unless Tipton kills it, which I
nldn't blame him for doing. I'll agree to say no
re about Wyokee even if I'm at the sale when
is hammered. As George Bain says: "You take
l like you take your girl — for better or for worse."

The New African Horse.

Does Trotting Need Changes?

John Splan believes that the present system by
which trotting races are conducted does not need many
changes. In an interview recently he said:

"I don't think racing is any better now than it was
in the old days, and if I were to start out with a good
horse I'd train and manage him exactly as I did my
old horses of other days. We always gave the people
good contests and, let me tell you, the people do not
appreciate what 'laying up' means or how essential at
times it is if a man believes he has a chance to win.
Not half the judges at the race meetings are capable,
and are too apt to be 'book read' and not practical in
their reasonings.

"Horses vary so much in all departments it is im.
possible to start them all in these limited heat races
and get any of the money. Theoretically, it is all
right; but it is very hard to win any money nowadays
with our horses. Drivers appreciate the fact that they
must win to have their stables pay the owners and
keep in the swim, and many times a horse can win
part of the money judiciously driven and improve
later so that he becomes quite a performer. Some
'know it all' rushes into the stand with a complaint
and it makes people suspicious needlessly, for that day
beyond a doubt the best horse is winning.

"You know as well as I that all too much is said
about fixed races and the like, and it is difficult to con-
vince many men that trotting can be a reputable
sport. Now, of what use is it to cater to that class?
The sooner they divorce themselves from the sport

A THIRTY-FOUR YEAR OLD, MARE

the better it will be for all interests contingent, I be-
lieve. Maybe I am wrong. Give us better judges and
leave the modus operandi right where it now is, and
we will be all right and trotting will continue to be the
leading sport with our American gentlemen.

"I would like to have my old horses Rarus or John-
ston here as good as they were the day I worked them
and give them one season in the bike sulkies of the
times just to show how good they really were. Few
better race horses ever wore iron than were Rarus and
Wedgewood, and since their day I don't believe the
people have ever been treated to better contests than
were participated in when we got real good. They
were always ready when I turned into the stretch to
fight every stride to the wire, and it is no easy mat-
ter to keep good horses at an edge once you have
them fit to bet on and go out and race with the boys.

"I hear it rumored that Budd Doble is to be out
again with a string. I often think back to the races
he and I had with Goldsmith Maid and Rarus all over
this country back in the seventies. There were no
steel grand stands and fancy fixtures, however, yet the

California Entries at Detroit.

The Detroit meeting which will open the Grand Cir.
cuit promises some great racing this year. The Mer-
chants and Manufacturers stake of $10,000 for trotters
of the 2:24 class has thirty-one entries. A. W. Brunei'
of Los Angeles has named Harry Madison by James
Madison, A. L. Mulcahy of San Francisco, names
Algonetta by Eros. Harry Madison has a record of
2:27}, made at Colorado Springs in 1899, and is reported
to have shown a mile in 2:15. Algonetta was cam-
paigned in California last year and though she did not
win a heat, got third money in six of her races and
had to meet the fastest trotters on the circuit. She
was timed separately in 2:14* on two occasions. She is
in James Thompson's string at Pleasanton and has
shown more speed than at any time last year.

The Chamber of Commerce Stake of $5000 for pac-
ers of the 2:24 class, has three entries from this State.
Dr. Boucher has named his chestnut geldiDg Harry
Logan by Harry Gear out of Miss Logan 2:07} and if
he keeps right it will take a very fast horse to beat
him. Harry Goodall of San Francisco has entered
Rajah, the bay gelding by Chas. Derby that Keating
worked a mile last year in 2:13 and that is now being
trained by James Thompson. A. W. Bruner of Los
Angeles names Stanton Wilkes a chestnut horse by
Nutwood Wilkes. Stanton Wilkes showed great speed
last year, but in both his starts met Queen R. 2:12}.
He was a good second to that fast mare when she
made her record. There are 26 entries in the Chamber
of Commerce.

The Hotel Cadillac Purse of
$2500 for 2:14 trotters, has 21
entries, of which three are from
California. W. G. Durfee has
named Dr. Book 2:13iJ, a horse
that is a good deal faster than
his record, and will be a new
2:10 performer for McKinney if
no accident happens him. Wm.
Cecil has entered Bob Ingersoll
2:14J, son of Nutwood Wilkes
and one of the most promising
horses ever seen in California.
Millard Sanders, who drove the
handsome mare Janice by Wm.
Harold to a record of 2:13} last
year, has named her in this
stake. These would themselves
make a great race, and unless
this race develops a champion
trotter like The Abbot, some of
the money ought to come to
California.

Two whirlwinds from Califor-
nia have been entered in the
Hotel Normandie purse for
pacers of the 2:09 class, whnh
has sixteen entries. These are
Rey Direct 2:10, and Goshen
Jim 2:10}. Those who saw
these pacers on the circuit last
year know that if they reach
Detroit in conditionthe heats
wlli have to be faster than 2:10
to beat them. Both are in fine
shape now and giving every promise of reducing their
records materially.

The Russell House purse, $2500 for 2:17 class trotters
and the Wagner Hotel purse for 2:14 class pacers, have
no entries from California, but in the former the Lawson
stable of Boston has entered the Palo Alto bred filly
First Love (formerly Mamie W. 2:17}) by Wildnut.
There are other eastern-owned, but California-bred
horses in the Detroit events, and this State will be re-
presented at the meeting and we hope among the win-
ners of first money.

A Mustang Thirty-Four Years Old.

The half-tone engraving on this page was made from
a recent photograph of the mare "Baby," owned by
Mr. A. C. Cleveland of Stanislaus valley, Nevada.
The engraving was kindly loaned us by that excellent
journal, the Denver Field and Farm, which publishes
the following interesting facts in regard to this agtd
mare:

"The thirty-four year old mare Baby owned by A.
C. Cleveland of Nevada is probably the oldest horse
people came by the thousands and were, I believe, far living to-day and Mr. Cleveland would not sell her for
more enthusiastic than they are to-day. Give us the any money. She is a common

three in five races, better judges and a few more people
ready to pay their dollars, and less of badge hunting,
and we will keep racing on a high plane in popular
favor, I think."

An owner whose racing experience has not been
altogether to his liking, says owning race horses has
its drawbacks when someone else owns the jockey who
is riding for you, and he is therefore of opinion that
it would pay best to sell his horses and buy a jockey.

California mare and
Mr. Cleveland rode her into Nevada from Visalia thirty
years ago when he pioneered into the Stanislaus valley
to establish the cattle ranch on which he has since
lived. Baby weighs 900 pounds and is pensioned in the
most careful way. Her feed is ground and alfalfa
leaves are gathered daily so that she may not have to
eat the indigestible stems of the plant. As she appears
in the picture with Mr. Cleveland in the saddle she is
sustaining 250 pounds and the manner in which the
weight is borne would indicate her stout condition in
her old age.

&he gveeiiev ati& ^pnvt&xnan

[March 30, 190

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Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-23

" " July 1-2

" -: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept. 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

Stallions Advertised.

securing the choicest bulls and heifers from the world 's
best herds and establishing here in California farms
that are noted for the production of prize milch cows
and premium calves, are apt to feel and express dis-
gust if they pick up a premium list and see that the
best herd of any breed of cattle will be given the
munificent sum of $10, while the same amount is ten-
dered for the handsomest embroidered or hand painted
sofa pillow. The men who breed the best horses, cat-
tle, sheep and hogs, and are striving to improve them
all the time, are doing more to make California perma-
nently prosperous than all the men who are developing
the oil fields. This may seem a little extravagant but
if our farmers and stock breeders can be induced to
strive for the very best of every breed, and study their
adaptability to the different sections of the State, Cal-
ifornia will be the breeding farm and supply depot for
the Orient and the Pacific isles long after the oil wells
have ceased to flow, and the sale of California animals
for food, for army use, for pleasure and for breeding
purposes will bring two millions to our State for every
one million produced by oil bearing sand or mineral
ore. We would suggest to the directors of the District
Boards that a special effort be made this year to have
the^district fair exhibits specially designed to show the
resources and the possibilities of the district. There
are thousands of intending settlers coming here from
the East every month attracted by the low railroad
rates, and at least one hundred thousand are expected
during the summer. Each county will get its portion
of these visitors and induce them to invest and become
permanent residents if it can show them the advan-
tages of the soil, climate and the opportunities to earn
money and make homes. The breeding of all kinds
of live stock, and the cultivation of the various fruits,
cereals and other productions of the soil are undoubt-
edly the principal sources of our future wealth. Make
the exhibits of all these meritorious, and to do so offer
premiums that will be worth devoting time and labor
to win.

TROTTING BRED.

ALTA VELA 2:1511 S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT 2:05M C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14S£ Ed Lafferty, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12% W. A. Mack, San Martin

CAPTAIN JONES John Pender, Sacramento

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09)4 Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm. Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henry, Haywards

GROVER CLAY2:23H Dennis Gannon, Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIPER 2:14»i S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:12)4 Ed Lafferty. Alameda

IRAN ALTO 2: 12)4 Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose

McKINNEY 2:11)4 C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09)4 p. j. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2: 16'/. . . .- Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:llw Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SE OIOUR WILKES ■....: :-...-...-.:.. . .Thos. Roche, Lakeville

Si'AM B. 2:11)4 Tuttle Bros., Rocklin'

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm. Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY. . . .Rose Dale St'k E'm. Santa Rosa-

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:13)4 Geo. Gray, Haywards

WELCOME 2:10)4 Geo. Gray, Haywards

WILKES DIRECT 2:22)4 T. W. Barstow, San Jose

ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS

GREEN'S RUFUS The Bay wood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE H Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS.

ARTILLERY (imp.) J. J.Grant, Sacramento

RILEY J. J.Grant, Sacramento

ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

THE MONEY IS APPROPRIATED for the dis-
trict fairs of 1901 and 1902. and Governor Gage
has affixed his signature to the measure. The amount
appropriated is 25 per cent, larger than the sum set
aside two years ago, and there is no reason now why
California should not have this season the best circuit
of district fairs held in years. The live stock breeders
of the State are more prosperous than ever and in
stock exhibits alone there should be shows in every
district worth spending time and money to see. The
increased interest in harness horses, a big demand fer-
tile best and a tremendous activity in breeding, will all
unite to make the exhibits in this class very successful
if premium lists are gotten up with good judgment
and liberality this year. Every district board should
put some thought and study into the preparation of
these premium lists. If the district has demonstrated
its fitness for the production of high class draft horses
and there are breeders of them engaged in the' business
there, encourage them to strive for still better results
by offering premiums that are worth showing for. It
is rather discouraging to farmers who have expended
thousands of dollars in purchasing -fine specimens of
the draft breeds to see a prize of $10 offered for the
best draft stallion, while the same prize is offered for a
. Belgian hare buck or a coop of fancy pigeons. The
dairyman who has devoted money and years of time to

MANY PROMINENT HORSEMEN from the Eas
* ' 1 have visited California during the present month
Mr. J. Malcolm Forbes left for his home in Boston afte
a short trip to this Coast, during which he visitei
Palo Alto Stock Farm and looked over the colts. Mij
R. A. Lord of Chicago, owner of Tommy Britton 2:06,
and other fast ones has been here. Mr. F. McKean
well known breeder and one of the owners of the ceU
brated Terre Haute track was in this city for a
days, Mr. J. C. McKinney, of Titusville, Pa., owner c
the great four year old Beauseant, is now here, am
there are more coming. When D. J. McClary was her
two weeks ago he offered $4000 for one horse and $600
for another and nearly all the gentlemen mentioned i
this article have had their eyes open for good one
while here and have asked for prices on many. Th
demand for fast trotters and pacers is on the increas
and cannot possibly be supplied in the next five yean
Breed your mares to the best horses you can reac
this year and develop the colts.

T-ERRE HAUTE'S MEETING, which will be froi
1 September 30th to October 5th this year, pron
ises to be greater than ever. Six rich events are at
vertised in our issue this week. "The Wabash" is fo
2:20 trotters and $5000 is the amount hung up. "Th
Sidewheeler'' is for the same amount and for pacers
the 2:18 class. There are besides two trotting and tw
pacing events for $1500 each. All these will close Ma
6th and the full conditions are given in the advertisi
ment. If you are going East your trip will not be con
plete unless you go to ' 'Terry Hut. " The fastest an
best track in the world is there, and the associatio
has the reputation of always sending the horseme
away in good humor and vowing they will be bac
next year.

FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS has been
set aside by the State to pay the indebtedness of
the California State Agricultural Society, which will
thus be placed in a better position than it has been for
years. The proviso that accompanies the use of the
money is that the Directors shall transfer to the State
the property of the association, consisting of Agri"
cultural Park in Sacramento. The title has heretofore
been vested in the Directors, who were appointed by
the Governor, and to all intents and purposes it was
State property, although the Directors were person-
ally responsible and had their names signed to notes
for a very large portion of this indebtedness. Now
that the State will pay the debts and no further ques-
tion will be raised as to its ownership of the property,
the annual fair should be a greater success than ever..
A new Secretary is soon to be selected to succeed Peter
J. Shields, who resigned when elected Superior Judge
of Sacramento countjc-:&t. the last election. If the,
proper person is chosen to fill the responsible position,
there is no reason why the State Agricultural Society
with its present appropriation should not give .one of
the best and most profitable fairs held in the united
-States^

" CANDY SMITH'' was down at Palo Alto this wee
k-' and says that the two and three year olds ths
are being prepared for the Cleveland sale are beyon
any doubt the finest looking and fastest lot of youm
sters he ever saw at the farm. "Sandy" looks at horsi
with an experienced eye and we would about as soo
take his judgment on a prospective trotter or pacer !
the next man.

IXENNEY THE BIKEMAN has a new consignmei

IV

of McMurray sulkies and speed carts. He hi

sold a number of these vehicles to prominent Calif orn:
horsemen, and every one sold sells several more. Th«
are the best thing made for the price.

WHEN YOU RIDE in a sulky or cart and its
Toomey, you can rest assured that it is aboi
the best that's made. They make them that wa;
O'Brien & Sons are the San Francisco agents.

PROVISION "SHOULD BE MADE by every district
agricultural .association that gives a race meeting
this year in . conjunction with its fair, for local colt
races. Nothing will excite more local interest (and this
is an absolute necessity in giving a 'successful fair) and,
nothing will do more to encourage the patronage of
the best stallions in the country and thereby-increase
the value of the district horses. In arranging these
local races, generous purses should he , hung up and
the conditions so arranged that good fields of starters
will be secured. The purse or stake if offered for three
year olds should provide for both trotters and pacers,
as both are recognized road horses, but they should
not be compelled to compete in the same race. Every
district that will give a fair this year can affort to hang
up from $250 to $500 for a local colt race and the en-
trance fee should be as small as possible. If entrance
were free it would be all the better.

MEMORIAL DAY has been chosen by the Golden
Gate Driving Park Association for its regular
annual race meeting and at a meeting of the Associa-
tion to be held in its room in the Palace Hotel next
Tuesday, entries for the races will be received. There
is every prospect for one of the best programs evei; ar-
ranged by this popular organization, .

THE CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT should be arranged
within the next two weeks. The appropriations
for fairs have been made, and the amounts increased
over those of last year. Good race programs will at-
tract a large number of entries. The associations that
propose giving meetings should make announcements
without further delay.

New York Trotting Association.

. In our advertising columns to-day will be found
list of the big purses offered by the new trotting oi
ganization that is to give a meeting at the celebrate
Brighton Beach track this year. The association h.
in its list of members many of the leading wealtl
merchants and capitalists of the great metropolis
America.

• The Board of Directors is a strong one and includ
ex-Senator John McCarty, James Shevelin, Frank 1
Creamer, James Butler, W. F. Redmon, J. C. M
Clenahan, Ed. T. Bedford, E. E. Smathers, Jol
Schlieman and J. F. Cornell, and Charles Arnold M
Cully, the well known writer on trotting topics h
heen appointed secretary. His long experience as t
porter on the Grand Circuit and the other big meetinj
of the season, his intimate acquaintance with horg
men in all sections of the continent, and his thorouf
knowledge of trotting rules are admirable qualities fi ":
the office, and should be guarantees for his executi
success.

Six early closing events are now open, for which e
tries are asked, and the list will close on April lOt
The Bonner Memorial of $5000 is for the 2:12 trottii
class. This is a subscription event, and the paymeD
are graded as follows: $20 on April 10th, $30 May lOt
$50 June 10th, and $75 each July 10th and July 30t
when the horses must be named. It will be noted tb
the initial payments are very light, and the two Is
payments are due after "Owners have had full opporti te.
ity to test the speed of their nominations. There a
five purses of $2000 each, the Hiram Woodruff for
trotters, the John H. Shults for three year old trottc U|
the Metropolitan, the Breakers and the Brighton j
the 2:20, 2:12 and 2:10 pacing classes. In these pun
the payments are $10, $15, $15, $20 and $40, the init
payments again being light.

But the grand and cardinal condition of these evei
is that five per cent, is a full and total payment, a
there is nothing additional from the winners. Noi
nators are only liable for the amount paid in on not
of withdrawal before payments fall due. In the $2(

In

Mies. 30, 1901]

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rses horses must be named on April 10th. The races
11 be all three in five, but a horse not winning- a heat
three goes to the stable. This condition is designed
stop laying- up heats and should accomplish the ob-
it. Hopples are not barred. Horses distancing the
Id or any part thereof will be benefitted. At a later
tea strong class list with liberal purses will be offered.
>re we have a strong and liberal program at a track
lich is easily reached by both horses and horsemen,
d which is certainly entitled to the most favorabe
isid oration.

The Electioneer-Wilkes Combination.

[American Horse Breeder.]
Hany horsemen who had made a careful study of
s blood lines that had produced fast trotters with
s greatest uniformity came to the conclusion several
irs ago that it was only a question of time when the
sctioneer-Wilkes cross would be the most popular of
The cream of the Hambletonian tribe is found
ener in these two families than in any others.
Sach of these strains has produced extreme trotting
jed when doubled upon itself without the aid of the
ler. Tommy Brit ton 2:06£ is inbred to the Electioneer
ain but there is no Wilkes cross in his pedigree,
yton 2:08| is an excellent specimen of what may be
)duced bj inbreeding to the Wilkes strain without
3 Electioneer cross, and his sire, Allerton 2:09.]-, is
other. Anaconda 2:02J is inbred to the Wilkes strain
1 so is Coney 2:02$, and the pedigrees of neither of
sm show an Electioneer cross. There are other ex-
lent strains in their pedigrees, however, so the
ilkes is not entitled to all the credit.
Boreal (3) 2:15^, sire of Boralma (4) 2:08, has shown
.at the Electioneer-Wilkes combination can do in
3 way of producing early and extreme trotting speed
race-winning quality. One of the best exponents,
I perhaps the very best of the Electioneer-Wilkes
hbination, is Bingen 2:06}. He was bought in Ken-
iky when a" yearling by George WVLeavitt, who sold
lalf interest in him to E. H, Greelyf Esq.,* of Ells-
rth, Me. The colt was brought to New England in
i winter of his two year old form. We looked him
sr a few hours after he reached Boston and thought
l the best-proportioned and best-developed colt o*_
age that we have ever seen. His limbs and feet
?e apparently perfect. We have never seen a colt
was superior to him in those points, and they
■e just as sound and smooth the last time we saw
as they were the day he landed in Boston. Bin-
took a race record of 2:19| as a two year old, and
bted a trial mile in '2:121, timed by the race judges-
record, 2:06}, was made in a race. His conforma-
suggests that he is a horse of almost unlimited en-
ance, and his performances prove that he has but
equals in this respect.

he pedigree of Bingen shows one cross of Election-

and two crosses of George Wilkes, besides other

uable trotting and speed crosses. His sire, May

ig 2:20, was got by Electioneer, and was out of that

ae trotting mare May Queen 2:20 by Alexander's

man. His dam, Young Miss, was by Young Jim,

of the most blood-like sons of George Wilkes.

second dam was Miss Mambrino by Red Wilkes,

of the most successful sons of George Wilkes as a

of standard speed, and his most successful one as

re of producing mares. Bingen's third dam was

s Clark by Alaric, whose sire was Almont 33 and

>se dam, Queen Lizzie, was by Mambrino Chief, out

t, daughter of Crusader, a thoroughbred. The

■*th dam of Bingen was Kate by Clark Chief, son

lambrino Chief, and his fifth dam was Lida, a thor-

hbred daughter of Vandal. The latter was by

Glencoe. The pedigree of Bingen shows four

tses of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, one through Elec-

eer, two through George Wilkes and one through

Sander's Abdallah's most successful speed -perpetu-

g son Almont 33. It also shows four crosses of

nbrino Chief, viz., one through Queen Dido, the

i of Red Wilkes, one through Sally Anderson, the

i of Almont, one through Queen Lizzie, the dam of

fie, and one through Clark Chief.

he thoroughbred element is found in nearly every

of Bingen's pedigree. The second dam of May

J was by Crockett's Arabian, a son of imp. Mokh

His third dam, Kate Crockett, was by imp.

ten, and produced Lulu 2:15. His fourth dam was

y Blaine by Texas. The dam of Young Jim (sire

•ingen's dam) was by Lear's Sir William, and she

Luced Jim Irving 2:23. Lear's Sir William was by

ard's Sir Charles, a son of Clinton, and Clinton

by Sir Charles, a son of Sir Archy. The third

s of both Red Wilkes and Almont were stated

i so good authority as the late General Withers to

> been thoroughbred. Bingen is very strongly

1 both in trotting lines and in thoroughbred racing

. The remarkable speed shown by many of his

ndicate that he is one of the coming trotting sires.

3 an excellent roadster. This is a very valuable

quality and one that many fast trotting sires do not
possess.

other examples might be mentioned showing the
success of the Electioneer-Wilkes cross. Advertiser
2:15} is one of them. He is the sire of Ad bell, that
holds the world's yearling trotting record (2:23). The
game race mare Bouncer 2:09 was by Hummer, and
Hummer was by Electioneer out of Edith Wilkes by
George Wilkes.

It looks now as though the most fashionable com-
bination of blood lines for producing trotters, during
the next few years at least, will be Electioneer, George
Wilkes and Nutwood, with the Wilkes backed up by
Mambrino Patchen and Electioneer, with a good thor-
oughbred cross not more than three removes away,
such as is found in the pedigrees of Anteeo 2:16$, Nor-
val 2:14£, May King 2:20 and others of that class.
Mambrino Patchen, Nutwood, American Star, Ameri-
can Clay and sires of that kind are so well fortified
with the race-winning thoroughbred element as to be
almost as good, perhaps in many cases even better]
than most thoroughbred crosses.

Stable Conversation.

Horse News from Sonoma County.

There is a big improvement in the horse business
along all lines in this county. For several years pas^
stallions were an unusual sight but many horse owners
daily parade their stock in all towns in the county. A
drive into the country shows many young foals.
Stallion prices have doubled and even trebled in price
in the past six months.

C. E. Humbert, the Cloverdale livery man and owner
of the Geyser stage line, has sent to Illinois for two
thoroughbred black Perchcron stallions for use in the
northern part of Sonoma county and in Mendocino
county.

The William Hinshaw estate stallion, a splendid
Clydesdale, recently sold in court for nine hundred
dollars after it had been sold previously at private sale
for six hundred dollars.

Dtv M:,j J'. -Fbttrell 'of.'San Francisco purchased a
splendidly matched and gaited span of drivers from
William Loftus this week. One of the horses is an
Alcona and the other is by Alexander Button. The
horses are bays and stand sixteen hands high. They
have plenty of speed and line up as about the best span
of driving horses sold here in many months. The
purchase price was near the half thousand mark.

The finely bred Egan mare, Deana, a full sister to
Lenna N. 2:05}, is due to foal to McKinney about the
middle of April. Last March this mare foaled a colt
by Seymour Wilkes which is now as promising a year-
ling as can be found in any country.

Professor Harford of the Petaluma schools has a
handsome Daly filly which without special training
shows a lot of speed.

W. H. Lumsden is working his Roblet 2:12 J at Santa
Rosa. Mr. Lumsden expects his horse to get into the
2:10 class this season.

Miss Zoo Fairbanks, daughter of a Petaluma banker
and a finished horse woman, is breaking to harness a
two year old colt with a good pedigree back of him and
a bright future. The lady also owns and drives a
speedy chestnut sidewheeler.

Millard Saunders is at Pleasanton with a string of
horses which he expects to take East this spring for
work on the Eastern circuit. Among these horses are
Julia S. of the Rosedale Stock Farm and Dolly Dillon
and Janice of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm.

John Quinn is training a number of horses at Pierce
Bros.' track at Santa Rosa. He has a couple of Silas
Skinners belonging to Sheriff Frank P. Grace and his
brother, Joseph Grace, Black Bart by Robin, a Ukiah
horse owned by Mr. Charlton, and another promising
young horse by Robin out of Myrtle 2:13}.

Occasional.

Says the Western Horseman: "A Chicago automo-
bile company has gone out of business, thereby throw-
ing 2500 men out of employment. We hate to see such
a turn in affairs of this kind on account of the work-
ingmen, whose families are dependent on their daily
labor, as well as the men of means who in all confidence
placed their money in these crazy machines, not waiting
to see whether they were practicable or not. On second
sober thought anyone would come to the conclusion
that there are not enough moneyed men in the country
to buy a $2000 or $3000 vehicle and to pay out $100
each week to keep it up, to make the sales profitable.
Better stay with your best friend, the horse. We
have been told by hundreds the past year or so that
the automobile would ruin the horse business, and it
was never better. The same cry went up when the
bicycle first appeared, and we think it has been the
greatest blessing and help ever known to the clerk, the
mechanic, the invalid, etc., and has not hurt the horse
business to any alarming extent, as the majority of the
wheelers could not own a horse."

An Oregon man has named his filly Carrie Nation.
He had better be careful. If he ties her up in front of
a saloon some day while he goes in to see a friend she
will probably smash things.

[Chicago Horse Review.]

The owner, who had been down to the Lackey sale
and escaped without the filly he had gone to buy, had
one of the turf papers open in his hand when he ac-
costed Jimmy, who was busy getting the first coat of
mud off the legs of the stable trotter that Bud had
just turned over to him after a ten-mile jog.

"I see there's to be a big meeting at Memphis this
fall. The association there is a new one and it looks as
if they were going to do things in the right way. I
was introduced to the secretary, Mr. Murray Howe, at
the sale last week and he impressed me very favorably

"Yes," said Jimmy, "times is changed since him an'
me used to go down the line together. It's Mr. Murray
Howe nowadays, but "

"What! Do you know Mr. Howe?" asked the owner.

"Do I? Well, I guess yes. An' maybe he ain't a
warm member just now, since he's got up against that
Billings push."

Jimmy drew a deep breath as he began to roll the
bandage on the near foreleg and resumed:

"I seen him a few days ago an' I had to clean my
lamps before I recognized him. He had on a swell tile
an' one of them Mansfield coats "

"Chesterfield, you mean," interrupted the Owner.

"Well, I ain't looked up the books on that name.
But the coat was a hot one, an' his pants was just
sharpened, an' I reckon his spats stood him ten bones'
an' he wos steppin1 fast an' smooth in the good footin',
an' I says to myself, 'Jimmy, times is changed since
Mr. Mosely Mike used to pump hot air into the hoss
papers an' was made first 'onerary member of the
Swipes' Protective Association."

"Mr. Mosely Mike?" said the Owner. "I thought
Mr. Howe used to write over the name of 'Yarrum?' "

"Sure thing, " said Jimmy, "when he used to scoi'e
up at Davenport an' De Moine the score-card give it
Yarrum, but Mike — Mosely Mike — was his stable name.
You don't s'poseSure Thing Jimmy or Windy Al gets
on to the program that way, do you? Well, Mr.. Mike,
he used to toddle round with his little camera an' his
little spellin' book in his inside pocket an' write stories
for the papers. They was the real thing, too, but he
was daffy on one proposition. Just before every heat
he used to line up all the horses on the stretch an' he
says, 'Mr. McHenry, how much weight did you say
Gentry had on that nigh hind foot?' an' 'Mr. Geers, did
you have Heir-at-Law's check in the same hole at
Terry Hut?' an' 'Mr. Hussey, ain't Bert Oliver's hob-
bles hung a little lower'n they was at Independence?'
an' they never got away until he'd got it all down in
his little book. An' then right after a heat he was
paradin' up an' down the stretch with his nose on the
track an' his eyes lookin' both ways for hosses, an' he
comes in an' says, 'Did you see Alcidalia hittin' a pace
at the finish of that heat? Just step out here and see
her feet-prints.' An' then Dave McClary comes along
an' he says, 'Dave, I guess Pointer's good to-day since
you put on the hobbles, 'cause he slides three-eighths
of an inch farther every time his foot hits the track.
I measured it in the soft footin' up there.'

"Say, you'd never known him then. He wore one
of them Jack Curry hats an' a hand-me-down outfit
an' had his little old picture-box under his arm, an' I
guess you didn't have to ask whether he come from
Iowa or not. Papa McKinney, up to Janesville, once
was goin' to have him hauled off the groun's for a tout
an' a lobster. Why, the first time he went down to
New York everybody at the big sale 'sposed it was
Jack Curry at first. Then he begun to get next the
swell guys an' passed up his old boots an' blankets for
a new outfit. An' since he got the hobbles off he's
made a lot of speed, an' now it's Mr. Murray Howe,
the Memphis secretary!

"Don't you think he won't make a hot sec, neither.
Now Papa Utterback's turned down his jobatHedrick
there won't be nothin' else in it. Since he's quit writin'
for the papers it's gone to his head, an' he's figured
out a new scheme to race hosses on."

"Yes," said the Owner, "I've been looking it over
in this week's paper, and I am inclined to believe that
it will prove popular."

"Well, I should chase a switch-engine. Why, he's
signed The Abbot, an' Cresceus, an' Charley Herr, an'
Boralma for a special already. Mr. Abbot and Boralma
goes a heat of a mile first an' then Mr. Cresceus steps
in an' takes Mr. Abbot a mile an' an eighth, an' then
Uncle Davy he has Charley Herr a boilin' an' says
'Now, Mr. Kelly, you try him a half, and if Charley
don't get away good jest tap him with the whip "once
or twice.' They don't no ho«s get nothin' unless he
beats all the other hosses. An' everybody gets a little
brass clock with their ticket that tells who wins an'
how the money's paid out. An' programs and Year
Books is free an' every swipe has a hammock durin'
each heat an' a nigger to fan him. I guess that's a
poor system, ain't it V "

"It is certainly all right," said the Owner, "and I
think I'll enter that chestnut filly in the Memphis
stake for green pacers."

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[March 30, 1901

Can a California horse win the M. & M?

The California State Fair program is being prepared*

' Herbert Gray, acting for T. W. Lawson, recently
bought a yearling by Red Chute 2:24}, dam of Castella
by Blue Dawn, from Dr. W. F. Dickerson, Lexington,
Ky. The colt is called Royal Box, and is said to be a
very promising youngster.

The New York Trotting Association which will hold
its first meeting at Brighton Beach this year, adver-
tises a grand lot of purses in our issue this week. Cal-
ifornia owners should enter at this meeting as it will
be one of the best held over East this year.

McKinney 2:11} has been bred to forty mares already

The talk of a training track for San Francisco is be-
ing revived.

California will be well represented on the Grand Cir-
cuit this year.

J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston, who paid $125,000 for
Arion, is on a trip to California.

The price of export chunks on the Chicago market
has reached $150 for good individuals.

"Sandy" Smith says that to breed a mare to I Direct
2:121 at $25 is just like stealing a colt.

I The fastest pacer bi'ed in California is Anaconda
2:021 and the fastest trotter, Azote 2:04}.

Andy McDowell has signed a contract to train and
drive for Capt. B. H. Tuthill, Goshen, N. Y.

The $5000 stake for 2:30 trotters offered for the Read-
ville Grand Circuit meeting has fifty-one entries.

More horses are being put in training every day.
Thei'e will be enough for a good circuit in California.

The big entry lists r-eceived by the Eastern associa-
tions should move the California associations to action.

Norval 2:14}, one of the greatest of the sons of Elec-
tioneer, has sixty-five standard performers and every
one is a money winner.

It was an easy thing a few years ago to remember
the names and records of all the 2:10 trotters. There
are 123 in the list now however.

Another supply of stallion service books have been
received. Send a dollar to this office and get one.
They can be carried in the pocket.

Geers has twenty horses in training at Louisville,
the only three with records being The Abbot 2:03},
Lord Derby 2:07 and The Queen 2:10}.

To the close of 1900 there were 7860 standard pacers
and 16,707 standard trotters. During the last year 880
trotters and 919 pacers entered the list.

There will be stable room for over one thousand
horses at the Pan-American Exposition. The horse
show will be a strong feature of the exposition.

Bessie Huntington, dam of Charley Herr 2:07, has
been bred to Larabie (3) 2:12}). Some of the best
mares in Kentucky will be bred to Larabie this season.

One of the conditions of the races to be held at
Brighton Beach this year is that a horse must win a
heat in three or go to the stable. The races are three
heats in five.

Ed Tipton says that it will not be decided till June
whether thelate Marcus Daly's trotters will be dispersed
or otherwise, but that such sale, in all events, will not
be held till fall.

' Breed a mare to I Direct 2:121 this year. He is one
of the best bred stallions in California, and is fast and
handsome. His service fee is only $25. Ed Lafferty
has him at Alameda.

A. B. Rodman, of Woodland, has re-purchased the
brown mare Lady Armington by Anteeo and will breed
her to McKinney 2:11}. She is a very handsome mare
and a fast trotter besides.

J. H. Bronson recently stated that he had not fully
decided regarding a driver for Coney 2:02}. He men-
tioned the names of several expert trainers, and said
he intended to close a contract very soon with one of
them.

Domino, the black gelding by Rect 2:161 that is being
worked by Bert "Webster at Pleasanton, has been
entered in the green classes all through the big circuit
over East. He is a fast pacer and a nice going one
beside.

Three thousand dollars was the price received by
Chas. Marvin recently when he sold the Electioneer
stallion Cecilian (2:22 as a two year old) and the sire of
Battlesign 2:13}, Endow 2:14} and six other standard
performers.

Gus Hagan, who was injured last week at Rancho del
Valle, by having a horse fall on him, is improving
rapidly and will soon be out again. Although two of
his ribs were broken his injuries were not as serious as
at first supposed.

Pat Farrell has gone to Pleasanton with a couple of
Diablo's that he will train there. It will be like old
times to see this veteran scoring a horse up for the
word this year on the circuit.

The big purses offered by the enterprising Eastern
associations this year will not cost them very much, as
in the lists so far published the entrance money will
more than pay the purses in the most of them.

The State Board of Agriculture of Indiana, has de-
cided to appropriate $15,000 for the use of the speed
department of the State Fair this year. Of this
amount $7000 will be for the stake races and the re-
mainder for purse races.

™R. B. Ludwig, of Portland, Oregon, who will race
over East this year, has fifteen horses in training at the
Wichita, Kansas, track. Among them is Roy Day by
Altamont that is said to be able to pace a half mile in
a minute, Lillie Kinney by McKinney, a very promising
filly, and MeMinnville Maid 2:22 by Altamont that ia
faster than her record by a good deal. Mr. Ludwig,
thinks he will locate permanently in Kansas.

Among the entries in the three year old events over
East the Palo Alto Stock Farm is represented by Row-
ellan, a brown gelding by Adbell. He is a very fast
one, having shown a 2:12 gait to cart, and is entered in
stakes amounting to $39,500, besides several purses.

Northern Belle, a green four year old trotting mare
by Steinway out of Slight by Electioneer went through
the Fasig-Tipton sale at New York last week and
brought $625. She was one of the lot millard Sanders
took to Cleveland last May where she brought but
$450.

A subscriber asks how fast Senator L., the son of
Dexter Prince and Fannie Bayswater, trotted the last
mile when he took the champion four mile record. It
was in 2:28 flat. The miles were 2:41, 2:32}, 2:30} and
2:28. Total 10:12. The record was made at the P. C.
T. H. B. A. meeting at San Jose, November 1, 1894.

An adjourned meeting of the Board of Review of the
National Trotting Association will be held at the
Murray Hill Hotel, New York, N. Y., at 10 o'clock A.
M., on Tuesday, May 7, 1901. All communications in-
tended for the consideration of the Board at the May
meeting must be forwarded to the Secretary not later
than April 20th.

Those who breed to Nutwood Wilkes this year will
be wise in their generation. This young sire is one of
the greatest speed producers in California. Several of
his get will race on the Eastern circuit this year and
we predict that at the close of the season Mr. Carter
will be compelled to refuse a big price for the stallion if
he keeps him.

- Diablo 2:09} is getting a good patronage this year
and deserves it. He is such a royally bred horse and
gets so much speed and good looks that every breed-
ing farm should get some of his fillies or colts to breed
from in the future. He has the blood of Electioneer,
Geo. Wilkes and Strathmore in his veins, the three
greatest sons of Hambletonian 10.

The Nevada State Fair will be held at Reno, Sep-
tember 16th to 21st. This is the week immediately
following the California State Fair. The Reno track
was badly washed by the severe storms this winter,
but will be put in good shape for training and racing
purposes this spring. P. L. Flaniganhas been elected
President and Louis Bevier, Secretary of the associa-
tion.

The American Shetland Pony Club has just issued
its revised rules, constitution, scale of points and list of
members, which may be had on application to
Mortimer Levering, Secretary, Lafayette, Ind. It
should be in the hands of all interested in the breed
and also will be valuable to fair managers, as it con-
tains the classification for Shetlands recommended by
the club.

Among the visitors to the office of the Breeder and
Sportsman this week was Mr. J. C. McKinney, of
Titusville, Pennsylvania, who, with his family, is spend-
ing a couple of weeks in California. Mr. McKinney is
much interested in harness horses and believes he owns
the greatest pacer in the world in Beauseant, the full
brother to Boreal 2:15}. He confidently believes Beau-
seant will beat two minutes this year and has him en-
tered on the Grand Circuit in a number of events.

Herbert W. Gray, manager of the T. W. Lawson
stable, hearing that the veteran owner-driver, David
N. Snell, believes that Jupe 2:07} can beat Boralma
2:08, when they meet, authorized the statement that
he would wager Mr. Snell $5000 to $10,000 that in a
three in five contest, over any good track, Boralma
will not only defeat Jupe, but will distance him ere the
race is over. All necessary for Jupe to do is to be in-
side the bunting all five heats and the $5000 is appar-
ently very easily won.

Emma Winter 2:17}, the four year old mare by
Directum 2:05} that was sold in New York last week
for $8000, was not bred in California as a contemporary
has stated. Her dam is a daughter of Red Wilkes
that was bred to Directum in 1896 by John D. Creigh-
ton, of Donerail, Kentucky, when Directum made a
season in that State. The second dam of Emma Winter
is a full sister to Sweetness (the dam of Sydney 2:19})
by Volunteer. Emma Winter is considered one of the
great prospects of 1901.

Don Derby, the full brother to Diablo, which Tom
Keating purchased last spring for James Butler, has
been entered by the latter in the slow pacing classes on
the Grand Circuit. Don Derby was said to have shown
great speed before Keating purchased him, but was
taken sick soon after and it was the opinion of the
"wise brigade" at Pleasanton that Mr. Butler had pur-
chased a gold brick. It is now reported that Don
Derby is all right again and that he will make the
green classes step to beat him.

Tom Bonner, of Santa Rosa, has been in the city
this week. He states that the merchants of his town
are all in favor of a harness meeting being held there
this year, and that the interest in horses has increased
so that every stallion in Sonoma county is well patron-
ized. The young horse Washington McKinney,
recently purchased by Rose Dale Stock Farm, Mr.
Bonner says is a very handsome, large horse and the
new owners are very much pleased with him. He will
be bred to a number of well bred mares this year.

Col. Carter, the chestnut colt by Nutwood Wilkes
that was purchased a little over a year ago by Dan
Mahaney, manager of Senator Jones' Maplewood Farm
in New Hampshire, will be among the startei*s in the
East this season. Mr. Mahaney came out here and.
paid $1000 for Col. Carter before he was two years old,
paying that price for him on his breeding and looks
and saying that his attention was attracted to the colt
by seeing his name among the list of entries in some ot
the big stakes. The colt is now a three year old and
we notice that be has been entered liberally on the
Grand Circuit. He is out of a mare by Boodle and wa9
a grand looking two year old, and a fast trotter.

A statement is going the rounds of the Northwestern
daily press that S. F. Cook, St. Paul, Minn., has taken
a contract to supply the British Government with
$500,000 worth of horses and that Mr. Cook has already
started out to get the goods. He is at present in
Nevada and states that he will bunch the horses at St.
Louis, boat them down the Mississippi and in New
Orleans transfer them to the transports that will be
waiting to take them to South Africa. The horses are
all to be picked up in the range country, need not be
broken to ride or drive, must be sound and a farther
condition is that one-half must be mares. The ponies
are required for use in the rougher and rockier parts o)
the Transvaal.

Mr. A. L. Mulcahy of this city went up to Pleasanton
last Tuesday to see his mare Algonetta by Eros take
her work. Driven by trainer James Thompson she
was given a mile in 2:211, the last quarter being much
faster than at that speed, however. Algonetta wag
steady and full of trot and Mr. Mulcahy was much
pleased with her. While there Mr. M. saw Mr. Good
all's pacer Rajah by Chas. Derby pace a mile in 2:15},
This colt is now four years old and as he is well entered
in the East this year should make a good showing i:
nothing goes wrong with him as he is wonderfully fast.
John Blue said the Pleasanton track is fully four see
onds slow at present as it is keptsoft for training so as
not to injure the horses.

In answer to the inquiry "How often does a horse
lift and lower his feet in trotting a mile in 2:25?" an
exchange makes the following reply: This would de
pend altogether on the length of stride taken by the'
horse making the performance. A little horse with i
stride of say 15 feet, would lift and lower his feet man;
more times in trotting a mile in 2:25 than would a horse
that covered 20 feet in a stride. A horse with a 20-fool
stride would lift and lower his feet 264 times in twc
minutes and 25 seconds. In trotting in 2:10, a horse
with the same length of stride would have to lift and
lower his feet the same number of times in 15 second'
less time. Given the length of a horse's stride and if
is only necessary to divide the number of feet in a milt
— 5280 — by it to find the number of times the strid<
will have to be repeated to carry him a mile,

David Cahill, the Kentuckian, who owns Charlej
Herr 2:07, in a recent interview regarding the future 0
his great stallion, said: "While I have hod no negotia-
tions with any trotting associations or the owners o:
Cresceus and The Abbott for a proposed race betweet|
these great horses, I am ready to race one or both o
them for a purse such as would be given for a race o
this kind, for one heat, two heats, three heats or anjj
number of heats." I am inclined to think that Charlej,
Herr will show more improvement so far as speed it
concerned than either The Abbott or Cresceus thii
year, and if he does show material improvement ii
this respect he will not be outclassed by either of the
other horses in a race. He is much such a trotter ai|
Joe Patchen is a pacer, for he saves himself much as
possible, is always going the gait he ought to, and cai]
take the severest kind of punishment in a losing hea'
and come up sweet-tempered for another tilt. Sucll
horses are few and they usually continue to improv<|
for a longer period of time than those which have t(
be handled more carefully.

Jos. Costello has a dozen horses in his Page stree'-
stable that he is giving speed lessons to and among!
them are several good prospects for this year. As the!
stables are close to the Golden Gate Park entranod
Costello has the best of roads to jog on in all kinds oj
weather and the speedway for fast work ' on sunnj
days. Among the most promising trotters in nil
string are Puerto Rico 2:21} by Sable Wilkes and Cube
a diminutive bay mare without a record by Oro Wilkes.
Both are the property of Mr. James Coffin of this city
Mr. Coffin has been using Puerto Rico as a road horsO
for the past few months and finds him sell suited tq
that use and fast enough to beat the majority of horse*
on the speedway. Cuba is scant 15 hands high and
does not look to weigh much over seven hundred
pounds, but she is a trotter and has speed enough to
win money if raced. Costello has four head belonging
to Mr. T. Allen of this city. Two are three year oldi
hv SAvmnnv Wilkes 2:081, and are very promising

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Police officer

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pacing mare Mattie
2:151 by Alexander Button is also in Costello's string i."
She is one of the fastest brushers driven in Golden ^
Gate Park and could be raced to a lower record thai «*i
her present mark which she made last year at Santi '..;
Rosa. A strongly built bay pacer by Liberty Sontaj fc.-
that Costello has just begun driving is very speedy
but is so fat that theigreatest care must be taken witl
him. When in condition it is believed that this hors
will pace very fast. Mr. Costello has recently bui]
several new stalls to accomodate his string of horse
and will have to put up a few more. The property i
in a sheltered spot and there is a large sunny lot fo
cooling out where the wind is not felt even on bluster*
days.

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Breeding of Joe Frey.

"I have been lookingover a rough draft of the pedi-
gree of Joe Frey, winner of the Farralone Stakes at
San Francisco and, I believe, the winner of the Cali-
fornia Derby, which is to be run next Saturday, " wrote
"Hidalgo" in the Thoroughbred Becord a week before
the last named race was run. "I have, in my library,
about 3000 tabulations of various horses and compile
about one hundred every year for breeders in various
parts of the United States; and I must say that I have
never yet run across any horse, mare or gelding that
comes anywhere near him for fashionable breeding. I
have seen dozens that had as many good stallions in
plain sight, but nothing that approaches him in the
way of historically great mares. He has crosses of
Pocahontas (3), Banter (5), the great Alexander mare
(18) and Web (5), in addition to Beeswing, Queen Mary,
Decoy, Alice Hawthorn, Martha Lynn, Seclusion,
Tomyris, Mowerina, Guiccioli and Ellen Home. Did
you ever stop to consider what a wonderful factor
Ellen Home is in modem pedigree? She is barely
forty years dead, yet from her daughters are descended
the following great and historical performers:

1. Lord Lyon, winner of the Derby, St. Leger and
Two Thousand Guineas in 1866 and sire of Minting,
who won the Grand Prix de Paris in 1886. It was
Lord Lyon's three year old victories and the two year
old conquests of his sister, Achievement, that brought
Stockwell's winnings up to £61,391 in that year, being
£6831 greater than the winnings of St. Simon's get in
1900, although they won every one of the classic events
of last year, while Tormentor (by King Tom) won the
Oaks in Lord Lyon's year. And this, too, in face of
the stubborn fact that the public moneys run for in
1866 were less than one-half of what they are now.
There were no $10,000 events for all aged horses at
Sandown, Hurst Park and Kempton in Stockwell's

added Dutch Oven and Bal Gal to the list of cracker-
jacks, as well as Major Domo and Helter Skelter in
America, and a very beautiful '.daughter of The 111
Used, named Applause, owned at one time by George
E. Smith, profanely called "Pittsburgh Phil."

I sincerely hope that Joe Frey will not be raced to
death, as so many good colts are in this fair land of
ours. I would like to see him managed as well as Sal-
vator was, raced liberally at three and four years, and
then retired to the stud at five, a thoroughly sound
horse. I have seen no horse bred anywhere near so
well, although I regret he was not by Sir Dixon instead
of Belvidere, his full brother, but there is no son of
Sir Dixon that is out of any such mare as Lady Hawk-
stone.

By far the best work seen at Louisville thus far is
that by Garry Herrmann, when, with his head pulled
double, he breezed seven furlongs in 1:34. He looks to
be in superb form, and horsemen all pronounce him the
finest animal seen in years. ' 'Garry Herrmann is the
grandest looking race horse I ever saw in my life, " said
Henry Wehmhoff, one of the most prominent book-
makers in the West, after the trial. 'SI have seen all
the good ones from Longfellow down, and there is no
question that Garry has got them all beaten a block as
far as looks go, " he further remarked. "He looks a
pipe for all the derbies he is entered in, " chimed in Bob
Tucker, the noted trainer. "He is not only a grand
looker but he is every inch a race horse."

The Queen's Plate.

It may not be generally known that the race which
has had the longest uninterrupted existence in North
America is one for a prize called "The Queen's Plate."
It is considered as the greatest sporting event of the
Canadian racing season, and as a social gathering the
meeting is unequalled in the Dominion. The prize
was first competed for in 1860, and the origin of the
race is thus explained in a recent issue of Tlie Spirit of
tlw Times: "A petition to the Queen from the Toronto
Turf Club was sent to the Colonial office by Sir Ed-
mund Head, the Governor-General, on April 1, 1859;
Col. R. L. Denison being the Secretary, Treasurer and
moving spirit of the club, as it then existed, with
headquarters at Mr. W. C. Keele's farm at Carlton.
The petitioners asked for a Queen's Plate of £50 — and
on the 18th of July of the same year a dispatch was
sent from London granting the plate 'to be run for at
Toronto, or such other place in Upper Canada as her
Majesty might appoint.' For four years, 1860-1863,
the race was run at Carlton race course, near Toronto,
Ontario, when under pressure from members of Par-
liament Guelph, London, Hamilton, St. Catherines,
Whitby, Kingston, Ottawa, Barrie, Woodstock, Pres-
cott and Picton in turn became the scene of an annual
struggle for her Majesty's guineas. In 1883, Lord

Capt. Rees has accepted the position of presiding
judge at the Hawthorne track, Chicago.

Box, one of the best known horses entered in the big
handicaps, pulled up lame after his morning gallop at
Gravesend March 18th, and his owner, W. Showaltei-,
will not now attempt to finish his preparation for the
handicaps. Box was being hurried along in his work,
with the idea of running in the Carter Handicap at
Aqueduct April 15th, and failing that he was expected
to start in the Metropolitan on May 4th. Box is seven
years old, and his owner prefers sending him to the
stud instead of having the leg fired, as the son of imp.
Order-Pandora has well earned retirement. He won
the Carter Handicap last year with 125 pounds up in a
field of thirteen and finished second to Ethelbert in
the Metropolitan, carrying 121 pounds.

Lome, acting on the belief that the race would be run
days, and, although St. Simon goes on record as the mQre in aee0rdanc6 with her Majesty's wishes if per-
only horse to head the Ust for eight seasons, I shall manently established and controlled at the headquar-

still have to consider old Stockwell the Emperor of
Stallions, as of yore.

2. Achievement, winner of the Champagne Stakes
at two years, the One Thousand Guineas and St. Leger
at three years, and the Doncaster Cup and Great
Yorkshire Stakes in that same season as well.

3. Bend 'Or, winner of the Derby at three, the City
and Suburban at four, and sire of Ormonde, so justly
styled "The Horse of the Century."

i. Jamette, winner of the Oaks and St. Leger at
three years and the Jockey Club Cup and Champion
Stakes at four. She is the dam of Janissary, who got
Jeddah, the Derby winner in 1898.

5. Ladas, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas and
Derby of 1894 and second to Throstle in the St. Leger.
Chelandry, winner of the One Thousand Guineas
and second in the Oaks in 1897 won by Limasol.

I don't know of any other mare foaled as late as
Ellen Home that can make a like showing. If to these
you add Blue Mantle, Man at Arms, Pageant (winner
of two Chester Cups), Gardevisure and Hatchment in
England, and those good stallions Musk Rose and
Escutcheon in New Zealand, you will see that Ellen
Home makes a great showing — far ahead of anything
of her day and generation.

Mowerina was out of Emma, dam of two Derby-
winners, Cotherstone and Mundig, the latter being full
brother to our good little imported horse Trustee-
Mowerina not only produced West Australian, the first
horse to win the triple crown, but she was also the
fourth dam of Donovan, winner of the July and New
Stakes in 1888 as well as the Dewhurst and Middle
Park Plate, and of the Derby and St. Leger of 1889.
Exminster, a fairly good stallion, also came from this
line, as did also Moorthorpe, an excellent sire imported
to Australia.

Martha Lynn has always been one of England's
greatest mares to my contention. She not only pro-
luced that great little black horse "Voltigeur, but she
klso produced a full brother to him called Barnton, the
lire of Ben Webster and Fandango. Ben Webster
von a Chester Cup, but Fandango won both the Ascot
md Doncaster Cups in one season. The next year he
?as beaten a head for the Chester Cup by One Act, at
i difference of 52 lbs. From this family also come
'riar's Balsam, whom I prefer to all other sons of
lermit; Imperieuse, winner of the One Thousand
luineas and St. Leger in 1857; Camballo, winner of
he Two Thousand; Enquerrande, winner of the Oaks;

ters of the Ontario Jockey Club, just then founded at
Toronto, and from which city it had first been moved,
no doubt owing to a gradual decadence of interest
taken by the more respectable inhabitants, gained her
Majesty's sanction to an understanding with the pro-
moters of the new club. ' '

"It was agreed that it should revert to and not again
leave Toronto, where, on the principle that when
things get to their worst they mend, the new institu-
tion had taken vigorous root, and was thriving apace.
Under central authority chaos had given place to law
and order, and irregularities of the turf, if not wholly
eradicated, were at all events under a restraint for
many years unknown to the turf clubs of Upper
Canada. Morover, the situation of Toronto was cen-
tral, and the course therefore accessible to a greate
number of people than any other in the province.
But a lapse of nearly -a quarter of a century had
removed almost all those Torontoians from the scene
who had originally petitioned for and obtained the
plate, and the Carlton race course had given way to
the more convenient and delightful attractions of
Woodbine Park." Queen's Plates, and Vases, Her
Majesty's Plates "Vases and Purses, were all the vogue King Edward VII. has been the central figure at the

N. Lamberson, secretary of the Havana Jockey
Club, and who will soon become the secretary of the
new Moralis Park Association of that city, which is
now rapidly completing a new $40,000 track fashioned
after that at Sheepshead Bay, is in New Orleans. Mr.
Lamberson is the only American now connected with
the Havana Jockey Club. The new racing association,
Moralis Park, however, is an American institution,
dominated all through by enterprising racing men. So
far racing has been conducted in Havana only on two
days in the week, Wednesdays and Sundays. The
Moralis Park Association, which will open on Novem-
ber 15th, will furnish racing every day in the week, in-
cluding Sundays as well. "The racing season," said
Mr. Lamberson, "in Havana is from November to
April. The new track at Moralis Park is one mile
long. All the conditions for racing there are the very
best, in so far as the money making end of it is con-
cerned. I am anxious to get admission to the Ameri-
can Turf Congress, and it is my intention to do all in
my power to get our new Moralis Park Association a
full membership."

An American writer who has lived much abroad
says: "Without accusing the Christian English of
fetishism, I boldly assert they have an idol, and it is
the horse. From high to low they love him to adora-
tion, and if they had lived in the old Roman days they
would have deified him. If you ever catch an English-
man standing in the street, oblivious of all else, with
his eyes in a fixed gaze, it is at some splendid specimen
of the equine breed he is staring at and longing to
possess. Time and lore are devoted to the breeding of
horses; immense sums are spent upon their training
for all kinds of uses; but the highest is that of the
turf." On Derby day parliament adjourns and most
of the members, both lords and commoners, go to the
races. Fashionable London turns out in coaches and
tallyhoes. drawn by four and six horses and country
and village folks in carts, wagons or on foot. The rank
and beauty of Albion is in the Royal stand, and the
surrounding stands of the millionaires the wide world
over, while about the course are carriages, with gaily
decked feminity, four and six feet deep. In innumer-
able booths, surmounted by flags and streamers, are
the betting men, intent on the game and the stakes
that change hands on the Derby! are startling. From
thousands of pounds down to shillings, all classes join
in the betting. Go where you will in London on the
eve of the Derby, you are gaily invited by the ladies to
join in their sweepstakes on the favorites. Remember-
ing what Derby day is to the English and how long

in England for many years before the establishment
of the race referred to in Canada, and King's Plates
and other races bearing the titles of monarchs were
numerous before the accession of Queen Victoria to
the throne of England. They were invariably of the
same value. Of late years the number of Queen's
prizes at race meetings has decreased, but Queen's
premiums at many agricultural shows in England have
been given, and with them subsidies from the royal
purse. From now forward we may expect to find races
bearing the title of the King much in evidence.

SADDLE NOTES.

As a rule, the length of a horse is equal to three
times the length of his head— that is, taking the length
as the distance between the ears and the tail. The
"Druid" asserts that this holds good nine hundred and
ninety-nine times out of a thousand, and states that in
Bay Middleton the measure answered exactly. When
Mr. Herring was painting the famous bay after the
Derby, Lord Jersey remarked on the length of his head,
to which the celebrated painter replied, "Yes, my lord;
if he hadn't so long a head you would not have had so
long a horse."

William C. Whitney and Thomas Hitchcock, Jr.,
have announced that they would transfer the polo
ord Clifden, the most beautiful of all Newmlnster's grounds and golf links at Aiken, South Carolina, to a

Ions and St. Leger winner in 1863; Vaucresson, a good

1 erformer in France; Sandiway, a worthy daughter of

honcaster; and last, but far from least, the great con-

ueror, Carbine, whose two miles in 3:28^ with 145 lbs.

record not likely to be beaten. I might have

board of trustees, to be used in the interest of sports.
This land also includes two race tracks, and it is posi-
tively announced that racing will be made a feature
next spring. The property transferred is worth
$100,000. The trusteeswill be selected from the owners
of winter cottages at Aiken.

annual carnival, it is small wonder that all London-is
in more of an uproar over the snubbing of Lord Beres-
fordjby the King than over the disasters attending
Lord Kitchener in his chase after the Boers in South
Africa.

There is a horse owner in one of the Australian
States whose education, says a Melbourne scribe,
might have been more carefully attended to than it
was. He has always experienced difficulty in spelling
the names of his horses when making entries, and to
make the job easier he decided to name all his horses
in future after the letters in the alphabet. In the next

entries for the local Cup there appeared Mr. 's

Ig Hay, the same owner's br m Bee and his ch h Sea!
am wondering how he will shape if he ever gets up
toH!

A meeting of the Jockey Club was held in New York
March 20th, to act on the report of the license com-
mittee and appoint officials for_ some of the early
soring meetings. The principal interest centered in
the outcome of the application of Henry Spencer for a
license to ride this season. He was set down last fall
for his ride on J. R. Keene's Commando in the Matron
Stakes at Morris Park. Spencer had been advised
by those who professed to know that his offense would
be pardoned. The stewards were evidently of the
opinion that he has not yet had sufficient time to mend
his manners, and his application was passed over-. It
is the opinion of men in close touch with the members
of the Jockey Club that whether Spencer is ever re-
instated will depend entirely on his future conduct.
Should the stewards decide that his actions merit his
being allowed to return to the saddle it will not be
necessary for Keene's old jockey tolmake another ap-
plication, as the one made a few weeks ago will be still
on file.

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Hot or Cold Fitting of Shoes.
The columns that have been printed In the turl
journals within the past ten years, denouncing the
fitting of shoes while hot to the horse's feet, would
cover a mile track with paper. A few days since Dr.
J. C. McKenzie, a prominent veterinary surgeon, de-
livered an address before the Flower City Driving Club
of Rochester, New York, in which he defended the hot

fitting of shoes and gave his reasons therefor. The
address is as follows and is taken from the columns of
the Buffalo Horse World:]

Hot and cold fitting have given rise to a great deal
of -difference and diversity of opinions among horse
owners and others interested in shoeing: and a great
many absurd ideas have arisen from an improper
knowledge of the different methods of fitting a shoe to
the foot. A few years ago so great was the feeling in
England against hot fitting, that many of the gentlemen
owners of valuable horses chose rather to have their
horses shod in their own stables in preference to taking
them to a forge. It was then a favorite theme with
people who did uot understand much about shoeing or
the nature of a horse's foot, to dwell upon the injury
done to the hoof by fitting a hot shoe to the same in
order to adapt the shoe more perfectly and accurately
to the inferior border of the wall. This led to a great
many discussions by former writers on the foot: among
them Mr. Miles, who was a great advocate for dispens-
ing with so many nails in the shoe, never using more
than three on the outside and two on the inside. In
speaking of cold fitting he says: "In the practice of
shoeing horses in the stable away from the forge where
there is no possibility of correcting any defect in the
fitting of the shoe, it is so utterly opposed to reason
and common sense that I should only have averted to
it as a custom of bygone days. Should either of these
gentlemen happen to ask the smith what he was doing
the answer would in all probability have awakened
him to a sudden conviction that he was giving his
countenance to a most unphilosophical proceeding for
the smith would have told him he was fitting the shoe
to the horse's foot, which the gentleman would at once
perceive to be impossible, inasmuch as he had no means
at hand whereby to affect the smallest change in the
form of the shoe, however much it might require it
and the truth would instantly force itself upon bim
that the man was fitting the foot to the shoe, not as
he supposed the shoe to the foot." To fit the shoe to
the foot without the aid of anvil and forge is impossible;
and anyone acquainted with the exactness and precis-
ion necessary to a perfect fitting would not hesitate to
declare the attempt as absurd as it is mischievous. But
passing on to cold fitting at the forge, when hammer,
anvil and all other tools are convenient, it is impossible
to get a perfectly level foot surface to receive the shoe
and to say the best very impracticable, for no one can
level the ends of the horn fibers so accurately that they
all rest evenly on the surface of the shoe, I care not
how good a mechanic he may be. But the chief ob-
jection to cold fitting, however level he may get the
foot, we find the damp and wet streets soften the horn
fibers causing them to become pulpy and vice versa if
followed up with dry weather, the horny fibers dry up
and recede from the shoe. This impairs the bearing
between the seat of the shoe and the foot, causing
either the nails to break or to lossen their firm hold on
the wall, consequently the loss of the shoe. And I
have no doubt that many of you will coincide with me
that you have seen the same evil effects of cold fitting
where the horn fibers would recede from the shoe show-
ing a want of solidity between the shoe and the foot,
that we have it hot fitting.

In 1840, M. Riquet, a veterinary surgeon in the
French army, introduced the method of cold fitting to
the Minister of War of France. When it was finally
decided to test the same at the Cavalry School at
Saumur, experiments were made from the 22d of Sep-
tember, 1841, to the 5th of October, 1844. During the
three years all the near-side horses of the school were
shod by the cold and the off-side ones by the hot
method. In the space of time out of 22,579 shoes
which had been fitted in a cold state, 386 were lost. de.
tached or broken and only 123 out of the same number
fitted while hot. In the case of cold fitting one shoe
out of 58 was detached, while by hot fitting there was
only one shoe in 183. This evidence is in perfect har-
mony with that furnished at a later period by Colonel
Ambret of the same school, who was at first a zealous
partisan of M. Riquet's system. Out of 050, the effect-
ive strength of a regiment, during every month from
55 to 60 lost their shoes in marching or manceuvering
since the employment of cold fitting, or in other terms
the regiment had not marched for an hour without
losing a shoe. With the system of hot fitting the
same regiment lost only one shoe in a journey of eight
stages (the distance between two places of rest on a
road is a stage of ten miles). After an extensive ex-

lerience this observer writes at the following con-

lusion6:

1. That hot firing is not attended by any danger or

£ inconvenience when properly practiced (that is, on
'' hoofs the soles of which are not pared: that is pared
' oo thin).

2. The solidity of hot shoeing (or fitting) being
greater than that of cold, the workman having more
facility for the former than the latter and also owing
to its requiring less time, we are of the opinion that
in the army as everywhere else, the preference must be
be given to the method of hot fitting.
' Now let us come to the advantages of hot fitting
over that of cold. While the foot has to be prepared
in like manner to the cold method great care must be
taken in leveUng the wall. This is a very important
operation and should be thoroughly understood by the
practical horseshoer, as it is very essential that an
equal pressure should be diffused all over the lower
margin of the wall. Both sides of the hoof should be
of equal depth in addition to the inferior border of the
wall being perfectly level; this can be done by changing
the rasp from a forward to an oblique movement across
the ends of the fibers to bring them to the same length.
If any doubt remains in our minds that there is a de-
viation in the depth of either the inside or outside of
the foot, it can readily be detected by laying the foot
down on a level floor and looking at the leg and foot
from front and rear so that the unequal depth can
easily be detected and at once corrected. In removing
the excessive growth of the wall at each shoeing, great
care must be taken, ever bearing in mind that in ordi-
nary circumstances it takes the wall twelve months to
grow from the coronet to the lower margin of the same,
and great care should be taken not to remove too much
at one time.

Very little paring should ever be done on the sole,
only the removal of those flakes that are ready to be
thrown off in a natural manner; while the frog, in a
healthy condition, should never be touched by the
farrier's knife, but allowed to shed itself by natural
exfoliation. Having thus prepared the foot to receive
the upper surface of the shoe, which should be an
exact counterpart as far as the foot is concerned, the
man who is the fireman or fitter comes to the foot with
a shoe of medium heat and lays the same on the foot,
the first thing of importance being to make the im-
pression or mark the spot where the clip comes, and
let me say that no horseshoer can put the clip in place
so accurately or neatly with the cold method as he can
by the hot. Having accomplished this part of the
work, we again lay the shoe on the foot to find the
level bearing, slightly fusing the lower margin of the
wall. If there is any point that is uneven take the
same off with the knife and again lay the heated shoe
upon the foot, which will then fuse itself into an equal
bearing all the way round, from heel to toe. The
foot should not again be touched with the knife, but if
any irregularities still exist they should be carefully
removed with the smooth surface of the rasp, being
particular not to take off much of the carbonized ends
of the horn fibers, as this is what gives solidity to the
method of hot fitting and at the same time preserving
the foot from the action of humidity.

Dr. Fleming, in speaking of hot fitting, says: "The
very fact of burning or fusing the ends of the fibers
jnsures a sold, durable bed, which cannot be obtained
otherwise, as this destroys the spongy, absorbent prop-
erties of the horn and renders it more eminently calcu-
lated to withstand the influence of moisture. Horn is
a very slow conductor of heat and it requires a very
prolonged application of the hot shoe to affect the hoof
to any considerable depth. Three minutes' burning
of the lower face of the sole has been found necessary
to produce any indication of an increase in the tem-
perature by the thermometer on its upper surface. It
is never required that the shoe should be applied
longer than a few seconds."

Professor De La Fond, by experiments, showed in a
most conclusive manner that a very long continued
application of the hot shoe was required to affect part
of the foot. Applying a small thermometer to the in-
ner surface of the sole and bringing a hot shoe in con-
tact with the ground aspect of the foot he found that
t took three minutes burning to produce any effect on
the thermometer. While a thermometer made on pur-
pose to encircle the hoof below the coronet produced
no rise in the temperature by application the same
length of time and either experiment took three times
longer than is needed for a farrier to fit a shoe.

In watching workmen who are unconscious of his
presence, in order to note the exact number of seconds
during which they held the hot shoe to the foot; his
observations proved that in shoeing 100 hoofs the hot
shoe was kept in contact with the horn on an average
of from 46 to 47 seconds, the maximum of these appli-
cations being 80 seconds and the minimum 29. He
never knew of a horse being injured in this manner.

This experiment would be well worth the trial as to
the length of time required to fit a hot shoe to the
foot, by any of our craftsmen who are fortunate
enough to possess a stop watch and I think he would
find the time reduced from the foregoing statement to
be a good many seconds.

Now as to the advantages of hot fitting over that of
cold.

1. In hot fitting the shoe is more readily adapted to
the foot.

2. The shoe that is fitted hot to the hoofs is applied
more equally; the shoeing more solid because of the
better adaption and a more intimate adhesion is ob-
tained between the iron and the surface of the horn.

3. Hot fitting endows the hoof with more resistance
The horn heated by the iron is less liable to the action
of humidity, or in other words, the sudden change
from dryness to moisture.

While I have tried to show you the advantage of
hot fitting over that of cold, in conclusion let me say
that while the word hot does not convey to us the de-
gree of heat that the shoe should have when applied to
the foot, but rather leaves us in doubt on this point,
still I believe horseshoers are men of brains and good
judgment and also careful and painstaking and none of
us would apply a shoe so hot that it pould produce in-
jury. It is the excess in burning the foot that is in-
jurious and not the practical application of the same.
How often have men gone into a shop when the farrier
was fitting a shoe and you could neither see the horse
nor the shoer for smoke? Now let us suppose for a
moment that you are the owner of that horse and he
is a valuable one, what would y our f eelings be? Would
you not be filled with indignation at the lack of judg-
ment of the shoer? It is the abuse of hot fitting and
not the use of it that we have to guard against.

Col. Milton Young, when asked to sign the petition^
rescinding the outlaw rule of the Western Jockey
Club, said: "Yes, I will sign this petition, as I think
the rule will work a hardship on the majority of West-
ern turfmen, especially those that have made stake
entries at the tracks coming under the ban. It would
have been better had this outlaw clause gone into
effect say, two years hence, thus giving all racing asso
ciations a chance to obtain a license, and in no way in-
terfering with stake entries and racing arrangements
with owners. for the current year. Aside from this I am
heartily in favor of the Western Jockey Club."

The famous broodmare Idalia, the dam of Sir Mo-
dred, July, Cheviot and Idalium, all of which were
imported to California, is dead in New Zealand.

Anyone having a strictly first class pair of carriage
horses, or a strictly first class roadster, can find a pur-
chaser by addressing this office.

Joseph J. Burke has been engaged for presiding
judge and Jack Chinn for starter at Kinloch Park this
season.

A Great Proposition.

Messrs. Tuttle & Clark, of Detroit, Michigan, the celebrated
manufacturers of turf goods and harness are making the horsemen
of the country one of the greatest propositions that has ever been
made, through their catalogues Nos. 50 and 21 and it will be of im-
portance to every user of harness and turf goods to send to them at
once for either or both of these catalogues and for their Handy
Book. Messrs. Tuttle & Clark are one of the largest manufacturers
in the country, either wholesale or retail, and have an enviable
reputation for the high quality of their goods not only in the
United States and Canada, but all over the world. Their cata-
logue No. 20 illustrates all kinds of harness for pleasure driving,
such as buggy, surrey, pole, run-about, trap, coupe and carriage
harness, while their catalogue No. 21 illustrates all classes of turf
goods, including track harness of every style, horse clothing and
other track requisites. Both are exceedingly beautiful books, in
fact, the most beautiful that have ever been published in America
in the line of harness and turf goods. Messrs. Tuttle & Clark vol.
unteer to send these books free of charge to all horse owners aDd
others directly interested in the horse, as also their 20th Century
Handy Book, which is a valuable little book, including exceedingly
interesting statistics on various matters. This little book will be
prized by everyone into whose hands it goes. Write to them at
once for either of the above catalogues or both if desired and they
will make you a great proposition.

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Coming Events.

March 31 — Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — Ninth Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Live birds. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

April 7— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

April 7— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

April 7, 21— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds and blue rocks.
Ingleside.

April 9, 10, 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,
Md.

April 14— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

April 14— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

April 21— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

April 14, 28— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball &
Upsons grounds. Sacramento.

April 28 — San Francisco Gun Clnb. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 28— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

May 11, 12 — Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna
meut. Red Bluff.

June 25, 26, 2?, 28, 29, 30 — Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

The Game Bill Signed By Governor Gage.

The sportsmen of California are now in line for the
organization of a mutual admiration society on a monu-
mental scale. Assembly Bill No. 625 is the law of this
State and contains more important and necessary
clauses strictly in the interest of game protection than
has ever yet in this State been enacted with the same
principles in view. The bill as passed and signed is a
far different document than was introduced early in the
session of the Legislature, that bill was drawn up. it
has been reported, by the attorney for an arms manu-
facturing company. The individuals interested in its
career entirely ignored the wishes and interests of the
representative sportsmen as expressed in a convention
held in this city a year ago upon the specious and
frivolous pleas that "the labors of the game convention
were lost through the unconstitutionality of the law
formulated under bad advice, and the negligence of the
Chairman of the committee intrusted with the intro-
duction of the bill." This assertion is proven to
be a deliberate misstatement of facts for upon com-
parison of the proposed bill with the one just
signed it will be seen that the principal features
of both bills are identical in purpose, if not in words.
These sections were incorporated in the bill at the in-
stance of sportsmen who were watching the peculiar
tactics of the "apostles of game protection." Sec.
626d of the new bill is most severe in its application.
This is aimed at commercial interests; the inhibition
and correlative matter in the bill is the portion of
the new game law that the wealthy corporation before
alluded to is particularly interested in and was instru-
mental, it is claimed by those posted in the tactics of
the third house, in having placed on the statute book.
Should this particular clause not stand the test of the
courts, it would not practically make any difference
for or against game protection, but possibly would
materially effect the retail trade of our corporation
friend. In the light of past litigation, where the in-
terests of this establshment were concerned, we deem
it extremely probable that the embargo now placed
on the private citizen, the hotel keeper, restaurateur
and club man has come to stay. However, much good
has been accomplished and one bad egg does not put
an incubator out of business.

The bills establishing the office of Game Commis-
sioner and its satellite, the sportsmen's license law,
were not signed. These measures were good in prin-
cipal and design and would have accomplished much
in favor of the sportsman's cause, for which they were
prepared, but as we stated before, we believe they were
weak in constitutional structure. We are not sorry
that these bills are dead, with their suppression passed
into oblivion the chances for one or two undeserving
windbags to feed at the public fountain.

At the Traps.

The main local trap event tomorrow will be the live
bird shoot of the Union Gun Club at Ingleside.

The blue rock section of the grounds will be ready
for practice shooting as usual.

The San Fratcisco Gun Club live bird shoot at Ingle-
side last Sunday was well attended, a good lot of birds
and pleasant weather being conditions which helped
materially in bringing off a successful club shoot. In
the regular club race but three clean strings of fifteen
birds were made, George H. T. Jackson, John Karney
and Harvey McMurchy of Syracuse being th9 only
shooters who scored straight, the two former dividing
a substantial side pool to high guns with thirteen men
in. E. Klevesahl was very lucky in scoring several
birds that would undoubtedly have been lost but for
the intervening wire fence, which saved his birds from
going out of bounds. H. G. Lougee seemed to invari-
ably draw birds that fled from the traps with rocket
speed. M. C. Smith of Syracuse, who was a guest of
the club, proved to be a very clever wing shot.

Following the regular club race, a six bird pool, $2.50
entrance, was shot up, and nine men scored straight
and divided the purse. C. H. Shaw, F. Feudner, C. A.
Haight and A. Roos indulged in a friendly miss and
out shoot. Mr. Roos in practice at twenty-five pigeons
lost but three.

After the live bird events the club members adjourned
to the blue rock bulkheads and smashed clay pigeons.
In a twenty target race, $1 entrance, E. Klevesahl won
the purse with 19 breaks. The other scores were:
Wirtner 7, Wilson 18, Sweeney 16, Bruns 17, Karney
18, Haight 15, Wands 12, McMurchy 18, Whitney 9,
Feudner 17, Lougee 16.

In a twenty-five target match Jules Bruns won the

pool with a score of 23. The others each broke:
Sweeney 17, Wilson 20, Klevesahl 10, Justins 17,
Haight 20.

In another twenty-five bird race the scores were Dr.
Derby 21, Briggs 14, Lougee 22, King 12, Brown 17.

In a ten target race the scores were: Whitney 4,
Maynard 5, Wilson 7, Sweeney 8, Dr. Derby 7, Lougee 8.

The scores mode in the live pigeon contests were as
follows:

Club race, 15 pigeons, 30 yards —

Jackson. G. H. T 22112 11112 12222—15

Karney, J 22122 21121 12221—15

McMurchy, H.t 22111 21211 12212—15

Klevesahl, E 12122 12111 11220—14

Murdock, W. E 0111* 11111 21111—13

Wands, E. A 11021 11102 22112—13

Feudner, F 12120 02222 22222—13

. Sweeney, J. J 12*21 22221 12202—13

Neustadter, N. H lull 22222 11010—13

Smith, M. C.f 11011 11112 12120—13

Derby, Dr. A. T 11221 02122 02221—13

King, F. W 20222 12212 01021—12

Golcher, W.J 12211 01122 210*1—12

Justins, H ; 22n22 22**2 210*1—12

"Wilson" 21220 21220 *2122— 12

Haight, C. A 222*1 0222* 22222—12

Roos. A 12202 21 122 2102*— 12

Forster, Edg 21100 21021 2*221— li

Coleman, J B.f 0122* 1+301 12122—li

Bruns, J 01*21 *1122 12021— U

Weil. A *2122 *1112 20011— ll

Shaw, C. H 12022 020*2 22202— ln

Hill 2**11 2**12 2*122—1(3

Simpson, L.f 20111 12211 w —•9

Lougee, H. G.f 01211 20012 Ow — 7

Ireland, F.f 20101 12 — 5

t Guests. *Deadout. w withdrawn.

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Haight, C.A 122222—6 Bruns, J 1121*2—5

Sweeney, J J 112222—6 Neustadter, N. H 111101—5

Jackson, G. H 112122—6 Shaw, C. H 122102—5

Coleman, J. B 212222—6 Lougee. H. G 0212*0—3

"Wilson" 121111—6 Weil, H. t 201200—3

Feudner.F 222221—6 Wirtner, J. J. + 2212w— 1

Derby, Dr. A. T 211122—6 Liddle, R. B. t 0w -0

Karney, 1 212121—6 Justins, H 20w — 1

Klevesahl, E 111121—6

tBirds only.

Blue rock shooting will be popular in Sacramento
this season. Last Sunday the Capital Gun Club held
its initial shoot at Kimball and Upson's grounds near
the American river bridge. There were a number of
preliminary "warm-ups" before the club shoot started.
In these events some good scores were made, Derr break-
ing 29 out of 30, with a run of 28straight. F.M.Newbert
shot in excellent form, winning the club match with 24
out of 25. After the club shoot there was a team match
at 15 targets per man between the following teams:

Ruhstaller, Captain, 10, Just 10, Griffen 10, Kindberg
10, Upson 10. Total 53. Newbert, Captain, 13, Derr
8, Derman 6, Palm 9, Frazier 12. Total 48.

A return match with same men up was won by New-
bert's team with the following scores: Newbert 15,
Derr 11, Derman 5, Frazier 9, Palm 8. Total 47.
Ruhstaller 9, Just 8, Upson 8, Kindberg 9, Griffen 12.
Total 46.

The scores made in a ten bird race were: Blemmer
7, Upson 7, Palm 6, Adams 8, Kindberg 8, Derr 10,
Hughes 8, Ruhstaller 9, Welden 9, Zeibler 5, Vetter 8,
Stevens 8, Flint 4, Graham 7, Smith 9, Just 8, Smith
(S.) 3, Newbert 9.

In a race at 25 targets the results were: Hughes 17,
Blemmer 16, Derr 19, Adams 19, Just 21, Palm 17,
Newbert 16, Ruhstaller 20, Stevens 20, Derman 17,
Favero 14, Flint 11, Shore 22, Lager 16, Pulls 16, Kind-
berg 21. Griffen 10, Smith 20, Smith (S.) 7, Bauer 8,
Upson 21, Wittenbrock 23, Dr. Wood 14.

In the club race, at 25 targets, the scores were —

Newbert 11011 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Adams Hill 10011 11111 11111 11010—21

Blemmer 11011 01101 10100 0O011 10110—14

Palm 11011 00111 11100 11100 10110—16

Graham HOOO 11011 11010 11111 00001—14

Vetter 10101 11010 11011 10101 11111—18

Upson 01111111011111111110 01101—20

Ruhstaller 01101 11011 11001 00100 11110—15

Smith, W Hill Hill 11011 11101 11111—23

Flint 11101 1010O 10100 00110 00100— 11

Just 0111110111011110101100110—17

Hughes 0100111111010110100111001—15

Derman 10011011111100111010 00011—15

Kindberg 10110 11011 11101 10100 10110—16

Derr 11011 11011 01010 01111 11011—18

Smith, S 00000 00001 01100 0O0O0 00000— 3

Snore 01111 10111 01111 11100 100UM7

DeMerritt 01010 11011 11101 00101 10010—14

Trumpler 01001 00100 00000 00011 10000— 6

Griffen 10110 0O1I0 01111 11111 01111— 18

Nicoiaus mil 01110 mil 10100 10011— 18

Stevens Hill 11001 11101 lull 01110—20

Bauer 1111110110 11110 10000 11110—17

Pulis 00110 01111111011011111011—18

A pleasant reunion of the Olympic Gun Club was
held on Wednesday evening in the office of A. M.
Shields, Crocker Building. During the meeting a re-
organization of the club was effected and a goodly
number of names were placed on the roll of active
membership. The following board of officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Harry B. Hosmer, Pres-
ident; Will J. Golcher, Vice-President; H. Justins,
Secretary; F. H. Bushnell, Treasurer; Len D. Owens,
Captain, and M. E. Unger, H. L. Miller, Merton C.
Allen and H. Rose, Directors.

The club will devote the second and fourth Sundays
of each month to live bird and blue rock shooting,
commencing next month. The selection of order for
the two styles of trap shooting will be effected this
week and other necessary details for the early announce-
ment of the shooting program for the season will be
arranged for and given early publication. The club
season will close in September. The initiation fee will
be abolished and the club dues are fixed at 50 cents per
month. A plan is on foot to bring about the co-opera-
tion of all present and also past members of the club in
perfecting a strong trap shooting organization. The
club will shoot on the Association grounds at Ingleside.

As an augury for the future successful career of the
club under the impetus of reinforced effort and plan of
campaign to retain the well fought for prestige now
recorded on the banners of one of the strongest trap
shooting organizations the Coast has yet known, we
will recall to our readers that among the re-elected
officers noted are Len Owens and Hip Justins, respect-
ively the pioneer Captain and Seei'etary. The team
work of Owens, Webb, Nauman, Golcher and Haight
as shot into the hearts of admiring sportsmen club

members and adversaries at [Stockton in '97 will long
be remembered as a brilliant example in skill and ac-
curacy with the shotgun for coming generations of
trap shooters.

The Red Bluff Gun Club announce a two days'
tournament to take place in that city on Saturday and
Sunday, May 11th and 12th. The following program
has been arranged :

Saturday — First event — 20 blue rocks, entrance
$1.50; $45 in prizes, divided as follows: 1st, $20; 2d, $15;
3d, $10. Second event — 20 blue rocks, entrance $1;
$18.50 merchandise in prizes. 1st, $1.10 fly rod; 2d, $7.50
gun case; 3d, $5 hunting coat; ,4th, $3.50 shellcase; 6th,
$2.50 cleaning outfit.

SUNDAY — First event — Novelty shoot, 20 blue rocks;
entrance $1: $30 in prizes. 1st, $15; 2d, $10; 3d, $5.
Second event — 20 blue rocks; entrance $2.50; $90 in
prizes. 1st, $40; 2d, $25; 3d, $15; 4th, $10. Third
event — 15 blue rocks; entrance $5. One prize only, $100.
Fourth event, open to all — 12 live birds: entrance $2.50;
$75 in prizes. 1st, $40. 2d, $25; 3d, $10. Fifth event,
for championship of Northern California — Live birds;
winner to receive medal and one-third of entrance
money and two-third of next entrance money. En-
trance $2.60, birds extra. Sixth event — Team shoot
for championship of Northern California; 15 blue rocks.
Each team to consist of six men. Winning team to re-
ceive cup and two-thirds of next entrance money; en-
trance $6 per team.

Extra — Pool shooting to follow each day's events.
The total sum to be given in prizes for the two days'
shooting amounts to $368.50.

Across the bay the traps on the Empire Gun Club
grounds Sunday last were kept busy all day. Be-
sides the regular trophy events a large number of
ten and twenty bird pool and practice shoots were shot
up. C. W. Debenham was high gun in the State
championship trophy contest. J. B. Hauer was top
score in the Schumacher prize shoot. A. J. Webb
broke 17 out of 10 pair of doubles, shooting from the
twenty-yard mark in the Allen trophy competition.
In the miss and out race for the Sweeney medal Webb
was high gun, with 11 breaks, Hauer coming second
with 8 targets scored. The scores were:

State championship trophy contest, twenty-five tar-
gets— Hauer 18, Debenham 21, Robinson 15, "Chest-
nut" 14, Jeffreys 11, Alviso 16, Webb 20, Searls 21, Reed
11, Swales 19, Gregg 20, Fish 18, Hansen 16, Miller 15.

Schumacher distance handicap trophy race, ten
singles and five doubles — Gere, 16 yards, 14 breaks;
Webb, 22-15; Hauer, 20-16; Alviso, 14-11; Debenham,
18-15; Searls, 18-14.

Allen prize race, distance handicap, ten pair doubles —
Ireland, 14 yards, 15 breaks; Swales, 14-15: Lambert,
14-10; Hauer, 18-8; Searls, 16-15; Webb, 20-17; Cullen,
16-13; Allen, 16-11; Reed, 14-10; Fish, 16-16; Deben-
ham, 16-10.

Advices from England are to the effect that the
purse for the international team match will be for
$2500 instead of $5000. The American team are will-
ing to shoot for the reduced purse. A desire to make
practical comparison between the English and Ameri-
can cracks will tend to make the magnitude of the
money partly a secondary consideration. The English
live bird shooters are seemingly anxious to meet the
visiting shooters in individual and team contests at
English blue rocks — the famed test of the wing shot's
skill in Britain.

Paul North writes, every ohooter in America is
curious to know how our best shots will compare with
the best shots on the famed swift winged trap bird of
Albion. Visiting sportsmen are authority for the
statement that when the representative American guns
meet the best English trap shooters on their own
grounds and with their best pigeons trapped our
shooters will show that they are the equal of any shot
gun manipulators and will prove their superior skill at
anything that flies. But few details are left unfinished
in perfecting traveling arrangements and deciding the
itinerary of the American team. The results at both
live birds and targets will be a matter of more than
ordinary interest to American trap shooters.

Fred W. King, who is a skillful goldsmith, is the proud
owner of a handsome and unique pair of cuff buttons
of original design. The pair represent two U. M. C.
Smokeless shells and are perfect in color and finish to
the minutest detail. The color is in enamel and the
twin trinket is a pretty fac simile of a trap shell. A
stick-pin, in the same design, also made by Mr. King is
a prized scarf ornament owned by H. G. Lougee.

The Antler Gun Club was organized in Oakland last
week. The membership is drawn from the Order of
Elks. Harry Newton is the Secretary of the new club.
The Antlers will prong inanimate targets each month
on the Empire Gun club grounds, the initial shoot
being set for Sunday, April 7th.

W. R. Crosby's continuous run of 345 targets is now
the world's record.

The Grand American Handicap will commence on
Monday. _

Napa county is now properly in line for fish and
game protection. At the meeting held in Justice
Palmer's court room Monday evening "The Napa
Fish and Game Protective Association" was organized.
The object of the organization, as its name implies, is
to see that the game laws are rigidly enforced.

The officers of the association are: President, Geo.
E. Caldwell; Vice-President, Theo. A. Bell; Secretary
and Treasurer, Geo. F. Gardner.

By-laws were adopted, and the President was author-
ized to communicate with the Fish Commissioners
with the view of securing the appointment of four
deputies to aid in enforcing the laws. Regular meet-
ings of the association will be held the first Tuesday
of each month. A. B. Swartout and L. Pellett of the
St. Helena Game Club attended.

Fish Commissioner Vogelsang, when notified of what
Napa had done, was greatly pleased and will at once
appoint and put in the field three deputy com-
missioners.

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[March 30, 190]

Coming Events.

March 30.— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 2. Classification
series. Stow lake -2:30 p. m.
March 31— Fly-casting. Sunday contestkNo. 2. Classification
^ries. Stow lake 10 a. an

Fishing in the Deadman.

[J. Mayne Baltimore.]

The State of "Washington possesses innumerous fine
trout streams. Trending north and south are the vast
Cascade mountains. Naturally enough there are many
mountain streams, and these abound in the speckled
beauties.

Throughout eastern Washington are a number of
short mountain ranges, and also a great many chains
of lofty hills. Very many streams find their cradles
in these upheavals.

At certain seasons of the year, the Spokane and the
Little Spokane streams furnish excellent fishing.
Latah Creek is also a good stream for angling. How-
ever, a fine little stream for capturing trout, is the
"Deadman." The name sounds very lugubrious, but
the stream came by that cognomen in an honest and
reasonable sort of way.

It was more than twenty years ago that a white man
was murdered by the Indians on the bank of this little
stream. The country was then only sparsely settled,
but the murderers feared the vengeance of the "Boston
man." Finding a deep pool under the shadow of an
abrupt bank, they tied a weight to the body and
pitched it into the stream. It sank from sight, but
did not remain hidden long.

The man being missed, diligent search was made for
him by friends. He was traced to the stream, hut no

thicket of underbrush. Back from the creek a little
way stood a forest of pine and fir.

It was during the latter part of May and the weather
was very warm — almost sultry. While we fished,
serene short showers fell. We caught many fish— just
how many I shall not disclose. None of the trout were
very large, but they made good eating.

But we had to toil and sweat for our game. We
waded through mud and sand, half leg deep; we
pushed through brush and briers; stumbled over rocks
and logs — and swore. Then we often took to the creek,
plunging in and wading up to our hips. The water
was cold but the air was steaming hot.

Several times we crossed the brawling, capricious
stream. Once we all trailed it across an old log, which
proved to be very rotten. When we were about mid-
way the log suddenly broke asunder, precipitating us
into the rushing stream. The boys gave a regular
Comanche war whoop and we waded ashore.

Soon we reached the mcuth of Deep Creek, a tribu-
tary about half the size of the Deadman. It was a
roaring little torrent. As its name would signify, the
stream is deep but very narrow.

It abounds in trout and we whipped the waters for
several hundred yards above its mouth, meeting with
good success. Just below the mouth of Deep Creek,
the Deadman pours its pellucid waters into the Little
Spokane.

We fished for a short time in the latter stream, cap-
turing several large trout and handsome silversides.
But night was coming on apace and a heavy, soaking
shower set in, we gave up fishing for that day, and
went back to the farm house, where we had made
arrangements to remain over night.

Were we wet? Soaked to the skin! Not a "dry
stitch" on our bodies. But we were not cold — were
actually sweating.

There was a deep and wide old-fashioned fireplace at
one end of the capacious sitting room. The rancher
piled on logs and soon there was a noble fire. By it,
we speedily dried our clothes.

The housewife proved to be a good cook. Soon she
had something less than a half a bushel of elegantly
fried fish heaped up on several big plates. These, sup-
plemented with hot biscuits, butter and steaming hot
coffee, made a superb meal. The rancher and his in-
teresting family and the members of our party gathered
around the festive board. There were feasting, big
appetites and good cheer.

RUSSIAN RIVER NEAR GUERNEVILLE.

further. Unmistakable evidences were discovered that
there had been foul play.

It was a case of "murder will out. " A few days after
the murder there came a heavy, protracted rain, which
caused the creek to swell and overflow its high banks.
So violent was the current that it swept the body out
of the eddy and carried it up where it caught on the
points of some sharp drift. As soon as the waters sub-
sided the body was quickly discovered. Three Indians
were distinctly connected with the murder. Suspicion
pointed to them; they were arrested, convicted and
condignly punished for the crime. From that time the
stream has borne the name of "Deadman" — a gloomy,
suggestive appellation which will always cling to the
beautiful little water course.

The total length of the Deadman does not exceed ten
miles. It rises in a bunch of small hills almost due
north of the City of Spokane, and, running westward,
empties into the Little Spokane.

For most of the distance it flows through level
country, amidst a forest of pine. All along its winding
banks are dense thickets of willow, alder, maple and
other water-loving growths. In places the stream
meanders through a sort of morass.

Deadman abounds in deep pools, swirling eddies and
broad, shallow riffles — just the places where the elusive
game iurks. I was one of a gay party of six who
recently paid our respects to that stream and its finny
denizens.

On a straight line, the stream is reached in about
eight miles from Spokane. The drive for most of the
distance is through pine woods which, at that season
of the year, was most interesting. We reached the
stream about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and began
fishing in hard earnest.

From where we began to angle down to the mouth of
the Deadman was about two miles and a half. The
stream for most of that distance led through a dense

After supper, we sat around the capacious fireplace
until bedtime. Then we went out and slept like
"troopers, " in a big straw stack. During the night
several heavy showers fell.

Early next morning we resumed fishing The weather
was gloomy and the skies o'er cast. We fished several
hours with tolerable luck. About 10 o'clock a heavy
rain set in, compelling us to give up fishing.

Giving the kind, hospitable rancher a liberal supply
of our catch, we hitched up our team and drove back
to town under storm-threatening clouds and beneath
dripping branches. We had a good time and caught
many fish. For a few days after our brief outing we
were sore and our faces and hands well scratched from
briers and brush.

Where the Trout Hide.

Keports from many streams are most favorable for a
thorough enjoyment of the opening day of the trout
season on Monday. The streams of Sonoma, Napa and
Mendocino counties have been replenished ■ with over
1,000,000 trout fry, the streams themselves, too numer-
ous to mention, have been carefully guarded and most
of them are thus early in the season in splendid condi-
tion for fly-fishing.

The Marin county streams, the Paper Mill and its
tributaries are in better shape for the fly than have been
these favorite waters been for vears past. The Puris-
sima, San Gregorio and other Coast streams south will
not be disappointing. Keports from Santa Cruz county
give the fishing streams in that bailiwick a great repu-
tation. The San Lorenzo, however, is said to be very
high.

The opening day of the season comes at an inoppor-
tune time for many city anglers, who wiil take their
outing with rod and basket later on during the week.
To the angler who relies not entirely on his skill with
the fly, but must perforce use other lure we will admon-
ish him that should he be in the habit of using shrimp
it will pay him to lay in a stock and salt them down
prior to May 1st, for after this day a close season on
shrimp for four months will be in order.

Among those who have confided in us their destina-
tion with rod and reel on Monday we note a party
composed of John B. Coleman, Frank Ireland and Fred
Bushnell who pinned their faith on the virtues and
fish of the Laguinitas. George Jackson and a party
of friends will whip the Uvas, staying the while at Vic
Paunchlet's resort. Henry Wicker will put his new
rod together and try the Paper Mill. Mr. and Mi's.
W. A. Cooper and Geo. Walker will leave the train at
Tocaloma station. John Cad man and C. Havens will
sUp away quietly to a stream where the pools and
riffles are full of fish, and large ones. Fred Dassonville
and Ed Dassonville have a trip to Salmon creek in
view. A party of well known jolly anglers have ar-
ranged for trip to Dutch Bill, a tributary of Russian
river. H. Isenbruck will be at Camp Taylor Sunday
evening. J. Boswell Kenniff. C. R. Kenniff and Dr. C.
G. Levison already have their fish tagged in the Paper
Mill near Camp Taylor. Going after them on Monday
will only be perfunctory. Charley Breidenstein, Jas.
and Will Turner, W. Asheroft and a party will try
Tocaloma station as a starting point on the stream.
Pete Walsh has several good fish staked out in the
pools of Pacheco creek. Achille Roos and Sam Heller
will put out their flies on the Guallala and enjoy a two
week's outing before coming back to the city.

The announcement is made with regret that Mr.
Chas. H. Kewell had the misfortune this week to lose
his father. Mr. Kewell, Sr., was a noted angler in the
old country and familiar with all the requisites of the
gentle art; he was also a skilled maker of leaders and
fly-tyer. Mr. Kewell, Jr., has the sympathy of a host
of angling friends in the hour of his affliction.

Striped bass are beginning to take the hook. A
seven pounder was recently caught at the Borax
wharf in the Estuary: James Pariser landed a nine
pound fish on last Saturday evening. O. W. Jackson
and Bob MeFaiiand caught some small fish in San
Leandro bay on Sunday.

Salt water anglers have been out in force for two
weeks past; the catches of rock fish, sea trout and
capazoni have been excellent.

§ KENNEL.

Coming Events.

March 13, 14, 15, 16 — Mascoutah Kennel Club. Eleventh annual
show. Chicago. J. L. Lincoln. Secretary.

April 2, 3, 4, 5 — New England Kennel Club. Seventeenth annual
bench show. Boston. Tyler Morse, Secretary, address care Bos-
ton Athletic Ass'n.

April 3, 4, 5, 6— Portland Kennel Club. Bench show, Portland, Or.

April 10, 11, 12, 13— Seattle Kennel Club. Sixth annual bench
Show, Seattle, Wash. P. K..L. Rules.

April 16— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J P.
Norman, Secretary.

May 8, 9, 10, 11 — San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 23. 24, 25 — Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Bench Show Notes.

The office of the San Francisco Kennel Club will be
opened on Monday next at No. 14 Post street. The
prospect for a good list of entries from San Jose, Oak-
land, Sacramento and San Joaquin is quite bright.
Entries will close on April 28th. An announcement of
the show at Mechanic's Pavilion in May appears this
week on page 15.

It is expected the premium list will be ready for dis-
tribution from the office on the 1st.

In addition to the list of specials already published
the Livingston Jenks cup for the best Cocker Spaniel
bitch puppy, open to all, is announced and Charles K.
Harley will offer a gold medal for the best Fox Terrier

puppy-

The Pacific Bull Terrier Club members held an im-
portant meeting in the office of the Breeder and
Sportsman on Thursday evening when several mat-
ters pertaining to the coming bench show were
arranged. The kennel page went to press too early
this week for a fuller account of the club meeting.

The entries of Boston Terriers this year will be a
record one, no* less ;than twelve or fifteen entries are
now ready for the show.

A delegation composed of Norman J. Stewart, Chas.
R. Harker, Fred Banks and D. J. Sinclair left this
week to attend the Northern circuit. Tho' not in-
formed as a fact, we feel safe in adding O. J. Albee's
name to the above; it would be-hardly possible to take
into consideration the idea that Mr. Albee would forego
the pleasure of seeing a few Northern Collies, particu-
larly the newcomer at Spokane, Mr. Thos. S. Griffith's
Lenzie Prince, a winner of 45 firsts in Scotland. Chas.
R. Harker will hand out the ribbons to St. Bernards,
Mastitis, Great Danes and Newfoundlands. James
Cole, of Kansas City, will preside over Pointers and
Setters and Norman J. Stewart will judge Collies.
C. D. Nairn will judge all other breeds.

Two Dave Earl dogs belonging to Clinton E. Worden
have been placed in the care of John E. Lucas and W.
B. Coutts respectively. The youngsters are destined
to run in the next Northwest and Pacific Coast Derbys.

March 30, 1901]

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California Cocker Club.

This enterprising specialty club is wide awake for
the coming May show as will be seen from the following
list of elegant trophies. The Secretary E. C. Plume
informs us that at a recent meeting of the Executive
Committee of the California Cocker Club it was de-
cided to offer the following specials for competition at
the May show:

W. C. Ralston, Esq., offers the President's Cup for
best Cocker Spaniel in show. Plumeria Cocker Ken.
nels offer a silver loving cup for best pair of Red
Cockers (dog and bitch). Pine Hill Cocker Kennels
offer silver cup for best bred Red Cocker (dog or
bitch.) Nairod Kennels offer a silver and cut glass
cigar jar for best novice dog or bitch (any color). Red-
wood Cocker Kennels offer a silver cup for best puppy.

The California Cocker Club offers club prizes for
competition for members only, blacks: Gold medal
for best dog. Gold medal for best bitch. Silver medal
for best dog in open class. Silver medal for best
bitch in open class. Silver medal for best dog in limit
class. Silver medal for best bitch in limit class. Silver
medal for best dog in novice class. Silver medal for
best bitch in novice class. Silver medal for best dog
puppy. Silver medal for best bitch puppy.

For other than black: Gold medal for best dog.
Gold medal for best bitch. Silver medal for best dog
in open class. Silver medal for best bitch in open
class. Silver medal for best dog in limit class. Silver
medal for best bitch in limit class. Silver medal for
best dog in novice class. Silver medal for best bitch
in novice class. Silver medal for best dog puppy.
Silver medal for best bitch puppy.

Pacific Coast Special Committee.

The following communication was received from Mr.
J. P. Norman, Secretary of the Board.

A copy of the circular below referred to was also re.
ceived but was unavoidably crowded out until next
week.

The Pacific Advisory Committee of the American
Kennel Club held an adjourned meeting on the 19th
inst., its first under the extended powers recently con-
ferred on it by the American Kennel Club. Its first
official use of those powers was in the exercise of its
prerogatives to approve of classifications. The San
Francisco ECennol Club applied for authority to open a
winners class in Scottish Terriers, the same not having
been included in the proof of the premium list sent to
Secretary Vredenburgb before the new authority of
the Advisory Board rendered such application to New
York unnecessary. The Advisory Committee having
satisfied itself that the San Francisco Kennel Club had
complied with the rules, granted the request for a
winners class in Scottish Terriers.

The Committee also resolved that the regular meet-
ings should henceforth be held on the third Tuesday
of each month, and all matters intended for considera-
tion at the regular meetings should be prepared and
communications addressed to the Secretary of the
Committee not later than the Thursday preceding that
date. The Committee is sending out to all the kennel
and specialty clubs of the Coast a circular letter, and
it is hoped that these clubs will acquiesce in the
urgent request of the Committee."

Doings in Dogdom.

Mrs. W. C. Ralston recently sold two black Cocker
Spaniel puppies by Hampton Goldie out of Ch. Prin-
cess Flavia to Plumeria Cocker Kennels.

Three handsomely marked five month's old Egglish
Setter puppies are offered for sale in our kennel adver-
tisements to-day. The youngsters are bred in the
purple and promise to make cracking Derby entries ior
the purchaser.

A dispatch from New York relates the following
shocking incident. Mrs. Carrie Cobus, living on West
Eighteenth street, met death in a pitiful manner on
the 17th inst., being killed by her dog. Mrs. Cobus,
her husband, her son and her mother, lived together.
Mrs. Cobus was 38 years of age and subject to epileptic
fits. Her constant companion was a Fox Terrier of
unusual intelligence. Mrs. Elizabeth Broadhead, Mrs.
Cobus' mother, says her daughter went out into the
kitchen about 7 o'clock. A few moments later Mrs.
Broadhead heard the dog barking excitedly. The
mother ran out and found her daughter lying on the
floor. She knew H was an epileptic attack, and, dash-
ing a pitcher of water into her daughter's face, she
ran into the hall and screamed for help.

Philip Rockefeller, living near by, heard her and
ran to her assistance. They went into the room where
Mrs. Cobus lay and there saw a horrifying spectacle.
The pet Terrier, seeing its mistress in agony, appears
to have gone mad. He flew at the prostrate woman
as she writhed on the floor and repeatedly attacked
her, burying his teeth in her throat and severing the
jugular vein. When Rockefeller tried to tear the
maddened brute away it clung to the dying woman
with terrible tenacity. He finally got the animal loose.
It then attacked the mother and the man, but they
beat it off. A physician was summoned, but Mrs.
Cobus had bled to death. The dog disappeared in the
streets.

The Modern St. Bernard.

The claim of some experts that the St. Bernard is
not of the type nor as alert and sagacious as the origi-
nal dogs of the Swiss monastery, will be received with,
possibly, indignation and some degree of incredulity,
and many of our fanciers who own and breed St. Ber-
nards will be surprised to learn that their beautiful
and costly dogs are in many respects unlike their an"

cestors. For this statement the Schweiz Thierborse is
responsible, and it is qualified to speak with authority
on a matter of this kind. Its words are creating no
small excitement among the European owners of St.
Bernards.

According to this Swiss society the St. Bernards of
to-day have little in common with their ancestors, the
only marked point of resemblance being in the shape
of their heads. As a proof that this is true a letter is
cited, which Herr Schumacher, a famous dog fancier
of Hollingen, near Berne, wrote several years ago to
the Rev. Mr. Macdona, a clergyman in England, who
was much interested in St. Bernards.

"In the monastery where these dogs were originally
bred," says Herr Schumacher, "there is a tradition,
which the present monks remember well, that the first
litter of these animals, which subsequently came to be
known as St. Bernards, was obtained by crossing a
female Danish dog with a Pyreneese Mastiff, who was
of great size and closely resembled a sheep dog. From
this Mastiff, it is said, the original St. Bernards ob-
tained their high degree of intelligence, their fine sense
of smell and their marvelous memory of places, and
from their Danish ancestress they inherited their great
bulk and strength. For 500 years the monks have
been doing their utmost to improve this breed, and
history tells us how well they have succeeded."

From this letter Swiss experts infer that the St.
Bernards of to-day, especially the long-haired ones,
have deteriorated in some respects, though, on the
other hand, they readily admit that they far surpass
their ancestors so far as size, color and beauty are con-
cerned. They doubt, however, whether any of the
thoroughbred St. Bernards that are now sold for such
large sums, are as sagacious or as alert as these that
were reared in the famous monastery from century to
century.

However this may be, it is certain that no animals
have changed so much during the past few centuries
as the long-haired St. Bernards, and the mere fact that
these animals have grown year by year in popular
favor seems to show that the change has on the whole
been for the better. Some of the prize-winning beauties
of our day might not be able to rescue famishing trav-
elers on the snow-clad Alps, yet even this defect cannot
deprive them of their rank as the aristocrats of the
canine kingdom.

Breeding of Toy_ Spaniels.

Of Toy Spaniels five varieties are now enlisting the
attention of the fancy. These varieties of the breed
and the changes in type readily trace back to the
earlier types. Toy Spaniels, it is claimed, had no little
influence in the establishment of the modern bench
show.

In the early forties of the last century societies were
formed on behalf of the Toy Spaniel to promote its
careful breeding. The members of these clubs would
appoint a particular day, when each member would
bring to the club room a dog of his own breeding, and
the appointed judges would designate the best, to
which would be given a handsome silver or gold collar
that had been subscribed for. This was the germ of
the present public dog show.

The growing interest evinced by American women
in breeding, owning and exhibiting dogs is leading to
greater attention being paid to Toy Spaniels. The
term Toy Spaniel covers more than one breed. The
King Charles, Blenheim, Prince Charles or tricolor,
Ruby and the Japanese Spaniel, all come under this
general name.

Canine history tells us that of all these the tricolor-
black, tan and white— was the earliest type. This, and
the King Charles and Blenheim, as well as the Ruby,
have been interbred until color alone distinguishes the
different families. The white of the early tricolor, or
Prince Charles, was bred out until the King Charles>
black and tan in color, was produced, and would breed
true. The Blenheim, orange and white or red and
white, has always had an individuality and romance, its
connection with the house of Marlborough lending an
interest to the handsome breed; but the Ruby is an
offshoot of the interbreeding of these two latter named.
It is a purely red spaniel, without white, the white
having been bred out until now there are enough reds
to breed true or approximately so. The Ruby, how-
ever, is comparatively modern, a manufacture of the
last fifteen years or so.

It is only, however, within the last thirty years or so
that the breeds have developed the abnormally high,
round skull and the extremely retrousse nose. The
Japanese Spaniel, admittedly a very ancient national
breed, has certain points altogether foreign to the
English breeds.

The English Toy Spaniel has been bred within its
own variety until it has assumed certain abnormal
properties such as the high bulging skull, the marble
eye and the nose which is scarcely discernible. Speak-
ing generally, the King Charles Spaniel must be black
and tan, deep in black and rich in tan; the Blenheim,
by many considered the most beautiful of the four

condition naturally creates a depression between tne
eyes and back of the nose even more marked than in
the Bulldog, and exhibits a hollow deep enough to
bury a small marble.

The eyes are wide apart, with the eyelids square to
the line of the face, not slanting like the "Jap" or Fox.
They are large, so as to be considered black; the enor-
mous pupils which are absolutely of that color, increas-
ing the description. This large size seems to affect the
lachrvmal duct at the corner of the eye, and there is
usually more or less weeping.

The nose is most important. It must be short and
well turned up between the eyes; there should be no
indication that this condition has been produced arti-
ficially. The nose should be deep, wide and black, the
lower jaw is much like the bulldog's, with a decided
"finish" or turnup, so as to allow of its meeting the
end of the upper jaw.

The ears must be long, almost reaching to the ground.
The ears of an average sized dog will extend twenty
inches from tip to tip, and some more. They should
be set low on the head, and heavily clothed with hair.
The King Charles usually has a longer ear than the
Blenheim, and sometimes has a spread of twenty-four
inches.

The shape of the Toy Spaniel should rival the Pug
in compactness, although much of this solid appear-
ance is due to the profuseness of coat, and in reality
the frame is small. The body should be cobby, with
stout, strong legs, broad chest and back. The size
varies from seven pounds to ten pounds. They should
not be larger.

In coat there is some slight diversity which we will
point out. Generally speaking the coat should be
long, silky, soft and wavy, bul not curly.

In the King Charles the feather on the ears is very
long and profuse, exceeding that of the Blenheim by
an inch or more. The feather on the tail, which is
docked to about three or four inches, should be silky
and five to six Inches in length, forming a distinctive
square "flag" which must not be carried over the
level of the back.

In the Blenheim there should be a profuse mane, ex-
tending well down the front of the chest. The feather
should be profuse on ears and feet where it is so long
as to give the appearance of being webbed. The legs
are also well feathered. Prince Charles and Rubies
partake of the same characteristics.

The King Charles is a rich, glossy black and deep
tan; tan spots over the eyes and on cheeks and on the
legs nearly to the elbow in the forelegs, and to the
hocks in the hind, and the inside of the legs is tan.

The Ruby Spaniel is a rich chestnut red. A few
white hairs on the chest of a King Charles or a Ruby
carries very great weight against the animal in the
show ring but does not absolutely disqualify, but a
white patch or white hairs on any other part of either
of these Spaniels is a disqualification.

The color of a Blenheim should be a pure, pearly
white, with rich chestnut red or ruby red markings,
evenly distributed in large patches. The ears and
cheeks should be red, with a blaze of white extending
from the nose up to the forehead, and ending between
the ears in a crescentine curve. In the center of this
should be the "spot" about the size of a dime.

The tri-color should have the tan of the King Charles
with markings like the Blenheim in black, instead of
red on a pearly white ground. The ears and under the
tail should also be lined with tan. The proper name of
this three-colored Spaniel is the Prince Charles.

The Ruby has already been described, is whole
colored, and the points coinciding with King Charles.
The white that sometimes comes on King Charles
Spaniels is traceable to the early breeding with the tri-
color; the breed having been individualized by breeding
the darker colored black and tans until the white dis-
appeared.

Blenheims and tricolors are sometimes bred together
so that one obtains both varieties from one litter; but
when King Charles and Blenheims are crossed the most
probable result is not some of each variety, but King
Charles with white patches on forehead or on the feet.
But there is now no necessity to cross either variety.
Nearly all of these breeds are sprightly and engag-
ing, and especially so the Blenheim, that is not so liable
to become fat and podgy, as the King Charles. The
King Charles and tricolor are quieter, and not so affec-
tionate and active, and, not being so particular about
their food, have a tendency to become obese. This
should be corrected, for they quickly lose their glossi-
ness of coat and incline to curliness of coat, which is
objectionable. These Spaniels should be carefully
brushed or their feather becomes matted, and they
soon assume an objectionable appearance.

Of the varieties of Spaniels mentioned above the
best local specimens we have noticed in recent years
have been among the Japs: H. A. Wegener's Yum Yum,
Miss Viola Piercy's Jap, Miss Ida A. Killey's Kekko,
W. S. Kittle's Our Jap, Miss Rose Hooper's Mikado,
Miss Freda Hatje's Jap H. and Lady Mine. Mrs. H.
W. Reddan's Nippon, Mrs. G. W. Berry's Skiddles,
Frank Kent's Toots, T. H. Stevenson's Coco, Mrs. G.
Bucholtz' Yeddo, Mrs. W. Hatje's Princess Jap, N. J.
Stewart's imp. Ki Ku.

Of Blenheims, one of the best ever brought to the
Coast is Norman J. Stewart's Dorothy of Blenheim,
her kennel mate Duke of Gloster died shortly after
arriving at Rancho Bonita, Aromas, Monterey county.
N. J. Stewart's Ethel Barrymore is another good one.
The dogs mentioned here were all bench winners.

\ —

8 Kennel Registry.

types, is an orange and white marked dog, with an |

evenly colored face, a white blaze up the centre, widen- (

inff toward the top of the skull, in the centre of which ';) Oakland Cocker Kennels sold the black Cocker Spaniel dog Oak-

mg luwdiiu inn '»p u< ""° = i „„n-j tv,o »!„,„„„ " land Fasc nation Black Tige-Oakland Duchess) January 4. 1901.

should be an orange mark or spot called the lozenge. A

The Prince Charles or tricolor is black, white and tan, 4 - • ==' VISITS.

and the Rubv a rich deep red or ruby wine color. p Mrs^G. H. Conaught's black Cocker_Spaniel niton Little Flavia

Before spe'aking of the particular history of each'; {Ch.
variety it would, perhaps, be better to describe the
general points of the Toy Spaniel. b whelps

The head should, be well domed, the skull semi- | pIumerIaCool(erKenIiels,blao,lCooberSpaIllelljltcb BlackSll,
globular, sometimes m a very good specimen extending- ^<Sander,s Bob-Chippiei whelped March 20th Ave puppies (3 dogs
beyond the half-circle and absolutely projecting over ;; t0 same owner's Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-Hampton Qu
the eyes so as to nearly meet the upturned nose. ThisiKeadie).

SAI.KS

_. Woodland Duke-Ch. Princess Flavia) to Plumeria Cocker
Kennels' Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-Hampton Queen Readie),
March 25, 1901.

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[March 30, 1901

Black Minorcas for Utility.

A correspondent in an exchanga says:
"I breed Black Minorcas for a number of
reasons, among which are utility, beauty
and commercial value. I place utility
first because my experience has demon-
strated that there are few better utility
fowls than the Bl ack Minorca, especially
as now bred. Fir st, they certainly excel
in egg production any other fowl, as they
lay as manv eggs and a much larger egg
than the Leghorn The size and beauty
of the Minorca egg are certainly very
attractive to the eye, and their large size
makes them much in demand for market.
Then, too, the Mincoras have been ad-
vanced in size very much in the past few
years, and for a table fowl are growing in
favor right along. Fanciers are no longer
satisfied to breed Leghorn-Minorcas but
want them up to standard weight and
above to be at all satisfied, until now we
see on exhibition Minorcas muchabove
the requirements as to weights. Neither
the fancier nor his customer will be satis-
fied with fowls which fall below standard
requirements as to weights."

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SEYMOUfi WILKES, Beg. No. 0232.

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MAUD P. 2:27>£, Syearsold, by Grand
Moor.

FITZ LEE 2:13*2 (pacer), 8 yearsold, by
Arthur Wilkes.

LE1TA C, fourvearsold.bvMcKinney2:llJi,
dam Gladys B. 2:24 by Blackbird.

GEN. FORREST, four yearsold, by Mc-
Kinney 2:11^', dam Orphan Girl (dam of Chico
2:14i*) by Blackbird.
Neither of the last two have been raced, but
have shown satisfactory speed in their work.

Reason for sale — owner has decided to go out of
the business. Address

PARK HENSHAYF, Chico, Cal.

March 30, 1901]

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Ferre Haute Trotting and Fair
Association

Opens the following- Purses to be decided at its

Grand Circuit Meeting,
SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCT. 5, 1901.

No. l-'The "Wabash" for 2:20 Trotters $5,000

No. 2-"Tfee Side wheeler' for 2:18 Pacers 5.000

The two purses named above are nomination purses with nominations trans
ferable up to September 9th, at which time the horses are to be named.

No. 3-For 2:28 Class Trotting $1,500

No. 4-For 2:15 Class Trotting 1,500

No- 5— For 2:25 Class Pacing 1,500

No. 6-For 2:14 Class Pacing 1,500

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MAY 6TH.

Entrance fee five per cent., payable as follows : First installment of one (1) per
cent, must accompany the entry, May 6th. June 17th, one(l) percent. July 27th,
one (1) per cent. Sept. 9th, two (2) per cent.

All horses must be eligible to the above classes at the date of closing, Monday,
May 6th, when horses must be named in purses Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and
Six (6). Five per cent, additional from winners. All purses divided 50, 25, 15 and
10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare off and return first
payment in any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. No liability for money be-
yond the amount paid in, providing written notice of withdrawal be received by
the Secretary on or before any future payments-fall due, but no entry can be de-
clared out unless all arrearages are paid. American Trotting Association rules to
govern, of which this association is a member. Purse races *to complete program
will be announced later. For further information and entry blanks, address,

W. P. IJAMS, CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y,

President. Terre Haute, Ind_

FIFTH ANNUAL

DOG SHOW

OF THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAY 8th, 9th. 10th, 11th, 1901.

Judges: HENRY JARKETT, of Philadelphia: J. .J. LYX'X, of Port Huron, Mich, and
.JOHN BRADSHAW, of San Franeisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 28TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. P. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer. - - H. D. IATDLAW, Clerk

This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners' Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to show your dog.

GOSSIPER 2'14l Keg. No. 1200*

Sire of Gazelle 2:11^ (dam of Zolock 2:10!*), Miss Jessie 2:13?X, Ketchum 2:16w"(sire of Connie
2:15i-i), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:2S (sire of Greenleaf 2:10'/. and 97 more in'2-3) and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-tb'4: Fereno (3) 2:lu;t- Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smu^ler-'-l.T'.*
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06M and 30 more in 2:23. TO **'

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms - $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.3) per month

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Xeivark. Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 3:17, sire of
Directum Z-.Qo^i, Direct 3:05»,A and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt,
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, Cal.,

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Department F„ TUTTLE & CLARK, Detroit, Michigan.

Wanted to Buy.

A good road horse. Trotter preferred. About
16 hands and 1050 to 1100 pounds, good color, and
must be fast and sound, with no bad habits. Out-
classed or suspended race horse with fast record
will do. Address stating price and where horse
can be seen.

J2JO. J. SMITH,

Care Breeder and Sportsman,
36 Geary St., San Francisco.

Horses at Auction.

In San Francisco about the first of May 1
will sell

60 Head of Draft, Trotting and Express Horses

from the Verba Buena Rancho and perhaps also a
lot of Trotters from the Santa Rosa Stock Farm.
Exact time and place will be announced later on.
HENRY PIERCE.

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[March 30, 1901

C. W. COOL. Pres.

W. F. BENTLEY Sec'y.

H. L. SHEKMAN, Treas.

S2S,000 in Purses sijolcL Specials
^-^-GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING-^-

Glens Falls, N. Y.. Aug. 12, 13, 14 & 15, 1901

PURSE NO 1 .

91,500 The Glen, 2:28 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 2.
SI, 500 The Horicon, 2:24 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 3.
§1,500 The Adirondack, 2:18 Class, Trot

Purse Events

PURSE NO. 4.

SI, 500 The Combination, 2:14 Class, Trot

PURSE NO. 5.

SI ,000 The Breeders' Stake, 2:35 Class*

Trot, for Three Year Olds.

PURSE NO. 6.

SI, 500 The Suburban, 2:34 Class, Pace

PURSE NO. 7.
Sl,50O The Hudson River, 2:18 Class, Pace

PURSE NO. 8.
$1,500 The American, 2:12 Class, Pace

Entrance fee in purses Nos. 1. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8, payable in the following forfeits: April 1st, $10;
May 1st, $15, June 1st, $15; July 1st, $25: August 1st, $10.

Entrance fee in purse No. 5, payable in the following forfeits: April 1st, $10; May 1st, $10; June
1st, $10, July 1st, $10; August 1st, $10.

Entries for all the aboye purses will close Monday, April 1st.

In addition to the purses already named, the Association will probably offer purses for 2:07, 2:09
and free-for-all classes pacers, 2:10 and 2:07 class trotters and other specials.

Conditions.

Entries to all the foregoing events close Monday, April 1, 1901, when nominations must be named
and accompanied by first installment of entrance fee as above.

On payment of one entrance fee nominators will be allowed to name two horses only m same
class; and the horse that is to start must be named the night before the race. In case where two
horses are named as one entry, from the same stable, and any horses that have been separated from
the stable from which they were originally named, and such separation made according to rule, they
shall be eligible to start in the race if the forfeits, falling due after said separation have been met
according to conditions, upon the payment of forfeits which fell due before said separation. All
forfeits are payable in cash, on or before the date specified. No credit extended. Horses may be de-
clared out at any time, but declaration must be mailed to the Secretary in writing, and to be valid
must be accompanied by amount due (if any) on such entry. Upon such declaration being received

Remember, Entries Close Monday, April 1st.

the subscription is forfeited, the horse ineligible to start and the nominator released from further
liability. No return of any payment on account of death of horse, but the death of the nominator
will not make void his entry.

Entrance fee 5 per cent., with 5 per cent, additional from the winner of each division of the purse.
Customary division of purses, viz.: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent.

National Association Rules to govern, except Section 2 of Rule 9, abolishing the use of hopples,
■which will not be enforced. A horse distancing his or her field or any part thereof will receive
only one money. All races to be in harness, mile heats, three in five, except No. 5, which will be two
in three heats. The right is reserved to declare off any purse which receives less than ten nominators
and four starters.

For entry blanks, and all other information, address

W. F. BENTLEY, Sec'y. Qlens Falls, N. Y.

H. I. Wilson, Pres. J. F. Finlen, Vice-Pres. E. D. Laurence. Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y. Silas F. King, Tres. Louis Frank, Sec'y

THE MONTANA JOCKEY CLUB

(INCORPORATED)

Butte, ]VIontana,8 Anaconda, 3VJIont£ti3.£t.

60 Days Bacing, Commencing June 29 to Sept 7, 1901.

Stakes for Summer Meeting 1901. - First Issue—Nominations Close April 20, 1901.

THE MONTANA DERBY, 81,500— For three-year-olds (foals
of 1898). $10 to accompany the nomination. $15 additional if not
declared out on or before June 1, 1901. $100 additional to start. The
Montana Jockev Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $1,500, of which $250 to second, $150 to third and
$100 to fourth horse. Colts to carry 123, geldings 119 and fillies 117.
Allowances— Non-winners of a stake in 1901 or of 5 or more races
(selling races not counted) since April l, 1901, allowed 7 lbs-
Beaten maidens allowed 12 lbs. One mile and one-quarter.

THE DALT MEMORIAL CUP SI, OOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1,000. The winner to re-
ceive$650 and a piece of plate of the value of $150, the owner of the
second horse to receive $200, the owner of the third horse $100, and
the owner of the fourth horse $50. Weights to appear 3 days prior
to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry bos the
day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Two miles.

THE MINER'S UNION STAKE, Sl.OOOA handicap for three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount suffi-
cient to make the value of the stake $1,000, or which $200 to the
second, $100 to the third and the fourth horse to save its stake.
"Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry box the day preceding the race before 11:30
A. u One mile.

THE BUTTE SELLING STAKES, 8850— For three-year-
olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional
o start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to

mo

make the value of the stake $850, of which $150 to second. $75 to third
and $35 to fourth. The winner to be sold at auction. Horses en-
tered for $3000 to carry weight for age, if for less 2 lbs. allowed for
each $500 to $1500, then 1 lb. for each $100 to SlUiO. then 2 lbs. for
each $100 to $500. Entries to be made through the entry box (with
selling price) the day preceding the race, before 11:30 a. m. Six
furlongs.

THE HOT TIMES STAKES, 8800— A handicap for all ages.
$5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional to start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $800, of which $150 to second, $75 to third and $35
to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Accept-
ances to be made through the entry box the day preceding the race,
before 11:30 A. si. Four and one-half furlongs.

THE LABOR DAY HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
' three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
j additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and $50 to fourth horse. Weights to appear 3 days
prior to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box
the day precedingjthe race, before 11:30 a. m. One mile and one-
eighth.

THE SILVER CITY SELLING STAKES, 81000— For three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and fourth horse to save its stake. The winner
to be sold at auction. Horses entered to be sold for $2500 to carry
weight for age, if entered for $1500 allowed 5 lbs., if for $1200

allowed 8 lbs., if for less 1 lb. allowed for each $100 from $1200 to
$500. Entries with selling price to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race, before 11:30 a. si. One mile aud'one-
sixteenth.

THE SILVER BOW STAKES, 81000— For two-year-olds. $5
to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Mon-
tana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of
the stake $1000, of whieh $200 to second. $100 to third and $50 to
fourth. 5 lbs. below the scale. Stake winners or winners of 4 or
more races since March 15th, to carry 7 lbs. extra, of 3 races of any
value since that date, 5 lbs. extra. Allowances— Maidens 3 lbs.
Beaten maidens. 7 lbs. Entries to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Four and one-half
furlongs.

THE HAMBURG HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
two-year-olds. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to
start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to
make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $wo to
third and $50 to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race
Acceptances to be made through the entry box the day preceding
the race before 11:30 a. m. Eive furlongs.

THE ANACONDA HANDICAP, 81000— For all ages. $5 to
accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Montana
Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of the
stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 to fourth.
Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry box the day preceding the race before
11:30 a. M. One mile.

Five or more running races and one or more harness races each day, for which liberal purses will be given.

Program of first week's racing will appear before April 12th.

Harness horse program will be published on or before May 12th. There will be races for all classes.

For further information address E. D. LAURENCE, Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Secy,

P. O. Box 22, Butte, Montana

SIR GIBBIE 2d.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at «30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McDONNELL, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, San Mateo County, Cal.

For Sale Cheap.

AN IMPORTED

Suffolk Punch Stallion.

Weighs 1700 pounds, sound as a dollar, 9 years
old and in first class condition. He is a high class
draft horse, well broken and as a stock horse can-
not be beaten.

Apply to or address

A. W. LACQUE,

Petaluma, Cal.

Great Broodmare to Lease.

T wish to lease for one year my mare Hattie
■ lam of Monterey &O0V and Montana 2:16"^) by
'onimodore Belmont. She is now heavily in foal
o Iran Alto 2:12 J* or Billy Thornhill 2:24.' Terms
J5Q cash. Address P. J. WILLIAMS,

Milpitas, Cal.

For Sale.

AfilllNAinO Brown gelding. Sired by
/iUUin/lLUf. Bcn Ali; dam% Merry-go-
Round by Jim Brown. Will be four years old in
April; will weigh 1000 pounds in racing condition,
sound and gentle, and of kind disposition. After
sis weeks' handling he has shown quarters better
than 24, and a half better than 49. He is a half-
brother to the Phoenician. He is the exact color,
size and disposition of his sire. The dam of
AGUINALDO was one of the fastest mares in
California for three-eighths of a mile.
For further particulars inquire of

PHIL. COLLINS,
Gonzales, Monterey Co., Cal.

Good Pasturage.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of tlw Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:0814, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
3:lli4, Arlene Wilkes 2:11^, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16^, Sunbeam 2:16,4', Sybils.
2:16k, Saville 2:1714, Grand George 2:18w,
J. P. Hanson 2:19!^, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, y* mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season

$40

GoodlPasturage at ;$4 per month. BestSof care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. No wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Telephone: Suburban Ml. Santa Clara, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:151.

Registered No. 22v449

Very best pasturage and good care taken of
stock for $2.50 per month. Stock can be shipped
via either Niles or Newark. Freight from San
Francisco or Oakland $1.45. Stock will be met at
the train by careful employees of the ranch. Ad-
dress S. T. CORAM.

Newark, Alameda Co., Cal.
Or.C.S NEAL,

230 Montgomery St. ,',San, Francisco,

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Dam Lorita 2: is 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell (dam of Ladyweli 2:16 1-2 anoV Lorita
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Will make a snort season beginning February 1, 1901, at

Woodland Race Track Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills payable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPKE,

Race Track, Woodland, Cal.

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possessesall the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B •, a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd 0

horsemen: "I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St.. San Jose.

W. A. HACK, Superintendent,

San Mart in

DALY 3:15.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:37^ by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co.,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:09 1-4.

Clipper 3:06

Daedalion 2:11

Diawood 3:11

Hijo del Diablo 3:ll!/2

SIRE OF

Tags 3:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 3:16^

Uaff Topsail, 3 : 1 7 >/3

Hazel D 3:34^

Dam

N. t. B. (3) 2:21*4

Imp 3:23*4

Key del Diablo (3).. .2:33&
Athalbo 2 :34*4

S ire /Much Better 2:07M I Dam (Diablo

„.. .„ »-«...• ^ in I Derby Princess... . ?:Q8% „,„_„, I Elf

CHAS. DERBY 2;20 ^Diablo aoOfc I BERTHA by Alcantara^Ed Lafferty...::;:::

/Owyhee 2:11 | tu™ «# |Jav Ef£ Bee (year-

'. line record!

3:09 H

2:12*4
2:16*4

Sire of

and 10 more in 2:30

Dam of

ling record) 2:26*4

Will Malie the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2113 1-4

Terms $40 the Season.

Sire:

SIDNEY

8:19Ji

sire of

LENNAN2:05K

17 in 2:15 list

03 in 2:30 list

Dani:

ARTHUR

CRICKET

WILKES

2:10

2:2H^

>jft

by

sire of

STEINWAY

WAYLAND W.

sire of

2:12*4

Klatawah 2:05^

4 in 2:15 list

0 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

i

33 in 2:30 list

grandsire of
2 in 2:15 list

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

LETTIE

dam of

2 in 2:15 lis

2d dam

MARY

dam of

Apex . . . .2:26

grandam of

4 in 2:15 list

6 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His" get all have

2ria*4, that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900. size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

St. Carlo — iooi

Hermit j Seclusion

1st. Blaise J.
!■ * usee | Vesuvienno
r "■-««*« {SSSSi.
Carina i

Wita {Sm?UIaU5ed

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two. year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamar II. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON $100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

Corrigan's Monument Ranch

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

R| I C"\/ Bay horse by Longfellow, dam Geneva by War Dance. Sire of Corsine
I LL I g (winner of California Derby and Clark Stakes at Louisville), Hurly
Burly, Daisy F., Joe Ullman, and many other winners. Also

IMP. ARTILLERY,

Brown horse by Musket, dam Ouida by Yattendon.

Will serve a limited number of mares for season of 1901.

For terms, etc., address J. J, GRANT,

MONUMENT RANCH, Sacramento, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bh, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:071,

GAYTON 2:08}, ALVES 2:(
standard records.

and 79 others with

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young- Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEAS ANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WI. R. WELCH, Plea»autoit, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at alameda RACE TRACK, from Feb. 15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13V£, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17j^, Auditor 2:19'^ and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON.

Alameda Race Truck.

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and accu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. "Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco

Stallion Cards,

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[March 30, 190]

Vendome Stock Farm

THE HOME OF--

Iran Alto 2:121-4.

San Jose, Cal.

Season of 1901.

For the first time it has been decided
by the owner of this great young stal-
lion to permit him to serve a few out-
side mares of approved breeding. Not
over ten mares will be taken, and four
of these are already booked. Terms
will be made known on application.
Every one of Iran Alto's get are trot-
ters. He has but eleven living foals,
and four have records. The six more
that are my property will trot in
standard time as soon as matured.
His breeding is unsurpassed by any
stallion in America.
Write for terms Address

JAMES W. REA,

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal.

IRAN ALTO 2:12i

Bay horse, foaled 1892.
sire of

Dr. Frasse 2:12&

Dr. Prasse's Sister (3). .2:21^

Vendome (3) 2:2514

Thos. B. (3) 2:30

PALO ALTO 2:08J£

World's stallion record to

high wheel sulky

sire of

Iran Alto 2:13J-f

Pasonte 2:13

Palita 2:16

Rio Alto U-.WH

Palatine 2:18

Palon 2:18m

Cressida 2:18%

Alia 2:21>/i

Fillmore 2:21%

Erastus C 2;22

Palo Belle 2:24'/.

Avena 2:27

ELAINE 2:30

holder of world's 3 and 4
year old records in 1877
and 1878

dam of

Norlaine (1) 2:31V4

Iran Alto 2:12)4

Palatine (3) 2:18

Anselma 2:2014

and Elsie, dam of

Palita (2) 2:16

Rio Alto (3) 3:I6H

Novelist (3) 2:27

Mary Osborne (3). .2:2854
Salvini 2:30

ELECTIONEER 135

sire of

Arion 2:07%

Sunol 2:0854

Palo Alto 2:08%

163 more in 2:30
grandsire of

The Abbot 2:03«

Azote 2:04%

and many others

DAME WINNIE (thor-)

dam of

Palo Alto 2:08%

Paola 2-18

Altivo 2:1854

Big Jim 2:2356

Gertrude Russell. ...2:2354
MESSENGER DCROC 106..
sire of
23 in 2:30

25 sons produced 95 in 2:30
48 daughters 66 in 2-30

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID.

dam of

Elaine 2:20

Prosper 2:20

Elista 2-20%

Dame Trot 2:22

Elina 2:24%

Mansfield 2:26

Storm 2:26%

Lanoelot 2:28%

Antonio 2:28%

Miranda 2:31

Electioneer 125

HAMBLETONIAN lO

sire of

Dexter 2:17«

40 in 2:30

150 sons and 80 daughters
are producers

GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID

dam of 9 in 2:30

f PLANET

(LIZ MARDIS bylmp. Glenoce

(HAMBLETONIAN 10J; gg
sire dam of
Stamboul 2:0754
SATINET by Abdallah Chief

| HARRY CLAY 45

sire dams of

Harrietta 2:09%

1 St. Julien 2:11)4

[SHANGHAI MARY

grandam of
Electioneer, and 9 in 2:30

CAPTAIN JONES 29666. sired by mckinney mi

Sire of Coney 2-02%. Jennie Mac 2:09, Hazel Kinney 2:0954, Zolock 2:1054, Zombro 2:11, You Bet
2:1254, McZeus 2:13, Dr. Book 2:I3>4, Osito 2:1354. Juliet D, 2:1354, McBriar 2:14, Harvey Mac 2:1454, Geo.
W. McKinney 2:14'.;, MeNallv 2:15, Monica 2:15 and 15 more in 2:30.

First dam Midd'ay Bell by Gossiper 2:1454. sire of Gazelle 2: 1154, Miss Jessie 2:135.f and others.

Second dam Briar Belle (dam of McBriar 2:14) by Don Wilkes 2:24% (son of Alcyone) sire of
Riverside 2:1214 and twelve others.

Third dam by Mambrino Patchen 58, the great broodmare sire.

Fourth dam by Almont 33, sire of Altamont. the great Oregon sire.

CAPTAIN JONES is a black stallion foaled in 1895, stands 15.3 hands high, weighs 1100 pounds,
has perfect trotting action and promises to be McKinney's best son. Captain Jones will make the
season of 1901 from April 1st to July 1st at

Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

$10 payable at time of service and balance June 1st or when mare is taken away. Usual return
privileges. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Due care taken to prevent accidents or escapes but no
responsibility assumed. A special invitation to all to call and see Captain Jones at the race track,
whether you are a breeder or not. Address JOHN PENDKK, 2218 H. Street, Sacramento.

Electioneer Leads All

S talli ons.
Breed

to a Son.

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 3:13?i and Ira 2: 16&.)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam, Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill 'by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16 ii> Fleety
Golddust 2:20. Indicator 2:23'.i, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)

FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service.

D. GANNON, Manager

No responsibility for accidents.
For further particulars address

Emeryville, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races |
1st 10 times |
2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON I

$7500 I
IN PURSES. I

STAM B. (23444) 2:llj^ is by Stamboul 2:07^ (sire of 5 trot-
ters in.2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list andof 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

stam B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., "height 15.3. "Will make th.e Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FQR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
'SSSBMSSHS^MSShS removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Rocklin, Cal.

tireed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno(3)
1\\Oyi) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them,was twioe second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are raoe winners.

lie is a champion in tlw show ring, champion on tlie race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinueys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notioe.

Terms for the Season $100 (Wltu usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San JoBe, Gal. Tel. Green 393. q_ £a DURFEE

McKIKNKV 3:ll)i

sire of

Coney 3:03Si

Jennie Mac 3:00

Hazel Kinney 2:UIH.I

Zolock 2:10;j

Zoiubro 2:11

You Bet 2:12*4

MoZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:i:b,

Osito 2:1814

Juliet D 2:135;

MoBrlsr 3:14

Harvey Mac 3:Mij

Obq, w. McKinney. ..2:1414

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!

A Grand Individual!

A Coming Great Sire I

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:1134, dam by
Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO T. BECKKRS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

$50

Breed to Monterey 2:091 No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19?i, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N
2:05M, Monterey 2:09& and Dr. Leek 2:09&— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:16vf and Monterey 2:09vf, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of lago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?i, Monterey 2:09^, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13&.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19% and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?i, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03^ to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06J4 and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a £400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS *50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, ililpitas, Cal.

I DIRECT 2:12J

Sire, DIRECT 2:0514 (sire of Directly 2:03H. Bonnie Direct 2:05M, Directum Kellv 2-OSu Rev
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:11«, Ed B. Young 2:11«, Miss Margaret 2:11!/., IDirect 2:1214, MissBeatriee
2:13M, Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:15 ana fourteen with standard records). ™ai™.a

Dam. FRANCISCA (dam of IDirect 2:1214, Sable Frances2:15K, Guycesca 2:26 and Earl Medium
sire of Maybud 2:13y.(, Tom Martin 2:14V.f, Kanawha Star2:14v^, Lucy Stokes 2:18'.; Goneril "-Sly and
others) by Almont 33J Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175 sire of 7 in "-30 and
Portuna dam of Tuna 2:12>4) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53. sire of Kitty Bayard «-i«u
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1124 Sherman Street

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

I DIRECT 2:1214 is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars
Address ED IAWEBTT, Manager, 1434, Sherman St., Alameda.

Alameda, Cal.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pec. 2:20 » *■ — >

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:0754, DERBY PRINCESS 2:0814. DIABLO 2 :09J4, OWYHEE 2:11

LITTLE BETTER 3:ll)i, CIBOLO 2 :13JS, and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, «ai

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

$50 the season.

L

Makch 30, 1901]

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S. TOOMEY'S

Record Breaking

SULKIES, JOQ CARTS, PNEUMATIC ROAD WAGONS, and SPEED
POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN & SONS, acts.

Cor. Folk and Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal.

[Race Record }
i 2:16 1-2. J

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Eariy and Extreme Speed. _

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with 1
records of 2: 13 and 2:1^^ respectively. "Who In it is the champion three-year- u
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10^. John A. McKer- L
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st. i W

By Guy Wilkes 2:15J,

Dam Lida W. 2:18^ by Nutwood 2:18|

Fee = $50

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

Irvington Belle 2:18V"

Echora "Wilkes 2:18>£

Central Girl 2:22^

Wilkes Direct 2:22}.;

AlixB 2:24;;

Who Is She 2:25

Fred Wilkes : .2:26V*

Queen C 2:28'/:

Electress.... 3:28y;

Daugestar 2:29

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec(wagon). 2:09

3-year-old race rec. .2:12vi
Who Is It 2:lOVi

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

Georgia B 2:12^

Claudius 2:13>4

Bob Ingersoll 2:143i

Irvington Boy 2:17?^

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

Ronnie Direct 2:054

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.
Sired by Direct 2:05S, Sire of Directly 2:03J,
Directum Kelly 2:08;. Etc.
Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14M).
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:llM,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10=|£, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22.

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RflMIMIP HIDPrT is a black stallion, 15% hands high, weighs 1100 lbs.
DUlilMC U1I\CV 1 has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound m

Is a good individual,
has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.
BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at »i no
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie

Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

HalMcEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 i 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr. Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:I0!4,2;12&, 2:13%; 2:13; 2:12^, 2:12%.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombu

Bonnie Direct 2 5 111

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr. Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, 1:02%, 1:34, 2:05*4; 0:33,—, 1:05*4,
l:38jd[, 2:10^; 0:32; 1:03H, 1:34*4, 2:07J4; 0:31*4,
l:04V4, 1:37%, 2:08%; 0:31M, 1:03%, 1:36. 2:08V£.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07%, 2:09&, 2:10*4.

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

LLEWELLYN SETTER
PUPPIES.

Three thoroughbred puppies, five months old,
for sale. Address

OWNER,

Care of Breeder and Sportsman.

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)

SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOGKDALE KENNELS

K. M. DODGE, Manager,
•Bakerafleld, Kern Co.,
Boarding. Pointer puppies and well broken
for sale.

*

Dog Diseases

How to Feed

Mailed Free to any address by the inthoi
FT. Clay Glovee, D. V. 8., 1293 B>oadway
New York.

The Highly Bred Stallion

WILKES DIRECT 2:22i

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09 to Wagon.

By NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16H, sire of John A. McKerron 2:09. Who Is It 2-.10M,
Claudius 2:13«, Georgie B. 2:12M, Bob Ingersoll 2:14i£ and other standard performers.

Dam Ingar (dam of John A. McKerron 2:09, Wilkes Direct 2:22V. and Thursday
2:24) by the old champion Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:05H, Direct 2:0o'/2, Direction
2:10w, Evangeline 2:11M, Margaret S. 2:12!4 and others; second dam Annie Titus (dam
of Annie O. 2:25) by Echo 462, sire of Echora 2:23'/. (dam of Direct 2:05)4) and 16 others
in list; third dam Tiffany mare (dam of Gibraltar 2:22)4), sire of Our Diclt 2:10H,
Homestake 2:14^ and others) by Owen Dale, son of Williamson's Belmont.
WII I'K niDRfT is a dark bay, 15.3 hands and weighs 1200 pounds; well
WILIVCo UlIYCv 1 formed and of kind disposition. Will make the season of
1901 at the stables of T. W. Barstow on the Alameda Avenue

Near Race Track, San Jose, Cal.

From February 1st to June 1st.

TERMS $40 THE SEASON or $50

To insure a mare in foal.

Good pasturage $3 per month. No wire fencing. Every care talien to prevent
accidents or escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Address

T. W. BARSTOW,

Telephone No. West 141, 8an Jo»e, Cal

WILKES DIRECT 2:22 1=2.

Full Brother to John A. McKerron 2:09.

(The Abbot 3:03!j

I Azote 2:04?i

Electioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 2:145, Reg. No. 26392

Sire BOYDEIX 5391 by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE C. % :30 by Duraugo Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P. by Prince Dictator 5953.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee 25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good hone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising
Boydello will be bred to a lew approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
call on or address ED LAFEERTY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

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PRINCE ONWARD, whose "counterfeit present-
ment" is on the front page of the Breeder and
Sportsman this week, is owned by Mr. J. W. Thorns
of Alameda, and is one of the handsome horses driven
over the clean macadamized streets, which are the rule
in the little peninsula city across the bay. My camera
got a fair likeness of Prince Onward last Sunday at
Alameda as he was hitched to a buggy in which were
seated his owner and Mr. Chas. S. Neal. He is a horse
of excellent manners and has a large share of good
looks. He is a bay, about 15.3 and will weigh probably
1050 or 1100 pounds. I forgot to ask Mr. Thorn his
height and weight and am only guessing at it. Prince
Onward was sired by Egyptian Prince 14431, a son of
El Mahdi 5232, he by Onward. The dam of Prince
Onward is Leap Year 2:26 J by Tempest 1881; second
dam Eulogy (dam also of Iago 2:11) by Commodore
Belmont; third dam Graeie H. by Fancy Goldust, and
fourth dam the Hulse mare (dam of Golddust 150) by
Zilcadi Arabian.

Hermia 2:19}, the bay mare by Soudan that Mose
Hart raced last year, was on the track Sunday being
worked by her present owner, P. Switzer. Hermia
was a pacer last year, but has recently concluded to
trot and worked a nice mile Sunday in 2:30, last quar-
ter in 34 seconds. She may be raced this year and will
probably start in the Golden Gate Park Driving Asso-
ciation races.

Hans Frellson took Capt. Thomas' handsome black
mare May Melody by Secretary to Alameda on Sunday
and will work her there. May Melody is a very speedy
pacer, having shown eighths in 15, and quarters in 30
seconds. She was worked a mile last year in 2:18, and
is thought to be an excellent prospect for the green
classes this year if raced.

Sir Albert S. is the title that William G. Layng.
former editor of this journal, bestowed upon a gelding
by Diablo 2:09}, wh;ch he bred. There is as much
bone and muscle in Sir Albert S. as in any horse of his
size I ever saw. His muscles are like those of Sandow,
the athlete, as they stand out all over him and show
that he has great power. He has speed to burn, an
eighth in 141 seconds being to his credit in a workout-
He has never started though he was in training last
year and well entered in the California circuit. A car
accident first threw him out of training and a blind
splint prevented his getting back to work during the
season. Every horse owner in California is enthusias-
tic over him, and Mr. Layng tells us that the greatest
praise he has heard of his pacer came from the lips
of Orrin Hickok and Budd Doble, two of the greatest
horsemen in America. The sire of Sir Albert S. is
Diablo 2:09.}, dam Erne Logan by Durfee 11256, second
dam Ripple (sister to Creole 2:15) by Prompter 2305,
third dam Grace (dam of Dadaelion 2:11, Creole 2:15
and Eagle 2:191) by Buccaneer 2656, fourth dam Mary
(dam of Apex 2:26 and grandam of Welcome 2:101,
Wayland W. 2:121, etc.,) by Flaxtail, fifth dam by
Bright Eyes a son of the thoroughbred horse Boaner-
ges. Durfee, sire of the dam of Sir Albert S., is the sire
of Shecam 2:144, Sid Durfee.2:20} and Billy M. 2:22, and
was by Kaiser son of George Wilkes and sire of the
dam of Coney 2:03}. Sir Albert S. was foaled July
27, 1896.

The McKinney filly whose handsome picture, taken
while feeding, adorns a corner of the front page is but
fourteen months old, having been foaled in November,
1899. I think she is about the handsomest turned filly
I have seen this year and the McKinney-Boodle cross
is certainly a prize one for good looks. This filly is
owned by Fred Hahn of this city, who also owns Addi-
son 2:11} and who sold Waldo J. 2:08 a few months
ago to Hawaiian parties The dam of this filly is a full
sister to Thompson 2:144. Mr. Hahn says he will train
the filly, give her a record and then breed her to Nut-
wood Wilkes 2:164. She ought to produce a whirl-
wind trotter from that mating.

would be there and crowd the grounds so that the race
could not be held. On Thursday the San Jose mare
was taken to the track to be worked a little, and after
being hooked to a bike was driven on to the course.
She was started at a jog and on rounding the first turn,
gave up the ghost and laid down and died. The ad-
mirers of Localeer sneeringly say that the sight of a
race track was too much for the San Jose animal, as
she was raced years ago in her youth and had probably
begun to think that no such hard work as a race was
to be given her again.

A mare dropped dead on the Alameda track on
Thursday of last week and when she died a match race
was off that threatened to outrival anything that has
been seen in California history. Two prominent road
drivers of San Jose named Becker and Rice owned a
mare called the McClay mare. They thought she
could beat Star Pointer when just right and the Pointer
horse not on edge. They were in San Francisco a few
weeks ago and heard Messrs. Sprague and Peterson
of this city, owners of the well known pacer Localeer,
extolling the speed of their horse. A match was made
after a liberal expenditure of hot air, and the race, a
mile dash, was to have come off at the Alameda track
last Saturday for $100 a side. The match was kept
dark, as there is no fence around that track and it was
feared by the match makers that all the horse loving
people from San Jose, San Francisco and Oakland

A bay colt is running by the side of Black Line, a
mare at Martin Carter's Nutwood Stock Farm, that is
worthy of notice for his blood lines alone. He is a
handsome looking little fellow about two weeks old.
Just make a note of the crosses in his veins as I give
them. He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:161, he by Guy
Wilkes out of Lida W., a Nutwood mare. His dam,
Black Line, is by Direct Line, son of Director and Lida
W., the dam of Nutwood Wilkes. The second dam is
Lou G. (dam of Bob Ingersoll 2:14}" and Who Is She
2:25) by Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer. There are
two crosses of Nutwood, through Lida W., a Wilkes
cross, one of Electioneer and one of Director. If there
is anything better than this combination of blood I
don't know where one would go to find it, and the little
fellow that is stretching his limbs in the Nutwood
Stock Farm paddocks is related to pretty nearly all
the champion pacers and trotters in America. I like
those two crosses of Nutwood through Lida W. 2:185-.
If she had never done anything but produce Nutwood
Wilkes she would be great, but she was a good race
mare herself, her son Direct Line has a record of 2:29
and has sired one with a record of 2:221. Nutwood has
sired more standard performers than any other stallion,
and more of his daughters are producers and have pro-
duced more 2:15 performers than any other stallion.
Guy Wilkes was a champion sire of winners, Electioneer
is the greatest progenitor of extreme speed and Director
was a champion and the sire of such champions as
Directum 2:055- ana Direct 2:055- Is there anything
more royal than this breeding? We wot not.

King Cadenza 2:151 will go East with the horses
that leave California to race in the East this year. He
has not been entered in any of the early closing events,
as his owner, Mr. H. H. Dunlapof this city, but recently
concluded to race him over the mountains. King
Cadenza is eligible to the 2:16 pacing classes and there
are many races for him that close later on. The son
of Steinway is so much heavier and stronger than when
Mr. Dunlap first got him that one would hardly recog-
nize the horse. I saw him at the Alameda track last
Sunday and he is certainly a hundred and fifty or two
hundred pounds heavier than he was two years ago.
Then he was a thin, scrawny looking gelding with a
dead looking coat, and while he would always show
speed on the track or road when another horse came
alongside, when alone he seemed to lose all ambition
and acted like a sick horse. Now, he is round and
broad, his coat shines like satin and he gives every
evidence of feeling like a new horse. That he was
fast and game was shown last year on the California
circuit. He won two races, was second in one, and
placed over $1000 to his credit. As he started but four
times, this is a good showing for a horse handled by
an amateur driver, as Mr. Dunlap never trained a
horse or drove a race until he purchased the King. I
should not be at all surprised if King Cadenza paced
to a mark of 2:10 or better this season.

Pays Him to Advertise.

The following letter was received by the editor of
the Breeder and Sportsman this week and is self
explanatory:

Haywards, Apiil 9, 1901.

Editor B. & S. — From the number of mares and in-
quiries I am receiving about Educator from a distance,
I feel indebted to you for the advice given me some
time ago to advertise; that the proper way to place the
horse before the public would be through the columns
of the Breeder and Sportsman and so far I find it
very satisfactory. The latest mare received is a very
fine thoroughbred by imp. Friar Tuck, which was sent
up from the Oakland track. She is certainly a fine in ■
dividual. I am also pleased to say that no one has
come to see Educator with view to breed that has gone
elsewhere.

Yes, the advertising is all right, not only in the stal
lion line, but you remember the good sale I made to
the party from the Islands. I might have had the
mare yet had it not been for the ad I noticed in the
Breeder and Sportsman. Again thanking you.
Yours truly, M. Henry, Haywards.

Answers to Correspondents.
G. L., Henley ville, Cal. — Geo. Wapple is a chestnut
horse with a pacing record of 2:25, made at Willows,
Cal., in 1893. He was eleven years old at the time.
Geo. Wapple was bred by Charles Sherman of Chico.
He was sired by Brigadier 797, dam Lucy by Copper-
bottom.

"Breeder and Sportsman" by Wilkes Direct.

Mr. S. M. Henley, a stock breeder of Nevada,
recently offered T. W. Barstow a carload of horses
which he said are worth one hundred dollars each, in
exchange for a three weeks' old colt by Wilkes Direct
2:221 (full brother to John A. McKerron 2:09) out of
Princess Airlie, a mare ' by Prince Airlie 28045, dam
Minnie Princess by Nutwood. Prince Airlie is by Guy
Wilkes 2:15J ana his |ianl was Chantilly (dam of Chanty
2:135- and Cascade 2:14}) by Nutwood, second dam
Crepon (dam of 6 in 2:30) by Princeps, third dam Crape
Lisse (dam of Braid 2:10} and two more in 2:30) by
Geo. Wilkes. The dam of Princess Airlie was Minnie
Princess (dam of Leonora 2:25) by Nutwood, second
dam Belle by Paul's Abdallah, third dam Kate Crocket
by Langford, son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth
dam Fanny by American Boy Jr., etc. This gives the
little colt, which has been given the name Breeder
and Sportsman, three crosses of Nutwood, three of
Geo. Wilkes, three of Williamson's Belmont, three of
American Star 14 and last, but not least by any means,
one of Director 2:17, sire of Directum 2:055, and one of
Echo, sire of the dam of Direct 2:051. We feel com-
plimented that a valued patron and subscriber should
name such a royally bred colt after this journal, and
hope that he will be a worthy descendant of his illus-
trious ancestors. As showing how the prices of horses
have changed during the past few years we will state
that at the closing out sale of the Corbitt farm in 1898,
Prince Airlie, sire of the dam of this colt, aDd whose
breeding is given above, was sold for $270, and was
shipped to South Africa. Bred as he is, he would
readily sell for five times that price were he in America
to-day. At the same sale Minnie Princess, dam of Mr.
Barstow's colt sold for $30, and now a carload of horses
is offered for her three weeks' old foal. As ordinary
range horses are selling at $50 a head in San Francisco
at the present time, it will be seen that the investment
of $30 in Minnie Princess and the breeding of her to
Wilkes Direct was a profitable one.

Notes From the Sacramento Track.

Sacramento (Cal.), April 4, 1901.

There are about thirty horses now stabled at the
track here and it reminds one that the racing season
is near at hand.

The track is getting good and they can work fast
miles if they so desire and their horses have the
necessary speed.

Vet Tryon is handling some green ones. Jumbo by
Silver Bow stepped an eighth for him in 16 seconds
the other day. This horse is fast and barring acci-
dents will step in 2:10 this year.

J. Pender has Captain Jones by McKinney. He
worked a handy mile in 2:40. Mr. Pender has another
colt by McKinney that is showing speed.

H. S. Hogoboom has Stam B. 2:115 iQ the stud and
several green ones he is working, Stam B. has as
much speed as ever and stepped a quarter in 32 seconds
last week.

O. J. Holmes has a green pacer from Davisville that
all the boys are watching. "He will pace your eye
out," is the remark, and if he is not a winner I will
miss it. Lanky Bob by Waldstein is another good one
in Mr. Holmes' string.

Geo. Beckers says business is good with Zombro,
and I notice that he is having some very high class
mares shipped to him. Mr. Carter's great mare Lida
W. 2:185- by Nutwood was bred to Zombro last week.

Mrs. E. W. Callendine's Abdine worked a mile easily
in 2:27 the other day, ana Chas. Cline's horse worked
in 2:30.

Chris Jurgenson has quite a stable of green ones.
He has a Diablo that is showing race horse speed. L.
M. Clark has a string of green ones that are very
promising.

Mr. Marten is working early and late to keep the
track in good shape, and we think it is the best track
in the State at present. All are wondering when the
State Fair announcements are going to be made and
what they will offer the harness horses this year.

Wieita.

The Way Shults Will Breed Them.

Mr. Jonn H. Shults, "the king of the auction buy-
ers," showed me a list of the mares he will this season
breed to Axworthy 2:151 and The Earl 2:17, writes
Percy in New York Telegraph. He sends to Axworthy
Bellwood A. 2:071, Sunol 2:08}, Brightlight 2:08}, Lenna
N. 2:055, Laurel 2:09}, Magnolia 2:09}, Gold Leaf 2:115,
Belleflower 2:12}, Nyanza 2:12|, Pasonte 2:13, Kitty
Bayard 2:111, Town Lady 2:111, Lillian Wilkes 2:17}
Russella (sister to Maud S. 2:08|), Lucy Wilton, dam
of the $9000 stallion Gayton 2:08}; Mystic, dam of Fred
Kohl 2:07|; Nell, dam of Vassar 2:08; Belle Vera 2:08},
Susie T. 2:091 and others — surely the best lot of pros-
pective speed producers possible for one man to own.
Sunol is champion trotter to high wheel sulky, Lillian
Wilkes is the only trotter that ever defeated her,
"Belleflower is the fastest of the "Beautiful Bells fam-
ily, " and a sister to Chimes, the sire of The Abbot
2:03}; Nell, one of the very greatest extreme speed
producers, and Lenna N. 's record, when made, was the
champion pacing mare's record. I hope the master of
Parkville may have splendid luck with the royally
bred youngsters these wonderful mares may produce.
To The Earl 2:17 he will send Susie T. 2:091, Georgie
Lee 2:12}, Elfrida 2:131, trial at the Bonner Farm 2:081 :
Clorine 2:13}, Falfa, two year old record 2:20; the first
of the Allerton trotters, Secret 2:261 by Secretary and
Myra 2:29}, besides several highly bred unmarked
mares. He will have a very great speed sire in The
Earl, as he is one of the best ever bred at Village Farm.

VPRIL 13, 1901]

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Horse News from Reno, Nevada.

The Nevada State Pair grounds are undergoing quite
t, change for the better under the supervision of Sena-
iorP. L. Flanigan, President of the Board of Directors,
in entirely new fence is being built around the prop-
erty, the rocks and gravel are being removed from the
sourse and a top dressing of clay will be placed on the
crack. This is a great improvement as there was poor
footing for horses on the old course.

The pavilion is being moved from town to the track
jnd Mr. Flanigan will commence work in a few days
mkis own account, laying a track from Fourth street
to the Fair grounds, on which electric cars will carry
passengers to the track for five cents.

There are but two strings of horses being worked
here at present, but more are coming as soon as the
track is completed.

C. P. Ferrell has the fast pacing mare Peggy 2:17,
and the runner Wing. Both are looking fine and I
expect to see Peggy return from California, where she
will be raced this year, with a mark below 2:10.

Lottie G. will not be raced this year owing to an ac-
cident in a collision last fall at Sacramento. She had
her right shoulder badly bruised and it is doubtful if
this good mare will ever race again.

Mrs. E. J. Schwartz has a few gallopers working and
'they are going to suit the trainer. One of them is, I
.think, the handsomest colt ever saddled. He is a bay
'Stallion, two years old, by Mafada-Agnes, and carries
;the name of Adafam. Another is a two year old by
Uncle Giles and looks like a good prospect.
' Aunt Bird will foal in a few days. She was bred to
, Joe Terry last seasoD.

' Odd Eyes, the Burns & Waterhouse cast off is going
: sound again atter having a tendon cut entirely off last
{fall. She has developed wonderfully and is more quiet
land business like than before. She will be ready to
i break another State record this fall. Mrs. S. is now
| ready to match her against any horse in Nevada from
[ one half mile to a mile and a half for $500 a side. This
! goes for any horse owned in this State.

The stallion Joe Terry has 32 mares booked already.
P. G. Lane, of Palisade, will be in as soon as the
truck is completed with some Bright Phoebus and Joe
1 Ripley colts. They should be a good lot.

The Hon. Lem Allen, of St. Clair, will soon arrive
with quite a string of green ones to develop.

D. O'Keefe's horse Lode Star is looking well and
will be set going in a few days.

The boys at the track are having quite a feast on
Lake Tahoe trout caught from the Truckee river.
This stream runs so as to divide Reno, and fish are as
thick in it as touts around the San Francisco race
tracks. Horseman.

Reno, April 9, 1901.

Horses for War.

The war in South Africa is not over by a good deal.
There were shipped from this country to Africa during
the eight months ending with February, 21,342 hoi'ses,
valued at $1,998,670. In the same period there were
shipped, principally $o Africa, 27,594 mules, valued at
$2,609,040. In February alone the shipments of horses
to Africa were 2950, and of mules to all points, assumed
to be chiefly to Africa, 3980. It does not appear that
any of these horses and mules went to the Boers, but
it is maintained that there would be no objection to
selling to the Boers if they wished to buy, and were
willing to take chances in having theii cargoes captured
on the way out. The effect of these great shipments
of horses and mules has been to run the prices for
these animals up far above the usual rates. The
United States Government has had to pay the prices
established by the British demand. The railroads and
the dealers in horses and mules are perfectly satisfied.
The Illinois Central Railroad is reported as having sent
to New Orleans during the year more than 70,000
horses, and this was only one of the many roads carry-
ing animals for shipment to Africa. It may be men-
tioned that the number of horses required by the
British seems large to the War Department, which
was staggered by the demand for 10,000 horses to be
sent to the Philippines.

Canning Horse Meat.

The horse abbatoir at Linton, Oregon, which was
shut down last fall, has started up again. As condi-
tions are more favorable now for its successful opera-
tion it is likely to be kept running indefinitely. About
800 cayuse ponies have been sent in from the ranges
and it is probable that 10,000 will be slaughtered this
year. It is estimated that there are more than 500,000
cayuse ponies ranging over the country tributary to
this market. Stockmen are very anxious that these
horses should be driven away to preserve the ranges to
cattle and sheep. Horse meat has found favor in
Sweden and Norway, and several orders have been
received from there.

The Village Farm campaigners will be entered in Ed
Geers' name this year. It was stated last fall that the
farm would not campaign a public stable, consequently
Geers was allowed to select a few horses and go down
the line on his own hook.

The Only Cure for Bone Spavin.

W. G. McKEEN, Real Estate and Loan Agent.

_ T Pereyville, Ark., March 25, 1901.

Dr. b. J. Kendall Co. Enosburg Falls Vt. Gentlemen:— Please
send me a cw of your "Treatise on the Horse and his Disease." I
have one of your books that a friend of mine gave me, but quite a
number of leaves are gone from the same. I can truthfully say
that your "Spavin Cure" is the only thing that I have ever used on
bone spavin that did the least particle of good. I saved a very
fine mare by using same, and you can rest assured that I do not
hesitate to recommend it to every one. Yours truly,

W. G. McKean,

Good Entry Lists in Oregon.

(Portland Rural Spirit. J

Frazier & McLean has bought the speedy pacer
Maplemont 2:21.! from E. C. Keyt. He will be used on
the road this year.

Senator Robert Inman has bought from Frazier &
McLean the good roadster Twilight 2:30, full brother
to Bonner N. B. 2:17. The Senator no doubt expects
to travel in fast company this year.

Wm. Frazier has bought Roy S. 2:34S from Roy
Smith and entered him in the Capital City stake of
$1000 jov 2:20 trotters. He is a very promising candi-
date in the large number of entries made for first
money in this rich stake,

R. Huston has sold his two year old colt Corvallis by
Cceur d'Alene, dam Beauty by Put Smith to Al
Weaver of McMinnville. Corvallis is a full brother to
Robert H., that won the pacing division of the two
year old stake at the State Fair last fall, and it is said
he is as promising as his full brother. A. E. Heller
will train him.

C. A. Wallace reports the sale of his pacing filly,
Oregon Maid, to T. A. McCourt. Oregon Maid is by
Del Norte 2:08 out of Dwina, the dam of Alta Dell
2,16. She should be a good one in the three year old
classes this year, for she showed a wonderful lot of
speed and had a good way of going in her two year
old form.

The large number of entries received in the early
closing stakes of the Oregon State Fair indicates a
revival in racing in Oregon this year. Owing to the
lack of breeding and training in the past few years,
the number of two and three year olds are not large,
but the entry list is larger than was expected and
brings together a lot of high class youngsters.

The Capital City stake for 2:20 trotters shows a list
of. 21 entries, while the 2:15 pacers have 16 of the fast-
est sidewheelers in the Northwest. Altogether the
entry list is very flattering and insures some high class
sport at the State Fair this year. Following are the
entries:

CAPITAL, CITY STAKE OF $[000 FOR 2:20 TROTTERS.

E. C.Payne, Davenpon, Wash., bs Sunrise by Antrim-Balmwood.

C. F. Tanner, Salt Lake, Utah, b m Saxaline'by Saxwood-Dollie
Sprey.

Van De Vanter Stock Farm. Kent, Wash., brs Kinmont by Mc-
Kinney-Beulah; b g Althaho by Altao-Minnie: b g Tickets by
Oondue tor-Cereal.

C. W. Kahler, Jacksonville, Or., br g Volo by Ante Echo-Tybalt

Calvan S. White, Gervais, Or., blk s Black Egypt by Coeur

W. F. Watson, Portland. Or., ch g Ned Wilkes by Ebony Wilkes-
Dolly.

Wm. Frazier, Portland, Or., br g Roy S. by Del Norte-Altamont
Jr.

Richard Everding, Portland, Or., br g Harry Marvin by Don
Marvin-Alexander.

W. G. Eaton. Portland, Or., b g Newsboy by Waldstein-Algona.

J. W. Tilden, Vancouver, Wash., b s Package by Paetolus-
Phallas.

L D. Lott, Waitsburg, Wash., ch s Final Chance by Antrim-
Levi.

S. Madison, Vancouver, B. C, g m Arketa by McKinney-Lark-
way.

P. M. Kirkland, Independence, Or., ch m Susie Alene by Cceur
d'Alene-Susie S.

Cris Simpson, Pendleton, Or., b g Phil N. by Bonner N. B. -Grace.

J. A. Baddeley, Weston, Or., b m Oveta by Caution-Golden Girl.

George Peringer, Pendleton, Or., b g Mt. Hood by Westfleld-
Ingram.

E. B. Tongue, Hillsboro, Or., b f Mark Hanna by Planter-Ham-
bletonian-Mambrino.

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal., one entry.

SALEM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STAKE OF $1000, FOR
2:15 PACERS.

Martin McDonough, Gold Hill, Or., b m Bell Air by Pathmont-
Sleepy Kate.

C. F. Tanner, Salt Lake, Utah, blk g Daniel J. by Whiteman-
Lady Lee.

E. C. Payne, Davenport, Wash., b g Little Billy by Cyclone-
Unknown.

A. W. Ream, Eugene, Or., b m Al Me by Memo-Alt amont.

Aug. Erickson, Portland, Or., blk m Altacora by Altamont-
Tecora.

A. Pratt. Aurora, Or., b m Scappoose by Roy Wi Ikes-Maggie.

Van De Vanter Stock Farm, Kent, Wash., b s Pathmark by
Pathmont-Juliet.

A. E. Heller, McMinnville Or.; b s John A. Crawford by Cceur
d'Alene-Put Smith.

Cris Simpson, Pendleton, Or., br m Alta Norte by Del Norte-
Rockwood.

John Campbell, Pendleton, Or., brs John Edison by Caution-
Jerome Eddy.

Frank Frazier, Pendleton, Or., bs Hassalo by Westfleld-Alta-
mont.

Robert Starkweather, Pendleton, Or., br g Starkey by Chehalis-
Jenny Lind.

S. C. Reeves, Seattle, Wash., b m Diodine by Diablo-Dione.

E. B. Tongue, Hillsboro, Or., b g Ben Bolt by Alexis-Duroc
Prince.

C. P. Webb, Portland, Or., blk g Prince Tom by Tom V.-Duroc
Prince.

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal., one entry.

WEBFOOT STAKE, $500, FOR THREE AND FOUR YEAR
OLD TROTTERS.

Fred Fisher, The Dalles, Or., bs Edmund S. (4) by Nombro-
Boxwood

Hodges & Parker, Albany, Or., bm Athalene (3) by Altago-Judy.

I. C. Mosher, Fair Grounds, Or., b m Kath Alene (3) by Cceur
d'Alene Billy Wagner.

Van De Vanter Stock Farm. Kent, Wash., blk g Chief Seattle by
Freddy C.-Moxie Van.

Van De Vanter Stock Farm, Kent, Wash., b f Lady Guy by Guv-
cesca-Tom V.

W. F. Watson, Portland, Or., b s Frank Watson, by Steadman-
Jennie Lapham.

T. D. Condon, Portland, Or., br g T. D. C. by Zombro-Antinous;
br g Zombro C, by Zombro-Planter.

Frank Barrows, Walla Walla, Wash., blk c Phal Norte, by Del
Norte-Phallamont Boy.

J. C. Mosher, Fair Grounds, Or., blk g William N. by Altago-

T. A. McCourt, McMinnville, Or., blk f Gracie Dell by Del Norte
-Orena.

William Conneli, Deer Island, Or., br g by Scarlet Letter-
Flora T.

Vendome Stock Farm, San Jose, Cal., one entry.

INLAND EMPIRE STAKE $500, FOR THREE AND FOUR-
YEAR-OLD PACERS.

William Frazier, Portland, Or.,'b s Mac Gose by Antrim-Adiron"
dack.

I. C. Mosher, Fair Grounds, Or., blk c, Robert H. by Coeur
d'Alene-Put Smith.

L. Reckel, Eugene, Or., blk mZulu, by Gerome-Bedouin.

E. I. Long, Salem, Or., bf Trilbyome, by Gerome-Oneco.

J. M. McFadden, Corvallis, Or., b g Bill Gird by Girt-Altago.

T. W. Tilden, Vancouver, Wash., g f Nellie Coovert, by Touchet-
Pussie Ivanhoe.

I. C. Mosher, Fair Grounds, Or., blk f, An Dell by Del Norte-Au
Alene,

T. A. McCourt, McMinnville, Or., b f Oregon Maid, by Del Norte
-Dwina.

E. R. Clark, Seattle Wash., br f, Chehalis Maid, by Chehalis-
Silas Wright.

C. A. Whale, Portland, Or., br g Admiral Dewey, by Del Norte-
Carrie Fisher.

E. T. Chase, Portland, Or., b m Henrietta, by Pathmont-J. I. C.

Holmes farm, McCoy, Or., b m Alro, by Del Norte-Bayswater.

The Hoss.

[By J. Whitcomb Riley.]
I claim no hoss will harm a man,

Nor kick nor run away, cavort,
Stump suck, or balk, or "catamaran,"

Ef you, 11 just treat 'em like you ort.

But wheD I see the beast abused.

And clubbed around, as I've S'jen some
I want to see his owner noosed,
And just yanked up like Absalum.

Of course they's difference in stock—

A hoss that has a little ear,
And slender built and smaller hock,

Kin beat his shadder might near;

While one that's thick in neck and chist,
And big in leg and full in flank,

That tries to race, I still insist
He'll have to take the second rank.

And I have just laid back and laughed
And rolled and wallered in the grass.

At fairs, to see some heavy draft
Lead out at first and come in last.

Each hoss has his appointed place—
The heavy hoss should plow the soil.

The blooded racer he must race,
And win big wages for his toil.

I never bet — nor never wrought

Upon my fellow men to bet —

And yet at times I often thought

Of my convictions with regret.

I bless the hoss from hoof to head —
From head to hoof, and tail to mane!

I bless the hoss, as I have said
From head to hoof and back again.

Hove my God theflrstof all,

Then Him that perished on the cross
The next my wife— and then I fall

Down on my knees and love— the hoss.

How to Raise Salable Horses.

Those who are in direct touch with the horse mar-
kets know that the most effective consideration that
determines the market value of a draft or carriage
horse is the substance of the one and the size of the
other. This, however, is not generally recognized, for
if it were there would be fewer horses of indifferent
types at present seeking a market. For the massive,
powerful and wearing draft horses there are waiting
plenty of purchasers and the same is true of the rangy,
stylish, good-acting, ambitious driving horse.

To arrive at an understanding as to how these desir-
able attributes may be secured, the matter must be
traced to its furthest source, and every feature of the
work of rearing horses must undergo scrutiny. The
most fertile source of error, undoubtedly, is the use of
inferior sires, both as to individuality and pedigree, or
what is fully as grievous a blunder, the use of unsuitable
sires, meaning thereoy those that are not likely to
mate well with the mares to which they are bred.
That horseman knows not the first principle of his
business who is wheedled out of his good money by a
self-asserting friend or groom, through ioducing him
to patronize a stallion that has been specially prepared
by drugs and pampered by soft food so as to approach
the form of a draft horse. Such horses never fail, un-
less the mare is unusually vigorous, to get puny and
rickety foals. While instances of this kind abound,
yet not less infrequent are worse results obtained
through mating animals of such opposite types that
common sense with a tincture of "horsey" knowledge
would immediately ridicule the action. There is with-
out doubt a great scarcity of good draft mares in this
country. Yet if those that are good were kept in their
place and bred to good stallions, and the lighter mares
as rigidly in their, a great improvement in our market
horses would at once result.

Another important matter that has a striking influ-
ence on the size and substance of our horses is the in-
different care that is too often given to the broodmares.
A broodmare nursing a lusty colt has an extra heavy
tax upon her system, and to sustain her so that the
colt may go right ahead, she must have something
more than grass or dry hay. She cannot do a hard
day's work and at the same time do her maternal duty
by her colt. When on pasture, some grain food or
bran will prove beneficial, if in the stable, milk stimu-
lating foods, such as clover hay or silage, chopped oats
or bran. After the mare has dropped her foal there
need be no fear of keeping her in too high condition
providing too much corn is not fed.

All the above observations will amount to naught if
the colt is not given every comfort and fed as strongly
as compatible with health. It should be taken early
under guidance and taught to relish a mess of chopped
oats or of bran before it has left its mother. There is
a great variety of advice in the opinion of breeders in
regard to the time of weaning foals, some advocating
six months, or even earlier, as the best time, others
believe in letting them follow the dam much longer.
As long as the marc's flow of milk is good, and she can
be spared from farm work, it is sound policy to let the
colt run with her, for there is nothing so nourishing
and growth producing in the case of young animals, as
the milk of the dam. The time of foaling is also a con-
sideration that has an effect on the aftergrowth of the
foal. A fall colt in comfortable quarters will make
more rapid progress and attain to a greater size than
a spring colt, as both the dam and the colt may be
better attended to during the winter season. This
fact is well known that nothing will more surely and
markedly effect a colt in his growth than the slightest
check at weaning time. This is fully provided for in
the cases of the fall colt, as it goes right ahead at wean-
ing time on pasture. Undoubtedly, climate and soil
strongly effect the bone, muscle and growth of a colt,
but these are less influential than any of the others we
have mentioned. — Stock World.

Horses are going higher and higher. In Anderson
county, Ky., last week a farmer sold two saddle per-
formers in the rough, entirely unmannered and just
fairly bridle wise, for $275 and $250.

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[April 13, 190

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority ot the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O- BOX 2300.

Terms-One Tear S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months SI
STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Keixey, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TUKEI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building. Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, April 13, 1901.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) — , Sept. 16-21

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct, 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES. Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

_ 0LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Ang. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept, 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLE JO Aug. 19 to 24

WOODLAND, District No. 40. August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

Stockton Sept. i6to2i

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

will be advertised with as liberal terms and conditions
as it is possible to make and the racing program for
each meeting will consist entirely of such races as fill,
If enough for six days get the required number of en-
tries, six days racing will be given, but if there are
only entries sufficient for three days the racing will be
limited to that time. It seems to be the unanimous
sentiment of the horse owners, trainers and the direct-
ors of the association that the district meetings in
California have been, to use a homely expression, biting
off more that they could chew, aud towns where three
or four day meetings would be sufficient, have been
trying to give six days at a loss. At one of the most
successful meetings held in California last year the gate
receipts on the first two days were less than $150 all toldj
while for the remaining four days the admission tickets
sold brought returns averaging four hundred dollars a
day. The people of the community patronized the
meeting well but they could not afford six days and
cut out the first two. The purses trotted for on these
two days were as large and the other expenses as great
as on the other days, and for this reason and
this reason alone, the meeting resulted in a financial
loss of something over three hundred dollars. Had
the program of races been confined to four days, there
would have been a profit and consequent greater satis-
faction and more enthusiasm displayed in regard to
giving another meeting this year. Work is being
done on the tracks at Santa Rosa, Vallejo, Woodlandj
Sacramento, Stockton, San Jose, Salinas and Los
Angeles at the present time in anticipation of holding
good fairs this year, and there need be no fear on the
part of horsemen that a good circuit will not be
arranged. Those who own harness horses that they
think have a chance of winning in any of the classes
from the 2:15 trot and the 2:13 pace down to the green
classes should begin getting them ready to start for
the money about August 1st, as the circuit will begin
then or during the last week in July. There will be
purses of $500 and upwards at all the meeting on the
main circuit

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

ALTA VELA 2:15H S. A. Hooper, Woodland

BONNIE DIRECT >:05;i C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14i; Ed Laffertv, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12;'. Hosteller & Montgomery, San Jose

CHAS DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm. Danville

DIABLO 2:09« Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henry, Havwards

GROVER CLAY2:23H Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIPER 2:14^ S T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:12i; Ed Lafferty. Alameda

McKINNEY 2:1 1>4 C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09K p. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1614 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:1 m Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakevi lie

STAM B. 2:lli-j Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON MCKTNNEY. . . .Rose Dale Sfk Fm, Santa Rosa

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:13M Geo. Gray, Havwards

WELCOME 2:10)4 Geo. Gray. Havwards

ZOMBR0 2:ll Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFTJS The Bavwood Stud, San Mateo

SIR GIBBIE n Menlo Stock Farm, Portola

THOROUGHBREDS .
ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

A CIRCUIT IS CERTAIN in California this year
**■ and we are pleased to announce to the anxious
horsemen who are training harness horses that it will
begin not later than August 1st, and continue for seven
or eight weeks at least. The Directors of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association will meet
during the coming week and at that time will announce
several liberal stakes for the slow and fast classes. At
Santa Rosa, Napa, Vallejo, Woodland, Sacramento
(State Fair, two weeks), Stockton, Salinas and Los
Angeles meetings will be held and it may be that Peta-
luma, San Jose and Fresno will be in line. It is certain
that good liberal stakes will be offered for trotters of
the 2:30. and pacers of the 2:25 class, which will give
the owners of good green horses a chance to earn con-
siderable money by winning a fair proportion of the
races in which he enters. The most popular classes
for the faster horses, for which liberal stakes will be
hung up through the circuit, are the 2:15 trot and the
2:13 pace. It is believed that these classes will ail well
and provide great contests in every instance. It is
proposed to open the four stakes above mentioned so
that they will close about May 15th or June 1st. Later
on other purses will be announced and a determined
effort will be made to make the harness racing season
of 1901 not only first class in every respect, but profit-
able to the horsemen. At a conference of several rep-
resentatives of the interior associations held this week it
was agreed that the special race should have no place on
the programs of 1901. A good lot of purses and stakes

RACING IN MONTANA, which has always fur-
nished good sport, will be better this year than
ever. The purses will range from $250 to $500, and
there will be five or more running races and one or
more harness events each day. For the running races,
entrance fees have been practically abolished and it
may be that the same plan will be followed in arranging
the harness races. There are ten generous stakes for
runners advertised in this issue of the Breeder and
Sportsman, one being $1500, seven of $1000 each, one
of $850 and one of $800. They are so arranged that
all classes of horses are provided for. On or before
the 12th of next month a program of harness racing
will be announced, and Mr. E. D. Lawrence, the Racing
Secretary, states that purses will be offered for all
classes. The racing will be at Butte and Anaconda
and will close September Tth.

THE BIGGEST DEAL in racing affairs that has
been consummated in many years will take place
on the I8th inst. On that date the San Francisco
Jockey Club will turn over to the California Jockey
Club, of which Thos. H. Williams is President, all its
l-ight. title and interest in the Tanforan and Ingleside
race tracks, and the actual owners of those properties
wlil also make a conveyance of them to Mr. Williams
and his associates. President Williams notified the
gentlemen several days ago that the first payment of
$200,000 was in bank awaiting the drawing up of the
necessary papers for the transfer.

AN ARMY TRANSPORT with 657 horses on board,
which left this city for Manila March 31st, re-
turned last Thursday in distress, her boilers being in
such a leaky condition that they could not keep up a
steam supply. The horses were landed and taken
back to the Presidio. On Monday 570 will be taken on
the vessel Thyra, to make another start for the Philip-
pines, and the remainder will he sent on i he Samoa,
There is a scarcity of horse transports at the present
time or another thousand horses would be sent away
during the next two weeks.

TWO BIG PURSES are offered for trotters by the
New England Trotting Horse Breeders Associa-
tion, the races to come off at their great meeting at
Readville in September next. A $5000 purse is to be
given for four year old trotters of the 2:24 class, in
which the entrance is 5 per cent., with nothing de-
ducted from winners. $10,000 is offered for the 2:10
troiters. with 5 per cent, entrance in five payments of
one hundred dollars each. The full conditions of these
races will be found in our advertising columns.

THE BOARD OF APPEALS of the American
1 Trotting Association will hold its next regular
meeting at the Auditorium Hotel. Chicago, Tuesday,
May 7. 1901. at 10 o'clock a. m. All new applications
and written evidence must be received at the office of
Secretary Steiner not later than April 20th.

IT IS UNFORTUNATE for the horse business tha
1 there are writers on turf topics for the daily am
weekly newspapers who seem to be imbued with th
idea that they are endowed by nature with all th
wisdom and honesty that the good Lord has disbursed
They are the self appointed superintendents and bosses
of everything in the horse line, and call in questioi
every act that is performed without a previous consul
tation with them. They were never known to do any
thing in the building up line, but are particularly
strong at tearing down. In their minds every mai
who does not follow their advice is either a knave or i
fool and they never fail to "write him up" whenevei
the opportunity offers. They have driven many good
men out of the horse business by their numerous writ-
ings and we suppose they will continue to o o so as long
as they are allowed to live and can find editors who are
stupid enough to give their screed space. The latest
man to be driven out of the racing business by these
scribes is Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston millionaire.
In a recent letter to Secretary Wilson of the Kentucky
Association Mr. Lawson agreed to race Boi-alma against
The Abbot and added:

•'My endeavor to arrange the race with The Abbot
necessitated considerable correspondence and public
statements upon the part of The Abbot's owner as
well as myself. The desire for newspaper publicity did
not enter into the matter in any way. In fact, if it
had the priuted matter could have easily been multi-
plied many times, for the newspapers were notably
very inconsistent. I thought the great interest I have
in the horse, and trotting horse particularly, both
financial and otherwise, entitled me to at least a fair
public expression of my views as applied to this great
opportunity. But no one of us is always right, and I
find after careful perusal of professional criticisms that
I have been all wrong, and instead of having engaged
in an earnest endeavor to do something nice for our
friend the trotting horse, I have been 'wind jamming.'
Just what wind jamming is, and many other curious
things which I confess I do not understand the mean-
ing of, and above all, have been engaged in a contro-
versy which, instead of elevating, was of injury to our
four-legged friends.

"I am, as you know, only in the game for recreation
and pleasure, and finding that I was so far wrong in
my views, as I have been in this instance, I have con-
cluded before I really make myself uncomfortable to
place myself beyond this positively.

"I am cancelling all my engagements for my stable,
with the exception of Boralma's race at Readville and
one or two engagements for Dreamer which he already
has entered into, and no trotting horse of mine will
again appear in a public race. I am going to retire
them to the farm.

"The fact of the Boralma-Abbot episode, which
pained me more than any other was that our good
trotting horse friends should have thought me so un-
sportsmanlike as to have boycotted or in any way done
a thing to injure that great horse, The Abbot, and
that I may undo any injury that has been done to this
great horse, and that our good Kentucky friends may
see Boralma before he retires from racing, I will ac-
cept your offer, more than that I will insist upon mak-
ing the match upon The Abbot's terms, best three in
five. I send you herewith my check for the $5000
deposit for the proposed race for $10,000 a side, and
you may give to Lexington's hospital whatever share
Boralma may win, both stake and gate receipts, and
through fear that my horse may not on that day give
The Abbot, the interesting race which I expect he
will, that our Kentucky friends may not be disap-
pointed, I will donate $5000 to be raced for on the
same day by Cresceus and Charley Herr, to be divided
as your association sees fit."

Monterey is Sidney's Greatest Son.

Monterey 2:09] is the fastest and the greatest trot-
ting son of Sidney. Just so sure as there will be horses
bred in California ten years from now, breeders will be
looking then for Sidney blood in colts that are to be
entered and raced in stakes and class races. For his
opportunities Sidney is a great horse, and although
his get were more systematically "knocked" than
those of any horse in this State, they have forced
their way to the front by actual merit and won money
and records in hard fought, long drawn out races.
We believe now with P. W. Williams, owner of Mon-
terey that this son of Sidney can beat any trotting
stallion on this Coast two mile heats and none but a
game and fast horse could win such a race, as there
are many good and fast horses here. Monterey is
making a season at Milpitas at $50 the season. He is
one of the handsomest horses in California.

Death, of Charles Cochran.

On March 21st, at Palo Alto Farm, Charles Cochran,
the veteran care taker of noted trotters, passed away.
For years he had been a pensioner, the late Senator
Stanford having provided for his maintenance and
burial. "Charley," as he was familiarly called by all
who knew him, took care of the famous Goldsmith
Maid during nearly her entire racing career, and
coming to Palo Alto many years ago had the care of
some of the most famous horses on the place. He was
nearly ninety years old at his demise.

Racing at Trinidad.

The Elks will give a meeting at Trinidad, Colorado,
on May 21st, 22d and 23d. Six purses ranging from
$300 to' $500 have been offered for harness horses, the
classes being for 2:20, 2:25 and 2:10 trotters, 2:20 and
2:40 pacers, and a free-for-all, trot or pace. The races
will be under the rules of the American Trotting Asso-
ciation. There will be four days' racing to follow at
Colorado Springs, and the Denver meeting of twi
will begin immediately thereafter.

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Records of the Champions.

The Abbot, Cresceus. Chrrley Herr and Boralma
will be the bright particular stars in the trotting firma-
ment thi6 year and their past racing form will be of in-
terest.

The Abbott 2:03}, has started in thirty races and
was first in twenty-three, second -in two, third in one
unplaced in four, and distanced in two. He started in
104 heats, winning seventy-four, of which thirty-eight
were in 2:10 or better. The Abbott's fastest first heat
is 2:07.!, second heat 2:06}, third heat 2:06}, fourth heat
2:08}, fifth heat 2:09}. Fastest two heats 2:08}, 2:06}.
Fastest three heats 2:09}, 2:07}, 2:07}. Hislfastest miles
La 1900 were: Detroit, July 19th, 2:07; Readvffle, Aug.
22d, 2:05}; Providence, Aug. 30th, 2:04}; Hartford,
Sept. 7th (wagon), 2:05.!; New York, Sept. 13th, 2:04;
Terre Haute, Sept. 25th, 2:03}; Lexington, Oct. 10th
(trial to wagon) 2:03}.

Cresceus 2:04 has started in thirty-three races, and
was first in nineteen, second in nine, third in four,
fourth in one. Has started in 112 heats, winning fifty-
three, of which twenty-one were in 2:10 or better.
Cresceus' fastest first heat is 2:061; second heat, 2:06;
third heat, 2:06; fourth heat, 2:07}; fifth heat, 2:08};
fastest three heats, 2:07}, 2:06, 2:06. His fastest miles
n 1900 were: Pittsburg, July 4, 2:10; Cleveland, July
23, 2:06}; Columbus, Aug. 2, 2:06; Chicago, Aug. 11,
!:065; Syracuse, Aug. 29, 2:06!; Hartford, Sept. 5, 2:04};
Readville, Sept. 7, 2:075; Cleveland, Oct. 6, 2:04; Toledo,
Oct. 13 (half-mile track), 2:09|; Terre Haute, Oct. 16,
;!:05}; Oct. 19, 2:04}.

Charley Herr 2:07 has started in forty-one races, and
ffas first in eleven, second in eleven, third in bleven;
ourth in three, unplaced in four, distanced in one.
Charley Hoar's fastest first heat is 2:07}; second heat,
::07; third heat, 2:08; fourth heat, 2:09}; fifth heat,
!:]25: sixth heat, 2:12}; fastest two heats, 2:075, 2:07};
astest three heats, 2:09}, 2:07, 2:08. His fastest miles
n 1900 were: Readville, Aug. 4, 2:085; Providence,
i\ug. 29, 2:10; Hartford, Sept. 5, 2:09}J Fort Wayne,
[Sept. 18, 2:09}; Readville, Sept. 27, 2:075; Lexington,
pet. 5, 2:07.

[ Boralma 2:08 has started in twelve races and was
irst in ten, third in one, unplaced in one. Has started
a thirty-seven heats, winning twenty-eight, of which
ix were in 2:10 or better. Boralma's fastest first heat
2:095; second heat, 2:08; third heat, 2:09|; fourth
ieat, 2:08i}; fastest three heats, 2:11}, 2:095, 2:09}; fast-
st four heats, 2:10}, 2:08, 2:09, 2:085. His" fastest miles
] 1900 were: Cleveland, July 27, 2:09}; Buffalo, Aug.
, 2:09}; Readville, Aug. 22, 2:095; Lexington, Oct.
, 2:08.

Zombro 2:11 is Doing Well.

McKinney's greatest son, Zombro 2:11, is being mated
ith some fine mares this year at Sacramento. On
pril 3d he was bred to Lida W. 2:18}, the dam of
utwood Wilkes 2:165, and Direct Line 2:295. Lida W.
old mare, but strong and vigorous, and Mr.
eckers is certain she will get in foal to Zombro as he
certain horse. Unfortunately she missed three
asons to Direct 2:055.

Mr. R. O. Newman of Visalia sent to Zombro last
eek Ida May (the dam of Homeward 2:13} and
omeway, two year old trial of 2:30) by Grosvenor
133. He also sent Dewdrop Basler, a mare by Robert
asler that has produced a two year old that trotted a
lblic trial of 2:30. There are mares coming to Mr.
ackers' address every week from all parts of the State.
p in Oregon several of Zombro's colts are in training
id we notice that several have been entered in the
akes at the Oregon State Fair.

Mr. M. A. Murphy of San Bernardino had two four
iar olds by Zombro that he sold recently to Willard
imson. One is a black colt out of Sarah Benton (the
.m of Ellen Madison 2:125) by Albion, that can step a
lie in 2:20. The other is a dark bay filly out of Nellie
y (the dam of Harry Madison 2:275, the horse that
11 he raced on the Eastern Grand Circuit this year)
■ Woolsey 2:285, last quarter in 33 seconds. Mr.
urphy has five yearlings by Zombro.
Wm. Rourke of San Bernardino has a yearling filly
Zombro out of the dam of Hazel Kinney 2:09}, that
one of the greatest trotters for a young thing that
a been seen in Southern California,
rim Campbell of San Bernarino has a four year old
mbro colt that weighs ! 1025 pounds and is a sweet
ited trotter and fast. He will not race him this year
t when he is five years old will turn him around for
3 word and says he will get the money. Mr. Camp-
II also has a three yoar old brother to him that he is
iving now and he shows lots of speed.
There is no doubt but the Zombros will make a good
iwing. Several will be raced this year. They are
'ariably good lookers. Zombro's season in California
1 end June 1st, and it is Mr. Beckers' intention to
te him to Oregon for a short season in June and
ly, as there are a number of breeders in that State
0 have Zombro colts that have been writing to him
bring the horse there again.

All Purses Filled at Glens Falls.

i. dispatch to the Breeder and Sportsman from
iretary W. F. Bentley dated Glens Falls, New York,
ril 11th, says:

All purses filled. Have two hundred and ninety-
1 horses entered."

?his is cheering news for the California horsemen
0 entered at this meeting, and we congratulate Sec-
iry Bentley on the grand list he has received. The
■ses advertised were but eight in number and it will
seen that the entries received will average over 36
ihe race. It is a great showing and Glens Falls will
'e one of the greatest meetings of the Grand Circuit.

Our Heritage of Sportive Tendency.

[Western Horseman ]

We are accustomed to thinking that the present
sportive tendency of the American people is an ac-
quired or educational element. We estimate the uni-
versal tendency to race after athletic sports, such as
baseball, fistic contests and horse racing, as born of
our rapid civilization and environment, and not as a
hereditary trait. We are very generally of the opin-
ion that our great, great grandsires were cast in a
severely pious mold, and led lives of rigid abstinence,
free from all the battles and foibles of the present
materialistic age.

In view of this grave apprehension, a little ancient
history seems appropriate and timely, especially in
view of the fact that the Legislature of staid and
steady-going Connecticut has just passed a law legal-
izing fistic contests. It is a historical fact that the
early settlers of Connecticut, the staid and steady-
going patriots that fulminated against George the
Third, long before the Declaration of Independence,
were enthusiastic devotees of horse racing. Accord-
ing to official records found in New Jersey, the Colo-
nial dads, at least one hundred and fifty years ago,
were so much given to horse racing that the Colonial
Legislature passed a law to suppress the pastime, de-
claring it a nuisance, and limiting the sport to certain
designated days. The recent discovery of this ancient,
moss-grown law has thrown a ray of light on the pas-
times of our illustrious ancestry. It also puts back a
hundred years at least our previous understanding of
the origin of pacing and trotting races. In the pro
hibitory law against racing, enacted by the colonists
of Great Britain, no gait is mentioned, but we have
good reason to believe that pacing was the gait.

Maryland also had a statute against racing older
than the New Jersey law. An old Colonial law has
recently been dug up in Maryland, enacted in 1747,
before the Republic was ever dreamed of, which proves
conclusively that pacing races were going on in Sweet
Mary's-land at that early day. And it is a good guess
to sav that they were straight-away races on a grass
turf, bare-backed, Indian style. As this venerable
Maryland law, enacted 154 years ago, only sought to
repress pacing races, it is evident that the American
trotter of to-day was not then on earth, or he had not
developed sufficient speed to become offensive to the
moral spasm population of Mary's-land.

The early settlers of South Carolina were of the same
moral texture and build, evidently, as the pioneers of
Connecticut, Virginia, New Jersey and New York.
But the early South Carolians took to the runners, and
to-day the runners are the only enjoyable sportive
motors in that sport-loving State. But pacing races
were also frequent. The first newspaper ever printed
in that State was the South Caroline Gazette, started
in 1744. In that first issue thirty horses are advertised
as either strayed or stolen. In twelve cases the gait is
given, and ten of these were pacers. A challenge is
printed in this paper by Joseph Butler to race his
gelding, Chestnut against any horse, mare or gelding
in the colony for five hundred or a thousand pounds
(equal to $2500 and $5000). So we can see that as far
back as 1744, or 156 years ago, the Colony of South
Carolina had a valient and strenuous counterpart to
our ideal turfite, Thomas W. Lawson, of the modern
hub, Boston civilization.

Hence, as stated in the outset, we inherit our love of
horse racing from a long line of red-blooded ancestry,
and the present outlook is that we are still in no danger
that that inherent love of the horse and the outdoor
sports are on the wane. We find this love in the blood
we inherit from that ever alert and glorious ancestry
that fulminated the Declaration of Independence and
transferred a colonial empire into a continental re-
public. And all the signs of the times indicate that
the American trotter of to-day (which includes the
pacer) is as firmly grounded in the affections of his
devotees as the Republic.

Diablo at Woodland.

I !apt. Tom Merry has bound files of the New Ycn-Tc
j rit of the Times for sale from 1882 to 1890. They
1 uld be very valuable to a horse breeder. See ad.

We are more than pleased to know that William
Murray's great young stallion Diablo 2:09} is getting a
large patronage at Woodland this year, and that many
high class mares have been sent to him from all parts
of the State. There is no horse in America that can
sire more extreme early speed. The Diablos go fast
as soon as they are hitched up, and he is considered
one of the leading sires of America. This week three
mares were sent to him by a resident of this city that
were peculiarly bred. Two were by Hock Wilkes (son
of Guy Wilkes and a thoroughbred mare by Hock
Hocking) out of mares that are half thoroughbred.
The other mare is by Cornelius 11335 (son of Nutwood)
out of a thoroughbred mare. If the produce of these
mares are not whirlwind pacers we will be mistaken.
It is a mistake, however, to say that all the Diablos
pace, although nearly all his representatives in the list
are of that gait. We have seen many fast trotters
among his colts, but it is so easy to shift them that
nearly every trainer puts them to pacing to get ex-
treme speed as soon as possible. Diablo puts more
finish on his get than most stallions and we do not
remember of ever seeing one that was not at least a
fairly good looking animal. His breeding is of the
very best and those who breed to him this year will
find that they will be able to sell the produce at profit-
able prices.

Answers to Correspondents.

Seattle — We have no means of knowing just how
many or the names of the horses in training are by
the sire you name.

W. D., Chico — We cannot find any record of a horse
by the name of Percino. Was Percino a trotter or
pacer, and where did he start? He has no standard
record so far as the Year Book shows.

Will Add to His List.
MeKinney 2:11} stood at the head of money winning
sires in America last year and his 2:15 list is much
the largest of any stallion of his age. From present
appearances the get of this great sire that will take
standard records this year will be larger than ever be-
fore, as there are many new ones in training and
reports come from every track that they are all show-
ing speed. There are at least ten in Los Angeles that
can enter the list this year, and there is hardly a track
where horses are in training on the Pacific Coast but
two or three McKinneys are at work. The mares that
are being bred to him this year are a grand lot with
many producers as well as record holders among them.
He is now looking as well as he ever did in his life and
could step a quarter or a half now at as great a rate of
speed as he ever showed. The fact that the MeKin-
ney colts and fillies are in such demand at good prices
is enough to satisfy any reasonable person that it pays
to breed to the best.

A Good Horse to Breed to.

Janice 2:13} will go East to race this year and will be
a 2:10 performer for her sire William Harold before
she returns to California. She is the only one of this
horse's get to start, but there are five more of them
that are old enough to train and they are following in
the steps of this fast mare and all show speed. William
Harold is one of the best sons of Sidney and breeders
are wise who keep the Sidney blood on their farms or
get it if they are not already possessed of it. Send to
Geo. Gray, Haywards, for a tabulated pedigree of this
horse.

He Sired Phoebe Wilkes 2:08 1-2.
A producing son of Geo. Wilkes and a high class one
at that is standing for service in California this year at
$40, and he should be well patronized. Hambletonian
Wilkes sires good looks, size, style and speed as uni-
formly as any horse in America. He is the only son
of the great George Wilkes in California, and there
probably will never be another. Turn to our advertis-
ing pages and look at the list of this horse's 2:20 per-
formers, and then write to R. I. Moorhead, Santa
Clara for a pedigree card and further particulars.

Said George H. Ketcham recently: "I believe that
Cresceus will trot this year in 2:02 and he will then be
retired for breeding purposes entirely. I think The
Abbot will cut down his record this year, too. Cres-
ceus' sale at $100,000 would be a bad deal for me. He
is worth $20,000 a year, and for breeding purposes he
is good for 15 years. Cresceus is not a handsome
horse, but is good natured. With the harness on there
is no kinder horse. Unharnessed, he is not bad, but
he is then playfully disposed and doesn't comprehend
how rough he is. He insists on demonstrating his
good fellowship much like a locomotive wou'd. He
always wants to hand you something. He doesn't
know he is rough, however. Cresceus as a three year
old killed a boy at Springfield. He was playful and
struck the lad with his head, killing him instantly."

The Woodruff $5000 purse for trotters of the 2:25
class, which is one of the big stakes to be given at
Syracuse this year, has 34 entries. One would almost
think in reading them over that the race was to be .
held in California. The following California bred
horses have been named in this race: Deacon Chase,
b g by McKinney-Leonor; Harry Madison, b g by
James Madison-Nelly Bly; Algonetta, b m by Eros-
Algonita: Lambia, b f by Cupid-Gallata by Stamboul;
Princess Derby, blk m by Chas. Derby-Princess; Hyita,
ch m by Dexter Prince-Helena 2:11}; Marston, b g by
Dexter Prince; Eleata, blk m by Dexter Prince-Elden
2:195; Carolita, blk m by Dexter Prince-Carrie C. by
Electioneer; Lauretta, ch m by Norris-Laura C. 2:24}.
There is certainly a California flavor to this race.

The Charter Oak management have decided to add
a half-mile track to their property. It will be used for
trotting and pacing meetings and will enclose a field
which will be laid out for athletic sports. The new
track will be located at the southeastern part of the
park grounds and will be independent of the one mile
course. The Gentlemen's Driving Club of Hartford
will use it for matinee racing, and it will be available
for college and other athletic sports. To make this a
covered track is the principal object.

A big race often takes less winning than a little one
(says an English paper). The biggest race in England
is the Derby, and yet the late Sir Joseph Hawley was
wont to say that it was a muci easier race to win than
the Cesarewitch. He had some grounds for what he
said, as though he won the Derby with Teddington,
Blue Gown, Musjid, Beadsman, and, as some think,
with Pero Gomez, he never once won the Cesarewitch,
frequently as his colors were seen in that race.

Value of Little Things to the Trainer.

The year 1901 will be one of the greatest years of racing that has
ever been in the United States. The entry lists will be extremely
large and wonderful fields of horses will answer the bell and some
great tests will undoubtedly be the result. Little things will un-
doubtedly win many races. A little mistake often loses a race; a
little advantage often wins a race. How important, therefore, it
is to have your horses equipped with the very latest and best para-
phernalia of all kinds. If a quarter boot changes its position it
will at once interfere with the action of the horse. If an overcheck
should break it will certainly do the same thing. If a hopple strap
gives way a driver is liable to be distanced. How important,
therefore, it is to see that you get the best. Messrs. Tuttle & Clark.
Detroit, Mich., the great turf goods manufacturers, are making
some wonderful offers to users of horse goods this season. They
certainly have a line that is superior to" anything on the market
and have made some really wonderful improvements in the line of
turf goods. Every owner or trainer of horses should either send to
this firm for their catalogue and read it over, studying carefully
the great improvements they have made or call upon your dealer
and see the goods tuev have produced for 1901. Great credit is cer-
tainly due this firm for the magnificent improvements they have
made in horsemen's paraphernalia duriug the last five or six years.
Their little Handy Book is a neat little volume which should be in
tne hands of every horseman in the country. Their catalogues and
Handy Book are sent free of charge.

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[April 13, 19'

Keep the tracks in order.

Too many fast miles now will mean slow ones later on.

Secretary is now at Alameda track, and will make a
good season.

Algonetta worked a half in 1:0" at Pleasanton track
last Wednesday.

Jack Kinney says Penn Valley Farm recently refused
$30,000 for Oakland Baron, sire of Dreamer 2:14}.

Three hundred dollars is to be spent on the Wood-
land race trace to put it hi the best possible shape for
training.

Joe Bea writes from the Bitter Boot Stock Farm,
Montana, that the noted mare Elloree 2:08! has foaled
the finest looking colt by Prodigal he ever saw.

Milliard Sanders received ten head of youngsters
from Ira Pierce of Santa Bosa Thursday. They will
be put in shape for the New York market. — Pleasanton
Times.

Vendome Stock Farm, of San Jose, will send a string
of celts to Oregon this year. Several entries have
been made in the early closing stakes for the Oregon
State Fair, which will be held during the latter part
of September.

Wm. Hogoboom of Marysville recently sold a hand-
some four year old colt by Lynmont to Mr. Beed of
Beedland for $400. The colt was a thoroughly broken
and well behaved roadster. That kind are bringing
good prices now.

Sandy Smith has bestowed the name of Funston
on the roan pacer by Dictatus he recently purchased
from P. W. Hodges for a Pennsylvania horseman.
Sandy says Funston always gets there when he starts,
and the horse will be like him in this respect.

The annual meeting of the American Trotting
Register Association was held last week, W. R. Allen,
president; F. S. Gorton, treasurer, and J. H. Steiner,
secretary, being re-elected to their respective offices.
A dividend of 5 per cent on the capital stock was de-
clared.

There is a two year old colt up at Clement on Geo.
Fox's farm that is the fastest thing ever seen on the
place they say. He is by Silver Bow, first dam Josie
Clawson by Nushagak, second dam by Arthurton,
third dam a full sister to Venture 2:27}. This colt is a
trotter.

Boydello 2:14J is looking in perfect condition. At
$25 the season he should get a good patronage. He is
a grandson of Electioneer, a fine individual, well bred
on his dam's side and is a fast and game race horse —
qualifications enough for three times the price of his
service fee.

Mr. J. S. Bransford, of Salt Lake, visited Pleasanton
the other day and while there admiring the horses was
invited by Mr. C. L. Griffith to drive his black pacer
Direct Nut, better known as Sharkey. Mr. Bransford
proved himself quite a reinsman, as he drove the horse
a quarter in 30 seconds flat.

Dolly Dillon 2:11|, and Janice 2:13}, have been con-
signed to the Cleveland sale by the Santa Bosa Stock
Farm. Dolly Dillon worked a quarter in 32! seconds
at Pleasanton this week and should be a good mare in
her class over East this year. She has been well en-
tered through the Grand Circuit.

Emma Winter 2:14f is eligible to and will probably be
a starter in| the Transylvania Stake for 2:13 trotters
this fall. She is now owned by William Simpson of
New York, who paid $8000 for her in the recent Fasig-
Tipton sale, the highest price paid for a trotting mare
since 1893. She is expected to trot as good as 2:00 by
John Kinney.

John A. McKerron is making four sets of trotting
harness and a lot of horse boots on an order received
from the well known trainer and driver Geo. Starr,
who is now located at Terre Haute, Indiana. Mr.
Starr wanted the best harness and the best boots that
could be made, and it is evident he knew the proper
place to get them.

Tom James, of Des Moines, Iowa, owner of the Baron
Wilkes stallion Barondale 2:11}, will probably remove
to California next year and become a resident of this
State. If he brings Barondale with him the horse
should get a good patronage as he is grandly bred, a
fine looker, has a fast record and is an own brother to
Grand Baron 2:12}.

Fred Chase sold a lot of roadsters, work horses and
mules at his place of business 11732 Market street last
Tuesday. The bidding was fast and prompt and
horses of every description brought good prices. A
pair of draft horses brought $350 and a saddle horse
$150. Many horses brought from $75 to $125, and a
good average was obtained.

Searchlight has been running in a lot adjoining his
stable in New York every mild day during the past
winter and there are hopes of him being a better
horse this year than ever. His temper was bad last
year and he did not do much. If he could have three
or four months of California grass and sunshine in a
paddock he would probably pace closer to two minutes
this fall than any horse now in training.

C. C. Webb, a capitalist and stock breeder of Monta
gue, Siskiyou county, has been in this part of the
State during the week looking for a good Percheron
stallion. He wants a ton horse of dark color, and says
if he does not find something to suit him in California
he will send a man East to purchase one.

The Missouri State Fair has agreed upon the follow-
ing classes and purses for its speed rings at its coming
meeting at Sedalia, September 9th to 14th, inclusive,
viz.: For trotters, 2:45 class, $500; 2:30 class, $1000:
2:27 class, $500; 2:23 class, $500; 2:18 class, $500. For
pacers— 2:35 class, $500; 2:25 class, $500: 2:17 class,
$1000; 2:10 class, $500; three years and under, $300.
Entries close August 1st.

Now that the question of matinee records and bars
are under discussion Martin Carter, proprietor of the
Nutwood Stock Farm, says he has a filly that was
dropped on the 10th instant, which he is afraid some
one will protest if she ever starts in the green class, as
she went a mile in 2:28! before she was foaled. This
filly is by Klatawah 2:05}, and her dam Queen C. by
Nutwood Wilkes took a "record of 2:28; last fall while
carrying her. Queen C. carried this foal a year lacking
three days.

That "Honolulu horse;" as they call the pacer Geo.
T. Bennett by Alex. Button out of a mare by Cresco
that Will Welch has at Pleasanton is a "Lulu" for
sure. Welch worked him out last Saturday with
Goshen Jim 2:10], driven by James Thompson. They
made the pace a very hot one from the half-mile post
to the wire and the mile was in 2:13! with the Hono-
lulu horse in the lead. Geo. T. Bennett has rich blood
on his dam's side as his second dam was by Echo, and
his third dam by the thoroughbred Jack Hawkins,
son of Boston.

Dr. A. McLaughlin, of this city, is an enthusiastic
road driver and owns three or four well bred trotters
that he drives on the road and sometimes on the speed-
way. He owns the five year old mare Whisper by
Gossiper 2:14J, first dam by Satinwood, second dam by
Strathmore; the bay horse A. B. P. by Fairmount,
dam by Guy McClellan; the bay mare Bess by Del Sur,
dam by Nutwood, and a bay colt he calls Denny Healey
after the Petaluma coursing enthusiast of that name.
This colt is by Gossiper out of a Guy McClellan mare
and is very promising.

Rey Direct 2:10 is being mated with some high class
mares this season. His owner Geo. A. Davis has leased
from the Green estate, the mare Stemwinder 2:31, the
dam of Directum 2:05} and Electrina 2:20. The Oak-
wood Park Stock Farm has booked to Rey Direct the
mare Babe Marion 2:17!, by Steinway, out of Ida
Wood, .therefore a full sister to Owyhee 2:11, and has
also sent to him Lurline that took a two year old
record of 2:45. Lurline is a full sister to Al Gregor 2:11
and W. W. Foote 2:15}, being by Steinway out of
Maggie McGregor by Robert McGregor.

A race has been lost more than once by reason of a
bike breaking down, and it behooves every trainer and
driver to see that the wheels of his bike are all right
before he starts racing. Kenny, the bikeman, makes
the best wheel in use in California, fits them with ball
bearings or with roller bearings, He is the only
mechanic that makes the roller bearings and they will
run all through the season without oiling or cleaning,
If you want your sulky fitted with a pair of wheels
that you can rely on see Kenny at 531 Valencia street,
San Francisco.

"Truly, the ideal American trotter is something to
be striven for, and no wonder, "says the Kentucky
Stock Farm, "it is that men will pay a fabulous price
for one that can, by his marvelous flights of speed,
faultless action and easy carriage, annihilate space, and
by his intelligence and courage make him superior to
ail animals. It is this type that should be the ideal of
every breeder, for it is this that appeals to the mind of
all true lovers of the horse. Valuable as he is to-day,
he can be made more so by wise management; his good
qualities can be made more pronounced if given an
opportunity of doing himself justice. He must not be
hampered and destroyed by methods that tend to wear
him out before coming into possession of his fullest
powers."

With a faith in the future that is almost astonishing
the breeders of the country have been nominating in
the various futurity events at a rate never before
equaled in the history of the business. Most of these
stakes are for foals of 1901, to be trotted either as two
or three year olds. Of those already closed the $20,000
Hartford Futurity has the largest number of entries,
the total footing up over 1800, representing nearly
every state and territory in the Union. The Horse
Review $10,000 had over 1000, which is over 200 more
than it has received any year since its inception seven
years ago. The Kentucky Futurity is the oldest of all
fixed events of this class. It has a value of $21,000, and
1379 mares have been nominated with a view of having
their produce get a share of this rich purse.

Arrangements are now almost complete, says the
San Mateo Leader, for a day of very fine sport at the
Hobart track on Wednesday afternoon, May 1st. The
moving spirits in the undertaking are-the members of
the San Mateo Driving Club and the Athletic Club.
Mr. W. S.. Hobart has very kindly consented to allow
the use of his private track for the occasion, and in
consideration for this kindness the clubs will see to it
that the spectators confine themselves strictly to the
immediate vicinity. A band of music will be engaged
from San Francisco to enliven the occasion with
popular airs, and no admission fee will be charged.
The Driving Club has arranged a trotting event. The
distance will be three-quarters of a mile, best three in
five, owners to drive. The Athletic Club has arranged
a program of athletic sports to occupy the time be-
tween the various heats of the trotting race. An effort
will be made to induce the various business men of San
Mateo to close their respective places of business on the
afternoon.of May 1st, that a general half-holiday may
be possible.

Secretary Wilson of the Kentucky Trotting Hon
Breeders' association is being congratulated on brinj
ing Lawson and Scannel together for a meeting .
Boralma and The Abbott in October, and, incidentall;
the meeting of Cresceus and Charlie Herr on the sari
day. Mr. Wilson said the other day: Scannel acceptc
the proposition to race in a terse telegram immediate]
on receipt of our offer, and Lawson's equally prom]
acceptance has been made by mail, the letter haviD
been received. It Lawson's letter he additionally mac
two extremely generous propositions — one being tb;
in the event he won he would devote the entire stal
to Lexington charities, and the other being that to i:
sure the audience that day of at least one great race i
case his great young horse should not be as great as 1
thinks he will be, he will offer a purse of $5000 to I
raced for by the grand stallions Cresceus and Charl
Herr, on conditions as determined by us. I think v
will ask the owners of these two horses to pay an ei
trance fee of $1000 each and race for the $7000 undi
National rules, best three in five heats, the winner 1
get $5000 and the loser $2000. This generous action i
Lawson is a big thing for us, as it enables us to gh
this additional race without going further into oi
pockets, for everybody knows that there is not or
chance in a thousand of half the gate receipts nettir
$10,000.

Nearly every horseman in California knows Sewt-i
Hai ris of Sutter county, the man who bred Del
Lowell 2:14J and others. Mr. Harris is getting alocl
in years and wants to sell a lot of well bred horses ll
owns. Among them is a slashing son of McKinneD
2:11} that ought to bring a good price and meet with I
ready sale. He is four years old, stands 16 hands higli
is a handsome bay and those who have seen him s£W
he is an extra good looking colt. His dam is by Antlj
volo 2:19|, son of Electioneer, his second dam
Esmeralda, the dam of Don Lowell 2:14.} by Brigadiel
third dam Nelly by California Dexter, a son of Whiff
pie's Hambletonian, and next dam said to be by Coll
perbottom. Now as this son of McKinney is a, goil
looking horse he ought to be able to earn a lot \
money in the stud next year as the well-bred sons
McKinney will be sought after from this on. This ccj
has the Wilkes-Electioneer cross which is so popul;
and there is no reason why he should not trot f
himself and sire speed. He has already shown quarte
in 36 seconds with hardly any handling, on Mr. Harrili
track which is not much better than the averaJ
county road. Mr. Harris has a few colts by him as 1U
bred him as a two and three year old. Up on t)
Harris ranch there are a number of well bred horss|
mares and colts for sale, and it will pay to drop hin
line if one wants a good colt or a broodmare.

We have heard more than one horseman express til
wish that he had purchased the stallion Prince Air]
that was sold at the Corbitt closing out sale and wei
to South Africa. Prince Airlie was by Guy Wilk
and his dam Chantilly by Nutwood is now the dam
two with records better than 2:15. Mr. Corbitt i
tended Prince Airlie for his premier stallion, but m[
fortunes came and the horse went for a son_.
shipped to South Africa, and it may be that the~Boi
have him now. There is a four year old bay mare il
Prince Airlie over in Alameda in J. M. Nelson's stat
that was purchased as a yearling at the Corbitt sa;
by a farmer who has found that she is too good a m
for him to keep as he can neither train nor race hi
not having the time, the inclination or the mon
He wants to sell her and she is an excellent prospi
Her dam was by Regal Wilkes 2:11^, second dam Man]
Kohl by Steinway, third dam Lady Blanchard a
fourth dam famous old Lady Livingstone. 1'his m;
is called Lady Airlie and is 16 hands, weighing 1C
pounds. She is a trotter and can show a mile in 2
without training. Mr. Nelson thinks he can drive h
in 2:30 this month and believes 2:20 will be easy for h
this year. There is also a two year old by Geo. Was
ington 2:16| for sale that is entered in the Occident a
Stanford stakes for next year. She is just broken
is quite promising. If you want a good road ma
one that will do to race, go over to Alameda and lo
these mares over.

When the resulting foals from this year's mati
are old enough to demonstrate what speed they poss
the question of whether developed speed can be tra
mitted will have some additional evidence that shot
tend to a solution of this vexed problem, writes Pain
Clark. Among the notable fast performers that
to be mated this spring are: Fantasy 2:06 to Dare De
2:09, Onoqua 2:08} to John R. Gentry 2:00!, Sphii
etta 2:08! to Joe Patchen 2:01}, Wigaletta 2:10£
Heir-at-Law 2:05!, and it remains to be seen if the
quired traits of their speedy parents are to he a pi
of their inheritance. Heretofore it has been sho
that such matings are subject to the same vicissitui
as the offspring of less illustrious sires and dams,
fact, some of the greatest racing stallions as well
mares have proven practical failures in the stud, a
it is a question that time only can settle as to whetl
the continued mating of developed horses from gene
tion to generation will result in so fixing the type tl
the artificial gait of trotting and pacing can be tra
mitted with certainty. I confess some misgivings
to such a successful issue, and if we are to take as
example, even at this late date, our most success
producers of extreme speed, either as a combinati
or individually, we have- to award the palm to Chin
and Mambrino King, and neither of these had stai
ard records, and, although the former had a ma
of 2:30|, yet it cannot be argued that his tra
ing was such as to establish the characteristics
speed as a potent part of his individuality. St
speed is the only test of the harness ho
breeders' success, and consequently they will a
tinue, and rightly, to breed either to speedy hor
or the blood or combination of blood that has p
duced such, with the same expectancy and with 1
same uncertainty as heretofore, which is, after all, 1
chief charm of the business to those who are in it
the sport and the incentive for those who are in it
what there is in it. The lessons of the past as t'
multiply, however, have their real value to the thoug
ful student, and can be studied with profit.

APRIL 13, 1901]

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Dick Dwyer has wired Secretary Nathanson that he
will arrive in Chicago Monday, April loth, at 9:30 A.
M., and will be on hand to start the first bunch of the
season at his old post on the Indiana track. There is
more or less sentiment connected with the work of the
famous starter at Roby, as it was there he acquired
his reputation which has since extended over the
country. Dick had officiated at some of the smaller
tracks previous to his first work at Lakeside, but it re-
mained for him to establish his reputation as premier
flagman down on the Indiana sand dunes, and he
always returns to the old track with pleasure.

A dispatch from London says: Great changes are
contemplated at Ascot Heath. The royal inclosure
will be abolished and two race meetings will be held
annually, instead of one. King Edward will transfer
his breeding stud to Ascot. His-Majesty intends to in-
crease his racing stud largely and to maintain the tra-
dition that racing is the "sport of kings."

Last Thursday C. W. Menzies and L. McCreery of
Burlingame left for Liverpool with fifteen California
bred polo ponies. Both are members of the famous
Hurlingham polo team of England and expect to real-
ize a handsome profit selling these ponies to the Hurl-
ingham players.

A special race at six furlongs has been arranged for
this afternoon at Tanforan between Kenilworth, Artic-
ulate and Beau Ormonde. It should be worth seeing.

The last day of racing given by the San Francisco
Jockey Club will be next Friday, April 19th. The
California Jockey Club will assume control the follow-
* ing day, and after seven days of racing at Tanforan
will open the Oakland track for five or six weeks of
racing, when the season will end. The next season
will probably commence about November 1st.

Imported Sain, the stallion which Barrey Schreiber
purchased here three years ago and sent to his Missouri
breeding farm, is doing well as a sire. Among his first
crop of colts are the winners Corrigan and Zirl, and
Mr. Schreiber places a very high valuation on the
horse, which he obtained at a very low figure. Sain
was imported by the late Marcus Daly and while a fast
horse and elegantly bred, is not a grand looker by any

The club proposes to give sixty days1 running racing
in Butte and Anaconda, commencing Saturday, June
29th. The stakes announced are: The Montana
Derby, $1500, for three year olds (foals of 1898), colts to
carry 122, geldings 119 and fillies 117, one mile and a
quarter; the Daly Memorial Cup, $1000, a handicap
for three year olds and upward, two miles; the Miners'
Union Stakes, $1000, a handicap for three year olds and
upward, one mile; the Butte Selling Stakes, $850, for
three year olds and upward, six furlongs; the Hot
Times Stakes, $800, a handicap for all ages, four and a
half furlongs; the Labor Day Handicap, $1000, for
three year olds and upward, one mile and an eighth;
the Silver City Selling Stakes, $1000, for three year
olds and upward; one mile and a sixteenth; the Silver
Bow Stakes, $1000, for two year olds, four and one-half
furlongs: the Hamburg Ha'ndicap, $1000, for two year
olds, five furlongs; the Anaconda Handicap, $1000, for
all ages, one mile. H. L. Wilson is president and
Louis Frank secretary.

In consequence of the building now occupied being
torn out, the Jockey Club will move to the Windsor
Arcade about May 1st, and the second floor will also be
occupied by the Westchester Racing Association, the
Saratoga Association, the Coney Island Jockey Club,
and, it is said, perhaps the QueensCounty JoekeyClub.
The building is between Forty-six and Forty-seventh
streets, in Fifth avenue. — New York Times.

Fondling, the dam of the great mare Imp, has arrived
at J. B. Ewing's Willamette Stud, near Lexington,
Ky., and will be bred tojmp^JTop Gallant.

A bay colt by Kingston, out of Ella T. by War
Dance, recently foaled at Messrs. J. R. and' F. P.
Keene's Castleton Stud, Kentucky, is considered by
Major F. A. Daingerfield, superintendent, the finest
foal ever dropped on the farm and he has advised his
entry in the Derby and other English classics.

A record was broken at Tanforan on Friday of last
week. In the two year old race Brunswick by St.
Carlo-Sloe, carrying 109 pounds, ran four and a half
furlongs in 53^ seconds, the former track record being
0:55J. The American record for the distance on a
circular course is 53 seconds and wa6 made by Meadows,
a six year old, carrying 103 pounds. Handpress, a two
year old with 100 pounds up, ran the distance over the
Morris Park straight course in 52 seconds. On the
same day Kenilworth ran six furlongs in 1:12£, the
track record.

Beau Ormonde is quite a sprinter and on Monday
last at Tanforan equalled the track record of 1:19}, for
six and a half furlongs and was not ridden out.

Memphis horsemen say that Charles W. Meyer, the
youngster that won the Gaston Hotel stakes is the
best two year old colt that was ever trained at Mont-
gomery Park. J. J. McCafferty offered Johnny Schorr
$10,000 before he was taken to the paddock Tuesday,
but, according to a correspondent, it is doubtful if
$25,000 would buy him. _

The demand for American jockeys in foreign
countries does not seem satisfied yet, despite the fact
than neai'ly fifty of the best riders In this country are
now under contract with foreign horse owners. More
of our riding material is wanted in Austria. Albert A.
Boxtray of Vienna, Austria is now in New York in
search of youngsters who can ride at from 75 to 100
pounds. He has a commission from several Austrian
owners to engage boys for the coming season in that
country. According to Mr. Boxtray, the Yankee lads
now in Austria are in great favor and are in good con-
dition awaiting the opening of the season next week.
He says big salaries are paid good boys and that noth-
ing will be spared to gain the contracts of the best jock-
eys here.

This year's crop of McGrathiana yearlings numbers
130 head. Part of them will be sold in New York and
part late in the summer.

Before 10,000 spectators T. P. Hayes' bay colt Royal
Victor won the Tennessee Derby at Montgomery Park
last Monday from John F. Schorr's bay filly Lady
Schorr, with George Long's Gaheris third. The time,
1:57, was a very creditable performance. The Schorr
stable had named three starters, but Alard Scheck and
Joe Frey were scratched and Farmer Bennett was
added to keep Ladv Schorr company. Siddons, the
Commander and Dick Burgess were also scratched.
The Schorr pair were held at the prohibitive odds of
2 to 3, while 8 to 1 was laid against Royal Victor. After
two false breaks they were sent away to an excellent
start, with Royal Victor a head in front of Farmer
Bennett and the others close up. Farmer Bennett and
Lady Schorr raced to the front, and with Royal Victor
a length away made the running to the stretch. At
this point Winkfield sent the Hayes colt up to the lead-
ers, and in the run home he challenged Lady Schorr.
J. Woods, on the latter went to the whip, but his
efforts were of no avail, Royal Prize, well ridden by
Winkfield, winning handily by three parts of a length.
Gaheris made up a lot of ground in the stretch and
finished third.

Sophia Hardy, dam of Lieut. Gibson and others, was
destroyed recently. After foaling a full brother to
Gibson she had blood poisoning and her destruction
was necessary. The foal has been adopted by another

A despatch from Cincinnati states that Assistant
Secretary Dillon, on his arrival at the Turf Congress
office, announced he would continue as an official of
that body on the ground that the action recently taken
by the minority was illegal and in opposition to the
constitution. Mr. Dillon is in the offices of the Con-
gress used by the Latonia Jockey Club, of which he is
an official. The race track will change its quarters as
soon as a suitable place can be found. He said: "I
was caught off my guard, for had I known what the
parties intended to do, I would have most positively
declined to turn over the books. I wired Secretary
Hopper and President Howard, and the former told
me to follow the instructions of the president. Mr.
Howard wired me to continue, and I' will."

A jockey club has been organized at Savannah,
Georgia, and a winter meeting will be held. Such
prominent citizens as Mayor Herman W. Meyers, Jacob
Littman and others equally well known are interested
in the enterprise, and the incorporators represent
brains as well as capital. It is proposed to begin a fall
and winter race meeting immediately after the Georgia
State Fair next November. The meeting will be run
from a date in December to be decided on later through
the winter until March 1st or 15th. Purses will be $250
and upward, with special events, and a strong effort
will be made to attract a superior class of horses and
horsemen. The old Ten Broeck course, a full mile
track, about twenty minutes from the centre of the
city, will be fitted up for aiLextended meeting in thor-
ough up to date style. The population of Savannah is
close to 80,000, and being on the direct route of travel
to the Florida;resorts, many transient visitors from the
North going down and from the South coming up will
stop over for the race meeting. The overflow from
New Orleans and other sportsmen that will be attracted
should make the venture a success in every way.

A dispatch from Louisville, Ky., dated April 6th
says: His Eminence, the handsome Falsetto-Patroness
colt, owned by Frank Van Meter of Lexington and
entered in the Kentucky Derby, was sold to-night to
T. J. Kemper, the Chicago turfman, for $10,000.
Kemper came down to Louisville last night prepared
to pay $7500 for the colt, which had been held at
$12,000 by Mr. Van Meter. The two have been dicker-
ing all day, and before Kemper left for Chicago to-
night they split the difference, and the colt went to
the Chicago man for $10,000. His Eminence has done
the best work of any colt at the track. He did a mile
in 1:47^- a number of times when the track was very
heavy. He is considered the best entry in the Ken-
tucky Derby. Captain S. S. Brown, who bought
Garry Herrmann, was after the colt also. Kemper is
said to stand to win $30,000 on His Eminence in the
winter books.

The case of School for Scandal, a candidate for the
Louisville "Oaks," is interesting. When Col. Barnes,
her breeder, sold the mare to R. A. Swigert, the latter
did not care to enter her in the Oaks, and allowed Col.
Barnes to enter her in his name. When Swigert sold
the mare, nothing was said about her entries. She
was afterwards sold at auction to Rome Respess of
Cincinnati, who sent a check to the Louisville Jockey
Club in payment of the second fee on the race. It was
found that Col. Barnes had already paid it, so the club
returned the amount to him; but he refuses to receive
it, claims the entrv as belonging to him, and will not
allow the mare to start, as he has two other fillies in
the race.

The well known red and blue colors of Philip J.
Dwyer will be missed from the turf this year. He has
sold to trainer Matt Allen his entire racing stable, con-
sisting of five highly bred two year olds. The amount
paid was said to be $40,000. There are two cracka-
jacks in the collection, a colt by Hanover-Bonita Belle,
half brother to the noted Beau Gallant and a black
colt by Handspring. Both youngsters have shown
remarkable work over the Gravesend course. It is
said that the youngsters were bought for Fred Mc-
Lewee, who was conspicuous on the turf when young
George Ehret's stable was at its best. Outside of the
two cracks the lot is an indifferent one, and it has been
Mr. Dwyer's custom to give such youngsters away if
they do not show work to warrant his keeping them.

t There is a good deal of truth, says an exchange, in
this paragraph of "Vigilant's" about the kind of men
hat win over outsiders: " Any odds some of these
outsiders!' used to be a more familiar call on our race
courses than it is at the present day. Still, it is no un-
unual occurrence for a horse to win at a 'long shot,'
and during last season several hit the mark that well
rewarded those whose good judgment or good luck led
them to risk a little on an outsider. Talking recently
on the subject with one of the best judges of horse
racing in the land, he remarked, 'The worst of backing
outsiders is that they don't win!" That, doubtless, is
the experience of most men. I have known some who
seem to hit on winners at long odds with curious fre-
quency, but in such cases we hear only of the success-
ful ventures, and know nothing of money frequently
lost on horses that, may be, made no show in the race.
The backer most likely to find winners, at good odds,
is, I think, to be found amongst men whose acquaint-
ance with the turf has been long and intimate, whose
memory is retentive, and who know that in horse rac-
ing, as in other affairs, history repeats itself. That
knowledge, and a sort of instinct, besides, suggests to
them that circumstances have brought about an occa-
sion when a race is likely to fall to an outsider. Even
then, of course, the choice may fall on one that fails to
hit the mark. Still such men, who no longer engage
in the day-to-day business on the turf, but weigh care-
fully the prospects of a race, taking advantage of all
that training reports can tell them, will more fre-
quently find an outsider destined to hit the mark than
others who visit meetings week after week throughout
the season, and mix mainly with friends and acquaint-
ances who believe that no theory is so sound as that of
'following the money.' "

The starting-gate is, of course, the greatest racing
improvement of modern days, and how we did without
it for so long is a mystery (says an Australian ex-
change). As to betting, it is possible that more people
bet every year. This is a matter upon which nobody
but an anti-gambler with no knowledge of his subject
would venture to speak positively, but this much we
can say without fear of contradiction. Heavy bettino-
is very rare nowadays, the average owner being con-
tent to go for a very moderate stake in comparison
with the owner of twenty years ago. Whether this is
due to larger stakes or the advent of cash betting and
the totalisator, we cannot say. Whatever the cause
there is no doubt the change has benefited the turf.
Altogether we think those interested in racing have
every reason to congratulate themselves that steady
progress is being made and that there is no fear of the
national sport losing its hold on the public.

Burns & Waterhouse have decided to race in the
East and when they purchased Favonius from G. B.
Morris, they assumed all Eastern engagements of the
horse. In 26 races during 1900 he was eight times first,
six times second, six times third and six times unplaced.
In the majority of cases when beaten it was by some of
the fastest sprinters, whereas his forte is distance and
he is thoroughly game. Favonius has had consider-
able racing this winter and will get a rest.

The cross-country steeplechase of the San Mateo
County Hunt Club on Saturday last was the most ex-
citing race ever run under the club auspices. So de-
lighted was every one, particularly the spectators,
that Francis J. Carolan, master of the hounds, offered
to put up another handsome trophy for a repetition of
the affair. It was decided, however, that as the Duke
de Abruzzi cup will be the next affair of importance, it
would be better to wait until the autumn to have
another steeplechase like that of Saturday. The
Abruzzi cup is for polo ponies over hurdles, and the
Poniatowski cup, won by Charles Wheeler, of Phila-
delphia, was for hunters. Walter S. Hobart did not
ride Saturday, as his mount had been over the course
and was disqualified, but Laurence McCreery rode
Hobart 's chestnut hunter. Among those who rode
Saturday were: F. J. Carolan on Merry Boy, C.
Wheeler on Mr. Carolan's Spectator, George Parsons
on a large thoroughbred, J. Lawson on his large horse
Vanity, A. L. Whitney on a horse owned by J. Downey
Harvey, Harry Scott on a hunter belonging to P. D.
Martin and L. McCreery on a chestnut horse belong-
ing to Mr. Hobart. — San MaUo Leader.

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Coming Events.

April 9 10, 11, 12— Baltimore Shooting Association. Amateur
Eighth annual tournament. Live birds and targets. Baltimore,

April 14— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.
April 14— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.
April 14— Empire Gun Club. Blue Bocks. Alameda Point.
April 14, 28— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball &
Upson grounds. Sacramento.
April 21— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.
April 21— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.
April 21— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo

April 28— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 28— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction. _ , ,. . T , .,

May 5— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 5— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 5— Antler Gun Club. Blue Eocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction. ■

May 11, 12— Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna-
ment. Red Bluff. .

June 25, 28, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

The Grand American Handicap.

Eugene C. Griffith of Pascoag, R. I., won the Grand
American Handicap at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I.,
on the 5th inst., winning the silver trophy emblematic
of the live bird shooting championship and $600 in
money.

Twenty-two shooters had tied at twenty-five kills,
the limit number of birds in the handicap proper, and
after a close and exciting finish of the shoot-off ;miss
and out, to decide the three high guns for a division of
the association's $1500, offered as a guarantee prize for
the -three highest scores, the Rhode Island man was
returned the victor after a total of forty-three straight
kills for the shoot. J. L. D. Morrison of St. Paul,
Minn., was second, he having missed his eighteenth
bird. R. Rahm of Pittsburg, Penn., was third, hav-
ing failed to land the fifteenth bird in the shoot-off.

The Grand American Handicap was finished shortly
after noon and then preparations were made to shoot
off for the cup and money prizes. Every man left in
declined to divide. The traps opposite the casino were
used so that all could watch the sport. C. C. Nauman
was the first to step to the trap. He killed. Dr. J. G.
Knowlton of the New York Atheletic Club was next
and he killed, too. Then came A. H. Pox, who up to
that time had killed 127 birds in succession. He missed
a driver and retired. In the first round Pierce, Town-
send, McKay and Lockwood followed Fox, missing
their birds. In the second round Alabaster missed.
In the third round Johnson retired, and in the fourth
round Parks and Parmalee missed. This left thirteen
in the race and all killed in the fifth round. In the
next Greiff missed and in the seventh Bond, Nauman,
Feiganspan and Hickman retired. Eight men were
still in the race, but Trumbauer and Merrill went out
in the next round, Knowlton missed in the ninth and
only Morrison, Rahm, Gottleib, Barto and Griffiths
were left. Gottleib missed his tenth, Barot his eleventh
and then three remained.

When the principals in the shoot-off had narrowed
down to Griffith, Morrison and Rahm a crowd of fully
2000 men and women pressed close to the rail. Morri-
son's twelfth bird was a sitter and another had to be
substituted. Despite the annoyance the bird was
killed splendidly. At fifteen Morrison's gun missed
fire on the first barrel. According to tfhe rules, the
shooter handed the gun to the refereef who allowed
another bird after examining the defective cartridge.
This second interruption seemed to tell on Morrison.
He killed his fifteenth bird neatly, however. Then
Rahm missed and was out of the race. Griffith was
cool and apparently unconcerned by the close score
and by the demonstrations of the crowd, and, barring
accident, was looked iipon as a winner. At eighteen
Morrison missed his bird, a left driver that shot into
the air and was off like a flash. Griffith then had the
match in hand and he stepped up to the mark and
scoring with both barrels dropped his bird within ten
feet of the traps.

When the shoot opened at 9 o'clock the weather was
anything but promising A drizzling rain wet the
crowd and the absence of wind promised another day
of lazy birds and high scores. Before long, however,
the weather cleared and with it the birds became
faster. There were 161 entries of the day before elig-
ible to continue, and it was announced that each would
shoot at five birds, unless disqualified. Twenty-two
shot their five straight, as they shot straight the
twenty of the day before. Of the forty who were tied
at twenty on Thursday, eighteen fell by the wayside in
the finish Friday.

The scores in the miss and out that decided the
championship follow:

E. C. Griffith 28—22222 22222 211222 22—18

J. L. D. Morrison 29—22222 22223 022222 20—17

R. Rahm 27—22222 22222 22220 —14

Following is a list of those who took part in the
shoot-off for the Grand American, arranged according
to the way they finished, together with the amounts
of money prizes each received: E. G. Griffith, Pascoag,
R. I., 28 yards, 18 killed; $600 and silver cup. J. L. D.
Morrison, St. Paul, 29 yards, killed 17; $500. R.
Rahm, Pittsburg, 27 yards, killed 14: $400. J. B.
Barto, Chicago, 28 yards, killed 11; $255. Chris Gott-
lieb, Kansas City, 29 yards, killed 10; $218. Dr. J.
J. Knowlton, New York, 29 yards, killed 8; $182. R.
R Merrill, Milwaukee, 29 yards, and R. Trumbauer,
Royersford, Pa., 28 yards, killed 7; $127 each. C. C.
Nauman, San Francisco, 28 yards; R. B. Bond, Jessups,
Md., 27 yards; C. W. Feiganspan, Newark, N. J., 30
yards, and Ed Hickman, Kansas City, 28 yards, killed
6; $100 each. G. E. Grieff, New York, 28 yards, killed
5; $72. Henry, Newark, N. J., 28 yards, and F. S.

Parmelee, Omaha, 30 yards, killed 3; $72 each. E. S.
Johnson, Atlantic City, N. J., 28 yards, killed 2; $72.
J. L. AUabaster, Chicago, 27 yards, killed 1; $72 A.
H. Fox, Baltimore, 30 yards; D. L. Pierce, Wytne-
ville, Va., 29 yards; W. D. Townsend, Omaha, 27
yards; F. E. McKay, Minneapolis, 27 yards, and C. A,
Lockwood, Jamaica, L. I., 26 yards; each missed their
first bird and received $72.

The remaining money was divided among forty-six
contestants, who scored twenty-four each, and the
men received $34 apiece.

It was a noticeable fact that none of the well known
experts lasted long enough to get into the group of
leaders at the end of the twenty-fifth round, and, with
the exception of Crosby and Gilbert, they were shut
out of the money by failing to kill twenty-four.

Among those who missed two or more birds were
such crack shooters as J. A. P. Elliott, of Kansas City,
Rolla O. Heikes, of Dayton, Ohio; Thomas Marshall,
of Keithsburg, 111.; Harold Money of the Carteret Gun
Gun Club; E. D. Bates, the Canadian who won last
year: Thomas Morfey, E. D. Fulford, of Utica; Well
Brock, Phil Daly, Van Allen, and J. S. Panning who
killed 22.

Consolation Handicap, sixteen birds; $10 entrance,
high guns, not class shooting, ninety-one entries— Nau-
man, Bates, Brown, Sperry, Parmelee, Gottlieb, Har-
old Money, Griffith, Colonel Martin, Tramp, Grieff,
Lilly, Merrill and Steubner killed sixteen each and
received $55 each. Sixteen others killed fifteen birds
and divided the money, each getting $4.20.

The shoot was concluded late last Saturday evening
in a drenching downpour of rain and the wind blowing
half a gale from the southeast. From early morning
the rain fell incessantly, and as the day wore on the
wind increased to such an extent that at times the
trap shooters had to take refuge in the clubhouse, and
the storm was so severe that they could not face the
traps.

Two more contests were on the program, one for the
Gilman-Barnes trophy and the other for the Sports-
men's association trophy. Both were handicaps and
each event called for twenty-five birds per man, $15 en-
trance. Class shooting. The events were shot off
simultaneously at two sets of traps, but owing to the
severity of the storm it was arranged by mutual con-
sent on the part of the shooters and the management
that the number of birds in each case should be reduced
from twenty-five to fifteen.

In the Gilman-Barnes trophy contest nine men tied
with straight scores of fifteen kills each, and in the
Sportsman's trophy contest there were seventeen
straights with fifteen each. These ties were to have
beeh shot off "miss and out," but the weather condi-
tions prevented this being done, and the men drew lots
to see who should get the trophies.

J. L. D. Morrison of St. Paul, who was the runner-
up in the Grand American, won the Gilman-Barnes
trophy, and Frank S. Parmelee of Omaha, Neb., was
the lucky man in the draw for the Sportsmen's trophy.

Forty-one men competed in the Gilman-Barnes handi-
cap and thirty-six in the Sportsmen's handicap. The
following made straight scores in the Gilman-Barnes
handicap: Nauman 28 yards, E. Pierce 29 yards,
Alabaster 27 yards, Leroy 28 yards, Gilbert 32 yards;
Parmelee 30 yards, (Morris 29 yards, Linderman 28 yards
and Heikes 30 yards.

The straight scores for the Sportsmen 's Association
trophy were: H. Money, Captain Money, Allen, Town-
send, Merrill, McKay, Alabaster, Tramp, Gilbert,
Parmelee, Budd, Van Allen, Morrison, Linderman,
Heikes, L. E. Parker and E. C. Griffith.

There were four moneys in each event. Those who
killed straight divided 40 per cent, of the purse, the
second men divided 30 per cent., the third squad 20
per cent, and those with twelve kills each divided the
remainder of the purse, which was 10 per cent.

At the Traps.

The Ingleside trap shooting attractions to-morrow
will be the initial live bird shoot of the Olympic Gun
Club and the regular monthly live bird shoot of the
San Francisco Gun Club.

Across the bay the Empire Club regular monthly
shoot offers a card composed of the diamond medal
event at 25 targets and the re-entry match at 25 birds.
The competition for the Yellowstone and Schumacher
trophies will also be continued.

Webb and Baird are high men in the diamond medal
race and for the money match additional prize Cullen
is high gun with Debenham, Fish, Gregg and Lambert
tied for second place. In the open events Debenham is-
high score for the championship trophy and Hauer
holds first place for the Schumacher trophy.

Six bird pool, $2:50 entrance, 30 yards —

Haight 222222—6 Gerstlet 120221-5

Golcher 121111—6 Hyde 021122—5

Barker 211111—6 Walsh Ow

Lasserot 221121—6

fBirds only.

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Barker 121122—6 Haight 221*20-5

Wilson 212212—6 Llddlet 11 —2

Hyde 221211—6 Klevesahl Ow —0

Gerstlet 21*112—5 Lassoret 01 —1

Feudner, F 222220—5 Fisher 100W —1

fBirds only.
Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Barker 121111—6 Gerstle 101002—3

Haight 021221—5 Bonner, A 00*002—1

Walsh 211202—5

Six bird pool. $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Haight 122212— » Weil f 022112—5

Walsh 1112*1—5 Gerstle 2*11**— 3

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Haight 121121—6 Barker *1112»— 4

Walsh 111110—5 Gerstle 021020—3

Weilf 22*121—5

+ Birds only.

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Walsh 112121—6 Jackson 1*02*1—3

Barker 21222*— 5 Gerstle 001*12—3

Haight 022222—5

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Walsh 122011—5 Haight 1*2221—5

Barker 101122—5 Gerstle 12211*— 5

The California Wing Club shoot on the 7th inst.
was well attended by club members and visiting shoot-
ers. The day was a perfect one and the birds sup-
plied an unusually good lot. The only straight score
in the club race was made by "Wilson" who divided a
side pool, $5 entrance, with "Slade" who was second
high gun. Following the regular event six bird pools
were shot up during the afternoon. The scores made
during the shoot were the following:

Club race, 15 birds, 30 yards—

"Wilson" 11H2 22212 12121—15

"Slade" '' 21122 1211102211—14

Barker, Dr.' A.' M 22211 11111 *2I20-13.

Donohoe, Ed 02202 22122 22222—13

Haight, b. A 02222 12*21 12212—13

Shields A. M *2101 11211 11111—13

Williamson, W. H 22211 *2122 20222—13

Justins. H.. *2222 1*222 22220-12

Walsh.P. J 11111*00*121210—10

Wiel. A L. . 0020O 11110 12212—10

Sweeney, J.J 021*2 12222 **011-10

Gerstle, W 02101 000*1 10010— 6

"Wilson"t 111*2 11*22 21221—13.

Sweeney, J. J.f BS12 1»« 221*0-13-

t Back scores.
Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Haight 222112—6 Williamsonf 22222*— 5-

Barker 111111—6 Wilson 111*21—5

Donohoe 212212—6 Justins 222*12—5

Lasserot. J. H 111112—6 WeilA.f 111001 — 4

Golcher, W.J 222211—8 Derby *12012— 1

Sweeneyt 222221—6 Hyde, H. E 21*2*1—1

Shields mil*— 5 Gerstlet 012010-3

fBirds only.

The maiden shoot of the Antler Gun Club last
Sunday on the Empire Club grounds brought out
Oakland's contingent of Elks. Those who did not
shoot "rooted" for those who did. The scores made,
considering that a majority of the shooters were
novices, were excellent. J. B. Hauer and A. J. Webb
gave the new club men valuable pointers in trap-shoot-
ing. The Maugatrap was used, the gunners taking to
the game with avidity and enthusiasm, so much so,
that it is probable the Antlers will shoot on two Sundays ■
each month instead of holding but one shoot a month as
originally contemplated. An elegant lunch was served
to the company assembled. A summary of the scores
follows:

Ten bird matches — Slopy 3, Halsey 6, Zingg 4,
Jeffreys 5, Emigh 8, Frank 10, Quail 2, Olson 7, Allen 2,
Young 8, Ghiridelli 7, Webb 9, Newton 8, Boyce 7,
Young 7, Miller 10.

Travers 5, Jeffreys 5, English 5, Frank 8, Slopy 3,
H. Mathews 7, J. Mathews 4, Newton 9, Young 5, Car-
man 1, Travis 6, Ghiridelli 6, Slopy 7, Jeffreys .5,
Olson 7, Frank 8, Emigh 6.

Seaver 10, Allen 1, Miller 5, Boyce 7, Quail 2, Young
2, Gheridelli 6, Travers 8, Amy 8, Frank 8, Newton 7,
Olson 6, Webb 10, Hauer 9, Travers 5, Hannah 5, Emigh
8, Mathews 8, Jeffreys 4.

Quail 2, Carman 4, Mathews 5, Evans 1, Hannah 4,
J. Mathews 5, Jeffreys 2, Carman 2, Allen 5, J.
Mathews 4, C. Mathews 6, Evans 7, Halsey 5, Zingg 2,
Quail 2, H. Mathews 8.

Emigh 8, Frank 9, Hannah 8, Newton 4, Boyce 5,
Young 6, Miller 8, Travers 5, Mathews 8, Hauer 10,
Webb 9, Seaver 10, Ghiridelli 8, Travers 6, Sloper 5,

Twenty bird race — Emigh 19, Frank 19, Jeffreys, 6,
Seaver 17, Young 12, Sloper 12, Sehuter 4, Ghiridelli
12, Sloper 13, Quail 5, Jeffreys 7, Cooper 3, Newton 15,
Boyce 16, Hannah 13, Miller 13, Travers 13, Webb 18,
Levitt 8, Carman 8, Boyce 17, Cooper 30, Ghiridelli 14,
H. Mathews 11, Olson 17.

Twenty-five bird race — Boyce 21, Jeffreys 18, Ghiri-
delli 14, Miller 9, Mathews 13, Carman 12, Webb 24,
Hauer 20, Seaver 23, Jeffreys 18, Boyce 3 9, Hannah 15,
Newton 13, Miller 20, Carman 10, Seaver 24, Levitts 13,
Sloper 9, Travers 14, Mathews 12.

The Washington Gun Club (Yolo county) opened its
blue rock shooting season last Sunday with a goodly
number of contestants. The strong wind interfered
materially with the shooters, but for all that some
nice scores were made. The club will hold regular
shoots on the first and third Sundays of each month.

In the warm-up match at 10 blue rocks the scores
were:

Reichert 6, Flohr 6, Peek 7, Magistrini 3, Rust 7,
Germeshauser 5, Newton 3, Williams 7, Vetter 10,
Stevens 6, Keuchler 3, Shore 7, Moon 6, Ruhstaller 9,
Blemer 8. Newbert 9.

Match at 15 bluerocks — Newbert 12, Reichert 6,
Flohr 13, Peck 11, Magistrini 9, Rust 11, Germeshauser
6, Blemer 11, Williams 12, Vetter 8, Stevens 10,
Trumpler 9, Moon 8, Ruhstaller 12, Shore 7, Keuchler

6, Averill 9, Knauer 6.
Medal match 25 blue rocks —

Newbert 11011 11110 11111 11110 11110-21

Rubert lono I1010 mil lmo 10111—19

Flcmr 11001 Hill Hill 10011 10011—19

Peek urn urn oom urn noi — 22

Magistrini 10000 00110 10101 11000 11101—12

Kuft 11101 01111 01100 11001 10111—17

Oenneshauser 01010 01111 11100 01111 11100—16

Bleiumer 10110 OHIO O1OO0 mil 01110—16

Williams mil Will 01111 91111 11111—22

Vetter UU1 Hill Hill Hill 11010—23

Steven's' ' H1H 11011 10011 01111 11110—20

Trumpler'' 1001111001110111111111111—20

Moon "" 11010 011111101100010 01001—14

Ruhst'aiier" 11101 11011 11101 11101 11111—21

Shore 1101111000 010011001110101-14

TKpuehier"" 111111001101010 1111110101—18

Averill '. 10000 11101 10001 01111 00110— 13

Knauer U010 OHIO 00110 11111 11000- 15

Ro„n j " "' 11011 11101 11111 11011 11111—22

Meuton ' 10J01 11000 10100 10100 10011—12

fVrman 1011101101101010001111111—17

Smith 00111 00010 OOOll 00111 01011— 12

Parris 00000 01000 00110 01111 01111— 11

Grimes .'. 1010110000 011011001101111—14

palls ....11010 11000 1001110110 00111—14

T„st " ' 11101 OOOll 01011 11011 10011—16

Stevens.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 01111 11011 10101 11111 11111—21

Match at 10 blue rocks— Jones 8, Newbert 9, Zeigler

7, Bohn 8, Smith 5, Peek 7, Reichert 9, Book 4, Vetter
Q, Morrison 8, Just 9, Pulis 6, Williams 6, Mclnerny 5.

Match at ten blue rocks— Newbert 9, Stevens 8,
Smith 7, Just 6, Reichert 6, Pulis 9, Peek 7, Vetter 6,
Bohn 6, Williams 7, Zeigler 4, Keuchler 6.

Several members of the Willows Gun Club partici-
pated in a practice shoot at Agricultural Park Sunday
afternoon. Owing to the strong north wind and swift-
ness of birds the scores were not up to the average.
Following is the score:

APRIL 13, 1901]

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.x^'-i" Hran'hain " HO" '0100 H011 11011—14

iMlfp?mett :::: 1110101011 10110 01000-14

£r"i™l£ Brock 00001 11111 «*** mm*- 6

£™£5ti5i 00000 00000 00000 00101-2

Ert SinDus ! I"* moo otioi 10100-11

Claud bersanous 00110-11

"Ajax

The Black Butte Gun Club will give shooting tour-
naments at their grounds in Upton, near Sisson, on
the first Sunday after the loth of each month from
April 21st to August 18th. To the champion blue rock
shooter of Northern California, a handsome $o0 gold
watch will be given as a prize, also a repeating rifle for
the best average shooter in the season of five shoots.

A meeting of the Visalia Bod and Gun Club was
held recently, organization was perfected by the elec-
tion of R A. Whitley, President, J. Thomas, Secre-
tary and M. A. Fessler, Treasurer. The shooting
grounds are to be located on the Canty ranch south of
the Encina orchard or across the county road from
Company E's target range. The first shoot was
scheduled for Sunday, April 7th. The secretary was
instructed to correspond with the State Fish Commis-
sion and secure as many trout as they will let the club
have to plant in the streams east of the city.

Trade and Personal Notes.

Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., have issued a calen-
dar of particular interest to all trap shooters. Half-
tone portraits of thirty of the prominent experts are
given, together with the most important scores, mak-
ing, altogether, a very useful as well as appropriate
ornament for the walls of gun club houses or sports-
men's homes. A portrait is also shown of Master K.
I Konvalinka.lMason City, Ohio, 6J years old, who has
a record of 10 out of 15 targets, and 6 out 16 live birds,
made with a Parker gun. The fact that such a large
proportion of winners during 1900 used the Parker
gun, is proof that this arm can be relied on to place
the load just where it is held. The calendar is sup-
plied free to secretaries of gun clubs writing for it, and
to all others at cost of mailing, 10 cents. Catalogues
of guns sent free. Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn.

S. A. Tucker, the popular representative of Parker
Bros., reached this city last Saturday. Mr. Tucker
reports business good and prospects indicative of a
large demand for Parker guns.

E. C. Griffith, the winner of the Grand American
Handicap, used a Parker gun.

Some guns shoot well some of the time. Smith guns
9hoot well all of the time. A few interesting Smith
records are the following: Hallowell high in 1897, 154
straight; Young high in 1899, 211 straight; Jack Fan-
ning high in 1900, 201 straight; "Billy" Crosby high in
1901, 345 straight.

Harvey McMurchy has been away for a week on a
fishing trip in Mendocino county.

Cartridge and Shell.

Sacramento sportsmen recently have had plenty of
English snipe shooting, the birds are reported as being
more plentiful than for years past.

Windy Bill, a leading oil speculator of Antioch, was
a prominent figure on Sportsmen's Row this week.
President Lemmer reports that William is the happy
father of another little "Black Jack."

The annual meeting of the Eureka Gun Club was
held April 3d. It was quite largely attended and after
the regular business had been transacted the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year: President,
C. J. Janssen; Secretary and Treasurer, C. P. Soule;
Committee of Arrangements, L. J. Greehburg, S. I.
Allard and Harry Kelly. The only contest was for the
office of Secretary and Treasurer, six candidates mak-
ing a strong fight for the position. Among the con-
testants were L. F. Puter, S. I. Alard, Dr. W. E. Cook,
Dr. H. G. Cross, J. Vansant Jr., and E. G. Pluke. Be-
fore a choice was reached about fifteen ballots were
taken and finally when a deadlock appeared certain
Mr. Soule was elected by a majority of one. Among
other business transacted was the election of S. I.
Allard to membership and the tendering of a vote of
thanks to the retiring president, C. W. Young.

Coming Events.

April 13 — Ply-casting. Saturday contest No. 3. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

April 14— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 3. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 A. M.

San Francisco Fly-Casting Club.

The members of the club and invited guests met at
the banquet board on Tuesday evening and passed
several happy hours in social re-union and the discus,
sion of subjects dear to the heart of the angler. The
evening was enlivened by song and instrumental music.
The siuging of Mr. Frank and banjo playing of Mr.
Hastings were particularly appreciated by the company
present. Walter D. Mansfield presided as toast-master.
After coffee and cigars speeches were in order. Judge
John Hunt's remarks on piscatorial subjects were
received with much attention and general applause, a
few verses on "Striped Bass" although having an ex-
celsior stuffing, were dedicated to Alex T. Vogelsang
and accepted with shouts of laughter.

During the business portion of the evening Messrs.
J. B. Kenniff, ex Fish Commissioner C. B. Gould and
T. C. Kierulff were elected to membership. The
decorations were appropriate and unique, several
baskets of different varieties of trout from the ponds

at Sissons were displayed and evoked many expressions
of admiration from the followers of the gentle art.

The chairman announced to the club members that
railroad rates for themselves and families would be
fixed at a favorable figure and with a generous time
limit this year for points on the Truckee, McCloud,
etc. Among those present were Walter D. Mansfield,
H. Battu. Charles G. Young, Merton C. Allen, John But-
ler, Louis Butler, Wm. Frank, A. B. Finch, Mr. Hast-
ings, Henry E. Skinner, H. C. Golcher, C. E. Mitchell, J.
F. Siebe, J. X. De Witt, Louis Honig, Horace Briggs,
Charles Harlan, Charles H. Kewell, C. B. Kenniff, C.
T. Klein, A. M. Blade, G. Monk Walker, F. H. Reod,
Alex T. Vogelsang, John Lawrence, Horace Smyth,
Judge John Hunt, Judge J. M. Sewell, Fred G. San-
born, A. Muller, H. G. W. Dinkelspiel. Louis Eppinger,
W. A. L. Miller, John P. Babcock, Mr. Pratt, J.
Peltier, W. W. Richards, E. A. Mocker, P. W.
Watson, Clark Wise, Dr. W. E. Brooks, Charles Klein,
C. M. Walker.

The third fly-casting contests are programmed for
Stow lake this afternoon and to-morrow morning.

Sans Souci, Also Some Brook Trout.

OLEMA (Marin Co.), April 6, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: On the 1st
of April, behind a mare by Rustic, and a gelding by a
son of the dam of Nellie R. 2:17J, I started out for the
Alameda gulch bo catch the speckled fish, as they call
trout. My companions were Miss Agnes Duff, of
Berkeley, my daughter and Mr. White. When I
made an atrocious or ferocious pun the girls smiled
sweetly on our thin escort and said he was the only
White man in the party. Once on the top of the ridge,
what a view! Mt. St. Helena to the north and Mt.
Konockti, the guardian mount of Clear lake. To the
east Mt. Tamalpais. To the northwest the fair Pacific;
its waves laughing in the sunlight in a million dimples.
To the west Point Reyes — bold, clear cut, standing out
like a cameo from the blue water which surrounds it;
there it stood, the actual lookout from which to spy
the incoming of friend or foe to the entrance of the
Golden Gate. From the water shed we took our wind-
ing way down alongside steep ravines, rock ribbed and
brush crowned, across grassy slopes, until we had
reached the "mesa" tableland next the Coast. We
pulled up at the "Alameda, " Alder creek; helped the
ladies out, unhitched the horses, turned the two buggy
horses loose; tied up our saddle horse so as to be sure
we could catch our harness horses. Mr. White and
Miss Duff took the stream from the crossing down to
the mouth to fish, while my daughter and I fished
from the bridge upstream.

The fish were few and far between. I had caught
five or six before my companion "de chasse" had
caught one. "Nellie," I said, "Willie Kittle tells me to
fish for trout with 'a tremolo' movement of the hand
not too much 'spirit, ' but just enough to agitate the
fly so to attract the fishes' attention to the lure."

At noon we had caught twenty-one. Mr. White had
to catch the train, so after lunch our friend mounted
Billy and rode eight or ten miles to Olema and then
caught the train for San Francisco. After our com-
panion's departure we had a brief council of war. The
girls acknowledged that they were sore and "nettled"
at their poor success; said no more fishing; let us follow
the Coast line to Bolinas. Fearful that unless I yielded
my veracity would be attacked, I had told some fish
stories gracefully, I gave up any further fishing,
hitched up the team, assisted my fair voyageurs in,
picked up the lines and drove off. As we drove by
Bass Lake on the Pt. Reyes Club preserve we met
Frank Vernon, who had drank at the spring of per-
petual youth — outdoor life and field sports — accom-
panied by the club's head keeper, Tom Irving. Below
us lay the beautiful Bass Lake, hemmed in by an oven
border of tules.

"Well ! How do you do, Mr. Vernon and you, Tom.
Any luck fishing?"

"Yes," said Mr. Vernon in his quiet, soft voiced
way, "I have caught my limit, Mr. Payne, of thirty-
five, most of the members who are fishing, some five
in number, have about caught theirs. I am about to
try the black bass to see if they rise to a spoon, just
an experiment."

It was only a few minutes more before we passed
Trout Lake. Men were fishing from the wharf, and
some from boats. After leaving Trout Lake we passed
little pockets, filled with water, among the rock ribbed
hills; evidently of volcanic origin. Soon we entered a
rocky pass where ten warriors could hold at bay 100.
Through the rocky opening, the rock built frame to
the picture, we saw the Farallones sitting on the
silent sea.

Winding in and out of ravines, from the ocean and to
it again, we reached a point of vantage from which
we, far, far in the distance, saw the Cliff House the
Pt. Bonita site and the white sand near the Park. In
the foreground was an oil derrick, the drill down-some
800 feet going through shale and oil sand.

Futher on upon the table land near the town of
Bolinas, we saw another derrick opposite Duxburry
reef. We drove down on the beach where the summer
girl swims. It was deserted save by the white gulls
which are always there. We drove through the quiet
town then up the opposing hill, turned and looked
back on Baulinas "the bay of whales" and the bit of
San Francisco we could just see. "C'est joli,"Isaid,
turning to the girls; "We are not talking French now, "
they replied; "we are thinking of the German." "Oh!
you want to dance do you? Sit still it is Lent, toe the
mark, eat fish. "Oh! you horrid thing," they said,
"take us where we can catch fish." On our return to
The Oaks we learned that our friend Will Kittle had
caught 50 good sized brook trout in the Bear Valley
dam in a short time. One small boy had caught in the
little brook with his worm and hook 24 trout. But we
had had the ride and had caught some brook trout
beside. ' Payne.

I KENNEL. 1

Bench Show Notes.

Premium lists are in demand and entries are coming
in very nicely for the May show.

The San Francisco Kennel Club will award a
handler's prize of $20 to the handler bringing to the
show the largest number of entries, over twenty-five,
outside of San Francisco and Alameda counties.

The Ladies' Kennel Association offers for competition
among members only, five premierships and trophies
in all breeds, and in addition the following:

The Islip Challenge Cup, presented by H. B. Harris,
Esq., for the best Collie, to be won five times. Com-
petition by members only.

The Airedale Challenge Cup, presented by Foxhall
P. Keene for the best Airedale Terrier. Competition
by members only.

The Harris & Nixon Cup, presented by Messrs.
Harris & Nixon for the best Bull Terrier, to be won
five times. Competition by members only.

The Cleo de Merode Cup, presented by Mrs. Jules J.
Vatable for the best French Bulldog bitch, to be won
five times. Competition by members only.

The Meadow Challenge Cup, presented by Mr. James
L. Kernochan to be won five times. Competition by
members only.

The Ladies Kennel Association of America medal
will be given to commemorate each win.

The Royal Kennels will bench four Maltese Terriers .

Mrs. E. B. Thompson's Irvington Kennels will be re-
presented by King Crockett, Doris, Prince Orange and
one other rough coated St. Bernard which will, it is
claimed, create a sensation in dogdom.

M. C. Delmas of Rocklin will judge Greyhounds. The
following additional classes are opened in Greyhounds,
saplings, dogs and bitches, first prize $8, second >$4.
Junior dogs and bitches, 12 to 18 months, first prize $8,
second $4. Champion dogs and bitches, one champion
stake to qualify, first prize $25, second prize $15.

Glenwood St. Bernard Kennels' rough coated bitch
Alta Maud whelped eight puppies to same owner's Le
King. Le King, it will be remembered, won first limit,
Winners and special for best in show at Tanforan last
year. Among the St. Bernards that will be shown by
Mr. Meyer are Le King, Alta Rachel Belline, Miss
Barry, Grand Master Jr. and Princess Rachel.

Irving Ackerman, owner of Beau Prummel II., will
introduce his young dog St. Leonard, who although
only eleven months old is a remarkably large dog.

The Cocker Spaniel Lester Rose was recently sold by
Frank Jones of Kansas City, Mo., to Mr. William S.
Noyes of this city. Lester Rose is a good one and will
be shown at the May show. She has a good bench
record.

E. Courtney Ford's Irish Terrier Virginia F. recently
whelped a litter of four puppies to Mr. Ford's Barney
F. The dam and puppies are doing nicely at the Wood-
lawn Kennels.

N. H. Hickman's Fox Terrier bitch lone (Scorcher-
Lillian Sage) recently shown at the Boston show, won
reserve in novice and limit. The bitches who beat her
were Lewanee Liberty Belle, Norfolk Twostep, Norfolk
Patience; Norfolk Butterworth, Hillcrest Folly, Nor-
folk Twostep. Liberty Belle was reserve in winners.
Liberty Belle was beaten in New York by Twostep in
novice. The Fox Terrier entries at Boston are re-
ported to have been a good lot, Norfolk, Hillcrest and
Lewanee Kennels captured most of the honors. The
win under the circumstances is a good one and Mr.
Hickman is to be congratulated on his pluck and en-
terprise in sending a dog 3000 miles to compete against
the best field the Eastern fanciers would put up.

Doings in Dogdom.

Bull Terrier circles are much interested in two new
ones recently brought here by John Bradshaw, who
purchased from the Bayview Kennels, Toronto, Can.,
for Mr. O. Heydenfeldt of this city, Bayview Brigadier
and American Belle (formerly known as Bayview
Sabatia.) Both these dogs have a creditable list of
wins to their show account. They are said to be two
of the best in type and conformation that have ever
been seen here. It is claimed that if these two dogs
are the proper exponents of the Eastern standard of
Bull Terrier, local dogs are not in the running. Brig-
adier was a consistent winner last year at the principal
Eastern shows and Belle has a nice string of firsts to
her credit.

Deputy Fish Commissioner H. T. Payne, of the Cali-
fornia Fish Commission, left this city on Sunday last
with a string of thirteen dogs of different breeds. Mr.
Payne will handle the dogs and exhibit them at the
Seattle and Portland bench shows. This means much
to the kennel interests of the North, for it is not often
that an important State official honors a dog show by
journeying such a long distance with a string of en-
tries to further kennel successes by precept and ex-
ample. Mr. Payne is a fancier of national reputation,
he was once the President of the Pacific Kennel League
he introduced the Countess Noble to a long suffering
public and is a hot pepper in the game protection stew.

The Fox Terrier.

At the coming May show the lovers of a good dog
and the fancy at large will have opportunity of view-
ing a splendid benching of the sprightly breed.
Within the past three years some excellent dogs havt

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been located here. The bid for superiority and im-
provement in the type has not been misplaced as will
be noted by the appearance of a fine lot of youngsters
in the Produce Stakes of the Pacific Fox Terrier Club.
The recent win of Mr. N. H. Hickman's bitch lone
at Boston is a happy recognition of enterprise and
breeding.

Of all the different kinds of dogs which follow the
fancy of man, the Fox Terrier may justly claim the
palm for popularity. This foremost position has been
achieved during the last twenty years and the reasons
are not far to seek. Of a build which commends itself
to the eve for smart attractiveness, style and pretty
coloring "it is no wonder that those who can boast a
roof over their heads swear by the Fox Terrier as a
faithful companion and reliable watch dog. His game-
ness, acute hearing and faithfulness to one friend, mas-
ter or family account for one thing for his special
adaptability as a burglar alarm. As a field companion
this breed has qualities and characteristics that have
endeared it to lovers of a genuine good dog.

The Fox Terrier, for these reasons, affords a fine
field for the ambit'ous breeder. It matters not whether
one breeds for pets or whether one strives to breed
terriers with all the points which command attention
in the show ring, a ready sale is usually found for
superfluous stock.

The Fox Terrier, some twenty years ago, was a by-
word for diversity, and no wonder its detractors were
loud in their claims that the breed was a manufactured
one. Indeed, they were of all sorts of shapes and
sizes, and the most diligent efforts of breeders to pro-
duce a uniform type met with little success for a whiie.
But this terrier was too engaging to suffer long, and
soon such English breeders as Doyle, Vicary, Redmond,
Tinno and others picked their types out of the ruck,
and, cultivating a hereditary purity of type, carefully
excluding all impure blood, however tempting its im-
mediate results might be, soon stamped the different
strains with an individuality that became and is now a
byword in fancier ranks. Thus we have the Vicary
type, like the illustrations of Veracity and Handicraft,
the Redmond terrier and so on. Practically these
two, it is claimed, are the leading types of Fox Terrier
today.

So* many people have and do today breed Fox Ter-
riers that the wonder is the breed is not more diversi-
fied. Perhaps this is because every kennel owner or
breeder secures his breeding stock of the best blood
obtainable. This may degenerate through lack of
system in breeding and provide the world at large with
a lot of terriers that would not get a card at a show,
and at best are a long way from prize winuers.

Not only in this the experience of the amateur, but
the class of breeders who may be said to make a hobby
and study of the breed, more often than this, lose
themselves in the intricacies of the different strains
and flounder about, figuratively speaking, with a win-
ner once in ten years, while another, sticking to his
one type, scouring the world for the blood he knows
he must have, turns out winners every year. Such
men are the Vicarys and Redmonds in England, and
Messrs. Carnochan, Rutherford, Gooderham, Ingwer-
son, Holgate and others among the leading Eastern
fanciers. Over here perhaps one of the best example
of this systematic breeding is the Norfolk kennels of
smooth terriers of Toronto, Ont., who turn out sev-
eral winners consistently every year. It is only by
keeping the control of the blood for many generations
that this "science of breeding"' can be depended upon.
That the Fox Terrier has existed of a type resemb-
ling the one of today for nearly a century past is
borne out by history, but the early terriers were known
as kennel terriers, and were usually found in connec-
tion with picks of Foxhounds. They were, and are
still, used to bolt the fox when he runs to earth, into a

drain or other place of refuge. These kennel terriers
were, as a rule, of a sturdier build and lower on the
leg than the modern terrier, although old stagers aver
that there were terriers sixty years ago that could win
today, but this must be accepted with a saline reser-
vation.

The early history of the Fox Terrier is, like many
kindred breeds, shrouded in mystry. Some authori-
ties claim that the breed is derived from judicious
crossing of the Beagle and the Bull Terrier, and the
hound markings and the big ears that crop out in the
best regulated kennels give color to the claim. Still,
the majority of proof lies in the direction of the old
kennel terrier as the fountain.

Many of these old terriers were black and tan. Old
Trap, one of the original pillars of the breed, was the
son of a black and tan dog, and breeding largely to Old
Trap blood will yet bring a race of heavily marked
terriers. It was found in working gorse and hedge-
rows after hares and rabbits that the darker colored
terriers could not be plainly seen by the sportsman,
therefore the introduction of "white" blood.

"When Fox Terriers were first exhibited the entries
came chiefly from the hunting kennels, such as the
Grove, from which came the "pillars" of the stud,
Old Jock and Grove Nettle, and from the Quorn,
Psyche, the Oakley, Old Trap, Belvoir and Belvoir
Joe. From them sprang the modern terrier

When the breed first jumped into popularity about
thirty years ago in England, a well marked head was
often counted of more value than legs and coat and
shape of head, so that soon all definiteness of type
was lost. This accounts for much of the fashion in
terriers — one day the rage was for low-set and small
dogs, the next day it would be long legs and big ter-
riers. The true terrier was in danger, and but for
one or two conservative breeders, who kept right on
breeding as their intelligence dictated, the breed might
have, suffered extinction. Happily there is no fear of
this now, for types are well established, and there are
more real good ones on the benches to-day than ever.
True, many of the terriers during a few years past
have been bred too high on the leg, but to-day there is
a tendency toward a medium in size, while still retain-
ing the style and quality of the bigger ones.

To secure pluck it is claimed that the Bull Dog and
the Bull Terrier have been used on this terrier, but in-
advisedly, for not only would this make the Fox Ter-
rier unduly savage with his fox, attacking and killing
it in the drain or earth, rather than snapping at and
bolting it, but have a tendency to make them work
mutely. Moreover, use of the bull blood brings pink
noses and prick ears, so they say. Perhaps the kennel
which exerted in the early days of showing the most
influence on the breed, for merit, was that of the Belvoir
Hunt, owned by the Duke of Rutland. From this
kennel came the great progenitor. Belvoir Joe. This
dog, with Old Jock and Old Trap, are known as the
original progenitors — the Shem, Ham and Japhet — of
Fox Terrierdom. From these are descended nearly all
our terriers.

The Jack blood gave terrier character and the Bel-
voir the beautiful cleanness of head and limb and nut-
line so much admired in this terrier. Another strain,
the Foiler, gave the hard coat.

Terrier men consider the cleanness of head an evi-
dence of pure breeding, for a strain that runs to a bull
cross, or coarse outcross, will generally show evidence,
in the thickening of the head, when the terrier gets
to be something over a year old and is matured. A
true terrier will hold as good almost at six years as at
one. Such were Olive, Belgrave Joe, Dorcas, the
Brockerhursts, and, to come to more modern dogs,the
smooth champions, Norfolk kennels' Veracity and
Handicraft, and the wirehair champion, Meersbrook
Bristles, owned respectively by George Gooderham of

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Toronto and Charles R. Keyes, East Pepperell, Mas
These two terriers may be said to have done much i
establishing the representative strain of the two vai
ieties in America to-day. In other words their type
so potent that it can be recognized as superlative aloi
a bench of a hundred terriers.

Meersbrook Bristles is the sire of the world-renown
terrier, Champicn Go Bang, for which Mr. Carnoch;
of New York paid S2500, and all his best sons eontinu
his good work, thus showing the strength and
dividuality of the strain from which he springs.

Space does not admit of entering into further _
ticulars of the different strains of Fox Terriers, but
a terrier fancier the subject is most fascinating, for i.
Fox Terrier is a dog with much history carefully coi
piled. Descendants, and representative ones too, of
the most famous English and American cracks will
found in the kennels of our Coast fanciers. A descriptl
of these dogs would take more space than we feel
posed to devote to them in a general article and whii
subject we hope to enlarge upon in a future paper.

In describing the Fox Terrier there are two varieti
to be considered, the smooth and the wire. They
not differ in points excepting in length of coat. T
head of a Fox Terrier should be flat in skull, modi
ately narrow, gradually decreasing to the eyes,
muzzle should be cleanly chiselled out below the
which must be small, dark, keen, almost round in f
mation, and on no account bulging. The jaw must
strong and the teeth level; an undershot mouth sho1
put the dog out of the running: of fair punish:
length, and nose must be black and should taper.

The ears should be small, triangular and not
thin. They should not be set too high on the b
nor yet hang helplessly from the neck.

The neck should be clean, that is, without a:
throatiness, of fair length and gradually widei
toward the shoulder. The chest should be deep ai
narrow; width of chest interferes with earth and dr:
work and gives no more power, besides, it interfe
with the dog's action. The depth gives space for "
and lungs and slope of shoulders.

The shoulders should be thin, long and well laid bac
and fine at the points. The middle piece should
neither fiat-sided nor tub shaped, but the ribs shoi
spring well from the spine and descend with an o
sweep. The back ribs should be deep, and back wi
ribbed up, providing this does not interfere with
erty of action. Loins should be slightly arched
powerful.

The stern should be set on gayly, but not carried ti
far over, and is docked. The carriage of the ste:
should follow that of the Foxhound.

The thighs are long and muscular, free from droo;
or crouch, with the hocks near to the ground. T"
forelegs must be straight, the inside line being the tes'
for the muscling on the outside sometimes interfe]
with the true lines. They must be short, strong an
straight in pastern, with elbows true to the
Feet not large, but round and compact, pads hard
tough, toes well knuckled, close and turning neither
nor out.

The coat in smooths should be dense, flat and hard
fine to the eye and thick to the hand — flatter on
thighs and a thick stern are looked for, the iatter di
noting strength and constitution. In color, whii
should predominate, with black and tan or tan mark-
ings, or none at all: brindle, liver or red markings
tabooed.

Weight is by no means a criterion to a terrier's fil
ness for work; general shape, size and contour are t"
guides, and the limit in show condition should
twenty pounds.

The Fox Terrier is game on all kinds of vermin, is ai
excellent water dog and as a trappy companion am
watch dog is unexcelled.

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THE FARM.

Pasture Crops for Hogs.

Pasture and range are necessary in
order to keep breeding swine in a healthy
condition and grow the Btock at a profit.
The man who tries to raise swine under
other conditions is playing a losing game,
and his balance will be on the debtor side
of the ledger just as sure as we have day
and night. Although these facts have
been vouched for many times by experi-
ment stations and successful swine raisers
and given wide publicity, thousands of
farmers still continue m trying to raise
hogs in a dry lot with nothing but corn as
a feed, with the expectation of making it
a profitable operation.

A hog pasture does not mean a dust lot
with possibly a few old weeds off in one
corner, but a good and commodious range
and if planned to give the best results, it
will contain a variety of crops, selectedfaa
to their food value. The pasture should
not be so small that the hog is compelled
to eat his own filth to get the feed. Every
farm should have six to eight acres of hog
pasture fenced purposely for this use.
This is in addition to what range may be
utilized outside at times. Better far to
have a little too much than not enough.1
If the crop gets ahead of the hogs and be- \
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and a new growth will start. This can be j
done with many plants and will pay even I
if the mowed portion is not gathered. I
The pasture may be greatly fertilized by !
this method in many cases. The enclos- j
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parts, at least, so that while one part is
being pastured, crops may be growing in
the others.

"While succulent food is very essential
the year round for growing and breeding
stock, the exercise is just as necessary.
Pigs confined in pens will do much better
if they have some green feed, but the re-
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allowed a range and the chance to gather
this feed for themselves. !

Any green crop is much better than no
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to a single crop, Many swine raisers that
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tention to variety and composition of the
plants to be used. — Coleman's Rural
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60 Days Racing, Commencing June 29 to Sept. 7, 1901.

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THE MONTANA DERBY, 81,500— For three-year-olds (foals
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THE LABOR DAY HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $300 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and $50 to fourth horse. Weights to appear 3 days
prior to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box
the day preceding-the race, before 11:30 a. m. One mile and one-
eighth.

THE SILVER CITY SELLING STAKES, SIOOO— For three- I
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $300 to sec- .
ond, $100 to third and fourth horse to save its stake. The winner!
to be sold at auction. Horses entered to be sold for $2500 to carry
weight for age, if entered for $1500 allowed 5 lbs., if for $1200 I

allowed 8 lbs., if for less 1 lb. allowed for each $100 from $1200 to
$500. Entries with selling price to be made through tbe entry box
the day preceding the race, before 11:30 A. m. One mile and one-
sixteenth.

THE SILVER BOW STAKES, SIOOO— For two-year-olds. *5
to accompany the nomination. $4o additional to start. The Mon-
tana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of
the stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 to
fourth. 5 lbs. below the scale. Stake winners or winners of 4 or
more races since March 15th, to carry 7 lbs. extra, of 3 races of any
value since that date.. 5 lbs. extra. Allowances — Maidens 3 lbs.
Beaten maidens: 7 lbs. Entries to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Four and one-half
furlongs.

THE HAMBURG HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
two-year-olds. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to
start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to
make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to
third and $50 to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race.
Acceptances to be made through the entry box the day preceding
the race before 11:30 a. m. Five furlongs.

THE ANACONDA HANDICAP, SIOOO— For all ages. $5 to
accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Montana
Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of the
stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 to fourth.
Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry box the day preceding the race before
11:30 a. M. One mile.

Five or more running races and one or more harness races each day, for which liberal purses will be given.

Program of first week's racing will appear before April 12th.

Harness horse program will be published on or before May 12th. There will be races for all classes.

For further information address E. D. LAURENCE, Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y.,

P. O. Box 22, Butte, Montana

THE 1901

Model Racer

SULKY

S. TOOMEY'S

Record Breaking1

SULKIES, JOG CARTS, PNEUMATIC ROAD WAGONS, and SPEED
POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN & SONS, Agts

Cor. Polk and Golden Grate Ave., San Francisco

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[April 13, 1901

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Association. 1

Opens the Following Purses to be Decided at Its Grand Circuit Meeting.
SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 5TH, 1901.

No. 1— "The Wabash" for 2:20 Trotters $5,000 No. 2-"Ttoe Sidewheeler" for 2:18 Pacers 5.030

The two purses named above are nomination purses with nominations transferable up to September 9th, at which time the horses are to be named.

No. 3-For 2:28 Class Trotting $1,500 I No- 5— For 2:25 Class Pacing 1,500

No. 4-For 2:15 Class Trotting 1,500 I No. 6-For 2:14 Class Pacing 1,500

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 1901.

Entrance fee five per cent., payable as follows : First installment of one (1) per cent, must accompany the entry, May 6th. June 17th, one(l) percent. July 27th,
one (1) per cent. Sept. 9th, two (2) per cent.

All horses must be eligible to the above classes at the date of closing, Monday, May 6th, when horses must be named in purses Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and
Six (6). Five per cent, additional from winners. All purses divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare off and return first
payment in any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. No liability for money beyond the amount paid in, providing written notice of withdrawal be received by
the Secretary on or before any future payments fall due, but no entry can be declared out unless all arrearages are paid. American Trotting Association rules to
govern, of which this association is a member. Purse races to complete program will be announced later. For further information and entry blanks, address

W. P. IJAMS, President. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y, Terre Haute, Ind.

NEW ENGLAND

Trotting Horse Breeders' Association

BOSTON, MASS.

Fifteenth Annual Breeders' Meeting

September 16-20, lOOl.
READVILLE TROTTING DRAHEC

EARLY CLOSING PURSES.
No. 7. $5000, Four-year-old, Trotters, 2:24 class.

Terms of Entry. $50 for each horse named May 1, $200 September 6. Nothing deducted from
winners. Nominators not held for second payment ir they declare out before September 6.

No. 8. $10,000, 2:10 class, Trotting-.

Terms of Entry. $100 May 1, $100 June 1, $100 July 1, $100 August 1, $100 September 6. Five
per cent, additional from the winners of each division of the purse. More than one from the same
stable may be named as one entry. In case where two or more horses have been named as one entry,
and any horses have been separated from the stable from which they were originally named, and such
separation made according to rule, they shall be eligible to start in the race if the forfeits falling
due after said separation have been met according to conditions, upon the payment of forfeits fall-
ing due before said separation. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after they have
declared out their entry in writing.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1.

Application for entry blanks, requests for information, and all entries to be made to toe Secretary-
JOHN E. THAYER, Pres. C. J1. JEWETT, Sce'y-

BEADTILLE, Mass.

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Sire, DIEECT 2:05Ji (sire of Directly 2:03%, Bonnie Direct 2:05M, Directum Kelly 2:08M, Eey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:11«, Ed B. Young 2:ll}-(, Miss Margaret 2:11'/., I Direct 2:12'/., Miss Beatrice
2:13J4, Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:1a and fourteen with standard records).

Dam, FRAUCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:12)4, Sable Prances2:15«, Guycesca 2:26 and Earl Medium,
sire of Maybud2:13;.l, Tom Martin 2:14H, Kanawha Star 2:14^, Lucy Stokes 2:I8ai, Goneril 2:24m and
others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175, sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:12'/.) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53 sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12«
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1424 Sherman Street

Alameda, Cal.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

r^DIKIi?,T S:12** is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
Bpeed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ' ED LiFFERTY, Manager, 1434 Sherman St., Alameda.

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Every feature connected with the management of thia Hotel was
introduced for the purpose of adding to the comfort, convenience and en-
tertainment of guests.

The policy of providing luxuries such as have made the Palace famous
will continue in force, and innovations calculated to still further increase
its popularity will db introduced.

Desirable location, courteous attaches, unsurpassed cuisine and
spacious apartments are the attributes that have made the Palace the ideal
place for tourists and travelers who visit San Francisco.

American Plan. European Plan.

DUNLAP HOTEL

H. H DUNLAP

(Prop.)

CONDUCTED ON

American

Plan

Bates:
SS2 to £4 per Day

246 O'FarreU St.

San Francisco.

Son of McKinney For Sale.

I have a four year bay stallion by McKinney,
first dam by Antevolo, second dam Esmeralda
(dam of Don Lowell 2:14) by Brigadier, third dam
by California Dexter, son of Whipple's Hamble-
tonian, fourth dam said to be by Copperbottom.
He will weigh between eleven and twelve hundred,
is a fair gaited, fast horse for what he has been
handled, and can step a quarter in 36 seconds on
my track, which is not much better than a road.
I have a colt from him out of the dam of Gen.
Smith 2:17?^, and another out of the Venture mare,
the dam of Lochinvar 2:23?4. I also have a filly
by Nutwood Willies out of the dam of my McKin-
ney colt. My horse Is well patronized and I can
get all the mares I want bred to him. I am get-
tinh old and would like to sell them all out. Well
bred broodmares and colts for sale.

Address SEWELL HARRIS,
Yuba City, Cal.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY A l RLJ E, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:ll?i, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 15 hands, weighs 105(1,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly. 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

H<HSTKI MS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also Digs F
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

VKKBA BUENA .IKKSETS-The best A.J

C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrs
' ~ Animals for sale.

Pierce, San Francisco.

JEKSEVS, HOLSTEINS AND DUKHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,

For Sale.

AllIlINAI HO Brown gelding. Sired by
AUUIHAUUU. Ben Ali; dam, Merrv-go-
Round by Jim Brown. Will be four years old in
April; will weigh 1000 pounds in racing condition,
sound and gentle, and of kind disposition. After
six weeks' handling he has shown quarters better
than 24, and a half better than 49. He is a half-
brother to the Phoenician. He is the exact color,
size and disposition of his sire. The dam of
AGUINALDO was one of the fastest mares in
California for three-eighths of a mile.
For further particulars inquire of

PHTT.. COLLINS,
Gonzales, Monterey Co., Cal.

Files For Sales.

I offer for sale nine years' bound files of the New
York Spirit of the Times (18 volumes) from 1882 to
1890 inclusive. They are in good condition and
well bound, valuable to any breeder of thorough-
breds and still more so to a trotting breeder.
Price 8836 caBli. Address

THOS. B. MERRY,
713 South Grand Ave., Los Angeles*

KB3ITH

BUSINESS COLLEGE
24 Post Street, San Francisco, Cal.

The oldest, the largest, the most popular com-
mercial school on the Pacific Coast. 18,000 gradu-
ates: 25 teachers: 60 typewriters; over 300 students
annually placed in positions. Send for catalogue.
K. P. HEALD, President.

W. A. SBIPPKE, Avon. Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carrlage.Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco-
Telephone West 128.

American Tronic Register

PUBLICATIONS.

TRE YEAR BOOK.

This great work will be ready for delivery
March 10, 1901.

Contains summaries of races; tables of 2:30 trot-
ters; 2:2o pacers: sires, with complete list of their
get in standard time and their producing sous and
daughters; great broodmares; champion trotters;
fastest records, etc.

Vol. XVI, 1900, single copies, postpaid $4.00

Vol. XVI, 1900, 10 or more copies, each

'• o. b 3.35

Vol. XV, 1899. single copies, postpaid... 4.00

Vol. XIII, 1897,
Vol. XII, 1896.
Vol. XI, 1895,
Vol X, 1894.
Vol. IX, 1893,

.... 3.00
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Vol. VIII. 1892, (two parts), postpaid 5.00

Vol VI, 1890, (limited number).postpaid 2 50
Vol. V, 1889, '■ " " 2.50

Vol. IV, 1888, " " " 2.50

Vol. II, 1886, " " " 1.00

Year books, for 1891, 188? and 1885, (out of print).

THE REGISTER.

Vols. HI to XIV, inclusive, in one order

f. o. b

Single Volumes, postpaid

Vols. I and n are out of print.

INDEX DIGEST.

Postpaid $7.50

This important adjunct contains all the standard
animals in the first ten volumes, with numbers,
inital pedigrees, and reference to volume in which
animal is registered.

. .$55.00
.. 5.00

REGISTRATION BLANKS.

Will be sent upon application.
Money must accompany all orders. Address

J. H. STEINER, Secretary,
American Trotting Register Association
355 Dearborn St., Kooin 1 I OS,

Chicago, Illinois.

Or, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.

APRIL 13, 1901]

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NUTWOOD WILKES 22216 {

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 3:12 and 3:1*}^ respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to a:10J4. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st,

Race Record} By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

2:16 1-

Fee = $50

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

...2:18$

...2:18!

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec (wagon) .2:09

3-year-old race rec .2:12V4
Who Is It 2:10'4

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

Georgie B 2:l2Ji

C 1 a ud ius 2: 1 .3 ■ i

Bob Ingersoll 2: 14%'

Irvington Boy 2:17&

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

Irvington Belle..
Echora Wilkes..

Central Girl

Wilkes Direct

AlixB

Who Is She

Fred Wilkes

Queen C

Electress

Daugestar

J:2Si.2

Bonnie Direct 2:054

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05-1, Sire of Directly 2M),
Directum Kelly 2:051, Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14*4),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:11*4,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:109£, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22. ~~

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF HIDPrT is a Wack stallion, 153£ hands high, weighs 1100 lbs. Is a good individual,
UUllliIlw V1I\.LA/ 1 uas Dest 0f feet ana legSt ana jS absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at 8100
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

FOR SALE

Two Mares by Boodle 2:\2l
foal to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16i

in

The dam of one is by Antevolo 2:19"/, out of Gabi-
lan Maid (sister to Lady Ellen, dam of Helena
2:U% and four more in the list) by Mambrino
1789.

The other is a daughter of Gabilau Maid. The
dam of Gabilan Maid was Ida May Jr., by
Owen Dale (a son of Williamson's Belmont),
and the second dam Ida May by Williamson's
Belmont.

Both are young mares, one sis, the other seven
years old. and these will be their first colts. Will
be sold at a low price. Apply to the Breeder
and Sportsman, or

JESSE D. CAJRK,

Salinas, Cal.

For Sale.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Direct's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

HalMcEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr. Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2:10!/2,2;12^, 2:13&;2:13; 2:13^. 2:12%.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombu

Bonnie Direct 2 5 1 1 1

Johnny Agan 112 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr. Prince Exum dis.

Time-0:31, 1:02%, 1:34, 2:05M; 0:33,—, 1:0514,
1:38*4, 2:10*4; 0:32; 1:03^, 1:34^, 2:07*4; 0:31*4,
1:0454, 1:37%, 2:08%; 0:31*4, 1:03%, 1:36. 2:08*4.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct 1 1 1

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Allright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07%, 2:09*4, 2:10*4.

MONTE CARLO 2:14K, 6 years old
by Mendocino (sire of Idolita 2:12).

MAUD P. 2:27*4, 8yearsold, by Grand
Moor.

FITZ LEE 2\\3}i (pacer), 8 years old, by
Arthur Wilkes.

LEITA C, fourvearsoId,byMcKinney2:ll*4,
dam Gladys B. 2:24 by Blackbird.

GEN. FORREST, four years old, by Mc-
Kinney 2:11*4, dam Orphan Girl (dam of Chico
2:14*4) by Blackbird.
Neither of the last two have been raced, but
have shown satisfactory speed in their work.

Reason for sale— owner has decided to go out of
the business. Address

PARK HENSHAW, Chico, Cal.

For Sale Cheap.

AN IMPORTED

Suffolk Punch Stallion.

Weighs 1700 pounds, sound as a dollar, 9 year's
old and in first class condition. He is a high class
draft horse, well broken and as a stock horse can-
not be beaten.

Apply to or address

A. W. LACQUE,

Petalnma, CaL

ELECTlONEhR

NUTWOOD

NEERNUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEEBETTA 8:09 1-3

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nutwood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays

at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neemut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare ,
Neeretta 2:09% is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:11 a that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09%. Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, 15% hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FOKD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse!
A Grand Individual !
A Coming Great Sire !

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:11*4, dam by

Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECEEBS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

$50

GOSSIPER 2:141, Reg. No. 12008.

Sire of Gazelle 3:1114 (dam of Zolock 2:1014), Miss Jessie 2:\3%, Ketchum 2:16$£ (sire of Connie
2:15li), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2:10% and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-05*4: Fereno (3) 2:10?£- Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15*4.
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06?i and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms - $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents |
' or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.50 per month.

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWAKDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum 2:05*4, Direct 2:05% and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt,
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENET, Haywards, CaL,

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27M by Electioneer.
AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11J4.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co.,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the* racing season of 1901, and roadsters

for sale.

No. 370 American Hackney Stud Book.

Hackney Pony Stallion, 13.3 hands.

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(The Abbot »:03'4

(Azote 2:u4J£

Electioneer Blood Leads!

BOYDELLO 2:141 Reg No 26392

Sire BOYDELL fi39t toy Electioneer 12*. Dam FI.ORBXCE C. 2 :30 by Durango Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P by Prime Dictator 5953.

The only representative stallion in America of the two best British Hackney

Pony Strains.

Both his sire and dam lines have long been recognized as the surest producers of beauty of con
formation, combined with true, high and spirited action.

SIR GIBBIE 2D will stand at Menlo Stock Farm during the season of 1901 at »30. Mares will
be boarded by the season, or during service, at the rate of Ten ($10) Dollars per month.

Apply to JAMES McPONNELL, Supt. Menlo Stock Farm,

Portola, San Mateo County, Cal.

ALTA VELA 2:151

Registered No. 22,449

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, CaL

Service Fee 25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising.
Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
call on or address ED fcAFEEItrY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal.

Son of the Mighty ELECTIONEER.

Da?n Lorita 2: 18 1-2 by Piedmont 904; second dam Lady Lowell (dam of Ladywell 2:16 1-2 and Lorita
2:18 1-2) by St. Clair; third dam Laura, dam of sire of Occident 2:16 1-4.

Will make a short season beginning February 1, 1901, at

'Woodland Race Track— Terms $50 the Season.

Mares will be met at train by competent man. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed
for accidents or escapes. Usual return privileges. Bills pavable at time of service and must be
settled before removal of mare. Pasturage $3 per month. Address S. A. HOOPER,

Race Track, Woodland, Cai

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Eufus 63 <4Z91>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

(Eight miles north of GilroyJ.

^C ^ Cfc EZ /^ Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still

|" L E. sD O ^J • own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd o

horsemen : " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St.. San Joee

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pec. 2:20 » «*■ — ■

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:07M. DERBY PRINCESS 2:0814, DIABLO 3: l«!4, OWYHEE 2:11

LITTLE BETTER 2:11H'. CIBOLO 2 :13lA, and many other fast and game race horges.

OWYHEE 26,116, r««.2:ii

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co . Cal

$50 the season.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

Clipper 3 :06

Daedalion 2:11

Dlawood 2:11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11V*

SIRE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 8:16)4

Oaff Topsail, 2:17'/2

Hazel D 2:24^

N L. B. (3) 3:2ly.

Imp 2:22^4

Key del Diablo (3). ..2:23%
Athalbo 2 :24'/

Sire

CHAS. DERBY 2;20

/-Much Better 2:07^

I Derby Princess.... ~-08y*

•(Diablo 2:09)4

| Owyhee 2:11

\ and 10 more in 2:30

Dam

f Diablo 2:0914-

BERTHA by Aleantara<( Ed Laffe'rty'.' .'.'.'.'.'.' .'.'2:165!
^ „ Jay Eft Bee (year-
Dam of ! imE record).. 2::

ling record) 2:265£

Will Malie the Season ot 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Stallions with Fast Records that are by Producing Sires and out of Producing Dams.

WILLIAM HAROLD 2:131-4

Terms $40 the Season.

SIDNEY

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sire of

LENNAN2:05>4

17 in 2:15 list

93 in 2:30 list

CRICKET

2:10

by

STEINWAY

sire of

Klatawah 2:0514

9 in 2:15 list

33 in 2:30 list

WILLIAM HAROLD'S first and only foal to start in a race was the sensational mare Janice
2:1314", that won five races and over $2000 on the California Circuit of 1900.

WELCOME 2:101-2

Terms $25 the Season.

ARTHUR
WILKES

2:2KJ4

sire of

WAYLAND W.

2:12^

4 in 2:15 list

7 in 2:30 list

grandsire of

2 in 2:15 list

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6 in 2:30 list

WELCOME stands 16.1 hands and weighs 1300 lbs., and is a grand individual. His get all have
size, style, good looks and speed.

For further particulars, and cards with tabulated pedigrees, address

GEORGE GRAY, Haywards, Cal.

St. Carlo — iooi

{n„„mW (Newminster

Hermlt {Seclusion
u-nsee fMarsyan

J?asee i Vesuvienne

ST. CARLO ^

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Carina J

LCartta | Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, {winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamar II. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

Electioneer Leads All Stallions.

Breed to a Son.

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 3:13J£ anil Ira 2:IGM)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam. Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill by Billy Cboatcm (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Gnldilust 2:16«, Pleety
Golddust 2:20. Indicator 2:23'4, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1001. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)

FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address I>. GANNON, Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 bk, ie hands.

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 14, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|, GAYTON 2:08i, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young- Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PLEASANTON RACE TRACK.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any ooour.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R WELCH, Pleaeauton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 2S3J8

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.lo to July 1 at

a?~>r\ t-ur- rrn^AM SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

0>0<J I ML oLAbUIN. Ai£h, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a
proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer •2:131A, Hazel Y. 2:17,
Butcher Boy 2:17Vi, Auditor 2:19^ and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alnmeda Race Truck.

with tabulated pedigrees carefully and aceu
rately compiled, printed at short notice at this
office. Write for prices. Breeder and Sportsman, 36 Geary St.. San Francisco

Stallion Cards,

PRIL 13, 1901]

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jreed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2.-AOM) by Gov. Sprague.

McKINKKT 2:lli4.

Coney 2:02%

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09j,{

Zolock 2:1054

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:1214

MeZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13^

Oslto 2:13*4

Juliet D 2:13&

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14M

Geo. W. McKinney — 2:14%

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 3:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race: and all are race winners.

He is a champion in ilw, show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKmneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1001 at

SAW JOSE RACE TRACK.

- — aa Beginning Feb. 1st until further notice.

CeX*DlS for the SeaSOIl $100 (With usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at §4 per month. For further particulars, address

13 Maenolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393 q A DURFEE

Ireed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

2 fie Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phcebe Wilkes 2:08%, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2AV4, Arlene \Vilkes2:ll?.{, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16tf, Sunbeam 2:16vj, Sybil S.
2:16a;, Saville 2:17%, Grand Georpre 3:18&,
J. F. Hanson 2:19!i, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of isoi at

QREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, ya mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season = $40

Good ^Pasturage at ,$4 per month. Best\of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
;cidents. JVo wire fences. . Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

BLEPHONE: Suburban 541. Santa Clara, Cal.

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Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:I9?i, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of es-
■eme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
05M, Monterey 2:09^ and Dr. Leek 2:09»4— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:tfiv^ and Monterey 2:09vf, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
at, and the dams of Iago2:ll, Fell Fare2:10?i, Monterey 2:09^. Galette2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13Ji-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19^5 and 12 others, and the
amsof Kremlin 2:07|!i£, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
iss Abbot 2:03Ji to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1S99,
ad Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
few York that year, Bingen 2:0CH and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
take and a $400 silver eup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
'auforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERM-* #50 FOR THE SEASON ending
uly 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st. 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
l foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
an he shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal,

STAM B. 2:11

FIFTH ANNUAL

DOG SHOW

OP THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAT 8th, 9th. 10th, 11th, 1901.

Judges: HENRY JARRETT, of Philadelphia; J. J. LYNN, of Port Huron, Mich, and
JOHN BKADSHAW, of San Francisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 27TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. P. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer. - - H. D. LAIDLAW, Cashier

Started in 21 Races

1st 10 times

2d 6 times

3d 5 times

WON

$7500 |

JN PURSES- I

STAM B. (23444) 2:11^ is by Stamboul 2:07*4 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04. and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallioos standing for public ser-
vice. "Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: S25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month,
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Rocklin, Cal.

SEYMOUR WILKES, Keg No. 0232.

The

(RACE KECOKD 2:08>/2.)

fastest Son of Guy

Will make the season of 1901 at

Wilkes.

.akeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25.

SEYMOUR WILKES earned bis record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. The
,dest of his get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large,
mdsome, strongly. built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance are
tuare trotters.

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes.his dam Early Bird byPlaymail, second dam by Odd
ellow, third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blackhawk 767. He weighs 1200
junds, stands Hi hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of his
stare in San Francisco and will be shown to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par-
culars apply to THOS. ROCHE, La keville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables,
6 Bush street, San Franoisco.

Mares can be shipped direct to ra,na.h, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage $3 per month.

This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners1 Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to show your dog.

Pes. A. Poniatowskj,
President.

Chableb L. Faib,
Vice-President.

San Francisco Jockey Club

FIRST WINTER RACING SEASON

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

Continuous Racing

Commencing February 11, 1901.
SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.

Six Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Six
Steeplechases.

Beginning at 2:10 p. m.. Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets San Francisco, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10 :40 and 11 :30 A. M. ; 1, 1:30 and 2 P. M.

Trains Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. m., followed by several specials.

-eS-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
ooth ways, 81 25.

MILTON LATHAM, Sec'y.

New Spring Styles

IN

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Lowest Prices.

J. O'BRIEN & CO.

1144 Market Street.

An Inflamed Tendon

needs Cooling.

Absorbine

Will do it and restore the
circulation. No blister; no
hair gone; and yon can use
the horse. $2.00 per bot-
tle. Regular dealers, or
W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.,

Springfield. Mass.

For sale by Mack & Co., LangJey & Michaels Co.
RddiDgton & Co., J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron,
all of San Francisco.

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For sale in lots to Bnit by

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PUPPIES.

Three thoroughbred puppies, five months old,
for sale. Address

OWNEK,

Care of Breeder and Sportsman.

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbelgh Jr.— 8tella)
SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOCKDALE KENNELS

K. M. DODGE, Manager,

"Bakerafield, Kern Co.,
Boarding. Pointer puppies and well broken
for sale.

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SUBSCRIPTION
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SEVERAL District Agricultural Associations in
California will not hold fairs and race meetings
this year, but will do so next year and draw the entire
State appropriation at that time. If it were not for
the section of the law which provides that all the
money can be expended for a fair during the second
fiscal year of the appropriation, but only one half dur-
ing the first year, there could be an agreement entered
into by many of the districts, whereby they would
hold their fairs on alternate years. The directors of a
district which gets but a small appropriation, are like
other people and feel that a surplus is easier to handle
than a deficit, consequently they are willing to hold a
fair once in two years and thus be assured against
actual loss. The association which holds a fair every
year, however, is of much greater aid in the develop-
ment of a community and will give more successful
meetings than the one which can only be aroused to
action once in two years. There is no reason except
unwise management why any district in California
should lose money on a meeting this year. The State
aid is twenty-five per cent more than last year and if
properly used will assure an exposition that will be a
credit to the district that uses it.

The five furlong track which the Oakland Driving
Club is building, will offer an advantage in starting
races at one mile which, in my opinion, will be very
evident whenever racing at that distance is held over
it. I have often thought, when watching a start on a
regulation mile track, that much better results could
be obtained and starting made easier, were the start
made further up the stretch. When the word is given
there is always a rush for the pole to avoid the over-
land route when rounding the first turn. As the start-
ing point is very close to the turn every driver on the
outside has his horse pointed toward the inside rail as
soon as possible after the word is given and in large
fields there is an extra endeavor made by every driver
to avoid getting cut off. Now on the five furlong
track the start for a mile race would be near the be-
ginning of the straight on the back stretch. The
horses would have a straight score of 217 feet before
reaching the starter, which is ample, and a straight
race of 577 feet before a turn was reached. This, I be-
lieve, would make starting easier and more satisfactory
for all concerned. When the drivers see that there
is quite a stretch of straight sailing ahead they
will not crowd to the pole so quickly and there
will not be the inclination to "get off in front or
spoil the start" that is some times shown on the mile
tracks. I shall expect to see good starts the rule at
the first meeting of the Oakland Driving Cub.

Mr. Hugh Vail of Santa Barbara, one of the directors
of the 19th agricultural district, was in the city this
week, and in conversation I found him very much in
favor of his district making an attempt to hold a fair
and race meeting this fall that would be on the main
circuit. Santa Barbara is one of the beautiful spots in
Southern California and the association has the use of
an excellent track there owned by Mr. Underhill. If
a program of racing could be arranged so as to attract
the leading harness horses as well as the runners, and
the week just prior to the Los Angeles meeting selected)
there is no doubt but a big list of entries could be
secured and some high class racing result. Salinas
will give a meeting this year and the horseman bound
for Los Angeles could ship over the new coast route
after racing in the Monterey county town. If San
Jose does not give a meeting Salinas will probably
follow Stockton, and this would bring the horsemen
to Santa Barbara about the first week in October.
The Los Angeles meeting opened October 20th last
year, but I understand they will open earlier this year
and will endeavor to catch some of the best of the
runners on their way from the East to San Francisco

work should begin now and keep up until the date of
the meeting.

While it is a matter of pride to California horsemen
that all the tracks on which racing is held here are a
mile in length, it would probably have been better for
many of the district associations had they built half-
mile rings instead of the regulation mile tracks. A
half-mile track sixty feet wide can be built on fifteen
acres of land, and a twenty acre tract, if in the proper
shape, is sufficient for stalls, grand stands, cattle shedsj
etc., etc. As in most instances at least sixty acres is
taken up by the track and buildings of the district fair
grounds, and the renial for the land alone is generally
ten dollars per acre, the saving for rental between a
tract of fifty acres and one of twenty is three hundred
dollars. It costs just twice as much to keep a mile
track in order as itdoes for one of a half-mile and there
are other ways in which expenses are lessened. Rac-
ing on a half-mile track is as pleasing to the public as
on the regulation tracks, and if the stretch and first
turn are made eighty feet in width the starting is as
easily effected, and as satisfactory. The time made is
necessarily a little slower, and it is not expected that,
records will be broken on the shorter ovals. There
are many things in favor of the half-mile track in
small towns, and the principal one is the saving in the
expenditure.

John Phippen Writes of Texas Horses.

Dallas (Tex.), April 12, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — The spring
weather has come at last here in Dallas. Everything
looks green, with the climate something like California.
The Electrites are working very nicely; only two of
them will be sold at the Cleveland sale in May, but
they are crackerjacks:

Senator Mills, 4 years, three year old record 2:29J,
first dam Clifton Roseberry, she by Roseberry 2:15 by
Strathmore; next dam thoroughbred. He has worked
a mile in 2:38, last half in 1:13, last quarter in 34} sec-
onds. Two weeks ago would have stepped him a good
quarter on the 9th but it rained.

Aylwin, 3 years, by Electrite, fii-st dam Silver Bell
by Simmons and back to thoroughbred, is a great
colt. On April 6th I worked him two slow miles and
let him step some the latter end; first in 2:40 — last half
in 1:141, last quarter in 341; second in 2:32 — last half in
in 1:10, last quarter in 321; this was to a Toomey cart.
These two colts are both trotters and the best pros-
pects for race horses ever sired by Electrite, to my
notion, or most any other horse.

The others that I am going to take to Cleveland to
sell are Black Ruben, 5 years, by Americus, a son of
Kentucky Prince; first dam Rubia by Guy Wilkes,
second ■ dam Ruby 2:20 by Sultan, sire of Stamboul
2:07g. This fellow is a grand looking individual and
can step a 2:20 shot. Miss Jura Bell 2:19, 10 years, by
St. Bell 2:241, is a very handsome mare, can go fast
and will make some gentleman a roadster and a matinee
performer that you will read about. Last, but not
least, is a seven year old gelding pacer called Pilot D.,
by Joe Patchen, that will step about some at Cleveland;
don't need any boots or hopples, nothing but one set
of harness. He has stepped a quarter this spring very
easily in 321 seconds to a cart.

I have nineteen head all told that are working well.

Mr. W. O. Foote has been enjoying good health this
winter and is working hard every day on about fifteen
head, all doing nicely. The Private (p) 2:071 is big and
strong this spring and is working fine. I think he
will knock pretty hard at Coney's and Anaconda's
records before fall.

Also my friend, Mr. Geo. R. King, can be seen every
few minutes all day on the track. He has about
twenty head that he is breaking and working for
speed. He has four or five that he expects to go North
with this spring that are working well; the fastest one
is Blondie 2:131, the others are green but good. I ex-
pect my family here on Sunday, the 14th, to visit me
for a month and expect it to be the happiest month I
have yet put in in Texas. With regard to all, lam as
ever, Yours truly, Jno. S. Phippen.

Time to Return a Mare.

'

Thos. Gibson, M. Diggs and A. C. Stevens, three Of
the directors of the Woodland Agricultural Society
came to San Francisco this week to confer with the
owner of the Woodland fair grounds in regard to secur
ing a lease of the same. The association finds that it
must do something toward keeping the track in order
or the horses now in training will be taken to another
locality by their owners. The citizens of Woodland
recently subscribed a large sum of money to spend on
the track and grounds which are private property, as
the owner would not do it, and the association has
doubtless come to the conclusion that it will be saving
money by kn ping the track in order instead of gi Itim/ it
in order a few weeks prior to tho fair as it did last year
It cost nearly a thousand dollars last year to clean up
the Woodland track and get it in shape for tho fair
but it would not cost one half that amount this year if

Anaconda and Lady of the Manor.

'Anaconda was the boy to give them a battle," said
Myron McHenry last week to a Chicage Tribune re-
porter. "I shall never forget the first time we hooked
up with the HamliD mare, Lady of the Manor. It was
just after she had got the record for pacing mares, a
trifle better than 2:05, and the Hamlin people got it
into their heads that she could beat Anaconda. It
was a great betting race, for Geers had the fever, too,
and that meaut a lot. You know how the Lady had
been winning her races by coming from behind with a
grand flourish and cutting down her opponent in the
homestretch. I was off in the lead with Anaconda,
and about the time the mare was due to make her
brush I thought to myself that she ivou'd sample a
different brand of goods that trip. And she did. She
got Anaconda's wheel, and, to be frank, she hung a
little longer than I thought she would, but the way
Anaconda dug out for the wire when he found her
aiongside of him was a sight. He won the heat in
2:03}, and he took the tuck out of that mare so that in
the next heat she would not strike a real square pace,
and I could have shut her out, Roan Wilkes beating
her for the place. I hope Anaconda's new driver |does
well for him, for he is a brave, honest horse, but he
will have to get the combination just right if he does."

An inquiry of interest is thus submitted by T. E. :

"The breeding season is at hand and there is gre:
interest awakening here in horse and mule raising,
stand astallion and jack and would like to get inform
tion on the proper time to return a mare to the stallic
after she has been served. I am sure an article on th
Subject would be of great benefit to many of yot
readers."

Most men who own mares and most men who hand,
stallions are greatly in need of sound information o
this very subject. - As a very general rule the mai
owner is anxious, to find that his mare has safely settle
in foal so that he may be sure of her having a colt an
that he may not be bothered any more with takin
her to the horse. On the other hand the stallio
owner is. jnst as anxious to get the mare with foal t
his horse, as that means so much more revenue. Th
net result is that mares are tried at seven, nine, ter
eleven, twelve, fourteen, seventeen and twenty-on
days — not at each of these several periods, of course
but at periods marked by the lapse of so many days.

The most general rule observed is to try mares o)
the tenth' to the fourteenth day after Icovering. THi
is all wrong. Naturally a mare will come in use aboa
every three weeks. In the extremely hot weather w
have' in the Middle West and among corn-feeding farm
ers the periods of oestrum in mares often exteni
very much longer than they do in colder countries am
where colder foods are more largely fed. When
mare, therefore, continues long in use, as she does here
she may be tried and be bred again in one heat, whili
if she had been let alone and permitted to go till tin
twenty first day she would have been found to bavi|
settled all right. As it is, she is bred again and th
consequent constitutional disturbance may cause heil
to cast what has gained place in her uterus and then
keep coming back and back all season long.

The best and most successful stallion handlers in th<|
country insist that a mare should not be returned ti
be tried by the horse oftener than every three week!
To submit her to the teasing of the horse often
merely encourages her to form bad habits and to ki
perpetually in use. But the stallion man who is thor
oughly up to date in all his methods rarely now iij
much bothered with mares coming back often to h*
horse. He calls in the aid of science to help him am
so settles the mares regularly and many of them to th<
first lean— Breeders Gazette.

Meetings at Vancouver, B. C.

As will be seen by reference to our advertisin)
columns the Vancouver Jockey Club will hold a rai
meeting on the 24th and 25th of May. These will hi
both harness and running events, full particulars
which are published.

The Vancouver Jockey Club have expended upwards
of $3500 this year on improvements to their track am
grounds. A large block of new stables have beei
erected, with comfortable quarters for attendants a(
tached.

Vancouver is easily reached by direct steamers from
San Francisco and Puget Sound ports; especially favorl
able terms to horsemen are made on these boats. Van.
couver has also direct railway connections with Seattle
and other points.

United States horses can be bonded in for exhibition
purposes, free of charge. By signifying their inten-
tions of being present, owners will save themselvi
trouble and delay.

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the club wai
held in Vancouver Saturday, April 0th, and the folo'
ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, Jas. Fullerton; Vice-President, Dr. MePhillips;
Treasurer, J. O. Benwell; Secretary, Robert Leighton,

Thomas Dunn, Jas. F. Garden. M. P. P., and Mayoi
T. O. Townley were elected Honorary Vice-Presidents,

It is proposed to hold a matinee on June 15th,
which prizes will be offered for home bred horses.
The subject of the Dominion Day program was takei
up. It was decided to make two special purses of ex-
traordinary magnitude in order to induce the attend-
ance of the very highest class of race horses. Th<
committee is assured now of the fact that it will have
such a track and stabling accommodation as the most
fastidious owner of the most valuable race stock will
have nothing to cavil at, and we are sure that the en-
terprise will be justified by a large high class entry.
The two events are: On Dominion Day, July 1st, a
$1000 purse for free-for-all trotters and pacers will be
offered, and on July 2d, the Dominion Day Handicap
of one and one quarter miles for all ages will be of the
same value. That $1000 purse for pacers and trotters
ought to be big enough for some of our fast California
pacers to try for.

A Large Skeleton.

The Torre Haute Exjyress says: Dr. S. V. Ramsey
has on exhibition at his veterinary hospital, on South
Third street, the skeleton of "Old Kalip, " the largest
horse known to have lived in this part of the country.
Old Kalip belonged to John Bodewin, the well known
horse trainer, and was exhibited at all the country
fairs in this part of Indiana for a number of years.
He was eight years old when he died, and weighed
3240 pounds, and stood 221 hand high. The skeleton
weighs 264 pounds and stands 201 hands high.

The race between The Abbot and Cresceus at Brigh-
ton Beach track is off. Mr. Ketchum, owner of the
lattei', returned the contracts to New York last Wed-
nesday, claiming they were not in accord with the
original verbal agreement. He will shortly leave with
Cresceus for the Oakley track, Cincinnati.

A.PRIL 20, 1901]

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A Visit to Pleasanton Race Track.

San Francisco, April 14, 1901.
Arriving one day last week at the home of Direct
'md Directum, the racing wonders of California, I was
met by Mr. George A. Davis, who;invited me to take a
ride. I accepted and in a minute we were going at a
two minute clip. I asked Mr. Davis what pacer he
was driving, and he surprised me by saying, "This is
Flying Jib." I had supposed that the Jib horse was
too eccentric to pull a buggy, but -he is truly a model
'roadster, does not pull, does not shy and is in perfect
accord with his driver. Mr. Davis informed me that
Jib is being driven by Mrs. Davis as a family horse.
He is surely a beautiful animal. I was shown over
the Rancho Del Valle, and the colts I saw do credit to
their sire Roy Direct. As a sire of size, beauty, color
and speed no horse living or dead has an edge on him-
I saw Rey Direct 2:10, and no description ever written
of him does him justice. He is a perfect model, is the
most docile of animals, and his legs are as smooth as
plate glass. He is in fine form and when he strikes the
fast Eastern tracks he will make his record of 2:10 a
back number. Mr. Davis is giving him a slow, care-
ful preparation. Rey Direct has his speed, and is one
of the gamest pacers that ever lived. His racing
] | career of last season proves that to be a certainty. Mr.
Davis has a band of broodmares that do credit to any
farm, from a point of breeding and good looks, and
'the young Rey Directs are sure to add lustre to their
sire wherever they go.

', After looking over Mr. Davis' farm, I was again
{'driven behind the Jib horse to the famous Pleasanton
1 ; race track, where so many champions got their first
V lessons. I met Mr. James Thompson, who at present
'seems to betaking the place of Monroe Salisbury as
I King Maker. Mr. Thompson came out behind a beauti-
, ful bay pacer, and the way that pacer split the wind
i made me ask his name. I was told it is "Thornway,"
I owned by Colonel Kirkpatrick. The rail birds say
Thornway is a wonder; he certainly acts like one.
! Next Mr. Thompson came out behind the bay geld-
ing Little Thorne 2:07} and this little horse can step a
merry clip; he looks and acts like a winner. Then
'came the sensation of Mr. Thompson's stable in the
shape of a big strapping bay gelding named Rajah,
that worked a fast mile. Mr. Thompson asked a very
I large and handsome gentleman to drive Rajah the
i second trial; the gentleman accepted, and I could hear
i him make some nautical remarks to the pacer as he
i flew through the stretch; it sounded like "starboard,"
then "port" and "hard over." I wondered why those
i sailor remarks. But wheQ I learned that the gentle-
! man is a ship captain, I knew that he thought the
[ Rajah was a flying ship. Anyway, he was a good
horse pilot, for he brought the Rajah safely into port
I away head of the runner, which was not fast enough
■ to set the pace. The Rajah goes Eastard Mr. Thomp-
son will surely make the Eastern cracks step some to
i beat him.

Next we saw Bonnie Direct, and beyond anv question

he is one of the handsomest horses alive, and no doubt

I one of the fastest. His owner, Mr. Griffith, can be

j justly proud of him. Mr. Griffith has a very pretty

I bay filly by Directum. This filly is a trotter with a

beautiful, trappy gait, and she is a sure fast one.

Then we saw a yearling pacer owned by Mr. Griffith

pace an eighth in 181 seconds, and do it easy — then a

trotting yearling by Diablo that is a trotter and a fast

[ one. Burt Webster has these babies in nice fix, with

t good manners, and he certainly deserves credit.

In the same stable we saw a filly by Chas. Derby

that will be troublesome about racing time.

Mr. Bigelow was out behind Tags. This mare is in

I fine form and has speed to throw away. A filly by

Hanford Medium, out of the dam of Kelly Briggs,

came next, and few horses can show more speed or

finish. She will do to buy a ticket on in the slow

I classes.

Mr. Welsh was up behind a son of the mighty Aller-
ton. This horse is a bay and a beautiful gaited trotter.
He has no record, and in Mr. Welsh's hands should
add one more fast performer to Allerton. Next Mr.
Welsh brought out a two year old chestnut by Aller-
ton that stepped like a hackney.

Then an old gentleman rode out behind a little brown
pacer. This colt is by Direct out of Rosie C, and he
can show a two minute gait right now. He is owned
by Tom Clancy of Seattle, as is his full brother, who is
also a pacer.

Honest John Sawyer drove Kinmont, a handsome
son of McKinney. Kinmont is a resolute trotter and
will make a 2:15 performer ere snow flies again. Path-
mark, a son of Pathmont, is the best horse in Sawyer's
I stable, and will surely place 2:10 after his name. Chief
I Seattle, a grandson of Direct, is a pacing wonder. Mr.
F Sawyer is very proud of him.

John Blue is busy making speed with a lot of good

> looking young horses and he should know how, as he

I has been a pupil under the best preceptor in America.

J. M. Alviso rode behind a beautiful brown mare by

1 Direct. This mare is a bold going trotter and she has

t speed to burn, and when the bell rings, barring aeci-

, dents, she will be able to place a 2:20 mark to her

credit, as she can now step a mile in 2:20 and better.

Mr. Alviso has four black mares by Chas. Derby that

I do credit to that grand sire. They have not had

• enough handling yet to go fast, hut Alviso says they
are sure trotters with the best of dispositions. These

• trotters all belong to Mr. Crellin, former owner of

• Searchlight. Mr. Crellin has the faculty of picking
1 out good ones, so everyone looks for great things from

• the trotters in Alviso's stable.

Mr. Griffith came out behind a black pacer with a
blaze face called Sharkey, and this horse is surely a
pacing wonder. The show horse of Pleasanton is a
black gelding by Rect, owned by Mr. Griffith. This
horse can show with the Mambrino Kings, Stambouls,
or any of the famous families of show ring horses.

He has size, finish and manners — and speed galore.
Mr. Griffith has done more than his share for horse in-
terests in breeding such a horse as Bonnie Direct, and
every horseman in this State owes him a vote of
thanks.

Mr. Davis, owner of Rey Direct, is certainly raising
a family of young harness horses that will bring money
and fame to him as a breeder.

William Cecil brought out Bob Ingersoll by Nut-
wood Wilkes This gelding goes East to represent his
illustrious sire, and he has speed enough and good
looks enough to add new laurels to one of California's
greatest stallions. Mr. Cecil is giving his horses a
careful preparation, and he has heretofore had success
as a driver and should make this year his banner year.

Next came one of the foremost reinsmen of America,
Millard Sanders behind Janice. This beautiful mare
acts like a real lady. She has her speed and it will
take a good trotter to outfoot her when she strikes
the fast Eastern tracks.

Mr. Sanders also drove Dollie Dillon, and you could
not ask for a more perfect going trotter; she is fast
enough for any company. Mr. Sanders horses are all
in fine form and Sanders looks happy and contented.
No trainer has a better lot of horses to handle, and,
barring accidents, Millard will finish in front a lot of
times.

The Directs predominate around Pleasanton. The
S. P. Station Agent came out behind a handsome bold
going trotter by Direct. This gentleman takes a lot of
pleasure riding behind this Direct gelding and so he
well may.

After all the workouts were over it was time for
dinner and Mr. Thompson invited us to his bungalow
to dine. Now everyone knows Thompson is a good
horse trainer, but he has another good quality, that is,
he is a model host, and the way he arranges his neat
bungalow, and the way he entertains his guests would
make any hotel keeper look green with envy. Every
luxury from White Seal to Brie cheese was on hand,
and Mr. Thompson certainly can go in the free for all
class as a host.

Then a game of Pedro was started; in that I found
Mr. Thompson was inclined to act a bit erratic; he
seemed to be short of speed, and Mr. Griffith had the
call on all the money. The game wound up with some
Scotch and soda, when we all retired to rest, only to
be awakened at times by Mr. Thompson making
remark in his sleep about the Rajah and bad Pedro
players. We were called at 5:30, breakfast at 6, and
then Mr. Thompson drove us to the train, and it was
with regret I took my departure from "horse heaven."
I certainly enjoyed a pleasant visit and was royally en-
tertained by these Princes of Good Fellows, Messrs.
Davis, Thompson, Griffith, Sanders and Crellin.

C. A. Harrison.

Electioneer-Wilkes. A Study of the 2:10 Trotter.

The new Year Book lists 123 trotters with records of
2:10 or better, and all have the blood of Hambletonian
except five. The whole list may be sorted into four
lots, as follows: Four per cent, without Hambletonian,
20 per cent, with Electioneer, 40 per cent, with Wilkes
and the remaining 36 per cent, with Hambletonian
blood outside the two branches of Electioneer and
Wilkes.

Electioneer claims precedence as a progenitor of 2:10
trotting speed, because no stallion has sired more 2:10
trotters than he, and he has more in the second and
third generation than any 2:10 sire. Hence, it seems
reasonable to believe that the single influence of Elec-
tioneer in the production of 2:10 speed is more potent
than that of any other stallion.

electioneer's 2:10 family.

Sire of Arion, (4) 2:071; Sunol 2:08}, Palo Alto 2:08},
grandsire of The Abbot 2:03}, Azote 2:04}, Fantasy
2:06, Bingen 2:06}, Dione 2:07}, Nico 2:08], The Monk
2:08}, Bouncer 2:09, Copeland 2:09], Countess Eve 2:09},
Athanio 2:10, Little Albert 2:10, Serpol 2:10.

Great grandsire of Tommy Britton 2:065, Charley
Herr 2:07, Boralma 2:08, Directum Kelly 2:08}, Derby
Princess 2:081. Dare Devil 2:09, Jasper Ayers 2:09,
Neeretta 2:09J, Contralto 2:10.

No other stallion can show such a distinguished list
of descendants in the first three generations, and when
it comes to age, where can you find in one family such
another lot of four year olds as Fantasy, Arion,
Boralma, Nico, Directum Kelly, The Monk and Con-
tralto? It should not be forgotten that Charley Herr
also took a record of 2:10 when only a- four year old.
The champion records and the great racehorses in the
above list are too well known and need not be singled
out. For early and extreme speed, together with
quality and class, the Electioneer branch has attained
the greatest distinction, although it is one of the
younger families and by no means as large numerically
as some of the others.

In passing on to a consideration of the Wilkes family
we must take three descendants of Electioneer with us,
viz.: Bingen 2:06}, Boralma 2:08 and Bouncer 2:09.
Bingen has a double cross of Wilkes from his dam
Young Miss. Boralma has Electioneer from sire and
dam, but still there is an important Wilkes line. His
sire Boreal is out of Rosy Morn by Alcantara.
Bouncer's sire is out of Edith by George Wilkes.
With these three, the 2:10 trotters which carry,
through one or more channels, the Wilkes blood,
number 51 as follows:

GEORGE WILKES 2:10 FAMILY.

First generation has no 2:10 speed.

Second generation through sons. — Guy Wilkes 2:15}
is sire of Fred Kohl 2:07|, Huida 2:081, Lesa Wilkes 2:09.

Alcyone 2:27 is a sire of Martha Wilkes 2:08, Bush
2:09!, Harrietta 2:09|.

Young Jim is sire of Trevillian 2:08}, Dandy Jim
2:09}, David B. 2:09}.

Wilton 2:19} is sire of Bessie Wilton 2:09}, Rubber
2:10, Moquette (4) 2:10.

Onward 2:251 is sire of Beuzetta 2:06}, Pilatus 2:09}.

Jay Bird 2:31} is sire of Allerton 2:09}, Early Bird
2:10.

Baron Wilkes 2:18 is sire of Oakland Baron 2:09},
Baron Rogers 2:09f.

Ralph Wilkes 2:06}, Phoebe Wilkes 2:08J, Dan Cupid
2:90}, Rilma 2:091, Captain Jack 2:091, York Boy 2:091,
all by different sons, making 13 sons, that are sires of
2:10 trotters.

Third generation through grandsons. — Jupe 2:07i_,
Georgeanna 2:091, Dan Wilkes 2:09}, Ellard 2:09}, each
by a son of Red Wilkes.

Sarah S. 2:091, Little Corporal 2:093, Battleton 2:09},
Dick Hubbard 2:09}, each by a son of Onward.

Gayton 2:08}, Alves 2:091, Eagle Flanagan 2:071, by
sons of Jay Bird.

Grattan Boy 2:08, Lord Vincent 2:08}, by sons of
Wilkes Boy 2:241.

Valpa 2:091, Hazel Kinney 2:09}, by sons of Alcyone.

Elloree 2:081, Praytell 2:091 by Axtell 2:12, son of
William L. Kingmond 2:09, Lecco 2:09}, John A. Mc-
Kerron 2:10, by sons of different sons.

Bingen 2:06J, Lotah S. 2:09|, Early Reaper 2:09},
from daughters of different sons. Their sires have no
Wilkes, but Bingen and Early Reaper have double
crosses of Wilkes from their dams.

Onoqua 2:08], Bouncer 2:09, from sons of daughters.
Onoqua's dam is by a son of Red Wilkes.

Fourth generation. — Boralma 2:08, sire is from
daughter of Alcantara.

Pat L. 2:09}, sire is from daughter of Wilkes mare.

In the Electioneer family there is but one example,
Boralma 2:08, where the parent strain is double, but
the Wilkes tribe being a family of more age with de-
scendants more distant from the common ancestor, the
intercrossing of its members has been frequent. Those
with two crosses are Allerton. Alves, Bingen, Baron
Rogers, Dick Hubbard, Eagle Flannagan, Elloree,
Early Reaper, Kingmond, Lecco, Onoqua, and Gayton
has three crosses. Almost one-quarter of the entire
2:10 Wilkes family are interbred.

In calling attention to these two main "common
sources" of 2:10 speed, for together they embrace 60
per cent, of the entire list, it is by no means contended
that there are not many other meritorious lines of ex-
treme speed. (It is proposed to investigate them after
a similar fashion in some future issue.) Neither is it
always easy or indeed convincing to place one's finger
on some particular line of a trotter's pedigree and say,
"That's it," and the others go for nothing. All the
ancestors have a share, but some have far more than
others. When we find such an array of fast trotters
all related to each other, and all tracing quickly back
to a common ancestor, we are bound to believe in the
prepotency of that ancestor and the excellence of the
family. In the light of recorded facts, the bonanzas
of extreme trotting speed are in the Electioneer and
Wilkes veins, and it is wiser to seek for nuggets where
they are plentiful than in the thinner alluvial scat-
terings.

The fastest, speed got by George Wilkes was 2:131,
and two of his sons get trotters to go in 2:06}. The
son of Chimes takes the record five seconds below the
mark set by the champion daughter of Electioneer.
Both families have a large enough number of fast trot-
ters to prove that the capacity for extreme speed is a
family characteristic, that it is "bred in the bone" and
not solely an accidental or individual acquirement.
The records, however, do not show that there has
been much crossing between the two families, and they
show little intercrossing between members of the
Electioneer family. Breeders are now by no means
blind to the advantages of doubling up the Electioneer
and crossing it with the Wilkes. It has been forced
upon their notice. But it is only within the past few
years that they have fully awakened to the situation,
the so-called rivalry between the families causing pre-
judice on both sides, and so results must be waited for.

Who knows but that the two-minute trotter may be
nearer at hand than we yet dream of?. TRON Kirk.

A New Experiment.

The demand for high class polo ponies, not only in
this country, but abroad, is so great that many breed-
ers naturally have turned their attention to producing
the type most desired by those who indulge in the
pastime. That America now produces the best type of
this class in the world, there is no doubt, and although
many horsemen might have their doubts as to the
value of the Arab blood, yet no one can deny the fact
that the dessert blood has been a great factor in this
line. A number of prominent breeders in the country
have experimented with the Arab blood with varying
success and if some of them have failed to breed the
right kind, the failure in almost every case has been
the selection of unsuitable mares. A new experiment
is being made by W. G. Hughes, the well known
breeder of Hastings, Tex., which appears to be very
feasible and the result is being watched by many in-
terested breeders. Mr. Hughes is one of the largest
breeders in the United States, of ponies, Angoras and
Jersey cattle. For several years he has carefully
studied the pure blooded mustangs. He has made
several trips into Mexico and now owns the choicest
selection of mustang mares, one might say, in the
world.

Last fall Mr. Hughes, while on a trip East, visited
several Americo-Arab breeders, but could induce none
to part with any of their Americo-Arab stallions
which he liked.

While in Philadelphia he offered a big sum for T. C.
Patterson's famous pony sire Kasim, but tho offer was
declined. Through Tlie Christmas Horseman and by
the advice of Randolph Huntington, Mr. Hughes went
to Fox Lake, Wss., recently and after some delay and
through the good offices of mutual friends, persuaded
F. C. Warren, proprietor of the Laurel Hill Horse
farm, to part with Nimrod at a reported price of
$3000, an account of which was given in The Horseman
recently. Nimrod will be bred to Mr. Hughes' pure
blooded mustang mares and he believes that this union
will produce the finest type of the polo pony in the
world. As stated, breeders will watch the result of
the experiment with much interest. — Chicago Horseman.

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[April 20, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. \V. KELLEY, PROPRIETOR.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

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Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley. 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily i'or publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TUKKI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building, Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, April 20, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

" -: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) — . Sept. 16-21

SAXEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon :.Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORLA, B. C Oct. 7-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GKAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July' 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

RE AD VILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19 to 24

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE PAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

BONNIE DIRECT 2:05ii C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14J£ Ed Laffertv, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12' s Hostetter i Montgomery, San Jose

CHAS DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09J{ Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henry. Havwards

GROVER CLAY2:2iS^ Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIPER 2:14^ S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead. Santa Clara

I DIRECT 2:12'; Ed Latterly. Alameda

MoKTNNEY 2:11'4 C. A. Durfee, Sau Jose

MONTEREY 2:09« P.J.Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16;; Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:11M Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Titos. Roche, Lakeville

STAM B. 2:11« Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson. Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY....Rose Dale Stk Fm, Santa Roja

ZOMBR0 2:ll Geo. T. Beckers, Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baytvood Stud, San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

NIOMINATIONS CLOSE TO-DAY for the rich
' ' stakes offered by the Montana Jockey Club,
whose meeting begins June 29th and continues sixty
days. Of these stakes the Montana Derby is $1500
for three year olds at a mile and a quarter: the
Daly Memorial Cup, $1000, two miles, a handicap for
three year olds and upward; the Miner's Union Stake,
a $1000 handicap at a mile; the Butte Selling Stake,
$850, six furlongs: the Hot Times Stake, $800. four
and a half furlongs; the Labor Day Handicap, $1000,
a mile and an eighth; the Silver City Selling Stake,
$1000, a mile and a sixteenth; the Silver Bow Stakes,
$1000, four and a half furlongs: the Hamburg Handi.
cap, $1000, five furlongs, and the Anaconda Handicap,
$1000, one mile. It costs but five dollars to make the
entry in any of these stakes, and the entrance to purse
races to be given there is to be free. The Montana
meeting offers an excellent opportunity for owners now
in California who have no Eastern engagements, and
gives them an opportunity to race for good purses all
summer at a small cost for transportation. The stakes
that close to-day should receive many entries.

CALIFORNIA WILL BE REPRESENTED on the
Grand Circuit this year by many good horses,
and the reputation of this State will not lose any of its
lustre of former years. "While this State is but a small
portion of the Union when population is considered,
and but few of our wealthy citizens are engaged in
breeding the light harness horse, our trotters and
pacers go East annually to compete against the best
from every section and return with a good share of the
money and the records. This year will be no excep-
tion. Among the entries to the big purses and stakes
already closed, there are horses bred at Palo Alto,
Oakwood Park, Nutwood Stock Farm, and by many
of the smaller breeding establishments, sons and
daughters of Dexter Prince, McKinDey, Steinway,
Chas. Derby, Diablo, Nutwood Wilkes, Eros, Stam-
boul, Hawthorne, William Harold, Sidney Dillon,
Cupid, Altivo, Mendocino, Direct, and other stallions
whose names are household words on the Pacific slope,
and some of which have held world's records. Never
since breeding harness horses was first begun in Cali-
fornia has a faster lot of green horses been prepared
for the Eastern trip, and on conformation and looks
they will outrank any consignment ever headed for the
big stakes on the Grand Circuit. The death of T. E.
Keating was a serious blow to California training and
had he lived his string of campaigners for this season
would have been very conspicuous in the stake races,
but while his presence will be missed, there will he
California horses, and good ones, too, in nearly every
important event decided this year, and we feel confi-
dent that when the Grand Circuit ends at Memphis
the season's records will show that California bred
trotters and pacers have won a goodly portion of the
events and that many of them are among the fastest
of the new 2:10 performers.

\WEDNESDAY, MAY FIRST, is not far away and
' ' on that date will close the entries for the $10,-
000 purse for 2:10 trotters and the $500(1 purse for four
year old trotters of the 2:24 class, both of which are
offered by the New England Trotting Horse Breeders
Association, whose meeting will be held at ReadviUe,
Mass., September 16th to 20th. There should be sev-
eral entries from California in both these purses.

A SHORT SIGHTED POLICY is pursued by many
owners of race track paoperties in the country
districts of this State. While every track is not so
situated as to be a training centre, there are quite a
number that would bring good rental to the owner
each year were they kept in condition for training and
a fair held annually or once in two years. There are
fair grounds in California for which the owners de-
mand a rental of from $250 to $000 from the district
agricultural association for one week, and after this
enormous rent has been paid the association is com-
pelled to expend as much more to clean the grounds
and make them fit to hold a fair on. The stall rent at
some of these tracks brings to the owner an additional
revenue, and yet if any improvements are to be made,
such as repairing stalls, keeping the track in order,
etc., the citizens of the community are called upon to
pay for them, and the hat is passed round for the pur-
pose. There is not a mile'track in any of the import-
ant districts of the interior but should pay a good in-
terest on the investment if kept in order and properly
managed. We know of two or three that never rent
more than thirty stalls that do so. The infield amount-
ing to thirty acres or so produces a crop of hay or
grain annually7, and the stalls are rented for a dollar
each per month and a fair price is asked from the dis-
trict association for use during the fair. As these
properties return a fair profit each year to the owners
it is within reason to suppose that the others would
under the same sort of management. There is one
track of less than sixty acres in this State for
which the owner received $700 per annum regularly
from the district association for rental, and which is
now used as a hog pasture. The fences are down, the
track in very bad shape, and the buildings going to
decay. And yet the owner insists this year that he
shall be paid $000 for the use of the grounds for a fair
for ODe week, the association to make all necessary
repairs on fences, buildings and track. The associa-
tion cannot afford to pay such an exorbitant rental
and the lair will probably not be held.

HTHE BIG DEAL has been completed and a new
' corporation called The New California Jockey
Club will control racing here in San Francisco and
vicinity, owning the three tracks at Oakland, Ingle-
side and Tanforan. The first payment of $200,000 was
made last Thursday, the big certified check being;
signed by Thos. H. Williams Jr., President, and R. Bjl
Milroy, Secretary, and the stock, rights, title and inter-
est in the magnificent properties at Ingleside and Tan-
foran were transferred to the new organization. One
of the first announcements made by President Williams
after the deal was completed was that of the appoint"
ment of Mr. Chas. F. Price to the position of general
manager of the three tracks. Mr. Price has been con-
nected with the California Jockey Club for two years
as special judge and President of the Board of Stewards
and has given eminent satisfaction in those positions.
He came here from Louisville, Ivy., where, as Secretary
of the Louisville Jockey Club he had made a reputa-
tion as a thoroughly competent official, whose aim was
to keep racing clean and high class in every way and
since his arrival here that reputation has been sus-
tained. It is also announced that the purses to he
offered for the next racing season here will never
aggregate less than $2400 per day, which means that
purses will be. not less than $400, and the stakes and
handicaps to be given will make the average much
above that sum. A new series of stake events will be ar-
ranged hut the Burns handicap of $10,000 will re.
main and be an annual event. Mr. Price will go East
at the close of the season here and will offer the in-
ducement of a large list of rich stakes and generous
purses to the owners of the best class of horses to
make entries for the coming season of racing. Now
that the transfer has been made and the racing atmos-
phere cleared, there is a general feeling of satisfaction
that matters have beenshaped as they have. President
Williams' expressed determination to shorten the sea
son and make the racing as high class as possible,
his generous condoning of all past offenses and an-
nouncement that violators of the rules need not expect
clemency in the future has done much to establish
confidence in the minds of all that that the control of
racing affairs on this coast is in the hands of those who
will improve the sport in every way.

THE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION is endeavoring
to secure a track for its summer meeting and has
several under consideration. A selection will he made
during the coming week in all probability and im-
mediately thereafter a list of purses will be announced.
It will be especially arranged to provide racing for the
horses which remain in California this year and the
purses will be liberal. The slow classes will be es-
pecially well treated by all the associations giving
meetings in California this year and the owner of a
good green horse that can win in the slower classes
will be able to place a goodly sum to his credit.

DR. s. W. McMAHAN of the Western Horseman,
one of the best of the high class journals devoted
to the light harness horse, is back in Indianapolis
again after an extended sojourn in Colorado Springs
in quest of health. We are glad to know that the
Doctor is much improved.

DIG ENTRV LISTS are the rule with every asso-
*-' ciation in the East that has thus far closed its
entries for its principal purses. Secretary Dexter of
Narragansett Park is the latest to announce a list.
These purses closed this month and have received the
greatest list in the history of the association. The
total number of nominations to the six stakes was 184.
The Park Brew 2:10 pace stake, $10,000, has 31 nomin-
ations. The Roger Williams 2:14 trot pace, $10,000,
has 28 nominations. All of the stakes are filed and are
as follows: 2:14 trot, stake $10,000, 28 nominations;
2:20 trot, stake $2000, 34 nominations; 2:30 trot, stake
$2000, 33 nominations; 2:10 pace, stake $10,000. 31
nominations; 2:14 pace, stake $2000, 25 nominations;
2:25 pace, stake $2000, 35 nominations.

SIX BIG PURSES offered by the Terre Haute
Association, will close Monday, May 6th. The
Wabash is for 2:20 trotters and is $5000; the Side-
wheeler is of the same value and is for pacers of the
2:18 class; tho other four purses are $1500 each and are
for 2:28 and 2:15 trotters, and 2:25 and 2:14 pacers.
The entrance fee to these purses is five per cent, pay-
able in installments, the first of which is but one per
cent of the purse. Terre Haute always holds one of ']
the best meetings on the Grand Circuit, and the Cali-
fomians who go East this year should not fail to enter
there. Seethe advertisement.

A MATCHED TEAM of roadsters is wanted by an
advertiser in this journal who states in his adver-
tisement what he wants. Parties owning first class
teams need not be afraid to price them to this gentle-
man. He is ready and anxious to pay a good price for
a good pair, but he wants the horses to be worth the
price asked. A pair of horses that will fill the bill can
be exchanged for a sum of money that will make the
trade a very profitable one to the seller, but it must he
a case of "show me."

HORSEMEN IN THE ANTIPODES are being
shown by illustrations reproduced in the journals
there from the Breeder and Sportsman, the pro-
portions of some of the leading trotting bred stallions
of California. The latest to be pictured by the New
Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Beiriew, which is one of
our valued exchanges, are Nutwood Wilkes 2:161 and
William Harold 2:13}. The original photo-engravings
appeared in our last holiday edirion.

Good for Poll Evil.

Madrid (Neb), March 10, 1900.
I would sav in regard to Gombault's Caustic Balsam, that I have
used it lor poll evil with good results. Geo. Chamberlain.

April 20, 1901]

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Fairs and Race Meetings This Year.
- For some unaccountable reason the associations that
give fairs and race meetings are slower than usual in
making- announcements this .7 ear. That a circuit of
racing will be given is certain and if it could be officially
announced and a list of purses advertised without
further delay there would be plenty of life in the
business.

The Vallejo Association may not give a meeting this
year and the directors very much desire the Breeders
Association to hold their annual meeting at the Vallejo
track. Director T. J. Crowley of the P. C. T. H. B. A.
and Secretary F. W. Keliey are in Vallejo to-day con-
ferring with the Vallejo Board of Directors in regard
to the matter.

The Napa Association wishes to hold a meeting but
is having trouble in securing the track. The owner of
the property demands $600 for its use and asks the
association to stand the expense of putting it in order.
This is more than any district association can afford to
pay for a track for a week and unless better terms are
offered the meeting will not be given. '

There is talk of the Breeders going to Petaluma but
nothing definite has been accomplished. A meeting
will very likely be held at Santa Rosa, but just what
organization will manage it is not yet determined.

Woodland will certainly give a fair. The directors
have claimed their dates and a program of races will
aoon be announced.

The State Fair will run for two weeks as usual, with
good purses for harness horses as well as runners.
The program will be arranged very soon.

Stockton will hold a meeting. It is proposed to
make it better than ever, and all the best horses in the
State will race there. The Stockton people are hard
workers and alwavs make their fairs pay.

Secretary Irwin of the Marysville Association says
there will be no fair and race meeting in the 13th dis-
trict this year.

Secretary Simpson of the Chico Association says
that while the Directors have not decided the matter
yet, he does not think any meeting will be held this
year at Chico.

Tulare and Kings counties (the 24th district) may
give a meeting. Secretary Miot says it will probably
be held at Hanford, in Kings county, this year, but
everything is to be arranged yet.

District No. 6, Los Angeles, will give a meeting in
the fall. The dates have not yet been selected, but
they will probably be earlier than last year. A num-
ber of liberal purses will be announced soon.

Colusa Agricultural District No. 44, will not give a
fair and race meeting this season. Vice-President E.
C. Peart writes that it is too much of an undertaking
for one man, and he cannot afford to neglect his busi-
ness. Probably the Colusaites could find another man
if they would rustle a little.

The Monterey Agricultural Association, District No.
7, will give a fair and race meeting in the fall. It will
follow the San Jose meeting if a fair is given there,
and if not the Salinas people will probably take the
date usually taken by San Jose, which is the week
following Stockton.

At Santa Barbara where the 19th agricultural dis-
trict holds its fair there is some doubt about the track
being available. The Southern Pacific Railway is con-
templating a change in the route cf its road bed and if
the change is made it will cut the present race track
and fair grounds in two. If the change is not made a
meeting will be held, and an effort will be made to get
a date on the main circuit.

Some of the directors from Yreka district, Siskiyou
county, think it would be best to not hold a fair this
year, but wait until next year and draw the entire ap-
propriation then. Thete are others, however, who are
alive to the advantages of giving a fair each year and
it may be that a fair and race meeting will be given.
If so it w'll be announced through the columns of this
journal. There- is a driving club at«Yreka of which J.
M. Walbridge is President and R. S. Taylor Secretary.
The members are talking of holding races during
Fourth of July week, but no authoritative announce-
ment has been made as yet.

The Nevada State Agricultural Society will hold a
fair and race meeting at Reno, Nevada, during the
week following the California State Fair. The Nevada
faia will thus open on Monday, September 16th.

Gurney Gue, who conducts the trotting horse de-
partment of the New York Sun, has the following to
say anent The Abbot-Boralma imbroglio: "The popu-
lar notion that Boralma 2:08 is a stouter horse than
The Abbott 2:03.} may be open to some doubt. His
breeding does not warrant such a belief, and while he
won a six-heat race in his three year old form, it is
known that he was trotting well within his limit of
speed in this contest. The last race won by The Ab-
bot was a five-heat contest, in which he trotted the
third, fourth and fifth miles in 2:07i, 2:08.}: and 2:10.1.
Bingen and Cresceus were his competitors."

Strictly Amusing.

"It was my intention," said the Old Campaigner, "to
say nothing more on the development theory. But
the secretary and general manager of the Society for
the Dissemination of Fool Notions has broke out again
and I feel called upon to give him another spanking.
He has been digging through the new Year Book, and
cackles like a pullet over her first egg because he has
discovered that of 1099 new performers for 1900, the
startling number of 89 trotters and 55 pacers are out
of developed dams. It is an almighty strange thing
that it did not occur to him, as it will to every man of
sense who reads his alleged argument and studies his
figures, that if nearly nine-tenths of the new per.
formers of a year are out of undeveloped dams there is
no good reason for developing broodmares into trotters
or pacers. No one has ever even pretended to believe
that the developed mare will not produce and the sap"
heads who say that such belief is held by any one
need a course in moral training. If their theories
are so sound what's the need of their lying about the
opposition ? Why is it that not one of the writers in
support of the development theory has ever argued
the real question ? There is but one point at issue,
and I dare any one of the developed howlers to argue
H. No one of them ever has done it and I doubt if
he ever will. But to get back to the amusing figures.
Here they are :

"In 1900, 580 trotters and 510 pacers of established
breeding entered the standard lists, of which 89 trot-
ters and 55 pacers were out of developed dams."

"That is the gist of the whole thing. Ninety-nine
thousand and ninety-nine pages of statistics could tell
no more of the story, for that is all there is to it.
Keep that paragraph and its totals in your mind and
do not forget that it represents the sum of the achieve-
ments of the record mares for an entire year. They
managed to contribute just enough new performers to
get into the list of 'also rans.1 That's the cold English
of it, in spite of all the twistings and turnings of the
rainbow chasers who imagine that it is the very essence
of wisdom to argue that an acquired trait can be trans-
mitted as an instinct. For the benefit of the public,
and more especially for those who believe that the de-
velopment of the dam is of such great importance, I
have compiled two short tables showing the best per-
formers of last year, that are out of undeveloped
dams, and have followed them with tables showing the
best performers of last year out of developed dams.
They make interesting reading. Besides they show
that I am not begging the question :

TROTTERS OF 1900 OUT OP UNDEVELOPED DAMS.

Cresceus 2:04, champion trotting stallion.
Tommy Britton 2:063, record as a two-year-old 2:15|.
Charley Herr 2:07.1, Kentucky's greatest race horse.
Lord Derby 2:07J, champion green trotter.
Georgena 2:07, winner of the $10,000 Charter Oak.
Bay Star 2:08, greatest race mare out in 1900.
Boralma 2:08, winner of the $10,000 Massachusetts and

the $5000 Transylvania.
Grattan Boy 2:08, second to Cresceus at Columbus in

the fastest three heats ever trotted by a stallion.
Gayton 2:08}, fastest trotter of the Allertons.
Dare Devil 2:09, fastest trotting son of Mambrino King.
Lamp Girl 2:09, one of the best race mares of the year.
Hazel Kinney 2:09.}-, fastest trotter in the McKinney

family.
Letah S. 2:092, the first new 2:10 trotter of the year.
Georgeanna 2:09o, winner of the fast five-heat race at

Lexington, Ky.
Neeretta 2:09a, fastest five-year-old trotting mare of

the year.
York Boy 2:09|, fastest trotter by Wilkes Boy, and

winner of 12 races out of 14 starts.
Dan Wilkes 2:09|, a good winner in the Great Western

Circuit.
Early Reaper 2:09|, admitted to be as great a trotting

stallion as the West ever produced.
Contralto 2:10, best four-year-old filly of the year, and

practically unbeaten.
John A. McKerron 2:10, champion stallion to wagon.
Annie Burns 2:KU, greatest money winner in the

Grand Circuit.
Fereno 2:10£, fastest three-year-old filly of the year,

winner of the Kentucky Futurity.

TROTTERS OP 1900 OUT OP DEVELOPED DAMS.

The Abbot 2:03}, world's champion.
Lucille 2:07, world's champion wagon mare.
Dione 2:07}, fastest mare in California; record against
time.

PACERS OP 1900 OUT OP UNDEVELOPED DAMS.

Prince Alert 2:02, fastest pacer of the year.
Anaconda 2:02.], second fastest pacer of the year.
Coney 2:02|, third fastest pacer of the year.
Connor 2:03}, champion money winning pacer of the
year.

Frank Bogash 2:03$, who won some of the best races

of the year.
Indiana 2:04|, fastest pacer of his tribe.
Royal R. Sheldon 2:05, fastest pacer in the Wilkes Boy

family.

PACERS OF 1900 OUT OF DEVELOPED DAMS.

Free Bond 2:04}, champion of the year to wagon.
Bonnie Direct 2:05}, fastest new pacing performer.
Hetty G. 2:05}, fastest pacing mare of the year.

"That's enough. The list includes all the best If
I am any judge, extreme speed is the crucial test, and
I am willing to stack up the trotters and pacers out of
undeveloped dams against the whole herd of those
whose dams have records. I don't think The Abbot
'lays over' Cresceus to any extent. I don't think
Lucille is in the same class with Boralma, and Dione
will hardly do to play against even Contralto, to say
nothing of Bay Star.

"Now, just a word or two on the point to the argu-
ment. The subject for discussion is this, and nothing
more: 'Does the development of the mare make it
more certain that she will produce her kind?' As I
said before, no one has. ever argued that the developed
mare will not produce speed. But I insist that the records
prove that the undeveloped mare will produce just as
many and just as fast performers as the developed
mare. That being true, and I will bet a dozen dollars
against a rotten apple that it is true, what earthly
good does development do? Watch the development
fellows squirm when that query is put at them, and go
to talking about the quality of green cheese in the
moon. It took just as much work to make a trotter
out of The Abbot as it did to make one out of Cresceus,
yet, according to the Fool Notion society, the former
had all the best of it because his dam had a record of
2:20}, while the dam of Cresceus had no record at all.
Facts are stubborn things, and the few I have given
herewith are respectfully submitted to the fellows who
stay on the other side of the fence because they think
it is popular." — The Horseman.

Answers to Correspondents.

W. R., Woodland — The record for a mile and a
quarter on a circular track is held by Charentus, bay
gelding by imp. Charaxus — Contenta. He carried 106
pounds and ran the distance in 2:04 at Empire City
track at New York on Monday, October 22, 1900, beat-
ing Imp, Pink Coat and others. We do not know the
address of the firm you mention, and cannot publish
addresses of that nature.

C, Porterville, Cal. — A man here claims he has a
mare by Dawn, dam Emma Temple. Others here
claim that Emma Temple never had a colt. The mare
is six years old this spring, is a deep chestnut and said
to be foaled on the Agnew Farm. Can you give us
any information?

Ana. — Write to the Agnew Stock Farm, Hillsdale,
Santa Clara county.

The bay stallion Vasco 10996, foaled 1882, by Harold
dam Vassar by Belmont, second dam Venus by Ameri-
can Star 14, died recently from neglect at Audubon,
la. He had spent the winter in Missouri, and when he
was shipped back to Iowa his owner, Matt L. Williams,
was not notified of his shipment, and the stallion re-
mained five days in the car without care. Vasco was
bred at Woodburn Farm, and for several years was
owned by J. R. Bascom, of Berry Hill Farm, Bath
county, Ky., and was sold by him to L. E. Brown,
Delavan, 111. Vasco was the sire of thirteen trotters
and three pacers, including Vasto 2:16*, Ed Rosewater
2:16|, Bill Lindsay 2:17a, Val 2:18, Valissa 2:19 and
King Vasco 2:21}.

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The match race between Cresceus and Charley Herr,
scheduled for the October meeting of the Kentucky
Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, is now an as-
sured fact. Secretary Wilson last Wednesday received
a letter from George H. Ketchum of Toledo, owner of
Cresceus, saying that the terms were satisfactory.
His check for $500, which amount of the side bet of
$1000 must be deposited at once, is expected in a few
days. The horses will contest for a purse of $7000, of
which $2000 goes to the loser. David Cahill agreed at
once to enter Charley Herr.

It is currently reported that Tom James, for many
years a good breeder and staunch patron of the turf,
now residing at Des Moines, la., and owner of Baron-
dale 2:11], may in the near future take up his residence
permanently in California, taking Barondale with him.
Mr. James has been out there spending the winter and
likes it, but it is hoped by his many friends in Iowa
that he will decide to remain. Mr. James also for
many years owned Cuyler, one of the best sons of
Hambletonian 10. — Horse Review.

His Eminence, the Kentucky Derby colt, has been
sold to J. T. Kempner, of Chicago, for $9000. His new
owner stands to win $30,000 on the colt in the Ameri-
can Derby.

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SULKY NOTES. SS

Bonnie Direct beat 2:10 seven times in 1900.

The Terre Haute Matron Stake of $10,000 received
310 nominations.

Tom Conley, of Salinas, lost by death last week a
fine imported English Shire stallion.

Coney paced eight heats below 2:10 last year, the
fastest being 2:02} and the slowest 2:08}.

J. M. Alviso is training three or four good ones at
Pleasanton that will probably be raced.

Ed Geers says that he once drove Brown Hal a
quarter in 28} seconds to high-wheel cart.

■ The little pacer Freddie C. by Direct C. worked a
mile in 2:181, last half in 1:06 at Pleasanton last week.

The first foal sired by John A. MeKerron 2:10 was
born week before last. * Its dam is Henrittta G. 2:19}
by Elyria.

The National and American Trotting associations
have stopped the practice of giving copies of the Year
Book to members.

Orrin Hickok was at Pleasanton last Saturday and
while there got up behind Little Thorne and worked
him a mile in 2:11}.

If Charlie Mac 2:17} meets with no accidents this
year he should be a good winner in the classes in which
he is entered over East.

Georgena 2:071, winner of the $10,000 Charter Oak
last year, has again gone lame and no further attempt
will be made to train her.

The seven year old California-bred stallion Electa-
boul 2:27 by Stamboul was burned to death at Pough-
keepsie, New York, April 3d.

The Dexter Princes are being heard from in all parts
of the country. James Golden has one out of Flower
Girl that can run away on a trot.

At three sales, those of November, February and
March, the Fasig-Tipton company has sold 1331 horses
for $587,345, an average of $441.25 per head.

Dollie Dillon has been worked several beats better
than 2:20 lately and can show as much speed as ever.
She should be a good money winner this year.

Arrangements are being made for three races be-
tween Anaconda 2:021 and Frank Bogash 2:031, to
come off during the year on New England tracks.

; Sam Gamble was over at Alameda looking at The
Roman 2:1SJ. and says the son of McKinney looks and
acts much like Nico 2:08}. Some of the horsemen who
have seen both The Roman and The Abbot think
there is a great resemblance between the two.

Henry Titer has taken eleven horses to the Readville
track from Forbes' farm, among them Peter the Great
2:07}, Admiral Dewey, the three year old by Bingen
2:06}, out of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and the two year old
by Bingen 2:06}, out of the dam of Nico 2:0S}.

Oscar Spaulding, of Clinton, Iowa, has a black mare,
twenty-nine years old. by Swigert, that to the cover
of Sir Hildebrand, son of Norval and Gladys by On-
ward, dropped a filly the spring of 1899; also one in
1900 by the same horse and was again bred to him.

Carriage builders say that nine times out of ten the
failure of pneumatic tires to withstand rough treat-
ment is due to drivers becoming careless about keeping
the tires well inflated. When the air pressure is in-
sufficient the tires are easily ruined through rim
cutting.

Ed A. Tipton has received an order from England to
purchase several trotting bred carriage horses for ex-
port. Mr. Tipton sent over a few American park
horses of the heavy harness type to his English cus-
tomer last year, and' their combined action, speed and
stamina completely captivated the British horseman.

The entries made by Vendome Stock Farm in the
stakes at the Oregon State Fair, were Thomas R, by
Iran Alto in the Capital City Stakes $1000 for 2:20 trot-
ters, Nora McKinney by McKinney in the Webfoot
Stake, $500 for three and four year old trotters; Our
Boy's Sister by Bay wood and Way Direct by Direct in
the Salem Chamber of Commerce stake $1000 for 2:15
pacers.

There was speed at Pleasanton last Saturday, and
there would have been more had the track been in
good shape. There has not been enough water used
on the track lately according to those who are training
there, and the track breaks a little under the horses.
However, Thornway worked a mile in 2:18, the Hono-
lulu horse one in 2:15 and Goshen Jim made the circuit
in a little less than 2:15.

Six stallions are now credited with one hundred and
more in the standard list of performers. Nutwood
leads with 163, and is the sire of the dams of 164; Elec-
tioneer has 160, and sired the dams of 93; Onward has
153, and his daughters have produced 76; Red Wilkes
has 149, and sired the dams of 105; Alcantara has 141,
and sired the dams of 44, and Pilot Medium has 111,
and sired the dams of 26.

Murray Howe will issue free programs at the Mem-
phis meeting. He believes that patrons of race tracks
are as much en titled to programs as are the patrons of
theatres.

Hal Dillard 2:04J was recently purchased by D. H.
Mast, of West Milton, Ohio, who paid $3000 for him.
He is the sire of Hal B. 2:041, Fanny Dillard 2:06} and
17 more in standard time.

A yearling colt by Cresceus 2:04, dam Jean Look
2:30 (dam of Praytell 2:091), was sold in Rhode Island
last week for $2000. The colt is a chestnut and re-
sembles his illustrious sire.

We have for sale at $150 a new McMurray runabou
It is entirely new, and the price asked is the net prii
at the factory, thus the purchaser will make a savir
of the freight, which is nearly twenty dollars. Th
runabout is a pneumatic tired, bike wheeled pianobc
and is just the thing for driving in the park or on tl
road. It is a very handsome and stylish vehicle, up 1
date in every particular. Can be seen at this office.

David Cahill is as game a man as Charley Herr is a
race horse, and is quoted as saying: "I will enter into
any agreement satisfactory to the owners of any of the
champion stallions. I think my horse the equal of any
now living and I will post a forfeit for any kind of
match race. I have posted a forfeit for a meeting with
Boralma and Cresceus and would like to meet Lord
Derby, Grattan Boy and other fast ones."

The Galesburg (Illinois) Driving Park Association
has just opened six stakes of $1000 each for 3:00, 2:25
and 2:15 trotters, and for 3:00, 2:20 and 2:11 pacers.
This association owns the beautiful residence now oc-
cupied by C. W. Williams, and will give this away to
purchasers of admission tickets. It will be in the man-
ner of a raffle, and each purchaser of a $1 admission
ticket~will have a chance to own this elegant house.

Anna Belle 2:271 by Dawn 2:18} foaled a bay colt by
Hambletonian Wilkes on Sunday, April 7th. This colt
is a full brother to La Belle (2) 2:16 and Robert I., the
fast pacer that was out last year.

The black pacing filly by Direct that is owned by
Mr. Juan Galleagos of Mission San Jose and which
John Blue has been handling for a few weeks, worked
a half in 1:05 at Pleasanton one day last week.

Vance Nuchols is training at Cleveland a full sister
to Oakwood Park Stock Farm's good stallion Owyhee
2:11, being by Chas. Derby, dam- Ida Wood by Sim-
mons. This mare worked a mile in 2:20 last year.

Sable Guy 2:27}, is the most intensely inbred of the
new sires of 1900. He is by Sable Wilkes (a son of Guy
Wilkes out of a mare by The Moor),|dam Linda Wilkes
(a daughter of Guy Wilkes out of a dam by The Moor).

It seems that De Veras 2:11}, full brother to Rey
Direct 2:10, will be a member of the Butler campaign
stable this year. It is stated that Mr. Butler has
leased him of his owner, Antoihe Wending, Brockville,
Ont. _____

Belle Air 2:14}, by Pathmont, owned by Martin Mc-
Donough of Oregon, has been sent to John Pender at
Sacramento to get ready for the races this year. Belle
Air got her record at Salem, Oregon in 1899. She is a
pacer.

B. O. Van Bokkelen has named Vie Shellar by Ham-
bletonian Wilkes in the Board of Trade $5000 purse
for 2:23 trotters at Columbus, Ohio. He has also
named the four year old colt Tom Smith by McKinney
in the same race.

Free Silver 2:21}, said to be one of the greatest show
horses in America, was sold by E. C. Hasey of Minne-
apolis to Mart Demarest of New York a few days ago
for $5000. Free Silver is a bay horse and was sired by
Col. Simmons, a son of Simmons.

Hambletonian Wilkes, although twenty-one vears
old, has a better record as a foal-getter than many
younger stallions. None of the mares bred to him
during the last two years have failed to get in foal,
and his colts are all strong and vigorous.

Five gentlemen at Lexington, who are interested in
the trotting horse, last fall purchased five Arion colts,
each standing a pro rata of the cost. They have each
selected a colt and have agreed to break and train it.
In the fall they will hold a race, each man to drive his
own colt and the winner is to. have all five colts. If
any of the colts should turn out to be a pacer that colt
cannot compete in the race, but it will be presented to
the winner of the race.

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The graves of Lady Suffolk, Goldsmith Maid anl
Lucy, the greatest trotters of the world in their tim<|
will be changed from the Fashion Stud Farm, nei\
Trenton, N. J., to the head of the new speedway, i
Newark, N. J. Col. E. S. Edwards, at a recent meetta!
of the New Jersey Road Drivers' Association, sail
that he proposed that the bones of the three famoi
trotters be dug up and buried at the head of the ne
speedway which is to be built at Newark in the neal
future. He wants to have a suitable monument place
over them telling something of their record. Thr
ground in which they are buried at present is beinl
cut up into building lots and Col. Edwards wants t|i
save them from being lost.

It is said that M. E. McHenry will campaign a stab]
of but four horses this year. He means to have foul]
crackerjacks and the first one selected is the ba
stallion Dan Patch 2:16 by Joe Patchen 2:01}, dam b .
Wilkesberry, second dam by Pacing Abdallah. Thill
horse in the hands of his owner, an aged but exper ■
enced Indiana man, created somewhat of a sensatio!
on the Indiana half-mile tracks last season. It is sail]
that he paced a mile in 2:10, and quarters in a 2:0
gait. That he is possessed of sensational speed is ceil
tain or he never would have been selected by McHenr ■
for one of his select stable for this year, and it is poss
-ble that the famous black stallion will be representel
by a pacer fully his equal in point of speed in thi
fellow.

Ed Geers is not one of those who predicts what he olj
his horses are "going to do." Nevertheless he sajlj
this of The Abbot in his book recently published: Tbi
gait of The Abbot, when at full speed, approaches pel I.'
fection as nearly as we are likely to see in any hors ■
for some time; there is just enough but not to !
much, knee or hock action; his stride is even, fast anJ!
frictionless, with no false motions or waste of poweil
He has constantly improved in every race and ever
trial since the commencement of his career, and as h'
is now only eight years old, perfectly sound and with
out a blemish of any kind, I can see no reason why, i
he does not go wrong in some way, he should not'fur]
ther reduce his record. That a horse will trot a i
in harness in two minutes in the near future does no
in my judgment admit of a doubt."

Henry Edelman, formerly of Los Angeles, owner of
the pacer You Bet 2:121 and other good ones, is now
in business in this city at 201 Powell street. Mr. Edel-
man is the owner of a three year old pacer, one of the
last of the get of Nutwood, that is phenomenally fast.
The colt is at Dubuque, Iowa, and Mr. Edelman says
one day last week he worked a third heat of a workout
in 2:101. This is a phenomenal mile for a colt at this
season, especially in Iowa.

In the big horse markets the trotting bred coach
and driving horse has led the procession during the
past few weeks so far as price is concerned, says the
Horse World." It was not so long ago that a certain
class of agricultural papers always referred to the
trotting bred horse as "the scrubby little trotter," but
nowadays those same papers are forced to admit that
the leading horse in the big markets is the one pro-
duced by trotting blood.

Mr. John Parrott, proprietor of the Baywood stud
recently sold to Mrs. W. H. Crocker of this city a pair
of horses for $2500. They were the geldings Bravo and
Brigand and are a well mannered carriage pair. Bravo
was a prize winner at the Tanforan show last October.
Both are by Mr. Parrott's Hackney stallion Green's
Rufus. Mrs. Crocker purchased at the same time a
pair of smaller horses bred and raised at Baywood
stud for which she paid $750.

J. D. Staley, who purchased the mare Mia Louise
2:15} of L. E.' Clawson in 1899, bred her to McKinney
and shipped her to his home in Sidney, Ohio, is back
in California on his way to Alaska, but will remain in
San Francisco until after the visit of President MeKin-
ley. Mia Louise lost her foal by McKinney after being
shipped East, and was bred last year to Norval, one of
Electioneer's greatest sons, and has a fine colt by him.
Mr. Staley has not given up his intention of getting a
McKinney colt and would buy a good yearling by this
horse at a reasonable price.

Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, N. H., will cam
paign one of the biggest stables of the year, in eharg
of Tom Marsh. Among those which have been eni
tered in events already closed are : Kingmond 2:09 b;
King Darlington, dam by Red Wilkes; Who Is It 2:10
bv Nutwood Wilkes, dam by Brigadier; Betonica 2:10'
by Azmoor, dam by Wildidle; Idolita 2:12 by Mender
cmo, dam by George Wilkes; Axtello 2:15 by Axtell
dam by ICombat; Belle Curry 2:18 by Simmons, dan
by Nutwood; Juntorio by Altivo, dam by Gen. Benton!
The King by Clay King, dam by Red Wilkes; Eleati
by Dexter Prince, dam by Nephew; Carrie Caswell M
Altivo, dam by Hambletonian 10; Katrinka G., sista
to Klatawah 2:051 by Steinway, dam by Electioneer]
Col. Carter by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by Boodlel
Pauline by Potential, dam by Wilkes Boy.

Word comes from Denver that work at Overlanq
Park on the new modern grand stand and 100 new stall
is progressing rapidly. The place will no doubt pre;
sent such swell appearance when the Western harnesi'
horse again gathers there in June that the old timen
will scarcely recognize the place. This might, howj
ever, well be expected, for that is the record of Edwi
Gaylord and the men associated with him. The
never do anything by halves. Speaking about goo
horse sales from the West to the East, it might not bJ
out of place to recall the fact here that Ed Gaylord
of Denver, bought two four year old trotters withirj
the last few years, Mr. Middlemay 2:133 and Majo
Geers 2:141, for about $1000 each, and kept them lea
than a year and sold them for nearly $5000 each
That's the kind of man he is in the business. — HorsA
Review.

In some localities the harness horses will draw crowdsH
when they race, but in others the runners have the
call, while there are still others where horses are non '•
appreciated but the sporting element will turn out!
strong to see a ball game. A dispatch from Louisville,!]
Kentucky, dated April 7th says: The Louisville Driv-I I
ing and Fair Association is a thing of the past, for the,
people of Louisville have not appreciated the light!
harness races, and the promoters, after losing thou-J
sands of dollars, have been compelled to abandon th
venture; but, despite the fact that races are not to I
held here this year, nearly 300 horses are quartered i
the stables, of which there is now not an empty sta'
and they will remain, or at least most of them, unt:
the opening of the Grand Circuit. They are here fron
all parts of the country, and, as Ed Geers expressed it,|
"we are here because of the good track and the
climate." The track is particularly adapted to spring
work, for a few hours of sunshine will put it in condi-
tion, even after a hard rain, because of its hard, sandy
material. Of the stables now at the track may be
mentioned that of Ben Kinney with twenty-four; Fred|i
Noble of New York, with twelve; Eddie Lock of New
York, fourteen; Ed Geers of Buffalo, twenty-two; Job
Hussey, Iowa, twenty-four; Joe Thayer, Lexington
ten; Fred McKey, Lexington, ten; Tom Price, Lexing-'
ton, twelve; George Spear, New York, twelve, while
Charley Van Meter and Charley Lyon of Louisville have
a dozen each in training. No work of any consequence
has thus far been done, owing to the unsettled weather
but during the last ten days a little speeding has been
done in the stretches, and another week will see them
moving along at a lively clip.

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The New California Jockey Club is the name of the
>rg,anization in which is now vested the title to all the
jroperty hei etofore owned by the California Jockey
[Hub, the Western Turf Association, the Pacific Coast
Jockey Club and the San Francisco Jockey Club. The
ransfer was made on Thursday and the new organiza-
ion now holds the lease of the Tanforan property, a
lew lease (to run seventeen years with the privilege of
mrchase at expiration) to the land at Emeryville on
vhich the California Jockey Club's plant is situated,
ind becomes the owner of the splendid plant at Ingle-
ide. The first payment of $200,000 was made and
,o-day the racing at Tanforan will be under the new
nanagement. Few. if any,* changes will be made in
he corps of officials or those holding concessions at
fanforan until the close of racing at that track.
When the horses move across the bay to resume racing
Vpril 29th, Judge Pettingill will be in the stand as
Associate Judge, that position having been tendered
lim by President Williams and accepted. Jake Holt-
nan will continue to wield the flag for several weeks
,nd when he returns East to fill his engagements there,
lYed Mulholland will take his place at the gate. Rac-
Dg will continue until the first of June in all probability
ind when the gates close, they will not open again for
uch long seasons as have been the rule heretofore,
rive months instead of seven will be the duration of
he San Francisco racing season There is no question
>ut the new order of things will put the California rac-
ng business on a much better basis than ever. The
eason of 1900-1901 has not "elevated" the sport to
hat lofty pinnacle that some of the turf scribes would
lave people believe. It takes something more than
*added money" to make racing high class.

C. E. DeCamp, a director af the Sixth District Agri-
iultural Association of Los Angeles has been in San
Francisco during the past week conferring with J. W.
3rooks of the Califernia Jockey Club and a number of
lorse owners with a view to holding a two weeks'
neeting at the Los Angeles track at the close of the
•acing season at Oakland. If the Oakland meeting
loses early enough quite a large number of horses can
>e secured and the meeting will be given.

Elmer Lawrence, racing secretary, and J. T. Finlen,
rice-president of the Montana Jockey Club, are in the
aty in the interest of their club. There are to be
ixty days' racing at Butte and Anaconda, and numer-
»us California owners contemplate making the trip
his year.

Joseph A. Murphy has resigned as secretary and
••residing judge of the St. Louis fair grounds and pre-
dding judge of the Delmar track at the same place,
^hen Messrs. Cella, Adler and Tilles secured control
»f the fair grounds they decided to continue Judge
tfurphy in his former position and also appoint him to
>reside at Delmar. Judge Murphy advised the selec-
ion of starters Dwyer and Holtman and some first
;lass man as associate judge. P. A. Brady was selected
is associate, and Judge Murphy objects to him on the
ground that he was formerly a bookmaker. His idea
s that the betting end of racing should be kept apart
rom the racing itself as much as possible. William
3ruen was appointed starter against the advise of
ludge Murphy. That official says he was a failure as
i starter last year. Now that Judge Murphy will not
jo to St. Louis, he will likely preside here until racing
iloses at Oakland, about June 1st.

John Hanning, New York, has purchased for Eng-
ish parties, for a price recently reported to be $7500,
ihe two year old chestnut colt J. M. Camden, by St.
Savior, dam Orlie, by imported Deceiver. Hughes &
Ho., this city, owned the colt, and had worked him a
lalf up the hill over the local course in 0:50], with 120
pounds up. |The price is the largest paid therein many
fears for an untried two year old.

The latest jockey engagement is that of Cash Sloan
io ride for Jean De Reszke, the famous tenor, who ex-
Beets to race at St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw and
)ther places. He has some good horses, several of
American breeding. Indeed, De Reszke is becoming
juite Americanized in sports, as in other matters, for
iris stable supplies, trappings, veterinary medicines,
Kb., are all American. He says: "I have been look-
up out for a capaole American jockey for a year or
more, and I have now a good one. I will give him
plenty of mounts, horses that ho can win with."

The prospective selling race war between Schorr and
the Cella-Adler-Tiles combination is causing both
speculation and amusement among turfmen, writes S.
B. Weems. Louis Cella, who is said to be at the head
3f the combination, claims that he will bid on every
Schorr horse that is entered at less than his value.
The cause of all the trouble, it is claimed, is that after
the Cella- Ad ler-Tilles secured a contract for the bet-
Sing privileges at Memphis, Mr. Schorr, who is a stock-
holder in the Memphis Jockey Club, tried to oust them
ind give the privilege to G. C. Bennett, who has had
^ in previous years. A queer angle in connection with
Shis misunderstanding is that hitherto Mr. Schorr has
paced very successfully at the Fair Grounds in St.
Louis. But with the change of venue from the old
Fair Grounds management to Messrs. Cella, Adler and
rilles, it looks as though the Schorr forces might not
nave either an ace or a percentage in Fair Grounds
racing the coming season. This makes a queer mixup
ill around. Mr. Bennett, who, as before stated, has
had the betting privileges at Memphis, and who gener-
illy runs from two three books on all leading Western
tracks, has not taken kindly to the placing of the bet-
ting privileges in the care of outside people. Mr.
Bennett is a resident of Memphis. He has a breeding
farm there and next to Schorr, the best racing stable
in the West. Mr. Bennett no doubt has a right to ex-
pect some consideration in his own territory.

So far as can be gleaned from the reports of the
work of the older division, the supporters of Ethelbert
and Kinley Mack each have reason for confidence.
Before Eastin & Larabie sold the latter to J. B. Haggin
it is said they thought he could take up 140 pounds if
necessary and have a chance for one of the big handi-
caps, while those who pin their faith to Perry Bel-
mont's great horse are equally sure that he will prove
the better when he meets Mr. Haggin 's acquisition.
In the three year old division the question of suprem-
acy is even more open. The Western crack, Garry
Herrmann, is still favorite for the American Derbv, in
which both Commando and Ballyhoo Bey are engaged,
but this is ascribed more to the fact that the latter
may be considered as doubtful starters than to the be-
lief that Capt. Brown's colt is sure to outfoot the East-
ern cracks. Lady Schorr's good win at Memphis has
brought her into consideration as a possible Derby
winner. Joe Frey and Silverdale are also highly
fancied by the Westerners, while La Valliere, Beau
Gallant, Bellario and Sweet Lavender each has many
adherents.

A Cincinnati dispatch says: Thoroughbred racing
will be revived at the Oakley race track this year.
Negotiations were opened recently between a repre-
sentative of* the Horse Owners' Protective Association
and the present lessees of the property. The proposed
plan is one of several moves on the part of the Horse
Owners' Protective Association to defeat the plans of
the new Western Jockey Club in the enforcement of
the outlaw rule.

The Coney Island Jockey Club's great filly stakes
for the autumn meeting has 464 entries. Its estimated
value is close to $25,000.

The bay colt foaled this year by G. W. Johnson,
dam Sophia Hardy, the brother to Lieut. Gibson, died
recently at the farm of R. L. Baker, near Lexington,
Ky. Sophia Hardy died a short time after giving
birth to this colt.

In speaking of The Hoyden, the crack filly of A. H.
& D. H. Morris, T. H. Shannon said: "There are only
four two year olds which showed class enough at the
New Orleans meeting to win up the line. The Morris
filly, The Hoyden, is good enough to win in the East.
She carried 115 pounds and ran five-eighths easily in
1:02.1; the first three-eighths from a standing start in
0:35. This is the best race ever run by a two year old
at New Orleans with weight up. As to the jockeys,
W. Dale, whom the Fleischmanns have signed, will
prove to be one of the strongest finishers of any of the
boys who have left the West for a long time."

Ethelbert is all right contrary to statements that he
has gone wrong. His trainer said last Saturday:
"Ethelbert has not missed a morning gallop for the last
two months. If the horse was not sound he would not
be asked to do what he has been doing right along. He
has not been asked to extend himself yet, but yester-
day morning went a half mile in 58 seconds. Ethelbert
would go a mile to-day in 1:47 without being hurried,
but I have been waiting for good weather to put him
through fast work. It is very doubtful whether
Ethelbert will start in the Brooklyn Handicap, but he
will surely start in the Suburban, and I expect to have
him fit for that race. Ethelbert will be retired to the
stud next year and I am anxious to have him win two
big races this season to wind up his eventful career on
the turf."

The first great disappointment of the racing season
of 1901 has come in the announcement that William
C. Whitney's great colt Ballyhoo Bey, in all probabU-
ity, is a "roarer," says the New York Times. If he
races at all, it is said, he will have to take a place in a
lower class than he was intended for and run as a
sprinter instead of going into the first rank and con-
tending for the classic stakes for the three year old
division. That anything was wrong with the great
colt was unsuspected until a few days ago. Ballyhoo
Bey wintered at the Whitney farm at Westbury, L. I.,
where he has been under the care of Trainer John
Rogers and until actual taaining for the coming season
began was supposed to be in as good condition as he
was when racing closed last fall. It was known gener-
ally last winter that the colt had been sick, but when
he recovered it was supposed that all trouble was past.
Up to two weeks ago there was not the slightest indi-
cation that there would 'be any permanent ill effects,
and visitors to the Whitney training quarters at that
time saw Ballyhoo Bey apparently in rugged health
and big and hearty after his winter's rest. Trainer
Rogers, however, answered all inquiries about the colt
by saying that Ballyhoo Bey had been sick. in the early
winter with catarrhal fever, and, while he showed no
bad effect it might develop later on. Rogers is one of
the most conservative trainers on the turf, and his
caution in regard to making promises for the colts
therefore was passed as simply characteristic. At the
first effort to train the horse for the coming season,
however, a reason for Roger's reticence became appar-
ent. Though his owner and his trainer have not yet
admitted that Ballyhoo Bey is a "roarer," as the
infirmity is termed in England, or a "whistler," as it
is more commonly known in America, the fact that his
lungs are affected is generally known. To inquiry
concerning the colt last week Mr. Whitney authorized
his secretary to make a statement, which was as fol-
lows: "We fear his wind is effected, but are not certain
about it. He probably will race this 3 ear, but he may
not be the horse he was." How far the fears of the
owner may be verified is a matter of conjecture, but
the admission that has been made is one that leaves
little doubt that Ballyhoo Bey is seriously troubled.
He was one of the best horses on the American turf
last year. Though beaten in the early spring, later
when specially prepared for his fall campaign by John
E. Madden, who sold him to Mr. Whitney for $10,000
as a yearling, he swept all before him and won the
most important events of the autumn, beating at that
time his most prominent rivals for the honors of first
place among the two year olds and finishing the great-
est money winner of the year, and in the minds of the
great majority of race-goers first and best of his age.

The dead heat at Bennings on April 6th, between
Belgrade and Speedmas, which led to a mix-up by
which the backers of the former were unable to collect
the full money for their bets, has been the subject of
much discussion. After the numbers had been placed
on the boards W. C. Day insisted on running off the
dead heat, and as. the owner of Speedmas refused to
do this, the stakes went to Belgrade. The ring, mis-
led by the board, had commenced paying off on the
dead heat basis, and Belgrade's supporters got the
worst of the deal. This is not the first time that the
lack of a hard-and-fast rule on the course to be pur-
sued when a dead heat occurs has caused trouble.
Several years ago, at Morris Park, when Sir Walter
was an almost prohibitive favorite, he ran a dead heat
and his owner refused to let him run a second heat for
the money. A prominent racing man said recently
that it should not be optional with owners whether
they run off a dead heat or not, but that the matter
should be in the hands of the Jockey Club. It was
suggested that a rule be passed making it obligatory
that all dead heats be run off, or if it is considered
advisable, the race should not be run over.

Detailed reports of the recent strike of the English
stable boys, which have reached here, show that they
are really paid smaller wages than the American boys.
This is why there was no rush to accept the offer made
to our lads to fill the strikers' places. In England the
rate of wages is $5 a week, but out of this they have to
pay $2 for rent and almost another $1 for coal. This
only leaves them $2 a week to spend, while in this
country the boys receive $20 a month, with board,
lodging and medical attendance provided.

A dispatch from St. Louis dated April 12th says:
Indications point to this city being the battle-ground
in the approaching race track war between the West-
ern Jockey Club and the American Turf Congress.
Recently Tilles, Adler and Cella, owners of the Delmar
Jockey Club, greatly strengthened their position by
the purchase of the Fair grounds property, paying
therefor nearly $250,000. This left Kinloeh park out
in the country, in a hopeless position, for it could not
cope with its great rivals. To-day it is reported in
racing circles that an agent of John Condon, who has
been here for a couple of days, has succeeded in acquir-
ing a controlling interest in Kinloeh. This will enable
the Western Jockey Club to put up a hard fight
against the American Turf Congress. Size of the
purses will influence horsemen, and it is expected that
this summer will see some lively racing at the rival
tracks. In this connection the Inter-Ocean of the same
date says: In regard to the report from St. Louis, to
the effect that John Condon's agent had succeeded in
acquiring control of Kinloeh park, Condon last night
denied that he had invested in any St. Louis turf
property, but he admitted that parties in sympathy
with the Western Jockey Club had been negotiating
for the property. Who thev were he declined to say.
"Negotiations have been under way several weeks," he
said, "and I was approached to go into the deal.
When hunting Indians it's a good plan to get as near
your aborigine as possible, and should I enter the St.
Louis racing field it would be with a new first class
track, and not through the gates of a plant twenty
miles out in the country. The parties who have
secured Kinloeh have applied for license to the West-
ern Jockey Club stewards, and will be recognized by
that body, coming in under the rules as one of the
recognized bodies in the Western racing field You
can state positively that I an not interested financially
or otherwise in the Kinloeh park deal. It would not
become me to make public the names of the parties
until they desire to become known in connection with
the project. It will all come out in a few days at the
most." From other, and apparently as reliable,
sources the sale was confirmed, and it is understood
that Chicago parties are directly interested, and the
new owners of Kinloeh can, no doubt, be found in the
"immediate vicinity of Worth. Geo. Ilankins was
mentioned some time ago in connection with the
matter, but it is understood that he was not able to
finance the deal. With Kinloeh, Worth and Windsor
under their control, the Wagners will become even
more important factors in Western racing than ever
before. Other rumors are that the whole deal was
operated and financed by St. Louis sports.

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[April 20, 190

Coming Events.

April 21— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

April 21— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county.

April 28 — San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 28 — Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction. _

April 28— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacramento.

May 5— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 5— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 5— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

May 5— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

May II, 12— Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna-
ment. Red Bluff.

May 12 — Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 12— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 12 — Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

May 12— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds, Sacramento.

May 12 — Sccramento Gun Club. Blue rocks. Sacramento.

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30 — Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

At the Traps.

The regular blue rock attractions to-morrow will be
the initial target shoot of the Olympic Gun Club at
Ingleside. A splendid program, concluding with a
merchandise shoot, has been prepared. The regular
shoot of the Lincoln Gun Club, billed for Alameda
junction for to-morrow is postponed until May 5th.
The Lincolns will hereafter hold their regular shoot
on the first Sunday of each month.

At tne Ingleside grounds on Sunday the average of
scores made at both live pigeons and Inanimate targets
were above the average. In the live bird shoot of the
Olympic Gun Club the club shoot at 15 birds went
through without a straight score, 14 being the best
that could be shown. The fact that a lively lot of birds
were sprung from the traps accounts for some of the
experts having been caught napping. In the club
race, the three high guns, 14 birds each, scored by
Messrs. Haight, Neustadter and Feudner divided the
side pool, entrance $5, with nine men in. During the
day Clarence Haight missed but one pigeon out of 36,
Nate Neustadter, shootingin good form, failed to bring
down two out of 33. Joe Sweeney missed two out of
25 and E. A. Klevesahl lost only one out of 22. Follow-
ing the club match a number of six bird pools at $2.5C
entrance were shot out, the high guns dividing the
purse.

At the blue rock section of the grounds Jules Bruns
was high gun losing seven targets out of 120. Straight
strings of 25 were also made by Will Golcher and Edg.
Forster. The average of scores were, as a rule,
higher than usual.

Empire Gun Club members were out in force at the
club shoot on the 14th inst. Pleasant weather condi-
tions favored the meeting and in the regular events
and impromptu shooting contests the scores were of an
excellent average. In the championship diamond
medal race we are pleased to note the high scores
tallied by C. W. Debenham, a straight string of 25
breaks. A. J. Webb was high gun in the Yellowstone
Trophy race, having a lead of one target over Deben-
ham. In the contest for the Schumacher Trophy, J.
B. Hauer is high man for the month. In the classifica-
tion re-entry race, Webb and Ireland tied for the first
class purse, in the shoot off Ireland was the winner on
a score of 8 to 7, shooting at 10 targets. Second class
money was annexed by Swales. The third and fourth
class rewards were captured respectively by Lambert,
and Juster. Following the regular events, practice
and pool shooting at singles and doubles thrown from
the Maugatrap kept the shooters busy for several
hours. A summary of scores in the various events is
the following:

Club Championship Medal Race, 25 targets — Deben-
ham 25, Webb 22, La Motte 21, Ireland 20, Fish 19,
Allen 18, Cullen 18, Swales 18, Reed 18, Hauer 17,
Lambert 16, Searles 17, Gregg 16, Dr. Gere 15, Baird 13,
Juster 13, Newton 11, Wood 11.

Classification re-entry race, distance handicap, 25
targets — First class: La Motte 20 yards, broke 16;
Webb 22, 21; Debenham 20, 19; Ireland 16, 21; Howlet
20, 15. Second class: Hauer 20 yards, broke 21; Allen

18, 13; Cullen 18, 17; Fish 18, 12; Reed 16, 15; Swales
16, 33. Third class: Searles 18 yards, broke 13: Lam-
bert 16, 22; Dr. Gere 16, 19; Gregg 16, 16, Roman 16, 21.
Fourth class: Juster 16 yards, broke 17; Baird 16, 16:
Wood 16, 12.

State Championship contest, Yellowstone Trophy,
25 targets— Webb 24, Howlet 22, Debenham 21, Hauer

19, Fish 17.

Schumacher Trophy, 20 targets, distance handicap,
shot in 10 singles, 5 pair doubles— Hauer 20 yards,
broke 18; Debenham 20, 14; Howlet 18, 15; Fish 18, 15;
Lambert 16, 15; Cullen 18, 14; Allen 18, 14; Ireland 18,
14; Searles 18, 13; Swales 18, 12; Dr. Gere 16, 9.

Ten target pool match— Webb 10, Hauer 7, Juster 9,
Cullen 8, Allen 7, Swales 6, Searles 8, Debenham 5,
LaMotte 7, Reed 8, Ireland 7, Olsen 6, Juster 8. Fish 6,
Hodap 9, Baird 6.

Second ten target pool— Fish 10, Lambert 6, Webb 10,
Wood 2, Hodap 3, Robertson 9, Baird 9, Eaton 6,
Jusier 6, Jeffreys 6, Sylbuger 2, Roman 8, La Motte
10, Swales 10.

Twenty-five bird pool— Roman 19, Jeffreys 12
Mathews 8, Howlet 20, Eaton 12, Baird 14.

Pool shoot, five pair doubles— Searles 9, Allen 8,
Walker 5, Swales 8, Webb 10, Dr. Gere 6, Newton 8,
Wood 7, Olsen 4, Jeffreys 8, Gullen 8, Ireland 8, Deben-
ham 5, Juster 5, La Motte 9, Eaton 5, Reed 6, Robert-
son 9, L. Baird 5, Lambert 6.

Pool shoot, 5 pair doubles — LaMotte 9, Robertson 9,.
Jeffreys 7, Eaton 7, Webb 8, Howlet 8, Walker 7,
Newton 10.

The Song of Sir Harry, P. K. L.

When I was a lad I served a term,

As office boy to a game protection firm.

I studied "hot air," raised a Setter dog,

And polished up the noddle of the big game hog.

(He polished up the noddle of the big game hog!)
I polished up his noddle so carefullee,
That soon I'll be the ruler of the Corn's navee.

As office boy I made such a crack

They gave me the post of editorial hack.

I "roasted" game slaughterers with a smile so bland,

And "stewed" pot hunters in a free round hand.

(He "doped" county clubs with "pipe dreams" grand!)
I wrote so many letters in a hand so free,
That now I am the daddy of the Corn's navee.

I squelched the doin's of the game convention,

And toted in a bill of sly invention.

This raised a jolly row and brought up a sack;

We were saved by the straddlers who didn't get a whack.

(Who "copped" the boodle in his jeans so slack?)
When the Board needs a tip or a game idee,
They'll consult ole Pain of their own navee.

Of game protection knowledge I acquired such a grip,
They let me down with a deputyship.
Now this bloomin' deputyship I ween,
Puts a close season on the troubles I've seen.

(His badge so new with its dazzling sheen I)
Throughout the session I wrought so paynefullee
'Twas the proper caper to put me in the Corn's navee.

No, there's never a stopper on my jaw tackle,
I'll brew new potions of this peculiar cackle.
Oh ! the larks and the dogs of my bailiwick 1
We've planted in Fresno, a preserve gold brick.

(To save the stock and fences, they said so slick!)
I'll ride on all the roads and boats so free.
On organizing trips for the Corn's navee.

Now, sportsmen all, wherever you may be,
If you want to climb to the top of the tree,
Inflate with "hot air" at a pessimistic school —
Be careful to be guided by this Golden Rule —

(This will show the wisdom of the game protection drool!)
Stick close to "bunkum"— and then you'll bee,
A big spread eagle in the Corn's navee.

— By Wtnnitz Dunne.

♦

At the Olympic Gun Club pigeon shoot at Ingleside
on the 14th inst. in the regular club match at fifteen
birds, 30 yards rise, the scores made were as follows:

Feudner, M. 0 12222 22222 12202—14

Haight. C. A 21222 22122 22022—14

Neustader.N. H 12121 «1122 12112—14

Sweeney, J.J 22211 21120 21*12—13

Justins, H 2*122 1222* 22211—13

King, F. W 11122 12111 0212*— 13

Derby, Dr. A. T 12121 21122 **111— 13

White, H. H 11*21 11122 01122—13

Hosmer, H. B 12211 02110 11112—13

Donohoe.Ed 22022 11201 21122—13

Shields, A. M *1121 21212 12020—12

Andres, G. S 11011 *1022 12121—12

Golcher, W. J 22210 202*1 22211—12

Weil, A. L 10011 01211 112*1—11

"Slade" 11211 11120 *0011— 11

Rosenberg, R. Ct 21022 22122 22 —11

Winner, J. J 00200 21210 11001— 8

McMahon, C. C 02002 02120 0222*— 8

*Deadout. tGuest.

First six bird pool, $2.50 entrance —

Golcher 112*11—5 Hosmert *01111— 4

Andres 2202*0—3 Feudner. F 111211—6

Haight 211221—6 Klevesahl 2120w— 2

Neustadter 222222—6 Weill 111010— s

Donohoe *0*12«— 2 Shields t 10w — 1

Second six bird pool, $2.50 entrance —

Hosmer 201212—5 Feudner. F 112220—5

Golcher *w —0 Haight 222*22—5

Donohoe 212212—6 Neustadter 111111—6

Weill 1 101212—5 Shields 211111— 6

Klevesahl 112111—6 Andres t 111222—8

Third six bird pool, $2.50 entrance —

Andres 100120-3 Neustadter 122011—5

iShlelds 2*0w —1 Hosmert 011112—5

Feudner.F 20w —1 Haight 122221—6

Klevesahl 111111—6 Weill 020201—3

Fourth six bird pool, $2.50 entrance —

Klevesahl 212111 —6 "McHale" 222212—6

"Wilson" 211210 —5 Dr. Miliar! 002202—3

Feudner, F 22220W— I

t Birds only.

The scores made in the regular club match at 25
targets last Sunday at the San Francisco Gun Club
shoot were as follows:

Golcher, W.J 11111 11111 11111 11111 11111-2

Forster, E. L 11111 11111 11111 11111 11111—2

Feudner, M. O mil inn lion mil 11111-2

Feudner, F mil mil 10111 11111 11111-2

Klevesahl, E. A 11m mil mil 11111 10111—2

Haight, c.a 11011 11111 11111 11111 11011-2

Neustadter, N. H 11110 11111 mil 01111 11111-2

"Wilson" Will 11111 11111 10111 11111—21

Justins, H 01111 11111 11101 11111 11101 — a I

Sweeney, J. J mil 10110 mil 11111 01111— 2 1

Karney, J mil 10111 11111 10111 11011— 2|

Rosenberg, R. C 11011 11111 11011 Hill 11001— a ]

Bruns, J 10111 01011 11111 11011 11111—2

King.F.W 11011 11100 10110 11101 111] I— I'

Shields, A. M 10101 11111 11101 Ollll llluo-r

Wiel, A. L 11110 10010 11011 11111 11010 — 1

Murdock, W. E 11101 11110 11111 01001 OHIO— 1 1

Derby, Dr. A. T 10110 11001 Ollll 11011 101 11 — 1.

Wands. E. A 11000 11010 11101 00001 11111-t'l

Gauld, G. G 11100 11100 01001 11001 01001— ll

BACK SCORES.

Bruns, J 11111 11111 11111 11111 11111 — a*

"Wilson" 11111 11110 11111 11111 11111 — 9.1

Klevesahl, E. A mil 01111 mil 11m 11111— »|

Feudner,M.0 10111 lull 11111 10111 11111—2,

Neustadter, N. A 01111 11111 11011 01111 mil— 21

Feudner, M. 0 11101 11110 11011 mil 11111— 21

Derby, Dr. A. T 11110 11111 11110 11101 11111—2

Golcher, W. J 10111 11101 10111 11111 10111—2

Sweeney, J. J 11110 01111 11111 mil 01011— 2

Forster, E. L 00111 11111 11111 11211 10101-2

Murdock, W. E 10101 11111 01111 10111 11110 — SI |

Rosenberg, R. C 00110 10111 11101 mil 11101-11

Justins, H 11011 11111 OHIO 10111 OIIOI-118

Karney, J 11111 11101 00011 11110 01111 — llu

King.F.W 01001 00111 OHIO 11111 11111-11

Haight, C. A Hill 01011 OHIO 00111 11011— 111

Gauld, G. G 10111 11010 01010 11001 Hill— 111

Wiel, A. L 11110 10011 21010 11101 10100— 1,'!

Wands. E. A 11001 00001 01111 01100 10011— 111

Summary of practice and pool shooting. Ten
targets— King 7, 8; "Slade" 8, 8: Golcher 9, O. Feudnei|
9, Forster 8, F. Feudner 10, Klevesahl 10, "Wilson" 10,1
9: Karney 8, Wands 7, Gordon 4, 8. Fifteen targets— 1|
Klevesahl 15, "Slade" 15, White 12. Twenty-fivei
targets— Bruns 25, 22, 20; Donohoe 18, 19: Haight 20, 1
23; White 18, "Slade" 24, King 21, 19, 23, 20, 20, 23, 18:1
WeU 15, 16; "Wilson" 23, 21, 23; Sweeney 23, 21, 23:1
Wands 14, 12; Karney 23, Derby 20, 21; Wirtner 12,9
Gauld 17.

The Union Gun Club scores for the regular club;|
shoot on the 7th inst. were crowded out last week. Inl
the club shoot at 25 targets Fred Feudner won first!)
class money; second class money was divided by P.t
Walpert, W. J. Iverson, "TJ. M. C." and W. Janssen.|
Burnell and Hess took third class money and T. L.
Lewis won the fourth class purse. In the club handi-j
cap medal race Burnell won the first medal and Van;
Soosten won the second medal for the current month.
A. M. Shields won the ability handicap medal fori
April. In the added money shoot the winners of the]
three moneys were, Wilson first, Klevesahl and King!
second, Golcher and Bruns third. The scores and
handicaps in the various events follow:

Club shoot, 25 targets, distance handicap —
Yds.

Forster, E. L. t 18—11111 11111 11110 11111 11111-24

Kerrison.I.t 18—11111 11111 01111 11011 01111—22

Hyde, Dr. H. E. t 18—01001 11111 11111 11111 11111—22

Feudner, F 18—01111 11111 01111 01110 11111-21

Ringle, D. C. t 14—11111 11111 00111 11111 11001—21

Robertson 18—01111 10111 01101 11011 11111—20

Shields, A. M. t 16—11110 11111 OHIO 11011 11100-20

Janssen. W 14— llljl 11110 00110 10111 11100—19

Iverson, W. J 16— Ollll 11110 10101 11110 11110—19

"U. M. C." 18—11000 11011 11111 11110 11110—19

Walpert, G 16—01111 10110 10111 11010 11111—19

Feudner.F. t 18—1111101011 11011 11110 00111—19

Mitchell. CT 16-01101 11100 11111 11011 00111—18

Hoyt, H 18— OHIO 01111 01010 10111 11110—18

Hoyt.H.* 16—11110 Ollll 11101 OHIO 01011—18

King, F. W 16—10101 01111 11100 O0111 01111—17

Gordon 16—01111 01010 11001 10111 01011—11

Wollam, C 16—01111 10011 01111 10000 01111—16

Janssen, W. t 14—11010 11100 01101 11110 0011O— 15

Burnell 16—11010 11100 01001 10111 11100—15

Hess 14—11001 11111 OOOOl 11110 01100—15

Drieschman 14—11110 01111 00011 01100 1000 —14

Von Soosten, H 14—01010 10110 11101 OHIO 10100—14

Fisher 16— [1010 00000 11010 01111 11110—13

Herring, G 16—01001 00000 11010 01111 11110—13

Phillip 14—10001 00011 11011 00101 10011—18

Thomas* 16—10101 00011 11010 01011 00010—12

Tuckeyt 16—00001 01000 00011 10101 11110—11

Lewis, T. L 18-00010 00010 10110 00000 00011—9

Thomas 16-11000 00001 00000 00001 00101- 6

*Back scores. fBirds only.

Club handicap, medal race,
targets —

Birds.

Burnell 28—11111 mil mil 11111 11110

Feudner,F* 25—11011 11011 11011 11111 11111

King.F.W* 26—11110 11111 11111 91111 01011

"TJ. M. C."* 26—11001 10111 11111 11111 01111

"Slade" 25—11110 11001 11101 11111 11111

Montieth 25—11111 10111 01111 11110 11110

Kerrison* 25—11101 11111 11011 11110 11101

Klevesahl* 25—11111 10111 11111 11010 11001

Robertson 25—01110 01111 11011 11111 11110

Iverson 26-00111 11111 11000 00111 11111

Hoyt, H 29—10101 10110 11101 11101 0101 1

Von.Soosten 10—10111 11100 10000 001 11 11000

Mitchell 26-00111 01100 11101 11011 11111

Gordon 26—10110 11011 10011 10001 11000

Wollam 26—11100 10001 01111 10000 10010

Lewis 30—10110 00111 01001 00000 00100

Phillips 28—11011 10110 10100 00100 10110

*Side pool entries.

16 yards, 25 to 30

-22
-21
-21

—19

1 -19
1 -19
011 —16
1 -19
-II
1 —13
11001— K
011 —13

Ability handicap medal race, distance and target
handicap, 20 breaks possible —
Yds Birds

Shields 16 25—1111111110 11110 11110 1110 —21

Bruns t 16 15—110111111111010 101111111 — 2]

Sweeneyt 16 25—1110111110 1111111100 1110 —30

Derby 16 25— lilOO 11101 01111 10110 1111 —19

Hoyt 16 25—11101 10111 11101 10101 1110 — M

Montieth 16 22—110110011111111011111 —18

Golchert 18 25— 10011 01111 11110 10110 10111 —18

Wiel 16 25—0100111011110111100101111 —18

Iverson 16 25-01011 11101 01011 00011 10111 —16

King 16 22—1001111110 11110 11110 01 —16

Walpert 16 25—110111101111110 0110110000 —IB

Ringle 14 25—0110101100 111011011101110 —18

Thomas 16 30— 00010 OHIO 10111 01010 11001 10010—15

Bonner 16 28— 01011 11001 01011 11010 11000 Oil —14

Von Soosten 14 30—01011 00011 01000 10011 00010 10100 — 13

* Birds only.

Club added money race, handicap, 20,to 25 targets, 20
possible —

H'd'p Br'k

"Wilson" 20—11111 inn inn mil —20

Klevesahl 21—11101 10111 mil 11111 1 —19

King ^2—11111 11111 11111 11110 00 — Iff

Golcher 20— onii 11111 11111 11110 — 18

Bruns 21—10111 11001 11111 11111 1 -18

Feudner.F 20—10111 10111 10111 11101 —IS

Gordon 23—11110 01011 Ollll null 010 —16

Sweeney 22—01110 OHIO 11011 Ollll 01 —15

Derby. 21—10111 11100 01111 11100 1 —15

Wiel 22—00110 11100 11100 0111111 —14

Shields 21-01111 11110 01011 00011 1 —14

APRIL^O, 1901]

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The Capital City Gun Club, Sacramento, held its
regular blue rock shoot last Sunday, when the follow-
ing scores were made:

First match, 10 targets —

Palm 1IU0 01100— 6 Shore 1101100110—6

Blemmer 11010 11111— 8 Ruhstaller 11100 11101—7

Vetter 1101 1 Mill— 7 Weldon 11110 00111— 7

Flint 11101 00111— 7 Upson 10111 OHIO— 7

Bauer . .1110101011—7 Frazee 01110 11101—7

Kindberg 11101 00010— 5 Graham 11110 Hill— 9

r>amm 1101100111—7 Newbert "...11111 10111 — 9

Heilbron 10000 ClOoll— 3 Derr 01101 10111—7

Just 10001 11111-8

Team shoot, 25 targets —

Derr 01110 00000 11111 10111 11000—1^

Smith" 10111 01 100 01011 10111 10101— 10

j^t ' 11111 11111 01101 11111 01I0I — 21

Weldon : Mill 10110 11111 01111 10111—1°

Total '0

Ruhstaller 01101 01001 11101 1M10 mil— 16

Xjpsou 01111 11111 11111 10111 11101- '

Shore

.win loin urn lono moi — eo

Total.

Club medal shoot, 25 targets-

Ruhstaller

Shore

Weldon....

Derr

Just

Palm

.; OHIO 11011 1M11

oim inn Mm

13011 11111 1M11

10110 10110 01M1

01101 01M1 01011

111M 1M01 1M10

TTo'son 1M1I 10111 10111

Frazee.'..' mil M1M mil

Blemmer mil 11010 I0M1

Bauer 10101 11110 10111

Vetter 10100 MHO 11M1

Flint 11101 OHM 11W1

Kindberg.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 11011 11111 01111

Graham . J01M MHO 11M1

Smith A0111 OHM 01011

11011 11111—19
11111 11111—22
HUH 11111—21
1M10 10001—12
111M 01111—15
01111 10TOI— 13
01101 10101—17
111M 11110—18
HIM 01101—16
1M11 01110—17
11011 11101 — 15
01M1 01010—13
11111 11101—22
10111 11010—14
10111 10101—16

The Sacramento Gun Club shoot last Sunday was
well attended. Prazer, of the first class, made 21 out
of 25 and won the first class medal. Stevens, also of
the first class, was a close second, with 23 breaks. In
the second class Derrman also made a good score by
breaking 21 out of 25. Beardsley, of the third class,
broke 16, winning the third class medal. This is the
first shoot for the three gold class medals, which will
be shot for seven times more, the winner (in each class)
at the end of the season to become the permanent
owner of the class medal. The club now has fifty-one
members, divided into three classes.

Club medal match, 25 targets —

Cotton 1H01 UMl 11010 10111 11110-17

Hollingsworth M101 010M M1M 10110 10101—10

Brown 10110 11101 11111 10101 1M10— 17

Leazer Mill Mill Ollll HOM llOlu— 15

Stevens mil 11110 11111 11101 11111-23

Eckhardt 11101 11111 11110 1M1I 11000—18

Thielbar 10010 10110 110M 11M1 01101—18

Beardsley 11110 01111 11011 101M 1M10— 16

Rumble 11010 0110101010 11110 11111—17

Derman 0111101101 mil 10111 11111—21

Zleeler . 10M1 10110 OHIO 11110 10101—15

Earle '• ■ 11010 01101 OHIO 1M11 11011—16

Gusto' ' Mill 11111 11111 10111 Ollll— 31

Vetter 01011 mil 01011 11111 Mill— 19

Kindber" IM11 11111 01011 11111 Mill— 20

Howerton 01101 Mill mil 01111 11111-20

Frazer mn 1HH Hill Hill 01111—24

Palm " lOOio inn linu oion loon— 17

Grove 01101 OHM 11M0 01101 11110—14

Coming Events.

April 27 — Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. M.

April 28— Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 A. M.

Both stream and salt water angling are prolific in re-
cent results for sport and recreation. Reports from
Santa Cruz county credit the streams with being now
in splendid condition. Whipping the Pieta, Big and
Little Sulphur and Sonoma creeks has given the angler
numerous creels of excellent trout. In Marin county
the principal fishing resort is the "white house pool"
near Point Reyes station; a number of large sized fishes
have been caught there recently on the spoon. One of
the best catches yet reported was made by AchUle
Roos, Dave Sachs and Sam Heller, who last week
fished the tide water lagoon at Gualala. Putting out
their lines at 10 o'clock in the morning, by 2 o'clock
125 pounds of fish had been taken: thesteelhead ranged
from eight to fourteen pounds in weight. The fish
were taken on spoons; many large fish were hooked
and got away. The rain spoiled two days' fishing; the
trout, big fellows, could be seen by the hundred at the
bottom of several deep pools, where they sulked, refus-
ing to notice any lure whatever. The party hooked
ten more fish ranging from two and a half up to ten
pounds in weight. Many small fish were also caught.
The prospects for a continuance of the sport in that
locality are first class and worth the attention of
sportsmen who would like to stay a week or two.

Striped bass fishermen are jubilant over some
splendid, although somewhat elusive prospects. On
Thursday last Al Wilson caught in San Leandro bay,
one one tide in mid-day, fifteen striped bass aggregat-
ing in weight 75 pounds, the largest fish scaling eleven
pounds. On the day following he caught about thirty
pounds more. Many anglers were at the same water,
between the railroad and county bridge for days after-
wards, but the results were hardly noticeable, thus
giving our fishermen another bass riddle to solve. W.
P. and Paul Shattuck last Sunday fishing in Petaluma
creek, near the Petaluma Sportsmens' club house,
landed eleven bass, the largest weighing seven and a
half pounds. Some of the club members also hooked
ba9S. The fish are evidently plentiful in these waters
now and good results should be had in San Antonio
and Shultz's sloughs. Never for years have so many
striped bass in such good condition been seen in the
local markets. We noticed a bass on Wednesday that
scaled 48 pounds.

Stow Lake Fly-Casting.
The third Saturday meeting of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting Club members at Stow lake was not nota-
ble for any extra increase in individual scores. The
wind coming in strong gusts from the west was a
severe handicap in easting efforts. On the following
day the windy conditions were nearly similar; Harry
C. Golcher, however, managed to let out his line 126
feet in the long distance event. There was a good
attendance of members at the lakeside on Sunday;
several of the new members wet a line on their initial
appearance among the regulars. The scores for both
days' casting were the following:

Satordat Contest No 3— Stow Lake, April 13, 1901. Wind,
stormy, westerly. Weather, pleasant.

Judges— Messrs. Grant and Battu. Referee, Mr. Brotherton.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

Smyth, H

Battu, H 89

Edwards, G. C 95

Mocker, E. A 87

Brotherton, T. W. 112 1-2

Brooks. W. E 94

Grant, C. F 1041-2

Muller, H. T 98

Skinner, H. E 80

Golcher H. C 117

Everett, E 105

81 4-12

87 8-12

79 2-12

83 5-12

86

90 8-12

64 2-12

77 5-12

89

86

75 10-12

80 11-12

72 4-12

93 8-12

77 6-12

85 7-12

94

92 4-12

76 8-12

84 6-12

72 4-12

85 8-12

70

77 10-12

88

86 4-12

75

80 8-12

88 4-12

87 4-12

74 2-12

80 9-12

88 4-12

87 4-12

75 10-12

81 7-12

92 4-12

92

77 6-12

84 10-12

87 8-12

93 8-12

75 10-12

84 9-12

Sunday Contest No. 3— Stow Lake, April 14, 1901.
light, southwest. Weather, beautiful.

Judges— Messrs. O. R. Kenniff and A. E. Mocker. Reft
F. Muller. Clerk, H. Smyth.

Events

1

Battu, H 81

Blade, A. M 78

Brooks, W. E 96

Brotherton, T. W..113
Dinkelspiel,H G.W 74

Everett. E 107

Foulks, G. H 90

Golcher. H. C 126

Grant, C. F 108

Haight, EM 75

Huyck.C 84

Kenniff, J B 76

Kenniff, C. R 77

Kierulff, W 69

Kierulff, T 62

Mansfield, W. D... .

Mocker, A. E 88

Muller, H. T 104

Smyth, H..-

90 4-12

92

76

8-12

84 4-12

73 8-12

82

K-12

71

8-12

77 2-12

92 8-12

90

4-12

68

4-12

79 4-12

88 4-12

92

74

2-12

83 1-12

80 8-12

90

62

6-12

76 3-12

93 4-12

93

K-12

76

8-12

85 2-12

86

87

8-12

74

2-12

80 11-12

93 8-12

91

4-12

71

8-12

81 6-12

92

w

4-12

71

K-12

80

M 4-12

88

4-12

66

K-12

77 6-12

91 8-12

91

69

2-13

80 1-12

78

Kb

4-12

65 10-42

75 7-12

84 4-12

84

8-12

70 10-12

77 9-12

91 8-12

91

67

6-12

79 3-12

35

47

K-12

59

2-12

53 5-12

93 8-12

93

79

2-12

86 1-12

83 4-12

93

4-12

72

6-12

82 11-12

92 8-12

81

H-12

77

6-12

79 7-12

89 4-12

ss

74

2-12

81 1-12

3S-NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage:
(b) delicacy percentage: (c) net percentage. Event 4 — Lure cast,
ing, percentage.

Coming Events.

j p.

Monthly meeting.

Bench show, Port-

April 16— Pacific Advisory Board.
Norman. Secretary.

April 17, 18, 19, 20— Portland Kennel Club,
land, Or.

May 8, 9, 10, 11— San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 23. 24, 25 — Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B-
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Doings in Dogdom.

The Winters Collie Kennels will have a large bench-
ing of Collies and Greyhounds.

John Lucas has received his well known Pointer
Alec C. back at the Mt. View Kennels from Dave
Rose. Alec made the rounds of ihe Eastern field
trial circuit last fall.

Bert Mehring's prize winning Bull Terrier Rudyard
will compete against the crackerjacks of the breed, we
are informed by the clerk of the show, but for what
purpose in view it would be hard to divine.

Glenwood Kennels will also bench the largest num-
ber of St. Bernards (mentioned in last week'6 issue),
and the following Cockers Ch. Colorado, Ch. Polly
Pastime, La Paloma, Empress Dowager, Glenwood
Nick and some Ch. Havoc puppies.

Phil C. Meyer, owner of the Glenwood Kennels, is
awaiting the arrival from Newmarket Kennels, Mon-
treal, Can., of two Bull Terrier bitches. Newmarket
Queen is said to be a most promising bitch, the oppor-
tunity to judge her merits will be offered when she is
benched at the May show.

Considerable unnecessary comment has been recently
made over the premature and incorrect announcement
that John Bradshaw would judge Greyhounds at the
May show. The Ingleside disqualification recorded
against Mr. Bradshaw is not of the serious quality
generally believed and was prompted more by personal
rsasons than for a coloring of responsibility.

W. E. Chute's handsome English Setter bitch Dolly
Y (Hope's Ridge-Hope) was recently shipped to Ridge-
ville, Indiana, to be bred with W. J. Baughn's Count
Danstone, the field trial winning son of ! Ch. Count
Gladstone IV. and Dan's Lady. This is Dolly's third
trip East, she was sent to Marie's Sport in 1899 and to
TJucle B. last year. The Uncle B litter met with
disaster, most of the puppies succombed to distemper.
We trust Mr. Chute will have better luck this time.
The breeding will be a grand addition to Setter blood
on the Coast.

Seattle Bench Show.

The Seattle bench show opened on the 11th inst. and
closed last Saturday evening. The exhibition was
held under P. K. L. rules and seems to have been an
unqualified success. Last year 165 dogs were entered,
this year, for the sixth annual dog show, 305 dogs were
catalogued comprising an entry of over 400, pretty
good indeed for our nothern fanciers.

The English Setter class was the most represented.
Seattle now boasts, it is claimed, some of the finest
setters in the United States. Next come the Collies,
then the Cocker Spaniels, after them the Fox Terriers;
Greyhounds stand next in line, St. Bernards follow,
then come Bull Terriers and then dogs of the miscella-
neous class. There was never before such an assort-
ment seen on the bench in Seattle.

Mr. James Cole, of Kansas City, favorably known
to many of our local fanciers who met him last year at
Sacramento, judged all classes. The judging was re-
markably free from criticism and favorable mention
from fanciers qualified to express opinions was heard
on all sides concerning Judge Cole's awards.

Three well known society ladies, Mrs. J. C. Haines,
Mrs. Frederick Karl Struve and Mrs. C. D. Stimson,
were the examining committee to award the prizes for
the best decorated kennels. The awards for decorated
kennels were as follows: First, Bruce & McCarthy;
second, Fred Yoder; third, O. C. McGilvra; fourth,
Charles F. Mannery. Honorable mention was accorded
the kennels of Miss Josephine Young and Miss E. L.
Little.

The attendance throughout was good; the show has
given doggy affairs an encouraging boom in the North.

The feature of the show on the opening afternoon
was the battle royal between forty-nine English Setters,
the majority of them as high class animals as could be
found in America. For over two hours the ring was
filled with the silky coated, spirited animals, handled
by owners whose every nerve was bent upon displaying
the points of superiority.

The sensation of the show came when C. D. Stim-
son's Count Dick went down in defeat before Charles
W. Minor's Roy Montez, owned in Victoria. The
favorite of former shows was in the opinion of Judge
Cole not only outclassed by Montez, but also by Montie
H. (litter brother to the first prize winner), Victor L.
and Seco R., thus forcing Count Dick into v h c place.
The competition in the other classes of English Setters
was equally acute. In puppies, dogs, R. M. Palmer's
Merry Hunter and C. B. MandelTs Ringling, were
placed first and second, respectively. In local dogs
Palmer's Dashing Fleet captured first honors with
Yandell's Laddie Gladstone a close second. In limit
and open bitches L. H. Roger's Queen's Beauty swept
all before her, easily outclassing her twelve com-
petitors.

Mr. Cole's judging was infallible at Sacramento ac-
cording to the oracle of the Pacific Coast dogdom.
We wonder what Mr. Dogberry Canis will say now, at
the smashing of another idol, in placing Champion
Queen of Counts in the three letter division. Cham-
pion Count Dick F and Countess Harold also with three
letters is another nut for the Setter authority to crack.
The Irish Setter Ch. Count Mack is not listed among
the winners. Possibly he may have been in for ex-
hibition only, if not, we tremble for the judge.

Mrs. C. A' Smart's Princess Scheherazade won first
in open and winners among the rough coated St. Ber-
nards. In the smooth coats E. D. Conolley's General
B had a walkover, he also took the special for best St.
Bernard in the show.

Li Hung Chang and Banner Jake two Cockers for-
merly owned by Redwood Cocker Kennels, won ribbons
in limit,, open and winners. Irish Terriers seem to
have been well represented. Cardiff Warman a winner
at the last Oakland show could not do better than a
third.

Scotties had a good entry, we are informed Mrs.
Bradley-Dyne has a grand lot of "die hards." OK.
Harley 's Klicitat, second inlpuppies and reserve in limit
and his Lolita third in puppies, first in limit and re-
serve in winners is the record for our local Fox Ter-
riers. Another local dog to win was Mrs. H. T. Payne's
Italian Greyhound Ioki, first in open. The list of
awards is the following:

ST BERNARDS (rough coats)— Dog puppies— 1 W
K Jackson's Nero, 2 Josephine Young's Don Amante.
Limit dogs — 1 William Walker's Don, 2 H B Catton's
Alex B, 3 W Engelker's Seattle Prince. Open dogs —
1 William Walker's Don, 2 William Jensen's Bismarck,
3 Emil Pferdner's Vancouver, res H B Catton's Alex
B, v h c W K Jackson's Nero, v h c L V Schuyler's
King. Winners, dogs — 1 William Walker's Don, res
William Jensen's Bismarck. Limit bitches — 1 Dr A J
Mcintosh's Towsey. Open bitches— 1 MrsCA Smart's
Princess Sheherazade, 2 Dr A J Mcintosh's Towsey,
3 Emil Pferdner's Nora, res Harry Devet's Susie.
Winners, bitches — 1 Mrs C A Smart's Princess Shehar-
azade, res Dr A J Mcintosh's Towsey.

ST BERNARDS (smooth coats)— Open dogs and
bitches — 1 E D Conolley's General B. Winners, dogs
and bitches — 1 E D Conolley's General B.

GREAT DANES— Dog puppies— 1 William Jensen's
Prince, 2 Mrs Harriette Cherry Henry's Bismarck.
Open dogs and bitches — 1 E A Kiesebke's Flora, 2 Mary
E Hitchcock's Ivan.

GREYHOUNDS— Dog puppies— 1 Joseph Watkins'
Stillwell, 2 Joseph Watkins' Sterling True. Limit
dogs — 1 Joseph Watkins' Victor King, 2 Joseph Wat-
kins' Preacher, 3 Joseph Watkins' Merciless, res Gott-
fried Frantz' Morro. Open dogs — 1 Joseph Watkins'
Victor King, 2 Joseph Watkins' Preacher, 3 Julius
Adler's Frice or Prince, res Jos Watkins' Merciless.
Winners, dogs — 1 Joseph Watkins' Victor King, res
Joseph Watkins' Preacher. Limit bitches — 1 Joseph
Watkin's Hattie. 2 Joseph Watkins' Merciful,
bitches — 1 Joseph Watkins' Hattie, 2 Joseph Wo

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Merciful. Winners, bitches — 1 Joseph Watkins' Hat-
tie, res Joseph Watkins' Merciful.

BLOODHOUNDS— Open bitches— 2 John Kahle's
Nellie.

AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS— Open dogs and bitches
1 N A Wooden's Ginger, 2 C Schoening's Frisco.

COLLIES, tri-colors— Dog puppies— 1 George Tinto's
Seattle Bob. Local dogs— 1 George Tinto's Seattle
Bob, 2 Dr Hamilton Allan's Rob Roy. Limit dogs—

1 George Tinto's Seattle Bob, 2 Dr Hamilton Allan's
Rob Roy. Open dogs — 1 Dr A J Mcintosh's Glenera,

2 George Tinto's Seattle Bob, 3 Dr Hamilton Allan's
Rob Roy. "Winners, dogs — 1 Dr A J Mcintosh's Glen-
era. res 'George Tinto's Seattle Bob. Bitch puppies— 1
Dr A J Mcintosh's Effie Dingwell. Local bitches— 1
Dr A J Mcintosh's Erne Dingwell. Limit bitches—
1 Dr A J Mcintosh's Erne Dingwell. Open bitches — 1
Dr A J Mcintosh's Effle Dingwell. Winners, bitches—
1 Dr A J Mcintosh's Dingwell.

COLLIES (other than tri-color)— Dog puppies— 1
George Tinto's Seattle Rover, 2 Mrs E L Little's
Colonsav, 3 Danford Fly's Bob, res Mrs W L Beddow's
Seattle tinto, v h c C C King's Scott, v h c N A Swift's
Scott, h c Oakes M Plummer's Shadeland Tam o'
Shanter, h c Mrs Harry Egan's Scotch Boy, h c Mrs
C M Stewart's Rob Roy, h c (owner's name not given)
Teddy, h c Clayton's' Monte Carlo. Local dogs — 1
George Tinto's Seattle Rover, 2 Mrs S I Little's Colon-
say, 3 Mrs W L Meddow's Seattle Tinto, res S A Vin-
cent's Capt. Glen Alpine, v h c Andrew Bunsen's
Yuoys, v h c G C Bowman's Seattle Ben, v h c R D
Daily's Bruce, h c Mrs Harrv Egan's Scotch Boy, b. c
AH'Miller'sClyde, h c W D McCarthy's Andy, hcl
T Mitchell's Sc'ott, he Robert E Booth's Bruce: h c E
S Patton's Jack. Limit dogs — 1 Sanford Fly's Rob
Roy, 2 R H Vincent's Capt Glen Alpine, 3 Oakes M
Plummer's Shadeland Tam o' Shanter, res M M
Bruce's Glen Alpine. Open dogs — 1 S H Vincent's
Capt Glen Alpine, 2 M M Bruce's Glen Alpine, 3TB
MeNabe's Capital, res C C King's Scott, h c Oakes
M Plummer's Shadeland Tam o' Shanter, h c W D
McCarthy's Andy, h c Dr Frederick Falk's Bob Aber-
deen, h c'Mrs E B Morrison's Yarrow. Winners, dogs
— 1 George Tinto's Seattle Rover, res Miss S L Little's
Colonsay. Bitch puppies — 1 George Tinto's Seattle
Betty, 2 P Brigg's Lady Mac. Local bitches — 1 George
Tinto's Seattle Betty, 2 J K Frank's Daisy. Limit
bitches— George Tinto's Seattle Betty, 2 Frank Tur-
ner's Metchley Flirt, 3 J E Frank's Daisy. Open
bitches — 1 George Tinto's Seattle Betty. Winners,
bitches — 1, George Tinto's Seattle Betty, res Frank
Turner's Metchley Flirt.

POINTERS (under 55 pounds)— Limit dogs— 1 W
W Peaslee's Printer's Ned, 2 Arthur E Griffin's Finne-
gan. Open dogs — 1 W W Peaslee's Printer's Ned, 2
E J Evan's Pete, 3 Charles G Stratton's Gen. Kent,
res S N Snyder's Marand, v h c Mrs A D Ore's Capt
Sport, v h c Charles G Stratton's Dick. Open dogs (55
pounds and over) — 1 S A Taylor's Bright. Winners,
dogs — 1 W W Peaslee's Printer's Ned, res J A Tay-
lor's Bright. Bitch puppies — 1 N A Weed en's Bonney
Deane, 2 W B Coutts' Bonnie Belle. Limit bitches
(under 50 pounds) 1 Theodore Madsen's Seattle Queen,

2 N A Weeden's Bonnie Deane, 3 George McNealy's
Lady Blendine. Open bitches — 1 N A Weeden's Bon-
nie Deane, George T McNealy's Blendino. Open
bitches (over 50 pounds) — 1 E House's Seal. Winners,
bitches — 1 E House's Seal, res Theodore Madsen's
Seattle Queen.

ENGLISH SETTERS— Dog puppies— 1 Mrs R M
Palmer's Merry Hunter, 2 MrsC B Yandell's Ringling,

3 W A Sones' Clipper, res Dr P W Willis' Gip, v h c
W A Stewart's Tacoma, h c J Fraser's The Sirdar.
Local dogs — 1 R M Palmer's Dashing Fleet, 2 C B Yan-
dell's Laddie Gladstone, 3 F R Atkin's Lorenzo, res E
A Reece's Seco R, v h c W J Miller's Mark Gladstone,
v h c W G Baker's Lex, v h c E C Rosen's Monck, v h
c P L Allen's Joe Scott, v h c J A Peeble's Rainier, v
h c Alexander Wilson's Bill. Limit dogs — 1 Charles
W Minor's Roy Montez, 2RM Palmer's Dashing Fleet,
3 Henry L O'Arien's Victor L, res C B Yandell's Laddie
Gladstone, v h c W G Baker's Lex, v h c George D
Potter's Featherstone, v h e J A Peeble's Rainier, v h
c H A Bransen's Ned, v h c Alexander Wilson's Bill, v
h c F R Atkin's Dick Stamboul. Open dogs — 1 Chas
W Minor's Roy Montez, 2 Oregon Training Kennels'
Montie H, 3 Henry L. O'Brien's Victor L, res EA
Reece's Seco K, v h c J A Peebles' Rainier, v h c F R
Atkin's Dick Stamboul, v h c C D Stimson's Ch Count
Dick F, v h c H W W Kent's King of the Coast, v h c
Mrs J C Hoisington's King, h c J C Arnold's Brunei'.
Bitch puppies— 1 W A Jones' Bessie H, 2 W A Jones'
Kate H, 3 Miss Frances E Sweetster's Island Belle, res
J M Sutherland's Maid of Montborn, v h c George T
McNealy's Madam Loma, v h c E A Bridgman's
Countess Harold, v h c Albert D Stormfeltz' Topsy.
Limit bitches — 1 L D Roger's Queen Beauty, 2 E H
Stormfeltz Lady Nell, 3 A H Nelson's Sport's Destiny,
res W J J Robert's White Bawn, v h c T P McCoii-
nell's Victoria Bell, vie Harry Jones' Plain Lulu, v c
W J J Robert's Albert's Daisy Queen, h c H C
Bromley's Ladysmith, c C H Sweetster's Sweetster's
Queen. Local bitches— 1 E H Stormfeltz' Lady Nell,

2 R M Palmer's Countess Minto, 3 A H Nelson's Sport's
Destiny, res W J J Robert's White Bawn, v h c H C
Bromley's Ladysmith, v h c W J J Robert's Albert's
Daisy Queen, v h c Miss M F Goodfellow's Nado, v h e
Oscar Jone's Lulu's Last. Open bitches — 1 L H Roger's
Queen's Beauty, second W A Jones' Luella Montborn,

3 A H Nelson's Sport's Destiny, res W J J Robert's
White Bawn, v h c T P McConnell's Victoria Belle, v
h c W J J Robert's Daisy Belle, v h c C D Stimson's
Ch Queen of Counts, v h c Thomas H Hardy's Diana
Montez. Winners, bitches— 1 L H Roger's Queen's
Beauty, res A H Nelson's Sport's Destiny.

IRISH SETTERS— Dog puppies— 3 W A Middle-
ton's Dan. Limit dogs — 1 Robert John Russell's Faro.
Open dogs— 1 Robert John Russell's Faro, 2 J S
Laughlin's Seattle Pat, 3 M McKenzie's Terry. Win-
ne s, dogs— 1 Robert John Russell's Faro, res J S
Laughlin's Seattle Pat. Bitch puppies— 1 A L Hall's
B, >y. Limit bitches— 1 Frank A Pontius' Belle, 2
omas Plimley's Belle. Open bitches— 1 Frank A
ntius' Belle, 2 Dr John Duncan's Madcap. Winners,

bitches — 1 Frank A Pontius Belle, res Dr John Dun-
can's Madcap.

GORDON SETTERS— Dog and bitch puppies— 1
Frank Kennedy's Rubber, 2 Jacob Mades' Daisy, 3
Horace R Smith's Bird. Open dogs — 1 L E Diller's
Jerry D, 2 Charles F Manning's Monday, 3 A J Kens-
ley's Neil.

CHESAPEAKE BAY DOGS— Dog puppies— 1 Mal-
colm McFee's Jeff, 2 Mrs L H Rogers" Beau Brummel.
Open dogs — 1 R C Callahan's Ginger, 2 S Hansen's Sap,
3 L H Rogers' Juba, res A E Hanford's Van Bibber.
Winners, dogs — 1 R C Callahan's Ginger, res Malcolm
McFee's Jeff. Open bitches — 1 E O Ehrlich's Judy.
Winners, bitches — 1 E O Ehrlich's Judy.

IRISH WATER SPANIELS— Dog puppies— 1 P E
Sullivan's Barney Sul, 2 Herman Boltz' Dan. Limit
dogs — 1 Nels M Lund's Barney Lun, 2 John L Ford's
Kingston, 3 J A Peebles' Barney Maloney, res W H
Murray's Mickey Free. Open dogs — 1 John L Ford's
Kington C, 2 J A Peebles' Barney Maloney, 3 E A
Swift's Pilot, res W H Murray's Mickey Free. Win-
ners, dogs — 1 Nels M Lund's Barney Lun, res John L
Ford's Kington C. Bitch puppies — 1 Burrard Kennels'
Burrard Rowdy. Limit bitches — 1 Burrard Kennels'

Kitty C, 2 John L Ford's . Open bitches — 1

Burrard Kennels' Kitty C, 2 John L Ford's Ula C.

MR. O. HEYDENFELDT'S BAYVIEW BRIGADIER.

Winners, bitches — 1 Burrard Kennels' Kity C, res
Burrard Kennels' Burrard Rowdy.

COCKER SPANIELS, black— Dog puppies— 1 J W
Creighton's Kruger, 2 C A Goodwin's SirRedvers, 3
Close Bros' Count. Limit dogs — 1 Close Bros. Willard
C, 2 Royal| Pastime Cocker Kennels' Old Flag, 3 W
M. Le Poor French's Spartan of Coorheen, res Thos
Plimley's Tinker, v h c Dr George M Horton's Dandy,
v h c Charles F Clife's Dot, v h c O C McGilvra's
Spookey, v h c Charlas F Clise's Jet. Open dogs — 1
Close Bros' Willard C, 2 Royal Pastime Cocker
Kennel's Old Flag, 3 W M Le Poor's French Spartan of
Coorheen, res J W Creighton's Kruger, v h c Dr Geo
M. Horton's Dandy, v h c Thomas Plimley's Tinker.
Winners, dogs — 1 Close Bros' Willard C, res Royal
Pastine Cocker Kennel's Old Flag. Bitch puppies — 1
J W Creighton's Mayflower, 2 C A Goodwin's Lady
Audrey, 3 Close Bros' Florence D. Limit bitches — 1
Close Bros' Miss Cherry, 2 Close Bros' Lady Delmark,
3 Arthur A Denny's Jennie, c J E Hawkins' Girl. Open
bitches — 1 Close Rros' Miss Cherry, 2 J W Creighton's
Mayflower Queen, 3 Mrs George Rogers' Nancy. Win-
ner's bitches — 1 Close Bros Miss Cherry, res J W
Creighton's Mayflower Queen.

COCKERS (other than black)— Dog puppies— 1 E F
Willis' Will Scarlett, 2 Close Bros' Duff. Limit dogs—
1 E F Willis' Will Scarlett, 2 Joseph L Carman's Li

MR. O. HEYDENFELDT'S AMERICAN BELLE.

Hung Chang, 3 Mrs C W Sharpies' Elfberg I, res Royal
Pastime Cocker Kennels' Banner Jake, v h c Close
Bros' Red Jack. Open dogs— 1 E F Willis' Will Scar-
lett, 2 Joseph L Carman's Li Hung Chang, 3 E F
Willis' California Duke, res Royal Pastime Cocker
Kennels' Banner Jake, v h c Close Bros' Red Jack.
Winners, dogs — I E F Willis' Will Scarlett, res Joseph
L Carman's Li Hung Chang, Limit bitches — 1 Mrs C
W Sharpies' Lilliam Ray, 2 Dr John Duncan's Rose of
Coorheen, 3 Royal Pastime Cocker Kennels' Lady
Mack. Open bitches — 1 Dr John Duncan's Rose of
Coorheen, 2 Royal Pastime Cocker Kennels' Lady
Mack, 3 Mrs C W Sharpies' Cleopatra II. Winners,
bitches — 1, Mr C W Sharpies' Lilliam Ray, res Dr John
Duncan's Rose of Coorheen.

BULL TERRIERS— Open dogs— 1 J F Ernenwein's
Edgewood Gold Dollar, 2 George Bert's Lichfield Mar-
quis. Winners, dogs — 1 J F Ernenwein's Edgewood
Gold Dollar, res George Bert's Lichfield Marquis.
Open bitches — 3 George Bert's Lichfield Marquis.

IRISH TERRIERS— Dog puppies— 1 E L Reber's
Victoria Nipper, 2 Mrs R C Washburn's Blarney.
Limit dogs — 1 Mrs Bradley Dyne's Saanich Luckpenny,
2 Mrs C P Curtiss' Terrence. Open dogs — 1 E *L
Reper's Victoria Nipper, 2 Mrs Bradley Dyne's Saanich
Luckpenny, 3 Mrs Bradley Dyne's Cardiff Warman.

Winners, dogs — 1 E L Reber's Victoria Nipper, res
Mrs Bradley Dyne's Saanich Luckpenny. Bitch
puppies— 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Irish Poplin,
2 E L Reber's Babe. Limit bitches— 1 William Ollard's
Puget Prude, 2 E L Reber's Babe, 3 Mrs Bradley-
Dyne's Saanich Daisy Belle. Open bitches — 1 William
Ollard's Puget Pride. Winners, bitches — 1 William
Ollard's Huget Pride, res E L Reber's Babe.
' JAPANESE SPANIELS— Open dogs— 1 Gerald
Radwick White's Oopack, 2 Mrs J Redelsheimer's
Marie, 2 Mrs J Redelsheimer's Mikado. Open bitches
— 1 Alice L Lynch's Judy.

BEDLINGTON TERRIERS— Limit dogs— 1 J Red-
elsheimer's Dave. Open dogs — 1 J Redelsheimer's
Clarence J, 2 J Redelsheimer's Tough. Winners,
dogs — 1 J Redelsheimer's Clarence, res J Redelsheimer's
Tough. Open bitches — 1 J Redelsheimer's ch Herd-
wick Mollie.

SCOTCH TERRIERS— Dog puppies— 1 Mrs Brad-
ley-Dyne's Saanich Rascal. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs Bradley-
Dyne's Fighting Mae. Open dogs — 1 Mrs Bradley-
Dyne's Fighting Mac. Winners, dogs — 1 Mrs Bradley-
Dyne's Fighting Mac, res Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich
Rascal. Bitches' puppies — 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's
Saanich Bright Eyes, 2 Edwin Auld's Saanich Black-
But Comely. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's
Saanich Princess Osra, 2 Edwin Auld's Saanich Black-
But-Comely. Open bitches — 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's
Scottie O'Brae, 2 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Dinah. Win-
ners, bitches — 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Princess
Osra, res Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Scottie O'Brae.

FOX TERRIERS— Dog puppies— 1 Dr R Ford Ver-
rinder's Warburton Blanco, 2 Charles E Harley's Klic-
itat, 3 Dr Pierce Hatton's Filey Bobs, res H Hale's
Norfolk Auctioneer, h c J Redelsheimer's Tough, c
Mrs C W Jennings' King Result. Limit dogs — 1 Dr R
Ford Verrinder's Warburton Blanco, Mrs S R Balk-
well's Morton, 3 F O Ehrlich's Dusky Jim, res Charles
K Harley's Klicitat, h c Mrs O H Smith's Duke.
Open dogs — 1 F B Costigan's Norfolk Arbitrator, 2
Miss Pearl Coutt's Intrepid, 3 Dr F Ford Verrinder's
Warburten Blanco, res Dr Pierce Hatton's Filey Bobs,
v h c H Hale's Norfolk Auctioneer. Winners, dogs — 1
F B Gostigan's Norfolk Arbitrator, res Miss Pearl
Coutt's Intrepid. Bitch puppies — 1 F B Costigan's
Eureka, 2 R Wootton's Beauty, 3 Charles K Harley's
Lolita. Limit bitches — 1 Charles K Harley's Lolita, 2
George A Pidduck's Cleo II, 3 James Gregg's Muggins,
res N Louder's Gold Leaf. Open bitches — 1 F B Cos-
tigan's Eureka, 2 H Hale's Norfolk Vie. Winners,
bitches — 1 F B Costigan's Eureka, res Charles K
Harley's Lolita.

BOSTON TERRIERS— Dog puppies, 1 J Redels-
heimer's Seattle King.

TOY TERRIERS— Open dogs— 1 Mrs. J. Redels-
heimer's Jesse G. Open bitches — 1 Mrs J A Levy's
Tiney.

PUGS— Open dogs— 1 D. C. Cady's Dewey.

ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS— Open dogs— 1 Mrs H
T Payne's Ioki. Open bitches — 1 Mrs H A Wagner's
Chica.

DACHSHUNDS— Open dogs and bitches— 1 Ferdi-
nand Schmidt's Marie II; 2 H A Cabdrian's Woldman,

MISCELLANEOUS CLASS— Toy Terrier— 1 Bur-
rard Kennels' Aston Merry Boy; second, French
poodle. Mrs. Dr. Gibson's Petit; 3 breed Chihuahua,
Mrs Frederick Karl Struve's Chiquito.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

St Bernards, best in show, E D ConoUey's General B. Best Great
Dane, E A Kiesehke's Flora. Best Collie, George Tinto's Seattle
Rover. Best Collie bitch, George Tinto's Seattle Betty. Best tri-
color. Dr A J Mcintosh's Glenera. Best Collie, bred by Dr A J Mc-
intosh, Bert Holcomb's Bob Dingwell. Best Collie, bred by George
Tinto, Miss E L Little's Teddie of Colonsay. Best Collie, entered
from California, Sanford Fly's Bob. Best Collie exhibited by a
butcher or drover, Oakes M Plummer's Shadeland Tam O'Shanter.

Best display or collection owned by one exhibitor or kennel — G
Tinto.

Pointers— Best Pointer, W W Peaslee's Printer's Ned. Best
bitch, E House's Seal.

English Setters— Best dog or bitch in the novice class, E H
Stormfeltz' Lady Nell. Best English Setter in show. Charles W
Minor's Roy Montez. Best English Setter puppy, Mrs R M
Palmer's Merry Hunter. Best English Setter owned by a member
of the English Setter Club, Charles W Minor's Roy Montez. Best
English Setter in novice class, E H Stormfeltz' Lady Nell. Best
English Setter puppy, dog or bitch, Mrs R M Palmer's Merry
Hunter. Best dog or bitch in local class, E H Stormfeltz" Lady
Nell. Best English Setter puppy, Mrs R M Palmer's Merry
Hunter. Best with field trial record, A H Nelson's Sport's Destiny.

Irish Setters — Best Irish Setter, Robert JonnRussel's Faro. Best
dog owned in Seattle. J S Laughlin's Seattle Pat.

Chesapeake Bay dogs — Best in the show, R C Callahan's Ginger.
Second best open dog, S Hanson's Sap.

Irish Water Spaniels— Best, Nels M Lund's Barney.

Cocker Spaniels, black, not over 28 pounds— Best Cocker Spaniel,
Close brothers' Miss Cherry.

Japanese Spaniels— Best dog, Gerald Rodwick White's Oopack.
Best bitch, Alice Louise Lynch's July.

Terriers— Best terrier in show, J. Redelsheimej's Seattle Jack.
Best owned in King county. J Redelsheimer's Seattle Jack

Bedlington terriers— Best. J Redelsheimer's Ch Herd wick Mollie.

Irish Terriers— Best, E L Reber's Victoria Nipper. Best owned
In Seattle. E L Reber's Victoria Nipper: second best dog, Mrs.
Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Luckpenny Peter.

Scotch Terriers— Best, Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Princess
Osra.

Pugs— Best, D C Cady's Dewey.

Miscellaneous Classses— Best dog or bitch, Burrard Kennels'
Ashton Merry Boy. Largest dog in the show, E D ConoUey's Gen-
eral B; smallest dog in show. Mrs Frederick Karl:Struve*s Chiquito.

The president's plate, offered by J. Redelsheimer for the highest
scoring kennel in the show, was awarded to Mrs Bradley-Dyne of
Victoria. Her exhibit of Irish and Scotch Terriersscored 36 points .

Kennel Registry.

WHELPS.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels' red Cocker" Spaniel bitch Plumeria
Surprise (Ch. Viscount-Omo Girl) whelped April 4, 1901, seven red
puppies (5 dogs) to same owner's Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-
Hampton Queen Readie.

Glenwood Kennels' rough coat Alta Maud (Dicta tor-Alta Rosa) ,
whelped, April 2, 1901, six puppies (3dogs) to sameowner's Le King
(Ch Le Prince to Sylvia's Lola).

Glenwood Kennels black Cocker Spaniel bitch Ch Polly Pastime
(Woodland Clipper-Margarita) whelped April 13, 1901, five puppies
to Redwood Cocker Kennels Ch. Havoc (Ch. Black Duke — Wood-
land Jude).

SALES

Woodlawn Kennels, San Francisco, sold a Fox Trrrier dog
puppy by Norfolk Tyke ex Eclipse Blanche to Albert Joseph, San
Francisco, April — , 1901.

Also sold a dog puppy, same litter to E. Courtney Ford, San
Francisco, April — , 1901.

Also sold a dog puppy, same litter to John H. Murphy, Fresno,
April — , 1901.

Also sold a bitch puppy, same litter to Walter Magee, San
Francisco, April — , 1901.

APRIL 20, 1901]

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THE FARM.

$6ooo for a Hereford Bull.

English advices report the sale of the
famoas four year old Hereford bull Pro-
tector (1*660) for shipment to America at
the long price of twelve hundred pounds
sterling. Mr. F A. Nave, Attica, Indiana)
former owner of the champion bull Dale,
is the buyer.

Protector was bred by Mr. Allan Hughes
of Wintercott and has been a great winner
at the English shows. In 1S98 he was
first as a yearling at the Royal, besides
winning several other honors at local
shows. He was then sold to his late
owner, Sir Joseph Pulley of Lower Eaton,
Herefordshire. As a two year old he was
not fitted, but as a three year old he was
again brought out winning first at the
Shropshire show at Shrewsbury, second
at the Bath and West of England, first
and champion at the Royal Counties show
at Winchester, first and champion at the
Herefordshire and Worcestershire show
at Leominster, besides first at the Royal
at York At the latter exhibition the
bull was seen by the writer hereof and
there can be no question as to his right to
the honors assigned him. The competi-
tion, it is true, was light in the aged bull
class at York but Protector would have
been able to have defended his title against
all Hereford bulls of the year. He is a
rich-fleshed, deep-bodied bull, compactly
built, exceptionally broad-ribbed, and !
very low in the twist and flanks ; in short
a capital stamp of the best feeding type,
of the breed. And he certainly has his
excellence by that beBt of all titles, in-
heritance. He is a son oE the famous j
Albion (15027) out oE Newton Plum by
the mighty Rudolph (6660). It will be
remembered that Albion won several
championships for Mr. Hughes, besides
siring a large number of prize-winning
bulls and heifers. He never failed to
*'nick" well with this cow Newton Plum.
Protector'e own sister Wintercott Plum
was first at the Royal and many other
shows in 1896 and 1S97. An own brother,
Prosperous, calved in 189S, was first at the
Royal at Maidstone and another own
brother Wintercott now heads the good
herd of Henry Haywood at Blakmere.—
Breeders Gazette.

each, which were sold on January 20th
weighing 90 pounds each. A comparison
of these figures will readily show why we
are partial to the black-faced, medium-
wool lambs. Further, we find that they
will fatten on much less feed.

We Btarted both of these bunches with
oats and good clover hay for one week ;
then increased with corn until we fed one
pound of corn and oats mixed per day a
head. Then slowly reduced the oats and
increased the corn until we were feeding
one pound of corn a day. This change
occupied a period of about one month-
Then we increased the corn until the
Shropshire lambs received one and one
quarter pounds of corn per day, which
we found to be all they would eat. The
above results show a wonderful gain of
these lambs. The wh te-faced lambs were
fed a pound and one-half of corn per day
and still continue to receive that ration,
but arc not yet as fat as were the Shrop-
shire lambs over a month ago While
they have large bodies, they do not seem
to take on fat and get the weight required
for profitable production. — Exchange.
— ♦ ■

Dairy Notes.

Lamb Feeding Experience

A correspondent gives his experience
with lamb feeding as follows:

In the first place we believe that we
must have the right class of lambs. The
kind which we have found the moBt profit-
able for feeding are those from fine wooj
ewes or half-blood ewes and Shropshire
rams. We want a lamb with a dense
fleece of short or medium wool, showing
some of the black points on feet and legs,
wide chest, and better to have wool on its
head and legs. We prefer a lamb which
came later than April 1st for feeding later
than January 1st.

Our experience goes to show that the
early, coarse-wool, white-faced lambs,
weighing 80 to 90 pounds in November,
are not good feederB. We put up 25
coarse-wool, white-faced lambs November
12th, averaging 80 pounds each, and Feb-
ruary 16th they weighed 90 pounds each.
On the same day we put up 25 half-blood
Shropshire lambs, weighing 70 pounds

Milk of different temperatures should
never be mixed.

Make butter to suit the tastes of your
customers

The globules that rise to the surface in
the first twelve hours make the finest
butter.

Milk giving is a maternal function and
should never be abused.

No cow should be retained in the dairy
herd unless she has some good quality to
recommend her.

Butter should be exposed as little as
possible to the air from the time it is
churned until packed.

Care should be taken never to overwork
butter, as the grain and texture Bhould be
preserved.

Don't let milk stand until the cream
rises before straining.

Don't put onions or cabbage, etc., near
milk or butter, as they will absorb the
unpleasant odor.

Don't let milk stand before skimming
until the cream looks speckled, as it will
cause the butter to be "strong."

Don't let the cream turn to whey before
churning.

Don't, when churning, make the tern
perature too high, as it will injure the
keeping quality of the butter.

Don't put the hands on the butter. It
destroys the grain and makes it tallowy.

And don't, don't don't make butter in-
to balls with the hauds Make a small
paddle out of wood. Pine will do if it is
boiled until the pine taste is out of it.
Make the butter out in pound rolls; or, if
preferred, use pound butter molds. The
appearance of butter has much to do with
selling it. Then, if the butter has an ex-
cellent flavor and keeps well, the customer
will buy the same make of butter the next
time it is offered him. She will tell the
neighbors and soon you will have a call
for all the butter you can make. Then
i 's your own fault if you do not keep
your customer Now, all farmers wives
do not make bad butter, but I think it
would be safe in saying that the majority
of them do, and the sooner we all learn to
make good butter the sooner "country
butter" will command a good price. —
JRylie.

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Money in This Angora Goat.

Edward L. Arnold, a farmer living near
Geneva, New York, has found that there
is money in Angora goats — that ia, there
was money in one that he purchased re-
cently. He sent to St. Louis and pur-
chased a full blooded buck, paying $250
cash for him, as he was a prize winner and
a fine specimen. Mr. Arnold kept the
goat in a box stall and on the 7th of this
month went into the stall to feed the ani-
mal. After returning to the house Arnold
missed his wallet containing over a thou-
sand dollars in bills. He repaired to the
stall to look for it, and found it spread
open in the straw and the money missing.
From marks on the wallet it was evident
that the buck had been tampering with it
and had probably eaten the money. After
a consultation with his wife Mr. Arnold
killed the buck. There was money in that
goat, mutilated, but still redeemable —
seven $100 bills, four $50 bills, five $20
bills, three $10 bills, one $5 bill and one
$2 bill, $1037 in all.

Vancouver Jockey Club.

Spring Race Meeting, May 24=25

VANCOUVER, B. C.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 AT 9 P- M-

Mottled Butter.
The Maryland Experiment Station, in
its investigations as tothecauseof mottles
in butter, came to the following conclu-
sions:

1. The uneven distribution of salt is
the cause of unevenly colored butter
spoken of as mottled butter.

2. Washing the butter with water be-
low 40 degrees does not cause mottles. It
does, however, make a little more work-
ing necessary to thoroughly distribute the
salt.

3. The light colored streaks or portions
of mottled butter are not caused by an ex-
cess of casein, but mottles are evidently
caused by some physical action of salt on
the butter fat, which causes it to admit
more light.

4. Mottles can be prevented by work-
ing the butler sufficiently to thoroughly
distribute the salt.

5. Butter washed with water at 40 de-
grees and under and worked immediately
shows a better; grain when sufficiently
worked to insure its being evenly colored
than with any other treatment.

6. Washing butter with water at 40
degrees and under does not injure its
firmness when subjected to high tem-
perature.

First Day— Friday, May 24th.

Purse

FIRST RACE— Two-flTtv class, trot or
pace, 1 mile heats, 3 in 5 $200

SECOND RACE— Three-eighths mile dash,
weight for age 150

THIRD RACE— Three-fourths mile pony
race, for ponies 14 hands 2 inches and un-
der. Ponies 14.2 to carry 140 lbs.; 5 lbs.
allowance for every half inch under that
height. Non-winners and maidens al-
lowed 10 lbs 75

FOURTH RACE— Five-eighths mile dash;

weight for age 175

FIFTH RACE— One mile dash; weight for

age 300

Second Day— Saturday, May 25th.

SIXTH RACE— Free-for-all Trot or Pace, I

mile heats, 3 in 5 250

SEVENTH RACE— One-half mile dash,
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 10 lbs. extra 175

EIGHTH RACE— Three-fourths mile race
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 7 lbs. extra. Provincial
bred horses allowed 5 lbs 300

NINTH RACE^One and one-eighth mile
dash: weight for age. Previous winners
at the meeting to carry 5 lbs. extra 325

TENTH RACE— Three-fourths mile conso-
lation race for beaten horses; weight for
age 10O

IflWmRYYlARri

The Club will give a Matinee on SATURDAY,
June loth, when Special Purses will be offered for
non-winners.

At the'.Vancouver Summer Meeting on Dominion
Days, Monday and Tuesday, July 1st and 2d, TWO
$1000 PURSES will be given. '

U. S. horses can be bonded in for exhibition
purposes, free of charge. By signifying their
intentions of being present, owners will save
themselves trouble and delay.

Entry blanks can be obtained from the Secretary
to whom entries must be made.

The Secretary will take pleasure in replying to
any and all communications with reference to
transportation, track facilities and desired in-
formation. Address

ROBT. T^EIGHTON,
Secretary Vancouver Jockey Club,
P. O. Box 366. Vancouver, B. C

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[April 20, 1901

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Association.

Opens the Following Purses to be Decided >-t Its Grand Circuit Meeting.
SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 5TH, 1901,

No. 1— "The Wabash" for 2:20 Trotters $5,000 No. 2-"The Sidewheeler" for 2:18 Pacers 5,000

The two purses named above are nomination purses with nominations transferable up to September 9th, at which time the horses are to be named.

No. 3-For 2:28 Class Trotting $1,500 No- 5-For 2:25 Class Pacing 1.500

No. 4-For 2:15 Class Trotting 1,500 I No. 6— Por 2:14 Class Pacing 1.500

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 1901.

Entrance fee five per cent., payable as follows : First installment of one (1) per cent, must accompany the entry, May 6th. June 17th, one (1) per cent. July 27th
one (1) per cent. Sept. 9th, two (2) per cent.

All horses must be eligible to the above classes at the date of closing, Monday, May 6th, when horses must be named in purses Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and
Sis (6). Five per cent, additional from winners. All purses divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare off and return first
payment in any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. No liability for money beyond the amount paid in, providing written notice of withdrawal be received by
the Secretary on or before any future payments fall due, but no entry can be declared out unless all arrearages are paid. American Trotting Association rules to
govern, of which this association is a member. Purse races to complete' program will be announced later. For further information and entry blanks, address,

W. P. IJAMS, President. CHAS. R. DUFFIN, Sec'y, Terre Haute, Ind.

H. I. Wilson, Pres. J. F. Finlen, Vice-Pres. E. D. Laurence. Gen'l. Mgr. and Pacing Sec'y. Silas F. King, Tres. Louis Frank, Sec'y

THE MONTANA JOCKEY CLUB

(INCORPORATED)

Butte, HVXoxiteLXiSL. Anaconda, Montana.

60 Days Racing, Commencing June 29 to Sept. 7, 1901.

Stakes for Summer Meeting 1901. = = = = = First Issue— Nominations Close April 20, 1901.

THE MONTANA DERBY, Sl,500— For three-y ear-olds (foals
of 1898). $10 to accompany the nomination. $15 additional if not
declared out on or before June 1. 1901. $100 additional to start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $1,500, of which $250 to second, $150 to third and
$100 to fourth horse. Colts to carry 152, geldings 119 and fillies 117.
Allowances— >ion-winners of a stake in 1901 or of 5 or more races
(selling races not counted) since April 1, 1901, allowed 7 lbs.
Beaten maidens allowed 12 lbs. One mile and one-quarter.

THE DALT MEMORIAL CUT* SI, OOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey CJub to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1,000. The winner to re-
ceive $650 and a piece of plate of the value of $150, the owner of the
second horse to receive $200, the owner of the third horse $100, and
the owner of the fourth horse $50. Weights to appear 3 days prior
to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry bos the
day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Two miles.

THE MIXER'S UNION STAKE, Sl,OOOA handicap for three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount suffi-
cient to make the value of the stake $1,000, of which $300 to the
second, $100 to the third and the fourth horse to save its stake.
"Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry bos the day preceding the race before 11:30
A. M. One mile.

THE BUTTE SEEETNG STAKES, S850— For three-year-
olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional
to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to ,

make the value of the stake $S50. of which $150 to second, $75 to third
and $35 to fourth. The winner to be sold at auction. Horses en-
tered for $3000 to carry weight for age, if for less 2 lbs. allowed for
each $500 to $1500, then 1 lb. for each $100 to $1000. then 2 lbs. for
each $100 to $500. Entries to be made through the entry box (with
selling price) the day preceding the race, before 11:30 a. m. Six
furlong's.

THE HOT TIMES STAKES, S800— A handicap for all ages.
$5 to accompany the nomination. $30 additional to start. The
Montana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the
value of the stake $800, of which $150 to second, $75 to third and $35
to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Accept-
ances to be made through the entry bos the day preceding the race,
before 11:30 A. m. Four and one-half furlongs.

THE LABOR DAY HANDICAP, SI OOO— A handicap for
three-year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45
additional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and $50 to fourth horse. Weights to appear 3 days
prior to the race. Acceptances to be made through the entry box
the day preceding;the race, before 11:30 a. m. One mile and one-
eighth.

THE SILVER CITY SELLING STAKES, SIOOO— For three-
year-olds and upward. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 addi-
tional to start. The Montana Jockey Club to add an amount
sufficient to make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to sec-
ond, $100 to third and fourth horse to save its stake. The winner
to be sold at auction. Horses entered to be sold for $2500 to carry
weight for age, if entered for $1500 allowed 5 lbs., if for $1200

allowed 8 lbs., if for less lib. allowed for each $100 from$i200to
$500. Entries with selling price to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race, before 11:30 a. m. One mile and one-
sixteenth.

THE STLYER BOW STAKES. SIOOO— For two-year-olds. $5
to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Mon-
tana Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of
the stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 to
fourth. 5 lbs. below the scale. Stake winners or winners of 4 or
more races since March 15th, to carry 7 lbs. extra, of 3 races of any
value since that date, 5 lbs. extra. Allowances — Maidens 3 lbs.
Beaten maidens: 7 lbs. Entries to be made through the entry box
the day preceding the race before 11:30 a. m. Four and one-half
furlongs.

THE HAMBURG HANDICAP, SIOOO— A handicap for
two-year-olds. $5 to accompany the nomination. $45 additional to
start. The Montana Jockev Club to add an amount sufficient to
make the value of the stake $1000, of which $200 to second. $100 to
third and $50 to fourth. Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race.
Acceptances to be made through the entry box the day preceding
the race before 11:30 a. m. Five furlongs.

THE ANACONDA HANDICAP, SIOOO— For all ages. $5 to
accompany the nomination. $45 additional to start. The Montana
Jockey Club to add an amount sufficient to make the value of the
stake $1000, of which $200 to second, $100 to third and $50 to fourth.
Weights to appear 3 days prior to the race. Acceptances to be
made through the entry box the day preceding the race before
11:30 a. ll. One mile.

Five or more running races and one or more harness races each day, for which liberal purses will be given.

Program of first week's racing will appear before April 12th.

Harness horse program will be published on or before May 12th. There will he races for all classes.

For further information address E. D. LAURENCE, Gen'l. Mgr. and Racing Sec'y-?

P. O. Box 22, Butte, Montana

NEW ENGLAND

Trotting Horse Breeders' Association

BOSTON, MASS.

Fifteenth Annual Breeders' Meeting

S©r>t©xaa.lo©r 16-20, igol,
RK /\ T>VHjiTj:E TROTTINGr PARK

No. 7.

EARLY CLOSING PURSES.
$5000, Four-year-old, Trotters, 2:24 class.

Terms of Entry. $50 for each horse named May 1, $300 September 6. Nothing deducted from
winners. Nominators not held for second payment if they declare out before September 6.

No. 8. $10,000, 2:10 class, Trotting-.

Terms of Entry. $100 May 1, $100 June 1, $100 July 1, $100 August 1, $100 September 6. Five
per cent, additional from the winners of each division of the purse. More than one from the same
stable may be named as one entry. In case where two or more horses have been named as one entrv
and any horses have been separated from the stable from which thevwere originally named and such'
separation made according to rule, they shall be eligible to start in the race if the forfeits falling
due after said separation have been met according to conditions, upon the payment of forfeits fall-
ing due before said separation. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after thev have
declared out their entry in writing.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1.

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Race Record)
2:16 1-2. J

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of a- 12 and S :1«« respectively. Who I. It is the champion three-year-
old gelding ot the world, and last year reduced his record to i-V)'i John A MeKer
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race. *

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season ot 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st. I

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18£ by Nutwood 2:

181

'For the SeHSoii

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

is the sire of

2:18»;
2:1 Hi;

2:22U
'-V-M!i
2:35

2:lfiy2

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle...

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes

Matinee rec(wagon). 2:09 Central Girl

3-year-old race rec. .2:12^ Wilkes Direct..

Who Is It 2:10# AlixB..

3-year-old race rec. .2:12 Who Is She

Georgie B 2:12^ Fred Wilkes. . .

Claudius 2:i3'i Queen C.

Bob rngersoll 2:i4?i Electress ' 2-2S%

Irvington Boy 2:\1% Daugestar 2:29

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

Bonnie Direct 2:054

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;
Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other
great races. Biggest money winner of "New"
Facers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit thefirst
year out.

Sired by Direct 2:05£. Sire of Directly 2:031,
Directum Kelly 2:08], Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsiiene 2:14^),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:11&,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:10?^, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22. ""■

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF niPFCT isa bl»ck stallion, 15=g hands high, weighs 1100 lbs.: Is a good individual,
UVtlliiiw i. ii\i vW 1 nas hest of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in every way.

BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during season of 1901, at 8100
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and in my possession.
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to prevent accidents or
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address

C. L. GRIFFITH,

Pleasanton, Cal.

Summary of Three of Bonnie
Dlreot's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

Bonnie Direct 9 5 8 1 1 1

Annie Thornton 14 1 1 2 2 2

Hal McEwen 1 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 7 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
dis.

Time— 2: 10$4,8;12Jf, 2:13££;2:13; 2:12^, 2: 12££.

2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombu

Bonnie Direct 2 5 1 1 1

Johnny Agan l l 2 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr, Prince Exum dis.

Time— 0:31, V.02%, 1:34. 2:05^; 0:33,—, 1:05^.
V.38X, 2:10&; 0:32; 1:03%, 1:34'/-, 3:07W; 0:31'^,
1:04 J4, 1:37#, 2:08?i; 0:31^, b03X, 1:36. 2:08^.

Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readville.

Bonnie Direct l l l

Sallie Hook 2 2 8

Evolute 5 3 2

Annie Thornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
W. 7 6 7, Argo Director 8 8 6, Lady Albright
9 9 9, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07?^, 2:09jf, 2:10^.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWAKDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum ZiOohi, Direct 2:05«/i and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam. Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt,
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENKT, Haywards, Cal.,

Electioneer Blood Leads!

(The Abbot 2:03*4

\ Azote 2:043£

BOYDELLO 2:145, Reg. No. 25392

Sire BOTDELL 5391 by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE C. 2:30 by Durango Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P by Priuce Dictator 5953.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Gal.

Service Fee 25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His flrst crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising
Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season. For further particulars
call on or address ED LAKFJSK'l'Y, Manager, ll!4 Sherman St., Abtmecla. Cal.

I DIRECT 2:121

2

Sire, DIRECT 2:05^ (sire of Directly 2:0314. Bonnie Direct 2:05!a\ Directum Kelly 2:08 hi, Rey
Direct 2:10, De Veras 2:11*4, Ed B. Young 2:11M. Miss Margaret 2: tl'/i, I Direct 2:12'/£) Miss Beatrice
&13&, Arthur L. 2:15, Margaretta 2:15 and fourteen with standard records).

Dam FRANCISCA (dam of I Direct 2:I2'A Sable Frances 2: 15J4, Guycesca 2:26and EarlMedium.
sire of May bud 2:13)4. Tom Martin 2:14^- Kanawha Star 2:14)4, Lucy Stokes 2:18?4, Goneril 2:24J4 and
others) by Almont 33; Second dam Frances Breckenridge (dam of Maximus 5175, sire of 7 in 2:30 and
Fortuna dam of Tuna 2:12'^) by Sentinel 280. Third dam by Bayard 53 sire of Kitty Bayard 2:12)4
and fourteen more in 2:30. Fourth dam thoroughbred mare Luna by Sweigert's Lexington. Fifth
dam the famous Eagless by imp. Glencoe.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

1124: Sherman Street

Alameda, Gal.

TERMS $25 THE SEASON

I DIRECT 2:12i4 is one of the best bred stallions living, and his magnificent conformation, great
speed, intelligence and excellent disposition will commend him to breeders. For further particulars,
Address ED LAFFEKTY, Manager, 1424= Sherman St., Alameda.

RED BALL BRAND

It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion

Awarded Gold Medal
At California Is t ate
Fair 1893.

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BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLSTEINS— Winners of every 7 days1 butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YEKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.. Los Angeles.
Cal.

W. A. SHIPPEE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred

Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

3Dr. wm, Fm £3san,

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital, 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

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witht abulated pedigrees carefully and accu

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For Sale— A Bargain.

A New McHurray Gentleman's

PNEUMATIJ RUNABOUT NO. 5.

Just the thing for the Park Speedway and gen-
eral use. Handsome and first-class in every par-
ticular. Never been used Price S150, which
is net cost at factory. Can be seen at this office.

BREEDER AND SPORTSfUN,

36 Geary St.. San Francisco.

FOR SALE

Two Mares by Boodle 2:12| in
foal to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16|.

The dam of one is by Antevolo 2: W/2, out of Gabi-
lan Maid (sister to Lady Ellen, dam of Helena
2:llhi and four more in the list) by Mambrino
1789.

The other is a daughter of Gabilan Maid. The
darn of Gabilan Maid was Ida May Jr., by
Owen Dale (a son of Williamson's Belmont),
and the second dam Ida May by Williamson's
Belmont.

Both are youDg mares, one six, the other seven
years old, and these will be their first colts. Will
be sold at a low price. Apply to the Breeder
and Sportsman, or

JESSE D. CAKE,

Salinas, Cal

For Sale.

MONTE CARLO 2:14^, 6 years old,
by Mendocino (sire of Idolita 2:12).

MAUD P. 2:27>£, 8 years old, by Grand

Moor.

FITZ LEE 2:133-2 (pacer), 8 years old, by
Arthur Wilkes.

LEITA C-, fouryearsold,byMcKinney2:ll^,
dam Gladys B. 2:24 by Blackbird.

GEN. FORREST, four years old, by Mc-
Kinney 2:11^, dam Orphan Girl (dam of Chico
2:14)$) by Blackbird.
Neither of the last two have been raced, but
have shown satisfactory speed in their work.

Reason for sale— owner has decided to go out of
the business. Address

PARK HENSHAW, Chico, Cal.

Son of McKinney For Sale.

I have a four year bay stallion by McKinney,
first dam by Antevolo, second dam Esmeralda
(dam of Don Lowell 2:14) by Brigadier, third dam
by California Dexter, son of Whipple's Hamble-
tonian, fourth dam said to be by Copperbottom.
He will weigh between eleven and twelve hundred,
is a fair gaited, fast horse for what he has been
handled, and can step a quarter in 36 seconds on
my track, which is not much better than a road.
I have a colt from him out of the dam of Gen.
Smith 2:172i, and another out of the Venture mare,
the dam of Lochinvar 2:23';. I also have a filly
by Nutwood Wilkes out of the dam of my McKin-
ney colt. My horse Is well patronized and I can
get all the mares I want bred to him. I am get-
tinh old and would like to sell them all out. Well
bred broodmares and colts for sale.

Address SEWELL HARRIS,
Yuba City, Cal.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY A i K l.i k. bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11?^, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 15 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly, 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., Tliis Office.

For Sale.

Ben All; dam, Merry-go-
Round by Jim Brown. Will be four years old in
April; will weigh 1000 pounds in racirjg condition,
sound and gentle, and of kind disposition. After
sis weeks' handling he has shown quarters better
than 24. and a half better than 49. He is a half-
brother to the Phoenician. He is the exact color,
size and disposition of his sire. The dam of
AGUINALDO was one of the fastest mares in
California for three-eighths of a mile.
For further particulars inquire of

PHIL. COLLINS,
Gonzales, Monterey Co., Cal.

Files For Sales.

I offer for sale nine years' bound files of the New
York Spirit of the Times (18 volumes) from 1882 to
1890 inclusive. They are in good condition and
well bound, valuable to any breeder of thorough-
breds and still more so to a trotting breeder.
Price S3G cash. Address

THOS. B. MERRY,
713 South Grand Ave,, Los Angeles.

Wanted, Matched Team.

Trotters, bays or browns, 15.2 to 15.3 hands, must
be handsome, well mated, thoroughly broken and
able to show better than a three minute gait and
a first class road team in every particular. Ad-
dress with price and particulars,

H. A. SMILEY,
Breeder and Sportsman,
36 Geary St., San FranclsL

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[April 20, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Rufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at $3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B — — , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd o
horsemen: " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St., San Jose.

St Carlo — 1901

ST. CARLO.

i Hermit..
Fusee. ..

f Newminster
' 1 Seclusion

f Marayas
1 Vesuvienne

"*»« {KSyEL.

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ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two. year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get "being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamarll. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

For further particulars apply to

$100.

james McDonnell,

POKTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

ELECTlONEbR

NUTWOOD

NEEBNUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEERETTA 2:09 1-3

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nutwood 2:18 3-4.
Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 3:09 V& is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:11^ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:0914. Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, 15& hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
5L£?pl?!A^i?..??!iIt.. a°d g3nae'.naving a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the

two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address

GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse I
A Grand Individual!
A Coining Great Sire !

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:11&, dam by

Almont Lightning.

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKERS,
Race Track, Sacramento.

$50

GOSSIPER 2:141, Reg. No. 12008.

, ,cSire ot, Gi>zelle Z:11M (dam of Zoloclt Z-.lOii), Miss Jessie 2:13K, Ketchum Z-.W4 (sire of Connie
2:15>/.), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (siro of Greenleaf 2:10y3 and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-Cfo!j: Fereno (3) 2:1(1'.,- Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2- 15V
sire of 13 in 2:30 and dams-of BeSure2:06« and 30 more in 2:23. oumtb"" *»a,

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
lie escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.50 'por month

m . c =. „.„ r Por fur'her particulars address S. T. COKAM, Newark, Cal.

r, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, m 2:20 » * «— •

SIRE OF

MUCH BETTER 2:07}i, DEKBY PRINCESS 3:08)4, DIABLO B:09J4, OWYHEE 3:11

LITTLE BETTER 3:11J^, CIBOLO 3:13^, and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, i-ec. 2:ii

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal

$50 the season.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

SIRE OF ■

Clipper 3:06 Tags 2:13 N. L. B. (3) 3:31^4

Daedalion 3:11 Inferno 2:15 Imp 3:33^

Diawood 2:11 El Diablo 2:16W, Key del Diablo (3)...3:23J(

Hijo del Diablo 2:11V4 Gaff Topsail Z-.nU Atbalbo 3:34K

Hazel D 3:34%

Sire /-MuchBetter 2:07M

..... „.„_„ ,,„ Derby Princess f-.08>/3

CHAS. DERBY 2;20 ^Diawo 2:09*

. I Owyhee 2:11

faire of ( ana ]0 more in 2:30

Dam

Diablo 2:09M

nrnTll. iElf 2:12%

BERTHA by Alcantara.; Ed Lafferty 2:16%

Jay Erf Bee (year-
ling record) 2:26%

Dam of

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage atS2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MCRRAT, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER, 25,492 t> h, ie hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERTON 2:09 1=4, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07|, GAYTON 2:08%, ALVES 2:09J, and 79 others with

standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season ol 1901 at PLEAS ANTON RACE TRACK.
TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $50.

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Money
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R. WELCH, Pleasanton, Cal.

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July 1 at

a.*r\ -rur ppneAM SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

9oU TMt bLAbUlN. high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a
proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:1s1/, Hazel Y. 2:17,
Butcher Boy 2:17^, Auditor 2:19]^ and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. Por further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON.

Alameda Race Track.

DALY 2:15.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2-.ZTH by Electioneer.

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:llj^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Cal.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
for sale.

Electioneer Leads All Stallions.

Breed

GROVER CLAY

to a Son.

2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 2:13& and Ira 3:16J£.)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam, Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 3:16w, Fleety
Golddust 2:20, Indicator 2:23^, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)

FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service.

No responsibility for accidents.
Por further particulars address

!

D. GANNON, Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

April 20, 1901]

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Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10J£; by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage ot his performers in the 2:15 list McKlnney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

McKIKKEY 3:11^-

Coney -':!>-".;

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinnev 2:09^

Zolock 2:10;.;

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12'/.

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13m

Osito 2:13'.;

Juliet D 2:13!j

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14H

Geo. W. McKinney. . . .2:14!.

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the slum ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

SB - — BSS Beginning Feb. 1st until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 w"1 "s«ai return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 IMaennliH Av«mi*, San .lone, Cal. Tel. Green 393. Q fl DURFEE

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

| Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08'^, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11^, Arlene Wilkes2:llJ£, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:1654, Sunbeam 2:16^. Sybil S
2:165J, Saville 2M7J4, Grand George' 2:18V
J. F. Hanson 2:19'4, and 12 more in 2:30.

1}1U make the Season of Idol at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, % mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

Bestiof care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Santa Clara, Ca]

Good 'Pasturage at ,$4 per month,
accidents. iVo wire fences.

Telephone: Suburban 541.

Breed to Monterey 2:091. No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19?^, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05H, Monterey 2:09J4 and Dr. Leek 2:09 Ji— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16^ and Monterey 2:09^, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10^, Monterey 2:0914, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13^.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:2114 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19J4 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief II.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03M to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on bis neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06^ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERM-* S50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents orescapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, Hilpitas, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

I Started in 21 Races I

g 1st 10 times |
ft 2d 6 times %
l> 3d 5 times g

I WON I

| $7500 |

| IN PURSES, i

STAM B. (23444) 2:11^ is by Stamboul 2:07^ (sire of 5 trot
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.
STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
A griculi iim] Park. Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month,
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Rocklin, Gal.

SEYMOUE WILKES, Keg No. 0232.

(RACE RECORD 3:081.4.)

The Fastest Son of Guy Wilkes.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25.

SEYMOUR WILKES earned his record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. The
oldest of his get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large,
handsome, strongly built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance are
square trotters.

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes, his dam Early Bird by Playmail, second dam by Odd
Fellow, third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blackhawk 797. He weighs 1200
pounds, stands 16 hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of his
get are in San Francisco and will be sho-yn to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par-
ticulars apply to THOS. ROCHE, Lakeville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables,
408 Bush street, San Francisco.

Mares can be shipped direct to ranch, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage $3 per month.

FIFTH ANNUAL

DOG SHOW

OF THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAT 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 1901.

Judges: HENRY JAJBRETT, of Philadelphia; .J. J. LYNN, of Port Huron, Mich, and
JOHN BRADSHAW, of San Francisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 27TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. F. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer.

H. D. 1AIDIAW, Cashier

This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners1 Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to show your dog.

New California Jockey Club

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co., Cal.)

April 20th to 27th inclusive.

SIX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEK DAY.
Beginning at '2:10 ji. m.. Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
aend streets, San FranciBCo, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11:30 a. m.; 1. 1:30 and 2 p. m.

Trains Leave Tanforan Park for San Francisco—
At 4:15 p. m., followed by several specials.

as-Rear ears reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
ooth ways, SI. 25.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres.
R. B. MILROX, Sec'y

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SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAR

SOME PROMISING CALIFORNIA HORSES.

1— Funston, roan pacing gelding by Dictatus 2:17, dam Sister
[dam of Lee 2:17V£) by Eugene Casserly, son of Gen. Taylor.

2— Vic Shellar, bay trotting horse by Hambletonian Wilkes, dam
Nellie Bly (dam of Our Boy 2:12&) by Wapsie.

3— Ben Liebes (4), bay trotting horse by McKinney, dam Belle
McGregor by Robert McGregor.

4— Bay gelding (trots and paces) by Steve Dameron, son of Alex.
Button, dam by Alex. Button.

5— Mattie B. 2:15&, brown pacing mare by Alex. Button, dam by
Don, son of Signal.

6— Tom'Smith, bay trotting horse by McKinney, dam Daisy S.
(dam of two in 3:30). by.McDonald Chief 3583.

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[April

1901

At Pleasanton Track.

Last Saturday the trainers at Pleasanton had fine
weather and a large number of visitors. The horses
were nearly all feeling well and speed was shown that
made eyes open rather wider than usual.

Will Welch stepped Geo. Bennett, the Honolulu
horse, a last quarter in 31} seconds, and did it so nicely
that it is the general opinion that he has a horse that
can win a good pile of money this year.

Chas. Griffith worked Bonnie Direct 2:05} and let
him brush along in places very fast. In looking over
this horse one is always impressed with the idea that
he is in every particular a king among horses, being
high bred, good mannered, very handsome and the
best of all the fastest green horses in their first year's
campaign. He is a two minute pacer.

James Thompson was working some of his numerous
pacers and let Goshen Jim step a mile in 2:121, which
was easy for the big horse. He gave Col. Kirk-
patriek's three year old some slow work but let him
step lively for short distances.

Mr. Trefry had one of his little Directs out. The
little fellow was as busy as a bee and stepped the mile
in 2:20.

J. M. Alviso worked several of Mr. Crellin's young-
sters. They are all doing nicely and can show consid-
erable speed.

Tommy Murphy, the champion horse shoer of Cali-
fornia, delights in driving the runner that teases the
harness horses when a fast mile is to be made. He
frequently gets a mount on such occasions, handles the
lines well," and is a good judge of pace.

Det Bigelow's horses are all working well. He will
have a great mare in Tags 2:13 by Diablo this year.
She is better than ever.

Millard Sanders is getting ready to ship to Cleve-
lend about May 5th, and I believe he has the best con-
ditioned lot of horses I ever saw. He worked Mr.
Spreekels' mare Venus II. several slow miles, one in
2:21,. last quarter in 311 seconds. Czarina 2:13} is
working good. She scores nicely and gets away well.
Her mile Saturday was in 2:171. Dolly Dillon worked
a mile in 2:17, and Janice one in 2:16}. All four of
these mares in Mr. Sanders' stable look almost fit to
go a horse race now. Millard drove Dr. Finlaw's green
mare by Daly a mile in 2:18. last half in 1:08. She is
certainly a very high class green mare. She has been
turned over to P. W. Hodges who will campaign her
in California this year. Mr. Sanders worked Judge
Green's two year old Directum colt a quarter in 38}
seconds. As this fellow has had but two months'
training he is looked upon by the Pleasanton trainers
as a speed marvel, and he has the making of a great
horse.

Sandy Smith has paid over the coin, $2000, and has
the roan pacer Funston in his charge. He will take
him to his new owner in the car with Sanders' string.
This pacer is one of the best green prospects ever seen
in California. He has been at San Jose in care of P.
W. Hodges who has developed him, and who made the
sale for the breeder of the horse, Mr. Theuerkauf.

Supervisor Fred Horner's handsome big bay gelding
by Nutwood Wilkes worked a mile in 2:30, the last half
in 1:13. This trotter is coming very fast and if he con-
tinues to improve will be very fast horse.

T. C, the big chestnut three year old worked a mile
in 2:30 very nicely, and has the making of a very fast
trotter. He is a wonderfully big and strong colt, hut
will not be raced this year. He is too good a horse,
and too large to take chances with, but when he is
older and they get him ready he should do in almost
any company.

John Blue's string of horses from Mr. Galleagos farm
at Mission San Jose has many promising members.
The black filly by Direct and the Diablo four year old
are two of the best green pacers at Pleasanton. All of
the horses in Blue's charge are in perfect condition.

Will Inherit Speed.
One day last week James W. Rea, owner of Ven-
dome Stock Farm, San Jose. Cal., received the follow-
ing letter:

Palo Alto Stock Farm, April 18, 1901.
Hon. Jas. W. Rea, San Jose, Cal. Dear Sir:— We
will send Bell Bird to Iran Alto on April 25th, arriving
at San Jose in the evening of that day.

Yours truly, F. W. COVEY.

P. S. I hope the produce will be a horse colt. The
blood lines would read well.

Palo Alto 2:08}, champion: Elaine 2:20, champion;
Green Mountain Maid, Queen: Electioneer, King;
Beautiful Bells, The Queen.

He, or she, the produce would have the greatest
combination of speed at all ages, and sex ever bred.

Covey

When shown the above letter by Farmer Bunch,
superintendent of the Vendome Farm, we asked the
privilege to copy the same into the columns of the
B. & S., as the mating of Bell Bird and Iran Alto is
noteworthy. A three cross tabulation of the pros-
pective foal's pedigree is here given:

PROSPECTIVE FOAL OP 1901.

At Alameda Track.

A trip to Alameda track any of this fine mornings is
worth one's while- and it is a reminder of the old days
when trotters and pacers were kings. While no very
fast miles have been shown some good work is being
done and fast quarters are not scarce.

Grant Lapham worked that sweet little trotter
Phoebe Childers 2:10$ a mile in 2:201 and the trotter
General Smith a mile in 2:32 the other morning.

Budd Doble, the celebrated reinsman was up behind
that grand colt The Roman 2:18}, on the morning of
my visit and stepped him a mile in 2:25 accompanied
by Mose Hart who drove that handsome mare Dora
Doe 2:12 J. Both horses worked very nicely. C E.
Morrison worked his racy looking mare Lady B two
easy miles in nearly the same notch — 2:291 and 2:29}.

Ed Lafferty was on the track with quite a number.
He has driven no fast miles yet but has a number of
good ones.

H. D. Brown has Doc Wilkes 2:15} going sound and
this pacer will be a hard nut to crack in the 2:16 class
this summer.

Mai-chand, of Lady O. fame, has a shoeing shop in
Oakland but finds time in the morning to attend to
live head of trotters he is working.

H. R. Ward has a fine-looking Altamont that acts
like a first class colt and I think you will hear from
him this year.

Hermia, the mare by Soudan worked a mile at the
trot in 2:2.".. She can beat her pacing record of 2:10.1
at the diagonal gait sure. Visitor.

"Uncle George" Fuller's contract, whereby he is

now i-oiiducting a training school for drivers in Russia,

expires next February and he is expected home soon

The proceeds of his three years' work there

uill "put him on easy street" for the rest of his days.

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News From Sonoma County.

Petaluma, April 26 — Horse sales continue here*
with uninterrupted frequency. There have been a.
good many transfers in driving horses of late. Robert
Woods has purchased a Los Angeles roadster sired by
a $7000 stallion and foaled by a 2:14 mare. The horse.
hitched to a toil buggy jogs a county road mile in'
three minutes without turning a hair.

The running mare Lurline of the Chase Stock Farm
near Sonoma was so badly injured by a picket pene-
trating her side a few days ago that she had to bei
killed. She was valued at $500.

Bert Ayres of Petaluma has a young filly of whichi
heexpects great things. He traded his double drivingi
team to F. A. Stratton for the mare. The latter is
four years old, goes double in three minutes but has
never* been worked single. She is a bright bay, cleani
limbed and active as a deer.

Charles Skinner has a pacing mare from the Haggin
ranch which he bought in San Francisco for a song.
The mare cut one of her hind legs with a shoe while
getting to her feet in her stall. Blood poisoning set in
and the San Francisco owner fearing that the mare
would die sold her to the Petaluma horseman. Skin-
ner bought the mare to breed and turned her outy
Her injured leg improved so rapidly that she now
shows scarcely a trace of the injury and skims over
the road with the best of them. The mare has a mark
of 2:20.

G. J. Armstrong, who makes a living raising
chickens out Stony Point way, drives into Petaluma
frequently with a double team, one of which is a bright
bay pacer. The mare jogs along double like any staid
old farm horse, but when single on the road she has
yet to encounter the horse that can throw dust in her
face. Nobody seems to know just how fast the mare
can go. She seems to have all the speed required
ready at a moment's notice. Her owner who clears
about five thousand dollars annually on his chickens,
holds her at $600.

William Swank, the Santa Rosa horseman and all-
round sport, recently bought a colt to match a valua-
ble colt he has raised to breaking age. Both are by
the same sire, an Eastern horse, and are the only two
colts sired by the horse on the Coast. Sotjles.

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Of the foals of 1902 none will have a greater inherit-
ance of producing speed than the youngster which we
hope will come to Bell Bird as a result of this mating.
There is nothing in the above tabulation but great
sires and great broodmares. Elaine dam of 3, Beauti-
ful Bells dam of 9, Dame Winnie dam of 5, Green
Mountain Maid dam of 9, Minnehaha dam of 8, all
within three generations is indeed "royal richness" in
a pedigree.

Queen R. 2:12 1-4 Will Race Over Eas^
Mr. C. W. Main of Corona has sent his fast
and handsome pacing mare Queen R. 2:12} to Wih_
Durfee at Los Angeles, who will take her East in his
string and race her through the Grand Circuit in
purses that close later on. Queen R. came out last
year a green mare and was trained and driven by P.
W. Hodges. She was one of the best winners on the
California circuit, having $2167.50 to her credit at the
close of the season. She started fourteen times, win
ning five races, getting second money twice, was once
third and twice fourth. No other pacer won as much
money as she. Queen R. is by Redondo, son of Stam-
boul, and we believe she is the first of the Stamboul
family to pace to a record. The dam of Queen R. is
by Adrian Wilkes. Few of the pacers that were out
last year could show as much speed as this mare, and if
she shows improvement this season, as she can reason-
ably be expected to, having closed her first campaign
in good shape and thoroughly sound, she ought to win
as much or more than she did in 1900.

Gen. Chaffee Has Arrived.

Whisper, the dam of Zombro 2:11. was bred to that
great young stallion Stam B. 2:11} last year, and on
April 20th foaled a very handsome colt. The new
comer to the standard ranks is a brown colt with two
white hind feet. Mr Beckers says he resembles his
dam in form and color, but the white ankles are like
his sire. He has named him Gen. Chaffee, after the
General who commands the American army in China.
When Beckers was a boy seventeen years old he came
across the plains with A. R. Chaffee, then a ranking
Captain or Brevet Major. "I went to school in Junc-
tion City, Kansas, with Mrs. Chaffee." writes Mr.
Beckers. "Gen. Chaffee was the first man I ever
worked for, and the best man. That was in 1875. He
is now a General in the United States army, and all
know that he is worthy of every advancement that he
has made. I have named my colt after a great man."

Fast Ones at Los Angeles.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — There is the
finest lot of green trotters being worked at our track
here that I ever saw. Mr. Winship worked his filly
by Zombro out of Gazelle a mile in 2:18, last quarter in
321 seconds. He is going to ship six head East next
month to sell at the Cleveland sale. Zephyr, as this
filly is called, should bring a long price, for I think she
can do 2:15 right now.

Mr. J. C. Wilhoit, of Long Beach, who recently ad-
vertised a filly by Zombro out of Concha by A. W.
Richmond for sale in your paper, has found a buyer in
J. Desmond, of Los Angeles, who paid him $600 in
cash. The filly is three years old and a good prospect.
She has trotted a quarter in 33} seconds, and is entered
in the Occident stake this year.

The two Zombro youngsters that W. H. Stimson
purchased from Mr. Murphy are very fast. The filly
worked a mile in 2:22 for Walter Maben the other day,
and the stud in 2:261. Gold Coin, the three year old
by Zombro, has been gelded and is just getting well.
Billy Durfee has him, but will not race him this year.
There are five Zombros in training here and they can
all step from 2:261 to 2:15, and I don't know how much
better.

Will Durfee has three extra good green ones. The
Deacon by McKinney comes first in my estimation,
then Patsy Mac, then Coronado.

Walter 'Maben has the Schumacher horse that can
trot, I think, in 2:12, for a mile in 2:17, last half in 1:05,
was easy for him.

Walter and Desmond sold Neerana, the Neernut filly
out of Florence C. by Alban, on which they had an
option, for $2000 last week, and E. J. Baldwin sold
Santa Anita Maid 2:20 by Guy Wilkes for $3000. The
Neernut filly is very fast and can show a two-minute
clip already.

Everybody has a fast trotter on the track, as it is
getting about the time of the year when fast quarters
and halves are in order.

There are about a hundred horses being worked here
and although some will go East there will be many left
for the California circuit. Tubal Cain.

Billups 2:20 1-2 and His Record.

Grass Valley. April 18, 1900.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman — A certain
person here states that the Electioneer stallion Billups
by Boydell, (he by Electioneer), dam by Tilton Almont,
has no record. I saw a certificate of his registration
in American Trotting Register, Vol. 15, giving his
number 31656. record 2:201. As your valuable paper
is the recognized turf authority of this Coast, please
state if said horse has a record as I have advertised one
of 2:201, and much oblige, Yours

Philip C. Byrne.

This is the first time we ever heard Billup's record
disputed. It is 2:201 and was made at Chico. August
19, 1897, in the first heat of 2:40 class trot.— EM
Breeder and Sportsman.

Albert Parker, who was recently elected mayor of 1
Topeka on the Democratic ticket, in the face of a usual
Republican mojority of 2500 votes, is one of the warm-
est admirers in Kansas of the trotting bred horse. Mr.
Parker has been breeding light harness horses for a
number of years, having patronized such stallions
Alcyone, Stamboul, etc.

April 27, 1901]

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Glens Falls Entries.
California-bred horses are well repi-esented in the
list of entries which the New New York Trotting
Horse Breeders have received to their Grand Circuit
meeting:

The 2:28 class trot, purse $1500, received 53 entries,
and more than 20 percent, are California bred. They
are Zambia by Cupid, Hyita by Dexter Prince, Blue
Gum by Nephew, Florist by Dexter Prince, Boodler by
Boodle, Ethel Derby by Chas. Derby, Algoneta by
Eros, Deacon Chase by McKinney, Dr. Shorb by Mc-
Kinney, Tom Smith by McKinney, and Vic Sheller by
Hambletonian Wilkes.

In the 2:24 class trot, purse $1500, forty-four horses
have been named, six of which bred in this State, viz:
Carrie Caswell by Altivo, Gussurro by Wildnut, Hyita
by Dexter Prince, Boodler by Boodle, Vic Sheller by
Hambletonian Wilkes, Tom Smith by McKinney, and
Mercury, a bay gelding by McKinney, that was sold
East two years ago and is now in Scott Hudson's string
at Lexington.

Thirty-six horses have been entered in the 2:18 trot
for which $1500 is the purse. There are five Califor-
nians named, three of which, Mercury, Charlie Mac
and Maggie McKinney are by McKinney, the other
two, Jummye and Mary Celeste being by Directum
and Oro Wilkes I'espectively.

The 2:14 trot, $1500, hag- a high class lot of California
bred horses in it. These are Thompson 2:14:1- by
Boodle, Dr. Book 2:13f- and Charlie Mac 2:17} by Mc-
Kinney, Czarina 2:13| by Dexter Prince, Janice 2:13|
by William Harold, and Bob Ingersoll 2:14| by Nut-
wood Wilkes. There are thirty entries all told in this
race.

But two of the twenty-one entries in the 2:25 trot for
three year olds were bred in this State and both first
saw the light at Palo Alto Farm. They are the fillies
■Lesa by Dexter Prince and Adabella by Adbell.

A big fist of entries was received for the 2:24 class
pace, no less than fifty-three horses being named. The
three promising green ones Rajah by Chas. Derby,
Thornway by Steinway and Domino- by Rect are en-
tered and we notice that Rio Alto, the son of Palo Alto
2:08f, that took a record of 2:16$ as a trotter in 1894,
and has been in the stud since, has been shifted to a
pacer and entered in this event. He is just ten years
old.

The 2:18 class pace at Glens Falls failed to attract
any entries from this State and the 2:12 class pacing
purse has but one entry from this bailiwick, Fredericks-
burg, the chestnut pacer by Nephew Jr., that was on
the Coast circuit last season.

The Hartford Entries.

The list of entries for the Charter Oak Park meet-
ing at Hartford has been received and is a record
breaker. The Charter Oak $10,000 stake for trotters
of the 2:13 class has seventeen nominations, of which
California furnishes two, Millard Sanders and W. G-
Durfee taking nominations in this big event.

The 2:19 trot, a purse of S30C0, has 59 entries. No
California stable has made an entry, but a number of
horses bred in this State are entered.

There are 54 horses named in the 2:30 trot for a
purse of $3000. . W. G. Durfee has named Deacon Chase
and Dr. Shorb, both by McKinney and B. O. Van
Bokkelen names the four year old Tom Smith also by
McKinney and Vic Shellar by Hambletonian Wilkes.
There are a number of Eastern owned but California
bred horses by Dexter Prince, Direct, Directum, Altivo,
Cupid, Wildnut and o^her sires that have been named
in this purse.

The 2:09 pace $3000, has 29 entries. There is a
brother to John R. Gentry, a son of Star Pointer, a
son of Mambrino King and a son of Chimes among
them, but they will have to race their best if they
beat the California contingent, Rey Direct 2:10 and
Goshen Jim 2:10}, both being entered in this event.

There are 28 entries in the 2:14 pace but none of the
California stables are represented.

In the 2:30 pace, $3000, C. L. Griffith of San Fran-
cisco, has named Domino by Rect, Dr. Boucher of San
Jose enters Harry Logan, a son of his great pacing
mare MisslLogan 2:06} and Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick has
named the good three year old Thornway by Steinway.
California ought to be in the money in this race,
although there are 39 high class horses named.

The Abbot and Cresceus Matched.

New York, April 24.— Secretary C. A. McCully, of
the New York Trotting Association, has just returned
from Toledo, O., after securing the signature of C. H.
Ketcham, the owner of the trotting horse Cresceus, to
an agreement for a match between The Abbot and
Cresceus, to take place at Brighton Beach during the
week beginning August 12th. The agreement also
bears the signatures of W. I. Marks, acting for John
J. Scannell, and William A. Engemann, for the New
York Trotting Association.

The conditions of the race are best three out of five,
one-mile heats, for a purse of $12,000, the winner to
receive $7000 and the remainder of the purse to go to
the loser. The owners have agreed to bring their
horses to the post in good" condition, and have also
agreed that the horses shall not be raced against each
other in a match or special contest prior to the filling
of their Brighton Beach engagement under the auspices
of the New York Trotting Association, the date of
which will probably be Thursday, August 15th.

In consideration of Ketcham's withdrawing the entry
of Cresceus in the $10,000 free-for-all trot, which, next
to the match race, is the principal feature on the pro-
gram, the New York Trotting Association has guar-
anteed $5000 in any event for the appearance of Cres-
ceus at the Brighton Beach track.

Appropriations for District Fairs.

The agricultural districts of California received a 25
per cent increase this year in the appropriations made
by the Legislature. There are forty-five of these dis-
tricts and the amount appropriated for each is given
in the appended table. It will be noticed that no ap-
propriation was made for district No. 37. Santa Bar-
bara county was divided into two districts some years
ago, called districts 19 and 37. Provision was made
for district No, 19 this year but none for 37, the Legis-
lature considering that one appropriation was suffl"
cient for one county. The number of eachdistrict, the
county or counties comprising the same, the place
where the fair grounds are situated and the amount
appropriated to each is here given. The appropria-
tion is for two years. One-half these amounts can be
used each year, or the full amount during the second
fiscal year, but an association cannot use the entire
amount during the first year.

At Nutwood Stock Farm.

San Francisco and Alameda.

San Joaquin

Butte

Name of District.

Sonoma and Marin

San Mateo and Santa Clara .

Los Angeles

Monterey

El Dorado

Humboldt

Siskiyou

Plumas and Sierra

Lake

Sutter and Yuba

Santa Cruz

Kern

San Luis Obispo

Nevada

Mono. Alpine and Noyo

Santa Barbara No. 1

Placer

Fresno and Madera

San Diego

Contra Costa

Tulare and Kings

Napa

Amador

Shasta and Trinity

San Bernardino and Riverside.

Tuolumne

Tehama

Ventura

Orange

San Benito

Modoc

Merced and Mariposa

Solano

Santa Barbara No. 2

Stanislaus

Calaveras

Yolo and Sacramento

Del Norte

Glenn

Lassen

Colusa

Mendocino

Location of Grounds Appr.

Oakland

Stockton

Chico

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San Jose

Los Angeles

Salinas..

Placerville

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1 Ferndale (

Yreka

Quincy

Lakeport

Marysville

Watsonville

Bakersfield ,

San Luis Obispo. .

Grass Valley

Independence

Santa Barbara

Auburn

Fresno

San Diego

Concord

Hanford

Napa

tone

Redding

I San Bernardino
\ or Riverside

Sonora

Red Bluff

Hueneme

Santa Ana

Hollister

Alturas

Merced

Vallejo

Lopoc

Modesto

Copperopolis

Woodland

Smith River

Willows

Susanville

Colusa

Ukiah

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1750
3750
3750
5600
2250
1750
2250

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2250
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2250
2500
1750
1750
2250
2500
1500
3000
2600
2500
2250
2600
1850
2250
3000
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1750
2500
1750
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1500
1750
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1750
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1500
1750
1500
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News From the North.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

E. B. Tongue has placed Ben Bolt and Mark Hanna
in John E. Kirkland's stable to be trained this year,
They are now at McMinnville where they will be jogged
for the present time.

Viola, dam of Giles Noyes 2: 05 J, has foaled a fine
filly by Claymont, full brother to Chehalis 2:04J.

J. Garrison, who has been wintering at Lewiston,
Idaho, passed through Portland this week on his way
to a visit up the valley He says quite a number of
horsemen are wintering at Lewiston and among them
he mentions: Hick Jackson, Mr. Cole, Jake Richard-
son, Shorty Martin, Ed Getchell, H. Covington, H.
Nunomaker, Ed. Hickock, Jack Agnew, A. Neil and
Pat Keen an.

A. E. Heller has moved his stable of trotters and
pacers to the Fair Grounds. He has quite a string,
mostly youngsters as follows: Two year old colt by
Del Norte out of a mare by Wilkie, son of Guy Wilkes;
Hazel Dell, two year old by Del Norte-Altamont; Jno.
A. Crawford 2:17; Corvallis, two year old colt by Coeur
d'Alene-Put Smith; Oregon Maid, three year old by
Del Norte-Dwina, dam of Alta Dell 2:16; Athalene,
three year old by Altago out of the dam of Alameda
2:09}; Gracie Dell, three year old by Del Norte-Arena;
The Bryan, two year old by Caution-Timosa; Frank
Watson, three year old by Stead man- Jennie Lapham;
Trilby ome, a three year old by Gerome-Oneco; Ned
Wilkes, green trotter by Ebony Wilkes-Dolly.

C. X. Larrabee, of Brook Nook Stock Farm, Mon-
tana, reports the recent purchase of the stallion Vice
Regent 20965, that is now on the way to his breeding
farm in Montana, where he will be placed in the stud.
Vice Regent is a chestnut sballionbred by C. J. Ham-
lin and sired by Mambrino King. First dam Estabella
(dam of Heir-at-Law 2:05^-, Prince Regent 2:164) by
Alcantara 2:23; second dam Annabel by George Wilkes
2:22; third dam Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11;
fourth dam Lena Pepper by Sidi Hamet; fifth dam
Wickliffe mare by Diomed. Vice Regent is a full
brother to Heir-at-Law 2:05| and Prince Regent 2:164
and is one of the highest bred stallions in America.

Better than an Automobile.

On Stephens creek, north of the Saratoga summit,
lives an Italian family by the name of Galiazzo, who
send five children to the Fairview school, a distance of
some two or three miles away. The children all ride
on one horse and cover his back from his shoulders to
his tail. The eldest, a girl, rides in front and guides
the horse, while a smaller one that rides nearest the
caudle appendage does the necessary whipping to avoid
the tardy marks. Neil Carmichael, who vouches for
the truth of this story, says it is an extremely comical
sight to see this outfit galloping along, the wee tiny
mite behind plying the whip and the five separate and
distinct little heads bobbing serenely up and down —
Mountain Echo.

A royally-bred filly arrived at Martin Carter's Nut-
wood Stock Farm last Wednesday morning, having
been foaled by the handsome mare Brown Eyes. The
filly is a daughter of Nutwood Wilkes and is a chestnut
with a star and snip. Brown Eyts is by Direct Line
(son of Director 2:17 and Lida W. 2:184, the dam of
Nutwood Wilkes), out of Lady Mine (dam of Irvington
Boy 2:17f and Irvington Belle 2:18.]), by California
Nutwood; second dam Lou G. (dam of Bob Ingersoll
2:14|, Who Is She 2:25 and Fred Wilkes 2:264) by Albert
W. 2:20; third dam the mare Tillie by San Bruno.
Tillie won for Mr. Carter a match race of $1000 at San
Jose in 1881.

Hon. Jesse D. Carr of Salinas has sent two mares by
Boodle 2:121 to Nutwood Wilkes this year. Both
mares were bred to him last year and Mr, Carr is so
pleased with the foals that he has bred th« mares back.
J. B. Iverson of Salinas has also sent a mare up to Mr.
Carter's farm to be bred to his stallion. This mare is
a daughter of Eugeneer, out of the dam of Dictatress
2:12}.

Mr. Theuerkauf of San Jose Ihas sent to Nutwood
Wilkes a full sister to the roan pacer Funston that
Sandy Smith recently purchased for an Eastern gen-
tleman for $2000. She is bv Dictatus, out of Sister
(dam of Lee 2:17£) by Eugene Casserly, son of Gen.
Taylor.

Nutwood Wilkes has already had more mares booked
this early than were booked to him during the entire
season last year and breeders are only just beginning
to book their mares in the majority of cases, as foals
are just now beginning to arrive. All the get of that
horse that are in training are showing speed without

exception.

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Geers' Opinion of The Abbot.

A correspondent of the Chicago Horse Review visited
Louisville track last week and while there saw Ed
Geers work The Abbot, and wrote as follows : "The
champion's appearance ar.d gait struck me as being
very much better than I had ever seen in him before
at this season. The Abbot looks big and strong, is
going nicely and reeled off a quarter in 33 seconds,
which was a mere jog for him.

At the conclusion of The Abbot's work, I had a con-
versation with Mr. Geers as to how he liked the cham-
pion this year. He immediately replied:

"I never was so well pleased with The Abbot at this
season of the year as I am at the present time. You
know I have always been troubled in the early train-
ing months to get him going, as he required quite a
little weight and has frequently been very unsteady at
the beginning of the season, while he would not have
his speed. But I am only using a two-ounce weight at
present, and I do not think he really needs that. As
you saw to-day he is going smooth and level, is full of
trot and he can just fly."

In answer to a question as to how fast The Abbot
would trot this year, Mr. Geers said he "fully expected
to be able to drive him a mile in two minutes this fall, "
and continued: "I could have stepped him a half most
any time late last fall in a minute flat, and a quarter in
29 seconds, and I am positive he will, with training,
learn to carry this clip." Mr. Geers is very conserva-
tive in stating what he expects from his horses, and
generally accomplishes what he starts out to do.

I recall a conversation I had with Mr. Harry Ham-
lin last summer at the Iroquois Hotel, Buffalo, _N. Y.,
during the Grand Circuit meeting there. He said: "It
is our intention to prepare The Abbot for a fast record.
Mr. Geers informs me that he believes he will be able
to drive him a mile in about 2:044 at the Readville
meeting and to beat the world's record at the Terre
Haute meeting." It is a matter of record just how
correct Mr. Geers was in his prediction.

In regard to the match between The Abbot and
Boralma at the fall meeting at Lexington, Ky., Geers
had the following to say :

"I do not know what leads Mr. Lawson and his
friends to believe that Boralma can beat The Abbot.
They say Boralma will improve. But, great horse
that he is, he will certainly have to show an unpre-
cedented gain in form. Granting this be true, how-
ever, I fully expect great improvement in The Abbot.

Will Be Sold_at Cleveland.

Chas. A. Winship of Los Angeles will send six trot-
ting bred horses to the Cleveland sale, the car leaving
Los Angeles about May 1st. The one that will prob-
ably bring the longest price is the filly Zephyr by
Zombro 2:11, out of Gazelle 2:11$, dam of Zolock 2:101.
This filly will be three years old in May and is one of
the greatest prospects in America to-day, as she has
shown more speed in her work than any three year
old heard from up to date. Mr. Winship, who weighs
212 pounds, drove her a mile early in April in 2:18, the
last quarter in 32£ seconds. Zephyr was hitched to a
46 pound cart at the time. This is a wonderful per-
formance and stamps this filly as one of the best of the
year beyond a doubt. If she were entered in some of
the big stakes she would bring a very large sum of
money at the Cleveland sale and a long price will doubt-
less be paid for her as it is. We have heard that Mr.
Winship was offered $3500 for Zephyr after he had
consigned her to the sale, but refused it and will stand
pat on the consignment.

Another good one that he will send to Cleveland is
Pacific King, a four year old pacer by Diablo 2:09 .J.
This horse paced a very handy mile in 2:19 last quarter
in 33 seconds. Lady Waldstein 2:15 by Waldstein.
Aster 2:12 by Dexter Prince, Vernie McGregor 2:26 by
Invincible, and a green pacingTnare called Velvet Rose
that has shown a mile in 2:20 make up the balance of
this consignment. Mr. Winship thinks Lady Wald-
stein will pace in 2:10 before the first of June. Aster
and Vernie McGregor have been driven to pole for
sometime and make a very fast and handsome pair.

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[April 27, 1901

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Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

" •■ Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) — , Sept. 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon f State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA. B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash . . .Oct. 14-19 '

THE GKAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19to2l

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

STOCKTON : Sept. 16 to 21

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS. Glenn Co July or August

SANTA AN A, Cal October

LOS ANGELES October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or SeDtember

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

BONNIE DIRECT 2:05« C. L. Griffith, Pleasanton

BOYDELLO 2:14K Ed Lafferty, Alameda

BOODLE 2: 12!^ Hostetter & Montgomery, San Jose

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09M Mm. Murray, Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR '. M. Henry, Haywards

GROVER CLAY 2:2.;>., Dennis Gannon, Emeryville

GEO. W. ARCHER Wm. R. Welch, Pleasanton

GOSSIPER ±14% S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhcad, Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:1 IK C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09^ P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16% Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:1 1« Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakeville

STAM B. 2:11^ Tuttle Bros., Rocklln

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY. . . .Rose Dale Sfk F'm, Santa Rosa

ZOMBR0 2:ll Geo. T.Beckers. Sacramento

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS .
ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

A MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association has
been called for Monday next, April 29th. At this
meeting- there will be propositions presented to the
Board from the managers of the grounds at Vallejo,
Sacramento, San Jose and other places, asking that
the association hold its annual race meeting over their
tracks. At the same meeting several preliminary
purses for trotters and pacers will be decided upon and
will be advertised in these columns on Saturday next.
The Directors are fully alive to the fact that the
harnoss horse is the most popular animal in Amer-
ica to-day and that good purses will attract a large
entry list. The Breeders Association has done much
to encourage the breeding and developing of high class
horses in the past and will continue the work in
the future The $6000 stake for colt trotters
which was inaugurated last year will be continued.
There will be a good lot of purses for the meeting
this year, and they will be as liberal and as numer-
ous as it, is possible to make them. The horsemen
can rest assured that the P. C. T. H. B A. will
provide a good program of liberal purses for them
this year and that the meeting or meetings wherever
held will be conducted in an up-to-date manner and in
accordance, as closely as possible, with the rules of the
National Trotting Association. As soon as the Breeders
program is out .several of the district associations will
announce their purses. There is every reason to be-
lieve that the California circuit this year will consist
of not less than eight weeks of good racing.

THE BREEDING SEASON has just now fairly be-
gun. There will be a very large increase over
last year in the number of mares bred, but there are a
number of owners who are not fully alive to the situa-
tion as yet aDd have not booked their mares. We can-
not impress too strongly on the minds of these owners
that they should breed every good mare they have
this year to some good stallion. There are plenty of
them as the advertising columns of our paper will
show and it need not take a person of average intelli.
genee long to find the proper horse to send his mare
to. Every mare should be bred with the purpose of get-
ing some qualifications beside speed. A mare without
beauty or quality should be sent to a stallion that has
those requirements in a high degree, and we would
advise every breeder to breed for good looks. It
always adds much to the value 0 f an animal. Breed
for speed if you want it, but do not make it th«
the only requisite. Good looks, size, bone, muscle,
brains and endurance are qualities that every breeder
should strive for. Breed up all the time. Try to pick
a horse for your mare that is a better individual than
she if possible. Try to improve all the time, and you
will find that it will pay. Good handsome roadsters
are in demand so much that buyers are looking for
sellers and traveling far and wide to find what they
want. This demand is on the increase and cannot be
supplied in less than six years. Get in now while the
demand is growing and you will gain a profit if you use
ordinary good judgment. Breed your mare this year,
feed the colt well until he is fully matured, handle him
so that he will be gentle and he will pay you a profit
on the investment in ninecases out of ten. Those odds
are enough to remove the business from the specula-
tion ranks.

DENVER'S MEETING will be a great success this
year. The early closing events filled well and
now the association has advertised a big lot of purses
for harness horses all of $500 each, to close Wednesday,
May loth. It has also advertised the Colorado Derby,
one and one-eighth miles, for three year old runners,
to which $500 is to be added. Entries to this race will
close Wednesday next, May 1st. The conditions of all
those races will be found in our advertising columns
to-day. There is every prospect of the Denver meet-
ing being the best ever given in that thriving city.
There will be two hai'ness events and four or more
running races each day. The harness horses have a
splendid mile track to race on, while the runners are
provided with a separate track seven furlongs in length
that is kept in'perfect condition. California horsemen
will find it to their advantage to enter at Denver,
especially if they are going East to race.

THE ENTRY LISTS received by the Eastern asso"
ciations are unprecedented. The record is held
by the New York Trotting Association, that will give
a meeting at Brighton Beach in August. It received
95 entries to its $2000 purse for 2:20 trotters, and all
the other purses have nearly as many. The associa-
tion has arranged a big race for The Abbot and Cres-
ceus and the meeting will be one of the big enterprises
of the season.

HTHE TERMS of two Directors of the State Agri-
i cultural Society will expire next month and as soon
as their successors are appointee the Board will meet
and promulgate its program for 1901. That there will
be a good generous lot of purses offered for harness
horses is certain and they will be arranged to suit all
classes. The State Fair of 1901 should be one of the
best ever held.

A SALE OF TROTTING BRED HORSES from
the Santa Clara farm of Henry Pierce will be
held on May 20th at the Occidental Horse Exchange in
this city. There are some well bred and fine looking
animals in this consignment, several highly bred mares
with colts by standard sires and a number of good
wrork and driving horses. See advertisement.

TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS is ready for the 2:10
trotters, and five thousand dollars for the 2:24
class four year old trotters at Readville this year.
Entries close Wednesday next, May 1st. If you are
going East enter in these purses. See the conditions
in our advertising columns.

MONTANA'S STAKES filled remarkably well and
as soon as racing secretary Laurence arrives in
Butte he will announce them. There will be some
high class running over in the copper district this
year. A program of purses for trotters and pacers
will be announced soon.

W JOTTINGS. M

A T THE SAN JOSE TRACK there are quite a
■<* number of horses working, and last Saturday it
was the best track the writer has seen this year.
There has been lots of work done on the oval so that
trainers can work fast miles if they so .desire. The
grounds have been cleaned up, many of the trees
(which were getting too numerous and producing too
much shade) cut down and many other improvements
made. The horsemen who are training there suggested
that the Breeders hold their meeting at San Jose this
year and if they should, it is believed they could place
San Jose once more in the ranks of the popular and
profitable harness horse towns.

LOTS OF MONEY is hung up at Terre Haute. The
entries to a number of rich purses will close Mon-
day, May 6th. Consult our business columns for full
particulars.

Among the trainers who are located there are B. O.
Van Bokkelen with a string of ten, half of which will
go East. Henry Hellman with a dozen or so to be
campaigned on the California circuit; Dr. Boucher,
who is getting his big chestnut pacer Harry Logan
ready for his Eastern engagements, which are numer-
ous; John Gordon, T. V. Barstow, P. W. Hodges and
others. C. A. Durfee has McKinney 2:11} there and
is handling a few of his colts. McKinney will make a
very heavy season this year. I don't think he ever
looked any better in his life than he does now. Mr.
Durfee showed me his service book and 73 mares bred
and to be bred this season were recorded in it, and the
season has only_ just begun. Here are a few of the
mares booked: Galette Wilkes 2:12, Miss Logan 2:071
Myrtle 'ihorne 2:18, Miss Jessie 2:13}, Linda Oak 2:18J,
Bon Bon 2:26, Wanda 2:14|, Flora M, 2:16, Hazel
Wilkes 2:11}, Dr. Frasse's Sister 2:251, and many
others with records that I failed to remember. Among
the producing mares are Fennella, dam of Janice 2:13},
Last Chance, dam of Bell Patchen 2:16, Maud by Inca
dam of Maud McKinney, and a dozen or so of Palo
Alto Stock Farm's best mares. Mr. Durfee received a
letter from the owner of one of the leading breeding
farms in the East last week, making him a generous
offer to take McKinney back there this summer, and
guaranting a big lot of very high class mares at $100
each, but Mr. D. was compelled to decline as the
horse's time will be fully occupied here in California.

There are some very promising horses among those
pictured by our camera this week, although all but one
are without records.

The roan pacer by Dictatus that now bears the name
of Funston will go East in a few days in charge of.
Sandy Smith, who is perfectly confident that he has
the best green one that has been produced in Cali-
fornia up to date. Sandy induced an Eastern gentle-
man to pay $2000 for him, and there is little doubt but
the new owner has received his money's worth for the
roan fellow is a combination of brains and extreme speed
that is rarely met with. I saw him work a mile at San
Jose last Saturday and he is the easiest going one I
have seen this year. They told me he worked a mile
in 2:11} the Saturday previous and Mr. Hodges said he
did not wish him to go as fast again as the horse was to
be shipped East in a few weeks and they were letting up
on him. He gave him a mile in 2:25 and he was only
jogging. He wore no hopples and nothing but the
lightest of quarter boots on his legs. In this heat he
wore a check, but upon my asking Hodges to let the
horse stand for a picture when he came out for the
next heat, he said, "I will leave his check off as he
will look better, and it don't make much difference to
him as he can pace as fast without it as with it." After
the snap was taken he scored the roan down once or
twice and then went away. Funston did not give one
the impression that he was trying hard, as he moved
so smoothly. He is a leg pacer and just about the
sweetest one in California. He made the mile in 2:16}
with the lines loose and evidently making his own pace.
I think he'll do when he strikes the good green ones
over East, and I don't care how good they are, if he
keeps right he will be in the money. His dam is the
mare Sister, the dam of that good old campaigner Lee
2:17}. The Year Book says„.she is by Gen. Taylor but
her owner tells me she is by Eugene Casserly, a son of
the old gray champion thirty mile trotter. The breed"
ing of the dam of Sister is unknown to her owner and
has never been recorded, Dut it is said that it can be
ascertained. The sire of this pacer, Dictatus, had as
much speed as any horse I ever saw and had he not
been spoiled iu training and taught to be about the
worst puller that ever spoiled a start he would have
done his miles below 2:10. His breeding is about as good
as that of any stallion in the country. By Red Wilkes,
dam by Dictator, second dam by Mambrino Abdallah,
third dam by Harold, fourth dam by Mambrino
Patchen, etc. Dictatus is the sire of that good little

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mare Dictatress 2:12}, but she will not be the fastest of
his get when this roan fellow gets to racing.

Another good one I saw at San Jose was the bay
four year old Tom Smith by McKinney. He is looking
better than ever and is a very handsome horse. He
got no mark last year, but won considerable money.
He met The Roman and Eula Mac in his races and
thus failed to win, but he was never outside the money.
Mr. VanlBokkelen, who is handling him now, thinks
him a great four year old and so does every horseman
who sees him at work. I heard a man who knows a
good horse when he sees him, say to C. A. Durfee as
Van drove the colt by: "I'll put in with you and buy
that horse."

"It will take $2500 to get him," was Durfee's reply.

"All right," came the rejoinder; "I think he is well
worth it, and the best young trotter I ever saw."

Mr. Van Bokkelen has an option on the colt which
expires the first of May. He must be pretty sure of
getting him as I see he has entered him well over East.
Tom Smith is owned by Prof. E. P. Heald, President
of the P. C. T. H. B. A. He is by McKinney 2:11},
dam Daisy S. (dam of two in 2:30) by McDonald Chief
3583; second dam Fanny Rose (the dam of Columbus
S. 2:17 and George Washington 2:16|) by Ethan Allen
Jr.; third dam Jenny Lind, the dam of Prince Allen
2:27. He is a square-gaited, level-headed, line trotter,
and is all business. He stands 15.1 and is a very hand-
some horse with plenty of substance and quality beside.

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Another good son of McKinney that is at the San
Jose track is Ben Liebes, also a four year old. He be-
longs to Mr. H. L. Frank, of Montana, and is out of
Belle McGregor, a daughter of Robert McGregor.
This colt got no mark last year. He started three
times and showed speed and gameness, but he was a
very growthy colt and was not severely trained. At
that time, I am told, he worked a mile in 2:16J very
nicely. He is a big horse and a handsome one, as his
picture shows. I never saw a richer, brighter bay,
and if he don't get a low mark and win a lot of good
races it will be because he is sick or disabled. He
ought to make one of the greatest stock horses in the
country.

Several of the owners and trainers who will race
harness horses in California this year have suggested
that the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
ciation hold more than one meeting. The idea is that
the association hold meetings at two or three of the
interior towns where the local associations will not
give fairs. All the horsemen are anxious that this
should be done as they would rather race under the
Breeders management than under any other asssocia-
ation, as they know the tracks would be put in the best
possible condition, there would be no deep harrowing
next the pole to accommodate the runners, as all the
races w ould be for harness horses, and there would be
good management all through. The P. C. T. H. B. A.
has done much for the harness interests of the coast-
It kept the interest alive when breeders were selling
their farms and getting out of the business discouraged
by the hard times. It has never given a meeting when
less than $3000 net was distributed among the horse-
men and the amount has been as high as $10,000. No
organization in America has given cleaner racing or
meetings more free from scandal. About the only
strong criticism I have heard of it in late years is that
its purses, stakes and place of meeting are not announced
early enough. I think this criticism is proper, although
the fact that the association owns no track and is thus
badly handicapped is one partial justification of its
course. There are many horsemen who object to the
membership fee of $15 and annual dues of $10 as
too high and I think they could be lowered with advan-
tage and profit to all concerned. If the P. C. T. H.
B. A. owned a track it could soon be one of the
leading organizations in America. There are many
wealthy members of the organization and I have not
the least doubt in the world that if a tract of suitable
land could be secured on the San Francisco peninsula
or across the bay that sufficient stock would be sub-
scribed and paid for to equip a trotting track in good
shape and that big crowds would attend the meetings
A well equipped track with plenty of stall room if
located in a spot sheltered from the trade winds would
be patronized by a very large number of trainers. It
iB not an extravagant prediction to say that two hun-
dred stalls could be rented at $2 per month each the
year round.

T

"There are mighty few high class green trotters in
California this year," said a horseman to me the other
day, "and I don't think 2:15 will be beaten many
times." Perhaps not, but when one makes a tour of
the training tracks and holds a watch on the horses
working, he soon realizes that there is lots of "green
speed" to be seen. I have no noubt but the 2:30 trots
will get fifteen or twenty entries in California this year
and that when the horse9 score up for the word they
will be in two tiers. I also predict that while any

green trotter that can do three heats in 2:18 or better
will win a good pile of money, that at least a half dozen
of them will have records of 2:15 or better before the
close of the season. Wise drivers never know just how
fast their horses can go until they race them, but
realize about how fast they will have to go, and
put them in condition for the ordeal. The "other,
wise" trainers know all about their steppers early
in the season and it is only after the races tha*
they begin to understand that the purses are not
paid for workouts. I heard of a green horse that was
discarded by his trainer the other day because he could
not work a mile better than 2:20. He had been worked
just six weeks and after a lot of honing had trotted a
mile in 2:21. This was enough to knock out an ordi-
nary horse and because his ankles filled and he could
not show any speed the next day, he was turned out
and branded as a counterfeit. A road driver bought
him, and its a two to one proposition that the horse
will prove a good one yet, as the man who made the
purchase has brains under his hat and will not ask the
animal to do the impossible.

•

The Corbitt Ranch Sold.

The famous farm owned by the late William Cor-
bitt, where Guy Wilkes ruled over a harem of great
broodmares, and where some of the greatest winners
of the Grand Circuit were bred, has been sold to Mr.
Francis J. Carolan, President of the Burlingame Polo
Club. A sum approximating $250,000 was paid for the
land and improvements thereon. Mr. Carolan bought
the property as an investment. He intends to establish
another polo field on the race track of the ranch and
lease it to the polo club of Burlingame, so the polo
players may use one field while the grass is growing on
the other, and thus stimulate interest in the game.

The development of the sport in California is closely
observed by Mr. Carolan. He notes that Eastern ex-
perts, who formerly went to Aiken, S. C , in the win-
ter season, prefer to come to California. The purpose
he has in view in the extension of polo grounds is to
afford Eastern and resident admirers of the sport all
the facilities demanded by the widening interest in this
form of outdoor exercise.

The transportation companies have already derived
considerable revenue from the polo tourists. Burlin-
game has been enlivened by the sojourn of these
Eastern players, who formerly went to South Carolina.
Returning East they proclaim the advantages of Bur-
lingame as a polo resort and bring back with them
other men of means who have a fancy for this style of
field exercise. In this manner the resident population
of Burlingame is augmented, as many who come with
their friends to pass the winter decide to remain all
the year round. The railroad companies are beginning
to find that it pays to make known to the Eastern
world the attractions which Burlingame presents to the
disciples of polo.

The Burlingame Club, with its club house and twelve
acres of land, is an established social institution apart
from the polo clubs, yet it is in sympathy with the field
organization. All the leading polo players are mem-
bers of the Burlingame Club proper, but all the club
members are not players.

Mr. Carolan's purchase of the Corbitt ranch and the
creation of a new polo field will not transfer the present
attractions of Burlingame to another section of San
Mateo county. No changes in the character or pur-
poses of the Burlingame Club are in contemplation.
The purchaser having faith in the San Mateo land
values, and believing that property on the peninsula
of San Francisco is bound to increase in value, bought
the land.

We understand that Mr. Carolan will probably utilize
the farm as a place to breed polo ponies and will use
California mustang mares and small thoroughbred or
trotting bred stallions on them.

Answers to Correspondents.

FKEESTONE (Cal), April 23, 1901.

Breeder and Sportsman — Kindly inform me if
there is a bay mare by the name of Pedmont regis-
tered, and please give me the number. The mare is
claimed to be out of a mare named Piedmont raised by
Stanford. Also let me know if Don Fallis is registered
and his number. By so doing you will greatly oblige,
Yours respectfully, John O 'Grady.

You have doubtless made some mistake about the
mare Pedmont. We can find no such mare registered.
The horse Piedmont was a stallion. His record was
2:170 and his registered number 901. He was owned
by the late Senator Stanford and died his property.
Don Fallis is not registered He is by the registered
horse Fallis 2:23, dam a mare by the thoroughbred
horse Bayswater.

A Sacramento correspondent wants the Breeder
and Sportsman to decide for him which of two
stallions he names is the better bred. They are by the
same sire but from mares of entirely different breeding
We cannot decide this matter, as such would be only
an individual opinion and there ai*e no rules by which
an authoritative opinion in such a case could be form-
ulated. If the correspondent desires to patronize one
of these stallions he should de2ide for himself which
horse would nick best with his mare, taking her breed-
ng into consideration.

California Entries in Kentucky Futurity.

The $21,000 Kentucky Futuritj for foals of 1901, to
be trotted as two year olds in 1903 and three year olds
in 1904, received fifty entries from California as follows:

I. L. Borden, San Francisco— Allie Cresco, blk m by
Cresco, dam Black Betsy, bred to Nutwood Wilkes;
Alice Bell, b m by Washington, dam Kentucky Maid
by Kentucky Hunter, bred to Hambletonian Wilkes.

A. W. Bruner, Los Angeles — Lou, b m ,by Ira, dam
Electra by Hambletonian, bred to Stanton Wilkes.

Geo. A. Davis, Pleasanton — Sidlette, gr m bv Sid-
ney, dam Idolette by Silver Thread, bred to Rey
Direct.

Byron Erkenbrecher, Los Angeles— Galette Wilkes,
blk m by Jud Wilkes, dam Gale by Commodore Bel-
mont, bred to Neernut.

C. L. Griffith, San Francisco — Vida Wilkes, ch m by
Guy Wilkes, dam by Nutwood, bred to Direct; Sophia,
b _m by Robert McGregor, dam by Wildwood, bred to
Direct; Petrina, ch m by Piedmont, dam by imp. Glen-
garry, bred to Direct; Ginger, ch m by Steinway, dam
thoroughbred, bred to Direct.

Juan Galleagos, Mission San Jose — Jetta Richmond,
blk m by Soudan, dam Jane Hading by A. W. Rich-
mond, bred to Direct; Bessie Wilkes, blk m by Sable
Wilkes, dam Sedgewick by Joe Daniels, bred to Mc-
Kinney.

J. W. Gardner, San Francisco— Miracle, b m by Mc-
Kinney, dam Grace Kaiser by Kaiser, bred to Direct.

E. A. Gammon, Courtland — Cleo G., b m by Yosem-
ite, dam Lizzie by Frank Merrill, bred to Direct.

H. H. Helnian, San Jose — Angie Wilkes, b m by Guy
Wilkes, dam Maud by Bertrand, bred to Boodle.

W. S. Hobart, San Francisco — Hazel Wilkes, ch m
by Guy Wilkes, dam Blanche by Arthurton, bred to
McKinney.

La Siesta Ranch, San Jose — Wanda, b m by Eros,
dam Accident by Elmo, bred to McKinney.

W. H. Lumsden, Santa Rosa — Myrtle, br m by An-
teeo, dam Luella by Nutwood, bred to Direct.

T. S. Montgomery, San Jose — Tiva Williams, b m by
Silver Bow, dam Viva by Antevolo, bred to Alton.

Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville — Inex, br m by
Sweepstakes, dam Dolly Bull by Kentucky Bertrand,
bred to Owyhee; Amazon, br m by Charles Derby,
dam Ramona by Anteeo, bred to Direct; Nazoma, b m
by McKinney, dam Amazon by Chas. Derby, bred to
Direct; Abanteeo, b m by Anteeo, dam Abbotina by
Abbotsford, bred to Charles Derby; Alectway, b m by
Steinway, dam Katie G. by Electioneer, bred to Direct;
Susie Mambrino, b m by Mambrino Boy, dam Susie
Simmons by Simmons, bred to Charles Derby; Celia
Derby, b m by Charles Derby, dam Cecilia by Del Sur,
bred to Direct.

Palo Alto Stock Farm, Menlo Park — Aerolite, blk
m by Palo Alto, dam Manette _by Nutwood, bred to
Mendocino; Alula, br m by Altivo, dam Lula Wilkes
by George Wilkes, bred to Mendocino; Clarion, b m
by Ansel, dam Consolation by Dictator, bred to Men-
docino; Coral, b m by Electioneer, dam Columbine,
bred to McKinney; Coralia, b m by Boodle, dam
Coral by Electioneer, bred to Mendocino; Cressida,
blk m by Palo Alto, dam Clarabel, bred to Mendocino;
Elsie, ch m by General Benton, dam Elaine by Messen-
ger Duroc, bred to Mendocino; Laura Drew, ch m by
Arthurton, dam Molly Drew by Winthrop, bred to
Mendocino; Sally Benton, gr m by Gen. Benton, dam
Sontag Mohawk, bred to Mendocino; Elden, blk m by
Nephew, dam Eleanor by Electioneer, bred to Mon-
bells; Expressive, b m by Electioneer, dam Esther by
Express, bred to Monbells; Laura C b m by Elec-
tioneer, dam Fannie Lewis, bred to Monbells; Gert-
rude Russell, b m by Electioneer, dam Dame Winnie
by Planet, bred to Nazote; Lucyneer, br m by Elec-
tioneer, dam Lucy, bred to Nazote; Lula Wilkes, blk
m bv George Wilkes, dam Lula, bred to Nazote; Lilly
Thorn, blk m by Electioneer, dam Lady Thorn Jr.,
bred to Altivo; Mano, ch m by Piedmont, dam Mamie,
bred to Altivo; Rosemont, b m by Piedmont dam
Beautiful Bells, by The Moor, bred to Azmoor; Sab-
ling, blk m by Guy Wilkes, dam by Sable, bred to
Altivo; Sweet Water, br m by Stamboul, dam Man-
zanita, bred to Wildnut.

Santa Rosa Stock Farm, Santa Rosa — Bonsilene, b
m by Stamboul, dam Bon Bon by Simmons, bred to
McKinney; Biscara, b m by Director, dam Bicara by
Harold, bred to McKinney.

Tuttle Bros., Rocklin — Laurel, b m by Nephew, dam
Laura C. by Electioneer, bred to Stam B.; Bell Medium,
b m by Happy Medium, dam Argenta by Almont
Lightning, bred to Altivo.

J. C. Wilhoit, Long Beach — Vela, br m by McKin-
ney, dam by Wilkes Boy, bred to Neernut.

Indianapolis, Nebr., March 22, 1901
Mr. W. F. Young, Springfield. Mass. Dear Sir:— Some time ago
you sent us a quart can of your Taroleum for trial. -We used it on a
mare thatfrom all symptoms bad navicula disease in one forward
foot. It has cured her and she -is now as sound as the day she was
foaled. We think it the greatest thing for horses feet that a per-
son can use. We have used lotsof other hoof remedies and it beats
them all. M. W. Ploord & Son.

The Directors of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association met at Lexington last Saturday
and arranged the stakes to be offered for the leviathan
fall meeting to be given at that noted track. There
are fourteen stakes, besides the great match races
between The Abbot and Boralma, and Cresceus and
Charley Herr, the former being for $30,000, and the
latter for $7000. The Ashland Stake has been canceled
and in its stead a sweepstakes for 2:10 trotters, with a
forfeit of $300, with four payments of $75 each, named
the McDowell, in honor of the late president, Major H.
C. McDowell, has been announced. The Transylvania
has been increased to $6000, and made for the 2:12
class. Following are the stakes as arranged: Kentucky
Futurity for foals of 1898, $16,000; Louisville prize,
foals 1898, $10,000; Transylvania Stake, 2:12 class,
named September 17th, $6000; McDowell Stake for
2:10 trotters, sweepstakes, estimated $5500; Kentucky
Futurity, foals 1899, $5000; Walnut Hall Cup for 2:15
trotters, $3000; Tennessee Stake, 2:08 pacers, named
September 17th, $3000; Blue Grass Stake, 2:19 trotters,
$2000; Johnston Stake, 2:24 trotters, $2000; West
Stake, 2:29 trotters, $2000; Wilson Stake, 2:20 trotters,
$2000; Lexington Stake, foals 1899, $2000; Kentucky
Stock Farm Purse, foals 1898, $2000; Kentucky Futur-
ity, pacing, foals 1899, $1000. There will be fifteen or
sixteen purses of from $1000 to $3000 each, making the
total of money to be distributed about $125,000.

©he ^reetrer cutir gtvovi&nxcm

[April 27, 1901

M SULKY NOTES.

P. C. T. H. B. A. Directors meet Monday.

2>X

Several associations claim dates this week.
Several tracks are bidding for the Breeders' meeting.
Read the Denver program in our advertising columns-
San Jose track is in perfect condition at the present
time.

High class road horses are in greater demand than
ever.

California horses will be numerous on the Eastern
circuit this year.

The Breeders' Association will announce a number
of purses nest week.

A carload of horses will leave Pleasanton about May
5th for the Cleveland sale.

Edenia 2:131. by Endymion, has a chestnut filly by
her side, by Baron Wilkes 2:18.

Call at this office and see that hadsome speed wagon
for sale for $150. It's a beauty.

The Abbot and Creseeus will race at Brighton Beach
and the papers have been signed.

It is thought that Indiana 2:015, vr^ De one °'
Coney's stable companions in Andy McDowell's stable.

Dora Doe 2:12]. is being worked at the Alameda
track by Mose Hart. She has as much speed as last
year.

Dolador 2:20, by Advertiser is in Grant Lapham's
string at Alameda. He will probably be out again this
year.

Phoebe Childers 2:101, will be shipped East May 9th.
She will go in the same car with James Thompson's
horses.

John Dickerson has secured Lady Geraldine 2:11] to
race this season. He will also drive others belonging
to Col. Goff.

A meeting of the Directors of the State Agricultural
Society will be held very soon and a program of racing
announced.

No stallion in California has sired a better looking
lot of horses than Hambletonian Wilkes and they are
fast and game.

Budd Doble with "The Roman" and James Thomp-
son with his string of fast ones will leave California for
the East May 9th.

The Alameda track is in good shape for fast work
and the horses in training there are being given pretty
fast quarters and halves.

Brook Curry has a yearling by Belsire 2:21!. that is
a phenomenal' trotter: one of the best, and perhaps

the very best ever in Kentucky.

Last fall 2000 loads of clay were put on the Cleve-
land track and, as a consequence, that course is ex-
pected to be faster than ever this year.

An offer of $10,000 has been refused by H. R. Murray
of Monarchal Stock Farm, Xew York, for his Gayton
colt. He cost him $3500 at eight months old.

J. H. Lawson. who resides at Bakersfield, the centre
of the oil belt in California, has sold to J. W. Reynolds
of Lima, Ohio, a gelding by Nolens Volens 2:26]-, that
is said to be a great prospect.

Breed a mare to Charles Derby this year and you
will not regret it. He is one of the coming great sires
of America and those who owns his colts two or three
years from now can get good prices for them.

Good road horses are in such demand that the supply
is totallv unequal to it. There are inquiries every day
at this oflice for high class roadsters, and whenever
one is found a good price is paid without hesitation.

John P. Klug, of Weld county, Colorado, has just
sold the army people twenty-five head of cross-bred
French cavalry horses bred by himself at his ranch
near La Sailer The price is $110 for each animal
accepted.

Homer Davenport, the cartoonist, has again entered
his famous imported Arabian Koobishan in the New
York parade and expects to win a prize. Last year he
was the only one pelted with bunches of violets during
the parade.

C. W. Main of Corona, Cal., owns two colts by
Zombro that he says will make race horses. Tbey are
full sisters and their dam traces to Almont 33 on her
sire's side and to the thoroughbred horse Norfolk on
her dam's side.

George Van Dyke wants to have a series of races be-
tween Searchlight, Coney, Anaconda, Prince Alert
and his horse, Frank Bogash. He proposes that five
races be held and the ante from each owner be $1500
for every race.

J. H. Vance, a well known trainer, has arrived from
Los Angeles and taken charge of J. B. Iverson's trot-
ters and pacers. Mr. Vance is quite a reinsman as well
as conditioner, and has developed some of the speediest
horses of the orange belt.

Bouncer 2:09, the fastest trotter ever bred at Empire
City Farm, has been sent to Goshen to be bred to John
R. Gentry 2:001. W. J. Andrews, who developed and
raced the daughter of Hummer, also drove John R.
Gentry to his record, and he always has wanted Mr.
Simpson to breed Bouncer to Gentry. The produce of
this mating will not only be the product of highly
developed parents, but it will have a double cross of
Wilkes blood, one cross to Electioneer, one to Mam-
brino Patchen and one to Belmont.

Chas. Marvin will breed the dam of the champion
two year old gelding Endow 2:14}, also his Red Wilkes
mare, the dam of his great two year old filly that
trotted a mile last fall in 2:27 as a yearling, to C. W.
Williams' Electioneer stallion, Expedition 2:15}.

The fast bay mare Lamp Girl 2:09, by Walter Morrill,
has been purchased by J. D. Collery, the well known
Pittsburg road and matinee driver, and will probably
be retired from the regular turf. She is now the fast-
est trotter by the records owned in the Smoky City.

Sister Red (dam of Emma Winter (3) 2:14}) by Red
Wilkes, has foaled a bay colt by Directman (son of
Directum 2:05]). The colt is owned by Brook Curry
and is entered in the Kentucky Futurity for foals of
1901. The sire, dam and colt are all owned bv Currv

To many it will be news as to how Dare Devil went
lame. Geers' book says it happened the year Mr.
Hamlin retired him to the stud, and that he hurt him-
self somehow in his stall. It is a hip that is injured,
and but for this mishap Dare Devil would have a truly
phenomenal record. As it now is he does not expect
to lower his present record.

Sam Hoy has gone to the Sacramento track with a
string of four horses, headed by his great pacer Kelly
Briggs 2:10]-. The Sacramento track is in excellent
shape ana Mr. Martin, the lessee, is keeping it so. He
has expended a lot of labor, time and money on it and
proposes to have a first class training track as long as
he has the lease of the ground.

Secretary Hockheimer writes that the Glenn County
Agricultural Association will probably give a fair and
race meeting this year either in July or August.

Chauncy Sumner, owner of You Bet 2:121 by Mc-
Kinney. has placed this pacer in the hands of Frank
Erwin' of Kansas City who will campaign him this
year.

Tom Galliger, of Cleveland, has accepted the position
of superintendent of W. B. Fasig's farm, Benny cliffe,
near New York City, and will take up his residence
there.

Simmons 2:2j. now has ninety-seven standard per-
formers to his credit, and should pass the century
mark the coming season. He is the sire of nineteen
pacers.

Two Fort Worth, Texas, dealers shipped to New
Orleans during the past two weeks, 1200 horses and
nearly 1500 mules as part of a contract with British

Cyrus Lukens says that thirty years ago the late
Dr. Herr offered the services of Slambrino Patchen
free to owners of pacing mares with records better
than 2:30.

Jack Trout, who has in his stable Anaconda 2:021,
L. L. D. 2:08]. Helen R. 2:10]. and Orienna 2:12:. will
locate at Dover. X. H.. to remain until the racing
-■n opens.

At Village Farm last week, the champion pacing
mare. Lady of the Manor 2:05} . by Mambrino King,
foaled a chestnut colt, bv the $10,000 stallion Direct
Hal. son of Direct 2:05 .

George Amos, the shipper from Knoxville, Iowa,
who recently died of pneumonia at Bellevne hospital,
New York, made a deal in range horses three years
ago which is believed to be about the largest on record.
Mr. Amos contracted in 1898 for 27,000 head of range
horses at $20 a head, the animals to be removed from
the ranches within three years. The Iowa horseman
had taken away about eleven thousand head up to the
time he died. A New York firm offered to pay him $5
a horse for his contract, but Amos declined to sell.

More than fifty of the best horses in Kentucky were
exhibited at the April stallion show recently. Mr.
Williams' four, also Oratorio, Adbell, Charley Herr
and others attracted great attention, but the country
man who came in with the gray horse by Drennon.
which he said was out of a mare that trotted in 2:10,
carried off the honors of the day.

It is an open secret that Ed Geers thinks Lord Derby
the coming champion. In his recently issued book he
says of Derby: ''The horse is now in perfect condition,
and what he may accomplish in the future I hardly
dare hazard an opinion. That he is a great horse
there can be no question. Whether he will be 'the'
greatest time alone can disclose. But measured by
the records of one season's racing, he is the greatest
trotting race horse I have ever driven."

Five of the Forbes Farm mares have dropped foals
this year. Maggie Sultan 2:30, dam of Nico (4) 2:08},
has a fine bay colt by Peter the Great (4) 2:07}; Nowa-
day (3) 2:14} has a nice bay filly by Bingen 2:06]; Nor-
roway,lthe five year old daughter of imp. Meddler and
Starlight 2:15| by Electioneer, has a bay filly by Peter
the Great; Braganea by Larabie (3) 2:12j, dam May Be
2:24. dam of Loma 2:143, has a nice bay filly by Peter
the Great, and Lichee by Arion, out of the great
broodmare Toto, sister to Trinket 2:14, has a bay colt
by Bingen.

Chehalis 2:04} was sold last week to Blake & Ring,
of Newport, Vt., and was shipped from Boston to his
new owners on Wednesday. He will be kept a short
time in the stud, and will then be campaigned over the
half-mile tracks in the free-for-alls by Peter McCabe.
Jere O'NeU, the Boston trainer who has had charge
of Chehalis, has a great opinion of him as a sire.
Already three of the mares he was bred to last year
have foaled, and in every instance the youngster has
taken entirely after the sire in looks. In one case the
mare was a chestnut, with three white feet and a blaze
in the face, but her foal has not a white hair.

The dropping of a line of type from an item pub-
lished in these columns two weeks ago stated that Geo.
Blanchard was driving Brainey by Echo on the speed-
way. It shouid have stated that he was driving a
mare by Director 2:17 out of Brainey by Echo. The
mare is one of the handsomest trotters that goes over
the San Francisco roads.

Rose Dale Stock Farm at Santa Rosa has turned the
promising green pacer Julia S., by Daly, over to P. W.
Hodges, who will train her for the California circuit.
Julia S., has been in Millard Sanders hands at Pleasan-
ton for the past two months and Mr. Sanders says that
he never handled one that he thought was a better
prospect. Mr. Sanders will leave for the East in a few
days and as the owner of the mare desires to have her
campaigned at home, he has selected Mr. Hodges as
the one to handle her. Mr. Hodges is one of the most
successful trainers and drivers in California and we are
certain he will drive Julia S. to a low record this year
and win well with her.

A. G. Gurnett, owner of the Sulphur Spring Stock
Farm, owns a four year old filly by McKinney 2:11} out
of Lassie Jean (the dam of Who* Is It 2:10}'and Dolly
Marchutz 2:19) by Brigadier. This filly was injured
as a yearling by getting under a fence. She got caught
and her back was hurt so that she could hardly walk
for a year. She finally straightened up, however, and
Mr. Gurnett will make a broodmare of her. She is a
big, fine looking mare and was bred this year to Mr.
Gurnett's stallion Direct Fils, a son of Direct. This
mare is the only daughter of Lassie Jean that Mr.
Gurnett owns, and probably the only one living. Lassie
Jean died several months ago.

Trainer Harry C. Stinson, through his father R.
Cope Stinson's connection with San Mateo Farm, and
by bringing out the two year old Mary Celeste (2)2:171
by Oro Wilkes (4) 2:11, has formed a very high opinion
of that superior trotting stallion. Harry recently
visited J. W. Daly's Mt. Kisco Farm and purchased
two yearling fillies, also bay colt, eight months old, by
Oio Wilkes, dam Hindee byAllerton2:09}, second dam
Elloree 2:081 by Axtell, etc. Mr. Daly has placed in
trainer Stinson's hands, a two year colt by Oro Wilkes,
out of Abbie 2:26 by George Wilkes, and two vear old
black colt by Delmarch 2:111, dam Sable Dale (2) 2:181
by Sable Wilkes 2:18. The Stinson string will take
lessons this season at the Cleveland mile track, in
Glenville. — Veritas in Trotter and Pacer.

The fast Missouri pacing mare Coinette 2:12], by
Free Coinage 2:11}, has been sent to Douglas Thomas,
Paris. Ky., to be trained and raced. Free Coinage
2:11}, has been sent to Douglas Thomas, Paris. Ky., to
be trained and raced. Free Coinage, the sire of this
mare, was bred at the Oakwood Park Stock Farm by
Steinway out of Nellie E. by Elmo. He was foaled in
1890, and Coinette is his first representative in the list.

Simone, the handsome black mare by Simmons out
of Mi Lady by Baron Wilkes, owned by S. Christensen
of this city has been placed in Grant Lapham's care at
Alameda and is being worked for speed. She is a green
mare and her training has all been done in the past
few weeks. On Wednesday of this week Mr. Lapham
gave her three heats the first and slowest in 2:42, the
third and fastest in 2:32. She is a line trotter and one
of the most promising mares in training in California.

In addition to Creseeus 2:04, George Ketcham has
another great trotter in his stable in the bay gelding
Henry S. 2:12] by Goldstone, dam by Louis Napoleon.
Henry S. was an M. and M. candida:e last year, but
went lame while scoring for the race, and did not start
again until in September, when he took his record at
Hartford. He has trotted a mile in 2:091 and a half
in better tnan 1:02, and Ketcham thinks he will he one
of the extremely fast trotters of the year. Ketcham
also has a pacer Gus Waible 2:14} by Argot Wilkes,
and the three year old colt Creseeus Route by Creseeus,
both of which he thinks well of.

Says a well known New York dealer: ''Quality is
not far different from high finish. It means that a
horse's neck is shaped right and comes out of his
shoulders right, and is joined to his head in the right
way. A horse can't have a steep rump like a pacer or
a Pereheron and have quality; neither can he have
crooked legs or curby hocks, or anything of that kind.
High action has nothing to do with the case. I have
a horse here in my stable that hits the pole strap every
time he lifts his knees. He can go as high as a tree,
but he has no quality. Lots of people have followed
me into the stable when they saw this horse on the
street, but the minute they saw him with the harness
off it was, 'That will do, thank you.' If that horse
possessed quality in keeping with his action he would
sell for $2000; without it he is worth about fifteen cents
on the dollar."

Judge Green of Oakland owns a colt by Directum
2:05}, out of Little Wi!;ch by Director, that is a great
prospect. This colt will not be two years old until the
12th of June. He was taken up for the first time last
November and handled for a month. Judge Green
sent him to Millard Sanders on the 22d day of last
January and on Saturday last the colt trotted* a quar-
ter in 38} seconds very handily. The colt has fine
action, a level head and every horseman at Pleasanton
considers him one of the greatest prospects ever seen
on the track there. As the colt is entered in several
big stakes to be trotted in the East next year Judge
Green has opened correspondence with Chas. Marvin,
the well known trainer, formerly of Palo Alto, but
now the proprietor of a breeding farm in Kentucky,
with a view to having Mr. Marvin train the colt and
race him next. year.

i

1901]

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An International Horse Trade,
ferche done! Marche done! Hi-i-i dere, geet
ilong, " and Napoleon Pelletier hunched forward
1 pushed on the reins. He was clattering- along in
buckboard, bound for the village. He had suddenly
ed another team coming toward him, and Napoleon
'ays wanted to produce a good impression as to the
ied he had between the thills. The old horse with
i hip knocked down was making pretty good time
en he met Jase Ferguson. Jase pulled up. So did
poleon.

'Boo hoo, Nape."
'Bo' jour, Faggusong. "
'What ye drivin'? "
'Aw-w-w, he ben prattee good wan.'*
'Any p'tic'lar advantage in havin' him three-
nered?" asked Ferguson, pointing to the knocked
ivn hip.

Japoleon canted his head to one side, raised his eye'
)ws and shrugged his shoulders.
'Aw-w-w, he go dat fas, dat he don' geet tarn' for to
3' heem laig op."
'Pretty speedy, then, is he?"

'Tal yo' wa't dat hosses ban do. I leeve ma plac'
jut free an' a ha'f o'clocks to-morrow afternoons an'
reet on dis' plac' 'bout four an' som' past o'clocks di
iernoons. Wat yo' t'ink, hey?"
'I think you're a dandy, " said Ferguson. '"They
ght to send you to Congress, Napoleon. But say,
■ at's the matter with talkin' shift? I' got ahoss here
at you may like."

.^ax^oleon looked at the horse and then at Jase sus-
iously. The animal that the Yankee drove was a
illy handsome creature.

Aw, yo' ban try to play de fool onto maself, " said
,poleon.

'No, honest Injun, Nape, I'm willin' to trade. I git
k of a boss kind 0' quick, ye know."
3om' thing ban ail dat hosses w'at yo' hav'," por-
ted the French-Canadian, still suspicious.
'He's all right, tight, sound and kind," said Fergu-
1, "jest with the exception that he don't look as well
some hosses."

:'He ban look good en'of.for me," declared Napoleon
;er a survey of the animal.

■'Wal, ef he suits, 'nough said, " replied Jase. "Some
ks like their hosses to look a little better'n than he
es, that's all. But if he's the kind of a hoss you
e, then you'll like jest this kind of a hoss."
"I like eet eef yo' say dat t'ing wance ovaire ageen, "
id Napoleon.

"I said, 'if that is the kind of a hoss you like, why,
s jest the kind of a hoss you'll like!' "
"Dat 'Merioan langwidge fonnee som' tarn," allowed
ipoleon. "Som' tarn' I don' t'nk I h'unnerstan'
em."

"Any outs about your hoss?" asked Ferguson.
"He fars' r-rat hosses," declared Pelletier. "Only
ng he do ees bite w'en he eats."

"Bites when he eats?" repeated Ferguson. "Well,
1 would be a funny hoss if be didn't."
"Mabbe so," responded Napoleon, calmly. "But
m' pipple don't lak' deir hosses do dat t'ing."
"Well, I do," said Ferguson. "I don't want no
tsses gummin' it round my barn."
"Wal, eef yo' ban lak' heem dat way," said Napo-
m. "I t'ink yo' lak' dis hosses vary fars' r-rat' as
aire could was."

They traded. The horses were changed into the
spective wagons then and there.

When Napoleon started away he was a bit slack in
s reining. His new acquisition staggered out into
e ditch and fell down. The French-Canadian leaped
it and sat on the animal's head. While be crouched
iere he waived his hat before the horse's eyes. The
eature never blinked.

"Arw!" yelled Napoleon at] Jase, who was just
tching the back-strap and preparing to drive away.
"Aw, yo' ban de liar mans. Dat hosses he can saw
rttin's 't all. W'at for yo' do dat onto maself?"
"I told ye he was blind, " said Ferguson. "P'raps I
dn't use jest that word, but I told ye that he didn't
ok as well as some hosses."

But Napoleon wasn't satisfied. He shouted: "An'
sn yo' tal to me dat he jas'-de-hoss-I lak,' he jas'-de-
jss-I-lak.' "

Ferguson got into his wagon and picked up the reins.
!e turned and said calmly:

"Nape, the English language is too much for ye.
he next time ye start out to trade hosses, ye'd better
it an' official interpreter."

Ferguson was out buying cattle, and he spent that
ight at a tavern in an adjoining town.
When he went out to the stable to get his horse in
le morning the hostler asked him:
"Say, where'd ye yit that saw mill on four laigs?"
"Whatjemean?"

"Why, that saw mill, that pulp grinder, that thing
lat looks like a hoss, but hain't. He et down his crib
t,st night and commenced on the sides of his stall, an'
ien hooked his head around and was eatin' through
le floor jest now when you come out."
"Is that hoss a cribber?" asked Ferguson.
"Cribber? Is he? Wal, when ye git home ye put
im to work on yer woodpile an' he'll beat a portable
iw mill."

"Bites when he eats, does he?" muttered Jase to
imself. "Wal, I reckin in these international hoss
■ades it's the safest way to have official interpreters
a both sides." Holman F. Day.

Geers' New Book.

This justly popular hook by America's foremost
•ainer is selling like hot eakes. If you want a copy
jfore the first edition is exhausted, send $2 to Magnus
laws, 77 Fifth Avenue, Chicago, 111.

Volunteer's Opinion of Flying Jib.

In the last issue of the Chicago Horse Review, that
entertaining writer Volunteer says of Flying Jib, the
once champion pacer:

Mr. E. A. Lord, of Chicago, one of this city's repre-
sentative horsemen and a member of the Tommy
Britton 2:06o syndicate, dropped in the other day. He
is just back from California, where he says, and the
ruddy bronze of his complexion testifies, he found it
hot. While on the Coast he saw most of the horses at
the trotting centers and says that the good ones that
are coming East look, most of them, very good. He
put in one day at Pleasanton and remembers it chiefly,
not because of the prospects that are there in shoals,
but because of the acquaintance he renewed with an
old friend. This was the famcus gelding Flying Jib
2:04, whose world's records are now all gone but one—
that mile in 1:58; with running mate — but whose name
and fame will none-the-less not soon be forgotten.

"The Jib" is owned by Mr. C. L. Griffith, of San
Francisco, son of the late Capt. Millen Griffith, who
found out his phenomenal speed while driving him to
pole on the road, and owned him during his meteoric
turf career in Monroe Salisbury's hands. The ex-
champion is sixteen now and bis once rakish outlines
are hidden under a heavy coat of flesh. At present
he is being driven on the roads about Pleasanton by
Mr. G. A. Davis, the owner of the fast pacing stallion
Bey Direct 2:10 and a close friend of Mr. Griffith's. It
has been many moons since he has been given a fast
mile, but he can still speed very fast, and Mr. Lord
got up behind him and drove him a mile to cart close
to 2:30, letting him step the last quarter in 34 seconds.
They say he can brush as fast as Rey Direct for a short
distance, and several buyers for the New York speed-
way have tried to get hold ol him, but Mr. Griffith
will not price him — he is a life-pensioner of the Griffith
family.

In pur imaginary revisions of turf history we are
often prone to dilate on "what might have been," and
sometimes I try to think of what Flying Jib's real
destiny had been had the unmerciful "Salisbury lemon-
squeezer" not practically ruined him in his first sea-
son. So far as real effort goes, I am at least sure of
this — neither Pointer, Patcben nor Gentry could ever
reel off a quarter in 30 secondswith so utter an absence
of it as could Flying Jib. He was the first horse that
I ever timed a quarter, in a public race, in 30 seconds,
and he did it under a pull with George Starr looking
back over his shoulder at the fierce but unavailing
drive that Geers was making in his effort to get Robert
J. past his wheel. It was that frightful first year's
work, topped off by the heart-breaking, record-smash-
ing race at Terre Haute, in which the Jib, on the out-
side all the way, paced that heat in 2:05J that it took
eight years for the green pacers to equal or surpass,
that ruined him. It developed a grumbling splint into
a bad one and converted a paragon of manners into
the terror of starting judges and a traditional "bad
actor."

"The fastest horse I ever saw step" was "General"
Turner's verdict the first time that Flying Jib was
turned loose for him. It is said that there was some
reasonable doubt about the accuracy of that running-
mate mile of his in 1:58};, which still stands as the
fastest one ever covered at either harness gait, but
that it was still below two minutes is just as sure. And
I like to think that, under different circumstances, he
could, and would, have been the first legitimate two-
minute pacer. In my memory, at least, his image is
unfading — the glamor that hung around his name will
never quite be dispelled. Does not Tom Moore sing—
" You may break, you may shatter the vase as you will,
But the scent of the roses cling 'round it still."

Review of the Chicago Horse Market.

That intense activity still reigns in the horse market
is well evidenced by the following review of the past
week bv the Drovers' Journal of Chicago:

"The' transactions of the week demonstrate the in-
tense activity of the light harness horse trade. The
demand from all quarters is of extraordinary propor-
tions, the buying on foreign account being urgent and
the volume of orders larger than last year. Never in
the history of the Chicago market have so many
foreign dealers competed with larger orders than feat-
ured the coach horse class this week. While the in-
quiry from domestic sources is of flattering volume,
the urgency of the foreign demand overshadowed
domestic competition and 75 per cent, of the drivers
that sold above the $200 mark for the week were nego-
tiated to foreign dealers. A feature of the offerings is
the numerous consignments of specially prepared lots
that are coming forward for the spring trade.

With the development of the wholesale markets has
orioinated a systematic selection and special prepara-
tion of harness horses for the trade by dealers who
make the best demand an intense study. Buyers for
export and professional domestic dealers are very criti-
cal in their exactions, and the animals must come up to
the best standard to command the top prices. The
breeder does not get a fancy price for his horses, as the
dealer is never certain until put through the grand
preparation for market if the animals are valuable
prospects. The country shipper seldom has more than
five horses in a load that are top-notchers, while the
other seventy-five per cent cost an average price and
hardly pay out. It is the same with professional
stables, the money is made on a few sensational show
animals, while the residue but little more than pay ex-
penses. ' The entire light harness horse industry is
gradually drifting into the hands of horsemen who
keep close inspection of the markets and select manner
and coach horses for fanciers. The breeder no longer
consigns his horses to the wholesale market, but relies
on the expert dealer to close out his surplus stock.
Everything associated with the industry is being or-
ganized on a systematic and scientific basis, and breed-
ers themselves are forced out of business who do not
keep up with the procession and breed the class of
harness horses that the best trade demands. It is no
lono-er an ideal matter with breeders, they are literally
compelled to breed the class of animals in demand or
make a failure of the industry.

Calls Him "The Oregon."

Winters, April 23, 1901.
Editor Breeder and Sportsman:— I wish to
claim the name "The Oregon" for the dark bay or
brown colt by Altamont out of Algenie, the dam of
Kelly Briggs 2:10V, foaled to-day. This fellow stands
42 inches high and looks as if he were ready to score
up for the word right now. I only hope he will be as
great a race horse as "The Oregon" is a fighter.

Yours, Geo. H. Morris.

SADDLE NOTES.

Beau Ormonde, the son of Ormonde and Miss Brum-
mel, showed himself to be a horse of high class on
Wednesday, when conceding pounds of weight to a
good field of handicap horses he won over a mile and
one-sixteenth. Although tiring at the end he re-
sponded gamely to the whip and succeeded in beating
out the lightly weighted McGyle, who came fast
through the stretch. Jockey Gouin rode an unusually
well judged race on the winner, opening up so great a
gap the first six furlongs that the others were unable
to cut down his lead at the finish.

Gotobed was started on Monday at Tanforan after
a long rest and won quite easily from a good field.
The ring suffered over his victory as he was backed
down from sixes to threes.

With the bad lot of horses and worse jockeys per-
forming at present, reversals of form may be looked
for, but nothing like the Meehanus-Hermoso race
should be dished up for turf patrons. This event
looked to be a strictly two horse affair between Mee-
hanus and Hermoso with the rest of the field hope-
lesslv outclassed. The result, however, showed two,
forty to one shots struggling for the long end of the
purse with Hermoso all out to beat a hundred and fifty
to one shot a neck for the show money, and Meehanus
finishing in last position.

Jockeys Willie Martin and Charlie Thorpe returned
East last Monday.

Jockey Rausch is not meeting with the success to be
expected from a boy who has the choice of the mounts
at the track. The proverbial expression that "good
horses make good jockeys" does not seem to hold good
in his case. Many of his efforts during the current
week have been unworthy of the veriest novice.

Green B. Morris is meeting with good success at New
York with his horses; Pupil, Janice and Golden Cot-
tage all having won races, besides finishing in the
money on other occasions. It was the opinion of those
who witnessed Golden Cottage's first raceat Acqueduct
that he should have won and would have done so with
a stronger finisher than J. Daly in the saddle. The
boy let the colt cover much ground at the post and
was of little help to the youngster, The Hoyden, under
Burns' hard finish, getting the verdict in a drive.

Lonnie Clayton has made his appearance in the sad-
dle again after an absence of three years. The well
known colored rider will probably have plenty of
mounts during the coming season as there will be a
scarcity of good jockeys in this country.

Jockey Buchanan has been suspended by the Eng-
lish Jockey Club for erratic riding at Newmarket on
April 16th.

Jockey Jack Martin has returned from Canada and
is again riding for Carruthers & Shields. He had his
first mount last Tuesday and immediately began to in-
dulge in his old practice of rough riding for which he
was taken to task by the judges and threatened with
suspension in case of a repetition of the offense.

The Fretter ran a most disgraceful race in the
handicap on Thursday finishing last, and displayed no
speed whatever during the race. The owner had a
stable hoy named Fallehey engaged to ride the horse
originally but Turner was substituted by the judges.
Despite his efforts The Fretter rode far below his
usual form and the betting in the ring indicated that
there was a strong premonition before the race that
such would be the case.

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Coming Events.

April 27 — Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. M.

April 28 — Fly-casting. Sunday contest No. 4. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

Trout Streams of Santa Clara County.

An interesting description of a near at hand region,
not generally known to the majority of anglers, ap-
peared in the San Jose Herald recently and was written
by Mr. Lewis Foster, Game Warden of Santa Clara
county. The writer in introducing his subject says:

"In years gone by nearly every stream in California
was filled with trout, but if there be 'good fishing' this
year it will be due chiefly to the fostering care oi the
State, which for a number of years has maintained
hatcheries from wh;ch the leading streams have been
replenished with trout stock from time to time, and to
the further fact that through the supervision of the
State Board of Fish Commissioners and the wise co-
operation of boards of supervisors, protective measures
have been taken and an earnest and systematic effort
made to preserve both fish and game. Unfortunately
several counties have not yet awakened to the import-
ance of enforcing the fish and game laws, but public
sentiment in this regard is rapidly growing, and it is
not too much to say that this enlightenment is due
very largely to the work and influence of the Santa
Clara County Fish and Game and Protective Associa-
tion, which, although essentially a local organization,
has made itself felt in all portions of central and north-
ern California, and has become recognized throughout
the State as the leading exponent of wise and just pro-
tective laws and the foremost agency for their enforce-
ment."

Very true, the Santa Clara association has undoubt-
edly been a strong factor in fish and game affairs.
There is at present in the county mentioned over eighty
deputy state fish commissioners. The civil emolu-
ments the officials here referred to are entitled to is no
doubt a well earned return for the fact that the county
is so well policed, which conditions should make the
streams here so charmingly described teeming with
trout.

Every writer on the topic of fish protection is care-
ful to frequently refer to the constant and increasing
"depletion of streams," intimating the recklessness of
individuals in killing fish in and out of season, etc.,
etc., which is to a large extent unfortunately true, but
a cause for the spoiling of trout streams that is a larger
factor than is ordinarily thought of is the settling up
of a section of country, the opening of new roads and
trails across streams, pasturing of stock and the many
other disturbing elements attendant upon the breaking
up of new country districts or forest sections. The
"vandal" is the culminating result of these conditions
which are so destructive to fish life. But as this article
is intended to describe certain trout streams we will
refer our readers now to the continuation of Mr.
Foster's story:

"There is no section in easy reach of San Francisco
that presents more attractions for the angler than
Santa Clara valley. The delightful climate, the pic-
turesque scenery and the accessibility of the valley are
all conditions which count in its favor, and there is no
county outside the far away and almost inaccessible
Sierras that possesses so many fine trout streams.
Coming down the bay on the western side of the valley,
the first stream is the San Francisquito, which for
some distance is the dividing line between Santa Clara
and San Mateo counties. This stream, which carries a
large volume of water, heads in the Santa Cruz range
of mountains back of the Searsville lake, near the
summit, and empties into the bay northeast of Palo
Alto. The San Francisquito and its tributaries have
afforded excellent trout fishing in the past, and will
continue to do so in the future if the citizens and
authorities of San Mateo county will only take steps to
prevent fishing in their waters during the close season.
The San Francisquito is a charming stream, and the
ferns and wild flowers that grace its banks make it
especially attractive to that class of anglers with whom
the catching of fish is merely an incident, and the
beauty and freedom of a day with nature the essential.

Coming south on the west side of the valley are
Adobe creek, a small trout stream which crosses the
county road between Mayfield and Mountain View and
empties into a slough of the bay, and Permanenta
creek, which flows into the bay just below the latter
town. The Permanenta, although small, is one of the
best trout streams in the valley during the first two
months or so of the open season. Just south of Mount-
ain View the Stevens creek flows down, its head being
many miles back in the mountains, near the summit
and not far from the Alpine road, between the valley
and the Pescadero side of the range. This is a beauti-
ful stream, but owing to its accessibility it has been
pretty well fished out, although good fishing may be
expected in its water this spring. A county road
follows the meanderings of the stream toward its rise,
and there are two or three commodious camping places
on its borders. Far up the canyon through which it
flows tiger lilies and other flowers grow in profusion,
and the scenery is highly attractive.

The next stream, still following the Santa Cruz
range southward, is Campbell creek, which flows
through the town of Saratoga. This is a very fair
trout stream, and the beauty of the mountain scenery
of which it is a part makes it a popular resort, if the
word may thus be used, for people of San Jose and the
central portion of the valley who desire to take a day's
outing. The creek is noted more for the five-fingered

ferns that grow on its banks than for the trout that
inhabit its waters, but during the first few months of
the open season an angler who knows how to use his
rod anl flies will have no difficulty in hooking at least
a "good mess" in this creek. There is a short stream,
seldom fished, which flows down between Saratoga and
Los Gatos by the Austin school house that is worth
visiting occasionally by the local angler. The Los
Gatos creek was for many years one of the most famous
of the trout streams in the bay counties, but because
of incessant fishing it has of late years lost ;.ts prestige.
There is no more picturesque stream in all California
than the Los Gatos, which rises away up in the lofty
gorges of the Loma Prieta and after flowing some miles
makes a sharp curve at Wrights, finally emerging into
the valley at the town of Los Gatos, and passing by
Campbell and through San Jose finds an outlet in one
of the southern arms of San Francisco bay. The Los
Gatos has several charming tributaries, such as tae
Lynden, Lime Kiln, Cavanaugh and Hooker, all of
them trout streams. As the heavy rains of this winter
have made it possible for the Los Gatos to flow through
to the bay continuously for a long time, thus enabling
the trout to ascend, I have no doubt that anglers who
will try that stream or any of its tributaries this spring
will make satisfactory catches.

Next comes th6 Guadalupe, a popular trout stream
which, after flowing through several miles of canyon
and down the valley, makes junction with the Los
Gatos before passing through the limits of San Jose.
There is a fine camping place on this stream some dis-
tance above the site of the old quicksilver mine. The
Alamitos creek comes next, passing by the Hacienda
of the Almaden and so on out into the valley. Next
south is the Llagas, and some miles beyond is the Uvas
both splendid trout streams with several tributaries.
These are among the best streams for trout in Santa
Clara county, and the large volume of water which
each now carries insures the best of fishing during the
coming season. There are resorts on these streams at
which the lover of outdoor recreation and sport may
find first-class entertainment, and for those who pre-
fer to rough it each of the streams affords numerous
camping places. The Uvas, which flows down the
valley near Gilroy, finds an outlet southward to the
ocean through the Pajaro river while other streams in
the county, on either side of the valley, wherever they
may head, finally emerge into San Francisco bay
through some of its sloughs.

I have enumerated, I believe, all the leading trout
streams on the west side of the valley, and it will be
seen that they are quite numerous. The Santa Cruz
range of mountains, in which all of them rise, is one
of the most varied and picturesque in scenery of any
mountain range in California, and a day spent upon
any one of the streams mentioned, whatever be the
luck of the angler, will always remain a green spot in
his memory. The leading stream on the east side of
the valley is the Coyote, which heads far back in the
Hamilton range and after flowing southward for sev-
eral miles emerges into the valley, turns northward,
passes down between San Jose and East San Jose, and
empties into the bay in the vicinity of Alviso. The
Coyote before it reaches the valley is as good a trout
stream as one could wish to cast a fly over; it is a per-
rennial stream, has many deep holes, and the trout
have never been "fished out." This will apply also to
Smith creek, which rises not far from the source of the
Coyote, but flows northward. A few miles below the
Smith Creek hotel the Santa Isabel, another trout
stream which rises in the Mt. Hamilton range, joins it,
and below the junction the stream is known as the
Arroyo Honda. Still further down, in Calaveras valley,
it is called the Calaveras creek; and when it emerges
into Niles canyon, in Alameda county, it is known as
the Alameda creek. For a number of miles through
the big Morrow ranch above Smith Creek hotel no
fishing is permitted, but all the way down from that
ranch the stream is open to all who delight in angling,
and it is one of the best trout streams in Central Cali-
fornia. In the big riffles and deep, dark pools of this
stream the expert angler will find trout large enough
to test his skill in "playing" and to produce the thrill
of triumph which comes with the conquest of game
that battles to the death.

The Penetencia, the beautiful little stx-eam which
flows through Alum Rock Park, has afforded near-by
sport to local anglers, and there is still some fishing in
it during the early portion of the season.

The streams I have mentioned, with their tribu-
taries, make as inviting a list as can be found in any
county in California, and their proximity to San Fran-
cisco and easy accessibility make them especially at-
tractive to the city resident who may wish to take a
day's outing or to spend his summer vacation amidst
delightful surroundings, in camp, cottage or hotel.
Several of them have been stocked at various times by
the State Fish Commission, the last importation hav-
ing been made last fall, when 50,000 fry of the rainbow
trout were distributed in the Stevens, Llagas, Guada-
lupe, Los Gatos, Coyote and Pack wood creeks. The
species of trout natural to our local streams have had
ample opportunity this winter to run up from the bay,
and as the streams during the past month have been
well patrolled there has been little illegal fishing, so
that altogether there should be better trout fishing in
this county during the season about to open than there
has been for many years. Now if during the open
season those self-styled "anglers" who fill their baskets
with fingerlings in order that they may boast of the
number of their catch will abandon this illegal and
contemptible practice, there is no reason why our
streams should not continue to increase in trout instead
of diminishing; and in this connection it is pertinent to
say that the Warden and members of the Protective
Association propose to stop the hooking of trout below
the size permitted by law if there is any virtue in
arrests, trials, convictions and fines.

As I have been talking of our home trout streams,
■which are not excelled anywhere for their beauty and
the rugged grandeur of their mountain scenery, would
it be inappropriate to conclude this brief sketch with
a few lines inspired by them some years ago when, in
the homely but suggestive words of old Isaac Walton,
I used to "go a fishing?". They are entitled

BESIDE THE STREAM.

Beside the stream the tiger lilies glow,

The ferns in fronded masses dip and gleam,
And the azeleas flaunt their blooms of snow;
Beneath the redwood boughs
Wild roses nod and drowse
In rythmic motion with the water's flow,
Beside the stream.

Beside the stream the ice-grass damp and cool

Stands all day long as in a waking dream,
"Watching the trout leap from the silent pool;
The far call of the thrush
Startles the forest's hush;
King fishers sweep on pinions beautiful.
Beside the stream.

Beside the stream with noiseless step I steal:

The flies I cast glint in the sun's warm beam;
And to the music of the clicking reel,
With many a dart and splash
And iridescent flash,
Half-pounders, dripping, drop into my creel,
Beside the stream.

Our Petaluma correspondent favors us with some
"fish lines" this week as follows:

Striped bass fishing in Petaluma creek and the
neighboring sloughs has been very slow the last two
weeks. "Billy" Shattuck of the Pacific States Type
Foundry of San Francisco made the banner catch at
the preserves of the Petaluma Gun Club Sunday before
last. He caught ten nice fish while club members all
round him fished all day with the total result of but
two fish. Shattuck has a new hunting boat which he
has named the Mutton Chop Swanhilde in honor of
his famous "mutton-chop" song which he sings with-
out rest during every blessed minute of the time he is
fishing. Shattuck imagines his singing charms the
fish, but his Petaluma friends aver that his music
paralyzes them so that they cannot get out of the way
of his hook and to that they allow themselves to be
caught rather than live and listen longer to Shattuck 's
singing.

Sunday last but four bass were taken. Salmon
creek which until a few days ago yielded some fine
strings of big trout, seems to have been pumped di'y.
For the past week no fish tospeak of have been caught
in that stream.

Nicasio creek appears to be the best stream in this
section at present. It is not fished so closely as the
Paper Mill and from its junction with Paper Mills up
to the Nicasio bridge there are quite a few trout rang-
ing from six inches to over a foot in length. Several
good catches were made on Sunday.

We might add that it is a fact known to many
anglers, that when fish are not very plentiful in the
Paper Mill the fishing in the Nicasio is generally better
in a corresponding ratio of excellence.

H. Kerrison and Louis Javette made good scores on
rock fish at California City on Sunday. At unknown
depths and known currents Kerrison broke 14 hooks
out of 20. Javette sat on the 28 foot seat and scored
13 pound sinkers out of 25. In a miss and out at
porgies, Kerrison lost the race on his twentieth bite, a
straight away fat porgie from No. 4 hook dropped out
of bounds just abaft the binnacle. Javette then
dropped his line and landed a fast driver that tackled
the No. 1 bait and won the match for him.

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Joe Uri, under the guidance of Tom Irving, lai
Sunday sought a stream which empties into Tomales
bay and enjoyed some excellent fishing. Mr. Uri used
a "polled angus" fly and hooked 35 splendid fish, aver-
aging from one-quarter to three pounds in weight.
George Walker told the story with tears of lamenta-
tion, his own basket was empty, consequently the tale
must be true.

A few of the many anglers who fished the Paper
Mill on Sunday were "Del" Cooper, G. Monk Walker,
Wm. Chambers, Louis Rondeau, Chas. K. Kewell,
James Lynch, E. W. Currier, Elmer Irwin, Wm.
Decker, Andy Legaspe, H. Battu and J. Fatjo. Modesty
forbids recording the catch reported.

Jim Pariser and a friend named Bliss visited the
sloughs near McGills on Sunday, bent on hooking
striped bass; the catch was 115 catfish without regard
to age, sex or previous condition of servitude.

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At the Traps.

The San Francisco Gun Club regular monthly live
bird shoot at Ingleside and the monthly blue rook
shoot of the Empire Gun Club at Alameda Junction
constitute the two trap attractions for shooters to

It is probable that a 100 bird friendly match will be
arranged within the near future between Clarence A.
Haight and Nate Neustadter. The latter gentlemai
has been showing great improvement in trap shooting
recently and is ambitious to go against a strong shoote)
"just to try himself out." The race should be an in
teresting one.

The blue rock shoot of the Olympic Gun Club wai
the record breaker for Ingle3ide this season. Thi
novelty for the day was the announcement that go]
and silver bars would be awarded shooters maki:
runs of 25 and 15 straight respectively. Many attem
were made to win the trophies, whilst no shooter wa'J
successful in annexing a gold bar, eleven silver strip I
were easily won. The winners in the prize merchan I
dise shoot were Otto Feudner, A. M. Shields, B. Bur
nell, Edg. Forster, A. J. Webb.E. A. Klevesahl, W. J
Iverson and G. Gordon. The winners of silver bar
are noted in the scores which follow:

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First event, club match, 25 targets —

Haight, C. A 11101 11110 11111 Hill 11111—23

Webb, A. J.* 11111 11111 11111 11011 01111—23

Feudner, O 11111 11111 01011 11111 11111—23

King, P. W 11111 11111 10110 11111 11111-23

Feudner, P 11110 11111 11111 11110 11111—23

Neustadter, N. H 11111 lull 01111 10111 11011—22

"Slade" 11101 11001 11111 11111 01111—21

Klevesahl, E. A 11101 11011 mil 11011 11110—21

Forster, E. L 11101 10111 11111 11110 11101—21

Shields, A. M 11111 11110 11111 10110 11110—21

Golcher, "W.J 11010 11111 11011 11110 01011—19

Donahoe, Ed 11111 11101 01001 10111 11010—18

Rose, H. E 01100 11011 00110 11011 11111—17

Hosmer, H. B 11000 11110 OHIO 00111 Hill— 17

Murdook, W R 10100 11101 11111 01100 01111—17

Unger, M. E 11100 11010 11101 11011 10001—16

White, H. H 01010 11111 00001 11110 11110—16

Derby, Dr. A. T 10101 11001 00011 10111 00101—15

Wiel, A. L 11011 11001 11011 OHIO 10010—15

Sweeney, J.J 11101 11011 10001 10000 10111—14

Justins, H O0OO1 11111 01010 10000 11101—13

Wirtner, J. J 11100 11000 10111 00111 01000—13

Roos, A 00011 00101 01011 00110 10110—12

Andres, G. S 00001 01011 10001 10000 10001— 9

* Silver bar, 15 straight.

Second event, 15 targets, open-to-all, entrance 50
cents, high guns, $5 added, purse 50%, 30% and 20% —

Haight, C. A.* 11111 11111 11111—15

Feudner, 0 11111 11111 11110—14

Webb, a. j inn mil omi— 14

Forster, E. L 11111 10111 11111—14

Golcher, W. J 10111 11111 11111—14

Feudner, F 11111 11010 11111—13

Klevesahl. E 01111 mil 11011—13

Shields, A. M 11111 11110 01111—13

Neustadter, N mil mil 11001—13

Debenham, C. W 01111 11101 11111—18

Sterlings, H mil 10011 11111-13

"Slade" 11000 11111 11111—13

Wiel, A. L 11110 10110 11110-11

Iverson, W. J 11001 011U 11011—11

Ross, J OHIO 01111 01111—11

Justins, H 00100 mil lOlll— 10

King, F. W 00111 11111 01010—10

Murdock, W. R 00011 00111 11110— 9

Donahoe, Ed 01101 11110 0110C— 9

White, H. H 11110 01000 11110- 9

Unger, M 00101 11110 OllrO— 9

Derby, Dr. A. J 00111 11010 00011— 8

Gerstle, W. L 01001 11001 00111- 8

Roos, A 10000 01011 11001— 7

Andres, G. S 00101 0*110 10010— 6

Lewis, T. L 00000 10000 10101— 4

Rose, H 01111 10101 11111—12

Bruns, J 11101 01101 11111—12

Burnell 11110 00111 10111—11

*Silver bar, 15 straight.

Third event, 15 targets, open-to-all, entrance 50
cents, high guns, $5 added, purse 50%, 30% and 20% —

Feudner, F. * mil mil 11111—15

Feudner, 0 01111 mil 11111—14

Webb.A J mil mil lino — 14

Forster, E. L 01111 mil 11111—14

Klevesahl, E 10111 mil 11111—14

Shields, A. M mil 11101 11111—14

Justins, H 11111 11101 11111—14

Lewis, T. L 11011 Hill 11111—14

Neustadter, N 11111 11101 11110—13

Debenham, C. W 11110 01111 11111—13

Ross, J 11111 11101 01111—13

Bruns. J 11111 11100 11111—13

Derby', Dr. A. T 11011 OHIO 11111—12

Wiel, A. L 11111 11101 00111—12

King, F. W 10111 Hill 10011-12

Sweeney, J. J 11111 01111 10110—12

Haight, C. A 11101 10111 10011—11

Golcher, W. J 01111 10101 11110—11

"Slade" 11001 11101 10101—11

Rose, H 00101 11101 lllll—ll

White, H. H 11101 10011 01011—10

Iverson, W. J 10100 11010 11111—10

Gerstle, W. L 01011 00111 11001— 9

Hosmer. H. B 11111 00001 OHIO— 9

Wollam, C 10101 11100 10100— 9

linger, M. E 01001 11011 10101— 9

Donahoe, Ed 10010 01011 OHIO— 8

Andres, G. S 11011 00101 10010— 8

Wirtner, J. J 10111 00110 00001— 7

Roos, A 0O011 01000 10110— 6

*Silverbar, 15 straight.

Fourth event, 15 targets, open-to-all, entrance 50
cents, high guns, $5 added, purse 50%, 30% and 20% —

Feudner, O.* Hill Hill 11111—15

Webb, A. J nm urn non— 14

"Slade" , nm nm non— 14

Justins, H 11111 11111 11011—14

Debenham, C. W 11110 Hill 11111—14

Feudner. F Hill 11110 11110-13

Haight, C. A 11111 01111 01111—12

King, F. W 11011 01111 11111-13

Iverson, W. J 01111 11110 11111—13

Klevesahl, E Hill 10111 01101—12

Donahoe, E 10111 Hill 01101—12

Sweeney, J. J 10110 mil 11011—12

Forster, E. L 11110 01111 11011— 11

Golcher, W. J 10110 11111 10101—11

Neustadter, N 01111 11010 0111 1—11

Andres, G. S 01101 11011 11101-11

White. H. H 10011 11110 11011—11

Thomas, G 00111 11111 01101—11

Wiel, A. L OHIO OHIO 11101—10

Rose, H 10011 11001 61011—10

Shields, A. M 10010 01100 11111— 9

Unger, M. E 10010 10111 10101— 9

Ross, J 11010 00100 11111— 9

Derby, Dr. A. T 11010 10010 11010— 9

Gerstle, L 10011 11010 10011— 8

Bruns, J 01101 11111 01111—12

♦Silver bar, 15 straight.

Fifth event, merchandise prize shoot, 15 targets,
entrance 50 cents, class shooting —

Feudner, O* mil mil 11111 11011 11111—24

Shields, a. m.* mio mil nm nm omi— 23

Golcher, W. J.* Hill 11111 11111 Hill 10001—22

Debenham, C. W.* 11111 11111 11111 11101 10110—22

Ross, J.* 11110 11010 Hill 11111 11111—22

Burnell Hill 11011 11111 10111 01111—22

Bruns, J 11101 01111 Hill 01111 11111—22

Haight, C. A 10110 11111 01111 10111 11111—21

"Slade" 10110 01111 11110 11111 11111—21

Forster, E. L 11110 11111 11010 11111 11101—21

Sweeney, J.J Hill 10111 11111 11101 01011—21

Webb, A.J Hill lull 10101 10111 00111—20

Feudner, F 11110 Hill 10111 10101 11101—20

Derby, Dr. A. T 11001 11101 11111 11111 11010—20

Neustadter. N Hill 11110 10110 moo 11111—20

Stellings.H 11111 00101 10111 01111 11111—20

Klevesahl, E 11011 10111 01011 lull 01101—19

Rose, H 11111 11111 10110 10111 00101—19

Forster, E. L 01111 10111 10010 01101 11111—18

Justins, H 11101 OHIO 01111 10101 11101—18

Wiel, A. L 11000 11010 11111 11110 11101—18

Andres, G. S 01111 10110 10010 11111 11011—18

King, F. W 10011 10111 11011 11111 10100—18

Unger, M. E 01011 11011 01101 10110 11111—18

Iverson, W.J 11011 11011 10111 0O001 11111—18

Donahue, E 11001 11101 10110 01111 11010—17

Gordon 11011 01111 11110 00110 01011—17

Roos, A 110(10 11010 10111 11100 01110—15

Wirtner, J. J 01011 00110 00111 11110 01011—15

White, H. H 10110 01101 11010 100OO 11011—14

Hosmer, H. B 11110 01101 01100 11100 10100—14

Harpham, L 10100 00101 11111 10100 11100—14

Thomas, G 00100 11000 00111 01111 lllOO— 13

Mitchell, C. T 11000 10111 10110 O0O0O 10101—12

Crompton OO00O 10010 10000 10001 01101— 8

William 00000 110OO 01100 00001 00100— 6

♦ Silver bars, 15 straight.

Live bird shooters used the Ingleside traps on Sun-
day and a series of impromptu twelve-bird races were
shot up. Phil Bekeart was in fine fettle and shot
altogether 46 birds without a miss. A. L. Wiel was
also among the "straights." The scores were:

First event, twelve live birds —

Bekeart, P. B.. 12212 12121 12-12 Wiel, A. L 10011 2*111 2w- 8

Donahoe, E... .10112 12121 12— 11 Gerstle, W. L. 1*020 0120w —4
1 'Jones" 02O21 2*022 22— 8

Second event, at twelve birds —
Bekeart, P. B. .11121 21211 22—12 Hosmer, H. B.. .12220 11200 22— 9

Wiel, A. L 11211 12112 22—12 "Jones" *0O0O 02022 21— 5

Donahoe, E....*12U1 22220 22— 9 Wirtner, J. J. ..01222 *2w — 5
Gerstle, W. L. .11122 11100 01— 9

Third event, at twelve birds —

Bekeart, P. B. .21222 21222 22—12 Wiel, A. L. . .

Roos, A 02112 21112 02—10 Andres, G. S.

Gerstle, W. L. .01100 12130 22— 8

.11211 00011 20— 8
.00110 20210 20— 6

The Washington Gun Club held its regular blue rock
shoot at the American river bridge, Yolo county, on
Sunday last.

In the warm-up match at 10 blue rocks Flohr broke
6, Williams 4, Chapman 4, Reichert 5, Robertson 9,
Knauer 6, Rust 5, Moon 5, Shore 8, Trumpler 8, De
Merritt 5, Peek 6, Averill 4, Harrell 7, Sharp 7, Ren-
schler 7, Newbert 9, Magistrini 8.

Match at 15 blue rocks — Flohr 9, Williams 11, Chap-
man 11, Reichert 7, Robertson 14, Knauer 9, Rust 10,
Moon 5, Magistrini 4, Shore 8, Trumpler 10, De Mer-
ritt 9, Peek 13, Averill 4, Harrell 12, Sharp 9, Kuechler
9, Bohm 7.

Team shoot at 10 bluerocks —

Stevens | 1111111111—10

Just 1001101100— 5

Bohm lllllltlOl— 9

Shore 1101111111—9

Chapman 1101011111— 8

Knauer 0001110100— 4

Welden 1111111111—10

McEnerney 0110001011— 6

Peek 1011101100— 6

Robertson 1101111101— 8

Williams 0100111111— 7

Kuechler million— 9

Sharp 0101111001— 7

Reichert 1101101110— 6

Blair O01000O011— 3

Rust 0111111111—9

Total.

.61

Total 55

Regular club match, 25 blue rocks —

Flohr 10011 01000 00010 11110 11111—14

Williams Hill 11111 11101 01011 10111—21

Chapman 10101 11010 01011 11111 00101—16

Reichert OHIO 00001 01011 11001 10101—13

Knauer 00011 10101 01001 01100 10010—11

Rust 11010 10111 11111 11101 01010—18

Moon 10000 11100 11100 00010 01101—11

Magistrini 10001 00100 10110 00001 00111—10

Shore 01111 11011 00010 11111 10100—16

Trumpler 11101 11110 11111 Hill Hill— 23

De Merritt 11011 11110 11011 11110 01111—20

Peek 00011 11111 Hill 00110 11110—18

Averill 10000 01101 01001 11011 11011—15

Sharp 00110 11010 00100 00100 11011—11

Keuchler 11111 10011 11010 11011 OHIO— ]8

Bohm Hill 11111 00010 11001 11110—19

Smith 00111 11110 11001 11111 10011—18

Just 00110 11000 101011 01010 1000—11

Chapman 11101 10001 10100 01001 10001—12

Stevens 11101 10011 11011 11011 11011—19

Welden 11001 11110 11101 10011 10011—17

Robinson 11111 11111 11110 11110 00101—20

Blair lOOOU 1CKKI1 00000 00100 00001— 5

Harrall 10111 10101 11011 11011 11011—19

Ruhstaller 00110 01111 11110 11011 10011—17

The Del Paso Trap Club of Sacramento shot live
birds on the 21st inst., The scores in a 20 bird race
were:

Upson, L 20222 20222 22210 21222—17

Ruhstaller, Jr., P. J 11011 11201 12201 21211—16

Adams, F.B 10110 0022* 11221 21121—15

Nicolaus, E. A 212*0 12101 *2111 11211—15

Ruhstaller, Captain 01022 12010 11112 10020—13

Hendricks, W C 02121 01202 10211 10*01—13

Wright, Frank 02111 01100 20122 00220—12

Packard, Bert 201*2 **0*1 01102 12111—12

At Chico last Sunday the local shooters held con-
clusions with a Dunham team in a 25 target race, the
results were: Chico — G. L. Barham 22, D. Salisbury

17, W. Waddams 13, G. Johnson 22, C. Salisbury 16,
J. McManus 16, G. Thomasson 19, J. Loshbaugh 11, L.
Brooks 18; total 153. Durham— C. Jones 18, A. Wood

18, R. Thomas 13, L. Fimple 11, A. Troxel 12, J. Jones
W. McAnarlin 14, G. Jones 12, E. Sstes 10; total 114.
At the conclusion of the team shoot Barham and John-
son had a 10-bird practice shoot at doubles, Johnson
breaking 10 and Barham 6.

The Board of Governors of the CaUfornia Inanimate
Target Assoeiatiod will meet this evening at the office
of A. M. Shields, Crocker Bldg. Arrangements will
be made for the State blue rock shoot within the near

future.

♦

Mr. I. R. D. Grubb, a gentleman well known to the
sporting goods trade of the Pacific Coast and who has
for many years past been the manager of the Coast
agencies of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, the
Colt's Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company and
The Remington Arms Company, will leave this city on
Monday for a six months' trip through the Continent.
Mr. Grubb's close and earnest application to business
has been so persistent that a vacation is absolutely
necessary to avoid serious impairment of his health.

Phil B. Bekeart will move to new and more com-
modious quarters on May 1st. A large store located
at No. 114 Second street has been elegantly fitted up
for the office, sample room and storage facilities neces-
sary to keep pace with the increase of business arising
from the demand for the many standard lines of the
leading sporting goods he is agent for- The new office
and warehouse is 76 by 20 feet in dimensions with a
large well lighted cellar 96 by 20 feet underneath.

Coming Events.

April 28— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

April 28— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rooks. Alameda
Junction.

April 28— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacramento.

May 5— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 5— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 5— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

May 5— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

May 11, 12— Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna-
ment. Red Bluff.

May 12— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 12 — San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rooks. Ingleside.

May 12— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

May 1, 2, 3, 4 — Mascoutah Kennel Club's eleventh annual bench
show, Chicago. John L Lincoln, Secretary.

■-May 8, 9, 10, 11— San Francisco Kennel Club. Fifth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 21— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P.
Norman, Secretary.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

Bench Show Notes.

Entries close to-night at 10 o'clock P. M.

During the week entries for the May show were
coming in at an encouraging rate. Rumors have been
rife as to the appearance at our show of some of the
Eastern cracks. That this may be a possibility, and
pleased we are to chronicle it, we are led to believe
from a paragraph in the American Stock Keeper which
says, that: Mr. L. A. Klein is taking a select team out
to the Coast and will remain in California until August.
It is his intention to show one or two of a breed at the
May show. Mr. Klein will no doubt have some good
ones.

New classes have been opened in the following
breeds: — Bulldogs — Class 157, Puppy dogs and bitches;
class 158, Novice dogs and bitches; class 158a, Limit
dogs and bitches; class 159, Open dogs; class 159a,
Limit bitches; class 159b, Open bitches; class 160,
Winners, dogs and bitches. Russian Wolfhounds
(Borzois) — Class 43, Puppy dogs and bitches; class 43a,
Novice dogs and bitches; class 44, Limit dogs; class 44a,
Open dogs; class 44b, Limit bitches; class 44c, Open
bitches.

The elegant trophies offered by Dr. H. L. Tevis and
Dr. Fred D'Evelyn have stimulated interests in Bull
Terrier and Greyhound circles. The bench show has
the moral support and friendly regard of the CaUfornia
Coursing Committee. A number of the crack Grey-
hounds will be seen on the bench. This will be an op-
portunity, for those who do not go to the coursing
parks, to study the breed of which we have some of
the most valuable specimens in the world to-day and
owned by local kennels.

Woodlawn Kennels will enter the Eastern prize win-
ning black Cocker Spaniel Standard, a young dog who
has shown style and quality to an amazing degree.
Another entry will be the red Cocker Perfection, whose
recent Eastern wins of first in puppy, novice, limit
open and winners in hot company looks as if some of
our local ginger colored dogs would drop a notch or
two.

Apropos of the newcomers from the East, the Bull
Terrier fancy have taken much interest in Mr. Hyden-
feldt's recent purchases. Both dogs have been criti-
cally inspected by a number of local experts and con-
siderable argument has taken place pro and con. Mr.
Heydenfeldt feels confident that he has a winner in
Bull Terriers for the May show and being sportively
inclined is willing to back up his opinion with money.

We heard a proposition made to wager $500, at odds
on, that he will beat the erstwhile crack Banjo. Mr.
Bradshaw states that he will follow with a modest bet
of say $50 to $30 that he will "turn the trick. " Mr.
Bradshaw negotiated the purchase of the Bull Ter-
riers which were pictured in last week's issue.

The foregoing is not given as an earnest of a betting
proposition but merely to show that "there is some-
thing doing" in Bull Terrier circles.

Mr. L. A. Klein and Warren Lewis, the Cocker
Spaniel fancier, will leave Chicago after the Mascoutah
Club show with a large string of dogs for the local
show. Among Mr. Klein's dogs will be the Bulldog
Ivel Rustic and some cracks in the Dachshund line.

Doings in Dogdom.

In going over the catalogue of the Seattle show we
noticed that T. J. A. Tiedeman's Irish Setter Count
Mack was marked absent.

We met Norman J. Stewart of Aromas, Monterey,
and Chas. R. Harker of San Jose, in town last Mon-
day. Both gentlemen had just returned from Port-
land, they were enthusiastic in praise of the recent
bench shows at Seattle and Portland.

Glenwood Kennels has recently acquired by purchase
the undefeated Ch Havoc, a dog which has the record
of 96 firsts and specials. Mr. James Mortimer has
spoken very warmly of Havoc's good qualities. Glen-
wood Kennels has probably the largest string of Cock-
ers on the Coast at present.

A recent communication from Manager R. M. Dodge,
of the Stockdale Kennels, Bakersfield, states:

I am happy to say all goes well here at the kennels,
not a sick dog have we had this spring. We have a
fine lot of youngsters and if all goes well, we hope to
have a good entry for next Derby. We also have
twelve puppies whelped last January and I look for
something good out of the lot; they will be Derby en-
tries for 1903. Nine of these puppies are by Cuba of
Kenwood ex Nellie Wilson, whelped January 28, 1901,
and three are by Sam's Bow ex La Ritta (a Cuba-
Jaquina bitch), whelped January 21, 1901. We have
also bred Sam's Bow to Jingo's Bagpipe. March 10,
1901. We have had a fine winter, consequently the
cover for birds is splendid. Few birds were killed on
the old field trial grounds last year, so we ought to
have a great number; they are mating now. I expect
to take a few dogs to the bench show next month.

10

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[April 27, 1901

Portland Bench Show.

The Portland Kennel Club bench show, April 17th
to 20th inclusive, was the most successful dog show
ever given in that city. The attendance was excellent
for the four days and doggy affairs seem to have taken
on renewed life in the Oregon metropolis. The offlic-
ers of the club are Frederick V. Holman President,
J. A. Taylor Vice-President, P. W. Lingley Treasurer,
W. W. Peaslee Secretary, Board of Directors, W. F.
BurreU, T. J-. A. Tiedeman, C. F. Wills. Messrs.
Burrell, Taylor and Frank B. Thorn composed the
bench show committee. The show was under P. K.
L rules The judges were: Chas. B. Harker, of ban
Jose, Cal., St. Bernards, Mastiffs, Great Danes. New-
foundlands and other large breeds: Norman J. Stewart,
of Aromas, Monterey county, Cal., Collies; James Cole
of Kansas City, Pointers and Setters and C. D. Nairn
of Ballston, Or., who judged the small breeds. There
was, it is reported, 355 entries in the show.

The St. Bernards. Princess Sheherazade and Gen-
eral B. again won out in their competition as they did
in Seattle.

On the opening day the great surprise to the local
sportsmen came when W. W. Peaslee's Printer's Ned
and J. A. Taylor's Bright went down in defeat before
Pete, owned by Fred Evans, of Seattle. These dogs
were in the open class of Pointers under 55 pounds,
and the competition was keener and the interest more
intense than in any other class of the show. Peaslee's
Ned had won in the Seattle show over Taylor's Bright,
and in the Portland show of 1900 the decision had been
just the reverse. Pete was second to Ned in open at
Seattle the week previous. The fight had been sized
up as being Printer's Ned and Bright against the field.
In the opinion of Judge Cole the field won, for first
place was given to the Seattle dog Pete, a pretty well-
pointed liver and white dog. Peaslee's Ned, lemon
and white, took second prize, and Will C. Gibson's
Printer's Boy, another liver and white, was awarded
third place. Taylor's Bright, the lemon and white
favorite, took reserve mention. Another surprise was
sprung when in the competition of the winners
of the various classes of Pointers, first place was
given to Whitestone, owned by A. B. Jackson, of
Spokane, which had been awarded first place in the
limit dogs under 55 pounds. Evan's Pete was given
the reserve place. Both are splendid specimens of
Pointers, and their victory over such a fine field is all
the more notable.

Other dogs known to our fanciers who were among
the winners were W. B. Coutts' Pointer bitch Bonnie
Belle. "Sanford Fly's" Collies Rob Roy IV and Bob
Son of Battle. O. J. Albee's Ch. Ormskirk Emerald
Jr. swept his field in Collies winning the cup for best,
the Collie Club medal and first open and winners. Mr.
Albee's Queen's Bounty and Alto Clifton were also in
the ribbons and medals. In Fox Terriers, Charles K.
Harley's Klicitat was placed over Warburton Blanco,
the dog which beat him at Seattle and took the cup
for best. Pearl Coutts' Intrepid was also placed over
Blanco, which was a reversal of the Seattle award.
Mr. Cole judged at Seattle. In bitches Mr. Harley's
Lolita won second in limit and reserve in winners. The
list of winners is the following:

MASTIFFS — Limit and open dogs — 1 Bummer,
owned by T T Nelson, Pendleton.

ST BERNARDS (rough coats)— Puppy dogs— 1 Lion,
owned by Mrs Julia Walker. Limit dogs — 1 Duke,
Thee A Godel; 2 Billy, Mrs F C Petersen; 3 Duke,
Henry P Buehner; res Paddy. James Travers. Open
dogs — 1 Colonel, C W Fulton, Astoria; 2 Duke, Theo A
Godel; 3 Jumbo, James Travers; res Cyrus Noble, Dr
T C Smith, Jr, Salem. Winners, dogs — 1 Colonel, res
Duke. Puppy bitches — 1 Lady Noble, owned by Eugene
Froessner. Open bitches — 1 Ch Princess Sheherazade,
Mrs C A Smart, Oakland. Winners, bitches — 1 Ch
Princess Sheherazade, res Lady Noble.

ST BERNARDS (smooth coats)— Open dogs and
bitches — 1 General B, owned by E D Conolly, San Fran-
cisco; also first in winners.

GREAT DANES— Limit dogs— 1 LioD, owned by
Mrs Whitney L Boise; 2 Bob, H A Dillon; 3 Nero,
Peter Grant. Open dogs — 1 Bob, H A Dillon; 2 Blue
Jacket, H M Montgomery; 3 Ivan, Mary E Hitchcock,
Victoria; res Nero, Peter Grant. Winners, dogs — I
Lion; res Bob. Puppy bitches — 1 Beauty, W M Wad-
dell. Open bitches — 1 Beauty: also first in winners.

NEWFOUNDLANDS— Open dogs and bitches— 1
Tekoa, owned by Edwin JDavey: 2 Pinto, R C Baker.

GREYHOUNDS— Puppy dogs— 1 Gold T, owned by
Mrs J E Tilden; 2 Jack, Mrs Tyler Smith of Sheridan.
Open dogs, no awards. Winners, dogs — 1 Gold T, res
Jack. Puppy bitches — 1 Bessie, owned by W. Tyler
Smith of Sheriden. Limit bitches — 1 Lady Margaret,
Thomas Tracy; 2 Saddleback, Mrs J E Tilden. Win-
ners, bitches — 1 Lady Margaret, res Saddleback.

CHESAPEAKE BAY— Puppy dogs— 1 Jeff, owned
by Malcolm McFee of Seattle. Open dogs — 1 Ginger,
R C Callahan of Seattle. Open bitches — 1 Judy C. F
O Ehrlich, Ehrlich, Wash.

POINTERS— Puppy dogs— 1 Monte Carlo, owned by
H T Drennan; 2 Tell, E House; 3 Ted Peter Hobkirk.
Local dogs — 1 Snap, E L Armstrong; 2 Button, Mrs
M T Avise; 3 Dan Burns, J V Burke; res Sport, M
Costello. Limit dogs (under 55 pounds) —1 Whitestone,
A B Jackson, Spokane; 2 Senator Maxwell, W F Hal-
derman, Warrentown; 3 Boise, Henry F Ziegler, The
Dalles; res Little Ned, Jr., A B Jackson, Spokane.
Limit dogs (55 pounds and over) — 1 Joe, Edwin Stone,
Albany: 2 Jack, C Stemel; 3 Clyde, T J English; res
Sport, Curtis B Wuin, Albany. Open dogs (under 55
pounds)— 1 Pete, Fred Evans, Seattle; 2 Px-inter's Ned,
W W Peaslee; 3 Printer's Boy, Will C Gibson; res
Bright, J A Taylor. Open dogs (55 pounds and over)
— IStar, H Pease; 2 Clyde, T J English; 3; Ginger,
Hugh Graham; res Jack, Dr G D Thornton. Winners,
dogs — 1 Whitestone; res Pete. Puppy bitches — 1
Columbia Queen, N ANelson: 2LittleNell, E A Covell;
3 Bonnie Bell, W B Coutts, of Kenwood, Cal; res Fly-
ijeutie-Beck, H O Stiekney. Local bitches— I Seal, E
House; 2 Little Sue, John Kubik, Woodlawn. Limit

bitches (under 50 pounds)—! Ightfield Chick, Charles
E Scriber, Colfax; 2 Printer's WascO Queen, Henry F
Ziegler, The Dales; 3 Shooting Star, J K Laing, res
Dot, R S Hughes. Limit bitches (50 pounds and over)
—1 Flew, A E McMurphy. Open bitches (under 50
pounds) — 1 Ightfield Chick, Charles E Scriber, Colfax;

2 Columbia Queen, N A Nelson; 3 Queen, Howie
Kennels, Mount Angel; res Little Nell, E A Covell.
Open bitches (50 pounds and over) — 1 Seal, E House.
Winners, bitches — 1 Ightfield Chick; res Seal.

ENGLISH SETTERS— Puppy dogs— 1 King, owned
by Chas. F. Neale; 2 Prince, Lansing Stout; 3 Glad-
stone's Count, A M Cannon, Albany; res Keno, T I
Richards. Local dogs— 1- Dude Nye, J B Nye; 2 Don,
Chas E Potter; 3 Prince, J P Schade; res Rex, Mrs
Jno Wood; v h c Ag, H W Prettyman; v h e Dan,
David Lering. Limit dogs — 1 King, Chas F Neale; 2
Victor L, Henry L O'Brien of Victoria; 3 Don, Chas
E Potter; res Hickory Jr. Mrs F F Boody; v h c King
Lear, N A Perry; v h c Bismarck, Westenfelder; vhc
Dan, David Loring; vhc Ag, W H Pettyman; he
Sir Donald, N B Blackburn; c Robin Hood, T W
Younger; c Beppo II, S R Glover. Open dogs — 1 Roy
Montez, Chas W Miner of Victoria; 2 Victor L; 3 Don;
res Sir Donald; h c Sir Toby, A M Cannon of Albany;
h c Prince Carl, Chas E Potter. Winners, dogs — 1
Roy Montez; res Dude Nye. Puppy bitches — 1 Lottie's
Lora, Dr H V Seininger of Albanv. Local bitches — 1
Bessl F H Fleming; 3 Maud K. W H Warrens; 3 Silbie,
Wiiliam Gillette; res Jip III, W H Dinsmore of Sheri-
dan. Limit bitches — 1 Sylbie, William Gillette: 2
Victoria Belle II, P P McConnell, Victoria; 3 Queen,
Sam MacCartney. Open bitches — 1 Queen's Beauty,
L H Rogers, Seattle; 2 Sylbie, William Gillette; 3
Victoria Bell II, T J McConnell, Victoria; res Jip III,
W H Dinsmore, Sheridan. Winners, bitches — 1 Queen's
Beauty, L H Rogers, Seattle; res Sylbie, William
Gillette.

IRISH SETTERS, puppy dogs— 1 Rex, owned by
George Good; 2 Duke, W L Jones, Jefferson; 3 Mark,
W L Jones, Jefferson: res Mad, W L Jones. Local
dogs— 1 Griffith's Rex, Dr J C Griffith, Salem; 2 Tim
D, J J Fitzgerald; 3 Barney Barnato. A J Armstrong;
res Admiral Dewey, J S Backenstos. Limit dogs — 1
Griffith's Rex; 2 Tim D; 3 Barney Barnato. Open
dogs — Griffith's Rex, 2 Barney Barnato, 3 Fritz, T G
Nealond. Winners, dogs — 1 Griffith's Rex, res Tim D.
Puppy bitches — 1 Little Flo, W L Jones, Jefferson.
Local bitches — 1 Biddy, Peter Grant; 2 Reed's Trilby,
F Reed; 3 Lady Rien, J S Backenstos. Limit bitches
— I Joe II, Henry W Meyers, Salem; 2 Reed's Trilby,
F Reed; 3 Roxy, H T Piatt. Open bitches— 1 Biddy,
Peter Grant; 2 Belle, Thomaa Plimley, of Victoria; 3
Joe II, Henry W Myers, Salem. Winners, bitches — 1
Biddy, res Belle.

GORDON SETTERS— Open dogs and bitches— 1
Pete, owned by C J Rowlings, Albany; 2 Fleet, Dr Dav
Raffety. Local dogs and bitches — 1 Dock, Russell
Muir; 2 Fleet; 3 Max, Maurne Winter; res Sport,
Wiley B. Allen.

FIELD SPANIELS— Winners, dogs and bitches— 1
Trix, owned by AI Kadderly; res Don, Jerome Stein-
bach.

COCKER SPANIELS (black)— Open dogs— 1 Nig,
owned by Mrs H N Babb; 2 Tiburnon, E J Winter;

3 T Plimley's Tinker, Thomas Plimley, Victoria; res
Victoria, E E Willis. Winners, dogs — 1 Nig, res
Tiburnon. Puppy bitches — 1 Nellie, E Fleury; 2 Tiny,
Oakes M Plummer. Local bitches — 1 Zulu, J Hampton,
2 Beatrix, W H Wilson; 3 Topsy, George T Mitchell;
res Topsy, Oakes M Plummer. Limit bitches —
1 Beatrix; 2 Topsy. (Black) — Open hitches — 1 Baby,
T A Gordon; 2 Lester Bonnie Bell, Jerome F Jacobs,
Wallace, Idaho. (Black) — Winners, bitches — 1 Nellie,
E Fleury; 2 Baby.

COCKER SPANIELS (other than black)— Local
dogs — 1 Juan Rubia, E J Winter; 2 St James, T S
Jones. Limit dogs — 1 Elfberg I, Mrs C W Sharpies,
Seattle; 2 Will Scarlett, E F Willis. Open dogs— 1
Juan Rubia; 2 Will Scarlett. Winners, dogs — 1 Juan
Rubia; res Elfberg I. Limit Bitches — 1 Banner Jess,
E F Willis. Open bitches — 1 Banner Jess; 2 Lillian
Ray, Mrs C W Sharpies, Seattle.

COLLIES (black, tan and white, and black and
white) — Local dogs — 1 Highland Laddie, owned by
Henry Frank. (Black, tan and white, and black and
white')— Limit dogs— 1 Bard, Miss B M Britts: 2 High-
land Laddie; 3 Ben, Chas A Baxter; res Ted, Chas A
Baxter. Open dogs — 1 Glenera, Dr A J Mcintosh,
Seattle; 2 Highland Laddie; 3 Scotty, W E Tallant,
Astoria. Winners, dog's — I Glenera; res Bard. Limit
bitches — 1 Artistic Emerald Eclipse, C D Nairn, Ball-
ston, Or. Open bitches — 1 Verona Artistic, C D Nairn,
Ballston, Or.

COLLIES (other than tricolor) — Puppy dogs — lMac-
Gregor, owned by William Laughlin, Arlington; 2
Shadeland Tarn O'Shanter, Oakes M Blummer; 3 Bob
son of Battle, "Sanford Fly," Aromas, Cal; res Scottie,
John F Pillman. Local dogs — 1 MaeGregor; 2 Shade-
land Tarn O'Shanter; 3 Donald Sable, Dr Harry F
Mackay; res Donald, Henry W Metzger. Limit dogs —
1 MaeGregor; 2 Rob Roy IV, "Sanford Fly," Aromas,
Cal; 3 Alto Clifton, O J Albee, Lawrence, Cal; res
Donald Sable. Open dogs — 1 Ch Ormskirke Emerald
Jr, O J Albee, Lawrence, Cal; 2 Verona Paleface, C D
Nairn; 3 Capital, T B Macabe, Victoria; res Donald,
Henry W Metzger. Winners, dogs — 1 Ch Ormskirke
Emerald Jr; res Verona Paleface. Puppy bitches — 1
Seattle Betty, George Tinto, Seattle; 2 Sable Muff, A
L Rumsey, Palestine, O; 3 Shadeland Watchful, C D
Nairn. Limit bitches — 1 Lass o' Gowry, C D Nairn.
Open bitches— 1 Imp Queen's Bounty, O. J. Albee; 2
Woodland Sunset, C D Nairn. Winners, bitches — 1
Imp Queen's Bounty; res Seattle Betty.

BULL TERRIERS— Puppy dogs— 2 Nipper, H S
Jordan, Seattle. Limit dogs — 1 Judge, Mrs A Bene-
dict; 2 Ike, George W Hoyt. Local bitches — 1 Jesse
M, Mrs W H Warrens; 3 Bess, W B Fechheimer.
Open bitches — 1 Bess.

BOSTON TERRIERS— Limit and open dogs— 1
Teddy, Harry E White.

FOX TERRIERS (smooth coated)— Puppy dogs— 1
Klickitat, Charles K Harley, San Francisco; 2 Warbur-

ton Blanco, Dr R F Verrinder, Victoria; 3 Funston, N
J Levinson; res Peter, C F Adams. Local dogs — 1
Redge, Helen L Goss; 2 Laddie, Katherine S Hon.
Limit dogs — 1 Klickitat: 2 Warburton Blanco; 3
Tommy Boy, Frank Turner, Victoria; res Pete W
Zimmer. Open dogs — 1 Intrepid, Miss Pearl Coutts,
Kenwood, Cal; 2 Warburton Blanco. Winners, dogs —
1 Klickitat; 2 Intrepid. Puppy bitches — 1 Lolita, Chas
K Harley, San Francisco. Local bitches — 1 Montezuma
R R Hoge; 2 Tiny, Charles J Cook. Limit bitches — 1
Swagger's Girl, Frank Turner, Victoria; 2 Lolita; 3
Bessie, I W Baird ; res Beauty, W Zimmer. Winners,
bitches — Swagger's Girl; res Lolita.

FOX TERRIERS (wire-coated)— Local dogs— 1
Charlton Credit, Miss Isabella Macleay. Open dogs —
1 Seattle Jack, J Redelsheimer. Winners, dogs — 1
Seattle Jack.

DACHSHUNDS— Puppy dogs— 1 Rex, B Eschel-
baeher. Local dogs — 1 Mosquito I, John A Shepperd.
Limit dogs — 1 Mosquito. Open dogs — 1 Dox, J C
Schaefer; 2 Mosquito; 3 Sleek, Frank Michaels. Win-
ners, dog — I Dox; res Rex. Open bitches — 3 Doxy, B
Eschelbacher.

IRISH TERRIERS— Open dogs— 1 Victoria Nipper,
E L Reber, Seattle: also first in winners.

BEDL1NGTON TERRIERS— Open dogs— 1 Clar-
ence J J Redelsheimer, Seattle; also first in winners'
Open bitches— 1 C L Herdwick Molly, J Redelsheimer;
also first in winners.

POMERANIAN, or SPITZ— Open dogs— 1 Beauty,
Miss Leona Griffin; also first in winners.

YORKSHIRE TERRIERS— Limit and open dogs—
1 Tony S, U G Scott; also first in winners. Limit and
open bitches — 1 Tessie, U G Scott; 2 Daisie, Joe Deno-
van; same in winners.

MALTESE TERRIERS— Open dogs and bitches—
1 Trixie, Mrs Frank Sisco.

TOY TERRIERS— Open dogs and bitches— 1 Tiny,
Mrs Fannie Levy.

ITALIAN GREYHOUNDS— Limit dogs and
bitches — 2 Ioki, Mrs H T Payne, San Francisco. Open
dogs and bitches — 1 Chica, H T Payne, San Francisco.
Winners — 1 Chica: res Ioki.

BULLDOGS — Puppy bitches — 1 Beauty, owned by
Mrs J F Ross, Astoria; also 1 in open and winners.

IRISH WATER SPANIELS— Puppy dogs and
bitches — 1 Biddy, E Bateman; 2 Rowdy, F E Hart.
Limit dogs— I Mack, M D Alger; 2 Chang, F V Hol-
man. Open dogs — 1 Pat O'Connor, Elliott Corbett; 2
Muggins O'Connor, T E Wallace; 3 Chang, F V Holman.
Limit bitches — 1 Victoria, John Scott, Kalama. Open
bitches — 1 Oregon Duck, Mrs M Kieth. Winners, dogs
and bitches — 1 Biddy, E Bateman; res Mack, M D
Alger.

SKYE TERRIERS— Puppy dogs and bitches— 3
Queen, Joe Denovan.

PAISELY TERRIERS— Limit dogs and bitches— 1
Pete, Dr W T Williamson, Salem.

YORKSHIRE TERRIERS— Open dogs and bitches
— 3 Dolty, Joe Denovan.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

The J C Ainsworth cup, for the best Pointer dog— To Whitestone,
owned by A B Jackson, Spokane; Snap. L E Armstrong, reserve.

The Honeyman, De Hart & Co cup for the best Pointer bitch-
To Ightfield Chick, owned by Charles E Scribner, Colfax.

The Walter F Burrell cup, for the best Irish Terrier— To Vic-
toria Nipper, owned by E L Reber. Seattle.

The Butterfield Bros" cup, for the best Newfoundland— To Tekoa,
owned by Edward J Davey.

The J E Cullison cup, for the best Cocker Spaniel— To Banner
Jess, owned by E F Willis; Nig, Mrs H N Babb, reserve.

The David M Dunne cup, for the best Irish Setter — To Griffith's
Rex, owned by Dr J C Griffith, Salem; Biddy, Peter Grant, reserve.

The A & C Feldenheimer cup, for the best Bull Terrier— To Nip-
per, owned by H S Jordan, Seattle; Edgewood Gold Dollar, J F
Ernwein, Seattle, reserve.

The Max Foeller cup, for the best Dachshund — To Dox, owned by
J C Schaefer.

The L C Henrichsen Go's plate, for the best Greyhound— To Lady
Margaret, owned by Thomas Tracey; Gold T, Mrs J E Tilden,

The Frederick V Holman cup, for the best English Setter bred
and owned in Oregon— To Bess, owned by E H Fleming; Dude Nye,
J B Nye, reserve-

The George T Myers, Jr, cup, for the best English Setter not
bred in Oregon— To Roy Montez, owned by Charles W Minor, Vic-
toria; Queen's Beauty, L H Rogers, Seattle, reserve.

The H T Hudson cup, for the best Gordon Setter— To Dock,
owned by Russel Muir; Pete, C G Rowlings, Albany, reserve.

The Frank R, Huber cup, for the best Collie— To Ch Ormskerke
Emerald, Jr. owned by O J Albee, Laurence, Cal; imp Queen's
Bounty, same owner, reserve.

The W M Ladd cup, for the best Irish Water Spaniel— To Biddy,
owned by E Bateman.

The Miss Isabella Macleay cup. for the best Great Dane— To
Leon, owned by Mrs Whitney L Boise.

The Oregon News Company's cup, for the best rough-coated St
Bernard— To Ch Princess Scheherazade, owned by Mrs C A Smart,
Oakland; Colonel, C W Fulton, Astoria, reserve.

The Frank B Thorn cup. for the best smooth-coated Fox Terrier —
To Klickitat, owned by Charles K Harley, San Francisco; Swag
ger's Girl, Frank Turner, Victoria, reserve.

Fancier's silver plate, best tri-colored Collie— To Artistic Emer-
ald Eclipse, owned by C D Nairn, Ballston, Or; Glenera, Dr A J
Mcintosh, reserve.

C D Nairn's medals for best Scotch Collie, for dogs from his
kennels— Puppy dogs under 12 months, won by Macgregor, owned
by W M Laughton, Arlington. Best puppy bitch under 12 months
— Won by Lady Verona, owned by Thomas Howe, Mount Angel.
Best dog over 12 months— Won by Donald Sabln, Dr Harry F Mc-
Kay,

Stewart medal, for best Oregon-bred Collie— Won by Artistic
Emerald Eclipse, C D Nairn, Ballston, Or.

California Collie Club medals— Best Collie .dog, won by C Orms-
lurk Emerald, Jr., O J Albee, Lawrence, Cal. Best Collie bitch,
won by imp. Queen's County, same owner. Bess Collie dog pup,
won by Shadeland Tarn O'Shanter, Oakes M Plummer

Kennel Registry.

VISITS.

Stockdale Kennels' (Bakersfield) Jingo's Bagpipe (Jingo-Ponto-
toc Belle) to same owners' Sam's Bow (Plain Sam-Dolly Dee II.),
March 10, 1901.

WHELPS.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels' black Cocker bitch Omo Girl (Ch.
Omo-Ch. Gaiety Girl) whelped April 21, 1901, six puppies (2 dogs),
by same owners' Hampton Goldie (Ch. Red Mack-Hampton Queen
Readie).

A. H. Murray's Irish Setter bitch Glendrie (Ch. Finglas-Ownie)
whelped April 17, 1901, eight puppies (5 dogs) to A. B. Truman's
Ch. Nemo II. (Emmet-Ch Lightning).

Geo. H. Cook's black Cocker Spaniel bitch Woodmere Tiny
(Helps-Redan Fiossiel whelped April — , 1901, three puppies (1
dog) to C. H. Shaw's Black Billy (Ch. Viscount-Black Nell).
SALES

Redwood Cocker Kennels sold the black Cocker Spaniel Ch.
Havoc (Ch. Black Duke— Woodland Jude) to Glenwood Kennels,
April — , 1»J1.

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THE FARM.

Dairying in Denmark.

In an address delivered by Prof. W. A.
lenry at a recent meeting of the Wiseon-
in Dairymen's Association upon observa-
ions made by him during a recent trip to
Jurope, he described the dairy industry
n Denmark as follows :

"Denmark is to-day the highest example
n all Europe of agricultural push and
■regress. Covering but a quarter the area
f Wisconsin, it supports 10 per cent, more
eople and exports more than twice as
luch butter as we make in all our cream-
ries. Denmark has as much poor land
roportionately as Wisconsin. While in
lolland the cows universally roam freely
ver the pastures, in Denmark they are
ept in the stables, or tethered in the
elds, which are generally unfenced. It
1 not an uncommon sight, as one rides
long the railways, to observe in one long
ow fifty to one hundred cows in a pasture
eld tethered by ropes. When they re-
uire water a wagon resembling a sprink-
Ing cart drives through the field, and the
rater is let out into a small tank supported
t the rear and hanging low ; the wagon
aBses down the line of cows, supply ng
ach animal with water. At evening time
he cows are milked in the field, and the
lilk drawn away in a wagon. The cream-
ries of Denmark are, generally, larger
ffairs, and well managed. We saw one
reamery which, together with its storage
ooms. pasteurizing plant, etc., repre-
ented an outlay of over $60,000.

"Denmark's educational work in dairy-
ng has been without an equal anywhere
a the world. In no other country has the
overnment accomplished so much practi-
al good for dairying, both directly and
hrough its support of its agricultural
olleges. Sot only have graduates gone
ut from the dairy school by the thou-
inds, but the government has interested
iself in dairying in other ways. For ex-
mple, it keeps an expert studying dairy
larkets in Great Britain. Then it toil-
ets a sys em of sampling and testing
)anish butter, which is of the most prac-
ical character. At the agricultural col-
jge, Copenhagen, is a building devoted
fholly to teBting dairy butter. At inter-
als throughout the year, those in author-
ty telegraph to two or three score of
reameries on a given day, to that day
end a sample package (over 100 pounds)
i butter already made to the dairy school.
Ihere is no previous notice, and such
utter as the factory may have on hand
auBt be shipped the day the telegram
omes. These lots of butter from forty or
aore factories are arranged in the special
milding for inspection.

"Inspectors employed by the govern,
nent examine the package and report on
lie quality of the butter by number. It
ras my pleasure to witness an inspection
rhich was in progress at the time I was
t the (ollege. The reports of the inspec-
ors, with criticisms, commendations, etc.,
re Bent to the various creameries, and
he butter is sold at the best obtainable
irice. The cost of this simple line of
ducational work amounts to about $10,-
00 annually, being borne by the govern-

aent."

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Sheep shearing will soon be in full blast
n Wyoming and Montana. Last season
he general price per head for clipping was
line cents, but owing to the low figures
or which wool is now selling the owners
.greed to pay only eight cents this year
?hat agreement did not last long and now
line cents is the going price just as it was
ast season. The shearers have already
irrived at Casper, Wyo., where the first
iperations of the season will be conducted.

In California the wool growers pay six
lents for shearing and make two clips per
fear, which brings the annual cost to 12
ents per head.

Two Foods That Kill Pigs.

The Indiana State Board of Agriculture,
in a report, says :

Wheat and Barley Beard. — It not in-
frequently happens that after hogs have
been turned upon wheat and barley Btub-
ble some will die. The symptoms which
the pigs will present are quite variable.
In some cases it will be an intensely sore
mouth, in others it will be those of general
bowel disturbance, and in a third it will
be those of loud and difficult breathing.
The writer has post-mortemed many such
cases and found accumulations of beards
in the mouth, stomach or windpipe. A
roll of beards may form and get down by
the side or it the root of the tongue and
penetrate the mucous membrane. The
animal cannot ge rid of them ; the parts
become intensely swollen and inflamed,
interfering with eating, and starvation
will occur. Plugs of the beards may
lodge at any point between the larynx
and bronchi, producing loud, distressing
breathing and coughing. The foreign
body cannot be removed, and death takes
place from suffocation. In the stomach
the beards may puncture the walls. The
injury may be so slight as to cause only a
mild inflammation and interference with
the appetite for a short time, until the
beards become softened and pass on, or
the inflammation may be so severe as to
cause death. The trouble is not one
amenable to treatment except in those
cases in which the beard is in the mouth*

Effects of Cockle-Burrs. — Numerous ar-
ticles have appeared in the swine breeders'
journals and agricultural papers indicat-
ing that young cockle-burrs were poison-
ous to hogs and calves. While the cockle-
burr is young and only three to four
inches high it is very fleshy and tender,
and relished by stock. The claims of
poisoning of stock attracted sufficient at-
tention to induce the Indiana Experiment
Station to make a chemical examination
and a feeding test to determine the poison-
ous properties, but in both the results
were negative. The young plantB, stripped
of the burrs, were fed to calves, pigs, rab-
bits and guinea pigs. They were allowed
all they would eat. In no case was any
untowai-d effect noticed. We have been
called upon to post-mortem some animals
claimed to have died from such poisoning,
and in all cases death was due to burrs.
A few burrs would be swallowed with the
young plants, and their horny prickles
would irritate the stomach wall and cause
inflammation, which finally terminated
in death. In three cases the burrs lodged
n the throat and could not be expelled.

Don't Cross the Breeds.

It seems that line upon line is needed
on this subjeet. Among the latest illus-
trations of the folly of mixing breeds is
given by a correspondent of the Sural
World, from Illinois. The writer says
that many herds show the patch-work in
breeding to a Jersey to get rich milk, then
to a Shorthorn to get size and meat, and
next to a Holstein to get larger flow of
milk. The result is a lot of low-down,
ring-streaked and speckled cows, one-half
of which do not earn their board. Forty
years of actual experience in breeding
farm stock convinces me of the truthful-
ness of the doctor's statement. A cross
breeder with an idea of mixing breeds for
something better than either of the orig-
inal breeds fails in hogs and horses as in
cows. The ordinary farmer will have
scrubs of all colors. We have hogs of all
colors and shapes, so that any man can
find a breed to suit his tastes and wants.
Select your breed and stick to it, getting
new blood by getting new Bires. In all
the breeds there are different types to
select from, but don't try to cross. If
there is a feature of your pure breeds you
wish to intensify, do it by getting a Bire
strong in this particular.

I once tried to breed a particular kind
of a coach horse by getting Percheron
grade mares and an improved Cleveland
bay stallion, but did not succeed well;

the result was lack of uniformity. But
where I bred pure roadsters to coach
stallions I succeeded, because both are
roadsters. Mixing breeds is like mixing
paint : better leave it to experts and take
their best results, the pure bred, and
don't call pure breds thoroughbreds. This
applies only to a breed of running horses
native to England — Indiana Farmer.

Corn and Pork.

How many pounds of pork, as repre-
sented in a live hog,does a bushel of corn re-
present, is a question which has frequently
arisen. It has been the custom in past
years to count a bushel of corn as equiva-
lent to ten pounds weight of the animal.
Doubtless this may be a fair approxima-
tion, under careless feeding, such as turn
ing the animals in the field to help them-
selves to corn, or other wasteful methods.
But careful feeding may bring far more
important results. Mr. C. G. Neff, of
Cincinnati, is interested with his brother
in farming operations near Yellow Springs,
Green Co., Ohio.

On December 13th they weighed a
bunch of 50 hogs and again weighed them
on December 20th and 28th. The gain
for the corn fed during the first period
was an average of 14.8 pounds in weight
per bushel of corn, and for the second
period a gain of 15% pounds per bushel
In the first instance, calculating hogs at
$4.50, the feeding value of the corn was
BSJ^c per bushel, and in the second in-
stance, at $4.65 for hogs, the result repre-
sented 70%c for corn. The market value
of corn at the time was 32c per bushel.
This is an interesting illustration of what
profits can be realized in converting grain
into fat animals. — Cincinnati Price Cur-
rent.

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Selling the Culls.

One of the hardest things for a young
breeder to do is to discard animals that
are not up to the standard for breeding
purposes, says Sioine Advocate. There
are always buyers for pure-bred animals
at a price. It matters not if the animal
is inferior it will often command enough
more than a grade to tempt the breeder to
part with it. Here is where a great many
breeders help tear down their reputation
even while they are trying to build it up.
Inferior breeding sto;k sold to somebody
has lived to vex many a man who thought
he was getting ride of his culls to advan-
tage. It requires courage to send pure-
bred animals to the shambles, but it pays
when they are not the kind to keep. It
requires courage also to refuse good prices
for high class breeding animals; but that
also pays if a man is in the business for
keeps. In these two things is where most
men who have a start in breeding live
stock are likely to make a mistake. The
safe and eventually the profitable plan is
to sell good ones and keep better ones.

Good, well bred pigs, farrowed in Feb-
ruary or March, by being properly cared
for until six months old, can be made to
gian about one pound per day from
birth, and by October 1st, or any time be-
fore the large run of fall hogs is ready for
market, they can be sold for a good profit
for all food consumed, says Jas. Wilson in
Farmers1 Guide." There is another profit-
able way. Thie is by raising late summer
pigs that may be weaned by September
and they have the run of a field of rape
and a good feed twice a day of middlings
or ground rye; or if you do not have the
rape, oumpkinB make a grand good feed
for pigs, especially when a little green
corn is fed. But be very careful how you
commence feeding green corn, as more
disease is caused by feeding too much
green corn for the first week than by any
other cause. If a field of rye sown very
early, say in August, can be had for them,
it will furnish green feed for the whole
winter and when spring comes the pigs
will be ready for heavy feeding.

Twelve loads of Colorado fattened lambs
wert through Kansas City, April 6th,
billed to Buffalo. There they sold for $6
per cwt, all but one car, which made $6.10,
according to telegrams received. A lot
previously Bhipped to Buffalo from Fort
Collins via KansaB City lost time on the
road and only four loads of a dozen sold
for the $6, quite a good many of the sheep
going at $5.85 and that after eight or ten
days on the road.

What is thought to be the largest goat
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[April 27, 1901

Terre Haute Trotting and Fair Association.

Opens the Following Purses to be Decided at Its Grand Circuit Meeting.
SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 5TH, 1901.

No. 1— "The Wabash" for 2:20 Trotters $5,000 No. 2-"The Side wheeler" for 2:18 Pacers ■ ■ 5.000

The two purses named above are nomination purses with nominations transferable up to September 9th, at which time the horses are to be named.

No. 3— For 2:28 Class Trotting $1,500 No- 5— For 2:25 Class Pacing 1,500

No. 4-For 2:15 Class Trotting 1,500 I No. 6— For 2:14 Class Pacing 1,500

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 1901.

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Entrance fee five per cent., payable as follows : First installment of one (1) per cent, must accompany the entry, May 6th. June 17th, one(l) per cent. July 27th

one I J^P^Jj^^ must be eligible to the above classes at the date of closing, Monday, May 6th, when horses must be named in purses Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and
Six (6) Five per cent additional from winners. All purses divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare off and return first
■navment in any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. No liability for money beyond the amount paid in, providing written notice of withdrawal be received by
the Secretary on or before any future payments fall due, but no entry can be declared out unless all arrearages are paid. American Trotting Association rules to
govern, of which this association is a member. Purse races to complete program will be announced later. For further information and entry blanks, address,

W. P. IJAMS, President. CHAS. R- DUFFIN, Sec'y, Terre Haute, Ind.

JOSEPH OBNEK, Free. EDWIN GAYEOED, Yice-Pree. and Treat. W. H. SCHTJCKMAN, Sec'y

NEW ENGLAND

THE OVERLAND RACING ASSOCIATION Trotting Horse Breeders' Association

Overland Park, Denver, Colo.

OFFERS

$40,000

IN PURSES
AND SPECIALS

JUXE 15th to 29th, Inclusive.

Entries Harness Races Close Wednesday, May 15th. 1901.

-PROGRAM-

SATURDAY, JUNE 15.
Purse No. 1—2:09 Pace S 500

Purse No.

:14 Trot.

MONDAY, JUNE 17

Purse No. 3— 2:14 Pace

Purse No. 4— 2:35 Trot

500

TUESDAY, JUNE 18.

Purse No. 5— 2:20 Pace (Closed) 81,000

Purse No. 6— Three -Year -Old Trot,

2:50 Class (Closed) 5O0

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19.

Purse No. 7 — 2:24 Trot and Pace to

Wagon Prize (Closed).
Purse No. 8— Three-Minute Trot and

Pace to Wagon Prize (Closed).

THURSDAY, JUNE 20.

Purse No. 9— 2:27 Pace S 500

Purse No. 10—2:30 Trot 500

FRIDAY, JUNE 31.
Purse No. 11— Two - Year - Old Pace

(Closed)

Purse No. 12—2:27 Trot.

.S 500
500

S

Trot

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SATURDAY, JUNE 2

Purse No. 13— 2:11 Pace

Purse No. 14— Two - Year - Old

(Closed)

Free-for-all Trot..
MONDAY, JUNE 24.

Purse No. 15— 2:10 Pace

Purse No. 16—2:17 Trot

TUESDAY, JUNE 25.

Purse No. 17—2:32 Pace 8

Purse No. 18—2:19 Pace

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26.

Purse No. 19—2:23 Pace S

Purse No. 20—2:25 Trot (Closed)

THURSDAY, JUNE 27.

Purse No. 21—2:40 Pace '....S

Purse No. 22—2:40 Trot

FRIDAY, JUNE 28.
Purse No. 23 — Three - Year - Old Pace,

2:50 Class (Closed) S

Purse. No. 24—2:22 Trot

SATURDAY, JUNE 29.

Purse No. 25 — Free-for-all Pace S

Purse No 26—2:10 Trot

BOSTON, MASS.

Fifteenth Annual Breeders' Meeting

September 16-20, 1901.
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500
500

500

500

500
500

500

,000

500
500

500
500

500
500

EARLY CLOSING PURSES.
| No. 7. $5000, Four-year-old, Trotters, 2:24 class.

Terms of Entry. $50 for each horse named May 1, $200 September 6. Nothing deducted from
winners. Nominators not held for second payment if they declare oat before September 6.

No. 8. $10,000, 2:10 class, Trotting-.

Terms of Entry- $100 May 1, $100 June 1, $100 July 1, $100 August 1, $100 September 6. Five
per cent additional from the winners of each division of the purse. More than one from the same
stable may be named as one entry. In case where two or more horses have been named as one entry,
and any horses have been separated from the stable from which thev were originally named, and such
separation made according to rule, they shall be eligible to start in the race if the forfeits falling
due after said separation have been met according to conditions, upon the payment of forfeits fall-
ing due before said separation. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after they have
declared out their entry in writing.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 1.

Application for entry blanks, requests for information, and all entries to be made to the Secretary"
JOHN E. THAYER, Pres. C. il. JEWETT, Sce'y..

BEADVTLLE, Mass.

NOMINATIONS IN PURSES THAT CLOSED MARCH lSTJRANSFERRABLE UP TO MAY I5TH-

THE COLORADO DERBY-Entries Close May 1, 1901

To be Run at Overland Park, Denver, Saturday, June 15, 1901.

ONE AND ONE-EIGHTH MIXES— S500 ADDED— A sweepstakes for three-year-olds (foals
of 1898). Ten dollars to nominate on or before May 1st, with $25.00 additional to start. The Associa-
tion to add $500.00, of which $125.00 to second, $75.00 to third. Winners of a stake in 1901 to carry seven
pounds extra. Winners of two purse races in 1901 of any value, to carry five pounds extra. Winners
of three purse races in 1901 of any value, to carry seven pounds extra. Maidens allowed ten pounds.
Beaten maidens in 1901 allowed twelve pounds.

There will be four or more running races each day, purses from two to five hundred dollars, with,
no entrance except to money winners.

Entries for the Colorado Derby close May 1st. Entries to harness races close May 15th.
We have a seven-eighths of a mile track for runners, and a mile track for the harness horses, kept
in perfect condition.

For further information address,

TV. H. SCHUCEMAN, Secretary,
Boom 22 Iron Bldg., 1031 17th St., Denver, Colo.

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Contains summaries of races; tables of 2:30 trot*
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get in standard time and their producing sons and
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Or, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.

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NUTWOOD WILKES 22216 !

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.
He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:12 and iJ-l^K respectively. Who I* it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:I0j<. John A McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Race Record} By Guy Wilkes 2:15 J,
2116 1-2. J Dam Lida W. 2:18| by Nutwood 2:

181

Fee = $50

'For the Season

With return privileges
If horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at S3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:161-

is the sire of

2:IS'r.
2:£»;
3:22»*

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle .

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes. .

Matinee rec (wagon) .2:09 Central Gfrl

3-year-old race rec. . .2:12j£ Wilkes Direct.. . .

Who Is It 2:10# AlixB

3-year-old race rec. ..2:12 Who Is She

Georgie B 2:12tf Fred Wilkes

Claudius 2:1314 Queen C

Boblngersoll 2:14^ Electress

Irvington Boy 2:17^ Dangestar

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,C i

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Wait for Pierce's Sale

Bonnie Direct 2:054

World's Record for Pacers in First
Season's Campaign.

Winner of fastest 5-heat race paced in 1900. Win-
ner of Chamber of Commerce Stake at Detroit;

Blue Hill Stake at Readville, and three other

great races. Biggest money winner of "New"

Pacers of 1900, having $7,575 to his credit the first

year out.
Sired by Direct 2:05',, Sire of Directly 2:03},
Directum Kelly 2:08}. Etc.

Dam BON BON 2:26 (dam of Bonsilene 2:14&),
by Simmons 2:28, sire of Helen Simmons 2:llji,
New York Central 2:13, etc. Also sire of dams of
Owyhee 2:11, and Fereno 2:103£, as a three-year-
old, and winner of this season's (1900) Kentucky
Futurity.

Second Dam BONNIE WILKES 2:29, by George
Wilkes 2:22.

Third Dam BETTY VILEY, by Bob Johnson,
thoroughbred son of Boston.

RONNIF HIPFCT is a black stallion, 15% hands high, weighs 1100 lbs.; Is a
UViiiiiL* LUivijV ■ has best of feet and legs, and is absolutely sound in ever.,
BONNIE DIRECT will serve a limited number of approved mares during seaso
the season, with return privilege if mare proves not with foal, and horse is alive and
Money due at time of service or upon removal of mare. Every care taken to pre-
escapes, but no responsibility should any occur. Pasturage for mares at reasonable

Address

C. L. GRIFFIT

Pleas

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of D

Will make the season of 1901, fived *
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; 'i -• a.

Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the sreat Director 2:17, sire of
Directum atOoM Direct 2:05'/2 and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger: second dam. a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt,
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, Cal.,

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Alameda

BOYDELLO is a handsome
ititution, and isa sure foal^ett ;
ioydello will be bred to a fewapp
lall on or address ED 1, 4.

/The Abbot 2:03«

(Azote 2:04Ji

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"am FLORENCE C. 2:30 by Duraogo Chief
by Prince Dictator 5953.

' of 1901 at

ervice Fee 25

action, good bone and iron con-

ee year olds and very promising.

'-ason. For further particulars

man St., AlHineda Cal.

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Summary of Three of Bonnie
Dlrect's Races.

Chamber of Commerce Stakes, $5,000, at
Detroit.

BonnieDirect 9 5 8 111

Annie Thornton 14 1 12 2 2

Hal McEwen l 11 2 8 4dis

Pussywillow 8 3 11 3 3 ro

George C 3 4 3 4 5 ro, Cobbett 4 7 4 5 dr, Duch-
ess 11 13 5 6 dr, Joe Wheeler 12 9 7 1 dr, Fred
Wilton 2 2 9 dis, Mt. Clemens Boy 5 6 6 dr,
Louis E Middleton 6 8 12 dr, Sport 7 10 10 dr,
Gamecock 10 12 dr, Connie 13 dr, Little Frank
( is.
Time— 2:10H,2;12X, 2:13»£;2:13; 2:12!tf, 2:12J£.
2:13 Class, pacing, purse $1,500, at Colombu

onnie Direct 2 5 111

ohnny Agan l l 2 2 3

Lady Piper 3 2 3 4 2

Freilmont 5 3 4 3 4

Red Light 4 4 5 dr. Prince Esum dis.
Time— 0:31, V.Wi, 1:34, 2:05K; 0:33,—, 1:05H,
l:38M, 3:ini4; 0:32: 1:03H, 1:34;;, S:07ii: 0:31VS,
l:0aJ4, 1:37J£, 2:08K;0:31J<, I:03J£, 1:36. 3:08)4.
Blue Hill Stake, $3,000, at Readyille.

BonnieDirect l l l

-. Hie Hook 2 2 8

volute 5 3 2

nnieThornton 4 4 3

Paul Revere 3 5 4, Dark Wilkes 6 7 5, Tommy
.767, Argo Director 886, Lady Allright
99, Beauty Spot dis, P. H. Flynn dis.
Time— 2:07a, 2:09M, 2:10«.

riREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

About May 20th I will sell from 40 to 50 trotting,
draft, express and general purpose business horses
besides some well bred trotting broodmares with
colts at side: also, some handsome, well matched
road and carriage teams. This consignment will
be f rom the Yerba Buena Stock Farm, owned by
Henry Pierce.

Particulars later on.

WA1. Q. LAYNQ,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
721 Howard St., S. E,

For Sale— Bargain.

™irS?s?,?1<>e,.tia? bay getting- Trotter, six
years old; 16.3 hands, weighs 1350 pounds. Gentle

mil. inrS jn"' pSSte,ct driver- stylish. Has shown
Si eitt^»onPark speedway without any train-
ing. Absolutely sound. Can be seen in this city.
Apply or address J

D. N. BERRY,
Care of Breeder and SpcBtsmaw,
^36 Geary St., San Francisco.

Thoroughbred for Sale.

Four=Year=01d Bay Horse

By Lottery, dam Daphinita. A bargain Write
for particulars. Address

M. J. McDEVITT,
Redwood City San Mateo Co., Cal.

TEINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
co-usi at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr.,3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YKKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. 3
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JKRSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURBAMS.
Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.. Los Angeles.
Cal.

W. A. SBIPPEE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

X>r. wm, ~F*m Egan.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
■ terinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
: to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
jectoiforNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
ileportof San Francisco; Professor of Equine
,'edicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California; Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital, 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

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annually placed in positions. Send for catalogue
E. P. HEAI.u, President.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At Tills Office.

For Sale— A Bargain.

A New iHc/lurray Gentleman's

PNEUMATIC RUNABOUT NO. 5.

Just the thing for the Park Speedway and gen-
eral use. Handsome and first-class in every par-
ticular. Never been used. Price S150, which
isnet cost at factory. Can be seen at this office.

BREEDER AND SPORTSfUN,

36 Geary St.. San Francisco

FOR SALE

Two Mares by Boodle 2:12a in
foal to Nutwood Wilkes 2:16*.

The dam of one is by Antevolo 2:W,4, out of Gabl-
IanMaid (sister to Lady Ellen, dam of Helena
2:11^ and four more in the list) by Mambrino
1789.

The other is a daughter of Gabilan Maid. The
darn of Gabilan Maid was Ida May Jr., by
Owen Dale (a son of Williamson's Belmont),
and the second dam Ida May by Williamson's
Belmont.

Both are young mares, one six, the other seven
years old, and these will be their first colts. Will
be sold at a low price. Apply to the Breeder
and Sportsman, or

JESSE D. CARR,

Salinas, Cal,

Son of McKinney For Sale.

I have a four year bay stallion by McKinney,
first dam by Antevolo. second dam Esmeralda
(dam of Don Lowell 2:14) by Bricadier. third dam
by California Dexter, son of Whipple's Hamble-
tonian, fourth dam said to be by Copperbottom.
He will weigh between eleven and twelve hundred,
is a fair gaited, fast horse for what he has been
handled, and can step a quarter in 36 seconds on
my track, which is not much better than a road.
I have a colt from him out of the dam of Gen.
Smith 2:17?i, and another out of the Venture mare,
the dam of Lochinvar 2:23H. I also have a filly
by Nutwood Wilkes out of the dam of my McKin-
ney colt. My horse Is well patronized and I can
get all the mares I want bred to him. I am get-
tinh old and would like to sell them all out. Well
bred broodmares and colts for sale.

Address SEWELL HARRIS,
Yaba City, Cal.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY AJTJRLIE, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:1 12£, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA "WASHINGTON, bay filly, 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

Wanted, Matched Team.

Trotters, bays or browns, 15.2 to 15,3 hands, must
be handsome, well mated, thoroughly broken and
able to show better than a three minute gait and
a first class road team in every particular. Ad-
dress with price and particulars,

H. A. SMILEY,
Breedeb and Sportsman,
B Geary St., San Francisco

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

3 Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Eufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at §3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. R. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd 0

horsemen: " I believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St., San Jose.

5t Carlo — iooi

ST. CARLO .

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f The Dl-Used
\ Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), ZamarIL (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

ELECTlONEhR

NUTWOOD

JNEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEEBETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nutwood 9:183-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09V£ is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1S99, getting a record
of 2:m.£ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09%. Neernufs oldest colts are coming sis
years old. He is a blood bay, 15?i hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse !

A Grand Individual !

A Coming Great Sire !

Sired by the champion McKinney 3:11^, dam by
Almont Lightning.

$50

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at $3 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECSKBS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

GOSSIPER 2:141, Reg. No. 12008.

Sire of Gazelle 2:11M (dam of Zolock 3:10y,), Miss Jessie 2:135s, Ketchum 2:16M (sire of Connie
2:1.-114), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2:10V- and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-05>„: Fereno (3) £10%: Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15V4,
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2M% and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at .$2.50 per month.

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

GHAS. DERBY 4907, rec m

$50 the eason.

MUCH BETTER 2:07«, DEBET PRINCESS 2:0814, DIABLO S :09«, OWYHEE 2:
LITTLE BETTER 2:11^', CIB0L02:13'/i,and many other fast and game race horses

»

$50 the season.

OWYHEE 26,116, m.n

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices,
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co.. Cal

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

SIRE OF

Clipper 2:06 Tags 3:13 N. L. B. (2).. .-..-.., -4S;21!4

Dae, la lion 3:11 Inferno 3:15 Imp 2:22£

Diawood 2:11 El Diablo 3:16!£ Rey del Diablo (3)...3:33«

Hijo del Diablo 2:11>4 Gaff Topsail, 2:1714 Athalbo 2:34(5

Hazel D 2:34'/.

Sire

/•Much Better 2:07 H \ Dam /-Diablo

„...„ „r„n„ •> ™ I Derby Princess.. . . f-.08!'. „___„. Elf 2:1:

CHAS. DERBY Z;Z0 -{Diablo 2:09m I BERTHA by Alcantara.(Ed Lafferty 2:16

^ B | Jay Eff Bee (year-
Dam of | limrrecordl 2:

J Owyhee 2:11

Sire of ( 3nd io more in 2:30

ling record) 2:26(5

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per montb. Bestof care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

Breed to Speed, Size and Style
GEO. W. ARCHER,25,492bh i6 hands

Sired by the Great

ALLERT0N 2:09 14, sire of

CHARLEY HAYT 2:07f,

and 79 others with

GAYTON 2:085-, ALVES 2:09J,
standard records.

First Dam Tot 2:24 by Young Columbus Jr. 6429.
Second Dam Young Maggie by Vermont Volunteer.
Third Dam Old Maggie.

Will make the season of 1901 at PJLEASANTON RACE TRACK.
TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $50

Return privilege of mare does not prove with foal and horse is alive and in my possession. Monej
due at time of service or on removal of mare.

Every care taken to prevent accidents and escapes, but no responsibility should any occur.
Pasturage for mares at reasonable rates.

Address WM. R. WELCH, Pleaeanton, Cal

NOTE— I will take a few horses to train and race on the California circuit. Terms reasonable.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, from Feb.lo to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hand!

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high qualitj

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses- He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13V£, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17*4, Auditor 2:1914 and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February loth. For furthei
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track

DALY 3:15.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15
ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27*4 by Electioneer.

AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11&.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Cal

The farm h3s some good prospects to
the racing season of 1901. and roadster,
for sale.

Electioneer Leads All

Stallions.
Breed

a

GROVER CLAY

to

2:23 1-4

Son

(Sire of Clay S. 2:13?^ and Ira 2 : 16Jf.)

Sired by Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam. Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16>4. Fleet;
Golddust 2:20, Indicator 2:23>i, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)
FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.
Payable at time of service. No responsibility for accidents.

For further particulars address D. GANNON, Manager,

C

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GANNON,

Emeryville,

Cal

April 27, 1901]

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Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:111-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno{3)
2-AOX) by Gov. Sprague.

McKINNEY 2:11^-

sire of

Coney

Jennie Mac —
Hazel Kinney..

Zolock

Zombro

You Bet

MeZeus 2:

Dr. Book 2:

Osito 2:

Juliet D 2:

McBriar 2

Harvey Mac 2

Geo. W- McKinney — £

McNally £

Monica £

and 15 more iu 2:30

2:124

:144

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in tlie show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in tlie stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

-.. — - — - - Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

TermS for tlie SeaSOIl $100 (Withusual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $i per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. Q /\# DURFEE

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Grameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

2 he Only Son of the Great Geo.

Wukes in California.

and sire of

Phoebe Wilkes 2:08'". Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma

2:11V4', Arlene Wilkes 2: ll?i. New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16^. Sunbeam 2:16Ji, Sybils.
2:K,%, Saville 2:I7'S, Grand George 2:18!i,
J. F. Hanson 2:19k, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, V2 mile from Santa Clara.

FIFTH ANNUAL

Terms for the Season

$40

Good Pasturage at .$4 per month. Best.of care taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. No -wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,
Telephone: Suburban 541. Santa Clara, Cal.

Breed to Monterey 2:09 i. No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of J California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19££, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05M. Monterey 2:09 K and Dr. Leek 2:09",f— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16'4 and Monterey 2:09V*;, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago2:ll, Fell Fare 2:10?i, Monterey 2:09 >■£, Galette2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13K-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21^ (sire of Abbotsford 2:19^ and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?£, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03»4 to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06 v£ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crooker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS 850 FOR THE SEASON" ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
In foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents oresoapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

DOG SHOW

OF THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAT 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 1901.

Judges: HEXKY JARRETT, of PMladelphja; J. J. LYNN, of Port Huron, Mien, and
JOHN BRADSHAW, of San Francisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 27TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. P. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer.

H. D. LAIDLAW, Cashier

This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners' Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to stow your dog.

LLEWELLYN SETTER
PUPPIES.

Three thoroughbred puppies, five months old,
for sale. Address

OWNEK,
Care of Breeder and Sportsman.

New California Jockey Club

TANFORAN PARK

(San Mateo Co,, Cal.)

April 20th to 27th inclusive.

SIX OR MORE GRACES EACH WEEK DAY.
Beginning at 2:10 p. m.. Last Race by 4:40 p. m.

Train Service : Trains leave Third and Town-
send streets, San FranciBCO, for Tanforan Park— At
7, 10:40 and 11 :30 a. m.; 1, 1:30 and 2 p.m.

Trains Leave Tanforan Part for San FranciBCO—
it 4:15 p. M., followed by several specials.

ASF-Rear cars reserved for ladies and their escorts

Admission to the course, including railroad fare
DOth ways, SI. 25.

THOS. H. WELLIAMS JR., Pres.
R. B. MILROY, Sec'y.

Address all oommunications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races
1st 10 times
2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON
$7500

IN PURSES

STAM B. (23444) 3:11^ is by Stamboul 2:0?H (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM K. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidentsor escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

SSSSffi

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Rocklin, Cal.

SEYMOUfi WILKES, Beg No. 0232.

(RACE RECORD 3:08^.)

The Tastest Son of Guy Wilkes.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25.

SEYMOUR WILKES earned his record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. The
oldest of bis get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large,
handsome, strongly -built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance are
square trotters. _ _. , . ™ ., = * ,_ ^., -,

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes.his dam Early Bird by Playmail, second dam by Odd
Fellow third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blaokhawk 767. He weighs 1200
pounds' stands 16 hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of his
get are' in San Francisco and will be sbo^-n to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par-
ticulars apply to THOS. ROCHE, Lakeville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables,
408 Bush street, San Francisco. nn

Mares can be shipped direct to ranch, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage $3 per month.

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JOTTINGS.

I

SACRAMENTO will in all probability be selected by
the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
ciation as the place for holding its meeting this year
and the time will be a week during the month of July.
At a meeting of the Directors last Monday three
propositions were submitted to the Board, one from
Vallejo, another from San Jose and the third by Messrs.
J. ■ W. Wilson and J. O. Bowers, representing the
citizens of Sacramento and Mr. Martin lessee of the
State Agricultural Society's track at that city. The
proposition submitted left no room for doubt that the
Sacramentans were aiive to the advantages that would
result to the city from the Breeders meeting being
held there, and it was decided to postpone definite ac-
tion in the matter until Monday next, May 6th, when
the Board will finally determine upon the place and
date and announce a number of purses for trotters and
pacers. Horsemen at Sacramento and others who
have visited the track recently are unanimous in their
verdict that Mr. Martin, the lessee, has succeeded in
making the track as near perfection for harness horses
as any track in California can be made, and the assur-
ance is given by the Sacramentans that it will be as
fast and as safe as any track on the Coast when the
"Breeders" call up the horses for the first race. I do
not think the association could select a better place for
holding its meetings this year and as soon as the an-
nouncement is officially made that it will be held there.
I know of at least a half dozen trainers who will move
their strings to the State track. The fact that no
stall rent is charged the horsemen by Mr. Martin is
appreciated by those who train there, and I believe
this feature is peculiar to the Sacramento track. There
is plenty of stall room, running horses are compelled
to keep on a separate track and the climate of thB
capital at this season of the year is just about perfection
for training. The Breeders will have to take into con-
sideration when selecting a date for the meeting,
whether the district associations in the central portion
of the State will desire to become members of the cir-
cuit or not. If Santa Rosa, Napa and Vallejo give
meetings it would probably be best for the Breeders to
hold their meeting about the last week in July, so that
the circuit would be continuous, as Woodland's meet-
ing will be during the last week in August and will"
immediately precede the State Pair. If these places
do not hold meetings this year then the Breeders
might select an earlier date as horsemen would prob-
ably prefer an interim of sis or seven weeks to one of
but four between the Breeders meeting and the open-
ing of the regular circuit. All these matters will have
to be considered and discussed at the Directors meet,
ing next Monday. That the Board will weigh every
question well and act for the best interests of the horse-
men, I have no doubt.

The situation further convinces me that the idea
heretofore advanced in these columns that the Breed-
ers Association should give more than one meeting this
year is a correct one. The P. C. T. H. B. A. was
founded for the express purpose of encouraging the
breeding, training and racing of the light harness
horse in California. It has a large list of members and
among them are many men of great wealth identified
with the State and its progress and whose names are
familiar to those who know anything at all of the great
commercial, manufacturing, mining and farming enter-
prises of the golden west. No industry has done more
to advertise California's glorious climate and wonder-
ful soil than the fast harness horse. The trotters and
pacers bred in this State and raced by Stanford, Rose,
Valensin, Salisbury, Corbitt and others over the lead-
ing tracks of the East some years ago placed the word
California before the eyes of the world daily during
the Eastern racing season, and led to millions of dollars
being paid to our breeders for animals produced here,
and also led many to seek this State as a place to
establish homes and become valued members of this
commonwealth. The Breeders Association has been
in the past a large factor in all this progress. It has
distributed since its organization many thousands of
dollars net to horsemen and in the years of depression,
when horse breeding but shared the losses that came
to nearly every industry in the country, the association
kept the interest alive and provided opportunities for
horsemen to race which but for it would have been en-
tirely lacking. Now that there is a disposition on the
part of many of the district agricultural associations to
hold fail's only during the second fiscal year, as by so
.luiug the entire amount appropriated by the State
ran be utilized for one fair, it would be the proper
thing, in my opinion, for the Breeders Association to
give. several meetings this year and thus fill up the
gap that will otherwise result. Potaluma, Santa Rosa,
Vallejo and San Jose would all welcome a Breeders

meeting and I believe the association could give one at
each place that would not only benefit the town and
the horsemen, but be of vast help to the breeding
interests of the entire Coast.

A desire to look at the horses that will go East from
Pleasanton this year to do battle on the Eastern cir-
cuits for some of the many big purses that have been
hung up over there for trotters and pacers, took me to
Pleasanton last Saturday. The day was blustery, the
wind and a few fleecy clouds portending the rain which
began falling next day and which received such a gen-
erous welcome from one end of the State to the other.
On the train, which left the Oakland mole at 8:20 A. M.,
were a number of notable personages bound on I he
same mission. Among them were Monroe Salisbury,
Judge W. E. Greene, Martin Carter, L. E. Clawson,
Ira Pierce, J. W. Thorns, Chas. Griffith and others-
Pat Parrell, probably the oldest of the California
veteran trainers now in active service, was also on on the
train and there were a half dozen more going up to
look at the horses. The famous track looked to be a
very busy place, and there were at least fifty "railbirds"
perched on the fence watching the workouts. James
Thompson had the big pacer Goshem Jim out when
we reached the track. The son of Moses S. is a better
looking and a better moving horse than he was last
year and I look for him to pace some faster. Thorn-
way, the three year old pacer by Steinway belonging
to Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick of this city, Rajah, the four
year old pacer by Chas. Derby owned by Mr. Goodall.
and Little Thorne 2:07} make up a bunch of side-
wheelers that will add to California's reputation as a
producer of fast horses. Mr. Thompson has a trotter
that will also gain a "rep" unless some accident hap-
pens her. This is Algonetta, the handsome bay mare
by Eros that trotted so well on our local circuit last
year but failed to get a record. She is owned by Mr.
R. E. Mulcahy of this city. LastPriday Mr. Thomp-
son worked her several heats, the fastest in 2:17, and
a last quarter in 324 seconds. She is very steady and
game as a pebble, though not of. the most rugged build
and conformation. Mr. Thompson has let up on all
his horses, preparatory to shipment. He will leave
Pleasanton about the 9th. Every member of his string
is in good shape now.

Millard Sanders leaves to-day for Cleveland direct.
He has four mares in his string that I-believe he in-
tends to campaign on the Eastern circuit, and it is cer-
tain that two of them will be— Venus II. 2:11} by Cupid
and Czarina 2:131 °y Dexter Prince. Both were bred
and owned by Mr. A. B. Spreckels of this city. Venus
II. has been over the mountains before and got her
record there. The late Tom Keating had her. When
she came home she was suffering from a bad foot and
lost a portion of the hoof, but a new one has grown
and after a year's rest she looks good. Czarina has a
wonderful flight of speed, but was a l»d actor last
year. She has improved greatly, howeveV, under Mr_
Sanders' careful training and I believe she will win a
few races this year and ought to get a mark around
2:10. The other two good ones are Dolly Dillon 2:llf
and Janice 2:13}. I see that both are consigned to the •
Cleveland sale by the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, but
when Mr. Ira Pierce was telling me Saturday about
them he remarked that they would both "come back
to California this fall with reduced records. " He gave
a sort of chuckle when the fact that they were being
largely advertised for the sale was mentioned, and I
have an idea that if they are put up there will be a
large reserve price on both.

I don't believe any handsomer mare than Janice ever
stepped on a race track, and her dispositoh is very
near perfection. She worked a mile in 2:14 flat Satur-
day. That is the Pleasanton track record for a trotter
I think. They say Azote 2:04} stepped that track in
2:14} and that up to Saturday the Pleasanton trotting
record was his. A mile in 2:14 at this time of the year,
and over the Pleasanton track, which is very slow, is
something to think about. And when it is further
stated that the mile aid not distress Janice in the
least, it leads one to expect a very low mark for this
daughter of William Harold 2:13}. She was bred and
raised by Mr. H. W. Meek of Haywards, who has in
his son of Sidney a most promising sire. Mr. Sanders
worked Dolly Dillon 2:11 J, a mile in 2:15 last Thursday
and from what I saw of these two mares on the circuit
last year I believe she will remain»the fastest. Her
mark is two and a half seconds below that of Janice,
and if the latter trots in 2:08 as tney expect, I believe
Dolly will reach 2:06. A more rapid gaited one is
seldom seen. She is a little eratic it is true and trots
so fast at times that it is almost impossible for her to
hold her foet and keep her gait, but she will probably
improve in her manners this year and if she does 2:06
ought not to stop her. Mr. Sanders will take eight or
ten head of trotters and pacers to the Cleveland sale
from the Santa Rosa Stock Farm and they are a good

looking lot.

Bert Webster has a very fair racing prospect in
Domino, a son of Rect 2:16}, out of a mare by Robert

McGregor. Domino is a pacer and has been well en-
tered over East. He acts and looks Uke a good one*,
and is in fine condition. Rect is now a gelding. He is
by Direct 2:05}, out of Congressman Frank Coombs'
famous old mare Lilly Stanley 2:174. Rect is a trotter
and an extra good gaited one at that. Webster is
working him some and he may be raced again. Chas.
Griffith, who owns him and Domino, was giving his
champion stallion Bonnie Direct 2:05} his work last
Saturday. Mr. Griffith takes great pleasure in going
up to Pleasanton once each week and driving this
handsome horse. He has not yet decided whether he
will take him East or not, bu, if he does he will go
about July 1st. Bonnie Direct is in extra fine condi-
tion, never makes a break and although no fast work
is given him, is allowed to brush an eighth at two
minute speed once in a while, a thing that he does not
have to be urged to do. Some high class mares have
been bred to him this year.

A high-class pair that will make the round of the
Grand Circuit in charge of William Cecil, is Rey Di-
rect 2:10 and Bob Ingerspll 2:14}. The black pacer
first named was the best green pacer out last year in
California and Bob Ingersoll is considered by many to
be the best green trotter, although such good ones as
Janice 2:13} and Charlie Mac 2:17} were on the circuit.
As Cecil will not take any other horses over East, but
will devote his time to these two he should be able to
make a mighty good showing as he certainly has two
high-class horses. He has only had charge of Rey
Direct for a short time, Mr. Davis having kept the
son of Direct in the stud during the early part of the
year. It need surprise no one if Rey Direct is a big
winner at the close of the season. Cecil is a good
driver and will take as many chances to get through
an opening as any reinsman in the business. He knows
how to get speed out of a horse and the only times I
ever saw him stop driving was when he was so far in
the lead that nothing could catch him, or so far be-
hind there was no earthly use. Rey Direct is one of
the very greatest of the Direct family. He has an
iron constitution and two-minute speed. Bob Ingersoll
was trained and developed by Cecil. He won more
money last year than any California trotter except
Dolly Dillon. He is in good shape now, has more speed
than ever and I see no reason why he should not trot
In 2:10 this year. He can win in his class without hav-
ing to trot that fast.

Cecil has been working several young trotters and
pacers -by Nutwood Wilkes at Pleasanton. Martin
Carter, who owns them, will not race in the East this
year, but will enter several of these youngsters on the
California circuit if there are races for them, A three
year old sister to Central Girl worked a very handy
mile in 2:39 last Saturday, last half in 1:164 and last
quarter in 374. seconds. Mixer, a two year old full
brother to Bob Ingersoll, paced a quarter in 38 seconds
and an eighth in 18 seconds, a pretty good showing for
a youngster that is only taking its first lessons and has
had but very few at that. T. C, the big three year
old by Nutwood Wilkes, first dam Zeta Carter by Di-
rector, second dam Lida W., the dam of Nutwood
Wilkes, worked a mile in 2:30 very nicely, last half in
1:13. T. C. is a constant improver. He will probably
not,be raced until he is five years old, however. Super
visor Horner's gelding by Nutwood Wilkes worked a
mile in 2:27. All the Nutwood Stock Farm's colts are
in fine fettle and showing speed.

Millard Sanders worked Judge Green's Directum
colt Saturday, while the Judge and Monroe Salisbury
looked on and admired the youngster. "He's more
like his sire than any colt I ever saw, " said Mr. Salis"
bury. "Not quite so much action in front, but a
faster colt at the same age," he added when a quarter
in 37} seconds was trotted in a business like manner by
the little fellow. The colt is just 22 months old. He
is entered in the Hartford and Kentucky Futurities for
next year. "The only thing that is against his chances
to win that I know of," said a veteran who saw him at
work, "is the fact that he was foaled in June. He will
have three year olds foaled in January to compete
against in those events. "

It was worth a longer trip than the one to Pleasan-
ton to hear Mr. Salisbury's comments on the horses
working there. While looking at Bonnie Direct and
uttering many expressionsjof admiration, Mr. Griffith
said "I was offered ten thousand dollars for him."
"That's no price for that horse" returned the king
maker; "he is worth fifty thousand just as much as
one of those business blocks in San Francisco is worth
what it cost He has done what no other horse ever
did — took a record of 2:05} his first year out. He is as
handsome as any horse anyone over saw, and where
can you find a better bred one? He will pay good in-
terest on fifty thousand dollars in the stiid, and he can
win that much racing. Ten thousand dollars was a
very small offer, and the man that made it probably
thinks so too."

Up at the depot before the train left I saw Mr. Salis-
bury holding conversation with t,he Pleasanton Nasby

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Jos. H. Neal. During all the years of Mr. Salisbury's
prominence on the track Joe Neal was his superlntend-
ant and right bower. He was "the man behind the
gun" who saw that Mr. Salisbury's orders were carried
out to the letter, and a great deal of the success of the
horses racing under the Salisbury colors was due to the
fact that Joe always obeyed orders and was constant
in his attention to duties. Since retiring from the
horse business Mr. Neal has entered the employ of
Uncle Sam in the postal service. He says he does not
enjoy riding much now, as after having ridden behind
so many cracker jacks the ordinary horses seem too
slow. If Mr. Salisbury (who will soon leave for Cape
Nome) should realize his hopes, I except to see him
again the owner of the Pleasanton Stock Farm and
Joe Neal as his superintendent. And every man in
the country who knows the two, will say, "so mote it

be."

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Seattle to Have a Fair.

The Seattle Fair Association has recently been or-
ganized. It has a capital stock of $100,000 and has pur.
uhased 210 acres of ground 4.} miles south of the city
which is to be immediately improved by the construc-
tion of the necessary buildings and an exhibition race
brack one mile in length.

It is proposed to spend $70,000 in the enterprise.
The primary object of the incorporation, are:

To develop the stock, dairy and farm interests of
Western Washington; to promote good roads and en-
SOurage driving thereon; to encourage the general im-
provement of street, street railways and farm roads in
King county."

{ The incorporators are: George W. Dickinson, Sol G.
Simpson, R. C. McCormick, J. M. E. Atkinson, S. S.
Bailey, A. T. Van De Vanter, James F. McElroy and
E. F. Sweeney. All are well known business men who
have substantial interests in Seattle and King county.

In the live stock department there will be spacious
buildings for horses, cattle, including beef and dairy
3tock, sheep, swine and poultry. Especial attention
will be paid to the dairy, cattle and poultry depart-
ments.

Another department will be demoted to fisheries, in
which all kinds of the smoked, canned and pickled fish
will be exhibited and a showing made typical of this
.ndustry in the State.

A large building will be devoted tojthe manufactur-
ing exhibit. Among other features planned will be a
shingle mill in full operation; an exhibit of all kinds of
lairy machinery, inclut ing creameries and butter mak-
ng machines and other representative industries in
ihe manufacturing line.

In the dairy and manufacturing departments there
will be an exhibit of condensed and sterilized milk and
jream and evaporated fruits and vegetables.

Naturally much space will be devoted to the exhibi-
tion of all kinds of agricultural products, in securing
ffhich special attention will be paid to obtaining a rep-
■esentative display of the varied resources of King
lOunty. In addition there will be a large building for
he display of mineral resources of the State and of
Uaska and British Columbia and another building for
in art gallery.

The grounds will be accessible to the city from the
3-rant street line, which is soon to be double-tracked,
[t is stated that the Seattle Electric Company will pro-
ride adequate car service, with large cars and fast
trains to and from the grounds.

It is the intention of the promoters of the enterprise
•o make the fair represensative in every way of the
ive stock, agricultural and manufacturing interests of
Western Washington. It will not in any way interfere
with the State Fair at Yakima, but because of the fact
hat it will bring additional exhibitors to the State
sill, it is believed, be of actual benefit to the State
fair. '

It is stated that work on the grounds will be inau-
gurated at once in order that the first exhibition may
ae held this fall. — Seattle Farm and Home.

The Standard Rules.

Old Jack Saved Them.

Some time since a party of surveyors had just fin-
shed their day's work in the northwestern part of
Illinois, when a violent snowstorm came on. They
itarted for their camp.

The wind was blowing very hard, and the snow
Irifting so as to nearly blind them. When they
ihought they had nearly reached their camp, they all
it once came upon tracks in the snow. These they
ooked at with care, and found to their dismay that
ihey were their own tracks.

It was now plain that they were lost on the great
)rairie, and that if they had to pass the night there in
■he cold and the snow, the chance was that not one of
■hem would be alive in the morning. While they were
dl shivering with fear and cold, the chief surveyor
:aught sight of one of their horses, a gray pony, known
IB "Old Jack," and said: "If any one can show us our
vay out of the blinding snow, Old Jack can do it. I
rill take off his bridle and let him loose, and we will all
ollow him. I think he will show us the way to our
:amp. ' '

The horse, as soon as he found himself free, threw
lis head in the air, as if proud of the trust. Then he
miffed the breeze and gave a loud snort, wlrch seemed
o say, "Come on boys. Follow me; I'll lead you out
<f this scrape."

He then turned in a new direction and walked off,
,nd the men followed him. They had not gone more
han a mile when they saw the cheerful blaze of their
ampfires. They all gave a loud hurrah at the sight.

They felt grateful to God for their safety, and threw
heir arm's around Old Jack's neck to thank him for
rhat he had done. I know this is a true story, for my
ather was the chief of the party on the occassion. —
Jeo. T. Angel in "Our Dumb Animals."

In forwarding information to Registrar observe the
following points:

When a pedigree is forwarded that runs into that of
an animal already registered, don't fail to refer to that
animal and show the relationship. When an animal
has a record, don't fail to give that record, with the
time and place where made.

Select three or four good names for each animal in
the order preferred, and the first one not taken will be
accepted. The name of an owner as a prefix will not
be accepted. No more "Hambletonians" nor "Mam-
brinos" nor "Wilkes" nor "Pilots," etc., in any form
will be accepted.

The American Trotting Register Association adopted
the following rule: "That every stallion and colt will
be registered under a name distinctly his own, and the
name of a distinguished ancestor or sire will not be
repeated in any form when naming animals further
removed than the immediate progeny of such ancestor
or sire; that no stallion or colt will be registered by a
name already recorded for another animal, or by a
prohibited name, unless he has started in a public race
under said name prior to January 1, 1892, and that no
mare foaled after January 1, 1890, will be registered
under a name by which another animal has been reg-
istered, except as above provided in cases of stallions
and colts."

At the annual meeting of the American Trotting
Register association, April 3, 1895, the following rule
was adopted: "That the instructions to the Registar
in regard to the registration of non-standard animals
are hereby modified so that any horse, mare or geld-
ing may be registered in said non-staDdard department
provided its pedigree is established under the rules of
the association and the registration fee is paid."

All animals upon which rank depends must first be
registered at the expense of the applicant. If a per-
former makes its sire or dam standard, it must first be
registered.

Let it be observed that the standard itself makes
registration a condition and requisite to standard rank.

THE TROTTING STANDARD.

When an animal meets these requirements and is
duly registered it shall be accepted as a standard-bred
trotter:

1 — The progeny of a registered standard trotting
horse and a registered standard trotting mare.

2 — A stallion sired by a registered standard trotting
horse, provided his dam and grandam were sired by
registered standard trotting horses, and he himself
has a trotting record of 2:30 and is the sire of three
trotters with records of 2:30, from different mares.

3 — A mare whose sire is a registered standard trot-
ting horse, and whose dam and grandam were sired by
registered standard trotting horses, provided she her-
self has a trotting record of 2:30 or is the dam of one
trotter with a record of 2:30.

4 — A mare sired by a registered standard trotting
horse, provided she is the dam of two trotters with
records of 2:30.

5 — A mare sired by a registered standard trotting
horse, provided her first, second and third dams are
each sired by a registered standard trotting horse.

THE PACING STANDARD.

When an animal meets these requirements and is
duly registered, it shall be accepted as a standard bred
pacer:

1 — The progeny of a registered standard pacing
horse and a registered standard pacing mare.

2 — A stallion sired by a registered standard pacing
horse, provided his dam and grandam were sired by
registered standard pacing horses, and he himself has
a pacing record of 2:25, and is the sire of threo pacers
with records of 2:25, from different mares.

3 — A mare whose sire is a registered standard pacing
horse and whose dam and grandam were sired by regis-
tered standard pacing horses, provided she herself has
a pacing record of 2:25, or is the dam of one pacer
with a record of 2:25.

4 — A mare sired by a registered standard pacing
horse, provided she is the dam of two pacers with
records of 2:25.

5 — A mare sired by a registered standard pacing
horse, provided her first, second and third dams are
each sired by a registered standard pacing horse.

6 — The progeny of a registered standard trotting
horse, out of a registered standard pacing mare, or of
a registered standard pacing horse out of a registered
standard trotting mare.

The fee is $2, and double fee for animals over two
years old. On and after November 1, 1898, the fees
charged for registration of all animals over two (2)
years of age shall be double the regular fees (the age
of animals to be computed from the first day of Janu-
ary in the year in which they were foaled).

Uncle Sam Wants Horses.
Col. Atwood, chief quartermaster of the Department
of the Lakes, has been ordered to purchase nearly
1000 horses for the United States army. He has placed
one order with a Chicago firm for 630 specially selected
cavalry horses, and Col. D. D. Wheeler has been
assigned to the duty of inspecting the animals. Two
hundred of these horses are wanted for the Fourteenth
Cavalry regiment, now being recruited at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan. The rest of the animals included in this
order will in all probability be shipped to Cuba for the
use of the troops on the Island. An order for 290
cavalry horses were received at headquarters in the
Pullman building, Chicago, recently. Twenty-five
heavy draft horses are also desired for siege guns.

Caustic Balsam is Good for Sweeney.

Farmington, Minn.. Julv 5. 1900.
I have seen my father use GOMBAULTS CAUSTIC BALSAM
with good results and if I remember, it is good also for sweeney on
a horse. As I have a horse that is sweenied badly I thought I
would get a bottle. Pleast find enclosed $1.50 for same.

C. H. Betzold.

Prejudice Against White Feet.

In Continental Europe, horses with white legs and
feet are shunned according to a correspondent of the
London Live Stock Journal, who says: "I happen to
have spent from time to time a good portion of my
life among stock breeders in France, Spain, Italy, the
Mediterranean and the United States, and I have from
time to time endeavored to induce the Continental
breeders, especially of heavy draft horses, to come
over to our shows here and buy some of our breeding
stock, with a view to help along horse breeding gen-
erally in this country. In, I think, 1897 and 1898, the
government professor of agriculture for the West Dis-
trict of France attended officially, and on my recom-
mendation, the Shire horse shows in London, with a
view to buying some stallions; but when he saw the
amazing amount of white in nearly all of them he
absolutely and entirely declined to have anything to
do with them, and on his second visit hinted to me
that I had brought him over on false pretences!
When I suggest to Italian and Spanish breeders to
come to this country for their horse-breeding stock,
and I have to own to the presence of white legs, feet
and blaze, they shake their heads and at once decline.
In this way the chance of a foreign market for some of
our surplus stock is reduced, and this is a fact that
should be regarded seriously by our breeders."

In response to the above. Raymond writes as follows
in the Horse World: "In this country, however, that
prejudice does not seem to be noticed on the part of
the buyers for export, for if a horse is a good imiivid-
ual they seem glad to get him white feet and' all.
Among our harness horses the ones with white feet
seem to be not only very plentiful, but among the best
we have. To begin with about th« best wearing per-
former the turf has known is Joe Patchen 2:01J, and
he has four white feet. Star Pointer l:5y \- has two
white hind feet. Nancv Hanks 2:04 has one white hind
foot, and among the prominent performers of last
season with one or more white feet are : Prince Alert
2:02, one white fore foot; Anaconda 2:02i, one white
hind foot; Coney 2:02|, one fore foot and both hind
feet white; The Abbot 2:03}, one hind foot white;
Frank Bogash 2:03£, one hind foot white; Searchlight
2:03}, both hind feet white; Lord Derby 2:07, both
hind feet white; Bay Star 2:08, one hind foot white;
Boralma 2:08, all four feet white; Gayton 2:08?,, both
hind feet white; Dare Devil 2:07, both hind feet white:
York Boy 2:09], one fore and both hind feet white:
Lamp Girl 2:09, all four feet white; Contralto 2:10, one
hind foot white. Many others could be mentioned in
the same category, and if white feet are more likely to
become unsound quickly, the fast trotters and pacers
with white feet should show it as quickly as any other
class of horses."

Horseflesh for Food.

The trade in horseflesh for food is so little known in
this part of the world that when the authorities of
Hempstead, Long Island, the other day prosecuted a
butcher for selling horseflesh to his customers it was
considered an incident of sufficient general interest to
occupy a paragraph in the New York papers. In
countries less abundantly blessed with food materials
this would hardly have been the case. As everybody
knows, horse meat is commonly sold for human food
in the poorer quarters of Paris, for instance, the
municipal authorities only taking care to enforce the
rule that this pyrticular viand shall be sold separately
and not on the same counter with beef or any of the
more highly favored kinds of meat. In New York
the case is quite otherwise. The sanitary code alto-
gether forbids the slaughter of horses for human food.

The reason of this sweeping prohibition, as an offi-
cer of the health department explains it, is to be found
in the extreme improbability that healthy horses
would be handed over to the butcher. When a horse
is being sold in sections the presumption is that he was
not hygienically whole at the time of his disease. The
task of distinguishing the sound from the unsound
horse meat is one which the healthy authorities could
hardly hope to perform with invariable success, and so
horseflesh as food is forbidden altogether.

However difficult it might be to enforce this ordi-
nance if meat were less plentiful here, there is in
reality no difficulty about it. Even the French colony on
the west side of Manhattan borough does not, as many
native Americans are inclined to think, hanker after
horse meat; the French cook regards "fille de cheval"
as a "pis aller, " not as a treat. The cat's meat man,
who in London goes his daily rounds with repulsive-
looking scraps for sale, to feed the "harmless neces-
sary" felines in the basements of well-to-do houses, is
not a New York institution, and therefor no purveyor
of human food here is tempted to buy horseflesh
ostensibly slaughtered for the cats.

"It is an easy law to enforce," said the health officer.
"No one tries to slaughter horses in the regular
abattoir, and that .would be the only way to get the
meat on the market. Anyone who tried to pass off
horse meat for food would have to take his horse to
some out-of-way place and slaughter him there, and it
would be easy for the police to trace him. It would
not be worth while to try."

All this is reassuring for the dweller in New York.
However; should automobiles and the like mechanical
advances so far discount the efforts of the horse as to
make it commercially profitable to the owners of
healthy animals to palm them off as beef, it might be
well to remember that horseflesh, cooked or uncooked,
never looks exactly like beef. Anyone with an eye for
color can easily distinguish tne lighter and cruder red
of the equine article. — New York Tribune.

At Honolulu on April 21st, Aggravation defeated
Virgie A in a mile race and it is said $7000 changed
hands. The mile was run in 1:46, good time for the
island track.

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[May i, 1

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

F. "W. KEL.LEY, PROPRIETOR.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terms— One Year S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Months SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, 36 Geary St., San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.

G. G. TORKI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.
Salisbury Building, Melbourne, Australia,

and Middle States are jlarger than ever before in
the history of harness racing, and in Oregon and
Washington it is the same. There is every reason to
believe that in California good purses will draw as
many entries as have ever been made here and the fact
that there are more horses in training than for several
years past should spur every district association to
action and lead to an early announcement of purses.

San Francisco, Saturday, May 4, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 31-25

July 1-2

" ■■ Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-1-1

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -, Sept, 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCDIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19 to 2<

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-l4

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

"WELL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

BOYDELLO 2:14K Ed Laflerty, Alameda

BOODLE 2:12VS Hostetter & Montgomery, San Jose

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

DIABLO 2:09K Mm. Murray. Woodland

DALY 2:15 Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

EDUCATOR M. Henry. Haywards

GROVER CLAY 2:231^ Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

GOSSIPER 2:14K S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:11H C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09;4 P.J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1654 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:11M Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakeville

STAM B. 2:11J< Tuttle Bros., Rocktin

ST. WHIPS Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa

SECRETARY Hans Freillson. Alameda

WASHINGTON McKINNEY. ...Rose Dale St'k F'm, Santa Rosa

ZOMBRO 2:11 Geo. T. Beckers. Sacramento

HACKNEYS

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS ,
ST. CARLO James McDonnell. Portol a

T-IIE TIME AND ^LACE of the meeting of the
1 Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
would have been announced in this issue, but at the
meeting of the Board of Directors held last Monday,
some of the representatives of the cities that are bid-
ding for the meeting asked for a little more time in
which to make their offers. The meeting of the Board
was therefore adjourned until Monday next, May 6th,
and at that time the place and date should be decided
upon. From present indications it looks very much as
though the meeting will go to Sacramento, the citizens
of the capital being anxious that it should be held on
the excellent track of the State Agricultural Society
and will offer inducements that can hardly be declined'
As the Sacramento track is in better condition than
it has been for years, and is said by those training
there to be almost perfect for harness races, horsemen
all over She State will hail with delight an announce-
ment that the Breeders will hold their meeting in Sac-
ramento this year. The Board thought it best, owing
to this necessary postponement of final action in the
matter of selecting place and date, to also defer the
announcement of the purses to be offered, but it was
fully decided to advertise four and probably six early
■closing events of $1000 each, three for trotters and
three for pacers, and they will be arranged so as to
provide for the classes of horses that will race in Cali.
fornia this season. It was the opinion of those present at
he meeting that the Breeders should open the circuit
and that a week in July would be selected, so that there
can be three or four weeks of racing at least before the
State Fair opens. The entry lists all over the Eastern

A GREAT MEETING will be held on the celebrated
"hill top track" at Cincinnati, in September, by
the New Oakley Driving Park Association, and six
early closing purses are already announced, one being
$5000 for 2:30 trotters, another $3000 for 2:14 class
trotters and another $2000 for trotting three year olds.
The remaining three are for pacers of the 2:09, 2:14 and
2:24 classes, and $3000 is hung up for each class. The
entrance is five per cent, in several easy payments-
The New Oakley Driving Park is one of the best tracks
on the Grand Circuit and by far the best improved
one. The stables are the best that money could build,
there is plenty of shade, which is a great desideraium
in that country in the summer and early fall, and there
is an abundance of blue grass. A splendid club house
is on the track and it is an up-to-date place in every
respect. At least two hundred harness horses are in
training there now, and all the horsemen say it is an
ideal track for training and racing. The meeting
advertised will open September 16th and continue five
days. It is certain to be one of the largest and best
meetings on the Grand Circuit this year. Secretary J.
C. Wood will send entry blanks to any and all who
apply for the same, but should any of the California
horsemen going East not have one on the date of
closing, they can write their entries ont on any old
piece of paper and they will be accepted if made In
proper form. The date of closing is Wednesday,
May 15th.

GOING TO DENVER ? It will be a good place for
California horsemen this year, the new associa,
tion there having made extra inducements for Califor-
nia horses. There is a big list of $500 purses for trot-
ters and pacers and many generous purses for the run-
ners. The meeting opens June 15th and runs two
weeks. There are two tracks at Denver, a mile track
for the harness horses and a seven furlong track for
the runners. Both are in fine shape now and will be
kept in the very best possible condition For those
who are going East to race Denver offers an opportun-
ity to stop off and earn a few dollars while resting up
from the long car ride. The new managers are pro-
gressive and responsible gentlemen who will do every-
thing possible toward making the visiting horsemen
comfortable and their stay there pleasant. The Denver
meeting will close in time tor owners who desire to
race in California this year to get back in time for the
opening of the circuit, or if they desire to go to Mon-
tana the shipment is short and the fare low. Address
all entries to W. H. Shuckman, Secretary, Denver.

T^HE STALLION, no matter how great a speed p
1 dueer he has proven himself, must not be
pected to get a fast trotter or pacer every time. 1
mare must be considered and it is very unwise to brc
one that has no ancestry, speed or other quaUties t
will lead one to expect speed from her prod uce, w
the idea of getting a fast one. Palmer Clark of CI
ago writes as follows on this subject: "In discussing
all-absorbing breeding problem with one of the lead
Western breeders recently, he was very imperiou e
trying to impress his auditors with the merits of
premier stallion, and used the assertion: 'I don't c:
what class of mares yon breed to him, he will get tr
ters from anything. ' He has a good stallion and it
not my intention to detract from the merits of his
any other stallion, but I contend that, as iu the case j|r
mankind, nearly every great trotter must have a gn
mother, and if it could be mathematically determii
I would say that the foal is 75 per cent of what 1
dam makes it, as far as the uniformity of the la l:
of heredity can be maintained. The greatest of
trotting sires or progenitors of trotting speed — Ha
bletonian — sired over 1200 foals, and from these ca
but forty trotters that took records of 2:30 or bett
and only 230 of his sons and daughters produced 2
speed — making about three per cent in the first gene
tion and 10 per cent in the second, and these, rememl
are the figures concerning America's greatest trotti
sire. The number of foals produced by regular broi
mares will average about a dozen, but we will s.
fifteen, so as to be safe, and on this basis there i
hundreds of mares that can beat the old horse's reco:
Running hastily through alist of the great broodma:
I give just a few samples: Minnehaha produced eig
2:30 trotters, six of her sons were sires of 2:30 spet
and her daughters produced sixteen standard perfor :
ers. In these same classes Green Mountain Maid 1
nine, four and nine respectively; Emeline has eigl
one and six; Beautiful Bells, nine, seven and four; All
Mater, eight, seven and one; Belle of Clarence, sevt
one and three; Bicara, six, four and nine; Primro
ten and two; Miss Russel seven, six and eig]
Old Ned, seven, three and seven, and many others tl -'
could be named, all averaging at least 75 per cent
their entire offspring as either performers or product
of such.

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THE SUGGESTION is offered to the managers of
tracks throughout this State where harness
horses are being trained at the present time, that they
can do a great favor to associations giving meetings
this year and advertise their tracks if they will have
prepared a list of all the trotters and pacers in train-
ing at their tracks, giving gait of each horse, record
if any, and name and breeding where possible. If such
a list is prepared and sent to this office, it will be pub-
lished in the Breeder and Sportsman and will
materially aid Secretaries in arranging classes for the
purses to be given this season. It does not make any
difference how obscure the track is or how few horses
are being worked over it, all the owners desire to race,
and would like classes to suit them. If they or the
track managers will simply write out a list of the
horses and the classes wanted, they will be printed and
Secretaries will have data on which to arrange their
programs.

GOLDEN GATE PARK Driving Association has
has not yet secured a track for its regular annual
Memorial Day meeting, but expects to have the Oak-
land track unless the running meeting now in progress
there is continued clear through this month. Many
of the members favor going to some of the nearby
towns where the track is better suited for trotting
and pacing horses. San Jose and Santa Rosa both
have elegant tracks and many advantages. Pleasanton
track, were it fenced and provided with a grand stand
would be seriously considered. The association is
assured of a big entry list and a large attendance
wherever its meeting is held.

LOS ANGELES will give a two weeks meeting, open-
ing September 28th and closing October 13th. En-
tries will close July 1st. Secretary Teed writes that
the advertisement will be sent the Breeder and
Sportsman next week.

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RACE AT "TERRY HUT" and you will be in t
swim this year. The Wabash for 2:20 trotti
has $5000 hung up. The Sidewheeler for 2:25 pacer
of the same value. Then there are four more pun
of $1500 each for 2:28 and 2:15 trotters and 2:25 a
2:14 pacers. The old four-cornered track at Tei
Haute holds the world's trotting record, The Abt
2:03J having made it there last year. It is one of
most famous tracks in the world and one of the bi
places to race. The early closing purses advertised
our issue to-day, and which close Monday next, shot
receive a large entry list from California. It is on t
Grand Circuit.

The Death of a Great Young Mare.
The trotting mare Sarah Madden died so suddeD
at the Patchen Wilkes Farm last week that it is 1
lieved she was poisoned. Her death removes from t
turf what would probably have proven one of
fastest rnares in the country. As a two year old s
showed a mile below 2:30. Sickness early in her thi
year old form prevented Orrin Hickok from taking I
up until mid -summer when he brought her to Cle'
land to prepare her for the Kentucky Futuril
She worked a mile in 2:155 in September, and wh
he felt confident that she would improve enough
the day of the race to win a part of the big pui
he asked her owners not to take chances on injt
ing so great a filly by starting her in a hard race
soon after her sickness. His wish was complied wi
and Hickok continued giving her careful work un
late in the fall. Before the Lexington meeting h
closed he worked her a three year old trial of 2:li
She was brought to Cleveland again last spring a
was taking her work nicely when a slight accident p
her out of training and Hickok decided that it wot
be best to wait another year before starting her. H
owner could have sold her on more than one occasi
since her three year old form for $10,000. She was
beautiful mare and an own sister to Marguerite
2:153. Axworthy 2:155 and others, by Axtell, dam Mi
guerite by Kentucky Prince, second dam Young Dais
dam of Greylight 2:165 by Strideaway. — Amerio
Sportsman.

Answers to Correspondents.

W. D., Chico — Please give the breeding of Purisir
15,944. Has he any 2:30 performers, and if so ht *
many ?

Purisima is a bay horse foaled 1891, by Sidney 47' "
dam Lady Tiffany by Gibraltar 1185, second dam Kit
Gavin by Royal George 83. He has no standard pt
formers.

S. L. W., Bonanza, Oregon — E. H. Sherley is a b
horse, foaled 1890. His sire is imp. Bonny Brown, ai
his dam Despatch by Gorlitza, second dam Southe
Express by Helmbold, third dam Maggie G. by Broi
Dick, fourth clam Sally Reddlesworth by imp. Reddli
worth, fifth dam Quaker Girl by imp. Leviathan.

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One of the Very Best.
On our front page to-day is reproduced a recent
hotograph of the three year old filly Zephyr, by Mc-
inney's best son Zombro 2:11, out of Gazelle 2:11$
he dam of Zolock 2:10J) by Gossiper 2:14|. This filly
owned by Mr. C. A. Winship of Los Angeles who
consigned her, with several others, to the Blue

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ibbon sale at Cleveland this month. Zephyr is, with"

any doubt, one of the greatest three year old pros-
lets that California has produced, as shown by her
jrk at the Los Angeles track. She trotted a mile
month in 2:18. the last quarter in 32} seconds, and
ery horseman in Los Angeles believes she will be
ual to a mile in 2:12 in June if it should be asked of
r. As shown by the engraving she is a very hand-
me filly, greatly resembling her sire, with a grand
^formation and most intelligent head. Outside of
- beauty and speed she has the most royal breeding
as a broodmare when her racing days are over
ould be invaluable.

Sombro is the best son of McKinney, the best son of
cyone, the best son of Geo. Wilkes. Gazelle 2:11}
produced Zolock 2:10} at the pacing gait and this
„ will get as low a mark at the trot. The dam of
,zelle is in the great broodmare list, the second dam
■" two producing daughters and is a sister to Pink
. The second dam is by Gen. Booth 2:30.!, a son of
Geo. M. Patchen; the third dam was by Echo, the

irth dam by the celebrated Oregon horse Lummox,
i the fifth dam was a daughter of old Gray Ea°le
pen thousand dollars was refused for Zolock a few
eks ago and this filly is a greater prospect than he
► a money winner as she has no record and is a trotter,
lat will she bring at the Cleveland sale this month?

The London Busser.
Tear in and year out the type of horses known in the
rkets as the London busser is exported in larger
mbers than any other horse sent abroad from this
intry. Thousands of these animals are shipped to
gland annually. The general type is akin to that
the express horse— a short-backed, short-legged,
:p-ribbed, smoothly turned horse, weighing in the
ghborhood of 1250 pounds, with plenty of bone and
too much daylight under him, and with a good
;ree of snap and activity about him. The owners of
se horses are subsidized by the British Government
iO much per head per year being paid by the war
ce for the right to draft the animals on short notice
military service.

'he London road car, or 'bus, as it is more eom-
oly called, is the public conveyance which has sup-
ated the old-fashioned stage coach and the hack-
carriage plying for individual hire in the early
t of the century. Ordinarily the 'busses were, like
hackney carriage, the property of many different
lers, but to-day nearly all are owned and operated
two companies. They run not only in the thickly
ulated portions of London, but to and from all the
.ying suburbs. Each 'bus seats fourteen passengers
Je and sixteen outside, and woe betide the con-
tor who carries even one more than the regular
lber. The first policeman who sees him wilTstop
'bus, take the conductor's badge number, and the
i day it will be "forty shillings and costs'' at the
Test police court.

agland and the Continent formerly supplied thou-
1s of horses used annually in this service, but the
ted States has of late years gobbled the trade.
a Grant, a New York Horseman, who is familiar
i every angle of the export trade in American
les, says 90 per cent, of all the London 'bus horses
aowadays raised in this country,
r. Grant states that the 'busser is one of the best
ted and best cared for horses in the world, his
r labor being comparatively light, and the feed
ling and attention he receives being unsurpassed ;

Keep Your Best Mares.

hile there are plenty of high class stallions in this
tern country there is a scarcity of good broqd-
38. This is mainly owing to the fact that many
.ers have sold off their best mares when offered
prices. The dam exerts a controlling influence
le quality of the foal and to obtain the best results
)d mare is as essential as a good stallion. It is a
act that many of the choicest mares in the coun-
lave been sold for exportation, to the supreme
ment of the horse industry. With the entire
try threatened with a shortage of horses, farmers
ot do better than retain for the harem the'r best
s. Horses have once again reached a valuation
e their breeding is a most profitable agricultural
itry and breeders have every encouragement to
-their best animals for the stud. It never did pay
ise nondescript horses and good foals cannot be
iced by inferior ancestry. Keep the good mares
le farm and breed them to the best stallions
sible and the resultant progeny will show a hand-
profit on the cost of production when ready for
larket. — Spirit of the West.

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George says: "In England, where breeding the
ughbred is conducted on scientific principles and
3 heredity and its laws are strictly adhered to, a
.ng was sold last autumn for $50,000 and at the
sale one by a full brother to the high priced filly
ut of a mare that was a sister in blood to the
' one's dam, brought $100, and yet in point of
there was little or no difference between the two.
) it does not follow that the fifty thousand dollar
ill race more successfully than the cheap one, the
sst racers in England have been bred bv strictly
ing this rule. There a stallion is discarded if he
ilure on the turf and although some turf failures
ieveloped into useful sires, the instances are com-
.vely rare."

Los Angeles Selects a Date.
The Los Angeles fair and race meeting will open
earlier than usual this year. The fear of being caught
by the early rains has prompted the directors of this
progressive association to move its dates forward a
few weeks earlier than last year and at a meeting last
week they selected Saturday, September 28th as the
opening day. The meeting will close October 12th, thus
™,™f 'hir*ee° days of racing. A list of early closing

fnrl will I tr0Mel'S and Pacers is now b«ng arranged
and will be announced within a few days. In no part
of California has the harness horse jumped into greater
popularity than at Los Angeles, and the Directors of
the association there can arrange a program of harness

ZtT "%i 4ihe al?f0lute <*rt!inty that the gate re-
ceipts will be large if the purses fill. It is proposed by
the Los Angeles association to offer special induce-
ments to California horse owners this year. The East-
ern associations are offering larger purses than ever
before, and racing will be continued there until the
first of November, which precludes Los Angeles from
pursuing its usual custom of selecting a week after the
the eastern racing closes and inducing some of the stars
ot the Eastern circuit to come to California. This
Doing the case the management has wisely concluded to
advance its date, and hang up good big purses for the
California horses. The Los Angeles track is one of the
best in the State, the climate in the fall months is as
near perfection as in any part of the Pacific Slope, and
the opening of the new coast railway line makes it
much easier of access from all points north. When
the purses are announced we shall expect to see Los
Angeles get one of the largest entry lists in the history
of California racing. J

Woolly Horses.
A correspondent of the Buffalo Horse World writes
in a recent issue of that paper as follows:

i Jin th!issue°f the Trotter and Pacer, for August 9,
1900, a freak colt is mentioned that is owned by Daniel
Y. Lewis of New Jersey. The colt was foaled without
mane or tail and with a coat as curly as lamb's wool
He is four years old and a fast trotter, and is bred for
one as he was sired by a grandson of Guy Wilkes 2-15}
andhls dam was sired by the Hambletonian-Star
stallion, Jay Gould 2:20.!. He has two crosses to Seely's
American Star, as Guy Wilkes' second dam was by
that horse. It is said that there were many of these
freak colts in California, sired by Guy Wilkes. It was
thought there that to learn the reason of these colt's
peculiar coat, one must took to the maternal side
of the great Guy Wilkes; that somewhere in his
maternal ancestry is some outcross which would ac-
count for the woolly hair. It is not an accident, for
now one of Guy Wilkes' grandsons has sired one
of these woolly colts; another one was bred and
is owned at Schuyball Stock Farm, near the writer
a bay colt now gelded, foaled in 1898, without hair
on mane or tail and with a heavy coat of hair as
curly as a lamb's wool, and after shedding his coat
each spring it comes in again as thick and woolly as
before. He was sired by a son of Anteeo 2:16V, now
owned in Central New York, that had a dam that was
also sired by Jay Gould 2:20}. The dam of this curly
colt was sired by a son of Nutwood, grandam by a son
of Seely's American Star (Padelford's). So it will be
seen this colt, like the one in New Jersey, has a double
cross to the most wonderful broodmare sire, Seely's
American Star, whose blood flows in Nancy Hanks 2'0i
Cresceus 2:04, Directum 2:05}, Coney 2:02| and other
champions. If any of the readers of The Horse World
have freak colts of the above stamp no doubt many
others would be pleased to learn, as would the writer,
how they are bred. S W S

Padelpords, N. Y., April 20, 1901.
California horsemen will remember the woolly son of
Guy Wilkes. The late William Corbitt was very much
exorcised over his appearance and offered the owner
a big price to kill him, which was refused, and the
owuer added to the displeasure of Mr. Corbitt by call-
ing the woolly fellow Corbitt Wilkes. The correspond-
ent of the Horse World is in error however when he
states that there were many of these freak colts sired
by Guy Wilkes.

Budd Doble's Devotion.

In 18B6, when Budd Doble and Barney Jackman were
trying- to buy Goldsmith Maid, they visited Alden
Goldsmith at Washington ville, N. Y. Twenty thous-
a?o n™ uai'S was his price, and no less. Jackman offered
*l-,000. Goldsmith said no. They left, and Doble
and Jackman held a consultation. Doble said to Jack-
man: "Is she worth $20,000?" Jackman said: "I
«onnnnnS ? is'"„ '"^en," said Doble, "she is worth
»-u,0U0 to us." Jackman answered, "It is easy
for you to talk but you have no monev and I
will have to mortgage every dollar I own and
go in debt besides." "Well," said Doble, "I will
promise this. I will sleep in the stall with that
mare every night if you buy her until she has paid
for herself." Then they bought her. And Budd
Uoble did sleep with Goldsmith Maid until his promise
was fulfilled. How his eyes would stick to that mare
whenever he was near her. How he would watch her
between heats, apparently full of thought and in
silence. How carefully each little boot she wore was
made to fit like unto a lady's glove, and how neatly it
looked when on the knee or the quarters of Goldsmith
Maid. Where do you see such devotion to the trotter
nowadays? The writer pauses for an answer.

We find the above in an Eastern exchange without,
signature or credit and do not know the author. Budd
Doble has a trotter under his charge now — The Roman
2:18J. He does not sleep with him, but any person
who has seen the colt hitched up under Doble'sdirec-
tion, and watched the careful manner in which every
boot is placed in position and every strap buckled, will
see that his "devotion" is the same now as it was in
Goldsmith Maid's day.

Haltering a Colt.

W. M. Marteny, an Arizona horseman, says a head-
strong colt can be taught to take the halter in this
way:

"Put the colt in a corral or barn where he can have
at least thirty feet square, and so that escape is im-
possible. Then go in where the colt is, holding halter
in oue hand and a good buggy whip in the other.
First try to halter the colt, and when he raises his
head whip him on front legs. 'I here is no need of
whipping him too hard, but keep it up, commanding
colt to take halter. If he turns his heels whip him
around the hind legs until he faces you, offering him
the halter every few moments. Do not try to force
him by pulling on his mane or pulling his ear, but
show him the halter; tell him to take it; if he refuses,
whip him, and in less than thirty minutes from the
time you begin your colt will follow you any place and
take any kind of a halter or bridle. This will cause no
injury to the colt and is a sure remedy for the bad
habit he has.

In the production of half tone engravings the Cali-
fornia Photo Engraving Company is surpassing any-
thing in this line that has been attempted heretofore
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His Eminence won the Kentucky Derby last Monday
at Louisville in the presence of twenty-five thousand
spectators, in the good time of 2:07f. In the betting
ring there was a jostling, surging crowd, and the
eighteen books did a rushing business. Alard Scheck,
by his work-out Friday, was favorite, and when the
odds of 7 to 10 were first chalked up money came in at
such a lively rate that the books could not handle it.
But it is doubtful if all the books quit winner on the
race, for loads of money went on His Eminence at 5 to
2. The contingent from the Blue Grass section of the
State came down prepared to back San Nazarro, and
they put their money in goodly quantities. On the
second attempt the horses got away on even terms.
Down the stretch they came toward the grandstand
and a length did not separate the five colts, with His
Eminence in front. Driscoll second, Alard Scheck
third, San Nazarro fourth and Amur last. When they
straightened out on the backstretch. Winkfield was
hugging the rail, still a length in the lead, Alard
Scheck had moved up to second place and was a half
length in front of Amur, who was about the same
distance from San Nazarro and Driscoll, who were
moving down the backstretch on even terms As
they reached the three-quarter pole Jockey Woods
loosened his rein and called on the Schorr entry to
overtake His Eminence, but the Memphis horse was
not equal to it, for little by little he fell back, and as
they entered the stretch San Nazarro had moved up
into second place, followed by Driscoll, and Alard
Scheck was left to fight it out with Amur. San Na-
zarro made one final effort, but it was of no avail, for
His Eminence was under the wire a length to the good,
with San Nazarro a half length in front of Driscoll,
Amur fourth and a length away, with Alard Scheck,
the favorite, last by three lengths. The summary:
One mile and one-quarter, the Kentucky Derby, $6000,
of which $700 to the second horse and $300 to third—
His Eminence, 117 (Winkfield), 2} to 1, won, San Na-
zarro (O'Connor), 4 to 1, second, Driscoll (Boland), 25
to 1, third. Time, 2:07|.

What Classes Do You Want?

Horsemen who will campaign strings on the Pacific Coast this year are requested
to fill out the following blank and return it to the Breeder and Sportsman office.
The information will be of great value to Secretaries in arranging their programs
for the coming racing seasoD.

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Pacing Classes ___^_

Number of Horses I expect to Campaign
Cut this out and mail it to the

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SULKY NOTES. M

Terre Haute purses close next Monday.

Denver harness purses close Wednesday, May loth.

The Breeders meeting vrill probably go to Sacramento.

Derby Princess 2:081 has been bred to Tommy
Britton 2:06*.

Seth Griffin expects to have the Memphis track
completed in thirty days.

The Meddler (thoroughbred)-Nancy Hanks 2:04>
filly, will be bred to Bingen 2:06}.

Viola, the dam of Giles Noyes 2:051, has been bred to
Erect, full brother to Direct 2:051.

Millard Sanders will leave Pleasanton to-day with a
carload of horses for the Cleveland sale.

Bonner N. B. 2:17, a son of Daly 2:15, is doing a good
business in the stud in Oregon this year.

England has paid twenty-four million dollars for
horses for the Boer war up to March 1st.

Read the advertisement of the purses of "West Oakley
Driving Park published in this paper to-day.

Dick Benson has about thirty head of trotters and
pacers in his string at Oakley track, Cincinnati.

The Chicago Horse Show Association declared a
dividend of 25 per cent, on a capital stock of $25,000.

The Washington State Fair has opened two S1000
stakes, one for 2:30 trotters, the other for 2:20 pacers.

The rain has put all the tracks in good condition and
compelled many horses to be let up on that sorely
needed it.

Joe Rea, trainer at Bitter Root Farm, says the foal
by Prodigal 2:16 and out of Elloree 2:081 is the finest
looking colt Prodigal ever sired.

Rancho del Paso is to have a sale of trotting and
thoroughbred horses at the ranch on May 14th, 15th
and 16th. About 175 head are to be sold.

Whisper, the dam of Zombro 2:11, has been bred
back to Stam B. 2:11}. As was stated in these columns
last week Whisper has a handsome colt by Stam B. at
foot.

The busiest man at the Cleveland, O., track is
Charles Tanner, who has forty horses in training, most
of which should be ready for the spring matinee
June 1st.

Mr. Griffith has not get decided whether he will take
Bonnie Direct east to race but will make up his mind
in regard to the matter by June 1st. The horse never
looked better.

The (mare Minnie Maddern by Axtell that Oriin
Hickok has trained for the past two summers, and that
trotted a trial for him of 2:12} last year, is dead. She
is supposed to have been poisoned.

James Gormley, of Brooklyn, N. Y., owner of Georg-
ena 2:071, says that the mare is jogging soundly on the
road, in spite of reports to the contrary, and he is very
hopeful of getting her to the races.

Clem Beachy, of Lexington, Kentucky, had the mis-
fortune to lose recently by death a handsome bay
suckling filly by Monterey 2:09}, dam Little Bess (the
dam of Bowman 2:17}) by Bayard 53.

Neeretta 2:09} was started in a race recently in
Austria but was defeated by Axmere 2:131, a son oj
Axtell. Axmere has defeated the majority of the best
ones in Europe, among others Col. Kuser.

Lexington has decided to give 8125,000 in stakes and
purses at the fall meeting of the Kentucky Breeders.
The Transylvania has been raised in value from $5000
to $6000 and the class changed from 2:13 to 2:12.

The $6000 Horse Review Futurity which was decided
at Buffalo last year will be raced for this year at
Indianapolis at the State Fair. It is for three year
olds and is in two sections $5000 for trotters and $1000
for pacers.

There will be plenty of racing in Oregon and Wash-
ington this summer. New tracks are being constructed
in many localities and much interest is manifested in
the harness horse. The early closing purses have all
filled well. '

Clipper 2:06 is now being driven on the road by his
owner, Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick of this city. James
Thompson, who has been handling the horse at Pleas-
anton will go East in a few days with his string. Ciip-
per has no eastern engagements.

C. K. G. Billings will try this year with Franker to
beat the two-mile record of Greenlander 4:32. The
famous mare Princess, dam of Happy Mediirm, was
formerly owned by the father of Mr. Billings, who
drove her on the road in Vermont.

Freight rates on horses have been reduced ten per
cent, by railroad companies from points east of the
Cascade mountains, to St. Paul, Chicago, St. Louis
and Missouri river points. It is to be hoped the rail-
roads will do a little reducing on freight rates in Cali-
fornia this year.

There will probably not be any races for the free-for-
all pacers in California this year, but the 2:11 class
pacers ought to put up a good contest. There are
eight or ten horses here that should stand a chance of
pacing close to 2:10 in a race and some of them could
beat it a second or two.

Secretary C. M. Jewett is negotiating for a special
race between Peter the Great 2:07}, Lordy Derby 2:07
and Boralma 2:08 for the Readville Grand Circuit
meeting. With the first two named in good order the
public will know the chances Boralma will have against
The Abbot and Crescaus.

Two weeks ago at Goshen, N. Y., the ex-queen of
pacing mares, Lottie Loraine 2:05|, foaled a filly by the
champion harness horse, Star Pointer 1:59}. It is the
property of Captain B. H. Tuthill and a born celebrity
because its average speed inheritance surpasses that of
any other colt (or filly) ever foaled.

We have received from Tom James of Des Moines,
Iowa, two photographs of his stallion Barondale 2:11},
by Baron Wilkes out of Nathalie (the dam also of
Grand Baron 2:12}) by Nutwood. The picture shows
Barondale to be a very handsome horse. He made
his record in the third and fourth heats of a race when
he was a four year old,

The Palo Alto consignment to the Cleveland sale left
the ranch last Wednesday. There were forty-nine
youngsters in the consignment, many of them richly
entered and many that have shown great speed at the
farm. The entire lot will be sold at Cleveland without
reserve. This is one of the best consignments ever
sent East from famous Palo Alto.

Mart Demarest, who will handle Prince Alert 2:02,
this year, authorizes the statement that the fastest of
hoppled pacers will be matched against Mr. Rice's
Anaconda 2:021, for $5000 a side, the race to take place
at Charter Oak Park in September, and to be three in
five, or a dash, just as Mr. Rice prefers. Mr. Demarest
is willing to take on Coney on the same terms.

Det Bigelow removed his string of trotters and pacers
from Pleasanton to Woodland last week. He has four
good ones that should get a share of the money this
year. Tags 2:13 is in fine shape, and Pearl S., the
mare by Hanford Medium, out of the dam of Kelly
Briggs, is a great prospect. The Diablo colt out of old
Lucy B. 2:17| will step to a low maik this year.

The Southern cities, including Atlanta, Jacksonville,
Savannah, Waycross, Valdosta and Bainbridge are
arranging for their fall meetings. The success met
with in 1900 by these racing centres has encouraged
the associations to increase the size of their purses.
Northern horse owners have been handsomely treated
at the far southern meetings, and the entry lists this
year will be unusually large.

Sewell Harris of Yuba City, read the statement in
last week's Breeder to the effect that Mr. A. G. Gur-
nett's McKinney filly out of Lassie Jean was probably
the only filly living out of that mare, and writes us
that he owns a daughter of Lassie Jean. She is called
Daphne, and is by Hark (a son of Brigadier out of Lou
Wall by Echo). Daphne has a yearling colt and a
suckling filly by McKinney 2:11}.

May 1st, Frederick W. Baker, manager of the Chic-
ago Horseman, will leave for San Faancisco, whether
he goes to take the management of a large patented
proprietary concern. The success of the Horsema i has
been largely through the energetic business methods
pursued under his management. His successor will be
George J. Dietrich, the bright young editor of the
American. Spo)-tsman of Cleveland, Ohio. — Inter Ocean.

An English syndicate has an agent in this country
with instructions to buy 500 horses a week for an in-
definite period. The order extends to hunters, high
steppers, drivers, coachers, bussers, extra heavy draft-
ers and heavy general purpose grades. Along with
tiis order will be the wants of the British Government,
which are for horses of from fourteen hands two inches
to fifteen hanis two inches for war purposes, as well as
for horses suitable for home government utility. —
Chicago Horsejnati.

An offer of $2500 was made by an Eastern gentleman
the other day for Dora Doe 2:12}, the handsome mare
by Don Lowell 2:14}, that took her record on the Cali-
fornia circuit last year. Dora Doe comes nearer being
an ideal roadster than most any animal in training in
California, and Mose Hart, who has her in charge, says
he thinks she is faster than last year. The offer was
refused, as Dora Doe's owner, Mr. Stearns of this city,
wants her to use as a roadster and does not think he
could replace her for the money.

The range horses are now being rounded up all over
the new Northwest. Hundreds of men are now en-
gaged in this work. The young colts and fillies are be-?
ing branded, and the older animals are counted and a
notation made as to how many have been lost by storm,
disease, strays and theft. The surplus are placed upon
the market. The better classes are broken for use in
the West or to make up train loads for the East, while
the poorer grades are sent to the horse factory at
Linnton, Ore., and canned for the European markets.

But little has been heard out here in California of
the brown colt El Milagro by McKinney out of Ade-
lina Pattii (dam of Margaret Worth 2:15) by Effing-
ham, that Rudolph Jordan consigned to the Fasig-
Tipton New York sale in 1898. Senator McCarthy of
Brooklyn was the high bidder on the colt which was a
yearling then, and paid $700 for him. We notice the
colt's name among the list of entries in some of the
Eastern meetings this year, He is entered by Park-
way Farm, Goshen, New York, in the 2:20 trot at
Brighton Beach which has 95 entries.

S. H. Hoy, of Winters, Yolo county, owner of Bays-
water Wilkes, sire of Kelly Briggs 2:10}, had two
mares entered in the Pacific Breeders Futurity, both
of which were bred to his stallion last year. One,
Margaretta by Don Marvin, foaled twins the other day,
both of which died. He has substituted the mare
Clara Belle by Privateer in her place. Margaretta
foaled a fine bay colt April 23d, a son of Bayswater
Wilkes. Mr. Hoy's mare Coupon, also entered in the
Breeders Futurity, was bred to Bayswater Wilkes last
season and has a fine black colt at her side.

Some claim that King Rene Jr. 2:17, formerly ownE
by A. A. Bonner, but now the property of Dr. H. I
Kane, President of the Road Drivers Association
New York City, is the handsomest horse driven on tl
New York Speedway. His sire, King Rene, when :
his prime was a noted winner in show rings. The da
of King Rene Jr., Crepe Lisse, was a very handson
daughter of George Wilkes 2:22. — Am. Horse Breede

A few days ago T. W. Pemberton of Phoenix, Arh
sold, at auction, all his colts, to close out his breedir
establishment. While the horse market there is ne
essarily very limited, probably 200 people attended tl
sale, and the thirty or thirty-five yearlings, two ye;
and three year olds by Boydello 2:14|, Iowa Chief 2232
and Durango Chief 2314, brought from $100 to $175 p.
head, all bargains at the price; yet, considering cone
tions existing there, showing a much improved demar
for good, well bred horses. Three years ago the
same colts would have brought not more than 60 p>
cent, of these prices at auction.

Among the visitors to Pleasanton this week was M
C. H. Du Bois, of Bradford, Pa., who is one of tl
most enthusiastic of horsemen and has greatly enjoyi
watching the trotters and pacers in their workout
He carries a kodak with him and has nearly five hu
dred snaps of harness horses that he has taken sin
he left home, and has a complete memoranda of fa
quarters, halves and miles he has seen trotted ai
paced by horses in their work. Mr. Du Bois has tak(
many high class trotters to Europe and started hors
in several of the big events there. He won one of t)
trotting derbies there with Prose 2:16}.

Mr. R. M. Whidden of Santa Cruz is the owner of
very promising colt that was one year old on the 29
of last March. On that day the colt weighed 7
pounds, and stood just 15 hands high. He has nam
him Montwood. His sire is Gen. Montgomery, a fi
brother to Ethel Down 2:10, being by Boodle 2:121, o
of Nutwood Weeksl by Nutwood. The dam of Sior
wood is Pacific Queen by Nutwood Wilkes 2:161; seeoi
dam Catchup by Rustic 2:30; third dam Huntress 1
Don Victor, son of Williamson's Belmont, and four
dam by American Boy Jr. From a photograph se
Montwood is a racy looking colt, well formed all ov<
and on his breeding and looks should trot fast.

John Blue will probably go to the Denver meetii
and may take in the Montana circuit if there is a go*
program of harness horse purses. He recently went
Oakwood Park Stock Farm and purchased a thr
year old son of Chas. Derby out of Abanteeo 2:17} th
looks very much like Owyhee 2:11}. This colt is
trotter and entirely green, but has a way of going th
gives promise of great speed. Mr. Blue recently pi
chased from James Marshall, of Dixon, a three ye
old colt by Diablo out of a mare by Alex Button t.b
is a great prospect. Johnny is getting together
small stable and as he has mighty good judgment
picking out a horse, it is very likely that he will ha
a string of campaigners that will be worth watchir
He is still handling a number of young horses for S
Juan Galleagos of Mission San Jose, there being two
three very fast ones among them.

One of the most interesting events booked for t
Orange County Driving Park meeting at Goshen ne
summer is a sweepstake race for two year olds, own
in Orange county. The event will be worth $1400
the winner, as there are seven entries at $100 each a
the Orange County Driving Park Association add
$100 to each entry. Among the breeding establis
ments represented in the entries are Marshland Far
owned by Gen. B. F. Tracy: Parkway Farm, owned
Senator John McCarthy; Stony Ford Farm, Emp
Farm and the Anchorage. Marshland Farm's b
colt, Kentucky Wilkes Jr., has been selected by
good a judge as W. J. Andrews, who is familiar wi
all the entries, to win. The race will cause a gre
deal of feeling in Orange county and it is estimat
that fully 25,000 people will see the baby trotters bat
for the money and honor. — JExcliange.

Speaking of the growing scarcity and increased va]
of high class carriage horses, John B. Doerr, preside
of the Fiss, Doerr & Carrol Horse Company in N
York, said: "We we lucky in getting together nea:
two hundred coach horses before the busy seas
opened. People seem to be just finding out that
keep fancy carriage horses, and our sales in this i
partment are going far and away ahead of last ye
Without a big reserve stock to draw on we could nei
supply the demand this spring, for it is simply imp
sible to buy horses of this type as fast as we are selli
them. We are still buying, but horses of the rig
sort are very scarce, and we have to pay like sixty
them. I estimate that we saved; fully $15,000 by p
chasing heavily last fall. In other words if we had
buy now all the horses we have on hand at the tra
ing farm in Westchester county they would cost us i
less than $15,000 more than we paid for them 1
year."

Sam Gamble used to advertise his stallion Delwin
the fastest broken legged horse on earth, but i(
doubtful if any horse ever recovered so complet
from a broken limb as the pacer Grasshopper, owi
at Binghampton, New York. An exchange says t
horse was very carefully treated after his misfortu
and to-day his ankle, where the break occurred, lo<
so nearly normal as to be noticed only by a horsen
looking for a defect. As he is only eight years old,
age probably has something to do with his unus
recovery. Last summer he started in nine races, w
ning one, being second in two, third in two and fou
in three, and was outside the money only once !
then on account of a broken sulky. In three of
races there were five heats better than 2:20, and in i
they were at the half in 1:051. He paced a mile
2:18}, last half in 1:05}, and the same day pacei
quarter in 301 seconds, last summer. Last winter
started in 19 half-mile brushes on the ice and won th I
all and it is entirely within the range of probabi'
that he will this year reduce his record materially. I

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This Year's Three- Year-Olds.

It has been several years' since a three year old came
from the West to do battle with the best of his age in
the East without proving a disappointment since the
mighty Morello's time, and later, when Henry of
Navarre and Ornament came East and "made good"
to the entire satisfaction of their Western Meads, the
star three year olds have been Eastern horses, says a
writer in the X. Y. Telegraph.

Just about this time last year A. Peatherstone was
pretty generally conceded to have in Mesmerist a
three year old of the highest class, judging by his two
year old form. However, Green B. Morris was confi-
dent that he had in Pupil the best colt of his age, and
Jockey Bullman, who rode him in his exercise gallops,
expressed the conviction that he would make Mesmer-
ist look cheap the first time the two met. Notwith-
standing Mr. Featherstone's confidence in Mesmerist
there were predictions at the time that a dozen three
yeaa olds would take his measure.

Very little was heard about Prince of Melbourne or
McMeekin, yet these two proved the best of their age
last year, while Mesmerist, Pupil and others that bad
been touted as world beaters ran most disappointingly
when they were asked to prove their quality.

The extravagant claims made on behalf of the
Esher-Silk Gown colt, Garry Herrmann, may there-
fore be taken with a grain of allowance, for the season
is yet very, very young.

If last seasorrs crop of three year olds was below
the average, this season's crop is rich in promise, and
it would be a difficult matter to name the very best of
them at this meeting.

Commando, the son of Domino-Emma C, reported
to have wintered well, would unquestionably be favor-
ite in any contest between three year olds, weight for
age, that might be framed up just now. ThatTGarry
Herrmann is made favorite over him in the future
book on the American Derby is accounted for by the
well grounded impression that the Keene crack will
not be a starter in the Chicago event.

Commando started but six times last year and was
defeated but once. Jockey Spencer, who was blamed
for the defeat of Commando by Beau Gallant, has not
ridden since. Many who watched the race closely con-
tend that Beau Gallant was the best horse that day.

Ballyhoo Bey only started three times and his two
victories were creditable ones, though to be sure the
running of the Futurity and the Flatbush called forth
much acrimonious talk. His one defeat was not dis-
graceful.

Garry Herrmann's record is really a remarkable one.
Out of twenty-five starts he won no less than eighteen
times; was second four times; third twice and unplaced
but once. In his public trials at Churchill Downs
Garry Herrmann has shown that he is in prime con-
dition.

Bellario, the $15,000 colt purchased from Newton
Bennington by Richard Cooker and Senator McCarren,
is likely to be a factor in the solution of the three year
old problem. He was a high-class two year old, win-
ning four times and being second five times out of
fifteeen starts, and he always ran against high-class
horses.

Julius Bauer, trainer for A. Featherstone, recently
declared that he has in his charge a three year old of
the very highest class, one who is sure to take a good
deal of beating. Black Fox, the imp. St. George-
Marie Jansen colt, is the animal upon whom Mr.
Bauer bases his fond hopes.

Unlike Mesmerist, who was a brilliant two year old,
Black Fox did not show his quality last year, for the
reason that he was ailing. However, he won the only
race in which he started, a four-furlong affair at
Morris Park. He beat Lanceman, Yorkshire Boy,
Maiden and Princess Pepper on that occasion.

By all accounts Black Fox wintered well and may be
expected to give a very good account of himself.

There are very few good three year old fillies this
year and absolutely no world beaters among them.

Three of the best fillies the west could produce ran
in the Tennessee Oaks at Memphis. Lady Schorr by
Esher-War Mantle, Lady Strathmore by Strathmore-
Lady Loud, and Miss Bennett by Russell-imp. Memoria,
was the order of the finish Lady Schorr was a head
in front and Lady Strathmore was six lengths in front
of Miss Bennett, the distance, a mile, being covered in
1:42|.

As a two year old Miss Bennett won twelve races out
of seventeen starts and was only once unplaced.
Neither Lady Schorr nor Lady Strathmore can show
anything like so clean a sheet, but they met a higher
class of horses than the Bennett filly. Lady Schorr
won five times, was second four times, third five times
and unplaced nine times.

The Goldfinch-Lydia filly Sweet Lavender may be a
factor in the running of three year old stakes. As a
two year old she only started twelve times, winning
four races and being unplaced four times.

Club Races at Riverside.

horse Finesse, a consistent runner at San FraDcisco a
few years ago. The old reliable Hacienda, who sur-
prised the northern talent at Los Angeles in 1889 by
running a mile easily in 1:41, is entered out of her dis-
tance.

For Freedom, an own sister to Yankee Doodle, fast
but flighty, will try conclusions with the ungracious
Gracias, the fast mare that Ed Ryan spent so much
time and money on. Picton, the pride of San Bernar-
dino, will start, and Abano, the Australian bred one
who broke his maiden by walking away from the The
Phoenician at Del Monte last August, will also run.

Don Marcus Foster's entries have not been received
yet, but they are probably on the way, as this well
tried sportsman will not let a meeting of this kind,
where all starters are out for the money, though it is
small, slip by.

Riverside will consider itself in bad case if Marcus'
old-time trainer does not appear with a string.

The railroad companies appreciate the endeavor of
the Riverside Polo club to get up some sport and they
are going to issue return tickets to Riverside from all
stations from April 30th to May 6th at one and one-
and one-third rates.

SADDLE NOTES.

The California Jockey Club has been unfortunate as
regards the weather during the past week. The con-
dition of the track has prevented the owners of good
horses from starting their animals and consequently
the fields have been of pocr quality. This has affected
the attendance and betting has been light.

Frank Bell, with 121 lbs. in the saddle, equaled the
Tanforan track record for five and a half furlongs,
running the distance in 1:06J in the face of the strong
wind which was blowing down the stretch.

The Gebbard Handicap, the last important two year
old event of the current racing season was decided at
Tanforan last Satueday. On this occasion the young-
sters were asked to go farther than heretofore, the
distance being the short six furlong course. Flora
Pomona, a filly from the Schulte Stable, was made
favorite and succeeded in winning out by a neck in a
long hard drive after making the running throughout.
She was closely pressed by Divina, who with better
racing luck might have won; as it was it took all Nash
Turner's skill to land the favorite in front. Sister
Jeanie, one of the Jennings entries, downed Louwelsea
for the show.

The bay three year old Terminus by Blazes out of
Miss Bishop, was purchased by T. P. Hayes at Louis-
ville, Kentucky, this week for $10,000. Terminus won
the Autumn Handicap at Toronto last year as a two
year old and is a very promising colt. He is eligible to
the American Derbv."

Burns & Waterhouse have purchased the good two
year old Corrigan from Barney Schrieber for $10,000.
The buyers will race the colt and it is stated that there
is an agreement that Schreiber is to have the colts
winnings during the next six months. Corrigan will
be placed in the stud early as Mr. Waterhouse, who
negotiated the purchase believes he will make a great
sire. He is by imp. Sain, dam Ada Reese by Lelaps.

Marty Bergen is displaying first class form in the
saddle at present. He seems to be riding as well now
as in his palmy at Guttenberg and Clifton, many of his
winning finishes in the two year old races being espec-
ially notable exhibitions of horsemanship.

Trainer Peter Wimmer, who has the care of Kinley
Mack, last year's Brooklyn and Suburban winner, pre-
dicts that the horse will duplicate last season's great
performance and capture both the big handicaps this
year. Though confident, Wimmer is not at all boast-
ful, and does not pretend to ignore several rivals of
Kinley Mack. "I guess they are as good as they are
said'to be," he says, "but Kinley Mack will be in real
good form, and if he is beaten it will be because the
winner was better." The old black mare Imp, loved
by all race goers, will not face a starter until the season
is well under way. When she does it will be when
Wimmer feels that she can win. She is not likely to
start before the Saratoga meeting, though she may be
sent to the post. during the Brooklyn or Brighton
meeting. It is known that Mr. Harness, the owner of
the famous mare, is anxious to put her through her
last season of racing with as-near an unbroken string
of victories as her admirers could wish for.

A Los Angeles paper says:

The races to be given by the Riverside Polo Club
open May 3d and all events have filled. There will be
eight races in all. The track is easily reached, as the
electric road runs to the gates of the new park on
Magnolia avenue.

There will be at least six starters in every event, and
some well known horses will perform. From Santa
Barbara Dr. Baescke will bring two ponies and the

John F. Schorr has sued Wells, Fargo & Co. for
$21,800 on account of the injuries to eight of his race
horses by a collision on the Oakland mole in November
1900. The most valuable of the' horses was F. W.
' Brode. The horses were shipped from Ogden in
charge of Wells, Fargo & Co., a special car being ar-
ranged for them and $256 being charged for the trans-
portation. Schorr alleged that the value of F. W.
Brode was $10,000 up to the time of the accident, but
that the animal was now worthless. A similar suit was
brought against the Southern Pacific Company.

The resumption of racing at the Oakland track last
Monday drew out a much larger crowd than had been
seen for many days at Tanforan. The climate of the
region where the Oakland track is situated is so
superior to that of windy and bleak Tanforan that
comparisons are odious. During the time the track
has been closed a coating of sand was put on the Oak-
land track, and the mud which resulted from this
week's rain was not as holding as formerly. There
were fourteen books doing business in the ring, besides
the field books and as the racing was verj good it may
be said that the meeting opened auspiciously. The
defeat of Articulate and Frank Bell in the six-furlong
race by Rio de Altar, a son of Emperor of Norfolk
from the Baldwin ranch was a surprise. Rio de Altar
is a. great mud horse, and Articulate is not the wonder
he was cracked up to be early in the season.

Odd ' 'Horses. "

When Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, went to
visit one of the native princes recently he was surprised
to see in the gorgeous procession which met him two
rhinoceroses ridden by postilions, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer. A team nabob is the team of four zebras
owned by Walter Rothschild. The banker drives the
beasts himself, and they never fail to attract attention.

All visitors to Belgium are familiar with the little
carts carrying fruit, milk or vegetables, and drawn by
one or more powerful-looking dogs. In former days
dogs were much more used for draught purposes than
they are now. A well known character who was
known as "Old Lai" used to race the coaches on the
North road running out of London with a team of
dogs. He constructed for himself a sort of buckboard
and had harnessed to it four foxhounds, who would
cover long distances at a great pace. Later on Dums-
dale used to appear on the highways and race the
coaches with a team of bulldogs driven tandem to a
small wooden cart. Sometimes the dogs would cover
twelve miles an hour, though their natural pace was
about seven miles an hour. Dumsdale's favorite trip
was from East Grimstead to Brighton and back, a dis-
tance of forty-eight miles. He would make the jour-
ney in forty-eight hours, including stoppages for rest
and refreshment.

More than one instance is on record of ostriches be-
ing used in place of saddle horses or for drawing light
traps. A big ostrich known as Oliver W. may be seen
any day pulling a buggy along the roads near Jack-
sonville, Fla.

A wealthy man of Vienna named Doller once built a
carriage to which he attached two bears, while a third
was trained to sit beside him on the box seat. With
this extraordinary turnout. Dollar appeared in the
streets of the Austrian capital, but complaints were
soon made to the police that the bears scared horses
and provoked runaways. Doller was forbidden to drive
his team in the city. He then started a team of trained
wolves, but again the police objected to his displaying
his eccentricities in the streets of Vienna, and he gave
up the attempt to divert the public with strange turn-
outs

But the palm of eccentricity in turnouts must be
given to an Englishman named Huddy, who, when 97
years old, traveled from Lismore to Fermoy in an
oyster tub set on wheels and drawn by a pig, a barger,
two cats and a hedgehog. He wore a red nightcap on
his head and carried a whip in one hand and a tin horn
in the other.

The Walking Gait.

The walking gait is of the utmost importance in any
class of horses and is an excellent means to determine
the general make-up of an animal. The stride should
be even and the foot should be snapped quickly from
the ground with that energy characteristic of a highly
developed nervous system. The foot should be well
flexed, lifted clear from the ground and thrown for-
ward with strength and energy, while at the same
time the movement should be straight ahead, hand
over hand as it were, without the slightest swerving
from side to side or spreading at the knee or hock. If
all the parts of the animal structure are in perfect
accord there will be no wabbling or dishing, as the
case may be, but if defects are present they will be
made apparent by the unsteady gait of the animal and
the imperfect balance displayed in the movement of the
body and limbs.

Of the several actions demanded in the light horse,
that of the high stepper commands the highest price.
This is brought about by the high flexing of the knee
and the hock and the throwing of the leg well under
the body and its quick reverse to an inordinate high
degree. While this form of action is pretty to look at
it is a tremendous strain on the animal and soon uses
it up. Its only value is for pleasure driving. It will
not stand very much hard work and its use should not
be attempted in this way. An explanation of the high
price brought by this class of animals is found in the
rapidity with which they are used up.

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Coming Events.

May 5— Fly-Casting— Postponed Sunday Contest No. 4, Classifica-
tion series, Stow lake, 10 a. h.

May 11 — Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 5. Classification
series. Stowlake 2:30 P. M.

May 12— Fly-casting. Sunday::contest No. 5. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

The Fly-Casters.

The fourth Sunday contest at Stow Lake will he
held to-morrow, commencing' at 10 o'clock A. M. The
rainy weather last Sunday caused the postponement of
the event.

The weather conditions last Saturday afternoon were
exceedingly baffling for the accomplishment of any-
thing like good scores in the three events which took
place. A strong, gusty west wind handicapped the
efforts of the casters to a great extent. The scores for
the day were the following :

Saturday Contest No. 4— Stow Lake, April 27, 1901. Wind,
gusty. Weather, clear and very cold.

Judges— Messrs. Battu and Mocker.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events I 2

Referee, Mr. Brooks

Battu, H 89

Brooks. W. E 97

Brotherton, T. W. Ill

Edwards, G. C 100 1-2

Everett, E 110

Heller, S. A

Mansfield, W. D. . .

Mocker, E. A 87

Muller, H. T 94

Reed.F.H 91

Skinner, H. E 88

Smyth, H

86

92

72 6-12

82 3-12

86 8-12

85 4-12

65

75 2-12

89

88

75 10-12

81 11-12

89

90

75 10-12

82 11-12

91 4-12

88 4-12

75

81 8-12

83 8-12

85

69 2-12

77 1-12

90

90 8-12

78 4-12

86 4-12

83 8-12

83 4-12

68 4-12

75 10-12

90 4-12

86 8-12

76 8-12

81 8-12

87 4-12

82

65

73 6-12

87 4-12

82

71 8-12

76 8-12

91

84

77 6-12

80 9-12

^^■NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy, percentage. Event 3— Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage;
_(b) delicacy percentage; (c) net percentage. Event 4— Lure cast-
ing, percentage.

Fishing a Trout Stream.

Happily, fishermen, like hunters, do not always
agree, nor in the many of the details of the fly-fishing
art do they think and act alike.

One would think, having read and inwardly digested
the wise sayings of the old kings of the business, Sir
Izaak Walton and Cotton, nothing further could be
said. But no, the details of the art are inexhaustible,
and the enthusiastic sportsmen, with unabated interest,
pore over Sir Humphrey Davy and Professor Wilson,
Hallock and Hoflland, Dawson and Scott Norris, Her-
bert (Frank Forester)W. C. Prime, Fred Mather, John
Burroughs, Dr. Garlick and many others, see new
points and new beauties flowing out like the sparkling
trout streams they so pleasantly portray, never tirin°-,
wait and watch for more from them.

Taking advantage of this weakness in the average
angler, to lend a listening ear to his brother angler, a
little of the experience and observation of more than
fifty years in the business, is fearlessly added to the
pile.

Having fixed your mind on some untried, or tried
and favorite trout stream, and the time when you will
start, the excitement and preparations begin. "Hope
may end in fruition." But no matter; you will live
thence in ecstasies of imagination. Your reels are
overhauled and lubricated, your eight-ounce split bam-
boo rods examined, the fly-book replenished, new cast-
ing lines made, and the old ones repaired, your fishing
'■tank" reviewed, to make sure that it contains a small
box of tools, a "hank" of gut for extra snoods and
casting lines, a pair of nippers, scissors, drinking cup,
and small bottle of oil of tar and alcohol to keep off
the gnats and mosquitoes, a lump of shoemaker's wax,
securely wrapped in a fold of bladder, fuse and common
matches, a knife, hammer and a corkscrew, gloves,
extra linen thread and waxed ends, needles and
thread, beeswax and a barometer, and then await with
heroic patience the starting day.

Being all ready time lays dreadfully; you almost
wish you had a thirty days' note to help shorten up
the time. At last the day and hour comes, and you
have arrived on the banks of the sparkling, bubbling
trout stream, as far up as you design to fish down that
day. Having moistened your casting lines and flies,
you repair to some cool shade, quietly to prepare for
business.

For the first trial in the pool where your practised
eye has already located the spot, you loop on a "golden
pheasant" for a "stretcher," a "governor" for a
"coaxer," and a "coachman" for a "dropper," and
then sneak (yes, "sneak" is the proper word here)
cautiously toward the "spot," with a pulsation of the
heart and a breathing you can plainly hear, eager, im-
patient, but gently, "Like a child that sucks at its
mother's breast."

Noiselessly and skillfully whip out your line to the
desired length, and with a quick, graceful motion of
the wrist, make your first "grasshopper" cast. A
half-pounder swirls toward your drop-fly, breaks the
water enough to indicate his size to your practised eye
and is gone.

An electric thrill shoots through your elbows and
darts along your spine ! With a quick motion you re-
trieve your line and cast again, but not there now

anywhere else for a minute or two — giving him time to
regret his loss of that fat fly; now cast there again,
che-chug ] che-r-r— you have him ! Watching and
waiting, the instant your fly struck the water, he took
it with a spring that carried him more than a foot in
the air, with the hook in his mouth, or it may have
been taken before the fly struck the water at all. Of
course you struck lightly, but as quickly as possible;

always do so with a fly; you cannot strike too quick; a
worm or bait they may gorge, if you wait and give
them time, but an artificial fly, never. The moment
the trout seizes the artificial fly it is as far in his
mouth or throat as it ever will be, therefore, it is sound
to repeat, you cannot "strike" too quick after you
have seen or felt the trout.

Having fairly hooked him, and believing Ithere are
more like him in the same pool, lead him gently and
noiselessly away, where you can give him play, and
finally land him with your net and deposit him safely
in your creel. Be particularly careful not to "slosh
around" and scare every trout within ten rods of you.
The cool, skilled sportsman will often take from one to
twenty out of the same trout-hole in the same day.

Having "done" that pool, glide cautiously down to
the "riffles" and eddies, behind the boulders that are
likely to be there, cast in the best places first and then
cover the whole ground, leaving no nook or spot un-
tried. You will in this way soon learn whether the
trout are that day in the pools, or on the riffles, or
scattered along in both. When the discovery is made,
work the ground accordingly.

The reasons for always fishing down stream (espec-
ially if the brook or river be a rapid one) are so num-
erous and palpable that they need not be recounted
here.

When the water is unusually low, and the day clear,
seek the deep pools and shady hiding places. But
when the water is at medium height, just after a rain,
the trout are apt to lay close along the earth banks,
where they search for the worms which the moisture
brings to the surface of the soils, to be washed away
and carried along by the rapid stream, and gobble
them up as they wriggle by.

Fish slow. Never be in a hurry, except when you
are tired and it is eleven o'clock, a beautiful grass
island just ahead of you, and your friend, who carries
the "refreshments," is sitting there waiting for you.

If trout are plenty, but do not rise, change your flies
and tactics until they do, or failing in that, wind up
and go home, and smoke vour pipe. It is an off day,
and to persist without a change of %veather is a waste
of time.

In shallow, rapid streams, use long rubber boots for
wading, to the soles of which are fitted and securely
fastened, sole leather sandals in which hobnails are
thickly riveted; or hobnailed brogans, with wading
stockings of rubber cloth, to keep you from slipping
on the slimy pebbles and rocks.

Have your landing net staff hollow, so as always to
be able to carry an extra tip, and screw the but end, to
keep the tip dry, and in it piace a tight fitting stopper,
with a thread above and below the shoulder; and, be-
yond the shoulder and thread, screw a steel spike, to
hold you steady in the swift current and on the smooth
rocks, while wading. When not used in wading, re-
verse the stopper, inserting the spike in the tube, using
the thread on that side of the shoulder to hold it in
its place. You will use your head as well as your
muscle; and a thousand and one nice points will soon
be learned, and become part and parcel of your angling
culture, and will tend, largely, to enhance your pleas-
ure and to fill your creel.

The common brook trout deposit their spawn in the
gravelly beds of the streams in the autumn months,
while the mountain or CaUfornia trout spawn in the
spring, and so rapid is their growth that in three years,
all things being favorable, their size may reach eight to
ten ounces, and afford attractive sport for the angler
and a delicious breakfast for the epicure.

They should be wiped clean of slime, rolled in corn
meal or flour, fried quick and brown in a little very
hot lard or butter, seasoned and served hot.

The great Dr. Johnson's idea of an angler was "A
rod with a flv at one end and a fool at the other."
But he

"Was a most sarcastic man,"
and never lost a chance to fire a volley, even if he hit
a friend.

All who fish are not true disciples of grand old Izaak,
any more than all long-faced men are saints. The
genius that would cruelly delight in drowning a blind
pup might rival the immortal Walton himself in catch-
ing bullheads and suckers! But this ought not and
does not degrade the sensible pleasures of angling in
the minds of those lovers of the sublime and beautiful,
who see —

•'The lofty woods, the forest wide and long.

Adorned with leaves and branches fresh and green,
In whose cool bowers the birds with many a song

Do welcome with their choir the summer green;
The meadows fair, where Flora's gifts among
Are intermixed with verdant grass between;
The silver-scaled fish that softly swim
Within the sweet brook's crystal, watery stream.

"All these and many more of His creation

That made the heavens, the angler oft doth see;
Taking therein no little delectation,

To think how strange, how beautiful they be;
Framing thereof an inward contemplation,

To set his heart from other fancies free:
And whilst he looks on these with joyful eye,

His mind is rapt above the starry sky."

— David W. Cross, in the American Angler.

The rains made many streams high and roily for the
angler during the week. Conditions generally are not
looked upon as favorable to trout fishing to-morrow.
The farmer is thoroughly happy, however, and that is
good.

Striped bass fishermen have had but little luck re-
cently in hooking the wary bass. The continuance of
cold weather is looked upon by the salt water wiseacres
as one of the reasons that the fish will not be seduced
by the luscious clam.

In using clams for bait, one of the virtues claimed
for it is that the bivalve is so luminous that it attracts
the fish by (reason of the amount of phosphorus which
is a component of the shell-fish. An oyster used for
bait in the same manner is said to give out a very
bright light.

•

Mr. James Watt and his friend E. W. Currier fished
Boulder creek a week ago to-day. "Doc" caught
seventeen nice fish and his companion took but four.
The water in the creek was somewhat too high for
better results.

Coming Events.

May 5— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 5 — Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 5— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

May 5— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

May 11, 12— Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna-
ment. Red Bluff.

May 12 — Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 12 — San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 12— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

May 12— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds, Sacramento.

May 12— Sacramento Gun Club. Blue rocks. Sacramento.

May 19 — Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 19— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county.

May 19 — San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 26— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

May 26 — Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & TJpson
grounds. Sacramento.

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 — Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Bine rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.
-June 30 — Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

At the Traps.

The Board of Governors of the California Inanimate
Target Association met last Saturday evening and ar-
ranged for the holding of the State blue rock tourna-
ment at Ingleside on May 25 and 2J. The tournament
committee will publish the schedule of events next week.
A new system of purse division, arranged by Edgar L.
Forster, will probably be adopted. Under this arrange-
ment an equitable distribution of moneys has been de-
vised and side pools will be obviated. Trophies will be
contributed by each of the gun clubs participating.

The clubs represented at the meeting were the
Antioch Gun Club, Fresno Gun Club, Garden City Gun
Club of San Jose, Olympic Gun Club, San Francisco
Gun Club, Lincoln Gun Club, Empire Gun Club and
Union Gun Club. The Needles Gun Club of Needles,
Cal., was elected to membership in the association.

Clarence A. Haight was elected secretary-treasurer
of the association by acclamation, vice Ad. Gunzen-
dorfer of Monterey, who resigned last year after the
Fresno tournament.

The president, Dr. W. S. George of Antioch, ap-
pointed the following committees:

Tournament Committee — Edgar L. Foster, Chair-
man; S. C. St. John, Fresno, Joseph Ross, Antioch;
Dr. A. M. Barker, San Jose; Joseph Moomaw, Porter-
ville; William Higby, Stockton; Clarence Monaghan,
Needles; Dick Itgen, Merton C. Allen, Joseph J.
Sweeney, J. B. Hauer and Jules Bruns. Recording
Committee — C. A. Haight, John H. Durst, R. Wenzel,
G. Harlan, Hollister and A. E. Holmes, San Jose.
Membership Committee — Len D. Owens, George An-
derson San Jose, Lee Durham, Antioch, A. H. Wright
Stockton and P. C. Montgomery, Porterville. Grieve-
ance and Appeals— Ed. Schultz, H. H. White, V. J.
LaMotte, S. C. St. John and Dr. A. T. Hyde of
Merced. Finance and Auditing — W. J. Golcher, Jos.
J. Sweeney and Chick Lion of San Jose. Transporta-
tion— M. C. Allen, Len D. Owens and S. C. St. John.
The board will convene again one week before the date
fixed for the annual shoot.

Mr. J. B. Hauer, Secretary of the Empire Gun Club,
sends us the following report of the club shoot last
Sunday: The weather interf erred materially with the
shooting at Alameda Point and only part of the regu-
lar program was completed. The Allen handicap gun
event was postponed and part of the entries in the
Sweeney medal only were completed. Webb made the
best average for the day in this event and also the
highest score for the season in this match. Taking
into consideration the weather conditions and that he
was obliged to shoot 5 birds from the 16-yard mark, 5
from the 18, and broke three pair of doubles and the
first bird of the fourth pair from the 20-yard mark,
making a total of 17 breaks, he certainly did a very
clever performance. The complete scores for the
several events that were shot through were as follows:

First event, 10 bird pool — "Chestnut" 7, Cullen 7,
Swales 9, La Motte 6, Reed 6, Allen 5, Fish 8, Gordon
10, Juster 8, Miller 9, Boyce 5, Hicks 6, Wilkins 5,
Emigh 8, Frank 6, Hauer 8. Webb 10.

Second event, 10 birds— "Chestnut" 10, Ma Motte 9,
Reed 8, Cullen 10, Swales 10, Juster 6, Hicks 5, La
Motte 8, Emigh 10, Webb 10, Emigh 6, Frank 7, Gregg
3, Ireland 7, Hauer 7, Swales 7, Frank 7, Juster 7.

Third event, 15 bird pool, entrance $1, 3 classes — Fish
12, La Motte 15, Webb 15, Gordon 10, "Chestnut" 15,
Emigh 8, Walker 9. La Motte, Webb and "Chestnut"
divided first money, Fish took second and Gordon third.

Fourth event, 15 bird shoot — La Motte 11, Miller 12,
Boyce 12, Frank 12.

Fifth event, 25 bird shoot— LaMotte 23, Allen 22,
Emigh 18, Ireland 21, Swales 17, Juster 15, Miller 19,
DuBoice 15, Webb 24, Emigh 15, Frank 18, Gregg 9,
Fish 24, Cullen 21, Frank 20, Ireland 18.

An attempt was made to run through the Sweeney
Record Medal match but awing to the rain the event
was postponed; the scores of those who shot were as
follows: Swales 10, Ireland 1, LaMotte 5, Webb 17,
Hauer 1. Webb made the best average for the day,
which is also the highest score for the season in this
event.

The San Francisco Gun Club members and visiting
trap shooters turned out in force at Ingleside last Sun-
day notwithstanding the inclement weather. Thirty-
two shooters faced the traps in the regular club race at
fifteen pigeons. The wind blew in squalls all day and
drove the rain into the shooters' faces, making it at
times extremely difficult to put a charge of shot into a
bird effectively. Many of the birds dropped dead out
of bounds and some, which were centered properly in
flight were blown beyond the boundary line by the

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heavy wind. The birds supplied were rather a fast lot
many of them leaving the traps with the speed of a
rocket. In the main race a side pool of $52.50 was sub-
scribed. John Karney and R. C. Rosenberg, who
made clean scores, divided S42, the men who dropped
fourteen birds each divided the balance. Ed Schultz
also made a full score, but was not in the pool. A
number of back scores filled out to thirty-six entries in
the club race.

Following the main event, sis-bird sweepslakes were
shot, Dr. Barker of San Jose winning 50 per cent and
George Anderson of San Jose, Newt Neustadter and
C. A. Haight taking the balance of the first pool purse.

In the last six bird race the losers paid for the birds,
Achilles Roos who had been shooting good, bad and
indifferent was bantered into a small wager on his third
bird. He used both barrels and the bird sailed away
apparently uninjured but lit inside of bounds. The
laugh was on Roos as he ; plodded through the wet
grass after his bird, which was a wary one, and new
several times always alighting in bounds, Roos finally
succeeded in herding the bird into the retrieving pit
where he triumphantly secured it. A. L. Wiel and
Geo. Anderson also made some clever retrieves out in
the field. A pleasant feature of the meeting was the
jollity and good-fellowship prevailing amongst the
gathering of shooters who huddled together in the
shooting booth for shelter from the exceedingly disa-
greeable weather. The scores made during the day
was as follows:

Club match, 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise —

Karney. J 22123 11221 11222— 15

Rosenberg, R. 0 21111 21112 12222—15

Schultz E. L.t 12222 21222 22222—15

Feudner, M. O.t 5- 22122 22220 22222-14

Murdoch, W. R ■-- 12111 12111 12*12-14

Forster.E. L *2212 12121 11211—14

Anderson, G.« 12112 22211 10122—14

Rosenberg, R. C,t -'-' 22222 21212 01222—14

Neustadter, N. H :... 22121 22113 21102—14

Haight, C. A 22102 1122122222—14

Shields, A. M 21212 22*21-11122—14

Wands, E. A 21122 20221 12110—13

Klevesahl.E 1*122 12211 *1112— 13

Shaw. C. H •■'.... 20222 02211 21222—13

Gauld, G. G 12121 12212 *2022— 13

Feudner, F 102*1 22121 12222—13

Hosmer, H. B* 12121 21222 01110-13

Gauld, G. G.f 12121 *2122 21011—13

Justins, H 11211 22*02 12022—12

Schultz, E. L 0222* 02221 21221—12

Barber, Dr. A. M.» 11222 21*21 10102—12

Golcher, W.J 02221 10111 02112—12

Bruns J 22221 01022 21102—12

Feudner. M. 0 02*22 22222 *2022-ll

Roos A 2221**221121220—11

Jackson. G. H. T 02121 222;2 22020— 11

Haines, F.* 21011 1*210 12020—10

Lion. C * 2220* 21 102 02022—10

Roos A.t 21022 2*022 2202*-10

"Greener" 11121 1102* 20w — 9

King. F. W 2*200 11021 01*31— 9

Gerstle, W. L.*-.. .' 02211 02202 0210*- 9

Wiel, A. L *0012 2102* 021*2— 8

Bickerstaa, J* 11121 *1110 w — 8

Coleman, J. B* 0O010 11011 12221— 8

"Hill" yt 21020 Ow — 3

♦Guests. fBack scores.

First six bird pool, high guns, $2.50 entrance —

Barker 212122—6

Coleman 121102—5

Shields 112101—5

Anderson 112220—5

Neustadter 22121*— 5

Haight 122102—5

"Jones" 111011—5 Feudner, F

Hoffman 1120*1—4

Second six bird pool, high guns, 30 yards rise —

Wiel 220122—5 Jackson 11*120—!

"Newton" 222002—4 "Green" 020102—3

Coleman 012011— l Shaw 2*0202—3

Shields 210102—4

Third six bird shoot, 30 yards rise —

Wiel 220122—5 Jackson 11*120—4

"Newton" 222002—1 "Green" 020102—3

Coleman 012011^1 "Johns" 2*0202—3

Shields 210102—4

Feudner, O 102120—4

"Xewton" 010102—3

Jackson .011*10—3

"Johns" 002202—3

Wiel. A. L 1*1000—2

Green" 0010**— 1

02*w —1

The regular monthly blue rock shoot of the Sacra-
mento Gun Club was held on the 28th inst. at Eck-
hardt's grounds at East Park, with a good attendance.
W. H. Eckhardt was high man for the first class
medal, with 22 out of 25, James Brown for the second
class (20), and Grove for the third class medal (14).
Messrs. Davey, Richard and Blake shot up their back
scores for April 14th, Davey making the highest score
in the third class for that date.

In the opening match at 10 blue rocks Stevens broke
8, Eckhardt 6, Leazer 7, Brown 7, Cotton 4 and Palm 6.

In another 10 bird match Richards broke 8, Derman
5, Palm 9, Vetter 5, Zeigler 3 and Eckhardt 8.

Match at 15 blue rocks — Stevens 9, Derman 10, Leazer
8, Brown 11, Cotton 5, Palm 10.
■ Match at 15 blue rocks —

I Richards.... 01111 01111 11011—12

I Palm 11101 00111 11110—11

I Vetter 11101 11111 11110—13

Eckhardt. ...11011 10111 01111—12

Derman 11011 10011 00111—10

Brown 11111 10011 01001— 10

Match at 25 blue rocks — Palm 17, Gusto 18, Richards
j 19, Eckhardt 20, Brown 11, Grove 14, Frazee 19.

Match at 15 bluerocks — Frazee 8, Palm 9. Stevens 5,
! Gusto 8, Richards 6, Vetter 7.

Match at 25 bluerocks — Ziegler 9, Palm 19, Vetter
! 12, Stevens 16, Eckhardt 20, Gusto 20.

Match at 25 bluerocks (club shoot for class medals) — *

Cotton 01000 OHIO 01100 11100 11010—12

Leazer 01000 11111 10100 10101 10110—13

'Brown 11101 11100 11101 11111 10110-20

Frazee 10111 01011 11111 11111 10111—21

I Richard 10000 11111 11111 10111 11101—19

I Vetter 11110 11101 OHIO 10111 01011—18

1 Derman 10111 1001 1 11100 10111 01011—17

i Gusto 10011 01111 00111 11110 010[1— 17

! tEckhardt 11111 01111 11101 11111 11101-23

I Stevens 10111 11111 11010 01100 11111—19

[Palm 10100 11001 11110 Hill 11011—18

Davey 00010 01000 01100 11011 01010—10

Black 11011 00111 10100 01111 01111—17

I Ziegler 10111 mil 10110 onil 01101—19

I 'Grove 00010 01010 11011 10011 11110-14

I ( dack scores for April 14th )

JDavey 11110 Olltl 01010 Hill 01011—18

Richard 11111 01111 00111 00111 11101—19

| Black 11110 11101 O10O0 11111 01001—16

♦First class, fSecond class JThirdclas..

The Capital City Blue Rock Club held its regular
shoot at Kimball & Upson's grounds, near the Ameri-
can river bridge last Sunday. Considering the weather
a good number of shooters were on hand, and they all
enjoyed the fine day's sport.

The team race caused considerable excitement. For

a time it looked as if the Newbert team was a sure
winner, but the last squad of Stevens' shooters came
in and finished up in grand style.

The club will hold its next shoot Sunday after next.
Its membership now numbers sixty-five. Following
are the scores:

Match at 10 blue rocks — Stevens 10, Trumpler 9,
Weld en 9, Newbert 8, Robertson 8, Derr 8, Adams 7,
Bauer 7, Heilbron 6, Ruhstaller 6, Williams 5, Just 5,
De Merritt 5, S. Smith 5, W. Smith 5, Harroll 5, Shore
4, Reichert 4.

Match at 10 blue rocks — Newbert 9, Blemer 0, Heil-
bron 7, Trumpler 7, Adams 7, Ruhstaller 6, Derr 6,
Williams fi, Reichert 6, Robertson 6, De Merritt 6,
Welden 5.

Match at 15 blue rocks — Robertson 15, Newbert 4,
Derr 11, Adams 11, Weldon 11, Trumpler 11, De Mer-
ritt 11, Ruhstaller 10, Blemer 10, Williams 9, Reichert
7, Heilbron 6.

Team match at 25 blue rocks, $5 entrance —

Hamill 10110 11111 11110 11011 11111—21

Dr. Weldon 11110 11110 11110 11010 11111—20

Williams 10100 11011 11111 00111 11111—19

Stevens 11011 OHIO 10111 10100 10111—17

Shore 01000 11101 11001 noil 01111—16

Just 11101 11110 11101 00110 01001—16

Adams.B 10111 10110 0O011 11001 1110O—15

De Merritt 11000 00111 11100 11011 10000—13

Neal 10111 00100 01111 10000 10110—13

Smith, S 10O0O 00100 10011 10101 00111—11

Trumpler 10110 OHIO 10000 00100 00101—10

Stevens' team's total — 171

Newbert 11101 11111 11111 Hill 11111—2:'

Robertson 10101 11111 11101 01110 10011—1°

Derr 01011 10111 01010 11101 11111— 1»

Heilbron 00100 10101 Hill 10101 00110— 1*

Maxwell 00011 01111 1O100 Hill 00010— 1*

Smith, W 10101 10110 001OO 00111 10110— ld

Reichert llHO 11100 00110 00000 lOill— 13

Ruhstahler 01111 01010 00010 10110 01110—13

Dr. Blemer : 01011 10101 00101 01010 01010-^12

Griffln OHIO 01010 11010 01010 00001— 11

Bauer 01010 00010 10000 10011 11100—10

Newbert's team's total 160

Olub shoot at 25 blue rocks —

Newbert Hill 11110 11110 11111 11101—22

Stevens 01111 Hill 01111 11110 00111—20

Shore 11100 WHO 11LU 11010 11111—19

Adams 11110 OHIO 11111 11111 00110—19

Maxwell 11111 11011 10011 11100 11101—19

De Merritt 10100 11101 11110 01111 11010—17

Smith.W 00001 11001 11111 10111 11110— 17

Ruhstaller, Jr 10111 10001 11011 01011 10011—16

Herold 10101 11001 11010 10110 11101—16

Dr. Welden 00001 00011 11101 11101 11101—15

Just 12101 01001 11010 10110 10110—15

Trumpler 01100 11110 01010 11010 01101—14

Blemer 01100 11110 00110 11101 00010—13

Heilbron 10011 01010 10100 00111 01011—13

Bauer 01101 01100 00110 11001 10010—12

Derr 00111 10100 01000 10110 11100—12

Neal 00000 00111 11101 10101 10001—12

Smith, S 00010 00010 11010 10111 10100—11

Griffin OHIO 01010 11010 01010 00001— 11

Robertson* 11111 01111 11111 01001 10101—19

Williams* 11101 11010 Hill HOOl 10101—18

* Non-members.

A friendly 100 bird race was shot at Ingleside on
Thursday morning. The match was between Otto
Feudner and N. H. Neustadter. Feudner allowed his
opponent five birds out of the 100. The result shows
Feudner a winner by one bird. The first half of the
birds shot at were a strong lot, but those trapped in
the latter half of the match were easier. Henry J.
Stellings, Jr., acted as referee and Achille Roos and
George H. T. Jackson were the scorers. Neustadter
had the match in hand but losing three out of his last
five birds gave the race to Feudner. The scores show
that Feudner killed all of his birds, four dropping dead
out. Neustadter's score of 23, 24 and 23 out of 75, be-
fore the last section was shot, shows a very creditable
performance, particularly so as this was the young
gentleman's first 100 bird race The men shot from
the 30-yard slat. The complete score is as follows:

Feudner 22211 12211 21211 21211 21111—25

11211 1121* 11211 11111 21111—24
11121 *1212 21121 1*222 12222—23
22222 21222 22222 22*11 22222—24

Total 96

11212 1022* 22212 22211 12112—23

11221 21101 12222 21212 11121—24
20222 12112 11222 *2111 12111—23
11112 21112 01112 2*211 OOI01— 20

. Total 90.

Neustadter..

The proposed match between John B. Coleman and
Newt H. Neustadter at 50 pigeons has been declared
cff.

The Middlesex Gun Club has cabled an acceptance
of the challenge of the American team for June 11th.

Cartridge and Shell.

A gathering of representative sportsmen and good
fellows will meet at the Hotel St. James in San Jose
this evening. The occasion will be a banquet given by
the Santa Clara County Fish and Game Protective
Association "in honor of those who so nobly assisted
in our recent game legislation." The editor of this
department is under obligation to the association and
its worthy President, Dr. A. M. Barker, for a courteous
invitation to the function.

Life and Sport on the Pacific Slope, by Horace
Annesley Vachell, published by Dodd, Mead & Com-
pany, is a volume of nearly 400 pages, written in an
entertaining manner by a clever writer.

In the pages devoted to fishing and shooting, and
they are not the principal portion of the book, the
author does not offer anything particularly new to
Coast or American sportsmen. The chapter on deep-
sea fishing is not new by any means and is in'the style
of Prof. Chas. F. Holder, who has written so much on
Catalina Island fishing In the interest of the hotel at
that lovely resort.

The matter pertaining to small game shooting is
only general and to those familiar with the writings of
Thomas S Van Dyke would not be very interesting.

The work on the whole will be of more interest to
Englishmen at home and to tourists.

KENNEL.

Coming Events.

May 1, 2, 3, 4— Mascoutah Kennel Club's eleventh annual bench
snow, Chicago. John L Lincoln, Secretary.

- May 8, 9, 10, II— San Francisco Kennel Club. Filth annual
show. San Francisco. J. P. Norman, Secretary-Treasurer.

May 21— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meetin" J P
isorman. Secretary.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria B
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30— Pan- American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

An Apology.

Weel-a-wull !

Mister Hu-ul—
Noo mon we've droon .

Ye frae the dark.
It waur na nailit doon—

For a wee bit lark
We takit yere doggie story

In Beantown paper.
Nae credit for mickle glory

Bids ye cut a caper.

Weel-a-wull !

Mister Hu-ul—
Hech mon! ye're sair abusit

By mony callow scribes —
Hka ane is muckle amusit

At yere dinky jibes.
Ye nae a cranky habit,

Wi' newsman and judge —
O' bein1 vera, vera crabbit

An1 spillin' lots o' fudge.

Weel-a-wull !

Mister Hu-ul—
Try anither porritch stick

It'll do ye guid.
Ye'll nae be sae dyspeptic

An'' ye change the bluid.
The bit scoldin' will na put

On us a chain —
Deil tak it mon! we'll cut

An' come again.

-By Wennitz Dunne.

Doings in Dogdom.

A noticeable feature connected with the show next
week is the large list of valuable trophies offered this
year. The schedule embraces a greater number of
elegant prizes and of far higher intrinsic value than has
ever been offered exhibitors before at a bench show in
this city.

The American Kennel Club Stud Book, volume 17,
has been received at this office from Secretary Vreden-
burgh. The volume embraces the registrations of
dogs during 1900 and shows a total registry for the
year of 4880 dogs, an increase of 530 over the preceding
year's registry.

The recent purchase of Woodcote Wonder was ar-
ranged by Jack Bradshaw of the Woodlawn Kennels.
The kennels (Ford, Bell and Bradshaw) will bench
over two dozen dogs at the show. Mr. Bradshaw will
have charge of and handle more dogs at the show next
week than any other fancier, he will be attended bv
three assistant handlers. Mr. Bradshaw has been an
able assistant to the bench show committee in arrang-
ing many details connected with the entries received
last week.

The Bench Show.

On Wednesday morning next the portals of th6
Mechanics Pavilion will be opened for the fifth annua^
bench show of the San Francisco Kennel Club. The
entry of dogs will be approximately the same as last
year, over 400 dogs and above 500 entries, the exact
figures were not available previous to going to press
this week.

The show this year will be of a standard of quality
never before attained by a bench show on the Pacific
Coast. A number of Eastern cracks have been pur-
chased by local fanciers, who will exhibit these new
additions to local dogdom. Notable among the new
arrivals that will stay here will be the prize winning
champion Bull Terrier Woodcote Wonder, purchased
from Frank F. Dole by Mr. O. Heydenfeldt. Wonder
left Chicago for this city on Wednesday evening. A
fake associated press dispatch was published in a Sun-
day morning daily by an unscrupulous local reporter
concerning Wonder. The Fox Terrier kennel of E.
Courtney Ford, a hard working and enthusiastic
member of the bench show committee will embrace
the crack bitch Eclipse Blanche, Lady Mask, Ford-
ham and Legs and Feet. The benching of George
Gooderham's Norfolk Kennel Fox Terriers will be a
very interesting feature of the benches devoted to that
breed; the string includes Mainstay, Handicraft, Rarity,
Truman, Richmond, Two Step and Ruby. In all some
sixty-five or seventy dogs from the East will be benched;
the most of these visitors will be in charge of L. A.
Klein, of the Venlo Farm Kennels, Guttenberg, N. J.,
and Ben F. Lewis, of Landsdowne, Pa. With Mr.
Klein's string of dogs will be the crack Bulldogs Ivel
Rustic and Beaumaris Fortune, the hot wire haired Fox
Terriers Endcliffe Skyscraper and Endcliffe Ophir, Irish
Terriers Endcliffe Pedlar, Endcliffe Kitty, Wilmont
Highwayman and Champion Shela, the Scotch Terrier
Rebel (late Loch Lomond), Boston Terriers Endcliffe
Lita and Prince, the Fox Terrier Champion Norfolk
Victorious, the Pug Endcliffe Viola, the Yorkshire
Terrier Endcliffe Maya, the Kennel of Dachshunds
Venlo For Ever, Venlo Notion, Venlo Rhoda and
Venlolo and the Bull Terrier Belle Balsamo. End-
clffe Pedlar is the property of Wm. Le Monier, the
secretary of the New Orleans Kennel Club.

In Mr. Lewis' string will be seen the English Setters
Oakley Hill and Montell Jr., the Pointers Landsdale
Malt and Baby Kent, a corking good lot of Foxhounds
and the Lewanee Kennel of Fox Terriers Bluebelle,

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[May 4, 19011

Lace. Liberty Bell and Love. Geo. Thomas, Jr., of
Philadelphia, has entered the Irish Setter Prinee
Bloomfield and the English Setter Sport's Solomon.
The Webster Grove Kennels, Webster Grove, Mo.,
have entered the Scotch Terrier Nosegay Sweet Wil-
liam. Brandywine Kennels will bench Baberton Lass.
The foregoing brief list enumerates a higher class of
all breeds than the most sanguine of our fanciers ever
imagined would be seen at a local show for many years.
The success of the show seems well assured.

Pacific Kennel League Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Pacific Kennel League
was held in Seattle on April 13th. The officers elected
for the ensuing year are: Julius Redelsheimer, Presi-
dent; Chas. R. Harker, San Jose, H. A. Wegener, San
Francisco, Stephen Holbrooke, Tacoma, W. F. Burrelh
Portland, Vice Presidents; Norman J. Stewart, Aromas
Monterey county, Secretary-Treasurer.

The following resolution, which was adopted, seems
to indicate that the rejection of overtures made by the
Pacific Advisory Board will be permanent:

Whereas, the Secretary and President of the
Pacific Advisory Committee, have sent this League a
communication, asking this League to dissolve and join
the eastern organization known as the American
Kennel Club, and place its clubs under the guidance of
said Committee, therefore be it

Besolved, That the Pacific Kennel League is more
than satisfied with the progress it has made during
the three years of its existence and the high opinion it
has won in the minds of the fancy of the Coast.

Besolved, That this League can see nothing to be
gained, but much to be lost by an affiliation with any
organization foreign to the Coast. Resolved, that the
Secretary of the League be instructed to forward a
copy of these resolutions to said Committee, stating
that while this League would be pleased to receive into
membership all clubs and all fanciers of the Coast, it
cannot entertain any thought of dissolution.

A show will be given under P. K. L. rules in this city
next spring which will be designated as "an all Pacific
Coast show," not a San Francisco show in San Fran-
cisco. The league officials propose to offer larger cash
prizes than have ever been given on the Coast and an
effort will be made to have "the biggest and best show
that has ever been seen on the Pacific Coast."

The P. K. L. rules were slso changed as follows:

Rule III. altered to read:

3. The breeder of a dog is the person owning the
bitch at the time of her being bred.

Rule II., Novice Class added, to read as follows:

A Novice Class, for all dogs that have never won a
first prize in any class at any previous show, puppy
classes excepted.

Rule II. (2) altered to read:

2. The Limit Class shall be for all dogs never having
won four first prizes in Limit or Open Class at any
recognized show, but no dog having acquired the title
of Champion shall be eligible to this class.

Rule IV. (4) altered to read :

4. The Winners' Class shall be open only to win-
ners of first prizes at any show giving three of the be-
fore mentioned classes, and the winner of five wins in
this class will thereby become a Champion of Record,
will be so recorded in the Pacific Kennel League Rec-
ord of Wins, and will be entitled to a Pacific Kennel
League Champion certificate. Before awarding "Re-
serve" in this class, the dog or dogs having been
placed second to the winner in any of the regular
classes, must be brought before the judge for competi-
tion with the remaining dogs in said Winners' Class.
No class winner can be withdrawn or withheld from
competition in the Winners' Class, and no entry fee
shall be charged for said competition in this class. A
dog that prior to December 31, 1900, has won once in
the Winners' Class shall qualify as a Champion by two
additional wins in the Winners' Class, and a dog that
has won twice qualifies with one additional win in the
Winners' Class, or any dog who has won four first
prizes in Open Class prior to December 31, 1900, shall
qualify as a Champion by three additional wins in
Winners' Class.

The Winners' Class can be divided by sex provided
that the required classes announced in the Premium
List are also divided by class.

N. B. — Judges are requested to be particularly care-
ful in awarding a prize in the Winners' Class. While
a puppy might merit a first prize in the Puppy Class,
it by no means follows that he is worthy of a prft prize
in the Winners' Class if alone.

Article 111, Sec. 3. Altered to read:

The annual dues of each Club shall be $5 per year.
Each Club holding a show shall remit to the Secretary
of the League $5 in addition to the annual dues. Said
85 to accompany application for dates.

of brain room, and with a well defined occipital pro-
tuberance. The muzzlv moderately deep and fairly
square; from the stop to the point of the nose should
be long, the nostrils wide, and the jaws of nearly equal
length; flews not to be pendulous; the color of the nose
should be black, or dark, or light liver, according to
the color of the coat. The eyes should be bright, mild
and intelligent, and of a dark hazel color — the darker
the better. The ears of moderate length, set on low
and hanging in neat folds close to the cheek; the tip
should be velvety, the upper part clothed with fine
silky hair.

Neck — Should be rather long, muscular and lean,
slightly arched at the crest, and clean cut where it
joins the head; toward the shoulder it should be
larger and very muscular, not throaty though the
skin is loose below the throat, elegant and blood-like
in appearance.

Body — Should be of moderate length, with shoulders
well set back, or oblique; back short and level; loins
wide, slightly arched, strong and muscular. Chest
deep in the brisket, with good round, widely sprung
ribs, deep in the back ribs; that is, well ribbed up.

Legs and Feet — Stifles well bent and strong, thighs
long from hip to hock. The fore-arm big and very
muscular, the elbow well let down. Pastern short,
muscular and straight. The feet very close and com-
pact, and well protected by hair between the toes.

Tail — The tail should be set on almost in a line with
the back; medium length, not curly or ropy; to be
slightly curved or scimitar-shaped, but with no
tendency to turn upward; the flag or feather hanging
in long pendant flakes. The feather should not com-
mence at root, but slightly below, and increase in
length to the middle, then gradually taper off toward
the end; and the hair long, bright, soft and silky,
wavy but not curly.

Symmetry, coat and feathering — The coat from the
back of the head in a line with the ears ought to be

L. A. KLEIN'S CH. IVEL KUSTIC.

straight, long and silky. (A slight wave in it, not ob-
jectionable), which should be the case with the coat
generally; the breeches and forolegs, nearly down to
the feet, should be well feathered.

Color and markings — The color may be either black
and white, orange and white, lemon and white, liver
and white, or tricolor — that is, black, white and tan;
those without heavy patches of color on the body, but
flecked all over, preferred.

The judges recommended by the club are: Mr. John
Davidson, Dr. James E. Hair. Mr. Chas. H. Mason,
Mr. H. W. Lacv and Mr. John Brett.

The English Setter Club.

"The English Setter Club of America" has been duly
organized, and the following officers elected: Presi-
dent, Dr. James E. Hair, Bridgeport, Conn.; First Vice"
President, Mr. S. W. Carey, Jr., Orange, N. J.; Sec-
ond Vice-President, Mr. W. S. Hawley, Long Hill,
Conn.; Third Vice-President, Mr. W. L. McConnell,
New Castle, Pa. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Mr. S. M.
Sterling,' Bridgeport, Conn. Executive Committee —
Mr. J. B. Vandergrift, Pittsburg, Pa.; H. A. Waldron,
Providence, R. I.; Mr. Frank Windholz, New York
City; Mr. F. Von Hoffman, New York City; Mr. Geo.
W. Neal, Westville, Conn.; Mr. M. C. Byers, Grand
Rapids, Mich.

The following standard was unanimously adopted:

Head, 20; neck, 5; body, 30; legs and feet, 20; tail, 5;
symmetry, coat and feathering, 15; color and mark-
ings, 5; total, 100.

Head— Should be long and lean, with a well defined
stop. The skull oval from ear to ear, showing plenty

The Dachshund.

The inoffensive-looking little Dachshund has been
the subject of much argument, both as to his origin
and proper type. The English association of "hund'1
and "hound," has presumed that this dog is a hound,
an entirely erroneous conclusion.

During the past twenty-five years, in England, the
tendency was chiefly in favor of the long drawn out
type of the breed, which is more or less a fancy growth
on a much smaller and more compactly built little
Dachshund, something on the terrier order.

In the shows of ten years ago, the big, coarse hound
type was all the go. This was when Mr. Manice of
Pittsfleld, imported so many from England. But later
since the formation of a Dachshund Club, the tendency
has become marked toward a Dachshund shorter in
ear and body, and cleaner in the head. The main
peculiarities and characteristics of the breed, however,
are retained.

The Dachshund is probably with the Grayhound and
one or two other breeds, a distinctively ancient produc-
tion. Some have maintained that the breed is com.
paratively modern and that the distinctive crook of
the forelegs and other peculiarities were derived from
inbreeding. But history accounts for the breed even
as far back as Thothmes III., who reigned over Egypt
more than 4000 years ago. On this Egyptian mon-
arch's monument is a dog resembling, in every way
the modern Dachshund, and inscriptions bear witness
to the dog's popularity at court. The Dachshund, a
dog resembling it, was discovered on early Assyrian
sculptures.

The Dachshund suffered like other breeds from the
carelessness of German breeders, and dogs of varied
type may be found in different sections of the country.
The peculiar build of the dachshund, its strength and
pertinacity and its keen nose for fresh blood, make it
adaptable to various forms of hunting. The breed is
an anomaly in so far that its admirers say it is not a

hound, still, in many sections, of Germany it is an in-
valuable aid in the finding of wounded deer and in
tracking out wild boars and other animals.

Their great forte, however, is underground work, to
which their peculiar formation lends itself admirably
The strong broad paws and crooked forelegs enable
the Dachshund to burrow, while the length of neck
and head combined enable the dog to effectually pro-
tect his feet from the badger or fox that may be in
front of him. His office in going to ground is not to
kill, but rather to worry the quarry, so that it will
bolt; but if it should be necessary to fight there is no
gamer dog living, and, they make a nasty bite. Their
power of jaw arid indifference to pain are proved in the
kdlmg of a hedge hog, which they will tackle on sight
— quills and all.

Although the Dachshund, through his caricature of
a body, has been a prolific subject for comic pencils
the breed has a store of dignity unapproached by any
small aog. They have a very retentive memory and
never forgive an injury. This is a trait which, while
not exactly peculiar to the Dachshund, is more appar-
ent than in most breeds. A thrashing they will never
forgive, and will resent a blow even from their master
They are excellent horse guards, and being on such
short legs seem, from their nearest to the grouad, to
have a quicker sense of hearing, and will give the
alarm before longer legged dogs take any notice of the
sound. A peculiarity of the breeds is that they are
inveterate enemies. Other breeds will have an argu-
ment and be as good friends as ever when all is over—
not so our German friend.

If kennel companions once quarrel, they must be
separated or one or the other will be destroyed Their
low build gives them much advantage in a fight with
even bigger dogs, for they fight low, twist in and out
and do much execution on legs and other vulnerable
parts. But they are not quarrelsome, and rarely strike
the first blow. They are full of spirit, and when
attacked are aggressive, even to foolhardiness.

As a rule, until trained, they have a stubborn will
but once educated are very amenable.

The type of dog which obtains at our shows at the
present time is one that makes for a smaller dog than
heretofore, showing more quality and a happy medium
between the extreme hound type which stands for
absurd lengths, and to short, natty German terrier
type, and this will be our guide in describing the points
In Germany special trials are held on fox and badger,
the one that shows the greatest pluck and bolts his
quarry in quickest order being accounted the winner
In general appearance the Dachshund should be
smaU, short legged, with long but compact, well
muscled body. In spite of the disproportion between
short legs and long body they appear neither cloddy,
crippled nor clumsy, but weasel-like and slender, with
bold, defiant carriage of head and intelligent expression
The head of^ a Dachshund is long and lean, the muzzle
beautifully chiselled to a taDering finish; the skull is
moderately broad and somewhat conical, but not
peaked; there is no slope; the jaws must not be snipy,
but of good punishing power and never undershot or
pig-jawed, although in every day show dogs these
faults are often met with. The jaws should be capable
of being opened until the aperture extends behind the
eyes. The skull should never wrinkle.

The eyes should be medium in size, oval and set
obliquely, with a clear, sharp expression and brown in
color, showing great depth, except in the grays and
mottles, when the eye is together, and also in the red
dogs. The ears are set comparatively well back, fairly
high, with front margin close to the cheek; they should
not be narrow, pointed or folded, but broad, medium
and beautifully round at the tip and soft in texture.
The inside of the ear should lie to the cheek and not
point outward like an elephant's ear.

The neck is moderrtely long, lean and muscular; it
must not be throaty; it should run with graceful lines
into the shoulders, which lie obliquely, and be well
muscled. The work of a Dachshund under ground de-
mands strength and compactness, therefore the fore-
part should be deep and wide. The brisket should be
so prominent as to show hollow at leach side, but not
pigeon-breasted. The forearm should be as long as
the shoulder, but the lower arm is short and bent in-
ward at the knuckle, conforming easily and closely to
the body. The chest, deep and strong, swings be-
tween.

The body should be long and muscular, ribs fairly
sprung, loin short and strong and moderately arched
flank tucked up.

Forelegs very short and strong in bone, well crooked
until the knuckles almost touch, but not standing over;
elbow neither in nor out and arm well muscled; feet
should be large and strong, with thick pads and strong
nails. Hind legs are very well muscled but smaller
than forelegs and higher. The stern (tail) is set on
moderately high, is strong and tapering, but not too
long. The tail must not be a smooth rat tail, neither
must it have a brush, and should be carried level with
the back.

The coat is important and should be short, close and
glossy, loose and supple; it may in repose be lifted from
the body in folds. This peculiarity is said to be an ob-
vious aid in close work in turnieg in burrows. Color
varies, but the oest is black and tan, liver and tan and
all shades of red. No white is allowed, except perhaps
a small spot on the chest, but never on feet or face,
except in what are termed tiger dachs, that have a
silver gray foundation, with dark, irregular spots of
dark gray, brown tan or black. These are almost un-
known in America. The weight of a dog should not
exceed 22 pounds, and legs and feet count the most in
judging.

There is a club devoted to the breed in America, with
headquarters in New York. The breed has become
quite popular in recent years, mainly through the
large exhibits made at all the shows by the principal
breeders, Dr. Molschenbacher of New York and L. A.
Klein of Guttenberg, N. J. — Boston Serald.

Kennel Registry.

WHELPS.
B. & S. Kennels1 Pointer bitch Fay whelped April 2
puppies (5 dogs) to DuPont Kennels' Glendale.

May 4, 1901]

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11

THE FARM.

Breeding Draft Horses.

The success of a firm of English tenant
farmers in winning the championship of
the last London Shire Horse Show with a
two year old colt of their own breeding
grants a test from which a pointed para-
graph may be written. The breeding of
draft horses is a business in which farm-
ers even in the most moderate circum-
stances may engagejwith every hope of
success. It is moreover the line of horse
breeding in which the most certain re-
turns are promised. The London cham-
pion Bearwardcote Blaze assuredly cost
his owners only a very small sum to rear
and place in the arena where his grea
honors were won That he can now be
sold for a long price, several thousand
dollars, perhaps, is equally certain. The
same path may be trodden by all farmers
in all countries where drafters may be
reared to advantage. Eight at this mom-
ent the demand for pure-bred stock is
greater than it ever has been in this
country. A farmer can make no better
investment than in a few pair even of
pure-bred mares of the breed he most
fancies. He can always find a good stal-
lion to mate them with and the opportun-
ity to exhibit the progeny will always be
afforded him at the state fairs and the In-
ternational Show in Chicago. The mares
will do the farm work to perfection. If
they are wisely selected in the first place
and mated aright a sure and certain mar-
ket will he found for their foals at almost
any age from weanlings up. In the event
of one of their foalB showing excellence
enough to permit him to carry off an im-
portant prize a large price will be immed-
iately offered for him.

At the recently held International Ex-
position the female championship in the
Clydesdale section was won by a firm of
farmers. Among the Percherons the
American gold medal was also won by a
farmer, these animals successfully com-
peting with the representatives of the
studs owned by rich men. Farmers like-
wise won the mare championship among
the Shires. Is there any reason why in
time these mares should not produce colts
capable of following in their footsteps?
As a matter of fact a Clydesdale colt ex-
hibited by a firm of farmers came within
an ace of carrying off the championship
among the males of that breed and many
good judges contend to this day that this
colt should have won. The late Mark
Dunham was a farmer and in the dairy
business when he first appreciated the
possibilities of the draft horse business.
On that foundation he built the magnifi-
cent Oaklawn estate which he left to his
son Wirth S. Dunham. And now is the
time. Good pure bred mares of the Shire,
Clydesdale, Percheron and other draft
breeds are purchasable at very reasonable
figures in foal or with foals at foot, but
they will be higher before they are lower.
Therefore, now is the time to buy. A
farmer may even go in debt for such
mares and with good management win
out in a Bhort time. He can make no
better investment but he must choose
wisely and hew to the line.— Breeders'
Gazette.

Mules for trie Philippines.

On April 17th Marion Briggs loaded
two carloads of mules at the corral at the
local railroad yards, says the Biggs Argus.
There were forty head and they were
shipped to San Francisco where they will
be loaded on the Government transports
and taken to Manilla for the use of the
American army. Mr. Biggs has shipped
from here four carloads of mules in the
last six weeks, and Wednesday's ship-
ment finished a big contract made by him
with the United States Government. It
is not authoritatively known just what
price the animals were sold for, but. as
near as can be learned it was about $75
per head.

Dairy Notes.

At the Iowa State Dairyman's Associa'
tion meeting Professor Eckles said that
while straining the milk improved its ap
pearance, it left it but little cleaner as far
as bacteria is concerned, as about 60 per
cent of the manure and dust from the
cows is soluble. Cleanlinesi must come
from having the animal clean before be-
ginning to milk, and protecting the milk
from anything which might fall or be
blown into it He spoke of a covered pail
with hole in the top only six inches in
diameter to milk into, and said that in
milk drawn into such a pail they found
but 3200 germs, where' there were 43,200
in same amount of milk drawn into the
ordinary milk pail with flaring top. This
difference of forty thousand germs made
so much difference that, while the milk
from the open pail soured in forty-sr-en
hours, that from the covered pail kept
sweet sixly-four hours.

Mr. George A. Cochrane, a well-known
exporter of butter from Boston, in a letter
to the New York Journal of Commerce,
takes the same ground that we have often
taken in these columns, that the cause of
the decrease in the exports of butter from
the United States since 1880, the year
when they reached the largest amount,
forty million pounds, is not due to any
failure on the part of our dairymen to
make as good butter as those in other
countries, or ofjour exporters to send good
butter when there was a surplus of it
here, and a good price to be obtained for
it there, but to the f ct that in years when
our exports were reduced, as notably in
1895, when they went down to 5,600,0C0
pounds, butter was scarce in this country
by reason of a short grass crop, and abund-
ant at a low price in continental Europe
because of good crop. Similar conditions
of.scarcity here and plenty in Europe pre-
vailed in 1900, whei thousands of pack-
ages sent to England in 1899 were brought
back because they would sell for a higher
price in New York and Boston than they
would in Liverpool or London. In 1897
we had an abundant grass crop, and were
able to export thirty-one million pounds,
the highest amount, except in 1879 and
1880.

We acknowledge, as does Mr. Cochrane,
that the governments of Canada, Australia,
Denmark and Russia have done much in
the way of supporting dairy schools, and
by providing facilities for cold storage at
home. and during transportation to enable
them to compete with success against the
butter from the United States, but we
know too well the general improvement
of the quality of the butter in our markets
since 1880, or even back to 1860, to think
we have not made aB much progress in
dairy work during that time as has been
made in either of those countries. While
we regret the making of renovated or
ladle-packed butter, we do not think that
they are greatly hurting our export trade,
excepting that many English buyers, if
they could not find them or something
equally as low priced, might be obliged to
buy a better article. We know that this
winter English buyers have called for
butter at twelve to fourteen cents a pound,
because, as they said, they had not a de-
mand for such butter as we quote from
eighteen to twenty-four cents now.

The renovated butter makes a final
market for such as the farmer sells at
eight to twelve cents a pound, store pay,
and if one could only forget the many im-
perfections that had been in it before the
renovating process, and could trust to its
remaining in good condition until it had
been used up, we might rejoice that it no
longer went to the bakers because it was
cheaper than oleo or lard, or reached what
many have said should be its ultimate
destination and sold as "axle greaBe."

In raising a heifer calf to a dairy cow,
we have often had occasion to give caution
to hired help to see that the food was at
the right temperature, and that there was

enough, snd never too much. These
points were so important, that we some-
times forgot that there were others which
were important, and which we did not
leave for anyone else to look after. If
any grain was added to the skimmilk it
was not put in raw, but always well
cooked before mixing, to a good porridge,
and then added to the milk when they
were at or very near the same temperature.
After they were old enough to eat hay or
grass well they would eat dry meal or
Bhorts, we preferring the latter when we
had early cut clover hay or rowen for
them, and at least a part meal when on
grass or poorer fodder. Another point
not less important was to have plenty of
sunlight in the stalls where they were
kept, as neither animal or vegetable life
will be healthy without it. Pure air can
only be obtained by keeping stalls well
cleaned and well ventilated, and ventila"
tion must be without exposure to direct
draughts of cold air on them, especially at
night. We do not have faith in the idea
that night atmosphere in the country, or
when pure, is not as wholesome aa that of
the day, but when impure the cooling
causes injurious bacteria to settle down
and also sleeping lowers the temperature,
causing lessening of vitality and greater
liability not only to colds, but to any
other disease germs that may be afloat in
the air. This is the reason for the gen
eral opinion that night air is injurious to
man or beast, and only holdB good when
night air is not pure air. — The Agri-
culturist.

»

Sheep in the Orchard.

A writer thus enumerates the advan
tages of keeping a flock of sheep in the
apple orchard : Sheep, if properly fed,
will keep down the weeds and grass, eat
the fallen apples, and add very materially
to the fertility of the soil. Orchards are
continually overrun with insects, which
are multiplying on every hand and are
more destructive than ever. Among
them are the caterpillar, the trypeta or
maggot borer, etc. The spraying pump
will subdue many, but one little fellow
that bores through the fruit right and
left we cannot reach by spraying— the
trypeta. The only way is to destroy the
fallen apples containing it as soon as they
drop. The apple grower has no better
assistant than sheep. To use the sheep
to advantage there must be a sufficient
number to keep the grass grazed short.
A ten-acre orchard must have a hundred
sheep, and smaller in proportion. Put n
twice as many as the lot will pasture,
With a liberal addition of grain or bran.
It costB $3 a week to feed 100 sheep, and
with this money buy 250 pounds of bran
and an addition of meal. This will give
them fifty pounds a day, or half a pound
for each sheep. Three special objects are
thus obtained. The sheep are the insecti-
cides, and will exterminate the codling
worms and all the apple maggots that fall.
They crop the weeds and enrich the soil
with their droppings. The spraying pump
fails to accomplish a part of these, and the
machinery costs more than that of the
sheep when already owned. Mr. Wood-
ward states that he has an orchard that
has not been plowed for seventeen years,
pastured in this way, which is remarkably
healthy, and makes an annual average
growth of full fifteen inches on the limbs.
The leaves are dark green, and he ascribes
its good appearance and health to his over- '

stocking it with sheep. They are kept
from gnawing the bark by wire netting,
with meshes one and one-half inches in
diameter, and three or four feet wide.
All the winter-made manure is applied at
least every second year.

Poultry Points.

Prof. James W. Robinson of the Canad-
ian Department of Agriculture has sent
out a bulletin, "Pointers for Poultrymen"
which contains much that is suggestive to
poultrymen who live elsewhere than in
Canada.

Among other thingB the bulletin sayB :

Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Dorkin,
Cochin, Brahma or Indian game chickens
or crosses of these, are more easily fat-
tened than chickens of lighter breeds.
Many buye.s object to black legged
poultry.

The most profitable period for fattening
is about four weeks.

Be careful not to overfeed chickens dur-
ing the first week. Feed lightly three
times a day. Remove any feed left in
trough half an hour after feeding. Keep
the trough clean and sweet. After first
week give chickens all they will eat
regularly twice a day.

The oats must be ground very fine; oats
ground as for horse feed are not suitable.

Feeding skim milk whitens the flesh,
which is desirable.

Put a little salt in the feed.

Give water in the trough twice a day.

Give some form of grit twice a week.
Sifted gravel will do.

Feed tallow during last ten days. Be-
gin on one pound per day to seventy or
one hundred chickens, increased to one
pound to fifty or seventy chickens.

To prepare tallow. Weigh quantity re-
quired for three days, melt it and thicken
while hot with ground oats. Mix one-
sixth of this paste with the morning and
one-sixth with the evening feed.

Rub a pinch of sulphur under both the
wings and tail of the chickens to kill the
lice.

Deep a record of ground oats, and of
skim milk fed to fowls per week, and also
their gain in live weight per week.

If a chicken gets off its feed, remove it
from fattening pen for a few days, allowing
it free run.

Do not allow fowls any food thirty-six
hours before killing.

Kill chickens by bleeding in the roof
of mouth. Use care so that no outside
blemish is made.

Dry pluck at once, while the fowl is
warm. Pluck clean.

As soon as plucked, place chicken on
shaping board to give it a compact, square
shape.

When cool, wrap in clean paper, and
pack tightly in shipping case to prevent
injury from knocking about.

See that fowls, paper and cases are kept
perfectly clean.

All breeders of Shropshires should have
at hand the newly issued pamphlet of the
American Shropshire Registry Association
which contains all information necessary
for recording sheep in this registry, and
the constitution of the association, the
points of excellence of the Shropshire
breed, and a list of the members of this,
the largest pedigree register association
in the world. This valuable pamphlet
may be obtained free from Secretary Mor-
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Terrelaute Trotting and Fair Association.

Opens the Following Purses to be Decided at Its Grand Circuit Meeting.
SEPTEMBER 30TH TO OCTOBER 5TH, 1901-

No. 1— "The Wabash." for 2:20 Trotters 85.000 No. 2-"The Sidewheeler" for 2:18 Pacers 5.000

The two purses named above are nomination purses with nominations transferable up to September 9th, at which time the horses are to be named.

No. 3-Tor 2:28 Class Trotting 81,500 No- 5— For 2:25 Class Pacing 1,500

No. 4-For 2:15 Class Trotting 1,500 I No. 6— For 2:14 Class Pacing 1,500

ENTRIES CLOSE MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 1901.

Entrance fee five per cent., payable as follows : First installment of one (1) per cent, must accompany the entry, May 6th. June 17th, one (1) per cent. July 27th
ne (1) per cent. Sept. 9th. two (2) per cent.

j5l horses must be eligible to the above classes at the date of closing, Monday, May 6th, when horses must be named in purses Three (3), Four (4), Five (5) and
iix (61 Five per cent, additional from winners. All purses divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare off and return first
avment in anv purse that does not fill satisfactorily. No liability for money beyond the amount paid in, providing written notice of withdrawal be received by
he Secretary on or before any future payments fall due, but no entry can be declared out unless all arrearages are paid. American Trotting Association rules to
overn, of which this association is a member. Purse races' to complete program will be announced later. For further information and entry blanks, address,

V. P. IJAMS, President. " CHAS. R- DUFFIN, Sec'y, Terre Haute, Ind.

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ME OVERLAND RAGING ASSOCIATION

Overland Park, Denver, Colo.

5FFERS

$40,000

IN PURSES
AND SPECIALS

JUNE 15th to 29th, Inclusive.

intries Harness Races Close Wednesday, May 15th. 1901,

-PROGRAM-

SATUKDAT, JTTXE 15-

rase So. 1—3:09 Pace

Tirse So. 2— 2:14 Trot

MONDAY, JT>E 17

rase >'o. 3—2:14 Pace...

'rase Xo. 4— 2:35 Trot

500
500

500
500

ICESDAT, JTTXE 18.

'rase So. 5—2:20 Pace (Closed) S1,000

■rase So. 6— Tbxee - Year - Old Trot,

2:50 Class (Closed) 500

WEDNESDAY, JTXE 19.
"arse So. 7—2:24 Trot and Pace to

Wagon Prize (Closed).
*urse No. 8 — Three-Minute Trot and

Pace to Wagon Prize (Closed).

THURSDAY, .JTXE 20.

'rase So. 9— 2:27 Pace S 500

•rase So. 10— 2:20 Trot 500

FRIDAY, JCSE 21.
^nrse So. 11— Two - Year - Old Pace

(Closed) S 500

>urse So. 12—3:27 Trot 500

SATURDAY, JTSE 22.

Pnrse So. 14— Two - Year - Old Tr

S

ot

500
500

500

MOSDAY, JTS"E 24.

Pnrse No. 15 2:16 Pace

Pnrse No. 16—2:17 Trot

S

500
500

TUESDAY, JUSE 25.

^

500

500

WEDNESDAY, JTJSE 26.

s

500

Pnrse So. 20—2:25 Trot (Closed) . ..

,000

THURSDAY, JUSE 27.

Purse So. 21—2:40 Pace

FRIDAY, JUNE 28.

s

500
500

Purse No. 33— Three -Year -Old Pace,

2:50 Class (Closed) S

Purse. No. 24—2:22 Trot

500
500

SATURDAY, JUSE 29.

Purse So. 35 Free-for-all Pace

Purse So 36— 2:10 Trot

s

500
500

NOMINATIONS IN PURSES THAT CLOSED MARCH 1ST TRANSFERRABLE UP TO MAY I5TH-

rHE COLORADO DERB Y-Entries Close May 1, 1901

To be Run at Overland Park, Denver, Saturday, June 15, 1901.

OSE AND OSE-EIGHTH MIXES — S500 ADDED— A sweepstakes for three-year-olds (foals
if 1898). Ten dollars to nominate on or before May 1st, with $25.00 additional to start. The Associa-
ion to add SoOO.OO. of which *125.00 to second, *75.00 to third. Winners of a stake in 1901 to carry seven
ounds extra. Winners of two purse races in 1901 of any value, to carry five pounds extra. Winners
't three purse races in 1901 of any value, to carry seven pounds extra. Maidens allowed ten pounds.
Jeaten maidens in 1901 allowed twelve pounds.

There will be four or more running races each day, purses from two to five hundred dollars, with
to entrance except to money winners.

Entries for the Colorado Derby close May 1st. Entries to harness races close May 15th.
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Or, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, j

San Francisco, Cal.

May i, 1901]

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NEW OAKLEY DRIVING PARE ASSOCIATION, Cincinnati

=C3rjrsiTXc3. Oiroutt Meeting on t3a.o Hilltop Trac^
Announces the Following Early Closing Class Events for Their Meeting, to be Held

Sept 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 1901

Entries Close 'Wednesday, May 15

~—

Purse.

Purse

No. 1.

THE ZUMSTEIN, 2:30 Class, Trotting

$5,000

No.

4.

THE OAKLEY, 2:24 Class, Pacing

$3,000

No. 2.

THE GRAND HOTEL. 2:14 Class, Trotting

3,000

No.

5.

THE OHIO, 2:14 Class, Pacing

3,000

No. 3.

THE HONING HOTEL, for Three-year-olds

2,000

No

6.

THE GIBSON HOUSE, 2:09 Class, Pacing

3000

CONDITIONS — National Trotting Association Rules to govern, excepting that hopples will not be barred. Entrance 5 per cent, of purse and 5 per cent, additional from the winners of each
division of the purse. Money to be divided 50. 25. 15 and 10 per cent. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after they have declared out in writing. Forfeits will be due May 15th, June 15th,
July loth, August 15th and September 5th, In Class No. 1, $50 being due the night before the race. In Class No. 3, for three-year-olds, the payments will fall due the same as in Class No. I. In Classes
Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6, date of payment will be the same, a forfeit of $50 in each instance being due night before the race.

Class No. 1— On May 15th, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $15 will be due: June 15th, $25: July 15th, $50; August 15th, $50; September 5th. $60— $50 being due the night before the race.
Class No. 3, for three-year-olds.— On May 15th. a forfeit of $5 is due when colts must be named; June 15th, $10; July 15th, $20; August loth, $2o; September 5th, $30; $10 the night before the race. In Classes
Nos. 2, 4. 5, 6— On May 15th a forfeit of $10 will be due, when horses must be named; June 15th, $15; July 15th, $20: August 15th, $25; September 5th, $30, and $50 night before the race.

TERMS OF ENTRY— In all of the above classes more than one horse may be named as one entry, providing they are of the same stable. In cases where two or more horses have been named as one
entry, and any horse having been separated from the stable from which they were originally named, and such separation was made according to rule, they shall be eligible to start in the race, if I the
forfeits falling due after said separation have been met according to conditions upon the payment of forfeits which fell due before said separation.

For information or entry blanks address
FRANK C ZUMSTEIN, President. J. C. WOOD, Secretary, Station 0., Cincinnati, O.

NOTE— Other events of this Grand Circuit Meeting program will be announced later. Purses will compare with above and will endeavor to have them to suit our patrons.

S. TOOMEY & CO.'S.

Record Breaking

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POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN & SONS, Acts.,

Cor. Polk and Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal.

Race Record
2M6 1-2.

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6 {

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records ot 2:12 and 2:1*H respectively. Who I. It is the champim three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10^. John A. Mch.er-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Fee = $50

By Guy Wilkes 2:151,

Dam Lida W. 2:18i by Nutwood 2:181

For Sale— A Bargain.

•For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at S3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for, but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle 2:18Vi

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes 1-.1S'/.

Matinee rec(wagon) .2:09 Central Girl 2:22'/;

3-year-old race rec. . 2:12H Wilkes Direct 2:22> .

Who Is It 2:10W AlixB 2:2414

3-year-old race rec... 2: 12 Who Is She 2:2o

Georgie B 2:12M Fred Wilkes 2:26V4

Claudius 2:13W Queen C

.2:1434'

Electress 2:28ys

Daugestar

Bob Ingersoll

Irvington Boy —
Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.,C i

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HOL1 TK INS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
coDtest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year nay Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

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Pierce. San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

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lished 1876. "William Niles & Co.; Los Angeles,
Cal.

W. A. SHIPPEE, Avon. Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks. Mules
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PNEUMATIJ RUNABOUT NO. 5.

Just the thing for the Park Speedway and gen-
eral use. Handsome and first-class in every par-
ticular. Never been used. Price SloO, which
isnet cost at factory. Can be seen at this office.

BREEDER AND SP0RTSHAN,

3G Geary St.. San Eranci sco

Son of McKinney For Sale.

I have a four year bay stallion by McKinney,
first dam by Antevolo. second dam Esmeralda
(dam of Don Lowell 2:14) by Brigadier, third dam
by California Dexter, son of Whipple's Hamble-
tonian, fourth dam said to be by Copperbottom.
He will weigh between eleven and twelve hundred,
is a fair gaited, fast horse for what he has been
handled, and can step a quarter in 36 seconds on
my track, which is not much better than a road.
I have a colt from him out of the dam of Gen.
Smith 2:172£i and another out of the Venture mare,
the dam of Lochinvar 2:23%- I also have a filly
by Nutwood Wilkes out of the dam of my McKin-
ney colt. My horse Is well patronized and I can
get all the mares I want bred to him. I am get-
tinh old and would like to sell them all out. Well
bred broodmares and colts for sale.

Address SEWELI HARRIS,
Yuba City, Cal.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY AIKLIE. bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11 ££, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly. 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

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VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

Wanted, Matched Team.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At Tills Offtce.

X>r- Wm, IF*. Egan,

M. R. C. V. S„ F. E. T. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
terinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
: to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
r ectorforNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
tttportof San Francisco; Professor of Equine
,-edicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

Trotters, bays or browns, 15.2 to 15.3 hands, must
be handsome, well mated, thoroughly broken and
able to show better than a three minute gait and
a first class road team in every particular. Ad-
dress with price and particulars,

H. A. SMILEY,

Breeder and Sportsman,
fi Geary St., San Francisco.

Situation Wanted

By a married man as practical trainer, stud groom
or manager on thoroughbred stock ranch. Thor-
oughly versed in the breeding industry and well
versed in practical equine anatomy, mechanical
obstructions and medicine. Twenty-five years'
experience with the thoroughbred race horse.
Best of references. Address

TRAINER BOX,

This Office.

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[May 4, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Rufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

BOODLE 2:121-2.

Sire of Ethel Downs 2:10, Thompson 2:14 1-2 and four others.

Will stand for service at the

CORALIETOS STOCK FARM

FEE $50.

(Eight miles north of Gilroy).

Return privilege, In case mare fails to get with foal, provided we still
own the horse. Good pasturage at S3 per month. Not responsible for
accidents or escapes. Mares will receive the best of attention.
BOODLE possesses all the qualifications desirable in a stallion. Considering the number of his colts
that have been trained, no stallion has ever made a better showing as a sire. Mares may be sent tc
San Martin by S. P. K. R. Send for tabulated pedigree.

Mr. B , a prominent horseman from the East, recently remarked in hearing of a crowd o

horsemen : " X believe Boodle is destined to be a great sire of speed, but laying speed aside, his colts
with their size, style, beautiful mane and tail and toppy appearance in general, with 3-minute speed,
will sell East for more money than the little bullet-shaped cyclones such as are frequently produced
with 2:15 speed."

HOSTETTER & MONTGOMERY, Owners,

7 West Santa Clara St.. San Jose.

St. Carlo — 1901

(„ f Newminster

Hermit {seclusion
_. JMarsyas

1,11866 \ Vesuvienne

fW»«<W.«r {ISSPS-

Carina -I

l-Carita { Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two. year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and 511,650), Zamar H. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and §7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert. St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., CaL
ELECTlONEhR NUTWOOD

NEEENUT 2:12 14

Sire of XEERETTA 3:09 1-2

By Albert W. 3:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nutwood 2:18 3-4.
Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09*4 is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:lli^ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09V£. Neernut's oldest colts are coming sis
years old. He is a blood bay, 153i hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa. Ana, CaL

ZOMBRO 2:11

A Great Race Horse 1

A Grand Individual!

A Coming Great Sire!

Sired by the champion McKinney 2:llj^, dam by
Almont Lightning.

$50

Will make the season of 1901
from Feb. 1 to June 1 at the
Sacramento Race Track at

Care taken to prevent accidents but no responsi-
bility assumed. Good pasture at 55 per month.
Usual return privilege if I still own the horse.
For further particulars address

GEO. T. BECKERS.
Race Track, Sacramento.

GOSSIPER 2:141, Reg. No. 12008.

Sire of Gazelle '2:\\\i (dam of Zolock 2:10H), Miss Jessie 2:13^J, Ketchum 2:16^ (sire of Connie
2:1514), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2;10V& and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-05J*: Fereno (3) 2:10*£: Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15H',
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06i\i and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Make the Season o( 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAL.

Terms $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or escapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.50 per month.

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL, 230 Montgomery St., San Francisco.

Sreed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pec. 2:20 » * *—

SIRE OF
MUCH BETTER 2:07Ji, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08V4, DIABLO 2:09«, OWYHEE (8:11,

LITTLE EETTER2:lly, CIBOLO 2 :13^, and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, m.n

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Speed and Ability to Reproduce It.

DIABLO 2:091-4.

$50 the season.

Clipper 2 :06

Daedal ion 2:11

DIawood 2:11

Hijo del Diablo 2:11V4

SIRE OF

Tags 2:13

Inferno 2:15

El Diablo 2:16M

Gaff Topsail, 2:17%

Bazel D 2:24%

N. L. B. (2)

Imp

Bey del Diablo (3)
Athalbo 2

:21>4
:22%
:23?i
24%

Sire

CHAS. DERBY W0

Sire of

/Much Better 2:07H'

I Derby Princess.... r-08^

-^Diablo 2:09J4 ,

) Owyhee 2:11

\ and 10 more in 2:30

Dam

/Diablo 2:09^

„,-_.- I Elf 2:12H

BERTHA by Alcantara-^ Ed Lafferty 2:164

_ 1 Jav Eff Bee (year-
or I. lingrecord) 2:26<4

Dam <

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON - $40.

Good pasturage at $2.50 per month. Best of care taken but no responsibility assumed for accident
or escapes. Address

WILLIAM MURRAY, Woodland, Cal.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

■

"Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays at
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum 2:05K, Direct 2:05V£ and 46 more in 2:30.
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt.
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, CaL,

Electioneer Blood Leads!

(The Abbot 3:03}*

i Azote 2:04&

BOYDELLO 2!14

Reg. No. 26392

Sire BOYDELL 5381 by Electioneer 125. Dam FLORENCE C. 2 :30 by Durango Chief
2314. Second dam Grace P., by Prince Dictator 5953.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Alameda, Cal.

Service Fee "$25

BOYDELLO is a handsome bay stallion, with rare intelligence, fine action, good bone and iron con-
stitution, and is a sure foal getter. His first crop of foals are now three year olds and very promising
Boydello will be bred to a few approved mares, and will be raced this season For further particulars
call or address ED LaFFERTY, Manager, 1424 Sherman St., Alameda, Cal

SECRETARY asszs

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13^4, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17J4, Auditor 2:19V£ and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track.

Rose Dale

STOCK FARM

Home of

DALY 2:15

ST. WHIPS

By Whips 2:27}i by Electioneer.
AND

Washington McKinney

5 yr. old son of McKinney 2:11^.

Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co. ,Ca 1.

The farm has some good prospects for
the racing season of 1901, and roadsters
DALY 2:16. for sale.

Electioneer Leads All Stallions.'

Breed to a Son.

GROVER CLAY 2:23 1-4.

(Sire of Clay S. 2:13?i and Ira 2:16M)

Sired bv Electioneer, greatest of sires. 1st dam, Maggie Norfolk by Norfolk (thor.) 2d dam,
Tilda Quill by Billy Cheatem (thor.) 3d dam by Golddust 150, sire of Lucille Golddust 2:16j^, Fleety
Golddust 2:20, Indicator 2:23*i, and others.

GROVER CLAY will make the season of 1901. from March 1st to June 1st, at

DENNIS GANNON'S STABLE, between Park Avenue and 45 Street,

(Near Race Track, Emeryville.)
FEE FOR THE SEASON - $25.

Payable at time of service.

No responsibility for accidents.
For further particulars address

D. GANNON, Manager,

Emeryville, Cal.

May 4, 1901]

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Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2111 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno(3)
2:10M; by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

McKINNEY 2:11^-

sire of

Coney

Jennie Mac 2;

Hazel Kinney 2;

Zolock 2:

Zombro 2:

You Bet 2:

McZeus 2:

Dr. Book 2:

Osito 2:

Juliet D 2:

McBriar 2:

Harvey Mac 2:

Geo. W. McKinney — 2:

McNally 2;

Monica 2:

and 15 more in 2:30

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A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in tlw stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKmneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 <Witn "smi return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. q fl DURFEE

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

2he Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08H, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11'^, Arlene Wilkes 2:11^, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16#, Sunbeam 2:16^. Sybil S.
2:16%, Saville 2:17Y2, Grand George 3:18hf,
J. F. Hanson 2:I9Vf , and 12 more iu 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road, y» mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $-10

Good'Pasturage at .$4 per month. Best:,of care!taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. jYo wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,
Telephone: Suburban 541. Santa Clara, c«i.

Breed to Monterey 2:091. No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion ofj California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19%, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
i:0oH, Monterey 2:09^ and Dr. Leek 2:09&— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16& and Monterey 2:09!^, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10%, Monterey 2:091-4;, Galette 2:13, Dr. Spellman 2:13K-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19J4 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^;, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03J4 to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06^ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crooker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high." TERM^ «50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
In foal. Good pasturage at 83 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents orescapes. Mares
ian be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

FIFTH ANNUAL

DOG SHOW

OF THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAT 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 1901.

Judges: HENRY JARRETT, of Philadelphia; J. J. LYNN, of Port Huron, Mich, and
JOHN BRADSHAW, of San Francisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 27TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. P. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer. - - H. D. LAXDXAW, Cashier

This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners1 Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to show your dog.

Racing! Racing!

SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 M. and
12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 and 3 P. M.. connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts: no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track inflfteen
minutes.

Returning— Trains leave the track at 4:15 and
4:45 p. Ji., and immediately after the last race.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres.
R. B. MILROY, Sec'y.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, nilpitas, Cal.

STAM B. 2:11

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2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON

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STAM" B. (33444) 3 :11# is by Stamboul 2:07H (sire of 5 trot-
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stam K is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
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JOTTINGS.

5 ssk ssi? ssl?; =^^

EULA MAC, the unbeaten filly by McKinney, has
been consigned to the Cleveland sale, and leaves
Pleasanton to-day in charge of Millard Sanders, who
intended to start on his trip last Saturday but was de-
tained owing to a delay in getting a car. Eula Mac
ought to bring a good round figure and I hope she
will. She is a good mare, was bred by a good man and
is now owned by one, and if she falls into good hands
will trot to a very low record. I never saw a three
year old with more speed than she possessed, and her
way of going is so easy and frictionless that a record
several seconds below 2:10 is in store for her so sure as
she is treated right and no accident befalls her. She
is not one of those big, strong, vigorous youngsters
that have to be pounded on the back and reefed
along to make trot, but is a natural born flyer and
impresses one with the conviction that her nervous
temperament and high rate of speed are such .that
she will be a greater one when five years old and
fully developed. Given the care and training nec-
essary to keep her sound and in good health she
ought to be a great race mare. Since her campaign
as a two year old when she started three times and
won three races, in straight heats, getting a record
of 2.-271. she has been talked of by California horse-
men as one of the looming 2:10 performers. Last
year she beat all the three year olds here and there
were some fast ones out. She never lost but one heat
in her life and that was when her sulky broke down in
a collision, and being permitted to start again won the
race. She started three times last season and closed it
with a record of 2:17}. Ever since June 30, 1900, at
Santa Rosa when in a workout, she came the last half
of a mile in 1:04, her wonderful speed has been the
cause of many predictions made of her future, and as
she is now four years old without a pimple or a blemish,
with a good head, good legs and good feet, there is
absolutely no reason why she should not fulfill all the
promise of her youth. Eula Mac was bred by the late D.
E. Knight, of Marysville, and is now the property Win.
Hogoboom, the man that broke, trained and raced hei"
He is selling her because he needs the money she is
worth and thinks Cleveland is the place to get it.
Eula Mac is by McKinney 2:11}, dam Balance All (the
dam also of Lynall 2:16) by Brigadier, son of Happy
Medium; second dam Nelly McCraeken by Billy Mc-
Cracken. She is one of the handsomest fillies in Cali-
fornia and if she reaches Cleveland all right Mr.
Sanders will show her speed on the track before the
sale. There will be no doubt in the minds of Eastern
horsemen in regard to it, after Millard has driven her
while they hold the watch.

Millard Sanders has been smashing track records
right and left up at Pleasanton. He drove Janice a
mile in 2:14 week before last as stated in these columns
and last Saturday he knocked all previous miles on the
track into ''has beens" by sending Dollie Dillon around
the oval in 2:101. last half in 1:04 and last quarter in
30j seconds. What speed that daughter of Sidney has!
She is a speed marvel, and ought to win well in her
class over East this year. I think a mark of 2:06 is
not beyifnd her reach, and it should not take her very
many months to reach it. Mr. Sanders was in town
last Tuesday and said that the rain of last week made
the Pleasanton track very nearly perfect. He also told
me that owing to a delay in regard to securing a car he
would not be able to leave Pleasanton until to-day. He
should arrive at Cleveland about five days thereafter.

Speaking of tracks and the keeping of them in con-
dition, it can be said with truth that not one race
track in ten in this State gets water enough during the
training season, and for that reason more than any
other, mauy horses are knocked out and go lame. As
a general thing the majority of California tracks are
laid out on light, loamy soal. The dry season which
prevails from May until October causes the water in
the soil to evaporate until it is dry to a depth of ten or
twelve inches. If the surface is only wet down an inch
or so by the sprinkling wagon, the track cups out
badly when a horse trots or paces fast over it. By
soaking the track to a depth of six inches or so this
can all be prevented and the footing made safe. If
- not water enough or money enough to have
the entire width of the track well wet down, put the
water on half of it. Water i- expensive in some parts
of the State, but good horses should not be en-
dangered by lack of it.

The Golden Gate Park Driving Association, which

will give its annual Memorial Day meeting this year at

the Tanforan track, is very seriously contemplating

the building of a half-mile ring with all the necessary

stands and other buildings. The location that

is being considered at present is a tract of land con
taining a little over sixteen acres near the beach, about
half way between the west end of Golden Gate Park
and the old Ocean House. It is only five or six blocks
from the electric car line that leads to the beach. The
land is a sand waste at present, but there is good
yellow clay in abundance cropping up all through the
sand and those who have examined it say there is
sufficient to cover a half dozen mile tracks. The
proposition that meets with most favor is to form a
corporation, buy the land and build a half mile track.
The entire cost of land, buildings, etc., would be less
than fifty thousand dollars and it is proposed to issue
five thousand shares of stock at ten dollars each.
Plans have been drawn for a track sixty feet in width
the entire distance, the track to lie north and south,
with a grand stand on the beach side facing east.
The location is on the line of one of the leading drives
out of the city, and would doubtless leap into instant
popularity were it built and properly managed. Pres-
ident Aitgeltinger will subscribe for one hundred
shares as a starter and others will do as well. It is
stated that the owner of one piece of property offers
to take the larger portion of the price of his land in
shares of the corporation, while a half dozen parties
stand ready to pay a good rental Ifor the club house
privilege. All that is needed to make the proposed
track a "go" is for some one to take the matter in
hand and push it along. Mr. Aitgeltinger is a very
busy man, but we believe he will find the time to
devote to it, and if he does the track will be built and
that before long.

Over eight hundred dollars was added to the treas
ury of the Woodland fair association last week by a
rather novel scheme. It seems that there was a
maid of honor to be selected from among the fair
daughters of Yolo county, to attend the court of Edith,
queen of the Sacramento carnival, which has been
such a success this week. It was decided to select the
most popular young lady by vote, and the directors of
the fair assoc'ation were put in charge of the contest.
Now the population of Yolo county is largely made up
of Kentuckians and Missourians and their descendants,
and they have very strong convictions (hereditary be-
yond any doubt) that the young ladies of that county
are as richly endowed with good looks and grace, as
their horses are with speed. There is a great diversity
of opinion, however, as to which of the many young
ladies in the county is the most popular, and it was on
this condition of affairs that the association founded
its scheme. Knowing the gallantry of the men and
the long-wished-for desire of some of the fair sex to
exercise the ballot it announced that the cost of cast-
ing one vote in this contest would be five cents and
that no one would be barred on account of race, color,
sex or previous condition of servitude, and anyone
could vote as many times as he or she was willing to
pay five cents for the privilege. Several candidates
were placed in the field and the contest waged for days.
When the hour of closing the polls arrived it was
found that over twenty thousand ballots had been cast
and that a thousand dollars was on hand. One hun-
dred and fifty dollars were expended on a robe for the
young lady who won the contest and the rest was put
to the credit of the fair association whose fair and race
meeting mil be one of the best held in California
this year. _

Secretary Thomas tells me that .the Woodland as-
sociation would have announced its race program ere
this, but is awaiting an opinion from the Attorney
General of the State as to whether, now that the
Legislature has added Sacramento county to District
No. 40, it will be necessary to reorganize and have the
Governor appoint new directors. As soon as this
opinion is given it will be acted upon, and a program
announced immediately thereafter. Secretary Thomas
says that there will be purses ranging from $750 down
to $500 and that all classes will be provided for. The
slow or green classes will be given good purses and
the association will make an effort to get the fastest
pacing and trotting horses in the State to enter and
race at Woodland. The meeting will be the week pre-
ceding the State Fair.

Every time one visits a training track complaints
are heard about sulky tires wearing out, and there
will be opinions expressed of the various makes of
tires, each trainer having his ideas as|to which particu-
lar brand is the most faulty in construction. Few will
be praised, but on the other hand there is pretty sure
to be a general condemnation of all makes. A few
trainers know the principal cause of tires wearing out
rapidly and it is these few who do not condemn them
but have their sulky wheels lined up so that the wear
is avoided. If a wheel runs true almost any of the
standard makes of tires will last a long time, but if not
they wear so fast that one of the big items in the
trainer's monthly expenses is new tires or repairs. It
does not take much of a strain to throw the wheels of
a bike out of line, and many that are true before being

hitched to a horse are thrown out by the points of the
shafts being drawn together by the belly band;. A~
veteran trainer of this city who had paid for two sets
of tires within two weeks and who swore he would not
have any more of the same brand at any price, was
induced by Kenney the bikeman to permit him to put
on a new pair of the despised brand with a guarantee
that he need not pay for them unless they lasted a
year. Kenney lined up the wheels so they would run
true, and explained the cause of the trouble to the
trainer. That pair of tires lasted for five years and
saw plenty of hard usage during that time. Trainers
can save a lot of money each year by keeping the
wheels of their bikes so that they will run upright and
true.

The Los Angeles Driving Club was to have had a
matinee yesterday, report of which will not reach here
until to-morrow or next day. From the program pub-
lished it should be one of the most interesting meetings
ever given by that popular club. In one of the races
George W. Ford was to start his stallion Neernut
2:12S and M. M. Potter's mare Sweet Marie by Mc-
Kinney was named in the same race. Sweet Marie has
worked a mile in 2:15 this spring. In another race, a
free for all pace, the fast mares Nellie, Electa, Floretta
Belle and Primrose will meet.

A carload of good ones left Oakland on Thursday of
this week for Cincinnati, where they will work at the
Oakley track until the Grand Circuit opens, on which
all are well entered. There- was The Roman 2:18| in
charge of Budd Doble, Phoebe Childers 2:10J in charge
of Grant Lapham, Rey Direct 2:10 and Bob Ingersoll
2:14J under the care of Wm. Cecil and Little Thorne
2:07}, Goshen Jim 2:10}, the green pacers Rajah by
Chas. Derby and Thornway by Steinway, and the
green trotting mare, Algonetta by Eros out of a mare
bv Algona are in James Thompson's charge. There
were nine horses all told in the car and as they are a
high class lot, they should be able to win their share
of the money. The Roman will go into Dick Benson's
string at Cincinnati, and it is probable that Mr. Doble
will be up behind him when he starts. Phoebe Childers
is expected to be a good mare in her class, and the
class will be a very warm one. Rey Direct will lower
his record and Bob Ingersoll ought to prove to the
Easterners that he is a 2:10 trotter before the season
is over. Thompson's string all look well and have been
working fully up to expectation at Pleasanton. Little
Thorne is the only one that is not engaged thus far,
he being in the 2:08 class, races for which have not yet
been advertised, but will be later on.

John Blue, Dr. Boucher, B. O. Van Bokkelen and
W. G. Durfee are yet to start East with their strings
and all will go to Denver. Blue has five horses in his
string, Dr. Boucher but one (Harry Logan, the four
year old son of Miss Logan 2:06i) and Van Bokkelen
has but three or four. Durfee has a half dozen. These
strings will all go Denver and as racing does not begin
there until June 15th, they have plenty of time to
reach the mountain town and will probably not get
away from here much before the first of next month.

Now that the Breeders Association has advertised its
preliminary purses (six of them of $1000 each) horse,
men will begin training in earnest for the California
circuit. With the Breeders, the State Fair and Los
Angeles offering purses of this size, and two or three
other associations giving purses ranging from $300 to
$750, a winner can earn quite a sum this year in Cali-
fornia. It would be quite a benefit to the harness
horse industry if the smaller district associations, like
the ones at Ukiah, Redding, Red Bluff, Chico, Willows,
Colusa, Concord, Hollister, Salinas and others would
arrange three-day meetings with purses from S200 to
$500 for trotters and pacers. There is not one of them
but could fill from six to nine races with sufficient en-
tries to almost pay the purses.

Horses Working at Stockton.

There are quite a number of horses working at the
Stockton track at present.

Dr. Stimpson has located here and is training Koh-
lan King. He intends to give him a low mark this
year.

Charley Helm has a good green filly by Derby Ash
that is stepping quarters in— 33 and 34 seconds very
handy at the pace.

Emmett Dolan has three runners working here, all
likely looking racers.

C. J. Harkins is working a good green pacer by a
son of Dexter Prince.

I have Delphi 2:12} and Toppy by Delphi, dam full
sister to Aster 2:12 that I intend to race if classes are
given for them. I also have a fine three year old filly
by Silver Bow that I am working for J.*K. Wagner,
and Kate H. 2:25 belonging to B. J. Pope.

I have W. Gannon working the track and I have
never seen the Stockton course in as good shape as
now. We charge no stall rent, but everything is free.
Yours, C, WgiTEHSAD.

May 11, 1901]

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A Speedy Lot.

Los Angeles, Cal., May 3, 1901.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman: — I have just
shipped to an eastern party (a Pennsylvanian)two very
promising young horses, five years old, by McKinney
dams by State of Maine, one a solid black, except a
star in forehead, 15.2} hands high, the other a bay 16
hand3 high, with a few white hairs in forehead. The
latter is a pacer. Both have stepped my five-eighths
mile track better than 2:20, the pacer considerably be-
low that mark. Neither of them has had much work;
were well-broken at two years old and then turned out
and let run until about one year ago. Since then they
have been handled, off and on, until the present time,
just enough to break them thoroughly and get well-
established gaits. They never have been fed with
grain until within the last two months, since which
they have been asked to step along some, with the re-
sult as above stated.

The black one I named Judge McKinney, because of
his great, noble-looking head and wise-looking eyes, as
mild as a maiden's except when aroused by a contest of
speed, when they flash like a brilliant, indicative of de-
termination and a will that admits of no defeat. He
is a pure, square-gaited trotter, without a flaw, each
step in perfect time with the other; a gait that will
train on, it only being a question of making each
movement a little faster. In other words, more steam:
the machinery is alt right for a high rate of speed.
2:10 will not stop him.

The pacer never was honored with a name. He is a
high-headed, grand looking horse, with a fine, smooth,
regular stride, can trot a 2:40 clip, and glide from that
into a 2:10 pace, seemingly without an effort. It is the
prettiest performance I ever saw. Like the "Judge" he
will train on, and on account of his grand style and
pleasant driving qualities, will make an ideal gentle-
man's matinee horse. Of these two horses I predict, if
they fall into the hands of a good trainer (and I am
assured by their purchaser that he intends they shall)
they will add new lustre to the already famous speed-
producer, McKinney 2:ll-f, who in my judgment, stands
head and shoulders above all other stallions in that
important qualification.

I have excellent grounds for the above assertion in
my own stable, which, a few months ago, contained
six by McKinney, including George W. McKinney,
record 2:14J, and five other green ones — one a five year
old and four four year olds. The five year old stepped
a quarter in 3-U seconds, and three of the four year
olds a quarter in 35 seconds, being four out of a possi-
ble five, all green ones that could show a 2:20 gait or
better, which, in my judgment, is sufficient evidence to
make a case.

George W. McKinney is making a season at Hueneme,
in charge of Mr. Henry Delaney. He went there about
March 1st, and up to date has on his book forty mares:
had he gone there earlier would have made a great
season, and will yet add a few mares to his present
engagements.

Have not decided vet whether he will go through
the California Circuit this year or not, but am of the
opinion now that he will. E. L. Mayberry.

News From the North.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Dr. Powell Reeves is having Diodine, Guycesca,
Tennysonian and Floxie D. trained over a half mile
track on his farm.

Spokane is still figuring on a spring meeting to
catch the horses going to Montana from California and
Oregon points. About June 17th will be the date.

Dr. L. P. Holbrook, recently from Mount Vernon,
Ohio has bought 735 acres of land in Thurston county,
Wash., and will stock it w'.th fine stock for a breeding
farm.

Hank Long came down with a car load of trotting
bred horses from W. L. Whitmore's May view farm
last week. Most of these horses were well bred, being
brothers, sisters, cousins, uncles and aunts of some of
our noted track horses.

Lady Grey, the dam of Caryle Came 2:11], has a fine
filly foal by side, this spring, sired by Guycesca 2:26, a
son of Guy Wilkes and Francisca, the dam of I Direct
2:12J, Sable Frances 2:15£. This high bred little miss
is owned by Dr. Powell Reeves, of Seattle, which he
has named Lady Frances

Wm. Frazier has placed his pacing stallion Mac Gose
by Antrim, out of the dam of Bill Frazier 2:14, in J.
W. TUden's stable to be trained for the races. Mac
Gose is one of the handsomest stallions to be seen any-
where, and carried off the blue ribbon at the Oregon
State Fair last year in the standard bred class.

The Whatcom, county, Wash., Agricultural Associa-
tion has been organized with a capital stock of $10,000.
Simon McLeod is President, R. L. Klein Secretary,
T. W. Gillette, Geo. Spiers, Geo. W. Loggie. W. R.
Moultray and L. P. White Directors. Fair grounds
have been purchased, a good half-mile track is being
built, exhibition buildings are being erected and a
county fair will be held Sept. 17th to 21st, inclusive.

Was Too Careless.

Wm. Dagler, a well known horseman of Rushville,
Ind., was seriously injured a few days ago by a stallion
he was leading behind a cart. He was bitten on the
face and neck, pulled to the ground and had two ribs
broken by the horse pawing him. — Exchange.

We saw a man riding in a cart and leading two
stallions the other day. The stallions were kept apart
by a loner iron rod like the jockey bars used on the
leaders of a mule team, while a pole kept them back
from the cart. They could neither reach the driver
nor each other.

Are Early Closing Stakes Unprofitable?
The unprecedented large entry Usts which the east-
ern early closing stakes have received has caused much
comment among horsemen, and while many look upon
them as one of the necessary features in keeping up
the interest in harness racing by providing the oppor-
tunity for horses to earn large sums of money, there
are others who believe them harmful as they lead
horsemen to incur too many liabilities and put up their
money too liberally. Palmer Clark, in a recent issue
of the Chicago Inter-Ocean says:

"The Grand Circuh secretaries are doubtless con-
gratulating themselves on their entry lists, and well
they may, for in the events already closed few will
cause their associations to go down into their pockets
to make up a deficit. But it is a question if horsemen
generally should share in the congratulations that are
being showered on these enterprising secretaries, when
it is remembered that they are the ones that are foot-
ing the bills. I have never considered early closing
events oulside of the regular breeders' futurities of
value to anybody save the association that announces
them. The horsemen put up their money months
ahead, which the associations in the meantime have
the use of, and the nominator takes all the risk of his
horse during the season taking sick, going lame or
meeting with any other misfortune that prevents him
finally from going to the scratch."

The argument that the horsemen take all the risk is
one that is made every time a purse or stake fills with
a big list of entries, but it will not stand frhe light of
the whole truth. Every association in the East that
offered a list of early closing stakes this year took a
chance at giving its meeting at a loss. Because the
Secretaries worked hard and the horsemen entered
liberally (so liberally, in fact, that the entrance money
will more than pay the purses) it does not disprove the
fact that the chances were taken. To induce owners
tto spend money for training, there must be money in
sight, and had it not been for the associations of the
Grand Circuit taking a chance, a large majority of the
horses named in the events now closed would be run
ning in pasture or doing road work instead of being in
the training stables. There was a season of grand
opera here in San Francisco last winter that, it is stated,
cleared fifty thousand dollars for its manager. Few of
those who point to this fact as evidence of the vast
profits made by him, stop to think that he took the
chance of losing the same amount when he organized
his company and headed it for this city. Had two or
three of his leading singers contracted a cold or "bowed
a tendon" in the throat, the people would not have
tumbled over each other in an effort to pay five dollars
for opera seats. The astute horseman cares not
whether the purse he wins is made up of contributions
made by the public or small sums put up by those who
race against him. It is the opportunity to race and
the assurance that he will get his money if he wins
that he demands — nothing more. When an association
hangs up a lot of big purses it takes a big chance of
having to pay them out of the directors' pockets, and
in many instances this is the result. Because some
owners are injudicious and enter too liberally, piling
up bills for entrance that they cannot pay, is no reason
why early closing purses should not be given. They
make the earning capacity of a trotter or pacer greater
and thereby increase his value, and encourage the
breeding of the best, and are of value to all connected
with the business.

Will Race at Tanforan.

At a meeting of the Golden Gate Park Driving Asso
elation held at its room in the Palace Hotel last Tues-
day evening, it was decided to hold the club's annual
Memorial Day races at the Tanforan race track, the
use of which was kindly offered free of charge by Presi-
dent Thos. H. Williams, of the California Jockey Club.
In response to a letter written by Secretary Patrick of
the driving club, Mr. Williams stated that it would
not be possible to grant the use of the Oakland track)
as the jockey club would be using it for their own rac-
ing that day, but that the driving association was wel-
come to use the Tanforan track on the day in question.
The offer was accepted and the association will give
five races for purses of $100 each. Entries will close
Tuesday evening, May 21st, at the club room.

Acting upon the suggestion of Mr. T. J. Crowley, of
this city, who was present, the Golden Gate Park
Driving Association will give one race on this day ac-
cording to the new system now known as the Murray
Howe plan, in which the race is finished in three heats,
the first at a mile, the second at a mile and an eighth
and the third at a half mile. If this race fills the asso-
ciation will have the honor of giving the first race
under the new plan in the United States, and it will be
watched with a great deal of interest by horsemen in
this locality. All the other races given by the Driving
Club on Memorial Day will be mile heats, two in three

Letter From Santa Rosa.

Breeder and Sportsman: — Horse news in this,
the flower garden of California, is not as plentiful as in
some sections, but there is more interest manifested in
driving, training and breeding than for years past.

Mr. M. J. St reining has purchased the great mare
Maud P., that showed a mile in 2:11, for a road horse-
W. E. Healey is driving Philosopher 2:21 and the little
horse is faster than ever; Wm. Frazier has Dempsey
2:22 by Illustrious. This fellow is a hard one for any
horse to try to beat on the road; Mr. Einhorn drives
Pick, which they all think is good; R. Leppe has his
little brown Banner Wilkes by Montana Wilkes, that
some have to take their hats off to; Mr. E. Merritt
drives Nancy, a large bay mare by Daly 2:15 that looks
good enough to take to the races. She is a big, fine
road mare with speed enough to work on; Mart Rollins
has his old pet May Day by Anteeo, one of the first
sired by that horse in Sonoma county. She took sec-
ond premium among the large number of Anteeo colts
exhibited herein 1SS7 us yearlings. She is old and
tried and Matt thinks she is still good.

Mr. W. Randall from Spokane is driving a bay geld-
ing over our roads that can show his heels to many of
the "brushy" brigade. He is out of the dam of Bonner
N. B. C. C. Belden, of the harness firm of Belden «Jc
Hehir, drives a big bay gelding that can go some; in
fact, the boys are all a little afraid to go up against
him. and well they may be if the stories they tell of his
speed are all true.

F. Yandel has a new one. Look out for him as Fred
says he is coming fast.

W. J. Swank has a pair that will make the natives
stare when he gets them hitched. They were sired by
J. J., a son of Hero, he by Director. They are bays
and good lookers, but Bill is alone as he has no com-
petition.

Dr. William Finlaw drives a big fine brown gelding
by Daly, dam by Steinway. He is a full brother to
Favor 2:20.}, and a big fine looking fellow. Rumor has
it that he can go down tbe pike with any of them. Mr.
B. Prince has a bay mare by Count Anteeo that suits
him, so be must be pretty good.

And the ladies drive some up here at Santa Rosa.
Mrs. Finlaw is n<>t afraid to take a brush with her bay
Demosthenes and sbe can handle the reins to suit the
most fastidious. " Mrs. Hogoboom has one by Wald-
stein that looks like a good one, and Miss Bess Riley
showed a road driver the other day how her black by
Anteeo could give him the dust.

There are several horses in training here and talk of
a fair and race meeting to be given this year by the
Agricultural Association. Occasional.

Training Cripples.

Every year, one or more horses supposed to be
cripples are put in training, and tbe public is greatly
interested in how the experiment will turn out, writes
Raymond in the ll<>rsr World. This year the two
horses of that class most talked about are The Monk
2:08] and Georgena 2:07,}. Several good judges, includ-
Ed. Geers, who formerly trained The Monk, think he
will train into form to race, and it is evident that his
owner holds that view, or he would not make the
attempt. A trainer of long experience, who was speak,
ing recently on the subject of training cripples, holds
to the view that the experienced trainer and faithful
groom are the factors of success when a cripple is asked
to race. He said: ''It is all very well for owners to
believe a veterinary can put their horses in condition
to race, but while 'vets' are all very well in their way
when a horse needs firing, yet it is tbe intelligent
trainer of long experience and the faithful groom who
help to do the needful for bad feet or weak, groggy
legs, that bring tbe broken-down horse to a race, if at
all. It has been a somewhat costly experience for me
to prove the truth of my conclusions, but I've proven
them to my own satisfaction in the eases which I
have had.

In one instance a trotting mare in my stable had a
very bad ankle forward and her cords were knotty. I
got them right enough to race 'without the aid' of a
'vet,' better tban ever she raced before, as sbe earned
a record of 2:09£ that season. The next year she was
given to another trainer, who had not the experience
with cripples that many of us old trainers had. The
result was that she never got to a race with him, nor
has she since. " While this will not be concurred in by
the veterinarians, the average owner of experience will
trust more to the skill of an experienced trainer and a
careful groom, when it comes to fixing up a "dickey"
leg to race, than to the remedies of a "vet," not on
account of any lack of skill upon the part of the veter-
inarian, but because the trainer knows more fully what
a horse has got to stand, to take a racing preparation,
and is with him all the while, watching him constantly
and giving him his work in proportion as to his condi-
tion of the suspicious leg. There are certain well
known forms of unsoundness, which a veterinarian
should certainly be called upon to treat, but when it
comes to nursing a "dickey" leg and preparing its
possessor for a campaign, the average trainer of ex-
perience is the man who will be most likely to succeed.

Pittsburg, Pa., March 27, 1901.

Mr. W. F. Young, Springfield, Mass.

Dear Sir—About the first of March I wrote you concerning a lump
on my horse's knee that I was trying to remove with your Absor-
bine. Upon receipt of your reply I used your medicine as directed
and am pleased to state that in two weeks time the lump was en-
tirely gone. I feel satisfied now that your medicine will do all you
claim for it. Some of my neighbors noticed the condition of'my
horse and they are dow using it on snme of theirs for similar
troubles. I never lost a day's use of my horse while using your
remedy. Very truly yours, Henky B. Rea.

Chilian cavalry horses have been put through a re-
markable test of endurance. Twenty-one officers
mounted on their ordinary chargers rode 250 miles in
three days, covering eighty-one miles the first day,
eighty-one the second and eighty-eight the third. Tin-
route was over rough mountain roads, in some places
30o<> feet above the sea level. All the horses were bred
in Chili.

Seaside, the fast race mare by imp. Mariner, owned
by Phillip Siebenlhaler of Sacramento, foaled a fine
chestnut filly by Nephew on the 1st of April last. '
Nephew is a son of Springbok, out of The Neice by
Alarm.

f&he glxeeitev cmfc &p#vt&xnan

[May 11, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

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San Francisco, Saturday, May n, iooi.
Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

■■ " July 1-2

•< Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -. Sept, 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. l-o

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT i July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug, 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19 to 24

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 2 1

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BTSHOP, Cal -September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

EDUCATOR M. Henry, Haywards

GROVER CLAY 2:23^ Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

GOSSIPER 2:14% S. T. Coram, Newark

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:115< C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09)i P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16/. Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:11 a Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakevllle

STAM B. 2:11^ Tuttle Bros., Rocktin

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

HACKNEYS

GREEN'S RUFUS TheBaywood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell. Portola

SIX ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR PURSES are
pretty good for a starter, and owners and trainers
of trotters and pacers will be pleased when they read
in this issue of the Breeder and Sportsman the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association's
preliminary announcement of these rich stakes. No
partiality has been shown the gaits, but three classes
are offered for each. While the date or place for the
meeting are not definitely fixed the assurance is given
that the latter part of July will be the time and a track
within one hundred miles of San Francisco the loca-
tion. As before stated in these columns three or four
tracks are bidding for the meeting, Sacramento,
Vallejo and San Jose being the most energetic in the
matter. The date and place will be determined and
announced by June 1st, which is two full weeks prior
to the date of closing, and this will give every owner
plenty of time to ponder over the question before he
fills out his entry blanks. As soon as entries close for
these stakes a list of purses will be made out for other
classes and there will be an earnest effort made to pro-
vide such purses and classes as will please the majority
of horsemen and give all a chance to win something.
With this preliminary announcement by the Breeders
Association it can now be authoritatively stated that
there will not be less than seven weeks of good racing
in California this summer, even though not another
association enters the field beside those that have
already made announcements. The Breeders will
give one week sure and possibly more; Wood-
land will give a week, the State Fair two weeks,
Stockton one week and Los Angeles two weeks.
At all these meetings the purses for trotters and
pacers will be as generous as it is possible to
make them, the range being from $500 to $1000
and over. There will be other meetings besides those

mentioned, but were they the only ones, it would still
be the longest circuit of races for the largest purses
given in any State of the population of California, As
the Breeders will open the campaign, it is desirous for
the good of the harness horse industry that a good list
of entries be made, so as to encourage other associa-
tions to fall in line, and it is to be hoped that there
will be a general response from every trainer and
owner in California. Many of the best and fastest
horses owned in the State have gone or are going
East to compete on the Grand Circuit against the best
and the fastest that the whole country can produce.
While they are engaged there, those that remain at
home should not be kept idle, but should be getting
the racing experience here that will stand them in
hand should they develop speed enough to be con-
sidered Grand Circuit material. This is the year above
all others that horsemen who are engaged in breeding,
or who own or train trotters or pacers should unite to
make every meeting given on this Coast a success.
There is a demand for good horses that cannot be sup-
plied. The buyers want speed and good looks, but
while the latter qualification is plain to the eye, the
former must be made so to bring the money. When a
buyer looks at a horse now it is a case of "show me"
his speed if a green one. If he has a record and is
sound, it is taken for granted that he is equal to it again*
The place to give a horse a reputation is in a race,
and if one will stop to consider for a moment the values
that were made by the California Circuit last year,
he will be compelled to admit our local racing i6 a paying
proposition to horse owners and breeders. Had it no*
been for our circuit The Roman would not have been
developed and sold for $5000. Zolock 2:10$ raced and
got his record on this circuit and his owner refused
$7000 for him recently. These are but a few of many
instances where big values were made by the Breeders!
the State Agricultural Society and the District Fairs
giving race meetings, and they are worth to the State
and to the horse breeders particularly much more than
they cost. The Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders
Association kept the spark of interest alive when the
years of business depression almost extinguished it.
It has distributed many thousands of dollars to owners
in excess of the amounts they have paid in entrance
fees and dues. Its officers have worked hard to make
its meetings successful and it has paid its purses
promptly on every occasion. No association in Amer-
ica has given better or more honest racing, and it has
always had the confidence of the horsemen and the
public. Its meeting this year is worthy the support
of every person connected with the harness horse
industry and it is due the association that the six
purses of $1000 each, entries to which will close June
15th, receive the largest list of entries in the history
of the organization.

THE BIG PRICES which all classes of horses con-
tinue to bring at public auction sales can not be
but pleasing to the breeders. Not only are fast trotters
and pacers bringing twice as much money as they were
two years ago, but the demand is way beyond the
supply and this demand is sure to increase much faster
than the slight increase in breeding will take care of.
There is no question but that prices will continue to go
upward for at least half a dozen years no matter how
much the improved condition of the market may
stimulate the breeding industry. With the increase of
wealth in this country the demand for park and coach
horses is becoming very large and as the "society
horse" is largely recruited from trotting ranks, this
also means an ever-increasing source of profit to
breeders. One of the best sales of carriage horses ever
held in this country was that at the American Horse
Exchange, New York, last week. The forty-one head
disposed of brought $71,225, an average of $1,737. Dr.
J. E. Ryder bought the highest-priced horse in the
sale, a brown animal of 15.1 hands called Happy
Thought. He paid $7,600 for this trotting bred hack-
ney, and later gave $4,705 for Norwich and Norfolk,
$4,400 for Clinton and Corinth, $2,500 for Broadway,
and $3,000 for Rock Island, making a total of $21,000
for six carriage horses. It was said that all his pur-
chasers were made for Oliver H. Belmont. Thomas
W. Lawson telegraphed an unlimited order to Mr.
Grand to buy Pembrook and Pemberton, superb pair
of cobby built bays. Andrew Miller bid $6,750 for this
pair, but they went to Mr. Lawson for $7,000. Daniel
G. Reed paid $4,500 for Bremen and Brunswick, and
$4,300 for Impression and Imperious, four grand look-
ing big horses that have been driven together as a
four-in-hand team. W. B. Leeds bought a pair of
chestnut geldings for $5,650, and odd single horse for
$3,225. The trotting-bred horse is more than holding
his own against the hackney in the high-acting classes
at the horse shows and his greater speed and endurance
make his superiority still more marked in actual work
on the road. The future looks very bright indeed for
the breeders of light harness horses and those who
have held on during the hard times, happily now
passed, will if they conduct their business intelligently,
find a ready market for their stock at paying prices.
— Boston Courier.

THE STANFORD STAKE OF 1903 is advertised
by the State Agricultural Society to close June
1st this year. It is for trotting foals of 1900, now year-
lings, and the entrance is $50, of which $5 must accom-
pany nomination June 1st, and the balance made in
various payments at intervals. The race will be mile
heats, three in five. The Stanford "Stake is one of the
stakes in which every owner should have one or
more entries. An entry not only puts the colt in line for
a chance to win, but it adds materially to the value of
*he animal should it be offered for sale. This stake
was won by The Roman last year and was worth $765.
This year this stake will be worth at least twice as
much, as the entries were more numerous, and the
probabilities are that it will be won by a colt that will
not have to beat 2:20. As the stake closes when the
colts are yearlings, owners take fewer chances of acci-
dents happening the youngsters than when they are
entered at foaling time. Every owner of a trotting
bred yearling in California should name it in this stake
June 1st.

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, will be the place of a great
trotting meeting this year in the last part of
October. The magnificent new track being built by
the Memphis Trotting Association of which Murray
Eowe is the Secretary, is nearly completed and is the
latest and best of the many race tracks built by Seth
Griffin, the chief of all track builders. There are five
stakes of $3000 advertised to close June 1st, and these
are but a starter for a big program of purses to be
offered later on. Of these stakes the 2:14 trot and the
2:20 pace are to be raced under the already famous
Memphis system which is an invention of Mr. Howe.
As this system has been exploited in all the turf papers
the horsemen have a pretty fair understanding of it,
and it will only remain for it to be tiled in an actual
race if the owners will enter in these races. We call
the attention of all our readers to the advertisement in
this issue in which the plan is fully set forth and ask
the Californians who race East to enter in these purses
if they have horses that are eligible.

yHE DATE OF CLOSING of the six big purses
1 offered by the New Oakley Driving Park Associa-
tion and advertised in this paper, has been changed
from May 15th to May 31st. The meeting will be held
in September on the famous Oakley track at Cincin-
nati, whence a carload of crack campaigners from
California left on Thursday last. The track at Oakley
is one of the best in the world and is magnificently
fitted up. The six purses advertised are the 2:30 class
trot, $5000, the 2:14 trot, $3000, and a three year old
trot, $2000. Then there are three purses of $3000 each
for 2:24, 2:14 and 2:09 pacers. There will be a couple
more carloads leave California soon for the Eastern
Grand Circuit, and the New Oakley Driving Park
Association should receive a large number of entries
from among them. Remember that the date of closing
has been changed from May loth to Friday, May 31st.

A GOOD SULKY is necessary when the bell taps
** for the race. If a horse is hitched to a bike that
does not fit him, runs hard or is faulty in construction
he is handicapped and many a race has been lost by
reason thereof. The McMurray sulkies and carts have
all the good points and when Kenney the bikeman,
who is agent for them out here, fits one to your horse,
it will not he the fault of the sulky if the' horse does
not win. Read the ad in this issue.

BOISE, IDAHO, will give six days of racing in Sep-
tember, and has offered ten thousand dollars in
purses. Provision is made for both runners and har-
ness horses and there are three specials of $1000 each
for 2:20 trotters, 2:15 pacers and runners to go a mile
and a quarter. Entries will close June 1st. If you are
going to Denver and Montana, enter at Boise. See
ad\ertisement.

THE NEXT SESSION of the San Francisco
Veterinary College begins in this city June 10th.
Catalogues will be sent on application to M. L. Pan-
coast, Secretary, 510 Golden Gate avenue. See adver-
tisement.

The California bred pacer You Bet 2:12.1 by McKin-
ney, that was quite a good three year old when first
brought over the mountains three years ago by P. W.
Hodges, is now the property of Channey Sumner, of
Galena, Kan. The sexless son of McKinney will be
campaigned this season through the Western Circuit
by Frank Ervin, who now has him in his stable at
Kansas City, Mo. It was Frank Ervin w ho campaigned
Don 2:07^ for Mr. Sumner two years ago. Ervin has
at the Kansas City track the following other record
horses: Riley B. 2:06'h who has been in his stable since
he was such a good three year old two years ago, and
the Oklahoma mare Little Squaw (3) 2:09]. Both of
these two look like sure enough 2:05 pacers this year
and he will be at a few Grand Circuit meetings with
them.

May 11, 1901]

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Death of Colonel Dickey.

Every road driver in San Francisco and many else-
where will be pained to learn of the death last Monday
of Col. James R. Dickey, one of the pioneer horsemen
of this State, and for years a popular caterer to the
public at the famous road house near Golden Gate
Park known as Dickey's. The following interesting
aecount of his life, written by one who knew him inti-
mately, was published in the Call of this city last
Tuesday :

Colonel Dickey has been a familiar figure to two gen-
erations. His life in the city, singularly enough, was
spent among the sandhills. From the early sixties to
the present time he was identified with theroadhouses,
patronized by the men of finance, politics and brain-
workers generally, who found temporary surcease
from business struggles in a drive to the beach, with a
breakfast or a lunch at some popular wayside place.

Born in Madison County, New York, Colonel Dickey's
youthful ambition took him to the metropolis. Two
years after he had arrived there the discovery of gold
lured him to Calisornia. It was in June, 1850, that he
arrived in this State. For ten years he brushed against
fortune and misfortune while struggling for the at-
tainment of wealth in the mines. Partial success
smiled upon his efforts, and with a small fortune, ac-
cumulated by the endurance of hardships, he came to
San Francisco determined to win.

San Francisco was at that time a seething, bristling
community. Men made money quickly, and it was
spent with a lavish hand by those who had hit the nail
of success on the head. Men of means in their leisure
hours drove to the beach over the old road which now
runs by Ingleside to the ocean. Colonel Dickey saw
the possibilities of a fortune in the establishment of a
roadhouse at the point of intersection of the road with
the beach. He built the old Ocean House, the first of
its kind on this Coast. Millionaires made this place
famous in the old days. Within its four walls at one
time or another the bonanza kings, the speculators
and the gay, strong men of the early days supped and
drank in effervescing wine to a life that was full of ex-
citement and struggle. Colonel Dickey's cuisine and
wines became famous.

His patrons were all men of endeavor. Many of them
owned horses of speed and blood. Colonel Dickey
himself was an admirer of horseflesh. After a few
years of this life he conceived the idea of building a
racetrack in the vicinity of his road resort. Close to
the Ingleside track of today he constructed a half-mile
racecourse. It was on this track that the famous
Norfolk and Lodi met, the first race of acknowledged
thoroughbreds in the far West.

A defect in title drove Colonel Dickey away from the
old Ocean House in 1865. ColoDel Dickey moved to
Calistoga, where he conducted a hotel adjoining the
springs. This proved but a slow, uncongenial venture
and his return to San Francisco followed hard upon his
departure from the dunes, winds and fogs. With Ned
Bennett he started the Turf House, situated upon the
northern side of the peninsula, a new road to the
beach. His next move took him to the old half-mile
track, about a mile from the Cliff House. From 1869
to 1874 this was his habitation, and the name of
Dickey became once more a byword to the old-timers.
Colonel Dickey, in company with Harris R. Covey,
J. N. Killip and Charles M. Chase, built the Bay Dis-
trict race course in 1874. It was by all odds the finest
racing grounds which had been constructed in Califor-
nia up to that time, and not many in the United States
were nearly its equal. The Ocean View track, on
which of the first of the $20,000 purses, heats of four
miles, running, were run, had become sadly delapidated,
and that at its best was far from being suitable for a
metropolitan racing ground.

A half-mile track on the Point Lobos road was the
only harness racing place on this side of the bay, and
while the track at Oakland was gocd in itself the
appointments were inferior. The trip across the bay
was a great drawback, and the Treat track, where
Occident and Lucy trotted, was still further out of the
way and subject to the same objections.

A great many of the wealthy men of San Francisco
in those days were lond of driving, but the Point Lobos
road was the only ground on which that taste could be
gratified, and the road houses along1 the route were
not very satisfactory.

The projectors of the Bay District were well aware

that a really first class place would bring liberal suc-

! ceES, and planned accordingly. The track was expen-

[ sive to construct among the sand hills, where deep cuts

I and corresponding fills had to be made. Quite a hill

inside the limits had to be cut down in order not to

obstruct the view. Hundreds of Chinamen moving

i the hill into low places was a queer sight to visitors

lately arrived from the East. The top coating to cover

I the sand had to be hauled from a distance, and when

| course, grand stand, club house, hotel and stables were

completed a large sum was invested. The estimate

i that the wealthy people of San Francisco would aid

I the enterprise was based on good grounds. A club

I was organized with a membership fee of $500, and more

than a hundred signed the roll.

Colonel Dickey was a potent element in securing
j members. His capacity as a caterer was of the high-
! est order. Urbane and accomplished in the art of
I pleasing, an old-time resident of California and ac-
quainted with nearly all the prominent men of the
j State, his department of the partnership — hotel and
club house — was conducted in the best manner. His
associates were capable and the place was thronged
with visitors from the day of the opening.

Safe to say the Bay District Association contained
more very wealthy men than any other company of a
I like character in this country. It was the very first
ulub in the United States to place all the officers on
the salary list Permanent judge, secretary, superin-
tendent, clerk of the course, etc., were paid liberally
and the money was allowed for purses and premiums
on a generous scale. With the exception of the first
of the series at Ocean View, all the big $20,000 and
$30,000 purses, heats of four miles, were seen on the

Bay District, and the largest purses and stakes for
trotters in California were decided on that track.

Colonel Dickey was the only one connected with the
Bay District from the day of the opening until it was
closed and was the last survivor, though the oldest of
the partners.

With the death of Colonel Dickey the last of the "old
roadsters" have passed away. In the prime of his
days Dickey's name stood for many things and its very
sound awakens in the minds of the old millionaires
memories of dinners and entertainments which cost
thousands of dollars. It is said that on special occasions
when the drivers of trotters had gathered at the
old Bay District Dickey's sheds covered $150,000 in
horseflesh, while the owners on the inside made merry
with the fleeting hours. There is no more of this now.
The bicycle and the street car have popularized these
out-of-town resorts. The old-timer behind a span of
trotters making this road resort the goal of his off-
duty hours has given way to all classes carried from
town by car, wheel and every variety of horse and
vehicle.

Gathered about the table and green cloth at Dickey's
these men of money and politicalinfluencemetin social
spirit and congeniality. Here men eat down, lost
thousands among themselves and smilingly ordered a
dinner for the company. Nearly every regular patron
owned one or more fine horses. Differences of opinion
would arise and nothing would settle matters but a
race.

A few years ago Colonel Dickey proposed a scheme
to the Park Commissioners and it was all but con-
summated. At the end of the speed track alongside
the line of sheds he planned the erection of a park
resort. This was to be his last venture. His own
money was offered for the building of a handsome
casino, of which he was to be absolute proprietor. The
hitch came in a legal technicality — some State law
antedating the charter — which placed the ban upon
the sale of liquors in the park.

Recently Colonel Dickey was called before the Police
Commissioners to show cause why his rooms in this his
last resort should not have their walls lowered in ac-
cordance with police regulations. He appeared and
said: "Gentlemen, my place was built for gentlemen
and for ladies escorted oy gentlemen. If you tear
down the walls the roofs and sides will fall in and
rather than this should happen I will close my doors."
Some of the Police Commissioners visited Dickey's and
their report was such that neither the walls nor the
sides fell in.

Many a man has felt the kindness of Colonel Dickey.
He was unostentatious in his charity and whole-souled
in everything he did. During the last days of the Bay
District many an unfortunate horseman was placed
upon his feet by the ready generosity of Colonel Dickey.

A few years ago Colonel Dickey lost his wife. Since
then his health steadily failed. A trip East to his
wife's home did him no good. During his last days
one of the greatest pleasures of California's most
famous road house proprietor was to sit around with a
few of his old friends and tell the story of the past
over and over again. Running beneath the reminis-
cent gossip would be an ever-present regret that he
had outlived his wife, who had been his companion in
all his adventures.

The funeral took place Wednesday afternoon and
was largely attended. The floral tributes consisted of
twenty-five beautiful pieces and several wreaths. In
the sentiment of sympathy expressed in floral offerings
many well known citizens joined.

The officiating clergyman read the service provided
by the Book of Prayer. The Press Club Quartet, con-
sisting of Fletcher Tilton, Charles Goetting, D. M.
Warde and Charles Parent, sang "Still, Still With
Thee, " "Consolation" and "Good Night." The par-
lors where the service was held were appropriately
decked with flowers. The pallbearers were: P. B.
Quinlan, C. J. Reilley, Dr. William Bryan, Alex Me-
Cord, William Bridge, Martin O'Day, J. M. Wilkens,
Judge James Harworth, Captain Stone, Mr. Rust, E.
Gladwin and A. B. Patrick. The body was borne to
Laurel Hill Cemetery for interment.

The Natural Trotter.

The real value of blood lines and the greatest proof
of the ability to transmit speed and racing capacity is
found in the colt trotter. For many years fast horses
sprang up from more or less obscure breeding, and in
some instances from absolutely unknown ancestry. As
a consequence a few misguided men insisted that blood
lines, heredity and pedigrees were delusions, and by
citing instances of cold-blooded performers sought to
disprove the theory that like begets like or the likeness
of some ancestor, and to deride the idea tb!at breeding
was a science. It is true that during the past twenty-
five years several trotters have accomplished great
deeds in whose veins there flowed very little blood from
whence might come the trotting instinct, and even to-
day such an occurrence is not altogether uncommon.
While this can be said of the matured trotter it is not
so of the precocious colt trotter, for this distinguished
member of the trotting family is always found to have
a trotting inheritance. If there is an instance of a
very fast two year old that was not the descendant of
a trotting bred sire and dam, we have never heard of
it, and this fact alone is the greatest proof of the value
of blood lines. The colt trotter, as he has come to be
called, is the acme of scientific breeding; he is valuable
almost necessarily for two reasons; he can be raced in
colt stakes if his owner wishes, and most important of
all, he can be allowed to mature into a trotting race
horse. A fast colt is an assurance that his owner has
a trotter, for one does not have to wait through the
months of development to know that the genuine
article is there. A colt that can not trot may develop
into a trotter, while one that can trot is sure to, or if
he does not the horse is not to blame. By a colt
trotter, a natural trotter is meant, not one that after
months of gruelling succeeds in trotting a mile, but

one that from the first has speed and can brush fast
quarters without being forced. The natural trotter at
colthood should make the crack trotters at maturity,
and will do so if they are judiciously trained. The
greatest trotters in America to-day were colt trotters.
Taking, for examples the four that have been so much
discussed of late — The Abbot, Cresceus, Boralma and
Charley Herr. The former, while owned by a man
that disapproved of early training, showed extreme
speed at three, and when four trotted in 2:11}. Cres-
ceus was a mighty three year old; Boralma trotted as
a two year old in 2:17}, and Charley Herr was a fast
yearling. Directum, the mightiest trotter ever seen,
was a wonderful colt. Nancy Hanks was the sensa-
tional three year old of her year, and Peter the Great
trotted in 2:15^ at two years of age.

A fast colt, when allowed to develop and mature,
with careful training, will make a better horse than
one that has little or no speed during colthood, for
the latter has more to learn than the former. It is
not the possession of speed that prevents many of the
best colts from becoming high-class horses at maturity,
but the injudicious hammering that the trainers give
them, for many men fail to distinguish the difference
between early education and what they are pleased to
term training. The ideal colt or natural trotter to-day
would be one that could trot a quarter in thirty-five
seconds as soon as he was thoroughly broken and
taught what was|wanted of him. This would be natural
speed; and as a matter of course the colt would have to
be a gaited trotter, needing nothing in the way of
artificial appliances. Such a paragon of horseflesh
would, if allowed to develop, become a very fast ma-
tured trotter, and would be able to receive light train-
ing as a youngster without the slightest ill effects — in
fact, would thrive and develop better in every way
than if allowed to run out until he was older.

By all the laws of heredity such a condition will
surely come, and within the next few years, for while
the trotting gait is not a natural one in the sense that
a gallop is to thoroughbreds, it has been brought to
such a state Of excellence that yearlings now have as
much speed when bridle wise as they ever do.

Generations of trotting blood, when produced by
careful selections, will surely bring the trotter to at
least an approximate state of excellence. As soon as
youngsters, as the result of inheritance, trot naturally,
colt trotting will not be looked upon as injurious to the
future prospects of the animal, always provided the
trainer does not have to be taught how to train. What
is needed now as much as anything is a school for
trainers. — Kentucky Stock Farm.

A Clever Ad.

The following ad, which appeared in a Manchester,
England, paper, September 16, 1829, was recently un-
earthed by the London sporting paper, The Seferee:
SPANKER.

The property of O — D — , Saturday, the 16th of Sep-
tember next, will be sold, or set up for sale, at Skibber-
deen:

A strong, staunch, steady, sound, safe, sinewy, ser-
viceable, strapping, supple, swift, smart, sightly,
sprightly, spirited, sturdy, shining, sure-footed, sleek,
smooth, spunky, well-skinned, sized and shaped sorrel
steed, of superlative symmetry, styled Spanker: with
small star and snip, square-sided, slender-shouldered,
sharp-sighted, and steps singularly stately; free from
strain, sprain, spavin, spasms, springhalt, sciatica,
staggers, strangles, seeling, sellander, surfeit, seams,
strumous swellings, sorrances, scratches, splint, squint,
scurf, sores, scattering, shuffling, shambling-gait, or
symptoms of sickness of any sort.

He is neither stiff-mouthed, shabby-coated, sinew-
shrunk, spur-galled, saddle-backed, shell toothed, slim-
gutted, surbated, skin-scabbed, short-winded, splay-
footed or shoulder-slipped, and is sound in the sword-
point and stifle joint. He has neither, sick spleen,
sleeping-evil, set-fast, snaggle-teeth, sand-crack, sub-
cutaneous sores or shattered hoofs; nor is he scur,
sulky, surly, stubborn, or sullen in temper. Neither
shy nor skittish, slow, sluggish or stupid.

He never slips, strips, strays, stalks, starts, stops,
shakes, snivels, snuffles, snorts, stumbles or stalks in
his stall or stable, and scarcebj or seldom sweats. Has
a showy, stylish switch of the tail or stern, and a safe
set of shoes on; can feed on stubble, straw, sedge or
Scotch grass. Carries sixteen stone with surprising
speed in his stroke over a six-foot sod or stone wall.
His sire was the Sly Sobersides on a sister of Spindle-
Shanks, by Sampson, a sporting son of Sparkler, who
won the sweepstakes and subscription plate last session
at Sligo. His selling price sixty-seven pounds sixteen
shillings and sixpence sterling.

At a recent meeting of the directors of the New
England Breeders Association it was voted to hold a
horse show atReadville, next September. Duiing the
week of the breeder's meeting. The horse show which
they gave last fall was quite an expense, but was very
satisfactory to the management, and it is thought that
it can be made a profitable as well as a pleasing feature
of their annual meeting.

J. Malcolm Forbes has entered his promising young
trotter Admiral Dewey in the race for the three year
olds at Brighton Beach. The colt is a son of Bingen
2:06} and Nancy Hanks 2:04. His speed inheritance is
faster than that of any other trotter that has yet
appeared, and horsemen everywhere will watch his
performances this year with unusual interest.
♦

There has been considerable discussion in this
country and in Europe among veterinarians as to
whether curb is transmissable unsoundness. It has
been demonstrated that an injury can be transmitted,
and it is certain that constitutional unsoundness is
hereditary. It matters not then whether curb is an
injury or constitutional defect; it is transmissable. The
writer was shown several youngsters and was surprised
at the tendency to curb in every one of them. The
whole secret became plain when the stallion was
shown. — Newark Call.

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m SULKY NOTES.

Get your horses ready!

The Breeders hare announced

Sis liberal purses of $1000 each.
Entries lor the same close June loth.

Entries lor the Stanford Stake close June 1st.

Who Is It 2:10}, b.v Nutwood Wilkes, is in training
again.

TV. O. Foote will have his old standby, Rilma 2:093,
in the 2:10 classes again this season.

Walnut Hall Farm, Donerail, Ky., has bred four
daughters of Baron Wilkes to Arion 2:07j.

Palo Alto Belle 2:223 by Eleetioneer-Beautiful Bells
has a bay colt by Allerton 2:091. C. W. Williams is
the lucky owner of this mare.

The Providence association has twenty-eight nom-
inations to its $10,000 stake for 2:14 class trotters and
thirty-one for the 810,000 stake for 2:10 class pacers.

The big Memphis meeting will be held in October.
Entries for fire purses of £3000 each will close June 1st.
See the list and conditions in our advertising columns.

Mr. George H. Ketcham has sold the six months old
colt Creseeus Dire, sire Cresceus. dam Miss Wooliver,
a half-sister of Creseeus. to Mr. R. H. Plant, of Macon,
fur $5000.

From entries that have been published it looks as if
there will be more good horses raced in 1901 than for
several years.

Secretaries, now is the time to prepare for the races.
Get everything in readiness and don't forget to order
one of those Hess time announcers. They are simple
and fill the bill.

A syndicate of Canadian horsemen authorized Frank
Secor'd to bur the Chicago pacer Major Muscovite
2:071 for $10,000. The owner of the horse, Eugene
Sullivan, not only refused to dispose of the stallion at
that figure but requested Mr. Secord not to make any
more offers as he did not wish to part with his fast
pacer.

The dam of Stam B. 2:111 was bred to Zombro 2:11
last week and the dam of Zombro has been bred to
Stam B. There is reciprocity as well as good sense.
Suppose the result of these two matings is a colt and a
filly: how would it do to mate them? A tabulation of
the foal's pedigree would be a curious and interesting
study.

John Blue's three year old pacer by Diablo 2:09J out
of a mare by Alexander Button, that he purchased re-
cently, is already showing speed of a high order. He
has had but very little training and when Blue got
him two months ago was in very poor condition. How-
ever, he worked a mile in 2:2*6 the other day and a
quarter in 34 seconds.

It is reported that C. W. Lasell. of Boston, owner of
Oakhurst Stock Farm. Whitinsville, Mass., the home
of Rubinstein 2:05. Terrill S. 2:10} and other good ones,
has publicly declared that he will become a professional
driver. Mr. Lasell is also the owner of the three year
old Allerton colt Melton that he recently paid W. J.
Young, of Lexington, $5000 for.

Lord Derby 2:07 is entered in the $10,0C0 free-foi-all
purse of the New York Trotting Association. So is
Charlie Herr 2:07. It will be seen that this race is no
hippodrome affair.

Mr. C. A. Durfee's fine mare Rose McKinney, has a
lusty looking black colt by Direct 2:953. She will be
bred to Mendocino this year.

There will be six days racing at the Inter-Mountain
Fair. Boise. Idaho, September 18th to 21st. There is
$1000 for 2:20 trotters and the same amount for 2:15
pacers. Entries close June 1st.

Kenney the Bikeman sold a McMurray cart to a
gentleman at Bakersheld the other day, and when the
buyer's friends saw it they ordered a couple more.
The McMurray cart is all right.

Henry Elderd, the oldest living road driver in New
York, celebrated the anniversary of his ninety-fifty
birthday on Saturday of last week.

Lord Derby 2:07 is said to be in the pink of condition,
and many of the men who have watched Geers give
him his work at Louisville this spring look for him to
trot in 2:05 or better before next fall.

Sam Hoy's stallion Bayswater Wilkes has been bred
to about forty mares so far this year. Among them
are quite a number with fast records.

It is said that Grattan Boy 2:08 steps quarters in 32
seconds easy in his work. His admirers look for him
to have something to say when it comes to dividing
the purses for the fast class of trotters.

Lord Brilliant, the famous show horse for which Dr«
John L. Wentz recently refused $10,000, was sold at
auction in Boston some years ago for $125.

Charley Doble has taken his horses in training to
Syracuse, X. Y. In his stable are Jack D. 2:111, Perry
Vincent 2:201, Mattie Smeltz 2:271 and four or five
green ones.

John Dickerson will have charge of General B. F.
Tracy's horses this season, and will also train and
drive Lady Geraldine 2:11], winner of the Merchants
and Manufacturers' Stake at Detroit last year.

A handsome six year old mare, well bred and speedy,
is offered for sale together with a pneumatic road
buggy, a pneumatic road cart and a new harness for
$300. Can be seen at Kelly's Stable. 1029 Pine street.

According to several watches Jack Curry drove old
a half mil'.' in 1:07 on the New York speed-
way two weeks ago. The old fellow has some of his
speed left, but a naif in 1:07, if the best he could do, is
only a relic.

Superintendent John Bradburn, of Village Farm,
owns the last of £1 _ -.re Mambrino

King It is a brown filly, fouled in July, WOO, and is
out of Brilliant by Alnjont dr. 2:2>j. second dam Topaz
by Strath n.

Mr. C. E. Parks, of this city, has put his seven year
old gelding Imp 2:22! by Diablo into training again.
Imp is in the hands of Jo Corev, who has charge of
the horses that Grant Lapham has been training. Mr.
Lapham having gone East with Phoebe Childers.

James Butler has bought of Frederick T. Stein way
the black colt by Direct 2:05', that is credited with a
trial in 2:2 ar at Empire City Park. Mr. But-

ler has changed the name of the fast three year old
trotter from Josef Hoffmann to Direct Light, and has
entered him at Brighton Beach.

R. O. Newman of Visalia claims the name of My
Direct for a black colt with no marks, foaled April 28,
1901. The sire of this colt is Direct 2:053, and the dam
Daisy Basler 2:20, second dam by Pasha son of Sultan
third dam by A. W. Richmond. The colt is entered
in the Breeder's Futurity.

Mr. H. K. Devereux, of Cleveland, Ohio, has sent us
a photograph of the handsome and now historical
$1000 cup won by his champion stallion John A. Mc-
Kerron 2:10 at Read ville last year. While the photo-
graph is an excellent one it can only give a suggestion
of the great beauty of the cup, which is of an elegant
design and faultless workmanship.

During the past two or three seasons Creseeus 2:04
has finished his preparation at the Glenville track,
Cleveland, O., but it is now reported that he will
shortly be shipped to Oakley Park, Cincinnati, where
he will remain until July 4th, when he makes his first
public appearance of the season in an attempt to beat
The Abbot's wagon record of 2:053.

Dr. J. W. Madara. a former well known Kentucky
breeder of trotters, has been appointed assistant sur-
geon in the United States Army, and has received his
commission from General Miles. His orders were to
proceed at once to San Francisco and report to the
commanding officer of the Department of California,
there to be assigned to duty in the Philippines, where
he has been on a similar duty for the past two years.

John A. McKerron's breeding season is about finished
and Tanner will soon start fitting him for matinee en-
gagements. The champion to wagon has been well
and carefully wintered, he is as sound a horse as lives
and with his well-known speed and gameness he should
add much to his reputation this year. He has been
bred to fifteen high-class record mares and his pros-
pective foals should give him a good start as a sire. —
American Sportsman:

A Lexington correspondent writes: At the February
sale of Woodard & Shanklin, J. H. Thayer purchased
the yearling bay filly Tourmaline by the Bondsman,
dam" Moonstone (2) 2:28 (dam of San Mateo 2:131) by
Sultan, second dam Montana Maid by George Wilkes,
for which he paid $600. Since he took his stable to
the Louisville track Mr. Thayer has worked the filly a
little, and she has shown that she is a most promising
youngster. It is stated that Mr. Thayer has been
offered $2500 for her by Fred Gerken, of New York.

Hi Hogoboom is handling quite a string of horses
Lt Sa :i amento. He recently swapped horses with Sam
Hoy and got Monroe S. 2:20 and is getting him ready
for "the races. He is just breaking a pacer belonging
to Mr. B. W. Cavanaugh, of Sacramento, that is as
racy a looking youngster as we have seen for some
time. He is by Gossiper 2:14| out of a mare by Almont.
Patchen, and as one would suppose from that breeding,
will not stand still long enough for Hi to tell how fast
he has shown. Those who know Mr. H. may doubt
this statement, but it is a fact nevertheless.

After the racing season of 1901 is over Dariel 2:073
and Connor 2:031, wul be driven to pole in an effort to
reduce the worid's team record for pacers which is at
present 2:08, made bv Robert J. and John R. Gentry
at Glens Falls, N. Y., October 8, 1897. Alta Mc-
Donald is of the opinion that the two Rochester horses
are capable of turning the trick and local horsemen
have great faith in what he says. Both horses are
very steady and recover from breaks easily. It is
figured that if Connor can step to pole in 2:04 he can
pace Dariel to a 2:06 clip or even better.

One of the best looking green trotters we have seen
this year is a six year old bay gelding by Bayswater
Wilkes that is in Sam Hoy's string at Sacramento. He
is a trotter and a large rangy fellow with plenty of
good looks and style. He has had no work to speak of
but can march a mile inside of 2:30 and ought to be a
good horse for the green classes. His dam is Clara
Belle by Privateer.

The Kentucky Stock Farm Futurity, value $7500, for
foals of 1901, to be trotted as three year olds, has just
closed with over 750 entries, the get of over 200 stal-
lions. Allerton 2:091 leads the list with thirty-eight
eligibles, a wonderful percentage of his this year's
foals. Boreal 2:15f, the sire of Boralma 2:08, is second
to the popular son of Jay Bird, with twenty-eight to
his credit. Twenty eligibles each have Moko, Ashland
Wilkes 2:17} and Bingen 2:06}, while close behind come
Abdell 2:23, Prodigal 2:16. Baron Wilkes 2:18. Directum
2:051, Direct 2:053, Constantine 2:223, San Mateo 2:131,
Sphinx 2:203, Pilatus 2:091, Wilton 2:19}, Jay Bird
2:133 and Ponce de Leon 2:13.

Highland Baron 2:30, the fashionably bred trotting
stallion formerly at the head of the Bonner Farm stud,
is to be docked and transferred into a high stepper,
'lhe horse is now owned by Thomas W. Lawson, who
bought him at the closing out sale of the Bonner Farm
trotters last vear. Highland Baron is by Baron
Wilkes 2:18, from Irma 2:183 by Nutwood 2:18|.

Addison 2:111 is now being driven over the park
roads by Mrs. T. J. Crowley of this city. Addison, by
the record he holds, is the fastest horse ever driven
in Golden Gate Park by a lady. His kind, tractable
disposition makes him an ideal road horse, and as few
of either the trotters or pacers driven there have more
speed than he can show, his appearance in the road
brigade is in itself quite an attraction.

A. H. Miller of Buffalo, New York, has sold Agitato
2:09 to E. J. Trantor, and the son of Steinway will go
into the stable of W. B. McDonald at Jewettville to be
trained for the campaign this season. When Keating
took his fast pacer East in 1899, Agitato had a very
severe attack of distemper and was in poor condition
all last year in consequence. He has wintered well,
however," and is believed to be all right again.

J. Fred Roberts, of Denver, and George Bernard, of
Colorado Springs, have agreed to race their trotters
Trilby P. and Ima Electrite, the contest to take place
at Colorado Springs the last of next month, when the
driving club there will formally open its season. Mr.
Roberts' mare has a mark of 2:133 and Mr. Bernard's
mare is marked 2:151- As the rules of the association
prohibit races for money the loser will settle for a
spread to be given to the members of both the Denver
and Springs clubs on the evening of the day of the
race. Mr. Roberts' mare is the representative trotter
of the Denver club and Mr. Bernard's mare, which he
purchased only a short time ago, is said to be the best
stepper in the club at the Springs. Both horses will
be driven to wagon.

A fitting tribute is to be paid to the great "monarch
of the homestretch, " Robert McGregor, who has the
additional distinction of being the sire of the champion
Cresceus 2:04. George H. Ketcham of Toledo, Ohio,
has purchased a large red-granite stone, and will erect
it as a monument in his honor. Robert McGregor
died at the Ketcham farm three years ago, and the
remains of the grand old trotter are buried in a pretty
grove that will be used as a cemetery for all his de-
scendants that pass away. The monument will be
erected at an early date and will be dedicated with
appropriate exercises at the close of the racing season
the coming autumn. It will be a costly one, and will
have plenty of space on it for inscriptions of the most
noted members of the McGregor family of trotters,
consisting of the dates of foaling and death, the age of
the animals, and a record of the best performances of
each deceased member of the McGregor clan. And
still they say horsemen are devoid of sentiment.

John Splan takes the Boralma side of The Abbot-
Boralma argument. Here is what he says: "Boralma
was born great. There has never been a time since he
was two years old that he couldn't trot a part of a mile
at a 2:00 gait. He has trained on from one class to
another an£ never met a horse that could make him
race. Everything he has been asked to do he has
done, and I believe he has a chance to do more this
year than any trotter ever did. It wouldn't surprise
me to see this young horse beat The Abbot." Another
Boralma devotee is Andy McDowell, who, like Splan,
is a veteran of a hundred hard fought contests, and
who has driven to their record two faster trotters than
any other trainer in the country. And here is Andy's
prophecy: "When you find a horse that has never
been beaten, don't bet against him, especially if he has
met the class of horses Boralma has and has won the
kind of races he has won. Records don't count for
anything, but when you go to comparing records just
remember that Boralma's mark at four years old is as
fast as The Abbot's was at five. Give the chestnut
horse another year and a special preparation, such as
the other horse" had last year, and he'll make a record
as fast as anvbody's trotter."

The horseless age is gradually begigning to have a
new meaning, writes Palmer Clark. Instead of being
an age in which the noble animal had outlived its use-
fulness it is getting to be a case where his uses are ex-
ceeding his capacity to supply the demand. At no
time in the history of the harness horse have good
horses been so hard to find by a prospective buyer,
and this also applies to ordinary horses as well. One
Kentucky firm, which had contracted to furnish the
British government with officer's mounts to the num-
ber of 1000, after scouring the entire south could secure
only 150 of the grade desired at the contract price and
consequently have applied for an addition of 50 per
cent on the price agreed upon or they will relinquish
the order. The large entry lists which seem to be the
fortune of both early closing racing stakes as well as
show classes at the horse shows do not present the
anomalous situation that such conditions would ap-
parently indicate, but only .emphasize the fact that
more people of the better class are entering the field of
horsedom, both for sport and profit than ever before,
thereby enhancing values by the additional demand.
The New Orleans horse show has just opened the
circuit of Southern horse shows, which comprises
Memphis, Mobile and Birmingham, with the largest
field of entries ever recorded in the South. In the ex-
treme Northeast, on the other hand, at Montreal the
entry list was so large the management were forced to
add another day to their advertised dates to accomo-
date all the exhibitors. These conditions are indeed
gratifying to horsemen who have bravely stuck by the
horse during all the years of depression and adverse re-
port, and should forever silence praters about a
mechanical age that is to supplant with some sort of
artificial mechanism the Anglo-Saxon's inherent love
for the living epitome of his own nature — the horse.

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The American Saddle Horse.

Below will be found an address delivered by General
John B. Castleman of Louisville, en the American
saddle horse, at the National Live Stock association of
the United States, at its annual meeting- at Salt Lake
City. General Castleman is president of the American
Saddle Horse Association of America, and is a leading
authority on American saddle horses; he has done
more than any other one man, probably to make the
Kentucky gaited horse a favorite in the east and north
and speaks with authority on all matters connected
with that most attractive of all the equine race.

Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Association: In
accepting the invitation to address the National Live
Stock Association, I honor myself in the opportunity
to assure you of the united support of the interests you
have asked me to present, and the cordial greetings of
the good State of Kentucky, rather than in the hope
of being able to contribute to the enlightenment of this
great body.

In all ages people adapt their transportation to the
conditions which are presented, and gradually conform
to the desire for the increased comfort and luxury. In
new countries the horse's back transports man and
commerce, and as countries develop and roads are
made and railroads are built, the horse's back is re-
lieved by the wheeled conveyance, the horse's should,
ers perform the duties which his back has rendered,
and finally the steam engine propels commerce and
lightens the burden of man's best friend. In the trans-
portation of man and produce, the easier gait is a
necessity in most countries and at times where the
horse is primarily used, and the ambling horse has
been used in many countries for many centuries. As
cities develop and the necessity for the saddle horse is
gradually diminished, there is a corresponding diminu-
tion in the actual use for easier Igait. Adapted to the
use of mere exercise, any horse obtainable by the rider
is put in use and is called a "saddle horse.'' So in all
the world any horse used for driving is called a "road
horse," but we know the "road horse" as that horse
that has sprung chiefly from the loins of Rysdyk's
Hambletonian, the great progenitor of "road horses"
foaled in 1849, which in more than 50 years has pro-
duced a family distinctive in breed, in conformation,
and in performance, which we have come to recognize
as the "standard" or trotting horse. This horse, thus
bred and trained, is known throughout the world as
an American horse. We have in this country de-
veloped no great family of heavy horses and we have
developed no family of small horses, but nature, taste,
necessity and conservatism have combined to bring
into being that horse which all of these influences have
presented to the world as an American horse, the re-
sult of American selection and American training; and
now it is that he is carried to the Old "World for pleas-
ure sometimes, sometimes for the stud, and the strains
of the older country are grafted upon this American
production, the great horse is being propagated with a
view to building there, as we have here, the type con-
tributing to the pleasure of man.

Back beyond the "standard horse" is an American
family, antedating by ten years the foundation of the
trotting family, when there came into Fayette county,
Kentucky, a thoroughbred stallion called Denmark,
foaled in 1839, there was produced from this horse's
progeny the great family of what we know as "the
American saddle horse." The sire of this Denmark
was an imported English thoroughbred known as imp.
Hedgefo.'d, brought to America in 1825. When Den-
mark was brought to Kentucky he was bred to a fine
and easy gaited mare, and this mare produced colts
known as Gaines' Denmark and Rob Roy and Muir's
Denmark. Gaines' Denmark, bred by careful selection,
produced great stallions, and by continued adherence
to type, came the family as distinctive in conformation
and manner and gait as is the "standard horse,', differ-
ing somewhat from other horses, finer than any and
more useful than all.

The heredity ability to learn the easy gaits of the
"saddle horse" doubtless comes from the ambling
horse on which the thoroughbred was originally
crossed, but the tendencies of "the American saddle
horse" need to be developed just as the hereditary
running tendencies need to be developed, and the
heredity tendency in either is manifest by training.
"The American saddle horse" and the "standard
' horse" are nowhere else to be found. Both alike are
American, born under our flag, claimed by our country,
and entitled to the respect and consideration of the
I, world everywhere. Sometimes it appears that the
saddle bred horse shows great speed in harness; some-
times it is that the standard bred horse shows adapta-
bility to the saddle; but these instances in either case
are exceptional. It very often appears that the saddle
mare, crossed upon the standard stallion, produces a
great trotter; generally it is that the standard bred
stallion on the saddle bred mare produces finish and
^beauty and utility, useful under the saddle, either in
;the roughest or in the easiest gaits, useful in light

harness, and adaptable and beautiful always. In the
• selection and adherence to type, the average height of
;fche "American saddle horse" is approximately 15.2

hands, and the average weight approximately 1050

pounds, and he has endurance, substance, remarkable
. Jitelligence, courage and docility. Under the saddlo,

in harness, used in either ca'pacity, he equally adapts
himself to either service, and the experience of the
Confederate War demonstrated that no cavalry horse
of the armies of the world has ever equaled him in
endurance and movement.

For the better protection of this horse and the more
uniform preservation of type, there was in 1891 estab-
lished the American Saddle Horse Register and Stud
Book. The interest induced by the foundation of ibis
stud book has created a desire never before existing
for obtaining a perfect type, and the result is that in
many cases the greatest possible caution is exercised
in the breeding of a horse whose number it not large,
but whose characteristics are most pronounced. When
the stud book was published there were inserted as
foundation stock (just as the foundation stock of the
"standard horse" is provided for in his original stud
book) stallions thought to be worthy the distinction
by reason of breeding and production.

In most of these foundation stallions there was a
strong admixture of thoroughbred blood, and two of
them trace their lineage to the dam of Denmark, and
possibly owe to this origin their reproduction of the
American saddle horse.

The history of cavalry service shows no parallel to
the continuous fast movement of the cavalry under
Morgan, and this service was rendered chiefly by the
American bred saddle horse, and this horse of singular
beauty and smooth, fast walk, stood the terrible strain
where horses of other breeds gave way under the test
of long marches.

It was not unusual to have these saddle bred horses
last through the four years of the Confederate War,
and it is a notable fact that one of the great progeni-
tors of this breed of horses, Gaines' Denmark, entered
the Confederate service at an advanced age, served two
years with his descendants and collateral horse kin,
setting his numerous offspring an example of courage
and endurance, returning in 1865 to his original owner,
honorably discharged as a soldier, and resumed his
domestic duties. It is fair to admit that Gaines' Den-
mark did not volunteer his services, but entered the
army somewhat after the fashion of the horse ridden
by a member of Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge's regiment
in Morgan's cavalry. The good soldier exhibited with
pride a handsome horse to his colonel and said to his
distinguished commander, "This is not only a good
horse, but he has a good pedigree. He was got by
'Difficulty,' out of 'A Kentucky Stable.' "

And the great horse John DUlard, another founda-
tion sire of the breed of the American saddle horse,
did similar service from 1861 to 1865, carrying the very
good soldier who was his master throughout the Con-
federate War, and sharing with Gaines' Denmark the
honor of leadership and example and comradeship as he
served in camp and on hard marches and in battle, and
returned home when the war was ended bearing on his
tireless back the young master, grown then to mature
manhood, and resumed his duties in developing the
great family of which he was an ancestor. Wallace,
as far back as five years ago, accredited twenty horses
in the 2:30 list among the standard (trotting) horses of
the country to dams sired by John DUlard.

A visit a year ago to my farm by a representative of
the German government for the purpose of getting in-
formation in respect to breeding of cavalry horses led
me to emphasize the unequaled merits of the horse
whose four years of service in war had proven him to
be the great cavalry horse of the world.

But this horse cannot be bought for the very small
price which our government limits, and which limit
provides a horse possessing the governmental require-
ments as to size, color and soundness — yet our govern-
ment prescribes nothing as to movement and breeding.

It is a matter of fact that the breeders of the Ameri-
can saddle horse have found it essential always to pre-
serve and propogate a strong infusion of thoroughbred
blood, thus giving the finish, the courage, and the
beauty which the cross with the thoroughbred has
been found to produce.

The thoroughbred horse is himself not a saddle
horse. His action is different, his stride is not easy,
his temper is often objectionable, but by proper selec-
tion there has been produced in the family of American
saddle horses the most desirable characteristics of the
thoroughbred. We have, in addition to the finish and
courage, his ear, his eye, his shoulder, his coupling, his
clean hard legs. There is no horse anywhere whose
traits are more certainly transmitted than are those of
the American saddle horse. Therefore it is that the
stallions of the American saddle horse, crossed judic-
iously, produce horses of best utility, produce the best
horse for the range, produce the best cavalry horses
that can be found in the world, having the greatest
intelligence, the fastest walk, the easiest canter-and the
clearest trot The wish for these horses is coming not
only from all sections of the country, but from the for-
eign countries as well, and it has not been possible in
recent years to furnish the stallions for which there has
been an active demand.

And, Mr. President, in addition to the general merits
of the American saddle horse which I have undertaken
to enumerate, this horse is most frequently the cham-
pion in light harness contests, in high-stepping con-
tests, in jumping contests, and in the plain-gaited or
walk, trot and canter contest in our horse shows. And
even the barbarious practice of docking his tail when
he is put to some of these uses, although eliminating
one of his chief ornaments and robbing him of the God-
given power of self-defense, does not destroy his match-
less beauty and his unequaled grace.

SADDLE NOTES.

The Law and the Pari-Mutuel in France.

JXew York Rider and Drive-r ]

According to the laws of France, no race meeting
may be heid without the consent of the Minister of
Agriculture, and only by associations having for their
object the improvement of the breed of horses in
France, and approved by that minister after consulta-
tion with the official who has control of the govern-
ment horse-breeding establishments. These associa-
tions must submit their accounts for the approval of
tlw Ministers of Agriculture and Finance. A similar
condition of affairs could be reached in this country by
creating at Washington a National Racing Commission
(on the lines of our State Racing Commission) to act
with the Secretary of Agriculture in giving authority
to hold race meetings. The law in France also makes
it a penal offense for any person to offer to bet with all
comers, in any way, directly or through an intermed-
iary, or in any form at any race course. This law ap-
plies equally to those who permit such betting (book-
making) on their property, etc , also to chose who sell
tips. Associations which enforce the above laws and
conditions are allowed, by special request of the
Minister of Agriculture, to carry on the mutual system
of betting (pari-rautuel) exclusively, subject to a, per-
centage agreed upon. The law provides that an assess-
ment of 2 per cent, of the gross receipts of the mutuals
be made for the benefit of local charities, and another
allowance of 1 per cent, of the gross receipts for the
horse-breeding interests of the country. In 1887, the
first year of this arrangement, the money that passed
through the treasury of the Jockey Club from the
pari-mutuel amounted to 13,549,905 francs, and this has
increased during the twelve years, until, in 1899, the
total for the year was 6-M32,265 francs (over $12,01 H '. 000
an increase of 68 per cent. These mutual machines are
placed in the paddock, on the lawns and in the stands,
but they all constitute one pool and all tickets have the
same result, no matter where they may be bought. In
the early years of this system most of the betting was
done in the paddock: now more than half is done out-
side by the general public. The advantage of this
form of betting is so apparent that it seems silly not to
adopt it here. There could be no city pool rooms, be-
cause there would be no published odds, or "post odds,"'
the basis of the pool room's business; there would be
little inducement to lose a race purposely, because there
would be no way of betting against a horse; further-
more, it would divert the profits of book making from
the. pockets of a class that does harm to racing, and
turn it, through the mutuals, into the treasuries of the
racing associations, whence it would be distributed, ac-_
cording to law, where it would benefit the poor and
improve the types of our native horse. The difficulty
at present in the way of this is the clause that forbids
the posting up on the grounds of a race course of any
sign or list of starters, etc.; but this was aimed at the
exhibition of book-making, not the pari-mutuel, and
should be changed.

Races at Riverside.

Riverside. May 4 — A very good program of run-
ning races was given by the Riverside Polo club at the
new park of the club on Magnolia avenue to-day, and
was witnessed by the large crowds. Several events
were on the card and some of them very exciting.

The principal races and winners were:

Quarter mile — Dr. Boeseke's Redemptions* first
Bettner's gelding second. Time 0:26.

Half mUe race — Waring's Freedom won, W. E.
Pedley's Gracias second, Dr. Boeseke's Finesse third
Time 0:52*.

Half mile polo pony race — C. E. Maud's Gertrude
first, G. L. Waring's Santa Clara second, W. E.
Pedley's Native Son third. Time 0:56£.

Half mile horse race — G. L Waring"s Abano first,
W. E. Pedley's Gracious second, T. Munroe's Pictou
third. Time 0:52i.

Half mile pony race — R. Betner's gelding first, R
M. Schwartz's Kathlene second, Dr. Boeseke's Re-
demptioner third. Time 0:53.

Three-quarter mile race — C. H. Coulson's Queenie
first, B. Bak well's "Manima second, C. L. Fox's Vixen
third. Time 1:33. ~

Half mile tandem race won by J. H. Hight. Time
1:02.

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The entire receipts at the California Jockey Club's
Oakland track to-day will be turned over to the Fabi-
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Coming Events.

May 11, 12— Red Bluff Gun Club. Blue rock and live bird tourna-
ment* Red Bluff.

May 12 — Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

May 12 — San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

Mav 12— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

May 12— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacramento.

May 12— Sacramento Gun Club. Blue rocks. Sacramento.

Mav 19— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 19— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county. , .

Mav li>— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside

May 24, 25— California Inanimate Target Association. Ninth
tournament- Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 26— Empire Gun Club shoot Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

May 26— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacrament o.

June 2— California Wing Olub. Live birds. Ingleside.

Jnne 2— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 2— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

June 2— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 — Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment, Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 23, 24, 25. 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens. L. I.

At the Traps.

The trap shooting card for to-morrow at the Ingle-
side grounds includes both live bird and blue rock
shooting.

The regular monthly pigeon shoot of the Olympic
Gun Club will commence at 10 o'clock in the morning
with the club match at fifteen pigeons, following which,
six and eight bird pools will be shot.

The San Francsico Gun Club members will use the
blue rock traps at Ingleside to-morrow for the May
trap shoot of the club. On the 19th inst. the club will
hold their regular live bird shoot, one week earlier
than usual in the month. The ground will be used on
the 24th and 26th for the California Inanimate Target
Association Tournament.

The Empire Gun Club shoot across the bay at Ala-
meda Junction will doubtless draw a good atterdanee
of trap shooters. An excellent program of events is
offered. Besides the regular club events, the open-to-
all contests for the Yellowstone and Schumacher
trophies will be resumed.

The program for the Olympic Gun Club blue rock
shoot to-morrow is an attractive one. Five races are
billed, the first at 25 targets, club race, followed by
three 15 bird events, high guns, 50 cents entrance, with
added money by the Club. The closing race will be an
open-to-all merchandise prize shoot at 25 blue rocks,
entrance $1. Gold and silver bars will be given for 25
and 15 consecutive breaks. The -shooting will com-
mence promptly at 10 A. M.

The California Wing Club shoot last Sunday brought
out sixteen guns to the traps. In the club shoot at
fifteen birds, five straights were made. Haight and
Feudner were the high guns for the day, each losing
but one bird. Following the club shoot, eight bird
pools were shot. A summary of the scores is the
following:

Club race, 15 pigeons, 30 yaads rise —

Haight, C. A 11222

Feudner, M. O 12222

Coleman, J. V 12222

Fav, Ed 11221

Shaw, C. H.t 22122

Feudner, M. Oi 22222

Williamson, W. H 22222

S telling, H 21110

Shields. A. M 22122

Walsh, P. J HIM

Shaw, C. H .2102*

Donohoe. Ed 11212

Boos, At 12222

21112 21122—15
22222 12222—15
22122 11121—15
22111 12111—15
12222 22222—15
222*2 21221—14
22222 20222—14
21122 12221—14
22220 21112—14
22122 1111*— 13
02221 22222—13
21001 21111—13
*2222 2*102—12
11211 10*11—12
01212 1111*— 11
22202 10i22— 11
00101 20201—10
00122 0210*— 9
22100 122*0— 8

Neustadter, X. A 01121

'•Slade" 10101

Roos, A 01022

Justins, H 22222

McConnell, Dr 20221

Hoffman, H 210*0

fBack scores. *Dead out.

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Feudner, 0 22222222—8 "Jones"t 01321001— 6

Walsh 11112211—8 Dreyfiist 10010111— »

Haight 22121102—7 Neustadter 1121*0w— 4

Shaw 021222*2—6 Coleman *2.0w —I

Donohoe 92111012—6 Fay Ow — 0

tBirds only. *Dead out.

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Shaw 22222222—8 Donohoe 2120122*— 6

Walsh 1 1 11 1121— 8 Dreytnst *20*121 1-5

Haight 22112212—8 "Lame"t **0222ll-5

Neustadter. 11111112—8 Nauman, Hi 1010l2w— i

Feudner, O *2212212— 7

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Haight 22222222—8 Iversont 2100*lw— 3

Feudner, G 22222222—8 Donohoe 011021*0—!

Walsh 21121111—8 Grauerholtzt 100«21w— 3

Shaw 22222222—8 Neustadter * — 0

Roosf 22202001— 5

The Union Gun Club members turned out in force at
Ingleside on Sunday last. The regular club events
and practice shooting kept the sets of blue rock traps
going at a lively clip throughout the day. Otto Feud-
ner was the only shooter who made a straight string
of 25 breaks. In the club handicap match the high
men were C. W. Debenham, Fred Feudner and M.
Burnell with 24 breaks each; they were tied in the con-
test for the monthly first class medal. For the second
class medal five men tied with 17 breaks each. On the
shoot off of the second tie between Fischer and Pisani
the former won on the score of T to 5. In the ability
handicap medal race W. H. Williamson, Fred Feud-
ner and "Slade"' tied: the shoot off will take place at
the June meeting. In the side pool first money went

to Fred Feudner and H. Justins annexed second money.
In the club added money handicap race Ed Schultz,
Fritz Walpert, H. Kerrison and H. Justins divided the
purse. The scores in the club events for the day were
the following:

Club handicap match, 25 to 30 targets, distance
handicap —

Yds Birds

Debenham, C.W 18 25—11111 11111 11111 mil "Wl — g*

Feudner, F 18 26-1111111111110111101111111 —24

Burnell, M 16 28-11111 11111 11111 11010 11010 —24

Hoyt, H 16 28—11110 10101101111110111111 —23

Iverson.M. J 16 26— 10011 11111 11111 11101 11111 —23

"U.M.C." 18 26—11110 11101101111110111111 -22

King, F W. ... 16 26—10110 11101 11011 01111 11111 0 —20

Fischer.O 16 28-00011 OHIO 11011 11000 11110 010 -17

Pisani, J 14 28-10001 100U 11100 11111 OHIO 100—17

YonSooston. H 16 30—10011 11110 00011 WHO 11111 00100—17

Mitchell.C.T 16 28—1001110110 011110001110110 101 —17

Wollam.C. M 16 30-011110100110010 11111000011010—17

Lewis. T. L 18 30-01111 10101 10000 10010 10110 10100-15

Masterson 14 30-11000 01001 01100 11010 10010 0010 —13

Tie shoot for second class medal —

Fischer. 11011 11111—9 Pisani 10111 11111—9

Wollam 11011 1O01O-6 Mitchell HIOO 11010—6

VonSoosten 01010 tOOll— 5

Ability handicap medal race, 25 to 30 targets —

Feudner, F.* 25—11111 11111001111011101111 —21

Williamson 25—11101 11111 11101 10110 11111 —21

"Slade" 25—11111 11111 01011 01111 11110 -21

Justins* 25—01110 11111 10101 11001 11111 —19

Shields, A. M 25—11111 11110 10110 00011 11111 —19

Klevesahl* 25—11110 11101 11011 1101100110 —18

Sehultz.F.* 25-01111 11110 11110 11001 00101 —17

Pisani 30-01111 01101 01011 00100 00111 11010—17

Stelling* 25—11110 00010 10101 11110 11111 —17

Iverson.M. J 25—10001 11101 11111 101O0 11010 —16

Hoyt.H 25—1111101011101111011100000 —16

Lewis, T. L* 25—11011 11011 10100 01100 01010 —14

Hoffman* 25—11011 10111 11000 00011 11111 —14

Sears, W 25— 10010 11111 11010 00000 11000 —12

Topp, W 24—11001 00010 00000 10101 10100 — 9

* Side pool.

Handicap added money match, four moneys, 20 to 25
targets, 20 possible, 16 yards —
Birds.

Schultz, F 23—inii inn nm inn in —'3

Walpert, F 25—11101 11110 11111 11111 11010—21

Justins, H 24—11111 10111 11111 HllO 0111 —21

Kerrison, H 24—10111 11U1 10111 10011 1111 —20

Buraeu, M 25—11111 1110100100 mil 10111—19

Williamson, W. H 21—11111 11110 11111 mil 0 —19

Klevesahl. E 24—10110 11101 mil 10111 1101 —19

Feudner, F 20—11111 11110 11011 11111 —18

Shields, A. M 23—11011 10111 11110 11100 101 —18

Sears, W 23—11111 01101 11110 10011 11 —18

Gordon, J 25-01111 10100 11011/11111 11011—17

Neustadter, N 23—10011 11110 11111 01100 1111 —17

Dreyfnss 25—10000 10011 11001 10000 10111—12

At the Washington Gun Club regular bluerock shoot
last Sunday at Sacramento the following scores were
made:

Warm-up match at 10 bluerocks — Just 6, Chapman

4, Flohr 6, Reichart 5, Adams 5, Richards 9, Williams

5, Woods 7. Rust 6, Trumpler 4, De Merritt 7, Damm
6.; Peak 9, Weldon 9, Ruhstaller 5, Ziegler 6, Derr 4,
Reichert 6, Ziegler 5, Smith 5, Stevens 10, Ruhstaller

6, Magistrlni 4, Weldon 9, Williams 7, De Merritt 6,
Blair 7, Peterson 4, Nilan 6, Hart 6, Hogg 7, Wulff 7.

Match at 15 bluerocks —

Just 11110 00011 10101— 9

Chapman, G 01011 00101 10101— 8

Flohr 11110 10100 11101—10

Reichert 00101 11110 01010— 8

Adams 11110 11011 11111—13

Richards 1110O 11110 10111—11

Williams 01101 10000 10001— 6

Woods 10111 11100 11101—11

Rust 11011 11110 01111—12

Trumpler 11111 I0I10 11111—13

De Merritt 01011 01011 00110— 8

Stevens 11110 11111 11111—15

Sonle mil mil 11111—15

Dr. Weldon 11110 11111 11110—15

Ruhstaller 10010 10100 00110— 6

Smith 01111 11110 01110—11

Beardsley 10111 11111 01011— IS

Magistrlni 11000 11110 00010— 7

Newbert 11111 11111 11111—15

Germeshausen 00100 10111 11111—10

Knauer 01111 01101 11101— U

Chapman, C 11111 11001 11111—12

Just 11100 01101 01100— 8

Soule 00110 10100 00111— 7

Regular club match at 25 blue rocks —

Newbert mil 11111 Hill mil mil— 25

De Merritt 10110 10010 11010 10010 10100—12

Trumpler 11101 10101 11111 1111100111—20

Magistrini 10110 11011 11001 11010 10011—16

Adams 11111 11111 10111 10010 11000—18

Just 01010 00001 10101 01000 01100— 9

Soule mil 11110 10111 00111 11010—19

Peek 10101 01111 10111 11111 11100—19

Ruhstahler 01111 11011 00101 11111 11011—19

Woods 10001 10110 11100 01110 11111—16

Rust 11101 mil 01111 11110 11101—21

Flohr 00001 11010 01001 01010 11111—13

Dr. Weldon 11110 mil 01111 10111 01111—20

Stevens 10101 11101 11111 10000 00101—15

Chapman, G 11000 11110 11111 11110 00101—17

Reichert .10111 mil 01111 11111 mil— 23

Bonn, J oom mil mil 10100 11111—20

Chapman, C 10001 11010 0O111 00100 00011—11

Williams 11101 mil 11111 10100 11011—20

Knauer 00101 11100 O0110 lolll 00110—13

Germeshausen. 11010 10101 10100 01100 10100—12

Richards 11001 10011 10101 11101 10100—15

Hart 11111 11011 01100 1000O 00010—14

Dr. Craig 01001 OHIO 00010 00001 11100—10

Soule moi nm nm nm oiooo—io

Blair 11101 01111 01101 11011 11101—19

Moon 11001 OHIO 10110 11101 10011—16

Hogg 11011 00110 10111 01101 10111—17

Wulff, Al 00110 11110 11111 00111 11111—19

Peterson OHIO 11001 10011 OHIO 01011—15

The Lincoln Gun Club shoot last Sunday was not as
well attended as usual. A summary of events shot is
as follows:

Club match, 25 targets —

La Motte, J. V.* 11011 11111 mil 11111 11101—23

Webb.A J 11101 11101 Hill 11110 11111—22

Bowen Hill mil 11011 Ollll moi— 22

Bekeart, P. B 11111 11010 01010 11111 mil— 20

Foster, E. L 00100 10111 11111 11110 11111—19

Bowen 11111 01100 10110 10110 11010—18

Bekeart, P. B 01100 10001 11011 11111 11111—18

Cuneo 10001 10101 11010 11111 1101O— 18

Hauer, J.B» 111110110101000 00000 01100—11

* Guests.

Neustadter trophy match, 25 targets —
Webb 10110 nm 01111 nm mil— 2->

Forster 11011 11111 01101 10501 11011— Is

Bowen omo oioii lion ooioo nm— 1»

Cuneo O0OD0 00101 11101 11011 11010— 1.

In the continuous break contest (21 entries) the best
runs were made by La Motte 9 and 7, Bekeart 6 and 5,
Webb 5.

Practice shoot, 10 targets —

Forster 11111 11111—10 Bowen 10111 Ollll— 8

Webb 0111111111—9 Cuneo 0101101101—6

At the Antler Gun Club shoot at the Empire Club
traps last Sunday there was no special program of
events arranged, and nearly all of the shoots were
practice affairs. Webb, Seaver and King made clean
scores of twenty each. The principal events were six
in number, all of twenty birds each. The summaries
of scores are as follows:

First event^Webb 20, King 20, Seaver 19, Boyee 9.
Miller 13, Carmine 12, Newton 17, Du Boice 13, Jeffrey
11, Travers 13, La Motte 18, Hauer IS, Reed 16, Robert-
son 16, Hanna 18, J. Matthews 17, Langdon 9, Olsen 16,
Sloper 9, Young 10, Bryer 12, Russ 12, Halsey 7, Frank
11, Emeigh 16, Schluter 11, H. Marhewsll, Robbins 10,
Cooper 12.

Second event — Cooper 9, King 16, Robbins 7, H.
Matthews 11, Emeigh 13, Frank 16, Halsey 9, Russ 10,
Bryer 13, Young 16, Sloper 11, Olsen 16, Seaver 10,
Boyee 10, Miller 17, Carmine 9, Newton 16, Du Boice
11. 'Jeffrey 10, Travers 13. La Motte 19, Hauer 18, Reed
18. Webb 18. Hanna 15, J. Matthews 15, Langdon 10.

Third event— J. Matthews 13, Hanna 13, Webb 17,
Reed 15, Hauer 16, La Motte 19, Travers 11, Jeffrey 11,
Du Boice 9, Newton 13, Carmine 8, Miller 12, Seaver 18,
Olsen 12. Sloper 11, Young 15. Halsey 10, Frank 13,
Emeigh 13, H. Matthews 10, Robbins 7.

Fourth events — Emeigh 15, Frank 11, Halsey 6,
Young 10. Sloper 12, Seaver 19, Miller 14, Carmine 7,
Newton 15, Du Boice 15, Jeffrey 9, Travers 11, La
Motte 16, Hauer 17, Reed 15, Webb 20.

Fifth event— Webb 18, Reed 15, Travers 10, Jeffrey
9, Du Boice 13. Carmine 6, Miller 13, Seaver 18, Sloper
13, Halsey 9. Frank 15.

Sixth event — Seaver 17, Miller 17, Carmine 9, Du
Boice 15, Jeffrey 14, Travers 10.

In a special mtteh Seaver broke 18 blue rocks to 12
for Carmine and 10 for Du Boice. Later Seaver broke
20 straight to 11 for Du Boice. In a ten bird match
King and La Motte broke 10 straight to 7 for Du Boice.

The blue rock tournament at Los Angeles on the 4th
and 5th inst. is reported by a local paper as follows:

J. Ed Vaughan was it at the Los Angeles Gun Club's
eleventh semi-annual tournament, which closed yester-
day. Vaughan closed the second day's shooting high
gun, closely followed by the local expert, Jim Matfield,
who. with Messrs. A'ariel and Haagerman, made a close
rub for the first money.

The gentleman from Santa Ana took away the new
Tufts-Lyon challenge medal, the individual champion-
ship diamond medal, half of the ownership in the E.
C. cup with M. Haagerman, and high average for the
tournament. Vaughan is one of the best known trap
shooters in California, and derives his recreation from
attending all the big shoots held in the State. He
usually lands the lion's share of whatever is to be had,
too.

Scores were not very high, and straight breaks were
not as common as at some other of the club's shoots.
There was a light wind blowing that made the straight-
away bird a difficult one, and many of the misses were
due to an inability to connect with its peculiarly sus-
tained flight and sudden drop.

The five man team championship match at 20 targets
per man was a good race, as shown by these scores:
Messrs. Matfield, Van Valkenburg, Haagerman, Alex-
ander and Bruner, 99; Messrs. Smith, Monaghan,
Briggs, Burke and Vaughan, 98: Messrs. Wrisley, Gil-
bert, Ludlow, Variel and Variel, Jr., 96.

The work of Messrs. Vaughn and Matfield was con-
sistent shooting. While both have done better shoot-
ing, it must be remembered that the local expert has
been deprived in large measure of his favorite sport of
trap shooting owing to the apparent apathy of trap
shooters in Los Angeles at the present time. It is
hoped the tournament will stimulate interest in blue
rock shooting during the future, as the sport is one of
the cleanest imaginable, being free from the odium
that attaches to live bird shooting.

An invitation to attend the Red Bluff Gun Club shoot
to-day and to-morrow was received at this office during
the week. The committee of arrangements Dr. F. H.
Allbright, J. H. Bradley and E. F. Lennon promise to
visiting sportsmen a hearty welcome and two days'
pleasant enjoyment.

The program for the first day calls for two 20 target
events, one a merchandise prize shoot. The second
day's card embraces five events at both blue rocks and
live birds. The two first races will be at 20 targets.
Event number three at fifteen blue rocks will be for a
special prize of $100 contributed by F. J. Ruhstaller,
Douglas S. Cone and Burress and Epperson. The
fourth race will be at twelve live birds, $80 in cash will
be distributed and the ownership of a championship
medal for Northern California will be determined. A
six man team shoot at 15 targets per man for the
championship of Northern California will conclude the
regular events. Pool shooting will be in order on both
days. The officers of the club are Dougias S. Coue,
President; B. P. Epperson Jr., Vice-President; W. F.
Luning, Secretary; Louis Winter, Treasurer; Fred
Lange, Captain. The tournament will be open only to
Northern Califopnia shooters, Sacramento included.

A perusal of the published list of shells used by the
sportsmen who shot in the recent Grand American
Handicap shows that 114 shooters used U. M. C. shells,
64 used W. A. R. Co.'s goods, 13 men used both U. M.
C. and W. A. R. Co.'s shells. The Peters Cartridge
Company, United States Cartridge Company and
Robin Hood goods seemed not to have the confidence
. or acquaintance of the largest representative body of
American trap shooters assembled together this year,
as the shells last mentioned were used by five, two and
two shooters (a total of nine out of 201) respectively.

Clarence Nauman at last accounts was in Paris.

May 11, 1901]

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9

Sportsmen's Banquet in San Jose.

The Santa Clara Pish and Game Protective Associa-
tion banquet at the St. James Hotel, San Jose, on the
evening of the 4th inst.,was tendered by that organiza-
tion to members of the recent Legislature and others
interested, who had been instrumental in procuring
the enactment of the new game laws. The affair was
an enjoyable reunion and passed off in a very agreeable
manner. Nearly 150 members of the association and
invited guests sat down to the tables, and partook of
an elaborate menu. President Dr. A. M. Barker was
toast master and introduced the following speakers,
who spoke upon various topics germain to the senti-
ment of the gathering: Jackson Hatch responded to
the toast "Our Guests." Hon. Alden Anderson, of
Suisun, made a happy speech in reply. Speaker Pen-
dleton, of Los Angeles, nest entertained the assembly.
Deputy Fish Commissioner Charles Vogelsang re-
sponded to the toast "The State Fish Commission."
Captain H. L. Wells, of the San Jose Mercury, illus-
trated the connecting links between "The Press and
Game Protection." Leo Archer gave an entertaining
response to "The Prosecution of Game Law Violators."
Among the other speakers were Hon. Chas. M. Short-
ridge, State Senator Taylor, Horace Briggs of Colusa,
Assemblyman Higgins of San Benito, Hon. Eli "Wright,
Joseph Patton and H. T. Payne, who spoke, as usual,
of the decline of fish and game, the necessity of pro-
tection laws, etc., etc.

It was 2 o'clock in the morning when the speech
making ended and the social gathering of the sports-
men was brought to a conclusion, but not before all
present had unanimously passed a vote of thanks to
Governor Gage for signing the game bill.

Mr. John Spalekhaver, who is at present managing
the Coast business of the U. M. C, Remington and
Colt's agency, has rapidly acquired a host of friends
among the local and visiting sporting goods trade rep-
resentatives and dealers.

Mr. Spalekhaver was the export manager, having
the supervision of a large corps of travelling men, for
the Union Metallic Cartridge Company in the New
York office, an important branch of the big ammuni-
tion company's manifold business, requiring executive
and diplomatic abilities to a high degree, which quali-
ties have been observed and admired since the advent
of the New York gentleman in this city.

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

May 21— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P.
Norman. Secretary. „. . „

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

The Bench Show.

The fifth annual dog show of the San Francisco
Kennel Club opened on Wednesday morning with
strong prospects for not only a successful exhibition
but also for an assurance that the "gate" would be a
healthy one. The bench show committee, Will S.
Kittle, N. H. Hickman, E. Courtney Ford, Dr. F. W.
D'Develyn assisted by Secretary J. P. Norman accom-
plished much and have worked hard and persistently
for the success of the club show. The judging com.
menced at 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Great
Danes, Mastiffs, St. Bernards and Greyhopnds were
run through the inspection of Mr. Henry Jarrett and
Mr. J. J. Lynn. Judging was commenced on the fol-
lowing forenoon and finished yesterday. The specials
were partially awarded last evening, the visiting dogs
dividing with the local cracks an elegant), handsome
and liberal lot of cups and trophies, exceeding in value
and design, in this respect, some of the Eastern shows.

The catalogue shows an entry of 617 dogs, which is
a good showing for the fancy, notwithstanding the
large number, comparatively, of Eastern dogs here.
The quality of the dogs this year is, generally speak-
ing, high class in nearly every breed, particularly
among the small fellows.

Mastiffs, with the exception of one or two dogs, old
champion California Cube, were hardly worth the time
they took in the ring. St. Bernards showed a number
of good ones among the fifty entries. Great Danes
were well represented and introduced several good
puppies and two handsome harlequins. Greyhounds
showed coursing quality and good records for the few
entered. Foxhounds were well represented and were
a general good lot.

Pointers and Setters, over 100, were better in quality
than we have had for several years. Irish Water
Spaniels were few but good. Cockers were plentiful,
both local and Eastern and show class and quality to a
degree in the aggregate. Collies were fairly good with
several fine ones to make up for a showing of this
breed not up to what we have noted in past years.

Bull dogs, Bull Terriers, Fox Terriers, Scotties and
other terriers all showed class and quality in the ex-
treme. The Eastern visitors, particularly Norfolk
Kennels Fox Terriers, went through the blue ribbon
bobbin at wholesale speed.

Pet and miscellaneous dogs were few and generally
good. A full report and also the list of awards and
specials will appear next week;

The Nervous Temperament of Dogs.

There are so many educated, thoughtful people who
have taken up the keeping of dogs, that we may not
unnaturally look for some reasons for such a course.
It is not so many years since those who had anything
to do with dogs were looked upon as belonging to the
lowest clsss, and if by chance a breeder offered any Of
his surplus stock for sale, the general tone of letters he
received was very different to what he will have in
these modern times. A person who had a penchant
foa dogs, ond who wos locally looked to for guidance,
was not unfrequently met with the term "dog dealer"
in a tone of opprobrium.

In all probability the great attraction for dog-breed-
ing or keeping is to be found in the possibility of always
having them for companions, of being able to under-
stand their wants, their ways and their habits, and
lastly of one being able to keep them in smaller space
than other livestock. We are able to admire them, to
caress tnem, and to attend to their comforts in such a
way as to make them fairly happy in themselves, and
a source of pleasure to us. If, however, we wish to
keep abreast of the times, and to produce such animals
as are likely to be successsul in these days of keen com-
petition, we must study them far more deeply, so as to
understand and to appreciate the fine qualities and the
temperament of each individual.

If we look around and for a few moments take stock
of the list of the most successful breeders, we shall
find men and women capable of deep thought, and
such as would be likely to be successful in other direc-
tions. We should seldom find any shallow-pated
ignoramuses amongst the successful ones, they would
be incapable of deep thought upon any subject; how
then should they be able to master the details of such
a complicated piece of anatomy as the dog? We often
find men in other spheres fond of what they call sport,
but this generally means they simply follow up some
line of onlookers because they derive a little pleasure
from what fills the eye. The man who gambles on a
horse-race frequently has never seen the animal upon
which he spends his money, and he has "his bit on"
from a most superficial knowledge of the horse in which
he is interested. He has absolutely no sympathy with
or knowledge of the animal.

On the other hand, we find some of our deepest think-
ers, men of letters, and those who have had the benefit
of the best possible education and training — clergymen,
doctors, lawyers and such-like — taking the greatest
possible interest in dog culture.

All this must tend to the benefit of the dog, and it is
these points, which have been such great factors in
bringing the dog of the day up to the high state of ex-
cellence, which we see at shows now. In former days
our best shows always had a large number of good
quality dogs, and even small shows could boast of a
fair percentage of such animals; but in all cases the
majority were "not in it" with the general quality to
be found to-day. Compared with the exhibits seen at
such a show as Manchester or the Crystal Palace, those
of the old days would be found far behind. Every
year, aud indeed every week, something is being added
to the world of dog science, and those who wish to be
successful must keep abreast of the times.

It is therefore of the utmost importance that a dog
exhibitor should be a man of perception, and of intell-
ect sufficient to appreciate the various changes he may
meet in his experiments. He must«be able to see when
he is off the right track, or when he has gone even a
little too far in some direction. His breeding opera-
tions may have led him to seek for intensity of quality,
but this may be at the expense of some other import-
ant developments, which he must make careful note of,
and possible stop in that particular direction he has
been going, or even have to turn back and go on a
different road entirely. Disappointments are sure to
meet everyone, and it is the man of intelligence who
can most readily appreciate and learn from such what
is meant. It will be a lesson to tell him he must try
again. The less instructed would be likely to throw
up the game as being an impossible one in which to
achieve success. Indeed there are breeders who court
failure because it thus tells him, like a danger signal,
where they are. Thus the being able to appreciate
their failures is as important as being able to express
pleasure at success. Deterioration, instead of improve-
ment, it quite as likely to result from their efforts.
Their own ideas of what is best may be totally opposed
to the ways of nature, and often one may be apparently
working in the wrong way when really he has made a
large step in the right direction — the very good he
wished to reach — but it is not immediately apparent to
the observation.

The efforts of breeders of all kinds of animals have
produced a higher degree of excellence in a much
easier stage of development. What is true of the
thoroughbred horse and of cattle is equally true of the
races of dogs. The working abilities, the habits, and
dispositions of dogs have been materially changed for
the better. Instinct and adaptability for work have
been more easily discernible than in days gone by.
Instinct is an indefinable something which we can very
well notice, and we can see its development. Instead
of being dull and stupid from the first, we notice our
Fox Terriers bright, lively and full of intelligence. By
careful mating we may be able to still further increase
this quality, and possibly increase other characteristics
at the same time. In working any particular plan for
improvement, .we must have the law of correlation ful
before us, lest, whilst we attempt to get a great break-1
ing away, we upset the balance and go backward in-
stead of forward.

We must carefully study pedigrees, and, if possible,
obtain a concentration of what we most urgently de-
sire— qualities which have been in the possession of
certain strains or of individual animals for several
generations. If we want good fronts, we must, if pos-
sible, exclude all faulty ones from our breeding stud.
If we want character we must find in which it has been

most fully developed; and if we look for good heads,
ears, or expression, we must see which line or family
has been most celebrated for what we require, and then
go to the best living specimen obtainable. We shall
probably find after all our work that whilst we have
effected changes in the shape, make and abilities, we
have also brought about an alteration in the nervous
disposition of the animal. We shall notice it in the
general excitability of the animal. It will be noticed
in his general busy disposition, his keener pluck, his
being alwaas ready to work, and his more lively and
brighter disposition. We may also observe that he is
much more easily excited, and this excitement may be
of such a character that he is just as likely to seize
friend as foe, and in such cases is more difficult to break
of bad habits for which he has a penchant. In such
cases we must be persistent in our treatment, never
coarse nor too harsh as to break the spirit of an animal
with such high-strung nerves. It is not a very difficult
matter to break an ordinary farm-bred cart horse. Al-
most any hand, if a moderate rider, can mount him and
lead him straight; but it is not so with the highly-bred
blood horse. He must be mildly treated, and carefully
handled, or he may do serious injury to himself or to
those in charge of him. Such being the conditions
under which a hig'aly-bred nervous horse is managed,
do they not in a great measure apply to Fox Terriers
of high courage and good pedigree ? The great object
is to inspire confidence, without which none of the
best qualities of the dog can be seen. He must be
gently treated, and taught exactly what is wanted of
him, and tnis will bring to the front his good points.
He will be bold in the ring, literally asking for the
prizes, instead of standing cowering, tail between legs,
fear appearing in every action.— Par Terrier Chronicle.

The following Collie Club specials are to be competed
for at the Pan-American Bench Show, Buffalo, N. Y.,
open to members only, applications for membership,
remitting $5 for one year's dues, to be made to William
C. Hunter, secretary, Harrisburg, Pa. The Collie
Club trophy for the best American-bred Collie, value
of trophy $300. Club medal to best of opposite sex to
winner of the cup. Club medal to best dog or bitch in
novice class. Club medal to best dog or bitch in pupyy
class. Club medal to best Collie exhibited by a resi-
dent in Buffalo. Club medal for best Collie exhibited
by a Canadian. Club medal for bess Collie exhibited
by a lady.

Fifty dollars in gold as follows: $10 to best American
bred dog in open class: $10 to best American-bred bitch
in open class; $10 to best American-bred dog in novice
class; $10 to best American-bred bitch in novice class;
$5 to best American-bred dog in puppy class; $5 to the
best American-bred bitch in puppy class.

LATE ROD NOTES.

Harry Baum, Chas. Raynaud (the Fox) and George
Rumpf fished Pilarcitos lake Sunday.

Reports from Boca state that the fishing is daily
improving. Early during the week the river was high
and muddy, but nevertheless some good catches of
large sized rainbow were taken on a spoon by several
anglers.

George and Allen Powers fished in the Truckee one
day last week near Boca, using spoon and bait, and the
catch was 30 rainbows, from eight to fifteen inches
long, taken between eleven in the morning and three
o'clock P. M.

Chas. B. Hollywood and George Walker fished the
Los Gatos last Sunday. A few fish, averaging about
eight inches long, were taken with bait. The stream
was high and muddy, the recent rains raised the water
four feet during one day.

» —

We regret to note the passing away in Cincinnati
recently of Dr. Edwin N. Lowry who was, about two
years ago, a prominent member of the San Francisco
Fly-Casting Club. Dr. Lowry was a gentleman of
high standing in his profession and a sportsman and
angler, endeared to his associates by reason of his gen-
ial'dispo=ition and many amiable qualities.

The Crockett Striped Bass Club will open the season
at Rodeo to-morrow, so announces C. R. Laidlaw, the
secretary. Chas. H. Kewell and other members of the
San Francisco Club will attend.

Joe Beli caught a ten pound fish at Point Richmond
on Sunday and a catch of eight large bass taken at
the "drawbridge," Napa, on Sunday is reported.

Pilarcitos lake is open now for the angler. Last
Sunday George Wentworth, Chas. Breidenstien,
Arnold Glaser and Chas. Precht fished the lake, results
were fair. Many bait fishermen were out in boats and
along the banks, few fish were caught. Breidenstien,
Precht and Glaser found that a fly and spoon gave fair
returns. The fish averaged about nine inches. The
killing flies now for this water are the coachman, red
spinner, march brown, black and silver. For the
morning's fishing the angler should use a bright silver
spinner, later in the day when the sunlight is bright a
burnished copper spoon is best.

•»

Point Reyes until last Sunday had been the resort
weekly of a large number of eager anglers; results gen-
erally were indifferent for most of the fishermen. Last
Sunday Bert Spring and Will Patterson were the only
fisherfolk present. Bert Spring caught 17 pounds of
steelhead, none less than nine inches in length, in the
"white house pool, " about as fast as he could handle
his tackle. After the rains there was a run of fresh
fish, it seems, and the tide waters were teeming with
hungry trout that snapped a No. 2 Wilson burnished
copper spoon with a worm on the hook with avidity,
in fact, while playing a fish, other trout would go for
the bait and spoon. Mrs. Tom Irving caught fifty fish
in a very short time during the morning. It looks as
if the "regulars" missed what was probably the best
day's fishing at the Point for this season.

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[May 11, 1901

May 5— Ply-Casting— Postponed Sunday Contest No. 4, Classifica-
tion series, Stow lake, 10 A. M.

May 11— Fly-casting. Saturday contest No. 5. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. M.

May 12— Fly-casting. Sunday::contest No.
Stow lake 10 A. M.

5. Classification

The Fly-Casters.

The fifth classification Saturday and Sunday fly.
casting contests are billed for Stow Lake to-day and
to-morrow. On the 25th and 26th insts. the first classi"
fication re-entry contests will be held. The scores
made last Sunday in the postponed fourth Sunday
contest were the following:

Sunday Contest No. 4— Stow Lake, May 5, 1901. Wind,
light. Weather, pleasant.

Events

1

a

b

C

. 88

Rfl

8-12

82] 8-12 69 4-12

76

Brotherton, T. W

.110

93

8-12

90 8-12

79 2-12

84 11-12

Dinkelspiel.H.G.W 84

82

86

69 2-12

77 7-12

.116

JIM

4-12

91 4-12

81 8-12

86 6-12

Foulks, G. H

. 90

89

4-12

85

74 2-12

79 7-12

Golcher, H. C

.119
.115

88
85

4-12
4-12

91

79 4-12

85 1-12

Haight, H. F

. 80

88

8-12

92 4-12

69 2-12

80 9-12

. 95

88

80 8-12

79 2-12

79 11-12

Huyck, C

. 96

9(1

88.

67 6-12

77 9-12

. 93

94

4-12

87

75 10-12

81 5-12

. 83

88

4-12

91

67 6-12

79 3-12

Kierulfl, J

. 66

74

K-12

79

73 4-12

76 2-12

. 73

89

75

74 2-12

74 7-12

95

4-12

85

81 8-12

83 4-12

. 90

7ft

4-12

91 8-12

78 4-12

85

Muller, H. F

. 95

94

98 8-12

82 6-12

85 7-12

HH

94

83 4-12

88 8-12

Young, C. G

Vogelsang, A. T . .

93
. 99

92

8-ia

94

82 6-12

88 3-12

^NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy percentage. Event 3— Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage;
(b) delicacy percentage; (c) net percentage. Event 4 — Lure cast-
ing, percentage.

Trout Flies — Their Seasons and Descriptions.

"All trout baits pale before the artificial fly, which is the most
legitimate, the most scientific and most exciting of all the methods
used." — Frank Forester.

The old anglers tied their fishing flies themselves,
and, in fact, made all their fishing tackle, save, per-
haps, lines. To-day, few men think of tying their gen-
eral flies or making any tackle, owing to the expertness
and moderate terms on the part of the professional
manufacturers, though every careful angler is expected
to be able to tie a fly or two on some occasions, just as
every field sportsman should know how to load his gun
shells in casses of emergency.

Though there are thousands of different shades and
colors and dozens of sizes followed in making the arti-
ficial fly, there are but two distinct archetypes of the
fly proper, if we exclude the English two-hook idea,
which is merely the ordinary lure with two hooks in-
stead of one. The difference in the two distinct designs
from which the various patterns are made, though of
marked degree, is hard for the tyro to distinguish, and
as the majority of young anglers have never had this
difference clearly pictured I will proceed to describe
the matter in a brief word or two. The artificial trout
fly known to us all is shaped thus: The wings flowing
away from the shank of the hook in the opposite
direction to the point, while the other pattern, which
is known as the fluttering fly, is tied after this fashion:
the wings flowing toward the shank instead of away
from it, as in the make-up of our universal fly.

The difference in the water is in the fluttering fly's
wings expanding and fluttering, instead of closing up
to the hook like our first and most commonly used
fly's wings.

Artificial flies are made of the wild turkey's tail, the
tail of the American ruffed grouse, the neck and tail of
the English grouse, the yellowish-tinged neck feathers
of the ptarmigan, the tail of the cock and hen pheas-
ants, the neck of both these, and the wing coverts of
the hen; the black, white, brown and white-barred
feathers from under the wing of the gray duck, wood
duck, canvasback, mallard, teal and widgeon; the neck
and tail of the peacock, the neck feathers of various
colored cocks — commonly called hackles (black, red,
yellow, gray, marled and white, for dyeing blue, green,
plum, claret, brown, etc.) — the wings of the woodcock,
starling and landrail; the tail of the wren, the tail,
coverts and neck feathers of the guinea fowl; the vari-
ous colored feathers of the macaw, the bine, red and
yellow feathers in the tail of the same; the neck feathers
of the cock of the rock, the neck, top pins and tail
of the golden pheasant; the tail, tail coverts and neck
of the great African buzzard; the rump coverts of the
golden plover, the neck and tail feathers of the argus
pheasant, the wings of the English jay, the tails and
necks of parrots of every color, the topknot of the
American kingfisher, the skin of the English species,
the tail and wing feathers of the capercailzie, particu-
larly those deeply and closely barred with white; the
guinea fowl's feathers dyed green, orange and claret;
the thickest and best ostrich feathers of various colors,
the tame turkey's tail feathers of various tints, the
feathers of the scarlet ibis, three or four barred feathers
from the quail's tail, the tail of the long-tailed thrush,
and the feathers of many other birds, besides gold,
silver and bronze tinfoil; gold, silver and brass wire;
every shade of Berlin wools, floss silk, the various
colors and tints of pig's wool or mohair, the furs of the
muskrat, field mouse, black, red and gray squirrel,

mink, marten, young cub, coon cub, green monkey,
porcupine belly, the ear of the English hare, the ear of
the polecat and the fur of many other animals.

"To frame the little animal, provide

All the gay hues that wait on female pride;

Let nature guide thee— sometimes golden wire

The shining bellies of the fly require;

The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail,

Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail,

Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings,

And lends the glowing insect proper wings.

Silk of all colors must their aid impart,

And every fur promote the fisher's art;

So the gay lady with extensive care

Borrows the pride of land, of sea, of air;

Furs, pearls and plumes the glittering thing displays,

Dazzles our eyes and and easy hearts betrays."

—Gay.

APRIL PATTERNS.

Black Gnat — Wings, black; body, black ostrich; legs,
none, except en hooks larger than No. 10, in which case
we call the pattern black hackle.

Black Claret Gnat — Body, dark claret; feet, black;
wings, sub-hyaline.

Bright Claret Gnat — Body, bright claret, mixed with
fox face; feet, ginger; wings, of one sex hyaline, the
other ochrous.

Olive Gnat — Body, dark olive, mixed with bright
claret; feet, ginger; wings, hyaline.

Bright Fox — Body and feet, brightest part of the
fox, mixed with yellow; wings, brightest hyaline; tail,
pale yellow.

Dark Fox — Body and feet, dark fox, mixed with
lemon-colored mohair; wings, sub-hyaline; tail, three
fibers of dark gray hackle.

March Brown — Wings, Scotch grouse; body, dark
brown, ribbed with yellow silk; tail, Scotch grouse;
legs, same.

Coachman — Wings, white; body, peacock herl; legs,
brown hackle.

Scarlet Ibis — Wings, scarlet ibis; body, red, ribbed
with gold tinsel; tail, scarlet ibis; legs, same.

Abbey — Wings, gray widgeon; body, red wound
with gold tinsel; tail, golden pheasant hackle; legs,
brown hackle.

Dark Montreal — Wings, wild turkey tail; body, dark
claret, ribbed with gold; tail, scarlet ibis; legs, dark
claret haekle.

Grizzly King — Wings, gray mallard; body, green,
ribbed with gold tinsel; tail, red ; legs, furnace gray
hackle.

Brown and Bed Palmer — Body, red silk, with brown
hackle wound the whole length o.f the body.

King of the Water — Wing, gray mallard; body,
scarlet; legs, brown hackle, wound down the whole
length of the whole body.

Queen of the Water — Same as King of the Water,
with bod y orange instead of scarlet.

Black May — Body and feet, black; wings, grayish
hyaline.

Bed Spinner — Body, bright claret, ribbed with gold
tinsel; feet, brick color; wings, hyal; setae, poleine
brick.

Professor— Wings, gray mallard; body, yellow, ribbed
with gold; tail, scarlet ibis; legs, brown hackle.

Yellow May — Body and feet, pale yellow, mottled
with brown; setae, yellow.

Gold Spinner — Body, orange, ribbed with gold tinsel;
feet, pale red hackle; wings, bright gray.

Captain — Body, posterior half peacock herl, anterior
half gray; feet, white; red hackle; wings, gray; setae,
scarlet, green and wood duck feathers mixed.

Kingdom — Body, white, ringed with green; feet, pea-
cock herl and red hackle; wings, gray, mottled with
brown.

And all of the patterns mentioned as being appro-
priate for April.

JUNE.

In June some of the gayest colored flies may be used.
During March, and April the dark and dull-colored
patterns are the most effective, but, so soon as the
warm days of the latter part of May and all through
June are prevalent then arrives the time for the louder,
patterns. The following are my favorites:

Brown Hen — Body, peacock herl, with red silk tag;
wings, brown mottled; legs, brown hackle.

Dark Stone — Body, dark brown; feet, yellow brown;
wings, luteous.

Hawthorne— Body, shining black; feet and head
black; wings, bright hyaline.

Shoemaker — Body, ringed alternately with light and
gray salmon; feet, dark ginger; wings, mottled gray
of the mallard, and mottled of the woodcock mixed;
setae, mottled woodcock.

Black June — Body, peacock herl; feet and wings,
black.

Green Drake — Body white; posterior half ribbed
with black, green, yellow, mottled with brown; setae,
dark brown.

Brown Drake — Body, feet and wings, a golden, yel-
low brown; setse, dark brown.

Beaverkill — Wings, lead color; body, white silk; tail,
gray mallard; legs, brown hackle.

Raven — Body, feet and wings, black.

Alder — Wings, brown mottled; body, peacock herl;
legs, black hackle.

Wren Fly — Body, clay yellow; feet, made from the
scapulary feathers of the English wren or quail; wings
and setae, mottled widgeon.

Cahil — Wings, wood duck breast; body, mouse-
colored mohair; tail, gray mallard; legs, brown hackle.

Great Dun — Body, purple brown; wings, dark gray
brown; wings, dark gray hyaline; setae, dark brown
annulated with gray.

Add the following, the colors of which have already
been described :

Abbey, Bright Claret Gnat, Bright Fox, Brown Palmer, Captain,
Coachman, Gold Spinner, Grizzly King, Kingdom, King of the
Water, Olive Gnat, Professor, Queen of the Water, Red Spinner,
Scarlet Ibis, Yellow May.

JULY.

Little Egg — Body and feet, orange yellow mohair
and hare's ear mixed; wings, bright hyaline, slightly
mottled; setae, same as wings.

Jungle Palmer — Made by adding jungle cock should-
ers to any of the palmers.

White Miller — Wings, white; body, white, ribbed
with silver tinsel; legs, white hackle.

. Dusty Miller — Wings, gray mohair; wings, gray tur-
key; tail, same; legs, gray hackle.

Lightning Bug — Body of equal parts of dark brown
and black mixed, tipped with yellow; feet of feathers
from the English grouse; wings, double, the inner
wings black, the outer wings a yellow brown.

Gray Coflin — Body, silver gray mohair, tipped with
orange silk; feet, light gray hackle wound over pea-
cock herl; wings and setae, hyaline.

General Hooker — Wings, light brown, mottled tur-
key; body, green silk, ribbed with yellow silk; legs,
brown hackle.

Little Claret — Body ahd feet, dark claret mohair,
slightly tinged with blue; wings, of the bittern, or
brown hen; setae, dark brown.

Claret Fly — Body, dark claret; feet, black; wings, of
the brown hen.

Fetid Green — Body, feet and wings, a pale green.

Reuben Wood — Wings, gray mallard, body, white
chenille, finished with red silk tag; tail, brown mallard;
legs, scarlet hackle.

And all of the light-colored flies mentioned, and the
following, the colors "of which have already been
described:

Abbey, Scarlet Ibis, Brown Hen, Grizzly King, Coachman, Queen
of the Water, Brown and Red Palmer.

AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.

August Dun — Body, brown floss silk, ribbed with •
yellow silk, tail, two rabbit's whiskers; wings, feather
of a brown hen's wings; legs, plain red hackle, stained
brown, made fuzzy with English grouse feather wound
on above body.

Quaker — (For evening and moonlight.) Body, gray,
wound with honey-yellow hackles; wings, feather frdm
an oriole's wings.

Oak — Wings, mottled brown; body, orange, ribbed
with black silk; legs, brown hackle.

White Moth — (For dark nights.) Body, feet and
wings, pure white.

Royal Coachman — Wings, white; body, peacock herl
with band of red silk in middle; legs, brown hackle.

Brown Stone — Wings, light brown; body, brown
mohair; tail, brown mallard; legs, dark brown hackle.

Olive Gnat, Bright Claret Gnat, Dark Claret Gnat, King of the
Water, Black Gnat, Lightning Bug, Frizzly King, Abbey, Brown
Hen, Coachman, Brown and Red Palmer, Codun, Queen of the
Water, Gray Cofiin, Dark Stone.

FOR ALL TIMES AND ON ALL WATERS.

Dark -Coachman — Wings, lead color; body, peacock
herl;' legs, brown hackle.

Gray and Green Palmer — Body, green silk, with
gray hackle wound the whole length of the body.

Alder, Scarlet Ibis, Imbrie, Professor, Reuben Wood, March
Brown, White Miller, Coachman. Codun, Brown and Red Palmer,
Brown Hen, Queen of the Water, King of the Water, Abbey, Black
Gnat, Grizzly King, Quaker.

On the streams the smaller flies should be used; on
lai-ge ponds, lakes and rough waters, the large num-
bers. And this ancient advice, even set forth so long
ago as the days of Charles Cotton, who contributed
the information to Izaak Walton's Complete Angler,
is a good general rule to follow: When the day is
bright and where the water is clear, use small flies and
plain colors, and in deep and dull waters and on dark
days and in the evening flail the brighter and larger
patterns. When you buy your flies, buy lots of them,
for, be you tyro or practical rodster, you will lose them
easier than you imagine. Be careful to select finely
made and new goods — the best material from the best
makers. Avoid the cheap, dried-up, duster-feather,
clumsy, penny-a-dozen abominations. They are tied
by shop girls who do not even know what they're used
for, and sold by indifferent shopmen who never saw a
trout stream and who couldn't distinguish a trout from
a codfish. Let your flies come from persons who flail
them as well as make and sell them. The man who
does not angle and study the natural history of trout
and trout flies cannot tie a fly correctly, and he will
not — for penny-wise-and-pound-foolish business reasons
— use proper material in its making. This is the fellow
who never saw an artificial fly outside of a showcase
and who would palm off dried-up goods on you, goods
that would snap at the snell at the first cast, if any body
tried to flail them, and which, if they ever did get as
far as the stream's surface, would sorely puzzle every
trout who tried to solve the identity of the clumsy
species. Buy of the reputable maker or dealer who
throws a fly himself once in a while. He knows what
he's talking about, and he's worthy of being trusted if
he's a brother angler. There's plenty of them in all
the great cities, and in fact in all parts of the United
States.— C/tas. B. Bradford in Amateur Sportsman.

A communication dated Beswick, May 4th, from
"Billy" Hobson, who travels for Clabrough, Golcher &
Company, contains some interesting angling data and
is as follows:

' 'I arrived here to-day on my way home from the
Modoc trip. I find the fishing at Klamath Falls and
Keno excellent.

Al Cummings and wife, C M. Osborn and wife of
San Francisco and Mr. J. S. Bush of Red Bluff and the
Rev. Dr. McLean of Oakland are all here fishing. The
season has been very backward this year and the fish
here are just beginning to raise. "Musty Spawn" and
the Golcher Red Star Spoon have been necessary up to
a few days ago but now the salmon flies are putting in
their appearance and the fish1 are commencing to take
the flv. Al Cummings brought in 23 rainbows this
evening all good size. Mr^ Osbornwas only out part
of the day and got nine. MrfBush used only the spoon
and went far up Shovel Creek and got five large trout
ranging four lbs. each. At Klamath Falls and Fall
River Mills the fishing is better than here.

Mr. A. M. Venham, manager of the State Fishery,
informs me he closes this station about the 12th of this
month. " At that time the trap will be taken out of the
river and the thousand of fish up there now will come
out of Shovel Creek.

It is understood that F. H. Bushnell and J. W. Cole-
man are making arrangements to come up here
shortly." |

The office of the Fish Commission has been removed
from the seventh to the fifth floor of the Mills Building.

May- II, 1901]

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11

THE FARM.

Peas for Sheep.

There is no better food for sheep than
peas, and when they can be raised in con-
junction with oats they make a profitable
crop. I mis them with half oats, and
when sowed they yield nearly as many to
the acre as if sowed alone, says James
Eidgeway in the Michigan Farmer. There
ia a decided advantage in sowing with
oats, because the oat stalks hold the peas
upright so they can be easily cut with a
mower. A variety of oats for this work
should be selected that naturally produces
a strong, stiff straw. Two bushels of the
small Canada field pea to one bushel of
oats makes about the right combination.
On good land this seed mixture will do
well and produce an abundant crop that
will make most excellent food for sheep.
Corn stubble land is the best for
this work if one has it, and it will
always prove easily workable for the
oats and peas. If sod ground is used
it should be fall plowed, or turned over as
early in spring as possible. When in
in good working order harrow lightly and
sow two buBhels of peas to the acre. Plow
these seeds under from four to six inches,
and see that the work is done thoroughly
30 that they are all well covered. Then a
week later sow one bushel of oats to the
icre and give a thorough harrowing to
;over the peas planted deep in the soil,
md the oats lightly. In this way the
oeas will be near the surface. This is the
ivay these two crops need to be planted,
if put in together and covered with the
iamd amount of soil one crop or the other
will prove a failure. The peas do well
;vhen planted deep and the oats require a
mrface planting, and the growth of the
>ats will not interfere with the peas
joining up, while the two together will
n-etty effectually exterminate the weeds.
Che oats and the peas get a pretty
DVen start in this way, and they
;row side by side in the most Batisfac-
ory manner. After the oats have been
ilanted it is a good plan to roll the soil
vhen the harrowing is finished, for this
eaves the ground in Buch good condition
or harvesting. Soon after the peas get
>eyond the eating Btage, while still green,
ut the crop with a mower, and when
ured, so they will not mold, but not
nough so as o lose their leaves, put them
nto cocks of 200 to 3C0 pounds each, and
fter a week of good curing weather they
an be simply aired out and put away into
he mow. If they are to be kept outdoors
ut them into good sized stacks with cheap
ay or swamp grass. Otherwise, if they
re allowed to get wet through they will
[peril. The crop may be threshed with a
lachine, but for sheep feeding it is better
5 feed as thev are, and the animals will
at up everything clean.

Next spring Secretary of Agriculture

Wilson will distribute throughout the

iuntry young trees, as well as garden

sed8. Authority for this new departure

as secured at the recent session of Con-

■ess and an appropriation waB made.

he distribution of trees is Secretary Wil-

ra's own idea. The people of the coun-

y have been cutting down the natural

rests with so much recklessness that it

1 18 become necessary to start artificial

lies. The division of forestry of the

gricultural Department haa made a sur-

l !y of the country and has ascertained the

irticular trees which thrive best and are

ost useful in each local ty. According

the program for the distribution of

eea, next year a given number of seed-

lgs will be allotted to each member of

e House of Representatives, who will be

ked to furnish a list of constituents to

hich he would like to have them sent.

Je Agricultural Department will do the

St. The seedlings will be grown in the

opagating houses and forwarded to their

stination with specific instructions as to

>wthey should be planted and cared for.

1 1 this way Secretary Wilson expects to

art several milliona of trees growing

roughout this country every year.

The Michigan Experiment Station of
which Prof. II. W. Mumford is in charge,
has of late concluded a twelve week trial
in fattening steers. It ia not made plain
why the steers were sold before being fin-
ished as their lack of weight and fat ob-
viously detracted from theirvalue, placing
them in a class which the exporters will
not touch. The cattle were grade Here-
fords purchased in Michigan and two
years old. The object was to determine
the relative value of various rations in
producing good beef, The lot fed corn
silage and the lot fed husked corn and
fodder did the best of the four. One steer
1640 pounds, sold for $5.75|per cwt : twelve
steers 1229 pounds average, sold for $5.50
and seven steers 1101 pounds average,
made $5 per cwt. Clay, Robinson & Co
sold the cattle in Chicago and in the "Live
Stock Report" state that the beeveB
lacked weight and finish which could
have been added in acceptable measure if
the feeding had been continued six weekB
longer.

An action to recover damages done by a
dog was brought to an issue recently in
Scotland. A sheep-worrying cur attacked
a flock of sheep which fled at its approach.
Terror-stricken, the flock of twenty fine
ewes raced over a steep bank into a deep
river and all were drowned. The owner
of the sheep sued the owner of the dog
for $500, being the value of the twenty
ewes at $25 per head. The dog owner
claimed that his cur was not responsible
for the death of the sheep as he had not
worried any of them ; indeed he had not
touched one of them in any way. The
jury, however, refused to look at it in that
wav and gave the plaintiff his damages as
claimed. Therefore it is not necessary
for the dog actually to worry sheep before
the owner of them may recover damages.

A cablegram from Copenhagen, Den-
mark, has the following : A Danish butter-
maker has discovered a new preservative
which excels everything in that line here-
tofore known. By means of this prepar-
ation it is possible to preserve butter,
meats and all kinds of perishable mer-
chandise. Experiments show that butter,
for instance, can be preserved, melted and
cooled off again, without losing any of its
freshness. It can also be placed among
goods that are decomposing or contain
rank odors without being affected. The
preparation is not injurious from a sani-
tary point of view and will, it is believed,
create a revolution in the shipping of
perishable merchandise.

The world's wool supply for 1900 is
estimated to have totaled 2,025,060 000
pounds This is the smallest since 1890
when the total for the entire globe was
only 1,944,000,000. According to expert
calculations the groES output of 1900
equaled 1,121,000,000 pounds of clean
washed wool. This is a shrinkage in
cleansing of something less than fifty per
cent. Further figures offered by the ex-
perts give the average utilization of wool
per capita of the world's population at
4.45 pounds in the grease and 2.46 pounds
cleansed. This again is the smallest per
capita consumption of wool by the world's
people for many years. In 1895 it waB
estimated at almost 3 pounds per capita
of clean wool

A duck farmer doing business in the
little hamlet of Lincoln Park, N. J., last
year marketed in New York and Jersey
City no less than 21,000 ducklings of the
Pckin variety. The profits were very
large for the capital invested. A large
number of duckB are maintained as layers
and the hatching is all done in incubators.
The layers and the drakes with them have
a small arm of the sea to splash in, but
(he ducklings are reared and fattened in a
dry sandy pen, or rather a great many
pens. It is said that the success of this
plant is largely due to the fact that the
rearing places are used but once in several
seasons.

Mr. H. B. Gurler of DeKalb, 111 , who
keeps two hundred cows, and sells his
milk in Chicago at twelve cents a quart,
told the Connecticut Dairy Association
that his milk goes to market in sealed jars,
with date on the seal as a guarantee of
freshness. He cannot from his farm meet
the demand for his milk. To have pure
milk one must have healthy cows, kept
in good sanitary conditions The cow
stables need perfect ventilation more than
the dwelling-house,as it has more inmates,
and the doors are opened less frequently.
They should be kept so clean that a per-
son going in blindfolded would not know
by the odor that he was in a stable, and if
it is so that the barn odor fills a person's
clothes it also flavors the milk. His cows
are groomed once a day, a half hour before
milking, and the udder is washed just
before milking, with warm water in win-
ter and cold water in summer, and one
man can do the washing for ten milkers.
Dr. N. S. Mayo of Storrs said that Con-
necticut is well adapted for raising healthy
cows, as it has fine, well watered pastures
and is cold enough in winter to kill disease
germs. Calves need good food, pure air
and healthy exercise. There is too much
breeding of cows that are not well ma-
tured. As tuberculosis is most frequently
contracted before they are matured, the
calves should be isolated from older cows
and the older cows isolated aa much as
possible, and given plenty of pure air and
sunlight.

The Navajo Indians are said to own
1,000,( 00 sheep. The famous Navajo
blankets, however, it is alleged, are not
made of the wool raised by the tribe.
Only the coarser and commoner of these
very expensive coverings are produced
from the wool shorn from the backs of the
Indians' own sheep, the best and finest
examples of the Navajo art of weaving
being made from wool that is given up
by Merinos of the finest fleece. There
are 22,000 Indians directly or indirectly
concerned in the ownership of the sheep.

At the June K. King Shorthorn sale in
Kansas City last week twenty-five bulls
brought $6700, average $268. Seventy-two
females brought $14,305, average $198.65.
The entire ninety-seven head brought
$21,000, general average $216.55.

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[May 11, 1901

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1901.

Meeting to be held between July 15th and August 4th,

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting
No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting
No. 3—2:15 Class Trotting

$1000
$1000
$1000

No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing
No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing
No. 6 — 2:13 Class Pacing

1901

$1000
$1000
$1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts to be Announced Later On.

Meeting will be held over some track within 100 miles of San Francisco and place will he announced on June 1st, which is two weeks prior to date of closing entries;
Entry blanks will be ready June 1st.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must be entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEAID, President. F. W- KELIEY. Secretary.

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

NEW OAKLET DRIVING FARE ASSOCIATION, Cincinnati

^=C3rra.i3.<a. Circuit Meeting oxx tin.© Hilltop Tr>»ols.== =

Announces the Following Early Closing Class Events for Their Meeting, to be Held

Sept. 16, 17, 18, 19,20,1901

Entries Close Friday, May 31st

Purse.

Purse

No. 1.

THE ZUMSTEIN, 2:30 Class, Trotting

$5,000

No.

4.

THE OAKLEY, 2:24 Class, Pacing

$3,000

No. 2.

THE GRAND HOTEL, 2:14 Class, Trotting

3,000

No

5.

THE OHIO, 2:14 Class, Pacing

3,000

No. 3.

THE HONING HOTEL, for Three-year-olds

2,000

No

6.

THE GIBSON HOUSE, 2:09 Class, Pacing

3000

Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 6, date of payment will be the same, a forfeit of $50 in each instance being due night before the race.

Class No. 1— On May 31st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $15 will be due: June 15th, $25; July lath, $50; August 15th, $50; September 5th. $60— $50 being due the niCTht before the race
Class No. 3, for three-year-olds.— On May 31st. a forfeit of $5 is due when colts must be named; June 15th, 810; July 15th, $20; August 15th, $25; September 5th, $30; $10 the night before the race In Classes
Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6.— On May 31st a forfeit of $10 will be due, when horses must be named; June 15th, $15; July 15th, $20; August 15th. $25; September 5th, $30, and $50 night before the race.

TERMS OF ENTRY— In all of the above classes more than one horse may be named as one entry, providing they are of the same stable. In cases where two or more horses have been named as one
entry, and any horse having been separated from the stable from which they were originally named, and such separation was made according to rule, they shall be eligible to start in the race if the
forfeits falling due after said separation have been met according to conditions upon the payment of forfeits which fell due before said separation. * J J

For information or entry blanks address
FRANK C. ZUMSTEIN, President. J. C. WOOD, Secretary, Station O. Cincinnati, O

NOTE— Other events of this Grand Circuit Meeting program will be announced later. Purses will compare with above and will endeavor to have them to suit our patrons.

State Agricultural Society

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

The Stanford Stake of 1903

Trotting Stake for Foals of 1900

To be trotted at the California State Fair of 1903.

Entries to Close June 1, 1901.

With H. Lowden, Assistant Secretary at the office in Sacramento.

Fifty dollars entrance, of which $5 must accompany nomination June 1, 1901; $5 November 1, 1901'
tlO June 1, 1902; $10 June 1, 1903, and $20 on the tenth day before the first day of the State Fair of 1903-
|»J0 added by the Society. Mile heats, three in five, to harness.

The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Right reserved to declare two
starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be
divided 66S (per cent, to the winner and 33^ per cent, to the second horse. A horse distancing the
field shall be entitled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Remember, the Date of Closing is June 1, 1901.

[Colts entered in the Occident Stake for 1903 are eligible to entry in this Stake.) This Stake is
growing in value each year.

EL LOWDEN, Asst. Secretary. A. B. SPRECKELS, President.

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By Teheran, son of Mambrino Wilkes, dam by
Nephew. She is six years old, stands 15.2; stylish,
handsome, perfectly broken, and a pleasure to
drive. Will be sold together with a
Bailey Gear Pneumatic Road Buggy, new,
and new harness and a

New Pneumatic Tire Road Cart. Price for
the whole outfit $500— a bargain. Can be seen at
KELLY'S STABLES, 1639 Pine St.

Wanted, Matched Team.

Situation Wanted

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or manager on thoroughbred stock ranch. Thor-
oughly versed in the breeding industry and well
versed In practical equine anatomy, mechanical
obstructions and medicine. Twenty-five years1
experience with the thoroughbred race horse.
Best of references. Address

TRAINEE BOX,

This Office.

Trotters, bays or browns, 15.2 to 15.3 hands, must
be handsome, well mated, thoroughly broken and
able to show better than a three minute gait and
a first class road team in every particular. Ad-
dress with price and particulars,

H. A. SMILEY,
Breeder and Sportsman,
36 Geary St., San Francisco.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY AIRLIE, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2: 1134', second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MAJRTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly, 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

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TRE YEAR BOOK.

This great work will be ready for delivery
March 10, 1901.

Contains summaries of races; tables of 2:30 trot-
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get in standard time and their producing sons and
daughters; great broodmares; champion trotters;
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This important adjunct contains all the standard
animals in the first ten volumes, with numbers,
inital pedigrees, and reference to volume in which
animal is registered.

REGISTRATION BLANKS.

Address

Will be sent upon application.
Money must accompany all orders.

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American Trotting Register Association

355 Dearborn St., Room 1108,

Chicago, Illinois.

Or, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN,
San Francisco, Cal.

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MEMPHIS
TROTTING
ASSOCIATION

The Latest
and Best

MEMPHIS, TENN

Announces the Following Early Closing Events for its Inaugural
Meeting (following Lexington, Ky.), October 21 to 26.

ENTRIES CLOSE SATURDAY, JUNE 1st

McMURRAY

No. I — 2:11 Class, Trotting
No. 2 — 2:14 Class, Trotting
No. 3—2:20 Class, Trotting
No. 4—2:08 Class, Pacing
No. b — 2:20 Class, Pacing

$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000

Entrance — In Glasses 2 and 5 — Five per cent., [ nothings from jmoney winners

Entrance — In Classes 1, 3 and 4 — Five per cent., and five per cent, additional
from money winners.

Forfeits — In All Stakes— June 1, $25; July 1, $50; September 1, $25, and $50
night before the race. Nominators will not be held for forfeits_due after they have
declared out in writing.

Nominators, in all classes, upon the payment of 3 per cent, additional, shall
have the right up to October 1 to substitute in the place of the horse named, any
horse eligible at the time entries closed.

Stakes No. 2 and 5 will be trotted under "The Memphis System." Stakes No.
1, No 3 and No. 4 will be mile heats, best three in five, money divided, 50, 25, 15 and
10 per cent.

The Memphis System is : Three heats constitute a race. First heat one
mile. Second heat one and one-eighth miles (horses to start at seven-eighths pole).
Third heat one-half mile (horses to start at half-mile pole).

Money Divided— First heat (1 mile) 1st horse $612. Second $306. Third $102

Second " (1 J miles) " " $828. " $414. " $138

Third " ( J mile) " " $360. " $180. " $ 60

Distance — 110 yards in mile and one-eighth heat, and 50 yards in half-mile

heat.

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Hobbles will not be barred.

National Trotting Association rules to govern, with above exceptions,
reserved to reject any entry. For entry blanks address

531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal.

Pacific Coast Agts.

Right

MURRAY HOWE, Sec'y., Memphis, Tenn.

NOTE.— In the Memphis System we have incorporated as many features of the running turf as
will be consistent in heat racing. The plan is simply a compromise between the heat and the dash
systems. We have decided to try this plan of racing because the present condition of the sport in
Memphis, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Louisville and all cities where running is extremely
popular, demonstrates beyond question that the people of those cities prefer the methods of the
running turf to those of the trotting turf.

Purses for all classes, $1000 or more each, to complete programme, will open about September 1st,
to close September 15th.

The track and plant will be one of the finest in the world, and will be specially equipped with the
view of making it an ideal place for winter training.

IDAHO I N T ER ^VIOU NTATn FAIR.

BOISE, IDAHO.

SEPTEMBER 16 TO 21, 1901.
Six Days Racing $10,000 in Purses

THREE SPECIALS - $1000 EACH

flerchants Purse ior 2:20 Trotters. Inter-raountaln Purse for 2:15 Pacers.

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE I, 1901,

Vancouver Jockey Club.

Spring Race Meeting, May 24=25

VANCOUVER, B. C.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 AT 9 P- M-

First Day — Friday, May 24th.

Purse

FIRST RACE— Two-fifty class, trot or

pace, 1 mile heats, 3 in 5 S300

SECOND RACE— Three-eighths mile dash,

weight for age 150

THIRD RACE— Three-fourths mile pony
race, for ponies 14 hands 2 inches and un-
der. Ponies 14.2 to carry 140 lbs.; 5 lbs.
allowance for every half inch under that
height. Non-winners and maidens al-
lowed 10 lbs 75

FOURTH RACE — Five-eighths mile dash;

weight for age 176

FIFTH RACE— One mile dash; weight for

age ao°

Second Day— Saturday, May 25th.

SIXTH RACE— Free-for-all Trot or Pace, 1

mile heats, 3 in 5 250

SEVENTH RACE— One-half mile dash,
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 10 lbs. extra 175

EIGHTH RACE— Three-fourths mile race
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 7 lbs. extra. Provincial
bred horses allowed 5 lbs 200

NINTH RACE,-One and one-eighth mile
dash; weight for age. Previous winners
at the meeting to carry 5 lbs. extra 225

TENTH RACE— Three-fourths mile conso-
lation race for beaten horses; weight for

OREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL-sTEINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

VERBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A.J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cal.

"W. A. SHIPPKE, Avon, Cal., Standard-bred
Trotting, Carriage and Road Horses, Jacks, Mules
and Durham Bulls for Sale.

VETERINARY.

100

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage, Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

I The Club will give a Matinee on SATURDAY,
June 15th, when Special Purses will be offered for
non-winners.

Capital City Purse, Running, 1 1-4 Miles — Entries Close Sept. 1, 1901.

CONDITIONS.

Entrance fee five per cent, of purse and five per cent, additional from money winners. Entrance
to purse races payable 40 per cent with entry, balance at time of meeting. Money divided 50, 25, 15
and 10 per cent, of purse. Mile heats.-3 in 5 for pacing and trotting races. Hobbles not barred.

The Boards reserves the right to declare off and return first payment in any purse that does not
fill satisfactorily.

The Board reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two start they may
contest for entrance money paid in, to be divided 66-£ per cent, to the first and 3313' per cent, to the
second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no
other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

The usual weather clause will be observed. Other than specified, rules of the American Trotting
Association to govern harness races, and of the Pacific Northwest Racing Association to govern
running races.

For entry blanks, address
JOHN McMILLAN, Pres. C. S. LOVELAND, Sec.

At the Vancouver Summer Meeting on Dominion
Days Monday and Tuesday, July 1st and 2d, TWO
$1000 PURSES will be given.

U. S. horses can be bonded in for exhibition
purposes, free of charg-e. By signifying their
intentions of being present, owners will save
themselves trouble and delay.

Entry blanks can be obtained from the Secretary
to whom entries must be made.

The Secretary will take pleasure in replying to
any and all communications with reference to
transportation, track facilities and. desired in-
formation. Address

ROBT. LEIGHTON,
Secretary Vancouver Jockey Club,
P. O. Box 366. Vancouver, B. C

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SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Raeing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. M. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 M. and
12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 and 3 P. M.. connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts; no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
I Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track inflfteen
minutes.

Returning— Trains leave the track at 4:lo and
4:45 p. m., and immediately after the last race.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres.
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[May 11, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Rufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

St. Carlo — iooi

ST. CARLO.

Hermit J Seclusion

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Carita..

/TheDl-Used

'(Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamar II. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

FOKTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

ELECTlONEhR

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEERETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nutwood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09V* is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:llV£ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09V*. Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
years old. He is a blood bay, \bU hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

f Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ike Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08V*, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11M, Arlene Wilkes 2:ll?i, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16K. Sunbeam 2: I6>£, Sybil S.
2:I63£, Saville 2:17V*., Grand George 2:18v£,
J. F. Hanson 2:19M, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, V* mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

GoodJPasturage at .$4 per month. BestSof careltaken of mares but no liability for escapes or-
accidents. No wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Telephone: Suburban 541. Santa Clara, Cal

GOSSIPER 2:141, Reg. No. 12008.

Sire of Gazelle 2:llVf (dam of Zolock 3:10*4), Miss Jessie 2:13%, Ketchum 2:16& (sire of Connie
2:15Vi), and others. Sired by Simmons 2:28 (sire of Greenleaf 2:1014 and 97 more in 2:30, and dams of
Bonnie Direct 2-05Vf: Fereno (3) 2:10^- Owyhee 2:11) and others. Dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler 2:15W,
sire of 12 in 2:30 and dams of Be Sure 2:06?^ and 30 more in 2:23.

Will Make the Season of 1901 at

NEWARK, ALAMEDA CO., CAE.

Terms $30 for the Season.

With usual return privileges. Good care taken of mares, but no responsibility assumed for accidents
or esoapes. Good pasturage for an unlimited number of horses at $2.50 per month.

For further particulars address S. T. CORAM, Newark, Cal.

Or, CHAS. S. NEAL. 230 Montgomery St.. San Francisco.

EDUCATOR, the handsomest son of Director

Will make the season of 1901, five days each week
at M. Henry Ranch, near Haywards; Saturdays a
Geary and Grindell Stables,

HAYWARDS, CAL. - Terms $25

EDUCATOR is by the great Director 2:17, sire of
Directum 2:05*4", Direct 2:05V*. and 46 more in 2:30
Dam, Dolly by Vermont Messenger; second dam, a
Morgan mare. His oldest colts now three years old,
nearly all from common mares, are, without doubt!
the handsomest colts in Alameda county, and all
show speed. He is a sure foal getter.
For further particulars address

M. HENRY, Haywards, CaL,

Breed to Extreme Speed.

GHAS. DERBY 4907, m. 2:20 » * »-»

MUCH BETTER 2:07Ji, DERBY PKINCESS 2:08^. DIABLO 2:09M,I OWYHEE 2:11,1
LITTLE BETIEB 2:11^, CIBOLO 2 :13ya, and many other fast and game race horses.

$50 the season.

OWYHEE 26,116, ne.M1

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices I
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.ilj
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Breed to the Champion of the World. I

McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (£
2:10JC> by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is tht
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started In 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the recorc
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in tlie show ring, champion on tlie raw.
track and a champion in tlie stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 al

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

McKINNEY 2:11&.

sire of

Coney 2:023£

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2;09}.f

Zolock 2:10%

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12'/n

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13^

Osito 2:13%

Juliet D 2:13ya

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14&

Geo. W. McKinney. . . .2:14%

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

Terms for the Season $100 <With usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $i per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEG

STAM B. 2:1 M

STAM B. (23444) 2:11# is by Stamboul 2:07% (sire of 5 trot
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medina
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others ir
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: seconc
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:1!
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam bj
Mambrino Chief.

9TAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on thi
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled befon
removal of mare.

Started in 21 Races
1st 10 times
2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON

$7500

IN PURSES.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., RocklJn, Cal

SEYMOUR WILKES, Reg. M 0232.

(KACE RECORD 3:08i<.)

The Fastest Son of Guy Wilkes.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25

SEYMOUR WILKES earned his record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. Thi
oldest of his get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large
handsome, strongly -built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance ar-
square trotters.

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes,his dam Early Bird by Playmail, second dam by Od<
Fellow, third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blackhawk 767. He weighs 120
pounds, stands 16 hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of hii
get are in San Francisco and will be shown to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par
ticulars apply to THOS. ROCHE, Lakeville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables
408 Bush street, San Francisco.

Mares can be shipped direct to ranch, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage $3 per month. j I *

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July 1 at

A_-^ _.._ — ._ _ — ».*». SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hand I

$30 THE SEASON. high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high qualitB

and finish and beautiful symmetry.
His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great il

groportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:1314, Hazel Y. 2:17p
lutcher Boy 2:17^, Auditor.2:1914 and many others, ana all have great style and action,
well as speed. _r.r~*

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February loth. For furthe|
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track

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Breed to Monterey 2:09 J. No. 3170B.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19i{ who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
SrS? K?.' """SfJ7 'SS'r^'Ur*151"11 better, 36 in 2:30 93 in the list, and re of Lenna N
2:0oHr, Monterey 2:09if and Dr. Leek 2:09«— three better than 2:10.

ii.,F„iSt.h^™f„,feT da™, ?,' ^c?,1^ VW and Monterey 2:09«, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of lago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10i£, Monterey 2:09«, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13«!

x„JeZ?1? ™m-„B.?!S?.a Sy Wo,oafor? Mambrino 2:2114 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19y, and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07J£, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief II.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred. oiners

, M,°,?keTe;v„!r °,n.13 ra.ces- an.a he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lav the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03« to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for ail at Glens Falls in 1899
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New lorlj thai year, Bingen 2:06»i and others bem? distanced. Monterey won lire western Stallion
Stake and a ¥4110 si ver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900. »« umo at

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TKRM< S50 FOR THK SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901 All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at *3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J WILLIAMS, Jlilpitas, Cal.

FIFTH ANNUAL

DOG SHOW

OF THE

San Francisco Kennel Club

AT MECHANIC'S PAVILION, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

MAY 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 1901.

Jndges: HENRY JARBETT, of Philadelphia; J. J. LYNN, of Port Huron, Mich, and
JOHN BRAJDSHAW, of San Francisco.

ENTRIES CLOSE APRIL 27TH AT THE OFFICE

No. 14 Post Street, San Francisco.

J. P. NORMAN, Secretary-Treasurer. - - ,H. D. tAEDIiAW, Cashier

315)1 This show will be held under American Kennel Club Rules. Winners' Classes count Five Points
towards Championship. No Pedigree required to show your dog.

Race Record

2:16 1

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 'i:i2 and 3 \--H respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-year-
old Keldins of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10#. John A MeKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

nutwood WILKES will make the season of it*0i at the

NU1W00D STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

■2.

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18i by Nutwood 2:18|

Fee = $50

"For th« S**n

With return privileges
If horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec(wagon).;":<ifl

3-year-old race rec. .2:12^
Who Is It 2:Wn

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

GeorsneB 2:12^

Claudius 2:.3!tf

Bob Tngersoll 2:143.1

Irvington Boy 2:175^

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes Tor sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvtagton, Alameda Co.,

Irvington Belle 2

Echora Wilkes 2

Central G;rT 2:

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SUBSCRIPTION
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AT THE SACRAMENTO RACE TRACK.

1-Zombro 2:11, br s by McKinney Ml* Owned by Geo. T. ^S-g^i^^bjG^ *1*. Owned by

5— Captain Jones, bill s by McKinney, dam by Gossiper. Owned

Beckers.
3— Bay colt by Arthur Holt 23204. Owned by O. J. Holmes.

4— Peizote, bay trotter by Bayswater Wilkes. Owned and
trained by S. H. Hoy.

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W JOTTINGS. M

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AT SACRAMENTO there are forty or fifty horses
in training for the California circuit, and Lessee
Martin has the track in better shape than it has been
for years. The coating of clay which was put on last
year by the directors of the State Agricultural Society
was a great improvement, and the intelligent manner
in which it has been worked by Mr. Martin, has made
the track an ideal one for training. On the day of
my visit, Saturday, May 4th, if looked good enough
for record breaking, and I noticed that every trainer
and groom had a word to say in its praise.

Vet Tryon has a string of ten trotters and pacers
stalled at the track and there are some green ones
among them that will get marks away below the
standard 2:30 before the season is over. He has Mar-
garetta 2:15, the daughter of Direct and Rosita A. that
J. E. Terry paid a thousand dollars for last season just
before the circuit opened. She was a fast mare, but
after that eight-heat race at Vallejo (which she should
not have been started in as she was in poor condition)
did not do much. She worked a quarter in 35 seconds
at Sacramento the last week in April this year, and is
looking like 2:10 now. Vet has a three year old filly
by Algona that is being pointed for the Occident Stake
this fall. She is called Jennie H. and is owned by Dr.
McCollum. A green mare, six years old, by Mendocino
out of Maud Merrill is going good for Mr. Tryon, as
is also a four year old stallion by Silver Bow out of
Grace (the dam of Daedalion 2:11) by Buccaneer. This
is not only a good looker but he is fast enough to head
for almost any of the big stakes. He is a square trotter
and picks up his feet like a winner, and he will be one
sure. Vet saw a couple of ladies come on the track
one day recently with a gray trotting mare and his ex-
perienced eye saw that the mare was a trotter. It
was evident that they thought the gray a pretty good
one; and when they let her step a mile Tryon had his
watch out and caught the time as 2:39. He thought
that was pretty good for a lady's road mare, and a few
days after made an offer for the mare and got her. She
is by Director Jr., and the boys say will win races.
Another in Tryon's string is Belle Air 2:14} a pacing
mare by Pathmont. She is acting well and looking
good. A gelding by Rainbow out of a mare by the
Sidney horse Memo stepped a quarter in 37J seconds for
Vet a few days ago, and he has another, a bay, by
Easter Wilkes out of a Prompter mare that is almost
as fast. A four year old filly by Easter Wilkes, dam
Nellie Waldstein, is quite promising. Vet has a sorrel
gelding by Steinway that belongs to W. J. Irvine and
the latter expects him to trot in 2:10 by next fall.
This horse was raised at Oakwood Park Stock Farm.
Sequoia is the name given a two year old by Silver
Bow, dam Belle Caprice by Steinway, that Tryon is
training for S. S. Stiles, of San Francisco. For a
youngster he is very promising and like all the Silver
Bows he is a good looker.

John Pender who brought his handsome stallion
Captain Jones by McKirfney to Sacramento a short
time ago, is making a fair season with him. Captain
Jones is a very handsome horse as will be seen by his
picture on the front page of this paper, and I don't
know where one would look for a better bred one. By
McKinney dam by Gossiper, second dam (the dam of
McBriar 2:15) by Don Wilkes, a son of Alcyone, third
dam by Mambrino Patchen, fourth dam by Almont 33.
Monroe Salisbury was looking at him the day I was
there and was very enthusiastie|over him. Mr. Pender
worked Captain Jones a mile in 2:25} and he stepped
the last quarter in 35J seconds. A two year old by
Captain Jones that Pender is working is one of the
fastest things at the track.

The big baj stallion Ouiboul 2:22} by Stamboul is
at the Sacramento track in the hands of trainer Clark.
He is a big rangy horse and has more speed than his
record shows.

A stud colt by Zombro, dam by Berlin that Mr.
Mitchell is training, is one of the most promising of
this years two year olds. He is a trotter, like all the
Zombros, and looks like he might trot very fast.

Geo. Beckers has his great stallion Zombro in fine
fettle. I think he is undoubtedly one of the grandest
looking of California stallions, and there is not one of
his get that I have seen thu3 far but looks like him.
Wherever one hears of a Zombro colt or filly he hears
of its trotting ability, and it need not surprise anyone
if Zombro some day stands in the front rank as a sire
of speed as his sire stands now. His head is one of the
most intelligent looking I ever saw on a horse and his
legs and feet are like iron. His colts have the head
and limbs just like him. Beckers is working a fine two
year old filly by him, out of a Silver Bow mare that is
a good one and not only good gaited, but fast.

Hi Hogoboom has quite a string of horses. Tuttle
Bros., of Rocklin, placed their great.' young stallion,

Stam B. 2:11} in his care this year and Hi has made
quite a season with him. Stam B. would take many a
prize were he to make the rounds of the Eastern horse
shows. They could not beat his sire in the show ring,
and he is just as showy a horse. Breeders who want
to raise colts to sell should not overlook the opportu-
nity to breed, to Stam B. Mr. Hogoboom has Monroe
S. 2:20, which he will race this year, and a very fast
and promising mare by Waldstein that is one of the
beauties of the Sacramento track. There is a big, fine
looking chestnut gelding by Waldstein also in Hogo-
boom's string and four or five others that he is just
breaking, among them a young paeer by Gossiper 2:14|
that he thinks lots of and is predicting great speed for.

Mrs. Callendine is having Abdine 2:17J worked at the
track. He stepped a mile in 2:20 the other day, and
came the last quarter in 32} seconds, and they all say
that he'll do. Mrs. C.'s yearling by Nutwood Wilkes
out of the dam of Diawood 2:11 and Abdine 2:17} is
one of the handsomest things of his age in the country.

Tom Holmes got a son of his stallion Arthur Holt
out on the track for the Breeder and Sportsman's
camera. He is a good looker (the gelding, not Tom)
and can go some. I believe he worked this fellow a
mile in 2;24} last fall. Mr. Holmes has thirteen head
in his string, among them a pacer called Lanky Bob
that has a mile in 2:23 to his credit. A brown mare
that has no record but has stepped a mile in 2:24 is
quite a prospect, as is also a very fine looking filly in
his string that is by Zombro 2:11, dam by Stamboul
2:07}, second dam by Abbotsford 2:19}.

Sam Hoy, the well known Winters horseman, has
four good ones at the track. They are in charge of
his son who, judging by their looks, knows how to
keep a horse in condition. Mr. Hoy goes over to Sac-
ramento twice a week to drive them. Kelly Briggs
2:10]f has had no hopples on this year, and he had
not worked a mile better than 2:30 up to the day of
my visit. He certainly has the cleanest set of legs of
any horse I know that has as fast a record. There is
not a puff or a pimple on them. Peizote is the name
given the big gelding by Bayswater Wilkes whose
picture is one of the front page group this week. He
is a natural trotter and can step along pretty well.
Sam told me he had worked him a mile in 2:25 and
thinks he has the making of quite a horse. McNally
2:15 looks better than ever. He struck himself last
year and it was thought for a while the tendon would
bow where it was hit, but the leg is all right and if the
bees don't swarm he will trot close to 2:10 and win
money. Rita H, his brown pacing mare by McKinney
out of the dam of Brilliantine 2:17} is the remaining
one of his string of good ones. Sam is working a
dozen or so over his own track at home, but is just
breaking them and hardly expects to take any of them
to the races this year. His stallion Bayswater Wilkes
is doing well and has had something over forty mares.

Chris Jorgensen has a string of nine horses at Sac-
ramento. They belong to different parties and Chris
is breaking them to drive and teaching them how to
go. His brother Hans is also in the business and has
six head.

Quite a number of horsemen are talking of moving
to the Sacramento track and the fact that it is in such
tip top condition and that stall rent is free will cause
many more to follow now that the race programs are
being announced and they see that there is money in
sight for one that can win.

At Willows Track.

A representative of the Willows Promoter says of
Col. F. G. Crawford's string of horses now being
worked at the Willows track :

The entire stable is under the supervision of W. P.
Hamner, who deserves great credit for the splendid
condition and speed which the entire string shows. If
they are entered in this year's circuit we are confident
that they will not only make a great showing, but will
surprise some of the old horsemen. Mr. Hamner is
working five at the present time as follows:

Bay mare Maud, six years old, by Monaco. Has
shown a mile better than 2:25.

Sorrel gelding, six years old, by Clarence Wilkes, a
square trotter. He has shown a mile better than 2:35.

Sorrel gelding Prince, 6 years old, by Reno Prince.
He is a fine large horse and will make a good cam-
paigner.

Two bay pacers, Dott and Spot, by Falrose, five
years. Although young they have shown a wonder-
ful burst of speed and no doubt will reach the 2:20
mark before the end of the season.

Mr. Hamner informed our reporter that it was more
than likely that one or two of the above horses would
start in the Breeder's association races which will take
place some time in July.

The little brown pacing mare handled by Jo Reedy
was working out a couple of heats and showed some
wonderful bursts of speed. Jo thinks he will have in
her another Don, who, under his supervision, paced a
mile in 2:10. This mare is a full sister to Don. The
track is at present in not the best of condition, but
when a little more work is done on it no doubt some
fast records will be recorded.

Alice Mapes 2:14|, the fastest two year old of 1900,
was a prize winner at the recentlBrooklyn horse show.

Fast Time at Los Angeles.

At the matinee given by the Los Angeles Driving
Club Friday of last week, Mr. M. M. Potter drove his-
pacing mare Primrose a second heat in 2:10, thus low-
ering the California amateur record and the record of I
the mare at the same time. Mr. Potter also drove his-
McKinney mare Sweet Marie a fast mile the same day.
He started her to beat 2:17 and made the mile in 2:13j,
which is a very fast mile for a trotter this early in the
season. The following account of the day's races is<
from the columns of the Los Angeles Herald of Satur-
day last:

Twenty-five hundred people or more attended the
matinee of the Los Angeles Driving Club yesterday
afternoon and were given one of the mest enjoyable
entertainments that has ever been provided by the
club. The day was a trifle cool for racing, but the
track was lightning fast, and the spectators were treated
to seeing Milo M. Potter's pacer Primrose cover a mile
in the remarkably fast time of 2:12. This reduces the
matinee record and cuts the record of the mare a
second.

There was nothing to the first race except Sweet -
heart, owned by M. M. Potter. She easily disposed
of the only other entry, Tom Moore, in 2:19} and 2:24.

The second race for trotters and pacers did not
materialize, and in its place Mr. Potter drove Sweet
Marie to beat 2:17. After three attempts she covered
the mile with one break in 2:13}, the time for the frac-
tional quarters being 0:32J, 1:04|, 1:40 and 2:13}.

The third event was a horse race from start to finish.
Although a two in three event it required four heats
to decide the winner, each of the three entries taking
a heat before the final mile was paced. The race was
for pacers of the 2:20 class, and Bessie B. was believed
to be the good thing. She eventually won. The first
heat fell to her easily, but she broke in the second after
getting away badly, and the heat was won by Bastina.
Dr. Hitchcock came along with Dewey in the third
heat, the others acting badly, and won by several
lengths. In the final heat Dewey went to the front
and stayed there until the far turn. At the three-
quarters the others closed up and Bessie B. came along
on the outside with a great burst of speed. The pace
in the stretch was too fast for Dewey and he was car-
ried off his feet. Bastina finished second, a length be-
hind Bessie B.

Only two showed up for the "Alfalfa Handicap, a
mile dash, " as the program had it. Those having the
grit were D E. Llewellyn, who drove a mule harnessed
to a buekboard of antique pattern, and Dr. J. A. Ed-
monds, who had a mule attached to a breaking cart
that had seen better days. The outfit went the full
mile and in the finish Llewellyn's mule, which rejoiced
in the classic name of "Llacollana, " managed to cross
the wire first, being m-ged by a liberal use of a quirt
wielded by Ed Smith. This feature afforded no end of
amusement.

The free for all pace was annexed by Primrose with
ease. The only horse that was entered that gave Milo
Potter's entry an argument at any stage of the game
was Electra, driven by Thomas Hughes, and this was
only in the first heat. Not only did Mr. Potter guide
Primrose to victory, but he drove her to a matinee
record, 2:12, reduced the horse's record a full second
and in the first eighth of the first heat made a
separately timed record of 15} seconds, a 2:04 clip.
He drove through the stretch in the second heat at a
gait that seemingly left the other horses in the race
standing still. The time by quarters in the fastest
heat was 31} seconds, 1:05, 1:39}, 2:12.

J. W. Spooner's handy mare Polo was the only horse
that figured in the sixth race, a mixed trotting and
pacing event for horses in the 2:25 class. In both heats
Polo easily went to the front and was never headed.

Dave Llewellyn and Otto Zahn were the riders in the
running race for aides and marshals of the Fiesta
parade. Zahn was mounted on Hiawatha and Llew-
ellyn on Baby May. It did not make much difference
as to the names of the runners. Zahn took the lead
at the start and came in first by two lengths.

First race, 2:30 class, pacing.

Sweetheart (M. M. Potter) 1

TomMoore (Dr. M. L. Moore) 2 2

Maud Gorme (William Stevenson) 3 dr

Time— 2:19!4, 2:24.
Second race (against time, 2:17).

Sweet Marie (M. M. Potter) 1

Time

Time— 2:13X.
Third race, 2:20 class, pacing.

Bessie M (W. P. Book)

Bastina (Kenneth Redpath)

Dewey (Dr. W. W. Hitchcock)

Time— 2:22^, 2:22«, 2:26«, 2:27.
Fourth race, Alfalfa Handicap.

Llacollana (D. E. Llewellyn)

Johnny Come Lately (Dr. J. A. Edmonds)

No time.
Fifth race, free-for-all, pacing.

Primrose (M.M.Potter) 1

Floretta Belle (B. Erkenbrecher) 3

Electra (Thomas Hughes) 2

Nellie B (F. Humphreys, driven by Willard Stimpson) 4

Cceur de Lion. 7: (Dr. W. LeM. Wills) 5

Time— 2:16)4, 2:12.
Sixth race, 2:2y class, mixed.

Polo (J. W. Spooner) 1

Maud McKinney (M. M. Potter) 2

The Rover (Godfrey Fritz) 4

MarkH (E. T. Stimson) 3

Time— 2:23, 2:24.
Seventh race, for aides and marshals.

Hiawatha (Otto Zahn)

Baby May (Llewellyn)

No time.

1 3

2 1

3 2

John Strathmore, bay gelding, by Strathmore, with
George Worthington up, stepped a full mile over Bel-
mont track Tuesday in 2:15. This is the fastest trial
of the season over the track.

May 18, 1901]

&he $veeiiev mtir &pavt$man

(For Clean Sport.
[Los Angeles Times, May 11.]
,, The Los Angeles Driving Club is composed of gen-
Mtlemen who love horses and enjoy their feats of speed.
tftjlt was formed on the idea that true sport is not neees-
ii sarily allied with gambling or, in fact, with money-
i. making in any form. The idea thus embodied is prov-
ing immensely successful, and, hence, as a compara-
tively new departure, it is commanding the attention
j| of the sporting world.

J The club was organized in October, 1898, with a
^membership of sixty. This membership has been in-
Jcreased to 200. In January of the present year the
j'iclub was organized and was regularly incorporated as
,| a social organization.

f| The expenses are met entirely by the membership.
;lNo purses are offered on races, no admission fees are
{charged either to owners of horses or spectators, no
llgambling or pool-selling is allowed, and the meetings
Hare held wholly for the entertainment of those who
I enjoy horse racing for its own sake. As the horses do
ti not contend for purse, premium, stake or wager and
[i no admission fee is charged, the horses participating
! do not acquire record or bar; that is to say, the mati-
[ nees are simply a workout under the auspices of
the club.
' The Driving Club endeavors to have a matinee once
I each month, selecting holidays so far as possible-
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, Washington's Birth"
day. St. Patrick's Day and other festive occasions have
: thus been celebrated, and the Fiesta was rounded out
by one of these affairs yesterday. These matinees
i have attracted the best people of Los Angeles and the
L attendance has been very large, sometimes reaching
I as high as five or six thousand. Society ladies and
men of refinement have no scruples about attending,
I for they are assured that the affairs are conducted
' without any features of gambling or rowdyism. They
i are, in fact, society functions in which the elite of Los
'. Angeles, Pasadena and surrounding towns participate
with the utmost satisfaction.
Notwithstanding the fact that these affairs are made
i free to the public, and that no reasonable expense is
; spared on details, the expense is not onerous on the
membership, the admission fee being only $3 and the
■ monthly dues only $1. All reasonable outgo can be
met by this revenue. Elegant programs are provided
' and the details for the accommodation of visitors are
more carefully attended to than with the most noted
racing associations.

The matinees of the Los Angeles Driving Club have
not only elicited great local popularity, but they have
also attracted attention from the sporting press of the
country. The New York Sunday journals and such
papers as the New York Spirit of tlie Times and the
Breeder and Sportsman record all of the events
with careful attention. Thus the work of the club is
, attracting national notoriety, and it is undoubtedly
setting a precedent that will be followed in many other

The officers of the club are : President, W. H. Stim-
son; Vice-President, Dr. M. L. Moore; Treasurer, J. J.
Fay, Jr.; Secretary, J. G. Mott; Directors, H. G. Bun-
drem, Walter L. Vail, J. Byron Erkenbrecher, Dr. H.
Bert Ellis, N. W. Myrick, Dr. W. le Moyne Wills.

Practically all of the members of the club own
horses, in which they take pride, but there are fifty or
sixty members who own notable roadsters.

The club holds a lease on Agricultural Park, control-
ling it the year round, except on the two occasions
annually, when the Sixth District Agricultural asso-
ciation holds its meetings. This lease runs a year from
last January, with the option of renewal for another
year. Thus the association is assured a habitat for
some time — long enough, perhaps, for it to acquire a
driving park of its own.

The club is interested not only in promoting true
sport along the lines named, but it stimulates the driv-
ing horse industry. It popularizes good horses, and
incidentally works for good roads. In this latter re-
spect it co-operates with the Merchants' and Manufac-
turer's Association, the Chamber of Commerce and
the Good Roads League.

Among the fine horses owned by members of the
club, the following may be cited: W. H. Stimson's
stable: Richmond Chief, trotter 2:14}; Julia M. (three
year old filly), trotter, 2:22; Lord Kitchener, four year
old trotter 2:26; Hanford Medium, bay, pacer, 2:11};
Sophie R., black, pacer, 2:14$; Maude Gonne, untried,
three year old bay filly, who has worked a mile in 2:27.

Dr. W. le Moyne Wills has a bay gelding, seven
years old, which he picked up for a song a year and a
half ago. The animal had been a business road horse.
Since then the gelding has had four months of training
and has developed wonderful speed. He is a clean,
natural pacer, and on the road will trot half the time.
He has great staying qualities, and, barring accidents,
will give a good account of himself. His name is Coeur
de Lion.

Milo M. Potter's stable: Primrose, pacer, 2:12; Sweet
Marie, trotter, 2:13}; Sweetheart, pacer; Maud Mc-
Kinney, trotter; Sister, trotter, and about ten others
in training. Mr. Potter has the largest and best rac-
ing stables in Southern California. Kent is his trainer.

Byron Erkenbrecher is the owner of five race horses.
Two of these, Wilhelmina, whose pacing record is
2:11} and Floretta Belle, have figured in the matinees
at the Driving Club, Floretta set a mark of 1:03 for
the half mile in a pacing race at Agricultural Park
last June. His three other fine horses are black filly,
a yearling by McKinney, Galette Wilkes, trotting
record 2:12, and Miss Barnabee. The latter, whose
sire was McKinney, held the three year old trotting
record for California for '99 — 2:21.

Tom Hughes is justly proud of his Electa, a mare by
Silkwood. Not long ago she defeated Mr. Stimson's

Hanford Medium in a mile race- for a;$1001dinner. ju She
has paced trial heats in 2:14.

Dr. W. W. Hitchcock's well known pacer, Dewey, is
said to be one of the fastest buggy horses owned in the
State; he has a record now of 2:19, and has been the
hero of several remarkably close races — private affairs.
Dewey was beaten in a mile race a short time ago by
Ligero, belonging to Schumacher, the photographer,
by the very narrow margin of four inches.

N. W. Myrick has a couple of very pretty horses in
Rogue and Baby Lee, the latter byGifford. Rogue
took second prize in the class of ladies' saddle horses
in the show here two years ago. Dr. M. L. Moore is
now the possessor of Mr. Myrick 's Tuckee, this mag-
nificent eight year old mare having changed hands
some three weeks ago. Tuckee won the blue ribbon
in the last local horse show as the finest horse ex-
hibited by a gentleman.

D. E. Llewellyn owns a pretty little running mare
named Baby May. She has covered half a mile in 52$
seconds and a quarter in 25 seconds. His Rex Alto,
whose record of 2:07f places him among the fastest
horses in Southern California, was sired by Atto Rex.

Kenneth V. Redpath is one of the charter members
of the Los Angeles Driving Club. He has taken part
in a number of matinees and has always owned a good
horse. He has a very handsome seal brown mare by
the name of Bastina. She is a very stylish and clever
animal and has stepped trial miles in 2:13. Mr. Red-
path expects to start her in the free-for-all class at the
matinee in the near future. He has another two year
old, Lord Lovell, half-brother to Bastina, a very high
class animal, sired by Nutford 2:15, and first dam by
Silkwood 2:07. Mr. Redpath expects him to be very
fast.

_ R. J. Duncan owns Sunday, a sorrel horse, with
silver mane and tail. The animal is very speedy; has
stepped a mile in 2:19J, and ought to make a mile in
2:10.

Mr. Spooner owns Polo, with a record of 2:19, and
has stepped a mile in 2:16. She is a small bay mare by
Nutford, and one of the speediest pacers in the club.

Frank G. Schumacher owns Ligero, who has won
several matinee races — a natural pacer; has been driven
by Mr. Schumacher, without training, in 2:22. Ligero
has recently been in the hands of Maben, the trainer,
who decided that the horse has good parts. With a
few months' training Ligero has trotted a mile in 2:16

Milo M. Potter has a fine string of horses, the very
best stable in Southern California. It is the only sport
for which the proprietor of the Van Nuys cares. He
passes up baseball, he has no use for golf, he does not
know a catboat from a yawl, and as for prize fighting
he would not walk across the street to see Jeffries and
Fitzsimmon fight to a finish.

His bay mare Primrose, which yesterday lowered
the track record for gentlemen's events at Agricultural
Park, is a wonder in her way. There is nothing which
wears harness that can go too fast for her. And she
is as game as the gamest pickerel that ever infested a
New England stream. Sweet Marie by McKinney is a
fit stable companion to Primrose, and there is no telling
just how fast she can go when she is in shape and put
to the test. She stepped a mile yesterday in 2:13},
with a three-second break at the half. And she did
this after scoring half a dozen times and going into
the air before she reached the quarter.

In Sweetheart Mr. Potter has a wonderful filly. A
mark of 2:19} for a two year old is something very
much out of the ordinary, and she can do better than
this if she has good company. Let her get into a
bunch where she can be pushed, and the fifteen notch
is not beyond her. If she is handled carefully and gets
the good training which her blood entitles her to, next
year she should be the star of the stable.

The Brighton Beach Free-for-all.

There is no event that has closed thus far this season
that has attracted as much attention as the free-for-all
race at Brighton Beach, and which includes in its list
most of the great trotters of the present time, writes
C. R. Bently in American Sportsman. To be sure one
or two are named that have nothing in their past rac-
ing history to warrant their being in such good com-
pany, but there are enough good ones named to insure
a great race, perhaps the greatest race of the year.
Six of the number named, if fit and right, are sure to
be factors in the event.

They are York Boy 2:09$, a horse that started out
in the slow classes last season, and out of thirteen
starts was first ten times, second once and unplaced
once and distanced once. Unquestionably the greatest
race he won was at Lexington in the 2:10 class. His
driver did not try for the first two heats, in which he
finished fifth and sixth respectively, the heats going to
Neeretta in 2:11} and 2:11. In the third York Boy
ti'ied and won it in 2:10} from the former heat winner *

After this he had to fight it out with Mr. Geers'
mount, Onward Silver, who forced him out in the
fourth heat in 2:12 and in the fifth in 2:09$, his present
record. This was his last race of the year and he
showed continual improvement all season, as this race
will show. In all York Boy won 31 heats that average
2:17}. Fifteen of these heats were won over half-mile
tracks, so that the average is good. He beat 2:10 two
different times, once at Readville in a third heat, trot-
ting in 2:09}, and again at Lexington, in the fifth heat
of the 2:10 trot, where he secured his present record
of 2:09$. When it is considered that last year was his
first season out it is but reasonable to suppose that he
will improve to quite an extent. Added to this is the
further fact that he i9 a steady-going horse, always
trying to do the right thing at the right time, making
him one to be feared in any race he may start in.

Another horse in this event that will bear watching

is Directum Kelly 2:08$. Scott McCoy, who handles
him, is one of the best conditioners and trainers in the
land, and should this pair nick well and Directum keep
sound, there is bound to be trouble for some one. In
1899 an effort was made to get Directum Kelly into
racing form, but it failed, and after one or two starts
he was sent home. Last season we believe no effort
was made to get him ready to race. His claim to re-
nown as a race horse rests on his campaign of 1898.
That season he started eight times, and won every race
in which he took part. He opened the season at Hart-
ford and then went to Detroit, where he won the great
$10,000 M. and M. stake. After dropping the first two
heats to Belle J. he won the third in 2:11}, the best
record for this event up to that time. The two suc-
ceeding heats he won in 2:13} and 2:14}. His best race
of the season, however, was at Buffalo, Fort Erie, in
which event he dropped the first heat to Mattie Pat-
terson in 2:14. The next heat he won in 2.-08} (his
present record), and the third in 2:10}, and the fourth
in 2:10$. In all he trotted thirty heats in races that
season, losing six and winning 24, the average being
2:13|. It will be remembered that he started out with
a record of 2:24$, which mark he secured as a two-
year-old.

Another name that appears in the Brighton Beach
list of entries is that of Georgena 2:07$. Last season
she flashed up like a meteor on the trotting horizon.
Her first start was at Albany where she won second
money. After that she did not lose a race and but
one heat, and that to Alameda in the $10,000 Charter
Oak Stake at Hartford. This proved to be her best
race, the three winning heats being in 2:09$, 2:09.} and
2:10$. In all she trotted sixteen race heats and was
beaten in four, winning twelve, and averaging 2:11|.

Ther is nothing that excites the admiration of horse-
men so much as a good, game performer. For the
past three seasons Charley Herr 2:07 has been in the
public eye as much as any trotter that has ever gone
down the big line, and there is not one of the many
competitors in the different events in which he has
taken part but what has felt the sting of defeat at his
hands. Every season when he would go into winter
quarters the wise ones would say that he would never
be heard of again, but the spring would come, and
with it the announcement that Charley Herr was again
rounding into form.

Last season was his busiest, fourteen starts standing
to the credit of the iron horse, six of them he won,
was second three times, third three times and unplaced
once. He started in just fifty race heats, winning
twenty-one of them and trotting one dead heat with
Gayton at Fort Wayne. The average time of his win-
ning heats was 2:10|. Twelve of these were in 2:10 or
better, an average of 2:09 11-12. His fastest three win-
ning heats in a race were just a fraction over 2:08. His
greatest performance, however, was in the big stallion
race at Readville. He won the first two heats in 2:07},
and in the third he lost by such a small margin that
no one only those over the wire could decide the
winner.

Lord Derby, winner of the three fastest heats ever
won by a horse starting out green in the spring, is a
horse that those in a position to know believe to be the
coming champion trotter, and his name also adorns
the list of nominations in the big free-for-all. Ten
starts stand to his credit, four of which he won. He
was second three times, third once and fourth once.
He trotted forty-one heats in contests, winning thirteen
of them, the average time being 2:11$. His best race
was at New York, where he trotted the most remark-
able race ever stepped by a trotter in his first season
out, his time being 2:07, 2:07 and 2:08. Many think
that he has reached his limit, owing no doubt to his
rather poor showing last season, but the cause of this
was purely a local one and easily removed. We are
prepared to say at this time that if no further misfor-
tune befalls him this season we think there is only one
horse that has any license to beat him, and that is
Peter the Great, the magnificent son of Pilot Medium.
It is said of Peter that he is perfectly sound this spring
aud further than that, he has never been raced to
death. He has had a year's rest, and is now six
years old.

He has started only seven times, once as a two year
old, at Lexington, where he won second money in the
Futurity; once as a three year old, in the same event,
where he won the three year old division. As a four
year old he started five times, winning three firsts, one
second and one third. His fastest race is the one he
won in New York in 2:07} and 2:08}, but his greatest
races were the two he went at Lexington, Ky., the first
being the Transylvania, in which event he won the
first two heats and lost the third.

There has always been a question about this third
heat. Many think he won it, but the decision was
against him. His memorable race with Tommy Brit-
ton is still fresh in the minds of all horsemen who saw
it. How those two rushed down to the half in the
first heat in 1:01$, and paved the way for another to
win in the time that would only be too easy for Peter
had he been saved. Those first two races are the ones
that have led me to believe that fit and right in his
six year old form, he can give any trotter that lives a
race. As a four year old he won ten heats out of the
twenty in which he took part, the average for the ten
winning heats being 2:09 2-5. In all his races as a four
year old he never won but two heats that were not in
2:10 or better, a showing that is unsurpassed by any
four year old up to the present time.

Attorney 1005, sire of the dam of Alix 2:03j, was de-
stroyed May 1st by his owners, G. Ives & Son, of New
Boston, Illinois. The stallion was running in a pad-
dock and was kicked on the shoulder by a gelding that
had escaped from his stall. The shoulder was shat-
tered so that it was necessary to kill the horse. The
best son of Attorney is Atto Rex 2:21}, owned by E.
B. Gifford, of Los Angeles county. Atto Rex is the
sire of Rex Alto 2:07}, Belle Patchen 2:16 and five or
six more with standard records. Nine of Attorney's
sons are producing sires, and his daughters produced
Alix 2:03}, Redonda2:07}, Emmet H. 2:10$, and twenty-
two more with records below 2:30. Attorney was by
Harold out of a mare by Abdallah 15.

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[May 18, 19C

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

P. W. KEL.LEY, Proprietor.

Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

— OFFICE —

36 GEARY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO.

P. O. BOX 2300.

Terms— One Tear S3, Six Months SI. 75, Three Mouths SI

STRICTLY IN ADVANCE.

Money should be sent by postal order, draft or by registered letter
addressed to F. W. Kelley, 3fi Geary St.. San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee
of good faith.
G. G. TUKKI & CO., Agents. Subscription and advertising.

Salisbury Building, Melbourne, Australia.

San Francisco, Saturday, May 18, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, E. C May 24-25

July 1-3

■: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER. Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVER ETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE, Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept. 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVTLLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLE JO Aug. 19 to 24

WOODLAND, District No. 4ft August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CHAS DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

GROVER CLAY2:23K Dennis Gannon. Emeryville

H AMBLETONIAN WILKES R.I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:ll!-4 C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09^ P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16!i Martin Carter, Irviugton

OWYHEE 2:1 1M Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakeville

STAM B. &11JJ Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

JHACKNETS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell Portola

T^HE OAKLEY RACE TRACK, at Cincinnati,
1 Ohio, where a number of the California horses
that will race on the Grand Circuit are now stabled,
has been purchased by Andy Welch and O. A. Jones,
owners of the celebrated Charter Oak course at Hart-
ford, Conn. The purchase was consummated last week
and in the advertising columns of this issue of the
Breeder and Sportsman will be found a change
in the ad vertisement of the big- harness meeting to be
given at the Oakley track. Messrs. Welch & Jones
have secured the services of P. J. Campbell as
Secretary. Mr. Campbell was Secretary at Detroit,
Michigan, for ten years, and is a very competent and
popular official. It will be noticed that the time
of closing the purses advertised has been changed
to June 1st, and that the date of the meeting
remains the same as first fixed in the circuit. The
new owners of the Oakley track are known to harness
horsemen all over the East, are both popular, and as
they own one of the best racing plants in America,
horsemen will want to train and race at Oakley. The
Californians now there have written in the highest
praise of the accommodations and the condition of the
track. They are shown every attention and advise
every owner who will race over East this year to enter
at the Oakley meeting.

THE TEXT of the decision of the Board of Review
* of the National Trotting Association in the re-
hearing of the famous John A. McKerron record ease
is not yet at hand, but the telegraphic advices are that
the former decision was reve/sed and that the horse's
record is now 2:12', instead of 2:10. A strong fight was
made by Mr. Devereux and several other representa-
tives of the matinee clubs and the dispatches state that
the Board decided the case by a vote of three to two.

SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS in six stakes of one
thousand each is the very generous sum which
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association has
offered as starter to put the harness racing ball in
motion in California this year. After these events are
closed an additional number of purses will be given at
smaller amounts and the endeavor will be to provide
for all the horses in training here this year. The classes
for trotters, for which $1000 are offered, are the 2:40,
2:20 and 2:14, while the pacing classes are the 2:25, 2:17,
and 2:13. Entries to these preliminary stakes will
close Saturday, June loth, and two weeks prior to that
date the exact date and place of the meeting will be
announced. There are very few horses in training in
California but are eligible to at least one of these
events and the list of entries should be large enough
to encourage other associations, whose purses will close
later on, to advertise liberal amounts for the harness
horses to compete for. Owners and trainers should
take particular notice of the clause in the Breeders ad-
vertisement which states that the association will not
give any special races at this meeting, so that those
who wish to race must enter in the regular events.
The "special" has been one of the evils of the circuit
during the past four years, and has been given to help
fill up a six-day program in response to an appeal from
owners and trainers who had horses that were not
regularly entered with which they desired to earn ' 'oat
money." In the majority of instances the specials
have furnished unsatisfactory racing and the Breeders
Association has resolved that so far as it is concerned
it will be tolerated no longer. The big stakes already
advertised together with a number of others to be
offered later on will furnish all the racing necessary for
a full week of racing, and horsemen need not expect, if
they fail to enter in them, that a lot of special purses
will be provided. There are a very large number of
horses in training in California this year, enough to
fill all the purses that will be given. It is true that
most of the very fast ones, both green and record
horses, have gone or are going East, but this should
only encourage the more liberal entering of those re-
maining here. A horse that wins $2000 on the Eastern
tracks during a season is considered a very profitable
horse, aud it is well to remember that a dozen harness
horses raced exclusively in California last year earned
that amount and more. Thirty-three horses won over
$1000 each and the opportunities will be just as good
this year. Seven weeks of racing are assured and
there is every prospect of ten which is certainly in
pretty good showing for one State.

TWO WEEKS FROM TO-DAY, which will be Sat-
urday, June 1st, entries will close for the Memphis
Trotting Association's meeting. The meeting will be
from October 21st to 26th, on the new track at Mem-
phis, which it is aimed to make the best trotting track
in the world, and will follow the great meeting at Lex-
ington, Kentucky, and virtually close the Grand Circuit.
The five early closing events, already advertised, two
of which are for pacers and three for trotters, show
the liberality of the new organization, and are for
$3000 each. The 2:14 trot and the 2:20 pace are to be
under the Memphis system, an idea of Murray Howei
the Secretary, which is being talked of by harness
horse men in every section of the country. By referring
to the advertisement which appeared in this paper last
week and which will appear again next week, the
Memphis system will be understood, as it is there fully
explained. Horsemen should remember that none but
these two of the advertised races are to be under this
plan, the others being the regular mile heats, three in
five, which has been in vogue so long and given such
general satisfaction to harness horse owners and train-
ers as well as the public. Secretary Howe and the
other officers of the Memphis Association are progress-
ive men, however, and willing to try any scheme which
will likely be popular with the public and propose giv-
ing this new idea a fair trial. If these two purses fill
well and the races prove attractive and exciting there
will be more of them given at the next meeting. It is
to be hoped that owners will enter liberally in both
these events, and that a fair test will be had of the new
system.

THE PALO ALTO CATALOGUE for 1900 has
been issued and the receipt of a copy is hereby-
acknowledged. In Electioneer's roll of honor he is
given credit for 169 standard performers and 92 pro-
ducing sons. The catalogue contains the pedigrees of
nineteen stallions whose get are represented at the
farm, and there are 170 animals catalogued. The
thoroughbred department consists of but three indi-
viduals, the Ormonde mare Rosormonde, a yearling
filly by Nomad out of imp. Amalia, and a gelding by
Flambeau. Some of the thoroughbred mares are in
the trotting department and being bred to the trotting
stallions.

QAKWOOD PARK STOCK PARM, eomprisin
^— ' 6000 acres of land in Contra Costa county, th
home of Steinway, Chas. Derby and Owyhee, an
whereon was bred KJatawah (3) 2:05J, W. Wood 2:0'
Much Better 2:07J, Derby Princess 2:08}, Diablo 2:08
and many other great ones, will probably chang
hands in a few days. Negotiations have been unde
way for the past two weeks and are nearly concluded
Mr. John F. Boyd, the present owner, under whos
management the farm has met with such great succes
as a breeding farm of great trotters and pacers, is nti'
in the best of health and has desired for some time t
retire. The purchasers are a syndicate of capitalists o
Montana, and whether they will run it on the samv
plan that has been pursued in the past or devote i
entirely to cattle breeding will not be determined unti
the new owners assume control of the property. Oaki
wood Park has turned out as many fast ones for tbj
number bred as any farm in the world, and has a num
ber of great broodmares in its ranks, and three of thi
greatest stallion? in the country. Steinway is, 0
course, nearly past the age of usefulness, but his son
Chas. Derby, is rapidly coming to the front as a grea:
sire, and his grandson Owyhee will follow in his foot
steps.

1VIEXT TUESDAY, May 21st, is the date set for th<
1 ' closing of entries to the races to be given by th<
Golden Gate Park Driving Association at Tanforan
Park, on May 30th. Members of the club must hand
in their entries to Secretary Harry Patrick by Tuesday
evening if they wish to start. There are a large num-
ber of horses in training for the five events, one ol
which is the O'Kane Cup Race, won last year by Alta
Vela in 2:19J. According to the conditions of this race
horses eligible to the 2:20 class can be entered this
year. Much interest is being manifested among the
club members as to who will carry away the handsome
trophy donated by Mr. Frank O'Kane.

CNTRIES TO THE STANFORD STAKE for foals
C< of 1900, to be trotted at the California State Fair
of 1903, will close Saturday, June 1st. The colts and
fillies to be entered are now yearlings and although the
crop in this State is not an extensive one, still the
renewed interest in trotting bred horses should lead to
a large entry list in this stake and make it the most
valuable since its inception. The Stanford Stake has
become one of the features of the State Fair and to
own the winner of it has become a matter of pride and
ambition to harness horse breeders generally. Entries
close two weeks from to-day.

AMONG the new advertisements that appear this
week in this paper that of the firm of J. O'Kane
deserves especial mention. This firm, with factories
at New York and San Francisco, employing none but
the very highest class workmen, has established a
great reputation for its harness for track and road,
horse boots and in short everything that a horse wears,
be he a runner, trotter or pacer, or a carriage horse.
The catalogue issued by this firm is a gem and should
be in the hands of every horseman to look over care-
fully before sending in his order. They can he had on
application.

RACING AT VANCOUVER will assume greater
proportions this year than ever, and the spring
meeting of the Vancouver Jockey Club promises to be
a great success. Quite a number of horses have been
purchased in San Francisco this winter by residents of
British Columbia who desire to win at this meeting,
and the rivalry between owners is getting keen.
Races will be given at the Vancouver meeting, which
will be held May 24th aud 25th, for both runners and
harness horses and entries will close for them next
Wednesday, the 22d.

THREE PURSES OF $1000 EACH are the leading
attractions for the Boise, Idaho, Inter-Mountain
fair which will be held September 16th to 21st, this
year. The Merchant's Purse of $1000 is for 2:20 trotters,
the Inter-Mountain Purse of $1000 is for 2:15 pacers,
and the Capital City Purse of $1000 is for runners at a
mile and a quarter. Entries to the harness events
close June 1st, to the running race September 1st.

HABERE IS TALK of a club being organized in
' Santa Rosa for the purpose of giving a harness
race meeting this year. Two or three of the progres-
sive citizens of that town are at w7ork on the proposi-
tion, which is more than likely to be a success. Santa
Rosa has one of the best tracks in America. If the*
meeting is given it will open the circuit and good-'
purses will be given.

THE SALE OF HORSES from the Yerba Buena
Farm of Pierce Bros., near San Jose, which was
advertised to come off on the 20th of this month, has
been postponed to June 5th.

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Death of Directum' s Owner.
The sad news was received here this week of the
leath of W. E. Spiers, the Glens Falls, New York,
jmillionaire horseman, who, something- over two years
ago, purchased the California champion stallion
[Directum 2:05£ from the Green estate, paying $20,000
for him. Mr. Spiers made his purchase without seeing
the horse, trusting the entire negotiations to Samuel
gamble. The wonderful showing since made by the
get of Directum make the great horse more valuable
[still and he could probably be now sold for an increase
pn the big price paid. The following account of Mr.
Spiers' death is from the Turf, Field and Farm:
I Mr. W. E. Spier, who died at his residence, 29 West
c2d street, this city, on Wednesday morning, May 8th,
Lvas very prominent in trotting horse circles. He had
ji beautiful home at Glens Falls, where his great breed-
ing establishment, Suburban Farm, is located, and he
was partial to the blood of champions. Directum, who
ks a four year old, trotted to a five year old record of
E;05|, and who swept everything before him in the
trrand Circuit, was his premier stallion. He is by
birector 2:17, out of Stemwinder by Venture 2:27}, son
i>f Williamson's Belmont; and he was foaled in Cali-
fornia in 1889. As a three year old he won a third
aeat in a race in 2:11}, and as a four year old he took
ihe stallion record and defeated the trotting queen,
tUix 2:03|. As a sire Directum has five in the list —
Sonsuela 2:13J, Emma Winter 2:145, Directum Boy
■1:17!, Jummye 2:20 J, and Jenny S. (p) 2:21. Adbeli,
;vho holds the yearling trotting record, 2:23, was also
!>wned by Mr. Spier. He is by Advertiser 2:15}, out of
[he great broodmare Beautiful Bells, and was foaled
March 30, 1893. He is already a sire of speed, his
[laughter Adabella having trotted last season to a
Record of 2:254. Jefferson Wilkes 2:14} by Alcone has
been used in the stud at Suburban Farm, but it was
Ihe intention to trot him this year. Del Mar 2:16^
ison of Electioneer), sire of Copeland 2:09}, and eight
others with records, was in quarters at Suburban Farm
intil it became necessary to destroy him. The great
itallion, Robert McGregor, sire of Cresceus, was also
i»nce owned at Suburban Farm. Mr. Spier had a
ijrand collection of broodmares, and he was producing
jrom year to year a higher average of speed when
iieath claimed him. It is a great pity that his ambi-
'ious breeding plans should abruptly end. He was a
inan of pleasant address and force of character, and
pas formerly treasurer of the International Paper
Company. His residence in this city was purchased
rom Mr. L. G. Tewksbury, when that gentleman
leeided upon a trip to the City of Mexico. Mr. Spier
Iras 52 years old. A son will succeed to the manage-
ment of the estate.

Sale of Rancho del Paso Horses.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week
bout 175 head of horses bred at Rancho del Paso
Fere sold by auction at a point on the ranch just across
he American river from Sacramento. The horses
trere a miscellaneous lot, trotting bred and thorough-
)reds,many of them unbrokeand more of them scarred
.i.nd disfigured. There was a fair attendance of buyers
>ut bidding was not very lively and while the prices
vere low the horses in many instances brought all they
rare worth. A bay mare by imp. St. Andrew, out of
tfaid of Honor by Joe Hooker sold for $15, and may
X some future day be the dam of a Garry Herrman or
lis Eminence, but it is not likely. The highest price
<f the first day's sale was $102.5*0, paid for a chestnut
Qare by Algona out of Nora by Echo. During the first
.ay sixty-two head were sold at an average of $48.42.

During the second day of the sale fifty-eight head
■rare disposed of at an average of $52.50 each. The
lighest price reached during the day was $142.50.
.fhis figure was paid for a bay mare by Messenger Al-
Qont 2594, dam by Algona, second dam by Western.
The same figure was paid for a good looking chestnut
gelding by Robert Lee out of a mare by Algona.

Mr. R. E. Mulcahy, of this city, picked up two
aares at the sale that should be worth five times what
le paid for them. One was a bay mare, 6 years old, by
2ceur de Alene 14216, first dam by Echo, second dam
>y Black Hawk 767. The other was also a bay, a five
'ear old by Knight, first dam by Echo, third dam by
Jeo. M. Patchen Jr. 31. Both these mares are fine
looking animals, only halter broken but showed re-
aarkable action when led around the lot.

On Thursday, the third day, a better class of horses
'rare to be sold than those offered on the other two
ays. The result of this day's sale did not reach us in
ime for this issue.

Home Made Wheels.

Kenney, the bikeman, is manufacturing ball bearing
nd roller bearing sulky wheels that cannot be beaten
a workmanship, durability and price by any wheels
flade elsewhere. He can beat the eastern wheels in
•rice and give you a better wheel for the money. He
aakes a specialty of taking old high wheel sulkies and
tting them with a pair of up-to-date pneumatic ball-
tearing wheels, and some that own these converted
•ikes would not exchange them for one of the late
■atterns. If your bike is wearing its tires out you may
ie certain the wheels are not lined up and if you will
ake it to Kennv he will put it in shape so that it
rill run true and thereby save money that would other-
wise be wasted in buying new tires.

He has a supply of McMurray road carts and bikes
n hand and will guarantee every one. Call at 531
Valencia street and see them.

In Training at Honolulu.
The Hawaiian Gazette of May 3d gives tho following
list of horses now in training at the track there:

Runners— Indra, Weller, Vioris, Watossa, Gaiety
Girl, sorrel filly by Lord Brock; Virgie A., Albert,
Aggravation, Venus, Jennie H. Total 11.

Pacers— John D., Tom Ryder, Octoroon, Albert M.,
Violin, Silas S., Irish Lassie, Wayboy, Ruby, bay horse
by Dawn-Maud: Mongoose II., Waldo J., bay mare,
owned by C. White; Leahi. Total 14.

Trotters— Ayres P., Artie W., Faro Bank, Edith R.,
Harry B., Los Angeles, bay mare owned by Lieutenant
Hancock, Total 7.

Trainers lots are as follows:

C. H. Judd — Violin, Faro Bank, Irish Lassie, Way-
boy, Ruby, Dawn-Maud, pacer Silas S.

George Graham— Indra, John D.

Aleck Harris— Albert, Mongoose II., Harry B.,
Edith R. J

Kaena— Gaiety Girl, Lord Brock filly.

J. Quinn— Waldo J.

George Thomas — Watossa.

James McAuliffe — Vioris, Weller.

King Dade— Octoroon, Albert M., Artie W.

John Callan — Los Angeles, Jennie H., Leahi, Aggra-
vation, Venus, C. White's trotter.

W. Westwood — Lieutenant Hancock's trotter, Vir-
gie A.

W. T. McManus— Tom Ryder, Ayres P.

The Hawaiian bred horses are:

Runners — Gaiety Girl, Lord Brock filly Albert.

Pacers — Leahi, Mongoose II.

Trotters— Edith R., Harry B.

Unsanitary Cars.

Horse breeders, owners and .dealers in export horses
are represented to have just cause of grievance against
transportation companies for the unsanitary condition
of the quarters in which horses are shipped to market.
Cars and other transportation accommodations are not
fumigated and disinfected as frequently as the condi-
tion and importance of the horse transportation indus.
try demands. All the quarters that house horses in
transit to market, or stable them in the interim before
sold, should be kept in perfect sanitary condition
Horses en route to market and in wholesale bazaars
are unavoidably crowded into close quarters, which
without frequent disinfection will breed pinkeye, ac"
climation fever, epizootic and influenza. It is for the
interests of all parties engaged in every department of
the horse industry to enforce the highest sanitary laws
for the prevention of sickness. It is a matter that
should come under the inter-state commerce statutes
and provisions made for the efficient and rigid enforce-
ment of laws for the prevention of infectious and con-
tagious diseases.

For the twelve months ending June, 1900, there were
exported 64,709 horses and 43,340 mules of the total
valuation of $11,531,534. An industry of such vast
volume and stupendous import to American breeders,
owners and dealers should come within the purview of
government jurisdiction. Cars, stables, yards and ves-
sels devoted to the industry should be subject to in-
spection and frequent renovation, and disinfection en-
forced. Unquestionably a large amount of sickness
amongst horses could be obviated, if proper sanitary
conditions were observed in the transportation and
stabling accommodations while in transit, and before
distribution. — Horse World.

Tags 2:13, Will Go East.
Dot Bigelow will join the California contingent that
is to try for some of the big purses on the eastern cir-
cuit. His mare Tags by Diablo has made such a good
showing in her work that he concluded she was good
enough for any country, so has entered her in the 2:11
class at Denver, and at St. Paul, Minneapolis and
other places. Tags won about fifteen hundred dollars
on the California circuit last year and was one of the
best of the green pacers in training.

Some time ago M. E. McHenry stated that he would
only race four horses this year, and one of the four,
selected some time ago, was Dan Patch 2:16, a pacer of
sensational speed, by Joe Patchen. Last week Mc-
Henry made arrangements for the second member of
his string, and it is the trotting stallion Aegon Star
2:1H, that M. H. Tichenor & Co., of Chicago, recently
paid" $6000 for. This horse, now seven years old, was
one of the most prominent of the Western brigade of
trotters in 1899, but was last season raced very little.
He was sired by Aegon 2:18|, son of Nutwood, dam
Gypsy A. 2:25$, by Star of the West, grandam of Fly-
ing Cloud, and is individually a grand looking horse.
He is very fast and said to be game, and in McHenry 's
hands he can be expected to cut considerable figure in
such races as he is started in. — N. Y. Spirit of the Times.

Mr. A. T. Van De Vanter, of Seattle, has been in
his city this week, and left to-day for Pleasanton,
rhere John Sawyer is working a string from the Van
>e Vanter Stock Farm.

At a meeting last week of the incorporators of the
New York Trotting Association the following officers
were elected : President, James Butler; Vice President,
ex-Senator John McCarty; Treasurer, William E.
Engemann; Secretary, C. A. McCully. Secretary Mc-
Cully was empowered to open ten other purses, includ-
ing a free-for-all pace for $3000, entries to close July 30.
The association decided to join the National Trotting
Association.

The total amount in stakes and purses to be dis-
tributed by the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders'
Association at Lexington in October foots up $125,000.
The Transylvania Stake has been increased $1000 and
made for the 2:12 class. The Louisville prize of $10,-
000 and the two match races between Boralma and
The Abbot for $30,000 and Cresceus and Charley Herr
for $10,000 are special features.

A New and Novel Plan.
New plans of giving race meetings crop out every
year. The latest is promulgated by an ingenious sec-
retary at Branford, Conn., and is given as follows in
in the Trotter and Pacer:

That there will be a season of exciting sport at the
Branford Driving Park this summer is evidenced by
the fact that Louis A. Fisk, the owner, and Secretary
Harry Cushman have already in operation a plan for
a series of races that will meet the approbation of a
host of horsemen in the country. The plan as outlined
by Mr. Fisk is to get the co-operation of 100 horse own-
ers who own animals eligible to either trotting or pac-
ing classes from 2:15 to 2:35.

There will be ten classes of ten entries each, or 100 in
all, who will pay $100 entrance fee, and be entitled to
enter in any race. Meets have already been arranged
for the following dates: May 30, June 14 and 15, July
3, 4, 18 and 19, August 1, 2 and 31, September 2, 18, 19
and 20. Each owner is permitted to enter one horse
only for the series and must thoroughly identify his
animal, ringers thus being barred. Membership follows
the horse and no outside horses will be allowed to start
in the races.

No meetings will be declared off and a horse is eligi-
ble to start through the series in his class. No record
made by him after joining the combination will act as
a bar. He is also eligible to start in any class offered
for his division during the series. The N. T. A. rules
will govern the contests excepting that hooples will
not be barred.

The advantage of Mr. Fisk's plan will be apparent
to every horse owner. To the $10,000 in entrance fees
he will add $1200, which will make $11,200 to be raced
for in prizes of purses of from $250 to $700 each. A
horse that wins a first few moneys will net a good sum
for its owner, and second money in most any race will
bring the entrance money back. Communications
from horse owners all over the country are being daily
received and entries enough have already been received
to insure the success of the plan.

Not only will these events be of value to the horse-
men, but the plan assures many days of good, clean
sport to the many people who love to see a horse race
on its merits.

The opening meet will take place on Decoration Day,
and a large force of men are at work on the track, and
they will continue there until the track and grounds
are in as perfect condition as modern skill can make
them. Several new improvements are already under
way, and this season the Branford track will come
very near being what the management desire it should
be — the gentlemen's driving park of Connecticut.

Answers to Correspondents.

The race record of Belle Button by Alexander But-
ton is 2:182, made at Oakland, August 1, 1893, in a race
where she beat Loupe and Creole in straight heats.
The race record of Tom Ryder by Alexander Button
is 2:13i, made in the first heat of a race at San Jose
November 2, 1894. The team record of these two
pacers is 2:16«, and was made at Oakland, October 22,
1892. They beat Our Dick and Turk Franklin, dis-
tancing them in the second heat. The heats were in
2:16£ and 2:17}.

Reader, Haywards — Flora Temple was never in Cali-
fornia. She was racing during the years from 1852 to
1861, and it was in July of the latter year at the famous
Fashion Course on Long Island that she defeated
Ethan Allen and his running mate in two heats. The
second heat was in 2:20i and Ethan Allen and mate
were distanced. Flora Temple took her record of
2:191 at Kalamazoo, Mich., October 15, 1859.

A subscriber asks us for the breeding of a horse
called Nelswood. We cannot find any record of a

horse by that name. We do find, however, that F. S.
Hatch of Stockton, bred a horse by the name of Nelson
Nutwood. He was a chestnut roan and foaled in 1882.
His sire was Nutwood 600. dam by John Nelson, second

dam by Langford.

L. T., San Mateo — Eclipse, chestnut mare by Guy
Wilkes, damManon 2:21 by Nutwood, was bred at San
Mateo by John A.. Goldsmith. She made her record
at Anaconda in July 1892.

VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

CONDUCTED BY

WM. F. EGAN, M. R. C. V. C, F. E. V. M. S.

Subscribers to this paper can have advice through these eolamns
in all cases of sick or injured horses, cattle or dogs by sending a
plain description of the case. Applicants will send their name
and address that they may be identified.

Wm. D., Chico, CaL, May 13, 1901— Will youkindly let
me know through the columns of the Breeder and
Sportsman what to do for a colt that twitches her
nose all the time when you are are driving her. She
twitches her nose first one way and then the other, and
sometimes snorts and strikes with one front foot. You
would think there were gnat flies around her nose, but
there are none at all when she is doing this. I have
trimmed the hair all off from around her nostrils, but
she remains the same or a little worse. She is a very
promising filly and I don't like to let up on her.

Answer — This is due to a nervousness and is very
difficult to prevent. Avoid feeding wheat hay, or barley.
Feed bran mash every evening and a little oats every
morning, with a moderate amount of tame oat hay.
Give regular exercise daily. Anything that irritates
the stomach tends to aggravate the trouble.

Sixteen thousand, seven hundred and seven trotters
are now in the 2:30 list, 12,093 of which have made
their marks in the last ten years.

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The Breeders place of meeting will be announced
June 1st.

Edith 2:10 by Dexter Prince has been stinted to
Kohlan King this year.

A four horse team of draft horses sold on the Chicago
market last week for $3000.

Geo. T. Bennett, the Honolulu horse, worked a mile
in 2:10J at Pleasanton last Saturday.

Enter in those $1000 stakes offered by the Breeders
Association. They will be worth winning.

Mamie Griffin 2:12 was driven a mile in 2:29 by James
Mulhall at the covered track at Jewettville last week.

The 2:15 class trotting, purse $1000, announced by
tne P. C. T. H. B. A- has been changed to a 2:14 class.

Vallejo hopes to raise the necessary money this week
to induce the breeders association to hold a meeting
there.

It is said that Anaconda has taken very kindly to
Jack Trout's training and the two get along very
nicely together.

Nearly 3000 loads of manure have been laid on the
Lexington track and it is expected to be faster this
summer than ever before.

You Bet 2:12J, by McKinney was sold at auction at
Kansas City last week for $1500. His new owner is W.
H. Biseling, of Joplin, Missouri.

Punstan, the roan pacer that Sandy Smith took
East, had quite a sick spell the week before he started
with him, but came out of it all right.

La Belta by Bow Bells out of Lottie Thorne 2:23} by
Mambrino Patchen, has foaled a filly by McKinney
2:11}. She is owned by Walter Hobart.

George S. Deitrich, who for the past five years has
been associate editor of the American Sportsman, has
assumed the management of the Horseman.

The free for all pacing race with a purse of $3000 at
Brighton Beach will probably bring Isuch entries as
Joe Patchen 2:01.}, Prince Alert 2:02, Anaconda 2:02J,
Coney 2:02|, Connor 2:03}, Searchlight 2:03}, Prank
Bogash 2:03}, Hal B 2:04i, Hetty .G. 2:05}, and some
others with very low records.

John B. Doerr, of New York, has sold to an un-
named Pirtsburg gentleman Miss Beatrice 2:13} and
Miss Kate 2:15}, full sisters by Direct 2:05£. Their
dam Fanny K. by Redwood, son of Nutwood, second
dam Pearl by SUvertail Hunter, son of Skenandoah,
purchase price being $10,000.

We have received from Mrs. E. W. Callendine, of
Sacramento, two handsome photographs, one of Ab-
dine 23061, record 2:17i, the other of ihe yearling stal-
lian Guynut 33375 by Nutwood Wilkes 2:164, dam
Abbie Woodnut, dam of Abdine 2:174 and Diawood
2:11. The latter colt is a very racy looking individual,
and gives promise of being fast.

Prospects point to the greatest wagon race on record
at Cleveland next fall, when Boston amateurs will try
to lift the challenge cup won at Readville park last
season by Harry Devereux's John A. MeKerron 2:10.
Among the probable starters are Lucille 2:07, Boralma
2:08, Lamp Girl 2:09, John A. MeKerron 2:10, Senator
L. 2:12, Tudor Chimes 2:13, Miss Whitney 2:13}, Suc-
cess 2:12| and Praytell 2:094.

Ellis Franklin, a young man who weighs but 129
pounds, and is of the ordinary stature, is the wonder
of the village of Folsom, N. J., where he resides. One
day recently he entered his stable and was kicked on
the wrist by a horse. The kick broke the wrist, and
Franklin, in a rage, struck the animal a terrific blow
on the head with his other hand. The horse fell and
died from the blow within a few minutes.

The half mile tracks in the East are raising their
purses this year. They can well afford it as the entry
lists are larger than ever all over the country.

"It is going to be a mighty tough year to get the
money down the line," saysjMcHenry, "and if I had
one or even two really good ones I'd not ask more."

The Breeders will give a liberal purse for pacers of
the 2:11 or 2:10 class this year. There are seven or
eight horses eligible to it that should make a great

Al McDonald, trainer of the Sulphur Springs Farm
trotters belonging to Mr. A. G. Gurnett of this city,
has taken the horses to Sacramento to train for the
circuit.

John F. Cockerill, New York, believes he has a speed-
way champion in Swift 2:16}, and he invites anybody
and everybody who owns a trotter to meet him for a
brush.

The income from the racing tax in New York State
has nearly quadrupled during the past six seasons. In
1895 the tax amounted to $25,220; in 1900 it amounted
to $98,671.

Eureka 2:15} by Ira, that is now in John Splan's
string, has trotted a quarter iu 334 one the Cleveland
track, which is said to be the fastest quarter made on
that track thus far this year.

As Split Silk with a pacing record of 2:08} is show-
ing a liking for the trotting gait this spring, she may
bo campaigned among the trotters this season. She is
expected to show a 2:15 mark,

Daisy A., the dam of Daimont 2:104, foaled a hand-
some chestnut filly by Lynmont last week. This is the
first filly of Daisy's foals and -Mr. W. Hogoboom, who
owns her, is highly pleased thereat. .

The Attorney General has decided that District No.
40 must be reorganized now that Sacramento county
has been added to it. The Governor will be asked to
appoint a new board of directors immediately.

The California bred horse Sid Durfee 2:20}, is being
made ready for the campaign this year at Pittsburg,
Pa., and is confidently expected to knock a few seconds
off his record. He is by Durfee, out of a mare by
Sidney.

Horsemen who wish to race early in the year and not
get records should arrange their races at half-mile
heats. They can race at this distance for fun, money
or marbles, cups or any old thing, with or without gate
receipts, and get no bars or records.

A telegram from Grant Lapham to L. E. Clawson, of
this city, states that the horses in charge of Budd
Doble, James Thompson, William Cecil and himself
reached Cincinnati all safe and sound, and that the
track was in good condition and accommodations first
class.

The types in the caption under the picture of Mr. J.
C. Kirkpatrick's colt Thornway published last week
on the front page of the Breeder and Sportsman
described him as a gelding. Thornway is an entire
horse and one of the best bred ones in the country.
He is by Steinway, dam Algerdetta by Allandorf, sec-
ond dam by Mambrino King, third dam a producing
mare by Blue Bull 75, fourth dam by Tom Hal. Thorn-
way is a full brother to Sable Steinway 2:234 and Allan-
dorn 2:184.

The chestnut mare Babe by Dawnlight, dam Bee by
Sterling, nominated in the Pacific Breeders Futurity,
foaled on May 1st, a light bay horse colt with star and
strip in face and both hind ankles and one front foot
white. This colt was sired by Bayswater Wilkes, sire
of Kelly Briggs 2:10}. Mr. E. C. Dudley, owner of
Babe, has sent her to Sacramento to be bred to John
Pender's handscme young stallion, Capt. Jones by
McKinney.

Col. F. G. Crawford, of Willows, has been in the city
this week attending the Presidential reception. Col.
Crawford informs us that he is working several trot-
ters and pacers at the Willows track, among them a
four year old gelding and a four year old filly by Fal-
rose out of full sisters to the dam of Don 2:10. The
gelding is very much like Don in looks and action and
is very promising. He has already worked a mile in
2:40 to cart.

Will A. Dickerson, who is training the horses at Sen-
ator John McCarty's Parkway Farn, at Goshen, N. Y.,
writes us that the farm's plans as to racing this season
are not yet fully determined upon. He is at present
working Joe Patchen 2:01}, Fred Kohl 2:07}, Alameda
2:09}, Helen Simmons 2:11}, James Shevlin 2:13}, Bessie
Owens 2:134, Flare Up 2:14, Kelmont 2:15s, Jantina (2)
2:294 and several green ones. From these it will be de-
cided what to race.

In a business letter to this journal Mr. W. J. Car-
ter, of Richmond, Virginia, incidentally states that
the two California bred stallions, Kelly 2:27, full
brother to Expressive (3) 2:124, owned by James Cox,
of Mount Jackson, and McZeus 2:13, full brother to
Coney 2:02}, the property of W. K. Matthews, of Rich-
mond, are well thought of in Virginia and some good
mares are being bred to them.

George Starr says the Empire City Stud has decided
to postpone its next Grand Circuit campaign from 1901
to 1902, and that its two recent expensive purchases,
the $8000 Emma Winter (3) 2:144, and $6100 Bay Star
2:08, will have a year's let-up. Aside from these two
the Empire City stable consists of young colts and
fillies alone. Many of them are showing extreme speed,
but William Simpson has concluded to give them all
a year more of training and development before asking
them to do battle on the big ring.

Forty-one handsome horses from Tichenor & Co. 's
Chicago stables sold at the American Horse Exchange
in New York last Thursday night brought the unpre-
cedented sum of $71,225, an average of $1737 each.
This is said to be by far the best average ever obtained
for a like number of heavy harness horses at auction,
either in this country or abroad. The top price was
brought by the brown gelding Happy Thought by
Volunteer Swigert, Dr. Ryder of New York paying
$7600. W. B. Leeds, the tin-plate trust magnate, paid
$3225 for the chestnut gelding Kingbrook.

W. H. Wehrung, President, and M. D. Wisdom,
Secretary of the Oregon State Fair Association, made
a flying visit down through this State last week in the
interest of the Oregon State Fair which opens in Sep-
tember. They called on the horsemen at Sacramento,
Pleasanton and other places and saw some of the cattle
breeders as well. They are much pleased over the
results of their visit and expect quite a number of
California horses and cattle at the Oregon Pair. The
enterprise displayed by the officers of the Oregon asso-
ciation is commendable and we do not doubt but it will
be rewarded with a highly successful fair this year.

On Thursday, May 30th, there will be races for local
horses at the Vallejo race track. The first race is for
named horses, the prize being a $50 set of harness.
The horses named are L. Ledbetter's bay stallion Sur-
reo, J. A. McGrane's bay gelding Star, A. Caprini's
bay gelding Gus C, S. Sadler's sorrel gelding Echo,
M. Corcoran's bay gelding Don L. and Z. T. Rucker's
bay mare Belle. There will also be a match race be-
tween Vic Harrier's brown gelding Bay Rum to cart
and Thos. McGill's sorrel mare Trilby to harness. As
the horses in both these races are very evenly matched
and all the owners popular road drivers of Solano
county, there will doubtless be a large crowd to witness
the sport.

On May 14th, Mr. P. H. Burke's bay mare Wand<
2:14} by Eros, foaled a bay filly by McKinney 2:11}
This filly is full sister to The Roman 2:18}, and is er
gaged in the Breeders Futurity $6000, Hartford Futui
ity $11,000, Horse Review No. 7 $10,000, Kentuck
Futurity $21,000, Kentucky Stock Farm $7500, am
Terre Haute Matron Stake $10,000, a total of $65,500
If the little miss shows as much speed as her brothei
at three years she will be worth a lot of money.

Kelly Briggs, owner of the three vear old pacint
filly Pearl Sinclair (by Hanford Medium 2:17}, out o
the dam of Kelley Briggs 2:10}) drove her a mile i;
2:24 at the Woodland track last week. Pearl Sinclai.
was put in training Mai'eh 5th, this year, and is in De'
Bigelow's string. Her mile in 2:24 is the fastest by i
green horse at the Woodland track this year and a
she was driven by an amateur is a good performance
Kelly says he could have made the mile several secondi
faster and thinks she will get a mark close to 2:12.

A letter from D. F. Oglesby of Santa Barbara, state
that the directors of the local fair association then
have decided not to give any races this fall. Mr. O
suggests that a two days meeting would pay there an
thinks races for two year olds, three year olds,
free for all district trotters would fill and draw goo
crowds to see them decided. Among the horses th
would make a good race are Stanley and Ben Corbil
from Ventura and Paloma Prince and the Summerlan
horse of Santa Barbara. Mr. Ogelsby says there
number of good three year olds and two year olds i
that locality whose breeding is as good as any in 1"
State. His mare Maggie E. dropped a fine filly la
week to George R. There are a number of two yea
olds, yearlings and sucklings by Almonada and J
W. that will be heard from later on.

Will Hogoboom, the popular horseman of Mar
ville was in this city this week. He is working se'
or eight trotters and pacers at the Marysville trai
mostly by his horse Lynmont and will have sevei
ready for the races when the Breeders meeting op:
the circuit. He states that the supply of road ai
work horses is just about exhausted in Sutter and
Yuba counties. A buyer came there last month and
secured 88 heavy horses, paying from $75 to $150 apiece
and gave $210 for a fine large mule. Mr. Hogoboom
sold one roadster by Lynmont for $600, another for
$400 and one for $350. He says the farmers are alive
to the fact that the horse supply is about exhausted
and all are breeding their mares this year. He has
three stallions, Lynmont 2:23}, Montague a standard
bred trotter, and Duke a Clydesdale. All are being
well patronized.

Says the Denver Times: "The horses of Judge Col-
burn of Colorado Springs will be missed from the
Overland track this year. Edward Connelly, who has
been acting as his trainer for a number of years, has
resigned, and Judge Colburn has been unable to find
another trainer to suit him and will not start his
horses until he does. The judge owns some very fast
horses, which have been inside the money in Denver
almost every time they have been started. Last year
Belvarado, a two year old trotter belonging to him,
captured the trot in which he was entered in 2:56.
Lady in Gray, also belonging to him, won the three
year old trot. The most famous horse in the string is
Kate Medium, good enough to go with the high clasB
horses. Great things are expected of California by
Silver Bow, a young stepper. The Colburn horses,
and especially Kate Medium, have been a figure on the
Denver track so long that the meeting will hardly be
complete without them.

Racing men who have been watching the horses
work out on the Overland track believe that there is a
little mare ;n training out there this year which will
make a sensation on the grand csreuit. The mare is
Dottie Smart, owned by Francis Smart and well known
to Denver horsemen. She has been working on the
Denver track for a number of years, and while brilliant
at times, has not been consistent. This year she has
been placed in the hands of Frank Loomis, and from
her early exhibitions great things are expected of her.
She stepped a mile in 2:19 the other day and did not
turn a hair, and looked fit to chop a full ten seconds
off this if she had been driven. On the grand circuit
last year she was second in the heat won by Hetty G.,
in which that mare established a world's record for
mares by putting the mark down to 2:05}. Lottie
Smart was second by less than half a length in that
race, and many who saw it expressed the belief that
if she had been driven properly she would have won
the heat and put the mark to her credit. The show-
ing made in that race, and the fact that she is doing
better this spring than she has ever done before, leads
horsemen to think that she will pay big money on the
circuit this year. — Denver Times.

Of the racing game in Hilo, H. I., the Tribune says
as follows: Mr. McKenzie, manager of the Volcano
Stables and Transportation Company, will go down to
Honolulu for the June races, taking with him ten or
twelve head of racing stock, mostly runners. The
larger number of these animals have been brought
down by McKenzie from the Coast, but among those
known to Hilo race goers are Cronje and Tom Ryder.
Mr. McKenzie hopes while in Honolulu to make definite
arrangements with the Honolulu racing men for a full
representation from the Capital City at our July
Fourth meeting. Mr. McKenzie is no less enthusiastic
over Hilo races than the former manager of the stables,
Mr. Wilson. The track at Honolulu Park will be
altered somewhat in shape, and made more oval than
it is at present. Commencing at the seven-eighths it
will be nearly straight to the finish instead of having
its present abrupt bend right opposite the entrance
gate near the upper end of the grand stand, as now.
"I shall not put up any of my horses to compete for
the prizes offered by the Volcano Stables Company,"
said Mr. McKenzie. "If any of the visitors want to
pull off some match races with me will arrange for.
those on a separate day. But it don't look well to put
up horses to compete, as it were, for my own prizes,
and I don't propose to do it."

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[Chicago Horse Review.]

Once more thoroughbred breeders are having,
among themselves, a terrible howdy-do. Last week
the classic Kentucky Derby was run at Churchill
Downs, Louisville, and the winner turned up in His
Eminence, a son of Falsetto and Patroness, by Pat
Malloy. The all-winter favorite in the ante-post books
had been Garry Hermann, last winter's Western two
year old crack, but he was not fit to start and was
withdrawn. It will be remembered that this colt,
Garry Hermann, was referred to by the Review several
months ago in connection with the stir raised about
his dam, Silk Gown, who had been brought up by the
American Breeders' Protective Association, sold as a
"plug" and her identity destroyed, thus losing her
forever to the breeding world. And now it chances by
a piece of poetic justice such as is seldom heard of out-
side of romance, that the dam of His Eminence is in
the same category !

His Eminence was bred at Woodburn Farm, Ken-
tucky, that most famous of all American nurseries of
trotters and thoroughbreds alike. The breeding of
trotters ceased at Woodburn in 1899. The breeding of
thoroughbreds ceased in 1897. In the early days the
Woodburn thoroughbred stud was without a rival —
indeed the thoroughbreds were long the "paramount
issue" and the trotters grew out of them as a sort of
side issue. At Woodburn the immortal Lexington
passed his entire stud career and sent to the turf the
greatest galaxy of winners ever sired by an American
stallion: imp. Australian and imp. Scythian were his
stud companions, and in his later years were succeeded
by imp. Glen Athol, Pat Malloy, King Alfonso, Lisbon,
Falsetto and Powhattan.

To name only the most renowned race horses bred
at Woodburn would be a laborious task and a work of
superogation. For two generations her productions
swept the turf and her annual yearling sales were the
events of their kind and productive of the highest
auction prices. But, as with her trotters, Woodburn's
thoroughbreds at last lost caste through the indiffer-
ence of her managers to the changes of the times and
the competition that ultimately dissipated her once-
virtual monopoly. Finally, in 1897, breeding was
abandoned and the remnant of her stud sold under the
hammer. Among these horses was the broodmare
Patroness. Though she was out of imp. Inverness,
dam of Joe Cotton, a famous race horse and winner of
the Kentucky Derby of 1885, she was by Pat Malloy,
not an extremely successful sire; she was nearly seven-
teen and had produced nothing of note — so, although
in foal to Falsetto, Woodburn's best sire since Lexing-
ton (unless King Alfonso be excepted) she was not
sought for and went for the paltry sum of $75, being
purchased by a Kentucky breeder, Mr. O. H. Chenault.
The next spring she foaled a colt — His Eminence, now
a Derby winner and the last on the long list bred at
Woodburn. Mr. Chenault, however, did not care to
keep Patroness, and in 1899 she was consigned to a
Lexington combination sale, went begging, and was
bought up by the Breeders' Protective Association for
$50, and, with forty-four other outcasts, sold to Fergu-
son & Co., of Atlanta, who, in turn, sold her in the
Atlanta market. If now living she is at work in the
Georgia cotton fields or at some other menial labor.
As in the case of Silk Gown, her identity has been
completely lost and her reclamation made impossible.

It is, altogether, a very curious and interesting piece
of breeding history. As remarked, it has created a
great commotion among those people who, a short
time ago, went into mourning over Garry Hermann's
dam. That these bewailings were ill-judged was our
opinion at that time — and despite the new case of His
Eminence we still believe the work done by the Breed-
ers' Protective Association — which, we hope, will be
continued — a good work. As regards Patroness, her
loss to the stud, is, after all, a sSght one. If living
she is now twenty. She had a long series of foals before
she was banished into outer darkness and none but His
Eminence ever became notable. And if that fact alone
has made her blood desirable — why, there is nothing
to prevent its perpetuation by the best possible means,
His Eminence himself.

A peculiar point in regard to the breeding of Banas-
tar, winner of the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris
Paak, New York, May 4th, is that imp. Leamington
was the grandsire of both his sire and dam, and that
Lexington sired the dams of his sire Farandole, of his
grandsire Enquirer, of his dam's sire Onondaga, and
was the grandsire of his third dam Mariposa.

There is many a man in the racing business to-day
who remembers Isaac Lewis, the old time rider. He
has been lost sight of for a number of years, but he
turned up again in Chicago a few days ago, according
to the following report from the Chicago Gazette,
which says: "Isaac Lewis, who for many years was
among the best of the Western jockeys, won the fifth
race at Worth with Oxnard by the narrow margin of
a nose. Lewis was as much tickled as a child with a
'new toy, for this is his first winning mount in six years.
The last time he piloted one to victory was on Ben
Falk's Floriana, and after such a long time finally
landed in front. After the race he stated that he felt
like a two year old.

Mebanus is showing some of the high class form he
was running in at New York last year. His last three
wins proved conclusively that he' was pounds the best
in his races and his wins were of the easiest description.

Ducat is bound to make a success in the stud if the
performances of the only one of his get now racing,
Byron Rose, may be taken as a criterion. This three
year old has shown ability to carry weight and win
over a distance of ground; but his race at six furlongs,
in which he conceded weight to such good horses as
Sly, Yellowtail and others of that class and defeated
them easily, shows him to be a sprinter of no mean
order.

Jim Dyer, one of the oldest trainers in the business,
has just returned from a trip to Austria. He had
much to say to a representative of the New York
Telegraph, concerning the sport in that country and
about the American jockeys who are riding there.
"The tracks," said Dyer, "are much wider than ours
and all turf. I saw the big stake run for which Taral
won and he should have been no better than fourth.
Fifty yards from the judges there were three horses
in front of him and he had been beating his mount for
the last sixteenth of a mile. A few jumps from the
winning post Taral began to gain, and the boys on the
three horses in advance drew their whips. It seemed
a peculiar incident, but every horse swerved and cut
across the track, thus allowing the 'Dutchman' to get
up and win on the post. Of course he came in for a
great ovation." "Did you see many horses ? " "Yes,
some of them are very good, but the majority, like
ours, are selling platers. Most of the races there are
for native bred horses. There is plenty of betting on
the races, and the attendance on big days is very large.
The betting is done mostly on the Paris mutual plan,
the State getting ten per cent, of all money handled
and the association five per cent., making a rakeoff of
fifteen per cent, all told. There were some bookmak-
ers doing business, and their play was small, as the
pubUc generally is not acquainted with the system.
But it is a nice country, and racing will no doubt im-
prove, especially if the ideas of the management were
somewhat broadened."

SADDLE NOTES.

The California Jockey Club has announced its
Board of Stewards for the next season as follows : C.
H. Pettingill (presiding), Charles F. Price, Col. D. M.
Burns, Thos. H. Williams Jr. and F. E. Mulholland.

Eddie Busch appears to be the best two year old at
Louisville. He has started three times at the meeting
and finished first in all of his races, his last winning
being the Winonah Stakes. He was bred by J. N.
Camden, Jr., at his Hartland Stud, and is by imp.
Lord Hartington, out of Potina by Powhattan.

Gibraltar seems to have lost all form and has de-
veloped into a sulker. All his recent races have been
below par and he should be given a long let up.

Yellowtail after having been placed in all kinds of
"hard spots" and ' soft spots" finally succeeded in
winning a race from a very ordinary field last Tuesday.

Faversham was cut loose for a good thing on Tues-
day and won all the way. The manner in which the
horse was backed and the extreme confidence shown
by his backers in hammering his odds down caused a
bookmaker standing in the ring to remark: "This
race must have been run last night."

Ed Geers and the Bike Sulky.

In his recently published book Ed Geers writes the
following interesting gossip of his first experience with
the bike sulky:

"Soon after the bicycle craze became prevalent I
commenced to ride a wheel, and soon became satisfied
that if the ball-bearing pneumatic tire wheel could in
some way be made available to the sulky it would be a
great improvement, and I formulated a crude sort of
plan in my mind for their adjustment to the high-
wheeled sulky I then used? but did not attempt to put
my ideas into any practical shape. There was a gen-
tleman in the East who seemed to entertain the same
views, that had the genius to gratify his ambition, and
during the Detroit meeting of 1892 he shipped one of
his contrivances to Budd Doble, and requested him to
try it in a race. It consisted of a pair of pneumatic
wheels adjusted to a high wheeled sulky frame, and
made quite a grotesque appearance when it first ar-
rived. For some reason Mr. Doble did not care to
gratify this gentleman's desire, and for several days
after its arrival the sulky stood unused. I had in my
stable that season the horse Excellence, and one day I
desired to work him four pretty stiff heats, and hitched
him to my high-wheeled sulky and drove him a mile,
and the time was 2:23J. I then told Mr. Doble I would
like to make the next trial in that new-fangled con-
trivauce of his, and he said he would be glad to have
me do so. I hitched to it and drove him a mile in
2:21i. The next mile I tried my own sulky again and
the best I could do was 2:23L. The next trial I again
hitched to the new sulky, and he again trotted the
mile in 2:21A. This trial satisfied me that a horse could
make faster time in the new sulky than the old. That
afternoon I was to start Honest George in a race, and
borrowed his pneumatic sulky for that purpose; and
when I appeared on the track with Honest George
hitched to it, you could hear the spectators laugh for a
block, and so curious did it appear to some that their
comments would indicate they thought I was the ad-
vance guard of Buffalo Bill's show. But, notwith-
standing the jeers and laughter, I won the race and
this was the first time within my knowledge that this
modern invention, that has been such an important
factor in revolutionizing track records, was ever used
in a race in the Grand Circuit. The next week I had
Honest George entered in a race at Cleveland, and I
borrowed this sulky again in which to make the race,
and again won, which I doubt if I could have done in
my own sulky, as Honest George was a strong favorite
and, as is usual in such cases, the whole field was
against me. After this race Mr. Doble became satisfied
of the advantage of this sulky over the high wheel,
and commenced to use it in his races, and it was not
long before they were in quite general use throughout
the Grand Circuit and elsewhere."

Handling the Horse.

Dr. Currier believes in the kindergarten for young
colts, and said that he liked to begin the education of
the colt when not more than a day old, says the "Co.
Gent." First catch the colt and hold him by putting
one arm in front and one back of him. The pivotal
point of action is the center of the body; fasten him in
front and he tries to go backward. Fasten him at the
rear and he tries to go forward. We should under-
stand this law, which is a part of the nature of the
colt, when we try to govern him. You can easily hold
the colt if you place one arm under the neck and the
other under the ham. Handle the colt first on one
side, then on the other, then give bim a lump of sugar .
He may not eat it at first, but pass it across his mouth
and he will soon learn to like it.

You have now shown the colt your power over him.
and that you do not wish to hurt bim. Next give him
a lesson in the use of the halter. If you put the halter
on him and pull, he goes back. To counteract this,
place a strap around his body Justin front of his hind
legs. Attach a rope to this, and run it through a ring
in the halter. When the colt goes back, pull him up
to you, then give him some sugar.

When you are able to handle the eolt well with the
halter, give him some lessons in driving. Let the old
horse teach the colts their first lesson, and to do this,
I take a pair of old carriage wheels on an axle. To
these are clipped two wooden bars, 14 feet long, about
two feet from the ends; the longest ends, extending in
front, make the thills for the old horse. A cross-bar is
placed just in front of the wheels, extending out far
enough to hitch the colts on either side of the old
horse. The colts are hitched to light bars placed in
front of the horse, with ropes arranged at the sides to
keep the colts in place. They soon learn from the old
horse what to do, and they get used to hearing the
wheels roll behind them, so that they are not afraid
when hitched to a wagon.

Stallions should not be tied by the head in narrow-
stalls, or even kept continually in box stalls or small
yards, but should be worked or driven daily, to sustain
the vigorous digestion that comes from muscular exer-
cise, and get the fresh air and sunshine, all which are
as necessary to the health of the horse as for the
human family. All the usefulness of the horse consists
in his action, movement and work; they are compara-
tively worthless when idle boarders on our hands —
feed, care and muscular energy are thrown away. It
would be far better if stallions were kept at work every
day, out of season. If owners of broodmares would
insist on patronizing only the sires that are in the
harness and kept at work daily, the result would be
profit to the owners of stallions, and also to the patrons,
as the offspring would be stronger, and there would be
an improvement in the feet and legs of our horses;
also in endurence and constitution.

Hummer and His Record.

A reader asks for information in regard to the record
of the chestnut pacing gelding Hummer by Sidney.
It is 2:18J and was made at the Bay District track,
San Francisco, October 18, 1891. There were three
starters in the race, Hummer, Lilly S. and Alannah.
Hummer won the first, second and fourth heats. The
third heat was won by Lilly S. The time was 2:181,
2:205, 2:22| and 2:21. |

Draft horses of good form sell almost according to
weight, except that as weight increases, prices rise at
a much greater ratio, so that extreme weights bring
enormous prices if only the bone is satisfactory. Prices
range from $125 to $300, with an occasional one higher,
and with an increase of 100 per cent, when matched in
teams.

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One of the most dangerous candidates for the M. &
M. is the five year old gelding Chase by Keeler, dam
Euola by Axtell, second dam Anna Thomas by Cyclone.
Last year he showed a mile in 2:154. '1 he gelding is
owned by J. L. Druien, Bardstown, Ky., and is now in
Marvin's stable.

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

May 21— Pac iflc Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P
Norman, Secretary.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.

Aug, 27, 28, 39, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent

The Bench Show.

The fifth annual show of the San Francisco Kennel
Club last week will go on record as far the best dog-
show, in regard to the quality of the principal breeds,
which has been given to date on the Pacific Coast.
The judging by Messrs. Jarrett and Lynn was gener-
ally acceptable to exhibitors. In the St. Bernard
classes, however, Mr. Lynn's awards in several cases
were subject to a deserved criticism, the placing of Em-
peror first in novice was not called for by reason of
this dog's merits. Considerable surprise was mani-
fested at the placing of Le King. We believe Le King
should have l'eceived more consideration, but he should
have been in better show condition to do the winning
expected of him.

Another case, and where the judge was unjustly
criticised, was in the placing of the Yorkshire, End-
cliffe Mayor, over Prince Tiney. The latter outclasses
Mayor in quality, coat and color. When the two dogs
came together in the ring, it did not take Klein but a
second to note that Tiny was "on three legs," he then
showed up his dog's character and good points and
outpointed the other dog to a winning finish. For best
in the show it was a close race between Norfolk Handi-
craft, one of the sweetest Fox Terrier bitches ever
shown in a San Francisco ring, and Champion Wood-
cote Wonder. If the latter had received the special it
would not have been a bad decision by any means and
in the opinion of many fanciers a deserved one.
The more complete report of the show has been un-
avoidably crowded out this week. A partial list of the
awards and the list of specials Is given below.

MASTIFFS— Puppy dogs— 3 G W Freeman's Hector
F. Novice dogs — Mrs M Larsen's Sharkey, 2 Mme
Inez Fabbri-Muller's Lomita Woman; 3 J L Langa's
King L. Limit dogs— 1 W E Meek's Sharkey, 2 W H
Dick's Bueno Montez, 3 G M Freeman's Hector F.
Open dogs— 1 W E Meek's Ch California Cube, 2 W E
Meek's Shai'key. Winners, dogs — 1 Ch California
Cube, res Sharkey. Puppy bitches — 1 G W Freeman's
San Mateo Queen, 2 G W Freeman's Winnifred F.
Novice bitches — 3 G W Freeman's Queen F. Limit
bitches — 1 G W Freeman's San Mateo Queen, Mrs F J
Hatje's California Queen. Open bitches — G W Free-
man's San Mateo Queen, 2 Mrs F J Hatje's California
Queen.

ST BERNARDS (rough coats)— Novice dogs— 1 H
G De Greayer's Emperor, 2 Glenwood Kennels' Glen-
wood Monarch, 3 Glenwood Kennels' Grand Master Jr,
res Miss E Hawes' Milo, v h c A Cassell's Ivanoff, h c

0 T Nobman's Dewey Tennis. Limit dogs — 1 A B
Fately's California Eboracum, 2 Mrs E B Thompson's
Milo Jr, 3 G A Davis' Monarch BerDard, res T Dalzell
Brown's Sir William Wallace, absent Glenwood Ken-
nels' Le King, h c O T Nobman's Dewey Tennis. Open
dogs— 1 Mrs E B Thompson's Milo Jr, 2 A B Fately's
Grand Master II, 3 Mrs E B Thompson's King Crock-
ett, res G A Davis' Monarch Bernard, v h z Glenwood
Kennels' Le King, v h c T D Brown's Sir William
Wallace. Winners, dogs — 1 A B Fately's California
Eboracum, res Mrs E B Thompson's Milo Jr. Puppy
bitches — H c Mrs J H McCarthy's Queen Lucille.
Novice bitches— 1 Glenwood Kennels' Belline, 2 M Cole-
man's Cuba, 3 Mrs T Lendewig's Frisco Queen, res
Mrs T C Jud kins' Duchess. Limit bitches — 1 A B
Fately's Melba, 2 Glenwood Kennels" Princess Rachel,
3 Glenwood Kennels' Belline, res Nairod Kennels'
Princess Nairod, h c Frisco Queen. Open bitches — 1
A B Fately's Melba, 2 Glenwood Kennels' Alta Rachel.
Winners, bitches— 1 A B Fately's Melba, res Glenwood
Kennels' Alta Rachel.

ST BERNARDS (smooth coats)— Puppy and limit
dogs withheld. Open dogs — 1 E D Conolly's General
B, 2 J S Dinkelspiel's Hermit. Winners, dogs — I Gen-
eral B, res Hermit. Limit, open and winners, bitches —

1 Glenwood Kennels' Miss Barry.

GREAT DANES— Puppy dogs— 1 Cunningham and
Ellison's Cunningham's Don Juan, 2 Posen Great Dane
Kennels' Bijou. Novice dogs — I Posen Great Dane
Kennels' Charles D, 2 Cunningham's Don Juan, 3
Colonial Great Dane Kennels' St Leonard, v h c H L
Schmidt's Hector L. Limit dogs — 1 Cunningham and
Ellison's Duke, 2 Posen Great Dane Kennels' Dick, 3
Colonial Great Dane Kennels' Lord Londesborough,
Jr, v h c H L Schmidt's Hector L. Open dogs— 1
Cunningham and Ellison's Duke, 2 Colonial Great Dane
Kennels' Beau Brummel II, 3 Posen Great Dane Ken-
nels' Blue Beard. Winners, dogs— 1 Cunningham and
Ellison's Duke, res Posen Great Dane Kennels' Charles
D. Puppy bitches— 1 Posen Great Dane Kennels' Lady
Ermine, 2 O P Bergsten's Maud S, 3 Cunningham and
Ellison's Cunningham's Princess Dagmar, v h c A
W rede's Isabella. Limit bitches— 1 O P Bergston's
Maud S, 2 Mrs H Seller's Jetta of Melbourne, 3 Posen
Great Dane Kennels' Orchard Trilby, v h c Colonial
Great Dane Kennels' Thelma, h c Cunningham's Prin-
cess Dagmar. Open bitches — 1 Cunningham and
Ellison's Cunningham's Champion Juanita, 2 Posen
Great Dane Kennels' Champion Queen R, 3 Mrs H
Sellers' Jetta of Melbourne, v h c Colonial Great Dane
Kennels' Thelma. Winners, bitches— 1 Posen Great
Dane Kennels' Lady Ermine, res Cunningham's Cham-
pion Juanita.

.NEWFOUNDLANDS— Open dogs and bitches— I M
Abt's Bismarck, 2 Mrs T McGilvey's Major.

RUSSIAN WOLF HOUNDS (Borzois)— Limit dogs
—1 Miss A Healy's Cossack II. Open dogs— 1 Miss D
Prentiss EehV Pascha, 2 Miss Healy's Cossack II.

Limit bitches — 1 F Paxton's Howard's Imported Maida.
Open bitches — 1 F Paxton Howard's Imported Maida
DEERHOUNDS— Limit dogs and bitches— 1 Mrs W
P Hooper's Marco. Open dogs and bitches — Mrs W B
Hooper's Lassie H. Winners, dogs and bitches — 1
Mrs W B Hooper's Marco, res Mrs W B Hooper's
Lassie H.

GREYHOUNDS— Dogs— Free for all— 1 J H Rosset-
er's For Freedom, 2 J H W Muller's Cruiser, 3 J W
Rossiter's Fortuna Favente. Stake class — Dogs — For
first prize winner in a recognized coursing trial — 1 J
J Dean's Connemara, 2 Curtis and Son's Cavalier, v h
c O'Shea Bros Young America.

ENGLISH FOXHOUNDS— Puppy dogs and bitches
—1 San Mateo Hunt Club's Betfort, 2 same owners
Scarlet, 3 same owners Volatile; res same owners Clara
Belle. Open dogs and bitches— 1 San Mateo Hunt
Club's Transport, 2 same owners Racier, 3 same own-
ers Portia, v h c same owners Sunbeam.

AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS— Puppy dogs— 1 W S
Kittle's Hickman, 2 N H Hickman's Chinny Billy, 3
Gus Dieckman's Spike, h c J H Marshall's Kruger, c
J H Marshall's Bugle, absent J H Marshall's Leader.
Novice dogs— 1 W S Kittle's Rainbow, 2 W S Kittle's
Drive. Limit dogs— 1 E B Chase's Foxy Quiller, 2C G
Weber's Paddy Jr, 3 Stange & Henning's Murderer.
Open dogs— 1 E B Chase's Bragdon; 2 E B Chase's
Foxy Quiller, 3 Colusa Kennel's Guy, res Fisher &
Baltzer's Max, absent J H Marshall's Sharkey. Win-
ners, dogs— 1 E B Chase's Bragdon, res E B Chase's
Foxy Quiller. Puppy bitches— 1 W S Kittle's Fleet.
Novice bitches— 1 E B Chase's Kentucky Belle, 2 T G
Perkins' Queen, 3 E H Forester's Belle, v h c Stange
& Henning's Queen. Limit bitches — 1 Kentucky Belle,
2 Colusa Kennels' Sappho, 3 Fisher & Baltzer's Belle,
v h c T G Perkins' Queen. Open bitches— 1 E B
Chase's Carmen, 2 Kentucky Belle, 3 A W Coombs'
Melba C, v h c Fisher & Baltzer's Belle. Winners,
bitches — 1 E B Chase's Carmen, res Kentucky Belle.

POINTERS— Puppy dogs— 1 W B Coutts' Ned Fun-
ston. Novice dogs — 1 Frank H Fleer's Luck of Lans-
downe. 2 Stockdale Kennels' Cuba Jr, 3 E C Worden's
Doc W, res A O Kellogg's Boxer, v h c Mrs Thomas
Murphy's Bill Sykes, h c A F Hinz' Beaumont, absent
Alexander Hamilton's Clip. Limit dogs (under 55
pounds) — 1 Herbert J Ogden's Lansdowne Malt, 2 F H
Fleer's Bang Away III, 3 L J Aubert's Ashbury, res
Stockdale Kennels' Cuba Jr, v h c Roy N Fuller's Rex
F, c O F Hinz' Beaumont, h c L O Kellogg's Boxer.
Limit dogs (55 pounds and over) — 1 Stockdale Kennels'
Cuba of Kenwood, 2 E C Worden's Doc W, 3 F H
Fleer's Gamester. Open dogs (under 55 pounds) — 1H
J Ogden's Lansdowne Malt, 2 F H Fleer's Bang Away
III, 3 J E Lucas' Alex C, res L J Aubert's Ashbury,
v h c Stockdale Kennels' Cuba Jr, h c L O Kellogg's
Boxer. Open dogs (55 pounds and over) — 1 Dr J S
Howe's Baby Kent, 2 H J Lucas Nick O'N, 3 Stock-
dale Kennels' Sam Bow, res Stockkale Kennels' Cuba
of Kenwood, v h c C E Worden's Doc W, h c F H
Fleer's Gamester. Winners, Idogs — 1 Lansdowne
Malt, res Dr J S Howe's Baby Kent. Puppy bitches —
I A B Truman's Patti of Kent, 2 W B Coutts' Bonnee
Bell, 3 W B Coutts' Kenwood Rose. Novice bitches —
1 W Gall's Puny Gal, 2 W B Coutts' Bonnee Bell.
Limit bitches (under 50 pounds) — 1 A F Colvin's Lady
Colvin, T H Laidley Jr's Lexington Girl, 3 William
Gall's Glen Ada, v h c Stockdale Kennels' Florida.
Limit bitches (50 pounds and over) — 1 F H Fleer's
Daisy Bell, absent F Wicker's Reia W. Open bitches
(under 50 pounds) — 1 A F Colvin's Lady Colvin, 2 J H
Laidley Jr's Lexington Girl, 3 Will Gall's Sister Glen-
beigh G, v h c Stockdale's Kennels Florida. Open
bitches (50 pounds and over) — 1 F H Fleer's Daisy
Belle, 2 Stockdale Kennels' Nellie Wilson. Winners,
bitches — 1 F H Fleer's Daisy Belle, res A F Colvin's
Lady Colvin.

ENGLISH SETTERS— Puppy dogs— 1 J Tait's The
Referee, 2 Clark & Kennedy's Dick C, 3 R Johnson's
Clayton. Novice dogs — 1 H L Keyes' Montell Jr, 2 G
C Thomas' Sport's Solomon, 3 C S Boas' Dash Antonio
II, v h c W R Locke's Babe, h c H E Riley's Count
Flanders, c E C Hahn's Duke of Hahn, c A Warneke's
Bum. Limit dogs — 1 W Feige's Buckwa, 2 Charles F
Hartmetz' Oakley Hill, 3 Sol Honigsberg's Sport D,
v h c S Christensen's Joe Cummings' Boy, h c L
Abrahms' Dolly Sport, h c Charles Easton's Dewey, h
c George C Thomas' Jr Sport's Solomon. Open dogs —
1 C F Hartmetz' Oakley Hill, 2 George C Thomas'
Sport's Solomon, 3 C S Boas' Dash Antonio II, res
Sol Honigsberg's Sport D, v h c S Christensen's Joe
Cummings' Boy, h c E C Hahn's Duke of Hahn. Win-
ners, dogs — 1 W Fiege's Buckwa, res Charles F Hart-
metz' Oakley Hill. Puppy bitches — 1 P M Wand's
Gibson Girl, 2 W C Brown's Zell B, 3 A Warneke's
Trixie. Novice bitches — 1 G C Thomas' Pera, 2 Geo
G Gauld's Miriam J, 3 G C Thomas' Jr Dido B, vhc
C S King's Queenie K, h c T J A Tiedeman's Northern
Huntress. Limit bitches — 1 G C Thomas' Jr Mepals
Queen B, 2 William Styan's Queen, 3 G C Thomas'
Pera, res George G Gauld's Miriam J, v h c Geo C
Thomas' Jr Dido B, h c J R Smith's Countess of
Flanders. Open bitches — 1 G C Thomas' Jr Menal's
Queen B, 2 A B Truman's Fanny Gladstone T, 3"G C
Thomas' Pera, res George G Gauld's Miriam J, he
I E Terry's Lady, absent W E Chute's Dolly Y. Win-
ners, bitches — 1 G C Thomas' Jr Mepals Queen B, res
A B Truman's Fanny Gladstone T.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

Special for best in the show, Norfolk Kennels Fox Terrier Nor-
folk Handicraft, res O O Hydenfeldts Bull Terrier Woodcote
Wonder.

G REAT DANES— Bielenberg & Weniger silver cup for best dog:
Cunningham &, Ellison's Duke.

Superintendent Langenderfer trophy for best bitch, Posen Great
Dane Kennels' Lady Ermine.

Charles K Harley silver cup for best puppy, Cunningham &
Ellison's Cunningham's Don Juan

The club silver medal for best dog puppy, also for best bitch
puppy dog, Cunningham & Ellison's Cunningham's Don Juan;
bitch, J Rauche's Flora.

Club silver medal for best, Cunningham & Ellison's Duke.

Club silver medal for best kennel, not less than four, Posen Great
Dane Kennels.

ST BERNARDS— A B Spreckels' president's cup for best, A B
Fately's California Eboracum; absent. EBConnolly'sGeneral B.

Eppinger silver cup for best of opposite sex to winner of presi-
dent's cup, P C Meyer's Miss Barry.

Leon S Greenbaum silver cup for best bred on Pacific Coast,
California Eboracum.

Klein medal for best owned in San Francisco, California
Eboracum.

Fately gold medal for best pair, dog and bitch, rough or smoot I
coated, A B Fately's California Eboracum and Melba.

MASTIFFS— Arlington cup for best, W E Meek's Champio I
California Cube.

Club medals for best dog and bitch puppies, W G Freeman' I
Hector F and San Mateo Queen.

Club medal for best kennel, not less than four, Glenwoo- 1
Kennels.

Pacific Mastiff Club silver medal for best dog puppy, W G Fret I
man's Hector F.

Pacific Mastiff Club silver medal for best puppy bitch, G WFree
man's Winifred F.

POODLES— Club medal for best. L A Klein's Cocaine.

AMERICAN FOXHOUNDS— CI abrough:Gol cher trophy for bes
AmericanFoxhound, E B Chase's Carmen.

Dr F W d'Evelyn cup for best puppy, W S Kittle's Hickman.

Club silver medal for best of opposite sex to winner of Clabrough:
Golcher trophy, E B Chase"s Bragdon.

Club medal's for best dog and bitch puppies, W S Kittle's Hick
man and Fleet.

Club silver cup for best kennel, not less thaD four — E B Chase.

POINTERS— Shreve cup for best, H J Ogden's Landsdown Malt

H E Skinner trophy for best puppy, A B Truman's Patti of Kent

W S Kittle trophy for best of opposite sex to winner of Shrevt
trophy, F H Fleer's Daisy Bell

Club medals for best light weight, H J Ogden's Landsdown Malt
res, A F Colvin's Lady Colvin.

Club medal for best heavyweight, Dr J S Howe's Baby Kent.

Club medals for best dog and bitch puppies. W B Coutt's Net
Funston, A B Truman's Patti of Kent.

Club silver cup for best kennel, not less than four, F H Fleer
res, Stockdale Kennels.

ENGLISH SETTERS— Verona Kennels' vase for best dog, "W
Feige's Buckwa.

W S Tevis' silver cup for best bitch, G C Thomas Jr's Nepals
Queen B

Club silver cup for best kennel, not less than four, G C Thomas Jr,

Club medals for best dog and bitch puppies, John Tait's The
Referee; res, P W Wand's Gibson Girl.

IRISH SETTERS— Henry J Crocker's silver cup for best, A E
Truman's Mike Swiveller T

Club silver medal for best of opposite sex to winner of Crocket
trophy, A B Truman's Lady Swiveller.

Club medal for best dog and bitch puppies, C P Padrettas' Tobj
Jr and Duval Moore's Lady Bess M.

GORDON SETTERS— John Butler*trophy for best, Louis 3
Ehret's Crackerjack.

FIELD SPANIELS— Club medal for best, Redwood Cocker Ken-
nels' Peg Wofflngton.

FIELD TRIAL CLASS— Pacific Coast Field Trials Club silver
cup for best setter or pointer exhibited in field trial class, J E
Lucas' Alex C.

FOX TERRIERS (smooth and wire haired)— Dr F W d'Evelyn
silver trophy for best kennel, not less than four, Norfolk Kennels,
Toronto, Canada.

W H Deming cup for best dog, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Rich-
mond.

E Courtney's Ford silver cup for best bitch, Norfolk Kennels1
Norfolk Handicraft.

Pacific Fox Terrier Club's special for produce of 1891, first divi-
sion, three entries, N H Hickman; second division, fourteen entries,
W W Moore.

Silver trophy for best puppy dog, W Haley's Midnight.

Silver trophy for best novice dog Miss Pearl Coutt's Intrepid.

Silver trophy for best limit dog, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Mainstay.

Silver trophy for best open dog, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Rich-
mond.

Silver trophy for best puppy bitch, J B Martin's Powhattan
Queen-
Silver trophy for best novice bitch, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Twostep.

Silver trophy for best limit bitch, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Ruby.

Silver trophy for best open bitch, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Handicraft.

Silver vase for best dog or bitch, Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Handicraft.

Club silver cup for best kennle, not less than four, Norfolk
Kennels.

Club medal for best dog and bitch puppies, Norfolk Mainstay and
Norfolk Twostep.

O O Hevdenfeldt cup for best smooth coat owned on the Pacific
Coast, C K Harley's Vibo.

L A Klein silver medal for best smooth coat owned in San
Francisco, C K Harley's Vibo.

L A Klein's silver medal for best wire hair owned in San Fran-
cisco, Walter Magee's Cairnsmuir General.

DACHSHUNDE— J E De Ruyter cup for best, Venlo Farm Ken-
nels' Venlo Forever.

Club silver cup for best kennel, not less than four, Colonel
Martin.

L A Klein silver medal for best owned in San Francisco, Pro-
fessor C E Straasburger's Hiesel.

SCOTTISH TERRIERS— Club medals for best dog puppy, G S I
Thomas' Endcliffe Rebel.

BOSTON TERRIERS— San Francisco Jockey Club cup for best' I
J S Thomas' Endcliffe Lita.

Club silver medal for best dog puppy, Mrs J P Norman's .Lord I
Montez.

L A Klein silver medal for best owned in San Francisco, Mrs J I
P Norman's Lord Montez.

BULL TERRIERS— Dr H L Tevis cup for best, donor not to I
compete, O O Heydenfeldt's Woodcote Wonder.

Dr Washington Dodge silver cup for best, Woodcote Wonder.

E Courtney Ford silver cup for best bitch, L A Klein's Belle I
Belsamo.

Wjn C Leavitt silver cup for best California bred, J I Sparrow's I
Edgewood Jean H.

L A Klein medal for best owned in San Francisco, O O Heyden- 1
feldt's Woodcote Wonder.

Club cup for best kennel, not less than four, O O Heydenfeldt.

Bull Terrier Club specials, for members only— Silver trophy for I
best puppy dog, R H Rountree's Newmarket Duke n.

Silver trophy for best novice dog, E Attridge's Teddy.

Silver trophy for best limit dog, J D Spreckels' Banjo.

Silver trophy for best open dog. O O Heydenfeldt's Woodcote I
Wonder.

Silver trophy for best puppy bitch, A Joseph's Imp.

Silver trophy for best novice bitch, O O Heydenfeldt's Dot.

Silver trophy for best limit bitch, PC Meyer's Newmarket Queen. I

Silver trophy for best open bitch, P C Meyer's Newmarket Queen. I

Albert Joseph silver cup for best sired by Bloomsbury Baron, C I
Steinbach's Bloomsbury Queen.

IRISH TERRIERS— N H Hickman cup for best, George S I
Thomas' Wilmount Highwayman.

Club silver trophy for best of opposite sex to winner of Hickman I
cup, George S Thomas' Champion Endcliffe Shela.

BULLDOGS— L A Klein silver medal for best owned in San I
Francisco, Mrs W M Robert's Jim Jams.

Club medal for best Bulldog, dog or bitch, L A Klein's Champion I
Ivel Rustic.

PUGS— L A Klein's silver medal for best dog owned in San Fran- 1
Cisco, J Boardman's Toody.

Club silver medal for best dog puppy, J Boardman's Toody.

YORKSHIRES— Mrs J P Atkin's special for best in show, Mrs!
G S Thomas' Endcliffe Mayor.

Thors' special for best, Mrs G-S Thomas' Endcliffe Mayor.

JAPANESE SPANIELS— Club silver cup for best, Mrs H W I
Reddan's Nippon.

COLLIES— Palace Hotel silver trophy for best, Mrs J H Hanson's I
Verona Mollie; res Mrs E B Grave's Verona Braw Laddie.

Ernest Haquette silver cup lor best of opposite sex to winner of I
Palace Hotel trophy, Mrs E B Grave's Verona Braw Laddie.

Hammersmith & Field's silver cup for best California bred, Mrs I
J H Hanson's Verona Mollie.

Club silver medals for best dog and bitch puppies, Mrs EBl
Grave's Verona ■ raw Laddie and Mrs J H Hanson's Verona \
Mollie.

California Collie Club trophies, members' only — Best Collie dog, p
Mrs E B Graves Verona Braw Laddie; best Collie bitch, L J,
Romer's Pretty Hall; best California bred dog. Mrs E B Grave's
Verona Braw Laddie; best California bred bitch, Mrs J H Hanson's
Verona Mollie; best California-bred dog puppy, Mrs E B Grave's
Verona Braw Laddie; best California-bred bitch puppy, Mrs J H
Hanson's Verona Mollie.

COCKER (black)— Colonel W S Martin silver cup for best, E W
Fiske's Champion Premier.

Livingston Jenks cup for best bitch puppy, Plumeria Cocker
Kennels' Plumeria Cleo.

May 18, 1901]

California Cocker Club trophies— W C Ralston silver cup for best,
Mrs J P Atkin's Mona II-

Nairod Kennels1 silver trophy for best dog or bitch; Redwood
Cocker Kennels' silver cup for best puppy, Plumeria Cleo.

Mrs J P Atkin silver vase for best stud dog, Glenwood Champion
Havoc.

Silver medal for best puppy bitch, Kenneth Preuss' Windy Jim.

Silver medal for best novice dog, Pine Hill Cocker Kennels' Pine
Hill Cuckoo.

Silver medal for best limit dog, Mrs Phil C Meyer's Glenwood
Havoc.

Silver medal for best open dog, Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Cham-
pion Viscount.

Silver medal for best puppy bitch, Mrs Phil C Meyer's Glenwood
Topsy.

Silver medal for best limit and open bitch, Mrs J P Atkin's
Mona II.

Gold medal for best bitch, Mona II.

Gold medal for best dog, Mrs Phil C Meyer's Champion Havoc.

SFKC medal for best bitch puppy, W F Roeder's Lady Del
Monte.

SFKC medal for best dog puppy, Geo Bell's Masterpiece.

COCKER SPANIELS (other than black)— Silver cup for best
kennel, not less than four, E W Fiske.

Silver cup for best bitch puppy, Plumeria Cocker Kennels
Plumeria Cleo.

California Cocker Club trophies— Silver medal for best novice
dog, Pine Hill Kennels Uncas.

Silver medal for best limit and open dog, Plumeria Cocker Ken-
nels Hampton Goldie.
[•Silver medal for best puppy aud novice bitch, Plumeria Cleo.

Silver medals for best ;limit and open bitch, Plumeria Cocker
Kennels, Plumeria Fancy.

Gold medal for best dog, Hampton Goldie.

Gold medal for best bitch, Plumeria Fancy.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels silver loving cup for best pair, dog and
bitch, Hampton Goldie and Plumeria Fancy.

Pine Hill Cocker Kennels silver cup for best red California bred,
Plumeria Fancy.

J P Norman silver cup for best red in show, C T Mead's Per-
fection.

GREYHOUNDS— Yellowstone trophy for best, Curtis & Son's
Cavalier.

IRISH WATER SPANIELS— Shreve silver cup for best A T
Leonard Jr's Dennis C.

Doings in Dogdom.

for a Scotch Terrier puppy-

We have a demand
who has one for sale?

Albert Joseph purchased the smart red Cocker bitch
Plumeria Cleo, the winner of first puppy and novice
and also six specials at the show last week.

L. A. Klein will remain in this city for a month or
two. He has his string of dogs comfortably and con-
veniently located in a large outbuilding at the Conserv-
atory, corner of Geary street and Central Avenue. The
fancy and all lovers of dogs are invited to inspect some
fine specimens of different breeds on Sunday after-
noons at the location mentioned.

Mr. Klein will not take his string of dogs to the Vic-
toria show as contemplated; he will, however, attend
the show up there this month, and will, of course, in-
troduce Ivel Rustic, or "Billy" as he is familiarly
known, to the English admirers of the breed.

The following sales were made at the Chicago Show:
Mr. F. F. Dole sold the Boston Terrier Edgewood
Prince to Mr. J. B. Sears, Chicago, 111.

Mr. Thomas Kelly sold the Boston Terrier Prince to
Mr. James F. Drummond, St. Louis, Mo.; price, $500.
Also the bitch Buttons to the same party; price, $125.
Also the bitch Mascot to Mr. F. P. Smith, Chicago;
price, $100.

Mr. R. S. Mattoon sold the Boston Terrier Sandy
Janice to Mr. James F. Drummond, St. Louis, Mo.

Mr. E. M. Oldham sold the Clumber Spaniel Alver-
ley Loafer and the Schipperke D'Artagnan to Mr. F.
F. Dole.

Mr. E. M. Oldham, acting for Mr. Geo. Raper, sold
the wire-haired Fox Terriers Raby Matchbox and
Raby Firefly to Mr. J. Wallace Wakem, Chicago, 111.

Mr. Henry Jarrett sold the winning Collie, Squire
Wellesbourne, to Mr. Geo. Higginson, Chicago, 111.
Mr. Jarrett also sold the Collie bitch Old Hall Victoria
to R. Hanna, son of Senator Hanna, at a big price. —
Turf, Field and Farm.

Some interesting cases were disposed of at the recent
meeting of the English Kennel Club as follows:

"The Committee of the late Ripon Show reported
Miss M. Fassnidge to the Licensed Shows Committee
for removing her dogs from the show, for resisting one
of the Committee who attempted to stop her and for
using- intemperate language.

"It was decided: 'That Miss Fassnidge be suspended
from judging, competing, winning a prize, or taking
part in any snow under Kennel Club Rules, for the
term of six months." '

A very important ruling was delivered in connection
with a case brought before the Committee by Mr.
Mosely, and which is reported as follows:

"The Committee decided, at their last meeting, to
hear Mr. and Mrs. Mosely re the disqualification of

Mrs. Mosely 's dogs at the late Birmingham Show.
Mr. and Mrs. Mosely were in attendance.

"After hearing their statement, it was decided:
'That in the opinion of the Committee, neither the
Steward nor the Judge are entitled to disqualify
dogs.' "

"Dr. Carey, of Borris, County Carlow, appealed
against the decision of the Committee of the late Belfast
Show, who refused to further consider his objection to
exhibits 206 and 214, and returned the deposit. Dr.
Carey objected to these dogs on the ground that gen-
eral attention was directed to them, as it was supposed
that their coats had been tampered with by being
shortened by some process of cutting, clipping or
singeing, or by some other means not allowable under
Kennel Club Rules.

"The Secretary of the Show stated in writing that
the objection was not made until 21 days after the
show; that at the show the exhibitors of the dogs ob-
jected to would gladly have handed their respective
dogs over to the Veterinary Surgeon for examination,
and that Dr. Carey brought no evidence in support of
his objection.

"It was decided: 'That in the absence of any evi-
dence of the dogs being tampered with, the Committee
of the Kennel Club are unable to deal with the case,
other than by upholding the decision of the Belfast
Show Committee.' "

"It was proposed: 'That steps be taken for the pur-
pose of passing a rule to prevent in the future stewards
exhibiting at any show under Kennel Club rules, under
judges for whom they are acting as ring stewards,
and that no ring steward shall be allowed to lead or
handle any dog in the ring in which he officiates.' "

"The resolution was carried unanimously, and the
Secretary was instructed to place this recommendation
on the Agenda for the next General Meeting."

Kennel Registry.

We announce in our kennel advertisements to-day
an opportunity to buy a handsome well trained and
thoroughly broken lemon and white Pointer bitch two
years old.

Phil C. Meyer,_ the genial owner of Glenwood Ken-
nels, paid us a visit this week, being accompanied by
his last purchase, a St. Bernard bitch, Queen of the
Joaquin. This bitch has improved exceedingly since
the show last year; she has a very good head, except-
ing the eyes, which show too much haw. She is well
bodied and strong boned. She is not quite up to our
liking in the hind legs and feet. But withal she will
make a desirable brood bitch, for which purpose she
was purchased from Mr. Muenther, of Lathrop.

Eric Hamber, secretary-treasurer of the Manitoba
Field Trials Club, writes that the fifteenth annual
trials of the club will be held again this year at Carman,
commencing Tuesday, September 10th prox. The
stakes will be three in number, viz.: the Derby, All-
Age and a Championship stake. Mr. Simon C. Bradley
has consented to act again as judge in conjunction with
another gentleman to be appointed. Birds are reported
to be very plentiful on the trial grounds. Entries can
be made with, and further information obtained from,
Eric Hamber, Winnipeg, Man.

VISITS.
A. H. Robinson's black Cocker bitch Lady Zona to Plumeria
Cocker Kennels' Cliampion Viscount (Ch. Picpania-Tootsie) May
13, 1901.

SALES

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold the black Cocker puppy Plumeria
Faro (Hampton Goldie-Black Sue) to Mr. Wingate May 12th.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold a red Cocker puppy (Hampton
Goldie-Plumeria Surprise) to Jas. H. Jones, May 12, 1901.

A. E. Muenther (Lathrop) sold the St. Bernard bitch Queen of
the Joaquin (Reglov-Empress Juno) to Phil C. Meyer, Glenwaod
Kennels, May 13, 1901.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold the red Cocker bitch puppy Plum-
eria Sappho (Hampton Goldie— Black Sue) to Mrs. Geo. Grant,
May 4. 1901.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold the red Cocker bitch puppy Plum-
eria Cleo 61057 (Hampton Goldie— Queen K.) to A. Joseph (San
Francisco), May 14, 1901.

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Coming Events.

May 25— Fly-casting. Saturday re-entry 'contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. at.

i'May 26— Fly-casting. Sunday re-entry contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

Fly-Casting.

In the scores following, the general average, 86 2-12
per cent, in the delicacy event made by ten fly-casters
last Sunday at Stow Lake is a very remarkable show-
ing, in fact it is claimed to be a record score. It will
be noticed that there has been a steady improvement
in long distance casting by the new beginners this
season. The following is a summary of the fly-casting
for the fifth contest:

Saturday Contest No. 5— Stow Lake, May II, 1901. Wind,
strong, west. Weather, foggy

Judges— Messrs. Mansfield and Brotherton. Referee, Mr. Muller.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

Battu, H

Brooks. W. E

Brotherton, T. W.

Everett, E

Golcher, W. C

Mansfield, W. D..

Muller, H. T

Skinner, H. E

Smyth, H

Young, C. G

80 4-12

89 8-12

74 2-12

81 11-12

89 8-13

91 8-12

80

85 10-12

91 8-12

87

78 4-12

82 8-12

89 4-12

98

83 4-12

87 8-12

88

93 4-12

78 4-12

86

90 4-12

96

81 8-12

88 10-12

91 4-12

83 4-12

81 8-12

82 6-12

89

91 4-12

8010-12

86 1-12

83

92 8-12

84 2-12

88 5-12

86

96 8-12

84 2-12

90 5-12

Sunday Contest No. 5— Stow Lake,
light, southwest. Weather, foggy.

Judges— Messrs. Mansfield and Young.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

May 12, 1901. Wind,
Referee, Mr. Muller.

Events 1 2

3 4

a

b c

Brooks, W. E 100

Blade, A. M 80

Brotherton, T. W..114

Daverkosen, F 106

Dinkelspiel.H.G.W 87

Everett, E 106

Foulks, G. H 89

Golcher, H. C 127

Grant, C. F 107

87
81

, 95
85

Haight, H. F..
Heller. S. A...

Huyck, C

Kenniff, J B...
Kenniff, C. R. . .

Kierulfl.J 77

Kierulff, T 78

Mansfield, W. D... .

Muller, H. F 106

Smyth, H

Turner, J. S 90

Vogelsang, A. T...101

Reed.F.H 106

Young, C.G 97

92

88

4-12

76 8-12

82 6-12

73 4-12

m

8-12

75

72 4-12

93 8-12

:»i

4-12

80 10-12

85 7-12

87

92

68 4-12

80 2-12

82 4-12

72

74 2-12

73 1-12

89

87

8-12

8010-12

84 3-12

81 8-12

83

65

74

92

91

75

S3

89

88.

M

4-12

78 4-12

81 4-12

90

76

8010-12

78 5-12

91

92

73 4-12

82 8-12

88

H7

65 10-12

76 5-12

92 8-12

77

4-12

70 10-12

74 1-12

71 8-12

86

4-12

70

78 2-12

62 8-12

70

4-12

72 6-12

71 5-12

93

:»;

4-12

84 2-12

90 3-12

95

87

82 6-12

84 9-12

85

92

8-12

79 2-12

85 11-12

87

91

4-12

74 2-12

82 9-12

90 4-12

90

4-12

80 10-12

88 7-12

91 4-12

90

4-12

78 4-12

84 4-12

Coming Events.

Hay 19-£'ynipic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

May 19— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo

May 19— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds Ingleside
May 24, 25-California Inanimate Target Association. Ninth

tournament. Blue rocks. Ingleside.
May 26— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda

Junction.

-SS-NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy; percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage;
(b) delicacy percentage; (c) net percentage. Event 4 — Lure east-
ing, percentage.

The California Inanimate Target Association
Tournament.

The two days' tournament of the California Inani-
mate Target Association, May 25th and 26th, promises
to bring many trap shooters to the Ingleside grounds.
This shoot will be the first State shoot held in the
vicinity of San Francisco for five years. The program
for the first day, Saturday, comprises five 20 bird races
and a three man team match— Event No. 1, The
'•Cinch Brothers" trophy. No. 2, E. T. Allen trophy.
No. 3, Association trophy. No. 4, Golcher trophy.
No. 5, Union Gun Club trophy. No. 6, Crystal Palace
three man team trophy. Five 20 bird events and the
Antioch trophy six man team race are billed for Sun-
day—No. 1, Olympic Gun Club trophy. No. 2, San
Francisco Gun Club trophy. No. 3, Empire Gun Club
trophy. No. 4, Gold Dust medal race. No. 5, Garden
City Gun Club trophy. No. 6, Antioch six man team
trophy race. •

The entrance for the individual races will be $2 per
shooter. Side pools will not be arranged. The moneys
will be divided under the high gun system, which is
elaborately explained in the published program. This
change, now that it is generally understood by shoot-
ers, has been favorably accepted. It allows for a larger
individual distribution of the purse.

Shooting will commence promptly at 9 o'clock A. M.
each day. The association headquarters will be located
at the office of the Equitable Life Insurance Company,
first floor, Crocker Building. The Secretary's office
will be open to receive entries Friday evening, May
24th, and Saturday evening, May 25th, at 7:30 P. M.,
it the association headquarters.

Loaded cartridges, of all kinds, can be obtained by
shooters at the grounds during the tournament.

Arrangements have been made with Mr. Elliott, the
proprietor of the Ingleside house (adjoining the tourna-
ment grounds), to furnish shooters with a first class
lunch and any other accommodations desired.

The winner of the championship high average medal
at Fresno last year was Clarence C. Nauman. The
Empire Gun Club won the Antioch trophy. The Gold
Dust medal was won by Nauman after shooting off a
tie with Otto Feudner. The Lincoln Gun Club trophy
was won by |F. Varien, of Capitola. Martines Chick
won the Garden City Gun Club trophy. The E. T.
Allen trophy was won by Nauman, who shot off a tie
with Anderson, Lemoin, Varien and Seaver. Fred
Feudner won the Empire Gun Club trophy with the
only straight score made during the first day's shoot-
ing in the rain. The Merced Gun Club trophy was
won by Edw. Feudner. Chas. Merrill, of Stockton,
led off the winners of the second day with the Olympic
Gun Club trophy. Dr. Barker won the San Francisco
Gun Club trophy. The Golcher cup was won by A. C.
Hartley, of Antioch. J. E. Vaughan won the Fresno
Gun Club trophy. Otto Feudner won the "match-
box" trophy. The Olympic Gun Club won the Boos
three-man team trophy (Nauman, O. Feudner and A.
J. Webb composed the team).

In the preparation of the official tournament pro-
gram issued last week, - by an unintentional oversight,
the Winchester Bepeating Arms Company was not in-
cluded in the list of corporations, etc., to whom the as-
sociation expressed a sense of obligation for material
encouragement towards the success of the coming
tournament. The company, through the personal
efforts and influence of both Manager A. Muller and
Mr. Seaver has shown a cordial interest in the affairs
of the association and a friendly spirit for the suc-
cess of its affairs that might well be worthy of emula-
tion by some other trade representatives in this city.

At the Traps.

The San Francisco Gun Club regular monthly pigeon
shoot and the blue rock shoot for May of the Olympic
Gun Club will be the combined trap shooting attrac-
tions for Ingleside to-morrow.

For the blue rock shoot five events are on the pro-
gram. The club race at 25 targets, three 15 bird races
and a prize merchandise shoot open-to-all, 25 blue
rocks, entrance $1.00. The club tokens, gold or silver
bars, will be awarded to straight runs of 25 or 15
breaks.

The Bed Bluff Gun Club tournament will take place
today and tomorrow. The card embraces both live
bird (and blue rock events, the meeting will draw a
large attendance of sportsmen.

Two gun club shoots at both live birds and blue
rocks attracted a large number of sportsmen to Ingle-
side last Sunday. Many of the shooters alternated be-
tween the blue rock and pigeon shooting sections of
the association grounds. Several thousand inanimate
targets were broken, the average of scores being ex-
cellent. Much practice shooting was indulged in, pre-
paratory for the coming State tournament on the 25th
and 26th insts. The principal feature of the Olympic
Gun Club five bird trap shoot was the club match at
fifteen pigeons, during which twenty-eight scores were
shot up. The straight men were Otto Feudner and
Charles H. Shaw, who divided first money in the side
pool purse. Four men in the pool who grassed fourteen
birds each divided the second portion of the money.
In this race "Slade" showed splendid form in stopping
many swift birds with the first barrel. George H.
T. Jackson also scored a straight string whilst shoot-
ing up a back score. During the noon intermission h

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and Clarence Haight indulged in a "miss and out" at
weasels, he lost on the first pop. During the club race
a match for a dinner was decided between two teams of
shooters: A. Roos, N. H. Neustadter and W. J.
Golcher against G. H. T. Jackson, H. B. Hosmer
and Otto Feudner. The first mentioned trio lost by
three birds, the team score being 42 to 38. Achille
Boos claimed the dinner race was lost because Neu-
stadter's gun was strained in long range shots. Fol-
lowing the club race eight-bird pool races and practice
shooting was in order. The scores in the club race at
30 yards rise were:
Club match, 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise—

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s^wc'h 32232 28223 32822-15

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Go°cherW J ■ 131211*113 22113-14

"<?ladp" 11132 1122111110-14

Stone OF J5KKS1M1111U-W

•'Johnson" "*. }???iUH!

Trin!* F W 22*22 21111 12111—14

hSIm ' G A »22>. s*u lf-128-14

Well A L 1112122220 11111-14

TTneer M E t 21111 *1112 12122—14

S V T 21202 21*33 21121-13

Taokson'GH'T 20211 23211 121*3-13

HoS'hB 212*0 11112 21213-13

vSSi M IS ..■■■■ 02322 311*131121-13

Derbv Dr A'T 1111*12311 21021-13

qS-p/n'pv T T 03213 12222 22220-13

MuSkKB 01212 102*112122-12

owens ld :::::.' 1221211*111*110-12

sSS,A.M..... 210211111110101-12

Neustadter, N. H SS2"

Andres d S 01110 21300 32012 — 10

VernonF 23022 00220 2013*- 9

VemonFt 11102 03130 00011-9

Stone C.F.t. '.'.'. 0110*21210 30011-9

Hoffman. WC .1*012 00300 01103-7

Eosenberg, B C 0w

fBack scores. *Deadout.

50 entrance, 30 yards.

.11221122-8 Unger, M. E.f 21111*11—7

.11111222-8 Boos 32101222—7

.. .21111121—8 Vernon, F.f 11102021—7

. 21222122—8 Andres; 22022010-6

.22332023-7 Stonet 0110*213—5

Eosenberg 01310w —3

Shields *110w —2

Neustadter 21*w —3

Eight bird pool,

Jacksonf

HosmerJ

Sehultz, F. J.t

Murdockf

Shaw

Wiel 21101331—7

Haight 33121 102—7

Feudner, O 23233012-7

f^ack score tally JBirds only.

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards —

Jacksont 21221223—8 Hoflmant 01206201—1

Shaw 12222232—8 "Hawkes"t 2002023*— 4

Haight 21*11122—7 "Jones" *00 —

Andres 20210020—4

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance. 30 yards —

Haight 21122123—8 Shaw 22310320-6

Hoffman! 11111111—8 Andres 21122200—6

Jackson 12313132—8 "Hawkes"} 1*1*2120—5

Miss and out, 33 yards —

Jackson 111111111* —10

Haight 212122121111—11

Shaw 122* —3

Boos 2311212110 —9

During the San Francisco Gun Club shoot last Sun-
day Otto Feudner made a run of 50 consecutive breaks.
Ed Sehultz, E. Klevesahl and W. A. Bobertson made
straight runs of 25 targets. Squad shooting at 10 and
25 blue rocks were in order all day long and many ex-
cellent averages were shot. The scores in the regular
club race at 25 targets were:

Club match at 25 targets —

Feudner, M. 0 11111 Hill 11111 11111 11111-25

Sehultz, Edf mil iml Hill "HI 11111—25

"Wilson" 01111 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Klevesahl.E 11101 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Bruns, J 01111 10111 11111 11111 11111—24

Sehultz, Ed 11011 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Kerrison.E 11111 11111 11111 11111 01101—23

Murdoek, W. E 11111 11111 11111 OHIO 11111—23

Kerrison, E 11101 11110 11111 11111 11111—23

Sehultz, Ed 11111 10111 11111 11111 10111—23

Karney, J 01111 10111 01111 11101 11111—22

Feudner, F 01111 11110 11111 10111 11111—32

Kerrison, E.t 00111 11111 11111 11111 10111—22

Haight, C. A 11111 11010 11011 10111 11111—21

Justins, H 11110 11101 Hill 00111 11111—21

Wiel, A. L 11101 11111 11101 11111 01110—21

Shields, A. M 11011 11101 11111 01111 11110—21

Derby, Dr. A. T 01111 10011 11011 11111 OHIO— 30

Forster, E. L 10111 10111 11111 10010 11110—19

King, F W 11110 00011 11011 11110 11111—19

Eosenberg, E. C 11010 10111 10101 10111 11111—19

Neustadter, N H 01101 11011 01001 11110 01111—17

Sweeney, J. J 10101 11111 01111 10001 10011—17

fBack scores.

We are indebted to the Martinez Daily Press for an
account of the initial ,trap shoot of the Martinez Gun
Club this season. The illustrations depicting C. S.
Fish, F. A. Eodapp, J. Mayo, Frank Prosser and C.
Rogers are graphic and original. The first event of
the day was a 10 bird practice shoot, the scores were:
Fish 6, G. McMahon 8, Prosser 8, Hodapp 7, A. Mc-
Mahon 3, M. Joost 2, F. Joost 4, Mayo 1, S. Mersich 1,
J. Mersich 3, Anderson 6. The second race wa3 at 15
targets with these results: Fish 13, Anderson 8, S.
Mersiuh 5, J. Mersich 5, F. Joost 7, Hodapp 9, Prosser
6, McMahon 4, Ed. Smith 4, M. Joost 7, Mayo 7, G.
McMahon 4.

The McMahon trophy race at 10 birds, distance
handicap, was next shot. The scores were:

Morslch, S 14—11011 11010—7 McMahon. A. .. .14— 10100 00011— 4

Mersich, J 14—00000 10000— 1 Anderson, J. J.. 18— 11110 01001—6

Prosser.F 14-10010 01001—1 Eogers, Chas. ..16— 00011 00100—3

Mayo, J 12— MM) (»»»l-2 Fish, C. S 20-01000 01110—1

Smith, Ed 14—01010 00000—2 Hoddap, F. A. ..20— 00110 11111— 7

Joost, F 16-00000 01001—2

S. Mersich and F. A. Hodapp tied for first place in
this event with 7 each' J. J. Anderson is one bird be-
hind.

The "Wilson trophy race at 15 birds was the event of
the day. The scores were:

Yds.

Morsich.S 14—00110 00010 10010— 5

Mersich, J 14-11000 00100 00011— 5

Prosser, F 16—01011 10011 10010— 8

Mayo, J 14— oonoo 00000 00100— 1

Smith, 'i 14 -01011 00011 1101 1— 9

McMahon, A 14—10110 00010 10110— 7

JoOst, F 16—00100 11101 01111— 9

Eogers.C 16—11111 10111 11011—13

Anderson, J. J 16—01011 11010 11001— 0

Fish, C. S 18— 11110 11111 10111—1,

Hodapp, F. A 18— 11110 11101 00101— 15

C. S. Fish and Chas. Rogers tiod for first place with
13 each; Hodapp second with 10; Ed Smith, F. Joost
and J. J. Anderson tied for third with 9 each.

The closing event was a 10-bird "Jack rabbit" pool
which was won by Fish with a score of 8.

The Bed Bluff Gun Club held its usual practice shoot
last Sunday afternoon. The following scores were
made:

Bradley, J. H 11110 01111*11001 01011 11111—19

Eange.Fred 11111 11111 11111 11101 11111—24

Goehring, H 11011 01111 11000 11110 01111—18

DeShields. H 11000 OOOH 11111 10111 01100—15

Burress. Bob 01011 00110 00011 10011 00000—10

Fish, Frank 11001 01100 00010 01111 11001—13

DeShields, Bob 11111 01111 01010 11011 01011—19

Epperson. Boone 10001 10111 11110 1011111111—19

The Stockton Mail describes as follows, the meeting
of the Stockton Gun Club on the 5th inst.: "Enthusi-
asm prevailed at the big blue rock shoot yesterday at
the Mineral Baths. It was the opening of the season
and the closing of the target aim of last year. The
following Stocktonians shot last season and finished
yesterday, the scores given being the combined ones,
as last season's scores were left unfinished: C. Merrill
97, G. Ditz 96, A. J. Comfort 77, C. Johnston 73, P.
Umlauf 74, H. Lonjers 72, W. Ditz 69, W. Keyes 47.

The score made in the opening shoot was added to
the approximate score of last season, which had not
been kept accurately. The opening shoot was for
twenty-five blue rocks and the skill of each marksman
is shown by the following score: H. Balkwill 20, H.
Lonjers 19, C. Merrill 18, G. Ditz 17, C. Johnston 16,
W. Ditz 14, P. Umlauf 13, W. Keyes 14, A. Comfort 12,
J. Coats 8, A. Rosenbush 8, H. Sellman 4.

The prizes will be paid in cash."

The Willows Gun Club shoot on the 5th inst. was in
the nature of a warm-up for the Red Bluff tournament.
The day was a pleasant one for trap shooting. Two
ten bird pool races were first shot up, the first being a
tie, with nine breaks each, between Frank Garnett,
Frank Williams and Charles Branham. The second
pool was won by Charles Branham with a straight
score. In the regular club shoot at 20 targets the
scores were:

Branham, Charles 01111 Hill 11111 11111—19

Ajax 01111 11111 10110 11111—17

Porter 11011 11101 11111 11101—17

Garnett, Frank 11111 01111 10111 10111—17

Branham, "Mick" 01111 11111 11111 00111—17

Mellor, Geo 01111 10110 11101 11111—16

Brock, Malcolm 01101 11011 00101 11001—12

Williams, Frank Ollil 11111 00100 01010—12

Sersanous, Claud 11001 OHIO 11101 OO011— 10

Burgi. Frank 11111 11101 00001 0****— 12

Spooner 10101 11000 10111 00001—10

Marshall 11110 01001 00110 10010—10

Orr, T. D 00000 10110 01010 0****— 6

Hutchinson 01000 00000 00000 00000— 1

Kandolph 00000 00010 00000 00000— 1

The Capital City Gun Club held its regular blue rock
shoot Sunday on the Kimball & TJpson grounds at the
American River bridge. The opening event was at ten
blue rocks, the scores were: Roberts 6, Derman 5,
Stelling 8, Heilbron 3, Trumpler 9, Smith 6, Brown 8,
Stevens 6, Just 7, Weldon 5, De Merritt 5, Griffin 3,
Adams 10, Kindsberg 7, Flint 7, Peek 4. A second ten
bird race resulted : Stelling 7, Brown 7, Heilbron 3,
Weldon 5, Trumpler 9, Stevens 9, De Merritt 3, New-
bert 10, Kindsberg 7, Griffin 5, Roberts 5, Ruhstaller 5,
Adams 6, Peck 9, Flint 8.

An eight man team match at 25 blue rocks per man
resulted as follows:

Newbert Hill 11111 11110 11110 01111—22

De Merritt 10101 11100 11111 11101 11011—19

WeldOn 11110 11110 11010 11011 10101—18

Upson 01111 11111 00000 1101 1 10100—15

Griffin 01100 00000 01O00 00010 00110— 6

Derman 11101 10101 11100 10111 10111—18

Heilbron 11000 01101 10101 01100 10101—13

Eoberts 10000 00101 01011 00011 00100— 9

120

Kindsberg 00111 00111 00111 11101 11111—18

Trumpler Oilll 11100 11111 11110 10101—19

Adams 11011 01111 11111 11111 11001—21

Stevens 10111 OHIO 11011 01111 11100-18

Smith.W 11111 01100 10111 10101 11010—17

Maxwell 11111 10111 01111 11111 01001—20

Just 10011 OOOH OHIO 11101 10010—14

Flint 10110 11100 00011 11111 10001—15

142

Club match at 25 bluerocks —
Newbert inn inn mio urn mil— 24

DeMerritt 11111 10111 11111 10111 11110—22

Trumpler 11111 11111 10110 11110 11111—22

Kindsberg 11111 01111 11011 11101 11111—22

Weldon 11111 00011 11110 11111 11111—21

Buhstaller 11011 11110 01011 11101 11111—20

Maxwell 11111 01111 01111 1111101001—20

Adams 11111 10001 10111 11011 11111—20

Stelling 01010 11110 11111 11110 01111—19

Derman..... 00111 10111 11110 11011 00111—18

Smith, W 01011 11111 10011 10111 00111—18

Smith, L, 11111 11001 01011 00111 10011—17

Peek 10011 01011 01010 lino 11111—17

Stevens 11110 00100 11001 01111 01111—16

Upson 01101 11111 01100 11000 11101—16

Flint 01111 Hill 01000 00111 10100—15

just oooio urn ooooi iiooi mio— 14

Griffin 00101 00000 01101 01010 00011— 9

There was a good attendance of shooters last Sunday
at the regular shoot of the Sacramento Gun Club, on
Eckhardt's grounds at East Park. In a ten bird warm-
up shoot Zeigler broke 5, Leazer 5, Stevens 5, Vetter
9, Van Tassell 11, Eckhardt 9 and Black 7.

Match at 15 blue rocks — Vetter 8, Zeigler 12, Leazer
9, Eckhardt 13 and Stevens 10.

In another fifteen bird match the scores were:

Davey 11101 OHIO 10100— 9 Black mil 11111 11011—14

Palm 11011 11111 10111—13 Gusto 11110 Hill 11111—14

Grove 11110 10110 01111—11 Eckhardt. ...11110 11111 11100—12

Blair 10111 11110 11101—12 Reichert . ...00001 00111 Hill— 9

Smith 11101 11000 01001—8 Frazee 11110 1111111111—14

Beardsley... 11110 11111 00111—12 Stevens 10010 1J101 00111— 9

Club medal shoot at 25 blue rocks —

Gusto urn mil mil iiooi iini—25

Vetter 10110 11100 01111 11111 01111—19

Zeigler mil 11010 00110 01100 01000—13

Leazer 11000 11010 011OO 01111 01110—14

Stevens 01111 mil 10011 mil 11010—20

Eckhardt ■ 11101 11111 Hill 11011 10001—21

Davey 10000 OOOH 11101 11000 01011—12

Black 11111 11111 11111 11O00 11111—23

Beardsley 10111 11111 01011 11011 11101—20

Eichards 10101 00111 10011 00100 11011—14

Shaffer 10111 10011 00111 11011 11001—17

Grove 10000 11111 00111 11101 01110—16

Palm 01111 10101 01111 11111 11010—19

Frazee 11111 11011 11110 10111 01111—21

Book. 11000 01000 00100 00111 01010— 9

O'Connor 10000 00001 10010 00001 10100- 7

Jones 11001 10111 01110 11101 11100—17

Blair 10100 10110 01010 00001 10111-12

Gusto won the first class medal, Palm the second
class medal and Beardsley the third class medal.

The regular monthly shoot of the Empire Gun Club
was held at Alameda Point last Sunday and weather
conditions being favorable the shooting was of a high
class order. Beed made the best score in the club
championship diamond medal race for the month,
23 breaks, he also shot in fine form during the other
events of the day. Fish made the best score for the
month in the state championship Yellowstone trophy
event. For the Schumaker handicap trophy Hauer is
again high for the month. In the Allen handicap gun
event Debenham broke 10 pairs of doubles (20) straight
without a miss. For the Sweeney record medal,
Hauer made the phenomenal run of 18 straight which
is a remarkable score as 5 birds were broken from the
16 yard mark, 5 from the 18 yard mark and 4 pairs
doubles from the 20 yard mark, this is the best score
for the day and also for the season. The complete
summaries of scores for the several events follow:

Club championship diamond medal match, 25 targets,
16 yards: Durst 20, Debenham 16, La Motte 21, Cullen
14, Swales 18, Ireland 17, Howlett 17, Baird 21, Juster
14, Fish 17, Reed 23, Dr. Gere 15, Allen 20, Lambert 22,
Peltier 13, Roman 15, Sweeney 21, Gregg 15. Back
scores: Durst 21, Howlett 16, Durst 20, Allen 15.

The above scores also classified for the money match,
the scores for the $15 divided among the several classes
follow:

First class, 25 birds shot at, 15 singles and 5 doubles,
distance handicap — Durst 20 yards, 17 broke; La Motte
20-14; Baird 18-11; Reed 18-19; Allen 18-12; Lambert
18-14. Reed being high in this class took first money, $6.

Second class — Debenham 20 yards, 20 broke; Swales
18-17; Ireland 18-20; Howlett 20-13; Fish 18-11; Hauer
20-20. Debenham, Ireland and Hauer tied on 20 each,
a shoot off with the originai handicap prevailing, at
10 birds, resulted in the following scores: Debenham
8, Hauer 7 and Ireland 6, Debenham winning second
money, $4.50.

Third class — Cullen 18 yards, 18 broke; Juster 16-21.
Gere 16-16; Boman 18-17; Gregg 16-18. Juster having
high score in this class took $3.

Fourth class — Peltier 14 yards, 15 broke; Alden 16-
18, who won fourth money, $1.50.

State championship, Yellowstone trophy, 25 birds
shot at — Fish 18. Hauer 15, Howlett 14, Debenham 17.
Fish was high for the month.

Schumaker handicap trophy, 20 birds shot at, 10
singles and 5 pair doubles, distance handicap — Deben-
ham 20 yards, 14 broke; Howlett 18-14, Allen 18-13,
Fish 18-12, Swales 18J16, Hauer 20-17 which is the
highest score in this event for the day and gives him a
lead of five birds for the season.

Sweeney record medal — This is a distance handicap,
miss and out match. For each five birds broken the
shooter is handicapped 2 yards until the 20 yard mark
is reached when doubles are shot at under the original
condition. Contestants are privileged to enter four
times at each shoot; the complete scores in this event
for the day were: Fish 4, Debenham 5, Swales 13, Ire-
land 5, Hauer 11. Second entry — Fish 8, Swales 5,
Ireland 16, Hauer 18, which last is the highest score in
this event for the day and also for the season, it is also
remarkable shooting when the conditions are taken
into consideration under which this medal is shot for.

Allen Handicap Gun, 20 birds shot in 10 pr. doubles,
distance handicap — Swales 16 yards, 14 broke; Cullen
16-12; Allen 16-10; Gere 16-11; Ireland 16-13; Hauer
18-11; Juster 14-15; Beed 16-17; Lambert 16-5; Sweeney
16-10; Durst shot at 14 birds and then withdrew; Deb-
enham 20-20, being high score in this event for the
day and the only straight score made in this event for
the season.

Ten bird races were indulged in with the following
results: Juster 6, 8, 5, 6; "Pump" 7,7, 7; Lambert 7, 8;
Cullen 10; Durst 10, 8; Allen 8, 4, 6, 8; Swales 6, 5, 9, 5;
Iverson 7, 7, 7, 5; Debenham 6, 7; Ireland 9, 9, 8, 6, 8, 8;
Fish 6, 4, 7, 6; Olsen 5, 8, 6, 3, 3; Howlett 7, 7, 7; Baird

7, 5; Walpert 10, 4; Boman 6; Dr. Alden 7; Roman 4,

8, 6; Cullen 6, 7, 4; Juster 7, 10, 6, 4; Peltier 9, 4; Reed
8; Lambert 9; Schuman 5, Dr. Parent 8, Herring 4, 5.

Cartridge and Shell.

A somewhat unusual feature in great game hunting
was the unfortunate misadventure which cost Mr. W.
R. Johnston, an English sportsman, his life a few
months ago, which is revealed by the full account of
the affair given by the Central African News. Mr.
Johnston was out shooting in the district southeast of
Lake Tanganyika. He dropped a water-buck and
immediately a troop of five lions appeared from the
bush and fell upon the carcass. Mr. Johnston called
up his police and, advancing on the troop, they fired a
volley, with the result that one lion left the water-
buck and charged; the police bolted leaving Mr.
Johnston alone; he waited till the brute was within
twelve paces when he fired hitting in the neck and
turned it. Another of the lions now charged, and Mr.
Johnston fired three shots, missing with each; having
no time to reload he bolted for a tree hard by and
dropped his rifle, shouting as he ran to the police to
bring him another rifle. His voice seems to have
drawn upon him the attentions of the lion he had
wounded, for it came on with a rush, sprang at him
where he sat about ten feet from the ground, caught
him by the feet and dragged him down. Having
mangled him terribly, it drew off a little and Mr.
Johnston, in spite of his condition, managed to recover
the rifle he had dropped close to the foot of the tree,
reloaded, and as the lion came on again, rested his
back against the trunk and shot it dead. It was hoped
for a day or two that Mr. Johnston might recover, but
both his feet, his two arms, left leg, chest and head
were mauled and he succumbed.

The curious feature of the affair is the behavior of
the lions. It would appear as if they had been stalk-
ing the water-buck as well as Mr. Johnston; and their
indifference to the report of his successful shot and
promptitude to take advantage of it, shows a degree of
audacity greater than is common. Even the volley
from the rifles of the police induced but one of the
troop to charge, for the second one does not appear to
have taken the offensive until the first was wounded
and turned off. There is an appearance of organiza-
tion and set purpose about the conduct of the troop
which makes the sad fatality remarkable.

May 18, 1901]

©he gveeifev anb gtpjwtemcro

11

THE FARM.

A Tribute to the Cow.

At the opening of the great Wornall-
Robbins' Shorthorn sale, held at Kansas
City on March 5, 1901, Col. Woods, the
auctioneer, paid the following beautiful
tribute to the cow :

"Grand and noble brute; of all God's
animal gifts to man, she is the greatest.
To her we owe the most. Examine into
all the different ramifications and chan-
nels of our commerce into which she en-
ters, and note the result should she be
blotted out. A Sunday stillness would
then pervade the great stock yard indus-
tries of our large cities and grass would
grow in the streets. Seventy-five per cent,
of the great freight trains that plow the
continent from ocean to ocean would side
track, for there would be nothing for them
to do. Folly 50 per cent, of the laborers
of America would draw no pay on Satur-
day night and our tables would be bare of
the greatest luxuries with which they are
loaded. The great Western plains that
she has made to bfbssoirj, financially, like
the rose, would revert to the Indian, from
whence they came, and millions of pros-
perous homeB would be destroyed.

"None other like the cow ; there is noi
a thing from nose ;to tail but what is
utilized for the use of man. We use her
horns to comb our hair ; her hair keeps
the plaster on our walls ; her skin is on
all our feet and our horses' backs ; her
hoofs are made into glue ; her tail makes
soup; she gives our milk, our cream, our
cheese and our butter, and her flesh is the
meat of all nations. Her blood is used to
make our sugar white, and her bones
when ground make the greatest fertilizer,
and even her paunch, she herself has put
through the first chemical process for the
manufacture of (he best white board
paper and it has been discovered that that
paper is the most lasting material for the
manufacture of false teeth. No other
animal works for man both day and night.
By day she gathers the food and when we
are asleep at night, she brings it back to
re-chew and manufacture into all the
things of which I speak. She has gone
with the man from Plymouth Rock to the
setting sun; it was her sonB that broke
the first sod in the settler's clearing : it
was her sons that drew the prairie
schooner for the sturdy pioneers, aa inch
by inch they fought to prove that, 'West-
ward the star of empire takes its way,'
and the old cow grazed along behind; and
when the day's march was done she came
and gave the milk to fill the mother's
breast to feed the suckling babe that was
perchance to become the future ruler of
his count y.

"Who says that what we are, we do not
owe to man's beBt friend, the cow? Treat
her kindly, gently, for without her, words
fail me to describe."

that a reasonably accurate record may be
kept by this occasional test, and that by
comparison with the actual sales it may
be verified.

It seems to me that after the milk from
an animal has been weighed and tested
for a season, and its yield determined,
that an occasional test is sufficient. It is
not likely that the percentage of fat will
vary from year to year, therefore, super-
ficial records of the yield from a cow which
has been thoroughly tested seems to be
all that is necessary, but the close test
suggested should be made after the ani-
mal has reached maturity.

The advantage of knowing the value of
every cow is too apparent to require dis-
cussion, but there are secondary advan-
tages which may be mentioned. While it
is a satisfaction for the owner to know the
earning capacity of each individual in his
herd, the fact that he begins to keep a
record will educate him in dairy principles.
If the test proves him to be wrong in his
fixed beliefs, the next step will be made
in searching out the reason, and this opens
a wide field for study, with the ultimate
result that he will be taken out of the old
routine, to the mutual benefit of himself

and his cows.

-••

Incubating Notes.

Keeping Dairy Records.

I have learned from my own experience
that bookkeeping must be adjusted to the
nature of the business and simplified as
much as possible for limited operations!
and have learned that careful records are
essential, however small the business may
be. I believe this so firmly that in start-
ing a miniature dairy as a foundation for
an increase, I have undertaken to weigh
the milk from each cow morning and
evening, and take weekly tests of the but-
ter fat. It does not seem feasible to
charge the cost of maintenance separately,
and I propose to get this by estimate at
the end of the year, when comparing total
outlay for feed with recorded value of
products, says Mr. S. E. Watson, of Cali-
fornia.

H. B. Gurler, a successful Eastern dairy-
man, suggests that if the milk cannot be
weighed at every milking, it may be
weighed periodically, for three successive
days in each month, or four times a year,
and the composi e test be made. He says

E. C. Huffaker suggests the following
valuable rules for operating an incubator:
Keep the temperature as near as may
be to 103 degrees. Turn and cool the eggs
every twelve hours, beginning with the
fourth day. Never leave the room while
the eggs are cooling. Test on the third
day for fertility, if you wiBh to use the in-
fertile eggs, removing those in which no
"horseshoe" appears. Test again at the
end of the fifth day, .and remove all the
infertile eggs,

Test a part or all of the eggs on the
eighth day. The eyes should now br
prominent, and the chicks diving and
turning continually. If their movements
are sluggish, or if the eggs have a muddy
or smoky appearance, increase the supply
of moisture by partially closing the ven-
tilators.

Test again on the twelfth day. The
veins of the allantois should now be com-
ing into prominence, and the eggs should
be growing darker.

Test all the eggs on the fourteenth day
and remove all tho e in which no trace of
blood vessels can be seen, especially if a
large portion of the egg remains persist-
ently clear. There is at this stage no cer-
tain rule for^determining which eggs will
hatch.

At all stages remove eggs having a well
defined red or dark ring around ihe
embryo.J —^™=

Note carefully the air cell, and if it oc-
cupies more than one-fi'th the contents of
the shell, add moisture.

Gradually increase the ventilation after
the twelfth day. Test again on the nine-
teenth day, and if the cells are very large
and no moisture has been added put it in,
and close up the incubator until the hatch
is over.

If at any time the air cells are too small
increase the ventilation.

Never open the incubator except when
cooling and turning the eggs.

If the development ar any time seems
too slow, slightly increase the temperature
if too rapid, decrease it.

Do not try to help the chicks out of the
shell until the hatch is over. If you in
sist upon it, and in doing so bleeding
occurs, let the chick alone; it ib not the
chick but the allantois that is bleeding,
and we must wait until the blood vessels
have dried up.

When the hatch is over, break the un
hatched eggs at the larger end of the egg,
and note the condition of the contents,
counting all chicks as having died in the
shell of which the outlines can be traced,
even though but half developed. Note
the number which are wedged in the egg
shell ; these likely failed to get out on ac-
count of small air cells.

Treatment of Young Ducks.

Soon after the ducklings are entirely
dry remove them to a pen SxlO for twenty-
five, made of foot-wide poultry netting or
boards a foot wide. Have a comfortable
coop in this pen, and a small dish of sharp
sand, a shallow dish of water, with the
chill off, and a pan or shallow trough for
feeding. Dust the mother (if a hen) well
with good insect powder, and.'grease her
legs with coal oil and laro, half and half.
If any lice are seen on the hen it is best to
wrap the ducklings in coal oil sprinkled
cloths for a few hours. Give a scant feed
of soaked corn bread, with sharp sand
mixed in thickly; give the mother all the
whole corn she wants, and a can of water.
Have the pen made on high ground, on a
grassy plot if possible. Let the feed be
the same the second day. After that mix
a mast, of two-thirds wheat bran and one-
third corn meal; have the mash a little
softer than for chickens, and if you have
milk mix with that in preference to water.
From now on feed all they want on this
mash, as many times per day as they will
eat mixing in sand twice per week in the
proportion of a handful of sand to each
quart of feed. Keep water in reach all
the time, and after three days have it in a
vessel deep enough that they can immerse
their heads. " Once a week mix in
powdered charcoal. After two weeks they
may be allowed rhe run of the poultry
yard, but if intended for market it is best
to not allow them water to swim in. The
third week give two thirds corn meal one-
third bran, and the eighth week feed all
corn meal. After they outgrew the pen
we never worried about their roosting in
the coops, allowing them to sit around
undea berry bushes. This is the very
best place for ducklings to roost. The
bushes furnish quite a little protection
and the ducks furnish much richness for
the vines. If well fed they will not
bother the berries. Ours never did If
from any cause, they fail to clean up their
feed, go around and scrape the leavings
from the troughs. It is well to scald the
troughs out once a week. — Emma Clear-
waters.

The Care of Milch Cows.

The care of a milch cow should begin
with the heifer before she has her first
calf. If she is gently handled and well
fed before calving, as a usual rule they
will not be any trouble to break to milk
and will make kind and gentle cows.

The calf should be taken away within
twelve hours after it it is born and not
allowed to suck the cow afterwards but
should be fed on the new milk for the two
weeks and later it may be fed on skim
milk.

It is as a general rule very hard to have
a good milch cow and let the calf suck it,
and it is far easier to feed the calf than to
have a big calf pulling on a rope to get to
the cow, and the cow refusing to give
down her milk until her calf comes. It
is also the tendency of all cows that the
calves suck to go dry as soon as the calf is
weaned, and a cow of that kind iB not a
good milch cow, even though she may
give a good mess of milk for five or six
months. The good milch cow should give
milk at least ten months out of each year,
and should not be dry over six weeks to
two months before calving.

A heifer with her first calf should be
milked as long as possible, even though
the milk does not hardly pay for the milk-
ing, if possible to within six weeks of
calving, in order to have a cow that will
give milk the greater portion of the year,
for as a usual thing a cow will go dry at
about the same length of time after
calving, and if she forms the habit of
going dry in six months after calving she
is not as valuable as she would be did she
give milk ten months, as it is the milk we
are after.

In feeding milch cows on alfalfa or
other pasture it is a good thing to feed a
little hay with the pasture or to have
straw for the cows to eat as it keeps the
milk from tasting so much of the green
feed and also is a great help to keep them
from bloating on alfalfa or alfilaria

It is the utmost importance in taking
care of milch cows to be gentle with them
and not to dog them or run them to and
from the pasture. Nothing will show the
effects of either good or bad treatment
quicker than a cow giving milk. — H. S.
Bachman.

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fully recommend it to oar friends," For Curbs, Splints, Spavins ur Bunches it has no eqnaL

Price $1.00 per package. Sold by all druggists, or sent by mail.

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The San Francisco Veterinary College

A Demonstration in Anatomy.

Next Session Begins June 10, 1901.

Catalogues sent on application to

M. L. PANCOAST, Sec'y.,

510 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, Cal,

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Pig Pointers.

Every awine breeder should have ample
pasture for the pigs, with abundant clean
water.

Salt and ashes aid digestion in swine.

Cholera will be prevented if sulphur be
mixed with the salt and ashes. The sul-
phur may be mixed with slop also.

Lice rarely infect hogs that have plenty
of sulphur.

A clean feeding place for swine is a
prime neceBBity.

Eusty old straw is one of the worst
materials for bedding for swine.

Every hog showing any sign of sickneBS
should be at once taken out of the herd
and isolated for treatment.

Cholera in the herd travels swiftly from
one animal to another.

When a pig refuses to eat and thumps
and has his hair turned the wrong way,
trot him out and give him a dose of ax.
Make the dose a big one.

Let the pigs ask for their feed occa-
sionally, just to put an edge on their
appetite. As soon as they squeal for some-
thing to eat let them have it.

The healthy hog's stomach is as regular
as clockwork in demanding food.

When feeding for fattening always watch
for signs of indigestion. Obey the first
Bign by reducing rations.

Remember that stuffing and cramming
and jamming food into a pig to fatten it
in a short time is a wholly abnormal, un-
natural performance. We must expect it
to wreck some of the lorced animals. —
Colman's Sural World.

As the area devoted to the growing of
alfalfa increases, more attention must be
given to the use of this great crop in fitting
lambB for the shambles. Much has already
been done in Colorado, Utah and parts of
Idaho. In Colorado this practice is fol-
lowed more extensively at the present
time than in any other Rocky mountain
State. From five hundred thousand to
eight hundred thousand sheep are fed in
this -State annually. The question of
losses from bloat in sheep pastured on
alfalfa iB not a settled one by any means.
Many breeders turn ewes after lambing
into alfalfa with immunity and meet with
almost no losses, while others report heavy
losses from this practice. It seems from
the evidence at hand that the best results
are obtained when the alfalfa has reached
a good growth before sheep are turned
onto it. Some breeders say that sheep
should be turned into pasture with empty
stomachs, while others have the best re-
sults when the sheep have filled them-
selves on other food before feeding on the
alfalfa and we favor the latter plan. At
all events, it is best not to remove the
lambs and ewes from the field when once
they are turned in. The practice of tak-
ing the sheep out at night is not a good
one, for then they return hungry and at a
time when the alfalfa may be wet with
dew, which increases the danger. A vari-
ety of grasses or other feed may be given
with alfalfa and at the same time will
mitigate the losses very materially. — Den-
ver Field and Farm.

The United States Supreme Court has
decided that sheep can not be driven from
one State into another if the governor of
the State invaded has issued a proclama-
tion under authority of state statutes
against such invasion. Last year a man
named Rasmussen drove a flock of sheep

from Utah into Idaho in violation of a
proclamation issued by the governor of
that State prohibiting the importation of
sheep ranging within certain Utah coun-
ties. Rasmussen was arrested and con-
victed. He appealed to the Supreme
Court of Idaho which sustained the action
of the lower court. He then appealed to
the Supreme Court of the United States,
contending that the Supreme Court of
Idaho erred in sustaining the validity of
the act authorizing the governor to exclude
certain sheep from the State and in hold-
ing that the act of the Legislature and the
proclamation of the governor were in vio-
lation of the constitution of the United
States. They contended that sheep
owners have a right to utilize the grasses
upon the public domain and that one
State cannot exclude sheep of citizens of
other States from grazing upon any lands
of the United States but in this conclusion
they were at fault and it must be inferred
that we still have a few of the old-fash"
ioned State's rights left to us.

Chicago packers have ceased to worry
over the reported cutting off of American
beef from the British army supplies, it
being shown that probably not more than
75,000 pounds out of the total of 200,000
pounds of beef supplied to the British
forces aa home, has been of American
origin, which forms only about 3 per cent,
of the imports of American beef into the
United Kingdom. The drawing of the
whole army supply from English pro-
ducers will simply cause a corresponding
vacuum in the home market which must
be filled by American beef. So it is a case
of six of one and half a dozen of the other,
with perhaps an added advantage of culti-
vating new demands in the English do-
mestic markets. In view of what Ameri-
can soldiers in Cuba and the Philippines
have done on a diet of American meat,
it should not be surprising if the English
should demand a similar ration for their
troops in South Africa.

Vancouver Jockey Club. |f You Want

Spring Race Meeting, May 24=25 i

VANCOUVER, B. C.

ENTRIES CLOSE WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 AT 9 P- M.

First Day — Friday, May 24th.

Purse

FIRST RACE- Two-fifty, class, trot or

pace, 1 mile heats, 3 in 5 S20O

SECOND RACE— Three-eighths mile dash,

weight for age ISO

THIRD RACE— Three-fourths mile pony
race, for ponies 14 hands 2 inches and un-
der. Ponies 14.2 to carry 140 lbs.; 5 lbs.
allowance for every half inch under that
height. Non-winners and maidens al-
lowed 10 lbs 75

FOURTH RACE— Five-eighths mile dash;

weight for age 175

FIFTH RACE— One mile dash; weight for

age »00

Second Day — Saturday, May 25th

SIXTH RACE— Free-for-all Trot or Pace, 1

mile heats, 3 in 5 250

SEVENTH RACE— One-half mile dash,
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 10 lbs. extra 175

EIGHTH RACE— Three-fourths mile race
weight for age. Previous winners at the
meeting to carry 7 lbs. extra. Provincial
bred horses allowed d lbs 200

NINTH RACE,-One and one-eighth mile
dash; weight for age. Previous winners
at the meeting to carry 5 lbs. extra 225

TENTH RACE— Three-fourths mile conso-
lation race for beaten horses; weight for
ase loo

Horses to Suit You

The Club will give a Matinee on SATURDAY,
June 15th, when Special Purses will be offered for
non-winners-

At the Vancouver Summer Meeting on Dominion
Days, Monday and Tuesday, July 1st and 2d, TWO
$1000 PURSES will be given.

U. S. horses can be bonded in for exhibition
purposes, free of charge. By signifying their
intentions of being present, owners will save
themselves trouble and delay.

Eutryiblanks can be obtained from the Secretary
to whom entries must be made.

The Secretary will take pleasure in replying to
any and all communications with reference to
transportation, track facilities and desired in-
formation. Address

ROBT. LEIGHTON,
Secretary Vancouver Jockey Club,
P. O. Box 366. Vancouver, B. C

Racing! Racing!

On June 5th, I will sell from 40 to 50 trotting,
draft, express and general purpose business horses,
besides some well bred trotting broodmares with
colts at side; also, some handsome, well matched
road and carriage teams. This consignment will
be from the Yerba Buena Stock Farm, owned by
Henry Pierce.

Particulars later on.

Wn. G LAYNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
731 Market St., San Francisco.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY AIRIIE, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airhe (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11?^, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly, 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

Situation Wanted

By a married man as practical trainer, stud groom
or manager on thoroughbred stock ranch. Thor-
oughly versed in the breeding industry and well
versed in practical equine anatomy, mechanical
obstructions and medicine. Twenty-five years'
experience with the thoroughbred race horse.
Best of references. Address

TRAINER BOX,

This Office.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At This Office.

Everyone who goes into
the woods or on the water
for a day, a week or a
year should take along

sufficient

INSTANTANEOUS
COFFEE.

Pure liquid coffee concentrated and
put up in air-tight cans. Wherever
you can boil water you can make coffee
instantly, and as good as you ever
drank.

If your grocer hasn't it, we will de-
liver free, anywhere east of the Missis-
sippi, enough Instantaneous Coffee to
make lOu cups, on receipt of one dollar.

NATIONAL FOOD CO.,

Camden, N. J.

BasraBSBSBsrasssi

ED. BEERS' BOOK

His experience with the Trotter and Pacer;
How to condition, train and drive.

PRICE S3. OO "POSTPAID.

Address MAGNUS FLAWS & CO.,

Printers and Publishers, 73 Fifth Ave., Chicago
Stallion Cards Stock Catalogue, Horse Cuts,

Books, etc Send for samples and prices.
Our New Stallion Service Book with notes and

certificates $1.

SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THTJRDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 P. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and
12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 and 3 p. m.. connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts: no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in fifteen
minutes.

Returning— Trains leave the track at 4:15 and
4:45 p. it., and immediately after the last race.

THOS. H. WJXT.TATVTS JR., Pres.
R. B. MUOROY, Sec'y.

BLAKE, M0FFITT & T0WNE

DEALEBS IN

55-57-59-61 First Street, S. F.
Telephone main 199-

COCOANUT OIL CAKE

THE BEST FEED FOK

STOCK, CHICKENS AND PIGS

For sale in lotfl to suit by

EL DORADO LINSEED OIL WORKS GO.

208 California Street, San Francisco, Cal

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL^TKINS- Winners of every 7 flays' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durnams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

T KKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J

C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JEKSEVS, HOI-STEINS AND DURH AMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.- Los Angeles,
Cal. ' '

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

30x*. wm, OF*. ZEs^x*.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspector forNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near "Webster St., San Francisco:
I Telephone West 128.

S. TOOMEY &, CO.'S.

Record Breaking

SULKIES, J0Q CARTS, PNEUMATIC ROAD WAGONS, and SPEED
POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN & SONS.IAgts.,

Cor. Polk and Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal.

BENTS NOBBY CART
No. 2.

Adapted for Speed

Pleasure

And Business

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NEW PRICES.

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NEW STYLES

TURF GOODS

In. tli© United. States.

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HARNESS.

No. 10 Warren St., NEW YORK.

Nos. 26 and 28 Golden Gate Ave., SAN FRANCISCO.

HORSE BOOTS. SUNDRIES.

SEND FOR CATALOGUES FOR 1901.
GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1901.

Meeting to be held between July 15th and August 4th,

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting
No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting
No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting

$1000
$1000
$1000

No. 4-2:25 Class Pacing
No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing
No. 6 — 2:13 Class Pacing

1901.

$1000
$1000
$1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts to be Announced Later On.

Meeting will be held over some track within 100 miles of San Francisco and place will be announced on June 1st; which is two weeks prior to date of closing entrie s
Entry blanks will be ready June 1st.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must be entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD, President. F. W- KELLEY, Secretary,

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cat.

OAKLEY PARK, Cincinnati, Ohio.

GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING

Sept 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 1901. Early Closing Events

Entries Close Saturday, June 1st.

No. 1. THE ZUMSTEIN, 2:30 Class, Trotting
No. 2. THE GRAND HOTEL. 2:14 Class, Trotting
No. 3. THE HONING HOTEL, for Three-year-olds

Purse.

$5,000

3,000

2,000

No. 4. THE OAKLEY, 2:24 Class, Pacing

No. 5. THE OHIO, 2:14 Class, Pacing

No. 6. THE GIBSON HOUSE, 2:09 Class, Pacing

Purse

$3,000

3,000

3000

CONDITIONS— National Trotting Association Rules to govern, excepting that hopples will not be barred. Entrance 5 per cent, of purse and 5 per cent, additional from the winners of each
division of the purse Money to be divided 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after they have declared out in writing.

Piatis m0 i— On June 1st when horses must be named, a forfeit of $50 will be due; July 1st, $7d: August 1st. $75; and $50 the night before the race.

Class No' 2 4 5 and 6— On June 1st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $30 will be due; July 1st, $45; August 1st, $45, and $30 the night before the race.

Class No. 3-^-On June 1st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $20 will be due; July 1st, $30; August 1st, $30, and $20 the night before the race.

For information or entry blanks address
WELCH & JONES, Proprietors. P J. CAMPBELL, Secretary, Station O., Cincinnati, O

IDAHO INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR.

BOISE, IDAHO.

SEPTEMBER 16 TO 21, 1901.
Six Days Racing $10,000 in Purses

THREE SPECIALS - $1000 EACH

nerchants Purse for 2:20 Trotters. Inter-mountaln Purse for 2:15 Pacers.

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE I, 1901,

Capital City Purse, Running, 1 1-4 Miles— Entries Close Sept. 1, 1901.

CONDITIONS.

Entrance tee Ave per cent, of purse and Are per cent, additional from money winners Entrance
to nu?S races payable 40 per cent with entry, balance at time ot meeting Money divided 50, a,, U
MwrSl of nurse. Mile beats. 3 in 5 for pacing and trotting races. Hobbles not barred.

The Boards reserves the right to declare oil and return first payment in any purse that does not

811 The Boa'rdreserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over When only two start they may
rnnSt for Entrance money paid in, to be divided 66», per cent, to the first and a3>, per cent, to the
Second horse A horse distancing the Held shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and m no
'nuipr <>isp will a horse be entitled to more than one money. .

The usull weather clause will be observed. Other than specified, rulesof the American Trotting
AssociaS to govern harness races, and of the Pacific Northwest Racing Association to govern
running races. For entry blanks, address ,_,_._„ _

JOHN MCMILLAN, Pres. C. S. LOVELAND, Sec.

State Agricultural Society

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

The Stanford Stake of 1903

Trotting Stake for Foals of 1900

To be trotted at the California State Fair of 1903.

Entries to Close June 1, 1901.

With H. Lowden, Assistant Seoretary at the office in Sacramento.

Fifty dollars entrance, of whioh $5 must accompany nomination June 1, 1901; $5 November 1, 1901;
$10 June 1. 1902; $10 June 1, 1903, and $20 on the tenth day before the first day of the State Fair of 1903
$300 added by the Society. Mile heats, three in five, to harness.

The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Right reserved to declare two
starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be
divided 66r3' per cent, to the winner and 33^ per cent, to the second horse. A horse distancing the
field shall be entitled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more tlian one money.

Remember, the Date of Closing is June 1, 1901.

(Colts entered in the Occident Stake for 1903 are eligible to entry in this Stake.) This Stake is
groiving in value each year.

H. LOWDEN, Asst. Secretary. A. B. SPRECKELS, President

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TUC DAVU/nnn OTIin Breed to Extreme Speed.

THE BAYWOOD 51UUm DERBy m m $ili5iiE=.

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Rufus 63 <4Z91>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

St. Carlo — iooi

f Newminster
■ \ Seclusion

ST. CARLO.

1*-— {sssa™

Kta^her {SSSfSi.

Carita..

t The HI- Used
' 1 Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful voung sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and -?11, 650), ZamarEt. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $769o), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others.

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

POKTOLi, San Mateo Co., CaL

ELECTlONEbR

NUTWOOD

NEEENUT 2:12 14

Sire of JJEERETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Clytie 2d, by Nuticood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09^4 is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:11}$ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09^. Neernut's oldest colts are coming sis
years old. He is a blood bay, 15=i hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, CaL

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Grameness.

[ Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ike Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08^4, Rocker 2:11, TommvMa
2:11^, Arlene Wilkes2:ll?i. New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16^, Sunbeam 2:16^, Sybil S.
2:16?^, Saville 2:17k. Grand George 2:I8J<,
J. F. Hanson 2:19^, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season, of 1901 at

QREEN MEADOW FARM

Brokaw Road. 54 mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $-40

Good Pasturage at.&i per month. Best;lof careitaken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. No wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,
Telephone: Suburban 54L Santa Clara, Cal.

SEYMOUE WILKES, Keg No. 0232.

(KACE RECORD 3:OSJ4.)

The Fastest Son of Guy Wilkes.

Will make the season of 1901 at

MUCH BETTEK 3:0"H. DEKBY P.tlNCE^S 2:08H. DIABLO 2:09^,1 OATIHEE 3:11,
LIT I I.E BETTER 2: llH', CIBOLO 3 :13!4, and many other fust and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec. mi a*

season.

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10^; by Gov. Sprague.

McKINXKT 2:llJi.

sire of

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them, was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

Se is a champion in the slww ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second monev in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

as S3 Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 (With usDaI return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenne, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. Q ft DURFEE

ST AM B. 2:111

Coney

Jennie Mae

Hazel Kinney

Zolock

Zombro

You Bet

McZeus

Dr. Book

Osito

Juliet D

ileBriar

Harvey Mac

Geo. W. McKinney.

McNaUy

Monica

and 15 more in 2

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.2:15
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Started in 21 Races

1st 10 times

2d 6 times

3d 5 times

WON

$7500

IN PURSES.

fsssss

STAM B. («3444) 2:lljf is by Stamboul 2:0?!4 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04. and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallioDS standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make I he Jea-ou at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento.

TERMS: 825 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Kocklin, Cal.

Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25.

SEYMOUR WILKES earned his record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. The
oldest of bis get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large,
handsome, strongly -built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance are
square trotters.

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes.his dam Early Bird by Playmail, second dam by Odd
Fellow, third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blackhawk 767. He weighs 1300
pounds, stands 16 hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of his
get are in San Francisco and will be shown to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par-
ticulars apply to THOS. KOCHE, Lakeville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables,
408 Bush street, San Francisco.

Mares can be shipped direct to ranch, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage $3 per month.

SECRETARY

Breed to Monterey 2:094, No. 3170R.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California

Sired by Sidney 2:19?*, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:30, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N
2:05K, Monterey 2:09*i and Dr. Leek 2:09K— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:I6vf and Monterey 2:09^, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?i, Monterey 2:0934. Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13^-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21H (sire of Abbotsford 2:19"£ and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:0734, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03;4 to wi& the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:0634 and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS 850 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal.

Awarded Gold Medal
At Calirbruia Plate
Pair 1892.

Every horse owner
who values bis stock
staonid constantly have
a supply of it on i aDd.
It improves and keeps
stock Id the pink of con-
dition.

Manhattan Food Go

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$30 THE SEASON.

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, from Feb. 15 to July 1 at

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 3S13&, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17$*. Auditor 2:19% and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed. - _r "

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

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NUTWOOD WILKES 22216

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

lo is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
^°^?LV, ,1 and ,h ,V ^.respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-yTar
.Id gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10«. John A McKer-
on 3:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race. mciier

nutwood WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. ISth to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

Race Recordl By Guy Wilkes 2:1%
2:16 1-2. J Dam Lida W. 2:18| by Nutwood 2:18f

'For the Season

Vith return privileges
f horse remains my
iroperty. Good pastur-
,ge at $3 per month.
Jills payable before re-
aoval of mare. Stock
/ell cared for, but no re-
ponsibility assumed for
,ccidents and escapes.

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle .... 2:18'/£

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes 2-\S'l

Matinee rec(wagon). 2:09 Central Girl. -2-2-2'i

3-year-old race rec. . .2:12]-f Wilkes Direct S:22W

Who Is It 2:10^ AlixB 2-24^

Who Is She 2:25

Fred Wilkes 2:26%

Queen C 2:28%

Electress 2:28%

Daugestar 2:29

3-year-old race rec... 2:12

Georgie B 2:1%U

Claudius 2:13*4

Boblngersoll 2:14^

Irvington Boy 2:17=£

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

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Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal,

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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1901.

SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAH

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ON THE MEEK ESTATE AT HAYWARDS, CAL.

1-Welcome 210'/, by Arthur Wilkes, dam Lettie (dam of Way- 2,-Doilo, three year old bay trotting colt by Welcome 2:10>4, dam 3-Fresno, four year old Percheron stallion: weight 1900

land W. 2:12H and Maud Singleton &28V4) by Wayland Forrest. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16'^.

4— Izobel, three year old bay trotting filly by McKinney 2:11K,
dam.Cricket 2:10 by Steinway.

pounds.
5— Enoch, four year old bay gelding by Sidmore-Belle.

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BREEDING HORSES is but a side issue of the big
business carried on by the Meek Estate on its
three thousand acres of as good land as ever laid out
of doors. This princelj domain is located at Haywards
in Alameda county and a visit to it on Sunday, May
11th, was most enjoyable, a partially cloudy sky, with
the air just the proper temperature for comfort mak-
ing the day an ideal one. Messrs. H. W. and W. E.
Meek have the active management of this vast tract,
and, ably assisted by George Gray as Superintendent,
keep it in perfect cultivation. The greater portion of
the big farm is planted to orchards and berry vine-
yards, though there are hundreds of acres on which
asparagus, rhubarb and other vegetables are grown.
Cherries, apricots and pears are the principal fruits,
the first named being a very light crop this year owing
to frost. The "cots," however, are such a heavy crop
that about a thousand are being taken from each tree
in the thinning process just completed. Eight cents
per pound expressage is paid on asparagus and rhu-
barb sent to Boston and New York markets, but as
twenty-five cents is received for them, there is a big
margin of profit.

Every foot of the 3000 acres can be irrigated by a
gravity system of ditches, the water being taken from
a creek that flows through the place. Alfalfa grows
to perfection and the fat, round bodies of the colts and
broodmares are testimony to its value. A large dairy
herd of Holsteins feed on this nutritive forage, and the
shipping of milk- to San Francisco daily is another of
the profit producing industries of the farm.

The horses bred on the Meek Estate are standard
bred and draft horses. As I remarked in the opening
paragraph it is but a side issue, but is conducted in the
same manner as the culture of fruit and vegetables —
that is, it is run with the idea of making it profitable
if possible. There are four stallions on the farm,
William Harold 2:13} by Sidney, Welcome 2:101 by
Arthur Wilkes and two massive Percherons, one the
prize horse Fresno, a four year old, the other a three
year old black that is also a prize winner, 'ihese
stallions are bred to the farm mares, and also stand for
public service and are all well patronized. The Meek
Estate has sent out such horses as Clipper 2:06, Cricket
2:10 (now a broodmare), Welcome 2:101, William
Harold 2:13} and his daughter Janice 2:13}, besides
many others. There is a three-quarter mile training
track on the property and commodious barns and bos
stalls for the horses in training.

Barney Simpson has charge of the training depart,
ment, and there is probably not a man in California
who turns out better mannered trotters and pacers
than he. The colts all act well under his tutelage and
have no vices. He understands speed making too as
the record horses trained by him give evidence.

At present there are a half dozen young horses be-
ing worked by Barney. Among them is Enoch, the
bay gelding by Sidmore that started once last year and
won second money in the green pace at Sacramento,
the race being won by Tags. Enoch was a close second
in 2:161 in this race. He will be raced this year and
should get a low record.

Mr. H. W. Meek's pet is Izobel, a three year old
filly by McKinney 2:11}, out of Cricket 2:10. She is a
trotter and a very promising one. The favorite of Mr.
W. E. Meek is Hoilo, a three year old gelding by Wel-
come 2:101, dam by Nutwood Wilkes: second dam by
Director, third dam by Chieftain and fourth dam the
old thoroughbred mare Bonnie Bell by Williamson's
Belmont. Iloilo is also a trotter and has worked some
fast quarters already.

There is a four year old by Direct 2:051, out of
Cricket, that was sold tc T. E. Keating for SHOO last
year, and after that famous reinsman's death, Mr.
Meek bought him back from the executors of his
estate and will put him into the list this year, together
with one or two more of Crickets' foals.

The stallion Welcome is bound to make a sire of ex-
treme and early speed if his colts and fillies are raced.
They nearly all trot and are of good size and have a
generous amount of good looks. He is a large, hand-
some horse, with great muscular development — a qual-
ity that is absolutely necessary in a sire of speed. His
picture on the front page does not do him justice as it
was taken when clouds obscured the sun, but it shows
his handsome proportions.

William Harold 2:13], will also produce speed. He is
a small horse but his get have size and speed. The
only one of them to start in a race is Janice 2:13},
whose campaign last year stamped her one of the best
green ones in the United States. There are not a half
dozen foals all told by William Harold that are old
enough to train, and there is not one of these but has
speed enough to enter the standard list.
It is the policy of the Estate to train the colts bred

on the farm, enter them in a few races and sell at a
price that will bring a profit and represent a fair valu-
ation. Clipper and Janice were both sold at a reason-
able price, and it gave no one greater pleasure to see
them get low marks and increase in value than Messrs.
H. W. and W. E. Meek.

The training track on the Meek farm is one of the
best in California. The soil is just about perfection for
training on and the climate of Haywards cannot be
excelled. There are seven or eight more stalls than
are required by the farm's string and these are rented
to outside parties who desire to train there. Among
the horses being worked there at present are Lady
Falrose 2:231, Sandow by Dictatus, Oakland Maid,
Goldy and others.

Yreka Jockey Club's Program.

The following program of a race meeting to be given
during the first week in July at Yreka, Siskiyou county,
has been announced:

FIRST DAY, JULY 3.

Race No. 1. running, three-eighths mile dash (Siskiyou county
horses), purse $100.

Race No. 2 — Special trot, match race, purse 5200.

Race No. 3— Running, three-quarter mile dash, purse 8150.

Race No 4— Trotting and pacing, three minute class, best two in
three, purse $150.

SECOND DAY, JULY 4.

Base ball tournament. Purse for same $200.

Race No. 5— Running, one-half mile dash, purse $125. .

Race No. 6— Trotting and pacing, 2:30 class, best, three in Ave
purse $250.

Race No. 7— Running, seven-eighths mile dash, purse &175.

THIRD DAY, JULY 5-

Race No. 8— Five-eighths mile dash, purse $125.

Race No. 9— Trotting and pacing, 2:40 class, best three in five,
purse $200.

Race No. 10— Runntng, three-quarter mile dash, purse $Ia0.

Race No. 11 — Running, one mile dash, purse $200.

Race No. 12— Saddle horse race for Siskiyou county horses, 600
yards, purse $50.

FOURTH DAY, JULY 6

Race No. 13— Running, one-quarter mile dash, purse $100.

Race No 14 — Trotting and pacing1 free for all. purse $200.

Race No. 15— Running, seven-eighths mile dash, purse $175.

Race No 16— Running, three-quarter mile dash, for non-winners
of the three previous days, purse $150.

R. S. Taylor, Sec'y Y. J. C.

Directors Recommended.

[Woodland Mail, May 19.]

Those interested in the reorganization of Agricult-
ural District No. 40 held a meeting in the office of J.
Reith, Jr., yesterday for the purpose of taking nec-
essary steps towards effecting a reorganization. The
necessary petition to that effect containing fifty sig-
natures, thirty-five of residents of Yolo county and fif-
teen of Sacramento county, was read.

T. S. Spaulding, acting as chairman, called the meet-
ing to order, and A. C. Huston acted as secretary. A
majority of the signers of the petition were either
present or represented by proxy. On motion the fol
lowing gentleman of both counties were recommended
to the Governor for appointment as Directors of the
new district:

Fred Prentiss and W. A. Bowers of Sacramento
eountv and A. C. Stevens, T. B. Gibson, A. M. Britt.
C. R. Hoppin, J. Reith, Jr., and T. S. Spaulding of
Yolo county.

After the" Directors are appointed by the Governor a
meeting will be called and a permanent organization
effected.

Good Prices for California Horses.

No word has come from the Cleveland sales yet ex-
cept the sale, of Eula Mac 2:171 for $2700. According
to a dispatch received in this city Wednesday t lis fast
four year old filly by McKinney was purchased that
day by Louis Streuberof Erie, Pennsylvania, for that
sum. Mr. Streuber is the real owner of the roan pacer
Funston by Dictatus, that was bought by Sandy Smith
for $2000 and went East this week.

Word comes from Cleveland that Mr. C. A. Winship
last Monday sold at private sale to Mr. J. C. McKinney
of Terrace Farm, Titusville, Pa., the three year old
filly Zephyr by Zombro and the five year old green
pacing mare Velvet Rose. Before shipping them East
Zephyr trotted a trial in 2:18 and Velvet Rose paced a
trial in 2:20. The dispatches say that Zephyr brought
the larger part of the sum paid for the two and
is the highest priced three year old filly that has
changed hands this year. Mr. J. C. McKinney is a
very wealthy gentleman who is a splendid judge of a
horse. He owns the pacing stallion Beauseant that
paced a trial in 2:07} last year as a three year old and
is well entered through the Grand Circuit.

Racing on Butchers' Day.

While the racing which is part of the program of the
annual picnic of the Butchers Association held at Oak-
land race track, is far from high class, it draws about
twice as many people to see it as can be induced to
visit the track at any other time. There must have
been fifteen thousand people at the Emeryville course*
on Wednesday of this week, as there was not standing
room in the immense grand stand, while the betting
ring and the space between it and the track were
packed with people. A long program of twelve races
was begun shortly after the noon hour and finished at
six o'clock. The harness races were decided on the in-
side track — which had been prepared especially for the
occasion, but was a very poor track at that. The races
were two heats of a mile each, the winner of the first
to take first money and go to the barn, while the
others were driven another heat for second money.
The best time made was 2:231, which was made by
Orilla J. in the second heat of the free-for-all pace and
trot. Orilla J. is a bay troUing mare and a sister to
Jeffe 2:16}. She broke badly in the first heat, which
was won by King Cadenza in 2:271. Orilla J. also won
the two mile dash, beating Mattie B., King Cadenza,
Miss Goldie, Localeer and Kitty W. The time was
5:00 flat. The summaries of the harness events are as
follows:

First race — One mile.

B. Comb's Anito. 3 to 5... 1

G. Tassie's Headlight. 4 to 1 3

Frank Merrill's Bonnie B., 6 to d 3

Time— 2:35.

Second heat.

Bonnie B., 1 to 2 1

Headlight, 6 to 5 2

Jack, lOtol 3]

Jack won, but was disqualified for running.
Time— 2:36;

Second race. One mile.

M. Schweitzer's Hermia, 1 to 7 1

H. Levy's Eclipse, 2 to 1 8";

Harlequin, 15 to 1 3.

Time 2:36.

In the second heat Eclipse beat Harlequin.

Third race — Free for all trotting and pacing.

H. H. Dunlap's King Cadenza. 1 too 1

Powell & Comb's Orilla J., 5 to 1 2

William Van Keuren's Mattie B., 3 to 1 3

Fitz Lee, Imp and Hermia also started. Time 2:27J$

In second heat Orilia J. won. Time 2:23*4.

Fourth race— Free for all trot and pace, two miles.

Powell & Comb's Orilla J,3tol 1

"W. Van Keuren's Mattie B., 3 to 1 2

H. Dunlap's King Cadenza, 2 to 5 3

Miss Goldie, Localeer and Kitty "W. also started. Time 5:00.

Off for Denver.

There was a small swarm of B's at the Oakland mole
last Thursday morning when the well known trainers,
Blue, Bigelow and Boucher started for Denver with
their horses. Blue had Geo. T. Bennett, the fast green
pacer by Alex Button, a three year old by Chas. Derby,
a three year old Diablo and a couple of others. Bigelow
had Tags 2:13 and another by Diablo, while Boucher
was in charge of his four year old colt Harry Logan by
Harry Gear-Miss Logan 2:061. Sandy Smith, who
had been detained at Pleasanton for two weeks with
his roan pacer Funston, was also on the car. The
horses were all in good shape and will be raced at the
Denver meeting with the exception of Funston. He
will go through to Cleveland. John Blue will enter
the employ of Mr. Ed Gaylord of Denver, who has
several good horses to place in his hands as soon as he
arrives. Among .them is Yarrum 2:19}, a horse that
is expected to be fast this year.

Succeeds Dobbins as Tammany's Idol.

The admirers of that characteristic and notable
American product, the fast trotter, are rejoicing over
the prospect that the trotting meetings and matches
this year will be of exceptional interest. It may not
be possible to reach the two-minute mark this season,
but The Abbot, Cresceus, Charley Herr and Boralma
are expected to do better than ever before, and many
an exc'ting contest will be decided. Every Tammany
man who likes sport is delighted that The Abbot, the
world 's trotting champion and the holder of the record ,
is owned by a Tammany leader of large wealth.

The unterrified Democrats, to whom the Fourteenth
Street Wigwam is a revered joss house and the vener-
ated shrine of Tammany worship, are almost as proud
of The Abbot as they would be if he were owned by
Richard Croker himself. Fire Commissioner Scan-
nell, who now owns The Abbot, is close to Mr. Croker,
even closer than a brother, and the Tammany sports
declare with extreme emphasis that Mr. Scannell is
almost as true a sport as the supreme boss himself.
Could the force of unlimited eulogy go further? Tam-
many expects great things of Mr. Scannell and The
Abbot this year, and its high hopes are not likely to
fall short of fulfillment.

With his fortune, his grit and sporting blood Mr.
Scannell may sweep everything before him on the
trotting tracks this summer. Then The Abbot, cham-
pion of trotters, may be set up in bronze on a Four-
teenth street pedestal by the side of Mr. Croker's
running horse Dobbins. Bellerophon never loved
Pegasus as Mr. Croker loved Dobbins. Mr. Croker's
affection for Dobbins was so intense as to be almost
pathetic. Dobbins was a handsome horse, and he won
handsome races for the Tammany ruler. It was a case
of "Love me, love my horse," and therefore all Tam-
many loved Dobbins. And Tammany now loves Com-
missioner Scannell and his horse The Abbot. — 2?ew

York Tribune.

*

Expert Care of the Horse.

Dr. A. H. Baker, of the Chicago Veterinary College,
says: The idea of feeding a horse only twice a day,
to prevent indigestion, is nonsense. At work, he re-
quires three meals. To secure the best nutritious
results, give the horse a few swallows of water and let
him eat hay half an hour before giving oats or corn.
The horse should be watered again before giving the
grain, and then not again until an hour afterwards.
Don't let your horse eat too fast — a handful or two of
bran in the feed will usually prevent it, and incidentally
put a gloss on hi3 coat^and a few large stones in the
box will prevent him from bolting his food, as he will
have to nibble around them to get his oats. Nose-bags
are to be highly commended, in feeding outdoors.
Every horse should have a Sunday of rest.

Memphis has one of the best Street Railway Systems in the
United States and the New Memphis Trotting Track, which is but
a twelve minutes' ride from the business center of the city, will be
specially favored in the matter of transportation faoilitieA *

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Horses Once Sold Cheaply.

Portland (Ind.), May 13.— Dell Palmer, the veteran
>rse and animal trainer, who knows horseflesh-from
.rs to hoof, was in a loquacious mood the other even-
g and started in to talk of the animals which have
ien picked up for a song as practically worthless, and
terward developed into good animals, with waydown
icords and worth thousands of dollars to their lucky
vners. Among the instances of this kind mentioned
' Mr. Palmer were:

"1 bid $130 at the Lackey sale, March, 1900, on
rohia; she sold for $135. She won every race she
arted in that year, going into winter quarters with a
word of 2:09}. I have an idea her owner would want
35 with two ciphers attached for her now. Charles
ayt 2:07f sola at auction for $450; he afterward sold
pr $5000 before he got his record. Mr. Lattimer in-
>rmed me at the Fort Wayne races that he considered
im very cheap at that price. Joe Watts 2:10| once
pld for $28. Early Reaper 2:095 sold for $225. John
'. 2:094 for $137. Bird's Eye 2:14} for $30. Tommy
filton 2:12} for $120. Wild Wind 2:16} for $120.
lustier 2:15} for $30. Mr. Phil Bergman of our city-
old Ruby Hughes 2:18} for $110; she won nearly every
ace she started in. John Hussey, one of the greatest
rivers, sold Milton 2:12J for $50 as a colt, as he was
ery small. Ethlyn C. 2:12} I saw sell for $25; you
ould now add $2000 to it and you probably would not
•et her. Annie Burns, in 1899, was considered almost
,-orthless, yet in 1900 she got a record of 2:10J, and
/on over $10,000 in purses. The horse Wilton once
old for $00: later he sold for $14,000. Billy Cline 2:19}
bought by J. W. Lucas, a Macon, Mo. , blacksmith,
or $27.50 as a colt, and as he began to drive him he
aw that he had speed and sent him to the track. He
aany times paid for himself in races. He is considered
■ood for a 2:10 mark.

"Dan Westland 2:08 wasltraded for a load of oats
jhen a colt, and he turned out to be the fastest horse
n Maine. Mr. Ed Gould of Fullerton, Neb., bought
i.ngeliue for a saddle mare to drive cattle on his ranch,
ihe and her colt at her side looked so hard that when
le got thom home he sneaked them in the back way
o his barn. The colt turned out to be Ontonian 2:07},
ler next Onlioe 2:04, her next Annaline 2:17}. She
;lso had five more colts, all fast. She made a fortune
or Mr. Gould. Cresceus 2:04, the greatest and fastest
tallion in the world, is from a dam bought by Mr.
Jeorge H. Ketcham for $150, and he kicked himself
or buying her. It is common talk among the 'rail
'lirds' that when Cresceus was foaled he was the ugliest,
■•rookedest looking colt imaginable, and Ketcham
vanted his foreman to destroy it. Yet to-day Cresceus
:ould be sold tor $50,000. That wonderful trotting
nare Mabel 2:14 sold, with her dam, for $80. Her
lext dam was Black Robert 2:13, trotting. Marie C.
lold for $70. She afterwards took a record of 2:16}.
itambold sold at auction for $205, and afterwards took
i mark of 2:16}, and sold for $2500. Wyreka was an-
)ther that sold cheap at $185, and two months later
ttepped to a record of 2:183. Senator L. 2:11 once sold
or $100, and afterwards brought $5000. Orphan Girl
1:19} was once almost given away. Milo S. 2:18} and
lis mother, with a foal by Prince Nutwood 2:26, we
jought so cheap that Milo paid it all back in one after-
loon in what to him was an easy race. Charley Herr
s another. David Cahill picked up the mare Bessie
Huntington, then in foal to Alfred G., for $25 at a
Lexington, Ky., horse sale. The foal proved to be
Charley Herr. "

News From the North.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Pat Barry's McKinney colt, Pat Durfee, who is
leary 22 months old, tips the scale at 1020 pounds.

There will be summer races at Everett on July 4 to
> inclusive, entries to same close June 1st.

The Washington State Fair is offering two $1000
rtakes. One for 2:30 trotters ond the other one for
!:20 pacers. June 3d was selected as the closing day of
he entries.

Billy Eaton is driving Road Boy 2:16} and News Boy
i green horse. They are the handsomest team in this
section and they can step along fast enough to suit the
as test.

Thos. Thompson, Pendleton, sold a three year old
3ydesdale stallion to A. J. Sullivan, Starkey Prairie,
for $500. He weighed 1420.

One of the principal horse journals in the East,
redits California with the production of ChehaUs 2:04}
3hehahs was bred by Jay Beach at Vancouver, Wash.,
ind was developed by Frank Frazier, of Pendleton, Or.

L. C. McCormick sold Aldene to E. Bellinger, of
Knapp's Landing, Wash. She is by Adirondack-Belle
by Rockwood, second dam by Pathfinder. Mr. Bel-
Inger is a firm believer in Harry McC.

Ten thousand dollars is offered by the Idaho Inter-
Mountain fair1. There are three $1000 stakes, one each
for 2:20 trotters, 2:15 pacers and one for the runners.
Entries to these stakes close June 1st.

An auction sale of standard bred horses was held at
Hillsboro, Or., May 11th. They were the property of
Thos. H. Tongue. The attendance was not large, but
all who attended went with the idea of buying. The
>riees which ranged from $40 to $90, were not large,
)ut the buying was spirited from start to finish. There
were about 16 head disposed of at these prices. Among
the buyers we mention John W. Kerr, two head;
Frazier & McLean, two head; L. Zimmerman, two
head; J. Clossett, one head. John Connell sold two
head of horses to Frazier & McLean after the auction.

Memphis a Prosperous City.

Any one who is familiar with the facts concerning
the city of Memphis and the winter climate enjoyed by
the inhabitants of that section will understand just
why Mr. C. K. G. Billings, Mr. F. G. Jones and other
promoters of the Memphis Trotting Association de-
cided that Memphis was the ideal spot of the country
in which to build and equip a magnificent trotting
track.

Memphis is a phenomenal city, as a city of exchange
solely or nearly so, it ranks in business actually done
with any city in the United States of equal or even
double its population. For nearly a half a century,
despite now and then accumulating but, happily, tem-
porary disasters, its record shows the smallest percent-
age of failures, whether considering capital or popula-
tion as a basis, of any city in America.

Facts patent, figures available, unite in the statement
that more fortunes have been made in legitimate busi-
ness in Memphis, within the past thirty~-five years at
least, than in any other city or double its population in
this or any other country.

Memphis has between five and six hundred manufac-
turing enterprises which do an annual value of business
reaching nearly three hundred million, the largest
business per capita of any city in America.

Memphis is the largest market for hardwood lumber
on the globe, and stands second as a market for all
classes of lumber. The city is considered one of the
best theatrical towns in the country, and is what is
generally known as a "wide open" sporting town.
Baseball, racing, boxing and all manner of athletic
sports are encouraged and patronized by the best
people of the city. Last winter the people of Memphis
did not see a snow flake and only a very little frost.
There was not ten days during the winter when the
weather would have prevented repeating a trotter.

Breeding Chunks for Profit.

[Breeding Gazette.]
A visit to the auction sales of horses in Chicago some
Thursday afternoon will pay big dividends to the
farmer who is aiming to breed the horses that will
bring paying prices. Last week export chunks bred
in Illinois brought as high as $190, and one whole con-
signment shipped from Rockford sold for prices rang-
ing from $140 to $150. The heaviest of those horses
weighed right at 1500 pounds; the lightest around
1350 pounds. It is not so long ago that such horses
were well sold at $85 or even less. Now there is the
most active demand for the high class ones of this
sort. The export chunk is always a saleable horse.
He is in effect a miniature drafter, modeled on the plan
of the truck horse, but smaller and more active. He
is invariably got by the draft horse and usually foaled
by a fair sized mare. Some farmers there are who
claim that it pays them better to breed chunks than
drafters, for the reason that there are more prizes and
fewer blanks in the lottery and that it is easier to keep
the young ones going forward well and sound than it
is with the weightier ones. With such we can hardly
agree, but with chunks selling at such remunerative
prices it is certainly worth the oreeder's while to try
to produce them. They are more easily bred for than
are drafters, for there are far more mares capable of
producing chunks than draft horses. A word of
caution is, however, necessary in this connection. If a
farmer starts in to breed chunks he must be very care-
ful to choose his mares just right. A chunk that is
not very shapely and thick in his conformation sells
for a very small price. If he has not the good looks
as well as the chunky build he degenerates into a farm
worker and sells accordingly. To breed such horses as
the exporters will buy a mare must have a good neck,
plenty of bone, abundant style and quite a good deal
of size and substance. A lanky mare will not bring
chunks, no batter to what horse she may be mated.
The fact is that any farmer can make it pay to visit
the auction of horses at any of the sale centers and
learn just exactly what sort of horses are bringing
these prices. He cannot spend his money to better
advantage. With the pattern fully in view he can
mate his mares to proper advantage.

I Horsemen who contemplate entering at Lexington and Memphis
will be glad to learn that arrangements have been made to carry
men, horses and traps from LexingtoD to Memphis on a special

[ express train that will only touch the high spots on the way over.*

Another Diving Horse.

An American has made a great deal of money by
training two beautiful white horses to dive into the
water from a great height. He travels and exhibits
his horses, and people gladly pay to see them. This
is all very wonderful, but on Puget Sound there is a
plain, homely, bony brown horse who never was
trained to do anything in his life, but who does just as
wonderful things and thinks nothing of it.

Bony's owner is a rancher, who lives on one of the
wooded islands where the boats stop once a week for
vegetables to be taken to the city. The rancher can
make more money by taking his own produce to the
city and peddling it on the streets than by shipping it
to the wholesale men, so he keeps his wagon in the city
and when the boat stops at his island loads on Bony
and his [vegetables. When the boat reaches the city
dock Bony shows of what he is made. While the
gangplank is all right for the passengers and the vege-
tables, Bony cannot go ashore that way. He is led to
the edge of the boat, his master speaks to him and into
the deep cold water of Puget Sound he plunges. He
is entirely out of sight for so long you begin to wonder
if he will ever come up; but presently his head appears
above the water and he swims in a straight line for the
shore. There he stands till his master comes up to
him, hitches him to the cart, packs in his load and
drives off to make his deliveries. — Chicago Becord-
Herald.

Extreme Speed Combinations.

[Trotter and Pacer.]

Bessie Bonehill 2:05}, ex-queen of five-year-old pac-
ing mares, has a fine black colt with star and two
white hind ankles, by Director's Jug 2:291, at East
Lynne Farm, Flemington, N. J. The youngster has
over $45,000 worth of Stake engagements and is her
second foal by this grandly bred little stallion. Her
oldest foal is a filly by Alatus 2:09}, a son of Alcyone,
and it was after raising this filly that she took the
world's record for a five year old pacing mare. If bred
again this season, she will be mated with Lynne
Bel2:10J.

The Year Book shows that up to the close of 1900
there were just 24,467 trotters and pacers with records
from 1:59} to 2:30, and out of this number Bessie Bone-
hill 2:05}, is the fastest pacing mare to raise more than
one foal; and the ex-queen of trotters, Nancy Hanks
2:04, that Mr. Forbes paid $33,000 for, is the fastest
trotting mare to raise more than one.

The queen of trotters, Alix 2:03}, is now in her thir-
teenth year, and she has one foal only, a filly by Sable
Wilkes (3) 2:18. The queen of trotters, Lady of the
Manor 2:04}, is now in her seventh year and has at foot
her first foal, a chestnut colt by Direct Hal, and has
been bred back to him again. The ex-queen of trot-
ters, Nancy Hanks 2:04, is now in her fifteenth year.
She has raised four foals and will soon be due to foal
again to Peter the Great 2:07}. Her first three foals
have the fastest speed inheritance of any trotting bred
foals yet born. The ex-queen of five year old pacing
mares, Bessie Bonehill 2:05}, is now in her ninth year
and has raised three foals. Her first foal has the
greatest speed inheritance of any filly of its age.
Lottie Loraine 2:05}, is ithe only other pacing mare
with as low a record to raise a foal and she has at foot
a filly by Star Pointer 1:59}. The speed inheritance of
this filly is 2:02J, so far the fastest in the world.

These five extremely low record mares have in all
ten foals, seven of which are the produce of Nancy
Hanks 2:04, and Bessie Bonehill 2:05}, and but two of
the ten are from mares with lower records. Seven of
these fools carry the blood of Dictator. This strain of
blood is found in fifty-nine of the world's champion
harness horses that have made their records during
the past 35 years, or since the days of Dexter 2:17}.
No strain of blood has so persistently clung to cham-
pionship honors for so many years, as this Dexter
strain; almost all of it tracing through his brother
Dictator, and no family has ever produced better race

horses. Student.

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A Great Broodmare.

One of the most wonderful of all broodmares was
Primrose, the daughter of Alexander's Abdallah and
old Black Rose. She was foaled in 1865, lived to the
extreme age of twenty-eight, and died in foaling her
last colt. She was first bred in 1869, and her first foal,
the great sire Princeps, came in 1870. In twenty con-
secutive years she produced nineteen living foals. Then
for three years she was barren, and it was supposed
that she ceased breeding until she brought forth, in
her twenty-eighth year, her twentieth foal, which cost
her life.

Primrose was a marvel of fecundity. She lived to
be twenty-eight and produced twenty living foals.
Five other matrons may be mentioned with her as the
six greatest of trotting broodmares. Of these Water-
witch lived to be twenty-eight and produced nineteen
living foals and two dead ones. Miss Russell lived to
be thirty-three and produced eighteen living foals;
Beautiful Bells is still living at twenty-nine and has
produced eighteen living foals, her last four years ago,
when she ceased breeding; Green Mountain Maid lived
to be twenty-six, produced sixteen living foals and was
again heavy in foal when she died; Alma Mater lived
to be twenty-five and produced sixteen living foals.

Paimrose* was the most fruitful of these, the true
Bel°ravian dames of the trotting stud book. How-
ever, while she had the greatest number of foals, she
has not the greatest number of 2:30 performers. Six
of her twenty foals made standard trotting records,
against nine of Green Mountain Maid's sixteen, eight
oF Alma Mater's sixteen and seven of Miss Russell's
eighteen. Of Waterwiteh's nineteen foals, six — the
same number as Primrose's — beat 2:30.

But in one particular Primrose stands unequaled as
a broodmare. She is the dam of no less than ten sires
of standard speed — three more than the number cred-
ited to any of the five other mares above named. Alma
Mater and Beautiful Bells each have seven producing
sons, Miss Russell has six, Waterwitch five and Green
Mountain Maid four. A farther remarkable fact is,
that of Primrose's ten producing sons, seven are sires
of better than 2:20 speed and four in 2:13 or better
speed. These are: Redwald, sire of Redinda 2!07},
pacing; Binderton, sire of Maud C. 2:10}; Princeps,
sire of Greenlander 2:12 and Maxim, sire of Mikado
2:13, pacing. — ■•Volunteer' in Horse Review.
•

It is reported in the East that Frank Frazier has
been engaged to take charge of ChehaUs 2:04} again
and drive him in his races this year. One thing is cer-
tain— ChehaUs has never done as weU since. Frazier
sold him and it may be that once successful combina-
tion will again work aU right. There are many who
think that ChehaUs can pace three heats better than
2:04 and his owner is one of them.

♦

Giles Noyes (p) 2:05}, one of the Splan consignment
sold in New York last week for $1650, will be driven by
his new owner A. C. Fiske on the New York Speedway.

The New Memphis Trotting Track will get an abundance of pure
water from a 10-tnch Artesian Well.

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ill the State. The local trotters and pacers will not
have to compete with the erackerjacks of the East at
this meeting as the date has been advanced about three
weeks ahead ol the usual time and racing will not be
over on the Eastern grand circuit until after the Los
Angeles meeting closes. The Los Angeles track is one
of the best and most picturesque in the country.
Harness racing is very popular in that city, which has
long been famous for the crowds that turn out to wit-
ness it. The officers of the association will do every-
thing within their power to make the visit of horsemen
pleasant and profitable and it is to be hoped that their
efforts will be rewarded by a big list of entries in each
and every class. Remember that entries close July 1st.
The full condition of the races will be found in out-
advertising columns.

San Francisco, Saturday, May 25, 1901.

Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C...

May 24-25

Jul V 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER. Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept. 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES. Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORLi. B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

TELE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

DOLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVTLLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19 to 24

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 3-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

EERNDALE. Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

WEE HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS ' September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

H AMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:11K C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY- 2:09"< P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NEERNUT R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16!i Martin Carter, Irvington

OWY'HEE 2: 1 IH Oakwood Park Stock Pann, Danville

SEYMOUR WILKES Thos. Roche, Lakeville

STAM B. S-.llH Tuttle Bros., RockMn

SECRETARY" Hans Freillson, Alameda

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

EARLY FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS is
guaranteed the harness horse owners who enter
and race at Los Angeles at the big thirteen days'
meeting to be given by Agricultural District No. 6,
commencing Saturday, September 28th and closing
Saturday, October 12th. To be exact the sum of money
hung up for harness races is $14,300, and it is divided
among eighteen classes. There are four stakes of S1000
each for the free-for-all and 2:10 trotters and free-for.
all and 2:09 pacers. Then there are sis stakes of $800
each for trotters of the 2:12, 2:14 and 2:15 classes, and
pacers of the 2:11, 2:13 and 2:15 classes. $750 is offered
the 2:19 class trotters and ihe same amount goes to
pacers of the 2:17 class. The 2:23 class trotters get
$700, the 2:20 class pacers the same, and the three year
old trotters and pacers get $600 each to contest for.
The foregoing classes all close July 1st, when horses
must be named and eligible. In addition to these
stakes there are two nomination stakes of $700 each
for 2:30 trotters and 2:25 pacers. These stakes close
at the same time as the others — July 1st, but the horses
are not to be named until September 1st, at which date
they must be eligible to these classes. Owners will
notice that where the same horse is entered in two
races, the events will be put at least four days apart,
thus giving every one a chance to start a horse three
or four times during the thirteen days on which racing
will be held. The fast classes have been especially well
taken care of by the Los Angeles association, and there
is no reason why every horse that will be campaigned
in California this year should not be entered at this
meeting as every possible class! has been provided for
It is the desire and the intention of the Directors at
Los Angeles to make this meeting a littleljbetter than
any yet held in Southern California and the program
has been especially arranged to draw all the best horses

IT IS PROBABLY BEST for all concerned that the
1 Board of Review of the National Trotting Associa-
tion reversed its former decision in the John A. Me_
Kerron case, and placed the actual record of Mr. Dev.
ereux's stallion back to2:12J, and it is to be hoped that
the recommendation made that the next Congress
"frame and report rules governing matinee perform-
ances" will be carried out. It has been the expressed
conviction of this journal that the mile in 2:10 made by
John A. McKerron in his race for the Boston cup con-
stituted a record the same as if he had raced for money,
and we are still inclined to that opinion. But we are
also cognizant of the fact that many, very many abler
than we hold a different view and we respect every per_
son's opinion that is honestly formed. We believe
there is a vast difference in matinee races held at stated
or other intervals where no prizes but blue ribbons are
hung up, and largely advertised events in which valu-
able cups or other trophies are contested for. The
point of the Board's decision hangs on the statement
that "the evidence shows that the owner of the horse
was not, nor by any possible means could be, a benefici-
ary to the value of a penny in the winning of this
event." As John A. McKerron is a stallion and was
bred to a large number of high class mares this season,
we think his winning the cup race must have benefitted
his owner materially. Had he lost the race, or had he
failed to come up to his former record, he certainly
would have been a less valuable a horse than he is to-
day. But now that the case has been decided there is
nothing to be gained by a further discussion of it. It
is the duty of the National Association Congress, how-
ever, to make rules at its next session that will leave
no doubt as to what constitutes a record in the future.
The full text of the decision is as follows:

In the case of the application of Harry Devereux, of
Cleveland, for a rehearing in case 3806, the additional
evidence filed seems to prove that the race in which
the horse John A. McKerron participated at Read-
ville, Mass., in September, 1900, wherein he won the
challenge trophy for the Gentleman's Driving Club of
Cleveland, does not constitute a public race when the
letter and the spirit of the rules are construed jointly
on this occasion. No entrance fee was charged, no
gate money collected and no privileges were sold. The
race was never advertised nor was the public admitted
to the grounds. Those present were admitted only on
presentation of cards of invitation.

The competitors in this event were limited to mem-
bers of five amateur driving clubs. The inscription
upon the cup states that it is a challenge trophy.
While by the letter of the rule this might be consid-
ered by casual observers as a premium, the evidence
shows that the owner of the horse was not nor by any
means could be a beneficiary to the value of a penny
in winning this event. His sole reward, therefore, con-
sisted in the pardonable pride following success and
whatever honors were attached thereto.

In the case of the mare Elloree, which is almost
identical with this case, and the only like one of recent
years, when brought before the rules committee of the
National Trotting Association the committee, with
only two dissenting votes, held that such matinee per-
formances did not constitute a record, and the fact
was so self-evident that they refused to submit the case
to the Congress for decision.

Holding in the light of the evidence submitted that
winning the trophy did not constitute a record, and
that in so finding no one is injured either in person or
property, while a contrary decision would operate to
the serious injury of multitudinous owners, breeders,
trainers and trotting associations, it is ordered that
the record made by John A. McKerron at ReadvUle,
Mass., in September, 1900, be considered a matinee
record only, the same as made by other performers at
matinee meetings. It is recommended that the rules
committee of the next Congress frame and report rules
applicable to and governing matinee performances.

DUYERS are "from Missouri" now and long drai
*-* out stories of speed and other good qualities ha
but little effect, nc matter how eloquent and earni
sellers may be. "Show me" is the edict when the cla:
of 2:20 speed is made, and if a green horse can make
quarter in 35 seconds and is sound there need be :
long delay at trading. The editor of this journal
often importuned to find a buyer for horses who
owners relate wonderful stories of miles in 2:20, halv
in 1:07 and quarters even as fast as 31 seconds. "W
will say to all these owners that "hot air" will not s<
a horse nowadays. The speed must be shown,
gentleman showed us a handsome and well bred ma
recently that he said could trot "a mile in 2:15 sure
He wanted to sell and named a thousand dollars as tl
price. Our advice to him was to have the mare traine
and when she was able to step a nice mile in 2:20 if 1
would let us know we would send two or three buye
to see the performance and the thousand dollars woii
be paid by one of them and the others might outbi
him. We know of quite a number of buyers wl
want green trotters that can show a mile in 2:20 an
pacers that can go in 2:15. They will pay good bi
not fancy prices. A thousand dollars is a fair prio
But the speed must be shown. They will not go acroi
the street to look at a horse that cannot show tl
speed they want. Stories of miles in 2:18 with thre
weeks' work or tales of quarters at two minute spee
to a cart, "pass them as the idle wind which the
respect not." They must see the speed themselve
and hold the watch that catches it. In the slang t
the horse traders "they are all from Missouri."

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THE STANFORD STAKE for foals of last year, t
be trotted in 1903, will close June 1st, one weel
from to-day. Colts well entered in stakes have a valu
far in excess of the cost of entering. Show a buyer
three year old in May, 1903, and after telling of hi
speed and calling attention to his good looks, add th
information that he is entered and all paid up to dab
in the Stanford Stake. Is there any doubt but thi
fifty dollars entrance money will add at the very leas
calculation two hundred dollars to the price that
buyer will be willing to pay ? In other words, a likel;
colt entered and paid up on in this Stake will mor«l
readily sell for a thousand dollars than for eigh'
hundred were he not entered. There is a good profr
in entering well bred colts in stakes, keeping the pay
ments up and having the colts trained. Try it this
year with your colt. It only costs five dollars to entei
him June 1st.

THE CALIFORNIANS who will race across the
mountains this year must not forget to enter in
those six rich events that are advertised by the Oakley
Park, Cincinnati. There is the big sum of nineteen
thousand dollars offered in six purses, three of them
for trotters and three for pacers. The 2:30 trotters
are offered the biggest sum, $5000 and we would like
to see some California owner bring the first money in
this race home with him. The 2:14 class trotters are
given $3000, and the three year old trotters $2000.
There are three purses of $3000 each for pacers of the
2:24, 2:14 and 2:09 classes. Some of our California
horses ought to win a good part of this money. The
entries will close next Saturday, June 1st. Send your
entries to P. J. Campbell, Secretary, Station O., Cin-
cinnati.

A GOOD CIRCUIT will be the result if Santa Rosa,
Vallejo, Woodland, Sacramento, Stockton, Sa-
linas and Los Angeles all hold meetings and it looks
now as if all will be in line.

Good Horses for Sale.

EIGHT OR TEN WEEKS of harness racing will be
held in California this season, and the purses will
be liberal. The Breeders, State Fair and Los Angeles
will each give purses ranging from $500 to $1000, and
at the other places they will range from $300 to $750.
It will be readily seen that a horse that can win will
have a good earning capacity in this State this season
and owners and trainers need have no fear but there
will be plenty of opportunity to race. There will be
classes for all the horses in California,

The center field of the New Memphis Trotting Track has been
graded so that the horses feet will he visible all the way round. *

Mr. R. Scott, of Bishop Inyo county, will offer for
sale at auction at the Alameda track next Wednesday,
May 29th, a car lot of trotting bred horses that are
said by those who have seen them to have more sub-
stance and quality than any lot of horses that have
been offered for sale in this vicinity for some time.
They are by Mount Vernon Prince, Gibraltar Jr. and
Ben Benton, out of mares by a son of Bismark. Mount
Vernon Prince is a grandson of the great Nutwood
Gibraltar Jr. is a son of Gibraltar, sire of Our Dick
2:10^ and others, and Ben Benton is a son of Gen. Ben-
ton, the famous Palo Alto sire. There are two trotters
by Gibraltar Jr. in this sale that showed speed enough
to train, and although they have had no track work
are already to begin hard work on and to enter in the
races this year. All these horses have been driven and
are broken. Having been raised in the mountains they
have the best of feet and legs and are an extra good
lot. The sale is next Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Ala-
meda track.

«

The Readville trainers are commencing to enthuse
over Admiral Dewey, the three year old son of Bingen
2:06J and Nancy Hanks 2:04. Henry Titer is giving
him slow work only as yet. but Jack Wall says that he
got his head for a little way the other morning, and
stepped faster than he has seen any horse show this
season.

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Y 25, 1901]

- How Cunard Won the Stallion Stakes.

Ill n perfectly even terms, with equal weights by the
>k e and rules, no favor and a fair field, fair in the
«i is that the deep mud was as much to the disad-
di tage of |one horse as of another, the pick of the
i\ -year-olds in training raced for the fourth National
k lion Stakes at the Morris Park track last Saturday
nl towd of more than 10,000 spectators tiptoed to see
4 contest, and hurrahed encouragement to the run-
«i I and riders from every possible point of vantage,
i veen the coaching park in the paddock and the last
ill of the fence separating the field stand from the
, le enclosure, with an enthusiasm befitting the run-
n ; of the first great race of the season for the best
■Jhe two-year-olds. When the public favorite, and
'jfbest horse in point of fact, on the performance
,Jh every standpoint, Green B. Morris' Cunard got
Jhe winning post first by two lengths, winner in
"jiy style at the end, the cheer that rose in greeting
-m loud and true, and hearty enough to do credit to
ligreatest race of this or any other season. The
: J was a remarkably pretty one as a spectacle, and,
ler than that, was an accurate test of the merits of
■horses under the weights and conditions that ran
*he big prize, the gross value of which was $15,015,
Jped into eight shares under the terms of the race,
.•om the opening of the betting to the close Cunard
■Golden Cottage were supported most consistently,
■fly on account of the fast public trial on Thursday,
In the colts, working together, covered the last five
■mgs of the Eclipse course, down the straightaway,
feme course over which they were to run for the
Bon stakes, in a fraction better than one minute

&he gveebev anb &p0vt&tnan

Judges of Live Stock in Demand.

. [Chicago Inter-Ocean.]

Good judges of live stock are a scarce article and are
in constant demand. The prosperity of the firms en-
in the tremendous live-stock business of the

ments are provided for five animals and seats are
arranged for 200 students. The work in horse, beef,
cattle, swine and sheep judging is conducted by Mr.
Kennedy, and Prof. W. A. Fraser has charge of the
instruction on dairy cattle. This class is at present
engaged in the study of light horses, the work on this

country depends almost absolutely upon the ability of lort °£ animal having been pursued 'for several week;

their buyers accurately to determine the correct value
of the animals they buy. A mistake, an error of judg-
ment, may mean a difference of thousands of dollars on
the wrong side of the ledger, and if long continued
means ultimate bankruptcy. Hence it follows that live
stock firms are always in the market for competent
men, and are only too glad and willing to pay them
handsome salaries for their services.

In order to stimulate the interest of young men in
this subject John A. Spoor, general manager of the
Union stock yards of Chicago, a short time ago offered
a handsome trophy to be awarded to the college whose
students should make the best record in judging cattle
in competition at the Union stock yards. The big
firms at the yards also became interested in the com-
petition and offered money prizes as well. Most of the
great agricultural colleges of the country have in the
past few years added departments the special purpose
of which is the teaching of just such knowledge con-
cerning the judging of animals as the stock-yards men
require.

In starting a class a horse was brought into the ha
and its various parts were pointed out and designated
by name. Thorough drill was given until the class
became perfectly familiar with each part. The animal
was then examined for soundness and later for con-
formation, a score card being used for this purpose

As soon as the student has a fixed idea of the ideal
type the score card is dispensed with, and all judgino-
is thereafter done by comparison, four or five animals
being compared at one time, their merits and defects
being judged on a basis of 100 points for the ideal con-
lormation. Iu this work a printed form, divided into
tour parts is used. In the first space the student writes
a description of the animal he thinks deserves first
Place, giving a criticism of the specimen and stating
the points wherein it is superior to each of the others.
iLacn horse is taken in turn, the points of superiority
and deficiency being written on the card. Later, Mr.
Kennedy corrects the papers and at the next session
of the class gives a practical demonstration of his cor-
rectness, using the specimens upon which to point out
his meaning.

Nine courses are offered in the four years' work. An
effort is made to show the particular type of animal
best suited to meat, milk and wool production, and to
labor and speed. In the live stock classes, the man-
agement of flocks and herds is taught, and the different
grades of mutton and wool, and the sort of animals

The first contest for the Spoor trophy and the money
. jst work done for the race,°and a'nM^conTincing Prlzes took Place at tQe stock yards last December and tna* produce them. How beef and pork are produced
irmance aside from the form the colts had showed the students of the University of Illinois simply swept ?■ t!Je character of the breeds comes under considera

in Francisco, before they were brought to the the field. They not only captured the Spoor trophy, made nf fla,W »nf^Se7er»iWeekJ^A crltical study "

. The G. R. Mnrnq fintrir mont +n thn *. -,*.„_ , . ., . . , „ , F""' wupuj, made of dairv and beef cattle, anrl the t^noe gnri v.™^ .

but they also got nearly all the money offered as prizes.
The trophy has just been received by the animal hus-
bandry department of the university. It is a bronze
lield going away lined out all abreast, with no horse bull on a marble pedestal, and was modeled by Isador

The G. B. Morris entry went to the post~at"an
■age price of about 13 to 10, while 6 tol was obtain-
I against the next choices.

pe start was one of Starter Fitzgerald's best efforts
lield going away lined out all abreast, with no horse
jng any appreciable disadvantage. McDowell was
first to show from the crowd, with Saturday second
-ten Cottage third, Cunard fourth and Carroll D.
m the others so close together that it was next to
Jissible to say what were their positions. In the
• furlong Cunard, well in hand, went up to the lead

I a neck the advantage over Golden Cottage, led at
•t pace to the dip in the straight course, McDowell

II to that point, Carroll D. fourth and Saturday
I while the others had alread y begun to straggle
Jig Line and Enright being the closest of the field to
leaders. Coming out of the hollow, Golden Cottage
#n to swerve and fell back, while Cunard led Mc-
3-11 by a neck, with Carroll D. then a length away,
lie ascent of the grade coming to the winning post
jowell and Carrol D. made their run after the
|ir, in the meantime slipping away from Saturday
•Firing Line, while Enright moved forward from
lith place, but too late to have a chance to win he

< being so far back that it was beyond reason to
» for him to get to the leaders.
I e last half furlong brought about a mighty fight,
Ihree horses in the front rank then were spread
4 ra even terms, Cunard still having a shade the
■of it, while McDowell and Carroll D., both under
iirhip, clung with him long enough to compel
Innor on the leader to draw his whip. Cunard in-
fly responded and came away with O'Connor at
4 on him, whde the next two flogged home in vain
|rd admirably ridden and remarkably well handled
lighout, getting further away as they approache d
land, and eased up on the post, winning rather
lily by a length and a half, with Carroll D., who
tip in the last stride and was second by a head
f McDowell third. Saturday was fourth and En-
1 fifth, Firing Line, Blanche Hermann, Golden
l.ge, Dean Swift, Whiskey King, Gold Seeker,
lisula and Byrne of Roscrea following in the order
Id. The time was 1:01, an excellent performance,
llering the condition of the track. The gross
J of the stakes was $15,015, of which $11,015 went
'J 3 winner and $1000 to the nominator of the win-
I'. B. Haggin, who also gets $600 more as the nom-
li' of the sire of the winner, the imported horse
(inch. The second horse gets $1000, while his sire's
|r, August Belmont, will get $360. The third horse
■ 1500 and the nominator of his sire, W. M. Field,
I $240. Cunard pulled up very sore, and it is said
I ot race again for some time.

Commando Wins the Belmont.

W York, May 23.— Commando, the son of Dom-

'on the classic Belmont stake at Morris Park

f and stamped himself the best three year old of

t years. He was a strong favorite in the betting

) 10, made all the running and won galloping by

mgths in 2:21, the track record for the distance.

li the last day of the Westchester Racing AsBoei-

Is spring meeting, and a crowd of at least 15,000

1 3 was in attendance. Only three horses went to

list for the Belmont. Commando and The Parader

I ipened at even money, the former being backed

1)10, while The Parader went up to 7 to 5. All

I went begging at 15 to 1. They were sent off on

"'St break to a good start, and Spencer took Com-

1 3 to the front and led by two lengths up the back-

ja. Going up the hill The Parader moved up to

a .nd they ran neck and neck around the far turn.

j few jumps The Parader showed in front, but it

I nly on sufferance, and when Spencer called on

> .ando at the head of the stretch he came away

I 'on easily. The Parader was under the whip

I *h the last furlong in a fruitless effort to get up.

fl een was a bad third. Commando got an ovation

| he returned to the scales. Summary:

Belmont, mile and three-eighths— Commando,
peneer), 7 to 10, won; The Parader, 126 (Landry),
and out, second; All Green, 126 (Shaw), 15 to 1.
>o 5, third. Time 2:21.

Bonheur at Paris. Its cost was $700. The tronhy is
to be competed for annually, and will be awarded to
the institution making the highest standing in all
classes, three men to be entered in each event.

The showing of Illinois at the December contests was
considered most remarkable by the professional judges
employed at the show. Eight universities, whose
representatives aggregated fifty-one men, entered the
contest, and out of the $1135 offered as prizes Illinois
won $846.65, which is three times as much as all the
other institutions combined. The money prizes
awarded to the contesting college teams were as fol-
lows:

Competitors. Money won.

University of Illinois $846 65

University of Wisconsin 87.50

Ontario Agricultural College .V 73 00

University of Iowa ; 49.32

University of Indiana 39 50

University of Michigan 3350

University of North Dakota 400

University of Missouri

Illinois secured first place in eight out of the twelve
events. Worthern of the Illinois team won the dis-
tinction of two perfects in cattle judging, an unusual
occurrence. The judges who examined the students'
work were twelve of the most prominent stockmen in
America, and as none of the competing collegians was
known to them favoritism was impossible.

The students who were 'responsible for the state uni-
versity winning the trophy are:
George M. Richardson, Harristown, 111.
George R. Camp, Harristown, 111.
E. T. Robbins, Payson, 111.-
S. J. Haight, Mendota, 111.
E. L. Worthen, Warsaw, IU.

Mr. Worthen, whose individual record was the best
made at the meet, is a sophomore, and at the time of
the contest had received less than six months' training
in stock-judging work. Illinois was thought to be
seriously handicapped because of the youth and inex-
perience of her representatives. None of her men had
received more than nine months' training, while her
opponents were, with a few exceptions, members of the
senior class, with four years' experience.

The stock judging department was added to the
College of Agriculture at the State University two
years ago, W. J. Kennedy, who won the world's cham-
pionship for Iowa University in 1898, being put in
charge. Starting originally with a few dozen students,
the enrollment has rapidly expanded, the present at-
tendance of the various classes being 300. Since win-
ning the championship trophy over 250 students from
other institutions have written to Mr. Kennedy, sig-
nifying their intention of coming to Illinois, so that the
department, despite its facilities for handling large
classes, will probably be taxed to accommodate its
students. Letters have been received from seventeen
States, a number coming from New England, making
inquiries regarding the course of instruction, its cost
and the probabilities of putting the knowledge to
practical use.

There is a large demand for students from the de-
partment to fill places as stock buyers, and Mr. Ken-
nedy has a score of applications from responsible
houses for which he is unable to supply men. One
student who left the university last spring, after a
course of nine months, is receiving $2500 yearly as pur-
chasing agent for a stock yards firm. Another, who
cost his father $6000 in a stock buying venture, took a
course at the university and is now a successful stock
buyer.

The methods employed by Mr. Kennedy are of the
utmost practicability. There being little literature
upon the subject, the classes are drilled upon the actual
work of judging vailous animals, the stock being fur-
nished by breeders of fine stock in Champaign county.
The work in winter is done in the stock-judging room
of the new agricultural building, and in spring and
fall at the university farm. The hall is well heated
and lighted and has a tanbark floor. Tying arrange-

of dairy and beef cattle, and the types and breeds
of driving, draft and light horses, and methods of
training is an important part of the year's work. Much
attention is given to the compounding of rations, each
student being required to conduct a feeding experi-
ment upon either horses or beef cattle.

The class usually enjoys facilities for field work, the
university herds furnishing excellent material for com-
parative judging. During last winter classes were con-
ducted during the two weeks of a stockman's conven-
tion held at the university for the benefit of the farm-
ers of the state. Several hundred farmers attended
the meeting and showed an enthusiastic interest in the
work. They look upon the methods employed at the
university as practical from the standpoint of the
farmer and stockman.

Answers to Correspondents.

B. D., San Bernardino.— Please inform me through
your paper whether old Silkwood of Santa Ana, for
merly owned by Mr. Willets, is registered or not?

Answer.— Yes; in Volume 9 of the American Trotting
Register. His number is 12,326.

Dr. Kane, President of the New York Road Driver's
association at a dinner given by that organization re-
cently offered the following toast to the horse: "That
bundle of sentient nerves, with a heart of a woman, the
eye of a gazelle, the courage of a gladiator, the docility
of a slave, the proud carriage of a king, and the blind
obedience of a good soldier. The companion of the
desert and plain; that turns the moist furrow in the
spring, in order that all the world may have abundant
harvests; that furnishes the sport of kings; that, with
blazing eye and distended nostril, fearlessly leads our
greatest generals through carnage and the smoke of
battle to glory and renown; whose blood forms one of
the ingredients that go to make the ink in which all
history is written, and who, finally mutely and sadly
in black trappings pulls the humblest of us to the
newly sodded threshold of eternity."

Scott McCoy and his assistants are busy just now at
James Butler's East View Farm. One of the sensa-
tional mares of last year Hettie G. is going strong and
sound, and Directum Kelly is giving promise of being
able to race this year. Several youngsters by Direc-
tum Kelly are also showing great form, and some of
them will be campaigned.

Nutwood Wilkes will be a great brood mare sire.
Two three year olds out of his daughters are in train-
ing and both are very fast.

Green trotttrs that can go three heats in 2:20 ought
to win money enough in California this year to make
them profitable.

«

Some of the California horsemen that will go to
Denver may come back in time to race at the Breeders
meeting.

California should have one big stake each year for
green trotters. It would help the business wonder-
fully.

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Took a McMurray.
Det Bigelow looked around for a first class bike to
take East with him and help Tags 2:13 win a lot of
money, and while out|at Kenney the bikeman's at 531
Valencia street last Tuesday picked out a nice Mc-
Murray and thinks he has the best sulky he ever rode
in. Kenney sold two McMurrays last week to Hono-
lulu parties. One of them was selected by Dick Havey,
his instructions being to get a good one. As Mr.
Havey is a good judge of a bike his selection of the
McMurray for his friend is quite a compliment to that
make of sulky.

The New Memphis Trotting Track is a hundred feet wide, and if
this extreme width makes the stretches appear as short to the
horses as they do to the human eye, all the faint-hearted;horses in
the circuit will be breaking records over it this Fall. *

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[May 25, IS

When the Colts Begin to Come.

De groun'hog think he's mighty smart

An' crawl into his hole
De wedder profit h'ist his flag

An' say it gwi' be cold.
But I jes' sheds my undershirt

An' leabesoff camfer-rum
Fur I kno' de winter's busted

When de colts begin ter cum.

De ole mair kno' what she am 'bout;

She's bin to Nachur's skule —
De groun'-hog bawn down in a hole !

He's bleezter be a fool—
De ole mair am my allmernac,

De bureau am a bum
An' I sheds my eel-skin garters

When de colts begin ter cum.

You think she's got no better sense

Den jes' to go and bring
A thousand dollar colt here

Whar dey ain't no sign of spring"?

0 get out, Nigger, let me as
Whar all you fools are frum —

1 fix to plant my taters
When de colts begin ter cum.

An' Uncle Sam, ef he would go

Ah' turn dese donkeys out
An' buy a sow an' paein' mair

We'd nuver be in doubt.
Pur when de old sow makes her bed

De wedder's gwin ter hum,
But you kin bank on springtime

When de colts begin to cum !

John Trotwood Moore.

Eula Mac 2:174, $2700.

Enter in the Stanford Stake.

Read the Los Angeles announcement.

Hobhles will not be barred at Memphis.

Nearly $15,000 in purses at Los Angeles.

McKinney has nearly one hundred mares booked.

Jack W. 2:12}, will be on the circuit again this year.

The Napa association wiU not hold a fair this year.

See the P. C. T. H. B. A. list of $1000 stakes on
page 13.

Entries for the Oakley Park meeting close next
Saturday.

John Blue purchased the "Honolulu horse-' for
$1800 it is claimed.

A two year-old by Bingen 2:06 } was sold in Maine
recently for $4,000.

Golden Gate Park Driving Association races next
Thursday at Tanforan.

Tags worked a mile in 2:11! at the Woodland track
before being shipped East by Det Bigelow.

Lida W. 2:18}, the dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:164, is
thought to be certainly in foal to Zombro 2:11.

Osito 2:134 will be out this year again and will be en-
tered in the 2:14 class at the Breeders meeting.

Aleen 2:15|, holder of the trotting record over a
Canadian half-mile track, is to be tried as a pacer.

Fitz Lee 2:13} started in a race at the Butchers' pic-
nic last Wednesday, but did not make a good showing.

McKinney will be mated with more mares than any
stallion in California this year and Diablo will be next.

Jack Groom will soon leave Alameda for Sacramento
with the Diablo pacer Sir Albert S., owned by William
G. Layng.

Vallejo has raised $1000, and Sacramento $1200 to
induce the "Breeders" to come to those towns with its
meetings.

Andy McDowell is at the Charter Oak track, Hart-
ford, with J. H. Bronson's stable of horses including
Coney 2:02|.

The Abbot 2:03} wears seven ounce shoes in front,
and in the spring a two ounce toe weight is put on and
used until the races begin.

Alta Vela 2:15}, is in S. A. Hooper's hands at Wood-
land. The Electioneer stallion looks good and should
step a little better than his record this year.

Walter Masten is working John A. 2:12} at Wood-
land and the son of Wayland W. is going better than
ever, although he has not had any fast work yet.

Boydello 2:14}, in Ed Lafferty's string, has not shown
the least symptom of lameness in the ankle joint that
was wrenched last year and is taking his regular work.

Riley B. 2:06} and Blondie Redwood 2:11 are matched
for a purse at the Rich Hill, Mo., track, June 19th.
The race will be best two in three, the winner to take
all the money.

Seth Griffin, the famous track builder, reports that
he will finish the Memphis track proper by the first of
June, but the building and fences will not be completed
until a month or so later.

Murray Howe, of Memphis, Tenn., reports that he
has made arrangements with eleven railroads center-
ing in Memphis for special rates on horses to and from
the Memphis meeting this fall.

The annual meeting of the members of the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association will be held
at 36 Geary street, Monday, June 11th, at 8 o'clock
P. M. Every member should be present.

A number of well bred mares and driving horses are
to be sold by William G. Layng at the Occidental
Horse Exchange June 5th. They are from the Yerba
Buena farm of Henry Pierce near San Jose.

A. F. Anderson has transferred his interest in the
Pleasanton race track to the Pleasanton Training
Track Association. Mr. Anderson is one of the prin-
cipal stockholders in the above named company.

Santa Anita Maid 2:20 and Neerana, a green mare by
Neernut 2:12}, are now owned by a Cleveland, Ohio,
gentleman, who purchased them last month from
Walter Maben and Joe Desmond of Los Angeles.

Hazel Kinney has dropped a bay filly by Stam B.
There is lots of speed in the pedigree of this little miss.
Her sire's record is 2:11}, her grandsire's 2:074. Her
dam's record is 2:09} and the record of her dam's sire is
2:11}.

Sagwa 2:13}, the horse that was to beat all the fast
ones last year but didn't, has been shifted to the pace,
and goes without hopples. He is in Thomas W.
Lawson's string at Baltimore that James Gatcomb is
training.

Owners of large draft stallions in Salinas valley are
reaping a harvest this year. There is a craze among
the farmers on the subject of breeding and many of the
owners of stallions in public stud are refusing to book
any more mares.

Stam B. 2:11}, who is being handled by Hi Hogoboom
at Sacramento, stepped a quarter in 314 seconds two
weeks ago to-day. As Stam B. is in the stud and has
not been worked to speak of this shows that his great
speed is natural.

The Goshen, New York Driving Club has again
broken the record for the largest list of entries for a
half-mile track meeting. A total of 280 entries has
been received for nine events, or an average of over
thirty-one to each race.

This is the season of the year when a bottle of Vita
Oil is a necessary article in every training stable. It
will prevent muscular soreness when applied in time,
or will cure it. Many aches and pains crn be cured in
man or beast by Vita Oil.

A good green trotting mare that is credited with a
half in 1:07 and a quarter in 314 seconds is Mary P. by
Alexander Button. She is owned by Mr. Proctor, a
fruit farmer of Woodland and is being trained by
Mativia at the track in that town.

We have received a picture of a handsome mare with
a foal by her side taken away up at Victoria, B. C.
The mare is Fanny Putnam 2:13, owned by W. J.
Stevenson of that city, and the foal is a colt by Tenny-
sonian 32545, son of Electricity and Swift by Sidney.

There are many three year old trotters and pacers
in training in California this year and associations
giving race meetings should provide for them. Los
Angeles has done well by offering $600 for the three
year olds of each class. Two good races should result.

Frank Bogash (p) 2:03} is showing great form this
spring. Jas. Golden has him; also Farris 2:12} by
Anteeo. Farris is also in good form and looks to be
good in his class. At the September meeting at Hart-
ford Farris was a close second to Charley Herr the
first heat of the 2:10 trot in 2:10.

Mr. C. K. G. Billings is building a very unique win-
ter training stable at the new trotting track in Mem-
phis. The stable proper forms three sides to a square,
it will accommodate thirty trotters and coach horses,
and the center will be fitted up as a tan bark arena in
which the latter will be schooled.

At Marcus Daly's famous Bitter Root Farm, Hamil-
ton, Mont., Joe Rea is now schooling fifty-seven
youngsters, mostly the get of Prodigal 2:16, Ponce de
Leon 2:13 and Milroi. Of these forty-nine are two-
year-olds, of which twenty-four are by Prodigal, eight
by Ponce de Leon and nine by Milroi.

Trainer Henry Titer says Arion 2:07} has nine in
the list and fifteen others which he has timed from
2:15 to 2:20, out of a total of seventy foals. One of the
best of the family that is likely to be seen in public
this season is San Telmo, which showed a heat in
2:12} last season, and which John Riley is training at
Mystic Park.

New Richmond, the gray colt whose name appears
in the entry lists of several of the slow pacing classes
over East, is by Brown Hal 2:124, dam Jewess, a sister
to Arrow 2:13} and Elwood 2:17} by A. W. Richmond,
second dam the great broodmare Crichton's First by
Crichton, son of Glencoe. He is owned by William
Gerst, Nashville, Tenn., and worked a mile in 2:09 last
August.

Mrs. Geo. Woodard owns a three year old stallion by
Alexander Button out of Viola by Flaxtail that she
has named Alexander Woodard. He is a big, fine
looking horse and shows speed. His dam Viola is the
dam of Vidette 2:16, Vileria 2:19, Sacramento Girl
2:30 and Violin 2:12, the fastest mare in Honolulu.
Daughters of Viola have produced five with standard
records.

I. Mulholland, the owner of Osito 2:134, has added
the pacing mare Edna R. to his string and will enter
her in the 2:13 class this year. The Year Book gives
Edna R.'s record at 2:11}, made at San Jose last
October, which would bar her from this class, but in
the report sent to the Breeder and Sportsman
from San Jose her fastest heat was 2:13. While the
Year Book's summary is marked with the official
single star, we incline to the opinion that it is wrong,
and that Edna R's record is not 2:11} but 2:13, and
that she is therefore eligible to the 2:13 class. It is to
be hoped that the question will be settled before any
trouble arises over it.

Although John R. Gentry has been one of the busie
campaigners on the turf and has served but few marc
he is looming up as a progenitor of speed. Last ye
one of his sons, Gentry's Treasure, took a record
2:10, and another, Jim Ramey, a record of 2:10}. F;
a yearling filly by him, a square gaited trotter, an off
of $1500 was recently refused.

There is a yearling pacer at the Salinas track th
attracts much attention. He is by Dietatus out
Salinas Maid 2:30 by Junio, second dam by Can
Mambrino. Jimmy Dwain has been breaking t',
youngster and the speed shown by the colt is said
be sensational. William Vanderhurst is his owner aii
expects him to develop into a race horse.

One of the fastest workouts reported was at Loui
ville a few days ago, when Ed Geers, with Lord Deri
2:074, and George Spear, with Sphinx S. 2:09}, set o
to go a mile in company. The mile was in 2:22, la
half in 1:084, last quarter in 32} seconds and the la
eighth in 14} seconds. As Lord Derby finished th
mile at a clip below the two-minute rate, it looks as I
after The Abbot, he may be the sensational trotter
the year. The Abbot has not been asked to go vei
fast yet, but has been a mile in 2:28, last quarter in ;
seconds.

Secretary Murray Howe w rites that he is more ths
delighted with the new track at Memphis and its loc
tion and feels confident of great success. The cone
tions are such that all the best horses will be attract
and hopples will not be barred. He says: "The tra<
is 100 feet wide, and if this extreme width makes tl
stretches appear as short to the horses as they do
the human eye, every faint hearted horse in the Ci
cuit will be breaking records over it this fall." C. ]
G. Billings is building a unique winter training stab
at the new track. The stable proper forms three sid
of a square, and it will accomodate thirty trotters ai
coach horses. In the centre will be a tan bark arei
for training and schooling purposes.

On the day that the late Wm. E. Spier, form
owner of Robert McGregor, died, Geo. H. Keteham
Toledo was at his farm superintending the erection
a monument to the horse. This monument is of Mi
souri red granite, 7} feet high, 64 feet wide, and 14
thickness, and weighs six tons. It was donated to M
Keteham by St. Francis de Sales church people, ai
was a stone intended for use in the foundation of the
new church edifice. The inscription on this stoi
reads as follows:

Robert McGregor.

"Monarch of the Home Stretch."

Foaled 1871. Died 1891.

A Sire of Race Horses.

Says the Salinas Journal: "James B. Iverson
sold to Dr. Ward of San Francisco a handsome,
matched team of young carriage horses, The 1
was recently broken by F. M. Hammett and "sh
up" so as to fill the eye of the most critical horse
noisieur. They are a pair of bays, clean limbed, stan
ing 16.1 hands and high-gaited, with speed enough f
any ordinary road requirements. Theo are both 1
Mr. Iverson's Electioneer stallion Eugineer 20450. Oi
is a gelding, five years, out of a mare by Steinway Ji
and the other is a mare, six years old, out of Jennie 1
the thoroughbred Kingston, a son of imported He
cules: The animals were shipped to their new own
In charge of Mr. Hammett. The price paid for tl
team was $500."

Bert Webster has taken a string of Chas. Griffitt
horses from Pleasanton to the San Jose track. BonD
D'rect 2:05} heads the string and with him are Re
2:16}, Domino, a green pacer, a Diablo colt and Flyii
Jib. Tommy Murphy, the well known horseshoe
drove Flying Jib from San Francisco to San Jose f
Mr. Griffith. It is a fifty mile drive and Murphy mai
it in four hours and a half, including a short stop
Palo Alto. He says the Jib never drew a long brea
during the trip and arrived at the San Jose trac
looking as if he had only been out for a jog. M
Webster will work the horses in his string for spa
preparatory to his Eastern trip. They are all in goi
shape and the San Jose track is in perfect condition f
fast work.

Det Bigelow, who for years trained and drove tl
horses belonging to the late Geo. Woodard, and w
knows all this horses belonging to the Woodard esta
was in the office last Tuesday and was asked abou
breeding of Geo. T. Bennett, better known a
Honolulu horse, in regard to which there has
some dispute. Bigelow says there is no doubt o
breeding: that the horse is by Alex Button, first
Maggie McMahon by Cresco 4908, second dam Ant
Laurie 2:30 by Echo, fourth dam Black Swan by Ca
fornia Ten Broeck, fifth dam by Davy Crockett.
Proctor, of Woodland, has a two year old full bro
to the Honolulu horse, and Chas. Langenour of
same place has a full sister, which he will brea)
Diablo this year. The two year old is a handsome
and the filly is also a good looker. Geo. T. Ben:
was taken to Denver by John Blue, who will eampj
him.

The Western Horseman says of the horse Boodli
son of Boodle that was taken East last year by B.
Van Bokkelen: "The man who is lucky enoug!
buy the green trotting gelding, Boodler, at the B:
land Blue Ribbon sale, next week, will get one of
greatest prizes of the year, as he is undoubtedly oni
the handsomest as well as fastest green ones
United States. In his first race last year, when
and out of condition, he was timed separately in
and, shortly afterward, went an easy mile in 2:15,
in 1:05 and a quarter in thirty seconds. Jay Cri
field, Charlie Doble and W. L. Snow, all of whom d:
him at different times last season, prophesy that he
trot in 2:10 this year. He was started in a few r:
to educate him last season, and has had a slow
careful preparation this spring at the hands of th
veteran trainer, John Hussey, and is in the pink
condition to train on and win the money. He is w
entered in the Grand Circuit."

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THE SADDLE.

American and English Earnings Compared.

The exodus of so many prominent turfmen with
their horses to England is at present the most talked
of subject in turf circles and the question of the rela-
tive profit of racing in England and America is being
discussed in every training centre in the country.
Eagerly the unsophisticated are drinking in the stories
of the marvelous chance of winning millions on the
Epsom Downs and Newmarket Heath and it is useless
to predict that many will return from their season
across the pond much the wiser and much the poorer
for their experience. Of course, expenses cut a small
figure with men of the wealth of James R. Keene and
W. C. Whitney, but the small fry who count their
possessions by the thousands instead of by the millions
are the ones who may have cause to regret that they
did not stay and race their stables at home. Racing
in England is an expensive luxury. R. Ten Broeek,
the pioneer American turfman in racing abroad, lost
everything except his Kentucky estate after English
turf honors and in the face of the fact that hi6 horses
earned the sum of $197,765 in that country. The ex-
penses in the year he raced there were even more than
this and he returned to this side to raise money by
selling Hurstboume, his elegant country home in the
Bluegrass State. The late Milton H. Sanford was a
heavy loser on his English racing venture and it is a
question, notwithstanding his many successes, if Pierre
Lorrilard has not spent more than he has taken in by
racing abroad.

A careful study of the American racing guides and
the English turf calendars reveals the fact that a good
race horse is a good piece of paying property in his
own country. England has seen racing for two cen-
turies and turf sports flourished in the Old "World a
hundred years before the promulgation of the Declara-
tion of Independence. Still in all this period only 22
horses have won $100,000 or over on the turf in that
country, "and one of these was an American bred per-
former. Still another would not' get into the charmed
circles had he not won the Grand Prix at Paris. On
the other hand 15 performers have won $100,000 or
more on the American turf, and thus, with over a cen-
tury's start in breeding, England has little the best of
us in big winners. Below the $100,000 line our average
is better than England's. For example, Hamburg may
be cited, who earned but $62,453 during his career on
the turf, an amount below that won by 49 other Ameri-
can horses. Still it exceeds the turf winnings in Eng-
land of the much-talked-of Isonomy, Galopin and Don-
caster, and is over $20,000 more than was earned on the
turf by the Derby winner, imp. St. Blaise. Take our
own Iroquois, who won the Derby and St. Leger, and
who figures among England's $100,000 winners, and we
have 15 performers that won more money in America
than the son of imp. Leamington captured in the old
world. Coming down to big races, England has never
had a Derby as valuable as the Chicago "World's Pair
Derbv, won by Boundless, in 1863, which was worth
$50,000 to the winner. The Futurity, not in one but in
several years, has been worth more than any two year
old race ever run in England.

The table of 50 large winners of American racing
history furnishes a means of comparison of the win-
nings of American and English horses, and America's
showing is a grand one. Fifty horses have won the
enormous sum of $4,567,683. It is worthy of note that
our horses have raced longer and run a great many
more races than the English stars, who have generally
been retired in the zenith of their fame. England can
point to no horse like Kingston, who raced successfully
up to ten years of age and then went into the stud
and in the second season his get raced led the winning
sires of his country. The American list shows two
world's records. Domino won more money as a two-
year-old than any colt or filly of that age in any
country and Raceland won more money than any geld-
ing in the world. As to La Fleche and Sea Breeze,
they are the only performers that have won more
money than our own Miss Woodford and Firenzi, both
of which led such stars of the Old World as Achieve-
ment, Jannette and Formosa in this respect. Iroquois
and imp. Rayon d'Or are the only $100,000 winners
that have sired horses that won $100,000 or more on
the American turf, the former getting Tammany and
the latter Banquet. In the matter of $100,000 winners
St. Simon, as a sire, is in a class by himself, he having
to his credit La Fleche, Persimmon, St. Frausquin and
Diamond Jubilee. Isonomy, who sired Isinglass and
Sea Breeze, is the only other English sire who ever got
two winners of $100,000 or over. Ormonde and his son
Orme are the only two winners of this high sum that
have sired winners of $100,000 or over, Flying Fox
being by the latter. Ormonde is also the only unbeaten
horse in this list of big winners in either England or
this country.

Cripples Scientifically Treated.

[E. C. Walker in Trotter and Pacer. May 16-1
Sometimes a game cripple, scientifically treated, beats
the sound horses. This was the case in the Metropoli-
tan Handicap race, of one mile run, last Saturday at
Morris Park and won by Banaster in 1:42. The four-
year old Contestor, who was only beaten a head by
Banaster, was the subject of special and peculiar care,
by his veteran trainer "Welden. A Morris track re-
porter states: "For four hours every day during the
last week Wyndham Walden had Contestor's near
fore leg oackedin ice to the knee to keep it from failing
before the Metropolitan, and for two hours while the
leg was being treated a man stood beside the Galore
colt with a steam apparatus spraying his nostrils with

a solution of carbolic acid, glycerine and bicarbonate
of soda. The ice was used to keep down the inflamma-
tion in a tendon ruptured last fall and the spray for an
attack of chronic catarrh."

Contestor is described as a strapping big fellow, six-
teen hands two inches in height, with heroic propor-
tions. Contestor's troubles began two years ago jhis
month, when he caught a severe cold, which developed
into chronic catarrh. This catarrh made him thick
winded, and last spring, when he was at his best, he
could not run farther than seven furlongs except on
very dry or very warm daj s.

Referring to the winner, the reporter writes:
"Banastar is commonly regarded as the meanest horse,
except Onondaga, his maternal grandsire, that ever
looked through a bridle. Chewing up stable boys used
to be his morning diversion, and long ago it became
necessary to feed him with a long handled oat scoop
through a hole in the wall. It takes three men with
bull whips to get him out on the track to work morn-
ings. After he gets there, however he runs. He is a
regular wild horse. He represents the only potent
branch of the once incomparable Leamington family,
and the reason is that he is closely inbred to the great
Faugh-a-Ballagh stallion. His sire Farandole, was by
Enquirer, who was by Leamington, and his dam, Bles-
sing was by Onondaga, who was by Leamington. The
pedigree sharps say that this inbreeding, which has
given him his great speed, is also responsible for his
meanness."

It will be remembered that Banastar won a fortune
for his owner, the late William H. Clark, founder of
Empire City Park, when he won the Brooklyn Handi-
cap. Mr. Clark lost it all a few weeks later when Ban-
astar was left at the post in the Suburban. It was
said that the horse bolted because his jockey, Maher,
beat him over the head with a whip for refusing to
break with the field. Last Saturday, Jockey Odom
showed the power of kindness by patting and coaxing
Banastar, who started kindly at last, and Odom was
rewarded by riding him to victory.

"We cannot agree with the pedigree sharps in ascrib-
ing Banastar's bad temper to Leamington, who acted
very cleverly when we saw him at Chestnut Hill Farm,
near Philadelphia, in 1875, having accompanied our
friend the late R. B. Conklin there to inspect him.
Mr. Conklin then owned the thoroughbred mare Grace
Rogers by Ringdove, and we advised him to breed her
to Leamington. The lucky Long Island trotting horse
breeder thought that the stallion was rather leggy
and washy, being a horse of the finest quality, and
finally bred Grace Rogers to the great trotting sire
Volunteer. The produce proved it was a mesalliance,
as "Volunteer had not enough knee and hock action to
get trotters from thoroughbred mares.

SADDLE NOTES.

Racing will probably continue at the Oakland track
until about the middle of June.

The victory of R. T. "Wilson Jr.'s crack colt, The
Parader, in the classic Withers Stakes at Morris Park
was of such a nature that all turfmen are discussing it.
The Parader's time, 1:42}, was phenomenal, consider-
ing the heavy going and the fact that the handsome
son of Longstreet was not extended. It was not
stretching things to say that turfmen generally look
upon The Parader as one of the finest three-year-olds
that has ever been turned out. The colt is a big, pow-
erful looking animal, though he is clearly cut and is
the typical thoroughbred. He comes from a noted
family of blue-blooded racers and apparently is con-
scious of the fact that his present mission on the turf
is to uphold the reputation of his ancestors.

Kinley Mack will not go to the post in the Brooklyn
this year. It is reported that the horse's legs have
filled out so badly that he can walk with difficulty.
Trainer "Wimraer, however, hopes to have him in
shape for the Suburban. With Kinley Mack and
Ethelbert both out of the Brooklyn much of the inter-
est in this rich event will be lacking.

At the first blood stock sale of the season, held at
Newmarket, England, the American bred chestnut colt
King's Courier, 4 years, by Kingston-Stylitene, was
sold to Lord Ellesmere for $27,083. The horse is pro-
nounced by the London Field to be the "handsomest
thoroughbred in training." His engagements include
the Epsom Cup, the Ascot Cup and the Alexandra
Plate.

Before the races at Louisville on May 9, J. J Mc-
Cafferty disposed of thirteen horses for a total of
$7625. Andronicus was bought by G. Brown for $1050,
J. S. Gilmore got Fleuron for $1000, and Starter Curly
Brown paid $1000 for the two-year-old Merrymaker.
Lady Breton, a two-year-old, realized $875; the two-
year-old Dodie S. and old Pat Garrett $700 each, while
Himtime, the once great sprinter, went to "W. L. Haze-
lip for $650. Mr. Hazelip also got a two-year-old filly,
Winnifred Norwood, for $525.

A ringer was foisted on the crowd at the Oakland
track Wednesday at the Butchers' races. The old
gelding Perhaps was "rung" under the name of John
Brown in the vaquero's race and won easily.

R. E. de B. Lopez has had the misfortune to lose by
death a two year old colt by imp. Clieveden out of imp.
TJtter, the dam of Articulate. The colt was very
promising and had worked a quarter in 23 seconds.

It is reported that Frank Ehret has secured an
option on Frank Van Meter's His Eminence for $20,000.
In Frankfort, Ky., they say that Mr. Ehret will send a
representative to examine the recent winner of the
Kentucky Derby. John E. Madden is also reported to
have secured an option on Van Meter's promising two-
year-old. Cold Stream, for a price not far from
$10,000.

A movement has been started by blue grass turfmen
to petition the next Kentucky Legislature to pass a
racing bill to regulate the sport in Kentucky. A bill
is already being prepared. It will be fashioned after
the Percy bill of New York, which will provide a State
Commission to control racing and will allow thirty days
only to each track.

Robert Waddell, "Virginia" Bradley's three-year-
old gelding by Aloha-Virgic, ran a sensational race
from a time standpoint at the Worth track May 11th.
The little brown horse had older horses as competitors
and was conceding weight to such good ones as Ohnet,
Ben Chancej Andes, and Frangible in a mile and an
eighth race. Bradley's little black rider, Seaton, had
the mount, a youngster who, although he has im-
proved, can hardly do justice to Waddell. Andes
made the pace to the half-mile, Ohnet second, and
Waddell third. At that point both Waddell and
Ohnet moved up and, rounding into the stretch, Wad-
dell was in front, with Dominick on Ohnet at his
throatlateh, working hard to obtain the lead. But a
little shaking up on the part of Seaton kept Waddell
in front, and he soon won without scarcely turning a
hair The time hung out was 1 :52 4-5, within a second
and three-fifths of the record for the distance estab-
lished by Watercure at Brighton last June. Water-
cure was then a three-year-old, and carried two pounds
less than Waddell carried Wednesday. The fractional
time for the race was: Eighth, 0:13; three-eighths,
0:36 3-5; five-eighths, 1:01 4-5; seven-eighths, 1:27. The
first mile of the race was run in 1:40 3-5, and the mile
from stand to stand in 1:39 4-5 — a remarkable perform-
ance for the track and the day, and one that stamps
Waddell as the best of the three-year-olds of the
West. The performance of the Bradley horse was the
talk of the track. After the race Charlie Ellison, the
plunger, hurried to the paddock and offered Mr.
Bradley $12,000 for the horse, $2,000 more than he was
willing to pay two days before. The offer was de-
clined1! Mr. Bradley believes he has in Robert Wad-
dell the winner of the American Derby, to be run at
Washington Park on June 22. The little brown son
of Aloha is a pet of not only the Bradleys, but of the
employes of the Virginian's stable. He is named for
the youthful son of a New York friend of the owner.

It would appear as if August Belmont's sprinter,
Amicitia, winner of the Fashion Stakes, bids fair to
stand in the front rank of the two-year-olds. The
most remarkable thing about the victory was her fre-
quent attempts to run away, which under ordinary
circumstances would serve to take all the speed and
staying qualitiy out of many youngsters. After using
up much time and strength in this manner Amicitia
was still able to win by a head, even though it was
necessary for her jockey to ride clear around three of
the leaders when half way down the stretch in order
to get through. Until another more powerful two-
year-old filly appears Amicita is bound to have much
loyal support.

Another American jockey has gone to England.
This time it is Nash Turner. He has contracted to
ride for Mr. William C. Whitney, and will have the
leg up on all his horses when he can do the weight.
When Turner arrives there he will make the eleventh
American jockey on English soil, the lot including
Sloan, the two Reiff boys, Jenkins, Maher, two Waldo
brothers, Buchanan, P. McDermott and Rigby, quite a
representative crowd of Americans. All told they are
upward of two dozen Americans in Europe, McJoynt,
Freeman, Cochrane and Ballard being in France, Cash
Sloan in Russia, and Taral, Doggett, Sims, Hamilton,
Morgan, Jones, Ross Mclntyre and Gray in Austria.
The demand for American riders in European countries
in prima facie evidence that our lads have something
on the foreigners somewhere. In Turner this country
will lose one of the best riders it ever had. He is a
master horseman when at his best. As a finisher it is
doubtful if there is a rider here can hold him, and his
judge of pace is good. An illustration of his worth
can be cited when he rode Smile a few days ago at
Morris Park. He simply nursed a beaten horse home.
Smile looked to be second best a quarter of a mile
from the finish, but Turner's masterly work told the
story. If Mr. Whitney has any horses which need a
strong rider to draw out their true ability, he could
not have made a better selection than Turner. — 7Y". Y.
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The California Inanimate Target Association.

The ninth tournament of the State Association will
be held to-day and to-morrow at the Ingleside trap
shooting grounds.

A few lines in tne nature of a historical summary
concerning the association may not prove uninterest-
ing to those of our readers who have a love for sport
with the shot gun.

On the evening of Saturday, June 29, 1895, delegates
from twelve gun clubs, together with other sports-
men, met at the rooms of the Olympic Gun Club in this
city and completed tho organization of the California
Inanimate Target Association which had been com-
menced at the first meeting held on the 27th of June.
The objects of the association were to promote
acquaintance and goodfellowship among sportsmen,
create better skill in trap shooting and to increase the
interest in local clubs throughout the State.

The officers elected were: President, Merton C.
Allen, Olympic Gun Club; Vice-Presidents, A. A.
Martin, Mill Valley Gun Club; E. Werner, Watsonville
Gun Club; George Ditz, Stockton Gun Club; Harry
Quinton, Lincoln Gun Club; Col. S. I. Kellogg, Empire
Gun Club; Secretary and Treasurer, George Schaefer,
Stockton Gun Club.

The initial tournament was held at the Oakland Race
Track October 5th and 6th. The shooting throughout
the meeting was not high class, but four men broke 15
straight in the individual events and only two broke
20 straight. J. W. Shiell broke 50 straight on the
first day. Chas. A. Merrill of Stockton won the in-
dividual high average prize, Jules Bruns was second,
Clarence Nauman third and J Karney fourth.

The iraps were pulled with a rope and about 14,000
blue rocks were used. The Gold Dust medal was won
by J. W. Shiell with C. C. Nauman second. The six
man team match for the Association trophy race, with
teams from ten gun clubs entered, was won by the
Stockton Gun Club on a score of 94 to 93 after shoot-
ing off a tie of 95 with the Olympic Gun Club team.
The individual championship diamond medal was won
by W. H. Seaver with 20 straight breaks. Dr. Barker
of San Jose was second and Jack Fanning ranked third.
In the Overland Monthly trophy race the Olympic and
Stockton teams of six men again tied on 95 breaks (out
of a possible 120) the Olympics won on the shoot off, 97
to 93. Nine gun clubs entered teams in this event. The
Clabrough handicap race was the concluding event of
the meeting. Shooters were handicapped from 1 to 5
birds each. The first prize, a Clabrough gun, was won
by E. L. Forster. A banquet at the Occidental Hotel
in the evening terminated the first tournament of the
association.

The second tournament was held at Stockton on
May 30 and 31, 1896. As far as the individual entries
in any one trap-shooting match was concerned this
meeting broke the world's record up to that time; 158
entries were made and 165 shooters took part in the
different events. About 85,000 blue rocks were used.
Martines Chick won the Gold Dust medal, scoring 20
straight and 17 on a tie. Fourteen teams contested for
the Overland Monthly trophy; a team from Los
Angeles won the trophy. Dr. Barker won the E. T.
Allen cup after shooting off the tie (20 straight) with
George Franzen. The individual championship medal
was captured by Geo. Hinkle (Sensaboy) 20 straight,
with Seaver second, who was scored a lost bird in the
race although many present claimed he ran the 20
straight. Martines Chick won an L. C. Smith gun in
the fourth event of the second day, Fanning, Shield
and Seaver tied for the Goleher trophy, the latter won
with 18 breaks. The club six-man team championship
trophy was won by the Olympic Gun Club. Len Haux-
hurst made the greatest run of breaks (62) and Shield,
Chick and Seaver were the three high average men.

The Garden City was selected for the third tourna-
ment and on October 4th and 5th 1896, 168 shooters
were present at the San Jose trap grounds. R. H. Mc-
Coy of Stockton won the Gold Dust medal. Dr. W. S.
George won the E. T. Allen cup. The Olympic Gun
Club team won the Overland Monthly trophy. C. J.
Haas, of Stockton, made 20 straight and won the in-
dividual championship medal, beating Hinekle on the
tie shoot off. F. B. Norton won the Goleher trophy.
The Olympic Gun Club won the association trophy.
C. C. Nauman was high average man.

The number of shooters participating at the fourth
tournament, May 30 and 31, 1897, field at the Pacific
Tournament grounds, Alameda Junction, was 140.
The winners of tfie principal events were: Individual
championship diamond medal, M. O. Feudner. Asso-
ciation team championship trophy, Los Angeles Gun
Club, 105 breaks. Gold Dust medal, O. N. Ralphs,
Los Angeles. The E. T. Allen trophy, E. E. Mason,
Los Angeles. Overland Monthly trophy, Los Angeles
Gun Club, 96 breaks. Goleher trophy, W. L. Steward,
of Marysville. Feudner, Mason and Chick were high
average men. The purses were divided under the
Rose system.

The fifth tournament was held at Del Monte Grove,
Monterey, September 18th and 19th, 1897, with 58
shooters in attendance. C. Leighton won the Allen
trophy, O. N. Ralphs the Gold Dust medal, Wm.
Varien the Goleher trophy, C. C. Nauman, the indi-
vidual championship medal, the Olympic Gun Club
team, the Overland Monthly, Association champion-
ship and Roos trophies.

At Ingleside, May 29th, 30th, 1898, the sixth meeting
v as held, 84 shooters participated. Otto Feudner won
the Gold Dust medal and the Allen cup. Olympic Club
aedal, O. M. Judy (Fox). Goleher cup, H. Justins, also

he Goleher individual trophy. Individual champion-
hip medal, C. C. Nauman. Association six man team

'•ophy, Olympic Gun Club, 110 breaks. Special prize

L. C. Smith gun, was won by "Chestnut." Feudner,
Nauman and Haight were high average men. A nigh
wind prevailed during the shooting on both days.

At Antioeh, May 29th, 30th, 1899, the seventh gath-
ering of the association members took place which is
memorable with pleasant reminiscences to many pres-
ent. The prize winners were: W. H. Seaver, Lincoln
'Gun Club trophy. Ed Schultz, Empire Gun Club
trophv. C. A. Haight, Allen cup. A. J. Webb, Gold
Dust medal. Dr. A. M. Barker, Garden City Gun Club
trophy. Garden City Gun Club team, Roos trophy.
Dr A. T. Hyde, Olympic Gun Club trophy. Jos Ross,
Goleher trophy. C. C. Nauman, individual champion-
ship medal, Garden City Club, Antioeh trophy.

During two rainy days, April 29th, 30th, 1900, at
Fresno, 104 shooters endeavored to break records at
the eighth tournament of the association. The
weather conditions prevented carrying out the program
as originally arranged. The winners of principal
prizes were: Fred Feudner. Empire trophy. W. H.
Varien, Lincoln trophy. Clarence Nauman, E. T.
Allen cup, individual championship medal (4th time)
and Gold Dust medal. Martines Chick, Garden City
trophv. Ed Feudner, Merced trophy. C. A. Merrill,
Olympic trophy, Dr. Barker, San Francisco trophy.
A. C. Hartley. Goleher cup. J. E. Vaughan, Fresno
trophy. M. O. Feudner, Match Box trophy. J. B.
McCutchan, Association trophy. Olympic Gun Club,
Roos trophy and Empire Gun Club, Antioeh Gun Club
team trophy.

The Red Bluff Tournament.

The fourth annual tournament of tfie Red Bluff Gun
Club on the 18th and 19th insts., according to the Red
Bluff Sentinel is claimed to be one of the most success-
ful and largest attended shoots ever held in the dorth-
ern part of the State. The attendance of sportsmen
was far in excess of anything ever seen north of San
Francisco. There was not one word of discord or
complaint, and the only regret of the local club is that
the slowness of the live bird shoot which was not fin"
ished till about 7 o'clock Sunday evening prevented
the team shoot, so that the trophy will remain in the
possession of the Chico team which won it last year un-
til the next annual shoot in Red Blnff.

The banquet was a very quiet and orderly affair and
was served in excellent style at the Imperial Hotel to
about 75 guests, Dr. Albright was toast master and
happy responses were made by many of the visitors
who had nothing but the highest praise for the tourna-
ment and their treatment in Red Bluff.

The sport at the grounds, which were in perfect order,
was high class and the championship was wrested from
J. H. Durst of Wheatland after a hard struggle be-
tween him, J. A. Bailey of Willows and J. E. Haugh.
After several birds had been killed in succession by the
three, Durst and Haugh both missed and the crowd
began to josh Bailey and they talked him out of win-
ning, as he missed the prettiest bird of the lot, so the
three began the struggle over again and when Durst
and Haugh missed again, Bailey dropped his bird and
won the medal amid the applause and congratulations
of all present. Durst was unfortunate, his gun got out
of order on two occasions one barrel jarred the other
off and his face was considerably bruised by the con-
cussion.

Among the sportsmen in attendance from other
places were the following: Willows — J. A. Bailey, C.
H. Branham. T. Ajax, C. Branham. J. R. Garnett,
Geo. Mellor, F. Burghi. Chico— V. O. Richards, J. O.
Sims. G. A. Johnson, J. J. Loshbough. Geo. Thomason,
L. W. Brooks, J. M. McManus, J. Brown, D. S. Salis-
bury, L. A. Mcintosh, C. Gilbert, W. H. Miller. Sac-
ramento— F. B. Adams, F. H. Ruhstaller, Dr. J. H.
Welden, A. B. Black, Frank Newbert, J. J. Vetter, J.
Gursto. Gottonwoon — Dr. T. D. Goodman, J. H. Hutch-
inson, Dr. S. H. Weitman, W. L. Rose, I N. Gould,
Albert Kueny. Gridlev— Thad Bolt, Wm. Harkey, J.
E. Haugh. Durham— A. E. Woods, G. W. Jones.
Green Valley— G. F. Zentgraf, L. R. Grubbs. Yuba
City — J. M. Hotchkiss. Marysville — J. Stewart. San
Francisco — W. H. Seaver, E. K. Darrin. Al Newbert,
A. L. Black. Redding— A. F. Dobrowsby, W. A.
Schroter, George Littlefield. Biggs — G. F. Ditzler.
Keswick — Ben Parker, J. M. Kolb, Joe Flynn, A. D.
Joslin, W. P. Thomas. Wheatland— J. H. Durst.
Shasta — Dr. Edgecomb. In a great measure the suc-
cess of the tournament is due to the splendid manage-
ment by the committee composed of Dr. F. H. All-
bright, J. H. Bradley and E. F. Lennon.

The Gold Dust cup was won by Frank Newbert of
Sacramento in a tie shoot off with "Ajax," Ruhstaller,
Kolb and Thomasson. The nearest score to 55 per
cent, in the three blue rock shoots on Sunday was
made by J. R. Garrett of Willows, who made 31 out of
55 targets and he was given the rifle prize donated by
a wholesale house of this city. Mr. Zentgraf wa's
awarded the medal button for the best average during
Sunday's shooting. The blind prize, a gun case, went
to Dr. T. D. Goodman.

The moneys were well divided and Red Bluff fared
nicely compared with other places, Arthur Johnson
being first in the live birds, Lange and Winters being
second in Saturday's blue rock shoot, Rambo being
second Sunday with Lange first in the third event
Sunday and Epperson third.

Two events were on the card for the first day; these
were followed by pool shooting. At 1 o'clock P. M. on
Saturday, thirty-two shooters faced the set of five
traps for the —

First event, Field shoot, 20 blue rocks, purse S45,
$20, $15 and $10: entrance $1— T. D. Goodman 13, I. N.
Gould 16, E. J. Weldon 14, A. Woods 15, W. H. Seaver
19, W. A. Shroter 19, F. J. Ruhstaller 16, F. B. Adams
15, L. R. Grubb 14, J. H Bradley 12, F. Fish 13, A.
Kuehnev 12, G. A. Johnson 19, Loshbrough 10, Rich-
ards 18," Bailey 16, J. Hutchinson 7, G. W. Jones 14,
Ed Johnson 17, J. H. Durst 18, Dobrowsky 19, J. E.
Haugh 15, Newbert 19, Zentgraf 16, A. L. B'laek 16, F.

Lange 18, L. Winter 18, Hotchkiss 17, D. Salisbury 15,
Thomason 16, Epperson 15, W. Rose 16. W. H. Seaver,
San Francisco; A. F. Dobrowsky and W. A. Shroter,
Redding; F. N. Newbart and G. A. Johnson, Chico,
each broke 19 and divided first money. J. H. Durst,
Wheatland; Fritz Lange and Lou Winter, 18 each,
divided second money. Ed Johnson, J. M. Hotchkiss,
Yuba City; G. W. Thomason, Chico, 17 each, divided
third money.

Second event, Merchandise shoot, 20 blue rocks, en-
trance $1 — Bradley 15. Haugh 13, Durst 12, Hutchin-
son 10, Gould 8. Fish 11, Weldon 15, Newbert 17, Grubb
10, Sawyer 13, Jones 14, Rose 16, Johnson 16, Losh-
brough 15, Richards 17, Kuehney 9, Winters 15, Bailey
16, Lange 17, Goodman 10, Black 17, Woods 12,
Ruhstaller 13, Zentgraf 15, Adams 15, Dobrowsky 16,
Hotchkiss 19, Schroter 17, Salisbury 15, Thomason 16,
Epperson 15, *Seaver 19, *Newbert 18. J. M. Hotch-
kiss, Yuba City, with 19, won first prize, the $10 fly
rod. V. C. Richards of Chico, with 17, won second
prize, the $7.50 gun case, in shoot off. G. A. Johnson
of Chico, with 16, won third prize, the S5 hunting coat,
in shoot off. Boone Epperson, 15 breaks, fourth prize,
$3.50 shell ease, in shoot off. G. W. Jones of Durham,
fifth prize, $2.50 cleaning outfit, with a score of 14.

Sunday. First event. Field shoot, 20 blue rocks,
purse $35, $20, $10 and $5, entrance $1 — Hotchkiss 16,
G. W. Jones 12, J. Flynn 11, Schroter 14, Kolb 19,
Joslyn 16, Garnett 11, "Ajax" 18, S. C. Salisbury 7, G.
A. Johnson 15, D. G. Salisbury 11, Mellor 6, Beuthe 14,
Winters 15, Wilson 12, Vetter 16, McManus 12, Gould

15, Newbert 18, Weldon 16. Durst 17, Epperson 13,
Bolt 8, Kenney 12. Gilbert 11, J. Hutchinson 6, C.
Rambo 13, Bailey 15, A. E. Wood 6, C. Branham 13,
Dobrowsky 15, Thomas 15, Parker 16, H. Branham 17,
J. Brown 7, J. B. Higgins 6, L. W. Brooks 15, G. W.
Thomas 19, Burgi 13, Lange 13. Bradley 12, Fish 12,
Gusto 16, Haugh 11, Rose 16, Harkey 6, Zentgraf 17,
Ruhstaller 16, J. W. Stewa,t 16, Loshbough 11, Ditzler

16, Goodman 13, Richards 14, L R. Grubbs 13.

First money was divided by Kolb and Thomason.
"Ajax" and Newbert divided second and third money
was cut up between Durst, Zentgraf and H. Branham.

Second event, 20 blue rocks, purse $90. ($40, $25, $15
and $10); entrance $2.50. The Gold Dust Cup contest
also counted in this event. Entrance $1.00. Winner
to receive one-third of entrance money and two-thirds
of next — Goodman 10, C. Branham 17, Durst 13, Ajax
18, Garnett 10, Bailey 17, Newbert 18, Vetter 14, Zent-
graf 16, Gilbert 16, Miller 17, Richards 14, Schroder 12,
Joslyn 16, Parker 15, Bradley 13, Lange 11, Steward

15, Thomasson 18. A. Wilson 12, Burgi 17, Rose 12,
*Seaver 17, *Gould 13, Hutchinson 10, Grubb 13, N.
Gould 17, H. Branham 12, Hotchkiss 14, J. Flynn 14,
Welden 17, Gusto 16, Ruhstaller 18, Johnson 15, Losh-
brough 13, Brooks 17, Dobrowsky 13, Thomas 15, Kolb
18. Winters 11, Epperson 14, Beuthe 12, Salisbury 16,
Rambo 17. Fish 13, G. W. Jones 15, Salisbury 12, *J6hn-
son 12. The winners were: First money — "Ajax,"
Newbert, Ruhstaller, Kolb, Thomason. Second — Bran-
ham, Gould. Bailey, Welden, Miller, Brooks, Rambo,
Burgi. Third — Gusto, ZentgraJ, Gilbert, Joslyn, Salis-
bury. Fourth — G. A. Johnson, Thomas, Parker,
Stewart, Jones.

Third event, 15 blue rocks, $100 offered by Frank J.
Ruhstaller of Sacramento, Douglas S. Cone and Bur-
ress and Epperson of Red Bluff; $50, $30, $20; entrance
$4— Epperson 12, Gould 11, Newbert 14, Zentgraf 13,
Vetter 11, Ajax 12, Johnson 13, Richards 12, Thomas-
son 14. Garnett 10, *Harkey 9, Wm. Rose 9, Schroeder

8, Joslyn 12, Thomas 10, F. Lange 14, J. Flinn 10,

* Rambo 9, Stewart 9, C. Branham 13, Ruhstaller 10,
Weldon 12, Gusto 12. Durst 9, Barham 12, Loshbrough
10. Burgi 14. Hotchkiss 13. Ed Johnson 10, Mellor 12,
Dobrowsky 12, Kolb 13, Parker 11, L. Winters 9,

* Seaver 14, * Goehring 7. The winners were: First
money — Newbert, Thomasson, Burgi, Lange. Second
— Branham, Zentgraf, Johnson, Hotchkiss, Kolb.
Third — Epperson, Weldon, Gusto, "Ajax," Barham,
Richards, Mellor, Dobrowsky. Joslyn.

Fourth event, 12 live birds. Purse $40. $25, $15,
Championship of Northern California medal, entrance
$2.50, birds extra —

Goodman 8, Hotchkiss 16, A. Johnson 12, Rushstaller

16, Adams *, *Gusto 6, Welden 12, Grubb 10, *Harkey
7, Garnett 11. Haugh 12, *Epperson 2, *Johnson 3,
*Simmons 8, *Salisbury 5, Schroter 11, Joslyn 10, *Kolb
3, *Lang 0, Mellor 5, *N. Gould 2, Hutchinson *, *Ajax
7. *Rose 4, Newbert 11, Vetter *, Durst 12, Zentgraft
10, Ditzler *, Bailey 12, *Bolt 3, Stewart 11, Burgil 11,
'Gilbert 7, Richards 11, Woods *, *Dobrowsky 4,
Thomas 11, C. Branham il, G W. Jones 16, Thomason

9. The winners of the money were: First — Arthur
Johnson, Durst. Weldon, Bailey, Haugh. Second —
Newbert, Garnett, Stewart, Burgi, Richards. Schroter,
Thomas, Branham. Third — Hotchkiss, Ruhstaller,
Zentgraf, Grubb, Joslyn, Jones.

.*

At the Traps.

On May 6th at Eureka, the Eureka, Blue Lake and
Scotia Gun Clubs held a blue rock shoot at Eureka. A
diamond medal was won by J. M. Carson of the Eureka
Gun Club, three men tied on low scores for the leather
medal. A perusal of the following scores shows in a
25 bird race, the creditable average of 17 and 17-20ths.
This average will compare very favorably with many
25 bird races held at Ingleside or Alameda Junction.

J. M. Carson 22, W. C. Elsemore 19, C. P. Soule 18,
Curtis Falk 19, H. F. Ferrill 19, -J. K, Dunford 17, G.
L. Roberts 18, I. R, Russ 19, Harry Kelly 18, Fred
Robinson 17, H. H. Buhne 16, L. J. Greenberg 21, L.
F. Puter 21, E. C. Pluke 16, Charles Falk 16, Can.
Young 17, G. A. Dungan 20, H. Schwab 15, C. J.
Janssen 15, J. H. Kingston 15.

The main attraction for shooters last Sunday was
the blue rock shoot of the Olympic Gun Club. That
the program offered was a popular one is shown in the
smashing of over 10,000 targets during the day. The
shoot was the biggest club affair given on the grounds
this year. The principal feature of the meeting was
the efforts of the shooters to secure gold or silver bars
for straight runs of 25 or 15 targets, respectively.
Thirty-four of the prized tokens were captured bjr the
following experts: Otto Feudner, 2 gold and 7 silver
bars; Ed Schultz, 1 gold and 2 silver bars; V. J. La

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Motte 1, H. Rieklefson 1, F. W. King 2, H. Justins 1,
[Dr. A. T. Derby 2, E. Kerrison 1, Jules Bruns 1. R. C.
[(Rosenberg 1, D. Daniels 1, E. Klevesahl 1, Fred Feud-

jner 2, "Pete Wilson" 3, A. M. Shields 1, A. J. Webb

(1, and W. J. Golcher, 2 silver bars each. The distribu-
tion of these prizes kept Colonel Harry Hosmer busy
liuntil he ran out of speeches and bars simultaneously.
iiThe scores in the various events follow:

| Club race, twenty-five targets —

iFeudner, Otto.t Hill 11011 mil Hill 11111—24

IlKlevesahl. E.f 11110 Hill mil mil mil— 34

■Golcher, W. J.t mil HOU mil mil 11101—23

Hwebb, a. J.t iom urn mil urn 11110—23

'iFeudner, Fredf 01111 11110 11111 11111 11111—23

Hschultz, Ed 11111 11101 10110 lull 11111—22

■Foster. Ed. L, 11011 10111 11111 11111 0U1I— 22

I Rieklefson. E Hill mil 10111 01111 mil— 23

llBancrott.P 01111 11011 mil 11101 11111-22

Bang f.w omi loon urn mio 11111—21

HFeudner, Ed 10010 10111 11010 11101 11111—19

liF'Slade"; Hill 10101 omo mil onoo— 19

(Shields, A.M.* 11011 11110 11011 00111 11110—19

(Shields, A. M 01101 11111 00111 11001 11111—19

■Schultz, E* 10111 01111 00101 11111 11100—18

•Sears, H. W : Mill 00111 11001 11101 10111—18

■Weil, A. L 10110 10100 01111 11111 01111—18

I Bancroft, P.* 01101 OHIO 11011 10011 01111—17

IlHosmer, H. o 00111 11001 10101 00111 10111—16

■. "George" 00111 11110 01111 01001 10000—14

■Oldman" 11011 00110 11011 00000 11101—14

|.(Jnger, M.E 10010 11111 10110 10000 00011—13

t,W. J 10100 10100 00100 11110 01011—13

I ^Silver bar. *Back score.

I Second, third and fourth events, 15 targets each-
Rosenberg 15*, 12, 9, Daniels 15*, 15*, 11; Ricklefson 15*,
' 14, 11; Schultz 15*, 14, 13; Bruns 15*; O. Feudner 14, 14,
14; Webb 14, 14, 12; Shields 14, 12; La Motte 14, 12, 10;
■Forster 14, 14, 13; Klevesahl 14, 14, 13; F. Feudner 14,
K3, 10; Debenham 14, 14, 12; Burnell 14; Haight 14, 13;
Ijaoyt 14, 10; "Pigeon" 14, 11; Iverson Is, 12, 11; Sears
[3, 13, 10; E. Feuener 13, 13, 11; "Slade" 13, 11, 11;
Ikauer 13, 10, 9; Karney 13: "Wilson" 13, 11, 10; Golcher
f2, 12, 10; Robertson 12, 12, 12; Smith 12, 9, 8; Me-
BOutchan 12, 10; Murdock 12; Derby 12, 12, 11: Kerrison
12; King 12, 10; Sanborn 12, 10, 8; Kerrison 12, 10;
■histins 12, 10; George 11, 9, 8; Wiel 11, 10; Hoag 11,
1 1; Reed 12, 11, 9; Scott 12, 11, 8; Gordon 9, Wirtner 8.
I Merchandise prize shoot, 25 targets — O. Feudner,*
EQevesahl, 24 each; King,* 23; Bruns, F. Feudner, Iver-
|ion, Daniels, 22 each; Robertson, Hoag, Webb, 21 each;
►Schultz, McCutehan, Debenham, Karney, 20 each;
1'Wilson, " Burnell, Derby, 19 each; Sanborn, Shields,
■Smith, Justins, Scott, E. Feudner, 18 each; Golcher,
Iticklefson, 17 each, Rosenberg, 16; Thomas, Kerrison,
5 each; Gordon, 14; Sweeney, 13; "Lobster," George,
■2 each; Lewis, 11.

t: The ties in the first six classes shot off in a "miss and
lout" for choice of prizes in the different classes,'the
■rinners were: First class — Klevesahl and Feudner;
Second class — King; third class — Daniels, Bruns and
Iverson; fourth class — Webb, Robertson and Schultz;
I-fth class — Schultz, Karney and Debenham; sixth
■lass — Burnell, Wilson and Derby.

In a "miss and out" for a special prize the scores
■rare: Schultz 16, Sweeney 8, F. Feudner 5, Shields 4,
■Wilson" 2, Gordon 2, George 0, Derby 0.
| In practice shooting at 25 targets a summary of the
laores is as follows, stars denoting the winning of gold
|r silver bars— O. Feudner 25*, 25* 24, 21, 16*, 15*, 15*
|5*, 15*, 16*. Ed Schultz 25* 24* 23, 23; Derby 24, 23,
|2*, 22, 15; Webb 24, 19; Wilson 24* 22, 22, 20; Hauer
13; Kerrison 22; McCutehan 22, 20, 15, 12; Sweeney 22,
ll, 21, 20, 17; Shields 22, 21, 21, 20, 20, 18, 18, 17; Riek-
lifson 22; Justins 22*, 21; Klevesahl 21; Debenham 21;
La Motte 21; Thomas 20, 18: Robertson 20, 18; Iverson
1 3, 17, 17; Reed 20; Haight 20; Hoag 20; George 19, 15,

■ 5; "Pigeon" 19, Olsen 18, 17, 15; Daniels 18; Hoyt 18,
■5; Scott 18; Rosenberg 18; Andres 17, 15, 12, 13;
I'wens 17; Wirtner 17, 13, 12; Smith 16; Hosmer 16, 13;
lanborn 16, 14; Wiel 15, 15; Knick 14. Many of the

looters failing to make straight runs withdrew and
■centered.

I The San Francisco Gun Club live bird shoot, coming
i week earlier this month, did not bring out the usual
attendance of pigeon shooters, the counter attraction

I I a big blue rock shoot in the adjoining field also kept
fcbird grassers" away. The birds supplied early in the
I ly were hummers and spoiled straight scores. Edgar
I orster, George Jackson and Clarence A. Haight made
i le only straight strings during the shoot. The scores
I ere as follows:

I Club race, 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise—

I ickson, G. H. T 11212 12222 12111—15

Iirster, E. L 11221 11121 11221—15

• nrdock. W. E 21111 *1111 12112—14

law C H 02222 22222 22222—14

i jsenberg, R. 0 2111121202 22122—14

1 aight, C. A 21222 22120 12212—14

I :rbv Dr A. T.t 21111 02122 11121—14

Sirney J 11*11 22221 1221*— 13

i veeney, J. J 02220 21212 11121—13

irby Dr A T 11111 12201 11101—13

raohbe.Edt Hffl 01221 21*20-12

flel A I, 01H1 11010 10221— 11

■ reeney. J. J.I *H01 22021 Ollll— 11

Ess, J.f! , 12111 2w -6

t Back scores (shot in 15 bird pool), t Guest. *Dead out.

PaSffiSffi^feSafeiag^feffiiea

Coming Events.

May 25— Fly-casting. Saturday re-entry 'contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

May 26— Fly-casting. Sunday re-entry contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 A. M.

Coming Events.

May 21— Pac iflc Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P
Norman. Secretary.

May 23. 24, 25— Victoria Kennel Club. Bench show. Victoria, B.
C. Dr. D. B. Holden, Honorary Secretary. C. K. C. Rules.
--ASS- Jf, 28, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

Anglers' Song.

Away, away, to the brookside green,

In the morning's earliest flush,
To the purling brook where the alders lean

Gracefully o'er the water's rush,
And the golden sun, with its many-hued sheen,

Makes the tinted wavelets blush.

The lancewood rod, with its supple tip,

Is sound and strong as a pine;
But, arching, it bends with a dainty dip

When the brook trout strains the line,
And the spray flies high when the fish's lip

Is pierced by the hook's sharp tine.

The tackle's strong and the water's right,

So there's chance for luck to-day;
With the wind in the south and the sun not bright,

Our creels will surely weigh,
Ere with weary feet, by the gloaming's light,

Homeward, we wend our way.

And where the mossy bank is sprayed

By the water's roaring fall,
'Neath the slender birches' flickering shade,

We'll rest and, thankful, recall
That, of sports the Fates for men have made,

Angling's the best of all.

— National Sportsman.

j First 15 bird pool, $5 entrance, 30 yards —

tiight 2122111112 22212—15 Sweeney. ... *1101 22021 Ollll— 11

jaw 12222 22222 20222-14 Derby 21111 02122 11121-14

ckson 2222101220 11112—13 Hoffmanf. .. .21200 21001 w —5

I.nohoe 11121 12212 2*101—13

[• Second 15 bird pool —

j;aw 22222 22011 22122—14 Jackson 121212111121211—15

1 Third 15 bird pool—

| ckson 12211 11212 10110—14 Shaw 2*121 22120 22223—13

(| A Southern California exchange says that a number

■ trap shooting enthusiastics at Avalon, Catalina,

ti .ve banded together and organized a gun club, which

11 be open not only to members, but also to others

10 may at any time be on the island and desire to

| oot blue rocks. The Avalon Gun Club will hold its

[j st semi-annual tournament early in July, and a sub-

uitial list of various kinds of prizes will be offered ,

lich is expected to draw shooting talent from all over

Jifornia. The idea of having a club thirty miles

>m the mainland is a new and probably a successful

e. O. O. Orr and E. L. Doran are leaders in the en-

■prise, and there are a number of Avalon sportsmen

10 have affiliated with the new club.

The San Francisco Striped Bass Club held an outing,
the first this season, last Sunday at Stratton's Point,
a location about two miles' walk on the bay shore be-
yond San Rafael station. The following bold clam
casters were under the leadership of Captain Billy
Ashcroft: Chas. Breidenstein, Chas. H. Kewell, Jim
Turner, Will Turner, Terry Evans, Fred Daverkosen,
George Walters, Sid Hall, Newt Wright, James Watt
and Elmer Rodekopf. The day was an ideal one for
an outing, the point selected proved fairly good for
bass fishing, in fact, is looked upon as a most promis-
ing spot for the sport. In the afternoon a strong wind
prevailed, but the fishermen sought the various shel-
tered coves abounding along the shore and comfort-
ably continued their efforts to hook bass, Eighteen
fish were caught, small ones, the best results being
obtained on the incoming tide two hours before flood
and the first two hours of the ebb. The day is mem-
orable for the fact that "Doc" Watts, on this trip,
caught his first bass. It was not a large ope, but he
at last "broke the ice. " He has been after the fish
persistently for a long time past, and as is the luck
with many other anglers, had not the pleasure of
recording a single striped bass until last Sunday. We
would not be at all surprised to see the "Ripley high
hook" medal in his possession before long.

The club held a regular meeting on Tuesday evening
at the residence of Nat Mead. Wm. F. HelUgass and
Gideon Luttrell were elected to membership. After
club business matters were transacted the members
present enjoyed a social session. The club fishing sea-
son will be closed during the month of June.

Rev. O. W. Jackson and Senator Mac fished the
Corte Madera from the railroad bridge to San Quentin
on Sunday. Six striped bass, the largest weighing six
pounds was the catch. Harry Baum, Chas. Rayner,
George Rumpf and A. Herzog tried the waters at
Point San Quentin for bass but did not get a strike.

The Santa Rosa Democrat says: "Among the bills
passed by the recent Legislature of this State was one
prohibiting anglers from taking trout weighing less
than half a pound. If some public-spirited individual
will now kindly notify all the little fellows not to bite,a
great deal of trouble and inconvenience will be
avoided."

It is legal to catch half-pounders but they must not
be sold under that weight. Fish under six inches in
length are of illegal size, but how is catching them to
be avoided ?

Careful anglers, when replacing a small trout in the
stream, will handle the fish with wet hands. A dry
hand will remove the viscid matter enveloping the fish
as well as some of the scales. A fish thus handled will
nearly always die afterwards from the white fungoid
growth that fastens to the denuded places on the fish.

"Midnight" Miller and William Schadd camped at
Glen Ellen last Saturday night and fished the stream to
Sonoma on Sunday. Miller hooked a nice pound fish
and a number of smaller ones. Schadd also had a few
small fish. Louis Rondeau cast his leader in the
Sonoma creek on Sunday near Glen Ellen; he captured
a fine large fish and a number of small ones.

A letter from an angler at Laurel, Santa Cruz county,
states that the fly-fishing in the San Lorenzo is ex-
cellent, although the fish are not very large sized.
The favorite flies are the black gnat, jungle cock, gray
May, professor, coachman and royal coachman, Nos.
12 and 16.

Fishing in the Purissima should be at its best in the
latter part of July and August following. The stream
is full of fish but they are small. t
-».

Chas. Precht fished Sonoma creek from Caliente
down to Schellville on Sunday last with but ordinary
results.

George Lowenberg, an expert angler of this city, has
just returned from an Eastern trip.

Point Reyes anglers have not met with much luck
in the tide waters recently.

San Andreas lake, it is reported, will be opened on
the 1st of June.

Doings in Dogdom.

W. J. Foster has bred one of his bitches to N. H.
Hickman's Norfolk Trueman.

The Dachshunde bitch Venlo's Rhoda, purchased
from L. A. Klein by Col. W. S. Martin during the
bench show, is in whelp to Ch. Venlo's Importation.

There was an opportunity for some of our local fan-
ciers to obtain a fund of knowledge in kennel affairs
during show week that ought to have been taken ad-
vantage of.

Dachshundes were almost up 'to the numbers of any
of the past shows but in quality ranked anything ever
shown here. The entries included some of the best in
the United States.

W. Halley's puppy Midnight which won second to
Norfolk Mainstay is a Warren Clerk puppy out of
Veracitat. He was whelped last September and is a
more than likely looking Fox Terrier.

In regard to Le King, a well known fancier is author-
ity for the remark "that Le King should win there is no
question, but no owner has the right to win on a dog's
former reputation. That the sooner coast breeders
will keep their St. Bernards, Bull Terriers and other
non-working breeds in plump condition the better
chances they will stand to win under the average judge
who has no axes to grind."

John Bradshaw, proprietor of Woodlawn Kennels,
reports the breeding of O. O. Heydenfeldt's Woodcote
Wonder and P. C. Myer's Newmarket Queen. Wood-
cote Wonder also served L. A. Klein's Nancy (Ch.
Cordona — Edgewood Topsy) and Belle Belsamo (Wood-
cole Balsamo — Lady Marlborough) this week.

Something doing in Collies evidently. O. J. Albee
writes as follows:

"I had the pleasure of a nice visit from Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Jarrett. He greatly admired my Collies, and
pronounced Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. a grand dog
and one hard to beat I sold to him while here a sister
of Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr., Ormskirk Queenie, A.
K. C, 50168. She is a very fine bitch and was greatly
admired by Mr. Lacey, at Tanforan Park, who judged
her there. I sold her for a good price or I should not
have let her go. I also sold him a bitch puppy by Ch.
Ormskirk Emerald Jr.-Wellesbourne Happy Medium.
And if she turns out, as I expect she will, we will hear
something from her in the future."

Bench Show Notes.

The glowing and fulsome special report of the bench
show of the San Francisco Kennel Club which appears
in the American Field is not warranted by circum-
stances we I firmly believe. The "substantial balance
on the right side of the ledger" is a myth and the
"sanguine feeling among officers and club members
that augured well for future shows" was not apparent
when Secretary-Treasurer J. P. Norman tendered his
resignation on the second evening of the show. The
bench show committee worked hard to make the show
a success but the same unpopular influences that have
handicapped the club for the past two years were ob-
stacles that could not be overcome.

The management of details and the conduction of
the show this month was not by any means as efficient
as it had been in the previous sho ws and exhibitors were
put to many annoying inconveniences and unnecessary
delays that should not have prevailed. The tardy ap-
pearance of the catalogue on the first day and the sub-
sequent inaccuracies and mistakes in the marked cata-
logue were such as to practically make the document
worthless.

It is rumored that there will soon be a reorganiza-
tion of the club effected. This will undoubtedly be a
move in the right direction.

It is reported that a protest will be made against the
award of first to the Bull Terrier Banjo in limit dogs.
Banjo is now a champion, having won first in winners
at the shows of '99, Tanforan and last year. A protest
in this case is entirely unnecessary; the improper entry
will not be overlooked by Secretary Vredenburgh
when the official list of wins is forwarded to New York,
and the carelessness of the club employees will cause
the club to be mulcted in the sum of $25.00 fine.

Another instance of careless clerical work is shown
in the placing of the Mastiff Queen F. in the winners
class, where she did not belong on her win of third in
novice — this will not pass the scrutiny of the New
York office.

Still another instance of carelessness was the listing
of a Great Dane bitch puppy in the dog puppy class.
This dog was not taken in the ring at all and no
attempt made during the show to rectify the error.
This has been supplemented by an utter indifference
to the owner's efforts in obtaining his entitled redress —
a return of his entry fee.

The conclusion of the list of awards is herewith given.
In connection with this subject we must disclaim all
responsibility for any mistakes appearing. The
marked catalogue and the list given to the daily press
were our only resources for preparing the regular and
special awards and from subsequent returns we find
them to be inaccurate in many respects. The responsi-
bility for this condition of affairs rests with the office
force and is inexcusable.

10

®he gveebev anb gipxrcteman

[May 25, 1901

IRISH SETTERS— Puppy dogs— 1 C P Pedrotters'
Toby Jr. Novice dogs— C J Thomas Jr's Prince Bloom-
field. Limit dogs— 1 P J McCormack'sRory M 2 Gus
Lane's Pilot B, 3 G C Thomas Jr's Prince Bloomfield.
res L S Adams' Toronto Mike, h c F B Adams Con A,
absent B B Lathbury's Rockwood Jr. Qpen dogs— 1
A B Truman's Mike Swiveler T, 2 G C Thomas Jr's
Prince Bloomfield, 3 V E Luhr's Glenmore Sultan, re=
L S Adams Jr's Toronto Mike, v h c F B Adams' Con
A, absent B B Lathbury's Rockwood Jr. Winners,
dogs— A B Truman's Mike Swiveler T, res P J Mc-
Cormaek's Rory M. Puppy bitches— 1 Duval Moore's
Lady Bess M. Novice bitches— D M Stanley's Lady
Melba, 2 J "White Jr's Maxine. Limit bitches— How-
ard Black's Lady Josie II, 2 D M Stanley's Lady
Melba, 3 J F Kellev's Lady Glenbrook, v h c H M
Fortescue's Beauty II. Open bitches— 1 A B Truman's
Lady Swiveler, 2 Duval Moore's Queen Bess II. Win-
ners, bitches— 1 A B Truman's Lady Swiveler, res
Howard Black's Lady Joseph II.

GORDON SETTERS— Limit dogs and bitches— 1
Thomas Russell's Nellie II. Open dogs and bitches— 1
Louis J Ehret's Crackerjack, 2 J H W Muller's Belle
M, absent Mrs N H Hickman's Major II. Winners,
do"s and bitches— 1 Louis J Ehret's Crackerjack, res
J H W Muller's Belle M.

FIELD TRIAL CLASS— Pointer and Setter dogs—
1 J E Lucas' Pointer Alec C, 2 Charles F Hartmetz'
English Setter Oakley Hill, 3 L J Aubert's Pointer
Ashbury. Pointer and Setter bitches— 1 J E Terry's
English Setter Lady, 2 Stockdale Kennels' Pointer
Nellie Wilson.

IRISH WATER SPANIELS— Novice dogs— 1 T A
LeonardJr's Dennis C, 2 M Brisco's Terry McGovern,
3 J Duffy's Irish Duke. Open dogs— 1 A T Leonard
Jr's Dennis C, 2 S W Horton's Robert Emmet. Win-
ners, dogs — 1 A T Leonard Jr's Dennis C, res S W
Horton's Robert Emmet. Limit bitches — 1 W H
Williams' Bessie W. Winners, bitches — 1 W H
Williams' Bessie W.

FIELD SPANIELS— Novice dogs and bitches— 3 E
J Johnson's Peter Jackson. Limit dogs and bitches —
1 Redwood Cooker Kennels' Peg Woffington. With-
held— A G McKeilie's Mc. Open dogs, bitches and
winners' withheld.

COCKER SPANIELS— Black puppy dogs— 1 Geo
Bell's Masterpiece, 2 Kenneth Preuss' Windy Jim.
Novice dogs, black — 1 Pine TTill Cocker Kennels' Pine
TTill Cuckoo; 2 Mrs P C Meyer's Glenwood Havoc, 3
James H Jones' Black Silk, res Pine Hill Cocker Ken-
nels' Rowdy Woodcock, v h c Mrs J M Richards Dandy
Richards, h c Geo E Brown's Oakland Fascination.
Limit dogs — 1 Edwin W Fiske's Colonist, 2 George
Bell's Masterpiece, 3 Mrs P C Meyer's Glenwood Havoc,
absent, George Bell's Standard. Black open dogs — 1
Edwin W Fiske's 'Champion Premier, 2 Edwin W
Fiske's Colonist, 3 Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Cham-
pion Viscount, res Mrs P C Meyer's Glenwood Havoc,
absent George Bell's Standard and Redwood Cocker
Kennels' Champion Dufferin Pastime. Black winners,
dogs — 1 Edwin W Fiske's Champion Premier, res
Edwin W Fiske's Colonist. Black puppy bitches — W
F Boeder's Lady Del Monte, 2 Mrs P C Meyer's Glen-
wood Topsy, 3 Geo Bell's Minstrel Girl, v h c M Lusten-
berger's Topsy. Black novice bitches — 1 Dr A C
Kellogg's Lady MeDuff, 2 George Bell's Minstrel Girl,
3 A Wolfen's Judy. Black limit bitches — 1 Mrs J P
Atkins' Mona II, 2 Fred Zurlowen's Powhattan Lou,
3 George Bell's Minstrel Girl, res Hugh Mauldin's Lady
Gaylord, v h c Miss F J Hatje's Woodstock Minerva,
absent Edwin W Fiske's Rara Avis. Black, winners,
bitches — 1 Mrs J P Atkins' Mona II, res Dr A C
Kellogg's Lady MeDuff. Cockers other than black,
novice dogs — 1 Pine Hill Kennels' Uncas, 2 Mrs P C
Meyer's Glenwood Rainey, 3 Mrs B Clark's Oakside
Viscount, absent H C StUlwell's Reckless. Limit dogs
other than black — 1 C D Mead's Perfection, 2 Edwin
W Fiske's Chief II, 3 Plumeria Cocker Kennels Hamp-
ton Goldie, res Edwin W Fiske's Winsford Bustle, v h
c Pine Hill Cocker Kennels' Uncas, h c Mrs P C Mey-
er's Glenwood Rainey. Open dogs other than black —

1 C T Meade's Perfection, 2 Edwin W Fiske's Mohican,
3 Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Hampton Goldie, res Mrs
P C Meyer's Champion Colorado. Winners, dogs
other than black — 1 C T Mead's Perfection, res Edwin
W Fiske's Chief II. Puppy bitches other than black
— 1 Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Plumeria Cleo, 2 C T
Reed's Red Cross; 4 William F Taylor's Queen
Nuisance. Novice bitches other than black — Plumeria
Cocker Kennel's Plumeria Cleo, 2 C T Reed's Redcross,
3 William F Taylor's Queen Nuisance. Novice, bitches
other than black — Plumeria Cocker Kennels Plumeria
Cleo, 2 Mrs P C Meyer's Glenwood Ruby, 3 C T Mead's
Redcross, v h c Plumeria Cocker Kennel's Plumeria
Flo. Limit bitches — 1 Plumeria Cocker Kennel's
Plumeria Fancy, 2 Edwin Fiske's Braeside Betty, 3
Mrs P C Meyer's La Paloma, v h c F C Mead's Red-
cross. Open bitches other than black — 1 Plumeria
Kennel's Plumeria Fancy, 2 Edwin Fiske's Braeside
Betty, 3 Mrs P C Meyer's La Paloma. Winners,
bitches — 1 Plumeria Cocker Kennel's Plumeria Fancy,
res Edwin W Fiske's Bradside Betty.

BOSTON TERRIERS— Puppy dogs— 1 Mrs P |J
Norman's Lord Montez, 2 William T Magee's Winner, 3
W B Sink Jr's Sir Montez. Novice dogs— 1 W T Magee's
Winner, 2 W B Sink Jr's Montez, 3 Miss Pearl Sabin's
Brisk. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs Thomas Magee's Winner,

2 W B Sink Jr's Sir Montez, 3 H D Pillsbury's Sly,
v h c Mrs L Budd Rosenberg's Mr. Snook, absent, L
A Klein's Prince and Miss Pearl Sabin's Brisk. Open
dogs — 1 Mrs Thomas Magee Jr's Brisk Winner. 2 Mrs
H H Carlton's Tremont, absent L A Klein's Prince.
Winners, dogs — 1 Mrs J P Norman's Lord Montez, res
W T Magee's Winner. Puppy bitches — 1 Mrs H H
Carlton's Oakside's Princess of Avondale. Limit
bitches— 1 Mrs J P Norman's Lady Montez, absent,
W G Kendall's Meg. Open bitches— J S Thomas'
Endcliffe Lita, 2 Mrs J P Norman's Lady Montez,
absent W G Kendall's Meg. Winners, bitches— 1 J S
Thomas' Endcliffe Lita, res Mrs J H Norman's Lady
Montez.

COLLIES— Puppy dogs— 1 Miss E B Grave's Verona
Braw Laddie, 2 Mrs J H Follis' Red Wull, 3 C Dyes'
Ormskirk Emerald III, res Mrs Walter Magee's Laddie,

h c E A Bernard's Old Hall General, h c Winters Collie
Kennels' Dormer, absent Adam Brehm's Shepp.
Novice dogs — 1 George Getjen's Verona Laddie, 2 Red
Wull, 3 G Martin's Cheviot Laddie, res Mrs Louisa
Harrison's Ormskirk Harry, v h c Laddie, h e C E
Miller's Philip I, h c Mrs G B Ludlow's Klondike Scott,
h c J A Hammersmith's Bruce Lad, h c Dr F W
Browning's Ormskirk Chromo, cT Edward Bailey's
Ormskirk Blucher Jr, e W C Spencer's Cliff, absent J
L Flood's Maxwell. Limit dogs — 1 Winters' Collie
Kennels' Verona Battle, 2 A B Spreckels' Danum
Wonder, 3 Red Wull, res Cheviot Laddie, v h c Oims-
kirk Harry, absent Maxwell. Open dogs — 1 Danum
Wonder, 2 Red Wull, 3 Cheviot Laddie, res Ormskirk
Harry. Winners, dogs— 1 Mrs E B Grave's Verona
Braw Laddie, res Winters' Collie Kennels Verona
Battle. Puppy bitches — 1 Mrs J H Hanson's Verona
Mollie, 2 Winters' Collie Kennels' Pleasant Fanny, 3
Col F V Northup's Snowball, res Winters' Collie Ken-
nels' Donaldina, v h c Miss A Sparrow's Tilda Jane.
Novice bitches — 1 Pleasant Fanny, 2 R B Milroy's
Babe, absent Mrs C Mehring's Lad's Bell. Winners,
bitches — 1 Verona Mollie, res Pleasant Fanny.

POODLES— Open dogs and bitches— 1 L A Klein's
Cocaine, 2 Dr L Bazet's Athos.

PUGS — Puppy dogs — v h c J Boardman's Toody.
Open bitches — 1 Mrs G Steadman Thomas' Endcliffe
Venolia.

BULL TERRIERS— Puppy dogs— 1 R HRountree's
Newmarket Duke. Novice dogs — 1 E Attridge's Teddy,
2 Miss B E Russell's Jerry R, 3 Miss H Vieller's
Bloomsbury's Tip, res TF Bonnet's Woodbury Prince,
v h c R H Skimming's Bloomsbury Boy, v h c W Pop-
plewell's Venture. Limit dogs, 35 pounds or under — 1
J D Spreckels Jr's Banjo, 2 O O Heydenfeldt's Bayview
Brigadier. Limit dogs, over 35 pounds — 1 Miss B E
Russell's Jerry R, 2 C E Worden's Jane's Venom, 3 A
Joseph's Bloomsbury Baron, res A Roncouvieri's
Woodcote Duke, v h c J H Mohring's Rudyard, absent
J F Ernenwein's Edgewood Gold Dollar, S Christensen's
Woodcote Venom II. Open dogs, 35 pounds or under —

1 J D Spreckels Jr's Banjo, 2 O O Heydenfeldt's Bay-
view Brigadier. Open dogs, over 35 pounds — 1 Wood-
cote Wonder, 2 Jerry R. Winners, dogs — 1 O O Hey-
denfeldt's Woodcote Wonder, res J D Spreckels Jr's
Banjo. Puppy bitches — 1 A Joseph's Imp, 2 J I Spar-
row's Edgewood Jean II. Novice bitches — 1 O O Hey-
denfeldt's Dot, 2 A Joseph's Imp, 3 C Steinbach's
Bloomsbury Queen. Limit bitches, 30 pounds or
under — 1 P C Meyer's Newmarket Queen, 2 A Joseph's
Imp. Limit bitches, over 30 pounds — 1 L A Klein's
Belle Balsamo, 2 Dr H L Tevis' Lady Venom, 3 O O
Heydenfeldt's American Belle. Open bitches, 30 pounds
or under— Absent L A Klein's Bayview Beryl. Open
bitches, over 30 pounds — 1 L A Klein's Belle Belsamo,

2 Dr H L Tevis' Lady Venom, 3 O O Heydenfeldt's
American Belle, res C Steinbach's Bloomsbury Queen,
absent L A Klein's Bayview Beryl. Winners, bitches—

1 L A Klein's Belle Balsamo, res J I Sparrow's Edge-
wood Jean II.

BULLDOGS— Novice dogs and bitches— 1 Mrs W
M Robert's Jim Jams, absent I Foss' Topsy Limit
dogs — 1 Jim Jams, 2 L S Greenbaum's Harry Lacy.
Open dogs— 1 L A Llein's Ch Ivel Rustic, 2 H S Scheff-
auer's St Lithans Ruler, 3 A S Howe's Cribb E. Open
bitches — 1 L A Klein's Beaumaris Fortune. Winners,
dogs and bitches — 1 Ivel Rustic, res Beaumaris Fortune.

DACHSHUNDE— Novice dogs— 1 Prof C E Strass-
burger's Heisel, 2 Col W S Martin's Snook, 3 Col W
S Martin's Rex M. Limit dogs — 1 Snook, 2 Rex M,
absent Venlo Farm Kennels' Venlo Notion. Open
dogs — 1 Venlo Farm Kennels' Venlo Forever, 2 Snook,

3 Rex M. Winners, dogs — 1 Venlo Forever, res Hiesel.
Limit bitches — 1 Venlo Farm Kennels' Venlo Rhoda,

2 Col W S Martin's Waldene Frau. Open bitches— 1
Venlo Farm Kennels' Venlolo, 2 Col W S Martin's
Isolda, 3 Waldene Frau, absent Dr E Bunnell's Theckla
and Helga. Winners, bitches — 1 Venlolo, res Venlo
Rhoda.

FOX TERRIERS (Smooth coated)— Puppy dogs—
1 Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Mainstay, 2 W Halley's
Midnight, 3 R Armstrong's Fernwood Briar, res C K
Harley's Klickitat, v h c J H Dibbern's Pytehley
Valient, h c E W Joy's Casey J. Novice dogs — 1 Miss
Pearl Coutts' Intrepid, 2 Woodlawn Kennels' Dictator,

3 M Hawley's Rag Time, res Klickitat, v h c Pytehley
Valient, absent J L Flood's Captain of Alma and L
Knott's Iritator. Limit dogs — 1 Norfolk Mainstay, 2
Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Truman, 3 C K Harley's
Vibo, res Dictator, v h c Pytehley Valient, absent A J
Allen's Bobs. Open dogs — 1 Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Richmond, 2 Norfolk Mainstay, 3 Vibo, res Woodlawn
Kennels' Fordham, v h c C K Harley's Warren Scep-
tic, v h c Pytehley Valient, absent Captain of Alma.
Winners' dogs — 1 Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Richmond,
res Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Mainstay. Puppy bitches

1 J B Martin's Powhattan Queen, 2 D C Murphy's
Midnight, 3 C K Harley's Lolita. Novice bitches — 1
Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Twostep, 2 F H Lackmann's
Lewanee Lace, 3 Woodlawn Kennels' Legs and Feet,
res H F Lackmann's Lewanee Love, v h c Lolita.
Limit bitches — 1 Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk Ruby, 2 H
F Lackmann's Liberty Bell, 3 C K Harley 's Norfolk
Queen Dance, res C K Harley's Carmencita, v h c J B
Martin's Golden Sunshine, v h c Woodlawn Kennels'
Dottie, v h c Woodlawn Kennels' Lady Mask, h c W
W Moore's Vina Belle, absent Mrs C E Turner's Nui-
sance. Open bitches — 1 Norfolk Kennels' Norfolk
Handicraft, 2 R F Lackmann's Lewanee Blue Bell, 3
Woodlawn Kennels' Eclipse Blanche, res Norfolk Queen
Dance, v h c Carmencita, v h c Vina Belle, v h c C K
Harley's lone, h c Thornhill Kennels' Thornhill
Legnarda. Winners' bitches — 1 Norfolk Handicraft,
res Lewanee.Blue Bell.

FOX TERRIERS (wire hair)— Puppy dogs— 1 C W
Keyes' Ridgewood Tim. Novice dogs — 1 Ridgewood
Tim. Limit dogs — 1 C W Keyes' Hillcrest Fencer, 2
G S Thomas' Endcliffe Sky Scraper, 3 Walter Magee's
Cairnsmuir General. Open dogs — 1 Hillcrest Fencer,

2 Endcliffe Sky Scraper, 3 Cairnsmuir General, absent
C W Keyes' Champion Meersbrook Bristles and Captain
D K Shaw's Rio. Winners, dogs — 1 Hillcrest Fencer,
res Endcliffe Sky Scraper. Puppy bitches — 1 C W

Keyes' Hillcrest Fairy. Limit bitches— 1 G S Thomas'
Endcliffe Ophir. Open bitches — 1 C W Keyes' Cham-
pion Hillcrest Solace. Winners, bitches — 1 Champion
Hillcrest Solace, res Hillcrest Fairy.

IRISH TERRIERS— Limit dogs— 1 H D Pillsbury's
Endcliffe Taudstickor, 2 Thomas Howard's Galtee.
Moore, absent Mrs W B Hooper's Pat H and W Le.
Monnier's Endcliffe Padlar. Open dogs — 1 H D Pills-
bury's Endcliffe Taudstickor, 2 Thomas Howard's
Galtee Moore. Winners, dogs — 1 Endcliffe Taudstickor,
2 Galtee Moore. Limit bitches — 1 George S Thomas'
Endcliffe Kitty, absent E Courtney Ford's Virginia F.
Open bitches — 1 George S Thomas' Endcliffe Shela/
absent Virginia F. Winners, bitches — 1 Endcliffe
Kitty, res Champion Endcliffe Shela.

SCOTTISH TERRIRS— Limit dogs— 1 G S Thomas'
Endcliffe Rebel, 2 Mrs R F Perkins' Nosegay Dande-
lion. Open dogs — 1 Nosegay Dandelion, absent, Nose-
gay Kennel's Nosegay Sweet William. Winners, dogs
— 1 Nosegay Dandelion, res Endcliffe Rebel. Novice
bitches — 1 Brandywine Kennel's Babberton Lass.
Limit bitches — 1 Babberton Lass. Open bitches — 1
Babberton Lass. Winners, bicches — 1 Babberton Lass.

MALTESE TERRIERS— Open, dogs and bitches-r.
1 Mrs A A Rawis' Margie B, 2 Mrs S Rand's
Queenie R.

TOY TERRIERS— Other than Yorkshire, under
seven pounds — Puppies — 1 W A Buan's Nobby Boy.

Under seven pounds, open dogs and bitches — 1 Mrs
R E Martin's Lady, 2 Mrs W A Burn's Muggins, 3
Mrs Dan Sexton's Tiny.

YORKSHIRES— Open dogs and bitches— 1 Mrs G
S Thomas' Endcliffe Mavor, 2 Mrs' J F Burrell's Prince
Tiny.

JAPANESE PUGS— Open dogs— 1 Mrs H W Red-
dan's Nippon.

CHOWS— Open dogs and bitches— 1 E Tooker's
Chow, 2 J J Norton's Lee Fat, 3 Miss G E Norton's
Lee Thin.

ESQUIMAUX— Open dogs— Gong Tong's Charlie.

The Victoria Colonist of the 18th says: The number
of entries received for the annual show at the Van-
couver Island Kennel Club now amounts to 225, fifty
in excess of the number at the last show, which was,
considered a very successful one. One handler alone,
Tinto, of Seattle, is bringing over 35 dogs, and the
local breeders are getting their best in readiness to do
battle with the visitors. Rev. Mr. Flinton will have
his string of Fox Terriers there, including a wire-
haired, which he has just received from Toronto,
where he won high honors. On the whole, the show
promises to be most successful.

Kennel Registry.

SALES

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O. J. Albee, Lawrence, Cal.,) sold the
Collie bitch Clifton Fanny (Alto Clifton-Iris) to H. Herren, Olete,
Or.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O. J. Albee) sold the Collie bitch"
Ormskirk Queenie (Ormskirk Emerald-imp. Queen's Bounty) to
Henry Jarrett, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O. J. Albee, Lawrence) sold a Collie
bitch puppy by Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. ex Wellesbourne Happy
Medium, to Henry Jarrett. Esq., Philadelphia, Pa.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O J. Albee, Lawrence) sold a Collie
dog puppy by Ormskirk Biucher ex Miss Hall, to Ethel Johnson,
Oakland, Cal.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O. J. Albee, Lawrence) sold a Collie
dog puppy by Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. ex Ch Bonnie Brae, to H.
Herren, Olete, Or.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels (O. J. Albee. Lawrence) sold a pair of
Collie puppies, not akin, by Ch- Ormskirk Jr. ex Southport Margaret
and Cheviot Construction-Pensarn Ora II to Foster Clark,
"Williams, Cal.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold the red Cocker dog puppy Plumeria
Bud (Hampton Goldie-Plumeria Surprise) to E. F. Willis, Oregon,
May 19, 1901.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold the red Cocker dog puppy Plumeria
Beau (Hampton Coldie-Plumeria Surprise) to J. H Dorian, May
20, 1901.

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold to J. McGinnis, the red Cocker
dog puppy Plumeria Guard (Hampton Goldie-Plumeria Surprise),
May 19, 1901.

L. A. Klein sold the Irish Terrier EndcliSe Padlar (Leed's Am-
bassador— Leed's Nettle) to Col. W. S. Martin, San Francisco,
May 11, 1901.

pL A Klein sold the wire hair Fox Terrier Endcliffe Fireworks
(Ch. Endcliffe Billy ) to Col. W. S Martin, May 11. 1901.

L. A. Klein sold the Dachshund bitch Venlo's Rhoda (Venlo's
Best Man-Ing reborn Rhoda) to Col. W. S. Martin, May 11, 1901.
VISITS.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch May (Sefton Hero— Newburgh Lassie)
to same owners' Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. (Ch. Ormskirk Emer-
ald—imp. Queen's Bounty). April22, 1901.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch imp. Queen. s Bounty (Ch. Southport
Perfection — Alton Vixen) to same owner's imp. Cheviot Construc-
tion (Cheviot Nonesuch — Cheviot Gwyne), May 2. 1901.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch Rose Roy (Cragston Rob Roy— Cragston
Moss Rose) to same owner's Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. (Ch. Orms-
kirk Emerald— imp. Queen's Bounty), May 9, 1901.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch Flora May H. (Clydesdale Trumpet —
Heather Sprig) to same owner's Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. (Ch.
Ormskirk Emerald Jr.— imp. Queen's Bounty), May 12, 1901.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch Southport Minnie (Chance Fourth —
imp. Queen's Bounty) to same owner's Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr.
(Ch. Ormskirk Emerald— imp. Queen's Bounty), May 12,"1901.

O. J. Albee's Collie bitch Southport Miss (Ormskirk Blucher-
imp. Queen's Bounty) to same owner's Chance Fourth (imp. Chance
Third— imp. Jeannie Deans), May 18, 1901.

R. M. Teague's Collie bitch Bonita (Cragston Rob Roy— Happy
Thought) to O. J. Albee's Ch. Ormskirk Emerald Jr. (Ch. Ormskirk
Emerald— imp. Queen's Bounty), May 19, 1901.

L. E. Brainard's Collie bitch Sheila (Cragston Rob Roy— Iris) to
O J Albee's imp. Cheviot Construction (Cheviot Nonesuch — Chev-i
iot Gwyne), May 21, 1901.

WHELPS.

Oak Grove Collie Kennels' (O. J. Albee, Lawrence, Cal) Collie
bitch, Wellesbourne Happy Med4um (Ch. Wellesbourne Charlie-
Happy Thought), whelped Jan. 26th twelve puppies (5 dogs) to
same owner's Ormskirk Emerald (Ch. Ormskirk Emerald— imp.
Queen's Bounty.)

Oak Grove Collie Kennels' (O. J. Albee, Lawrence) Collie bitch
Miss Hall (Old Hall Admiral— Scottish Gem) whelped Jan. 3' >th.
six puppies (2 dogs) to same owners Ormskirk Blucher (Ormskirk
Wellington— Calceby Duchess.)

Oak Grove Collie Kennels' (O. J. Albee, Lawrence) Collie bitch
Southport Margaret (Pensarn Christopher— imp. Queen's Bounty)
whelped April 20th seven puppies (3 dogs), to same owners Ch.
Ormskirk Emerald Jr. (Ch. Ormskirk Emerald — imp. Queen's
Bounty).

Oak Grove Collie Kennels' (O. J. Albee, Lawrence), Collie bitch
Pensarn Ora H. (Spartan— Pensarn Ora), whelped April 21th,
seven puppies (3 dogs) to same owner's Cheviot Construction-
(Cheviot Nonesuch — Cheviot Gwyne).

Oak Grove Collie Kennels' (O. J. Albee, Lawrence) Collie biteh
Verona Bonnie Brae (Hempstead Chief— Woodlawn Sunset)
whelped May 5th, fire puppies (4 dogs), to same owners Ch. Orms-
kirk Emerald Jr. (Ch. Ormskirk Emerald— imp. Queens Bounty).

May 25, 1901]

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THE FARM.

Some Failures in Mule Breeding.

Mule breeding is becoming quite an in-
dustry in certain* parts of Colorado, par-
ticularly in the fine agricultural districts
north of Denver and shrewd men are mak-
ing good money by following it. Several
experiments in this direction in earlier
days proved a failure, however, but we
believe it was due to lack of management.
This was before the winter feeding era
and it is our opinion that the mule needs
considerable care in winter. The hybrid
will pick its own living during much of
the winter from enclosed pasturage but
should have sheds for severe weather and
hay when the Btortns come. Then if a
man intends breeding mules he should
breed large ones. It will not do to depend
on theory alone for this purpose.

In starting such an industry we would
recommend 1 rge, well broken mares.
The system of breeding wild range mares
carried on by those engaged in r ising
mules will not pay and this is the princi-
pal reason why the failures of the past oc
curred as they did. The ordinary cavuse
mare is too small. Xo matter if large
jucks were used it would be unreasonable
to expect large mules from the average
range mare of this country. The late
John Witter bumped against this propo-
sition when he tried to cross big imported
percheron stallions on the little runty
mares from Texas. In starting such an
industry it would be necessary to first
secure gcod American or grade mares,
weighing not less than eleven hundred
pounds and it would better to have them
weigh twelve hundred and stand at least
fifteen and a half hands high and then
use the largest jack obtainable.

It requires several years to put a mule
breeding establishment on its feet finan-
cially but we believe it is an industry that
would yield good result. Mule raising,
like horse raising, is a proposition that re-
quires the winter cureof stock the same as
sheep and cattle must have. In early
days when there were no fences to inter-
rupt the freedom of stock and we could
not notice where ihe bunch grass was
cropped we boasted a great deal about
wintering stock without prepared feed.
In this era. of barbed wire fences and a
closely cropped range it is idle to think of
stock wintering except in enclosures where
the grass is protected in summer and
where stock may be sheltered and fed
when the weather is stormy or snow be-
comes too deep for them to pick their liv-
ing in the fields. — Field and Farm.

Buys Goats to Clear Land.r

Louis A. Mills has unloaded 130 Angora
goats at his farm eight miles from Decatur,
III., and they at once began on the job of
clearing off forty acres, for which he
brought them from Kansas They have
just finished the clearing of 1S00 acres.

The goats like the leaves, buds and
small shoots of bushes and saplings. The
leaves are the lungs of the plants, and if
they are kept off a season the plants die.

When the goats were unloaded and
started down a lane toward the farm they
at once began on the weeds along the road-
sfde. A lot of wild raspberry bushes have
thrived in that lane since the country was

settled, but there was nothing but a few
bare hard canes when the goats got by.
As soon as they were turned into the forty-
acre woods lot they made for the saplings,
and in five minutes most of them were on
their hind legs going for the leavqp.

When a goat comes to a sapling that he
cannot himself break down four or five
others join him and throw their weights
on the trunk and bend it over, while
others climb on the branches. — Chicago
Chronicle.

A scientific discovery is reported on
apparently good authority which promises
to revolutionize the process of curing
cheese. It is an inherent ferment which
is called galactase. This digesting fluid is
present in small quantity in normal milk
and has the character of the secretions of
the pancreatic organ of the body. Further
investigation claims that this inherent
ferment works just as well at or below the
freezing point as above it If this proves
correct it is apparent that the curing room
has only to be kept at cold storage tem-
perature for best results instead of main-
tainingagivendegreeof heat as heretofore.

Much may be done to prolong the effi-
ciency of our fenced pastures, such as sow-
ing a variety of grasses that come into
maturity in regular succession so that
there is always more or less of young and
tender food and joy providing abundance
of clean, fresh water, so convenient that
cows do not have to travel far to get it
If water is handy, cool and clean, cows
will drink frequently a little at a time.
If they have to go far for it they will drink
but seldom and too much at a time. Our
country will never come to its full matur-
ity until we have exploited this grass
question to its fullest extent.

SOUND HORSE.

l sound horse is always salable. Lamps, Blemishes,

Bunches and Lameness cut the price in two. Almost any
kind of horse may be made sound by the use of

Kendall's Spavin Cure

the old reliable remedy for SpaTlos, Ringbones, Splint*
Curb-, etc, and all forms of Lameness. Cures without
a blemish aa it does not blister. Price, SI; six for J5. Afl
a liniment for family use it has no equal. Ask your
druppist for KEXD-AIX'S SPAVIN CCEE. also "A
Treatise on the Horse," the book free, or address'
DP, B. J. KENDALL CO., ENOSBURQ FALLS, VT

LEG AND BODY WASH

Race horses often become
sore and stiff from con-
tinued strain on the hard
tracks. Nothing takes
out this stiffness and sore-
ness like a wash com-
pounded of diluted

Turtle's Elixir.

Apply to the legs and put on light band-
ages. Sponge the body and put on light
blanket. Guaranteed to produce desired
results or money back.

Readinp Trotting Park, 3Iass., March 23, 1900.
Dr. 3. A. Tuttle, V.S.

DearSir: I have used jour Elixir for the past ten
years, in the diluted form for a leg: and body wash. I
consider it the best wash f..r keeping- horses from soiinic
np, Horses done up with this wash are much less liable
to take cold than when done up with witch hazel or any
other wash I ever used. J. H- SAY.

Oar 100-page book, "Veterinary Experience," FREE.

TUTTLE'S ELIXIR COMPANY,

437 O'Farrell Street, SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.

Beware of BO-called Elixirs — none genuine but Tot lie's.

Avoid all blisters; theyoffer only temporary relief if any.

Home office: 61 Beverly St., Boston, Mass.

| Your stable is not complete without Quinn'S
I Ointment. An infallible cure for all ordi-
= nary horse afflictions. Follow the example
= set by the leading horsemen of the world and
your stable shelf will always hold a bottle of

Quinn's Ointment

§ A. L. Thomas, Snpt. Canton Farm, Joliet, 111., remarks,
"I enclose you amount forsix bottles of Quinn'a Ointment.
After one year'strial mnst confessitdoesallyonclaii
it." For Cnrbs, Splints, Spavins, Windpuffs or Bum

Price $i.oo per package.
] Sold by all druggists,

or sent by mail.
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MEMPHIS
TROTTING
ASSOCIATION

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Announces the Following Early Closing Events forits Inaugural
Meeting (following Lexington, Ky.), October 21 to 26.

TRY IT.

ENTRIES CLOSE SATURDAY, JUNE 1st.

No. 1 — 2:11 Class, Trotting
No. 2 — 2:14 Class, Trotting
No. 3—2:20 Class, Trotting
No. 4 — 2:08 Class, Pacing
No. i> — 2:20 Class, Pacing

$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000
$3,000

Entrance — In Classes 2 and 5 — Five pei\ cert., {nothing, from^money winners

Entrance — In Classes 1, 3 and 4 — Five per cent., and five per cent, additional
from money winners.

Forfeits — In All Stakes— June 1, $25; July 1, $50; September 1, $25, and $50
night before the race. Nominators will not be held for forfeits due after they have
declared out in writing.

Nominators, in all classes, upon the payment of 3 per cent, additional, shall
have the right up to October 1 to substitute in the place of the horse named, any
horse eligible at the time entries closed.

Stakes No. 2 and 5 will be trotted under "The Memphis System." Stakes No.
1, No 3 and No. 4 will be mile heats, best three in five, money divided, 50, 25, 15 and
10 per cent.

The Memphis System is : Three heats constitute a race. First heat one
mile. Second heat one and one-eighth miles (horses to start at seven-eighths pole).
Third heat one-half mile (horses to start at half-mile pole).

Money Divided— First heat (1 mile) 1st horse $612. Second $306. Third $102

Second " (1J miles) " " $828. " $414. " $138

Third " ( i mile) " " $360. " $180. " $ 60

Distance — 110 yards in mile and one-eighth heat, and 50 yards in half-mile

heat.

Hobbles will not be barred.

National Trotting Association rules to govern, with above exceptions,
reserved to reject any entry. For entry blanks address

Right

MURRAY HOWE, Sec'y., Memphis, Tenn.

NOTE.— In the Memphis System we have incorporated as many features of the running turf as
will be consistent in heat racing. The plan is simply a compromise between the heat and the dash
systems. We have decided to try this plan of racing because the present condition of the sport in
Memphis, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Louisville and all cities where running is extremely
popular, demonstrates beyond question that the people of those cities prefer the methods of the
running turf to those of the trotting turf.

Purses for all classes, §1000 or more each, to complete programme, will open about September 1st",
to close September 15th.

The track and plant will be one of the finest in the world, and will be specially equipped with the
view of making it an ideal place for winter training.

The San rancisco Veterinarv College

A Demonstration in Anatomy.

Next Session Begins June 10, 1901.

Catalogues sent on application to

M. L. PANCOAST, Sec'y.,

10 Golden Gate Avenae, San Francisco, Cal.

I Pp H I 0-|*P»P»C T*l hi 1 1 f\ t(*(A and type written readr for Naming
irCUIglCCa laUUIdlCU Write for prices. Breeder and

| SPORTSMAN, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

12

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[May 25, 1901

1901 Los Anseles Fair and Race Meeting 1901

(DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NO. 6)

$14,300 Guaranteed Stakes for Trotters and Pacers

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RACING EVENT. - - THIRTEEN DAYS-SEPTEMBER 28th to OCTOBER I2th, I90I.

Entries to Close July 1, 1 90 1, when Horses are to be named and eligible

TROTTING STAKES.

No. 1. Free-for-all Trottinsr

No. 3. 2:10 Class Trotting

No. 3. 2:12 Class Trottinsr

No. 4. 2:14 Class Trottinsr

No. 5. 2:15 Class Trottinsr

No. 6. 2:19 Class Trottinsr

No. 7. 2:23 Class Trottinsr

No. 8. Three Tear Old Trottinsr
N.

$1000

No.

9.

lOOO

No

10.

800

No

11.

800

No.

12.

800

No.

13.

750

No.

14.

700

No.

15.

600

No

16.

PACING STAKES.
Free-for-all Facing1
2:09 Class Facing;
2:11 Class Pacing
2:13 Class Facing
2:15 Class Facing
2:17 Class Pacing
2:20 Class Pacing-
Three Year Old Pacing

81000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

B.— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will be put at least four days apart.

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

No. 17. 2:30 Class Trotting

$700

No. 18. 2:26 Glass Pacing

$700

Three or More Running Races Each Day

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR HARNESS RACES.

Records made in 1901 will not constitute a bar.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee. The horse to
be started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race.

Entries not declared out by 5 p. if. the day before the race shall be required to start. Declarations
must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track.

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise specified.
Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting. Five per cent, of the
amount of the stake additional from money winners.

All races to fill satisfactory to the Association.

If there are less than four starters they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided
50, 30 and 20 per cent.

And in the event of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it
shall be added to the stake.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. "When only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to the first and
one-third to the second.

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 yards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races.

The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the
position of the horses.

All stakes not filling satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off-

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no other case
will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 P. m. on the day preceding the
race, and must be worn on the track in all races, Colors must be registered in the order in which they
are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected
by the Secretary.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race, and the right is
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other sufficient cause.

Conditional entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held under the
rules.

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting maybe declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary.

Send all communications to

E. T. WRIGHT, President.

of horses in the summary.

Q. TEED, Sec'y. 226 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, Cat.

A Chance to Get Good Ones.

A CAR LOT OF TROTTING BRED HORSES AT AUCTION

At Alameda Track, Wednesday, May 29

AT 11 O'CLOCK.

The horses are by Mount Vernon Prince (a grandson of Nutwood), Gibraltar Jr. and Ben Benton
(grandson of Gen. Benton). They were raised in Inyo county and have more quality and substance
than any lot of horses offered in this vicinity for some time. There are two trotters by Gibraltar Jr.
that have great speed and are ready to train and enter in this year's green classes. All are broke
nd in good shape.

R. SCOTT, Owner.

Racing! Racing! If You Want

Horses to Suit You

SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THTJRDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and
1230, 1, 1:30. 2, 2:30 and 3 p. m.. connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts: no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in fifteen
minutes.

Retu -nlng— Trains leave the track at 4:15 and
4:45 p. &., and immediately after the last race.

THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Pres.
R. B MILROY, Sec'y.

On June 5th, I will sell from 40 to 50 trotting,
draft, express and general purpose business horses,
besides some well bred trotting broodmares with
colts at side; also, some handsome, well matched
road and carriage teams, and many fine single
drivers by such sires as Direct, Bay Rose, Pied-
mont, Electioneer, Sidney Dillon, Director, Whip-
pleton, Directino, Steinway, etc. This consign-
ment will be from the Yerba Buena Stock Farm,
owned by Henry Pierce.

Particulars later on.

WH. Q. LAYNG,

Live Stock Auctioneer.
721 Market St., San Francisco.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At Thlt Office.

Annual fleeting

The Annual Meeting of the members of the

Pacific Coast Trotting

Horse Breeders Association

Will be held at the office of the Association, 36
Geary Street, San Francisco, on Monday, June 11,
1901, at 8 o'clock p. m.. for the purpose of electing
a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

F. TV. KELLEY, Secretary.

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certificates $1.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLsTEINS— Winners of every 7 days1 butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

TEKBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock speciallv. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.. Los Angeles,
CaL

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Sadd le and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

I3x*. Wm, :F\ Egan,

M. R. C. V. S-, F. E. Y. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College, Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspe ctor forNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco: Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital, 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY AIRLIE, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11 ?i. second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly. 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J-, This Office.

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GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1901.

Meeting to be held between July 15th and August 4th,

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting
No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting
No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting

$1000
$1000
$1000

No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing
No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing
No. 6 — 2:13 Class Pacing

1901,

$1000
$1000
$1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts to be Announced Later On.

Meeting will be held over some track within 100 miles of San Francisco and place will be announced on June 1st, which is two weeks prior to date of closing entrie s
Entry blanks will be ready June 1st.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must be entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD. President. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

OAKLEY PARK, Cincinnati, Ohio.

GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING

Sept 16, 17,18, 19,20,1901.

Entries Close

Early Closing Events
Saturday, June 1st.

Purse.

Purse

No. 1.

THE ZUMSTEIN, 2:30 Class, Trotting

$5,000

No

4.

THE OAKLEY, 2:24 Class, Pacing

$3,000

No. 2.

THE GRAND HOTEL, 2:14 Class, Trotting

3,000

No

5.

THE OHIO, 2:14 Class, Pacing

3,000

No. 3.

THE HONING HOTEL, for Three-year-olds

2,000

No

6.

THE GIBSON HOUSE, 2:09 Class, Pacing

3000

CONDITIONS— National Trotting Association Rules to govern, excepting that hopples will not be barred. Entrance 5 per cent, of purse and 5 per cent, additional from the winners of eaoh
division of the purse. MoDey to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Nominators will not be held for forfeits falling due after they have declared out in writing.

Class No. 1— On June 1st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $50 will be due; July 1st, $75; August 1st, $75; and .?50 the night before the race.

Class No. 2, 4, 5 and 6 — On June 1st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $30 will be due; July 1st, $45; August 1st, $45, and $30 the night before the race.

Class No. 3— On June 1st, when horses must be named, a forfeit of $20 will be due; July 1st, $30; August 1st, $30, and $20 the night before the race.

For information or entry blanks address
WELCH & JONES, Proprietors. P. J. CAMPBELL, Secretary, Station O., Cincinnati, O

IDAHO INTER-MOUNTAIN FAIR.

BOISE, IDAHO.

SEPTEMBER 16 TO 21, 1901.
Six Days Racing $10,000 in Purses

THREE SPECIALS - $1000 EACH

rierchants Purse for 2:20 Trotters. Inter-mountaln Parse for 2:15 Pacers.

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE I, 1901,

Capital City Purse, Running, 1 1-4 Miles — Entries Close Sept. 1, 1901.

CONDITIONS.

Entrance fee Ave per cent, of purse and five per cent, additional from money winners. Entrance
to purse races payable 40 per cent with entry, balance at time of meeting. Money divided 50, 25, 15
and 10 per cent, of purse. Mile heats. 3 in 5 for pacing and trotting races. Hobbles not barred.

The Boards reserves the right to declare off and return first payment in any purse that does not
fill satisfactorily.

The Board reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two start they may
contest for entrance money paid in, to be divided 66t3' per cent, to the first and 33M per cent, to the
second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no
other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

The usual weather clause will be observed. Other than specified, rules of the American Trotting
Association to govern harness races, and of the Pacific Northwest Racing Association to govern
running races.

For entry blanks, address
JOHN McMlLLAN, Pres. C. S. LOVELAND, Sec.

State Agricultural Society

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

The Stanford Stake of 1903.

Trotting Stake for Foals of 1900

To be trotted at the California State Pair of 1903.

Entries to Close June 1, 1901.

"With H. Lowden, Assistant Secretary at the office in Sacramento.

Fifty dollars entrance, of which $5 must accompany nomination June 1, 1901; $5 November 1, 1901
$10 June 1. 1902; $10 June 1, 1903, and $30 on the tenth day before the first day of the State Fair of 1903
$300 added by the Society. Mile heats, three in five, to harness.

The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 2o, 15 and 10 per cent. Right reserved to declare two
starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be
divided 66*3' per cent, to the winner and 33M per cent, to the second horse. A horse distancing the
field shall be entitled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Remember, the Date of Closing is June 1, 1901.

{Colts entered in the Occident Stake for 1903 are eligible to entry in this Stake.) This Stake is
growing in value each year.
H. LOWDEN, Asst. Secretary. A. B. SPBECKELS, President

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THE BAYW000 STUD!PUW nSw ^ST" HT1 * ,

GHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 » u* s«.sod.

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

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MUCH BETTER 2:07M, DERBY PRINCESS 3:08>4. DIABLO 2:09J4,| OWYHEE 2:11,

LITTLEBETTER 2: 11 34, CIBOLO 2 :13 ;, and many otlier fast and game race horses.

Imp. Hackney Stallion

Green's Rufus 63 <4291>j OWYHEE 26,116, rec. 2:11 ^

season.

wai serve a limited number ol approved mares season 1901. Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

FEE

Reductions made for two or more mares.

$75

St. Carlo — iooi

ST. CABLO .

Hermit {seclusion

(Marsyas
*usee tvesuvienne

1

Lexington

Kingfisher {SSSf

Carita j Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about S29.000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Bums Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and 311,650), Zamar H. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $769o), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

POKTOLA, San Mateo Co., CaL

ELECTIONEER

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of XEERETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Bam Clyde 2d, by Xutwood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Xeeretta 2:09^ is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:11^ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09%. Neernut's oldest colts are coming sis
years old. He is a blood bay. 15=^ hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
hopples and is fast and game, having a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the
two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana, Cal.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

! Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

1 he Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
Phoebe Willies 2:08^, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11H, Arlene Wilkes2:lls. New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16J£. Sunbeam 2:16m. Sybils.
£163£, Saville 2:1714, Grand George 2: \8H,
J. P. Hanson 2:19M, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, % mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

Good Pasturage at ,84 per month. Best;lof care'taken of mares but no liability for escapes or
accidents. No wire fences. Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,
Telephone: Suburban ML Santa Clara, Cal.

SEYMOUR WILKES, Beg. No. 0232.

(RACE RECORD 2:08%.)

The Fastest Son of Guy Wilkes.

Will make the season of 1901 at

Lakeville, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Terms for the Season $25.

SEYMOUR WILKES earned his record in a hard fought race and was a game race horse. The
oldest of his get are four year olds, and no horse in California can show a greater proportion of large,
handsome, strongly -built and well boned colts. They all look alike and in nearly every instance are
square trotters.

SEYMOUR WILKES is by Guy Wilkes.his dam Early Bird by Playmail, second dam by Odd
Fellow, third dam by a son of Williamson's Belmont, fourth dam by Blackhawk 767. He weighs 1300
pounds, stands 16 hands high, and isone of the most symmetrical horses in California. Several of his
get are in San Francisco and will be shown to prospective breeders with pleasure. For further par-
ticulars apply to THOS. ROCHE, Lakeville, Sonoma Co., or J. W. Gregory, St. George Stables.
408 Bush street, San Francisco.

Mares can be shipped direct to ranch, via. Steamer Gold. Pasturage 33 per month.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at AlaSIEDA KACE TRACK, from Peb.15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands
high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality
and finish and beautiful symmetry.
His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

Sroportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:1354, Hazel Y. 2:17,
utcher Boy 2:17;*, Auditor 2:19^ and many others, and all have great style and action, as
well as speed.

See hiTn and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fere no (3)
2MOK; by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

McKINSKY 2:11**.

sire of

Coney 2:023£

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09>*

Zolock &10J5

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12U

McZeus .2:13

Dr. Book. 2:13Ji

Osito 2:13'i

Juliet D 2:13'i

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14Ji

Geo. W. McKinney. . . .2:14^i

McXally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them,was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a clmmpkm in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth monev in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second monev in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

gg gg Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season 5100 (With usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. *. DURFEE

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races
1st 10 times
2d 6 times
3d 5 times

WON

$7500

IN PURSES.

STAM B. (33444) 2 :11^ is by Stamboul 2:07!4 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04. and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAMC B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make i he *ea-ou at
Agricultural Park. Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS.. Rocklin, Cal.

Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:195£, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05H, Monterey 2:09** and Dr. Leek 2:09!*— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:16** and Monterey 2:093*, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?!, Monterey 2:09**, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13}*.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19^ and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03j* to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06J* and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS 850 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, rtilpitas, Cal.

512-314-
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NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed,

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:12 and Z:l*\i respectively. Who I. It is the champion three-vear-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2: low. John A McKer-
ron 3:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

By Guy Wilkes 2:1S|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18| by Nutwood 2:18f

For the Seneon

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

is the sire of

.2:1S»;
.2:18;i

.2:33>-;

2:04';

John A. MeKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec(wagon) .2:09

3-year-old race rec. .2:12v4'
"Who Is It 2:10»4

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

Georgie B 2:12#

Claudius 2:1314

Bob Ingersoll 3:14%

Irvington Boy 2:17J£

Young stock by Nutwood "Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal,

Irvington Belle...
Echora Wilkes...

Central Girl

Wilkes Direct

AlisB

Who Is She 2:25

Fred Wilkes 2:26^

Queen C 2:2S 4

Electress ."2:28H

Daugestar 2:29

The Latest
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VOL. XXVIII. No. 22.
36 GEARY STREET.

SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1901.

SUBSCRIPTION
THREE DOLLARS A YEAR

IN TRAINING AT WOODLAND.

1. Yellow Jacket 2:20^, dun gelding by Silver Ring 3622. Owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman.

2. Jobn A. 2:12% brown stallion by Wayland W., dam Lady Moor, dam of Artbur W. 2:11^.

3. Alta Vela 2:15!4, bay stallion by Electioneer, dam Lorita 2:18',4 by Piedmont.

4. Pearl Sinclair, bay Ally by Hanford Medium 2:11W, dam the damof Kelly Briggs 2:10J< by Algon -

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[JUNE 1, 1901

THE DENVER PROGRAM.

Forty-Three Entries Made by California Horse-

men.

The full list of entries for the harness races to be
held at Overland Park. Denver, during the two weeks
beginning Saturday. June 15th, has. been received and
is published herewith. California stables are well
represented, there being no less than forty-three en-
tries in the different classes. W. G. Durfee has the
largest number of entries. He has named Charley
Mac in the 2:14 and 2:17 trots. Dr. Book in the 2:14 and
2:10 trots, Dr. Shorb in the 2:35, 2:27. 2:25 and 2:40
trots, and Maggie McKinney in the 2:17 trot. All
these are by McKinney. In the 2:20. 2:32 and 2:40 pac-
ing classes he names Floretta Belle by State of Maine,
and in the three year old pace he has Silver Coin by
Steinway.

B. O. Van Bokkelen has four trotters entered. Tom
Smith by McKinney and the bay gelding Moffit by
Sable Wilkes are both named in the 2:35, 2:40 and 2:23
class trots. Vic Schellar by Hambletonian Wilkes in
the 2:27 and 2:25 trots and Stamboulette by Stamboul
in the 2:10 and free for all trotting events.

John Blue entered four of the horses he took from
California. He has the Honolulu horse, whose name
appears in the entries as Ed E Bennett, named in the
2:20, 2:19 and free-for-all pace, and has Confianza, a
two year old by James Madison, in the two year old
trot; Jim Marshall by Diablo in the three year old
pace and Frank Dale, by Chas. Derby, in the three
year old trot.

C. E. Clark, who left Fresno for Denver last week,
has named Toggles by Strathway in the 2:10 and free,
for-all trots, Listerine by Athadon in the 2:17 trot and
Sue by Athadon in the 2:40 trot.

Dr. Boucher, of San Jose, has his four year old pacer
Harry Logan, by Harry Gear out of Miss Logan 2:06},
in the 2:20, 2:23 and 2:40 pacing classes, and C. B.
Bigelow, of Woodland, names Tags by Diablo in the
2:11 class pace.

The San Diego Stables has three horses entered.
These are Glideway by Saraway and Belle C. by Atto
Rex in the 2:35 and 2:25 trotting classes, and the pacer
Dunleavy by Glenwood in the 2:20 and 2:32 pacing
events.

Everything looks promising for a good meeting at
Denver. The full list of entries for the harness events
is as follows:

SATURDAY, JUNE 15.

2:09 Pace, Purse S500— Raymond M 2:08}, Mrs Cas-
saday, Colorado Springs; B'.rchtwig 2:08], E Gaylord,
Denver; Tombstone 2;10}, R McKenzie. Salt 'Lake
Citv; Aelse 2:10}, A D Moorhead, Denver; Billv K
2:14}, Hal Ketterman, Denver; Roberts 2:09}, M C
Roberts, Denver; Lottie Smart 2:09}, Francis Smart,
Denver; Ophelia 2:11}, C L Smith, Colorado Springs.

2:14 Trot, Purse $500— Ima Electrite 2:15}, George
Bernard, Colorado Snrings; Charlie Mc 2:17}, W G
Durfee, Los Angeles," Cal; Dr Book 2:13}, W G Dur-
fee, Los Angeles, Cal; Yarrum 2:19}, Edwin Gaylord,
Denver; Kane 2:17}, A P Mackey. Denver: Trilby P
2:13}, J Fred Roberts, Denver.

MONDAY, JUNE 17.

2:14 Pace, Purse $500— Florence B 2:16}, E J Baines,
Pueblo, Colo; Jim Dixon 2:16}. James McMurdie, Lead-
ville; Schermerhorn 2:17}, Mrs G W Meeks, Denver;
Duchess 2:15}, W J Meikelham, Denver; Billy K 2:14},
Hal Ketterman, Denver; Shecam2:14}. WO Reynolds.
Denver; D D 2:16}, E R Stark, Colorado Springs.

2:35 Trot, Purse $500— Dr Shorb, W G Durfee, Los
Angeles, Cal; Red Fairy, WT Duncan. Denver; Louisa
Jefferson, George H Estabrook, Denver; James H
Carroll, Joe Gavin, Denver; Otto Wilkes, Joe Gavin,
Denver; Geo M, Fred Muehl, Denver; Sumont, Fred
Muehl, Denver; Red Edna, J. A. Myers, Denver; Madi-
son, J K Reed, Denver; Glideway, San Diego Stables,
San Diego, Cal; Belle C. San Diego Stahles, San Diego,
Cal; Commonwealth, F E Selden, Denver; Kate Lum-
ery, F E Selden, Denver; Viometa, John W Weaver,
Denver; Annine. John W Weaver, Denver; Tom
Smith, B O Van Bokkelen, San Jose, Cal; Moffltt, B
O Van Bokkelen, San Jose, Cal.

TUESDAY, JUNE 18.

2:20 Pace, Purse $1,000— Harry Logan, V D Boucher,
San Jose, Cal; Prince. M B Carlton, Cedar Edge,
Colo; Ed E Bennett, John Blue, Pleasanton, Cal;
Buena 2:25, A L Camp Jr, Greeley, Colo; Blast, Geo
W Cook, Denver: Plenty, Goodell Bros, Sioux City,
Iowa: Floretta Belle, W G Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal;
Silver Dollar, Mrs Gough, Denver: Helen Mar, Mrs
Sara Hinkley, Denver: Urba 2:11, Tom Johnson, Den-
ver; Lulu M 2:22}, Joe McCuire. Denver: Dunleavy,
San Diego Stables. San Diego, Cal; Orval 2:21, FE
Selden, Denver; Riley C 2:21}, J K Strohm, Aurora
Neb; Winfield Stratto'n 2:22J, Walter Wood, Denver'

Three Year Old Trot, 2:50 Class, purse $500— Bryan,
James Anthony, Denver; Good Gracious, James Dowd,
Kokomo, Colo.: Jennie J, J J JosUn, Denver: Martha
W, Wood& Sigel, Denver; Lord Gilbert. Walter Wood,
Denver; Congressman Sibley Jr. Frank K Mann, Aspen,
Colo; Frank Dale, Edwin Gaylord, Denver.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19.

2:24 Trot and Pace to Wagon — George M, George M
Black, Denver: Gebhardt 2:32, George M Black, Denver;
Martha B, E A Beecher, Colorado Springs; James H
Carroll, Joe Gavin, Denver; Otto Wilkes, Joe Gavin.
Denver; Nellie Campbell, J Jay Joslin, Denver; Evadne,
2:27}, J A Osner, Denver: Suspicion 2:28, Windsor
Farm, Denver; Slippery Jim 2:35, J Fred Roberts,

Denver: Bert 2:29, J Fred Roberts. Denver: Dr Calder
2:25|, J'B Rycraft, Denver: Gold Standard, M J Dun-
leavy, Denver.

Three Minute Trot and Pace to Wagon, Prize-
George M. George M Black, Denver; Sumont. George M
Black, Denver; Joe Ives, Geo Bernard,Colorado Springs;
Gayfield, E A Beecher, Colorado Snrings; Red Bird, J A
Burnett, Denver; Mary A, W N Burdette, Denver: AUie,
Charles W Bowles, Littleton, Colo: American Hal. J E
Crawford, Littleton, Colo; Hattie Hawks, J W Miller,
Colorado Springs.

THURSDAY, JUNE 20.

2:27 Pace, Purse $500— Eva Victor 2:26}, HHDorsey,
Colorado Springs; Irene, J I Franks, Denver: Gold
Standard, Joe McGuire, Denver; Suspicion 2:28, M C
Penrose, Denver: McKittrick, J R Reed, Denver: Bert
2:29, Fred Roberts. Denver: Arline B 2:26}, C L Smith
Colorado Springs; Irwin C 2:29}, H I Wilson, Butte,
Mont; Dolphis, Albert A White, Trinidad, Colo.

2:20 Trot, Purse $500— Dudie Egmont 2:19}, J C
Coulson, Trinidad, Colo; Vendora 2:23}, W T Duncan,
Denver; Yarrum 2:19}, Edwin Gaylord, Denver; Ed
Winship 2:19, J W Miller, Colorado Springs: Glen
Allie 2:21}, B F Threewit, Denver.

FRIDAY' JUNE 21.

Two Year Old Pace, Purse $500— Good Hope, Jessie
Haworth, Quinby, Colo; Hebe Wilkes, Highland stock
farm, Denver; Klataway, Frank B Loomis, Denver,
Roxey, J B Rycraft, Denver; Vioway, Valley View
stock farm, Denver.

2:27 Trot. Purse $500— Tentabit 2:30, J F Church,
Broomfleld, Colo; Dr Shorb, W G Durfee, Los Angeles
Cal; Louisa Jefferson, Geo H Estabrook, Denver;
Evadne 2:27}, J A Osner, Denver; Madison, J R Reed,
Denver; Viometa, J W Weaver, Denver; C K W, C K
Wiley, Colorado Springs; Vic Scheiler, B O Van Bok-
kelen, San Jose, Cal.

SATURDAY-, JUNE 22.

2:11 Pace. Purse $500— Tags 2:13, Mrs C B Bigelow,
Yolo, Cal; Tombstone 2:10}. R McKenzie, Salt Lake
City; Aelse 2:10}, A D Moorhead, Denver; Shecam
2:14}, W C Reynolds; Ophelia 2:11}, C L Smith, Col-
orado Springs; E S 2:11}, R D Stockton, Denver.

Two Year Old Trot, Purse $500— Tramway, George
Brown, Denver: Sarah H, George Brown, Denver;
Kitty Watson, J F Church, Broomfield, Colo; Confl-
anza, John Blue, Pleasanton, Cal: Orphan Boy, M
Gough, Denver; Frankie K, Frank Klipfel. Denver;
M B P, S W Robinson, Denver: Golden Gate, J B Ry-
craft, Denver; Oraway, Valley View Stock Farm, Den-
ver; Nellie S, John W Weaver, Denver; Queen Vic-
toria, Walter Wood, Denver; Miss Congressman Sib-
ley, Frank K Mann, Aspen.

MONDAY", JUNE 24.

2:16 Pace, Purse $500— Florence B 2:16}, E J Baines,
Pueblo, Colo; Belle Burton 2:17, George Bernard, Col-
orado Springs: Jim Dixon 2:16}, James McMurdie,
Leadville; Schemerhorn 2:17}, Mrs G W Meeks, Over-
land, Colo: Duchess 2:15}. W J Meikelham, Denver;
D D 2:16}, E R Stark, Colorado Springs.

2:17 Trot, Purse $500— Listerine 2:17}, Charles E
Clark, Fresno, Cal: Dudie Egmont 2:19}, J C Coulson,
Trinidad. Col: Maggie McKinney, W G Durfee. Los
Angeles, Cal: Charlie Mac 2:17}, W G Durfee, Los
Angeles, Cal: Kane 2:17}, A P Mackev, Colorado
Springs; Ed Winship 2:19, J W Miller, Colorado
Springs.

TUESDAY", JUNE 25.

2:32 Pace, Purse $500 — Joe Ives, George Bernard,
Colorado Springs: Mary A, W N Burdette, Denver;
American Hal, J E Crawford, Littleton, Colo: Blast,
George W Cook, Denver; Floretta Belle, W G Durfee,
Los Angeles, Cal; Plenty, Goodell Bros, Sioux City, la.
Silver Dollar, M Gough, Denver: Gold Standard, Joe
McGuire, Denver; Miss Fair Sex, Frank K Mann,
Aspen, Colo; Hattie Hawks, J W Miller, Colorado
Springs, Colo: Winnemucca, Francis Smart, Denver;
Dunleavy, San Diego Stables, San Diego, Cal: Norval-
ette, J W Weaver, Denver; Dolphis, Albert A White,
Trinidad, Colo; Queen B, J W Zibbeil, Denver.

2:19 Pace, Purse $500— Irene, J I Frank, Denver;
Urba 2:21, Tom Johnson, Denver; Lulu M, Joe Mc-
Guire, Denver: Riley C 2:21}, J K Strohm, Aurora,
Neb: Ed E Bennett, John Blue. Pleasanton, Cal; Orval
2:21, F E Selden, Denver.

WEDNESDAY", JUNE 26.

2:23 Pace, Purse $500— Gayfield. A E Beecher. Colo-
rado Springs; Martha B, A E Beecher, Colorado
Springs; Harry Logan, V D Boucher, San Jose, Cal;
Buena 2:25, A D Camp, Jr, Greelev, Colo; Eva Victor
2:26}, H H Dorsey, Colorado Springs; Helen Mar 2:29
Mrs Sara Hinkley, Denver; Suspicion 2:29 M E Pen-
rose, Denver; Arline B 2:26} C L Smith, Colorado
Springs; Irvin C 2:29} H I Wilson; Winfield Stratton
2:22}. Walter Wood. Denver.

2:25 Trot, Purse $1000— Dr Shorb, W G Durfee. Los
Angeles. Gal: Louisa Jefferson, George H Estabrook,
Denver; James H Carroll. Joe Galvin. Denver: Otto
Wilkes, Joe Galvin. Denver; George M, Fred Muehl,
Denver; Sumont, Fred Muehl, Denver: Red Edna. J A
Myers. Denver; Evadne, J A Osner, Denver; Madison,
J R Reed, Denver: Glideaway, San Diego stables, San
Diego, Cal: Belle C. San Diego stables, San Diego, Cal;
Viometa. John W Weaver, Denver; Vic Shiller, B O
Van Bokkelen, San Jose, Cal.

2:40 Pace. Purse $500 — Belva A. James Anthony,
Denver; Harry Logan, V D Boucher, San Jose, Cal;
Allie. Charles *W Bowies, Littleton, Colo; American
Hal, J E Crawford, Littleton, Colo: Blast, George W
Cook, Denver; Floretta Belle, W G Durfee, Los An-
geles, Cal; Plenty, Goodell Bros, Sioux City, Iowa;
Crook, A M Jagg'ard, Denver; Gold Standard, Joe Mc-
Guire, Denver; McKittrick, J R Reed. Denver; Winne-
mucca, Francis Smart, Denver; Evangie, F E Seldon,
Denver.

THURSDAY. JUNE 27.

2:40 Trot, Purse $500— Red Bird. J A Burnett. Den-
ver: Manitou Belle, William Butler, Colorado Springs;
Sue. Charles E Clark, Fresno, Cal; Dr Shorb, W G
Durfee, Los Angeles, Cal; Red Fairy, W T Duncan,

Denver: Emblematic, Dr AT King. Pueblo: Greenwich
Maid, Dr A T King. Pueblo; George M, Fred Muehl.
Denver; Sumont, Fred Muehl. Denver: Commonwealth^
F E Selden, Denver: Kate Lumery. F E Selden, Den-
ver; Prineeway. Valley View Stock Farm, Denver;
Annine. John W Weaver. Denver: Tom Smith, B O
Van Bokkelen, San Jose, Cal; Moffltt, B O Van Bok-
kelen, San Jose, Cal.

FRIDAY, JUNE 28.

Three Year Old Pace— 2:50 Class, Purse $500—
Senator, J F Church, Broomfield, Colo: Mabel, Davis
& Anthony, Denver; Silver Coin, W G Durfee, Los
Angeles, Cal: Little Girl, W T Duncan. Denver; Look
Out, Highland Stock Farm. Denver; J A O. J A Osner
Denver: Vindicator, F L Sigel, Denver; Thorn-Bud'
W P Farris, Georgetown, Cal; Francis Dunleavy,
Valley View stock farm, Denver; Jim Marshall, John
Blue, Pleasanton, Cal.

2:2-3 Trot, Purse $500— Vendora 2:23}, W T Duncan
Denver: Nellie Campbell 2:23}, J Jay Joslin, Denver;
Gebhardt 2:32, Fred Muehl, Denver; Prince M, Fred
Muehl, Denver; Red Edna. J A Mvers, Denver; Dr
Calder 2:25}, J B Rycraft, Denver: G*len Allie 2:21}, B
F Threewit, Denver; Tom Smith, B O Van Bokkelen,
San Jose, Cal; Moffltt, B O Van Bokkelen, San Jose,

SATURDAY, JUNE 29.

Free-for-All Pace, Purse $500— Birchtwiw 2:08}, Ed-
win Gaylord, Denver: Tombstone 2:10}. R° McKenzie,
Salt Lake City: Aelse 2:10}, A D Moorhead, Denver:
Raymond M 2:08}, Mrs 5l J Casaday. Colorado
springs; Roberts 2:09}, M C Roberts, Denver; Lottie
Smart 2:09}, Francis Smart, Denver: Ophelia 2:11* C
L Smith, Colorado Springs; E S 2:11}. R D Stockton,
Denver: Ed E Bennett, John Blue, Pleasanton, Cal.

2:10 Trot, Purse $500— Ima Electrite 2:15}, George
Bernard, Colorado Spring's; Toggles 2:09}, Charles °E
Clark, Fresno. Cal; Dr Book 2:13}, W G Durfee, Los
Angeles, Cal; Trilby P 2:13}, J Fred Roberts, Denver;
Stamboulet 2:10}, B O Van Bokkelen, San Jose, Cal;
Yarrum 2:19}. Edwin Gaylord, Denver.

Free-for-All Trot, Purse $500— 'loggles 2:09}, Charles
E. Clark, Fresno, Cal; Stamboulet 2:10}, B O Van Bok-
kelen, San Jose, Cal; Yarrum 2:19}, Edwin Gavlord,
Denver.

Arabian Blood Sells Well.

[New York Sun, May 21.]
Fanciers of high-acting coach and carriage horses,
owners and dealers in the hackney variety, lovers of
high-class saddle horses and a few. drivers of the
American light-harness horse attended the sale of
Amerieo-Arabian horses under the management of
W. D. Grand at the American Horse Exchange yester-
day afternoon. It was an unusually large gathering
for an afternoon sale. Much curiosity was evinced as
to how the horses with Arabian blood would sell and
to say that a majority of the crowd was astonished at
the sums bid is drawing it but mildly; and wonder was
added to astonishment when it was learned that a ma-
jority of the offerings were withdrawn because the
owner and consignor, Theodore Cuyler Patterson of
Eadenheim Farm, Chestnut HilL Pa., did not think
the bids were high enough to justifv him in letting his
pets go. For instance, the 15.2 hand stallion, Omar,
was bid up to SI, 550 and the owner would not let him
go. The little black gelding, Blackbird, 13.3 hands,
was run up to $700 and withdrawn.

Several others were taken out after what most of the
horsemen present considered extraordinarily high
prices were bid for them. The 13.2 hand chestnut
mare, Gulnare, was bid up to $875, and Mr. Grand
turned to Mr. Patterson saying: "Let me sell her. "
Mr. Patterson looked thoughtful for a moment, then
nodded his head and the mare was knocked down to
M. Evarts of this city.

The top price was realized on the brown mare
Larissa, which fell to Ed de Cornea for $3500. He also
bought Manila, a bay mare, sister to Larissa, for $2050.
Mr. de Cernea said that the mare would be prepared
for the National Horse Show by the man for whom he
bought them. All of the Americo-Arabs offered were
by either Abdul Hamid II. or the pony sire Kasim.
known also as Abdul Hamid IV. both of which were
bred by Randolph Huntington of Oyster Bay, L. I.
Abdul Hamid II. is a son of the imported Arab "stallion
Leopard, which the Sultan of Turkey presented to
Gen. Grant. Among those sold were as follows:
Larissa, br m, 1897. 15.2H hands, Abdul Hamid JJ— LUlian.

Ed de Carnea. New Y"ork $ 3500

Manila, b m, 1898. 15.3 bands, Abdul Hamid U-Lillian; Ed de

Carnea 2,050

Love Knot, br m, 1897, 15.2 hands, Abdul Hamid n— By Play;

E. B. Hodge, Paoli, Pa 1,750

Hderim, ch s, 1808, 15. 2 hands, Abdul Hamid H— By Play;

Bush Brown. Newburgh, N. Y 1550

Phyllis, ch m, 1897, 13.34 hands, Kasim-Marirje; T. Robin-

son.NewYork 1,500

Gulnare, ch m, 1898, 15.2 hands, Kasim-Maritje; M. Evarts,

New York 875

Total for six head, $11,225; average, £1,870.33.

There are very few horsemen left at the Pleasanton
track, there having been a scattering to various points.
J. M. Alviso is still there, S. K. Trefry will work
Freddie C. and one or two more there for a time yet,
and John Sawyer is still training the Van De Vanter
Stock Farm horses over the track. Ttiese, with a few
being worked by Fred Chadbourne, are about all the
horses at Pleasanton. There are several worn out
runners at the track however, resting up from a long
season at Oakland.

Mexomi>"EE (Mich.), April 3, 1901.
TV. F. YotTXG, P. D. F., Springfield, Mass.

Dear Sir: — Please send me by American Express three bottles of
Absorbine. I have used a bottle of it and find it to be all you
claim for it. Send as soon as possible. Yours truly.

Fred J. Tufts.

June 1, 1901]

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3

THE CLEVELAND SALE.

Eula Mac Brings the Highest Price of all the
Horses Offered.

[American Sportsman, May 23.]'

While there was a large crowd at the opening of the
Fasig-Tipton Blue Ribbon sale Tuesday morning the
bidding did not indicate that it was largely composed
of prospective buyers. Certainly good horses of un-
excelled breeding and with every prospect of becoming
great performers went remarkably cheap. Particu-
larly disappointed was Manager Prank Covey, of the
Palo Alto consignment. Mr. Covey presented forty-
eight highly-bred youngsters, the greatest lot he ever
brought across the Rockies and yet they only brought
$15,255, an average of $320, against an average of $523
last year. Several of the Palo Alto consignment in 1900
brought over $1000. This year only one topped that
mark, Rowellan bringing $1,075, James Golden, of
Boston, being the purchaser. The bidding for this
remarkable youngster, for whom it was thought $2000
would be offered, was anything but spirited. Golden
getting him on his second bid. Golden also paid $850
for Mendolita, the second best price of the day. In
addition he took Mendarion for $375, Ross Martin for
$340, Golden for $325 and Maidee, of the Piedmont
Farm consignment, for $485.

John H. Shults, the millionaire bread trust magnate
of New York, had a great liking for the Palo Alto
youngsters and purchased sixteen head for $4,520. He
bid on nearly every one offered. The bidder up on
several was Mons. J. Bacri, of Paris, who represented
a French syndicate. George Bowerman wanted Lison,
jero, but his bid of $800 was topped by W. R. Wiley,
of Chicago.

The Palo Alto horses sold and the prices brought
were as follows:

Museo, b s, 1899, by "Wildnut-Maiden by Electioneer; C. C

"Van Meter, Louisville, Ky $ 335

Enid, blk s, 1899, by Dexter Prince-Loraneer by Electioneer;

M. B. Smith, Hartford, Conn...: 275

Dexterneer, br g, 1899, by Dexter Prince-Loraneer by Elec-
tioneer; M. . Smith, Hartford, Conn 180

Princess Russell, b f , 1899, by Dexter Prince-Gertrude Russell

by Electioneer; Harry K. Devereux. Cleveland 350

Stewart, ch g, 1898, by Wildnut-Lady Agnes by Electioneer;

H. M- Matthews, South Brooklyn, 0 160

Prince Coral, br g, 1899, by Dexter Prince-Coral by Elec-
tioneer; J. H. Shults, New York 180

Golden, b g, 1898, by Dexter Prince-Carrie C, by Electioneer;

James Golden, Medford, Mass 425

Azretta.. b f, 1898, by Azmoor-Lauretta by Norris; C. C.

Harris, Louisville, Ky 350

Junior, ch g, 1899, by Advertiser-Dextress by Dexter Prince;

W- P. Rider, Cambridge Springs, Pa 175

Cress, br g, 1898, by Advertiser-Cressida by Palo Alto; Ed

Overholt. Bloomdale, O 170

Alselma, br f, 1899, by Altivo-Anselma; J. H. Shults, New

York 20o

Aros, b g, 1899, by Advertiser-Ashby by Gen. Benton; M. B.

Smith, Hartford, Conn 220

Aloha, b f, 1888, by Altivo-Miss Knox by Knox: M. B. Smith,

Hartford. Conn 230

Rosemoor, b c, 1899, by Azmoor— Rosemont by Piedmont;

Irvin G Gray, Stormstown, Pa 410

Anselette, b f, 1898, by Wildnut-Anselma by Ansel; J. H.

Shults. New York, N. Y 300

Wynola. blk f. 1899: by Wildnut-Sweet Rose by Electioneer;

J. H. Shults, New York 225

Navisko, b f. 1898, by Wildnut-Loraneer by Electioneer; J.

H. Shults, New York 200

Memorial, b c, 1890, by Mendocino-Waxana by Gen. Benton;

J. E. Mowrey, Reedsburg, O 185

Princeneer. blk g, 1899. by Dexter Prince-Lucyneer by Elec-
tioneer; J. W. Farist, Bridgeport, Conn 350

Azra, 1899, by Azmoor-Ahwaga by Gen. Benton; J. H. Shults.

New York 200

Orlanta, br c, 1898. by Ora Wilkes-Atalanta by The Moor; J.

Smith, Philadelphia 275

Altivosa, br f , 1899, by Altivo-Mary Osborne by Azmoor; J. H.

Shults. New York 175

Mendolita, b f, 1899, by Mendocino-Edith by George Wilkes;

James Golden, Medford, Mass 850

Serpolita, gr f, 1899, by Mendocino-Sallie Benton by General

Benton; John H. Shults, New York 400

Mendoello. br f, 1899, by Mendocino-Elden by Nephew; Ed.

J. Leighton, Cleveland 300

Mendarion, ch f, 1899, by Mendocino-Clarion by Ansel; James

Golden. Medford, Mass 475

Mendosa, br f. 1899., by Mendocino-Cressida by Palo Alto;

John H. Shults, New York 450

Mendocita, b f, 1899, by Mendoci no-Esther by Express: John

H. Shults, New York 450

Mendolina. b f, 1899, by Mendocino-Lena by Dexter Prince;

Mons. J. Bacri, Paris, France 875

Rowellan, b g, 1898. by Adbell-Rowena by Azmoor; James

Golden, New York , 1,075

Bell Russell, br f, 1898. by Adbell-Gertrude Russell by Elec-
tioneer; John H. Shults, New York 300

Bellena, blk f, 1898. by Adbell-Athena by Electioneer; Brook

Curry, Lexington, Ky 18°

Addie N., br f, 1899, by Advertiser-Lady Nutwood by Nut-
wood; J. H. Shults, New York 300

Nunez, blk f, 1898, by Advertiser-CoDsolation by Dictator;

J. Bacri, Paris 350

Adette, blk f. 1899, by Advertiser-Manet te by Nutwood; M.

B. Smith, Harlford, Conn 350

Lisonjero, b g, 1897, by Dexter Prince-Liska by Electioneer;

W. R. Wiley, Chicago 825

Ross Martin, b g, 1898, by Altivo-Orphina by Norval; James

Golden, Medford, Mass 340

Dorothea, ch f, 1898, by Altivo-Mary Osborne by Azmoor;

John H. Shults, New York 250

Dobbel, b %. 1898, by Wilduut-Helena by Electioneer; Morris

Davis, Bridgeton, N. J 320

Festival, ch f, 1899, by Dexter Prince-Flower Girl by Elec-
tioneer; A. McGeorge, Columbus, 0 235

Alecia Thorn, br f, 1899, by Altivo-Lilly Thorn by Elec-
tioneer; Paris Shoff , Mahoningtown, Pa 170

Monox, br g, 1897, by Mendo cine-Miss Knox by Knox: Col. R.

C. Rawlings, Chanute, Kan 185

Never Again, gr f, 1898, by Mendocino-Sontag Mohawk by

Mohawk, C. J. Kara, Pictou, Out 270

Nutalita, b f, 1898, by Wildnut-Palita by Palo Alto; J. H.

Shults, New York 350

Arizola, blk f, 1898 by Wildnut-Avena by Palo Alto; J. H.

Shults, New York 275

Belfair, blk g, 1899, by Advertiser-Bell's Beauty by Electric-
ity; W. A "Webber, Bloomdale, 0 150

Athwild, br f, 1898, by Wildnut-Athena by Electioneer; Geo.

M. Webb. Philadelphia 175

Azyllo, b g, 1899, by Azmoor-Cylla Barnes by Whips; H. M.

Matthews, South Brooklyn, O 135

SECOND DAY.

The crowd at the sale Wednesday was much larger
than that of Tuesday and it contained more bidders.
Horses with records or well-authenticated trial records
which could go out and take the money were the ones
sought after. When the sale closed Wednesday night
about 150 head had been sold bringing $55,660 or about
$10,000 less than the receipts of the first two davs
in 1000.

The highest price was paid for Eula Mac, the un-
beaten California mare, whom Millard Saunders de-
clares is the equal of Boralma. She has gone a trial
half in 1:0-1, but has a race record of only 2:17$. The
bidding was very brisk for her. When it reached
$2,450, Ed Tipton on behalf of a New Yorker bid
$3,500. W. H. Morehouse, of Toledo, went him $50
better. Louis Streuber stopped this with a bid of
$2,600. Tipton dropped, but Mr. Morehouse raised
Streuber's bid $50. This was his limit and the Erie
man took the mare for $2,700.

Sable Frances 2:15} was sold for $950, and the eight
head in the Santa Rosa Stock Farm consignment sold
for a total of $2815, an average of a little over $351 per
head. The sales of California horses were as follows :
Eula Mac 2:171,4, b m, 1897, by McKinney-Balance All by

Brigadier; Louis Streuber. Erie, Pa 2,700

Sable Frances 2:15^. br m, 1892, by Sable Wilkes-Francisca

by Almontr D. A. Willard, agent, Albany, N. Y 950

Veola, ro .m, 1896, by Beau B.-Phaccola by Silver threads;

James I. Mee, Hamilton, 0 250

Pansy Russell 2;30, br m, 1896, by L. W. Russell-Pansy by

•Cassius M. Clay. Wm. Smithson, New York 33q

Lot D., b m, 1895, by Direct-Leuella by Nutwood; J. T. Hes-

sel. Cheney, Kan 205

Eva Palmer, blk m, 1896, by Beau B.-Maud Palmer by Nut-
wood; John Jacobson. Mew York 200

Madonna Russell 2:25^, b m, 1896, by L W. Russell-Madonna

by Cassius M. Clay Jr.; J. Bacri, New York 600

Captivity 2:28^, ch m, 1895, by Sidney Dillon-Captive by

Piedmont; H. C. Sanders, New York 370

Hazel D. 2:24'/S, brm, 1895, by Diablo-Hazel Mac by Director;

J. B Smith, Cleveland, O ! 360

Volita 2:24, b m, 1897, by Beau B.-Carlotta Wilkes by Charley

Wilkes; Jas. G. Hickox, Bowling Green, O 500

Biggest Horse in Boston.

When Lewis Niles Roberts, a well known resident Of
Boston, arrived in Boston last Friday on the Saxonia
from a trip abroad he had a surprise for his friends in
the shape of a monster horse, the largest now in Boston,
which he had purchased in Spain.

Mr. Roberts' story of his purchase is: "I attended
the horse show at Seville, Spain. There I saw the
most magnificent horse my eyes had ever rested on.
Later I attended a dinner at which Premier Sagasta
and a wealthy Spanish grandee who owned the horse
were present.

"'Tell your master,' said I to the servant of the
Grandee, 'that I would like to buy his horse.'

"The Grandee asked a great price and I declined at
those figures. But I made an offer. It was accepted
and Premier Sagasta closed the bargain. The horse
was paid for and delivered into the hands of the
American Consul."

"The horse stands 23| hands high, is a magnificent
bay, with blood points, and as gentle as a child. And
besides he has great knee action.

"I arranged with Captain Pritchard to build a house
for him on the upper deck, aft, on the Saxonia. The
space between decks on the Saxonia is not sufficient to
allow the horse to stand.

"I will have a special high two- wheeled cart built
and will enter him at the Bar Harbor Horse Show this
summer and also in New York.

"I will call the horse, " said Mr. Roberts, 'Admiral
Cervera, ' as a compliment to the Spanish Admiral,
whom I met many times. I paid S10,qOO for him."

A movement has been started by Blue Grass turf-
men to petition the next Kentucky Legislature to pass
a racing bill to regulate the sport in Kentucky. A
bill is already being prepared. It will be fashioned
after the Percy bill of New York, will provide a State
Commission to control racing, and will allow 30 days on

each track.

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Needed Badly.

Mr. E. T. Baker, a prominent horseman at Eddyville. Neb.,
writes May 18th: "Please find enclosed $1 for which send me a
package of Quinn's Ointment. I have removed two bog spavins
with this Ointment and also find it has no equal for removing wire
cuts. Send at once as I need it badly. This is the universal ex-
pression of the best breeders and horsemen throughout the United
States. If you wish a first-class remedy for removing curbs,
splints, spavins, windpuffs and all bunches, use Quinn's Ointment,
Price one dollar delivered. Address W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall,
N. Y., if you cannot obtain from your druggist or dealer.

Conroy Wins Brooklyn Handicap.

James R. Keene's Conroy, the first three-year-old to
win a Brooklyn Handicap, cantered home a winner at
the Gravesend last Saturday with odds of -1 to 1 against
him. Herbert finished second, with Standing in third
position. The favorite, Banastar, was away back in
the ruck, unable to get up his speed in the going.

A more disagreeable day for the Brooklyn Handicap
could not have been imagined. The big event was
pulled off in a driving rain. In spite of the threaten-
ing weather, a big crowd was at the track, fully 15,000
people watching the struggle. At 4:15, when the bugle
called the handicap horses to the post, the track was
like a quagmire. Banastar was a consistent favorite
all the time, with Conroy second choice, and Sydney
Lucas, Herbert and Raffaello well backed.

On the sixth attempt the horses got off in good
style. Banastar was first to show, with Herbert and
Raffaello next in line and Conroy close up. Around
the turn they rushed. They had gone but a few
strides when O'Connor sent the three-year-old Conroy
to the front, and he came with such a rush that he
was two open lengths to the good as he passed the
judges' stand for the first time. Banastar was in sec-
ond place, Herbert and Standing lapping him. With-
out slackening speed in the least and with the mud
flying, they scampered around the lower turn, Conroy
holding his advantage. Banastar had been passed by
Herbet and Standing, and was half a length behind
them.

Coming into the backstretch, Smith sent Herbert
after Conroy, and foot by foot he began to cut down
the lead of the three-year-old. Standing and Banastar
began to close up, too, and as the upper turn was
reached, it looked as if the youngster already had his
measure taken. O'Connor, however, was on the alert
and still had a good hold on Keene's horse. The
leaders rushed into the turn. Just for one moment
did Banastar show a flash of the speed which he ex-
hibited in the Brooklyn Handicap of two years ago —
only the conditions were so different — but it did°not
last, and he began to drop back.

Herbert was by this time on even terms with Conroy,
and Standing was but a length away, and thev were
turning into the stretch for the final rush. O'Connor
on Conroy, then crouched low on his mount and went
to work. Conroy gamely responded to the jockey's
appeal, and in a few jumps left Herbert as if he were
standing still. In the twinkling of an eye he was a
couple of lengths in front and in a few bounds more, as
far as the rest were concerned, the contest was over,
for struggle as they might they could never catch Con-
roy, and the latter pulling up strongly cantered past
the judges' stand, the easiest kind of a winner by a
length and a half from Herbert, who was twice that
distance in front of Standing, and the others were
badly beaten. The cheering at the conclusion of the
race was tremendous. Summary:

The Brooklyn handicap, mile and one-quarter — Con-
roy, 102 (O'Connor), 4 to 1, and 8 to 5 won; Herbert, 90
(Smith), 7 to 1 and 5 to 2, second; Standing, 113
(Piggott) 12 to 1 and 5 to 1, third; time 2:09. Alsike,
Sidney Lucas, Raffaello, Banastar, King Bramble and
Water Cure also ran, and finished as named.

Labor Union Mare.

Maggie, a mare belonging to Aaron Yocum, a mer-
chant of Reading, would make a good member for a
labor union. Maggie is not a remarkable animal in
any way — with one exception, she positively refuses to
work more than nine hours a day. Maggie is now 33
years of age, and is only worked occasionally, but even
in her old age she remembers the principle which gov-
erned her in early youth, and hangs on to the nine
hour schedule. When she is hitched up in the morn-
ing at 7 o'clock she will work hard all morning.
When noon, comes, however, Maggie insists upoa go-
ing to the stable. At 1 o'clock she is ready for the
afternoon's work, but at 5 o'clock positively refuses to
go anywhere but to the stable. — Philadelphia Inquirer.

The difference of opinion among members of the
Board of Review of the National Trotting Association,
as to whether a portion of the Board had the power
to reverse a decision made by another part, has led
President Johnson, Frank Bower and one or two
others to sign a call for a special meeting of the entire
Board to take the matter under advisement, and to
formulate a rule to protect the interests of the asso-
ciation. The reversal of the John A. McKerron case,
a decision in which the recent tribunal at New York
set aside the finding of another portion of the Board,
is the cause of the call. Mr. Bower has expressed
himself as being against the decision recently made,
and claims the only power the Board has in such mat-
ters was to follow the law promulgated by the National
Congress, and until the next meeting of the Congress
no portion of the Board of Review had a right to
infringe on the law. John A. McKerron may yet be
credited with his record of 2:10, made on the Read-
vilie track.

Scott McCoy and his assistants are busy just now at
East View farm. One of the sensational mares of last
year, Hetty G. 2:05}, is going strong and sound, and
Directum Kelly 2:08}, is giving promise of being able
to race this year. Several youngsters by Directum
Kelly are also showing great form, and some of them
will be campaigned.

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Cured Quittor and Will Cure Fistula.

Water Oak (Va.). May 27, 1900.
Please give me treatment for horse with tistula just coming on.
I have wonderful faith in Gombaulfs Caustic Balsam. J
same horse of quittor with it. E. J. Socx.

&he Qxezbex axtit gty&vt&man

fJUNE 1, 1901

THE WEEKLY

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Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER. B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

" -: Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -^ Sept. 16-21

CARSON CITY. Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWTSTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA. B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GBAXD CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLEJO Aug. 19 to 2

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-3

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-1"

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 2

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BTSHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CHAS. DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. L Moorhead. Santa Clara

McKINNEY 2:11M C. A. Durtee, San Jose

MONTEREY" 2:09« ..P.J.Williams. Milpitas

NEERNUT R. I. Moorhead, Santa Clara

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:1614 Martin Carter, Irvineton

OWYHEE 2:1 1H Oakwood Park Stock Parm. Danville

STAM B. 2:11H Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

HACEXETS.

GREENS RUFUS The Bay wood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell. Portola

SACRAMENTO IS THE PLACE where the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association will
hold its meeting this year, and the dates are from
August 12th to 17th. This was determined at a meet-
ing of the Board of Directors held at the Secretary's
office 36 Geary street last Monday, and nothing has
pleased the California horsemen so much as this an-
nouncement. The Sacramento track is without any
doubt the best in the State at the present time and the
climate of the Capital City during June, July and
August is ideal for training. Stall rent is free and now
that the date of the meeting has been set there has
already begun a general movement among trainers
toward the State Fair track. There are six early clos-
ing stakes of 51000 each offered for a starter and with-
in a few weeks another lot of smaller amounts will be
advertised. The date for closing entries to the $1000
stakes has been changed to July 1st, and this will give
trainers plenty of time to ascertain how good their
horses are before entering them. There will be purses
offered for three year old pacers and trotters in addi-
tion to the other events and as there are quite a large
number of three year olds in training in California
this year they should fill well. The Directors had two
offers to consider at their meeting Monday. One was
from Vallejo whose citizens offered a bonus of $1000
and the use of the track if the meeting was held there.
The other was from Sacramento citizens who guaran-
teed $1200 and the track. The Breeders very wisely
decided to accept the Sacramento proposition as it
was the best one, but offered to also accept the offer
of Vallejo, provided the citizens would agree to
the association taking a date after its Sacramento
meeting. This was taken under consideration by the

Vallejo Committee, which will report later. There is
every reason to believe that the Breeders meeting at
Sacramento this year will be one of the best ever given
by this sterling association. The increased interest in
harness horses has extended all over this State, and
there are more horses in training than for years. The
Sacramento track, since it has been managed by Mr.
J. Martin, has been kept in perfect condition, and those
who train there have been loud in their praises of it
and him. As the circuit will be opened by the Breed-
ers, horsemen who intend racing this year will find it
to their advantage to take their strings to Sacramento
as soon as possible, so that they may have a choice of
stalls. About eighty horses were working there last
week and by the middle of this month there will be at
least twice that many in training there. With free
stall rent and the best of hay and grain to be had at
as low rates as any place in California there is no track
which furnishes so many advantages. The purses
offered by the Breeders Association are most libera*
and will be so arranged that every class of horses now
in California will be provided for. It will be the best
opportunity for the owners of trotters and pacers to
win money that will be offered this year.

T^HE RULING OFF the turf of a crowned head does
* not occur every day, but it recently happened
down in India. The Calcutta Asian publishes the
whole of the correspondence relating to what is known
as "The Crown" case. The Sultan of Johore imported
a horse from Australia which was entered for several
races in Singapore and in Calcutta under the name of
The Crown. The horse ran as a maiden in Singapore
and won a race, but the owner of the horse which
finished second in the race, claimed the race, on the
ground that The Crown was really a horse called
Truth, who had won races in Australia. The Singa-
pore stewards having made inquiries and ascertained
that this was really so, called upon the Sultan of
Johore and his trainer and jockey, Calder, for an ex-
planation. Calder thereupon exonerated the Sultan
from all blame, admitted the fraud and was promptly
warned off the turf, both in Singapore and Calcutta,
for life, while the horse was disqualified from running
in any more races. The stewards having further called
upon the Sultan of Johore to resign his honorary
membership of the Singapore Sporting Club, he has
done so under protest, and has appealed to the general
body of members of the club to say whether or not he
has been fairly treated by the stewards.

A DISPATCH from Redding under date of May
30th, states: It is possible that horsemen in the
northern part of the State may arrange a circuit in
the fall that will include Redding. Alturas, Lakeview
and Yreka. This is the proposition as considered by
the Northern California Driving Club of this city.
The idea of an extreme northern circuit was well
received and will probably be carried out. The four
towns to be included are all good race towns. Sev-
eral strings of Tehama and Shasta horses are already
guaranteed to be taken around the line.

AN OPPORTUNITY IS OFFERED those who de-
sire to purchase some well bred trotters and
roadsters, as well as heavy draft animals, by a big con.
signment from the Santa Rosa and Verba Buena Stock
Farms of the Pierce Brothers, which is to be sent to
William G. Layng's Occidental Horse Exchange at
721 Howard street, this city, and sold Friday next.
Attenticn is called to the advertisement of the sale in
another column which gives full particulars. Cata-
logues can be had the morning of the sale.

TWO GOOD PROSPECTS are offered for sale in
this issue by Mr. A. G. Gurnett, of this city.
One, the stallion Direct Fils by Direct, is a handsome
large horse and a splendid road horse. He ought to
be a profitable horse in the stud if properly managed.
The other is a gelding by Direct out of a mare by
Brigadier. He can show a 2:30 gait, is a high class
road horse and goes well under saddle. See the ad-
vertisement.

JOHN SPLAN recently closed out in New York a
consignment of twenty-three harness horses which
he had spent several months in collecting and getting
ready. Best prices follow: Grand Simmons 2:17J, $950;
Gray Billy 2:16J, $1000; Lady Cossack, $900; Giles
Noyes 2:05}, $1650; Fashion Maid and Nina V. 2:22].
sold as a pair, $2000; Tommy Burton. $900. The aver-
age for the twenty-three head was $645.

HORSE TAMING is the title of a neat volume that
has just reached our table. It is from the pen of
Prof. William Muller and is one of the most practical
guides to the taming of horses we have ever seen. The
price- of the book is one dollar.

I OS ANGELES will give one of the greatest meet-
*-< ings ever held in Southern California this year
and entries to the harness events will close July 1st.
Read the list of big purses offered and begin pointing
your horses for some of them.

■"THE DEMAND for horses is still ahead of the supply
1 in California and it will take several years for the
latter to catch up. To get a big price for a prospective
race horse, however, speed must be actually shown.

DACING will probably continue at the Oakland
1 ^ track until July 4th, which will make the season
a little over eight months. Next year the season will
be shortened to about five months, it is said.

QAKLEY ENTRIES close June 1st. California
^ owners whose horses will race on the eastern cir-
cuits this year should make their entries to-day.

Well Worth Watching.
A gentleman who owns a trotter eligible to the 2:15
class, that he will campaign this seasoD, says "Ray-
mond" in the Horse World, has been figuring out how
fast his horse will have to trot this year to be a factor
in the purses offered for the classes ranging from 2:13
to 2:15 on the mile tracks, beginning at Detroit, and
following the Grand Circuit line East, then going to
the big fall meetings, ending at Lexington. After
looking up the statistics relating to last season's races
in these classes, he is of the opinion that any trotter
that can step three heats from 2:11 to 2-11? will be a
good money earner. The average time for these
classes last year was just a shade below 2-13 The
fastest heat in these classes was the 2:07i, made bv
Georgena in her race at Hartford, and the fastest
average race was on that same occasion when the aver-
age time was about 2:10i. By this it will be seen that,
while a consistent, steady-going trotter, that is able to
go three heats between 2:11 and 2:12 would fail to win
some of the races, he would still he able to win his
share and get a pretty good place in the others In
m.?nDy °i *he,races for the slower classes, sav those for
2:20 and 2:24 trotters, the time will be faste'r than will
be made in any of the races for the 2:13 and 2:15 classes
if anyone is inclined to doubt this, let them keep track
this year and see how much harder a trotter will have
to work to be a good winner in the 2:20 class, than one
will to do equally well in the 2:13 class.

Race Track for Spokane.
Breeder and Sportsmen:— At last the residents
of the Inland Empire have awakened to the necessity
of having a race track for Spokane, and I am pleased
to be able to inform you that grading has commenced
on a half-mile track which promises to be one of the
best in the country. Our citizens have subscribed
thirty thousand dollars towards a permanent organiza-
tion for an annual fruit fair, live stock and poultry
show and race meeting combined, the first series to be
held this year from September 10th to 21st. We have
all been hungry for good clean racing and purses to
the amount of ten thousand dollars will be offered as
an inducement for good entries, and owners of horses
need have no fear in regard to collecting any moneys
won, as it is already on deposit in the bank. This
organization will own its land, buildings, etc., and I
might add that there will be an opening for a couple
of good trainers here. We already have some o-ood
horses in Spokane and trust to be able, with the help
of outside stock, to give the public racing equal to
anything to be seen in the East

Yours truly,

Thos. S. Griffith.

Some Facts of the Derby.
The English Derby has been an annual event at
Epsom, England, since 1780. It was first run on May
4, 1780, over a distance of one mile, which in 1784 was
increased to one and a half miles. The stake is now
worth $30,000 and is for three year olds. The fastest
time since 1850 was made in 1896 bv Persimmons and
last year by Diamond Jubilee, full brothers, both
owned by the Prince of Wales. Time 2:42. The slow-
est time was in 3:04, made by Ellington in 1856. The
one and a half mile record in this country is 2:30},made
by Goodrich at Washington Park, Chicago, July 16,
1898. The St. Leger, established in 1776, is also for
three year olds. The distance is one mile six furlongs
and 132 yards and is run at Doncaster. It is valued at
about $20,000. The St. Leger record is held by
Diamond Jubilee, St. Simon-Peditall. in 3:09 1-5 made
last year. The slowest time is 3:31 3-5, made by Galtee
More in 1897.

New Directors for State Board.
The terms of Directors of the State Agricultural
Society A. B. Spreckels of San Francisco, F. W. Covey
of San Mateo, J. W. Wilson of Sacramento and E. D.
Cobb of San Joaquin having expired, Governor Gage
this week reappointed Messrs. Spreckels and Covey
and in place of Messrs. Wilson and Cobb, named C. W.
Paine of Sacramento and Ben F. Rush of Suisun, ex-
cellent appointments.

Ward Adams has lost his good mare Loconomo.
She died from catarrhal fever. Loconomo won a good
many races last year on the California circuit.

June 1, 1901]

the Qveebev anb ^portstncin

AATOODLAND, Yolo county, has been a horse breed-

• » bag centre this year, there being twenty-five or
thirty stallions in service within a radius of ten miles
of that town. Trotting bred horses are the most
numerous, and among them are Diablo 2:09}, Alta Vela
2:15}, Mambrino Chief Jr., Gossiper Jr., Falrose 2:19,
Tuberose, a handsome son of Falrose, Alexander
Button, twenty-four years old but as vigorous as a colt)
Bayswater Wilkes, the sire of that whirlwind pacer
Kelly Briggs 2:10}, and many other stallions "too
numerous to mention." Diablo has been the best pat-
ronized having had about ninety mares sent to him,
and as they average well in looks and breeding his foals
of 1901 should do this great horse credit. William
Murray made a wise move when he took Diablo to
Woodland. It was there that the son of Chas. Derby
made his record as a four year old, and the horse
breeders of that locality have not forgotten his won-
derful speed and gameness. There are a dozen
Diablos that should enter the list this year in Califor-
nia, and thus keep him well up to the top of the sires
of new performers.

There are thirty or forty horses in training at the
Woodland track, which, since the Agricultural Associ-
ation took charge of it, is kept in excellent condition
for training. S. A. Hooper, of Yountville, Napa
county, has his stallion Alta Vela there and is getting
him ready for the circuit. Alta Vela was the only new
performer last year for his sire Electioneer, and as the
latter has been dead since 1890, the performance of
Alta Vela was quite a surprise. For a twelve year old
stallion that had been used on the roads in San Fran-
cisco for years to step out and take a record of 2:15 J
was something out of the ordinary, and attracted Mr.
Hooper's attention. He had just purchased the Don
Lowell mare Dora Doe that soon after trotted to a
record of 2:12} and when the owners of Alta Vela
offered him the stallion and thirteen hundred dollars
for the mare he swapped in a hurry, as he would have
traded even up had it been suggested. He is better
pleased with his bargain now than ever, and thinks
Alta Vela under favorable conditions can drop into
Electioneer's 2:10 list without any trouble. Mr. Hooper
has five horses at the Woodland track, the green
trotter Prince Howard by Dexter Prince among them.
This horse is looking fit to trot for a life and is going
fast and acting better than ever before. If he remains
steady it will take a good green one to head him. One
of the best looking young stallions we have seen this
year is a black fellow by McKinney ont of Nona Y.
2:25 by Admiral. He belongs to Prof. E. P. Heald,
President of the Breeders Association, who has two or
three young horses in Mr. Hooper's charge. One a.
diminutive pacer by Pilot Prince, is showing a good
deal of speed and Mr. Hooper thinks will be quite fast
as he has an almost perfect way of going.

Walter Mastin has the pacer John A. 2:12| by Way-
jand W. and will race him this year. The stallion
looks bigger and stronger than he did last season,
when he got some pretty hard work. He seems all
right now and is booked for 2:08 or better. As a three
year old he paced in 2:1-1 in a race which Kelly Briggs
2:10} won, and was a good second to that horse in the
last heat, with a lot of aged horses behind him.
Masten is working a three year old [pacing filly by Fal-
rose that he calls Mamie H. He also has a green trotter
called Georgie H. that should pick up a share of the
money in the green classes this year.

A. B. Rodman's dun pacer Yellow Jacket 2:20£ by
Silver King is being worked without hopples and seems
to take very kindly to the change. He is a handsome
gelding with flaxen mane and tail and makes a fine
showing in harness. He is faster than his record and
should reduce lit some this year, though he is a little
erratic but game, and no race is too long for him.

Kelly Briggs is devoting all his time to his three year
old pacing mare, Pearl Sinclair by Hanford Medium
out of the dam of Kelly Briggs 2:10}. Since Det
Bigelow went East Kelly has done all his own driving
and training and the boys at the track say he is lots
better than a raw hand. He drove Pearl a mile in
2!22J two weeks ago, which is pretty good for an ama-
teur with a three year old green one.

S. Mativia has a string of eight green trotters and
pacers and some promising ones among them. The
Alex Button mare Mary P., owned by Mr. Proctor of
Woodland, is a very fast mare. She has trotted a
mile in 2:30 this year, last quarter in 35 seconds and
last eighth in 16}. She has been worked but little so
far, but is improving all the time. She worked very
fast last year but wrenched her ankle and was thrown
out of training. Mr. Proctor also owns a two year old
full brother to the much talked of "Honolulu horse"
that is a very handsome colt and a trotter. Mativia
has the big black stallion Bohab 23,147 by Prince Red

out of Lela • May 2:23|, by Antevolo, second dam
Steinola, dam of two in the Use, by Steinway, third
dam Phaccola by Silverthreads 18,653, and fourth dam
the famous Minnehaha, dam of eight in the list includ-
ing Beautiful Bells. Rohab is a large horse, with extra
good bone and quite a trotter. Mativia thinks he
should win some good races with him in the green
classes. Among the other promising ones in his string
are Trilby a mare bylTruman 2:12 out of a mare by
Nephew, second dam Wildflower, bred at Palo Alto
and owned by H. E. Coil, Blossom a green pacer full
brother to Gen. Logan, the sire of Miss Logan 2:065,
Walmont a green trotter by Waldstein out of a mare
by Almont, a gray horse by Alex Button out of a mare
by Jim- Mulvena, and Alexander Woodard, a three
year old stallion [by Alex Button out of Viola by
Flaxtail.

Monroe Salisbury left last Saturday for Cape Nome.
This is the veteran horseman's second trip and he told
me the outlook to him was more favorable than last
year. He is a wonderful man of his age, and no young
person is fuller of energy and-determination than he.
His rugged health and iron eonstitusion will avail him
much in the far north and I only express the wish of
every person that knows him when I hope that he will
come back wiih more Igold than he can carry. "If I
make it up there," he said "I'll have some horses again
and I have my eye on a couple of young ones out at
M. Henry's place near Haywards, that I'll try to buy.
They are by his horse Educator, son of my old horse
Director. One is out of a mare by Almont Patchen and
is about the nicest going pacer I ever saw. The other
is a trotter out of the dam of Emma Abbott. I told
Mr. Henry if the gold dust gets within my reach this
year I wanted a price on those two youngsters."

B. O Van Bokkelen, who has raced over East sev-
eral years and has made a number of entries there this
season, was in to see us the other day and remarked
that while he was pleased to see California so well rep-
resented in the Grand Circuit entries, that he was
afraid some of the trainers who were making the trip
for the first time would find the game much harder
than they expect. "It's a hard game even with a good
horse," said he. "I had Stamboulette 2:10} over there
two years ago, and he is a good consistent trotter, one
that will try as hard as anybody's horse and very
speedy. I could have made more money with him by
staying at home, and if there had been any classes for
him in California this year I would keep him here.
He won something over $3000 that year according to
the published figures, but taking out the entrance
money there was not much left. There was $1000
credited to him in one race and $500 in another which
were fourth moneys, so you can see there was nothing
won in either. To get fourth place and save entrance
was harder over there than winning here, and one can
readily see that it is better to trot for $500 purses and
get first money than to start in $10,000 purses and fin-
ish fourth. I believe if the California districts could
form a circuit and give purses of $300 to $500, with an
occasional purse of $800 or $1000 where a big list of en-
tries was certain, it would not only greatly benefit the
harness horse business here, but would induce the
training of more horses and enable the horsemen to
earn more money than they do now. If a person owns
a very fast green horse or a high class fast one, the
Grand Circuit is the place to race them, hut unless he
does he can do better on the small circuits where
purses seldom go higher than $500. ' '

The following appeared in the American Sportsman
of Cleveland last week: "One of the largest prices
ever paid for a filly was paid by J. C. McKinney, pro-
prietor of the Terrace Farm at Titusville, Pa., at the
Glenville track Monday afternoon, when he purchased
of C. A. Winship, of the Vista Del Mar Stock Farm,
Los Angeles, the three year old trotter Zephyr for
$10,000. The five year old pacing mare Velvet Rose
by McKinney 2:11}, dam Etta Wilkes 2:194, was also
included in the purchase. The latter will be used as a
broodmare at the Terrace Farm. Zephyr has an ex-
ceptional pedigree, being a combination of the greatest
raca-winning blood in the country. She was foaled in
1898, her sire being Zombro 2:11 (son of McKinney 2:11J
and Whisper by Almont Lightning), dam Gazelle 2:11 J
(dam of Zoloch 2:10J) by Gossiper 2:14}, son of Sim-
mons 2:28. As a two year old, with but little training,
she trotted eighths in 16 seconds, and prior to her de-
parture from California, on May 1st, stepped a trial
mile in 2:18 and repeatedly trotted quarters in 32t sec-
onds, a 2:10 gait, and eighths in 15J seconds, a 2:04
gait. Prior to her purchase Monday, Mr. Winship,
who weighs 215 pounds, drove the filly, hooked to a
48-pound cart, a quarter in 32}, an eighth in 15J sec-
onds, a feat never surpassed and probably never
equalled by a three year old over the Cleveland track
at this season of the year. Mr. McKinney will race
Zephyr as a four year old and then breed her to his
stallion Beauseant, three year old trial 2:07}, a brother
of Boreal 2:15}. Mr. McKinney is of the opinion that
the produce of these two sensational youngsters will
prove a wonder on the track.

Ed Tipton says that the heirs of the late Marcus
Daly are undecided about closing out the trotting
stock at Bitter Root Farm.

Golden Gate Park Driving Club Races.

A large crowd went to Tanforan Park Decoration
Day to see the harness races given by the Golden Gate
Park Driving Club of this city. Five events were
decided. There was a. heavy wind blowing up the
stretch and the track was not fast, but in very good
order. The racing was not very good, the first event
having a rather bad flavor, although Pious and Belle
did their very best, and the time made in all the con-
tests being much slower than the horses were capable
of making. The O'Kane Challenge Cup went to Mr.
Miller's Lady Falrose 2:23 in straight heats, this hand-
some and nice moving pacer winning easily in 2:26}, the
fastest heat.

The team race was a farce. President Aigeltinger's
pair were the slowest, but their driver was cool and
collected, and by keeping his horses on a trot won the
race. Chas. Newman's pair acted badly, owing more
than anything else to his nervousness and anxiety to
win, while Mr. A. F. Jacob's team of pacers never got to
pacing squarely until they reached the homestretch.
Mr. Aigeltinger was winning easily and slowed up
when passing the distance judge. Just then Jacobs'
pair got to pacing fast and coming with a rush nipped
Our Joe and Ivan out by a nose at the wire. As the
pacers had run at least a quarter of the journey, Our
Joe and Ivan were very correctly given the race by
the judges. Newman finished far behind and after
crossing the score gave his horses a slash with the
whip and they started to run, going at full speed a
mile and a quarter at that gait before he could stop
them.

Frank O'Kane, J. G. Chesley and J. Davis were the
judges and T. J. Crowley acted as starter getting the
fields away in good shape without delay. F. G. Vetter
and L. E. Clawson held the official watches and Dr. I.

B. Dalziel was an efficient Marshal. The results were
as follows:

2:40 class, purse $100, best two in three.

H. F. Patrick's b c Denny Healy (p) 12 1

Dr. McLaughlin's b g A. B. P. (p) 2 12

M. M. Donnelly's ch g Pious 3 3 3

H. Schwartz's ch m Belle 4 4 4

Time— 2:41-4, 2:36«, 2:34«.

2:20 class, purse $100 and F. G. O'Kane Challenge Cup, best two
in three.

F. "W. Miller's b m Lady Falrose (p) l l

J. G. Cuicello's br g Puerto Rico (tj '. 2 2

C. E. Park's ch g Imp (p) 43

E. Aigeltinger's blk g Bobby Jr. (p) 3 5

J. Curley's b g Prince C. (p) 5 4

Neil Prendergast's b g Bolivar (p) dis

Time— 2:26M, 2:285<f.
Double team race, purse $100, Mile dash.

E. Aigeltinger's Our Joe and Ivan (tj 1

A. F. Jacob's Eden Vale and Crescent (p) 2

Chas. Newman's Maud Newman and Neerbell (t) . . . 3

. Time 2:46«.

Free for all pace. Purse $100. Best two in three.

H. H. Dunlap's ch g King Cadenza 2 11

K. Van Keuren's br m MattieB 12 2

D. N. Misner's b g Sable Le Grande 3 3 3

Time— 2:28. 2:24, 2:28.

2:30 class. Purse $100. Best two in three.

J. O'Kane's ch g Sandow (p) 1 1

J. Doran's ch m Lady G (t) 2 2

F.Gommet's b g Lafayette 3 3

H. Schottler's g m Alameda Maid dis

Time— 2:26>/2 , 2:25J4.

Evils of Incessant Scoring.

It is to be hoped that the associations that compose
the Grand Circuit will this season take some step that
will tend to lessen the evils that arise from the intoler-
able scoring that for many years has been the blight
of trotting races. Not only does the scoring, when
allowed to become tedious, weary the spectators, but
it is killing on the horses, and now that the average
time of heats at Grand Circuit meetings is so fast the
wear and tear on the horses is greater than ever.
When a field of fast horses scores at a 2:10 gait and
turning at the eighth pole, score until the turn is
reached the distance covered when taken as a whole is
as great as when a full mile is trotted, and the starting
and pulling up of the horse is an additional strain.
Under the present system of starting with a flying
start scoring is necessary, but it can and must be
limited. There is absolutely no reason why a field
should he allowed to come down from the eighth pole
to the turn ten or fifteen times at a rate of speed ap-
proximating a two-minute gait, and yet this is not an
uncommon occurance. Something must be done or
else with the increase of speed the races will have
been trotted before the word is given, and the long
suffering public will become rebellious and refuse to
tolerate such delays as are now of frequent occurance.
The fault is nine times out of ten with the drivers,
who either willfully delay the start or are behind un-
educated horses, and in consequence the steady, true-
going horse is made to suffer by the antics of one
whose education is not completed, and who by inces-
sant breaking finds a relief from the effort of scoring
at an extreme speed.

Horses that cannot icore must either become edu-
cated or take the consequences, for the sport of racing
the trotter is being jeopardized by the dangers of in-
cessant scoring, and valuable horses are not infre-
quently rendered useless by a lack of discipline that in
itself encourages the practice of defeating a dangerous
horse before the word is given. A limited number of
scores, regulated by the number of starters, would do
much to eradicate a feature of racing that is one of its
greatest drawbacks. — Kentucky Stock Farm.

Hal Pointer 2:04}, will lead the division of record
horses in the Road Drivers' parade at Buffalo on June
1st; Mr. HarrylHamlin, his present owner, has been in-
vited to "rein" behind the ex-kingpin of pacerdom on
this occasion. Hal Pointer is seventeen years old, and
took his record nine summers ago at Nashville, Tenn.,
in a mile dash against Guy 2:06}, a gray son of Shiloh,
dam by Shoo Fly. It does not seem so long ago.
— Horse World.

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SULKY NOTES.

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Breeders meeting goes to Sacramento.

Denver meeting opens two weeks from to-day.
There are many green pacers in training this year.

Woodland's meeting will be one of the best yet held
in California.

Los Angeles offers nearly fifteen thousand dollars for
harness horses.

$320 was the average of the sale of Palo Alto bred
horses at Cleveland.

Stockton will give one of the best harness racing
programs ever offered In the State.

Several new members of the State Board of Agri-
culture are to be appointed this month.

A grand looking stallion, sixteen hands high, sired
by Direct 2:051, is offered for sale in this issue.

Chas. Marvin, the veteran trainer, is not in the best
of health. He is quite badly crippled with rheumatism.

Lord Derby has shown Ed Geers a quarter in 311
seconds and an eighth in 15 seconds already this year.

The Santa Rosa people got cold feet at the last
moment and will probably hold no race meeting this
year.

A brother of Cresceus has taken to the pace, and if
he goes fast some of the theorists will take to the
woods.

Andy Welch has an eye for beauty. Both Charter
Oak and Oakley are garden spots and make most trot-
ting tracks seem like barrens. _

Alameda 2:09|, the handsome trotting mare by Alta-
mont is now in Doe Tanner's hands at Cleveland. She
will be raced in the matinees this year.

Waldo Pierce says that Alcidalia 2:10} is in fine
shape this spring and that she has been named in the
310,000 purse for 2:10 trotters at Readville.

John Splan has shipped Dr. Leek 2:091, Wert 2:151
and B. C. 2:151, from Cleveland, to their owner, Attor-
ney General Knox, at Washington, D. C.

A California horse is credited with the fastest mile
this season at Cleveland. John Splan drove Eureka
2:15} a mile in 2:17} on Monday, May 20th.

John H. Shultz, of New York City, was a heavy
buyer at the sale of Palo Alto horses at Cleveland. He
purchased sixteen of the forty-eight head sold.

Among the horses being touted by the wise ones as
a likely winner of this year's M. & Si. is Ted by Ner-
val. He has been trotting quarters in 33 seconds.

Neeretta 2:091 beat a long field in the May race at
Vienna, Austria. This daughter of Neernut is pointed
for the championship of Europe in the near future.

Several young trotters and pacers by Nutwood
Wilkes will be trained and raced by P. W. Hodges
this year. He is now working them at the San Jose
track.

Two well known citizens of San Francisco have
headed the stock subscription for the new half mile
track, by each signing for four hundred shares at $5
per share.

Eben D. Jordan sent a fine lot of stock from his
Plymouth Hackney Stud to the grand sale in New
York two weeks ago. The horses brought good prices,
averaging $579 a head.

"Spinnaker" is the appropriate name claimed by
Mr. H. C. Myers of Vallejo for his bay colt by Gaff
Topsail 2:171, dam Easter D. by Easterwood, entered
in the Pacific Breeders Futurity.

Monroe Salisbury left for Cape Nome last Saturday.
He took half a dozen horses with him and will engage
in teaming and staging. Milo Knox of Haywards
accompanied the veteran horseman.

Andy McDowell has started in on Coney and worked
him ihree heats at New Haven last week around 2:30.
He brushed him a quarter in 33 seconds and is satis-
fied that he has as much speed as ever.

Everett L. Smith, whoss nam dt plume of "Percy"
is familiar to the readers of the harness horse papers,
will have charge of the advertising department of the
well known Chicago firm of Splann & Newgass.

The five-eighths track at Sixteenth street station,
Oakland, recently built by the Oakland Driving Club
is ready to work on but is not very popular with horse-
men as yet. It should be an excellent place to train
horses.

Eula Mac 2:17}, will be campaigned by Millard Sand-
ers. He will have five mares, all trotters, and prob-
ably the green pacer Funston. The mares in his string
other than Eula Mac are Dollie Dillon 2:11^, Janice
2:13}, Czarina 2:13} and Venus II. 2:111.

As was predicted in these columns the mares Dolly
Dillon and Janice were not sold at Cleveland. It was
not intended that they be offered without a big reserve
price being placed on them. Millard Sanders has them
well entered all through the grand circuit.

Zephyr, the three-year-old filly by Zombro, which
J. C. McKinney paid C. A. Winstiip such a long price
for, will not be" raced this year but will be next in her
four-year-old form. The following year she will be
bred to Beauseant, Mr. MeKinney's voung stallion by
Bow Bells.

John Pender will take his stallion Captain Jones by
McKinney to Portland, Oregon, in a few days, and
will make a season with him there during June, July
and August. Captain Jones has been bred to some
well bred mares during the time he has been at
Sacramento.

Friends of John Tilden, the well known Western
driver, who recently returned to his old home in Port-
land, Ore., from Red Oaks, la., will be sorry to hear
that through the collapse of a Portland bank he has
lost all his substantial and hard-earned savings of the
past few years.

Marion Diggs of Woodland recently purchased for
Sheriff Brown of Honolulu, a pair of stylish horses by
Diablo out of a Waldstein mare. The horses are dark
bay and well matched, standing over 16 hands and
weighing about 1200 pounds each. They wex*e raised
by H. L. Button.

A New York paper of last week says: Mr. Brayton
Ives' good little road mare Margaret Worth 2:15, is
laid up with a badly bruised tendon, having jumped on
same in a brush with Cobwebs 2:12, at the Speedway
some weeks ago. We are not apt to see her till fall
on the road again.

The stallion Escort 2:23, owned at Red Bluff, at-
tacked his groom Frank Cassin one day last week.
Mr. Cassin was severely bitten, his scalp cut and his
right thumb broken. By crawling under a manger he
managed to escape further injuries, and the horse was
secured and tied up.

The fashion for dark colors, dressy effects and lack
of ornamentation in carriages is seen also in the latest
styles of harness. One of the new things in the har-
ness department of a fashionable New York firm is a
single brougham harness in pigskin. It is dead black,
with hardly any brass trimmings, and the effect is
noticeably rich and elegant.

C. M. Jewett, Secretary of the Readville track, has
about arranged a special race for the Grand Circuit
meeting that will be one of the great events of the
season. He will open a 2:07 class, which shall be con-
tested by Lord Derby 2:07, Peter the Great 2:071 and
Boralma 2:08 and will not bar The Monk, Grattan
Boy, Directum Kelly or Charley Herr.

At a meeting of the executive committee on the
Road Drivers' association of New York last week a
resolution was unanimously adopted condemning all
wagers, whether of money or wine, on the speedway.
Hereafter, any member of the organization who is con-
cerned directly or indirectly in any bet growing out of
a brush between horses on the drive may be expelled
from membership.

A. W. Longley of Chicago owns a string of horses
bred on the Rancho del Paso in this State. They are
being worked at the Wheaton track near Chicago,
and among them is a six-year-old gelding by Knight
2:221, dam by Electioneer; a six-year-old pacer by
Algona, dam a half-sister to Flying Jib 2:01; Jim
Longley, a five-year-old gelding by Bay Bird, dam by
Alaska, and William Tell 2:141, by Cornelius.

Will Diekerson, who is training the horses at Senator
John McCarty's Parkway Farm at Goshen, N. Y., is
at present working Joe Patchen 2:011, Fred Kohl
2:07|, Alameda 2:09}. Helen Simmons 2:11}. James
Shevlin 2:13}, Bessie Owens 2:13 J, Flare Up 2:14, Kel-
mont 2:151, Jantina 2:291 and several green ones,
among them El Milagro by McKinney 2:11} that started
once as a three year old last year and was a good sec-
ond in 2:231. MH|L_

James B. Iverson has purchased from a friend of his
at Pleasanton a grandly bred yearling filly, which he
will enter in the Occident Stake for 1903. The filly is
a square-gaited trotter, and on the score of breeding
and conformation ought to develop plenty of speed.
She is by Diablo out of the standard and registered
mare Amy Fay by Anteeo 2:16}, second dam by Alex-
ander 490, third dam by Naubuc 504 and fourth dam
Sacramento Girl, record 2:38. — Salinas Journal.

At New Orleans, May 9, two British steamships,
while taking on cargoes, were suddenly ordered to dis-
charge what cargo they had already and take on
horses and mules and proceed to South Africa in a
hurry. These vessels were the Barbadian, and the
Politician. The latter had already 1200 bales of cotton
aboard when orders came to take horses, and she im-
mediately began to discharge this cargo to take on
horses. The orders in both cases came from the
British home office.

It is announced that the racing stable at Suburban
Farm, at Glens Falls, N. Y., the owner of which was
the late William E. Spier, will fill its engagements
through the Grand Circuit this year, and that in the
fall the entire stock of the farm, including Directum
2:05}, will be sold at public sale. Part of the horses,
including Adbell 2:23, holder of the champion year-
ling record for trotting stallions, will be sold in Ken-
tucky, while the balance, including Directum 2:05} will
be sold in New York.

The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
will offer in addition to the $7000 purse of Thomas W.
Lawson's for a race there in October between Charley
Herr and Cresceus, a $500 trophy to the champion
stallion. The prize will probably be a handsome cup.

The four year old stallion by Silver Bow 2:16 out of
Grace, the dam of Daedalion 2:11, was sold by Geo.
Fox last week to Mr. Steckler, secretary for Chas. D.
Lane of this city. Vet Tryon has been working this
horse at the Sacramento track and thinks him one of
the most promising young trotters he ever handled.
He has worked a mile in 2:25 already and it is reported
that he can show two minute speed. He will probably
be placed in Ed Lafferty 's hands to train for the cir-
cuit. The price at which he changed hands was $1700.

C. E. Clark has reached Overland Park. Denver,
with Toggles 2:09}, Listerine 2:171, the mare Sue by
Athadon and one or two colts. The form shown by
his horses while training at Fresno warrants the pre-
diction that they will all do well. Toggles is expected
to be as fast as ever and may reduce his record.

C. G. Fisher, of Darien, N. Y., is using on the road
Faustino 2:12} by Sidney. Ten years ago, to a high-
wheel sulky, Faustino made a three-year-old record of
2:141 and at once was the sensation of the year. Thirty-
five thousand dollars was paid by Pabst, the Milwau-
kee beermaker, for Faustino. The colt was kept at
the Pabst farm for some time, but, on showing a bad
temper, he was sold. In 1897 he lowered his record to
2:12}. Shortly after, he was gelded. His bad temper
left him and to-day he is one of the best roadsters to
be found anywhere.

The Horse Review $6000 Futurity, which it was an-
nounced would be trotted at Indianapolis during the
State Fair meeting, September 16th to 21st, has been
transferred to the Hartford (Conn.) Grand Circuit
meeting the week of September 2d to 7th. It was
found that many of the colts were eligible to events at
the New England Breeders meeting, which was held
the same week as Indianapolis; hence the change was
made so as to accommodate the greatest number and
prevent any injustice being done owners who would
otherwise be compelled to take a choice of the two, as
they could not attend both.

It is reported from Boston that the prize of $4,000,
given out last week as paid by George W. Leavitt to
J. M. Johnson, of Calais, Me., for a green two-year-
old, is the actual sum that changed hands. The colt
in question is Todd by Bingen 2:06}, dam Fanella, by
Arion 2:07|; grandam Directress 2:19 by Director 2:17;
third dam Aloha (dam of three), by A. W. Richmond.
He trotted a half in 1:191, and an eighth in 171 seconds
over a half-mile track last season as a yearling. A note
of interest in connection with Todd is that his dam
was bred by Andy Welch, the first season that Arion
made in the stud, the service fee costing him $2,500.

Mine host "Jo" Bowers of the Capital Hotel, Sacra-
mento, is the owner of Glide, a four year old by his
horse Silver Bee 2:27J, out of a mare by Starlight
Golddust that will get a very low record if trained and
raced. This gelding is a square trotter, and has only
been handled about five weeks. He is wearing his first
pair of shoes, yet he marched a quarter in 35 seconds
at the Sacramento track one day last week. Mr.
Bowers has taken full charge of the training of this
young horse, and gives the orders every day as to how
he shall be driven and fed and remarks that "if this
colt goes wrong I'll know whereto place the blame. ' '

A letter from George Bodimer, the Buffalo trainer,
who is in Austria training for Count Potocki, to a
friend in Boston, states that the champion Austrian-
bred trotting filly, Princess Nefta, is now in his stable,
having recently been bought by Count Potocki for
$8000. Last season Princess Nefta won $7000 in purse
money and took a record of 1:27 to the kilometre,
which is equal to 2:19 to the mile. This filly, which is
the champion Austrian-bred trotter, carries no native
Austrian blood, as she was sired by the American-bred
sire Prince Warwick, out of the Italian-bred mare
Nefta. Bodimer thinks she is capable of reducing her
record appreciably; in fact, he thinks her as good as
one of our 2:15 trotters, and he expects to earn a lot of
money with her.

Orrin Hickok was at Cleveland during the sale and
thus expressed himself when asked his opinion as to
which horse would win the big matches this year:
"Who do I think will win ? Well, I think both Cres-
ceus and Boralma have a great chance to beat out The
Abbot. You see it is this way. The Abbot is a great
horse, but he has had a great amount of hard racing.
To my mind he is all in. He has done his best, while
the other two are younger and fresher and are im-
proving all the time. They are 'coming' while The
Abbot 'has arrived. ' Charley Herr is a great little
horse but not in the same class as Cresceus and Boral-
ma. That Readville race will be the best of the three.
Cresceus and Boralma are two grand horses and the
contest should be a royal battle."

Challenger Chief 2:15, owned by Ernest Crowell,
died recently at Sacramento. The Mural Spirit says
of this horse: "Challenger Chief was a bay stallion
foaled in 1885, and bred, by J. W. Wisdom, of'Baker
City, Ore. He was sired by Challenger 1064, out of
Rosa Chief, by D. Monroe 2:28; second dam Madam
Powell (the dam of the great race horse Monroe Chief
2:18}) by Bay Chief. Challenger Chief was one of the
most successful race horses on the Pacific Coast, hav-
ing raced in Oregon, Washington, California and Mon-
tana against the best horses on the turf and was never
behind the money in his whole turf career. He had
64 heats in 2:30 or better to his credit, more than any
other trotter, except Klamath, that was ever bred in
Oregon. Chief was a horse of great determination,
and it was this do-or-die quality that wen him many a
victory.

Jim Marshall of Binghamton, Solano county, who
bred the promising three year old pacer by Diablo that
John Blue has in his string and has named for his
breeder will have a band of high class broodmares on
his farm if he pursues his present policy. Mr. Mar-
shall will sell a colt or gelding of his breeding at a
reasonable figure any time, but when he has a mare or
a filly that he thinks is bred right and looks right for
a brood mare it takes a long price to induce him to
part with her. He recently purchased from Mr. Ben
Rush of Suisun, a handsome mare by Nutwood Wilkes
2:161, out of a mare by Director, and has stinted her to
Demonio, full brother to Diablo 2:09}. Mr. Marshall
also purchased at the same time from Mr. Rush a filly
by Prince Airlie that is a well bred one and a good
looker. He has a two year old full brother to the pacer
he sold Blue, which he" has just broken to harness. It
is a very fine looking colt and fully as promising as
"Jim Marshall."

June 1, 1901]

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THE ASHLAND STUD.

Mrs. Clay's Success in Raising Thoroughbred
Horses.

An authentic story of the failures in the thorough-
bred breeding business would make one of the most
interesting chapters in turf history. Scores of men
have sunk fortunes in an endeavor to solve the problem
of breeding with profit the high-nettled racer. The
plains of the progress of the race horse are dotted with
the skeletons of dissipated fortunes and the tombstones
of wrecked bank accounts.

Yet where men have failed a woman has made a suc-
cess of the business.

With scarcely half a dozen broodmares in her pos.
session, Mrs. John M. Clay, the owner of the famous
Ashland stud, has bred more great horses than many
of the noted stock farms of America in which thousands
of dollars of capital are invested.

Ashland stud has the most interesting history of all
the breeding farms in this country. It is the mother
establishment, being founded by Henry Clay, the great
commoner, more than seventy years ago. The breed-
ing of thoroughbred horses at Ashland had its begin-
ning as a pastime for its owner, the immortal states-
man. He commenced in a moderate manner with one
mare, Susan, a daughter of Darnaby Diomed, but his
stud book was duly opened, and this worn and ancient
book, all in bis own handwriting, is one of the most
valued relics in the possession of the Clay family to-day.
In his remarks on Susan he has recorded that "she
was a bay filly with the following marks." A space
was left for the marks, but they were never set down.
Affairs of state doubtless kept him from being explicit
in his description of the first thoroughbred mare he
ever owned. When she had a sorrel colt, as he noted
the following spring, he again left a space for its marks
that was never filled up. He next secured Kate by
Tiger, and Nancy Peters by Sir Peter Teasle, and as
these mares foaled his entries in the little book con-
tinued, giving a faithful record of what his mares had
done, together with their sins and omissions.

Occasionally a description of a foal would be given
with a verbosity that bordered on ostentation; but
generally he left a space for the marks, which remained
unfilled. Prom this valuable book is to be learned that
imp. Yorkshire, the grandsire of Marian, whose pro-
duce have won $274,420 on the turf, was presented to
him by Commodore Morgan of the United States navy,
and Magnolia, one of the greatest broodmares that
overlived, the dam of thirteen foals, and all winners,
was also a gift from his friend, Dr. Mercer. His last
entry was May 5, 1842, when he recorded the foaling
of a bay colt by Monarch, out of Kocklam.

Prom that date his youngest son, John, the late
husband of Mrs. Clay, assumed charge of the thorough-
bred stock, and ultimately became as great a success
as a breeder as his distinguished father was a states-
man and a leader of men.

There is no spot in America around which more
pleasing recollections cluster than the fields and mead-
ows over which roam the stud matrons of Ashland
stock farm. Here, from political cares and the bustle
of the nation's capital, the great Henry Clay sought
that rest and repose which only nature's surroundings
can give. It was here amid the forest trees and the
blooming wild flowers that he doubtless gathered the
inspiration that made him a giant among orators and
filled a continent with his fame.

John M. Clay for years raced the horses he bred in
his own colors, and he won most of the classic events
of the turf in that day. He bred Maggie B. B., dam of
Iroquois, the only American bred winner of the Eng-
lish Derby and St. Leger, and Sachem, also bred by
him, ran third in the Derby in Shotover's year. It
was his opinion that broken down race mares, no
matter of what renown, were not the best specimens
for the production of high-class racers, and he selected
for his broodmares those cf excellence in form, that
had showed early promise of great speed, but no
matter what his theory, he became as a breeder "the
Sir Joseph Hawley of America."

He bred the great Kentucky, that won twenty -two
of his twenty-three starts, and sold for $40,000, the
highest price ever paid for a horse up to that time;
Charley Ball, the first horse ever to run a mile in 1:44;
Sly Dance, who sold for $8000 as a two year old; Magic,
Madeline, Madona, Princeton, Charley Morgan, Daniel
Boone, Simon Kenton, Skedaddle, Gilroy, sire of the
great California stallion, Grinstead; Victory, Day Star,
winner of the Kentucky Derby in Himyar's year; Sauce
Box, sold for $7000 as a' two year old; Leveler, winner
of the Kentucky St. Leger; Balloon, the only per-
former that ever won an entire meeting program, she
winning on consecutive days stakes at one, two, three
and four mile heats; Ginger, True Blue, the first horse
to run two miles as fast as 3:32o| Ballet, dam of
Modesty, the only filly ever to win the American Derby;
The Banshee and Sly Boots and Squeeze 'Em, two
mares for which Mr. Lorrilard paid $9000.

Flattering as was Mr. Clay's success as a breeder,
his widow has carried the establishment on with
marked ability, and the horses foaled and bred at
Ashland Farm are still earning laurels on the turf.
Mrs. Clay is a woman of finished education, high cult-
ure, and unquestioned talent. She is one of the horse's
most ardent admirers, and is the only writer in the
world who ever wrote a novel with a horse as a hero.
This book has been widely read, and critics have pro-
nounced it a work of much literary merit. She is a
most enthusiastic breeder, watches the colts of her

favorite mares as if they were babies, and oversees her
entire farm, being superintendent as well as proprie-
tress. Even the minor details are looked after by this
woman, now nearing her three score years and ten.
She is unwilling to trust the care of her favorite mares
and colts to the skilled men she has employed, and
down to the cutting of the feed for the weanlings and
yearlings she casts a watchful eye over everything con-
nected with her great breeding plant.

Some few years ago, realizing the value of the blood
of the Maria West and Magnolia families, Mrs. Clay
ceased to dispose of the mares or fillies she bred, and
as the result her thoroughbred holdings have rapidly
increased, and to-day, from a handful of half a dozen
mares she had in stock a decade ago, she now has
twenty-nine stud matrons in her Ashland establish-
ment. By far the most interesting of these famous
mares is old Buff and Blue, save Ella T., now passing
her last days at the Castleton stud of Messrs. J. R. and
F. P. Keene, probably the last of the daughters of the
great War Dance, who has given the turf such stars as
Banquet, Tea Tray, Eolo, Modesty, Bright Phoebus,
Rainbow, Waltzer, Riley, Yum Yum, Lelex and scores
of other famous winners. Buff and Blue is now also
the oldest mare in active stud service in America, be-
ing 28 years old this spring.

She has brought many thousands of dollars into
Mrs. Clay's treasury, one of her colts selling as a year-
ling for $8200. She has thrown no less than four stake
winners, one of which won the Brooklyn Derby and
another the rich Realization stakes. Mrs. Clay also
owns The Slashes, famous as the dam of Loki; the
great Sylph, dam of Kaloolah; La Sylphide, dam of
the four stake winners, Semper Fidele, Semper Lex,
Semper Rex and Semper Ego; Badge, dam of Von
Tromp and Logic; Genoa, sister to Riley, winner of the
Kentucky Derby, and Blue Stocking, dam of Linstock
and Barefoot.

To give some idea of the breeding value of the mares
owned at Ashland, several years ago, when Mr. Whit-
ney began to purchase his now famous band of stud
matrons, a very prominent breeder advised the agent
of the multi-millionaire to go and buy Mrs. Clay's
mares at any cost. Then he said: "Breed them to your
great horses, and in a few years you will put us other
breeders out of the business." A prominent sporting
man has offered to wager $5000 that he can take ten of
the mares owned by this distinguished woman and
mate them to horses he could pick, and he would from
this ten breed more stake winners than could be pro-
duced from any other ten mares which could be col-
lected from any breeding farm in the world.

From this it will be seen that, as he did everything
else, Henry Clay started right in the breeding business
over seventy years ago. Mrs. Clay's stallions are
Logic (the sire of Loki, Semper Ego and Linstock)
and Carlsbad, winner of the American Derby. The
former is the tallest thoroughbred horse in America,
standing 17 hands, 2 inches high, and therefore con-
siderably over the height of his famous sire, who stood
right at 17 hands, and was considered the giant of his
time.

Ashland stock farm is the original tract of land first
settled by Henry Clay a hundred years ago. The
place contains 242 acres and although the city has en-
croached all around its borders and real estate men
have devised all sorts of schemes to interest Mrs. Clay
in having at least a portion of the estate cut up in
town lots, to all such appeals she has turned a deaf
ear, declaring that she will hold the place together as
long as she lives. The house where she lives was
Henry Clay's original Kentucky residence, but he lived
in a residence at the other side of the farm, when at
home in this State. Here the widow of that great
commoner died, being cared for in her last days by her
youngest son, the husband of the present Mrs. Clay.
The old race track is still there, nestling in the
meadows, and Mrs. Clay has never permitted it to be
plowed up or molested in any way, although for years
no horse's hoof beats have disturbed the soil of its
historic quarter-stretch. It was the first mile track
ever laid out in Kentucky, and is older even than the
old Kentucky association course, or the famous Wood-
lawn track, now long since covered witn residences in
the city of Louisville.

The following dozen noted performers were bred by
Mrs. Clay since Ashland stock farm came into her
possession. In this array ot turf cracks is a winner of
the historic Kentucky Derby, the Brooklyn Derby,
and a victor in the classic Realization stakes. It is the
greatest list of noted horses ever bred by a woman in
the turf and breeding annals of the world:

Times Times Times Times Amount

Name started first second third won

Kiley 65 30 17 5 W2.715

Bright Phoebus Zi 9 4 3 40,«0

Kaloolah 101 24 10 19 33,693

Semper Ego 59 17 10 11 16,385

toki 44 12 8 13 13,035

Semper Lex 99 25 17 17 12,54n

Rainbow 38 3 6 6 10,130

SemperRex 24 7 1 4 10,110

Monita Hardy 73 16 13 11 7,610

Semper Pidele 17 6 I 2 6,641

Kencsen 37 11 8 3 5,345

BanCloche 47 4 9 6 5 168

Mrs. Clay has a fine bunch of yearlings this spring,
one of which is a brother to Loki, and another a half-
brother to Riley, winner of the Kentucky Derby. She
strolls among her mares and horses at will. They all
seem to know her, and have learned to appreciate the
tender care with which she guards them.

Of all persons interested in breeding and rearing the
thoroughbred horse in America, there are none as
picturesque as this Kentucky authoress, who, in spite
of this and other business cares, finds time to give the
public popular stories, her latest novel "Uncle Phil,"
being now in its second edition. The name of Clay
has a pecular charm, even to uncultured ears. The
fame of the great man who rests beneath the blue
grass almost in sight of his old home grows brighter as
the years roU on, but even without the reflection of the
glory of that name, Mrs. Clay's unquestioned talent
would have earned her a place among the remarkable
women of her day, and merited that esteem and ad-
miration which true genius always wins, no matter
where the lines of life are cast. — Lexington, Ky., Corr.
Inter-Ocean.

The Bitter Root Yearlings Sold.

The Bitter Root stud of thoroughbred yearlings,
the property of the late Marcus Daly, was disposed of
at auction last Saturday in Madison Square Garden,
New York. There were 45 horses sold which were by
Hamburg, Inverness, Bathampton and Ogden. All of
the yearlings were sold with their engagements.

Those bringing $1000 or over were as follows: Bituria,
b f, by Hamburg-Berriedale, W. L. Powers, $4,000;
Lady Montieth, b f, by Hamburg-Annot Lyle, J. K.
McCafferty, $1,100; Duntuce, ch f, by Fonso-Bettie
Blaire, Edward Loomis, $1,000; Moondyne, b c by
Hamburg-imp. Mint Cake, John Madden, $10,000;
Colonge, b c, by Hamburg-imp. Cockernong, Miles
Fowler, $1,200; Velos, b c, by Hamburg-imp. Dotaway,
$2,100; Innesbruck, chc by Hamburg-imp- Isis, B. L.
Wilson, Jr., $3,000; Leipsic, br c, by Hamburg-imp.
Lucasta, E. Lewis, $2,000; Hindi, br f, by Hindoo-
Meriden, Milton Young, $1,000; imp. Bendemer, b c,
by Ben d'Or-imp. Mrs. Delaney, W. C. Whitney,
$1,000; Hassan, b f, by Hamburg-imp. Pastoretta, W.
C. Whitney, $5,000; Free Ship, b c, by imp. Bathamp-
ton-Shipmate, Miles Fowler, $1,600; Miss Hamburg, b
f, by Hamburg-imp. The Trask, W. C. Whitney,
$4,500; Whorier, b c, by imp. Inverness-Whota,
Charles White, $1,000.

Forty-five head were sold for $51,525, an average
price of $1,145.

SADDLE NOTES.

G. Walbaum has sold to John Hynes the bay colt
Royal Sterling, 4, by imp. Lord Esterling-imp. Reve
Royal. Price said to be $1200. Royal Sterling was
recently purchased from Col. S. D. Bruce for $2500.

J. E. Widener of Philadelphia has sold to W. C.
Whitney the bay colt Ten Candles, 4, by imp. Candle-
mas-Tenerine, on private terms. Mr. Widener recently
purchased Ten Candles from Wm. Lakeland for $4000.
The horse is again in charge of Mr. Lakeland.

W. C. Whitney's Ballyhoo Bey has been sent to
Lexington, Ky., and given to J. E. Madden. Ballyhoo
Bey won the Futurity last year and great things were
expected of him as a three year old, but a spell of sick-
ness last winter left his wind affected and he was put
out of training.

Richard Croker has bought of Colonel W. S.
Barnes' Melbourne Stud the noted thoroughbred
broodmare Bonita Belle, 16 years old, by Falsetto, dam
Bonita by Lexington, and her yearling colt, Beau Im-
perial, by Jim Gore, which has been largely entered in
the English stakes. The price, it is stated, was $18,000
for the two, $6100 being for the colt. Bonita Belle is
the dam of Beau Gallant, winner of 21 races and $28,-
085; Beau Ideal II., winner of 35 races and $6710;
Caprivi, winner of 44 races and $6340; Lady Elite, win-
ner of 27 races and $2085, and Ideal Beau, winner of 40
races and $1204. The colt will be shipped direct to
England, while the mare will be kept at Melbourne
Stud.

Men Made the Coffee.

The excellency of the coffee served at the Calvary Presbyterian
Church, Camden, N. J., on the occasion of a recent sociable led
many people to wonder by what hook or crook the men who con-
ducted the supper were enabled to brew such a palatable beverage.

Much praise was bestowed upon the men for the quality of their
coffee, and an inquisitive newspaper man, upon asking what brand
they used, was informed that it was "Instantaneous Coffee" that
the people are just now reading so much about in the newspapers.

"Instantaneous Coffee" is a pure, liquid concentration of freshly
roasted coffee berries. It is put up in air-tight cans, which are
easily opened and closed. A teaspoonful dropped in a cup of hot
water and it is ready to drink. Cream and sugar can be added to
suit the individual taste. As each cupful is made only as used, the
coffee is always fresh and of uniform quality. All injurious alka-
loids are eliminated so that anyone can drink it without fear of
bad after effects. The cost is less than the price of ordinary coffee
— 10 cents per can of 25 teaspoonsful, making 25 cups for 10 cents.
The day after the sociable many of the Camden grocers did a big
business in Instantaneous Coffee. It can be had by writing the
National Food Co., Camden, N. J.

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Coming Events.

June 2 — California Wins Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

June 2 — Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 2— Lincoln Gun Club. Blue rocks. Alameda Junction.

June 2— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

June 9— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

June 9 — San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 9— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

June 9— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds, Sacramento.

June 9 — Sacramento Gun Club. Blue rocks. Sacramento.

June 16— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 16— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county.

June 23— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

June 23— Capital City Gun C:ub. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacrament o.

June 23 — San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30 — Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

The Empire Gun Club Trophy, the prize in the third
event went to Ed Feudner, who won out on the tie
shoot. Ten other shooters who scored clean in this
match received S6.30 each. The 19's $1.90 apiece and
the 18's were again shut out.

The Gold Dust Medal (fourth event) was won by Ed
Sehultz, four other straight scores of 20. received $5.90
apiece, the 19's $4.10 and the 18's $2.70 each.

Ed Sehultz won the final individval trophy of the
day. the Garden City Gun Club prize, winning out over
five other straight score men who won $7.35 each of the
purse, 19's in this race received $3.05 and the 18's were
once more shut out of the money.

The closing event for the day was the sis-man team
race for the Aiitioch Gun Club trophy. This prize was
annexed by the San Francisco Gun Club, whose mem-
bers won a majority of the trophies and moneys.

The fact that there was no added money purses this
year made the money awards rather slim. The reason
for this was thoroughly understood by the shooters.
There is no question but what the distribution of the
purses on the class shooting system would have been
a more harmonious one. The financial results of the
shoot for the association treasury placed the strong
box in the healthy attitude of being able to discount
its bills.

A summary of the scores made during the shoot
follows:

Feudner. Ed 18

Stelling, H 14

Golcher, W. S 19

Neustadter, N.H 15

"Slade" 12

King. F. W 17

Kerrison, E 18

Puter, L. F 13

Sim son, L 19

"Remington'' 7

Ri cklef son, H

Lemoine, R. E 15

Stone. F 17

O'Neill, W.J 18

Foin, C. L 15

Stone, Geo 14

Giddings, W. W 19

Williamson, W. H 19

Hauer, J. B 15

Durst, J.H 17

Webb, A. J 19

Debenham, C. W 16

La Motte, V. J 15

Howlette. F 15

"U.M. C." 20

McCutchan, J. B 15

Burnell, M 17

Hoyt. H 16

Iverson, M J 14

Walpert, F 15

FIRST DAY— Entries and scores.

Events 1 2

Targets 20 20

Lemoine, R. E 12 19

Roos Jos 17 18

Hartiey,A.C 12 13

Taylor, H 18 14

Taylor, Joe 11 14

Robertson, W. L 9 13

Feudner, E 19

Stelling, H 14

Golcher, W. J 19

Neustadter, N. H 16

"Slade" 15

King, F. W 14

The State Tournament at Ingleside.

The ninth tournament of the California Inanimate
Target Association held on the grounds of the San
Francisco Trap Shooting association at Ingleside on
Saturday and Sunday, May 25th and 26th, will be
memorable in the history of trap shooting in this
State for the high average of individual scores and
also for the establishment of a new Coast ireeord for
the high average.

The score, 115 breaks out of a possible 120, is al=o, we
believe, a record for a club squad. Edgar L. Forster
won the high average medal with a record of 95 per
cent, for both days' shooting in all the individual
events. M. O. Feudner, with 97 per cent, on Sunday
reached a notch not yet recorded by any other Coast S!??11^ ^' J
shooter in one day. The breaking of 112 straight (in
regular events and ties) by Ed Sehultz is also a feat
not yet achieved by any of our trap shooters. Stone, Geo lo

The shoot was conducted under the supervision of Feudner, M. 0 19

Edgar L. Forster and Clarence A. Haight and assist- sJ£.',ltz'„Ed J!

ants were in charge of the office and clerical work. KlevSahlE.A' '.".'.'.17

Dr. W. S. George, the genial President of the organ- Bruns, j..'. 17

ization, was happily in evidence during both days. At Feudner, F 19

the close of the meeting on Sunday afternoon, Dr. Sweeney, J J 18

George, in his usual apt and happy manner, presented S?linsr?-i"H,- !5

the trophies to winning shooters and clubs. The pres- Shields a m 17

entation took place on the platform of the shootine- Sears, w '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'...'.'.15

Bekeart, Phil. B..

Daniels, D

Forster, E. L

Seaver, W. H

Robertson, W. A.
Carroll, J. R

C. L..

Stone, F

Giddings, W. W.

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Sportsmen from the interior representing the gun
clubs of Antioch, Fresno, Martinez, San Jose and
other points were present during both days' shooting.

On Saturday weather conditions were not overfy
favorable to the making of high records, Edgar L.

Forster scored the first twenty straight in the first McCutchan, J. B

event. Phil B. Bekeart followed next in the third "tJ. M. c."

event. Fred W. King next made a string of 20, closely I0Selfc M

followed by Forster, V. J. La Motte and J. B. Me- Iverson, iO""
Cutchan in the fifth event. On the shoot off of the tie
La Motte was the victor

The "Cinch Brothers" trophy, the prize in the first
event, was won by Edgar L. Forster. The purse
amounted to $82, (16 moneys, 55 entries, high gun
system) there being no added moneys during the
tournament. Six 19's received $7.40 each, seven 18's
$4.35 each and eleven 17's 65 cents each

Rosenberg, R. C 15

Juster, C.C 16

Durst, J.H 16

Webb. A. J 18

Debenham, C. W 19

La Motte, V. J 14

Heed, R. C 17

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Anderson. G. H

Varien, W.H

Barker, Dr. A. M...

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Williamson, W. H.
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Cate, C

Keller, P. E

Antioch Trophy, six-man team match, 20 targets per
man, entrance $12 per team. High teams won. Three
moneys, 50%, 30% and 20 %—

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80

86 Bekeart

SAN FRANCISCO GUN CLUB TEAM
NO. 1.

Feudner, MO 19

Sehultz 16

"Wilson" 16

Bruns 16

Sears 17

Feudner, F 20

Total 104

LINCOLN GUN CLUB.

Forster

UNION GUN CLUB.

"U.M. C" 17

McCutchan 18

Burnell 17

Walpert 14

Iverson 19

Shields 18

Total 103

OLYMPIC GUN CLUB.

Feudner, Ed 17

Stelling n

Daniels 17 Golcher 17

Robertson.

Cate

Franzen .

Neustadter 18

Dr Derby 16

King 17

Total 96

SAN FRANCISCO GUN CLUB NO. 2.

Sweeney 14

Karney 12

Kerrison 16

Williamson 19

Klevesahl 17

Justins 15

Total 96 Total 94

The following list of guns and loads used by the
shooters at the tournament is believed to be correct
and as complete as could be ascertained from those
interviewed :

Total 102

EMPIRE GUN CLUB.

Hauer

Durst

Webb

Debenham.

11

16

18

19

La Motte 15

Howlette 17

Shooter.
Anderson. Geo H.

GUN, SHELL AND POWDER.

Shot.

. Greener— Smokeless — 14 CPW 13-16 7%

Dr. A. M. .Barker of San Jose and was the only trophy
taken away from this city at this tournament. Six
shooters tied on 19 breaks and Dr. Barker won the
shoot off on a score of 18.

The purse .u this race amounted to $67.25, of which C.
C. Nauman received $14.65 of the entrance money; five.
men with 19 breaks won $5.85. each. The 18's $3.55
each and the 17's $1.00 apiece.

Phil B. Bekeart won the Associaton trophy in the
third event. With $82 in the purse, 55 entries and 16
moneys, the 19's won S7.40 each, the 18's $4.50 and the
17's $1.20 each.

A. G. Flickinger (U. M. C.) won the Golcher trophy,
third event, beating out F. W. King and W. J. O'Neill,
of Fresno, on a tie shoot. A. C. Hartley received $14.10
of the entrance money, two 19's $7.20 each, the 18's
$3.55 and the 17's 25 cents each.

V. J. La Motte, of the Empire Gun Club, won the
Union Gun Club trophy. Three men with 20 breaks
received $8.65 each, the 19's were paid $5.65 and the
18's $2.70 apiece, the 17's being shut out.

The closing event of the first day, the three-man
team shoot for the Crystal Palace cup, was participated
in by seven teams and was won by the San Francisco
Gun Club team composed of Ed Sehultz, "Wilson"
and Jules Bruns. The high team received $19.65 of
the purse and three teams which scored 62 received
$6.55 each.

The weather conditions on Sunday were ideal for
trap shooting; during the day twenty-six straight
scores were made in the individual events, six in the
tie shoots and two in the team shoot, a total of thirty-
four straight scores. The star performance of the day
was made by Ed Sehultz, who scored 20 in the fourth
and fifth events, winning the tie shoot off for the fourth
race with a clean score and then shooting two straio-hts
in the ties for the fifth event, before finally winning
out. The opening event of the second day for the
Olympic Gun Club trophy was won by M. O. Feudner
who beat "U. M. C." in the tie shoot off. "U. M. C »'
l aceived 811.50 of the purse, the 19's took down S6 15
and the 18's $2.60 each.

The second event brought Dr, A. T. Derby out as

Ae winner of the San Francisco Gun Club trophy, he

made the only straight in the race. The victory of

he Doctor's was a popular one. The 19's were paid

..80, the 18's $3.85 and bhe 17's SO cents each.

"Smith" 16 12 15 10 17 70

Bancroft,? 12 11 12 35

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Crystal Palace Trophy, three man team match, 25
targets per man, entrance $7.50 per team. Three
moneys, 50%, 30% and 20%. High teams won. High
team to win first money and trophy. Cup must be won
three times to become permanent property of any club.

SAN FRANCISCO GUN CLUB NO. 1.

Sehultz 22

"Wilson" 22

Bruns 19

Total 63

EMPIRE GUN CMUB.

Durst 19

Webb 22

Debenham 21

Total.

SAN FRANCISCO GUN CLUB NO. 2.

Williamson 19

Derby 18

Shields 21

UNION GUN CLUB.

McCutchan 19

"U.M.C." 23

King 20

Total 62

OLYMPIC GUN CLUB.

Feudner, M. 0 21

Feudner, F 23

Feudner, E 18

Total.

Total 58

GARDEN CITY GUN CLUB

Anderson

Varien

Barker

LINCOLN GUN CLUB.

Seaver 17

Daniels 22

Bekeart 17

Total 56

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SECOND DAY"— Entries and scores.

vents 12 3 4

Targets 20 20 20 20

Erarham, Lee 15 18 17 20

.Rcss.Jos 19 18 17 20

Hartley, A.C.- 13 11 20 14

'George, Dr. W. S 11 14 19 14

Taylor.H 15 13 19 14

'Taylor, J.P 14 15 15 14

iBekeart, P. B.

.Daniels. D

.Forster, E. L .
■Seaver, W.H.
Franzen, Geo.

•Robertson, W. A 18

:Feudner, M. O —

iScnultz, Ed

"Wilson"

Klevesahl, E. A..

Bruns, J

Feudner. F

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19

16

16

17

18

Sweeney, J. J 9

Justin6,H 15

Derby. Dr. A. T 18

Shields, A. M 18

Karney, J 17

Sears, W. H 19

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Burnell, M Remington— Smokeless— 3K DuP...lj{

Barker, Dr A M Parker— Leader — 10 L&R IK

Bruns, J Greener — Acme— 32 Wals IK

Cooper, R Lefever-Smokeless-3*4 "E C" & "S".1K

Carroll, J R Clabrough— Smokeless— 43 C P W.. . .IK

Claussen, P Remington— Smokeless— 3K Du P. . IK

Cate, C H Greener — Acme— 32 Wals IK

Daniels, D Greener— Acme— 32 Wals IK

Debenham. C W Parker— Acme — 10 L&R IK

Durham, Lee Parker— Acme— G D & Riaeite IK

Derby, Dr A T Smith— Acme— 43 L&R ik

Durst. J H Clabrough — Smokeless— 3K Du P IK

Franzen, Geo Parker— Smokeless— 3V Du P ik

Foin, C L Lefever— Smokeless— 3 EC l*a

Fish, C S Smith— Leader— » L&R l*j

Feudner, MO Smith— Leader— 3'i Du P Ik

Flickinger, A G Smith— Smokeless— 3K Du P ik

Feudner, Fred Smith— Leader— 3K Du P IK

Feudner, Ed Smith— Leader— 3k, DuP IK

Forster, EL Smith— Acme— Smo—L & R, DuP... IK

Giddings, WW Smokeless— 3a DuP ik

Golcher, W J Clabrough— Smokeless— 314 DuP IK

George, Dr W S Parker— Acme — Ballistite IK

Hodapp, FA Smith— Acme— 10 L&R Ik

Hauer, J B Greener— Acme— 3K CPW IK

Hartley, AC Buckley— 41 G D la

Hoyt, H Winchester— Leader— All kinds la

Howlette, F Smith— Leader— 3K Schultze IK

Iverson, M J Remington— Smokeless— 3a DuP. ..IK

Justins, H Smith— Leader — Smo — 3K Du P la

Klevesahl, E A Parker— Acme— 32 Wals IK

King, F W Francotte— Leader— 3a Hazard 1H

Kerrison. RE Parker— Acme — 12 L&R IK

Keller. PE Remington— Smokeless— 3a DuP. ..lii

Karney, J Greener— Smokeless— 3K DuP IK

Lammers. Geo Winchester — Leader— All kinds 1%

Lewis, T L Remington— Acme — Smo — All kinds.l*6

La Lotte, V J Remington— Leader— 3a CPW IS*

Lemoin, R E Parker— Nitro— 3 DuP 1*1

McCutchan, J B Remington— Acme— Ballistite Ps

Neustadter, N A — Greener— Leader— 3a Du P IK

Olsen E Winchester— Leader— 3?i DuP IK

Owens, LD Clabrough— Smokeless— 3K Du P IK

O'Neill. W J Greener— Smokeless— 3a EC la

Puter, L F Parker— Smokeless— 3'i Du P It,'

Ricklefson, H Lefever — Leader — 10L&R 1%

Rosenberg, R C Parker— Smokeless— 3K Du P 1 a

Robertson, W A Remington— Lead— Acme — 10 L &R.1K

Ross, J Lefever— Acme— 54 GD ik

Robertson, Jr, W A. . Remington— Acme — 10 L&R IK

Reed, R C Smith— Leader— Smo— all kinds IK

Seaver, W H Winchester— Leader IK

Sears, W Smith— Leader— 3K Haz ik

Simson, L Parker— Smokeless— 3'- Haz la

Stone. F Greener— Smokeless— 14 EC IK

Shields, AM Smith— Smokeless— 3K Du P IK

Stelling, Jr, H Greener— Smokeless— 3K'Du P IK

Sweeney, J J Greener — Smokeless— 3a DuP IK

Sehultz, E Smith— Acme— 39 Rifleite la

"Slade" Francotte— Smokelsss— 3*4 Du P IK

Taylor, Joe Lefever— Leader— 3 Du P 1*6

Taylor, J P Francotte— Acme— 38 Rifleite IK

Taylor, H Remington— Acme — 18 G D IK

Varien, W H Smith— Smokeless— 31. Du P IK

Walpert, F Remington— Trap— 3'i DuP IK

Webb, A J Smith— Smokeless— 3K Du P IK

Williamson. W H. ..Smith— Leader— 3K Du P IK

"Wilson" Parker— Smokeless— 3k DuP ik

Walsh, P J Remimgton— Smokeless— 3K Du P. .l.K

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.'eeting of the California Inanimate Target
Association.

The annual meeting of the California Inanimate Tar-
it Association was held on the evening of May 24th.
he following officers were elected to serve during the
llowing year: President, Dr. W. S. George, Antioch
un Club; Vice-Presidents, J. B. Hauer, Empire Gun
[ub; W. J. O'Neill, Fresno Gun Club; T. L. Lewis,
nion Gun Club; E. L. Porster, Lincoln Gun Club and
eo. H. Anderson, Garden City Gun Club. Secretary-
reasurer, Wm, J. Street, Olympic Gun Club.
The time and place for holding the next tournament
ill be taken into consideration by the Board of
overnors at their next meeting.

The subject of holding a fall tournament seemed to
i favorably received by the meeting; this subject will
so soon receive the attention of the Board of
overnors.

The election of Dr. W. S. George makes this term
le third time he has served the association as Presi-
ant. The election of all of the officers was by accla-
tation.

After passing a vote of thanks to the officers who
irved the organization during the past year and also
> Mr. A. M. Shields for courtesies extended the meet-
\g adjourned.

At the Traps.

The attractions to-morrow comprise four different
Loots. The California Wing Club members will grass
ve birds at Ingleside and the Union Gun Club mem-
era will shoot blue rocks.

Across the bay the regular monthly shoot of the
incolns is billed for Alameda Point and further along
a the marsh the Antler Gun Club will use the Em-
re set of traps for the June club shoot.

The Empire Gun Club announce a big merchandise
rize shoot to take place on September 8th and 9th
ad propose to make it the feature club shoot of the
ear. The Empire men are energetic and generally
irry out any project once started.

The Union Gun Club will hold a second live bird
loot on June 30th, the fifth Sunday of the month,
.n excellent program will be issued during the week.

Ten-bird race — Heilbron 5, Kindsberg 6, Palm 6,
Reichert 5, Vetter 8, Trumpler 5, Black 6, Willims 7,
Griffin 7, Bauer 8, Flint 7, Derr 7, Newbert 10, De
Merritt 6, Palm 8, Kingsberg 5, Vetter 7, Griffin 4.

Fifteen-bird race — Heilbron 8, Kindsberg 10, Palm 7,
Reichert 8, Vetter 10, De Merritt 5, Black 12, Williams
11, Griffin 9, Bauer 10, Flint 6, Derr 13, W. Smith 11,
S. Smith 1, Trumpler 9, Newbert 14, Palm 12, Her-
old 10.

Fifteen-bird race — L. Smith 5, Beardsley 13, New-
bert 10, Favero 6, Herold 14, L. Smith 11, S. Smith 5,
Weldon 11, Beardsley 9, Dermon 10, W. Smith 13,
Williams 11, Just 13, Bauer 11.

Twenty-five bird match — L. Smith 14, Maxwell 11.
Dermon 16, Dr. Woods 11, Amon 11, Beardsley 18, De
Merritt 11, Black 16.

Team races, 25 birds — Newbert's team — Newbert 22,
Weldon 16, Williams 22, Dermon 16, Trumpler 17,
Favero 19. Total, 112.

Smith's team — W. Smith 22, Stevens 20, Maxwell 11,
Herold 18, Derr 11, Reichert 15. Total, 97.

Newbert's team— Just 15, Griffin 14, Flint 18, Dr.
Woods 11. Total, 59.

Smith's team — Bauer 18, S. Smith 6, Heilbron 19,
Moon 13, Amon 11. Total, 67.

Newbert's total, 171; Smith's total, 164.

Team race, 25 birds — Bauer's team — Just 16, W.
Smith 20, Williams 18, Beardsley 12, Newbert 18,
Bauer 18. Total, 102.

Newbert's team— Newbert 23, Weldon 21, Black 16,
Dermon 14, S. Smith 9, L. Smith 16. Total, 99.

Team race, 15 birds — Bauer's team — Reichert 7,
Bauer 11, W. Smith 12, Just 7, Poorman 6. Total, 43.

Newbert's team — Newbert 11, Weldon 11, Williams
8, Dermon 11, S. Smith 2. Total, 43.

The program issued by the Sportsman's Association
f the North West is an attractive one. The shoot
ill take place at Walla Walla on the 25th, 26th and
7th of this month, $1000 in cash is added and the
alue of the trophies is put at $2000. The shoot is
pen only to members of the gun clubs within the
irritory of the association. The Bennett-Rose system
ill prevail in the distribution of moneys for the indi-
idual target races. On the fourth day, Friday, June
3th, live bird shooting, open-to-all, will be indulged
Every arrangement has been made by the man-
gement to provide for the comfort and convenience
f visiting shooters. Will E. Campbell, the Secretary-
'reasurer of the Walla Walla Gun Club, will furnish
11 particulars and any information desired.

But few breakdowns occurred during the recent
jurnament, the most serious being the breaking of
tie stock of a Lefever gun, used by H. Ricklefson, just
t the commencement of Sunday morning's shooting.

his is the second time a Lefever has given out this
aason at an Ingleside shoot. The first occasion was
ae breaking in two at the grip, of W. L. Gerstle's high
rade gun, when he used both barrels on a live bird at
ae opening shoot of the California Wing Club.

A New York dispatch states: The team of Ameri-
in trap shooters selected to represent the United
tates in the match with the British experts for $2500
I side at the Middlesex Gun Club's grounds, near Lon-
[on, on June 11th and following days, sailed for Liver-
lool, on May 26th, on board the steamship Canadian.
The match will be at 5000 inanimate targets a side, the
linglish to have the use of both barrels and the Ameri-
lins to use but one barrel. Several well known shoot-
[rs accompany the team, and in case of accident or
Imergency some of these will be called upon to act as
I lbstitutes.

I The Capital Gun Club shoot last Sunday at Sacra-
I lento seems to indicate that trap shooting in that city
| having a boom. No less than nine events, including
ham races, were shot up.

I W. Smith took the honors in the club shoot, break-
lig twenty-three in fine style. The attendance was
lery large, considering that a number of the club
I lembers attended the live bird shoot held at the Del
I aso grounds.

I Kimball & Upson have just completed arrangements
I ) give, about June 30th or the early part of July, a
I vo-day tournament. It will be the largest shoot ever
eld north of San Francisco. The merchandise and
ish prizes will be the best and largest ever given at
I ly tournament held in this section. The shoot will
[a for all shooters in Sacramento and north.
I The scores in the club race at 25 targets were—

lettgr 01111 01010 10111 11011 01011—17

lalm 11101 11101 10110 11110 01111—18

lindsoerg 100111111111100 01111 10111—19

larolu 01111 OHIO 11110 11011 11111—20

lint 10001 01010 00001 01001 11111—12

lBrr " 11111 101110111101001 11111—20

laue'r" 10011 11001 11110 10011 11111—18

I H Dhi 11000 11110 10111 11110 01101—17

rumpler 10111 00101 00100 10101 11111—15

mlth W 11011 11011 lllll 11011 11111—23

I ntth s 00000 00000 00000 00010 10000— 2

eilbron 01101 11001 01011 11000 00011—13

jlgler 00110 01010 00100 01001 00000— 7

srinan 00110 10111 lllll 01011 10000—15

avero 01101 00101 01111 10000 10110—13

riskey ' ' 00000 01100 00000 10010 00001— 3

oon 10100 00011 10110 OHIO 11101—1-1

'illiams 1001111101100111110111110—20

elchert Hill 11101 10011 11110 10110—19

ewbert 11110 lllll 10111 11101 11111—22

tevens 01111 lllll 10111 10111 11110—21

'elden mil nm mil oom mil— 22

1st. . '.'.".".'....'.'. 11101 O0101 0O010 11101 01001— 14

the card of events at Stow lake until the finals in Sep-
tember. The scores made a week ago follow:

Saturday Re-entry Contest No. 1— Stow Lake, May 25. 1901
wind, southwest. Weather, threatening.

Judges— Messrs. Edwards and Mocker. Referee. Mr. Brooks.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

Brooks. W. E 101

Brotherton, T. W. .111

Edwards, G. C 102

Grant, C F 105

Grant, C. P 104

Grant, C F 104

Mocker, E. A 91

Reed, F. H 90

Reed.F. H 83

Reed, F. H 91

Reed, F. H 91

Young, C. G 98

Young, C.G...:.... 98
Young, C. G 98

a

b

C

83 4-12

85 4-12

72 6-12

78 11-12

93 4-12

85 4-12

71 8-12

78 7-12

87

91 8-12

78 4-12

85

95

92 4-12

86

71

85 4-12

79 2-12

82 3-12

80 4-12

96

78 4-12

87 2-12

77

96

80 10-12

88 5-12

89 4-12

95 4-12

82 6-12

88 11-12

92 4-12

91 4-12

65 10-12

78 7-12

91 8-12

90

81 8-12

85 9-12

92 4-12

89

83 4-12

86 6-12

89 8-12

88 8-12

78 4-12

83 6-12

Sunday Ee-entry Contest No. 5— Stow Lake, May 26, 1901.
wind, north. Weather, warm and heavy.

Judges— Messrs. Mocker and Reed. Referee, Mr. Reed. Clerk,
Mr. Smyth.

Events 12 3 4

Threatening weather conditions prevented as large
an attendance as usual on May 26th at the Sacramento
Gun Club shoot. In the medal shoot Eckhardt took
first class medal with 23 breaks, Shaffer took second
class medal with 19, and Beardsley took third class
medal with 18. Following are the scores for the medal
shoot. Vetter made 24 out of 25 in a practice shoot
after the match commenced and shot in his old-time
form.

Medal shoot, 25 targets —

Eckhardt lllll 11011 lllll lllll 11110—23

Black 11010 HlOlilOlll 01111 11111—20

Gusto 00111 Will 11010 lllll 11101—19

Shaffer 00111 lllll lllll 01111 10001—19

Beardsley lllll 00110 11001 10111 10111—18

Palm 11101 11110 lllll 11001 00011—18

Vetter 01100 lllll 11101 00111 11110—18

Kindsberg 10110 00111 00111 11110 11111—18

Kindsberg* OHIO lllll 01001 lllll 11100—18

Walker 11101 00100 10011 10111 11110—16

Shore 10101 01111 11011 11011 00101—16

Coffey 10110 01101 10111 01010 10011—15

Thielbahr 01000 11011 11010 lull 00010—14

Dary 10111 10011 10101 00000 11001—13

O'Connor* 11000 10110 lllll 10011 00000—13

O'Connor 10000 00001 10110 01000 00001— 7

*Back scores

In ten bird race a summary of scores is as follows:
Gusto 9, 7, 5, 6; Shaw 7, 7, 4, 6; Davy 7, 4, 2; Stevens
6, 4; Eckhardt 9, 8, 7; Beardsley 5, 7, 5; Black 5.

Fifteen targets — Gusto 14, 9; Shaw 9; Davy 9, 4;
Stevens 10. 10; Eckhardt 10; Beardsley 9; Shaffer 6.

Twenty-five targets— Vetter 23; Palm 23, 20, 14;
Kindsberg 20; Gusto 20.

Battu, H 83

Battu. H 86

Daverkosen, F.IE..105

Daverkosen, F. E. .

Haight, H. F 79

Huyck, C 78

Heller. S. A 67

Heller, S. A

Kenniff, J B 84

Kenniff, J. B 85

Kenniff, OR 85

Kierulff, T 71

Kierulff, T 64

Mocker, E. A 92

Mocker. E. A 90

Reed, F. H 81

Reed, F. H 80

Reed, F. H 82

Grant, C. F

87 8-12

90

70 10-12

80 5-12

87 4-12

89

74 2-12

81 7-12

94

91

8-12

73 4-12

82 6-12

87

83

73 4-12

78 2-12

82

HS>

4-12

62 6-12

73 11-12

94

84

60 10-12

72 5-12

95 8-12

94

74 2-12

84 1-12

86 8-12
92

82

67 6-12

74 9-12

86 8-12

81

8-12

66 8-12

74 2-12

88

89

4-12

68 4-12

78 10-12

86

87

63 4-12

75 2-12

79

83

4-12

60

71 8-12

87 8-12

73

61 8-12

67 4-12

90

76

8-12

77 6-12

77 1-12

96

82

68 4-12

78 10-12

92 8-12

88

63 4-12

75 2-12

88

9b

K-12

66 8-12

81 2-12

91

8-12

75

83 4-12

-8S-NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy, percentage. Event 3— Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage;
(b) delicacy percentage; (c) net percentage. Event 4 — Lure cast-
ing, percentage.

The following letter recently received in this city by
an angler in response to inquiry as to fishing prospects
"up the river" shows a fund of miscellaneous informa-
tion that has a smiteh of original style about it as well
as a moiety of fish news:

"Dear Sir: — I received your kind Leater There is
Three men has taking the Lace of this of those
Springs for Ten years for Boateling it and Shipeng it
tou San Francisco it beater than the Railroad Watter.
But Mr Massons dont take it from his geasts.

I am Well cince I Came up here I Fels Well. Fish-
ing is geating purty Good Every day I Geat Wane
yesterday wan rainbo Trought Four pounds With
verry small Flay small hakle With A Read Tail the
onely Flay I had off the Kind and I loast it. ny nice is
Well She lakes it up here her name isJMargeat if you see
Mick Geary tell him I ame up here or John Beann or
John Learmer. Give them my regards. And Also
tou your Wife and Famely if you have anney Newes
tou Seand up drope me a fue Lines yours truely"

Owing to the unsettled condition of the weather but
few members faced the live bird traps of the Del Paso
Trap Club last Sunday. F. J. Ruhstaller, Jr., killed
18 birds, which is the best score of the season.

Ruhstaller, Jr., P. J 11211 11212 01121 11*12—18

Wright F 21222 21200 11*21 *22*1— 15

TJpson.L.S 22012 20201 22*10 2222*— 14

Ruhstaller, Captain 1201* 21*22 1*111 11*00—13

gE§aK3ESSEE§Se3ESSliK3^l3*ES^ts!SE3IS«3&S>!3*£Ss3

ROD.

Close season on striped bass begins to-day and con-
tinues during- this month. The law applies to hook
and line as well as net fishermen. One good result, it
is claimed, for the close season will be to let the fish
get in to many places where they have not been here-
tofore overly plentiful by reason of the net men way-
laying them.

Peter J. Walsh has been catching bass at the rail-
road bridge on Petaluma creek. He has recently sent
a number of large fish to friends in this city.

Coming Events. ?m

KENNEL.

June 8 — Fly-casting. Saturday re-entry contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 P. M.

June 9— Ply-casting. Sunday re-entry contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

June 33— Saturday Contest No. 8. Class series. Stow lake,
3:30 p. M.

June 33— Sunday Contest No 8. Class series. Stow lake, 10 A. m.

July 1— Open season for striped bass begins.

Coming Events.

June 18— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P-
Norman. Secretary.

Aug. 37, 38, 39, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

When You Don't Need Any Calendar.

When the honeysuckle whispers with a voice of perfume sweet,
And the leaves that gently nestled, sink to silence in the heat;

When the lightning bug is winging

And the bullfrog starts his singing
In the brooklet where the willow and the shifting shadows meet;
When everything is murmuring a slow ecstatic tune,
You don't need any calendar to tell you that its June.

When the low and lazy grasses in the dasied meadow set
Are making solemn curt'sies in a lauguid minuet;

When Sir Bumblebee, the rover,

Plays at kissing in the clover,
While we note the swift departure of the prudish violet;
When there's music in the breezes and there's magic in the moon,
You don't need any calendar to tell you that it's June.

— Washington Star.

The Fly-Casters.

The first re-entry contests of the San Francisco Fly-
Casting Club were held last Saturday and Sunday un-
der rather windy weather conditions. In delicacy and
accuracy some good averages were scored however.
The next re-entry contests will take place on June 22d
and 23d.

The first class contests are billed for July 13th and
14th, when the bait-casting event will also be added to

Doings in Dogdom.

The Vancroft Kennels (formerly Leamington Ken-
nels) have been recently newly located by Mr. J. B.
Vandergrift, at Lazearville, West Virginia.

L. A. Klein, who is an authority on Dachshundesj
thought so well of Col. W. S. Martin's Res M., a local
dog, that he had his bitch Venlolo served by him.
Rex is bred on the same lines as Ch. Phenomenon.

The Derby entries for the Pacific Field Tr'al Club's
nineteenth annual trials next January will close, and
the first forfeit of $5 is payable on, July 1st. The sec-
ond forfeit of $5 is due on November 1st and it will cost
$10 additional to start. The club's announcement
appears in our advertising columns. Entry blanks and
full information, etc., can be obtained from Secretary
Albert Betz, room 201, Parrott Building, this city.

As usual, our Boston contemporary for last week is
again very much mixed concerning matters in Frisco.

But 440 dogs were benched at the recent show, the
entries numbered G25. These numbers did not beat
the records here.

Norfolk Story was back in Geo. Bell's kennels at
Toronto a week before the par was penned, stating
that thetoeless wonder was, "under the name of Ford-

10

®he gxee&ev axxb Ifrpoxt&tncvn

[June l, 1

ham, sniffing the breezes of the Pacific in the kennels
of Mr. E. Courtney Ford."

The American Stock Keeper is to be congratulated
upon missing the report of the late show by Mr. G. A.
Cranfield. The special report appears in the Sportsman's
Beview. The "hot air" commendation of the reporter
announcing a future report of the May show was
about on a par with the general importance and accur-
acy of the special report referred to.

The following are the judges and the breeds assigned
them at the Pan-American Dog Show, August 27-30,
1901: Mr. James Mortimer: St. Bernards, Mastiffs,
Bloodhounds, Deerhounds, Basset Hounds, Bull Ter-
riers, Boston Terriers, Fox Terriers, Scottish Terriers,
Black and Tan Terriers, Dachshundes, Yorkshire Ter-
riers, Toy Terriers, Whippets and Schipperkes. Mr.
Charles H. Mason: Great Danes, Russian Wolfhounds,
Greyhounds, Field Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, Clumber
Spaniels, Irish Water Spaniels, Poodles. Toy Spaniels
and Pugs. Mr. William Tallman: Foxhounds, Point-
ers, English, Irish and Gordon Setters. Mr. C. G.
Hopton: English Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Airedale
Terriers, Irish Terriers, Welsh Terriers, Skye Ter-
riers, Pomeranians and miscellaneus. Mr. William C.
Hunter, Collies. Mr. George F. Reed, Beagles.

A well known breeder and fancier is authority for
the statement that the most successful Fox Terrier
breeders in England at present will not under any con-
sideration retain a stud dog in their kennels. Mr.
Tinnie, a noted breeder of Fox Terriers, makes it a
rule to always mate with the dog that he believes fits
a particular bitch, in this practice he gets the dogs
that improves the defects and faults apparent to him
in his kennels. Other breeders in this line, who stay
with a particular strain, are more liable to run to dead
straight fronts, long unbalanced heads, dead flat cpats,
etc., or any of the objectionable type defects. Tinnie
takes for the even, classic style of a dog, thereby re-
sults his success in breeding dogs and bitches.

This principle pertains to Baker and Smith in St.
Bernards, Messrs. Hinks, Evans, Raper, Howker and
others who have come to the front in their respective
lines, which goes to show that the individual proper-
ties are not so much looked for as in former years, as
for instance, when most St. Bernards ran all to head
and expression, in fact counting for the total of the
dog. The leading judges of different breeds through-
out the world have arrived at the proposition of hav-
ing a symmetric dog each in its particular breed from
Holy to Yorkshire.

The Victoria Show.

The annual show of the Vancouver Kennel Club
opened in Victoria, B. C, on May 22nd with the largest
number of entries yet received for a show in that city-
The benching arrangements and accommodations for
visitors were ample and convenient. The dogs were
judged in an open lot adjoining the show hall. Mr.
Henry Jarrett, of Philadelphia, judged all breeds and
according to the Victoria Colonist, with satisfaction to
the exhibitors and the fanciers present at the judging.
The special prizes were distributed by Mayor Hay ward
on the last evening of the show. George Tinto, of
Seattle, won the handler's prize, he brought twenty-
five dogs to the show from Seattle. (Mr. Tinto, who
has a tailoring business in Seattle, it will be remem-
bered, offered a handler's prize, for the Seattle show,
to be awarded to the handler entering the largest
string of dogs from without the State of Washington.
This prize, it is reported, was taken by a California
dog man and kennel authority, although the dogs he
had in charge were entered in another handler's name,
D. J. Sinclair's, we believe.)

The prize for the best decorated kennel was awarded
to Royal Pastime Kennels. Mrs. G. L. Davey's King
Charles Spaniel was declared by Mr. Jarrett to be a
splendid specimen.

That the English Setter is the favorite dog of the
Victoria sportsman, and rightly so, says the Colonist ,
for there is no better dog for the work required in a
country such as this, is evidenced by the number en
tered in the show. In this class there were 37 entries.
It is true that in some other classes, notably the
Cockers and Fox Terriers, there was more entries, but
in those classes several breeders exhibited a number of
dogs, while the Englishmen are principally owned by
sportsmen who show but one or two dogs. The other
sporting classes were poorly represented. The quality
of the Irish Setters was good, but they were few in
number. To the surprise of many, R, J. Russell's
Faro, who did so well at Seattle, was entirely left be-
hind by those he defeated at the sound show. With
the large number of good Gordon Setters in the city,
it seems a pity that such a poor shuwing was made
both in point of number and quality. In Pointers, too
the prizes went to Seattle without any effort, there be-
ing but three dogs entered, all from *the Sound. But
what is lacking in the sporting breeds is more than
made up for by the Spaniels and Terriers. There was
few Field, Water and Clumber Spaniels, but the Cock-
el's, both black and red, were a fine looking lot, and
any number to pick from. In Fox Terriers, Rev. Mr.
Flinton showed the pick of his kennels in smooth and
wire hairs. Mrs. Bradley-Dyne was the principal ex-
hibitor in the Irish and Scotch Terrier classes, but in
the former she had considerable competition. The
only Bedlington Terriers were those shown by Mr. J.
Redelsheiraer, of Seatte.

Judge Jarrett is a collie man, and it seems a pity
that Victoria could not have given him a better lot to
pass upon. There are better dogs here than were
shown, but for some reason were withheld. The same
applies to the St. Bernards. There are any number of
the big fellows in the city, and why they were not

shown is a mystery, even Victoria dogs that were sent
to Seattle and San Francisco were not benched at
home.

In English Setters, in which quite naturally the
greatest interest was taken. Roy Montez, who had just
returned from Chicago, swept all before him, winning
first in the limit, open and winners' classes. Dashing
Fleet, the Seattle dog who was brought over to beat
the Victoria dog, took second place, although he might
have had more difficulty in defeating Mr. H. L.
O'Brien's Victor L., had 'the latter been shown by
his owner or someone used to handling him. Mr.
Charles Minor also won with his puppy bitch Gladys
Montez, taking first in the puppy and limit classes,
but having to take second to Thomas Plimley's Lady
Howard in the open and winners' classes. Judge Jar-
rett said the English Setters were away ahead of those
shown at the San Francisco show and that Roy Montez
is in far better condition than he was at Chicago.

The list of regular and special awards is the following:

ST BERNARDS— Open bitches and winners— Dr A C Mcintosh's
(Seattle) Towsy. The only St Bernard shown.

GREAT DANES— Open dogs— 1 F B Pemberton's Klondike, 2
George D Barlow's (Nanaimo) Chief. Winners, dogs— Klondike.
Open bitches— 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Cleopatra, 2 George D Bar-
low's Flora W. Winners, bitches— 1 Cleopatra.

RUSSIAN WOLFHOUNDS (Borzois)— Puppy dogs— 1 Miss Vio-
let Podley's Bruno. Open dogs— 1 Mrs W J McKeon's Duke of York.
Winners, dogs— 1 Duke of York.

GREYHOUNDS— Open dogs— 1 Dr G L Milne's Jell, 2 Miss Vic-
toria J Wilson's Rob Roy. Winners, dogs— Jeff. Open and win'
ners, bitches— 1 DrGL Milne's Fanny.

POINTERS-Open dogs (under 55 pounds)-l L H Roger's (Seattle)
Capt Sam, 2 W W Peaslee's (Portland) Printer's Ned. 55 pounds
and over— Fred J Evan's (Portland) Pete. Winners, dogs— 1 L H
Roger's Capt Sam.

ENGLISH SETTERS— 1 Dr Lewis Hall's Gen Roberts, 2 John
Braden's Major. Limit dogs— 1 Charles Minor's Roy Montez, 2 E
M Palmer's Dashing Fleet (Seattle), 3 H L O'Brien's ATictor L.
Open dogs— 1 Charles Minor's Roy Montez, 2 E M Palmer's Dashing
Fleet, 3 Fitzpatrick and Mercer's Bucko (Nanaimo), v h c H L
O'Brien's Victor L. Winners, dogs— 1 Roy Montez. res Gen Roberts.
Puppy bitches— 1 Charles Minor's Gladys Montez. 2 F Brock's
Fanny, 3VK Gray's Lassie. Limit bitches — 1 Charles Minor's
Gladys Montez, 2 S Whitiaker's Victoria Juno, 3 Thomas Plimley's
Lady Maude. Open bitches— 1 Thomas Plimley's Lady Howard, 2
Charles Minor's Gladys Montez, 3 J H Peeble's Cole's Lady (Seat-
tle). Winners, bitches— 1 Lady Howard, res Gladys Montez.

IRISH SETTERS— Limit dogs— 1 Dr A L Garesche'sJHector, 2
H C Bromley's Lord Kilbarny, 3 Dr R F Verrinder's Warburton
Res. Open dogs — 1 Dr R F Verrinder's Warburton Rex, 2 Geo
Janes' Miko, 3 Dr E C Hart's Sport HI. Winners, dogs— 1 Hector.
Limit bitches — 1 Thomas Plimley's Belle, 2 A Fairfull's Jess.
Open bitches— 1 Thomas Plimley's Belle, 2 Dr John Duncan's
Madcap HI. Winners, bitches— Belle.

GORDON SETTERS— Puppy dogs— t R P Wollaston's Rex.
Limit dogs— 1 F G Norris" Bunghole, 2 Mrs JH Wark's Bobs. Win-
ners, dogs— 1 Bunghole. Puppy Bitches— 1 T C Smith's Nellie.
Limit bitches— 1 T C Smith's Indie. Winners, bitches— 1 Indie.

IRISH WATER SPANIELS— Open dogs— 1 Nels M Lund's
(Seattle) Barney Lund.

FIELD SPANIELS— Open and winners, dogs— 1 R L Rice's
(Vancouver) Fred. Open and winners, bitches— I R L Rice's Nell.

CLUMBER SPANIELS— Open bitches— 1 Frank Turner's (Vic-
toria) Till.

COCKER SPANIELS (black)— Puppy dogs— 1 Close Bros'(Silver-
dale, B C) Count, 2 C A Goodwin's (Maywood, B C) Sir Redvers.
Limit dogs— IRoyal Pastime Cocker Kennels' (Victoria) Old Flag,

2 Coorheen Kennels"'(Sidney) Spartan of Coorheen, 3WO Wallace's
(Victoria) Beauty. Open dogs— 1 Close Bros' (Silverdale, B C)
Willard C, 2 Royal Pastime Cocker Kennels' (Victoria) Old Flag,

3 Miss Keefer's (Victoria) Rowdy. Winners, dogs— 1 Willard C,
res Old Flag. Puppy bitches — 1 Swan Lake Cocker Kennels' (Vic-
toria) Mayflower Queen. 2 Charles Setterfleld's (Victoria) Pansy,
3 Mrs Goodwin's (Maywood, B C) Lady Audrey. Limit bitches— 1
Close Bros' (Silverdale. B C) Lady Olive, 2 Swan Lake Cocker
Kennels' Black Jude. Open bitches— 1 Close Bros" (Silverdale)
Miss Cherry, 2 Swan Lake Cocker Kennels' Mayflower Queen, 3
Swan Lake Coeker Kennels' Queen of Sheba. Winners, bitches— 1
Lady Olive, res Miss Cherry.

COCKER SPANIELS (other than black)— Puppy dogs— 1 Close
Bros' (Silverdale) Duff, 2 Portland Cocker Kennels' Will Scarlet,
3 Miss Jessie Prior's (Victoria) Pepper. Open dogs— 1 Portland
Cocker Kennels' Will Scarlet, 2 Close Bros' (Silverdale, B C) Red
Jack, 3 Miss Jessie Prior's (Victoria) Pepper, res Dr G L Milne's
(Victoria) Red Rex. Winners, dogs— 1 Dufl, res -Will Scarlet.
Puppv bitches— 1 Swan Lake Cocker Kennels' (Victoria) Lady
Mac, 2 Coorheen Cocker Kennels' (Sidney) Rose of Coorheen, .3
Swan Lake Cocker Kennels' (Victoria) Curlie. Open bitches — 1 C
W Sharpies' (Seattle) Lillian Ray, 2 Coorheen Kennels' (Sidney)
Duchers H, 3 Royal Pastime Cocker Kennels' Lady Mac, res Coor-
heen Kennels' (Sidney) Rose of Coorheen. Winners, bitches — 1
Lillian Ray, res Duchess H.

COLLIES (tri-color)— Puppy dogs— 1 George Tinto's (Seattle)
Seattle Bob. Open dogs— 1 Dr A J Mcintosh's (Seattle) Glenera.
Winners, dogs— 1 Seattle Bob, res Glenera.

COLLIES (other than tri-color)— Puppy dogs— 1 George Tinto's
(Seattle) Seattle Rover. Limit dogs— 1 Geo Tinto's (Seattle) Rob
Royrv, 2 Seattle Rover, 3 T B Macabe's (Victoria) Capital, res
James Chalmers* (Ganges Harbor) Clyde, v h c Dr D B Holden's
(Victoria) Rob Roy McG. Open dogs— 1 T B McCabe's (Victoria)
Capital. Winners, dogs— 1 Geo Tinto's (Seattle) Rob Roy IV, res
Seattle Rover. Puppy bitches— 1 Geo Tinto's (Seattle) Seattle
Betty. 2 Jas Chalmers' (Ganges Harbor) Jean, 3TB Macabe's
(Victoria) Holly, res Mrs A P Briggs' (Victoria) Lady Mack.
Limit bitches— 1 Jas Chalmers' (Ganger Harbor) Nellie, 2 Jas
Chalmers' (Ganges Harbor) Leonora, 3 T B Macabe's (Victoria)
Goldie, res Mrs A P Briggs' (Victoria) Lady Mack, v h c Mrs
Frank Turner's (Victoria) Metchley Flirt. Open bitches— 1 Jas
Chalmers' (Ganges Harbor) Nora, 2 Jas Chalmers' (Ganges Har-
bor) Flossie. Winners, bitches— 1 Seattle Betty, res Flossie.

BULL TERRIERS— Open dogs— 1 H S Jordan's (Seattle) Nipper.

BOSTON TERRIERS— Open and winners dogs— 1 J Redelsheim-
er's (Seattle) Seattle King.

FOX TERRIERS (smooth coated)—! Dr R Ford Verrinder's
(Victoria) Warburton Blanco: 2 W E Fisher's (Victoria) Fox.
Limit dog— 1 Geo Florence's (Victoria) Buller;2 Warburton Blanco;
3 Dr Piers Hatton's (Victoria) Filey Bobs; res Rev J W Flinton's
i Vu-toria ) Filey Skipper; v h c W E Fisher's Fox and Mr Wm
McGirr's (Victoria) Filey Tory. Open dogs— 1 Buller. 2 Warbur-
ton Blanco, 3 Filey Bobs, res Rev J W Flinton's (Mount Tolmie)
Filed Flash; v h c Mrs Wm McGirr's Filey Tory; h c Geo R Ray-
mond's (Nanaimo) Bobs, and Rev J W Flinton's (Victoria) War-
ren Safe. Winners, dogs— 1 Buller. res Warburton Blanco. Puppv
bitches— 1 W F Hall's Venus; 2 J B Carmichael's Grizzel. Limit
bitches — 1 Rev J W Flinton's Filey Spray, 2 Geo Florence's Queen,
3 Dr R Ford Verrinder's Filty Beauty, res W F Hall's Ve2us, v h c
M G Randall's Golden Spray. Open bitches— 1 Mrs W J McKeon's
Aldon Radiance, 2 Geo Florence's Queen, 3 Filey Beauty, res M G
Randall's Golden Spray. Winners, bitches— 1 Aldon Radiance:
res Filey Spray.

FOX TERRIERS (wire haired)— Limit dogs— 1 Miss Walkem's
John Storm, 2 Rev J W Flinton's Aldon Quartermaster Open
dogs— 1 Miss Walkem's John Storm, 2 J Redelsheimer's Seattle
Jack, 3 Aldon Quartermaster. Winners, dogs— 1 John Storm, res
Seattle Jack. Puppy bitches— None up to the standard. Limit
bitches— l Rev J W Flinton's Aldon Donna. Open bitches— 1
Aldon Dona, 2 J Redelsheimer's Cairnsmuir Canopy. Winners,
bitches— 1 Aldon Dona, res Cairnsmuir Canopp.

IRISH TERRIERS— Puppy dogs— 1 Geo Bradley-Dyne's Saanich
Luckpenny Peter. 2 R E Hansen's Nailer, 3 Dr Piers Hatton's
Saanich Fireband Peter, res Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Spuds,
v h c Mrs C L Grant's Munster Mike, h c Mrs J Wright's Billie, c t
P Patton's Mickey Free, c J Downey's Ginger, Limit dogs—
Saanich Luckpenny Peter, 2 Nailer, 3 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Cardiff
Warman, res Miss M A Wylde's Kipper. Open dogs— Saanich
Luckpenny Peter, 2 Cardiff Warman, res E L Reber's Victoria

Nipper; v h c Arthur Malin's Garry Owen, h Mrs C L Grai
Munster Mike and Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Mixit. Winn-
dogs — 1 Luckpenny Peter, res Nailer, puppy bitches— 1 1
Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Irish Poplin, 2 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Da
Belle. Limit bitches— 1 Saanich Irish Poplin, 2 Mrs Bradl
Dyne's Saanich Dahlia. Open bitches— 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyi
Saanich Doreen, 2 Saanich Irish Poplin. Winners, bitches
Saanich Doreen, res Saanich Irish Poplin.

SCOTTISH TERRIERS— Puppy dogs-1 Mrs C L Grant's Jt
Scot. Limit dogs— Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Rascal. Oj
dogs— 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Fighting Mac. 2 Mrs C L Grent's Ji
Scot. Limit bitches— 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Scottie O'Brae
Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Princess, 3 Mrs Bradley-Dyr
Diana. Open bitches — 1 Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Scottie O'Brae
Saanich Princess, 3 Mrs Bradley -Dyne's Saanich Brighteyes,
Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Undercliffe Jessie. Wineers, bitches— I Sco
O'Brae. res Saanich Princess.

BEDLINGTON TERRIERS— Limit dogs— 1 J Redelsheimc
Tough (Seattle), 2 Same owner's Dave. Open dogs— 1 J Red
sheimer's Clarence J (Seattle). Winners, dogs— 1 Tough, res CI
ence J. Open and winners, bitches— J Redelsheimer's Herdwi
Mollie

KING CHARLES SPANIELS— Open bitches— 1 Miss G
Davey's Nora Creina.

POMMERANIAN DOGS— 1 Miss Leiser's Doggies.

SPECIAL AWARDS.

Handler showing largest number of dogs from Oregon, Washii
ton or British Columbia, outside of Victoria, George Tinto. Seatt

To handler exhibiting the largest number of dogs owned in V
toria, F Turner.

S P C A special for best conditioned dog, Miss Wilson's Gn
hound Rob Roy.

Canadian Kennel Club's medal for best terrier of any breed, G
Florence's Fox Terrier Buller.

Canadian Kennel Club's bronze medal for best English Setter
show, Charles Minor's Roy Montez.

Mayor Hay ward's cup for best kennel of four dogs owned in Br
ish Columbia, Dr John Duncan's Irish Setters.

Messrs Mowat & Wallace's for best kennel of Fox Terriers ai
Cheapside for best brace of Fox Terriers, Rev J W Flinton

V I K C and Fell & Co's prizes for best St Bernards, J A Mel
tosh's Towsy, of Seattle.

David Spencer's for best Great Dane dog or bitch. F BPembf '-
ton's Klondike.

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George Maynard's prize for best Great Dane of opposite sex
preceding, Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Cleopatra.

V I K C special for the best Greyhound, dog or bitch, Dr G
Milne's Fanny.

M R Smith & Co's special for the best Greyhound of opposi
sex, Dr G D Milne's Jeff.

V I K C special for best Chesapeake Bav dog or bitch, F O Obe
lich's Judy C. The same bitch won the H L Salmon's prize fi
the best Chesapeake Bay bitch.

V I K C cup for the best Pointer dog or bitch, L H Roger's Caj
Sam.

V I K C cup for best English Setter dog or bitch, Charles Minor
Roy Montez.

T N Hibben & Co's special for best English Setter, opposite se
to preceding. Thomas Plimley's Lady Howard.

English Setter Club's cup for best Setter puppy owned by a men
ber, Charles Minor's Gladys Montez. She also won Thomas Plin
ley's prize for the best English Setter puppy.

V I K C tankard for best Irish Setter dog or bitch. Thomas Plin
ley's Belie.

Canadian Kennel Club's bronze medal for best Irish Setter, oj
posite sex to winner of preceding, Dr A J Garesche's Hector.

V I K C special for best Gordon Setter, dog or bitch, T C Smith
Indio.

Henry Short & Sons' special for best Gordon Setter of opposil
sex to preceding, Frank Norris' Bunghole.

Canadian Kennel Club's medal for best Irish Water Spaniel, do
or bitch. Nels M. Lund's Barney Lund.

Fred Norris special for best Field Spaniel, dog or bitch, I
Rice's Fred.

H Mansell special for best Field Spaniel, opposite sex to precec
ing, R L Rice's Nell.

Times prize for best Clumber Spaniel, Frank Turner's Till.

Davies Bros' special for best Cocker Spaniel dog or bitch, Clos
Bros' Willard C.

V I K C special for best Cocker Spaniel -opposite color to abovt
Mrs C W Sharpples' Lillian Ray.

Thomas Shotbolfs special for best Cocker puppy, Close Bros
Coifnt.

J C Darling's special for best black Cocker owned by a lady resi
dent in Victoria, Swan Lake Kennels' Mayflower Queen.

B William's & Co's special for best kennel of Cockers, Clos
Bros.

Royal Pastime Kennel's silver cup for best red cocker bitch, Mr
C W Sharpies' Lillian Ray.

The Colonist special for best imported pair of Cockers, Roya
Pastime Cocker Kennels' Lady Mac and C W Sharpies' Lilliai
Ray.

V I K C special for best Collie dog or bitch, George Tinto'
Seattle Beauty.

V I K C special for best Collie, opposite sex to above, Geo Tinto".
Seattle Bob.

W & J Wilson's special for best Collie puppv, George Tinto1
Seattle Betty ■

Canadian Kennel Club's special for best Collie limit class, Get
Tinto's Seattle Rover.

A McGregor dr Son's special for best bull terrier dog or bitch, B
S Jordan's Nipper.

E G Prior & Co's special for best Boston Terrier, dog or bitch,
Redelsheimer's Seattle King.

V I K C's cup for best Fox Terrier, dog or bitch, George Florence'*
Buller.

V I K C special for best Fox Terrier, dog or bitch, opposite coal
to above, Rev J W Flinton's Aldon Donna.

V I K C cup for best Irish Terrier, dog or bitch, and Gus Hart
nagle'scup for the best Irish terrier dog or bitch, owned in Britisfc
Columbia, Mrs Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Doreen.

Lenfesty & Pichon's special for best Fox Terrier puppy, DrR
Ford Verrinder's Warburton Blanco.

V I K C special for best wire haired Fox Terrier. Rev J W Flin-
ton's Aldon Donna.

Mrs Bradley-Dyne's cup for the best Irish Terrier from her ken-
nels, donor not to compete, George Bradley-Dyne's Saanich Luck-
penny Peter.

Dr John Duncan's special for best Irish Terrier bred by Mrs
Bradley-Dyne, George Brad ley -Dyne's Saanich Luckpenny Peter.

V I K C special cup for best Scottish Terrier, dog or bitch, Mrs
Bradley-Dyne's Scottie O'Brae.

Mrs Bradley-Dyne's special for best Scottish Terrier, donor no:
to compete, Mrs C L Grant's Jock Scott.

Challoner & Mitchell's cup for the best kennel of Scottish Ter-
riers. Mrs Bradley-Dyne.

D E Campbell's cup for the best Bedlington Terrier, J Redels-
heimer's Herdwick Mollie.

Mowat & Wallace's special for best dog or bitch in miscellaneous!
class showing the most merit. Miss Leiser's Pommeranian Doggles-I

Weiler Bros' special for best kennel of Collies, George Tinto.

W F Adam's special for second best Irish Water Spaniel, Nelsi
Lund's Barney Lund.

Barnsley & Co's special for the best Irish Setter bred by Dr John!
Duncan, donor and breeder not to compete, Dr Garesche's HectorJ

The Grotto's special for the best Cocker stud dog owned on Van-I
couver Island, Royal Pastime Cocker Kennels' Old Flag.

Hon. J D Prentice's cup for best English Setter puppy, to be wonl
twice before becoming property of winner, Charles Minor's Gladys!
Montez.

V I K C special book for best kennel of four dogs, Rev J Wl
Flinton.

Mrs Bradley-Dyne's, for best pair of terriers, one of each breed of
either Irish, Scottish, Airedale or Fox Terriers, donor not to com-l
pete, Dr Hatton.

Mrs Bradley -Dyne's, for the second best Fox Terrier puppy, WEI
Fisher's Fox.

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WHELPS.

P. F. McCormick's Irish Setter bitch Lucy M. (Glenmore Sultan
-Lightning C.) whelped March 13, 1901, ten puppies (7 dogs) to
Chas. Comber's Mike G. 52889 (Gladstone 3809-Eileen 4179).
VISITS.

Nairod Kennels red Cocker bitch Tootsy (Ch. Woodland Duke-
Peg Wofflngton) to Plumeria Cocker Kennels' Hampton Goldie
tCh Red Mack-Hampton Queen Readie) May 27. 1901.

L. A. Klein's Dachshunde bitch Venlolo (Ch. Venlo's Best Man-
The Shrew of Venlo) to Col. W. S. Martin's Rex M. (Phenomenon
Reinecke-Ch. What's Wanted), May — , 1900.

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THE FARM.

Feeding Separator Skim Milk
Calves.

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I am in receipt of lettera, making in-
quiry in regard to my experience in calf
rearing and the value of separator skim
milk as calf food. I have now made calf
, rearing my business for over twenty years
c and during the last fifteen have placed
my chief reliance on skim milk. For
growing calves I consider separator skim
milk at least equal to whole milk, though
calves will not lay on as much fat as they
will when whole milk is fed ; but they will
make as good growth and be as thrifty on
skim milk. There is nothing in butter
fat that a calf can use in building body
tissue. Butter fat can be converted into
heat and body fat, and nutriment for this
purpose can be supplied more cheaply
with flax meal which contains from 30 to
35 per cent oil. My system of feeding is
very uniform. When the calf is dropped
I let it suck once and then remove it from
the dam. If it is removed in the morning
I give it no feed until the following morn-
ing. This iB done so the calf will be
hungry and will drink the milk without
the finger. I give from three to four pintB
of its mother's milk twice a day, immed-
iately after milking the dam. A small
calf gets three pints and a large calf gets
four pints. This I continue for about one
week. Then for one week I give it whole
milk half and skim milk half, twice a day,
giving it only from three to four pints.
The third week I feed all separator skim
milk, but put in the milk a teaspoonful of
ground flax. I gradually increase the
skim milk and flax meal so that, by the
end of the fourth month, it is receiving a
heaping teaspoonful of flax meal and ten
pints of milk twice a day. After the first
month it has access to a little early out
hay and a little whole oats or a mixture
of whole oats and bran or shorts.

The important points are, strict regu-
larity in time of feeding, quantity and
temperature of milk, which should be
from 98 to 100 degrees F.

From the first of June the skim milk
Bhould be pasteurized eo it will not get
sour. A year ago last spring the Albert
Lea creamery put in a pasteurizer, and
that summer the patrons fed their calves
upon the formula given above. In mid-
Bummer I visited the creamery and ques-
tioned the patrons in regard to the resulto
obtained, and all stated that.it gave entire
satisfaction.

It has been the general opinion among
farmers that separator skim milk was not
strong or nutritious feed and that a large
mess must be given to make up in quantity
what they supposed it lacked in qualityi
and the result was that calves were over,
fed and indigestion would be produced,
which was followed by scourB and bloat.

If directions are strictly followed, the
calf will always act more hungry after
taking its meal than it did before, but it
iB better thus, than to give it a larger mesB
and then have a case of scours or bloat on
your hands. The milk should be meas-
ured every time with a clean tin cup or
weighed with a balance scale. Each calf
should be fed by itself out of a clean, tin
pail, which should be washed and scalded
after each feeding just as thoroughly and
carefully aa one does the milk pails.
Place the calves in small stanchions while
they are being fed, so they will not get
into the habit of sucking each other.
Have the little manger in front of them
wide enough so an ordinary tin pail con-
taining the mess of milk can be set into
it. Have partitions placed in the manger
and when it has taken the milk, take out
the pail and if the calf is old enough to
eat oats or bran, throw in about a table-
spoonful, and it will soon get into the
habit of chewing the oats as soon as it
has taken the milk. For about that time
it wants to do something, and if it is not
confined in a stanchion or tied out of
reach of another calf, it will amuse itself

by sucking its neighbor's ears. The bottom
of the manger should be a dressed board
about ten inches wide, and should be so
adjusted that it can be taken out once a
week and scrubbed with hot water and
soap ; for the manger must be kept abso-
lutely sweet and clean. — Prof. Haecker in
Dairy Record.

The New Estray Law.

Section 1 of the estray law passed by the
last California Legislature provides that
"any person finding at any time any estray
domestic animal or animals upon his
premises, or upon premises to which he
has right of possession, or upon highways
adjacent thereto, may take up the same
and have a lien thereon for all expenses
incurred and costs in keeping and caring
for said animal or animals." The law
further provides that any person taking
up an estray animal or animals shall con-
fine the same in a secure place, and within
five days file with the County Recorder of
the county in which estray is found, a
notice containing description of the ani-
mal or animals taken up, with the marks
and brands, if they have any, together
with the probable value of each animal,
and a statement of the place where the
take-up was found, and where he has con-
fined the same. The County Recorder
shall receive for filing said notice the sum
of fifty cents.

At any time within thirty days from the
date of filing of the notice specified in sec-
tion 2 of this act, any person claiming
such estray animal or animals, shall ap-
pear and demand from the taker-up the
possession thereof, and shall, at the same
time, pay to the taker-up all damages, ex-
penses and costs incurred by reason of
taking up such animal or animals, and
receiving such damages, expenses and
costs, the taker-up shall immediately de-
liver to the party claiming such animal or
animals the possession thereof. Such
damages, expenses and costs shall he esti.
mated as follows, to-wit:

1. The total amount paid by the taker,
up to the County Recorder.

2. The sum of fifteen cents per day for
the keeping and care of each horse, mule,
jenny, ass, cow, bull, ox, steer or calf.

3. The Bum of five cents per day for
the keeping and care of each sheep, goat,
hog or other animal not heretofore speci-
fied, provided that the taker-up of said
animal or animals must properly feed and
water the same while upon his care, and
if he fail so to do shall forfeit all right of
Hen thereon.

If the party claiming such estray animal
or animals is dissatisfied with the amount
charged by the taker-up for costs and ex-
penses, he shall tender to the taker-up the
proper amount thereof, and if the said
tender.be refused, the party claiming such
estray animal or animals shall within ten
days thereafter commence in the proper
court, suit against the taker-up for the
recovery of the possession of Buch estray
animal or animals.

The taker-up of an estray animal or
animals shall use reasonable care to pre-
serve the same from injury, but if the
estray animal or animals die or escape
from the possession of the taker-up at any
time while he is holding the same under
the provisions of this act, the taker-up
shall not be held liable in any manner on
account of such animal or animals.

Nothing in this act shall affect the laws
or regulations in force or which may be
in force regarding estrays, the pound-
keeper or other pound officer within the
limits of any city or town where laws re-
garding estrays are in force.

. Watering the Cows.

Ordinary milk has about 87 per cent,
water in its make-up, and in spite of all
that may be said as to the value of proper
feeding, it iB a self-evident fact that with,
out a proper supply of water it is impos-
sible for the cow to give the usual amount
of milk. Nevertheless it iB not sufficiently
understood that the cow should have

water of the right kind and at the right
times. We have often seen cows come up
from the pasture where there was a run-
ning stream that they had to pass on their
way up, and the first thing they did after
getting into the yard was to make straight
for the pump trough. The reason for this
was because the water in the trough was
more palatable to the cows than the run-
ning water. Whether we want to or not,
if we are to be successful in the dairy
business, we must consult so small a thing
as the taste of the cows, and if they pre-
fer pump water to branch water, we must
give it to them. It is absolutely essential
to the highest production of milk that the
cow have all the water she wants, and this
she will not have if the water does not
suit her taste. It is also important that
the cow have access to water frequently.
A camel may drink once in a week and
thrive, but a cow is not a camel by any
means. She is using water all the time in
making milk, and her reservoir is not con-
structed to hold enough water for any
length of time. If a cow is turned out of
a winter's morning to drink water from
which the ice has been broken first, Bhe
will not drink all she wants unless she has
been parched from thirst, and then she
will stand drawn up, with tbe cold chills
running up and down her spine, and at
the same time taking the feed she would
otherwise have turned into butter, and
UBing it to warm the water she has just
filled herself with.

appetites like a sawmill. I cut the pump,
kins in cubes about two inches square
with a corn knife, giving each cow nearly
half a bushel, with a small handful of salt
on each cow's mess.

The cream churned easily, the butter
was a rich yellow, and the yield one pound
a day for each cow. If we do not feed
pumpkins, seeds and all, next year, it will
be because we have not got them.

Several years ago we had a horse that
was "colicky." His kidneys did not seem
to act properly. We began feeding him a
tablespoonful of melon or pumpkin seeds,
whichever we could get, once or twice a
week. He had no more colic while we
owned him, and he would pick the seeds
from among the corn and eat them first. —
0. A. Bird, in Caiman's Rural World.

Milch Cows and Pumpkin Seeds.

There was an inquiry in the Rural
World of November 21st as to the effect of
pumpkin seeds on cows. I began feeding
my cows pumpkin Beeds September 1st,
and fed them regularly once a day until
November 27th. There was an increased
action on the kidneys, a little more than
when on spring pasture, but have noticed
no symptoms of anything unusual. The
cows are all in good flow of milk and have

A successful dairyman writes : "In
feeding our herd we drop all grain in May
and depend on alfalfa pasture, with hay
and straw until August, when we cut green
sorghum for soiling. Our test of AugUBt
24 and 25, 1900, showed nine cows pro-
ducing between two and three-quarters
pounds of butter daily. We used to think
these results were due to a residual effect
of the heavy grain feeding of the previous
winter, but each year heifers that have
never been fed grain are coming m and
doing as well, so it must be the alfalfa.
At present 130 cows are being milked ; 52
are heifers, 16 are strippers, the remainder
being due to calve later. The herd test
shows 1.37 pounds of butter produced by
one cow daily. While sorghum is a l'ght
producer compared to dent corn, it will
grow with less water, and cures into |a
valuable hay when cut early before it has
headed out. It will then grow on again
and may be cut again. Indian corn, the
natural supplement to alfalfa, is easily
raised under the same conditions of heat,
soil and moisture as the alfalfa, so when
the alfalfa field becomes foul with weeds
and foxtail, it can be plowed up and
planted for two or three years to dent
corn or to spuds. The clean culture and
sunning of the soil aids in making it a
fine alfalfa field again. Corn is rich in
starch and oil, producing heat and fat,
and, like alfalfa, is not suitable for an ex-
clusive feed."

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In tli© United States.

J. O'KANE

No. 10 Warren St., NEW YORK.

Nos. 26 and 28 Golden Qate Ave., SAN FRANCISCO

HARNESS.

HORSE BOOTS.

SEND FOR CATALOGUES FOR 1901.

SUNDRIES.

$

Minerals in the Feed.

Experiments with hogs conducted by
the Wisconsin Experiment Station have
clearly shown the advisability and necess.
jty of feeding them such mineral matters
as are found in ashes and bone meal.
When pigs were fed cornmeal witbout salt
and water, the frame work was especially
weak, but where fed whole bone meal, or
hardwood asheB in addition to corn, the
strength of the bones was practically
doubled. Is it not probable that in many
cases young cattle are reared upon rations
that are deficient in the necessary mineral
matters? The skillful feeders of calves in
Scotland use chalk freely as a part of the
diet of the young thing intended for veal,
and in Texas we often see the cattle at
certain seasons of the year chewing old
bones and horns greedily. The best stock"
growing sections of this country are those
underlaid by limestone and whose stock
waters are hard because of the presence
of lime.

Some experiments have of late been
carried on at the Canadian Experiment
Station at Brandon, Man., with a view to
discovering whether the operation of de-
horning was really beneficial to fattening
steers. Three lots of grade Shorthorns,
containing five head each, were selected
for the trial. One lot wasjdehorned and
tied in stalls, the second dehorned and
allowed to run loose in a pen and the
third lot were stalled undehorned.
Rations were the same for all three lots
and the feeding period extended over 180
days. The dehorned steers tied in stalls
gained altogether 950 pounds ; the steers
dehorned and turned loose in a pen gained
960 pounds and the steers not dehorned at
all and tied in stall gained 968 pounds.
These figures do not show that there is
very much to be gained from the dehorn-
ing from the actual flesh-gaining point of
view, but the saving of room and the
absence of hooking and goring of the
weeker animals by the stronger generally
in practice, show the profit. Another ex-
periment tried at the Central Station at
Ottawa with twenty-two steers is reported
equally inconclusive.

For vacation time noth-
ing is so useful as /

INSTANTANEOUS
COFFEE

Made in a minute and
concentrated that you can
carry enough for twenty-
five cups in your pocket.
Put up in air-tight cans.

IT your grocer hasn't it, we will de-
liver free, anywhere east of the Missis-
sippi, enough Instantaneous Coffee to
make 300 cups, on receiptor one dollar.

NATIONAL FOOD C0HPANY,

Camden, N. J,

fiSBSSSirasSiSZBSe&gSSSKi

State Agricultural Society

SACRAMENTO, CAL.

The Stanford Stake of 1903.

Trotting Stake for Foals of 1900

To be trotted at the California State Fair of 1903.

Entries to Close June 1, 1901.

With H. Lowden, Assistant Secretary at the office in Sacramento.

Fifty dollars entrance, of which $5 must accompany nomination June 1, 1901; $5 November 1, 1901
$10 June 1, 1902; $10 June 1, 1903, and $20 on the tenth day before the first day of the State Fair of 1903
$300 added by the Society. Mile heats, three in five, to harness.

The stakes and added money to be divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Right reserved to declare two
starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be
divided Q&H per cent, to the winner and 33M per cent, to the second horse. A horse distancing the
field shall be entitled to first money only. In no case will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Remember, the Date of Closing is June 1, 1901.

{Colts entered in the Occident Stake for 1903 are eligible to entry in this Stake.) This Stake ie
growing in value each year.

H. LOWDEN, Asst. Secretary.

A. B. SFRECKELS, President

Next Friday, June 7th.

IS THE DAY SET FOR THE

Auction Sale of 50 Horses.

Trotters from Santa Rosa Stock Farm

Draft Horses from Yerba Buena Stock Farm

OCCIDENTAL HORSE EXCHANGE

721 Howard Street, near Third Street

This consignment includes many very promising trotters and pacers, single drivers and well-
matched teams, fine broodmares and general purpose horses, besides some draft animals weighing
from 1300 to 1900. The standard-bred horses are by such sires as Direct, Electioneer. Dexter Prince,
Sidney Dillon, Tom Benton, Director. Le Grand, Almonition. Alcona Jr., Directivo, Bay Rose, Illus-
trious, Hambletonian Wilkes, Gen. Benton, McDonald Chief, Boxwood, Stranger, etc.. and are without
fault or blemish, well broken, handsome, of good size and perfect in disposition. THEY MUST BE
SOLD. The draft horses and mares are imported English Glory Stock. Messrs. Henry and Ira Pierce,
the consignors, have decided to sell these horses as they do not intend to train any for the races
this year.

Catalogues ready Tuesday next. Witt. G LAYNG, Auctioneer.

FOR SALE

The handsome black stallion DIRECT FILS,

foaled 1896 by Direct, dam Lady W. by Ophir,
by Almont. Trial 2:28. Good racing prospect,
and a splendid road horse. Thoroughly broken
and gentle. Stands 16 hands and weighs 1200
pounds Will sire size, style and speed. BAY GELDING, foaled 1896 by Direct, dam Mamie G. by
Brigadier, second dam Hatchet by Norfolk, thoroughbred. Can easily show a 30 gait, and trots well
under saddle. A high class road horse in every respect. These horses can be seen and driven at the
Alameda Race Track. For further particulars apply there or to

A. Q. GURNETT, 308 Pine St., S F.

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Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY airlie, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11?L second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly, 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track. For further particulars address

T. S. J., This Office.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

/.t This Office.

ED. BEERS' BOOK

His experience with the Trotter and Pacer
How to condition, train and drive.

PRICE S3.00 POSTPAXD.

Address MAGNUS FLAWS & CO.,

Printers and Publishers, 73 Fifth Ave., Chicago
Stallion Cards Stock Catalogue, Horse Cuts,

Books, etc. Send for samples and prices.
Our New Stallion Service Book with notes and

certificates 21.

Annual fleeting

The Annual Meeting of the members of the

Pacific Coast Trotting

Horse Breeders Association

Will be held at the office of the Association, 8t
Geary Street, San Francisco, on Monday, June 11,
1901, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing
a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

F. W. KELLEY, Secretary,

Racing! Racing!

SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THTJRDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 p. >i. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and
12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 and 3 p. m.. connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts; no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in fifteen
minutes.

Returning— Trains leave the track at 4:15 and
4:45 p. m., and immediately after the last race.

" THOS. H. WILLIAMS JR., Prea.
R. B. MILROY, Sec'y.

VETERINARY.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

JDl*. X/X/XKX, F. :H2S£tn.

M. R. C. V. S-, F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College. Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspe ctor forNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery, Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

riREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOLiTEINS- Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YERBA BUENA JERSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henry
Pierce, San Franoisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.
Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co., Los Angeles,
Cat

IJUNE 1, 1901]

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1901 Los Angeles Fair and Race Meeting 1901

(DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NO. 6)

$14,300 Guaranteed Stakes for Trotters and Pacers

southern california's great racing event. - - thirteen days-september 28th to october i2th, i90i.

Entries to Close July 1,1901, when Horses are to be named and eligible

No. 1.
|No. 2.
iNo. 3.
I No. 4.
INo. 5.
INo. 6.
INo. 1.
I No. 8.

N.

TROTTING STAKES.

Free-for-all Trotting-
2:10 Class Trotting-
2:12 Glass Trotting
2:14 Class Trotting
2:15 Class Trotting-
2:19 Class Trotting
2:23 Class Trotting
Three Tear Old Trotting-

SIOOO
lOOO
800
800
800
750
700
600

No. 9.
No 10,
No 11,
No. 12
No. 13
No. 14
No. 15,
No 16

B— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will

PACING STAKES.

Free-for-all Pacing-
2:09 Class Pacing
2:11 Class Pacing
2:13 Class Pacing
2:15 Class Pacing
2:17 Class Pacing-
3:20 Class Pacing-
Three Tear Old Facing
be put at least four days apart.

81000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

No. 17. 2:30 Class Trotting

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

$700

No. 18. 2:2iD Glass Pacing

$700

Three or More Running Races Bach Day.

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR

Records made in 1901 will not constitute a bar.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee. The horse tn
be started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race. "'""

Entries not declared out by 5 p. M. the day before the race shall be required to start Declarations
must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track. ^ooi»i»uuu!,

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 85, 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise snecified
Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting Five ner cent of the
amount of the stake additional from money winners. ^ °

All races to fill satisfactory to the Association.

wi •£' thloer,are less than four starters th"y may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided
du( oU and. Z\j pQr cent.

And in the event of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it
shall be added to the stake.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to the first and
one-third to the second.

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 yards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards

HARNESS RACES.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races.
posiTi3ontf1ne1nor0s?sreSerVeStlle "eht '" Start an5" heat after tll» '°<"-th score, regardless of the

All stakes not Ailing satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only and in no other rase
will a horse be entitled to more than one money. *' oase

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 p. m. on the day preceding the
race, and must be worn on the track in allraoes, Colors must be registered in the order in wnich°the?
byethe°SecreUarny *** ' °r Wtan °0l0rS C°nfli0t' dr"ers wiil ge "quired toweafeotoTsseJec^ed

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race and the riirht is
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other Efficient cause
rule?! ° al entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held under the

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting maybe declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary ™"'mB may oe declared ended

4, to^'overn186 """ * sp6cmea iu these conditions National Trotting Association rules, except Rule

E. T. WRIGHT, President.

Send all communications to

Q. TEED, Sec'y. 226 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, Cal.

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

Eace Meeting Sacramento, August 12 to 17, 1901.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 1901.

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting
No. 2 — 2:20 Class Trotting
No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting

$1000
$1000

$1000

No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing
No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing
No. 6—2:13 Class Pacing

$1000
$1000
$1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts and for Three- Year-Olds to be Announced Later On.

Entry blanks will be ready June 15.

N. B. It is not tbe intention of tbe management to give any
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD, President.

special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must be entered in the

F. W. KELLEY, Secretary.

36 Qeary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

S. TOOMEY & CO.'S.

Record Breaking-

SULKIES, JOG CARTS, PNEUMATIC ROAD WAGONS, and SPEED
POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN &. SONS, Agts.,

Cor. Polk and Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal.

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[June 1, 1901

THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Pabrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Bufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

St. Carlo — iooi

ST. CAKLO .

(„„ .. fNewminster

Hermit j Seclusion
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r«-^*« {SEys^

[carit

H a i ita | Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29r000 as a two, year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11,650), Zamarll. (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, OurClimate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

ELECTIONEER

NUTWOOD

NEEMUT 2:12 14

Sire of NEEEETTA 2:09 1-2

By Albert W. 2:20, son of Electioneer.

Dam Olytie 2d, by Nutwood 2:18 3-4.

Will make the season of 1901 Fridays and Saturdays
at

Los Angeles Race Track.

Balance of the time at Santa Ana.
Neernut was foaled in 1891, and the great race mare
Neeretta 2:09V£ is his first foal to race. She was the
champion four year old filly of 1899, getting a record
of 2:llj£ that year, which she reduced the following
year to 2:09M>- Neernut's oldest colts are coming six
He is a blood bay, 15& hands high and weighs 1100. He trots without boots, weights or
a record of 2:14 in a sixth heat. He combines the blood of the

years old.

hopples and is fast and game, having

two greatest trotting families in the world.

For further particulars and tabulated pedigrees, address

GEO. W. FORD,

Santa Ana,

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.
and sire of
PhCEbe Willies 2:08%, Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11«, Arlene Wilkes2:llK, New Era 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16M, Sunbeam 2:16^f, Sybils.
2:16K, Saville 2:17%, Grand George 2:18M,
J. P. Hanson 2:1934, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1901 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, lA mile fromSanta Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

BestSof careltaken of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Saota Clara, Cal.

Good Pasturage at $4 per month,
accidents. No wire fences.

Telephone: Suburban 541.

SECRETARY 2337s

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, fromFeb.15 to July l at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13'/;, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17J4. Auditor 3:1914 and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further

particulars address

HANS FRIELLSON,

AlHinetla Race Tr»«'>-,

AwHrdPd Cold Medal
-At t nlil.in in Mate
Fair 1892.
Every horsp owner
who values bis at' ck
should con-iantly have
a supply of it on land.
It improves and keeps
stock In the pink of con-
dition

Manhattan Foe d Go

RED BALL BRAND

It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion.

353 Folsom St., San Francisco
A8b your grocers or dealers for it.

Pedigrees Tabulated

and type written ready for framing
Write for prices. Breeder and
Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, pet. 2:20 » * *— ■

SIRE OP

MUCH BETTEK 2:07M. DERBY PKINCESS 2:08!4. DIABLO 2:09J4,j OWYHEE 2:11,

HTTIB BETTEK 2: 11 Ji, CIBOIiO 2 :13S4, and many other fast and game race horses.

$50 the season.

OWYHEE 26,116, rec.2:11

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

GARWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4 ]

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10*<) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

Iff

1"'

McKINNEY 2:11X.

sire of

Coney 2:02K

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09ft

Zolock 2:10^2

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12i/i

MoZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13ft

Osito 2:13'^

Juliet D 2:13>4

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mao 2:14ft

Geo. W. MoKinney. . . .2:1454

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

It.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 raoes, won 35 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

Se is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in tlie stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Paoiflo
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
MoKinneys are stake winners. "Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terras for the Season $100 ^With usual w^*™ privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEE

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races g
1st 10 times |
2d 6 times
3d S times

WON I

$7500 g

IN PURSES. I

ssssssshsQ

STAM B. (23444) 2 :llji is by Stamboul 2:07^ (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams; second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM k. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallions standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make the Season at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS., Bocklln, Cal.

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Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19^, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05K, Monterey 2:09}£ and Dr. Leek 2:09&— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie, dam of Montana 2:16H and Monterey 2:09^, by Com. Belmont 4340, sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?i, Monterey 2:09^, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13«.

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:2iya (sire of Abbotsford 2:19»4 and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03J4 to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06K and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS 850 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.

Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, flilpitas, Cal.

t»h«s. powers. W00DIN $ LITTLE ,SKS*sr.

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UTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
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For the Season

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18J by Nutwood 2:18|

;h return privileges
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perty. Good pastur-
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idents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A.McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle 2:1814

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes 2:18V*

Matinee rec(wagon) .2:09 Central Girl 2:22%

3-year-old race rec... 2:12k "Wilkes Direct 2:22«

Who Is It 2:10Vf AlixB 2:24 VS

3-year-old race rec... 2: 12 Who Is She 2:25

Georgie B 2: 12^ Fred Wilkes 2:26%

Claudius 2-A3H Queen C 2:28%

Bob Ingersoll 2:14% Electress 2:28^

Irvington Boy 2:17% Daugestar 2:29

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IN TRAINING AT ALAMEDA TRACK.

1. Five year old stallion, full brother to Joe Selby, by Don L 3:283£. 2 My Dixie, bay trotting gelding by Advertiser 2:15^, dam Soutag Dixie, dam of five in 2:30. 3. Advertisor, brown pacer
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M JOTTINGS.

THE DATE of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse
Breeders Association meeting has been advanced
two weeks ahead of the time advertised in the last
issue of this journal and is now fixed for the week of
July 29th to August 3d. It was ascertained that it is
the usual custom of the State Board of Agriculture to
take possession of the Sacramento track one month
prior to the opening of the State Fair and begin a
systematic cleaning up, whitewashing, painting, etc.,
and at its request the Breeders moved their meeting
forward two weeks. There are many repairs to be
made at the track this year and the four weeks will be
fully occupied. So the Breeders' meeting will open
July 29th, which is certainly late enough, and this will
give an interval of three full weeks between it and the
Woodland meeting, which is the next announced date.
There is a splendid opportunity for energetic and en-
terprising associations to announce purses and fill in
these dates. It is not necessary to give big purses, as
the horsemen do not expect them this year in the
smaller towns, and there will be plenty of entries for a
three days' meeting if the purses are hut from $250 to
$500. I would suggest to the associations at Willows,
Chico, Red Bluff and Marysville that there is an oppor-
tunity to make a little money this year with a short
meeting, and at the same time bring a lot of business
to their towns. It only needs a little help from the
merchants in the way of a money subscription, and
some one to arrange a program and manage the races
that is familiar with the business. The three weeks
between the closing of the Breeders' meeting at Sacra-
mento and the opening uf the Woodland meeting will
give an opportunity that should not be overlooked.
If the district associations do not want to try it, some
up-to-date young horseman with business ability could
take hold of it and make it succeed.

There will be more fairs and race meetings an-
nounced in California next year than there will be
dates for during the summer unless many of them
clash. The district boards are all "on to" the fact
that the entire two years appropriation made by the
State can be drawn for a fair held during the second
fiscal year, and they have nearly all concluded to let
this season pass and hold their fair next year. It
would be vastly better for all concerned if the racing
at these district fairs could be conducted by a club or
association entirely separate from the district boards.
A local di'iving club, with a Secretary that understood
the management of harness meetings, backed up by
responsible parties who were interested in the breeding
of harness horses, would be the proper organization to
take charge of the racing, which would certainly pay
for itself under such conditions. The district boards
could devote their entire time and all the appropriation
to the fair proper and make it a success in every way.
There is an opportunity in many towns in California
for three or four energetic and responsible parties to
form a club and give an annual race meeting the same
as is done in the eastern and middle states. They can
be made to pay a handsome profit each year with
proper business management.

The Denver meeting will open next Saturday, June
15th. The new club of which that popular horseman
Ed Gaylord of Denver is the leading spirit, has offered
a fine program of racing for the thirteen days the
meeting will run. There will be two harness races
each day and three or more running events, but they
will be on different tracks, the inner circle at Denver
being seven-eighths of a mile and kept in shape for the
runners exclusively . What I wish to call the attention
of Californians to is the fact that trainers from this
State have made 43 entries in the harness events at
Denver, which is certainly a pretty generous response,
and that all the purses in which these entries are made
with but two exceptions, are but $500. Now if some
of the best horses in the State can go clear over to
Denver to race for $500 purses, why can't they race at
home for the same money ? And yet when $500 purses
are suggested by anyone, there immediately arises a
dozen protests that the amount is not large enough. I
believe that there should he in California each year a
number of $1000 purses, but the Breeders, the State
Fair and Los Angeles are about the only associations
thai can afford to give them. Many of the district as-
sociations in this State have been swamped by trying
to give too much money and too many days racing and
horsemen often "go broke" trying to pay entrance
fees. As Mr. B. O. Van Bokkelen, who has raced
through the East and knows the game very pointedly
puts it, "It is more profitable to race for a $500 purse
and .win it than to get fourth money in the M. & M. or
any other $10,000 stake." Californians are very prone

to attempt too much, a habit doubtless acquired during

The days of old,

The days of gold,
The days of '49.
It would be better for associations and better for
horsemen if profitable meetings were given each year
with purses ranging from $250 to $500, than for the
present system of occasional meetings with big parses
to prevail, and end as they often do with a deficit for
the association and a big list of suspensions for the
horsemen. "Cut your garment according to your
cloth" is a pretty good maxim to follow in the horse
business.

Gen. B. F. Tracy of New York, who owns Advertiser,
had a proposition made to him the other day by letter
to purchase the bay gelding Dolador 2:20, by his
stallion. This gelding is owned by Mr. J. O. Parrot,
of this city, who priced him to Mr. Tracy. The reply
of the latter was that it was too late now to take the
horse East and race him, as all the big stakes to which
he is eligible are closed, but he nrs^de the following
offer: If Ipolador gets !a record' ti-'.s year of 2:17 Mr.
Tracy will give his owner $100. If he trots in 2:15 he
will give another $100, and $50 for each second below
that. This is a very generous offer by Gen. Tracy.
Unfortunately Mr. Parrot has not felt financially able
to campaign his horse this year and before receiving
this letter had concluded to take Dolador out of train,
ing. I hope he will see his way clear to reconsider and
earn a considerable sum by dropping Dolador's record
down as low as 2:10 or better, and should he reach that
mark he could be i*eadily sold for a much larger
amount than Mr. Parrot asks for him now. Dolador
started ten times on the California circuit last year,
was first once, second twice, third once, and six times
behind the money. He is a good gaited horse and as
he shows great improvement over his last year's form,
it has been predicted for him that he will get a mark
better than 2:15 this year if raced. He has been in Jo
Corey's hands lately at the Alameda track. He was
trained last year by Peler Robinson, who was certain
the gelding would trot to a record better than 2:15
eventually. He recently worked a half in 1:07 very
handily at Alameda track.

It is to be hoped that when the starters for harness
races make their usual announcement this year "Score
by the pole horse, " that they will impress upon the
driver of that favored animal the fact that he must
lend his assistance to the accomplishment of the desired
end — a fair start. I have seen a lot of good careful
drivers get into a state of confusion through trying to
score with a wild, rattle-headed teamster who had
drawn the polo. He would bring them down at a two
minute clip the first time, drop back to a three minute
gait in the next effort, and change his rate of speed
every time he turned round for a start. A starter is
not compelled to have the scoring done by the pole
horse and many of them would get better results if
they would select a steady horse for the field to score
by regardless of his position and instruct his driver to
come to the wire at about the same rate of speed each
time as near as possible. Bad actors should never be
allowed to spoil starts. The purses that are hung up
to encourage the breeding, training and racing of har-
ness horses, come a long way from accomplishing the
purpose for which they are intended when they are
won by unruly bad tempered, and bad acting animals
whose only qualification is extreme speed.

Grand Circuit this year will take home a good pile of
money for his owner. From the beginning of Septem-
ber until the close of the Lexington meeting, about the
middle of October, there has been provided a chain of
rich stakes. By placing its stake at Terre Haute the
Kentucky Stock Farm completed the chain. The
stakes are as follows: Beginning at Hartford early in
September, there is the Horse Review Stake of $5000
for trotters and $1000 for pacers. At Readville, about
the middle of the month, thei-e is the New England
Futurity for like amounts provided for three year olds.
At Terre Haute, in the early part of October, will
come the Stock Farm purse, with the same amounts
in money prizes. Then at ' the Lexington meeting,
from October 8 to 18, there will be the Kentucky Futur-
ity of $10,000 for three year old trotters, and the Louis-
ville prize of the same amount for like classes.

A Day's Sport at Vallejo.

There was some good sport at the Vallejo race track
on Thursday, May 30th, two harness races and a run-
ning event between local horses being pulled off before
a large crowd of people. There were four horses in
the first race, Belle driven by her owner, Z. T. Rucker,
Surreo piloted by the veteran driver, Wm. McGraw
(who has been out of the sulky for years but who is \
remembered as the owner of Silas Skinner 2:17, and
the driver and trainer of Lilly Stanley 2.17|), Star
driven by J. A. McGrane, and Gus C. by A. Caprini.
The first two, Belle and Surreo, were very evenly
matched and it took five heats to decide the race. Star
and Gus C. were also about equal in speed and made a
close race for third money, finishing about fifty yards
behind the others each time. Belle was the favorite,
sellling from $5 to $2.50 and $3 on the field, Surreo
being a part of the field. By a misunderstanding, the
drivers went a full heat without the word "go, "nor
did they hear the bell calling them back. This gave
the betting fraternity a line on the horses. It took
five heats to determine the race. Belle took the first
by a length in 2:35.], Surreo the second by half a length
in 2:35, Belle the third by a length in 2:33, Surreo the
fourth in 2:3-1. Naturally there was intense interest in
the final heat. Belle went under the wire with just a
head's margin. Surreo's driver claimed a foul, in that
at the first quarter Belle took Surreo's place by crowd-
ing, forcing Surreo to lose his stride. Surreo was put
fifty yards behind, but made up his loss, and took the
pole position from Belle on the home turn just as Belle
took it from him on the first quarter. The race down
the homestretch was then a hard one, but it showed
that Belle was the fastest horse. The judges after due
consideration declared Belle the winner of the race.

In the match race between Harrier's Bay Rum to
cart and McGill's Trilby to sulky, it was clearly to be
seen that the latter was outclassed. Bay Rum took
three straight heats, finishing each in a jog, in 2:40,
2:29 and 2:36.

A running race between four horses was won by
Flannagan's mare.

The judges at the races were E. Kavanagh, A. K. I
Brown and J. W. Hartzell.

The well known turf writer M. T. Grattan presents
a new view of the amateur question that will be read
with interest. He writes: "In order that the time
handicap may continue to have value a clause should
be inserted in speed programs to the effect that
amateur records shall count the same as professional.
Unless that is done it may be often difficult to secure
entries for a class which some fast amateur seems to
have at his mercy. Charity begins at home and asso-
ciations have bills to pay when they give race meet-
ings. No doubt the amateurs are very valuable to the
harness horse industry and deserve respectful consid-
eration, but they should not expect associations to
cripple themselves by giving up the only value the
time handicap has. The amateur question has dis7
rupted many other sports, and now seriously threatens
harness racing. Bearing in mind the legislation con-
cerning hobbles and distance, associations must counter-
act the effect upon their finances of the latest ruling by
a condition. Theories are all very fine until they begin
to pinch pocketbooks, and then they are swept aside.
It was thought hobbles could he legislated out, but en-
trance money was needed, and that settled the ques-
tion, just as it will settle this. As the legend: "Hob-
bles not barred" became familiar, so we may read:
"Amateur and professional records count the same in
this class. That would put matinee cracks with their
peers, where they of right belong; and prove that con-
ditions continue to heat theories."

A well entered three year old that can win on the

News from the North.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Joe Huber wili move hii stable of harness horses
from Bozeman, Mont., to Spokane and race on the cir-
cuit here this year.

I. C. Mosher says he will throw the searchlight on
some of the colts in the trotting division of the two
year old stake with his entry Dix Alene.

Lew Childs is working a stable of horses at Spokane
He has two McKinney colts owned by H. W. Peel that
are said to be good ones, besides two Delpho youngsters
that are equally as promising.

W. O. Trine, who is training Al Me and a number of
youngsters and green ones at Eugene, reports his
horses all doing well. He is considering the advisabil.
ity of going to Montana to race through July and
August.

Messrs. Frank Frazier, James Erwin and Cris Simp-
son will in all probably go to Montana with their har-
ness hoi ses. Gus La Fontaine will go with his runners.
This will make a good representation for Oregon and
the boys will hold their own with the beBt of them.

John Kirkland of Independence has engaged stalls
at the State Fair grounds and will soon move his
stable of harness horses consisting of Ben Bolt, Mark
Hanna, Susie Lane and a three year old over there to
train.

The State Fair grounds is fast becoming the center
of horse circles in the Northwest. The track there is
being kept in fine condition to train over, and a num-
ber of horsemen have engaged stables for their summer
training there.

Mr. C. X. Larrabie recently shipped three carloads
of horses from his Brook Nook farm in Montana to R.
W. Goodrich, New York, for sale. Mr. Goodrich was
so well pleased with them that he wrote Mr. Larrabie
as follows: "I doubt if the breeder lives who can turn
out any such lot of five year olds, that have grown up
about as nature made them and that can appear so
well with so little use. Every man that has seen this
lot of horses agree in saying that they are the grandest
lot of green horses ever in Saratoga, but I go still
farther and say that no breeder ever turned out such
a uniform lot in one year. I mean carriage horses, not
race horses."

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Opportunities for Young Stallions.

Breeder and Sportsman: — Not the least among
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ihoughtful horsemen, is that of opportunity for the
young stallions and broodmares. Opportunity outs a
.arge figure in the making of a reputation for a sire
and a broodmare, and also for the breeder of produc-
ers. In the founding of a great trotting family in these
flays of "kings' competition,1' the shrewdest horsemen
miss no advantage that opportunity offers, recognizing
ihe fact that it is a direct waste of resources to have a
jood horse or mare handicapped by his environments.
We often hear the remark (when the merits of this or

hat horse are being discussed), "They had great op-
)ortunities, " made almost as a reproach. In consider-
ng the value of different horses, other things being
iqual, the one enjoying the greatest opportunities is
isfceemed the highest. A person who selects a stallion
io breed his pet mare to, fondly hopes to demonstrate
,o the world that he has made the proper choice. It
lometimes happens that a person selects a stallion with
i creditable record, to which he sends his mare with a
similar record, saying: "That stallion ought to produce

crackerjack from this mai'e. " He fails to consider
hat outside her record, his mare is weak in her own
maternal lines, and that he himself lacks the skill and
ntelligence to devote to the proper training of this
inion of two creditable records. He pronounces the
itallion a failure and condemns him to the public.
Records cut no figure alone. The horse and mare
nust combine excellence in individuality, blood ele-
nents, brain, gait, muscle development, etc., that trace
ihrough speed sources of intrinsic merit. My idea for
he best and first move in making a name for a
tallion is to secure for him the very best mares ob-
ainable, mares with individual merit and possessing
performing and producing blood combined with in-
lividuality, action, etc.

I never in my life had under my management a
itallion that I did not select for him a mare or two in
he first season that producod to him an animal with a
■ecord better than 2:20. This may be "swagger" on my
>art, but the records will bear me out in this state-
nent, and at no time was I led astray by the mare's
o-called "creditable record," for in each case they

ad none.

Another thing that cuts a large figure with a young
tallion or mare, when considering "opportunity, " is
rusting to the public to aid one in the development
,nd racing of their get. The first breeders to dem-
nstrate that it is best not to depend on the public
fere L. J. Rose, Senator Stanford, Alden Goldsmith,
Jowerman Bros., the Hamlins, Mr. Forbes, M. Salis-
lury, C. W. Williams. Wm. Corbett, A. B. Spreckels
,nd others. Who supposes for one moment that the
tars of Axtell, Wilton, Volunteer, Mambrino King,
>Lrion, Electioneer, The Moor, Guy Wilkes, AUerton,
Mrect, Sultan, Chimes, Director and others of note
rould have blazed with their present radiance had not
, world of enterprise, skill and intelligence been de-
oted to the breeding, training and management of
heir progeny.

I am not one of those "full of envy," who is broken
rith grief over the good judgment of others, and cry
'lucky. " For me, I should, were I a young person
nd venturing out as a new breeder, be willing to pay
t least five times the price for the stock produced by
uch enterprising breeders and good managers as the
bove, rather than begin with those that had not these

opportunities," and the pages of my ledger would
iear me out in five years' time. Not only is it necessary
l full justice to a young stallion and mare to see that
hey are properly mated, but that their progeny is
roperly trained and brought before the public.

I "shout with contempt" at those who will commis-
.on a person to buy for them high class stock from a
oung breeder of limited means, and then bury them
r refuse to train or breed. I know where young
reeders have been led to sell their young stock to
ersons, presuming that they would have the very best
f opportunities by thus falling into the hands of peo-
le with money, but they were only giving the young
reeder the "hoot mon, "and the result is he is sadly
isappointed, having learned that the stock is receiv-
lg no opportunity at all, but is being wasted away on

cheap pasture surrounded by barb wire fences. In
loking over the stallions in California I note many
ighly bred and good individuals with and without
scords, and if the public will give them patronage and
lanage the progeny well, California will continue its
2:10 or better" list. I am not the "positive" person
lat some believe me to be, but I have respect for the
pinions of others. It is well known that men cannot
1 agree, but until I am convinced of my error I will
ing to my belief that young stallions and mares with
at records are the "provience domain."

San Francisco. May 29, 1901.

Samuel Gamble.

In Training at Salinas.

Monterey county has for a generation ranked among
lb foremost sections of California in the rearing of
fht-harness horses and standard-bred animals. Her
aims in this direction are recognized by all who are
formed in regard to the number of race winners and
.gh-class drivers that are sold here each year at top-
)tch prices to wealthy men in San Francisco and else-
here.

A reporter of the Salinas Democrat visited the
l.ce track on Monday, finding there fifteen standard -
•ed animals in charge cf James Dwain, who holds a
cure position in the front rank among trainers and
•ivers in California.
Boodle Jr., son of Boodle and Nina B., heads the

list. This grand-bred animal is in service and is owned
by Hon J. D. Carr of this city.

Admiral Dewey, by Boodle Jr., is a two year old.
His owner and his trainer look -wise when they speak
his name.

Wm. Vanderhurst's Pan Yan, a three year old by
Dictatus, dam Lily N. by Carr's Mambrino, next dam
by Belmont — a fine animal and is expected to make a
low mark.

Diableta, by Diablo 2:09£, dam Mamie V. This
promising colt is four years old, a pacer which can go
some, having shown 2:15t in a work out last season.

Mr. Vanderhurst also has in Mr. Dwain's charge
three Dictatus colts which are being haltered and given
their first lessons. They are a bay colt by Dictatus,
dam Salinas Maid; a bay colt by Dictatus, dam Lilly
V — a full brother to Pan Yan: a bay yearling by Dicta-
tus, dam Eugenia, by Eugeneer.

Next on the list is a two year old by Altorio, dam
Eugeneer, son of Electioneer; this combines some of
the greatest blood in America.

Mr. Dwain also has in his charge a brown gelding by
Waldstein 2:22; dam by Pasha 2:27, son of Echo. He
thinks well of this colt.which is the property of George
F. Jacobs of Nevada City.

Another choice youngster is a bay filly by Home-
ward; dam Anita G. dam of Anita 2:17. A fine mover,
owned by C. Wideman of Gonzales.

A black filly by Corey's Sidney; dam a sister to Keno:
a fine individual and promises to fill her owners and
trainer's hopes some day.

Black Pirate, the Percheron horse owned by Mr.
Delaney is at the track where he is making a most suc-
cessful season. Mr. Delaney surprised the talent by
going back to the turf, but he has another, coming
out on the track behind a well harnessed and rigged
up-to-date — a Hambletonian Wilkes bay filly; dam
Bertha, dam of Sybil S. 2:163, and when Mr. Delaney
lets her have her head she goes like clockwork.

Last but not least is the champion Bruno 2:16|, by
Junio, one of the best horses in Monterey county.
Bruno is taking light work, his owner expecting to
train him for races in his class this fall.

Harness Racing in Colorado.

The first legitimate harness race of the new century,
on a regular track for regular purses, was held at
Trinidad, Colo, last month. Forso early in theseason
the records made were wonderfully fast. On the
second day, May 22d, the track record was reduced in
the 2:20 pace, and the following day was again reduced
to 2:17 in the free for all class by Aelse 2:10{, in the
first heat. This race was declared by the large crowd
present to be the finest race ever seen in Colorado. All
the other events were won in straight heats and the
horses all finished iu the same positions each heat.
Summaries:

May 21—2:40 class, trotting, purse $300.

Louise Jefferson, b m, by Jefferson 1 1 )

Commonwealth, b m by Shadeland (Zibble) 2 2 2

Glideaway, b g by Saraway (Wallace) 3 3 3

Time— 2:32, 2:31X, 2:29}*.

2:20 class, trotting, purse $400.

Yarrum, b g by Dictator Prince (Wallace 1 1 I

Ed Winship, b m by Raymon (Miller) 2 2 2

Dudie Egmont, b g by Egmont Chief (Hall) 3 3 3

Time— 2:30, 2:25, 2:25&.

May 22—2:40 class, pacing, purse $400.

Queen B. ch m by Appanmandas 1 1 1

Gold Standard, d g by Marsh Murdock 2 2 3

Joe Ives, ch g by Actuary 3 3 2

Dolphis, b g by Col P 4 4 4

Time-2:30, 2:22«, 2:22!4-

2:20 class, pacing, purse $40o.

Lulu M, b m, by Dupon Ill

Arline B., ch m by Wyo Chief 2 2 2

Orville, b g by Shadeland 3 3 3

Time— 2:18, 2:20K, 2:21K-

May 23—2:25 class, trotting, purse $400.

C. K. W., b h by Bezant (Switzer) 1 1 1

Kate Lunny, b m by Shadeland (Zibbel) 2 2 2

Time— 2:32Jf , 2:32x, 2:33.

Free for all class, trotting and pacing, purse $500—

Raymond M., b h by Thorndyke (Cassady) 2 13 11

Aelse, b h by Camp (Jester) 12 13 2

E. S., b h by Tbos. York (Loomis) 3 3 2 2 3

Belle Burton, b m by Edgar Dilkes (Fargo) dis

Time-2:17, 2:17«. 2:20K, 2:18S£, 2:20K-

The Principles of Breeding.

In breeding light harness horses, and particularly the
American trotter, but few horsemen aim to produce
the pacer, says Drover's Journal. . The theory of breed-
ing is closely followed, but results are frequently varied.
Many fanciers place paramount emphasis on pedigree
to the exclusion of individuality. The market require,
ments demand personality first and make breeding
secondary. Practical breeders have achieved success
with indifferent breeding from superlative types, while
others have made rank failures with their farms cov-
ered with standard bred registered animals. To pro-
duce excellence a superior foundation is essential.
Style, size, faultless conformation and action are as
essential as royal blood. When breeding is not accom-
panied with these qualifications, it is valueless as
plebian blood.

Speed itself has been evolved in a marked degree
from animals with superlative individual qualities, but
deficient in fashionable breeding.

While breeders aim at uniformity in speed produc-
tion by a system of continuous development of sires
and dams, thus intensifying the natural instinct to a
great flight of harness speed, the value of the ances-

tral inheritance is discounted, when the inclination is
developed in inferior individuals for breeding purposes.

Coarseness is a quality in a harness horse incompat-
ible with great value for a breeder or pleasure driver.
A quarter of a century ago tbe craze was for speed
alone, and but little attention was paid to the individual.
The trotter or pacer possessing the greatest flight of
speed was the horse that commanded the extreme
market price. Fashion has changed and while speed
for pleasure use is in urgent demand, to be valuable it
must be associated with an animal of great style and
beauty of conformation. Roadsters of this type have
sold around $5000 to $10,000 lately for speedway use.
And only last week Tichenor & Co. closed out a con-
signment of forty-one head of coachers at public
auction for the princely sum of $71,225, making a record
average of $1750. Individual animals sold up to $7600,
principally on the merits of entrancing beauty of eon-
formation, combined with attractive style and action.
There were no coarse features in the individuality of
the horses. They were of a type that attracts atten-
tion on the boulevards and carry off the blue ribbons
in the show ring.

They were highly-bred animals of well-balanced sub-
stance, devoid of coarseness. There was a solidity and
firmness in their contour that displayed great endur-
ance, finish and quality. There was no roughness in
any part of the anatomical structure to indicate weak-
ness or flashiness. There was great substance, united
with superlative quality, that distinguished the ani-
mals as belonging to a select class and wealthy fanciers
outrivaled each other in bidding up the values to re-
cord prices. The ideal horse that is to pull weight at
top speed must have the substance to carry his flight,
and the frictionless conformation to give him en-
durance.

These are functional points in the anatomical struct-
ure essential to grace of action and extreme flights of
speed, and these functional qualities can as uniformly
be produced in the modern fashionable type as in the
coarse specimens that go begging for customers at
ridiculously low prices. To produce a type one must
use an ancestral prototype. With royally bred ances-
tors of the true conformation the progeny will make
the fashionable coach horse. The Turk 2:30, which
Tichenor & Co. sold for $7800, the record auction price
for a gelding for pleasure driving, was the ideal coach
horse model. This gelding was as compactly built as
possible with freedom of action. He inherited a short
back, great depth through the heart, powerfully
muscled arched loin, oblique shoulders, great measure-
ment from the point of the shoulders to the withers,
short canons; well arched crest, broad between the
jowls, clean cut at the throat, great width of forehead,
clean, bony head, with wide thin, trumpet shaped
nostrils, combined with unusual substance in the
forearms, stifles and gaskins. His action was high,
rapid and frictionless. In every lineament of his per-
sonality The Turk was the personification of equine
perfection, commanding in presence, impressive in style
charming in action, and faultless in manners. To breed
this type of coach or speedway roadsters should be the
ambition of breeders.

Meeting of State Board of Agriculture.

The Directors of the State Board of Agriculture met
in Sacramento last Friday, Messrs. Frederick Cox, J.
E. Terry, J. W. Wilson, A. W. Barrett, Grove L..
Johnson and John Mackey being present. After the
meeting had been called to order Director Wilson
announced his retirement from the Board and presented
his successor, Mr. Chas. E. Paine of Sacramento. A
resolution was unanimously adopted and spread upon
the minutes thanking him for the conscientious man-
ner in which he had discharged the duties imposed
upon him during the eight years he had served as
Director. One of the newly appointed Directors, Hv~.
Ben F. Rush of Solano county, arrived at noon and
was present at the afternoon session of the Board-
Mr. A. B. Spreckels was unanimously re-elected Presi-
dent, and Frederick Cox Vice-President. Director
Johnson was elected Superintendent of the Pavilion,
and Director Mackey Superintendent of the Park.
The following committees were then appointed by the
Chair:

Special committee to revise premium list — Directors
Johnson, Cox and Rush.

Finance — Directors Cox, Terry and Rush.

Printing and publication — Directors Johnson, Covey
and Chamberlain.

Library — Directors Chamberlain, Paine and Rush.

Speed program — Directors, Terry, Covey, Paine and
the Assistant Secretary.

Legal — Directors Henshaw, Johnson and Harris.

Director Barrett moved that the State Fair for 1901
be held from the 2d to the 14th of September. The
motion was seconded by Mr. Terry and carried unani-
mously.

On motion of Director Barrett, seconded by Director
Johnson, the election of a secretary was passed over.

No further business coming before the board, the
meeting adjourned to the call of the Chair.
♦

Will Welch of Pleasanton will have a small string of
horses on the California circuit this year. He recently
drove Captain J. F. Bennett's pacer Dr. Hammond a
mile in 2:15 over the Pleasanton track, last half in 1:04
and the last quarter in 31A seconds — a pretty good
showing for a green horse. Dr. Hammond is seven
years old and is a chestnut by Charles Derby, dam
Bella 2d by Nutwood, second dam iBella by Dietz St.
Clair, third dam by Tiger Whip a son of the Missouri
Tiger Whip. He was bred at Oakwood Park Stock
Farm. Mr. Welch will also campaign the Diablo pacer
Jim Marshall owned by F. L. Dortch of Honolulu. He
has driven this three year old a mile in 2:231, last half
in 1:09 and last quarter in 34 seconds.

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[•JUNE 8, 1901

THE WEEKLY

BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

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Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast,

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addressed to F. W. Ket.t.ey. 36 Geary St.. San Francisco. Cal.

Communications must oe accompanied by the writer's name and
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of good faith.

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San Francisco, Saturday, June 8, 1001.
Dates Claimed.

at the latter figure. It will be seen that here are eight
weeks of harness racing certain, and the sizes of the
purses is sufficient to attract good horses and make
the season a profitable one for winners. There are
plenty of horses now in training in California to fill all
the events advertised or that will he advertised and
the racing this year should be high class and worth
going to see. There are green trotters and pacers
enough to insure big fields in the slow classes, and it
need occasion no surprise if from them will come more
than one sensational performer. In breeding and looks
the horses now in training are ahead of any like num-
ber that have been worked here in previous seasons,
and is proof of the claim that California during the
past few years has bred better horses than ever before,
even though it has not bred so many. Since last year's
racing season here many thousands of dollars have
been left in California by Eastern horsemen who came
here during the winter to pick uo the developed good
ones that the circuit of last year brought into promi-
nence. It will be the same next winter, although the
supply will not equal the demand to a moral certainty.
Owners should train and enter every horse possible for
our summer circuit, as it will enable them to sell at a
good figure every good one they develop.

VANCOUVER, B. C May 24-25

July 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER. Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-14

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) -. Sept. 16-21

CARSON CIT Y. Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE. Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORLA. B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE. Wash Oct. 14-19

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

0OLUMBUS Julv 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

VALLE JO Aug. 19 to 2«

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FATR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CHAS DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

HAMBLETONIAN WILKES R. I. Moorhead. Santa Clara

Mc KINNEY 2: 1 1M C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09)f P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES &16J4 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 3:11)4 Oakwood Park Stock Parm. Danville

STAM B. 2:1154 Tuttle Bros., Rocklin

SECRETARY Hans Freillson, Alameda

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Bay wood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell. Portola

'■pHE PRESENT OUTLOOK for harness racing in
* California this year is for eight weeks certain,
with good purses, ranging from $500 to $1000. The
Breeders' meeting will probably open the circuit. Its
week is the one beginning July 29th, and the place the
Sacramento track, now one of the best harness racing
tracks in America. The Breeders have advertised six
early closing purses of $1000 each, and there will be ten
or twelve more advertised for lesser amounts. There
are three weeks open at present between the Breeders'
meeting and the annual fair and race meeting at Wood-
land, where purses ranging from $500 to $750 will be
given in sufficient number to make a week's high class
racing. After Woodland the State Fair will immedi.
ately follow, two weeks of racing being already an-
nounced. The program is not yet published, but the
speed committee is at work on it and an early announce-
ment will be made. It will be a generous one, as the
State Agricultural Society always provides good purses
and looks out for the interests of the harness horse
owners as well as the runners. After the State Fair
Stockton will be in line with a good program, the
purses being fully as liberal as last year, when a good
meeting was given, and a successful one, too. After
Stockton the Monterey Agricultural Society will hold
its annual fair at Salinas. This association has never
been on the main circuit, but the opening of the new
coast road will make it very convenient, for horsemen
going to Los Angeles to stop off at Salinas for a week,
and a slight, increase in its purses will draw the best
horses in training on the circuit. Los Angeles has
already advertised $14,300 in purses for the harness
horses, the meeting to last two weeks, with two har-
ness events each day. The Los Angeles purses range
from $1000 down to $600, and there are but two events

\ 7ANCE XUCKOLS has filled quite a conspicuous
" place in the eye of the harness horse contingency
recently, and the decision in his case has furnished a
subject for discussion in all the turf journals. Some of
the writers think Mr. Nuckols the most sinned against
man in America and call the decision a judicial
outrage. To enlighten those who do not know the
facts of the case we will state that Mr. Nuckols last
year purchased a horse by the name of Arch W. that
was entered in the 2:20 class. His record in the Year
Book was given as 2:19}, the man from whom he pur-
chased the horse stated that was his record and a letter
from the Secretary of the National Trotting Associa-
tion confirmed the statement. Nuckols raced the horse
in the 2:20 class and won. The horse was protested
and.the Board of Review at its recent meeting heard
evidence that convinced it that Arch W's record was
2:16}, and thereupon instructed Mr. Nuckols to return
the money he had won in the races in which his horse
had started out of his class. Now the turf scribes who
are championing Mr. Nuckols cause say that he has
been outlandishly treated. They argue that he took
every precaution to ascertain that the record of Arch
W. was not faster than 2:19}, and that he had the
word of the National Secretary, the official figures of
the Year Book, and the affidavit of the President of
the Association at whose meeting the alleged time sup-
pression was committed, that the record was straight
and the correct record of the horse 2:19}. Now this is
all right as far as Mr. Nuckols is concerned. He did
everything in his power and thought the horse was all
right. But that is no reason why he should not return
the money if Arch W. was raced out of his class, and if
the members of the Board of Review heard evidence
which convinced them that he was, they could not.
according to the rules of the National Trotting Asso-
ciation and the law of common sense, make any ruling
bnt the one they are being abused for. Mr. Nuckols is
entitled to a lot of sympathy as he was doubtless badly
swindled in the matter of the horse's record, but that's
all he is entitled to. The man whose horse finished
second is entitled to the money paid to Mr. Nuckols,
and should have it. A man may make every possible
effort to protect himself in entering his horse accord-
ing to rule, but if the rules are not complied with his
horse is not entitled to the money. Rules are made to
be followed and not to be avoided. If there is proof
that Arch W. trotted in 2:16} in Alabama and the time
was hung out as 2:19}, the decision in Mr. Nuckols case
is correct.

AN EARLIER DATE has been selected for the
Breeders' meeting at Sacramento, and the week's
racing is now fixed to begin July 29th and close August
3d. When it was announced that the opening day
would be August 12th, the fact was not taken into con-
sideration that the extensive repairs to be made on
the stalls and buildings this year would be under way
at the time, consequently at the request of the State
Agricultural Society, the date was advanced two
weeks. The date of closing entries, however, remains
the same and the six early closing stakes of $6000 will
close July 1st. These stakes provide for all but the
extreme fast classes. There is a 2:40, a 2:20 and a 2:14'
trot, and a 2:25, 2:17 and 2:13 pace. If there is a horse
in training in California that cannot be named in one i
of these stakes, he has a record of 2:12 or better pacing
or 2:13 or better trotting. There should be a big list
of entries result from the announcement of these stakes.
Ten or twelve additional purses for smaller amounts
than those already advertised will be announced July
1st, to close July 15th. Provision will also be made for
the fast classes of both trotters and pacers.

IT IS ANNOUNCED by the California Jockey Club
' that racing will end on Saturday, June 15th, one
week from to-day. This announcement sets at rest
the rumors that were started by irresponsible parties
and sent broadcast to the effect that racing would con-
tinue all summer at Oakland. When President
Williams secured an option on the other two racing
plants here, he stated that the Oakland meeting wotdd
continue until about the middle of June, and this late
announcement is evidence that Mr. Williams has not
lost a habit contracted long ago, of keeping his word.
He has also stated that the next meeting will be much
shortened and this also can be depended upon. There
is no doubt but racing in California will be on a much
better footing next winter than it ever has been.
There are rumors from time to time of another track
being built, but it is not likely that men with capital
cnn be induced to put their money in such a" risky
business as a fourth race track, and without capital it
cannot be built. There is every likelihood that the
racing war is over and that peace will reign in the
horse world of California for many years to come.

"THE PACIFIC BREEDERS FUTURITY, a stake
1 whose value is $6000 guaranteed by the Pacific
Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association, and which
was inaugurated last year, received 305 entries, and in
the usual number of nominations remain in and are
paid up on, the stake will be worth more than the
sum guaranteed. It wa-i for foals of 1900, and there
was not a very large amount of breeding done the year
previous. The stake will be renewed this year by the
Breeders Association probably for the same amount,
and will be for foals of this year. It should receive a
larger entry list than the first stake as there are more
foals this year than there were last. A great deal of
breeding has been done this year in California, many
owners having had to refuse to book as many mares asj
were applied for. It is probable that the renewal o£
the Futurity for foals of 1902 will receive five hundred
nominations. It is the richest three year old stake on
the Pacific Coast now. The first race will be in 1903.

'"THE STANFORD STAKES, which closed June 1st,
' received 89 entries, which is the highest number
ever reached in this annual three year old event. As
the stake trotted last year closed with but thirty en4
tries and was worth $765, it is reasonable to suppose
that with three times the number of entries this stake,
will be worth three times the amount, or $2295, a nice
sum to start for at an entrance fee of but $50. ThiJ
stake has been growing steadily in value since its in-?
ception, and shows that such stakes lead to the breed-
ing and training of colts to win them. The Assistant
Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, Mr. Harry
Lowden, is to be congratulated on the good showing
the stake for foals of 1900 has made. His efforts to
secure a large list have certainly been well rewarded.

THE GRAND CIRCUIT will soon open and many
California horses will be represented in its leading
events. There will be more large purses trotted for
this year by larger fields of hcrses than for many years
past, and the racing will be particularly interesting.
We will furnish full and complete summaries of these
races and those of our readers who are not regular
subscribers should have their names placed on our
mailing list forthwith that they may receive the paper
regularly. The subscription price of the Breeder
and Sportsman is $3 per year or $1. 75 for six months.

AN AUTOMOBILE was being carried from San ,'
Francisco to Stockton last week on one of the r:
river steamers that plies on the San Joaquin and
while no one was looking at it, started to run along the
deck, broke the rail and went overboard in five
fathoms of water. Now the worst unbroken, unruly
horse in the country would not do a fool thing like
that, for even though he should take fright and jump
overboad he would swim ashore and would not have tt
be fished out by a dredger at an expense of a hundred
dollars.

It

FIFTEEN CAR LOADS OF YEARLINGS leS
Rancho Del Paso last week for New York, when
they will be sold June 14th, loth and 17th by the Fasigr
Tipton Company. There were 241 colts and fillies al
foals of 1900.

AMOYER SPEED BUGGY, which is one of thi
best buggies made, is offered for sale. It will sea
two, cost $335 when new, and has been used very little
See advertisement.

The great Western Circuit of 1901 will afford con
tinuous racing from July 2d to October 12th. at tweifl
of the greatest racing points in the west. Purses wi) r ,
aggregate $250,000 in value, and every meeting will b 5
on a mile track.

"1

''Columbus. " of the Western Horseman say:
you have never imposed upon the secretary of yod
local race track by demanding free tickets for the en
tire family, that is something to your credit.*'

iJtJNE 8, 1901]

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The Stanford Stake.

Assistant Secretary Harry Lowdeu, of the California
State Agricultural Society, sends us the following list
of entries for the Stanford Stake of 1903, for foals of
1900. There are 89 entries, 17 more than were received
last year and the largest number ever entered in this
State:

Will Race Again July Fourth.

Golden Gate Park Driving Association will give an
afternoon of harness racing at the Oakland race track
on Thursday, July 4th. This was decided upon at the
regular meeting of the association held Tuesday even-
ing last, at the Palace Hotel. It was voted that five
races be given. President Thos. H. Williams, of the
August Erickson's t> c Cyrus Noble byClaymont-Madeline G; b o California Jockey Club, has kindly granted the use of

the Oakland track, and there is no doubt but a very
large attendance will result.

At the meeting; beld May 30th, at Tanforan, there
were at least fifteen hundred people present, in spite of
the fact that there were many other attractions, such
as i*acing at Oakland, coursing- at Union Park and in-
numerable picnics and excursions the same day. Sec-
retary Patrick reported that the profits of the day to
the association were in the neighborhood of $250.
While no admission fee was charged at the gate, J. P.
Atkins paid $500 for the pool privilege and the entrance
money and other privileges made up quite a sum.
Five purses of $100 each were given.

It is proposed to hold the team race over again. It
will be remembered that President Aigeltinger's team
won this race, Mr. Jacobs' and Mr. Newman's teams
keeping to their required gaits but a small part of the
journey, which was a dash of one mile. The club will
bang up $100 for the three teams to compete for again
and it is announced that a side bet of $500 a corner has
been made, but this is probably caloric atmosphere.
Entries to the purses offered by the association can be
made any Tuesday evening at the association room in
the Palace Hotel, or at the business office of Secretary
Patrick, 925 Sutter street.

Fritiof byMcKinney-Beulah.
Tuttle Bros' b £ by Altivo-Belle Medium; b f by Stam B-Laurel
Ben Davis1 blk f Dixie S. by Zoloch-Gipsey.
S. A. Eddy's cb. c Alden by Iris-Rose.
E. B. Smith's b c Swift B. by Stam B. -Swift Bird.

D. J. Desmond's ch c Irish by Monterey-Juliet D.
Dr. J. M. Lipson's b c Zonut by Zombro-Miss Goldnut.
C. A. Durfee's br c Greeko by McKinney-Alien; blk f :Ragsy by

McKinney-Babe.

I. L. Borden's blk f Altacresco by Altamont-Allie Cresco; b '

adie L. by Altamont-Beatrice.

L. Rickel's blk c Mo Mont by Me-Mo-by Pilot Lemont.

Vendome Stock Farm's br c Charley Durfee by McKinney-
Twenty-third.

G. W. Ford's ch c by Neernut-Florence C; b c by Neernut-Monte
Belle.

Mrs. E. Williams' b f Matena Thorn by Billy Thornhill-Matena.

C. Nanny's b g Billy N. by Athby-by Glenway.

R, O. NewmaD's blk e by Robt. Basler-Ida May.

H. A. Ayer's William H. L. by Messenger Almont-Magna Maid.

Wm. Vanderhurst's Dover by Dover-Lilly V.

J.B. Iverson's Dictarita by Dictatus-Membrita; Amy S. by Diablo
Nanny Fay.

J. P. Gaines' foal by Zoloch-Bonnie Ballite.

I. N. Harlan's Rita R. by Diawood-by Billy Thornhill.

P. Foley's Pole Star by McKinney-Mountain Hare.

Nutwood Stock Farm's Muriel P. by Nutwood Wilkes-Lou G.5
Jnssell G. by Nutwood Wilkes-Bessie.

E. P. Heald's foal by Nutwood Wilkes-Myrtle Thome.
G. E. Stickle's Fox by Silver Bow-untraced.

La Siesta Ranch's Moonlight by Searchlight-Wanda.

E. E. Todd's b c by Stam B.-Sacramento Belle.

Hans Frellson's b f Lucetta by McKinney-Chonita.

Thomas Smith's blk c by McKinney-Daisy S.

Palo Alto Stock Farm's b f Menrosa by Mendocino-Atlanta: b f
La Rose by Dexter Prince-Bell Bird; br c Alta Vista by McKin-
iey- Expressive; b f Tokie by Dexter Prince-Nellie Benton.

J. D Carr's ch f Kitty S. by Nutwood Wilkes-Flossie; b c Gold
loin by Boodle Jr.-Isabella; b f Queen Mab by Nutwood Wilkes-
tfina B.

C. A. Owen's ch g Acma by Dexter Wood-Zadie McGregor.

P. J. Williams' blk f Monterey Belle by Monterey-Leap Year.

R. Burress' b c Noble Grand by Kentucky Baron-by Mendocino.

Alex Brown's ch f by Nutwood Wilkes-Woodfiower; b f by Arthur

-Nosegay.

Geo. E. Shaw's blk c Cheechaco by Alta Rio-Nellie Nutwood.

R. H. Nason's ch f Azerine by Kentucky Baron-Mischief.

M. M. Potter's b c Buy Me by Charleston-Grace wood; b c Try
Me by Zolock-Daisy Mason.

C W. Main's b f Zomilea by Zombro-Kate Hamilton.

G. W. Kingsbury's b g D. E. Knight by Lynmont-Daisy A.

C. L. Hayford's br f Stambelle by Stam B.-Lady Kate.

John Richards' ch c by Silver Bee-Sadie Benton.

W. O. Bowers' b f by Stam B.-Belle Mack.

E. E. Gammon's b f Urana by Stam B.-Cleo G.
J, W. Gardner's ch c Tidal Wave-by Nutwood Wilkes-Miracle.
W. G. Durfee & Co.'s b f Daphne Sidney by Monterey-Ethelra A.,
c Electro Mc. by McKinney-dam by Electricity.
Wm. Budinger's ch c Monterey Jr. by Monterey-Smilax.
Oakwood Stock Farm's b c by Owyhee-Inez: b f by James Madi-

am-Ituna; r g by James Madison-Steinola; b f by James Madison-
Babe Marion: br f by Steinway-Electway.
L. H. Todhunter's brcThe Jester by Zombro-dam by Silver Bow.

F. F. Kiernan's br f Electrine by Richard's Elector dam by
?atchen Vernon.

Santa Rosa Stock Farm's b f by Sidney Dillon-Lilly Stanley; ch
:by Sidney Dillon-Silver Eye: b c by L. W. Russell-Pacita; b f
jy Sidney Dillon-Pansy; b f by Ferno-Lotta Wilkes; b f by Sidney
>illon-Maud; b f by Sidney Dillon-Effle; ch c by Sidney Dillon-
3aptive; b c by Sidney Dillon-Oakley Russell; bf by Sidney Dillon
Princess McCarthy; br c by Sidney Dillon-Lady Wattles; b c by
Sidney Dillon-Helen Mac: br f by On Stanley-Bye Guy.

R. P. M. Greeley's ch f Hester Diablo by Diablo-Winnie Wilkes.

Valencia Stock Farm's blk c Amado by Direct Heir-La Belle.

Wm. Irvine's b'c April Fool by Bay Bird-Lady Annesly.

B. Erkenbrecher's blk f by McKinney-Galette Wilkes.

M. Zahner's b f Redwood Maid by Waldstein-Nancy Moore.

I. A. Moffett't ch f by Tom Benton-Sadie M.

A. O. Gott's ch g Alameda Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes-Nancy.

Charles Vanina's br f Blair Allan by Boodle-Flora.

John Goldsmith's Mistake.

Up in the tower of Madison Square Garden a day or
two ago a few horse lovers gathered and talked enter-
tainingly of the great races of the past, says the K. T.
Sun. Several amusing reminiscences as to how driv-
ers, trainers and conditioners "get in wrong" by under-
rating their opponents were related.

"One of the greatest mistakes of that kind that I can
recall," said Ed Tipton, "was made by the late Johh
Goldsmith, whose superior in classing trotting horses
has probably not been born. The occurrence I allude
to happened at Lexington in 3893, the year we went up
against the panic and built the new track, also the first
year of the Kentucky Futurity, which was won by the
three year old black colt Oro Wilkes, driven by Gold-
smith, after a desperate struggle with Medo, about as
great a race as ever was trotted.

"In those days I enjoyed getting to the track very
early, often taking my breakfast as the guest of a
trainer who boarded his men in a tent, and it was good,
too. One morning as I was starting for the hoecake
and ham I noticed 'Prof. Milani' on the track with a
bay mare that I recognized at once as the three year
old Eoline by Anteeo, that had not been entered in the
Futurity, but was one of the greatest young ti otters
the world ever saw. I stopped to time her, and before
I was through I saw something that almost took my
appetite, for she trotted the first quarter in 32^ seconds,
then put another on that in 31\- seconds. She looked
as though she was flying for the next eighth of a mile,
but 'Milani' pulled her up before she had gone a third
quarter. That was enough for me, and as Goldsmith
had once befriended me in California I determined to
overstep the discretion of a secretary and give him a
pointer. So I advised him to rest on the Futurity
laurels with Oro Wilkes and not go against a hard
game in the Kentucky Stakes. Before I was well
started on the merits of the filly John interrupted me
by saying:

"To-morrow ;the track will be heavy and the day
probably bad. Both conditions will help my colt, a
race horse that can beat that filly on any kind of a
track and he is good. I shall bet on him and will ad-
vise my friends to bet on him, "
'That staggered

me, for It was said in a friendly

having a wheel taken off, but as they become familiar
with her ability as a driver, she is the one picked out
for the dashes down the stretch, and she figures in
many of the most exciting finishes.

She handles the ribbons as well as most of the men
at the park and a great deal better than many with
reputations. She has the utmost confidence in the
horses in her string, and thoroughly believes that some
day they will bring her fame and fortune. She has
never met with an accident on the track, and it is sel-
dom that any of the horses she drives attempts to cut
up funny capers with her. She has had a heart-to-
heart talk with most of them, and they fully realize
that when she is in the sulky she is the pilot.

She takes the entire care of her horses, feeds, works.
walks and rubs them down after they have been sent
through their daily exercise. She is one of the first
trainers at the track, and none have worked more
faithfully to get their horses into condition than she.
Her long experience and familiarity with horses has
made her an expert, and frequently the experienced
trainers on the track seek her for information or
advice.

During the race meeting she is always a familiar
figure in the betting ring. Then she discards her pink
wrapper for a well fitting (tailor made gown and with a
little hand bag strapped to her waist goes around put-
ting down her money where she thinks there is a
chance to win. Many a wise one gets into line back of
Maud Halthusen and puts his money down the same
way she does without even questioning her judgment.
After working at the track during ail the preliminary
raining she has a pretty good idea of the ability of the
various horses and she is willing to back her judgment
with her money.

The colt she thinks the most of is Orphan Boy and
he is a magnificent animal with great possibilities.
The name of the horse means a great deal and to those
who are familiar with the horses at the track recalls
a very precarious existence during the first few month's
of the fast colt's life. He was born on the stock farm
of Du Bois Bros., about five miles east of the city.
When the colt was two weeks old his mother, Silver
Queen, was killed by a bolt of lightning while walking
around the pasture with the colt by her side. The
colt was not harmed, but left motherless.

He was brought into Denver and brought up on
steamed oats in C. J. Stoddard's back yard. For a
time the colt did not take kindly to the new system of
feeding and it was feared that he would die, but after
the first month he commenced to grow at the rate of
thirty pounds a month and now he is as well developed
as any colt that Superior ever boasted of and he has
some of the finest in the land.

The colt will make his bow to Overland crowds
this year as a two year old. In his work at the park
he has been going miles in 2:55 as though he was going
to the mountains with a picnic party. Almost every
day he lets out another link of speed and if nothing
happens to him before the meeting he is quite likely to
demonstrate that he is a Superior colt by name and in
action.

♦

Anaconda and Jasper Ayers.

Trainer Jack Trout has a safe lead on all others to
date in the manner of holding the New England record
as he worked Anaconda a mile last week in 2:15, says
the Boston Traveler. Outside of California and Iowa
this beats anything attempted in the way of fast work
in this country. Trainers situated inland can safely
step their horses earlier in the spring than those on the
sea coast, as they have not to fear the dreaded east
winds which prove so disastrous by knocking out so
many race horses every year. Trainer James Car-
penter let Jasper Ayers 2*:09 have his head a little the
final quarter of a slow mile on Friday at Readville.
He did the quarter in 36 seconds and the last eighth in
17J seconds. This is the best time made by any horse
at the track this spring. Because the Ayers horse is
going so sound and good, does not entirely convince
Manager George Leavitt that he will prove his ability

Answers to Correspondents.

I. N. F., San Jose — Erwin Davis 5658, bay horse
oaled 1865, sired by Skenandoah 926, dam Lost Dia-
nond, pedigree not established but said to be by Harris'
Hambletonian.

We have no record of Mayflower, a mare eighteen
rears old, by May Boy. A pacing mare by that name
)y him took a record of 2:21} last year in "Vermont.
She was foaled in 1893. May Boy 3621 was bred by A.
Wayward, San Mateo, and was foaled in 1878. He was
jy Hambletonian 725, dam Harvest Queen 2:29i by
iambletonian 10, grandam by American Star 14.

J. A. G., Los Angeles — We have no record of a mare
ailed Lady Hollywood. There is a mare called Lady
Eollyway however in the great broodmare list. She
b a bay mare foaled 1880, and is by Hollo way's Den-
nark, dam Stella by Bald Hornet, grandam Kitty by
Bertrand. She is the dam of the pacer Fullerton Boy
1:18* and the trotter Proem 2:28]. There are three
itallions registered under the name of Autocrat. The
irst is No. 1093, was foaled in 1865 and is by Volunteer
">5 out of the Miller mare by American Star. The
lext is Autocrat 3228, was foaled in 1882, and was sired
>y Havoc 1215, dam Onondaga Girl by Reveler 3109,
The third is Autocrat 21933. He is by Geo. M. Patchen
10, dam Wanderer. _^___^_

W. B. Fasig has bought Senator Mills (3) 2:29} from
T. D. Callery, Pittsburg, Pa., and will have him fitted
or the races, and he may be a starter in the Charter
Dak Stake.

spirit by a man whose judgment I respected above that to go to the races later on. "I want to see him get
of any man in the profession — a man who generally
knew' his own horse and always gave due credit to the
ability of his opponent. As it turned out his judgment
as to the day and track was all right, but he was wo-
fully mistaken about the race. It was a two in three
affair and the first part of the first heat, going con-
sidered, was blood -stirring and fast. The followers
of the Wilkes, and there were plenty of them were
about ready to yell, but the colt was not fast enough
and had to succumb to the inevitable, the filly
jogging home in about 2:16J. The second heat Gold-
smith tried to win by waiting for a brush through the

o\Tb?uSfhireaS^rG^^3SoS^no^e- Geo. T. Beckers has S^s-greaVyoung race .horse

edge that he had underrated her ability and made a ana sire, Zomhro 2:11 by McKmney ±113, to balem,

great mistake. Oregon, where the horse will make a summer season

"But wasn't she great? McHenry says Impetuous = has the distinction o{ having
was the greatest three year old ever bred in Kentucky.

several weeks more 'prep' under his jacket before I
will have laith in his ever getting to a race," said the
genial George. "Why, last year I thought he was the
best thing in sight for the 2:09 trots, when he suddenly
went lame on me, and I am afraid the same thing may
happen this season. " Carpenter also allowed the queen
of road mares Armila, to have a "breather" through
the homestretch. She wert an eighth in 18 seconds,
and was simply jogging.

Zombro 2:11 Goes to Oregon.

Marvin says Extacy, others say Fereno, but quite a
number still stand for Eoline."

A Woman Trainer at Denver.

[Denver Times, May 29th.

One of the interesting features of the horse training ,

going on at Overland Park is the working of the bay ^ung horse to ^ one of h ^-P^-Hs sold

Superior colt, Orphan Boy, owned and trained by at that_ price as^ ^.^ aQd performances of

sired a three year old filly that without stake
engagements has sold for more money than any
311y sold for years. It is hard to figure just the
exact amount she brought, as she was offered
for $9000 and sold for $10,000 with another mare on
which the price of $1500 had been set. At any rate
the nrice can be fixed at from $8500 to $9000 and for a

Maud Halthusen. Every morning shortly after day-
break the well known bay colt makes his appearance
on the track and in the bike back of him is the familiar
figure of a woman in pink calico wrapper and pink sun-
bonnet. New trainers as they arrive at the track first
express surprise to see a woman training a horse, and
as they pass give her a wide berth in order to avoid

superior sire.

Zombro are known to all our readers and it is not neces-
sary to repeat them here. The owners of good mares
in Oregon should not miss this opportunity to breed to
one of "the greatest young horses in America, as the
value of his foals will be large as soon as they are
crrowD, and "will increase from year to year. Mr.
Beckers will be located at the Fair Grounds, near
Salem, Oregon, until September 1st.

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®He Qveeissv anin grpxtrtsmtro

[June 8, 1901

Nearly 500 horses are now stabled at the Denver
track.

They say The Abbot has been a quarter in 30}
seconds already.

Sacramento race track is in perfect condition for
training and stalls are free.

Myron MeHenry has Daa Patch 2:16, the horse that
won all his races last season, in his string at the Cleve-
land track.

Have your horses all ready to start by July 29th, as
that is the date of the opening of the Breeders' meeting
at Sacramento.

Sunol 2:08} has a bay colt foal by Oro Wood, a son
of Oro "Wilkes 2:11 and Mystic, dam of Fred Kohl
2:07J by Nutwood.

Mr. A. B. Spreckels of this city who recently went
East on a trip for the benefit of his health, arrived in
New York City May 29th.

Directum Kelley 2:08}, is going well in his work and
Scott McCoy is confident that the Butier horse will be
a tough proposition this year.

Bill D.onathan has McBriar 2:14 at Oakland prepar-
ing him for the races which open July 29th at Sacra-
mento, when the Breeders will start the circuit.

A. G. Stice, of Monmouth, Illinois, who raced in
California last May, has leased the stallion Sir Charles
2:10} and will enter him through the Mississippi valley
circuit.

The green mare Neva Simmons by Simmons, Tom
Price's M. & M. candidate, recently stepped a mile over
the Louisville track in 2:15, last half in 1:054, last
quarter in 32 seconds.

John Shepard, of Boston, is going to try for the
team record with Senator L. 2:12 and Altro L. 2:11},
and will soon send them to James Golden, to shape up
for that and matinee work.

The common error of calling every coach a tally-ho
is attributed to the fact that this was the name of the
first public road coach run in America by amateurs.
Colonel Delancey Kane imported the Tally-ho from
England just twenty-five years ago and put it on the
road between the Hotel Brunswick and Pelham, New
York.

The California trainers who shipped their horses to
the Oakley track at Cincinnati, all left that place for
Cleveland on Wednesday of this week. The Oakley
track is not as good as the one at Cleveland for fast
work, at the present time, and for that reason the Cal-
ifornians, together with many others, concluded to
move.

The Oregon Stake is the name given a $1500 stake
for trotters and pacers, the former to get $900, the
latter $600, and which is to be raced for at the Oregon
State Fair of 1902 by foals of 1900. Entries are to
close July 10th, this year. Good money for two year
olds will put many into training in the northern
country.

The fastest mile of the year up to last Saturday at
Overland Park, Denver, was made by the pacer Win-
field Stratton on that day. He was driven a mile in
2:13 by his trainer Prank Loomis. Winfield Stratton
is by Saraway and his record is 2:22}, made last year.
He is entered in the 2:25 and 2:23 classes at the meeting
which opens June 15th.

Geo. A. Ketcham, the owner of Cresceus, is a great
admirer of Grattan, of which he recently said: "There
is as game a trotter as ever came down the stretch and
he would to-day hold the honor of having trotted the
three fastest heats if it were not that there was a horse
by the name of Cresceus in the race. Beat Charley
Herr? Yes, sir; every time. "

The proposition made to Mr. J. C. McKinney by Mr.
C. A. Winship at Cleveland, was as follows according to
a correspondent of the Horse Review. Mr. Winship
ofiered to sell Zephyr for $9000 and Velvet Rose for
$1500, or both for $10,000. Mr. McKinney accepted
the latter proposition, and every person can figure out
for himself what each mare sold for.

in 2:13 at Denver the other day, is by Saraway, and
Vioway, a two year old by him worked a mile in 2:30.
There are four or five others that are fast and will be
started this year. Saraway was bred at Oakwood
Park Stock Farm in California and is a full brother to
Chas. Derby 2:20.

The lately closed "Kentucky Stock Farm" purse of
$7500, to be trotted by foals of this season in 1904 re-
ceived 750 entries representing over 200 stallions.
Allerton 2:09}, leads with thirty-eight of his colts and
fillies oligible. Boreal 2:15J, comes next with twentj -
eight. Moko, Ashland Wilkes and Bingen 2:06},
follow equal third with twenty each, while the sires
following next in the line of popularity as evidenced by
the entry list are Adbell 2:23, Prodigal 2:16, Baron
Wilkes 2:18, Directum 2:05}, Constantino 2:124, San
Mateo 2:13}, Sphinx 2:20J, Pilatus 2:09}, Wilton 2:19},
Jay Bird 2:31 f and Ponce de Leon 2:13.

Marvin has about abandoned hope of ever being
able to get Battlesign 2:13}, who broke down in last
year's M. and M., to a race again. He is still lame,
after ten months' careful nursing.

The American Hackney Society will offer a hand-
some prize for stallions, to be shown with three or four
of their get, at the horse show to be held in connection
with the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo.

C. A. Durfee has the Palo Alto colt Monbells, the
last foal of Beautiful Bells, in his string at San Jose
and will race him on the California Circuit. Monbells
is four years old and was sired by Mendocino.

There are seven horses entered in the 2:09 pace at
Denver with records better than 2:12. There should
be some fast miles at Overland Park if the weather
remains favorable. The meeting opens next Saturday.

Dr. Hagyard, of the Bitter Root Stock Farm, has
broken all records as a horse shipper. His latest feat
was to send 241 head from Montana to New York, a
distance of nearly 3000 miles, and out of the lot he sold
239 head, losing only two.

James Butler has sent Directina 2:16}, to be bred to
Baron Wilkes 2:18. Directina is by Direct 2:054, out
of Stemwinder 2:21, the dam of Directum 2:05}, and if
the produce of Baron Wilkes is not able to go some
there is nothing m breeding.

If anyone wants a very handsome, stylish black
horse that can trot fast for a road horse and has the
kindest of dispositions he should go so Alameda track
and look at Direct Fils. He is an elegant roadster and
would make a great saddle horse.

Sunol 2:084 by Electioneer, dropped her first foal
recently at Parkview Farm, New York, but pneumonia
carried the little fellow oft' before he was a week old.
He was a bay colt, sired by Ora Wood, son of Ora
Wilkes 2:11 and Mystic by Nutwood.

At Gillett, Colo., arrangements are being made for a
race meeting, which will occur early in June, directly
after the Colorado Springs meeting, or immediately
after the Overland Park meeting. Gillett has the best
half-mile track in the mountain country.

Any person who puts a new performer by Roy
Wilkes in the list this year may breed a mare to that
sire next season free of charge; also any person who
lowers the record of any of the get of Roy Wilkes this
year has the same free breeding privilege.

The Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
will offer, in addition to the $7000 purse given by Thos.
W. Lawson, for a race in October between Charley
Herr and Cresceus, a $500 trophy to the champion
stallion. The trophy will probably be a handsome cup.

H. D. Brown who is training a small string to race
in California this year, has the pacer Doc Wilkes 2:154
looking better than ever and if this horse keeps right
he will win money in his class. Brown has a green
trotter in his string at Oakland that will bear watch-
ing whenever it starts.

Sunday mornings between 9 o'clock and noon the
new track built by the Oakland Driving Club at Six-
teenth street station, is pretty well patrouized by the
amateur reinsmen and others. With plenty of water
and work the track can be kept in good condition for
speeding during the summer months.

George Garth, the man who, when a heavy mortgage
was pressing on his farm down in Alabama, offered a
prayer to the throne of grace for relief, and afterward
bred Jessie McEwen, which he sold for $4000, is at the
Baltimore track with eight head of horses. George
believes in prayer, and when he meets a scoffer he tells
him how he lifted the mortgage on his farm.

Harry Byrne, of Chicago, who owned the little spotted
trotter Sheppard Boy 2:234, and who brought that
horse to California to winter in 1877-78, died recently
at his home in Chicago. Sheppard Boy was a white
horse with brown spots and during the World's Fair
at Chicago was kept with the Arabian horses in the
Bedouin concession and passed readily as one of them.
Sheppard Boy died several years ago.

The Yreka Jockey Club will hold four days racing
from July 3 to 6, 1901. The purses for harness horses
range from $200 to $250 and are advertised in our issue
this week. All entries to both harness and running
events are overnight, and the conditions are two to
enter and three to start. The entrance is ten per cent
of the purse and the money will be divided 60, 30 and
10 per cent. R. S. Taylor, Yreka, is the Secretary.

• Ed Lafferty left Alameda for Sacramento Wednesd ay
with four horses. He had Boydello 2:14}, the green
pacer Durfee Mac, a chestnut trotting mare by Sable
Steinway, and a three year old by Silver Bow, dam
Grace by Buccaneer, that is entered in the Occident
Stakes. He will have the four year old brother to this
colt that Geo. Fox sold last week to Geo. E. Stickle of
Angels Camp for $1700, and may have one or two more
soon. ^_

The Oregon State Board of Agriculture intend
establishing a futurity for foals of 1903 to be raced for
at its State Fair of 1905. The stake will be for both
trotters and pacers and will aggregate $5000. To be
eligible the colts must be from mares nominated in
1902. It will be the richest futurity for two year olds
ever offered this side of the Rocky Mountains. The
Oregon Board is both progressive and energetic and is
doing much for the breeders of live stock.

The stallion owner who does not advertise simply
because his grandfather did not, ought to wear knee
breeches and a queue, says "Columbus." The breeder
who does not advertise because it costs money, should
quit paying rent for the same reason. The dealer who
does not advertise because he tried it and failed,
should keep on trying it until he succeeds. Anyone
who will not advertise because he don't know how,
should stop eating because he can't cook.

The Stark stable of Colorado Springs is in training
at Council Bluffs. Porto Rico, the Electrite colt that
went to the half in 1:04 in the Kentucky futurity last
fall, will be started in the M. & M. if he comes along in
his work. Mr. Stark bought this colt recently. At
the present time he looks like a cripple, as his hind
toes are cut off and he does not strike his heels when
walking. Last year he had speed to burn but was ex-
ceedingly rough gaited when going slow. — Denver Field
and Farm.

At the Blue Ribbon sale at Cleveland, the chestnut
stallion Thompson 2:144, by Boodle 2:124, dam Flora
H. by Jim Mulvena, was sold to Dick Benson for $700.
The brown gelding Boodler, seven years old, by Boodle
2:124, dam Bessie S. by Prince Albert, brought $1100
at the same sale, E. P. Whitcount of Bradford, Pa.,
being the purchaser. Both these horses were taken
East and sold last year by B. O. Van Bokkelen. Mr.
Benson will campaign Thompson and Red Seal 2:10,
which he also purchased at the sale.

Many of the get of Saraway, the premier stallion of
Valley View Stock Farm, near Denver, are showing
great speed. Winfield Stratton, the horse that worked

Charles Caffrey, the sulky builder, says the fastest
thing he ever built in the wagon line is the 55-pound
skeleton wagon made for Robert J. and John R. Gen-
try in 1897, and which they drew a mile in 2:C8 at Glens
Falls that season. The rear wheels wei*e smaller than
the front ones, thus securing a more direct draught of
the weights. "It was a perfect line of descent from
the yoke to the rear hubs," said Mr. Caffrey, "and I
was convinced long ago I could better distribute the
weight, also absolutely prevent 'slewing' on the turns.
It did both. To-day there are not as many skeleton
wagons used as formerly, yet I believe a man can make
better gaited youngsters sitting lower and where he
can see their every stride better than when above them
when jogging and giving them their initial speed
lessons."

Parkville Farm, one of the most famous trotting
horse breeding farms in America, has been sold by its
owner, John Shults of New York, for $480,000. Mr.
Shults sold, it is said, in order to devote his time to
his other farms at Goshen and Port Chester. It is
thought to be the intention of the new owners to de-
vote the plant to its present purposes for some while
yet, though in the near future the tide of travel and
growth of suburban Brooklyn will, through its value,
it is thought, necessitate its cutting up into building
plots. The building, stables and track proper are all
in first class condition and could not be reproduced for
$75,000, exclusive of the land. The track is one mile
in extent and is one of the most level in the country.
Over two hundred horses, the property of Mr. Shults,
are at present in the stables, among them some well
bred broodmares and stallions. For over a generation
the Parkville Farm has been one of the show breeding
places of the country, and if it is continued on the same
broad spirit of Mr. Shults, it will continue to be.

Early last season drivers, trainers and critics of the
methods of preparing trotting horses made several
comments on "Uncle Davy" for the manner in which
he prepared Charley Herr for the grand circuit cam-
paign. They declared that it was almost criminal for
a man of his experience to risk the preparation of as
great a horse as was Charley Herr. This year the
criticisms are even more severe. They say that Uncle
Davy is going along with the horse in a manner that
will utterly ruin his racing career, and one or two bets
have been made that he will not win a race during the
coming season. Everywhere there are suggestions
that the horse should be put in the hands of some one
of the master reinsmen of the country, but the dairy-
man owner continues prepare his charge despite all
comments. Some foundation has been made for the
complaints in the fact that Lucy Carr, a mare with a
record half a dozen seconds slower than Charley Herr,
has outbrushed the great horse when they came to-
gether at the end of the mile in their training work
this spring. Friends of Mr. Cahill, refuse to credit the
rumor that the horse will not be good, and point to
the fact that year after year just the same thing has
happened in Charley Herr's early work. Men would
give much to know whether Uncle Davy or his critics
are right. Thousands of dollars hinge on the question
as Charley Herr is already entered at Readville with
Boralma and Cresceus at $10,000 a corner, in the $10,000
free for all at Brighton Beach, and the $7000 match
with Cresceus at Lexington. The season's racing will
answer the question. — Boston Olobe.

In the untimely death of William E. Spier, owner of
the Suburban Farm, Glens Falls, N. Y., the trotting
turf loses a stanch patron. The breeding interest
loses an even stouter prop. Suburban Farm has
sheltered many notable horses. At one time Robert
McGregor 2:174, the "Monarch of the Home Stretch"
which did so much for the light harness horse in so
many ways, was premier at that farm and then came
Delmar 2:16, son of Electioneer. After that horse
died Adbell 2:23, champion yearling trotter of the
world and a son of Advertiser 2:15}, and the famous
Beautiful Bells 2:294, dam of Chimes (sire of The
Abbot 2:03}, champion trotter of the world, etc.) took
his place but only a little while afterwards Mr. Spier
went right to the top of the tree and for $20,000 pur-
chased Directum 2:05}, champion trotting stallion.
Always a good buyer of mares likely to produce win-
ners Mr. Spier had a handsome collection to mate with
the black champion, but he did not rest there. As
soon as he had installed Directum as premier he set
about buying every really top mare he could get a
figure on and to-day the harem surrounding Directum
is almost without an equal. Many winners of stakes
were bred at Suburban Farm. Mr. Spier had his full
share of success as a breeder of colt trotters. His
death resulted from mastoiditis, a disease causing the
formation of an abscess at the base of the brain. He
was a man of sterling qualities, very successful in busi-
ness and very wealthy. He took a keen interest in
trotting and pacing sport for the sake of the sport and
spared neither time nor money to get the best. He
was honored and respected in racing and breeding as
well as financial circles. The harness racing and
breeding industry can ill afford to lose such men as he.
— Breeders' Gazette.

June 8, 1901]

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Volodyovski Wins the Derby.
An English bred horse with a Russian name, under
lease to an American millionaire, trained by an Ameri-
can trainer, and ridden by an American jockey, won
the greatest of racing classics last Wednesday at
Epsom. Volodyovski was the horse, W. C. Whitney
the lessee, John Huggins the trainer and Lester Reiff
the rider. There was as usual a tremendous concourse
of people to witness the event, and owing to the fact
that many members of the New York Chamber of
Commerce now in England as guests of the London
Chamber of Commerce, were present, Americans were
more prominent than ever before on Derby day.

The starters were Volodyovski (L. Reiff), Ploriform,
Handicapper (Martin), Revenue, William III., Royal
Rogue, Veronez, Sang Bleu, Wargrave, Pietermaritz-
burg, H. R. H., Veles, Ian, Royal George, Cottager,
Olympian (Henry), Orchid, Tantalus (Maher), Lord
Bobs, St. MacLou, Rustic, Dorecles, Clacquer, Prince
Charles II. (Turner), and Osboch.

The betting was 5 to 2 against Volodyovski, 100 to 7
against William III., and 40 to 1 against Veronez.

There was some delay at the start, but eventually
an excellent one was effected and Foxhall Keene's
jockey, Henry, on Olympian, got away like a shot from
a gun. He set a cracking pace and before Tattenham
Corner was reached had spread-eagled his field. As
they rounded and came into the straight it was seen
that Volodyovski was right there, running with great
resolution. A tremendous roar went up when it was
seen that he had got on even terms a quarter of a mile
from home, coming along at a rare clip, with William
III. in hot pursuit. "Volly," as he is called, left his
opponents in great style, all but Morney Cannon's
mount, hard ridden, which was running as game as a
pebble at the favorite's girths. And so the pair passed
the post.

Volodyovski's victory was very popular, and his
success has taken a lot of money out of the ring. He
was cheered again and again on returning to weigh in.
Time, 2:40 4-5, is the record for the race.

Although Volodyovski is owned and trained by
Americans, he is an English bred colt, being by the
King's horse Florizell II. out of La Reine. He was
bred by Lady Meux, and leased by her to the late
Lord William Beresford. At the death of Lord
William his executors held the opinion that the lease
of the colt did not lapse, but Lady Meux took a con-
trary view. Litigation ensued and the colt was re-
turned to his breeder. Subsequently he was leased to
Mr. Whitney. But for the lamented death of Queen
Victoria this son of Florizell II. would have carried
the colors of the King.

The Vancouver Meeting.
The spring meeting of the Vancouver Jockey Club
was a decided success. The races attracted the largest
crowds that have turned out for years. All who at-
tended saw clean sport and got their money's worth.
The events were well handled and pulled off without
delay. A great deal of credit is due the officers. The
weather was fine but the track was a trifle heavy.
There has been a good deal of work done on the track
this spring, which accounts for the heaviness. The
betting was exceptionally heavy throughout the
meeting.

The first race was a three-eighths mile dash, in
which Al, Mafada, Daira and Harry N. started. Harry
N, won easily, Al second. Time 0:39£>

The three-quarter mile pony race was next and had
three starters. Bessie Timbler won handily, with
Sleepy Dan second. Time 1:30.

A five-eignth mile dash was next, and five good
horses started, Hirtle, Aborigine, Pettigrew, Ricardo
and Bernardillo. This was a fine race from start to
finish. Aborigine won, Pettigrew 6econd. Time 1:082.
An expressman's race followed and occasioned much
sport.

The fifth race, a mile dash, called forth Willowa,
Hirelle, George Palmer, J. O. C. and O'Connor. This
was the best race of the day and the betting was good.
Willowa won, O'Connor was second. Time 1:45.

The second day's racing was a trifle better, although
the crowd was smaller.

The first event on the program was a half mile dash
which was won by Al, Mafada second and Pat Tucker
third. Time 0:53J. This race was run twice as Al and
Mafada fouled in the first race.

A three-quarter mile dash followed and had six start-
ers. The start was good and the finish was better.
Pettigrew won, Hirtle was second and George Palmer
third. Time 1:24. Bernardillo, Ricardo and Daira
also ran.

The third race was one and one-eighth miles and
was a good race throughout. Aborigine won, Paver-
sham second and O'Connor third. Time 2:07§. Wil-
lowa and Hirtle also ran.

A hurdle race for a mile and a quarter was next, but
was a farce. J. O. C. was the winner, while Aborigine
and Ricardo were distanced, as they refused to jump the
hurdles. No time given. All bets declared off.

A three-quarter mile consolation race followed.
O'Connor won, Ricardo second, George Palmer third.
Hirelle also ran.
This closed a very successful meeting.

the war just ending, but who has any idea, however
vague, of the hero horses? And without the hero
horses, where will be our equestrian statues to com-
memorate these heroic achievements? Or shall we
conceal them in a Trojan horse? — Western Horseman.

SADDLE NOTES.

Death of Dick Clawson.
Richard Clawson, the well known jockey, died
Thursday of last week at the home of his parents in
Cass county, Missouri. Clawson, who was twenty
years old, had ieen a hopeless invalid, suffering with
consumption for more than a year, his lung trouble
having been brought on by his efforts to reduce to
lighter riding weight than his growing stature would
permit. Friends had sent him to the Adirondacks and
to Arizona in hope of staying the disease, but all with-
out avail, and a few weeks ago he went to his old home
to die. Clawson • first began exercising horses at the
Woodland, Yolo county track, and signed to ride for
Atkins & Lottridge, with whom he had considerable
trouble when he desired to ride for Wm. C. Whitney.
He sprang into prominence in 1897, when he rode the
Thompson filly L'Alouette tc victory in the Futurity
Stakes at Sheepshead Bay, he then being an eighty-
pound boy. He success in that one race brought him
into instant favor, and the next season he was engaged
by William C. Whitney, for whom he rode successfully,
after a lawsuit had given his services to that wealthy
turfman. After severing his connection with the
Whitney stable, Clawson rode for several other owners,
and was successful still, until by his excessive reducing
he broke his health, his life being the penalty for his
three years of fame and success on the turf. In his
brief career Clawson earned a great sum of money in
retainers and presents, his income for the second year
that he rode in the East having been about $25,000.
He married a daughter of James McLaughlin, a well-
known New York trainer and ex-jockey. Clawson was
a great favorite with California race goers and one of
the most popular jockeys that ever rode here. He
rode Lucretia Borgia at Oakland the day she made
the world's record of 7:11 for four miles.

Grandly Bred Ones for Sale.
All the horses and mares owned by the late J. B.
Chase, proprietor of the well known Sonoma Stock
Farm, are offered for sale. There are a number of
royally bred mares, among them Centella, a winner of
twelve races and about ten thousand dollars in money;
Marigold, that ran a mile in 1:41, two miles in 3:30*
and four miles in 7:20J, the world's race record for
mares. Both these matrons are producers and are
daughters of famous old Katie Pease. There is also
on this farm the imported stallion Trentola, a grand-
son of Musket and a sire of winners. He is one of the
best bred horses ever brought to America from the
colonies. None of the thoroughbreds on this farm are
to be reserved, but prices will be put on each and all.
This is an excellent opportunity to get something good.
See the advertisement in this issue.

Where are Our Hero Horses?

All wars, down to our with Spain and England's war
in South Africa, have produced historic or hero horses
as well as hero soldiers. But the war for free Cuba is
ended, and the war in South Africa is nearing a finish,
and the only war horse on either continent, or in either
war, that has had conspicuous mention is;the shaggy-
haired and hog maned pony that has carried through
so many unequal fights the remarkable Boer soldier,
Gen De Wet.

Perhaps some poet or romancer of heroic verse may
yet be found to put into rhythm or tropical jingle the
cavalry exploit of General Funston in the capture of
Aguinaldo, or some sculptor may carve into the
eternal marble Funston and his horse, as we now see
in our National Capitol Thomas and his horse, and in
front of the White Eouse General Jackson and his
horse.

All our great soldiers, whether of cavalry, artillery
or infantry, were enthusiastic devotees of the horse.
Gen. Joe Hooker was the finest rider in the Federal
army, and Stonewall Jackson and General Lee were
both riders and devotees of the saddle horse, both in
peace and war.

Before the war of the American Revolution Gen.
George Washington was a reckless follower of the
hounds in Virginia, astride his noted war horse Green-
way. He rode his English-bred charger in the old
French war. In the disastrous battle of July 9,
1755, known as "Bi-addock's Defeat," Washington,
who was on the staff of General Braddock, had
four bullet holes shot through his coat, and two horses
shot under him. Greenway, then owned by General
Braddock, was mounted by Washington after General
Braddock received his death wound. But the game
horse survived the battle unscathed. Ever afterward
Greenway nipped the greenest pastures at Mt. Vernon,
and when the War of the Revolution broke out Wash-
ington refused to take the old war horse into the
conflict.

Washington rode twelve different war horses during
the War of the Revolution, and three of his most noted
battle chargers have gone on the shining canvas, or
into the eternal marble, and into history with their
great master. These are: Nelson, a superb chestnut,
16 hands, with four white legs, presented by Governor
Nelson, of Virginia; Fairfax, a blood bay stallion of
high finish and metal, that was fatally shot at the
battle of Trenton and left on the field. The last and
most famous is a milk-white mare, so often shown in
engravings. She died from exhaustion in the battle of
Monmouth. Nelson was made immortal in pictures,
as Washington rode him for the last time in war at the
surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. This
horse outlived his immortal master, and ended a life|of
indolence at Mt. Vernon at the age of thirty-six.

We have already some vague ideas of the heroe3 of

The first of the get of the young stallion Ben Brush
was sold at auction in New York last week. It was a
nicely turned bay filly out of Rose by Falsetto, and
was purchased by William Lakeland for $1350.

Commando won the Carlton stakes at Gravesend
last Saturday, and on a dead track galloped the mile
in 1:39 2-5, making a new record for the track. He
looks to be the best three-year-old of the year, and
mayhap the best in several years, although his stable
companion, Conroy, ranks pretty close to him.

"From advices I have received," says Secretary
Schuckman of the Overland Association at Denver.
"I believe that there will be at least 300 runners on the
track during the coming season. There will be three
car loads from San Francisco, three from St. Louis,
two from Nebraska, there are sixty-five at the springs
which will come to Denver, about fifty head at the
track now and in all I expect about 300 runners out for
the money. Last year there were only ninety-seven,
so you see there will be a great improvement in the
number."

The One Thousand Guineas stakes, the first each
season of the important races for thoroughbred fillies
exclusively in England, was won three weeks ago by
Aida, by Galopin. This filly was begotten when her
sire was no less than twenty-six years old. The Two
Thousand Guineas, to which colts and fillies are eligible,
was won by Handicapper, by Matchmaker, grandson
of Galopin. Doricles, which ran second, is also by a
grandson, and Osboch, which was third, is by Oberon,
a son of Galopin. Fleur d'Ete, which came second in
the fillies' race, is by St. Florian, grandson of Galopin,
and Santa Bridga, which finished third, is by St.
Simon, son of Galopin.

Banastar has been declared out of all the stakes for
the year. Trainer Hill says: "Dr. Sheppard has at-
tended him, and he is doubtful whether he will ever
train again. It is thought that he was hit during his
last race, the bone below the hock being bruised. The
tendon was not cut to any extent. Until he had cooled
out we thought that that was his only trouble, but
later on he showed a decided lameness in his off fore
leg. There is the serious trouble. His injured hind
leg could be fixed up easily, but it looks as though he
has gone for good in front." According to general
theory, Banastar broke down in front in his efforts to
favor his hind leg during the race. Dr. Sheppard ex-
plained the pain the horse went through by describing
the effect of a kick on the shin bone from a man with
an iron toe on his shoe. Banastar's retirement is a loss
to the turf, as he was one of the few good horses in
anything like decent shape. With Ethelbert, Kinley
Mack, MeMeekin and Banastar on the sick list, there
is actually nothing left in the older division. Mr.
Clarence Mackay showed a true sporting spirit when
he told his trainer to make a thorough explanation of
the accident and not allow cause for unjust criticism of
any kind from the public. Mr. Mackay runs his horse
for sport, pure and simple, and he feared some one
might think that Banastar was not injured nearly as
badly as he was; hence his declaration from all stakes,
even though there is a remote possibility of his being
brought round in time for the late season.
*

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francs, will take place at Rouen on June 30th. The
race is for three year olds of all sexes bred and owned
in France. The government contributes 8000 francs of
the purse, the Society for the Improvement of the
Half-Block 5000 francs, and the track association the
balance of 7000 (francs. The distance is 3200 meters,
nearly two miles (less 20 yards). The purse will be
divided as follows: 10,800 first, 4200 second, 2500 third,
1500 fourth, and 1000 fifth. A total of 107 are eligible
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GUN.

Coming Events.

June 9— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

June 9— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 9— Empire Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Alameda Point.

June 9— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds, Sacramento.

June 9— Sacramento Gun Club. Blue rocks. Sacramento.

June 11, 12, 13, 14— Anglo- American Clay Bird Match for £1000.
Middlesex Gun Club grounds. London, Eng.

June 16— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

June 16— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county.

June 23— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction. _

June 23— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacrament o.

June 23 — San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna-
ment. Blue rocks three day;,, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 7— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

July 7— Lincoln Gun Club. iBlue rocks. Alameda Junction.

July 7— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire! Club grounds,
Alameda Junction.

July 23, 24, 25, 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

At the Traps.

The Olympic Gun Club members will shoot live birds
and the San Francisco Gun Club program will embrace
blue rock shooting at Ingleside to-morrow. Shooters
from both clubs will alternate between the two sections
of the shooting grounds and indulge their fancies for
each style of trap shooting.

The Empire Gun Club shoot for June is billed for
the club grounds at Alameda Point. This is the last
shoot for entry in the Yellowstone or Schumacher
trophy events, as not more than three back scores can
be shot up. The Allen handicap and Sweeney record
medal races, postponed from the 26th inst., will also be
on the program of events for to-morrotv.

M. J. Iverson broke 132 out of 150 blue rocks last
Sunday at the Union Gun Club shoot. In 25 bird
practice be broke 18 and 22. In the club event he
broke 23 out of 25, he also won the first class medal for
the month with 21 out of 25, the ability medal for June
he won with 23 out of 25 and in the added money
event he divided first money on 22 breaks out of a pos-
sible 25. Mr. Iverson has been showing a steady im-
provement in his trap shooting this season.

The first of a series of three twelve-man team
matches between the Empire and Union Gun Clubs
will take place to-morrow on the Empire Gun Club
grounds. The Union team as announced by Captain
C. M. Wollam is composed of P. McRae, M. Burnell,
M. J. Iverson, P. Walpert, A. M. Shields, F. Feudner,
J. B. McCutchan, F. W. King, O. Fischer, A. G. Flick-
inger, Joe Bickerstaff and F. Knick. The substitutes
are P. J. Walsh, J. Pisani, E. S. Miehelssen, J. Gordon.
H. Hoyt, C. T. Mitchell, D. C. Ringle, B. Cooper, L.
Javette, Jr., G. Sylvester, C. M. Wollam and E. Olsen.
The second race will take place at Ingleside, the shoot-
ing grounds of the third contest, if necessary, will be
decided by the toss of a coin.

The Lincoln Gun Club regular monthly shoot was
held on the 2d inst at Alameda Point. In the club
race E. L. Forster was high score with 21 breaks, D.
Daniels, A. J. Webb and Jnles Bruns each score 23 out
of 25 targets. Webb was high gun in the Neustadter
trophy race and Daniels made the best run in the con-
tinuous break medal race. The scores made during
the day were:

Club race, 25 targets —

Forster.E.L 11111 11111 11011 11111 11111—34

Daniels.D Hill mil 11000 11111 11111—23

Webb, A. J 11101 11111 10111 11101 11111—23

Bruns, J 11011 11111 11011 11111 11111—23

Daniels. D. S» 00110 11111 11111 111U1 11111—21

Daniels.D. S* 11111 01111 10110 01111 mil— 2,

Bruns. J. B. S* 10111 11111 11111 11100 00111 — 2n

Humpi, G ; ,....00110 01111 11111 10010 11100 — Ik

Robertson. W. A 00101 11001 01101 01111 Ollll— lo

Rumpf. G* 11100 10101 OHIO 00010 01101— lo

Herzog. A 00110 01011 OHIO 10J01 00101—1,

Cnneo.C 00110 01001 11100 OilOO 00001— In

Herzog, A.* 00011 10001 00001 10001 00000— g

Robertson W. A.f 11111 mil 01111 11111 11111—24

Webb, a. j.f omi inn lino m;i 11101—21

Olson, E.-f 11011 1101101111 11010 10101—18

Dubois! 11110 1011001111 01011 01100—16

*Back scores. fPractice.

Neustadter trophy race, 25 targets —

Webb 11110 11101 11111 inn 11111—23

Robertson 11111 mil 11101 11101 11011—12

Daniels 00111 10111 10101 16011 00111—16

Cuneo 01001 10000 OHIO 00011 01001—10

In the "continuous break race" 20 entries, Daniels
was high with 12 breaks, Webb second with 10, Bruns
third with 8.

Practice shooting at 10 targets — Webb 7, 10, 10
Herzog,6, 3, 4, Cuneo 6, 8, 6, Miller!, 6, 4, Rumpf 5, 6, 3c

The Union Gun Club shoot on the 2d inst. shows
a marked improvement in the shooting scores of a
number of the members. In the club shoot at 25
targets, Fred Feudner won first class money, second
class money was divided between Mitchell, Burnell,
Hoyt, Walpert, Cooper and Herring. Third class
was won by Thomas and Francis took the purse for
the fourth class. In the medal race following M. J.
Iverson won first medal for June, and Otto Fischer
won second class medal, beating out Geo. Herring on a
tie, with the score of 9 to 5 out of 10. Iverson was
high gun in the ability handicap medal race and the
added money contest. A summary of the scores made
during the day is the following:

Club shoot, 25 targets, four moneys, class shooting —
F. Feudner 24, Shields 16, Thomas 15. Debenham 21,
Iverson 23, Mitchell 19, Knick 21, Herring 14, Burnell
19, Hoyt 19, F. Feudner 24, Walpert 18, Cooper 19,
Francis 9, Herring 19, Lewis 16, Flickinger 23, Gordon

18, George Thomas 18, Knick 17, Fischer 17, Hess 16,
Javette, Jr. , 16, Schniffer 16, Drischman 20, Bonner 16,
Wollam 16, Miehelssen 16, Sylvester 22. Back scores:
Walsh 11, 12; Knick 17, Thomas 17.

Club handicap match, 25 to 30 targets, first and sec-
ond class medals — Fisher 17, Walpert 21, Gordon 13,
Javette 18, M. Feudner 21, Iverson 24, Hoyt 16, Mieh-
elssen 20, Pisani 21, Debenham 23, Herring 17, Burnell
19.

Ability medal race, 20 to 30 targets — Iverson 22,
Lewis 19, Sylvester 17, Burnell 20, Debenham 21, Pisani

19, Francis 10, Fisher 19, Walpert 21.

Added money race, 20 to 25 targets — Francis 10,
Fisher 19, Iverson 22, Sylvester 20, Walpert 21, Lewis
15.

Practice, 25 targets— F. Feudner 22, 25, 23, 24;
Sdields 22, 41; Lewis 12, Sylvester 22, Dr. Alden 15.

The California Wing Club shoot last Sunday was
not as well attended as usual. Possibly the pleasant
June weather made outings in other fields more at-
tractive for some of the members. The birds supplied
were a very strong lot. In the club race, Otto Feud-
ner scored the only straight string; he missed two birds
out of fifty-five during the day. The shooting of
Haight, "Slade, " Williamson and Dr. Barker was ex-
cellent. "Slade" caught a number of swiftleft quarter-
ing outgoers that were hard birds to kill. Achille
Roos has a faculty of herding birds into the retrieving
pit that is marvelous. After the club race eight bird
sweeps prevailed; Williamson, Feudner and Haight
made most of the straights. Donohoe, Walsh and
Simson also grassed full scores. The scores during the
day were as folio ws:

Club race, 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise —

Feudner, M. W 12211 21222 22212—15

Williamson, W. H 22121 22211 12*22—14

Shields, A. M 21112 11123 10121—14

Simson, L, 10211 12111 11121—14

Haight, C. A 12212 22220 11122—14

"Slade" 20222 12102 22112—13

Walsh, P. J 21112 1111* 11*11—13

Barker, Dr. A. M 02211 22112 21101—13

Barker, Dr. A. M 11121 20121 2*111—13

Donohoe, Ed 11112 101*1 22201—12

Roos, A 22*22 12222 1*2**— 11

Dr. W. 5. QEORQE, of Antioch, Cal.

President of the California Inanimate Target Association.

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, high guns, 30 yard
rise —

Walsh 21111121—8 Williamson 10222 222—7

Feudner..... 21112 111—8 Barker 01111 121—7

Haight 21111 212—8 Roos, A 022*1 12*— 5

Simson 21212 122—3

Eight bird pool, $2.50 entrance, high guns, 30 yard
rise —

Feudner 12111 121—8 Roos 2021* 222—6

Williamson 21111 122—8 Walsh *1102 010— i

Haight 12111212—8 Simson lOw —1

Eight bird sweepstake, $2.50 entrance, three moneys
30 yards rise —

Shields 11221112—8 Walsh 11111120-7

Williamson 11111222—8 Feudner 2112212*— 7

Donohoe 21111110—7 Barker 212*1111—7

Haight 22*22212—7 Simson 10222r21— 7

Eight bird sweepstake, $2.50 entrance, three moneys,
30 yards rise —

Donohoe 12111211—8 Williamson 11011222—7

Haight 22112221—8 Simson 22102*11—6

Shields 11121111—8 Barker *I12120 —5

Feudner 01212111—7 Walsh Ow —

Eight bird sweepstake, $2.50 entrance, three moneys,
10 yards rise —

Feudeer, M. 0 22212222—8 Haight' 12021122—7

Williamson 12221122—8 Shields 10112221—7

Walsh 11*12211—7 Simson 12012011—6

Donohoe 21111012—7 "Slade" 2*111011—9

Barker 111^1201—7

The Washington Gun Club had a well attended shoot
Sunday last at the Kimball & Upson- grounds near the
American river bridge, Sacramento. The third event
of the day was the regular club match at twenty-five
birds each, and Adams and Stevens each made a score
of twenty-two. The last match was at ten birds, F.
Ruhstahler, Jr., and A. Stevens choosing sides. Stev-
ens' team won by a score of 76 to 72. The following
are the scores: ■

Ten bird race — Knauer 5, Magistrini 6, Germeshusen
7. Sharp 7, Keuchler 6, F. Adams 9, De Merritt 9,
Trumpler 3, Rust 7, Williams 9, Reichert 7, Park 7,
Flohr 8, Just 6, Black 7, Adams 8, Knauer 8, Ruhstaller

5, Moon 4, Stevens 10, Black 5, Adams 7, Williams 7,
Just 6, Blair 5, L. Smith 9, Weldon 8, Nolan 6, Knauer
8, McEnerney 6, Reichert 7, G. Chapman 10, Ruhstaller

7, Upson 7, Weldon 8, Just 8, Blair 8, G. Chapman 8,
Weldon 6, Buhstaller 8, Just 8, Upson 6.

Fifteen bird race— Knauer 9, Magistrini, Germeshusen

8, Sharp 11, Keuehler 7, Adams 13, DeMerritt 8, Trump-
ler 13, Rust 12, Williams 13, Reichert 10, Peck 11,
Flohr 10, Just 11, Moon 10, Ruhstaller 7, Knauer 7,
Black 9.

Club race at 25 birds —

Knauer 01011 11000 11011 01111 11101—18

Magistrina 10110 01010 01010 01001 00000— 9

Germeshusen 11101 11011 I0O01 01011 01001—15

Sharp 11111 10011 01111 11001 11101—18

Keuchler 10011 01111 01011 01011 10100—15

Adams 11111 11111 10011 11011 11111—22

DeMerritt 01101 01111 11011 01111 10111—19

Trumpler 11010 Hill 11011 10110 10100—17

Rust 11110 11011 11111 11100 11111—21

Williams 11101 11111 11101 11011 01011—20

Reichert 00111 10101 mil 11001 01011—17

Peck 11111 11110 10111|0O011 11101—19

Flohr 00101 11111 10111 11010 01000—15

Just 11011 11111 11110 10011 11010—19

Moon 00111 00010 11001 OHIO 11100—12

Ruhstaller 11011 01111 11111 00011 11110—19

Black 11111 11111 11111 10010 11001—20

Stevens 10111 11101 01111 mil 11111—22

Helms 00101 mil 11101 10001 01000—15

Blair 01111 00011 10011 01111 11110—17

Smith 00100 10110 10101 0110O 11110—13

Upson 110O0 11000 mill 10111 11111—17

Welden lllll 11110 Hill 11101 OOOiu— 19

Cnapman.G lllll 11011 11101 00101 10011—13

McEnerny 00001 01101 lllll 01111 01000—14

Chapman, C 01000 01001 mil 01010 00000— 9

Bonn 11011 00011 11010 11100 00011—14

A San Francisco Trap Shooter in England.

Reports from England show that Clarence Nauman
is more than holding his own with some of the English
experts. He won two cups on May 6th, shooting from
the 30 yard mark. The English load of shot is a little
less than our shooters are accustomed to use. In blue
rock shooting the handicapping is done with extra
birds. Pigeon shooters in England favor hammer
guns for the sport. On May 18th, Nauman shotjpigeons
at the Gun Club grounds, Notting Hill. The sport is
an expensive one in England as compared with our
live bird shooting here. The events on the date above
mentioned were a miss and out shoot, $15 entrance; the
winner's purse amounted to $125 besides the pool; an-
other miss and out, $15 entrance, with a $50 purse to
the winner and also the pool amount. A run of ten
straight birds nets the shooter a purse from $150 to
$300. Pigeons cost 55 cents apiece, and are said to be
the fastest birds procurable. Nauman claims they are
the fastest and strongest he ever shot at. The amounts
(large when compared with the pool shoots here) are
not comparatively so great when, if a shooter does not
figure in the events, it will cost him from $75 to $125 a
day. Much betting is indulged in on the gun and also
on the result of a shot. The Gun Club holds a shoot
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays of each week
and is a very exclusive club. It is somewhat difficult
to shoot with the club, a necessary condition being
membership: this costs the new member $125. Mr.
Nauman has been elected a member»of the club.
Among the English trap shooters he is looked upon as
a very clever shot. On May 13th he killed 26 birds
straight. He is shooting at present from a greater dis-
tance than any other trap shooter there, the 35 yard
mark. They have a practice of placing a shooter back a
yard or half yard every time he makes a good scorelin
certain events. On May 20th Nauman won another cup,
shooting from the 34 yard mark, this cup must be won
three times by a shooter to become his personal prop-
erty, he will have to shoot, finally, from the 36 yard
mark to win. On May 21st he killed 8 birds and
divided a pool of £42 with Thomas Freake, a crack
English trap shot, he next divided with Mr. Roberts,
another celebrated shot, on 5 birds strright. The en-
trance money in the events, mostly miss and out, range
from $5 to $25. Nauman also beat one of the leading
English blue rock shooters, using one barrel to the
other's two, winning out by five birds in a 100 bird
race. This race took place at the Middlesex Gun Club
grounds, there were thirteen entries in the race, Nau-
man scored 88 and Capt. Johnson 85 targets. The live
bird boundary is 30 yards at the Gun Club. The bet-
ting has been 6 to 1 on Nauman, greater odds than is
usual on the individual gun.

In the 100 clay bird race above referred to Clarence
Nauman had a special match with J. H. Butt, of
the Middlesex Gun Club, for £20 on the same condi-
tions as the Anglo-American match. Nauman used
one barrel and his adversary both barrels. This race
was run concurrently with the weekly 100 bird competi-
tion. Mr. Butt scored 78 breaks.

In describing the shooting at the Middlesex Gun
Club grounds on May 11th, The Shooting Times states:
•'The centre-trap sweepstakes of 18 entries was divided
by Messrs. Nauman and Butt. Eleven shooters now
gave in their names for tb.e 100 bird sweepstakes.
Capt. Johnson and Mr. Paul shooting off their match
at the same time and considerable interest was taken
in the crack American's (Mr. Nauman) shooting, and
his performance — 93 out of 100 — was certainly a very
fine one, but it must not be lost sight of that he made
considerable use of his left barrel, which in the match
on June 11th will not be allowed. Mr. Butt won the
Irvine Scratch cup, with ten straight; Nauman scored
9 in this and three other events, Capt. Johnson, Mr.
Borer and Mr. Gale being the winners respectively.

H. E. Skinner Co., 416 Market street are doing a
thriving business outfitting parties for outing, camping
and tramping. In addition to their large fishing tackle
business they are making a specialty of hand made foot-
wear and outing clothing.

June 8, 1901]

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Pigeon Shooting at Monte Carlo.

A letter from an English sportsman at Monte Carlo
to a Calcutta paper gives some interesting chat con-
cerning the live bird shooting at the famous resort on
the Mediterranean and is as follows:

There are three reasons for starting this paper
"buck." First, because I have nothing in the world
to do, that's about the only disadvantage of this rest
for the weary. Unless one can fancy oneself weary
enough to stay in bed till near noon, the time is apt to
hang heavy on one's hands. Second, I am vain enough
to fancy some chums in India may find some entertain-
ment from a perusal of my yarn regarding the slaughter
of doves carried on here at this season. Third. I am
sanguine enough to hope that the editor of The Asian
may be good natured enough to send me a little check
which will enable me to have a bottle of wine now and
then on my return voyage to Bombay. The return
voyage is provided for, as I see my ticket is not "trans-
ferable," and consequently, I presume, not a negotiable
draft. My holiday in England is provided for by funds,
which are in the hands of one who I know quite well
will not remit them to Monte Carlo, be my request to
do so ever so urgent. "For the rest," as they say in
this country, I have brought all available funds with
me, and, as long as they and my Indian grown liver
hold out, I intend to enjoy myself. These are the cir-
cumstances under which I recommend a visit to Monte
Carlo. Anxiety as regards finance takes away all the
pleasure, but if proper arrangements are made for a
retreat if necessary, and only the money which one is
prepared to spend on the visit is taken with one, there
is nowhere in the world where such a maximum of
comfort can be obtained. Now, as regards pigeon
shooting. I think I may say I am a fair shot; I have
always been considered so in India at any rate, and
traps have been opened to my call in places other than
India. But they have contained birch, and reasonable
distances have been allowed within which one has a
chance of getting on terms with those birds. At Monte
Carlo, goodness knows what the things are they put
in the traps! I saw a man carrying what I certainly
took to be a pigeon to the trap, before I took up my
stand to fire at my first Monte Carlo rock, but that's
about all I know about it. I gave the order to pull, I
heard a sound of rattling machinery behind me, was
conscious that one of the traps had flattened itself out
and that something had come out of it. I fired off
both barrels as quickly as I could, not wishing to be
thought a perfect novice, but I might just as well have
fired at the rock of Gibraltar for all the damage I was
likely to do, and even if I had killed this phantom by
some lucky chance with my first shot, it would have
fallen far beyond the limits. Yet one sees men scoring
bird after bird, and I could not help wondering how
they would get on with snipe in India. Fortune favored
me the second day I tried and I killed the first two, I
don't quite know how, for probably the poor pigeon
was not more surprised than I was, the third also fell
to my left barrel, but a good twenty yards beyond the
railing. After this performance I felt so puffed up
with pride that I determined to enter my name for the
big shoot. Tne eight pounds sterling which I had to
fork out for this bit of conceit did not much matter, as
it had been won at the tables and might just as well go
back to the administation via the Grand Prix entrance
money, as over the green cloth, but my next act of
folly I did rather regret. A polite "bookie" asked if
I would like to back myself; for curiosity I asked the
price. A hundred to one made me think a bit, but I
declined with thanks. An insinuating whisper followed
me, two hundred to one! This was more than I could
stand. For the credit of India something had to be
done and why not do it well. Four thousand to twenty
in sovereigns had the desired effect. Master Bookie
looked serious and eventually climbed down a bit and
suggested- £2000 to £10, much to my delight, as my
bluff had saved me the price of about six dinners, uins
ccrmpiHs.

The great day came, the 25th of January, but alas!
before it came the sad news of the death of our good
Queen. All Monday and Tuesday (21st and 22d Janu-
ary) there was a general feeling of tension which
seemed to spread itself throughout all the people pres-
ent of whatever nationality, and the nationalities at
Monte Carlo are certainly numerous; every one read
with anviety each telegram as it was posted up in the
Casino Vestibule. Even the tables were deserted to
some extent and people wandered in and out watching
for news as it arrived. At 10:10 P. M. on Tuesday the
final sad message was posted up, which put an end to
the hopes which a few of the most sanguine had cher-
ished that this sad calamity might still be averted.
All the Englishmen present at once left the Casino,
and the sad news soon spread itself throughout Monte
Carlo. The theatre was closed on Wednesday and
there was no band, all and every nationality seemed to
feel the great blow which had fallen, and to be anxious
to contribute in some way to the memory of the great
life which had passed away.

All Englishmen who were here to compete for the
great prize on Friday, at once withdrew their names,
and those from the Colonies, as well as from America,
joined with them in this token of respect for our great
Queen. Not a gun, owned by an English speaking
sportsman, was used that day, and the bookmakers,
not to be outdone in their loyalty, agreed to cancel all
bets.

The weather on the 25th was splendid, sunshine and
a warm spring day, but no wind, which was a pity, as
the birds trapped were of the very best, and had there
been a little wind to help them they would have tested
the shooting powers of the competitors to the utmost.
At the end of the ninth round M. Moncorge's name

was the only one on the board without a miss and
things looked pleasant for him, only three more to
score and he must win. But the tenth round created a
change. M. Moncorge's bird did not look a hard one
but he let it off. Nerves perhaps, for they do trouble
even the coolest of shots at a time like that. At the
start of the eleventh round there was only six who
stood with one miss only to their debit, and bar break-
downs it looked as if the game was in their hands.
This view was correct, and the following eventually-
tied for the bi^ shoot of the year: M. Guyot, M. Mon-
corge, Signor Catenacci and the Count de Robiano.
There was a proposal to divide, but M. Moncorge de-
clined and preferred to shoot it out, which was all the
more sporting of him as he was penalized a yard as a
previous winner. In the fourteenth round the Count
de Robiano missed in a most unaccountable manner as
he had been showing great form, and this was quite an
easy bird compared with what had fallen to his lot
previously. In the next round Signor Catenacci and
M. Moncorge both came to grief, but the birds they
let away were such that would have tested most men's
shooting. This left M. Guyot, the winner, with a score of
fifteen kills out of sixteen birds fired at. The win meant
a beautiful object d'art and about 18,000 francs. M.
Guyot is almost a novice at pigeon shooting, and has
never shot at Monte Carlo before this year. He must
have good nerves besides a good eye, and we shall
probably hear more of him.

Second and third money amounting to 14,000 francs,
was divided by M. Moncorge and Signor Catenacci.

This is only the fourth time that a French name has
been recorded on the tablet during the twenty-nine
years this big prize has been shot for.

The fourth day of the shooting was devoted to the
big handicap. Whether the "weights" were not
satisfactory, or whether the stake was not a big
enough one, I don't know; but many of those who are
here for the shooting did not take part in the sport on
the 28th of January. The entry money was only £2
but I had come to the conclusion that what sovereigns
I had would find a better use at the tables, and
having obtained my ticket for the Stand by entering
for the Grand Prix, I abstained from making further
exhibition of myself by missing (to me) invisible
pigeons. The weather was just perfect and the birds
had the benefit of a little wind, which seemed to make
them fly faster than ever, if possible. There were a fair
number of Englishmen shooting, amongst whom was
the famous shot, Mr. Roberts, who shot at 28 metres,
a cruel distance when there is only about 21 yards in
which to account for one's bird, and he failed in the
seventh round. The bird he missed seemed to me to
have been specially trained to cause misses, for it knew
exactly the right moment to dodge, and. though I
thought Mr. Roberts hit it, it got away to sea. Mr.
Robinson, the champion from America, did not fail
till the ninth round, though some of the birds which
fell to his lot were regular little marvels. The terms
were, one miss out, but it was not till the eleventh
round that the field began to thin out, and there were
then only three left who had killed all. Curiously
enough all these three were Belgians, namely: M.
Paul Lunden, M. Van Den Bosch and Baron Mont-
pellier. It was late ere this result was arrived at and
as the light was beginning to fail these three sports-
men decided to divide the money, which amounted to
5000 francs. The fifth day, January 30th, brought out
a good field, no less than sixty-eight answering to their
names. The terms were, one bird at 27 metres; which
gives the good shots a chance, and did not seem to
deter the novices (except me!) from entering. Half of
the number shooting were forced to retire before the
fourth round, which seemed a good thing, for the
bookies, as it seems to me that the custom is when a
shooter has lost the excitement of taking part in the
business himself he transfers his excitement to individ-
ual shots by means of betting, and when a well known
man is at the mark the wagers run to very big figures,
odds of as much as five to one being laid on the shot.
At the end of the seventh round there were only five
left in, all of whom except one were English. Mr.
Walters, who was certainly shooting to perfection and
killed some birds which to a novice looked simply im-
possible, headed the list at the end of the ninth round,
having secured all his birds. Mr. Brascom and Mr.
Barker came next, they having failed to stop their
eighth bird, but by previous arrangement, the pool,
amounting to 4000 francs, was divided by these three.

The weather this year has been perfect, an occasional
mistral which drives the visitors into the gambling
rooms, but as a rule it has been too fine to go indoors
and the tables are only crowded in the evening. Every
day brings fresh arrivals and most of the hotels are
full.

The administration, who are never backward in pro-
viding amusement for their guests, are going to give
another big prize to be shot for later on, so as to give
the English, American and colonial shooters, who
abstained from shooting for the Grand Prix, a chance.
1 will send an account of it, if circumstances do not
necessitate my departure before them! Let us hope
fortune may smile her best.

casting and follow on June 22d and 23d with the first
Satnrday and Sunday class contests.

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Coming Events.

June 8— Fly-casting. Saturday re-entry.contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 2:30 p. m.

June 9— Fly-casting. Sunday re-entry contest. Classification
series. Stow lake 10 a. m.

June 22 — Saturday Contest No. 8. Class series. Stow lake,
2:30 p. m.

June 23— Sunday Contest No 8. Class series. Stow lake, 10 A. M.

July 1— Open season for striped bass begins.

Mansie Wauch was not only a garrulous Scotch
cobbler but tradition credits him with being an expert
angler. Once on a stream, upon being importuned by
by an ambitious novice, who wished to learn the art of
casting the fly, oldlMansie's whimsical advice was to —
"Mak' your cast and drap your fly on yonder bank,
noo pu' it aff and let it drap on the water o' its ain ac-
cord. Mak ' anither cast an let it fa ' down on the watter
as if it waur comin' frae the bank — practice that weel
mon, an you'l be vera expert in no time at all."

Trouting.

The speckled trout,
The mottled sprite of mountain brooks,
That hides 'neath rocks and covered nooks,
So shy of human kind and hooks,

Darts in and out.
And snaps anon the heedless fly,
The white-winged moth that flutters by,
And luckless 'hopper floating nigh.

My youthful joy,
To see the silvery beauty glide
In babbling brook and shyly hide,
Whene'er I came the brook beside;

Then coax him coy,
With worm hid hook or other bait,
Impatient that he made me wait,
But in the end to land him straight.

The boy's delight
Is now the joy of manhood's prime,
When I would flee the tug and grime
Of office work and checked-off time;

In rubbers tight,
With rod and reel, with laugh and shout.
To mountain river hurry out,
And cool my blood by landing trout.

— 31. Y. B. Knox in Field and Btrean

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

June 18— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting
Norman. Secretary.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

J. P

Doings in Dogdom.

Phil C. Meyer is well pleased with a nicely marked,
strong and promising Utter of puppies out of Alta
Rachel.

A high bred and handsomely marked Pointer puppy
can be obtained at a reasonable price, by addressing
the Kennel Editor.

Alec Truman has sent two Derby candidates to W.
B. Coutts, who will put them in trim for the field trials
next January. The dogs are a Pointer bitch, Patti of
Kent (Bang of Croxteth-Kent's Amy), winner of first
in puppies last month, and an orange and white Eng-
lish Setter dog Orion (Cavalier-Fanny Gladstone T.).

Phil Fay, the President of the Pacific Bull Terrier
Club, a prominent and well esteemed gentleman fancier
of this city, has recently felt the rod of infliction in
the passing away of his father, the late Phil S. Fay,
Sr., a gentleman widely known to the business com-
munity of the Coast for many years past. Mr. Fay,
Jr., has the sympathy of his many sportsmen confreres
as well as those of a large circle of other friends.

The meeting and monthly banquet of the San Fran-
cisco Fly-Casting Club will be held at the California
Hotel on Tuesday evening. To-day and to-morrow
the members will finish up the re-entry series of fly-

Dog owners seem to be singularly unfortunate these
days in losing valuable dogs. P. D. Linville recently
lost his English Setter bitch Maggie F., and despite
every effort at recovering her, not a clue has
turned up as to the location of the bitch. Mr. G. J.
M. E. D'Aquin last week lost his Fox Terrier Aldon
Artist. The dog when last seen was chasing a Divisa-
dero street car, possibly believing he was following his
master. This dog has also disappeared completely,
nor can any surmise be made as to his whereabouts.
Fred H. Johnson's Jube (or Purcell J., his registered
name) escaped from Mr. Johnson's residence on Jack-
son street Monday, nothing has been heard of the dog
since. Rewards for the return of any of the above
dogs will be paid. There is no doubt but what a class
of miscreants exist in this city; each of whom will take
charge of or steal any good dog, whenever or wherever
opportunity offers. We know of quite a number of
well bred, and good ones of different breeds that have
disappeared from owners in this city within the year
nor have the dogs ever been heard of again.

A good story is told concerning a specialty club here
and the "buncom" enterprise shown by a local fancier.
Dr. Lougest, a Boston breeder who has the reputation
of having bred some of the best Mastiffs in the world,
had heard repeatedly of the local specialty club and
read many glowing accounts of the important business
transacted at club meetings and also perused, possibly
with pleasure, the fulsome and pretentious list, of club
prizes repeatedly published, prior to a bench show, by
the "Johnny on the spot" secretary. The impression
created was so strong in favor of the "one man" club
that Dr. Lougest was desirous of doing something that
would materially advance the interests of the Mastiff
fancy on the Coast. He thereupon notified the "club"
that he had a most promising young dog that he
would send out here at a reasonable price, in fact,
would sacrifice the major portion of the money consid-
eration in a good cause. After voluminous correspond-
ence, the Doctor agreed to let the dog come out here
for $100. Another lot of correspondence and delay,
from the Coast end of the deal ensued, and finally,
when a bed rock price was asked for, the response was
that the dog would be sent for $25. The offer was
accepted by letter on the condition that the owner
would send the dog out here, all the way from Boston,

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on approval The dog here referred to was a winner
at the bench show of the New England Kennel Club
this spring and is a better Mastiff than has ever been
brought to the Coast. The enterprise and true fanci-
er's spirit shown by Dr. Lougest hardly merited the
shabby treatment he received. With such material
composing, in part, the personnel of the would be lead-
ers of the fancy here it is no wonder that our bench
shows do not 'pay (the recent show fell behind over
S900.00) and that the Eastern fancy look upon us as of
the "wild and woolly west.''

Dog fanciers generally do not agree with the able
physician who is quoted as saying that the presence of
foreign substances, like pebbles, glass and feathers in
a dog's stomach makes it certain that the animal was
affected with rabies. Mr. Thomas J. Sheubrooks, who
has made an international reputation as a breeder of
St. Bernards, was once asked for his opinion on this
subject, and said:

"The presence of the foreign matter is by no means
an indication of rabies. On the contrary, it shows
that the dog was suffering from some stomach trouble,
which may have given it convulsions and caused it to
act in a manner which gave rise to the belief that it
was rabid. When a dog is suffering from one or a
complication of the disorders of the stomach and in-
testines, it will swallow bits of most anything that
comes to hand, hoping to find a counter-irritant which
will bring relief It is really surprising to know what
they will swallow under such circumstances and live.
I have known several cases where large pieces of glass
were swallowed without doing any damage."

Mr. Luke W. White, another Baltimore fanier who
was, as he says, "born in the kennels, " his father hav-
ing been a famous kennel keeper in Ireland and for the
last thirty-three years he has been an acknowledged
authority on matters canine, and has had much to do
with rabies, not only from the standpoint of a dog ex-
pert, bu ; as a graduate of medicine, say s in regard to
this subject:

"My opinion is that the mere fact of finding foreign
substances in the stomach is almost a positive proof
that the dog did not have rabies. If it indicates any
brain trouble it indicates cerebro-spinal meningitis,
which in its outward form is much like violent rabies,
and is apt to make the dog behave more in accordance
with popular conception of rabies than the rabies
themselves. The fact that a dog swallows grass and
occasionally a small stone does not indicate a radically
disordered system. The acids in the stomach of dogs
are very strong and very plentiful. Sometimes the
lining of the stomach becomes so charged with these
acids in excess of that required to digest the food upon
which it has been living that the dog seeks an irritant
which acts upon the walls of the stomach and causes
an artificial flow of the acid. Grass is the counter-
irritant provided by nature and the one the dog pre-
fers. It does not select smooth grass, but that which
has prickly edges and tickles the little vessels contain-
ing the acids. If grass is not at hand it will take hair,
which never kills. Lacking Igrass, or hair not being
effective, it takes other substances, of which wood is
the most dangerous. ' '

♦ ■

The After Effects of Distemper.

Although during the past few years a great deal of
trouble has been taken by scientists to investigate the
cause of distemper, we still seem to be a long way from
a satisfactory solution of all the difficulties connected
with that complaint. Distemper in itself is not so seri-
ous a matter as are the troubles which follow in its
wake. The most deadly of these is the complaint
known as Chorea or Paralysis sometimes called
"Twitch," which is an involuntary jerking of the
nerves, affecting sometimes the head, sometimes the
legs, sometimes the whole body. It usually comes
about in this way. A dog has distemper and, as the
owner believes, has it very mildly; he merely shows
signs of a little cold, or perhaps he is merely "off
color," as the expression is, loses his appetite, and
seems not to be himself for a few days, no other symp-
toms in particular making their appearance. After a
few days he is better, and the owner thinks he has had
distemper and is getting over it, and nothing more is
thought of the matter until a little later on — probably
after the lapse of a week or two he has a fit, and on
recovering from the fit it is found that he is twitching
all over. This is not always what happens. In many
cases the first symptom of anything being wrong takes
the form of this involuntary twitching of the muscles;
the disease is very insidious and comes on in various
ways, but that it seems to be almost entirely connected
with distemper, and the moral to be learned from this,
therefore, is that any case of distemper however mild
should be treated as seriously as if it were a bad attack,
because this chorea or paralysis ought almost to be
described as a sort of suppressed distemper which if
the case is thoroughly treated is brought out of the
system instead of being allowed to lie dormant there
until it affects the brain and causes the distressing
symptoms of twitching, which in many cases last till
the end of the dog's life. The treatment of the dis-
ease consists in giving powerful nerve tonics, and there
is nothing much better, according to some English fan-
ciers, than powerful doses of Easton's Syrup (which is
a mixture of iron, quinine and strychnine). The dose
of this ranges from ten drops for a small pet dog to a
drachm and a half or two drachms for a St. Bernard.
The remedy will have to be continued for several
weeks — in many cases several months' treatment is
necessary before any impression is made on the dog.
He must be carefully dieted, fed on most easily digested
foods (avoiding much meat) and should have all the
outdoor exercise he can possibly endure. Many of our
local breeders and owners have found Dr. Glover's
remedies to be rapid and efficient in both the incipient
and advanced stages of the disease.

PASSING OF THE NEWFOUNDLAND.

This Breed of Dog is Nearly Extinct in

America.

Twenty-five years ago the two breeds of dogs most
commonly seen in this country were the Dalmatian or
spotted coach dog and the Newfoundland, writes
Hu-ul in a Boston exchange. To-day both varieties
are rare, although the Dalmation is rapidly coining
into favor again. Not so the Newfoundland, a breed
which threatens to become extinct in this country
although still popular in England.

As an example of the rarity of the Newfoundland
dog in this country may be cited the fact that out of
16,278 dogs registered in the American Kennel Club
stud book only 31 are Newfoundlands, and of these
three are registered as black and white. At the bench
show of the Westminster Kennel Club, held in New
York last year, 2111 dogs were shown, of which only
three were Newfoundlands, while this year, although
1534 dogs were exhibited at the New York show, only
two Newfoundlands were among them.

Since 1890 classes for Newfoundlands have been dis-
continued by the New England Kennel Club at its an-
nual dog show in this city. In 1885, 19 Newfoundlands
were entered for the Boston show; in 1886, 9 were
shown; in 1897, 12; in 1888, 13; in 1889, 3, and in 1890, 1;
when the class was discontinued.

Of course, when Dame Fashion frowns upon a breed
of dog, the demand for it falls off, and breeders who
are in the business for profit, are obliged to turn to
some more popular type. Ten years ago there were
several extensive breeders of Newfoundlands in this
country. To-day the writer does not know of one-
The St. Bernard supplanted the Newfoundland in the
affections of the dog-loving public, and breeders turned
their attention from the "sailor" to the "saint."

Mr. J. A. Nickerson of Boston, formerly a breeder of
New foundlands, says that the pure Newfoundland is
now rarely met with, though every large black dog is
commonly called by that name, and he goes so far as
to state that it is doubtful whether a typical specimen
could be found on the island of Newfoundland to-day.

It is doubtful if the Newfoundland ever becomes
popular as a city dog on account of its proclivity for
water, its intense curiosity and its impatience of con-
finement, but in the suburbs and country, and espec-
ially at the seashore, it seems as though the dog ought
to meet with greater favor.

The characteristics of the typical Newfoundland are
intelligence, kindly disposition, power and buoyancy
in the water; love of children and remarkable discre-
tionary powers. This dog is also very sensitive, and
should be managed carefully while young.

As a water dog the Newfoundland can hardly be ex-
celled, his powerful formation and partially webbed
feet making him an especially strong swimmer. Well
authenticated instances of life-saving by this dog are
numerous, and at a seashore bathing place a well
trained Newfoundland, if kept under proper control,
should be extremely valuable. It is necessary that the
dog be kept under control, otherwise his zeal for life
saving is apt to outweigh his discretionary powers and
the dog become a nuisance by trying to pull bathers
out of the waters who do not want to be "saved.''

The writer has a Newfoundland who frequently ac-
companies him in the water, swimming around among
the other bathers apparently unconcerned; but let any
one cry out or utter what to his intelligence seems an
exclamation of fear, and immediately the dog is off to
the rescue, no matter if the person be an entire
9tranger.

On account of the water and retrieving propensities
of the Newfoundland, this dog has been used in Eng-
land to strengthen those qualities in the retriever. The
blood of the Newfoundland has also been largely used
in this country in producing the celebrated Chesapeake
Bay nog, so popular with duck shooters.

Water trials for this dog have been held in England,
the competitive tests being as follows:

1. Courage displayed in jumping into water from a
height to recover an object.

2. Quickness displayed in bringing the object ashore.

3. Intelligence and speed in bringing a boat to shore.
The boat must, of course, be adrift and the painter
have a piece'of white wood attached to keep it afloat,
mark its position and facilitate the dog's work.

4. To carry a rope from shore to a boat with a
stranger, not master, in it.

5. Swimming races to show speed and power against
stream or tide.

6. Diving. A common flag basket with stone in it
to sink it answers well, as it is white enough to be seen
and soft enough for the dog's mouth.

The Newfoundland not only excels as a water dog,
but is very valuable as a watch dog. In fact it is
doubtful if in this respect he is equalled by any other
variety with the possiole exception of the Mastiff.
Alert, quick of- sight and hearing and with a keen
sense of smell there is no better protection from burg-
lars than a full grown Newfoundland on guard. His
loyalty and courage are proverbial, and in defense of
his master or his master's property he would readily
risk his own life.

The early history of the Newfoundland is veiled in
obscurity, and there is considerable difference of opinion
as to what was originally recognized as the true type.
Many of the early Newfoundlands differed widely in
color and in other respects from those now held to be
of the true type.

In early times there were many large dogs in New-
foundland that were called Newfoundlands, but the in-
habitants of the island looked only on such that were
black or rusty black with thick, shaggy coats as being
of the true type,

Some early writers declare the true breed to be only
of intense black with a small streak of white on the
breast. This white patch on the breast, it might be
said in passing, is found in 99 out of 100 specimens of
the pure blooded Newfoundland dog, and one very
rarely sees a Newfoundland without it.

Other very early writers say that the predominating
color is white with black head or face mark, a black
saddle mark and other black markings. Still other
authorities hold that the dog should be of a rusty dun
shade. Some say that it should be curly; others,
shaggy; others, wavy.

Sir Edwin Landseer in his painting entitled "A Dis-
tinguished Member of the Humane Society," repre-
sented a black and white dog of the Newfoundland
type, which made that variety very popular for a time
in England, but as only jet black was recognized as the
pure type, separate classes were made for the black
and white dog at the bench shows under the title of
' 'Landseer Newfoundland. ' ' They were never imported
to this country.

The only recognized color for the true Newfound-
land in America is jet black, with the exception of the
white patch on the breast previously referred to,
which does not disqualify.

When King Edward VII., then Prince of Wales,
visited Newfoundland, in 1860, before his tour through
Canada and the United States, he was so much
charmed with the dogs for which the island is noted
that he took away with him a magnificent specimen
called Hero.

The dog was a source of considerable anxiety to the
prince and those whose duty it was to take care of
him. So long as the prince remained upon the troop-
ship which brought him over from England constant
watchfulness had to be exercised to prevent Hero from
going overboard for a swim. Even when Hero was
allowed to take exercise between decks, an open port-
hole giving him a glimpse of the water was quite suf-
ficient to make him jump through it into his beloved
element. At last it was found that Hero must be per-
manently tied up, or a boat, fully manned, must always
be kept in readiness to go after him when he chose to
take a dip. The former plan was adopted.

Following are the recognized points for judging:

1. Symmetry and general appearance. The dog
should impress the eye with strength and great activ-
ity. He should move freely on his legs, with the body
swinging loosely between them. A slight roll in gait
should not be objectionable, but, at the same time, a
weak or hollow back, slackness of the loins or cow
hocks are decided faults.

2. Head should be broad and massive, flat on the
skull, the occipital bone well developed'. There should
be no decided stop, and the muzzle should be short,
clean cut and rather square in shape and covered with
short, fine hairs. Eyes should be small, of a dark
brown color, rather deeply set, but not showing any
haw. They should be rather wide apart. Ears should
be small, set well back, square with the skull, lie close
to the head, and covered with short hair and no fringe.

3. Body should be well ribbed up with a broad back,
neck strong and well set on the shoulders and hack.
Loins strong and muscular. Chest should be deep and
fairly broad and well covered with hair, but not to
such an extent as to form a frill. Bone should be
massive throughout, but not to give a heavy, inactive
appearance.

4. Coat should be flat and dense, of coarsest texture
and only nature, and be capable of resisting the water.
If brushed the wrong way, it should fall back into its
place naturally. Color, jet black, a splash of white on
breast not objectionable.

5. Fore legs should be perfectly straight, well
covered with muscle, elbows in. but well let down and
and feathered all down. Hind-quarters and legs should
be very strong. The legs should have great freedom
of action and a little feather. Slackness of loins and
cow hocks are a great defect. Dew claws are object-
ionable. Feet should be large and well shaped.
Splayed or out-turned feet are objectionable.

6. Tail should be of moderate length, reaching
down a little below the hocks. It should be of fair
thickness and well covered with long hair, but not to
form a flag. When the dog is standing still and not
excited it should hang downward with a slight curve
at the end, but when the dog is in motion it should be
carried a trifle up, and when he is excited straight out,
with a slight curve at back. Tails with a kink in them
or curved over the back are very objectionable.

7. Size and weight are very desirable as long as
symmetry is maintained. A fair average height at the
shoulder is 27 inches for a dog and 25 inches for a
bitch. A fair average weight for a dog is 100 pounds
and 85 pounds for a bitch.

A St. Bernard bitch 34^ inches high at the shoulder
is a canine giant an Eastern exchange gives us the
credit of having on the Coast. The bitch, Beauty of
the Joaquin, is a large one, but not so high as reported.
We remember, Beauty, when she was recently brought
to this office, stood alongside an office table, her
shoulders were not on a level with the top of it, which
is just 32 inches from the floor. We much doubt that
there is a dog in the United States who stands as high
as the figures first given.

We note a recent whelping of some red Cockers to
Pine Hill Cocker Kennels' Dusky Belle. Uncas, the
sire, was the winner of first in- puppies at the recent
bench show; he is an Eastern dog and a promising one.

Kennel Registry.

WHELPS.

Pine Hill Cocker Kennels' Cocker Spaniel bitch Dusky Belle
(Redwood Virgy-Black Tighe) whelped May 24, 1901, five red
puppies (4 dogs) to same owners' Uncas 58,895 t Red Leo-Red Molly) .

Glenwood Kenneis" St. Bernard bitch Alta Rachel {St. Leonard-
Princess Rachel) whelped May 28, 1901, ten puppies (9 dogs) to
same owners' Le King (Ch. Le Prince-Sylvia's Lola).

N.IAdams' English Setter bitch Nellie O'Neill (Gladstar — Fannie
O'Neill) whelped May 31, 1901, eight puppies (6 dogs) to Fred
Johnson's Purcell J (Dash Antonio-Patty B.)

SALES

George H. Cook sold the Irish Setter bitch Queen (Tray Spot —
Hazel C) to Will S. Kittle, June 4, 1901.

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THE FARM.

An Error in Feeding.

The importance of the right kind of
food for the dairy cow is not as fully ap-
preciated as it should be, even in our so-
called leading dairy states. Prof. T. L.
Haecker of the Minnesota Agricultural
College brought out this point very clearly
in a recent address before the Agricultural
Society of that State. He said :

The error that our farmers are making
is not so much in under feeding as it is in
not providing their cows with the right
kind of feed. This fact was very clearly
demonstrated in a letter from a dairy
farmer stating that he was feeding good
millet hay, all they would eat, a bundle
of unhusked corn, averaging about ten
ears to the bundle, and five pounds of
roots. In examining the chemical com-
position of the food stuffs and the quan-
tity given, we find that the cows were
receiving all they could eat.

A cow fed with such a ration is to all
external appearance well fed. But when
we examine the amount of protein pro-
vided by this ration, we find that for a
milch cow she is only half fed. Cows re-
quire of the group of nutrients known as
proteins from two to two and a half pounds
a day, according to the amount of work
'they are doing. This ration furnished
only .yB of a pound, being only a trifle
over what is needed daily for bodily main-
tenance. An animal weighing 1000 pounds,
kept quiet and comfortably housed, needs
.65 of a pound of protein per day for re-
building the body tissues that break down
da'.ly, so there was left available for milk
or meat only .33 of a pound of protein, or
about enough to make a pound of gain, or
to produce the amount of milk required
for half a pound of butter daily. This is
not an exceptional case, but is a fair illus-
tration of the almost universal practice
among farmers. That such is the case is
confirmed by the statistics, which show
that the average cow yields only 165
pounds of butter per year. Allowing half
a pound a day during 300 days, which is
the time ordinary cows are expected to
give milk, we have 150 pounds per cow-
The 15 pounds additional for which statis-
tics give her credit is made up during the
short period in the spring when she is in
good pasture.

A new record price for Hereford cows
was set last week at Chicago when the
show cow Dolly 2d sold for $5000. Mr.
John Hooker was the seller and Mr. X.
T. Bowen, Delphi, Ind., was the pur-
chaser. Dolly 2d had a beautiful heifer
calf at foot which was included in the
purchase, incidentally indicating that
Bhow-yard condition is not necessarily a
barrier to satisfactory maternal functions.
This famous cow was looking very fresh
and the bidding was keen. Other strong
prices were made at this sale, but the sen-
sation in the present upward movement
in "white-face" values was the record-
breaking price of $5000 for the cow and
her calf. At the January sale at KaDBas
City the mark for Hereford females was
set at $3700 by Carnation, but the contest
on this occasion between old time breed-
ers and the new comer who outlasted
them pushed the mark much higher up.
The chief significance of this high price is
the determination evidenced on the part
of breeders to seek the best at whatever
cost in order that this may forward the
work of improvement. This is a case
whare a long price ie based on show-yard
record, backed up by approved blood lines
and demonstrated breeding ability cf a
high order.— Breeders Gazette.

The New Zealand method of branding
cattle without the use of a hot iron has
recently been made publicin this country.
Satisfactory tests have been made of a
branding composition which is applied
with the ordinary iron and leaves its
tnark sufficiently for all purposes of iden-

tification and durability The composi-
tion consists of equal parts of barium sul-
phide and coal tar, preferably thinned by
a mixture of potash and water in equal
parts by measure and spirits of turpen-
tine, each equal in measure to the original
composition. Sulphides of the alkalis or
alkaline earths are often substituted for
fhe barium sulphide. The liquid result-
ing from this mixture is applied to the
hair or wool of the animal with a cold
branding iron and destroys the hair and
brands the hide in a substantially per-
manent and conspicuous manner, with
out injury to the hide. This testimony is
unqualified and the idea is certainly
worthy of careful test on our ranges.
Leather men will hail the day when the
disfiguring brands will no longer cause
hides to cut to waste and it will be money
saved on all hands if this New Zealand
fashion of branding can be successfully
introduced on our western ranges.

The Dairy Commissioner of Iowa in his
last annual report says that the average
wages paid butter makers at the cream-
eries, $53.80 per month, is none too high
for anyone who is worthy of the name,
and greatly too much for one who does
not know how to make good butter. The
abilities of a man cannot always be judged
by I he wages he wants, but the chances
are that there will be better results with
a man who thinks he is worth $60
month than with one who thinks he is
worth only $35. He instances one cream
ery which had a butter maker to whom
they paid $75 a month. They had under
his management always received the
money for their butter almost as soon as
shipped, and the farmers got their money
on the first of the month, basing prices
on market quotations at that time. They
let that man leave and hired a cheaper
man from motives of economy, and after
a while wrote to his office for advice, as
they foimd themselves $1400 in debt. The
advice given was to hire a competent
buttermaker and pay him enough so that
they could keep him. A poor butter-
maker is like a poor cook at a hotel, it
drives away custom, and wastes good
mater al, thus causing double loss.

An ingenius dairyman is now promis.
ing to give his customers noiseless milk.
It is only another term for a new method
by which the delivery of lacteal fluid at
one's back door can be done without rous-
ing the neighborhood by the clanging of
milk cans, rattling of wagon wheels, ring
ing of bells, slamming of gates and the
pounding of heavily shod feet on the back
stair. The demons of the dark are to
have their vehicles rubber-tired, their
boots shod with rubber and have rubber
mats for measuring out, with rubber
bum»pers on the cans. It seems a dairy-
man was kindly taken sick and came to
the city for treatment. While lying at the
hospital he was greatly annoyed by being
awakened at an unearthly hour each
morning by the man delivering milk. As
soon as he recovered he had all his milk-
men shod with rubber shoes and then be-
gan to exploit his scheme as described.
The result has been immense. His busi-
ness has quadrupled and his milk service
has gained great popularity.

Mr. John II Garber, who is collecting
statistics for the Department of Agricul-
ture touching the manufacture and con-
sumption of oleomargarine, recently stated
while in Kansas City that the use of this
substanceis increasing all over thecountry.
He is quoted thus: "In Chicago, where
half the butterine made in the country is
produced, its use is increasing. I think
the increase all over the country is not
confined to the working clasB alone but to
the people of better circ instances also.
Illinois had laws prohibiting the coloring
of butterine but they have been declared
unconstitutional by the county court of
Cook county and because of the system of
courts there this decision is final and can

not be appealed to the Supreme Court of
the State. The oleomargarine business is
attractive on account of the large amount
of business that may be done on a small
capital."

It often occurs to dairymen whether or
not it is profitable to feed and turn off
veal calves. In a careful test covering a
feeding period a little over six weeks in
length the average veal calves paid 95.7
cents a hundred for milk testing approxi-
mately 4.05 per cent or 2.09 cents for
butter fat thus consumed. The average
yearly pr ce paid for butter on the Elgin
board of trade in 1898 was 18.8 cents. If
from this iB deduc ed the cost of making
the butter the net price will be a little
more than 15 cents or about six cents less
a pound than could be obtained for it if
fed to veals and sold at i}{ cents a pound
at six weeks of age.

Division of Immigration.

According to cable and forecasts by the
steamship companies, forty thousand
Italian immigrants will have arrived in
the United States by the end of May. The
Italian immigration so far this season is
unprecedented. Charles G. Eichler, chief
of the bureau of statistics on Ellis Island
estimates that fully fifty per cent, of the
Italian peasantry coming to thiB port is
from the southern portion of the peninsula
and from Sicily and Sardinia. Of the im-
migrants forty-eight per cent, remain in
New York city for periods varying from
three days to permanent|residence ; twelve
per cent, go to Pennsylvania, eight pe
cent, to Massachusetts, five per cent, to
Illinois and five per cent, to Connecticut
The remainder is divided among the other
States. Of the immigrants from Northern
Italy eighteen per cent, are bound for the
vineyards of California and the mines of
the Pacific slope. These immigrants are
of a more prosperous class than formerly.
Of the total of about fifty thousand im-
migrants who will have arrived at this
port in the six weeks ending May 11th,
nearly one-half will be Italians The
males are coming in a preponderance over
the femaleB of about two to one. The
grand total of immigration last year was
448,572.

Alfalfa for Sheep.

It has been demonstrated that a good
growth of alfalfa will keep from eight to
ten ewes and their lambs per acre, says
the Nebraska Farmer. It is easy to see
that there is scarcely any other crop that
will give such returns as this in pasturing
sheep. This is certainly a better return
than could be realized from an acre of
alfalfa made into hay. The best results
will be realized by feeding a little grain
with the alfalfa. Bran is an excellent
grain to feed with alfalfa pasture. Shrop-
shire-Merino cross-bred lambs have been
made to weigh 90 pounds at eight months
under this method of feeding.

Max Waterman never uses artificial
heat, but admits that it would be better
to do so than let birds sufier with cold.

You can stand almost
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foaled 1896 by Direct, dam Lady W. by Ophir,
by Almont. Trial 3:28. Good racing prospect,
and a splendid road horse. Thoroughly broken
and gentle. Stands 16 hands and weighs 1200
pounds Will sire size, style and speed. BAY GELDING, foaled 18116 by Direct, dam Mamie G. by
Brigadier, second dam Hatchet by Norfolk, thoroughbred. Can easily show a 30 gait, and trots well
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Alameda Race Track. For further particulars apply there or to

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Dry Grain or Wet Food in Swine
Feeding.

That the addition of milk to meal in
the feeding of pigs is of high valne has
long been established, but in the absence
of milk it is questionable whether it is
worth the while of the feeder either to
pay the cost of feeding grain which has
been ground or of mixing it into a paste,
writes" Agricola in the Mckigan Farmer.
In some cases where grain is not ground
the feeder soaks it in water ; in others it
is given whole, and water is provided in a
separate vessel. Here is a case in which
pigs were fed both upon dry and wet
grain, in this case maize. A group of four
pigs were fed upon white maize, water
being supplied separately; the second
group of four received maize which had
been mixed with its own weight of water:
a third four received maize which had
been soaked in twice its weight of water:
while a fourth group of four received a
similar quantity of grain with thrice its
weight of water. It should be added that
all the groups had water at their command
in addition: feeding took place twice
daily, and continued for 146 days, at
the end of which the animals consuming
the dry grain had consumed 634 lbs., those
receiving grain with its own weight of
water 644 lbs., those receiving grain with
double its weight of water 650 lbs., and
the last group 614 lbs. Practically speak-
ing, the weights gained per day were al-
most identical, slightly more than a pound
per pig. It is still more interesting to
notice the quantity of grain which was
required to make a pound of gain in
weight. The first group consumed 3.59
lbs., the second 3.80 lbs., the third 3.74
lbs., and the fourth 3."5 lbs. Now, in spite
of the fact that the second group of pigs
gained the greatest weight during the
feeding period, they ate the most food)
and their gain coat the most money ; in-
deed, 100 lbs. of gain cost $3.12, as
against $2.95, which was the cost of
100 lbs. gained by the lot that consumed
the dry grain, the other lots being prac-
tically alike. The third and fourth groups
of pigs required no additional water,
whereas the first and second groups con-
sumed water separately.

We may take it apparently, as a result
of this work that a young pig obtaining
pure water to the extent of twice the
weight of the grain it consumes, obtains
enough. "We are not yet at the end of
our knowledge in the simple matter of
feeding swine. It has been shown most
recently that sour skim milk, contrary to
the belief of many, is less economical than
sweet «kim milk. Now we once more
find that the plan which is the least
trouble is more economical than the plan
which is the greatest trouble ; in other
words that it is more economical to pro-
vide pigs, where a particular grain is em-
ployed, with the whole grain and water
separately, than to pay for the cost of
grinding the grain and taking the trouble
to mix it into slop with water. From a
point of view of physiology this is quite
comprehensive ; pigs receiving sloppy food
consume it ravenously and assuredly with
results in some cases which cannot be ad-
vantageous, whereas pigs consuming dry
grain are compelled to grind it. and as a
result there can be no doubt that they
masticate it better.

and mix enough good cement with them
to make it solid and firm. Then top over
with a mixture of one part cement to two i
parts clean, coarse sand. On this founda-
tion the frame of the silo can be built.
Such a flooring will be permanent and
not give way until several structures have
rotted and tumbled down. With good
chestnut staves or lumber fitted and
matched snugly together the silo will be
well builtand air-tight. The inside of the
silo should be painted with hot gas tar
the outside with metallic paint. The roof
should be made double, with roofing paper
spread between the walls and painted
with graphite paint. In this way the silo
will shed water and prove practically as
tight as needed. Tarring the inside of the
silo not only helps to exclude air and
moisture, but it prevents rotting of the
wood and destroys insects 'hat live in
many woods.

In filling the silo the corn should be
cut at the glazing period. The cutting
and filling should then be carried on as
rapidly as possible, so that the last of the
crop will not get too old before it can be
harvested. The corn for the silo should
be planted in rows about three feet apart,
and one foot apart in row. if properly
planted and replanted early enough every
stalk should reach a good size and produce
an ear. The silo should be filled as soon
as possible after the corn has reached the
proper stage, and then, if handled rightly,
not a pound of it should be wasted. A\
good deal of the waste in the silo comes
from carelessness. The rain, moisture and
air must be excluded from the silo, but
freezing and thawing should not injure
the ensilage in winter or spring. Good
ensilage should be as nourishing and palat-
able in the spring as in the early part of
winter.

Connecticut. Jasies S. Wilson-.

do of their dams, for they form the nursery
of the dairy.

A poor, pot-bellied calf raised on slop
in a small bare enclosure, with green pas-
ture just out of reach, is enough to make
an honest dairyman weep, and yet how
many such do we see!

Is it any wonder the land is full of
' 'common" cows? They would be un-
common ones, indeed, if they could evolve
from such infancy into robust, profitable
animals. George E. Newell.

We think there is little doubt but that
if both ewe and ram are each one of good
strong vigorous twins, and are well cared
for, that the tendency to obtain twins
will be much greater. We know an ex-
perienced sheep breeder who would not
use any ram in his flock that was not a
twin lamb, and he much preferred that it
should be one of twin ram lambs from a
ewe that was one of twins. Thus he
claimed to be very sure of at least 150
lambs from 100 ewes. We used to have
some doubts about the advantage of twin
lambs, as one good lamb is better than
two poor ones, but now we think it pos-
sible by liberal and judicious feedi g of
the ewe to keep her so that she will give
milk enough for two until they are old
enough 1o eat a little grain at the trough,
and when one can do that the more twin
lambs the greater the profit in the flock.

The sheep seldom dies in debt to its
owner ; its matters not when it does, its
pelt will pay for its keep

Fowls need a variety of food and some
animal food is essential.

Thoughts for the Present Dairy
Season.

Building and Filling a Silo.

The main thing in building any silo,
either of staves or boards, is to secure
timber that is free from rotten knots and
decayed centres. Select good chestnut,
which will outlast most lumber, and have
it cut from comparatively old, well-
matured trees. If well-seasoned timber,
there will be little likelihood of the struc
ture warping and drawing {in summer
when empty.

As a foundation for the silo make an
excavation fully three feet in depth and
:it least two feet wider than the silo walls.
Fill this excavation with Bmall stones,

Many dairymen possessing common
cows get discouraged, because they say
they cannot compete successfully with
more fortunate farmers owning blooded
herds.

To such let me say, the remedy for im-
provement lies in your own hands.

If you think you cannot spare the money
to purchase a blooded bull, attempt to
secure the services of one this season for
at least a portion of your herd.

Select only your best milch animals to
be the mothers of your future grades, and
you will soon have a herd of the latter of
which no dairyman need be ashamed.

In the meantime, do not wait idly for
the future and improved bovine genera-
tion to work wonders for you, but treat
those you now possess as though they too
were blooded animals.

You don*t know how it increases a com-
mon cow's self respect, and incidentally
her milk yield, to have a sweet, clean
stable to walk into night and morning;
to be turned into a pasture with succulent
feed up to her eyes, and with plenty of
pure, cool water to drink; to see the
shepherd dog chained up instead of snap-
ping at her heels, and to receive gentle
words rather than kicks, and have the
atmosphere free from cuss words at milk-
ing time.

It is the little attentions ■ hat go to make
up the successful management of dairying,
and he who does not study the needs of
the common cow and her environment,
need expect no success with her better
blooded sister.

Now, before you are fairly launched
into the dairy season of 1901 take heed of
these things, as their observance may
mean the very essence of dairy profit to
you before the summer is ended.

Another thing, I have no patience with
a half-hearted dairyman, one who lacks
enthusiasm in his work. Such a one never
has or never will make cows pay. Enter
with spirit into your work or don't work
at all.
Take as good care of the calves as you

Annual fleeting

The Annual Meeting of the members of the

Pacific Coast Trotting

Horse Breeders Association

Will be held at the office of the Association, 36
Geary Street, San Francisco, on Monday, June 10,
1901, at 8 o'clock p. M.. for the purpose of electing
a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

F. W. KELLEV, Secretary.

Racing! Racing!

SPRING MEETING

California Jockey Club

OAKLAND RACE TRACK

Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
THURDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rain
or shine.

Five or More Races Each Day.

Races start at 2:15 P. m. sharp.

Ferry boats leave San Francisco at 12 m. and
12:30, 1, 1:30, 2, 2:30 and 3 P. it . connecting with
trains stopping at the entrance to the track. Last
two cars on train reserved for ladies and their
escorts; no smoking. Buy your ferry tickets to
Shell Mound. All trains via Oakland mole con-
nect with San Pablo avenue electric cars at
Seventh and Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains
via Alameda mole connect withSan Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in fifteen
minutes.

Returning— Trains leave the track at 4:15 and
■1:45 p. M., and immediately after the last race.

THOS. H. WTLLTAMS JR., Pres.
R. B. MJLROY, Sec'y.

FOR SALE.

A Two-Man Moyer Bike Speed Buggy,

Almost new. Weight 155 pounds. Cost $335.
Will be sold cheap. Apply to FRED CHASE,
1732 Market street. San Francisco.

Aldon Artist

FOX TERRIER

LOST. STRAYED OR STOLEN, May 29th.
Black and white, long coat, black head, white
blaze, black patch on left side near leg; bushy
tail. Address 3118 Steiner St.; tel. Scott ?6.

THOROUGHBREDS FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers at private sale all the
thoroughbred horses and mares on the well-known
Sonoma Stock Farm owned by the late J. B.
Chase. These are royally-bred producing stallions
and mares, and all will be priced without reserve.
For particulars and prices address J. B. Waldes
Jr., Executor Estate of J. B. Chase, 310 Pine
street, San Francisco.

Yreka Jockey Club

RACE MEETING

July 1st to 6th, 1901.

programme:

(ALL ENTRIES OVER NIGHT).
FIRST DAY, JULY 3.

Race No. l — Running, three-eighths mile dasb
(Siskiyou county horses), purse $100.

Race No. 2— Special trot, match race, purse $203.

Race No. 3— Running, three-quarter mile dasb,
purse $150.

Race No- 4 — Trotting and pacing, three minute
class, best two in three, purse *1d0.

SECOND DAY, JULY 4.

Baseball tournament. Purse for same $20<i.

Race No. o— Running, one-half mile dash, purse
5125.

Race No. 6— Trotting and pacing. 2:30 class, best
three in 6ve. purse £250.

Race No 7— Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
purse $175.

THIRD DAY, JULY 5.

Race No. 8— Five-eighths mile dash, purse $125.

Race No. 9 — Trotting and pacing, 2:40 class, best
three in five, purse $200.

Race No. 10— Running, three-quarter mile dasb,
purse $lo0.

Race No 11— Running, one mile dash, purse$300.

Race No. 12— Saddle horse race for Siskiyou
county horses. 600 yards, purse §if).

FOURTH DAY, JULY 6.

Race No- 13— Running, one-quarter mile dash,
purse $100.

Race No. 14— Trotting and pacing, free for all,
purse $200.

Race No. 15— Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
purse $175.

Race No, 16— Running, three-quarter mile dash,
for non-winners of the three previous days, purse
$150.

CONDITIONS.
Three to enter and two to start. Entrance fee
10 per cent. Purse divided 60, 30 and 10 per cent.
For further particulars address

R. S. TAYLOR, Secv,
Yreka, Cal

VETERINARY.

Great Prospects For Sale.

LADY ATRLXE, bay mare, 4 years, by Prince
Airlie (son of Guy Wilkes) dam Pamela by Regal
Wilkes 2:11££, second dam Mamie Kohl by Stein-
way, third dam Lady Blanchard by Whipple's
Hambletonian, fourth dam Lady Livingtone by
Gen Taylor. This mare is 16 hands, weighs 1050,
and is a* square trotter. Can show a mile in 2:40
and has not been trained. A good green prospect.

MARTHA WASHINGTON, bay filly. 2 years,
by Geo. Washington, dam by Scott's Henry
Clay. This filly is just broken and is in fine
shape. She is entered in the Occident and
Stanford Stakes for 1902, paid up to date.
These mares are for sale at a low figure. They

can be seen at J. M. Nelson's stables at Alameda

track For further particulars address

T. S. J., TbJs Office.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue. San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

:dx-. wm, :f\ ^sau.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

| Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
J Veterinary College, Edinburgh: Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
, Inspe ctor for New Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
; Medicine, Veterinary Surgery. Veterinary Depart-
\ ment University of California: Ex-President of
| the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near "Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

BLAKE, M0FFITT & T0WNE

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65-67-59-61 First Street, S. F.

TELEPHONE MAIN 199

dREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL sTEINS— Winners of every 7 days' butter
contest, at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr., 3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds: 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have bearen
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YERBA BUENA JEKSEYS— The best A. J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTEINS AND DURHAMS.

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SEND FOR CATALOGUES FOR 1901.

1901 Los Angeles Fair and Race Meeting 1901

(DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NO. 6)

$14,300 Guaranteed Stakes for Trotters and Pacers

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RACING EVENT. - - THIRTEEN DAYS-SEPTEMBER 28th to OCTOBER I2th, I90I.

Entries to Close July 1, 1901. when Horses are to be named and eligible

No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
No. 8.

N.

TROTTIIVG STAKES.

Free-for-all Trottinsr
2:10 Class Trotting-
2:12 Class Trottinsr
2:14 Class Trottinsr
2:15 Class Trotting:
2:19 Class Trotting"
2:23 Class Trotting-
Three Tear Old Trotting-

$1000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

PACING STAKES.

No. 9. Free-for-all Pacing-
No 10. 2:09 Class Pacing
No 11. 2:11 Class Pacing
No. 12. 2:13 Class Pacing
No. 13. 2:15 Class Pacing
No. 14. 2:17 Class Pacing-
No. 15. 2:20 Class Pacing-
No 16. Three Tear Old Pacing-

B.— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will be put at least four days apart.

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

No. 17. 2:30 Glass Trotting

$700

No. 18. 2:25 Class Pacing

81000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

$700

Three or More Running Races Bach Day.

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR HARNESS RACES.

Records made in 1901 will not constitute a bar.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee. The horse to
be started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race.

Entries not declared out by 5 p. m. the day before the race shall be required to start. Declarations
must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track.

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 25. 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise specified.
Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting. Five per eent. of the
amount of the stake additional from money winners,

All races to fill satisfactory to the Association.

If there are less than four starters they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided
50, 30 and 20 per cent.

And in the event of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it
shall be added to the stake.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to ihe first and
one-third to the second.

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 yards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races.

The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the
position of the horses.

All stakes not filling satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off.

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no other case
will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 p. m. on the day preceding the
race, and must be worn on the track in all races, Colors must be registered in the order in which they
are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected
by the Secretary.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race, and the ri^ht is
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other sufficient cause.

Conditional entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held under the
rules.

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting maybe declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary.

Otherwise than is specified in these conditions National Trotting Association rules, except Rule
4, to govern.

Send all communications to

E. T. WRIGHT, President.

F. Q. TEED, Sec'y. 226 S. Spring Street,

Los Angeles, Cal.

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL.

(Property of John Pabrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Eufus 63 (4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

St. Carlo — iooi

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Carina J

lCarita | Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $39,000 as a two. year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap and $11, 650), ZamarIL (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert, St. Calatmi, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON $100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

POKTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

Breed for Size, Style, Speed and Gameness.

Hambletonian Wilkes 1679

Ihe Only Son of the Great Geo.
Wilkes in California.

and sire of
Phoebe Wilkes 2:08y., Rocker 2:11, Tommy Ma
2:11K. Arlene "Wilkes 2:1 Hi, New Bra 2:13,
Aeroplane 2:16M, Sunbeam 2:16^, Sybil S.
2:16»|, Saville 2:17'/., Grand George 2:18^,
J. P. Hanson 2:19m, and 12 more in 2:30.

Will make the Season of 1301 at

GREEN MEADOW FARM

BrokawRoad, % mile from Santa Clara.

Terms for the Season - $40

Besttlof careltaken;.of mares but no liability for escapes or
Address

R. I. MOORHEAD,

Santa Cl«ra, Cal.

GoodJPasturage at ,$4 per month,
accidents. No wire fences.

Telephone: Suburban 541.

STAM B. 2:11

Started in 21 Races

1st 10 times

2d 6 times

3d 5 times

WON

$7500

IN PURSES.

STAM B. (33444) 2 :llj£ is by Stamboul 2:07V2 (sire of 5 trot-
ters in 2:15 list and 43 trotters in the 2:30 list), dam Belle Medium
2:20 by Happy Medium (sire of Nancy Hanks 2:04, and 92 others in
the 2:30 list and of 55 producing sons and 49 producing dams: second
dam by Almont Lightning (sire of the dams of King Princeps 2:15
and Zombro 2:11); third dam by Mambrino Patchen; fourth dam by
Mambrino Chief.

STAM B. is one of the soundest and gamest race horses on the
Coast and one of the best young stallious standing for public ser-
vice. Weight 1075 lbs., height 15.3. Will make Ihe >ea-on at
Agricultural Park, Sacramento,

TERMS: $25 FOR THE SEASON.

Mares can be shipped by boat or train and will be met by compe.
tent men. Best of care taken of mares but no responsibility as-
sumed for accidents or escapes. Good pasturage at $3 per month.
All bills payable at time of service and must be settled before
removal of mare.

Address all communications to

TUTTLE BROS.. Bocklin. Cal.

$50 the season.

Sreed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 «° *he s~

BIKE OF

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UTILE BETTER 3:11^, CIBOLO 3 :13^,and many otber fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, mm

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM,

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:102£) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

McKINNEY 2:11&.

sire of

Coney '. 2:02^

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09^

Zolock 2:10%

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12i'.

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2-A3H

Osito 2:13%

Juliet D 2:13%

McBriar 3:14

Harvey Mac 2:14M

Geo. W. McKinney. . . .2:14%

McNally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in tlie slww ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in tlie stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 <wlth usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue. .San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEE

Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19?^, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:053-*, Monterey 2:09m and Dr. Leek 2:09H— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16J< and Monterey 2:09^. by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare &10%, Monterey 2:09J4. Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman2:13M-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21% (sire of Abbotsford 2:19% and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief II.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03j-£ to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06^ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERMS »50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.
Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, riilpitas, Cal.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALARIKOA RACE TRACK, from.Feb.15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13%, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17}4, Auditor 2:19% and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after February 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track.

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

Race Meeting Sacramento, July 30 to August 3, 1901, inclusive.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 1901.

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting $1000 No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing = = $1000

No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting - = $1000 No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing = = $1000

No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 6—2:13 Class Pacing - - $1000

Other Stakes for* Smaller Amounts and for Three- Year-Olds to be Announced Later On.

Entry blanks will be ready June 15.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must lie entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD. President. F. W- KELLEY, Secretary.

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

June 8, 1901]

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NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6 {

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:13 and 2:1*M respectively. Who I* it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10vi. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. ISth to July 1st.

Fee = $50 NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

By Quy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:18J by Nutwood 2:18|

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
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Bills payable before re-
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well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumedfor
accidents and escapes.

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec(wagon). 2:09

3-year-old race rec. .2:12'^
Who Is It 2:10M

3-year-old race rec. ..2:12

Georgie B 2:12',|

Claudius 2:13H

Bob Ingersoll 2:14&

Irvington Boy 2:17&

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

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PJ. WILLIAMS, of Land's End Stock Farm, Mil-
• pitas, sat in the office of The Breeder and
Sportsman last Monday and "talked horse." Mr.
Williams is one of the veteran breeders and trainers of
the Coast, and the horse business would be better off
if we had a few more like him. He is one of those men
who breed with a purpose and have a plan laid out
before they begin. He sat by my desk and did some-
thing that the majority of stallion owners seldom do-
praised the stallions owned by others, and thereby
showed the broadness of his mind. He had words of
praise to say for McKinney 2:11}, Cupid, 2:18, Nutwood
Wilkes 2:16i and several others. When the fact that
the get of Silver Bow*2:16 were making a good show-
ing this year at the training tracks was mentioned, Mr.
Williams said, "I believe that Silver Bow was one of
the fastest trotting stallions ever in California and I do
not know of any horse, bar none, that has a greater
license to be a sire of extreme speed." In speaking of
Monterey 2:09]-, he stated that he had been bred to about
twenty-five mares so far. '"I have a yearling, " said he,
"by Monterey out of Leap Year 2:26| that is one of the
fastest natural trotters I ever saw, and I am certain
will be a great one. It is coal black and one of the
best dispositioned yearlings ever foaled. The oldest of
Monterey's get are two year olds and there are but
two of them, both owned up north, one in Seattle and
the other in Oregon, I think. I guess I went too fast
with him the first year I raced him. He came to his
speed so fast that he acquired the habit of going to a
break because he was afraid of his own speed. I be-
lieve that is the principal reason so many horses get to
be erratic. They get speed so suddenly that they do
not know what to do with it. In my opinion the
reason the Wilkes are such good race horses is that
the most of them make speed slowly, the trainer hav-
ing to persevere and urge them at every succeeding
workout to drop a second or two off their previous
showing. When one works a colt in 2:30 and the next
time out the youngster shows a rate of speed six or
seven seconds below that, the probability is the colt
will get frightened at the clip he is going and break
into a run before he has carried it far. If the trainer
will go slowly with one of that kind and teach him to
have confidence in his own abilities he will make a race
horse out of him. I think I went too fast with
Monterey, and as he could brush a two minute clip he
learned to rush to a break. I still think him the fast-
est stallion I ever saw trot. Mr. Eph Simmons of
Kentucky says he is the only trotting stallion he ever
saw, and told me if I had taken him to his town in the
spring of the year I was over there he would have
bred all his mares to him. I hope to race him this
year if there are any purses offered for his class. He
is looking better than he ever did in his life, and I
don't think there is a better dispositioned horse in
America. Although he is in the stud, Mrs. Williams
can go to his stall, take him out, hitch him up and
drive him to town with perfect safety, as he never
offers to do a mean thing and is afraid of nothing."

"There are many Californians, " continued Mr. Wil-
liams, "who never miss the opportunity to throw mud
at Sidney, his sire, saying they are quitters, etc.
Well, when I came back from the East last summer, I
heard considerable about the fast trotters that had
come out during the summer here, but when I got a
chance to see them all go late in the season there were
two mares that stood out above all others for speed
and gameness — Dolly Dillon 2:1U and Jamie 2:13}, both
by sons of Sidney. Take his opportunities into con_
sideration and Sidney was a most remarkable sire — one
of the very greatest. Without the help of great mares
he got more colt trotters and more fast ones than any
other of his day here. He was used on the Flaxtail or
Blue Bull mares a great deal. That blood is fast, but
it does not go the route, yet he sired trotters and
pacers from them that went faster than the get of any
other stallion from the same cross could show, and
they were able to go more heats. I never studied the
history of Sidney until recently, and it astonished me.
He is one of the greatest sires we ever had in Califor
nia and I don't know but the greatest."

Mr. Williams is one of those men you don't meet
every day. He is uneasy if he owes a debt and is un-
able to settle it promptly. For this reason he wants to
sell two or three of his brood mares. He does not want
to sell them, but says he wants to get square with the
world. Some enterprising horse breeder in this State
should buy Hattie, the dam of Monterey 2:09] and
Montana 2:16. Mr. Williams has put a low price on
her, and if ever there was a chance to breed a 2:10
trotter it is offered to the person who owns her. She
is now in foal to Billy Thornhill and it is better than
an even money bet that the produce will trot in 2:15 i»

it lives and is trained properly. Hattie should be good
for seven or eight foals yet. Mr. Williams would not
part with her and would much rather sell some of the
other brood mares he owns, and he has some royally
bred ones, but will let her go at a price that a poor
man can afford to pay rather than remain in debt.
She has proven that the Sidney nick is a good one,
and there are several sons of Sidney in California that
she can be bred to. If that strain does not suit, there
are plenty of others, and it is a foregone conclusion
that any three year old out of her by a well-bred horse
will sell for more money than Mr. Williams now asks
for the mare.

A good story always results when Charley Durfeei
McKinney's owner, gets started on racing reminis-
cences. He has been through many a campaign and
has had many interesting experiences, and as a
raconteur few can equal him. His style is all his own
— there is not another like him, and his stories lose
much when repeated and put in cold type. Ten or a
dozen members of the Breeders Association sat in the
office of the Breeder and Sportsman the other
evening awaiting the arrival of enough more to make
a quorum. Something was said about the wonderful
speed of Gossiper 2:14}, and as Durfee formerly owned
and raced that erratic son of Simmons he was asked
about it. "I drove Gossiper faster for a short distance
than I ever drove any horse except Clipper, ' ' said he.
"Clipper's official time the last quarter of the first
heat at Santa Rosa, the day he made his record of 2:06
was 29J seconds. That's the only time I ever drove a
horse a quarter better than 30 seconds and he is a
pacer. I drove Gossiper an eighth in 14] seconds trot-
ing. I had a peculiar experience with him up in
Woodland in '94. There was a small purse offered for
the free for all trotters and the starters were Shylock,
Adelaide McGregor and Gossiper. My horse had
worked awful fast and several of my friends came to
me and asked about backing him. I told them what
an erratic devil he was, and that if he took a notion
to break he might go over the fence with me. So I
told the boys that I would go easy with him the first
heat, and that if he went steady and all right we'd
play him in the book's for the second heat. There
was only one way to drive Gossiper and that was to let
him have his head — throw the lines on his back and
let him go, and then he could show a two minute clip.
We got the word in the first heat and I let him go
along as he wanted to. He was on his good behavior
and never made a break in the mile. Adelaide Mc-
Gregor won the heat in 2:16 and I was third. When I
got out of the sulky I told the boys that Gossiper was
awful good, that I intended to play him myself for the
next heat and to get their money down. I bet $30 and
thought that was a pretty good sum to risk on him.
When we got the word in the next heat we were scor-
ing pretty fast, and as we reached the quarter pole
Gossiper made one of those jimmies and I thought sure
he would take the fence. It took my entire strength
on one line to keep him away from it. and when I got
him settled it looked as though Shylock and the Mc-
Gregor mare were about seven miles in the lead. As
soon as he caught I laid the lines down and how he
did trot. He caught them before he reached the far
turn, but as he did he made another lunge in the air
and struck for the 'fence again. I said to myself
"Good-bye to the money," and tried to get him on his
feet. When I succeeded they were nearly out of sight
again. Gossiper needed no coaxing. He lit out like a
whirlwind and I nipped the mare at the wire and got
the heat in 2:15]. In each of those breaks I lost at
least a hundred yards, and I think Gossiper must have
trotted pretty close to a two minute clip all the time
he was on his feet or he would never have won in that
time. I had won the money but he was all out. The
effort had cooked him. I knew he could not win an-
other heat and told my friends so. Shylock won it.
Gossiper was too tired to break, and when we entered
the stretch I saw I had the mare beat and kept on with
the hope that I might win if Shylock made a mistake.
I took the chances of tapping Gossiper a few times
with the whip although it was dangerous. But he
could not respond and Shylock beat him. When I
came out for the next ;heat you can imagine icy feel-
ings when President Adams called me up and told me
that Millard Sanders would drive my horse. The
judges had concluded that I had laid up the heat.
Millard came out, I turned Gossiper over to him and
as I did he asked me what I wanted done. I said,
'Go on and drive to win and shut them both out if
you can.' He had no more ;than received the word
until Gossiper made one of his worst ones, and every-
body thought Sanders would be killed. He got him
stopped, however, but the horse made one or two
more, and when the heat was finished he was at the
half and did not get to the wire for such a long time
that I thought it was au hour. The Irish cross in my
pedigree came to my relief, however, and I went to
the judges and told them that I claimed my position

and damages to the sulky if Sanders broke it in the
next heat. I had second money won up to the time
they took me out, and after consulting the rules they
turned the horse back to me, and the race was finished
the next heat by Shylock winning. They paid me
second money, which, together with the money I man-
aged to win on the second heat, helped me to regain
my temper. I found out afterwards that the person
who complained and had me taken out was a trainer
named Crawford that was handling a string of horses
for Senator Fair. I got even on him by selling him
the horse soon after and he never won a heat with
him. But Gossiper was a fast trotter, the fastest
trotter I ever drove, and will make quite a sire, espec
ially of brood mares."

Sunday forenoon is a busy time at the new five-
eighths track which was recently constructed on the
marsh near Sixteenth street station, Oakland, by the
Oakland Driving Club. I was there last Sunday and
twenty-one members of the club were there working
their horses and indulging in brushes that were often
exciting and worth crossing the bay to see. There are
no cooling-out sheds, stalls or even a fence around the
track and the only place the rail birds can find to
perch on is the low two-foot levee which was thrown
up on the east side to hold the mud which was pumped
from the bay to make the ground on which the track
is laid out. Out in the infield there were ten or a dozen
rigs of all descriptions filled with people watching the
workouts, and if a shaded stand could be erected I r"o
not doubt but these Sunday morning exercises wou'.d
draw a large crowd of people who enjoy seeing the
trotter and pacer in motion. The track is in good
shape for fast work and President Bellingall tells me
there are many new members coming into the club
and a very large membership is assured for the near
future. I managed to get a number of pretty fair snap
shots of some of the horses being worked there last
Sunday, which will be published on the front page of
the B. & S. next week and made the subject of a few
remarks.

There are many persons in the horse business, as
there are in all other walks of life,, who are chronic
kickers and knockers, but who never get beyond point-
ing the way, as they are constitutionally opposed to
traveling it. The annual members meeting of the
Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association
which was called for last Monday evening had to ad-
journ because there was no quorum present. The
constitution provides that there must' be fifteen mem-
bers present to transact business at the annual meet-
ing, and but ten showed up. Now the object was to
elect a board of directors, and unless a quorum of the
mombers can be got together the old board will have
to continue in office. During the past year I have
heard several members of the Association growling
about matters that they think should be changed in
the manner of giving meetings and telling how they
would manage things if they were in power, but not
one of these kickers was present, nor do I believe one
could be hauled to a meeting by a pair of draft horses.
I look upon the absence of a quorum as an endorse-
ment of the present management, as if a majority of
the ninety-two members of the association in good
standing desired a change they would certainly get
fifteen of their number to attend the annual meeting
and thus accomplish the result wished for. The pres-
ent board has done very good work when the condition
of affairs on this Coast is considered, and although I
think a few new members with enterprise and enthus
iastic energy are needed, the sort of individual is not
readily found who will devote his time without pay to
such affairs as harness meetings. The annual meeting
was adjourned until next Wednesday. I hope every
member who has been a kicker in the past will be on
hand and present his grievances, or forever after hold
his peace.

Stanford Stake Has 91 Entries.

A letter from Assistant Secretary Harry Lowden, of
the State Agricultural Society, contains the following:

"In entering up the Stanford Stake entries for 1903,
from the books for the list sent and printed by you,
our typewriter omitted two entries as follows:

Vendome Stock Farm's ch c by Iran Alto, dam
Laura R.

S. C. Tryon's & Co.'s b c Sir Knight by Knight, dam
Regina T.

The total number of entries is 91. Sorry the
omission."

While the mistake in copying the list was unfortun-
ate and thus prevented us publishing all the entries in
one list, we are glad to know that the mistake was dis-
covered in time to make an early announcement of the
same. Ninety-one entries in this stake means that
there is already in the stake -3455, which with the $300
to be added by the society makes the sum of $755 as
the nucleus for the stake of 1903, which should cer-
tainly be worth considerable over two thousand dollars
when it is decided.

June 15, 1901]

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Cleveland Track Notes.

[American Sportsman, June 6.]

Millard Sanders is taaining his brother's sorrel filly
Captivity by Sidney Dillon, dam by Piedmont. He
drove her a quarter Wednesday in 3±l seconds.

Lolita (p) 2:12^ by Sidney is being prepared by W.
L. Snow at Syracuse for her match race against Emma
M. (p) 2:12| during the Cleveland Grand Circuit
meeting.

Orrin Hickok, the veteran reinsman, who has been
visiting friends in Cleveland and Glenville for the last
two weeks has gone to Lexington, Ky., to visit Peter
Duryea of the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm.

Visitors to the Glenville track are much impressed
with the actions of a John A. McKerron colt, out of
Czarina Wilkes. Although the colt is only six weeks
old he has already shown that he is a natural trotter.

Charley Jamison got in some good work on his string
last week. Monday he sent Florist by Dexter Prince
a mile in 2:26, the gelding making the last half in 1:10.
Whips Jr. 2:27J was worked out in 2:27J.

Jim Thompson, the California trainer, arrived at the
Glenville track Thursday with Little Thorne (p) 2:07|
by Hawthorne, the much touted green pacer Thorn-
way by Steinway, with a half-mile trial of 1:04, and
Rajah, a green pacer by Charles Derby, with a trial of
2:13 to a cart. He came to Glenville from Cincinnati
where he has been training for several weeks. He was
accompanied by G. Lapham with Phoebe Childers 2:10A
by Sir Roderick.

Scott McCoy has not commenced to give his horses
any fast work. The best he has done with Directum
Kelly 2:08} and Hetty G. 2:05 J is to repeat them in 2:30,
with the last quarters in 36 seconds. He says Directum
Kelly was never in better form and looks and acts as if
he would make them all hustle to take the money.
McCoy is paying considerable attention to two two
year olds by Direct, which he brought along from
East View Farm. Neither had ever been broken to
harness until February, but have been driven quarters
in 40 seconds. McCoy will keep them here until the
inaugural of the Grand Circuit, when they will be sent
back to the farm. This will leave McCoy four good
campaigners, Directum Kelly, Hetty G., Cole Direct
and Direct Light.

Sandy Smith, the well known California trainer,
arrived Monday with Funston, a roan pacer with no
record. Sandy is not saying much about him, but the
reports that have come from the coast are to the effect
that the Kansas general's namesake is a remarkably
fast horse. Sandy says he broke all records for fast
freight traveling, coming from Denver to Cleveland in
four days. When he left Denver there were 300 horses
training at the track, more than ever before. Many
of the best will be brought East after the Denver
meeting, June 15th to 29th, stopping off at the Daven.
port meeting, July 9th to 12th, and then starting in at
Detroit to go down the Grand Circuit.

European Derbies.

Of the recent trotting performances in Europe the
German Derby at Berlin and the Austrian Derby at
Vienna were the most notable. The event in Germany
was for three year olds; worth $3000, and the winner
turned up in Emilia, who trotted 3200 meters at the
rate of 2:38 for an English mile. Among other starters
were three of the get of Potential, and they finished
third, fourth and sixth, respectively, while a daughter
of Chimes was fifth and a son of Refero was sixth.
Emilia, the winner, was sired by Emigrant, a son of
Electioneer and Lady Beecher by Gooding's Champion,
while her dam was by Frace's Alexander out of a thor-
oughbred mare. The Austrian Derby, worth about
$8000, was for four year olds, and the winner was
Enamel, sired by the French trotting stallion Email,
out of the American mare Lizzie Woodnut by Wood-
nut. In each event the winner reduced the best
previous record, the three year old in Germany trotted
her three miles at the rate of about 2:38, while the
Austrian four year old trotted the distance at the rate
of 2:29£. — Chicago Horsemen.

Holiday Races at Santa Barbara.

There will be racing at Santa Barbara on July 4th
and 5th, open to horses in Ventura, San Luis Obispo,
and Santa Barbara counties. Eight purses have been
offered, $250 being the amount for the free for all class,
and $200 is given the pacers of the same class. Three
year old trotters and pacers will compete in the same
race for a purse of $100, and $50 is offered for buggy
horses whose records are not better than three minutes.
For the runners $100 is to be given for a mile dashf
$75 for a half mile dash, $50 for one of three furlongs
and $75 for a consolation race at six furlongs. All the
harness races, except the buggy horse race, will be best
three heats in five and will be under National Associa-
tion rules. The purses will be divided 60, 30 and 10
per cent. The entrance fee is five cent., and entries
close June 25th with the Secretary at Santa Barbara.

News from the North.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

Robert Prior has moved his stable of horses^from
Ellensburg to North Yakima.

From reports coming from over the river, J. W.
Tilden is fairly warming the earth around the prune
orchard at Vancouver with his trotters and pacers.

Zombro 2:11 is now at the Fair Grounds near Salem.
Or. Mr. Beckers arrives there this week with him,
and will be pleased to show the Oregon breeders one of
the greatest stallions, combining breeding and indi-
vidual merit, that has ever been in this State. He
will be in the stud until September 1st.

Sam Casto has gone to the Fair Grounds with Mb
stable of youngsters. He has Altacora, a full sister to
Chehalis 2:04]: a three year old pacer by Del Norte; a
two year old pacer by Del Norte, and a two year old
trotter by McKinney. They are all well entered in
stakes and are a very promising lot of youngsters.

Perhaps the horses at Pendleton are in better condi-
tion to race than those anywhere else in the State,
though some of them are temporarily indisposed at. the
present time. James Erwin's stable seems to be in the
best condition as they have escaped sickness so far.
He is working Starkey 2:15J, John Edison 2:16|, Oveta
2:21], and they are all in the pink of condition. Be*
sides these he has Saltese, by Caution; Sancisco, a
green pacer by Caution, that is said to possess more
speed than anything on the track; Kinley Mack, three
year old by McKinney, dam by Gossiper; Ollie M.,
Oregon Sunshine and Uncle Remus, all two year olds
and entered in the Breeders' stake at the State Fair.

Cris Simpson is working Alta Norte 2:16}; Phil N.,
2:21; Santiam, 2:26; Mack Mack, green trotter by
McKinney, and Charles S., two year old pacer. Both
Phil N., and Mack Mack have worked miles in 2:28
this spring very handily. Charlie S. is going in 2:34,
eighths in 18 seconds.

Gus La Fountaine is working the runners Gracie W.,
Pauline and Gus L.

Frank Frazier is working his green pacer Hassalo,
the trotter Mt. Hood and the two year old trotter
Promise, all sired by his stallion, Westfield.

Hassalo has worked an easy mile in 2:22, Mt. Hood
in 2:24 and the two year old can trot fast enough so
that they will all have a chance to throw their search-
lights on her from behind.

The McKerron Case Reopened.

In response to the petition of George W. Archer,
Frank Bower and other officials of the National Trot-
ting Association, President P. P. Johnston has or-
dered that a special meeting of the board of review be
held at the office of the association, in Hartford, June
27th. The meeting is for the purpose of reconsidering
the ruling made by the board in the John A. McKer-
ron case at its session in May in New York.

This will be the third time the Turf court has con-
sidered the performance of H. K. Devereux's trotter in
the cup race at Boston last year. At the first hearing
in December, the board decided that, having competed
for a valuable prize that could be won, McKerron's
performance constituted a record. But prominent
horsemen interested in amateur sport succeeded in
obtaining a rehearing at the meeting last month and
with a bare quorum present, the board by a vote of
three to two, reversed the December ruling of the full
board, holding that no record was made.

This ruling caused a commotion among horsemen.
George W. Archer and Frank Bower, members of the
December board, petitioned President Johnston to call
another meeting. The turf tribunal at the special
meeting will probably consist of Messrs. Johnston and
Archer, ex-Governor Morgan G. Bulkley of Connecti-
cut; Frank Bower, Philadelphia; Henry Smullbach
of Wheeling, W. Va.; Senator J. W. Bailey of Texas,
and perhaps A. B. Spreckels of San Francisco
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A Golden Rule Horse Ad.

A gentleman who has a Christian spirit and a horse
for sale advertises as follows in a Minnesota paper:

We have a good family driving horse for sale, pro-
viding you carry insurance.

He is not over particular as to feed. In fact, he pre-
fers our neighbors' haystacks and corncribs to our own.

We feed him whenever we can catch him, which is
seldom.

He is partly gentle. The other parts are not, and
you must govern yourself accordingly.

We will throw in the derrick and telegraph pole
combination which we use to hitch him up with.

If you are fond of driving we would advise you to
engage a cowboy that owns a fast horse to do your
driving, and be sure and get on top of the barn before
he begins to drive the horse.

For price and coroner's address apply to the owner.

Geo. Beckers Sends News from Oregon.

Fair Grounds, Salem, June 10, '01.

Editor Breeder and Sportsman— I arrived here
June 4th and found that the trainers here have only
just commenced to work their horses, owing to the
rains which have been almost continuous during the
spring. Stamboul Beile 2:21 got her first workout the
day I reached here. It was in 2:51. She was bred to
Zombro the same day.

Mr. I. C. Mosher has charge of the track and
grounds here and keeps everything in fine shape. He
has Eve or six colts in training, all by his horse Couer
de Alene 2:19, and they are showing lots of speed. A
two year old by this horse worked a quarter in forty
seconds this week, which is fast for this time of year
up in this country.

Sam Casto has five horses in training, but I have
not had time to learn how they are bred or how fast
they have gone.

The Salem Fair Grounds is a grand place and the
track is, in my opinion, the best on the Coast to train
on It is very fast and at the same time safe in every
way. The center field is a lovely sight, with clover
and grass over two feet high. There are about 160
acres in the enclosure, and within it, but just outside
the track, there are oak trees in large numbers, giving
it the appearance of a beautiful park, which it in real-
ity is. The State is making a large number of
improvements in the buildings, etc., and there is a
spirit of thrift and enterprise which shows that the
present board of directors, with M. D. Wisdom as sec-
retary, is at earnest in its efforts to make the Oregon
State Fair one of the best in the United States. The
railway conductors held a picnic here to-day and there
were at least five thousand people on the grounds-
Everything looks most encouraging for a big meeting
during fair week.

I was kept busy to-day showing Zombro, and booked
twenty mares. I have been here six days and have
bred seven mares. The dam of Alameda 2:09] will
probably be bred to Zombro, as it is not likely that
she is with foal, although she has been bred this season*

By the way, this is the first time in twenty years
that I have been squared away with the points of the
compass. In Kansas, where I was raised, the sun rose
in the east all right. When I moved to Arizona it
seemed to get up in the south, and I never could move
it back where it belonged. In Los Angeles it also rose
in the south, and at Sacramento it got up in what
seemed to me to be the southwest. The first morning
alter my arrival at the Fair Grounds, however, Old
Sol rose in his proper place, so you see I am going
square again, and do not need a side pole to enable me
to point to any of the cardinal points.

I saw a letter to-day from Mr. Mosher of Los Ange-
les to his father, I. C. Mosher of Salem, advising him
to breed some mares to Zombro, as he is the coming
horse. He says the Zombro filly which Joo Desmond
bought from Wilhoit of Long Beach is trotting miles
in 2:20, and stepped a quarter in 31 seconds. He says
she can do 2:15 sure, is a regular whirlwind, and he
thinks she can beat Zephyr.

Lady Mack 2:23* and another mare have just ar-
rived from Tacoma, Wash., to be bred to Zombro, and
Anna T. 2:16 is here from Portland on the same mis-
sion. She belongs to Tom Condon, who will send a
couple more.

Hoping that I will have more news for you in my
next, I remain, Yours truly,

Geo. T. Beckers.

Match Race at Melbourne.

The horses purchased for the German Government,
and which were not taken to China as intended, are
being sold at auction in small bunches at various
points in this State. A band of twenty-five was sold
last week at Salinas. They brought from $15 to $60.

Mr. R. Matchett, proprietor of the Adelaide Hill
Stud Farm at Bendigo, Province of Victoria, Australia,
writes the Breeder and Sportsman that a match
has been made between the Australian bred stallion
Osterley 2:25 (Victorian record) and the California
bred stallion Digitalis 2:25i (American record) to trot
mile heats, best two in three, at Melbourne, in July
next, for $500 a side. The match has entailed about
as much newspaper work and correspondence as the
Abbot-Boralma match. Mr. Matchett figures that if
Osterley can trot as fast as his Victorian record of 2:25,
that Digitalis will have to be several seconds faster
than his California record of 2:25J to beat him, as he
considers the Australian tracks fully eight seconds
slower than the best American ovals. Digitalis is by
Daly 2:15, and was bred by the Rose Dale Stock Farm,
Santa Rosa, and made his record at Petaluma in 1896.
He is now twelve years old. He was sold, together
with several other horses, to an Australian gentleman
last year. Osterley is by Childe Harold, a son of Har-
old 413, that was sent to Australia several years ago.

A match trotting race took place Sunday, June 2d;
at Butte, Montana, between James Johnson's Mike P.
and William Holtenhoff 's May Bird. The race was for
$300 a side, and was won by Mike P. in straight heats.
The fastest was 2:26}.

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[June 15. 19*

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BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN

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Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast.

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without pay, while they go to considerable expense
and deyote a great deal of time in attending meetings,
arranging dates and purses and performing the various
duties that devolve upon directors of an organization
like the P. C. T. H. B. A. During the past five or six
years it has required hard work and close figuring to
hold meetings, pay purses and keep the a

tries to the six S1000 purses offered by the Breeds
Association will close Monday, July 1st, and it shou
be the earnest endeavor of every breeder, owner ar
trainer or trotting and pacing horses to make as mar
entries as possible and to induce his friends and neigl
bors to do the same. The reputation of Californ"
— association out horses is made, but it must be kept un Ev f
of debt yet this has been accomplished and every obli- and game race horse developed on the circuit tniJJl
ga ion incurred has been promptly met. Thousands of will attract several buyers from The East nex , v nte
dollars have been distributed among the horsemen, and _ aS' DeX* Wlntf

it is no idle boast to say that but for the Breeders the

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harness horse industry on this Coast would have been
in a very much worse condition than it is at present.
It has kept the interest alive and never failed during
all the years of depression to give a meeting which has
been profitable to the horsemen and created large
values in trotting and pacing horses. Many horses
have been sold for large prices which would never
have been trained or heard of had the Breeders failed
to give its annual race meetings. There have been
criticisms of the management, some of them just,
others malicious and false, and it is now due the board
of directors that the members attend in sufficient num-
bers next Wednesday afternoon ana show by their

TflE 1EAR BO°K is not infallible, and the contei
tion by some of the writers on Eastern turf papei
that aU the records contained in it are '-'0810131." an
must stand, is absurd. Mistakes creep into the Yea
Book as they do into any other publication. Wha
clerks and copyists and compositors and proof-reader
reach that state of perfection in their work that mis
takes by them are impossible, then the Year Bool
may become a record of harness racing that is exem,
from error. Every person who has occasion to 2
the 1 ear Book frequently finds mistakes. It is almos
impossible to keep them out. Some of the record
marked "official- which it publishes contain
made by the clerks or the printers, while

error,
those tha'

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presence and votes whether they desire the association are otherwise labeled surely cannot be relied on wit>

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to proceed as it has in the past, or take a new course
under new management. Every member of the asso-
ciation is more or less interested in harness horse
values and there is nothing that will aid more in keep,
mg these values up in this State than successful annual

entire confidence. The publishers of the Year Bool
do not claim it to be infaUible. but that it is as neai
correct as their efforts can make it. It is an invaluabl,
publication, one that cannot be dispensed with and
swers the purposes for which it is compiled as nearlj

race meetings conducted by the Pacific Coast Trotting as aDJ" Publication can, but the contention that as

The directors have been _°lati°ns and individuals should be compelled to accept

■eeders Association,
able no give them in the past and will strive to make
them still more successful in the future, hut at the
same time they are entitled to something more than
the mere passive endorsement which permits them to
•holdover' because a quorum of members will not
meet t0 re-elect them. Let every member who pos

sibly can, attend the meeting at the office of the Sec the °aks at Epsom with Cap and Bells
retary Wednesday next at three o'clock in the after- MUton Henry. The owner

event. At the present
writing we do not know of a green trotter in trainino-
in California that will be raced here which has shown
form sufficient to justify any person to predict that it
will be able to do three heats in 2:15 by the time the
Breeders meeting is held. Last year we predicted that tui*
trotting bred. an/ trotter that c0l''d beat 2:18 three times would be
Oalrwood Park Stock Farm, Danville able to win a fair sum on the California circuit One

--ES&BHfSSS phth,e ]T Tnere at the c'°se of the season was
Charlie Mac who ended the year with a record of 2"173
and there were several others with slower records "that
won over $1000 net. In the pacing division the result
was about the same, and horses earned a fair profit for
their owners that lacked speed to secure a mark as
We do not desire to disparage theCalifor-

Stallions Advertised.

CHAS. DERBY" 2:20
McKTNNEY 2:11M
MONTEREY 2MV. .

gw?-SggD,.'M?kES *"* 0 ', ■ ■ ^Martin CanerTlrvin^n

SBCBETAE Y Oakwood Park Stock Parm. Danville

Hans j.rei!lson Alameda

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood ^ gan ^^

THOROUGHBREDS.

ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

its every statement as unalterably correct is
absurd proposition.

Cap and Bells Wins the Oaks.

Another of Britain's great racing trophies has beer
I by America, Foxhall P. Keene having won

ridden by

horse, and jockey are all

thoroughbred Americans, so the victory was not

diluted, as it was in the case of the Derby.

Cap and Bells, the first American filly to win the

and Foxhall P.

„ for thoroughbred

years, borses, Castleton Farm, near Lexington, and is one of

not expected that very fast time will be the best representatives of the great horse Domino

now dead, who raced successfully for three years under
the Keene colors in America, winning $180,085 as a two
year old in 189.3, the largest sum that has ever been
won by a single horse in one year, Domino finishin"
his two year old form unbeaten. His owners retired
him to the stud at the end of his racing career, and
his success as a sire was as pronounced as it was on the

JHE BREEDERS MEETING, which will be held „

Sacramento during the last three days in July EPsom Oaks, was bred by James R
afnl t ?t day5 iD AugUSt' Promises to be one Keene at their Kentucky nursery fo

of the best harness meeting held in California for
While it is not expected that v<
made in the slow classes, yet there are so m y horses
without records in training for these races that large
nelas should result in each

JHE ANNUAL MEETING of the members of the
* Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Associa-
tion, which was called for last Monday evening, failed
to secure a quorum and an adjournment was necessary
The date of the adjourned meeting was fixed at June
19th at 3 P. M.. which is Wednesday next. By refer-
ence to the books' of the Secretary it is found that
there are sixty-two members of the association in
good standing, entitled to take part and vote at the
annual members meeting, and surely out of that num-
ber there should be fifteen who will attend and show
that they take enough interest in the organization to
elect a board of directors for the ensuing year, which
is the principal business to come before the meeting
A prominent member of the association remarked to
the writer this week that the absence of the members
from the meeting last Monday evening was conclusive
evidence to him that the work of the present board of
directors is endorsed by the members and that they do
not desire any change in the management; that a very
large majority of the members are willing that the
present board hold over another year and therefore
see no urgent necessity for attending the meeting to
simply re-elect the present directors. This is all very
well as far as the members go but the directors them-
selves should be considered. One or two for business
reasons desire to resign, and the remaining members
of the board would rather that the vacancies be filled
in the members than to take upon themselves the re
sponsibility of selecting them. There are others who"
feel that they can perform their duties during the
coming year with greater enthusiasm and spirit iAhev
have the expressed endorsement of the members for
their actions in the past. The directors have many
responsibilities on their shoulders and perform them

nia harness horses in the least,

nor to intimate that all

the future crackerjacks that are in training have gone
across the mountains to race. We believe there are
green pacers now in California that will beat 2-10 this
year, and trotters that will get records below 212 but
the idea we wish to convey is that any horse that can
pace in 2:15 or any trotter that can do a mile in 2-18
can win a snug sum for his owner if he is a steady
horse and has the gameness to go three heats in the
time stated at either gait. An owner or a trainer
should not permit himself to be frightened out of
making entries because his neighbor owns a horse that
is showing quarters at a two minute clip We are
acquainted with a breeder and trainer who own»d a
horse tnat could pace to the half mile pole almost any
day in 1:01. and he sold him for $350
and considers he got a good

as a road horse
price. The best that
horse could do for one full mile was 2:17 and the next
would be about 2:25, while a cow could beat him in the
third. Steady going, game trotters, with 2^0 speed
that they are able to sustain for a mile are worth en-
tering m any class from the green classes down to 2-17
It is the same with the pacers. The weU mannered
horse often wins from a field that is composed of faster
but less reliable horses. The Breeders start the cir-
cuit this year with six $1000 purses and will on July 1st
advertise ten or twelve additional classes for slightly
less purses. Woodland will giye a week of good racing
and the State Fair follows with two weeks, Stockton
and Salinas will have a week each, and Los Angeles is
already advertising nearly fifteen thousand dollars
worth of purses for harness horses to compete for dur-
its two weeks meeting. Here then are eight weeks uf
harness racing with good purses every week and own-
ers should prepare now to start in at the Breeders
meeting and follow the circuit clear through. The en-

the first of his get winning, while last season the
young Dommos were repoosible for the placing of the
Keene stable again at the head of the list of winning
owners m America. Domino also was the sire of the
great colt Commando, now racing in America

The dam of Cap and Bells is Ben-My-Chree, by Gall
opin, one of the mares imported by James R keene
when he established the Castleton Farm, and dam of
the good race horse Ben Ronald The fillv Cap and
Bells, foaled in 1899, was developed and trained by
James Rowe, trainer for the Keene racing stable, and
made her first appearance on a race track just a year
ago, at the Gravesend spring meeting, where on June
4th she won the Criterion Stakes from a field of nine
running four and a half furlongs in 0:55 2-5. Her vic-
tory caused a sensation at the time from the manner
in which she won, Cap and Bells breaking out of the
crowd at the fall of the flag and in half a dozen strides
having a lead of nearly as many lengths, she having
only to canter the remainder of the distance to win as
she pleased. From the time of her first start Cap and
Bells was regarded as one of the best of the fillies of
the year.

Cap and Bslls in winning the Oaks has simply veri-
fied the promise she gave as a two year old, Foxhall
Keene having had the Oaks in view when he selected
the filly to be sent to England.

Milton Henry, who rode Cap and Bells to victory iu
this race, got Ms first lessons in riding at Woodland in
this State, and rode but one season in New York before
going to England to ride for the Keenes. He has not
yet reached his majority and a part of his earning <r0
to his mother. ■

The Oaks is one of the most valued prizes of the
English turf, and is regarded as the final test of a
mare's class, the winner of the Oaks always command-'
mg preferment in selection for breeding purposes
while the race in itself is second only to the Derby as
a great and popular racing fixture. The race is older

l--"bv Tr?d'bii' k faCV havi^been established in
1779 by Lord Derby and won at the first running by
Lord Derby s filly Bridget. It became a permanent
fixture at once, and ever since has been regarded as a
companion event with the Derby, which was estab-
lished a year later, in 1780.

,. r^f the race Mr. Keene announced that half the
AloOO purse would go to London hospitals and the rest
to hospitals in the United States.

jiJUNE 15, 1901]

©Iw? $veebev mt& $funrt«mcm

Millard Sanders Writes From Cleveland.

Glenville, O., June «, 1901.
Editor Bkeeder axu Sportsman— I thought I
irould drop you a line and let you know how the trot-
tog horse business looks here. There are, all told,
forty-eight trainers located in Cleveland and there are
iwo hundred horses working on the track. There are
juite a number of California people here at present.

Jas. Thompson arrived 'here this morning from Cin-
innati, where he has been rusticating for the past two
veeks, with Algoneta, Rajah, Goshen Jim, Little
Pnorn and last but not least that good Steinway colt
if Col. Kirkpatrick'e, Thornway. They are all look-
Dg well and hearty. In the same car with them was
he little black demon Rey Direct, in charge of Wm

'ecil.

Mr. Breuner of Los Angeles is here with three good
mes. Mr. Chas. Winship of Los Angeles has four
lorses left yet. He made one of the biggest sales of
he season when he sold his three year old filly Zephyr
or nine thousand dollars.

Pha'be Childers and The Roman are still at Cincin-
ati. Sandy Smith arrived here last Sunday with the

reen pacer that he bought from Mr. Hodges and he

as been placed in my stable to be campaigned this year

Mr. Scott McCoy is here with Directum Kelly and
thers of Mr. Butler's horses, and Geo. Ketcham is
ere with the king of stallions, Cresceus.

The Cleveland Open Air Horse Show is now in
rogress. There were several hotly contested classes
0-day, of which I will send you a newspaper report
3-morrow. The Cleveland track is one of the finest
l the land. We have had a great deal of rain since
ly arrival but every indication points to good weather

orn now on. I arrived here from Pleasanton on May
7th, after a very safe and pleasant trip, making one
,op of twenty-four hours at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
he consignment that I had charge of was a repetition
E my last year's sale. Last year I sold the highest
riced horse at the sale, which was Princess Derby,
H00, and my average for nine head was $871. This
aar the highest price was for Eula Mac, $2700, and
y average was $651 for ten head. So California still
ads. The Santa Rosa consignment all sold well. I
jreatly assisted in ■ this sale by Mr. Ira Pierce, as
3 was very familiar with the breeding and could give
le bidders considerable information. At the present
me I have in my stable the following horses, which I
ill campaign this year. I expect to start at Detroit
Uy 13th: Venus 2nd 2:11] and Czarina 2:14J, prop-
ty of Mr. Adolph Spreckels; both are working and
tog very nicely.

Dolly Dillion 2:1U and Janice 2:13}, owned by Santa
osa Stock Farm. I have these two mares entered in
lout eighty thousand dollars worth of stakes this
As it is very early in the season I will not make
y predictions but I expect to make some money with
em.

Eula Mac 2:17] and the pacer Funston (the Hodges
'rse), both the property of Mr. Struber of Erie, Pa.,
d last but not least Captivity 2:28] by Sidney Dillon,
m by Piedmont, second dam by Electioneer. Very
jly yours, Millard F. Sanders.

The Pierce Sale.
One of the most successful auction sales of trotting
and draft stock held in this city for years took place
at the Occidental Horse Exchange, 721 Howard street,
last E nday. The attendance was large and the bid-
ding on all the good ones spirited. Wm G. Layng
seemed in his element expatiating on the merits of
the trotting sires whose representatives were offered
and his knowledge of pedigrees and performances of
trotters and pacers was quickly recognized and held
the crowd until the last horse was sold. The stock
was m excellent shape though many were unbroken,
Below is a list of those sold and the prices obtained.
The total amount of sales for the forty-three head was
$4322, an average of a little over $100.
Juniper, b m. 1896. by Almonition-Jupe by Alonzo Haward $ 5? 50

Boxer, br g, 1894, by Boxwood-Dolly by Electioneer 85 00

Poscora Boy, br g. 1896, by Almonition-Poscora Belle - 65 00

Sidceta, eh g, 1895, by Sidney Dillon-Ceta by Piedmont ... 55 00
Lady Godiva, cb m, 1894, by Directivo-Diva by Piedmont. . 57 50
Rodent, oh g by Directivo-Weasel by McCrackin'sGold Dust 27 511
Bueno, blk g, 1804, by Direotivo-dam by Whippleton 70 00

Maud Danger, br m, 1897, full sister to Bueno 9750

Direr, ch g, 1896, by Directivo-dam by Piedmont ...' 11250

Bessemer, gr g, 1895, by Direotivo-dam by Alonzo Hay ward 82 50
Louceta, ch f, 1896. by Sidney Dillon-dam by Piedmont 85 00

Belle Danger, ch m, 1895, by Directivo-dam by Whippleton. , 105.00
Golden Rod, br g, 1893, by Stranger-dam by Alcona . . .. 180 00

Madeline, b m, 1883, by Electioneer-Mamie C 5250

Lady Dillon, ch m, 1897, by Sidney Dillon-Dolly L by

CoIiShy 975o

Almon. blk g, 1891, by Almonition, dam by Steinway, and
Andalusia, blkm, byDirectivo, dam by Alonzo Hayward,

sold as a team 260 00

Favonta, gr f, 1896, by Almemticn-dam by Waldstein 80 00

Almontane, blk g, 1897, by Almonition. dam by Whippleton 80 00
Roy Dillon, ch g, 1967, by Sidney Dillon, dam by Piedmont 60 00
Napa, b g by McDonald Chief-dam by Whippleton ... 120 00

Vancouver, b. m„ 1892, by Alconeer-dam by Whippleton 50.00

Eola C, b. m., 1887, by Cresco-dam by Nutwood lOO.Oo

Zulu Lass, b. m., 1897, by Directivo-Zulu Maid 11000

Zulu Girl, b. m , 1893, by Illustrious-Zulu Maid . . 80 00

Eosedale, b. g., 1897, by Bay Rose-Eola C ..'. 3500

J. K., b.g., 1890, by Dexter Prince-Lady Fracture.. . 17500

Freckels, gr. m., 1897, by Almonition-Maud .. " 7500

Divan, ch. m., 1895. by Directivo-Diva

Terrier, blk. g. , 1896, by Almonition-Weasel

Ploretta, br. m., 1889, by Director-Flora by Whippleton

Marion, b. m., 1894, by Directivo-Munio

Ferret, ch. m„ 1893, by Gen. Benton-Weasel ............. 77 50

Maggie N. and Iuca Belle, bay mares, 1895, by Hambleton-

ian-Wilkes mM

Prince, gr. g., 1889, by Alonzo Hayward 72 50.

Weller, br. c, 1896, by Direct-dam by Antevolo 235]oO

Anna, b. m., 1894, by Bay Rose-Adrianna 80 00

DRAFT HORSES

others sold was a largo Percheron sire, and when the
horse was brought into the sale ring the owner made
the statement in public that there were not two car-
loads of matured horses from him in the county
Now this I thought strange as I knew the horse had
been a successful breeder, and he had had him eight or
ten years in this county; so I asked him if this was
the truth, why it was. He said the colts all made
good, salable horses, and the buyers gave more for
them than the owners thought them worth, so they
were sold and shipped out of the county.— T. H.
Terry, before Kansas State Board of Agriculture.

55.00

60.00
70.00
70.10

Judah and Maud,
Dolly, gr. m., 1897.
Roberto, b. g., 1897
Jack, gr. g., 1897..

ray mares, 1897 34500

127.50

100.00

140.00

The Good Ones Sell.

To Save the State from Imposition.

[Sacramento News]
rhe State Agricultural Society has felt compelled to
ie measures to defeat the trick whereunder sundry
rse owners impose upon it in the matter of free stalls
fl training quarters. This practice has come to be
:h a nuisance that when men come with horses that
sy entered to race at the State Fair they are unable
get accommodations, and the society has to hire
Sside barns for them.

Che new order provides that horses shipped here
hout notice to the society's secretary shall not be
3wed to take stalls until application has been made
the secretary and approved. When the bay eoun-

racing closes owners are given five davs to get
ay, and some of them come here because the state
iety offers free quarters and free use of its superb
ck. Where owners intend to race or show horses
prizes no objection is made, but the privilege has
n abused so often that it has grown to be a big item
sxpense to the society.

he second clause of the order posted yesterday pro-
es that "from and after this date all applicants for
1£ will be required, before being admitted to the
unds, to deposit with the assistant secretary, H.
vden, at the pavilion, $5 for each stall occupied,

the same will be refunded if the horse starts in
as at the State Fair meeting, or is shown for
miums. This ride will be suspended only in the
ss of horses that are in training and entered in the
ifie Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
iting held at Sacramento from Monday, July 29tb,
Saturday, August 3d; after that date they must
ce the deposit or vacate."

he Chicago Horse Sale Co. sold a total of 224
ses last week for an average of $227, and only two
ses were sold over $1000.

The breeder of to-day who will make up his mind
what the market wants, and will work with that end
in view, and will get the best mares he can afford, and
use the best sires he can get, will succeed in raising
either light or draft horses. After a breeder has made
up his mind what he expects to do, and after looking
over his mares,jhe should look for the best sire he can
find (as the best is none too good) and breed for one
purpose, and try to get his stock uniform, so that when
the buyer comes to see the matured horses he can
mate them up. And this reminds me of a story told
me by one of the largest buyers in Central Kansas.
He said he was in a country town one day, and a
large farmer came to see him and asked if he wanted
to buy horses. He told him he did, and asked what
he had. He said he had all kinds. The buyer went
out to see them, and he said the farmer told the truth-
he had forty-five head, and they were all kinds. Out
of the forty-five head he found only two he could use.
The remainder was not marketable stock and would
not match up.

Now, this man made a failure of the horse business.
He bred to a sire because he was handy and cheap.
In the same county was another farmer who had some
horses to sell, and he also saw the same buyer and
asked him to come out to see his stock, saying he had
thirty head of high-grade Percheron horses. The
buyer went out and bought from him nearly one car of
good, fat, marketable horses. This man made a suc-
cess of the horse business, for he had an object in
view, and bred to the best all the time. The buyer
could afford to pay him more for the stock, as he did
not have to run over the county, and his stock was fat
and ready for market.

One thing I wish to impress on the mind of the
farmer breeder who depends on others to furnish sires,
no sire is too good for your mares, and when you get a
good sire that produces good, uniform colts, stay by
him, and do not leave him because some smooth talker
comes in with a new one and says he is the best ever
imported. Use full-blooded horses, if possible, as by
doing this you are more sure of getting a uniform class
but it is not necessary to use an imported sire to secure
a good progeny. When you are getting something
good from a sire stay with him.
About a year ago I was attending a sale, and among

Big Entry List at Lexington.
Lexington, Ky., June 10.— The stakes for the 29th
annual meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders Association here in October closed with a
heavy list of entries. Six hundred and forty-eight
entries, comprising 473 horses, have been reeeived,°an
average of 50 to each race.

The Transylvania Stake received 20 subscriptions,
and while the number of starters to be named Septem-
ber 17th is more of a mystery than usual owing to the
large proportion of nominators hitherto unknown, the
famous stakes wiU undoubtedly retain its position as
the greatest annual trotting race of all ages division.
Among the probable starters are Lady Geraldine 2:11],
Onward Silver 2:14], Henry S. 2:12J, Dreamer 2:14]^
Idolita 2:12, Chestnut King 2:12, Dolly Dillon 2:11.',,
Susie J. 2:173, Volo 2:16, Lady Thisbe 2:lfiJ, Laura s'
2:15$, Lita W. 2:13].

There are 37 paid up entries for the three year old
division of the Kentucky Futurity for this year, and
103 for the two year old division.

The association is disappointed at the entry in the
McDowell Stake, a sweepstake for 2:10 trotters. The
deflection of the owners of York Boy 2:09], Lady Ger-
aldine, Idolita and Idra kept the list down to 12 horses,
which will make the race worth only $5400.

The Walnut Hall cup race has 43 entries, many of
which have been tried in from 2:09] to 2:12, such as Wil-
liam J., Ebba, Next Simmons, Susie J., Free Silver,
Lady Thisbie, Norvina, Axtello, Endow, Lucy Carr,'
Ive Dee, the Roman, Yarrum, Decamer, Laurel S,
Quaddy, Girl, etc.

The Tennessee Stake for 2:08 pacers received but 14
nominations, owing to fast class fixed and the barring
of hobbled pacers. The starters will include Will Ley-
burn 2:07], Charley Hoyt 2:07], The Admiral 2;07],
Major Muscovite 2:07], Gambre 2:08], Elastic Pointer,
the great green brother to Star Pointer, Richmond
and Beauseant, the sensational pacer that trialed last
year as a three year old in 2:07.

The other veteran stakes received entries as follows:
The Bluegrass, 2:19 trotters, 30; Johnson, 2:24 trotters,
42; the West, 2,29 trotters, 44; the Kentucky, three
year old trotters, 19; the Lexington, two year old trot
ters, 25; the Wilson, 2:20 pacers, 34.

Nearly every high class horse in America has been
named in these stakes and together with the match
races between the champion The Abbot and Boralma
for $6000 and between the champion stallion Cresceus
2:04, and his rival Charley Herr 2:07, for $7500 and the
class purses to be opened in September, the $120,000
Lexington meeting will furnish a great occasion for the
devotees of trotting sport.

Origin of the Basuto Pony.

Many times since the war between the British and
the Boers broke out in South Africa the statement has
been made that the Basuto pony is by far the best
suited to service on the "veldt," as the prairie lands
are called in that country. Investigation develops the
fact that these ponies have a history. Sixty odd years
ago a Scot having settled on the veldt imported two
Shetland pony stallions. Soon after their arrival on
his pioneer farm the natives stole the stallions and car-
ried them off to their strongholds in the Drakensberg
mountains where they were crossed with the native
small mares. The progeny was so much superior in
point of substance, hardihood and endurance that they
were almost all retained as breeders and thus the pres-
ent excellent breed was formed.

Charles Griffith left for Denver last week with Bon-
nie Direct 2:05] and Domino by Rect 2:16]. He will o-o
from Denver to Detroit, and will race his horses
through the Grand Circuit. On reaching Denver Mr.
Griffith was quietly married to Miss Adelaide Beards-
ley of this city, who reached Denver a few days after
his arrival.

1 he Overland Racing & Training Association, with
Robt. A. Austin, Ed Chase, Ed Gaylord, Joe Osner,
and W. H. Shuckman as directors, filed articles of in-
corporation last week for a term of twenty years, with
a capital of $20,000, to do business in Arapahoe and
other counties in the State of Colorado. The new
company has a three-year lease on Overland Park.

At San Angelo, a few days ago, the O 9 Cattle Co.
sold to G. D. Sleeper of Muskogee, Indian Territory,
200 stock horses at $20 round and 40 saddle horses at
$40 round. This is the best price that has been paid
for stock horses in San Angelo in ten years.

e

t£fte gveeiiev anb gtpotrterocm

[June 15, 1901

Denver meeting opens to-day.

California trainers are heading for Sacramento.

The Breeders will offer parses for three year olds
this year.

Tommy Britton 2:064, may attempt to lower his
record late in the season.

Over 50 high-bred pacing mares have been booked
to Directly 2:03} in Teunessee.

Parties are now offering to book mares to C. W.
Williams' stallions for next season.

Will Durfee will start either Dr. Book or Charlie
Mac in the 2:14 trot at Denver to-day.

Nearly a hundred horses are in training at the Sac-
ramento track, which is in perfect condition.

Murray Howe says that he would not be surprised if
Free Bond 2:04.}, pulled a wagon in 2:02 or better this
year.

The Pasig-Tipton .Co. will hold another sale at
Cleveland during the Grand Circuit meeting at that
point.

McKinney has been bred to 103 mares. We doubt
if any trotting stall!on in America will beat that record
this year.

As hinted in these columns two weeks ago, Millard
Sanders will campaign the green pacer Funston, by
Dictatus.

Geo. Beckers booked twenty mares to Zombro 2:11,
the first week after he arrived at the Fair Grounds,
Salem, Oregon.

James Golden, the Boston trainer, for the first time
in several years, will this season take a stable through
the Grand Circuit.

Admiral Dewey the three year old colt by Bingen
2:06}, dam Nancy Hanks 2:04, has been bred to five
mares this season.

Says Columbus: ''The truth is that the real lucky
man is the one with a first-class trotter, or one suitable
for track or road."

At the Cleveland Horse Show last week John A.
McKerron 2:12}, by Nutwood Wilkes, won the first
prize in the trotting stallion class.

Effle Powers 2:08}, won in 2:09 at a Baltimore
matinee last month. The cold winter of the East has
not kept her back much evidently.

It is stated that the noted show horse Lord Brilliant
is by Johnny Mac, a standard-bred son of Egmont, and
that his dam is by Stevens' Uwharrie.

The noted old mare Tempest 2:19, by Hawthorne, is
to be bred to the fashionably bred stallion Baronet
2:11, owned at Etwinoma Stock Farm, Albany, N. Y.

From present returns it is known that out of 53
mares bred to Red Wilkes last year, 43 are with foal.
This is a remarkable showing for a stallion of his age.

All the California horses that are over East have
been in good health thus far. They should make a
good showing in the races in which they are entered.

It is said that Thos. W. Lawson is considering enter-
ing and driving Boralma 2:08, in the challenge cup
race when that event is decided at Readville next fall.

One of the best members of C. A. Thompson's stable
at Empire City Park is a two year old pacer by a son
of Bow Bells, dam by a son of Red Wilkes. He has
only been trained a couple of months but can pace an
eighth at a two minute clip.

A swarm of bees attacked a pair of horses being
driven by an employee of Miller & Dux near Los Banos
last week, and both horses died from the effects of the
stings. They were a very valuable pair of draft ani-
mals weighing about 1700 pounds each.

I. H. Mulholland of Independence, Inyo county, ar-
rived at the Sacramento track this week with the
stallion Osito 2:13}, the mare Edna R. 2:13 and four
others that he will train and race at the Breeders
meeting and other places on the California circuit.

Every California horseman who has the harness
horse interests at heart, and who want to see prices
kept up and a ready market for trotters and pacers,
should enter his horses in training in some of the
events advertised by the P. C. T. H. B. A. for its meet-
ing at Sacramento. There are six stakes of $100C each
and entries close July 1st.

Good prices were paid for the Pierce Bros, consign-
ment to the auction ring at the Occidental Horse Ex-
change last Friday. While the animals sold were a
pretty fair lot as far as looks and breeding are con-
cerned, there was quite a large proportion of unbroken
horses from five to seven years old among them, and a
few old mares of uncertain age.

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Star Pointer 1:59}, has been bothered greatly by
rheumatism this spring, -and it now looks as though
he would never be seen at speed on the track again.

Few would guess from his pictures that Cresceus 2:04
is as large a horse as he is. He stands sixteen hands
and half an inch high, and two weeks ago weighed
1140 pounds.

Allie Trout, the Boston trainer, fully expected to
buy the California mare Dolly Dillon 2:11J, and was
greatly disappointed when she was withdrawn from
the Cleveland sale.

John Splan owns the chestnut trotter Eureka 2:15
by Ira. When he drove him in 2:14} at Cleveland the
other day Eureka wore no boots, and came the last
quarter in 32} seconds.

MiS3 Glencoe, four years old, says an exchange, is
considered to be the fastest filly in the country. She
is by Prose, dam by a son of Happy Medium. Ed de
Cernea, New York, paid $2500 for her.

A special meeting of the Board of Review will be held
at the office of The National Trotting Association, 650
Main street, Hartford, Conn., at 10 o'clock A. M., on
Thursday, June 27, 1901, by order of the President.

The race for the Amateur Challenge Trophy may
take place at Cleveland the first week in September.
The contest now promises to be a great one. Some of
the best trotters in the country will be named for it.

The 2:09 pace with which the Denver meeting will
open to-day has eight entries, but there are no Califor-
nia horses among them. Six of the pacers entered
have records of 2:12 or better. It should be quite a
race. ■

Many entries will be made for the meeting to be
given on the Fourth of July by the Golden Gate Park
Driving Association at the Oakland track. Entries
can be made every Tuesday evening at the club's room
in the Palace Hotel.

There was not a quorum at the annual meeting of
the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association
called for last Monday evening. The meeting was ad-
journed to next Wednesday, June 19th, at 3 P. M.
Under the rules it takes fifteen members for a quorum
and no proxies are allowed. There were about a dozen
present last Monday night, and it is hoped that the
requisite number will show up next Wednesday.

Scratches are caused by poor blood and dirt, a com-
bination that should not be found existing in well
regulated stables; but there may be found many cases
of scratches every season. Mild cases can be cured by
keeping the legs clean and dry and applying oxide of
zinc ointment. Severe cases should be treated for some
time with flaxseed poultices, and after the fever has
subsided the ointment mentioned in preceding cases
may be used.

Mr. A. W. Brunei' of Los Angeles, who was formerly
the Sacramento manager of the Earl Fruit Company,
concluded to take his string of herses over East this
year, and reached Cleveland three weeks ago. He has
Harry Madison 2:27}, Our Lucky 2:13} and the green
but fast pacer Stanton Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes
2:16}. Harry Madison and Stanton Wilkes are well
entered through the Grand Circuit. It is stated that
McHenry will pilot Mr. Bruner's horses in their races.

Alix 2:03}, queen of trotters, dropped a bay filly
June 1st to Handspring 2:26}. It is to be hoped that
this youngster will fare better than Sunol's colt, which
died when it was three days old. Handspring, the sire
of the filly, is the son of Prodigal 2:16, the brother of
Patronage, Alix's sire, and him dam, Annie Wilton,
is a double-producing daughter of Wilton 2:19}. His
second and third dams were also great brood-mares,
and as all their produce were trotters this royally bred
youngster could be styled a thoroughbred trotter, if
any one can.

There is a notice posted at the State Fair Grounds
at Sacramento to the effect that owners occupying
stalls with horses will be required to deposit with the
Assistant Secretary $5 for each stall so occupied, the
money to be refunded if the horse starts in races at
the State Fair. The notice states, however, that "this
rule will be suspended in the case of horses that are in
training and entered in the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders' Association's meeting, which will be
held from July 29th to August 3, 1901, but after that
date they must make the deposit or vacate."

Hattie, the dam of Monterey 2:09} and Montana 2:16,
was bred to both Iran Alto 2:12} and Billy Thornhill
2:24 last year and last month dropped a big lusty foal,
which unfortunately got badly injured in the pasture
and died. Hattie was bred back to Billy Thornhill
and is thought to be certainly with foal. Billy Thorn-
bill is an inbred Wilkes, being by Beverly Wilkes (son
of Geo. Wilkes) and out of the great broodmare Emily
by Geo. Wilkes. He is the sire of four trotters with
records of 2:20 or better, and with better opportunities
should rank high as a speed sire.

B. O. Van Bokkelen left San Jose last week for Den-
ver, where he has a few entries in the races which be-
gin to-day, and at the close of the meeting will go to
Detroit and race through the Grand Circuit. He took
with him Stamboullette 2:10}, the four-year-old Mc-
Kinney colt, Tom Smith, and Vic Sheller, a son of
Hambletonian Wilkes with no record. Both these
unmarked horses should win money over East, as they
are steady-going trotters and fast. Tom Smith worked
a trial of 2:16} last year, and is one of the stoutest
bred and best moving colts ever raised in California.

Ed Geers has at least four in his stable at Louisville
either one of which is faster than The Abbot or Lord
Derby was with the same amount of training. Not
one of these young horses was ever trained until last
fall, and now each can show a half mile in 1:06. They
are the brown stallion Shadow Chimes by Chimes, dam
Charmer by Mambrino King;, foaled in 1896; the bay
stallion The Jeweler by Athanio, dam by Almont Jr.;
the chestnut gelding King Charles by Mambrino King,
dam by Almont Jr., foaled in 1896, and the chestnut
gelding Lord March by Mambrino King, dam by
Almont Jr.

The string of horses and carriages which Attorney-
General Knox took with him to Washington contains
fourteen head of high-bred ones. Among them is one
team for which he paid $9500. It is said to be the fin-
est road team in Washington, although there are sev-

eral teams there whose owners place a higher value on
them. The stable contains all kinds of carriages, and
the harness used on the Attorney-General's horses is
the finest that can be obtained. Mr. Knox says horses
are his fad, and that after a hard day's work a person
can get more enjoyment in a wagon behind a good
team than by any other recreation.

The Stockton Mail says : Ex-Deputy Sheriff McCul-
loch, who has charge of an extensive farm on one of
the islands, is suffering from anthrax, a disease which
attacks horses and cattle, and he says he must have
caught it from handling old harness. A swelling
appeared on the back of his neck. A; first he sup-
posed it was a carbuncle. It continued to grow worse,
and he finally applied to Dr. Dameron, who informed
him that he was suffering from anthrax, which is a
very dangerous malady. The physician removed the
affected flesh, cutting away a piece as large as the
palm of one's band and about as thick.

C. C. Jerome, one of the best known of the old
horsemen of Chicago, is dead. Exposure on the voy-
age to Europe brought on an illness which proved fatal
directly after his arrival at Manheim, Germany, on
May 24th. He owned many noted horses, the most
celebrated being his most recent purchases, Phenol
2:07} and Tom Ogden 2:07. Mr. Jerome was born in
Canada sixty-eight years ago. He served in the Civil
war as a surgeon, and, going to Chicago in 1869,
he amassed a fortune in a few years. Nearly all he
had was swept away in the great fire. He was a gen-
ius, however, and through inventions again became
wealthy. He was known in the railroadiworld as the
inventor of the metallic packing for locomotives, in the
medical world as the inventor of a sanitary flour, and
in the turf world as the inventor of the Jerome horse-
shoe, the latter being made of aluminum, and had a
passing popularity. Four years ago Mr. Jerome
retired from business life in order that he could devote
all his time to the horses and the farm at Wheaton,
which were uppermost in his mind.

Trotting Editor Cogswell of the Boston Traveler has
had a talk with trainer Jack Trout who, among other
things, said: "How have I worked Anaconda? Well,
the fastest mile has been in 2:14J, and the slowest 2:18}.
Last Thursday I stepped him three miles in 2:18}, last
half in 1:08}; 2:17}, last half 1:06}, and 2:16, last half
in 1:05. He is a bad horse to work slow. If I tried to
have him step slower than 2:20 he would have to be
checked high, and even then I would be compelled to
take hold of him a good deal harder than would be
wise. But I will tell you one thing, he is broken now,
which is something he was not when I got him. I jog
him anywhere I please, around electric cars and down
in the city of Dover, and he isn't afraid of a thing,
nor wants to do anything mean. On the road I can
let him move along a 2:40, 2:30 or 2:25 clip, as I please,
and he is willing to obey my very wish. He is all right,
too, when asked to speed the wrong way of the track.
His speed can be controlled the same as on the road.
It is when turned the right way of the track that he
asks for his head, and you can bet I am not going to
pull him double to go a slow mile when one in 2:18 or
so is simply a good big jog for him."

Fasig-Tipton Co. have sprung a sensation on the
trotting horse world by the announcement of the
absolute dispersal sale of the Suburban Stock Farm.
The executor has decided to dispose of all of the trot-
ting horses belonging to the estate of W. E. Spier at
the Old Glory auction in Madison Square Garden next
November. The collection is one of the most select
and celebrated in the world, comprising as it does such
great horses as Directum 2:05}, champion four year old
trotting stallion; Adbell 2:23, the champion yearling
trotter; Keeler2:13}; Jefferson Wilkes 2:14}; Copeland
2:09}; Sally Toler 2:06}; Amby 2:16}; Dainty Daffo
2:13}; Adabella (2) 2:25}; Jummye2:20}; Miss McGregor
2:13; Sappho 2:15|; Crescent 2:24}; Etiquette 2:18};
Nellie A. 2:13; Janie T. 2:14; Rose Croix 2:11}; Ber-
muda Girl 2:21}; Lulu Wilkes 2:22}; Mary Celeste
2:17}; Lady Elsie, Georgie Gaines, etc. It is believed
that there are a larger number of stake and futurity
winners among the brood mares in the Suburban stud
than on any other farm in the world, and all of them
will be bred to the champion Directum. Since the
Glenview dispersal of 1886, no such valuable trotting
stud has been offered at auction. The entire lot con-
sists of about 130 head.

Maplewood Farm horses are being trained at the
Dover, New Hampshire, track. Tom Marsh is hand-
ling them and there is grand material in the string,
writes a correspondent of an Eastern journal. Idolita
2:12, the largest money winner of 1899; Kingmond 2:09,
the contending horse in the M. and M. of 1899, and
who finished first or second the entire seven heats;
Who Is It 2:10}, the only gray horse in the entire out-
fit; Belle Curry 2:18, who proved the most consistent
race horse the stable had out last year; Phoebe Onward
2:12}, one of the latest purchases at a Chicago sale; and
Axtello 2:15, a money winner in the M. and M. last
year, are all the record horses that represent the farm
this year that are at 'the track. The only missing
member is Betonica 2:10}, who is taking his early
"prep" at the farm track. He is the only pacer in
the Jones string and was purchased at a Cleveland sale
sale in '98 for a long price, with a big story. He has
trained off each season since, and is booked for another
trial this year, having been entered in the Grand Cir-
cuit. The green element in the stable is something
swell, and aU of them were carried over last year with-
out hearing the bell tap officially. The first one of
importance is the M. and M. candidate, Eleata, by
Dexter Prince. She is a large black mare that looks
fit to start in any stake and is doing fine in her work.
The King, by Clay Green, is a gelding that has been
entered in quite a number of Grand Circuit meetings.
Carrie Caswell and Juntorio, both by Altivo, have
been kept over for two seasons, and the same can be
said of Katrinka G, sister to Klatawah 2:05}, by Stein-
way. Although an own sister to a former pacing
champion, Katrinka G. takes to the trot. All the
horses have been liberally entered in the Grand Circuit
and start in at Detroit.

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Triumphs of Inbreeding.

In view of the fact that the struggles of the thor-
oughbred race horses are daily followed with the ut-
most interest by thousands of Americans who are
deeply interested iu the problem of breeding cham-
pions, it is worthy of especial note at this time that the
season of 1901 is witnessing a series of utmost unequiv-
ocal triumphs for the policy of inbreeding.

Beyond all questions the most important winners at
Morris Park were Banastar in the senior division,
Commando among the three year olds, and Blue Girl
and Cunard among the juveniles. The pedigrees of
these horses, therefore, become of thorough interest
and importance, and a study of their blood lines will
reveal more than one astonishing combination. No
less than three of the quartette are desperately inbred
amounting almost to incest in one instance, while the
fourth^-Cunard — Is evidently the result of a 'nick' of
inbreeding which is eminently scientific. Indeed these
pedigrees are so remarkable that they must necessar-
ily possess no little interest for the average reader who
takes comparatively little interest in breeding matters
to say nothing of their genuine importance to those
who are directly concerned in the production of the
American thoroughbred.

Commando, the sensational three year old of the
year, possesses no less than five crosses of Lexington
His sire, Dominio, was by Himyar, a son of a Lexing-
ton mare. Dominio's dam, Mannie Grey, was inbred
in two free generations to Lexingion, being by En-
quirer (son of a Lexington mare), out of a daughter of
War Dance, who was also by Lexington. Thus we
find three of Commando's five Lexingtons furnished
by his sire.

Commando's two remaining crosses of Lexington are
found in the pedigree of his grandam, Guenn, who
was herself inbred in two free generations to the 'blind
hero of Woodburn. ' Her sire, Flood, was by Norfolk,
son of Lexington, while her dam Glendew was out of
Glenrose, a daughter of Lexington. Commando traces
in tail female to the Montague mare, which is also the
female ancestress of Lexington. Commando does not
trace through the Levity line, however, as erroneously
stated of late in several journals, but is from the Maid
of the Oaks branch, tracing to imp. Diamond.

Banastar's most notable inbreeding is to the ortho-
dox Leamington-Lexington cross. His sire, Farandole,
was by Enquirer (by Leamington, out of a Lexington
mare), out of Waltz by Lexington. Banastar's dam,
Blessing, was by Onondaga, he by Leamington, out of
Susan Beane by Lexington. Blessing's grandam,
Mariposa, was by Jack Malone, a son of Lexington.
Banastar, therefore, has four crosses of Lexington,
along with double Leamington, to which later horse
his parents both closely trace in male-line descent.

Both Commando and Banastar have two great
female lines in common. Their sires each trace
to the Dance family, founded by imp. Gallopade, while
Commando's fourth dam, Glenrose, is a full sister to
Susan Beane, whose son Onondaga sired Banastar's
dam.

Blue Girl, winner of the Juvenile and Eclipse at
Morris Park, is desperately inbred to Maggie B. B.,
the dam of Iroquois, Harold, etc. This is the case
amounting almost to incest, to which reference has
already been made. Blue Girl's sire, Sir Dixon, is by
imp. Billet, out of Jaconet, she by imp. Leamington,
out of Maggie B. B.

Bonnie Blue II., dam of Blue Girl is by Hindoo, out
of Red and Blue, she by Alarm outof the same Maggie
B. B., who was herself by imp. Australian, out of
Madeline, she by -Boston, out of Magnolia by imp.
Glencoe.

Hindoo, Bonnie Blue's sire, was himself by Virgil
(son of Vandal, he by Glencoe), out of Florence, by
Lexington, and his blood, therefore, provides a triple
affinity when combined with Blue Girl's double Maggie
B. B., for Boston was himself the sire of Lexington.

All this is obviously true of Blues, the three year old
full brother to Blue Girl, but the two are totally differ-
ent in color and individuality. Blue Girl evidently
strains after Maggie B. B., and should be an equally
great mother of winners when relegated to stud life.

Cunard, winner of the National Stallion race, has a
much more inbred pedigree than might appear at first
glance. He is by imp. Goldfinch, out of Lucania.
Goldfinch is by Ormonde, out of Thistle, she by Scot-
tish Chief, who was by Lord of the Isles, son of Touch
stone, Lucania is by imp. |Sir Modred, out of School-
girl, she by Pat Malloy, out of Glenluine by imp.
Glenelg.

The potent "nick " or inbreeding in the pedigree of
Cunard consists in the strength with which we fiDd the
Touchstone blood of Goldfinch's dam returned in

Lucania's sire. This is tho accepted "colt nick"
in scientific breeding. Imp. Sir Modred's sire, Tra_
ducer, was by The Libel, he by Pantaloon, out of
Pasquinade, full sister to Touchstone. Sir Modred's
dam, Idalia, was by Cambuscan, he by Newminster,
son of Touchstone.

Cunard also possesses a steadying "outside " return
of his male line descent from the Stockwell line of
Eclipse. Lucania's grandam, Glenluine, was by Imp.
Glenelg, he by Citadel, son of Stockwell. Goldfinch,
as we all know, traces through the great Ormonde
Bend Or-Doncaster to Stockwell in tail mail.

Conroy, the sensational three year old winner of the
Brooklyn handicap, is also an inbred animal, and was
plainly produced by returning to his sire, St. Leonards,
the best strains of his dam. To illustrate : St. Leon-
ards is by Imp. St. Blaise, out of Belladonna, she by
Kingfisher (son of Lexington), out of Bellona, she by
The 111 Used (son of Breadalban, he by Stockwell),
out of Beatrice, she by Kentucky (son of Lexington),
out of Imp. Bernice, by Stockwell.

It is evident to the veriest tyro in breeding matters
that Belladonna's double Stockwell and double Lexing-
ton at once become (even if only by sheer strength
of numbers) her "best '' strains, and we have only to
make a cursory examination of the pedigree of Con-
roy's dam Lady Invercauld, to realize how nicely she
returned to St. Leonards the best strains of his dam.
Lady Invercauld, in short, is by Powhatan, out of
imp. Invercauld, by St. Albans, and we find her
strongest affinity for Sir Leonard's dam in the fact
that Powhatan was out of a Lexington mare, while St.
Albans is a son of Stockwell.

The Withers hero, The Parader, is also inbred on
much the same plan. He is by Longstreet, out of
Pretense, she by Plenipo. Longstreet's dam, Semper
Idem, was by Glen Athol (son of Blair Athol), out
of Semer Vive, she by Waverly (son of imp. Austra-
lian), out of Semper Felix, she by imp. Phaeton (son of
King Tom), out of Crucifix, she by Lexington.

To all these great individuals Pretense brought a
strong nick of individual inbreeding. Her sire, Plen-
ipo, was by imp. Bonnie Scotland (son of Queen Mary,
Blair Athol's grandam), out of Dora, she by imp.
Australian, out of Lindora, by Lexington. More than
this, Pretense's dam, Bonlotte, was by imp. King
Ernest (son of King Tom), out of Pouch, she by Harry
Bassett (son of Lexington), out of imp. Wombat, she
by West Australian, who sired imp. Australian.

Thus do Commando Banastar, Blue Girl, Cunard,
Conroy and The Parader, one and all, bear eloquent
testimony to the policy of scientific inbreeding.

W. H. Rows.

Note the record of these four horses alone from this
family close up:

King Crab, High Tost, Chatham and Cruiser started
in over 500 races and won money in over 60% of their
starts, and all raced to a green old age.

Another of St. Blaise's sons, Belisarius, holds the
record for the largest number of races won in this
country — 103.

This family shows great stamina as far back as the
fifth cross, Agnes. She produced the great Dalesman,
who was the sire of the famous Lowlander, who ran a
mile in 1:38 more than twenty-five years ago. He won
the Mentmore and Ascot Triennial Stakes, and other
races.

As a 1-year-old Dalesman won up to three miles, and
Evalina won up to two miles and five furlongs, which
goes to show again that it is a family of remarkable
stamina as well as phenomenal speed far back in the
pedigree.

Back of Agnes to the Walton mare begins a line of
winners that runs back to even beyond the days of
O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, which cover a period of over
200 years.

A New Lease Made.
The California Jockey Club has leased the Emery-
ville race track for ten years at $500 a month. The
lease provides for an option on the track for seven
years more on the same terms. The lease is non-
transferable, except as security for the $100,000 indebt-
edness of the California Jockey Club to the Mercantile
Trust Company, which advanced funds to secure the
bonded debt of the San Francisco Jockey Club, assumed
by the California Club when the recent consolidation
was effected. Provision is made that in case hostile
legislation should make racing unprofitable the track
may be used for some other form of amusement. But
no saloons, stores, restaurants or hotels, other than
those already conducted at the grand stand, shall be
permitted on the grounds. At the expiration of the
lease all the improvements made by the jockey club
shall become the property of the owner, Mrs. Margaret
Mee. The club is bound to carry at least $1)0,000 in-
surance with which to replace losses by fire and to
provide facilities for fighting fire. All due diligence is
to be used by the club in preventing damage or loss
from this source. All the present structures, lawns
and fencing, as well as any other structures erected in
future, must be kept in first class condition by the
lessee and no improvements may be added, taken down
or altered without the consent of Mrs. Mee. The
taxes are to be paid by the jockey club. The lease is
signed by T. H. Williams and R. B. Milroy for the
club and by Margaret M. Mee in her own behalf.

Three Remarkable Brothers.

What may be called three great brothers, all
three successful sires, their get showing phenomenal
speed as well as endurance and stamina, are St. Carlo,
Prince of Monaco, and St. Julien. They are all by
imp. St. Blaise, out of Carina, by Kingfisher. They
come from an illustrious family, and a family with a
record, says a writer in the .V. 1'. Telegraph.

These three crosses have produced no less than sev-
enteen stake winners, a family from which spring race-
horses from every branch. The fillies seem to be
equally as good as the colts, a trait possessed by the
male fine from Touchstone, Newminster, Hermit, St.
Blaise, and so on down to his sons, and a male line that
rarely ever produces a rattle-headed representative,
even among the fillies.

As an evidence of the phenomenal speed sired by all
three of these distinguished brothers, it is only neces-
sary to note that, young as the present racing season
is, these three brothers already have to their credit
five 2-year-old performers that have scored track rec-
ords in 1901, viz.:

Brunswick, by St. Carlo, track record in California,
four and a half furlongs in 53J seconds.

Autumn Leaves, a filly, by Prince of Monaco, four
furlongs, at Louisville, winning the Debutante stakes
in .471.

Sting, a filly, by Prince of Monaco, four furlongs in
48J, at Latonia.

Myrtle Dell, a filly, by St. Julien, four furlongs in
48J, at Newport.

The chestnut colt Blennenworth, at his first start at
Chicago, ran the first half mile in 18}, and the five fur-
longs in 1:01}, defeating among others several of the
cracks out in the West this year.

These three sires not only produce sensational speed
but endurance and stamina as well, as is evidenced by
the fact that Ruinart, by St. Carlo ran one mile and
an eighth in 1:53}, with 118 pounds up, and one and
one-fourth miles, winning the Burns handicap (San
Francisco) in 2:06$, with 116 pounds up.

Another one of St. Carlo's, Zamar, won no less than
nineteen races as a 2-year-old — a record for his year in
the number of races won by a 2 year-old.

Fancy wood, who won eight races last year as a 2-year-
old, ran a mile in 1:40J, close to the record forlthat dis-
tance by a 2-year-old filly.

Colbert, as a 3-year-old, by Prince of Monaco, won
twice at two miles, in 3:30 and 3:34, and was never
beaten over a distance of ground except when conced-
ing great weight.

SADDLE NOTES.

It has been definitely decided not to send Conroy to
Chicago to run in the American Derby. The crack
3-year-old will be carefully prepared for the Suburban.

A dispatch from London dated June 6th says that
the House of Commons that day appropriated fifteen
million pounds to purchase transports and horses for
use in the South African war. This means that the
Britishers will continue buying horses in America, and
if the Boers manage to hold out a year or two longer
(and they seem to be doing pretty well just now) the
prices of horses in this country will go still higher.

Castleton, the banner farm in the celebrated blue
grass district of Kentucy, is for sale. It contains 617
acres, all in grass, has first-class improvements, and is
in the neighborhood of the celebrated Walnut Hall
Farm, where so many champion trotters are being
bred, and also close to Elmendorf, Mr. J. B. Haggin's
recent purchase. Castleton is but four and a half
miles from Lexington, and is now leased by Mr. James
R. Keene of New York. The present owners of Cas-
tleton are not residents of Kentucky, and desire to sel
that their interests may be divided. See the advert-
isement in this issue.

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Coming Events.

June IS— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J. P.
Norman. Secretary.

Aug. 27, 38, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buflalo,
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5— Toronto Industrial Exhibition. Eleventh annual
Dog Show, Toronto. Can. W. P. Fraser, Secretary and Superin-
tendent.

Sept. 3, 4, 5, 6— Columbia County Agricultural Society. Inaug-
ural Show, Chatham, N. Y. M. T. Mason, Secretary.

Sept. U, 12, 13, 14— West Virginia Exposition and State Fair
Association. Annual Dog Show, Wheeling. W. Va. G. O. Smith,
Manager.

Sept. 24, 25. 36, 27— Middlesex East Agricultural Association.
Dog Show, Wakefield, Mass. G B. Kirkpatrick, Secretary Bench
Show Committee, Boston, Mass.

Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11— Texas Kennel Club Dog Show, Dallas, Texas
Sidney Smith, Secretary.

Oct 8, 9, 10, 11— Danbury Agricultural Society. Dog Show, Dan-
bury, Conn. James Mortimer, Superintendent.

Field Trials.

Aug. 13— Iowa Field Trial Association- 4th annual trials. Em
metsburg, la. Louis Yerveer, Secretary, Des Moines, la.

Aug. 20— South Dakota Field Trial Association. 2d annual trials-
Sioux Falls, S. D. Olav Haugtro, Secretary, Sioux Falls, S. D.

Sept. 10— Manitoba Field Trials Club. 15th annual trials. Car-
man, Man, Eric Hamber, Secretary- Treasurer, Winnipeg. Man.

Oct. 29 — Monongahela Game Association. 7th annual trials.
Senecaville, O. A. C. Peterson. Secretary, Homestead, Pa.

Nov. Michigan Field Trials Association. 4th annual trials.

, Mich. C. D. Stuart, Secretary. Grand Rapids, Mich.

Nov. Ohio Field Trial Club- 4th annual trials. , Ohio.

C. E. Baughn, Secretary, Washington Court House, O.

Nov. ll— Independent Field Trial Club. 3rd annual trials. ,

Ont. W. B. Wells, Honorary Secretary, Chatham, Ont.

Nov. 12— Connecticut Field Trial Club. (Open to New|England
dogs), Hampton. Conn. F. M. Chapin, Secretary, Pine Meadow,
Conn.

Nov. 12— Kentucky Field Trial Club. 2nd annual trials. Glas-
gow, Ky. Dr. F. W. Samuel. Secretary, Louisville, Ky.

Nov. 19— North American Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont.
Richard Bangham, Secretary, Windsor, Ont.

Nov. 19— Hlinois Field Trial Association. 3rd annual trials
Robinson, His. W. R. Green, Secretary-treasurer, Marshall, Ills.

Nov. 20— Pointer Club of America. Annual trials .

R E. Westlake, Secretary.

Nov. 23 — Eastern Field Trial Club. 23rd annual trials. Newton.
N C. S. C. Bradley, Secretary, Greenfield Hill, Conn.

Nov. 25 — Missouri Field Trial Association, oth annual trials.
Paris, Mo. L. S. Eddins, Secretary, Sedalia, Mo.

Nov. Interstate Field Trial Association. Inaugural trials.

Paris. Mo. (Following the Missouri trials.) C. B. Cooke, Secre-
tary, St. Louis, Mo.

Dec. 2— Western Field Trial Association. Inaugural trials.
Armstrong, Mo. H. L. La Flesh, Secretary-treasurer, Kansas
City, Mo.

Dec. Wisconsin State Field Trial Association. Inaugural

trials. , Wis. O. W. Gothke, Secretary, Grand Rapids, Wis.

Jan. Pacific Coast Field Trial Club 19th annual trials

, Cal. A. Betz, Secretary. 201 Parrott Bldg, S. F.; Cal

Doings in Dogdom.

We are pleased to note the recovery by Mr. D'Aquiu
of the Fox Terrier Aldon Artist. The dog- returned
to his master's residence of his own accord after sev-
eral days' absence.

We announced, three weeks ago, the service of
Woodcote Wonder to L. A. Klein's Bull Terrier
bitches, Belle Balsamo and Nancy. The latter bitch
was sent to Bayview Brigadier instead of Wonder.
Both stud dogs are owned by Mr. O. O. Heydenfeldt of
this city.

John Tait's The Referee and Phil Wand's Gibson
Girl, two English Setter puppies by Count Danstone
out of Flora W., both winners of first puppies at the
.May show, died this week of distemper. The puppies
were supposed to have contracted the disease during
the bench show.

Phil C. Meyer has shipped Beauty of the Joaquin
Alta Millo-Queen of the Joaquin) to Mrs. Lee of the
Alta Kennels, Toledo, O. Beauty will be shown at
Buffalo. She will be bred to Alta Watch. Mrs. Lee
has expressed to Mr. Meyer her strong desire to keep
the Alta Millo type of head in her kennels.

Frank Richards is at Stewart, Minn., and has in
training, only the Verona Kennels' dogs. The string
is composed of Verona Cap, Verona Diablo, Verona
Reva and Verona Wilhelmina, All-Age dogs. The
Derby entries will be Verona Polly, Verona Win and
Verona Babe, all by Ch. Count Gladstone IV. out of
Countess K., and Verona Count Gladstone IV. by Ch.
Count Gladstone IV. -Lady of Verona.

Glenwood Kennels at San Mateo has quite a number
of youngsters on hand just now. Among them are a
St. Bernard litter of three dogs and three bitches out
of Alta Maud by Le King. Four young Cockers, one
a dog, by Champion Havoc out of La Paloma, Alta
Rachael's puppies number five, all dogs, and sired by
Le Kiog. The above lot of young dogs have all been
sold except five St. Bernard puppies. Two of these
Mr. Meyer will keep for future breeding purposes.

Among the kennel matrons who are soon expected to
declare canine dividends are two Cocker bitches, a St.
Bernard bitch and the Bull Terrier Newmarket Queen
which was served by Woodcote Woncer.

The judges at the Pan-American show will be:

St. Bernards, Mastiffs, Bloodhounds, Deerhounds,

Hounds. Bull Terriers, Boston Terriers, Fox

Terriers, Scottish Terriers, Dachshunde, Yorkshire

TerrierS] Whippets and Schipperkes — James Mortimer.

Gr» at Danes, Russian Wolfhounds, Greyhounds,

Field Spaniels, Cocker Spaniels, Clumber Spaniels,

Iris I Water Spaniels, Poodles, Toy Spaniels and Pugs

-'' as. H. Mason.

■xhounds, Pointers, English, Irish and Gordon
..rs — William Tallman.

_ ash Bulldogs, French Bulldogs, Irish Terriers,
-dale Terriers, Welsh Terriers, Skye Terriers,

Pomeraneans and Miscellaneous Classes — C. G. Hopton.
Collies— William C. Hunter (Secretary Collie Club).
Beagles — George F. Reed.

The aftermath of the recent bench show is replete
with complications of various kinds — among others
there is just now a jolly row going on over an award
to Bull Terriers. A St. Bernard mix-up was also on
thecai-d. Both cases have been settled, temporarily, by
the Pacific Advisory Board. The records of the
awards in both cases have been sustained. Whatever
the merits of either ease, we will not here discuss. The
wrangle would not have occurred at all had the method
of scoring and also the scoring books been properly ar-
ranged. Another matter in connection with awards
has been the objectionable practice of paying cash
prizes and giving out medals three or more weeks after
the show closed. Why this system should have been
tolerated so long is certainly a matter of criticism
against an executive officer who has been the subject
of a great deal of unmerited praise.

•'In all treatment of a sick dog remember you are
dealing with a highly sensative and nervous patient,"
writes Dr. Lane in All About Dogs. "Be very gentle,
avoid roughness, or anything likely to alarm him. In
giving him any liquid medicine do not open his mouth,
but, placing him between your knees, with his face
looking in the same direction as your own, gently raise
his jaw, and, pulling his lips away from his teeth on
one side of his mouth, to form a cup or funnel, very
slowly pour from bottle or spoon the quantity he is to
have "into it. Keep his head raised for a minute or
two, and if he does not swallow the dose insert a spoon
between his front teeth. This will have the effect of
drawing off his attention from the medicine, and he
will usually swallow at once. If the dose is a pill, bolus
or anything solid, hold his head the same way as be-
fore mentioned, But with the left hand under lower
jaw, press firmly on each side witn thumb and finger
at the junction of upper and lower jaws. This will
usually cause him to open his mouth, when the dose
should be put into the mouth as far back as possible
over the tongue (or he will spit it out) and close the
jaws somewhat sharply, and in most cases the deed is
done. If any trouble arises with the action of his front
paws this may be got over by wrapping him round
with a shawl or coarse apron. When once you have
got into the way of it, you will be surprised how simple
it is, I am quite sure a practiced owner or kennelsman
would dose a dozen dogs while a novice was making a
bungle over one."

Early History of Count Gladstone IV.

In a communication to the American Field, John
White recounts some interesting history concerning
this famous dog, who was a field trial winner himself
and produced more winning sons and daughters than
any other English Setter who ever ran in the United
States up to date:

"In contradiction of some errors made by one of your
contemporaries regarding the public performance of
Count Gladstone IV, I wish to say that he was bred by
Mr. Charles Tucker of Stanton Depot, Tenn. Mr.
Adolph Dill of Richmond, Va., got him when six or
eight weeks old, and sent him to his farm, about three
miles from Richmond. His dogs were in charge of a
negro who disliked Count Gladstone and whipped him
severely for going out too far while at exercise. This
rough treatment came within an ace of spoiling Count
permanently, for in order to avoid the licking, he
adopted a plan of hiding himself in a ditch or hole and
staying there until night or late in the evening, then
sneaking into his kennel. When Count was about a
year old, Mr. Dill drove me out to his farm to look at
his dogs; he had little hopes of ever making a good
field dog of Count, judging from the accounts he had
from the darky and the trick the dog had developed
of hiding away. I saw the puppy and in spite of the
reports of his bad behavior I rather liked him, so Mr.
Dill told me I could take him home and either keep
him or give him away unless I thought he would make
a first-class shooting dog. I do not think Mr. Dill
ever expected to hear from the puppy again, as he had
so little confidence in his making a good dog.

At the end of two months I wrote Mr. Dill that
Count Gladstone was in my opinion the best I ever
saw at his age, and that I had almost cured the dog
of hiding away, and I advised him to keep the dog,
which he did, and he arranged with me to train and
run him, if worthy, in the trials. He was very hard to
train and develop to a field trial dog in consequence of
his bad treatment when a puppy, besides he was very
frail and delicate in health and constitution, but he
could stand more work than any dog in my kennels,
of which there were forty odd. Count was a few
months too old for the Derby, hence I ran him in the
All-Age stakes of the Eastern and Central trials in
1891. As retrieving was required at that time and
Count was not finished and did not retrieve, I think
a division of third was not bad for one so young as he.
The following season he was taken down with a severe
illness a few weeks before the Eastern trials, and was
not in good condition for the trials, but nevertheless
got second. Before he left me that season, I thor-
oughly trained him, making him one of the very best
retrievers.

It was during the following season that Mr. Hitch-
cock gave Mr. Avent a half interest in Count for run-
ning him through the whole circuit, as I was not going
to attend any but the Eastern trials. That Mr. Dill is
a thorough sportsman is evidenced by the fact that he
sold the dog to me for just what he had cost him, not-
withstanding he was offered double the amount by
others. After getting the dog I transferred him to
Mr. Hitchcock, and for the same price I had paid,
although I had some big offers — one, an offer of two
hundred dollars, to put a price on him. Count Glad-
stone was one of the few really high-class field dogs
who never blinked and never bolted, and he never tail
hunted, or left his handler to follow some other gun,
nor did he ever quit hunting, to my knowledge. Thus
without any of those vices and possessing, as he did,
so many virtues, I believe: his blood will tell in favor of
the English Setter for many years to come.

The Old English Mastiff.

The falling off in the breeding and exhibition o
Mastiffs is not confined entirely to America. The fol-
lowing communication from W. K. Tauton in a recent
numbsr of the English Stock- Keeper is interesting.
There is, on the Coast, a number of devotees to the
Mastiff fancy, but unhappily the penchant for this par-
ticular breed here, seems to have been affected by some
backward influence, notwithstanding the great amount
of advertising and mention the Mastiff specialty club
and one or two individual owners or breeders have re-
ceived and through which an attempt has been made
to boom the dogs. Mr. Taunton in the paper referred
to says:

I am disappointed that Mr. Red war's letter has only
called forth a reply from Mr. Leadbetter, as it would
be interesting to learn the views of others why this
•breed receives and has received for some time past, so
little attention.

Mr. Leadbetter attributes the small number of en-
tries to the fact that, although an exhibitor may own
ten, fifteen or twenty dogs, only three or four are ex-
hibited at a time. I hardly think that there has been
any one for some time past, until quite recently, who
has owned ten Mastiffs at the same time, and very few
have possessed even half that number. As the paucity
of entries at shows is not a matter of recent occurence,
some other reason must be sought to account for the
great lack of interest in the breed. I sincerely hope
that the Mastiffs will never be allowed to die out, but
that good Mastiffs are getting: scarcer and scarcer can
hardly be denied. I quite agree with Mr. Leadbetter
that exhibitors should receive every inducement to
bring out their young stock, and I should be more
hopeful that the offer of special prizes for novices
would have this effect if I were satisfied that there are
a sufficient number of novices in existence to compete
for these prizes. Certainly the number of entries in
novices classes where these have been provided has
been anything but encouraging.

It would be interesting, as well as instructive, if we
could ascertain the reason of so little interest being
taken in the breed for the last few years, and if any of
your readers can throw any light upon the subject, I
am sure many would be much indebted to them for
doing so.

I believe myself that the rage for abnormally short
muzzles which existed a few years since did much to
damage the breed, as my experience is that, whatever
may have been the views of a limited number of breed-
ers, the public generally were not admirers of the Mas- .
tiffs with extremely short muzzles. This fashion
brought with it many faults, dogs deteriorated in
height, length of body and in other essential Mastiff
qualities. I hope that it will not be thought that in
raising my voice against an excessively short muzzle I
am an advocate for a Mastiff having a long one. I
quite agree with all the leading Mastiff breeders that a
Mastiff's muzzle should be short, but it should be in
proportion to the dog, and not the shortest it is pos-
sible to get. I look upon width, depth and squareness
— three most difficult qualities to obtain — as of greater
importance than mere shortness.

If a few breeders would take up the Mastiff with a
determination to improve it and aim at breeding good
all-round dogs, much would be done to bring back the
popularity of this ancient breed. It must be remem-
bered, however, that no improvement may be appar-
ent for some time, and any one hoping to breed a per-
fect Mastiff, or anything approaching, at his first at-
tempt will in all probability be grievously disap-
pointed.

Norman J. Stewart has now at his kennels the Irish
Terriers Wilmount Highwayman and Champion End-
cliffe Shela.

L. A. Klein's Bulldog: bitch Baby Jen, in whelp to
Ivel Rustic and the Dach bitch Ch. Venlolo, in whelp
to Col. W. S. Martin's Rex M. have been placed with
J. C. Berrett of San Jose.

Chas. R. Harker of San Jose has taken the Bulldog
bitch Chaddy temporarily from L. A. Klein. Chaddy
is in whelp to Ivel Rustic.

L. A. Klein has placed the Bull Terrier bitch Belle
Balsamo, in whelp to Champion Woodcote Wonder,
with O. J. Albee at Lawrence, Santa Clara county.

Laury Adams had the misfortune to lose his Irish
Setter Toronto Mike recently. Thejdog was hurt by a
street car and subsequently died of the injuries re-
ceived.

Kennel Registry.

SALES

Nairod Kennels sold the red Cocker bitch puppy Nairod Zaza
(Champion Viseount-Nairod Chloe) to Mrs. Thos. Murphy, June
8th, 1901.

Nairod Kennels sold the black Cocker bitch Nairod Chloe (San-
der's Bob-Day's Queen) to Mr. Al. Hallett.

Nairod Kennels sold the black Cocker bitch Nairod Picka-
ninny (Rathbone's Imp. Bob-Nancy) to Mr. B. P. Van Cleve.

W. H. Williams' Irish Water Spaniel bitch Belle Marsh (Handy
Andy-Ch. Nora W-) to Dr. A. T. Leonard's Dennis C. (Ch. Mike C.-
Biddy C ), June 7, 1901.

VISITS

Colonial Great Dane Kennels' (L Ackerman) Great Dane bitch
Prima Donna (Beau Brummel H. -Donna Juanita) to same owner's
Lord Londesbrough, Jr. (Ch. Lord Londesbrough-Mabel S.) June
10, 1901.

Glenwood Kennels' (P. C. Meyer) rough coated St. Bernard
bitch Belline (Hector Mars-Flora) to same owner's Le King (Ch.
Le Prince-Sylvia's Lola) June 8, 1901.

Geo E. Brown's (Oakland) black Cocker bitch Oakland Tippo
(Black Tighe-Oakland Jet) to Vindal's red Cocker Oakland Gold
Dust (Menlo M.-Diana) May 25, 1901.

WHELPS.

Glenwood Kennels' red Cocker bitch La Paloma (Ch. Red Dock-
Inez ) whelped June 6, 1901, three puppies (1 dog) to same owner's
Ch. Havoc (Ch. Black Duke-Woodland Jude).

I'UNE 15, 1901]

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Coming Events.

■June 16— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rooks. Ingleside

.(June 16— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo

■June 23— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks Alameda
■inction.

■June 23— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
fcounds. Sacramento.

I June 23— San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside
■June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30-Nortb.western Association's Tourna-
■ent. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla
■June 30— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside
■July 7— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside
■July 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside
I iu\y l~\'in90lli. Gun Club- IBlue rooks- Alameda Junction.
■ July 7— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire: Club grounds
lameda Junction. B "uuuat

I July 23, 24, 25, 26— Second Annual Grand American Handicap
. ournameut. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
■ark. Queens, L. I.

I Aug. 3— Grass Valley Sportsman's Club.
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Trap shoot and "camp

At the Traps.

I The Capital City Bluerock Club of Sacramento held
Is regular shoot last Sunday at the Kimball & Upson
L winds near the American river, where thirty shoot-
|s faced the traps. The day was perfect and some
fcry good scores were made. Stevens took all the
lory in the club match, breaking 24 out of a possible
[1. He also smashed 49 out of the first 50.

■ The attendance at the Sacramento traps from now
ti will be larger, for the shooters are going to get into
I rm for the tournament to be held there July 13th

.id 14th. The encouragement received from the
lirth indicates that the shoot will be the biggest ever
lild in Sacramento.

■The team shoot of six men, for the championship of
lorthern California, was to have taken place at Red
luff in May, but owing to their long program they
|3re unable to pull it off. The Chico team, which now
■'Ids the trophy, has consented to let the champion-
lip be decided at the shoot to be held there. Keswick
■adding, Red Bluff, Chico, Marysville, Willows, Wil-

)ms and Green Valley will send shooters to take part.
■Following are the scores made by the Capital City
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I jah 8, Black 10, Adams 9, Just 9, Vetter 9, Trump-
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■alborn 8, Upson 8, Ruhstaller 9. Stevens 10, Newbert

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A press dispatch dated June 11th, from London, an-
nounces that the American shooters were in the lead
on the first day's trap shooting during the great inter-
national match. " The Anglo-American trap shoot
opened to-day at the Middlesex Club grounds. The
weather was bright and there was a fair attendance,
including many ladies. A high wind prevented good
records.

In a preliminary sweepstakes at twenty-five birds,
K. O. Heikes of Dayton, O., killed 15 straight: W. R.
Crosby of O'Fallon, 111., and Fred Gilbert of Spirit
Lake, la., were the next highest with 22 each.

T. A. Marshall of Keithsburg, 111., won the next
sweepstakes with 22 out of 25.

In the International shoot, W. R. Crosby took 19
out of the first 20 and 17 out of the second 20. At the
end of the 400 birds the score was:
Americans 319, British 303.

The total scores of the trap shooters for the day
were: Americans 860, British 801.

Frank Parmalee of Omaha won the live bird contest
yesterday with 25 straight out of a possible 25.

The betting on the American team, which began at
6 to 0 against, closed to-night at 10 to 1 in their "favor.
Nevertheless, Paul North and other American sports-
men present declare that all the members of the team
are shooting far beneath their usual level. It was fully
expected that the team could kill 90 per cent, of the
birds, but to-day's result showed less than 87 per cent.
The high winds and the unfamiliar surroundings had
uch to do with this. Crosby led the American sci
with 93 birds, Budd secured 89, Tripp and Heikes „,
each and the lowest was 69.

As the British team used both barrels and the Amer-
icans only one barrel, it was interesting to note that
the British team used 33 to 40 per cent, more shells,
with less results in the total score."
Thejiersonnel o_f the American team is as follows;

seem to point
felines.

The panthers and their nearer allies are so well
known as to call for no particular notice, but it may be
remarked that the jaguar is distinguishable from the
leopard m having a central spot to each rosette. It is
also noteworthy that the young of the cheetah or hunt-
ing leopard is of a uniform color, the spots bein<r either
non-existent or obscured by the overgrowth°of fur
The young of the lion are distinctly spotted, and the
same remark applies to the puma— evidence of spotted
ancestors, for the growth of the individual may be
taken as typical of the development of the race. Tigers
also are frequently characterized by an arrangement
of spots, and a skin in the possession of a friend of ours
is thus marked between the stripes over a considerable
portion of the back and sides. Many cats, such as the
ocelot, show a combination of stripes and blotches,
into which forms of marking the original spots have
probably blended by a gradual process of agglomera-
tion.

Of the lynxes, the caracal is marked underneath bv
indistinct rufous spots, and most animals of this familv
present similar characteristics of coloration, varvini?
in intensity with locality and season. One of these
animals, the pardine lynx, is almost as thickly spotted
as the hunting leopard.

A similar coloration prevails among the civets and
palm-civets to that obtaining in the genus Fells, some
being spotted and some striped in a more or less dis-
tinct manner. Of the three existing species of hyena

w?/ug6st °nl' lc"ini in Africa' is the spotted hyena.

With regard to dogs, the domestic species have be-
come so unnaturally modified that it is difficult to indi-
cate the origin whence they sprung. It is noteworthy
however, that the majority exhibit a similar blotchod
or spotted character, and in this connection it is inter-
esting to note that the Cape hunting-dog has spots or

much to do with this. Crosby led the American score S?'?,65 varyln? m form and manner of dispersion

- Of other carnivorous animals it may be noted that the
unsavory skunk is generally striped, but some species
are spotted.

The common seal is thickly spotted, and another
species is so conspicuously marked in this manner as to
have been given the name of sea-leopard
The various spotted kinds of deer are well known,
J. A. R. Elliott, R. O. Heikes, Fred Gilbert, Ernest b^' l4 m^ not be generally known that the young of
Tripp, F. S. Parmalee, W. R. Crosby, J. S. Fanning the swamp-deer are spotted, and that the ho°--deer
C. M. Powers, Tom Marshall, B. Leroy Woodard, E°d exb-i°its tQe same characteristics only during the sum-
Banks and C. W. Budd. .

The second day of the international trap shoot was
resumed under handicapping weather conditions.

Rain, with varying winds, fell during the afternoon'
making good shooting extremely difficult. The Amer-
ican team, however, seemed to have gathered much
confidence from their work of the first day and an in-
creasing familiarity with their local surroundings.

At the end of the sixtieth round, when each side had
shot at 600 targets, the English team had broken 476
and the American 524. Out of the first sixty targets
W. R. Crosby broke 58, Fred Gilbert 56, John S. Fan-
ning 00 and R. O. Heikes 54. This match closed for

mer season, assuming a coat of uniform color during
the remainder of the year- Many African antelopes
are striped or spotted, the face being specially subject
to markings which serve to protect the animal from
observation when standing ' 'at gaze. " ""

Thus the kudu
has stripes on the body, but white spots and splashes
on the face, throat and limbs.

There are two theories regarding the uses of mark-
ing and coloration, one being that this distinction is
for the purposes of recognition, so that animals are
enabled to recognize others of their own species; the
other, and more generally accepted idea, is that the
coloration is intended for protective purposes. Pre-

the day in a driving rain with the following totals: 3umably natural selection would in both cases be the

Americans 877, English 794.

When the contest closed on Wednesday afternoon it

was believed that Thursday's shoot would surely end

the match in favor of fhe Americans. Their average

on the second day was decidedly better than that on

vens 13, Gusto 14, Black 11, Kindsberg 14, Vetter Tuesday, but the team will be disappointed if Thurs

Tito* 10 CVinnn Irt TT'IS-I^'U 1ft n_;rn_ i i\ ttt _ _ i n Hoti'o a trniia n-ao nn/lnn .-, l-. t- i 1 , ; . . 111 C t_i _ . . -i •

I Just 12, Shore 10, Elijah 10, Griffin 10, Wood 8,
Iwbert 14, Meridith 7, Neale 10, Trumpler 9, De
Irrittll, Upson 13, Frazee 13, Myers 9, Weldon 12,
Ivero 12. Blair 12.

I.'eam match at 15 blue rocks — Kindsberg 13, Vetter
I Weldon 14, Gusto 8, Maxwell 10, Favero 11, Elijah
I Neale 10, Meredith 11; Total 103. Black 12, New-
It 10, Ruhstaller 6, Frazee 12, Griffin 9, Just 7. Blair
■Woods 10, Dpson 12; total 87.

Private match at 15 blue rocks— Ryan 9, Smith 10.
|?eam match at 15 blue rocks — Gusto 11, Weldon 14,
Ison 9, Ruhstaller 14, Neale 8, Maxwell 12; total 68.
[ith 12, Newbert 14, Vetter 11, Black 12, Just 9,
Ijah 12: total 70.

'here was a good attendance at the regular shoot of
Sacramento Gun Club, held on Eckhardt's shoot-
grounds at East Park, on the 9th inst., resulting in
le very good scores.

luring the day there was a match at bluerocks
ween a team from the Oak Park Gun Club and one
lposed of Sacramento Club members, as a sort of
liminary tryout for the match between teams from
se clubs which is to take place on the same grounds
norrow. It was at fifteen "birds" per man, with
men on each side. It resulted in a tie of 48 birds,
was shot off at 10 birds, the Sacramento team
ning by a score of 34 to 28.

Catch at 10 bluerocks— Palm 6, Blair 5, Beardsley 7,
•zer 5, Eckhardt 10.

!atch at 15 bluerocks— Palm 10, Blair 10, Beardsley
Leazer 7, Eckhardt 13, Richards 12.
:atch at 10 bluerocks— Palm 7, Blair 3, Richards 5,
zer 5, Beardsley 5, Frazee 6, Miller 6, Davey 7,
k 4, Smith 6.

atch at 15 bluerocks— Beardsley 11, Palm 11, Frazee
Leazer 12, Richards 8, Miller 6, Davey 11, Book 5,
th 7.

atch at 15 bluerocks— Davis 12, Palm 14, Miller 12,
r,_Jr., 10, Woodworth 12, Brady 12, Kerr, Sr., 9,
1 5.

tcramento Club team— Palm 11, Brady ll,|Wood-
th 10, Kerr, Jr., 12, Hall 4. Total 48.
ik Park Club team— Davis 10, Eck 14, Davis 7,
r, Sr., 9, O'Connor 7. Total 48.
icramento Club team, 10 bluerocks — Palm 6, Brady
Toodworth 7, Kerr, Jr., 5, Hall 4. Total 28.
ik Park Club team— Davis 9, Eck 9, Davis 6, Kerr,
6, O'Connor 4. Total 34.
edal shoot at 25 bluerocks —

day's averages, under anything like favorable condi-
tions, does not exceed 90 per cent. Crosby led
Wednesday's score with 95 per cent, of breaks, Heikes
and Gilbert with 93 per cent, each and Tripp with 90
per cent. No member of the American team secured
less than 87, whereas the highest English score was 87
per cent. In view of the fact that Thursday's match
will decide the contest a number of sweepstakes have
been arranged for Friday and Saturday and a live bird
contest for Monday, after which the American team
will go to Glasgow, proceeding from that city to Ger-
many and France.

The team to represent Great Britain and Ireland in
the Anglo-American Clay Bird Match for £1000 on
June 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and loth, is now complete,
and includes with reserves, the following well known
clay bird shots: J. H. Butt, Middlesex Gun Club; F.
M. Brown, Middlesex Gun Club; J. G. Back, Surrey
Gun Club; H. J. Cave, Middlesex Gun Club; H. P.
Dipley, Middlesex Gun Club; E. Dobie, Scottish Gun
Club; W. Ellicott, Middlesex Gun Club; L. Greenhill,
Ealing Gun Club; F. Inglis, Scottish Gun Club; F.
Izzard, Middlesex Gun Club; W. L. Joynt, Gun Club
of Ireland; Capt. E. Pellier Johnson, Middlesex Gun
Club; W. B. Morris, Middlesex Gun Club; C. Morris,
Hastings Gun Club; D. O'Conor, Middlesex Gun Club;
J. Paul, Middlesex Gun Club; C. Palmer, Birmingham
Gun Club; J. F. Pike, Birmingham Gun Club; R. F.
L. Turner, Surrey Gun Club; W. Williams, Middlesex
Gun Club, and W. T. Walkins, also of Middlesex Gun
Club.

♦

Spotted Animals.

Perhaps the most interesting of all subjects con-
nected with popular natural history is that of the col-
oration of animals, its origin and causes, and its pres-.
ent use in the economy of nature, quoted a writer in
The Asian, on the various species of white and black
animals, both normal and abnormal. We now propose
to follow him in his discussion on some of those species
whose coats are distinguished by spots and blotches on
grounds of various hue.

The most noteworthy group of animals displaying
this form of coloration is of course the cat family, the
majority of which exhibit spotted markings in a more
or less pronounced degree either in the immature on
adult animal, if not in both, so that these indications

means of development of particular forms of markino
Mr. Wallace is the great exponent of the theory of
recognition marking, whilst however he agrees that it
may be combined with protective coloration. Refer-
ring to the necessity for recognition marks to obviate
the admixture of species in regions inhabited by many
species of nearly the same size and general form Mr.
Wallace says: "It is interesting to note that these
markings for recognition are very slightly developed
in the antelopes of the woods and marshes. The wood-
hunting bosch-bok (T. Sylvatieus) goes in pairs and has
hardly any distinctive markings on its dusky chestnut
coat, but the male alone is horned. The large and
handsome kudu frequents brushwood, and its vertical
white stripes are no doubt protective, while its mag-
nificent spiral horns afford easy recognition. The
eland, which is an inhabitant of the open plain, is uni-
formly colored, being sufficiently recognizable by its
large size and distinctive form; but the Derbyan eland
is a forest animal, and has a protectively striped coat.
In like manner the fine Speke's antelope, which lives
entirely in swamps and among reeds, has pale vertical
stripes on the sides (protective), with white markings
on the face and breast for recognition." There ap-
pears, however, no reason to suppose that markings
on the face and breast are for recognition more than
for protection. They are in fact more necessary for
protective purposes on those parts of the body than
elsewhere, so that the animal may be afforded protec-
tion from discovery when standing at gaze to observe
the approach of danger.

There is every probability that spotted animals are
all so marked for protective purposes, and it is notice-
able that they are generally inhabitants of localities
where such coloration is protective. Thus the leopard
usually inhabits bush jungle where his spots accord so
well with the sunlight and shadows of his surround-
ings. The lion, frequenting more open plain, has a
coat of uniform hue which blends with the color of the
ground.

So the spotted deer, inhabiting the sunlit glades on
the banks of rivers is afforded protection by its varie-
gated coat, while the sambar, a denizen of deeper for-
ests, is less conspicuous in the depths of the thickets
than he would be were he spotted with white. The
seasonal variation in the marking of the hog-deer
points to the same conclusion, the spots being present
during the summer season when the state of the forest
renders them desirable for protective purposes, whilst
the uniform hue assumed at other seasons is then pref-
erable for purposes of concealment.

H. E. Skinner Co., 416 Market street are doing a
thriving business outfitting parties for outing, camping
and tramping. In addition to their large fishing tackle
business they are making a specialty of handmade foot-
wear and outing clothing.

10

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[June 15, 190]

ROD.

The Two Fishermen.

Oh, tie was a sport of the citified sort,

With a natty black suit and a big black cigar,
And he said that his wish was to land all the fish

That would rise to a fly in the brooks near and far.
His rod was of steel, and his splinter new creel

Astonished the natives that lived thereabout,
While his brilliant-hued flies filled them all with surprise,

He had every device for the taking of trout.

He started at dawn, ere the last stars were gone,

For the head of the brook where the fishing was flue.
"I will not do a thing but bring back a fine string,"

He observed with a wink that was large and benign.
Half a mile up the brook this hot sport overtook

A barefooted boy with a cut willow pole,
Who clearly was bent— from the way that he went—

For the head of the brook— the town fisherman's goal.

They both angled away through the warm summer day-
Went wading through riffles or casting in pools,

Worked over the shoals and dipped into the holes,
Chasing minnows ahead of them, schools upon schools.

The city man's flies loitered oft for a rise

On the edge of a riffle, with counterfeit squirm.

While the small country lad, with what tackle he had,
Depended alone on the succulent worm.

They returned to the town as the red sun went down,

Both torn on the bushes, and tired all out;
And the small farmer youth, to be honest, forsooth,

Confessed he had landed all day not a trout.
But the smart city chap took his creel on his lap,

And emptied out strapping big fish by the score.
"I'm no liar," he said, "but I've got on the dead,

There hundred and twenty, perhaps a few more."

The lesson, good friends, that this plain tale intends

In its roundabout fashion to try to impart.
Is: Don't always take every old country fake

Of a "swell city fisherman" story to heart.
No matter what kind of fine tackle you find

In a fisherman's hands, you will have to allow
That the fellow who'll get the fish out of the wet,

Be he bumpkin, or dude, is the one who knows how.

— Portland Oregonian,

The Fly-Casting Club.

A few more leaves were added to the pleasant pages
of the good fellows' book last Tuesday evening, the
occasion being the monthly meeting and banquet of
the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. During the
evening some routine business of the club was trans-
acted, among other things, was the election of three
new members, Mr. Louis Weinmann, Dr. Clark Bar-
num and Dr. C. G. Levinson. Chairman "Walter D.
Mansfield also announced the following classification
of the members for the coming series of five class con-
tests at Stow lake. This classification being based
upon the casting averages made during the first five
contests participated in this season.

Saturday class contests — Championship class: Dis-
tance—H. C. Golcher, T. W. Brotherton, Edw. Ever-
ett. Accuracy — H. F. Muller, T. W. Brotherton.
Delicacy — W. D. Mansfield, C. G. Young, Edw. Everett,
H. Smyth, C. G. Edwards, H. C. Golcher. First class:
Distance— C. F. Grant, C. G. Edwards, H. F. Muller,
C. G. Young, W. E. Brooks, H. E. Skinner. Accuracy
— W. D. Mansfield, C. G. Young, Edw. Everett, C. G.
Edwards, C. F. Grant, H. E. Skinner, H. C. Golcher,
H. Battu. Delicacy — T. W. Brotherton, E. A. Mocker,
H. F. Muller, C F. Grant, H. Battu, W. B. Brooks,
H. E. Skinner. Second class: Distance — E. A. Mocker,
H. Battu. Accuracy — W. E. Brooks, H. Smyth, E.
Mocker.

Sunday class contests — Championship class: Dis-
tance—H. C. Golcher, T. W. Brotherton, Edw. Ever-
ett, C. F. Grant, F. E. Daverkosen. Accuracy — H. F.
Muller, W. D. Mansfield, T. W. Brotherton, Chas.
Huyck, H. C. Golcher, C. G. Young. F. H. Reed, W.
E. Brooks, S. A. Heller. Delicacy— W. D. Mansfield,
C. G. Young, Edw. Everett, H. C. Golcher, T. W.
Brotherton. H. Smyth, H. F. Muller. First Class:
Distance— H. F. Muller, W. E. Brooks, C. G. Young.
Accuracy — Edw. Everett, F. E. Daverkosen, H. Battu,
J. B. Kenniff, C. R. Kenniff, C. F. Grant, H. Smyth,
Geo. Foulks, F. M. Haight, J. S. Turner, E. A Mocker.
Delicacy— F. E. Daverkosen, H. Battu, F. H. Reed, S.
A. Heller. E. A. Mocker, C. F. Grant, F. M. Haight,
Geo. Foulkes. W. E. Brooks, Chas. Huyck, J. S.
Turner, W. J. L. Kierrulf. Second class: Distance —
Chas. Huyck, E. A. Mocker, F. H. Reed, J. B. Kenniff,
H. Battu, G. Foulkes, F. M. Haight, C. R. Kenniff, S.
A. Heller, A. M. Blade, W. J. L. Kierrulf, T. Kierrulf,
Accuracy— A. M. Blade, W. J. L. Kierrulf, T. Kierrulf.
Delicacy— J. B. Kenniff, C. R. Kenniff, A. M. Blade, T.
Kierrulf.

After coffee and cigars the social session of the club
was happily enlivened by remarks from various club
members and invited guests upon topics germain to the
sport of angling. An interesting paper on the "Fly-
Casters of Yesterday" was read by Horace Briggs, the
effort was replete with angling reminiscences of many
of the sportsmen of other days, the sentiment of the
address was in touch with many of the gentlemen
present. When the speaker finished a standing toast
was quaffed to the "Boys who have gone before."

A testimonial of sympathy was passed upon and a
resolution of condolence extended to an absent mem-
ber, Carlos G. Young, who for the first time in many
sessions was missed at the banquet board. The un-
happy reason for his absence being a bereavement in
the family of the gentleman mentioned.

During the evening the secretary read a dis patch
felicitous in spirit and cordial in well wishes from an
absentee, Herman F. Muller, who is at present enjoy-
ing a vacation in the Yosemite Park. Among the
members and guests present were: Walter D. Mans-
field, Horace Smyth, Alex T. Vogelsang, Judge John
Hunt, Judge Seawall, John P. Babcock, E. T. Allen,
H. Battu, Dr. W. E. Brooks, A. M. Blade, A. S. Car-
man, Col. G. C. Edwards, Edw. Everett, A. B. Finch,
Geo. H. Foulks, H. C. Golcher, F. M. Haight, E. H.
Horton, R. Isenbruck, Fred S. Johnson, Chas. Klein,
Chas. H. Kewell, W. J. L. Kierrulf, C. B. Kenniff, J.
Boswell Kenniff, W. A. L. Miller, J. Peltier, F. H.

Reed, F. P. McLennan, H. E. Skinner, Jno. F. Siebe,
E. L. Sanford, J. S. Turner, Will Turner,|Geo. Walker,
James Watt, C. M. Walker, M. J. Geary, J. X. DeWitt,
R. R. L'Hommedieu, Horace Briggs, John Lawrence,
Chas. Ray, Dr. Lane, S. Rosenheim, F. R. Surryhne,
C. H. Shaw, Dr. Corr.

The re-entry scores made on the 8th and 9th insts.
are given below. The next contests will take place on
June 22d and 23d respectively.

Saturday Re-entry Contest No. 2— Stow Lake, June 8, 1901
Wind, strong, -southwest. Weather, beautiful.

Judges— Messrs. Battu and Golcher. Referee, Mr. Mansfield.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

.100
.100
.104
.116

Everett, E., 1 —
Everett, E.,2....
Golcher, H. C , 1 .
Golcher, H. C, 2.

Grant, C P , 1 —

Grant, C. F.,2

Grant, C P.. 3

Mansfield, W. D.. . .

Skinner, H. E.. 1... 96
Skinner, H. E.,2... 97

90 8-12
83

84 "4-12

79 4-12

84 8-12
79 4-12

8.1

illl

H-12

K4

8-12

91

4-12

911

4-1-.'

85

H-12

87

illl

75

4-12

75

78 4-12

74 2-12
75

75 10-12
75

77 6-12

78 4-12
65 10-12

Sunday Ee-entry Contest No. 2— Stow Lake, June 9, 1901.
Wind, strong, southwest. Weather, beautiful. 1

Judges— Messrs. Brotherton and Golcher. Referee, Mr. Mans-
field. Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

Everett, E., 1 93

Everett, E.,2 100

Blade. A. M 74

Daverkosen, P. E. . 99

Grant, C. F

Turner, Jas., 1 67

Turner, Jas., 2

Young, C. G., 1 88

Young, C. G.,2 86

87 8-12

91 4-12

75 10-12

83 7-12

80

88

76 8-12

82 4-12

76

56 8-12

69 2-12

62 11-12

84 4-12

73 4-12

78 10-12

81 8-12

81

72 6-12

76 9-12

86

76

71 8-12

74 4-12

91 4-12

89

78 4-12

83 10-12

91 4-12

89

75 10-12

82 5-12

flS^NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2— Ac-
curacy, percentage. Event 3— Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage;
(b) delicacy percentage: (c) net percentage. Event 4— Lure cast-
ing, percentage.

Habits of the Large-Mouth Black Bass.

The Board of Fish Commissioners will shortly arrange
to place black bass fry in many desirable fishing waters
of this State. Black bass angling in Russian River for
several seasons past has not been satisfactory. Fish-
ing in the lake near Milton has given good results, the
bass being -plentiful there although it is not an ideal
bass water. A small lake near Rodeo used to afford,
early in the season, some pretty good sport, but the
bass have almost disappeared, owing to two dry seasons,
when the water became so low that nearly all the bass
died. Other reservoirs that promised well for bass
propagation and plenty of future sport angling for this
game fish have been disappointing ventures thus far.
A paper by Dr. Morris Gibbs, a well-known Michigan
angler and interesting writer on angling topics, appears
in The Amateur Sportsman and is replete with interest-
ing information concerning a fish that would add much
to the pleasures of many anglers in this State were the
distribution of bass more general than at present.
One of the ideal bass fishing waters on the Coast is a
series of ponds or small lakes in Sacramento County,
on the preserves of the Del Paso Outing Club. Lake
Merced, in this county, is full of black bass, but the
dense and heavy growth of water vegetation covering
the whole bottom of the lake makes fishing, from a
sportsman's standpoint, an utter impossibility. Be.
sides, the water company officials have invariably inter-
dicted all fishing in the lake. Bass fishing in San
Andreas Lake has not proven worthy of the time
necessary to make the trip to the lake for two seasons
past. The paper above referred to is the following :

The black bass is a species that may be written upon
for ages and still be appreciated as a fertile subject for
the angler, outer or icthyologist desirous of appealing
to the readers of any paper which will publish fish
items.

The large-mouth black bass, Oswego bass, green]bass
or bayou bass, as it is variously called, is quite gen_
erally distributed, but some of its habits are but little
known. Thinking that some notes might be of inter-
est to your readers, I send in some observations taken
from my store of many years' study.

There is no accounting for names, as each locality
has its own nomenclature, and while river bass de-
scribes this fish in one section, another locality dubs
it lake bass. In Michigan it is abundant in lakes and
is rarely found in rivers, while the small-mouth is gen-
erally taken in running water in the Great Lakes
region. Still we find in the synopsis that this species
is given as found in "rivers of the United States, from
the Great Lakes and Red River of the north to Florida
and Texas; everywhere abundant, preferring lakes,
bayous and sluggish waters." This "would lead us to
infer that the species was taken in both lake and
stream. At the mouths of rivers opening into the
Great Lakes the large-mouth is abundant, but, as a
rule, so far as my observations go, it is only rarely
found in streams distant from still water.

In northern waters this bass is occasionally taken of
a weight of fifteen pounds, I am credibly informed,
while a specimen of a few ounces over ten pounds was
captured in Michigan to my knowledge; but it is in
Southern waters that the species reaches its greatest
weight. One has been recorded from Florida that ex-
ceeded twenty-three pounds, while many have been
taken there to exceed twenty pounds.

In Michigan the weight of black bass is not so great
in proportion to their length as it is in Eastern and
Southern waters, if one is to believe the stories that we
read. Not long ago I read that a bass of sixteen inches

would weigh two and a half pounds, and one of eigh-
teen inches over three pounds. These proportions are
not proven here in Michigan, where a sixteen-inch base^
never in my experience weighs over one and three-
quarter pounds. Observations of many years give me-
the authority to say that the following proportions'
are proper as to weight and length of Michigan bass,
as well as showing the average catch in that section
known as the Great Lakes region :

A bass of sixteen inches will weigh one and a half
pounds or slightly over; one of eighteen inches two
and a quarter, and one of twenty inches three and a
half pounds. From this size up the weight increases
proportionately very rapidly, and one that I weighed
at eight pounds measured twenty-five inches.

I have studied the habits of these species carefully,
as well as the small-mouth, and find that the manner
of nesting is quite similar. The spawning season of
the two is about the same, but I believe that it is a
little earlier with the small-mouth, which, however,
appears to be a little longer engaged in preparation.
The large-mouth begins preparing the nest or spawn-
ing ground in early May, and from this date to well
into July some of the fish may be found on the beds,
though I doubt not that the large majority of the bass
have completed this important act by July 1st. I
think, nevertheless, that both our bass should be pro-
tected until July 1st, or better still, to the 15th of that
month. If this law were followed and spearing stopped
at all seasons the bass would rapidly multiply. I have
seen bass caught in late June that were heavy with
spawn. Many states have laws that protect bass dur-
ing spawning season, hut even then the laws are
largely inoperative, as they are rarely enforced, and,
moreover, the bass are usually only protected until
May 1st, which is next to a futile effort in the strict
line of protection.

Everyone has observed the roily, muddy condition
of the lakes in the spring caused by the rains and the
rising of the debris from the bottom. At this season
it is, as all anglers know, useless to attempt to fish. It
is when this clouded condition of the lake subsides that
the female bass are seen to seek the shallow parts of
the lakes over gravelly portions of the bottom and
generally near the shore. The males fight savegly for
the possession of the females, and it is only after some
days that affairs seem settled, and even then the ap-
pearance of the interlopers causes the renewal of
hcstilities.

At the proper time the eggs, few in number, are de-
posited in the selected quarters and are arranged to
the satisfaction of the mother, who hovers near, ready
at any and all times to rush upon the intruder. Per-
haps the male is at hand and will appear if required,
but as to this I cannot say, as the female alone has
shown herself in all nests I have examined. The
eggs were, so far as my observations go, always placed
near the shore and in water from ten to twenty inches
deep, generally. In many instances the eggs were
placed in a slight hollow, undoubtedly formed by the
fish, as I have seen the old ones engaged apparently in
an attempt to form a nest in this way. Many times
there is no evidence of a hollow to any degree and the
eggs are placed, as is usual, among the stones, and I
have found them on a gravelly ridge.

The eggs are evidently provided with a coating of
some sticky and tenacious substance, as they adhere to
the stones or any hard substance they come in contact
with, and are only removed with some difficulty. The
female evidently prefers small hollows in which to de-
posit the eggs, appreciating the fact that the depres-
sion affords more protection than would result from
more exposed situations. This was well illustrated in
one instance, where several eggs were found in the half
of an old lime-incrusted bivalve shell. My chief diffi-
culty in examining into their habits lay in the fact that
the old ones were so shy that they would dart away
and remain out of sight as long as I remained near at
hand. There was lacking the tameness or fearlessness
so evident in the case of the common pumpkin-seed, or
sunny, and which made the study of their habits so in-
teresting and easy.

All who have fished for bass in the spring have ob-
served good-sized bass near the shore in situations
where one would not expect to see them. These fish
were engaged in looking for a nesting site or in guard-
ing their eggs. The wake of a fish swimming away
that one sees while strolling along the shore, or when
rowing in shore among the reeds, is made by an old
bass which has been disturbed in its retreat. If one
will wait patiently the bass will be seen to return to the
spot again and again.

it is safe to say that the old fish moves the eggs at
times, attached to the gravel and other substances as
they are, and I have seen one nosing a small stone,
which *vas later seen to have eggs attached to it.
Young bass remain in the nest of depression for some
time after emerging, and are evidently protected by
the old ones, though this is denied by other observers.
At any rate, the young continue to stick to the hollow
as I have often observed, and old bass were always
near at hand to look after them. It may appear like
conjecture, but I believe the parents remove the young
if they think the locality is not favorable, and several
careful observations have convinced me that this is the

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THE FARM.

It is probable that all animals are the
creatures of habit to a certain degree and
that their physical condition is influenced
by the routine of feed and exercise. That
this is so with the cow is well known, and
regularity in feed, milking and general
care has a cash value which a dairyman
should take into account. A dairyman's
habits are susceptible of change without
any results that may influence either him-
aelf or his revenue, but the cow is working
under pressure. She must be supplied
with the maximum food, to produce the
maximum results, and when she has
elaborated a full supply of milk, it muBt
be removed to permit the work to go on,
else it is checked from the clogging of the
machine, and thiB once done, both time
and material are lost before it can be set
in motion again. How far this habit con-
dition can influence the yield of milk and
fat iB uncertain, because so many dairy-
men object, with the addition of forcible
language, to being tied to a cow's tail and
the result ia that the habits of the herds
of such men are regular in their irregu-
larity, to such an extent that any varia-
tion of water, feed or time of milking can
have but little influence on the small
amount of milk that is given daily. But
wherever a dairyman, in his eager chase
after the dollar, has so far forgotten him-
self as to pamper his cows in every pos-
sible way, by shelter, food, drink and reg-
ularity in milking, he has foand them
most sensitive in any change from an
established condition of thingB, and their
owner, once having planted hia foot on
the path which leads to cow comfort has
been obliged to continue thereon for the
sake of filthy lucie he found by the way.
Verily, the habits of a cow prove a hard
master to her owner — but in catering to
them he flnda his reward.

Some time in the dim future there ia
going to be a change in our present
methods of handling some of our food
products, and we are not going to scrimp
with one hand and be lavish with the
other. At present we pay $400 for a sepa-
rator that will aqueeze out the last few fat
globulea out of the milk, lest there should
be more than a trace of fat left in the
skim milk, and then we virtually throw
away many times the value, of that last
drop of fat, in the skim milk. We do not
throw it to the dogs, but the hogs, and
considering the condition in which moat
of it is kept, it might be wasted completely
for any good the dairyman obtains from
it. One great source of revenue for skim
milk is shut off at present. The aapient
Boarda of Health that regulate the food
supply of the large citiea, will not allow
skim milk to be sold, for fear that it will
contaminate the supply of high priced
milk and thus both the producer on the
farm and the poor of the city alike suffer
— the one in the pocket and the other in
the stomach through a fool regulation that
benefits no one.— Hoard's Dairyman.

Condensed milk has long been a staple
article of diet, but was for years Bold for
itself and at a fair price. During recent
years, however, the smart men have found
that it can be aold for what it ia not. We
are now told by a scientist that milk deal-
era use it to supply the demand for a
cheap cream. It doubtless has the ap-
pearance of thick cream and when diluted
with a thin cream makes a very deceptive
combination. An analysis of this pseudo-
cream would show in it a very small per-
centage of butter fat. The people who
buy it must wonder at its lack of richness
but the eye contradicts the taste and the
consumers Iry to be satisfied. An analysis
of aome of thia condensed skim milk that
is being sold for cream Bhowed it to con-
tain only 2.4 per cent of fat.

You cannot have healthy poultry in
damp houses or if you crowd them too
much.

Holstein-Friesians at Millbrae.

In April of this year the Millbrae Dairy
and the Spreckela Sugar Company com-
missioned Professor T. F. McConnell, of
the Agricultural Experiment Station of
the Wisconsin State University, to buy
and ship to California a carload of a dozen
young Holstein-Frieaian bulla, ranging
from one to two and a half years of age.
Theae animals arrived here in excellent
condition. Of the dozen head, six were
shipped to the Spreckels Sugar Company,
at King's City, Cal., and the remaining
six went to Millbrae, where they are to be
used in grading up to a Holstein basis the
famous Millbrae Dairy herd. Nearly all
of the great butter and milk producing
families of the Holstein-FriesianB are now
represented in this herd — the De Kol,
Pauline Paul, Hengerveld, Pietertje,
Clothilde, Mechthilde and Empreas Joae-
phine families being well represented.
Five of the six bulla above mentioned*
which have been added to the Millbrae
herd, are as follows :

Sir Tritomia De Kol, 27,281 H. F. H. B.
(see illustration), born December 12, 1899.
Sire, Gem Pietertje Hengerveld Paul De
Kol, 23,300. Dam, Aaltje Salo oth's Tri-
tomia, 34,137, official butter record 18.15
lbs. in 7 days.

De Kol Sir Hengerveld,
27,838 H. F. H. B., born
January 27, 1899. Sire, Hen-
gerveld De Kol, 23,102. Dam,
Inka Darkness 2d's Queen,
40,182.

De Kol Hengerveld Sir Pie-
tertje, 27.729H. F. H. B., born
February 6, 1899. Sire, Hen-
gerveld De Kol, 23,102. Dam,
Lady Akkrum's Pietertje,
30,667.

Lakeside Hedgerveld Paul
De Kol,27,439 H. F. H. B.,
born April 17, 1900. Sire,
Pietertje Hengerveld's Paul
De Kol, 22,128. Dam, Kath-
erine Electa, 28,919.

Prince Pietertje De Kol
Tritomia, 25,193 H. F. H. B.,
born September 13, 1898. Sire, Prince
Inka Pietertje De Kol 2d 22,699. Dam,
Aaltje Salo Tritomia, 43,979.

Last year Millbrae Dairy imported from
New York the young bull, Admiral Paul
Beets De Kol, 26,026 H. F. H. B., a son of
the famous cow, Aaggie Grace Clothilde,
39,452 H. F. H. B., 1302 Advanced Regis-
try, official test as a three year old, 462%
lbs. milk and 18 lbs. 7.9 ozs. butter in 7
days, averaging over 66 lba. of milk per
day. Her dam, Aaggie Grace 2d'a Pieter-
tje, 1222 Advanced Registry, haa an offi-
cial record of 100 lbs. milk in a day (high-
eat one day's yield in any official test),
and 651% lbs. in 7 days, and made 23 lbs.
8.2 ozs. butter in 7 days. At the Cattle
Show held at Tanforan Park in September!
1900, this bull won First Prize aB beBt
yearling bull, and also Sweepstakes, that
being the only place he was shown.

There are now at Millbrae about seventy-
five head of pure-bred Holstein-Friesians,
besides a hundred or so grade Holsteins,
and this stock has given satisfactory re-
sults. There are some six hundred head
of mixed cows in the dairy, but the Hol-
Bteins are rapidly taking the lead. The
first purchases were made by Millbrae
Dairy in April, 1899, when a dozen cows of
the Clothilde family and the bull Tirania
2d's Zozo Paul, 22,568 H. F. H. B., were
bought from Mr. Frank H. Burke's La
Siesta herd, and these with their produce,
together with ten otherB purchased in
California and the half dozen bulls recently
brought from Wisconsin, make up the
present herd. In selecting this founda-
tion herd the intention was to obtain the
best representatives of the breed, and the
results show that this effort haB been suc-
cessful.

There is a great demand for theBe ani-
mals in all parts of the country. They
hold all the world's records for butter
milk and cheese. Piete.tje 2d holds the
world's milk record of 30,318 lbs. in a year

and 112>< lbs. in a day. Pauline Paul's
famous record is well known: 31 lbs. \%
ozs. butter in 7 days, and 1153 lbs. 15?4
ozs. in 1 year, or 365 daya. Mechthilde
gave II2J4' lbs. of milk in a day, and made
39 lbs. 10}.< oza. butter in 7 daya. Empress
Josephine 3d gave, as a four year old, 91
lbs. milk in a day, and made 31 lbs. 12
ozs. butter in 7 days. De Kol 2d's butter
record is 26.57 lbs. in 7 days, with a well
authenticated private record of 33 lbs.
6 ozs. in a week. Netherland Henger-
veld's butter record, 26.66 lbs., is the
highest official test. Clothilde's record of
28 lbs. 2)-o ozs. butter in 7 days, and 26,-
021 lbs. 2 ozs. milk in a year is well
known. These are the most famous cows
of the breed, and are all represented in the
recent consignment to Millbrae Dairy.
San Francisco, June 11, 1901.

Dual Purpose Cows.

The Red Polls and Shorthorns are hav-
ing the field pretty much to themselvea
aa dual purpose cattle. The Devons
should of right be included, but Devon
breeders of late seem to be losing their
grip or at least are little heard from. In
early days when work oxen were largely
used on the farm, the Devons were with"

Sir Tritomia De KOI.

out a rival, and they were for these con-
d tions excellent all round cattle, the cows
good milkers and the steers making the
best of all work oxen and at the end fine
beef. But, they are rather slow maturing
and under present conditions have nearly
dropped out.

The race at present seems to be between
the two breeds first named. Which is
preferable will depend somewhat on the
environment and very largely on the in-
dividual selections. A first class animal
of either breed under almost any con-
ditions will give better satisfaction than
a second grade of the other Aa a rule,
the Shorthorn breeders tend to develop
most of the beef side of their animais, and
the Red Polled breeders, especially in
England, are inclining mostly to milk.
Either breed, however, if properly selected
and properly handled, should give satis-
faction.

Shorthorns, as a rule, to do their best,
need better feed and better care. They
are not so active or so energetic as the
Red Polls. They will not exert them-
selves so much to get a living, and they
suffer more and lose more under adverse
conditions. With proper care and full
feed the choice is largely a matter of fancy
or individual preference, assuming that
the cows are equally well selected.

In the tests of late, whether for milk or
beef, the Red Polls have fully held their
own. Unfortunately we have few official
records on thia aide in milk yield, espec-
ially for Shorthorns, but such as we have
show that Red Polls at least need not take
a back seat. In the last Ohio test, con-
ducted br the Ohio experiment station
and the cowb tested at home, the three
Red Polls entered averaged more milk,
more fat and more solids than the six
Jerseys tested. In the test under the
auspices of the Red Polled Cattle Club
last year, the test made by the experiment
station, seven more cows from Captain

Hills' herd averaged nearly 400 pounds of
milk a day with over a pound and a half
of fat. In the test of the year before
three cows from the herd of the writer,
one milking over seven months, gave an
average of a little over 30 pounds of milk
and one and a quarter pounds of fat.

These are not extraordinary yields, but
they are creditable for cows showing good
beef quality and show a good profit on the
feed consumed. On the home farm of
Lord Rothchild at Trinq Park, England,
where a large herd is kept, all carefully
selected and all managed under the best
conditions there is little difference in the
annual yield of milk, though the Red
Polls have always excelled all the mature
cows of the Jerseys. Each rreed averages
6000 pounds of milk a year, and one year
the Red Polls exceeded 7000 pounds.
J. McLain Smith.

Feeding Lambs.

The rule in feeding is that a young
animal will make more from the same
quantity of food in proportion to its
weight than it will at any future period
in its life. Consequently it ia economy to
feed the lambs as soon as they are able to
digest the food. This is at four weekB
old. At thia age one ounce of mixed
foods, as corn and oats ground especially
for this use, and an equal quantity of
bran or middlings will be quite safe, and
aa the food is dry and the lamba weight
made up of 75 per cent of water it is quite
possible that this ounce of food may add
over its full weight of growth to the lamb.

Cow's milk is excellent food for lambs
which will easily learn to drink it. One
experiment made in this way with Shrop-
shire lambs ten days old, Bhowed that the
lambs made 100 gain weight for 579
pounds milk, during twenty-one days.
During 115 days after this these lambs
made a gain of weight at the same rate
for 830 pounds of milk, 110 pounds of
ground oats, and 262 pounds of green
oats, and 262 pounds of green clover.
This shows how the quantity of food for
one pound weight increases as the age in-
creases.

The value of cows milk for growth of
lambs has been proved very conclusively
by the writer in fattening young lambs
for the holiday markets, the lambs five
months old weighing seventy pounds.
The milk fed made more profit than
butter at 30 cents a pounds Skimmed
milk fed sweet with cotton seed meal
stirred in it, made equally good lambs as
the whole milk. The milk was warmed
to the ordinary heat of new milk. This
fact goes to show that sheep may be very
profitably kept on dairy farms.

As compared with the feeding of pigs
on milk, it haa been ahown that lamba
will make quite aa much gain as young
piga, and as lambs may be sold in the
spring for considerably more than the
pigs can be, it is very clear that sheep
may be very profitably aa well aa conven-
iently aubstitu ed for pigs, especially in
winter dairies. In fact, as compared with
pigs, there is much in favor of keeping
sheep.

The largest ewe does not always bring
the largest lamb. Nor does the largest
breed make the most profit in feeding.
While the largest sheep does not always
bring the largest lamb, but it is the breed
which dominates the aftergrowth as to
size. — American Sheep Breeder.

A great movement by rail of Oregon
sheep eastward has set in and it is esti-
mated that from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000
head will be run on the ranges east of the
Rocky Mountains this summer. The
sales of feeder sheep last fall were disap-
pointing to the Oregon owners and there
is a surplus of nearly 2,000,000 sheep
which can not be fed on the range there
this summer without endangering the
existence of the regular stock. It is
planned therefore to load the sheep on
trains and take them to Colorado, Kansas
and Nebraska to graze them through the
summer for the fall market.

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Weaning Pigs.

As Boon as pigs are old enough to begin
to eat food other than that which they
receive from their mother a small pen
should be so constructed as to admit pigs.
but exclude the motber.and a small trough
placed in it where milk or slop may be
placed with a little shelled corn, so that
the pigs can eat at pleasure without being
disturbed by their mother, says an Ohio
grower in National Stockman and Farm,
Bv this means the young pig soon learns
to relv less upon its dam for noirishment
and more upon that which it gets itself.

Besides, when weaning time comes the
dams may be taken away from the pigs,
and neither will experience any incon-
venience from the change. Certainly, if
care is taken the pigs will not be checked
in growth the least particle, but will keep
on growing just the same. Last year we
weaned 52 head, and under such treatment
as outlined above they weighed an aver-
age of 100 pounds at 4>o months old.
This was not an extraordinary growth,
and yet it was very satisfactory when we
consider there were 52 of them.

The main idea is to keep the young pig
growing steadily from birth, as any check
it may receive at this time will require
more labor and feed to develop it than it
otherwise would. It is just as easy and
decidedly more profitable to the grower
to provide Buch food and conditions as will
keep a steady, healthy growth in the pig
from start to finish as it is to let them go
it on the ''root hog or die" plan and have
them not only unequal in size, but stunted
in appearance and requiring more time
and feed to bring them out than are
necessarv.

m

We can grow many things to help out
alfalfa and in the past few years it has
been thoroughly demonstrated that it pays
many times over to have silos, even in this
country. There are many things we can
put into them at very small cost which
will feed out in good condition. The first
cutting of alfalfa with foxtail, malva, bar-
ley, wild oats and other things mixed with
it, even if well cured, would not bring
enough on the hay market to pay for
hauling it off. If these things are cut and
put in a silo they will make most excel-
lent feed during the dry summer and fall.
Oats and peas sown together will produce
a wonderful number of tons to the acre
on our irrigated lands and when cut gTeen
with the peas formed and the oats in the
dough they will increase the milk pro-
duct very much. Corn of course makes
the strongest and best ensilage.

High flavor or quick aroma of June but-
ter is due to the breaking up of the milk
sugar, forming lactic acid and is possibly
the result of a series of germs getting into
the cream during the process of ripening.
If cream is churned while sweet consider-
able butter will be lost in the buttermilk
and the butter will lack flavor, no matter
what the cows are fed. If cream ripens
too much we will get sour butter with the
rotten-egg flavor. Cream ready to be
churned has a smooth, granular appear-
ance with a rather sharp, acid taste.
When cream reaches this condition it
Bhould either be churned at once or cooled
down to about fifty degrees F. and warmed
to fifty-eight or sixty degrees when
churned.

The largest bull in the world is being
fattened near Merwin, Missouri, for exhi-
bition at the World's Fair in St Louis.
The animal is six feet and one inch high
at the shoulders and is fifteen feet and one
inch from the tip of nose to the baoe of
tail. The animal weighs 3000 pounds and
experienced stockmen say it will not be
difficult to fatten it until it brings down
the scales to 4500 pounds, which will be a
record breaker. The bull is a pure bred
Shorthorn.

A small ram of good form and fleece is I
etti r than a large one without the valu" i
AaracteriBtics.

Beets for Stock.

I think many farmerB, and particularly
those who have no silo, lose a great op-
portunity in failing to plant a field or plot
of mangel-wurtzell, or cowbeets. On
good land it is easy to grow 12 to 15 tons
per acre. These roots will keep without
any trouble in any cellar or frost-proof
basement, and prove a great addition to
the winter's food for cattle and hogs. In
no other way have we ever been enabled
to winter brood sows at so little expense.
We are now feeding a bushel per day to
our six calves and they appear to thrive
with little or no grain. — I. T. in Ex.

Holstein-Friesians for Beef.

Here on the range I have Shorthorns,
Hererords and Holsteins, not pure breeds
but high grades, says a Montana man. I
butcher usually one or two beeves a week
and find that the Holstein will average
with the other breeds. In fact the heav-
iest, fattest animal I have butchered was
a Holstein cow that reared a calf the year
before last, wintered herself the following
winter and dressed out nearly 800 pounds
of ,' good beef last September. This was
done on the range gra'ses. She was
never fed a pound of anything but salt.

Swine feeding should be just as clean
and ■wholesomely intelligent as that of
any other farm animal. The quality of
the food must indeed be considered. Do
not dump great quantities of refuse in the
pen, and then if the animals clean it all
up rest content with the idea that they
have made good pork off of food that cost
you nothing. Sometimes the pigs will
eat a great amount to find a very little
nourishment.

Avoid in-and-in-breeding and be sure to
use none but vigorous healthy fowls.

Annual fleeting

The adjourned Annua l,Meeting of the members
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Wednesday, Jane 19, 1901,
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a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the
transaction of such other business as may come
before the meeting.

F. W. KELLET, Secretary.
E. P. HEALD, President.

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Racing MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
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July 1st to 6th, 1901,

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FIRST DAY, JULY 3.

Race No. 1— Running, three-eighths mile dash
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Race No. 2— Special trot, match race, purse $300.

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1901 Los Angeles Fair and Race Meeting 1901

(DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NO. 6)

$14,300 Guaranteed Stakes for Trotters and Pacers

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RACING EVENT, - - THIRTEEN DAYS-SEPTEMBER 28th to OCTOBER I2th, I90I.

Entries to Close July 1, 1 90 1.. when Horses are to be named and eligible

No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
No. 8.

N.

TROTTING STAKES.

Free-for-all Trotting-
2:10 Class Trotting-
2:12 Class Trotting
2:14 Class Trotting
2:15 Class Trotting
2:19 Class Trotting
2:23 Class Trotting
Three Tear Old Trotting

$1000

No.

9.

1000

No

10.

800

No

11.

800

No.

12

800

No.

13

750

No.

14

700

No.

15

600

No

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PACING STAKES.

Free-for-all Pacing
2:09 Class Pacing
2:11 Class Pacing
2:13 Class Pacing
2:15 Class Pacing
2:17 Class Pacing
2:20 Class Pacing
Three Tear Old Pacing-

$1000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

B.— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will be put at least four days apart.

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

No. 17. 2 30 Class Trotting

$700

No. 18. 2:25 Class Pacing

$700

Three or More Running K aces Each Day.

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR

Records made in 1901 will not constitute a bar.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee. The horse to
be started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race.

Entries not declared out by 5 p. m. the day before the race shall be required to start. Declarations
must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track.

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise specified.
Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting. Five per cent, of the
amount of the stake additional from money winners.

All races to fill satisfactory to the Association.

If there are less than four starters they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided
50, 30 and 20 per cent.

And in the event of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it
shall be added to the stake.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to the first and
one-third to the second.

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 vards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards.

HARNESS RACES.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races.

The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the
position of the horses.

All stakes not filling satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off.

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no other case
will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 p. m. on the day preceding the
race, and must be worn on the track in all races, Colors must be registered in the order in which they
are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected
by the Secretary.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race, and the right is
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other sufficient cause.

Conditional entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held under the
rules.

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting maybe declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary.

Otherwise than is specified in these conditions National Trotting Association rules, except Rule
4, to govern.

Send all communications to

E. T. WRIGHT, President.

Q. TEED, Sec'y. 226 S. Spring Street,
Los Angeles, Cal.

S. TOOMEY &, CO.'S.

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL,

(Property of John Pabbott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's Eufus 63 <4291>

"Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

St. Carlo — iooi

( Newminster
" \ Seclusion

ST. CARLO.

'U— {3SK

esavienne

{_,. „ . i Lexington

Kingfisher j Ethan Lass
„ .. f The Dl Used

Car,ta {Camilla

ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Coney Island, the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futurity and won about $29,000 as a two.year-old. He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Bums Handicap, Palace
Hotel Handicap^and 511,650), ZamarlX (winner of 19 races as a two-year-old and «7695), Joan, Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert. St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate, Glendinning
and many others,

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

PORTOLA, San Mateo Co., Cal.

AT PRIVATE SALE!

The Famous Estate known as

CASTLETON

The Banner Farm of the Blue Grass Country,

SITUATED FOUR AND OXE-HALF MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON. KY-, IN THE
neighborhood of WALNUT HALL, home of L. V. Harkness, Esq. (Standard Oil Co.), of New York,
and ELMENDORF, home of J. B. Haggin, Esq. (the Copper King), of California.

THIS FARM contains 617 acres, all in grass; grand, original

woodland, magnificent avenue, large dwelling, and

all first-class improvements.

Now leased by Mr. James R. Keene, banker, of New York City.
The owners of this property do not reside in Kentucky, and desire to sell for division of interest-

EDGAR ALLAN. Attorney-at-Law, Norfolk, Va.

Apply to

FOR SALE

The handsome black stallion DIRECT FIIS,
foaled 1896 by Direct, dam Lady W. by Ophir,
by Almont. Trial 2:28. Good racing prospect,
and a splendid road horse. Thoroughly broken
and gentle. Stands 16 hands and weighs 1200
pounds. Will sire size, style and speed. BAY GELDLNG, foaled 1896 by Direct, dam Mamie G. by
Brigadier, second dam Hatchet by Norfolk, thoroughbred. Can easily show a 30 gait, and trots well
under saddle. A high class road horse in every respect. These horses can be seen and driven at the
Alameda Race Track. For further particulars apply there or tn

A. Q. QUKNETT, 308 Pine St., S. F.

hs

'.-

Richelieu (afe fa**&

"Junction gT J5'ARNV

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At This Office

Breed to Extreme Speed.

$50 the Season.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. no

BtRE OP

MUCH EETTEE 2:07^, DERBY PK1NCE«S 2:08«, DIJJBI.O 2:09y,| OWYHEE 2:11,

LITTLE BETTER 2:11^, CIBOLO 2 :13H, and many other fast and game race horses.

OWYHEE 26,116, pec. m a*

season.

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM.

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2111 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Foreno (3)
2:10K) by Gov. Sprague.

By the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list HcKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

HcKDiXEY 2:11«.

sire of

Coney 2:02%

Jennie Mac 2:09

Hazel Kinnev 2:09m

Zolock 2:1054

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12J4

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book. 2:13J<

Osito &13JS

Juliet D 2:1354

McBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14m

Geo. W. McKinney. . . .2:1454

McXally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them,was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

Be is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 ^ith usaal return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at $4 per month. For further particulars, address

33 Magnolia Avenue, San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEE

Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 3170R.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19i£, who outranks all California stallions, except Gay Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 28 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05M, Monterey 2:09^ and Dr. Leek 2:09!^— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16M and Monterey 2:09^:, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10J£, Monterey 2:09^, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13M-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19% and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07%, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Grata by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03^ to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen &06J4 and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high- TERMS 850 FOK THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents orescapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.
Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, Hilpitas. Cal.

SECRETARY 28378

The son of the incomparable DIRECTOR and a daughter of VOLUNTEER, will
make the season of 1901 at ALAMEDA RACE TRACK, from Feb. 15 to July 1 at

$30 THE SEASON.

SECRETARY is a black horse. 16 hands

high, weighs 1200 pounds, with high quality

and finish and beautiful symmetry.

His get have speed and high action, and no stallion in California sires as great a

proportion of handsome road horses. He is the sire of Sweitzer 2:13}4, Hazel Y. 2:17,

Butcher Boy 2:17j<£, Auditor 2-.19H and many others, and all have great style and action, as

well as speed.

See him and some of his colts at Alameda Track after Februarv 15th. For further
particulars address HANS FRIELLSON,

Alameda Race Track.

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

Race Meeting Sacramento, July 30 to August 3, 1901, inclusive.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 1901.

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting - $1000 No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing = - $1000

No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting - = $1000 No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing = - $1000

No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 6—2:13 Class Pacing - - $1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts and for Three- Year-Olds to be Announced Later On.

Entry Wanks will be ready June 15.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses they must be entered in the I
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD. President. F. W KELLEY, Secretary.

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

June 15, 1901]

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1 2:16 1-2.

NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

J He is the only stallion whoever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
(records of 2: i 2 and 2:l2H' respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-year-
lold gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10^. John A, McKer-
I ron 0:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of lflOl at the

i NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

By Ouy Wilkes 2:15^,

Dam Lida W. 2:18i by Nutwood 2:18|

Fee =$50

For the Season

With return privileges
I If horse remains my
I property. Good pastur-
age at $3 per month.
[Bills payable before re-
I moval of mare. Stock
I well cared for. hut no re-
I sponsibility assumed for
I accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec
Matinee rec (wagon) .3:09
3-vear-old race rec...2:l2»i

Who Is It 2:10^

3-year-old race rec...f "

Irvington Belle 2:1854

Eehora Wilkes 2:18>-i

Central Girl 2:22 Vi

Wilkes Direct 2:22»i

Alix B 3:e4K"

Who Is She.

Georgie B 2:12>4 Fred Wilkes -2-M%

jueen C 2:2$^

Electress 2:2.?v,

Daugestar 259

Claudius 2:13'

Bob Ingersoll 2:143x

Irvington Boy 2:17$£

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvlogtoo, Alameda Co.. Cal.

KENNEL ADVEREMENTS TIS

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FOR

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It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion

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Everything at Lowest Prices.

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Entries Close with §5 Forfeit July I, 1901.
Second Forfeit $5, payable Nor. I, 1901. £10 addi-
tional to start.

W. S. TEYIS, Pres.

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201 Parrott Bldg;., S. F.

For Entry Blanks write to or call at the Office of
the Secretary.

|lE Cocker Kennels

Red" always onfcand. o3ll AnSBI 1TI0 , CSli

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FOR SALE.

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For particulars address OWNER,

Care of Breeder and Sportsman.

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VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

M. R. C. V. S„ P. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

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OAKLAND DRIVING CLDB-SOME OF THE "REGULARS."

Mr. Doran with McKinney Filly. 2. Mr. Toby's pacer by J. O. C. 3. Mr. Chesley with mare by Teheran. 4. Mr. Egan ana Sylph
6. Mr. Williams with Lady G. 7. Mr. Moran's mare by Grand Moor.

Mr. Anderson with Jenny Lind.
President Bellengall's four-year-old gelding by Knight.

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[June 22, 190]

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THE OAKLAND DRIVING CLUB, by its enter-
prise in constructing- a five-eighths track on the
made land near the bay shore at Sixteenth street,
Oakland, has created a greatly increased interest in
road driving. "While the track is in use every day by
a few, Sunday forenoon is the time when it is best pat-
ronized, and'the regular visitor finds that the number
of drivers who speed their horses over it is on the
increase from week to week. The track is a parallelo-
gram, with the long stretches 824 feet in length and the
short ones but 165 feet and 10 inches. The turns
measure 330 feet each, and are thrown up so nicely
that everv trotter and pacer we saw speeded there last
Sunday (and there were thirty or more) did not seem
to be bothered in the least to get. round them. The
water wagon had been used the evening previous, but
no harrowing had been done and the track was a
little slippery in spots. As I walked through one of
the stretches and examined the foot prints I could not
help thinking what an excellent track it could be made
with proper care and work. A light wire nail harrow
would have placed a cushion on it, and barring a few
spots of loose dirt (unavoidable on all new tracks) the
result would have been an almost perfect footing. It is
unfortunate that no lease of the ground can be secured
by the club. It is true that the permission to use the
property for a training track does not cost anything,
but it is expressly provided that the club must vacate
it on a day's notice, which of course precludes the ex-
penditure of very much money for fences, sheds, grand
stand, etc., but if these could be erected the Oakland
Driving Park would have one of the most popular
trotting tracks in the country, and matinee racing
could be given that would draw large crowds to wit-
ness the contests. The fact that the track was con-
structed and the club organized for the sole purpose of
securing a place and providing an opportunity for
gentlemen drivers to train and speed their horses and
not to provide racing for money nor to encourage
gambling in any form nas attracted the notice of many
who care nothing for that phase of the game, but who
enjoy the glorious sport of driving a horse fast or
engaging in a friendly brush with his fellow road
drivers.

While visiting the track Sunday last I secured a
snap shot of a few of the horses being driven there.
President Bellingall was up behind his handsome bay
four year old gelding by Knight, the sire of Anaconda
2:02i. This colt is one of the best gaited and most
promising young trotters I have seen this year. Mr.
Bellingall has given him all the training he ever had
and has driven him a mile in 2:25», last half in 1:11,
and last eighth in 16] seconds. He has a free open
gait, and is a handsome horse. His breeding is of the
best, his dam being by Secretary, son of Director, his
second dam by the thoroughbred horse Hubbard and
his third dam by Lodi, whose famous races with Nor-
folk in the early 60's are still the talk of the old timers.

Treasurer Jerry Doran drove a two year old dark
bay filly by McKinney, out of a full sister to Lady O
2:15, that showed a nice way of going as well as speed
that gives every promise of being of a high order.
Mr. Doran has named her Oakland Maid.

Mr. J. G. Chesley was over from San Francisco and
drove a brown mare by Teheran that belongs to Mr.
William Larson, who is an enthusiastic amateur driver.
Now, Mr. Chesley is considered one of the best amateur
reinsmen on this coast and after warming the mare up
and shifting her bit and overdraw, turned her over to
Mr. Larsen who thereupon engaged in a lively brush
with two or three other drivers and beat them out.
The mare is a five year old and a trotter.

Mr. Toby of Berkeley was speeding a roan pacer by
J. O. C. that is a very racy looking horse, one of the
smooth going kind, and one that ought to pace to a
record of 2:20 or better with a little training. Mr.
Toby handles him well and there are few that can
make them get right down to work to keep in the lead
when working a mile.

Mr. J. H. Egan of Oakland is out every Sunday with
his black mare Sylph. She is a nicely turned mare
that can show a 2:30 gait very handily. I failed to get
her breeding but have the impression that she was
bred at the Corbitt farm in San Mateo, and is in all
probability a Wilkes.

One of the newcomers to the ranks of road drivers
is Mr. Williams of Oakland, who purchased the well
known chestnut mare Lady G. 2:27 from Mr. Doran
some time ago. Mr. Williams drives her to a high
wheel cart, which is quite a handicap when speeding
against horses hitched to bikes, but Lady G. keeps up
with the procession and is generally close to the lead
whether going against pacers or trotters.

Mr. E. T. Anderson visits the track regularly and
drives two or three promising young trotters. The

one in the picture is a two year old bay filly that he
has just begun to step along, and she shows well. He
calls her Jenny Lind and her nice manners and desire
to trot give evidence of considerable natural speed.
She should be a frequent brush winner when she
grows up.

A great difference is noticeable between the vehicles
drawn by horses owned by members of California clubs
and those over East. Here nearly every driver sits in
a bike cart, and many in high wheeled cai*ts, while
over East the four wheeled speed wagon is the vehicle
in use. The leading clubs of the East all require that
wagons be drawn by horses that compete in the mati-
nee races which, of course, compels every owner to
secure a vehicle of that sort. Here in California, how-
ever, our clubs have not such a sprinkling of wealthy
members as is the rule across the Rockies, and as our
road drivers are truly democratic in their tastes, any-
thing in the way of road vehicles goes, and the man
with an old high wheeled cart does not object to racing
on the road against a person who sits in the latest and
lightest bike sulky that is made, neither does the
owner of the more expensive vehicle expect to meet
only those who are as well equipped as he. The style
of hitch and the size of an owner's bank roll cut no
figure in brushes on California roads or training tracks.

It looks as though the slow classes, both trotting
and pacing, will draw quite a large lot of entries this
year iu California. I hear of new ones every day and
while I cannot say that up to this time there are any
Abbots or Alixes among them, there are a lot of trot-
ters that should put in heats from 2:20 to 2:25, which is
a good showing for any horse his first year out. If we
could have a field of eight or ten trotters start at the
Breeders' meeting in the 2:30 class, and split up heats
around 2:20, it would cause a loosening up of the old
weasel skins and the pool sellers would have more to
do than they have for a long time in California. Of
course this would be contingent on all the horses being
driven to win. There are probably a dozen green
trotters being trained in California at the present time
whose owners believe that they can win if the heats
are not faster than 2:16, and if the heats were in 2:20
or close to it they would back their horses liberally.
One good split heat race between the green trotters
or pacers, at the opening of the circuit, with the
money played in the auctions and mutuals, would
bring out many of the old timers for the next meeting.
But if the coin is all played in the books, and the fav-
orites do not win, the money is gone from the pockets
of the public and a wet blanket is thrown on the meet
ings that does not dry out during the summer.

Some of the smaller district associations in California
are seriously contemplating giving the most of their
purses next year for horses owned in the district, and
thus try to encourage the breeding, training and rac-
ing of horses at home. This is eminently proper. It
is very discouraging for the owners of colts and horses
trained at the country tracks to be compelled to trot
or pace in every race against horses that may be en-
tered from all over the country. There should be. a
goodly portion of the purses offered by the district
associations made for district horses. There should be
some generous purses given that are free to all, as they
will prove attractions and enable the people to see
what outsiders are doing in the way of breeding and
training. Races are educational, and lead to the
breeding of the best. Purses and stakes for district
horses are necessary and I believe that if the district
associations would give a larger proportion of their
purses for their local horses they would find it would
make a greatly increased local interest in their fairs,
and it is the local people who furnish the gate receipts.

Mr. Frank H. Burke, who last winter bought two
fall sisters to Wanda 2:14| for broodmares, applied to
the original breeder for the usual information and cer-
tificate to have them registered. This was. much to
his astonishment, refused. Mr. Burke wrote to Mr.
Steiner explaining the circumstances, and as he was
the owner of their sire Eros could give all the data
required except actual date of birth. He has just
received a letter from the American Trotting Register
Association that both mares have been registered in
Vol. XVI. I am glad to be able to chronicle these
facts. It is indeed unfortunate that there are persons
who from a balky disposition are unwilling to grant
favors that cost nothing, but it is indeed very fortu-
nate that they are not absolutely necessary to the
completion and establishment of true and correct
records.

Here is an idea from Detroit: The Driving Club of
that city has raised its annual dues from $10 to $25.
The extra $15 is for the purpose of securing the use of
light speeding wagons for the members of the club.
A $300 wagon is an expensive article and there are
many enthusiastic road drivers and club members who

cannot afford the outlay. The Detroit Club proposes
to purchase a number of wagons and to keep them in
repair. They will be kept at its track and can be used
for speeding or for racing by members. This is an!
idea that can be adopted by other clubs and associa
tions with profit to all concerned.

International Matinee Contests.

These are the days that the amateur driver and the
matinee horse aro having their innings. In ever™
city of importance driving clubs have been organized,
and this year will in all probability be seen intercity
contests arranged on a much greater scale than ever .
before. The valued organ of the driving clubs, Ttie
Speedway and Amateur Reimman, in its last issue con-
tains an article relating to the future possibility of
international contests being a fixture in the near
future, writes Ed. Cogswell in Boston 2 ravehr.

This is all that is needed to place matinee sport on
the very top round of popularity and would boom the
light-harness horse of America more than can be esti-
mated. The results of such events would be watched
with breathless interest by the whole civilized world.
There will come a time, and at no distant date, when '
the gentlemen of England, France, Germany, Italy and -
America will contest in wagon races for challenge tro-
phies as they do .now with yachts and in athletics.
And why not ? The sport of racing with harness
horses is of more royal origin than that of yachting,
and its adherents included in ancient times the crowned
heads of the great empires. Germany, Italy, Austria
and France have secured some of our greatest trotting
blood, and have been more or less fortunate in crossing
it upon their native animals. A few years more and
they should bo producing as good as we. When that
time comes, or when they believe it has arrived, there
will be opportunity for demonstrating the superiority
of one or the o ;her.

Little wagon driving is done in Europe at present,
England and Austria being foremost in this branch of
the sport. In England Mr. Walter Winans of Brigh-
ton was probably the first to drive an American pneu-
matic tire wagon. The fashion has spread, however,
until it is quite common in and near London. In
Vienna, Austria, where they have a gentlemen's driv-
ing club, with a membership of 500, a speedway has
been built, fashioned after the New York driveway,
and its patrons are the famous men and women of that
progressive city. Time alone is needed to make wagon
racing popular with gentlemen all over the civilized
world, and when that time comes international con-
tests will follow.

Horse Gossip from Sacramento.

The horsemen here are all busy and are out early
and late getting ready for the Breeders' meeting which
will open the circuit hereon July 29th. The track is
fast and in fine condition.

Sam Hoy of Winters has quite a string: among them
Kelly Briggs 2:10}, McNally 2:15 and two or three
green ones by bis horse Bayswater Wilkes. They are
all doing fairly well Sam says.

Ed. Lafferty arrived here from Alameda the other
day with a string of nice looking horses. Al. McDon-
ald also came up from the swamp track with Mr. A.
G. Gurnett's string. What Is It, the gray trotter by
Direct out of the dam of Who Is It 2:10}, is the one
that attracts the most attention.

Vet Tryon's horses are all in fine fettle. One of his
green trotters worked a mile in 2:18A, the last half
in 1:07.

Hi Hogoboom worked a green trotter in 2:20 last
week, and has several others that have an infection of
.the same affliction.

O. J. Holmes is driving a black pacer that attracts
attention, and he worked a mile in 2:23 the other
day. Chris Jurgensen worked the Cline horse in the
same notch.

Chas. Wheeler from Chico drove Harry Parmalee in
2:20 the last half in 1:08 and Tom Norton's Albert W.
colt worked in 2:27.

Mrs. E. W. Callendine's Abdine paced a handy mile
in 2:1 71, which equals his record. He certainly is going
some for this time of the vear, as the last half was in
1:05}.

Lou Clark is giving Ouiboul 2:22 slow work. John
Pender is jogging Captain Jones, one of the grandest
looking horses ever seen on this track.

Lessee Martin is putting lots of work on the track
and will try and have it lightning fast for the meeting.
All the horsemen are greatly pleased with it now.

Sacramento. June 19, 1901. WlLLITA

Tommy Murphy, the well-known shoer of champion
race horses, is making twelve sets of shoes for Bonnie
Direct 2:05}, which will be shipped to Denver next
week. One set has a pair of hind shoes that are made
from cutlery steel and weigh but two ounces. Murphy
has received many appealing letters from the trainers
at Sacramento asking him to come up there and plate
their horses, but he is so busy he cannot get away.

The Eastern panel's are publishing a statement to
the effect that William Cecil gave Who Is It 2:10} his
early training and three year old record of 2:12. This
is a mistake. Al. McDonald, the trainer for Mr. A. G.
Gurnett's Sulphur Spring farm broke and drove Who
Is It up to the time he was taken East by Sam Gam-
ble, and drove him in all his races in California.

Two years ago, when Fanella bv Arion 2:07}, dam of
the now noted $4000 colt Todd by Bingen 2:06}, was
offered at auction, with the youngster at foot, she only
sold for $525. She was also carrying a foal by Peter
the Great 2:07.}, now a yearling, for which, it is said,
$1000 was recently offered.

June 22, 1901]

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Spokane Interstate Fair.

There is no more enterprising- city in the northwest
than Spokane, and the association which has been
recently organized there to take charge of the Inter-
state Fair to be held from September 10th to 21st, in-
clusive, is imbued with the same spirit that has made
Spokane so prosperous and progressive. A joint
stock company has been organized, with a capital
stock of $30,000, all subscribed by the leading citizens
and business men of Spokane. This organization has
pui chased fifty-three acres of land close to. the business
center of the city, which is reached direct by two steam
roads, and the Spokane street railway system, which
gives it the best transportation facilities of any fair
grounds in the northwest. Spokane is a natural fair
and race horse center. It Is the metropolis of the
great inland empire lying between the Rockies and the
Cascades, with a home population of 50,000 and an em-
pire of mining, farming and grazing districts to draw
from. With proper management the Interstate Fair
cannot fail to succeed, and it is evident that this has
already been secured.

The sum of $10,000 has been set aside for the speed
program, and liberal premiums are offered in addition
for live stock, fruits, and other products of the soil,
mining exhibits, and ladies' art, needle work, etc., etc.
In short it is proposed to hold a grand fair at Spokane,
one that will compare favorably with any held on this
Coast.

The race track is now in course of construction and
will be completed by July 15th, at which time 150
stalls will be ready for the advance guard of racers
that will be trained there. Secretary Bolster writes
that the greatest possible care will be taken iu vhe
selection of judges for the meeting, and that the asso-
ciation fully realizes that its whole future dex3ends up-
on its ability to satisfy the public that they are to get
clean sport. Assurances have already been given by
prominent horsemen from all parts of the Coast that
they will race their stables at Spokane, and the coun-
try as far east as Minneapolis will be represented.
The sixty days' race meeting at Butte and Anaconda
will close September 7th, Spokane follows three days
later, and the Oregon State Fair will open September
23d, two days after the Spokane meeting closes. This
will make a splendid circuit of racing. The program
of races to be" given at Spokane will be found in our
advertising columns, and the attention of horsemen is
called to it. Ali classes are provided for. Entries
will close for the harness events July 25th, and the
running races will be over night events.
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The Challenge Trophy.

With the possible exception of the races between the
champions themselves, the most important event to be
decided this season is the race for the Boston Challenge
Cup, which is now held by the Cleveland Driving Club.
This event will undoubtedly become a fixture, as the
interest in this form of sport is daily growing and the
army of enthusiastic road drivers and amateur reins-
men is to-day so large that it at once becomes fully as
important as the so-called race-going public. The
very bone and sinew of the admirers of the trotter are
the men who drive and race for pleasure. It is this
element that helps materially to sustain the market,
and even though this form of sport is comparatively
a new one, that which is furnished by the amateur
element is the equal at least of that which is made by
the regular racing associations. The Boston Challenge
Cup may this season prove a sensational race, for
should Boralma be a starter against Lucille and John
A. McKerron, as much interest would be aroused as in
any race of the season, and we doubt not that time as
fast as in any race of the season would be made.
Lucille last year could have trotted a mile in 2:Q§ or
better, and Boralma, even though unassisted by the
skilled hand of an expert, should at least equal any
record that Lucille might make. Pittsburg is sure to
have a strong hand, for with Lamp Girl, Pray Tell,
Josephine Dixon and Success to draw from, at least one
good horse should be forthcoming. Boston will be
well represented, even if the club members have to go
out and buy a horse to uphold them.

Such a race would be worth going miles to see, and
it is to be hoped that each of the three named cracks
will start, for it would create tremendous enthusiasm
and do much to increase the already great interest in
matinee racing. The real sentiment of racing is found
when an owner can be a participant, and the best ele-
ment of the sport is that which is found racing for the
love of the sport and not merely for what money can
be made. The determination of H. K. Devereux not
to start his horse in any class slower than the mile
made in last year's event, will more than likely result
in his being seen but little in public, and if such should
be the case the horse must make his greatest fame as
i matinee performer. — Kentucky Stock Farm.
*

Neernut's Successful Season.

Under date of June 10th, Mr. Geo. W. Ford of Santa
Ana writes to the Breeder and Sportsman that
his stallion Neernut had served 68 mares up to that
time, and has 20 more booked, and there is not a scrub
in the entire lot. "He surely has had the best mares
in Southern California, says Mr. Ford, "and his colts
will show well with the best for style, size and speed.
Everyone here who has a Neernut colt seems to want
more for the mares are all bred back again. I find
buyers for his colts at fair, prices. Although I have
not got up to the $10,000 mark yet I hope to in the
near future, and at present 6ell so the buyer can make
a thousand or so on the deal in a few weeks, which I
hope will induce other buyers to come along as I have
plenty of good ones for sale."

Although perfectly sound from the time she was
foaled and known to have a good turn of speed, the
dam of Boreal 2:155, sire of Boralmo, was never trained
and never trotted a mile altogether in her life.

News from the North.

The Trotter as a Coach Horse.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]
Frank Frazier will likely race in Montana this year.
T. D. Condon is breeding his mare Ana J. 2:16.] to
Zombro 2:11.

Aug. Erickson has bought Mary A. 2:30, and will
breed her to Zombro 2:11.

L. C. McCormick has booked about all the mares
that Harry McC. can serve this year.

Kittitas Ranger, Alta Norte and Starkey will meet
on the merry-go-round at Everette, "Wash., in the
free for all pace in July.

Sam Casto says that the track at Salem is better
than he ever saw it before "It is so fast that my
youngsters don't know how to perform over it."

It begins to look like the Coeur d'Alene-Mosher
combination will be a daDgerous factor in the trotting
division of the two year old stake. Keep your eyes on
Dix Alene.

E. B. Clark of Seattle, Wash.', has withdrawn his
string of harness horses from sale and has sent them
to Everette where they will be put into active training
for the season's campaign.

Mr. W. F. Watson is thinking of bringing his
Lemont mare home from California and racing her
this season. She is a green trotter and shows ability
to trot better than 2:2C with a little work.

We regret to learn of the death of George Cummins,
of Nortbport, Wash., who was crushed to death be-
tween two cars there on April 28th. Mr. Cummins
was a young man of 23 years, who had many friends
among the horsemen in the Northwest. He returned
from Manilla about two months ago.

Perhaps the most popular secretary on the Pacific
Coast to-day, if left to a vote of the horsemen, is Robt.
Leighton, Secretary of the Vancouver, B. C, Jockey
Club. Mr. Leighton has worked hard the past few
years, and under many difficulties has placed Van-
couver in the front rank as a racepoint.

That there will be some hot racing, close finishes
and low records made at the Washington State fair
this fall, should be the natural results from the big
entry list of high class horses in the early closing stakes
of $1000 for 2:30 trotters and pacers. Eighteen entries
in one and 19 in the other is a record breaker for North
Yakima. The liberal entry list received in these stakes
offered by the Washington state fair board, has in-
duced them to offer two more $1000 stakes. One is for
2:15 pacers, $1000, the other is for two year olds, $1000,
to be divided equally between trotters and pacers.

Toe Weights to Develop Muscle.

Most every race goer knows George Garth, the
Alabama trainer, owner and driver. He has cam-
paigned horses over the New England tracks very suc-
cessfully for the past four seasons, and he is one of the
most respected men connected with the horse business.
He has been exceptionally successful as a trainer an d
developer of horses. He has used his head as well as
his hands in his methods, and his practical experience
is worth something. Here is what he has to say with
regard to the use of weights, says the Horse Breeder.

"I know they think it is an idle dream of an old
farmer when I say that weight improves a horse's legs.
There was Marion G., narrow-kneed and thin-legged
until I got her balanced with plenty of iron, even
thirty-four ounces in front. Then her legs developed
clean and hard, and she was as game and speedy a
mare as you ever saw. I never worked her fast with
that much weight, however.

Dbring a recent talk with Isaac Sexton about
General 2:14, a trotter that in his hands developed ex-
ceptional qualities on the speedway and track, he said:
"The first thing I did when I got the gelding was to
change his nine-ounce shoes that he wore to sixteen-
ounce shoes. In addition to this I put three-ounce
weights on each foot and jogged him on the road for
some time with this weight on. This had the effect of
developing and strengthening the muscles of his fore
legs, and more than this, when I got him he was a
a little bit shaky on his knees, but the weight straight-
ened him up. I never speeded him when he was wear-
ing this heavy iron. When I changed I shifted back
to nine-ounce shoes. The first time I went to the
track with him he could fly, and the way he speeded
astonished the trainers, who had seen him before I got
him — not only the speed he showed, but the way he
did it. I attributed my success with him very largely
to the weight I put on him when I first got him."

British Want More Horses.

A dispatch from New Orlean's dated June 16th,
says:

British activity in New Orleans, which slackened a
month or so ago, has suddenly revivec1. Orders have
been received to keep rushing horses and mules to
South Africa, at least through the summer. Within
twenty-four hours two special traiDS with 1200 head,
were rushed in from the West on passenger schedule,
and eight of the largest transports to be got are steam-
ing here for loads. Up to date, in round numbers 100
transports have taken to South Africa 120,000 head of
horses and mules, and to accomplish this more than
$25,000,000 has been spent in the United States by
Great Britain.

Captain Marshall, who has represented the British
Government here since the purchase of American stock
was commenced, has been recalled to London for con-
ference with the War Office. He is succeeded by Cap-
tain Fenner.

Alameda 2:091, the mare by Altamont that made
such a sensation on the eastern tracks last year, is re-
ported sold to A. N. Brady of New York by her former
former owner Senator McCarthy.

[Spirit of the West.]

The standard-bred horse as a coach horse and the
coach-bred horse as a coach horse is a question that
has been discussed to some extent the past year or two
by breeders at the live stock association, but it has not
been thoroughly discussedby the turf journals. Spirit
of the West has in the past advanced the opinion that
if America ever establishes a distinct breed of coach
horses, the beginning must be made with the Ameri-
can standard-bred trotter. No other breed or type
will fill the demand. A coach horse must have style,
finish, quality and action. None of the other breeds
3ombine these requisites and breeders who undertake
to produce a coach horse that will fill the demands of
the times by breeding the various other kinds of coach
horses will waste their time and find but little satisfac-
tion in it.

The American standard-bred trotter to-day outsells,
outshows and outranks any other breed or type of
horse on the face of the earth. He is a pleasure horse
as well as a general utility horse and he has behind
him a heritage of breeding that surpasses all others.

The following communication from the well-posted
horse buyer, Mr. J. D. F'.sher of West Liberty, who
has furnished as many first-class horses from the East-
ern markets the past ten years as any buyer in the
West, will serve to show the public what he thinks
of the situation. Mr. Fisher is good authority and he
knows exactly what he Is talking about.

Spirit of the West endorses all he says and is ready to
pourd away at the farmers until they realize the
difference between a coach horse that is in demand and
sells at top price and one that is only a coach horse in
name and sells only in the general market for the
price of good common horses.

Under the caption, "The Future of the American
Coach Horse, " Mr. Fisher says: "It seems the scar-
city of the American coach horse becomes more alarm-
ing as time passes on. It is due to the way the masses
are trying to breed these horses.

"That is, the majority are dropping out of what I
consider the American coach horse. There is no
country that can produce a horse that can compete
with the American trotter for a coach horse. To
prove this, the recent sales of M. H. Tichenor & Co.,
of the American trotters in Castle Square Garden,
New York, for the fabulous prices, prove conclusively
that there is nothing can equal the American trotter
for a coach horse. Why is it the farmers are forming
syndicates and paying immense sums for the French
stallion (the so-called coach horse) in the attempt to
breed the American coach horse? Are they misin-
formed or is it through their ignorance in not knowing
how to produce the American coach horse. It is high
time the American horseman were awakening to this
fact. The horse papers should take this matter up
and do all in the power of their press to inform the
farmers in regard to proper horse breeding.

"The coach horses of to-day that are bringing the
long prices are American bred. Horses from 15.1 to
15.3 and weigh 1000 to 1150 with style, speed, action
and conformation are money makers. The best coach
horse buyers of to-day are looking for nothing but
the American bred geldings and stallions, emasculating
the stallion and fitting him up for the coach horse.

"Why is it, when it has been proven definitely that
the American trotter brings the money, that the farm-
ers are experimenting on the reproduction of the so-
called coach horse? I will sound the note of warning
and conclude by saying that one and only way to pro-
duce the coach horse is to breed to the American
trotter."

Oakley Park Entries.

A big list of entries was received for the Oakley
Park races of the Grand Circuit meeting, which opens
at Cincinnati September 16th. In the 2:30 class trot,
purse $5000, there are 2S nominators, some of which
have named two or three horses. The California
horses entered are Vic Shellar and Tom Smith, both
named by B. O. Van Bokkelem. In the $3000 2:14
class trot the Santa Rosa Stock Farm names Janice,
and Chas. Griffith has nominated Rect 2:16]-, while
Dick Benson of Kansas City has the good California
mare Sybil S. by Hambletonian Wilkes. Two or
three of the get of Dexter Prince owned in the East
are also in this event, which has 19 nominators. The
2:24 pace, purse $3000, has the three California pac-
ers entered, viz: Rajah by Chas. Derby, Thornway
by Steinway, and Dr. Boucher's four year old Harry
Logan. The number of nominators is 27. In the
2:14 pace, purse $3000, 14 have made nominations,
but none of the California stables are represented.
In the 2:09 pace, also a $3000 purse, Goshen Jim will
try to sustain the reputation of this State. Pussy
Willow, another California bred one, is also named.
There are 14 nominators in this event.

The American Trainer.

An Eastern turf writer aptly says: " The American
trainer is an American product pure and unalloyed.
At his best he comes from the trotting turf, which has
no comparative in Europe. The trotter was produced
and developed in America. Eis production, develop-
ment and training required more ability, attention and
study than the training of the runner. Running has
always been a natural racing action, while trotting
scarcely is. The natural action of the trotter had to
be improved upon, corrected and developed. To do
this the trotting trainer had to become a student of
equine anatomy to a greater degree than his running-
horse compeer." The trotting turf has been responsi-
ble for the great improvement in American shoeing
over English methods, toe-weighting, hobbling and
checking of trotters showed that Americans had
acquired a much wider knowledge of the fast horse
than Englishmen. To shoo, bit and gait a horse —
thiugs which are hardly done at all in England — re-
quired a finer and deeper knowledge of the horse
than Englishmen possessed."

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Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C July 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col Junel»-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 39-60 days

YREKA JOCKEY CLUB July 1-1

S1NTA BARBARA TROTTING ASS'N July 4-6

EVERETT, Wash Sept. 9-lo

BOISE. Idaho (State Fair) — - Sept, 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 23-28

SALEM. Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct, l-o

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES. Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWI3TON. Idaho (Inter-State Fair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Sept. 10-21

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

30LUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO AuS- 5-1"

GLENS FALLS Aug. 12-17

RE ADVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept, 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 25-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept, 30 to Oct. 5

CAULFORNIA.

P. C. T H. B A.. SACRAMENTO July 29 to Aug. 3

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

FERNDALE. Humboldt Sept. 10-14

STOCKTON Sept. 16 to 21

CONCORD, (District No 23) Sept. 23 to 28

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct, 12 incl

WILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Cal September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BRED.

CH AS DERBY 2:20 Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville

MrKINNEY 2:1 1M c- A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09^ P. J.Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16',4 Martin Carter, Irvington

OWYHEE 2:1114 Oakwood Park Stock Parm, Danville

HACKNEYS.

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud. San Mateo

THOROUGHBREDS.
ST. CARLO James McDonnell, Portola

SIX STAKES OE S1000 EACH, three of them for
trotters and three for pacers, if well filled, would
make a pretty good program of racing in any country,
and the opportunity-to enter in them at one meeting is
not offered every day. In addition to six stakes of
this value announced by the Pacific Coast Trotting
Horse Breeders Association for its Sacramento meet-
ing, entries to which will close July 1st, or one week
from Monday next, the association will offer ten or a
dozen additional purses of a lesser value. A number
of California horsemen have traveled clear to Denver
to trot and pace for S5C0 purses, and it stands to reason
that if they can afford to do that, those remaining in
this State with their horses should be glad of the op-
portunity to race for $1000 stakes without incurring
the heavy expense required of those who cross the
mountains. There are as many horses iu training in
California at the present time (not counting those that
have left or will soon leave for the East) as at
any time for the past four or five years, and there
should bo a good list of entries received for all these
generous stakes offered by the Breeders. There is no
disputing the fact that nearly every organization
which gives harness racing in California waits for the
announcements and the first entry lists of the Breed-
ers Association before arranging its program or fixing
the value of purses to be offered for trotting and pacing
races. They look upon this association's entry list as a
sort of barometer which will foretell the state of the
weather in horse affairs. If it shows a large lot of en-
tries, the outlook is bright and they thereupon make
their purses more generous and offer more of them
than they would were the entries fewer. While it is
pretty well known how many horses are a. work at

the principal tracks, it is difficult to ascertain just
what horses are in training elsewhere for the circuit,
who are the owners and what classes they want, until
the Breeders' entries are closed and announced. So it
behooves every horse owner who desires that a certain
class be offered all through the circuit to make an
entry in that class at the Breeders' meeting. If, for
instance, the 2:30 trotting and the 2:25 pacing events
for which the Breeders have hung up $1000 in each in-
stance, should fill with a very large number of entries
horse owners can rest assured that all the other asso-
ciations will be very liberal in the purses offered by
them in the same classes. This can be depended upon
to a certainty. The most obscure association on the
coast could give five thousand dollars for a race were
it assured of sixteen fully paid up entries under the
usual conditions, but all boards of directors are timid
in offering a big purse where it is very doubtful
whether more than a half dozen entries will he made
in a class. It looks at first glance to the average person
that the big associations on the Grand Circuit are
wonderfully generous when they advertise a program
with all the purses from $1000 to S5000, but when one
reads the entry lists and finds that the races average
thirty or forty entries each, he sees that the entrance
money not only pays the purses and leaves the associ-
ation a large profit beside, so that the money received
from admission and privileges is an additional gain or
emolument. Unfortunately, out here in California the
associations cannot expect many entries from beyond
the borders of the State, and it should be a matter of
pride among owners here that so many opportunities
and such comparatively liberal purses are offered for
racing at home. Michigan is a state that contains
about two millions and a half of population, about a
million more than California. We hear of the big
harness meeting at Detroit, but who knows anything
about the Michigan circuit, which consists of a few
weeks of racing for purses ranging from $150 to $400.
Ohio will hold two meetings, those at Cleveland and
Cincinnati, which are on the grand circuit, but at the
vast majority of the Ohio district fairs the purses are
less than $500. It is the same in New York, Massachu-
setts, Indiana. Kentucky and all the great states that
are included in the grand circuit — one or two meetings
with big purses, and in nearly every other instance
the horsemen racing for small amounts. And yet
there are people here in California who will try to
argue that $1000 purses should be the rule among
the district associations of this State. We believe that
harness racing would be in a much healthier condition
in California to-day had the district agricultural socie-
ties never attempted to give so many large purses.
The State Fair, the Oakland, Breeders', Stockton and
Los Angeles Associations are about the only ones that
can afford $1000 purses. The smaller districts have
tried to give them and the result has been a deficit at
the end of the meeting which has had to be met by the
directors. It is very discouraging to directors to
serve without pay, devote at least a month of their
time to the district fair, and be compelled to go down
into their pockets at the end of the meeting for from
$25 to $100 each to pay the bills. It tends to make
them rather backward in announcing a fair for the
following year. And this has been the experience of
nine out of ten of the district associations in this State.
The Breeders' have offered six purses of $1000 each.
Their meeting will be held at Sacramento, where the
best track in the State at the present time is located,
and they should receive the entries of every horse
owner who wants to see harness racing on this Coast
placed on a prosperous footing. Encourage the giving
of large purses by assisting to make large entry lists.
Do what you can to make harness racing popular and
it will not be long before meetings will be held in all
the districts that will leave a profit instead of a deficit,
and when that is done there will be a home market
here in California for every good trotter and pacer
that can be produced, and owners, trainers and grooms
will find that earnings are larger and easier to get.

THE SANTA ROSANS are not content to allow
this year to go by without holding a race meet.
ing, and a large number of them got together last
Wednesday evening and concluded to organize a elub-
and offer a program for five days of both harness aud
running events, beginning August 0'th. Mr. P. H.
Quinn was elected president and Thos. Bonner secre-
tary. The organization will doubtless be perfected
during the coming week and a program announced.
Santa Rosa is-one of the beauty spots of California and
has the fastest track in the State. It is popular with
horsemen and a meeting there will be well patronized
and a success under the management of the gentlemen
who are taking an interest in this new organization.

[June 22, 190

A TRIP SOUTH in October can be made pleasant
^* and profitable to horsemen who enter in the gen-
erous purses and stakes offered by the Los Angeles
association. The amount hung up for the harness
horses alone is nearly fifteen thousand dollars and
there is hardly a class but that is provided for. The
Los Angeles track is one of the best in the country
and the meetings there are always successful, and at-
tended by large crowds. It is essentially the harness
racing city of the Pacific Coast, more people turning
out to see the harness contests than can be seen here
at the running tracks on holidays. Entries to the har-
ness events will close one week from Monday next.
Don't let the date, July 1st, go by without making
your entries. Purses range from $600 to $1000. See
the advertisement.

OVER FIFTY HEAD of the best bred, most
promising stallions, mares and geldings on the
Oakwood Park Stock Farm will be disposed of at auc-
tion in this city, Thursday, July 11th. Wm. G. Layng,
721 Howard street, will have catalogues ready next
Thursday. Every animal to be sold will be guaran-
teed broke single and double and ready to drive im-
mediately. There are several matched teams and
good racing prospects among them. See advertise-
ment in these columns next week.

SPOKANE will hold a meeting in September, the!
Inter-State Fair Association having built a new
track and hung up a rich lot of purses. As the meet-
ing follows the Montana meeting, and comes just before
the State Fair at Salem, Oregon, it should attract all I
the horses racing in Colorado, Montana. Oregon and
Washington, and will doubtless get a number from]
California that will he campaigned in that section. ,
The program is given in full in our advertising columns.

Answers to Correspondents.

T. M. H., Selma — Jaspine is a hay mare, foaled 1893,
by Iris, dam Jaspine Ayers by Bay Rose 9S14, second
dam Babe (dam of Jasper Avers 2:09) by Alamont.
Jaspine was bred by H. P. Perkins, Yisalia. Her
record is 2:14f. We can find no horse registered by
the name of Seabreeze. If he was owned by the late
Senator Stanford, a letter to F. W. Covey, Superin-
tendent of the Palo Alto Stock Farm, would* bring you
the information desired.

J. E. K., Independence, Or. — Schnitz is a chestnut
horse by Panique (son of Alarm) out of Maggie B. B.),
dam Ilia by imp. Ill Used, second dam Baybee by imp.
Billet, third dam Lizzie Vic by Uncle Vic, fourth dam
Maga by imp. Knight of St. George, fifth dam by
Whalebone, etc.

T. E. B., Oakland— The colt Harry Logan, owned!
by Dr. Boucher, and ! hat started at Denver this week
is by Harry Gear, a son of Echo, and his dam is Miss
Logan 2:06.\ by Gen. Logan 2:23. a son of Alexander
Button.

R. L., Sacramento — There are many standard-bred
mares and stallions that are not registered. A fee is ]
charged for registration and many breeders who are
very particular in regard to bloodlines never register [
any of the horses they breed. You could get the filly
registered, as she is eligible under the rules, her sire
and dam both being registered. Get a certificate of |
her breeding from the owner of the stallion and the
owner of the mare.

A Novel Stake.

Last autumn several breeders made a sporting
sweepstake of $100 each and agreed to name one of
their own two year old trotters on June 1st, the race
to take place at the Goshen meeting in August. To
this sweepstake the Orange County Trotting Associa-
tion added $700 and the winner takes the entire purse.
The following are the nominations:

Sally Bradley, b f. by Stamboul-Sweepstakes; Thos.
Bradley, Goshen.

Stamboul Boy. b g by Stamboul-Harkaway: Horace
H. King. Goshen.

Anna Skelton. g f by Theodore Shelton-Mambrino
King: Charles Burch. Empire Farm, Copake, N. Y.

Wigwag, b c by Wiggins-Edgemark; Hon. John Mc-
Carty, Parkway Farm, Goshen.

Prudential by Potential- Alcantara: Capt B. H.
Tuthill. Goshen.

Kentucky Wilkes. Jr., b c by Kentucky Wilkes; Gen.
B. F. Tracy, Marshland Stud," Stony Ford.

Betsy, b f by Jeffry-Chester Chief: W. A. Lawrence:
Brookview Farm, Chester. — Spirit of the Tinws.

SANTA BARBARA will hold a race meeting on
July 4th and 5th. ihe program is published in
our business columns to-day. and our readers in the
counties comprising the district who own eligible horses
should look it over and make their entries in time.

C. P. Ferrell writes from Reno that the track there
is being rebuilt and it will not be possible for horses to
do any fast work on it for some time. The stretch is
the only place where horses^ can be speeded. He is
working his pacing mare Peggy 2:17 there and has
driven her through the stretch in 32 seconds. If pos-
sible to get her in shape he will enter at the Breeders
meeting.

The Kings County Agricultural Associationis think-
ing of building a half mile track at Hanford, joining
the National Trotting Association and giving a meet-
ing. They desire the week commencing October 14th,
and that is not claimed by any other association up to
date.

John Splan paid the top price at the recent Chicago
horse sale, securing Hoppergrass 2:14] for $1000. The I
gelding is eight years old aud won four straight races
in 1899. He has'been given a trial in 2:12. Mr. Splan
will try and get a mate for him.

June 22, 190i]

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Successful Meeting at Denver.

Six thousand people attended the opening of the
meeting last Saturday and the telegraphic reports say
that large crowds are present every day. The full ac-
count of the races during this week have not yet
reached us but the telegraphic summaries tell the re-
sults. Fred Mulhollaud, of San Francisco, is accept-
ably filling the position of presiding judge, and R. J
Havey is doing the starting. On the opening day of
the meeting W. G. Durfee went a good race with his
horse Charlie, although he did not win. The track
was deep in mud and the time made was good consider-
ing the circumstances.

On the second day Durfee started Dr. Shorb in the
2:35 class but failed to get inside the money. On Tues-
day Dr. Boucher started his pacer Harry Logan, son
of Miss Logan 2:061 in the $1000 purse for the 2:20
class and got second money. Winfield Stratton, a son
of Saraway, brother to Chas. Derby, won this race in
straight heats. Winfield Stratton got a mark of 2:22.'.
last year and reduced it to 2:15', in this race which he
won in straight heats The harness racing on Wed-
nesday was for local trotters and pacers and both races
were for trophies, no money prizes being given. The
running events have had good fields and the contests
have given general satisfaction. The summaries of
the races as received by telegraph are as follows:

FIRST DAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 15.

Pacing, 2:092class, Purse $500 — Raymond M. won
second third and fourth heats and race. Best time
2:20. Lottie Smart won first heat in 2:16 and was sec-
ond, Aelse third.

Trotting — Trilby won in straight heats. Best time
2:18. Charley Mac second, Kane third.

Six furlongs — Tempse won, Comet second, Summer
third. Time 1:18.

Five and a half furlongs — Betty B. won, Alaria sec-
ond, Prince Russell third. Time 1:10,.

Colorado Derby, $500 added, one mile and an eighth
— Follow Me won, Virgie d'Or second, Kenova third.
Time 1:59}.

Four furlongs, K. C. won, Roger Q. second, Odessa
third. Time 0:52].

Six furlongs — Sir Gatian won, Larequoise second,
Bulgarian third. Time 1:16}.

SECOND DAY — MONDAY, JUNE 17.

Pacing, 2:14 class, purse $500 — Shecam won first,
fourth and sixth heats and race; best time, 2:15}.
Duchess won third heat; time, 2:16.]-. Schermerhorn
took the second heat, but was drawn after the third;
time 2:14.}. Jim Dixon, D. D. and Billy K. also started.

Trotting, 2:35 class, purse $500 — Louis Jefferson
won in three straight heats; best time, 2:20}. George
M., Red Edna, Commonwealth, Moffitt, Dr. Shorb and
Viometa also starred.

Six furlongs — St. Germain won, Nullah second, G.
H. Ketcham third. Time, 1:17}.

Seven furlongs — Nearest won, Sir Gatian second,
Pantheon third. Time, 1:31.

Four furlongs — Big Dutch won, Joe D. second,
George Landers third. Time, 0:49.

Five and oue-half fourlongs — Alaria won, Jerid sec-
ond, Comet third. Time, 1:10.

THIRD DAY — TUESDAY, JUNE IS.

Pacing, 2:20 -class, purse $1000— Winfield Strat-
ton won in three straight heats; best time, 2:15}.
Harry Logan, Riley C, Lulu, Plenty, Urba, Floretta
Bell, Orval, Burma, Prince, Blast and Helen Mar also
ran.

Trotting, three year olds, 2:50 class, purse $500 —
Goodness Gracious won second and third heats and
race; best time, 2:29}. Frank Dale took first heat,
but was drawn. Time, 2:30}.

Six furlongs — Cousin Letty won, July Gyp second,
Jersey Maid third. Time, 1:161.

Five furlongs — Mancos Girl won, Sister Alice second,
Fact third. Time, 1:05 J.

Five furlongs — Hazel Hulet won, Thracia second,
Prince Russell third. Time, 1:021.

Six furlongs — R. Q. Ban won, Larequoise second,
Peg Parks third. Time, 1:15}.

FOURTH DAY— WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19.

Trotting, to wagon, local horses, trophy — Martha
B. won two heats and race; best time, 2:16}. Gebhardt,
Otis Wilkes, Gold Standard, Dr. Calder and Nellie
Campbell also started.

Pacing, to wagon, local hcrses, trophy — Joe Ives
won second and fourth heats and race; best time, 2:22}.
Allie won first heat in 2:27} and was second. George
M. won third heat in 2:223 and was third. Gayfield
and American Hal also started.

Four and a half furlongs — Big Dutch won, Sandow
second, Joe D. third. Time, 0:55}.

Seven furlongs — Tempse won, Prince Russell second,
Oldham third. Time, 1:34}.

One mile — Mission won, Alaria second, Sir Kenneth
third. Time, 1:43}.

Five and a half furlongs — Mr. Robson won, Pantheon
second, Carruthers third. Time, 1:09.

Five and a half furlongs — Corris won, Henry Skaggs
second, Villaderby third. Time, 1:09}.

FIFTH DAY — THURSDAY, JUNE 20.

Pacing, 2:27 class — Arlene won second, third and
fourth heats and race. Best time, 2:19}. Irvin C.
took first heat. Time 2:21}. Eva Victor, Dolphin and
Irene also started.

Trotting, 2:20 class — Vendora won second, third and
fourth heats and race. Best time, 2:18}. Dudie Eg-
mont took first heat in 2:21}. Ed Winship also started.

Five and a half furlongs — R. Q. Ban won, Foul Play
second. Nullah third. Time, 1:08}.

One mile, hurdles — Joe Bell won, Our Climate sec-
ond, Torsion third. Time, 1:541.

Seven furlongs — St. Germain won, July Gyp second,
McAlbert third. Time, 1:311.

Six furlongs — Chlorad won, Regalon second, Stromo
third. Time, 1:15}.

Contraction of the Feet.

HOOF BEATS.

Contraction is thought by many to be an original
disease coming from a ipreviously healthy foot, but
this is a mistake except in very rare instances, says a
writer in the Sorseshoers' Journal. It is generally the
effect of some other disease, especially when bad. Con-
traction may accompany navicular disease, corns,
founder, sprains of the tendons, ligaments and muscles
of the leg or shoulder. Any long-standing lameness of
the foot or leg is generally accompanied by contraction
from the continual rest the foot gets in being favored
every time the horse stops. When standing he always
points the affected hoof and rests it until compelled to
start again; at the same time the healthy hoof ex-
pands on accouut of getting more than its share of the
work, so it is only a question of a short time before the
hoofs will become very unequal in size, one smaller
than the other. When you observe this condition you
may look for chronic lameness. But contraction, to a
certain extent, is the inevitable result of shoeing. A
colt's foot, before being shod, is large, round and open-
heeled, the sole part having the appearance of a large
saucer. The cause of the colt's foot being so round
and open is that he runs on the turf without shoes,
the feet have taken in much moisture, but kept so soft
by the sole and frog coming in contact with the earth
that they act like a sponge, being compressed when
stepped on and expanding as soon as relieved of weight,
so that the foot is spread every time the horse steps.
Another reason is the hoof being in moisture much of
the time, it grows faster and extra fast growth inclines
the hoof towards spreading, whereas the slow growth
inclines to contraction, and as soon as the colt is shod
with a common shoe and put to work on the pave-
ments, the bearing is taken away from the sole and
frog and put on the shell of the foot, which produces
too much strain on the laminae, thus greatly changing
conditions.

Good shoeing will do a great deal towards prevent-
ing contraction and keeping the feet in good condition,
and bad shoeing will ruin a foot in a very short time.
There is no more productive cause than leaving the
shoes on six or eight weeks without being reset, for
the shoe being nailed to the hoof compels it to grow
down in the form prescribed by the shoe, and when it
is removed and the hoof pared down to its natural size
you will find the heels very much contracted. Another
common cause is standing on hard floors, allowing the
feet to become all dried up and the shell of the hoof
pressing against the lamime stops the circulation of
the blood more or less and causes great pain, irritation
and lameness. Again, as contraction takes place, the
coffin bone being wider at the base than at the summit,
as the sole of the foot arches it, forces upward the coffin
bone which infringes upon the coronary band and pre-
vents the secretive powers from performing their
natural functions. When there is no disease in the
foot and contraction comes from bad or neglected shoe-
ing, pare the foot down well, open up all they will bear,
rasp off the quarters quite thin, leave the frog as large
as possible, then rub in a fly blister to the coronet,
smear the quarters with vaseline once a day. and then
turn out to pasture on soft ground. If you do not
wish to turn the horse out, he may be shod with tips
and a rubber pad that will give airing to the sole as
well as frog pressure. The foot should be pared about
50 degrees and the tip well rounded at the toe as so as
to relieve any strain on the tendons and prevent
stumbling, and in three or four months you will have
a decent foot. There are several methods of spreading
the heels by force, but in the long run they are all im-
practicable, and cannot be recommended.

Lexington Notes.

[Kentucky Stock Farm.]

John Kelly has five two year olds in his stable, and
they are all stepping true. All are by Larabie, and
are all fillies but one, a colt out of Lucy Carr 2:14}.

Late reports from Louisvillle are to the effect that
Sister Alice 2:10} is stepping fast. She is in Ben Ken-
ney's stable. Pauline G., who stepped a sensational
trial last year, is showing Trainer Engleman a lot of

Those who have seen Directum Miller, in Roy Mil-
ler's stable at Louisville, agree that he is one of the
grandest looking colts in training, and from all ac-
counts he is just as good as he looks. All the horses
in this stable are in fine shape and doing well.

Trainer Orrin Hickok, the veteran California horse-
man, came to Lexington Saturday and spent Sunday
here. He is looking well and is enjoying splendid
health. He is training a good stable at the Cleveland
track, and will probably take several from here when
he returns.

L. V. Harkness, proprietor of the Walnut Hall
Farm, arrived in Lexington on Saturday from San
Francisco. The object of his trip here at this time was
to see his horses that Ed. Benyon took to Cleveland on
Monday. The horses are all in great shape, and Mr.
Harkness is highly pleased with them. They will be
trained at the Granville track for several weeks before
Mr. Benyon takes them to the races.

On Wednesday of last week John Kelly drove the
mare Quoddy Girl 2:24 a mile in 2:13. She was timed
by J. L. Tarlton, John D. Creighton and Alexander
Maclaren, her owner, and the mile was the fastest of
the season to date by either trotter or pacer. Quoddy
Girl took her record of 2:24 at Perth, Ont., in 1898.
She is by Domineer, dam Lady Norwood by Norwood,
and from all appearances is one of the best ever trained
at the Lexington track. She was bred by H. C. Har-
vey of Eureka, Kan.

Geo. W. Leavitt has been offered $6000 for the great
two year old, Todd, a $2000 profit. He says: "I
fooled Bingen away, and I am not going to make
another mistake." Todd shows a 2:10 gait.

Rect 2:16} will make his first start at Pekin, Illinois,
during the week of July 1st to 6th.

James Thomson sold Little Thorne 2:07}, to a Chi-
cago gentleman last Wednesday for $3500.

Captain Haff 2:271, brother to Arion 2:073, is being
touted as one of the real fast ones at Readville.

Tempest 2:19, the daughter of Hawthorne, that
made a trip to South America and return, will be bred
to Baronet 2:11 this season.

With the exception of two youngsters entered in
this year's futurities, none of the horses of the late
W. E. Spier will be raced.

Miss Rose, the unbeaten, is entered in $11,000 worth
of stakes. H. S. Croy says she races better in Septem-
ber and October than in the hot summer months.

Motanic, the handsome pacer by Chehalis 2:04},
owned by Mr. John Wise of this city, and being
trained by Henry Hellman of San Jose, worked a mile
in 2:15 last week.

Joe Thayer has been contributing to the different
associations for three or four years by entering The
Bondsman, who, each year, has not been in condition
to start after full payments have been made.

There is a little pacer over at Pleasanton by Direct
out of the gray mare Queenie by Dexter Bradford that
is a very fast little rascal. Queenie is pacing fast her-
self this year and worked a milein2:18 at Alameda the
other day.

Eureka 2:15} was sold at auction at Philadelphia last
week and brought an even thousand dollars. Dr. H.
W. Lobb of the Quaker City was the purchaser. At
the same sale the mare Ireta, by Ira, dam by Poscora
Hayward, sold for $345.

Knap McCarthy visited Empire City Park last Sun-
day and was pleased with its training outlook. He
says Coney and Martha Marshall showed the fastest
workouts at Charter Oak Park last week — the former
going in 2:16 and the latter in 2:141.

W. 3. Alexander of Du Bois, Pa., has purchased the
pacer Princeaway 2:22, by Steinway, from S. J. Sehre-
congost. The horse has shown a mile in 2:10 and has
paced a half mile over the Du Bois track in 1:04.
Princeaway's dam is Princess, the dam of Derby Prin-
cess 2:08}.

The well-known trotting mare Rilma 2:091 who won
the $10,000 M. and M. stake at Detroit in 1897, and
who has been extensively engaged in the 2:10 stakes
for this season, has gone lame, and W. O. Foote left
her at his Texas home when he brought his stable
north. In all probability Rilma will never race again.

There is a five year old trotter at the Oakwood Park
Stock Farm that is heralded by some who have lately
seen him move as a second Azote. William G. Layng
was up to the farm recently and reports that Bain is
the grandest trotter he ever saw. He says he goes
without boots, weights or anything, and can show a
quarter in 32 seconds anytime. This gelding is five
years old and Mr. Layng states that he worked three
heats better than 2:18 last year. He is a chestnut and
is by Chas. Derby out of Empress, the dam of King
Cadenza 2:151, by Flaxtail.

A practical illustration of the good done by the
driving clubs was shown at Toledo, Ohio, recently,
after Mr. Z. H. Travis' recent purchase, the handsome
bay trotter Sallie Simmons, made her first appearance
at a Toledo matinee. Every horseman commented
favorably on her breedy looking form, her style,
handsome carriage and extreme speed. Geo. H. Ket-
cham was one of this animal's admirers, and early in
the week he set out to try to purchase her for his
friend, Louis Winans of Brighton, Eng. A cablegram
to that gentleman, describing the mare and naming
the price, $4000, brought a quick reply to buy and
ship her.

Senator J. W. Bailey of Texas, in conversation with
a number of friends, recently said: "I am doing some-
thing in the way of breeding trotters that no other
man in the United States is doing. I have twelve
mares, all of which are standard for not less than four
crosses back, and none of which have a drop of Wilkes
or Electioneer blood. Now, I am going to breed these
mares so as to interlace the Wilkes and Electioneer
crosses. I have begun this year by breeding to
Charley Williams' stallions, and I'm going to breed on
and on each year, but never more than twelve mares,
because I am of the opinion that I conld not give a
greater number proper attention. I am satisfied that
I will cbtain good results from this system of breeding.'

Two Famous Mares and Foals.

Two famous mares have produced foals during this
month. Alix 2:033, still holder of the world's trotting
record for mares, has a bay filly by Handspring 2:263.
son of Prodigal. Handspring took his record of 2:263
as a two year old and is expected to take a very fast
record this year. He is owned by the Hon. E. C.
Sayles of Woonsocket, R. I., who also owns Alix and
her foal. This is Alix's second foal, her first being a
three year old by Sable Wilkes 2:18. Nancy Hanks
2:04, trotting queen until dethroned by Alix, has also
a nice bay filly by Peter the Great 2:07}. Of all the
trotting queens, Nancy Hanks has been the most pro-
lific. This is her fifth foal. She has had two by
Arion 2:073, one by Bingen 2:06}, one by the thorough-
bred stallion Meddler, and this one by Peter the Great.
She, as well as the trotting sires to which she has pro-
duced, and all her foals are owned at Forbes' Farm,
Ponkapog, Mass., and if she lives to attain the average
equine age she will leave a big family. — Trotter "n't
Pawn

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SULKY NOTES, m

Bonnie Direct will be placed in Myron McHenry's
string when he reaches Detroit.

The Spokane Inter-State Fair will open September
10th and continue until September 21st.

Chas. Griffith has entered Reet 2:16]- in the 2:14 trot
at the Oakley Park meeting-, Cincinnati.

Cecil worked Rev Direct a mile in 2:16. last half in
1:07, the day after he arrived at Cleveland.

Some of the horses that were getting fast miles a
month ago are getting the firing iron now.

Silver Bow, Jr., the green trotter owned by Isaac
Morehouse, is trotting like a future race winner.

Myron McHenry will drive Mr. Mulcahey's mare
Algonetta, by Eros, in the M. and M. at Detroit.

Scott McCoy thinks Directum Kelly 2:08] is good
enough to race well and lower his record this vear.

Direct filly are working inside the standard mark, and
some of them dangerously so. My Altamont three
year old, for the work he has had, is satisfactory. He
is a fine looker and I expect good results in the near
future."

It is probable that the Boston candidates for the
$1000 challenge cup won by John A. McKerron last
year, and which will be competed for this year at
Cleveland, will be Boralma, Senator L. and Miss
Whitney.

The stallion Sweet Director that won at Baltimore
two weeks ago, taking a record of 2:20], is a six year
old bv Director 2:17. dam Sweetness by Alcazar, second
dam Sweetness 2:21], dam of Sidney 2:191 and others,
by Volunteer.

The Santa Barbara races, which will be held the 4th
and 5th of July, are not given by the Agricultural Dis-
trict Association, but by a local club. No fair will be
held by the district organization this year, but it will

hold one in 1902.

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Johnny Quinn is working three or four promising
young horses at the Santa Rosa track. He has the horse
Black Bart by Robin out of an Anteeo mare that is
going well and should be quite a trotter. He belongs
to Mr. Charlton of Ukiah.

Ima Electrite's great speed did not show up in the
2:14 trot at Denver. She was distanced the first heat.

Humboldt Maid 2:131 and Waldstein Jr. are now in
training at Joliet, 111., Eugene Benson having them in
charge.

Horses are working fast at the Alameda track. A
trotter went a half in 1:07 there recently and a pacer a
mile in 2:15.

There are twenty-six trotters and fifteen pacers with
records of 2:15 or better working at the Glenville track
at Cleveland.

Six $1000 stakes are opeD for entries, but they will
close July 1st. They are offered for the Breeders Sac-
ramento meeting.

Los Angeles entries close July 1st. Don't be thrown
out of the chance of winning some of that good money
by failing to enter.

Silkwood 2:07 has made a heavy season at Reading,
Kansas, this year. It is said that he has served a
hundred mares at $25.

The P. C. T. H. B. A. failed to get a quorum at the
members meeting last Wednesday and the old board of
directors will hold over.

The records of 35 horses were rejected last year be-
cause the track managers failed to send in official re-
ports to the American Trotting Association.

E. J. Trauter, secretary of the Titusville track, now
owns Agitato 2:09, and has placed him in a trainer's
hands to prepare him for the. races this year.

Messrs. Fred Thompson, P. G. O'Kane and J. C.
Ohlandt are to act as judges at the Golden Gate Driv-
ing Club races at Oakland on the 4th of July.

It is reported that the old time Iowa trainer, John
Tilden, has lost his earnings of long years in the sulky
through the collapse of a Portland, Or., bank.

W. L. Elkins, who sold Red Cloud to Thomas
Lawson, has another crack high-stepper in Lenox, a
son of Ora Wilkes 2:11, dam by Daniel Lambert.

Dexter Prince should have a numerous addition to
his 2:30 list this season, if a fair proportion of those of
his get entered in the Eastern races secure records.

The first mile in 2:10 since the new century opened
was made by the pacing mare Erne Powers in a race at
Baltimore on June 5th. The mare won a heat in 2:09.

A nice black driving team is advertised for sale in
our business columns. Both horses drive single as well
as double, are trotters, perfectly sound and well mated.

Contractors for the British army are still buying
horses and mules as extensively as ever in the west,
notwithstanding reports that the trade had been
stopped.

Read the program of the Santa Barbara Trotting
Association in our advertising columns. The meeting
will be held July 4th and 5th. Entries close next
Tuesday.

Jack Roach, the three year old Boreal colt Thomas
Lawson has in Pat Ryan's stable at Louisville, is good
this spring. He has been a mile in 2:251 and a quarter
in 33 seconds.

Last year the Village farm stable was shy on pacers.
This year Geers has four excellent prospects in
Diamond King, Shadow Chimes, the Aristocrat and
King Charles.

Nutwood Wilkes 2:161, has been bred to sixty mares
and has a dozen more booked. Among those' sent to
him lately are Mabel the dam of Directly 2:03]. and a
full sister to that great pacer.

Jack Trout has driven Anaconda a mile in 2:101.
This sounds almost too fast, yet Anaconda is getting a
slower preparation this year than ever before. Last
year he paced a mile in 2:07 in May.

The breeding season will close July 1st. Don't let
your mare go by this year without being bred. Horses
are rising in value every day. and the three year old
of 1904 will just about top the market.

Mr. David Smalley of Haywards, one of our constant
readers, writes under date "of June 10th, renewing his
su jseription, and adds that "the horses and colts at
the Meek track are showing well. All of the Welcome
tlree year olds, the McKinney three year old and a

Thirteen California horses have been entered in the
early closing events for the big meeting at Memphis.
Secretary Murray Howe received an average of over
fifty entries to each race. It will be one of the great-
est harness meetings ever held.

Tne time for closing entries to the six $1000 stakes
offered by the Breeders Association, and the harness
events of the Los Angeles meeting, is drawing nigh.
One week from Monday next is the time, July 1st.
Have your entry blanks filled out and ready.

Dan McCarthy has transferred 100 head of horses,
consisting of runners, trotters and carriage horses, to
Captain John Hackett of Oakland to satisfy a mort-
gage. Captain Hackett intends to dispose of the horses
at public auction, the date of sale to be announced later.

Entries to the races to be given by the Golden Gate
Park Driving Association races to take place at Oak-
land July 4th, will close on Tuesday evening next,
June 25th. There will be five purses of $150 each. A
large number of the members have already made en-
tries.

Ed Geers says: The groom is a very important
factor in the success of a racing stable, and any man
who learns to cal-e for his horses as he should, and
does his work well, deserves just as much credit for the
success of a race as does the man who trains and
drives the horse.

The Mendocino County District Fair will probably
be held the last of September or the first of October,
this year. It will be held at Ukiah, where a good half
mile track is located. Mr. H. B. Smith of TJkiah in-
forms us that about forty new box stalls are being
erected at the track.

Four days of racing at Yreka, beginning July 3d
will furnish good sport and many opportunities for
racing There will be purses for both harness horses
and runners. It is said a carload of runners will go up
there from this city. A San Francisco bookmaker has
the betting privilege.

L. A. Davies, 8 X. Clark street, Chicago, president
of the Calumet Stock Farm, offers a liberal reward for
information leading to the arrest of Harry Lewis, who,
while in charge of Roy Wilkes 2:061 at Rushville. Ind.,
is claimed to have embezzled several hundred dollars
from Mr. Davies' Company.

The Abbot is not stepping like a horse that is all in,
as Orrin Hickok dubbed him. He went a mile in
2:13 the other day, the last half in 1:04, and for a horse
of his class that is sound this looks as though he is
just as good if not better than he ever was in his life
as the season is very young yet.

H. Bolster, the Secretary and Manager of the Spo-
kane Inter-State Fair, is putting lots of energy and
work into the preliminary arrangements for that ex-
position which cannot help but be effective. Spokane
will have a great exposition in September. $10,000
will be given to the speed program.

Millard Sanders will take Dollv Dillon 2:111. Janice
2:13], Venus II 2:11] and Zarina~2:13f to the Windsor
meeting. He will leave Eula Mae, Funston and Cap-
tivity at Cleveland until after the meeting to be held
there. Millard worked Dolly Dillon a quarter in 31
seconds and Janice an eighth in 15 seconds one day last
week.

Thes. W. Lawson of Boston has just issued a hand-
some little catologue, vest-pocket size, of his trotting
stable. It contains the names of 3S stallions, mares
and geldings, each occupying a page with pedigree
tabulated to the third cross. It is one of the most com-
plete and handy reference books ever issued by an
owner.

Neva Simmons 2:34], is entered in $S5,000 of stakes.
This is probably more money than any harness horse
ever trotted for in one season. Baum has not only en-
tered her in the slow classes, but in races like the
Transylvania where she will meet the cracks of the
2:12 class. Her first important race wUl be the M.
and M.

Daghestan. the full brother to Georgie B. 2:12], by
Nutwood Wilkes 2-16$, was sold to a Seattle man a
short time ago and reports come from there that he is
trotting like a whirlwind, having worked a half in
1:051 recently. Daghestan took a record of 2:29 at
Stockton in 1899, as a three year old. He is one of the
best gaited trotters ever seen and a very low record is
predicted for him if he keeps right.

Jim Thompson sent Goshen Jim a mile in 2:12}, last
half in 1:03 J, and last quarter in 301 seconds, at the
Glenville track, Cleveland, on Wednesday of last
week. The Sportsman says Thompson was pulling tho
big horse at the finish at that. The California orator
also drove Thornway a quarter in 31} seconds, and
Rajah a half in 1:11.

A Colorado bred range horse named Broncho, pur-
chased by [he Newark, N. J., Board of Health for $15
six years ago, has outlived its usefulness after having
been the direct means of saving many lives and will be
retired. Since it was bought the horse has furnished
$9000 worth of antitoxin for the US9 of physicians in
curing diphtheria.

Charlie Mae 2:17], was a contender for every heat in
the 2:14 trot won in straight heats by Trilby P. 2:131
on the opening day of the Denver meeting. The track
was so heavy from the rain of the previous day that
there was some talk of postponing the harness events.
The time, 2:23, 2:18 and 2:20 was considered very good.
Charlie Mac was only beaten a nose in the second heat.

Not to be outdone by the American-bred thorough-
breds, which have been winning across the water, the
American-bred trotters have been making a clean
sweep on the continent. Greenbrino 2:10|, by Wood-
brino, was the star performer at the recent Vienna
meeting, the contending horses in nearly all his races
being Axmere 2:131, by Axtell, also an American-bred
trotter.

Mr. J. A. Jones of Springbrook, Oregon, has bred
two mares to Zombro since that horse reached Salem
and will probably send two more. One of the mares
bred is Daisy Hill by Altamont, dam Belle Prince by
Doble 1106. Belle Prince is the dam of four sons with
standard records, namely Multonomah 2:26, Price-
mont 2:26, Malheur 2:271 and Oneco 2:29J. Each of
these sons is a producing sire.

Winnie Wilkes, the pacing daughter of Rey Wilkes
and a mare by Cresco has a yearling by Diablo 2:09 that
is nearly as tall as she is and acts as though she would
be a trotter. She has been entered in the Stanford
Stake by her owner Mr. R. P. M. Greeley of Oakland.
Winnie Wilkes has been sent to Ed Lafferty at Sacra-
mento to train for the races this year. Rey Wilkes
her sire is a son of Mambrino Wilkes.

"The question naturally arises," writes Frank G.
Smith in The Hone World, "how fast must a so called
green pacer be able to step in order to have a sure
thing down the Grand Circuit? Echo answers, twice
better than 2:08, and another heat right close to the
mark. Twenty years ago a person would have been
called a lunatic to have printed a statement like this,
but times have changed since the old stars of the turf
held the boards. "

Steamplough is the name given a big black pacing
gelding that is creating a sensation at Honolulu. He
recently came into the hands of C. H. Judd to train
and it is said paced a couple of workout heats a few
weeks thereafter in 2:21 and 2:161. His pedigree is not
given by the Honolulu papers that devote a large
space to his "wonderful speed." He was to have
started in the races there June 11th, particulars of
which will probably reach us by the next steamer.

William Collins of Wellington, Kan., has a horse
that is quite a curiosity in its way. It has a well
developed mustache that completely covers its upper
lip. It is quite a stylish mustache, too, of the straw-
berry blonde order. It parts in the middle very nicely
and has a regular military curve and twist to ft. The
horse is a blaze-faced bay of the Indian pony type.
The mustache is in the height of its glory in the winter
time. When its wearer has to make his living in the
summer time it wears off, but just now it is about five
inches long.

Frank Dale, the very promising three year old in
Johnny Blue's string, won the first heat of his first
race at Denver in 2:301, and as Blue came back to dis-
mount a groom raised a blanket to throw over the
horse, at which the colt took fright, reared and fell.
He was so badly injured that he had to be withdrawn
from the race. ' Frank Dale is by Chas Derby out of
Abanteeo 2:17] and resembles that good horse Owyhee
very much. Blue purchased him from the Oakwood
Stock Farm this spring for $600.

P. W. Hodges has three of the get of Nutwood
Wilkes 2:161 in his stable at San Jose, two three year
olds and a two year old. Of the three year olds he
has worked the stallion T. C. a mile in 2:24, last
quarter in 35 seconds, and a sister to Central Girl a
mile in 2:2S1. Both these trotters are working faster
every time they come out, the last named dropping
from 2:35 to 2:281 within a week. The two year old is
the pacing brother to Bob Ingersol 2:14^, and is not
being given very much work, but he paces eighths in
18 seconds very handily.

Mr. D. J. Cables of Lima, Ohio, is the owner of the
stallion Frank Irvington, a son of Nutwood Wilkes
2:161, and Nettie G. by Anteeo. Mr. Cables writes
that Frank Irvington has made a heavy season in the
stud this year, but will be put in training for the races
this month. He is a line trotter and fast. A daughter
of Nettie G. sired by Wilkes Direct 2:22, son of Nut-
wood Wilkes is being worked at. the San Jose track
and trotted a mile in 2:21 recently. She belongs to
Mr. Baumgartner of the Fredericksburg Brewery and
owner of the fast pacer Fredericksburg 2:12.

If a Californian should stop off at Cleveland these
days he would feel right at home among the horses, as
in 'addition to a large number of California horses
owned in that city, he would find the following in
training at the Glenville track : Little Thorne (p)
2:07], Rev Direct (p) 2:10, Goshen Jim (p) 2:10], Dolly
Dillon 2:111, Venus II 2:11], Zarina 2:13}, Janice 2:13},
Peoebe Childers 2:101, Eula Mac 2:171. Aster 2:12.
Our Lucky 2:13}, Bob Ingersoll 2:14}, Lady Walstein
2:15, Algoneta, Funston, Stanton Wilkes. Zephyr,
Thornway, Rajah and Harry Madison 2:27,.

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THE SADDLE.

Alcedo Won the Suburban.

Twenty thousand people were at the Gravesend
track last Saturday to see the Suburban run. It is
one of the American classics and at each recurrence
recalls the year when Salvator, the swift, captured it
and ran the distance in 2:06 4-5. This was eleven years
ago, and since then Salvator's time has been beaten a
fifth of a second the year Lowlander won, three-fifths
of a second when Ramapo came in first, and equalled
last year by Kinley Mack. This year Ethelbert was
favorite, the odds at post time being- Ethelbert, 13 to
10; Alcedo, 1 to 1; Star Bright, 4 to 1; Kamara, 8 to 1;
Toddy, 30 to 1; Sidney Lucas, 25 to 1; Watercure, 10
to 1; Blues, 8 to 1; All Gold, 30 to 1; Beau Gallant, 30
to 1; Procession 40 to 1. In the sixth break they were
off to a good start, with "Watercure in front, Alcedo
second and Ethelbert, Star Bright and the rest close up.

On the way to the grand stand they settled into their
stride, and as they came to the lower turn. Alcedo got
to the front, with All Gold second and Ethelbert third.
Around the turn and to the half-mile pole on the back
stretch there was little shifting of positions, Alcedo
still holding the lead by a neck over Blues, who had
come up from behind in the mix-up, All Gold falling
back to fourth place. There was a pretty race be-
tween the leaders up the backstretch and everybody
shouted at the streak of blue and white which was
shooting by them all on the outside, for Toddy had
elected to make his run then, and at the three-quarters
pole he had a neck the better of Alcedo, who was a
length and a half in front of Blues, he in turn being
just clear of Ethelbert, who seemed to be in difficulty
and slowing slipping back in the race.

That was not all Toddy could do, for in almost the
twinkling of an eye he was in the lead by half a length
then an open length in front as they swung around the
broad upper turn. Spencer on Alcedo knew Toddy's
limit, however, and oided his time. The seven furlong
pole was in sight and he called on Alcedo, who re-
sponded bravely. One instant he gathered himself,
and then in a series of herculean bounds he passed the
Keene four year old almost as if he were standing still.
Ir was a tremendous bui'st of speed and timed so that
as they rounded into the last quarter Alcedo was a
length to the good over Toddy, who was two lengths
in front of the rest of the field, all of whom were drop-
ping back beaten, with the exception of Watercure,
on whom Shaw was making a desperate effort. Ethel-
bert, the pride of Perry Belmont's heart, was beaten,
away back in the ruck, and was losing ground with
every stride.

At last they were straightened out for home, and it
was plain to everybody that, barring accident, the
prize was a sure one for Alcedo, and Spencer took a
steadying pull on the leader, but kept him well in his
stride, so that any possible challenger would find him
ready to meet the issue. In the meantime little Smith
riding hard with hands and heels, was doing his best
to hold Toddy in second place. He almost succeeded,
but Shaw had the jbetter horse and Watercure took
the second place a few jumps from the wire. In the
meantime Alcedo was running along comfortably in
front, and when the wire was reached and he had car-
ried off the great race of the year the crowd shouted
as loudly as if Ethelbert had been the winner.

The race had a few spectacular features, but it
seemed always as if Alcedo had the most speed, and
the time 2:05 2-5, the fastest ever made in this great
race, might have been less had there been a horse to
push th-i winner. It was an easy victory for J. H,
McCormick, who had told his friends that he would
surely win. Summary:

The Suburban, one mile and a quarter — Alcedo, 112
(Spencer), 4 to 1 and 8 to 5, won; Watercure, 100
(Shaw), 10 to 1 and 3 to 1, second; Toddy, 100 (L.
Smith), 30 to 1 and 10 to 1 third. Time 2:05 2-5. Ethel-
bert, Sidney Lucas, Star Bright, Beau Gallant, Pro-
cession, Kamara, Blues and All Gold also ran.

Paris Grand Prix Won by Cheri.

Paris, June 16.— The Grand Prix do Paris was won
by Cheri. Tibere was second and Lady Killer third.

After two false starts owing to the nervousness of
Olympian, whom Henry had much difficulty in master-
ing, the horses got away in good shape, with Olympian
ahead. Olympian maintained the lead for half the
distance. Then, as he was taking the incline, the fa£t
pace told upon him and it could be seen that he could
not stay for the entire distance. Cheri, the winner,
Tibere, who got second Iplace, and Lady Killer, who
was third, all passed Olympian coming down the hill
into the stretch. Olympian, now hopelessly beaten,
fell back and finished next to last. The winner covered
the distance in 3:19.

Henry, the American jockey, had four mounts in to-
day's races. In two he rode third and did not get a
place in the others. Although Olympian failed to
secure the Grand Prix to-day, the Americans here
gather much satisfaction from the fact that for the
first time in the history of this race the winning horse
was ridden by an American jockey. His name is
Rigby. The big American contingent present in the
paddock to-day lost a considerable sum on Olympian,
as well as on Henry's four mounts, as the success of
yesterday tempted Americans and a large number of
Frenchmen to back him to-day. The correct time of
the race was 3:19. The betting in the mutuals on the
Grand Prix totaled 1,706,840 francs.

Longchamps presented a brilliant scene during to-
day's racing, and more pretty toilettes were visable
than for several years past. The weather was over-
cast most of the time, but there was no rain and the
contest for the Grand Prix was favored by a brief
spell of sunshine. President Loubet, accompanied by
his wife drove to the race course with the traditional
ceremony of a four-horse landau, with outriders and
escorted by cuirassiers, King Leopold of Belgium,, who
is on a special visit to Paris to attend the race, was
also present, as were MM. Deschanel and Falierer and
most of the Cabinet Ministers. The Count and Coun-
tess of Castellane were also present.

The victory of Cheri was popular as he is a French
horse, but was a disappointment to a majority of the
bettors, who backed Saxon as a certain winner. The
betting on the favorite was even. On Cheri it was 14
to 1 against. 30 to 1 against on Tibere, 20 to 1 against
on Lady Killer and 14 to 1 against on Olympian. There
were no remarkable features in the other races of
the day.

♦

Thoroughbred Sale in British Columbia.

[Victoria Colonist, June 16th.]

Mr. Joshua Davies, auctioneer, yesterday conducted
a successful sale of thoroughbred stock from the Mal-
lowmot Stock Farm, North Saanich, at the Victoria
Driving Park. That the fame of Vancouver Island
horses has spread to that great race horse country,
California, is shown by the fact that California horse-
men were among the bidders. Frank Carolan, the
well-known owner of race horses of San Francisco,
purchased two of the youngsters offered, paying $400
for imp. Ero Pyro by Milford, out of Eastern Lily,
and $225 for the filly Killease by Little Mid by Elysee.
The other lots were sold at a much lower figure, the
full list of tbose offered and the purchasers and prices
being as follows:

Bandtail, b c, 1899, by Little Mid-Heartsease, by
imp. Kyrle Daly. E. Woodin, $125.

Imp. Ero Pyro, b c. foaled May, 1899, by Milford,
son of Saraband and Colleen Bawn, by Salvator (Eng-
lish), dam Eastern Lily, by Speculum, second dam
Lily Agnes, dam of Ormonde. Frank Carolan of San
Francisco, $400.

Killease, b f, 1899, by Little Mid-Elysee, by Fellow
charm. Frank Carolan, $225.

Wallop, br c' 1899, by Little Mid-imp. Wandillah, by
Waterloo. F. A. Barlow, $140.

Worman, ch c, 1897, by Doncaster-imp. Wandillah.
W. A. Scott. $140.

Chestnut filly, 1 year, unnamed, by Little Mid from
Elysee. Bishop & Clarke for $55.

Chestnut filly, 1 year, by Little Mid from Tripol, a
trotting-bred mare. J. Wilson for $75.

The Broncho.

Rancho del Paso Yearlings Bring High Prices.

The sale of yearlings from the Rancho del Paso
farm of M. J. B. Haggin was held in New York be-
ginning June 14th, and concluded on the 19th. The
total number of yearlings sold was 201, which brought
a total of $233,925 or an average of $1163 per head.
The largest prices of the sale were received for the get
of St. Gatien, which is the more remarkable as these
are his first crop of colts in the United States. A filly
by him out of Florette, full sister to the great Firenzi,
went to H. T. Oxnard for $11,500, and a colt out of
Turmoil, the sister to Chaos, brought $13,000. He
was purchased by Sidney Paget. St. Gatien was bred
by Major Brace in England, was unbeaten as a two
year old and three year old. He was beaten but once
in his four year form, and twice the following season,
thus meeting but three defeats during four years on
the turf. He ran -a dead heat with Harvester for the
Derby, and won many great stakes. He was sold for
$70,000 for stud purposes to go to Germany, where he
sired many good winners, was taken back to England
and finally purchased by Mr. Haggin and brought to
this country. He sired the unbeaten Meddler, im-
ported to this country and owned by J. Malcolm
Forbes. St. Gatien is by The Rover, son of Blair
Athol, and his dam, St. Editha, is by Kingley Vale,
out of Lady Alice by Chanticleer. She is the dam also
of St. Symphorien, Sylvabelle, St. Alyre and other
winners. It is the Agnes family, that of Ormonde,
Kendal, imp. Order, imp. Star Ruby, Ormeand others.
St. Gatien is now twenty years old. having been foaled
in 1881.

The scouts and hunters of the west long ago learned
the strong trait of instinct in our western bronchos
and the more successful of them were accustomed to
rely upon their horses to discover Indians or game at
a distance at which they themselves could detect no
trace of either. As for endurance, too much cannot
in praise of the American horses descended from the
plains animals. They are particularly valuable for use
in a rough or wild country, because they are so com-
pletely self-reliant. Oats and hay are not necessaries
for the range horses. They have picked their living
for so many generations back that it has become an in-
stinct with them. If there is grass under the snow
they know how to find it. They fully appreciate the
sustenance that is to be found in twigs and buds and
the bark of young trees and can live where eastern-
bred animals would probably starve.

SADDLE NOTES.

Jean Beraud has been sent back from England by
Mr. Whitney and will be raced at New York this year.

Los Angeles will have a number of stake events for
the runners. They will be announced in a few weeks.

The California-bred horse Olinthus was so badly in-
jured in a steeplechase at Chicago last week that he
may not start again for many weeks. He struck one
of the obstacles in the race and a leg was very badly
hurt.

The Tout — Yer see, boss, if de boss starts at 15 to 1
you win a hunerd an' fifty wid de ten, an' if he starts
at 10 to 1 yer gets a hunerd plunks clean. See ?
The Innocent — Oh, yes, I see perfectly. But what do
I get if the horse starts at 1 o'clock exactly. — Exchange.

President Thos. H. Williams of the California Jockey
Club was in New York this week and attended the big
sale of thoroughbred yearlings at Madison Square
Garden. He purchased for $1200 a bay colt by Himyar,
dam the famous race mare Ida Pickwick by Mr.
Pickwick.

Foxhall Keene, in discussing the advent of the Amer
icans on the English race tracks, said recently: "It
has been all for the benefit of the English turf. We
have brought good horses over and the handicappers
seem to appreciate them so highly that they generally
race them at about the top of their handicap. That is
a compliment we could sometimes do without. There
are more than four hundred American horses in train-
ing in England and there will be more next year.
American trainers are equal to any, though an Eng-
lishman trains my horses. Wishard, who trains Mr.
Croker's horses, and Huggins, who trains for Mr.
Whitney, cannot be beaten at their work. The Eng-
lish jockeys have learned a lot from ours. You see it
daily. Altogether, Americans have improved English
racing." Mr. Keene says that, contrary to supposition,
the Americans are not heavy bettors on the English
turf, but bet a little for sport's sake.

Julian Fleischmann has sold his noted stallion, Halma,
by Hanover-Julia C, for $30,000, it is said. The pur-
chaser is reported to be Jean de Reszke, the singer,
who is generally recognized as one of the keenest horse-
men in the Russian empire. Halma is not only a finely
bred horse, but he was a famous racer in his time. He
was bred by the late Byron McClelland, in whose
color he captured the Phenix Hotel stakes, the Ken-
tucky Derby, the Clark stakes, and the Latonia Derby.
Halma was one of the greatest Western Derby win-
ners, standing a bit higher than Ben Brush and on an
equal footing with Ornament. Holding his own in the
Russian empire may be difficult for Halma, because he
will have as a rival the noted English Derby winner,
Galtee More, who was bought bj the Russian imperial
government for $100,000 and sent to Poland to improve
the quality of the Russian thoroughbred. Among
Halma's first get as two year olds this season are Ed-
ward Kelly's Locket, the Fleischmann 's Halberdier,
and J. G. Follansbee's Somersault. As soon as the
sale is confirmed by cable Halma will be shipped.

American Derby To-Day.

There has been a war against betting inaugurated at
Chicago just as everyone who watched the course of
events expected there would be. The only course that
can run without the bookmakers is the Washing-
ton Park Club, which is managed as a club should
be, for the sake of the sport instead of for the book-
makers. Secretary Howard says the American Derby
will be run to-day whether there is betting or not and
the probabilities are that it will be a great race. The
indications are that there will be at least a dozen start-
ers of which the following with their weights and jock-
eys, respectively, are counted as "sure":

Terminus (Coburn) 1~2

His Eminence (Odom) 1~7

Bonnibert (Bullman) 127

The Parader (Landry) 127

Sadie S. (Stack) 1 17

Bean Gallant (J. Daly) 122

Outlander (Spencer) 122

Silverdale (J. Woods) J27

Lady Schorr (J. Wilier) 117

Robert Waddell (DominicUj 119

Watercolor (F. Littlefleld) 122

Hernando ( Winkfleld) 117

Sannazarro (J. Boland) l'-~

Among the probable starters are: Operator, 122, J.
Matthews; Alfonso, 122, ; Six Shooter, 122, T.

Knight.

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of the races run at Overland Park. The Denver meet-
ing is a great success, with several thousand attend-
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I KENNEL. I

"Too Much Hickman."

Coming Events.

June 18— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J P
Norman, Secretary.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30 — Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo,
N. Y. E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5 — Toronto Industrial Exhibition. Eleventh annual
Dog Show, Toronto, Can. W. P. Fraser, Secretary and Superin-
tendent.

Sept. 3, 4, 5, 6— Columbia County Agricultural Society. Inaug-
ural Show, Chatham, N. Y. M. T. Mason, Secretary.

Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14— West Virginia Exposition and State Fair
Association. Annual Dog Show, Wheeling. W. Va. G. O. Smith,
Manager.

Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27 — Middlesex East Agricultural Association.
Dog Show, Wakefield, Mass. G. B. Kirkpatrick, Secretary Bench
Show Committee, Boston, Mass.

Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11— Texas Kennel Club Dog Show, Dallas, Texas
Sidney Smith, Secretary.

Oct 8, 9, 10, 11— Danbury Agricultural Society. Dog Show, Dan-
bury, Conn. James Mortimei, Superintendent.

Field Trials.

Aug. 13— Iowa Field Trial Association. 4th annual trials. Em-
metsburg, la. Louis Verveer, Secretary, Des Moines, la.

Aug. 20 — South Dakota Field Trial Association. 2d annual trials-
Sioux Falls, S. D. Olav Haugtro, Secretary, Sioux Falls, S. D.

Doings in Dogdom.

Pine Hill Cocker Kennels, located at San Anselrno,
have now on hand some choice young black and red
puppies. These youngsters are bred on some of the
best Cocker lines, coming1 from winning bench dogs on
both sides.

Woodlawn Kennels will, next week, receive from J.
T. Cooney, of Delta, Shasta county, the Bull Terrier
bitch Richmond Lassie (Woodcote Venom-Countess)
to be served by Ch. Woodcote Wonder. Lassie won
first puppies and novice here in 1898.

R. M. Dodge, manager of the Stockdale Kennels,
Bakersfield, writes us: "Everything goes on nicely
here, I have been very much surprised of late to see
so many well grown young quail. The old birds seem
to be trying to make up for lost time, as the young
chicks are to be seen everywhere. I suppose this is
owing to the late rains, plenty of feed and very good
cover, much better than for several years."

"The word bloodhound means really a pedigree bred
hound," says Mrs. Oliphant, "in the same way that
bloodhorse refers to a horse possessed of some par-
ticular strain of blood. It in no way means that the
dog is thirsting for blood. If my hounds were track-
ing a lost child the child might cry as they surround
it; but its tears would be licked off and an abundance
of true affection would be all the child had to fear."

A. L. Klein sold an Irish Terrier dog sired by Ch.
Endcliffe Muddle to L. G. Rowell this week. Mr.
RoweU also purchased a Pox Terrier dog puppy out of
the litter whelped last week by Warren Corinne. This
litter was sired by Limefield Roderick. Mr. RoweU
will take care of Corinne at his kennels until the
puppies are weaned.

Encliffe Lita, a Boston Terrier in Mr. Klein's string,
has been turned over to J. P. Gleason, who will keep
the bitch until a prospective litter of young Bostons
are raised.

It is a very curious fact, which very few people but
doctors and oculists know anything about, that the
liquid which composes the inside of the ball of your
eye is not sluggish and stagnant, but instantly flows
slowly forward from behind.

The way this wes proved was ingenious. A dog was
selected, and into the back of its eye a quantity of
yellow prussiate of potash was injected. An hour
later the animal was killed, and the eye removed and
soaked in a solution of chloride of iron, then hardened
in alcohol and examined. Under the microscope it
was observed that the front of the eye was colored
Prussian blue from the combination of prussiate and
the iron, thus proving that the injection had moved
forward.

Henry Jarrett, Esq., has offered a $50 cup to be
known as the Wellsbourne Cup, for the best American
bred black, white -and tan Collie dog or bitch, to be
competed for annually at New York and Philadelphia,
cup to be won four times by same exhibitor before be-
coming his or her absolute property Robert A.
Murray, Esq., offers a similar cup, similar conditions,
to be known as the Henover Cup, for the best sable
and white, to be competed for annually at New York
and Boston.

Black & Hunter offer a similar cup, conditions not
yet decided on, to be known as the Brandane Cup to
be competed for annually at Pittsburg and Chicago.
Other cups and valuable specials are expected from
several of the Collie club's prominect members, and
leading exporters in England and Scotland.

Charles Newman knows a good thing in dogs when
he sees it. Fitz Luecke of Sacramento, an ardent St.
Bernard fancier, called at our sanctum on Wednesday
accompanied by a three year old dog, Lester C. This
dog is by Alta Millo out of A. F. Muenther's Queen of
the Joaquin, she by Reglov ex Empress Juno. Lester
C. stands 32 inches high at the shoulder and weighs
about 210 pounds — he can stand 20 or 30 pounds more
easily. He is not only a very good specimen of the
"Holy" breed; but for a big dog is far better than the
average, excepting a rather light muzzle, he has a
typical Alta Millo head. He has good bone and fair
body conformation and for such a large animal stands
up splendidly on his legs, his forelegs and feet are good
and his hind legs excellent. This dog properly
h.ndled will win out over most of the dogs we have
here at present. Needless to say Mr. Newman did not
v aste much time in coming to terms when he found
" tr. Luecke was willing to sell.

A communication with the above captain in the cur-
rent number of Han's Best Friend, seems to have been
prompted not only by a spirit of chagrin and disap-
pointment but there is also an apparent disclosure of in-
side affairs anent the May show here that is a humiliat-
ing admission that "crow" is a very unpalatable dish.
The writer states a few distorted truths and also de-
liberately misstates certain facts.

The bringing out here of Dr. Kendall's Boston Ter-
rier Meg was for the double purpose of forestalling the
secretary's alleged porcine "mug hunting" proclivities
and also to induce the Pox Terrier men to make en-
tr'es. They urged that the year previous the best
cup offered at the show was placed for the Boston Ter-
riers (there was but five entries), the secretary knowing
well that he could win. Fox Terrier men looked upon
this as an unfair and invidious distinction, claiming
that Boston Terriers were not, by reason of so few of
the breed benched, entitled to such valuable considera-
tion. However whether their "kick" was of merit or
no, Mr. Hickman undertook to placate them by offer-
ing to produce a dog which would change the run of
the cards. This was after the premium list had been
published. At all events the cup offered by the jockey
club was not won by his dog this year, and
further, the bitch Encliffe Lita would beat Lady
Montez at any show and under any judge in the
country. The statement that L. A. Klein's dogs were
not in condition is evidently given in a splenetic mood
— the dogs were in fit shape all round.

The true story, so we are advised, of the reason for
shifting Boston Terriers from Mr. Jarrett to Mr.
Lynn is an amusing one and is replete with a spirit of
pettyfogging cunning that we readily recognize from
personal experience. It seems that Mr. Lynn, who
judged gratuitously, was to have judged all terriers,
the records of the kennel club will show that, so it is
claimed. Mr. Norman informed Mr. Hickman one
day that he had received a letter from Mr. H. H. Carl-
ton, requesting that, if possible, Mr. Jarrett should
judge Bostons, as he well understood the breed. Nor-
man urged that as he and Carlton were the only
breeders of Bostons here that the change should be
made. He saw several other members of the bench
show committee and reiterated the Carlton story —
which the latter gentleman has since, so we are in-
formed, branded -as a fabrication emanating entirely
frcm the fertile brain of the secretary. The day after
Norman's interview with Hickman the premium list
appeared with Mr. Jarrett booked for Bostons. This
change was not relished by the other members of the
bench show committee. When Mr. Lynn arrived, he
simply insisted that the club adhere to the original
schedule under which he agreed to judge. He was
right and his request was respected. The assertion
that there has been "no little comment that Bostons
were judged by Mr. Lynn" while they were published
as assigned to|Mr. Jarrett, is a specious one. What
comment, if any, has been made, must naturally have
resulted from the juggling detailed above. The reason
there was a mix-up in the awards, to some breeds, is as
we have stated previously, the judges' books supplied
and method of detail in registering awards were faulty
and cumbersome. The matter of buying and selling
Fox Terriers, intimated by "Frisco, " is amusing to say
the least, and is tainted with the odor of "you're
another."

Kennel Suggestions.

A great deal has been written about the best food for
dogs. It is impossible to lay down hard and fast rules
which will cover the requirements of all breeds and
which can be adhered to systematically without varia-
tion. The best means of deciding how much a dog
should have as his daily allowance will be»to experiment
and see how much he will take freely without wasting
any. This can be done by giving him a fairly large
quantity, more than he will really require, and then
remove what he leaves. Do not let this remain, but
take it right away until the next meal time. There
are so many different foods suitable for dogs that there
ought not to be any difficulty in arranging a good
variety. Apart from the ordinary dog biscuits, of
which there are so many excellent kinds in the market,
there is nothing better, it has been claimed, than good
oatmeal, which should be thoroughly cooked, and then
can be mixed up with suet and boiled rice and tripe,
according to circumstances. Two meals a day ought
to be quite sufficient — the first being the lighter of the
two. Some fanciers believe in giving dogs a good meal
to finish up the day with.

We do not believe in horse flesh and other waste
products for dogs, as is the practice in some localities.
They are apt to generate all sorts of diseases, for it is
well known that a horse is rarely slaughtered unless
he has contracted some disease, or unless he is suffer-
ing from senile decay. The flesh of such animals is
certainlyjnot calculated to keep dogs in sound health —
in fact a good many cases are on record in which tuber-
culous and other diseases have undoubtedly been
brought about by the dogs having been fed on unsuit-
able and undesirable food. Liver is very good for
dogs, and once a week a meal of that should be given.
It has a well known laxative effect, especially if given
raw, but most people will prefer to give it well cooked.

The feeding of a dog will have to be measured some-
what according to the amount of work he is called
upon to do. For example, raw meat should never be
given to a dog tied up in a yard, because it is too stim-
ulating altogether; and in the case of such a dog, it
is better to confine the diet to oatmeal and vegetable,
with comparatively little meat. Let it be under-
stood that we do not in any shape or form wish to en-
courage people in keeping dogs tied up. In our opinion,
this is a form of cruelty far too freely practiced. It
ought to be possible at least once a day to give a dog
an opportunity of exercising himself for a short time.
Not only so, but we have seen animals tied up week
after week and month after month with hardly any

opportunity for exercise and kept in this condition
until they reach such a state of skin irritation that
their lives are a perfect misery; and this is not to be
wondered at, for unless a dog is properly groomed or
allowed to roll about and groom himself properly, it is
impossible for him to keep free from vermin and to
remain in a sound condition of health.

Dogs ought not to be allowed to gorge themselves
with food. They ought just to have as much as they
will eat with an appetite and as soon as they begin to
turn the food over and mess with it it should be taken
away until the next meal time. If a dog neglects his
food and does not seem ready for it and will not be
coaxed into feeding, he should be kept under observa-
tion for the very simple reason that he is going to be
ill. In our own case, if we feel unwell we at once lose
appetite; and this in a dog is a very unfavorable sign.
Should a dog therefore refuse his food the best thing
will be to keep him apart, or under surveillance, until
his next meal time. Then if he still refuses do not
press it upon him but give him a good dose of medi-
cine, either castor oil or Epsom salts, either of which
will answer very well, and then wait for further de-
velopments. Epsom salts, however, has upon the
smaller breeds and young dogs too drastic an effect, it
has been found that sweet oU and syrup of buckthorn
is an admirable laxative. A good recipe for a young
dog is the following: Caster oil, 3 parts; buckthorn
syrup, 2_parts and white poppy syrup, 1 part; this
remedy is also an effective vermifuge. The dose, once
a day, generally one-half a teaspoonful, depends upon
the age and size of the dog. Give for two or three
days and watch for improvement in the dogs condi-
tion. If it is merely a passing headache or some minor
ailment that he is suffering from, your dose of physic
will probably have put him right. If, on the other
hand, he is developing distemper or any other serious
complaint, your treatment will have had the effect of
checking any tendency to feverishness and of generally
clearing his system, which will be an important step
towards arresting the disease in its first stage and deal-
ing with it effectively to a cure.

The food for dogs in bad health or invalid dogs will
have to be prepared with extra care and with special
regard to cleanliness. Invalid dogs are very sensative
much in the same way as human invalids are, and a
great deal of coaxing and management will be needed
in the case of a dog suffering from the exhaustion of
serious illness in order that he may be pursuaded to
take suitable food to increase his strength. The poor
brute often will feel utterly unable to take anything,
and yet it is desirable he should not be allowed to get
any weaker, and it may be necessary to force food
upon him. This must be done with great care and of
necessity the food given will be liquid. As soon as a
dog recovering from illness shows signs of a ravenous
appetite the reverse must be done, and he must be
carefully checked. It is likely that if he is not checked
that he will fill himself to repletion and will become
worse instead of steadily growing better. Then he
must have a limited allowance, which at first can be
given frequently, and a gradual return can be effected
toward the system of feeding twice daily.

We have not very much faith in artificial beef tea
for invalid dogs, believing as we do that a satisfactory
nourishment can be gained from beef tea made direct
from good lean beef. The meat should be cut up into
very fine pieces and should be boiled for at least twenty
minutes — that is to say that twenty minutes at least
should elapse from the time it begins to boil until the
time that you remove it from the fire. Then drain off
all the liquid from the meat and again add water suffi-
cient to cover the residue of the meat, and let it boil
again for another half hour. The product of the
second brewing will not be equal to the first, but it will
be better as a drink for the dog than plain water. For
invalid dogs arrowroot anu such things ought not to
be added to thicken such beef tea as we have described
the making of, unless it be that dysentry is present
and then a little arrowroot to thicken the liquid food
will go a long way towards checking such symptoms.
Bones should always be given to young puppies to
gnaw. They not only assist dentation, but they keep
the teeth in nice clean order — this is the case with
older dogs too. They also, if given before food, take
away the keen edge of appetite, and thus prevent un-
due bolting of food, which is undoubtedly injurious to
puppies; and, moreover, they make very good play-
things. As soon as the puppies get their teeth strong
enough they will learn to crush up bones, and Nature
intended that the dog should form his diet partly of
crushed bones. They tend to stimulate the bowels,
and although it is not desirable to give them in any
quantity, still the average dog can be trusted pretty
well to know what is and what is not good for him.
Of course it does not do to give a lot of bones to deli
cate pet dogs, because their stomachs are not capable
of the digestive energy of the larger breeds.

More mischief is done to little pet dogs by giving
them nice dainty things to eat than anyone would
imagine. They become so habituated to sweets and
dainties that they positively refuse ordinary plain food,
and often it becomes necessary for them to be sent to
the veterinary surgeon, who, like a wise man, instead
of wasting good physic upon them, puts them in a
dark pen and keeps them there for a day or two on
bread and water, which they can either consume or
leave alone until hungry. They are then returned to
their loving mistress, who praises highly the accom-
plishments of the eminent surgeon under whose care
they have been brought into so much more promising
a condition of health.

Kennel Registry.

LA Klein's Fox Terrier bitch Warren Corinne (Claudian 1

whelped June 15. 1901, seven puppies, to Earl B. Douglas' Limefield
Rhodericfe.

O. O. Heydenfeldt's Bull Terrier bitch American Belle (Closton

Gully-Challenge Sebatia) whelped June 10, 1901, ten puppies, to

same owner's Bay view Brigadier (Bay View Bob-Bay View Belle) .

SALES

Fritz Luecke (Sacramento) sold the rough coat St. Bernard
Lester C, (Alta Millo-Queen of the Joaquin) to Chas. Newman,
June 19, 1901.

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At the Traps.

The San Francisco Gun Club live bird shoot for June
will take place at Ingleside to-morrow.

Across the bay, at Alameda' Junction, the Empire
Gun Club regular monthly shoot will take place.

A feature of the Lincoln Gun Club shoot on July 7th
will he a 100 target race, $20 entrance, three moneys,
high guns to win. Eleven entries are already in. The
race will be an interesting one.

Club race, 15 birds, 30 yards rise —

" Slade " 11311 2121 1 12231—15

Shaw, C. H 22322 22223 22222—15

Roos, A 21212 11222 12211—15

Feudner, M. O : 12122 12212 32212—15

Golcher, W. J 11121 11021 21121— 14

Sweeney, J. J 2222a 12201 11112—14

Haight, O. A 22232 21 102 12221—14

Shaw, C. H. (back score) 22222 22222 *2322— 14

Shields, A. M 11112 13101 01111-13

Shaw, C. H. (back score) 1322* 2*222 22222—13

"Johnson " 21*11 OHIO 11122—12

Hosmer, H. B 1*111 01211 1111*— 12

Leta, G. (guest) 22112 20201 *1111— 12

Unger, M 21101 01111 21101-12

Derby, Dr. A. T 21212 20230 02130—11

Weil, A. L 22002 03020 11122—10

Clarence Nauman's skill has been recognized at the
Gun Club, Nolting Hill, London. He has been notified
that his shooting position henceforth will be at the
36-yard mark — that is, for certain fixed events; other
races do not have an arbitrary handicap.

The other American shooters now in England seem
to be achieving great success. W. R. Crosby has won
a £100 cup, while other shooters over there just now
have carried off large sweepstake purses.

The Olympic Gun Club blue rock shoot last Sunday
was a record one for a gold and silver bar distribution.
No less than forty-three bars were won on three
straight runs of twenty-five breaks and forty straight
fifteens. Otto Feudner won three gold bars and seven-
teen silver bar souvenirs, the other winners of silver
bars were "Slade" two, Edgar Forster two, Dr. Derby
three, C. W. Debenham three, N. H. Neustadter one,
A. W. Robertson one, F. W. King and A. M. Shields
four each. Feudner now has a string of five gold and
twenty-eight silver bars won at the club shoots. The
scores made during the day follow:

Club race, 25 targets—

Feudner. M. O* 11111 11111 11111 11111 11101—24

"Slade"* 01111 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Foster, E. L.* 11111 11101 lull 11111 11111—4

Feudner.F 11101 11111 11111 11011 11101—22

Derby, Dr. A. T.* 01001 11111 11111 11111 11111—23

Sears, W. H 01111 11111 01111 11101 11111—32

Shields, A. M 01111 01111 01111 01111 11111—21

Miller, H. L 11111 01111 10101 11110 11111—21

Miller, H. L.t Hill 11101 01111 11001 11111—21

Neustadter, N. H 11010 11110 11111 11101 11101—30

Neustadter, N. H.f 10001 11110 10101 11111 11110—19

Miller, H. L.t 01111 11011 11101 11110 10011—10

King. F. W ...11011 11110 OHIO 01011 11101—18

Golcher, W. J 11110 mil 01101 11000 10111 — Ig

Andres, G. S 00111 mil 11011 11101 11000—18

♦Silver bars. fBack scores.

Second event, 15 targets, 50 cents entrance, added
money, high guns, 3 moneys —

Feudner, M. O* Hill 11111 11111-15

Foster, E. L* 11111 11111 11111— 15

Derby, Dr. A. T* 11111 11111 11111—15

Debenham, C. W* 11111 11111 11111—15

Robertson, W. A 11111 11111 11110-14

Sears, W. H mil mil 11101—14

King, F. W mil 01111 11111—14

Murdock, W. E 11111 11101 10111-13

Shields, A. M 11001 11111 01111—12

Feudner, F 10101 11111 10111—12

Cooper, A 11110 11110 01111—12

"George" 1 11110 11111 11100—12

Golcher, W.J 11001 11110 10111—11

Neustadter, N. H 01011 11100 11111—11

♦Silver bars.

Third event, 15 targets, 50 cents entrance, added
money, high guns, 3 moneys —

Debenham, C. M 11111 Hill 11111-15

Neustadter, N. H 11111 11111 11111—15

Forster, E. L 11111 11111 11101—14

Shields, A. M Hill 11111 10111-14

King, F. W Hill 101 11 11111-14

Golcher, W.J Hill 01111 11111—14

Sears, W. H 10111 11101 11111-13

Robertson, W. A 11011 10111 11011—12

Feudner, F 01111 11011 10100—11

"George" 11111 11011 11000—11

Cooper, A 00111 11011 10101-10

♦Silver bars.

Fourth event, 15 targets, 50 cents entrance, added
money, high guns, 3 moneys —

Feudner, M. O.* mil 11111 11111—15

Robertson, W. A* 11111 11111 11111-15

King F W.* Hill 11111 11111—15

Forster, E.L 11111 11011 11111—14

Feudner. F 11111 11111 11101—14

Sears, W. H 11111 11110 111 11—14

Debenham, C. W 01111 10m mil— 13

Neustadter, N. H 01111 10111 11111-13

Golcher, W.J 11001 11101 11111—12

Derby, Dr. A. T 11111 10101 11011-11

Shields, A. M 11101 01011 01111— ll

Cooper, A 11111 OHIO 00100— 9

"George" Will 10001 01011— 9

*Silver bars.

Practice shoot for silver bars, 15 targets — Shields 12,
8 w, 11 w, 8 w, 12, 15, 8 w, 9 w, 7 w, 8 w; Neustadter 13,
"George" 11, 10, 7, 10, 9, 9, 11; Robertson 10, 12; Miller
13, M. O. Feudner 11 w, 11, 12, 14, 13 w, 14, 9 w, 15, 15,
15, 14. 16, 18, 15; "Slade" 9 w, 15; Cooper 9, Knick 7,
10, 10! 7; Derby 11 w, 17; Golcher 8 w, 9 w; Dabenbam
12, Murdock 12, F. Feudner 13, 7 w, 15; King 11, 10, 11;
Gordon 10, Neustadter 13.

Practice shoot for gold and silver bars. 25 targets —
M. O. Feudner 25, 22, 16 w, 23, 23, 24, 25, 24, 14 w, 16,
15 w, 25, 24, 18 w, 31, 16, 25, 22; Shields 15 w, 18 w, 19,
23, 21, 17, 21, 20, 21, 21, 19, 21; King 15, 18, 23, 22, 20,
21, 22, 21, 15, 15; "George" 16, 16; Golcher 23, 22, 21,
22; Neustadter 21, 13, 21; F. Feudner 22, 13 w, 19, 24;
Derby 16, 19, 20, 18, 21, 10, 21, 19, 17w; "Slade" 21, 21;
Robertson 20, Debenham 21, Knick 14, "Rusty" 9,
Cooper 14.

The scores made a.t the Olympic Gun Club live bird
shoot for this month, on the 9th inst., were the follow-
ing:

Practice at six birds, 30 yards rise —

Golcher 111111—6 Shields 100111-4

Shaw 111101-5 "Slade" 100001—2

Hosmer 111*11—5

Pool shoot at eight birds, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards
rise —

Leta 21221221-8 Haight 1231*202-8

Feudner 13111311—8 Hosmer 12**U —4

The Washington Gun Club's annual prize shoot was
held on the 16th inst. at the Kimball and Upson
grounds near the American river bridge. The club
race was at 25 blue rocks, class shooting and was par-
ticipated in by twenty-eight shooters. Following the
main event individual shoots were indulged in. The
scores in the club race were as follows —

Reichert 10011 10011 10111 11011 11010—18

Williams 11111 10111 OHIO 11101 10111—20

Hilan 11000 11000 01011 10011 00001—10

Woods 1101101111 11110 01111 01111—19

Trumpler 00000 01111 01100 01101 01111—12

Heilbron 11111 11111 lull 01111 11001—23

Rust 11111 11110 11101 11101 11010—20

DeMerritt 00011 00011 11011 11010 11101—15

Stevens 11011 11111 11111 11111 11110—23

Adams 11111 11111 10110 10111 10011—21

Peek Hill 1001101011 11111 11111—21

Black 10111 11111 OJ110 111)1 11111-21

Just loiiooim luoi mil non-20

Flohr 11100 11001 10111 10101 11111—18

Newbert 11111 mil mil 11100 11111—23

Germerhousen 11011 11110 11110 11001 11111—20

Upson 11111 11110 11111 10100 01111—20

Brown 00110 10011 01001 01100 10110—12

Chapman, G 11101 11110 11101 10011 11110—19

Sharp 11110 11111 01111 lull 0OU1— 19

Shore 10000 OHIO 10110 11111 01010-14

Kuchler 01111 00110 11111 Hill 10011—10

Moon 10010 11000 01011 00001 01000— 9

Smith 01000 11110 11011 11111 01100 -16

Bonn 11111 11100 11111 11101 10110—20

McEnerey 11111 00100 01100 01011 00000— 11

Dr. Woods 01101 10100 00101 00111 10111—15

Dr.Weldon 11010 01111 11111 10101 11110—20

Class 1 — Stevens and Newbert shot off the tie for
first prize at 10 bluerocks, the latter winning by 9 to 8.
Second prize fell to Williams.

Class 2 — In the shoot-off for first prize Adams broke
7 out of 10, against 6 for Peek. Second prize went to
Rust.

Class 3 — In the shoot-off for first prize Bohn won
with 10 straight, against 8 for Germerhousen. Second
fell to Kuchler, who broke 7 to Woods' 5.

Class 4 — First prize was won by Just. Chapman and
Sharp shot off for second and again tied on 9 out of 10.
In the second shoot off at 5 birds Sharp broke 4 to
Chapman's 3. Chapman also won third prize from
Flohr by 7 to 6.

The club will hold two more shoots, before closing its
season, on the first and third Sundays of next month.

The Sacramento Gun Club shoot last Sunday at
Eckhardt's grounds, East Park, was well attended by
trap shooters. The principal event of the day was a
twelve man team shoot between the Sacramento and
Oak Park Gun Clubs, in which the former club won
by a margin of seven birds. W. H. Eckhardt shot
with the Oak Park Club to fill out the team. The
scores in this race and a following team race are given
below:

Sacramento Club team, 25 bluerocks —

Vetter H001 10011 mil 11110 01110-18

Jones, Sr 01111 10000 mil 10100 00110—14

O'Connor 11000 00000 01001 00001 00001— 6

Palm 10110 10011 11111 10011 WHO— 1?

Miller 01010 10101 10100 00100 01100—10

Book 0OO10 00000 00110 11011 11000- 9

Jones, Jr 01111 11110 00101 OHIO 11101—17

Kindberg 01011 11011 01111 11111 11100—20

Stevens 11111 mil 11011 Hill 01011—22

Gusto Hill UHl 11011 11111 01011—22

Davey 11110 00001 11001 11010 11010—14

Walker 01011 10100 11010 01111 11000-14

Total 182

Oak Park Club team, 25 bluerocks —

Davis, Sr 01011 01100 11101 00101 11000-13

Woodworth 01111 11101 11101 00010 10111—17

Bradv Hill 01000 01111 00100 11101— 15

Kerr, Jr 11110 01101 10001 11011 11001—16

Wilbur 1100110010 0000100000 10111—10

Ealnh 00010 11111 01100 01001 11011—14

Wilbur "6 00111 11000 00100 11000 01001—10

Shaw Will 00010 11110 00000 10101—12

Davis'jr ' 10111 11001 01001 00100 10100-12

Young 10011 11100 11010 10101 10101—15

Eckhardt 1111111111111111111111101—24

Hall 01111 11110 11100 01010 11101—17

Total 175

Twelve man team race, 15 blue rocks-
Palm 01110 1111101110-11 Miller 10010 01100 01101—7

Bradv 110111111111010-12 Kerr 0101100110 11100-8

Vetter ....10100 1001111111—10 Finney 111011010111110—10

Kindberg.... 11111 01101 01011—11 Young 01000 00001 11100— 5

Hall .0111100110 00000—6 Dufore 110010000110000—5

Wilbur ..11001 10801 10100— 8 Davis, Jr.. ..10000 10110 10110- 7

Total 30

Davis, 'Sr.... 01011 IOUO'00001- 7 Shaw 01010 00100 01010- 5

Eckhardt.... 11011 11111 01101—12 Wilbur, F.. .00011 00100 01100— 5

Walker 01001 OOIOO^IOIOI-

Davey 00011 10m 11100—9

Ralph 10100 01110 10000— 6

Jones, Jr'.... 01111 00111 OHIO— 10
112

Gusto urn inn mu-15

Stevens 01101 11111 01111—12

Woodworth. 10111 11011 11111—12

Jones, Sr.... 11111 1111101100—12

Total

Prior to the team shoot there were several individual
matches, as follows:

Match at 10 blue rocks— Ralph 6, Shaw 7, Stevens 9,
Jones 3, E. Jones 8, H. Kerr 6, Davis, Jr. 5, Palm 6,
Vetter 8, Davis, Sr. 8, Jones, Sr. 5, Conners 4, Brady

8, E. Jones 6, Eckhardt 8, Young 4, Kindberg 7, Gusto

9, Wilbur 5, Kerr 7.

Match at 15 blue rocks— Davis 10, Vetter 14, Stevens

10, Palm 11, Gusto 12, Jones 10.

Match at 10 blue rocks— Shaw 5, Conners 2, Eckhardt
9, Brown 7, Miller 5, Palm 10.

Match at 15 blue rocks— Gusto 9, Kindberg 12, Wil-
bur 4, Davis, Jr. 8, Dufore 6, Hall 5, Davis, Sr. 9,
Woodworth 6, Kerr 9, Palm 14, Jones, Jr. 11, Vetter 14.

The day's sport concluded with a fifteen bird shoot,
the scores being: Davis, Sr. 5, Brady 10, Wilbur 3,
Jones, Sr. 6, Stevens 14, Eckhardt 15, Gusto 13, Davies

11, Davis, Jr. 5, Dufore 6, Palm 13, Vetter 13.

A summary of live bird shooting at the Gun Club,
Notting Hill, published in a recent number of an Eng-
lish exehange received, shows that on Saturday, May
25th, Clarence Nauman was one of 15 shooters in
the weekly contest for the Members' £100 challenge
cup, £5 sweepstake at six birds, 30 yards rise. The
birds were lively and the wind strong. Mr. Hey wood
killed straight, Nauman dropped four birds. After-
wards in a £3 sweepstake with £10 added, at 29 yards,
with 22 men up Nruman and Heywood tied on nine
birds eacn and divided £76. The honors of this day's
shooting seem to rest with Mr. Heywood. On Tues-
day, May 28th, a mention was made of Nauman scor-
ing 10 out of 11 birds in a £3 sweep, with £15 added, 26
yards rise. At the end of the fourth round, with 13
men still in, the shooters went back a yard each round.
On the twelfth round, at 34 yards, Messrs. Watson and
Barker divided £75. Nauman was fourth in this race.

On Wednesday, May 29th, a two-handed match be-
tween Nauman and Vernon Barker against the
Australian shot, A. W. Eales and Mr. Heywood took
place. The race was at 25 birds, 30 yards rise, a side
bet of £60 to £40 being laid on Nauman and his partner.
From the well known skill of the shooters, a fine per-
formance was expected, but anticipations were not
realized, for the shooting was only moderate. The
contending teams kept close company until the 16th
round, when, to the consternation of the gentlemen
who laid the odds, Nauman missed bird after bird in
rapid succession. At the 24th round victory rested
with Messrs. Heywood and Eales by three birds, their
combined scores showing 40 kills out of a possible 48.
Their opponents grassed 37 birds out of 40. The in-
dividual scores were:

Mr. A. W. Eales 11001 11011 11111 Hill 0111-2o out of 24

Mr. Heywood 1110111110 11111 11100 1111— 20 out of 24

Total 40 out of 48

Mr. Barker 10111 01101 11111 11101 1111— 20 out of 24

Mr. Naumrn mil 11110 11011 10010 1001— 17 out of 3*

Total 37 out of 48

Rumor has it that Phil B. Bekeart proposes to offer
a handsome challenge cup for blue rock shooters to
contest for.

The annual dove hunt and camp stew of the Grass
Valley Sportsmen's Club will take place at the camp
gronnds on the Van Slyke farm near Indian Springs,
Saturday, August 3d. The open season for doves com-
mences August 1st, and as there are no ordinances in
force now, says the Marysville Democrat, there is no
danger of arrest, provided no more than fifty birds are
killed in one day by a hunter.

Trade Notes.

We acknowledge the receipt from the Hunter Arms
Co., of Fulton, N. Y., of their new catalogue, which is
not only a beautiful example of the printer's and en-
graver's art but is also a medium of important informa-
tion to the lover of a good gun. The cuts of guns,
chasing, metal carving and gun mechanisms are in
themselves elegant and convey an accurate idea of
what an L. C. Smith high grade gun is as they are
made from photographs of the guns themselves and
show them just exactly as they are made. The cut of
the A-3 Automatic Ejector gun should be seen to be
appreciated. The catalogue can be had by addressing
John Hunter, Jr., Fulton, N. Y.

Clarence C. Nauman, in a personal letter to Messrs.
J. H. Lau & Co., advises the big New York importing
house that he has used "Ballistite" exclusively in all
of his trap shooting in England and has never made
such high scores or had such satisfactory results from
any other powder. Mr. Nauman has been using a load
of 28 grains "Ballistite" \\ oz. No. 6 chilled shot (Eng-
lish 6's are equal to our 7's) in a 2$ shell.

ADDITIONAL ROD NOTES.

To-day and to-morrow Stow lake will attract the
fly-casters for the first contests in the class series.

The Big Sulphur, Little Sulphur, Squaw creek and
Pieta creek are still affording good trout fishing.
These streams have been plentifully stocked by the
California Northwestern Railway.

Salt water anglers are taking advantage of the large
schools of smelt now running in the bay. The Marin
shores and the west shore of Belvidere island are
favorite fishing grounds. Rock fish, "blue cod" and
sea trout are also in evidence. A party composed of
Chas. Hollywood, Jas. Watt, Jas. Pariser, W. Smith,
F. McManus, Howard Smith and James Wood are re-
ported to have caught many smelt off El Campo on
Sunday last.

Prospects for black bass fishing in Russian river this
year are encouraging. The season opens on July 1st,
and the river is full of good sized bass. The best fish-
ing does not begin, however, until September. Last
year splendid black bass fishing was had near Healds-
burg and Guerneville. It has been noticed recently
that Russian river is fuHof small striped bass, partic-
ularly in that portion of the stream subject to the in-
fluence of the tide. Prospects for striped bass fishing
are extremely good during July and August. The
angler should use a silver spoon, with a single hook
placed about three inches below the spoon, and baited
with clams.

Despite the closed season on striped bass the fish
can be purchased daily from the market meu by those
who are known to them.

H. E. Skinner Co., 416 Market street, have received,
direct from New Mexico, a choice lot of genuine Navajo
Indian blankets, which they are selling 25%' less than
the usual rates. These blankets make the best camp-
ing beds on earth, and, in addition, are also largely
used as rugs and portieres.

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[June 22, 1901

A Bottle of Bait.

Coming Events.

Jane 23-Saturday Contest No. 6. Class series. Stow lake

June 23-Sunday Contest No 6. Class series. Stow lake, 10 a. m.
July 1— Open season for striped bass beeins.
July 1— Open season for black bass begins.

Troubles of the Tuna Club. Sportsmanlike and
Unsportsmanlike Methods Contrasted.

The erstwhile quiet of the Tuna Club has again been
ruptured by that potent producer of piscatorial jang-
ling known as rod specifications, according to E. L.
Hedderly, a writer on sporting topics in Southern Cal-
ifornia. There now seem to be two factions in this
body of big fish killers who might well be designated
as the "long rods" and the "short rods."

The former party claim that the tuna is entitled to
as much consideration as any other fish, and claim it is
not sportsmanlike to go after him with a rod like a
billard cue. They say a longer and more springy
affair should be used in order to lengthen the time of
catching, and the difficulty thereof, alleging the lighter
the tackle that is used the truer the sportsmanship of
the fisherman. The long rods further allege that it is
owing to the too general use of these aforesaid billiard
cues that the mighty tuna has had a fall taken out of
his reputation in being landed in from seven to ten
minutes, instead of the usual hour or two, as required
by the more sportsmanlike gear.

The present cause of complaint seems to be in regard
to weight of rods. It is alleged by that true-blooded
sportsman and fishing authority, Prof. Charles
F. Holder, that the present weight limit is so low that
a rod of 94 or 10 feet would necessarily be too weak to
stand the strains incident to tuna fishing. He would
rather see the short club-like rods barred, and only
the longer ones allowed.

The weight limit was made for purposes of further-
ing sportsmanship. At least that is what the clique in
the Tuna Club who had it passed claim. As a matter of
fact, a 6J-foot rod could be made inside the stated
weight and yet so stiff and powerful a fish could not
break it. So the claim fails utterly. It prevents the
use of the sportsmanlike long rods and forces the use
of the short, stiff affairs, anything but sportsmanlike.

A few weeks ago this same faction barred a certain
drag on the score that it was unsportsmanlike, and
any one could catch fish with it. This drag is the in-
vention of Francis J. Rabbeth, the well known rifle-
man and angler, known to sporting readers as J.
Francis. It is a patent handle to fit on in place of the
usual multiplying reel balance handle. In principle it
is a sort of friction clutch. In use the fisherman winds
in constantly. If the fish runs and pulls bard enough
the spool revolves, its resistance being governed by
the tension of set screws in the drag. As soon as the
fish slackens the clutch again operates and line is taken
in. The contention that any one can catch a fish with
this machine is supported by the fact that a one-armed
man caught a tuna with one of these drags last year.

Here is an inconsistency. The club bars the drag
and alleges it is unsportsmanlike. It forces the use of
a billiard cue rod, which is fully as unsportsmanlike.
The two do not look well together.

The question is raised whether this action represents
the Tuna club as a unit or as the opinion of a compara-
tively small fraction that is making regulations to suit
iteelf. If the drag was to have been barred, it was as
unsportsmanlike last year as this.

Some time ago the Tuna club had a fight with the
California Fish Company over invasions of Avalon bay
after sardines. At the same time a number of wharf
fishermen had filed a petition asking the supervisors
to pass a 1000-foot limit to shore seining, the idea being
to keep net fishermen that distance away from the
sides of the wharves. The Tuna club, represented by
General Barrett, Professor Holder and Frank V. Eider
joined issue with the shore fishermen. The fish com-
pany compromised with the Tuna club, and that or-
ganization withdrew from the fight. Shortly after-
ward the supervisors received a petition signed by
Frank V. Rider, for the Tuna club, protesting against
the passage of a 1000-foot ordinance to shore seining
because it would keep the tuna fishers from getting
any bait. The request was then scaled to 250 feet.

Professor Holder, an enthusiastic and leading Tuna
club member, never heard of this counter petition
against the shore fishermen. Many of the other mem-
bers have not' This looks as if the clique that handled
this matter is somewhat peculiar in its manner of tak-
ing the club's name in vain.

Anglers are commonly supposed to constitute a sort
of fraternity, and what interests one class of them con-
cerns almost equally another. So it is highly probable
that the action thus accredited to the Tuna club as a
whole was the work of a comparatively small clique.

It is stated that several boats are engaged in dipping
up shad with scoopnets, in violation of the laws, says
the Sacramento Record-Union, where the city's sewer-
age empties into the river, and that the fish are being
peddled around the city by men and boys at the rate
of three for ten cents. The fish are lean and as they
are feeding on the sewerage it is not probable that
citizens are aware of the fact that they are buying that
kind of fish. The shad that are running up the river
are clean run and fresh from salt water, and are in
different condition.

In this city at the ferry slips, where some of San
Francisco's largest sewers enter the bay, rock cod, so
called, are caught daily and sold by itinerant fish ped-
dlers, principally to commuters living across the bay.
This practice has prevailed 'for a long time. Fre-
quently the catch of fish is quite large.

Say! This is th'
time 't th' birds
is all singin' an1
music is ringin1
where fish is
a-bitin', an'
nature's in-
dulgin' in ca-
d e n c e en-
t r a n c in',
where sunbeams is
dancin' an' gaily invitin'.
Th' hook an' th' rod's grow-
In' rusty an' wishin' t' go off a-
flshin' where clear waters swishin'
tell tales of delight in a cool mountain
stream, where th' backs o' th' trout
glimmer, shimmer an' gleam. So get
down your hooks, f'r we're all goin'
out where th' chances are good f'r a
fifty-pound trout; we'll stan' in th'
water an' cast till they bite ef we
don't get a nibble from mornin' till
night. In the shallows where rip-
ples are busily rippin', where fish
is a-swimmin' an' kickin' an' slippin",
we'll fish with all patience, an' stan'
b> an' wait, an' wait, an' wait, an'
wait, upheld by th' cheer in our
bottle o' bait — in our com-
fortin', quietin' bottle o'
bait— in th' bottle o'
fishermen's bait— bait— bait.

The foregoing piscatorial idyll, which we found in
the Denver Times, brings to mind a tradition concern-
ing the potent influence of an angler in giving to thirsty
humanity a liquid since famed in music and song as
"Brown October Ale." In regard to the origin of
bottled beer or ale quite a controversy has been re-
cently indulged in, but according to the most authentic
sources the true story is the following:

In the middle of the sixteenth century Alexander
Nowell, D. D., was head master of Westminster school,
a prebendary of the abbey, and the possessor of a
charming country residence named Redhall, situated
near Clithero, Lancashire, whither he was wont to
retire during the holidays. Now, Dr. Nowell was a
staunch Protestant; so, when Edward VI died and
Queen Mary succeeded to the throne, he thought it
prudent to forsake the cloisters of Westminster for
Redhall Park, having a very shrewd suspicion that if
he did not trouble might befall. The doctor was an
enthusiastic and expert angler, and, thanks to the
well-stocked trout streams running through his Lan-
cashire demesne, he had every opportunity of indulg-
ing in his favorite pursuit.

One fine* May morning, then, saw Nowrell preparing
his rod and tackle, and, as it promised to be a scorch-
ing hot day, he, before starting out, took the precau-
tion of filling a large stone bottle with home-brewed
ale. The sun rose higher and higher in the heavens,
the fisherman got warmer and warmer, and the stone
bottle became more and more of an incumbrance. He,
therefore, determined to leave the bottle in a safe place
until he felt ready to enjoy its refreshment, and what
could be more suitable for the purpose than the hollow
of an old pollard tree overhanging the water, ensconced
in which the stream would gently lave the bottom of
the jar and keep the contents fresh and cool. Hardly
had this been done when he heard a voice calling his
name, and, looking around, saw one of his servants,
his features agitated with terror.

"They've come, sir! They've come!" the man cried.
"Who has come?" asked the amazed doctor.
"The soldiers of Bloody Mary, sir. They are search-
ing high and low for you! They are ransacking your
chests, and one varlet has a piece of paper bearing a
great seal and the Queen's name on it!"

"Has he?" grimly replied Nowell, and without fur-
ther ado — forgetful of his fish, forgetful of his stone
bottle — he tucked up his cassock and fled across the
meadows. After some days of perilous wandering
Nowell reached Chester safely, where an old Westmin-
ster boy named Francis Bowyer, a merchant of the
city, received him into his house, and eventually smug-
gled him to the Continent in one of his own trading
vessels.

Six years had elapsed; Queen Mary was dead, Queen
Elizabeth was on the throne, and Nowell was back in
Lancashire. Once again a hot May morning saw him
setting forth to fish, but this time, fortunately, neg-
lecting to take with him a bottle of ale. As the day
waxed hotter Nowell became both tired and thirsty.
He dropped his rod, and his thoughts drifted back to
that eventful May morning six years ago and then to
the stone bottle which he had so carefully stowed away
in the hollow of the pollard tree. Was the bottle still
there? he wondered. He wandered down the stream
until he picked out that particular root, and, kneeling
down, thrust in an arm. Out came the bottle, appar-
ently none the worse for its long sojourn. Nowell was
very thirsty; the icy coolness of the stone was most
tantalizing. Of course the contents were undrinkable,
thought he; still he was very thirsty — just one cau-
tious sip. The cork, swollen and damp with age, was
extracted, and the bottle lifted to the lips. Ye gods
and little fishes! What was this heavenly nectar he
was tasting? Nowell threw back his head and took a
long, deep draught.

Could anything be more delicious than this amber
ale, mellowed by time and cooled to a nicety? What
were the vines of Rhineland, which he had thought so
excellent during his exile in Germany, as compared
with this delectable fluid?

That same night Dr. Nowell summoned his whole
household in solemn conclave. Every empty jar and
bottle that could be found was filled with honest En-
glish ale. corked and then consigned to the cellars.
The doctor had " discovered " bottled beer; but for
some years it was a stillroom secret of Redhall Park,
until at last the discovery was given to the world, and
the popularity of the new beverage was speedily
established.

Fish as a food of the brain worker must be consigned
to the Umbo of vanities, though certain forms of fish
are the cheapest of all foods, notably the bloater.
Oysters and turtle soups are frauds. It would take 14
oysters to equal the nourishment of one egg and 223
to provide the same amount of nutriment contained in
a pound of beef. Salt fish, especially salt fat fish, is
the most valuable food for the poorer classes, and
whole races in the south of Europe live on the New-
foundland cod. Canned salmon we see at 18 cents a
pound is no more expensive than cod at 6 cents.
Millions of people live on it, and the North American
settler who is not well provided with cash finds it a
good substitute and change from flesh meat at times.
Frogs' legs are not of high nutritive value, which need
not surprise us. Turtle soup from the chemist's point
of view is not worth a tenth of the price paid for it.

A number of black sea bass have been taken recently
at Catalina Island. On Wednesday, June 12th, D. F.
Sehenck of New York had the pleasure of landing one
weighing 350 pounds, which took 44 minutes to bring
to gaff. Two others were brought in the same day^
one weighing 280 and- the other 250 pounds. Several
others of smaller size have been caught.

Gen. A. W. Barrett, president of the Tuna Club,
arrived the first of last week for the fishing season.

The first tuna of this season was brought, into
Avalon on the afternoon of the 14th inst. by the launch
Mildred. Mr. Sehenck hooked the fish, but injured
his hands, and was forced to relinguish the rod to
Boatman Harry Elms, thus losing his right to score
the fish under Tuna club regulations.

The fish put up a tremendous fight for its size.
The scales showed it to weigh 148 pounds, which is not
over large for a tuna, but all big fish anglers know it
is the middle-sized fish, fish from the spring run that
do the hardest fighting. The larger ones are often
lazy, and do not know the game of the smaller ones.

Sehenck and Elms together were two hours and 35
minutes in landing the fish, which showed game from
the time it struck until Sehenck gaffed it.

Tom S. Manning had a tuna fast for an hour and a
half, but sprained his wrist, and was unable to handle
it. Sehenck brought in a 195-pound black sea bass on
the same day also, his fifth for the season. C. L. Con-
over of Kansas City also took a bass of 220 pounds.

This relieves the tuna fishermen a great deal. The
unprecedented lateness of the tuna in arriving has
caused a great deal of anxiety, and the Tuna club's
banquet, scheduled for June 15th, supposedly the
"middle of the tuna season," would have probably
fallen through but for the lucky strikes of yesterday,

As tuna and sea bass fishing is the principal attrac-
. tion of Avalon, it may readily be seen how much the
non-appearance of the big mackerel meant to the boat-
men who derive their principal revenue from conduct-
ing anglers to the tuna grounds. The bass are not
nearly as profitable a fish, nor are they as difficult to
capture, weight for weight, as the more active tuna.

The warm weather should daily improve the fly-
fishing conditions of the Upper Sacramento and also
the Truckee.

Among the anglers who have left the city recently
and this week are Col. Keliehor and W. Ashland, who
pin their faith on the Truckee at Verdi. Horace
Smyth and A. B. Finch are en route to Big Meadows.
W. A. Cooper and Mrs. Cooper are reported to have
been getting plenty of nice trout. Mr. Cooper is an
expert spoon angler. He caught, it is reported, a five
pound salmon one day this week on a spoon,

Dr. Gunn and R. Isenbrouck caught 105 trout fishing
in San Gregorio and the Purissima last Sunday. The
fish averaged over seven inches. A brown hackle
with a red body was the best fly used.

Reports from the streams in the Yosemite valley are
that the season is still backward. The valley was
stocked with trout several years ago by the Fish Com-
missioners and the results were most satisfactory, the
fish having thriven and increased plentifully. One
drawback to the valley streams as an ideal resort for
the angler is the fact that the Indians are presistent
and systematic takers of trout all summer, the fish are
sold to campers in the valley and also sent to outside
parties.

To-day a party under the leadership of W. J. Street,
and. composed of some twenty ladies and gentlemen,
members of the Camera Club, will start for the valley.
Mr. Street is an expert with both fly-rod and camera^

The Spring Valley Water Company have notified
Deputy Game Warden A. S. McDougall of Pleasanton
and also the U. S. Fish Commissioner that the Com-
pany will put a concrete fish ladder in their dam near
Sunol as soon as the water falls sufficiently to allow
them to proceed. This is a matter which has already
been delayed too long, says the Pleasanton Times, and
as a consequence fishing in the creek which flows
through Niles Canyon is very poor this year. In fact
there are practically no fish in that stream, as they
were unable to get up this year. It is hoped the mat-
ter will not be longer neglected, for this used to be one
of the best streams for fishing in former years on the

Coast.

»

The new structure for hatching salmon spawn on
Mill creek in Tehama county has been finished, and
now the trays and boxes are being put in position.
This is the largest of the hatcheries in the State and
probably will turn out from fifteen to twenty millions
of young fish this fall. This structure is located two
miles from Tehama.

Salmon fishing in Monterey Bay is reported to be
good at present; the fish are feeding on the sardines,
which are now plentiful. O. W. Jackson will try a two
or three weeks' spell of salmon fishing.
•

Black bass are reported to be very plentiful in Putah
creek, near Davisville. The bass are said, happily, to
be displacing the pestiferous carp in that stream.

June 22, 1901]

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11

THE FARM.

Sound Advice from Secretary Wilson-

"Washington, June 12. — Hon. James
Wilson, the Secretary of Agriculture, has
often been called the business end of the
McKinley Administration. No man in
the Cabinet possesses finer analytical
ability upon domestic questions than does
he. Wherever he goes he is sure to bring
back with him some terse and valuable
conclusions regarding the business oppor-
tunities of the country through which he
has traveled. About a year ago he made
an extended trip through the Puget Sound

x ranciau

city in the United States in the next ten
years, and she ought, with the opportuni-
ties which are hera to-day, to far outstrip
most of our cities. A new world has been
opened to her, and all that her business
men have got to do is to lay hold upon the
things that are placed before them to make
the city a giant in the world of commerce
and business.

"When we come to the consideration of
the State of California I shall have to say
some things that will make your people
mad. It is to-day what Californians
claim it to be— the greatest State in the
Union. It presents the greatest oppor
tunity to its people— and I am talking
now about the people of the soil, who are
the p ople upon which all states must
finally depend for their prosperity. I
hold to the theory that the soil is the
source of all wealth, and whoever wastes
the soil wastes the real foundation of the
wealth of the State. In the matter of soil,
of climate, California is the peer of any
State, and in no state in the Union, in no
country on the earth, I suppose, is the
opportunity offered by the soil being
wasted at the rate it is being wasted in
California. Why is it that the State of
California educates none of its young men
in the art of getting what is in the soil
out of it? From this department to-day
men are in California studying the forests
the water supply, the grasses, (the deple-
tion of the soil, the fruit trees the insect
pests and all such things that must be
studied if the soil is to be tilled profitably.
The people of California know that these
things must be studied, and the people
demand that they be studied. The Legis-
lature of the State wants them studied,
and the president of your university most
enthusiastically wants them studied, and
yet the State of California educates no-
body to study them.

"If everybody is in favor of it, why is
the thing not done?" Mr. Wilson was
asked.

"Now, I don't want to go into that
question very much," he replied. "The
power to do these things rests with the
Eegents and they don't do them. That is
all that I can say about it. But the State
of California needs an agricultural college,
well equipped. It needs it above every-
thing else that I know of. Maybe I am
saying too much about California's private
business, but I hold that if we people
here in the East and in the Middle West

educate young men in our agricultural
colleges to go to the coast and do the work
for the people there, we have a right to
speak out about it.

"California has got a peculiar people,
above the average in intelligence. It is
not a poor man's country. Wealthy men
of education go out there and take money
along with them. This makes a high
average of intellectuality. They are a
generous people, a hospitable people, a
patriotic people but they do nothing on
earth for agricultural education, which is
the very thing that they need most to de-
velop their State outside of the cities and
to keep the State where it belongs — in the
very front rank of American civilization,
progress and prosperity."

dentists who are looking for jobs at as low
a salary as $900 a year, and can't get them
at that.— S. F. Bulletin.

Some Practical Ideas.

Mr. Tlios. J. Thompson, manager of the
Minnesota butter factory writes as fol-
lows about cows and milk:

Up to a date there have been found and
described over two hundred different
types of bacteria that live and develop
very readily in milk. Not all of them
have a good effect on the milk. In fact it
would be better if they could be kept en-
tirely out, and the right kind be planted
and sown at will, according to the use we
want to make of the milk; but that is
difficult — in fact, impossible in daily prac-
tice. The milk, as it is Becreted from the
glands in the udder of the cow, is pure
(sterile), provided the cow is healthy; but
under the process of milking it cannot
reach the bottom of the milk pail before
it is liable to be inocculated with scores
of bacteria. Experiments have been
made where perfectly pure milk has been
obtained. Such milk will keep sweet and
fresh as long as wanted if it is well sealed.
That cannot be done with the entire
milking of one cow, not to speak of the
whole herd, but effective precautions can
be taken so as to get as few bacteria into
the milk as possible. At certain times of
the day the air in a dairy building is just
teeming with bacteria. In manure and
bedding can always be found an im-
mense amount of them, and also in the
fodder. Therefore, when feeding the cows
and cleaning out the stalls a multitude of
bacteria are raised, and fly around in the
air, consequently the milking ought never
to be done at that time of the day.

During milking it ought to be as quiet
in the milking shed as possible. A quick-
tempered man is not a good milker be-
cause he will kick the cow if she does not
mind him. That is objectionable, not
only for bacteriological reasons, but it
seems to have a bad effect on the milk
and the cow does not yield as much as
she would if better treated; kind treat-
ment baa a good effect upon cowrs. It is
very important how milking is performed.
The milker ought not to go at his work
with dirty hands and dirty clothes, and
the udder^and flanks of the cow ought to
be cleaned before milking, so that no dirt
nor hair will fall into the milk-pail. Some

when reading this will shake their heads,
and think that butter makers are too par-
ticular; but, on the contrary, it is simply
impossible to be too particular. Investi-
gations have been made which show that
if the cow has been milked at six o'clock
jn the afternoon, and just one bacterium
lias happened to drop into the milk, the
creamery will nest day receive about
16,000,000 bacteria originated from this
one, if there have not been taken any
special precautions by cooling and aerat"
ing the milk. Now the fact is that not
only one but many bacteria get into the
milk as soon as it is drawn from the cow.
There may be over 100 bacteria riding on
the smallest hair that drops into the
milk-pail. Therefore it is not very en"
couraging for the butter maker to receive
milk, on top of which are floating hair
and straw, etc., and at the bottom of the
milk-can to find a black coating of some-
thing else. Not even with the utmost
care is it possible to avoid bacteria from
falling into the milk, but the bad effect of
this can be avoided to a certain extent by
taking good care of it.

Strain the milk outside of the milking
shed, at a place where there is fresh air;
and a very good idea it is to aerate the
milk. That can be done simply by
pouring it from one pail to another
several times, and then immediately
after milking, cool the milk down about
fifty degrees Fahrenheit, if possible, and
stir it thoroughly several times with a
long-handled dipper while cooling. Avoid
letting dirt and bad air get into the milk
Don't keep it in the milking shed. In
this way you will be able to bring good
milk to the creamery, and your butter
maker can produce butter that will bring
the highest market price the year round.
If not, then you had better discharge him
and get a man that can. We often hear
farmers say: "It does not help that I
take so good care of the milk, for my
neighbors don't." In reply to this, I
have to say that it does help a good deal,
and you have the satisfaction of knowing
that you have done your duty.

grain feeding is superfluous. Eight there
is where they are mistaken. As above
stated the grass contains very little
nourishment as compared to the hay and
grain they have been getting, and it is a
big change to make all at once. It would
be very much the same to take a man
from a nutritious fare of bread, butter,
vegetables, meat, etc, and put him onto a
raticn of very thin soup.

Better results will be obtained by let-
ting the pasture get well started. Even
then the grain ration should be continued
for some days and removed gradually.
The hay should be continued as long as
the animals care for it. This will tend to
check the flushing due to theyoung grass.
— GooddlVs Farmer.

Sheep should never be kept beyond the
age of thrift and vigor; feed and care
given to younger stock will bring better
returns.

Keep Up the

Hay and
Stock.

Grass on

It is a mistake to make the change from
hay to grass too sudden. The trans. tion
should be easy. This is particularly true
if animals have not been kept in good,
strong, vigorous condition through the
winter, and the spring should be wet.

The first grass of the spring, as an ex-
change well says, is at best immature and
watery, and it takes a large amount of it
to supply a small amount of nutriment.
It is nearly all water. Animals taken
from dry feed and put entirely onto this
grass will have their systems thoroughly
flushed out. This process carries out of
the tisBue more or less of the nutriment
stored therein, and as there is frequently
not enough in the grass obtained to main-
tain the animal, there is consequently
great loss. If the animal is not in a vigor-
ous condition, it may succumb to these
devitalizing effects.

Too much haste makes great was'e
when it comes to turning stock to grass
unless you supplement the pasture by
continuing the hay and grain feed for
some time just the same as though no
grass was being consumed Many seem
to think that as soon as the animal can
get a bite of grass that all further hay and

The camp coolt
if you use

cannot spoil your coffee

INSTANTANEOUS
COFFEE

A teaspoonful dropped into hot water
and it is ready to drink by adding sugar
and milk As delicious as if made by a
French chef.

If your grocer hasn't it, we will deliver
free, anywhere east of the Mississippi,
enough Instauiaueous Coffee to make 100
cups, on receipt of one dollar.

NATIONAL FOOD COHPANY,

Camden N. J.

LEG AND BODY WASH

Race horses often become
sore and stiff from con-
tinued strain on the hard
tracks. Nothing takes
out this stiffness and sore-
ness like a wash com-
pounded of diluted

Turtle's Elixir.

Apply to the legs and put on light band-
ages. Sponge the body and put on light
blanket. Guaranteed to produce desired
results or money back.

Readini
Dr. S. A. Tuttle, '

Dear Sir: I hare used your Elixir for the past ten
years, in the diluted form lor a leg and body wash. I
consider it the l^sc wasLi fnr keeping horses from soring
op. Horses done up with this wash are much less liable
to take cold than when done up with witch hazel or any
other wash 1 ever used. J. H. NAY.

Oar 100-page book, "Veterinary Experience," FREE.

TUTTLE'S ELIXIR COMPANY,

437 O'Farrell Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Beware o£ so-called Elixirs— none gennlne but Tallin's.
Avoid all blisters; they offer only temporary relief if any
Home office: 61 Beverly. St., Boston, Mass.

For AH Lame Horses

whether they have
spari □-, rln phones
cpllnts, curbs, or
other forma of boay
enlargement, use

KENDALLS
SPAVIN
CURE

Cures without a

blemish as it

does not blister.

As a liniment

for family use,

it has no equal.

Price $1, Six for

S5. Ask your

druggist for

Kendall's Spavin Cure, also "A. Treatise on taa

Horse," the book free, or address

DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., EN0SBURQ FALLS. VT.

= Your stable is not complete "without Otiinn'S

E Ointment. An infallible cure for all ordi-

= nary horse afflictions. Follow the example

set by the leading horsemen of the world and

your stable shelf will always hold a bottle of

Quinn's Ointment

~ A. L. Thomas, Supt. Canton Farm, Jolict, El., remarks,
"I enclose yon amount forsixbottles of Quinn's Ointment.
After one year's trial must confess it does all yon claim for
it." For Curbs, Splints, Spavins, WindpuSa or Bunches.

Price $i.oo per package.
Sold by all druggists,
| or sent by mail.

I W. B. EDDY & CO.. Whitehall, N. Y.

12

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[June 22, 1901

Treatment for Milk Fever.

Mr. Obediali Brown of Rhode Island,
who has a reputation as a breeder of fancy
cattle id that State, and who has been
among the larger exhibitors at the New
England fairs and at State fairs in other
States, tells how he has successfully treated
cows attacked by milk fever. His reputa-
tion is such that we republish his direc-
tions in his own words, and all the more
willingly because we know that the reme-
dies he prescribes are adapted to reduce
fever and relieve pain. He says:

"My experience has been confined to my
herd and to some of my neighbors' cows.
My treatment is with laudanum and spirits
of sweet nitre. When the cow is first
taken, I give an ounce of laudanum and
nitre in a pint of blood-warm water,
sweetened with molasses.

"Shake up together in a quart bottle,
hold up the cow's head, slip the neck of
the bottle in the side of her mouth, be-
tween the grinders and front teeth, and
let the liquid run dowji her throat. If
this does not relieve her she will bloat
slightly and appear uneasy. In three or
four hours give one-half ounce more of
laudanum and nitre. Repeat this dose as
often as site becomes uneasy, or in three
or four hours. If this does not relieve
the cow increase the quantity until the
medicine masters the disease.

"One of my cows had milk fever three
years in succession. The ordinary dose
did not relieve her. I gave two ounces of
laudanum and two of nitre at one dose.
It had the desired effect, and relieved her
so that in a few hours she was on her feet
eating hay.

"I have never known a cow with physic
to recover from milk fever ; with the above
treatment I have never lost a cow."

Palace Hotel

In placing these two hotels
under one management and
joining them with a covered
passageway, the purpose was
to provide guests with com-
forts and conveniences not
obtainable in any other hotel
in the West. And the plan
is a success.

AMERICAN PLAN EUROPEAN PLAN

Grand Hotel

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Special University Dairy Course.

The University of California proposes to
offer a special dairy course during the fall
of 1901, beginning early in October and
continuing for eight or ten weeks. The
course will be especially designed £or per-
sons who wish to prepare themselves to
manage and operate creameries, Bkimming
stations, cheese factories and such ranch
dairies as usu modern dairy machinery.
The instruction given will consist of prac-
tical work in operating dairy machinery,
in butter and cheesse making and in test-
ing milk for fat and adulterations. Lec-
tures and recitations will also be given on
milk and its various products, breede of
dairy cattle and principles of breeding
animals, feeding animals, dairy chemistry,
dairy bacteriology, and veterinary science.
An announcement giving detailed informa-
tion in regard to the Dairy School will be
issued about August first. This announce-
ment will be mailed free to all requesting
it upon addressing the College of Agricul-
ture, Berkeley, California.

Feeding Value of Hay.

The following analysis of the feeding
value of the various kinds of hay was re-
cently made by Leroy Anderson, Instruc-
tor in the State University:

In 10O lbs. of substance-
Digestible.
Dry Pro- Carbohy-
matter. tein. drates. Fat.

Alfalfa green 35 3.68 10.38 .69 1

Alfalfahay 89 12.32 37.13 1.67

Wheat green 30 1.58 14.00 .60 1

Wheat hay 88.3 3.69 43.53 1.11 i

Oats green (silage) 28 1.54 14.79 .86'

Oathay B9.6 4 74 43.53 1.34

Barley green (silage). .28 1.74 14.31 1.20
Barley hay 93 6.33 45.56 1.43

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Breed to Extreme Speed.

CHAS. DERBY 4907, rec. 2:20 " "« *— •

SIKE OP

MUCH BETTER 2:07}<, DERBY PRINCESS 2:08!4, DIABLO 2:09H,i OWYHEE 3:11,

LITTLE BETTEK 2:11^, CIBOLO 2:13^, and many otber fast and game race horses.

$50 the season.

OWYHEE 26,116, ret. mi

Terms for young stallions and pasturage on application.

Developed Trotters and Pacers for sale at reasonable prices.
Address

OAKWOOD PARK STOCK FARM.

Danville, Contra Costa Co., Cal.

INFORMATION WANTED.

Anyone knowing the present address of DR. PENDER, former owner of Hijo de
Diablo, will be conferring a favor by communicating at once with the undersigned.

WM. G. LAYSG, Live Stock Auctioneer,

721 Howard Street, San Francisco.

- DEALERS IN -

55-57-59-61 First Street, S. F.

Telephone main 199

The Warren live stock company of THOROUGHBREDS FOR SALE

Cheyenne is the biggest wool growing
enterprise to be found in northern Colo-
rado and southern Wyoming. Its hold-
ings in sheep run nearly to one hundred
thousand from which the company derives
a princely income. The company is now
shearing 60,000 sheep at its Meadow
Springs ranch in Weld county. The total
clip will amount to nearly 500,000 pounds.
This grade of wool is now worth 10 cents
a pound at the ranch. The company is
now engaged in transporting wool to the
railroad. At This Office.

The undersigned oilers at private sale all the
thoroughbred horses and mares on the well-known
Sonoma Stock Farm owned by the late J B
Chase. These are royally-bred producing stallions,
mares, also colts and Allies, and all will be priced
without reserve, and sold subject to the approval
of the Court. For particulars and prices address
J. B. Walden, Jr., Administrator Estate of J. B
Chase, 310 Pine street, San Francisco.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

SANTA BARBARA

Trotting Association

MEETING of 1901.

santa~babbaba

JULY 4th and 5th.

ENTRIES CLOSE JUNE 25 1901, AT 6 P. M.
SPEED PROGRAM.

Open to Horses Owned in San Luis Obispo, Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties.

THURSDAT, JULY 4, 1901.

PURSE

No. 1— Trotting, free for all $250

No. 2 — Pacing, free for all 200

No. 3 — Running, mile dash 100

No. 4 — Rnnning, half mile dash.. 75

FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1901.
No. 5 — Trotters and pacers, three-
year-old and under $100

No. 6 — Buggy Horses, with records

not better than 3 minutes. 100
No. 7 — Running, five-eights mile

dash . . . 75

No. 8 — Running, three-eights mile

dash 50

No. 9 — Running, consolation, three

fourths mile dash 75

Race
Race
Race
Race

Race
Race
Race
Race
Race

National Trotting Association Rules to govern
harness races.

Blood Horse Association Rules of 1892 to govern
running races.

Race Number Six for buggy horses, best two
heats in three; all other harness races best three
in five heats.

Purses divided 60, 30 and 10 per cent.

For a walk-over a horse shall be entitled to his
own entrance and one-half the additional entrance
money paid in in such race.

Entrance fee, 5% of purse and 5% of purse from
winners.

Entries close with Secretary June 25, 1901, at
6 o'clock p. Ji.

For entry blanks and information address
H. B. BRASTOW, Secretary,
P. O. Box 146 Santa Barbara, Cal.

Yreka Jockey Club

RACE MEETING

July 1st to 6th, 1901.

programme:

(A.LL ENTRIES OVER NIGHT).
FIRST DAY, JULY 3.

Race No. l— Running, three-eighths mile dash
(Siskiyou county horses), purse £100.

Race No. 2— Special trot, match race, purse $200.

Race No. 3 — Running, three-quarter mile dash,
purse SI 50.

Race No. 4 — Trotting and pacing, three minute
class, best two in three, purse $150.

SECOND DAY, JULY 4.

Baseball tournament. Purse for same $200.

Race No. 5— Running, one-half mile dash, purse
$125.

Race No. 6— Trotting and pacing,2:30 class, best
three in five, purse $250.

Race No. 7 — Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
purse $175.

THIRD DAY, JULY 5.

Race No. 8— Five-eighths mile dash, purse $125,

Race No. 9— Trotting and pacing, 2:40 class, best
three in five, purse $200.

Race No. 10— Running, three-quarter mile dash,
purse $150.

Race No. 11— Running, one mile dash, purse$200.j

Race No. 12— Saddle horse race for Siskiyou -
county horses, 600 yards, purse $50.

FOURTH DAY, JULY 6.

Race No. 13 — Running, one-quarter mile dash,
purse $100.

Race No. 14— Trotting and pacing, free for all,
purse $200.

Race No. 15 — Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
•purse $175.

Race No, 16— Running, three-quarter mile dash,
for non-winners of the three previous days, purse
$150.

CONDITIONS.
Three to enter and two to start. Entrance feaj
10 per cent. Purse divided 60, 30 and 1U per cent.
For further particulars address

R. S.

TAYLOR, Secy,
Yreka, Cal.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RACING EVENT, - - THIRTEEN DAYS-SEPTEMBER 28th to OCTOBER I2th, I90I,

Entries to Close July 1, 1901. when Horses are to be named and eligible

No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.

No.
No.
No. 6.
No. Tf.
No. 8.

' N.

4.
5.

TROTTING STAKES.
Free-for-all Trotting1
2:10 Class Trotting
2:12 Class Trotting-
2:14 Class Trotting
2:15 Class Trotting
2:19 Class Trotting
2:23 Class Trotting
Three Tear Old Trotting

81000 No.

9.

1000 No

10.

800 No

11.

800 No.

12.

800 No.

13.

750 No.

14.

700 No.

15.

600 No

16.

PACING STAKES.

Free-for-all Facing
2:09 Class Facing
2:11 Class Facing
2:13 Class Facing
2:15 Class Facing
2:17 Class Facing
2:20 Class Pacing
Three Year Old Facing

$1000
1000
800
800
800
750
700
600

B.— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will be put at least four days apart.

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

No.17. 230 Class Trotting

$700

No. 18. 2:25 Glass Pacing

$700

Three or More Running Races Each Day.

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR HARNESS RACES.

Records made in 1901 will Dot constitute a bar.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee. The horse to
be started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race.

Entries not declared out by 5 p. m. the day before the race shall be required to start. Declarations
must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track.

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise specified.
Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting. Five per cent, of the
amount of the stake additional from money winners.

All races to fill satisfactory to the Association.

If there are less than four starters they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided
50, 30 and 20 per cent.

And in the event of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it
shall be added to the stake.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. When only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to the first and
one-third to the second.

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 yards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races. •

The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the
position of the horses.

All stakes not filling satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off.

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no other case
will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 p. h. on the day preceding the
race, and must be worn on the track in all races, Colors must be registered in the order in which they
are received, and if not named, or when colors conflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected
by the Secretary.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race, and the right is
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other sufficient cause.

Conditional entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held under the
rules.

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting maybe declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary.

Otherwise than is specified in these conditions National Trotting Association rules, except Rule
4, to govern.

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E. T. WRIGHT, President.

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SEPTEMBER 10TH TO 21ST INCLUSIVE,

$10,000
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The ROYAL ITALIAN BAND, one of the Greatest Musical Organizations in the country, has been

secured at a cost of $5500.

Entries to Harness Events close July 25, I90I,

Entries to Running Races close on Night Before Race at 6 o'clock,

SEPTEMBER 10— TUESDAY.
Stock Parade. 1:30 P.M. sharp.

No. 1— Two-year-old Pacing S300

No. 2—2:32 Cla=s Pacing 4'-°

No. 3— Running. Half-mile dash. Handicap 150

No. 4— Running. One mile dasb. Selling. SGOO.
"Weight for age. Five pounds oft' for each

S100 down to S300 250

SEPTEMBER 11 — WEDNESDAY.

No. 5—2:30 Class Pacing S400

No. 6—2:30 Class Trotting 400

No. 7— Running. Five-eights naile dash. Handicap.

Two years old 1 50

No. S— Hurdle Race. One and one-fourth miles.

Four hurdles. Handicap 400

SEPTEMBER 12— THURSDAY.

No. 9—2:20 Class Trotting S1000

No. 10—2:50 Class Pacing 250

No. 11— Running. Half mile and repeat Selling.
S400. Weight for age. Five pounds off

for each S100 down to S100 200

No. 12— Running. One mile dash. Handicap 250

SEPTEMBER 13 — FRIDAY.

No. 13— Two-year-old Trot 8400

No. 14 — Three-year-old and under, Trotting 300

No. 15— Running. Seven-eighths mile dash. Sell-
ing, S400. Weight for age. Five pounds

off for each S100 down to 8100 200

No. 16— Running. Three-eighths mile dash. Han-
dicap 150

SEPTEMBER 14-SATURDAY.

No. 17—2:17 Class Trotting S600

No. IS— Gentlemen's Driving Race to wagon.
Owners to drive. Trotters eligible to 2:35

class. First prize Cup

Second prize Lap robe

Third Prize Whip

No. 19— Running. Spokane Derby. One and one-
half miles for three- year-old g 500

No. 20— Running. Half mile and repeat. Handicap 200

SEPTEMBER 16— MONDAY.
No. 21— Gentlemen's Driving Race to wagon.
Owners to drive. Pacers eligible to 2:30

class. First prize Cup

Second prize Lap robe

Third prize Whip

CONDITIONS.

S50

No. 22— Free for all. Slow race. 3Iile dash...

No. 23 — Newsboys' Race. Half mile dash 25

SEPTEMBER 17— TUESDAY.

No. 24— 3:35 Class Trot S300

No. 25— Three-year-old Pacing 250

No. 26— Special Indian Race 1G0

SEPTEMBER 18-WEDNESDAY.

No. 27— Free-for-all Trotting 8500

No. 28—2:24 Cla-sTrot 400

No. 29— Running. Half mile dash. Washington
and Idaho horses, owned in these States

January 1, 1901 17 5

No. 30— Running. Quarter mile dash. Weight

for age 100

SEPTEMBER 19— TBUHSDAY.

No. 31—2:15 Class Pace Siono

No. 32—2:50 Class Trot 250

No. 33— Running. Three-fourths mile dash. Han-
dicap 200

No. 34— Running. Half mile dash. Horses owned

in Spokane County, Jan. 1, 1901 150

Entrance Fee, 5°o oE purse and 5% additional from money winners.

Entrance to Harness Races payable at time of entry. Two horses may be entered from the same
stable in the same class and held but for one entry; horse to be named the day before the race. Money
to be divided as follows in harness races: 50%, 25%, 15% and 10%. Mile heats* 3 in 5. except Nos. 1, 13,
14 and 25, which are 2 in 3. Money in running: races to be divided: 70?£, 20% and 10%.

Hopples are not barred. The Board reserves the right to declare off and return entrance fee in

any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. A horse distancing the field is entitled to first and fourth
monies only, and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money. The usual weather
clase will be observed.

Other than specified, the rules of the National Trotting Association will govern. The rules of
the California Jockey Club will govern the running races-

For Entry Blanks, address H. BOLSTER. Secretary, Spokane, Wash.

Or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, C»l.

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

Race Meeting Sacramento, July 30 to August 3, 1901, inclusive

ENTRIES TO CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 1901

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing

No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting - = $1000 No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing

No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 6—2:13 Class Pacing

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts and for Three- Year-Olds to be

Announced

$1000
$1000
$1000
Later On.

Entry blanks will be ready June 15.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to gire any special races at this meeting and if you want to start your horses thev must be entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entrv Blanks.

E. P. HEALD. President.

F. W. KELLET, Secretary.

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal.

St. Carlo

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ST. CARLO J

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ST. CARLO won the Great American at Brooklyn, the Foam Stakes at Conev Island the White
Plains Handicap, was second to Chaos for the Futuritv and won about $39 000 as" a two Tear-old He
is a wonderful young sire, amongst his get being Ruinart, (winner of the Burns Handicap Palace
Hotel Handicap and 811,650), Zamarn. (winnerof 19 races as a two-year-old and $7695), Joan Febru-
ary, St. Cuthbert St. Calatini, Count of Flanders, Lord Marmion, May Boy, Our Climate Glendinnin-
and many others, to

TERMS FOR THE SEASON

$100.

For further particulars apply to

james McDonnell,

POKIOLi, San Mateo Co., CaL

Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 31706.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19%, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05 yi, Monterey 2:09m and Dr. Leek 2:09^— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16^ and Monterey 2:09^. by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10?i, Monterey 2:09H, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman 2:13^-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21H (sire of Abbotsford 2:isys and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?^, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief 11.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot ±03H to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterev was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06*i and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a £400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3 hands high. TERM* S50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents orescapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.
Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, Hilpitas, Cal.

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NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed,

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2: 12 and 2:1«M respectively. "Who I- It is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:10;^. John A, McKer-
ron 3:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1901 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. 15th to July 1st.

By Guy Wilkes 2:15|,

Dam Lida W. 2:I8± by Nutwood 2:18|

Fee = $50

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
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Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
accidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec

is the sire of

John A. McKerron 2:10

Ch. Stallion Race Rec

Matinee rec (wagon). 2:09

3-vear-old race rec. ,2:12u
Who Is It 2:1(K4-

3-year-old race rec. .2:12

GeorgieB 2:12^

Claudius 2:13" ,'

Bob Ingersoll 2:14?.{

Irvington Boy 2:17?4

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER,

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co., Cal.

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[June 29, 190]

First Week at Denver.

The summaries of the first week of the Denver meet,
ing have been received and show that while the Cali-
fornia horses have done nothing phenomenal they
have managed to win a fair share of the money hung
up by the Overland Park association. All reports of
the meeting are agreed that it is by a long way the
best managed and most successful race meeting ever
held in Denver, and the large attendance proves the
popularity of the sport in the Colorado metropolis.
The running events seem to be the most popular with
the betting element and the bookmakers have taken
in large sums of money on the majority of these races,
most of which they have kept. The names of the
runners competing are familiar to California race
goers, and while few high-class thoroughbreds have
been racing there, the game is so popular that there is
talk of a running meeting to be held in the fall just
prior to the opening of the winter racing season in
San Francisco, the idea being that some of the East-
ern owners will stop off on their way to the Coast if
good purses are offered. As the majority of the
Breeder and Sportsman's readers are most inter-
ested in the harness races we shall devote the larger
space of our report of the Denver meeting to those
events.

On the opening day, Saturday June 15th, there
were two harness races, the 2:09 pace and 2:14 trot.
In the first event there were four starters, Raymond
M., Lottie Smart, Aelse and Tombstone. The track
was muddy from a heavy rain of the previous dayi
and fast time was out of the question. In th9 first
heat Lottio Smart got away in the lead and kept there
until the wire was reached in 2:16. She was then
made the favorite, but broke badly in the next heat
and her driver saw the red flag waved in his face,
Raymond M. taking the heat and the next two easily
enough, not having to pace faster than 2:20 to beat
Aelse and Tombstone.

The 2:14 trot had four starters, the fast mare Trilby
P. 2:131 winning in straight heats. The California
horse Charlie Mac 2:17j was the contender in every
heat and was only beaten a nose the second heat in
2:18, which was as good as 2:14 over a dry track. As
Charley Mac was not more than a length behind in
the last heat, and lost the first heat by a head, he
went a good race. He was not very steady in either
heat of the race, but showed lots of speed.

On Monday, the 17th, the 2:14 pace and 2:35 trot
were on the program. The first was won by Shecam
2:14J, a nine year old gelding bred by the late Dr.
Hicks of Sacramento, and sired by Durfee 11,256, dam
Lady Prompter by Prompter. There were five heats
in this race, Shecam winning the first, fourth and fifth.
The fastest heat was the second won by Schermerhorn
in 2:142, but he was distanced in the third.

Louise Jefferson was the good one in the trot and
showed her quality by winning in three straight heats,
the fastest of which was 2:20}. Two California horses
were in the race, but they finished outside the money.
These were Dr. Shorb by McKinney and Moffit by
Sable Wilkes. It was the first time out for both.

Twelve horses faced the starter in the 2:20 pace on
Tuesday, California furnishing two in Dr. Boucher's
Harry Logan and Will Durfee's Ploretta Belle. The
good colt Winfield Stratton was favorite and won
easily in three straight heats. Harry Logan was
second in the two heats and got second money. He
was steady and showed well for the first race in which
he ever started. He will get a low mark if he keeps
right. Floretta Belle could do no better than fifth in
any heat and got no money.

In the three year old trot the big bay colt Prank
Dale by Chas. Derby out of Abanteeo 2:17} was favor-
ite and won the first heat in 2:30-5. As Blue was re-
turning to dismount, the colt reared and fell over back-
ward. He was cut loose from his harness and when he
got to his feet staggered about and fell the second
time. He finally was able to get up and walk to his
stall, but was withdrawn from the race. This colt was
purchased for Ed Gaylord by Blue this spring at Oak-
wood Park Farm. As he won the first heat very easily
and was not pushed to his speed any part of the miie,
it was at first thought that the fall was the cause of
his illness, but the veterinary is of the opinion that he
had a sort of paraletic stroke which caused him to rear
and fall. After Frank Dale was withdrawn the race
went to Goodness Gracious, a filly by McVere.

Wednesday was advertised as Gentlemen's Riding
and Driving Club Day and the harness events were
both for gentlemen drivers. Mr. Gaylord won the
race for three minute horses with Joe Ives, the horse
belonging to the President of the Colorado Springs
Driving Club. Mr. Gaylord showed his master -reins-
manship in this event, as Ives could not have won ex-
cept by the very best of handling.

Driver Johnson, who won the 2:27 class pace on
Thursday with Arline B., was fined $50 by Judge Mul-
hclland for laying up the first heat. Outside of this
there were no sensational features until the next race,
when driver Smith got the same dose for laying up a
heat with Gendora.

i m Friday another of Saraway's get proved a win-
ner, and a McKinney took a record of 2:16', in a third
heat. Vioway won the two-year-old pace in 2:54! and
2:49', very handily.

Louise Jefferson, the winner of the 2:35 trot on Mon-
day, repeated her victory by taking the 2:27 trot Fri-
day, Init Will Durfee's good McKinney colt Dr. Shorb
made her trot to do it, and was a close second in the
Brat two heats, won the next two, but lust the fifth to
her. Vic Shellar started in this race, but was dis-
til need in the second heat. The first two heats of the
race went to the Jefferson mare by the closest kind of
si finish. There was a prevailing idea that there was

not a green one in the country that could make Louise
go her limit coming into the stretch, and this is where
a mistake was made, as Dr. Shorb could. In the first
heat the bunch got away well, but going around the
first turn Louise broke badly and let the field go a long
way ahead of her on the back stretch. Vic Shellar, in
the lead, broke badly when pushed, and as they came
into the stretch Louise Jefferson was again in the lead
with Dr. Shorb hanging on. As they came down
Shorb moved up into the lead rapidly and had the
heat won, but broke going under the wire and the
judges gave it to Jefferson.

The second heat of the race was almost a duplicate
of the first, and the real race came in the stretch be-
tween Louise Jefferson and Dr. Shorb. This time the
doctor had more ground 'to make up and could not get
in the lead, but he came at such a furious pace that
both broke as they came under the wire, but the heat
was given to Louise Jefferson by a nose.

Louise Jefferson did not get such a lead in the third
heat, and the result was that Dr. Shorb pulled away
from her in great shape coming down the stretch and
won easily. The doctor took the fourth heat the same
way. Louise got off well and was traveling magnifi-
cently until the three-quarter pole was reached. This
pole cast a shadow across the track, and the mare
jumped the shadow, lost her stride and, before she
could get it again, Dr. Shorb was by her and won the
heat. In the last heat of the race Loomis took the
mare around the shadow after getting her off with a
good lead, and she landed the heat and race without
much trouble.

The race that drew the crowd (and there were
nearly ten thousand people present), was the special
pace between Lottie Smart 2:09},, Raymond M. 2:08',
and Bonnie Direct 2:05:]. They scored five times before
they got away in the first heat, Bonnie Direct acting
badly and going to a break often.

As soon as they got the word Lottie Smart shot
away from her rivals as though they were standing
still. The great Colorado-bred mare reached the
quarter post in an even thirty seconds, which is a two-
minute clip, and was in the lead at that point, with
Bonnie Direct a length ahead of Raymond M. This
was a surprise, but all were on the alert to see the
Direct horse commence to go after Lottie in the back-
stretch. Never did a pacer go truer than Lottie
Smart along the backstretch, and the great Direct,
famous the country over, could not close up a foot.
They swept past the half and three-quarter poles in
the same order, and a great burst of speed from Bonnie
was looked for in the stretch, but it did not material-
ize. They passed under the wire in the same order
that they held as they shot by the quarter post.

The second heat was a poorer horse race than the
first. As they came down for the third time they
were given the word and again Lottie made one of
those famous starts and was away with a good lead at
the quarter, with Raymond M. a length away and
Bonnie Direct hopelessly out of the race. As they
went down the back stretch Cassidy made a bid for
the race and commenced to urge the great Raymond;
but the pace was too fast, and the big one, in trying to
respond, was carried off his feet, and when he caught
again, which was the next instant, Lottie Smart,
working like a perfect piiece of machinery, was six
lengths away and opening up space at a wonderful
rate. Raymond started out again, but the chase was
hopeless, and Lottie finished with a good lead.

Bonnie Direct was in no condition to race fast heats
and Bert Webster asked permission to withdraw him,
which was granted. This left the last heat between
Raymond and Lottie. They got away easily, and
again Lottie carried the big black to the quarter post
at a fearful rate and commenced right there to open
up space. All down the back stretch the daylight
streak grew wider. From two lengths it widened to
four, to eight and to ten as they came into the stretch.
Lottie passed under the wire with a gait that made it
look as though she could keep it up forever, and Ray-
mond was very tired. The race was not well contested,
but it was full of interest at that. The time of the
heats was 2:12} and 2:11$, the best time made on the
Overland track this year.

Saturday was a California day and the first money
in all the harness races went to California horses.
Stamboulette and Toggles went for a purse of $500,
and the Stamboul horse beat the Strathway gelding
in three straight heats, trotting the first in 2:11}, the
fastest mile ever trotted on the Denver track. Tog-
gles was so lame that he nodded and Clark only
started him so as not to disappoint the tremendous
crowd that was present to see the 'champions. He
was not driven hard any part of the race, yet the
first heat was better than 2:12 and Stamboulette won
swinging. The son of Stamboul got off in the lead
each heat and stepped away ahead of the lame Tog-
gles to the finish each time. In the second heat Tog-
gles hung on pretty well through the back stretch and
the great horses showed some of their magnificent
speed as they came down under the wire. Toggles
moved to the front in grand shape, but Stamboulette
was equal to the occasion, and with a little urging
commenced to pull away again. The third heat was
almost a repetition of the second.

Det Bigelow won a great race with his Diablo mare
Tags 2:13. There were three other starters— Aelse
2:101, E. S. 2:11} and Shecan 2:14}. In the first heat
E. S. shot away in the lead at the start and was around
the first turn before the others got going The Den-
ver horse took the heat in a manner that led to the
rumor that it would be three straight, but the tip was
wrong. In the next heat Tags went out with the
word and won as she pleased. As the four horses
passed under the wire for the third heat Tags stum-
bled and fell and by the accident lost at least ten
lengths. Bigelow took his time with the mare, and as
soon as she was well settled started out in a systematic
manner to overhaul the bunch, and as she passed the
horses one at a time the cheering among the spectators
was great. The last one was passed in the stretch
and the gallant mare received a great ovation as she
passed under the wire and when she was driven back
to the stand.
The two-year-old trot was an easy one for Ed. Gay-

lord's bay filly Confianza by James Madison, which
John Blue selected for him at the Oak wood Park Farm
a few months ago. There was a field of eight starters
in this race, but Confianza won as she pleased in 2:43
and 2:41}. She is a large, handsome filly, trotted both
heats without a skip and outclassed her field completely.

The first week of the meeting has been most success-
ful from every point of view, and the attendance has
far exceeded that of any previous meeting held at
Denver. To Mr. Gaylord and Secretary Schuckman
are due great credit for placing the sport of racing on
such an excellent footing in Colorado. The starting
by Richard Havey has been very good, and the judges,
with Fred Mulholland as the presiding official, have
given excellent satisfaction.

Following will be found the summaries of the har-
ness events for the first week. The results of the run-
ning races are on page 7:

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JUNE 15— 2:09 class, pacing, purse $500.

Raymond M., blk s by Thorndyke (Casady) 4

Lottie Smart, ch m by Roswell (Loomis) 1

Aelse.bg (Jester) 2

Tombstone, b g (Edwards) 3

Time— 2:16, 2:20, 2:24, 2:20fc£.

2:14 class, trotting, purse $500.

Trilby P., b m by Tipton Wilkes (McGuire)

Charlie Mae, blk g (Durfee)

Kane, br g (Sible)

Ima Electrite, b m '. ....... (Fargo)

Time— 2:23, 2:18, 2:20.

JUNE 17—2:14 class, pacing, purse $500.

Shecam, by Durfee, dam by Prompter (Frank) 16 4 1

Duchess, ch m by Pandolfo (Loomis) 5 3 12

Jim Dixon, b g (Dillon) 2 2 2 3

g:,D'r1S (Johnson) 4 5 5 6

BillyK.gg.. ..... ....... (Jester) 6 4 3 4

Schermerhorn, b g by Blue Zero (Meeks) 3 1 6 d

Time— 2:17, 2:1454, 2:165f, 2:155*.

2:35 class, trotting, purse $500.
Louise Jefferson, b m by Jefferson-Brown Bess by Republic

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George M, dig (Black) 3 2

RedEdna.brm (Loomis) 2 3

Commonwealth, b s (Zibble) 4 4

Dr. Shorb, blk g (Durfee « '

J>0™et»- ch m ■ (Weaver)

Mqfflt. b g (van Bokkelen)

Glideaway.bg ...(Wallace)

Time-2:20!4, 2:20tf, 2:211;.
JUNE 18—2:20 class, pacing; purse $1000.

WinSeld Stratton, hs by Saraway; by Blue Hill.. (Loomis) 1 1 1

Harry Logan, ch g (Boucher) 4 2 2

RoeyC..grh (Sthrone) 5 4 3

LuluM bm (McGuire) 0 3 4

Plenty, bg (Kneebs) 2 6 7

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Floretta Belle (Durfee) 8 7 5

grval.bg (Zibble) 3 8 8

Buena.chm (Weaver) 6 dis

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Helen Mar, b m (Hinkley) dis

Time— 2:15';, 3:15>j, 2:155<.
2:50 class, trotting.

Goodness Gracious, b f by McVere-Belle ....(Loomis) 3 1 1

Byran,ohg (Anthony) 2 2 2

Frank Dale, b g by Charles Derby (Blue) 1 dr

Lord Gilbert, b s l ' jjs

Time— 2:30?:(, 2:29)<(, 2:31.

JUNE 19— First race, 2:24 class, trotting and pacing.

Martha B.. bm by Ashland Wilkes (Beecher) 1 1

Gehhard.bg (Black 2 4

Gold Standard, dun g :.(Dunleavy) 5 2

OtisWilkes brs .... (Stuart) 3 3

Dr.Calder.bg (Smith) 4 7

Evadne.gm (Roberts) 6 5

Nellie Campbell (Matthews) 7 6

Time— 2:2051, 2:20X-

Second race, 3:00 class, trotting and pacing.

Joe Ives, ch g Unknown (Gaylord) 3 12 1

Allie. b m by Riley Medium ' (Bowles) 12 3 3

GeorgeM.ns (Black) 2 3 14

Gaylord, bm ; (Beecher) 5 4 5 2

American Hal, r s (Crawford) 4 5 4 5

Time-2:27«, 2:2454, 2:2254, 2:2554.

.TUNE 20— First race. 2:27 class, pacers, purse $500.
Arline B. ch m by Wyoming Chief-Bellwood . .(Johnson) 3 111

Trvin C ch m by Frantic (J.T.Smith) 12 2 2

EvaVictor.bm (Enos) 2 4 3 3

Dolphus.bg (Argery) 4 3 Dis.

Irene, bm (Frank) Dis.

Time— 2:19>i, 2:1954, 2:2454, 2:28.

Second race, 2:20 class, trotters, purse $500.

Vendora, brm by Vendor-Capitalist (R.Smith) 3 1

Dudie Egmont, blk m by Egmont Chief (Loomis) 1 2

Ed.Winship.bg (Johnson) 2 3

Time-2:2154, 2:I9»i, 2:1854, 2:1854.

JUNE 21— First race, two year olds, pace, purse $500.

Vioway, ch f by Saraway- Viola (Murphy)

Hebe Wilkes, b f ( Judkins)

Klataway, be (Loomis)

Roxey, ch f (Johnson)

Time— 2:5454, 2:l'.n.,.

Second race, 2:27 class, trotting, purse $500.

Louise Jefferson, br m by Jefferson-Brown Bess

(McGuire) 1 1 2

Dr. Shorb, blk g by McKinney (Durfee) 2 2 1

Viomena, ch m (Weaver) 5 3 3

C. K. K., b s (Switzer) 4 4 4

Vic. Schiller, b g (Van Bokhelen) 3 Dis.

Time— 2:1854, 2:1854, 2:1654. 2:2054, 2:19Ji-
Special race, pacing, purse $1000.

Lottie Smart, cb m by Russell-Sobrina (Loomis) 1

Raymond M., blk h (Cassidy) 3

Bonnie Direct, blk h (Webster) 2

Time— 2:12)4, 2:1254, 2:11S£.
JUNE 22— Two year old trot, purse $500.

Confianza, b f by James Madison (Blue)

Orphan Boy, be (Conley)

FrankieK., br f (Schartzerj

Nellie S , ch f .. (Weaver) 4 4

Sarah H., ch f (McGuire) 5 5

Queen Victoria, br f (Loomis) 7 6

Oranay, ch f (Murphy) 6 7

Golden Gate, b c (Johnson) 8 w

Time— 2:43, 2:4154.
2:11 class, pacing, purse $500.

Tags, b m by Diablo-Bonnie B (Bigelow) 3 111

E. S., blk s by Thomas York (Loomis) 12 3 3

Aelse.bg (Jester) 2 4 2 4

Shecam.bg (Frank) 4 3 4 2

Time— 2:13, 2:13, 2: lfi1 '., 1: 13.
Special race, trotting, purse $590.

Stamboulette, b h by Stamboul-Lady Escott

(Van Bokkelen) 1 1 1

Toggles, brg (Clarke) 2 2 2

Time— 2:11J£. 2:18?i, 2:17.

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June 3—2:20 class, pacing, purse $100.

Eva Victor, b m by Harry Victor (Enis) 3 5 111

Arline B., eh m by Wyoming Chief (Johnson) 12 2 2 2

Lulu M., bm by Dupont (McGuire) 5 13 4 5

Martha B.,bm by Ashland Wilkes (Beecher) 2 3 5 5 3

Orville 4 4 4 3 4

Time-2:23,2:22'4, 2:23, 2:21' i, 2:24)4.

Match, trotting; wagons: half-mile heats, purse $200.
Trilby P.. b m by Tipton Nutwood. (J. Fred Roberts) 2 112 1

Ima Electrite, b m by Electrite (Geo. Barnard) 12 2 12

Time— 1:10 1:08, l:08!j, 1:11, 1:0S>X.

Free for all, wagon class, pacing; purse $100.

Miss Williams, b m by Williams (Burns) 2 111

Raymond M , blk h by Thornkyke (Gaylord) 14 4 4

D. D, b g by Caneland Wilkes (Stark) 3 2 2 3

Time-l:08'S, 1:11'.;, 1:10, 1:10.

June 4—2:25 class, trotting, purse $400.

Louise Jefferson, b m by Jefferson (McGuire) 3 111

C K. U.. b g by Bezant (Switzer) 12 2 2

Kate Lumery. b m by Shadeland (Zebbell) 2 3 3 3

Time— 2:30','., 2:31, 2:30t,. 2:29' ..

Three year olds, pacing, purse $300.

Frances Dunleayy, b f by Superior (Conley) 1 I

Thornbud, b c by Thorndyke (Chapin) 2 3

Little Girl, bf by Superior (Smith) 3 2

Vindicator, be (Loomis) 1 4

Time— 2:45, 2:11.

June 5—2:35 class, to wagon, pacing, half-mile heats, purse $100

JohnR.,dng (C.Hancock) 3 3 12 111

SlipperyJim.bg (J.Roberts) 12 2 12 2 4

Hattie Hawks, bm (J.W.Miller) 4 113 4 3 3

Gayfield 2 4 3 4 2 4 2

Zolda 5 6 5 dr

Time— 1:14, 1:14, 1:10)4, 1:10, 1:09, 1:14, 1:16.

Sis heats June 4.

2:20 class, trotting, purse $300.

Dudie Egmont, blk m, by Egmont Chief (Loomis) 1 1 1

Glen Allie, en m by Glenwood (Jester) 2 2 2

Ed. Winship, b g by Raymond (Miller) 3 3 3

Time— 2:26, 2:25M, 2:21.

2:35 class, pacing, purse $300

Queen B-, ch m by Appamantus (Zibbel) 1 1 1

Gold Standard, bn g by Marsh Murdock (McGuire) 2 2 2

Joe Ives, ch g by Actuary (Fargo) 3 3 3

No time reported.

2:35 class, trotting, to wagon, half mile heals, purse $20 I.

Erastus, b g by Judge Toler (S. J. Harris) 2 I I 2 1

Vick Russell, b m (J. Roe) 4 5 3 12

Earlmont, b g by Fernmont (J.E.Davidson) 13 2 3 3

Time— 1:23, 1:19, 1:2114, 1:19, 1:20.

June 6— Match, mixed, sweepstakes $25.
Trilby P., b m by Tipton Nutwood — (J.F.Roberts) 113 2 1

Miss Williams, ii m, p, by Williams (T. Burns) 3 2 2 12

Ima Electrite, b m by Electrite (J.W.Miller) 2 3 13 3

No time reported.

2:15 class, pacing, purse $300

Shecan, b g by Durfee iLoomisi I I 1

Billy K.,grh by Oneida (Jester) 3 2 2

D. D., b g by Caneland Wilkes (V.Johnson) 2 3 3

Time— 2:19',i, 2:21M. 2:22';.

Free for all, pacing, purse $400.

Raymond M., blk h. by Thorndyke (Oassady) 3 111

Aelse, b h by Camp (Jester) 13 2 2

E. S., blk g by Thos York (Loomis) 2 2 3 3

Time— 2:17, 2:17, 2:18S£, 2:20^.

News from the North.

Cleveland Track Notes.

Ketcham's Opinion of Cresceus.

Georgia H. Ketcham, owner ol the champion trot-
ting stallion Cresceus 2:04, recently talked interestingly
about the great horse that is to meet The Abbott 2:03},
in a battle royal for the championship of the trotting
turf at Brighton Beach less than two months hence.

"Cresceus never before pleased me as much as he
does tbis season," said Mr. Ketcham. "He is feeling
like a fighting cock and just wants to run away on a
trot. I let him step his first mile below 2:20 just before
X left Cleveland. It was trotted in 2:17, the last half in
1:041, and Cresceus was actually going within himself
at the finish. I believe his record will be 2:02 or better
before the end of the season, provided he has the good
luck to get a good day and track when he starts to
beat the record."

Mr. Ketcham says Cresceus has only three engage-
ments to race this season and at present there are no
other engagements in sight. These races are at
Brighton Beach iu August, in Boston in September
and at Lexington in October. He will meet The
Abbott here, Boralma and Charley Herr at Boston,
and Charley Herr at Lexington. If he can win all
three races his earnings for the season will foot up
something like $35,000. Between his engagements at
New York and Boston, Cresceus will probably make
an attempt to beat his own record and that of The
Abbott. Mr. Ketcham says he likes the Glens Falls
track for such a trial of speed, but as the grand circuit
meeting there is scheduled for the same dates as the
meeting ,in New York some other course must be
chosen.

Although the Detroit Driving Club has offered a
purse of "$2500 for a free-for-all trotting race at the
crand circuit meeting next month, it is not probable
that Cresceus will start in a race until he meets The
Abbott at Brighton Beach on August loth. Mr. Ket-
cham says he will stay his horse up for the contests by
working him alongside a running horse.

Answers to Correspondents.

J. S., San Mateo, asks: Could you kindly tell me
how fast the mare Cora, by Buccaneer, owned by the
late Mr. Corbitt, was driven by the late John Gold-
smith? Also how many she has in the list. 3y doing
so you will settle a dispute.

Ans. — Cora, by Buccaneer, has a record of 2:44 as a
two year old. She made this record at Marysville,
September 7, 1S83. In 1884 she went lame and was
put to breeding. We do not know how fast Gold-
smith ever worked her, as that is not a matter of rec-
ord. She is the dam of Golita 2:27} and Guyon 2:241.
She is also the grandam of Mary Belle 2:22} and
Sid onie 2:28',.

Don't miss making eutries for the Los Angeles meet-
ing. It will be one of the best ever held on the Coast.

[Portland Rural Spirit.]

The new track for the Spokane fair and race meet
ing is to be completed by July 15th.

A. W. Geisy has bred his Pricemont mare to Harry
McC. She has a foal by Roy Day.

Lou Childs is working Thomas S. Griffith's mare,
Kate Cogswell, by Hambletonian Wilkes.

Beulah, full sister to Chehalis, has foaled a fine big
colt by Erect, full brother to Direct 2:051. She has
been bred back to him.

J. W. Tilden will race at Everett at their July meet-
ing. His three year old pacer, Nellie Coovert, and his
trotter, Package, have worked miles in 2:21 over th
Vancouver, Wash., track, and his two year old trottere
Hattie Holly, has made the circle in 2:40.

Hon. D, A. McAlister of La Grande has bought
Delpho 13954 and will place him at the head of his
stud on Willow Grove farm. Delpho is a high bred
stallion and should make a good cross on the Lemont
mares, for which purpose he will be used.

John Sawyer will arrive at Salem this week with his
stable of horses from Pleasanton, Cal. He has Path-
mark 2:17}, Kinmont and Altaho, both green trotters;
Harry Hurst, a green pacer; Lady Guy and Chief
Seattle, three year old trotters, and McAlropa, a two
year old trotter.

Mr. C. X. Larrabee of Fairhaven, Wash., was in
Portland this week on his way to his Southern Oregon
mines. Mr. Larrabee has just returned from his big
horse ranch in Montana, and reports a big crop of
colts this year. He says eighty-five per cent of the
mares he bred last year proved to be in foal, and so far
be has not lost a single colt out of the ninety or more
foals. The three carloads of drivers shipped East
from Mr. Larrabee's farm have nearly all been sold at
advanced prices, and the trade which Mr. Larrabee
has been so long building up is now proving to be
quite profitable, for people East have learned to look
forward to the coming of the Montana horses every
spring.

A correspondent writes to the Rural Spirit as follows
from Everett:

Meteor 2:17}, has established himself along the
countryside in this part of Puget Sound country as a
sire second to none. He has now upwards of twenty
foals, from six weeks down to that many days old, and
everyone is a type of the grandson of old Commodore
Belmont. Most all are breeding back to him and also
many new ones. Miller says if they keep on he won't
have a chance jo let the "little horse" bear the bell
ring this year. Miller is also working some outside
horses. He has Knoxmore, a grandson of Electioneer,
that is improving every workout. He is the property
of Mr. Ward of Mt. Vernon, Wash.

Another is a three year old by a son of Almont
Medium, a trotter with a nice way of going, and is the
property of Mr. Rogers the popular landlord, of Bothel,
Wash.

Another is the bay pacing mare Bonnie Jean belong-
ing to the McGhie Bros. She is going nice and steady
and looks as though she would be a factor in her class
when the bell rings Another that Miller likes pretty
well is the sorrel mare Dela A. 2:471, by Metropolitan
out of Nelly Russell, by Belfounder 62. It looks as
though she was going to keep step with her dam and
show them that "old folks" can step some. She is now
almost as old as her dam was when she obtained her
standard mark, and Dela is now faster than ever. It
is safe to say she will step inside the list the first time
she is turned around.

A late arrival at Miller's stable is the pacer Buford
2:11}. He is big and strong but short of work, and
probably will not be started before fall.

William Riley has arrived at the track with E. R.
Clark's Kittitas Ranger 2:11} and Chehalis Maid, by
Chehalis.

Trainer Johnson has in his charge Doc Wright 2:26}
a green pacing gelding belonging to Dr. Wainright, a
green two year old by Major Seattle and a couple of
runners.

There are several runners quartered at the track,
among them being Red Spinner, Indigo, Lima Long,
Imperial, Mollie Jewell, all told being from 12 to 15
head.

The 2:15 pace advertised by the association has been
changed to a free for all, and the 2:17 pace to a 2:25
class. Report has it that there will be good fields of
horses for every event for the July meeting.

Notes from Santa Barbara.

There is considerable life at the Santa Barbara track
at present, and I was surprised to find pacers there
working below 2:25, with only a month's handling.
Our trotters are coming more slowly, but are doing
pretty well at that, though I am doubtful of there
being enough to fill the free-for-all in our Fourth of
July program. Runners are plentiful and showing lots
of speed. My horse Almonada is at Hueneme in the
care of Henry Delaney, and in his skilful hands I can
safelv say he will not be a disgrace to his Electioneer
and Nutwood ancestors either as a producer or a per-
former on the track. The first of his get, a colt out of
Veronica, a large sorrel, 15.3 hands, began his work
three weeks ago and is now showing his quarters in 38
seconds with ease and without any crowding. He will
not be campaigned this season, but I predict that as a
four year old he will make them trot to lead him to the
wire.

I believe our races to be held on the Fourth will be
successful, and the forerunner of a good program ol
races later in the season. D. F. OGLESBY.

Santa Barbara, June 21, 1901.

A. H. Merrill, of Danvers, Mass., the well-known
Eastern starting judge, will give the word at the
Grand Circuit meeting at Providence, Columbus-and
Glens Falls.

[American Sportsman, June 20th.]

William Cecil worked Rey Direct 2:10 a mile in 2:14
Monday.

James Thompson has purchased a green pacing
mare, Mabel Star. She has stepped a mile in 2:15.

Hetty G. 2:05} paced a mile Wednesday in 2:15 with-
out the hopples, negotiating the last half in 1:05.

Before being shipped to Chicago Rightwood, Ellert,
Aggie Medium and Rockley Bov were stepped miles in
2:17 by "Doc" Tanner.

Trainer Durfee of California, now at the Denver
meeting, has written Secretary Giles saying he he will
come to Cleveland early in July.

Mr. H. K. Devereux's mare, Peko, who has the
honor of trotting the fastest mile of the year in a race,
was bred to John A. McKerron Wednesday.

Lafe Shafer has been breezing Zephyr (the three
year old purchased by J. C. McKinney of C. A. Win-
ship for $9000) quarters in 32 seconds. The filly will
not be raced until 1902.

Jim Thompson, now at Glenville with his fast string
of California horses, should be able to take a slice of
the money with Thornway in the Oakley stake for
2:24 pacers at tbe Cincinnati Grand Circuit meeting.

Mendoeilo, the two year old filly by Mendocino, pur-
chased by Mr. E. I. Leighton at "the blue ribbon sale,
has been sent to Mr. Leighton's farm on the lake
shore. She is entered in $62,000 of stakes in 1902 when
Mr. Leighton expects to race her.

Orrin Hickok says the report that Charley Herr was
a trifle "off" is erroneous. Before leaving Lexington
Mr. Hickok saw him trot a quarter in 31 seconds as
smoothly as any one could ask for. He also saw
Quoddv Girl, an M. and M. candidate, step miles in
2:16 and 2:15}.

Millard Sanders gave Dolly Dillon 2:11} and Janice
2:13| some fast work Wednesday, Dolly Dillon stepping
along in 2:40, 2:25, 2:16 and 2:14, the last half of the
last mile in 1:05. This is the fastest mile trotted on
the Glenville track this season. Janice was given four
heats in 2:40, 2:30, 2:17 and 2:165, the last half of the
last mile being in 1:061.

Mr. A. W. Brunei' of Los Angeles, who has been at
the Glenville track with Harry Madison 2:27}, an M.
and M. candidate, Stanton Wilkes and Our Lucky
2:13| I01' several weeks, will drive the trio himself in
their engagements down the Grand Circuit, starting in .
at Detroit. Up to this date Mr. Brunei* has not asked
Harry Madison to step faster than 2:40.

John Hussey, the Patchen Wilkes Farm trainer, is
expected from Louisville this week. He will bring
a string of twelve, some of which will be placed in the
hands of Orrin Hickok, the veteran reinsman, to cam-
paign. Mr. Hickok arrived Monday from Louisville,
where he saw The Abbott step a mile in 2:13. Among
the dorses which Hussey will bring are Axtellion 2:251
by Axtell and a sister to Beuzetta 2:06! by Onward.

William Cecil, the colored reinsman who broke,
trained and drove John A McKerron to his turf record
of 2:121, is of the opinion that the champion matinee
trotting stallion is capable of reducing his matinee
record of 2:09 at least two seconds. Cecil also thinks
that Bob Ingersoll 2:14! by Nutwood Wilkes, sire of
John A McKerron, will prove just as fast as the latter.
"I never handled two as sensible trotters as those
two," said Cecil Saturday. "Their dispositions are
just alike and as for speed, I think it is a toss-up as to
which is the fastest." Bob Ingersoll is entered in the
Hotel Cadillac, Transylvania and other rich stakes.

Large vs. Small Horses.

There was once quite a prejudice against large
horses, as wear and tear race horses. Many a time
have I heard the remark "too large to make a good
campaigner; he will pound himself all to pieces when
he gets to going real fast, " when some fast horse was
under consideration. Joe Patchen has shown that
among pacers size is no bar to campaigning qualities,
and I am inclined to think Cresceus will prove the
same regarding trotters. Horsemen generally have
not regarded Cresceus as a very large horse, and many
will be surprised to learn that the chestnut stallion now
stands 16 hands and a half high, and weighs almost
1200 pounds. In spite of his growthiness, Cresceus has
been raced severely ever since he made his wonderful
campaign, as a three year old, and I don't believe
any horse ever took a record of 2:05 or better with a
sounder or better set of legs than Cresceus has. There
have been many good little horses but Cresceus and
Joe Patchen show that it is possible to have size in a
race horse without endangering his chances as a cam-
paigner.

Horse Breeding in Mexico.

The Mexican government is preparing to take de
cided steps to improve the breed of horses in that
country. By a law which has just been passed Presi-
dent Diaz is empowered to enter into contracts with
persons who will establish horse breeding farms. On
its side the government offers freedom from taxes for
terms of five to fifteen years, a suspension of the im-
port duties on all stock and on all materials which may
be needed in the construction of buildings or for the
maintenance of the farm. It offers to buy fine stock and
distribute it among the farms, this stock to be paid for
by the breeders in horses which they may raise and
which shaU be suited for army purposes. On their
part the breeders are required to invest at least $100,-
(100 in their farms, to give a guarantee for the perform-
ance of their contracts and to submit to an official in-
spection, the expenses of which are to be met by
them. The contracts with the breeders are to run
from five to fifteen years, according to the amount of
money invested in the farms.

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[June 29, 1901

THE WEEKLY

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Dates Claimed.

VANCOUVER, B. C.

July 1-2

Aug. 31 to Sept. 1

DENVER, Col June 15-29

BUTTE and ANACONDA June 29-60 days

YREKA JOCKEY CLUB July 1-1

SANTA BARBARA TROTTING ASS'N July 4-6

EVERETT. Wash Sept. 9-15

BOISE, Idaho (State Pair) — , Sept. 16-21

CARSON CITY, Nev Sept. 22-28

SALEM, Oregon (State Fair) Sept. 23-28

NEW WESTMINSTER (Provincial Fair) Oct. 1-5

LA GRANDE, Oregon Oct. 1-5

THE DALLES, Oregon (District Fair) Oct. 1-5

LEWISTON. Idaho (Inter-State Pair) Oct. 7-12

VICTORIA, B. C Oct. 7-12

BAKER CITY, Oregon October 6-12

SPOKANE, Wash Sept. 10-21

THE GRAND CIRCUIT.

DETROIT July 15-20

CLEVELAND July 22-27

COLUMBUS July 29 to Aug. 3

BUFFALO Aug. 5-10

GLENS PALLS Aug. 12-17

READVILLE Aug. 19-24

HARTFORD Sept. 2-6

SYRACUSE Sept. 9-13

PROVIDENCE Sept. 26-30

TERRE HAUTE Sept. 30 to Oct. 5

CALIFORNIA.

P.C.T H. B A. SACRAMENTO July 29 to Aug. 3

WOODLAND, District No. 40 August 26-31

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR, Sacramento Sept. 2-14

FERNDALE, Humboldt Sept. 10-14

STOCKTON Sept. 10 to 21

CONCORD, (District No. 23) Sept. 23 to 28

LOS ANGELES Sept. 28 to Oct. 12 incl

V.-ILL HOLD MEETINGS.

WILLOWS, Glenn Co July or August

SANTA ANA, Cal October

SALINAS September

BISHOP, Col September or October

SANTA ROSA, Cal August or September

Stallions Advertised.

TROTTING BHED.

McKLNNEY 2:11« C. A. Durfee, San Jose

MONTEREY 2:09« P. J. Williams, Milpitas

NUTWOOD WILKES 2:16'< Martin Carter, Irvingtoo

HACKNEYS,

GREEN'S RUFUS The Baywood Stud, San Mateo

START OFF RIGHT this year by making as many
entries as possible in the six $1000 stakes offered
by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Associa-
tion, to be trotted and paced at Sacramento from July
30th to August 3d. If there was ever a time in the
history of the State when a big entry list should be re-
ceived by this association it is now. There are no
horses with phenomenal speed at the trot or pace in
sight. The "real good things" have all been taken
across the mountains to try for the big purses of the
Grand Circuit. What is lacking in speed at home,
however, is made up in numbers and there are enough
horses in training; in California to fill every purse ad -
vertised with a big list of entries and make the racing
of 1901 memorable for the number of closely contested
heats. The California circuit will not be a large one,
and those who desire to race at all should start in with
the Breeders meeting and enter at all the principal
ones advertised, i'he surest and best way to add value
to a horse is to race him to win as often as possible
and to give him a low mark. The "good ones" that
were held back last year to keep from getting a record
so that they might enter the slow classes this year and
win a fortune for their owners, are in nine out of ten
instances on the retired list. They can be found in
the hospitals, the pastures and on the roads where
speed is not necessary, but their names are not met
with in the big entry lists that have been published up
to date. Did it injure the chances of Dolly Dillon,
Janice, Goshen Jim, Algonetta, Phoebe Childers, Rey
Direct, Bob Ingersoll and the other fast ones that
are now entered on the Grand Circuit, when their
owners ' raced them through California last year
and earned low records for them? Not in the
least. There are big purses and plenty of them hung
up for all classes over the East every year. A horse
that has a low mark has greater earning capacity than
one without a record and will sell for a vastly greater
sum. Would The Roman have sold for S5000 had he
not trotted a public trial in 2:12}? We wot not. The
days of the cute trainer who is afraid of a record are
past. The only way to earn money with a harness
horse is to race him to win and to as low a record as
possible. The Breeders' Association offers six gener-
ous stakes and will offer ten or a dozen more. The
better these six fill, the more generous in amount will
be those to come. The meeting is to be held at Sacra-
mento, beginning July 30th The track there is now
in perfect shape and will be kept exclusively for the
trotters and pacers until after this meeting. It costs
nothing for stall rent and the accommodations are
first class in every way. The meeting will be a success
and every training stable in the State should be repre-
sented. Entries close next Monday, July 1st. Make
as many entries as you can. Start the limited circuit
this year with a boom, and it will be successful all
through. Harness horses are increasing in value and
those who own them should show their faith in the
business by helping to keep those values up. Big
entry lists are great aids. See that your blanks are
filled out and mailed in time.

SPRINKLING WITH OIL was begun a few weeks
ago on some of the drives in Golden Gate Park
and has aroused quite a storm of opposition in certain
quarters. The strongest objection comes from the
stablemen, who claim that the oil rots rubber tires,
fouls the harness and vehicles and spoils light colored
buggy robes, etc. They also claim that it ruins the
paint on vehicles and is hard to wash from the legs of
horses. On the other hand, the numerous road riders
who drive over the oiled roads are highly pleased with
them in the majority of instances. The writer has
interviewed a dozen or more regular road riders and
has not yet found one who objects to the oil coating of
the Park roads. In fact, all were unanimous that it is
a good thing and hoped that it would be extended to
all the drives but the speedway, and some thought it
could ho used to advantage bhere. The oil keeps down
the dust, which is surely a great blessing; it makes an
excellent footing for horses, helps their feet, and re-
tards the wear of shoes. The oil laden dirt that is
thrown from the feet of a horse at speed may stain
light fabrics, but the oiled roads are not intended for
fast, travel. A horse jogging a ten-mile-an-hour gait
will not throw enough dirt to annoy anyone. Those
who desire to drive fast havo the speedway open to
them. From a cursory investigation of the subject we
are inclined to the opinion that coating the pari; roads
with oil is a good thing, and will have to hear more
serious objections than those already raised before we
condemn it. The only things that mar a ride through
our beautiful Golden Gate Park are the wind and the
dust. The formeris disagreeably strong hut a portion
of the summer -eason, and is not so hail then if freed
from the dust which accompanies it. As the oil effec-
tively lays the. dust the breezes will not he disagree-
able, ami i h, ,i|, a. -or .- of i i,.- rule will lie increased.

IN THE EARLY NINETIES Spokane was one of
' the best race horse centers of the Pacific North-
west. The annual meeting attracted thousands of
visitors from the surrounding mining and agricultural
districts. The best stables from all of the Pacific Coast
States were represented here. Unbusinesslike methods
however soon changed all this and for the past five
years the lovers of this greatest of all sport have been
compelled to look to baseball and other side issues to
satify their sporting proclivities. Thousands of people
in the mire, in the orchard, on the range and at the
counting house in the districts tributary to Spokane
are hungry for some real live clean sport. It is the
purpose of the Spokane Interstate Pair to satisfy this
longing at its meeting, September 10th to 21st inclusive
at which $10,000 in purses will be given for nine days'
racing.

THIRTEEN DAYS OF RACING at the Los Angeles
meeting will enable the directors to so arrange
the program that the races in which the same horses
are entered will be placed far enough apart to enable
them to start in all of them. It will be noticed by re-
ferring to the Los Angeles advertisement in this issue
that the classes are close together in many instances,
there being but two seconds difference in the pacing
classes from the 2:09 to the 2:17 classes, while the fast-
est trotting classes are the free for all and the 2:10,
2:12, 2:14 and 2:15. Owners need not hesitate to enter
in as many of these races as they think they have a
chance to win money, as the directors will take par-
ticular pains to arrange the program to accomodate
those who have entered and there need be no fear that
less than four days will intervene between any two
classes in which a horse may be named. The Los
Angeles meeting will be one of the best ever held in
California, and as the date is set for the later part of
September and early part of October, California own-
ers will not have to compete against the crackerjacks
that have won through the eastern grand circuit as
has been the case in former years. Entries to the
splendid lot of purses offered by Los Angeles will close
Monday next, July 1st. Fill out your blanks and mail
them in time. Make the entry list a big one.

A MEETING of the Board of Directors of the State
Agricultural Society will be held 4,0-day at Sacra-
mento. A Secretary will probably be selected to suc-
ceed Peter J. Shields, who resigned last January before
taking his seat as Superior Judge of Sacramento
county.

CIFTY HEAD OF HORSES from the Oakwood
' Park Stock Farm will be sold by auction at the
Occidental Horse Exchange in this city June 11th.
There are some royally bred and fine looking animals
in this lot. Catalogues will be out next Monday and
further particulars of the horses will be given in our
next issue. See ad this week.

Our Pictures.

There are some very promising youngsters among
the horses pictured on our front page to-day. The
Dictatus filly driven by Clarence Day is a five year old
chestnut pacer that has had the hopples on but six or
eight times and paced a mile in 2:40 with them last
Sunday in a manner that looked like a jog for her.
She was rather mixed gaited so Mr. Day concluded to
hopple her. She acts as if she would soon learn to go
without them and beat 2:25 away off.

The high-headed black colt hitched to the high-
wheeled gig is an Altamont three year old owned by
Mr. A. O. Gott, secretary of the Alameda Driving
Club. Mr. Gott broke and has always driven him.

Lady Falrose 2:23, which occupies the center of the
page is one of the most promising pacers in California.
She has such an easy, nice way of going, wears hardly
anything but a harness and shows so much speed that
a mark of 2:10 or better is considered within her
reach. She is owned by Mr. F. W. Miller of San
Francisco, who will probably race her this year on the
circuit.

Frank Dale is the three year old by Chas. Derby
that John Blue took to Denver, He won the first heat
of his first race in 2:30.} and had the race at his mercy,
but on returning to weigh reared and fell and was
badly hurt. His dam is Abanteeo 2:17} by Anteeo.
He is owned by Ed. Gaylord of Denver.

Number 5 in the group is a three year old colt by
Altamont, dam Saturn by San Diego. This colt is
being trained at Alameda bj H. R. Ward and is show-
ing great promise. He is not only a good looking colt
but has a great deal of natural speed and it need sur-
prise no one to see him get a low mark this year. His
owner is Under Sheriff Daly of Napa, who purchased
the colt at the closing out sale of the late E. W.
Crabb's Tokalon Stock Farm horses.

The fact that no boots were used on the old-time
trotters does not prove that they did not sometimes
bump their knees and cut their quarters. The fewer
boots a fast horse needs the better. It is much more
humane, however, to guard against accident and pain-
ful injury by protecting horses with boots even when
they do not need them, than to cause them to suffer
from injuries received through neglect of providing
such protection. The pure-gaited kind that never hit
themselves are the desirable ones to breed for and
raise, but gentlemen who protect their roadsters with
easy-fitting, pliable iboots are entitled to much more
respect than those who speed without boots horses
that sometimes hit themselves. — American Horse
Breeder.

Sue, the brown mare by Athadon, which C. E. Clark
of Fresno campaigned unsuccessfully in California in
1899, won at Denver Tuesday of this week in three
straight heats, defeating Commonwealth, Dr. Shorb
2:10} and Emblematic. Sue showed great speed in her
races two years ago in California but was very un-
steady and did not win a heat out of five or six starts.
Her heats at Denver Thursday were in 2:19}, 2:20}
and 2:19}. _

The well known stallion Jerome Turner 2:15i died
suddenly at Sherman, Texas"' June 3d. He was foaled
In 1789 and was one of the best known horses in the
country. He got his record in 1896 at St. Louis. His
list of standard performers consists of but four horses,
but all have records below 2:15.

T^HE PRIVILEGES for the Breeders meeting at
1 Sacramento will be let to the highest bidders.
Bids will be open July 15th. See advertisement.

During the past four or five years nearly every Mc-
Kinney colt and filly that has been born is a trotter.
We know of but two or three young pacers by Mc-
Kinney in training, but there are enough young
trotters by him to make up a racing program.

JUNE 29, 1901]

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American Derby Won by Robert Waddell.

The fastest American Derby ever run was won by
Robert Waddell, a gelding by Aloha, ridden by jockey
Bullman and owned by "Virginia" Bradley. Thirty
thousand people saw the race at Washington Park,
Chicago, and when the time 2:33 4-5 was hung out
there was great cheering. Terminus by Blazes was
second and the Parader was third.

It was 3:50 o'clock when the horses came out of the
paddock to parade before the stand, in two minutes
they were at the post. They got away eleven minutes
later after one false break. Sanazarro showed first a
neck ahead of Six Shooter. Bonnibert was third,
Beau Gallant fourth, The Parader fifth, Terminus
sixth, Robert Waddell seventh, Silverdale eighth,
Sadie S. ninth and His Eminence last.

Rounding the turn the positions were not altered
much, except that Piggott took The Parader into the
lead to set the pace. That may have been the colt's
undoing. Passing the stand for the first time, the
field was well in hand, with the Parader a length
ahead of Robert Waddell, which had dropped into
second position without any jostling or crowding.
Waddell was about two lengths ahead of Sadie S.
Bonnibert was fourth and running easily. Terminus
was fifth two lengths ahead of Silverdale. Six Shooter
was a neck in front of Sanazarro, which was a length
ahead of Beau Gallant. His Eminence was still last.

Turning into the back stretch, The Parader had
increased his lead to three lengths, while Waddell
hung on nicely, two lengths ahead of Bonnibert.
Sadie S. and the others behind appeared to be rated
according to orders.

At the half-pole The Parader still held his lead of
two lengths and Waddell was still in second place,
running kindly, while Terminus had moved into third
place. The pace began to tell at the far turn and The
Parader's lead was cut down by the truer running
Waddell, which, answering to Bullman 's call, increased
the daylight between himself and Terminus to four
lengths.

Straightening out for the drive in the stretch the
horses gave an inkling of the final result of the race.
"The Parader is beaten!" came from the throats of
thousands. "Bullman is going after him!" as Wad-
dell passed the crack Eastern colt, and Bullman never
had any doubt of his victory. The Parader was two
lengths before Terminus, with the tired or sulky Bon-
nibert fourth, three lengths ahead of His Eminence,
on which Odom was making one of his whirlwind fin-
ishes. The remainder of the field was beaten off.

Down to the wire and under it flashed the winner,
Robert Waddell, still full of running, a length ahead
of Terminus, which just snatched second place from
The Parader by a neck. The Parader was five lengths
ahead of Bonnibert and the remainder of the field
straggled under the wire just ahead of the surging
crowd that broke into the infield and over the fences
to greet the equine hero and his popular jockey,
Bullman.

The time, 2:33 4-5, is the record for this race. The
fractional time by eighths was as follows: :13, :25 2-5,
:38 1-5, :49 2-5, 1:02 3-5, 1:15 2-5, 1:28, 1:41, 1:54, 2:06 2-5,
2:19 and 2:33 4-5.

The winner's share of the purse was $19,000; Termi-
nus won S3000 and The Parader $2000.

Excessive Scoring.

The subject of scoring has been dealt with so repeat-
edly of late that there is just a bare possibility of an
improvement in this tiresome feature during the pres-
ent racing season. To the regular, who is interested
in every movement of the horses, this is not as objec-
tionable as it is to the average race-goer, and as yet no
radical steps have been taken to eliminate from the
sport of racing one of its most objectionable features.
The reason must be that the regular has never raised
his voice against it.

As long as the flying start is in vogue, and doubtless
this system will always be used, scoring will be neces-
sary, but not excessive scoring, which is absolutely a
useless waste of time and energy. When one stops to
consider the folly of allowing the field to score down at
will once or twice for no other purpose than to warm
up the horses, it becomes surprising. Just why the
horses should not be warmed up before turning at the
distance would be hard to explain, for the spectators
care nothing about seeing them in their preparatory
work. When once the field turns together, and it
should never be allowed to turn any other way, the
object of the drivers should be to get away as soon as
possible. And yet this is not their object, for iu nine
scores out of ten some one driver and sometimes several
intentionally delay the start or else they cause its delay
through their inability to get into their proper places,
or through not having properly educated their horses.
The great speed at which the horses are made to score
and the frequent attempts before the word is given,
necessitate the expenditure of an enormous amount of
energy which could be used to advantage after the
race was on. Many a good horse is ruined by the in-
cessant scoring, and the fact that before the season is
half over many trotters and pacers either go wrong or
become stale, is attributable to the practice of scoring
eight or ten times before each heat. Itis adding insult
to injury to force a horse to score at a two-minute gaH
repeatedly before each heat and then race six or seven
heats of a race. The strain that the American trotter
is put to is too great, and it is a rare one indeed that
keeps his best form from Detroit to Lexington.

In most races the scoring attached to each heat
takes as much out of the horse as the heat itself; in
fact, the pulling up so repeatedly is more injurious
than trotting the lull mile. Whenever associations
employ none but the very best starters and empower
them with the proper authority then will a starter be
able to make the drivers get away without delay.
Whenever a starter can punish drivers severely for not
being in their proper places and also punish them for
bringing uneducated horses to the wire, his authority
will be in keeping with the responsibilities of his posi-
tion.— Hawley in Kentucky Stock Farm.

HOOF BEATS.

Will Hold a Great Meeting.

The Spokane Interstate Fair is the natural out-
growth of the Fruit Pairs which have during the past
seven years done so much to advertise the Pacific
Northwest and the city of Spokane in particular.

The management has purchased the necessary land
convenient to the business center and is now equipping
same with a first class race track, a grand stand to seat
2500 guests, a modern and commodious exhibition
building and ample stabling for hundreds of head of
live stock, including horses, cattle, sheep and swine.

The Royal Italian Band, now playing at Willow
Grove Park, Penn., one of the greatest if not the
greatest musical organizations on this continent, has
been secured at a cost of $5500.

The Spokane Art League have taken entire control
of the fine arts department, including art, needle work
and floriculture, and for which liberal prizes will be
awarded.

The Spokane Interstate Pair is a $30,000 joint stock
corporation and is controlled by the leading business
men of Spokane, who will conduct tne fair on the strict
business principles which have during the past seven
years made such a success of the fruit fairs, which
have laid the foundation for this new venture. All
premiums and purses will be paid as soon as the de-
cision may be given.

The Spokane Interstate Fair has set aside $20,000 in
purses to cover nine days' racing. This fair, which is
the successor to the fruit fairs which have done so
mu3h to advertise Spokane, starts out with new
grounds, new track, new exhibition buildings, grand
stand. In fact, everything new. It is backed by a
$30,000 corporation which has just been organized by
the leading business men of Spokane. All purses and
premiums will be paid as soon as dicision may be
rendered. H. Bolster,

Secretary and Manager, Spokane, Wash.

P. W. Hodges has got together a big string of
horses at San Jose. He is working about sixteen head.

Farmer Bunch will be out this year with a string of
trotters and hopes to win a few purses if they don't go
too fast for him. He has nine head that he is working
at present at San Jose.

Sandy Smith Writes From Cleveland.

Glenville, Ohio, June 19, 1901.

Breeder and Sportsman— Having a few spare
moments I will send you a few horse notes from this.
the most popular training ground for the American
trotter in the United States. Nearly every stable and
stall is occupied. There was an open-air horse show
here last week. They had the first matinee here on
Monday, and the races commenced over at Rockport
yesterday, which means that there will be about three
weeks of harness racing right around Cleveland at the
half-mile tracks.

All the California horses here are doing well and
going good. Mr. Thompson has been the fastest mile
of any one here with Goshen Jim. He worked in 2:10
last half in 1:02.

Mr. Sanders' horses are all doing well, but he is go-
ing slow with them yet, with the exception of Venus If,
who worked a mile in 2:17, last half in 1:02, and she
did it very nicely. She is the most improved of any of
the horses that earae over the mountains, for she has
taken on flesh aloug with her work and is going pure-
gaited now.

My horse, Funston, has taken on fifty pounds since
coming here and feels and acts like a two-year-old, but
I haven't done much with him yet, as the weather has
been very bad until the last few days. It seemed like
it never would quit raining.

I saw Cresceus work a mile in 2:14 yesterday with
his head pulled off, and that was the fastest work done
by any of the celebrities here, and you know there are
quite a few of that class stabled at this track.

It looks to us here as if Vance Nuckols was getting a
little the worst of the deal in the Arch W. case.

Little Thorne 2:07} was sold to Mr. Grimes of Chi-
cago by Mr. Thompson and leaves for the Windy City
to-night. He will be used as a matinee horse, and will
probably be raced around the half-mile rings. Mr.
Grimes paid $2500 and another horse for the Haw-
thorne pacer. In haste, Sandy Smith

Will Race on the Fourth.

A Blessing to All.

Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., Enosburg Falls, Vt.
Dear Sirs— After using your Kendall's Spavin Cure and Kendall's
Blister we And them the best we ever used. We have cured spavin
with it when all other remedies failed. It is good for all you claim
and more. We keep it on hand and wish every suffering man and
beast had the opportunity of using it. We believe it£is a blessing
to all that use it. Respectfully,

C. E. King and J. E. Bailey.

W. C. Whitney has purchased Nasturtium, the two
year old eolt by Watereress-Marguerique, from A. L.
Aste. The reported price is $50,000.

William Welch is training two promising horses at
San Jose. One is a trotter by Chas. Derby out of a
mare by Nutwood. The other is the pacer Jim Mar-
shall by Diablo out of a Button mare.

General Smith 2:17$, by Don Lowell, has again been
placed in the hands of J. Shaner at Oakland, who will
try and get him in shape for the races this year. Gen.
Smith was cut on the ankle years ago bv a barbed
wire and it causes him to go lame at times. Shaner
put him in shape last year, however, and his record
made at Stockton shows that he has speed.

Mr. Henry Scott of San Jose has a bay stallion by
McKinney that he calls Scott McKinney. He is out of
Primrose by Sidney, second dam by Pi ivateer. He
has bred this horse to twenty-five mares this season.
Scott McKinney is a three year old and can show a
2:20 gait. Mr. Scott thinks he is second to no horse
but McKinney and is not a bad second at that. The
dam of Scott McKinney was bred to Owyhee this year.

The first new performer for Chimes this year is the
bay Stallion Baron Chimes, that won a five-heat race
at New Hamburg, Ont., trotting the third heat in 2:29}.
He is a royally-bred stallion, being by Chimes, out of
Mayetta by Baron Wilkes 2:18; second dam Augustine
by Pancoast 2:213; third dam Augusta, by Bellfounder,
and fourth dam Dolly Mills, dam of Orange Girl 2:20,
etc., by American Star. He is a five year old and was
bred by Harry Webb of Toronto.
♦

Fulfilling His Promise.

Dr. Boucher's colt, Harry Logan, won the 2:40 pace
at Denver on Thursday in three straight heats, the
time being 2:12}, 2:12} and 2:15}. Four others started }
but the son of Miss Logan 2:06* did not have to stretch
his neck to win. It is a rather risky thing to go East
with but one horse, and that a green one, and the
Doctor took a big risk when he entered this eolt all
through the Grand Circuit, as should he go wrong
there will be about two thousand dollars worth of
entrance money charged up against the colt. As
Harry Logan got second money in his first start, and
won his second at Denver, showing his ability to put
in three heats in fast time, the outlook is certainly
pretty bright for his winning a fair sum when he gets
into the fast company he will meet from Detroit to
Memphis. If he stays right his mark will be very-
close to that of his dam by the time he returns home.

The program of racing arranged by the Golden Gate
Park Driving Association for its matinee on the Fourth
of July will attract a large crowd to the Oakland
track, where the races are to be held. The events will
be best two in three, and in most instances the purses
will be $150 each. The following races are scheduled:

2:20 class — G. L. Swett, Steve; J. Doran, fit-ado; .1.
M. Eva, Ethel H.; H. F. Patrick, Denny Healy; C. E.
Parks, Imp; I. B. Dalziel, Menlo Belle.

2:40 class — Dan Leiginger, Lady Rowena; Dr. A.
McLaughlin, A. B. P.; B. Croner, Bondy O; F. Gom-
met, Lafayette.

Green class — J. W. McDonald Jr., Campaigner: M.
M. Donnelly, Pious: J. W. Bonney, Joe Bonney; H. B.
Slocum, Tempest; Dr. Lainer, Lieutenant Hobson; I.
B. Dalziel, Belle.

Free for all— H. H. Miller, Lady Falrose; Dan Miz-
ner, Sable La Grande; D. Roberts, Al Gregor; W. Van
Keuren, Mattie B.; A. Schwartz, Jeffe.

Special — H. H. Dunlap's King Cadenza and Richard-
son's Edna R.

2:22 class — A. Jacobs, Edna Vale; J. O'Kane, San-
dow; J. Cm-ley, Prince C; N. Pendergast, Bolliver;
J. Cuicello, Porto Rico.

Match race — H. W. Meek, Crecre; George Gray,
Irwin.

No admission will be charged and all are invited to
attend. Racing will begin at 1:30 P. M.

Debts of Horse Show.

Attorney Sidney M. Ehrman has recently begun
suit against certain shareholders of che San Francisco
and San Mateo Agricultural Society, the successor to
the San Francisco Horse Show Association, to collect
$8090 claimed by creditors to have been left unpaid
after the failure of the horse show and agricultural
display at Tanforan a few months ago.

Henry Crocker and George A. Newhall, who were
the main promoters of the Tanforan plan, paid up
their pro rata without dispute, and their names do not
appear on the list of debtors, but among those to be
sued are R. F. Morrow, Charles H. Crocker, E. W.
Hopkins, C. R. Walter, A. E. Buckman. E. E. Ames,
William Alvord, William Landers, J. B. Stokes, Joseph
Donohoe, Peter Donahue and others.

The persons to be sued object to payment of what is
computed to be their share of the loss on the grounds
that they had severed their connection with the cor-
poration before the debts were contracted and that
they were opposed to the mixing of the horse show in-
terests with the agricultural and milch cows displays
of the community. Among the claimants against the
company are Frank Carolan, cash prizes for polo
ponies; Santa Rosa Stock Farm, prizes for young
heifers and bulls, $350; Peter D. Martin, prizes won
tournaments, $155.

Less Use for Horses and Transports.

Seattle (Wash.), June 26. — The apparent cessation
of active hostilities in the Phillippines has determined
the Government to cease the purchase of horses for
use by the Army in these islands. The horse corral
at Fort Lawton is empty, and Quartermaster Ruhlen
announced to-day that no more purchases would be
made in Eastern Washington.

The announcement was accompanied by the state-
ment that the transports Kintuek and Paklin, the last
of the animal ships under charter to the Government
would be released on their arrival here, which is ex-
pected to take place in the course of the next few
weeks.

6

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[June 29, 1901

M SULKY NOTES.

es/s)

Entries close Monday nex;

For the Breeders and Los Angeles meetings.

McKinney's first new performer for ;the year is the,
trotter Dr. Shorb 2:16^.

Searchlight is in splendid shape this year to equal
his record and perhaps lower it.

There are forty-four nominations to the $5000 2:30
trot of the Oakley Park Association.

The Walnut Hall campaigning stable will race only
at Oakley and Lexington this season.

Lou Star is now training a string of horses at Hono-
lulu, and will drive in the races there.

The owners of Lizzie F. 2:24} by Direct are trying to
purchase a nomination in the M. & M.

Spokane entries will close July 25th. There will be
nine days racing there. See advertisement.

Millard Sanders will start Venus II. 2:11}, Janice
2:13J, Zarina 2:13J and Dolly Dillon 2:11} at Windsor,
Ont.

John Pender has gone back to Portland with his
handscme and grandly bred stallion, Captaiu Jones by
McKinney.

Josephine Young, dam of Joe Patchen 2:01}, recently
foaled a sister to that great horse at Patchen Wilkes
Farm, Lexington, Ky.

They say that Joe Patchen is in splendid form, and
is taking very kindly to his work over the half-mile
track at Goshen, N. Y.

Allerton 2:09}, Axtell 2:12, Chimes and Highwood.
2:211, were all represented by two 2:10 trotters before
or by the time they were 13 years old.

J. M. Nelson worked the gray mare Queenie by
Dexter Bradford a mile in 2:14 at the Alameda track
last Saturday, and she did it very nicely.

Anaconda is flying this year. He worked a mile in
2:061 at Dover, New Hampshire, two weeks ago. The
last half was in 1:02| and last quarter in 301 seconds.

Wasco 2:17}, by Edgemark, is said to be able to go
in 2:10, and maybe selected asoneof theBoston horses
to go after the challenge cup. He has been timed a
mile in 2:12.

Chas. Durfee has taken Miss Jessie 2:13} up again
and will probably race her this year. She was bred to
McKinney this spring and has been running at pasture
until a few days ago.

The Directors of the Fourth Agricultural District,
comprising the counties of Sonoma and Marin, will
meet at Santa Rosa to-day to discuss the matter of
holding a fair this fall.

The Visalia track is one of the few tracks in Cali-
fornia where there are no horses in training this year.
If il were kept in order there would probably be quite
a number worked there.

The only Diablo to start in any of the regular events
at Denver was Tags, and Bigelow drove her to an easy
victory last Saturday, two of the heats being exactly
in her former mark, 2:13. She should win Bigelow
quite a sum before he brings her back to California.

A movement has been started in Kentucky to peti-
tion the next Legislature to pass a bill, based on the
Percy-Gray bill in the State of New York, to regulate
racing in that State. The proposed bill is said to con-
tain a provision allowing 30 days' racing on each course.

I. Mulholland, who is at Sacramento with his string
of horses, worked Osito 2:134 a mile in 2:17 one day
this week. The McKinney stallion did it very handily
and looks good enough to equal his record several
times during the year and might drop a few seconds
below it.

Make every entry you possibly can in the six $1000
purses offered by the Breeders' Association, entries to
which will close next Monday. If these purses fill
well, the additional purses to be advertised next week
will be larger and more numerous than they will be
otherwise.

At Denver last Monday in the 2:17 trot Listerine won
the first heat in 2:15}, but was distanced in the fourth.
Dudie Egmont won the second, fourth and fifth heats
and the race. His best time was 2:16}. Ed Widship
took the the third heat in 2:19}. Charlie Mae got
third money.

Lord Golden is about the best bred trotter that ever
won a championship ribbon in heavy harness. His
sire was Pendennis, son of Swigert, and his dam was
Victoria (dam of Victoria McGregor 2:19}, Victoria
Wilkes 2:191 and Victress 2:28|), by Dictator, the sire
of Jay Eye See 2:10.

The horse Winfield Stratton that has paced to a
record of 2:15} and won all his starts at Denver is by
Saraway, full brother to Chas. Derby. The Steinway
family is visiting the speed of the founder upon the
children even unto the third and foui-th generations,
and it will go further and increase as it goes.

Twenty-six nominations have been made for the 2:14
class trot and twenty-nine for the 2:20 class pace at
Memphis. Both these races are to be decided by the
new Memphis system, originated by Murray Howe,
and the big list in each shows that horsemen are will-
ing to try an innovation that looks feasible on paper.

Waldo J. walked over in the free for all pace at
Honolulu on Kamehame day. He paced the mile in
2:13, coming the last half in 1:05. It is thought that
he could have equaled his record that c'ay.

Vic Shellar is not making much of a showing in
Denver when the good work he did at the San Jose
track this spring is considered. He has failed to win a
heat and was behind the flag once last week.

The well known trainer Walter Palmer of Ottawa,
111., is rejoicing over the arrival of a bay colt by
Chimes, dam Hazel Simmons, by Simmons 2:28; grand-
dam Hazel Nutwood, dam of Fancy Wilton 2:18}, by
Nutwood 2:18f.

This is pretty rich rich breeding: A colt sired by
Bingen, 2:06J, dam Narion, by Arion 2:07|; second dam
Nancy Hanks 2:04. Bingen is a five year old cham-
pion, Arion champion stallion to high wheel sulky at
two years, etc.

Andy McDowell, who is training for J. H. Bronson
at the Charter Oak track, has his string in good shape,
it is said. He stepped Martha Marshall in 2:12 during
the record week in June, and a few days later sent
Coney a mile in 2:10.

A man down in San Diego who wanted to dock the
tail of a horse he owned, took the animal across the
State line into Mexico and cut off the caudal append-
age^ He did this to avoid the law passed by the last
Legislature, prohibiting docking.

The free for all pace is to come off at Denver to-day,
together with the free for all trot and the 2:10 trot.
There are great fields in all these races. The "Holo-
lulu horse" is named in the pace, but a report has
reached here that he has gone wrong.

At the first matinee of the season held by the Cleve-
land Driving Club the mare Peko, driven by that
master reinsman Mr. H. K. Devereux, won her race in
2:14£, and Valentine, also driven by Mr. Devereux was
second in 2:241. Valentine is by Boodle.

There is some talk among the trainers at the Lex-
ington track in favor of holding a series of matinee
races during the summer. Friday afternoon of each
week was suggested as the date, and June 28th was
spoken of as the inaugural day of the sport.

Too many trainers try to make speed too fast with a
promising colt or filly, every day wanting the young-
ster to go a little faster, says Columbus. In this way
they may make speed, but never a good race animal.
Developed muscle must go hand in hand with devel-
oped speed if a good race animal is the object aimed at.

Too little stress is laid on the dam's side of the
house. When a famous matron like old Dolly by
Mambrino Chief produces a trio, rather a quartet, like
Director 2:17, Czarine2:21, Thorndale2:22} and Onward
2:25}, and each by a different sire, it but shows the all-
important part the dams play in breeding animals of
to-day.

1901 should be a star year for two-year-olds, accord-
ing to the reports that come from the tracks where
the youngsters are being prepared for the ca'mpaign.
They are certainly doing some wonderful work, but it
will take something a little more than wonderful to
disturb Arion's mark of 2:10| or Directly's pacing rec-
ord of 2:07|.

J. H. Thayer of Lexington, Ky , has had the misfor-
tune to lose by death from pneumonia, his promising
two year old brown colt by Baron Wilkes, dam Fanny
Swope 2:19} by Florida, second dam Roan Fanny, dam
of five in in 2:30, by Mambrino King. The colt was a
remarkable fast one for his age, and his death is a
serious loss to Mr. Thayer.

Wayboy, the Strathway gelding that was sold to
Honolulu parties sometime ago, won a race there June
11th in 2:18. Some steps should be taken to get the
records of the Hawaiian meetings into the Year Book.
A large number of well-bred horses have been shipped
from here to Hawaii and the marks made by them
should be matters of record.

While the pneumatic wagon, with its light draft,
easy riding qualities and convenience of access, has
plainly come to stay, leading builders say there is no
longer any possibility that it will entirely supersede
the solid tire vehicle, except, perhaps, for speedway
driving. An interesting demand for wagons of the
latter design is reported everywhere this year.

Dr. Shorb, the McKinney colt that took a record of
2:16} and won second money in the 2:35 trot won by
Louise Jefferson at Denver last week, was again second
to that max'e last Wednesday in the 2:25 trot. The
dam of Dr. Shorb is also the dam of the pacer Bernard
that took a record of 2.16 at Colusa last year. She is
by a horse called Hiatoguewe believe, owned in South-
ern California.

Monbells has not yet been sent to C. A. Durfee at
San Jose, but the Palo Alto people have arranged to
send him, together with Nazote the full brother to
Azote. They desire both these horses to have rec-
ords. Monbells is by Mendocino out of Beautiful Bells
and is her last foal. He was foaled May 18, 1897.
Nazote is a large horse, 16.2} hands high, and was
foaled February 23d, 1894.

Oscar Duke of Conejo, Cal., writes us that he has
bred eight of his thoroughbred mares to Strathway
2:19, the sire of Toggles. He states that he does not
expect to get any record breakers, but believes he can
breed the fillies that result to stallions like Diablo, Mc-
Kinney and other good producers, and get foals that
will make his small farm noted. He adds that he is
very proud of the thoroughbred foals, now yearlings,
that he has by Montana. Things are looking up
in his locality and he recently sold a sorrel mare five
years old and untried by imp. Mariner for $200.

Henry Helman has a string of ten trotters and
pacers at the San Jose track. He has the pacer
Motanic by Chehalis, a two year old by Boodle, a four
year old by Sable Wilkes, the pacers Myrtha Whips
2:10} and Wild Nutling 2:11} and several others. He
is also working Ratatat 2:20} and another one for Mr.
Williams of Montana.

Mr. M. K. Severance writes the B. & S. from Arrow-
head that he has a green pacer at the farm which he
will probably campaign this year, and may have a
green trotter or two. His great mare Lab'elle that'
took a record of 2:16 as a two year old has a yearling
colt by Direct Heir which is showing uy well iu the
paddock, and if lot trotting amounts to anything will
have as much speed as its dam.

Old Arena 2:11| by Alcantara, that made his record
some five years ago, is now a pacer and being entered
in the stakes out in the western country. The late
J. W. Knox, of Nutwood fame, won good races in 1894
with Arena trotting, and John Goldsmith, who drove
him in some of his stake engagements, considered him
quite nearly a 2:08 trotter. He went wrong and has
been at the stud several seasons at Kalamazoo.

The Los Angeles Driving Club will hold an afternoon
of matinee racing to-day. The feature of the program
is the free for all pace in which the colors of the cham-
pion matinee pacer of the Pacific Coast, Primrose 2:12,
will be fought for by Dr. Well's Coeur de Lion and L.
J. Felton's Montecito Boy 2:15. Mr. Potter will drive
Primrose and if she is in condition she should retain
her prestige, as she is fast and game, and steady as a
clock.

A gentleman who seems to know what he is talking
about, says that Cresceus would now have just as fast
a record as The Abbot if it had not been for an error
on the part of the man who drove Cresceus' prompter
when that horse took his record of 2:04 at Cleveland.
The driver in question called the time to Ketcham at
the half mile pole, and he made a mistake of one
second, calling it 1:01| instead of 1:02|, as he should
have done. It was faster than Mr. Ketcham wanted
to go, and he took the stallion back.

Says the American Horse Breeder of Boston: Trainer
James Golden has stepped some of the California
youngsters that he bought at the recent Cleveland
sale quarters in 35 seconds, and says that with good
weather and no accidents he can drive the two-year-old
full sister of Idolita an eighth in 15 seconds. She is as
beautifully gaited and rapid going a pacer as any man
can ask. The highly bred trotting three-year-old
gelding Rowellan is as level headed a trotter as the
best of the intensely trotting-bred ones. AH his Cali-
fornia colts have improved wonderfully during the
past ten days.

When in 1894 Directly paced to a two year old record
of 2:07| at Galesburg, he gave his sire Direct 2:051, the
honor of being the first stallion in the 2:10 list to pro-
duce a 2:10 performer. Later in the same season
Lockheart took rank with him, being the sire of La
Belle 2:09. Now there are twenty-one 2:10 stallions
that are 2:10 sires; Direct's number has been in-
creased to three, and includes a trotter, and the only
other stallion with as many is Allerton, which, by the
way, is the only 2:10 trotter with two trotters in the
2:10 list, Atlantic King, Hal Dillard and Roy Wilkes
are the sires of two each. The only 2:10 trotting stal-
lions which have sired 2:10 speed are Allerton and
Arion. — Boston Courier.

It is not so long ago when there were but two or
three sires holding 2:10 or better records that were
represented in the same select circle by one or more of
their get. Now there are no less than twenty-one
stallions with records of 2:10 or faster that are sires of
2:10 or better speed. Direct 2:051 is the sire of three
in the 2:10 list; Allerton 2:09} has also three, two of
them trotters. Allerton is the only 2:10 trotting sire
with two trotters to his credit in the 2:10 list. Direct's
three are made up of two pacers and one trotter.
Atlantic King, Roy Wilkes and Hal Dillard are the
sires of two 2:10 performers each. Star Pointer 1:59},
John R. Gentry 2:001 and Direct 2:051, each in his day
champion pacing stallion, are all sires of 2:10 perform-
ers. Moquette, trotting mark 2:10, is the sire of a 2:10
pacer and Kentucky Star 2:081, pacing, is the sire of
Bay Star 2:08, trotting.

Mr. George Ketcham was at the Glenville track Fri-
day and drove Cresceus a mile in 2:17, the last quarter
in 32 seconds, the last eighth being in 141 seconds, not
very bad for a horse only out of the stud a month.
The fastest Tim Murnane has driven the champion
stailion is a mile in 2:20. Murnane has also driven
Crescent Route, a three-year-old by Cresceus, a mile
in 2:32, the last quarter in 34 seconds, and Creosceus, a
two-year-old filly by Cresceus, a quarter iu 42 seconds.
When Murnane had Cresceus out working Monday,
Scott McCoy was on the track with Directum Kelly
2:08}, champion trotting stallion of 1899. The two
finally came together, Directum Kelly holding his own
until Murnane stepped Cresceus a quarter in 31 sec-
onds. It was too hot a pace for the son of Direct and
he died away, several lengths from the wire. — Cleveland
Sportsman.

A prominent veterinarian proposes a new solution of
iodine which he prefers to the._official tincture, as fol-
lows: Iodine, 20 grammes; alcohol, 40 grammes; ether,
40 grammes. This is a 20 percent solution of iodine in
equal parts of alcohol and ether. The point made for
the use of this solution in preference to the official
tincture is that it dries as rapidly as it is applied on the
skin, and is of such strength that but one or two coats
need be applied. On account of the alcohol in the offi-
ciol tincture the iodine is spread over a larger area of
the skin than is necessary, and it is usually impossible
to prevent drops of it from running down the part
for some distance and staining it. Because of the rapid
evaporation of the alcohol and ether mixture made by
the formula here quoted it has no tendency to spread.
Horsemen who use this remedy quite frequently will
be interested in this new solution.

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America on the British Turf.

I THE SADDLE.

Results at Denver.

The results of the running races at the Denver meet-
ing- from June 20th, the date of our last report, up to
June 26th, are here given. There is a very large at-
tendance at the Overland Park every day and betting
has been lively ever since the meeting opened. The
success of the racing will no doubt lead to a two weeks
running meeting being given under the same manage"
ment in the fall, just prior to the opening of the season
in California.

June 21— Sis furlongs— George H. Ketcham won, Bulgarian
second, Jersey Maid third. Time 1:15.

Four and a half furlongs—Big Dutch won, Joe Bush second, Jack
third. Time 0:55.

Five and a half furlongs— Taurus won, Prince Russell second,
Don H third. Time 1:08.

Six furlongs— Peg Parks won, Bourbon second, March Past third.
Time 1:15&.

June 22— Six furlongs— R. Q, Ban won, Chlorad second. Follow
Me third. Time 1:15.

Four furlongs— Satado won, Mancos Girl second, Post Bell third.
Time 0:49.

One mile — Nearest won, Virgie d'Or second, Kenova third-
Time 1:4134

Six furlongs— Sweet Voice won, Watauches '.second, Torn King
third. Time 1:16.

Six furlongs — Morven won,' Regalong second, Gold Bug third,
Time 1:16^-

June 24— Six furlongs— G. :F. Ketcham won, Alaria second, R, Q.
Ban third. Time l:\4H-

One and a quarter miles— Missionrwon./.Major King second, St.
Germain third. Time 2:10}^.

Five and a half fullongs— Dewitt won, Jake Ward'second, Rega
long third. Timei;08.

Five and a half furlongs — Virgil won, 'Billy Underwood second.
Miss Bell third. Time 1:09M-

June 25— Third race, half mile— Honest Johnjwon, Joe D. second.
Joe Bush third. .Time 0:48*4

Fourth race, one mile — Bulgarian won, Kenova second, Virgie
d'Or third. Time 1:43^.

Fifth race, four and a half furlongs— Apache won, Stella Perkins
second, Roger Q. third. Time 0:57*£.

Sixth race, Ave and a half furlongs— Jersey Maid won, Lucy
White second, Julia Gyp third. Time 1:09!^.

June 26— Four furlongs— Weldon won, Yampa (second. Roger Q,
third. Time 0:51^.

Seven furlongs— G. H. Ketcham won. Nearest second, McAlbert
third. Time 1:28.

Six furlongs— R. Q. Ban won, Alaria second, Foul Piay third.
Time 1:1434.

Five furlongs, Don H. won, Thracia second, Sandow third.
Time 1:02.

One mile, over five hurdles— Joe Bell won, Torsion second, Cedar-
wood II. third. Time 2:02.

Rough Riding in Races.

[N. Y. Spirit of the Times.]

Early in the season attention was drawn to the mat-
ter of rough riding, and deliberately unfair tactics
which were being indulged in by several of the jockeys
riding in the vicinity of the metropolis, and the appar.
ent result was that one or two of the worst were badly
shaken up by the authorities. It does not seem, how-
ever, to have had a lasting effect. Seldom at a metro-
politan meeting has there been so much crowding,
jostling, roughing and utter lack of what may be
termed "race courtesy" as at the Brooklyn meeting,
now closed. Of course no one expects a jockey to be a
Chesterfield or a Beau Brummel, but in the past, that
is to say until the last year or two, there has been a
certain amount of decency and consideration among
the leading boys, and an equivalent small proportion
of deliberate and intentional foul riding. To-day such
fair behavior seems to have well nigh vanished, except
in isolated cases, but when one looks back through the
list of fouls claimed, dismissed and allowed, there is a
curious continuity in the names of those concerned,
which should point a strong index finger to very nearly
the root of the evil.

A glance at last season will show that at least three
of the leading boys had no claim made against them;
that an exceedingly heavy percentage of their claims
was allowed, and that their work for the entire season
was consistent and fairly regular in its tenor. On the
other hand, it will be found that those boys against
whom fouls were claimed time and again, the majority
being allowed, had records which did not take them
into the front percentage ranks, and in which appeared
astounding runs of losing mounts, three and four times
as great as those of the better boys quoted above.

Any one who closely watches each race can plainly
see that round the turns, and down the stretchj the
majority of boys are working on the principle of " the
de'il take the hindmost, " and are strenuous apostles of
the great "Get there, Eli," division. It is the trend of
the time, unfortunately, that the modern generation is
too rushed, too busy, for empty courtesies, but in the
case of the jockeys, where such tactics involve im-
portant factors of gain or loss, far beyond the mere
value of the stake, race or event, and its natural spec-
ulation, the offenders should surely be dealt with sum-
marily. Not by fine, which in many cases amounts to
nothing, but by suspension which cuts down clear to
the bone and marrow, and is felt and remembered.

It would be idle to attempt to make specific charges,
and practically impossible to prove them, but every
experienced racing man with normal eyesight knows
just exactly what is alluded to, and will endorse the
proposed remedy.

As a sprinter Voter, the imported chestnut horse by
Friar's Balsam, is certainly a fast one. He picked up
133 pounds in the Coney Island Handicap last week and
ran the distance in 1:12 2-5, which equals the time
made by Waltzer with 105 pounds up in 1895.

The recent victories of American owners, trainers,
jockeys and horses on the running tracks of England
have attracted the attention of all Americans who are
at all interested in horses, and the following article
from the New York Sun will be read with interest by
all such;

The racing over the Downs at Epsom during the
past week has been of special interest to the citizens of
the United States whether they have an acute or mild
interest in the racing of running thoroughbreds. The
winner of the Derby was an English-bred horse, to be
sure, but he was owned by a Yankee and ridden by a
Yankee. In tho Oaks, run on Friday, the Americans
had everything pretty much their own way. The re-
sults in these two important events on the English
turf made the blood of thousands of Americans course
a bit quicker, not because of their own special and par-
ticular interest in horse racing, but because Americans
were at the fore in them. The American flag waves
no less smartly over a foreign i*ace track after an
American victory than in a foreign sea after the
triumph of our arms.

The racing at Epsom, however, had interest primar-
ily for the horsemen. To the thoughtful among these
the Derby and tbe Oaks must offer subjects for inter-
esting reflection. So far as the Derby is concerned, it
is undoubtedly true that the best horse won. But be-
cause he was born and bred on the other side and only
leased for the occasion by Mr. Whitney, it is probably
true that a great majority of Americans would have
been much better pleased had the race been won either
by Mr. Whitney's Prince Charles or by Mr. Keene's
Olympian. Both of these are American-bred horses,
and had either one turned up the winner there would
have been real cause for Yankee jubilation.

When it is remembered, though, how the race was
run, you might be pardoned for concluding that the
real hero of this year's Derby was the American-bred
Olympian, half-brother to Cap and Bells, and son of
the American-bred Dominio, which was the son of the
American-bred Himyar. We learn from the story of
the race cabled from the other side, that Olympian
was first away at the flag-fall and made the running
for a little over a mile. For that dista.nce he was, in
truth, the whirlwind son of his whirlwind sire. It was
the Dominio style of racing, descended from sire to
sons like Commando and Olympian, aDd to daughters
like Cap and Bells. Volodyovski, so some of the
reports of the race stated, was never made to travel so
fast in his life before. The Yankee was setting a
heart-breaking pace and the Britisher must follow or
take a beating. When the race was over, and the
time was hung up, it was known that a new Derby
record was made and there was much British enthusi-
asm over the greatness of Volodyovski. But it was
an American horse that really lowered that record,
and the fact should be understood.

For some time racing men have been doubtful about
the stamina of the get of Domino and there may be
some who will point to Olympian's performance in the
Derby as a justification of this doubt. It may be said
that Olympian's running was characteristic of his sire
— that he ran a mile with the speed of the wind and
then collapsed. It is true that Domino was not invin-
cible over a distance of ground, and it seems to be true
that Olympian nas no great liking for a long journey,
but Olympian is only one of the progeny of Domino,
and a very formidable son at that. How about others
of the Domino get? Two days after Olympian forced
Volodyovski to break the Derby record, Cap and Bells
ran the Derby course of about a mile and a half, and
won the Oaks with such ridiculous ease that her near-
est competitor was six lengths behind. Her time was
2:14 2-5, or 3 3-5 seconds slower than the time in which
Volodyovski ran practically the same distance. Who
shall say that if Domino's daughter had have been
harder pressed she would not have equaled and, per-
haps, lowered Volodyovski's record? And what shall
be said of Domino's greatest son, Commando, who is
"burning up" the American tracks, has run a mile
faster than any three year old than anybody here-
abouts has ever heard of, and has been able to retain
his speed and go as far as he has been asked to go, a
distance a little short of one and a half miles?

When, however, the performance of American thor-
oughbreds in England are recalled, not only during
the present year but in years past, it does seem to be
true that the English thoroughbred has better stay-
ing qualities than the horse of American breeding.
With the exception of the victories of Mr. Keene's
Foxhall and Mr. Lorillard's Iroquois, years ago, and
the one winning this year of Mr. Lorillard's David
Garrick, our horses have shown to better advantages
on the English tracks in the shorter races. Mr.
Whitney's Prince Charles was regarded as one of the
best two year olds here last year. Mr. Whitney's
Kilmarnock was regarded by a man last year as the
best three year old in the United States. When
Prince Charles was asked to go the Derby distance
and win, he made a poor response. In the few races
that Kilmarnock has run this year in England, he has
shown little evidence of his last year's form.

Many reasons may be advanced for the inability of
our horses when running on foreign tracks to go a
distance. It may be, for instance, that Prince Charles
is not as good a three year old as he was a two year
old. It may be that Kilmarnock would not have been
the horse he was last year under any circumstances.
But this is a fact: For several years American owners
of thoroughbreds have discouraged distance racing.
They have protested to racing associations against
races as long as or longer than a mile and a half. Tho
result has been that our horses have been trained for
performances of the touch-and-go style. Then, too,
American horses are not used to carrying the weight
imposed upon English horses. When American own-
ers conclude that distance racing is worth their while,
and that ability to carry weight at any age and from
any distance is an evidence of stamina, there may be
more American winners of the English Derby and the
Oaks.

How the "Darby" Was Run.

The London Sportsman's description of the Derby
was as follows: "Weighed out to time, the paddock
was crowded, and all were on view except Osboch, who
was saddled away, by permission of the stewards.
Ruskin led the parade, followed by St. Maciou, and
then came H. R. H., Handicapper, Cottage, Sang
Bleu, Pietermaritzburg, Doricles, Royal Rouge, Reve-
nue, Ian, Veles, Royal George, Orchid, Olympian,
Lord Bobs, Tantalus, Claqueur, Veronese. Floriforni,
Prince Charles II., Volodyovski, Wargrave and Wil-
liam the Third. Assembled at the post, there was a
tedious wait, chiefly caused by the obstinate Orchid,
who repeatedly declined to gonear the gate. At last,
after over half an hour's delay, the bai-rier went up,
and quickest away was Olympian, followed by Claqueur,
Osboch and Lord Bobs, whilst Doricles went on next,
in advance of Veles, Revenue, H. R. H., Ruskin, Vero-
nese, Royal Rouge, these being in front of Volodyov-
ski. Crossing the road Olympian still held a clear
lead of Lord Bobs, Orchid, Revenue. Pietermaritzburg,
Osboch, William the Third, Prince Charles II., Hand-
icapper, Ruskin and Veles. So they raced to the
straight, where Olympian was still showing the way to
Prince Charles II., whilst Volodyovski was following
in his wake, with Revenue next, in front of William
the Third. Well below the Bell the leader collapsed,
and Volodyovski dashed to the front, followed by Wil-
liam the Third. The latter struggled on hard, but
Volodyovski, putting in some good work up the hill,
secured Mr. W. C. Whitney his first Derby by three
parts of a length; four lengths between second and
third. Floriform, a head away, was placed fourth,
Olympian was fifth, Osboch sixth, Doricles seventh,
Prince Charles II. eighth, Sang Bleu ninth, Pieter-
maritzburg tenth, H. R. H. eleventh, Ian twelfth,
Royal George thirteenth and Orchid last. Time, by
Benson's chronograph, 2 minutes 40 and 4-5 seconds.
Value of the stakes £4,950."

SADDLE NOTES.

The record for a mile was lowered at Sheepshead
Bay on Saturday last when Brigadier won the handi-
cap from a high class field in 1:37 4-5. The previous
record for a mile on a circular track was made by Voter
last year at Brighton Beach, when he ran the distance
in 1:38. Brigadier is by imp. Rayon d'Or, out of imp.
St. Bridget by St. Simon. He is a bay gelding four
years old.

A number of race horses in training, the property of
Charles Littlefield Jr., were sold at auction last
Wednesday in the Fasig-Tipton Company's paddock
at Sheepshead Bay prexious to the day's racing.
Water Color, black colt by imp. Watercress-Sabrina,
was the star of the sale and was knocked down for the
good price of $23,000. Sidney Paget and M. Thayer-
man were prominent bidders, but he finally went to D.
C. Johnson.

The Rancho del Paso has lost one of its most valuable
thoroughbred stallions, St. Andrew, which died on
Saturday from the effects of a rupture. Every effort
was made by the veterinarians to save the horse's life,
but without avail. St. Andrew was one of the leading
sires of the Haggin breeding farm, and his progeny
sold for high prices at the sale of yearlings in New
York last week. The horse was valued at about $25,-
000. He was the sire of Articulate. Santello, Gotobed,
St. Rica, St. Cassimer and many other good ones.

Horses are peculiar pieces of property. This is
demonstrated particularly in the case of Watercolor.
Watercolor was either injured or taken sick when a
youngster during his trip from California to New York.
He was so poorly off that he was not even led into the
ring for sale, but passed over to Littlefield to do the
best that he could with him. It was behoved that he
would pass up to horse heaven at a very early stage.
To the New Jersey farmer went Watercolor, and, in-
stead of dying, began to improve under Littlefield's
care. It is an old story how he was introduced as a
two year old, winning race after race, and voted the
handsomest and most gentlemanly youngster of the
year. Practically a gift horse, for Mackey did not
want to ship him back to California, he is now valued
at $23,000.

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KENNEL.

Coming Events.

June 18— Pacific Advisory Board. Monthly meeting. J- P.
Norman. Secretary.

Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30— Pan-American Exposition Dog Show, Buffalo,
N. Y, E. M. Oldham, Superintendent.

Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5— Toronto Industrial Exhibition. Eleventh annual
Dog Show, Toronto, Can. W. P. Fraser, Secretary and Superin-
tendent.

Sept. 3, 4, 5, 6— Columbia County Agricultural Society. Inaug-
ural Show, Chatham, N. Y. M. T. Mason, Secretary.

Sept. 11, 12, 13, 14— West Virginia Exposition and State Fair
Association. Annual Dog Show, Wheeling. W. Va. G. O. Smith,
Manager.

Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27— Middlesex East Agricultural Association.
Dog Show, Wakefield, Mass. G. B. Kirkpatrick, Secretary Bench
Show Committee, Boston, Mass.

Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11— Texas Kennel Club Dog Show, Dallas, Texas-
Sidney Smith, Secretary.

Oct 8, 9, 10, 11— Danbury Agricultural Society. Dog Show, Dan-
bury, Conn. James Mortimer, Superintendent.

Field Trials.

Aug. 13— Iowa Field Trial Association- 4th annual trials. Em-
metsburg, la. Louis Verveer, Secretary, Des Moines, la.

Aug. 20— South Dakota Field Trial Association. 2d annual trials
Sioux Falls, S. D. Olav Haugtro, Secretary, Sioux Falls, S. D.

Sept. 2, 3— Western Canada Kennel Club's Annual Trials. La
Salle, Man. H H. Cooper, Secretary, Winnipeg, Man.

Sept. 10 — Manitoba Field Trials Club. 15th annual trials. Car-
man, Man, Eric Hamber, Secretary-Treasurer, Winnipeg. Man.

Oct. 29 — Monongahela Game Association. 7th annual trials.
Senecaville, O. A. C. Peterson. Secretary, Homestead, Pa.

Nov. Michigan Field Trials Association. 4th annual trials.

, Mich. C. D. Stuart, Secretary, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Nov. Ohio Field Trial Club. 4th annual trials. , Ohio.

C. E. Baughn, Secretary, Washington Court House, O.

Nov. II— Independent Field Trial Club. 3rd annual trials. ,

Ont. W. B. Wells, Honorary Secretary, Chatham, Ont.

Nov. 12— International Field Trial Club. 13th annual trials
Chatham, Ont. W. B. Wells, Honorary Secretary, Chatham, Ont

Nov. 12— Connecticut Field Trial Club. (Open to New England
dogs), Hampton. Conn. F. M. Chapin, Secretary, Pine Meadow,
Conn.

Nov. 12— Kentucky Field Trial Club. 2nd annual trials. Glas-
gow, Ky. Dr. F. W. Samuel. Secretary, Louisville, Ky.

Nov. 19— North American Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont.
Richard Bangham, Secretary, Windsor, Ont.

Nov. 19— Illinois Field Trial Association. 3rd annual trials.
Robinson, Ills. W. R. Green, Secretary-treasurer, Marshall, Ills.

Nov. 20— Pointer Club of America. Annual trials .

R E. Westlake, Secretary.

Nov. 23 — Eastern Field Trial Club. 23rd annual trials. Newton»
N. C. S. C. Bradley, Secretary, Greenfield Hill, Conn.

Nov. 25— Missouri Field Trial Association. 5th annual trials1
Paris, Mo. L. S. Eddins, Secretary, Sedalia, Mo.

Nov. Interstate Field Trial Association. Inaugural trials,

Paris, Mo. (Following the Missouri trials.) C. B. Cooke, Secre-
tary, St. Louis, Mo.

Dec. 2— Western Field Trial Association. Inaugural trials.
Armstrong, Mo. H. L. La Flesh, Secretary-treasurer, Kansas
City, Mo.

Dec. Wisconsin State Field Trial Association. Inaugural

trials. , Wis. O. W. Gothke, Secretary, Grand Rapids, Wis.

Jan. Pacific Coast Field Trial Club 19th annual trials

, Cal. A. Betz, Secretary, 201 Parrott Bldg, S. F.: Cal.

Peach Blossom-Clipper W. Race Is On.

An interesting; feature and side issue at the Mani-
toba Field Trials to be run in September, at Carmani
Man., will be a match race between W. W. Van Ars-
dale's English Setter bitch Peach Blossom (Count
Gladstone IV.-Peach Mark) and Dr. C. E. Wilson's
English Setter dog Clipper W. (Marie's Sport-Isa-
bella Maid). Peach Blossom won second in the Derby
and first in the All Age at Coronado last January.
Clipper W. was unplaced. He had previously won
second in both the Derby and All Age at the Pacific
North Western Trials at Whidby Island, near Seattle,
last fall.

The conditions of the race are for a purse of $250,
$50 to be deposited with Mr. Eric Hamber, secretary
of the Manitoba Field Trials Club, upon signature of
articles of agreement. The match to take place some-
time during the running of the Manitoba trials under
the rules and conditions, governing that meeting. If
both dogs should "ie entered in the All Age stake the
merits of the dogs are to be judged during the running
of that stake. If it should happen that neither dog
will be placed or if for any reason the judges at the
trials should refuse to officiate or determine the respec-
tive merits of the dogs, the principals or their repre-
sentatives shall each select a judge, and these two
gentlemen will select a third and the three gentlemen
so selected will judge the race. If neither dog is
entered in the All Age the dogs will run a heat of two
hours' duration, during the Manitoba trials, which
heat is to commence not earlier than four o'clock p. M.
Should Peach Blossom be in season, it will be optional
with Dr. Wilson to run his dog or not.

Dr. Wilson has this week written a gentleman in
this city that Clipper W. is all right and will be sent
East in the near future. He will forward the signed
articles of agreement and a check for $50 to Mr. Ham-
ber next week. He has notified the other side to go
ahead with their preparations for the race and re-
marks that he has no ill feeling in the matter and
hopes the best dog may win.

Peach Blossom will be entered in the Manitoba All
Age and will shortly be sent East in charge of Mr.
Chas. Babcock, Mr. Van Arsdale's handler. The
trial last January was her initial field trial perfor-
mance. The general impression among those who
were present at Coronado at the time is that she
will win.

The history of the difference of opinion respecting
the two dogs matched is a story that does not reflect
a :iy credit upon the parties who originally fomented a
Reeling of distrust and misplaced confidence in the
breasts of sportsmen who unfortunately were not pres-
et when their dogs ran at Coronado. In the first
place all the daily press reports of the Coronado trials
vere written by the same individual or his coadjutor

in misrepresentation. The reports furnished the East-
ern sporting press were by the same pen which framed
the Examiner and Chronicle reports published in this
city, which were biased in the extreme. These reports
were, we believe, supplemented by personal letters to
owners and also communications to a weekly published
in this city. There was never any newspaper contro-
versy at all regarding the trials, but instead, there was
a series of deliberate misrepresentations systematically
published, concerning also another dog, as well as Dr.
Wilson's, and for what purpose we do not know, ex-
cept possibly to acquire an influence that was not
founded on merit. These unscrupulous statements
were not only a reflection upon the integrity of the
judges, particularly Mr. Johnson, but unfortunately
created a feeling among divers readers, if subsequent
inquiry was any criterion, that Clipper W. had been
thrown down and favoritism shown. So callous and
unfair were the motives that prompted the reports re-
ferred to, that when Mr. Johnson forwarded a letter
for publication the communication was so -distorted
and garbled as to make it ridiculous and destroy the
meaning of the key sentence.

That Dr. Wilson's feelings were aroused is shown by
his letter published in an Eastern sportsman's journal
and by his resignation from the Pacific Coast Field
Trials Club. The proposition to run this race did not ori-
ginate at Coronado but came from Dr. Wilson. Mr.
Johnson, upon being advised of Dr. Wilson's dissatis-
faction, immediately proposed, if he could have the use
of Mr. Van Arsdale's dog, to run a race for $1000 or
any part of it. Dr. Wilson has accepted the challenge
for $250 a side.

The concensus of opinion is that Clipper W. will
have a hard chance to win, not that he is not a dog of
quality and merit, but he is against a better dog.
Furthermore, knowing sportsmen claim that another
dog that ran at Coronado and was not placed, would
probably beat Clipper.

In the whole matter our sympathies are with Dr.
Wilson who has shown himself to be an enthusiastic
sportsman, but we sincerely believe has been imposed
upon in an uncalled for manner.

Bench Show for Oakland.

A dog show will be one of the features of the com-
bined poultry, pigeon, rabbit and cat exhibit at Oak-
land in December. For three years past the dog show
has been under the auspices of the California Colile Club,
with P. K. L. rules prevailing. This year we are ad-
vised the show will be run under A. K. C. rules. Mr.
John Bradshaw will have entire supervision of the
bench show exhibit. Mr. Bradshaw will no doubt
have success in bringing the venture to a practical and
satisfactory issue, his abilities and experience are suffi-
cient to enable him to take charge of a show of greater
magnitude. Present indications are that at least 200
dogs are guaranteed for this show. An innovation in
judging will be introduced. Fanciers of local reputa-
tion and now among the Coast ranks of dogdom will
go over the various breeds in the ring. Already specu-
lation is rife as to a probable selection of judges.
Among the list of eligibles, have been mentioned Nor-
man J. Stewart for Collies and pet dogs, Chas. R.
Harker and Jos. Cutten, St. Bernards and Mastiffs, J.
F. Gleason. Bull Terriers. Dominick Shannon, Fox
Terriers, Greyhounds and all terriers but Irish and
Bostons. W. Chute, English Setters and Pointers.
Notwithstanding the alleged dissatisfaction it is claimed
Mr. Lynn's judging created at our recent show, the
gentleman will be invited to judge all terriers should
his services be available during the time of the show.
The encouragement already shown the projectors of the
show tends to the possibility of the exhibition being a
three-point show.

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Derby Entries for Next January.

The entry of Derby candidates for the Pacific Coast
trials next January promises to be a good one. Among
the probable entries will be 5 or 6 from Stockdale Ken-
nels, Dr. Wilson mentions 4, W. B. Coutts will have 3
or 4, Albert Betz 2, Geo. D. Potter, Wallace, Idaho, 2
or 3, John Schumacher and Henry M. Keller 1 each,
also entries from other Los Angeles sportsmen. From
San Diego, Mr. Babcock and Mr. Naylor will possibly
each send an entry. Chas. N. Post of Sacramento, it
is reported, has a promising young dog to enter.
The list will possibly exceed in numbers that of last
year. The entries will close on Monday, as most of the
nominations are kept back until the last day, the fol-
lowing partial list up to the 25th, will be largely aug-

mented :

ENGLISH SETTERS.

G. W. Tibbets' (Colusa) black and white dog Flash (Charm-
Jessie Gladstone HI), bred by H. Shock, Yreka, Cal. Whelped
June 10, 1900.

W. W. Van Arsdale's (McCloud) black, white and tan dog Belle
Buoy (Tony Boy-Lena Belle) bred by Chas Tucker. Stanton Depot,
Tenn. Whelped July 1900.

W. W. Van Arsdale's white, black and tan dog Oakley's Pride
(Oakley Hill-Gypsy Queen), bred by C. W. Tway. Irwin, O.
Whelped June 1900.

W. W. Van Arsdale's orange and white bitch Ruby Gladstone
(Sam Gladstone-Fanette Gladstone), bred by C. H. Babcock, Mc-
Cloud. Cal. Whelped May 22, 1900.

W. G. Kierrulffs (Los Angeles) lemon and white dog Gabriel
(Mercury-Betsy Mark), bred by William Kerckhoff, Los Angeles.
Whelped May 9, 1900.

J. E. Lucas' (Mt. View Kennels) black, white and tan bitch
Sport's Money (Marie's Sport- Verona Cash), bred by A DeCour-
tieux. San Francisco. Whelped Sept. 27, 1900.

A. De Courtieux' (San Francisco) black, white and tan dog Pay-
ing Teller (Marie's Sport-Verona Cash), bred by owner. Whelped
Sept. 27, 1900.

A. De Courtieux' orange and white dog Cash Boy (Marie's Sport-
Verona Cash), bred by owner. Whelped Sept. 27, 1000.

Clinton E. Worden's (San Francisco) black, white and tan dog
Wade Earl (Dave Earl-Accelerando), bred by R. V. Fox. Harris-
burg, Ky. Whelped Feby. 1900.

Hugh Hopkins' CHanford, Cal) white black and tan dog Sadie's
Earl (Ch. Count Gladstone IV— Sadie Hopkins), bred by owner,
whelped March 29, 1900.

Hugh Hopkins' white and lemon bitch Sadie's Vista (Ch. Count
Gladstone IV-Sadie Hopkins), bred by owner. Whelped March
28. 1900.

Hugh Hopkins' white, black and tan bitch Amanda (Tony Boy-
Sadie Hopkins), bred by owner. Whelped December 25, 1900.

Hugh Hopkins' white and lemon bitch Alice Alicia (Tony Boy-
Sadie Hopkins), bred by owner. Whelped Dec. 25, 1900.

Doings in Dogdom.

The following good story is vouched for by a promi-
nent Eastern fancier sojourning on the Coast at present
The gentleman just mentioned recently paid a few
days' visit to a certain congenial spirit well known in
Coast dogdom circles and who is pleasantly located
under his own "vine and fig tree" not over 100 miles
distant from San Jose. During his visit who should
bob up serenely but Deputy Fish Commissioner Harry
T. Payne. The Eastern visitor had never met Payne
but knew him by reputation. Before Payne had a
chance to unload, the Easterner made a bet with his
host that he would keep Payne from monopolizing the
conversation, with Countess Noble fairy tales, for a
period of six hours. Singular to say he won his bet.
He kept the breeder of the most wonderful setter that
ever lived, away from his pet canine theme from 4'30
until 11:15 P. M. However he did it, we can't for the
life of us divine. But Payne then had his innings and
closed up at 1:30 A. M.. when he found that both of his
victims were sound asleep.

The plea is urged by a local fancier that home bred
dogs should receive more recognition at the hands of
bench show committees and specialty clubs than has
heretofore prevailed. In the past the cream of the
awards has been captured by high priced imported
dogs. Our friend argues that anyone with the neces-
sary funds can go to the ends of the earth for the best
that can be bought. In the ensuing competitions the
hard-working and painstaking breeder is pushed to
the wall, which is a discouragement to the fancy.
Not everyone can breed a crackerjack, but while giv-
ing due reward to a good one, from anywhere, that
particular element should not overshadow the home
bred and good ones.

Kennel Registry.

VISITS

Angus McLeod's Fox Terrier bitch Dinah Chips (Sawbuck-
Soapy) to J. B. Lemmer's Black Jack Rocksy (Rivets-Nutsv)
June 25, 1901. "

Mrs. Thos. Murphy's Pointer bitch Gabilan Queen ( )

to Stockdale Kennels' Sam's Bow (Plain Sam-Dolly Dee H), June

SALES

Plumeria Cocker Kennels sold to W. A. Hartter the red Cocker
puppy Plumeria Guard (Hampton Guard-Plumeria Surprise)
June 20, 1901. '

1 GUN I

Coming Events.

June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30— Northwestern Association's Tourna -
ment. Blue rocks three days, live birds two days. Walla Walla.

June 30— Union Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

June 30— Visalia Rod and Gun Club. Tournament San Joaquin
Valley Gun Clubs.

July 7— California Wing Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 7— Union Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

July 7— Lincoln Gun Club. iBlue rocks. Alameda Junction.

July 7— Antler Gun Club. Blue Rocks. Empire: Club grounds.
Alameda Junction.

July 7— Sacramento Gun Club. Blue rock preliminary. Kimball
& Upson grounds. Sacramento.

July 13, 14— Blue Rock Tournament. Sacramento.

July 14— Olympic Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 14— San Francisco Gun Club. Blue rocks. iDgleside.

July 21— Olympic Gun Club. Blue rocks. Ingleside.

July 21— Washington Gun Club. Blue rocks. Washington, Yolo
county.

July 23, 24, 25, 26 — Second Annual Grand American Handicap
Tournament. Blue rocks. Interstate Association. Interstate
Park. Queens, L. I.

July 28 — San Francisco Gun Club. Live birds. Ingleside.

July 28— Empire Gun Club shoot. Blue rocks. Alameda
Junction.

July 28— Capital City Gun Club. Blue rocks. Kimball & Upson
grounds. Sacrament o.

Aug. 3— Grass Valley Sportsman's Club. Trap shoot and "camp
stew."

At the Traps.

The Union Gun Club live bird shoot to-morrow is
the scheduled event for Ingleside. The program com-
prises a club shoot at 12 birds, handicap 26 to 33 yards.
Entrance $3. Side pool entrance $2, three moneys,
class shooting. Two six bird races are also listed, en-
trance $1.50. High guns to win in one race and class
shooting to prevail in the other.

A 100 bird race, $20 entrance, will be a feature of the
Lincoln Gun Club shoot on July 7th. A fair number
of entries have already been received.

The blue rock shooting men are well pleased with
the action of Mr. Phil B. Bekeart in putting up an ex-
pensive and beautifully worked silver cup to be shot
for under perpetual challenge conditions. The initial
shoot will take place on July 14th. The entrance fee
will be the price of birds. The winner is subject to a
challenge at any time, the shooter or shooters wishing
to contest for the cup will accompany their defi with a
deposit of $5. The name of each successive winner of
the trophy will be engraved on the cup. This prize
cup will doubtless prove the sought for honor in many
a hot blue rock shooting contest.

The proposed trap shooting tournament at Buffalo
under the auspices of the Pan-American Exposition,
has been officially declared off, writes Elmer E. Shaner.
He has received a telegram from S. D. Clarke, secre-
tary of the Bureau of Sports, stating that it will be
impossible to hold the shoot.

At Burlingame on July 4th the club members will
hold a live bird shoot. The principal event of the day
is the cup race at 20 pigeons. This contest has been
shot up twice previously. Mr. Fred Tallant and Mr.
W. H, Howard have each won the cup. Final owner-

June 29, 1901]

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ship %dll rest with the shooter who wins the trophy
three times. The race Thursday will be an interesting
one.

The Empire Gun Club at Alameda Point Sunday
was fairly well attended by club members and visitors.
The feature of the day's shooting was the clever work
of W. G. Cullen in the Sweeney record medal race.
This race is a distance handicap affair. For each five
targets smashed the shooter is set back two yards until
the twenty-yard slat is reached, doubles or two targets
sprung at the same time, are then trapped for the
shooter, who, after breaking each five pair, will have
to get back an additional two yards. These conditions
have so far resulted in handicapping most shooters
who entered this race out of record scores until Cullen's
shooting Sunday, which, under the circumstances,
was very skillful. He broke five clay pigeons from
both the sixteen and eighteen-yard pegs, five pairs
from the twenty-yard mark and four pair straight and
one of the fifth pair, missing his second target, shoot-
ing from the twenty-two-yard score, thus making a
run of twenty-five straight. This record was the best
score of the day and is now the high score in this par-
ticular event. C. W. Debenham of Oakland broke
fifteen out of a possible twenty in the Allen handicap
trophy race, shooting at ten singles and five pairs
shooting from the eighteen-yard mark. Pool and
practice shooting at ten, fifteen and twenty-five targets
thrown from the maugatrap device also engaged the
attention of about a dozen shooters during the forenoon.

In several other events the scores were as follows:

Twenty-five bird race — Reed 23, Juster 20, Jeffreys
10, Hanna 8, Robertson 22, Chestnut 22, King 17, Allen
16, Wetmore 20, Brown 15, Mincke 13, Hauer 22, Pel-
tier 17, Anderson 11, Debenham 20.

Ten bird race— Peltier 5, Knick 6, Baird 6, Jeffreys
4, Wetmore 8, Debenham 10, Reed 8, Robertson 8,
Roman 7, Hauer 9, Hanno 9, Cullen 10, Allen 8, Chest-
nut 10, King 10, Anderson 5, Juster 8, Bennett 7,
Brown 8.

Several pool and practice shoots concluded the day's
sport.

Strong, lively pigeons at the Ingleside trap shooting
grounds last Sunday baffled the skill of the shooting
experts in grassing birds at the shoot of the San Fran-
cisco Gun Club. In the club mateh at 15 pigeons not
a single shooter scored straight. Several times during
the day a shooter left the score after having fired both
barrels at a bird and feeling confident that the pigeon
was properly killed, having seen the bird drop appar-
ently dead to the ground, and would then have the
chagrin of losing the bird, which revived in time to
escape the dog's efforts to retrieve. In a 15-bird pool
race, after the club event, Otto Feudner and George
H. T. Jackson made the only straight 15-bird scores
during the day. An 8 and 6 bird pool race followed.
A number of the club members resorted to the blue-
rock section of the Ingleside grounds for practice shoot-
ing at inanimate targets after shooting up their scores
at live birds. The scores were:

Club match at 15 pigeons, 30 yards rise —

Jackson, G. H. T 11221 21212 2122*— U

Forster, E. L 22121 21201 21121—14

Feudner, M 0 21222 12*22 12202—13

Murdock, W. E 11011 12111 11*22—13

Karney, J. F 12221 101*0 21212—12

Neustadter, N. H 11202 11111 211*0—12

Feudner, F **222 11221 20112—12

Klevesahl, E 12101 12101 10122—12

Coleman, J. V 10022 2121 1 12101—12

Schultz, E. L 22202 02122 022*2—11

Justine, H 20122 22220 *2021— 11

Leta, G. (guest) 01102 2*212 00212—10

Roos, A 20202 21110 20102—10

Cuthbert, M (guest) *02*0 2*112 low —

Feudner, M. O.f 12111 11212 1 1222—15

Neustadter, N. H.t 11211 22120 11112—14

Justins, H.t 20122 22220 *2021— 11

Roos, A.t 22222 20120 10012— 11

tBack scores. *Dead out 3

Fifteen bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Feudner, M- O 11211 11212 111222—15

Jackson, G. H. T 12112 21111 11121—15

Neustadter, N. H 11211 22120 11112—14

Justins, H 02122 21022 22222—13

ROOS, A 22222 20120 10012—11

Coleman, J. V 10011 11010 w — 9

Eight bird pool, $2.50Ientrance, 30 yards rise —

Feudner, M. 0 112*1212—7 Neustadter, N. H 11021010—5

Jackson, G. H. T 22011222—7 Coleman, J. V ll*0w —2

Six bird pool, $2.50 entrance, 30 yards rise —

Neustadter, N. H 211222—6 Feudner, M. O 111221—6

Jackson, G. H. T 112211—6 Roos, A. (birds) 121112—6

Members of the Sacramento Gun Club were out last
Sunday doing some practice work for the tournament
next month. The club's medal contest also took place.
The sport opened with a match at 10 bluerocks, in
which Palm scored 7, Brown 5, Mitchell 6, Beardsley
6, Leazer 7 and Trumpler 6. Next came the medal
shoot at 25 bluerocks, Black shooting in class 1 and
Beardsley in class 2. The results were:

Palm 10m 10101 01111 11101 11110—19

Beardsley 11011 11111 lull 01010 01111—20

Mitchell 01111 11111 11011 11110 11111—22

Black.. 11111 10101 11011 01111 01011—19

Brown 10111 11100 10011 00110 01111—16

Trumpler 10110 11011 11000 10100 00101—13

In a 25-bird match Palm broke 18, Leazer 17, Mit-
chell 20 and O'Connor 9, Book 8 Beardsley 16, Palm
(re-entry) 21. In a similar match Palm broke 18,
Brown 17 and 0"Connor 8. Match at 10 bluerocks —
Brown 6, Palm 10, O'Connor 2. At 15 bluerocks —
Palm 10, Brown 9.

The Capital City Gun Club held its regular shoot on
the 23d inst. The club has found it necessary to in-
crease the facilities of the grounds, and Sunday an-
other set of five traps were kept in almost steady oper-
ation. Several new faces were present, and some of
the new shooters made good scores for beginners.
Much interest is being taken in the tournament to
come off on the 14th and 15th of July. To accommo-
date the sportsmen, and in order that they may
familiarize themselves with the grounds and condi-
tions, a preliminary shoot, under the rules to govern
on that occasion, will be held on July 7th.

The events shot off were as follows: Match at 15
bluerocks — Newbert 12, Frazee 12, Gusto 14, Vetter 12,
Just 14, Griffin 7, Adams 10, Kindberg 12, Weldon 10,
Black 12, Favero 7, Blair 11.

Match at 10 bluerocks— Vetter 7, Smith 10, Welden
8, Meir 5, Woods 8, Frazee 5, Hughes 6, Blair 7, Favero
5, Ackerman 6, Adams 7, Griffin 4, Brown 4, Germes-
hausen 6, Stevens 7, Heilbron 9, Flint 8, Bauer 5.

Club shoot at 25 bluerocks —

Newbert mil 11111 11111 11111 11111—25

Adams imo 11111 01111 UUI 01111—22

Kindsberg 11110 11111 (1110 11011 11101—21

Smith, w 11m 10m 11110 11111 11001—21

Vetter 10100 11101 OHIO 11111 11111—19

Favero 10110 10111 01011 11111 01111—19

Black 01111 11111 mil 11101 10011—21

Hugh 01111 10101 11111 10111 11100—19

Woods 01111 10101 11001 11110 11101—18

Just 10101 01111 11010 10101 10111—17

Gusto 10I1I 10100 11011 10011 11101—17

Upson 11001 OHIO 11110 OHIO 11101—17

Frazee 10111 01010 10000 11111 11111—17

Weldon OHIO 00101 10011 mil 11010—16

Maier 11101 10100 10(111 11110 10001—15

Smith 01111 10010 01100 10110 11110—15

Heilbron 01111 11111 11001 00111 11111—20

Flint OHIO 11101 OOlll mil 00011—17

Bauer 0101U 11100 01011 10010 00110—12

Griffln 00000 00101 00100 11111 01110—11

Team shoot at 15 blue rocks —

Just 10100 01 101 01011— 8

Weldon 11001 mil 10111—12

Adams 01001 10011 01111— 9

Kindberg 01111 mil 11111—14

Upson 11111 11011 11001—12

Blair OHIO OOlll 11101—10

Germeshausen 11110 00001 10111— 9

Smith 00101 00000 01011— 5

Woodworth 00101 10011 11111—10

Total.

Gusto 01111 11111 00111—12

Newbert mil mil 11110 14

Black 01111 01111 11011—12

Vetter 11101 0111 1 11011—12

Frazee 01100 10101 11111—10

Trumpler 11001 00101 00001— 7

Favero 01100 01101 10011— 8

Woods 00110 01011 11000— 7

Brown mil 11101 11000—11

Total.

.Mi

Match at 15 blue rocks— Vetter 12, Gusto 12, Kind-
berg 14, Favero 8, Weldon 11, Woods 2, Frazee 8, New-
bert 15, Just 13, Upson 11, Meredith 8, Klotz 10, Amon
8, Eckhardt 12, Crenshaw 10. Newbert, first money,
$2; Kindberg, second money, $1.20; Just, third money,
80 cents.

Match at 15 blue rocks — Adams 6, Just 6, Gaston 8,
Warick 1, Kindsberg 7, Griffin 4, Brown 3, Germer-
hausen 7, Stevens 8, Heilbron 5, Flint 6, Bauer 6.

Match at 10 blue rocks — Hughes 9, Blair 3, Favero
7, Ackerman 4, Adams 10, Griffin 5.

Match at 25 blue rocks —

Vetter 11100 01111 mil 11010 11111—20

Welden 11111 11110 00110 00101 11101—17

Gusto 01001 10111 11011 11111 11100—18

Upson 10011 11111 01111 01111 10111—20

Amon 10010 11010 11011 00111 11101—16

just oom 11m 11101 11101 01110—19

Upson and Vetter divided first money, $3. Just took

second $2.
Match at 15 blue rocks — Weldon 8, Just 4, Vetter 12,

Gusto 11, Upson 13, Klotz 11.
Match at 10 blue rocks — Weldon 7, Just 7, Vetter 9,

Gusto 7, Upson 8.

Match at 25 blue rocks-
Gusto 11101 11101 11111 10100 11010—18

Weldon 00010 10110 11101 10101 10111—15

Vetter 11000 11001 11110 OHIO 11111—17

Upson 01111 11111 11111 11111 11111—24

Just 11101 10011 O0110 01011 10011—15

Upson won first money, $3; Gusto seoond money $2.
Wolf Hunting in India.

The rains had broken and big game shooting in the
hills was over, and as there was nothing better to do I
sent my shikari out into the plains to try and arrange
for me to get some wolves I heard were about, so
writes an English sportsman in recounting the follow-
ing adventures. After a week or so I received a post
card saying that six wolves were at L., so next morn-
ing, taking my carbine with me, I started and rode
some twenty-five miles and very unpleasant it was as
it rained hard, and all the nullahs were rushing tor-
rents and difficult to cross. Arrived at L, I enquired
where my shikari was, and after a while found him in
a mistri's house in the workshop of which he had ar-
ranged for me to put up. An hour before dark the
shikari proposed a start and off we went with only my
carbine, as my double rifle had not yet arrived. He
took me about half a mile to some nullahs, and then
we lay down behind some long grass and watched a
piece of high ground to which the man said six wolves
came every evening, and in a few minutes they began
to arrive singly and in pairs until six had come and
were playing together some ninety yards away. I was
trying to make up my mind which one to shoot at
when another wolf, the biggest I have ever seen, ar-
rived and sat down about 120 yards off.

Partly with the desire to get the big one and partly
to watch them, I refrained from shooting until about
dusk when all the wolves solemnly got off their
haunches and walked off in different directions, the
big one passing me at about 80 yards off. I fired and
mised and then as they rushed in all directions I
knocked a small one over some 50 yards off.

The next morning we walked miles and saw several
wolves, but shot nothing but a nilghai bull, till nearing
home there was suddenly a great hulabaloo and a wolf
dashed past some eighty yards off with a crowd of men
and dogs behind him. I let drive with mj rifle, broke
a hind leg, then ran home, got my pony and a spear
and started in pursuit; the wolf had a long start, but
the noise guided me, and presently I spotted the wolf
about half a mile away and I settled down to ride in
earnest. Several times I caught him, but the pony
did not like the looks of his teeth, and the ground was
rough and heavy; three times we swam swollen rivers
until at last the wolf now utterly done kept to one of
the streams sometimes swimming, sometimes running,
and I splashed along behind, at last he turned up a
creek and on my coming to the mouth I saw him
standing in the water unable to climb the banks and

blocked in by myself and pony I jumped off, and went
cautiously towards him, and as he came at me I ran
the spear through him. He seized the solid bamboo
in his teeth and snapped it like match wood, then
snapped at my leg pulling away a piece of my puttie as
I jumped back, and before he could renew his attack
I brought the lead end of the half of the spear I still
had down on his head and killed him.

I then dragged him to the nullah and found a slope
and hauled him up and laid him by the nearest tree
and then led my jaded nag to the nearest village, and
enquired where I was. I had ridden seven miles and
had a long walk home with a chamar carrying my
wolf. Having got dry and had a meal I sent the skins
with the shikari to the Kucheari for him to get his re-
ward, and I went home on an ekka. So ended a rather
curious experience.

ROD.

Coming Events.

July 1— Open season for striped bass begins.
July 1— Open season for black bass begins.

Jdly 13— Saturday Contest No. 7. Class series. Stow lake
2:30 P. M.

July 14— Sunday Contest No 7. Class series. Stow lake, 10 A. M

The Fly-Casters.

The first of the series of five class contests of the
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club took place Saturday
and Sunday at Stow lake. It will be seen that bait-
casting has now been taken up. J. B. Kenniff was
high rod on Sunday but the scores made are suscepti-
ble of much improvement; we venture to say that an
increase of sixty per cent in this event is not an exag-
gerated idea of the known abilities of some of the gen-
tlemen who wet a line in the lake. In the other events
the majority of the contestants show an increase in
skill. This year quite a few new fly-casters are noticed
in the list of sportsmen present.

On the following page will be found an interesting
tabulation of the preparatory classification work per-
formed during the first five meetings this season.
The schedule of percentages defining the class to which
each fly-caster belongs is based on the following
standards: Championship class, distance, 102 1 feet and
over; accuracy, 90 per cent and over; delic icy, 82 per
cent and over. First class, distance, over 90 and under
102J feet; accuracy, 83 and under 90 per cent; delicacy,
77 and 82 per cent inclusive. Second class, distance,
under 90 feet; accuracy, under 83 per cent; delicacy,
under 77 per cent, in which latter division there is at
present no representation.

The scores made in contest number six of the class
series appear below:

Saturday Contest No. 6— Stow Lake, June 22, 1901. Wind,
northwest. Weather, fine.

Judges— Messrs. Everett and Muller. Referee, Mr. Mansfield.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events 12 3 4

Battu, H 80

Brooks, W. E 100

Everett, E 109

Grant, C. F 99

Mansfield. W. D... .— —
Mocker, E. A..
Muller, H. F...
Young, C. G....
Smyth. H

.103
.100

71 8-12

83 8-12

75 10-12

79 9-12

91 4-12

91 4-12

69 2-12

80 3-12

85 8-12

86

75 10-12

80 11-12

79 8-12

88

70

79

94 4-12

94 4-12

74 2-12

84 3-12

87

94 8-12

75 10-12

85 3-12

91 4-12

89

80

84 6-12

86

92

75

83 6-12

81 8-12

85 4-12

73 4-12

79 4-12

706
927

Sunday Contest No. 6— Stow "Lake, June 23, 1901. Wind,
northwest. Weather, warm and clear.

Judges — Messrs. Young and Turner. Referee, Mr. Mansfield.
Clerk, Mr. Smyth.

Events

1

Battu.H 87

Blade, A. M 78

Brooks, W. E 100

Brotherton, T. W..110
Daverkosen, F. E..105

Everett, E 106

Foulks, G. H 92

Grant, C. F 103

Golcher, H. C 121

Isenbruck, R 70

Kenniff, J. B 100

Kenniff, C. R 99

Mansfield, W. D .. .

Mocker, E. A 95

Muller, H. F 98

Smyth, H

Turner, Jas

Young, C.G 90

81 4-12

90

8-12

74 2-12

82 6-12

80

611

4-12

69 2-12

64 9-12

84

ST

63 4-12

75 2-12

81 8-12

m

K-12

75

82 10-12

89

XI

8-12

75 10-12

78 9-12

89 8-12

88

4-12

75 10-12

82 1-12

74 8-12

62

K-12

73 4-12

68

80

77

73 4-12

75 2-12

84 11-12

m

90

4-12

74 2-12

82 3-12

77

74 2-12

75 7-12

79

87

4-12

74 2-12

80 9-12

91

91

4-12

76 8-12

84

85 4-12

91

75

83

87 8-12

81

K-12

75 10-12

78 9-12

82 4-12

7K

77 6-12

77 9-12

90 8-12

89

8-12

75

82 4-12

94 8-12

83

8-12

76 8-12

80 2-12

877
832

.8^- NOTE: Event 1— Distance Casting, feet. Event 2 — Ac-
curacy percentage. Event 3 — Delicacy, (a) accuracy percentage:
(b) delicacy percentage; (c) net percentage. Event 4— Lure cast-
ing, percentage.
The fractions in lure casting are 15th.

Camp Reverie, below Guerneville, on the pictur-
esque banks of Russian river, is proving to be an
angler's paradise. Mark West and other streams
near are full of trout; the black bass and striped bass
fishing, it is reported, will be first class after the 1st.

Advices from Mr. Al M. Cumming are to the effect
that Webber Lake is now at its best and will continue
good for three weeks to come.

Fishing in Sage Hen creek and the Little Truckee is
first class.

Lake Independence is giving good results to the
angler.

White Rock lake promises to be just right in about
two weeks.

H. E. Skinner Co., 416 Market street, have received,
direct from New Mexico, a choice lot of genuine Navajo
Indian blankets, which they are selling 25% less than
the usual rates. These blankets make the best camp-
ing beds on earth, and, in addition, are also largely
used as rugs and portieres.

10

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[JDNE129, 1901

SAN FRANCISCO FLY-CASTING CLUB CLASSIFICATION TABLES, SEASON OF 1901.

SATURDAY AVERAGE— CLASSIFICATION CONTESTS 1 TO 5.

Contests

I

Total

<
S
D
-
o

< I

Total

X f
o I

< i

SI

a i

Battu

So
81

92

436

Average 87 12-60

Total

87 8-12
80 8-12

80

4-12

420

8-12

84

8-60

Brooks Broth'ton Everett Edwards Golcher

101
94
84
97
99

475

95

83 4-12

81 4-12
72 4-12
86 8-12
89 8-12

413 4-12

82 40-60

1

78 5-12

7S 11-12

?,

80 5-12

79 10-12

3

77 5-12

77 7-12

4

82 3-12

75 2-12

5

81 11-12

85 11-12

400 5-12 397 5-12

111

112 1-2
95
111
113

1001

105

1001

110

114

103
95

100 6-12
102

542 6-12 529

108 30-60 105 48-60

93 4-12

8S 4-12

94

89

91 8-12

456

4-12

91

16-60

78

7-12

81

11-12

84

6-12

81

11-12

82

8-12

409

7-12

90 8-12t
S3t

-7 8-12

91 4-12
89 4-12

442

88 24-60

492

6-12

98

30-60

4-12
8-12

89
89

88 12-60

sot

85 7-12

84 6-12t

79 2-12

84 9-12

80 11-12

81 8-12

82 11-12

S7 8-12

85

104t
117

110

116t

120

567

Grant

102

104 1-2
92
105
104

507 6-12

Muller

Mocker Mansfield Skinner

Smyth Young

101
98
92
94

106

491

87
88
87
91

441

113 24-60 101 30-150 98 12-60

84 4-12t

88

92 4-12

79 4-12t

95

78 4-12

88

92 4-12

86

93 4-12

93

88 4-12

90 4-12

91 4-12

12-60

86

63 8-12
72 4-12
83 8-12
71

90 8-12
92

84 4-12t

9(1

90 4-12

96

80

97t

88

94

455

86 8-12
79 4-12t
88 4-12

87 4-12

85

88 8-12

81 4-12

91

83

432
¥6 24-60

79 5-12f
78 1-12

84 10-12
83 2-12t

85 10-12

439 8-12 456 4-12 376 8-12 447 4-12 430 8-12 409

98

98

100

490

98

83 4-12

91 8-12

92 4-12
89 8-12

443

*7 56-60 91 16-60 75 20-60 89 28-60 87 32-60 81 48-60 88 36-60

83 l-12t

82

81 2-12

86 5-12

82 8-12

81 5-12

83

3-12

78 11-12

,9

82 4-12

87 8-12

70 7-12t

80 11-12

85

9-12

80 ¥-12

80

9-12

85 7-12

84 2-12t

81 7-12

83 5-12

86

6 12

SO 4-1 2t

81

8-12

75 10-12

84 6-12

76 10-12

80 9-12

83

6 12

82 3-12t

82

6-12

82 3-12

88 10-12

86

88 5-12

90

5-12

41? 7-12 413 7-12 411 4-12 405 3-12 405 11-12 407 2-12 431

-12 397 8-12 414 11-12 429 5-12

Average 80 5-60 79 29-60 81 55-60 83 45-60 82;43-60 S2 16-60 81 3-60 81 11-60 81 26-60 "6 19-60 79 32-60 82 59-60 85 53-60

SUNDAY AVERAGE— CLASSIFICATION" CONTESTS 1 TO 5.

Contests

H

u

1

z
<

2

H

3

r.

4

o I

Total
Average

SI

Total

Average

Total
Average

Smyth

8-12
8-12
4-12

85

437

8-12

S7

32-60

78 6-12

79 9-12
81 1-12
88 8-12
85 11-12

82 47-60

Battu

Blade

Bi

ooks

Broth'ton

Dav'

rk 'en

Everett

Foulks

Golcher

Gi

ant

Haight
77

Hi

86

—

89

98

111

93

s2

115

97

94

86

72

87

96 6-12

95

100

71

105

95

79t

78t
84

81

78

96

113

105+

107

90

126

108

75

83t

74t

88

110

99t

116

90

119

115

80

96

86t

80

100

114

106

106

89

127

107

87

96

422

381

460

531 6-12

516

84 24-60

76 12-60

592

398

92

106 18-60 103 12-60 104 24-60

84 24-60 118 24-60 104 24-60

90

8-12

75 S-12

87

4-12

94

87

90 8-12

91

4-12

94

87

4-12

73 8-12

92

8-12

88

4-12

94+

S-12t

76t

88

8-12

93

8-12

87t

4-12t

73 4-12

92

93

S-12

87

8-12

440

389 4-12

77 52-60

83
79
84
80
81

8-12

2-12

4-12

5-12t

7-12t

66 4-12
73 6-12
77 2-12
62 11-12+
72 4-12

90 24-60

74 5-12

78 10-12

79 4-12
76

82 6-12

413 11-12 409 2-12 352 3-12 391 1-12

81 50-60

70 27-60

78 13-60

463

8-12

92

44-60

81

82
83

-4
85

.5-12
11-12

1-12
11-12

7-12

417

11-12

83 35-60

T.Kierulff

442 8-12 443 4-12 437 4-12

460

8S 32-60

88 40-60

87 28-60

82
85
82
78
80

9-12

9-12

6-12t

2-12+

2-12

-::
82
85
-,;
84

7-12t

4-12+

2-12

6-12

3-12

3-12

7*

79

80 11-12

79 2-12

74

11-12
3-12
6-12
1-12

438 4-12
87 40-60

75 3-12

80

83 4-12+

78 10-12t

437

409 4-12 421 10-12 391 4-12 418 9-12 392 5-12

81 52-60

*4 22-60

78 16-60

83 45-60

78 29-60

87 24-60

78 6-12
73 ll-12t

77 6-12

80 9-12

81 4-12

392

78 24-60

448

79 36-60 89 36-60

87 8-12t

90

4-12

96

81

4-12

88

J93 8-12
94t

80f

90

90

90

8-12

82t

93 4-12

86

93

8-12

92

90 4-12

91 8-12

93 4-12

89

4-12

88

4-12

85

4-12

88 8-12

90

89

81

8-12

92

89

88

81

460 4-12

92 4-60

5-12t
1-12
9-12
8-12

390 11-12
78 11-60

Contests

-

Total
Average

Heller

B. Kennifl C. Kennifl W Kier'lff

1

80

84t

66

68

71t

2

72 6-12

S5t

85t

68

64t

3

67t

76

, ,

69

62

4

95

93

83

66

73

0

81

95

85

77

78

395 6-12
79 6-60

433

396

348

86 36-60

79 12-60

69 36-60

348

69 36-60

Mansfield

Mocker

441

88 12-60

Muller

494

98 48-60

Reed

81

98

80t

92t

91

91

88

104

81t

90

95

82t

90t

106

106

440

Turner

Young

93
88t

86t

93

97

457

91 24-60

1

95

8-12t

92t

84 8-12

64

86t

92

86

94

88t

93

90

8-12

2

90

4-12

86 8-12t

88t

60

4-12

79t

93

4-12

87 8-12t

92

90

82 8-12

91

4-12t

3

86

8-12t

78

84 8-12

91

8-12

35

93

8-12

83 4-12

92

8-12

96t

81 8-12t

91

4-12t

4

88

94 4-12

88 4-12

74

8-12

89

95

4-12

75 4-12

94'

92 8-12t

86t

92

8-12

5

90

88

92 8-12

71

8-12

62 8-12

93

90t

95

90 4-12

87 4-12

91

4-12

Total
Average

450 8-12

90 8-60

439

87 48-60

87 40-60

72 28-60

70 20-60

93 2S-60

84 28-60

438 4-12 362 4-12 351 8-12 467 4-12 422 4-12 467 8-12

93 32-60

457

91-24-60

86 8-60

430 8-12 457 4-12

91 28-60

'_

1

73 10-12

79

9-12t

67

8-12

-o

9-12

75

2-12t

86

5-12

81

6-12

83

6-12

78 10-12+

73

4-12

83

3-12

■"

2

82 8-12

,4

2-12+

78

10-12+

82

9-121

71

8-1 2t

87

3-12

67

4-12t

79

7-12

SO

3-12

82

83 10-12t

3

84 1-12+

10

7-12

, i

9-12

79

3-r1 :

53

5-12

86

1-12

82

11-12

79

7-12

(O

2-12t

74

4-12t

891

5-12t

4

79 11-12

81

5-12

79

3-12

76

2-12-

74

7-12

83

4-12

85

85

7-12

SI

2-12t

76

9-12+

88

3-12

—

0

78 5-12

rti

5-12

74

1-12

78

2-12

71

5-12

90

3-12

"

l-12t

84

9-12

88

7-12

82

9-12

84

4-12

Total

398 11-12

382

4-12

377

7-12

389

1-12

346

3-12

433

4-12

393

10-12

413

404

389

2-12

422

1-12

Average

79 47-60

7> ; 28-60

75

31-60

77

49-60

69

15-60

86 40-60

78146-60

82

36-60

80 48-60

77-

50-60

84

25-60

t Re-entries

*"

Saturday Percentages.

Championship Class —
Distance— Golcher 113 34*1: Brotherton 108 30-60:

Everett 105 48-60:
Accuracy— Muller 91 16-60; Brotherton 91 16-60.
Delicacy—Mansfield 86 19-60; Young So 53-CO:
Everett 83 45-60; Smyth 82 59-60: Edwards 83
43-60; Golcher 82 16m
First Class-
Distance— Grant 101 30-60; Edwards 98 30-60; Mul-
ler 98 13-60: Young 98: Brooks 95: Skinner 91.
Accuracy— Mansfield 89 28-60: Young 88 36 60:
Everett 88 24-60; Edwards 88 12-60; Grant 87
56-60: Skinner 87 32-60; Golcher 86 24-60: Battu
84 8*0.

Delicacy— Brotherton 81 55-60: Mocker 81 26-60;

Muller 81 11-60: Grant 913-60: Battu 80 5-60:

Brooks ra 39-60: Skinner 79 32-60.
Second Class-
Distance— Mocker 88 12-60: Battu 87 12-60.
Accuracy— Brooks 82 40-607 Smyth BI -

Mocker 75 20*0.

Sunday Percentages

Championship Class-
Distance— Golcher 118 24-60: Brotherton 106 18-60;

Everett 104 24-60: Grant 104 24-60: Daverkosen

10313-60.
Accuracy— Muller 93 32-60; Maosfield 93 28-60:

Brotherton 92 44-60; Huyck 92 4-60; Golcher 92;

RECAPITULATION,

Young 91 38-60: Keed 91 24-60: Brooks 90 24-60;
Heller 90 8-60.
Delicacy— Mansfield 86 40-60: Y'oung 84 25-60:
Everett 84 33-60: Golcher 83 45-60: Brotherton
83 35-60; Smyth 8247-60; Muller 83 36*0.
First Class-
Distance— Muller 98 48-60: Brooks 92: Young

91 24-60.
Accuracy— Everett 88 40*0: Daverkosen 88 33-60:
Battu 88: B. Kennifl 87 48-60: R. Kennifl 87 40-60:
Grant S7 40*0; Smyth 87 32-60: Foulks ST 28-60:
Haight 87 24-60: Turner S6 S-60; Mocker 84 28-60.
Delicacy— Daverkosen 81 52-60: Battu 81 50-60;
Reed 80 48-60: Heller 79 47-60: Mocker 78 46*0:
Grant 78 39-60; Haight 78 24-60; Foulks 78 16-60:

Brooks 78 14-60: Huyck 78 11-60: Turner 77 50-60:

W. Kierulfl 77 49-60.
Second Class —
Distance— Huyck 89 36-60: Mocker 88 12-60: Reed

88: B. Kennifl 86 36-60: Battu 84 24-60: Foulks

84 34-60: Haight 79 36-60: R. Kennifl 79 12-60;

Heller79 6*0: Blade 76 12-60: T. Kierulfl 69 36-60;

TV. Kierulfl 69 36-60.
Accuracy— Blade 77 52-60: W. Kierulfl 72 38-60;

T. Kierulfl 70 20-60.
Delicacy— B. Kennifl 76 88-60: R Kennifl 75 31-60;

Blade 70 27-60: T. Kierulfl 69 15-60.

June 29, 1901]

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11

THE FARM.

Wastes on the Farm.

Millions of dollars' worth of material
are wasted annually on the farms of this
country, is a statement made by some
authority. In the aggregate I suppose
there is an enormous amount of waste in
every industry, and farming is no excep-
tion to the rule. There are farmers to-day
who avoid waste on their farms fully as
much as the wide-awake manufacturer or
producer in other lines. On the other
hand, there are plenty who fail to realize
that they are wasting good material, al-
though the process is going on daily under
their very noses. Everything is a waste
that is not put to its best and highest use.
Thus cornstalks burned in the field is a
distinct waste if there is any possible way
to convert them into food for cattle. Some-
times it is a decided waste simply because
the farmer is too stupid to see that his best
plan is to raise more cattle to eat the
stalks, and less corn. Again it may be a
great waste to attempt to raise only one
farm crop when the uncertainities of sell-
ing the produce at a fair profit are great,
especially if there are other crops which
could be raised satisfactorily.

Sometimes one of the greatest wastes on
the farm comes from the failure to spend
money for needed improvements. The
soil that is not in fit condition for raising
a certain crop to the highest perfection is
actually wasted when sown with seed
which it cannot possibly do the best by.
The waste comes in at such times because
of lack of foresight or because the farmer
is unwilling to spend the extra amount of
money. Now, we can waste soil and crops.
We can also waste time, machinery and
labor. All of these are important factors
and they must be studied separately and
individually. The successful merchant
studies the market, labor, cost of produc-
tion and the wear and tear of machinery
and waste of capital. So the farmer mustj
to avoid leaks and wastes, look to it that
the highest efficiency is obtained from
every dollar of capital he has invested.
Progressive farmers of to-day are doing
this, and they are rapidly becoming the
best business men in the country. The
man who can take a run-down farm and
build it up and make a good living from it
through good farming is a shrewd busi-
ness man not to be overlooked in this age
of strenuous living.

Success in the Dairy Business.

The French minister of agriculture has
recently sent a special commission to
make an inquiry into the cause of the
great increase in sales in England of the
dairy products of Denmark, an increase
which has been accompanied by a very
material falling off in the English sales of
French dairy products. In the past ten
years Denmark has increased her sales o*
dairy products in the English market
from, approximately, $40,000,000 a year
to $60,000,000 a year, while during the
same time the dairy products of France
into England have fallen off between
thirty and forty per cent. The French
commissioner evidently made a careful
study of the subject in northern France,
in Denmark and in England, and the con-
clusions which he reaches are of great
value to all of those interested in supply-
ing dairy products to either a home or a
foreign market. It seems from the report
that the Danish success and the French
failure are due to the fact that the com-
modities of the former are of a high grade
of excellence and can always be depended
upon, while those of the latter are some-
times good and sometimes the reverse
with no regularity in quality that can be
depended upon.

This French investigator found that the
Danish farmers of the present generation
are better educated, both in general and
especially in whatever concerns their own
life and work, than any other agricultural

population in the world, not even except-
ing those of the United States. They have
learned the great value in the eyes of the
consumers of perfect cleanliness and hon-
est production, and hence their dairy
establishments are models of care and
neatness. In the matter of eggs the sys-
tem has been carried to such a degree of
exactness that there is a private mark
put on each egg, which allows tho Danish
exporter, when complaints are made by
the English merchant, to bring home the
fault to the particular farmer, who has to
bear the loss of any inferior product
which he may have sold. Again, the uni_
formity of production has been closely
attended to, so that the butter of a parti,
cular maker is always of the same stand-
ard. The Danish shippers have perfected
the system" of making shipments under
artificially cold conditions, thus insuring
the arrival of their wares in the English
market under good conditions.

In these various particulare the French
commissioner found that the Norman
farmers and shippers were seriously deft
cient. The same care and cleanliness
were not evinced in the dairy buildings-
There was no uniformity in the standard
of production, and it frequently happened
that in consequence of the absence of
artificial refrigeration the products ar
rived in the English market in poor con-
dition. The French agriculturists have
the advantage over the Danish, afforded
by their relative nearness to the English
market, but this advantage has been
much more than offset by the superior
skill which the Danes have shown. This
is an experience which might he studied
with great advantage by the dairy farmers
of this country, even by those whose busi.
ness it is to supply the great centers of
population.

When the Hogs First Came Over.

According to historical records, says the
New York Farmer, the first awine in
America were brought from Spain by
Christopher Columbus on his second voy-
age, in 1493, and landed at Hispaniola.
The London Company introduced the hog
into Virginia in 1609, when 600 swine were
set free. These became "wild" and mul-
tiplied so rapidly that the people of James-
town had to build palisades to keep them
out of that settlement. They ate every-
thing. These were the ancestors of the
"razor-back" hogs of the Southern States
of to-day.

Improvements of breeds began when
George Washington received a pair of
blooded pigs from the Duke of Bedford.
Washington left these pigs in the care of
English farmers who brought them oven
and he sold them. They were called the
Bedford or Woburn breed, and in some
places were called the Parkinson breed.
They had deep, round bodies, thin hair,
short legs, and their color was white,
broken with dark blue or ashy spots.

They spread through Maryland, Vir-
ginia, Delaware and Pennsylvania. They
were hardy, vigorous, prolific and easily
kept. They ranged in weight from 300
pounds at the age of a year, to 700 pounds
at the age of twenty months.

Hogs in those days were much coarser
in every way than they are now. No
class of live stock has been more improved
than hogs and the various breeds are now
nearly perfect by improvement and good
feeding.

The milk from heifers is neither so lib-
eral in quantity nor so rich as that from
older cows. A heifer is not matured, and
what is required for growth is so much
taken from what might otherwise go to
milk production. With good feed and care
the possibilities of a heifer may be de-
veloped so that if she is capable of eating
and digesting a liberal quantity of food a.
fair proportion may go to the milk pail.
After her second calf the real value of a
cow as a dairy animal should begin to
show.

Salt and ashes aid digestion in swine, i

Sheep Notes.

Sheep husbandry will always be re-
garded as one of the great industries
which are at once an incident and a lead-
ing factor in the prosperity of every civi-
lized country.

Grain when used in reasonable quanti-
ties is all right, but many a good lamb's
growth has been ruined and: many a
mature sheep killed through ignorance of
the proper use of same.

Admitting that fat sheep are the most
tempting to butchersand dealers, the man
who owns the sheep is the man who
should determine when he should sell and
what he should sell.

Don't for a moment think of breeding
from a ram deficient back of the shoulder.
We get a very large per cent of lambs de.
fective at that point even when sired by
symmetrical animals.

Be very careful in selecting your lambs
for exhibition purposes. Don't select
those with the least flaw behind the
shoulder. Some shepherds will tell you
that a lamb that is slack behind the
shoulder will fill up there as he grows.
Observant shepherds do not take this view
however.

The tiock of sheep will not only pay for
themselves directly in their wool and
mutton, but they will indirectly benefit
the land and crops. They are inestimable
value in the clover and grass pastures,
and even in the orchard where their little
feet will press down the grass roots so the
soil will cling better to them.

The man who labors to improve the
sheep and its fleece, so as to better fit it
to meet the requirements of mankind, is
of the most beneficial character, for it
means cheap food and clothing for the
masses, and of the best quality. While,
therefore, the breeder is striving to better
his own condition, he is;conferring a last-
ing benefit upon the country at large.

George Washington kept sheep at all
times on his farm, and gave special care
to improvement of breeds, and the Clays
of Kentucky have been famous shepherds
for a hundred years. Many of the great-
est men in all ages have been breeders of
sheep, from the shepherds of ancient
Judea down to the present time, and it
has required a knowledge of breeding,
combined with the care, labor and practi-
cal skill necessary to make sheep profit-
able, to overcome the deteriorating effects
of neglect and secure improvement of
breeds and the building of better breeds.

Preserving Eggs With Water Glass.

A subscriber asks for information re-
garding water glass as a preservative for
eggs. The substance is known to chem-
ists as sodium silicate. Itcan beobtained
from druggists, who, if they do not have
it in stock, can obtain it from their whole-
sale houses.

We repeat what was published in these
columns a year ago :

Of twenty German methods of preserv-
ing eggs the three which proved the most
effective are coating theeggs with vaseline,
preserving them in lime water and pre-
serving them in water glass. There is a
drawback to the water glass method; the
shell easily bursts in boiling water. This,
however, may be prevented by piercing
the shell with a strong needle. This ob-
jection having been conceded, the water
glass method heads the list, as varnishing
the eggs with vaseline takes a great deal
of time, and treating them with lime
water is apt to give them a disagreeable
odor. In most packed eggs the yolk,
soonor or later, begins to settle on one
aide and the egg at once begins to depre-
ciate. This does not happen when water
glass is used, and the egg retains a sur-
prising freshness. In one test it was
found that a 10 per cent solution of water
glass preserved the eggs so effectually
that at the endjof three and a half momhs
eggs that were packed on August 1st ap-
peared perfectly fresh. A gallon of water
glass, which will cost fifty cents, will
make enough solution to preserve fifty

dozen eggs.

♦ - — .

" Certain to Do the Work."

Mr. L. H. Pickard of Harlan, Iowa, writes: " En-
closed find draft for U- Please send me a bottle of
Quinn's Ointment. I nave a very fine colt which
has a splint which I want to remove, and Quinn's
Ointment is the only remedy that I know of that
is absolutely certain to do the work." For curbs,
splints, spavins, windpuffs and all bunches use
Quinn's Ointment. Satisfaction guaranteed. Price
SI per bottle. Address W. B. Eddy & Co., White-
hall, N. Y., if you cannot obtain it from your
druggist.

Rations for the Cow.

It is the time right now to hedge against
that common sight in August of a bunch
of dairy cows standing fighting flies on
some knoll in a bare and brown pasture,
shrinking in their milk yield day by day.
It is probably true that cows are far bet-
ter fed in winter on the average dairy
farm than they are in summer, save for
a matter of six weeks or two months in
May and June. Some sort of a siling crop
must be had to tide the cows over the
dry midsummer period, and probably
nothing is more easily provided or wil
give better results than sweet corn so
planted that it may be cut and liberally
fed during such period. While not a per-
fect milk ration, it still can be so easily
furnished by the average dairyman that
there is no excuse for not having it.

The politicians have finally allowed 240,-
000 sheep to enter the Big Horn forest re-
serve in Wyoming. It requires political
license to do business nowadays and free
grass is gradually becoming a theme in
history. — Denver Field and Farm.

Brood sows require food, rich in the ele-
ments of bone and muscle, corn is not
suitable as it contains an excess of fat.

Hogs will fatten faster if confined in
rather close quarters and fed often.

You can stand almost
any sort of camp grub
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Swine Notes.

A clean place for swine is a prime neces-
sity.

There are many good plants for swine
pasture.

One litter a year is enough for the young
sow.

Lice rarely infect hogs that have plenty
of sulphur.

The boar should not be of big, long ex-
tremities and small body.

The cleaner the feed and the feeding
places the better the pork made.

A healthy hog's stomach is as regular
as clockwork in demanding food.

The pig will give a better return for the
food consumed than any other animal.

In the keeping of swine a degree of
cleanliness is always attended with profit.

Stick to the Jersey cattle and Duroc
Jersey swine and you will win out 0. K.

A good pasture of a few acres will prove
the best paying acres on the farm.

Young pigs cannot do well when they
ase forced to sleep in wet and cold beds.

Every swine breeder should have ample
pasture for the pigs, with abundant clean
water.

So many of the diseases of the pigs are
contagious that it is a safe plan to separate
a sick pig out the first time it is noticed.

Hogs are nearer self-sustaining, and will
do more foraging than any animal, and
there is less labor in preparing food for
them.

Give the sows plenty of exercise before
farrowing and feed so their bowels will be
free and their systems in a lax, cool con-
dition.

All the time filthy conditions should be
eradicated and good sanitation provided
if you would have your herd in good,
healthy condition.

The hog that stands square and Btrong
upon his feet should always be chosen for
a breeder, in preference to a guanty, weak-
kneed animal.

Try giving the little pigs sifted ground
oats and middlings, moistened to a crum-
bly state. Give only a little at a time,
never allowing it to become sour in the

trough.

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The United States Supreme Court
passed upon an oleomargarine case from
Philadelphia. The appellants had been
convicted of selling oleomargarine not
marked and branded as required by the
State law. They had appealed from the
circuit court to the court of appeals in
vain, the latter court affirming the original
judgment. The case was then taken to
the Supreme Court to determine the con-
stitutionality of the law, the appellants
attacking it on the ground that it was
more a pure food law than a revenue law
and thus an infringement upon the police
powers of the state. The Supreme Court
regarded this plea as not well taken and
dismissed it, consequently the judgment
of the lower court stands and the law in
the case is approved as constitutional.
This must be regarded as an important
victory for pure food and for honest busi-
ness methods. There can be no doubt
that unwillingness to mark oleomargarine
as such is inspired by a desire to have it
passed off as butter. Goods must be sold
under Bome name and if the true name is
withheld the obvious presumption is that
a false name is to be used, or implied or
at any rate that customers are to be en-
couraged or permitted to accept them for
what they are not. On no principle of
ethics can it be regarded as a hardship to
require the truth that is at issue. Whether
oleomargarine is or iB not a healthful ar-
ticle of food, or is or is not as good as
butter and whether the manufacture and
Bale of it are or are not public benefits,
are other questions entirely apart from
the principle of truth.

I dustry. There seems to be a clash be-
J tween the practical and the fancy poultry
press, a condition which should not exist-
The practical poultry press does not be-
lieve in scrub stock, but advocates the
breeding of the best poultry and the im-
provement of stock more for utility in
meat and egg production than the partic.
ular marking for feathers, combs, ear
lobes, etc. As the breeding of thorough-
bred poultry advances this theory will
prevail.

Scaly legs is a very common trouble
with fowls in our dry climate but it can be
easily cured with an application of kero-
sene oil. This remedy is injurious if not
properly used. "When applied in the
evening the fumes of it may cause injury
to the poultry at night. The dipping
should be done in the morning which will
give the kerosene time in which to evapo-
rate. Clean roosting quarters and not
allowing the fowls to roost over their
droppings week after week will greatly
aid in preventing the appearance of the
disease.

When mating up your pens, keep in
mind the inevitable law of reproduction,
"Like begets like." Select carefully and
use only or as nearly as -possible birds of
the type you desire in the offspring. Close
and careful breeding is the only scientific
breeding. Haphazard matinga and com-
pensation matiDgs made to utilize as many
specimens as possible in the breeding pens
have no place in the yards of the truly
progessive breeder.

The Department of Agriculture has is-
sued an interesting bulletin on the impor-
tant insects which prey on growing wheat.

Greatest Auction Sale of the Year!

ON THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1901,

I WILL SELL

50 Standard-Bred Trotters and Pacers

From the Oakwood Park Stock Farm, Danville, Cal.

PRIVI

FOR SALE.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders
Association. Race Meeting

AT SACRAMENTO

July 30 to Aug. 3, 1901, inclusive.

Bids for the following privileges will be received
up to noon, July 15, 1901:

BETTING PRIVILEGE, FRUIT, CANDY
and NUTS, and PROGRAMS.

A certified check for fifty per cent should accom-
pany each bid. Right reserved to reject any or all
bids. Address F. W. KELLEY, Sec'y.

36 Geary St., San Francisco.

This consignment consists of thoroughly broken sons and daughters of Steinway 2:25?*. Charles
Derby 3:20, El Benton 2:23, Dan L. 2:28=£, Prince Red, Major Ban. etc , out of many of the best bred
mares on this famous farm. There are several well-matched, stylish carriage horses as well as fast
road teams among them, besides standard mares and two very well bred stallions, also brothers and
sisters to noted campaigners. Catalogues issued Monday nest. Anyone in need ot a first-class
"racing prospect." a perfectly gentle roadster" that has size, color and speed, or is in need of a fine
business horse, should attend this sale. Horses will be at my place three days prior to the date of
sale, July 11th.

WM. G. LAYNG, Auctioneer,

OCCIDENTAL HORSE EXCHANGE, 731 Howard St., near Third.

Breed to Monterey 2:09 . No. 3170G.

Champion Trotting Stallion of California.

Sired by Sidney 2:19Ji, who outranks all California stallions, except Guy Wilkes, as a sire of ex-
treme speed, having 17 to his credit in 2:15 and better, 26 in 2:20, 93 in the list, and sire of Lenna N.
2:05M, Monterey 2:09^ and Dr. Leek 2:09&— three better than 2:10.

First dam Hattie. dam of Montana 2:16^ and Monterey 2:09>f, by Com. Belmont 4340. sire of 6 in
list, and the dams of Iago 2:11, Fell Fare 2:10££, Monterey 2:09^, Galette 2:12, Dr. Spellman2:]3j£-

Second dam Barona by Woodford Mambrino 2:21*4 (sire of Abbotsford 2:19% and 12 others, and the
dams of Kremlin 2:07?i, Bonnatella 2:10 and others) son of Mambrino Chief II.

Third dam Miss Gratz by Alexander's Norman 25, sire of Lula 2:12, May Queen 2:20 and others
Fourth dam daughter of old Gray Eagle, thoroughbred.

Monterey won 13 races, and he is the only horse I ever saw make Geers lay the whip on the peer
less Abbot 2:03H to win the 4th and 5th heats in 2:08 and 2:09 in the free for all at Glens Falls in 1899,
and Monterey was right on his neck. Monterey also got third money in the great stallion race at
New York that year, Bingen 2:06^ and others being distanced. Monterey won the western Stallion
Stake and a $400 silver cup presented by President Henry J. Crocker for horse making fastest mile at
Tanforan meeting in 1900.

Monterey weighs 1200 lbs., is 15.3* hands high. TERMS *50 FOR THE SEASON ending
July 1st, 1901. All bills payable not later than June 31st, 1901. Usual return privileges for mares not
in foal. Good pasturage at $3 per month. No responsibility assumed for accidents or escapes. Mares
can be shipped to Milpitas, where they will receive prompt attention.
Address all communications to

P. J. WILLIAMS, nilpitas, Cal.

INFORMATION WANTED.

Anyone knowing1 the present address of DR. PENDER, former owner of Hljo del
Diablo, will be liberally rewarded by communicating at once with, the undersigned.

WM. G. LAYNG, Live Stock Auctioneer,

721 Howard Street, San Francisco.

FOR SALE.

A Two-Man Moyer Bike Speed Buggy,

Almost new. Weight 155 pounds. Cos"t $335.
Will be sold cheap. Apply to FRED CHASE,
1732 Market street, San Francisco.

Palace Hotel

In placing these two hotels
under one management and
joining them with a covered
passageway, the purpose was
to provide guests with com-
forts and conveniences not
obtainable in any other hotel
in the West. And the plan
is a success.

AMERICAN PLAN EUROPEAN PLAN

Grand Hotel

TEAM FOR SALE

HANDSOME, STYLISH BLACK TEAM.
Well matched, perfectly sound, 15Vs hands
and weigh about 1050 each. Good gaited trotters
and a high-class road team in every respect. To
see team and for further particulars address
E. P. LUCE, 280 S. First St. San Jose. Cal.

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THOROUGHBREDS FOR SALE.

The undersigned offers at private sale all the
thoroughbred horses and mares on the well-known
Sonoma Stock Farm owned by the late J. B.
Chase. These are royally-bred producing stallions,
mares, also colts and Allies, and all will be priced
without reserve, and sold subject to the approval
of the Court. For particulars and prices address
J. B. Walden, Jr., Administrator Estate of J. B.
Chase, 310 Pine street, San Francisco.

Stallion Service Books

ONE DOLLAR IN CASH

At This Office.

Yreka Jockey Club

RACE MEETING

July 1st to_6th, 1901.

programme:

(AT.T. ENTRIES OVER NIGHT).
FIRST DAY, JULY 3.

Race No. 1— Running, three-eighths mile dash
(Siskiyou county horses), purse $100.

Race No. 2 — Special trot, match race, purse $200.

Race No. 3 — Running, three-quarter mile dash,
purse $150.

Race No- 4— Trotting and pacing, three minute
class, best two in three, purse $150.

SECOND DAY, JULY 4.

Baseball tournament. Purse for same $200.

Race No. 5 — Running, one-half mile dash, purse
$125.

Race No. 6— Trotting and pacing, 2:30 class, best
three in five, purse $2o0.

Race No. 7— Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
purse $175.

THIRD DAY, JULY 5.

Race No. 8— Five-eighths mile dash, purse $125,

Race No. 9— Trotting and pacing, 2:40 class, best
three in five, purse $200.

Race No. 10— Running, three-quarter mile dash,
purse $150.

Race No. 11— Running, one mile dash, purse$200.

Race No. 12— Saddle horse race for Siskiyou
county horses. 600 yards, purse $50.

FOURTH DAY, JULY 6.

Race No. 13 — Running, one-quarter mile dash,
purse $100.

Race No. 14— Trotting and pacing, free for all,
purse $200.

Race No. 15 — Running, seven-eighths mile dash,
purse $175.

Race No, 16— Running, three-quarter mile dash,
for non-winners of the three previous days, purse
$150.

CONDITIONS.

Three to enter and two to start. Entrance fee
10 per cent. Purse divided 60, 30 and 10 per cent.
For further particulars address

R. S. TAYLOR, Secy,
Yreka, Cal.

BLAKE, MOFFITT & TOWNE

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Telephone main 199

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1901 Los Angeles Fair and Race Meeting 1901

(DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NO. 6)

$14,300 Guaranteed Stakes for Trotters and Pacers

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S GREAT RACING EVENT. - - THIRTEEN DAYS-SEPTEMBER 28th to OCTOBER I2th, I90I.

Entries to Close July 1,1901. when Horses are to be named and eligible

No. 1.
No. 2.
No. 3.
No. 4.
No. 5.
No. 6.
No. 7.
No. 8.

N.

PACING STAKES.

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$1000

No. 9.

Free-for-all Pacing-

35 000

1000

No 10.

2:09 Class Pacing-

033

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800

No 11.

2:11 Class Pacing

800

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800

No. 12.

2:13 Class Facing

800

-

800

No. 13.

2:15 Class Pacing

800

150

No. 14.

2:17 Class Pacing"

750

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700

No. 15.

2:20 Class Pacing

700

600

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Three Tear Old Pacing-

600

TROTTING STAKES.

Free-for-all Trotting
2:10 Class Trotting
2:12 Class Trottinsr
2:14 Class Trotting-
2:15 Class Trotting
2:19 Class Trotting-
2:23 Class Trotting
Three Tear Old Trotting
B.— Where the same horse is entered in two races the races will be put at least four days apart.

NOMINATION STAKES TO CLOSE JULY 1ST.

Horses to be Named and Eligible September 1, 1901.

No. 17. 230 Class Trotting

$700

No. 18. 2:2d Class Pacing

$700

Three or More Running H aces Each Day.

Stake Events for Runners will be Advertised in the near Future

CONDITIONS FOR HARNESS RACES.

Nominators may name two horses in one class and be held for but one entrance fee- The horse to

hp started must be named by 5 o'clock the day before the race.

Entries not declared out by 5 p. m. the day before the race shall be required to stare. Declarations

must be made in writing at the office of the Secretary at the track.

Stakes to be divided into four moneys: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent., unless otherwise specified.

Entrance fee five per cent, of the purse payable on the first day of the meeting. Five per cent, of the

amount of the stake additional from money winners-
All races to fill satisfactory to the Association. .
If there are less than four starters they may contest for the entrance money paid m, to be divided

And in the event' of there being any surplus paid in over the guaranteed amount of the stake it

S aThe Board of Directors reserves the right to declare two starters a walk-over. "Wheu only two
horses start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, to be divided two-thirds to the first and
one-third to the second. . .

All harness races, unless otherwise specified, mile heats, three in five.

Distance in all heats shall be 80 yards, but if the field is more than eight, 100 yards.

Hopples barred in trots, but permitted in pacing races.

The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the
position of the horses.

All stakes not filling satisfactorily to the Board of Directors may be declared off.

A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth moneys only, and in no other case
will a horse be entitled to more than one money.

Racing colors should be claimed with entries, must be named by 5 p. m. on the day preceding the
race, and must he worn on the track in all races, Colors must be registered in the order in which they
are received, and if not named, or when colors oonflict, drivers will be required to wear colors selected
by the Secretary.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to change the hour or date of any race, and the right ia
reserved to declare off or postpone any or all races on account of the weather or other sufficient cause.

Conditional entries will be treated the same as regular entries, and nominators held" under the
rules.

Any race that may be started and unfinished on last day of the meeting may be declared ended
and money divided according to rank of horses in the summary.

Otherwise than is specified in these conditions National Trotting Association rules, except Rule
4, to govern.

Send all communications to

E. T. WRIQHT, President.

F. Q. TEED, Sec'y. 226 S. Spring Street,

Los Angeles, Cat.

S. TOOMEY &. CO.'S.

Record Breaking

SULKIES, JOQ CARTS, PNEUMATIC ROAD WAGONS, and SPEED
POLES embody all the Latest Improvements.

BALL BEARINGS ARE DUST AND WATERPROOF.

SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

O'BRIEN & SONS, Agts.,

Cor. Polk and Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, Cal.

Pleasure
And Basin ess

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THE BAYWOOD STUD

THE BUNGALOW, SAN MATEO, CAL,

(Property of John Parrott, Esq.)

Imp. Hackney Stallion
Green's fiufus 63 <4291>

Will serve a limited number of approved mares season 1901.

FEE - $75

Reductions made for two or more mares.

Awnrded Gold Medal
At California state
Fair 1892.

Every bora*1 owner
who "values bis sfcick
should constantly have
a supply of it on t and.
It improves and keeps
Btncfc in the pink of con-

RED BALL BRAND.

It Positively Cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion.

dition

Manhattan Food Go

353 Folsom St., San Francisco

Ask your grocers or dealers for it.

Breed to the Champion of the World.
McKINNEY 2:11 1-4

By Alcyone, dam Rosa Sprague (grandam of Fereno (3)
2:10^) by Gov. Sprague.

By. the percentage of his performers in the 2:15 list McKinney is the
champion sire of the world. At 13 years of age he has 30 stand-
ard performers, one-half of which are in the 2:15 list.

A Race Horse Himself.

He started in 28 races, won 25 of them.was twice second
and once third.

He is a Sire of Race Horses.

Every one of his get in the 2:20 list secured the record
in a race, and all are race winners.

He is a champion in the show ring, champion on the race
track and a champion in the stud.

In 1900 his get won first, second and fourth money in the Pacific
Breeders Futurity, first and second money in the Occident Stake
and first, second and third money in the Stanford Stake. The
McKinneys are stake winners. Will make the season of 1901 at

SAN JOSE RACE TRACK.

Beginning Feb. 1st. until further notice.

Terms for the Season $100 <Witn usual return privileges).

Good pasturage for mares at H per month. For further particulars, address

33 Maenolia Avenue. San Jose, Cal. Tel. Green 393. C. A. DURFEE

HcKINXEY 2: 115*.

sire of

Coney 2:0-25£

Jennie Mac 2;09

Hazel Kinney 2:09m

Zolock 2:10)4

Zombro 2:11

You Bet 2:12«

McZeus 2:13

Dr. Book 2:13M

Osito 5:134

Juliet D 2:134

JIcBriar 2:14

Harvey Mac 2:14H

Geo. W. McKinnev 2:14U

McXally 2:15

Monica 2:15

and 15 more in 2:30

SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR.

$10,000
IN PURSES.

SPOKANE, WASH.

$10,000
IN PURSES.

SEPTEMBER 10TH TO 21ST INCLUSIVE

The ROYAL, ITALIAN BAND, one of the Greatest Musical Organizations in the conntry, has been

secured at a cost of $5500.

Entries to Harness Events close July 25, I90I.

Entries to Running Races close on Night Before Race at 6 o'clock,

SEPTEMBER 10— TUESDAY.
Stock Parade. 1:30 P.M. sharp.

No. 1— Two-year-old Pacing S300

No. 2—3:32 Class Pacing 4-0

No. 3— Running. Half-mile dash. Handicap 150

-Running. One mile dash. Selling. S600.
Weight for age. Five pounds off for each

S100 down to S300 250

SEPTEMBER 11-WEDNESDaT.

5—2:30 Class Pacing S400

, 6—2:30 Class Trotting 400

7 — Running. Five-eights mile dash. Handicap.

Two years old 150

No. 8— Hurdle Race. One and one-fourth miles.

Four hurdles. Handicap 400

SEPTEMBER 13— THURSDAY.

No. 9—2:20 Class Trotting 91000

No. 10—2:50 Class Pacing 250

No. 11— Running. Half mile and repeat. Selling,
8400. Weight for age. Five pound- off

for each S100 down to S100 200

No. 13— Running. One mile dash. Handicap 250

No.

No.
No.

No.

SEPTEMBER 13— FRIDAY.

No. 13— Two-year-old Trot S400

No. 14 — Three-year-old and under, Trotting 300

No. 15 — Running. Seven-eighths mile dash. Sell-
ing, S400. Weight for age. Five pounds

off for each S100 down to S100 200

No. 16— Running. Three-eighths mile dash. Han-
dicap 150

SEPTEMBER 14— SATURDAY.

No. 17— 2:17 Class Trotting S600

No. 18— Gentlemen's Driving Race to wagon.
Owners to drive. Trotters eligihle to 2:35

class. First prize Cup

Second prize Lap robe

Third Prize Whip

No. 19 — Running. Spokane Derby. One and one-
half miles for three-year-olds

No. 20— Running. Half mile and repeat. Handicap.

SEPTEMBER 16— MONDAY.
No. 21— Gentlemen's Driving Race to wagon.
Owners to drive. Pacers eligible to 2:30
class. First prize Cup

500
200

Second prize Lap robe

Third prize Whip

CONDITIONS.

No. 22— Free for all. Slow race. Mile dash S50

No. 23 — Newsboys' Race. Half mile dash 25

SEPTEMBER 17— TUESDAY.

No. 24—3:35 Class Trot $300

No. 35— Three-year-old Pacing 250

No. 26— Special Indian Race ICO

SEPTEMBER 18— WEDNESDAY.

No. 27— Free-for-all Trotting $500

No. 28—3:34 Class Trot 400

No. 39 — Running. Half mile dash. Washington
and Idaho horses, owned in these States

January 1, 1901 176

No. 30 — Running. Quarter mile dash. Weight

for age 100

SEPTEMBER 19— THURSDAY.

No. 31—2:15 Class Pace 81000

No. 32—2:50 Class Trot 250

No. 33— Running. Three-fourths mile dash. Han-
dicap 200

No. 34— Running. Half mile dash. Horses owned

in Spokane County, Jan. 1, 1901 150

Entrance Fee, h% of purse and 5% additional from money winners.

Entrance to Harness Races payable at time of entry. Two horses may be entered from the same
stable in the same class and held but for one entry; horse to be named the day before the race. Money
to be divided as follows in harness races: 50°o, 25%, 15°o and 10%. Mile heats 3 in 5, except Nos. 1, 13,
14 and 25, which are 2 in 3. Money in running races to be divided: 70%, 20% and 10%.

Hopples are not barred. The Board reserves the right to declare off and return entrance fee in

any purse that does not fill satisfactorily. A horse distancing the field is entitled to first and fourth
monies only, and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money. The usual weather
clase will be observed.

Other than specified, the rules of the National Trotting Association will govern. The rules of
the California Jockey Club will govern the running races.

For Entry Blanks, address H. BOLSTER, Secretary, Spokane, Wash.

Or BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, San Francisco, Cal.

GUARANTEED STAKES.

Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association.

Race Meeting Sacramento, July 30 to August 3, 1901, inclusive.

ENTRIES TO CLOSE MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 1901.

No. 1—2:40 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 4—2:25 Class Pacing ■ = $1000

No. 2—2:20 Class Trotting - . $1000 No. 5—2:17 Class Pacing = = $1000

No. 3—2:14 Class Trotting - - $1000 No. 6—2:13 Class Pacing - - $1000

Other Stakes for Smaller Amounts and for Three- Year-Olds to be Announced Later On.

Entry blanks will be ready June 15.

N. B. It is not the intention of the management to give any special races at this meeting and if you want to start Your horses they must be entered in the
regular advertised events.

For conditions see Entry Blanks.

E. P. HEALD. President. F. W. EELLET, Secretary.

36 Geary Street, San Francisco, Cal..

June 29, 1901]

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NUTWOOD WILKES 222I6

The Champion Sire of Early and Extreme Speed.

He is the only stallion who ever produced two three-year-olds in one season with
records of 2:12 and 3:1*^ respectively. Who I- it is the champion three-year-
old gelding of the world, and last year reduced his record to 2:!0!^. John A. McKer-
ron 2:10 holds the champion stallion record to wagon in a race.

NUTWOOD WILKES will make the season of 1601 at the

NUTWOOD STOCK FARM, from Feb. ISth to July 1st.

By Quy Wilkes 2:15^,

Dam Lida W. 2:18i by Nutwood 2:18J

Fee = $50

For the Season

With return privileges
if horse remains my
property. Good pastur-
age at S3 per month.
Bills payable before re-
moval of mare. Stock
well cared for. but no re-
sponsibility assumed for
aocidents and escapes.

NUTWOOD WILKES 2216, Race Rec. 2:16 1-2

is the sire of

John A.McKerron 2:10 Irvington Belle..

Ch. Stallion Race Rec Echora Wilkes

Matinee rec (wagon) .2:09 Central Girl

3-year-old race rec... 2:12^ Wilkes Direct

Who Is It 2:10»4 AlixB

3-year-old race rec. ..2:12 Who Is She

Georgie B 2:12^ Fred Wilkes

Claudius 2:13*4 Queen C

Bob Ingersoll 2: 14?^ Elec tress

Irvington Boy 2:17?i Daugestar

Young stock by Nutwood Wilkes for sale.

For further particulars apply or address

MARTIN CARTER

Nutwood Stock Farm, Irvington, Alameda Co.

KENNEL ADVERTISEMENTS

The Latest __ _ __ .__ - .-New Spring Styles
and Best M^IVIURRAY

Ladies' Suits,

Cloaks, Jackets,

Capes and Waists

Everything at Lowest Prices.

J, O'BRIEN & GO.

1144 Market Street.

ENTRIES CLOSE JULY 1st

FOR

19th Annual Derby

OF THE

Pacific Coast
Field Trial Club

For Setters and Pointers

Whelped on or after Jan. 1, 1900.

Entries Close with $5 Forfeit July 1, 1901.
Second Forfeit So, payable Nov. 1, 1901. 610 addi-
tional to start.

W. S. TEVIS, Pres.

A. BET2, Sec'y.,
301 Parrott Bldg., S. F.
For Entry Blanks write to or call at the Office of

the Secretary.

"^Cocker Kennels

K°d° always o5Chaand. 03ll Afl S6 1 171 0 , Cflli

POINTER

FOR SALE.

NEW STYLES FOR 1901.

Highest perfection in mechanical skill and design, and the best part — Our Prices Are Right.

PNEUMATIC SULKIES-TWO STYLES.

The only sulky made that can be lined up on the race track without the aid of a bikeman. The
only tool required being a monkeywrench.

The onlv Jog Cart that will giye you a straight pull on your horse when speeding. No better
made.

Gentlemen's Pneumatic Runabouts for fancy driving, also with solid rubber tires, and Pneumatic
Speed Wagons.

Send for Catalogues.

KENNEY BICYLCE CO.,

531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal.

Pacific Coast Agts,

Pedigrees Tabulated

and type written ready for framing
Write for prices. BREEDER AND
Sportsman, 36 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

We Build
SULKY WHEELS

Of All Kinds.

(Roller Ball and Pin Bearings)

CONVERT HIGH WHEEL SULKIES and
CARTS to PNEUMATIC WHEELS.

A bitch, two years old, well broken and good dis-
position. Fine looker, lemon and white.
For particulars address OWNER,

Care of Breeder and Sportsman.

AT STUD

CUBA OF KENWOOD

(Glenbeigh Jr.— Stella)
SAM'S BOW

(Plain Sam— Dolly Dee II)

STOGKDALE KENNELS

K. M. DODGE, Manager,
Bakernfield, Kern Co.,

Boarding. Pointer Puppies and well-broken
Dogs for sale.

#>

• BOOK ON -

Dog Diseases

All Work First Class and Prices Right.
KENNEY BICYCLE CO.,
531 Valencia St., San Francisco.

ABSORBINE, JR„

Will Remove
And Cure a

J&&L Weeping Sinew

'^r or Gangloin

Quickly. Cures any strain of the liga-
ments or muscles. Proof if you want it,
$1.00 per bottle delivered.

MAHTTFACTUHED BY

W- F- YOUNG, P- D- F-,

SPRINGFIELD, - - MASS.

For sale by Mack & Co., Langley& Michaels Co.,
Redington & Co , J. O'Kane, and J. A. McKerron,
all of San Francisco.

CALIFORNIA

Photo Engraving Company

HIGH CLASS ART

IN

Half Tones and Jbine Engravings.
Artistic Designing.
513 Market Street, San Francisco.

ia

EIGHT

EASTERN CITIES
INVITE YOU

AND THE

Southern Pacific

Offers those low round trip rates :

ON SALE SOUND TEEP

June 30=July 1. Cincinnati, $76.50

July 1-2 Detroit, 82.25

July 3-4 Chicago, 72.50

July 3=4 )

August 22=23 J .Buffalo, 87.00

September 5-6 )

July 8-9, Colorado Springs, 55.00

July 17-18 Milwaukee, 74.50

August 20=21 Louisville, 77.50

September 5=6 Cleveland, 82 50

These rates apply from California main-line
points. Many miles shortest— many hours fast-
est—finest scenery— choice of routes— limited
trains— personally conducted tourist excursions—

ACROSS THE CONTINENT

Details at nearest omce

SOUTHERN PACIFIC

CALORIcVITAOIL

Cures lameness and|soreness in man and beast
Ask:anr horse trainer about it. At all druggists

LESSEE OF

San Francisco & North Pacific Ry
The Picturesque Route

OF CALIFORNIA.

The Finest Hunting and Fishing in California.

NUMEROUS RESORTS.

Mineral Springs, Hot and Cold.

HEALTH

PLEASURE

RECREATION

> The Section for Fruit Farms and Stock

Breeding,

THE ROUTE TO

san rafael, petalunia

Santa Rosa, Ukiah

And other beautiful towns.

THE BEST CAMPING GROUNDS ON

THE COAST.

Ticket Office — Corner New Montgomery and
Market streets, under Palace Hotel.
General Office — Mutual Life Building.

E. X. SYAN, Gen. Pass. Ag-t.

■ AND -

Ho x*r to Feed

Mailed Free to any address by the anthoi
H. Clay Gloveb, D. V. 8., 1293. "roadway
New York.

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VETERINARY.

DR. J. B. BOOMER,

M. D. V., F. M. V. A.

VETERINARY SURGEON.

Late Professor of Medicine in McKillip Veterinary

College at Chicago and assistant to M. N.

McKillip of Chicago for seven years.

Office and Infirmary— 510 Van Ness avenue, San

Francisco. Cal. Phone: Mint 321.

Ira Barker Dalziel

VETERINARY DENTIST

Fancy Carriage. Saddle and Road Horses for Sale

Office and stable: 605 Golden Gate Avenue, San
Francisco, Cal. Telephone South 651.

DUNLAP HOTEL

H. H DUNLAP

(Prop.)
CONDUCTED ON

American

Plan

Rates:
gs2 to S4 per Day

246 O'FarreU St.,
San Francisco.

M. R. C. V. S., F. E. V. M. S.
VETERINARY SURGEON.

Member of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons, England; Fellow of the Edinburg
Veterinary Medical Society; Graduate of the New
Veterinary College. Edinburgh; Veterinary Sur-
geon to the S. F. Fire Department; Live Stock
Inspe c tor forNew Zealand and Australian Colonies
at the port of San Francisco; Professor of Equine
Medicine, Veterinary Surgery. Veterinary Depart-
ment University of California: Ex-President of
the California State Veterinary Medical Associa-
tion; Veterinary Infirmary, Residence and Office,
San Francisco 'Veterinary Hospital. 1117 Golden
Gate Avenue, near "Webster St., San Francisco:
Telephone West 128.

BREEDERS' DIRECTORY.

HOL-T^ INS— "Winners of every T days' butter
coolest at State Fair 1899 1st & 2d for aged cows,
4-yr.,3-yr. and 2-yr.-olds; 21 Jerseys and Durhams
competing. 5th year my Holsteins have beaten
Jerseys for butter. Stock for sale; also pigs. F.
H. Burke, 626 Market St., S. F.

YEKBA BFENA JEKSEYS— The best A.J
C. C. registered prize herd is owned by Henrj
Pierce, San Francisco. Animals for sale.

JERSEYS, HOLSTKIN8 AND DURHAMS.

Dairy Stock specially. Hogs, Poultry. Estab-
lished 1876. William Niles & Co.- Los Angeles.
Cal.

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TELEPHONE-.

South 640

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San Francisco, Cal.

Clabrough, Golcher & Go,

GUNS
Gun Goods

4^-Send for Catalogue.

FISHING
Tackle

538 MARKET STREET, S. F.

SMITH GUNS

At the Cal. Inanimate Target Association
May 25-26, 1901.

71 Shooters, 20 used Smith Guns.

There were 11 Individual Trophies offered.

Shooters using SMITH GUNS captured 9.

Coast Record made by Ed-ward Schultz, 112 Straight,

Edgar Forster, high average, 95%. Ed. Schultz and Otto Peudner, 92%.
Webb, 90%. E. Peudner, 89J%. Varien, 88%. P. Feudner, 87£%.
Flickinger; 87%. Shields and MeCutchan, 86J%, Williamson, 86%.

They all shot L. C. Smith Gnus.

Catalogue on application to

HUNTER ARMS CO., Fulton, N. Y.

Pnl L. B. BEEEABT CO., San Francisco, Coast Representative.

You can get *hese Smokeless Powders in

FACTORY . . . O 1—1 C" I I ^

LOADED .. O Pi EL L. LO

SHOTGUN RIFLEITE
BALLISTITE
LAFLIN & RAND

DU PONT
' E. C."
SCHULTZE
HAZARD

What More do you Want?

Du Pont Gun Powder

SMOKELESS

SHOT GUN and

MILITARY POWDER

Black Powder for Sporting and Blasting Purposes

The Reputation of a Hundred Years is the Guarantee of

DU PONT POWDER

O. A. HAIGHT, Ag.

86 Market Street, San Fran*1''

mm BLANKS

TRADE MARK.

ALWAYS MAKE A LOUD

REPORT

BECAUSE THEY ARE LOADED WITH SPECIAL POWDER, SPECIAL
Wadding and have a Special Crimp. You can buy them of your dealer in all
calibers for Revolver, Rifle or Yacht Cannon, and at the same price as other makes.

Millions of U. M. C. BLANKS

will help celebrate the Fourth of July. 1901.

UNION METALLIC CAETSiBGE CO

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BRIDGEPORT,
Connecticut.

PACIFIC COAST DEPOT,
425-427 Market St., San Francisco

COAST RECORD.

WORLD RECORD.

Made with SHOTGUN RIFLE1TE

EDWARD SCHULTZ

112 Straight Targets.

Ingleside, May 26, 1901.

Made with E. C. No. 1

W. K. CROSBY

345 Straight Targets.

New York, April, 1901.

Manu~d Dy THE AMERICAN "E. C." and "SCHULTZE" Gunpowder Co., Ltd.

PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Pacific Coast Representative

^~AT PRIVATE SALE^

The Famous Estate known as

CASTLETON

The Banner Farm of the Blue Grass Country,

SITUATED FOUR AND ONE-HALF MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON. KY., IN THE
neighborhood of WALNUT HALL, home of L. V. Harkness, Esq. (Standard Oil Co.), of New York,
and ELMENDORF, home of J. B. Haggin, Esq. (the Copper King), of California.

THIS FARM contains 617 acres, all in grass; grand, original

woodland, magnificent avenue, large dwelling, and

all first-class improvements.

Now leased by Mr. James R. Keene, banker, of New York City.
The owners of this property do not reside in Kentucky, and desire to sell for division of interest

EDGAR ALLAN. Attorney-at-Law. Norfolk, Va,

Apply to

IT'S THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN, BUT WITH

BALLISTITE

THE SHOOTER ALWAYS HAS THE

As it is ABSOLUTELY SMOKELESS,

NO RESIDUE OR ODOR WHEN FIRED,

PRESSURES LOWER THAN BLACK POWDER.

PATTERNS EVEN AND CLOSE AT ALL RANGES

VELOCITIES THE HIGHEST, WITH NO STRINGING OF SHOT.

Unaffected by climatic changes or age Fouling very slight; does not

increase, however many shots are fired.

Try it yourself. Don't take anybody "s word. Cartridges loaded with BALLISTITE can be obtained

from the leading Cartridge Companies, Gun and Ammunition Dealers, or the Sole Agents.

J. H. LAU &, CO.

75 Chambers St., New York City.

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