PERIODICAL DEPARTMENT BRC Hi )Q! 5P JttfTji It '-II W^ ss^ *. y^ Book No. i Accession f636. bb 1 B74"~ 147849 NOT TO Bl : TAKEN -ROM ■ fHE LIBRARY FORM NO. 37 2M-2-20 §/ Bt|> l^f *■ ' * *• "- **-^ *-' ■*— '-*- *■«-*■ — -»*j-^*-» * c^-^j u y~ \J VOLUME LV. No. 1. 1 4*7849 SAN FRANCISC0- SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1909. Subscription— $3.00 Per Year. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3. 1909. NEW TROTTING BLOOD FOR CALIFORNIA Grandly Bred Two-Year-Old Stallions Representatives of the Most Fashionable and Successful Blood Lines in America. OLIVER TODD Brown horse Sire, Todd 2:14%, sou of Bingen 2:0614 and Fan- ella 2:13>4 by Arion 2:07s.,. Dam Olive Brady by Cyclone (dam of Miss Wiggins, 2-year-old 2:17%); second dam Neoma C. by Twilight, son of Hambletonian 10 (dam of 6 in list); third dam Madam Beatty (dam of 4 in list) by Monroe Chief. GERALD JAY Bay horse Sire, Jay Bird, sire of 6, and sire dams of 3 in 2:10; dam Black Annie by Bourbon Wilkes, sire of 5 and sire dams of 5 in 2:10; second dam Kitty Ewing by Eastlight 5263, son of Mambrino Patchen; third dam by Caliban. BLACK HALL Black horse Sire, Ozono, son of Moko and Ozama (dam of Ozanam 2:07, Ozalma (3) 2:20}^ and Kinley Mack 2:14%) ; dam Maggie Yeazer (dam of Walnut Hall 2:08^ (sire of The Harvester) and grandam of Hedgewood Boy 2:02.% and Lady Maud C. 2:04%) ; second dam Docia Payne (dam of Ruby 2:22>i and full sister to Hamlin's Almont, Jr. ) by Almont 33; third dam by Blood's Black Hawk. GOVERNOR CONSTANTINE Bay horse Sire, Constantine 2:12>o; first dam Nevada by On- ward (dam of Pilaster 2:1S3^); second dam, Belle Thorne by Hero of Thorndale (dam of 1, of 2 sires and 2 dams); third dam Minna by Red Jacket (dam of Kentucky Wilkes 2:21.^, etc., one of the greatest of all brood mares); fourth dam Abuttillon by Belmont; fifth dam TJndine by Gray Eagle. MOKO HALL Brown horse Sire, Walnut Hall 2:08% (sire of The Harvester (3) 2:0S%);dam by Moko.sire of Fereno 2:05.%,Susie N. (3) 2:00%, Brenda Yorke 2:04% and dam of The Harvester (3) 2:08%; second dam by Simmons, sire of 4 in 2:10 and dams of Hamburg Belle and 6 more in 2 : 10. GRANT CONSTANTINE " Bay horse Sire. Constantine 2:12%; first dam Yivacious 2:17 by Bernal 1340S (dam of Bingen Jr. 2:13%) ; second dam Lady Viva by Three Cheers (Thor. ) ; third dam Lady Amanda (dam of Advance 2:22%) by Imp. Hurrah; fourth dam Lady Canton by Imp. Tranby, etc, etc. Each of the above mentioned stallions will be allowed to serve 8 approved mares during the season of 1909, at $30 cash a time of service, with return privilege if mares do not prove with foal. Approved mares will be bred free of charge provided I am given an option on foal at weaning time for $100. Oliver Todd and Black Hall are at Pleasanton in charge of Richard Abies. Moko Hall, Gerald Jay, Grant Constantine and Governor Constantine are at Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa, Cal., in charge of Samuel Xorris. For further information apply to FRANK J. KILPATRICK, 251 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 Class Trotting . . . $1000 No. 2—2:23 Class Trotting . . 1000 No. 3—2:19 Class Trotting; Arizona Copper Stake 5000 No. 4—2:15 Class Trotting - - - 1000 No. 5—2:12 Class Trotting - . 1000 No. 6—2:09 Class Trotting . - 2000 No. 7— Free-For-AII Trot - - 1000 No. 8—2:29 Class Trotting for Arizona Horses . . 1000 No. 9—2:18 Class Pacing - . 1000 No. 10—2:15 Class Pacing 1000 No. 11—2:12 Class Pacing - - - 1000 No. 12—2:10 Class Pacing . . - 1000 No. 13—2:08 Class Pacing; Arizona Copper Stal'e . 5000 No. 14—2:05 Class Pacing - - 2000 No. 15— Free-For-AII Pace - • 1000 No. 16— 2:20 Class Pace for Arizona Horses . . 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they are now eli- gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1 . 2, 8, 9, 1 0 and 1 6. In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. One horse may he entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will he required. Entries close on September 15, 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September loth, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar, except in purses Nos. 1, 2, S, 9. 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September 15th. All horses not entered until Sep- tember 15th must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September loth can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent, The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a §10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of $5,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:0S Pacers. The ^:. trance fee for these purses is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money winners. These purses will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready io start in each race. THE SIX ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Secretary, Phoenix, Arizona. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS. CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there is none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS. CALKS. SCRATCHES. Blood Poisoned SORES. ABRASIONS of the SKIN it has no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed it on the market relying wholly on Its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This increase was entirely due to its MER- ITS, and it is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20 th CENTURY. It is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which Injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food and Dross Act, June 30, 1906. Serial Number 1219. All Trainers Should Keep It in Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy in next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers in Harness and Turf Goods. If not in stock ask them to write any Jobber for it. JAS. B. CAMPBELL 4 CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago. OOJ^CH^O^CH^^^m^OC^.^^ TOOMEY TWO -WHEELERS Are the Acknowledged Leaders. We build Sulkies in all sizes. Pneumatic Road and Track Carts, High Wheel Road and Breaking Carts equipped ■with either steel or rubber tire. Send for Latest Catalogue. S. TOOMEY & CO., - Canal Dover, Ohio, U. S. A. Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 3 THE WEEKLY BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363, 365 and 366 PACIFIC BUILDING. Corner Market and Fourth Streets, SAN FRANCISCO. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Postofflce. Terms — One Tear J3; Six Months $1.76; Three Months |1 STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should he sent hy Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, California, Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLIONS ADVERTISED. Arabian Stallions ..El Rancho De Las Rosas. Desert Arabian Stud, Alma, Santa Clara County, Cal. Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%.... Ted Hayes, Pleasanton, Cal. Kinney Lou 2:07% Budd Doble, Salinas, Cal. Unimak 40396 H. S. Hogoboom, Woodland, Cal. CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. San Diego, July 5th, 6th and 7th Los Angeles, week ending July 17 Fresno, week ending July 31 Salinas, week ending Aug. 7 Pleasanton, week ending Aug. 14 Woodland, week ending Aug. 21 Cbico, week ending Aug. 28 State Fair, Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Everett Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Detroit July 26-30 Kalamazoo Aug. 2- 6 Cleveland Aug. 9-14 Buffalo Aug. 16-20 Poughkeepsie Aug. 23-27 Readville Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington .- Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Peoria, 111., July 3- 9 Terre Haute. Ind., July 13-16 Springfield, 111 July 20-23 Libertyville, 111 July 26-30 Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 3- 6 Galesburg, 111 Auk. 10-13 Davenport, la Aug. 17-20 Joliet, 111 Aug. 23-2S Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria, 111 Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso, Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 ANOTHER BIG SALE of trotting bred horses is to be held at Portland, Oregon, on July 14th, during the evening. This is a dispersal sale of the trotting bred horses on the famous Bitter Root Stock Farm, and there are many high-class horses among them. In- cluded are a number of the royally bred mares selected by Daly to breed to Prodigal. The farm sire, Evergets, son of Prodigal, brother to Improvi- dence 2:12, Improbable (2) 2:20, etc., is included. His first three dams, all in the great brood mare list, are by William L., Young Jim and Hambletonian 10. Another high-class Prodigal stallion and one by Ponce de Leon 2:13 are included. The youngsters are as nice a lot as one ever saw, in fine condition and receiving regular jogging. The brood mares are big, fine mares, with foals at foot. Mr. Higginbottom of this city will be the auctioneer. The Prodigal blood, especially in the female line, should be worth much to California breeders, and to mate with Bon Voyage or some of the good McKJnney blood we have here should be a winner. THE DISTRICT FAIRS, which were at one time so popular with the people of California, can be re- vived if the people of the different districts but show sufficient interest in them to organize associations for the annual holding of these expositions. At the last session of the Legislature a bill was passed and afterwards signed by the Governor which pro- vides for the organization of district fair associations and also provides for financial aid to the same. The bill authorizes the giving of a sum not to exceed $5000 in any one year to any agricultural district of the State which duly organizes and qualifies. The law specifies that when fifty residents of any dis- trict shall organize an agricultural society and pro- pose to hold a fair in said district, the Governor is empowered to appoint eight directors of the asso- ciation, and within ten days after being appointed these directors shall meet and organize by the elec- tion of one of their number as president, and the election of a secretary and treasurer who is not a member of the board of directors. The board shall by lot determine the length of service of the directors by dividing into four classes of two each. The first two names drawn shall hold office for one year, the second for two years, the third for three years and the fourth two for four years. The law still further says that whenever such associations have been formed within any of the districts provided for, and it is proposed to hold an agricultural fair in said district, the secretary of the board of directors of the district shall notify the state board of agri- culture of said intention, and shall also forward to the board of agriculture a list of the articles upon which premiums are to be paid and the amount upon each item, and the said board shall have the power to advance to said association a sum not ex- ceeding five thousand dolalrs ($5000) to pay said premiums out of any money that may have been appropriated to the said state agricultural society for the purpose, and which may at the same time be available; provided, however, that no one district shall receive such aid for more than one fair in any one year. The fairs or exhibitions to be given by the district agricultural association shall be held at such place or places within each district, as the board of directors of the said district may select. But only one of such district fairs shall receive state aid in any district during any given year, and the money provided by the state as premium money shall be applied to exhibits at this one fair." From the fore- going it will be seen that State aid for district fairs has been restored and by next year there should be districts organized all over the State for the purpose of holding these annual fairs. It is up to the people now. If they want these fairs revived they have the means at hand for reviving them. o ENTRIES for the majority of the purses offered at Detroit do not close until Tuesday, July 13th, and yet the meeting opens July 26th, only two weeks later. Out here in California entries for the entire programs of all our meetings close months before the races begin and that is why this coast has such a big list of suspended horses and owners. If an owner races at all he is compelled to enter his horses before he knows much about them, and those that go wrong are hung up for entrance money, while those not entered get no chance to race no matter how good they may prove to be. The California sys- tem of closing entries is all wrong, but will be no better until we have a regularly organized circuit. At present it is everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost which may do for a racing plan after the word has been given, but is a very poor way for a circuit to be managed. Of the 19 races advertised for the Detroit meeting, there are but four that have already closed. These are the 2:11 trot, $3000; the C. of C. 2:13 pace, $5000; the 2:24 M. & M. trot, $10,000 and the free-for-all pace, $3000. All the other races, fifteen in number, each a purse of $1000, will not close until one week from Tuesday next. AN AUCTION SALE of trotting bred horses was held way down in Maine the other day and 26 head sold for an average of $246.50 with $510 as the highess price for any one horse. As none of them were very fashionably bred the sale must be con- sidered as proof that horses are pretty fair value in the northeast corner of the United States. JAY EYE SEE, the first horse to trot in 2:10 is dead at Pleasant View farm near Racine, Wisconsin, where he has been a pensioner for the last fourteen or fifteen years. Jay Eye See was foaled in 1878, consequently was 31 years old at the time of his death. He was foaled on the farm of Richard West, near Lexington, Kentucky, and was by Dictator, full brother to the noted horse Dexter 2:17%. His dam was Midnight by Pilot Jr., and his grandam the thoroughbred made Twilight by Lexington. Jay Eye See received his peculiar name from the initial let- ters of Jerome I. Case, who purchased him from Col. West when he was a young horse. It was only by a mere chance that Mr. Case came into the possession of the afterward famous trotter. He was at Lexington to buy two trotters from Colonel West, but could not quite agree on the price. After considerable argument, West finally said: "Well, Case, I have a gelding here here that I'll throw in and call it a bargain." The gelding was Jay Eye See. Edwin Bither was the man who made a trot- ter of the gelding. It was a hard job, but energy and patience prevailed and Bither had the satisfaction of driving him a mile in 2:10 at Providence, Rhode Island, August 1st, 1SS4, which was the first time a trotter had ever made so fast a record. Three years before, in 1881, Maud S. had trotted in 2:10% at Rochester, New York, and the Providence per- formance made Jay Eye See a champion. He held this title for one day only, Maud S. lowering the record August 2d at Cleveland to 2:09% and finally in July of the following year trotted her famous mile in 2:08% to high wheel sulky. Jay Eye See was afterwards put to pacing and took a record of 2:06% at that gait in 1S92, when he was fourteen years old. Two years ago he was taken to the Wis- consin State Fair at Milwaukee and was a great attraction, being then 29 years of age, but looked strong and his black coat glistened in the sun. When led out on the track in front of the grand stand be- tween heats, several horses that were warming up for a race dashed by, and the old gelding felt the fire of enthusiasm for the old days and tried to get away from his groom to join the rapidly moving pacers that were passing. It was with difficulty that he was led to his stall, and he pranced before the mul- titude with all the fire of his youth. A marble shaft to his memory is to be erected over his grave on the farm where he has lived since the late J. I. Case purchased him, provision for the same having been made in Mr. Case's will. o IN THE DESIRE to prevent the spread of glan- ders in California State Veterinarian Chas. Keane has sent a letter to the San Francisco Board of Su- pervisors asking them to abolish public watering troughs by ordinance. This certainly is a very dras- tic means of stopping the dread disease, and looks to be unnecessary, if other precautions are taken. The suffering that horses would endure in large cit- ies were there no public watering troughs can hardly be estimated but it would be great. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has erected many of these troughs at its own expense, and they fill a want 'that would not be otherwise sup- plied. There is no doubt but glanders may be dis- tributed by means of these city troughs, but we also believe that the cases that can be traced to them are very few. Destroy glandered horses where found and quarantine those that have come in contact with them, but do not cause thousands of horses to suffer thirst each day by closing up the free water- ing troughs. MR. FRANK F. MOULTON, of Menlo Park, who is now on a tour of Europe, has placed us under re- newed obligations to him by sending from France, Germany and England copies of sporting pictorials of those countries containing accounts of the recent trotting racing and other most interesting matter. His latest contribution is a copy of the prize list of the International Horse Show at Olynipia which was held from June 5th to 15th this year. The book is most elaborately printed and illustrated, the cover adorned with a scene at the show printed in colors. Mr. Moulton's thoughtfulness for his friends even though far from him, is one of the many traits of his character that endears him to them. THE TRACK AT SAN BERNARDINO has been in a very bad shape this week, beingjVery^cuppy. A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE of the great stallion Bingen 2:06% came with the last week's issue of the American Horse Breeder of Boston. It is from a painting of the horse by W. L. Duntley and is a very creditable piece of work. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3. 1909. 1 HERE AND THERE | THE GET OF KINNEY LOU are beginning to show that this magnificent son of McKinney has the abil- ity to transmit some of that wonderful speed which he is known to possess. Every week we hear of a son or daughter of Budd Doble's handsome stallion showing extreme speed at the trot or pace — nearly always at the trot, as very few of the Kinney Lous take to the lateral gait. Kinney Lou is now twelve years old and looks as well and has as much speed as he ever had in his life. The other day at Salinas Doble was giving him his regular exercise and it happened that Charley Whitehead was on the track with that fast pacing colt Ray o' Light 2:08%. Af- ter Jogging around a time or two and getting warmed up, Doble asked Whitehead to step the pacer an eighth at speed, remarking that he would like to see how Kinney Lou would trot alongside a fast horse. The two horses came down the stretch on even terms, and at the last eighth pole were given their heads. From there to the wire they came like a couple of runaway horses, and the watches showed a fraction better than 14 seconds. Kinney Lou was so full of trot that Whitehead had to cluck to Ray o' Light a time or two in order to keep on even terms with Doble. An eighth at that speed shows that Kinney Lou is in pretty fine shape just now, even though he is not in training. He had made a very fair season to the best class of mares he has yet had. Diamond Mac 2:26%, the six-year-old son of Kin- ney Lou out of a mare by Don Marvin is training at Salinas, and while he will not be raced this year, he will be out next season and 2:10 is as certain for him as he lives and meets with no accidents. Doble trotted him a mile in 2:16% the other day, the last quarter in 31% seconds, and the last eighth in 15 seconds, which is pretty good evidence that he is a very fast horse. He is a beautiful brown and some idea of his handsome proportions can be obtained from his picture on the front page of the "Breeder and Sportsman" this week. Another Kinney Lou that is showing great speed at the trot is Kinney de Lopez a chestnut three-year- old out of Redirect by Direct, second dam Kate Chap- man by Naubuc. He has been driven at speed this year but once and then Mr. Doble let him step 100 yards and he did it in just seven seconds, which fig- ures out a little better than a 2:06 clip. He is a very classy looking colt. The four-year-old filly Delia Lou that took a record of 2:27% last year as a three-year-old after sixty days' work, is showing great improvement this year. She worked a mile for Doble last week in 2:22 under restraint. She belongs to Mr. Henry Imhoff of this city. The colt Four Stockings by Kinney Lou that Dick Abies is training at Pleasanton for Mr. Frank J. Kii- patrick will be seen in the three-year-old stakes on the coast this year. He has already shown a half mile at the trot in 1:07. Then there is the pacer Harold B., owned by the Bernard Livery Company of Chico, that has won several races in better than 2:15 this year, and many others that are showing a high rate of speed. There will be a Kinney Lou boom within the next two years, and the "Breeder and Sportsman" will then have the satisfaction ol saying "we told you so." Ray Mead, the enterprising young man who is building a new race track at San Jose, was in town this week. He has begun grading the track and by the time the circuit races are over will have it ready to work horses on. Every horseman who has been on the ground believes the soil will make a very fast track, and as the course is to be a mile in circumference, sixty feet wide all round with the exception of the home stretch which is to have a width of seventy-five feet, it will be roomy enough to accommodate a great many horses. Mr. Mead has his water tank up, and will have his engine and pump set ready for operation in a very few days. As soon as the track is graded and ready for the trainers Mr. Mead will begin the erection of many more box stalls, aiming to have a hundred completed before the rainy season opens. I have been amused many times lately by over- hearing some horseman remark that "the building and equipment of a first class track at San Jose will injure Pleasanton." Such an assertion is silly non- sence. A first class training track at San Jose or any other point in California will only result in put- ting more horses into training and boosting the horse business. It is the strangest thing in the world that some persons should believe that success of one means failure for another in any line of busi- ness. We would like to see high class training tracks in every county in California, and were it possible to have been constructed and properly cared for there would be twenty horses in training where there is now one. and the California circuit would be one of the great harness racing circuits of the United States. There are enough harness horses raised every year within a radius of fifty miles of San Francisco to fill every stall at Pleasanton one hundred times over, and just so long as the Pleas- anton track is owned by as progressive and energetic a man as Mr. H. E. Armstrong there is not the least fear but its stalls will be filled every winter and spring with horses to be trained for the races. If Mr. Mead builds 100 stalls and constructs a good training track at San Jose he will find it easy to se- cure patronage enough from the horsemen to make the building of more stalls necessary, but there will be no diminution in the number of horses at Pleas- anton. We heard a man say the other day that all those southern California trainers would come north if the Los Angeles track should be closed. Perhaps they would, but they would bring mighty few horses with them, as the Los Angeles breeders would very soon lose all interest in training were there no track in that city to train on. We hope the San Jose track will be a success and we believe it will be, and we also hope there will be still more training tracks built and maintained in California. The more tracks we have the more horses will be bred and trained and this means more prosperity for everybody in the business. W. H. Combs, who trained his horses Albert Direda by Robert Driect and Diabull by Diablo on the Sa- h'nas track is winning part of the money right along over on the Dakota circuit. A letter written by him on the 19th of June at Mourtenay, North Dakota, states that he won the 2:25 pace with Albert Direda that day in 2:18 and the 2:15 pace with Diabull in 2:14. Robert Direct and Diablo both get new standard performers in these two pacers this year. Mr. Combs states that he will take these horses through the entire North Dakota circuit, and then on to Can- ada where he will start Albert Direda in a $3000 purse at Winepeg. Extensive improvements are being made at the Sa- linas track — thirty-one new box stalls having al- ready been finished and the carpenters are now at work putting the old stalls and all the buildings in first class repair for the Breeders' meeting and county fair which opens August 11th. The track is already in perfect condition and the horses in train- ing there are stepping lively. Ray o' Light worked two fast heats last week in 2:11 and 2:10%. Delia Derby trotted two heats in 2:14%, and 2:13% and Elza Marie paced a heat in 2:13%. Several of the trainers who will not race south are preparing to ship to Salinas within the next few days so as to get their horses accustomed to the track before starting in the big stakes to be hung up at the Breeders' meeting. Way up in Killarney. Manitoba, where the sun rises long before breakfast and shines until honest people are ready to go to bed. there are some pretty well bred horses, and it pleases one to know that some of these well bred ones carry the blood of our best California sires. James Cowan, who does some farming and runs a livery business at Killarney is the owner of some of these well bred ones. He has a brown stallion, three years old this season, that is a full brother to last year's Grand Circuit trotter The Zoo 2:09, being by the great Zombro and out of Beulah, a full sister to Chehalis 2:04%. etc., by Altamont. The name of this youngster is Zoalco. and he is a square trotter with excellent prospects of being very fast. This horse was bred by Jasper Reeves of Cornelius, Oregon. Mr. Cowan has an- o4her Zombro stallion of the same age that is out of Alta Dell 2:16 by Holmdell, and is a blood bay. He also owns a four-year-pld pacirfg mare by Diablo 2:09% out of Alta Dell, and a bay pacing stallion called Dungannon that is by Pathmont 2:09%. The Manitoba country is rapidly increasing in population, and there is not a section of country on earth where trotting and pacing horses are held in greater es- teem. With the blood lines that the young stallions owned by Mr. Cowan carry in their veins they should do much to improve the stock in that far northern country. A letter from Mr. H. M. Norton of Arborknoll, La- fayette, Indiana, received this week, conveys the in- formation that the name of his Kinney Lou filly which has been erroneously printed as Entate. should be Autate, being an attempt to "spell out" the fig- ures 'OS, which designates the year of her foaling. Autate is now in the hands of the famous Palatine trainer Charley Dean, and Mr. Norton expresses great hopes that she will develop into something very fast, as she has all the indications. Autate's dam Bird C. missed to Sterling McKinney last sea- son and has been bred to The Beau Ideal 2:15% this year, and is believed to be with foal. Henry Ten Eyck White, that entertaining writer whose weekly article on trotting horse affairs in the Chicago Tribune is so widely read, in recalling the M. & M. of last year, comments as follows: At this time last year Fleming Boy and Spanish Queen were the best thought of. with Alceste a sup- posed possibility, but after Fleming Boy stepped in 2:07^ at Peoria and beat Alceste a race* at the same meeting he looked to be the best, but after winning the first heat of the M. and M. in 2:08 he was not good and Dean at once said the stallion could not win. Al- ceste took a record of 2:07% that day. and Spanish Queen landed in the same notch, the time of the five heats trotted being 2:05. 2:07lJ. 2:08. 2:071,4. 2:07%. Spanish Queen and Alceste won two heats apiece, but under the rule that the race ended at the con- clusion of the fifth heat first money went to Spanish Queen, because she finished second two heats to one such finish by Alceste. The position of the mares when the race was terminated by the rule were: Spanish Queen 5 1 1 2 2 Alceste ...-. 2 3 3 1 1 If races are to be ended by arbitrary rule at the finish of a particular heat the old time plan of adding up the positions of every horse and awarding first money to the one whose positions total the least is the only fair way to settle matters. In the above instance Alceste, which won the last two heats trotted, is charged with a total of 10, when her positions are added, while Spanish Queen's total is eleven. As long as the plan of stopping at the end of a named heat is to be followed all possible precautions to pre- vent opera bouffe results should be taken and in the instance herewith noted the remedy is simple. Let us look over the accounts of this race and see whether a totalizing of the positions will prove which of the two mares was the better horse. In the first heat Spanish Queen made a break and had to be driven for all she was worth to finish fifth. It was a very hard heat on her. The second heat was a duel between Spanish Queen and Fleming Boy, and the third heat was a repetition of the second. Now the newspaper accounts of these three heats state that Fleming Boy was an easy winner of the first heat, consequently Alceste, although finishing sec- ond, could not have had a very hard drive, and as she is hardly mentioned in any of the reports of the second and third heats it looks as if she was not tiying very hard, while Spanish Queen was rac- ing all the time. It does not look as though Geers tried to beat either Fleming Boy or Spanish Queen until after the third heat. From this it does not look to me as if a totalizing of the figures in the summary would have proven which was the best horse in the race, as Fleming Boy who only won the first heat total eleven points, the same as Spanish Queen who beat him every time they raced on even terms. Has it ever occurred to turf writers that the three in five plan, and the system of figuring posi- tions at the finish which is in vogue with the Na- tional and American Trotting Associations were adopted after years of experiment and trial with all sorts of systems, of which the totalizing of positions was one? SUISUN STOCK FARM YEARLINGS. The annual sale of yearlings bred at Rush & Haile's Suisun Stock Farm was held at the town of Suisun, Solano county, on Saturday last, June 26th. As but nine head were catalogued to be sold, the attendance was not large, and while bidding was slow the prices received were fair, and in excess of the average obtained last year. Lewis Pierce of Suisun was the principal buyer. There were but eight head brought to the sale, a yearling by Gen. J. B. Frisbie out of a Demonio mare, having been injured on the farm. Six yearlings, a three-year-old and a seven-year-old gelding were sold at the following prices: Chestnut colt, foaled 190S, by Demonio 2:11% dam Laura H. by Nutwood Wilkes: Lewis Pierce, $215. Brown filly, foaled 1908, by Demonio 2:11% dam Topaz by Bradtmoor: D. E. Fry, $85. Brown colt, foaled 190S, by Demonio 2:11%, dam Eva by La Grande; Henry Smith. $70. Bay filly, foaled 1908. by Demonio 2:11% dam Florita by Alban: L. Pierce, $150. Bay colt, foaled 190S, by Demonio, dam Nellie T. my Dawn 2:18%; L. C. Northcut. $140. Bay colt, foaled 190S, by Nordwell. dam Miss Winn 2:12% by Demonio; L. Pierce, $105. Brown filly, foaled 1906. by Demonio, dam Yarrow by Como ; L. Pierce, $150. Bav gelding, foaled 1902. by Demonio 2:11%, dam Minerva by Guy Wilkes; W. C. Hale, $190. Average for the six yearlings, $127.50. YUBA AND SUTTER DRIVING CLUB. A large attendance greeted the members of the Yuba and Sutter Driving Club of Marysville and their guests from Sacramento and other points at the matinee given at Knight Park, Marysville, last Sunday. All were pleased with the afternoon's sport, the contests being close in several races and the time very good. Results: First race, class D — Emiline (McGruder) 1 1 Rex (Powell) 2 2 Anona (Leech) 3 3 Time— 2:25, 2:30%. Second race, class C — Anita N. (McCune) 2 1 1 Buster Brown (Pike) 1 2 2 Time— 2:27%, 2:26%, 2:40. Third race, class B — Dixie M. (McCallum) 1 Economizer (Silva) 2 Time; — 2:26%. Fourth race, class A trot — R. W. P. (Atkins) 1 1 Blanche T. (Silva) 2 2 Tonopah (Vance) 3 3 Time — 2:16, 2:21. Fifth race, class A pace — ■ Monteo (Renatti) 2 1 1 Rockaway (Hall) 1 2 3 Briarwood (Christie) 3 3 2 Time— 2:15%, 2:13, 2:14. o Ray McKinneq 2:28% the bay gelding by Wash- . ington McKinney that Jack Vera of Reno purchased at Mr. F. J. Fitzpatrick's dispersal sale last October, is showing a lot of speed and Mr. Vera writes 'looks like the candy." After two weeks' work Ray showed a half mile in 1:08 easily, is level headed and knows nothing but trot. He has no waste action, wears no boots, and the Reno horsemen expect great re- sults from him this fail. Mr. Vera expects to give him a low mark if nothing goes wrong. There are some good horses at Reno, but the track is slow and seldom in good shape. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GOOD RACING AT THE STADIUM. FAST MATINEE RACING AT NEW YORK. An immense crowd saw the races of the San Fran- cisco Driving Club at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last Sunday. While no very fast time was made the races were well contested in nearly every instance and some of the finishes were thrilling. Starter Kenney got his fields off well and with no de- lays, the entire program being put through promptly. The officers of the day were: Starter, YV. J. Ken- ney; judges, D. Dillon, I. Sexton and D. Hoffman; timers, A. M. Scott, H. Schottler and John Deschler; marshal of course, Fred Lauterwasser Jr. Results: First race, 2:30 trot and pace, one mile: J. Nowlan's Dick (Nowlan) 1 2 1 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) 2 1 2 E. T. Ayers' Dalta A. (Ayers) 6 3 3 H. Boyle's Honest Dick ( Boyle) 3 7 7 E. R. Wilson's Ned Dennis (Wilson) 4 4 4 William Hamner's Clara W. (Hamner) 7 5 5 G. Tassi's Stede D. (Tassi) 5 6 6 Time— 2:30, 2:27, 2:28. Second race, 2:20 pace, one mile: H. Boyle's Margaret B. (Boyle) 1 1 J. Nowlan's Durfee Mac (Nowlan) 3 2 J. Deschler's Prince D. (Frellson) 2 5 W. Higginbottom's T. D. W. (Higginhottom) 5 3 D. Roberts' Eden Vale (Roberts) 4 4 Time— 2:20%, 2:19%. Third race, free-for-all trot, one mile: V. Verilhae's Dr. Hammond (Verilhac) 3 1 1 A. Ottinger's Telephone (Ottinger) 1 2 2 H Boyle's Modicum (Boyle) 2 3 3 F. Burton's Neko (Burton) 5 4 4 F. Gommet's Verona ( Gommet) 4 5 5 Time — 2:19, 2:17%, 2:20. Fourth race, 2:30 pace, one mile: R. J. Lathrope's Marin ( Lathrope) 1 1 J. O'Reilly's Honesty (O'Reilly)... 2 2 D. Dillon's Dexter C. (Burton) 3 3 J. V. Galindo's Thelma (Swartz) 5 4 Bert Edwards' Baldy Mitchell (Edwards) 4 5 Time — 2:21, 2:23. Fifth race, free-for-all pace, one mile: Al Hoffman's Kitty D. (Swartz) 4 1 1 G. Giannini's Geo. Perry (G. Machado) 1 4 5 F. Burton's Albert S. (Burton) 2 2 2 Phil Kohn's Alfred D. (M. Donnelly) 5 3 3 Luke Marisch's Little Dick (Verilhac) 3 5 4 Time— 2:15, 2:17, 2:16. EIGHT RACES TODAY AT OROVILLE. The second meeting of the Sacramento Valley Driving Club circuit will be held today at Oroville. There are eight races on the program, as follows: Free-for-all pace — Harold B. (L. B. Daniels), Chico; Kelly Briggs (F. E. Wright), Sacramento; Monteo (John Ranetti), Marysville; Rockaway (J. B. Hall), Oroville. Free-for-all trot— R. W. P. (Frank Atkins), Marys- ville; Tonopah (William Vance), Marysville; Blanche T. (Charles Silva), Sacramento; Easter Bells (Wil- liam Vance), Marysville. 2:20 pace — Seymow M. (Thomas Stiles), Chico; Economizer (J. F. Silva); The Judge (J. F. Heenan), Sacramento; Brierwood (I. Christie), Sacramento; Hermia (F. E. Emlay), Oroville; Chiquito (W. J. Miller), Chico. 2:25 pace — Joe Dick (J. F. Heenan), Sacramento; Bonnie Echo (John Collins), Sacramento); Buster Brown (H. C. Pyke), Sacramento; Lady J. (Dr. Jacobs), Meridian; Hazel (W. F. Gates), Oroville. 2:30 trot — Sterling (Oscar Wilbur), Sacramento: Anita M. (Phil McCune), Marysville; Gladys Moore (John Wannop), Chico; Lady Alice (W. J. O'Connor), Chico: Major McKinney (F. H .Metz), Sacramento. 2:40 class — Anona (William Leech), Marysville; Billy G. (George Vice), Sacramento; Flyaway (F. F. Silva), Sacramento. 2:35 pace — King S. (E. Strain), Marysville; Em- iline (George H. Magrander), Yuba City; Dick Russel (John Henry), Oroville; Babe T. (Dr. I. L. Tucker). Oroville. Special races for Oroville horses — McKinney P. (J. C. Eichler) ; Bessie Russell (Clyde Masteller) ; Coon (O. N. Pauly) ; Joe Gans (L. H. Marks) ; Cecelia (M. Schubner); Maud S. (B. Onyett). BON VOYAGE NOT FOR SALE. The following letters are self explanatory: Lexington, Ky., June 19, 1909. Mr. W. A. Clark, Jr. My Dear Sir: Ts Boy VoVyage 2:12% for sale? If so what is the least cash price. J. O. MCALLISTER, Lexington, Ky. Los Angeles, June 22, 1909. Mr. J. O. McAllister. Lexington, Ky. Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of the l~9th inst., would say that Bon Voyage is not for sale at any price. Sincerely yours, W. A. CLARK, JR. They put swindling horse traders in jail down at Bakersfield. Last week a Irader sold a horse with the heaves to an unsuspecting farmer and the latter had him arrested for swindling. The judge fixed bail at $1000 and the fellow is in jail awaiting his trial. Eighteen half mile heats trotted and paced in an average of 1:06 made the matinee of the New York Road Drivers' Association on .that famous speedway a sensational oue on Wednesday, June 23d, and the fastest of the year. The fastest time during the afternoon for the pacing division was 1:01 made by the chestnut Mendocino gelding Claro who took the speedway ghost Who Knows, into camp. The fastest heat by a trotter went to the credit of Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick's gelding Wilmar, who in an effort against time trotted a heat in 1:03%. Wil- mar would have trotted faster, but Mr. Kilpatrick got a little anxious after passing the first quarter pole and drove Wilmar to a break, but caught him after a jump or two and he trotted under the wire like a two-minute horse. The following summary of the afternoon races will be of interest to Cali- fornian matinee enthusiasts: Class C. trotting — • Golden Jr., ch. g (J. Campbell) 1 1 Composer, b. g„ A. Crawford (Minor) 2 2 Time— 1:07%, 1:08. Class AAA, Pacing — Claro, ch. g. (J. F. Gibbons) 1 1 Who Knows, blk g. (Thos. B. Leahy) 2 2 Time— 1:01%, 1:01. Class B, trotting — Ismalian, ch. g. (Thas. G. Hinds) 1 1 Rose Electrite, b. m. (E. Bottemus) 2 2 Earl B., b. g. (P. Kennedy) 3 3 Time— 1:03%, 1:05%. Class A, pacing — Bessie Pandit, br. m., G. H. Huber (Fox) 1 1 Ogden Smith, blk. g. (J. W. Smith( 2 2 Time— 1:04%, 1:04. Class A, trotting — Judge Boardman, b. g., H. L. Toplitz (Gib- bons) 2 1 1 Joe Jap, blk. g.. (H. B. Clarke) 1 2 2 Time— 1:04, 1:05%, 1:08%. Class AA, pacing — ■ Kate Nelson, br. m. (Ed J. LaPlace) 1 2 2 Alone, b. m. (F. J. Kilpatrick) 1 2 2 Time— 1:06%, 1:10, 1:07. Class F, trotting — Hycinta, br m. (Wm. Sco't) 1 1 Greane Gratian, b. h., H. L. Toplitz (Gibbons).. 2 2 Carmine, b. m. (John Lennon) 3 3 Time— 1:14. 1:11%. Class D, trotting — Pot Roast, b. g., E. S. Brower (Campbell) 1 1 Mona Wilkes, b. m. (Thos. G. Hinds) 2 2 Tommy Brown, b. g. (L. Metzger) 3 3 Time— 109, 1:07%. Class C, pacing — Minnie Albert, b. m. (S. B. Wolf) 2 1 1 Sally A., b. m. (C. Hackett) 1 2 2 Helen Pandit, br. m., G. H. Huber (Fox) 3 3 3 Tihe— 1:04, 1:10%, 1:06. Class AAA, trotting — Sid Axworthy, ch. g. (Chas. Weiland) 1 1 Wentworth, blk g., C. Weiland ( Smith) .' 2 2 Time— 1:05, 1:04. To beat 1:04, trotting — Wilmar, b. g. (F. J. Kilpatrick) Won Time— 1:03%. Class D, pacing — Billy K., rn. g. (Jas. Kennedy) 1 1 Sadie Mack, blk. m. (E. B. McGaffney) 2 2 Conjurer, ch. h (Jas. Ryan) 3 3 Time— 1:09%, 1:10. Class E, trotting — Black Pandit, blk. m. (G. H. Huber) 2 3 1 1 Lemon Girl, ch. m. (P. Heiperhauser) 1 2 2 2 Jap, b. g. (Thos. Lawson) 3 14 3 Lizzie Pandit, br. m., G. H. Huber (Fox) . .4 4 3 ro. Time— 1:11, 1:10%, 1:10, 1:11%. Class B, pacing — Lillie Wilkes, ch. m., Dr. Ferster (Gibbons) ... .1 1 Red Bird, b. h. (Ben Cohen) 2 2 Time— 1:04%, 1:06%. derful lick and Dan's driver's lack of experience, rush by the champion and easily beat him in the finish. So sure of their plan were the conspirators that they let a small coterie of their friends in on the snap and it is alleged succeeded in placing a few small bets of some articles of wearing apparel. After Hersey had worked the horses two miles each the big event was announced. The big crowd anxiously awaited results. Mr. Savage took his seat behind the only Dan and Hersey talked to Minor Heir. The Heir was fussy and it was necessary to score four times before both horses were going smoothly. Everything was slow and easy to the half which they went in 1:12. Mr. Savage then thought it time for the fun to start. He had the pole and began talking to his favorite. Dan re- sponded. He widened the distance between him and his pacing rival. Hersey was sitting quietly smiling at what he was going to do to "the boss." He closed up the gap a little and at the three-quar- ter pole he was carrying out the conspirators' pro- gram. But right there Dan Patch and Mr. Savage started for the wire. The champion saw the crowd, heard the applause and thought he was giving a real exhibition. Hersey, who has learned to almost read Dan's mind, scented danger and called upon Minor Heir. The little horse flashed up to even terms with the champion but the pride of the Patchens had his record stride working by that time. Hersey saw he was in a horse race. He held Dan even to the % post. Then the champion advanced his spark and flashed under the wire a good neck ahead. They had gone the last quarter in :29% and the last eighth in :14 — a 1:56 clip. When he dismounted Mr. Savage, cramped but smiling, remarked: "You fellows aren't as smart as you think you are. Dan Patch is still Dan Patch." A BRUSH BETWEEN CHAMPIONS. Dan Patch, with M. W. Savage up, took sweet revenge upon Minor Heir last week for the beating given him by his ambitious rival two weeks ago. In- cidentally M. W. Savage frustrated a plot to humil- iate him and his champion pacer before some six hundred of his employes who were picnic guests at the International Stock Food Farm. The owner now wears the smile that won't come off. Harry Hersey piloted the brown son of Heir-at- Law and when his horse was nosed out by the champion after stepping the last eighth at a 1:56 clip, the veteran driver refused to be comforted. In the first place the plot in which he was a ring- leader didn't pan and in the next he says he didn't want to work the horses so fast but had to in order to keep in sight of the flying champion. In con- sequence there is a decided coolness between Mr. Savage and his superintendent. The race between the great pacers was a sequel to a work-out last week, when, in a slow mile, Her- sey, with Minor Heir, bested his employer driv- ing the world's champion. The day was perfect and the horses great. Mr. Savage was looking for re- venge and the way in which Dan shook his head indicated that he understood the situation thorough- ly. Hersey and Erie Savage are openly accused of attempting to fix the race. Harry was to lay be- hind with Minor Heir until they turned into the stretch and then, relying upon the little horse's won- THE MARKET FOR GOOD HORSES. Occasional doubt is voiced by breeders regard- ing the security of the market for good horses. They cite the violent fluctuations of the markets for other kinds of livestock as indicating what may at any time happen to the horse trade. It is true there hare been times of low-priced horseflesh. Back in the nineties the horse market offered small en- couragement to breeders, but after business recov- ered from the effects of the panic of 1893 the mar- ket has been on a steady improving basis. Ten years ago when prices were finally offering induce- ments to breeders, many held back with the pre- diction that within six years the markets would be deluged with good horses, begging bids from in- different buyers. The number of horses did in- crease rapidly until now there are 50 per cent more horses in the United States than in 1900. But values also ascended with every passing year until now horses of all kinds are bringing more money than ever before. Even the business depression of last year had only a slight and temporary effect upon prices. While it would be folly to predict that prices could not me smashed they have so far grown steadily in the face of increased numbers and the introduction of mechanical motor vehicles. The horse has the advantage over other kinds of stock in the general steadiness of the demand. Business that requires horse power cannot be done without it; but people who desire meat can live without it whenever prices prompt them to adopt such a course. Few breeders realize the magnitude of city growth and the accompanying expansion of business, requiring increasing numbers of horses to furnish necessary short distance transportation. City population has been steadily increasing at a faster rate than country population. Besides this constantly increasing outlet for marketable horses, following city growth, there is a broad trade in horses to go to new farming regions. So insistent has this demand been that steady improvement has been registered in the quality of horses drawn upon for this development work. Along with these sup- ports the horse business enjoys the steadying effect of the six years' time that must elapse between the initial steps of the breeder to expand his business and the marketing of his increase as five-year-olds. Sheep, hogs and cattle are more susceptible to the erratic operations and limited financial hacking of those who follow high prices by enlarging their business in their attempts to get rich quick. The oversupply of one year's breeding is forced upon the market soon after with disastrous results pro- portionate to the ease with which expansion of flocks and herds was possible. Such mushroom growth of the horse business is impossible and steady breeders gain security by this elimination of short-distance men from their ranks. — Chicago Breeders' Gazette. Alver G. Ward, the Sheriff of Harrison county. Indiana, residing at Corydon, is now owner of a California bred mare foaled in 1902, sired by Stam. B. 2:11%, dam Missie Madison by James Madison, second dam Missie Medium by Rampart, third dam Belle Medium, the dam of Stam B. 2:11% by Happy Medium. El Victress 2:13%, now at the Springfield, Illinois, track, trotted a mile in 2:08% last week with the last quarter in 30% seconds and looks good for still faster miles in her races. Bolivar 2:00% is in the matinee game at Wil mington, Delaware, and is doing pretty well at it. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS T. H. Barstow of San Jose has taken his handsome stallion Nearest McKinney to Salinas. The Eel 2:02% paced an exhibition mile over the Seaforth, Ontario, half mile track June 16th in 2: OS. Both the $2500 stakes at Portland filled well. The 2:0S pace has twenty entries and the 2:12 trot twenty- eight. Monterey 2:09%, having finished his stud season at Ogden, is to he used in the matinees there this summer. Highfly 2:04% won the free-for-all pace, purse $300, at the Albert Lea, Minnesota, meeting, June 19th. The best time was 2:10%. The Sonoma Driving Club will give a program of seven races on its half-mile track adjoining the town of .Sonoma on Monday next, July 5th. A Zolock got first money in the pace and a Zombro first in the trot on the opening day of the California Circuit, and both in straight heats. The first heat of the season in California was be- low 2:10, which augurs well for some pretty hot racing before the end of the circuit. The Limit worked a mile in 2:07 at Lexington on the afternoon of June ISth, the last half in 1:03 and the last quarter a bit better than 30 seconds. Ben Walker went east with the Durfee string of horses and will do the driving until W. G. Durfee's arm is in shape to enable him to handle the reins. Monalto, a full sister to Monicrat, has a very fine filly foaled the fourth of June, by Baron Bretto 39103. She is owned by H. S. Evans, Ashland, Oregon. Diablo Mac gives every promise of being a high class trotter this year, and some put him down for a mile close to 2: OS before the year is ended. Easter, the three-year-old by Monicrat won the 2:25 trot at San Bernardino and lowered his record. He looks like a good prospect for the stakes he is entered in. Sir John S. 2:04% is to pace an exhibition mile at Oroville today. He is not expected to lower his record as he is not up to a fast mile, but may show a fast half or quarter. Ted Hayes left for Los Angeles last Tuesday to bring the Bon Voyage col*s owned by Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. to Pleasanton to prepare them for the Breeders' Futurity. Silver Dick 2:09%, the gray pacer that Ben Walker drove in several races last year, is being worked at the Los Angeles track by E. J. Delory and is showing as much speed as ever. Sir Albert S. 2:03% was up against a bunch of matinee horses at Boston the other day where the winner paced two half mile heats inside 1:00. Sir Albert S. was third in one heat. The new grand stand at Pleasanton Training Park will be the most comfortable one on the entire cir- cuit. The frame is up and within a couple of weeks the structure will be completed. On June 14th, at Paris, President Fallieres was present at the trotting races when M. Lallontes' Grand Maine won the President Prize of the Repub- lic, worth $10,000. That is just what is wanted here. ■ Phoenix is doing better. He won second money out of the race at Fairmont, Virginia, June 15th, by being 4-2-3 in the three heats which were in 2:17%, 2:16% and 2:18y2 over a half mile track. Our regular correspondent, "James," has been at the San Bernardino meeting this week and will be at San Diego and Los Angeles. His account of these meetings will begin next week. The Michigan teamster, Jimmy Burns, thinks that the big trotting gelding Dan K 2:14% by Declaration is going to be a star trotter this year. He showed a half right at 1:03, in a workout at Detroit re- cently. The dispersal sale of the Bitter Root Stock Farm trotting bred horses will be held at Portland on the evening of July 14th. Col. Higginbottom will go up to cry the sale. There are some royally bred mares to be disposed of. See advertisement. Lou Crellin received a letter from Geo. Estabrook of Denver this week saying C. The Limit had worked a mile in 2:06% with the last half in 1:00 flat Ac- cording to late reports The Limit may be started but a few times this year. The horses owned by members of the Sacramento, Chico, Oroville, Woodland and Marysville driving clubs, will race at Oroville today and at Woodland on Monday, July 5th. The races at Sacramento and Marysville were very successful and largely attended. Racing will be held at the Concord, Contra Costa county mile track tomorrow, Sunday, July 4th. Four races are advertised and several San Francisco horses are entered. The races are a 2:20 class pace, a three-year-old pace, a special for local horses and one for members of the San Francisco Driving Club. If any of the readers of the "Breeder and Sports- man" contemplate going to the Alaska-Yukon Fair at Seattle, they should arrange to put up at the Hotel Diller of which Mr. C. A. Harrison is proprietor. It is a first class hotel conducted on the European plan. Great preparations are being made for the Mon- terey Agricultural Fair which is to be held at Salinas in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. A very generous premium list has already been printed and is being extensively circulated. None of the purses that were re-opened by the Fresno association for its July meeting filled satis- factorily. As there were hut two of them that were for any but local horses, and as the association received a good entry list for the majority of its program, there will be plenty of good racing at the meeting. Mr. C. L. Crellin of Ruby Hill Vineyard, Pleasan- ton, who bred the pacer C. The Limit and sold him to Mr. Geo. Estabrook of Denver for $10,000, will go to Detroit this month to see the horse start in the Chamber of Commerce stake, which will be the first time for the son of Searchlight and Bertha to start in a race. San Luis Obispo county has organized a district agricultural association under the new law and Gov- ernor Gillett has appointed the following board of directors: John Donovan, George E. Van Gordon, Ed Cliff, W. E. Hixon, L. C. Routzahn, Easton Mills, W. H. Warden and R. W. Nuttall. A fair will be held at San Luis Obispo this fall. J. T. Wells of Highlands, Cal., recently purchased from N. M. Strong of San Bernardino, a yearling by Direct Heir, dam May Kinney (dam of R Ambush 2:09%, by Silkwood), second dam Santanella by Mc- Kinney. This yearling has shown an eighth in 22 seconds, and looks like a great prospect. Mr. P. T. Roche of Tulare writes us that he was at the Tulare track June 2Sth and saw R. M Lipson handling a raw two-year-old filly that had been broken about two months. The filly was sired by Red McK a son of McKinney. She trotted a quar- ter in 45 seconds, the last eighth in 21% seconds and gives promise of being a very fast mare. Mr. Lip- son has charge of the Tulare fair grounds and race track and has a string of fourteen horses in training. Country Jay is the talk of the present year. Dis- carded a number of years ago as hopelessly broken down after he had won more money than any other horse out in 1901 and passed around through the hands of several different trainers, he was pur- The Denver Field and Farm of last week contains the following: The range horse sales have opened at the river markets. The bulk of the offerings comprise unbroken horses from Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, South Dakota and Western Nebraska. One lot of four-year-olds was picked up the other day by dealers at a range of $114.50 to $119. One select McFADYEN, A WINNER AT SAN BERNARDINO. chased last fall by Mr. Estabrook. It was intended at first to use him as a matinee horse but when Macey began to call upon him in his work he acted so well that it was decided to give him another chance. That the chestnut gelding was entitled to it he demonstrated by marching off a mile better than 2:07 at Lexington two weeks ago. lot of mares and geldings commanded $125 a head. Yearlings average $27.50 in car lots to $30 a head. One lot of thirty-five fancy yearlings cleared an av- erage of $43. Unbroken range bred mules average $160. The demand for horses for general purpose use is greater than the supply. F. J. Phelps, Armstrong, Mo., recently purchased the handsome three-year-old stallion General Moko by Moko, dam Jenny Bird by Jay Bird, second dam Jenny Hulse (dam of Lady Gail Hamilton 2:06% and John Allerton 2:22%) by Baron Wilkes. WALLA WALLA ENTRIES. The $1,000 free-for-alls to be given by several Ver- mont associations are attracting considerable atten- tion. Among the latest meetings to announce this feature is that of the Vermont State Fair, at White River Junction. V. L. Harkness has recently added to his Walnut Hall Farm Donerial, Ky., the farms of Dr. G. H. Par- ker, 275 acres, and Dr. E. M. Norwood, 132 acres. There is also a report that he is the purchaser if the Senorita Farm of 175 acres. If the latter report is correct, the Walnut Hall Farm now includes close to 2,600 acres. Secretary Renssalier Weston of the Orange Coun- ty Driving Park Association, Goshen, N. Y., offers $50 extra to every driver who wins a race in straight heats. It is a good idea and will stop a good deal of splitting up to help the other fellow. The early closing events of the Walla Walla meeting filled as follews, the meeting to open Oc- tober 4th: 2:18 trot, $500 — Cherry Diamond, La Carista, Shamrock, Lida Carter, Reina del Norte, Belle N„ Dr. Wellman. 2:25 pace, $500 — Georgie S., Junior Dan Patch, Countess, Booster, Alberta, The Habit, Nellie Chimes, Helennes, Light o' Day, Zanthies, Lady Smith, Pilot, Nordwell. 2:11 pace, $500— White Hall, Ken West, Helennes, Judge Dillon, Jim Logan, Bushnell King, Glendon. 2 : 14 trot, $1000 — Cherry Diamond, Lady Sunrise, Lida Carter, Reina del Norte, Johnny K., Satin Royal, Belle N., Dr. Oilman, Katalina. 2:20 pace, $500 — Nellie E., Buster Brown, Georgie S., Carlyle, Booster, Abe B., Dan Z., Nellie Bishop, Winnie G., Czenta. 2:25 trot, $500— Mayo, Tortoise Shell, La Carista, Shamrock, Reina del Norte, Crosscut, Anix, Oney, Nellie Mars, Zom Oak, Dr. Oilman, Scotch John. 2:15 pace, $500 — Buster Brown, Georgie S., Ken West, Helennes, Jim Logan, Pilot, Ben W., Bush- nell King, Nordwell. Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, June 29, 1909. Last week was a busy one, at Agricultural Park, horses were arriving for the circuit races here and at the towns south and others were leaving for the Eastern campaign and every one was up and doing. Thursday W. G. Durfee shipped his string to Terre Haute and took along several others to turn over to different trainers East, as for instance, W. A. Clark Jr's. bay two-year-old colt by Bon Voyage-Reina del Diablo that had been a mile early in the month in 2:19, last quarter in 34 seconds. He goes to join Bob Proctor's string. Romeo by James Madison, a gelding owned by Wm. Garland, is consigned to Alta McDonald at Island Park, Albany, and will be cam- paigned by him, if the "Duke" is well enough to drive this season, as all his friends hope. At the last minute it was decided to put Frank Woods' black stud Boton de Oro 2:11% pacing, in the car too. He has been going so well lately that he is liable to "win a main" even over there some day, and then a telegram may be expected here, like the one Dick Wilson sent after Frank Bogash beat Planet, Lady of the Manor and a lot of others at Detroit when he was selling for $8 and $10 in pools of $400 and $450. It read: "Frank Bogash win in straight heats. Am sending the pool box home by freight." Ben Walker went in charge of the horses and Will Durfee followed the next day. Walker will do the driving for the combination till Durfee's arm is well enough to set Carlokin on his feet if he makes any of his breaks, but so far he has been on his good behavior this season and I have not seen him go up. Walker and he seem to get along first rate together, and his feet are so much better this year that I look for him to be the big winner of the bunch. Fred Ward, Walter Maben, S. C. Walton, Wm. Manske and several others shipped from here Sun- day for San Bernardino. The local horses that went down among others were Lohengrin, Siegfried, Isa- belle, J. A. C. Escobado, Ida Millerton, Lucy M., Tom McKinney, Zombretta, Goldenut and Rapidan Dillon. Zombretta by Zombro, dam May Day by Albion furnished the sensation of the week at Agricultural Park. She is a brown mare, eight years old, that has been matineeing here all her life round 2:20, though once, a year ago, she took everybody's breath away by winning a heat in 2:13%. Then she went back to her old clip again, and was beaten twice this spring in 2:19 and 2:18. Chas. Saddler, her teamster, was the only one who ever thought she would beat 2:15 again. Since her last matinee on May 29th when she won in 2:20 he has given her slow miles and taken her away at a 2:25 clip, till last week when he put a pair of Red Gerrety's spreaders on her and Frank Williams behind her and he and two or three others climbed up in the stand and shouted "go." She went the first % in 35 seconds, the second quarter in 30 seconds and came home like a runaway automobile in 2:10%. Now the question is, has Saddler been 'cheating" with her all this time, or is it, as he says, due to the Gerrety spreader? What- ever it is Frank Williams has quite a "roll" that says he can drive her in 2:08 inside of 30 days. She is in the Arizona Copper Stake for $5000 for 2:19 trotters at Phoenix and also in the 2:15 trot, purse $1000, at the same place, and in the 2:20 trot here and at San Diego for the same amounts. Saddler will make his entries hereafter conditional, that no other horse in the race wears the Gerrety patent. He has ordered a pair for himself to wear during the Elks week to enable him to keep up with the procession. But jok- ing apart Zombretta looks now like an awfully good thing in her class. She is sound as a new milled dollar, never makes a mistake, and with these spread- ers, that don't seem to tire her a bit, and do keep her off her knees on the first turn, she can run away on a trot. Next to Zombretta's performance the prettiest mile of the week was turned by C. A. Canfleld's colt El Volante. Maben stepped him a mile in 2:13% evenly rated all the way, and never clucked to him. How much faster he could have gone no one has any idea but the way he did it makes one want to gamble he can beat it a couple of seconds. Time will tell as he goes up the coast in the three-year-old stakes. Donasham, the two-year-old belonging to Mr. Can- field in S. C. Walton's stable, attracts a great deal of attention, though he has had no fast work here as yet. Walton tells me he has driven him in 2:16% and quarters in 31 seconds and has made but one break with him this year and that was from care- lessness as he was not going a 40-gait at the time, but his speed is not what makes him the "observed of all observers." No one to look at him would im- agine him a two-year-old, he looks a five-year-old and a mighty big one at that. He weighs over 1100 pounds and must stand close to 16 hands and not clumsy or gawky but muscled up all over like a cart horse and what little he wears in the way of boots is for precaution only, as he does not brush a hair anywhere. W. A. Clark Jr. and C. A. Canfield have agreed to give a two-year-old stake next year with $1000 added and also one in 1911 for the same amount. The con- ditions will be advertised in the "Breeder and Sports- man" in a short time and entries solicited. All the horsemen here are buying their tickets for San Bernardino and a train load will go down Wed- nesday morning, except Geo. A. Pounder who will go in his "ought not to be." As the first installment of $75,000 of the Agricul- tural Park improvement fund of $250,000 is payable on July 1st, it is safe to say that the plans regard- ing the track stabling, grand stand and fence will soon be definitely known and the horsemen put out of their misery one way or another. There seems to be a question whether any of the appropriation can be used for building a new track, or whether the old one must remain where it is. There cer- tainly seems to be enough legal talent interested in the future of the park to find a way to preserve the horse interests and industry and at the same time to make it one of the beauty spots of southern California. The State Board seem to recognize the horse in- dustry and breeders' interests, for I understand they have very generously given the use of the track and grounds to the Los Angeles Harness Horse As- sociation for their meeting July 14 to 17. JAMES. SAN BERNARDINO RACES. California Circuit Opens With a Big Attendance and Good Racing. HYNES DRIVING CLUB. The Hynes Driving Club held a most successful matinee last Saturday at their one-half mile track near Campton. The attendance was large and the racing excellent. Summaries: First race, named horses, % mile heats, 2 in 3. Hynie (Shaw 2 1 1 Lady B. (Brown) 1 2 2 Nona (Pierce) 3 dr Time— 1:36, 1:30, 1:30. Second race, 3-minute mixed, % mile heats, 2 in 3. Daisy (R. Palmer) 1 1 Mabel (Frampton) 2 2 Babe Lowe (Epps) 3 3 Time— 1:26, 1:25. Third race, 2:40 pace, % mile heat, 2 in 3. Folly (Fry) 1 1 Rex (Mayo) 2 2 Time— 1:17, 1:14. Fourth race, 2:40 mixed, % mile heats, 2 in 3. Jessie (Taylor) 1 1 Bonnie C. (Pierce) 2 2 Time— 1:19, 1:20. Firth race, 2:30 pace, % mile heats, 2 in 3. Dick Wilson (Fry) -. 1 1 Sally Miles ( ) 2 2 Time— 1:17, 1:14. Starter, J. M. Abbott; Judges, C. Mayo, Feo. Har- ris; Marshals, R. H. Parker, M. Mayo; Announcer, Geo. Howe. PORTLAND ENTRIES. Full lists of the entries at Salem, Portland and Seattle have not been sent out, the only entries that have been printed thus far being those for the 2:08 pace and 2:12 trot at Portland, which are as fol- lows. It will be seen that thirty-three of the forty- eight horses are from California: 2:08 Pace. Rose City — Purse $2500. Solano Boy, by C. J. Uhl. Hymettus, by L. H. Todhunter. Nordwell, by Table Rock Water Company. Queen Derby, by McGowan & Cuicello. Pilot, by Robert Galindo. Maid of California, by Dr. H. J. Ring. Moortrix, by Mrs. Fred Chadbourne. Lord Lovelace, by E. B. Tongue. Judge Dillard, by B. H. Lester. Bushnell King, by I. D. Campbell. Josephine, bl Homer Rutherford. Adam G., by D. L. Bachant. Dan S., by Fred E. Ward. Delilah, by G. W. Bonnell. Ray o' Light, by E. S. Train. General Heuertus, by Gene Koontz. Cora, by H. E. Armstrong. Tommy Grattan, by Joe MeGuire. Queen Derby, by McGowan & Cuicello. Whitehall, by Bartran & Dawson. 2:12 Trot. Commercial Club — Purse $2500. Zombronut, by F. E. Ward. Wily W., Escobado and Henry Gray, by Arnold Zbinden. Delia Derby, by Mrs. Alma Whitehead. Era, by William Morgan. Prince Lot, by Woodland Stock Farm. Kinney Rose, by W. Hashagan. Lida Carter, by William Hogoboom. Easter Bells, by Mrs. N. Stevenson. Satin Royal, by S. J. and W. O'Vaughn. Monicrat, by M. C. Keefer. Kid Wilkes, by H. E. Armstrong. Doc Munday, by S. S. Bailey. Crylia Jones and Astor, by Homer Rutherford. Ollie B. and May T., by O. C. Benbow. Laddie G. and Wenja, by F. H. Burke. Charlie T., by Charles de Ryder. Sophia Dillon, by J. Groom. The Statesman, by Charles F. Silva. Laurel Leaf, by Mrs. S. C. Walton. Golden Nut, by George F. Ford. Katalina, by W. J. Miller. Lee Crawford, by Joe MeGuire. Weatewater, by A. L. Scott. "TEN YEARS SUCCESS.' Mr. A. C. Farley, Crate. Nebraska, writes: "I have used Quinn's Ointment.for over ten years with the best of results: cured a bad case of curb in ten days. If more of your valuable remedy were used the suffering of the noble animal would be less. It is far superior to anything I have tried " For curbs, splints, spavins, windpuffs and all blemishes, use Quinn's Ointment. Price, 51.00. delivered. Address W. B. EDDY & CO., Whitehall, N. Y., if cannot obtain from druggist. San Bernardino, June 30. — The first meeting on the California -circuit began this afternoon at the asso- ciation track. It is estimated that 2500 witnessed the sport. The feature event, the 2:06 pace for a purse of $1000, was captured in straight heats by Delilah. Her fastest mile was 2:08%. Josephine, who was expected to give Delilah a "horse race," made a disappointing showing after the first heat and the judges reprimanded Rutherford. Solano Boy finished second in the second heat, while Tom Murphy was second in the third heat. Results: 2:06 pace, $1000 — Delilah by Zolock won, Josephine by Zolock second, Solano Boy by Father McKinnon third, Tom Murphy by Gossiper fourth. Time, 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:11. 2:12 trot, $1000 — Era by Zombro won, Rapidan Dillon by Sidney Dillon second, Goldenut by Neer- nut third, Charlie T. by Zombro fourth. Time, 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:12. 2:25 trot, $400 — Easter by Monicrat won, Tom Mc- Kinney by McKinney second, Inaugurate third and Mein Kleiner fourth. Time, 2:20%, 2:20%, 2:19, 2:24. Half-mile run — Chicoro Maid won, Gripp second, Talarand third. Time, :49%. San Bernardino, July 1. — In the final heat of the 2:12 pace Senator Clark, owned by C. L. De Ryder, broke a leg just below the hip, while nearing the finish. In the 2:20 trot, five heats not determining a winner, the winners of two heats agreed to split first and second money between them. Summary: 2:12 pace, purse $700 — McFadyen by Diablo won second, fourth, and fifth heats and race. Time 2:14%, 2:18, 2:19. Queen Derby by Chas. Derby won first and third heats in 2:11%, 2:16. Lohengrin, Milton Gear and Senator Clark also started. 2:20 trot, purse $800 — Escobado by Escobar won fourth and fifth heats in 2:17, 2:14. Ida Millerton by Millerton won second and third heats in 2:12% each. Kid Wilkes by Stanton Wilkes won the first heat in 2:11%. Zombretta, Lucy M., Weatewater, Ollie B., Diablo Mac, Charlie B. and Clara Marie also started. 2:25 pace, purse $250 — Andrew Carnegie won straight heats. Time 2:17, 2:16%, 2:16%. Adlantha second. Snap Dragon won the three-fourths mile running race for a $100 purse. JOHN A. McKERRON 2:04/2. Palmer Clark writes of the above named son of Nutwood Wilkes as follows: John A. McKerron 2:04%, the wagon champion and the fastest record trotting stallion now standing for service in the United States, bids fair to have a suc- cessful year with his get. While a large number of them are in training in various localities, especially promising reports are being received from the stal- lion Jack McKerron (2) 2:23%, and the three-year- olds, Nancy McKerron (2) 2:18%, and Ripy (2) 2:23%. Jack McKerron is a six-year-old stallion, whose dam was Ximenia (also dam of the pacing mare, Sunland Belle 2:0S%, etc.), by Bourbon Wilkes. His record was the fastest ever made by a two-year- old colt over a half mile track when it was accom- plished. He is owned by General W. B. Chisholm of Cleveland, Ohio, and is being prepared for his en- gagements by Bert Shank. His fastest work has been a mile better than 2:12. Nancy McKerron is out of the ex-queen of trot- ters, Nancy Hanks 2:04 who is the dam of Admiral Dewey 2:04%, and Lord Roberts 2:07%, as well as several others in the list. She was bred by J. M. Johnson, Ponkapoag, Mass., and was purchased when a yearling by John Madden for his sons, Edward and Joseph. Late in the fall of 1908 she was started for a time record at Lexington and trotted her heat in 2:18%. Billy Andrews has her now at Detroit. She is a candidate for all the futurities. Ripy is also a futurity eligible, and is in Vance Nuckols' stable at Cleveland, Ohio. He is out of L. Pauline Simmons 2:24%, by Simmons 2:28, a mare that trialed close to 2:10, but whose disposition was such that it prevented her from ever becoming a suc- cessful race winner. Ripy was started in a few colt stakes over Ohia half mile tracks and at Lexington trotted a very creditable mile in the presence of many turfmen. John A. MeKerron's success in the stud must be agreeable to his host of admirers in all sections of the country, and particularly to his owner, Harry K. Devereux of Cleveland, and his victories over the best horses of his day were among the greatest ever won by a trotter. The horses now on the circuit should be stepping some by the time they reach Pleasanton, and the track's race records may be lowered. The race record of the track is 2:06% for pacers and was made in the third heat of the 2:08 pace in 1907, when Sir John S. by Diablo defeated Miss Georgie, Miss Idaho, John R. Conway. Delilah, Kelly Briggs and Cresco Wilkes in straight heats in 2:0S%, 2:07% and 2:06%. The trotting race record of the track was also set that year when Oveta by Caution won the first heat of the 2:14 trot in 2:12%, and won the race after losing the second heat to R. Ambush in 2:13%. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. THE INLAND EMPIRE. Sportsmen of the northwest and particularly the lucky individuals who are located at Spokane, or within easy reach of that thriving and enterprising city, are to be envied in the many opportunities of a tempting variety of sport they apparently can take advantage of at short notice. That is, if the follow- ing story by D. R. Stansbury, in the Spokesman- Review can be relied upon and we believe it can: Probably nowhere in the Unit-id States is there a territory of equal size that can boast of the range of hunting and fishing that is found in the Inland Em- pire. For the lover of excitement, daring and dan- ger, there are the moose, the grizzly and the cougar; for those more timid or desiring sport with the shot- gun there are innumerable waterfowl and grouse; for the devotee of the fly and rod may be found nearly every variety of game fish, both in lake and stream, while for those whose pleasure tends to- ward larger prey there is an abundance of sturgeon, salmon and the like. Only a few hours' ride from Spokane lies Hayden lake, nestling among pine-covered hills, near enough to civilization to be easily accessible by trolley, yet far enough away to afford the most delightful hunt- ing and fishing. In this one locality three varieties of deer abound, the white tail, or Virginia deer, the black tail and the mule tail deer. Black and brown bears are common and occasionally a cinnamon may be found, though these are becoming more and more ■Tare. To those who relish a spice of danger the cat fam- ily affords an excellent opportunity, for three species are to be found in the pine-crested hills about the lake, the cougar or mountain lion, the Canadian lynx and the bob or wild cat. As a pleasure ground for fishermen few spots can equal, almost none excel, Hayden lake. Three kinds of trout tempt the angler: The cutthroat variety pre- dominates, while rainbow and mountain trout are not infrequent catches. Landlocked salmon have been planted and a few of large size have been caught, one weighing 5% pounds being shown in the fall of 1908. Black bass have been stocked in the lake and are increasing rapidly in size and numbers. Pish weighing as high as six pounds have been taken from the lake and the sport is continually growing better. The waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene are literally full of rainbow, cutthroat and brook trout, while black bass fishing, especially toward the mouth of the St. Joe river and in Chatcolet lake, an overflow of Coeur d'Alene, is of the finest. The timber around this lake contains the common varieties of deer, while the elk, bear, cougar and lynx are not uncommon. The St. Joe river is known as one of the finest trout streams in the northwest. Fernon lake, one and one-half miles from Coeur d'Alene, is the lake where black bass were first planted, and last year gave up the prize bass, tip- ping the scales at seven pounds and measuring 21 inches. Sucker lake is probably the finest bass lake in the Inland Empire, strings of 50 to 75 large bass being taken in a single day. There are good accommoda- tions for the sportsman and the lake is within plain sight of Old Baldy. Good bass and trout fishing is also to be found in Newman lake, and through its accessibility, prox- imity to Spokane and excellent tourist accommoda- tions, it is a favorite among sportsmen. Both vari- eties of fish thrive in this lake and there are more trout there this year than for several years past. Liberty lake is a favorite spot for fishermen, both because the fish are there and because it is but a few minutes' comfortable ride from the city. Bass and trout were planted there three years ago and are doing finely, strings of 15 to 25 a day not being of uncommon occurrence. These fish run as high as 15 inches in length. Fish Trap and Williams lake are near Sprague. and here it is that the deep-water perch abound. Good- sized bass are also found here, but there is no hunt- ing in the vicinity, it being well-settled agricultural country. Clear and Silver lakes give excellent Dass fishing, and both have been stocked with the eastern sun- fish. Clear lake has also been stocked with the small mouthed bass, now two years old, and they are doing finely. The Colville river, running north and emptying into the Columbia river at Kettle Falls, contains some fine trout. Good duck shooting is found along the marshy shores near Chewelah and Colville. Sheep creek, near Loon lake, also has good trout fishing. Th<: lake itself is known for its trout and bass. Spirit lake, located on the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, is celebrated not only as a sum- mer resort but for unusually good trout fishing. Rainbow, cutthroat and lake trout are found, and also landlocked salmon, planted there, have been caught recently. Melders lake is a private preserve, full of cutthroat trout. Some very fine catches have been made there in the last year. . Fish lake, nestling near the base of Old Baldy, gives the fly-fisher some of the best trout fishing to be found. Cutthroat and brook trout abound there, the latter running up to 15 inches in length. This lake is said to contain some of the largest sturgeon in this vicinity; they are occasionally caught. Deep water perch are also found at their largest size. Fishermen call Priest lake the best trout lake in the west. The trout are mostly of the cutthroat variety. Strings of 100 fish have been taken, and they aver- age one and one-half pounds. The lake also con- tains a great number of char, or bull trout, which can be taken on the spoon. Some of the best hunting" in the west is to be found around this lake. Deer, bear, lynx, cougar, elk, and moose are still common, and are not difficult game for the experienced hunter, while at the ex- treme north end the bald-faced grizzly is still found. The streams running into Priest lake are infested to the limit with trout. The home of the char in the Inland Empire is un- doubtedly Lake Pend' Oreille, on the shores of which Sandpoint is located and which is tapped by three lines of railroad. The rainbow, cutthroat and silver trout have been taken from this lake, some of the latter having weighed as high as 27 pounds. The char will frequently tip the scales at 19 pounds, and fishing for them is a favorite sport in this vicinity. There are also' sturgeon there, and one weighing over 200 pounds was recently landed by an Indian while out for char. All the streams and small lakes adjacent to this large sheet of water teem with the mountain and steelhead trout. In the uplands about Pend' Oreille big game is plentiful, conditions seeming perfect for its propa- gation. At Lake Sullivan, down the Pend' Oreille river, the trout fishing is second only to that at Priest lake. Here also big game abounds. Sullivan creek is the haunt of bears in considerable numbers, lying be- tween the two lakes. Caribou, now becoming ex- ceedingly rare in all parts of the country are also occasionally sighted near Sullivan lake. For the sport-loving city man who can take but half a day at a time for his fishing the Spokane river offers wonderful attractions and variety in its game fish. In a few years it will be one of the best trout streams in the country. Three-quarters of a million trout have been liberated in its waters by the various clubs at Spokane. It is now stocked with rainbow, cutthroat, brown, eastern brook, steelhead and na- tive trout, and some weighing 10 pounds have been landed within the city limits — within a few minutes' walk of Howard street and Riverside avenue. The Little Spokane, a branch of the Spokane river, has been stocked with the same fish as the main stream and has also a state fish hatchery on it. It is listed among fishermen as a good stream for real sport. Deadman creek, Deep creek and others tributary to the Spokane are fine fishing, the varieties being much the same as in the main stream. The Coeur d'Alene river, especially in the north fork, furnishes fine sport for the fisherman. The va- rieties are much the same as in the Spokane, al- though perhaps not so extensive, as this stream has not been so well stocked. Few spots are so favored for the hunter who likes an occasional shot at "bob white" as the Inland Em- pire. The birds until a year ago have been under protection of the law, the country being stocked. They have multiplied wonderfully and the opens are now full of them. Prairie chickens, lovers of the fast disappearing bunch grass, are now becoming scarce. The blue mountain grouse and pheasants are quite numerous and good hunting is to be had in the hills surrounding Spokane. A large number of Hungarian partridges were turned out within the last two years and they are multiplying rapidly. Within a few years this bird will be added to the long list open to the hunter, and should prove excellent sport. Duck shooting is fine in almost all parts of the Inland Empire. The potholes and lakes around Spragite are full of birds in the fall and spring and hundreds of hunters make a semi-annual pilgrimage to the favored spot in search of sport. Moses lake, in the central Washington region, produces thou- sands of ducks and geese each year. And it is the same story everywhere in the Inland Empire — a paradise for the sportsmen. A world's record was made at Catalina last week by Mrs. Phil S. O'Mara of Salt Lake City, when, with six-six tackle, she caught a yellowtail weighing thirty-three pounds. Phil S. O'Mara, her husband, who is fishing with her, holds the world's record for black seabass on nine-nine tackle. He made the rec- ord last season after fighting a 240-pound fish for four hours and twenty minutes, finally landing him. Mrs. O'Mara is the first woman who has fished with six-six tackle successfully, and few men are able to handle a big fish on this weight of rod and line, it being a mere thread and a toothpick-like pole. For the local angling enthusiasts who were in the throes of puzzling selection for a desirable trout- productive outing during the present week-end holi- days, most gratifying are the reports from Castella, Le Moine and Sims, those glorious old standbys of the Upper Sacramento. For the past two weeks the best fly-fishing prevail- ing for years was at the command of the lucky ones who were on the river. George Walker and William Kennedy, who were at Sims for two weeks, landed full baskets of fish daily. Messrs. Ransom, Havens and Matthews, a trio of Oaklanders, turned up at evening each with limit baskets. Floyd Judah just had a "look-in" for a Saturday to Monday outing, and came back to this city jubilant with a creel of the handsomest trout brought down from the Upper Sacramento in years. Mr. H. F. Elliott found fly-fishing near Castle Crags excellent on June 16th. He landed 30 fine fish. All of the varied insect life and flies peculiar to that fishing water have made appearance in plenty, which advent is what the fly-fishermen have been looking for. The favorite lures this season are the black gnat and Palmer fly with peacock body and red tail. Good baskets have also been taken on the gray and brown hackles, Benns' royal coachman and the improved governor. These latter flies can usually be relied on in many waters. The "Call of the Wild" is potent these summery days, and many outing trips are now in commission and many more contemplated. Dr. J. Auburn Wilborn has left for a two weeks' trip at Pelican Bay, an arm of Klamath lake, where the trolling for huge trout must be experienced to be properly appreciated. W. H. Hilegass left Thurs- day for a ten days' stay on Battle creek, where, above the power company's dam, the trout swim about all fried to a toothsome crisp, with silver forks sticking in them, each benevolent fish courteously inviting the anglers to come and eat them. The trout are wise, and should here be placed above the suspicion of persiflage, their hospitable attitude is prompted by an individual interest that should be mutual — what they want is a fish ladder at the Cali- fornia Power Company's dam. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Wells are of a different fancy and will start from Santa Rosa, in a light camping wagon "drawed by muels," and off for a three months' trip. Think of that! At Newcastle he will pick up a friend and wife, and thence to the Truckee river, later on through the Sierra valley, where trout lakes and streams are too numerous to mention, and then on down to the Big Meadows country — a land of sunshine, buttermilk, honey and plenty of big speckled trout. Mr. and Mrs. Al. M. Cummings leave tomorrow for about a two months' trip in the Sierra fishing region. Al. will make the objective point a section of coun- try about 40 miles north of Truckee. This territory affords a choice of possibly 50 fine trout streams, tributaries of the Yuba River in the Sierra Valley. A number of trout lakes are within reach, all of which afford splendid fishing. James Maynard and Nat Boas are back from a fish- ing trip to Fall River, in the northern part of the State. Trout were rather plentiful, but the re- turned anglers did not enthuse much over the fight- ing qualities of the fish they hooked. Trout fishing near Auburn is pleasing at present, if the excellent box of trout sent to friends in this city by Guy Walsh is any criterion to go by. Local Truckee angling enthusiasts are quoted as saying the trout-fishing at present was never better in the Truckee river and tributary streams reached from Truckee. The water has run down and cleared so that fly-fishing is in fine shape and everyone who has been out recently has taken the limit. No doubt there will be a goodly representation of Fly-Casting Club members at the clubhouse these few holidays, from to-day until Monday. Fishermen were two weeks ago taking fine big trout from Lake Tahoe in large numbers. In fact, the fishing is better now than it has been for years. The lake is high and was still rising. Fishing in the little streams was not good, owing to the high, muddy water. There are, however, lots of trout in the streams, and as soon as the water goes down there will be fine fishing. Whoever has intimated that the fish at Lake Tahoe won't bite is either a pretty indifferent angler or else hasn't been there, for since the opening of the season there have been steady shipments on each outgoing train, some for the market and also a great many as presents to anglers' friends in the valley and along the coast. The biggest shipment so far this season from the lake passed through Truckee recently when twelve hundred pounds of the speckled beauties were brought in on the narrow gauge and forwarded to dif- ferent points. J. R. Wood and H. S. Sperry both enjoyed the fine fishing at Tahoe recently. Mrs. Hugenon of Salt Lake City recently caught a 14-pound "silver" trout while fishing off Point Rubi- con, Lake Tahoe. Charles Urfer and his party from this city have just returned from a three weeks' fishing and camp- ing trip ot Lake Tahoe and vicinity, with a pleasing few days at Donner lake sandwiched in. At Donner lake it was no trick to take daily limits of "cut- throat" trout, for which finny prey they found a live minnow the best lure and still fishing the proper style of fishing. Mackinaw trout can also be taken Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN in Donner lake with live minnows. Bud Temple and Vic Noble, two Truckee sportsmen, recently landed several three-pounders. Catfish are regarded by anglers as a menace to the trout supply of Donner lake. These fish are plentiful and a "holy terror" for trout spawn destruction. They do not bother the trout fry, however. They are too sluggish for the lively young trout. One enthusiastic angler gives out the cheering news that around Glen Alpine fly-fishing is excellent. The snow is melting away rapidly and fishing is daily improving. Independence lake is now returning excellent trout dividends to visiting anglers. Recently Will Hay, Tim Owens, vVill McKnight, J. H. McNeill. John Cabona and Frank Armbuster, a party of Truckee knights of the split bamboo, returned from a day's fishing at Independence with an overage of 20 pounds of fine trout apiece. Dr. Powell of Stockton and L. S. Upson of Sacra- mento, have lately returned from a trip to the Yo- sernite valley. They went with the intention of mak- ing a raid on the trout before the usual rush of sum- mer tourists had thinned their numbers. They were woefully disappointed, however, as the water was so high that the fish would not look at a fly. It was Mr. Upson's first trip to the valley and he is very enthusiastic over its beauties. He had to keep to the trails all the time, as the floor of the valley was still covered with water, the streams having overflowed their banks. It is seldom that large trout are caught early in the season, states a Ventura angler, but this year seems to be an exception. Several are reported to have been hooked out of the Matilija over 20 inches long and one or two at least have touched the 2-foot mark. The Paper Mill creek in Marin county is still pro- ductive of nice trout and an outing for the angler who knows the stream and how to use his rod and fly effectively. James Lynch, Al Larsen, Emil Acceret. Frank Dolliver. Abe Banker, Wm. Eaton and Ed. Cohen fished the creek from Camp Taylor down to Garcia, and each rodster accounted for from 16 to 20 trout of good basketable size. Two local anglers, George Uri and Jack Presse, recently returned from a two weeks' camping and fishing trip on the Guallala river, near its mouth, in Sonoma county. Trout were plentiful. They found the "bar" closed and opened it one day. This en- abled a run of steelhead ranging from one-half to a pound to get upstream. In fact, there was a run of fresh ocean fish similar to what occurs in the Eel and Rissian rivers. Their work was knocked out shortly by the surf and the "bar" is again closed. Uri landed the largest trout, one weighing three ami a half pounds. "Midnight" Miller, "Abalone" Baker and H. Becker fished the Purissima last Sunday near its head- waters, at a place known as the "slide" since the big earthquake. Each caught an excellent casket of trout. Some fish were half a pound in weight. Besides the attractions of the various trout streams along the south shore, now easily accessible by the Ocean Shore Railway, other pleaing inducements are offered in the fine surf and shore fishing to b? found at many points. A recent Saturday afternoon del- egation from the California Anglers' Association went to Moss Beach. They took advantage of the lowest tide of the year, one foot one inch below normal, and secured plenty of large abalones, fat mussels and all sorts of curious and beautiful marine flora and Crustacea. Sea trout, capazoni, salt water eels and other fish were also taken. Hugh Copeland, Ike Uri, Mose Uri, H. Remensberger, D. Lutz and others en- joyed the trip. Joe Dober, a popular local devotee of salt-water angling, is again ready to try for striped bass, after having been confined recently to his home by an at- tack of illness. Striped bass fishing in the Tiburon lagoon on Sun- day last was rather good. About 25 fish were taken on clam baits. None of the fish caught were very large. Striped bass have been much in evidence in the sloughs near Greenbrae. At San Pablo I. L. Gothelf and Joe Meyer fished for the last three days and caught a large number of bass running from three to six pounds. In San Antone slough a few small striped bass have been taken. Advices from river points between Sacramento and Rio Vista state that striped bass fishing is good and large catches are being made in Prospect slough and other sloughs along the up-river islands. C. R. Kerchival of Sacramento captured 42 striped bass, one weighing 26 pounds, one day last week. Near Vernon, one night last week, two Sacramento anglers fished a lake near the mouth of Feather river and caught 30 striped bass, running in weight from 8 to 10 pounds. They, however, had to fight with mosquitoes for their lives all night long. Clams seem to be the effective bait for the fish in the up- river waters. Salmon fishing in Monterey bay for two weeks past has been good on both sides of the bay, the fish run from 15 to over 30 pounds. Black bass fishing is retarded in the upriver basin by reason of the high water. Charles P. Landresse, Charles K. Kewell and Ed. Conlin fished for black bass three days last week in Prospect slough, above Rio Vista, with but indifferent luck. Striped bass from three to twelve pounds, however, took the spoon lure with avidity and in numbers. Black bass fishing in the vicinity of Colusa was never better, limits are very easy and plentiful. GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP. At the finish of the Grand American Handicap shoot on Friday, June 25th, four shooters were tied for first place with 96 each out of a possible 100. They were Fred A. Shattuck, Columbus, O. ; John R. Livingston, Springville, Ala.; William N. Wett- leaf, Nichols, la., and George E. Burns, Cleveland, O. The tie was shot off at 20 targets on Saturday morning. Shattuck won out on a straight score, Livingston broke 19, Burns IS, and Wettleaf 17. Shattuck is the popular secretary of the Columbus Gun Club. The feature event of the G. A. H. was started late on Thursday and concluded Friday night. Eighty- seven squads, 435 shooters, started, 313 men finished. There was a total of about 460 entries, 25 of which forfeited, among them being J. A. R. Elliott and F. D. Alkire. The purse amounted to $4,053; $405 to first, $364 to second, $324 to third and $283 to fourth high guns — the first four moneys, according to this would be divided by the four 96 men, $1,376 or $364 each. Fifth money was $243, sixth $202, seventh $162, eighth $121; the next six $81.25 each; the next thirty- six $40.50 each — 50 moneys in all. There were 6 men in the 95 hole, A. S. Wyckoff, D. Barstow, H. I. Hess, W Shattuck, B. T. Cole and C. H. Peck. Seven shooters broke 94, thirteen con- nected with 93, fifteen broke 92, twenty-one smashed 91 and thirteen scored 90 breaks. After Livingston seemed to have the first money in his grasp at the end of the fourth round, wherein he lost but one target, he "fell down" badly in the last twenty, just as Chauncey M. Powers did in the Grand American of two years ago, when he also seemed to have the race won. At the time Livingston dropped his three targets out of the last twenty in rapid succession no con- tender appeared to be within striking distance of him. But Shattuck and Wettleaf both steadied down in their last twenty and tied the leader's score. This left but one man with a possible chance to win. It was George E. Burns, a veteran of long practice, who shot from the sixteen-yard line. Had he been able to make a clean sweep in his last twenty, his total would have been 97, which would have won. But on his first target he missed, or at least barely "dusted" the clay missile, and it went skimming away unharmed. He broke his next 19 straight and this made his score 96, leaving him one of the winning quartet. Of the four men, "Billy" Wettleaf seemed to suf- fer the least from nervousness. He shot his last twenty in the same unperturbed fashion as his first round and was in no way disturbed by the crowd which gathered around the traps. On the other hand, Burns and Livingston were plainly discon- certed by the spectators, who formed a half-moon about the shooters and who collected in crowds at the traps, where any man, who had a chance to tie the leaders, was shooting his final string. Fred A. Shattuck, familiarly known as "Doc," hails from Columbus, and also shot a steady race, as he had to "come from behind" to catch the lead- ers at the time. The Iowa contingent strongly sup- ported Wettleaf, as he hails from that State, his home town being Nichols, Iowa, a place near Musca- tine. He had been doing well this summer in va- rious shoots through the State. Fluctuations in the standing of the shooters made the contest one of the closest and most exciting in the history of the event. For a time it seemed as if the veteran Rolla Heikes would take his second Grand American, as he smashed target after target and was one of the first to complete his series. He broke 94, which stood as high mark for nearly the en- tire day. Fred Gilbert made but 93. Something of a surprise turned up in the professional line when Dan Barstow of St. Louis broke 95, making him the highest professional in the shoot. Early in the race it was seen that many of the strongest shots were beaten. By the time Mrs. Top- perwein had completed her round her chances were hopeless, but she shot out the route. R. W. Clancy, a professional, did well and shot a steady race. For a time it seemed as if he would prove a dan- gerous factor, but he missed just two targets too many to put him up with the leaders. Every contestant of the 435 faced the firing line and the big event went through rapidly, once it was well started. John Philip Sousa was soon out of a possible chance for winning, but he kept on with the race and finished his score. "Rube" Waddell, the baseball pitcher, furnished one of the surprises of the day. Although he made an extremely poor showing in the opening round in the Grand Ameri- can of Thursday, he shot in really creditable fash- ion, and, had it not been for his score of previous day, would have been in the money. The four men who were tied for first position were all at long odds in the handbook which was operated on the event. In fact, it was- a case of "write your own ticket" on three of them. Liv- ingston was held at odds approximating 40 to 1, as he had a reputation in the South as an able marks- man. He won the Southern Handicap Preliminary two years in succession. The trophy this year is a gold medal watch fob. It is studded with IS diamonds in a circle and a one and a half carat diamond in the center. At the close of the Grand American rounds Fri- day Fred Gilbert stood as high professional for the entire week, although Barstow had broken two more target than he did in the stake itself. Third Day, Thursday, Chicago, Ills., June 24, 1909. — the Grand American Handicap. Open to all. One hundred targets, unknown angles, $10 entrance (tar- gets included), handicaps 16 to 23 yards, high guns —not class shooting, $200 added to the purse. In addition to first money, the winner received a trophy, presented by the Interstate Association. Scores of the four men who tied for first position J. R. Livingston (19] 20 G. E. Burns (16) 20 Fred Shattuck (IS) 19 W. Wettleaf (19) 19 19 17—93 19 19—96 19 20—96 17 20—96 Scores of those who completed their five rounds in the Grand American, with their handicaps follow: W. R. Crosby . . Fred Gilbert L. S. German . W. H. Heer G. W. Maxwe'll Ed O'Brien .21 91 C G. Spencer J. R. Taylor.. Guy Ward G. L. Lyon Harry Dixon . . . J. W. Garrett . .20 90 J. R. Graham . . . R. O. Heikes . Walter Huff . . .20 93 S. A. Huntley . . .20 87 J. M. Hughes .... .20 92 William Veach . .20 85 J. S. Young .20 93 C. A. Young . . . Neaf Apgar F. G. Bills M. C. Bolton R. B. Barber .19 85 H. J. Borden . . . T. H. Clay Jr .19 82 H. W. Cadwallader .19 83 C. H. Ditto . . . W. B. Darton . . . .19 89 G. V. Dering .... Harry Dunnil Fred Ellett . . .19 85 F. G. Fuller . . . F. M. Faurote F. B. Foltz . . H. D. Freeman . .19 94 Sim Glover .. T. E. Graham M. E. Hensler . .19 87 W. Henderson .19 93 H. C. Hershey . . .19 90 Joe Kautzky . . . .19 89 H. W. Kahler . . . .19 91 C. O. Le Compte . . .19 88 Barton Lewis . . . .19 81 J. R. Livingston . .19 96 A. I. Miller G. A. Olsen Lew Reed George Roll F. E. Rogers .19 91 .19 94 W. D. Stannard .19 90 Mrs. Topperwein . .19 91 George Volk .19 90 W. Wettleaf . . .19 96 L. I. Wade .19 91 J. B. Barto .18 92 C. E. Benvon .... .18 83 Ed. Banks 18 89 .18 87 .18 86 J. W. Bell ... . J. H. Bauer D. Barstow .18 95 P. Baggerman . . . .18 93 W. C. Boltman . . . .18 84 D. D. Brey .18 85 A. C. Connor .18 84 W. H. Clay .18 88 S. F. Dodds .18 87 Bert Dunnill .18 85 F. J. Dreyfus .... .18 87 J. F. Duss .18 64 F. M. Edwards . . .18 90 E. A. Everitt .... .18 77 J. W. Ewing .... .18 91 F. M. Ehler .18 86 B. H. Finley .18 81 J. A. Flick .18 65 E. R. Franzier .... .18 79 S. H. Fitzsimmons .18 78 Frank Fisher .... .IS 89 E. S. Graham .... .18 88 W. G. Green .18 S3 H. D. Gibbs .IS 88 C. Gottleib .18 83 L. A. Gates .18 87 A. M. Hatcher .18 92 Abdon Holt .IS So H. I. Hess 18 95 .IS .81 Harry Hopkins . . W. G. Hearne .... .IS 43 J. E. Jennings .... .IS 88 K. P. Johnson .... .18 94 A. Kellam IS 94 .18 87 18 90 IS 86 .18 83 H. S. Mills C. W. MeFee T. A. Marshall ... . .18 88 G. K. Mackie .... .18 81 L. J. Mitchell .18 76 18 88 .IS 93 H. McMurchey .... O. H. Nutt .IS 86 IS 86 .IS SO F. D. Peltier J. H. Pumphrey . . .IS 93 John Peterson .... .18 91 C. G. Rotnour . . . .IS 92 William Raup .... .18 93 'William Redley . . .IS 91 .18 93 W. S. Spencer .18 87 J. H. Smith .IS 80 Fred Shattuck . . . .IS 96 .18 89 J. H. Starr .18 89 George Tucker . . .18 83 w. L>. Townsend . . .18 88 Alex Vance .18 84 B. F. Veach .18 79 A. A. Winesburg. .18 89 J. F. Wulf .18 86 J. V. Wenters .... .IS 85 N. M. Wise .IS 64 C. H. Albright .... .17 7S T. M. Buckingham .17 76 Willis Bell .17 87 F. M. Hoyt 1 F. Hezzewood . l , H. W. Hukes .. l? R. G. Hooks . . ' l George Kestler T. H. Keller Jr. l Frank Lee ™ Lehoir . . j Miller .!l!!!l P- Jones .....' i Miller . . ' ' 17 Miller M. R. McKinnon';;. ; M. McCrea T. Park ... " ' i H. Peck " 17 H. Pearce '17 Samuel Rice ' i E. W. Reynolds! ... .1 G. A. Steinberg '17 J. T. Skelly ... "17 F- P. Stannard . . 17 W. H. Shultz ....17 5r- F. Straughm ...Al E. M. Stout .... n C E. Shaw ..Ar H. E. Snyder '. ! 17 C. A. Thorpe 17 H. E. Peck . . A J- A. Blunt 16 C- K. H. Byrne... ' 16 c. e. cook ;; is H. Wehmhoefer 16 W. G. Cutler ' 16 James Church is C- A. Antoine 16 S. G. Lewis 16 J. P. Sousa .... "'lfi M. Ballou 111? E. Erickson '*16 C. M. Franke . . '16 R. M. Fetherston . . !'l6 E. V. Fisher .... 16 C. A. Galbraith 16 W . F. George i6 k. L Grobe . 16 E. W. Gragg ....'.'.. le P. J. Graham 16 W. C. Gruhn 16 F. R. Gilman 16 F. Grundmann 16 V. H. Green 16 J. F. Goldsberry is C. Hagenbacher . . 16 Fred Wince .... 16 M. E. Hunt '.16 W. Hamel 16 E. H. Houghton ... .16 I. D. Pollard 16 H. Quade 16 W. E. Ridley 16 E. E. Rutledge 16 R. Simonetti 16 F. C. Suhr 16 W. E. Spencer 16 H. Stade 16 C. R. Selig 16 C. F. Selig 16 H. D. Smart 16 H. O. Sears 16 G. Stephenson 16 J. Sheldon 16 E. B. Shogren 16 J. R. Shriglev 16 C. F. Schaffer 16 C. A. Stillwell 16 W. A. Stone 16 A. Southard 16 F. Stocklev 16 C. P. Steany 16 C. F. Stemmer 16 A. J. Spinney 16 R. B. Snowden 16 D. E. Thomas 16 G. W. Tolen 16 E. D. Telling 16 H. P. Turner 16 W. D. Thompson . . .16 El. Thwaite 16 J. W. Veatch 16 A. B. Von Wald 16 J. Van Burton 16 E. O. White 16 G. F. Waddell 16 H. R. Wynne 16 W. J. Austin 16 H. A. Aughey 16 J. H. Anderson 16 J. Aylesworth 16 E. Anderson 16 J. O. Anderson 16 T. E. Armstrong ....16 T. H. Amman 16 M. A. Anthony 16 1. C. Becker 16 L. W. Wirters 16 J. J. Blanks 16 J. T. Brown 16 C. H. Barriball 16 C. E. Bosley 16 8. H. Black 16 G. E. Burns 16 F. Bartlett 16 George Bolton 16 F. G. Burnham 16 W. E. Burton 16 J. Beissenin 16 Jesse Parker 16 O. Beckwith 16 E. Beckwith 16 A. F. Hebard 16 J. L. Humpfer 16 F. Hammond 16 G. Hager 16 R. Holverson 16 E. P. Hoyer 16 C. N. Hunston 16 L. N. Huff 16 K. Hammersmith ...16 W. M. Haney 16 S6 84 69 84 92 91 63 86 71 86 92 S3 82 85 86 85 S3 SO 78 70 S4 S6 76 81 84 63 82 85 89 85 8S 85 83 66 68 81 80 79 74 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. J. C. Bond 17 H. W. Benson 17 \V. F. Brooks 17 C. A. Courtney ... .17 Ed. Campbell 17 H. W. Vielmyer 17 O. von Lengerke -.17 P. C. Ward 17 A. S. Wyckoff 17 Homer Clark 17 R. W. Clancy 17 skr.den W. Car 17 G. L. Carter 17 V. K. Dodge 17 C. G. Dockendorf ...17 J. S. Frink 17 D. A. Edwards 17 W. Flewelling 17 Hugh Fleming 17 Fred Frazer 17 S. Glenn 17 J. B. Goodbar 17 Ira Galbraith 17 Arch Glover 17 T>. D. Grass 17 F. Gentleman 17 E. Harken 16 J. H. Johnson 16 C. Johnson 16 S5 M. H. Johnson 16 79 P. M. Keller 16 L. E. Kennedy 16 J. Kammerman ....16 J. H. Keuekel 16 L. Kumpfer 16 N. L. Richmond 16 H. L. King 16 R. E. Loring 16 H. W. Leffingwell... .16 N. Moore 16 R W. Mvreck 16 W. H. Mathews 16 J. D. Marten 16 N. T. Miller 16 J. Maegerlein 16 G. M. Mashek 16 A. W. McFee 16 S. McKinley 16 W. McVicar 16 C. L. Nickel 16 J. Near 16 H. J. Wilcox 16 Frank Fisher of Eagle Grove, la., won the Prelim- inary Handicap on Wednesday, June 23d, breaking 94 out of 100 targets at 18 yards. Fred Gilbert with 92 at 21 yards was high professional, thus giving premium honors to the Hawkeye State. The number of shooters who shot out the event was 323. The Preliminary Handicap was at 100 targets, SO singles and 10 double rises, open to amateurs only, $7 entrance, targets included, handicap 16 to 23 yards (21 yards was the limit distance), high guns, not class shooting, $100 added to the purse; G. A. H. handicaps governed in this event. Doubles were ad- vanced two yards from handicap distances when they were shot. The winner also received with first money the Interstate Association trophy. Dennis A. Upson of Cleveland, O., won the Ama- teur Championship by breaking 18S out of 200 (in the G. A. H. he only connected with 69x100). F. E. Foltz of McClure, O., was second with 1S7, Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., broke 195 and Bert Dunnil of Chicago broke 1S4. This event called for 160 singles and 20 double rises at IS and 16 yards, respectively, unknown an- gles, $20 entrance, targets included, high guns, not class shooting, $200 added. First money and the Interstate Association trophy to the winner. Sixty- six entries were listed for the Amateur Champion- ship. Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, la., won the Profes- sional Championship, scoring 193 out of 200. This race was open to "pros" only, there was a total of 44 representatives shooting in the various events, mostly for "targets only." The conditions were 160 singles at IS yards and 20 double rises at 16 yards, unknown angles, $20 entrance, targets included, high guns, not class shooting, $100 added. First money and the Interstate Association trophy to the winner. Billy Heer of Enid, Okla., was second with 191 and Charles Spencer of St. Louis third, with 190. The record for the Grand American is 99 targets, made by R. R. Barber of Minneapolis when he won the G. A. H. held at Indianapolis in 1905. Although the G. A. H. at Chicago in 1907 holds the record for total entries the shoot last week is the banner shoot for actual attendance and compe- tition of shooters. On Wednesday, the second day, Mrs. Ad. Topper- wein carried off the greater part of honors for the day as she not only tied Fred Gilbert, Bert Dunnil and "Billy" Heer for high professional total in the post- poned events, breaking 96 out of 100 targets, but she also made high professional average for the day by breaking 79 out of SO in the four series of twenty targets which remained for her to complete. Harvey Dixon of Orenego, Mo., led the entire field in totals, however, as he smashed 97 out of the 100 and also won high average. It was not until noon that the five events, 20 tar- gets at 16 yards, which were begun on Tuesday, were finished. Though the traps were in good working order there were no clean scores registered Wednesday. Ed O'Brien, the professional, started out better than any of the others and broke forty straight in the first two single events, but in the third, the "doubles," he fell down and missed six targets. H. I. Hess was the only expert to master the doubles and he broke twenty in a row without a skip. Bill Crosby, Fred Gilbert, Billy Heer and Charley Spencer all found the "doubles" troublesome and missed frequently, while Jay Graham, the brilliant Long Lake (111), shot, actually let nine clays get away from him in this particular event. When the entry list closed for the G. A. H. the bookmakers got busy. Just outside the grounds, with only a convenient wire fence separating them from the shooters, three bookmakers were making a book on the big shoot, and they handled a lot of money during the day. All sorts of fancy prices were laid when the book opened, but it only took a few piker bets to make the man with the chamois rub while the favorites continued to fluctuate. R. Brinkley Snowden, a practically obscure trap- shooter from Memphis, Tenn., finally ruled favorite over the big field when the market steadied, and at the close of the day he was held at 5 to 1. Snow- den's price opened at 100 to 1, and as he was shoot- ing from the comparatively easy sixteen yard mark he looked so good to his Southern friends that they bet on him to a man. From 5 to 1 the prices ranged to 100 to 1 and bet- ter in some cases. Gilbert and Crosby were each 15 to 1, Jesse Young, the Illinois amateur champion, was held at 1 5 to 1, while the price against the clever Mrs. Toppenwein was 25 to 1. Jeff J. Blanks, who won the Grand American there in 1907, was a 25 to 1 shot, while several stars could be had at even longer odds. Towards the wind-up the strain was evidently a bit too strong for Mrs. Topperwein, however, she holds the record for a shooter of the opposite sex. Dan Bray of Omaha, the one-eyed marksman, was a figure at the traps, for a while, and did fairly well. He was formerly a member of the noted team of three one-eyed marksmen who, in the old days of shooting at live pigeons, had a standing challenge to all shooters with their full quota of optics. His companions in those days were Emil Work of Cin- cinnati and Fred Quimby of Newark. George Max- well, the one-armed shot who was on the twenty- one mark in the Grand American for 84 breaks, also hails from Omaha. Warren Niles, a 13-year-old youngster from Broad- house, Wis., entered the lists Wednesday and did good work at his targets. Sinkeyt 0 0 2 2 1 1^1 Solaminat * 0 2 0 1 2—3 t Birds only. Pool shoot, 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, high gun, 36 yards rise — Nauman 2 2 1 1 1 2—6 Prather 1 2 2 1 1 1—6 Walsh 1 10 2 1 1—6 Greene 2 2 2 1 1 0—5 Havens 2 2 2 0 1 1—5 Pool shoot, 12 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, high gun, 30 yards rise — Prather 21111111212 1—12 Havens 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2—12 Greene 11121212110 1—11 Nauman 2 2110210000 2—7 Walsh 2 22010W Solaminat 0 2 2 1 0 2 w The California Wing Club live bird shots rarely turn out in full force for a July live bird shoot. The attractions of the trout streams and other outing trips are more potent, for the time being than grass- ing pigeons, and further, back scores can be shot up at the next shoot. Seventeen shooters faced the traps last Sunday at Ingleside. The shoot was orig- inally scheduled for July 3d but was put a week ahead to give the members an opportunity to enjoy the week-end holidays. In the forenoon the west wind was strong enough to handicap several shoot- ers. Otto Feudner at 32 and 33 yards rise, was high gun for the day, shooting straight scores in both club matches. W. J. Golcher, 30 yards; A. J. Webb, 31 yards; W. E. Murdock, 28 yards; Pete Walsh, 29 yards, and W. E. Greene of Salinas, 30 yards, all shot straight scores in the forenoon shoot, the club medal race. Clarence Nauman, at 34 yards distance and in the heavy wind, failed to connect with his sec- ond bird. Fred Munday, 28 yards, lost his fifth bird, which dropped "dead out" of hounds. Lee Sinkey, 26 yards, slipped his second pigeon, a hard right quarterer. Rube Haas, 26 yards, failed to connect with his twelfth bird and just missed a straight score. Harold Havens, 30 yards, lost his eleventh bird. Mr. Havens shot as a club guest and is a very quick and skillful shot. Ed Schultz at 31 yards, lost his first pigeon "dead out." Prather shot up a back score and grassed every bird. Fred Munday killed 11 out of .12' in a back score. In the afternoon club purse race Feudner, Schultz and E. Klevesahl, Walsh and Havens all shot clean scores. Munday, Greene, Webb, Sinkey and Haas were in the eleven hole. The club members who shot straight scores divided two club purses of $50 each. Nauman and Walsh were the winners in the first six-bird pool shoot. Nauman, Munday, Prather, Greene and Schultz were the winners in the next 6-bird race at 30 yards rise. In the concluding pool shoot at 12 pigeons, 36 yards distance, Havens and Prather each killed straight. The scores follow: Event No. 1, Club medal race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 3 moneys, high guns, distance handicaps — W. J. Golcher ..30 yds. 22122111222 2—12 A. J. Webb 31 " 12222222222 2—12 W. E. Murdock. .28 " 11221122212 2—12 P. J. Walsh ....29 " 21212121111 2—12 M. O. Feudner.. 33 " 22222222222 2—12 W. E. Greene... 30 " 11111112111 1—12 C. C. Nauman.. 34 " 10211211222 2—11 F. W. Munday ..28 " 2112*111121 1—11 R. L. Sinkey.... 26 " 10111121112 1—11 R. C. Haas 26 " 12122212122 0—11 H. Havenst 30 " 12121112110 1—11 E. L. Schultz ...31 " '1221111212 2—11 E. R. Cuthbertt.30 " 2222021*211 2—10 P. L. Murphy... 29 " 11020222222 2—10 E. Klevesahl ...28 " 00112111110 1—9 A. Solaminat ..30 " 22221200102 0—8 E. C. Prather ..27 '■' 100002120110—6 E. C. Prathertt. . 26 yds. 11222122111 2—12 F. W. Mundorftt.28 " 21212210121 2—11 t Guest. tt Back scores. * Dead out. Event No. 2, Club purse race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 3 moneys, high guns, distance handicaps — M. O. Feudner. .32 yds. 22222212222 2—12 E. L. Schultz. ..31 " 22212212122 2—12 E. Klevesahl ...27 " 11222111121 1—12 P. J. Walsh 30 " 12122212121 1—12 H. Havenst 30 " 21221222211 2—12 F. W. Munday. ..27 " 11212011122 1—11 W. E. Greene 30 " 10121111212 2—11 A. J. Webb 27 " 11212222011 2—11 R. L. Sinkey 27 " 10222111212 1—11 R. C. Haas 26 " 01122121111 1—11 C. C. Nauman... 34 " 11022212102 2—10 E. C. Prather... 26 " 12111212011 0—10 A. Solaminat 30 " 22200102122 2—9 P. L. Murphyft..31 yds. 21111110112 0—10 Pool shoot, 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 2 moneys, high guns, 30 yards rise — Nauman 2 1 1 2 2 2 — 6 Munday 1 1 1 2 2 2—6 Prather 1 2 1 2 1 2—6 Greene 1 2 2 1 2 1—6 Schultz 1 1 2 2 2 2—6 Havens 0 2 112 1—5 Webb 1 2 1 1 2 0 — 5 Walsh 2 1 2 1 2 0 — 5 DEER SEASON OPENS WHEN? Deer hunters are at sea over a clash in dates for the opening of the coming deer season. The Fish and Game Commission have published the dates as being from August 1st to November 1st. This was the language of the act as finally adopted and passed, so it is claimed by the Commissioners and should appear in the printed statutes of this State containing the laws passed at the last session of the legislature. It seems, however, that there has been error or blunder committed or made and the act, as given in print, now makes the opening day July 15th. In this respect the Commission goes on record for Au- gust 1st as the opening day for bucks. What can be done in the matter is the problem. The confusing faux pas has been conned over by various sporting members of the legal fraternity, several of whom have expressed their intention of going after bucks on the 15th inst. An opinion of the Attorney General will probably be forthcoming, but whether the precedent will be established of ignoring a printed statute or not is the question. The Sacramento News goes over the ground in the following article: "A glaring sample of the stupidity that was al- ways apparent in the legislature of 1909 came to light yesterday. A rank blunder occurred in the passage of a measure providing an open season for deer hunting and will be the cause of much annoy- ance and confusion to the sportsmen of California. The sportsmen of the State, lawyers, and everybody interested in game, have revised chapters and in them appears a bogus statute, in other words, it is no law at all, as it was not approved by Governor Gillett. The chapter signed by the Governor makes the open season for killing deer begin on the fifteenth of July and continues it until the first of November. The statutes which have been printed and sent out to the lawyers, state that the open season begins on the first of August and continues until the first of November. In consequence should any sports- man be arrested for killing deer between the fifteenth of July and the first of August, he would escape con- viction and subsequent fine because it would be asy for his attorney to obtain a certification from the Secretary of State to the effect that the statutes are deficient and incorrect, containing an alleged law that never became effective because it never received the signature of the Governor. It is very evident that the blunder occurred be- fore it reached the hands of the Governor and it is directly traceable to a fight that was engendered in both houses over its passage. The original bill was introduced by Senator Birdsall and provided that it would be lawful to kill the antlered monarch between the fifteenth of August and the fifteenth of Novem- ber. This was amended by the Senate to read from the first of August to the fifteenth of November. It passed and on arriving in the House was again amended to read from the first of August to the first of November. Again it was tinkered with to make it read from the fifteenth of July to the first of November and it was this last amended bill that through some stupid blundering reached the Gov- ernor's hands and was approved. Before this, however, it was sent back in its re- vised -form to the Senate, who refused to concur and an agreement was reached between the Houses, that the open season should be from the first of Au- gust until the first of November, but through the stupidity of some one this agreed bill was lost in the shuffle and never came to the Governor, although incorporated in the statutes and sent abroad among the public as the true bill." Reports from Porterville state that the Chinese pheasants liberated last year on the "Vinson place," north of that city, have thriven remarkably well and several coveys of young birds have been seen this season. This habitat seems so favorable it is probable that more pheasants will be put out this year. In Arizona, the following bounties are paid: For timber wolves, lions or cougars, pumas, panthers and bears, $10 each; for raccoons, 25 cents; for lynx, wildcats and skunks, $1.00 each; for coyotes, $2.00; and in the discrimination of county boards of supervisors a bounty of 5 cents shall be paid for jackrabbits, gophers and prairie dogs. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 FROM EASTERN TRACKS. Writing to the Review from Lexington, a corre- spondent says: There was rain Wednesday after- noon and Thursday and the track was not in shape for work until Friday afternoon. Along about noon Friday Gus Macey told some of the hoys that he had made up his mind to pull out from here next Satur- day for Peoria with his string of campaigners, and that late in the afternoon he would step fast with Spanish Queen, Denver, Country Jay and C. The Limit. Each of these were given three preliminary miles in slow time, and at five o'clock, when they vir- tually had the track to themselves, Macey came out behind the gray trotter Denver and his son Ramey fol- lowed him with Spanish Queen. They scored down four times together, and then Macey trotted away with Denver about one hundred yards in front of the mare. The gray gelding went to the half in 1:04% and finished the mile in 2: OS, last quarter in :30%. He was stopping a bit in the last fifteen yards. Spanish Queen was timed to the same notch, but her performance was decidedly more impressive than that of her stable companion. It was the concensus of opinion that she could have trotted the mile easily a second faster. . ,.,.-. As soon as these two were taken back to the barn Macey came out behind C. The Limit, the green pac- ing son of Searchlight, p, 2:03%, and Ramey came on with the veteran trotter Country Jay. It was a matter of comment that in scoring C. The Limit came back on a trot, and Country Jay on a pace, but always when they turned around they went away in their regular gaits. C. The Limit seemed to be lame, as he was hopping behind. Macey afterward said that a change in shoes had caused this, and yester- day afternoon he went to the shop, where the new irons were pulled off and the old ones of four ounces were replaced. After scoring down five times Macey went away with C. The Limit, and Ramey, as in the previous trial, followed with Country Jay about one hundred yards back. The pacer went to the half in 1-04 and increased the lick around the far turn and into the stretch, coming through the last quarter in just a bit better than :30, finishing the mile in 2-07 Some of the watches had Country Jay's mile in 2:06%, with the last quarter in :29%. That he gained a few yards on the pacer is certain. The im- provement in this old trotter is wonderful. If he stands up after this trial, and he has shown no ill effects from it, having cooled out admirably, he will be a mighty hard horse to heat this season. C. The Limit has not carried the admiration of the local colony. They all agreed that he is a grand looking and very speedy horse, but because of the fact that he was given little work last season, many of them are of the opinion that he will not go through a hard campaign this year, and that it would be best to give him two or three races and then put him aside until next year. The pacer Whitelock was the only other from the Estabrook string that was out Friday afternoon. He had four miles, the best of which was in 2:14. Ramey Macey, who is going to campaign him on half-mile tracks in Pennsylvania, was driving him. Macey will give the others in his string their trial during the coming week. He says he will turn out Allendale Queen and Magnus Patch at Allendale Farm late in the summer. They have no engagements at the early meetings. McGregor, is also good, not having lost any of his speed. A horseman who recently spent a couple of days 'at Dover, N. H., watching Walter Cox work his horses, says that Bisa, the $10,000 daughter of Bin- gara, is all and even more than she has been esti- mated to be. The story that she was going bad-gait- ed for Cox, this horseman pronounces false. He says she is not only going in the best way possible, but that her manners are beyond criticism. Cox can work her around a field at any gait and step her the last end of a mile at a two-minute gait, or he can take her hack at any. place in the mile he pleases. She has not beaten 2:16 in her work, hut in all her miles Cox has worked her away to the outside of the track in which position a mile in 2:16 is really as good as one in 2:12 at the pole. Bisa's speed, according to this horseman, is marvelous, for he says she can outbrush any pacer in Cox's stable, including Argot Boy, 2:03%, a fact that makes her chances to win the M. & M. look good. Patrons of the race tracks near New York will not be permitted to congregate on the lawns in the future to make their oral bets. The stewards of the Jockey Club have decided that the best interests of the turf are not being served by the presence of men making wagers in full view of the occupants of the grand- stand. They consider the making of an oral bet a private arrangement between two men, and they ask those who take part in such transactions not to con- gregate upon the lawn. This move is made with the idea to relegate to the background the speculative part of the sport. W. E. D. Stokes is the owner of a yearling trotter that recently doubled a half mile track in 2:271/&. The youngster is by Peter the Great 2:07%, out of Tillie Thompson, by Guy Wilkes 2:1514; granddam Eva, 2:23%, by Sultan, 2:24. She is being prepared for an attempt to beat the champion yearling record of 2:23. Mike McDevitt has the horses in his stable at North Randall, Ohio, in condition to push right along. The two fastest record ones are Lillian R. 2:04%, and Alice Pointer 2:05y2. The former never looked bet- ter than at present and is in much better condition this spring than last. She is getting her share of the work, and is working sound. Alice Pointer is in good shape, but what a mammoth mare in size is she! The daughter of Star Pointer has all of her extreme speed, and her trainer will use his best endeavor to get her to the races, which, of course, means a faster record. Joan, a good three-year-old by Directum Spier 2:11% dam a Hal mare, acts more and more like the making of a trotter. The full sister of last season's fast trotting filly Czarevna (2) 2:12y2, has had her name changed from Peter Pan to plain, sim- ple Grace. She is looking good and there are those who believe she is the making of another fast colt trotter. Among the other youngsters is a Peter the Great colt that has been named David S., and if he meets the anticipations of those who saw him work a little last season, he is to be another fast trotter to the credit of his sire. The rail birds do say he is the veal thing. Silver Heels, the fast pacing colt by Jay Secretary Horace W. Wilson of the Kentucky Trot- ting Horse Breeders' Association expresses himself as well satisfied over the number of entries received for the two $5,000 handicap races for the big meeting at Lexington next fall. He says that while it will undoubtedly cost the association between $3,000 and $4,000 to give the handicaps the money will go to the men who have contributed heavily to the associa- tion in the past. He also states that he believes the extra attendance on the days the handicaps are to be contested will in a fair way make up some of the loss that would otherwise accrue. In the handicap for trotters such horses are named as Margaret O. 2:05%, Jack Leyburn 2:04%, Sterling McKinney 2:06%, Lillian R. 2:04y2, Sonoma Girl 2:05%, Ruth Dillon 2:06y2, Spanish Queen 2:07, Wilkes Heart 2:06%, Uhlan 2:07%, San Francisco 2:07%, Lady Jones 2:07%, and about 20 others. The pacing handi- cap promises to be a sensational race, as the field includes Hedgewood Boy 2:02%, Baron Grattan 2:03%, Brsnda Yorke 2:04%, Ethan Robert 2:04%, Alice Pointer 2:05%, Major Mallow 2:05%, Re- proachless 2:04%, C-The Limit, Reelfoot 2:06%, Phoenix, Whitelock, Jerry B. 2:04%, and other cracks. The Lexington handicaps are real handicaps with no preliminary races, and it is evident that they are more popular among horsemeu than are the so- called handicaps in which the preliminary races as- sumed altogether too much prominence. Pedigree experts may be somewhat interested in the fact that Bel'e Acton 2:11%, recently foaled a horse colt by Fred Cyril, a grandson of Wilkes Boy. Belle Acton is the champion yearling pacer, having taken a record of 2:20% at that age in 1892, so that fhe is now eighteen years old, and this is her first fcal. She is now owned by James Miller, who re- sides near McCook, Neb., and the mare is in charge of L. L. Robinson, who is training a stable at the McCook fair grounds. Mr. Miller will breed Belle Acton to Twist G. B. A report is current that the very classy string of horses owned at Claiborne Farm, Lexington, Ky., of which J. K. Newman of New York City is proprietor, will be sent to Ed Geers when that trainer returns to Memphis next fall, to be prepared for the cam- paign of 1910 by that famous driver. Claiborne Farm is the home of those two great young sires, Ormonde and The Director General, and a band of superbly bred mares, from which there are some young trot- ters and pacers of the highest class, many of which are developed enough to warrant sending them out to race at the big meetings. Ormonde, himself, is being trained again and will be one of those to be sent to Mr. Geers in the fall. He is by Wilkes Boy, 2:24y2, out of the famous Paronella, the daughter of Parkville, that produced Country Jay 2:10%; Ken- tucky Todd (3) 2:08%, etc., and as a three-year-old he trotted a mile in 2:08%. A slight unsoundness prevented him from racing as a four-year-old, and then he went into the stud, continuing until now. His ailing leg is now as sound as ever, and he is ex- pected to race to a very fast record for Mr. Geers next year. The fast trotting road four driven by William H. Moore in the coaching Marathon in England last week was a Tiehenor-Grand team. Despatches from London state that they covered the distance from Hampton Courts to Olympia in a little less than forty minutes, which is almost a 3:00 gait, maintained for twelve miles, an unexampled performance for trot- ting coach horses. Starting nineteenth in the race, Mr. Moore's team finished second, passing every other coach excepting Alfred G. Vanderbilt's Venture and making better time than Mr. Vanderbilt's team by about five minutes. Some of the cabled reports of the race state that one of the English contestants tried to prevent Mr. Moore from passing by, blocking the road with an automobile which accompanied his coach, but that the American horseman finally got past and almost put his rival's leaders in the ditch as he did so. The fact that both the first and second teams to finish in the great race in England were made up of American horses is regarded here as a remarkable evidence of the superior speed and stam- ina of the trotting bred type. The Detroit Driving Club has added to the pro- gram of the Grand Circuit meeting a purse for three- year-old trotters. It is understood that the event will be a fixture. Its conditions will permit the starting of two or more entries from he same stable. The American bred trotting mare Mary Gleuor 2:24y2 that won the international championship at the International Horse Show at London, last month, is by Glenbrook, a son of the old time Albany stal- lion Shawmut 2:26 by Sayres' Harry Clay 2:29. The dam of Mary Glenor was Mademoiselle, by Woodstock 2:17%, son of Robert McGregor 2:17%. She has never been shown in this country, but she trotted a few races in Ohio in 1907, and gained her record in September of that year at Lexington, Ky. In win- ning her way to the championship in London she was repeatedly placed above Lucie G., 2:22, the champion light harness horse of 1908 at Madison Square Garden and perhaps the handsomest one of her type that has yet won similar honors at the New York show. James Farley says that the horses he races this year, including Locust Jack 2:06y2, and Prince C„ 2:11%, will be driven either by himself or Ira Batchelder. The strikebreaker has seventeen head in training at Plattsburg, N. Y. Only one out of Millard Sanders' string will go to Peoria, and that is Wigetta, the M. and M. can- didate. She was a mile the past week in 2:08%, the last half of which was in 1:03%. She is a very oily galted trotter, and if able to carry the clip will be exceedingly hard to beat. The Maywood horses will get into the game at Terre Haute. Martha Dillon, named in the M. and M„ worked a mile on Tuesday in 2:10%, last half in 1:04. Harry Dillon 2:27%, now a four-year-old, is undoubtedly the best gaited trotter in the May- wood stable. He worked a very easy mile in 2:13 and a half in 1:05 last Friday, and on Tuesday of this week worked the last quarter of a mile in 2:20 in 30% seconds. In all probability he will not be raced this year, but taken along and care- fully trained, as was Lou Dillon in her four-year- old form. Harry Dillon has shown much more speed for his age than Lou Dillon, and is a very much better mannered horse in every way. He is good gaited, wears only a light pair of quarter boots in front and a pair of shin boots behind, and these only for protection. All of his shoes to- gether only weigh but 13 ounces, one of the light- est, if not the lightest, shod trotter in this country for his age. Ruth Dillon 2:06% is being brought along slow- ly. She is in fine condition, but has not been faster than 2:23. She will probably be raced first at Detroit. "Ob, promise me that when you get the tin, you'll buy an auto car and we will spin; we'll wander up and down the boulevard, and when we hit the pike we'll strike it hard; we'll see the wheels go 'round and sulphur roll, as each man we run down re- lieves his soul by swearing long and loud and deep and free. Oh, promise me. Oh, promise me. Oh. promise me that you will hold my hand, as we go scorching through Fredonia's land; we'll make the rubbernecks just hold their breath, and dodge us as they would the jaws of death. But should the blame thing break, what would we do? Say, love, you'd better buy a horse or two — a nice 2:13 road- ster, fine would be. Oh, promise me. Oh, promise me." — Fredonia, Kas.. Citizen. SPEED AND ACTION, BUT SPEED FIRST. William H. Sargent, who brought out the great trotter St. Julien 2:11%, just thirty-four years ago, has left Goshen to train a string of young trotters for C. K. Sober, of Northumberland, Pa. The general manager of the largest horse-selling establishment in the United States remarked recently that the introduction of automobiles had been to greatly increase the demand for speed in the fash- ionable carriage horse. "People get used to going fast in their cars," he said, "and when they come to buying coach horses they all want a bit of step — a good hit, I may say. Next to conformation, it's the first thing they look for. If a horse can't step away the dealer is wasting time to show him in most cases, for the customer won't buy. Showy ac- tion was the main thing only a few years ago, but 'Get there' seems to be the watchword with every- body now. Of course, the best horse is and always has been the one that combines speed and action, but speed comes first." The only breed of harness horses in the world that can fill the demands of the public in the direction indicated by this gentle- man's statements is the trotting bred horse. Other breeds furnish horses with plenty of action but none of them combine speed with that quality. That the hackney men realize this is indicated by the fact that they are quite generally mating trotting-bred mares with their hackney stallions. While the hackney men find it necessary to go to the trotter to get the required speed to combine with action, it is not necessary for the breeders of trotting-bred horses to go to the hackney to get action to combine with the speed they already have. There are many s'rains of trotting blood which produce plenty of ac- tion, and it only requires a careful selection of in- dividuals to enable their breeders to produce horses bred entirely in trotting lines but possessing the speed and action demanded by the present-day mar- ket.— Horse World. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. THE FARM INGALL'S EULOGY ON GRASS. The following tribute to grass, writ- ten by tbe late Senator Ingalls of Kan- sas, although published many times, will bear much repetition. It may well rank as one of our choicest liter- ary gems: Majestic, fruitful, wondrous plant! The corn triumphant, that with the aid of man hath made victorious pro- cession across the turf ted plain, and laid foundation for the social excel- lence that is, and is to be. The glo.-i- ous plant, transmitted by the al- chemy of God, sustains the warrior in battle, the poet in song and strength- ens every where the thousand arms that work the purposes of life. Next in importance to the divine profusion of water, light and air, those three great physical facts which ren- der existence possible, may be reck- oned the universal beneficence of grass. Exaggerated by tropical heats and vapors to the gigantic cane con- gested with its saccharine secretion or dwarfed by polar rigors to the fi- brous hair of northern solitudes, em- bracing between these extremes the maize with its resolute pennons, the rice plant of southern swamps, the wheat, rye, barley, oats and other ce- reals, no less than the humbler ver- dure of the hillside, pasture and prairie in the temperate zone, grass is the most widely distributed of all veg- etable beings and is at once the type of our life and the emblem of mor- tality. Lying in the sunshine among the buttercups and the dandelions of May, scarcely higher in intelligence than the minute tenants of the mimic wilderness, our earliest recollection is of the grass, and when the fitful fever is ended and the foolish wrangle of the market and the forum is closed, grass heals over the scar which our descent into the bosom of the earth has made, and the carpet of the infant becomes the blanket of the dead. Grass is the forgiveness of nature — her constant benediction. Fields tram- pled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned with traffic become grass grown like rural lanes and obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. Beleaguered by the sullen hosts of winter, it with- draws into the impregnable fortress of its subterranean vitality and emerges upon the first solicitation of spring. Sown by the winds, by wan- dering birds, propagated by the sub- tle horticulture of the elements, which are its ministers and servants, it softens the rude outline of the wrorld. Its tenacious fibres hold the earth in its place, and prevent its soluble com- ponents from washing into the wasting sea. It invades the solitudes of the deserts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and forbidding pinnacles of mountains, modifies climate and determines the history, character and destiny of the nations. Unobtrusive and patient. It has imortal vigor and aggression. Ban- ished from the throroughfare and the field, it bides its time to return, and when vigilence is relaxed or the dy- nasty has perished, it silently resumes the throne from which it has been expelled but which it never abdicates. It hears no blazonry of bloom to charm the senses with fragrance or splendor, but its homely hue is more enchanting than the lily or the rose. It yields no fruit in earth or air, and yet should its harvest fail for a single year fam- ine would depopulate the world. HOLSTEINS MAKE GOOD BEEF. A thing which causes many farmers to hesitate in introdcing dairy blood into their farm herds is the claim that dairy bred steers make small gains, are worthless as beef and consequently a steer or calf of dairy blood is prac- tically a loss. It is generaly conceded that of the dairy breeds the Holstein is the largest, the most vigorous and provides, along with economy in milk and butter for production more beef than any other breed. Prof. A. u Haecker, of Minnesota, writes as fol- lows regarding gains of Holstein calves and rations for the skim-milk calf: "One of the good qualities of Hol- stein cattle is their vigorous and rapid development from the time of birth to maturity. I have for a number of years kept a record of the weight of the calf at birth and find the Hol- stein averages about 95 pounds. We have records of calves that have weighed as high as 125 pounds at birth. Their rapid growth is another feature of marked interest. Chief Karen, a pure bred Holstein bull calf I fed, weighed 960 pounds on deli- cately balanced scales. His half broth- er is now in the herd and today when 5 months and 19 days old he weighed 520 pounds. In comparing this with many of the best breeds we find it hard for them to equal. Another in- teresting feature of this growth is the fact that it was made with great econ- omy. "Both of the above named calves received whole milk only a little over two weeks and were fed skim-milk af- ter that date. They were, of course, given rations mixed in the following manner: Four parts ground corn, two parts wheat and one part oil-meal. I believe breeders make a serious mis- take when they neglect feeding their young stock liberal rations, for a grow- ing animal requires plenty of nutri- ment. Holstein cattle, especially, should be liberally fed for the very reason pointed out in this letter, which is they are /naturally rapid growers and the required nourishment calls for larger rations than are gene- erally supplied by the feeder. We can never hope to reach the desired end if we do not feed liberally. Young stock, in order to perform their full function, must receive full rations and these full rations are in simple words 'nour ishment' which the body requires for its full development." — Kansas Farm- If the thoroughbred is useless for general utility purposes, why should a large perecentage of this blood be desirable? If a strictly thoroughbred horse, after breaking down, is of no account between the shafts — and this has never been disputed by any prac- tical horseman — what reason has any- one for believing that a half-bred can be thoroughly desirable for such pur- poses? There is no more admirable type of horse in the world than the thoroughbred racer, no more heroic in performing the tasks that are put before him, hut his usefulness ends when he leaves the race track or the breeding paddock. — The Stock Farm. Low Rates -TO- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition FOR ROUND TRIP TICKETS. FROM San Francisco$32.50 Martinez $32.50 Lathrop 32.50 Napa 32.75 Stockton 32.50 Santa Rosa 33.60 Suisun 32.50 Calistoga 33.95 Davis 32.50 Glen Ellen 33.55 Greatly reduced rates from other points in Cali- fornia. Tickets sold daily May 25 to Sept. 30. and cover two months' trip going and coming via the famous Shasta Route Of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC Stopovers going and coming. Many other routes at slightly higher rates for you to select from. Write or call on our nearest agent for full details of service, etc.. or address Dept,, Adv., 948 Flood Bldg., For Information. GombauWs Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest S3 Veterinary Remedy *m HAS MUTATORS BUT MO COMPETITORS! 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It is the best blister I have ever tried I have ■ used it in hundreds of cases with best results. Itisrer- ■ foctly eafo for the most inexperienced person to use This ■ istho largest breeding establishment o( trotting h..rses in ■ the world, and us* your Uisu-r o'ud.-W. H. I; '. Y llt>\I), ■ l'rop. Belmont 1'ark Bloeli Form, Belmont Park, Mont USTSD 10 YEATt<5 SUrOKSSFlTLT.T. Ih&vonsed GOMIUTTLT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM for tan I years; have been very successful In curing curb .ringbone, I capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and al- I mostevery cause of lameness in horses Have a stable of I forty head, mostly track and speedway horses, and car- I tainly can recommend it.— C. C. CBABBB. TmJiOb* I I Stables. 990 Jennings Street, Kew York City. Sole Agents for the United States and Canada* The Lawrence-Wittiams Go* TORONTO, ONT. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track Use, GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Pulling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pulling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Device* that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device lias a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit. With it you have per- fect control over your horse with little or no effort; it "will make him forget his bad habits, bring- ing" out all the style there is in him and making your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. P. Geers, W. L.. Snow, D. J. McClary, Alta McDonald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, Harry Stin- son and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Cir- cuit tracks. "We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Beware of worth- less imitations and devices claimed to be as good as "Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Check- ing Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts, and can only be bought direct from us, as we have no agents or branch houses and do not sell to harness dealers. Our entire product hereafter will be sold to horsemen only, at the same -wholesale prices we formerly charged harness dealers. Price reduced under our new plan, direct from us to the consumer, to $5 for complete device, including Back Part of Overebeck. Delivered free to any part of the world when cash accompanies order. G. S. ELLIS & SON TURF GOODS MANUFACTURERS 430 MAIN ST., CINCINNATI, OHIO Patented Aug. 11. 1S9G. Patent No. 565,681. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. H Saturday, July 3, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 FARMERS COULD RULE. The degree of doctor of laws was recently conferred on James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture of the United S'ates, by McGill University of Can- ada. In an address following the ceremonies, Secretary Wilson said: "Half the people under your flag and ours till the soil for a livelihood. They are not the governing class in either country, while they hold the balance of power at the ballot box. "It is their duty to prepare to use power with conservatism and intelli- gence. "Many new things are proposed with regard to government nowadays that require cool heads to consider, to adopt or to reject. The street cor- ner and the saloon are not as safe forums as the farmer's fireside when public questions are acute. "The coming millions that will find homes on this hemisphere will look to agriculture to feed and clothe them. Manufacturing industries will expect to be fed cheaply. Commerce will look to the soil for traffic. The bank- er will look to the fields to give life to enterprise and maintain the bal- ance of trade, and the educated farm- er will be the well spring of all these movements." Whenever new sheep are brought to the farm they should be immediately dipped to kill all scab germs and ticks that may be carried to the healthy flock. This scab insect is of a parasite nature. It attacks the skin and causes an itching sensation in the affected part. If allowed to continue for a j.ew weeks, the insect multiplies very rapidly, forming, with the exudations of the skin, a rather hard crust. If the sheep are not dipped, the owner will have all scab and no sheep in a few weeks. Get a 25 Cent Bottle Free. 5-OM beats every thing for water-proof- ing fish lines and flies and prevents rust and verdigris from forming on reels and ferules. 5-Oil is the best cleaner, lubricant and rust preventative known for guns, bi- cycles and all kinds of light machinery and tools. On receipt of this coupon properly signed and $1.75, we will mail to any address a 6 months' subscription (value $1.75) to the Breeder and Sportsman, and a 25c bottle of 5-Oil. Name Town State Cure That Horse With Tattle's Elixir Lame horsea Veterinarians have given up and which, other preparations have failed to help, have been cured, made as sound as a dollar, with Tuttle'a Elixir. It produces better results than anything else because It acts on a different principle. It is something more than a mere liniment. Let us ex- plain and show you the proofs of Its value In cases of Corb,SplInt,Spavin,Spralns, Swellings of any kind. Also for Internal ailments. Horse Doctor Book Free Write for It today. 100 pages. Illustrated, filled with informa- tion valuable to every horse owner. Dealers keep Tuttlc's Remedies. Don't experiment. Get Turtle's. Turtle's Elixir Co. 52 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. Willis A. Shaw, Los Angeles, Cnliroi-Dia A^ent. THOUGHT GUARANTEE A BLUFF BINGHAM BROTHERS COMPANY (Founded by SAMUEL BINGHAM in 1S40) "MACHINE-CAST" PRINTERS* ROLL- ERS No. 406 Pearl Street, New York. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Dear Sirs: — We wish to give you a testimonial, which we think you de- serve, as to the efficiency of your "Save-the-Horse Liniment." We have a valuable truck horse, which could not be replaced short of seven hundred dollars, who developed a ring bone. The veterinary surgeons had tried all their knowledge without result, except- ing to succeed in laying the horse up. For the purpose of "calling your bluff" in your advertising, we purchased a bottle from C. M. Moseman & Bro. of this city, and followed the directions diligently, with the result that the ring bone has entirely disappeared and the horse is no longer lame, has picked up flesh, and to-day is in just as good a condition as any horse could be, and it would be impossible for one, who has not known, to determine on which leg the ringbone had been. The writer, being a lover of horses, is giving you this testimonial for the purpose of passing his experience along to other owners. Sincerely yours, BINGHAM BROTHERS CO., Herbert M. Bingham, Pres.' OTHERS ARE NOT SLOW AFTER "YOU SHOW ME" FIREMEN'S FUND INSURANCE CO., D. W. KILPATRICK, Resident Agent, Cripple Creek, Colo., Nov. 25, 1908. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N- Y-: Gentlemen: — Enclosed herewith P. O. order for $15, for which please send me by express as soon as possible 3 bottles' of Save-The-Horse. Since I used it on my own horse for a case of thorough- pin the people come to me now to get it for them. Yours very truly, D. W. KILPATRICK. "Save-the-Horse" permanently curei bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpin, splint, shoe boll, windpuff. Injured ten- dons, and all lameness, without scar or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. $5 Per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. At Drneslsts and Dealers or Eipren Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Binghamton, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, 56 Bayo Vista Avenue* Oakland, Cal. DIVIDEND NOTICES OF THE ASSO- CIATED SAVINGS BANKS OF SAN FRANCISCO. THE SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 101 Montgomery street, corner Sutter street. For the half year ending June 30, 1909, a dividend has been de- clared at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum on all deposits, free of taxes, payable on and after Thurs- day, July 1, 1909. Dividends not drawn become part of deposit ac- counts, and earn dividends at the same rate, from July 1. Money de- posited on or before July 10 will earn interest from July 1. WM. A. BOSTON, Cashier. THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 526 California street; Mis- sion Branch, 2572 Mission street, near 22nd; Richmond Branch, 432 Clement street, between 5th and 6th avenues. For the half year ending June 30, 1909, a dividend has been declared at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum on all deposits, free of taxes,, payable on and after Thursday, July 1, 1909. Dividends not called for are added to and bear the same rate of interest as the principal from July 1, 1909. GEORGE TOURNY, Secretary. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. McFall & Co., Portland, Ore. WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital , corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. STAR POINTER COLT FOR SALE. Handsome big colt, two years old, by Star Pointer, dam Maud Jay C. by Nearest 40698. A high-class individual and a splendid prospect. For price and particulars, address MRS. S. V. BARSTOW, 1042 Alameda Aye., San Jose, Cnl. FOR SALE. One young horse sired by Seymour Wilkes, out of the dam of Clay S. 2:13>4; 6 years old, stands 17 hands high, weight 1300 lbs., dark bay, not a white hair on him; fine looker, gentle — would make a nice carriage horse. As owner has no use for him he is offering him for sale at a reas- onable figure. Inquire of F. W. Kelley. Breeder and Sportsman. FOR SALE. Brown gelding by James Madison, dam by Echo. Stands about 15.2 hands. An excellent individual in every respect, absolutely sound. Has had but little work and that within the present year, and can now show a mile three times better than 2:1S and can step a half in 1 :06, quarters in 32J4 seconds. This horse will do to train and race. Has been used on the road until lately ; age eight years. Will be sold cheap. Address. L. J. ROSE, JR.. Oxnard, Cal. FOR SALE. A standard and registered brood mare, by Chas. Derby; dam by Ante- volo. Next three dams producers by Steinway, Almont and Brignoli. Nine years old and regular breeder. Also her two-year-old stud colt by Stillwell, brother to Don Derby 2:04^, Diablo 2:09*4 and Demonio 2:11. All 2:10 sires. Also a two-year-old stud by Maj. Dil- lon; dam by Director H. 2:27, a produc- ing son of Director; 2d dam dam of Gen. Smith 2:17, by Brigadier by Happy Medium. The cream of breeding in this pedigree — Lou Dillon, Nancy Hanks, Sonoma Girl, Directum, Kid Wilkes, etc« Address Owner, R. F. D. No. 1, Box 233A, Fruitvale. Call before 4 p. m., N.W. cor. Seminary avenue and Orion street, Melrose. Not home Sundays. SPEED FOR SALE— Three High- Class Horses. BOTOX DE ORO 2:11^4, pacing. Sired by Zolock 2:05*4, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Point- er 1:59^4. second dam Princess Wilkes by Ned Wilkes 4757, etc. Handsome black horse, fine type, nice head and neck, and sound. Has paced a mile in 2:08 and a quarter in 29 seconds. Should take a record around 2:05 this year. He beat Velox 2:09^4 twice last season and took his record in a race. A good horse in his class. Is a show horse and has great style. ZULU BELLE (2 - year - old record 2:24*4) by Petigru 2:10^, dam Johanna Treat 2:19, the dam of Del Coronado 2.09^, Irene S. 2:28%, and Zulu Belle 2:24*4. This three - year - old filly is entered and paid up to date in Pacific Breeders' Futurity and Occident Stakes, and should win more than the price asked of her this year. She is sound and in excellent condition, and ex- tremely fast. Has been brought along slowly this spring, but can trot a half in 1:06 now if necessary. Is a black filly, good looking, stands 15 hands, and weighs 950 pounds. Is always on a trot and a great prospect for the stakes she is in. GLENITA 2:2S, bay mare by Rex Gifford 2:14, dam by Guide 2:16*4, son of Director. Stands 15.3 hands, strong, weighs 1125 pounds, is sound, a good type and a grand roadster and matinee mare. Can trot a quarter in 32 sec- onds and a lady can drive her any- where. Is eight years old, and worth training for the coast races. She won a matinee race at Los Angeles last year, taking the first and third heats in 2:1S and 2:18%. I desire to sell the above horses im- mediately, as I will go East with my horses about June 1st. Were I to re- main in California this year, I would have entered Boton de Oro all through the Circuit. As I have a full sister to Zulu Belle, would like to sell this filly to some one who will race her In her stake engagements, as I believe she will take a low record and help the, family of my stallion Del Coronado' 2:09%. For prices and further particu- lars, address TV. G. DURFEE, Box 1, University Sta., Los Angeles, Cal. FAIRMONT Hotel SAN FRANCISCO The most superbly Bltuated Ho- tel In the world — overlooking the Bay of San Francisco and City. Headquarters Army and Navy. The Social Center of City. Convenient to Business and Theater Sections. Reached by street cars from every direction. Only 5 minutes from ferry. Single Room with Bath, $2.60, $3, $3.60, $4, $5, $6, $7. $10. Suits with Bath, $10.00 upwardB. Under Management of PALACE HOTEL COMPANY John C. Kirkpatrick, Manager. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to Rive the best of profes- sional serviceB to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal DALMATIANS. Litter of thoroughbred puppies for sale. Ad- dress. ■"COACHDOG" 223 Front St.. San Francisco PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL, Shelbyville Ky. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of the FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams- Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 297. Home Telephone, Sacramento. Cal. Dixon. Cal. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehkke, Prop., Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St., RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco You Can't Cut Out A BOG SPAVIN, PUFF or THOROUGHPIN, but will clean them off permanently, and yon work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. Will tell yon more if you write. 82.00 pet bottle at d'lersordelir'd.Book4Dfree. ABSORB1NE, JR., for mankind. P^SSi $1 bottle. Redncea Varicose Velns.Vor- Icocele, Hydrocele, Raptnred Muscles or Lips* ments, Enlarged Glands. Allays pain quickly. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal.; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore. ; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokana Drag Co., Spokane, Wash. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. XVVXVVVVVV\V^VVVVVNVV\NNV*5^\VNS^« Id by all druggists or 1 out bj ouU. Write - *' -[:.:•■.' ii- xaitlmonlW W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall. N.Y. Tlw I [amateur championship j of the State of New York Was Won by Mr. F. S. Wright, South Wales, N. Y., With the Score of 472 out of 500 at Syracuse, N. Y„ June 8, 10, Mr. Wright Used Three Drams off | SMOKELESS THE PARKER GUN Still Winning as Usual aos^owc^^Ksaoo!. :•;•-•:•:•;•:•:•:< Howard Schlicter of Allentown, Pa., at the New Jersey State Shoot, June 1-2-3, won high average for the three days, breaking 473 targets out of 480 shot at. Walter Huff at Warm Springs, Ga., June 15-16, won high general average with the PARKER GUN, by breaking 389 out of 400 targets. At the St. Louis, Mo., State Shoot, June 11-13, Lester German shot at 450 targets and broke 448. Since May 31, 1909, Mr. German has shot at 2410 targets at regis- tered tournaments, averaging .983 per cent. This is cer- tainly wonderful work. It will pay you to watch the work of the PARKER GUN this year. Send for catalogue. Meriden, Conn. PARKER BROS., £ O QPiece Our new "3-Bolt, 3-Piece 1909 Model Gun has the simplest and fastest lock ever put in a gun. Some makers claim a three-piece lock, but do not show or count the main spring — now, we both show and count the main spring — see cut above. Please note we have cut out all cocking bars, levers and push rods and hook right on to the toe of the hammer. This not only makes a lock with large, strong parts. but a lock that works as smooth as oil. We use an unbreakable coil top lever spring, also a coil main spring which acts directly on the hammer, and a horizontal sear, which makes a very fast lock with a quick, clean, sharp and snappy pull. Send for art Catalog and special prices, IS grades. $17 .75 net to $:J00 list. Pac. Coast Branch— Phil. B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market St., San Francisco. ITHACA GUN CO. Dept. 15. Ithaca, N. Y. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 3, 1909. WINCHESTER RIFLES SHOOT STRAIGHT AND STRONG The name "Winchester " on a rifle barrel is the hall-mark of straight and strong shooting. This is due to the excellence of 'Winchester barrels, the knowledge and experience embodied in their manufacture and the great care taken in targeting them. Every Winchester rifle is shot to test its accuracy, the distance varying ac- cording to the caliber. A corps of experts devote their entire time to this work, and before a rifle is passed it must be capable of shooting seven consecutive bulls-eyes on a standard size target for the distance shot. The proper rifling, or twist, to give the best results with a given cartridge is determined in the same careful manner, assuring accuracy and strong shooting. Only good barrels ever leave our factory. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., - NEW HAVEN, CONN. 714 Market St., Sam Francisco, Cal. ARE • oao • o •o»oa O fO» d»o«d» o» Of o» o* o«o» o»o» D«0«Q»0»0»OCt Unexcelled j& • :•■:• :■•:■•:•■:■*. FOR i» and FULL BAGS »;•:•;•:•:•?•.:■• j»:»~» "»*•:•■"■• "o :•:••:■:•>:•:•:•:• :•■:■:•::• -o.-« -»■:-■• .".••■•:»:".• ■•• • •. • »-•-•:■ :•:•:•:•:•:•:•:=:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•:•;•: i •:«:».».f:t.«.«.o;t:i:«L»:»:»:i:» • ;•_•_•_■>-• GET THE LIMIT." SMELTING & LEAD CO., San Francisco, Cal. C. F. MOREL Successor to J. O'KANE CO. Sheldon Building, 457 Market St. , San Francisco, Cal. A Full Line of Highest Grade Harness. Turf and Leather Goods. Everything in Horse Toggery. Agent forWilcoxson's Perfection Liniment — $2abottle. Campbell's and all other well-known remedies. Local orders given prompt at- tention. Remember the new address. G. F. MOREL, Successor to J. O'KANE CO., Sheldon Building, 457 Market Street, San Francisco. Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it. Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P. Kertel, Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal. °C8»SC8»»30OO»WOOO^3»»5C8D3SC8D- EARTH'S WONDERS 4^ Santa Fe Yosemite— Open the year 'round. The quick way is Santa Fe to Merced; thence Yosemite Valley Railroad. El Tovar hotel Grand Canyon— The biggest thing in the world. on brink of Canyon. Under Fred Harvey management, one of the finest hotels in southwest. — Our folders tell. H. K. GREGORY, A. G. P. A.. San Francisco. JOHN. J. BYRNE, A. P. T. M.. Los Angeles ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. VOLUME LV. No. 2. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1909. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 10, 1909. Order Direct of Us and Save the Middleman's Profit Jfie CELEBRATED ELLIS I <-***** GJZAJVD CIRCUIT^ COMPLETE SEIMHE THE RECOGNIZED STANDARD TRACK HARNESS OF THE WORLD. ■• - Superior to Any Otner MalCe - ^Mn A Class 3y Itself ^^ FVZLr£QlfAL TO r#ACJC HARNESS SOLD Br OrffER MANOFACri/&ERS ATST/)ros/?Z f&Z&rtf/rEEO W EVERY RESPECT. YO'JP N02/EY FEFCY/SBED ,Jf/ fi.M AW r/S MIL PAY EXPRESS CHARGES BOTH fiX/J ' /FIIQTSWSFiaF' v' ****• Furnished either in racing style, like above illustration, or with breast collar, traces and breeching, as desired, at same price. How They are Made. We use in the construction of this harness especially selected No. 1 pure oak tanned black harness leather backs, absolutely the best made in America. The folds are made of the finest hand-buffed, straight-grain enamel leather, or finest calf skin. Trimmings are the finest aluminum gold (solid metal) terrets. McKinney hook, shaft tug buckles, martingale rings and rosettes, balance finest genuine rubber. Workmanship and fin- ish superior to any other make. We have made a spe- cialty of building track harness since 1865, and during our 44 years* experience have made the harness worn by folly 90 per cent of the world's record horses, in- clnding the great Dan Patch, for whom -we have just finished another set, making the sixth set ire have made for him. Dan has never raced in any other make. DESCRIPTION. Bridle — Fine patent leather track blinds, soft folded crown piece with extension to prevent overcheck chafing, extra strong overcheck, double and stitched, lined with finest California rawhide, or fine round open bridle if preferred. Lines — Round through martingale, russet or black, with long hand holders. Breast Collar and Traces — Soft folded breast collar, back ends of traces lined with finest California raw- hide. Two-minute thimbles, point straps and traces, Ellis latest improved style, light and strong. Mar- tingale, light, single strap, edges finely rounded. Saddle — Ellis latest improved flexible tree, the light- est weight, strongest and most perfect fitting saddle in the world. Made on an entirely new principle. Ellis (guaranteed not to break) forged steel flexible tree used in this saddle. Padding, finest piano felt, which is very resilient and a great improvement over the old style padding. Jockey made of harness leather, in one continuous piece, forming a safety strap, backhand and billets, double and stitched, lined with finest Califor- nia rawhide. Girth — "Wide and soft, folded. Ellis latest improved California style, or any style you prefer. Turnback — Double and stitched, extra strong, lined with finest California rawhide. Breeching soft folded, with layer. If you desire a Harness at a lower price, we build one very similar to the above, only not as fine, at $23.50. This is a good, strong, durable harness, and will give excellent satisfaction. TKe CELEBRATED ELLIS efr- LEADER FOLDED ^> 1 1 1# iiii aguiiitrn ism j ri agi SQi/AiroAtfror/fER * SfAN&FACW/lERS'J'35e2GRADE GIFARANFEED FATEYERY RESPECT. YOUR JfORFK REFUNDED COMPLETE A//T) WE W/LL RAY EXPRESS CHARGES BOTH WAYJ.JFYOIT ARE NOT PERFECTLY J/ITTJETEd ^sf&}/V{/f?ien//}EP3 HARNESS $ TURF GOODS DISPERSION SALE STANDARD BRED HORSES ^" Of the Great Bitter Root 1 j Farm ^ \ M (MARCUS DALY ESTATE) 50 STALLIONS, MARES and If GELDINGS Including choice brood mares selected by Mr. Daly Splendid Individuals of Most Fashionable Breeding Stallions by Prodigal 2:16 and Ponce de Leon 2:13, choice youngsters, ready to race, select breeding stock and fancy roadsters. WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION Portland, July 14, Evening ms*» Catalogues Sent on Application. COL. WM. HICCINBOTTOM, Auctioneer. PORTLAND HORSE SALE COMPANY, 21 Hamilton Bldg., PORTLAND, OREGON. .' k 75 PER CENT OF ALL HORSE OWNERS AND TRAINERS USE AND RECOMMEND CAMPBELL'S HORSE FOOT REMEDY -SOLD BY- C. P. MOREL, successor to J. O'Kane Co . . . San Francisco, Cal. W. A. Sayre Sacramento, Cal. Sillier & Patterson San Dleffo, Cal. J. G. Read & Bro. . Ocden. Utah Ju bin vi 11 e & Xance Bntte, Mont. A. A. Kraft Co Spokane, Wash. Thos. 31. Henderson Seattle, Wash. C. Rodder Stockton, Cal. Wm. E. Detels Pleasanton, Cal. V. Koch . San Jose, Cal. Keystone Bros San Francisco, CaL Fred Reedy rresno, CaL Jno. McKerron San Francisco, Cal. Jos. MeTIsue San Francisco, CaL Brydon Bros Los Ansreles, Cal. Guaranteed nnder the Food and Drue. Act, June 30,1908. Serial Number 1219. JAS. B. CAMPBELL . h., Conroy's Alta, C. B. Johnson, Ogden, Utah. Elsie Norte, blk. f., Del Norte, Charles Kibler, Walla Walla. Jim Logan, b. s.. Charles Derby, J. E. Montgomery, Davis, Cal. Edgarellia, ch. f., Edgar Boy, Thomas H. Brents, Walla Walla. 2:15 Trot, Board of Trade Purse, $800. Belle N, b. m„ B«nnie Direct, Elec- tioneer Stock Farm, Marshfield, Ore. Dr. Ullman, br. h., The Bondsman, S. J. and W. O. Vaughn, Molalla, Ore. Satin Royal, ch. s., Bonner N. B., I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C. Stalene, b. m., Stam B., F. E. Alley, Roseburg. Ore. Lucy H., ch. m., Sirius, Anderson & Co., Vancouver, B. C. Zombronut, b. s., Zombro, Table Rock Mineral Water Co., Portland, Ore. Johnny K., g. g., unknown, Kuster, Irwin Horse Co., Boise, Idaho. Velma Z., b. m., Zombro, John Saw- yer, Salem, Ore. Crylia Jones, blk. g\. Captain McKin- ney, Homer Rutherford, University, Cal. Silver Hunter, b. g., Zombro, L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento, Cal. Starlight, b. m., Bonner N. B., Billy Smith, Portland, Ore. Cherry Diamond, b. g. , Bozeman, Joe Huber, Seattle, Wash. 2:08 Pace, Rose City Purse, $11500. Solano Boy, b. g., Father McKinnon, C. J. Uhl, Vacaville, Cal. Hymettus, b. g., Zombro. L. H. Tod- hunter, Sacramento, Cal. Nordwell, b. s., Demonio. Table Rock Mineral Water Co., Portland, Ore. Queen Derby, b. m., Charles Derby, McGowan & Cuicello. Pleasanton, Cal. Pilot, ch. g., Abbotsford Jr.. Robert Galindo, Oakland. Cal. The Maid of California, blk. m., Bon- nie Direct, Dr. H. J. Ring, Ferndale, Cal. Moortrix, b. s., Azmoor. Mrs. Fred Chadbourne. Pleasanton, Cal. Lord Lovelace, b. s.. Lovelace, E. B. Tongue, Hillsboro, Ore. Judge Dillard, ch. h., Hal Dillard, B. H. Lester, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Bushnell King, b. h., Norval King. I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C. Josephine, b. m., Zolock, Homer B. Rutherford, University, Cal. Adam G., b. g., McKinney, D. L. Bachant, Pleasanton, Cal. Dan S., s. g., Athablo, Fred E. Ward, Los Angeles, Cal. Delilah, b. m., Zolock, G. W. Bonnell, Redlands, Cal. Ray o" Light, b. s., Searchlight, E. S. Train, Santa Cruz, Cal. Genera! Huertus, b. s., Alexis, Gene Koontz, Council. Idaho. Cora, b. m., Del Coronado, H. E. Arm- strong, Pleasanton, Cal. Tommy Grattan, b. h., Grattan, Joe McGuire, Denver, Colo. Whitehall, g. g., Copper King, Bar- tran & Dawson, Boulder, Mont. 3-Year-OId Trot, Columbia Purse, $500. Fairy Alley, br. s., Alcone, M. E. Welch, Hood River, Ore. Easter, b. h., Monicrat, Homer Ruth- erford, University, Cal. Jemima King, b. g.. B. C. King, J. W. Hollinshead, Ladner, B. C. Harry A., br. s., Zombro, A. J. Agnew, Everett, Wash. Florodora Z., br. m.. Zombro, Maurice Winter, Albany, Ore. Tortoise Shell, Bozeman, Joe Huber, Seattle, Wash. 2-Yr ear-Old Pace, Manufacturers' Purse. $400. Golden Bliss, ch. m., Zolock, Homer Rutherford, University. Cal. Holly Brand, b. s., Tidal Wave, E. C. Kevt, Perrydale, Ore. Bailey S. Wave, b. m., Tidal Wave. M. Putnam, Salem, Ore. Sis Bender, b. f.. Coma; Sally Young- er, b. f.. Coma; Peter Cook, Rickreall. Ore. Waverly B., b. f., Tidal Wave; Ore- gon Wave, ch. g.. Tidal Wave; S. S. Bailey, Albany, Ore. Peter C, b. h., Glengary Pat, P. Gunn, Ladner, B. C. Belle Smih, b. m., Blacksmith, H. G. Cox. McMinnville, Ore. Sable Hal, br. h.. Hal B., W. Watts, Porlland, Ore. Mussel Shell, ch. g., Bozeman, Joe Huber, Seattle, Wash. 2:12 Trot, Commercial Club Purse, $2500. Zombronut. b. s., Zombro, F. E. Ward, Los Angeles, Cal. Emily W., b. m.. James Madison; Es- cobado, b. s., Escobar; Henry Gray g g Zombro; Arnold Zbinden, Seattle. Wash' Delia Derby, blk. m„ Charles Derbv" Mrs. Alma Whitehead, Salinas, Cal Era. b. m., Zombro, William Morgan, i i ! s ; t o e n a . Prince Lott br. g„ Prince Ansel. Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal! Kinney Rose, b. s.. McKinney. W. Hashagen, Woodland Cal Lida Carter, b. m.,' Stam B„ William Hogoboom, Walla Walla. Wash Easter Bells, b. m., Diablo, Mrs. N Stevenson, Marysville. Cal = STatl\W' oh- s- Bonner N. B., J- and w- O. Vaughn, Mollala. Ore. Monicrat, blk. s.. Woodman, M. C. Keefer. Woodland, Cal Kid Wilkes, s. g., Stanton Wilkes, V. Armstrong, Pleasanton, Cal. Doc Murphy, b. g.. Zombro; Crylia J°ues'..b- s" Captain McKinnev; Easter D. h.. Monicrat, Homer Rutherford, Uni- Ollie B., ch. m., Nutwood Wilkes; May T., ch. m.. Monterey; O. C. Benbow, Irv- ington, Cal. Laddie G., blk. g., Zombro; Wenja. br. m., Zolock, F. H. Burke, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ^Charlie T., blk., h., Zombro, Charles De Ryder, Pleasanton, Cal. Sophia Dillon, b. m., Sidney Dillon, J. Groom. Pleasanton, Cal. The Statesman, b. h.. James Madison, Charles F. Silva, Sacramento, Cal. Laurel Leaf, b. m„ Stam B., Mrs. S. C Walton, Fresno, Cal. Goldenut, ch. s., Neernut, George F. Ford, Santa Ana, Cal. Katalina. b. m., Tom Smith, W. J. Miller, Chico, Cal. Lee Crawford, b. s., Leah Crawford, ■Toe McGuire, Denver, Colo. Weatewater, b. h., Sidney Dillon A. L Scott, San Francisco, Cal. 2:05 Pace, Rapid Transit Purse, $1000. Sherlock Holmes, ch. h., Zolock Frank Childs. Spokane, Wash. Hymettus, b. G., Zombro, L. H. Tod- hunter, Sacramento, Cal. Josephine, b. m., Zolock, Homer Ruth- erford, University, Cal Charley D., b. s., McKinney, James Thompson, Pleasanton, Cal. Tidal Wave, ch. s., Nutwood Wilkes. S. S. Bailey, Albany, Ore. Sir John S., b. s., Diablo, W. L. Vance Marysville, Cal. Whitehall, g. g.. Copper King, Bar- tran & Dawson, Boulder, Mont. 2:15 Pace, $800. Lou Miller, s. m., Blacksmith, H. G. Cox. McMinnville, Ore. Posy Patch, b. m., Billy Patch, W. M. Grant, Seattle, Wash. San Lucas Mail, Dictatus, W. M Grant. Seattle, Wash. McCloskey-Wainright, blk. s., McKin- ney, M, F. Johnston, Sherwood, Ore. Atabel, b. g., Keeler, Fred Booker, Portland, Ore. Ken West, b. s.. Commonwealth, W. L. Whitmore, Portland, Ore. Dawn o' Light, b. m., Searchlight, W. T. McBride, Aberdeen, Wash. Zomvert, b. h„ Zombro, Mrs. Jane Mauzey. Salem, Ore. Nellie Chimes, br. m.. Christtmas Chimes, Kuster-Irwin Horse Co., Boise, Idaho. Bushnell King, b. h.. Norval King; Winnie G., br. m., Barnicale; I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C. Ben W.. b. g.. unknown, Pete Jamison. Seattle, Wash. Bonnie Tangent, b. s., Tangent, H. M. Robbins, Fair Grounds, Ore. Leola, b. m.. Westfield, Frank Frazier. Pendleton, Ore. Free-for-AU Trot, Rural Spirit Purse, $1000. Emily W., b. m., James Madison; Es- cobado. b. s., Escobar! Fred E. Ward, Los Angeles, Cal. Athasham. b. s., Athadon, D. L. Ba- chant, Pleasanton, Cal. John Caldwell, b. g., Strathway, Jas. Thompson, Pleasanton, Cal. Day Break, b. g., Tenroe, Joe Mc- Guire, Denver Colo. Some people use nest eggs and some don't. It is often claimed that a hen will lay in the nest she has once se- lected for her use, no matter whether there is an egg in it or not, and the advice is often given, "never mind leaving a nest egg." There are hens that will readily lay in an empty nest. There are others that will not. When you have Rhode Island Reds, Lang- shans, Plymouth Rocks or other fowls of large breeds, the matter of the nest egg is not so very important. They usually will lay in an empty nest It has always seemed to us though that the presence of an egg seemed an in- vitation to the hen, and one thing is sure, that she is not changing places to lay every day if she finds an egg in the previous day's nest, and this means something to the poultry raiser whose hens are at liberty, for hunting hens' nests often takes up valuable time needed for work — Rural World. A hen enjoys a dust bath at all sea sons of the year, and a supply of dry dust should always be kept at hand. Lay in a supply in the fall for winter use. Provide a box for them to take their baths in and renew the dust in the box frequently, at least twice a week. The dust bath helps the hen to rid herself of lice. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 10, 1909. THE FARM STOCK LOSSES ON NATIONAL FORESTS. Washington, June — In the future the Forest Service will endeavor to obtain complete reports as to the causes of all losses of live stock upon the National Forests. Forest guards and rangers have been instructed to keep a strict account of all live stock found dead in their dis- tricts, reporting to the forester at the end of each month the number found and listing the causes of death as far as pos- sible under one of four heads — accident, disease, poison, and wild animals. It is believed that such a record will be of great value to stockmen in assist- ing them to figure up the percentage of their losses and materially aiding them in preventing some of the losses through corrective measures. For instance, if an unusually large number of stock are found dead in some particular locality, due to poison from dangerous plants, it will be possible to meet this condition by fencing up the area, or perhaps digging up the poisonous plants. If several animals are found killed by wild animals in some lone canyon, the hunter employed for that puspose, or the ranger himself can investigate the mat- ter and either trap, poison, or shoot the mountain lion or other predatory animal responsible for the damage. The rangers and guards are constantly riding over their districts in thf forests and have bet- ter opportunities for finding dead live- stock than the stockmen themselves, and as each Forest ranger is supplied with the brands of all stock in his district, he can generally identity the stock by brands and marks and thus advise the owners. GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENTS WITH ALFILARIA SEED. In connection with the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, the Forest Service has been carrying on a series of experiments rela- tive to the reseeding of over grazed areas upon the National Forests in the West. Among other important forage plants selected for experimental work is the common alfilaria (Erodium cicutarium) of the southwestern desert country. This splendid forage plant grows all over the deserts of Southern California, Ari- zona and New Mexico, and furnishes one of the best plants for fattening live-stock, especially sheep, known to the stockmen. It grows in the early spring when green feed is most desirable and in a few weeks will cover the desert with a rich green blanket until it looks almost like an al- falfa field. The plant generally reaches a maxima height from eight to ten inches inside of six weeks and in six weeks more has all died down and blown away leaving the ground as bare as a floor. The seeds of this plant have been carried from California, in the wool of migrating sheep, into the adjoining States, but while it. will grow at high al- titudes, it does not reach any great height above an elevation of 3,000 feet. The first obstacle the Government ex- perts ran against was the impossibility of obtaining seed in the open markets that would germinate. The seed commands a high price and is hard to obtain, but of sain pit - purchased from various seed houses the germinating power was never higher than thirteen per cent, and the average of several samples was about 8 per cent. In order to determine, if possible, where the fault lay, in the non-germin- ating power of the seeds purchased, the Forest Service sent one of its plant ex- perts— Arthur W. Sampson — into the field in Southern California where alfil- aria was known to be most abundant, with orders to gather seed of this plant and make a careful study of the condi- tions governing its growth. This has been done and it is very evi- dent that if the seed can be gathered at the proper time and under proper condi- tions, it will have a high germinating power. Samples of the seed gathered by Mr. Sampson showed a germination of over HI per cent which is certainly high enough to be satisfactory to any pur- chaser. Mr. Sampson has been able to outline a method of gathering this seed by which one man can gather a very large amount with very little trouble. Enough of the seed can be easily secured with a high germinative power with which to make experimental planting on several of the National Forests where this plant would make an admirable ad- dition to the local forage supply. Alfil- aria, under normal conditions, seems to be best in a soil composed mostly of de- composed granite, but it is believed it will flourish in most light sandy soils where there is sufficient moisture in the early spring to start the growth. Now that the Forest Service has shown how to gather the seeds there is no doubt but that the local seed men will avail themselves of the experiment and that in future the grade of seed sold by seed men will be of a much better germinative strength. HAY CROP SOLD FOR HIGH PRICES. It is safe to say that not over a thou- sand tons of the present hay crop re- mains unsold. The prices realized have been most satisfactory. The prices ranged from $14 to $18, according to quality, and there was so much more good hay than poor that the average price paid reached about *lo.50 per ton. The hay was probably the best in qual- ity, taken as a crop, that was ever raised in the Livermore valley. The crop fell a little below the two- thirds estimate made in these columns a few weeks ago. The lotal crop was bare- ly 17,000 tons while a full crop is about 30,000 tons. The Livermore district had a novelty this year in the way of a lady haybuyer in the person of Miss Alice Dougherty. She purchased several hundred tons of hay in the eastern part of the valley and she holds in her possession some of the choicest hay raised in the valley this year. Reared on a farm she has gained an expert knowledge of hay-raising and she had the nerve to back her judgment by paying the farmers several thousand dollars and depending upon the future market to give her a profit. — Livermore Herald. RAISING BERKSHIRE PIGS. H. R. Harpending of Yates county, X. Y., is a successful breeder of Berk- shires. Mr. Harpending began breeding pure-bred swine several years ago. At first he started with Victorias, Chester Whites and Berkshires, but in late years he has bred Berkshires exclusively. In summer, the mature animals on the Harpending farm are maintained almost wholly upon pasture, with only a small ration of whole oats or wheat middlings at night. The pasture is clover, rye, rape and permanent pasture. "Our best success," says Mr. Harpending, "has been with rye pasture. AVe put in two pieces last year, August 26th, and com- menced pasturing it as soon as it got a fair start. On December 7th, with some snow on the ground, all the brood sows and gilts were on the rye pasture; they got lots of exercise, which is a main con- sideration. "Daring summer months the little fel- lows run on pasture and are fed twice a day. They get a slop composed of corn, middlings, oats and digester tankage, a by-product of the packing houses, con- taining about 4 per cent, protein, and we prefer it to oil meal. "For two or three years we had our troubles when weaning pigs. Some of each litter, and frequently the best ones, would have white scours. Lately we have started them when on the dam, by giving a side dish of wheat middlings fed dry in a creep. "From the time they are weaned they should be fed twice a day just what they will clean up greedily and no more. If we find one with thumps, he is taken away from the sow and put in pen by himself till he gets good and hungry and runs around squealing a bit several times a day for a day or so. We have never had a Berkshire sow eat a pig. Neither have we bred a cross Berkshire sow nor bred or owned a cross Berkshire boar. The Berkshire is not the undersized hog Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb , Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HTMAJf KEMEDT for Rhen- nuitlim, Spralos, Sore Throat, et»., ic Is Invaluable. Every bnttle of Canatie Balsam sold fs Warranted to give satisfaction. Price SI. SO per bottle. Sold by druppists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc Address TEE LAVRENCE-WILIUHSCOHPANY, Cleveland, Ohi- &P,Sphete McjtfURkAY EffiX IMHe Jhvmf You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large catalog — it'smailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Go. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts, ■wagons, etc. Write W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia St.. San Francisco, Cal., for Catalog that it once was. The champion boar at St. Louis weighed over 1,000 lbs. The second prize boar weighed 936 lbs. The sows weighed 800 lbs. We have a year- ling boar that weighs 700 lbs. and a full brother to two of our brood sows weighed 606 lbs. at 11 months and 20 days old. Their ability to put on this weight with the least possible feed has not been af- fected by this improvement." o If your flock of hens does not pro- duce a good average of fertile eggs, better introduce new blood. Secure some healthy males from another frock. Low Rates -TO— Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition FOR ROUND TRIP TICKETS. FROM San Francisco £32.50 Suisun $32.50 Sacramento 32.50 Davis 32.50 Lathrop 32.50 Napa 32.75 Stockton 32.50 Santa Rosa 33.60 Tracy 32.50 Catistoga 33.95 Greatly reduced rates from other points in Cali- fornia. Tickets sold daily May 25 to Sept. 30. and cover two months' trip going and coming via the famous Shasta Route Of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC Stopovers going and coming. Many other routes at slightly higher rates for you to select from. Write or call on our nearest agent for full details of service, etc., or address Dept., Adv., 948 Flood Bldg., For Information. \\\\\\\V\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ LET ME SUPPLY YOUR TURF GOODS Horsemen ! You owe it to your- selves to get the benefit of my very low prices on the latest and best things in Horse Boots, Track and Road Harness, Hopples, Toe Weights, Horse Clothing, Bandages, Etc. I carry the largest stock in California of the famous "SELL BRAND" HORSE BOOTS and RACING SPECIALTIES. These goods are the finest made and are used by all the prominent horse- men. Why send your money to the Eastern mail order houses, "when I can sell you better goods at about the same prices you "would pay for inferior articles? I give special attention to mail orders — prompt shipment. CATALOG FREE. Send for my catalog and prices. Do it today. WM. E. DETELS. 3tt» Saturday, July 10, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 COST OF RAISING DAIRY CALVES. It hardly seems necessary to advise either dairymen or men engaged in general farming to make a practice of raising the females from their best dairy cows. It would seem as though no one could be so short-sighted as to send to the market a heifer calf from cows capable of producing milk at a profit. The only excuse that could be given for marketing such calves would be that they could be purchased as two-year-olds cheaper than they can be raised. In his new book on dairying Prof. C. B. Laine, of the United States De- partment of Agriculture, discusses this subject and among other things says: "It is a mistaken idea that it costs too much to raise cows. The Illinois Experiment Station carefully investi- gated this subject by raising forty- eight calves. Records were kept of twelve at a time during four different periods. It was found that they could be successfully raised on 150 pounds of whole milk costing $1.50, and 400 pounds of skim milk costing $1.20. This milk was fed at the rate of ten pounds per day until the calves were fifty days old. when it was gradually lessened to one pound per day for ten days, when no more was fed. Only the ordinary grains which the farmer produces and a good quality of legume hay were fed, showing thta the dairy- man can raise a calf in this way with little trouble. "Successful dairymen state that they raise heifer calves at a cost of $18 to $20 up to the time ihey are two years old and frequently sell them for $50 a+, this age. Even it it cost twice the above amount to raise them there is a good margin of profit. This is a good business proposition and shows that it is better to raise cows than to buy them. "That the dairyman should raise his own cows is one of the fundamental elements of profitable dairying, and the lack of application of this princi- ple is responsible for a large per cent of the poor herds in this country." After all, it is not so much what it costs to raise the heifer calf from a good cow because the good ones can scarcely he purchased at any price. Our attention was called last year to a case where grade cows sold at a farm sale as high as $120 a head. Of course all the cows in the sale did not sell for that much money, but a few of the very best ran to that figure. Even at this price a cow capable of producing 300 or 400 pounds of but- ter a year is much cheaper than a 200-pound cow would be as a gift. Which much depends upon the sire used in the herd as to whether or not the practice of keeping the females is to be encouraged, yet on the whole, it is wise to care well for the heifers from the good cows. SHOEING THE DRAFT HORSE. The most abused horse in so far as shoeing is concerned is the draft horse, says a writer in the Horse Shoer's Journal. The owner of the draft horse is us- ually looking for cheap work, and, as a rule, he gets it in a botched job. He expects the shoes which he buys at the cheap price to stay on until they are worn out, consequently the horse is the one that suffers. The majority of my work for the past. 25 years has been on this kind of a horse, and in my shoeing him I en- deavored to stick to the common sense rule of preparing the foot by dressing it as it should be, bringing the height of heels and toe to their proper length. As a general rule the toe is the pari that requires the most attention in dressing, the heels being of a naturany low kind in most draft horses and therefore do not require much work with the rasp or knife. When I speak of dressing the foot after the proper manner, as it may be- found to require, I keep in mind al- ways the necessity of a good strong sole and frog. In fitting the shoe to a draft horse's foot the whole wall should be taken in, the quarters of the shoe fitted full and the edges of the hoof and heels brought long in propor- tion, thus giving the horse something to stand on and at the same time giv- ing a comfortable feeling after he has been newly shod. In turning up a calk on the shoe for a draft horse a low, flat calk is altogether preferable "No stilting" should be the maxim of every horseshoer. If the heels of the feet are found lower than what they should be, or if they are inclined to be in the least weak, a bar shoe should he used through the whole sum- mer months, with not much pressure thrown on the frog, but sufficient to keep too much weight from coming on the heels. A little common sense in this connection will save a whole lot of trouble. The selection of a shoe for a draft horse is important, the weight being according to the shape of hoof and the weight of the animal itself, a wide web shoe being the best. o In experiments made on the Colo- rado Agricultural College farm, hogs fed all the sugar beets they would eat, and no other food, just maintained their weight. Hogs fed grain and all the sugar beets they would eat made less gains than those fed the same amount of grain and no beets. A small quantity of beets fed as a conditioner were valuable, one ton taking the place of 200 pounds of grain. Hogs daily fed a little grain during the pas- ture season will make from 500 to 1000 pounds of grain per acre of alfalfa pasture, after the gains which the grain could make are deducted. Hogs fattened on grain alone, gained 400 pounds, while those fed grain and al- falfa hay gained 600 pounds. Several lo's of hogs were fattened with differ- ent grains, and others with the same grains and alfalfa hay. One ton of the hay took the place of 1,000 pounds of peas and of 1,460 pounds of wheat. Early cut, leafy alfalfa hay should he fed to hogs, and is best fed in racks. They should eat the leaves only; the woody stems are detrimental. There is a loss in either cutting or grinding alfalfa hay for hogs, as these methods compel the eating of the indigestible stems. An acre of Dwarf Essex rape pastured by hogs will put about 400 pounds of gain en them during the season. Grain must be fed daily with .it. For poisoning rats in buildings and yards occupied by poultry, the follow- ing method is recommended: Two wooden boxes should be used, one con- siderably larger than the other, and each having two or more holes in the sides large enouge to admit rats. The poisoned bait should be placed on the bottom and near the middle of the larger box, and the smaller box should then be inverted over it. Rats thus have free access to the bait, but fowls are excluded. WANTED TO BUY Late style low seat sulky. Address, giving price and particulars. F. H. METZ. 315 K. St., Sacramento, Cal. DIVIDEND NOTICES OF THE ASSO- CIATED SAVINGS BANKS OP SAN FRANCISCO. THE SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 101 Montgomery street, corner Sutter street. For the half year ending June 30, 1909, a dividend has been de- clared at the rate of four (4) per cent per annum on all deposits, free of taxes, payable on and after Thurs- day, July 1, 1909. Dividends not drawn become part of deposit ac- counts, and earn dividends at the same rate, from July 1. Money de- posited on or before July 10 will earn interest from July 1. WM. A. BOSTON, Cashier. THE GERMAN SAVINGS AND LOAN SOCIETY, 526 California street; Mis- sion Branch, 2572 Mission street, near 22nd; Richmond Branch, 432 Clement street, between 5th and 6th avenues. For the half year ending- June 30, 1909, a dividend has been declared at the rate cf four (4) per cent per annum on all deposits, free of taxes, payable on and after Thursday, July 1, 1909. Dividends not called for are added to and bear the same rate of interest as the principal from July 1. 1909. GEORGE TOURNY, Secretary. "BOrAL NESTOR" The Original Egyptian" SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg,, San Francisco. STAR POINTER COLT FOR SALE. Handsome big" colt, two years old, by Star Pointer, dam Maud Jay C. by Nearest 40698. A high-class individual and a splendid prospect. For price and particulars, address MRS. S. V. BARSTOW, 1042 Alnmeda Ave., San Jose, Cal. FOK SALE. One young horse sired by Seymour Wilkes, out of the dam of Clay S. 2:13%; 6 years old, stands 17 hands high, weight 1300 lbs., dark bay, not a white hair on him; fine looker, gentle— would make a nice carriage horse. As owner has no use for him he is offering him for sale at a reas- onable figure. Inquire of F. W. Kelley, Breeder and Sportsman. FOR SALE. Brown gelding by James Madison, dam by Echo. Stands about 15.2 hands. An excellent individual in every respect, absolutely sound. Has had but little work and tbat within the present year, and can now show a mile three times better than 2:18 and can step a half in 1:06, quarters in 32% seconds. This horse will do to train and race. Has been used on the road until lately ; age eight years. Will be sold cheap. Address, L. J. ROSE, JR., Oxnard, Cal. FOR SALE. A standard and registered brood mare, by Chas. Derby; dam by Ante- volo. Next three dams producers by Steinway, Almont and Brignoli. Nine years old and regular breeder. Also her two-year-old stud colt by Stillwell, brother to Don Derby 2:04yz, Diablo 2:09'/t and Demonio 2:11. All 2:10 sires. Also a two-year-old stud by Maj. Dil- lon; dam by Director H. 2:27, a produc- ing son of Director; 2d dam dam of Gen. Smith 2:17, by Brigadier by Happy Medium. The cream of breeding in this pedigree — Lou Dillon, Nancy Hanks, Sonoma Girl, Directum, Kid Wilkes, etc* Address Owner, R. F. D. No. 1, Box 233A, Fruitvale. Call before 4 p. m., N.W. cor. Seminary avenue and Orion street, Melrose. Not home Sundays. SPEED FOR SALE— Three High- Class Horses. BOTON DE ORO 2:11%, pacing. Sired by Zolock 2:05m., dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Point- er 1:59^4, second dam Princess Wilkes by Ned Wilkes 4757, etc. Handsome black horse, fine type, nice head and neck, and sound. Has paced a mile in 2 :0S and a quarter in 29 seconds. Should take a record around 2:05 this year. He beat Velox 2:09^4, twice last season and took his record in a race. A good horse in his class. Is a show horse and has great style. ZULU BELLE (2 - year - old record 2:24 Vi) by Petigru 2:10y2, dam Johanna Treat 2:19, the dam of Del Coronado 2.09V£, Irene S. 2:28%, and Zulu Belle 2:24>4. This three - year - old filly is entered and paid up to date in Pacific Breeders' Futurity and Occident Stakes, and should win more than the price asked of her this year. She is sound and in excellent condition, and ex- tremely fast. Has been brought along slowly this spring, but can trot a half in 1:06 now if necessary. Is a black filly, good, looking, stands 15 hands, and weighs 950 pounds. Is always on a trot and a great prospect for the stakes she is in. GLENITA 2:28, bay mare by Rex Gifford 2:14, dam by Guide 2:16^4, son of Director. Stands 15.3 hands, strong, weighs 1125 pounds, is sound, a good type and a grand roadster and matinee mare. Can trot a quarter in 32 sec- onds and a lady can drive her any- where. Is eight years old, and worth training for the coast races. She won a matinee race at Los Angeles last year, taking the first and third heats in 2:1S and 2:18^. I desire to sell the above horses im- mediately, as I will go East with my horses about June 1st. Were I to re- main in California this year, I would have entered Boton de Oro all through the Circuit. As I have a full sister to Zulu Belle, would like to sell this filly to some one who will race her in her stake engagements, as I believe she will take a low record and help the family of my stallion Del Coronado 2:09^. For prices and further particu- lars, address W. G. DURFEE, Box 1, University Sta., Los Angeles, Cnl. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Mofflt . VI. 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THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. NEW TROTTING BLOOD FOR CALIFORNIA Six Grandly Bred Two-Year-Old Stallions Representatives of the Most Fashionable and Successful Blood Lines in America. OLIVER TODD Brown horse Sire, Todd 2:14%, son of Bingen 2:06% and Fan- ella 2:13% by Arion 2:07%. Dam Olive Brady by Cyclone (dam of Miss Wiggins, 2-year-old 2:17%); second dam Neoma C. by Twilight, son of Hambletonian 10 (dam of 6 in list); third dam Madam Beatty (dam of 4 in list) by Monroe Chief. GERALD JAY Bay horse Sire, Jay Bird, sire of 6, and sire dams of 3 in 2:10; dam Black Annie by Bourbon Wilkes, sire of 5 and sire dams of 5 in 2:10; second dam Kitty Ewing by Eastlight 5263, son of Mambrino Patchen; third dam by Caliban. BLACK HALL Black horse Sire, Ozono, son of Moko and Ozama (dam of Ozanam 2:07, Ozalma (3) 2:20% and Kinley Mack 2:14%) ; dam Maggie Yeazer (dam of Walnut Hall 2:08% (sire of The Harvester) and grandam of Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud C. 2:04%) ; second dam Docia Payne (dam of Ruby 2:22% and full sister to Hamlin's Almont, Jr. ) by Almont 33; third dam by Blood's Black Hawk. GOVERNOR CONSTANTINE Bay horse Sire, Constantlne Zi\Z}4) first dam Nevada by On- ward (dam of Pilaster 2:18J^); second dam, Belle Thome by Hero of Thorndale (dam of 1, of 2 sires and 2 dams); third dam Minna by Red Jacket (dam of Kentucky Wilkes 2:21%, etc., one of the greatest of all brood mares) ; fourth dam Abuttillon by Belmont ; fifth dam Undine by Gray Eagle. MOKO HALL Brown horse Sire, Walnut Hall 2:08% (sire of The Harvester (3) 2:08%) ;dam by Moko, sire of Fereno 2:05%,Susie N. (3) 2:09%, Brenda Yorke 2:04% and dam of The Harvester (3) 2:08%; second dam by Simmons, sire of 4 in 2:10 and dams of Hambnrg Belle and 6 more in 2:10. GRANT CONSTANTINE Bay horse Sire, Constantine 2:12%; first dam Vivacious 2:17 by Bernal 13468 (dam of Bingen Jr. 2:13%) ; second dam Lady Viva by Three Cheers (Thor. ) ; third dam Lady Amanda (dam of Advance 2:22%) by Imp. Hurrah ; fourth dam Lady Canton by Imp. Tranby Each of the above mentioned stallions will be allowed to serve 8 approved mares during the season of 1909, at $30 cash at time of service, with return privilege if mares do not p:ove with foal. Approved mares will be bred free of charge provided I am given an option on foal at weaning time for $100. Oliver Todd and Black Hall are at Pleasanton in charge of Richard Abies. Moko Hall, Gerald Jay, Grant Constantine and Governor Constantine are at Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa, Cal., in charge of Samuel Norris. For .further information apply to FRANK J. KILPATRICK, 251 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 Class Trotting No. 2—2:23 Class Trotting No. 3 — 2:19 Class Trotting; Arizona Copper Stake No. 4—2:15 Class Trotting No. 5—2:12 Class Trotting No. 6—2:09 Class Trotting No. 7— Free-For-AII Trot No. 8—2:29 Class Trotting for Arizona Horses No. 9—2:18 Class Pacing No. 10—2:15 Class Pacing No. 11 — 2:12 Class Pacing No. 12—2:10 Class Pacing No. 13 — 2:08 Class Pacing; Arizona Copper Stake No. 14—2:05 Class Pacing No. 15 — Free-For-AII Pace No. 16— 2:20 Class Pace for Arizona Horses $1000 1000 5000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 5000 2000 lOOO 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they are now eli- gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1 , 2, 8, 9, 1 0 and 1 6. In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. One horse may be entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. Entries close on September 15, 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September 15th, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar, except in purses Nos. 1, 2, S, 9. 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September 15th. All horses not entered until Sep- tember 15th must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September 15th can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent, The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a $10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of $5,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:08 Pacers. The entrance fee for these purses is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money winners. These purses will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready to start in each race. THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Secretary, Phoenix, Arizona. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track UseT GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Palling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pulling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit. "With it you have per- fect control over your horse with little or no effort; it will make him forget his bad habits, bring- ing out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. L. Snow, D. J. McClary, Alta McDonald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, Harry Stln- son and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully 80 per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Cir- cuit tracks. We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Beware of worth- less imitations and devices claimed to be as good as "Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Check- ing Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts, and can only be bought direct from us, as vre have no agents or branch houses and do not sell to harness dealers. Our entire product hereafter will be sold to horsemen only, at the same wholesale prices we formerly charged harness dealers. Price reduced under our new plan, direct from us to the consumer, to $5 for the complete device, iocludlng Back Part of Overcheck. Delivered free to any part of the world "hen cash accompanies order. Patented Aug, 11, 1896. Patent No. 565,681. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. zsw/vvFAerc/XEBS HARNESS § TURF GOODS Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN -5i=^.THE WEEKLY .^xSJ. BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts. , San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months, 31. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money Bhould be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno, week ending July 31 Salinas, week ending Aug. 7 Pleasanton, week ending Aug. 14 Woodland, week ending Aug. 21 Chico, week ending Aug. 28 State Fair, Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Everett Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept. 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Detroit July 26-30 Kalamazoo Aug. 2- 6 Cleveland Aug. 9-14 Buffalo Aug. 16-20 Poughkeepsie Aug. 23-27 Readville Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Springfield, 111 July 20-23 Libertyville, 111 July 26-30 Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 3- 6 Galesburg, 111 Auk. 10-13 Davenport, la Aug. 17-20 Joliet, 111 Aug. 23-2S Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria, 111 Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso, Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 o THE BREEDERS' MEETING, which is to be held at Salinas during the week of August 7th, is be- ing extensively advertised and from reports coming to this office from Monterey and the counties con- tiguous, Salinas will have the largest crowd to han- dle that week that has ever tested its hotel accom- modations. From the towns of Monterey, Santa Cruz, Hollister, Gilroy, Watsonville, Pajaro, Castroville and several other places parties have already been made up that will spend the entire four days in Salinas, and many rooms have already been engaged in the hotels for that time. The fair to be held by the Monterey Agricultural Association in conjunction with the Breeders' meeting is attracting much atten- tion, and the display of livestock to be made will be most excellent. The climate of Salinas at this season of the year is about perfect. The cold fogs from the ocean do not reach that far inland, yet the town is near enough to the coast (twelve miles) to escape the high temperature of the big interior valleys. In short the climate at Salinas is ideal, the hotel accommodations there first class, and the track one of the best in the State. Those who miss the Breeders' meeting at Salinas this year will miss one of the best race meetings ever given by the Pa- cific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. o LOUIS M. NEWGASS, treasurer of the Tichenor- Grand Company, scouts the stories cabled from Lon- don that anybody's four-in-hand team covered twelve miles in forty-four minutes or better in the coaching Marathon in connection with the International Horse Show, says the New York Herald. "There is some mistake about either the distance or the time, or else I don't know anything about horses or coaching," he remarked the other day in speaking of the reports. "It is only necessary to look at the time made in. the coaching race from Seabright to Long Branch last year to . see that the stories from London can't be right. The distance in that race was about six miles, and the first team in took twenty-five minutes and twenty-three seconds to make the trip, galloping a good part of the way. Does anybody suppose they could have gone another six miles in fifteen minutes or even in twenty-five minutes? It takes a clinking good pair of coach horses to trot twelve miles in an hour in heavy harness, and I doubt whether anybody could find a pair in actual use in England or America that could do the distance in forty minutes before a Stanhope phaeton. Certainly there is not a four-in- hand team in the world equal to the task with a loaded coach behind them." As Mr. Newgrass sold the winners at Long Branch and the fastest tearn in the London race, he ought to know something about speed in coach horses. Later reports from the International Horse Show indicate that the distance covered in the Coaching Marathon was ten miles and a half, but the official time, 39:18 is still very fast for the length of the road. Morris E. Howlett's time in the race last November from the Arrowhead Inn to Madison Square Garden was 42:00, and in that trial of speed and stamina he beat the team that won in England. The distance was about nine miles. When the late William G. Tiffany was running a public coach between London and Brighton, in 1873, he had a galloping stage from the White Hart, at Rei- gate to the George, at Crawley, a distance of nine miles, which he did in thirty minutes, stopping once at a toll gate. AN INTERESTING ARTICLE on the development theory, from the pen of Casper Redfield, and taken from the columns of the Buffalo Horse World, ap- pears on page 11 of this issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman." Mr. Redfield corrects those who have attributed to the French scientist Lamarck theories which he never advanced and sets forth his own ideas on the transmission of acquired characteristics. In this article he says: "Lamarck recognized that a certain amount of ex- ercise, continuously maintained, is necessary to main- tain an animal in a given developed condition, and he taught that whenever exercise falls below this amount the result is a degeneration which is trans- mitted. Applied to horses this means that if a horse, after acquiring a record, is permitted to get soft so that he is not able to trot anywhere near his pre- vious record, he has become degenerated to an ex- tent which corresponds to the amount of his idleness, and that this degeneration is transmitted to offspring in proportion to the amount of its acquirement." If this is the Lamarack theory and the Redfield theory, then we believe the records will show that a very large number of the fastest horses were sired by stallions and produced by mares that have become "soft" from lack of training and consequently have "degenerated" according to Mr. Redfield. If stallions must be continually trained to prevent them becom- ing soft, or if they lose their power to transmit the highest rate of speed after they are unable "to trot anywhere near their previous records," then they should be castrated at the end of their racing careers instead of being retired to the stud. This seems to be a preposterous and absurd theory. Surely con- tinual development of ancestors did not produce the world's champion trotter Lou Dillon 1:58%, a Sweet Marie 2:02, nor an Alix 2:03%. The greatest brood mare in California, old Bertha by Alcantara, that has produced five pacers that have beaten 2:10, was never broken to harness, let alone being developed partially or continually. The development theory is a pleasant one to believe, but a hard one to prove by facts, figures and records. GOOD RACING has been the rule at Los Angeles this week, but the horses that were showing the fast- est in the early work are not winning first money with any regularity. Some of the trotters and pacers that were on the joke list a few weeks ago have managed to get to the pay station first, and it will doubtless be so from this on. By the time the horses reach Salinas it will be as hard to pick the winners as it is now. and if there were betting, "the field" would doubtless keep up its record of winning the most races at the Breeders' meeting. LOS ANGELES WINNERS. As the "Breeder and Sportsman" goes to press on Friday morning, only meager telegraphic reports of the Los Angeles harness races can be given this week. On Wednesday, the opening day. Freely Red, bay mare by Red Medium, won the $1000 2:20 pace in straight heats. Siegfried second and Adam G. third. The best time was 2:10%. The 2:20 trot, purse $1000, was won by Scotch John by Tomonco, who took the third, fourth and fifth heats. Ida Millerton won the first heat in 2:12%, the fastest of the race. Ollie B. was third. In the matinee race Zulu Belle by Petigru won. She is a three-year-old. Her fastest heat was 2:18%. On Thursday Joe Cuicello won the 2:12 pace with M. B. McGirvan's mare Queen Derby, Geraldine get- ting second money and McFadyen third. The race was won in straight heats, best time 2:11. The 2:12 trot was won. by Goldennut, driven by Henry Helman. Charlie T. won the first heat in 2:10%, a new record for the Zombro gelding. He also made a dead heat with Goldennut in the third heat. Emily M. took third money and Era fourth. o W. E. D. STOKES BUYS ALONE 2:0914. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick has sold to Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of the Patehen Wilkes Farm, and owner of Peter the Great 2:07%, the mare Alone 2:09% by Nearest 2:22, own brother to John A. McKerron. The price paid by Mr. Stokes was $1500. Alone will be shipped to Kentucky at once and bred to Peter the Great. Mr. Stokes considers that Alone is as fine an individual for a brood mare as he has ever seen. She has more than two minute speed, is large and roomy and as Peter the Great gets trotters from all mares, pacers and thoroughbreds, a foal by him from Alone should develop into something with great speed at the trot. Mr. Kilpatrick expects to be back in California next week. .He drove his trotter Wilmar a half mile in 1:01% on Thursday, July 8th on the New York speedway, the speedway record for a trotter this season. While Wilmar has wonderful speed Mr. Kil- patrick writes that the gelding is not looking very well and has not really been himself since reaching New York. We notice by the last issue of the New York Tele- graph that Alone was awarded one of the handsome silver cups that go to the horses winning the most heats during the early summer weekly matinees. o MATINEE AT HEMET. About 3000 persons were present at the matinee of the Valley Driving Club, held at Hemet, California, on July 5th, and enjoyed a fine afternoon's sport. The results were as follows: First race, 3:00 pace. Zolo, b. c. by Zombro (Halloway) 1 2 1 Retana, ch. f. by Geo. W. McKinney (Wilson). .2 1 2 Time— 2:46, 2:44, 2:43. Second race, free-for-all pace. Harry H. (Clapp) i i Red Dick (June) 2 2 Ernwold (Beatty ) 3 3 Dewey (Wilson) 4 4 Time— 2:29%, 2:37%. Third race, free-for-all trot. Silver cup. Tom McKinney, ch. b. by Geo. W. McKinnev (Beatty) '.1 1 Knight, b. g. by Geo. W. McKinney (Durett) 2 2 Walter J... ch. g. by Geo. W. McKinney (Herman). 4 3 Ned Wilkes, ch g. by Stanton Wilkes (Wilson).. .3 4 Time— 2:26, 2:25. WONDERFUL PRICES FOR THOROUGHBREDS. At Newmarket, England, on July 12th, the thor- oughbreds belonging to the late Sir Daniel Cooper were sold at auction. The broodmare Flair by St. Frusquin brought the phenomenal price of $80,000, the highest price ever paid for a mare. Nine year- lings were sold for a total of $107,440, an average of nearly $12,000 per head. Sir Robert Jardine paid $29,000 for Pusilla; W. Clark gave $20,500 for Laelia: Sir Ernest Cassel paid $17,500 for Porphyrio: Rob- ert Mills paid $17,500 for Romeo, and H. J. Bailey gave $8,000 for Lady of Grace. SADDLE STALLION BRINGS $6000. Lexington, Ky., July 7. — J. C. Campbell of Colum- bus, O, today purchased from Gay Bros, a four-year- old black, five-gaited saddle stallion, Kentucky's Choice, by My Own Kentucky, out of Little Alice, for $6000. It is part of the transaction that after the show season the horse is to be returned to Mr. Gay's farm to make a season in the stud. W. H. Combs, formerly of Salinas, who is racing the pacer Albert Direda over in the Dakotas, was quite seriously injured at Valley City, North Dakota lately, while warming up the pacer Diabull, owned by W. H. Griswold. He was driving the horse on the road just outside the track when an automobile col- lided with his cart, breaking it down ad throwing Combs out. His knee was badly wrenched and he was bruised in several places. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, July 13, 1909. Tomorrow the trotting meeting opens at Agricul- tural Park under the auspices of the Los Angeles Harness Horse Association and from present appear- ances it will be one of the most successful meetings from every point of view ever given in the State. There will he two professional races each day and a matinee race, and one of them the free-for-all trot carded for next Saturday looks as if it would be one of the features of the meeting. The matinee classes will be a 2:35 trot, a 2:25 trot, 2:25 pace and the free-for-all trot. They all have from seven to nine entries and great care has been taken in classifying them. The horses have all been here since the San Ber- nardino meeting and are all apparently in good shape. Hardly a day has passed at the track with- out something doing that brought all the "rail birds" and dockers to their feet. The first of these sensational performances was when Joe Cuicello stepped his bay mare Weatewater to the one-quarter in :32%, to the one-half in 1:02%, three-quarters in 1:35% and home in 2:08. Nobody was more surprised than Cuicello himself, except, perhaps, a few, at his asking her for such a mile after her hard race in the 2:20 trot at San Ber- nardino over a bad track there, and in view of the hard race she will be called upon to go here tomor- row. It may be remembered that that good little horse Alsandro was worked out last year at Santa Rosa in 2:09 with the last half in 1:02 and the last quarter in 30 seconds, and the following week was beaten, if I remember rightly, in 2:16. History has a habit of repeating itself. Still it is presumed that Cuicello knows his mare better than any one else. The watches had hardly been snapped and the "birds" climbed back on their perches when Charlie De Ryder brought them all to their feet again by riding down to the quarter behind his candidate in the 2:12 trot, Charlie T. by Zombro, in 32 seconds and to the half in 1:03%, the three-quarters was passed in 1:35% and he went under the wire in 2:07%, the fastest mile trotted in California this year. Charlie T. had a race at San Bernardino and starts in one here on Thursday. How much better he will be for his workout will be seen then. The mile in 2:07% that Josephine worked here before going to San Bernardino did not enable her to beat Delilah there. It seems pretty early in the game for such miles. It is a long time before the season is over, and those miles might come in mighty handy later on in some $5000 stake up north. De Ryder worked a nice mile with his two-year-old trotter, the full sister to Ella M. R. 2:16%, in 2:22 the last half in 1:09 and the last quarter in 34 sec- onds. She is a sweet gaited filly and can't help going fast. A three-year-old filly in the same stable by Star Pointer went a mile in 2:17% and in a way that could not he improved upon. Bill Ivey worked The Statesman two miles, the first in 2:13 and repeated in 2:11%. Though he looks very high in flesh these miles and the way he worked them show he is pretty near ready for the "bell" and with the tremendous burst of speed he has at his command he will be a very hard horse for even Char- lie T. to beat in the 2:12 trot. L. J: Christopher's mare Zombretta has been worked slow miles, I think not better than 2:18 since her San Bernardino race, but Saturday was sent down to the half in 1:03 without the Gerrety spread- ers. Saddler thinks that if she had had them on the time would have been a minute flat. C. T. Hewitt has a chestnut four-year-old filly by Highland C. 2:19% that has improved as much in as short a time as anything at the track. She paced the last half of a slow mile last week in 1:02 and the last quarter in 30% seconds to a cart, Walter Maben doing the teaming. Caroline, the five-year-old bay mare by Robin that was driven a mile in 2:17 as a three-year-old with the last half in 1:07, by McGragor, at Santa Rosa and then broke down behind and was turned out for a year in the hopes of recovering, again broke down here, where she has been in training since last De- cember. She had been a quarter in 31% seconds and a half in 1:05% but the fastest mile given her was 2:18. She will be bred to some good horse and should be a success in the harem, as she is handsome as a picture, has a world of speed and the best headed mare I ever knew, the writer won the only two mat- inees she started in here, beating Zombretta, Gold- enut and Dan Z. and she could be placed anywhere, did not pull a pound, never fretted though it was the first time she had ever heard the bell ring and was as game as they make 'em. Fred Ward and Frank Williams own her now. A new proposition in regard to the race track, stables and fence at Agricultural Park is now under consideration. I am not at liberty to state at pres- ent what it is, but if it is carried out, it will give such a boom to the horse interests of Southern Cali- fornia that the old time glories of the State will be revived and buyers will be attracted from all over the world and the "lay out" will surpass anything of the kind in the United States. It will add to the attractiveness of the proposed $600,000 improve- ments to the park, and of course, the improvement to the park and the crowds of visitors they will at- tract will benefit the track and so the horse interests and I think every one will be satisfied. Things at present are in "statu quo" but when the races are held here next year the visitors will not recognize the place. If the meeting that opens tomorrow should turn out the success it should it is not unreasonable to hope that another will be given in the fall to follow Phoenix and with large enough purses to attract all the Eastern stables that will be at the Arizona town, and then the chances are they will winter here instead of shipping home. The city is jammed with strangers, the streets are almost impassable on account of the Elks from all over the country and it does look tonight as if there would be enough peo- ple itnerested in harness racing to crowd the grounds every afternoon. The track is in good shape, the races will be trotted according to rule and every one will be treated alike. So far the secretary has not been the recipient of a single "kick," either as to the condition of the track, or stabling, though he knows the latter is pretty bad; even the "boys" are satisfied with the meals provided at the restaurant outside the track fence, and they are the first "bunch" I ever knew that did not find fault with the grub. After the performances of Kid Wilkes and Dan S. in their races at San Bernardino Homer Rutherford has nicknamed them respectively "Frenzied Finance" and "The Diving Elk." JAMES. BOISE, IDAHO, ENTRIES. NEW RACE TRACK AT VANCOUVER, B. C. Work is progressing rapidly at the new race track on Lulu Island which is about eight miles by road and eleven miles by electric train from Vancouver. The location chosen by the syndicate is an ideal one for racing purposes, being flat ground with good springy bottom and splendid top covering. It is a mile track, 75 feet wide, with a good grade at the apexes, enabling the turns to be negotiated with greater security to the riders, and at the same time admitting of harness races at a later date. The grand stand, like that at the Santa Anita track, faces the mountains. A pure water supply has been obtained by pumping from the Fraser river into a 60,000 gallon tank 60 feet high. Two hundred stalls are being erected with an electric light in each. The construction work will be the means of circulat- ing an enormous amount of money in this vicinity. The farmers on the island will also benefit by a ready market for their products. The syndicate is to be congratulated on the name selected, "Minora" for the new establishment, and the whole arrange- ment is a credit to the promoters of the B. C. Thor- oughbred Association. Racing commences on Sat- urday, August 21st. The following stakes have been announced. 1. August 21st — The Inauguration Handicap, one mile; $1000. 2. August 25th — Juvenile Stakes, four furlongs; $500. 3. August 28th — The Vancouver Derby; 1% mile; $1000. 4. September 1st — The Speed Handicap, five fur- longs; $500. 5. September 4th — The Auction Selling Stakes, six furlongs; $500. 6. September 6th — The Labor Day Handicap, 1% miles; $1000. 7. September 11th — The Empress High Weight Handicap, seven furlongs; $500. 8. September 15th — Young Idea Stakes, five fur- longs; $500. 9. September 18th — The Granville Handicap, one mile; $500. 10. September 22d — The Press Selling Stakes, 6% furlongs; $500. 11. September 25th — The Good-bye Handicap, one mile; $500. Yours truly, THE MAJOR. THE PHOENIX FAIR. President Adams of the Arizona Territorial Fair Association expects that the big fair will far exceed anything previously given at Phoenix. He has met with nothing hut encouragement from all portions of the territory and horsemen from the East and from California, Oregon, and Washington have al- ready expressed the intention to take their horses there for the big purses and stakes that have been hung up. The Copper stake will be the greatest racing event ever pulled off in the southwest. In a recent interview. President Adams said: "The ori- ginal plan of this stake was for a single purse of $5,000, but it has grown beyond those proportions and we will have two events for $5,000 each, one for trot- ters, eligible to the 2:19 class and one for pacers, eligible for the 2:08 class. With such purses as these, we are assured of having the greatest horses and the richest horse owners with us at the fair. We are in the Great Western Circuit which takes in all the greatest cities of the West and whose season commenced on the third of July and will continue until after our territorial fair, November 15 to 18, with week stands at each track. This, and the prizes, assure us of the best horses and I believe territorial and southwestern records will be broken at the coming meet. Owners of horses will include George Estabrook of Denver, who has the most costly stable in the country and who within the past few years has purchased several horses at a cost of $10,000 each. He will enter horses, not only in the Copper Stake, but also in the other events the card will contain. .The Inter- Mountain fair and race meeting to be held at Boise, Idaho, from October 11th to 16th, 1909, will be one of the most successful ever held in Idaho. The entries to the principal harness events, which closed June 15th, were numerous and insure good racing. They are as follows: 2:15 pace, Capital City purse, $1000 — Glendor, G. W. King, Victoria, B. C; Georgiene S., Dr. E. S. Kel- logg, Helena, Mont.; Ken West, W. L. Whitmore, Portland, Ore.; Nellie Bishop, Kuster-Erwin, Boise, Idaho; Prince Charles, W. H. Williamson, Kuna, Idaho; Helennes, R. R. McCorkle, Medical Lake, . Wash.; Bonnie Tangent, -H.-M. Robhins, Canby, Ore.; Nordwell, Table Rock Mineral Water Co., Portland, Ore.;" Sam the Mint, W. H. Rice, Helena, Mont.; Tom Marshal, C. G. Daily, Helena, Mont.; Dan Z., Charles Zeimer, Ogden, Utah ; Buster Brown, Ed Davis, Grand Forks, B. C; Primus, W. A. Clark, Big Timber, Mont; Pilot, Robert Galindo, Oakland, Cal.; Bushnell King, I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C; Winnie G., I. D. Chap- pell, Victoria, B. C. ; Lady Melvis, Anderson & Co., Vancouver, B.C. 2:15 trot, Idaho purse, $700 — Johnny K, Kuster- Erwin, Boise, Idaho; Satin Royal, S. J. and W. O. Vaughan, Molalla, Ore.; Cherry Diamond, J. D. Lose- kamp, Billings, Mont.; Alfred B., C. G. Daily, Helena, Mont.; Belle N., F. P. Norton, Marshfield, Ore.; The Jester, Moses Thatcher Jr., Logan, Utah; Lady Sun- rise, C. S. Turner, Davenport, Wash.; Dr. Ullman, I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C; -Lucy H., Anderson & Co., Vancouver, B. C. ; Lida Carter, William Hogo- boom, Walla Walla; Wash.; La Carresta, S. Davis, Grand Forks, B. C. 2:30 trot, Farmers' purse, $500 — Tortoise Shell, Dr. E. S. Kellogg, Helena, Mont.; Rain in the Face, W. H. Williamson, Kuna, Idaho; Redwood McGregor, Arthur Neville, Payette, Idaho; Dot, W. H. Rice, Helena, Mont.; Zom Oak, P. F. Norton, Marshfield, Ore.; Crosscut, Andrew Fairful, Victoria, B. C; Her- bert Dillon, F. N. Frary, Red Bluff, Cal.; Shamrock, L. O. Janeck, North Yakima, Wash.; Nat McGregor, Moses Thatcher Jr., Logan, Utah; Lee Crawford, Joe McGuire, Denver, Colo. Free-for-all pace, Rapid Transit purse, $500 — Prince Charles, W. H. Williamson, Kuna, Idaho; General Heurtis, Gen. Kuntz, Council, Idaho; Whitehall, B. E. Barteau, Boulder, Mont.; Wilnam, W. A. Clark, Big Timber, Mont; Tommy Gratten, Joe McGuire, Denver, Colo.; Bushnell King, I. D. Chappell, Victoria, B. C; Unintelligible, W. H. Rice, Helena, Mont. 2:20 trot, Interstate purse, $1000 — Nellie Mars, Kuster-Erwin, Boise, Idaho; Mayo, E. N. Jones, Spo- kane, Wash.; Cherry Diamond, J. D. Losekamp, Bil- lings, Mont; Alfreda B., C. G. Daily, Helena, Mont; Belle N., F. P. Norton, Marshfield, Ore.; The Jester, Moses Thatcher Jr., Logan, Utah; Lee Crawford, John McGuire, Denver, Colo.; Dr. Ullman, I. D. Chap- pell, Victoria, B. C. ; Lida Carter, William Hogoboom, Walla Walla, Wash.; La Carresta, S. Davis, Grand Forks, B. C. 2:25 pace, Miner's purse, $500 — Maggie Mack, T. F. Murray, Helena, Mont.; Georgiene S., Dr. E. S. Kellogg, Helena, Mont; The Habit, E. M. Tracksell, Victoria, B. C; Job Lots, Alex Grant, Ogden, Utah; Sam the Mint, W. H. Rice, Helena, Mont; MeClosky, Winright, M. F. Johnston, Sherwood, Ore.; A. W., Al Wilson, Payette, Idaho; Jr. Dan Patch, J. F. El- well, Spokane, Wash.; Zanthus, Waller & Thawatle, Spokane, Wash. 2:20 pace, Mountain and Valley purse. $700 — Mag- gie Mack, T. F. Murray, Helena, Mont.; Georgiene S., Dr. E. S. Kellogg, Helena. Mont; Nellie Chimes, Kus- ter-Erwin, Boise, Idaho; Helennes Jr., Mr. Perkins, Medical Lake, Ore.; Bonnie Tangent, H. M. Robbins, Canby, Ore.; Nordwell, Table Rock Mineral Water Co., Portland, Ore.; Light o' Day, Vic. Quigley, Spo- kane, Wash.; Tom Marshall, C. G. Daily, Helena, Mont; Abe B., F. H. Stephenson, Victoria, B. C; Lady Smith, James L. Bronson, Spokane, Wash.; Nellie E., R. L. Dalke, Spokane, Wash.; Flaxey Mc- Gregor, F. E. White, Union, Ore.; Dan Z., Charles Zeimer, Ogden, Utah; Buster Brown, Ed Davis, Grand Forks, Wash. ; Countess, R. M. Sebastian, North Yakima, Wash.; Pilot, Robert Galindo. Oakland, Cal.; Winnie G., I. D. Chappell. Victoria, B. C.; Dora Elec- trite, Anderson & Co., Vancouver, B. C. ; Undeter- mined, W. H. Rice. Helena, Mont. Free-for-all trot, Rural Spirit purse, $500 — Satin Royal, S. J. and W. O. Vaughan, Molalla, Ore.; Cherry Diamond, J. D. Losekamp, Billings, Mont; Herbert Dillon, F. M. Frary, Red Bluff, Cal. ; The Jester, Moses Thatcher Jr., Logan, Utah: Daybreak, Joseph Mc- Guire, Denver, Colo.; Lucy H., Anderson & Co., Van- couver, B. C. Detroit, Mich, July 3. — In her work at the Michigan State Fair Grounds today Hamburg Belle trotted the fastest mile ever credited to a horse so early in the season. Driven by W. J. Andrews, she covered the first quarter in :33. the half mile in 1:05%, the three- quarters in 1:37 and the mile in 2:06%. The last half mile was thus trotted in 1:00% and the last quarter in :29% — a 1:57 gait. She was paced by a thoroughbred in harness, and the runner appeared to be making as much effort "as the trotter at the finish. Hamburg Belle cooled out quickly and in thirty minutes was kicking up her heels. After her show of speed today Andrews announced that he would not start the mare in any races this season until she had beaten the world's record. He is confident that she can do it, and this is the opinion of other horsemen at the track. She will probably make her first race against the watch at the Grand Circuit meeting to be held here July 26-30. Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. A STATEMENT FROM SAN DIEGO. Last Sunday was a warm sunshiny day at Golden Gate Park and three thousand people were in and around the grand stand to see the races programed for the afternoon by the San Francisco Driving Club. There is one feature of this club that is worthy of emulation by clubs that race according to the rules of the parent associations and this is prompt- ness. The races are always called on time, the driv- ers know they must be out on the track with their horses when the race is called and there are no de- lays. President Kenney, who acts as starter, is a stickler for promptness and he sees that the public is not kept waiting. There were five races on the card, all being at mile heats except the first, which was at % mile heats. In the free-for-all pace Little Dick, owned by Luke Marisch and driven by Victor Verhilac, won in straight heats in the excellent time of 2:14% and 2:14%. The free-for-all trot was a duel between A. Ottinger's Telephone and F. Burton's Neko. Tel- ephone won after three close heats had been trotted. Geo. Kitto's Deroll, with Swartz in the sulky, won the 2:20 pace, the final heat of which was in 2:15, a fast mile for this class. Results: First, 2:30 trot and pace; three-quarters of a mile. Bert Edward's Baldy Mitchell (Edwards) 1 1 John Nowlan's Dick (Nowlan) 2 2 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani ) 3 3 William Hammer's Clara W. (Hammer) 4 4 E. T. Ayers' Dalta A. (Ayers) 5 5 T. D. Sexton's Pills (Sexton) 6 6 Time— 1:52, 1:51. Second race, Special, one mile. H. Ahler's Princess V. (Ahlers) 3 1 1 A. M. Scott's Roy S. (Scott) 1 2 2 D. Dillon's Dexter C. (Burton) 2 3 3 Time— 2:28%, 2:26, 2:22. Third race, free-for-all pace, one mile. Luke Mari sen's Little Dick (Verilhae) 1 1 Al Hoffman's Kitty D. (Hoffman) 4 2 Phil Kohn's Alfred D. (Donnelly) 2 5 Frank Burton's Albert S. (Burton) 3 3 Geo. E. Erlin's Victor Piatt (Erlin) 5 4 Time— 2:14%, 2:14%. Fourth race, free-for-all trot, one mile. A. Ottinger's Telephone (Ottinger) 2 1 1 F. Burton's Neko (Burton) 1 2 2 Time— 2:17%, 2:19, 2:22. Fifth race, 2:20, one mile. A. W. Kiel's Deroll (Schwartz) 1 1 R. J. Lathrope's Marie (Lathrope) 2 2 H. Boyle's Margaret B. (Boyle) 4 3 John Nowlan's Durfee Mac (Nowlan) 4 3 Time— 2:15, 2:18'. o FOURTH OF JULY RACING. All sorts of racing made up the afternoon program of sports at Reno, Nevada, on July 4th. There were two harness races at half mile heats. The first was for named horses and was won by Mrs. G. G. Rice's Lady Brooks, who took the first and third heats in 1:11 and 1:10. Flotilla won the second heat in 1:10. The half mile race for buggy horses went to Rick De Bernardi's Sagebrush in 1:22. At Bisbee, Arizona, there were two thousand people out to see the races. In the event for horses without records there were three starters. The winner was Ed Fletcher's Dolly, and her time for the two half mile heats was 1:24, l:19y2. Dolly was awarded $150, and James Jones' horse took second money, $100. The race between J. R. Mosher's Klondike and F. R. Harrington's horse was won by Klondike in 1:11%, a new record for the Bisbee half mile track. The new driving park at Hemet, California, was the scene of some excellent sport on the 5th of July, with the largest crowd ever seen on the grounds. Horses from Riverside, San Bernardino and Colton were at Hemet that day and the racing was excellent. There were running and harness races, field sports of all kinds and an automobile parade. The free-for- all pace was won by Harry H. in straight heats in 2:29 and 2:37. Red Dick was second and Emerald third. In the 3:00 pace Zolo won the first and third heats in 2:46 and 2:43, Retanna taking the second in 2:44. The free-for-all trot for a cup was won by Tom McKinney in straight heats in 2:26 and 2:25. Knight was second, Ned Wilkes third and Walter J fourth. The first instance we know of where races have been held in the evening by electric light in Cali- fornia, was introduced at Bakersfield on July 4th. There were automobile races, foot races and horse races, all under the efficient management of Mr. William G. Lutz, the popular druggist of Bakersfield. Over 2300 people saw the sport. The harness race was for trotters and was won by the well-known trotter Leader driven by McDougaU, the Fresno horse Mike driven by Stoll being second. The half mile heats were in 1:24% and 1:26. The hot weather .at Bakersfield in July makes ' racing in the day time very uncomfortable for the horses and the people who go to see them race, but the evenings are delightful and as the half mile track was well lighted, and there was a big moon besides, the horses could be plainly seen, and all enjoyed the sport. ' A crowd of about five hundred admirers of the trotting and pacing horse occupied seats on the grand- stand at the stadium last Saturday and under weather conditions that were just as near perfect as a Cali- fornia July afternoon could be made, enjoyed three good races. A nicer, cleaner contest was never seen on this beautiful track than the class B trot which was won after three close heats by Mr. G. Wempe with his promising mare Plumada. And it was a very popular win, and when the blue ribbon was pinned on the mare's bridle, Mr. I. L. Borden, whose good little trotter Barney Barnato had just been beaten, swung his cap and led in hearty cheers for the winner. It is such incidents as this, which occur often at the Park Amateur Driving Club's matinees, that make its races enjoyable to all lovers of harness racing. Mr. Wempe drew the pole before the first heat but asked to be permitted to score on the outside as Plumada has an aversion to trotting next the rail, consequently she went a long mile each time, but by good driving her owner landed her in front by a narrow margin in two heats out of three, Barney Barnato winning the second heat in the fastest time of the race. In this race Mr. Lyon's handsome mare Martha trotted well and was a good second the first heat. The second race was also a split heat affair, Mr. F. L. Matthes winning it with his chestnut mare Opitsah after quite a duel with Dan Hoffman's Dic- tatum. The class A trotters were three in number and M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell had a rather easy time of it, for she won the race in straight order. The races were all at mile heats, best two in three. Mi'. S. Christenson did the starting and got the horses away well. The summaries: First race, class B, trotters. G. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe) 1 2 1 I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato (Borden) 3 1 2 G. Lyons' Martha (Lyons) 2 3 3 A. P. Clay burgh's Charles II. (Clay burgh) 4 4 4 Time— 2:27, 2:26%, 2:27%. Second race, class A, pacers. F. L. Matthes' Opitsah (Matthes) 1 2 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum (Hoffman) 2 1 2 H. M. Ladd's Ringrose (Ladd) 3 3 3 Time— 2:19, 2:20, 2:22%. Third race, class A, trotters. M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell (Herzog) 1 1 C. F. Von Issendorf's Cita Dillon (Von Issendorf).2 2 A. Ottinger's Lilly Dillon (Ottinger) 3 3 Time — 2:25%, 2:25. MR. KILPATR1CK BUYS MORE HORSES. Covelo, Cal., July 8th, 1909. Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal. — Dear Sir: I have sold to Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick of New York, Daisy McKinney, Captain Ulm 50407 and Charlie Ball 48339. Daisy McKinney is a bay mare by McKinney, dam March 5th, dam of Welcome Mack 2:07%, second dam March 4th, dam of three by Hawthorne; third dam Sophy, dam of one, by Whipple's Hambletonian; fourth dam Feney, by Bonner; fifth dam by William- son's Belmont. Captain Ulm 50407, bay colt, foaled March 31st 1909, by Lynwood W., dam Daisy McKinney above. Charlie Ball, bay colt by Zolock, dam Daisy Mc- Kinney above, foaled March 29th, 1908. Each of these is a square-gaited trotter, and the two colts in the hands of Mr. Kilpatrick are certainly good prospects. Daisy McKinney is in foal to Bon Voyage, and her produce by this great sire should prove very valuable.. Yours truly, R. A. CUSHMAN. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. When the Moringo Kmg mare Marie N. won the 2:22 trot at Peoria July 3d, and became the first 2:10 trotter of the year by her mile in 2:09%, the Califor- nia bred mare Esther Bells, foaled in 1904 at Palo Alto Stock Farm, was a close second to Marie N. in the third heat and was herself timed separately in 2:10. Esther Bells is by Monbells (son of Mendo- cino and Beautiful Bells) and her dam is the fa- mous mare Expressive 2:12% as a three-year-old, whose dam was the thoroughbred mare Esther by Express. John McCartney, who reported the Peoria races for the Western Horseman says of this daugh- ter of Monbells: "The young mare Esther Bells, in John Dickerson's stable, is a trotter which will have to be reckoned with before many weeks go by. She trotted in 2:10 in her race at Peoria, and with a few races under her belt she will be able to trot three heats below 2:10, and that she is game and reliable there is no doubt. She made one break in her race here, and Mr. Dickerson stated that it was the first one she had made in many months, but she righted the mis- take and came on and tried after she righted her- self. She is a beautiful mare, rather dainty in her makeup, but not by any means delicate. She goes low, and her action is rather deceiving, as her short stride does not give her the appearance of trotting as fast as she does. Many horsemen who were fa- miliar with her dam, the noted trotter Expressive, thought she greatly resembled her in gait and action. She is a daughter of Monbells, and she will prove a good trotter, and the best by that sire seems cer- tain. Predictions made this early in the season are rather farfetched, but I believed that Esther Bells will prove herself to be one of the good trotters of 1909." Mr. F. W. Kelley, Ed. Breeder and Sportsman — Dear Sir: Herewith find check for payment for advertising for our meeting that we were obliged to declare off as we did not wish to fake the public. The writer has been a resident of San Diego for the past twenty-three years and has always taken an interest in the harness horses. I don't remember when everything looked so favorable for a good meeting. There are some "knockers" in this city as well as elsewhere, and they did not hesitate to spread the report that the track was not in good condition. When the meeting was first spoken of the Coronado Beach Company, who own the track, agreed to put the track in good conditiou and keep it in good condition. We saw when it came near time for the meeting that the track would not be up to our expectations, so we put a team to work sprinkling all night and another team to work in the day time harrowing and floating the track. When Mr. Schuyler Walton came here on behalf of the horsemen from San Bernardino he told the writer he was satisfied we could have a good track in time for the races. The facts in the case, however, appears to be that most of the horsemen raced their heads off at San Bernardino for $700 purses when there were $1000 purses here waiting for them. The condition of the track gave some of them an excuse not to come, so they could lay up a week and get ready for the Los Angeles meeting. We spent considerable telephoning to San Bernardino and at last learned there were only seven horses coming out of the thirty-one en- tered. Rather than give the public second or third- class racing when we had spent our money adver- tising the "best horses in the West will be here," we decided to call the meeting off entirely, pay what bills we contracted and quit. We wish, however, to thank Mr. George Ford of Santa Ana and Messrs. Sutherland and Chadbourne and the others who were willing to come. You are aware of the fact when the meeting was first called in February to form this circuit, Mr. J. C. Wallace of our town was the only representative that put in an appearance and we were promised the first meeting, but it was changed to suit the others. We had no kick about that, but when only seven out of thirty-one wanted to come it was more than we could stand for. You are at liberty to publish any part or all of this letter. Trusting that we may be treated better at some future time, we remain, Yours truly, SAN DIEGO RIDING AND DRIVING ASS'N, By J. E. Connell, President. J. C. Wallace, Secretary. San Diego, July 8th, 1909. o "Marque" of the Horse Review, saw The Angelus at work at Peoria, and writes about him as follows: "The California stallion The Angelus is one of the horses that commands everyone's attention here. P. W. Hodges, who brought San Francisco 2:07% over from the coast last season, winning third money in the Readville handicap and marking him at Col- umbus, in a winning race, owns The Angelus. I like the stallion very much, both as to gait and appear- ance. He resembles Carlokin 2:08%, Will Durfee's good winner of 1908, in appearance, although, to my way of thinking, The Angelus is a finer looking horse. Hodges gave him a mile in 2:10% last week and seemed not at all busy. At half speed he is not an impressive gaited horse, but he certainly looks the part of a trotter when stepping fast. In breeding he is double McKinney, his sire being Zombro 2:11, son of McKinney, and his dam Hazel Kinney 2:09%, a daughter of the same horse. Hodges gave Hazel her record in a race and he tells me that she was an extremely fast mare, capable of trotting faster than 2:06. "In the heat in which she took her record," said Hodges, "she broke in the back stretch and dropped so far behind the field that I thought she was flagged. However, she started off very fast and when I saw that she was making up so much ground I concluded to let her try for the heat. She won it, trotting the last half in 1:00. I leased her for breeding purposes and that's how I came to own The Angelus. They are telling some tall tales about how fast I drove The Angelus last spring in California, but the fact is I worked him no faster than 2:13. If I had six weeks more time to get him ready I would reckon on winning the M. and M., but the weather was unfavorable at Detroit this spring and I regard him as a little short of his best form. Hodges has a four calked front shoe on The Angelus, the front ones being curved in towards the toe, but in order to give a good idea of the shoe I must wait till I can have a drawing made of it. San Francisco has been in the stud all season and his fastest mile was one in 2:24 last week. He is in fine order and Hodges tells me that he needs very little fast work in order to race well." A dispatch from Moscow says that trotting races there July 10th were given additional importance by an exhibition by C. K. Billings' trotters, whose appearance on the track was greeted with cheers. Lou Dillon, driven by her trainer, made a splendid showing, while Turley. ridden by Mr. Billings, gave a performance which greatly interested Russian sportsmen. Hoiseback trotting is unusual in Russia. The ladies among the spectators threw flowers ac the horses as they w^re led past tlie tribunes. The trot- ting society gave a banruet in honor of Mr. Bil- lings and presented him with a loving cup. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. NOTES AND NEWS Shady G. 2:10% beat the French trotter Jockey 2:09*4 in a race recently. He also defeated Siliko. The only California horse to start at Terre Haute on Wednesday last was Mac O'D. and he was outside the money. Dan Patch and Minor Heir will be exhibited at the Territorial Fair at Pnoenix, which opens November ISth. A full report of the Los Angeles races, written by our regular correspondent, W. L. James, will appear next week. The much-touted George Gano that was said to be a 2:02 pacer and the claim made that he was laid up all last year, was beaten in 2:08% at Terre Haute Wednesday. Scotch John, winner of the $1000 2:20 trot at Los Angeles is by Tomonco 34197, a great grandson of Alcyone. He is the first of the get of Tomonco to get a record. Scotch John's dam is by Kentucky Baron, a son of Baron Wilkes. Two thousand persons attended the opening of the Los Angeles harness races on Wednesday. This is not a very large crowd for a city of 300,000 popu- lation. It was "Ted" Bunch instead of "Farmer" that was driving at the Baltimore meeting. Ted has four good trotters and will be heard from during the sum- mer. Secretary Kelley and Director Burke of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association were in Salinas on Thursday of this week perfecting some of the arrangements for the big harness race meet- ing which opens there August 4th. The main exposition building on the State Fair grounds at Sacramento, will be completed in a few days. The manufacturers' building will be finished before August 1st. Marie N. 2:09%, the first 2:10 performer for 1909, made just one appearance as a three-year old, when she took a record of 2:29%. Hamburg Belle 2:04% is to go after the world's trotting record without the aid of a windshield which is now held by Lou Dillon, who trotted a mile that way in 2:01, November 11th, 1904, at Memphis. Lady Marion, reckoned one of the best green trotters of the season, and valued at $10,000, dropped dead on the Detroit track one day last week. She was by Rocks, a son of Sphinx, and had been a mile in 2:12 with the last quarter in 30 seconds. George Gano worked the Terra Haute track last week in 2:07% and stepped several halves in 1:02. Pretty fair for that C. of C. candidate, for he could race right at 2:02 last season for Walter Cox, and Tommy Murphy seems to have the key to him. Lee Crawford, the trotter by Leigh Crawford, that Joe Maguire has been winning with in the slow classes in the Dakotahs, has a record of 2:17% made on a half mile track last week and looks good for 2:12 when he strikes a good mile oval. Highfly 2:04% is winning right along over in the Dakotahs. His fastest heat up to last week was in 2:10. He was third at Terre Haute this week. The Los Angeles meeting ends today, and then the circuit horses will lay up for ten days until the Fresno meeting, which opens July 28th. Horsemen from all over the coast are arranging to go to Saiinas for the annual meeting of the Breed- ers' Association which is to be held in conjunction with the Monterey County Fair. It opens Wednesday, August 4th. Esther Bells, the mare that was third to Marie N. at Peoria is a full sister to Excella, dam of the sensational California two-year-old trotter of last year, Ella M. R. 2:16%. Excella is now the prop- erty of Mr. A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa. The Donna 2:07% started in a free-for-all pace at Montreal, Canada, June 25th and won third money. She took the second heat in 2:12%, the fastest heat in the race. The New Mexico Fair will be held at Albuquerque from October 12th to 16th inclusive. The half mile track there is to be put in fine shape for the races. The program for harness events is as follows: 2:12 pace, $1000; 2:15 trot, $1000; free-for-all pace, $500; free-for-all trot, $500; 2:25 pace, $500; 2:19 pace, $500; 2:30 pace and trot, $300. Entries to the $1000 stakes clrse August 2d; entries to other purses close September 1st. Records made after July 1st no bar. A. J. Gillett, of Modesto, claims the name Wright McKiuney for a weanling colt by Ed McKinney, dam Floracita 2:11 by Red Cloak. Harry McKay of Fresno recently refused an offer of $500 for a two-months-old colt by Tom Smith 2:13% out of the dam of Dan S. 2:11%. John Quinn and J. E. Montgomery left Chico for Salinas on Sunday last with their horses, arriving at their destination in good shape. They found the weather at Salinas quite pleasant after the hot days of last week in the Sacramento valley. We have received an interesting communication signed "Horse Lover" which we will gladly publish if the writer will send his name and address. The name is not wanted for publication but merely as a guarantee of good faith on the part of the author. While exercising a horse on the San Luis Obispo track July 9th, Samuel Carson, a veteran horseman, well known all over California, suffered a stroke of apoplexy and fell from his sulky dead. Chas. Whitehead, manager of the Salinas track, would like all owners and trainers who will race at Salinas to notify him immediately how many stalls they desire, so he can reserve them and have them ready when the horses arrive. Bois d'Arc by Conifer, dam Pastora by Judge Sal- isbury, trotted to a record of 2:28 at Burns, Oregon, during the July meeting. Redwood McGregor, his four-year-old son, trotted to a record of 2:29% at the same meeting. From letters received by the secretary of the State Agricultural Society it is apparent that the livestock exhibit at the coming State fair will be a record breaker. Arrangements for the big fair and race meeting at Woodland are being made, and every effort will be put forth to make it a success in every way. The live stock exhibition will be particularly good, and the harness racing will be high class in every re- spect, all the best and fastest horses in California being engaged at the Woodland meeting. Early Alice 2:06%, one of the best trotters out last year, was injured in a train wreck near Piano, Illi- nois, July 11th. Thirteen trotting and pacing horses owned by W. B. Taylor were on their way to the meeting at Aurora when the wreck occurred. Daniel Stevens, horse owner and trainer, and Ray Ensign, a trainer, were killed. Several of the horses were hurt. Charley D. 2:06% beat 2:10 for the first time this season last week. He worked a mile in 2:12 and then came back in 2:09 the next heat. He could have gone faster, but James Thompson is a wise trainer and thinks it best to wait until there Is money hung up for supreme effort. The handsome pacing son of McKinney is fit and ready for his first start which will be at Salinas tnis year. A spur track is being built from the Southern Pa- cific line directly into the State Fair grounds at Sac- ramento. This spur is being constructed by the State Agricultural Socieyt for the exclusive use of those who ship live stock or other exhibits to the California State Fair, which can now be taken into the grounds on the cars on which they are shipped. The Clydesdale is essentially the draught horse of Canada. A lecent estimate of the streagth of the different breeds in the Province of Ontario places the number of Clydes at 80,000; Percberons, 15,000; Shires. 10.000; Belgians 1500; and Suffolks, 700. In the United States the Percherons outnumber aii others, with the Clydesdales next, the Shires third and the Belgians fourth. Both the Belgians and the Shires are rapidly gaining ground, however. Secretary W. H. Gocher of the National Trotting Association won the Blumenthal cup for trotters owned by members of the Free-for-all Driving Club at Hartford, Conn, on Monday, July 5th. The club's races were held on the Moore Park sandy half mile track and in the cup race Mr. Gocher's horse Ward M. 2:09% had to meet Wentworth 2:04%, but he de- feated the black gelding in three straight heats in 2:14, 2:15% and 2:16. The last eighth in each heat was trotted in 15 seconds. After the race the two owners were called to the judge's stand where Mr. Blumenthal gave the cup to Mr. Gocher and Mr Ford congratulated the winner, saying that the cup had been fairly won in a fair race. A match race to decide which is the fastest pacing race horse on the Eastern shore of Maryland will be held on the Salisbury Fair race track July 21st be- tween Dry Dock 2:14% owned by D. C. Armstrong of Salisbury. Md., and General Mack 2:14% owned by William Hall of Westover, Md. The owners have posted $1000 each which has been deposited in the Savings Bank of Somerset, at Princess Anne Md the winner of the race takes the $2000 and must win two of three heats. The fair association will also give the owners a percentage of the gate re- s!nnnS T rthe '"" Purse ^lU probably amount to 54000, all of which goes to the winner. Charley T. by Zombro worked a mile last week at Los Angeles in 2:07% which is the fastest mile shown by a trotter in California this season. F. E. Marsh, proprietor of the Grattan farm, Prairie View, 111., has leased from J. H. Thayer, Lexington, Ky., for the balance of the season the noted sire, The Bondsman. The horse is now at Grattan farm. Mr. Marsh has a large number of choice fillies and mares by his premier stallion, Grattan 213, which he will breed to The Bondsman. The Kentfield, Marin county, driving association has decided to put a speedway at Tamalpais center and surveyors will begin soon to lay out the track. At a meeting last Wednesday definite steps toward the construction of the speedway were taken. An- other meeting will be held soon, when it is probable that construction of the speedway will be ordered pushed to completion. Zulu Belle, the filly that C. A. Durfee won the mat- inee race with at Los Angeles last Wednesday is only three years old and is by Petigru 2:10% out of the dam of Del Coronado 2:09%. She took a record of 2:24% last year as a two-year-old. She is in the Occident and Breeders' Futurity stakes for three-year- old trotters this year. Her fastest heat in her Los Angeles race was 2:18%. Freely Red that won in three straight heats at Los Angeles Wednesday, taking a pacing record of 2:10%, started three times last year and did not win a heat. The year before she won a heat in 2:19% but did not win a race. She is a seven-year-old mare, bred in Indiana, and is by Red Medium, out of Friel, the dam of Frielmont 2:19, by Bourbon Wilkes. Secretary Albert H. Moone of the Detroit club is making an effort to match the two noted trotters, Jack Leyburn 2:04% and Hamburg Belle 2:04%, for a race at the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting. Both horses are now in training at Detroit, and there is said to be every prospect that they will be brought together. While Jack Leyburn has a faster record than Hamburg Belle, it is probable that the Belle would be the choice in such a race. Her owner, John E. Madden, and her trainer, W. J. Andrews, make no secret of their belief that the daughter of Axworthy can beat the world's record of 2:01 held by Lou Dil- lon 1:58%, for a trotter without a wind shield. Jack Leyburn is a sturdy race horse, but he hasn't such a turn of speed as that. Dr. W. L. Spoor of Redlands, Cal., bred and is still the owner of the mare Mabel McKinney 2:17 by Mc- Kinney, dam Daisy S. by Inca, grandam Old Sac by Sacramento. Mabel McKinley took her record in a race at Oakland, July 5th, 1908. Her first foal, the bay mare Neerest by Neernut 2:12%, took a record on July 4th, 1908, at San Bernardino, of 2:28%, and at the San Bernardino meeting, this year, two more of her get entered the list, Lady Nut by Neernut taking a record of 2:23% and Nutta Wilkes by Nut- wood Wilkes one of 2:28%. These three foals are the result of the only three times Mabel McKinley has been bred, and we believe there is not another daughter of the great McKinney that holds such a record. Mr. M. C. Pike of Sacramento has purchased from the Barnard Livery Company of Chico the fast pacing horse Harold B. by Kinney Lou 2:07%. Harold B. is a chestnut horse, beautifully gaited and is a very pleasant driver. He has appeared frequently at the matinees at Chico and Sacramento and is considered one of the fastest pacers in the Sacramento valley. Mr. L. B. Daniels of Chico, who has driven Harold B. in his races, recently won a race at Sacramento with him in 2:14 and 2:14%, and has driven him a quarter in 28% seconds, a half in one minute flat and a mile in 2:10. While Harold B. is considered an excellent prospect to race in regular events, Mr. Pike will only start him in the club matinees, of which sport he is an enthusiast. Thomas Smith, the veteran horse breeder, of Val- lejo, was in the city this week. He has quite a string of horses in the hands of his son Joe, working at the Vallejo track, but they will not be raced this year. Mr. Smith has bred trotters for many years and been successful with them. He started in with strains of blood that were noted for ability to go the route and stay till the end of the race, no matter how many heats were trotted and he has continued to breed that kind. He is contemplating selling them all, however, as he is compelled to devote all his time to his business, and has not arrived at that point of affluence where he can take the advice of the man who said, "If your business interferes with your trotting horses, give up the business." Mr. Smith has several fine stallions at present, two of them. Con- structor and Gen. Frisbie, being full brothers to Tom Smith 2:13%. He also has the five-year-old stallion Prof. Heald, that is by Nutwood Wilkes out of the dam of Tom Smith. A full sister to Prof. Heald Is a young mare that should be one of the greatest of brood mares. She has been bred to Demonio 2:11% this year and is with foal. Constructor and Gen. Frisbie and both fast trotters while Prof. Heald is one of the best prospects in California. He won the Stanford Stakes as a three-year-old and has not been raced since. He is not a large horse, stand- ing about 15.1. but is one of the handsomest trotters in the State, and Mr. Smith confidently believes a Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN mile in 2:06 is within his reach. A six-year-old geld- ing by Tom Smith 2:13%, dam May Girl by May Boy is 16.1 hands and a very fast trotter. He is capable of trotting a mile in 2:15 now over any good track. GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. SEATTLE RACES. Hamilton Busbey says: I was talking the other day with one of the large dry goods merchants of New York, and he gave a reason for the return to horse power for delivery purposes. Two, three or four handsome horses in front of a delivery wagon attract more attention that a truck propelled by electricity or gasoline. The motor car has become common. It ceases to attract special attention and has lost its advertising power. A well appointed team of horses fills the eye and makes a lasting im- pression. It draws conspicuous attention to the goods of the merchant, and is the cheapest of adver- tising methods. Special attention is paid to the selection of these horses, and men are employed to handle them who keep them in the best possible condition. Horses excite sympathy in extremely hot weather or in bitterly cold weather, but in the long run do their work well and are more reliable than motor wagons. The quality of the horse required for this special service is not found in every barn-yard, and the average price is high. The farmer who has the energy and foresight to meet the growing want, will breed and raise horses at a profit." SULKIES NOW ALMOST PERFECT. Few patrons of the trotting turf in the present day realize the prominent part played by the sulky in the development of speed that is witnessed at any of our prominent meetings. Not many years ago, says F. W. Wright, the only form of vehicle for harness racing was constructed entirely of wood and steel, the axle being nearly straight, the wheels varying from fifty to fifty-four inches in height, the wheel bearings known as the plain spindle, on parallel bearings, causing consider- able friction. The position of the axle being such as to interfere with the horse's action, necessitated quite long shafts and about the first improvement was in the arching upward of the axle, making possible a much closer hitch, but no pronounced increase in speed was noted until the advent of the pneumatic tire and ball bearing in 1892. The weights of the so called high wheel sulkies varied from forty-four to sixty-five pounds, and only the last two or three years of their use saw any- thing lighter than fifty-five pounds. During the year 1892 there appeared at the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting a new sulky, the frame being of the old style, but the wheels representing a radical departure, in that they were constructed of wood but were only twenty-eight inches in height and equipped with ball bearings and pneumatic tires. The first forms of attaching such low wheels were crude and made of solid iron, and added, rather than detracted from the weight of the sulkies, but the improvement in speed was conceded to vary from three to five seconds in a mile, the increase in speed being more noticeable in some horses than in others. The next improvement consisted in lightening the form of attaching the wheels to the frame under- neath axle, so that sulkies soon appeared meas- uring thirty-six to forty inches underneath axle, with seats not more than forty or forty-four inches from the ground. Alix, Directum and Directly all made their records to sulkies of this type, the seats not being nearer than forty inches to the ground and the weight being from thirty-three to thirty-five pounds. Lou Dillon made her record to a twenty-five pound sulky of the close hitch pattern, one with the axle high enough to permit of her action underneath. Dan Patch, on account of his extremely high and wide action, used a sulky 54 inches between the nuts of spindles and 37 inches high, with seat measuring 38 inches from the ground, whereas Lou Dillon's was but 42 inches wide and 33 inches high; seat 35 inches. The use of the wind shield soon convinced sulky manufacturers of the importance of avoiding the air resistance as much as possible, even to the extent of using steel spoke wheels instead of wooden spokes, so that the weights were brought down to 36 and 40 pounds. Very soon thereafter the first sulky appeared with the axle elongated and built for the low or twenty- eight inch wheels, and while Nancy Hanks made her record in a sulky with the so-called attachments, she being the first to make a world's record to this form of sulky, still the sulky she pulled did not weigh more than forty pounds, although it has been erro- neously stated that it weighed sixty-five pounds. The next form of sulky had a lower seat and more attention was given to compressing the seat and axle, thereby giving the lowest seat possible for a given amount of action room, and lengthening the shafts; therefore the almost universal use of sulkies today whose shafts are from eight to ten inches longer and seats only from twenty-nine to thirty- three inches. The object of such length in shafts is to allow the horse's action to come in front of seat and axle, so that it is not uncommon to see drivers appearing on sulkies so low that the driver can only see ahead by looking out at either side, and few are high enough to look over the horse's back. The present form of sulky is generally conceded by all sulky manufacturers to be as near perfection as it is possible to make it. Terre Haute, Ind., July 13. — The downpour of last week which continued until Monday, made the track at least four seconds slow for the opening day of the meeting here. The last race was trotted over a fairly good track however, and with no more rain it should be fast by Wednesday. The opening race went to Geo. H. Estabrook's grey gelding Denver, with the young McKinney stallion. Baron McKinney second and Dr. Jack third. In the 2:05 pace Darkey Hal won after Dan S. had taken a heat. The California pacer High Fly won third money. C. A. Durfee's black horse Almaden, driven by Ben Walker, was third in the 2:18 trot, being second twice. Martha Dillon was fifth in this race, but the associated press report is very incomplete, only four horses being given positions in the tabulated summaries as sent out by wire, which were as fol- lows: 2:24 trot, three heat in five, $2000. Denver, gr. g. by Don Sphinx (Macy) 1 1 1 Baron McKinney, br. h (Dickerson) 2 2 2 Dr. Jack, c. g. (T. Murphy) 3 3 3 Jay Tell, b. h. (Brown) 4 4 4 Time— 2:15%, 2:14%, 2:15%. 2:05 pace, two heats in three, $1000. Darkey Hal, blk. m. by Star Hal (Snow) 2 1 1 Dan S., eh. g. (Shuler) 1 5 4 High Fly, b. g. (Frost) 3 2 5 Jerry B., ch. g. (Cox) 4 4 2 Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:12%. 2:18 trot, $600, three heats in five, limited to five heats. Gladys, b. m. by Gladex (McDonald) 2 1 3 3 1 Ora Belini, b. g. (Dickerson) 5 2 114 Almaden, b. h. (Walker) 4 4 2 2 3 Telemachus, b. h. (Shuler) 3 3 4 4 2 Time— 2:16%, 2:15, 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:17%. The California horse Angelus was unplaced in the 2:24 trot, while Martha Dillon was fifth in the 2:18 trot. Terre Haute (Ind.), July 14. — Fast time and close finishes marked today's sport at Terre Haute's four- cornered track. The summaries: 2:13 pace, two in three, $1000. Star Patch, blk. g. by Joe Patchen (Snow) 1 1 George Gano, b. h. (Murphy) 2 2 Geraldine, b. m. (Geers) 4 3 Peter Pan, b. g. (Chamber) 3 5 Helen Herr, Clara B., Joe Wilkes also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:07%. Three-year-old trot, two in three, $500. Soprano, b. f., by Bellini, dam by Simmons (Dick- erson) 1 1 Harry Devereux, g. g. (Geers) 2 2 Chelsea, br. h. (Ben Walker) 3 4 Border Guard, b. h. (Cox) 4 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:16%. 2:10 pace, two in three, $1000. Bland S., c. h., by Egyptian (Rahs) 1 1 Earl Jr., g. h. (Cameron and Walker) 2 2 Greene Pilot, b. h. (Murphy) 3 3 Oro Jackson, b. m. (McMahon) 5 4 Point Burglar, Mac O'D., also started. Time— 2:07%, 2:07%. 2:14 trot, two in three, $2000. Penico Maid, b. m., by Pennant (Shutt) 1 1 Margin, ro. m. (McDonald) 2 7 Marie N., b. m. (Geers) 7 2 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. (Murphy) 3 3 Bisa, Morrell Mac, Harry Banning and Milo N. also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:10%. 2:08 pace, two in three, $2000. Baron Whip, h h., by Baron Dillon (Mur- phy) 6 2 1 1 Tony Swift, blk. h. (Dean) 6 2 4 2 Governor Searles, b. h. (McMahon) 4 3 2 ro Hazel Simmons, ch. m. (Tellus) 8 6 3 ro Arthur J., Hoosier Prince, Nilmah and Hal Raven also started. Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:07%, 2:10%. Terre Haute (Ind.), July 15. — Five thousand people attended the races to-day, but were disappointed in the 2:02 pace because four horses with records under 2:04 did not equal that time. Summary: 2:02 pace, two in three; $1000. Aileen Wilson, blk. m., by Arrowood (Hyde) . .3 11 Citation, b. m. (McMahon) 1 2 2 Baron Grattan, b. g. (Geers) 2 3 4 Argot Bov, b. g. (Cox) 4 4 3 Time— 2:08, 2:04%, 2:05%. 2:09 trot, two in three; $1000. Beatrice Bellini, b. m. by Bellini (Dickerson) ... .1 1 Maxine, ch. m (Murphy) 3 2 Country Jay, ch. g. (Macy) 2 5 Teasel, ch. m. (Geers) 4 3 Genteel and Carlokin also .started. Time— 2:08%, 2:09%. Three-year-old pace, two in three; $500. Knight of Strathmore, ch. g. by Strathmore (Frost) 1 1 Miss Eva Wilkes, ro. f. (McDonald) 2 2 Time— 2:11%, 2:15%. 2:20 trot, three in five; $1000. Joe Onward, b. g. by Norval (McDonald) . .2 1 1 1 Henry Slitzer, b. h. (Laselle) 1 3 2 5 Esther Bells, b. m. (Dickerson) 5 2 3 2 Almaden, blk. h. (Walker) 6 4 4 3 Frazzee. h. g. (Geers) 3 5 5 4 Susie C, Miss Elyria and Sioux M. also started. Time— 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:13%. The meeting advertised by the Seattle Driving Club to last ten days, was declared ended after three days racing had been given the attendance not justi- fying the continuance of the sport. During the three days, however, excellent racing was given, and while no very fast time was made the finishes were often close and exciting and the sport clean. All the races were half-mile heats, and the purses small. Results: July — First race, 2:25 trot, half-mile heats, two in three, purse $150. Gloria O'Neil, b. m. by Parole-Fern (Davis) ... 1 1 Tortoise Shell, b. m. by Bozeman-Silver Shell (Huber) 3 2 Enita, b. m. by Antrim (Webb) 2 3 Loncreus, b. g. (Fulton) 4 4 Kellog O, b. m. by Sanborn (Boyd) 5 d John Pender, ch. g. by Capt. MeKinney-Marigold (Lindsey) dis Time— 1:08%, 1:11%. Second race. 2:12. pace, half-mile heats, two in three, purse $125. Esther B., blk m. by Allspice (Davis) 1 1 White Hall, g. g. by Copper King (Huber) 2 3 Stella A., b. m. by King Alexis (Sebastian) 3 2 Amy S., b. m. Bonner N. B.-Moonlight (Cable).. 4 4 Time— 1:06%, 1:08%. Third race, three-year-olds and under, pace, two in three, purse $100. Rosie, s. m. by Senator (Sebastian) 1 1 Musselshell, ch. h. by Bozeman-Silver Shell) (Huber) 2 2 Do Do, b. m. by Garvin Wilkes (Smith) 3 3 Time— 1:24, 1:19%. July 2 — First race, 2:40 pace. Georgine S., b. m. by Geo. Ayers-Lady Fontelle (Huber) 1 1 Belle Onward, b. m. by Max O'Rell-Queen Wilson (Duncan) 3 2 Posey Patch, b. m. by Billy Patch (Sebastian) . .2 3 Wing Lovelace, b. h. by Lovelace-Maggie (Lind- sey) 4 4 Wapato Tom, b. g. by Yakima (Parker) dr Second race, 2:15 pace. Lady Melvis, ch. m. by Nowood (Anderson) 1 1 Capt. J., b. g. by Greenback (Crawford) 4 2 Ben W., b. g. by Yendis (Parker) 2 5 Prince Tom, blk. g. by Tom V (Webb) 3 4 Bineta, b. m. by Gossiper-Bonita (Cable) 5 3 Time— 1:02%, 1:07. Third race, 2:35 trot. Hazel F., b. m. (Davis) 1 1 Delia R., b. m. by Rodomont (Boyd) 2 3 Shamrock, blk. h. by Senator (Sebastian) 4 2 John Pender, ch. g. by Capt. MeKinney-Marigold (Lindsey) 3 4 Time— 1:14%, 1.13%. Fourth race, 2:20 pace. Georgenie S., b. m. by Geo. Ayers-Lady Fontelle (Huber) 1 l Algo S., b. m. by Diablo-Geo. (Marshall) 2 3 Esther B„ blk. m. by Alexis (Davis) 3 2 Amy S., b. m. by Bonner N. B.-Moonlight (Cable) .5 4 Doris Electric, b. m. Electric (Anderson) 4 7 Maj. Reliance, ch. g. by Realize (Boyd) 6 5 Nellie Chimes, b. m. (Erwin) 7 6 Time — 1:04, 1:03%. Fifth race, 2:16 pace. Pilot McGregor, blk. h. by E. S. (Davis) 1 1 New Moon, ch. m. by Bonner N. B. (Crawford) . . .2 2 J. D. L., br. g. by Bozeman, by Smuggler (Lind- sey) 3 3 Time— 1:04, 1:05. Special race. Delia R., b. m. by Rodomont (Huber) 1 2 1 Rock Seal, b. h. by Red Seal (Madson) 2 1 2 Gentry, b. h 3 4 4 Buckles, b. h. by Red Seal 4 3 3 Time — 1:20, 1:15. In a race at half mile heats at Walla Walla July 4th the mare Lida Carter by Stam B. that W. H. Hogoboom bought at the Nutwood Stock Farm sale last winter finished second to the pacer Gen. Huertes that paced the slow track in 1:05 and 1:06. Lida Carter will be raced all through the northwest this year by Mr. Hogoboom. HANDICAP RACES. Mr. C. M. Jewett, the very efficient secretary of the New England Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa- tion that gave the $50,000 handicap at Readville last year (which will be repeated at Readville this year, dividing the big stake into two divisions, one for trotters and the other for pacers) was recently asked by the American Horse Breeder for an opin- ion on the handicap feature of racing and its possi- bilities, and why most of the handicaps offered this year have failed to fill, has replied as follows: The handicap in my opinion is a necessity. It fur- nishes employment to horses otherwise useless, main- tains values and equalizes the emoluments and profits of racing; lessens entrance fees, makes a race in any class to which the principle is applied an open one, and gives to every contestant a fighting chance in- stead of the forlorn hope which is the lot of most horses in our present-day races. That the first handicap failed in some of these par- ticulars was to be expected, but that is no argument against its final success and adaptability. In this race sixteen horses starting with a difference of 500 feet between the fastest and slowest furnished one (Continued on Page 11.) THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. FIELD ADVICE. The time is just about flue when the wise sports- men will get ready to give his young flog some pre- paratory field work, or, if he has a trained four- footed companion he will start in for the prelimi- nary conditioning work. It is rather a hard task on a hunting dog to take him out in the foothills on the first day of the season and give him a day s dork when he is soft and unprepared, in fact it is a downright injustice to the dog. From now on a great deal of pleasure and profit- able work can be accomplished with a young dog and much good done by a broken dog. Weather conditions may be somewhat warm for a few weeks but here on the Coast the heat is not of such ex- treme warmth as to make the outdoor work an irk- some task. For that matter the weather will serve the doubly good purpose of taking off extra weight for man and dog. Although the dove season is now on there is not particularly much for the dog to do, save retrieve the dead or wounded birds, for dove shooting is differ- ent from quail or snipe shooting. Although by a strict construction of the State game laws it is not allowable to work dogs on quail in close season, still the dove hunter who has a puppy with him should not be regarded as a deliberate law breaker should he follow the dictates of his sporting blood and initiate his promising young setter or pointer on "birds" as he may find them in likely territory. Dove and quail do not come together to any great extent on the same ground, but at that good quail country is often found near a "fly-way" or adjacent to the stubble fields. Young birds are now about half grown and will be able- to take care of themselves, and a little "finding," "roading" or "pointing" will do them no harm, provided the dog's owner is a true sportsman. The other kind will get birds anyway, law or no law. When at last the time has arrived when we and our dogs can take the field again, the fact that there has been a few weeks spent in preparation makes the pleasures of the shoot doubly compensating. Per- haps there is nothing quite so good after all as going away to your shooting. It is always a trip full of anticipation and remembrance. There are little walks forward to the dog crate in the baggage car to see that there is water in the pan. The dog or dogs can even be taken out and shown to the inter- ested baggaeman, who is always ready to admire, but generally has tales to tell of an old "double-nosed" pointer, or an old style heavy set Gordon, at home which is a master in his profession; tales that make you feel quite timid about the shy little Llewellin of yours whose sire or dam "was placed last year three times in hot company." There is a time for all things. A hint to follow is, that the early morning when you join your friend for a day's shooting is not the time to train your dog. Putting the fear of the high gods into an ambi- tious pup is great fun and proper sport. It is worthy the dignity of being reserved for individual attention. Also, results are better both ways than when it is "intricately involved," in the words of Captain Jack Lemmer with a day of specially arranged shooting. On such a time there is one greater sin than giv- ing lessons to your own dog, and that is taking be- nevolent charge of the career of the dog of your friend. It is quite certain that the friend will not rise to welcome your efforts along this line with smiles of pure joy. Also that dog will, not recognize your authority, and the effect of your commands will be confusion. Confusion leads to scowls, recrimina- tion, a too frequent resort to the flask, many, many misses, and sure rain in the early afternoon. So let a well-remembered maxim be, "Don't order or interfere with your companion's dog!" Quail are most happily hunted by two men with a pair of dogs. If you and I have each the best brace in the country (as may very likely happen), it isn't necessary to put them all flown together. Indeed, the morning may not be nearly so good as the afternoon — or it may be better. With a brace of fresh ones in reserve faster and better sport can be had for the whole of a day, and more than two flogs are a burden to manage and generally interfere with each other in their work. It is mostly in watching the younger man or the novice at the game that a long series of "don'ts" are forcibly brought to mind. But the sinning is not confined to this class by any means. When you take out a new member on the club quail ground don't run him over rough side-hill country, where the chapparal and brush is heavy and prickly. Of course, it may be amusing to you to see him tattoo a certain part of his anatomy with the sharp brush. He certainly will not ask you to take him out again and henceforth you may enjoy your shoot in individual glory and not waste any time on a novice. But remember, some day he will get wise and his memory will be keen when he realizes that hi preceptor gave him the run for a purpose. A man who cannot handle a gun carefully and with a proper fear simply has no business in the field; and he has less if he has insufficient regard for his companion's share in the game. When a covey of quail is flushed confine your deadly atten- tions to those birds on your side. A nervous snap- shot nearly always falls into the error of taking the first bird that flushes. You can have him if he comes your way, but if he doesn't, remember that he is not yours and that there are plenty more. Your score will improve, too. you will And, because of a little deliberation. In this connection keep a double watch on yourself if you use a pump gun. A man who is proud of himself and will cross-fire with one of these ingenious instruments can make a pretty music for some seconds, but his friend's ear is seldom in tune. Don't claim a bird unless you know that you have hit it, and don't ask a man to make his dog search for a dead bird unless you saw it fall. It's not good for the dog. There is little excuse for both guns doubling on the same bird. Take your turn on the singles and don't try to "wipe your campanion's eye" until he has shot his second barrel. If he uses a "pump" gun give him all six shots and wait to see if he wants to load up again. It is all right to wipe his eye occasionally, but pride goeth before a fall, and you are daring him to get you. This eye-wiping is a delicate process anyhow and requires judgment. Never let a cripple get away if you can avoid it. Always use your second barrel on a feathered bird that fails to fall to the first. When you see him strike the ground mark him carefully, and don't give him up till you find him. Don't run up excitedly to a dog on point. Take your time and he will take his. If you go rushing in the dog is apt to beat you into the bevy for fear you will step on them or something like that, and it will take some days to cure him of an instantly formed habit. On the same basis, don't shoot shot. . How can a self-respecting dog put his judgment up against yours and remain steady when you go charging forward to the lull? Take your time and keep your dog under control. If he is a retriever send him for the bird, and when he delivers it order him on. If he doesn't retrieve keep him at heel until you get it yourself. Try always to have properly trained dogs. It is ruinous to a puppy to be put down with a wild part- ner, and even an old and tried veteran will yield to the force of repeated bad examples, or will sulk at continued interference. If a dog should commit the crime of chasing a rabbit, never shoot it in front of him. That brings but one conclusion to his mind, to-wit, that you are needing rabbits today. Halt him if you can, bring him back and use a switch generously. Above all things, never shoot a rabbit in front of another man's dog. That is an unpardonable crime. Be fair, gentle and courteous always, and don't brag about what you did last week (and didn't do today). A little modesty is always equally fascin- ating. Have plenty of shells of your own when you start on a shooting trip. Borrow money from your friend if you must; it is easier for him to carry about with him than loaded shells. Also, he feels more hopeful of getting it back. Don't grumble at poor luck. Don't be a martinet with the dogs all day, and let your friend pick out the burrs, rustle the dog food and prepare the sleep- ing quarters at night. In conclusion, there is one warning. Never ask a man to loan you his dog, and if one asks that favor of you explain that the brute cannot be happy away from your side. Every man handles a dog differ- ently. You will find your animal out of tune with you when he comes back, if no worse. A dog may work for a stranger, but it is a fact that the dog may work as well as he does for his master and at the same time the beast is quick to do the wrong thing with a stranger. Also a dog, like his master, learns evil more quickly than he does good. When you loan him you are, in fact, promising him two or three good lickings when he comes home. Spare the rod by refusing to lend the dog. Don't drag you gun muzzle end toward you when you crawl under a fence. Don't take a friend along who wiggles his weapon as though it were a billiard cue. Don't peek down the ban-el and caress the trigger with your toe at the same time. Don't take a long-eared dog that looks like a rab- bit in the distance. Don't shoot a cow by mistake for a deer; farmers can't see the joke. Don't tread on the tail of an animal that's called Mephitis Mephitica for short. It looks like a cat. Don't take too much snake bite antidote. Don't wander over the countryman's winter wheat, for the farmer's muzzle-loader carries rock salt nearly a mile. Don't use buckshot on a shore bird; try grape or canister. Don't carry your gun cocked as you plow through the underbrush; you might waste some ammunition on a comrade. Don't buy your game from a country boy; your wife may discover it was killed with a small bore rifle. Don't build a fire in a fence corner and go away and forget it. Fences cost money. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. The Venice Kennel Club show opened on Wednes- day with a large list of entries benched. The Santa Cruz two-day show entries closed on Tuesday, the 13th, with a very attenuated list of entries from this city as- was to be expected. Great Danes used to be a favorite breed with local fanciers but in late years there seems to have been somewhat of a falling off in demaud for the Deutsche Doggen. There is still a number of the Great Dane admirers left and to these fanciers we call attention to the announcement in our advertising columns of some three months' old puppies that go back to several winning favorites of recent years. The officers of the Tacoma Kennel Club, who made the first annual bench show of the club last April such a success, will retain their respective offices for another year and handle the second show next spring. The officers are: Henry M. Prince, president; F. E. King, secretary; A. O. Burmeister, vice president; George C. Israel, A. C. Wheeler and Elliott Kelly, bench show committee. The show last April was a financial success and the club will approach its next venture with money in the bank. The French police authorities have recently se- cured through Major Richardson seven bloodhounds, among them two well known trailers Czar and Sceptre. The German Criminal Investigation De- partment have also shown an interest in the breed. Two dogs have been purchased by the Natal authori- ties. What good hounds can do in trailing criminals was well illustrated in this city several years ago when . two American foxhounds, owned by Fred Schmidt, tracked a murderer's retreat to his quarters several hours after his victim's body was found in the street and while hampered by a crowd of several thousand morbid sightseers. A suggestion that has been received kindly by Butte dog fanciers is that the annual bench show this year be held directly after the state fair in Helena, where dogs will also be shown and benched as previously. This would give owners a circuit of three shows in consecutive weeks, one in Spokane having been scheduled for the week prior to the fair in Montana. By booking the dates in pursuance with this sug- gestion a much larger number of outside entries it is claimed would be assured and all three shows made far more interesting. Furthermore, the larger the entry list, the greater number of points would be accredited to winners. A show with 200 dogs benched is a three-pointer, while one with 300 dogs entered in a four-pointer. Many dog fanciers are often at a loss as to how to diagnose the symptoms of a sick dog. As a mat- ter of fact, the dog is like his master, as most of his ailments came from indigestion. In a recent digest Dr. H. Clay Glover, the well known veter- inarian, wrote the following on this most important topic: "Eczema is also a frequent symptom, and let me state right here that I find more cases of eczematous eruptions arising from a disordered condition of the digestion than any other cause. Doubtless many who will read this will recognize the fact that at some time some certain dog has had some obstinate skin trouble, all kinds of which are by the layman diagnosed as 'mange,' and that, after trying various mange cures to which the trouble has not yielded, the blood has then been treated with no better re- sults. Having so many cases of indigestion in my daily practice, and being so frequently consulted by letter, it became imperative that I should put a rem- edy in the market for this ailment which dog owners could avail themselves of without the necessity of consulting me. This I have done in the form of a pill. To any who have or may have in the future indi- gestion cases, let me advise the following treatment; Feed rather sparingly three times a day on raw or scraped beef, this being the most readily accepted and most easily digested of all foods when the diges- tion is disordered, allowing no other diet, and giving immediately after each meal one of the digestive' pills. Add to the drinking water lime water in the proportion of one to thirty. By following this treatment as laid down many cases of eczema will disappear. Some probably may be accelerated by the use of a skin lotion in con- junction. Eczema in these instances is merely a symptom appearing in evidence of disordered diges- tion. Indigestion may be considered as a mild form of gastritis which, if not corrected, will be followed by true gastritis, the stomach being in such condi- tion that nothing is retained, even water being re- turned immediately after drinking. This will be accompanied by fever, colic, emaciation and only too often followed by death." o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 9 OPEN DEER SEASON. Chief Deputy Charles A. Vogelsang of the State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, has sent out an official statement regarding the opening of the deer season. This statement is accompanied by the opin- ion of Attorney General U. S. Webb. The attorney general holds that the only law now in force re- garding when the deer season opens is July 15th. The full text of the statement sent out by Mr. Vogelsang is as follows: "The Fish and Game Commission, with a view of having the vexed question definitely determined as to when under the law the deer season would open, referred the question to Attorney General U. S. Webb for his opinion. It appears from an examination of the various stages and changes through which Senate Bill No. 64 passed the legislature last session, that it was the intention of the majority of the legis- lators that the deer season should extend from Au- gust 1st to November 1st. The bill as thus proposed to be enacted, however, was not signed by the gov- ernor, but instead he did sign a bill which was en- rolled and certified to by the president of the Sen- ate, the speaker of the Assembly, the secretary of the Senate, and clerk of the Assembly, as having passed both houses. "In a lengthy and comprehensive opinion the At- torney General quotes decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of this State, both of which hold that courts cannot examine into the proceedings or journals of the legislative bodies to ascertain their actions, and when a measure is certified to by the duly authorized officers of the Fed- eral Congress or the State Legislature, and such measure receives the executive signature, it becomes the law even though such bill did not pass through the various stages of legislation required by law." "In concluding his opinion the Attorney General says: "The Act fixing July 15th as the date of the begin- ning of the open season being the only act to receive executive approval, I advise you that such act is the law now in force. Very truly yours, (Signed) U. S. WEBB, Attorney General." o COUNTY GAME LAWS. The San Mateo county board of supervisors at a meeting held last week made some drastic changes in the game and fish laws which will materially affect a large number of San Francisco sportsmen. Perhaps the most important restriction is that placed upon the quail season, which the board has reduced from four months to one. Quail may now only be hunted during the month of October, the three months following having been taken from the open list. The last fifteen days of July, formerly open for the shooting of doves, were also withdrawn, as was the month of April for steelhead trout caught in coast streams. Rails may only be shot in the month of October instead of for a period of four and one-half months, as was formerly the case. Fifteen abalones is the limit for a day's catch, and twenty rabbits, the season for the latter being limited from July 1 to January 1. Deer shooting in October will no longer be permitted in San Mateo county, and tree squirrels have been withdrawn altogether from the open list. This action on the part of the board of supervisors has been found necessary, it is claimed, in order to preserve the game of the county, which is fast being depleted by the ravages of the huntsmen. In Marin county, as already noted in a previous issue, the open season for quail will be sixty days, from October 15th until December 15th. The deer season will be open for 30 days — July 15th to Au- gust 15th. Santa Cruz county allows but fifteen days for an open dove season, from October 1st till October 15th. Rabbits and wild pigeons are in open season from Oc- tober 1st till November 1st, one month. Three squir- rels are protected all the year round. All trout are in close season from November 15th until April 1st. The State law allows fishing for steelheads in tide water only from April 1st until February 1st. Sal- mon are in close season in county streams and la- goons, from November 15th till April 1st. The deer season is open from October 1st till No- vember 1st, one month. The Santa Clara county board of supervisors have passed an ordinance providing that the open season on bucks will not begin until August 1st. For Sonoma county the dates for the open deer season have been fixed to commence July 15th and close October 1st. The Santa Barbara county board of supervisors have fixed the deer open season in that county from August 15th to November 1st. The open season for doves will be from August 15th to October 1st, two weeks. The openinng of the dove season is ad- vanced a month for the reason that it is during July that the birds nest in that county. NEW HUNTING LICENSE LAW. refuses to exhibit the same upon demand of any officer authorized to enforce the fish and game laws, or any peace officer, is guilty of a misde- meanor." Citizens of California must pay $1 a year for a license. Citizens of the United States, not bona fide residents of California, must pay $10. Any person not a citizen of the United States (aliens) must pay $25. First papers, or "Declarations of intention," to become citizens, are insufficient. They must have their final papers before they are legally entitled to the $1 license. The validity of the new game laws of the State of California will be tested in San Diego following the recent arrest of A. Palmer, E. M. McHugh and K. Mc- Hugh, charged with shooting rabbits without a li- cense near the border. The arrest was made by a Deputy County Game Warden, Webb Toms, and the men immediately employed Attorney Dadman to de- fend them. The question involved is whether it is lawful to shoot rabbits without a license or in close season for general game, although the game laws do not in- clude rabbits in the list of protected game. Many contend that rabbits are a pest and that ranchers should be allowed to kill them without a license and that it should not be included in the list pre- scribed in the game laws. Attorney Dadman entered a demurrer in the case, questioning the validity of the game laws and Judge Thorp announced that he would hear it later. In case Judge Thorp should sustain the demurrer it will mean that ranchers can hunt rabbits with im- punty so far as his court is concerned. Deputy District Attorney Utt will argue the case for the State. These are the first arrests made since the new game law went into effect and ranchers and nimrods will watch its outcome with intense interest as all are deeply concerned. FISH LINES. For the accommodation of the people, application blanks for licenses may be obtained at the principal cities and towns outside of the county seats from justices of the peace, postmasters, or express agents. The law provides that "every person who hunts, pur- sues or kills any of the wild birds or animals, ex- cepting predatory birds or animals, without first pro- curing a license therefor is guilty of a misdemeanor." "Every person having a license, who, while hunting The Upper Sacramento is still in high favor with anglers for the splendid trout fishing now on. Daniel F. K. Turner of Mare Island sent down a box of fine trout this week to Parson Jackson; the light caddis was his best lure. P. H. Elliott caught 410 trout in two weeks' fishing above Castle Rock Spring. Floyd Judah landed 34 one day and Elliott caught 37. Fishing in the Truckee river is improving daily. F. A. Volkrath caught 50 trout near Union Mills last Tuesday. The salmon fly, blue dun and red spinner are now the favorite flies. Tahoe and Independence lakes are still giving a large number of anglers plenty of sport. Webber lake is rounding into fishing shape. W. C. Murdock and "Pop" Orear are at the lake and will send down the glad tidings as soon as the season opens. San Pablo creek, across the bay, a somewhat out- of-the-way place for most anglers, offers a bit of good fishing up toward its headwaters. P. P. Frazier caught 13 and William Delano 20 nice trout early this week, using live grasshoppers as well as small flies. Alameda creek, a much-frequented trout stream in past years, was fished one day this week by "Mid- night" Miller with but scant returns. A party composed of J. B. Coleman and wife, George Uhl and wife, Ned Bosqui, Jack Lemmer, W. J. Golcher and Phil Bekeart spent an enjoyable out- ing at the club preserve on Salmon creek, near Bo- dega, last week. Plenty of small trout are hooked in the lagoon. No large steelheads are in the creek at the present as the "bar" is closed. Every available spot last Saturday and Sunday along the line of the Ocean Shore Railroad from Point Pedro down to Moss Beach was pre-empted by a jolly outing party. Many of the excursionists left this city on Saturday and camped out till Sunday afternoon, returning tired and sunburned but happy. Large crowds enjoyed an outing at Farallone City, Granada, San Pedro and Moss Beach. Fishing at some points along the rocky beaches is excellent One angler caught a seven-pound capazoni; others caught lots of eels; some gathered mussels, aba- lones and sea urchins and innumerable beautiful specimens of seaweeds. The abalone, when properly prepared and fried in butter and cracker crumbs, is a most toothsome and tender dish, notwithstanding its undeserved reputa- tion for toughness. James Turner, Will S. Turner, Billy Casserly, Senator Burnett, Tom Lloyd, Jim Linn and several other jovial sportsmen were at Charley Nye's shack at Moss Beach for the Fourth and captured many salt water trophies. Another attraction "down the coast" is the excel- lent cottontail rabbit shooting to be had in the San Mateo hills. Many hunters left the train at Faral- lone City and Green Valley and returned with good bags of bunnies. Santa Cruz county streams are worthy of a visit by trout anglers. George Walker and William Ken- nedy fished the San Lorenzo near Felton with suc- cess. W. R. Eaton found the Llagas good for a nice basket. The coachman, gray and brown brackles with red tails and red spinners were killing lures. Vacation outing and camping trips for distant in- terior points now tempt parties of sportsmen away from town almost daily. A. J. Baker, A. B. Arbornen and H. H. Baker left for a two-weeks' fishing and hunting sojourn in the interior of Plumas county. To reach the selected ground it was necessary to "pack in" about 30 miles. Bob Sangster and W. F. Hillegass propose to try Fall river, a tributary of the Pitt river. Big trout can be caught in the remote stream, principally by the trolling spoon. John B. Coleman and wife will leave for Wil- liamson river, near Pelican bay, an arm of Klamath lake. Collector F. S. Stratton and Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn are now at the Williamson river resort. The trout fishing is reported to be first class. Superior Judge Emmet Seawell and Deputy State Fish Commissioner A. F. Lea on Tuesday placed 40,- 000 small trout in the water of Santa Rosa creek. The fiish were secured by Judge Seawell to stock the creek from Colonel La Motte of the Northwestern Railroad Company's hatchery, near Ukiah. After a trial of several hours at Redlands, during which over a dozen witnesses were examined in the case of Gus Knight, who was charged with catching trout out of season, prior to May 1st, before Judge Gifford in the Recorder's court, the jury found the defendant not guilty. One of the witnesses, W. E. Knickerbocker, keep- er of the dam at Bear Valley, refused to answer questions put to him by the district attorney, after being requested three times by the court, and was held for contempt of court. In trying the case, three trout, two steelhead and one rainbow, were exhibited to the jury, having been kept since the arrest of Knight, for this pur- pose in cold storage. The fish were fine large ones and after hearing considerable testimony in favor of and against the defendant, the time of the court was taken up in hearing a description of different kinds of trout written by President David Starr Jor- dan of Stanford. This feature was read by Attorney Allison, repre- senting Knight, and resulted in the court being un- able to settle definitely on the kind of fish caught by Knight. According to Professor Jordan the steelhead and rainbow trout mix after a few years, so that there is no telling to which class the fish belong, because one of each kind has markings of the other. As there are six varieties of trout in Bear creek and Bear lake, the jury was mystified as to the kind of fish lying before them and the result was that Knight was acquitted on the charge brought by Game Warden Vale. The contention was made that Knight caught steel- head in a coast stream. Salmon were running outside the "Heads" last week. W. A. Campbell of Sausalito, who is known to every fisherman about the bay, had the honor of capturing the first big fellow. Just off Jolly's ranch, on the Marin shore, on Thursday, he pulled in a 28-pound salmon which gave him a fine fight. Campbell had another strike which carried away his fishing tackle. The Sausalito angler was of the opinion that the salmon which escaped was even larger than the one he caught. The fish were running deep, from six to eight fathoms. Anglers looked forward to exciting sport just outside the Golden Gate, as indications pointed to fine fishing. The ocean was alive with sardines and other food that the big fish feed on and also numerous whales followed by thousands of birds have been seen. Two more salmon were taken on Friday. Launches that went out after the fish on Sunday returned with- out getting a strike. Nor were there any evidences of sardines or other "fish sign." Frank Chapman of Salinas recently caught 31 salmon in Monterey hay in two days' fishing, the average weight was over 10 pounds each. Charles H. Breidenstein of this city has designed a new salmon rig that promises to be a killing lure. It will he remembered that he was the designer of the "Stewart spoon" which has proved to be an excellent lure for striped bass, black bass and salmon. Of the large number of crab boats that used to fish for the toothsome crustacean off the ocean beach, south of the Cliff House, there remains but a few of the tiny picturesque vessels in commission. Years of persistent netting practically cleaned out the seeming inexhaustible supply. To give an idea as to the crab crop at one time, as many as 2400 dozen crabs were shipped daily from this city to interior and Coast points and to the large Eastern cities, even as far off as New York. Although there is a close season for crabs, from November 1st until March 1st, and the taking of female crabs, or any crab less than 6 inches in length across the back, is prohibited, the protective measures were hrougnt into play practically too late for any material ben- efit. The edible crab seen in local markets is known scientifically as the cancer majesticus and is found at comparatively few points on the California coast. The majority of the crab fishermen have taken their sturdy boats up to Eureaka and Trinidad bays. To preserve the supply there, the crab netters are only allowed to pursue their vocation on Thursdays of each week during the open season. The few local operators outside the "heads" find the crop rather indifferent at times. Some of the boats now go out as far as the 9 fathom buoy. One of the Sausalito boatmen, who knows the waters outside thoroughly, makes the statement that one reason for the scarcity of crabs on the outside grounds is that the bottom for miles has been strewn with all sorts of filth and rubbish dumped from gar- bage barges and distributed by the tides over a large area of crabbing ground. It has generally been supposed that the crap is a scavenger; this idea is scouted by those who are familiar with their ways and habitats for years. The 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. assertion is made that crabs will not remain on a foul bottom but will seek new feeding resorts . Fre- quently when the crab nets are hauled up, bottles, shoes and all sorts of refuse and debris are gath- ered without a crab being found in the general miscellany. The further statement is made that the big yellow crabs follow the tides, coming in the bay on the flood and going out again on the ebb. As a proof of the crab's predilection for clean water and an undefiled bottom, it will be remembered that in years gone by crab-netting all along the water front from Hunters Point (the Union Iron Works now) way 'round to Fort Point wharf, was a favorite pastime that brought men, boys and women large catches of big, fat crabs. Very few crabs are caught in our bay waters now, such as are taken are hardly in con- dition for the table, they are not marketable at all events. The local crabbers have no difficulty in dis- posing of their catches, at $3.00 per dozen. AT THE TRAPS. A blue rock shoot at Saiinas on the 11th inst, was well attended and afforded a good time to those who participated, about 30 shooters, many of whom were visitors from different points, San Francisco being well represented. The shoot was under the management of Bert Pearson, who is a clever trap shot and will in time, no doubt, become familiar with the various details that go to make up a successful shoot. A nice lunch was served to the shooters dur- ing the noon hour. A high wind helped the targets puzzle the shooters who were ambitious to make good scores. The program consisted of ten events at 20 targets each. Tony Prior shot high amateur average, 181 out of 200. A. E. Pearson was second with 175. W. E. Greene of Salinas was third with 173. Highest score for first 100 targets, A. E. Pearson, 92. Highest score for second 100 targets, Tony Prior, 91. "Dick" Reed won high professional average with 183 out of 200, beating E. Holling by one bird. The concluding race was a team shoot, 20 targets per man— Haight 19, Reed 19, King 20—58. Holling 19, Willett 18, Hoyt 17 — 54. The scores follow: Targets Dick Reed E. Holling C. A. Haight H. Hoyt King F. Willett T. R. Converse .... W. H. Varien .... C. A. Carr A. E. Pearson T. Prior V. Holling B. F. Woolner .... C. Holling R. O. Hobson .... G. Thorcke H. J. Faulkner . .. . F. Thorcke W. E. Greene D. McFadden .... W. C. Smith E. W. Palmtag . . . C. Z. Hebert McFadden Blohm . J. Vierra C. Mayers S. Hauser E. Winkle Dr. H. C. Murphy. C. Tyman J. Freitas C. Payne E. Smith C. F. R. A. 18116 16 15 11 16 18 IS 16 IS 15 17 15 IS 13 16 16 11 10 15 200 183 182 143 167 174 176 170 171 152 175 181 141 13 17 165 158 173 Carnattion Gun Club members and visitors, some 25 shooters in the various events, were at the Guada- lupe Valley trap ground on the 11th inst.. the club's regular shoot. Shave and Finnocchio were high men in the club race. George Sylvester and Ferrier tied for first place in the Du Pont trophy race. G. Ferrier made the best score in the second trophy race. As usual this round up of South San Francisco shooters had a good time; the wind caused a num- ber to pile up goose eggs in their scores, but what was missed at the traps, figuratively, was hit at lunch time when the barbecue was served. Joe Pisani states that every shooter used U. M. C. sheels. The scores were: Dupont Trophy, 25 targets. Perpoli 01111 11010 11111 11100 11111—20 Sylvester 11111 11111 00101 11111 11110—21 Pisani 00111 11011 OHIO 11111 10011—18 Schraetz 00001 01011 10000 00100 11010— 9 Mohle 11010 11101 01101 01111 10011—17 Ferrier 11011 11111 10011 11111 11110—21 Shave 11111 11101 01001 11101 11111—20 Draves 01010 01011 01001 10011 11011—14 Weiss 01111 00101 11100 10111 00001—14 Dwyer 00001 10100 00011 10111 10101—12 Hunter 10100 00011 00011 11111 11110—15 Finnocchio 1101111111111011111100011—20 Laboa 11101 11001 11010 11100 11100—16 Dowd 11111 10110 10111 10101 01010—17 Morris 11001 01011 10100 01111 10101—15 Herring 11110 11011 11011 11111 01110—20 Hearn 11001 10100 11110 10100 11010—14 Club match, 25 targets — Sylvester 11101 11111 01111 01001 11111—20 Draves 10110 10110 00110 11111 10100—15 Shave 11111 11101 11111 11011 11111—23 Laboa 11110 11001 01101 11001 11001—16 Dowd 11001 11100 10011 10001 10011—14 Ferrier 01111 11101 00010 11101 11011—17 Perpoli 11111 11101 10101 11101 11110—20 Pisani 11011 10111 11101 11011 11010—19 Hearn 00001 00110 01010 00001 00110— S Finnocchio OHIO 01111 11111 11011 11111—21 Herring 00011 00010 01111 10010 11101—13 Craf 10110 01001 11111 10101 00111—16 Morris 00000 10110 11010 11111 10011—14 Schraetz 10011 01011 10001 10101 01000—12 Mohle 11101 01001 01011 01111 10111 — 17 Dwyer 10101 01010 10110 11101 00110—14 Hunter 00111 11000 11000 01011 11011—14 Weiss 11111 01010 OHIO 11101 01101—17 Draves 10110 10111 01101 11000 11010—15 Sylvester 10110 11101 11111 01101 11100— IS Second Trophy, 25 targets — G. Ferrier 21, Perpoli 20, Laboa 19, P. Finnocchio 19, Herring IS, Shave 17, G. Sylvester (20 yards) 16, Dowd 16, Pisani 15, Mor- ris 14, Weiss 14, Hunter 14, Hearn 12, Dwyer 11, Draves 11, L. Mohle 10, Schraetz 9. The July shoot of the Golden Gate Gun Club is dated for Ingleside tomorrow. The five-man team shoot which was reported Los Angeles shooters were desirous of pulling off is now a matter of past possibilities. The Idaho traps are kept going regularly by many gun clubs. At Grangeville a shoot was held on June 27th. Rainy weather conditions prevailed but there was a good entry notwithstanding. Sam Gallison of Kendrick and Jack Turner of Grangeville, tied for high average. Joe Wade won both Du Pont trophies in the handicap event. The winners in various events were: First event — Callison, Porter, of Kooskia. Second event — Callison, Coffman, Porter. Third event — Por- ter, Coffrnan, Day. Fourth event — Coffman, Turner, Callison. Fifth event — Turner, Callison, Coffman. Sixth event — Callison, Turner, Day. Seventh event — Callison, Turner. Eighth event — Turner, Coffman, Callison. Ninth event — Callison, Turner. Tenth event — Turner, Wade, Coffman. At the fifteenth annual tourney of the Washington State Sportsmen's Association which took place at Walla Walla last month, Dryden of Tacoma won the Smith cup, valued at $400. This was a 25-bird event in which he tied with Bahl of Bellingham, who was shooting at 16 yards. Dryden was on the 20- yard mark. Both secured 23 birds, but Dryden won in the shoot-off. Smails and Barclay also did some creditable work, but neither landed a trophy. Frank C. Riehl and Lee Barkley of Seattle, with A. W. Robinson of Portland did some fine shooting stunts at Vancouver, B. C, June 31st, when the big tournament for the Provincial championship came off. The Ventura Gun Club shoot on July 4th and 5th was lively from start to finish. Visiting shooters were splendidly entertained; the shoot wound up with a barbecue. The main prize winners in the order named were: Fred Mills, Marcus Lane, Allen Fraser, C. W. Cannon, Ralph Arnold of Oxnard and J. E. Vaughan. Sunday was devoted principally to practice and limbering up their guns, and some good exhibition shooting resulted. During the last day, there were a number of crack shots present, chief among them being Fred Mills of Long Beach, J. E. Vaughan and M. Lane of Los Angeles, the two first named tieing for high average with the good score of 164 birds out of a possible 170. Others who travel the shotgun and blue rock route in their class were: Jas. Gibson of the Ojai; Roy Wittman of Oxnard; Ralph Arnold, Ox- nard. The Ventura squad was composed of T. A. Craw- ford, Ed. Canet, C. W. Cannon, E. Soule and A. Fraser. By those who participated in the nine events, with a possible 170 birds the following scores were made: J. E. Vaughan 164, Fred Mills 164, M. Lane 157, R. Wittman 146, James Gibson 144, R. Arnold 137, T. A. Crawford 131, A. Fraser 130, E. C. Canet 122, C. W. Cannon 119, H. A. Hoyt 160-137; E. Soule 120-95, Owen Boling 80-50, Chas. Kaiser 120-95, P. H. Meyers 100-36, M. C. DeBrill 100-73, W. Neel 120-87, J. F. Fulkerson 40-20, R. N. Hayden 80-43, G. Hosenfeldt 60-32, F. Hartman 40-18, J. M. Kaiser 20-13, P. Charlebois 20-14. A live bird shoot that will draw a crowd is billed for Ingleside July 25th. A $100 purse will be hung up. The shoot will be a miss and out; $2.00 entrance, re-entries $1.00 each, each shooter can try his shoot- ing eye three times before going to the mourner's bench for keeps. Handicaps will be from 22 to 32 yards. The Urbita Gun Club has added a Du Pont trophy shoot to the regular program for this season. Salinas Gun Club members made the following scores July 5th, shooting at 60 targets: Bert Pear- son 59, D. McFadden 54, Vierra 51, Winkle 51, Ty- nan 45, Gross 38, Tholcke 29, C. McFadden 38, Parker 37, Hebert 35. Pearson broke 97 out of 100, going one clic 57 straight. At a recent Tacoma Gun Club shoot, totals in 15. 20 and 25 bird races were: John Dague 13, 17, 13, 23, 21; E. W. Cooper 20, 24, 19, 21, 23, 17; King 14, 15, 18, 16; J. Cooper 14, 22, 22, 22, 23; K. W. Cady 18, 17, 21, 18; J. C. Jensen 19, 21, 19, 20; H. Dentram 22, 24; J. Kent 14, 15; McAleer 9, 12; H. Berens 5; Kemp 14, 15; Richardson 10; Montgomery 5; Crane 13. H. E. Poston of San Francisco shot high profes- sional average. 427 out of 465, at Tacoma during the Washington Sportsmen's Association two day tournament. Lee Barkley broke 99 out of 100 on practice day. At the annual meeting of the association E. E. Ellis of Seattle was elected president; A. L. Weisman of Spokane, vice president, and Fred K. McBroom, Spokane, secretary-treasurer. The directors for the ensuing year will be E. W. Cooper, Tacoma; E. J. Chingren, Spokane; P. A. Purdy, Seattle; T. B. Bar- clay, Prescott; E. W. Miller, Bellingham and R. E. Allen, Walla Walla. The 1910 tournament will be held at Spokane. The time has not been set yet and will be decided upon later by a special commit- tee. At Seattle, July 4th, Poston again struck the high average mark with 94 out of 100. San Mateo Gun Club regular shoots are well at- tended, a number of the members are crack shots. Three handsome trophies are to be contested for this season. The first prize is a large silver loving cup, awarded by the club. The second and third prizes consist of a handsome gold medal, donated by the Selby Cartridge Company and a beautiful bronze statue of an English setter dog mounted on a pedestal, donated by the Dupont Powder Company. So far George Duffy and S. B. Gracier are leading for first place, Duffy ahead with a score of 20-23-19-22 in 25 bird events; Gracier, 19-20-21-22; Reynolds, Toepke, Hoag and Gibb are following very close. The season promises to be very successful, the grounds are easy to reach and the marksmen expect a season of good shooting. The members of the club are S. B. Gracier, presi- dent; W. H. Toepke, secretary and treasurer, and George Duffy, Z. W. Reynolds, E. L. Hoag, W. Gibb, Ed Levy, Mr. Miller, Harry Stranahan, E. Waite, J. Black, St. John Whitney, D. Broomfield, T. Schwartz, W. Stewart, with about ten others. At a recent meet of the Los Angeles Gun Club, on the Sherman grounds, shooting at 100 birds the totals were: Marcus Lane, total 95. Fred Mills 92. P. H. Smith 79, Mr. Pugh, formerly of the Chicago Club, 85; S. R. Smith 86, Edward Mitchell 79, J. E. Vaughan 92. Marcus Lane, the old veteran, was in form and was high gun. Out of a total of 140 targets members of the Ma- dera Gun Club cracked out the following scores re- cently: P. C. Thede 99, R. H. Mace 95, L. W. Sharp 96, H. L. Crow 94, T. A. Hunt 89, A. Heavenrich 89, F. P. Roberts 82, W. B. Thurman SO, G. S. Thurman 77, F. A. Fee 76, Fred Schramling 73, A. A. McCum- ber 59, out of 85. At the June club shoot the card was six events of twenty-five birds each. The following scores were made, out of a possible 150: Garrison 131, Fee 130, Thede 130, Mace 129, J. G. Roberts 117. McGilvray 116, Warner 115, W. B. Thurman 10S. F. P. Roberts 103, Knowles 93, Morgan 92, Blow 90, G. Thurman 90, Heavenrich SS, McFadden SS, O'Clair 84, Ford 78, Schramling 77, Beattie 73, Jones 40. Other scores were: Krohn 74 out of 100, Vigolo 35-100, Brown 44-75, Livindale 20-50, Turner 4-50. The prizes were won by Thede, Mace, Garrison, J. G. Roberts. McGilvray and W. B. Thurman. The Clovis Gun Club shoots for June keeps that neck of the woods in good position on the trap shooting roll of honor. Sunday, trophy day at the traps, several back scores being shot off. The following scores were made: First event — Clovis Gun Club champion trophy cup shoot, 20 targets, Sargent system — Fraler 13, Mitchell 13, McMurtry 10, Hollensen 12, Carr 12. Second event — Clovis Gun Club champion trophy cup shoot, May score, 20 targets. Sargent system — Fraler 14, Mitchell 19. McMurtry 14. Hollensen 17, Carr 18. Third event — Du Pont trophy, 10 targets, Sargent svstem — Fraler 7, Mitchell 6, McMurtry 6, Hollensen 7, Carr 8. Regular practice shoot, a week after, 30 targets, Sargent system — Mitchell 16; Carr 24, Welborn 15, Fraler 23, Hollensen 21, Rough 16. Second event — Du Pont trophy, Sargent system — Mitchell 6. Carr 7, Welborn 4, Fraler 7, Hollensen 7, Rough 3. Rough, shooting Du Pont trophy score for June 6th, 10 targets, broke 4. Third event, miss and out — Mitchell won, 4 straight. Fourth event, doubles, 6 targets — Mitchell 5, Carr 4, Welborn 3, Fraler 3, Hollensen 1. Klamath Falls, Ore., boasts of the Crater Lake Gun Club; the second club shoot this season the scores at 50 blue rocks were: C. McDonald 45, H. P. Hoey 42, Guy Childers 41, Ike Hampton 35, W. S. Mead 35, Wm. McCullum 34, E. W. Muller 34, E. Jacobson 22. Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 of the closest and most interesting struggles ever witnessed; the fifteenth horse was away inside of the short distance marker when Allen Winter passed the wire; the sixteenth horse met with a mishap and did not fiish. The fastest horse in the race that day could trot a mile in 2; 06 and the slowest in 2: 15. Everybody says that the faster horses that started were too severely penalized, which was true, but the conclusion so generally concurred in that this was because of the condition providing 50 feet between classes is wrong. Given two or more horses of known ability and the allowance in feet to make for a difference in capacity can be mathematically demonstrated. Why guess, then, about this when there is so much to guess in a race under such novel conditions? Besides having their ability at the distance over- estimated the rear horses were at a further disad- vantage, and a most difficult one to cope with, in the heavy clouds of dust which made driving them a dan- gerous and nervy proposition. This is a factor that will not obtain here again for there will be no dust in this year's race at Readville. Preliminary or elimination trials thought neces- sary last year were a mistake and have no part in a dash race. A horse is entitled to start for the money and all of it on which entrance has been paid for him. This fault has already been corrected. The time of a perfect handicap can be foretold; the scratch horse, whether it starts in front or rear, should do the distance in the time set for him. With the time of the race established, the ability of the contestants to maintain a certain average clip for that period of time is reckoned and an allowance made in feet for the varying capacities of the horses. In large fields it seems to be impractical to classify horses closer than seconds apart; with small fields and an actual standing start horses could be classi- fied much closer. It is clear that the nearer the time of the race ap- proximates to the estimated time the better will have been the handicapping. In the first Derby the time was reckoned to be 2:48%. The time of the race was 2:46. The winner was started as a 2:10 horse — that is, was rated to go 6S50 feet in 2:48%; he turned out a 2:08 horse for that distance taking a record of 2:07%, and proved to be better by two seconds than expected. Sweet Marie, the most se- verely penalized horse in the race, started 250 feet behind the winner, finished ninth in the race and perhaps 150 feet behind him; between these two was a bunch of seven, none of which was more than 50 feet behind the winner and so close together that it was next to impossible to separate them at the wire. This seems to show that the slower horses were all better than their ratings by from one to two seconds, and the failure of the fast record starters to get into the money also proves that they were not up to their ratings. Sweet Marie for example, was rated at a 2:05 trotter for a distance of a mile and three-eights (nearly) when she was not either last year or the year before better than a 2:06 trotter for one mile. There is a prevalent tendency to overesti- mate the capacity of the horse with a fast record, despite the fact that statistics prove that such horses almost invariably go back and the younger ones beat them to the money. I think of the new 2:10 trotters of 1907 less than five improved their records in 1908. This is a lesson learned last year that will bear fruit in the second Derby. If, in such a race, it was practicable to race horses at a maximum distance of one mile the handicapping would be comparatively easy. The ability of all for that distance could be quite accurately determined. It is the absence of data of racing for the longer dis- tance that causes mistakes — a condition that will improve with practice. Although the distance of the new race for the faster horse is set at a mile and one-half, it adds only about an eighth of a mile to that traveled by Sweet Marie last year. This increase in distance is ex- pected to add to the attractiveness of the contest and to make it less of a scramble; a mistake in start- ing or during the race should not be necessarily fatal to a chance of winning, and it will put a premium on good judgment and driving. The American Derby was given, primarily, to com- pel a trial of the handicap principle to American rac- ing. It was not intended nor expected to convey the idea that a handicap must necessarily be for an immense purse, or a dash race alone or for horses so widely separated in capacity. In my opinion the best field for the application of the handicap is in the early closing purses of the Grand Circuit. Our present method is manifestly unfair, too expensive and is driving owners away from the sport. Too few opportunities for money and glory, too many years in which one, two or three horses win all the big purses, killing public interest, discouraging trainers and disgusting owners. To explain the falling off in entries to these events we are told that there is a scarcity of good horses — of stake material — but more and more good horses appear each year. No matter what the year, or how many good horses there may be out, there will al- ways be two or three to dominate the situation. What is needed is some method of racing that will pull these superior horses back to a point where they will have to fight with all the others. If this can be done there will he no lack of owners or en- tries and secretaries will not be flooded with declara- tions after the results of the first big meeting are known. Large fields and close racing are demanded by our patrons, who want contests, and, despite the popularity and reputation of any horse, I prefer to see him fight for first money rather than parade for it. Handicapping in heat racing is perfectly feasible, only requiring a standing start and has the further advantage of eliminating scoring. Standing starts would be a good thing in races under any conditions and the saving in horseflesh would be tremendous. Your second question, why certain events failed to fill, might well be answered by asking another question, why should they have filled? To me the wonder is, not that they failed, but that any one should expect otherwise. These races failed because of the conditions, which called for too large purses, extramely high percentage of entrance, and as a matter of fact they were not true handicaps at all, the application of the handicap was in the wrong place or time. To explain: These declared off races were all off the same piece and patterned after the largest and most ambitious one. In this race an owner was asked to enter in one or more of seven early closing purses of $1500 each and to pay in entrance $500 — only thirty-three and one-third per cent on what he was guaranteed a chance to race for. If he had a horse good enough to be one, two or three in his class in September he qualified to be handicapped and a start for the balance of the purse some time within the next two weeks. The handicapping was to be done after the preliminaries in one of which the owner might have a good 2:10 horse to qualify against some 2:05, 2:06 and 2:07 trotters. This idea of handicapping after and not before the prelimi- naries barred any chance of success to all but the three best horses in each class of the handicap in the whole country and therefore limited the field to such horses alone. The race was hound to fail be- cause it had too small a field to draw from if for no other reasons. Handicap races on the right plan and under fair and equitable conditions will fill well as .soon as they are better understood and some of the conservatism of horsemen can be broken down. It is notorious that they dislike to try new plans and ideas, and have run in the same rut so long that it is next to impos- sible to get some of them out of it. It is unfortun- ate, then, that distrust and prejudice should have been augmented by the failure to fill of some ill- conceived nondescript races masquerading under the name of handicaps. LAMARCK AND THE DEVELOPMENT THEORY. (By Caspar L. Redfield). One of the strangest things in this world is the extraordinary amount of misrepresentation to which the French scientist Lamarck, has been subjected. He advanced his theory more than a century ago, and it has been discussed by every biologist from Dar- win to the latest writer on the subject, yet there is not one of them, as far as available records show, who has correctly stated the theory. It is not even correctly stated by Packard, who translated La- marck's writings into English, and in which the writ- ings themselves may he studied. Every writer on the subject calls Lamarck's the- ory "a species-forming theory," a thing which it is not in any sense whatever. For nine years in succes- sion, and probably longer, Lamarck publicly stated that his theory was a theory of the formation of the "natural series" of organisms as then existed in nature, and that the "so-called species" did not ex- ist in nature, were not recognized by nature, and were nothing more than man's arbitrary classification for convenience. This is emphatic enough, and why anyone should call it a theory of the formation of a thing which the author of the theory said did not exist, is past comprehension. In a recent contribution E. Ray Lankester, who pre- tends to quote from Lamarck, says Lamarck's "ac- quired characters" are "such changes as are brought about by the direct action of the environment upon a still growing but fully formed animal." If E. Ray Lankester knew anything whatever about Lamarck's theory he would know that La- marck took special pains to anticipate any such absurd supposition as that of the above quotation, and in doing so he specifically stated that environ- ment "does not directly cause any modification in the form or structure of animals." (Packard's translation of Lamarck, page 295.) Mr. Lankester can perhaps plead that he has been misled by the writings of other biologists, all of whom exhibit the same lamentable ignorance of what Lamarck taught. Weisman, whose theory of heredity is like the square root of a minus quantity — purely imaginary — asserted that mutilations were part of the acquired characters of Lamarck, and he claimed to have de- molished Lamarck's theory by proving that they were not inherited. Other biologists have fallen in behind Weismann and now assert that this evidence disproves the theory of the inheritance of acquired characters. Well. Lamarck anticipated this foolish and absurd idea also by stating that mutilations did not belong among the acquired characters to which he referred, and that they were not inherited. Lankester, in speaking of characters acquired by animals after birth, says: "The post-genital acquired characters of Lamarck have no such deep-rooted character. In spite of re- peated experiments and inquiry, naturalists have not been able to show that they can be carried on by reproduction to the young. These naturalists never made any inquiry or ex- periments to see if Lamarck's acquired characters are inherited, and they know nothing whatever about it. Lankester's statement does not have a word of truth in it. Lamarck's theory is the development theory of the horsemen of today, and these men appear to con- stitute the only considerable body of persons who hold views closely approximating the teachings of Lamarck. The main differences are that those who advocate the development theory do not appear to recognize three things which Lamarck taught and which are included as part of his theory. Two Of these are that the amount of development (extent to which characters are acquired) is proportional to the length of time the high degree of activity was continued, and that the extent to which develop- ment is inherited is proportional to the amount ac- quired before reproduction. Applied to horses this means that if a horse is trained for two years he has acquired more development than if trained for only one year; if trained for three years he has acquired more development than if trained only two years, and so on. Horse- men usually measure development by the record and not by the amount which the horse individually ac- quires by his individual efforts. The record to a large extent measures inheritance from previous generations, and consequently does not determine development directly acquired. The third thing in Lamarck's theory which the horsemen appear to overlook is the effect of idleness. They seem to think that if a horse once acquires a record of 2:10, that record indicates his development, no matter what subsequently happens. Lamarck recognized that a certain amount of exercise, con- tinuously maintained, is necessary to maintain an animal in a given developed condition, and he taught that whenever exercise fell below this amount the re- sult is a degeneration which is transmitted to off- spring in the same way that increased development is transmitted. Applied to horses this means that if a horse, after acquiring a record, is permitted to get soft so that he is not able to trot anywhere near his previous record, he has become degenerated to an extent which corresponds to the amount of his idleness, and that this degeneration is transmitted to offspring in proportion to the amount of its ac- quirement. Now, where is the biologist or naturalist who ever investigated or tested the development theory, when that theory has these additional features which La- marck says belong to and form a part of it? So far as I know I am the only man who ever did it. In doing this I discovered certain limitations arising from the operations of other laws, and I set forth what these limitations were and what brought them about. The thing commonly called the Redfield theory is in fact the theory of Lamarck, except inso- far as the amendments and additions to the original theory may be called the Redfield theory. Of all animals, the trotter is probably the best for the purpose of investigating Lamarck's theory. At the same time it is one of the most difficult be- cause of the complexity of the conditions and the frequency with which these limitations come into operation. The records tell us when a horse was born, what his record is and how many performing progeny he got, but they are largely silent on the amount of development that the horse individually acquired and on the account of his degeneration from idleness before he produced the majority of his off- spring. These things are very important in any in- vestigation of Lamarck's theory, but it is not im- possible for skill to bridge the chasm and reach definite results with the meager information on these points that is available. Some of the suggestions, however, that have been offered by biologists, are pitiful in their incompetence. While the milk producing capacity of Holstein- Fresian cows is not quite so good for the purpose of investigation because confined to one sex, it does not present the limitations before mentioned and which are liable to lead the investigator astray, and the lack of information which makes trouble in the case of horses does not effect these cows. These cows are used for dairy purposes, and as they are milked regularly year after year, the matter of de- generation from lack of exercise does not appear. They are recommended to the amateur investigator as the easiest to handle. Horsemen have a development theory, the char- acter of which they understand. They know that this theory is not a theory of the formation of species, nor a theory that if a father cuts his hand the son will have crippled fingers. They also know that their theory does not depend upon whether the surrounding vegetation consists of red roses, blue violets or yellow daisies. They even know that, when it comes to developing the trotting capacity of a horse, it makes no difference whether it rains, snows or shines, provided that there is a good place in which to train him. Now, what do the horse- men, who know their own development theory, have to say about the biologists who are telling all the world that this theory of the horsemen and of La- marck is a species-forming theory, a theory of the inheritance of mutilations, and a theory that the environment produces everything that the the- ory includes? It is not a question of whether the theory is true or false, but what do horsemen think of that definition of their development theory? And how much do they think that naturalists and biolo- gists will investigate this theory if these naturalists and biologists do their investigating under that kind of a definition? — Horse World. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. "FIGHTING COCKS" ARE TRAINED IN THE PHILIPPINES. Writes an ex-soldier in Inland Poultry Journal: I have received letters from interested parties in the United States asking questions concerning the prowess of the wild and tamed fighting cocks in the Philippines, as well as game fowls in general. Yes, wild cocks are found in remote sections of the Island of Mindanao, and your correspondent saw some of them flying over tree tops to get out of the way, as our columns of infantry and cav- alry penetrated the Moro districts in the years of 1902-'O3. The writer has been soldiering in the different islands for four years and has noticed the characteristics of the wild fighting cocks in various is- lands from Luzon to Panay, and Panay to Mindanao. Mindanao has a good variety, for the Moro cock fighters are well initiated in the game of fowl fight- ing. The Moro,. the Philipino, and the Chinese cock fighters and dealers of the islands of the Philippines do not permit wild game of a promising order to re- main in the jungle very long. These people are constantly on the alert to cap- ture these fowls, with the result that there is a scarcity of the breed. The cock fighters of the Sulu archipelago are ex- perts at the cock fighting game also. I visited Jolo and saw a number of first- rate cocks fight. Cock-fighting is tolerated on Sunday and at all times in public squares, mar- ket places, etc. , and the soldiery does not interfere unless the affair gets too noisy or a free fight ensues among the natives as a result of the betting and excitement. Then the soldiers run the whole crowd into the guardhouse. The reason for this toleration is that the cock-fighting sport is the only one the natives seem to have. It would not do to cut off all their amusement. The fighting cock of the Philippines does not differ greatly in col- or, weight, habits and disposition from the game fowl. He has plenty of cour- age. He seems born to battle. There are several species of the fowl, but no technical names to be applied. Much depends upon the training as to the quali- ties of the birds. If caught wild, he is gradually trained by the native, and in a little while the cock may be seen feeding from the hand of the native. The native thinks more of his cock-fighting brood than of his family, as a rule, and will spend most of his time among his fowls. In almost every yard one sees one or more of the cock-fighting breed, and the native owner is usually there guarding his bird, caressing it, feeding it, or pick- ing vermin from its feathers, one by one. The fowl is kept clean and well fed. The dog, pigs and other stock go half starved. The native loves his fighting rooster. He depends upon it, often, for a livelihood. Usually Sundays or feast days or church days are the most prosperous for cock-fighting. In many towns they have one day set apart each week for a mar- ket day. and crowds of natives come in from the country to make their pur- chases. The cock pits flourish these days, and there is always a crowd wait- ing for a game to begin. Rooster after rooster is brought forth and pitted against the other man's rooster; bets exchange hands lively. The owners of the pit re- ceive so much money for the use of the pit for the fight, and if the pit is in- closed, nart of the ticket money is re- ceived \>y them also. The owners of the fowls must depend upon winnings. One will lose all, the other will gain all. the crowd becomes intensely interested, and the exchange of bets is lively. Sol- diers crowd in to see the fun. They, too, bet, and lose and win. "Are the fowls dead game?" is asked. In most cases the fowl will fight the thing out. I watched a number of the games, and the fighting cocks kept at it until one or the other fell exhausted. Sometimes a beat- en fowl will run and the other will give hase. But more often it is alight to the finish. The native-bred bird seems in- clined to fight to the death. 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Sold by druggists, or sent by as express prepaid. Write (or Booklet E. The LAWRENCE- WILLI A MS COMPANY, Cleveland. 0. Low Rates —TO- Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition r> FOR ROUND TRIP TICKETS. FROM San Francisco $32.50 Suisun $32.50 Sacramento 32.50 Davis 32.50 Lathrop 32.50 Napa 32.75 Stockton 32.50 Santa Rosa 33.60 Tracy 32.50 Calistoga 33.95 Greatly reduced rates from other points in Cali- fornia. Tickets sold daily May 2o to Sept. 30. and cover two months' trip going and coming via the famous Shasta Route Of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC Stopovers going and coming. Many other routes at slightly higher rates for you to select from. Write or call on our nearest agent for full details of service, etc., or address Dept., Adv., 948 Flood Bldg. , For Information. WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital . corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco before a fight, in fact all the while, the native teases his bird an hour or so each day. by permitting him to peck at or be WANTED. Late style low seat sulky. Address, giving price and particulars. F. H. METZ, 315 K. St.. Sacramento, Cal. WANTED. A high-Dred and high-class ZOMBRO stud colt. Give full description, breeding and price. Address. L. R. LIGIER. Los Angeles. Cal. SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. STAR POINTER COLT FOR SALE. Handsome big colt, two years old, by Star Pointer, dam Maud Jay C. by Nearest 40698. A high-class individual and a splendid prospect. For price and particulars, address SIRS. S. V. BARSTOW, 1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose, Cal. FOR SALE. Brown gelding by James Madison, dam by Echo. Stands about 15.2 hands. An excellent individual in every respect, absolutely sound. Has had but little work and that within the present year, and can now show a mile three times better than 2 :1S and can step a half in 1 :06, quarters in 32% seconds. This horse will do to train and race. Has been used on the road until lately ; age eight years. Will be sold cheap. Address. L. J. ROSE, JR., Oxnard. Cal. FOR SALE. A standard and registered brood mare, by Chas. Derby; dam by Ante- volo. Next three dams producers by Steinway. Almont and Brignoli. Nine years old and regular breeder. Also her two-year-old stud colt by Stiliwell, brother to Don Derby 2:04%, Diablo 2:091,4 and Demonio 2:11. All 2:10 sires. Also a two-year-old stud by Maj. Dil- lon; dam by Director H. 2:27, a produc- ing son of Director; 2d dam dam of Gen. Smith 2:17, by Brigadier by Happy Medium. The cream of breeding in this pedigree — Lou Dillon, Nancy Hanks, Sonoma Girl, Directum, Kid "Wilkes, etc Address Owner, R. F. D. No. 1, Box 233A, Fruitvale. Call before 4 p. m., N.TV. cor. Seminary avenue and Orion street, Melrose. Not home Sundays. SPEED FOR SALE— Three High- Class Horses. BOTOX DE ORO 2:ll»4, pacing. Sired by Zolock 2:05^4, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Point- er 1:59^4, second dam Princess Wilkes by Ned Wilkes 4757, etc. Handsome black horse, fine type, nice head and neck, and sound. Has paced a mile in 2 :0S and a quarter in 29 seconds. Should take a record around 2:05 this year. He beat Velox 2:09& twice last season and took his record in a race. A good horse in his class. ■ Is a show horse and has great style. ZULU BELLE (2 - year - old record 2:24%) by Petigru 2:10%, dam Johanna Treat 2:19, the dam of Del Coronado 2.09%, Irene S. 2:28%, and Zulu Belle 2:24%. This three - year - old filly is entered and paid up to date in Pacific Breeders' Futurity and Occident Stakes, and should win more than the price asked of her this year. She is sound and in excellent condition, and ex- tremely fast. Has been brought along slowly this spring, but can trot a half in 1:06 now if necessary. Is a black filly, good looking, stands 15 hands, and weighs 950 pounds. Is always on a trot and a great prospect for the stakes she is in. GLEMTA 2:28, bay mare by Rex Gifford 2:14, dam by Guide 2:16*4, son of Director. Stands 15.3 hands, strong, weighs 1125 pounds, is sound, a good type and a grand roadster and matinee mare. Can trot a quarter in 32 sec- onds and a lady can drive her any- where. Is eight years old, and worth training for the coast races. She won a matinee race at Los Angeles last year, taking the first and third heats in 2:18 and 2:18%. I desire to sell the above horses im- mediately, as I will go East with my horses about June 1st. Were I to re- main in California this year, I would have entered Boton de Oro all through the Circuit. As I have a full sister to Zulu Belle, would like to sell this filly to some one who will race her in her stake engagements, as I believe she will take a low record and help the family of my stallion Del Coronado 2:09%. For prices and further particu- lars, address W. G. DURFEE, Box 1, University Sta., Los Angeles, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit «fc Toivne. Los Angeles. Blake. MeFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. FAIRMONT Hotel SAN FRANCISCO The most superbly situated Ho- tel in the ■world — overlooking the Bay of San Francisco and City. Headquarters Army and Navy. The Social Center of City. Convenient to Business and Theater Sections. Reached by street cars from every direction. Only 5 minutes from ferry. Single Room with Bath, $2.50, *3, 93.50, $4. *5, $6, $7, $10. Suits with Bath, $10.00 upwards. Under Management of PALACE HOTEL COMPANY John C. Klrkpatriek, Manager. 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W, Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; "Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Waah.; Spokan* Drug Co., Spokane, Waah. Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 pecked by some other bird. The native owners watch their birds, and when the two birds get to engaging one another too far, each native grasps his bird. This annoys the fowl and whets their appetite for the coming battle of the next Sunday or market day. The native manufactures spurs of metal and fastens them to the legs of his bird, providing the bird belonging to the op- posite side is likewise equipped. Some of the spurs are natural thorns selected from bamboo growths. Some are made from carabao horn. All the sultans and dattos of Mindanao and Sula archipelago possess broods of fighting stock. Molt- ing and breeding season appears to have no effect upon the game as a whole, for there is no let up in the sport month after month. Individual birds may be shelved for the time being, but the games are al- ways in progress. Domestic varieties of fowl prevail. The precise origin of the fighting cock can not be ascertained at present by your correspondent. Spanish sporting men used to import fighting breeds. The Chinese gamesters have also brought fighting cocks here for purposes of sport. Fighting cocks range in prices from §1 United States currency each for poorest description to as high as $100 for a thoroughbred. It is a lucky native who owns a successful fighting bird, for he can live off his winnings. However, many natives lose as well as win. The native wears a deplored and gloomy face after a losing sporting day, but quickly brightens with the prospect of winning next time. He carries his bird home and doctors up the wounds, and in a week or two is ready for another fray. ROAD TREATMENT WITH OIL. The following directions for oiling roads with the Standard asphalt road oil is taken from page 15 of a phamphlet is- sued by the Standard Oil Company of New York City : ' 'The road should be swept clean of all loose material with a rotary street sweep- er, or by hand, and, if possible, repair- ed, putting it in good condition, so that the oil will not pool in low places. The road should also be dry, so that the oil can penetrate, and sprinkling should be done only in warm weather. Ordinarily, roads are treated to a width of from 12 to 16 feet, and we recommend that wher- ever it is possible only one side of the road be oiled, and when finished then the other side be treated. In this way the oil will penetrate the road and traffic will not be interrupted. After the oil has been applied, it should be allowed to penetrate from four to six hours, after which a light covering of screenings, gravel or coarse sand should be spread, which will absorb whatever oil did not penetrate the road, and, at the same time, form a compact and dry surface, which will add to the life of the road and prevent tracking the oil into houses, etc. ""Where possible, we would recom- mend that that part of the road which has been oiled be closed for traffic for at least 24 hours; otherwise, the oil, being asphaltic, is liable to adhere to the tires of vehicles, resulting in bare spots and disturbing the surface before the oil has had time to set. We do not contend that it is necessary to comply strictly with the foregoing in order to get good results, but we do contend that it is necessary to comply strictly with the foregoing in order to get good results, but we do contend that it is necessary to clean the road before applying the oil." LIVE-STOCK AT THE A. Y. P. Sheep in pasture should have access to shade, water and salt. These are essen- tials if you want them to be healthy and thrifty. Seattle, July 12, 1909.— The Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition is offering $63,- ■300 in cash prizes on live-stock and in addition to this many valuable cups, medals and diplomas will be given. The premium list together with the official rules and regulations are now being sent to breeders throughout the United States, and many entries have already been made, so that the management con- fidently expect this feature of the Ex- position to be not only one of the largest but the very largest attraction in point of general interest to be seen on the grounds. The live-stock exhibit will open September 27th and close October 9th. The premium list is very compre- hensive, offering valuable prizes upon every class and character of the rec- ognized breeds of live-stock and of snch number that every exhibitor will stand a show of winning something. Liberal concessions have also been made by the railroad companies whereby the stock shown at the Exposition can be returned home free of charge. This branch of the Exposition is under the management of experienced men who are old-timers in the live-stock exhibi- tion business, and every facility will be furnished exhibitors to explicit the mer- its of their extries, and an absolutely square deal is promised everyone in the matter of awards. The Alaska-Yukon- Pacific Exposition will play no favorites, competent judges will be provided and awards will be made from the standpoint of merit alone. Entries will close Aug- ust 1st. An official catalogue will be published showing the number, name, herd registry number of each animal with the name and address of the breed- er, also the registry number of the sire and dam. A sheep keeper tells the Indiana "Farmer" that he uses salt and sulphur, about three-fifths of the former and two- fifths of the latter, as a remedy for sheep ticks. Mix well and the sheep will eat it, and be rid of ticks. An Illinois farmer counts that his sheep have made him $1,000 from fence rows in three years, and he has got rid of many, noxious weeds. In Minnesota it was found that out of 480 kinds of weeds there are only fifty that sheep will not eat. A good ever-loaded shotgun is a neces- sary adjunct of a sheep farm. BEATS .THEM ALL FOR _, * LEG AND BODY WASH The only lotion used upon thousands of fast horses is Turtle's Elixir, properly diluted. It is the best insurance against colds, and it keeps the muscles firm and elastic. If you have a horse that comes out sore and stiff after a race, just try TUTTLE'S ELIXIR It protects, strengthens and cleanses, but does not burn the hair or 1 eave i t greasy. You can depend upon it, and also upon Turtle's White Star Liniment, Condition Powders, Worm Powders, and HoofOintment. At all dealers or sent by express. 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El Tovar hotel on brink of Canyon. Under Fred Harvey management, one of the finest hotels in southwest. — Our folders tell. H. K. GREGORY, A. G. P. A., San Francisco. JOHN. J. BYRNE, A. P. T. M., Los Angeles 4-V Santa Fe t%SS$8&SSf%XS8SS8S888^^ TOOMEY TWO -WHEELERS Are the Acknowledged Leaders. We build Sulkies in all sizes. Pneumatic Road and Track Carts, High Wheel Road and Breaking Carts equipped with either steel or rubber tire. Send for Latest Catalogue. S. TOOMEY & CO., - Canal Dover, Ohio, U, S, A, Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there Is none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS, SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of the SKIN it haB no equai. Its use -will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed It on the market relying wholly on its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This increase was entirely due to Its MER- ITS, and it is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20th CENTURY. It is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food and Drag;. Act, .lime 30, 1906. Serial Number 1219. All Trainers Should Keep It In Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy in next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers In Harness and Turf Goods. If not in stock aBk them to write any Jobber for it. JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chloago. C. F. MOREL Successor to J. O'KANE GO. Sheldon Building, 457 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. A Full Line of Highest Grade Harness. Turf and Leather Goods. Everything in Horse Toggery. Agent for Wilcoxson's Perfection Liniment — $2 a bottle. Campbell's and all other well-known remedies. Local orders given prompt at- tention. Remember the new address. G. F. MOREL, Successor t0 J' 0™E co- Sheldon Building, 457 Market Street, San Francisco. Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it. Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P. Kertel. Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland, Cal. Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. PETERS SHELLS s I * 79x80 97x100 115 Straight GO AT CHICAGO. Grand American Handicap, Chicago, June 20, 26, 1909. High Amateur Average, Mr. Bart Lewis, Auburn, III., High General Average (including 10 pairs), Mr. Harvey Dixon, Oronogo, Mo., Longest Run of Tournament, Mr. L. I. Wade, Dallas, Texas, New Pacific Coast Honors. High Professional and General Average, San Luis Obispo, June 6, Mr. Emil Holling, . . 190 x 200 High Professional and General Average, I5th Annual State Tournament, Tacoma, Wash., June 22, 23, Mr. H. E. Poston, 427 x 465 High Professional and General Average, Seattle, Wash., July 4, Mr. H. E. Poston, . . . 94 x 100 New Yorlt: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Msr. San Francisco: 60S-612 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgrr. New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. XVV*%^A*SX%SCX3«ttC3ttttC£SWa«^ WX%XX%^S3ttttOC3«tttt«CXXX3«C3C3attW^^ POULTRY SHOW. -. Seattle, July 12, 1909.— In addition to the live-stock exhibition to be held at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exhibition, Sep- tember 27th to October 9th, and in con- nection therewith, will be held one of the largest poultry shows ever contemplated in the West. A comprehensive premium list is now ready for distribution, giving a complete list of the prizes, medals and diplomas to be awarded, together with the rules and regulations governing the contest. Poultry fanciers from all over the Pacific slops, as well as many from the Middle West and Canada, will take part in this competition. The rules of the American Poultry Association will govern, and part of the judges have been selected, including, Geo. D. Holden of Minnesota, S. Butterfield of Canada and others of national prominence. Pigeons and pet stock will be included in the show and William Stobehouse of Van- couver, B. C, will be a judge in this de- partment. Ample accommodations will be prepared for all entries and the liber- ality of the premiums offered insure a splendid exhibit. Two carloads coming from Minnesota alone. The poultry in- dustry is one of the growing ones of the Pacific Northwest, and this branch of the live-stock is bound to attract universal attention. o • The deposition of fat and lean in hogs is the subject of Bulletin 103 of the Arkansas Experiment Station, Fayetteville, Ark. Feeding tests with lard and bacon type hogs showed that in each case the fattest carcasses as well as the most rapid gains were produced by a comparatively nitro- genous ration. The adaptability of the lard type hogs to thrive on a starchy ration was indicated by the fact that, measured by increase in weight for each pound of feed, the starchy ration (ratio 1 : 8.-) proved SO per cent as efficient as the nitrogenous ration (ra- tio 1:3) for the lard type hogs and 60 per cent as efficient for the bacon type. While the results emphasize the greater importance of protein in the feed of the bacon breeds they also bear out the point that both kinds of hogs make their fastest gains and best finish on rations carrying more protein than is supplied by corn alone. A calf has been produced by a sev- en-eighths Guernsey heifer at 11 y2 months old, according to well authen- ticated reports. The calf was born April 17 of this year on the farm of S. Tudor, Kokomo, Ind. The heifer had become pregnant when 2 months and 20 days old while both she and the four-months-old Guernsey bull with which she mated were still sucking their dams. TTtensils and troughs for food and wa! er should be frequently scalded with boiling water, afterwards being thoroughly cleaned. Though a little extra work may be required, this cleaning up is a good preventive of many diseases and may save work and loss later. CROSS-BREDS AND PURE-BREDS. A cross of two coarse wool breeds pro- duces sheep that are vigorous. — Farm Journal. This is true ; but has the Farm Journal man any proof that the cross-bred sheep are any more vigorous than the pure- breds? We do not believe he ever saw hardier sheep than a good flock of Cheviots or Shropshires. The leading breeds are so numerous that there is no necessity for inbreeding. The owner of a Cotswold or Lincoln or Oxford Down flock can find good breeding stock of his own sheep breed that are distantly relat- ed in blood lines, and will produce just as vigorous and hardy lambs as any scrub that ever existed. It is absurdly foolish to give advice or make a suggestion at this day and age of the world that will lead a farmer to spoil his pure-bred flock by mixed breeding. — Field and Farm. Keep the lambs growing all through the summer season. TO MAKE COW GAIN MILK. Good care and feeding are the es- sentials of preventing a cow decreas- ing in her milk flow and increasing her milk, but the animal cannot be crowded beyond her capacity. In other words, we. feed an animal more to re'.ain her natural production rather than to increase abnormally her pro- duction. It is sometimes thought that by certain rations one can feed an animal so as to make it give an ab- normal amount of butter. This is a mistake. We can, however, supply the animal with all requirements in the way of -nutriment, so that she will do everything that is natural and proper for her to do. By giving a good balanced ra+ion at regular in- tervals, careful handling as to milk- ing, etc., are the only known means to make an animal do her best at milk production. The sheep that fully meets the pres- ent demand must have a fleece and carcass of equal merit, that is, a fine and heavy fleece on a large, straight body. No animal will deteriorate so rapidly from neglect, or show so marked an improvement for good as a well-bred sheep. FOR SALE. The handsome yearling stud STAR ENVOY "0591 . bred on producing lines. He is by ROYAL ENVOY 86477 (trial 2:21), out of a Wilkes-Mam- brino-Patchen and by a double producing daughter by Masterlode. STAR ENVOY'S dam is a full sister to Dorothy M. 2:21, dam of Marie N., one of the three eligibles to the M & M stake at Detroit from Geera stable. From present in- dications with proper handling STAR ENVOY will be very fast. Address, C. F. McFabi.and, Tulare. Cal. PRICE, $300 Two McKinney Fillies for Sale. A two-year-old and a three-year-old. both out of a high-class Nutwood mare. Both handsome bays with black points, size, style and speed. When grown will stand 15-3 or 16 hands. Apply 820% SGth St.. Oakland. Cal. ^THE-HO/^. i^* Q^P Registered Trade Mark * «»/%, JP^j "spavin cure % Cranford, N. J., June 12, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Dear Sirs: I can't refrain from telling you about the mare with the lame shoulder. The State Veterinarian doctored her before I bought her. I used "Save-The-Horse" and cured her. I traded her in May, and in July bought her back after she had fallen on the track; such a looking horse — bleeding at the nose, both knees and hind legs were cut. under stomach a big hole where shafts had pierced her. The owner had driven her to Key Port, 62 miles from Elizabeth. Well, my man was away, and I washed her off and put your ointment on, and in every place the hair came in, and not once did she point her foot or show lameness in the shoulder which I had cured with your remedy before I sold her. I used "Save-The-Horse" Spavin Cure on her leg that was lame just then. Now I have had her back one year this July, and she is a beauty, and so ambitious. So anybody nearby in New Tork, Newark, Montclair, Plainfield, N. J., just send them to me and I will show what "Save-The-Horse" did for me. Enclosed please find $1 for a box of ointment. "Very sincerely, MRS. E. K. ADAMS, No. 308 Union Avenue, Cranford, N. J. P. S. — Please tell me about the worm powders and directions. Mascoutah, 111., May 29, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Gentlemen: Have used "Save-The-Horse" Spavin Cure for several years and have found it to be the best known remedy to cure lameness. I cannot speak too highly of it as it is certainly wonderful. Send me two bottles, for which I enclose money order for $10.00. Yours very truly, A. S. KLINGEL. Makes a Tendon Like a Rod of Steel «5.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. "Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. "Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. At all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada or sent express paid by TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. 1). K. Newell, SO Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. PRIVILEGES FOR SALE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association Race Meeting and Monterey District Agricultural Fair SALINAS, CAL., August 4, 5, 6, 7, 1909 Bids to Close Monday, July 26th. BAR, PROGRAMMES, CANDY, NUTS AND ICE CREAM Right reserved to reject any and all bids. Address, F. W. KELLEY, See'y, 366 Pacific Building, San Franciaco ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. Take the Breeder and Sportsman. Saturday, July 17, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabroush.Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Fho„. T.mpor.ry 1883. 519 Market St., San Francisco HOUGHTON Sole Originators of "Aluminum Lined" Wood Rims "The rim with thedoubt and risk left out" ...40 STYLES... SULKIES— all kinds of Carta for road or track use — Speed Wagons — Top Buggies — Runabouts and Surreys at interesting prices. 50-Page Catalog— 100 Illustrations— FREE Built as Fine— Fast as a Sulky. Low seat, easy rider, accident-proof bearings, "aluminum lined" rims, guaranteed heavy tread tires, large solid brass dirt shield, canvas dust protector, large foot pump, tools, wrenches, etc., free. ADDRESS. The Houghton Sulky Co. MARION, OHIO Furnished regularly with "aluminum lined" wood rims. Drawn by ALLEN WINTER THE HARVESTER Winner of $33,600 Winner of $17,500 The $50,000 Handicap . Three Futurities . No road too rough. Carries weight over the wheels, not on the axle. It has the strength. Never a tired driv- er after a long workout day. Why? The longspring makes it easy riding.and does away with all horse motion. Furn- ished with either Pneumatic or cushion tires . McMurray Sulkies and Jogging Carts Standard the world over. Address for printed matter and prices. W. J. KENNEY, aSSS?*" 531 Valencia St., San Francisco The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited If you have the remedy on hand, and are ready to , ■ !■■■ L— actpromptly, you will find that there is nothing in TffTWMaSHsjaSJ the form of Spavins, Splints, Curbs, Windpuffs and J jiHw/mSKBSM Bunches which will not yield promptly and perma- (jaaTaWMyuSfflS^^^Paaai nently to Q si inn's Ginfmenf It has saved thousands of (rood horses from the peddler's cart and the broken-down horse market. Mr. O. E. Dick* I enB, of Minneapolis, Minn., who conducts one oE the largest livery stables in the Northwest, I writes as follows : I have been using Qu inn'* Ointment for some time and with the greatest t 1 success. I take pleasure in recommendini; it to m j friends. No horseman should Be with- ' I out it In his stable. For curbs, splints, spavins, windpuff sand all bunches it has no equal." I 'Prlco Sl.00 porbottlo. Boldby all drnggiatB orsentby mail. Write us for circulars, ffeteTo°rDti1tiSrSe',t W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, N. Y. EVERY CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT AT THE GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP Was won by shooters who used POWDERS The Amateur Championship— The Trophy, first, second, third and fourth moneys. Professional Championship — The Trophy, first, second and third moneys Preliminary Handicap— The Trophy and first money. Three Ties on 96 for First Place In the Grand American Handicap High Amateur Average — Made by Barton Lewis of Auburn, Illinois. High Professional Average for the Entire Tournament — Made by Fred Gilbert. High Amateur Average for the Entire Tournament — Made by F. E. Foltz, McClure, Ohio. Two Ties for High Score in all Double Target Events — Fred Gilbert and J. E. Taylor. 8core 72 x 80. All of the above named gentlemen used a Brand of Smokeless Shotgun Powder WHAT WILL YOU USE NOW? An Unparalleled Record in Shooting History Made by The PARKER GUN At Chicago, the week beginning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yd. mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles — score 94. Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the 18 yd. mark — score 96, and 20 straight in the shoot- off. Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Champion- ship with a score of 193 out of 200, which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive win- ning for THE PARKER GUN. THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament — thus winning about all there was in sight, PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. Fl If ^D Piece Our new "3-Bolt, 3-Piece 1909 Model Gun has the simplest and fastest lock ever put in a gun . Some makers claim a three-piece lock, but do not show or count the main spring — now, we both show and count the main spring — see cut above. Please note we have cut out all cocking bars, levers and push rods and hook right on to the toe of the hammer. This not only makes a lock with large, strong parts, but a lock that works as smooth as oil. We use an unbreakable coil top lever spring, also a coil main spring which acts directly on the hammer, and a horizontal sear, which makes a very fast lock with a quick, clean, sharp and snappy pull. Send for art Catalog and special prices. 18 grades. $17.75 net to $300 list. Pac. Coast Branch— Phil. B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market St., San Francisco. ITHACA GUN CO. Dept. 15, Ithaca. N. Y. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 17, 1909. BOO«J«3«««X*NXXXXXXXXSaSSe»aSXXJtt«X« ^XXViXXXV%XV%%X5SS3tXSV\VN>3t3CX3£3t3t3C«£30«S«3C3«5aOOS5C3^>^,i STEEL LINED SHOT SHELLS. If you loo'k into cue of our Arrow or Nitro Club Shells you will see a band of tough steel which will completely surround the smokeless powder charge. We find that this steel makes our shells stronger and safer. Are you going to shoot ordinary shells when yon can get UMC Arrow and Nitro Club Steel Lined Shells from your dealer? UMC Cartridges are the correct cartridges for your rifle. Why correct? Because they are made for it. 1909 UMC Came Laws will be ready August 1st. f THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Bridgeport, Conn. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City The New WINCHESTER LIST PRICE. $42.00. "Tournament" Shotgun It Retails for Less. The Repeater that Meets Every Trap-Shooting Requirement. The Sign of the w Trade Mark Keg. in U.S. Pat. OH. SPECIFICATIONS: 12 Gauge, Take-Down, 30-inch Winchester Rolled Steel matted barrel, bored to shoot trap loads close and hard. Special-shaped straight grip stock and action slide handle of selected walnut, checked. Length of stock 14 inches, drop at comb 1 3-4 inch, at heel 1 13-16 inch. Rubber butt plate. Stock oil finished. Weight of gun about 7 3-4 lbs. Send for a circular fully describing the "Tournament" Gun, or step into your dealers and examine one. It is a Gun that will help make High Scores. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., New Haven, Conn. Improved Machinery &/» Selected Shot &m Accurate Loading Make RECORDS at the TRAPS, in the FIELD mu»» Another Victory-All Trophy Events-Tacoma, June 22, 23, '09 :LT & LEAD CO., San Francisco, Cal. VOLUME LV. No. 4. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY. JULY 24, 1909. Subscription — ?3.00 Per Year. m THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 24, 1909. Order Direct of 0s and Save the Middleman's Profit JfieeELEBRATED ELLIS I HELM THE RECOGNIZED STANDARD TRACK^ HARNESS OF THE WORLD, "^complete Superior loAny Otfier Make - ^Mn A Class By Itself -^ Ft/lLV£QlfAL TO FfiACfC HARNESS SOLD BT Or/fER MANC/FACTl/QERS Ars/T/i ™ */?/r et/XRA/freeenr ever? nejpecr. yoc/r money t?£fv/vbed ,JI/ ft. J AW IVE WU PAY EXPRESS CffARGEJ BOTff HMJ /FNOTStr/SF/Clr' v' ***** Furnished either in racing style, like above illustration, or with breast collar, traces and breeching, as desired, at same price, How They are Made. "We use in the construction of this harness especially selected No. 1 pure oak tanned black harness leather backs, absolutely the best made in America. The folds are made of the finest hand-buffed, straight-grain enamel leather, or finest calf skin. Trimmings are the finest aluminum gold (solid metal) terrets, McKinney hook, shaft tug buckles, martingale rings and rosettes, balance finest genuine rubber. Workmanship and fin- ish superior to any other make. We have made a spe- cially of building truck harness slnee 1S6J>, and during < ur 44 years' experience have made the harness worn by fully 00 per cent of the world's record horses, In- cluding the great Dan Patch, for whom we have Just finished another set, making the sixth set we have made for him. Dan has never raced in any other make. DESCRIPTION. Bridle — Fine patent leather track blinds, soft folded crown piece with extension to prevent overcheck chafing, extra strong overcheck, double and stitched, lined with finest California rawhide, or fine round open bridle if preferred. Lines — Round through martingale, russet or black, with long hand holders. Breast Collar and Traces — Soft folded breast collar, back ends of traces lined with finest California raw- hide. Two-minute thimbles, point straps and traces, Ellis latest improved style, light and strong. Mar- tingale, light, single strap, edges finely rounded. Saddle — Ellis latest improved flexible tree, the light- est weight, strongest and most perfect fitting saddle in the world. Made on an entirely new principle. Ellis (guaranteed not to break) forged steel flexible tree used in this saddle. Padding, finest piano felt, which is very resilient and a great improvement over the old style padding. Jockey made of harness leather, in one continuous piece, forming a safety strap, backhand and billets, double and stitched, lined with finest Califor- nia rawhide. Girth — Wide and soft, folded. Ellis latest improved California style, or any style you prefer. Turnback — Double and stitched, extra strong, lined with finest California rawhide. Breeching soft folded, with layer. If you desire a Harness at a lower price, we build one very similar to the above, only not as fine, at $23.50. This is a good, strong, durable harness, and will give excellent satisfaction. TKe CELEBRATED ELLIS < ©*- LEADER FOLDED «TS> S/ANlZFACTlfJ}ERS'*3522G£ADE Gl/ARANFEED /AT EVERY RESPECT. YOUR MOA/Sr REFUNDED COMPLETE AfO WE W/LL PAY EXPRESS CHARGES BOTH WAYS. /EYOl/APE Nor PERFECTLY JAT/MED <^*rA/Vi/fAerv#ER3 HARNESS $ TURF GOODS Central California Circuit Of Agricultural Fairs and Race Meetings Sept. 6th to 25, 1909, Inclusive. Entries close Aug, 16, '09 Horses to be named with entry. Bakersfield Sep,ember t*2*U* " Tulare Hanford September 13-14-15-16-17 and 18 W. F. INGWERSON, Secretary September 20-21-22-23-24 and 25 J. C. MINICH, Secretary Address your entries for each place to the Secretary of that place. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY- SATURDAY. SAME PROGRAMME FOR EACH PLACE. Trotting, 2:U class . ... District Pace, 2:20 class Pacing, 2:25 class . Trotting, 2:10 class Pacing, 2:14 class . District Trot, 2:25 class District Trot, 2:35 class Pacing, 2:10 class . Trotting, 2:18 class District Pace, 2:30 class Pacing, 2:20 class Trotting, 2:24 class CONDITIONS. $500 250 500 500 500 250 200 500 500 200 500 500 Entries to close Monday, August 16. 1909, when horses are to he named and eligible to the classes in which they are entered. Stakes will be divided into four moneys: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money. The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nom- inators will receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry. The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause. Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the Secretary at the track. Racing colors must be named by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race and must be worn upon the track in all races. Colors will be registered in the order in which they are received and when not named or when said colors con- flict, drivers will be required to wear colors designated by the Association. The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the position of the horses. Hobbles barred in trotting races, but will be permitted in pacing races. All stakes are guaranteed for the amount offered and are for the amount offered only. Member of National Trotting Association. Address all communications to the Secretary. PRIVILEGES FOR SALE Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association Race Meeting and Monterey District Agricultural Fair SALINAS, CAL., August 4, 5, 6, 7, 1909 Bids to Close Monday, July 26th. BAR, PROGRAMMES, CANDY, NUTS AND ICE CREAM Right reserved to reject any and all bids. Address. F. W. KELLEY, Sec'y, 366 Pacific Building, San Francisco ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, July 24, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ^ft^-THE WEEKLY_^^ BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., vSau Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Oftice. Terms— One Year, $3; Sis Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 147, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno, week ending July 31 Salinas, week ending Aug. 7 Pleasanton, week ending * Aug. 14 Woodland, week ending Aug. Zl Chico, week ending Aug. 28 State Fair, Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Everett Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept. 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Detroit July 26-30 Kalamazoo Aug. 2- 6 Cleveland Aug. 9-14 Buffalo Aug. 16-20 Poughkeepsie Aug. 23-27 Readville Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Libertyville. Ill July 26-30 Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 3- 6 Galesburg, 111 Auk. 10-13 Davenport, la Aug. 17-20 Joliet, 111 Aug. 23-28 Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria, III Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso, Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 GOOD PROGRAMS are advertised this week by the associations at Bakersfield, Tulare and Hanford, comprising the Central California Circuit of fairs and race meetings. There will be five days of racing at each meeting and the classes are the same. There are eight purses of $500 each, three of $250 and two of $200 each. Entries do not close for these races un- til Monday, August 16th, which is after the close of the Pleasanton meeting, and this will give all a chance to name their horses where they have a chance to win. The Bakersfield meeting will open September 6th, the week after the California State Fair, to be followed by Tulare and then by Han- ford. The fairs at all these places are very largely attended. The races are conducted according to the rules of the National Trotting Association. THE PEDIGREES of the early race winners of the year are being tabulated by the experts and as usual many of them are in unfashionable lines. The races clearly demonstrate every year that there are many sires and dams in the country whose names are com- paratively unknown, but whose produce when given an opportunity are able to show that all the good blood in the horse world is not in those sires and dams whose names are already in the great tables. One of the early sensations this year is the mare Penico Maid that trimmed several M. & M. horses at Terre Haute last week and took a record of 2:08%. Penico Maid started five times on the half-mile tracks last year and won all her races, getting a record of 2:19%. She won her first start this year in straight heats and showed herself a high class mare in gait, speed and behavior according to the critics who saw her at Terre Haute. Her breeding is not of the sort to enthuse a pedigree crank, as while she has good blood in her veins it runs to the woods very soon on the dam's side. Her sire is the old stallion Pennant 1968, that is now 29 years old if living. He was sired by Abe Downing 709 (son of Joe Down- ing by Edwin Forrest) and his dam was by Harold 413, second dam by Duvall's Mambrino, son of Mam- brino Chief, and third dam by Tom Hal, pacer. The dam of Penico Maid is Seneca Maid 2:20 (dam of Mayflower 2:22%) by John Adams, second dam un- traced. John Adams is not registered, neither is his breeding given in the Year Book, and Seneca Maid is his only representative. Pennant, the sire of Pen- ico Maid has not been a very successful horse in the stud as his total number of standard performers is eight, of which five are trotters and three pacers, and of these the pacers Norseman 2:14% and Princess V. 2:19% are the only ones to have records better than 2:20. Penico Maid has been well entered through the Grand Circuit this year. A PESSIMISTIC VIEW of the future of the sport of harness racing in Los A ngeles is taken by our correspondent in that city because the meeting of the Los Angeles Harness Horse Association was so slimly attended last week that the organization lost money on the venture. There are reasons, and plenty of them why the meeting did not pay. In the first place the week selected was the very worst that could have been chosen as ;he visiting Elks from all over the United State that met in conclave there, occupied the entire attention of the Los Angeles people. During the week two great processions marched through the streets, completely tying up the car lines and preventing people from reaching the race track should they have desired to go. It has been demonstrated time and again that a convention or conclave week is the poorest date for a race meet- ing. The visitors are generally not interested in horses and the local residents are all engaged in en- tertaining the visitors. In spite of the fact that the Los Angeles meeting was financially unsuccessful we still believe that under favorable conditions a meeting can be given there that will be a profitable one in every way. There were a half dozen circum- stances of which the Los Angeles association and the horsemen who went there to race, were the victims, and with these removed there is every reason to believe that a well conducted harness meeting can be held in that city that will draw enough people at the gate to insure the promoters of the meeting against loss. o NO MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED by the Cali- fornia Legislature at its last session for the aid of district fairs, but a bill was passed providing for this aid whenever the money is appropriated. The sec- tion of the new law relating to this appropriation reads as follows: "The State Board of Agriculture shall have the power to advance a sum not exceed- ing $5000 to pay premiums out of any money that may be appropriated to the State Agricultural So- ciety." No money was appropriated to the State Agricultural Society, however, except for State Fair purpose, and the construction of buildings on the State Fair grounds,' consequently the district fairs can get none this year or next. But if an effort is made by those most interested to induce the Legislature to make an appropriation at its next session for these fairs, there is every reason to be- lieve the appropriation will be made and that the district fairs which were once so popular in this State will be revived on a grander scale than ever. THE GRAND CIRCUIT will open on Monday next, July 26th, at Detroit. On Tuesday the Chamber of Commerce $5000 stake for 2' 13 class pacers will be the principal event, and on the following day the his- torical Merchants' and Manufacturers' $10,000 stake, better known as the M. & M. will be decided. Tliis race is for trotters of the 2:24 class, and is the one big stake of the year that is raced for by the green class, as the majority of the starters generally are without records. In addition to these two stakes there is a $3000 stake for 2:11 class trotters and one of the same value for pacers of the free-for-all class All other purses, fifteen in number have a uniform value of $1000 each. Quite a number of our Cali- fornia bred horses will be started at Detroit and if the weather is free from heavy rainstorms we ex- pect to hear of some very fast records being made during the week. Everything points to a big attend- ance at this and all other Grand Circuit meetings this year. THE BREEDING of Lou Dillon's mother has again become the subject of an editorial war between the Horse Review of Chicago and the American Horse Breeder of Boston. The breeding as given in Vol- ume 9 of the American Trotting Register which reads: "Lou Milton, bay mare, foaled 1880, by Mil- ton Medium 4782, dam Fly, pedigree not traced" has never been carried any further by any evidence that would be accepted in a court of justice. Cred- iting Fly to Black Flying Cloud by the Review and to Geo. M. Patchen Jr. b;- the Breeder is done in both instances on hearsay evidence that would not be permitted to go before a jury by any court, and to use this evidence as the basis of a controversy in which slurs are made and mean things said, is not in accordance with the ethics of journalism. o STARTING PAYMENTS on the three and two- year-olds that are to be started in the Pacific Breed- ers' Futurity Stakes at Salinas are due and payable ten days before the meeting. As the meeting opens August 4th, the date for payment will fall on Sun- day, July 25th, consequently those made on Monday, July 26th, will be in time. But don't let next Monday go by without making this payment if you intend to start in either of the four divisions, as unless the payment is made by Monday your colt will not be eligible to start. RACES AT THE PARK TO-DAY. Three good races between horses owned by mem- bers of the Park Amateur Driving Club will be held at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park this after- noon. The events scheduled are a class A trot, class A pace and class B pace. The first race will take place at 2 p. m. prompt, and the club officials promise to duplicate their performance of two weeks ago in finishing the program early, so that spectators will be able to reach their homes in good time for supper. The program and entries follow: First race, class A trotters, one mile — G. Wempe's Plumade, I. L. Borden's Harold K.. F. Von Issendorf's Cita Dillon, S. Christenson's Enchantress. Second race, class A pacers, one mile — F. L. Matthes' Opitsah, D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum, H. C. Ahlers' Princess V., G. E. Erlin's Victor Platte. Third race, class B trotters, one mile — F. Lyons' Martha, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, A. P. Clay- burgh's Charles II, R. Consani's Dividend. The officials for the day are: Starter, George R. Gay; judges, J. A. McKerron, I. B. Dalziel and T. F. Bannan; timers, A. Mellitz and A .Joseph; marshal, W. J. Lange; secretary, F. W. Thompson. SUNDAY RACES AT THE STADIUM. The San Francisco Driving Club will hold an after- noon of racing at the Golden Gate Park stadium on Sunday afternoon, July 25th. The principal race of the day will be a free-for-all pace for which Mr. M. M. Donnelly has hung up a a trophy valued at $150. There will be five or six en- tries for this event, Kitty D., Little Dick, Alfred D., Alfred S. and Deroll, and perhaps Geo. Perry. As Little Dick is soon to leave for his engagements on the circuit, being entered at Pleasanton, Chico and other points, and is now in the very pink of con- dition, the horse that beats him for this trophy to- morrow will probably lower the stadium record at the same time. In addition to the above race there will be three other races in which some of the fastest horses owned in the club are entered, and in which there will be close and exciting contests. There are no long waits at the matinees of the San Francisco Driving Club and everything goes with a vim. That is why the crowds are always large. TWO GREAT MARES MATCHED. Sonoma Girl and Hamburg Belle are to meet in a match race at Detroit next week. In this connection Palmer Clark says: "Hamburg Belle has been indus- triously touted as being the coming champion trotter, and will undoubtedly be the favorite in the race. The many admirers of Sonoma Girl, however, are confi- dent that she will at least give Hamburg Belle the race of her life, and it would not be surprising if she beat the Belle. Sonoma Girl is certainly better than ever before. Last year McMahon did not get her until late in the year, after she had been handled by Billy Andrews and Walter Cox. Yet at Dallas, Texas, in the fall, she trotted a mile iu 2:04%, hard held at the end, strange as this statement may seem. The Dallas track is one of the slowest mile courses in the country, too. The trotters capable of stepping it better than 2:10 are few and far between. Citation. 2:01%, the queen of the racing pacers, holds the record of the course with a mile in 2:03%. On this dope it does not. look as if Hamburg Belle will have a walkover when she meets the Girl, despite reports to the contrary." o ■ Drink Jackson's Napa Soda, THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, July 24, 1909. LOS ANGELES MEETING. Good Racing But Very Small Crowds at Agricultural Park Last Week. (By Our Special Correspondent). The California Circuit races started here last Wed- nesday under the auspices of the Los Angeles Har- ness Horse Association. The weather was perfect for racing and the track was in good shape. The racing was all that could be desired, every heat in the two regular races and in the matinee trot was a horse race; but notwithstanding the immense crowds of strangers in the city, the attendance at Agricul- tural Park was very light, about as many as attend the Los Angeles Driving Club matinees. Outside of the owners of the visiting horses few strange faces were seen on the grounds. Taking into consideration the class of horses racing, the liberal purses, the convenience in reaching the track, the thorough ad- vertising the meeting received it certainly looks as if the trotting game in this "neck of the woods" was a "dead cock in the pit." One thousand people all told would be a fair estimate of the crowd and of them perhaps half occupied seats in the grand stand which was about one-third filled. Three horses were "marked" before the 2:20 pace, the first race of the day, was called — Clara G. by Zombro stepping in 2:22%, "Una Boy by Neernut, on the second attempt, in 2:29%, and Signor by Danube in 2:29; they all belong to William Morgan, the owner of Era 2:11%, and were driven by Frank Wil- liams. The 2:20 pace, purse $1000, brought out six start- ers, Freely Red went away fast but broke on the turn and the local mare Isabelle was in the lead at the half with Freely Red second, Siegfried third. Freely Red took command at the head of the stretch, with Siegfried second. Ward put up a great drive behind the bay gelding but could not quite reach and was beaten by a nose. In the second heat Freely Red was in the lead to the quarter when she had to give place to Siegfried who at the half was a length in the lead. The two leaders raced that way round the upper turn with the field strung out, but all within a couple of lengths of each other. After turning into the stretch Freely Red began closing up on Siegfried and at the % pole passed the Los Angeles horse and won by half a length, with Adam G. third, a length away. Siegfried and Freely Red raced to the % pole with Freely Red in second position all the way, with Adam G. close behind the leaders. After turning into the stretch Adam G. came with a tremendous burst of speed and passed Siegfried who had re- signed the lead to Freely Red at the % pole and set sail for the San Diego representative but could not head her and was beaten by a short neck, with Sieg- fried third and Chadboume's entry, Gracie R, fourth. A large field faced the starter for the 2:20 trot, but Ed Smith got the whole thirteen off to a good start on the fourth attempt. As soon as the word was given Ida Millerton showed out in front and Maben had her at the half in the lead by three lengths, followed by Ollie B. with the others bunched and close up. They began to string out at the% with Escabado and Zombretta back three lengths, Parachute on a break and last. Diablo Me. took the pole from Ida Millerton on the first turn, but she regained it soon after leaving the half and at the % was in front with Diablo Mc. second. At the head of the stretch Escobado came very fast and passing Diablo Mc. picked up Ida Millerton at the % pole and won comfortably by two lengths. There was a collision just as the horses turned into the back stretch between Ollie B. and Zombretta, the former putting her foot in the latter's wheel, Williams was thrown out and Zom- bretta ran the balance of the mile with the wreck of the sulky, but as she did not kick was unhurt, when she slowed up with the other horses at the end of the mile and was caught without difficulty. Williams was shaken up but uninjured. The judges decided it an unavoidable accident and allowed both mares to start in the next heat. Ollie B. rushed away for the third heat as soon as she got the word and took the pole from De Ryder on the first turn and headed the field up the back stretch with Escabado second, the rest pretty well bunched up. Escabado made a break in the stretch and Daniels brought Scotch John up with a rush and won in a jog with Laurel Leaf second and Ida Millerton third. Scotch John was in the lead from wire to wire in the fourth heat, though Escobado put up an ar- gument all the way to the upper turn, when he left his feet. Maben began his drive here with Ida Mil- lerton, but could not overtake the leaders and fin- ished third. Ollie B. getting the place and Zom- bretta fourth. In the fifth heat Twohig managed to steal a couple of lengths' lead of the pole horse, and thereby ac- cumulated a fine of $10, having been warned while scoring, and took the pole on the first turn and was never headed, winning as he pleased by five lengths, with Ida Millerton second, the rest strung out. This, according to conditions, finished the race, giving Scotch John first money. The last race of the day was the 2:25 trot for mat- inee horses and six started. Chas. A. Durfee's Zulu Belle by Pettigru. and Crisis by Zombro, belonging to William Morgan, the owner of Era 2:11%, were very evenly matched and had it hammer and tongs all the way. The three-year-old mare winning the first heat by a narrow margin, with C. A. Canfield's mare, Mamie Elizabeth third. Crisis led to the head of the stretch with Zulu Belle right at his wheel and Mamie Elizabeth close behind. Half way down the stretch Durfee made his drive but the stallion won by a nose, Zulu Belle leaving her feet just before reaching the wire. Zulu Belle took the pole at the turn and she and Crisis raced all the way like a double team and it was anybody's race till just at the end Zulu Belle got the decision by an eye-lash. Summaries: 2:20 pace, three in five, purse $1000. Freely Red, b. m., by Red Medium (Stewart) ..111 Siegfried, b. g. by Silver Coin (Ward) 2 2 3 Adam G., b. g. by McKinney (De Ryder) 3 3 2 Gracie R., b. m. by Demonio (Chad bourne) . . .5 4 4 Isabelle, ch m. (Edwards) 4 5 5 J. A. C, b. h Cecil) dis Time— 2:10, 2:11%, 2:11. 2:20 trot, three in five, purse $100. Scotch John, b. g., Tomonco (Daniels) 11 4 113 Ida Millerton, bl m., Millerton (Maben) 12 3 3 2 Ollie B. ch. m., Nutwood Wilkes (Two- hig) 2 11 8 2 1 Escobado, b. h., Escobar (Ward) 3 1 4 5 4 Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B (Walton) 6 6 2 6 5 Zombretta, brm. by Zombro (Williams) 4 12 6 4 6 Charlie B., bl.g. by Col. Benton (Becker) 7 5 5 dr Lucy M, bl. m. by Magistrate (Bonnell) 9 8 10 8 dr Diablo Mc, b. g. by Diablo (De Ryder) 8 3 7 dr Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon ( Cuicello) 5 7 9 7 dis Clara Marie, b m. by Bay Bird(Parker)10 9 dis Tom McKinney. ch. g. by Geo. W. Mc- Kinney) I Vance) 12 10 dis Parachute, b. g. by Altitude Jr. (Sam- sell) dis Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:14, 2:15, 2:14%. 2:25 trot (Matinee) two in three. Zulu Belle, b. f. by Petigru (Durfee) 1 2 1 Crisis, b. h. by Zombro (Williams) 2 1 2 Mamie Elizabeth, ch. m, (Delorey) 3 3 3 Arms, ch. h. (Williams) 5 4 4 Charlie Wilkes, b. g. (Dodge) 4 5 5 Lottie Vayer (Jonas) 6 6 6 Time— 2:19, 2:19%, 2:18%. July 15. — The track was not as good as the day before, being decidedly cuppy in places and the at- tendance was even lighter. The day's program opened with marking two trot- ters, Etta McKenna, br. m. by Judge McKenna (for- merly McKenna) owned by J. Stresovieh Jr. and driven by Stewart in 2:29% and Cedric Mac. ch. h. by Neerest, Black Swan by Alta Vela, owned by W. C. McCully and driven by Geo. W. Bonnell in 2:24%. The first race called was the 2:12 pace and a very indifferent lot of horses answered the bell. Queen Derby outclassed her field of horses, and won as she pleased. The last heat in 2:18%, just where the matinee trotters in the 2:25 class stepped the day before. Queen Derby had the pole and the horses got away to a good start for the first heat ; the erratic Dan S. with J. G. Stewart up was a couple of lengths back but on his gait. Queen Derby was first at the half with Dan S in second place and the others all fairly close and together. Then the Queen drew away and won by four lengths with Geraldine see- and the rest close up to her. Queen Derby was never headed in the second heat, Geraldine was at her saddle at the quarter with Dan S. third and this order was maintained till Dan S. made one of his mistakes at the head of the stretch and McFadyen moved up and finished third, two lengths behind Geraldine, who was beaten the same distance by the Queen. The horses got away to a dead even start in the third heat and Queen Derby immediately showed in the lead. McFadyen was going rough and trying to break on the first turn but Chadbourne managed to keep him on his feet and as they turned into the back stretch he straightened out but could not catch the Queen who won, pulled up with McFadyen second and Geraldine third. Charlie T. drew the pole for the first heat of the 2:12 trot and all got away to a good start. Goldenut broke on the first turn. The Statesman cut out the pace for the party and went down to the half in 1:03%. He led to within fifty yards of the wire when De Ryder came very fast with Charlie T. and beat him a head, with Goldenut third. The Statesman went to a break just as the word was given for the second heat and Helman hustled Goldenut out in front and had a comfortable lead at the half and from there had it fairly easy till it came to stalling off a rush made at the distance by Charlie T., but he managed to win by half a length from the bay gelding with Era third. Goldenut was first past the quarter by two lengths into the stretch in the same positions. At the long distance Goldenut left his feet trying to stall off Charlie T. Just as he did so Ward came up on the outside with Emily W. and passing Goldenut collared Charlie T. The finish was so close that one of the judges thought Emily W. had won. another Charlie T. and the third insisted it was a dead heat, and so it was announced. The Statesman was drawn for the fourth heat and when they came down the third turn Ward was a couple of lengths back but nodded for the word. Goldenut took the lead with Era lapped on him at the quarter. Charlie T. and Era were level at the half with Goldenut still ahead. Emily W. began to close up on the upper turn, but could not reach Goldenut and in the effort left her feet at the head of the stretch Goldenut won the heat by two lengths from Charlie T. who was on a break. Goldenut headed his field to the half with Emily W. next and Charlie T. last. This lead the chestnut stud held till well down the stretch, when Ward made his drive with Emily W. and was soon on even terms with Goldenut, who, in spite of all Hol- man's efforts was carried off his feet and Emily W. won the heat. The 2:35 trot (matinee) that finished the second day's card, was below the standard. Fussy B., true to her name, delayed the start and when they did get the word went to a break and ran to the quarter, where Dr. Connoly pulled her up as her harness was broken. Saddler went out in front with Direct Maid and won by a city block with W. Connolly winning with Fussy B. as he pleased, Orena A. Glascock, with Orena second. As distance was waived in all the matinee races Fussy B. started in the second heat and made a break at the quarter, but caught and took command at the half and won pulled up, Orena second, and the rest in a procession. The third heat was a repetition of the second, Connoly winning with Fussy B. as he pleased, Orena again second. Summaries: 2:12 pace, three in five, purse $800. Queen Derby, br. m. by Charles Derby (Cui- cello) 1 1 1 Geraldine. br. m. by Zombro (Wallace) 2 2 3 McFadyen, ch. g. by Diablo (Chadbourne) ... .3 3 2 Fox S., b. g. (D. Stewart) 5 4 4 Dan S., ch. g. (J. Stewart) 4 5 5 Time— 2:11, 2:12%, 2:18%. 2-12 trot, three in five, purse $800. Goldenut. ch. h. Neernut (Hellman) 3 13 12 Charlie T., bl. g. Zombro (De Ryder).. 1 2 0 2 3 Emily W.. b. m. James Madison (Ward) 4 4 0 4 1 Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 5 3 4 3 4 The Statesman, b. h. bv Jas. Madison (Ivey) 2 5 5 dr Time— 2:10%, 2:12, 2:12%, 2:14%, 2:13%. 2:35 trot (matinee) two in three. Fussy B., b. m. by Stam B. (Connolly) 4 1 1 Direct Maid, b. m. (Saddler) 1 3 3 Orena. b. g (Glascock) 2 2 2 Julia Clay, ch. m. (Nesmith) 3 4 4 Time— 2:42, 2:34, 2:34. July 16 — The third day's program was very light, even on paper, and turned out even worse in reality. Cynora. a black filly by Highland C, owned and driven by M. E. Mosher, started to beat 2:30%, trot- ting, and took a mark of 2:29% and Belle C, bay mare, by Atto Rex, owned by J. C. Connell, and driven by James C. Wallace, took a record of 2:23. The 2:07 pace was the first race of the day and four scored down for the word with Tom Murphy on the pole. Delilah went out in front soon after they got the word and with Josephine second led all the way, winning easily by a couple of lengths in 2:07 flat. Josephine was on her stride, but a length or so back, when the word was given for the second heat. Delilah went out in front and Josephine could not catch her at any stage of the game and Bonnell was simply buggy riding all the way and won in a jog by four lengths in 2:09%. Delilah left her feet on the first turn and Josephine was soon twenty or more lengths ahead of her field with Delilah last. When Bonnell's mare squared away at last it looked as if it would be impossible to get near Josephine, but her driver set her going at such a clip that on the upper turn she was a close second to Rutherford and stepping down the stretch like a whirlwind she beat Josephine out by half a length, having tramped the three-quarters in 1:33% and the last half in 1:03. The Canfield stake for two-year-old trotters was the next race and but two contestants faced the starter, C. A. Canfield's bay colt Donasham and E. W. Mosher's br. colt Heine Snyder. Donasham was looked upon as a certain winner as he had worked a mile before coming here in 2:16% and a half in 1:05 but it certainly was not his day. Heine Snyder drew the pole and the colts got away on the second attempt. Donasham made a break on the first turn, but caught quickly and passed the Mosher entry before heading into the back stretch and opened up a gap that he kept steadily increasing til* he reached the wire. Heine Snyder left his feet also on the first turn and did not catch till he reached the quarter and then immediately shifted into a pace only to break again and finally ran from fifty to a hundred yards to get inside the flag which the distance judge reported he succeeded in doing by a nose. If the heat was a farce the judging was also, for though Snyder made eight breaks in the mile and Mosher himself said he paced all up the back stretch, and then just managed to run inside the "flag," they permitted him to start for the second heat. Surely three such experienced gentlemen as C. A. Durfee, J. O. Garretty and L. W. Folsom must have seen the performance. In the second heat 1. C. Mosher had the mount behind Heine Snyder and the colt stood on his feet all the way, Donasham making a riffle on the first turn and another one be- fore reaching the quarter pole and won by fifty yards or more in two seconds faster time than the first heat which was in 2:31. The 2:20 pace (matinee) closed the day's card. Four pacers took the word and Lucy Coin, owned and driven by James Leonard, a new member of the Los Angeles Driving Club, got off in the lead and was never headed, winning by two lengths trom L. A. Denker's mare Bernie Wilkes. Saturday, July 24. 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Lucy Coin made a bad break on the first turn in the second heat and Honest John went to contest it with Bernie Wilkes and succeeded in heading the bay mare to the wire. In the third heat Lucy Coin stood on her feet all the way and won with ease, with Honest John sec- ond. Summaries: 2:07 pace, three in five, purse $800. Delilah, b. m. by Zolock (Bonnell) 1 1 1 Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) 2 2 2 Tom Murphy, b. g. by Gossiper (Walton) 4 3 3 Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Chad- bourne) 3 4 4 Time— 2:07, 2:09%, 2:10%. Canfield Stake, two-year-old trotters, two in three. Donasham, b. c. by Atthadon (Walton) 1 1 Heine Snyder, br. c. (Mosher) 2 2 Time— 2:31, 2:29. 2:20 pace (matinee) two in three. Lucy Coin, br. m.. Silver Coin (Leonard) 1 4 1 Honest John, b. g. (Lows) 3 1 2 Bernie Wilkes, b. m. (Denker) 2 2 3 May Gifford, k. k. (Prescott) 4 3 4 Time — 2:20%, 2:25, 2:24. The Association expected a large attendance for the last day as all the parades were over in town and the Elks had seen pretty much all there was to be seen in the neighborhood, but was sadly disap- pointed as about the same number paid admission at the gate. A good card was presented, perhaps the best of the week, that called for three professional races and one matinee. The day's sport opened with the 2:15 pace, with fiye starters, of which Moortrix in Sutherland & Chadbourne's string, was picked to win and made good in straight heats. Ward took the lead on the turn with Joe Mc- Gregor and led Moortrix to the half by a length. Dawn o' Light broke on the first turn and again on the upper turn, Moortrix winning the heat by a length from Joe McGregor, with Milton Gear third and Isabelle and Dawn o' Light distanced. Joe McGregor was a head in front of Moortrix at the half, but from there to the wire Moortrix out- footed him and won pulled up by a couple of lengths. 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FOR SALE. The handsome yearling stud STAR ENVOY 50591, bred on producing lines. He is by ROYaL ENVOY 3fl4.i (trial 2:2H. out o£ a Wilkes- Mam- briuo-Patchen and by a double producing daughter by Masterlode. STAR ENVOY'S dam is a full sister to Dorothy M. 2:21, dam of Marie N.. one of the three eligibles to the M & M stake at Detroit from Geers stable. From present in- dications with proper handling STAR ENVOY will be very fast. Address. C. F. McFarland. Tulare. Cal. PRICE, $300 SPEED FOR SALE— Three High- Class Horses. BOTOX DE ORO 2:11*4, pacing. Sired by Zolock 2:05^4, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Point- er 1:59*4, second dam Princess Wilkes by Xed "Wilkes 4757, etc. Handsome black horse, fine type, nice head and neck, and sound. Has paced a mile in 2 :08 and a quarter in 29 seconds. Should take a record around 2:05 this year. He beat Velox 2:09^4 twice last season and took his record in a race. A good horse in his class. Is a show horse and has great style. ZULU BELLE (2 - year - old record 2:24*4) by Petigru 2:10%, dam Johanna Treat 2:19. the dam of Del Coronado 2.09%, Irene S. 2:2894, and Zulu Belle 2:24*4. This three - year - old filly is entered and paid up to date in Pacific Breeders' Futurity and Occident Stakes, and should win more than the price asked of her this year. She is sound and in excellent condition, and ex- tremely fast. Has been brought along slowly this spring, but can trot a half in 1:06 now if necessary. Is a black filly, good looking, stands 15 hands, and weighs 950 pounds. Is always on a trot and a great prospect for the stakes she is in. GLEXITA 2:28, bay mare by Rex Gifford 2:14, dam by Guide 2:16*4. son of Director. Stands 15.3 hands, strong, weighs 1125 pounds, is sound, a good type and a grand roadster and matinee mare. Can trot a quarter in 32 sec- onds and a lady can drive her any- where. Is eight years old, and worth training for the coast races. She won a matinee race at Los Angeles last year, taking the first and third heats in 2:18 and 2:18%. I desire to sell the above horses im- mediately, as I will go East with my horses about June 1st. "Were I to re- main in California this year, I would have entered Boton de Oro all through the Circuit. As I have a full sister to Zulu Belle, would like to sell this filly to some one who will race her in her stake engagements, as I believe she will take a low record and help the family of my stallion Del Coronado 2:09%. For prices and further particu- lars, address W. G. DURFEE, Box 1, University Sta., Los Angeles, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit . Burton's Niko (Burton! 2 2 2 H. Boyle's Modicum (Boyle) 3 3 3 Time — 2:20, 2:19, 2:20%. Second race, free-for-all pace, one mile. George Kitto's Deroll i Schwartz) 1 1 1 Luke Mariseh's Little Dick (Verilhac) 2 3 2 G. Giannini's George Perry (Machado) 5 2 5 P. Kohn's Alfred D. (Donnelly) 3 4 3 A. Hoffman's Kitty D. (Hoffman) 4 5 4 Time — 2:15, 2:14, 2:17%. Third race, 2:30 trot, one mile. E T. Avers' Dalta A. (Ayers) 1 1 G. Tassi's Steve D (Tassi) ". .2 2 -I. Xowlan's Monte (Nowlan) 3 3 W. Hamner's Clara ( W. Hamner) 4 4 T. D. Sexton's Pills (Sexton) 5 5 Time— 2:30, 2:30%. Fourth race, 2:25 pace, one mile. W. Higginbottom's T. D. W. (Schwartz) 2 1 1 J. E. Finch's Edward (Finch) 1 2 3 j. Nowlan's Durfee Mac (Xowlan) 3 3 2 E. J. Lathrope's Marin (Lathrope) 4 4 4 Time — 2:20, 2:18, 2:19. Fifth race, 2:30 pace, one mile. A. M. Scott's Roy S. (Scott) ...'. 4 1 1 J. V. Galindo's Patery (Soto) 1 2 3 Bert Edward's Baldy Mitchell ( Edwards) 3 4 2 J. McGrath's Almont Prncess (MeGrath) 2 3 4 Time — 2:25, 2:26, 2:25. Officers of the day — Starter, W. J. Kenny; Judges. Tom Corcoran, J. Bonney, George Giannini; Timers. M. Wallen, John Deschler and H. Schottler; Mar- shal, Fred Lauterwasser Jr.; Assistant Marshal, M. Seuderman. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Some good racing was given at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last Saturday afternoon by the members of the Park Amateur Driving Club after they got started, but as is often the cae the rac-s advertised to start at 2 o'clock do not get going until a half or three-quarters of an hour later. About 1000 people were in attendance, and judging by their cheers at the finishes of the different heats, they thoroughly enjoyed the contests from start to finish. There were three races on the card, two of them being won handily in straight heats, but the third was a closer contest, and after Mr. R. Consani had won the first heat in 2:26% with Dividend by a neck from Mr. I. L. Borden's Barney Barnatto. the latter took the next two heats, Dividend dropping back to third position at the finish of the third. In the last heat of this race Barney Barnatto trotted the mile in 2:25%. He is a son of-Zombro and oat o£ a McKinney mare. Results: First race, Class A trotters, mile heats. Horse and Owner. Cita Dillon (C. F. von Issendorf ) ;1 l Harold K. (I. F. Borden) 2 -'2 Time— 2:27, 2:25. Second race. Class A pacers, mile heats. Horse and Owner. Dictatum D. E. Hoffman) 1 l Victor Piatt (George Carlin) ...2 2 P.incess V. (H. C. Ahlers) 3 3 Opitsah (F. L. Matthes) 4 4 Time— 2:19%, 2:17%. Third race, class B trotters, mile heats. Horse and Owner. . "" •; Barney Barnatto (I. L. Borden). ...2 1 1 Dividend (R. Consani) 1 2 3 Martha (G. Lyons) 3 2 2 Enchantress (S. Christensonl :4 4 4 Time — 2:26%, 2:26, 2:25%. Uhlan 2:07%, the sensational trotter of last year, must not be forgotten in the calculations for prob- able fast performers for this season. The Bingen gelding is said to be in great shape, and has already worked several heats below 2:10, and nearly always finishes the. last quarter in about 30 seconds. He will probably make his first -start for the season at Cleveland during the second week in August! The Woodland Driving Club held a matinee last Saturday afternoon at which some extra good racing was seen. Several of the horses that were to leave Ibis week for the Breeders' meeting at. Salinas, were started, and they trotted and paced as if they were ready to start for the money. Prince Lot, Woodland Stock Farm's good trotter by Prince Ansel, trotted a mile in 2:13%, Joe Brown, the pacer, owned by A. B. Rodman, paced a heat in 2:13, and H. S. Hogo- boom drove his two-year-old trotter Alto Express a beat in 2:24, in a race against the five-year-old mare Nusta 2:28%, owned by Woodland Stock Farm, and Nusta trotted one in 2:23%. Great credit is due the club for the prompt manner in which the races were trotted and paced, there being no long waits betwreen heats, everything mov- ing like clockwork. Results: Class A. Joe Brown ( Rodman ) 3 1 3 1 Prince Lot (Spencer) 1 2 2 3 Billv M. (Bigelow) 2 3 1 2 Time— 2:13%, 2:13, 2:16, 2:18. Class C. Nusta (Spencer) .....1 2 1 Alto Express ( Hogaboom I 2 1 2 Time-^2:27, 2:24, 2:23%. Class E. Jerry F. (Comontofski) 1 2 1 Bonnie Princess (Binning) 4 1 '4 Abe (Wurth) 2 3 2 Banker G. (Rodman) 3 4 3 Time— 2:39, 2:37%, 2:40. Class E. Major (Eires) 1 2 2 Dutch (Montgomery) 2 1 1 Fount C. (S. Scott) 3 3 3 Time— 2:47, 2:47, 2:44. The following were the officers of the course: George Zimmerman, official starter; Frank Murphy, Barney Rehmke, Henry Eakle Jr.. judges; Mativia and Schwartz, timekeepers. 0 CUT GLASS FOR RETIRING PRESIDENT. Officers elected by the Sacramento Driving Club some time ago were installed Wednesday evening. July 21st, at a meeting in the chamber of commerce and the retiring president. I. Christie, was presented with a beautiful cut-glass wine set and six bottles of the "best made." Plans were also laid for a meeting, a matinee to be held in Sacramento soon after the State Fair and for one to be held on August 1st, for local horses only. Officers installed were as follows: President, Thomas Coulter; Vice-President, George Vice; Sec- retary-Treasurer, Sam A. Smith: Directors, W. W. Bassett. I. Christie, O. E. Wilbur, Frank Wright, Frank Ruhstaller and Thomas Coulter. The committees to have charge of the club's meets for the coming year were appointed as follows: Speed Committee, Frank Wright, F. J. Ruhstaller and Charles Silva; Finance Committee. W. W. Bassett, Dave Ahern and John Covins; Transportation Com- mittee, I. Christie. John Silva and J. F. Heenan ; Pub- licity Committee, Oscar Wilbur, H. F. Longhurst and George Vice; Reception Committee, F. J. Ruh- staller, F. H. Traxler. H. C. Pike. Jay Wheeler, L. C. Thisby, John Batcher, Carl Saemann, Joe Bowers, Al Berger, J. H. Donnelly and Dr. E. J. Weldon. Immediately following the installation and the ap- pointment of new committees the wine set and" "six of the best" were produced, and George Vice made the presentation speech, and the cut-glass outfit was turned over to I. Christie, the retiring president, who responded in suitable terms. The club had a large attendance at the meeting — a notable increase over the number present at the last meeting. In the last two months forty new mem- bers have been welcomed into the organization and the roll-call now numbers more than 125. The big meet of the year, to be one of the best Sacramento followers of the game -will have the op- portunity of seeing, will be held shortly after the close of the State Fair, some time in September. Horses from Woodland, Chico, Marysville, Oroville and Stockton will be entered. The proceeds from this meeting will be' turned over to some Sacra- mento charitable institution, the board of directors have not yet decided which one. In the meantime the speed committee is making arrangements for a strictly local meet, to be held on August 1st. Already fifteen horses have been entered. — Union. :-..-—' " f — — o— = =• The performance of Hedgwood Boy and Lady Maud C., when they paced as a team in 2:06 at Terre Haute, was unique, for, while it did not lower the world's record for that style of going, approximated it, and the fact that they were own" brother and sister gives additional interest to the feat. Judging from the way the mile was rated, it can be assumed that these two pacers, when at their best, and when fa- miliar with each other's company, can pace a mile very close to 2:04, for each has speed enough, and while they may not be as perfectly adapted for team work as some other horses who have been seen, they both are very high class,, thoroughly game, sterling race horses. . . - , ■ The fastest records made in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stakes, since they were inaugurated in 1904, are as follows, the name and sire of each record holder being given, the name of the driver, the year and track at which it was made, and the time being given: Two-year-old trotter, Ella M. R.,b. f. by Lord Alvin (Twohig. Chico, 1908) 2:16% Three-year-old trotter, North Star, b. g. by Nut- wood Wilkes (Whitehead, Santa Rosa, 1907). 2: 13% Two-year-old pacer, Ray o' Light, blk. c. by Searchlight (Whitehead, Santa Rosa. 1907) and Easter D. b. f. by Diablo (Stewart, Chico, 190S) 2:13% Three-year-old pacer, Hymettus, b. c. by Zom- bro (Quinn, Santa Rosa, 1907) 2:08% HIGH VALUES OF THE BREEDERS' STAKES. The payments of July 1 on the eligible foals to Championship Stake No. 1 of the American Associa- tion of Trotting Horse Breeders were so extensive as to increase the value of that event to $9,195. The three future payments. May 1, 1910, July 1, 1910 and the final starting fee the night before the race should aggregate enough more to make the Stake a ?15,000 race. In Matron Stake No. 1, in which the entrance was free to members, the first payment not having been called for until nominations were practically two-year- olds, there has been paid in $4,540; this amount' was received through the early payments and as there will be three more up to the time of maturity, the Matron Stake should reach $10,000 in value. When it is considered that these already of such great value, were the introductory offering of the Breeders' Association it can be plainly seen that the f'lture events of the organization are sure to be of even greater value. Within a week the American Association of Trot- ting Horse Breeders will announce its Championship Stallion Stake No. 3 and its Matron Stake No. 3. As in the past a stallion nominated has all of his foals eligible regardless of ownership and in the Matron Stake a member will be able to name every one of his foals of 1909 free of charge for one year. Those who have foals of 1909 and who are not members of the Association will be able to nominate by becom- ing a member. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Oscar Hartnagel, Seattle — The stallion whose breeding you want is probably Junio 14957. Junio was by Electioneer, his dam Nelly by Granger, a son of the thoroughbred horse, imported Hercules, junio had a trotting record of 2:22. Early Bird, the dam of Seymour Wilkes 2:08% is registered as a pacer. Any of her progeny by a registered horse can be registered as a pacer. Jos. Sresovich, Jr. — We cannot find that Pedro by Altamont has any record, or that he ever started. Pedro has no standard performers. After allowing, for two years, the name of his mare to appear as Penico Maid in the Year Book, the Iowa man who ow-ns and drives her impresses it upon all of the newspaper boys that the correct spelling is Penisa Maid. So long as the mare was racing on the half-mile tracks the owner paid no attention to how the Year Book recorded his mare, but now that she is on the Grand Circuit and has entered the charmed 2:10 list he suddenly mani- fests a great interest in the proper spelling of the name of his pet. It was rather confusing to some of the students of blood lines to find that Penico Maid and Penisa Maid were one and the same, the more so as the mare had appeared as Penico Maid. in all of her early starts this season on the Iowa tracks. However, the spelling of the name makes little difference, so long as no confusion ensues to the students of breeding. It is the same lack of interest that allowed Penisa Mail to be inscribed in the Year Book as Penico Maid that accounts for the non-registration of so many colts. So long as the colts have done nothing the breeders, or at ieast many of them, are heedless as to the proper registration of their blood lines. Later, when as aged horses they take fast records or the mares become dams of fast trotters, a sudden interest in registra- tion is taken, especially if a sale is to be made. Oftentimes it is discovered that while it would have been an easy thing to register the colts, it is an ex- tremely difficult matter to register the aged horses. Wise breeders will register the colts, recognizing that it will save much trouble and perhaps a great financial difference in later years. — Western Horse- man. Queen's Heiress, the daughter of the ex-queen of trotters, Alix 2:03%, was given a record of 2:24% at Lexington, Ky., recently. She is now a brood mare and in foal to General Watts (3) 2:06%. Last year she worked miles in 2:15, but was not started. It is likely that she will be given a considerably lower record before being retired permanently. She is by Handspring 2:18%: Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, July 31, 19097] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDERS MEETING AT SALINAS Full Program of the Races Which Will Begin on Wednesday Next, August 4th. The annual race meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association will be held next week at Salinas, where there is one of the best mile tracks in California. The county fair of the Monterey Agricultural Association will be held in conjunction with these races, and the prospects are excellent for a very large attendance. The full pro- gram of the four days' racing is here given with the list of entries for each. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH. NO: 1. 2:20 CLASS TROTTING, CALIFORNIA STAKES, 92000. Stnlene, b. m. by Stam B.: Frank E. Alley. Roseburg, Ore. Kid Wilkes, s. g. by Stanton "Wilkes; H. E. Armstrong, Cnthlamet, Wash. Cbnrlej- B., bl. g. by Col. Benton; Mrs. Belle Becker, San Francisco, Cal. OHie B., ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes; O. C. Benbow, Irvington, Cal. Rapldan Dillon, br. m. by Sidney Dillon; J. H. Bohon, Los Angeles, Cal. Prince Lot, br. g. by Prince Ansel; Woodland Stock' Farm, Woodland, Cal. Daisy B., br. m. by Walstein; Woodland Stock Farm, Woodland, Cal. Mogolore, br. gr. by Iran Alto; Frank H. Burke, San Francisco, Cal. Lnddle G., bl. g. bj' Zombro; Frank H. Burke, San Francisco, Cal. Huldu C, ch. m. by Dexter Prince; S. H. Coivell, Santa Cruz, Cal. Parachute, b. gr. by Altitude, Jr.; A. G. Dahl, San Diego, Cal. Diablo Mac, b. g. by Diablo; C. L. DeRyder, Plensan- ton, Cal. Deiv Drop, b. m. by Richard's Elector; L. C. Gates, Modesto, Cal. Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon; J. Groom. Pleas- antOD, Cal. Kinney Rose, b. s. by McKinney; W. Huslmgen, Wood- land, Cnl. Memonin, b. m. by Demonio; S. H. Hoy, Winters, Cal. Ida Millerton, bl. m. by Millerton; W. S. Maben, Los ■ Angeles, Cal. Lucy M., bl. m. by Magistrate; William Manske, Hunt- ington Beach, Cal. Zomell, gr. by Zombro; A. B. Miller, Rialto. Cal. Scotch John, s. by Tomonco; Frank Colm, Chico, Cal. Longitude, br. g. by Meridian; Wm. L. B. Mills, San Francisco, Cal. Clara. Marie, b. m. by Bay Bird; G. H. Parker, High- land, Cal. Weate^vater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon; Jas. B. Smith, San Francisco, Cal. Silver Hunter, b. g. by Zombro; L. H. Todhunter, Sac- ramento, Cal. Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B.; S. C. Walton, Fresno, Cal. Escobado, b. s. by Escobar; Fred E. Ward, Los Angeles, Cal. NO. 2. 2:10 CLASS TROTTIXG, $1000. Athasham 2:09%, b. s. by Athadon ; D. L. Bachant, Fresno, Cal. Vallejo Girl 2:10%, br. m. by McKinney; Frank H. Burke, Snn Francisco, Cal. Goldennnt 2:11%, ch. s. by Neernut; Geo. W. Ford, Santa Ana, Cal. Katalina 2:15%, b. m. by Tom Smith; W. J. Miller, Chico, Cal. Era 2:11%, b. m. by Zombro; William Morgan, Pasa- dena, Cal. The Statesman 2:11%, b. s. by Jas. Madison; (has. F. Silva, Sacraniento, Cal. May T. 2:15, ch. m. by Monterey; J. Twohig, Warm Springs, Cal. Emily W. 2:11%, b. m. by Jas. Madison; Fred E. Ward, Los Angeles, Cal. Delia Derby 2:11%, bl. m. by Chas. Derby; C. White- head, Salinas, Cal. NO. 3. 2:11 CLASS PACING, $1000. Cre-sco Wilkes 2:10%, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes; L L, Borden, San Francisco, Cal. Lcttie D., b. m. by Boodle; A. M. Davis,. San Jose, Cal. Pilot, ch. g. by Abbotsford, Jr.; Robert Galindo, Oak- land, Cal. McFadyen 2:12, ch. s. by Diablo; E. D. Dudley, Dixon, Cal. Aerolite 2:11%, b. s. by Searchlight; J. W. Marshall, Dixon, Cnl. Queen Derby 2:11%, br. m.. by Chas. Derby; McGovran & Culcello. Pleasanton; Cnl. Dan S., b. g\ by Athablo; Fred E. Ward, Los Angeles. Cal. Lady R. 2:11%, b. m. by Col. K. R.: Pat Sweeney, Vlsnlla, Cal. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH. No. 4. TWO-YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION Ft'TlRITV STAKE NO. 7, 91450. Pal, b. c. by Pa-lite, dahi'Lerha- Doone by Bayswater Wilkes; E. D. Dudley, Dixon. Alto Express, b. c. by Iran Alto, dam Beautiful Bird * by Nutwood WilkesVH. S. Hogobonm, Woodland. Eilleen, ch. f. by "Walter Barker, dam Mamie Eliza- beth by Red Regent; W. S. Maben, Los Angeles. Babe Verne, br. c. by Jules Verne, dam Little Babe by Bradtmore; Henry Peter*. Binghamton. 1u Tu, br. f. by R. Ambush, dam A. Zeta by Dick; N. 31. Strong. San Bernardino. S-weet Bow, b. f. by Bon Voyage, dam The Silver Bell by'feilver Bow; L. H. Todhunter, Sacramento. Bon Guy, b. c. by Bon Voyage, dam La Moscovita by Guy Wilkes; Wm. E. Detels, Pleasanton. Agnes Carter, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Excella by Monbells; Estate of Martin Carter, Irvington. NO. 5. 2:15 CLASS PACING, $S00. Tom, b. gv by Moses S.; Win. Best, Neivmnn, Cal. Moortrix 2:09, b. s. by Afcmoor; Mrs. F. W. Chadbourne. Pleasanton, Cal. Milton Gear 2:16%, ch. h. by Harry Gear; J. Depoister, Fresno, Cal. Kinney G. 2:24%, br. s. by Kinney Lou; Milton G. Gill, San Francisco, Cnl. Dawn o' Light," b. m. by Searchlight; W. T. McBride, Aberdeen, Wash. Elsideld, ch. g. by Owyhee; J. S. Phippen, Mayfield, Cal. Elsa Mara, s, m. by Morris A.; C. Whitehead, Salinas, Cal. T. D. W., b. g. by Nutwood- Wilkes; T. D.' Witherly, Irvington, Cal. NO. 6. THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FU- TURITY STAKE NO. «, $1300. Teddy Bear, b. c. by Del Coronado, dam Queen S. by Sable Wilkes; Chas. F. Silva, Sacramento. Jim Logan, b. c. by Chas. Derby, dam Effie Logan by Durfee; J. Elmo Montgomery, Davis. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH. NO. TWO-YEAR-OLD PACING DIVISION FU- TURITY STAKE NO. 7, $950. \orniono, b: f. by Demonio.- dam.Louisa by Welcome; J. N. Blair Jr., Sacramento. Roan Hal,,rn. c. by Athablo, dam earnxon- by News- boy; -A. Edstrom. Fruit-vale. Airlie D., b. f. by Demonio, dam Mamie Airlie by Prince Airlie; H. H. Herman, Pleasanton. Sirins Pointer,_b. c. by Star Pointer, dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes; J. W. Marshall. Dixon. NO. 8. THREE -YEAR-OLD TROTTING DIVISION FUTURITY STAKE NO. «, $3300. Ella M. R., b. f._ by Lord" Alwin, dam Excella by Mon- bells; Estate of Martin Carter, Irvington. Complete, s. f. by Palite, dam Camilla by Bayswater Wilkes; W. H. Hoy, Winters. All Style, br. c. by Stam B.. dam Zaya by Bay Bird; Dana Perkins, Rocklin. Leavinettie, b. f. by Zombro, dam Loma B. by Stam B. ; L. H. Tod hunter. Sacramento. Zulu Belle, br. f. by Petigru, dam Johanna Treat by Thos. Rysdyk; W. G. Durfee, Los Angeles. Easter, b. c. by Monicrat, dam Atto Reina by Atto Rex; S. B. Wright, San Bernardino. Virginia Lee, b. i. by Iran Alto, dam Maggie by Sou- dan; T. B. Gibson, Woodland. Volante, b. c, by Zombro, the limit. In addition, there will be a sale of thoroughbred stock by Colonel Geo. P. Bellows of Marysville, Mo., one of the greatest auctioneers of live-stock in the United States. He will also act as judge in conjunction with Prof. W. L. Carlyle of Denver, Colorado, an expert with an international reputation. The horse show will include the finest specimens of equine life in California, re- inforced by horses from the Eastern States and importations from Europe. From the great Clyde or Shire horse to the diminutive Shetland or Hungarian, every type will be there to interest, the lover of the horse. The other classes of domestic animals will be presented by true and unique types. Among the latter will be shown some of the famous "mule foot swine," a departure from the cloven hoof variety known the world over. The poultry men will have a show by themselves. The premium list has more than 200 prizes in this class, amount- ing to over $3,000. Every fancier in California with pure bred birds should either show at or visit the Fair this year. The pavilion exhibits will be bewilder- ing in their variety. 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A competition among comities for displays of farm products alone is arranged for, and be- sides the cash award of §100 for the first prize, the county securing the prestige of being first in California in farm products SULKY FOR SALE Now McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address. F. W. EELLEY. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. Two McKena Fillies for Sale. A two-year-old and a three-year-old, both out of a high-class Xutwood mare. Both handsome bays with black points, size, style and speed. When grown will stand 15-3 or 16 hands. Apply 820% 30th St.. Oakland, Cal. STAR POIXTER COLT FOR SALE. Handsome big colt, two years old, by Star Pointer, dam Maud Jay C. by Nearest 40698. A high-class individual and a splendid prospect. For price and particulars, address MRS. S. V. BARSTOW, 1042 Alameda Ave., San Jose, Cal. FOR SALE. The handsome yearling stud STAR ENVOY 50591. bred on producing lines. He is by ROYAL ENVOY 36477 (trial 2:21). out of a Wilkes-Mam- brino-Patchen and by a double producing daughter by Masterlode. STAR ENVOY'S dam is a full sister to Dorothy M. 2:21. dam of Marie N.. one of the three eligibles to the M & M stake at Detroit from Geers stable. From present in- dications with proper handling STAR ENVOY will be very fast. Address. C. F. McFakland. Tulare. Cal. PRICE, $300 Chas. Derby Pacer for Sale. Bay mare. 5 years old, by Chas. Derby. First dam Maggie by Abbottsford Jr.; second dam Maggie Me by Speculation by Hambletonian 10; third dam by Bell Alto by Williamson's Belmont (.thoroughbred). First dam the dam of Sid Abbot, trial in 2:17. This mare was bred by W. L. McDonald of Con- cord,Contra Costa Co.. Cal.. and has shown quar- ters in 34 seconds with 6 weeks work on the Santa Rosa track. Is good sized, sound and gentle. For further particulars and price address W. Y. WALKER. Sebastopol, Sonoma Co., Cal. SPEED FOR SALE— Three High- Class Horses. BOTOX DE ORO 2:11%, pacing. Sired by Zolock 2:05*4, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer, full brother to Star Point- er 1:59%, second dam Princess "Wilkes by Ned Wilkes 4757, etc. Handsome black horse, fine type, nice head and neck, and sound. Has paced a mile in 2:08 and a quarter in 29 seconds. Should take a record around 2:05 this year. He beat Velox 2:09% twice last season and took his record in a race. A good horse in his class. Is a show horse and has great style. ZULU BELLE (2 - year - old record 2:24%) by Petigru 2:10^, dam Johanna Treat 2:19, the dam of Del Coronado 2.09%, Irene S. 2:28%, and Zulu Belle 2:24%. This three - year - old filly is entered and paid up to date in Pacific Breeders' Futurity and Occident Stakes, and should win more than the price asked of her this year. She is sound and in excellent condition, and ex- tremely fast. Has been brought along slowly this spring, but can trot a half in 1:06 now if necessary. Is a black filly, good looking, stands 15 hands, and weighs 950 pounds. Is always on a trot and a great prospect for the stakes she is in. GLEMTA 2:28, bav mare by Rex Gifford 2:14, dam by Guide 2:16%, son of Director. Stands 15.3 hands, strong, ■weighs 1125 pounds, is sound, a good type and a grand roadster and matinee mare. Can trot a quarter in 32 sec- onds and a lady can drive her any- where. Is eight years old, and worth training for the coast races. She won a matinee race at Los Angeles last year, taking the first and third heats in 2:18 and 2:18%. I desire to sell the above horses im- mediately, as I will go East with my horses about June 1st. "Were I to re- main in California this year, I would have entered Boton de Oro all through the Circuit. As I have a full sister to Zulu Belle, would like to sell this filly to some one who will race her in her stake engagements, as I believe she will take a low record and help the family of my stallion Del Coronado 2:09%. For prices and further particu- lars, address W. G. DTJRFEE, Box 1, University Sta., Los Angeles, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit APPARATUS I FOR 'EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. HOUGHTON Sole Originators of "Aluminum Lined" Wood Rims "The rim with the doubt and risk left out" ...40 STYLES... SULKIES— all kinds of Carts for road or track use — Speed Wagons — Top Buggies — Runabouts and Surreys at interesting prices. 50-Page Catalog— 100 Illustrations— FREE Built as Fine — Fast as a Sulky. Low seat, easy rider, accident-proof bearings, "aluminum lined" rims, guaranteed heavy tread tires, large solid brass dirt shield, canvas dust protector, large foot pump, tools, wrenches, etc., free. ADDRESS. The Houghton Sulky Co. MARION, OHIO Furnished regularly with "aluminum lined" wood rims. Drawn by ALLEN WINTER THE HARVESTER Winner of $33, 600 Winner of $17,500 The $50,000 Handicap. Three Futurities. 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Young Homer Clark 353 x 360 353 x 360 351 x 360 Over 97 350 x 360— Over 97 346 x 360— Over 96 346 x 360— Over 96 345 x 360— Over 95 Over 98 per cent Over 98 " LONG RUNS Frank E. Foltz — An Amateur — 186 Woolfolk Henderson — An Amateur — 158 C. O. Le Compte — Professional— 142 and 141 Messrs. Foltz and Henderson both ran THE ENTIRE PEOGEAM OF SIX REGULAR EVENTS on the First Day without a miss. ALL THE GENTLEMEN ABOVE NAMED USED SMOKELESS SHOTGUN POWDERS I WHAT POWDER WILL YOU USE NOW? An Unparalleled Record in Shooting History Made by The PARKER GUN At Chicago, the week beginning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yd. mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles — score 94. Mr. Fred Shattuek won the Grand American Handicap from the 18 yd. mark — score 96, and 20 straight in the shoot- off. Mr. Fred Gilbert again won. the Professional Champion- ship with a score of 193 out of 200, which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive win- ning for THE PARKER GUN. THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament — thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. QPiece Our new "3-Bolt, 3-Piece 1909 Model Gun has tlie simplest and fastest lock ever put in a gun. Some makers claim a three-piece lock, but do not show or count the main spring — now, we both show and count the main spring — see cut above. Please note we have cut out all cocking bars, levers and push rods and hook right on to the toe of the hammer. This not only makes a lock with large, strong parts, but a lock that works as smooth as oil. 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SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1909. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year. V > v m "■■/.. A". '!,'.:'■'(< THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. Order Direct of Us and Save the Middleman's Profit Jfie CELEBRATED ELLIS I COMPLETE ftPIM THE RECOGNIZED STANDARD TRACK HARNESS OF THE WORLD. Superior to Any* Otfier M&Ke-» ^^In -A Class fly Itself ^^ FVLLrSQVAL TO TXACK ffARNFSS SOLD Br Or/fER MANC/FACri/RERS ATi*t/)ros/?Z I ■ *#A\M ifMIIirin IkLCM ■ M 3k EQi/AiroAxromER -*. SfAJMFACTlf#ERS''35e2GRADE cuapanfeed f/v every respect, your money refunded COMPLETE AND WE W/LL RAY EXPRESS CHARGES BOTH WAYS. Jf YOU ARE NOT PERFECTLY JAT/Sf/ED zstrrfAfc/fAen/fiERJ HARNESS $ TURF GOODS Central California Circuit Of Agricultural Fairs and Race Meetings Sept. 6th to 25, 1909, Inclusive. Entries close Aug. 16, '09 Horses to be named with entry. Bakersiield Septonber t**!^ " Tulare September 13-14-15-16-17 and 18 W. F. INCWERSON, Secretary HrHlfnrfl SePteml)er 20-21-22-23-24 and 25 MJUMEM Ul vl j. c. MINICH, Secretary Address your entries for each place to the Secretary of that place. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY- SATURDAY. SAME PROGRAMME FOR EACH PLACE. Trotting, 2:14 class District Pace, 2:20 class Pacing, 2:25 class Trotting, 2:10 class Pacing, 2:14 class District Trot, 2:25 class District Trot, 2:35 class Pacing, 2:10 class Trotting, 2:18 class District Pace, 2:30 class Pacing, 2:20 class Trotting, 2:24 class CONDITIONS. $500 250 500 500 500 250 200 500 200 500 500 Entries to close Monday, August 16, 1909, when horses are to be named and eligible to the classes in. which they are entered. Stakes will be divided into four moneys; 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3 per" cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money. The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nom- inators will receive three days' notice by mail to address of entry. The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declare off or postpone any or all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause. Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race shall be required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the Secretary at the track. Racing colors must be named by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day precediag the race and must be worn upon the track in all races. Colors will be registered in the order in which they are received and when not named or when said colors con- flict, drivers will be required to wear colors designated by the Association. The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the position of the horses. Hobbles barred in trotting races, but will be permitted in pacing races. All stakes are guaranteed for the amount offered and are for the amount offered only. Member of National Trotting Association. Address all communications to the Secretary. BOOKS FOR STALLION OWNERS 1. Hoover's Stallion Service Record. The most complete book for recording- stallion service ever placed before breeders. Not a pocket edition. No more disputing of sires. No more mixing of darns where this book is used. There is space for entering ioo mares, giving their full breeding, description, dates of service, dates of foaling, etc., with index, complete, size I0x7>=. Each book is hand- somely and substantially bound S— °0 2. The Standard Stallion Service Book. The neatest Service Book published, containing space for entering 100 mares, giving space for full description, pedigree, date of services and refusals, date of foaling, etc., with index complete, neatly bound inleatherine, suitable tor pocket use 51.00 3. Breeder's Xote and Certificate Book and Stallion Service Book Combined. This book contains 75 blank certificates to be given to owners of mares, certifying that said mare has been bred to a certain stallion. Also 75 notes suitable for owner of mare giv- ing to owner of stallion on account of stallion service fee. This book is well bound, and makes a book like No. 2, after certificates and notes have been removed Si.oo ADDRESS BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Saturday, August 7, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLET, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of th« Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. S3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. SI. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 147, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Pleasanton, week ending Aug. 14 Woodland, week ending Aug. 21 Chico, week ending Aug. 28 State Fair, Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Everett Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept. 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Cleveland Aug. 9-14 Buffalo Aug. 16-20 Poughkeepsie Aug. 23-27 Readville Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRduiT. Galesburg, 111 Auk. 10-13 Davenport, la Aug. 17-20 Joliet, 111 Aug. 23-2S Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria, III Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 ANOTHER TWO-MINUTE TROTTER is almost in sight. The mile in 2:02% by Hamburg Belle at De- troit last week, in her first public appearance of the season, was accomplished in a manner that jus- tifies her admirers in predicting a place in that extreme speed class now held by but two trotters — Lou Dillon 1:58% and Major Delmar 1:59%. As yet there are four trotters with faster records than Hamburg Belle, the two two-minute performers just named. Sweet Marie 2:02 and Cresceus 2:02%. Hamburg Belle is thus fifth on the list at the present time. There is a tremendous gap between 2:02% and 2:00. but the daughter of Axworthy and Sallie Simmons is young and sound, and we do not doubt that before the racing season of 1909 is ended a day will come when the weather, the track and her own condition will be just right for the accomplishment of the great effort and that she will succeed. The breeding of trotters has only been a matter of the last sixty years; before that era the trotters we had in this country were picked up here and there and no regular plans for establishing a breed of horses had been formed or a foundation laid. Until the advent of Hambletonian 10 the breeding of trotting horses was a haphazard business, but from the time of that great speed progenitor much thought and study was given the subject by some of the most intelligent of our stock breeders, with the result that the breed of American trotting horses was estab- lished and now it is known the world over as the most useful of all the different equine breeds. It is wonderful that a family of horses of such great merit should be produced in so short a time, but American energy, brain; and perseverance have ac- complished this result. The 2:30 trotter is now so common that horses with no greater speed than this attract no particular attention and sell for the price of ordinary horses in the market. The 2:15 trotter occupies the same relative place now that the 2:30 horse did thirty years ago, and within an- other decade the demand will be for the 2:10 horse for professional and matinee purposes, and none other will command a high figure when speed horses are wanted. The time is soon coming when the 2:03 list will be so long that few will be able to repeat it from memory, although it now contains but five honored names, and while we look upon 2:00 speed in the trotter as relatively the same as 1:40 speed in the runner, and expect in the future to see it in- crease every year, the trotters that reach this ex- treme rate of speed and maintain it for a mile will never be so common but that one having the capacity to trot in 2:00 will command a long price and be eagerly sought after. The two minute trotter is something that breeders and trainers can strive for during many years to come with the certainty that each and every one produced will bring fame and for- tune to the owner, and it is also certain that it will be many years before the demand for a horse that can trot three heats in 2:10 will be any less than it is now, and all know that it takes a goodly sum of money to buy one that is capable of accomplishing such a feat. o PLEASANTON IS THE PLACE to which the circuit horses will move next week and on Wednesday next racing will begin at the best meeting held at the horse center for years. There will be four days of high-class racing, and those who attend will find one of the best appointed tracks in California. The new grandstand, which will seat 2000 people, has been completed and there are many more improvements which will please the public to see and that will add to their convenience and pleasure. The program of the four days' racing will be as follows: Wednesday, August 11th. Pacing, 2:20 class — Purse, $700. Three-year-olds, pacing — Purse, $400. Trotting, 2:15 class — Purse, $500. Thursday, August 12th. Trotting, 2:09 class — Purse, $500. Three-year-olds, trotting — Purse, $400. Pacing, 2:15 class — Purse, $500. Friday, August 13th. Pacing, 2:07 class — Purse, $500. Trotting, 2:20 class — Purse, $700. Pacing, 2:25 class — Purse, $500. Saturday, August 14th. Trotting, 2:12 class — Purse, $500. Trotting, 2:30 class — Purse, $500. Pacing, 2:12 class — Purse, $500. First race called each day at 1:30 p. m. sharp. All races best three heats in five and end with fifth heat. o A TELEGRAM to the Associated Press from Port- land, Oregon, announces the very serious illness of Mr. M. D. Wisdom, editor of the North Pacific Rural Spirit, and Secretary of the North Pacific Fair Circuit. If there is a man west of the Mississippi river that the live stock interests of this section of the country cannot afford to lose, it is Mike Wisdom. As super- intendent of the live stock exhibit of the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition, he has concluded the pre- liminaries that will make it the greatest stock exhibit ever made on this side the continent. As a promoter of honest harness racing he has done more to build up this grand sport than any r.ther individual and as a friend of all that is best in the breeding and racing of standard bred horses, he has endeared himself to every man on the Ccast who is interested in and enjoys clean sport. As editor of the Rural Spirit he has made that excellent journal a household word from Puget Sound to San Diego. We hope the reports of his illness are exaggerated and that he will be soon restored to health again, that his energy, his counsel and his good judgment may not be lost to the farmers and breeders of this Coast. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. THE SAN JOSE TRACK is rapidly taking shape, and before many weeks have rolled around, this new training place for trotters and pacers will be in shape to receive trainers and their stables. Ray Mead, the enterprising promoter of this new track, has about thirty teams at work grading at the present time and hopes to have the track completed this month. The San Jose people are giving the project a hearty en- dorsement and are already figuring on having the next annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association held there. Los Angeles, Aug. 3, 1909. Agricultural Park, these days, presents about as animated a picture as a deserted graveyard. A vis- itor there in the morning will see most of the train- ers perusing the newspaper to find out what the horses are doing at the different race meetings, and figuring out from the very meager accounts in the daily press, why such a one was beaten, or how that one could win in any company, and all wishing they were anywhere but where they are. Frank Wood and Harry Thomas are about the busiest ones out at the track, working the Durfee and Maben horses respectively. James S. Stewart also has a barn full of youngsters that are learning their A B C's. Clarence Berry has a bay filly, a pacer that is doing well for Wood, she tramped a mile the other day in 2:25, with the last half in 1:12; Wickie Wickie by Del Coronado, in the same stable, is going sound and worked a mile in 2:31. Wood is also handling a very promising two-year-old filly belonging to Mr. Duncan. She is a line trotter and with very little work stepped a mile in 2:41% and through the stretch in 37 seconds. The same trainer has one of the best looking and sweetest dispositioned fillies at the track, owned by William Garland. She is by Bon Voyage out of She, a full sister to one of W. A. Clark's sensational colts, and a year younger. The first time she was hooked to a sulky she went the mile in 2:46 and did it as smooth and nicely as a horse could. The Moko colt, owned by Will Durfee and William Loftus, was a mile last week in 2:31 and is doing all that is asked of him. The baby of the Wood combination is the motherless filly by Copa de Oro, whose dam Vela McKinney died a day or two after its birth last spring and that notwithstand- ing Frank Wood's strong prohibition proclivities, has been brought up on a bottle. The little thing seems to have thrived and is going to be a beautiful bay as is shown round the eyes and muzzle where the colt hair has been shed. I was shown a picture of her, and her owner, Mrs. Bonfilio, who also owns the sire and Carlokin, the other day. It is one of the oddest I've seen. I will try and send the "Breeder and Sportsman" one, it might be published and called "At Luncheon." At a meeting of the board of directors of the Los Angeles Driving Club this afternoon the subject of a matinee was broached but tne concensus of opinion was that there were not enough horses at the track now to give a good day's racing, even if the events should be made three in five instead of two in three and that it would be better to wait till October when both men and horses would be back. The future of Agricultural Park as regarding the horse interests was discussed and I think by next week 1 can give you the whole plan. There is a prop- osition on foot that I think will satisfy everyone and insure one of the best training and racing plants in the country for years and years to come, and every- thing will be harmonious and all interests conserved. JAMES. COLT FORMS A DAM TRUST. The North Pacific Rural Spirit, which has a good reputation for truth and veracity, is responsible for the following: Ed Dennison's futurity candidate, Hal Norte by Hal B. and out of Dell by Del Norte, has been going at a pace that fades all former records into insig- nificance and makes him a phenomenal colt and at this time Ed will bet his last dollar on him and give big odds. The watch was not held on him but with a cow for a running mate the speed reached is some- thing terrific, and all who witnessed it agree that there is no question about his having them all beaten. To speak more seriously, Mr. Dennison has a colt that in its habits and associations is a curiosity such as we have never known of before. The colt with its mother has been running in a pasture up the river in which the family milk cow was also grazing. This cow was giving about three gallons of milk a day but after a while she dropped off till they were getting only a meager quantity from her and suspicioned their neighbors of robbing the cow in the pasture. A close watch, however, exonerated the neighbors and proved that Dennison's colt was the robber and it was then plain to see why Hal Norte was getting so fat and growing so fast. What started the intimate relation between the cow and colt is hard to guess, especially as the mare was with the colt all the time and is herself a heavy stickler. When taking his frequent lunch at hotel de cow Mr. Colt would drop onto his knees and the cow would lick him and exhibit a great deal of affec- tion and satisfaction. When separated, the cow chased up and down the fence and bawled after the colt as if it were her own calf and it exhibited con- siderable dissatisfaction at having its rations reduced so abruptly. EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS DESERT ARABIAN STUD announces that one full-blood, registered Arab horse-colt is offered for sale. The attention of saddle horse breeders and polo players is specially invited Address, Alma, Santa Clara County, California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. GREAT RACING AT FRESNO. Adam G. Takes Low Record at Pace and Kid Wilkes Wins the $1000 Trot. Warm weather and excellent track, good starting and high class racing made the Fresno meeting very successful from every point except a financial one, but unfortunately the attendance was not large enough to cause the energetic promoters of the meet- ing to "break even" which was all they desired to do in the case. But everything passed off so pleasantly and those who did attend enjoyed tne racing so much that the association will doubtless give another meet- ing next year if allotted a place on the California circuit. On the opening day there were three races. The first was the 2:12 class trot for a purse of $600, with Era, Charlie T., May T., The Statesman, Emily W. and Crylia Jones as the starters. On his showing in his Los Angeles race and his work afterwards, The Statesman was picked to win this event, but it resulted in a duel of five heats between the two Zombros, Era and Charlie T. The former took the first and second heats in 2:11 and 2:10%, slightly- lowering his Los Angeles record, and then Era cap- tured the next three, trotting the third and fifth in 2:11 flat, also a slight reduction from her Los An- geles mark. Charlie T.'s heat in 2:10% was the fastest trotting heat of the meeting. These two Zombros will both go in the 2:10 list before the season is over with ordinary racing luck. On Friday, the second day of the meeting, Adam G., whose trotting record is 2:11%, but who has been converted to the pace, surprised everybody by step- ping three heats in 2:07, 2:07% and 2:09% in his second start at the lateral gait. He is a new one for McKinney's already extensive 2:10 list. He is now owned by Mr. D. L. Bachant and was splendidly driven by Chas. De Ryder, who has trained him for this season's racing. The second surprise of this race was the showing made in the second heat by Martin Ford's horse W. J., a son of Diablo that has been used as a road horse in San Francisco. He was a close second to Adam G. at the finish of the second heat, which the winner paced in 2:07% and must have done the mile in 2:07%, as he was only beaten a neck. The Nogi stake for two-year-olds, Chas. De Ryder won handily with Agnes Carter, a filly by "Nutwood Wilkes out of Excella by Monbells, the dam of Ella M. R. (2) 2:16%. Agnes Carter showed herself to be a nice moving trotter, and is a very promising filly. She is owned by the estate of Martin Carter. Excella, her dam, is now owned by Mr. A. B. Coxe of Paoli. Pa., who bought her at the dispersal sale of the Carter horses last spring. Zombronut. a son of Zombro, won the 2:15 trot, the last heat in 2:15%, reducing his last year's record by a quarter of a second. On Saturday, the last day of the meeting, there were two races, the 2:20 class trot and the 2:10 pace. Both were won in straight heats and both were popular wins. Kid Wilkes, Mr. H. E. Armstrong's chestnut gelding, took the trotting event in good time, the first heat in 2:11 and the last in 2:11%. Rapidan Dillon was a good close second every time, and the last heat was a battle royal all through the stretch, but Helman beat Maben to the wire. Kid Wilkes was still suffering from a bad splint and was lame at the end of the race. When he fully recovers from it, there is little doubt but it will take a 2:06 trotter to beat him, as wrhile he is quite a nervous horse, Henry Helman is handling him remarkably well and deserves lots of credit for the way he is now racing. Weatewater made a good showing in this race, but Scotch John, that was picked to win the race, made an unfortunate break in the second heat and was distanced. The 2:10 trot was won by McGowan and Cuicellb's good mare Queen Derby in straight heats, Tom Mur- phy being second each time and Lady R. third. In the second heat of this race Queen Derby turned the track in 2:10, giving her sire, Charles Derby, his seventh representative in the 2:10 list. Ed R. Smith, the starter at Fresno, was warmly commended by the press and the public for the prompt manner in which h'e dispatched' the program every day and also for the good starting he did. There were few delays and the races were all over by 5 o'clock. The summaries: Trotting, 2:12 class, $600. Era, br. m. by Zombro, dam Nelly K. by Gen. Grant Jr. (Williams) 2 2 1 1 1 Charlie T., hlk. g. by Zombro (De Ryder) ...11244 May T., ch. m. by Monterey (Twohig) 5 4 3 6 2 The Statesman, b. s. by Jas. Madison (Ivey).3 3 6 2 6 Emily W„ b. m. by Jas. Madison (Ward) ...46555 Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Rutherford) 6 5 4 3 3 Time— 2:11, 2:10%. 2:11, 2:14%, 2:11. Trotting, special, $200. Athasham, b. s. by Athadon (De Ryder) 3 1 1 Katalina, b. m. by Tom Smith (Daniels) 1 3 3 Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cuicello).2 2 2 Crisis, b. c. by Zombro (Williams) 4 4 4 Time— 2:18, 2:15, 2:15. Pacing, special, $200. Milton Gear. ch. -h. by Harry Gear (Cuicello) ... .1 1 David St. Clair, b. g. by Howard St. Clair (Matthews) ."..?...! 2 3 Siegfried, b. g. by Silver Coin I Ward) 3 2 Dawn o' Light, b. m. by^ Searchlight (Helman) . . .4 dr Time— 2:17%, 2:12%, . Pacing, 2:17 class, $1000. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney, dam Nona Y. by Admiral (De Ryder) 1 1 1 Joe McGregor, b. h. by Fergus McGregor (Ward) 2 3 2 W. J., b. s. by Diablo (Ford) 4 2 4 Happy Dentist, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Helman) 3 4 3 Time— 2:07, 2:07%, 2:09%. Trotting, Nogi stake, two-year-olds. $500. Agnes Carter, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Excella by Monbells (De Ryder) 1 1 Strathboule, blk. s. by Stamboulette (Walton).. 2 2 Yu Tu, br. m. by R. Ambush (Rutherford) 3 3 Time— 2:21%, 2:20. Trotting, 2:15 class. $500. Zombronut. b. s. by Zombro (Ward) 1 1 Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B. (Walton) 2 2 Easter, b. c. by Monicrat (Rutherford) 3 3 Longitude, b. g. by Meridian (De Ryder) 4 dis Time— 2:16, 2:15%. Trotting, 2:20 class, $1000. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes, dam by Balboa (Helman) 1 1 1 Rapidan Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Maben) 2 2 2 Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cuicello). 4 3 4 Escabado, b. s. by Escobar (Ward) 6 5 3 Ollie B„ ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Twohig) .5 4 5 Scotch John, ch. g. by Tomonco (Daniels) ... .3 dis Time— 2:11, 2:12%, 2:11%. Pacing, 2:10 class, $600. Queen Derby, b. m. by Chas. Derby, dam Addie Ash by Indianapolis (Cuicello) 1 1 1 Tom Murphy, b. g. by Gossiper (Walton) 2 2 2 Lady R., b. m. by Col. K. R. (Sweeney) 3 3 3 Time— 2:11, 2:10, 2:13%. LAST TWO DAYS AT DETROIT. Detroit. July 29. — Rain put the track in such bad shape that racing today was not begun until 3 o'clock, and the Wolverine handicap was put over until to- morrow, as also was the trial against time of the trotter Hamburg Belle. The first of the three races decided today was notable from the fact that it had among the starters the Geers horse, Walter W., a pacer eligible to the 2:15 class that was reported to have paced one turn of a half-mile track last year in : 59. In the opening mile the big gelding was taken away in the rear of the others, and after getting around the first turn he made a clumsy break, and before he could be straight- ened out the others were a distance ahead of him. Once settled, Walter W. came fast, and by dint of stepping the last half in 1:03 saved his distance. After that he had no trouble to win, only one of the miles being under 2:10. In the 2:17 trot Esther Bells, on the strength of her excellent work, was made a 2 to 1 choice over the field, but the speculators completely overlooked Fair Margaret. Bob Douglas was topheavy favorite for the 2:12 trot. He raced well as a three-year-old in 1907. and the other day in a workout with Margin, which won the M. & M. yesterday, finished ahead of her in a mile where her time was 2:07%. Today there was nothing in the field that could exercise the gray stal- lion, and his heats in 2:14%, 2:10%, were little better than a jog for him. Summary: Purse, $1000, 2:16 pacers. Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank, dam by King Milton (Geers) 6 111 King Cole. b. h. by Bingen (Dodge) 1 5 2 2 Cecilain King, roan g. by Cecilian Prince I Cox) 2 2 3 4 Ora Jackson, b. m. by Parada (McMahon) . .5 4 4 3 Idol Star. b. m. by Star Plex (Hopkins) 3 6 5 5 Greatest Line, b. m. by Great Heart (Clark) 7 3 dr Heir at Law Jr., blk. h. by Heir at Law ( Dean) 4 dis Time— 2:11%, 2:09%, 2:11, 2:12%. Purse, $1000, 2:17 trotters. Fair Margaret, b. m. by Re-election, dam by McCurdy's Hambletonian (J. Benyon) 1 1 1 Esther Bells, br. m. by Monbells (Dickerson) . .2 3 2 Little Fred, b. g. by Red Arthur (Hopkins) 7 2 6 Howard B., g. h. by Don Sphinx (Colby) 3 6 3 Joe Onward, b. g. by Norval (McDonald) 6 4 3 Frace, b. h. by Arion (Geers) 4 7 7 Villema, br. m. by Philonides (Cunningham) . .5 5 5 Ted B., br. g. by Black Crook (McCarthy) dis Time— 2:17%, 2:12%, 2:14%. Purse, $1000, 2:12 trotters. Bob Douglass, gr. h. by Todd, dam by Cyclone I McDonald) 1 1 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (Mnr- phy) 2 2 Montell, b. h. by Highwood (McMahon) 4 3 Mabel Mack, b. m. by Garnet Wilkes (Loomis) . . .3 5 Harrv Banning, b. g. by H. B. Bannings (Burns).. 5 4 Time— 2:14%, 2:10%. Detroit, July 30. — Hamburg Belle, paced by a run- ner, broke two trotting records in the closing day's racing of the Grand Circuit races here today. The mare lowered her own record by two seconds, and lowered the record of Michigan, making a new mark of 2:02%. The sons of John T. Madden, owners of the mare, were presented with a handsome silver cup. Hamburg Belle stepped the first quarter in :30%, the half iu 1:01%, the three-quarters in 1:31%, and the mile in 2:02%. She is now regarded as a sure two-minute trotter. Lady Maud C. took the racing feature on today's card in straight heats in the fastest time of the year. The summaries: 2:24 pace, purse, $1000. The Bosun, b. g. by Alkalome-Castemea by Pistachio (Cox) 5 1 2 1 1 Lady Elgin, br. m. by Prince Gemah, dam by J. D. ( McLane) 7 6 1 3 2 Argot Hal, b. h. by Brown Hal-Idlewild by Duplex (Benyon) 1 5 6 5 5 Marj' K„ b. m. (McMahon) S 2 3 2 3 W. D. S., ch. g. (Saunders) 3 3 4 4 4 Sidney R„ b. g. (McGarvin) 4 4 5 6 ds Chaplain Root, b. g., also started; Angeline, b. m., also started. Time— 2:11%, 2:09%, 2:05%, 2:10, 2:11%. 2:25 trot, purse, $1000. Oro Bellini, br. g. by Bellini-Ora by Sprague Golddust (Dickerson) 4 1 l l Dr. Jack, b. g. by Shea Alcone, dam by Alcoyne (Murphy) 1 2 2 3 Telemachus, b. h. (McDonals) 3 3 3 2 My Gift, blk. m. (Saunders) '. 2 4 4 4 Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:10%. Free-for-all pace, purse $3000. Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood-Vorelta by Norris (Wilson) l 1 Citation, b. m. (McMahon) 2 2 Baron Grattan, b. g. (Geers) 5 3 Darkey Mai, blk. m. ( Snow) 3 5 Aileen Wilson, blk. m. (Hyde) 4 4 Major Brino, blk g. (Richie) 6 6 Reproachless also started. Time— 2:03%, 2:03%. 2:07 trot, purse $1000. Lady Jones, blk. m. by Captain McKinney- Dixie by Director ( Murphy) 1 2 1 Sterling McKinney, b. h. by McKinney-Twenty- Third by Director (Geers) 3 1 2 Spanish Queen, b. m. (Macey) 2 3 3 Time— 2:09%, 2:06%, 2:07%. Tony Siwft, blk. h. by Swift Bell-Gypsy Girl by Simmocolon ( Dean) 1 1 Shamrock, ch. h. (Loomis) 2 3 Earl Jr., gr. h. (Cox) 7 2 Point Burglar, b. h. (Snow) 3 7 Kingmore, b. h. (Hopkins) 5 4 Sir Milton, ch. g. ( Jackman) 4 G Prince D. also started. Time— 2:05%, 2:07%. To beat 2:04%. Hamburg Belle, b. m. by Axworthy-Sally Simmons by Simmons (Andrews), won. Time by quarters — 0:30%, 1:01%, 1:31%, 2:02%. THE CHICO MEETING. Racing will begin at the Chico track on Wednesday, August 28th, the week following the Woodland meet- ing. The program of the races that have filled has been arranged as follows, special and matinee races to be announced later: Wednesday. 2:25 pace — A. M. Davis' Lettie D., Robert Galindo's Pilot, Charles Johnson's Del Monio, D. C. McCollum's Dixie, William Connelly's Gracie R.. H. C. Pike's Harold B., Thomas Barrett Jr.'s Eliza Maria. Three-year-old trot — Dana Perkins' All Style, C. L. De Ryder's Ella M. R.. W. S. Maben's El Volante. 2:16 trot — Porter Bros.' Zombronut, W. J. Miller's Katalina, James Ortega's Flora Maria, F. M. Price's Fairmont. Alex Brown's Prince Lot, William Duncan's Stalene, Mrs. Bell Becker's Charlie B., A. L. Scott's Weatewater, C. L. De Ryder's Diablo lie, W. S. Maben's Rapidan Dillon, F. H. Burke's Wenja. Thursday. Three-year-old pace — A. W. Johnson's Alma M., Charles Silva's Teddy Bear, C. L. De Ryder's bay filly, J. E. Montgomery's Jim Logan, Thomas H. Brent's Edgare lia. Friday. 2:20 trot— C. H. Thompson's Eseobado, F. E. Bur- ton's Neko, L. B. Mills' Longitude, S. C. Walton's Laurel Leaf. William Mansks' Lucy M., S. H. Hoy's Memonia, J. F. Warren's Myrtle W., H. E. Arm- strong's Kid Wilkes, W. Hashagen's Kinney Rose, Frank Colm's Scotch John, T. F. Judge's Hattie J.. L. H. Todhunter's Silver Hunter. J. Groom's Sophia Dil- lon, O. C. Benbow's Ollie B., W. S. Maben's Ida Mil- lcrton. 2:15 pace — F. E. Burton's Albert S., Mrs. Jennie Rice's Hickman Girl, L. Marisch's Little Dick, John Renatti's Monte eo, J. Depoister's Milton Gear, Mrs. F. W. Chadbourne's Moortrix. Saturday. 2:20 pace — F. W. Ellsworth's Joe McGregor, James Ortega's My Dream, A. M. Davis' Lettie D., Robert Galindo's Pilot, H. E. Armstrong's Cora, H. C. Pike's Harold B., D. L. Bachant's Adam G., Charles John- son's Del Monio, G. Periano's Alto Genoa Jr., William Connelly's Grace R.. A. G. Dahl's Freely Red. 2:12 trot — W. Miller's Katalina, F. M. Price's Fair- mont. C. L. De Ryder's Charlie T., M. C. Keefer's Monicrat, Joe Twohig's May T., Mrs. Alma White- head's Delia Derby, Charles Silva's The Statesman. Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of the Patchen Wilkes farm in Kentucky, and owner of the great young sire Peter the Great 2:07%, has named the yearling brother to Czarevna (2) 2:12% Kilpatrick, in honor of his friend Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick of this city. Patcheu Wilkes farm has twenty-four mares with records of 2:15 or better and fourteen of these are in the 2:10 list. Saturday. August 7, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN DETROIT'S TWO GREAT CLASSICS. Detailed Description of How the C. of C. and M. & M. Were Raced and Won. The following account of how the $5000 Chamber of Commerce and the $10,000 Merchants and Manu- facturers' stakes were paced and trotted at Detroit last week were written by Frank S. Cooke of the Detroit Free Press: Chamber of Commerce day. with its attendance of 6000 people, saw the thirteenth renewal of the pacing stake easily won by George Gano. While the finishes had this grand horse a length or two to the good and going well within himself, there were spots where a terrific struggle ensued. In every heat George Gano came up to Star Patchen in the stretch, raced him for 50 or 100 yards, beat him, and then jogged to the place where the money is paid. It was a race in which class told the tale. George Gano has that requisite — a wonderful burst of speed ready for instant use — and it won for him and enabled him to heat a splendid pacer, Star Patchen. A better day could not have been picked out of the summer season. The morning clouds affected the attendance somewhat, causing many hundreds of people to change their minds for fear of rain. How- ever, the clouds drifted past at 2 o'clock and when the first race was called the afternoon was one of brightness, with just enough breeze to make the spectators comfortable without interfering with the horses. The track was right on edge and every condition suitable to the racing of an event that is held in much respect by the breeders and drivers of the .country. As is the case on all days of the blue ribbon meet- ings the crowd was made up of a superior lot of people. There was an increase in the attendance of the box holders, who usutlly engage their seats for the whole week and then pick out M. & M. day to use them. The reserved section had a fair sprinkling, and the seats where no extra charge is made were filled. Under the stand and between it and the fence were hundreds of men who did not have time to sit, for there would have been no enjoyment for them in any place excepting that occupied by them. Nearly every hotel in the city is playing to ca- pacity. The crowds started on Sunday night and many came yesterday morning. In addition to the owners, breeders and others interested from all parts of the country who come first and stay right through, are professional and business men and their families from, out in the State. They are here for the blue ribbon meeting and could be seen on all sides yes- terday. Detroit's share in the attendance is made up of the business and social strength of the city, to which the blue ribbon meeting appeals, because of the high plane on which it is conducted. More people were there than saw Minor Heir beat The Eel. They did not see as interesting a race, but some trainers think that the winner will be able to cope with either of the horses mentioned before the year is over, for the limit of George Gano's speed will have to be dis- covered by something that was not in this renewal of the stake. Not the least interesting part of the doings of the day was the battle of the millions that waged vigor- ously in the ring for hours. George Gano is owned by a wealthy patron of Thomas W. Murphy's. He put a commission in the box to support his horse. Star Patchen is owned by a young man with a lot of money, who has friends with considerably more. One of the Hubingers of New Haven, famous plungers in other days, sided with the Star Patchen supporters and money poured in at a rate that would check a run on any bank. It was the first time in years that a first choice had been sold for $1000. This amount was paid for George Gano and the field brought $770 against it. Then in a pool which totaled $850 George Gano sold for $500, Star Patchen $200, Hoosier Prince $70, Anna- belle Lee $55 and the field of Geraldine and the Detroit horse, Shadeland Nutlear, $25. Selling was very active, and it seemed as though there would be no end to the money, over $50,000 going in on this race, although it looked rather one- sided to the man who followed the members of the field. The way the first two races had finished on Monday influenced some in taking a chance against the favorite. After the Chamber of Commerce horses had been given their preparation they were presented to the crowd by Dr. Stone, the starter. Annabelle Lee was applauded because she was driven by "Pop" Geers. Hoosier Prince and Cox got a hand and the first real noise was when George Gano came by with Murphy in the sulky. Then Geraldine with Lafe Shafer driving walked up the stretch. Most applause was bestowed on Star Patchen and Snow, and Dan Hop- kins was enthusiastically received with Shadeland Nutlear. The pole had been drawn by Nutlear and in the first heat Hopkins had him going good when the word was given. Nutlear, Hoosier Prince and Star Patchen was the order at the quarter, which they negotiated at a 2:02 clip. Nutlear stuck to it, but could not shake the others off. Star Patchen going by Hoosier Prince on the back stretch. On the turn Star Patchen raced Nutlear neck and neck and they were even at the three-quarters, where the local horse began to give it up. George Gano was behind them and coming around Nutlear he challenged Star Patchen. It was a sharp, short struggle. The bay horse stepped up to the black one, raced at his side an instant, then shot ahead, and it was all over. Snow was driving Star Patchen to the limit, Murphy was riding easily with George Gano, almost jogging at the end of the mile in 2:04%. Hoosier Prince had finished fast but could not catch Star Patchen, and the rest were beaten almost a distance. This heat convinced everybody that George Gano would win, unless he should stop in unexpected fashion. Murphy likes to come from behind with him and in the second mile he allowed the others to make the pace. Star Patchen and Hoosier Prince were soon in the lead, with George Gano in a safe spot behind. With Star Patchen on the pole they raced this way until the three-quarters. Some said that they had George Gano bottled up, but right there Cox went a little wide, and Murphy, not waiting for him to change his course, sent George Gano flying through the hole. Again he collared Star Patchen in the stretch, beat him in a few strides, and finished handily while Snow drove to the last ten yards. The third heat was a formality. Nobody was able to locate the "dog" that some breeding sharps argued would be discovered in George Gano, for he had too much class for the party. Hoosier Prince, Nutlear and Star Patchen made a great race for it along the back stretch. George Gano was within striking dis- tance and at the three-quarters he slipped by them, going the overland route and around the bunch. It was a very long mile, some said that Murphy must be training him for a handicap, but he won as easily as in the heats before. The holiowness of the victory did not suppress the applause for the winner. There were hand-claps for George Gano as he was driven back and for Tommy Murphy when he dismounted. Murphy's friends grabbed him by the hand and his patrons smiled in anticipation of the thousands of dollars coming to them through the good work of horse and man. "George Gano was the greatest slow class pacer I ever saw," said W. L. Snow, driver of Star Patchen, after the race. "Last year he raced close to 2.02 and Star Patchen showed 2:05. There is the same dif- ference between them now. Luckily George Gano is in another class now, and I will not have to meet him again." George Gano has been a wonderful horse for years. He was a great colt and when he matured they told of his speed. Two years ago he was mentioned for the Chamber of Commerce, but was not in the field. Then Cox got him and last year he campaigned the horse down the big line, racing second and third to Minor Heir and The Eel, some of his heats being better than 2:03. He was saved for the Chamber of Commerce this year and on the strength of his eligibility he was sold for a long price to Murphy. Many of the tracks threw a fit when they found that George Gano was eligible to their 2:13 stakes this year, so they changed the class to avoid him. Detroit did not. It might have brought a better field to have done so, but in that event — Gano barred — would not Star Patchen won with as much if not greater ease? And was not Star Patchen in storage all last year the same as George Gano? Chamber of Commerce Stake, 2:13 Pace, $5000. George Gano, b. h., by Gambetta Wilkes- Crediton, by Nuthurst (Murphy I 1 1 1 Star Patchen, blk. h. (Snow) 2 2 2 Hoosier Prince, ro. g. (Shafter) 3 3 3 Geraldine, br. m. (Shafer) 6 4 4 Annabelle Lee, blk. m. (Geers) 4 5 6 Shadeland Nutlear, b. h. (Hopkins) 5 6 5 % % % Mile First heat 0:30y2 1:02% 1:33 2:04% Second heat 0:31% 1:03 1:34% 2:05% Third heat 0:31 1:02% 1:33% 2:05% The M. & M. Stake. Margin, a rejected mare, won the twentieth renewal of the Merchants and Manufacturers' stake in such fashion as to leave no doubt she was the best of this year's green trotters. Margin is not a mare that one would admire so very much, as she is a roan, but she is one of those one-two-three-four trotters and you forget all else when she is at speed. In the fall of 1907 Alonzo McDonald, the Boston driver who won fame last year when he landed the Readville handicap with Allan Winter, went to the Kentucky sales and bid in Margin for $1050. She then was four years old, and they said that she was a trotter. McDonald bought her for a patron, but this man refused to take her, and the driver said he would take the chance himself. In the fall of 190S he trialed her in 2:09% and she showed a little lameness. He sold a half interest in her to Stoten Fletcher Jr. of Indianapolis, and during the spring he named her in all of the stake events down the line. That McDonald is a pretty fair judge of one- is shown by the manner in which she raced yesterday. Her performance was all the more wonderful in view of the fact that she was lame in June and it was feared she would have to be declared in the stakes in which she was named, but McDonald let up on her and the first thing anybody knew he had a sound and fast mare. Last week at Springfield Margin stepped in 2:07%, 2:08% and 2:08%, and did it in a manner that con- vinced everybody that she was a race mare, fast and of good manners. Her victory yesterday was in faster time, but the conditions had something to do with it as she has had a week more in which to get on edge, and there never was a race track faster than that at the fair grounds when the M. & M. was being decided. It was an easily won stake race, hut this does not cast any reflections on the others in the event. For instance, Marie N. trotted the first heat in 2:06%. and this would have won any renewal of the stake excepting the current one, and that in which Sonoma Girl established the record. Every one that faced the starter is a 2:10 or better trotter, and this is a lot to say of the green things. Marie N. and Bisa were beating 2:09 right along, but that did not land the money. M. & M. day always means an early morning rush and this was no exception. The speculators were on hand at 10 o'clock, and business was very brisk around the auction booth for the next four hours. The Detroit mare Marie N. had won a good race, none of the others had up to yesterday, and men with money picked her as the one to do the trick. The biggest auction totaled $1045 and Marie brought $500, Margin $225, Bisa $175, Denver $55, Jack McKerron $70 and the field of Henry Setzer and Angelus $20. The price changed a little, but Marie was selling at $100 and the field $120 as they came to the score. The eastern bettors having nothing of their own, since Bisa had failed to show enough speed, sup- ported Marie N. A big Cleveland delegation took the Jack McKerron end, and local play was generally on Marie. Margin was backed by the western contin- gent long and strong, and the followers of Lon McDonald reaped a harvest. The horses had been exercising for some time when the announcement of the event was made, and one by one they were introduced. Marie N. and "Pop" Geers were first, and reecived a liberal hand from the crowd, partly for the mare, by those who know about racing, and for Geers, by those who admire the driver. There was little favoritism shown. The Angelus had the pole and they scored three times before they were all on a trot and in position. Henry Setzer swept past the California horse and Marie N. and Margin were close to him. Jack Mc- Kerron made a standstill break before he got to the turn, and was out of it. Geers had taken Marie across from the outside, and she was at Henry Setzer's wheel with Margin and Bisa next in order. Marie was lapped on Henry Setzer around the bend, and at the Half Margin was within a half a length of her. Marie was trotting grandly, and by sticking to it she wore down Henry Setzer and went by him at the three-quarters. When they reached the stretch Marie N. was in front and Margin was coming like a runaway horse. The roan mare had trotted around Henry Setzer. and in the straight she overhauled Marie N. about half way down. The struggle was very short, and Mc- Donald took it easy after he had beaten Geers, Mar- gin winning in 2:06%. Marie's time was a quarter of a second slower, and Cox stepped Bisa along on the last end. The others were well back. This made a change in the betting, as the Marie N. crowd wanted to get out of the water, and Margin was $100 against $50 for the field. McDonald went right out to the front with Margin, and made his own pace all the way. Marie N. was close to him and they raced the third quarter in 31 seconds, after which Margin drew away and won handily. Bisa was given a drive on the bend, but did not have the speed. Henry Setzer was lapped on Margin in the third heat for a while, and gave way to Denver on the back stretch. Marie came very fast on the third quarter, but it was no use, for Margin had plenty left, and won without being urged in 2:07%. The crowd stood up and cheered, in spite of the ease with which the good mare had won. Then a floral sulky was brought out and Lon McDonald stood between the shafts while the staff photographers took a large hand in the proceedings. The M. & M. was over and the best horse had won, there wasn't any question about that. Merchants and Manufacturers' Stake, $10,000, 2:24 Trot. Margin, ro. m. by Time Onward-Alfemeda, by Alfred G. (McDonald) i ] Marie N., br. m. (Geers) 2 : Bisa, b. m. (Cox) 3 ; Henry Setzer, b. h. ( Lasell ) 4 ] Denver, gr. g. ( Macey ) 6 ( The Angelus. br. h. (Hodges) ^'5 ; Jack McKerron, b. h. ( Shank I dis Time by Quarters. % % First heat 0:31% 1:03 Second heat 0:32% 1:05 Third heat 0:32% 1:04% % 1:33% 1:36 1:35% Mile 06% 07% 07% ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. William Mead, Santa Maria — Avalon by Mendocino is not registered. He can be. but his name will have to be changed, as there is another stallion registered by the name of Avalon. Chas. W. Winter, Alhambra— We cannot find a son of Del Sur registered as Sunny Slope. A stallion is registered under that name but he is an Indiana horse and was sired by Pocahontas Boy. Santa Rosa Girl by Lynwood W. won a matinee race for her owner, W. H. McDoel, at Wheaton. Illi- nois, July 24th, her fastest heat being trotted in 2:21. The same day Mr. McDoel drove Mona Wilkes 2-03% a mile in 2:09. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. | NOTES AND NEWS Pleasanton next week. The trotters and pacers will go fast there. New winners will show up and new records be made. Go to the "horse center" and see the many improve- ments that Owner Armstrong has made. Margin 2:06%, winner of the M. & M., wears a gaiting pole. Nancy MeKerron trotted the last quarter of her 2:10% mile in 31% seconds. Sonoma Girl 2:05% trotted the last half of her heat in 2:07 at Terre Haut, in 1:02. Country Jay formerly wore nearly all the boots in the catalogue, but now goes with hardly any. Buy a round trip ticket to Pleasanton next Wednes- day, the opening day of the big meeting at the horse center. The crowd that witnessed the M. & M. this year was the largest ever seen at the track where it was trotted. Kid Wilkes 2:11 made good at Fresno, and we hope to see him win many more races and get a still lower mark. James W. Marshall is pretty certain that his great brood mare Trix, by Nutwood Wilkes, is safely in foal to Zolock 2:05%. Ed Geers won the M. & M. of 1904 with Stanley Dillon and has driven the winner of second money every year since. Hamburg Belle 2:02% is in line for a two-minute record, her mile at Detroit being the fastest ever trotted so early in the season. Mr. Geo. R. Ford's handsome stallion Goldennut looks and acts like a good race horse this year. Henry Helman handles him well. Kid Wilkes 2:10 is the first standard performer for his sire, Stanton Wilkes 2:10%. The Kid is a trotter, however, while his sire is a pacer. Hamburg Belle trotted a nicely rated mile when she set her record at 2:02% at Detroit. The quarters were :30%, :31%, :30% and :31. Trains leave San Francisco at 7:40 and 9 a. m. every day for Pleasanton. Returning they leave Pleasanton at 2:25 and 5:45 p. m. Kinney Rose trotted a good race at Salinas last Wednesday even though he got no money. This son of McKinney will get a mark close to 2:10 some day. The mile in 2:11 which The Knight of Strathmore paced in a race at Waverly, Iowa, last month, is the fastest ever paced by a three-year-old on a half mile track. Baron Wilkes is making a great showing this year as a broodmare sire. There are eight or ten of this year's new performers that are out of Baron Wilkes mares. About the best thing the California horsemen could do this year, would be to get together at Sacramento during the State Fair and organize a California cir- cuit for 1910. Sherlock Holmes 2:06 must have won quite a bunch of money for his trainer, Lou Childs, this summer. He has started every week for nearly two months and won nearly every time. Jimmie Benyon, the 18-year-old son of Ed Benyon, was the driver of Fair Margaret, winner of the 2:17 trot at Detroit. The youngster promises to be one of the star reinsmen of the country. The Arizona Territorial Fair and the Oregon State Fair both hang up purses of $5000 for 2:08 class pacers. These are the largest purses given for pacers faster than the 2:10 classes, in the United States. Will Durfee is confident that Carlokin 2:08% will get a record of 2:05 or better before fall. The son of McKinney has been rather rank so far and in- dulges in frequent breaks, but is strong and has tre- mendous speed. Peter J. Williams, the veteran horseman and former owner of Monterey 2:09%, is now located at Oakland as the proprietor of the Hotel Hamilton, corner Fif- teenth street and San Pablo avenue, where his many friends and acquaintances will find a cordial welcome and a nice place to sojourn while in Oakland. Charlie James acted as starter at the Breeders' meeting on the opening day, and did very well. He had large fields to handle on a narrow track, but got the horses away with few delays and in good order. Three new 2:10 performers entered that list on the first day of the Breeders' meeting at Salinas, two trotters and a pacer. Kid Wilkes, Emily W. and Queen Derby were the newcomers to the exclusive speed list. The shout that went up from the crowd in the grandstand when Delia Derby won the opening heat of the 2:10 trot at Salinas last Wednesday attested the popularity of the mare, her owner and her trainer at their home town. Emily W. 2:10, that won the 2:10 trot at Salinas last Wednesday for her driver and owner, Fred Ward, is by James Madison, and is one of the best trotters that has raced on the circuit this season. She is a very fast mare, and 2:06 will be opposite her name if she meets with no accident and has ordinary luck in her races. The fifth heat of the 2:20 trot at Salinas was trotted in 2:10 by Kid Wilkes, winner of the race. This is the fastest fifth heat ever trotted in a race on the Pacific Coast. Any horse that can enter the 2:10 list in the fifth heat of a hard race over a rough track must be considered not only fast but dead game. The Marysville Driving Club will hold a matinee to- morrow afternoon, at which the clubs of Oroville, Sacramento and Chico will be represented. W. L. Vance has consented to drive Sir John S. 2:04% an exhibition mile, and has promised that, barring acci- dents, the Diablo stallion will pace close to his record. Freely Red did not enter the 2:10 list at Los Angeles. The official time of the first heat of the 2:20 pace, won by this mare, was 2:10% instead of even time as reported in the newspapers. She was trained and driven by J. W. Sampsell of San Diego, and paced the three heats without a break. Expressive 2:12% is the dam of Esther Bells 2:11%. Excella. a daughter of Expressive, is the dam of the two fast fillies Ella M. R. 2:16% as a two-year- old last season and Agnes Carter 2:20 as a two-year- old this season — both trotters. Expressive is not the "dismal failure" as a brood mare that she has been accused of being, and there are more of her produce that will be heard from later. The stock exhibit to be on display in Agricultural Park, Sacramento, during the coming State Fair, will be the greatest show of live stock ever presented in California. The magnitude of the show is but slightly appreciated by the casual farmer and stockman. Entries from all parts of the Union are being ar- ranged for daily by Assistant Secretary J. W. Kava- naugh, and the larger accommodations offered by the new buildings will be taxed to the utmost. Mr. Chas. W. Winter of Alhambra, Cal., owns a fine yearling by Redlac 2:07%, dam Patti Mac by Geo. W. McKinney, which is showing well. He also has a two-year-old filly by a son of Sunny Slope, and a three-year-old by Direcho. All three are from the same dam, and the mare is now in foal to Del Coro- nado 2:09%. All three of these colts have speed. The three-year-old has shown a 2:25 gait. Nusta, three-year-old record 2:2S%, is now a four- year-old, not five as stated in this journal last week when mention was made of her winning a race at Woodland in 2:23%. She was bred at Woodland Stock Farm, but is now owned by Charles Marley of Woodland. Mr. Marley also owns the yearling pacer Sir Poleon, a full brother to Nusta. Chas. Spencer drove this yearling a quarter in 35% seconds last week. Heatherbloom, the champion high jumper, owned by Mr. Howard Willets of White Plains, N. Y., jumped over a fence at New Marlboro, Mass., one day last month and received injuries which necessitated his shooting. Heatherbloom had held the record of 7 feet 10 inches as a jumper, having made the record in Norfolk, Va„ in 1905. Besides being offered $20,000 by Barnum's circus, Mr. Willets received a flattering offer from an English gentleman who wanted to enter the horse in the international jumping class. Lady Jones 2:07%, the black mare that has been beating such trotters as Sterling McKinney 2:06% and Carlokin 2:08% on the Grand Circuit this sea- son, is now owned by J. D. Cullery of Pittsburg, who uses her as a matinee mare very often. She was bred by John Pender of Oregon, and was sold by him to J. A. Jones of Springbrook, Oregon, who campaigned her on the coast for two seasons and then sold her at the Blue Ribbon sale at Cleveland. Her mark was 2:15% when she left the coast. Lady Jones is by Captain McKinney, formerly known as Captain Jones, her dam is by Director 2:17 and her grandam by Whipple's Hambletonian. When John Green raced her in California she was greatly troubled with corns, but has seemingly gotten over this ailment, as she is one of the most consistent trotters on the circuit. Sophia Dillon 2:11% is a new standard performer for her sire, Sidney Dillon. She trotted a good game race in the 2:20 trot at Salinas last Wednesday, and while she only won second money she showed her- self to be a high class mare. It was the first time she had ever started in a race and her trainer and driver, Jack Groom, handled her well. She is a great bred one, being out of By Guy by Guy Wilkes, second dam By By by Nutwood. She is an own sister to Martha Dillon 2:14% and to Guy Dillon, the stallion owned by Frank S. Turner of Santa Rosa. Sophia Dillon is owned by Mr. C. F. White of Cosmopolis, Washington. The county fair and race meeting which opens at Woodland August 18th, will be the first fair held in that town for several years. Some very fine ex- hibits of live stock are to be made, dairy and beef cattle being very prominent in Yolo county. The Morris herd of Holsteins owned near Woodland is said to be the best herd on the Pacific Coast. The races which will be held at the Woodland track in connection with the fair, has all the best horses on the circuit entered and fast time is always looked for at Woodland as the track there is very fast when in good condition, and it will be better than ever this year. Here is a recipe that the well-known trainer Joe Thayer recently gave to Marque of the Horse Review, and if it works as Thayer says it will it is a good thing to know. "If a horse is lame behind and you cannot just locate the spot, buy a package of common cooking soda, dissolve it in a bucket of warm (not hot) rain water, take a clean sponge and apply the water on the entire hind leg from the hip to the foot. Then stand the horse in the sun so as to permit the coated surface to dry quickly. You will find that all parts, excepting that portion wherein the trouble lies, will dry rapidly, whereas the fevered spot will re- main damp." It would appear that the inflamed spot would dry first, but Joe says the contrary is the case. M. W. Savage believes he has a trotting marvel in Queen Patch, a two-year-old filly by Dan Patch 1 : 55, dam International Queen 2:13 by Tom Exum. The youngster is a freak in that both her sire and dam are unhoppled pacers while the filly knows nothing but trot and is as square a one as ever won a race. Queen is black, a big, rangy filly, and is just now the observed of all observers on the International Stock Food Farm. She won the encomiums of several visit- ing horsemen, owner Savage and all the farm trainers last week by working a good mile with the last quar- ter in :34 and the last eighth in 16 seconds — some trotting for a two-year-old only broken four months ago! Weatewater, the wonderfully fast daughter of Sid- ney Dillon, owned by Mr. A. L. Scott of this city, and trained and driven by Jos. Cuicello, met with an accident in the 2:20 trot at Salinas last Wednesday and was distanced. In rounding the first turn Weate- water grabbed her quarter, tore off the boot and gouged a chunk out of her foot. The driver wisely eased up on her and got the flag. It is to be hoped that the mare will soon recover, as she is certain to take a record better than 2:10 if she meets with no further mishaps. The Salinas track was anything but good on the opening day of the Breeders' meeting, and while the horses went fast over it, they would have beaten 2:10 in every race had the track been good. The Woodland Democrat of July 31st contained the following: The horsemen who went out to Agricul- tural Park this morning to watch the horses exer- cise, were treated to a genuine surprise. While not anticipating any remarkable performance, they wit- nessed what many of them regard as the most re- markable exhibition ever given on the track. Faster miles have been made, but always when the track was faster and the animal a seasoned campaigner. Joe Brown is the horse that distinguished itself and made a new record. He is a green horse and is owned by A. B. Rodman. His owner, riding in a Miller cart, weighing 55 pounds, which is 25 pounds in excess of the weight of the regulation sulky, drove him a mile in 2:08%, without a skip. The last half was paced in 1:03%, and the last quarter in 30 seconds flat. Mr. Rodman was warmly congratulated on his remarkable showing and the prediction is confidently made that Joe Brown will have a record of 2:04 before the season closes. Joe Brown is by Falrose, dam by Chas. Derby. o SATURDAY MATINEE AT THE STADIUM. The Park Amateur Driving Club will give a mat- inee at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park Sat- urday afternoon, August 7th, racing commencing prompt at 2 o'clock. The program will consist of three races, as follows: First race, class A pacers — Opitsah, F. S. Matthes; Victor Piatt, G. E. Erlin; Dictatum, D. E. Hoffman. Second race, class B trotters — Barney Bernatto, I. L. Borden; Plumada, G. Wempe; Yolanda, D. E. Hoffman; Martha, G. Lyons; Dividend, R. Consani. Third race, class A trotters — Lady Nell, M. W. Herzog; Alma S., F. J. Kilpatriek; Cita Dillon, F. Von Issendorf. G. R. Gay will act as starter. H. M. Ladd, E. Stock, A. Joseph, judges; A. Melletz and I. B. Dalziel, timers; W. Lange, marshal; F. W. Thompson, secretary. Saturday, August 7. 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDERS' MEETING OPENS AT SALINAS. Large Crowd Sees High Class Racing at the Monterey County Fair. Salinas, August 4. — The largest crowd yet seen on the California circuit filled the grandstand and occu- pied every other vantage point from which the races could be seen at the Sherwood Park track of the Monterey Agricultural Association today, wrhere this organization is holding a county fair in conjunction with the annual race meeting of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. A detailed description and summaries of the races will not be given here, as the hour of going to press of the Breeder and Sportsman precludes it, but will be given in an illustrated article next week. Better racing was never seen, however, and the fact that two trotters entered the 2:10 list today, over a track that is not anywhere near at its best, is positive proof that the California horses can "go some" and are doing it here at 'Salinas this week. Messrs. Frank J. Kilpatrick of San Francisco, Robert I. Orr of Hollister and D. L. Bachant occupied the judges' stand; Messrs. John A. McKerron of San Francisco, J. A. Thorns of Alameda and J. H. Jack of Berkeley held the official watches; Geo. B. Kelley of San Leandro acted as clerk of the course, and Charles James of Pleasanton was on the starter's platform. The first race, the California Stake for 2:20 class trotters, had a field of 13 starters. The track is narrow and the horses scored in three tiers, which made it impossible for any ideal starts to be made, but Mr. James got them away trolling, which was all that could he expected. In the first heat the Sidney Dillon mare Sophia Dillon went out in front as soon as the word was given and won handily in 2:13%, with Walter Ma- ben's mare Ida Millerton second, Fred Ward's Esco- bado third and the rest strung out only one distance — the handsome and fast little Sidney Dillon mare Weatewater, driven by Jos. Cuicello, having grabbed her quarter on the turn, tore her boot off and made an ugly wound on her foot that will probably prevent her starting at Pleasanton, although she may start later on. Kid Wilkes, the $6000 horse owned by H. E. Arm- strong of Pleasanton, and driven by Henry Helman, finished eleventh, hut he got away behind the big field and never had a chance to get through. He acted well, however, and utterly disproved the asser- tion that had come up from "San Berdoo" last month that he was a crazy horse. In the second heat Jack Groom repeated his performance of the first heat, taking Sophia Dillon out in front and winning the heat in 2:11%, and it looked to everybody as if the mare owned by Mr. C. F. White of Cosmopolis, Wash- ington, was going to make it three straight heats. Henry Helman, by careful driving, had landed Kid Wilkes in a better position in this heat, however, and when the word was given for the third time it was soon seen that the Kid was to be a factor, and after a race between the two for the better part of the mile, Kid Wilkes won in the fast time of 2:10%, looking and acting so much like a really high class race horse, that it wras considered his chances for first money would be best. There were many who waited for the bees to begin buzzing in his head the next heat, but while he is a highly nervous horse, he is one of the most knowing ones ever seen on a race track and he won the fourth heat handily in 2:11%, and then came the fifth in 2:10 flat, the fastest time ever made in a fifth heat in California, and the race is the fastest in which the California Stake has been trotted. It was a great race and was won by a great horse, owned by one of the best men in the horse business and driven by as careful and good a reins- man as sits in a sulky on this Coast. The win was a popular one, and while many would like to have seen Jack Groom's mare get first money, as after two years of training and unavoidable accidents this was the first time she had ever faced the starter, all were glad to see a horse that had been condemned on one bad race, fully redeem himself and the judgment of the man who paid $6000 for him. The reasons for Kid Wilkes' poor showing at San Bernardino were several. He was very lame from a splint, for one thing, and the dope put on his leg to ease the pain only made it more intense. He had just got off the train from a long shipment by rail that was also new to him, and was quite nervous, but now that he has found what it all means there is not a better acting horse. When it is trotting it does not seem to make any difference how many are alongside him, nor how they are behaving, he tends to his own business and can stand the hardest kind of a drive. The four money winners in this race were Kid Wilkes, Sophia Dillon, Escobado and Ida Millerton, in the order named. The 2:10 trot, with six starters, was another hot race, and went to five heats. In the first heat Charley Whitehead got Delia Derby, a Salinas owned and bred mare, out in front and won the heat cleverly in 2:13. The shout that went up from the grandstand when it was seen that Delia's nose was in front on the first turn, increased in volume as she continued in that position, changed to a groan when Emily W. collared and passed her soon after entering the home stretch, but changed again to a Niagara of enthusiastic cheers and shrieks when Emily W. broke and the local favorite was first at the wire in 2:13. There was never a more popular home win. The mare herself is a great favorite, her breeder and owner, J. N. Anderson of Salinas, is one of the most popular of its business men, and Charley Whitehead — well, he has brought so much stake money back to Salinas from the circuit in the last few years that they look on him down here as one of their best producers, and when a stranger asks what is raised in this section they'll tell you sugar beets, the best hay on earth, cattle, wheat, barley, fruit and stake-winners, and the last named crop is harvested by Charley White- head. Mr. Anderson and Whitehead had both told all their friends, however, that Delia would be awfully- lucky to get one heat, so they were not disappointed when the balance of the race was fought out at the finish by Fred Ward with Emily W. and Henry. Helman with Goldennut. The James Madison mare won the second heat of this race in 2:10, making her the first 2:10 trotter of the season in California as the heat was trotted before the fifth heat of the California stake. Emily W. is a grand mare, a perfect picture when in fast action and there are few better drivers any- where than her owner, who handled her admirably in this race. While she can stand a drive at any part of the mile, she has a tendency to indulge in breaks once in a while and they are always losing ones, so Ward's efforts are centered on keeping her on her feet, which he does in a manner that has put him in the front rank as a reinsman. Emily W. came through the stretch in the second heat of this race at better than a two-minute gait part of the way, but was eased up a little when it was seen she had the heat won. Goldennut trotted a good race, getting a heat and second money. He is one of the handsomest horses racing on the circuit, his coat being like burnished copper. He is owned by Mr. Geo. W. Ford of Santa Ana, wTho was present to see him race. The 2:11 class pace had but three starters and was simply a cake walk for Queen Derby, who paced the first heat in 2:10%, eased up. McGowan & Cuicello have a great mare in this daughter of Charles Derby and she has been well trained and driven by the junior member of the firm. Summaries: Trotting, 2:20 class, California stake, purse $2000: H. E. Armstrong's ch. g. Kid Wilkes by Stanton Wilkes (Helman) 11 Sill Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom) 1 1 2 2 2 Escobado, b. h. by Escobar (Ward) ... 3 2 4 3 5 Ida Millerton, blk. m. by Millerton (Maben) 2 6 9 9 6 Rapidan Dillon, br. m. by Sidney Dil- lon (De Ryder) 4 3 6 7 4 Ollie B., ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Twohig) 5 9 10 6 3 Kinney Rose, b. h. by McKinney (Big- elow) 8 11 5 4 d Laddie G., blk. g. by Zombro (Davey) .10 10 8 8 d Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B. (Wal- ton)' 6 4 3 5 d Scotch Bohn by Tomonco (Devols) ... 7 5 dis. Silver Hunter, b. g. by Stam B. (Queen) 9 7 dis. Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cuicello) dis. Hulda C, ch. m. by Dexter Prince (Hogoboom) dis. Time— 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:11, 2:10. Trotting, 2:10 class, purse $1000: W. Morgan's b. m. Emily W. by James Madison (Ward) 2 1 3 1 1 Goldennut, ch. h. by Neernut (Helman) 5 3 12 2 Delia Derby, b. m. by Charles Derby (Whitehead) 1 2 4 3 3 Thie Statesman, b. h. by James Madi- son (Ivey) 3 5 5 dis. Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 4 2 2 w. Time— 2:13, 2:10, 2:13, 2:13, 2:14. Pacing, 2:11 class, purse $1000: McGowan & Cuicello's br. m. Queen Derby, by Charles Derby (Cuicello) 1 1 1 Lady S., b. m. by Colonel K. R. (Sweeny) ... .3 2 2 Lettie D., b. m. by Boodle (Davis) 2 3 3 Time— 2:10%, 2:17%, 2:15. RACING AT KALAMAZOO. Grand and Great Western Circuit Horses Meet at the Michigan Town. The enterprising association at Kalamazoo is a member of both the Grand and the Great Western circuits, and opened its meeting on Monday last with a program of four races. Pacific Coast bred horses made an excellent showing on this, the opening day, Lady Jones, by Capt. McKinney, an Oregon product, winning the 2:08 trot, with the California horse Carlokin earning second money by winning a beat which was the fastest of the race. San Francisco, another California bred trotter, got fourth money out of the race. In the 2:20 pace Mary K, the Zombro mare sold by Dan Hoffman of San Francisco last winter to W. H. McDoel of Chicago, won in straight heats. Of the above four horses Carlokin is by McKinney, and the other three are grandsons of that horse: The 2:11 trot went to Peter Balta after five closely contested heats had been trotted, and the 2:08 pace was won by Baron Whips, with the blind mare Hal Raven second, and while the track was slow from the rains of Sunday, the judges did not fancy the reversal of form shown by Hal Raven, and ordered an investigation of the race. The scratching of The Harvester from the 2:08 trot robbed that race of much interest, but it was a good contest, and had Carlokin been steady he should have won, as he seemed to have more speed than any horse in the race. Summaries: Trotting, 2:11 class, $1000. Peter Balta, blk. g. by The Guardsman (Snow) 1 4 3 2 Nancy Rovce, blk m. by Allerton (Mc- Carthy) 4 2 1 1 Bell Bird, b. m. by Jay Tine (McDonald) 2 15 4 Innerguard, br. g. bv Guardsman (Mur- phy) 3 5 2 5 Mae Hart, ch. m. by Great Heart (Hyde) : 6 6 4 3 La Boudie, b .m. by Wilask (Saunders). 8 8 6 6 Demarest, b. g. by Ariel Highwood (Ross) 5 7 8 dr. Great Medium, gr. h. by Great Heart (Warner) 7 3 T dr. Just the Thing, br. m. by Highwood (MeMahon) dis. Time— 2:11%, 2:11%. 2:13%, 2:10%, 2:13%. Pacing. 2:08 class, $2000. Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon ( Murphy) 1 1 Hal Raven, b. m. by Hal B. (Snow) 4 2 Governor Searles, b. h. by Lockheart (Me- Mahon) 2 5 Giftline, b. g. by Online (Carter) 3 3 Arthur Jr., b. g. by Eugene Ross (Geers)....5 4 Rollins, b. g. by Delmarch (Loomis) 6 7 Minnie M., ch. m. by Strongwood (Hoffman) . .7 6 Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:0S%. Trotting, 2:08 class, $2000. Lady Jones, blk. m. by Captain McKinney (Murphy) 1 4 1 Carlokin, b. h. by McKinney (Durfee) 4 1 3 Genteel H., b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Snow) 2 2 4 San Francisco, b. h. by Zombro (Hodges) . .3 3 2 Bracegirdle, b. m. by Toegantle (McMahon)dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:09%. Trotting, 2:20 class, $1000. Mary K., b. m. by Zombro (MeMahon) 1 1 Dan J., b. g. by October (Colby) 3 2 W. D. S., ch. g. by Mambrino King (Saunders) .2 3 Mabel J., ch. m. by Governor Strathmore (Cun- ningham) 4 4 Time— 2:15%, 2:12%, 2:20. Kalamazoo (Mich.), August 3. — Four races were carded for the second day of the Grand Circuit racing at Recreation Park. Of these, the second was a pacing stake for $2000, which went to George Gano in straight heats. So well was the bay stallion thought of that he was barred in the betting, Hoosier Prince selling favorite at $25, the field bringing $25. Dr. Jack was best liked in the 2:17 trot, selling for $25, to the field's $10. Dr. Jack won in straight heats and was never in danger. Lady Maud C. looked so good in the 2:05 pacing class that the field went begging at $5, the chestnut mare bringing $25. Summaries: Trotting, 2:17 class, $1,000. Dr. Jack, b. g. by Shea Alcone, dam by Al- cyone (Murphy) 1 1 1 Howard, br. g. by Don Sphynx (Colby) 2 4 2 Villema, b. m. by Philonides (Cunningham) . .3 2 3 Frazee, h. h. by Arion .(Geers) 4 3 4 Ted S., b. g. bv Black Creek (McCarthy) dis Time— 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:11%. Pacing, 2:10 class, $2,000. George Gano, b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes, dam by Nuthurst (Murphy) 1 1 1 Hoosier Prince, ro. g. by Cecilian Prince (Cox) 2 2 2 Shamrock, ch. h. by Chamois (Loomis) 3 3 3 Ruth D., b. m. by Anderson Wilkes (Lane).. 4 4 4 Earl Jr., gr. h. by Earl (Geers) dis Time— 2:05%, 2:10%, 2:08. Trotting, 215 class, $1,000. Tedd Mac, br. h. by Tedd, dam by Gam- betta Wilkes (Saunders) 3 3 1 1 1 Montell, b. h. by Highwood (McMahan) 112 2 3 Gladys, b. m. by Gladax (McDonald) 4 4 4 3 2 Dan K., b. g. by Declaration (Burns).... 2 2 3 dis. The Jap, gr. g. by Jackdaw (Snow). dis Belle Mac, ch. m. by June Wilkes (Valen- tine) dis Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:14. Pacing, 2:05 class, $1,000. Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood. dam by Morris (Wilson) 1 1 Major Brino, blk. g. by Wildbrine (Ritchie) 2 4 Major Mallow, b. g. by Box Elder (Mallow) 5 2 Darky Hal, blk. m. by Star Hal (Snow) 3 3 Dan S.. b. g. by Greystone (Shuler) 4 6 Bonner, b. g. by Clay Cecil (Whitney) 7 5 Reproachless, blk. m. bv Direct Hal (Shank).. 6 7 Time— 2:04%, 2:05%. Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 4. — Margin, winner of the $10,000 race for 2:24 trotters at Detroit last week, took down a purse of like value today in the 2:14 class. The comic opera condition of the event, which limited the contest to five heats, effectually prevented a true result being reached, as Margin won only two of the five heats. Judge Lee also won two, the third and the fifth, so the judges were obliged to decide the race on the positions of the horses in heats other than their winning ones. As Margin was second in one, while the best place Judge Lee could muster was fourth, she got the laurels, third money going to the Chicago mare El Victress, which made a runaway of the third heat. The other races of the day were good ones. Summary: Purse $10,000. 2:04 trotters: Margin, ro. m. by Time Onward, dam (Continued on Page 11.) THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. AT THE TRAPS. Just fourteen members of the California Wing Club participated in an extended program at Ingle- side last Sunday over the live bird traps. This was less than one-half the usual entry of shooters. The varied attractions of deer and dove shooting or a camping outing by a trout stream possibly accounts for the comparatively light attendance. Weather conditions were not overly favorable, a cold, raw day and a gusty wind prevailing. In one respect only this aided the shooters, by outlining the birds darkly against the lowering gray sky, thus making a good target. Besides the two club regular events, a 25-bird and three 6-pigeon pool shoots were on the card. Clar- ence A. Haight, shooting in his oldtime form, missed but one bird out of 61. Pete McRae last but one bird out of 66 he shot at. These two experts were high guns for the day. Tony Prior missed two birds out of 24 in the club races. Ed Schultz shot 24 birds straight. Haight, McRae, Webb and Schultz each grassed every bird in the club events. The winners in the medal race at 12 pigeons were: Tony Prior, Pete Walsh, A. J. Webb, P. McRae, C. A. Haight, E. L. Schultz. In the afternoon club purse race the winners were: Haight, Fred Munday, Webb, McRae. W. E. Greene, Schultz. Haight did great shooting in the 25-bird pool race ut 30 yards rise. He grassed every bird, many of them hard pigeons to drop before flying out of the danger zone. Webb, McRae and Nauman divided second money with 24 birds each. Pete Walsh lost his last bird "dead out." He closed up the fast-flying bird with the second barrel, a long shot. The pigeon landed on top of the fence and fell out of bounds, which put Pete out of the money division. Fred Willet shot as a guest of the club and did some clever work with his pump gun at 30 yards. Sinkey lost his eleventh bird in the medal race; well hit, but it dropped outside bounds. Munday, Haight and Greene of Salinas scored straight in a 6-bird pool, 34 yards rise. Clarence Nauman made the only straight score in a 6-bird pool shoot, using one bar- rel at 26 yards. Club medal race, 12 pigeons, $50 added, 3 moneys, high guns, distance handicap — Tonv Prior 30 21221212211 2—12 P. J. Walsh 30 11111111111 1—12 A. J. Webb 32 22222122211 1—12 P. McRae 31 21212112121 2—12 C. A. Haight 31 21222222221 1—12 E. L. Schultz 31 22221212222 1—12 C. C. Nauman 34 11121120222 2—11 R. L. Sinkey 26 111111112*1 1—11 W. J. Golcher ....31 11221112202 2—11 F. W. Mundy 28 11221112202 2—11 W. E. Murdock 11122212120 1—11 W. J. Willetf 30 22102211122 0—10 W. E. Greene 31 100202222210—8 E. Klevesahl 27 lllllOw Tony Priortt 31 1222122*221 2—11 tGuest. "Back score. *Dead out. Club purse match, $50 added, 3 moneys, high guns, distance handicaps — Webb 27 21221112222 2—12 McRae 31 11111221222 2—12 Greene 30 12122111122 2—12 Haight 30 12222212112 2—12 Mundav 28 11212112111 2—12 Schultz 32 22121122122 2—12 Prior 31 211122122*2 1—11 Willetf 30 01222222222 2—11 Nauman 33 12022222122 0—10 Walsh 31 •1111MU11 1—10 Murdock 29 22122120w — 7 Klevesahl 28 1 1 0 w Sinkey 27 Ow Tony Priortt 30 12212122212 1—12 Pool shoot, 25 pigeon's, $5 entrance, 2 moneys, high guns, 30 yards rise — Haight 12112 21121 21121 21122 12112—25 Webb 12112 11111 11121 11102 12222—24 McRae 12212 11111 22012 12111 11222—24 Nauman 22111 *2221 12211 12111 22111—24 Willetf 2111122222 22202 22102 12221—23 Walsh 12111 21211 20211 11111 1112*— 23 Greene 11122 22111 21100 112*1 11122—22 Munday 2U021 *2212 10122 12122 21111—22 Pool shoot, 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 2 moneys, high guns, 30 yards rise— Nauman 2 2 2 2 2 1 — 6 McRae 1 2 1 1 2 1—6 Munday 1 2 2 1 2 2—6 Sinkey 2 2 2 0 1 2 — 5 Greene 2 0 2 2 2 1—5 Haight 2 0 2 2 2 1—5 Walsh 1 1 1 1 1 0—5 Willett 0 2 2 * 2—4 Webb 0 w Pool shoot, 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 2 high guns, 34 yards rise — Munday 1 2 2 Haight 1 1 1 Greene 1 2 1 Nauman 2 2 1 Webb 2 2 2 McRae 1 1 2 Willet 2 2 2 Dr. Pitrest 1 2 1 Walsh 0 * 1 tGuest, birds only. Pool shoot, 6 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, 2 high guns, 26 yards rise, use of one barrel— Willett 1 1 1 Nauman 1 1 1 Greene 1 1 1 McRae 1 1 1 Webb 1 1 1 Munday " 0 * 1 Walsh 1 1 0 moneys, 2—6 1—6 1—6 2^6 2—6 1—6 2—5 1—5 0—2 moneys, 0 0 1—6 1—6 0—5 0—5 *— 5 1—3 1—3 San Mateo Gun Club members held a shoot Sunday on the club trap grounds. The main event was the DuPont trophy match for 50 bluerocks. George Duffy was high gun, breaking 39 out of 50 clays. S. Cuth- bert scored 18 and IS, 36 out of 50; S. B. Gracier, 15 and 14, 29; H. Stranahan, 15 and 15, 30; J. Win- ton Gibb, who is developing into a clever trap shot. 13 and 14, 27. Emil Holling broke 25 and IS, 43. E. Hoelle broke 22 and 21, 43; both shot as guests of the club. E. Hoag cracked 11 out of 25. W. Shawhan 5, Mr. Shep- hrad 15. In a race at 10 double rises Gracier broke S, Holling 7 and Hoelle 6. Mr. Jas. B. Lee of Spokane, is in this city on a brief visit. He is with Captain A. F. Laudensack and represents the Winchester Arms Company in the north. At a recent shoot of the Crater Lake Gun Club, Klamath Falls, Or., H. E. Poston was high gun. He broke 71 out of 75. The reguiar monthly club shoot of the Oakland Gun Club will be held tomorrow on the Alameda Junction grounds. Salinas shooters will run off, a big blue rock shoot tomorrow. The shoot will be under the management of Bert Pearson. A large attendance is expected. The Monterey sportsmen have had an unusual num- ber of good shoots this year, among the bunch there is a fair average of good shots. NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE. From August 9 to September 4 the rifle range at Camp Perry, O.. will be in constant use. Five dis- tinct tournaments will be in progress, with thousands of marksmen, scorers and attendants in camp on the range. The program includes the seventh annual matches under the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice; the twenty-seventh annual matches of the National Rifle Association; the sixth annual matches of the Ohio State Association; the first an- nual matches of the Department of the Lakes Rifle Association, and the regular annual competition of the Ohio National Guard. The Ohio National Guard matches are for members of that organization ex- clusively. They wrill begin August 9 and number five matches. Immediately following comes the matches of the Ohio State Rifle Association, which are open only to its members and members of the Ohio Na- tional Guard, thirteen matches in all. Next in order are the matches of the Ohio State Rifle Association, which are open to all comers. They will number twenty-eight, making the total number of matches of the O. S. R. A forty-one. The matches of the Department of the Lakes R. A., which will be shot under the direction of the O. S. R., A., number six. They will be confined to teams and citizens from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kentucky, which states comprise the Department of the Lakes. Preliminary practice for the national matches will begin on Friday, August 20, and continue on Satur- day, Sunday, the range will be closed. On Monday, August 23, the National team match will be opened, to be followed by the National individual rifle match and the National individual pistol match. These matches should be completed by Friday, August 27, when the National Rifle Association matches begin. They include seventeen matches. During the period from August S to 20, the targets will be manned by a brigade of the Ohio National Guard, and shooting will be in progress from 8 to 11:30 a. m., and from 1 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon. During the matches of the National Board for Pro- motion of Rifle Practice and the National Rifle Asso- ciation, the range will be officered and manned by the U. S. Army and the National Guard. Markers and scorers will be furnished by the army, a regiment being detailed for duty at the range. Teams entering the National match will either subsist themselves or be subsisted at the mess hall. Congress has appro- priated $12,000 for the messing of competitors during the National matches. Each competitor is entitled to a cot and mattress and necessary camp furniture, such as stool, wash basin, water bucket, tin cup, broom, etc., and ample tentage will be furnished, all through the courtesy of the State of Ohio. Competitors will be expected to supply their own blankets and bedding other than mattresses. A careful estimate of the number of men expected at Camp Perry for the matches includes one hundred Regular Army officers; 1000 enlisted men, U. S. A., team contestants and officers 900; National Guards- men not attached to teams and civilian rifle club members, 300 to 500 ; brigade O. N. G., 500. The prize list for the matches at Camp Perry this month is very attractive to riflemen, as the money will be largely in excess of any heretofore divided, and the prize lists will be much larger. In the Na- tional Team Match the prizes are as follows: Class A, $450, $350, $300 and $250; Class B, $350, $250, $225 and $200; Class C, $300. $200; Class C, $300, $200, $175 and $150. In addition, there is a trophy for each class, and every member of the twelve teams will receive a medal. Iu the National Indvidual Match there will be thirty-nine prizes, amounting to $390. with the same number of medals. In the Du Pont Tyro Match, shot under the auspices of the O. 8. R. A., the prize money amounts to $400, divided into forty-two prizes. The Ohio matches all carry from four to twelve or more prizes. As the matches of the National Rifle Association will be conducted on a percentage basis, it is impossible to tell how much money will be divided or the number of prizes in the big matches. It is expected, however, that in some of the great individual matches like the Leach Cup Match, the total prize money will approximate $500 or $600, and perhaps more. All entrance fees, less the actual expense of operating the range, will be returned to the contestants in the N. R. A. Matches. For the National matches, Congress furnishes the prize money. As far as known, the Press Championship Trophy for rifle shooting, which is contested for each year at the National rifle matches, is the only trophy of its kind for which newspaper men strive as representatives of their publications and not personally. There are many working newspaper men who are members or ex-members of the National Guard, and not a few have seen service in the Army and Navy and In the Spanish war. Among them are some excellent shots, and while the restrictions surrounding the Press Cup are such as to prevent members on State teams from competing and thus the number of contestants is cur- tailed, the contest is keen, and it takes a good score to carry off the cup. The following year the Committee on Publicity of the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice, took up the idea of securing a permanent press trophy, and through the generosity of one of its members obtained a solid silver loving cup of un- usually graceful lines, which was turned over to the National Rifle Association. It is inscribed, "Press Trophy — Presented by the National Rifle Association of America as a Perpetual Trophy for rifle competi- tion among the Press, of the United States." As the National Board conducts no matches except those for which Congress provides thep rizes, the Press Cup Match is shot under the direction of the Na- tional Rifle Association. The National Rifle Association gives a life mem- bership to the second man, and there are a number of cash prizes. While the N. R. A. matches follow the National matches and have been shot at Camp Perry for two years past and will be this year, Sea Girt keeps up the "Press Match." The Illinois State Rifle Association and several others have press rifle matches, but the prizes go to the winners and not to the publications, as in the ease of the press trophy. For the first time the regimental and company matches of the National Rifle Association, which will he shot at Camp Perry, Ohio, this month, will be thrown open to cadet corps. The progress made during the preceding year with shooting in the edu- cational institutions justifies the belief that it will be only a few years until they are well represented at the National matches. It is probable that not more than forty-five teams, representing the states and territories, will be on hand to compete at Camp Perry this year. This will be a decrease of five from the number last year. A number of states which do not have ranges, or which have ranges which need improvement, have reached the conclusion that for the current year they can do more with their money by improving their ranges than by sending a team to Camp Perry. In many instances they are hard at work preparing for next year's contest. Of the $2,000,000 appropriated by Congress for the National Guard, $500,000 is set aside for rifle practice. This sum is apportioned among the states and can be utilized for the pur- chase and equipment of ranges. In a few years it is hoped that each state will have at least one first- class range. WM. WOLFF SMITH, Secretary National Board P. R. P. Washington, D. C. Saturday, August 7, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. The deer season this year opened in the dark of the moon, and for that reason it has been good. The animals are forced to come from their hiding places during daylight to feed, but pass the day in seclusion when they are able to "chew their cud" at night. A comparatively small number of deer hunters took to the hills this week, chiefly on account of the fullness of the moon, and the animals are having a short reprieve before the heavy storming of the for- est depths that will surely set in as soon as condi- tions for bagging the game again become favorable. The State law prohibiting the use of hounds in hunting deer is now in force. This gives the hunt- ers an opportunity for plenty of exercise in working over the ridges and through canyons. Climbing over the sunbaked hills on a hot day is a stunt that is not lavishly overpaid even by two bucks, the sea- son's legal limit. Although the State game laws allow for the kill- ing of male deer between July 15 and November 1, the board of supervisors of Alameda county recently passed an ordinance shortening the deer season from August 1 to October 1. District Attorney Don- ahue has advised the board or supervisors that con- trary to the general practice throughout the State that body has no right to shorten the deer-killing season. He bases his opinion on a recent decision by the Appellate Court in a case which originated in Sacramento county. The open doer season in Santa Barbara county will close September 15th by recent ordinance of the supervisors. Because a large majority of the people of Sierra county do not approve of the manner in which the California Fish and Game Commission uses the fund raised for it through the sale of hunting licenses, few are being purchased in Sierra county this season. In former seasons some 300 or more have been sold, but this year only seventy have been sold to date. Whether many are hunting without licenses is not known, but it is believed that practically all those who have neglected to buy licenses have refrained from hunting. Marin county continues to yield venison dividends, L. J. Levy secured a three-pointer on the Bonnell ranch, last Sunday Pat Calhoun shot a fine buck on the Mail- liard ranch, south of San Geronimo over "White's hill." This holding was for a number of seasons immune from the visits of hunters. In consequence the deer became plentiful and did considerable dam- age to fruit trees and garden truck, now it is desir- able to thin them out and it is being done. The Lagunitas Gun Club members will enjoy a venison barbecue on the 14th inst. Mr. J. Leroy Nickel shot a buck on the Country Club preserve, on the 1st inst., that dressed at 120 pounds. Ned Bosqui can retire for the season as a success- nimrod. He bagged his second buck last Sunday on the Point Reyes Club's preserve. Fred Schmitz is a painstaking, but rather unlucky hunter. Two weeks ago he was out early and hunted hard and long, but saw ne'er a buck. Return- ing to camp and driving along the country road he was dumbfounded to see two fat bucks resting in a field, under the shade of a big oak, not over 60 yards away. Old Dobbin was in a hurry to get home and would not "Whoa!" Nothing loth, Schmitz leveled his rifle and tried to get a bead on one buck while the buggy was wobbling along over the rickety road. He pulled the trigger, but ! the magazine was empty. The bucks made a rapidly dissolving view of choice venison over the fence and off to the hills. A few bucks range through the Marin hills, back of Tennessee Cove. Recently a party of soldiers from the post below Sausalito shot a fine four- pointer near the grounds the "Highflyers" shoot over. A number of bucks have been shot in the vicinity of Cazadero. Deputy Sheriff Boone of Santa Rosa bagged the buck limit the first day out on a hunting trip recently near Booneville. Dr. Homer Swain, Lyman Stevens and Bert Ken- nedy, a party of Chico nimrods, bagged a 300-pound bear in Lassen county, north of the Big Meadows, last week. This particular section is known as the Deer Creek country, deer are very plentiful there. William Godman, a Santa Rosa mail carrier, went to Mendocino county after deer and was disgusted when he found that ranchers would not let him hunt on their premises. He made up his mind that he would get a deer anyway. As he was rounding a bend in a mountain road he found himself face to face with a big buck. He hastily picked up a rock and let drive at the buck's head. The impact stunned the deer and Godman finished the animal with his knife. Col. William Ellery spent two weeks on the Mc- Cloud river, some 20 miles in from Antler. This re- gion is full of big game and affords fishing oppor- tunities galore, A big buck was shot by the Colonel who states that he saw a number of deer and could easily have secured another trophy head. Walter Walters, a youth stopping at a nearby camp. was out after a buck one day and posted himself in position near a salt spring. While waiting and watching he heard a noise in adjacent underbrush and was startled to see a California lion stealthily emerge from the undergrowth twenty feet away and crouch for a spring. He fired one shot, which grazed the beast's jaw and followed with a second rifle ball in a vital spot. Two kittens were afterwards found in the brush. The lioness was probably also lying in wait for deer and resented the intrusion of the hunter as a menace to her offspring. Walters will be $20 better off when the bounty is paid for the lion's scalp. Reports made by returning Los Angeles hunters early in the season completely refute the rapidly- growing opinion that the hills no longer harbored any deer, and now no one denies that the man who is willing to put in the time at the right place is reasonably sure of getting a prize. A. C. Pitcher shot a two-pronged buck seventeen miles back in the Tehachepi Mountains early Thurs- day morning, getting the only deer that was re- ported by a local nimrod during the latter part of last week. With T. C. Lynch and Harry Burt, he started in an automobile Wednesday afternoon and left the main road at Acton. The party was stranded on the desert for several hours, but finally was set straight. At dawn the party, which had worked its way far up an unfrequented canyon, spotted two deer about a mile away. Lynch started to work toward them while Pitcher remained where he was when the animals were first sighted. Lynch succeeded in start- ing the animals toward Pitcher, who got a shot at one of them about 125 yards distant and brought it down. The other one got away in the brush without drawing the fire of the party. The buck Pritcher shot weighed 149 pounds, dressed. The men had a hard time packing it through the brush. The party ran into a flight of doves on the other side of Elizabeth lake, and Pitcher says they bagged 150 birds in a short time a,nd could easily have got 100 apiece. E. L. Mitchell, who had good luck at Decker's ranch, in the Santa Monta mountains, week before last, left with an automobile party for the same place yesterday, where he will hunt several days. Mitchell said there was plenty of game in that vicinity and that he believed he could get another deer the first day. Ray F. Church shot a spike buck and two coyotes in the Tebjachepi Mountains early in the week H). E. Webster reported that he had brought down a buck last Tuesday in the vicinity of the Malibu ranch. Steve Penland of Calabasas killed a five-prong buck in the Santa Susansa Mountains last Sunday. The deer was brought down on the seventh shot and weighed ISO pounds, dressed. This is the largest deer that has been reported this season. While there are many deer left in the Southern California mountains, they are being driven into the highest parts of the ranges. Even the Tehachepi country has not yielded its usual quota of game this season, as far as it has advanced, while the coun- try close to Los Angeles has been a long way from being satisfactory to the many hunters. Already the local men are beginning to trek farther afield, while several parties are planned to leave the latter part of August. A party of Los Angeles hunters, consisting of Bernal Diaz, S. Anderson, W. Brodie and R. Raemacher, left in Anderson's Lozier car for the Edison reserve in the Kern River country. The party expects to re- turn in about a week. Their quarry is deer and trout, both of which are reported to be plentiful in that section. San Luis Obispo hunters report that deer are scarce in the mountains nearby. A mountain Hon that measured fully eight feet from tip to tip was shot by Miss Lydia Espinosa of Mon- terey on Sunday last at Picacho del Oso, twenty-five miles down the coast. The young lady, in company with her father, had gone out in quest of deer. While high up on the mountain they came across the lion. The animal was about 100 yards away when first seen, and it leisurely walked behind a tree and stood defiantly licking its chops. Without hesitancy and not the sign of a quiver Miss Espinosa threw up her rifle and shot the lion. With a scream that could be heard a quarter of a mile the lion plunged into the air and turning a somer- sault, went down a steep canyon into the brush. A trail of blood showed that the animal was mortally hurt. Mr. Espinosa states that there are very few deer in the Picacho del Oso country. He saw none at all. A few years ago it was an excellent hunting ground for deer. The country to the north — abov-? the San Francisco and Sacramento region — is more pleasant to hunt than the Southern California deer country. Besides being cooler, most of the deer country in Northern California is more free from brush, giving the hunter a chance to see his deer and not merely hear him, as is often the case in the lower end of the State. In the Shasta and Klamath country the hunting is in the big timber belt, where the hunter can see for a long distance through the trees, and where the only brush is scattered scrub oak under the pines. Some manzanita is found, of course, in the dryer parts of the country, but not to the extent prevailing in Southern California. The mountain lions are more plentiful in that section, according to all reports than anywhere in California. Many carcasses of animals were found, left by lions for the bears or wildcats to get. This hunting country begins about twenty-five miles below the town of Hornbrook, on the Southern Pacific, and extends 200 miles to the coast at Requa. Untouched by railroad, with very few ranches and placer mines, and almost unknown to hunters, it is probably the finest hunting ground left in California. Grizzly and cinnamon are found in the country around Preston's Peak, 100 miles down the river from the railroad, while one of the biggest griz- zlies ever weighed was killed six miles out of Horn- brook some years ago, tipping the scales at 1800 pounds. Another famous hunting country, easier of access and more hunted in consequence, is that about the Klamath Hot Springs, about twenty miles up the river. If the hunter is not satisfied with his two bucks, in a few hours' ride he can reach the Grant's Pass country in Oregon, where the deer limit is five instead of two, although a $10 license must be obtained. The new railroad to Klamath Falls opens up a mag- nificent country for the hunter. Leaving the South- ern Pacific at Weed, in California, the new line runs up into Oregon into the very center of the lake country. This is close to the famous hunting lodge of E. H. Haniman, where he adjourns every year for his big game shooting. Nearer home, the Shasta country for the deer hunter is hard to beat, although deer are not so com- mon. Mr. Tracy, of the Tracy Engineering Company, in this country, brought down one of the finest bucks ever killed in California, last fall. The buck weighed over 250 pounds. The railroad from Cotter wood vo Shasta Springs, along the Sacramento River, is lined for sixty miles with little resorts, from which the hunter can outfit and be almost sure to get his two bucks. Along the McCloud and Pitt rivers is splendid deer hunting and trout fishing and the country is easily gotten into. The deer season in Klamath county, Oregon, opened August 1st. Reports from all the remote hunting districts of the county state that deer are now more plentiful than for years past. It is be- lieved that at least one hundred hunters are present in that country this week hunting deer. Bears are becoming rather scarce in this district, although during the past few weeks several bears have been killed. The Oregon license fee for hunters is $1 for residents and $10 for non-residents. There is at present several parties of San Francisco and Sacra- mento sportsmen camped at different deer resorts in the north end of the county. . Dove hunters are still getting fine shooting in manv localities. Marysville, Wheatland and Sacramento Gun Club members have enjoyed a number of dove stews since the season opened. Down at Porterville the hunters went out to hunt doves, as the Tulare county law opened the season there on the 15th of July, but the sportsmen found that the doves were not through nesting, and that it was not the proper time to hunt that game, so they have resolved to wait until the 1st of September to begin dove shooting. This is about the most sen- sible thing we have heard of lately. In Kings county the same conditions among the birds exists, and the county ordinance makes the open season September 1st. Visalia sportsmen are complaining at the early opening of the dove season, which they claim conies in too soon. They have started an agitation to get the supervisors to extend the closed season to Au- gust 15th or September 1st next year. The birds shot now are mostly young and nearly all the old doves are nesting. Clarence J. Ashlin and Rube Haas made a Tuesday to Friday trip by automobile to Paso Robles for a dove shoot. The birds were plentiful and limits were shot each day by both hunters. Louis Rink reports doves very plentiful near Hol- lister. He got several limits last week. The hotel at Purissima conducted by Clarence Maynard and P. Sarcander will be properly "opened" this Saturday evening by a number of sportsmen. Jas. S. and W. S. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Daverkosen and others were at Moss Beach last Sunday for an outing. A number of fine abalones. sea urchins and a variety of fish were brought home. Cottontail rabbits afford sport to many hunters who stop off at different stations in San Mateo county along the Ocean Shore railroad. Ground Squirrels Barred. — As a measure of pre- venting the dissemination of plague germs the board of supervisors at Oakland last week passed an ordi- nance prohibiting the sale or possession of ground squirrels. The penalty attached to a violation of the ordinance is punishable by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $100. The Berkeley trustees recently passed a similar municipal law. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. FISH LINES. Most pleasing news for anglers who fancy trying their rods in the Eel river every season is the re- port that the steelhead are running at Weymouth's, the Hansen pool, Gregg's, the Robinson pool and other favorite spots in the river. The fish have been in evidence for several weeks, fresh run from the ocean, and a number have been taken on the fly — Benn's royal coachman, wth a long peacock body, on a No. 6 hook. Mrs. D. M. Vance one day landed eight fish. "Old Man" Pollard caught ten, and local anglers all have had good fishing. The steelheads are large and gamey. Lake Tahoe continues to present splendid induce- ments for many anglers to wet their lines in its waters. J. W. Robinson and Mr. Robinson Jr. and Dr. Bruce Foulker landed a catch of trout one day re- cently that scaled 65 pounds. Mr. Robinson Jr. had the pleasure of playing and landing a SY2 pound trout with rod and reel Tony Prior with Mrs. Prior Sr., has gone to Lake Tahoe for a two weeks' fishing trip. A section out of the beaten path, but one delight- ful as an outing place and replete with good trout fishing, is the Big Meadows creek country in Cal- averas county. The fishing in Stanislaus river is good enough to satisfy the most ardent angler. This district is reached from the Big Trees, and then over a trail for 26 miles. Prof. J. and Mrs. Wieniaski re- turned recently from a week's outing trip in that district — at the headwaters of Blue creek, half way between Blood's and the Mokelumne river. Trout fishing is good at Klamath Hot Springs and also on Horse creek. In fact, the whole of Siskiyou county affords plenty of sport for both angler and hunter. Fshing in the Williamson river, a tributary of Pelican bay, Klamath county, Oregon, must be most enticing to the angler if current reports from that section are reliable. Two finny prizes secured by Dr. A. D. Mardis of this city were a ten-pound rain- bow, caught on a fly, and a monster rainbow that scaled seventeen pounds which was landed on a spoon. The Williamson river trout have a well- earned reputation for weight, gameness and table qualities. "Black Jack" Lemmer is a devoted and skillful angler, and he generally knows when and where to go for trout. Three days spent at San Gregorio last week, and then a trip to Salmon creek, Marin county, near Bodega bay, resulted in several catches of desirable sized trout. Boulder creek, in Santa Cruz county, above Doh- erty's mill, is reported to be ripe for the angler. Ed Cohen and William Fisher caught nice messes of eight and nine inch trout a week ago. The stand- ard coast stream flies are the killing lures. Dr. M. E. Simon and Dr. Henry Lacoste of this city returned from a ten-days' fishing trip up the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. They found black and striped bass fishing conditions rather un- favorable, although the rivers and tributary sloughs were teeming with fish. Too much natural food is the reason given why the bass family passed up artificial lures. They found the waters alive with apparently millions of shad fry, two to four inches long, upon which both varieties of the bass gorged themselves. After the shad fry and other small fry leave, in August, it is claimed, for salt water, bass fishing should be splendid. Striped bass weighing twenty-five pounds have been caught on the rods of the market fishermen. The good luck of Hugh Copeland, who caught 60 pounds of black bass recently in a slough near Tracy, tempted over two scores of anglers to visit the water the following Sunday. Their efforts were futile, the north wind blew a gale, those on the slough in boats could not make any headway against the wind and the bass were left for another day's fishing. seat waiting for the long expected run of salmon. Last Sunday a number of launches were outside in quest of the royal fish. On Tuesday W. M. Campbell, the Sausalito launch- man, caught an 18-pound salmon and had three- strikes besides but was unable to land another fish. Several weeks ago schools of sardines were plenti- ful "outside" for a few days, it was believed in con- sequence that the salmon would be following them. bJt the "signs" petered out. The salmon up and down the coast have acted very queerly this season. So scarce have the fish been up north, contrary to their usual habits, that a number of canneries are on the verge of shutting down for the season. The salmon have put in an appearance at several points suddenly and in im- mense numbers only to disappear as quickly as they came. Striped bass have been taken during the week in the Tiburon lagoon. In the Oakland estuary small-sized bass are very numerous at a point about half a mile west of the High street bridge. San Antone slough is full of small striped bass. This is promising for good fishing later on. W. S. Kittle landed six fish this week, the largest scaled five pounds. San Pablo waters were found good recently for a limited number of striped bass. Joe Meyer and Louis Gotthelf caught three fish weighing six, seven and eight pounds. Judge Lindsay, a well known devotee of salt-water angling and now a Richmond official, met with a mishap and a ducking one day last week. Fishing from an anchored boat, he hooked an eight-pound striped bass. In trying to land his prize he over- balanced and fell overboard. The boat was cap- sized and the judge lost his tackle outfit. One of his rods was particularly prized. It was a present from the late Harry Emeric. The judge landed in shallow water without further mishap, his spilled tackle was recovered next day. Two Southern California anglers, members of the Southern California Rod and Reel Club, recently went to Hermosa Beach one Sunday after yellowtail. For several hours E. R. Morse and Walter Geft fished, but nothing was doing. Finally Morse moved up the pier about 1000 feet, and with a six-ounce rod, brought in five shovel-nose sharks. Geft cap- tured the same number of sharks, one of them being of the leopard family. Geft also, on a 3-6 tackle, caught a yellowtail weighing six ounces. This is considered a freak, as rarely are these fish taken under the weight of several pounds. A yellowtail of six ounces would have attracted a great deal of attention had it been taken on the other side of the channel. THE REAPER'S TOLL. During the past week there passed away two sportsmen of the Old Guard, "Pop" Orear and "Jim" Hayes. Both were well known sportsmen for many years past and most popular with devotees of rod and gun. John W. Orear passed away at Webber Lake, Sierra county, where he had been accustomed to spend a number of weeks fishing for years past. He had lived out more than three score and ten years an honored career and esteemed by all who knew him. • In the old days "Pop" used to shoot at the traps and was one of a coterie of sportsmen of whom there are now but a few left. Dp to a few years ago he carried on a gun and sporting goods business In Oakland. He is survived by two sons, Horace W. Orear of San Francisco and William L. Orear of Oakland and a daughter, Mrs. Otis R. Tyson of Los Angeles. "Jim" Hays, proprietor of Harbin Springs, and well known and liked by nearly every prominent sporting man in the State, died suddenly last Saturday night. He was standing in the office of the hotel about 10 o'clock talking to a number of guests, when he was suddenly stricken. Hays was about 58 years old and was believed to be in the best of health. Only an hour before he was stricken he had returned from a trip to Mid- dletown, in Lake county, and he expressed no feel- ing of weariness. His death, therefore, came as a severe shock to his family and his friends in the hotel. He leaves a widow and four children. Hays was a man of genial personality, and this made him scores of friends among those who stayed at Harbin Springs, which he controlled for many years. His acquaintance among sportsmen and sport- ing men was very wide as a result of the many train- ing camps that were established at the Springs, which was also a favorite rendezvous for deer hunt- ers. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. A pet collie has disappeared from the owner's home, Miss M. A. Wellendorf of 1601 Walnut street, Berkeley. Whether the dog strayed away and be- came lost or was stolen is not clear. At all events every effort to find the dog so far has been futile. A collie, answering the description of Peter, the lost dog's name, was sold recently by the Oakland pound master, but for some unexplained reason the pur- chaser's name was refused. Miss Wellendorf will compensate anyone returning her dog or giving information of his whereabouts. The dog was originally purchased from a San Jose breeder, is about five years old, "golden brown body color, white frill, white chest, forelegs and feet, white throat, white on muzzle and back of nose, white blaze between the eyes, front of hind legs white, hindfeet all white, white tipped tail, black hairs intermingled in coat of back, along upper part of tail, edge of ears and down the jowls, carries his ears erect most of the time and is not a large sized dog for his age." Should any of our readers be able to give infor- mation leading to the recovery of this collie, kindly send word to the address above given or to the kennel editor. The salt water anglers are still on the anxious A. P. Vredenburgh, of New York, secretary of the American Kennel Club, arrived in San Francisco Sun- day evening, as a special envoy to the Coast and representing the board of directors of the American Kennel Club. The object of Mr. Vredenburgh's visit, so it is stated, is to consult with the local board of the American Kennel Club, the Pacific Advisory Commit- tee, and ascertain their views on the needs of the Coast. During his stay in San Francisco Mr. Vre- denburgh will be the guest of the San Mateo Kennel Club. Mr. Vredenburg was the guest of honor at a dinner Thursday evening at the St. Francis given by the members of the Pacific Advisory Committee. Mat- ters affecting the drawing up of a general system of rules in harmony with the national body were dis- cussed and recommendations of unity were adopted and other affairs tending to favor doggy interests on the Coast were considered. Among those present were H. H. Carlton, W. W. Stettheimer, Dr. W. P. Burnham, Norman J. Stewart, J. P. Norman, Nat T. Messer, Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn and I. C. Ackerman. The announced staff of judges for the San Mateo Kennel Club one day open-air show at the Peninsula Hotel grounds, on September 9th, is the following: G. S. Haliwell, formerly of Boston, Mass. — Blood- hounds, mastiffs, St. Bernards, foxhonuds, dachs- hnudes, poodles, chows, Dalmatians, bulldogs, Aire- dale terriers, Welsh terriers, Roseneath terriers, tish terriers, Welsh terriers, Roseneath terriers, black and tan terriers, Skye terriers. Freeman Ford, Pasadena, Cal. — Boston terriers. J. Hervey Jones, San Francisco, Cal. — Cocker span- iels. Norman J. Stewart, San Jose, Cal — Collies and Old English sheep dogs. Dr. L. W. Spriggs, San Francisco, Cal. — Pointers and setters. Phil M. Wand, San Francisco, Cal. — Russian wolf- hounds, greyhounds, Irish water spaniels, Clumber and field spaniels, Pomeranians, and all dogs except Yorkshire terriers, miscellaneous. E. Attridge, San Francisco, Cal. — Bull terriers, Yorkshire terriers. John L. Cunningham, San Francisco, Cal. — Great Danes. About ten years ago there were a few good blood- hounds to be seen at our local bench show, but in later years the breed seems to have been very much neglected, for seldom since have we seen a blood- hound benched nor do we know of any breeders on the Coast. To fill the long felt want we are informed that F. A. Gimrig of Pasadena proposes to establish a kennel and will "breed bloodhounds for police pur- poses." He has, it is claimed, some excellent stock to start with. It would not take a great amount of application and attention to create a demand for bloodhounds. In fact there is quite a demand on the Coast for individual specimens of the trailing dog. The Spokane show next month, writes Mr. T. S. Griffith, will have entries from Denver, Salt Lake, Butte City and many other points. The list of cups and specials exceeds that of any previous Spokane show. The exhibition will be held at the Inter- state Fair grounds under the auspices of the Spo- kane Kennel Club. We would call the atention of sportsmen to a lit- ter of pointer puppies Dr. T. P. Bodkin is willing to dispose of. These puppies are by Black Rock out of a bitch that was purchased in the East. Entries for the Del Monte show close next Tues- day, August 9th. PROTECTION FOR ELK. Judge Goucher of Stites and residents in other parts of central Idaho are circulating petitions re- questing State Game Warden Hill to appoint a dep- uty game warden especially for that part of the country east of Kooskia, to the Bitter Root range. Reports have been received that elk and other big game are being slaughtered by surveying crews and trail builders up the Clearwater valley into Mon- tana. Major F. A. Fenn of the Clearwater National forest, has endorsed E. M. Clark of Stites. There are many who believe that the construction of the Missoula cut-off of the Northern Pacific Rail- way will mean the extinction of elk and other big game in that part of Idaho. Hunters familiar with the big game preserve through which the branch will traverse say that protection should be afforded. Roaming bands of elk and deer feed on the mea- dows in the Bitter Roots and the fact that the dis- trict is so remote as to be almost inaccessible during the open season has been the greatest protection to big game. With a railroad crossing the mountains hunters can go within half a day's walk of the game district and the diminution of the herds will be so marked as to threaten extinction. A raft driver, who came down the Yochsa on a lumber raft a few days ago counted a herd of more than 50 elk feeding Major F. A. Fenn reported that government rangers had found almost a score of elk carcasses in the forests. They had been killed for their teeth. The teeth had been removed but otherwise the elk had not been touched. Predatory hunters slaughter the elk for their teeth, which often bring $50 a pair. Although the horns and hide are valuable the teeth hunters kill only for the bicuspids. The region is so remote that a game warden is powerless to prevent the slaughter. Sportsmen sug- gest that forest rangers be made deputy game war- dens without pay and empowered to make arrests to put an end to the slaughter of the elk. Saturday, August 7, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 POINTERS ON STARTING HORSES. Anything which will improve racing and increase the gate receipts at trotting meetings should be welcomed by all who have the good of the sport at heart. Many things have been suggested and nu- merous articles written on this subject during the past year, since the antagonistic stand against racing by many officials in various states. It is conceded that some innovations are needed in order to offset the efforts of the reformers and increase the attend- ance and increase the gate receipts. Palmer Clark recently in a well written article offered some suggestions for the improvement of the sport, which I regard as valuable, and Mr. Clark's ideas could be put into effect to the distinct better- ment of conditions. The matter of starting horses at races stands alone in importance, and I desire to offer some suggestions along this line which I regard as of importance, and which, if inaugurated, will make for the good of the Sport. During my fifteen years' experience as starting judge at all kinds of race meet- ings, fairs, large and small, one mile and half-mile tracks, I am of the opinion that there is no one thing connected with starting horses which causes as much unfavorable comment as does tedious and unneces- sary scoring. Neither do I believe that much im- provement can be expected under our present meth- ods and system of starting horses. It is true that there is an improvement over the methods in use ten years or more ago and there is less scoring, but there is still room for improvement. The public likes to see things "kept moving" and they grow tired and impatient at long delays caused by unnecessary scoring. When the public is pleased with the manner in which races are conducted, they will extend their support and patronage to the sport. Since the Boston Handicap, which unfortunately the writer did not witness, I am more than ever con- vinced that some radical changes can be made which will prove satisfactory to both horsemen and the public. I think that the starter should be placed one hundred yards up the stretch from the wire, where he can more fully and easily control the movements and actions of the drivers. When the drivers go back to turn and score down, their behavior can be con- trolled to much better advantage if the starter is stationed one hundred yards back, as he will be in a position to see what is going on, whereas if he is at the wire, he cannot direct their movements until they are almost at the wire. Understand, I do not hold the driver responsible for all the trouble in scoring, as the driver of today is, as a rule, competent and tries to assist the man who says "Go." But the driver cannot in big fields see all of the other drivers and has enough to occupy his head and hands in taking care of his own horse. Mr. Frank Caton informs me that in Russia, drivers are required to go down to their positions in order and also score down in their own places and posi- tions. In the running game, understand, the trick in starting the horses is to get all horses moving in the right direction, and in their proper places. Why not in harness racing? It should not be necessary to recall or turn the field, and this can be avoided if the starter was back from the wire one hundred yards where he can stop them before they were going at speed and it would then be easy to bring the horses back in order. There would then be no racing to the wire and around the turn, and the horses would be saved and kept fresher for the real battle. Some horses are easily taken hack, while others grab the bit and rush through a gap in the front tier and are many lengths in the lead before they can be stopped, and are always the last back. The rest of the field perhaps being jogged back and the rusher is away round the turn and not headed back, and there is a long wait for the driver to get turned and back to position. Some will say fine the driver, but that does not compensate the public for the long and tedious delay and the crowd impatiently waits for the offending horse to come back. Place the starter back one hundred yards, where he will be in position to command and see that every horse is turned and in place, and moving toward the wire, when he gives the word, there should be no recall. A rule could be framed penalizing any driver breaking away from the front rank, or changing posi- tion before the wire is reached, when the signal to start has been given. The penalty for so offending should be that the offending horse be placed back not less than two positions at the finish. A scoring horse to be chosen by which the horses are to be guided and they should be forced to score by him, but should the horse selected to score by break, the front rank should stay in line. There will, -undoubtedly, be some objections and imperfections to this plan, particularly from the privilege men and many half-mile track associations depend largely on the money received for privileges, but I believe this plan, if once inaugurated, will work out all right. I think it will please the public who pay admission at the gate, and the gate must be made to pay if we expect racing to flourish and grow in popularity. In many instances privilege men pay more than privileges are really worth, and for that reason want delays and long scoring, but if the gate receipts were increased, associations would not depend on the privi- lege money to so great an extent, and could afford to sell them for less. Give campaigning horsemen the best possible condition, as it is an expensive propo- sition to campaign a stable of horses and if we can improve our system of starting and increase the interest of the public, and if their interest is in- creased, they will attend in larger numbers, and will in this way contribute more to the sport. They will be willing to pay their share toward keeping the sport going, and associations will then be able to give horsemen lower entrance fees and other rebates. In my opinion this innovation in starting will so improve the sport that the public will be more ready to attend race meetings than ever before. — A. Bar- nard, in American Sportsman. (Continued from page 7.) MATINEE AT PORTLAND OREGON. The Riverside Drivign Club held a matinee on Saturday, July 24th, with the following results: 2:35 pace. Baron Lovelace (Laidlaw) 2 1 1 Brown Lace (Merrill) 4 2 2 Georgia Rose (Brown) 1 4 d Chico (Anderson) 3 3 d Pateau (Andrews) 5 d Time— 2:34, 2:36%, 2:37. 2:35 trot. Sela Nun ( Laidlaw) 1 2 1 Belle H. (Howitt) 2 1 2 Padishah (Tillman) 4 3 3 Fairy Alley (Rohse) 3 4 d Time— 2:38, 2:34%, 2:35. Match race for $400. Zoe (Howitt) 1 1 Atlas (Murphy) 2 2 Time— 2:23%, 2:20. Match race for $700. Lady Lovelace (Charles Shea) 2 1 1 Blue Jacket (L. W. Watts) 1 2 2 Handicap, one mile and a quarter — Rozelle, SO yards, first; Zeltoka, SO yards, second; Dotty Dimple, 40 yards, third; Rastus, 60 yards, fourth. Time, 3:03y2. Rozelle 2:14, the winner of the handicap, is the gray gelding formerly owned by A. Ottinger of San Francisco. Zoe W., winner of the match pacing race, is by Zombro, dam Lida W., the dam of Nutwood Wilkes. In this race Zoe W. reduced his former record of 2:22% to 2:20. AT HANFORD'S HALF MILE TRACK. At the excellent half mile track at Hanford, where the Kings County Fair is so successfully held every year, there are several horses in training. Moody Liggett has a string of five in his charge — trotters and pacers. He has Radium Way, a bay stallion, with a trial of 2:11%. Radium Way is sired by Expressive Mac, 2:25%; Vera Hall, also by Expressive Mac, the colt that defeated aged horses on the Newman track last season and has a mark to reach out for. Liggett also has a mare sired by King Athby that shows a splendid gait, and also he has McNut, a two-year-old by Expressive Mac, a good animal, taking its first lessons. Russell Gray has some fine colts — ten in all — most of them the property of J. F. Warren. Gray is de- veloping Chas. Sweitzer, a trotter, and a mare bred on the Santa Rosa Slock Farm, also Myrtle W. and several others that are showing speed. He has Wel- lington, a three-year-old stallion by Hambletonian Wilkes, the property of Alex Anderson of the Seventh Street Stables of Hanford, that is proving a snappy trotter of great promise. P. C. Byrne, one of the oldest drivers and careful horsemen, has in his string Miss Idaho 2:09%; King Athby, 2:16% at three years of age, and Wilkes by Nutwood Wilkes, a handsome double-gaited stallion, and a four-year-old pacing stallion by Robert Direct. Mr. Van Holdt is in charge of the grounds and he is a good worker and takes good care of the property of the Kings County Agricultural Association, and the place will be in better shape than ever when the fair opens in the fall. — Sentinel. DAN PATCH AND MINOR HEIR. After what amounted to a good stiff workout over the half-mile track at Grand Forks last week, Dan Patch and Minor Heir, the world's greatest pacers, are in excellent condition. They were shipped back to the International Stock Food Farm and Superin- tendent Hersey reports that both horses are training on and will be ready to go some sensational miles within a short time. The horses will have a busy season of race exhibitions. The dates already made for them by M. W. Savage are as follows: Springfield, Ohio Aug. 10 Sterling, 111 Aug. 25 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6 Detroit, Mich Sept. 9 Milwaukee, Wis Sept. 14 Sioux City, Iowa Sept. 21 Sedalia, Mo Oct. 4 Parsons, Kan Oct. 13 Dallas, Texas Nov. 1 The season will be concluded at Phoenix, Arizona, where it is believed the lightning fast track and high altitude will make it possible for one or both of the horses to lower world records. A large force of men and horses are at work grad- ing the new half mile track at the Kentfield (Marin county) stadium, and it is expected the track will be ready to drive on within the next four or five weeks. by Alfred G. (McDonald 1 112 3 4 Judge Lee, gr. h. by Lees Pilot, dam by Simmocolon (La Sail) 4 4 14 1 El Victress, blk. m. by El Benecia, dam by Victory (Rosemire) 6 6 6 12 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Search- er (Murphy) 8 7 3 2 3 Penico Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) 2 3 7 7 7 Marie N., h. m. by Marengo King (Geers) 7 2 6 5 5 Bisa, b. m. by Bingara (Cox) 3 8 9 10 9 Jack McKerron, b. h. by J. A. McKer- ron (Shank) 9 10 14 9 6 The Angelus, br. b. by Zombro (Hodges) 10 9 10 8 8 Jenny Constantine, b. m. by Constan- tine (Grady) 5 5 5 6 dr Purse $1000, 2:11 pacers: Green Pilot, b. h. by Greenbacks, dam by Sphynx (Murphy) 2 3 111 Walter Hal, gr. h. by Walter Direct ( Garth) 1 2 3 3 2 Star Direct, ch. h. by Geo. Starr (Boone) 3 1 2 4 4 Maconda, b. m. by Red King (Albin) .35423 Billy S„ ch. g. by Caneland Wilkes (McDonald) 4 4 5 dr Time— 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:12%. Purse $1000, 2:15 pacers: Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank (Geers) .... 1 1 1 King Cole, b. h. by Bingen (Dodge) 2 3 2 Ora Jackson, b. m. by Barada (McMahon) ..623 Maybird, b. m. by Alcryon (Hoffman) 4 6 5 Mike A., blk. g. by Warren C. (Wilson) 7 7 4 Great Line, b. m. by Great Heart (Clark) ... 5 4 d Lady Patch, ch. m. by Bourbon Patchen (Shuler) 4 5 dr Directly Connor, blk. h. by Directly (Falls) . . 8 8 dr Time— 2:10%, 2:10, 2:08. SACRAMENTO MATINEE RACING. The Sacramento Driving Club held one of its mati- nees at Agricultural Park track last Sunday after- noon, and it was the best of any strictly local meet held this season, and there have been some good ones. With attractions drawing sport-loving people to many other parts of the city, the harness meet drew a fair crowd. The races were well worth the going. The speed event of the day was the race between Ike Christie's Briarwood, C. F. Silva's Natoma and H. C. Pike's Harold B. The race resolved itself into a hard tussle between Briarwood and Natoma, and although Christie's horse lost the first heat the fol- lowing two were taken. The best time was made in the second heat, when the mile was done in 2:17. The summary follows: Class A. Briarwood (I. Christie) 2 1 1 Natoma (C. F. Silva) 1 2 2 Harold B. (H. C. Pike) 3 3 3 Time— 2:22, 2:17, 2:22. Class B. Blanch T. (C. F. Silva) 1 1 Major McKinley (F. H. Metz) 2 2 The Judge (J. F. Heenan) 3 3 Time— 2:20%, 2:21. Class C. Ladybird (F. Pierce) 1 1 Joe Dick (J. F. Heenan) 2 2 Time— 2:31%, 2:30. Class D. Buster Brown (H. C. Pike) 2 1 1 Big Sis (Jake Martin) 1 2 2 Princess Flora B. (E. G. Burge) 3 3 3 Elmore (Dave Ahern) 4 4 4 Time— 2:39%, 2:31, 2:31. Class E. Flyaway (E. F. Silva) 2 1 1 Bentonbowl (R. P. Wilson) 1 2 2 Mae B. (G. C. Powell) 3 3 4 Rita R. (I. Harlan) 4 4 3 Time— 2:41%, 2:38, 2:38%. Class F. Zomrose (Walter Mastin) 1 3 1 Burntwood (Frank Nelson) 5 1 2 Brighton Queen ( W. Lane) 3 4 3 Lady Mignon (F. Linder) 4 5 4 Marchwood ( W. Nesbitt) 2 2 * •Withdrawn. Time— 2:53%, 2:51, 2:48%. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Isaac Morehouse, a horse breeder and turfman widely and favorably known on the Pacific Coast and through the inter-mountain States, died suddenly at his farm near Warm Springs, Alameda county, on August 1st, hemorrhage of the lungs being the imme- diate cause of his death. He was prominently iden- tified with the trotting turf years ago, but during the last ten years has confined his racing ventures almost wholly to the runners. In partnership with the well known horseman, P. J.# Williams, he once owned Silver Bow 2:16, Iago 2:11, Monterey 2:09% and many other noted trotters. Mr. Morehouse was a pioneer of the west, a man of integrity and rugged character, whose friendships were many. He leaves a large fortune to his widow. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. August 7, 1909. THE FARM 1 BEEF AND MILK SHORTHORNS. AVe are frequently asked how to dis- tinguish between milk ami beef strain Shorthorn pedigrees so that cattle with dairy bred or beef bred ancestors may be intelligently chosen, says the Farm and Field/ There is no definite method by which a breeder can distinguish these strains by the study of a pedigree alone. It is a common opinion that the Bates bred cattle or the old-fashioned families pro- duce more milkers than do the Scotch or more modern families. This is only rel- atively true because excellent milkers can be found in both lines of breeding, but the milkers appear most frequently where the cattle have been handled in a natural way and the cows milked by hand. "We would designate a Shorthorn as of a milking strain if she and her im- mediate female ancestors were good milk- ers and we would lay more stress on this than we would on the milking strain pedigree. Scotch cattle are those which have been imported from Scotland or trace di- rectly to cattle which have been imported from Scotland without admixture of American bred blood. Some of the Scotch families are Duchess of Gloster, Orange Blossom, Secret, Brawith Bud, Alary Anne of Lancaster and others. Some of the most popular Scotch fami- lies are those originated by Amos Cruiek- shank. Some of the Bates families are the Duchess, Wild Eyes, Kirklevington and others tracing back to families origi- nated by Thomas Bates. The American families, so-called, are those brought over to America in early days and traced to such imported cows as Young Mary, Rose of Sharon, Dulcibella, Young Phyllis, AYhite Rose, Amelia and many others. There are also the Teaswater, Mrs. Alotts and a few others which belong to the cattle imported in 1S17 and are known as the 17's and which are held in some disrepute among Shorthorn breeders, although they are as a rule ex- ceedingly useful cattle. A Shorthorn pedigree is spoken of as being Scotch-topped when the first sire appearing in the pedigree is straight Scotch and the remainder are of Bates or American breeding. A Bates pedigree is designated as Bates-topped when the first sire or two are of Bates breeding. These are but a few of the many points to observe in studying Shorthorn cattle pedigrees. The man who wants milking qualities in Shorthorns should manage them like dairy stock. The milking function is brought abont by the" development of the maternal instinct. If the cows are fed for milk supply and milked by hand a tendency to increase the milk supply will be set up with the lengthening of the lac- tation period. o ■ Two milk dealers in Chicago have been prosecuted for selling milk in bottles stamped with the names of other firms. These bottles have been bought from junk dealers and picked up in alleys un- til over 2,000 of them were gathered. They were filled with inferior milk which was sold at high prices to consumers who supposed it was the product of the reputable firms whose names were stamp- ed on lhe bottles. It goes without say- ing the offended firms pushed a vigorous prosecution of the dealers. TO PRODUCE CHEAP PORK. To get the right kind of hog, if you do not wish to raise pure-breds — although I think this i- advisable as good registered stock cannot be secured at reasonable prices — you should use a boar from one of the registered breeds, crossing him on the native or scrub sow. Select a boar from the It reed that comes the nearest to fulfilling the requirements of a market hog and stick to that breed. Do not use a Berkshire this year, a Poland-China next and some other breed next, or you will soon have the worst kind of scrubs. Do not make the mistake of using young sows each year for breeders. When you secure good ones, keep them as long as they will produce good litters. Breeding from immature animals con- stantly will lower the vitality and lessen the feeding qualities. When you have secured the proper type of hogs, if you will give them good care, shade, clean sleeping quarters and clean water in the summer and clean, dry sleeping quarters in the winter, you will find there is no domestic animal that will pay better for care and feed than the hog. Feeding all corn or grain is not the way to make pork raising profitable. There is on nearly every farm some field that is practically useless. Give this over to the hog and see how soon he will clean it up and fertilize it so that good crops can be gro.vn. How many utilize the garbage from the house and the waste from the gardens and orchards? These are valuable assets in pig feeding. They will keep the brood sows and go quite a way towards raising the pigs. A good sow will raise two litters a year. The summer pigs can be grown largely on grass, rape, cabbage and other green feed ; the winter litter on clover, alfalfa and garbage. Supplement these rations with a little corn meal, mid- dlings, tankage, skim milk or cracklings. These feeds will grow a large, strong frame. As the pig reaches the fattening age, increase the corn meal and he will *VVVvVVXN\NNV\XV\\\VV\NS LET ME SUPPLY YOUR TURF GOODS Horsemen ! You owe it to your- selves to get the benefit of my very low prices on the latest and best things in Horse Boots, Track and Road Harness, Hopples, Toe Weights, Horse Clothing, Bandages, Etc I carry the largest stock in California of the famous "SELL BRAXD" HORSE BOOTS and RACIA'G SPECIALTIES. These goods are the finest made and are used by all the prominent horse- men. "Why send your money to the Eastern mail order houses, when I can sell you better goods at about the same prices you would pay for inferior articles? I give special attention to mail orders — prompt shipment. CATALOG FREE. catalog and prices. Send for my Do it today. S WM. E. DK TEL*. £ ^ PLEASA\TO\, CALIF. S quickly be ready for market. In this way> you will bare utilized at a profit many things that would otherwise go to waste on the farm. Farmers need to watch with care the fertility of the soil. On this depends their success. There is no better way to increase fertility than by feeding the crops to live stock. We can grow as much corn and other grains per acre as any other State in the Union, and 'if every farmer will feed his crops to hogs and other live stock, buying other feeds as needed, he will find a high-priced market for his grains. Besides this, each year he will increase the fertility of the soil. — J. E. Dodge. During the past year 223 Jersey cows tested by the English Jersey Cattle So- ciety gave an average daily yield of 35.02 pounds of milk and 1.75 pounds of but- ter. The cows averaged 103 days in milk at the time of the tests. SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY. 366 Pacific Bldg,. San Francisco. Two McKena Fillies for Sale. A two-year-old and a three-year-old. both out of a high-class Nutwood mare. Both handsome bays with black points, size, style and speed. When grown will stand 15-3 or 16 hands. Apply S20H 30th St.. Oakland, Cal. FOR SALE. Standard bred filly, three years old. by Ex- change, dam Laura Inca by Inca 557. Black in color, trotter and a good prospect. Will be sold cheap. For price and further particulars address MRS. L. L. PARKER. R. R. No. 2, Highland. Cal. FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old. 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Now in foal to Gerald G., by Zombro, out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood W. ; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. WAKEFIELD. 211S K street, Sacramento, California, FOR SALE. The handsome yearling stud STAR ENVOY 50591, bred on producing lines. He is by ROYaL ENVOY36477 (trial 2:21), oat of a Wilkes-Mam- brino-Patchen and by a double producing daughter by Masterlode. STAR ENVOY'S dam is a full sister to Dorothy M. 2:21, dam of Marie N., one of the three eligibles to the M & M stake at Detroit from Geers stable. From present in- dications with proper handling STAR ENVOY will be very fast. Address. C. F. McFarland. Tulare. Cal. PRICE, $300 Chas. Derby Pacer for Sale. Bay mare. 5 years old. by Chas. Derby. First dam Maggie by Abbottsford Jr.; second dam Maggie Me by Speculation by Hambletonian 10; third dam by Bell Alto by Williamson's Belmont (thoroughbred!. First dam the dam of Sid Abbot, trial in 2:17. This mare was bred by W. L. McDonald of Con- cord.Contra Costa Co., Cal.. and has shown quar- ters in 34 seconds with 6 weeks work on the Santa Rosa track. Is good sized, sound and gentle. For further particulars and price address AY. Y. WALKER. Sebastopol, Sonoma Co.. Cal. Vancouver, B. C, Summer Meeting Inaugural Meeting of the B. C. Thorough- bred Association at MINORU PARK Opening Saturday, August 21st, and clos- ing Saturday. September ISth. Entries close Aug. 7, '09 Eleven stakes with a guaranteeed cash value of from $500 to $1000 each. No less than $15,00 given away daily. For furtber particulars address. ROBERT F. LEIGH TON. Racing Secy. Box 135 Yancouver. B. C. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 MoALLISTER ST., San Francisco. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional Berrices to all caseB of veterinary dentiBtry. Complicated cases treated luc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of the FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 297. Home Telephone. Sacramento. Cal. Dixon, Cal. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit t it in hundreds of Cases with best result*. It ij i er- ■ fcclly safe for tho most inexperienced person to ose This isthe HreestbreedinnestaMiahmentof truttinel'orses in the world, and nso year 1 lister often.-"- H. IUY uo\D, jl'rvp. Belmont fort Stock Farm, lic.mont P»rk Mont USED 10 TFAT?*! STjrcESSFULT-Y. I hare used G0MTUULTS CAUSTIC BALSAM fori I years; have been very successful in curing curb.rinpbono, capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and id- I most every cause of lameness in horses Have a. stable of I forty head, mostly track and speedway horses, and car- I tainly can recommend it.— T. C. CKASltU, Training I ~ " inloga Street, Sew York City. I Stables. 090 Jci Sole Agents for the United States ana Ganatfa. The Lawrence-Williams Co. TORONTO, ONT. CLEVELAND, OHIO. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 7, 1909. >CXVVVN%X>NXV\VVVtVXXVVNXVN»tX*VXXVVNXX\XXVV^\Jk3^^ A RECORD BREAKER The Trap Shooting Tournament at Hickman, Ky., July 12th and 13th, produced a combination of high scores and straight runs, the like of which never were made be- fore in any single shoot; and in this unique achievement the chief actors were users of PETERS SHELLS 351 ex 360 by Frank Foltz of Toledo, 0., winning High Amateur Average 350 ex 360 by Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., winning 2nd Amateur Average 185 Straight by Frank Foltz. 103 Straight by A. M. Hatcher. 156 Straight by W. Henderson. 100 Straight by H. D. Freeman. Two runs of 80 Straight with I lost bird intervening, by C. A. Young. On the 1st day Mess.s. Foltz and Henderson each broke the entire program — 120 Straight A feat never before performed by 2 Amateurs in any one day's shooting. Isn't it very evident that PETERS SHELLS are Absolutely Perfect? THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. ~ New York: 98 Chambers St.. T. H. Keller, Mgr. Sun Francisco: U0S-U12 Howard St., J. S. French, Mffr. -■ 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Illsr. New Orleans: itVVV\XA\*VV>^V*VVV*VV\XV\\\VSNX^V\\N\\\\V\\N^V\VVWVV\^^ elusive diet, since it is too rich in starch and too poor in protein. In summer on range, hens usually get enough animal food in the form of worms and insects, hut in winter when these are not available green cut bone should be fed. This is highly relished by the hens and contains elements for the hen and the egg and eggshell. Green bone or other forms of animal matter should be fed sparingly, about one-tenth the grain ration. Skimmed milk is a splendid animal food for growing and laying hens. It contains all the essential elements of the egg, and has the advantage of be- ing diluted with water to furnish drink as well. It is good fed in a natural state or mixed with other feeds. Clover and alfalfa are good egg-producing feeds. They contain protein for the egg and lime for the shell, and they may be fed winter or summer, green or dry. It is best to grind them to a meal for dry feed. In the summer laying hens will usually secure enough green feed on range. In winter green feed should be supplied in the form of roots or cab- bage leaves or heads. Green feeds do not contain a large percentage of solid digestible matter, but they exert in- fluence in helping the digestion of heavier foods, they supply water, and help to keep up the general tone and health of the fowls. Where the hens are not on large range with an abundance of sand and pebbles, grit and shells must be sup- plied to help grind the food and to supply mineral matter for the egg- shells. The hardest grit is the best. A less quantity of shells need be given when clover and other feeds contain- ing mineral matter are used. It is a common saying that grit and water should be before the fowls at all times, but there also must be nourishing feeds given for the grit and water to work on. o MILK GOATS IN THE PHILIPPINES. The Philippine Agricultural Review reports as follows on the result of the introducing of Maltese milk goats in the Philippine Islands: "The Bureau of Agriculture sent a representative to the Island of Malta in October, 1906, for the purpose of purchasing and shipping to Manila 20 Maltese milk goats. It was known at the time that these goats were the carriers of the infection of Malta fever, and instructions were given to have all animals purchased thoroughly examined and certified free from the iufection of this fever before shipment. This necessitated the inspection of sev- eral hundred head, the employment of experts, and the use of microscopic and laboratory methods, for the deter- mination of the presence or absence of the disease. The work was beset with many difficulties on account of the ignorance and superstition of the na- tives of Malta and it is highly prob- able that we could never have obtained the goats but for the good offices of the American consul stationed at Va- letta. They were finally secured, placed in quarantine, and later shipped by the Peninsular and Oriental steam- ship Palmero by way of Hongkong with a native Maltese goatherd in charge. They fared quite well on the voyage, only one death occurring. Sev- eral kids were born en route and the animals have bred freely ever since their arrival. Five of the goats died after being sent to Alabang, appar- ently from eating a poisonous vine growing on that farm. At the end of six months, however, the original herd of four males and fourteen females ar- riving in good condition in Manila now includes the total of twenty-eight head. They have apparently done well at all Limes and give every promise of suc- cess. While it is known that some of the goats of this herd will give from five to eight pints of milk a day, this much has never been taken, as it is desired to give the kids a liberal sup- ply to insure their rapid growth and maximum development. These goats are much larger than the common goats, of thin conformation, have a heavy coat of long hair with light brown or liver color and white pre- dominating. It is thought that they will be particularly valuable as milk- producing animals in the Philippines on account of the high price of dairy cattle, the severe losses sustained among such cattle, when imported, and the lack of knowledge among the peo- ple regarding the dairy business." o WHEN BUYING A FARM. Here i-> some good advice to remember when buying a farm : Three things shou'd be high, the house, the orchard and the spring; three should be low, the hay barn, the taxes and the price of the farm, says the American Cultivator. Thr. e tilings should be thick, the top soil, the mowings and the wood lot; three thin, the insects, pests and foul plants. Three tilings should be near, the neigh- bors, t!ie market and the schools; three should lie distant, saloons, tramps and borrowers; three should be scanty, rocks, drouths and early frosts; three should be infrequent, mud, mosquitoes ami meddlers; three should be abundant, wood, water and labor. Three things should be deep, the well, the cellar and the purse. Three things should be wide, the fields, the tool chest and the roads. Tlin-e things should be light, the grades, the living room and the mortgage. o THE AMERICAN COACH HORSE. The thoroughbred, as such, has no place in the coach class, excepting when a certain per cent of his blood may to advantage be introduced to give higher quality, greater courage and more spirit on the more substan- tial, reliable foundation stock, says E. A. Powell in the Country Gentle- man. The trotting horse has many elements indispensable in the coach horse. Had he not been spoiled in the making by neglecting all the de- sirable qualities save speed, he would have been today the great American hoi'se. It is well to consider what a coach hor~e should be, and next how he is to be produced or where he is to be found. For height, 15% to 16 hands; for wight, 1100 to 1250 pounds would probably be the most satisfactory and popular standard, although a variation both in weight and height might be admissible to suit the taste of cus- tomers and to harmonize with the coach or trap to be used. He must have substance, good bone, plenty of it, strong, well-developed muscle — cordy legs, finely formed, without coarse hair, but very strong — joints clean cut, but free from coarseness or tendency to blemish of any kind, a foot not too flat or too narrow, with quarters even, true and well braced: and with a shell neither too dry and brittle, nor too soft and spongy. He must be full made and smooth well-coupled, and full across the loins broad and full in the quarters, without being "drafty" in appearance; must be deep and full in the chest, denoting great lung power; shoulders full and strong, neck properly set, tapering, of medium length and well arched, clean at the throttle, carrying a clean-cut head of medium size, a face, broad, not Roman, not dishing, with full, open nostrils; a large, full, clear, intelligent eye, and a fine, well-shaped ear, prop- erly placed on the head, and carried at the proper angle. He should com- bine high finish with graceful, elastic action, and pick his feet high and straight, without aparent effort. All these qualities must be combined with great strength, endurance, and a rapid, yes, a very fast road gait. In fact he must have speed and endurance, as this is a fast age, and Americans love speed. He must also possess a kind and fearless disposition. These qual- ities are indispensable. Such a class of coach horses can and should be pro- duced in the United States. Nearly all civilized countries, and some of the half civilized, have pro- duced breeds of horses which have not only proved a source of large revenue, but have added to the reputation of the country which produced them. The fame of the Arab horse extends throughout the civilized world. Eng- land has her Hackney, her Cleveland Bay (English Coach) — France and Germany have their coach breeds — Russia has her graceful Orloff — each adapted to the demands of the country which produced them, but not one fully meeting the requirements of a coach and carriage horse in this coun- try. o It has been proved that a pig weigh- ing about 25 pounds will make a cheap- er gain from a certain ration, what- ever it is, the first month than sub- sequently. With each succeeding month the daily gain may be as great or greater, as the pigs get used to the ration, than at the start, but that gain costs more money per hundred pounds. Again, the age of the pig. should determine the kind of ration that will make the cheapest gains. Poultry require salt, in small quan- tities, the same as other stock, but it should be mixed in the feed. One ounce of salt to 75 or 100 hens daily is sufficient. Large amounts of salt usually result fa*ally, but a small quantity will prove beneficial. Don't let the high prices of wheat and feed grains induce you to curtail your livestock operations. Stock keeping is an absolute necessity in modern farming. "Oleander Poisoning of Live Slock" is the subject of Bulletin oil recently issued by the Arizona Experiment Station at Tucson. The common and apparently harmless old-fashioned oleander shrub contains some powerful non-volatile poi- sons and is harmless unless eaten, but so powerful is its poisonous properties that less than an ounce of green leaves is sufficient to kill a horse or cow. While stock do not relish the stuff they fre- quently eat this small amount acciden- tally where oleander bushes are common and many cases of poisoning in this way have been brought to light in Arizona. FOR SALE. Patrose by Falrose, dam Patty Washington, record ll:Y2lA: trotter: 17 hands high, weight 1035 pounds. 1 sorrel gelding. 7 years old, by Chas. Derby, dam Empress. Safe and gentle for anyone to drive. Weighs 1100 lbs., stands 15 3 hands high. A nice driver and shows some speed. 1 black gelding by Bryson. dam Nellie Wilkes. Weighs about 950 lbs., a good looker. For price and further particulars address, DR. A. J. RYDBERG. San Rafael, Cal. te ®« You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bfke. Ask for our large catalog — it's mailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Co. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts. wagons, etc. Write W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal.. for Catalog "207A.L NESTOB" 1 The Original Egyptian" Saturday, August 7, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough. Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Phone Temporary 1883. 5|Q Market Jt, Sail FranCJSCO MANUFACTURERS «!P OUTFITTERS, FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™? ATHLETE. (pmpam 48-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT I a-!° APPARATUS FOR EVERY NEED. 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This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address. Breeder and Sportsman I . O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cal. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the Breeder and Sportsman Hires legged Horses' are not curiosities by any meaus. The country is full of them. Tr pi fourth leg is there allripht but it is not worth anything because of a curb, splint, spavin or other like bunch. You can cure the horse of any of these ailments and put another sound leg under him by the use of Quiim's Ointment. It Is time tried and reliable. When a horse f q cured with Quinn's Ointment he stays cured. Mr. E. F.Borke oiSpringfleld.Mo., writesasfoUows: "I have been using Quinn's Ointment forseveral years and have ef- fected many marvelous cures; it will go deeper and* causeless pain than any blister I ever used. Thought it my duty for the benefit of horses to recommend your Ointment, lamneverwithoutit " This is the central veidict by ftll who give Quinn's Ointment a trial. For curbs, splints, spavins, windpuffs. and all bunches It is unequaled. Price SI per bottle at all druggists or sent by mail. Send for circulars, testimonials, &c W. B. Eddy £ Co., Whitehall, N. Y. ■Pft Take the Breeder and Sportsman. I Every Eastern Handicap \ lias been won with SMOKELESS SPORTING POWDERS THE FOURTH EASTERN HANDICAP, Buffalo, N. Y., July 20-22, 1909, was won by Mr. H. E. Smith, Columbus, Ohio, with 9S out of 100 from IS yards. Mr. F. D. Peltier, Jit. Clemens, Mich. , was 2nd with 90 out of 100 from IS yards HIGH AVERAGES for the three days on all 16 yard targets W. R. Crosby (Professional) A. B. Richardson (Amateur) L. S. Garman (Professional) J. E. Jennings (Amateur) Woolfolk Henderson (Amateur) 323 out of 330 319 out of 330 319 out of 330 31 S out of 330 317 out of 330 HIGH AVERAGE for the Entire Tournament W. R. Crosby ■ ■ 532 out of 550 SOME LONG RUNS Geo. L. Lyon, 130 Straight; Geo. Burns, 122 Straight; John Xoel, 114 Straight The above gentlemen all used I SMOKELESS SPORTING POWDERS 6 THE POWDERS USED BY THE CHAMPIONS. An Unparalleled Record in Shooting History Made by The PARKER GUN At Chicago, the week beginning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yd. mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles — score 94. Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the 18 yd. mark — score 96, and 20 straight in the shoot- off. Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Champion- ship with a score of 193 out of 200, which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive win- ning for THE PARKER GUN. 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Sayre Sacramento, Cal. Miller & Patterson San Diego, Cal. J. G. Read & Bro . . _ O sden , Utah Jub in villi- «fc \ance Butte, Mont. A. A. Kraft Co .Spokane, Wash. Tlio.s. 31. Henderson Seattle, Wash. C. Rodder Stockton, Cal. Win. E. Detels Pleasanton, Cal. V. Koch San Jose, Cal. Keystone Bros. .... .Son Francisco, Cal. Fred Reedy Fresno, Cal. Jno. McKerron San Francisco, Cal. Jos. 3IcTijrne San Francisco, Cal. Brydon Bros Los Angeles. Cal. Guaranteed under the Food and Droci Act, June 30, JS06- Aerial \umber 1218. JA8. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturer*, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago. VOLUME LV. No. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1909. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year. *? JUS THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. NEW TROTTING BLOOD FOR CALIFORNIA Six Grandly Bred Two-Year-Old Stallions Representatives of the Most Fashionable and Successful Blood Lines in America. OLIVER TODD Brown horse Sire, Todd 2:14^, son of Bingen 2:06J4 and Fan- ella 2:133-i by Arion 2:07%. Dam Olive Brady by Cyclone (dam of Miss "Wiggins, 2-year-old ~'^y£)', second dam ^seoma C. by Twilight, son of Hambletonian 10 (dam of 6 in list); third dam Madam Beatty (dam of 4 in list) by Monroe Chief. GERALD JAY Sire, Jay Bird, sire of 6, and sire dams of 3 in 2:10; dam Black Annie by Bourbon "Wilkes, sire of 5 and sire dams of o in 2:10; second dam Kitty Ewing by Eastlight 5263, son of Mambrino Patchen; third dam by Caliban. BLACK HALL Black horse Sire. Ozono, son of Moko and Ozama (dam of Ozanam 2:07, Ozalma (3) 2:20% and Kinley Mack 2:14%) ; dam Maggie Yeazer (dam of Walnut Hall 2:0S% (sire of The Harvester) and grandam of Hedgewood Boy 2:02J-4 and Lady Maud C. 2:04%) ; second dam Docia Payne (dam of Ruby 2:22% and full sister to Hamlin's Almont, Jr. ) by Almont 33; third dam by Blood's Black Hawk. GOVERNOR CONSTANTINE Bay borse Sire. Constantine 2:123^; first dam Xevada by On- ward (dam of Pilaster 2:1SJ^); second dam, Belle Thorne by Hero of Thorndale (dam of 1, of 2 sires and 2 dams); third dam Minna by Red Jacket (dam of Kentucky Wilkes 2:2\%, etc., one of the greatest of all brood mares) ; fourth dam Abuttillon by Belmont; fifth dam Undine by Gray Eagle. MOKO HALL Sire, Walnut Hall 2:08% (sire of The Harvester (3) 2:0S%);dam by Moko, sire of Fereno 2:05%,Susie X. (3) 2:09%, Brenda Yorke 2:04% and dam of The Harvester (3) 2:08%; second dam by Simmons, sire of 4 in 2:10 and dams of Hamburg Belle and 6 more in 2:10. GRANT CONSTANTINE Bay horse Sire, Constantine 2:12%; first dam Vivacious 2:17 by Bernal 13468 (dam of Bingen Jr. 2:13%); second dam Lady Viva by Three Cheers ( Thor. ) ; third dam Lady Amanda (dam of Advance 2:22%) by Imp. Hurrah ; fourth dam Lady Canton by Imp. Tranby eto., etc. Each of the above mentioned stallions will be allowed to serve 8 approved mares during the season of 1909, at S30 cash at time of service, with return privilege if rnares do not prove with foal. Approved mares "will be bred free of charge provided I am given an option on foal at weaning time for $100. Oliver Todd and Black Hall are at Pleasanton in charge of Richard Abies. Moko Hall, Gerald Jay, Grant Constantine and Governor Constantine are at Rose Dale Stock Farm, Santa Rosa, Cal., in charge of Samuel X orris. For further information apply to FRANK J. KILPATRICK, 251 Kearny St., San Francisco, Cal. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track Use. GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Pulling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Polling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit. With it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort; it will make him forget his bad habits, bring out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. L. Snon. D. J. McClary, Alta McDon- ald. J. B. Chandler. Crit Davis. Alonzo McDonald, and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. "We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as '■Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Overcheck. Mailed prepaid free to any part of the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us. who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device and can not wait to get them direct from us. we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our device is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we spII them for direct: Fiss. Doerri Carroll Horse Co.. Xew York City; Becker & Wickser. Buffalo. N". Y.; Tuttle & Clark Detroit. Mich.: Foster Helmrieck Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City. Mo. Patented Aug. 11. 1S96. Patent No. 565,681. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. z^rrfArt/fACTVfiERS HARNESS $ TURF GOODS $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 Class Trotting No. 2—2:23 Class Trotting No. 3 — 2:19 Class Trotting; Arizona Copper Stake No. 4—2:15 Class Trotting No. 5—2:12 Class Trotting No. 6—2:09 Class Trotting No. 7— Free-For-AII Trot No. 8 — 2:29 Class Trotting for Arizona Horses No. 9—2:18 Class Pacing No. 10—2:15 Class Pacing No. 11—2:12 Class Pacing No. 12—2:10 Class Pacing No. 13 — 2:08 Class Pacing; Arizona Copper Stahe No. 14 — 2:05 Class Pacing No. 15 — Free-For-AII Pace No. 16 — 2:20 Class Pace for Arizona Horses $1000 1000 5000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 5000 2000 1000 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they are now eli- gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1 2, 8, 9,10and 16. In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. One horse may be entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. Entries close on September 15, 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September 15th, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar, except in purses Nos. 1, 2, S, 9, 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September 15th. All horses not entered until Sep- tember 15th must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September 15th can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a $10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of 55,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:0S Pacers. The entrance fee for these purses is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money winners. These purses "will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready to start in each race. THE SUN ALWAYS SHIXES AT PHOEXIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY', Secretary, Phoenix, Arizona. Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KEIXEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year, S3: Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. St. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 417, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Woodland, week ending Aug. 21 Chico, week ending Aug. 28 State Fair, Sacramento, week ending Sept. 4 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Everett Aug. 30-Sept. 4 Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland • ■ ■ .Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Buffalo Aug. 16-20 Poughkeepsie Aug. 23-27 Readville Aug. 30-Sept. 3 Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Davenport, la .*. . -Aug. 17-20 Joliet, 111 Aug. 23-2S Kalamazoo, Mich Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Hamline, Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria, 111 Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL meetings held by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso- ciation in many years was the one at Salinas, Mon- terey county, last week. The racing was not only high class in every respect, but the attendance was greater than it has been at other places where suc- cessful meetings have been given by this organ- ization. Had betting on the races been permitted, there is little doubt but the association would have profited to the extent of a thousand or two dollars, as the races were so close that those who enjoy "having a bet down," fairly itched for the chance to speculate. It may have been, however, that the crowd would have been smaller if pool selling were permitted, as there were many men with their families present who remarked often during the four days how pleasant it was to see first class racing without gambling and the gamblers. It was certainly a matter of congratulation that during the entire week the town of Salinas was free from the "tin horns" that usually follow racing circuits. There was some betting between friends and ac- quaintances, but to a very limited extent, and it was the consensus ,'of opinion that auction and mutual pools properly and fairly conducted would have added a zest to the sport that would not have been harmful or injurious to anyone. To the Sa- linas people must go much of the credit for the success of this meeting. They not only subscribed liberally, turning over a bonus of 51500 to the Breeders' Association, but they turned out in large numbers every afternoon and made the gate receipts larger than the association's managers expected, and greater than the amounts received at the meetings held at Santa Rosa, Chico, Wood- land and other points where these annual meetings have been held in the past. There was never bet- ter racing seen at a harness meeting, the horses being generally very evenly matched and some of the contests so close that the judges could not see any difference between the first two horses. There was one seven-heat race between five trotters dur- ing which a dead heat was trotted and one of the participants in this dead heat stayed in until the finish, but go no part of the purse. It was such racing as this that made those who came to fill in an afternoon return the nexf day and poin the ranks of the enthusiasts. The gate receipts on Satur- day, the last da}-, were nearly as great as they were on Friday, when the Salinas stores closed up and everybody went to the races. In short the whole of Monterey county seemed to take a pride in making the attendance large and respectable and it is to these people and the owners and trainers who raced their horses at the meeting that its suc- cess was due, and when it was all over the citizens of Salinas who had worked so hard to secure the meeting for their town, told the P. C. T. H. B. A. directors that they would like to have them come again, and the directors said they would be greatly pleased to do so. o THE SUPREME COURT has denied the petition of the defendant for a rehearing in the case of Francis I. Hodgkins against the eastern horsemen, Dunham, Fletcher & Coleman, and the sellers of the horse Joubert must now pay Mr. Hodgkins $4125, the amount of judgment given him in the Superior Court of San Joaquin county, with interest and costs. The suit was brought to recover damages the plaintiff claimed by reason of the failure of the horse Joubert to fulfill the guaranty of potency given when he was sold to the plaintiff by the east- ern dealers in horses. Judgment was given Mr. Hodgkins in the Superior Court for the amount stated and the defendants appealed but the Su- preme Court affirmed the judgment and denied a rehearing. RECORD TROTTERS. MR. BILLINGS AND LOU DILLON are doing lots of advertising for the American trotter in Eu- rope, and there are crowds to see the horses when- ever they start. Mr. Billings has presented his fine mare Delight to the new trotting club at Berlin. Murray Howe is writing some highly interesting let- ters to the Horse Review, giving an account of the European campaign of the Billings horses. o ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. D., Sacramento. — The time of Stam B.'s first win- ning heat as a three-year-old was 2:21. He started at Sacramento July 24th against a field of nine oth- ers, viz: Zombro, Dr. Puff, Auditor, Sidney Howard, Jasper Ayers, Lottie, Patti Rosa, Silver Ring and Cassie C, and their names were in that order in the final summary, the race going to four heats, Stam B. winning first, third and fourth and Zombro the second. The time of the four heats was as fol- lows: 2:21, 2:19, 2:18%, 2:17%. T. B. Owen, Calexico. — McNeer by Zolock is reg- istered. His number is 40960. He was foaled in 1903, is a bay horse and was bred by C. W. Farrar of Santa Ana, California, who sold him to F. A. Ramsey of Riverside. The dam of McNeer is Ema- line 2:27V4 by Electioneer, second dam Emma Rob- son by Wood burn. B., Santa Ana. — We do not know the highest ser- vice fee ever asked for a stallion in California, but the highest ever advertised here was ?1000 which was asked and received for the services of Guy Wilkes. MATINEE TODAY. If there is such a thing as "coming events cast- ing their shadows before them," it would seem al- most an assured certainty that some record break- ing will be done by trotters this year. It is excep- tional to the measure of the phenomenal for a trotter this early in the season to trot a mile at fast as 2:04%, and yet that is what Hamburg Belle 2:04%, the peerless daughter of the great Axworthy 2:15%, is reported as having clone at the Detroit track re- cently, the last half in 1:01 and the last quarter in "0 seconds. As Andrews is the last trainer in the world to allow horses in his charge to take any- thing out of themselves in work-out trials, the mar- velous speed capacity of the mare is reflected by the performance in more brilliant colors than by any other of her startling achievements. Fractions of miles shown by her with consummate ease away below a two-minute gait, with her splendid form and demonstrated capacity to carry her clip, lead the most far seeing horsemen to regard her as a sure candidate for championship honors. It may be that she will not surpass the fictitious kind of record made by Lou Dillon and others with wind-shields and me- chanical assistance, hut she is quite likely to assail the fastest legitimate miles that have yet been trotted. Starred and barred performances of the 1:58% order are not worthy of taking into account in speaking of championship trotting any more than fast miles of trotters riding on railroad passenger trains. The champion three-year-old trotter. Gen. Watts (3) 2:06%. is in active training again, and while his temporary let up and stud work till late in the summer make it an unreasonable thing to expect him to attain a championship record this year, still it will be no surprise to those conversant with the wonderful history of his earlier performances to see him make long strides toward stallion cham- pionship honors. He was rather raced up to his great colt record, then brought to it by the usual special preparation, not even being given the time for development of extreme speed usually accorded on of his age, because of employment in actual racing contests. He is undoubtedly a genuine crack and possessed of class enough to accomplish as much as any stallion has ever done in a trotting direction. His gameness and courage are of the highest order, and the limit of his speed has never been fully tested, though it is known to be extreme, with as much ability to sustain a rapid flight as any young- ster has ever shown. It is one of the reasons why Axworthy 2:15% has attained a popularity as a sire never possibly won through stud work by any other trotting stallion as young in years, that he has pro- duced such phenomenal trotters as Hamburg Belle 2:02% and Gen. Watts (31 2:06%, with well on to sixty others not of the mediocre order. There are others not out of the race with the Mc- Kinneys and Bingens and Sidney Dillons and Mc- Kerrons and Directors ready any moment to do sen- sational things from unexpected quarters, and the Walnut Halls and Mokos and Peter the Greats and Jay Birds and Onwards now in the field and close to the front. Then surprises are always coming forward and some obscure sire is quite likely to break in on the lined-up ranks any time and jump clear to the head of the line. It is about time for a new sensation anyway, and in the trotting direction. The Park Amateur Driving Club will hold another of its series of matinee racing at the Park Stadium this afternoon. The entries are as follows: First race, class B pacers, % mile heats — I. B. Dalziel's John T., I. L. Borden's Roberta. Second race, class B trotters, mile heats — A. Ottin- ger's Lady Irene. F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S.. S. Christianson's Reina Directum. F. H. Burke's Lad- die G. Third race, class A pacers, mile heats — D. E. Hoff- man's Dictatum, F. J. Kilpatrick's Coal Direct, G. E. Erlin'b Victor Platte, F. L. Matthes Opitsah. Fourth race, class B trotters, mile heats — A. Ot- tinger's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilpatrick's Princess W„ M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell. Fifth race, class D trotters, mile heats — A. P. Clayburgh's Charles 2d. E. Stock's Director B., A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, R. Nolan's Pan Yan. Sixth race, class C trotters, mile heats — A. Ottin- ger's Lily Dillon, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnatto, G. Wempe's Plumada. F. Von Issendorfs Ceta Dil- lon, R. Consani's Dividend. Officials — Starter, Geo. R. Cay; Judges, J. A. Mc- Kerron. T. F. Bannan. A. Joseph; Timers, A. J. Molera. A. Melletz; Marshal H. M. Ladd. Secretary, F. W. Thompson. Races start at 1:30 p. m FROM SEATTLE. Trainer Crawford, whose string of horses is at the Seattle track, has among them Gibbie 2:16, Judge Dil- lard 2:14, New Moon 2:14, Search by Searchlight, owned by Mr. E. Donovan, Hazel Wilkin, pacer by Zombro and Belle Wilkin by Zombro out of the dam of Panama Maid 2:14, Hillside Thorn, pacer by King Amos by Prodigal, and two others. Sim Lindsay is also at Seattle with Satin Royal and the big stud is doing fine. Lindsay has some nice colts and good stuff. Frank Webb has five head. One is an especially good green trotter by Antrim. Geo. Davis has seven nice horses. Jim Matson has King Zombro, formerly King Dingee. He can trot some. Deacon Parker of St. Jo, Missouri, has a big stable of classy horses. Dick Benson says when he was a boy, the Deacon was said to be 60 years old. As Dick is no kid I assume that the Deacon is of voting age, yet he is a beautiful teamster. Y.-Y.-P. THE PLEASANTON MEETING. A very successful harness race meeting began at the Pleasauton track last Wednesday and will close today. A full report will appear in the "Breeder and Sportsman" next week, with the offi- cial summaries. During the entire California cir- cuit, the reports of the different meetings will be printed complete in one issue, which Iffis been found much more satisfactory to our readers than to give the reports of one or two days' races one week and the balance the following week. EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS DESERT ARABIAN STUD announces that one full-blood, registered Arab horse-colt is offered for sale. The attention of saddle horse breeders and polo players is specially invited Address, Alma, Santa Clara County, California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. LAST TWO DAYS AT KALAMAZOO. Kalamazoo, Mich., August 5. — Ed Geers, the vet- eran driver, was badly hurt here in an accident to- day during the 2:14 pacing event. Annabelle Lee made a break in the first heat and went over an em- bankment near the five-eights pole. The mare later ran two blocks before being stopped. Geers was taken to a hospital. The accident created much ex- citement and hundreds flocked to the scene where It happened. The crowd today was a tremendous one and the attendance tomorrow is expected to be even greater on account of the free-for-all pace in which The Eel, Citation and Hedgewood Boy are the stars. Summary: 2:17 pacers, purse $1,000. Cecilian King, ro. h. by Cecilian King (Cox) ..111 Capt. White, ch. h. by Patsy Sphinx (Cun- ningham) 1 1 1 Ross K„ b. h. by Constance (Francis) 4 4 2 Complex, h.h. by Canstanline (Commons) ... .3 3 4 Dr. C. K., br. g. by Duster (Hoffman) 6 5 6 Princess Nutwood, ch. m. by Prince Nut- wood (Walker) 5 6 6 Time— 2:10%, 2:10, 2:0S%. 2:07 trotters, purse $1,000. Spanish Queen, b. m. Onward Silver (Macey,) . .1 1 Beatrice Belini, blk. m. by Bellini (Diekerson) .2 2 Sterling McKinney, b. h. by McKinney (Geers) . .4 3 Carlokin, b. h. by McKinney (Durfee) 3 4 Time— 2:07%, 2:07%. 2:14 pacers, purse $5,000. Star Patchen, blk. h. by Joe Patehen, dam by Star Hal (Snow) 1 1 1 The Bosun, b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 2 5 2 Geraldine, br. m. by Cutting (Shafer) 3 2 3 Hal Perry, b. h. by Brown Hal (Falls) 4 3 4 Mary K., b. m. by Zombro (McMahon) 5 4 5 Ethel M„ ch. m. by Sphinx (Elliott) 6 6 6 Annabelle Lee, blk. m. by Abdell (Geers) .. .dis Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:08. 2:19 trotters, purse $1,000. Esther Bells, br. m. by Mendocino, dam by Electioneer (Diekerson) 2 1 1 1 Dr. Jack, b. g. by Shea Alcone (Murphy) ..1222 Almaden, blk. h. by Direct (Walker) 5 4 3 3 Telemachus, b. h. by Onward Silver (Shuler) 4 3 dis. Cecilian Rose, b. g. by Cecilian (Elliott).. 3 5 dis. Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:16%. Kalamazoo. Mich, Aug. 6. — That wonderful hoppled pacer, The Eel, showed today that he is on edge right now by pacing the fastest race ever decided over the Kalamazoo track, his two heats being 2:03, 2:02%. Each mile was a desperate battle all the way, the Canadian horse's opponent in the opening roung being Hedgewood Boy, while in the second mile, after being carried to the half mile pole by the Illinois stallion, he was tackled by Citation, which brought him home the best she knew how. It was a race worth going miles to see and lay be- tween the trio named, the other starter, Aileen Wil- son, never being in the hunt. The Eel, favorite in the betting, went out in front as soon as the word was given, with Hedgewood Boy right after him. The first quarter in :30% showed the mile was to be a fast one, and down the back stretch the gray stal- lion had all he could do to keep his nose in front of the chestnut. The time of the first half was 1:01 and they were head and head. There was no change around the upper turn, and after the three-quarters had been passed in 1:32 Wilson began a hard drive on Hedgewood Boy. But he never got even an inch in front of The Eel. and although the last quarter was done in :31, making the mile in 2:03. the result was never in serious doubt. Citation was a fair third and Aileen Wilson far back. In the second heat Hedgewood Boy broke and The Eel got a long lead. Citation, however, put up a good fight all the way down the home stretch, but never got on even terms with The Eel. Another race in which there were fine finishes was the 2:10 trot, won by Country Jay from a field of eight in 2:10%. 2:09%. 2:09%, but in the last two heats it took every ounce he had to come first to the wire in front of Carroll, which trotted a great race. Purse $1,000, 2:09 pacers. Walter Hal, gr. h. by Walter Direct, dam by Brown Hal (Garth) 1 1 1 Sir Milton, ch. g. by Milton S. (Jackson) 2 2 4 Prince B., ch. g. by Olmedomont (Spangler)o 4 2 Point Burglar, b. h. by Clay Pointer (Snow) . .3 3 5 Robert Kernan, b. g. by Abscota (McMahon) 4 5 3 Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:10. Purse $1,000, 2:24 trotters. Baron McKinney, b. h. by McKinney, dam by Baron Wilkes (Diekerson) 1 1 1 My Gift, blk. m. by Guy Baron (Saunders) . . .3 2 2 Ethel Mac. blk. m. by Steel Arch (Murphy). 2 3 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:15%. Purse $3,000, 2:10 trotters. Country Jay, ch. g. by Jay Hawker, dam by Parkville ( Macey) 1 1 1 Carroll, b. g. by McAdams (Shank) 6 2 2 Henry Setzer, b. h. by Todd (Lasell) 2 5 7 Miss Adbell, b. m. by Adbell (McDonald) . .3 3 4 Maxine, ch. m. by Elyria (Murphy) 5 4 3 Nancy Royce. blk. m. by Allerton (McCarthy) 4 6 5 Just the Thing, blk. m. by Highwood (Mc- Mahon 7 7 8 Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 8 dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:09%. Purse, $1,500, free-for-all pacers. The Eel, gr. h. by Gambolier (McEwen) 1 1 Citation, br. h. by Norvalson (McMahon) 3 2 Hedgewood Boy, ch. h. by Chitwood (Wilson).. 2 4 Aileen Wilson, br. m. by Arrowood (Cox) 4 3 Time— 2:03, 2:02%. WHO KNOWS THESE HORSES? DIDN'T NEED SO MUCH HARNESS. Geo. W. Ford, the well known w-alnut grower of Santa Ana, trains his own horse Goldennut that is starting through the California circuit, and while the training he gives him is not orthodox, the horse seems to be doing well under it He gives the son of Neernut all his slow work on the roads. At Salinas he hooked Goldennut to a buggy and invit- ing some friend to accompany him, took a seven or eight mie ride out on the roads nearly every da3r. The writer had the pleasure of accompany- ing Mr. Ford on one of these rides and can vouch for the chestnut stallion being an ideal roadster. He seems to be fearless of everything including auto- mobiles and steam cars, and is not only a prompt driver, but goes straight and needs no whip to urge him,, nor a strong pull to keep him back. He will walk, jog or trot fast at the word and a woman can drive him with safety. Goldennut was in Will Dur- fee's string last spring, and after Durfee broke his arm Ben Walker took the horse in charge. Golden- nut did not seem to go well for "the best catch driver in the country," and he soon had him rigged with a side strap, knee and elbow boots, toe weights, a short check and several other aids to the unbal- anced. Mr. Ford insisted that Goldennut did not need them and when Walker went east, he took charge of his own horse, did his own training, and at the San Bernardino meeting got Henry Helman to drive him. The horse trotted well and won third money. At the Los Angeles meeting Helman won with him, Goldennut's best heat being in 2:12 flat, and then Mr. Ford sat down and wrote the follow- ing on the back of one of his business cards and mailed it to Ben Walker at Detroit. "Goldennut. won today; a square trotter from wire to wire. Open bridle, check four holes lower, seven oz. shoes all around, no elbow boots, no knee boots, no side strap, no toe weights, no whip." At Salinas Goldennut again trotted a good race, driven by Helman, getting one heat and second money in the 2:10 trot won by Fred Ward's mare Emily W., and Mr. Ford naturally thinks that his own way of training and Helman's way of driving ic about the right thing for this handsome stal- lion. DEATH OF ROBIN 2:22%. Mr. J. A. Trescony, who resides at San Lucas, Cal., informs us that his stallion Robin 2:22%, died at his farm week before last at the age of twenty years. The horse contracted pneumonia two years ago, and never recovered from the very severe attack and went into a general decline. Robin was bred by David Young of Stockton, being foaled in 1889. He was by Live Oak Hero 2S369. dam Bessie by Nephew 1220, second dam Nelly Nelson by John Nelson 187, third dam Lizzie by Morgan Rattler. Mr. Young sold Robin to the late I. De Turk of Santa Rosa and several years ago Mr. Trescony purchased him to use in the stud to get road horses of which he used many, and in which line Robin proved a great success, getting horses with size, style, speed and endurance from all sorts of mares. The get of Robin that were trained for racing were not many, but he is the progenitor of extreme speed in the first and the second generations. Robin was started as a two-year-old once or twice, being second to the Sable Wilkes mare Sabina at Petaluma in the fall of 1S91, in the two-year-old colt stakes. Sabina winning in straight heats in 2:36% and 2:31%. Robin was second each heat. He was not raced again until six years old and that year took a trotting record of 2:22%. The record horses that he sired are Roblet 2:12 pacing, his first standard performance, Robizola 2:12% trotting, Black Bart 2:17% trotting. Cock Robin 2:20 pacing, "Elaine 2.22% pacing, Fred W. 2:14% pacing, Cecille M. 2:25% and Red Robin 2:25%, both trotters. His daughters have produced Bonalet 2:09%, Kate Dillon 2:24%, Clipper W. 2:24% and Robin Stanley 2:29%, and his son Stone Robin (Cock Robin 2:20) has sired Gertie H. 2:26%. o Mr. Willets, the owner of the recently deceased champion high jumping horse, Heatherbloom, says his official public record was 7 feet 10 inches made at Norfolk, Virginia, but at Mr. Willet's country place Heatherbloom cleared the bars at 8 feet 3 inches. AFTER THREE YEARS!!! J. T. Priehard & Son. Cotton and Cotton Seed Buyers. Datura. Tex., July 24, 1909. Troy Chemical Co.. Binghamton. N. T. Gentlemen:— Three years ago I bought a bottle of your "Save-the-Horse" to be used on my horse "Dick" for a bone spavin on the hock joint. I applied this remedy and in a short time he was entirely well, and has been so ever since. We -work the horse at every- thing that comes to hand and he shows no sign what- ever of its return. We think this is a fine remedy. Dick couldn't be bought for less than $150 and he is about 14 years old now. Yours very truly, . M. W. PRICHAP.D. The Western Horseman of last week says: "From first to last, a lot of ringers have attempted rac- ing in the Nebraska Circuit, and at the recent Tekamah meeting a party claiming California as his home showed up with a pair of fast green horses, one a trotter and the other a pacer. He started the trotter in the 2:30 class, under the name of Adean, giving his sire as Athadon. The horse was protested and the pacer was not started, al- though named in the 2:25 class. During the meet- ing the party in charge of these horses offered to sell the trotter and agreed to show one or more miles over a half-mile track in 2:12 or better. He claimed that the horses were owned by a Mrs. S. M. Rowe. of California. From Tekamah the horses were shipped by land to a point unknown by other attendants at the race meeting. It now transpires that the same two horses turned up at Shelbina, Mo., and that each of them won a race, but under other names thau those given at Tekamah. At the latter place they were called Adean and Bobby R., while at Shelbina they were called Dee Dee and Denver Boy, the former said to be by Athhy and the latter of unknown breeding. Secretary Knight is after these horses, their driver and re- puted owner, and it is to be hoped that he will succeed in exposing and stopping the outfit, and that before long." SADDLE HORSE CONTEST AT STATE FAIR. The contest for first prize at the California State Fair this year will be a lively one between Judge E. A. Bridgeford and James T. Ragsdale. Each will ride the best stallion of his string. The Sacramento Union says that Judge Bridgeford's mount will be Artist Jr.. Ragsdale's, Monroe McDonald. It is to be a contest of section and age. The duel of horseflesh will be between the pride of California and the pride of Missouri. Both are gaited saddle horses of acknowledged merit. The owner of each is anxious to have his stallion crowned the king of California. And to establish the claim to royalty in equine circles the two, astride their favorite mounts, will meet in the sawdust ring. A recent arrival in California is the judge's rival, James T. Ragsdale, recently of Missouri, now of Merced, one of the ablest horsemen in the State. For the saddle contest be has imported an expensive stallion, Monroe McDonald, from the corn lands of the "Show Me" empire As an expert horseman, he will ride the animal during the horse show. Riding is a hobby with Judge Bridgeford. He spends his money on horses and his time with them. He aspires to be the premier seat in California, and had little opposition until his rival from the Missouri valley came. The two exponents of the saddle horse have made every preparation for the meeting. Both will be astride the choicest stallion of their herds. Each is intent on winning the premium. Judge Bridgeford is gray. Ragsdale is in his thirties. A BAD PLAN FROM KANSAS. The public is so thoroughly tired of tedious scor- ing at harness meetings that quite likely the plan adopted by a Kansas starting judge last season might be followed at many meetings with profit, certainly with pleasure. The party referred to never scored his fields more than five times, and if the drivers persisted in coming down badly four times they were sent away the fifth time down, no matter whether the horses were going at the prescribed gait, out of their positions or three lengths in front of the pole horse. The spectators stood for such starting, and the drivers were compelled to take their medicine according to directions found upon the bottle. — Western Horseman. We hope no starting judge will ever try to follow this Kansas plan on the California circuit. Just im- agine a race where the driver of the pole horse had been trying to get a fair start and doing just as he was told by the starter, and was then "handed one" in the shape of a start where all the other horses were out of position .and three lengths in front of him. It would justify him in taking the law into his own hands. Pnnish the men who spoil starts and refuse to score according to instructions, but never adopt as foolish a custom as this Kansas method. o Lou Childs, father of Frank Childs, who has made such a good showing with Sherlock Holmes 2:06 this year, remarked to a Spokane newspaper man the other day: "Sherlock's showing back east has been such a pleasant surprise to us that we have practically decided to enter him in some of the fast classes of the grand circuit. In the condition he seems to be in right now I honestly think he will have a chance against anything in the country. I believe the horse, when right at his best, is good enough for 2:02 or perhaps better and that will win almost any of the big state events this season. In case we do definitely decide to enter the horse on the grand circuit. I will probably go back to help the boy with the horse, although Frank seems to be getting the speed out of him all right." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda, Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. CLEVELAND MEETING OPENS. There is just the routine work going on at the Driving Park these days, the colts being broken and the other horses being jogged, but no fast miles and few horses in regular training. Chas. Nickerson is the exception, he has been training Belle Pepper, a three-year-old filly by Silver Coin, dam by Wilkie Knox, and to some purpose. Three months ago the filly was as awkward as a cow and could not pace fast enough to get a scrape, but, nothing discouraged, Nickerson kept at work on her and now she looks as if it was a pity she is wasting time at home when she might be earning oats at the races. She is a big, strong bay that looks more like a mare than a filly and is owned by Geo. M. Vail of Los Angeles. The fastest mile Nickerson has called for was 2:16% but the last half was in 1:04% and the last quarter in 30 seconds. How fast she can step a mile I don't know but it looks as if she could tramp one fast enough to please her owner, when ninety days ago she could not pace a lick. A. E. Heller has left Agricultural Park and moved to Santa Ana where he is handling a number of colts as well as the bunch he took with him. Jim Sutherland has resigned his position as trainer for Mrs. C. S. Hastings' stable and has gone to San Bernardino where he will open a public stable, a number of good prospects having been promised him at that town. At last a plan has been proposed by which all the varied interests centering in the improvements at Agricultural Park may be united or preserved. As things stand at the present the State Board does not wish the present track to remain where it is, as it takes too much room, and would necessitate putting up the proposed handsome and permanent buildings in parts of the grounds where they would not show to advantage. They are anxious to have a new track built along the west side of the park from Thirty-ninth street to Figueroa street, and taking in what is now the first turn of the present track. This at first looked easy in view of the $600,000 appropriation, but it was found that every dollar had been designated for certain purposes and not a cent could be diverted toward building a track, so as far as that went they were powerless. The horsemen stood on their rights and insisted on the old track remaining as it is till some other was pro- vided and that is why nothing has been done so far, though the first $75,000 towards improvements was available the first of last July. Now then a proposition has been made by the State Board, and is being seriously considered by several prominent and wealthy horsemen, including C. A. Canfield, as follows: If Mr. Canfield and others will subscribe enough money to build a new mile track with grand stand, stables and fence, the State will set aside all that part of the park now occupied by the stables, corrals and outbuildings and the city will condemn the property from the present track fence to Figueroa street, which will give ample room vfor track, stand and stalls, and turn it over to the subscribers or stock company or whatever it may be called, that put up the money, for ten or twelve years, rent free, and to do as they please with in the matter of renting it, so that they can get the money invested back. Then Hie State at the expiration of that time will assume control of it and will always keep it for racing, training and agricul- tural exhibitions. About $25,000 has, I understand, been already pledged, but how much more is necessary is not yet known, as the contractor has not yet furnished his estimates. The track itself will cost about $10,000 and the steel grand stand now at Ascot track may be bought and moved over. As for the subscribers getting their money back there should be very little question of that as the track could be rented to the Driving Club as it always has been ana the infield to the national guard, who will have their armory in the park, for their drills, to baseball, football, etc. With everything up to date and new, and sur- rounded by a magnificent park as Agricultural Park will be, it could not help revive the interest in the breeding and racing of the harness horse throughout the State and make it an ideal winter training ground for the Eastern stables that finish their campaign at Phoenix, Arizona. Every visitor to Los Angeles would be attracted to the park and it is fair to assume that to many a great attraction would be seeing the horses work out over a perfectly appointed track and a visit to the stables would undobutedly result in many a sale of high class stock to go to the Eastern tracks or to Europe, while the crowds that would attend the matinee races under those circum- stances would be greater than ever before. The present track is worn out and it would take almost as much to put it in first class order as it would to build a new one, and the stables are simply be- yond repair, and the water tanks and fencing round the track are rotting down. The whole "layout" as it now is, would be a disgrace to a little country fair ground in any State in the union. Eilleen. C. A. Canfield's chestnut filly, by Walter Barker, got back in good shape this morning from Salinas, where she started in the two-year-old stake, and though behind the money went a good race, con- sidering her first start in company and the fact that a month ago she could not trot in 2:30. She was separately timed in the race last week in 2:21. JAMES. The wind blew cold through Golden Gate Park last Saturday, and the fog, while it was not low, ob- scured the sun, and the day was not propitious for fast time on the three-quarter mile track where the members of the Park Amateur Driving Club were holding one of their weekly meetings. The fact that this was the first matinee since the C. W. Clark beautiful silver cup was donated to the club to be raced for by its members, added much interest to the occasion. This cup is to be awarded to the owner of the trotter that wins the fastest heat in a winning race during the remainder of the sea- son, the horse to start at least six times, and win three races. The trotter that wins this cup must have no public record — so the prize is for green horses. There were three races on the card last Satur- day, the horses most likely to be competitors for the beautiful trophy being the starters in the third race. This event was won by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick with his very handsome Nutwood Wilkes mare Elma S. She defeated Lady Nell and Cita Dillon in straight heats in 2:19 and 2:18 and did it easily, and those who saw her perform say' 2:16 would have been within her reach easily had it been necessary. Elma S. looks like one that would beat 2:12 with regular training. It is worthy of mention that during the three or four days previous to this matinee, while Mr. Kilpatrick was at Salinas attending the Trotting Horse Breeders' meeting, he being a director of that organization, Elma S. was in the care of his friend Mr. G. Wempe of this city, who superintended her work, and that she made such an excellent show- ing is certainly due in part to the good judgment he displayed in directing her training during that time. The fall season of the Park Amateur season prom- ises to be the best in the history of the organiza- tion, and as the club is to race every Saturday for the next few weeks, the horses will doubtless soon be on edge and show some very fast miles. The summaries of the races last Saturday follow: First race, class A pacers, one mile. George E. Erlin's Victor Piatt (Joseph) 2 1 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum (Hoffman) 1 2 3 F. L. Matthes' Opitsah (Matthes) 3 3 3 Time — 2:26, 2:21, 2:20. Second race, class B trotters, one mile. I. L. Borden's Barney Barnatto (Borden) 1 1 G. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe) 3 2 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) 2 3 D. E. Hoffman's Yolanda. (Hoffman) 4 dr Time— 2:27%, 2:25. Third race, class A trotters, one mile. F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (Kilpatrick) 1 1 M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell (Herzog) 2 2 C. F. Von Isendorf's Cita Dillon (Von Isendorf) . .3 3 Time— 2:19, 2:18. Officers of the day: Starter, George R. Gay; Judges, H. M. Ladd, E. Stock and A. Joseph; Timers, T. F. Bannan and I. B. Dalziel; Secretary F. W. Thompson. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. A big crowd saw four good races at the Stadium in Golden Gate Park last Sunday afternoon. In the second race, which was a free-for-all pace, Hugh Boyle's Dioden won and paced her three winning heats in 2:17 or better, her final heat, the fourth, being in 2:15. All the races were well contested. The summaries: First race, business horses, three-quarters of a mile: M. Seudermann's Dolly Grey (Seudermann) . . . .1 1 W. J. Kenny's W. K. (Kenny) 2 2 F. Lauterwasser Sr.'s Blue Dick (Lauterwasser) .3 3 Time— 2:01, 1:48. Second race, free-for-all pace, one mile. Hugh Boyle's Dioden (Boyle) 1 4 11 A. Hoffman's Kitty D. (Hoffman and Swartz) 2 1 3 3 Frank Burton's Albert S. (Burton) 3 2 2 2 William Higginbottom's T. D. W. (Hig- ginbottom) 4 3 4 4 Time— 2:16%, 2:18%, 2:17, 2:15. Third race, 2:30 trot, one mile. E. T. Ayers' Dalta A. ( Ayers) 1 2 1 T. D. Sexton's Pills ( Burton) 3 1 3 William Hammer's Clara W. (Hammer) 2 3 2 Time— 2:35, 2:38, 2:38. Fourth race, 2:20 pace, one mile. Bob. Bennett's Sidney B (Burton) 1 1 P. J. O'Reilly's Honesty (O'Reilly) 2 2 John Deschler's Prince D. (Deschler) 3 3 Bert Edward's Baldy Mitchell (Edwards) 4 4 A. M. Scott's Roy S. (Scott) 5 5 H. C. Ahler's Princess V. ( Ahlers) 6 6 Time — 2:23, 2:23. Officers of the day— Starter, W. J. Kenny; Judges, M. M. Donnelly, J. E. Finch and Gus Lindauer; Tim- ers, John Deschler, H. Schottler and J. V. Cooney; Marshal, F. P. Lauterwasser Jr., and Secretary, J. McGrath. o In the exhibition over the Grand Forks half-mile track, given by Dan Patch and Minor Heir, the lat- ter had the best of it at the finish in 2:11%. Zombro's Son, San Francisco, Makes Great Showing in 2:07 Trot. Cleveland, Aug. 10. — The Grand Circuit meeting opened today at the new North Randall track with a big crowd and sensational time in the feature race of the day, the 2:07 trot, in which there were six starters. The race was won by the Bingen gelding Uhlan in 2:06% and 2:03%, the last heat equalling the world's record for a second heat, and the Cali- fornia stallion San Francisco, by Zombro, out of a Nutwood Wilkes mare, was a close second in each heat, and they are saying here to-night that this stallion is in line to make a new record for trotting stallions, should his owner and trainer, P. W. Hodges, conclude to point him such a mark. In the 2:11 pace George Gano had all he could do to defeat Bland S. and both horses were under the whip and all out in the first two heats. In the first heat of this race the last quarter was paced in 28% seconds, the fastest last quarter ever paced in a race. The summaries: 2:11 pace, purse $3000. George Gano. b. s. by Gambetta Wilkes (Mur- phy) 1 1 1 Bland S., b. g. (Rosh) 2 2 3 Maconda, b. m. (Albin) 4 4 2 Time— 2:05%, 2:05, 2:06%. 2:07 trot, purse $1200. Uhlan, b. g. by Bingen (Proctor) 1 1 San Francisco, b. s. (Hodges) 2 2 Sterling McKinney, br. s. (Geers) 6 3 Nahma, b. m. (Burgess) 3 6 Lady Jones, blk. m. (Murphy) 4 4 Wilkes Heart, b. g. (Galliger) 5 5 Spanish Queen also started . Time— 2:06%, 2:03%. 2:15 trot, purse $1000. Frazee, b. s. by Arion (Geers) 1 1 Fair Margaret, b. f. (Benyon) 2 3 Hilda B., ch. m. (Burch) 3 2 Gladys, b. m. (McDonald) 4 4 Belle Mc, ch. m. (Valentine) 5 d Time— 2:09%, 2:10%. 2:11 trot, purse $1200. Carroll, b. g. by McAdams (Shank) 1 3 1 1 Esther Bell, br. m. (Dickerson) 3 13 3 lnnerguard, b. g. (Murphy) 7 2 2 2 Mae Heart, ch. m. (Hyde) 2 6 7 4 Demarest, b. g. (Ross) 5 5 4 5 Bell Bird, br. m. (McDonald) 6 4 3 6 Nelcyone, Peter Balta and Raffles also started. Time— 2:10%, 2:0S%, 2:09%, 2:11%. Cleveland, Aug. 11. — Lon McDonald won the $5000 purse here today with the gray stallion Bob Douglas (formerly Douglas) by Todd. McDonald has now won the principal stake at each of the three Grand Circuit meetings that have thus far been held, he hav- ing captured the $10,000 stakes at both Detroit and Kalamazoo with Margin. The twelve heats that were trotted and paced today were all but two below 2:10. Ed Geers won the 2:14 pace with the mare Geraldine by Cutting, after quite a struggle with Cox driving Cecelian King. Lady Maud C. took the 2:05 pace in straight heats handily. Hamburg Belle failed in her effort to lower her record of 2:02% without a wind shield or front run- ner. Her mile was in 2:03%. Summaries: 2:13 trot, purse $5000. Bob Douglass, gr. s. by Todd (McDonald) .. .1 1 1 Penico Maid, b. m. (Macey) 2 2 3 Judge Lee, gr. s. (Lasell) 6 3 2 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. (Murphy) 3 5 5 Todd Mac, b. s. (Saunders) 5 4 4 The Angelus, b. h. (Hodges) 7 6 6 Besa, b. m. (Cox) 4 d Jennv Constantine, b. m. (Grady) d Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:14 pace, purse $1200. Geraldine, b. m. by Cutting (Geers) 1 1 2 1 Cecilian King, ro. s. (Cox) 2 2 12 Kavallo, gr. s. (Monahan) 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:10%, 2:07%, 2:14, 2:07%. 2:05 pace, purse $1200. Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood (Wilson) 1 1 Darkey Hal, blk m. (Snow) 2 2 Reproachless, blk. m. (Shank) 5 3 Major Mallow, b. g. (Mallow) 3 5 Maior Brino, blk. h. (Richie) 4 4 Time— 2:05, 2:05%. 2:09 pace. Green Pilot, b. s. by Greenbacks (Murphy) . . .4 1 1 Walter Hal, gr. s. (Garth) 1 2 3 The Contractor, rn. g. (Gallagher) 3 4 2 Bvron Kay, b. s. (Wilson) 2 3 4 Welte, b. m. (Mallow) 5 5 5 Point Burglar, b. s. (Snow) 6 d Time— 2:07%. 2:06%, 2:08%. Special exhibition mile — Hamburg Belle to beat 2:02%, trotting. Lost. Time 2:03%. o "A WOIU1 FROM MR. GEERS." PEORIA, ILL., June 17. 1909. G. A Ellis & Son. Cincinnati, O.: Gentlemen: I have used your Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking: Devices for the past twelve years on many of my best horses and could not well keep house without them. I bare also given all similar bits and checks a thorough trial and consider the Hutton the simplest, most practical and humane de- vice ever offered to horsemen and far superior to any ■other checking device that I have ever seen or used. With kindest regards, and wishing you success, I remain. Yours truly, E. F. GEERS. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS Delilah 2:07. Adam G. 2:07. Solano Boy 2:07%. Moortrix 2:09. Kid Wilkes 2:10. Emily W. 2:10. The above first four pacers, and the last two trotters — all new records made on the California circuit before Pleasanton was reached. Uhlan 2:03% trotting in the second heat of a race. And the California stallion San Francisco made him do it. That new grand stand at Pleasanton is the best on the circuit. Highfly has won several races on the half mile tracks in Illinois and neighboring stakes. Dell Dillon 2:27 is a new three-year-old per- former for Sidney Dillon. She is racing in Illinois. Constantine has added another to his 2:10 list in Complex 2:09%, winner of the 2:15 pace at Ft. Wayne, Ind. A handsome McKinney mare out of a dam by Sidney is offered for sale. She is only six years old. See John Curly's advertisement. Secretary McRae of the Kern County Fair Asso- ciation reports that inquiries for space are greater than ever before in the history of this fair. Al McDonald will start the green pacer Nordwell, that he recently sold to a Portland gentleman, at the Salem meeting. He is working nicely. Silver Bell, a mare by William Harold was given a time record of 2:20% pacing at Pleasanton on the first day of the meeting. She is owned by John F. Rimes. Pleasanton will try to give a big county fair next year in connection with the race meeting. If this is done the town will hardly be large enough to hold the people. Sweet Bow, the first Bon Voyage to ever start in a face, followed the example of her illustrious stake winning sire by getting first money in her first race and it a futurity. Fred Chase will hold his first fall sale of trotting bred horses Sept. 20th. Write him immediately if you have anything to sell. Entries to this sale will close Sept. 1st. Can it be possible that the trotter and pacer from California that are on a ringing tour over through the middle west are Dutch 2:14% and Wanderer 2:11%, both by Athby? Josephine 2:07% by Zolock, has been .off for the last month, but is getting all right again and will be up in front in faster time than her record before the season is over. And now the daily papers are calling him old man Durfee. If a man is only as old as he feels, C. A. wasn't over 21 when he won the Futurity at Salinas with Zulu Belle. Bob Douglas 2:06% winner of the 5000 stake at Cleveland this week, is bred like Mr. F. J. Kilpat- rick's two-year-old colt Oliver Todd, being by Todd 2:14%, out of a mare by Cyclone. Several communications were received too late for insertion this week but will appear in our next issue. To insure insertion copy should reach this office not later than Tuesday of the week of pub- lication. Joe McGregor, the pacer by Fergus McGregor that Fred Ward is campaigning this year is a very hand- some and attractive horse in or out of harness. He was a very close second to Adam G. in 2:07 at Fresno, being beaten less than a length. Fred Ward, one of California's best reinsmen, was married two weeks ago to Miss Bertha Weibling, an estimable young lady of Los Angeles, and she is accompanying her husband on the trip through the circ lit. All who know Mr. Ward or his new life parcner will wish thorn happiness and prosperity all through a long life. In some of the lists printed of the Woodland and Chico meetings, the mare Dixie M. is given as Dixie by Lord Russell. It should read Dixie M. by Dick Russell. She is owned and entered by Duncan C. MeCallum, and will be driven by John Ranetti. A prospective fast trotter is the colt or filly Mr. Ed- ward Stivers, of Irvington, Cal., expects who bred his young mare by Lecco 2:09% to Henry Helman's good Jay Bird colt, Alconda Jay this year. The blood lines will be about as good in that colt as can be found anywhere. The pleasing news came from Portland this week that Mr. M. D. Wisdom, editor of the North Pacific Rural Spirit, who was reported dangerously ill last week, has taken a turn for the better, and the doe- tors now hope strongly, to have him out and around again in a short time. This is good news surely. Dr. Rydberg of San Rafael, offers three good horses for sale through our advertising columns. Patrose 2:12%, a 17-hand trotter, is one; a seven-year-old gelding by Chas. Derby is another, and a black gelding by Bryson is the other. See the adver- tisement for further particulars. Mr. Thos, Ronan, former owner of Pleasanton track, is the owner of a roan filly by San Francisco 2:07%. dam Birdie by Jay Bird, that several people will be looking for if San Francisco trots to the world's stallion record, something he is likely to do this year. This filly was foaled last May and she is a grand looking youngster. "Track and Field'' is the appropriate name of a new semi-monthly journal published at Sacra- nnnto by the Track and F-eld Publishing Company, ol which L. S. Pratt is the manager. It is to be de- voted to the advancement of the harness horse, motor boats, automobiles and athletics. The paper presents a very neat appearance and we wish it success. Zombronut, the bay stallion by Zombro out of Mont Rose by Pilot Lemont, is an Oregon bred stal- lion. He took a record of 2:15% last year which he has reduced a second this year and will still further reduce later on. He is not only a very handsome horse, but has a most attractive way of going and attracts much attention whenever he appears on the track. Mr. J. L. McCarthy, who started the horses the last three days at Salinas, and is starting this week at Pleasanton is not a new hand at the business by any means. He started trotters and pacers all over the east and middle west years ago. He has good control of the drivers, knows the rules, is an excellent announcer, and the best starter that has appeared in California in years. Frank Turner, manager of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm has sold Juanita Skinner and her filly foal by Guy Dillon to Chas. A. Zeimer, of Ogden, Utah. Juanita Skinner is in foal to Lynwood W. Mr. Tur- ner writes us that this was the "cheapest buy" that ever left Santa Rosa Stock Farm, as the dams of 2:40 trotters should bring more than $250. She is the dam of Charley Belden 2:08%. The cost of raising a good draft colt to three years old is estimated by a veterinary correspondent of the Farmer's Advocate at $194.22. This includes a service fee of $15, an annual depreciation of the mare of $23, and $20 for veterinary services and mortality loss. He estimates that about one per cent of mares die and that eight per cent of foals die either unborn or before they are three years old. Fred H. Chase & Co. are arranging for their first fall sale to take place in this city September 20th. There is a big demand at the present time for good looking road and buggy horses that can show some speed, at prices ranging from $175 to $300. There are quite a number of good one of this de- scription already consigned to the sale, due an- nouncement of which will be made next week. En- tries will close September 1st. Three very beautiful and massive silver cups have been on exhibition in the windows of Shreve & Company of this city during the past three weeks, that are to be offered by the State Agricultural So- ciety to the winners of matinee races at the State Fair this year. If some publicity were given the conditions under which the races are to be trotted and paced, it is likely these cups would attract many entries to the contests and furnish races that would be big drawing cards. Sally Simmons 2:13%, dam of the sensational trotting mare Hamburg Belle 2:02%, sold for $3535 at the closing out sale of the late Major S. T. Dick- inson's track and road horses in November, 1S96. Sally Simmons was six years old at the time of the sale, and only a week before his death the Major drove her a half-mile in 1:06 to road wagon at Fleetwood Park. Cocoon 2:15, now famous as the dam of Robert C. (2) 2:13%, Lady Green Goods (1) 2:30, and two others in 2:30, brought $1725 at the same sale. The Sonoma Driving Club has already commenced to make preparations for its next race meet on its race course in Sonoma on September 9th. Ten box stalls are being built on its track grounds which enable those who enter horses to compete for the purses to house them inside the track grounds. The races on September 9th bid fair to outrival those of any previous meet of the club, and many speedy trotters and pacers will be entered in the various events. Some of the doings of custom officials would be enough to make a free trader out of Senator Al- drich were he the owner of a race horse. Star Patchen was kept in the rain for three hours by customs officials while being shipped from Canada to Michigan after the Windsor meeting and Snow does not believe that it helped the pacer's chances any in the C. of C. Several years ago the same trouble was experienced and a number of horses were completely knocked out, and one in Al Thomas' stable died. The Breeders' Gazette of Chicago says that track officials at harness horse races are insisting this season that every horse must be properly identi- fied and traced from the hands of his breeder to his present owner before he will be paid any purse. Harness horse officials have been particularly lax in this respect, but the promise is that hereafter every strange horse will be regarded as crooked until he is proved to be as represented. Under the new rules the number of "ringers" will be greatly reduced and the turf records will be far more accurate. The horse business has been a profitable one the first six months of this year for a New York horse company which recently declared a 12 per cent dividend on the half year's business. This broke all their former records of profits. Altogether 19.S00 horses were handled in that time at a total in sales of about $3,000,000. The manager of this company thus states his views of prospects in the horse busi- ness: "I shall be disappointed if our fall trade is not better than it was, spring or fall, in the history of the company. Why, right now we have over 700 - open accounts on our ledger, a thing that never was known before, and people are only just start- ing to replace the horses they threw overboard after the panic of 1907." The work horse parade in San Francisco, Septem- ber 9th, promises to be the biggest kind of a success and it is possible that over 1000 horses will be in line. Prizes to the amount of $3000 or over are to be given to the drivers, and the prize winning horses are to he decorated with medals and ribbons. Dr. I. B. Dalziel, president of the association, states that there will be at least forty divisions in the parade. Two cups have been promised as prizes, one valued at $50, donated by R. M. Tobin, the other valued at $65, by Shreve & Co. Every class of workhorse in the city will be represented, from the coal cart plodder to the sleek hack horse, and their drivers will wear uniform blouses. While de- tails for the parade have not all been completed it has been decided that the line of march will be from East street, up Market to Van Ness avenue, thence to the disbanding point at Turk street. Hi Hogoboom started a pretty good two-year-old in the Breeders' Futurity, if anybody should ask you. Alto Express trotted the three heats in an average of about 2:21%, and was alwa}rs up in the front rank, being 2-3-2, in the race where there were two faster colts. Alto Express went at it like his daddy and grand daddy, Iran Alto 2:12% and Palo Alto 2:08%. Alto Express is one of the greatest bred colts in California. His dam is by Nutwood Wilkes, and his second dam is the great three-year- old race mare Expressive 2:12%, that is now found- ing a family of trotters, one of her daughters tak- ing a record of 2:08% only last week, and another daughter having two two-year-olds with records of 2:16% and 2:20 respectively. When Hogoboom went to the races with his colt he figured that he had a chance to get fourth money, but not better, and when he won third he was greatly pleased. Babe Verne, the dark brown two-year-old stud colt that Sam Hoy won second money with in the Pacific Breeders' Trotting Futurity last week is one of the best made colts out this year and should develop into a very handsome horse. He is owned by Henry Peters of Dixon, and was sired by Mr. Hoy's stallion Jules Verne, that is by Demonio 2:11%. By the way, this young stallion is getting speed, and we predict right now that if he is patronized as he should be he will be one of the future great sires of California. Jules Verne's dam is May Norn's, by Norris 2:22% (son of Ansel and Norma, dam of the great Norval, by Norman 25) second dam Idlemay 2:27% by" Electioneer 125, third dam May by the thoroughbred horse Wildidle, and fourth dam Mayflower 2:30%, dam of Man- zanita 2:16 and Wildflower 2:21, and progenitor of a great family of trotters. Jules Verne is a full brother to Memonia 2:09%, pacing, a mare that trotted trials in 2:10 this year. There is not a weak line in the breeding cf Jules Verne and he inherits the blood of Electioneer, Geo. Wilkes, Strath- more and the best thoroughbred. Mr. Hoy has a great prize in this stallion. Saturday, August 14, 1909.; THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDERS' MEETING BIG SUCCESS. Salinas Citizens Turn Out In Great Numbers to See High Class Racing. The Breeders' meeting at Salinas last week was a success from start to finish. The seating capacity of the grand stands, fences, hay piles, two or three hundred rigs drawn by horses, and fifty or sixty private automobiles, were crowded to their utmost every day to see some of the best harness racing that the California horsemen have ever furnished for the entertainment of the public. Our report of the races last week only included those of the opening day, when Kid Wilkes won the $2000 California Stakes for 2:20 class trotters, Emily W. the 2:10 trot and Queen Derby the 2:11 pace. On Thursday, the second day, the crowd was as large as on Wednesday, the opening day, there being hut two or three dollars difference in the gate re- ceipts, but wiiile in two of the races the heats were split there were not so many head and head fin- ishes. The program opened with the two-year-old divis- ion of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity, in which first money was $625, second money $312.50, third money $1S7.'50, pnd fourth money $125. Besides these amounts $200 was to be paid to the owner of the mare that produced the winner. There were eight of as grand looking two-year-olds to face the starter in this race, as have been seen on any track in America this year. J. L. McCarthy, an experienced harness horse starter, who formerly resided in the east, made his California debut in this race and got the eight colts away on even terms on the first score. They were going very slowly however and some of the drivers hardly expected to get away so soon and the first quarter of this heat was very slow, which made the mile slower than it would otherwise have been. Agnes Carter, the Nutwood Wilkes filly owned by the Martin Carter estate, and driven by Charles De Ryder, had drawn the pole with Sweet Bow, a daughter of Bon Voyage, owned by L. H. Todhunter in second place, W. E. Detels' Bon Guy next, C. A. Canfield's Eileen by Walter Barker, in fourth place, N. M. Strong's Tu Tu in fifth place on the front tier, while E. D. Dud- ley's Pal, Henry Peters' Babe Verne, and H. S. Hogoboom's Alto Express were in the second row. At the word Hogoboom took his colt right out in front and kept him there until the stretch was reached, when Sam Hoy began driving Babe Verne and a pretty race resulted down the stretch. Babe win- ning in 2:25%, Alto Express second, Agnes Carter third and the rest strung out but all Inside the flag. Sweet Bow that had been picked to win, made a break just after getting the word and was fourth at the finish. In the second heat Sweet Bow got away all right and showed what a trotter she is by going to the front on the back stretch. Hoy trailing her with the brown colt, and waiting for the stretch to make his drive. Sweet Bow had lots of speed though and Babe Verne failed to get up to her, but Quinn did not stop driving and landed his filly first by a couple of lengths in 2:17%, pretty close to the record of this race which is 2:16%. Babe Verne was second and Alto Express a good third. In the third heat a horse race was looked for be- tween the two-heat winners. They all got off well, Sweet Bow taking the lead again, with Babe Verne about two lengths back and going easy up the back stretch. Just as the two leaders were coming to the far turn, the brass crupper link on Babe Verne's brand new harness broke and the back strap with the link on the end flew back and struck Hoy a stinging blow on the mouth, while the saddle went up onto his colt's wethers and and his head natur- ally dropped down. It was a precarious situation for a driver to be in, but Hoy held his colt as steady as possible, knowing that his drive was to beat the flag and thus save second money. He kept Babe Verne in second place until half way down the stretch, when the rear guard began closing up, with Alto Express in the lead and they came to the wire in a bunch two or three lengths behind the winner, Sweet Bow. Hoy was seventh at the finish. He said that Babe Verne was going so easily be- fore the harness broke that he would not have given anyone a dollar to insure him the heat as he belived Babe Verne could have trotted it faster that the second heat was trotted. Third money went to Alto Express, a rattling good colt and a well bred one, and fourth to Agnes Carter. The second race, the 2:15 pace, was an easy one for Moortrix, who made a little mistake going away and lost the first heat to Tom in 2: 1714, but cap- tured the next in 2:10% and the remaining two in slower time. There were but four starters in this face and two were distanced in the last heat. The association saved third and fourth money in this race. The three-year-old pacing division of the Breeders' Futurity was the next event. There were but two starters, J. E. Montgomery's big bay colt Jim Logan, driven by his owner, and Chas. F. Silva's brown colt Teddy Bear, driven by William Ivey, Jim Logan wore the hopples, but Teddy Bear tried to pace without them. It was easy for the hoppled colt who won in straight heats. He is by Charles Derby out of Effle Logan, the dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, by Durfee. The third day there were three thousand people at the track, and the racing they saw made 2500 of them come back the next day. The first race on Friday was the two-year-old pacing division of the Breeders' Futurity with four starters. They were J. N. Blair's bay filly Normono by Demonio, that drew the pole, James W. Marshall's Sirius Pointer by Star Pointer in second position, Henry Helman's Airlie D. by Demonio in third place and A. Ed- strom's Roan Hal by Athablo on the outside. At the end of the race they held the same positions they had drawn. Sirius Pointer got the first heat through Normono making a break going away, tak- ing a record of 2: IS and giving the dam of Mono Wilkes 2:03% another standard performer. De Ryder kept Normono on her feet the next two heats, how- ever and she romped in, taking both heats easily in 2:14% and 2:17%. She was the only one of the quartette to go without the hopples, so the victory was still a greater oue. The next event was the three-year-old trotting division of the Breeders' Futurity — the biggest stake on the coast for three-year-olds with a value of $3000, of which $1500 goes to first, $750 to second, $450 to third and $300 to fourth. In addition the owner of the sire of the winner is paid $100, while the owner of the dam gets $200. There were seven three-year-olds to start — Complete by Palite at the pole, Volante by Zombro in second position, Zulu Belle by Petigru third, All Style by Stam B. fourth, Easter by Monicrat fifth, Virginia Lee by Iran Alto sixth and Leavinette by Zombro seventh. The Zombro colt Volante, owned by C. A. Canfleld of Los Angeles, and driven by Walter Maben, was selected as the one most likely to get the money, as he had shown the most speed, but he was un- steady. Mr. C. A. Durfee after several years ab- sence from the turf as a driver, was up behind his son's filly Zulu Belle and when the race was over had first money won, Volante getting second money, All Style third and Easter fourth. Zulu Belle is a dark brown filly by Petigru 2:10% out of Johanna Treat the dam of Del Coronado 2:09%. Durfee fils turned her over to Durfee pere when the former left for the east, telling him she was entered and paid up in the Breeders* Futurity and Occident Stakes, and that she was good enough to win if he could get her going right, but she was off at the time. Durfee Sr. turned her out in a paddock for two weeks, took her up and began jogging her with- out the paraphernalia Ben Walker had her rigged with and in a few days she trotted a mile in 2:13% over the Los Angeles track. So "the old man" brought her to Salinas, got first money, and is going on to Sacramento in an endeavor to collect some more. Zulu Belle won the first heat Friday in 2:17% with Easter second. Complete third, and Volante fourth after a break. Volante trotted the next heat more steadily and beat Zulu Belle nearly the whole mile in 2:15%, but the little brown mare came back in 2:17% and 2:16% while he was 6-4 respectively in the two heats. All Style being second each time, and a grand colt he is, too. Leavenette was drawn after the third heat. Complete trotted two good miles — the first and lest — hut met with mishaps in the other two. He is a good colt and will show well in the future. There was not a colt of the seven that could not beat 2:20. The last race of the day on Friday had but five starters, but it went to seven heats and every borse stayed in until the finish, having either won a heat or made a dead heat. It was the greatest contest ever trotted where there was no betting. While the race for first money was between May T. and Zombronut, there was never a time but the field would have sold for more than even money against any horse that could have been picked as choice had there been poolselling. The race was won by May T. and the Monterey mare was justly entitled to it. She was worked two heats in 2:20 before the race and trotted every heat in the race better than that, making nine heats in 2:20 or better that she trotted that afternoon. The stal- lion Zombronut, a grand looking horse, splendidly driven by Fred Ward, took second money, and trotted the fastest mile of the race in the fifth heat which he won. He was unsteady, however, and that lost him the race. This race will be talked about for the next ten years by those who saw it, and the drivers who participated in the contest will always be figuring how they might have won. The fourth and last day of the meeting saw about as large a crowd as was present the previous day. The three races on the card were finished soon after 5 o'clock, however, while the seventh heat of the 2:13 trot on the previous day had been trotted but five minutes before sundown. The first event was the 2:07 pace which figured on paper to be a duel between Charlie D 2:06% and Delilah 2:07, with the others fighting for third and fourth money. There were eight horses to start, and they drew positions as follows: Ray o' Light, Solano Boy, Lady R., Tom Murphy, De- lilah, Josephine, Hymettus, Charlie D. The favorite having to be sent away in the second tier, went an easy heat after De Ryder saw he was hope- lessly in the rear. When Ray o' Light shot to the front theye was joy in the grand stand as Ray o' Light is a locally trained horse and very popular. But Fred Chadbonrne set sail with Solano Boy and in a terrific brush through the stretch gave the Father MeKinnon gelding a new mark by win- ning in 2:07%. a length In front of Delilah. Char- lie D. was fifth, but he was 1-1-1 after that in from 2:08% to $2:09%, and paced a good race. It will take a great pacer to defeat Charlie D. when they start on even terms this year. In the third heat of this race. Delilah, who had been second in two heats, made a bad break soon after getting the word in the third heat and was distauced, although she paced very fast and her driver protested that she was inside when the flag dropped. Josephine and Hymettus got third and fourth money re- spectively. While the 2:20 class pace, the Pacific Slope Stakes, was worth $2000, it had but four starters and all stayed in to the finish. It proved a grand race and went to five heats. The first was won by Freely Red in 2:10%, with Adam G. the favorite second. Adam got the next two heats in 2:09% and 2:10, the little mare Cora being second the first time and Siegfried forcing him out the second time. In the fourth heat Fred Ward got Siegfried going at the proper time and he came with such a rush through the stretch that he won from Freely Red in 2:11%. Adam G. finishing third. Adam G. won the fifth and final heat after a hot fight with Sieg- fried, and the drives put up by De Ryder and Ward were worth more than the admission fee to see. But three horses came out for the free-for-all trot —Wild Bell 2:08%. Charlie T. 2:11 and John Cald- well 2:08%. The last named made a break as soon as the word was given for the first heat, and he was unfortunately distanced. The Sacramento horse won the three heats as he pleased, the fastest heat in 2:13. This ended one of the best meetings ever given in California. The judges during the meeting were Messrs. F. J. Kilpatrick, D. L. Bachant, Robert I. Orr, Frank H. Burke. A. L. Nichols and C. A. Durfee. The timers who officiated during the four days were J. W. Thomas, J. A. McKerron and J. H. Jack. Geo. B. Kelley was clerk of the course. Charles James acted as started the first day and J. L. Mc- Carthy the rest of the time. During the meeting two trotters were given re- cords as follows: Albert Mc, b. 3. by McKinney- Alberta 2:30 Eileen, ch. f. by Walter Barker-Mamie Eliza- beth 2:29%_ The summaries of the four day's racing follow: ^ First Day. Trotting, 2:20 class. California stake, purse $2000. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes, (Helman) 11 Sill Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom) 1 1 2 2 2 Escobado, b. h. by Escobar (Ward) ..32435 Ida Millerton, blk m. by Millerton (Maben) 2 6 9 9 6 Rapidan Dillon, br. m. by Sidney Dil- lon (De Ryder) 4 3 7 7 4 Ollie B., ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Twohig) 5 9 10 6 3 Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B. (Walton) 6 4 3 5 d Kinney Rose, b. h. by McKinney (Big- elow) 8 11 5 4 d Laddie G., blk g. by Zombro (Davey) .10 8 8 S d Scotch John by Tomonco (Devols) .... 7 5 6 d Silver Hunter, b. g. by Zombro, (Quinn) 9 7 dis. Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cuicello) dis. Hulda C, ch. m. by Dexter Prince (Hogoboom) dis. Time — 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:10. Trotting, 2:10 class, purse $1000. Emily W., b. m. by James Madison (Ward) 2 1 3 1 1 Goldennut, ch. s. by Neernut (Helman) 5 3 12 2 Delia Derby, b. m. by Charles Derby (Whitehead) ". 1 2 4 3 3 The Statesman, b. h. by James Madi- son (Ivey) 3 5 5 dis Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 4 2 2 dr May T., ch. m. by Monterey (Twohigh) dis Time — 2:13, 2:10. 2:13%, 2:13, 2:14. Pacing. 2:11 class, purse $1000. Queen Derby, br. m. by Charles Derby (Cuicello) 1 1 1 Lady R., b. m. by Colonel K. R. (Sweeney).. 3 2 2 Lettie D., b. m. by Boodle (Davis) 2 3 3 Time — 2:10%, 2:13%, 2:15. Second Day. Two-year-old trotting division Futurity stake, purse $1,450. Sweet Bow, b. f. by Bon Voyage-Silver Bell (John Quinn) 4 1 1 Babe Verne, br. c. by Jules Verne (Sam Hoy)l 2 7 Alto Express, b. c. by Iran Alto (H. Hogo- boom) 2 3 2 Agnes Carter, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes (De Ryder) 3 8 3 Yu Tu, br. f. by R. Ambush (Rutherford) . .6 4 4 Pal, blk. c. by Palite (Chadbourne) 8 5 5 Eileen, ch. f. by Walter Barker (Maben) 5 6 6 Bon Guy. b. e. by Bon Voyage (Best) 7 7 S Time— 2:25%, 2:17%, 2:22%. Pacing, 2:15 class, purse $800. Moortrix. b. s. by Azmoor (Chadbourne) . .2 111 Tom, b. g. by Moses S. (Best) 1 2 2 2 Milton Gear, ch. h. by Harry Gear (Cui- (Continued on Page 11.) THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Mountain Lions. — Stories about the big eats are coming in this season oftener than for years past. The animals are bolder than ever and seem to be increasing in many sections. The prohibition of the use of dogs by deer hunters is one reason, it is claimed, that makes the usually cowardly varmints bolder. A recent account from Wheeler's Springs, a re- sort in Southern California, states: While out deer hunting on the southern slope of Pine Mountain, a favorite hunting district of Los Angeles hunters, Bert Watkins, the ranger of the district, and Lou Hancock, who has charge of Wheeler's Cold Springs camp on the Sespe river, ran across the tracks of a huge mountain lion. Knowing there were some cattle ranging on a small flat nearby and that the lion would probably be attracted by them, they made for that point and were just about to enter the clearing when the lion appeared on the trail 200 yards ahead of them. Both fired so quickly, for fear the beast would get away in the brush that they heard but one report, followed by a terrific struggle in the brush. Approaching cautiously, they found the huge ani- mal, which measured eight feet, in the throes of its death struggle and furiously beating the brush with its great claws. Its struggles soon ceased, and they found that one of the 30-30 soft-nosed bullets had ploughed its way through both soulders, badly shattering the bones. They are still arguing as to which shot laid the big fellow low. Hardly had the lion ceased to breathe when a fran- tic cow came running down the trail and, apparently crazed, made them literally take to the woods. Fol- lowing her trail they came upon a day old calf around which were prints which told a mute tale * of a long struggle against the big feline. The cow had won the fight against her enemy, but did not succeed in saving her calf, being too wild to let it feed, the calf dying before it could be brought to camp. The story of a fierce encounter with a mountain lion is told by Tom Hartley of Imperial. He was hunting deer on the east side of Cuyamaca Lake and had followed tracks through a canyon. Suddenly he saw a huge lion crouching directly above him in a tree. In his nervousness, he pressed the trigger of the gun which he carried, barrel up. The charge entered the lion's body and it fell directly upon the hunter. Then followed a trrific encounter. The hunter was obliged to defend himself with blows with the gun, which was soon broken, but with the barrel Hartley suc- ceeded in clubbing the lion to death. Last week a 16-year-old youth discovered a troop of six mountain lions in his father's pasture, intent they were in getting some of the horses in the en- closure for a meal. The boy secured a rifle and killed two, the rest made tracks for cover. These animals were exceedingly bold and showed no fear of the boy and others who joined him, in fact, they came very close to the ranch house. This affair took place within 10 or 12 miles of Madrone, Santa Clara county. It was in this same country that a lioness attacked a boy and a young woman several weeks ago, within almost hailing distance of a summer resort. The young lady fought the animal for over 10 minutes, and was badly mauled, before it was killed by two fellows who were summoned from a construction camp close by. These men, had they not been cowards, could have closed in and dispatched the cougar before the girl was so painfully hurt. L. Hache, a Visalia sportsman, has had the rather peculiar experience of trying his teeth on cooked mountain lion meat. He was recently on a hunt- ing trip in Washington, starting from Seattle. The hunt was a very successful one, three bears being killed by the party and one mountain lion, as well as plenty of other wild game. Mr. Hache reports that the party were curious to cook the cougar's flesh, and that it tasted much like veal and was very pala- table. Trophies of the Chase. — Mounted bodies or heads of Western game, or predatory animals, are yearly in- creasing in values, up to what maybe called sale rates optional with the selling holders. Last fall a Steamboat Springs, Colo., collection of this kind was sold o a Scotch duke for $35,000 cash. This collection contained three mounted bear; five elk. three mountain lions, three gray wolves, two beaver, three eagles, and forty-three antlered heads of buffalo, elk, deer and antelope. Five years ago the owner was offered $5,000 for the collection; three years ago the offer was $20,000; and. if he had re- fused his late purchase price of $35,000, he would, doubtless, have commanded $50,000 i'or the collection next year. A similar big sale was lately made at Billings, Montana, and yet another at Rapid City, S. D. Scarcity makes value and mounted bodies or heads of the big game of the Rocky Mountain region are soon to command phenomenal purchase figures. An exceptionally fine general collection of this kind is in Raton, New Mexico, and can be seen at the Social saloon. This collection includes a, cinna- mon bear; a mountain lion, a swift, a gray eagle, and the wary and also very rare, that far north, chapparal bird — with the heads of eleven deer, one antelope, three coyotes and a crossbred coyote and gray wolf. In the head collection is that of a blacktailed deer buck with 24 points — which challenges concerned comparison. Rabbit Hunting at Night. — Tucson society has a new fad. It is nothing less than hunting "bunnies" at night in automobiles. According to all reports the rabbit colony in the vicinity of Tucson has been quite materially decreased as a result of several hunting parties, who have engaged in this diver- sion ( ?) recently. The best place for the night rabbit hunting is said to be along the Rillito where the rabbits are so thick that it is a poor hunter who can not bring back enough game to supply a hotel table after he has been out for a few hours. It is a well known fact that a strong light blinds rabbits and when it is centered on them they sit apparently paralyzed. Southern Pacific engineers tell of instance after instance when rabbits along the line become apparently hypnotized by the electric headlights of the locomotives and remained per- fectly still until they are struck by the engines and killed. It has been found that the strong automobile headlights have the same effect and as a result hunt- ing the rabbits is easy, for according to those who have been with the parties, the rabbits seem to stop immediately when they come within the glare of the auto lights. The auto hunting parties have proved most delight- ful affairs and they promise to increase in popularity. The farmers along the Rillito are well pleased with the new sport. They say that it lessens the number of rabbits and the "bunnies" cannot be done away with too rapidly for the ranchers, as the rabbits, very frequently, do much destruction to the gardens and the crops. Unlawful Fishing. — According to reports from re- liable sources, the scarcity of bass this season, espe- cially in the Feather river, up Sutter county way, is due largely to the nets which a cosmopolitan gang of fishermen are using in the vicinity of Vernon. It is said by those in a position to know that at least 300 nets, known as pike nets, are set within a mile of Vernon and tbat bass constitute the principal catches, although the nets are set ostensibly to catch every other variety of fish except bass. In this connection a communication from M. H. Shadinger of Sacramento to the Bee goes into the question at length. In the up river waters there are both black bass and striped bass, but if the inroads at present being carried on are not stopped it is only a question of time when these fish will be cleaned out. Mr. Shadinger in his letter says: "I notice in your issue of July 31st an article, 'Ruin Bass Fishing by Use of Unlawful Nets.' The Lincoln neighbor is just right. As a launch owner and an angler who has fished the Sacramento river for fifty miles up and down from Sacramento, I would like to relate my experience. Two years ago one could make a good catch of black bass within half a mile from the city. Now he cannot do so if he goes twenty-five miles up or down stream. Neither can he get a catfish that the pike net will hold. The State fish and game laws say that any set net is unlawful. I might explain what such a net is; it is funnel shaped with wings on either side extending from the bank out from ten to twenty feet into the stream. This net holds all it catches except fish under seven or eigbt inches. The black bass is a shore fish and anyone who knows his habits does not fish for him here more than one to six feet from the bank. Now these unlawful nets are set in the places where tne fish are most likely to be and just where an experienced angler would try for him. Being a shore fish, he is swal- lowed up by these nets and about all the angler gets is his hook caught on the net that holds the fish he is after. There are many hundreds of the unlawful nets in the river between Sacramento and the erstwhile good fishing grounds at Vernon that our Lincoln neighbor complains of. I will relate just one little incident. A party re- ports that they went to Vernon a short time ago, entered the Sarcamento slough, and found the fish- ermen raising their nets ;vnd were given about fifty fine black bass. The writer knows of many similar incidents. The game warden is quoted in the Bee many times as seining stagnant pools for the small bass and dumping them in the river. For what? For the market fishermen to get with his ulawful net. Is it not about time that the Warden gets busy and hauls these nets from the water and destroys them, thereby earning his salary? I as well as many personal friends have agree! that we might just as well lay up our tackle as to fish and get nothing, besides losing many valuable spoons and lines on these nets." Salmon Fishing. — The local salmon angling con- tingent are yet awaiting the long expected run of the royal quinnat salmon, but so far few fish have been taken. The sardines are also extremely scarce, and this probably accounts for the non-appearance of the salmon. A fish weighing IS pounds was taken near Duxbury reef this week by Jens Nielsen. Al Wilson and a party landed two on Sunday, weighing 15 and 16 pounds, respectively. Various launch parties have been out daily recently, all of the fish- erman report the same lack of results. In Monterey bay salmon fishing still is worthy of attention, judging from recent reports. "Salmon have been very plentiful and fishing par- ties from Santa Cruz have been having good success. George Van Wagner and some friends were out and caught eight big ones, averaging, 15 pounds each, while Henry Uhden got 17, several of which weighed over 30 pounds. "Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Skelly, Mr. and Mrs. John Cannon, Frank Cannon and Joe Cannon went with Mrs. Moynihan on the bay the next morning to try their luck at salmon fishing and were very successful. They landed three beatuties weighing forty-four, thirty-eight and twenty-four pounds respectively." "General Superintendent J. H. Young of the South- ern Pacific and a party were out after salmon last week from Santa Cruz and landed three fine ones. The largest weighed 2S pounds; the smallest, 12 pounds. Mrs. J. Moynihan, Misses Briody, Officer Brass- ford of San Francisco and Frank and John Cannon got 11, Officer Brassford landing 5. The largest weighed 43 pounds. Conductor Blair of the Union Traction Company caught one that tipped the scales at 25% pounds." Salt Water Angling. — A week's fishing trip by a party of eight Pasadena anglers in the waters of the lower coast channel islands was replete with health- ful recreation and lots of fun. Fishing was as good as the motto says business is, in spite of the fact that the yellowtail stayed away and the largest one caught weighed only 2oYn pounds. But there was an immense halibut caught by H. G. Shaver which measured four feet across the wide way and must have weighed about 200 pounds, and a day on which sharks insisted upon biting when the party desired to catch whitefish. Six big sea tigers between five and six feet in length were taken. In spite of all this the most laughable experi- ence of the whole trip was when Al Dresnoyer was advised to put his foot on the head of a six-foot eel to hold it while the hook was being extracted. He did so, and the eel, turning, nipped a piece of skin out of his ankle. Desuoyer and Dorr Chapman leaped overboard. At Santa Cruz Island where camp was made there were two old sailors now turned fishermen, one a Swede, named Hansen. With an accordion to while away the night hours they entertained the party regularly until the early hours of the morning. The other places visited were Anacapa, Santa Rosa and San Miguel islands. Those making up the party were W. R. Simons, B. E. Wilson, H. F. McDowell, Al Desnoyer, Dorr Chapman. H. G. Shaver, W. C. Humphrey and A. C. Shaver. Fish Killed. — In letting the water out of the big dam on Eel river, above Ukiah, by the Snow Moun- tain Power Company, large numbers of trout and other fish, of all sizes, were stranded on the sand bars of the river and perished. There were so many dead fish that those that were not gathered, by ranchers and others in the vicinity, raised an odor that was decidedly strong. Doves Wild. — Very few Sacramento sportsmen have been out after doves the past week owing in large measure to the fact that the birds are two young for good sport, are hardly fit for table use and fur- thermore the older birds, warned by the bombard- ment of opening week, have scattered and deserted the usual passes. This state of affairs will continue until the older birds have finished nesting and begin to flock together in the grain fields to regain flesh lost during the nesting season when they will return to the regular passes. Local sportsmen estimate that about next week the shooting will be at its best. Mendocino Cuts Deer Season: — The board of super- visors passed an ordinance last week cutting one month from the open season for deer in Mendocino county. The season will close on October 1 instead of November 1. The supervisors of Lake and So- noma counties have taken similar action. The length of the open season is now uniform in those adjoining counties in which many deer are found. Want Season Shortened. — The Hollister Advance says at the next session of the board of supervisors Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN of San Benito county, the sportsmen of the county will ask for the passage of an ordinance closing the deer season in San Benito county October 1st The state taw closes the season November 1st, but this date is Iway too late. At that time the bucks are running and killing them is unnecessary slaughter for the flesh is not fit to eat. Killed a Doe.-J. H. Pearson of Maricopa, Kern \\ „t recently lined $50 for killing a doe. Pe- ™Y\vTth a partfof friends from the oil fields had beet imping m the Pine Mountain section, \en- fura coim ty. and were about ready to leave when he doe was killed by Peterson. It was hung up n camp where it was seen by a vigilant ranger^ Jacinto Reves and its killing was reported to the 0am» warden The arrest followed and Peterson was bt-ou-ht to the county seat. He acknowledged ins gutlt°and was fined fifty dollars, the minimum penalty, by Justice Ortega. Biq Bear Slain.— A monster cinnamon bear was killed at Carter's sheep ranch, near Cisco, ast week by J E. Rich of Wheatland. The animal weighed 500 pounds and was shot three ttmes in the head before he was killed. -o SANTA CRUZ SHOW. Awards. St Bernards (Rough Coated). Limit dogs and bitches-1 W. J. West's Don. 2 F. J. Leonard's Juno. Open dogs and bitches-1 Don, 2 Mrs. J. Merkt s Beauty Local dogs and bitches-1 Juno. Winners dogs and bitches— 1 Don, res. Beauty. Special for best California bred— Beauty. Great Danes. Limit dogs-1 P. Beber's Frisco. Open dogs-1 J. Snook's Ch. Dick, 2 J. Coppa s King Wtaners dogs-1 Ch. Dick, re^ Frisco. Puppy bitches— 1 Capt. C. G. Saxe's Harlequin Pearl, 2 A Bezakis' Diana. Novice bitches-1 Diana. Open bitches— 1 Mrs. C. G. Saxe's Ch. Princess Harlequin. Winners , bitches-1 Ch. Princess Harlequin, res, Harlequin Pearl. Special for best-Ch. Princess Harlequin. Russian Wolfhounds. Open and winners dogs— 1 Miss A N. Wilkins' Tybo. Greyhounds. Puppy dogs-1 S. E. Portal's White Sox. Open dogs-1 T. J. Cronin's Black Tralee. Winners dogs-1 Black Tralee res. White Sox Novice bitches-1 Miss Jean Fargen's Silver Bell Limit bitches-1 Miss Jean Fargen s Sasco Open Wft.hes T J. Cronin's Fourpaw. Local bitches 1 Sasco Winners bitchos-1 Fourpaw, res Sasco Special for best-Black Tralee. Best of opposite sex— Fourpaw. Best, puppy— White Sox. American Foxhounds. Limit and winners dogs— 1 J. H. Olcovicb's Dexter. Pointers. Puppy dogs-1 E. E. Lewis' Rex. Open dogs-1 J. W. Gibbs' Ch. Mike Geary. Winners dogs —1 Rex, res. Ch. Mike Geary. Novice and winners bitches— 1 G. Messe's Queen. IS sU'rT Puppy dogs-1 J. M.Golobeek's Fleet Jr 2 E L. Fournier's Bobby Bloodstone Novice dogs-1 Bobby Bloodstone. Limit dogs-1 W. E. Miller's Rex. Open dogs— 1 V. A. Kuenn s Mallwyd invader. Winners dogs-1 Mallwyd In- vader, res Fleet Jr. Novice bitches-absent J M. Golobeck's Cato Junior's Ivy. Limit bitches-1 E. A. Mocker's Santa Rita. Open bitches— 1 Dr. L. W Spriggs' Lady Kate, 2 Santa Rita. Local bitches -i Santa Rita. Winners bitches-1 Lady Kate, res. Santa Rita. Special for best— Mallwyd Invader— Best of oppo- site sex— Lady Kate. Best puppy— Fleet Jr. Gordon Setters. Open and winners dogs and bitcnes-1 A. L. Holling's Ch. Flora B., 2 Mrs. A. E. Drendell's Ch. Silkwood Rip. Special for best— Ch. Flora B. Irish Setters. Novice, local and winners dogs— 1 Miss May Kenney's Bruno. Limit and winners bitches— 1 Mrs. A. E. Drenlell s Fancy Girl. Special for best— Bruno. Irish Water Spaniels. Open and winners dogs— 1 G. T. Wayman's Sprig. Open and winners bitches i w V. N. Bay's Frisco Dot. Special for best-Sprig. Best of opposite sex- FlCSoCc°ke°0Spanie|s. Black. Puppy dogs-1 C. Leon- ard's Billee Trotwood. Novice dogs— 1 Athens Ken- nels' Athens' Winkie Boy, 2 G. Roach's Major Lucky. Limit dogs— 1 D. P. Cresswell's Saxons Model 2 G A Niehorger's Midnight. Open dogs— 1 Mrs. Gus Jacob's Ch. Searchlight. Open dogs Pacific Coast bred-1 Saxon's Model, 2 Mrs. F. Budgett s Sambo. Local dogs-1 Sambo. Winners dogs— 1 Saxon's Model, res. Athens' Winkie Boy. Puppy bitches-1 G. A. Niehorger's Uvas Selva 2 Miss Lena Murrav's Bright Eyes, 3 Mission Cocker Span- iel Kennels' Mission Topsy, res. C. Leonards Lor- raine Trotwood. Open bitches— 1 Mrs. H- Lamas- ney's Ch. Wilton Blackberries. Winners hitches— 1 Uvas Selva, res Bright Eyes. _ Other than black, Puppy dogs— 1 Mission Cocker Kennels' Mepal's Olaf. Limit dogs— 1 Athens Ken- nels' Athens' Chief of Romany. Parti-color, open dogs— 1 Wm. Blackwell's Ch. Gay Lad, 2 E. Pfingst s Circles. Local dogs— 1 Circles. Winners dogs, other than black-1 Ch. Gay Lad, res. Mepal s Olaf. Puppy bitches— 1 Mission Cocker Kennels Mepals Geralda. Limit bitches, red— 1 Miss Lena Murray s Golden Grain, 2 Miss F. L. Dakin's Babbie Francisca. Open bitches, red— 1 G .A. Niehorger's Brownlanil Babbie. Winners bitches, other than black— 1 Ch. Brownland Babbie, res. Golden Grain. Special for best black— Saxon's Model. Best o£ opposite sex— Twinkle II. Best parti-color— Ch. Spiden. Best of opposite sex— Ch. Gay Lad. Best red cocker — Ch. Brownland Babbie. Best puppi Uvas Selva. California Cocker Club special for best, open to members only— Saxon's Model. Dachshunde. Open and winners dogs— 1 Mrs. W. W Burnett's Largo. Open and winners bitches— 1 Miss G. Locke's Liessel Ideal, 2 H. J. Meertens Sneck Von Feckellust. Special for best— Largo Collies. Puppy dogs— 1 Mrs. J. Hemphill s Val- verde Valentine, 2 E. A. Talbot's King of Reno. 3 Mrs H M Warren's Weilesbourne Chief. Novice dogs— i' King of Reno. 2 Mrs. D. H. Cliffs Old Hall Anster 3 Iowa Tuttle's Donald. Limit dogs— 1 Mrs. Flora W. Salz's Dewars Best, 2 O. J. Albee's Live Oaks Breadalbane, 3 Old Hall Anster, absent Thos. Murray's Capt. Tom. Open dogs— 1 Dewar's Best, 2 Live Oaks Breadalbane, absent Wm. Ellery s South- port Student, Capt. Tom. Open dogs, Pacific Coast bred— 1 Old Hall Anster. Local dogs— 1 Donald, 2 Weilesbourne Chief. Winners dogs— 1 King of Reno, res. Dewar's Best. Novice bitches— absent Wm. Ellery's Valverde Valera. Limit bitches— 1 O. J. Al- bee's Live Oaks Beulah. Open bitches, sable and white— absent Wm. Ellery's Valverde Sapphire. Open bitches, other than sable and white— 1 Mrs. Hattie E. Cox's Valverde Viola. Open bitches, Pacific Coast bred— 1 Valverde Viola. Local bitches— 1 Val- verde Viola. Winners bitches— 1 Live Oaks Beulah, res. Valverde Viola. Special for best— King of Reno. Best of opposite sex— Live Oaks Beulah. Best reserve winner— Dewar's Best. Best novice exhibited by a lady— Old Hall Anster English Bulldogs. Puppy and novice dogs— 1 G. L Dealey's Patsv Muldcon. Limit dogs— 1 Miss Agnes C. Sergeant's Lord Diabolo, 2 Dr. H. Rowell's California Booster. Open dogs— 1 Lord Diabolo, 2 Mrs E F. Morgan's Ch. Moston Bar None. Open dogs Pacific Coast bred— 1 California Booster. Win- ners dogs— 1 Lord Diabolo, res. Ch. Moston Bar None. Puppy bitches— 1 Fearless Bulldog Kennels' Fearless Lady Bar None. Novice bitches— 1 S. C. Andros' Trouble, 2 F. L. Bar None, 3 L. H. Patty s Leon's Bridget II. Limit bitches— 1 F. L. Bar None, 2 L H. Patty's Leon's Bully. Open bitches— 1 Mrs. J P Norman's Ch. Toreador Venus, 2 F. L. Bar None Open bitches. Pacific Coast bred— 1 F. L. None. Local hitches— 1 Trouble. Winners bitches 1 ch Toreador Venus, res. Trouble. Special for best dog— Lord Diabolo. Best bitch— Ch Toreador Venus. Best dog, reserve to winner— Ch Moston Bar None. Pacific Bulldog Club trophy for best, open to members only— Ch. Moston Bar None P B C. trophv for best puppy, members only —Patsy Muldoon. P. B. C. Trophy for best puppy of opposite sex, members only-F. L. Bar None, Best sired by Ch. Moston Bar None— Patsy Mul- doon Airedale Terriers. Limit dogs-1 G. P. Mar- tin's Buster. Open dogs-1 Lake Dell Kennels Ch^ Matlock Bob. Local dogs-1 Buster. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Matlock Bob, res. Buster. Puppy bitches— absent Mrs. R. C. Ward's Thayerdale Raksha. Noy- tce bitches-1 F. H. Baxter's Vesta Victoria Open bitches— 1 Dr. G. A. Spencers Derryfield Nell. Lo cal bTtches-1 Vesta Victoria. Winners bitches- 1 Derryfield Nell, res. Vesta Victoria. Snecial for best— Ch. Matlock Bob. BUM Terriers. Puppy dogs-1 Mrs^ Eva M Um£ Brooklyn Boy, 2 Mrs. F. Lieman s Bill Taft 3 R M Dibble's Bulla. Novice dogs— 1 Mis Eva M. Lee's Brooklyn Boy, 2 Bill Taft, 3 Bulla. Limit dogs —1 Mrs. Sidney Cavill's Tamalpais Shortalh 2 Biook- lvn Bov, 3 J. Goldworthy's Wild Rover. Open dogs —1 J Maxwell Taft's South End Challenger, 2 Wild Rover. wTnners dogs-1 South End Challenger, res. Tamalpais Shortall. Puppy bitches- 1 Mrs. J. P. Plummer's Edgecote Acme, absent Robt. A. Roos Trebora Starlight. Novice bitches-1 Edgecote Acme 2 Mrs. Monroe Harris' Edgecliffe Queen Limit bitches— 1 J. M. Taft's Montecito Princess, 2 Edge- coteAcme, 3 Edgecliffe Queen. Open bitches-1 Mon- tecito Princess, 2 Robt. A. Roos' Ch. Willamette Star- light 3 Edgecote Acme, res Edgecliffe Queen. Open bftches, Pacific Coast bred-1 Montecito Princess 2 Edgecote Acme, 3 Edgecliffe Queen. Winners bitches -I Montecito Princess, res Ch. Willamette Starlight Special for best dog— South End Challenger. Best bitch— Montecito Princess. Best puppy— Brooklyn Boy. French Bulldogs. Novice dogs— 1 Miss Leola S Stone's Leon II. Open dogs-1 Miss Jennie A Crocker's Ch. Halcyon Alexandre, 2 L. Jayet s Bou nou. Winners dogs-Ch. Halcyon Alexandre res Leon II. Limit and winners bitches— 1 M. J. Stew art's Bunky Brazen. Special for best— Ch. Halcyon Alexandre. Boston Terriers. Puppy dogs-1 Miss Jennie A Crocker's Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland 2 G L. Dealey's Happy Prince, 3. Dr. T. M. Smith's Walsing Warrior. Novice dogs-1 Happy Prince, 2 Walsing Warrior. Limit dogs, under 17 pounds-1 absent R A Sbarboro's Rare Vintage. Limit dogs 17 pounds and over-1 Mrs. Ralph A. Newcomb s End- cliffe Amazon, 2 A. Holbeck's Oarsman Spider. Open dogs under 17 pounds— absent Rare Vintage. Open dogs 17 pounds and over— 1 Endcliffe Amazon, 2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Hazelwood Statesman. Local dogs— 1 Oarsman Spider. Winners dogs— 1 End- JSTk C^e^'fctancylli: 2"MSUErF. Zl in Onen bitches, Pacific Coast bred— 1 Mi brae Allie. Winners bitches-1 Clancy III, res. MUlbrae A1Snecial for best-Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Fndctiffe Totora. Best of opposite sex-Miss Jennie f Coclr'sCh. Dick Dazzler. Best reserve win- ner-Hazelwood Statesman. Best, 22 pounds or over owned in Santa Cruz-Oarsman Spider. Fox Terriers (Smooth). Novice dogs-1 MRes nik-B Withe 2 Mrs. Montroyd Sharp's Bob. Local dogs-1 Wil ie, 2 Bob. Open and winners dogs-1 W. w stettneimer's Tallac Indian Chief. Open and winnefbUchees-l W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Sylph. Fox Terriers (Wire haired). Novice dogs-1 J. A MurptJs Rowdy. Limit dogs-1, H. Hasting s Cuth- tferi absent R. Reyntien's Dusky Bounder. Open does— 1 F J. Carolan's Caimsmuir Ortheris. 2 cum beri absent D Bounder. Local dogs-1 Rowdy. Wm- I!! 7 rairn=muir Ortheris, res. Cuthbert. Ltmit,d0o;Se7andawinners bitches-1 R. Reyntien's DUSi1orr'b2es^ s^o^WGWOUS^tthe,mer, £ Tallac DaSher. Best smooth of opposite sex-Tallac Slvnh Best owned in Santa Cruz county-Rowdy. Best wirehaired-Cairnmuir Ortheris. Western Fox Terrier Breeders' Ass'n for -ambers only: Grand ETX *? b^Cl ° ^Dash^ CasTpSztfor bVirhMT^r'NoraaoSCs-f Mrs. Emma F. aifffcurate9^ To^my Atkin^ Jbod. Winners dogs ! Ph Endclfff Curate, res. Tommy Atkins. Novice -^"l „„ E F. Reid's Colleen. Limit, open and winners bitches-1 W. P. Congley's Vmegar L1PecLC?of best-Ch. Endc,i«e Curate. . „T TTm^ eSsS Rent's Prince^uff. Tut E FMReidrsr Jemmie. Limit dogs, 8 pounds and over— 1 Mrs. F. Pfingst's Brown Bear. Open and o*er i m» j j c. Ackerman's nits dogs-1 Ch. Humberstone Masher res. Brown Rear Puppv bitches— 1 Mrs. E. F. Reid s ljucy. Novc* bttches-1 Mrs. W. J. Stewart's Ticta of Aehrav Limit bitches, under S pounds— 1 Howard Kentfield's Mxie. Limit bitches, 8 pounds and over -IMrs , R. A. Onken's Trixie. Winners bitches-1 Tickfof Achray, res. H. Kentfleld's ™Hu ,er. Snecial for best, under 8 pounds— Ch. Humber stone Masher Best of opposite sex, under S pounds -Ticki of Achrav. Best, over S pounds-Brown Bear. Japanese Spaniels. Open and winners dogs-1 Mrs. J Schalike's Fugi Yama. Special for best— Fugi Yama HflrrnUn's Tov Poodles. Limit dogs-1 Mrs. W. Hartnup s Postis Open dogs-1 Mrs. W. Hartnup's Dandy Boy. Winners dogs-l" Dandy Boy res. Pog us. Novice hitohes— 1 Miss Alene Murphy s Bibi, 2 Mis w. Hartnup's Lorisse. Limit bitches-1 Bib, Open bitchT-absent Miss Vera Lindgren's Black Eyed Susan Winners bitches-1 Bibi, res. Lorisse. Chthuahuas. Limit dogs-1 Mrs. E. U. Lees Mid'et Jr. Open dogs-Mrs. W. J. Wests Pijo. 2 Miss Hagney's Midget, absent Mrs. C. J. Lind- gren's Chihuahua Toy. Winners dogs-1 Pijo res. Midget Jr. Open and winners bitches— 1 B. J. Hag nev's Toots II. Snecial for best — Toots II. ftat'an Greyhounds. Open and winners dogs-Mrs. W A Deane's Ch. Duke II. Open and winners bitches— 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Queenie II. Special for best— Queenie IT. Champion Variety Class-1 W. W. Stettheimer s Ch Tallac Dasher (Fox Terrier), 2 T. J. Cromn s Black Tta\ee°Gre;ho(und., 3 Robt. A. Roos' Ch^ Willam- ette Starlight (Bull Terrier), res. Mrs. H. Lamas nev's Wilton Blackberries (Cocker Spaniel). Ladies' Variety Class-1 Mrs. S. Cavill's Tamalpais Shortall (Bull Terrier). 2 Wilton Blackberriers 3 Mrs. I P Norman's Ch. Toreador Venus (Bulldog). ' Smooth Terrier Class-1 Ch. Tallac Dasher. All Terrier Variety Class— 1 Ch. Tallac Dasher. Brace Variety Class-1 Mrs. J. Maxwell '1 ait s South End Challenger and Montecito Princess (Bull Terriers), 2 T. J. Cronin's Black Tralee and Fourpaw (Greyhounds). . _ . Unclassified Specials.— Best of any breed— Ch. Tal- lac Dasher. Best of opposite sex— Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Endcliffe Totora (Boston Terrier). Best in Ladies' Variety Class— Tamalpais Short- all. Second, Wilton Blackberries. Third, Ch. Torea- dor Venus. Best tov dog— Fugi Yama. Best in Champion Class— Ch. Tallac Dasher. Sec- ond Black Tralee. Ladies' Kennel Association of California trophy, members only, for best shown in ring by a lady— Ch. Moston Bar None. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. Best shown, owned in Watsonville — Brown Bear. Best ot opposite sex — Vesta Victoria. Best in local class, owned in Saita Cruz county — Santa Rita. Best owned in Berkeley — Ch. Toreador Venus. Best smooth terrier, best in a'l terrier class and best terrier any breed — Ch. Tallac Dasher. AT THE TRAPS. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. The class and quality of Coast dogs are attracting an increased attention from Eastern and Middle West breeders and fanciers. The latest development in this line is the recent purchase of a half interest in the young field trial winner St. lyes, by Mr. Sidney Smyth of Chicago, who paid Mr. S. Christenson, of this city, a good price in backing up his judgment and money. St. Ives will be sent to John E. Lucas and run in the Manitoba and North Dakota trials. He will then be tuj-ned over to Ed! Garr who will campaign him "down the line" of the Eastern trials, ending with the National Championship meet, after which he will be sent back to the Coast for the Pacific trials at Bakersfield next January. Mr. Smyth has confidence enough in the dog's quality to stand all expenses of his Eastern campaign, which will probably amount to $500. "Munzie" Lucas will leave Dakota after the trials for the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia meetings. Mr. Smyth has also purchased from Mr. J. E. Terry a half interest in Kil's Linda. Both dogs were sent north in W. B. Coutts' string and entered in the northwest trials. Linda was a winner of second in the Manitoba Derby two years ago. St. Ives is regarded as a coming producing sire. Miss Ives (St. Ives ex Kil's Moxie) is entered in the Considine Realization stake which will be run in Washington next month. Kil's Moxie will start in the British Columbia trials and at the Northwest meeting, also Belvedere (Caesar ex Keepsake) which Mr. Christenson purchased from the late W. W. Van Arsdale has been entered in the northern trials. She was entered also, by Mr. Van Arsdale, in the American Field Futurity. John Lucas has with him a promising St. Ives puppy. Canny Scott. Lucas will go first to Ladnor and train his string, after he is through at North Dakota. St. Ives and Kil's Linda going away from Handler Coutts will be a matter of profound chagrin for the old veteran, for he was wrapped up in these two sterling good ones. However, as matters have turned out, he is two good a true sportsman to allow dis- appointment to camp long on well wishes and en- couragement for the success of his quondom charges in newly opened fields, and this sentiment is echoed, we are sure, by a host of Coast sports- men. The outcome of the two English setters run- ning this season will be keenly followed as one trial after the other comes off. Handler W. B. Coutts is now located at Oak Harbor, Whidby island, near Seattle, Wash. Bob whites and California valley quail are plentiful there but the season this year is late, the crops were late and working the dogs in the stubble fields was consequently, delayed. Coutts is full of cheer and enthusiasm however, and if his charges are not fit and he does not win the Realization Stake it will not be his fault. Charley Coutts is located at La Conner Flats. Wash., near Seattle. He leaves there two weeks before the B. C. trials at Ladnor to give his dogs work on pheasants, which birds are the game birds the Ladnor dogs are run on. The Ladies' Kennel Association of California will have about 130 dogs benched next week at Del Monte for the two day's show. This show, coming as it does in a round of sport- ing events at Del Monte next week, promises to be a society function throughout. The trip to Del Monte is" an enjoyable one and the many sightseeing attractions in and about Mon- terey will no doubt draw a large attendance from this city and many other points. Railroad and hotel rates are liberal for the visitor. The Interstate Association's fourth Western Handicap began this week on Tuesday and was con- cluded Thursday at St. Paul, Minn., under the aus- pices of the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club. The program for the fourth Western Handicap blue rock tournament is the following: The first day of the tournament there will be ten sweepstake events; the second day five sweepstake events and the Preliminary Handicap, open to amateurs only, SO singles and 10 double rises, $7 entrance, dis- tance handicap, with $100 added to the purse. On the third day there will be five 20-target sweepstake events and the "Western Handicap, 100 targets per man. $10 entrance, distance handicap 16 to 23 yards, high guns, $200 added to the purse. The winners of the two handicap events will each receive, in addition to first money, a handsome trophy. Con- testants may shoot for targets only in any or all events. Should the wTeather be unfavorable for tar- get shooting on the day of the Western Handicap, the event will be postponed if the manager deems it necessary. Each contestant at the time of making entry for the Preliminary or Western Handicaps will be required to state his average, in order that the handicap committee can act on as near absolute knowledge of the contestant's ability as it is possi- ble to obtain. There will be two sessions of the handicap committee. The handicaps contestants re- ceive for the Preliminary Handicap will not govern in the Western Handicap. New handicaps will be allotted for the Western Handicap. Ties that are shot off in the handicap events will be at 20 targets per man, and the original distances contestants stand at will govern. The committee which will allot handicaps in the Preliminary and Western Handicaps will be selected from among the shooters who at- tend the tournament. Portland will put on a shoot after Medford, just to show how hospitable the Oregon metropolis shoot- ers are built and to give the circuit followers a short rest. The programs for the Interstate Association's fourth Pacific Coast Handicap are ready for dis- tribution and may be had by addessing Secretary- Manager Elmer E. Shaner, 219 Coltart Square, Pitts- burg, Pa. Monday, August 23, will be practice day, when five events at 20 targets each, $2 entrance, will be shot, sweepstake optional. The first day of the tournament proper, ten events, five at 15, four at 20 and one at 10 double rises, will be shot,* open to amateurs only. On the second day there will be five 15-target events and the Preliminary Handicap, SO singles and 10 doubles, open to amateurs only, professionals shooting for targets only. In the Preliminary Handicap the entrance will be $7 per man, distance handicap, $100 added to the purse and a handsome trophy for the winner. Purse divided high guns, according to number of entries. For the third day the program calls for five 20-tar- get events, $2 entrance to each event, and the Pa- cific Coast Handicap, 100 targets per man, entrance $10, handicaps from 16 to 23 yards, $200 added to trie purse. Entries to this last event must be made at the cashier's office, on the shooting grounds, before 5 o'clock p. m., August 25. Penalty entries in this event will have to pay $15. and must be made before first gun is fired in Event No. 5 on August 26. The winner of this event, in addition to first money, will be presented with a beautiful trophy. The purses in all events except the Preliminary and Pacific Coast Handicaps, w-hich are high gun events, will be divided according to the Rose system at the ratio of S. 5, 3. 2. The handicaps given for the Pre- liminary Handicap will not prevail in the Pacific Coast Handicap, the handicap committee setting new handicaps for this latter event. Ties in the handi- cap events will be shot off at 20 targets per man and the original distances contestants stand will govern. The handicap committee will be selected from shooters on the grounds. This tournament is to be conducted under the Squier money-back system and $550 wTill be divided pro rata among the amateurs who shoot in all regular events (the two handicaps not included) scheduled for the three days of the tournament and fail to win the amount of their entrance money in said events. In no case, however, will more than the total amount of this entrance money (less price of targets) be paid a con- testant. The disputed ownership of the Bull Terrier Breed- ers' Cup was taken in hand by the Pacific Advisory Committee and the holder, J. I. Sparrow, ordered to return the same to the committee. Mr. Sparrow ignored the request, claiming that he was within his rights in retaining the cup and that he had won it in compliance with the original terms laid down by the donor, Dr. Tevis. The committee has suspended Mr. Sparrow for thirty days in conse- quence, with the added penalty of perpetual sus- pension for further non-compliance with the request for return of the cup. Mr. Sparrow will bring an injunction suit against the American Kennel Club to settle his title in the cup and also for damages. As we have heretofore stated, it looks as if Mr. Sparrow has the best of the argument. His three wins, he claims, were in conformity with the orig- inal conditions and furthermore he has possession of the trophy. He proposes to make a strenuous defense of his contention. The Western Boosters' Trap Shooting Association blue rock tournament comes off at Anaconda next week, August ISth, 19th and 20th; $3000 in added money is the incentive for the large attendance that will be on the firing lines. The Montana sportsmen have a deservedly good reputation for hospitality and true sportsmanship. Following the Boosters' shoot Spokane will hold a one-day tourney on the 21st. After the Pacific Coast Handicap the Tacoma shooters will hold a lively powder burning function on the 2Sth inst. Drink Jac'uson's Napa Soda. The Pacific Indians, with Frank C. Riehl in charge of the pipe of peace, will hold a three-day shoot at Medford, September 7th, Sth and 9th. There will be a big crowd on hand and this will be a record shoot for Medford. The reputation of that neck of the web-foot woods is too good for it to be overlooked by any sportsman within reaching dis- tance. At Ingleside, September 17th, 18th and 19th under the auspices of the new Pacific Coast Trapshooters" Association the last big shcot in those grand old grounds will take place, for after October 1st the favorite resort of trap shooters for ten years, will be relegated, in memory, to the list of good things that were one enjoyed. The programs for this shoot will soon be issued. About $1500, it is pro- posed, will be hung up in purses. The Los Angeles trap shooters may possibly offer a program in the interim between Frisco and Tucson, Ariz. That was the original schedule. The Venice grounds are well enough equipped for it. The Arizona State Tournament, under the aus- pices of the Blue Rock Gun Club, will wind up the Coast circuit, for 1909. This shoot takes place Sep- tember 24th to 26th. The Golden Gate Gun Club shoot is the regular card for Ingleside tomorrow. While the scatter gun enthusiasts are making smokeless powder history these days, the glory of it all does not lay entirely with the blue rock smashers. Last Sunday at the Shell Mound range. Oakland, J. E. German's habit of making world's r€ cords with a revolver developed another target centering episode that puts him a notch higher on the tablet of revolver exploits. Shooting in the special match competition of the Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club, Gorman rolled up a total of 957 in 100 shots, beating the world's re- cord, held by E. Pattridge of Boston, by 14 points. In a 50 shot match Gorman recorded totals of 471 and 4S6, the latter mark being six points in excess of the record held by Tom Anderton of New Tork. The scores were made in regular competitions, al- though each shot was not recorded on a clean target. The rules of the United States Revolver Association state that records must be recorded on clean targets, so Gorman's remarkable performances will only be registered as competition scores. Targets are but the bullet's mark and Gorman's the leader for a' that an' a' that. Gorman has already scored 481 twice in non- official shoots. The scores in detail were: Fifty shots at 50 yards: 7 10 10 | 9 10 10 1 8 8 10 10 8 9 1 10 8 10 1 10 10 9 8 10 8 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 [ 10 | 10 [ 10 Fifty shots at 50 yards- 9 I 10 9 | 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 92 — 94 — 95 — 94 — 96 471 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 — 98 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 8 10 — 95 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 — 97 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 — 98 10 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 10 — 98 486 Grand total 957 Hip Justins and Dick Reed are on an Eastern trip and will be gone a month. They will visit the U. M. C. headquarters and the Remington Arms Co.*s establishment before returning to the Coast. Harry Nelson, formerly with Dunham, Carrigan & Hayden, is now on the road for the Phil B. Be- keast Company. He first made Los Angeles, thence to Salt Lake, from where he took in the Montana and Idaho country, then over the border in Alberta and Calgary Provinces, on again to British Columbia, finishing up with Washington and Oregon, getting back here some time nest month. Many of our local shooters, including a big dele- gation of "pros," will take in the P. C. H. at Seattle. A difference of opinion exists as to the probable purchase by the United States government of the Ohio rifle range at Camp Berry. Its purchase is advocated because of its central location and because it is well equipped, has a north light and requires no artificial backstops. On the other hand there is a well-defined expression of opinion that a national range should be established near Washington. The United States Marine Corpe has recently secured 1,000 acres of land at Indian Head, about thirty miles down the Potomac from Washington, which will be utilized by that branch of the service. A number of sites in Virginia, within easy reach of Washington, have been inspected by Army Boards with a view of acquiring sufficient land for maneuver- ing and artillery fire as well as rifle practice. In addition to a fixed rifle range the army is desirous of obtaining sufficient land to permit of rifle practice under service conditions. Eventually a tract of some 12,000 to 15,000 acres may be purchased. In this case it is not likely that the government would care to buy Camp Perry range. Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN I Continued from Page 7.1 cello) 3 3 4 d Elsa Mara, ch. m., by Morris A. (White- head) * 4 3 d Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:14%, 2:11%. Three-year-old pacing division, Futurity stake, purse $1300. Jim Logan, b. c. by Charles Derby (Mont- gomery) 1 1 1 Teddv Bear, b. c. by Del Coronado (Ivey) 2 2 2 Time— 2:15%. 2:16%, 2:13%. Third Day.* Two-year-old pacing division. Breeders' futurity, purse $950. Normona, b. f. by Demonio-Louisa (De Ryder) .4 1 1 Sirius Pointer, b. c. by Star Pointer (Chad- bourne) 1 2 2 Airlie D., b. t. by Demonio (Helman) 2 4 4 Roan Hal, ro. c. bv Athablo (Ward) 3 3 3 Time— 2 -IS, 2:14%, 2:17%. Three-year-old trotting division, Futurity, purse $3000. Zulu Belle, br. f. by Petigru-Johanna Treat (C. Durfee) 1 2 11 Volante, b. c. by Zombro (Maben) 4 16 4 All Style, b. c. by Stam B. (Quinn) 6 5 2 2 Easter, b. c. by Monocrat (Rutherford) . .2 3 3 6 Complete, ch. f. by Palite (Hoy) 3 7 7 3 Virginia Lee, b. f. by Iran Alto (Hogo- boom) 5 4 4 5 Leavinetti, b. i. by Zombro (Montgomery) .7 6 5 dr Time— 2:17%, 2:15%, 2:17%, 2:16%. Trotting, 2:13 class, purse $1000. May T., eh. m. by Monterey (Two- hig) 5 4 1 1 2 2 1 Zombronut, b. s. by Zombro (Ward) 4 3 5 5 1 1 3 Wenja, br. m. by Zolock (Davey) .1 5 4 4 5 5 4 Katalina. b. m. by Tom Smith (Daniels) 2 0 2 2 4 3 2 Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Captain McKinney (Rutherford) 3 0 3 3 3 4 5 Time— 2:17, 2:16%, 2:15%, 2:15/2:14%, 2:18. Fourth Day. Pacing, 2:07 class, purse $1000. Charley D., b. s. by McKinney (De Ryder). 5 111 Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Chadbourne) 1 4 3 2 Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) .6 6 2 3 Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 4 3 4 4 Ray o' Light, b. s. by Searchlight (White- head) 3 5 5 5 Tom Murphy, br. g. by Gossiper (Walton) 7 7 6 6 Delilah, b. m. by Zolock (Bonnell) 2 2 dis. Lady R., b. m. by Colonel K. R. (Sweeney)dis. Time— 2:07%. 2:08%, 2:09%, 2:09%. Pacing, Pacific Slope stake, purse $2000. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney (De Ryder)2 113 1 Siegfried, b. g. by Silver Coin (Ward).. 3 3 2 12 Freely Red. b. m. by Red Medium (Sampsell) 1 4 4 2 3 Cora, b. m. by Del Coronado (Helman)4 2 3 4 4 Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:10, 2:11%, 2:14. Trotting, free-for-all, purse $1000. Wild Bell. br. g. by Wild Nut (Quinn) 1 1 1 Charley T., blk. g. by Zombro (De Ryder)... 2 2 2 John Caldwell, b. g. by Strathway, (Ward). dis. Time— 2:14%, 2:13, 2:14%. o BROKEN DOWN HORSES EXPORTED FROM ENG- LAND. The traffic in decrepit horses between England and the European continent is enormous. Many efforts have been made to stop it but it still goes on. Ac- cording to the latest returns 45,471 horses under the value of $50 each are exported annually to Bel- gium and Holland. The animals are embarked prin- cipally at London, Goole, Newcastle, Hull and Leith. Probably the worst of them at the two latter ports. The traffic is at its height in the winter, when much more meat is consumed on the Continent than in summer. Many of the animals, old, worn-out, and diseased, are not in a fit condition to stand the voy- age, and their transport inevitably involves terrible suffering. It is no unusual thing for them to die while crossing. The horses which go to Holland are for meat only, and they are under rigid police supervision the mo- ment they arrive. They are in much better condi- tion than the animals which reach Antwerp, and the Belgian traffic is a great deal more inhumane than the Dutch. The horses on disembarkation at Ant- werp are led a distance of two miles to the govern- ment stable before they are examined. Even in this short journey stoppages for rest are found neces- sary. The animals in worst condition always lead the procession in order to regulate the pace, and the most pitiful specimens have blankets thrown over them in order to hide their state from the eyes of onlookers. The trade in these horses is an enormous one. After inspection by State veterinaries, the horses are sent to the town slaughter-house, where they are slaughtered within eight days. If any of them are consumptive they are immediately slaughtered at a separate spot. As a rule, the proportion of rejected horses is exceedingly small — one per thousand. This horseflesh, prepared in the form of sausages or otherwise, is much appreciated. A great deal la sent to the Walloon part of the country. A portion of it is also sent back to England. SIRES OF 100 OR MORE. The following stallions are reported by the last Year Book to have sired 100 or more standard per- formers and in addition to the number of such per- formers there is given the number sired by sons and produced by daughters. The date each sire was foaled precedes his name: 1881 — Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%, son of George Wilkes: 101 trotters, 103 pacers. Sons sired 105 trot- ters, 106 pacers. Daughters produced 44 trot- ters, 50 pacers. Total 509. 1875 — Onward 2:25%, son of George Wilkes: 154 trotters, 44 pacers. Sons sired 417 trotters, 383 pacers. Daughters produced 145 trotters, 58 pacers. Total 1,201. 1886— Allerton 2:09%, son of Jay Bird 5060: 147 trotters, 43 pacers. Sons sired 78 trotters, 36 pacers. Daughters produced 23 trotters, 5 pacers. Total 332. 1874— Red Wilkes, 1749, son of George Wilkes: 128 trotters, 49 pacers. Sons sired 434 trotters, 371 pacers. Daughters produced 167 trotters, 70 pacers. Total 1,229. 1870— Nutwood 2:18%, son of Belmont 64: 137 trot- ters, 37 pacers. Sons sired 591 trotters, 531 pacers. Daughters produced 242 trotters, 88 pacers. Total 1,626. 1876— Alcantara 2:23, son of George Wilkes: 118 trotters, 52 pacers. Sons sired 176 trotters, 213 pacers. Daughters produced 75 trotters, 39 pacers. Total 573. 1868— Electioneer 125, son of Hambletonian 10: 158 trotters, 2 pacers. Sons sired 1292 trotters, . 242 pacers. Daughters produced 141 trotters, 24 pacers. Total 1,959. 1882— Baron Wilkes 2:18, son of George Wilkes: 110 trotters, 31 pacers. Sons sired 351 trot- ters, 38 pacers. Daughters produced 82 trot- ters, 32 pacers. Total 744. 1880— Wilton 2:19%, son of George Wilkes: 112 trotters, 24 pacers. Sons sired 64 trotters, 40 pacers. Daughters produced 49 trotters, 6 pacers. Total 295. 1882— Ashland Wilkes 2:17%, son of Red Wilkes 1749: 73 trotters, 60 pacers. Sons sired 47 trotters, 81 pacers. Daughters produced 19 trotters, 19 pacers. Total 299. 1883— Sphinx 2:20%, son of Electioneer 125; 74 trotters, 55 pacers. Sons sired 25 trotters, 27 pacers. Daughters produced 9 trotters, 5 pacers. Total 195. 1879 — Pilot Medium 1597, son of Happy Medium 400: 103 trotters, 24 pacers. Sons sired 75 trotters, 28 pacers.- Daughters produced 49 trotters, 27 pacers. Total 306. 1886— Axtell 2:12, son of William L. 4244: 111 trot- ters, 15 pacers. Sons sired 137 trotters, 27 pacers. Daughters produced 34 trotters, 5 pacers. Total 329. 1879— Simmons 2:28, son of George Wilkes: 103 trotters, 34 pacers. Sons sired 109 trotters, 77 pacers. Daughters produced 45 trotters, 18 pacers. Total 386. 1878— Jay Bird 5060, son of George Wilkes: 111 trotters, 13 pacers. Sons sired 301 trotters, 99 pacers. Daughters produced 65 trotters, 7 pacers. Total 596. 1884— Chimes 5348, son of Electioneer 125: 76 trot- ters, 40 pacers. Sons sired 39 trotters, 59 pacers. Daughters produced 40 trotters, 47 pacers. Total 301. 1882— Norval 2:14%, son of Electioneer 125: 85 trotters, 28 pacers. Sons sired 81 trotters, 58 pacers. Daughters produced 28 trotters, 9 pacers. Total 289. 1882— Elyria 2:25%, son of Mambrino King 1279: 94 trotters, 19 pacers. Sons sired 8 trotters, 3 pacers. Daughters produced 12 trotters, 2 pacers. Total 138. 1871 — Robert McGregor 2:17%, son of Major Edsall 2:29: 98 trotters, 13 pacers. Sons sired 165 trotters, 79 pacers. Daughters produced 137 trotters, 33 pacers. Total 525. 1887— McKinney 2:11%, son of Alcyone 2:27: 86 trotters, 20 pacers. Sons sired 64 trotters, 22 pacers. Daughters produced 3 trotters, 8 pac- ers. Total 203. 1880— Wilkes Boy 2:24%. son of George Wilkes: 79 trotters, 26 pacers. Sons sired 131 trotters, 97 pacers. Daughters produced 42 trotters, 33 pacers. Total 408. 1886— Prodigal 2:16, son of Paneoast 2:21%: 77 trotters, 23 pacers. Sons sired 25 trotters, 2 pacers. Daughters produced 18 trotters, 2 pac- ers. Total 147. COUNTRY JAY. RUSSIANS WANT ZOMBRO. George T. Beckers, owner of the renowned trotting stallion Zombro 2:11, has received a letter from St. Petersburg, Russia, asking for a price on that stal- lion. The Russians, through an agent, have secured several good colts by McKinney 2:11%, sire of Zom- bro 2:11, and while in the country the agents called at Joseph Sen-ill's farm, at Newtown Square, where Zombro is standing, and looked the horse over. Mr. Beckers is reluctant to part with the stallion, who is proving such a sire of phenomenal speed, but has been induced to place a price of fifty thousand dollars on him. The invasion of the light harness horse to foreign countries has already had its effect, as has been shown by a large shipment of trotting bred horses to Russia from various prominent stock farms in this country. — Philadelphia Inquirer. Horsemen unfamiliar with the career of Country Jay during the seven years of his retirement from 1901 to 1909 will hardly believe that the horse that finished in front of Judge Lee. Carroll. Teasell. Peter Balta, Nancy Royce, Mea Heart, Nelcyone and others in the 2:11 trot at the opening of the grand circuit at Detroit is the same horse that Gus Macey cam- paigned down the grand circuit in 1901, winning sec- ond money in the M. and M. and swept everything before him in the free-for-all races, taking a mark at 2:10% at Syracuse, N. Y„ on September 10 of that year. The career of this noted old gelding, now thirteen years old, has been perhaps the most sensational of any horse known to the light harness turf world in the last half century. Following his break down at the close of the season of 1901, when he was a five-year-old, every effort was made by Macey to get him back to the races, but without success. Finally the treatment administered to the horse by com- petent veterinarians under the supervision of Trainer Macey brought the horse around, and three years ago he was purchased by Isaac Eckert, of Reading, Pa., for $10,000. The very first effort on the part of Eckert's trainer, however, to exercise the horse the old ailment came back on him, and Eckert sent the horse back to Ken- tucky and demanded return of the purchase price, which Macey refused to refund on the ground that he had advised Eckert's agent not to buy the animal. Suit was then instituted against Macey by Eckert, and for more than two years Country Jay roamed a field in a bluegrass farm under I be supervision of the Judge of (he Fayette County Circuit Court, apparently homeless. Nothing ever came of the suit, and so far as is known it. is still pending in the local court, but will eventually have to be dismissed as Eckert or bis agent later took charge of the old gelding and he passed into the hands of "Wonder Worker" Smith, and after Smith had worked on him for several months and got him in good condition he was put on the track and raced successfully on the half mile rings and was then put up for sale by auction in Cleveland last fall and pur- chased by Macey, representing George Estabrook, the Denver, Colorado, turfman, for $500. Thus it will be seen that the horse with which Macey won a for- tune in 1901 and which he later sold for a small for- tune after he had ceased to be a factor as a racing proposition, seems again destined to be one of the wonders of the trotting turf in the guiding hands of the astute trainer who guided him to victory after victory eight years ago in one of the most sensational campaigns made by a trotter in years. It is estimated that the victory of Country Jay at Detroit last month netted Trainer Macey and his friends a snug sum in the pool box. A well known local trainer, wTho had kept in close touch with Macey since the shipment of the Estabrook stable from the Denver track three weeks ago, went to Detroit on Sunday night on a telegram from Macey, and just before leaving he gave it out to a few of his friends that he was going for the purpose of buying as many pools as possible on Country Jay. The fact that the old horse sold for $5 in pools of $250, and the fur- ther fact that at least one man journeyed all the way to Detroit from Lexington with a wad of money to bet is an indication that Macey and his followers cleaned up properly on the race. Country Jay was bred at the Elmhurst farm of R. C. Estill in Kentucky, being by Jay Hawker out of Paronella by Parkville, and is, therefore, a half brother to Kentucky Todd, 2:08%, Judge Parker 2:10%, Nella Jay 2:14%, Malise C. 2:17, Lady Ripples, Paronnirst, Margaret, Preston and other good ones. o GREAT BROOD MARE DIES. The Silver Belle, one of the greatest broodmares ever bred in California, and for which her owner Mr. L. H. Todhunter, of Sacramento, recently re- fused $3500, died at Pleasanton on Monday last, where she had been sent to breed to Bon Voyage. The Silver Belle was foaled in 1S92, consequently was 17 years old. She was by Silver Bow 2:16. dam Maud W. W. W. 2:23%, dam of Maud Patchen 2:19%. by Gen. Reno 4764, second dam b> Bidwell's Rattler, a son of Rattler 262. The Silver Belle was (he dam of The Jester 2:19% by Stam B., Hymettus 2:0S% pacing. Zomboyette 2:14% trotting and Sil- ver Hunter 2:21% trotting, by Zombro, and of the two-year-old Sweet Bow 2:17% trotting by Bon Voyage. Every colt that she produced had speed. Her loss will be a heavy one to Mr. Todhunter. as she could have reasonably been expected to live several years and to produce four or five more foals. o A VALUABLE BCOK FREE. The Atlas Cement Co., 30 Broad street. New York City, has issued a revised edition of "Con- crete Construction About the Home and Farm," which will be sent free on application. The book is handsomely illustrated, up-to-date, and contains drawings and instructions for doing all kinds of work about the farm and home where concrete en:. be substituted for wood, brick or cut stone. Write for the book and mention yr.-u saw this notice in the "Breeder and Sportsman," o Drink Jackson's Napa Sod*. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August if, 1909. THE FARM HOW HARDWOODS DECAY. Hardwood trees in the forest are at- tacked by many enemies. The mistletoe, the "witches' broom," and the southern mosses are all parasites that weaken and even destroy the trees. But by far the greater number of diseases of trees are caused by fungus growth. Some fungi destroy the leaves, some rot the roots, and some girdle the bark. Chestnut or- chards have beeu destroyed in many places in the East by a kind of fungus which girdles the bark and kills the tree. Then there are many kinds of fungus which rot the wood of standing trees, with no outward sign until after the value of the tree has been destroyed. The white heart-rot is the most common of these. It attacks the oak, walnut, hickory, beech, maples and many other trees. The heartwood of the tree is changed by the action of the fungus into a light-colored, Hanky sort of substance which has no strength and can no longer be called wood. Such a tree may live for many years, even though badly dis- eased, but it has no value for timber. The outward sign, when it does ap- pear, is a shelf-like growth upon the trunk. It is hoof-shaped, about as thick as wide, and may be anywhere from one to two inches wide to 12 inches or more. The upper sur/ace runs from brown to black, the lower surface from gray to red-brown. Wherever such a tree is found it should be removed at once, for the longer it stands the less it is worth for timber and it will surely spread the disease to other trees. Any sort of wound in a sound tree, snch as a broken limb, gives an opening for the fungus to enter and establish itself, unnoticed un- til the heartwood is destroyed. Wher- ever such a wound can be promptly coated with hot coal-tar creosote, or some other good antiseptic substance, it may be saved from infection. Timbers are also subject to attack from many kinds of fungus. Indeed, fungi are the principal cause of decay in struc- tural timbers. They enter the tim- ber by means of checks and live upon the wood, breaking it up until its strength is gone. Kailroad ties in the roadbed often appear perfectly sound, al- though the whole center has crumbled. After timbers have been cut from the log they should be dried as rapidly and evenly as possible, so as to remove the moisture and prevent checks. Wood should not be placed in contact with the ground until it has been thoroughly dried. Otherwise some fungus will enter and cause rapid decay. Where large timbers are needed, they will be less liable to decay if built up of several pieces; for instance, instead of using a 12 by 12 piece, use four 3 by 12, bolted to- gether. Timbers can be even more ef- fectively preserved against decay by chemical treatment with creosote and other substances. For details concerning the fungi re- ferred to, and many others, see bulletin 149 of the bureau of plant industry, Unified States department of agriculture, entitled "Diseases of Deciduous Forest Trees," recently issued. KILLING DANDELIONS IN LAWNS The iron sulphate spray recommended by Professor Bolley has not in most cases proved permanently effective in killing dandelions in lawns, says, Farm, Stock and Home. The spray kills the tops and may, by continued application keep the roots - o starved that they will event- ually die. This degree of perserverance seems beyond most lawn growers and new- plants are constantly springing up from the roots ami in time the lawn is as badly infested as before. A more sure remedy is sulphuric acid. Two or three drops applied with a drop- per to the crown of the plants will kill top, crown and root. There is no recur- rence of the plants. This treatment is rather laborious if the lawn is badly in- fested, as each plant must be treated separately. As a preventative measure when dandelions first appear in a lawn it will serve to hold them in check. JERSEY AND ITS CATTLE. A booklet "About Jersey Cattle," published by the American Jersey Cafctle club, contains exceedingly interesting in- formation concerning the Jerseys and their native island home. According to the writer, the origin of the Jerseys is unknown, but they have been isolated for such a long time from admixture that the influences of climate, food and care have differentiated them from any other breed. In' the eighteenth century the characteristics of Jersey cattle were pro- nounced, and were generally recognized, especially their adaptability for butter making. The people of Jersey evidently decided, mauy years ago, that they were in possession of a valuable breed of cat- tle, for in 17S9 their legislature passed an act prohibiting the importation of for- eign-bred cattle, imposing a heavy fine in money for any breach of this law, as well as forfeiture of the vessel employed, and providing for a fine on every mem- ber of a ship's crew" who should fail to notify the authorities of any attempt to evade the law. In 1S01 it was consider- ed that a good Jersey cow could produce from 225 to 340 pounds of butter in a year. The island of Jersey is a little bit of land in the English channel near the coast of France. It is eleven miles from east to west, and about seven and one half miles from north to south, being smaller in size than two ordinary Ameri- can townships. About 25,000 acres are under cultivation or used for pasture, and the population is about 50,000. The island of Jersey is divided into small holdings. Very iew farms contain over fifty acres. The common size of farm has from fifteen to twenty acres, but there are many much smaller hold- ings. Most of these farms are the prop- erty of the farmers, which fact renders the farmers of Jersey superior to, and more independent than, the peasantry of most of the rest of Europe. The land is so valuable and so productive that a sort Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAILT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curt, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes aU Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HITMAN KEMEBT for Rhen- niaiUiii. Sprains, Sore Throat, etc., it is invaluable. Every bottle of C»u«tle Balaam sold is Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price SI .50 per bottle. Sold by drupfrists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc Address THE UWaKSCB- WILLIAMS COHPUTT, Cleveland, Oh'' of "garden" cultivation is given, with deep plowing and heavy manuring. The mildness of the climate in winter is phe- nomenal for the latitude. Oranges and lemons ripen in the open air, and flow- ering shrubs may be seen in November. The pastures are green and nutritious the year round. This environment has produced the Jersey cow — an animal small in size compared with some other breeds of cattle, docile, domestic, and highly specialized for the production of rich milk. The Jersey farmer tries to have his cows calve during the first three months of the year. They are housed at night during the winter, being brought in about four o'clock in the afternoon, when they are milked, each receiving about three-quarters of a bushel of roots and some hay. At S o'clock a bundle of straw is given to each. In the morning they are milked and fed about 6 o'clock, again receiving the same allowance of roots and hay, and at nine are turned out to pasture. Farmers endeavor to dry SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. Two McKena Fillies for Sale. A two-year-old and a three-year-old. both out of a high-class Xutwood mare. Both handsome bays with black points, size, style and speed. When grown will stand 155 or 1G hands. Apply S20% 30th St.. Oakland. Cal. FOR SALE CHEAP. 100 Percheron horses for sale cheap, also a yearling stallion by Bon Voyage (3) 2:12% and oat of a full sister to John A. McKerron 2:04?4. Address E. F..KLEIXMEYER. Box 331. R. F. D. No. 4, Los Angeles. FOR SALE. Standard bred filly, three years old. by Ex- change, dam Laura Inca by Inca 557. Black in color, trotter and a good prospect. Will be sold cheap. For price and further particulars address * MRS. L. L. PARKER. R. R. No. 2, Highland. Cal. McKINNEY MARE FOR SALE. Dam by Sidney. Six years -old, 15)4 hands high. Handsome bay. sound, stylish and a great roadster. Fine trotting action, has trotted quarters in 33 sec- onds without training and is a good racing pros- pect. An all around high-class mare. Will be sold cheap. Can be seen at 22nd St. and Potrero Ave. Call or address, JOHN" CURLY, 22nd and Potrero Ave.. San Francisco. FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old. 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Now in foal to Gerald G.. by Zombro, out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood W. ; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. WAKEFIELD, 211S K street, Sacramento, California. Chas. Derby Pacer for Sale. Bay mare, 5 years old. by Chas. Derby- First dam Maggie by Abbottsford Jr.; second dam Maggie Mc by Speculation by Hambletonian 10: third dam by Bell Alto by Williamson's Belmont (thoroughbred). First dam the dam of Sid Abbot, trial in 2:17. This mare was bred by W. L. McDonald of Con- cord,Contra Costa Co., Cal.. and has shown quar- ters in 34 seconds with 6 weeks work on the Santa Rosa track. Is good sized, sound and gentle. For further particulars and price address W. Y. WALKER, Sebastopol, Sonoma Co.. Cal. THREE GOOD ONES FOR SALE. PATROSE 2-A2H. sired by Falrose, dam Patty Washington. He stands 17 hands high, weighs 123-5 pounds, is 9 years old, handsome bay in color. Absolutely sound, kind, afraid of noth- ing and a first-class roadster in every respect. SORREL GELDING. 7 years old. by Chas. Derby, dam Empress. Gentle and safe for any one to drive. Shows plenty of speed, is a good looker, weighs 1100 pounds, stands 15.3 hands high, absolutely sound and a pacer. BLACK GELDING by Bryson. dam Nellie Wilkes. Nine years old, weighs 050 pounds, kind and a good driver and fearless. These horses are all right in every respect and will be sold at a very reasonable tigure. For price and further particulars call or address DR. A. J. RYDBERG. San Rafael. Cal. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 McAllister st., San Francisco. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all casea of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of the FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 297. Home Telephone. Sacramento. Cal. Dixon, Cal. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke, Prop., Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moil & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. MeFall & Co., Portland. Ore. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbj-ville Ky. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof. Acid Proof. Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco Removes Bursal Enlargements, Thickened, Swollen Tissues* Curbs, Filled Tendons, Soreness from any Bruise or Strain, Cures Spavin Lameness, Allays Fain Does not Blister, remove the hair or lay the horse op. $2.00 a bottle, delivered. Book 1 D free. ABSORBING, JB., (mankind.n.00 bottle.) For Synovitis, Strains, Gouty or Rhenmatic Deposits, Varicose Veins, Varico- cele. Hydrocele. Allays pain. Book free. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For Sale bv— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore-; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drag Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokan* Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN their cows about a month or six weeks before calving. Bran mashes are given them about the time of calving, and for a fortnight thereafter, the only time this food is used. The male calves in- tended for veal are fed the milk of their dams for about six weeks. The heifer calves are invariably reared. About two weeks after calving cows are turned out to grass during the daytime, if the weather be fine, the custom being to tether tliem. About every three hours they are moved and tethered in a fresh spot. They are watered in the morning and also at noon, and in warm weather again in the evening. From May to October they are allowed to re- main out at night. During the summer, cows are often milked three times a day, and during the warm weather are brought into the stable for a few hours during the heat of the day. A cow is in her prime at six years of age, and is con- sidered to remain so until ten years old. The Jerseys have long been bred in America, although in the earlier days they were quite commonly called Alder- neys. Mr. Gow says it is known that a cow from the Channel Islands was brought to America in 1S17. The foun- dation stock of American Jerseys, how- ever, were cattle imported in 1S50 by Thomas Motley of Massachusetts; John A. Taintor, John T. Norton, and D. Buck of Connecticut. Many others afterwards imported animals at different times, and importations have been al- most continuous until the present. Jer- sey cattle have been distributed through- out all America, and have become accli- mated to the various conditions of soil, feeding and climate to be found in this country. On this continent Jerseys have become more rugged in appearance, and present records of performance that have never been attempted on their native is- land.— Rural Life. BRITISH AND IRISH WOOLS. Consul Frederick I. Bright of Hud- dersfield, Eng., furnishes the following from the Yorkshire Post, prepared by a well-known wool expert, as illustrating the pains taken by British producers to meet the demands of their foreign cus- tomers and showing American sheep farmers how the English prepare their wool for market :- It is a well-known fact that the Ameri- cans are by far the best customers to ihe English and Irish farmers when their wool is bred and got np in a suitable style. It should be tub-washed with two pounds common soda to one pound soft soap, renewed each twenty sheep. As much as possible of the liquor should be kept from beginning to end, as the grease from the sheep improves the wash. In case of a large quantity of sheup two tubs should be used, lading off the liquor when the sediment is settled. After leaving the tub the sheep should be put through a stream of clear water while wet or rinsed well with hose or watering can and run on grass as much as possible for six to eight days. In housing the sheep for the night bed with green rye, nettles, or bean straw. When clipped, care should be taken in winding, by placing the best wool outside — that is, the breast and shoulders. Wind the fleeces twenty-four to twenty-eight inches long, neatly and securely tieing in the center with twisted wool. Pack in a chamber clear of corn and chaff. Sheet well down. The following breeds are the best for the American markets: Lincolns crossed by Wensleydales for bright wools. The same ewes crossed by Oxfords, Hamp- shire, or Shropshire Downs are the best class of halfbreds. The farmer, by paying attention to the above conditions, will find he will be re- warded by making at least a profit of 100 per cent on his small extra outlay. A common butcher hog as it is known on the market is one that shows consid- erable evidence of having been well fed, and possesses compactness, smootlTness and firmness. Frequently, however, it is not a mature animal and is considerably more deficient in form, quality and con- dition than the prime butcher hog. In different markets and different market reports various terms are used to repre- sent all or part of this class of hogs. Some of the names commonly used are heavy shipping, selected, mediums and butchers, mediums and heavies. A bunch of heavy shipping hogs is por- trayed on this page as taken at the Illinois station. By shipping hogs are meant those that are bought in a regular market and shipped elsewhere to be "^^J^ - Registered Trade Mark ^*-C "^ SPAVIN CURE Two Interesting Letters From One Man. C COO* ' SCKWARTZENBEHQ C. COOK & CO.. Commission Ttltrtbanis and Provision J)taUri. Poultry. Butter. Eggs. Etc. 1-5-5 Woodland Ave. Z-IO Eagle St June 16, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Blnghamton, N. Y.: Gentlemen — I have this day pur- chased a bottle of "Save-the-Horse," contract No. 52,745, which I want to use on Charles S. 2:16Vt. He is so lame that he can hardly walk. It seems to be in the ankle in the front feet, just where I have marked it on enclosed cut. The horse has been fired and blistered there. Any advice in regard to what is wrong- and how to treat it would be highly appreciated, as your "Save-the- Horse" Cure has been highly recom - mended to mtr. Thanking you for an early reply, I am, Respectfully yours, CHAS. COOK. THE RESULT. July 1. 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Einghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: — In your letter you asked us to let you know how Charles S. turned out by using "Save-the-Horse." Ater using it for S days, as per your instructions, you will notice the result by enclosed clipping, where at the Val- ley race track he paced a mile in 2:18, lowering the track record for this year and winning race. I cannot say too much for your "Save- the-Horse" Cure and assure any one that the $5.00 invested for a bottle of your cure is the best investment any horseman can make. Respectfully yours, CHAS. COOK. COPIED FROM THE CLIPPING. It was in the third event that Charley S. electrified the crowd by his glib work. Pitted against Tread well, The Landgrave and Ginger, Charley S. won in straight heats in 2:18 and 2:21, Treadwell and The Landgrave dividing the second place honors, while the speedy Ginger was fourth. Dark Secret won a good race from Bernardo and Supero, the heats being trotted in 2:23 each. Event No. 3 — 2:20 Pace. Charlie S. (Cook) 1 1 Treadwell (Marshall) 2 Z The Landgrave (Schoene) 4 2 Ginger (Wirick) 3 4 Time— 2:18, 2:21. Makes a Tendon Like a Rod of Steel "Save-the-Horse" permanently curei bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpln, splint, shoe boil, wlndpuff, Injured ten- dons, and all lameness, without acar or loss of hair. Horse may work aa usual. Send for copy and booklet. $5 Per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it At Druggists and Dealers or Eipren Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, ninehnmfon, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, 50 Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Col. slaughtered. This term may include hogs of several different classes and grades. Mediums and heavies are hogs of medium and heavy weight and may have reference to hogs in two entirely different classes. Vancouver, B. C, Summer Meeting Inaugural Meeting of the B. C. Thorough- bred Association at MINORU PARK Opening Saturday, August 21st, and clos- ing Saturday, September lstli. Entries close Aug. 7, '09 Eleven stakes with a guaranteeed cash value of from $500 to $1000 each. No less than $15,00 given away daily. For further particulars address, ROBERT F. LEIGHTON, Racing Secy. Box 125 Vancouver. B. C. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there Is none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS, SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of the SKIN It haB no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed It on the market relying wholly on its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This Increase was entirely due to its MER- ITS, and it is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20 th CENTURY. It is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which Injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food and Druara Act, June 30, 1906. Serial Number 1318. Ail Trainers Should Keep It In Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy in next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers in Harness and Turf Goods. If not in stock ask them to write any Jobber for it. • JA8. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited LEG AND BODY WASH Hundreds of men who own a horse or have charge of the finest race horses will have nothing in the stable for a leg and body mous old standby" TUT TLt 9 sLsLIAIlf There is no other such safe insurance against sore, stiff mus- cles. Nothing so surely prevents chills. Keeps the muscles elastic, circulation vigorous. Let us send you proofs. Veter- inary Book Free. 100 pages of just the things you want to know. Handiest of references. Dealers keep Tuttle's Remedies. T.-nlftl. Clitfiss Am* B2 Beverly St., BOSTON, MASS. TUttie 5 tllXIr UO.j Wll1lBA.Shaw.LogAnge1ea.CaHf.Apr. New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. "Life With the Trotter gives U8 a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to incr*M* pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address, Breeder and Sportsman I'. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Pacific Bids'., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the Breeder and Sportsman 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 14, 1909. A RECORD BREAKER The Trap Shooting Tournament at Hickman, Ky., July 12th and 13th, produced a combination of high scores and straight runs, the like of which never were made be- fore in any single shoot; and in this unique achievement the chief actors were users of Peters Shells 351 ex 360 by Frank Foltz of Toledo, 0., winning High Amateur Average. 185 Straight by Frank Foltz 350 ex 360 by Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., winning 2nd Amateur Average. 103 Straight by A. M. Hatcher Two runs of 80 Straight with I lost bird intervening, by C. A. Young. 156 Straight by W. Henderson On the 1st day Messrs. Foltz and Henderson each broke the entire program — 120 Straight 100 Straight by H. D. Freeman A feat never before performed by 2 Amateurs in any one day's shooting. Isn't it very evident that PETERS SHELLS are Absolutely Perfect? New York: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller. Mgr. San Francisco: 60S-612 Hoirard St.. J. S. French, Mgr. Sew Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. JJ^XSeXXXVXXXXXXXSttM k\V\\\\VVVV HOGS THRIVE ON ALFALFA. No community with high-class swine prominent in its husbandry is poor. No community with large areas of al- falfa can afford to neglect swine hus- bandry, for its people possess the ma- terial for economical pork production equaled by no others. Those who know it best are persuaded that alfalfa will grow, with varying degrees of thrift to be sure, in every one of the United States and in Canada. Hence it is not a misstatement to say, speaking gen- erally, that the American farmer with- out alfalfa is so throusn his own fault rather than through any fault of loca- tion, latitude, longituce, altitude, pre- cipitation or temperature. These premises being correct, it would seem almost self-evident that he who would rear swine to the best advantage should have alfalfa, and, conversely, the man with alfalfa fields is provided with a part of an excellent equipment for profitable swine-growing. Either interest which is a stranger to the other should take early opportunity for a mutual acquaintance. As a pasture or soiling crop for sows and young pigs, alfalfa proves a won- derfully helpful ration for milk-mak- ing in the sow and for growth in the pigs. Experiments have shown that pigs make better growtTi when the dam is fed considerable alfalfa than those from sows fed the best of commercial rations but with no alfalfa. Of two sets of pigs, one fed clover, rape and soaked corn, and the other with access to alfalfa in lieu of clover and rape, those having alfalfa, seemed to grow the more rapidly. For brood sows it is a most valuable fouG, either as hay. a soiling crop, or as pasture. The litters of such sows are generally large and vigorous and the dams have a strong flow of nutritious milk. Alfalfa meal in slop may be useu with profit where the hay is not to be obtained. It is also claimed that sows fed on alfalfa during pregnancy will not de vour their young, its mineral elements seeming to satisfy the appetite of the sow. while contributing to the fetal development of the pigs. On a farm of former Governor Hoard, in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, all the brood sows have for several years beon wintered on alfalfa hay of the season's third cutting, and their drink (skim milk from the dairy), without any grain until the last two weeks of gestation. Mr. Hoard says the object is to give the sows a food that will keep them in a non-feverish state and furnish protein sufficient to build the bodies of the forthcoming pigs. A Finney county. Kansas, farmer reports having pastured thirty pigs on one acre of alfalfa from May 1st to September 1st, when they weighed 100 pounds each and were in fine condition for fattening. Another Kansas farmer reports keeping 100 pigs from about the middle of April to September on five acres of alfalfa pasture. A little grain during the last two [months would have gained him many pounds of pork. Many alfalfa raising pig- growers insist that their pigs can be maintained from May to October on alfalfa for one-half what it would cost for almost any other feed. The Utah station found that young shoats gained one-third pound a day on alfalfa pasture without grain. But the station found also that the gain was not so great in older hogs. A Wisconsin dairyman reported that he kept nine sows all winter and spring on alfalfa hay and skim milk, without any grain, and raised from them sev- enty-five pigs, all healthy and vigor- ous. The Colorado station considers that a ration of three-fourths corn and one- fourth alfalfa hay is the best for fat- tening hogs for market, but for young hogs not ready for fattening the pro- portions should be reversed. The sta- tion does not recommend grinding al- falfa hay for hogs, probably on the theory' that the hog's time Is not worth must at best, and he can ao his own grinding. — From CoburrTs"' Swine in America.*' o The Shorthorns have had a number of close rivals in recent years, but it is hard to down the good old breed. At a sale of Shorthorns held recently on the farm of F. W. Harding at Waukesha, Wis., forty-eight head averaged $145. The top cow brought $1,035, and the top bull, a yearling, sold at Si', 500. o Unless cut short in their career a few lice will soon multiply to thous- ands and tens of thousands. Begin a crusade against them at once and once out, keep them out. Remember that the one great enemy to lice is cleanliness. Twelve to fourteen inches square are about the proper dimensions for a box in which to set a hen. A larger box will give the eggs room to scatter and' thus be chilled, while a smaller box may crowd the hen, resulting in broken eggs. NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of ET7GENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co.. a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the pur>-ase of complet- ing the action taken by tne Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25.000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value nf fiftv (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100.000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held nt the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clav Street, in the City and County of Pan Franc'sco. State of California, en Monday, the 18th day of October, 1909. at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th. 1909. Bv order of the Board of Directors. EUGEXE SMITH. President. Attest: I.. S. ADAMS. Secretary. Central California Circuit Of Agricultural Fairs and Race Meetings Sept. 6th to 25, 1909, Inclusive. close Aug. 16, '09 Horses to be named with entry. Bakersfield Sep,en,ber tt!;!;!if!d " Tulare September 13-14-15-16-17 and 18 W. F. INGWERSON, Secretary HrHlfnnl SePtember 20-21-22-23-24 and 25 J. C. MINICH, Secretary Address your entries for each place to the Secretary of that place. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY- SATURDAY. SAME PROGRAMME FOR EACH PLACE. Trotting, 2:14 class District Pace, 2:20 class Pacing, 2:25 class Trotting, 2:10 class Pacing, 2:14 class District Trot, 2:25 class District Trot, 2:35 class Pacing, 2:10 class Trotting, 2:18 class District Pace, 2:30 class Pacing, 2:20 class Trotting, 2:24 class CONDITIONS. $500 250 500 500 250 200 500 500 200 500 500 Entries to close Monday, August 16, 1909, when horses are to be named and eligible to the classes in which they are entered. Stakes will be divided into four moneys: 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. The Association reserves the right to declare two starters a walkover. "When only two start they may contest for the entrance money paid in, divided 66 2-3 per cent to the first and 33 1-3 per cent to the second horse. A horse distancing the field shall be entitled to first and fourth money only and in no other case will a horse be entitled to more than one money. The Association reserves the right to change the hour and day of any race, except when it becomes necessary to antedate a race, in which instance the nom- inators will receive three days" notice by mail to address of entry. The right reserved to reject any or all entries and declafe off or postpone any or all races on account of weather or other sufficient cause. Entries not declared out by 5 o'clock p. m on the day preceding the race shall be required to start and declarations must be in writing and made at the office of the Secretary at the track. Racing colors must be named by 5 o'clock p. m. on the day preceding the race and must be worn upon the track in all races. Colors will be registered in the order in which they are received and when not named or when said colors con- flict, drivers will be required to wear colors designated by the Association. The Association reserves the right to start any heat after the fourth score, regardless of the position of the horses. Hobbles barred in trotting races, but will be permitted in pacing races. All stakes are guaranteed for the amount offered and are for the amount offered only. Member of National Trotting Association. Address all communications to the Secretary. Saturday, August 14, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough. Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Phone Temporary 1883. 5|Q junket St., San Fra(lCiSC0 MANUFACTURERS »I° OUTFITTERS, FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (bmpan' 48-52 GEARY ST. 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O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso, Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 GREATEST OF THREE-YEAR-OLDS. Jim Logan Paces Third Heat of Winning Race in 2:051/2 at Woodland. The greatest speed performance seen on any track where harness racing has been held this year oc- curred at the Woodland. Yolo county, mile track last Wednesday afternoon, the opening day of the Cali- fornia Circuit meeting given by the Woodland Driving Club. In the 2:20 class pace for a purse of ?700, Jim Logan, a three-year-old, starting in a field of aged horses, among whom were Adam G. 2:07 and Freely Red 2:10, won from them as he pleased in straight heats, the first two in 2:09%, and then in a race from wire to wire with Adam G. beat the son of McKinney in 2:05%, the fastest third heat ever paced by a three-year-old. The only three-year-old pacers that have ever paced miles that can be compared with this performance of Jim Logan, are Klatawah and Aerolite, both, like Jim Logan, California bred. Klatawah, when a three-year-old in 1898, started in a race against aged horses at Louisville, Kentucky, September 28th. He won the first heat in 2:05%, was beaten the second by Miss Logan in 2:08%, and was seventh the next two heats, which were both in 2:08. Aerolite 2:11% paced a public trial at the Wood- land track two years ago this month in 2:05%, going to the % in 1:04 and pacing the last two quarters each in 30% seconds. The performances of Klatawah and Aerolite have been considered wonderful, but the pacing of a third heat in 2:05% after winning both previous heats in better than 2:10, is nothing short of a marvelous performance for a three-year-old colt. Jim Logan is a big, strapping colt, level headed and strongly muscled, sound as a new dollar and a nat- ural race horse. He is owned, and has been trained and driven in all his races by J. Elmo Montgomery, a young farmer and horse breeder of Davis, Yolo county, California. Jim Logan is a son of Chas. Derby 2:20, and his dam is Effie Logan, dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03% by Durfee 11256, second dam Ripple, full sister to Creole 2:15, by Prompter. 2305, third dam Grace (dam of Daedalion 2:08%, etc.), by Bucca- neer, fourth dam Mary by Flaxtail 8312, fifth dam by Bright Eyes, a son of the running horse Boanerges. Effie Logan, dam of this great colt, was bred by the late Dr. M. W. Hicks of Sacramento. At a dis- persal sale of Dr. Hicks' horses, Ripple, that was carrying a foal at the time, was sold to Mr. F. H. Burke of this city. In due time she produced a filly, which Mr. Burke named Effie Logan, and afterwards presented her to William G. Layng of this city, for- merly editor of the Breeder and Sportsman. Mr. Layng bred Effie Logan to Diablo 2:09%, getting the fast pacer Sir Albert S. 2:03%, now owned in Massa- chusetts. He afterwards sold Effie Logan to Mr. Mc- Inerney of Honolulu, who used her as a roadster, and when Sir Albert S. took his record, sent her back to California and on Mr. Layng's advice bred her to Charles Derby. The resultant foal was a colt that is now four years old. The mare was bred back to Charles Derby, and Mr. Mclnerney sold the mare and colts to Mr. Montgomery. The oldest colt was named Dan Logan, and on the same day his three-year-old brother took his record of 2:05%, Dan won a mati- nee race in 2:18 over the same track. Both Jim Logan and Dan Logan are large, power- fully built and handsome horses, having the confor- mation of the Prompter and Flaxtail families, more than the Derbys. Jim Logan, if specially prepared for a fast mile, could undoubtedly pace one very close to two minutes. In his record-breaking mile at Wood- land he went to the half in 1:04, paced the third quarter in 30% seconds and the last quarter in 31% seconds. Effie Logan has a yearling and a weanling colt both by Star Pointer 1:59%, and is now in foal to Zolock 2:05%. A peculiar thing about the three pacers that have aaccomplished the feat of pacing a mile in 2:05% is that they are all stallions, and all pretty closely re- lated. Klatawah is a full brother to the sire of Jim Logan, while Aerolite traces on his dam's side to the same family from which Jim Logan's dam comes, the fourth dam of both being by Flaxtail. OLR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, Aug. 17, 1909. There wil' be a meeting tomorrow afternoon of the Los Angeles Driving Club committee and the State Board to try and get the matter of the track at Ag- ricultural Park settled on the lines spoken of in last week's "Breeder and Sportsman," so that work may be started at once. The estimates of the various contractors who have been figuring on the cost of the new track, grand stand, fence and stabling will prob- ably be submitted and then the amount of money necessary to be subscribed will be known and some definite plan may be suggested by which it can be raised. E. J. Delorey has let up on his Zolock colt and is jogging him on the road. The only full mile he has asked him to step was in 2:57. Silver Dick in the same stable is also being driven on the road every day. Frank Wood seems to like Durfee's Mbko colt and is working him miles round 2:27. He is a nice look- ing rangy three-year-old and should learn to go fast. Rancho Del Paso, owned by L. J. Christopher, and being trained by C. T. Hewitt, has been converted to a trotter and is going nice and smooth and seems to like the change, for he makes no mistakes now and acts like a race horse in company. A mile in 2:20 is as fast as he has been asked to step so far. Rancho Del Paso had a trial of 2:11 pacing, but was an un- certain proposition at that way of going. Charlie Nickerson has reversed things with Geo. M. Vail's black mare Esther by Coronado, dam by Wilkie Knox. He has taken off the 16 or 17 ounces she wore in front and has 6 ounce all round, and though she had been a mile in 2:24 trotting, the sec- ond workout with the light shoes she tramped an easy mile in 2:30, all the quarters about alike. Harry Thomas shipped A. B. Miller's string con- sisting of Queer Knight. Zomell and his new pur- chase, Chiquitta, to Walter Maben at Sacramento. The horses left last Thursday evening. They will be cam- paigned on the Washington and Oregon circuit. Be- fore leaving Agricultural Park Thomas let Chiquitta step an eighth in :14% seconds and Zomell a quarter in :31%; so they both have speed enough to entitle them to a trial most anywhere. Chiquitta is a new purchase, Mr. Miller having bought her from C. T. Hewitt a month or so ago. She is by Highland C, and a most attractive looking mare and goes without rigging of any kind and practically no boots. She is only five years old and sound as a new milled dollar. Harry Thomas is going down in the country tomor- row to bring up C. A. Canfield's colts from the farm and begin their education. Three of them are by Walter Barker, Mr. Canfield's stallion, and one by Redlac. Dr. A. C. Humelbaugh, the treasurer of the Los Angeles Driving Club, has decided to sell his trot- ting and pacing stock; reason for selling, automobile. He has a black stud colt that will be a year old on October 20th next that as far as breeding and size and looks go would be hard to duplicate. He weighs now 6S5 pounds and is by Zolock, dam Angie Duryea 2:17% by Patchen Wilkes, the sire of Joe Patchen. second dam Angie D. 2:07. He is just nicely broken but A. E. Heller who has had him in charge has never asked him to step even an eighth. P. W. McStay, the owner of Zomalta 2:0S% by Zom- bro and who shipped her east with Durfee's string, has, I understand, turned her over to James Terry of Elmira, N. Y. The same trainer has the Los An- geles horse Phoenix, alias The Pig. in his stable. A gentleman from San Bernardino told me the other day how the great son of McKinney came to be called Zombro. When he was foaled his owner was liv- ing at San Berdoo, and a great friend of his, Mr. Zombro, was cashier of the bank. When it came to naming the colt as a yearling or two-year-old, Beck- ers cast about for a name that would be a credit to the beauty of his colt and as his friend, the cashier, was an extremely handsome man, he called the horse after him. J. H. Vance has Red McK. back in his stable after his season in the stud, and has begun work on him with the idea of giving him a faster mile than ever before later in the season. The horse looks well. A mile in 2:15 next fall or winter seems more than probable. Joseph H. Williams is working on a couple of nice looking Limonero three-year-olds belonging to cus- tomers and on his own black colt by Audubon Boy. This youngster sure will make a pacer some of these days. He had a setback before he was weaned and for some time he was very sick and weak, but no one would ever know it now, he is as big and hearty as any colt of his age and with lots more speed than most. Notwithstanding the heat, and it has been scorching for the last three days, Wm. Garland was at the track this morning working his good looking Bon Voyage colt, dam She 2:12%. It is certainly a nice looker and sweet gaited. J. H. Torrey has taken his pacing mare and his Todd colt and gone home to Long Beach with them, but will probably return for the matinee season later on. F. A. Coffman told me the other day that he dis- covered that his pacer Direcho Boy, that he matineed last spring, and had a world of speed but was erratic, had been working all along with a big abscess in his groin. No wonder he would not stay on his feet, though at that he paced a mile in 2:12. After being operated on and relieved he picked up a couple of hundred pounds in weight, and next year will surely bear watching. JAMES. o CHICO PROGRAM. Racing will begin at the Chico track on Wednesday next, August 26th. The track is one of the best in California and will be in perfect condition for fast time. The program is as follows: Wednesday. 2:25 Pace — Lettie D., Pilot, Nel Monio, Dixie M., Grace R., Harold B., Elsa Marie. Three-Year-Old Trot— All Style, Ella M. R„ El Vo- lante. 2:16 Trot — Zombronut, Katalina, Clara Maria, Fair- mont, Prince Lot, Stalene, Charlie B., Weatewater, Diablo Mac, Rapidan Dillon, Wenja. Thursday. Three-Year-Old Pace — Alma M., Teddy Bear, De Ryder's filly, Jim Logan, Edgarelia. Friday. 2:20 Trot — Escobado, Neko, Longitude, Laurel Leaf, Lucy M. .Memonia, Myrtle W., Kid Wilkes, Kin- ney Rose, Scotch John, Hattie J., Silver Hunter, Sophia Dillon, Ollie B., Ida Millerton. 2:15 Pace — Albert S., Hickman Girl, Little Dick, Monteeo, Milton Gear, Moortrix. Saturday. 2:20 Pace — Joe McGregor, My Dream, Lettie D., Pilot, Cora, Harold B„ Adam G., Nel Monio, Alto Genoa Jr., Grace R., Freely Red. 2:12 Trot — Katalina, Fairmont, Charlie T„ Moni- crat. May T., Delia Derby, The Statesman. Several matinee races for cups will be given during the meeting. CUPS FOR AMATEUR RACES. The State Board of Agriculture offers three silver cups for amateur races at their fair to be held at Sacramento, 1909, as follows: Monday, Aug. 30th — 2:20 class trotters, owned and driven by members of the Park Amateur Driv- ing Club. Wednesday, September 1st — Free-for-all pace, for horses of members of all California Amateur Driving Associations. Thursday, September 2d — Free-for-all trot for mem- bers of all California Amateur Driving Associations. Conditions. Matinee records not a bar. All races, mile heats, three in five. Horses not winning a heat or making a dead heat in five, ruled out. Hopples not barred (this year) in pacing races. Horses must be owned and driven by members of their respective clubs. Entrance free. Distance waived. Ten ($10.00) dollars must accompany each entry as a guarantee that the entry will start. This money wilt be returned to all starters. The racing on the Grand Circuit this year is not up to the standard of previous years. While there are a few sensational trotters and pacers, the majority seem to be second rate, and there are trotters and pacers racing on the half mile rings that could hold their own with the average Grand Circuit horses of the present season. EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS DESERT ARABIAN STUD announces that one full-blood, registered Arab horse-colt is offered for sale. The attention of saddle- horse breeders and polo players is specially invited. Address, Alma, Santa Clara County, California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. GOOD RACING AT PLEASANTON. Successful Meeting Given at the Famous Winter Training Track. It. is a matter for congratulation that the first har- ness race meeting given at Pleasanton Training Park, since it passed into the ownership of Mr. H. E. Arm- strong, was a success financially as well as from a racing point of view. During the four days of the meeting, the attendance was larger than had been at- tracted to the "horse centre" by previous race meet- ings, and those who were in attendance saw as good racing as the Grand Circuit could furnish, conducted in a manner that reflected nothing but credit on all who in any way took part in the sport. The starting by Mr. J. L. McCarthy, was good, the judging and tim- ing were fair and honest, and the different events were called on time and finished without delay. The new grand stand, 200 feet in length, and seat- ing 1500 persons, came in for much praise. There is not a seat in it that does not furnish an unob- structed view of the entire track to the occupant, and the roof is so constructed as to furnish shade and ventilation that make the stand comfortable in every part. The track was, thanks to the untiring work of Sec- retary Henry Helman and his corps of assistants, in perfect order and the footing was the best the circuit horses had raced over since the season opened. Racing began on Wednesday with the 2:20 class pace for a purse of $700. In this event there were four starters, Adam G., Freely Red, Joe McGregor and The Maid of California, positions being drawn in the above order. This was a straight heat race, Charles De Ryder landing Adam G. at the wire first in every heat very handily and the win proving a most popular one. as Mr. De Ryder is a great favorite in his home town, and Adam G. is owned by one of the most popular horsemen in California, Mr. D. L. Bachant of Fresno. Fred Ward's handsome horse Joe McGregor was second every heat of this race. Freely Red was third, and The Maid of California, short of work, was distanced in the second heat. The second race of the opening day was the 2:15 class trot for a $500 purse. Five trotters scored for the word, drawing positions as follows: Katalina at the pole, Kinney Al, Zombronut, Crylia Jones and May T. in that order. This race went to five heats, ending then according to the conditions of all the races at this meeting. The first two heats were won Dy Katalina, well driven by Lon Daniels of Chico, but Fred Ward got Zombronut to the front in the next two. and it looked as if it were his race, but in the fifth and final heat, after a terrific drive down the stretch, Twohig got May T. to the wire first, but was set back to last position by the judges for running, giving the heat to Crylia Jones, driven by Homer Rutherford. This gave first money to Zom- bronut, second to Katalina and third to Crylia Jones. It was a closely contested race from start to finish, there being but a little over a second differ- ence in the time of the fastest and slowest heats. The last race of the day was for horses repre- senting amateur driving clubs and was for a hand- some silver cup. There were three starters, all trotters. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick represented the Park Amateur Driving Club of San Francisco and drove Mr. Frank H. Burke's Laddie G. Chas. De Ryder and H. Dunlap, representing the Pleasanton Matinee Club, drove Jessie McKinney and Borena D., re- spetively. The first heat was won by Laddie G. in 2:20%, and the second by Borena D. in 2:20. As Mr. Dunlap was very weak from recent illness he then requested the judges to permit Gil Curry to drive his horse, but as Mr. Curry was not a member of the club, the judges refused, and Mr. Dunlap was competed to drive his horse though he was unfit. Mr. Kilpatrick won the third heat and the race with Laddie G. in 2:21. On Thursday all three races were won in straight heats, but the horses raced well and no horse had a walkover. In the 2:10 pace, the three-year-old Jim Logan won handily from a field of aged horses and reduced his Salinas record of 2:13% to 2:11% in the final heat. This son of Chas. Derby and Effie Logan should be able to pace very close to the coast three-year-old pacing record this year. He is a big strong colt, and while he wears the straps, acts as if he would pace well without them. Friday was one of the best days of the meeting, the crowd being large and the racing high class. The program opened with the 2:07 pace. Five of the fastest side-wheelers in California came out for the $500 purse, drawing positions as follows: Solano Boy at the pole, Josephine, Delilah, Charley D. and Ray o' Light. Chas. De Ryder had the mount behind Charley D. and the McKinney stallion soon showed that he outclassed his field in both speed and man- ners. He is about the best acting horse ever raced in California, never fussing or fretting about any- thing, cool as a cucumber at all times, standing like a statue when asked and scoring fast or slow as his driver desires. His speed is as yet an unknown quantity, as there has never been a heat this year that he could not have paced faster if asked to. The mare Delilah repeated her actions at Salinas. This mare has a world of speed, but her breaks are of the stand-still order. She does not wear the hopples.. Ray o' Light, a hard horse to drive, it being dangerous to take him in behind another horse, was the contending horse in the first two heats of the race up to the half mile pole, but in the third Whitehead took the chances of running over somebody and kept Ray o' Light back until the three-quarter pole was reached. The son of Searchlight finished like a runaway horse and was a good second. The 2:20 trot for a purse of $700 was won handily by Henry Helman with Mr. Armstrong's sorrel geld- ing Kid Wilkes in straight heats. In the first heat of this race Prince Lot was second to Kid Wilkes until the head of the stretch was reached, when Det Bigelow brought the McKinney stallion Kinney Rose up with a rush and passed Prince Lot in the stretch. As they neared the wire, Prince Lot, who was short of work, dropped further back and finished sixth. Jack Groom's mare Sophia Dillon was fourth in this heat, but she was a good second in .both the remaining heats and won second money. Mr. Arm- strong and Henry Helman received a round of ap- plause after the race was won and were the recip- ients of many congratulations from those who admire a game owner, a game driver and a game horse. Helman scored his second win of the day with the sorrel pacer Happy Dentist, owned by Dr. D. E. Nash of San Jose, the son of Nutwood Wilkes taking a record of 2:11% in the first heat of the race which he won in straight heats. Happy Dentist is a horse with perfect manners and looks like a very high class pacer. He will not be raced any more this year. Saturday saw the largest crowd of the meeting. There were four races on the card and only one, the cup race, was decided in straight heats. The opening event of the afternoon was the 2:12 trot with six starters, their positions at the first score being Charley T. at the pole, The Statesman, Era. Emily W., Goldennut and Delia Derby. The evening before this race there was considerable wagering done by those who thought the field would beat Goldennut, but Mr. Ford, the horse's owner, took all the bets offered and must have won quite a neat sum on the race. In the first heat Helman took Goldennut to the front in the back stretch and won from there all the way, with The Statesman second, and Charley T third, the time, 2:12 flat, being fast for this track. In the second heat Williams went after Goldennut with Era, as soon as the first turn was rounded, and at the % pole carried Goldennut to a break, and took a lead of two lengths. Helman quickly caught his horse, but was cool headed enough to wait until he had fully settled before trying for the lead again, and when the far turn was reached a race began between the two that lasted until the mare broke in the stretch and Goldennut won with Charley T. second. Goldennut went out in front in the third heat. At the far turn De Ryder, who was making a great drive with Charley T. caught the flying leader, and in a terrific contest down the stretch carried Golden- nut to a break at 150 yards distance pole and won handily in 2:1.3. Charley T. trotted the last eighth of this mile very close to a two-minute gait. Gold- ennut was second and Era third. Delia Derby had been distanced the first heat, and the judges now permitted Era and The Statesman to be drawn. This left Goldennut, Charley T. and Emily W. to start for the fourth heat. This was a rather amusing heat, as it turned out. Goldennut made a break on the back stretch and Charley T. went to the front, maintaining his lead into the homestretch. Fred Ward had got Emily W. to going steadily and she came into the stretch with one of those rushes for which she is famous. At the % pole she had Charley T. beaten and was going so fast that De Ryder, thinking he had Golden- nut beaten, but no show to beat Emily W. allowed Charley T. to shorten his stride. Emily W. went to one of her wild breaks just after passing the % pole however, and when De Ryder called again on Charley T. the latter broke and Helman beat them both to the wire with Goldennut, winning the race and first money amid a roar of cheers. Charley T. got second money, and Emily W. third. The 2:30 trot was an easy race for Rapidan Dil- lon after the first heat had been won by Scotch John in 2:16. De Ryder was suffering with a very severe attack of lumbago, and could not stand or sit in an erect position. He displayed wonderful game- ness in driving his horses during the week, but as he had never driven Rapidan Dillon but once before, after losing the first heat with her and finding her very fussy, he asked Walter Maben, who broke and trained this mare, to drive after the first heat, saying "I think ycu understand her better than I do, Wal- ter." She acted nicely for Maben and he took the next three heats with her very handily. Her owner, Mr. J. H. Bohon was present and the victory of the Sidney Dillon mare made him the recipient of many congratulations. The 2:12 pace brought out a field of four pacers, Lady R., McFadyen, Cora and Queen Derby, and they drew positions as named. It was thought that the race would he between McFadyen and Queen Derby, as Cora was not considered to be up to a race after her lameness during the previous month, her Salinas race where she was fourth to Adam G. being the guide to this opinion. Fred Chadbourne took Mc- Fadyen out in the first heat for a fast mile and landed him at the wire in front of Cora in 2:11%, but after that Cora had it all her own way and won as she pleased, getting a record of 2:11% in the second heat. McFadyen was drawn after the second heat, and Queen Derby was entirely out of condi- tion, Cora taking the last heat in the slow time of 2:17% with Lady R. second. The last race of the meeting was a cup race for members of the San Francisco Driving Club. H. G. Smith, a member of the club who resides in Con- cord, won the cup very handily with the Demonio pacer Denirvo, both heats in 2:11%. Denirvo is out of Minerva, the dam of Solano Boy 2:07%, by Guy Wilkes, and is certainly a 2:05 pacer with reason- able luck. This ended one of the best conducted and most enjoyable meetings ever held in California. During the meeting the following gentlemen were in the judge's stand: F. .1. Kilpatrick, Frank H. Burke, C. A. Durfee, Geo. W. Ford, John A. McKerron, R. 1. Orr, W. G. Layng and Charles James. Timers dur- ing the meeting were Gil Curry, John Green, George Perry and J. O. Gerrity. Summaries: First Day. Pacing, 2:20 class, $700. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney-Nona Y. (De Ryder)- 1 1 1 Joe McGregor, b. s. by Fergus McGregor (Ward) 2 2 2 Freely Red, b. m. by Red Medium (J. Samp- sell) 3 3 3 The Maid of California, bl. m. by Bonnie Di- rect (Quinn) 4 dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:10y2, 2:11%. Trotting, 2:15 class, $500. Zombronut, b. s. by Zombro-Mont Rose (Ward) 2 2 1 1 2 Katalina, b. m. by Tom Smith (Daniels) 1 12 3 3 Crylia Jones, bl. g. by Capt. McKinney (Rutherford) 3 3 3 4 1 May T., ch. m. by Monterey (Twohig) . .5 4 4 2 5 Kinney Al., b. s. by McKinney (Rowley) 4 5 5 5 4 Time— 2:15y2, 2:14%, 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:15%.. Trotting, 2:40 class, Driving Club cup race. Laddie G., b. g. by Zombro-Linnet (F. J. Fitzpatrick) 1 3 1 Borena D., b. m. by Bonnie Direct (H. Dunlap) 3 1 3 Jessie McKinney, br. m. by McKinney (C. De Ryder) 2 2 2 Time— 2:20%, 2:20, 2:21. Second Day. Pacing, 2:15 class, $500. Moortrix, b. c. by Azmoor-Trix (Chadbourne) .1 1 1 Milton Gear, ch. s. by Harry Gear (Cuicello).2 2 2 Elsie Marie, ch. m. by Morris A. (Whitehead) .3 4 3 Dawn o' Light, b. m. by Searchlight (Smith). 4 3 4 Time— 2:14=4, 2:14%, 2:10%. Trotting, special, $400. Ida Millerton, bl. m. by Millerton (Maben) . .1 1 1 Silver Hunter, b. s. by Zombro (Quinn) 2 3 2 Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cuicello)3 2 3 Easter, b. c. by Monicrat (Rutherford) 4 4 4 Time— 2:19%, 2:16%, 2:18%. Pacing, special, $400. Jim Logan, b. c. by Chas. Derby (Montgomery)! 1 1 Demonio Wilkes, b. s by Demonio (Helman). 3 2 2 Tom Murphy, br. g. by Gossiper (Walton) 2 4 3 Geo. Woodard, b. g. (Daniels) 4 3 4 Time— 2:17%. 2:11%, 2:11%. Third Day. Pacing, 2:07 class, $500. Charlie D., b. s. by McKinney-Flewy-Flewy (De Ryder) 1 1 I Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) 3 2 3 Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Chadbourne) 2 4 5 Ray o' Light, br. s. by Searchlight (White- head) 4 5 2 Delilah, b. m. by Zolock IBonnell) 5 3 4 Time— 2:07%. 2:0S%, 2:09. Trotting, 2:20 class, $700. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes, dam by Balboa (Helman) 1 1 1 Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom)4 2 2 Kinney Rose, b. s. by McKinney (Bigelow).. 2 6 7 Escobado, b. s. by Escobar (Ward) 3 4 3 Laurel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B. (Walton) ... .5 3 4 Prince Lot, br. g. by Prince Ansei (Spencer) . .6 5 6 Ollie B. ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Chad- bourne) 7 7 5 Laddie G., br. g. by Zombro (Kilpatrick) ... .dis. Time— 2:12%. 2:11%, 2:13%. Pacing. 2:25 class, $500. Happy Dentist, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes, Azrose (Helman) 1 1 1 Tom, b. g. by Moses S. (Best) 2 2 2 Grace R., b. m. by Demonio (Chadbourne) ... .3 3 3 Alto Genoa Jr., blk s. by Alto Genoa (Pei- rano) .. . . . 4 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:12%. Fourth Day. Trotting, 2:12 class, $500. Goldennut, ch. s. by Neernut-Florence Covey (Helman) 1 1 2 1 Charlie T, blk. g. by Zombro (De Ryder) ..3 2 12 Emily W., b. m. by James Madison (Ward)4 4 4 3 The Statesman, b. s. by James Madison (Ivey) .__. 2 5 5 dr Era. b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 5 3 3 dr Delia Derby, blk. m. by Chas Derby (White- head) dis Time— 2:12, 2:12%, 2:13, 2:15. Trotting, 2:30 class, $500. Rapidan Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Maben) 3 1 1 1 Scotch John, ch. g. by Tomonco (Daniels) . .1 2 2 2 Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Cui- Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN cello) 2 3 3 dis Borena D., b. g. by Bonnie Direct (Dunlap).dis Time— 2:16, 2:14, 2:14%, 2:17. Cora, b. m. by Del Coronado-by Dexter- wood (Helman) 2 1 1 1 Lady R., b. m. by Col. K. R. (Sweeny) . .4 4 2 2 Queen Derby, b. m. by Chas. Derby (Cui- cello) 3 2 3 3 McFadyen, ch. s. by Diablo (Chadbourne)l 3 dr. Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:15%.. 2:17%. Pacing, San Francisco Driving Club silver cup. Denirvo, b. g- by Demonio-Minerva by Guy Wilkes (Smith 1 1 Demonio Wilkes, b. s. by Demonio (Helman) ... .2 2 Little Dick, ch. g. by Dictatus (Verhilac) 3 4 Derail, b. g. by Chas. Derbv (Schwartz) 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:11%. TROTTERS AND PACERS AT TULARE. LAST TWO DAYS AT CLEVELAND. Time Records During Meeting. To beat 2:30% trotting. Enchantress, b. m. by Bonnie Direct (De Ryder). won Time— 2:29%. To beat 2:25% pacing. Silver Bell, br. m. by William Harold, dam by Steinway (Abies) won Time— 2:20%. To beat 2:30% trotting. Cruzados. br. s. by McKinney, dam by Stamboul (Helman) won Time — 2:29%. o SAN JOSE'S NEW DRIVING PARK. Ray Mead has a large force of teams at work grad- ing the new mile track he is building at San Jose. It is his intention to get the track in first class condition and hold a "grand opening" meeting this fall, probably in October. It has been suggested that the proposed meeting- be held on Admission day, while there is a great crowd in the Garden City, but thirty days' more time will insure a better track than it will be possible to have on September 9th, as well as more complete readiness in regard to stalls and other matters, and also a probability that there will be more horses available to participate. It is the general opinion of all experienced in such matters who have visited (he track now in process of construction that everything is favorable for the making of a first class training track for both sum- mer and winter. The soil is a sediment that seems to be of a rare quality for a race track, absolutely free from alkali, also from grit, gravel and rocks. A man may hunt the entire place over in vain to find a pebble, big or small. He may also walk all over the grounds immediately after a hard rain and come away with his shoes clean and free from mud. The natural supposition would be that such soil would require a lot of water in the dry season to keep the track good, but this will not be the case, as it absorbs very little water at any time. It has been thoroughly tested in that respect this summer. A post hole filled with water will lose only two or three inches of it in a week. Mr. Mead turned some water on the first turn of the track from the well, thinking he could facilitate the grading by wetting the ground. As it was an experiment he only wet about 100 feet of the track. One week later the water was still standing where he supposed it would be all gone in one day. To have a first class winter track perfect drainage is the one great essential. It will not be necessary to wait till the surface is en- tirely dry before horses may be jogged on this track as the soil will not stick and ball up on the horses feet and on the cart wheels as it used to do on the old San Jose race track. Often in the summer time at the old track it would be 9 or 10 o'cock in the morning before horses could be worked when the track had been sprinkled the night before. This is a great drawback to a trainer who has a number of horses to train. Mr. Mead has sunk a well that will tarnish an un- limited supply of pure soft water that is almost ice cold as it comes from the ground. The new stalls so far erected are large and commodious, 12x14, well lighted and ventilated, with a 12-foot shed in front and ingeniously contrived sliding doors that work inside the stalls and are a great improvement over the old plan of doors that swing on hinges, as these, when open, are out of the way and when closed are secure and the horse safe inside with no chance of getting the door open and going visiting, which often happens with the old style swinging doors. Those anticipating locating at the new track will be pleased to know that all stalls will be built to face the east or southeast, thereby getting the morning sun when so welcome on winter mornings, assuring plenty of shade in midday and afternoons of hot sum- mer days and protection from northerly winds which is a most desirable feature. Admission Day is to be observed by an afternoon of racing at the Newman track. There will be three harness races and a race for runners. The prin- cipal event will be the 2:10 pace and trot for a purse of $300, of which $200 to first and $100 to second. This race will be mile heats, best three in five. The 2:20 class will be half mile heats, three in five for a purse of $150, with $100 to first and $50 to second. The other harness event will be a buggy horse race for amateurs Entries close Sep- tember 1st. While horses of early promise are away doing bat- tle at the races we are trying here at Tulare to get a few ready to join the fray later on. For the first time in many years the track, now under the able management of Mr. O. M. Lipson, has been kept in as good condition as any track in the State, receiving no less than twenty tanks of water and being worked daily. Some very good prospects are taking their first lessons here, Mr. Lipson being ably assisted by the veteran Johnny Donahue. They have some fourteen head in charge, the most notable of which are the good green trotter Woodlock by Zolock, a promising mare by Sidney Boy, a pacing gelding by Milton Gear, and a two-year-old colt by Nutwood Wilkes, out of a McKinney mare, the latter the property of McLeese Bros, of Lindsay, California. This colt was purchased at the closing out sale of the late Martin Carter's stock. I want to place my- self on record as proclaiming this fellow the star pur- chase of the entire sale, and he was literally bagged from the eagle eye of the wise ones by the unpre- tentious and inexperienced young man who has the good sense to give the colt every chance. This colt shows right now that he is a born trotter of fault- less gait and great speed, and what is still better he is owned by men who will not hide his light under a bushel or sit down waiting for lighting to strike. Mr. Abe Reynolds and myself constitute the bal- ance of the trainers located here. Mr. Reynolds has Stoneway Jr., a three-year-old pacer, the two- year-old Centre Eye by Stoneway, winner of the match race at Fresno against the Star Pointer colt of Mr. Moshier's, and a very promising green trotting inare by McKinley. All are doing nicely under his care, particularly the two-year-old. Fresnoites would be surprised at the transformation of this colt under his tutelage. I have four head in hand, all of which I shall race through the Central California circuit, and two of them at El Paso, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona. 1 am working Irma Direct 2:24%, now a four-year- old trotter, that looks good enough for a try with the big ones on the Great Western Circuit by No- vember. With two months' work at Tulare she worked a mile in 2:15%. She is a long gaited, low striding trotter, inclined to scalp some, and while she had only done a quarter in 31% seconds, I concluded to try a pair of 9 ounce, four calked shoes on her, which transformed her gait to the right fold forward, making her one of the most beautifully gaited trot- ters I ever saw, and went right out and worked the stretch in 30 seconds at the first asking. This is the filly that landed the six-heat race at Tulare last year that created such bad feeling. I believed in her greatness then and had no thought of belittling her competitors then and surely less need for it now. She is entered at El Paso, and in the $5000 copper stake at Phoenix. The other one to go over with her for a try is the old mare My Way 2:15%. She has been out of train- ing for three years and was put to work the first of June. She has worked a mile in 2:13, an eighth in 14 seconds without hopples or a boot on her body. 1 don't know if she will do or not but will find out. Perhaps the biggest surprise of my life was in Royal Envoy, an eight-year-old stallion recently brought from Michigan to Tulare. He is by Red Royal, a full brother to Gaiety Girl 2:15%, dam of the great . colt trotter Gay Bingen, by Red Wilkes. Royal Envoy's dam is an extreme speed producing daughter of Masterlode, he by Hambletonian 10. With just three weeks' work Royal Envoy trotted a full mile in 2:26, with the last quarter in 34 seconds, and an eighth in 15% seconds. He is a rugged, stout one, one of the Red Wilkes type, and has the speed of a cannon ball. Every preparation is being made for one of the best exhibits at our fair this fall that was ever made in California, and it is reasonably sure to draw the biggest attendance. JAKE BROLLIAR. NEW TEAM PACING RECORD. A mile in 2:02%, nearly three seconds under the former world's record, was made by the full sister and brother, Lady Maud C. and Hedgewood Boy to pole at Grand Rapids on Friday, the 13th of this month. .This is a wonderful performance and establishes a record that will not be lowered for some time unless Dan Patch and Minor Heir should be sent to break it. The time by quarters was 31, 31, 30% and 30%, a remarkably rated mile for a pole team to make. The previous reccrd was 2:05% made by Direct Hal and Prince Direct at Memphis in October 1902. Hedgewood Boy's record is 2:02% and that of Lady Maud C. is 2:04%. They are seven and nine years old respectively, and were bred by John Crab- tree of Hillsboro, Illinois. They were sired by Chit- wood 5215 (son of Nutwood and a mare by George Wilkes), their dam is Noretta by Norris 17569 (a Palo bred stallion by Ansel out of Norma, the dam of Norval 2:14% by Norman), and their second dam is the famous brood mare Maggie Yeager, the dam of Walnut Hall 2:08%. by Red Wilkes. Cleveland, O., August 12.— The third day of the Grand Circuit race meeting had the Fasig stake for 2:10 class trotters as the feature. The scratches re- duced the field, to four, but a brilliant and fast race resulted. Marie N., driven by Geers, was the fa- vorite, and trotted a game race, but was defeated in straight heats by the stallion Jack McKerron. In the first two heats Jack came from behind and out- finished Marie N. in game fashion, but in the third he kept the track all the way, and won with a lot to spare. The last quarter of the second heat was trotted in :30%. The winner was splendidly driven by Bert Shank. Vito won the three-year-old trot in clever style by virtue of his speed, manners and the fine reins- manship of eighteen-year-old Jimmy Benyon. Sum- maries: 2:19 trot, purse $950. Vito, b. c. by Prodigal (Benyon) 1 1 Harry Devereaux, gr. g. (Geers) 2 5 James A., b. g. (McDonald) 7 2 Border Guard, b. c. (Cox) 3 3 Winifred A., br. f. (Dickerson) 5 4 Sister Frances, blk. f. (Andrews) 4 6 Mac Minne also started. Time— 2:14%, 2:12%. 2:19 trot, purse $1500. Jack McKerron, b. s. by John A. McKerron (Shank) 1 1 1 Marie N., b. m. (Geers) 2 ,2 2 Idlewise, b. g. (Patterson) 3 3 3 Henry Setzer. b. s. (La Selle) 4 4 4 Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:16 pace, purse $1000. Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank (Geers) 1 1 1 W. D. S., ch. g. (Saunders) 2 2 2 Complex, b. s. (Commons) 3 3 4 Sidney R., b. g. (McGarvinl 4 4 3 Lady Patchen, b. m. (Walker) 5 5 dr Time— 2:08%, 2:06%, 2:09%. 2:07 pace, purse $700. Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (Murphy) . .1 1 Arthur J., b. g. (Geers) 2 2 Earl Jr., gr. g. (Cox) 3 3 Time— 2:07, 2:11%. 2:21 trot, purse $1200. Dr. Jack, b. g. by Shea Alcyone (Murphy) 1 "1 Miss Baritone, b. m. (McDevitt) 3 2 My Gift, blk. m. (Saunders) 4 3 Silver Baron, br. s. (Carroll and Geers) 5 4 Black Bel, blk. m. (Burgess) 2 dis Time— 2:14%, 2:13. Cleveland, O., August 13. — Country Jay, with Romey Macey in the saddle, today reduced the world's trotting record (under saddle) by three and a quar- ter seconds. Country Jay negotiated a full mile in 2:10%. The former record was held by Charley Mac, which on the occasion had C. K. G. Billings, the Chicago magnate, in the saddle. Star Patchen, the whitefaced son of old Joe Patchen, won the 2:17 pacing stake, which was the feature event of the final day's racing. He was a strong favorite in the pools as he has lost but one race this season, and that was to George Gano. Although "Patch" won, it was only after a hot ride. , The California horse San Francisco trotted a mile in 2:04%, in an effort to beat the stallion record. He went a sensational last half in 1:00%, a 2:01% gait. Summaries : 2:17 trotting, purse $1000. Telemachus, b. s. by Onward Silver (Mc- Donald) 1 1 1 Hilda M., ch. m. (Burch) 2 2 3 Almaden, br. s. (Durfee) 4 5 2 Estelle Boy, b. g. (Lasell) 3 3 4 Ethey Mc. and Naoma also started. Time— 2:11%, 2:12%, 2:11%. 2:17 pacing, purse $1500. Star Patchen, blk. s. by Joe Patchen (Snow) . .1 1 1 The Bosun, b. g. (Cox) 3 2 3 Annabelle Lee, br. m. (Geers) 2 3 4 King Cole, b. h. (Dodge) 5 4 2 Onfield, Argothal, Fred Pitcher and Hazel West also started. Time— 2:04%, 2:06%, 2:07%. 2:09 trot, purse $1200. The Harvester, br. s. by Walnut Hall (Geers).. 1 1 El Victress, b. m. (Rosemire) . . . . 2 2 Carlokin, br. s. (Durfee) 3 3 Genteel H„ br. s. (Snow) 4 5 Beatrice Bellini, Miss Abdell and Zomalta also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:06%. Free-for-all pace, purse $1250 Aileen Wilson, blk. m. by Arrowood (Cox) 3 1 1 Citation, b. m. (McMahon) 1 2 3 Reproachless. blk. m. 1 Shank) 2 3 2 Baron Grattan and Dan S. also started. Time— 2:05%. 2:03%, 2:09%. Special exhibition events — Country Jay (Macey) to heat the world's trotting record of 2:13%, under saddle. Time by quarters — :32%, 1:04, 1:35, 2:04%. San Francisco (Geers) to beat the trotting stal- lino record of 2:02%. Time by quarters— : 32% 1:04. 1:35, 2:04%. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Queen Pomona 2:07% is now used as a road mare in Utah, and is starting in the matinees at Salt Lake. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS 1 Phoenix (The Pig) has finally taken a record. It is 2:19%. The anti-betting law has not killed harness racing by a good deal. Nancy Hanks 2:04 was bred this season to Brigh- ton, the brother to Siliko 2:11%. Good racing and large crowds have been the rule ever since the circuit opened at Salinas. With good county fairs as an adjunct, harness racing will have a regular boom in California. The Eel's time for two winning heats at Kalamazoo were 2:03 and 2:02%, mighty close to a world's record. A Fresno paper reports that the stallion Stani- boulet 2:10% was recently mortgaged in that county for a loan of $2800. A. E. Heller, has removed his string of horses from Los Angeles to Santa Ana. He states that the Santa Ana track is in good shape to work horses on. Three new 2:10 trotters have appeared in Califor- nia this year — Kid Wilkes 2:10 by Stanton Wilkes 2:10%, Emily W. 2:10 by James Madison 2:17%, and Era 2:10 by Zombro 2:11. Kid Wilkes' lame leg is getting better all the time. If no accident happens him it will take a fast trotter to take first money in the $5000 stake at Salem away from him. Henry Helman made a good showing at the Pleas- anton meeting, winning four firsts, two seconds and one fourth out of seven starts. The money won by the horses he drove footed up $1025. The prices for Derby Day at Readville on Tues- day, August 31st, this year, will be as follows: Club House enclosure, $5; boxes, seating four, $30; re- served seats in grand stand, $2. Barney Simpson, who has been at Fair Grounds, Oregon, this summer with his stallion Arner 2:17%, own brother to Diablo 2:09%, Demonio 2:11%, etc., has finished the season and shipped back to his home at Chico. Mr. F. J. KJlpatrick has purchased from Mr. F. J. Yandle of Santa Rosa, the pacing gelding Tom Mur- phy 2:09% by Gossiper, and will use him in the matinees, starting him for the first time in the Park Amateur Driving Club races this afternoon. H. D. Chase, the well known Third street merchant of this city, has a brand new red McMurray cart that he purchased this week from W. J. Kenney, the State agent for the McMurray vehicles. Mr. Chase will drive his fast roadster to this cart. The Pleasanton meeting was a success in every way, financially and otherwise. While the profit was very small, still the balance was on the right side of the ledger, which is a matter of much satis- faction to Mr. Armstrong, Secretary Helman and all their friends. Zombro got his second 2:10 performer of the year in the very handsome mare Era owned by William Morgan of Pasadena. She won the first and third heats of her race at Woodland on Wednesday in 2:10 flat. Katalina, another grand daughter of McKinney was second to her both times. H. Busing, of Pleasanton, has consigned several good two-year-olds to Chase & Co.'s fall sale, Sep- tember 20th. They are by Mr. Busing's grand young stallion Bonny McKinney and out of well bred mares. They are all broke and gentle. Here is a chance to get something good at your own price. If you want to sell your horses correspond with Fred H. Chase & Co. in regard to their fall sale to be held in this city September 20th. There are consignments already from five different parties, and as only 50 head are wanted for this sale, better get in early and secure a good place in the catalogue. Sonoma Girl 2:05% stepped a very fast mile at Galesburg. Illinois, on Friday of last week. She attempted to trot a mile better than 2:03%, and while she failed to lower that mark, her mile was in 2:04%. Dick McMahon says she is in great shape just now and he is ready to start her in a race with Hamburg Belle or any other trotter. During the Pleasanton meeting, the well known live stock auctioneer, William Higginbottom, sold his fast roadster pacer, 'T. D. W. by Nutwood Wilkes, to Dan Lieginger of Stockton. The price at which the horse changed hards was $400. His new owner worked T. D. K. some as a colt and believes he can drive him fast enough to win more than one mati-ee race on the Stockton track. Mr. C. R. Windeler, former proprietor of the Concord track, writes us that his horse Welcome Wilkes that was so badly burned in the fire that destroyed the stalls at that track, is getting on all right, but he is afraid there will be a scar on his back where the hair will not grow. Tuesday, August 31st, is the date set for the $35,000 trotting handicap at Readville, and the $15,000 pacing handicap is down for decision the following day. The greatest crowds ever seen at the Readville track are expected on these days. Sir John S. 2:04%, paced an exhibition mile at the matinee of the Yuba and Sutter Driving Club, held at Marysville, August 8th, in 2:05. It is reported that this grand stallion paced the last quarter of this mile in 28 seconds, which is as fast if not faster than any last quarter ever paced in a public exhibition mile. A careless groom put a blister on Zulu Belle's leg at Pleasanton instead of a leg wash, and the winner of the Breeders' Futurity at Salinas the previous week, was not given any work during the Pleasanton meeting. Mr. Durfee will remain at the Pleasanton track with her until the California State Fair opens. If Jim Logan keeps reducing his record as he has since he started at Salinas he will be in the 2:00 class before the season is over. He has won three races now in three weeks, all in straight heats as follows: First race, 2:15%, 2:16%, 2:13%; second race, 2:17%, 2:11%, 2:11%; third race, 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:05%, and is now the world's champion three-year-old. We received a pleasant call this week from Mr. E. A. Rhoten, field editor of the Pacific Homestead. a weekly farm paper published at Salem, Oregon. Mr. Rhoten will take in some of the California fairs this summer and return home in time to report the Oregon State Fair for his journal. Mr. C. L. Claflin of Bakersfield has purchased from C. A. Walker of Concord a mare by Chas. Derby, dam by Abbotsford Jr. 2:27, second dam by Specu- lation and third dam by Eell Alta. This mare is to be used by Mr. Claflin as a road mare, and has qnite a turn of speed. She is bred well enough for a high class brood mare. Jake Brolliar, who has a very newsy and interest- ing letter from Tulare in another column, has sent us word later that his mare My Way worked the last eighth of a mile against a strong wind in 13% sec- onds and stepped the last quarter in the following heat in 29% seconds. She wore no hopples, and no boots, only the harness, a pair of brace bandages and her shoes. The three-year-olds that start today at Woodland will furnish a great race and fast time may be ex- pected. The Zombro colt El Volante, owned by Mr. C. A. Canfield of Los Angeles, will probably be the favorite. Mr. Durfee's filly Zulu Belle, was not en- tered in this race, and her only remaining start of the season will be in the Occident Stake at Sacramento, Monday, August 30th. The trotter Baron May 2:11% is said to have trotted an eighth in 13% seconds on two different occasions during the first week of this month at the Readville track, where he is in training. He is by Baron Wilkes, dam the Palo Alto bred mare Nelly May by Electioneer, second dam the prolific speed producer Lady Ellen by Carr's Mambrino. When the last payments were made on three-year- olds entered in the Stanford Stake to be decided on the last day of the California State Fair this year, the following were paid up on: Thos. H. Brent's Vineomar, Carter Bros.' Ella M. R., Geo. Fox's Frank D. Nicoll, S. H. Hoy's Complete, Dana Perkins' All Style, Thos. Smith's Vallejo King, L. H. Todhunter's Levinetti, S. B. Wright's Easter, and J. W. Zibbell's Eddie G. Era 2:10, the new 2:10 performer owned by William Morgan, of Pasadena, is without question one of the handsomest trotters ever seen on a California track. She is by Zombro 2:11, dam Nelly K., the dam of Una K. 2:14%, by Gen. Grant Jr. Era has shown marvelous flights of speed in her races and in her work, and quarters in 30 seconds seem to be easy for her at times. Her race at Woodland last Wednes- day, when she took her record, was easy for her. El Volante, the name of Mr. C. A. Canfield's grand three-year-old by Zombro, is Spanish for The Flyer and is appropriate as well as a euphoneous name. El Volante 2:15% is one of the most royally bred young trotters in America. His dam is Mamie Elizabeth 2:20, dam of Amo K. 2:22%, by Red Regent 14241 (a royally bred grandson of Mambrino King), second dam Miss Chimes, dam of 3, by Chimes, third dam Ruffles, dam of King Charles 2:0S%, by Almont Jr., sire of the dams of six in 2:10, fourth dam Gerster by Hero of Thorndale, fifth dam Mary, dam of three standard trotters, two sires and one dam, by Wood- ford Mambrino, sire dam of Kremlin 2:07%, sixth dam Belle by Norman 25, seventh dam Vic, dam of two standard trotters by Mambrino Chief 11, eighth dam Paradise by thoroughbred Duke of Bedford 2d, ninth dam Peg by Matchless. There are few horses as strongly trotting bred as El Volante (3) 2:15%, and very few whose seventh dam is not only trotting bred but in the great brood mare list. The California circuit had added three new 2:10 trotters, and five new 2:10 pacers to the list up to Wednesday of this week. The trotters are Kid Wilkes 2:10, Emily W. 2:10 and Era 2:10. The pacers are Jim Logan (3) 2:05%, Adam G. 2:07, Moortrix 2:09, Queen Derby 2:10 and Freely Red 2:10. Charles Derby 2:20 is the sire of Jim Logan and Queen Derby, while Adam G. is by McKinney, Moortrix by Azmoor, Freely Red by Red Medium, and the three trotters, Kid Wilkes, Emily W. and Era are by Stanton Wilkes, James Madison and Zombro, respectively. Frank H. Burke, proprietor of La Siesta Farm, paid a fine of $25 inflicted upon his driver. Patsy Davey, at Salinas during the Breeders' meeting, under protest, the grounds of which are rather novel. Davey was fined for coming down ahead of the pole horse after repeated warnings, Starter McCarthy doing the fining. Mr. Burke protested on the ground that the starter had no authority to inflict said fine, that power lying solely in the judges. The case will come up before the Board of Appeals this fall. The Indiana and Ohio Live Stock Insurance Com- pany, the best company of its kind in existence, has established an office at 350 Sansome street in this city, with Mr. W. T. Cleverdon as agent. Its assets are $350,000. It is a reliable company, well estab- lished and has paid thousands of dollars in losses. It has $100,000 approved bonds deposited with the auditor of state for the protection of all policy hold- ers. If you want to insure your horses or other live stock with a reliable company address Mr. W. T. Cleverdon, at 350 Sansome street, San Francisco, or Mr. J. Ed Van Camp at Los Angeles. J. H. Nelson, of Hanford, writes that his stallion Expressive Mae. (McKinney 2:11%-Expressive 2:12%) closed the season July 1st after being bred to 70 mares, and shows more speed than ever — good judges believing him capable of a mile in 2:14 right now. and that he will be another 2:10 trotter for his sire and dam. Mr. Nelson has two yearlings by this horse that are getting their first lessons and showing up well. Two two-year-olds by Expressive Mac are very promising. Mr. Nelson's favorite pac- ing mare Allie Glen 2:13% has a fine filly by Ex- pressive Mac that is a square trotter. While Dr. F. A. Ramsey of San Bernardino was racing the Zolock pacer McO.D. 2:11% in the 2:11 pace at Fort Wayne, Indiana, recently he had reached , the head of the stretch in third position and started to drive for the heat. McO. D. responded and stepped up even with the second horse when he cross-fired and cut the right front ankle open so badly that he will not start again this season and probably never. The race was in the mud, but Mr. Ramsey thinks he would have won the heat but for the accident as McO.D. was going easily and while the heat was won in 2:09% McO. D.'s time was 2:11 flat on three legs. Had this horse remained sound he would very likely have returned home with a record several seconds below 2:10. John Quinn, the well known trainer, had a very narrow escape at Pleasanton the day horses were shipped to Woodland. The special that carried the horses started up before the warning "all aboard" was given, and Quinn, with half a dozen others who were standing on the ground, tried to board the train while it was in motion. Quinn's foot slipped and he was almost thrown under the car, striking the ground very hard and getting a number of ugly lacerations and bruises. After having his wounds treated Mr. Quinn took the next train and caught the special at Niles. He will not be kept out of the sulky as his injuries are only but skin deep. It was a very narrow escape as he came within an ace of being thrown under the wheels of the rapidly moving train. Captivity 2:26%, a Sidney Dillon mare bred at Santa Rosa Stock Farm, and now twelve years old, is the dam of a three-year-old filly that Dick Mc- Mahon is training this year for Henry Haas, of Pitts- burg, Pa., that has already paced miles in 2:15 and will be started in some of the eastern pacing futuri- ties this fall. The filly has been named Capitola. She was sired by Oratorio 2:13 and is said to be a fine prospect. Captivity was not much of a race mare although she had a lot of speed. She was given a time record of 2:2S at Santa Rosa in 1900, when she was five years old and then sold east, where she started eleven times in 1901, but only ington. and is the first standard performer that is tive by Piedmont, second dam Clariurso by Elec- tioneer, third dam the old thoroughbred mare fa- miliar to California race goers of "thirty-five years ago, Camilla Urso by Lodi out of Annette, the dam. of Ansel 2:20 by Lexington. Capitola took a time record of 2:22% as a two-year-old last year at Lex- ington, and is thefi rst standard performer that is out of a Sidney Dillon mare. Donax, the pacer by Alondra, bred by C. X. Larra- bee, of Montana, that raced on the North Pacific Circuit last season, taking a record of 2:09% at North Yakima, reduced his mark to 2:07% in the third heat of a winning race at Davenport, Iowa, last Wednesday. Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Contests for Four Beautiful Cups Are Now On at the Stadium Track. Four handsome silver cups to be awarded at the close of the season are making the weekly mati- nees of the Park Amateur Driving Club held each Saturday at the .stadium track in Golden Gate Park, more than ordinarily interesting. The cups for which the contests are being made are the follow- ing: The C. W. Clark Cup — For the trotter without a record winning the fastest heat in a winning race during the season. The winner of this cup must com- pete in six races and win three of them. The A. Ottinger Cup — For the pacer making the most points during the season. Winning races to count 4, seconds to count 2 and thirds 1. The N. Franklin Cup — For the trotter making the most points during the season. Wins to count 4, seconds 2, and thirds 1. The James Cairns Cup — For the horse winning the most heats during the season, that does not win any other cup. On Saturday last the club held six good contests at the stadium in the presence of a very large crowd of spectators. During the afternoon two of the club's records for the track were lowered, Mr. A. Ottinger's Lady Irene by Athadean winning a heat in 2:15% trotting, and Mr. A. Joseph driving Geo. Erlin's Victor Platte a mile in 2:13% pacing. The latter performance was in the second heat of the race for Class A pacers. In the first heat Mr. Hoffman who was driving Dictatum did not know it was a start and turned around to come back, Mr. Joseph jogging the mile with Victor Platte in 3:04. In the class A trot, in which the horses competing for the Clark cup appeared there was much interest. While Lady Irene, one of the starters in this race is not eligible to start for the cup, having a record, the other two horses Elma S. and Reiua Directum were. Elma S. won a race on the previous Saturday, trot- ting one of the heats in 2:18. The race last Satur- day was won by Reina Directum and she reduced the record to 2:17%. This race took four heats to decide. The summaries for the afternoon were as follows : First race, Class B pacers, three-quarters of a mile. I. B. Dalziel's John T. (Dalziel) 2 1 1 I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 2 2 Time— 1:56%, 1:49%, 1:49. Second Race, Class A trotters, one mile. S. Christenson's Reina Directum (Christen- son) 2 3 11 F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (Kilpatrick) 1 2 2 2 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 3 13 3 Time— 2:17, 2:15%, 2:17%, 2:18%. Third race, class A pacers, one mile. George E. Erlin's Victor Platte (A. Joseph).... 1 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum (Hoffman) 2 2 Time— 3:04, 2:13%. Fourth race, class B trotters, one mile. F. J. Kilpatrick's Princess W. (Kilpatrick) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Dr. O'Brien (Ottinger) 2 2 Time— 2:24, 2:18%. Fifth race, class D trotters, one mile. A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 1 1 R. Nolan's Pan Yan (Nolan) 2 2 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 3 4 R. Stock's Director B. (Stock) 4 3 Time— 2:32%, 2:33. Sixth race — Class C trotters, one mile. A. Ottinger's Lilly Dillon (Ottinger) 2 1 1 J. L. Borden's Barney Barnatto (Borden) 1 4 3 C. F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon (Von Issen- dorf) 4 2 2 G. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe) 3 5 4 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) . o 3 5 Time— 2:22, 2:22%, 2:22. Officers of the day: Starter, G. R. Gay; Judges, J. A. McKerron, T. F. Bannan and A. Joseph; Timers, A. J. Molera and A. Melletz; Marshal, H. M. Ladd; Secretary, . F. W. Thompson. This afternoon a program of five races has been arranged. It will be seen that Mr. Ottinger's gray gelding Dr. O'Brien has been moved up into Class A and as he has no record and is a fast trotter, is looked upon by some as a likely winner of the handsome trophy. The program for today is as follows: First race, class D trotters, mile heats — R. Nolan's Pan Yan. A. Joseph's Belle Overton, F. L. Matthes Walter B. Second race, class A trotters, mile heats — D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S.. S. Christenson's Reina Directum, A. Ottinger's Lady Irene. Third race, class A pacers, mile heats — D. E. Hoff- man's Dictatum, G. E. Erlin's Victor Platte, F. L. Matthes'. Opitsah, F. .1. Kilpatrick's Tom Murphy. Fourth race, class C trotters, mile heats — I. L. Borden's Barney Barnatto, F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon, G. Wempe's Plumada, R. Consani's Dividend. Fifth race, class B trotters, mile heats — A. Ottin- ger's Lily Dillon, F. J. Kilpatrick's Princess W„ M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell, A Ottinger's Mike Kelly. Sixth race, class B pacers, mile heats — I. L. Bor- den's Roberta, I. B. Dalziel's John T., H. E. Ahler's Princess V. Starter, Geo. R. Gay. Judges, J. A. McKerron, T. F. JBannan, Capt. Matson. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES AT BUFFALO. Buffalo, Aug. 16 — The opening day of the meeting here was well attended. There was no sensational time during the day, but the racing was good. The California horse Almaden was last of the four start- ers in the 2:20 trot. Durfee is again driving his horses, but his arm is not strong yet and he is com- pelled to be very careful with it. All the $1000 purses at this meeting are on the four-heat plan, every heat a race. The money is divided into four equal purses of $250 each and these are divided into four moneys, $125 to first horse, $62.50 to second $37.50 to third and $25 to fourth. The 2:11 pace was on this plan and Geers' mare Geraldine by Cutting won four straight heats, mak- ing her winnings $500, or the same she would have won on the old three-in-five plan in one less heac. The four heat plan is a step backward instead of forward. Summaries: 2:05 pace, purse $1200. George Gano, b. s. by Gambetta Wilkes (Murphy) . . 4 1 1 Major Brino, blk g. (Richie) 1 3 4 Darkey Hal, blk. m. (Snow) 2 2 2 Major Mallow, b. g. (Mallow) 3 4 3 Texas Rooker, b. g. (McEwen) 5 5 3 Giftine, b. g. (Carter) 6 dr. Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:06%. 2:20 trot, purse $2000. Penico Maid, b. m. by Penant (Shutt) 2 111 Marie N., b. g. (Murphy) 1 2 2 2 Dr. Jack, b. g. (Murphy) 3 3 3 3 Almaden, blk. s. (Durfee) 4 4 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:10, 2:12%, 2:11%. 2:11 pace, purse $1000. Geraldine, br. m. by Cutting (Geers).... 1 111 Lady of Honor, ch. m. (Snow) 4 2 2 2 Orangeburg, b. s. (Grady) 2 3 3 3 Earl Jr., g. h. (Cox) 3 d Argot Hal, b. h. (E. Benyon) 5 d Time— 2:10, 2:09. 2:12%, 2:12%. Buffalo, Aug. 17. — The Harvester continued his unbeaten record here this afternoon, defeating a field of five others in the 2:09 trot. All the races were on the four-heat plan, every heat a race. Zo- malta, the Zombro mare owned by Mr. McStay of Los Angeles, got fourth money in the race won by The Harvester. Summaries: 2:09 trot, purse $2000. The Harvester, br. s. by Walnut Hall (Geers) 1 111 Genteel H., br. h. (Snow) 2 2 2 2 Beatrice Bellini, blk. m. (Dickinson) 3 3 4 2 Zomalta, b. m. (McDonald) 4 4 3 4 Henry Setzer and Carlokin also started. Time— 2:08%, 2:10%, 2:12, 2:11%. 2:09 pace, purse $1000. Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank (Geers) ..1111 Billy B., ch. g. (McDonald) 2 2 2 2 The Bosun, b. g. (Cox) 3 3 3 3 Vic McEwen, b. m. (Grady) 4 4 dr Point Burglar, b. h. (Snow) 5 dr Time— 2:06%, 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:08%. 2:13 trot, purse $1000. Inner Guard, b. g. by The Guardsman (Murphy) 1 1 1 1 The Wolverine, b. c. (F. Benyon) 2 3 2 2 Fair Margaret, b. m. (J. Benyon) 4 2 3 4 Gladys, b. m. (A. MacDonald) 3 4 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:1%, 2:11%, 2:13. Buffalo, August IS. — The fast gray stallion Bob Douglass, driven by Lon McDonald, today won the $10,000 Empire stake for 2:12 trotters, the feature event of the Buffalo Grand Circuit meeting, and stamped himself one of the best trotters of the year. Summaries: 2:21 trot, purse $1000. Frazee, b. s. by The Arrow (Geers) 1 1 1 1 Blackbel, blk. m. (Burgess) :...2 2 2 2 Ethel Mack, blk. m. (Murphy) 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:16%, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20%. 2:16 trot, purse $1000. Rosemary Chimes, b. m. by Chimes (Rath- bun) 1 112 Naomi, b. m. (Burgess) 2 3 3 1 Estill Boy, b. h. (Laselle) 4 2 4 3 Hilda B., ch. m. (Burch) 3 5 2 4 Billy W., r. g. (McEwen) 5 4 5 5 Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:12%, 2:13%. 2:12 trot, Empire stake, purse $10,000. Bob Douglass, gr. h. by Todd, dam by Cyclone (McDonald) 1 1 1 1 Carroll, b. g. (B. Shank) 2 2 2 2 Demarest, b. s. (Geers) 3 3 4 4 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. (Murphy) 6 4 3 3 El Victress, br. m. (Rosemire) 4 6 5 5 The Klondyke, b. g. (Clark) 5 5 dis. Jennie Constantine also started. Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:06%. MATINEE AT STOCKTON. •A WORD PROM MR. GEERS," Enclosed please find a summary of the matinee races held by the San Joaquin Valley Driving Club, at the Stockton Track Sunday, August 8th. We had a big crowd and they saw four fine races. The win- ners were James T., McDougal, Newport and Guy Vernon. The officers of the day were: Judges, David Young, A. W. Cowell and John Galway. Starter, A. B. Sher- wood. Timers, F. Lieginger, L. J. Wagner and R. J. Earlston. Wm. Nevin acted as Marshal. For an exhibition, Mr. M. Henry, proprietor of the Highland Stock B^arm. near French Camp, permitted his daughter to drive Will Guthrie, the pacer by Educator, while he drove the trotter Se'ah by Mc- Kinney. They only speeded the horses a quarter of a mile as neither horse was in condition to go a full mile as they had no work since 1906, at which time Selah showed a mile in 2:17% and a half in 1:04% trotting at Pleasanton, and Will Guthrie a mile in 2:19, a half in 1:05 last quarter in 31 sec- onds. Both horses were very rank Sunday aud as both wanted to get in the lead they came around the turn into the stretch at a 2:10 clip and lhe trotter left his feet, the first and only break he ever made with Mr. Henry, and the young lady jogged the pacer to the wire in 34 seconds. She was greatly ap- plauded by the crowd and Mr. Henry received many compliments from the horsemen preesent on the fine looks and speed of these two black stallions. The club expects to have another matinee August 22, 1909. Summaries: First race — trotting, 2:40 class. James F.. by McKinney (J. L. Foley) 1 1 Lady Wilkesdale, by Wilkesdale (J. Bridenback) .2 Z McRey, by Monterey (F. A. Murray) 4 3 Elector Jr., by Elector (W. Nance) 3 4 Time— 2:51, 2:43%. Second race — trotting, free-for-all. McDougal, by Stam B. fG. T. Algeo) 3 1 1 Belle McKinney by McKinney (J. Rowan) ... .1 2 3 Allan Pollock by Nutwood Wilkes (C. Nance) .2 3 2 Tinme — 2:21%, 2:22, 2:21%. Third race — pacing, free-for-all. Newport, by Roan Wilkes (D. Morris) 1 1 Noble, by Diablo (C. Helm) 2 2 Lady Irene, by Diablo (J. N. Jones) 3 3 Chappo, by Booth (T. F. Donovan) 4 4 Time— 2:17. 2:15%. Fourth race — mixed, 2:35 class. Guy Vernon, pacer, by Guy McKinney (Parker) . .1 1 Babe,, trotter, by Guy McKinney (Kemp) 2 2 Del Neff( pacer, by Delphi (Folev) 3 3 Time— 2:33%, 2:30. F. LIEGINGER, Secretary. PEORIA. ILL., June 17, 1909. G. S. Ellis & Son, Cincinnati, O.: Gentlemen: I have used your Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for the past twelve years on many of my best horses and could not well keep house without them. I have also given all similar hits and checks a thorough trial and consider the Hutton the simplest, most practical and humane de- vice ever offered to horsemen and far superior to any other checking device that I have ever seen or used. With kindest regards, and wishing you success, I remain, Tours truly, E. F. GEERS. SILVER BELLS YEARLING DIES. It seldom happens that sny horseman is called on to suffer in close succession two so great losses as has Mr. L. H. Todhunter of Sacramento. About two weeks ago his great mare, The Silver Bell, died at Pleasanton' from blood-poisoning. But a few days afterward her yearling colt, Bon Ebony, by Bon Voyage, died at Mr. Todhunter's home place, from the same cause — due to a kick from a filly run- ning in a small lot with him. This colt was a full brother to Sweet Bow, and even the satisfaction of her winning the Breeders' Futurity cannot over- come Mr. Todhunter's grief over the loss of the colt and his illustrious dam. Bon Ebony was a black colt, by Bon Voyage out of The Silver Bell, by Silver Bow. He was thus a full brother to Sweet Bow that has already made abundantly good in her two-year-old form by winning from the best two-year-olds the State could produce. But. Bon Ebony was her superior in~ every way — save that of breeding. While only a yearling, he was a colt of rugged form and strong, masculine bearing — put up in such a way that the critics coulu find no adverse word for him. He was a colt of fine disposition, great intelligence, beautifully gaited, and possessed of apparently unlimited speed for he could go a little faster every time he was called on. In every way he seemed to be the fulfillment of a lifetime of effort on the part of his owner, who says he was the best horse he ever raised. Bon Voyage seems to have been the proper cross for the Silver Bell, for. although she would produce a trotter to any sire, the Bon Voyage foals were re- markable trotters. She leaves a two months' old filly by Almaden, but it is truly a matter of deep regret that she leaves no stallion colt to perpetuate her greatness — more particularly, no representative of that cross that had proved the golden one for her — the union of her blood with that of Bon Voyage. o W. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. M. Rickert, Petaluma. — Moringo King (son of McKinney and By By. is dead. We do not know who owned him at the time of his death, but the horse was sold to eastern parties several years ago, and we believe" made but one season there in the stud. Ed. L. Fissel, Woodland. — We do not find Pet- mont registered, but she can be as soon as her dam Petrina is registered. Petrina. if not already regis- tered, is eligible under rule 4, "a mare sire by a registered standard horse, provided she is the dam of two trotters with records of 2:30." When Petrina is registered Petmont can be registered under rule 1, and when Petmont is registered your mare can be. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. AN ANGLER IN THE HOLY LAND. The true devotee ot rod and line is always keenly interested in the doings of the fraternity, no matter where the angler tries his skill. And further, the fisherman lives not who will let opportunity pass to try his tackle in promising water no matter where he finds it. Of all places in the world today, the waters mentioned in the following story, by a contributor to the London Field, are about the most unusual for an angler to cast a fly; however, there is the color and the application here that will be pleasing to those who follow the gentle art: "If there is one sensation which, for the fisherman indifferent to the weight of his bag, excels that of angling in waters virgin to the fly, it is surely that of seeking sport amid scenes that looked on the be- ginnings of history . In Canada, and even in the Untied States, it is still possible, as I was able in some degree to experience last summer, to make short side tracks to waters that have yielded of their plenty only to the Indian's traps. In Italy and Greece the angler can roam — getting, it is true, more fishing than fish — along streams the names of which taxed oru memory at school. Only in the Holy Land does the fisherman find the unique combination of both interests, as I reflected when, not so many days ago, I was catching, on a cast of coachmen, game little fishes up to a pound or more in weight in Elijah's Brook of Cherith, now called the Wady Kelt. At another stretch of this beautiful and merry stream, which sounds sweet to the natives of a country where singing water is so rare as the voices of angels, Canon Brown, who lives at Jerusalem, tells me that he once caught one or two on the fly; but the particular pools that I worked had hitherto been fished only by schoolboys, using bent pins and bread. I had previously caught a few small examples of the same fish on paste baits in the deep reservoir, said to be the fountain which Elijah turned from bitter to sweet, close to the ruins of ancient Jericho. Here a fly was useless, and as the reservoir had been cleaned out not long before the fish ran very small. The Wady Kelt is clear as crystal and comes tumbling down the mountains between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, pool emptying into pool under a canopy of flowers arid verdure. It was in a splendid pool half a mile above a picturesque old mill that I found a furious rise, of which a small and very fragile stone-fly was the victim. The fish, which had a perch-like back fin, were making hay while the sun shone, and some of them looked a foot long. Finding a suitable spot with some difficulty, as the rocks rise sheer beside the river and are thickly overgrown with trees and oleander bushes, I managed to get the flies over the pool, and there was such a rush as gladdened the eye so that within an hour I had a dozen fish on the rock, probably a pound and a quar- ter (I had no scales), and keeping these for lunch. I threw the rest, all of them small, back into the water. These fish were not unlike dace, but carried on the lower lip small yellow barbels — an unusual feature in a fly taker. It may be that next season they will be as wary as the trout of Hampshire streams, for on hearing of my success some of the masters of the Bishop's schools at Jerusalem vowed to give them another taste for artificial food. One great river of the Bible will, I fear, prove a disappointment to the angler, and that is the Jordan. I tried both the Lower Jordan, within a mile or two of the Dead Sea, and the Upper Jordan, where it falls into the Sea of Galilee; but in both spots it was a dirty river, thick with mud, and so rapid as to render boating almost dangerous and rod fishing practically impossible. In mid-stream the current was too furi- ous for any kind of fishing, and under either bank the overhanging vegetation was maddening, while everywhere the water was too muddy for the fly and too swift for a light float. In all probability the best sport would be had by "legering." but I had no suit- able leads with me. There is abundance of ground- feeding fishes, which resident Greeks catch in primi- tive traps set in the current. One of these fishes is like the English barbel, another not unlike our carp, and a third a small and silvery breamlike form. I bought examples of all three and had them cooked for dinner at Jericho that evening. They do not call for special remark as table fish. The beautiful Sea of Galilee, otherwise Tiberias or Genesareth, is full of fish even today, after centuries of netting and poisoning, and you may still see between Capernaum and Bethsaida the Peters and Andrews of a later generation using the castnet and the seine as they did long ago. The fishes mostly belong to the genus Chromis, silvery and perchlike, and are caught locally either in nets or on a light handline baited with a small silvery "sardine" from the lake. I had little time for fishing, but made a few casts (with the same coachmen) from the little jetty at Bethsaida, and caught one of one-half pound. Any one wading along the shallows and casting out just beyond the weed-covered stones could probably fill his basket in a morning. The most historic fish in Galilee is a catfish of the wels type (the sheatfish or wailei , for it is from one of these that the tribute money is said to have been taken. That the Holy Land is an ideal angling resort cannot be pretended, for Palestine is on the whole a waterless land of which the dreadful plain of Jericho is typical scenery, and most of the rivers of Syria are too furious for any form of angling. Those regions are commonly regarded rather as the decorous playground of hordes of Cook's tourists not entirely free from the eccen- tricities imputed to them by Charles Lever. Yet there is no reason why a fly rod should not find a place in the pilgrim's kit. He will get an occasional cast in historic waters, and his quest will not be wholly unrewarded." o SMALL BORE GUNS. For want of something better to do, I have been amusing myself shooting a 20-bore shotgun against a 12, and if what 1 am about to say strikes you as being of sufficient merit to interest your readers I beg you will publish it. I wish it to be distinctly understood that I lay no claim to any specific value regarding the tests I have made, as they are obviously of far too crude a nature to be entitled to more than a passing thought, and in no way to be compared with bal- listic tests such as I have chronicled on former occasions, so with this preface I will proceed, crav- ing the indulgence of the reader for my shortcom- ings or errors. In the first place then, we all know that now- adays the striking force by which a projectile is gauged, is determined by the chronograph which records the number of feet said projectile travels through the air in a given space of time and of course the faster it goes over a given distance the greater its striking force when compared to any other projectile of same weight, etc. Now, when we say that a rifle bullet attains a velocity of say 2000 feet per second over a 50-foot range, we know that this data is acquired from a chronographic record, as in no other way could it be learned. Tell the average man all about this ter- rific velocity and very little impression is made on his mind, simply because he cannot grasp its full meaning. On the other hand if you merely say that this same rifle will drive its bullet through 58 soft pine boards, each one 7-8 of an inch thick, at a distance of 15 feet, then you startle him, particu- larly if you show him the wood itself and the course of the metal patched bullet imbedded in the fifty-eighth slat. In the latter case one grasps at a glance the astounding energy imparted to this little shining, sharp-pointed bullet and no amount of chronograph records dealing in velocities can ever equal so practical a demonstration. Believing my premise is correct I will now go on with my subject. At different times I have, through the courtesy of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, published various records made by different guns over the chrongraph, and while it must be too absurdly preposterous to even attempt to draw comparisons between those authentic and scientific records, and those I am about to mention, yet my deductions come so near verifying what the chronograph shows that they must be pretty nearly right. In the first place then a chronograph, set up and in working order, is a most expensive and cumber- instrument, involving a great deal of scientific work, ujiremitting care and thoroughly competent and trained artists to work it. Naturally, therefore, very few of these instruments are to be found. So, realizing this, it occurred to me that perhaps a simple, yet approximately accurate test might be made at very little expense and with hardly any trouble, so here is what I did: I arranged for a target, two uprights and a cross piece from which was suspended a tin plate 14x14 inches and to keep it steady and in position a win- dow sash weight was hung from the bottom. The plate was suspended on two wires which are hooked through two holes in the upper side of the plate, the weight was suspended by wires similarly fixed at the bottom. Of course the tin plate could be placed against some kind of backstop, but it occurred to me that by hanging it in the manner described I would have a true, constant and even surface to shoot at and one that would perhaps register more uni- formly, as there could not be much variation between the resistance offered from one plate to another. I used two thicknesses of tin, commercially known as "One X'' and "Two X," and to be sure of uni- formity in my ammunition I asked the Winchester Company to load all of the shells from the same keg of powder and same sack of shot and as all were shot on the same day. alternating the 12 and the 20, I submit that honors were even as far as I can see. In making this test I used two first class, full choke Parker guns, one a 12-gauge and the other a 20-gauge and with the standard game load used in 12-gauge guns the 20-bore showed up remarkably well, all things considered. I first tried shooting at the number "Two X" plates, using the 12-bore loaded with 3 drams Dupont, 1 1-8 ounces No. 7 Tatham's chilled shot, while the 20 bore was loaded with 2% drams same kind of powder and 7-S of an ounce of same size shot, dis- tance varying from 22 to 25 yards. Result — Although the 20-bore had a full % of an ounce less shot yet it generally put as many pellets through the "Two X" plate and upon further trials, placing a sheet of "One X" tin in front of the "Two X" it still continued well abreast or a little ahead of the 12-bore. Carrying the test still further by increasing the range to fifty yards the 20-bore put as many, or even more, pellets through the "One X" plates as did the 12, although of course not as many struck it. When using 2% drams of powder (Dupont) and % of an ounce of No. 7 chilled shot in the 20 it beat the 12 with its normal game load, for penetration at any distance, and while I don't know that it would equal the latter when 3¥4 and 1% is used, yet I think there would not be much difference. When, however, I shot the 12 bore with 3% drams of Dupont and 1% ounces of No. 7 shot, then it was clearly apparent that both in pattern and penetra- tion the 20-bore, with its much smaller load, was simply outclassed, especially at long distances, be- cause while the penetration was not so markedly greater with the wider gauge, yet, that combined with its much closer pattern and greater killing circle plainly showed where both guns stood. So reverting to the chronograph records, which which are as follows, I am of the opinion that by careful and painstaking application one can form a pretty good idea of the relative merits of guns and loads by using this tin plate, back-woods test. Here are my Winchester chronograph records over a 100 foot range: 12 gauge, 37 grains Dupont powder, 1% ounces No. 7 chilled shot — 921 ft. 20 gauge, 32 grains Dupont powder, % ounces No. 7 chilled shot — 941 ft. 12 gauge, 43 grains Dupont powder, 1^4 ounces No. 7 chilled shot — 963 ft. 20 gauge, 34 grains Dupont powder, % ounces Xo. 7 chilled shot — 974 ft. Both of these guns were Parkers, full choke. When these tests were made Dupont powder weighed 12 1-3 grains to the dram, since which time I understand it has undergone a change of weight, so that possibly in the heavier 20-gauge loads the old kind may have been better adapted to the smaller guns. Regardless, however, of what the penetration of a 20-bore may be as compared to that of a 12, it stands to reason that when shoot- ing at extreme distances, the larger bore will al- ways be a better killer, simply because it will put more pellets on a game bird and naturally therein is its principal advantage. To argue that one increases the penetration of a 12-gauge game load by reducing the standard charge of lVs to 1 ounce of shot is true enough, but if an ounce is sufficient, why not shoot a 16- gauge, for which this is the proper charge, espe- cially when we remember that a 16-gauge gun will give a velocity of 9t5U fL seconds when loaded with 3 drams of powdei (Dupont) and one ounce of No. 7 Tatham's chilled shot over a 100 foot range, whereas a 12-gauge loaded with 34 grains of powder and one ounce of shot registers only 903 feet seconds as against the 16-gauge with 34 grains of powder and % of an ounce of No. 7, 94S ft. seconds. So it would appear that if the sportsman elects to shoot one ounce only of shot, a 16-gauge gun is logically his best fowling piece. I may some day test a 16 against a 12 on this tin plate basis and 1 firmly believe that so long as only one ounce of shot is used for sizes from No. 6 to smaller, that the 16 will equal the 12 both as to pattern and penetration at 50 yards or . even fur- them. I base this assumption on what I know and have seen done by friends shooting duck with 16- gauge Parker guns. Of course no featherweight 16-gauge can shoot with ease and comfort to the shooter 3 drams, 1 ounce loads, but as we know the extremely light gun as in general use, when one expects long range and hard shooting, that cannot hardly count against it. The 20-gauge gun can never displace the 12 as an absolutely perfect all around gun, because that covers a very wide field but for certain kinds of shooting and one may say for all upland shooting the 20-bore will be found an excellent fowling piece, provided it is heavy enough to shoot the full 20-bore load and not kick or jump or in other ways injure or disconcert the shooter, and by having it cham- bered so it can take 2%-inch shells, -it will be found powerful enough for all kinds of light feathered game, besides being a perfect gem of a gun to carry, when much hard walking is done, where a saving of weight in gun and ammunition mean so much to the sportsman, especially to one whose days afield are few and far apart and whose muscles are not hardened to the work. GAUCHO. o The address of a breeder of mastiffs sent to the Kennel Editor will bring in return the name of a probable purchaser. Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN DOINGS IN DOGDOM. AT THE TRAPS. Manitoba trials will start at Arnaud, Man., Sep- tember Sth; Eric Hamber, secretary, Winnipeg, Man. The British Columbia trials will start at Ladnor. B. C September 27th. H. H. Abbott, secretary, Victoria, B. C. The Pacific Northwest trials will also start at Ladnor, following the B. C. trials. J. W. Considine, secretary, Seattle, Wash. The Oregon trials will be run at Salem, Ore., Oc- tober 6th E. A. Parsons, secretary. The Pacific Northwest trials will have an All Age and a Realization Stake, this latter to take the place of the usual Derby. The nominations in the latter were made Jan- uary 1st, 1909; $5 first fee. $5 forfeit March loth, ?5 forfeit June Sth, at which time possible starters had to be named, final payment of $10 payable at time of the drawing. The stake purse is $500, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, three moneys. There were fif- teen entries — 3 pointers and 12 English setters, as follows : Sky Blue, blue belton dog, by Boy Blue — Lacka- wanna; W. B. Coutts. Belvedere, black, white and tan dog, by Caesar — Keepsake; S. Christenson. Miss Ives, black, white, tan and ticked bitch, by St. Ives — Kil's Moxey; S. Christenson. Canny Scott, white, black and tan dog, by St. Ives — Kil's May; J. E. Lucas. Shasta Queen, orange and white bitch, by Count Whitestone — Glimmer; J. E. Terry. The Judge, black, white and tan dog, by Count Whitestone — Glimmer; F. J. Ruhstaller. Western Belle, black and white bitch, by Mc- Cloud Boy — Melrose Nora ; D. G. Macdonell. Sir Walter, black and white dog. by Count White- stone— Peach Blossom; D. G. Macdonell. Eastview, black and white dog, by Prince Rodney — Ingleside Flirt; D. G. Macdonell Melrose Rodney, white, black, tan and ticked dog, by Prince Rodney — Lakefield Annie; J. W. Consi- dine. Melrose Tod, white, black and tan and ticked dog, by Prince Rodney — Lakefield Annie; J. W. Consi- dine. Melrose Jane, white, black, tan and ticked bitch, by McCloud Boy — Melrose Nora; C. B. Tandell. Melrose Mac. white, black and tan dog, by Mc- Cloud Boy — Sue: Oscar Jones. Nora Blue, black, white and tan bitch, by Boy Blue — Lackawanna; J. G. Roberts. Keepsake Caesar, black, white and tan bitch, by Caesar — Keepsake; J. G. Roberts. BloEsom Whitestone, black, white and tan bitch, by Count Whitestone — Peach Blossom; A. F. Cole. B. C. Rip. liver and white dog, by Spot's Rip Rap — Maggie F; D. G. Macdonell. Buckeye Rip. black and white dog, by Ripstone Jingo — Jingle Bells; E. S. Munger. Rex Oregonus, white and lemon dog, by Ripstone Jingo — Jingle Bells; J. R. Baker. From all accounts the police dogs recently dis- posed of in New York went cheaply. When is was supposed that they could be used to advantage in the service they were valued at $40 to $50 apiece. Wben they were found to be incompetent, they were sold at prices ranging from $3.50 to $9. Thoy were well worth the money to anybody who wanted a dog. The trouble with these animals in the police headquarters view was that they were not inclined by nature or training to trickery and savagery. They were just dogs. There was honesty in their eyes and there was heartiness in the wag of their tails. They wanted to be of service to men, they were friendly to all men. and that was what con- demned them. They could not learn, as human be- ings must that some men are to be despised or feared, that some men are to be caged or destroyed because they are not fit to be at large or to live. Infinite pains were taken with them, but they would not unlearn the lore of the dog and accept that of the man. These fine animals, now excluded from the society of the learned police dogs which have taken on in some degree the craft and the ferocity of mankind, are to be congratulated and not commiserated. They will have homes and friends. They will meet with some hardships and disappointments, no doubt, but in the main their faithfulness to themselves will be rewarded. There is room in the world for true dogs as well as for true men. o The office for the San Mateo Kennel Club one day open-air show on the Peninsula Hotel grounds, is at Robison Bros., 1260 Market street, San Francisco. The Idaho-Utah Sportsmen's Association shoot at Ogden last week had about 10 shooters in attendance for the three day's shoot, Wednesday to Friday. All concerned in the tournament pronounced it the best that has been held in the western county, all the visitors were unstinted in their praises of Ogden hospitality and are particularly grateful to the mem- bers of the Wasatch Gun Club who managed the contest. Moroni Skeen and W. H. Anderson both worked assiduously to make the shoot a success and all members of the club have spared no pains to do their part in the matter. It was a friendly bat spirited contest and the Ogden men have crept into the hearts of the visitors by their many courtesies and the businesslike manner in which the}' have handled the affair. It was de- termined to hold the next shoot in Salt Lake next year. An event of the meeting which occurred Wednes- day was of much interest and moment. It was the team shoot between Idaho and Utah for medals. The teams taking part in the shoot and the scores made were as follows: Utah Teams — First, A. P. Bigelow, Gus Becker, M. S. Skeen. Ogden. Score: 49 out of 60. Second — George Browning. Sam Browning, Chris Aadneson. Ogden. Score: 54 out of 60. Third — J. F. Cowan, H. S. Mills, F. J. McGanney, Salt Lake. Score: 49 out of 60. Fourth — Charles McC'lurc, Roy Lohr, H. L. Tucker, Tremonton. Score: 56 out of 60. The result was a tie between Twin Falls, Ida., and Trementon, Utah. In shooting off the tie Trementon won the contest for first money. The second money was awarded the Ogden team — George and Sam Browning and Chris Aadneson, and third money was divided between the Ogden team — Becker, Skeen and Bigelow — and the Salt Lake team. Ed O'Brien of Chicago was the high professional and also made high average for the three days' shoot, 414 out of 425. W. H. Anderson of Ogden and W. W. Bowman of Chicago were close seconds with scores of 399 and 400. E. D. Farmin of Sand Point, Ida., was the high ama- teur, with a score of 408 out of 42b. The medal events on Friday were as follows: Becker medal, won by Dennis Holahan of Twin Falls; 48 out of 50. Becker trophy indivildual championship was marked by very fine shooting, seven men tieing in the first event with a sec re of 25 straight. In the final shoot, however, Charles McClure won over Holahan with 24 out of 25, the latter making only 23. The Salt Lake handicap medal was won by George Browning of Ogden, 47 out of 50. The scores of those who shot through the pro- grams each day, 150, 150 and 125 targets, a total of 425, were: A trace of Miss Welleudorf's lost collie Peter comes from Fresno way. The collie purchased from the Oakland poundmaster has been traced to a rancher living near that city. In addition to the description last week the following marks are given: "Ears pricked, foxtail scar on hindfoot and a dark col- ored scar on one front leg." It was decided that the next shoot of the associa- tion will be held in Salt Lake in May under the aus- pices of the Salt Lake Gun Club. P. J. Holahan . . E. D. Farnim . . . . K. L. Eagan . . . W. R Thomas . . . G. Holahan . . . . . D. W. King Wm. M. Bowman M. E. Hensler . . Jno. Cowan . . . . J. G. Naquin . . . C. Aadneson . . . Jno. Boa. O. Couch Chas. Thorpe . . A. Becker . . Ed O'Brien . . . . Dick Clancy D. Holahan H. S. Mills H. E. Poston . . . Pat Adams 133.140 1391142 130|l35 13SI140 137J143 126 136 113 14". 130 397 40S 363 3SS 387 376 400 405 357 395 375 401 ■1; 111[377 ...I...' 1241414 137137 C. Coolidge I- . .[Ill 1451137 131 124 389 404 407 Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 99 M. Skeen 145|137 121 403 A. Bigelow 131 124 116 371 G. Becker 141 139 114 394 S. Browning . . 135J135 115 385 W. H. Anderson 136 141 122 399 Chas. McClure 135 140 122 397 H. L. Tucker 137 140 115 392 R. Lohr "135 142 US 395 G. B. Hemphill 107 112 SS 307 G. Browning 139 118 F. G. McGanney J12S 112 The regular annual meeting of the 'Idaho-Utah Sportsmen's Association was held at the grounds of the Wasatch Gun Club Friday and officers for the ensuing year were elected. The new officers are: President, John' F. Cowan, Salt Lake; Secretary and Treasurer, Archie P. Bigelow. Ogden: Board of Directors, John F. Cowan. Salt Lake; C. M. McClure, Tremonton, Idaho: Harry S. Mills, Salt Lake; George Hemphill, Salt Lake; Gus L. Becker, Ogden. Several prominent trap shooters of Nevada pre- sented a petition for a berth in the association and their request was granted, so now the association will consist of the trap shooters of the States of Idaho, Utah and Nevada. A committee composed of John F. Cowan of Salt Lake. P. J. Holahan of Twin Falls and Archie P. Bigelow of Ogden was appointed to revise parts and points of the constitution, rules and by-laws, and probably the association will receive a new name. The Golden Gate Gun Club blue rock shoots for this season were closed at Ingleside on the 15th inst. The season's program embraced two regular events, the medal shoot, 25 targets, one man up, unknown traps known angles target handicaps from 16 to 20 yards, three medals and a prize shoot. J. H. Elson, an attache of the Presidio medical department, won the first medal with a total of 101 out of 150 in six shoots. Ed Kerrison won the sec- ond medal with 98 out of 150. Third medal was won by W. E. Murdock, 97 out of 150. These scores, from the 16 yard mark would not look so good; they were made on distance handicaps of from 18 to 22 yards. The second event was a merchandise prize shoot at 25 targets, one man up, unknown traps and angles, use of two barrels, distance handicaps, 16 to 26 yards. Elson won the first prize, 117 out of 150 targets for six shoots. The other winners were: C. C. Nau- man 114, E. Hoelle 111, C. J. Ashlin 109, Kerrison 108, Murdock 104, Ashcroft 104, Burfiend 104, Shave 101, Taylor 101, Price 97, Forster 96. Potter SS, Thomas 83, Haughwout SI. Elson were the high average medal for the season, an outside donation, with a total of 218 out of 300. The winner of the Du Pont trophy race was Ed Kerrison. This was a target handicap for three shoots, scratch men shot at 20 targets, this number being the possible score. From 1 to 5 birds were allowed other shooters. Kerrison and Otto Feudner each broke 55 out of 60. Feudner was a scratch man. Kerrison scored 55 out of a total of 6S. Emil Hol- ling was high gun in the race with 57 out of 60. Feudner declined to shoot off and Holling shot for birds only. Ashlin and Ashcroft tied for a runner-up trophy in the Du Pont race, each scored 54. The trophy was donated by Otto Feudner. The scores last Sunday were the following: Medal race — Elson 19 yards, 18 out of 25, Thomas 18-18, Hoelle 21-17, Murdock 21-17, Taylor 18-17, Ash- croft 18-17, Kerrison 20-16, Shave 16-15, Burfiend 19-15, Ashlin 21-13, Nauman 23-11, Haughwout 16-10, Holling 22-17. Merchandise race — Feudner 25 yards, 20 out of 25, Holling 25-20, Elson 23-19, Kerrison 21-19, Hoelle 25-19, Ashlin 26-1S, Murdock 23-1S, Burfiend 20-18, Forster 25-17, Haughwout 16-17, Taylor 21-17, Shave 19-16, Nauman 26-16, Haight 22-16, Price 19-15, Ash- croft 23-14. Thomas 1S-13. L. Prior 20-13, Potter 18-12. Ashlin's score of IS at 26 yards is the record for the Ingleside grounds at that distance. Back scores shot were: Naumanu 20, Price 21, Thomas 15, Hoelle 14, Burfiend 11, Potter 10. Du Pont trophy race, 16 yards rise, target handi- caps— Hoelle 20 out of 25, Ashlin 20-25, Nauman 20-25, Ashcroft 19-25. Holling 19-20, Feudner 19-20, Thomas 19-25, Shave 17-25, Burfiend 17-22, Taylor 16-25, Kerrison 16-25, Ellison 15-21. A live bird shoot on the 28th inst., at Ingleside will be the club's final shoot for this year. The Colorado State tournament will be under the personal management of Mr. A. E. McKenzie, Mr. Fred C. Whitney, through the courtesy of the Winchester Arms Company, will act as treasurer. The shoot will be held on the grounds of the Fred A. Stone Gun Club, near Denver, September 1st, 2d and 3d. Added money will total $1000 in cash, and several trophies will also be added. The added money will exceed the above sum, if the entries exceed 100 shooters, in the ratio of about $10 per capita. If there are 110 entries the added money will be increased $100, 130 entries $300 more, 150 entries $500 more. Entries for the second day, including the Prelim- inary Handicap and also in the third day's events, the Colorado Handicap included close the day before at 5 p. m. Penalty entries will not be accepted. The Rose system — 8, 5, 3 and 2, will govern all events the first day, and also the first five events for the third day. The purses for all events the second day, including the Preliminary Handicap, will be divided on the percentage basis — 10, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. The Colorado Handicap purse will be divided among the high guns, the number of moneys determined by the number of entries, the winner, in addition to first money will be presented with a solid silver trophy, $200 will be added to the purse. The Colorado championship will be shot at double rises, the winner will be presented with a hand- some trophy. Programs may be had by addressing A. E. Mc- Kenzie, 400 Sugar Building, Denver, Colo. The Arizona Sportsmen's Association" seventh annual tournament will be a registered tournament. The program provides for 10 events the first day. fin added to each of nine events. Event 6^. open ti members of the association only, will be fcr four trophies. This race is at 30 targets per man, the trophies are: First, the McVeagh medal; second, two-man team medal: third. Copper Queen trophy: fourth, Gwinn trophy. For the second day. seven events are scheduled, including the Arizona individual championship and a merchandise (5 prizes! shoot, $40 is added to each sweepstake event. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. Nine events will be shot the third day, including the Selby Handicap, and the four-man team cham- pionship." $40 will be added to the purse in each sweepstake event. In the Selby Handicap the win- ner will receive a valuable gold watch, the purse will be split into four equal moneys. The day following the completion of the regular program at blue rocks, a 20 bird live pigeon race. $20 entrance, will be shot, open to all, five moneys. For programs address M. Ronstandt, secretary, care of F. Ronstadt Company, Tucson, Ariz. COMING EVENTS. The Pacific Indians have issued one of the most attractive little booklets ever put out by a gun organization. It is entitled "The Book of the Pa- cific Indians," and besides containing an immense amount of good information, has also the picture of each member of the Indians. It contains as well the program of the first annual gathering and shoot, which is set for September 7, 8 and 9 at Medford, Ore. The booklet is the work of Frank C. Reihl, the noted shot, who is herald of the Indians. It was a labor of live, and is sure to be appreciated by the trapshooting fraternity. The book is illus- trated with a number of clever line drawings, these being the work of Stella Reihl, the 15-year-old daughter of the author of the book. At a recent informal shoot of the Medford Gun Club the scores in two 25 target races were: Mrs. Enyart 16, 11—27; Dr. Seeley 20, 23 — 4~3; J. E. Enyart 23, 22 — 45; Howard 11, S — 19; Gregory 21, 23^44; Morris 21, 21 — 42; Sandry 12, 17 — 39; Bigham 11, 15—26; Daniels 20, 7—27. Enyart still has a strong mortgage on the "shoot- ing eye," he was high gun, Gregory* was runner-up. Mrs. Enyart is the best lady shooter of that section. Danieis shot at 10 birds only in the second race. Crater Lake Gun Club, Klamath Falls, Ore., shooters at one of the weekly meetings lately scored as follows in a 25-bird match: H. P. Hoey 22, Guv Childers 22, Ed Jacobson 21, W. H. Clark 21. F. E. Ankeny IS, W. P. McCullen IS. C. E. Robson 17, George Gregory .17, L. Hampton 17, A. C. Eads 11. The Seattle Gun Club last medal shoot in July shows Burt was high gun for the day, breaking 92 out of 100. Clewley won the A class medal, Hol- comb took the B class medal, and Clarence captured the C medal. Clewley won the O^r House medal. Clarence and Ireton tied in the Lotus medal shoot, each man breaking 15 straight. Following is the score: Clewley Holcomb Ellis Reid Burt Canuck Landwehr |13 Ireton 113 Clarence J . . The events were at 15, 10, 25, 15, 10 and' 25 tar- gets in the order given. The club medal race was the third event. Lotus medal the fourth and Our House event the last. 8 9 10 9|22 in 23 20|14 21113 lSTlo 2215 An Oregon team composed of Gus Becker and Abe Bigelow, defeated a team from Idaho, composed of Farmin of Sand Point and Eagan of Jerome, in a 100-bird match event at the Ogden Gun Club grounds, by a score of 1S5 to 177. It was a preliminary event to the three days' shooting tournament. The individ- ual scores were: Becker 95, Bigelow 90, Farmin 93, and Eagan S4. Trap Shoots. *Aug. 17.-19 — Western Boosters" Trap Shooting Asso- ciation. Anaconda, Mont. J. H. Cochran, Sec'y. *Aug. 21 — Spokane Rod and {Gun Club. Spokane, Trash. Al F. YVeissman. Sec'y. Aug. 24-26 — Interstate Association. Fourth Pacific Coast Handicap. Seattle. Wash. Auspices of West Seattle Gun Club: ?1000 added. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec'y-Mgr, Pittsburg, Pa. *Aug. 28 — Tacoma Gun Club. South Tacoma, Wash. Edw. W. Cooper, Sec'y. fcSept. 1-2 — Colorado State Tournament. Auspices Denver Trap Club. Denver, Colo. A. E. Mc- Kenzie, Sec'y. Sept. 3 — Multnomah Rod and Gun Club. Portland, Ore. Sept. 5 — California Wing Clug. Live birds. Ingle- side, Cal. C. C Nauman. Sec'y. Sept. o. — Bay View Gun Club, Alameda, Cal. Alameda. W. Lancaster, Sec'y. Sept. 5 — Carnation Gun Club. Guadalupe Valley, •Sept. 7-9 — Pacific Indians. Medford, Ore. P. C. Riehl, Sec'y. Sept. 12 — Oakland Gun Club. Near Weoster St. bridge, *Sept. 17-19 — San Francisco Trap Shooting Association. South San Francisco, Cal. Sept. 19. — Golden Gate Gun Club. Ingleside, San Fran- cisco, Cal. E. L. Forster, Sec'y. Ingleside, San Francisco, Cal. C. C. Nauman, Sec'y. sSpet. 24-26 — Arizona State Tournament. Auspices Blue Rock Gun Club. Tucson Ariz. Kirt L. Hart, Sec'y. *Sept. 27-2S — Wyoming State Tournament. Auspices "Wyoming Gun Club. Douglas, Wyo. H. C. Saul, Sec'y. Bench SIiown. Aug. 20-21 — Ladies Kennel Association of California. Del Monte Hotel, Del Monte, Cal. Dr. Gertrude Spriggs, Sec'y. Sept. 9 — San Mateo Kennel Club. Peninsula Hotel Grounds. San Mateo, Cal. Entries close Aug. 31. Sept. 6 — Boston Terrier Club of New York. (All breeds of Terriers), Bronxville, N. T. W. H. Sawyer. Sec'y. Sept. 22-24 — Spokane Kennel Club. Interstate Fair, Spokane, Wash. Robt. W. Crvson, Sec'y. Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 — Montana Kennel Club. Dr. C. A. Belk, Sec'y, Butte, Mont. Oct. 2 — Bull Terrier Club of America. Philadelphia. Pa. Alan Northridge, Sec'y. Oct. 14-16 — Oakland Kennel Club, Oakland. Cal. W. E. Chute, Sec'y, 48 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose. Cal. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials*. Sept. 3 — Manitoba Field Trial Club. Arnaud, Man. Eric Hamber. Sec'y. Winnipeg. Man. Sept. 6 — Western Canada Kennel Club. La Salle. Man. E. Bissett, Sec'y. Sept. 14 — North Dakota Field Trial Club. Berwick, N. D. J. C. Sheppard, Sec'y. Sept. 27 — British Columbia Field Trial Club. Ladnor. B. C. H. H. Abbott, Sec'y. Sept. 30 — Pacific Northwest Field Trial Club, Ladnor. B. C. J. W. Considine, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. W. W. Caldwell made a run of SO birds straight, and got 98 out of the 100 on the last 100 birds of the Du- Pont trophy shoot at the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club traps, Portland, Ore., August 5th, making the high score of 463 out of 500, and winning the trophy. Caldwell's run came as a surprise to the other shooters. He was not present a week previous. Hil- gers and Wagner got a big lead on him by shooting the regulation 59 that day. Caldwell had to shoot 100 to make his full quota of shots, but his long experience at the sport kept him steady throughout. Jack Cullison won the second trophy, shot for at a distance handicap. He broke 223 out of a possible 250 targets from the 20-yard mark. The club has completed plans for its Fall shoot, September 3. There will be $150 added money and a large crowd is expected to attend because many shooters will be on their way from the Pacific Coast Handicap shoot at Seattle to the big Indian shoot at Medford. which follows the Portland shoot. The scores made are: DuPont trophy — Caldwell shot at 100, broke 9S, handicap 0: total 9S. Thornton 50-43-5 — 48. Wag- ner 50-47-0—47. Beal 50-44-3 — 47. Krimbel 50-43-2 —45. Cullison 50-45-0—45. Dillon 50-42-3—45. lin- gers 50-40-4 — 44. Second Trophy — Hilgers shot at 25, broke 22, 16 yards. Caldwell 25-21-20. Beal 25-20-20, Cullison 25- 20-20, Wagner 25-20-17, Dillon 25-20-17. Blue Rock Events — Hamilton shot at 50, broke 45; Markham 75-66, Morris 100-85, Mackanie 25-21, W. Hilgers 50-3S, Taylor 50-35, Holcomb 50-33. $70 Ithaca gun, breaking 50 straight, the last 25 from the 20-yard mark. At Jamestown he dropped .tjno 5i0JBmsia jb puE 'gzr JO mo s^aSjEj ij .'.'ino 22 out of 460, which shows that he certainly has his eye very much on the targets. He used U. M. C. shells, just as he did to win the Grand American Handicap. Dr. William Shattuck was high amateur gun at the Dayton, O., tournament, July 1st, with a score of 191 out of 200. He finished the tournament third high amateur with a score of 371 out of 400. He shot U M. C. steel shells throughout. Peters Points. If there was one thing at the Grand American Handicap tourney which was the subject of general comment, it was the exceptionally fine shooting done with Peters factory loaded shells. Not only were users of these goods at the top practically the entire week, but the way they broke their targets, both in the single and double events., could not fail to attract attention. They ground up the targets into dust, and in the double events where the second bird was 35 yards or more from the trap it was noticed that they were snuffed out, not merely broken into two or three pieces. Beginning with practice day, June 20th, Peters sheils led the van, the high score being 215 out of 225 by Mr. J. S. Day. On June 21st, Mr. L. I. Wade secured first honors, breaking 99 out of his first 100, and 96 out of his second hundred, with a run of 115 straight. In the first day's progress, high amateur average and tie for high general average in the single bird events was won by Mr. Bert Lewis, of Auburn, 111., score 79 out of SO. High general average, including 10 pairs, was captured by Mr. Harvey Dixon, 97 out of 100, his score in the doubles being 19 out of 20. In the Preliminary Handicap, the only straight score in the double target event was made by Mr. Harry I. Hess. Mr. Hess tied for second place in the Grand American Handicap with 95 out of 100, just one bird behind the winners. Messrs. H. D. Freeman and A Killam tied for high professional score in the Grand American, 94 out of 100, both with Peters shells. Second and third in the Amateur Championship Races were won by Mr. Frank Foltz and Mr. Wool- folk Henderson respectively, scores 187 and 1S5. Thus it will be seen that Peters shells won more of the coveted places at this premier trapshooting event than any other make of ammunition, and it is perfectly apparent to any unprejudiced shooter that these goods are not only unsurpassed, but unequaled. 1 -'--'" imr ffr--- * WINCHESTER TOURNAMENT GUN. Oct. Oct. Oct. Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov. Nov, Nov Nov Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec, Dec, Jan Jan, Jan Jan 6 — Oregon Field Trial Club. Salem. Ore. E. A Parsons, Sec'y. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey. Sec'y. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton, O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm. Sec'y. 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville. 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co.. Chicago, 111. , S — Independent Field Trial Ciub. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell. Sec'y. Indianapolis. Ind. . 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. . 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook. Sec'y. . 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. . 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion. N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L I., N. Y. 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction. N. C. W. C. Root. Sec'y. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby arid All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene. Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. , 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke, Sec'y. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery. Ala. John H. Wallace, Sec'y. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen, Sec'y. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson. Miss. J. B. Smith. Sec'y. . 3. 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant. Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt. Sec'y. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club. Bakersfield. Cal. E. Courtney Ford, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y. At Houston, Tex., June 26th, high amateur aver- age was won by Mr. H. A. Murrelle, 96 out of 100; both gentlemen used Peters shells. Mr. Moeser also won the cup event with a score of 19 out of 20, and Mr. Murelle broke 20 straight, but not being eligible. Second professional average at Hillsboro, 111., June 29-30, was won by Mr. H. W. Coddington; score 375 out of 400 with Peters shells. Mr. Max Heneler, using Peters factory loaded shells, tied for second professional average and sec- ond general average at Ft. Dodge, la., June 29-30, score 194 out of 200 each day, a total of 3SS out of 400. TRADE NOTES. Chinese pheasants have been liberated in the hills above Oakdale. Tuolumne county. U. M. C. Notes. The Texas State shoot, held July. 14, 15 and 16, was a splendid triumph, for U. M. C.-Remington. The Texas State Championship was won by Mr. Herman Howard; the Chronicle cup. open to all in the South, was won by R. H. Connelly; the team medal was won by R. Cook and Herman Howard; the high average over all by R. H. Connerly; the high amateur average by R. H. Connerly; the second amateur average by Herman Howard, and the third amateur average by Capt. W. T. Coyle. All shot TJ. :.I. C. steel lined shells. In addition, Mr. Howard used a Remington pump gun. Mr. R. D. Guptil, the winner of the Grand Ameri- can Handicap in 1904, is still right there on the Right Road. Just recently at the Jamestown, N. D., State shoot he won second high average and the The New Winchester "Tournament" Gun. In the new "Tournament" shotgun which the Win- chester Company have just put upon the market, trap shooters will find all the features which de- votees of this popular sport consider essential for making high scores. The barrel of the new Win- chester is bored to shoot any standard trap load close and hard, and all shooters know the Winches- ter system of barrel boring produces phenomenal re- sults. Next to the shooting qualities in importance is the manner in which a trap gun is stocked. The stock of the Winchester "Tournament" gun has been carefully worked out so as to fit and hang right. The finish is up to the Winchester high standard, and in fact the gun is in every detail a credit to its famous makers. Its specifications are, 12 gauge, take-down, 30-inch Winchester rolled steel matted barrel, bored to shoot trap loads close and hard. Special shaped straight grip stock and action slide handle of selected walnut, checked. Length of stock 14 inches. Drop at comb, 1% inch; at heel 1 13-16 inch. Rubber butt plate. Stock oil finished. Weight of gun about 7% pounds. If you are interested, send for a circular fully describing the "Tournament" gun, or step into your dealer's and examine one. Good Shooting at Niagara-on-the-Lake. The Smith gun made a pretty clean sweep at the recent Niagara-on-the-Lake shoot. Here are the laurels it carried off: Frank D. Kensey of East Aurora, N. Y., won the amateur average of53S out of 560. Harvey Dixon was second with 536 out of 560. J. W. Bell won the Mallory Cup with 48 out of 50. J. E. Jennings won the Canadian Amateur Cham- amateur average of 538 out of 560. Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 DEVELOPMENT— ITS INFLUENCE. [American Horse Breeder.] It seems out of season to discuss the development theory when the mercury bids fairs to beat the record for high climbing, and the Grand Circuit and other important meetings are in full blaze, fur- nishing material every week that may he used as the best evidence to show whether or not it is abso- lutely necessary that stallions and mares be given fast records, in order to sire and produce race-win- ners or extremely fast record-breakers. The ques- tion, howeve.r has been thrust upon tired, swelter- ing turf writers by Prof. Casper L. Redfield. A few* weeks ago, believers in the development theory, those who claim that the development of the speed of a trotting or pacing stallion, or mare, is of greater importance than blood inheritance, or that stallions and mares after taking fast records transmit greater speed ability, and with greater uni- formity, than they were able to do before making fast records — such believers were asked to name any stallion with a fast record that had got in any one season, from mares that had made fast records, two so fast trotters as Dolly Dillon, wagon record 2:06%, and Stanley Dillon 2:07%. These trotters were both begotten by Sidney Dil- lon, when he was only two years old, and both were from mares that had never been raced to records. Professor Redfield, the leader of the development theorists, adroitly side steps, and in true Yankee fashion, replies by asking. "What is development?" Such a reply is doubtless much more satisfactory and agreeable to advocates of the developmment theory than it would be to acknowledge that, after all these years of breeding from record animals, not a single instance can be named where a stallion with a fast record has sired in one season, from mares with fast records, two trotters with records so fast as 2:06% and 2:07%. Referring to Professor Redfield's question, "De- velopment" in a trotter or pacer, as we understand it, is a condition produced by systematic training, for the purpose of educating and putting an animal in condition to trot or pace a given distance, usually one mile, in the shortest possible space of time, or at least in standard time, viz.: 2:30 for trotters and 2:25 for pacers. When a trotter or pacer is credited in the Year Book, with a record in standard time, it is a guarantee that such animal has been devel- oped to some extent, for records can only be made at regular race meetings. Races are governed by printed rules. One of these rules requires that whenever a heat is trotted, either against other horses or against time, for the purpose of giving an animal a record, there shall be three judges in the stand to time the performance accurately. All heats trotted or paced in standard time appear in the summaries published in the Year Book for that year's perform- ances. There is a table in each Year Book of re- cent years which is intended to give, in alphabetical order, the names of all trotters that have ever made standard records, whether in races or against time, and opposite the name of each animal are figures indicating his or her fastest record. There is also a similar table of standard record pacers. It is upon these tables that students of the breeding problem rely for well auathenticated, incontrovertible facts. Certain turf wirters and some students of the breeding problem have claimed that by developing the speed of an animal the ability of that animal for transmitting a high rate of speed with uniformity is increased, or in other words that alter an animal has been trained systematically and has been driven to a fast record, his or her offspring will possess greater speed ability than the offspring that was begotten or produced by the same animal before he or she made a fast record. As they make the claim the proof must come from them. The fact that fast record stallions beget, and mares with fast records produce, race-winners is not proof that their ability to transmit speed quali- ties was due to tbe fact that their speed was devel- oped by systematic training. Most of the sires of trotters that have held world's champion records, and most of the mares that have produced the cham- pions, from Lady Suffolk 2:29% to Lou Dillon 1:58%. have been animals that had not made re- cords in standard time. It matters not what Lamarck believed concern- ing the question of the influence of development. His theory was not founded upon facts. Much knowledge relating to heredity has been gained by actual experiment since Lamarck's time. Modern writers, like Weisman and Thompson, are much bet- ter informed upon that subject that was Lamarck, and their views upon acquired qualities are directly opposed to those advanced by Lamarck. It is only by a series of careful experiments that the influence of the speed development of stal- lions and mares upon their progeny can be deter- mined. Mares without records and that have never been trained for speed should produce several foals by stallions that have not been trained for the pur- pose of speed development. These mares and stal- lions should then be trained for at least two seasons and raced to records. After this has been doue let the same mares produce an equal number of foais by the same stallions that they produced by them before they were trained for speed. Train the foals that were begotten and produced before the speed of the sires and dams was developed. Give che foals that were begotten and produced after the sjieed of the parents had been developed an equal amount of development by the same trainers that developed the speed of the earlier foals, then race them and note the results. Some Examples. No such experiments as outlined above have ever been made to our knowledge. In 1901, when Alto Leyburn 2:24% was but two years old and unde- veloped, Elsie Leyburn 2:27%, then but three yeais old and without a record, was mated with him. The result was the noted trotter Jack Leyourn 2:04%, foaled in 1902. The year after he got Jack Ley- burn, Alto Leyburn won a four-heat race and made a record of 2:24% in the second heat. When Jack Leyburn 2:04% was one year old, in 1903, bis dam, Elsie Leyburn, was given a record of 2:27% against time. No trotter that Alto Leyburn 2:24% has sired since he made his record has yet gained a record of 2:10 or better. No trotter or pacer that Elsie Leyburn has produced since she took a record of 2:27% has yet made a record in standard time. We hope that, if living, she may produce more foals by Alto Leyburn. In 1S79, when Pancoast was but two years eld and undeveloped, Beatrice, then four years old and undeveloped, was mated with him. The result was Patronage. The latter never showed speed enough to take a record in standard time and was never given any record. When Patronage was seven years old, Atlanta, a five-year-old, no-record daughter of Attorney, also with no record, was mated with him. The result was a world's champion trotter, Alix 2:03%. Several stallions have been used for stock pur- poses, both before and after they were developed and raced to records. A comparison of the speed shown by their produce, before and after being laced, is interesting. One of these was the famous George M. Patchen 2:23%, the champion trotting otallion of his day. He was raced for the first time in 1S57, was started in but one race that season, and won in straight heats, time 2:44, 2:41. He was started once against Ethan Allen in 1S5S and was distanced, the first heat in 2:2S. He was campaigned quite ex- tensively in 1S59. won eight hard-fought races, and made a record of 2:24. The following season he was campaigned severely. He was started 12 times that season against Flora Temple 2:19%. He won two of these races and forced her to trot two heats in 2:21, 2:21% in one race, and two heats in 2:22%, 2:21% in another to beat him. He lowered his record that season to 2:23% in a heat that he won from Flora Temple. George M. Patchen was first used for stock pur- poses when three years old in 1852, and he did a lim- ited amount of service each season until his cam- paign in 1S59. In 1S55, or two years before he" was ever conditioned to start in a race. Lady Clifton, a non-record daughter of May Day, he by the thor- oughbred Sir Henry, a son of Sir Archy, was mated with George M. Patchen. The result was Lucy 2:18%. one of the fastest trotters of her day and the fastest that George M. Patchen ever got. After trotting to a record of 2:23%, in 1860, George M. Patchen was used exclusively for stock purposes for two seasons, at a service fee of $100. In 1S61 he was located near Kingsbridge, N. Y., at the home of his owner, Mr. William Waltermire. He made an early season at the same place in 1862, and a fall season that year at Rochester, N. Y. As he held the world's, champion record for trotting stal- lions, and had demonstrated in his races with Flora Temple that no trotter surpassed him for gameness and endurance, he was undoubtedly well patronized, and his patrons were choice mares. In 1S62 C. J. Hamlin sent Mag Addison to be mated with him and the result was the stallion Hamlin Patchen 3519. Strange to relate, however, not one of the foals which George M. Patchen got after being developed and raced to the limit of his speed ever made a record in standard time. What ^have Professor Redfield and other development theorists to say to this? Severe campaigning seems to exhaust the vitality of stallions or mares to such an extent as to impair their ability to transmit speed qualities to their off- spring until after a rest from severe track work, for at least a year or two, and by this rest they have approached a condition similar to that which they were in before their speed was developed. The noted stallion Wedgewood 2:19 was severely cam- paigned during tbe seasons of 1SS0 and 1SS1. He made the season of 1SS2, and several succeeding ones, at the Bates Farm, Watertown, Mass. Old- time horsemen well remember that though tbe best mares in this part of the country were sent to Wedge- wood that season, his crop of foals was very disap- pointing. With his system renovated by six years' rest from track work, however, he got his fastest trotter. Wistful 2:11, but as a campaigner she was not the equal of some that Wedgewood got before he made a record in standard time. Alix 2:03% became the world's champion trotter in 1894, and was last raced in public in 1895. In 1900 she produced a filly by Sable Wilkes (3) 2:18, but that filly has not yet made a standard record. In 1902 Alix produced a filly by Handspring 2:1S%. That filly trotted to a record of 2:24% this season. It was seven years after Alix was retired from track work before she produced Queen's Daughter 2:24%. Martha Wilkes 2:08, owned on the same farm with Alix 2:03%, was the fastest trotter got. by Alcyone 2:27. Her track education began in 18S6, when she was but three years old, and ended in 1893. She trotted to a record of 2:08 in 1892. She produced foals by such stallions as Charley Wilkes 2:21%, Delmareh 2:11% and Sable Wilkes (3) 2:18, but none of her foals has made a record in standard time. Sally Simmons made a record of 2:13% in 1S94, and the Year Book does not show that she was raced after that season. After resting from tracn work seven years, which was long enough for her whole system to become renovated and reach the condition in which it was before her speed was de- veloped, she was mated with Axworthy (3) 2:15%, and the produce was Hamburg Belle 2:02%, the fast- est trotter now performing in public. In 1894 Expres- sive went through one of the most strenuous cam- paigns that any three-year-old trotter was ever called upon to endure. She came out of it with a record of 2:12%. made in the fourth heat of a six- heat race that she won against aged horses. Since 1S95 she has been used as a brood-mare. Nine years after the strain upon her system caused by that severe campaign she was mated with Monbells 2:23% and produced the trotter Esther Bells 2:08%. Four years earlier she produced the trotter Ex- pressive Mae 2: 25V2. whose sire was McKinnev 2:11%, the same stallion that got Sweet Marie 2:02 from a mare that had no record. The above are a few of the many facts bearing upon the question of the influence that the develop- ment of parents has upon their offspring. As hai been frequently stated we believe that systematic training, if not carried too far, may prove beneficial because it is conducive to the highest degree of health, and that is a very important matter in ani- mals which are used for breeding purposes. We have never seen any evidence presented, however, which proved that racing an animal to a fast record gave that animal the ability to transmit a higher rate of speed than he or she would have transmitted, if in good physical condition, had he or she not been raced to a fast record. It is the blood inheritance that imparts speed ability and other race-winning qualities. Unless the animal possess such an inheritance, training will never enable a stallion to become a successful sire or a mare a successful producer of race-winners. Animals that do possess such an inheritance have produced race-winners and fast record performers in the past, though not trained and raced to fast records, and will continue to do so. ' A fast record, however, is a demonstration that the animal which makes it has inherited all the qualities upon '.hieh speed depends. Now just once more this simple question. Will those who claim that development is of greater im- portance than inheritance name some trotting stal- lion with a fast record, that, from mares with fast records, has got, in any one season, two so fast trot- ters as Dolly Dillon 2:06% and Stanley Dillon 2:07%' As before stated, these two trotters were begotten by Sidney Dillon, when in his two-year-old form and undeveloped, and the Year Book shows that their dams had no records. Etta McKenna, the mare by Judge McKenna that was given a time record of 2:29% at the Los An- geles meeting, is owned by M. J. Sresovich Jr of Los Angeles, who is so pleased with the way she is working that he has decided to enter hex at the Phoenix and Tucson meetings. She is getting her "prep" in the hands of James Stewart, and has been a half in 1:09 and a quarter in 33% seconds. Mr. Sresovich now owns Judge McKenna, the sire of his mare and Etta McKenna is the first standard per- former by this son of McKinney 2:11%. Judge McKena took a trotting record of 2:17% under the name of McKenna. He is out of Etta Wilkes by Billy Sayre, second dam by Geo. Wilkes, and is a very promising sire, several of his get having shown a high rate of speed. He had done well in the stud this spring. One of the best bred stallions in the world is to be offered at auction at Fred H. Chase & Co.'s fall sale. September 20th. We refer to By Mack, son of McKinney 2:11%, and the great brood mare Bv Bv by Nutwood. By Mack is a full brother to the dead sire Marengo King 2:29% (trial 2:12%), sire of Marie N. 2:0S%, the first 2:10 trotter of this vear. He is also a half brother to the good mare Rapidan Dillon 2:12%. now racing on the California Circuit, and his dam By By, purchased by her present owners for $10,000, is proving one of the greatest progenitors of extreme speed ever in California. By Mack has had absolutely no chances in the stud, having been kept in the country- and not advertised, since he was sold as a colt by Santa Rosa Stock Farm. He is a well turned horse, not large, but of fair size, and should be given a chance. Being by the greatest of sires. McKinney, and out of one of Nutwood's best daughters, he has every chance to he a great sire, if mated with good mares, and any good live horseman can secure a large patronage for him in almost any locality where breeding is done. By Mack is one of the best bred sons of McKinney living. The horsemen of Tres Pinos. Monterey county, are to build a half mile track on which to hold three or four days' racing this fall. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. THE FARM NOTES OF THE HOG LOT. It is a great mistake to sell the brood sow just because she is two or three years old. Keep her as long as she remains vigorous. When the hogs are confined keep the floors of the pen as free from dust as pos- sible. Hogs lie with their noses close to the floor and in this way inhale more dust, than any other farm animal. A Missouri farmer always plants about two acres to squashes which he feeds to his hogs during the winter with excellent results. This man writes: "I have sold in the regular market $360 worth of poik from two sows." Some farmers seem to have learned the very essential fact that hogs are nat- ural grazers and should always have plenty of grass. A field of rye makes the best spring pasture for the hogs. Hog breeding for a pure-bred market is a ticklish job, and requires a great deal of experience. The average farmer will do better to stick to the pork grades. ■ Xaturally a sow nursing a big litter of pigs loses fat rapidly and should be fed plentifully on nutritious milk-giving feeds. This feed is not wasted because it all goes to making the growth of the youngsters. The fact that hogs always make more rapid gains during the summer and fall months than in the winter ought to prove the wisdom of providing warm, dry quarters in cold weather. Hogs fed on corn meal and tankage require a great deal of water and this adds to the dige-tibility of the feed and helps to make gain. A hog will eat almost anything when very hungry but his appetite should be tempted with palatable food if he is to make the greatest possible profit. The fact that hogs require a great deal of water makes feed fed as slops more de- sirable than dry feed. Southern farmers have learned that feeding cottonseed-meal in large quanti- ties is bad business as it often leads to fatalities. Fed in small quantities, how- ever, with corn and alfalfa, it is bene- ficial. One good way to feed alfalfa during the winter is to chop it into about 4-inch lengths. Soak it in hot water or steam it in a barrel or tank. Steaming feed for hogs is an easy mat- ter. All that is required is a large box connected with a small boiler by a one- inch pipe. The pipe should enter the box at the bottom. Too much feed should not be steamed at one time as it is apt to become sour and unpalatable. A young hog takes on fat more rapidly than an old one and we should know at what age it is unprofitable to continue to shovel corn into the animal. Never feed more than the hogs will eat up cleanly. Many farmers practice this but keep a quantity of uneaten feed ly- ing around the lot at all times, to be mussed over and wasted. If you are feeding your hogs for fat you should give them more corn than if feeding for bacon. The ideal boar should be wide between the forelegs, broad-backed, and have a short, thick neck, as these indicate large heart, lungs and vigor. The form of the boar gives form to the pigs while the sow determines the inter- nal structure. Xever buy a long-nosed or long-bodied rangy b'-ar. If the stream runs through your farm and eh ilera should break out on a farm above ,'ou to which diseased hogs have access you may be sure that your own herd will be affected. We believe it is much better to water hogs from wells or clean ponds on the farm than to use running streams, as diseases are very often contracted through the latter. Weaning the pig too suddenly without giving it food it can readily assimilate will often stunt it so that it will never be- come a perfect animal. As long as hogs are doing well on a certain kind of feed it is not a good plan to change suddenly and radically. Let well enough alone. It is always a good plan to feed pigs in a separate pen. This can easily be ac- complished by making the one adjoining the sow with an opening just large enough for the youngsters to get through. The farmer who will stick to hog rais- ing and grow his own feed, will in the long run, we think, make more money than the man who plows up his wheat pasture waiting for another Patten cor- ner. Chicago packers have been snapping up good hogs this summer at prices around $8, and the supply is not equal to the demand. All the ashes from the coal-stove and the charcoal from the wood stove should be dumped in the hog lot. Salt the ash pile occasionally. Farmers who have the knack of mak- ing good meat can add to their profits by curing ham, shoulders and bacon on the farm instead of allowing the packers to make the big profits in this way. — Farm World. HORSE5 AND MULES. It is pretty hard on the mare to com- pel her to suckle the colt and to do her share of the farm work during the hot season without first having prepared her by good feed and extra care through the winter. Never comb the mud from the horses legs with a curry comb. It makes them nervous. Feed sparingly of the new oats at first. Many a good animal has been killed by overfeeding. Feed molasses to horses by mixing it with hay chopped rather fine, say about % of an inch long, and mixed with a lit- tle ground feed. I bought a pure-bred Percheron, a six- year-old filly, and when she was twelve years old I sold her in foal. She and her colts had made me a profit of $3,350 and she was a regular worker on the farm. — John F. Lewis, Va. THE BEST LINIMENT OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY im Gombault's ■ Caustic Balsam IT HAS NO EQUAL Cam — It is penetrat- rUl ing,sooUungaiid healing, and for all Old 1L. Sores. ■.-;-■ = Hie Wounds, Felons. Exterior Cancers, Boils Human B°u^,oansd CAUSTIC BALSAM has Body We would say to who buy it thai it does not contain a particle of poisonous substance and therefore no harm can result from its ex- ternal use. Persistent, thorough use will cure many old or chronic ailments and it can be used on any case thai requires an outward application with perfect safety. Perfectly Safe and Reliable Remedy for Sore Throat Chest Cold Backache Neuralgia Sprains Strains Lumbago Diphtheria Sore Lungs Rheumatism and ail Stiff Joints REMOVES THE SORENESS-STRENGTHENS MUSCLES Comhill, Tex.— "One bottle Caustic Balsam did my rheumatism more good thu" $120.00 paid in aoctor^sbills." OTTO A. BEYER. Price SI. BO per bottle. Sold br d.-usjrirts, or sent bj u« express prepaid. Write for Booklet R. The LAWRENCE- WILLIAMS COMPANY, Cleveland, 0. A horse that ia afraid of the electric car never can be taught to pass it quiet- ly by whipping. Many farmers imagine that they are saving money when they breed to a seven or eight-dollar horse, but the truth is they are losing five or six times that amount. "We frequently see young colts follow- ing along the fields after their dams, walking many miles during the hot weather. Useless and poor business. A very young colt, like a baby, should have a great deal of rest and sleep. It is easy to teach a suckling colt how to drink milk, and a quart of warm cow's milk night and morning will give it a good start. Many mares are unable to supply their colts with sufficient milk, particularly when hard worked. In such cases they should be helped out. In keeping the colt from following its mother it should be confined in a place where it can not see her. Great care SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address. F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg.. San Francisco. FOR SALE. Standard bred filly, three years old. by Ex- change, dam Laura Inca by Inca -557. Black in color, trotter and a good prospect. Will be sold cheap. For price and further particulars address MRS. L. L. PARKER. R. R. No. 2. Highland. Cal. FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old, 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Now in foal to Gerald G., by Zorabro, out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood W. ; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. WAKEFIELJ}. 2118 K street, Sacramento, California. Chas. Derby Pacer for Sale. Bay mare. 5 years old. by Chas. Derby. First dam Maggie by Abbottsford Jr.; second dam Maggie Mc by Speculation by Hambletonian 10: third dam by Bell Alto by Williamson's Belmont (thoroughbred). First dam the dam of Sid Abbot, trial in 2:17. This mare was bred by W. L. McDonald of Con- cord.Contra Costa Co.. Cal., and has shown quar- ters in 34 seconds with 6 weeks work on the Santa Rosa track. Is good sized, sound and gentle. For further particulars and price address W. Y. WALKER, Sebastopol. Sonoma Co., Cal. THREE GOOD ONES FOR SALE. PATROSE 2:12%. sired by Falrose. dam Patty Washington. He stands 17 hands high, weighs 1235 pounds, is 9 years old. handsome bay in color. Absolutely sound, kind, afraid of noth- ing and a first-class roadster in every respect. SORREL GELDING, 7 years old. by Chas. Derby, dam Empress. Gentle and safe for any one to drive. Shows plenty of speed, is a good looker, weighs 1100 pounds, stands 15.3 hands high, absolutely sound and a pacer. BLACK GELDING by Bryson, dam Nellie Wilkes. Nine years old. weighs 950 pounds, kind and a good driver and fearless. These horses are all right in every respect and will be sold at a very reasonable figure. For price and further particulars call or address DR. A. J. RYDBERG. San Rafael. Cal. NOTICE OF INCREASE OE CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by tne Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July Htta, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (501 dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Fran Cisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a, m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: r*. S. ADAMS. Secretary. should be taken that it does not injure itself at first. If you can not afford to bny pure-bred mares at the start, buy the best you can, then trade and buy until you can get the real article. If the horses' s mane is heavy and in- clined to work under the collar thin it out because it will almost certainly cause a sore spot. Stuffing a work horse with corn during the hot weather is bad practice. Green grass is palatable but really con- tains very little food that is of value to a working animal. A well-bred mule colt will bring on an average of $200, when broken, at three years of age. Northern farmers who own large, rangy but smooth mares, can breed them to ad- vantage to good-sized jacks and find Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all caseB of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. FirsUclass boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt, F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St., Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit it Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. MeFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbrville Ky. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof. Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco will reduce inflamed, swollen Join lss Brnisea, Soli Bunches. Cure Boils, fis* tula or any unhealthy sore quickly: pleasant to use; does not blister nnder bandage or remove the hair, and rou can work the horse. $2 per bottle at dealers or delivered* " /\ Horse Book 7 D free. ABSORB! N E. JR , for mankind, $1.00 per bottle. Reduces Varicose .VelnB, Varicocele, Hydrocele, J Goitre, Wens, Strains, Bruises, ' Btopa Pain and inflammation tf. F. YOUNG, P, D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass, For Sale bv— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal.;' Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash. ; Spokane Drug- Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN U ready market for the young mules all over the country. A mule requires less care and less feed than a horse and will do more work on the average. In the south mules are graded accord- ing to their size, the little fellows going to the cotton fields and the big ones to the lumbermen. — Farm World. ALFALFA WILL GROW EVERYWHERE. AVhile experts have been declaring that alfalfa would only grow in certain soils and in certain climates, it has proven adaptability to nearly all cli- mates and almost all soils. It produces with a rainfall as scant as 14 inches, and in the Gulf States flourishes with 65 in- ches. It gives crops at an elevation of 8,000 feet above sea level, and in South- ern California it grows below sea level to a height of six feet or over, with nine cuttings a year, aggregating ten to twelve tons. An authenticated photograph in possession of the writer shows a wonder- ful alfalfa plant raised in the (irrigated) desert of Southern California, sixty feet below sea level, that measured consider- able more than ten feet in height. Sat- isfactory crops are raised, but on limited areas as yet, in Vermont and Florida. New York has grown it for over one hundred years in her clay and gravel ; Nebraska grows it in her western sand hills without plowing, as does Nevada on her sage-brush desert. The depleted cot- ton soils of Alabama and rich corn lands of Illinois and Missouri each respond generously with profitable yields to the enterprising farmer, while its accumu- lated nitrogen and the subsoiling it effects are making the rich land more valuable and giving back to the crop- worn the priceless elements of which it has been in successive generations de- spoiled by a conscienceless husbandry. — From Coburn's, "The Book of Alfalfa." GOATS AS TRAIL MAKERS. The brush eating instinct of the An- gora goat is being successfully demon- strated on the Lassen National Forest in California where they are cutting trails for fire guards through the brushy acres on the slopes of the mountains. The animals, which number 3,000, have been divided into two bands and under the care of the herders are grazed within certain well defined acres so that their work may be concentrated on the brush within those limits. The result is that they have practically killed nearly all the brush in the course either by eat- ing it up entirely, or by barking, as in the case of the heavy mauzanita bushes. At the beginning of the experiment there was some doubt as to the goats' willing- ness to eat the manzanita, but it has been found that where there is little else they will just as readily attack it as any other bushes. The grazing season was so late this year on the Lassen Forest that the goats did not begin operations until about the middle of June, but since then they have made rapid progress and the result promises to be a success from every point of view. The trails will first be opened and then kept free from sprouts by the goats, saving the Government consider- able labor in cutting them out by hand as has been done heretofore, while the brushy forage which otherwise would have been wasted will support 3,000 goats very comfortably. CHOOSING CATTLE FOR FEEDING. As a rule, the low-built, block y steers, with wide, straight backs, short necks, deep chests and broad heads are more responsive to feed than any other type. Long-neck, leggy steers are slow finish- ers and poor sellers. The girth of a steer, as well, is almost a sure indication of its ability to put on flesh in a given length of time. The experiment station uses three girth measurements in com- piling its data, the heart, middle and rear girths. In practically every late ex- periment the heaviest gainers are the steers with the largest middle girths. In group No. 1 the middle girths of the best gainers averaged seven inches larger than those of the three poorer ones. In group 2 the difference averaged only three inches. The best individual gain- er in the first group averaged three and one-quarter pounds per day, while the poorest put on an average daily gain of two and one-half pounds. GOOD PRICES FOR FARM PROD- UCTS. We are entering a new era not mere- ly of agriculture, but of all industries — of farm products and of non-farm products. Our great plains have re- cently come into world production. That they did not cause a permanent and widespread over-plus of farm products is due solely to the fact that the cities have also grown quite as rapidly. Our farm products did not outstrip the production of the other industries for some decades after farm machinery, railways and steam- ships put out great plains Into the field of economic production. But now for a decade or two the relative ex- pansion of agriculture has been less than the continued marvelous growth of the cities in this country and throughout the world. The cities are quite likely to con- tinue their rapid rate of growth and the increased acreage, plus the greater yields the acre the world over, will not be able to keep up. In other words we seem to have entered per- manently upon the era of good prices for farm products. This is not a mis- fortune. It means that the farmer can exchange his products for a goodly amount of other things which have heretofore been denied him in fair ratio. It means the permanent en- thronement of the family farm as a racial institution, a place to grow men who will retain the best virility of cit- izenship. It is not a misfortune to the larger part of the population which does not live on the farms to have the farmer prosperous. It means that he will in turn pay well for the products of the non-agricultural industries. It means that both classes will have a larger surplus, after providing the necessi- ties of life, to lay aside for the rainy day, as well as more to use in devel- oping the children and in having- a share in the knowledge, social and other pleasurable emoluments of civil- ization. All classes must expect to pay what now seems high prices for food and clothing. To be able to do this they too must be efficient that they may have the means to buy from the farmer. Any classes which pro- duce little and therefore secure small remuneration will have some difficulty in keeping the wolf from the door and in fact we see signs of this condition creeping in right today. The questions of vocational training and of the fair division of the rapidly enlarging products of labor and capital must be solved just like other business matters and one of these points will dp. to get enough for the proletariat to eat. The volume of business will con- tinue to grow. The prospects for in- dustrial expansion are larger than ever before, because organized thought, trained men, accumulated facilities for business and transportation and an in- spiration for larger things are making greater things possible. Barring wars, the most marvelous continuous indus- trial progress of the world under sci- entific direction ought to come along about now and it is up to our Ameri- can settlers to dip in and get their share of the good things. The first thing to do now is to strengthen the gold standard by establishing bimet- talism so that all parts of the world may do business on equal terms with plenty of money of everybody. — Field and Farm. MILKING MACHINES. Owing to the rapid growth of the dairy industry in recent years, and the increasing difficulty of securing competent Iielp, much interest has been aroused in the possibility of se- curing greater economy in time and labor by the use of mechanical milk- ers. Several of the experiment sta- tions, as well as the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture, have made experiments and published re- ports dealing with various phases of this subject. Experiments have been carried on at the Nebraska Station tor several years with a view to ascertaining definitely some of the practical limitations of the milking machine and the conditions un- der which it may be most success- fully used. These experiments have dealt more particularly with the effect of the use of the milking machine upon the production of cows through- out the lactation period and the be- havior of individual animals with ref- erence to machine milking. In the experiments fifty-three cows have been milked by machinery. Of these cows some have been milked continually with mechanical milkers from the time they were first tried, while others have been subject to this method for only a short time. As a result, twenty practically complete lactation records have been obtained, together with numerous records cover- ing shorter periods of time. Heifers in their first lactation seem to give down their milk quite freely when milked by machine and are less inclined to hold up their milk than are cows that have been accustomed to hand milking for several years before machine milking is begun. Id general it was found that the effect of the machine varied with the individual cows, and that some cows are not adapted to machine milking. Heifers in their first lactation appar- ently gave better results by machine milking than did aged cows that had been accustomed to hand milking for one or more years. With animals adapted to the pur- pose, the use of the milking machine appears tn be a very dec'ded advan- tage, but if there are several animals in the herd which cannot be milked in this way to advantage the herd totals may be so lowered, and the resultant losses become so great, that they would not be compensated for by the saving of time and labor in the use of the machine. The successful application of ma- chine milking cannot therefore be as- sured until all members of the herd are known to be adapted to this meth- od of milking. THROWING AND TYING HORSES. In answer to a Washington inquirer, A. B. R., horses can be successfully thrown with a rope alone although the use of hopples guards against the pos- sibility of burns on the pasterns from careless use of the rope. Hopples are also safer for the operator and are ouite generally used by those who throw a large number of horses. To cast with a rope alone a 30-foot rope is thrown across the hprse's neck and tied in a knot that will not slip, leaving the loop over his neck fitting about as snug as a horse col- lar. The free ends of the rope should be of equal length. The two ends are thrown between the front legs and then between the hind legs, then brought forward on the outside and drawn tight with the contact at the hind legs just below the fetlock joint. As the hind feet are pulled forward the horse falls and if he is being thrown for castration he should be pushed to the left side as he goes down. One man holds his head down while his hind feet are pulled well forward and fastened. The rope is looped around each hind pastern to prevent the feet escaping and the ropes tied to the neck loop by two half hitches. The front feet may then be secured by the loose ends of the ropes, tying each with with a loop around the fetlock and a tie of two half hitches. Two men can handle a horse in this way and when he is tied one man can hold his head down to check his strug- gling while the other operates. A hopple is a padded strap long enough to buckle around the pastern. A ring is fastened to the strap to run the rope through. In using two hop- the same as when no hopples are used. With four hopples a surcingle is often used having rings to run the rope through and a hopple is put on each pastern. One end of the rope is tied to one surcingle ring; the other is put through two front hopple rings. then through the surcingle ring, then through both hind hopple rings and back through a second surcingle ring. The operator stands on the right side and pulls on the rope, throwing the horse to the left. All the feet are drawn close up to the surcingle and the rope made fast to it by two half hitches. Horses are sometimes thrown with four hopples and no surcingle by simply threading the rope through the hopple rings and pulling all four feet together, but this does not ef- fectually check their struggling. There are a number of other differ- ent ways of using hopples with sub- Two Interesting Letters From One Man. C COOK I SCHWAHTZENBERO C. COOK & CO., Commission fUtrtljants and Provision Dtaltrs. Poultry, Butter, Eggs. Etc. 1-5-5 WoodUnd Ave„ 2-10 E*slc Sl June 16, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen — I have this day pur- chased a bottle of "Save-the-Horse," contract No. 52.745, which I want to use on Charles S. 2:16*4. He is so lame that he can hardly walk. It seems to be in the ankle in the front feet, just where I have marked it on enclosed cut. The horse has been fired and blistered there. Any advice in regard to what is wrong- and how to treat it would be highly appreciated, as your "Save-the- Horse" Cure has been highly recom- mended to me. Thanking you £•;■ an early reply, I am, Respectfully yours, CHAS. COOK. THE RESULT. July 1, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: — In your letter you asked us to let you know how Charles S. turned out by using "Save-the-Horse." Ater using it for S days, as per your instructions, you will notice the result by enclosed clipping, where at the Val- ley race track he paced a mile in 2:18, lowering the track record for this year and winning race. I cannot say too much for your "Save- the-Horse" Cure and assure any one that the $5.00 invested for a bottle of your cure is the best investment any horseman can make. Respectfully yours, CHAS. COOK. COPIED FROM THE CLIPPING. It was in the third event that Charley S. electrified the crowd by his glib work. Pitted against Tread well, The Landgrave and Ginger, Charley S. won in straight heats in 2:18 and 2:21, Treadwell and The Landgrave dividing the second place honors, while the speedy Ginger was fourth. Dark Secret won a good race from Bernardo and Supero, the heats being trotted in 2:23 each. Event No. 3 — 2:20 Pace. Charlie S. (Cook) 1 1 Treadwell (Marshall) 2 Z The Landgrave (Schoene) 4 2 Ginger (Wirick) 3 4 Time — 2:18, 2:21. Makes a Tendon Like a Rod of Steet "Save-the-Horse" permanently cures bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpln, splint, shoe boil, wlndpuff, injured ten- dons, and all lameness, without Bear or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. 95 Per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could mak« it. At Druefflistn anil Dealers or EiprfM Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Hinthamton, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL. SO Bayo Vista A venae, Oakland, Cal. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 21, 1909. A RECORD BREAKER / The Trap Shooting Tournament at Hickman, Ky., July 12th and loth, produced a combination of high scores and straight runs, the like of which never were made be" fore in any single shoot; and in this unique achievement the chief actors were users of ■ © x © ■ s w n © i i s 351 ex 360 by Frank Foltz of Toledo, 0., winning High Amateur Average. 185 Straight by Frank Foltz 350 ex 360 by Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., winning 2nd Amateur Average. 103 Straight by A. M. Hatcher Two runs of 80 Straight with I lost bird intervening, by C. A. Young. 156 Straight by W. Henderson On the 1st day Messrs. Foltz and Henderson each broke the entire program — 120 Straight 100 Straight by H. D. Freeman jr A feat never before performed by 2 Amateurs in any one day's shooting. Isn't it very evident that PETERS SHELLS are Absolutely Perfect? ' THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. IVeTV York: 08 Chambers St.. T. H. Keller, Mgr. San Francisco: GOS-G12 Howard St., J. S. French. Mgr. New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. !!KVVXV*VSKXJCXXXXSSXXXX?SXXX?«XXXX»ttCXXS^^ stantially the same effect, and nearly every man has a little different scheme and a little different rigging, but these are the simplest ways of doing the thing without danger of crippling the horse. Western horses when wild are, of course, handled far less gently; they are lassoed around the front feet and thrown and then the hind feet made fast. The shock of the fall is much greater by this method and involves considerable risk with heavy horses. It is safer for the horse when he is tame enough to permit it to throw him by these methods that bring his hind parts to the ground first. — Chi- cago Breeders' Gazette. o DAIRYING IN CHINA. Although the Amoy district is the best cattle-producing district in the IS provinces in China, Consul Julean H. Arnold of Amoy says that dairying among the Chinese is practically un- known. He also gives the following account of the industry: The Chinese cow has been bred as a work animal rather than for milking purposes, and beyond feeding her calf it appears that she has almost lost her claim to being a dairy animal. A cow in China is seldom milked with- out the assistance of the calf. Illus- trative of the limited extent of the use of fresh cow's milk among the Chinese it may be stated that in Foo- chow, a city as large as St. Louis, the few who would have pure cow's milk are supplied by a walking dairy. The milkman leads his cow to the front door of his customer's house, and there, in his customer's presence, milks the required measure. The or- dinary customer takes no more than about a third of a pint. After one is supplied the cow man leads his cow and calf to the front door of the next customer, and thus passes on until all his customers are supplied or his walk- ing dairy's limited supply exhausted. There are probably no more than half a dozen such dairies in Foochow. Undoubtedly the best milk-produc- ing animal in China is the water buf- falo. Although this animal is used primarily for farm purposes, yet it is milked to a limited extent, the milk being fairly rich in fats. The Amoy community's demand for fresh milk is only partially supplied by several native so-called "dairies," each of which has two or three cows and several water buffaloes. Inspec- tion by foreign physicians keeps the milk up to as good standard as pos- sible. The black goat probably furnishes the largest amount of fresh milk for the Chinese people. A white goat is scarcer in China than is a black sheep in America. Owing to the general lack of dairying throughout China, Man- churia excepted, the manufacturer of condensed milks has found the mar- ket a profitable one, and gradually that article is forcing its way into the most remote villages of the empire. It appears that it is through the intro- duction of condensed milk that China is learning to appreciate the value of milk, and her education in this direc- tion will undoubtedly lead to an inter- est in dairying. When this interest is once aroused the Amoy hinterland will have an opportunity to add a very remunerative industry, for there is probably no better cattle-grazing land in the 18 provinces. HOW TO KILL WEEDS. Rotation of crops is one of the best ways to get rid of some weeds; cer- tain weeds go with certain crops. We should not sow small grain unless it is carefully screened in a fanning mill to get out the weeds and weaker seeds. Weeds teach us that we must cul- tivate better. It is certainly profitable to cultivate corn as long as weeds are there. Weeds cause great loss of moisture and plant food, they reduce the stooling of small grain, cut down the yield of crops, make the cultiva- tion of the field more expensive, and damage hay and other such crops after harvesting. Weeds aid many plant diseases as rusts, smuts and blights, and help to increase the insects. If it were not for foxtail, we could cut off much in- jury by the corn root louse. Weeds that are annuals may be de- stroyed by clean cultivation during their early growth and just before they produce seed. It is better to smother the weeds that have root stalks, as many perennials do. If they are cut off even with the ground or deeper the root can exist for awhile, but cannot live without leaves above the ground. Sometimes weeds indi- cate an acid soil. To destroy the wild morning glory or bind weed, turn in the sheep or hogs. Keep these vines cut off above the soil for two years and it will kill the roots. If the ground is plowed one and one-half inches deep in the spring and later six or eight inches deep, this will thoroughly kill them in a dry season. Cut down the morn- ing glories and in August plow and harrow the ground, double discing where the weeds are thickest. This has destroyed them all. Canada thistles may be gotten rid of by cutting them off every two weeks for two years. One man who has had experience with iron sulphate said that it would destroy porous-leaved weeds like mustard, but he thought it would not do for weeds having smooth leaves. He had completely destroyed Canada thistle by three sprayings with iron sulphate. Burs have been gotten rid of by putting the land in wheat seeded with clover, mowing the stub- ble in August, getting a heavy growth oE clover and following with corn. The burs must be killed in August for two years in succession. o It's a great loss when the stock does not have plenty of green foliage. Tem- porary pastures of the small grains provide fine pasturage and are not nearly appreciated. ItaSpj ILffiN. You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large ~ catalog — it'sroailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Go. Marion, Ohio. 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First Fall Combination Sale AT CHASE'S PAVILION, MONDAY EVE., SEPT. 20, '09 We already have consignments from the following breeders, headed by the McKINNEY STALLION BY MACK, full brother to Marengo King 2:29i, sire of Marie N. 2:08|. C. JOHNSON ESTATE, Castro Valley, a number of drivers and saddlers. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, several 2-year-old prospects. LAUREL CREEK FARM, well broken driving horses. CHAS. BUTTERS, a high-class combination hackney mare. Entries to close Sept. 1st. Send for entry blanks. FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco. Saturday, August 21, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough. Golcher <& Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Phone Temporary 1883. 5|Q JU^ef gt., Sail FfaHCiSCO MANUFACTURERS *jy OUTFITTERS j FOR THE I SPORTSMAN CAMPER1™ ATHLETE. (brnpan1 48-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT , *»? APPARATUS I FOR ' EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. PHIL. B. 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MULLER, Pacific Coast Agent, 714 Market NEW HAVEN, CONN St., San Francisco, Cai_ Another Clean . . Sweep . WITH SMELTING & LEAD CO., Professional High Average Amateur High Average ,&p At BeMingham, Aug. 1. 1909 Also at Salinas, Raymond, Tacoma San Francisco, Cal. VOLUME LV. No. 9. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1909. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year oo o o ooo NORMONO 2:14% j Ally, foaled 1907, by Dernonio 2:li%, tiara Louisa by Welcome 2:10%. Winner Two- Year-Old Pacing Division of Pacific Breeders Futurity at Salinas, 1909. Owned by J. N. Blair, Sacramento. o SWEET BOW 2:17'; Bay filly, foaled 1907, by Bon Voyage 2:12%, dam The Silver Bell by Silver Bow 2:16. Winner Two- Year-Old Trotting Division of Pacitir Breeders Futuritt at Salinas, 1909. Owned by" L. H. TodhAnter, Sacramento. o o THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 28, 1909. 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GUARANTEE O to stop 3rour horse from Polling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pulling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit. With it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort; it will make him forget his bad habits, bring out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed hy E. F. Geers, W. L.. Snovv, D. J. McCIary, Alta McDon- ald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, AlonV.o McDonald, and nearly all the (prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully 80 per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good_ as "Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Overcheck. Mailed prepaid free to any part of the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us, who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent CheckiDg Device and can not wait to get them direct from us, we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our device is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sp-11 them for direct: Fiss. Doerr & i 'arroll Horse Co.. New York City ; Becker it Wickser, Buffalo. N. Y. ; Tuttle & Clark Detroit. Mich.; FosterH-elmrieck Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City. Mo. Patented Aug. 11. 1890. Patent No.565,B81. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. <^S*r/3Ar{/ftfer{/#ERS HARNESS $ TURF GOODS The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. 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Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 THE DEATH OF M. D. WISDOM occurred in Portland, Oregon, last week, the funeral taking place there on Sunday last. While those who knew his condition best were not surprised that death should come so soon after his illness was announced a few weeks ago, the news came as a shock to his hosts of friends throughout the Pacific Coast. Those who knew him as a man, a citizen, an editor or a friend, most sincerely regret his death. No man has done so much to build up the livestock interests of this coast and instill into the breeders that enthusiasm and energy that makes for the improvement of their stock, than the modest, quiet gentleman who for so many years has been the honored editor of the North Pacific Rural Spirit, and Secretary of the North Pacific Circuit of Fairs. It will be a long time before a man will be found that will entirely fill the places he has occupied. ' His death is indeed a severe loss to the livestock interests of the entire Pacific Coast. Mr. Wisdom was born in Randolph County, Missouri, in 1854, and crossed the plains to Oregon at the age of 9. His parents settled at Baker City, where Mr. Wisdom lived the greater part of his life until the late '80s. He farmed in Baker County for many years. After serving one term as County Clerk he removed to Portland in 1888 and opened a drugstore at First and Stark streets. In 1895 Mr. Wisdom purchased the Rural Spirit, and has conducted it ever since. In 1899 he was appointed secretary of the State Board of Ag- riculture, serving until 1904, when he was appointed a member of that body. During the Lewis and Clark Fair he was in charge of the livestock exhibi- tion and achieved the honor of having organized the best show ever given in the Northwest. Last year he was appointed by Governor Chamberlain a mem- ber of the Oregon State Commission of the A-Y-P Exposition. His appointment as superintendent of the livestock exposition at Seattle came just about a year ago. The funeral took place on Sunday last from Trinity Church in Portland and was very large- ly attended. The impressive burial service of the Episcopal Church was read by Rev. William R. Powell. The pallbearers, all- long-time friends of the deceased horseman and editor, were: J. W. Bailey, G. A. Westgate, W. F. Matlock, N. C. Maris, W. M. Davis and T. B. McDevitt. OCCIDENT AND STANFORD STAKES. Names of Three-Year-Olds in These Stakes On Which Final Payments Have Been Made. On Monday next, the opening day of the Califor- nia State Fair at Sacramento the Occident Stake for three-year-olds will be trotted, and on the fol- lowing Saturday at the same place the Stanford Stake will be decided. The three-year-olds in these two stakes on which final payments^ have been made are the following: Occident Stake. Mrs. T. B. Gibson's bay filly Virginia-Lee by Iran Alto, dam Maggie by Soudan. S. H. Hoy's chestnut filly Complete by Palite. dam Camilla by Bayswater Wilkes. C. A. Canfield's bay colt El Volante by Zombro, dam Mamie Elizabeth by Red Regent.' Dana Perkins' bay colt All Style by. Stam B. dam Zaya by Bay Bird. L. H. Todhunter's bay filly Leavinettie by Zombro, dam Loma B. by Stam B. Stanford Stake. S. H. Hoy's black filly Sal Verne, by Jules Verne, dam Sallie. Dana Perkins bay colt All Style by Stam B., dam Zaya by Bay Bird. L. H. Todhunter's bay filly Leavinettie by Zombro. dam Loma B. by Stam B. S. B. Wright's bay colt Easter by Monicrat, dam Alta Reina by Alto Rex. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. The track at Agricultural Park is beginning to present quite an animated appearance again. The horses that were left at home for different reasons when the others went to the races are all stepping along well and some of them exceptionally fast, and then three or four, including L. J. Christo- pher's Zombro mare Zombretta, are being shaped up for the Tulare races and will ship away from here about the first of the month, all of which makes in- terest for the morning sessions of the "dockers" who occupy the middle section of the grand stand from 8 a. m. till noon. The President of the group. J. O. Gerretty, has been away at the races up north for the last couple of weeks but has at last returned and is now occupying his usual seat directly oppo- site the wire, and nobody can sneak in a %, to say nothing of a % or a mile on him without his watch telling the tale. These enthusiasts must get their information from the different tracks by wireless for it seems as if a heat is no sooner trotted at Woodland or Cleveland than the result is known to them, especially if a local horse is one of the performers. It is to be hoped now that Phoenix (The Pig) has won a heat that his owner will show up at the track again, for not a soul has seen him since Phoe- nix got the flag at Baltimore the first week in June and before that not a day passed that he v/as not an interested spectator of the workouts. Even the race meeting here last month did not tempt him from his seclusion. Phoenix is not the only horse outside of the Dur- fee string racing East. C. A. Holcomb of Santa Ana, the home of Goldennut, is racing through the Oil Circuit of Pennsylvania and western New Y.ork with the black mare Phyllis C. 2:17%. . It fakes a good game man to go so far to get into that "society," for it is the hardest of any of the %-mile circuits without exception to win in; not only the cream of the horses outside the Grand Circuit performers, are there on account of the overnight betting, both book and auction, but the teamsters are crack-a- jacks and each seems from the way they drive to think they have an extra neck and a couple of legs in their track stalls in case they break the ones they are using. Long miles are unknown to Bob Bevin, Allie Merryfield, Larry Grey, Amos Rath- bun. Frank Barnes, Jack Ronebaugh (The Kan- nuck), "Monkey" Wescott, "Dusty"- Miller, Al. Cum- mings and the rest of them, with Vance Nuckols dropping in every now and then to try and break up a combination, and sometimes he does it, and then he has more money than a winner of a Grand Cir- cuit stake. Dr. Ramsey, from Riverside, is also over the mountains, but not so far East, with Mac O. D. and some others, racing through ' the middle west. Good luck to them, they will earn every dollar they get. and they will have a tip-top time, for round the hotel nights there are no nicer set of fellows on earth than the bunch of drivers I've named, but all friendship ceases the next afternoon when the bell rings. Harry Thomas has brought up two of the Can- field colts from the farm, a filly by Waiter Barker, dam Mamie Elizabeth, the dam of El Volante 2:15%. and one by Redlac. dam.Trix by .Zolock. They are both good sized and the Walter Barker filly is a per- fect beauty. She is a bay with two white hind ankles and the raciest head ami neck imaginable. She looks very like her half brother El Volante and one can hardly say more. The Redlac filly is not so tall and more compactly put together: hoth are nicely broke and good gaited. The most talked of thing just now at the track is in J. S. Stewart's string. She is a four-year-old bay mare by McKenna. dam Ethel Wilkes. She was given/a mark here during the Harness^ Horse meeting of 2:29%, and was then—turned over to Stewart. He has been going easy with her as is his custom, never letting her go to her limit, but at that he has let her step a mile in 2:15 and a quarter in 32 second and says he thinks a mile in 2:12 would not be beyond her limit if he really took hold of her and razooed her the mile out. She is 15% hands, strong, wears an open bridle, goes with few boots and very high headed : bar accidents she looks like a very high class proposition for next season. J. H. Vance is devoting a good deal of attention to Red McK., and that well bred stud is responding well. This morning he let him tramp a mile in 2:34 and came through the stretch so fast that: he doubted the accuracy of his watch for that piece of machinery showed 32% seconds, and a watchT like figures, they say, will not lie. At any rate the horse looked as if he was going very fast. W. R.' Murphy, his' owner, sold a 14 months old colt by him' the other day for $500. Red McK. is a very popular sire in this neighborhood and does a very large business every spring. Friends of A. E. Heller and horsemen generally will be glad to hear that he succeeded in getting $850 from the insurance company for the death of Young Hal 2:05%. The horse was insured for $1000 and picked up a nail coming from the blacksmith shop last spring and blood poisoning set in. He died in torture after weeks of unnecessary suf- fering. For, though the insurance company vets, said there was no hope of saving him the company would not allow him killed, hoping he would outlive the policy. Then they refused to pay the. amount called for and wanted to return the premium and cancel the policy. In fact did everything they could to avoid, giving up the money. Finally Heller threat- ened suit and they compromised for the above amount. It was such an outrageous piece of cruelty all the daily papers here took it up and published the story at. the time. I understand that the estimates of the different contractors for building the new track at Agri- cultural Park and stables, fence and grand stands will be turned in tomorrow and then something definite will be done. I'm told $25,000 has already been pledged for the new layout and it .now seems as if it would be an easy matter to get the balance subscribed, especially as it will be known tomorrow what that balance will be. JAMES. ANTI-BETTING LAW ATTACKED. In presenting arguments last Monday before the District Court of Appeals in support of an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Frank O'Shea. accused of having violated the anti-betting law at the Ingleside Coursing Park Attorneys Carroll Cook and Henry Ach attacked the validity of the enactment of the recent legislature commonly known as the "race-track law." The law prohibits betting at race tracks. O'Shea was arrested on a warrant based on a vio- lation of the Penal Code. Through his attorneys he made three distinct contentions in his attack upon the validity of the anti-betting law. O'Shea's first contention is that by reason of the complex form of the section of the code — the sec- tion being one complex sentence of over thirty lines — it is unintelligible, and of such phraseology as to make it impossible to determine what particular acts are necessary to be grouped together to constitute the crime intended by the section to he denounced. His second contention is that the provision, when read in connection with other provisions of the chap- ter of the code in which it is found, are so unrea- sonable as to be void. His third contention is that the penalty affixed to the- section of the code is absolutely void. Upon this last contention his attorneys based the greater part of their argument. They argued that the penalty affixed by the legis- lature attempts to confer upon the courts functions that are not judicial and legislative powers that can- not be conferred upon the courts. In case of con- viction, according to the attorneys, the statute that is being attacked gives the Judge the power to fix the penalty as imprisonment in the county jail, mak- ing it a misdemeanor, or in the State prison,' making it a felony, if the court so desires. Judge Cook cited the imaginary case of two part- ners engaged in business. Neither attended to the actual transaction of the details, but employed a clerk or agent. This clerk or agent permitted al- leged violations of the law to be carried on, and the two partners were arrested. One, if convicted, is sentenced by the Judge to a term in the county jail, branding him merely as a culprit. The other, how- ever, if the Judge so desires, is sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, making him a felon, although both are guilty of the same offense. Arguments in opposition were submitted by repre- sentatives of the Attorney-General and District At- torney's offictes. At the conclusion of the arguments both sides were ordered by the Court to submit briefs, the prosecution being granted five days in which to pre- pare its case and the attorneys for O'Shea being granted ten days in which to answer. EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS DESERT ARABIAN STUD announces that one full-blood, registered Arab horse-colt is offered for sale. The attention of saddle- horse breeders and polo players is specially invited. Address, Alma, Santa Clara County, California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 28, 1909. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR PROGRAM. The California State Fair of 1909 will open today, but the harness racing which will be the principal feature of the week's exposition will not begin until Monday, when the classic Occident Stake for three- year-old trotters will be the first race of the day. The program for the week is as follows: MONDAY, AUGUST 30TH. Freelv Red, b; m. by Red }ledium-by Bourbon Wilkes; A. G. Dahl. The Maid of California, blk. m. by Bonnie Direct- California Maid: H. J. Ring. WHEN UHLAN BEAT SAN FRANCISCO. Occident Stake — Three-Year-Old Trotters. 2:20 Class, Trot, Purse $2000. Hulda C, ch. m. by Dexter Prince-Hulda; S. H. Cowell. Mogolore, br. g. by Iran Alto-Lady Belle Isle; Frank H. Burke. Laddie G., blk g. by Zombro-Linnet ; Frank H. Burke. Silver Hunter, b. g. by Zombro-The Silver Bell; L. H. Todhunter. Scotch John. ch. g. by Tomonco-by Ky Baron; Frank Collum. Weatewater, b. m. by Sidney Dillon-Ladywell; Jas. B. Smith. Charley B.. blk. g. Benton Boy-Flora; Mrs. Belle Becke,-. Kinney Rose, b. h. by McKinney -Golden Rose: Wil- liam Hashagen.. Rapidan Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon-By By; J. H. Bohon. Myrtle W., ch. m. by Sidney Arnett-by Starboul; F. Warn. Dew Drop. b. m. by Richards Elector-Lulu: L. C. Gates. Lp.urel Leaf, b. m. by Stam B.-Laurel; S. C. Walton. Ida Millerton. blk. m. by Millerton; W. S. Maben. Escobado. b. h. by Escobar-Leah; C. H. Thompson. Clara Marie, b- m. by Baybird-by Eclipse; Jas. Ortega. Stalene, b. m. by Stam B.-Atherine; Frank E. Alley. Kid Wilkes, ch. h. by Stanton Wilkes-by Balboa; H. E. Armstrong. Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon-by By Guy; C. F. White. Ollie B.. ch. m. by Nut. Wilkes-Baby: O. C. Benbow. Diablo Me., b. g. by Diablo-by Director; Lewis Pierce. Parachute, b. h. by Altitude Jr.-Babe : Ed Hayes. Zombell, gr. h. by Zombro-by A. W. Richmond: A. B. Miller. Prince Lot, br. g. by Prince Ansel-Lottie; Woodland Stock Farm. Daisy B.. br. m. by Waldstein-Viola; Woodland Stock Farm. Lucy M.. blk. m. by Magistrate-Kit . Win. Manske. 2:20 class trotters, owned and driven by members of the Park Amateur Driving Club. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31ST. Two-year-old Trot, Purse $400. Sweet Bow. b. f. by Bon Voyage-The Silver Bell; L. H. Todhunter. Princessa del Norte, b. m. by Del Norte-Laurelia; Thos. H. Brents. Yu Tu. br. m. by R. Ambush-by Dick T.: N. M. Strong. Alto Express, b. c. by Iran Alto-Beautiful Bird: H. S. Hogoboom. Donasham. ch. c. by Athadon-Cora Wickersham; W. S. Maben. Pal, b. h. by Palite-Lorna Doone: E. D. Dudley. Bonadav. b. c. by Bon Voyage- Welladay; Frank E. Alley. Phyllis Wynn. b. f .by Bon Voyage-Mabel Wynn; ' Frank E. Alley. Agnes Carter, b. f. by Nut. Wilkes-Exeella ; Carter Estate. 2:13 Class, Trot, Purse $2500. Yolanda, b. m. by McKinney-Moseovita; F. H. Burke. Wenja.br. m. by Zoloek-Xaulahka: F. H. Burke. May T., ch. m. by Monterey-Melba: J. Twohlg. Fairmont, ch. m. by Monterey-Leapyear ; F. M. Price. Bernice R., b. m., Dexter Prince-Dione; B. Rhemke. Katalina. b. m. by Tom Smith-Kate Lumry; W. J. Miller. Lucretia, br. m. by Nazote-Lucyneer; J. C. Kirkpat- rick. Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney: E. T. Hay. Zombronut. b. h. by Zombro; Porter Bros. Queer Knight, b. b. by Knight- (unknown I : A. B. Mil- ler. Lucy M-. blk. m. by Magistrate-Kit: Wm. Manske. 2:20 Class, Pace, Purse $2000. Elza Maria, ch. m. by Morris A.-Bessie Vachell; Thos. Barren Jr. Kinnev G.. br. h. bv Kinney Lou-Mattie G.: Milton G. Gill. Hickman Girl, ch. m. by Redwood-by Old Nephew; Mrs. Jennie Rice. T. XI. W.. b. g. by Nut. Wilkes-Abaca Callendine; T. D. Witherly. Nelmonio. b. m. by Demonio-Nellie T.; Shas. Johnson. Ronsini. b. m. by Daedalion-by Dexter Prince; G. Peirano. . Pilot, cb.' g. by Abbottsford Jr.-Belle Caprice; Robert Galindo. Black Bess. blk. m. by Strathway-by Iris; E. C. Bacond. Adam G. b. h. by McKinney-Nona Y.; D. L. Bachant. Lettie D.. b. m. by Boodle-Maude: A. M. Davis. fieS; b. h. by Silver Coin-by Nutford: F. B. Long. Grace R.. b. ni. by Demonio-Hannah ; W. B. Connelly. My Dream, gr. m. by Silver Coin-by A. W. Richmond; Jas. Ortega^ Cora. b. m. by Del Coronado-by Dexterwood; H. E. Armstrong. tSeaaio- Clark, br. h. bv Prodigal-Ortolan; C. L. De Rvder. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST. Two-year-old Pace, Purse $400. Roman Boy. b. g. by Zolock-Wanda : F. H. Burke. Ben Rush, b. h. by Demonio-Minerva; J. E. Mont- gomery. Golden Bliss, ch. m. by Zolock-Coeur d'Alene; W. A. Rutherford. Francis Pointer, b. f. by Star Pointer-Francis: E. M. Conroy. Zoe Dell, b. f. by Zolock-Lovely Dell; F. P. Hellwig. 2:11 Class, Pace, Purse $2000. Little Dick. ch. h. by Dictatus; Luke Marisch. Queen Derby, br. m. by Chas. Derby-Addie Ash; J. G. Cuicello. Lady R., b. m. by Col. K. R.-by Dexter Prince; Pat Sweeney. Dan S.. b. h. by Athablo-Day Break; Porter Bros. MeFadven. ch. h. by Diablo-Bee Sterling; E. D. Dud- ley. Dawn o' Light, b. m. by Searchlight-Lildine; W. T. McBride. Free-for-all pace, for horses of members of all California Amateur Driving Associations. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2D. 2:07 Class, Pace, Purse $1000. Solano Bov, br. g. bv Father McKinnon-Minerva ; C. J. Uhl. Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro-The Silver Bell: L. H. Todhunter. Charley D.. b. h. by McKinney-Flewey Flewey; J. C. Kirkpatrick. Josephine, b. m. by Zolock-by Newton X.: Homer Rutherford. Ray o' Light, br. h. by Searchlight-Carrie B. ; E. S. Train. Bonnie Steinway, ch. b. by Steinway-Bon Bon; A. L. Charvo. Delilah, b. m. by Zolock-Gazelle ; G. W. Bonnell. Special Handicap. Free-forall trot for members of all California Ama- teur Driving Associations. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3D. Consclation 2:13 class trot, for horses that start in this class on Tuesday and get no money. ,2:15 Class, pace, Purse $700. Kinnev G. br. h. bv Kinney G.-Mattie G.: Milton G. Gill. Jim Logan, b. h. by Chas. Derby -Effie Logan: J. E. Montgomery. Elsidelo. ch. g. by Owyhee-Prosperino ; J. S. Phippen. The Judge, b. h. by Bonnie Direct; John F. Heenan. T. D. W„ b. g. by Nut. Wilkes-Abaca Callendine: T. D. Witherly. Teddy Bear. b. c. by Del Coronado-Queen S.; Chas. F. Silva. Tom. b. g. by Moses G.-by Richard Elector: Wm. Best. Nelmonio. b. m. by Demonio-Nellie T. : Chas. Johnson. Alto Genoa Jr.. blk, h. by Alto Genoa-by Dexter Prince; G. Peirano. Pilot, ch. g. by Abbotsford Jr.-Belle Caprice; Robert Galindo. Milton Gear. ch. h. by Harry Gear-Lulu X.: J. De Poister. Lettie D., b. m. by Boodle-Maude; A. M. Davis. My Dream, gr. m. by Silver Coin-by A. W. Richmond; Jas. Ortega. Moortrix. b. h. by Axmoor-Trix: llrs. F. W. Chad- bourne. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH. Stanford Stakes. Consolation, 2:11 class pace, for horses that start in this class on Wednesday and get no money. 2:10 Class, Trot, Purse $1000. Vallejo Girl. br. m. by McKinney-Daisy S.; F. H. Burke. May T.. ch. m. by Monterey-Melba; J. Twohig. Longitude, br. g. by Meridian-Media: Wm. L. B. Mills. Katalina. b. m. by Tom Simth-Kate Lumry; W. J. Miller. Athasham. b. h. by Athadon-Cora Wickersham; D. L. Bachant. Delia Derby, blk. m. by Chas. Derby-Nora D. : Mrs. Alma Whitehead. Goldnut. ch. h. by Neernut-Florence Covey; Geo. W. Ford. Era. b. m. by Zombro-Nellie K: Wm. Morgan. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes-by Balboa; H. E. Armstrong. Zommell. gr. h. by Zombro-by A. W. Richmond; A. B. Miller. Queer Knight, b. h. by Knight-tunknownl ; A. B. Mil- ler. The Statesman, b. h. by Jas. Madison-Creona: Chas. F. Silva. The' 2:07 troTat the Cleveland Tnectirrg was a two- in-three race, and the fact that L'hlan trotted the second heat in world's record time for a second heat, has been referred to in' a previous issue of this paper. That our readers may know what the ex- perts who saw this race think of the California bred trotter Sa-n Francisco, by Zombro out of Oniska by Nutwood Wilkes, we reproduce the following from the Chicago Horse Review account of the race: "While Uhlan won the 2:07 trot in straight heats, demonstrating his extraordinary class, it was nev- ertheless, a race full of interesting features. The Boston gelding was an even-money favorite, despite the fact that it was his first start of the season. Last fall he took the world's record for four-year-old geld- ings, trotting in 2:07% and the fact that he was picked to win over such a high-class field as that of today was based on the form he then demon- strated. A glance at the summaries will apprise one that the field contained horses of most formidable sort; in fact, they may be classed as one of the best fields that will meet in the 1909 campaign. The son of Bingen proved that he possessed all the qualifications of a truly great trotting race horse, but had he been out of the race the stallion San Francisco would have wou, and in so doing estab- lished himself as the best stallion trotter we have seen since Cresceus. It required seven scores before starter Newton sent them away in the first heat. L'hlan scoring in front and getting away too fast for his field. Bob Proctor took him over to the pole at once, Nahma following. The mare bad a slight advantage at the half, but at the three-quarters the pair were head and head. San Francisco, who had trotted third, two lengths behind the pair, came fast through the stretch and passing Nahma, who showed evidences of distress at the seven-tights, finished lapped on Uhlan in 2:06M- Proctor being required to drive his gelding out in order to stall off San Francisco's rush. The- last quarter was trotted by TJhlan in 30% sec- onds and San Francisco's time for it was better than 30 seconds. No one anticipated the sensational outcome of the second heat. The wind had stilled perceptibly while the heat was in progress, but this fact does not de- tract from the merit of Uhlan's remarkable per- formance. Again it was Nahma that took Uhlan over to the half — this time in 1 :0~L% — but at that sta- tion Proctor had assumed a long lead with his geld- ing. He was still four open lengths in front at the • six-furlongs pole and many predicted that the Bingen gelding would tire in the stretch. San Francisco now was seen to gain rapidly and the crowd waited in hushed silence when he drew nearly up to Uhlan's wheel at the long distance. Proctor was not alarmed. ,:bTit-.tbe:close proximity of the stallion prompted him to ask his gelding for more speed. He drew away sVghtly in the last few strides, winning by almost an ciper. length in 2:n:'.'-; . last quarter in 30*4 seconds. Pan Francisco's official time as second horse was *:04%. Sterling McKinney. that fast but uncertain stal- lion, trotted a phenomenally fast half in this heat. He was absolutely last at the half, but trotted a ter- rific clip through the stretch, finishing a close third, and a watch in the official timers' stand showed that ] he had covered the distance in the almost incredible time of 5S 4-3 seconds! Reliable Lady Jones, while outtrotted. must be credited with a grand race. Her owner. J. D. Calif ty. of Pittsburg. Pa., and oth- ers timed her the second mile in 2:05. she finishing fourth. Wildes Heart, the little game cock who has been a factor in so many fast races, made his 1909 de.bu,t. trotting a good .race for his new driver, Tom Gallagher. Spanish Queen performed disappoint- ingly, appearing 'o lack speed and as a consequence she finished in | tbe rear division. o Arroyo Grande Driving Club will hold its annual races between October 12th and 16th, 1909. the date selected bv Agricultural District No. 16 for its fair and exhibit of live stock, agricultural, horticultural and other products of a meritorious character, the county of Sari Luis Ohis.no hsving given liberal financial aid for that purpose. To insure unquali- fied success for the two events a common date w-as agreed upon by the two associations, which has met with public approval, and as both fair and races ar~ receiving assurances of warm support it is an- ticipated" they will excel all former efforts of that kind. One. of the grandest four-year-old stallions in Cali- fornia is Dr. Lecco; son of Lecco 2:0934. dam Bessie D. by McKinney. second dam Stemwinder. the dam of Directum 2:05%. etc.. by Venture 2:27. son of Williamson's Belmont. Dr. Lecco is 15.3, a coal black, and can trot in 2:15 right now. He is an ideal trot- ting stallion, bold going, good gaited and handsome as a picture in action as well as in repose. He should make a great sire after his racing days are over, but it is Mr. Durfee's intention to race him to a low record before retiring him. WHAT I.O\ MfDOXAl.D HAS TO SAY. Indianapolis. Ind., June 23. 1909. O. S. Ellis & Son. Cincinnati. O. Dear Sirs: — Having usefl the Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for several years on all kinds of horses, will say that T think it is the best check on the market. Yours truly, alonzo Mcdonald. The Spokane half mile track, which has been newly coated with clay, is now considered a fast and safe track. The pacer Heilenes 2:14% by Helicon, turned this track in 1:04 on August 4th. pulling a cart: pretty good time for a fourteen-year- old stallion. Saturday, August 2.8, 1909.Q 1 THE BREEDER AND SPOKTSMAN | HERE AND THERE 1 Q & c»>>:";<->>>>:<<<<<">:.ooooc^c-v-o:-o :■:-:•:■ :»:-;• Fast, time is always expected when the California circuit horses race over the Woodland mile track, and while it was certain that several of them would lower their records there this year, a third heat in 2:05% by a three-year-old pacer was an entirely unlooked for performance, and when Elmo Mont- gomery's colt Jim Logan paced, such a heat on the opening day of the Woodland meeting last week the horsemen who saw it were astonished to say the least, and could hardly believe their eyes or their watches. But. as related in these columns last week Jim Logan did it, and those who were looking at him closely when he finished, say that he was not all out by a good deal, and doubtless could have gone the mile a little faster. The first quarter of this heat was paced in 33 seconds, the next in 31 seconds, the third in 30% and the last quarter in 31% seconds. Chas. De Ryder, who drove the fast McKinney geld- ing in this race and forced the Chas. Derby colt to pace this wonderful mile, was the most surprised person on the track when the heat was over and said he never saw such a three-year-old. The colt had already won two heats of the race, each in 2:09%, Freely Red being second to him in the first mile and Adam G. in the second. When they scored down for the third heat De Ryder had made up his mind that he would set such a pace with Adam G. up the back stretch that no three-year-old could stand the clip. Adam G. After two heats around 2:10 was in prime shape for a fast mile and after getting to the quarter pole close to Jim Logan in 33 seconds De Ryder sat down and began sending Adam along at a two-minute clip. Much to his surprise Jim Logan stepped away from him when they were going their, fastest and De Ryder remarked to him- self. "I guess that quarter in 31 seconds has taken the brush out of him, and when we round the far turn I'll give him another." He did so but Jim Logan repeated the previous performance and after pacing the third quarter at a two-minute gait, had more brush left, and although Adam G., an aged and seasoned horse paced the last quarter better than 31% seconds, and the full mile better than 2:06, the three-year-old beat him to the wire, not easily but decisively and the time broke all records for a third heat for a three-year-old. Jim Logan and his won- derful third heat are still the talk of the 'California horseman and will be for days to come. - On the same afternoon there was a new 2:10 trotter added to that exclusive fast set when William Morgan's beautiful mare Era won the 2:10 class trot in straight heats, the first and third each in 2:10 flat. Whenever this mare appears on the track •she is the observed of all observers. No more beau- tiful animal ever wore harness and she is hand- some in action or in repose. Her sire Zombro is noted for stamping his progeny with good looks as well as speed, and Era is certainly endowed with a generous share of both. She won this race very handily and should be able to get a still lower record before many weeks have passed. Mr. Williams has in his string a full brother to this mare that is not only a very beautiful horse but a fast natural t"otter, and he is bound to be heard from. When eight two-year-olds came out at Salinas to start in the Breeders' Futurity the colt Pal, owned by Mr. E. D. Dudley, o'f Dixon, driven by Fred Chad- bourne of Pleasanton, did not act like a colt that could beat 2:20 very handily, and when the race was over he stood sixth in the summary, his posi- tions in the heats being S-5-5. The cool weather of the coast must have tied him up as the trainers say, for when he reached Woodland he was a real trotter and won his race in the most impressive manner. Had Chadbourne not puiled bin: almost no a walk at the finish, in a very generous endeavor to allow the celts behind him to beat the flag, wrhich two of them managed to do, he would have trotted his first heat in 2:15 or better. Pal made the mile in 2: ISM., pulled to a jog in the last 150 yards, and crossing the wire almost on a walk. He trotted every inch of the way, and did not lift his nose in either heat. The second heat was in 2:1J% and he finished like an old campaigner. His win was '.me of the most popular of the meeting, as there is no better liked man in the horse business than Del . Dudley whose farm is not more than fifteen miles from Woodland although it is in Solano comity. Mr. Dudley sat in the grandstand by the side of his wife during the race and whea it was over both were the recipients of warm congratulations from hosts of friends. A pleasant feature of the occasion was (he fact that it was Mrs. Dudley's birthday and the event, was therefore doubly pleasing to her. Pal, his sire Palite and his dam Lorna Doone, are all owned by Mr. Dudley. Palite. the sire is one of the best bred young stallions in America. He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% out of Palita (2) 2:16 by the famous champion race stallion Palo Alto 2:08%. son of Elec- tioneer and Dame Winnie. Lorna Doone, the dam of Pal is by Bayswater Wilkes 2:25%, son of Sable AVilkes and the thoroughbred mare Fanny Bays- water. Mr. W. L. Vance of Marysville attended the races at Woodland last week, and stated that his great stal- lion Sir John S. 2:04% has been in grand fettle this summer until a few days ago when he had a mild attack of pinkeye, but is getting over it nicely. Mr. Vance informed the writer that Sir John S. stepped his mile in 2:05 at Marysville three weeks ago very handily, but laughingly said the timers made a very ludicrous mistake when they gave the time of the last quarter to the Marysville papers, which published it as 2S seconds. Mr, Vance says he rated Sir John very carefully in this mile, and the last quarter was in 32 seconds. One of the timers who gave the figures to the newspaper scribes counted the seconds between the two hands of his timer on the wrong side of the dial and maked 2S seconds instead of 32. Sir John S. will make his first start this year at Salem during the Oregon State Fair. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Bert Webster of Pleasanton bid $105 ou the four- year-old gelding by Searchlight 2:03% dam Lida W. 2:1S% (dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%) by Nut- wood, at the Martin Carter Estate dispersal sale last spring, and as this four-year-old was not much larger than the average yearling Bert refused to bid any higher when another party raised the bid to $125. The man the gelding was knocked down to, went into the stall to put a halter on him next morning when the youngster struck at him with his front foot, then turned around and kicked at him. This wasn't the sort of a horse he wanted and he told Webster so, saying "As you had charge of these horses at the saie I thought he must be something good when 1 saw vcu bidding on him, but he don't look good to me now and if you want him you can have him." Webster didn't think much of the scrawmy gelding himself but thought his breeding worth $125 and took him off the buyer's hands. He broke him and fed him and found he could pace pretty well, so he has worked him a little this summer and the other day drove him a half in 1:06 and the last quarter in 31% seconds. As the gelding wears no straps nor anything else but a harness it looks now as if the original buyer had "let a bird go," and Webster had found a mighty good pros- pect. While this gelding is under 15 hands and rather "spare built," he seems to have plenty of endurance and dees not seem to tire under the work he has had. What will undoubtedly be one of the biggest and most important sales of American trotting stock ever held in Australia will take place on March 1th, 1910, at Melbourne when Messrs. Campbell and Sons will submit, on behalf of the Allendale Stock Farm Com- pany, sixty head of imported American stallions, yearlings, two and three-year-olds of both sexes. Allendale Farm has been a heavy buyer in this country, Mr. Andrew Robertson having purchased about twenty head in California in 1907. The farm has also been a patron of eastern stock farms and auctions and must have at least 200 head of trotting bred stock in its pastures. In the sale will be many young horses by' the farm's premier sire Abbey Bells (son of Bow Bells and Russia, sister to Maud S.) also colts and fillies by Zolock, Bon Voyage and other w-ell known California sires. Catalogues for this sale will be ready for distribution in Decem- ber, and the advertisements are already being pub- lished in the Australian papers. This early adver- tising of a sale that does not come off until next March shows that the Australian sales firms are fully alive and know their business. When Raniey Macey rode Country Jay to his world's record mile in 2:10% those who are familiar with the old-time methods of riding trotters to sad- dle were somewhat surprised at the ex-jockey's methods, says the Horse Review. It was the first time a trotter has been ridden in approved running horse fashion, young Macey sitting well up on the shoulders and using short reins. His stirrups were not so short, however, as those used in running races, but his "seat" was much like that of the modern jockey, which a humorist has described as that of "a monkey on a stick." The old-timers used long stirrups and sat much farther back from their horse's withers than did Macey, When C. K. G. Billings rode Charley Mac in 2:14% at Memphis, in 1904, his weight alone was ISO pounds aside from the weight of the saddle. Charley, however, was a big, rugged horse, while Country Jay is somewhat of the frail order. The specified weight for saddle perform ances is 3 45 Country Jay carrying 147 in his record mile. In the $5000 2:13 trot at the new North Randall track at Cleveland, won August 11th by Bob Doug- las, P. W. Hodges started his stallion The Angelus by Zombro out of Hazel Kinney 2:09%. Although The Angelus was outside the money in this race which was won by Bob Douglass in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:06%, the Zombro stallion beat 2:10 twice dur- ing the race. It looks very much as though Mr. S. Christensen would win the beautiful cup which Mr. W. A. Clark has presented to the Park Amateur Driving Club with his handsome mare Reina Directum. He has two winning races to his credit already and should he win another race he will come very near putting up a record that it will be hard to beat this season. The ru-inner in which Reina Directum won her race last Saturday was impressive and she looks to outclass any trotter that has so far shown up in this club's rac^s this season. Mr. Kilpatrick's new purchase, the circuit pacer Tom Murphy 2:09%. won his race handily from Dictatum and Victor Platte in good time. Mr. Kil- patrick won another race with his trotting mare Princess W.r the last heat in 2:1S, which is close to cup winning time. Mr. Matthes with Walter. Mr. Wempe with Plu- mada. and Mr. Borden with Roberta, all won the races in which they started. The day was a very pleasant one and the crowd was quite large. Sum- maries: First race, class D trotters, one mile. F. L. Matthes' Walter (Matthes) 1 1 Molera & Josephs' Belle Overton (Josephs) 2 2 Time— 2:36, 2:30. Second race, class A trotters, one mile. S. Christensen's Reina Directum (Christensen i . .1 1 F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (Kilpatrick) 2 3 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 4 2 D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien ( Hoffman! 3 4 Time — 2:19, 2:18%. Third race, class A pacers, one mile. P. J. Kilpatrick's Tom Murphy (Kilpatrick i 1 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum ( Hoffman) 2 2 George E. Erlin's Victor Platte (Erlin) 2 :; Time — 2:15%, 2:16%. Fourth race, class C trotters, one mile. G. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe- 1 1 C. F. von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon 2 2 1. L. Borden's Barney Barnato 3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:22%. Fifth race, class B trotters, one mile. F. J. Kilpatrick's Princess W. (Kilpatrick) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly ( Ottinger) 2 2 M. W. Herzog's Ladv Nell (Herzog) 3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:1S. . Sixth race, class B pacers, one mile. I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 1 I. B. Dalziel's John T. (Dalziel) 2 2 Time— 2:24, 2:45%. Officers of the day — Starter, G. R. Gay: judges, J. A. McKerron, T. F. Bannan and Captain Matson; timers, A. J. Molera and F. W. Thompson; marshal, H. M. Ladd; secretary. F. W. Thompson. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. Sir Albert S. 2:03% is now owned by Dr. E. E. Frost, of Worcester, Mass.. [who purchased him recently for matinee racing, which is a very popular sport in that section. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The usual big Sunday crowd was at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last Sunday to enjoy the races given by tbe San Francisco Driving Club, which were up to the standard set by this club of enthu- siastic road drivers. The best trotter that has appeared on the speedway this season is the mare Princess Christine by Dexter Prince, that won the free-for-all trot in straight heats, beating Major Cook and Modicum handily in 2:16, 2:16% and 2:17%. H. Boyle's Dioden won the fastest heat of the day when he took the first heat of the free-for-all pace in 2:14%. The summaries: First race, free-for-all pace, one mile. H. Boyle's Diodens (Boyle) 1 2 1 George Kitto's Deroll (Swartz) 2 1 0 A! Hoffman's Kitty D. i Hoffman and VerilhaciS 4 2 P. Kohn's Alfred D. i Donnelly I 3 3 0 W. C. Rice's Hickman Girl (Rice) 4 6 3 F. Gommet's Ray McGregor iGommet) 6 5 4 Time— 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:22. Iu the third heat in this race Deroll and Kitty D. collided and fell. - Second race, 2:20 pace, one mile. J. Doran's Lady Listordel (Doran) 3 1 1 John Desehler's Prince D. iDeschlerl 1 2 3 P. J. Lathrope's Marin (Lathrope) 2 3 2 P. F. Kane's Ballard ( Kane) 5 4 4 Rob Bennett's Sidney B. i Bennett) 4 5 5 H. C. Ahler's Princess V. (Ahlers) 6 6 w Time — 2:24. 2:20. 2:21%. Third race, free-for-all trot, one mile. S. Sincheimer's Princess Christine (Erlin) ... .1 1 1 J. J. Butler's Major Cook I McGrath) 2 3 2 H. Boyle's Modicum (Ottinger) 3 2 3 Time— 2:16, 2:16%, 2:17%. Fourth race, 2:30 pace, three-quarters of a mile. H. Schottler's Lulu S. (McGrath ) 1 1 J. B. Campodonico's Lucero (Pastern) 2 2 A. M. Scott's Roy S. (Scott) 3 4 B. Edwards' Baldy Mitchell (Edwards and Swartz) 5 3 William Higginbottom's Billy H. (Higginbo(tom).4 5 W. F. Bennefs Lulu B. (Benuet) 6 6 Time— 1:46%. 1:41%. Fifth race. 2:30 trot, one mile. A. Ottinger's Lily -Dillon (Ottinger) 3 1 1 E. T. Avers' Dalta A. ( Ayers 1 1 3 4 F. Clotere's Monk iCloterei 2 2 2 John Nowlan's Dick 1 Nowlan) 4 4 3 Time— 2:23%. 2:27. 2:27. Officers of the day — Starter. W. J. Kenney: judges, George Giannini, Tim Sexton and J. Nowlan ; timers. J. V. Cooney, H. Schottler and John Dreschler: mar- shal, F. Lauterwasser Jr.; secretary, J. McGrati. THE BREEDERAND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 28, 1900 NOTES AND NEWS .'The Sonoma Driving Club will hold races over its half mile track at Sonoma on September 9th. San Francisco's .mile in 2:04% at Cleveland shows that he is the fastest trotting stallion in training. •Moortrix 2:07% had almost a walkover at Chico, only Milton Gear and Little Dick starting against him.- •' ■ Jack McKerron. with his record of 2:07%, takes a very prominent place among the season's trotting stallions. Eva Tanquay 2:16% is the fastest trotting two- year- "of the year. She is by Peter the Great, dam by Guy Wilkes. Del'Corohad'o' '2':*09'% gets his first 2:10 performer in Cora '2 -0814 that will not be four years old until next Christmas day. The weather has beer, very hot in the Sacramento valley this week, and the horsemen at Chico are able to get a "scrape" on their horses without speed- ing them much. The parties who took Dutch 2:14% and Wanderer 2:11% across the mountains on a ringing tour, have failed to win any purses and are now out of money and horse feed ■ and ' dead broke. .i 6 ; A large number- -of the horses that have been racing On the California circuit, will go south after the State 'Fair rates and race at the Tulare, Bakers- field and Fresno fairs. The work horse parade to be held in this city September ' 9th. 'will have over 2000 horses in line. It will be a' very fine display and worth traveling a long way to see. ' , Sophia' Dillon 'is getting second money every time she starts' "arid' will be a good money winner at the close -of tie season. She is the best trotting mare that has shown up on the California circuit this year. ' Frazzee 2:09% is a new 2:10 performer for. Anon 2:07%. His ' record" was made at Cleveland. He is a trifle lame but trotted a -good race. His dam is by Bourbon Wilkes. Kid Wilkes won again" at "Chico, in three straight heats — 2:12%, 2:09% and 2:10. He surely is some race horse, and the hot blood in his veins doesn't go to his head. He has won all his races since he left Salinas, easily. ; . W. T. Brush, of Cloverdale. has sent his magnifi- cent stallion by Washington McKinney to join Mr. Kilpatrick's string at Santa Rosa to be trained. This horse is out of a very fast pacing mare that came. from Palo Alto and is supposed to. be by Elec- tioneer. . - Charley D. 2:06% may not go north- to race, as he has very. few. engagements and is the lonly -horse i® tile Kirkpatrick .stable that is in racing condition. The son of McKinney never looked better and James Thompson,. his. trainer, believes that under favorable conditions .Charley. D. could pace a mile under 2:03 right now E. H. Harriman, the railroad magnate, who has owned many fast trotters and pacers, including Stamboul and John R. Gentry, is again buying horses. His agent paid $5000 the other day for a five-year-old trotting mare called Myrtle Garnett. Sirius ■ -Pointer 2:18. two-year-old son of Star Pointer, and Trix by Nutwood Wilkes, owned by James Marshall, of Dixon, was worked a nice easy mile in 2:12% at Woodland during the meeting, last w.eek. He is a great colt and a credit to both sire and dam. " ... Elmo Montgomery, wrho owns and drives the three- year-old champion Jim Logan 2:05% and Carey Montgomery, who drove Dan Logan a winning mati- nee raCe'at Woodland last week, are cousins and both residents ' of Davisville. Yolo county. Dick Abies has Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick's horses at Santa Rosa. Besides the six two-year-old stallions that Sam Morris brought from the east and is -still in charge of, Mr. Kilpatrick has purchased fourteen of the get of Washington McKinney and will train them all for records. Nancy Hanks 2:04 pulled a pneumatic sulky when she got her record, but it was not the dainty affair of present manufacture. While it had pneumatic tires* and ball-bearing axle, the attachments were very crude and the sulky weighed 62 pounds, more than, twice the •veight of the present day sulkies; used for-exhibition purposes. Three big county fairs are to be held in the San Joaquin Valley this fall, at Tulare, Bakersfield and Fresno. These fairs are to be run on the plan that there will be something to amuse and instruct everybody, and something doing every minute, and are sure to be very largely attended. One of the best mannered and fastest pacers on the circuit this year is the white-faced little bay horse Joe McGregor, that Fred Ward is campaign- ing. While Joe McGregor has not yet won a heat he can surely pace in 2:08 or better and do it three or four times in succession. He was only beaten a length or two by Moortrix in 2:07% at Woodland. Alfemeda (dam of Margin 2:06%), by Alfred G., was purchased at a Kentucky sale a year ago for $310. • This mare, now twelve years old, in addition to Margin has out the three-year-old - filly Modred, by Moko, and a two-year-old -colt by the same sire, and she is now at the Walnut Hall Farm of L. V. Harkness, where she was recently bred to Walnut Hall 2:08%. the sire of The Harvester. In the attempt to reduce the world's wagon team record made at Grand Rapids, Mich., last week four trials were made. In the first trial a brace on the wagon broke; in the second trial Hedgewood Boy broke; and in the third trial Lady Maud C.'s boot came loose; the fourth, however, was a success, and the record was broken. The Onward family has taken the M. and M. for the last two seasons, last year's wiuner, also that of 1909, being both sired by a son of the great sire. It seems but a few years ago that the Onwards were getting all kinds of "knocks." It begins to look a9 though the sires that are universally condemned (except by those who own some of their get) are the ones that in later years compel the most admira- tion. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick has purchased from F. J. Yan- dell of Santa Rosa a five-year-old mare by Suomi (son of Zombro and Belle Medium 2:20, dam of Stam B. 2:11%) dam Laurel 2:13% dam of Laurel Leaf 2:13. second dam Laura C. 2:29%, dam of four in the list, by Electioneer. This mare is a very handsome individual, a fast natural trotter, and hooks up so nicely with Mr. Kilpatrick's mare Elma Ss that he intends making a road pair out of them. As they can trot fast together they will make as fine a pair as go over our park roads. .The breaking of the world's record for three-year- old trotters over a half-mile track at the Lebanon, lnd., meeting last week was seemingly an easy task lor the three-year-old trotting filly Baroness Vir- ginia, owned by S. A. Fleming & Son of Terre Haute, lnd., when she stepped the first heat of the three-year-old trot in 2:14%, lowering the record of Ruth Dillon 2:06%, of 2:15%, made at Crawfords- ville in 1907. Baroness Virginia is a daughter of Baron Review, a son of Baron Wilkes, out of Bar- oness Virginia, by Jay Bird. She also is roan in color, getting her color from both sides of her family. Bertha by Alcantara had another performer added to her lost list during the Woodland fair. Carey Montgomery, of Davisville, drove her daughter Ber- nice by Owyhee a mile in 2:25% at the trotting gait, giving Bertha her second standard trotter and her tenth standard performer. Bernice has a world of speed, but is a bad puller and connot be controlled, although every plan imaginable has been tried. Fred Chadbourne once worked her a mile in 2:11% at the trot,. but was never able to make a race mare out of her, and traded her to Mr. Marshall for the pacer Moortrix 2:07%. Mr. Marshall will use her as a brood mare. The Western Washington Fair Association of Se- attle has announced the abandonment of the fall meeting set for Seattle for the week of September 27th, and the consequent withdrawal of all stakes offered for that meeting. The meeting was called off after mature deliberation on the part of the di- rectors for the reason that not only would the meet- ing conflict with the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition now being held in Seattle, but also for the reason that it would be impossible to conduct the meeting except at a great financial loss, owing to the fact that it has proved impossible this summer to attract pat- ronage to any amusement or sporting enterprise out- side of the Exposition grounds. — Rural Spirit. ..The dispute with customs officials over the return of American race horses from Canada, has been settled. A dispatch from Washington, D. C, states: "The action of Customs Collector Daniels of Og- densburg, N. Y., in ruling that the new tariff law does not . make provision for the re-entry free of duty of American race horses sent to Canada to take part in the events on Canada tracks, presents a ludi- crous side to treasury department officials. There is nothing in the old law or the new which prevents the free admission of any article of American origin, whether it is horse flesh or raiment, which had been shipped out of the country for exhibition abroad Mr. Daniels' quandary, like many others coming to the attention of the treasury department, was due to zeal in carrying out provisions of a law which is yet strange." Writing from Hanford, the well known trainer M. G. Liggett says there are several good young pros- pects in training there in the stables of Philip Byrne, Russell Gray and himself. Most all of the youngsters are to be held over for next year how- ever. Both Byrnes and Liggett have entries in the 2:10 pace through the Central California circuit, and while they are not burning the track with Dan Patch speed both hope to be in the money when the summaries are chalked up. Instead of showing can- nonball quarters of lightning eighths they will look for the money at the end of the mile, which is the place where they pay off. There are seven entries in the 2:10 pace at Tulare and this should furnish one of the best horse races in California this year, and that sort of racing will draw the crowd. Lou Dillon, with the record of 2:01 made without a wind-shield or runner in front, is still the world's fastest trotter, but the performance of Hamburg Belle at North Randall last Wednesday when she won a heat in 2:01% and came back the second in 2:01%, stamp her as the greatest of trotting mares. Whether she could equal Lou Dillon's mile in 1:58% with a dirt shield in front may never be determined, but that Hamburg Belle is the world's greatest trotter is not to be disputed. It is not be- cause she trotted one mile in 2:01% that we bestow on her the crown, but the fact that twenty-five min- utes after trotting such a mile, she had the stamina and speed to trot another mile by herself only a quarter of a second slower, entitles her, in our opin- ion, to the queen's crown. Certainly no trotter ever accomplished such a wonderful performance before, and we think every horseman in the country will now admit that Hamburg Belle is a better mare than he thought she was. A wonderful speed producer is Trix. the daughter of Nutwood Wilkes, owned by James W. Marshall of Dixon. Solano county, California. Before the pres- ent racing season began. Trix had four of her sons and daughters in the list, viz: Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Aerolite (3) 2:11%, public trial as a three-year-old in 2:05%, Moortrix (3) 2:14%, and Thelma 2:19%, all pacers. Since the racing season of 1909 opened Moortrix has taken a record of 2:07% in the third heat of a winning race. Sirius Pointer, another son, a race racord of 2:18 as a two-year-old, and worked a mile in public in 2-12%, while Leota, a daughter that is being kept for a brood mare, has taken a time record of 2:23. This gives Trix six standard performers, which are all her foals that are old enough to race. That Moortrix will get a record of 2:05 or better and Sirius Pointer one just as fast, is as certain as both colts stay sound and meet with no accidents. Trix seems to produce speed from any horse she is bred to. The matinee at Marysville August 8th was very successful, over 500 persons being present and the racing first class. The grand pacing stallion Sir John S. paced a beautiful mile in 2:05 flat, doing it easily and not being urged at the finish. The crowd cheered him enthusiastically, and all were much pleased to see the son of Diablo back to his old form, and pacing at such speed without hopples. Lou Mativia of Dixon, California, and Mr. Peart, for- merly of Colusa, but now of_Goldfifield, went to Marysville especially to see Sir John S. pace and were not disappointed, and both gentlemen praised him highly. Emaline, a daughter of Sir John S. won her race during the afternoon. Mr. Vance, trainer and driver of Sir John S. owns a colt called Bonnie Yuba that Is by Bon Voyage out of Ellsa S. 2:16, the dam of Sir John S. Although sire and dam are both trotters, this colt does nothing but pace, and has not as yet shown a sign of trot. Easter Bells 2:11% by the pacing sire Diablo, and Tonopah by Billips both out of Elisa S. are trotters. Tonopah has trotted in 2:16. Mr. Vance thinks the Bon Voyage colt may trot yet, but it does not look at present as if he ever would find the diagonal gait. It is to be hoped' that the California State Board of Agriculture, should it award any gold medals for meritorious exhibits at the State Fair this year, will see to it that the medals are really gold and not a cheap plated affair. Chas. A. Durfee, who for- merly owned the great stallion McKinney 2:11%, took the gold medal with this horse at the California State Fair many years ago. and ever since has car- ried that medal around as a pocket piece which he showed with considerable pride. He was told when he received it that there was about $35 worth of gold in the medal and he never dreamed but it was solid. A jeweler friend of his in Oakland, who suspicioned it was not the real stuff, examiued it closely and discovered that it was made out of a sil- ver composition with a very thin plating of gold on the outside. Mr. Durfee suggests that all future medals be called by their right names, whether they are gold, silver, bronze or leather. It is pretty srnall business when the greatest gold-producing State in the Union palms off a phony medal on fair exhibitors. There will be four days of racing at the Eureka. Humboldt county, fair, with four races per day. The new half-mile track is one of the best in the State and the new grand stand will seat two thousand people. The racing days are September 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th. Saturday, August 28, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE WOODLAND RACES. A World's Record Mads During Four Days of Splen- did Racing. The Woodland Driving Club scored a success with the first regular fair and race meeting it has ever held. A very creditable livestock show was given, world's champion dairy cattle and many fine horses of all breeds being shown. The weather was per- fect for fast time, and the track, which is known to be one of the fastest in California was in better shape than it has ever been, as it was not hard, neither was it heavy. The racing was good every day and while the fields were not large — eight horses being the most that lined up for any race, and in no other race were there more than five starters — there was scarecly a heat that did not result in an actual contest. On Wednesday, August 18th, the opening day, Jim Logan, the three-year-old Breeders' Futurity win> uer at. Salinas, and also a winner in straight hea^-s at Pleasanton, started in the 2:20 pace against age'd horses, and won in three straight heats, in 2:09%\ ' 2:09% and 2:05%, the last heat a world's record fo*' three-year-old pacers. This race and the winner were described last week, and it is unnecessary to say anything further of this colt here, but the Won- derful performance he put up is the talk of the entire country and every horseman who saw him - pace the record mile, say that he can lower this championship record if the task is set before him. The 2:10 class trot on the same day was won by the Zombro mare Era who reduced her record to 2:10 in the first heat and equalled that mark in the third heat. In both these heats the mare Katalina by Tom Smith 2:13% was a good second and trotted a grand race. The last race of Wednesday was a cup race. While the time made in this race does not count as a record- the race was won in straight heats by the pacer Dan Logan, a full brother to the champion Jim Logan, and one year older. He won both heats easily in 2:18 and on the Saturday following won another cup race in 2:12%. He is a certain 2:10 pacer with a little training. On Thursday, the second day of the meeting the 2:20 class trot brought out eight starters, the larg- est field of the week. This race was won by Kid Wilkes very handily in 2:09y2, 2:09% and 2:10%. the fastest three heatr. trotted in a race in Cali- fornia this year. The Sidney Dillon mare Sophia Dillon was second to him in the second and third heats and took second money. When the time was hung out for the second heat there was much com- ment from many who held watches. The judges sent for the timers, who assured them that their watches were from 2:09 to 2:09% and that they had given the time as they had caught it. Some outsiders who held watches claimed that the mile was trotted . below 2:0S. while there were others who said 2:09% was correct. The general opinion however was that the timers were a little slow in stopping their watches. Jack Groom, who drove Sophia Dillon. intends to protest the time before the Pacific District Court of Appeals, so he informed a representative of this journal, and it may therefore be as well to refrain from comment until the witnesses are heard. In the 2:21 class trot, which followed this race, Ollie B. by Nutwood Wilkes won the first, second and fifth heats, reducing her record to 2:13% in the second heat. The three-year-old Easter won the third heat in 2:15%, a new record for him, and the fastest mile trotted by a three-year-old in California this year. More records were reduced on Friday which saw the largest crowd of the meeting at the track, at least three hundred vehicles being in the infield. The first race of the day was the 2:07 pace. Mr. Bonnc-11 had his mare Delilah in fine shape, drove her well, and won the race in straight heats, the fastest being in 2:06%. Thie race is the fastest three heats paced in California this year. Hymettus. the gelding by Zombro out of The Silver Bell, got second money, being a very close second in the second and third heats. He did not wear the hop- ples and went a good race. When the two-year-old trot was called four colts appeared. On his showing at Salinas Henry Peters' Babe Verne 2:25% was the favorite at $20 to $5 In a few bets that were made individually between the spectators. In the first heat Babe Verne came up to the wire unsteadily and to the surprise of every- one the word go was given. Babe Verne going to a bad break just as he was under the wire. Pal went to the front trotting like an old campaigner, followed by Yu Tu. Alto Express broke and cut his quarter badly and then made three or four more breaks and was two or three distances out. Babe Verne did not settle down until he was near the % pole, but here Hoy got the little brown fellow going and he trotted the middle half in 1:06%. But Chadbourne was letting Pal step along and he was at the half in 1:07% and the % in 1:41. As he came down the stretch it was evident that he would cer- tainly shut out Babe Verne and Alto Express, and probably Yu Tu if Chadbourne but let him take his gait, hut the latter generously pulled his colt up to a jog at the long distance and all but walked under the wire in 2:18%, Yu Tu and Babe Verne getting inside the flag by hard driving. Alto Express was distanced, Hogoboom not trying after he saw that his colt was injured. The second heat the start was a better one and it soon developed into a horse race between Pal and Babe Verne. This, time they went to the half in 1 : 09, nearly two seconds slower than the first heat, but both colts were driven hard. The fight through the stretch was as pretty one as has been seen on a track this year. One huudred and fifty yards from home they were "head and head, ' but Par did not seem to know anything but to trot and stick to it, and Babe Verne broke under the strain, Pal leading him to the wire by a half length, as "Hey did not pull his colt up but permitted him to gallop to tfie wire". The time was 2:17%. Had Pal been driven out the first heat he would have trotted iu about 2:15. There were cheers for the colt and his b^ne'iy E. D. Dudley of Dixon, one of the most popular men in the horse business in California. The afternoon's sport closed with the 2: 13 trot, which went to Zombronut in straight heats, after Katalina' had taken the first heat in 2:13%, a new record for this four-year-old mare. Zombronut showed a world of speed and reduced his record to 2:11%. in - the second heat. Another big crowd was in attendance on Saturday, the last day of the meeting. There were three races oirthe card, one being a matinee race, in which Dan Logan repeated his performance of Wednesday and paced a mile in 2:12%. ;The 2:14 trot was won by Scotch John, whose second heat in 2:11% is a new record'for him and pretty good evidence that he will reach the 2:10 list later on, as he won this heat handily. Kinney Rose, the McKinney stallion, owned by William Has- hagen, won the third heat of this event in 2:16%. The main event of the day was the 2:13 class pace which was" a hotly contested one in at least one heat. When the little mare Cora won the first heat in 2:0.8% and came back the second in 2:08% it looked to the writer as if Ward behind Joe McGregor and Chadbourne driving Moortrix, while they fin- ished very close to Helman and made him drive his little mare .hard, were not unhappy when Cora won in such fast time. At the end of the second 'heat however the judges placed Joe McGregor second, much to the chagrin of Chadbourne and the sur- prise of nearly everybody else, and Chadbourne went to the stand and complained. The judges held to their decision, however, and when the third heat was started Chadbourne had blood in his eye and set the four-year-old stallion down for a hot heat. Cora was first at the half in 1:03%, all the rest close up and all driving. It was a hot race down the stretch after Moortrix had collared Cora at the % and the stud had her beaten at 200 yards from the wire. When Chadbourne saw bis horse had the heat sure, he raised his whip toward the judges and asked if they could see him this time. ' The heat was in 2:07%, a new record for Moortrix. The next two heats were rather -easy for Moortrix in 2:09 and 2:11%. During the meeting a number of trotters and pacers were given records. The summaries: FIRST DAY— WEDNESDAY,. AUG. 18. Pacing, 2:20 class, $700. Jim Logan (3) br. c. by Chas. Derby-Effie Logan by Durfee (Montgomery) :..-.! 1 1 Adam G. b. g by McKinney (De Ryder) ..'... .4 2 2 Freely Red, b. m. by Red Medium (Sampsell) .2 4 3 Grace R., b. m. by Demonio (Chadbourne) . .3 3 4 Alto Genoa Jr., blk. s. by Alto Genoa (Pierano)5 5 5 Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, • 2:05%. Trotting, 2:10 class. $500. Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) . . . .". . . .-, r. .1 1 1 Katalina, b. m. by Tom Smith (Daniels) 2 3 2 Delia Derby, blk. m. by Chas. Derby (White- . ' head) 4 2 4* Emily W., b. m. by Jas. Madison (Ward) 6 5 5 Time— 2:10, 2-11%, 2:10: Trotting — Matinee race. Dan Logan, br. s. by Chas. Derby ( Montgomery) 1 1 Neusta, br. m. by Nushagak (Markey) 2 2 SECOND DAY— THURSDAY, AUG. 19. Trotting, 2:20 class, $700. Kid Wiikes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes (Hel- man) 1 1 1 Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom)3 2 2 Escobado, b. s. by Escobar (Ward) :...2 3 3 Rapidan Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon ( Maben) ,A 4 4 Prince Lot, br. g. by Prince Ansel (Spencer) 5 5 5 Scotch John, ch. h. by Tomonco (Daniels) ... .6 6 7 Silver Hunter, b. s. by Zombro (Quinn) 7 S 6 Kinney Rose. b. s. by McKinney (Bigelow)..S 7 8 Time— 2:09%. 2-09%, 2:10%. Trotting, 2:21 class. $400. Ollie B.. ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Twohig) 1 12 2 1 Easter, b. c. by Monicrat (Rutherford) .3 2 13 2 Ida Millerton, b. m. by Millerton (Ma- ben) 2 3 4 i 3 Major McKinley, b. g. by S'.am B. (Dan- iels) .4 4 3 5 5 Siesta, b. g. by Iran Alto (Davey)....5 5 5 4 4 Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:16. Matinee race — mixed. Teddy, b. g. pacer bv Diablo (Dreyer) 1 1 Judge (Keenan) ....2 2 Economizer (Silva) 3 3 Time— 2:15%, 2:21." THIRD DAY— FRIDAY, AUG. 20 Pacing. 2:07 classfi $600: Delilah, b. m. by Zolock (Bonnell) 1 1 1 Hymettus, b g. by Zombro (Quinn) 5 2 .'2 Ray o' Light, blk. s. by Searchlight (White- head) . 2 3 4- Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Chad- bourne) 3 5 3 Josephine, br. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) ... .4 4 5 Time— 2:07",. 2:06%, 2:07%. Trotting — Two-year-olds — $300. Pal, b. c. by Palite-Lorna Doone try Bayswater Wilkes . (.Chadbourne ) . . 1 1 Babe Verne, br." c. by-Jules Verne (Hoy) 3 2 Yu Tu. b f. by R. Ambush"! 'Rutherford) 2 3 Alto Express, b. c. bv Tran Alto (Hogoboom)" .dis Time— 2:18%. 2:17%. Trotting, 2:13 class, $500. Zombronut, b. s. by Zombro (Ward)... . .3 1- 1 1 Katalina, b. m. by Tom Smith ( Daniels i . .1 2 2 3 C'rylia Jones, blk. h. by Capt. McKinney (Rutherford) ...,'.2 4 3 2 May T.,'ch. m. bv Monterey (Twohig') 4 3 4 4 . Time— 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:15, 2:14. FOURTH DAY— SATURDAY, AUG. 21. Pacing, 2:13 class. $500. Moorttrix. b. s. Azmoor (Chadbourne) . .2 3 111 Cora, b. m. by Del Coronado ( Helman )1 1 2 3 5 . Joe McGregor, b s. by Fergus McGregor (Ward ) :: 2 3 2 2 Li'tOe Dick, ch. g by Dictatus (Verbilac)i 4 4 4 '3 Milton Gear, ch. h by Harry Gear (Cni! cello)'- ..:, :, 5 5'4 . Time— 2:08%. 2:08%. 2:07%. 2:09. 2:11%. Trotting, 2:14 class. $200. Scotch John, ch. g. by Tomonco ( Daniels.) .i I 4 ' 1 ' Kinney Rose, b. s. by McKinney (Bigelow)3 4 .13 Silver Hunter, b. s. by Zombro [QuinnV. .4 2 2 2 Monicrat, bl. s. by Monwnod (Spencer) ...2 3 3 4 Time^2:12%, 2:11%. 2:16%, 2:14'%. ■ Pacing — Matinee race. ' Dan Logan, br. s. by Chas. Derby (.Montgomery.)! 1 Teddy, b. g. by Diablo (Dryer) 2 2 Natoma (Silva) ".-. ?. 3 Time— 2:12%. 2:15: Time Records — Trotters. Lou C, b. m. by Diablo-Lucy B. 2:17% (.., .2:25% Bernice, ch. m. by Owyhee-Bertha.by Alcantara. 2: 25% Advosta, br. m. by Advertiser .'. . .2:"20% Bonnie Princess, by Prince Ansel 2:25% - Virginia Lee, b. f. by Iran Alto 2:17% Nusta, 'br, m. by Nushagalr. . .-. . , .....: .2:24% Time Records — Pacers. Leota. b. m. by DiabloTrix by Nutwood Wilkes. 2:23 HAMBURG BELLE 2:0114. The Daughter of Axworthy Wins Fastest Race Ever Trotted. At the new North Randall track near Cleveland last. Wednesday Hamburg Belle and Uhlan came to- ' gether in a match race before a large crowd, and the mare defeated the gelding by a nose in 2:01%, the first heat, and distanced him the 'second heat ' in 2:01%. the most wonderful a.nd the fastest race ever trotted. The best .previous .time made ' in a race was 2:03% made by the champion stallion Cresceus 2:02% in 1901. After Hamburg Belle had beaten this record two full secojids in the first heat shecame back the next heat in 2:01-%, stamping her as the fastest and ganiest rate .trotter that has ever scored for the word up to -this time. The time of these heats by quarters . is as follows: First heat — First quarter. :31-:- half-mile. 1:01; third quarter, 1:31: one mile, 2 : n 1 1 .; . Second heat— First quarter. :3p%; half-mile, 59%; third quarter, 1:30; one mile, 2:01%. The race is described brienly in the dispatches as follows : "There were three false scores for the first heat. The fourth time down the word .w'as given, with Ham- bug Belle half a length in front and moving the faster. Lilian, although beaten, trotted the greatest beat. With the worst of a start, he had been beaten but a few inches, and as he trotted out in second place all the way, it was estimated that his mile was at least equal to one in 2:00%, had he been at the pole. Uhlan's break in the second heat was a feaiful'one. and no sooner did he recover from it and trot a few rbds than he went into another. -When he got' to the distance it was seen that the 'boot was loose .and flapping about his near forefoot." From the above if is very plain iliai Ulilah is about as great a trotter as Hamburg Belle, and he will have a chance to prove it at Readville next week where they will probably meet again. Immediately after the' first beat Hamburg Belle was sold to H. M. Hanna of Cleveland, for $50.0iiii by Edward and Joseph Madden, owners of the mare and sons of John E. Madden.'. William Andrews drove Hamburg Belle while Proctor drbve Uhlan. Hamburg Belle was "foaled in 1902, and is a bay mare by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Sally Simmons 2::,3% by Simmons, second dam Sally Adams by John Burdine. a son of Almont. Uhlan 2:03%. is a black gelding by Binggn 2:06%. dam Blonde by Sir Waller Jr.. pi cund flam Brunette by Black Eagle. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 28, 1909. SALMON FISHING IN MONTEREY BAY. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. fish dealers in Sau Francisco accumulate profits from the fish business. And it is a great business. From half a ton to two tons daily of fish go up from Santa Cruz and Capitola to the San Francisco market. Many kinds of fish in their season and according to the demands of the market. The fishermen work on a percent- age or share of the profits, and tomorrow morning the fish just landed will be on the slabs of the retail markets of San Francisco and interior cities. But all this is another story, which quite offensive- ly thrusts itself upon the attention and impels to profanity when we ought to be cultivating serenity. Forgetting the fish depletion sanctioned by the law and the legislature, it is fun to watch these boats unload. The fisher folk certainly seem happy, but we can not find it in our hearts to envy them their job. After setting their nets at night they have "nothing to do but wait," only at about 11 o'clock the nets must be hauled up and emptied, and again about 3 o'clock, for sometimes a sealion comes along, and if he found fish in the nets he would have a fine play-spell with them. Sometimes a bask- ing shark gets entangled in the nets, and at other rare times a whale finds his flukes tangled in a net. Then he gets mad and tears about to the terror of the fishermen and the destruction of their net. For- tunately for the industry these occasions are rare. The sight of the fish-bottomed boats, and the wharf strewn with the catch of the night is a great appetizer to the amateur fisherman, and he grows eager to get off in his own boat. Our boat puts off, and the box or sardine or an- chovy bait in the bottom looks as promising as the full dinner pail the artisan carries to his work. Our thoughts are on the near future, discounting the joys of realization by the delights of anticipa- tion. We are after noble game, and the conscious- ness stimulates our self-respect. Dr. David Starr Jordan, the most eminent iehthyl- ogist in America, has credited the salmon as being the highest type of his family among fishes. "In beauty, activity, gameness and quality as food, it stands easily with the first among fishes," he says, and we are going fishing for salmon. There is a tidal roll in the water, but the surface is smooth. "Nothing doing" yet. The boatman care- fully scans the waters far and near for sardine "sign." For where the schools of sardines or an- chovy are there will be the salmon in quest of them. Bye and bye you feel a gentle pressure on your cheek like the- breath of one near. That breath has touched the bay. It is not a wind, only air in mq- tion, but it breaks the monotonous smoothness of the water and ripples and flutes and scallops it until it looks like the tracery of delicate lace work. "Now look out for a strike," says the boatman, for we have struck favorable water. "How will I know when 1 have a bite?" asks a ten- derfoot. How would you know if vou were struck with a club? "I've got one." The immediate, instantaenousness of wireless telegraphy is rivaled by the speed of the "thrill that passes along your line and down your rod Glory: In an instant of time, ten, twenty thirty, forty years, as it may be, roll off like the discarded skin of a snake. You are a boy again, with all the eager anticipation, the zest for conquest of young blood. The boatman lays aside the oars. Your com- panion reels in his line that it may not get tangled with yours while playing the fish. Occupants of other boats in sight turn their eyes toyards you and keenly watch the fun. Luck, so far as you are concerned, led the salmon to take the anchovy on your hook for his breakfast instead of one swimming in the vicinity, but it is by your skill, science if you wish to call it so, that he is to be lauded. You are fairly aflame with excitement, yet, if you get excited you will lose your fish. If you relax the tension on the line for a second, he will snap the line in twain with his teeth, and your trophy will be lost. If you give him the butt of the rod and strain too tightly on the line he will break it with his weight — that is some lines. Down there, somewhere, in ten to twenty fathoms of water, is the other fellow. He knows at once that he has been "stung," as you would if you had swal- lowed a bee or a wasp, but generally it seems he is not immediately aware that there is a battle for his life and liberty before him. Usually he will follow for a time along the line of least resistance, that is the persuasive impulse of your reel, but sooner or later it dawns upon him that he is caught and that it is up to him to make a breakaway — and he begins. Perhaps he will make this decision when he is far down, and suddenly plunge like a bucking bronco, erhaps he will not seemingly commence to put up a fight until near the surface, and then how he will plash the water into foam. Down he dives Ever go salmon fishing? If so. you have experienced the most, exciting, ex- hilarating and ecstatic piscatorial sport. If not. What's the use of asking why. The bay that bounds the beaches and cliffs of Santa Cruz beckons every day. The fish are abundant at this time of the year and as a rule easy game. To take salmon you don't have to secure a license, and equip yourself with arms and ammunition, not even with fishing tackle and bait, unless you decide to use your own favorite rod and reel. You engage a boatman, and he does the rest. He will have rods and reels and lines and hooks and sinkers and bait, a landing net and a gaff. All there is for you to do is to pay the boatman and look pleasant — the fishing is yours. For a certainty there is a boat ride on the bay, worth the price at any time, and the chances are all . in favor of taking from one to ten salmon in a morn- ing's expedition. And then there is lots of fun before you start, lis- tening to the jingle of the alarm clock, turning out of bed in the presence of the electric light, prepar- ing your own breakfast and hiking down to the wharf before 5 o'clock a. m. It makes a crack in the crust of habit that is growing all over you and encasing your very thoughts. It gives you a new sensation of being boss of your- self when you can get out of the rut, to make such a venture. For salmon fishing the Santa Cruzan has two points of departure. He can start from the local wharf or he can leave for the Capitola wharf via the first trolley car. Some prefer one fishing ground and some another. Good luck and poor has been found a plenty from both places this year. Then there are two kinds of conveyances, the old- fashioned, time-honored fishing boats, with a lateen sail for the wind when it rises; the same model that floated on the sea of Galilee two thousand years ago, the same one that puts out from every port on the Mediterranean, in this year of 1909; and the mod- ern motorboat that supplants the oarsman's muscle with gasoline and puts no trust in Providence for a favoring wind. Some think the whirr of the motor "scares" the fish, others scoff at the notion. Both styles of boats bring in fish some days and both return with eui)>ry bottom on other days. Compensation also ccmes in another form before starting. It will be found in the wharf scene at sunrise — we say sunrise, but it is understood that there will be a fog on the morning you go salmon fishing. The fog plays an important part in the morning's entertainment. It curtains off the land and it hides the boundless expanse of water, and just shows the center of the stage en which the per- formance is about to begin, whereon the struggle for mastery between your science and sagacity, and the combined resources of the King of Fish, in his own realm, is to take place. As you approach it the wharf reaches to the very end of things apparently, so snugly has the mist settled down. The Santa Cruz wharf is not as pic- turesque as it was before the railroad encroached upon it, hut at Capitola traffic does not trespass and the fishermen appropriate the wharf for their very own. In the dim space the fog has left you for a visible world, you can trace the pink bloom of the bay flow- ers that border the beach, on the westerly side of the wharf, and you hear the muffled music from the eternal diapason of the tides, and the soft lap- ping of the sea gull's wings as he wafts himself about undecided where he will find his breakfast. It's a wierd world and a small one, without a trace or suggestion of the one in which you normally move and have your being. As you arrive the fisher boats of commerce are beginning to come in from their all-night vigil on the deep. Strong, lusty fellows are on board and they pass up the catch of the night to their co-partners on the wharf above They speak in an unknown tongue, the language of modern Macedonia, but they laugh in our lauguage and the work of unloading is accompanied by many evident jests. "Gee! aren't they beauties?" That's what the ten- derfoot exclaims in accents of surprise and admira- tion They are Each boat brings from twenty to forty fish about equally divided between sea bass and salmon, the sea bass running from twenty to forty pounds in weight and the salmon from ten to twenty-five pounds These boats went out towards sunset last evening, and spread their nets in a line which extends from three to five miles in width. Heretofore the mesh of their nets was limited by law to 7% inches. Last winter the legislature passec an amendment reducing the mesh to 6% inches, thus rapidly increasing the speed at which the bay is robbed of its finny treasures, and certain again, or perhaps shoots off, to put distance be- tween himself and that uply apparition (to him) in the boat. If you give him "plenty of line" and never relax the pull, he will turn about and come back. By this time he is thoroughly in earnest. He makes a leap out of the water, and as the light strikes him, you see his whole body, arched to exert his full strength, his passion causing an iri- descent play of color, wholly indescribable (one of the most beautiful sights in creation). Again he finds there is no let go to that pesky thing that pulls him. Eack he plunges into his own element. This time he takes another course, and turns your boat round like a top with the strength of his determined "get-away." His course and his tactics change with lightning-like rapidity, leaping and diving off and away, and then towards the boat, leaping in the air perhaps several" times before, bj- tact and persistency you draw him near enough for the boatman to gaff or scoop him up in the basket net — and the battle is over. How long? It is on record of a salmon who fought a three- hour battle. Usually from five to fifteen minutes. Some times you catch a chump even among salmon who can be pulled in as easily as a sucker How large? An experienced angler doesn't need and never uses scales. He can tell within a pound, the "pull" that is on his line. It is a mistake to suppose that the size of a salmon measures its gaminess. There may be more "fun" in a ten-pounder than in one which will weight forty pounds. Perhaps your boat will bring in twenty fish from a morning's cruise. Sometimes none at all. •But the duration of the battle, the size and num- ber of the vanquished are only details for the true sportsman. Fishing boats are ordinarily out from five to six hours. With best of luck there are many dull mo- ments, and with the worst of luck there is the whole time to be whiled away. Recompense for this can be found in the scenery of sea and shore, in watching the flight of the sea birds, and in listening to the tales your boatman can tell. These narratives will often yield both amusement and information. The bay views, from the lighthouse to off Aptos are incomparably finer than the landscape from the shore. No one can really appreciate the,Sea Beach Hotel, or the Casino, who has not had this view from the bay, and there is no land view of the canyons of the Soquel and Aptos, comparable to that obtained from a boat a mile out. — Santa Cruz Surf. Sportsmen's Barbecue.— Members of the Alameda County Fish and Game Protective Association to the number of 500 enjoyed the annual barbecue of the organization near Pleasanton on August Sth Large joints of beef and mutton, supplied by Game Warden "Welsh of Santa Cruz, were barbecued in the real old-fashioned style and were greatly enjoyed by the members and their guests. In addition to 'the meats there was a large variety of other things to eat, all of which were done full justice to. Following the feast, speeches were made by leading members of the association and their invited guests. Among the speakers were T. H. Silver, president of the association; Supervisor Joseph M. Kelly of Alameda County; District Attorney W. H. Donohue. Dr. De Vries of Santa Clara 'county, William Mc- Donald of Livermore, J. Calahan of the Stock Grow- ers' Association, J. E. Martin of Livermore. Dr. Em- erson of Centerville. C. L. Powell and others Charles A. Gale officiated as toastmaster. It was decided to hold next year's barbecue at Centerville in July or August. Deer Slaughtered.— Forest fires near Duncan's Peak one day last week, stampeded large numbers of deer, rabbits, squirrels and other wild creatures, which sought refuge in the fields near Duncan's Springs, Mendocino county. Hotel guests and others turned out en masse, when the slaughter was over fourteen fine bucks and a large bear had been killed, so it is reported. In a buttue like the fore- going it is doubtful if there were not does and fawns slain. All of the terrified animals ran the gauntlet of a big skirmish line of guns and rifles. It is pleas- ing to note, however, that hundreds of deer escaped unscathed, being hidden in the dense volume of smoke. Still in the Ring. — Once a sportsman always a sportsman, might be said of William Henry Pott, a resident of Windsor, Sonoma County. He is S6 years of age and recently secured a hurting license. He signed his application without the use of glasses; it is stated he is an excellent shot. When getting the license he remarked. "I guess this is about the last one I'll get." It is to be hoped he is not a true prohphet in this respect. His license- is probably the age limit for this State. He has hunted for over half a cen- tury and is ambitious to bring home another buck this season. Bear Hunt Arranged. — The Nevada Bear Club of Reno is arranging for a big bear hunt this fall in the Sierra and Plumas forests. E. C. Brown, a noted Superior California hunter, who has a record of over 100 bears will be superintendent of the hunt. The club will use a large pack of trained bear dogs. Saturday, August 2S, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN AT THE TRAPS. The Interstate Association's fourth Western Han- dicap started at St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday morning, August 10 and finished Friday forenoon, the 13th. Monday ahout SO of the contestants indulged in practice shooting. 5 twenty target events was the card for the dai'. The high averages and the leading winners at the tournament were as follows: Western Handicap — One hundred and fifty-four shooters were entered for the main feature of the shoot which began on Thursday, 11 squads finished on August 13, the fourth day. The conditions were 100 targets, high guns, $10 entrance, handicaps 16 to 23 yards, $200 added, first money and trophy to win- ner. The total purse was §1180. Thirty -four men shot for targets only. Dr. F. H. Bailey of Fargo. N. D.. won with a score of 97 out of 100 at 16 yards rise. L. W. Lisher, Fred Gilbert, Fred Bills, trade representatives, were next up with 96 each. First money paid $141.60, S. W. Hamilton of St. Paul, Minn., and Fred Ellet of Keithsbury, 111., with 95 received $112.10 each; 94 breaks won 576.70, $32.35 went to the 93 men and $25.10 was the quota for 92. Preliminary .Handicap — One hundred and fifty-six shooters entered this event on Wednesday, August 11. The conditions were 100 targets 80 singles and 10 double rises), handicaps 16 to 23 yards, $7 en- trance, high guns, $100 added money, trophy and first money to the winner. Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., was an easy winner with the enviable score of 97 out of 100, at 19 yards; in doing this he broke all of the doubles (a feat which Fred Gilbert performed on Tuesday). J. M. Hughes of Milwaukee was high professional with 95x100. Second place men broke 93, they were: Dick Guptill, H. E. Snyder. J. P. White, F. F. Slocum and Fred McKay. Third aver- ages were: J. H. Barker, H. C. Hirschy and C. G. Dockendorf. "pros." J. C. Barto, J. Aylesworth and 1. Gilbraith were third amateurs. Guptill of Aitkin. Minn., the winner of the Grand American at Indianapoiis, Henderson who tied for first place in the G. A. H., and lost on the shoot off after having won the Preliminary Handicap at Chi- cago this year, S. A. Huntley who has shot in Coast events and at Ingleside and Sam Henderson of St. Paul were closely watched during the shoot, being looked upon as among the probable winners of the meain feature event. First money paid Henderson $S2.25, the 93 men received $56.10 each, 92 breaks won $24.30 each, $16.20 was the purse for 91 breaks, the 90's re- ceived $14.90 each and S9 breaks won $S.55. The high averages were the following: Ama- teurs— Henderson and Guptill first with. 317 out of 330 targets in the sweepstake events, Huntley and Barto second with 316. Jesse Young third with 314. On all targets (including the two Handicaps) : Hen- edrson first 525 out of 550, Guptil second 522, Hamil- ton and Barto third 511. Professionals — On regular targets, Fred Gilbert first with 319 out of 330. Billy Heer second with 317, Hughes third with 315. On all targets, 550: Gil- bert first 528, Hughes 520 second, Hirschy 515 third. The Squier money-back surplusage purse paid the high averages. 330 targets in the regular events: R. D. Guptill broke 317, received $42.80; H. Hender- son, 317. $42 SO; J. Barto. 316. $31.70; S. A. Huntley. 316. $31.70; Jesse Young, 314, $25.35; Sam Hamilton, 313. $22 20; G. V. Deiing, 312, $19.00; E. A. Feld- man. 310, $15.85; Potter White; $310, $15.85; Frank Fuller. 309. $11.10; E. W. Hicks. 309, $11.10; Jay Graham, 307, $9.50; William Wetleaf, 306, $4.75; H. E. Snyder. 306, $4.75; T. J. Storey, 306, $4.75; Kit Shepardson, 305, $3.15; John Sack. 305, $3.15; Fay Copsey. 305.- $3.15: Fred Ellet, 305, $3.15; Ira Gal- braith. 305. $3.15; Phil Murray, 305, $3.15. R. D. Guptill won the Minnesota State champion- ship, breaking 46 out of 50 {including 6 double rises). He had to shoot off a tie with Sam Hamilton to win. The only lady shooting was Mrs. S. S. Johnston of the Minneapolis Gun Club. While she did not shoot up to the average, her work was clean cut and good and evoked applause from the observers. The shoot was one of the best ever conducted in the Middle West, outside of the G. A. H. at Chicago. Mr. Elmer E- Shaner was the general in command; Fred C. Whitney 'was paymaster general; the general staff consisted of President Wood of the St. Paul Club, Secretary L. G. Pleiss and other members. Hirschy, Morrison, Barte and other "pros" helped things move along materially. A pleasing innovalion among the order of usual entries was the appearance of two priests on the firing line, Father Mar.conachie of Redfield. S. D., and Father Boland of Waverly, Minn. Both "Dom- inies" were esteemed contenders in a recreation that brings all classes together for clean sport. Monday, August 9, was practice day during which weather conditions were gcod. In 5 twenty target events 86 shooters were facing Ihe traps. S. W. Hamilton a St. Paul shooter broke 99 out of 100, aft^r he missed one he continued with a run of over 60. W. H. Heer of Concordia came next with 9S. third high gun developed a keen contest between F. G. Bills, Billy Crosby. H. G. Taylor and J. L. D. Morrison who each cracked out 97. Huntley and Guptil also broke 97. Two different squads made the excellent scores of 99 out of 3 00. On Tuesday, a strong wind and an overcast sky were the weather conditions. The number of shoot- ers was increased by many new arrivals, 176 guns were lined up for the program which called for 5 fifteen target, two 20's, 10 double rises and a final 20 target event, a total of 175 — 155 counting on average. High gun was annexed by Guptil and Hamilton 150, Huntley second 149 and Henderson 14S third. In the doubles Guptil, Clark and Hicks broke 19. Dering, Huntley, Clay, Duis, Clapper. Ward, Fisher, and Yearos broke 18. H. J. Borden was high trade representative with 149 out of 155, Hirschy 147. Gilbert, W. D. Stannard. Heer and Hughes 146 each. At doubles Gilbert broke straight. Barber, Hughes and Heer 19, Jim T. Skelly 18. Wednesday, the second day 160 shooters ranged into line. The card was, preceding the Preliminary Handicap. 5 fifteen target races. A. S. Wyckoff and Jos. Barto were high amateurs with 74 out of 75 each. Huntley. J. S. Young, Guy Dering, Ridley. Murray. Clapper, W. Henderson. D. C. Rand con- nected with 73 each. Guptill. Graham, Wetleaff. J. A. Fredette. H. W. Converse, John Noel and F. D. Copsey broke 75 each. Gilbert. Heer, Dockendo;f and Morris on the "pro" side smashed 74 each, Crosby and Bills 73 each, Harry Taylor and Stannard broke 72 apiece. Fred Gilbert was high gun in the 5 twenty target events preceding the Western Handicap. These races were started Thursday, August 12th with 170 shooters on the firing line. Gilbert lost one bird out of 100, E. A. Feldman of Northome, Minn., was high amateur with 98, Billy Heer, J. M. Hughes and H. G. Taylor "pros." broke 97 as did J. H. Young of Chicago. Western Handicap. Targets Yds. 20 20 20 20 20 200 F. H. Bailev 16 20 20 19 20 IS 97 L. W. Fisher 16 20 19 20 IS 19 96 F. Gilbert 21 19 20 IS 20 19 96 F. G. Bills 20 19 19 20 18 20 96 Fred Ellett 18 20 18 19 IS 20 95 S.W.Hamilton 19 17 20 19 19 20 95 J Graham 19 20 IS 20 18 18 94 H. C. Hirshev 19 19 19 19 19 18 94 W. Henderson 21 19 18 19 18 20 94 1. Galbraith IS 19 19 20 IS 18 94 Wm. Ridley IS 19 IS 20 IS 19 94 C. J. Dockendorf .... IS 18 20 20 17 19 94 J. T. Skellv IS 19 19 IS 19 IS 93 R. D. Guntill 2G IS IS 20 19 IS 93 F. Woody 18 20 17 19 18 19 93 E. W. Hicks IS IS 19 19 18 19 93 G. W. Tolan 17 IS IS 19 19 19 93 J. P. WTulf 18 18 20 17 19 19 93 J. L'den 16 17 20 18 IS 20 93 C. V. Dering 19 17 19 20 18 18 92 H. J: Borden 19 17 19 20 18 18 92 F. G. Fuller 19 17 20 20 17 18 92 G. J. Roll 19 18 19 18 19 18 92 R. G. Brachvogel .... 16 17 IS 19 19 19 92 C. P. Shumwav 16 18 18 18 19 19 92 B. C. Thompson .... 16 IS 16 19 20 19 92 Homer Clark IS 19 19 17 18 19 92 Fred McKay IS 17 IS IS 20 19 92 F. Goodwin 17 19 IS 17 IS 20 92 F. Dworak 17 19 18 19 19 17 92 J. E. Wilson IS 18 17 IS 19 20 92 W. R. Crosbv 21 19 19 18 19 16 91 J. M. Hughes 21 19 IS 17 18 19 91 T. H. Clav, Jr IS 18 20 19 16 IS 91 J. H. Xoll 18 18 20 18 16 19 91 G. A. Olson IS 19 19 17 19 17 91 A. W. McClelland ... 16 19 17 IS 19 IS 91 M. Daniels 16 IS 20 19 17 17 91 A.J.Ward 16 19 20 IS 17 17 91 J. P. White 19 19 IS 18 19 17 91 w: D. Stannard .... 19 19 16 20 17 19 91 L. W. Rue IS 16 IS 19 19 19 91 L. J. Adkin 18 19 19 19 18 16 91 C. Bothell 16 19 17 IS 18 19 91 F. H. Allen 16 20 IS 19 16 IS 91 F. S; Novotnv 16 19 17 17 19 19 91 F E. Foltz . . : 19 IS 19 20 16 17 90 K. Shepardson ..... 19 IS 19 18 17 18 90 C. H. Ditto 19 17 IS 19 IS IS 90 H. E. Snvder 19 19 19 19 16 17 90 E. Novotny IS 20 17 IS 19 16 90 Geo. Eck 17 16 17 19 19 19 90 E. J. Coward . . 16 19 19 IS 16 18 90 W. N. Kendr-ick .... 16 19 20 IS 20 13 90 D. C. Rand IS 18 17 IS 18 19 90 E. Schendel 16 19 19 19 17 16 90 H. W. Jones 17 19 IS 19 16 IS 90 W. D. Townsend .... 17 19 17 IS IS 17 S9 Dr. O. Braun IS 18 19 IS 16 IS 89 H. Savior IS 17 17 20 17 18 89 T. J. Storev 17 18 19 19 15 18 89 W H. Heer 21 IS 17 IS 16 20 89 E H. Houghton 16 IS 16 19 17 19 89 Tom Agern : 17 16 19 17 17 20 89 C.L.Flanagan 16 19 16 19 15 20 89 H E. Peck 16 18 16 20 16 19 89 W J Murrav 16 IS 17 17 IS 19 89 Rav Hiscox 16 20 18 17 17 17 89 H. W. Vietmcver 17 19 17 19 19 15 S9 J. W. Wiseman 16 19 IS 16 19 17 89 W. B. Shepard 16 19 19 17 18 15 88 A R Chezik 17 IS 17 20 15 18 88 W E Miller 17 14 19 IS 19 IS SS T S Frink 17 19 IS 19 15 17 88 Bert Roberts 16 18 18 20 13 19 88 J. S. Clapper 17 J. S. Young 20 W. Wettleaf 20 J. F. Duis IS D. Thomas 16 R. E. St. John IS J. H. Stair IS E. A. Feldman IS W. S. Hoon 19 R. R. Barber 19 J. B. Barto 19 F. M. Reed 16 J. C. Freese 13 F. M. Edwards IS M. Kennedy 16 H. D. Bernard IS John Sack 19 F. Le Xoir IS A. L. Yearous 17 Father Macconachie . . 16 J. C. Famechon 16 H. F. Turner 16 J. L. D .Morrison 20 F'. D. Copsey 17 Dr. C. E. Cook 17 J. R. Smith 17 Jno. Maland IS L. H. Fitzsimmons ... IS J. Aylesworth 19 F. F. Slocum 19 T. A. Marshall IS B. B. Ward IS G. E. Davis 16 C. Ferguson 16 W. G. Pfiister 16 C. Anderson 16 N. H. Nelson 16 P. W. Mullonv 16 H. G. Taylor 20 O. B. Olson 16 C. A. Van Slyke 17 C. Gottlieb 17 S. S. Johnston 16 H. M. Bird 16 C. Gruhn 16 P. S. Murray 17 S. A. Huntley 20 A. 8. Wyckoff 19 E. W. Quinn 18 H. W. Converse .... 17 J. Q. Ward 16 A. J. Holmes 16 E. C. Schwartz 17 M. E. Norton 16 J. C. Ramsev 17 A. F. Hebard 16 W. B. Thorp 16 W. H. Boland 16 W. A. Oehs 16 V. Anderson 16 H. A. Schlender 16 P. Pearson 16 O. I. Moonev 16 O. Bates 16 A. A. Paffrath 16 G. J. McGraw 16 C. Robbins IS Frank Fisher 19 B. Larson 16 F. Morrison 16 G. A. Sarles 1C L. F. Kennedy 16 Mrs. S. S. Johnston 16 A. E. Close 16 H. H. Chesterman .... 16 W. S. Magill 16 J. B. Hilton 16 A. E. Perry 16 Ed. Grimes 16 15 20 19 19 15 88 15 IS is 16 IS 88 16 19 19 15 19 88 19 17 17 15 20 88 18 16 IS 17 19 88 18 17 18 IS 16 S7 IS 17 18 16 18 87 15 IS 20 17 17 87 18 14 19 17 17 87 19 17 17 16 IS 87 18 IS 19 15 17 87 14 IS 19 18 17 87 15 16 19 16 18 87 18 19 17 16 19 87 20 16 IS 15 17 86 17 16 IS 17 IS 86 17 IS 18 16 17 86 17 17 IS 18 16 86 16 19 17 17 17 86 "17 17 19 16 17 86 19 19 18 17 13 86 17 19 17 15 17 85 15 19 13 16 16 85 18 18 18 15 16 85 17 18 16 17 17 85 17 19 IS 14 17 85 19 IS 17 16 15 85 19 19 IS 12 17 85 15 17 16 17 17 85 17 16 IS 13 20 85 16 17 15 20 17 85 16 IS 17 17 17 85 18 19 17 14 17 85 19 19 17 15 15 85 IS 15 18 18 16 85 IS 19 17 15 16 85 18 16 20 16 15 85 17 IS 17 13 19 84 18 17 17 17 15 84 15 16 18 16 19 84 17 IS 17 15 17 84 17 15 20 15 17 84 18 16 17 15 18 84 16 18 17 17 15 83 19 19 17 16 12 83 17 IS 17 16 15 83 18 17 16 14 18 83 17 19 17 13 17 S3 16 IS 19 14 16 83 17 17 18 13 18 83 17 14 16 17 18 82 15 17 16 16 17 81 16 15 16 16 IS 81 20 IS 14 15 14 81 17 17 17 13 16 80 16 16 IS 16 13 79 16 17 18 15 13 79 17 14 IS 15 15 79 IS 13 19 11 IS 79 15 IS 16 12 14 7S 17 15 15 15 16 78 16 IS 17 15 11 77 14 3 5 13 16 19 77 16 17 IS 12 14 ' 77 18 15 14 12 17 76 18 13 14 13 17 75 16 13 18 14 12 73 14 15 16 15 11 71 16 15 12 16 13 72 15 15 14 15 12 71 16 16 14 S 15 69 13 12 13 13 14 65 13 10 15 15 S 61 19 18 37 17 20 37 10 17 27 14 13 27 12 13 25 17 17 A report of the Spokane Rod and Gun Club shoot at Spokane. Wash., Saturday, August 21, states: The gathering of trap shooting enthusiasts at the club trap grounds \rere. treated to one of the closest competitions ever pulled off in that section of the West, when Lee Barkley, of Seattle, beat Fred Gil- bert, the Spirit Lake wizard, for high average. This struggle for supremacy took place for the Ware Bros, trophy for highest professional average. At the close of the shoot each had 191 out of 200 targets. In shooting off at 50 birds, Barkley broke straight making 241 out of 250 and Gilbert lost his forty-seventh target, scoring 240 out of 250. Another close contest was the shoot for the ama- teur championship for the Dodson trophy. Colonel Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky.. and S. A. Huntley of Kansas City being tied with ISO out of a possible 200. In the shoot-eff Henderson missed the tw-enty-fifth bird, while Hurtley's score was a straight. P. P. Holohan of Twin Falls, Idaho, won the Selby trophy, making a run of 25 at the 20-yard mark, Wil- liam Wetleaf of Nicholas, Iowa, got 24 out of 25. The most noted trapshooters in the country were among the contestants. Hugh McElroy, the Spo- kane man who set a new record at Anaconda with 9S out of 10, was not in form and made a day's score of 178. Next to Gilbert and Barkley were Colonel Henderson, with 1S9, and S. A. Huntley with the same score. Scores of 1S7 were made by Harry Ellis of Seattle and Frank Foltz of McClure. Ohio, and Ed O'Erien oT Chicago. Wetleaf broke 186, F. W McBroom of Spokane, 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. August 28, 1909. J. A. Forbes, Seattle. W. Ridley each broke 185. Two sections of the special train left Seattle Sat- urday night, with the Eastern marksmen who took part and a number of Spokane contestants for the Pacific Coast Handicap, which opened Monday. The. visiting sportsmen were entertained by the Rod and Gun Club with an elaborate luncheon at the shooting grounds. E. S. MacColl of Spokane, secretary, and E. J. Chingren, Spokane, manager, both deserve credit for the businesslike way in which the big shoot was conducted. Mr. Chingren did not ^hoot, as his hands are in poor shape and his general health not »he test. He will probably n:>t shoot again this year. Lee Barklev 191 |H. W. Whitrneyer . ...175 Fred Gilbert 191JR. H. Miller 174 S. A. Huntley 1S9IE. W. Cooper 173 W. Henderson 189IC. H. Ditto 172 Ed O'Brien 1S7JT. B. Wa-e 171 F. Foltz 187|Meisenheimer 171 Harrv Ellis 187IShepardson , 169 W. Wetleaf 186|Ben Pleiss 167 J. A. Forbes 1851R. D. Roba lion 165 F. K. McBroom 1S5!D. W. King 165 W. Ridley 185JV. Holohan 165 J. McLaughlin 183 H. Cramer 164 J. H. Noel . . 183 J. S. Malloy 164 E. D. Fannin 183 J. M. Smith 164 Fred Ellet 183 A. K. Cooson 164 P. J. Holohan lS2lj. F. Skelly 163 L. A. Gates 1S2'W. A. Hillis 163 M. Skeen 182IC. H. E. Poston . . . Ben McLaren . . R. Clancy 179'C Tom Marshall 17S'W. L. Robsrtson 160 B F. Smith 178IJ. Mocine 159 J. G. Naquin 17SJD. Pelt 159 H. McElroy 17S|C. Thorp 158 Fred Dryden 176IR. Thompson 157 Guy Deling 17o'N\ Thorpe 157 Gottlieb 162 1S2T. H. Clay 162 179JA. Bishop 160 K. Cartwright 160 The Western Boosters' three day's tournament at Anaconda was participated in by 122 shooters the first day. 125 the second day and 116 on the final day. High amateur averages for the tournament in the regular events. 500 targets were won by W. W. Rid- ley first. 4S8 out of 500. M. Skeen second. 485. W. Wetleaf and S. A. Huntley third 483. High professional averages were won by: Ed O'Brien first. 491 out of 500. H. E. Poston second. 486. Max Hensler third. 483. The high amateurs, the first day were Ridley 197 out of 200, Skeen 195. Huntley 195 and J. E. Naquin 192. High professionals were: O'Brien 196 out of 200. Hensler and H. E. Poston 192 each. High amateurs the second day were: W. Hen- derson 195 out of 200. Ridley 195, J. McLaughlin 195. Skeen 195, W. Selvidge 194. H. Snyder 194. H. Mc- Elroy 193. Naquin 193. High professional averages were: O'Brien 199 out of 200. Poston 197. P. J. Holo- han 195. High amateurs the third day were: Henderson 99 out of 100. Wetleaf 99. Snyder 96. Ridley 96. Mc- Elroy 95 and Foltz 95. High professional averages were: Fred Gilbert 98 out of 100, Poston 97. O'Brien 96. The handicap feature on the third day was won by H. McElroy who broke 98 out of 100 at 18 yards: Wetleaf. 20 yards, broke 97 and Henderson. 20 yards, broke 96. The scores follow; 10 twenty target events was the program for the first and second days. 5 twenty target events was the schedule for the third day. followed bv the handicap at 100 birds, in sections of 20: Forbes 186— 190— 93-88— 1S1 McLaughlin 195 — 191 — 83-95 — 178 Miller, R. H 179—184—77-89—166 Chingren 183 — 1S7 — . .87— S7 Van Pelt 148—161—83-90—173 Ellett 194—191 — 94-91 — 185 Huntley 195 — 195 — 93-97—190 Snyder 194 — 189— 96-88— 184 Foltz 190— ISO— 95-94— 1S9 Noel 184—183—96-80—176 Holohan, P. J 195—184—94-90—184 Farmin 186 — 179—. .-. . — . . . Mocine 174—164—83-91—174 Holohan, G 183— 174— 91-S1 — 172 Cartwright 161—171 — 80-72—152 Marshall 188—171—92-91—183 Naquin 193—192—92-85—175 Ditto 178— 171— 92-86— 178 Deering 192 — 1S7— 93-89 — 182 Wycoff . . ..." 172— 181— 90-S9— 179 Skelly 1S4—1S2— 95-91— 186 Shepardson 178 — 182 — 95-88 — 183 Confarr 187 — 172 — 92-83 — 175 Taylor 194—193—95-95—190 Smith, B. F 164—170—93-91—184 Gates 185 — 174 — 90-88 — 178 Meisenheimer 186 — 190 — 98-89 — 187 Thorp. N. D 174 — 176—81-92—173 Healea 147—137—. .-. . — . . . Redfield 27— 91 — 77-. .— 77 Gottlieb 168—169—85-82—167 Mathewson 154 — 145 — 78-90 — 168 Drumgoc le 190 — 190—93-84 — 177 Mahan 166—160—88-90 — 178 Nell 177—170—88-84—172 Gilbert 194_189_9S-89— 187 Ward, J. Q 175—183—80-82—162 Henderson 195 — 191—99-96 — 195 Hensler 192 — 196—95-93—188 Clay 173— ISO— 90-S4— 174 King 185—185—90-86—176 Cook. Dr 172— 17S— 71-S7— 15S Mapes 177 — 191—85-90—175 Veitmeyer ISO— 186 — 93-85 — 178 Ridley 195—197—96-85—181 Morrison 192— 1S7— 91-91— 182 Thompson. B. C 184—171—86-90—176 Houston 177— 1S4 — 87-92—179 Barto 185 — 175—89-83—172 Prosser 1S7 — 191 — 93-8S— 181 Smith, C. H 174—175 — 96-91 — 187 Rowe 169— 153— 91-87— 17S Peckover 183—180—89-85—174 Nickey log — 157—74-83 — 157 Tuttle 138— 138— 80-78— 15S Weaver 191— 178— 93 86— 179 McLain 176— 170— 88-S1— 169 Wick 176—166—87-85—172 Crane 1S2 — 169—91-87 — 178 Wilson 176—182—92-85—177 Bowman 187 — 180 — 91-14 — 105 Holohan 172—162—83-41—124 Bradfield 16f— 167— 91-79— 170 Thomas, W. R 190 — 1S5— 88-91— 179 Harrington 1 75 — 165 — 84-84 — 168 Walker 169—169—76-81—157 Killeen 175—165—75-80—155 Story 170—172—84-79—163 Poore 93—171—..-.. — ... Boa 179—186—91-85—176 Stephens 169 — 170—82-88—170 Woody 168— 174— 87-S0— 167 Baker ISO— 182— 97-91 — 188 MacConnachie 165 — 178 — 80-66 — 146 Hirschy 193— 1S5— 94-S7— 1S1 McElroy 193— 1S4— 96-98— 194 Malloy 173—163—77-77 — 164 Null 170— 146— 79 77— 156 Wetleaf 195—191 — 99 97 — 196 Hosier 166—162—86-. .— . . . Rebhausen 182—176—96 87 — 183 Cooper 167—177—86-74 — 160 Robinson 184—181 — 92 S4— 176 McLaren 173— 179— 91 89— ISO Goddard 186— 1S3— 93-91— 1S4 Brown 174 — 176—89 82 — 171 Willoughby 168— 145— 78-S4— 162 Beaadro 167—166—82-..—... Convne 168—169—82-75—157 O'Brien 199—196— 96-92— 188 Skeen 194— 197— 94-84— 17S Clancy 1S6— 192 — 90-84—174 Thorp. C. A 174— 1S6— SS-69 — 157 Prater 1 75— 179 — 89-89 — 178 Sanborn .176 — 175 — . .-. . — ... Mores 169 — 174 — . .-. . — Wetmore 189— 1S7— S4-72 — 156 Green 16S— 128 — 63-.. — . .. Hudson 175 — 163—79-87 — 166 Poston 197—192 — 97-92 — 189 Smart 159 — 152—. .-88 — S8 Thomas. J. S 189—190—93-81—174 Smith. W. A 17S— 175 — S7-90 — 177 Dryden 189— 1S7— 95-83 — 178 Gemmett 169—161—75-78—153 Whitten 166—171—89-88—177 Sitherwood 139—149 — 72-60—132 Mitchell 166— 160— S5-S2— 177 McRea. 192— 1S7— 93-89 — 1S2 Selvidge 194 — 186 — 92-93 — 185 Ward. B. B 169 — 188— 88-90 — 17S Ward. J. A 176 — 187—92-86 — 17S Cuno 170 — 161— S9-S8 — 177 Kunkel 185— 171— 96-S6— 1S2 Cowan 182 — . . . — 86-S9 — 175 McClure 176 — 183—96-87 — 183 Lohr 178—180—84-91—175 Tucker ISO— 169— 89-89— 178 Pritchett 1S1 — . . . — . .-. . — . . . Miller 177—. . .—81-18— 99 Allen 140 — ... — . ... — ... Hall 33—. . . — . .-. .— . . . Smith. F. A 23—. . .— . .-. .— . . . Strachan 110 — . . . — . .-. . — Dawson 133 — . . . — . .-. . — . . . Morley — 173 — . .-. . — . . . Fraser — 82—. .-. .— . . . Delanev — 142 — 74-. . — 74 Smith. L. G —130—. .-. .— . . . Woehler — . . .— 78-S1— 159 o At the recent Ogden shoot, the three-day tourna- ment of the Idaho-Utah Sportsmen's Association, the high averages were shot by: Ed O'Brien, 414 out of 425; E. D. Farnim 40S. H. E. Poston of San Francisco. 407; M. E. Hensler 405, H. S. Mills 404, Morris Skeen 403, Jno. Boa 401, W. M. Bowman 400. four events, he was not the high gun. G. A. Britton having the best avciasc with 15 to spare. The scores in five events: 15, 15, 50, 15 and 15 tar- gets respectively, werf — G. A. Britton 13 13 39 2 12 J. T. Hillis 13 13 37 13 9 C. L. Burtch 12 11 40 12 11 H. W. Maynard 12 11 45 15 14 A. Blair 9 13 41 9 10 C.A.Porter - S 13 40 11 13 J. L. McTaggart S 11 28 10 7 C. K. Snell 14 10 32 12 8 Cowperthwaite IS 14 20 6 9 J. W. Britton 8 9 . . 10 9 J. Humphrev 9 11 2S S 4 W. G. Elliott 7 S . . 10 George Climie 12 12 43 12 11 \V. Wilgress 7 5 11 11 J. H. Thompson 5 5 Ted Brown .. 11 14 H W. Maynard was the star performer at the an- nual championship shoot of the Vancouver Gun Club. Vancouver. B. C August 11. He won the champion- ship cup on a score of 45 out of 50 targets. The weather was splendid for the event, and the contest was close. The cup winner was closely fol- lowed by G. Climie, A. Blair. C. L. Burtch and C. A. Porter. Another event was won by Mr. Maynard, bit the merchadise prizes in all of the other races were well distributed. Althought the cup went to Mr. Maynard. on the The Interstate Association's Fourth Pacific Coast Handicap, under the auspices Seattle Gun Club, opened last Monday at the West Seattle grounds wTitu a large and enthusiastic attendance of shooters — a record entry for this annual Coast trap-shooting feature. The Golden Gate Gun Club live bird shoot and barbecue at Ingleside tomorrow will wind up the club's trap program for 1909. SALMON FISKINC. During the past week the long awaited fall run of quinnat salmon has made an appearance outside the Golden Gate, in the bay waters and up the Sacra- mento and San Joaquin rivers. All week long a large flotilla of fishing launches have been outside, each carrying from two to half a dozen enthusiastic anglers. Some boats have taken as many as 25 fine fish, others have drawn blanks. Anchovies, upon which the salmon feed, are now piesent outside in schools of millions, and lying close in shore. A few salmon have been taken in Raccoon straits. Fred W. Kelly had a lively fight with a 42-pound fish and landed it on Wednesday morning. Otto M. Feudner was outside on Tuesday with Al Wilosn. Raish Terry and J. Christianson. the party caught 24 fish. Feudner's largest scaled 28^ pounds. Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn. \Vm. Ellery and Chas. F. Breidenstein went outside Thursday, their catch was 25 fine fish running from 15 to 35 pounds. One salmon was taken Thursday, that weighed over 50 pounds. The salt water anglers will have great sport from now on until close season. September 16th. This run is very iate but it is one of the biggest in many years. Salmon fishing in the San Joaquin river recently has been better than for years past. On a recent fishing trip from the dam. a mile below Polaskey. to Lane's bridge, a distance of 11 miles, 14 salmon averaging 10 pounds, were caught by W. E. Thurman and Garret Anderson of Fresno. COMING EVENTS. Trap Shoots. Aug1. 24-26 — Interstate Association. Fourth Pacific Coast Handicap. Seattle. Wash. Auspices of West Seattle Gun Club: $1000 added. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec'y-Mgr, Pittsburg. Pa. *Aug. 28 — Tacoma Gun Club. South Tacoma. Wash. Edw. W. Cooper, Sec'y. Aug. 29 — Golden Gate Gun Club. Live birds, Ingleside, San Francisco. Cat E. L. Forster, Sec'y. "■Sept. 1-2 — Colorado State Tournament. Auspices Denver Trap Club. Denver. Colo. A. E. Mc- Kenzie. Sec'y. Sept. 3 — Multnomah Roi and Gun Club. Portland. Ore. Sept. 5 — California Wing Club. Live birds, Ingleside. San 1 rancisco. Cat C. C. Nauman. Se, y. Sept. 5. — Bay View Gun Club. Alameda. Cal. Alameda. W. Lancaster. Sec'y. Sept. 5 — Carnation Gun Club. Guadalupe Valley. South San Francisco. Cal. •Sept. 7-9 — Pacific Indians. Medford, Ore. F. C. Riehl. Sec'y. Sept 12 — Oakland Gun Club. Near Wenster St. bridge, 'Sept. 17-19 — San Francisco Trap Shooting Association. Ingleside, San Francisco. Cal. C. C. Nauman, Sec'y. Sept, 19. — Golden Gate Gun Club. I'.'gleside, San Fran- cisco. Cal. E. L. Forster, Sec'y. £Spet, 24-26 — Arizona State Tournament. Auspices Blue Rock Gun Club. Tucson Ariz. Kirt L. Hart. Sec'y. "Sept. 27-2S — Wyoming State Tournament. Auspices "Wyoming Gun Club. Douglas, Wyo. H. C. Saul. Sec'y. Bench Shows. Sept. 6 — Boston Terrier Club of New York. (All breeds of Terriers). Bronxville, X. Y. W. H. Sawver, Sec'y. Sept. C-10 — Canadian National Exhibition. Toronto. Canada. J. O. Orr. Sec'y. Sept. 9 — San Mateo Kennel Club. Peninsula Hotel Grounds, San Mateo. Cal. Entries close Aug. 31. Sept. 22-25 — Spokane Kennel Club. Interstate Fa:r. Spokane. Wash. Entries close Sept. 13. R. H. Cosgrove. Sec'y. Sept. 2S-Oct 1 — Montana Kennel Club, Helena. Mont. Dr. C. A. Belk. Sec'y — Oct. 2 — Bull Terrier Club of America. Philadelphia, Pa. Alan Northridge. Sec'y. Oct. 14-1G — Oakland Kennel Club. Oakland. Cal. J. W. Ellerv. Sec'y. 4^ Geary street. San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose. Cal. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Tavlor Jr.. Secy. Field Trials. Sept- 3 — Manitoba Field Trial Club. Arnaud, Man. Eric Hamber. Sec'y. Winnipeg. Man. Sept. 6 — Western Canada . Kennel Club. La Salle, Man. E. Bissett, Sec'y. Saturday. August 28, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 DEL MONTL SHOW. The two-day open air show of the Ladies' Kennel Association of California last week at Del Monte was a pleasing exhibit throughout. Entries were not up to the show at Oakland last year but at that the ex- hibit made up in quality what was lacking in num- bers. Mr. W. E. Warner, of Michigan, passed on all classes excepting the bulldog entries, Mr. Norman J. Stewart made the awards in these classes. The awards of both gentlemen were approved by exhib- itors and spectators. There was a pleasing attend- ance of visitors, the weather during the two days being delightful. Saturday evening, whilst Hon. Carroll Cook dis- tributed the prizes to the winning owners the ves- tibule and corridors of the Hotel Del Monte were packed with a large and interested audience. The smooth running of the show was due in a large measure to Superintendent Tom Elight. The officers of the association are Mrs. W. C. Ral- ston, president; Mrs. G. W. Ellery. Mrs. A. E. Dren- dell and Mrs. E. F. Morgan, vice-presidents; Dr. Gertrude Spriggs, secretary-treasurer; Miss G. V. M. Blaine, corresponding secretary. Executive board, Mrs. T. .7. Blight. Mrs. H. B. Lister, Mrs. Gus Jacobs. Mrs. C. G. Saxe, Mrs. C. J. Lindgren, Mrs. J. J. Math- eson. Bench show committee: Mrs. W. C. Ral- ston. Mrs. E. F. Morgan and Dr. Gertrude Spriggs. Awards. St. Bernards. Limit and winners dogs — 1 J. D. Harmer's King Bee. Special for best — King Bee. Great Danes. Puppy bitches — 1 A. Bezakis' Diana. Limit bitches — 1 Capt. C. G. Saxe's Harlequin Pearl. Open bitches— 1 Mrs. C. G. Saxe's Ch. Princess Har- lequin. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Princess Harlequin, res. Harlequin Pearl. Suecials for best bitch, and best bred by owner — Ch. Princess Harlequin. Best puppy — Diana. Russian Wolfhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss Alice N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo. Special for best — Ch. Tybo. Esquimaux — Limit, open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. H. B. Lister's Ursa Minor. Special for best — I'rsa Minor. Pointers. Open dogs — absent A. C. Mayers' Sandy Bob. Limit bitches— 1 Mrs. A. L. Hollings' Lady B. Open bitches — absent A. C. Mayer's Kit. Winners bitches — 1 Lady B. Special for best — Lady B. English Setters. Puppy dogs— 1 A. L. Temple's Major. Limit dogs — V. A. Kuehn's Mallwyd Invader, 2 Dr. L. W. Spriggs' Mallwyd Bob Jr., 3 P. C. Pulse's Bank. Open dogs — 1 Mallwyd Invader. Winners dogs — 1 Mallwyd Invader, res. Mallwyd Bob Jr. Puppy bitches — 1 Hon. Carroll Cook's Light, 2 Hon. Carroll Cook's Shadow. Open and veteran bitches — 1 Dr. L. W. Spriggs' Ch. Lady Kate. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Lady Kate, res Light. Special for best — Ch. Lady Kate. Best of opposite sex — Mallwyd Invader. Best puppy — Major. Best brace — Ch. Mallwyd Beau and Ch. Lady Kate. Gordon Setters. Open dogs — 1 Mrs. A. E. Dren- del's Ch. Silkwood Rip, 2 A. L. Stuart's Ch. Doc Watson. Veteran dogs — 1 Ch. Doc Watson. Win- ners dogs — 1 Ch. Silkwood Rip, res. Ch. Doc Watson. Special for best, best in open, best sired by Ch. Doc Watson — Ch. Silkwood Rip. Best reserve win- ner— Ch. Doc Watson. Irish Setters. Limit dogs — 1 G. A. Pope Jr's. Edge- court Pete. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. W. W. Crane's Ch. St. Cloud's Laddie, 2 Edgecourt Pete. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. A. E. Drendel's Fancy Girl. Open and winners bitches — 1 Geo. B. M. Gray's Ch. St. Lambert's Norah. 2 Fancy Girl. Special for best — Ch. St. Cloud's Laddie. Best of opposite sex — Ch. St. Lamberts' Norah. Irish Water Spaniels. Open bitches — 1 V. M. Com- erford's Oakland Girl. Special for best — Oakland Girl. Cocke Soaniels. Black. Limit dogs — 1 Chas. G. Gilbert's Knebworth Rowdy. Open dogs — 1 D. P. Cresswell's Saxon's Model, 2 W. H. McConnell's Monte. Winners dogs — 1 Knebworth Rowdy, res. Saxon's Model. Other than black. Puppy dogs — 1 withheld, 2 Mrs. F. P. Pfingst's Delverton Billikens, 3 Mrs. F. P. Pfir.gsts' Delverton Gay Roy. Limit dogs, any solid color, other than black — 1 V. J. Ruh's Dandy Red. Limit dogs, parti-colored — 1 Wm. Blackwell's Port- land Noble. Open dogs, any solid color other than black — 1 Dandy Red. Open bitches, parti-colored — 1 Wm. Blackweli's Ch. Gay Lad, 2 V. J. Ruh's Beacon Light. Open dogs, any color, bred by exhibitor; any color, Pacific Coast bred — 1 Knebworth Rowdy. Win- ners dogs — 1 Ch. Gay Lad. res Beacon Light. Black. Novice, limit, open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. T. J. Blight's Delverton Nedda, 2 G. L. Foster's Black Baby. Other than black. Puppy bitches — 1 Miss Suzette Newton's Delverton Blue Mouse. Novice and limit bitches, parti-colored — 1 Mrs. W. C. Ralston's Delver- ton Trouble. Open bitches, parti-colored — 1 G W. Ellery's Ch. Spiden, 2 Mission Cocker Kennels' Lucky Peggy. 3 V. J. Ruh's Delverton Tinker Belle. Veteran bitches — absent Mrs. W. C. Ralston's Flor- odora. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Spiden, res Lucky Peggy. Special for best black — Knebworth Rowdy. Best black of opposite sex — Delverton Nedda. Best, other than black — Ch. Gay Lad. Best of opposite sex, other than black — Ch. Spiden. Best puppy — Delverton Blue Mouse. Best descended from Plumeria stock — Saxon's Model. California Cocker Club special. Best in novice — Delverton Nedda. Best novice other than black — Delverton Trouble. Best parti-colored puppy — Del- verton Blue Mouse. Dachshundes. Limit bitches — absent Sneck Von Feckellust. Open and winners bitches — 1 Miss G. Licke's Leisel Ideal, 2 Wm. Haliwell's Mary Jane. Special for best — Leisel Ideal. Collies. Sable and white. Limit, open and win- ners dogs — 1 T. Murray's Captain Tom, absent Wm. Ellery's Southport Student. !Noviee and winners bitches — 1 Dr. L. W. Spriggs' Cheviot Lassie, absent Wm. Ellery's Valverde Sapphire. Special for best — Captain Tom. Best of opposite sex, best novice — Cheviot Lassie. Bulldogs. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. C. R. Harker's Mag- nolia Monarch, 2 Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn's Dread- naught Invader, absent G. L. Dealey's Patsy Mul- doon. Junior dogs — absent Patsy Muldoon, 2 V. Wal- dron's Nairod's Weiss Pasha. Limit dogs, over 45 pounds — 1 Miss Agnes C. Sargent's Lord Diabolo. Open dogs, under 45 pounds — absent N. W. Pasha. Open dogs, over 45 pounds — 1 Mrs. E. F. Morgan's Ch Moston Bar None, 2 Lord Diabolo. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Moston Bar None, res Lord Diabolo. Puppy bitches — 1 Dr. J. Ajburn Wiborn's Dread- naught Emmy Lou. Open bitches, 40 pounds and over — 1 Mrs. J. P. Norman's Ch. Toreador Venus, 2 Mrs. C. R. Harker's Ch. Ivel Chaddie. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Tcreador Venus, res Ivel Chaddie. Special for best dog — Ch. Moston Bar None. Best bitch — Ch. Toreador Venus. Best California bred — Ch. Toreador Venus. Best puppy — Magnolia Mon- arch. Pacific Bulldog Club specials. iBest American bred — Ch. Toreador Venus. Best puppy of opposite sex to winner of Toreador trophy — Dreadnaught Emmy Lou. Airedale Terriers. Limit, open, open bred in TJ. S.. open Pacific Coast bred and winners dogs — 1 Miss Evelyn Cunningham's Dunvegan Admiral. Puppy, junior, novice, limit and winners bitches — 1 Miss E. Cunningham's Culbertson Lady Gay Bour- bon. Special for best — Dunvegan Admiral. Best of opposite sex — C. L. G. Bourbon. Bull Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 Robt. A. Roos' Tre- bora Pat. Limit dogs, over 30 pounds — 1 Mrs. Syd- ney St. L. Cavill's Tamalpais SLortall. Open dogs, over 30 pounds — 1 J. Maxwell Taft's South End Challenger, 2 Tamalpais Shortall. Winners dogs — 1 South End Challenger, res Trebora Pat. Junior bitches — 1 Mrs. J. J. Matheson's Cadenza. Limit bitches, over 30 pounds. Pacific Coast bred — 1 Caden- za. Open bitches, over 30 pounds — I Robt. A. Roos' Ch. Willamette Starlight, 2 J. Maxwell Taft's Mon- tecito Princess. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Willamette Starlight, res. Montecito Princess. French Bulldogs. Novice dogs — 1 L. Tourin's Black King, 2 Mrs. Timothy Hopkins' Baptiste De La Mare. Open dogs — 1 Black King, absent Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Halcyon Alexandre. Open dogs, Pa- cific Coast bred, open dogs bred in U. S. — 1 Baptiste De La Mare. Winners dogs — 1 Black King, res. Baptiste De La Mare. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. Tim- othy Hopkins' Mimsi Pantin De La Mare. Open bitches — absent Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Boulette De La Mare. Open bitches bred in the TJ. S., open bitches Pacific Coast bred — 1 Mimsi De Pantin De La Mare. Winners bitches — 1 Mimsi De Pantin De La Mare. Special for best — Black King. Best of opposite sex — Mimsi De Pantin De La Mare. Boston Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 G. L. Dealey's Happy Prince, 2 Dr. T. M. Smith's Waltzing Warrior, absent Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland. Junior dogs — 1 Happy Prince, 2 J. W. Brooks' Ascot Little Jack, absent Berkeley Bantam. Novice dogs — absent Berkeley Bantam. Limit dogs, 12 and under 17 pounds — 1 Happy Prince, absent Berkeley Bantam. Honey Peach of Wonder- land. Limit dogs. 22 and under 28 pounds — 1 Mrs. R. A. Newcomb's Endcliffe Amazon, absent Berkeley Bantam, Honey Peach. Open dogs, 22 and under 2S pounds — 1 Endcliffe Amazon. Open bitches, bred by exhibitor — 1 Ascot Little Jack. Winners dogs — 1 Happy Prince, res. Ascot Little Jack. Junior bitches — 1 J. W. Brooks' Ascot Brownie. Novice bitches. 17 and under 22 pounds — 1 G. A. Newhall Jr.'s Archer Snippy. Limit bitches, 17 and under 22 pounds — 1 Mrs. E. F. Morgan's Vixen III, 2 Archer Snippy- Open bitches, 12 and under 17 pounds — 1 Millbrae Allie, 2 Ascot Brownie, absent Ch. Clancy III. Open bitches, 17 and under 22 pounds — 1 Vixen III. Open bitches, bred by exhibitor — 1 Millbrae Allie, 2 Ascot Brownie. Winners bitches — 1 Vixen III, res. Millbrae Allie. Special for best — Ch. Endcliffe Totora. Best of opposite sex — Happy Prince. Best limit bitch — Vixen 111. Best dog shown owned in San Francisco — Happy Prince. Best bitch owned by exhibitor — Millbrae Allie. Best puppy — Happy Prince. Fox Terriers. Smooth. Puppy dogs — absent W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Indian Chief. Open and win- ners dogs — 1 Irving C. Ackerman's Humberstone Bang Up, absent Tallac Indian Chief. Novice and limit bitches — 1 M. E. Pellenq's Mignionne. Open bitches — absent W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Sylph. Winnes bitches — 1 Mignione. Fox Terriers. Wire-haired. Puppy and junior dogs — 1 Dr. H. C. Brown's Humberstone Precision, 2 Miss Emily Pope's Bayside Chance, absent R. Reyntiens' Dusky Bounder. Novice dogs — 1 Hum- berstone Precision. Limit dogs — 1 Bayside Chance, absent D. Bounder. Open dogs — 1 Francis J. Car- olan's Cairnsmuir Otheris, absent D. Bounder. Win- ners dogs — 1 Humberstone Precision, res. Bayside Chance. Puppy, junior, novice and winners bitches — 1 Dr. H. C. Brown's Humberstone Precise, absent R. Reyntiens' Overland Sally. Special for best smooth — Humberstone Bang Up. Best of opposite sex — Mignione. Best Pacific Coast bred, smooth or wire — Humberstone Precision. Best wire hair — Humberstone Precision. Best of opposite sex — Humberstone Precise. Irish Terriers. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs. E. G. McDon- nells Tommy Atkins. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. D. T. Murphy's Ch. Endcliffe Curate, 2 Tommy Atkins. Special for best — Ch. Endcliffe Curate. Roseneath Terriers. Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 A. Balfour's Inchkeith Jack. Limit and open bitches — absent A. Balfour's Inchkeith Frisky. Special for best — Inchkeith Jock. Pomeranians. Limit and open, S pounds and over, and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. F. P. Pfingst's Brown Bear. Limit and open, under S pounds, and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. Norman J. Stewart's Ticki of Achray, 2 H. Kentfield's Trixie. Special for best — Ticki of Achray. Best of oppo- site sex — Trixie. Japanese Spaniels. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs. S. W. Kel- ler's Togo, absent Mrs. Rigo's Japan. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. J. Schalike's Fujiyama, 2 Togo, absent Japan. Pekinese Spaniels. Junior and novice dogs — 1 Miss Lydia K. Hopkins' Huhi. Griffons Bruxellois. Limit, open and winners dogs and bitches — 1 Mrs. D. T. Murphy's Gamin. Toy Poodles. Junior, novice, limit, open, over 8 pounds, and winners dogs and bitches — 1 W. F. Carl- ton's Bob. 2 Mrs. W. F. Carlton's Ruby. Special for best — Bob. Chihuahuas. Open dogs — absent Mrs. C. J. Lind- gren's Chihuahua Toy. Italian Greyhounds. Open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Queenie II. Special for best — Queenie II. Champion Variety Class — 1 Dr. L. W. Spriggs' Ch. Lady Kate (English setter). Ladies' Variety Class — 1 Mrs. Schalike's Fujiyama (Japanese Spaniel), 2 Mrs. J. P. Norman's Ch. Tor- eador Venus (Bulldog), 3 Miss A. N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo (Russian wolfhound). Gentlemen's Variety Class — 1 V. A. Kuehn's Mall- wyd Invader (English Setter), 2 J. Maxwell Taft's South End Challenger (Bull Terrier), 3 G. B. M. Gray's St. Lambert's Norah (Irish Setter). Sporting Variety Class — 1 Mallwyd Invader. Smooth Terrier Variety Class — 1 South End Chal- lenger. Brace Class — 1 South End Challenger and Mon- tecito Princess. Unclassified Specials — Best in the show, any breed Dr. L. W. Spriggs' Ch. Lady Kate (English Setter). Best of opopsite sex — Fujiyama. Best Toy Shown — Fujiyama. Best shown and exhibited by a lady member of the association — Mrs. H. B. Listor's Ursa Minor (Esquimaux). Best in Champion Class — Ch. Lady Kate. Best in Ladies Variety Class — Fujiyama. Second — Ch. Toreador Venus. Third — Ch. Tybo. Best in Gentlemen's Variety Class — Mallwyd In- vader. Best in Sporting Variety Class — Mallwyd Invader. Best in Veteran Class — Ch. Lady Kate. Best in Smooth Terrier Class — South End Chal- lenger. Best in Brace Class — J. Maxwell Taft. Best California bred puppy — Knebworth Rowdy (Cocker Spaniel). Best reserve winner — Ascot Little Jack (Boston Terrier. The premium list of the Montana Kennel Club's annual bench show, held yearly at the State fair grounds while the fair is in session, has been issued and is now being distributed to all fanciers inter- ested. The show will run during four days of the fair, September 28, 29, 30 and October 1. The show last year was a complete success, considering that it was the first one held there. Charles A. Beck is su- perintendent of the show. The officers of the Montana Kennel Club are W. M. Biggs, Helena, president; R. O. Kaufman, Helena, vice-president; Dr. C. A. Belk, Butte, secretary; Mar- tiu Martin, treasurer. The bench show committee consists of W. M. Biggs, Dr. C. A. Belk, James J. Keefe, Martin Martin and R. O. Kaufman. Dr. M. E. Knowles is the veterinary- A litter of English setter puppies announced in our advertising columns is a seasonable one for sports- men desiring well bred young dogs for preliminary work on birds this fall. In Redding, Cal., dogs' noses must be In evidence and shown when the Poundmaster presents his hill to the board of city trustees for killing unlicensed dogs. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, August 28, 1909. C83MSS»M»C®OC«S0DOKCM50O<85O^ THE FARM POISONING GROUND SQUIR- RELS AND GOPHERS ON NATIONAL FORESTS. Interesting results have just been an- nounced by the Forest Service as a result of the campaign conducted in Southern California by Stanley E. Piper, Expert of the Biological Survey of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, to exterminate ground squirrels and gophers. Extensive experiments were tried to de- termine the best means of killing off these destructive little animals, and it was found that most effective results were obtained by using poisoned green or ripening barley heads. The squirrels are exceedingly fond of this green herb- age, and eagerly ate the poisoned food placed along their runways. Toasts were also made with oats, wheat, barley, raisins, prunes, dried apples, and cracked corn, but these did not prove so success- ful.. "While green barley proved most suc- cessful for poisoning ground squirrels, yet the difficulty of procuring a sufficient supply in all localities led to dried barley grain being tried. The grain was treat- ed with strychnine sulphate, saccharine, and eggs, and although this combination proved very destructive to the squirrels, it had practically no effect upon doves and quail. In fact, a deliberate attempt was made to poison these birds at their watering places, but no bad effect result- ed. The poisoned grain was also used in fields grazed over by sheep and produced no ill effects whatever. The experiments also proved that goph- ers were partial to raisins and dried ap- ples, and these were successfully used in the poison experiment. It was found that by sprinkling the apples or raisins with the strychnine solution, as effective results were produced as could be ob- tained by inserting the poison into the fruit. The experiments for extermination of squirrels also resulted in the death of a considerable number of rabbits, and in other experiments it was found that poi- soned oats proved very effective in kill- ing both jacks and cottontails. Green alfalfa was also used with good results for the same purpose. o CHEVIOT'S GOOD POINTS. Prof. Plumb of the Ohio station, thinks very highly of Cheviots, and gives his reasons. He describes them as a pure white and hornless breed, though oc- casionally spurs or horns appear on a male. A good type of mutton lamb will weigh 225 pounds and ewes about 125 to 160 pounds. This is a distinct middle wool breed, with a fleece having a slight tend- ency to openness, which modern breed- ers are striving to overcome. It is a standard clothing wool of the most acceptable sort, and from its ex- clusive use in Scotland we derive the name cheviot, so universally used refer- ring to woolen cloths for dress goods. The wool does not extend beyond the ears, the forehead and head being cov- ered with hard white hairs. The septum of the nose should be black and also the hoofs. Sometimes reddish hairs are seen on the legs and face, but this is not to be desired. Solid small black spots may also occur on the ears or face occasionally, similar to those found on the Leicester. The quality of mutton produced by this bree 1 is of the very highest class and is regarded with much favor in Great Britain. Border Leicester rams crossed on Cheviot ewes produce mutton and lamb for the British market which has long been famous for its superior quality. This cross has been practiced in the region surrounding the Cheviot hills for many years and is not losing in favor. Cheviots make excellent mothers, give an abundance of milk and are at least average in producing twins and triplets. Often the question is asked me, what advantage is there in breeding this sheep? At the stait it may be admitted that the average Cheviot will not fatten to as great weight as the Shropshire, neither will it shear so heavily. In hardiness, however, the Cheviot may be classed as second to none of the middle breeds raised in America. The Cheviot is one of the most beautiful breeds of sheep in the world. CHICKS DEAD IN THE SHELL. Why do chicks die in the shell? The hatchability of eggs varies; some eggs will hatch chicks with more vitality than will others. There are weakly eggs as well as weakly chicks. The incubator will bring to the hatching point eggs that the hen will not. Put a thin-shelled egg under a hen and she will break it in the nest; this egg in an incubator might have produced a chick which would live to the piping stage; rarely will it hatch. Again, the eggs may have been too old, the chicks live till the point of ex- clusion, and not have the strength to break the shell. Possibly the breeding stock is not what it should be, the par- ents may ibe too young, or too old, too fat or too thin, badly inbred, or from a pen where the male was overmated. They may have been chilled or over- heated, and lastly the incubator may have been to blame. It has been dem- onstrated that incubators will hatch as many eggs as will the hens, yet there are times when an incubator receives hard treatment in shipping or after it has stood a year in a damp place where it will not hatch the best of eggs. No one knows just why chicks die in the shell. The best we can do is to give the most favorable conditions to stock, eggs, and incubator, to compare the hatches in the incubator with those under the hens, and to make up our minds that some are bound to die anyway, and they can die with less expense in the shell than at any other time. "We believe that the chicks that are found dead in the nest are weak- ly chicks which would have died in the shell in an incubator. — Ex. Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBADLT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure tor Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HXTMASf BEMEDT for Rhen- matlitn, Sprains, Sore Throat, ew., it is invaluable. Every bottle of Caustic Balaam sold is Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price S1.50 per bottle. Sold by drupgists. or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address THE LA WHENCE- WILLIAMS COMPANY , Cleveland, Obi' PIGS IN PASTURE. In these "lays the American pig makes a speedy journey from farrowing bed to scalding tub and the aim of the judicious feeder is to add constantly to the flesh acquired while suckling, bringing the hog up to 2o0 to 450 pounds as early and on as inexpensive feed as possible. The young animal will naturally put on weight more cheaply than an older one, and gains after ten months cost consider- SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. CART FOR SALE OR TRADE. Practically same style as the Toomey. Low seat. 26-inch bike wheels for pneumatic tires — at present has cushion tires. Used but twice. In first-class condition. Will sell for $60 or trade for a standard bred filly, yearling or older. Apply or address GEORGE W. FRASER. Pinole. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co.'s Stables, 327 8th St., Oakland FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old. 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Now in foal to Gerald G., by Zombro, out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood W.; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. WAKEFIELD, 2118 K street, Sacramento. California. THREE GOOD ONES FOR SALE. PATROSE -l-.YlM. sired by Falrose. dam Patty Washington. He stands 17 hands high, weighs 1235 pounds, is y years old, handsome bay in color. Absolutely sound, kind, afraid of noth- ing and a first-class roadster in i-very respect. SORREL GELDING. 7 years old. by Chas. Derby, dam Empress. Gentle and safe for any one to drive. Shows plenty of speed, is a good looker, weighs 1100 pounds, stands 15.3 hands high, absolutely sound and a pacer. BLACK GELDING by Bryson. dam Nellie Wilkes. Nine years old, weighs 950 pounds, kind and a good driver and fearless. These horses are all right in every respect and will be sold at a very reasonable figure. For price and further particulars call or address DR. A. J. RYDBERG, San Rafael, Cal. NOTICE OF 1XCIIEVSE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the pur>ose of complet- ing the action taken by tne Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: £. S. ADAMS, Secretary. 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The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove, Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St., Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moflit A Towne. Los Angeljes. Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 4-"»i West jfanta Clara Ave.. San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGIILLL.Shelbyville Ky. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weath-T Proof. Acid Proof. Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. 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Reduces Goitre, Tnmora, "Wens, Varicose Veins, Ulcers, Hydrocele, Varico- cele. Book free. Made only by W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore. ; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; Western Whosesale Drng Co., Lob Angeles, Cal. ; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal. ; Pacific Drag Co., Seattle, Wash. ; Spokane Drng Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, August 28, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 ably more per pound than those made earlier. A pig which is being fattened should gain fmni one to two pounds a day, and weigh, alive, 250 to 350 pounds when nine to twelve months old. Wheresoever situated, no farmer is rightly prepared to raise hogs profitably in any considerable numbers unless well provided with pasture and grass or facil- ities for providing acceptable substitutes: In the economical growing of pork there is no more important factor to be consid- ered than that of pasture. Range in pas- ture affords growing animals the exer- cise so necessary to health and proper development, and the succulent grasses, while rich in muscle and bone-forming materials, tend to prevent disease and to counteract the heating and fever-impart- ing properties of corn. This latter qual- ity, and exercise, annually save many thousands of dollars to hog raisers in the United States, yet the loss that results every day to farmers who do not act up- on the fact that the hog is, in his nor- mal condition, a ranging and grass-eat- ing animal, is still enormous. — From Coburne's "Swine in America." THE FARMER SHOULD PROTECT HIMSELF. A reader down in the State asks if the new Illinois law will cover such a case as he relates — that of a man who "is buy- ing outclassed colts and stallions over the State and selling them again." He names the man and mentions an instance where he bought a stallion with side bones and a bad eye for §400 and sold him under another man's name. The law does not reach such a case. Why should it? The country is full of such "Gyps," buying and "swapping" crowbaits of all characters. The law has no more right to prevent a man selling such "screws" than it has to prevent him selling junk of any other character. It is the business of the man who buys to know the value of junk, whether it is in the form of scrap iron, second hand implements", or unsound breeding stock. Why should the intelligent well posted farmers, and other people, be taxed to provide legislation to protect the ignor- ant farmer from the results of his own ignorance in the purchase of stallions or any other stock? It is the farmer's busi- ness to know the common forms of un- soundness in a horse. If he does not know them, he has no right to ask the State to legislate to protect him from his own ignorance or negligence, any more than he has a right to demand that the State shall legislate in an endeavor to protect himself from the consequence of his own ignorance or folly in crop grow- ing. The conditions which constitute ordinary unsoundness in a breeding horse should be known to every farmer who owns and breeds a mare, and certainly to every stallioner who invests money in an entire horse. There has been much hue and cry against "stallion peddlers" who foist off unsound horses on unsus- pecting farmers. The farmer who is un- suspecting in a horse trade deserves to get "skinned." It is no part of the duty of a State to provide guardians for men who do not know the rudiments of the business in which they engage. There are bands of Gypsies roaming the country, making a hand to mouth living "swapping" horses. They are in evidence on horse market day in almost every country town which supports such an institution. They drive the highways from farm to farm, and buy or sell or trade. Does any farmer accept their representations as reliable? Does he buy on their statements? If lie does, his family should take him into court and have a conservator appointed. And if he knows the horse trading game well enough to avoid getting caught in a deal with the "Gypsies," why should he fall victim to an unknown stallion dealer who drops into a town with a horse which is apt in the nature of the case to be second-handed, and of doubtful value? If he is disposed to "bite," the low price at which the horse is offered should be warning enough. It is the ignorance or cupidity of the farmer which affords a market for peddlers of unsound stallions. Xo amount of exposure of the game will save them from their own folly. They will not be taught. They require to learn in the school of experience, at more or less cost to themselves. — Chicago Breed- ers Gazette. o ALFALFA HAY AND CORN FOR COLTS. The Breeders Gazette recommends this combination as a feed for colts. It says colts will make rapid growth and lay on plenty of fat with the ration of corn and alfalfa. Some colts need amount of ! alfalfa hay limited so as to prevent them eating so much of it as to cause digestive derangements. Younger colts are less | likely to suffer any ill effects from its ; use, as their tendency is to eat too little rather than too much of any kind of hay J when they are being pushed with a heavy feed of grain. Aside from thepos- I sibility of these colts developing a habit of eating too much hay if given unlimit- i ed quantities of alfalfa, there is no other certain objection to its use, although of | course they should have only the best i quality of hay. Corn is a good grain to feed with alf- alfa, and the two make a splendid com- I bination, furnishing the proper propor- tion of nutritive materials for good growth, as evidenced by the almost un- excelled rapidity of gains. The addition of small amounts of some other feed such as oats or oil meal to add variety would increase the gains to some extent, but they are by no means essential to a very satisfactory growth. When the greatest future vigor and health of the colts are ' considered there is more reason to expect the use of oats and bran or oil meal along with corn would repay their cost, although it has not been proved that this common idea of horsemen is fully sub- stantiated. The splendid results attain- ed with alfalfa fed horses prove that this roughage is admirably adapted to their needs and that corn is a good grain to use with it. o RAMBOUILLET SHEEP. The origin of this wonderful breed of sheep dates back to 1785, when Louis XVI, King of France, who owned an estate called Rambouillet, established there an experimental farm and exported from Spain a flock of these pure-bred sheep. This importa- tion was made from the very finest flocks of Spain. He placed on his estate of this importation 366 head, composed of 41 rams, 318 ewes and 7 wethers. The Rambouillet flock after surviv- ing many vicissitudes during the French revolution and subsequent re- construction period was the subject of close attention and care on the part of the French authorities and an exact record was kept and every means taken to insure its well-being. The flock improved in regard to the pro- duction of wool, and was able to sup- port itself exclusively on pasture and endure the hardships incidental to weather changes and dry changes. The first importation to the United . States was made by D. C. Collins, of Hartford, Conn., in 1840, who suc- ceeded in obtaining two rams and twenty ewes. Later, in 1846, a Mr. John A. Taintor secured two rams and seven ewes from the Gilbert flock; these were also brought to Connecti- cut, and some years later the Ram- bouillet sheep became very popular among the flock owners of the United States. So much for the history of the Rambouillet. The Rambouillet sheep should have large frames, large, strong bones well-rounded and sym- metrical bodies, short legs, broad' heads, bright eyes, quick movements, broad, level backs and broad chests. These qualities are indispensable, these qualities are indispensable, a mutton sheep, their fine, puicy flesh having no superior. They are noted also for their early breeding and quick feeding properties. Ramboullet ewes will take the ram during any month of the year and are good mothers and heavy milkers one-half usually pro- ducing twins. As to their practical ability either on the farm or range, the Rambouillet is far superior as a rustler and thrives far better than any other breed of sheep; they raise a good, heavy fleece of fine wool, are long-lived and are good herders and will stand herding in large flocks; they are hardy to the most exacting degree because their fleece is so dense and oily and will shed a rain that would wet any of the mutton breeds to the skin. Getting wet is ruinous to the health of other sheep. Rambouillets are strong, vigorous and healthy, and they are not liable to constitutional break-down in service and their great hardiness permits them to stand all kinds of weather without housing. Their fullness of carcass, length of body, vigor of carriage and great strength make them excellent and re- liable producers and quick, healthy feeders on the range. One of the oldest and most promi- nent and most successful breeders on the range publicly declared that the Rambouillet was the best sheep known for the range, limiting it to a large plain sheep. What sheep better fills these requirements than the Ram- bouillet? It is the one breed on the range that raises both wool and mut- ton. Other breeds may be better for some special purpose or under some particular local conditions, but for all conditions and for the general sheep owner, there is no breed today that equals the Rambouillet when it comes to a sheep that will rustle his living among sage brush and rocks and will produce a good fleece of fine wool and furnish a good carcass of mutton when it comes time to go to market. The Rambouillet is the superior of all other breeds of sheep. Rains shear annually from 12 to 25 pounds and weigh from 175 to 250, while good ewes shear from 2 to- 15 pounds, and ,,^ D^P Registered Trade Mark • A #Wi-. "^SPAVIN CURE^C* i. i GENEVA, Ind., Aug. 4, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: I took off a windpuff about as big as your hat from the with- ers of one of my horses. I only used one bottle. Tours trulv, OTTO BOLDS. LYNN, Mass., Aug. 5, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., BInghamton. N. T.: Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find check for ?6 for one bottle of Save-the-Horse spavin cure and one pound of Save- the-Horse ointment. I used one bottle on a bone spavin last year and it worked to perfection. Yours respect- fully, W. E. HALLOWELL, 24 Frien-J St. BAY CITY, Wis.. Aug. 10, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Gentlemen' I bought two bottles of your Save-the-Horse spavin cure about three years ago for a mare and it did wonders. I worked the mare every day and cured her from two spavins, and she is as sound to-day as she was when a colt. Yours truly, BEN BENSON. MIDDLETOWN, Del., Aug. 2, 1909. Save-the-Horse Co.. Binghamton, N: Y.: Gents: I want to give your remedy "Save-the-Horse" credit for what it did for me. I used it on capped hock and it did all you claim for it, I have faith after being convinced. Truly yours, JULIAN COCHRAN. MAKES A TENDON LIKE A ROD OF STEEL. "Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. $5.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. At all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada or sent express paid by TROY CHEMICAL CO., BIXGHA31TOX, X. Y. D. K. Newell, ."« Bayo Vista Avenue, Ouklanrl, Cal. First Fall Combination Sale AT CHASE'S PAVILION, MONDAY EVE., SEPT. 20, '09 AVe already have consignments from the following breeders, headed by the McKINNEY STALLION BY MACK, full brother to Marengo King 2:29*, sire of Marie N. 2:08*. C. JOHNSON ESTATE, Castro Valley, a number of drivers and saddlers. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, several 2-year-old prospects. LAUREL CREEK FARM, well broken driving horses. CHAS. BUTTERS, a high-class combination hackney mare. L0NGW00D STOCK FARM, Nap% a matinee prospect. GEO. GEITNER, a road horse by Cupid. ENGLEWOOD FARM, Campbell, a high-class surrey horse. Entries to close Sept. 1st. Send for entry blanks. FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. August 28, 1909. kvvw\nvsvwvvwv\s\vxw\\ *nvvvnx%vx\*x\vvvvs.v\vvvvn .n \vsv\\.v\\ \vv\nnnxnvsv\v\s%xvvv>.v vv\vv\ssvw\\vv*vv\n.\nn w: g _. / The Trap Shooting Tournament at Hickman, Ky., July 12th and 13th, produced a combination of high scores and straight runs, the like of which never were made be- fore in any single shoot ; and in this unique achievement the chief actors were users of A RECORD BREAKER Read the Details. Peters Shells 351 ex 360 by Frank Foltz of Toledo, 0., winning High Amateur Average. 350 ex 360 by Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., winning 2nd Amateur Average. Two runs of 80 Straight with I lost bird intervening, by C. A. Young. On the 1st day Messrs. Foltz and Henderson each broke the entire program — 120 Straight A feat never before performed by 2 Amateurs in any one day's shooting. Isn't it very evident that PETERS SHELLS are Absolutely Perfect? 185 Straight by Frank Foltz 103 Straight by A. M. Hatcher p 156 Straight by W. Henderson ? 100 Straight by H. D. Freeman g THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. Xen York: 9S Chambers St.. T. H. Keller. Mgr. San Francisco: GOS-G12 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgr. Xew Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. \T. Osborne, Mgr. &xvcvwv\»svv«vtfevsve5«v%v»csvxx^^ weigh from 125 to 160 pounds. Ram- bouillet wool is of the finest length, strength and elasticity; it is from 3 to 6% inches for one year's growtn. The Rambouillet sheep is the greatest combination pf wool and mutton known to the world today, and a cross of the Rambouillet rams upon the na- tive ewes of the country would pro- duce twice the wool at first cross and nearly twice the weight of carcass and these gains would increase as the blood by successive crosses neared purity. Rambouillet rams crossed upon native ewes produce excellent stock for hothouse lambs in the first cross. — J. H. Harvey in Xews-Scimitar. The one most important factor in making a success of the livestock bus- iness is the man. While I know a suc- cessful dairyman, who says he de- spises a dairy cow. this is certainly the exception. The man. in order to have real success, must be a lover of livestock, particularly of the class which he expects to produce. He must be a student in the real sense of the word, for without study he cannot hope to succeed. He must study con- formation, nutrition and the markets; must know a good animal when he sees it; must, not be satisfied with being able to tell a good one from a medium one, but must be able to pick out the better one from among a num- ber of good ones. If he is to produce animals to sell as breeders he must know the history of the breed, be ac- quainted with breeders, be a student of pedigrees, and should be level- beaded enough to never forget that a pedigree is worth but little unless it lies on the back of a good individual; that the day of pedigree alone even- tually means ruin He should also learn, early in the game, that an ani- mal bred by a breeder of a world- wide reputation, that is not a good one. is a scrub; that an animal bred by one man is no better than by an- other provided of equal breeding and quality, and that it is the height of folly to pay an old breeder more for an animal than it would cost of a young breeder. He should ever keep in mind that quality and pedigTee are both essen- tial in this day and age and that both can be had, and that he should not be satisfied without both. To be a stu- dent of animal nutrition means that he will know how to feed and what to feed that the health of his animal may not be imparted. To be a stu- dent of the markets will enable him to know the market demands, the type of an animal the market requires, and the price the animal should bring. To be an honest man is of the great- est of importance. If hj sells to a shipper and wants to get the real worth of his stuff, the shipper must be satisfied that when the animals are weighed up he will not have to pay for an extra amount of water and that he will get good weight. The local buyer soon learns who salts his cattle the night before weighing and who slops his hogs. etc.. and buys them accordingly. The man buying a pedigreed ani- mal must be satisfied that this animal is what it is represented to be, and to say nothing of the moral side of the question, nothing is more certain to cause failure than the lack of confi- dence in the breeder. Buyers, be- fore they will pay the price, want to be sure that they are getting what they pay for, and are not going to pay more than market price unless they are sure the breeder is doing the square thing. The stockman should be ever ready and willing to aid in any movement that will tend to the betterment of bis condition, and at the present time should make a strenuous effort to es- tablish a more friendly reciprocal tariff relationship with foreign nations whose doors are at present closed to our meats, meat products, and meat- producing animals. Why it is that the Senate committee refuses to listen to the urgent requests of farmers and stockmen in regard to this important matter is hard to understand. — Chas. Mclntire in Ohio Farmer. CAPONS. The capon has now become a stan- dard bird on all large city markets, commanding a much higher price than roosters or bens, and often much more than young broilers. They mature in mid and late winter, when other tender poultry is scarce, and hard to obtain, and are much in demand by the select trade. The time to caponize young cock- erels is from July to October, or when the cockerels are about three months old. The work is comparatively easy and safe and can be done by the per- son of average dexterity. Full direc- tions for doing the work are sent with the set of caponizing tools, and by following thees direction, and with a little practice, one can soon learn to the work well. It is always well to watch a few operations performed by an experienced hand before attempt- ing to do the work yourself. The op- erations is no more painful or inhu- man than similar operations on pigs and other domestic animals. The capon may grow to larger size than a male chicken not caponized. yet the profit comes in the increased high quality of the flesh. The meat of the capon is tender, juicy, and mild flavored, making it much sought for by those who can afford high class meats. The live bird will sell at from 15 cents to 20 cents per pound, and a single capon of average size will bring from $1 to $2 during the latter part of the winter. Especially large ones, when prices are high, will bring more than this, but enormous sizes and prices are the exception rather than the rule. Horses that are to work side by side should be gaited as nearly alike as possible. In pulling heavy loads of any kind the horse must not only ex- ert power but must apply this power in a steady manner and in this point the evenly gaited team will excel. A man who knows horses will easily re- cognize considerable difference in their temperament. A horse with a bright eye that occasionally snows a large proportion of white will be found very active but it also apt to be nervous and ofttimes vicious. Another horse will have a large, placid eye and it will be found of quiet disposition. It will also have a large capacity for slow, steady work and be but little given to nervous trouble. In select- ing a team then look first to the size, having them as near in weight as pos- sible no matter what the work they are intended for. Get horses that are similarly gaited, especially as regards the walk. Have them of the same temperament, so that they will both work vvithout the whip or so that if the whip is used one horse will not be affected more by it than the other. Many of the most satisfactory teams that can be found in any line of work are those composed of two brothers or two sisters. While there are of course exceptions to this rule it will generally prove true that teams of this kind are well matched. As a rule farm teams are made up without regard to even- ness in pulling power, to say nothing of any similarity in general appear- ances. Anything seems to be good enough. $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 Class Trotting No. 2—2:23 Class Trotting No. 3 — 2:19 Class Trotting; Arizona Copper Stake No. 4—2:15 Class Trotting No. 5—2:12 Class Trotting No. 6—2:09 Class Trotting No. 7— Free-For-AM Trot No. 8 — 2:29 Class Trotting for Arizona Horses No. 9—2:18 Class Pacing No. 10 — 2:15 Class Pacing No. 11 — 2:12 Class Pacing No. 12—2:10 Class Pacing No. 13 — 2:08 Class Pacing; Arizona Copper Stahe No. 14 — 2:05 Class Pacing No. 15 — Free-For-AII Pace No. 16-2:20 Class Pace for Arizona Horses $1000 1000 5000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 5000 2000 1000 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they are now eli. gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1 2, 8. 9.10 and 16 In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. One horse may be entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. Entries close on September 15. 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September loth, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar, except in purses Nos. 1, 2, S, 9. 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September loth. All horses not entered until Sep- tember loth must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September loth can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a $10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of $5,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:08 Pacers. The entrance fee for these purses is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money "winners. These purses will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready to start in each race. THE SUM ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX. ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY'. Secretary. Phoenix, Arizona. Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it. Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P. Kertel. Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal. Saturday, August 28. 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough,GoIcher& Co.} Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Phon. Temporary 1883. 510 Market St., San Francisco MANUFACTURERS A5P OUTFITTERS i FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™" ATHLETE. (brnpaw EQUIPMENT «JL° APPARATUS FOR EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Inc. Sole Pacific Coast Branch— Smith & Wesson. A. J. Reach Co.. Ithaca Gun Co., Iver Johnson's Anns and Cycle Works, Maxim Silent Fire Arms Co.. The Planet Co., The Hoi ton Manufacturing Co.. P. W. Klinger & Langbein Co., E. C. Cook & Bro.. Hamilton Rifle Co.. Marlin Fire Arms Co., Mark- ham Air Rifle Co.. Ideal Manufacturing Co.. Daisy Manufacturing Co.. Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co.. King Manufacturing Co. No Stock Carried. Goods Sold to the Trade Only. San Francisco, Gal. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM #S%. GALL REMEDY FOR : 1 HARNESSISKOULDERGALLS.BARBED'HiiRE'ajTS./ t> CAIKS.SCRATCHES AND OTHER ^,- AILMENTS OFTHF.SKIN. J8^*&&, Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there la none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS. SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of the SKIN It has no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed it on the market relying; wholly on Its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This Increase was entirely due to its MER- ITS, and it is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20th CENTURY. It Is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which Injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food and Dross Act, Jane 30, 1906. Serial Number 1219. All Trainers Should Keep It in Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy In next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers in Harness and Turf Goods. If not In stocfc ask them to write any Jobber for it. JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chloago. ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks aud Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, S3. 00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotter gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address. Breeder and -Sportsman I . O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. IsMt Be Worth Swing?* S&MTt, Why trade off or sell at a beggarly price a good horse just because he "goes lamp," "throws a curb** or develops some other blemish? There is nothing in the way of Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Wmdpuffs or Bunches which will not yield readily and permanently to treatment with QUINN'S •C OINTMENT. Dr. h.. ii. Davenport, a prominent physician of Sheridan lud. rites: 1 have u^ed a number of remedies for the removal n ii-bs, splints, thickened tendons and tissues generally, but in the last two years I have not been without Qulnn's Ointment. I have tested it thor oughly at different times, and pay with- nit hesitancy th it it is the only reliable reme dy of the kind 1 ha ve ever tried." Price SI. 00 per bottle. S >ld by all druggists Of ■Mat by m*lL Write >U for ■siico'an xeJtflmonUlsttt W. B.Eddy & Co.. Whitehall. N.Y. »SOCXXSXXJSXVVVV\ S\\\\\\\\\S\\\\\\\\N\\V\\nViWV\\Wt!tt I ANOTHER VICTORY FOR DUPONT The Returns from St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 10-12, 1909. THE WESTERN HANDICAP Won by Dr. F. H. Bailey, Fargo, N. D., with 97 from 16 yards. *■ (Fred Colbert also broke 06 from 2l yards.) THE PRELIMINARY HANDICAP Won by Woolfolk Henderson, Lexington, Ky., with 97 from 19 yards. HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE FOR ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. Won by Woolfolk Henderson, who broke 525 out of 550. HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE FOR ENTIRE TOURNAMENT. Won by Fred Gilbert, who broke 528 out of 550. HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE ON SINGLE TARGETS Won by Woolfolk Henderson, who broke 317 out of 330. HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE ON SINGLE TARGETS Won by Fred Gilbert, who broke 319 out of 330. All the above gentlemen used Dupont Smokeless Sporting Powder 'The Most Popular Powder on Earth." DO YOU WANT A GUN of Superior Workmanship, Materials, Wearing and Shooting Qualities, and General Excellence? If so, write for the PARKER catalog before buying. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. lOldestCun Builders in America.. No road too rough. Carries weight over the wheels, not on the axle. It has the strength. Never a tired driv- er after a long workout day. Why? The longspring makes it easy riding.and doesaway with all horse motion. Furn- ished with either Pneumatic or cushion tires. McMurray Sulkies and Jogging Carts Standard tho world over. Address for printed matter and prices. Sales agent for California. W. J. KENNEY, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco Take the Breeder and Sportamaa. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN L Saturday, August 28, 1909. 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OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. S3: Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1. STRICTLY IS ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Bakersfield Sept. 6-11 Tulare Sept. 13-18 Fresno Oct. 18-23 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept 27-Oet. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Hartford Sept. 6-10 Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Hamline. Minn Sept. 6-11 Peoria. Ill Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso, Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 CALIFORNIA HORSES are doing well this year, and when the returns are all in it will be found that they are holding their own as record breakers and money winners in the trotting and pacing races held throughout the United States. While there are very few California owned horses racing through the east this season, there is hardly a meeting that some Cali- fornia bred horses or the get of some do not start and win. The demand for horses of California breed- ing has always been good in the east, as our trotters and pacers are well thought of by the best trainers. Next winter and spring there will be a number of eastern buyers in California looking for horses to use in the regular races of 1910 and also for matinee purposes, and it will stand our breeders in hand to have something in shape to offer them. It should be remembered that buyers do not come 3000 miles to buy inferior stuff and those who want to sell must have horses that are good looking, sound and fast. Such horses will sell readily for good prices. A PLAN for a big two-county fair is under consid- eration by the people of Contra Costa and Alameda counties, the proposed fair to be held at Pleasanton. This plan, if properly supported by the people of the two counties, would be eminently successful and a fair that would rival the California State Fair in everything would result. The Pleasanton Training Park is an ideal place for holding a great fair and the resources of the two counties are so great that an exhibit which would display them to the public would crowd even the State Fair grounds for space. Pleasanton is easily reached by rail and by good wagon roads from all parts of both counties and is the logical centre of them so far as accessibility is concerned. The Oakland Board of Trade should be the first body to take hold of this suggestion for a big annual fair and push it to a successful issue. There is no other way in which money could be ex- pended more practically for the advertisement of the resources of Alameda and Contra Costa counties. KID WILKES 2:09% has won six first and one third money out of seven starts this year, and earned $3670 in purses. He is not only the largest money winner, but is the fastest green trotter that has appeared on the California circuit this season. AMATEUR DRIVING CLUBS should have a code of ethics which should be religiously followed on all occasions. There are printed rules made by the Na- tional and American Trotting associations for the government of all regular harness racing which need only to be enforced to make that kind of racing fair and sportsmanlike. Amateur organizations should also establish a code of rules that would punish if they did not prevent all conduct that is unfair, not to say ungentlemanly. At Sacramento State Fair last Wednesday a cup was offered for a pacing event, "free for all horses of members of California amateur driving associations." That was the language of the notice sent out by the Secretary of the State Agri- cultural Society. There were four entries in this race, the San Francisco, Sacramento, Woodland and Pleasanton clubs being represented. H. E. Arm- strong's pacer Demonio Wilkes was to represent the Pleasanton Club, and Henry Helman was named as his driver. Mr. Helman was protested on the ground that he was a professional and was not allowed to start. The race was then won in straight heats by Mr. Frank Wright of the Sacramento Driving Club who drove the borrowed pacer Joe McGregor, a horse that has raced all througn the California Circuit this year, and was never suspicioned to have any connection with the Sacramento Driving Club until this race was called. Joe McGregor has been a very consistent performer on the circuit, getting second or third money whenever he started, and pacing miles below 2:10 on numerous occasions sepa- rately timed. Just why he should be allowed to con- test for a cup in the name of the Sacramento Driving Club we cannot understand. He won his race in 2:14, 2:12, 2:12; with Mr. Boyle's Dioden, representing the San Francisco Driving Club second, and Mr. Hennigan's Teddy, representing the Wood- land Driving Club, third. Had the ethics of amateur racing been observed, Joe McGregor would have been barred from this race, or Mr. Helman would have been permitted to start Demonio Wilkes. By no process of ethical or judicial reasoning could one be allowed to race and the other be barred. It is to be hoped that the California State Fair Association will make and publish conditions for all future amateur races which it advertises that will clearly define just what constitutes legal representatives of an amateur club. If a club member can borrow a Hamburg Girl and start her in a race against road horses, it should be so stated, and there will then be no controversy or argument over the matter of eligibility, and the race will go to the club that has the greatest borrow- ing ability among the professionals. THE FRESNO FAIR will be held this year from October 18th to 23d. The race program for the entire week will be found in our advertising columns. There are $300 purses for 2:10, 2:14, 2:18 and 2:24 class trotters, and also for 2:10, 2:14, 2:20 and 2:25 class pacers. These purses are open to all. Purses of $200 each will be given for district owned horses as follows: for 2:25 and 2:35 class trotters, and 2:20 and 2:30 class pacers. The Fresno track, as is well known, is one of the best in the State, and the accom- modations there are first class. The Fresno Fair will be a big show this year and all sort of enter- tainment will be provided in addition to splendid pavilion and livestock exhibits. For entry blanks address R. A. Powell, Secretary, Fresno, Cal. Entries close September 16th. JOHN W. SMITH, a very prominent member of the New York Driving Club, dropped dead while driving in a race at the club's matinee at Empire track on Saturday, August 21st. Mr. Smith was driv- ing his horse Ogden Smith at the time, and the horse ran and threw him from the vehicle, but it is prob- able that death had occurred before the horse started to run. It was in a collision with Mr. Smith's horse that Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick met with his accident on the New York speedway last May. JOSEPH RIEG has been selected by the directors of the Portland Fair and Livestock Association to succeed the late M. D. Wisdom as secretary of that organization, and he has just taken charge of the office. Secretary Rieg has served in various capaci- ties with the association ever since it was organized, and is thoroughly familiar with the duties of the office. For the past six months or more he has had practical charge of the headquarters in the absence of President Wehrung and Secretary Wisdom, who had to devote much of their time to the affairs of the Oregon Commission of the A-Y-P. Exposition. THERE ARE MANY ITEMS like the following in the Eastern press these days. It is from the New York Herald of August 22d and is quite significant: B. J. Downey, one of the leading liverymen of Washington, was a heavy buyer ot carriages at Van Tassell & Kearney's auction mart last week. He is picking up a carload of high grade broughams and cabriolets to add to his equipment for the coming winter at the capital. The livery business in Wash- ington, Mr. Downey says, is improving every day. "People are going back to the horse for getting about town," he exclaimed, "and every branch of the gov- ernment service is doing the same thing." RACING on the Grand Circuit is not quite up to standard this year, except in a few of the races. A few phenomenal horses have shown up, Hamburg Belle 2:01% being probably the highest class trotter ever seen in this country, but the average in the regular events has been slower time and smaller fields than usual. On the other hand the half mile tracks have had very large fields and many fast races. o ■ CUPS FOR MATINEE RACES. W. O. Bowers, of Sacramento, who loves the Amer- ican trotting horse so well that he spends his sum- mer vacation by making a tour of the California cir- cuit just to see the harness races, has sent the fol- lowing letter to the California State Agricultural Society: Sacramento, Aug. 24th, 1909. To the State Agricultural Society — Gentlemen: Inclosed you will find order for two loving cups, marked "Capital Hotel Stake," which we wish to donate to your society to be given to the driving clubs of Northern California for matinee races to be given at your State Fair at dates and conditions as you think best. Yours very truly, Bowers & Titus Hotel Company, Per W. O. Bowers. COON CONVERSATION. Walter Moore, of the "Horse Review," reports the following conversation between two "cullud" swipes on the Indiana circuit: "Slim said you all goin' start that no-'count dog to-day ag'in my pacer." "Sure thing; and he' gwine make that bean-belly pacer o' yorn cough it up at the head of the stretch." The conversation, though still friendly, now waxed warm, and Slim answered back with this assertion, as he edged up nearer his rival: "He will, will 'e! ! Say, nigger, that old slippery pacer o' mine'll be so far in front of your old hide that your tail setter will need green lanterns at the back end of his bike to keep them from running into him when the next race starts." o ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. B. F. W., Stockton. — Lord Alwin has not yet been registered to our knowledge, but he is eligible under rule 1, as his sire and dam are both registered. A. J. Morton. Sidney, Australia. — Miser, the sire of Yorkville B^lle was by imported Australian, dam Aerolite by Lexington. o ■ THREE-YEAR-OLD PACING CHAMPIONS. California leads the world in the production of three-year-old pacing champions. Klatawah 2:05% in the third heat of a race, Jim Logan 2:05% in the third heat of a race and Aerolite 2:05% in a public trial are all California bred stallions. Hymettus 2:0S%, the champion three-year-old pacing gelding, was bred in this State. The champion three-year-old pacing filly. Maggie Winder 2:08%, is an eastern bred filly, but her dam. Clara Direct, though bred by James Butler of New York, is by the dead California ex- champion Direct 2:05%. AHSORBIXE FOR SPRAINS. The readers of this publication will doubtless be interested in the following letter, which was recently received by AV. F. Young. Springfield. Mass., from one of his customers: "In the Spring of '07 I sprained my horse very badly and tried many so-called cures, and gave up in despair. I had seen your ad in many papers and last Spring my horse got lame, and I thought I would give AB30RBIXE a chance. To my surprise my horse began to get better and now he appears like a five-vear-old colt, although he is only 26 years old. .1. H. DeWitt. Shokan. N. Y." Mr. Young would be glad to send free pamphlet giv- ing detailed information regarding treatment for re- moving soft bunches, swellings, reducing lameness, in- flammation, etc. Writ** to-day. ABSORBINE for sale at druggists $2.00 per bottle or sent, express prepaid, upon receipt of price. W. F. YOUNG. P. r>. F.. 54 Temple Street. Spring- field. Mass. EL RANCHO DE LAS ROSAS DESERT ARABIAN STUD announces that one full-blood, registered Arab horse-colt is offered for sale. The attention of saddle- horse breeders and polo players is specially Invited. Address, Alma, Santa Clara County, California. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT CHICO. Weather Pretty Warm, but Racing Good and Time Is Fast. There was not a very large crowd the opening day at Speedway, as the splendid racing plant at Chico is called, but as the meeting progressed the crowd was augmented each day, and on Friday and Saturday the gate receipts were very good. The Chico track is the best laid out mile of any on the California circuit, and the track is fast. The soil of which it is made is a rich loam, the very best material on which a summer track can be built on in California. There was a hot wave over all the Sacramento valley last week and it hit Chico on Wednesday, the opening day of the meeting, and while it was not oppressively hot except in the sun, the lightest of clothing was necessary to secure comfort, and there is little doubt but the sudden rise in temperature kept the size of the crowd down to smaller proportions than it otherwise would have been. There were two regular events and a matinee race on the program for the opening day, the purse races being the 2:20 class trot, value $700, and the 2:15 class pace, $450. Six of the thirteen horses that started out in this class at Salinas last month came out for the 2:20 trot. They were Kid Wilkes. Sophia Dillon, Scotch John, Eseobado, Silver Hunter and Kinney Rose. Of course, it was Kid Wilkes' race from the start to finish. The Stanton Wilkes gelding can easily take the measure of any trotter in his class that has ap- peared on the California circuit this season. Sophia Dillon is the only one that can make him step and it does not seem to trouble him much to lead her to the wire after letting her get off in front and make her own kind of a race. Although Jack Groom had declared after the Woodland race that he would make Helman trot Kid Wilkes out of the 2:10 class at Chico, the Kid beat her three straight heats and 2:09%, which just equalled his Woodland record, was the fastest heat of the race. Sophia Dillon got second money, Scotch John, who trotted a good second the first heat, won third money, and Eseo- bado fourth. The 2:15 pace was not even a workout for Moor- trix. Milton Gear and Little Dick were the only horses to start against him. and he outclassed them six or seven seconds. The first heat was disgraceful. Chadbourne won with Moortrix and, as was his privilege, did not go any faster with his horse than was necessary to keep in front, but wThy Milton Gear 2:13% was allowed to peg along behind him so slow that the mile was 2:36 is hard to understand. His drivers' assertion that he could not beat Moortrix anyway had the merit of truth in it, but this did not justify him for simply jogging along behind a mile in 2:36. Milton Gear was driven in the next two heats and Moortrix paced them in 2:12% and 2:12%. rather slow for him, but fast enough to make the performance have at least the air of respectability. Little -Dick, sick and raced out after an almost con- tinuous racing season of three years, in which he has been speeded at matinees and regular races every month in the year, was distanced the first heat, slow as it was. He only started to make the race go. The matinee race was more of a contest, but it was easily won by Seymow M., owned by Thos. Stiles of the Chico Driving Club, with The Judge, driven by J. H. Henan. of Sacramento, second the first heat, and Economizer, driven by John Silva, of Sacramento, second in the second heat. Lady .Alice, driven by W. J. O'Connor, of Chico, was fourth. The first heat of this event was in 2:16%, good time for matinee horses. The crowd was larger on the second day, and there were three good races. The 2:20 class pace, for which the purse was $600, wrent to Adam G. 2:07 in straight heats, but Joe McGregor made him step in 2:0S%, 2:07% and 2:07% to reach the wire first. Mr. H. E. Armstrong's little mare Cora was also a starter in this race and, although quite lame, was third in every heat. Freely Red getting fourth money. The horses that met in the 2:16 class trot for a purse of $600 have made a split heat horse race every time they have met on the circuit, and the race Thursday was no exception, going to five heats. When the race was over the Zombro stallion Zom- bronut had first money won. but the Chico-owned mare Katalina, by Tom Smith, had won two heats and reduced her record to 2:11%, amid the cheers of the Chicoites for her and her popular driver, Lon Daniels. Zombronut certainly had more speed than any horse in this race, but was unsteady at times and made breaks that cost him two heats which he would have won had he stayed on the trot. If he finishes this season without accident he should steady down next year and be a 2:08 or better trotter. Prince Lot showed up pretty well in this race and is an improved horse. At his first start this year he seemd short of work, but finishes his miles in good shape now and trots them around 2:12 or 2:13. Wenja trotted a good first heat, driv- ing Katalina out in 2:11%, but was back in fourth and fifth positions after that. The matinee race Thursday had five starters. It was won by John Wannop's Gladys Moore, by Moor- mont, a mare that was given a time record of 2:28 the day before. She trotted the second heat of this race in 2:23% and acted like one that will trot in 2:15 next summer if trained. All the races on Friday, the third day of the meeting, were for $200 purses. The feature race of the program was the 2:07 class pace, but as it was won by Solano Boy in straight heats, the 2:11 trot which required four heats to decide made a more interesting race. In the pace Delilah did not act as well as she did at Woodland the previous week, and could not beat Solano Boy, who was in fine fettle and well driven by Fred Chadbourne. The 2-11 trot was won by Scotch John, but Kinney Rose took advantage of the kilt horse making a bad break in the second heat and won the heat in 2:13% after a hard race with Silver Hunter, taking a new record and giving McKinney another addition to his already long list of 2:15 trotters. The 2:12 pace was easy for Milton Gear, the handsome chestnut pacer, and was the only race he has been in since coming north from Fresno in which b/j was not outclassed. Owing to a dispute over back entrance money, Elmo Montgomery did not start his champion three- year-old pacer, Jim Logan 2:05%, against time as was advertised. It was a great disappointment to the crowd, which expected to see a mile in 2:04 or better. He was worked a mile in 2:08 during the afternoon, the last quarter in 30 seconds. The Chico Driving Association closed its four days' meeting on Saturday, August 28th, with a program of two regular races and a couple of matinee events. The attendance was fair, and the Secretary an- nounced that while there would be but a small profit on the meeting, enough money had been taken in from all sources during the four days to pay all the purses and every liability incurred by the associa- tion, which was very pleasing news for everybody. The racing during the meeting was very good, and the time made creditable in nealy every instance. The first race Saturday resulted in an excellent contest. In the hardest kind of a drive Chas. De Ryder won the first heat of this race, the 2:12 class trot, from Delia Derby, in 2:11%, but the black mare from Salinas had on her trotting clothes and best manners, and won the next three heats in clever fashion in the excellent time of 2:12%, 2:12 and 2:13, Charley T. getting second money, Monicrat third and May T. fourth. Queen Derby, another daughter of Charles Derby, won the 2:10 pace very handily from Freely Red, Joe McGregor and Milton Gear in straight heats. There were two matinee races, the first being awarded to the Sacramento mare. Flyaway, driven by John Silva, after Big Sis and Little Dan had made a dead heat, and the other going to Lady Alice, driven by Mr. W. J. O'Connor, the popular secretary of the Chico Driving Club. The summaries: First Day — Wednesday, August 25. Trotting, 2:20 class, $700. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes (Hel- man) 1 1 1 Sophia Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom). 3 2 2 Scotch John. eh. h. by Tomonco (Daniels).. .2 5 4 Eseobado. b. h. by Escobar (Ward) 6 4 3 Silver Hunter, b. h. by Zombro (Quinn)....5 3 5 Kinnev Rose. b. h. bv McKinney (Bigelow).4 6 6 Time— 2:12%, 2:09%, 2:10. Pacing. 2:15 class, $450: Moortrix, b. s. i>y Azmoor (Chadbourne. .. .1 1 1 Milton Gpar. b. h. by Harry Gear (Cuicello). 2 2 2 Little Dick, ch g. bv Dictatus (De Ryder).. dis. Time— 2:36, 2:12%, 2:12%. Matinee race, pacers: Seymow M.. b. h. by Diawood (Thos. Stiles) 1 1 Economizer (John Silva) 3 2 The Judge (J. H. Henan) 2 4 Ladv Alice (W. J. O'Connor) 4 3 Time— 2:16%, 2:19%. Second Day — Thursday, August 26. Pacing. 2:20 class, $600: Adam G., b. g. by McKinney (De Ryder) 1 1 1 loc- McGregor, b. s. by Fergus McGregor (Ward) 2 2 2 Cora, b. m. by Del Coronado (Helman) 3 3 3 Freely Red. h. m. by Red Medium (Sampsel).4 4 4 Grace R.. b. m. by Demonio (Chadbourne) . .5 5 5 Time— 2:08%. 2:07%, 2:07%. Trotting. 2:16 class, purse $600. Zombronut, b. s. by Zombro (Ward)... 5 114 1 Katalina, b. m. zy Tom Smith (Daniels). 1 2 3 13 Prince Lot, br. g. by rince Ansel (Spen- cer) 3 4 2 2 2 Wenja. br. m. by Zolock (Davey) 2 3 5 5 4 Rapidan Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Maben) 6 5 4 3 5 Weatewater. b. m. by Sidney Dillon Cuicello) 4 6 dis. Time— 2:11%, 2:12, 2:14%, 2:15, 2:14%. Matinee race, trotters and pacers: Gladvs Moore (trotter) (John Wannop)....2 1 1 Sir Vox (J. C. Hess) 1 3 2 Big Sis (J. Martin) 3 2 3 Little Dan (Chas. Elphenstein) 4 4 4 Time— 2:25%, 2:23%, 2:26. Third Day — Friday, August 27. Trotting, 2:11 class, $200: Scotch John, ch. h. by Tomonco (Daniels) .1 4 11 Kinney Rose. b. s. by McKinney (Bigelow).3 13 2 Monicrat. blk. s. by Monwood (Spencer) ..4 3 4 3 Silver Hunter, b. s. by Zombro (Quinn)..2 2 2 dr. Time— 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:16%, 2:21. Pacing, 2:07 class, $200: Solana Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Chadbourne) 1 1 Delilah, b. m. by Zolock (Bonnell) 3 2 Ray o' Light, br. s. by Searchlight (White- head) 2 3 Demonio Wilkes, b. s. by Demonio (Helman). 4 4 Time— 2:09%. 2:07%, 2:08. Pacing, 2:12 class, $200: Milton Gear, ch. s. by Harry Gear (Cuicello) .1 1 Dixie M., b. m. by Dick Russell (Bigelow),3 2 Sevmow M., b. g. bv Diawood (Daniels) 2 3 Time— 2:13%, 2:16%, 2:15%. -o- Fourth Day — Saturday, August 23th. Thotting, 2:12 class; $500. Delia Derbv, bl. m. by Charles Derby (Whitehead) 2 1 1 1 Charlie T., bl. g. by Zombro (De Ryder). 1 3 2 2 May T., ch. m. by Monterey (Helman).. 3 4 3 3 Monicrat, bl. s. bv Woodmon (Spencpr)..4 2 4 4 Time— 2:11, 2:12%, 2:12, 2:i3. Pacing, 2:10 class; $200. Queen Derby, b. m. by Charles Derby (Cui- celli) 1 1 1 Freely Red. b. m. by Red Medium-Miss Freel (Sampsell) 2 3 2 Joe McGregor, b. s. bv Fergus McGregor-Joe Young (Ward) 3 2 3 Milton Gear, ch. s. by Harry Gear (Depoister).4 4 4 Time— 2:12. 2:10%, 2:11%. Matinee, race. Class C: Flyaway (John Silva) 3 1 Big Sis (J. Martin) 0 2 Little Dan (C. Helphensteinl 0 4 Anona L. ( Wm. Leach) 4 4 Time — 2:29, 2:33. Matinee race, Class B: Lady Alice (W. J. O'Connor) 1 1 Gladys Moore (John Wannop) 2 2 Joe Dick (John Heenan) 3 3 Time— 2:27, 2:23. o PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Following are the results of the trotting and pac- ing races held by the Park Amateur Driving Club in Golden Gate Park on Friday afernoon of last week: First race, class D trotters, mile heats: F. L. Matthes' Walter G. (Matthes) 1 2 1 Molera & Josephs' Belle Overton (Josephs). 2 1 2 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) 4 3 3 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) . .3 5 4 Capt. W. Matson's MeKinnev M. (Matson)..5 4 5 Time— 2:31%, 2:31, 2:29. Second race, class C trotters, mile heats: C. F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon (Von Issen- dorf) 2 1 1 It. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe) 1 3 2 I. L. Borden's Barnev Barnato (Borden) ... .3 2 3 Time— 2:23%. 2:24%, 2:23. Third race, class B pacers, mile heats: I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 1 1. B. Dalziel's John T. (Dalziel) 2 2 H. C. Ahlers' Princess V. (Ahlers) ?,dis. Time— 2:20%, 2:23%. e GOOD PRICES FOR DRAFT STOCK. At an auction sale conducted by Murphy & Mc- Donald of Livermore for Mr. Serpa of the Vasco Ranch, near Livermore, last week, over four thou- sand dollars' worth of horses were sold in less than two hours. These horses were all of the Norman aud Shire breed and were in good condition. The following were some of the prices: Bay gelding to A. Goularte $160 . 00 Brown marc, A. Medina 200.00 Bay mare, Mrs C. True 225.00 Brown mare John R. Beck 4 250 ("'0 Suckling colt. John R. Beck SO 00 3-year-old gelding. H. Laughlin 1S5 00 3-year-old filly. H. Laughlin 225.00 Brown mare, H. B. Waggoner 232.50 Bay gelding. A Gaularte 235.00 Brown gelding, A. Goularte 242 . 50 Bay filly. J. Lopez 175.00 Yearling filly, N. Nunez 120.00 Yearling gelding. N Nunez 100.00 Yearling filly. L. Medina 150.00 2-year-old filly, M. George 200.00 2-year-old filly, Mrs. C. True 202 . 50 o RACES AT CONCORD SEPT. 9. A picnic and barbecue in the forenoon and a good program of trotting and pacing races in the after- noon will be attraction at the pretty little town of Concord, Contra Costa county, next Thursday, which is Admission Day and therefore a general holiday. The races are to begin at 2 p. m. and the members of both driving clubs in San Francisco are invited to bring their horses and participate, as well as all other horse owners, whether belonging to a club or not. There will be a free-for-all mixed race for a purse of $250. a 2:20 pace for a purse of $100, and a 2:25 pace and several races for local horses. Mr. S. Benson, who now has the management of the Concord track extends a cordial invitation to all to be present. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 4, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN EL VOLANTE WINS OCCIDENT STAKE. GRAND CIRCUIT RACES AT BUFFALO. THE $35,000 HANDICAP. Three-Year-Old Son of Zombro Trots Every Heat Faster Than Stake Record. The richest stake for three-year-olds that is trotted on the Pacific Coast every year is the Occident, in- augurated by the California State Fair many years ago and named in honor of Senator Stanford's old champion Occident that trotted to a world's record of 2:16% when ten years old at the old Agricultural Park track, Sacramento, September 17th, 1S73. It was some time after that when Stanford gave the Agricultural Society a sum of money to endow the Occident Stake, and since then this annual three- year-old event has been the richest event on the coast for three-year-old trotters. It is never worth less than $1500 to the winner and sometimes has greatly exceeded that figure. It is a stake in which the entire entrance fee is $100, divided into several payments, the State Agricultural Society adding $400 to the stakes. It was worth $1800 to the winner this year. Many noted colts and fillies have won first money in the Occident, but for one reason or another fast time has been the exception rather than the rule in this race. Up to last Monday the fastest heat trotted in any Occident Stake was the fourth heat won in 2:15% by North Star, son of Nutwood Wilkes, that had won the Breeders' Futurity two weeks previous and taken a record in that race of 2:13%. Last Monday the Zombro three-year-old El Vo- lante, owned by Mr. C. A. Canfield of Los Angeles, and trained and driven by the popular trainer Walter Maben of the same place, won the Occident in three straight heats, every one of which was in faster time than the stake record of 2:15% set by North Star in 1905. The race was not a sensational one except for the time. There were only four starters, the filly Zulu Belle that had beaten El Volante and won the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at Salinas on August 6th, being laid up at Pleasanton with a lame leg. This left only El Volante, Virginia Lee, Complete and All Style to start for the stake which had a total value of nearly three thousand dollars. It was conceded by all that El Volante could win the race easily and perhaps shut his field out were he driven from wire to wire, so Walter Maben, with Mr. Canfield's con- sent agreed to waive distance, leaving the only con- test a race for second money between the other three, and strange to relate they could not beat one another, as the running horsemen say, and after the race was ended, second and third moneys were divided equally between the three, S. H. Hoy's Com- plete, Mrs. T. B. Gibson's Virginia Lee, and Dana Perkins' All Style, each having a second, a third and a fourth to its credit in the final summary. The Zombro colt, a large high headed fellow with two minute speed in places marched to the front easily in the first and second heats in 2:14% and and 2:13%, the second heat being the fastest ever trotted in a three-year-old race in California. In the first heat Complete, a good looking chestnut filly by Palite (sire of the good two-year-old Pal 2:17%), led to the quarter, but was there passed by El Vo- lante, who was not hea'ded during the remainder of the mile. In the stretch there was quite a battle be- tween Complete and All Style, the latter getting the verdict by a small margin at the finish, and being separately timed in 2:16. In the second heat Com- plete was second. All Style breaking and being fourth at the finish. Complete was now certain of second money, amounting to over $700, if she could come third in the third heat and it looked to be as easy as breaking sticks for her. But the unexpected happened and this was the breaking of her harness (a brand new one at that) on the back stretch and she came in fourth, Virginia Lee trotting gamely, get- ting second place. The time of these heats shows El Volante to be not only a very high class colt, but one of the best that has appeared in the United States this year. He is one of the best bred trotters living as the follow- ing will show: His sire is Zombro 2:11, McKinney's greatest son. His dam is Mamie Elizabeth 2:20, dam of Amo K. 2:22%, by Red Regent 14241 fa royally bred grandson of Mambrino King), second dam Miss Chimes, dam of King Charles 2:08%, by Almont Jr., sire of the dams of six in 2:10, fourth dam Gerster by Hero of Thorndale, fifty dam Mary, dam of three standard trotters, two sires and one dam, by Wood- ford Mambrino, sire dam of Kremlin 2:07%, sixth dam Belle by Norman 25, seventh dam Vie, dam of two standard trotters by Mambrino Chief 11, eighth dam Paradine by thoroughbred Duke of Bedford 2d, ninth dam Peg by Matchless. This is very strong breeding in trotting lines that have produced in ever}' generation. El Volante is credited with a trial of 2:11% at Los Angeles. •A WORD FROM MR. GEERS." PEORIA, ILL.. June 17. 1909. G. S. Ellis & Son, Cincinnati, O.: Gentlemen: I have used your Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for the past twelve years on many of my best horses and could not well keep house without them. I have also given all similar bits and checks a thorough trial and consider the Hutton the simplest, most practical and humane de- vice ever offered to horsemen and far superior to any other checking device that I have ever seen or used. "vv'ith kindest regards, and wishing you success, I remain, Tours truly, E. F. GEERS. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. The Buffalo Grand Circuit meeting was a very tame one this year, and the four heat plan, under which a majority of the races were decided, made the horses win four heats for the same amount they would win in three heats under the old system. The features of the four days' racing were the record four heats won by Bob Douglas in the 2:12 trot, and the distancing of San Francisco in the 2:07 trot. It seems that Hodges started him without a check rein, and when San Francisco made a break it was a very disastrous one and when he at last got his feet he was hopelessly out of the race. The sum- maries: First Day — August 16th. Pacing, 2:05 class; two-in-three, purse $1,200. George Gano b. s. by Gambetta Wilkes, dam Credition by Nuthursr (Murphy; 4 1 1 Major Brino, blk. g. by Wildbrino (Richie).. 1 3 4 Darkey Hal, blk. m. (Snow) 2 2 2 Major Mallow, b. g. (Ballow) 3 4 3 Texas Rooker, b. g. (McEwen) 5 5 5 Giftline, b. g. (Carter) 6 dr Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:06%. Lafayette Hotel Stake, trotting, 2:20 class, purse $2,000. Penico Maid, b. m. by Pennant, dam Seneca Maid by John Adams (Shutt) 2 111 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers)l 2 2 2 Dr. Jack, b. g. (Murphy) 3 3 3 3 Almadan, blk. s. (Durfee) 4 4 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:10, 2:12%, 2:11%. Pacing, 2:11 class, purse $1,000. Geraldine br. m. by Cutting; dam Miss Reiley (Geers) 1 1 1 1 Lady of Honor, b. m. (Snowl 4 2 2 2 Orangeburg, b. s. (Grady) 2 3 3 3 Earl Jr., gr. h. (Cox) 3 dis Argot Hal, b. h. (E. Benyon) 5 dis Second Day — August 17th. Trotting, 2:09 class; the Queen City Purse, $2,000. The Harvester, br. s. by Walnut Hall, dam Notelet by Moko (Geers) 1 1 1 1 Genteel H., br. h. (Snow) 2 2 2 2 Beatrice Bellini, blk. m. (Dickerscn) 3 3 4 2 Zomalta, b. m. (A. McDonald) 4 4 3 4 Henry Setzer, b. s. (Lasell) 5 5 5 dis Carlokin, br. s. (Durfee) dis Time— 2:0S%, 2:10%, 2:12, 2:11%. Pacing, 2:09 class, purse $1,000. Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank dam by- King Wilton (Geers) 1 1 1 1 Billy B., ch. g. (McDonald) 2 2 2 2 The Bosun, b. g. (Cox) 3 3 3 3 Vic McEwan, b. m. (Grady) 4 4 dr Time— 2:06%, 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:08%. Trotting, 2:13 class, purse $1,000. Innerguard. b. g. by The Guardsman, dam Ida F. by Harkaway (Murphy) 1 111 The Wolverine, b. g. (E. Benyon) 2 3 2 2 Fair Margaret, b. m. (J. Benyon) 4 2 3 4 Gladys, b. m. (A. McDonald) 3 4 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:13. Third Day — August 18th. Trotting, 2:21 class; purse $1000. Frazzee, b. h. by Arion, dam Lady Ver- venia, by Bourbon Wilkes (Geers) 1 1 1 1 Blackbel, blk. m. (Burgess) 2 2 2 2 Ethel Mack, blk. m. (Murphy) 3 3 3 3 Time — 2:16%, 2:17%, 2:18, 2:20%. Trotting, 2:16 class; purse $1000. Rosemary Chimes, b. m. by Chimes, dam Lucelle's Baby, by Redwyn (Rathbun).l 112 Naomi, b. m. ( (Burgess) 2 3 3 1 Estill Boy, "o. h. (Lasall) 4 2 4 3 Hilda B., ch. m. (Burch) 3 5 2 4 Billy W., ro. g. (McEwen) 5 4 5 5 Time— 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:12%, 2:13%. Empire State Stake; trotting, 2:12 closs; purse $10,000; four heats. Bob Douglass, gr. h. by Todd, dam Glycei- one, by Cyclone (McDonald) 1 1 1 1 Carroll (b. g. (B. Shank) 2 2 2 2 Demarest, b. g. (Geers) 3 3 4 4 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. (Murphy) 6 4 3 3 El Victress, br. m. (Rosemire) 4 6 5 5 The Klondyke, b. g. (Clark) 5 5 dis. Jennie Constantine, b. m. (Grady) dis. Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:06%. Fourth Day — August 14th. Pacing, 2:02 class, two in three; purse $1200. The Eel, gr. h. by Gambolier; dam Belle Bidwell, by John L. ( McEwen) 1 1 Aileen Wilson, blk. m. (Cox) 2 2 _ Time— 2:04%, 2:04. Trotting, 2:07 class, two in three; purse $1200. Uhlan, blk. g. by Bingen; dam Blonde B.. by Sir Walter Jr. (Proctor) 1 1 Lady Jones, blk. m. (Murphy) 2 3 Sterling McKinney, br. h. (Geers) 5 2 Nahma. b. m. (Burgess) 3 5 Judge Lee, gr. h. (Lasell) 4 4 San Francisco, b. h. (Hodges) dis. Time— 2:08%, 2:07%. Pacing, 2:20 class; purse $1000. Kavallo, gr. h. by Kavalli; dam Rana, by Lancelot (Cox) 3 3 1 1 Annabel Lee, br. m. by Adbell (Geers) ..1 1 4 4 Nellie Parker, b. m. (Goodemote) 2 2 2 2 Anda H., Blk. h. (Murphy) ..: 4 4 3 3 Sidney R., b. g. (McGarvin) 5 dr... Time— 2:14%, 2:11%. 2:17%, 2:14%. Baron Alcyon by Baron H. Wins First Money in Big Event. The Readville Handicap was renewed at the track near Boston on Tuesday of this week and was won by a horse that started in the front row and therefore trotted 540 feet less than one mile and a half which was the distance of the race. Uhlan, the only horse placed on the mile and a half mark, was scratched, but there were thirty-eight horses to start and they were strung out between Sonoma Girl and San FTan- ciseo who stood at a point 45 feet less than the dis- tance, and six or seven including Baron Alcyon that started 495 feet in front of them. It was one of the most spectacular races ever seen. From the time the word was given until the horses were within fifteen yards of the wire the winner was in doubt. After thirty-five minutes of dallying, the ball fell to the start. Immediately Hylie Bird, entered from the limit mark allowance, 495 feet in advance of the scratch horses, Sonoma Girl and San Francisco, set out to make a whirlwind race of it. Passing the stand first time, the half-mile mark, Hylie Bird vras leading by a length over Axtator, the favorite, Baron Alcyon, fifth, just in advance of a horde of horses that packed the track. In the back stretch Gillies, with Axtator, went after the leader, the race being hot until reaching the lower turn, a little more than a mile of the journey. At this point Hylie Bird weakened enough to permit Axtator to rush into th^ van, a good length in front of Kaldar, who was closely followed by Baron Alcyon. The positions remained the same entering the stretch for the grand battle to the wire. For a few strides the two leaders raced head and head, and then the superior speed and endurance of Baron Alcyon carried him to the front, and he passed the winning post three lengths to the good. The prizes won by the first fifteen horses in this race were as follows: First $15,000, second $3000, third $2000, fourth $1800, fifth $1700. sixth $1600. seventh $1500, eighth $1400, ninth $1300, tenth $1200, eleventh $1100, twelfth $1000. thirteenth $900, four- teenth $800 and fifteenth $700. The following summary of the race gives the po- sitions of the first fifteen horses at the start and ' finish, together with the speed rating of each by the handicapper and the points less than the mile and a half from which each started. Horse. Rating. Handicap. Finish. Baron Alcyon 2:19 540 feet less 1 Axtator 2:17 450 " " 2 Kaldar 2:18 495 " " 3 Lady Jones 2:09 90 " " 4 Penisa Maid 2:10 135 " " 5 Jack McKerron . ..2:10 135 " " 6 San Francisco . ...2-08 45 " " 7 Ralph Wick 2:16 405 " " S Genteel H 2:11 ISO " " 9 Billy Nice 2:16 405 " " 10 Sonoma Girl 2 : 08 45 " " 11 Jay Kay 2:17 450 " " 12 Hylie Bird 2:19 540 " " 13 Henry Setser 2:14 315 " " 14 E. D. M 2:15 360 " " 15 Time — 3:09%. The other starters in the race finished as follows: Sterling McKiney, Klondike, Bisa, Miss Winter, Ward, Peter Balta, Zomalto. A. Laundry, Baron Birch- leaf, Caduceus, The Aloma, Esther Bells, Nancv Gentry, Sir Todd, Jim Ferry, The Angelus, Silver Baron, McQuillen, Remorseful, Prince Lavalard, Re- becca G. and Munie. Baron Alcyron, the winner of the Readville handi- cap Tuesday is by Baron H. 42939, son of Baron Wilkes. Baron Aleryon started but once last year, which was in the second preliminary of the $50,000 handicap at Readville. He finished tenth and was therefore not entitled to start for the main event. This year he has been kept under cover, and was not known to have shown any great speed. He trotted his part of the race at a rate very close to the speed at which he was handicapped, however The race was trotted in 3:09%. which is at the-rate of about 2:06 to the mile for a horse that trots a mile and a half in that time. As Baron Aleryon trotted 540 less than a mile and a half he must have gone at about a 2:16 gait, which was near where he was handicapped. THE ALBUQUERQUE MEETING. At the New Mexico Fair to be held at Albuquerque from October 11th to 16th inclusive, there will be live days of good racing. There is a purse of $1000 for 2:12 class pacers, six $500 purses, and several $300 purses. There are two very attractive features for horse- men here to con6jder, as follows: Entries close October 1st, but records made since July 1st are no bar. The A. T. & S. F. railway will return horses free to points of shipment on their road in California New Mexico, Arizona. Colrado and Kansas, also EI Pa=o Texas. Several of our California horsemen intend racing at El Paso and Phoenix and they should take in the Albuquerque meeting. Read the advertisement in this issue. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS | There will be no fair and race meeting at Han- ford, Tulare County, this year. The California State Fair closes today. The Stan- ford Stake is on the afternoon's program. There is a whole month between the closing of the Tulare Fair and the opening of the fair at Fresno. Oregon's great State Fair opens on Monday, Sep- tember 13th. and promises to be the best ever held in the north. D. N. C. Hyams of Boston owns Bob Douglass 2:06%. He purchased him as a colt from George W. Leavitt of Readville. The Bakersfleld Fair opens Monday next. Septem- ber 6th. and closes the following Saturday. Tulare follows with its fair the week after. The thirteen-year-old stallion Camara, sire of Fleming Boy 2:07%, has been sent to Mike Bower- man. Lexington. Ky„ to prepare for a fast record this fall. That was a mighty good race Adam G. paced at Chico when he won three straight heats in 2:08%, 2:07% and 2:07%, and Joe McGregor was second to him every heat Al Stanley, roan colt by Todd out of a mare by Jay Bird, set a new mark for three-year-old trotters on a half-mile track by trotting a mile at Crawfords- ville, Indiana, August 24th in 2:13%. Mr. G. E. Williams of Lernoore, Cal., lost a valuable mare by death last week. The mare was the dam of Joe Athby 2:24%, the fast horse Speedway, and others At the Woodland Fair, H. S. Hogoboom's stallion Palo King by Morengo King won the first prize for the best standard bred stallion exhibited. It is stated that a half-mile track is soon to be built at Coalinga, which is in the center of the richest oil district in the State. Mr. A. Gordon Tait. cf Santa Cruz has purchased the stallion Steam Beer from E. McHenry Train and will use him as a road horse. B. L. Elliott of Imperial, Cal.. has sent his young stallion General Sherwood (3) 2:28% by Bob Evans 30668, dam Silk by Combination, to be trained by James Stewart at the Los Angeles track. Admission Day will be celebrated on Thursday of next week by the Sonoma Driving Club which has prepared a good program of harness racing to be held on its half-mile track at the historic old town. In the list of sires of 100 or more standard per- formers published recently the name of Sidney was omitted. He had 64 trotters and 47 pacers with standard records to his credit at the close of 1908. At Galesburg. 111., the young stallion Redlac Jr. 2:14%, by Redlac 2:07%, was separately timed in 2:06% in the third heat of his race, in which he got off behind and was a close second to Paderewski in 2:07%. The three Pacific Coast bred horses that won money in the Readville handicap last Tuesday were. Lady Jones $1800, San Francisco $1500. and Sonoma Girl $1100. The entrance fee to this race was but $260 all told or less than one per cent of the $35,000 purse. Bob Douglass 2:06% won the fastest four consecu- tive heats ever won by a trotter when he won at Buffalo in 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:08% and 2:06%. Before the Buffalo meeting no horse ever won four consecu- tive heats, as the winning of three heats had ended the race. Last spring Mr. W. E. D. Stokes named a yearling colt Kilpatrick in honor of his friend Frank J. Kil- patrick of this city. At the Blue Grass Fair, held at Lexington, Ky., last month Kilpatrick was awarded first prize as the best yearling colt, and then trotted an exhibition mile in 2:40. Fresh from splendid victories in England and Scot- land the great Morris & Co. six-horse team returned to Chicago last week. The superb team has been ?trengthened and reinforced by the purchase of four Clydesdale geldings, the best that money and care could buy on the other side. The reserve strength of this team will now be very great. The return trip was made safely and the horses are ready for fresh conouests of public favor. They will be seen in the shov ring next at the Inter-State Livestock Show at St. Joseph, Mo., and go from there to the Oklahoma State Fair. Frank Turner, manager of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, has given that famous horse breeding farm and race course a general cleaning up, the stalls being all neatly whitewashed and put in first class shape. There are thirty or forty horses in training there at present, about twenty-five of them owned by Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick. The Oroville Recreation and Speedway Associa- tion has elected O. A. Martin as manager of the association, vice Fred Emlay, who recently severed his connection with the track there. Mr. Martin has secured the services of Eddie Brain, a well- known turfman from Pleasanton, who will take charge of caring for the horses and maintaining the track. A big auction will b3 held at the Guthrey ranch, three miles southeast of Dixon September 18th. Everything on the place that is movable will be sold. There are 25 brood mares, 10 three-year-old geldings. 5 work mules, 20 two-year-old geldings and fillies, buggy horses, saddle horses, milk cows, wagons, har- ness, farming implements, etc., all to go to the high- est bidder. See the advertisement. Frank Wright, of Sacramento, acted as starter at the Chico meeting, and those who attended speak in the very highest praise of his work. Mr. Wright is himself an experience driver, having driven both as an amateur and in regular races and knows when horses are on their stride and going steadily. He has a good clear voice and makes his announcements so that all can hear plainly. It was quite a tribute to Pacific Coast speed when the Readville handicapper placed San Francisco, So- noma Girl, Lady Jones and Sterling McKinney far- thest back in the big Readville race last Tuesday. Of course they are the four fastest horses that started in the race, and the fact that they were foaled on this coast is significant. Time Onward, sire of Margin, 2:06%. the winner this season of three stake races worth $10,000 each, was sold under the hammer at Lexington last spring for $90. His present whereabouts are unknown, Alfemeda, the dam of Margin, was sold last year at the same auction mart for $310. She is now owned by J. C. Ross of Lexington, who has bred her to Walnut Hall 2:0S%. sire of The Harvester 2:06%. Hastily organized by John Donovan and others, one of the important horse shows of the year will be held at St. Joseph, Mo., in the week beginning September 27. The promoters of the sporting enter- prise have adopted the prize list of the Philadelphia Horse Show, almost without change, and are offer- ing $12,000 in premiums. Quite a number of trotters and pacers are in training at the Ferndale, Humboldt county, track, at the present time. Robert Noble has Humboldt Dillon, Vaida Dillon. Myrtle, a green pacer, and Vaida N. Frank Miser is training Monterey Jr., Dawna, Mountain Maid. Mae March and Elma M„ a two-year-old Monterey Jr., colt. Robert Patrick has a two-year-old by Cassiar. Xiel Friel is training his pacing mare, Betsy Waldstein. A letter from F. E. Emlay. formerly of Oroville, states that he is now confined to his bed in the Ride- out Hospital at Marysville. by reason of a gunshot wound in the ankle, caused by dropping a 3S calibre revolver which was accidentally discharged. Mr. Enila?-"s horses, including his stallion Washington McKinney Jr., are now on pasture but will be taken up and worked during the winter. Remember Fred H. Chase's combination sale to be held at 478 Valencia street. September 20th. About twenty-five head of good trotters and pacers are already consigned, headed by one of the best bred McKinney stallions living. By Mack. This handsome horse is out of the great brood mare By By by Nut- wood. He will sire extreme speed if given an oppor- tunity. There are many other well bred ones con- signed to the sale. Mr. H. Busing of Pleasanton, advertises three choicely bred youngsters for sale. They are Bonnie Searchlight, a registered four-year-old stallion, and two fine fillies, one a three, the other a two-year-old. The three-year-old is registered and is by the stal- lion Lecco 2:09%, the two-year-old is by Mr. Bush- ing's fine stallion Bonny McKinney. Mr. Busing is not asking a fortune for these young horses, but he will quote prices that are right to anyone writing or calling upon him at Pleasanton Training Park. Read the advertisement. At the Eureka, Humboldt county, track, Trainer Hunt is training Tell Tale, a trotter belonging to Dr. Rae Felt, and also Bonnie Gillett another trotter owned by Dr. Felt. Hunt is giving his fast pacer Tobasco some fast work and will start him in the fall races. Stewart's Phillis and H. Rohner's Oak- wood Derby are two pacers which Mr. Hunt is train- ing, while he also has Bartlett's Crusoe W. under his charge. Prince Online, a pacer belonging to Sibhles, is showing up well in the workout, this animal also being in charge of Mr. Hunt. Trainer Rowley has Grace Waldstein and Haidee, the latter horse having been prominent in the races at the Eureka fair last year. Miss Stokes, a yearling filly by Peter the Great out of Tillie Thompson, was recently driven a mile in 2:28, the last half in 1:11 and will probably be started to lower the world's yearling record at the Indiana State Fair. A car load of broke horses by the imported coach stallion Socrates, have been consigned to Fred H. Chase & Co.'s fall sale to be held at 478 Valencia street on the 20th instant. These horses are con- signed by the Parrott Estate, and were bred and raised on the Llano Seco Rancho, near Chico. Charlie D. 2:06% was slightly lame after his race at Pleasanton and was not taken to Woodland. Chico or Sacramento. While he has fully recovered he will not go north this year as he would only have a couple of starts in $1000 purses, hardly paying even should he win both. The Kuna Stock Farm of Idaho has purchased the noted pacing mare College Maid 2:07% from the Erwin brothers of Wyoming and she will continue to race in her exhibitions without the guiding hand of a driver as she used to do in Colorado years ago. College Maid dropped a filly colt by Oronto in Feb- ruary which remains the property of the Erwins and for which an offer of $400 was refused. By reason of the death of Mr. W. D. Wisdom, Superintendent of the Live Stock Department of the A.-T.-P. Exposition, the management has selected Mr. W. L. Carlyle for the position. Mr. Carlyle bails from Colorado and was formerly Dean of Agri- culture in the Colorado Agricultural College, is well known on the Pacific Coast as well as throughout the Middle West, having officiated as Judge of Live Stock for several years at the California, Oregon and AVashington State Fairs, and also :vt Spokane and Portland Live Stock Shows. He has had exten- sive experience in stock show management and at the present time is a member of the Executive Com- mittee of the Western Live Stock Show at Denver, a Director in the Interstate Fair at Denver and a member of the Live Stock Exposition at Chicago, where he has been appointed Judge of horses for every year that the Exposition has been held, which is a distinction enjoyed by no other horseman in America. Bob Douglass, the winner of the $10,000 race at Buffalo, was one of the best three-year-olds of 1907. He started only twice, winning his first race in 2:12% at Providence and taking the $10,000 Hartford Fu- turity in equally fast time over a muddy track. His name was then Douglass. He went wrong before the race for the Kentucky Futurity was trotted and did not start again until this year at Detroit, where he reeled off two winning heats in 2:14% and 2:10%. At Cleveland he won easily from Peneca Maid and Judge Lee in 2:07%, 2:06% and 2:06%. There and at Buffalo his speed seemed to be almost without limit, as he trotted the first half of the fourth heat ic 1:01% — a 2:03 gait — and the last quarter of the third heat at a 2:00 clip, apparently without being urged. Bob Douglass was bred by George W. Leavitt of Boston, who owned his sire Todd 2:14%, by Bin- gen, 2:06%. Glycozone, the dam of the gray stallion, was also the dam of Poindexter 2:09 and was by Cyclone 2:23%, out of Betty P., by Colonel Ham- brick, son of Dictator, D. N. C. Hyams of Boston, owns Bob Douglass. E. D. Dudley's good two-year-old colt Pal by his stallion Palite repeated his Woodland performance by winning at Sacramento this week, the fastest heat, the second, in 2:18. The day before the filly Com- plete, also by Palite, was second to the fast three-year- old El Volante, winner of the Occident Stake, in the second heat which was the fastest of the race and was trotted in 2:13%. Complete trotted this mile in 2:15 or better. These are the only two of Palite's get to start in a race and are pretty good evidence that he will be a high class speed siring stallion. He is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:1614. dam Palita (two-year- old record 2:16) by Palo Alto 2:0S%, second dam the great brood mare Elsie, dam of five in the list, by Gen. Benton, second dam Elaine 2:20. dam of four in the list by Messenger Duroc, third dam Green Mountain Maid, dam of the great Electioneer and of nine standard trotters, by Harry Clay 45. There is not a young stallion in the entire country that rep- resents the famous Wilkes-Electioneer cross through more fashionable lines than does Palite. The old- est of his get are three years old and there are but two of them. The Patchen Wilkes farm, Lexington, Ky., suf- fered a trio of severe losses two weeks ago through the deaths of the famous mares, Grace Bond (3) 2:09%, Elenor (3) 2:11 and Bertie R 2:12%. Grace Bond died while foaling to Peter the Great 2:07%, while the other two were struck by lightning. Grace Bond won both the two and three-year-old divisions of the Kentucky Futurity and was the first three- year-old trotter to ever beat 2:10 in a race. She died without leaving a foal. Elenor was a famous colt pacer in the '90s. She was a daughter of Strath- more. Her greatest fame was scored, however, as a producer, for she was the dam of the pacers Nana Audubon 2:08%, Frank Be Sure 2:09%, Norchen 2:12%, and this year's crack three-year-old, Knight of Strathmore 2:11% and the trotter Lionel 2:20%. Each of the five are by different sires. Bertie R. won fame as a ringer of international repute. Saturday, September 4, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN In the 2:10 pace at Bakersfleld there have been seven entries as follows: Frely Red, Lady R., My Way, Miss Idaho, Milton Gear, Tom, and Radium Way. Two hundred horses have died in Kansas City from the effects of the heat in twelve days recently. This is an increase of ninety-one over a like period one ear ago 'The majority of the horses died ,n their lalls after a day's exposure to the sun, but a great ma-"y died in hiness while Ruling loads .^tem- perature of 100 degrees or more, said an official oi a rendering works. waverly a pacer campaigning in the Lake Erie cir- •f •= =aiH tn he the largest light harness horse in SSiiin- He stands 16 3 hands high and his length ?f Pven' greater than his height. Notwithstanding Ss^usuaTsize he goes without ^boots and wins ; in fast time on half-mile tracks. At Greensburg ra a few days ago, he paced three winning heats in 2:10%, 2:09y2 and 2:09%. H T Kline says that Trainer Barnes has made a wonderful change in the pacing mare Princess Nut- wood out of a mare by Dictates. Three weeks ago The seemed to have forgotten how to pace and at Sftroft ™nd Kalamazoo made a poor showing. At Sand Ranids she did little better. But at Lansing Se was a new mare and while she had no good chance to win she was not forced to over evert hei- self and now it will take a pretty glib pacer ,n the 2:18 class to heat her. Tl Pons Stinson, one of the most prominent reins- meRn of America a' decade ago, but who of late ye ars has led a retired life, died on August 16th at the Guelph Ontario, Hospital, and was buried at his home at Brantford, Ontario. One of the most noted troTters which he drove was the chestnut stallion Oeneva 2-11%. He trained for such farms as Pros- pect Hill' (Miller and Sibley), Meadville, Pa and William Corbitt's in California. Stinson developed and marked Princess Clara (1) 2.26%. He was the father of the well-known trainer Harry Stinson. Army remounts are a scarce article in Great Brit- ain and the question of their supply is vexing the minds of both Government officials and breeders. About 2500 horses are actually bought by the Orov- ernment each year and the quality is poor owing to the limited price offered. Breeders claim the officials onlv offer $175 for five-year-olds worth $250 Some of them recommend Government purchase of three- year-olds at $175 to $200, others think the officials should be allowed to pay as high as $250 for five- year-olds. , A iury in the Justice Court of Livermore has awarded the plaintiff in the case of Schenone _ vs. Hansen $165 and costs as the result of the defendant having sold to the plaintiff an unsound horse. Schenone last spring purchased from Hansen a draft horse for $165 and when he got him home he found that he was lame, and an examination made by a veterinarian showed the horse to he afflicted with ringbone. Hansen refused to return the money and Schenone. through his attorneys, Clarke & Clarke, brought suit, with the above result. Scotch John, the handsome big chestnut trotter that has taken a mark of 2:11% this year, is owned hv Frank Colm of Chico, and has been trained and driven in all his races by L. M. Daniels, who handles him well. Scotch John has the speed to beat 2:10 some -day when everything is favorable. He is by Tomonco 34197, and is out of a mare by Kentuckv Baron, a son of Baron Wilkes. He was named after the father of his owner, who was known all over Butte county, where he was a farmer, as "Scotch John" Colm. IN TRAINING AT WALLA WALLA. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Paderewski 2:07%, the most brilliant trotter that is following the Great Western Circuit, looks capable of a mile in 2:05, and is game and reliable. "Paddy" had a rather remarkable career before he finally developed into a fast trotter. His owner, Charles Campbell of Jerseyville, 111., is a large dealer in live stock, and he used the little sorrel geding as a sadder, riding him on trips over the country after cattle and hogs, and he is a first-rate saddle horse. He was put into training about three years ago and aftei several weeks" work he grew a little track weary, was inclined to sulk and refused to trot, and Mr. Campbell offered to sell him for a very small price. Later on he got all over his sulkiness and is now a perfectly mannered trotter. Mr. Christenson's mare Reina Directum had the easiest kind of a time winning the silver cup for trotters owned by members of the Park Amateur Driving Club at the State Fair last Monday. There were only three starters in the race and Reina Direc- tum simply romped in a winner in every heat with the fastest time, 2:22%. Mr. Frank Burke's* Siesta and Mr. G. Wempe's Plumada were the other con- testants. In the forenoon when Mr. Christenson jogged Reina Directum on the track she became suddenly ill, corded up. and seemed a very sick mare. A veterinarian was called in and after the mare had been steamed with hot blankets over the loins, she got better and was feeling so well when the race was called that Mr. Christenson decided to start her. She came out of the race all right. Some interesting notes of the trotters now in training at the Walla Walla, Washington, track, were printed in the Union of that place recently and from them we make the following extracts: The annual races to be held at the local track from October 4 to 9 of this year promise to be very inter- esting and some fast going is assured. There are many good horses from all parts of the northwest training at the local track and they are showing up fine. William Hogoboom and F. M. Barrows are developing some very fast goers. Mr. Hogoboom has a stable that would be hard to beat anywhere. General Hurtis, Walla Walla's favor- ite, has been a mile in 2:12. He went this mile on July 4th in an exhibition. By the way, this horse is looking fine and will be awful hard to beat in the big stakes. Hogoboom's star trotter, Lida Carter, by Stam B. out of Lida W., the dam of Nutwood Wilkes, has been a mile in 2:11%. This was a most remarkable performance, as the track was fully two seconds slow and she was hitched to a cart when she did it. California will have to be at her best if she tops the summary in the big stake at Salem, as this mare is every inch a race horse. Mary Mims has been miles around 2:20 with a quarter in 32 seconds. She won two races, one at Waitsburg, and the other here on the fourth of July. Teddy A. and Honey Boy, a green trotter by Antrim, worked a mile in 2:18, last quarter in 32 seconds. Elsie' Norte, a three-year-old pacer, has been a mile in 2:21% very handy. The handsome son of Peter the Great, Blue Peter 2:16, has just finished a very successful season in the stud, but he was not worked very much, as the breeding was pretty heavy and his owner concluded not to work him any more at present. Lizzie Dillon, a two-year-old trotter by Sidney Dillon, has been a mile in 2:35, hut unfor- tunately she was not in the State long enough to be able to start her. She is a fast filly and one of the prettiest gaited trotters ever bred. Ken West is looking fine and working steady. There is considerable excitement here over a yearling race for the fall meet. It has received about twelve en- tries for trotters or pacers, hopples barred. Mr. Hogoboom has a yearling filly by Teddy A. that in 22 days from the time it was first harnessed trotted a full mile in 3:17. She certainly gives great prom- ise of being a good trotter. George A. Kelly has about six head, all sired by his good son of McKinney, Bonnie McK. His yearling trotted a quarter in 43 seconds. Bonkin is working fine, but hasn't been a mile faster than 2:24%. Horace Ince has charge of Judge Brent's horses. Cotosca, a two-year-old by Senator H., has been a mile in 2:40 and is improving every day. Jim Ervin has about fifteen head in his stable and he has some good green ones among them. Mc- Alropa, by McKinney, has lately been added to his "bunch," but he hasn't been let down so consequently can't get much of a line on him. Zoloek 2:05% has had an excellent season in the stud. F. M. Barrows has about eight head and among them is Katrinka Norte, a three-year-old by the "guideless wonder," that is fast as a bullet. J. H. Pridemore has just started a stable, but it is two early to try them out much yet. Dr. F. A. Morris, the well known veterinarian, from Freewater, Oregon, is over here working Rob- ert Bingen, by Bingen 2:06%, dam by Ambassador, second dam Santos, by Grand Sentinel, the dam of Peter the Great 2:07%. If breeding counts for any- thing this ought to be sufficient. L. D. Lott of Lost Chance fame, has a yearling, a grandson of Chance, that is entered in the colt race. This fellow is a pacer, but the boys that have the trotters are apparently not afraid of the side- wheelers. Chas. E. Naylor has a yearling sired by his horse King Alexis 2:20%. called Ronaldo, that paced a quarter in 48 seconds and he will be a formidable candidate in this race. o ■ The California bred trotter Dr. Leek 2:09%, now nearly twenty years old, was sold at auction in New York last month for $205. Few horsemen among the hundred who gave him a passing glance as he was sold knew the story of the gallant old gelding or remembered that Monday morning when his name was in the headlines of nearly every newspaper in the country linked with that of the present Secretary of State of the United States. It was Doctor Leek that trotted a mile to pole with Wert in 2:10% over the Brunot's Island track at Pittsburg, driven by P. C. Knox, when their time was the fastest that had ever been made by two trotters in double harness, and it was this performance which first made Mr. Knox widely known to the mass of people outside the State of Pennsylvania. He had paid $9500 to John Donovan of St. Joseph Mo., for Wert, 2:15% and B. C. 2:15%, in the spring of 1S99, and shortly after- ward bought Doctor Leek to replace the latter horse in the team. The best time on record was then 2:12%, made by Belle Hamlin and Honest George, with Ed. Geers driving, and when their long standing record was eclipsed by a newly matched pair with a Pittsburg amateur behind them it caused a sen- sation which had scarcely been equalled since Wil- liam H. Vanderbilt drove Maud S. and Aldine to pole in 2:15% at Fleetwood Park, in 1883. Dr. Leek was bred by Count Valensin, was sired by Sidney and his dam was Miss Roy by Buccaneer. He was named for a well known dentist of this city, who owned him several years. Nothing but the routine jogging and fooling with the yearlings was done at Agricultural Park last week. The weather for several days has been so intensely hot that both the trainers and their charges felt it and took things easily. Frank Woods let Wm. Garland's two-year-old filly by Bon Voyage step a nice mile in 2:28% with a quarter in 35 seconds and a three-year-old bay geld- ing by Petigru out of the dam of Wicki-Wicki a mile in 2:30%, but the last eighth Wood caught in 15% seconds. This fellow goes of course on a pace but has really had very little work and his speed as- tonished everyone. The two Canfield yearlings are doing nicely for Harry Thomas, the Redlac filly is as pleasant a driver as an old horse and jogs off and guides as if it was all an old story to her. The other filly by Walter Barker, dam Mamie Elizabeth the dam of Volante 2:13% is or will be as handsome as her distinguished half brother, but she is quite a hand- ful as she has a good deal of her dam's disposition and wants to have her own way, but even now she is gaited like a trotter. Volante's race at Sacramento yesterday shows that I did not have him over-estimated in my letters this summer to the "Breeder and Sportsman," and his quarter in 30% seconds looks as if my prophecy of 2:10 for him this season would be easily verified. In the death last Sunday morning of Mr. Henry N. Henderson the Los Angeles Driving Club lost an old and valued member. He came to this city from New York about nine years ago and immediately took an interest in matinee racing and the affairs of the Driving Club. He always owned a number of good horses, among others Ole, Phoenix, Henry N. and the mare Ida Millerton that Walter Maben is campaigning this season through the California Cir- cuit. There was no more popular owner with the trainers and "boys" at Agricultural Park than he and no man more interesting to listen to in his reminiscences of men and horses of years ago when the Fashion track on Long Island was in the hey-dey of its glory. Mr. Henderson has been an invalid for a year or more and though able until the last week or two to drive about behind his favorite team Don and mate, he suffered intensely from a com- plication of troubles though it was diabetes that caused his death. Almost his last instructions were concerning his pet road horse, the gray gelding Don and these were carried out last night when the old horse was chloroformed and so sent to the "happy hunting grounds" rather than run the risk of neg- lect or abuse in his old age. Mr. Henderson was a member of the board of directors of the Los An- geles Driving Club at the time of bis death and among his pallbearers were President E. J. Delaney, Dr. Wm. Dodge and Mr. James Smith. The funeral was from his late residence, 860 Lake street and the interment in Riverside cemetery. C. T. Hewett leaves this week with L. J. Christo- pher's mare Zombretta for Tulare and Bakersfleld where she is entered in the 2:24 and 2:14 trots and will start in any specials that may be given. Walter Maben is expected back after the Sacra- mento meeting and will probably turn A. B. Miller's Zommel and Queer Knight over to some one else to campaign through the Washington and Oregon Cir- cuit. Geo. W. Ford was in town last week as pleased as a boy with his first pair of boots at the, perform- ance of his stud Goldennut and was then on his way to Sacramento to "play" him again and put another "crimp" in the bankrolls of the followers of the "field end" of the 2:12 trotters. Charlie Nickerson's moustache has disappeared, but whether he deliberately shaved it off or whether the wind blew it off in one of the fast miles he has been riding behind the three-year-old pacer Belle Pepper by Silver Coin is an open question. If the latter is the case Vance- better take warning and put the breaks on Red McK. Arrangements are progressing toward the new track stables, grand stand and fence at Agricultural Park and as soon as the estimates are turned in, which will be the last of the week or the first of next things may be expected to get under way. The courts, I understand, have ordered the necessary condemnation proceedings, begun on the property in the neighborhood of the park that is required for avenues of approach and work will not be much longer delayed. Nearly $25,000 has been pledged already toward the track and necessary buildings, and as soon as the amount the specifications call for is announced it will be very easy to secure the balance as there are several very rich and liberal men interested in the future of the harness horse and matinee racing that have not as yet been ap- proached for a subscription. Robt. A. Smith has returned from a trip East. He was at the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting and is enthusiastic over the gray trotter Douglass in Lon McDonald's string. He also saw some good mati- nee racing at Belmont in Philadelphia, a green trot- ter winning there to speed wagon in 2:13 with a half in 1:03% and selling after the race for $3500 to Mr. James Cook who is a winner at the horse shows at Madison Square Garden and Atlantic City in the classes for roadsters. Mr. Smith has a photo- graph of Country Jay breaking the record under saddle, that Mr. Estabrook sent him. JAMES. Some extra good matinee and racing prospects have been consigned to the Chase Fall sale to be held in this city on the 20th inst. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. AT THE TRAPS. T'nder a bright August sky. with the weather con- ditions ideal for the sport, 117 of the most expert trap shots in the t'nited States on the morning of August 24th at Seattle, Wash., launched the fourth Pacific Coast Handicap of the Interstate Association, under the auspices of the West Seattle Gun Club. Twentv States, stretching over a territory as broad as the country, were represented by prominent profes- sionals and amateur shooters who started a compe- tition that was by all odds, the most important shootins event ever held in the Northwest. Bright and early in the morning, after the practice shoot of (he previous day, the contestants appeared on the grounds anxious for the three days' battle to heein. Shortly before 9 o'clock the men were shifted to their squads and fifteen minutes later the tide Gats and neighboring hills reverberated with the sound of the guns. The shooting line with the customary posts had been "lined off with sawdust and taubark, and live traps sent the scurrying birds before them. Behind the line were ranged the ammunition and resting tents, whose white canvas loomed up brightly from the sand. The program called for five 15-target events in the forenoon and four 20 target and a 10 double target race in the afternoon, which were open to amateurs only. Manufacturers' agents and other professionals were permitted to enter for "birds only." It did not take the experts long to get familiar with the grounds as well as the birds, and there were plenty of good morning scores. In the forenoon shooting the best amateur score was made by G. V. Deering of Columbus. Wis., who missed but two of the elusive little disks out of a possible 75. Then came E. D. Fannin. Fred Ellett of Keithsburg, 111., and E. W. Cooper, all of whom shot 72 out of a possible 75. Lee Barkley. of Seattle, who was picked by many as a very likely winner of the professional honors, started in the morning contests shooting like a fiend. Out of seventy-five chances the local expert missed but once, and he accepted so many difficult chances that time and again the enthusiasts on the line showed their appreciation of this sterling perform- ance by giving the Seattle man a large package of well-deserved applause. Barkley was followed closely by Ed O'Brien of Florence, Kan.; Fred Gilbert, Tom Marshall, Bill Ridley and E. W. Cooper, who made good 72 out of a possible 75 each. "That's not very nifty shooting," said Tom Mar- shall, who is probably one of the best known trap shots in the country, as he came back and took a seat for a rest. He had broken 73 out of 75. "The grounds are a little deceptive, I think, but to my mind they are about the finest I have ever shot over. We are going to have a fine tournament; I can see that at a glance as I look over all the old comrades.' The West Seattle Gun Club should be congratulated for the manner the shoot is being conducted. We shall have a fine time and I feel certain that some very excellent scores will be made." The high guns for the day were G. V. Dering 171 out of 175. E. D. Farmin and S. A. Huntley 167 each. W. Henderson 165. Fred Gilbert was high profes- sional 170 out of 175. Lee Barkley and Ed. O'Brien 166 each, L. A. Gates 165. Shooting at doubles, Event S, Gilbert broke 20 straight, Dering and C. E. Cook got 19 and Farmin, Brakney, Foltz, Gates, Henderson, Cramer, G. Holo- han, broke 18 each. In the midst of a driving rain, which drove the shooters to their oil skins, the squads entered upon the second day of the tourney shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning. A fog, low and dense, hovered over the tide flats during the early hours of the day and the targets from the traps, due to this handicap, became very deceptive. Other than the fact that the storm sometimes partly obscured the birds the experts did not seem to bother much about the weather conditions. They stuck to their posts on the firing line throughout the day, just as if they liked it. Old "Pop" Budd was the merriest one in the party, the veteran bobbing in and out of the tents and greeting old friends with the spirit of a two-year old. It was evident in the early part of the day that the shooting of the second day would surpass the brilliant exhibition of the first day, in spite of the adverse conditions. In the forenoon five fifteen target events were shot, in which 119 shooters en- tered. Huntley, McLaughlin and Ridley broke 73 each, Dering. Ditto, Junker and Stacey cracked out 72 each. O'Brien, Gilbert and Barkley broke 73. Post on, Marshall. Reid and W. A. Robertson scored 72. The Preliminary Handicap started in the after- noon with 112 shooters entered. The conditions were: 80 single and 10 double rises, 57 entrance, targets included; handicaps 16 to 23 yards (21 yards was the heaviest handicap imposed), $100 added to the purse, first money and a trophy from the Interstate Association to the winner. In shooting doubles con- testants were advanced two yards from handicap distance. This event was open to amateurs only, the "pros" shot for birds. The lively pace started in the morning dropped a little when the shooters lined up in the 20-target sections on the handicap marks, as will be noted by a perusal of the scores. When the squads were through firing, the picked favorites were some- what distanced by the 93 scores. E. E. Ellis of Seat- tle, 18 yards, and Carl R. Adelman of Boise, Idaho. 17 yards, who had both been consistently pegging away at targets for two days came to the front and got into line for first place and tied. On the shoot off Adelman won with one target to spare, 17 to 16, The next men up were J. L. McLaughlin 92 and W. Wetleaf 51. B. W. Clancy led the professionals with 94, Fred Gilbert and Jack Forbes each broke 93. The third event was the double shoot — a race that is steadily growing in favor with trap shots and will probably be featured to a greater extent next season at many club grounds. The high scores were shot by Gilbert, Poston, Marshall, Forbes, Clancy, Brakney and Bryant 19 each. C. R. Adelman broke 18 and Ellis 17 in this event. Haight, Forbes. Henderson, Spratley. Van Pelt. Moody, Fulton, Bryant and C. R. Thompson got 18 each. During the morning in fifteen target events the high men were: Huntley, McLaughlin, Ridlev, Bark- ley, Gilbert, O'Brien, 73 each. On the closing day the shooters were up against bad weather conditions. Gusts of wind blew an in- termittent rain either across the traps or directly in the faces of the men behind the guns. The morning weather was promising, but in the afternoon the rain fell quite heavily at times and the stiff breezes made good shooting difficult. The first squads up at the traps in the afternoon were severely handicapped by the wind and rain and the records were very low. Half way through this event the rain ceased and a semblance of sunshine was spread over the tide flats, where the shoot took place. When Frank E. Foltz of McClure, O., hung up his score of ninety-six, the wise ones figured him out as a sure winner of the fourth Pacific Coast Handi- cap. In the morning Foltz had shot even better, breaking ninety-nine out of 100 targets in the five regular events of twenty birds each. Then up to the traps stepped the bronzed and jaunty young Southern lad, Johnny Xoel of Nash- ville, Tenn, and be began breaking the blue rocks in a way that caused even the veteran professionals to watch him. Noel went up to his last twenty birds with but two misses. At the outset of his last section of twenty he missed one. Then he broke fifteen straight. The seventeenth was a low straight- away. Noel shot under it, thus losing his certaintv of first place. He said afterward that he had trouble getting his gun set right at his shoulder. But he wasn't bothered in the shoot-off of the tie, when he broke twenty with automatic regular and won the trophy. William Wetleaf was third with 94. H. W. Veit- meyer was the only one of the professionals to beat 92. He made 93. A lot of great scores were hung up in the morn- ing. Lee Barkley and Fred Gilbert ran up 97, and then Hugh Poston, of San Francisco, stuck up 9S. This looked good until Foltz came along with his record of 99, the best made during the tournament. J. L. McLaughlin of Seatile, and Veitmever also made 98. There were 113 entries in the fourth Pacific Coast Handicap, the conditions wen-e: 100 targets, un- known angles, $10 entrance, targets included ' $200 added. Interstate Association trophy and first money to the winner. Open to amateurs only. The high guns in the handicap were- J H Noel 96, F. E. Foltz 96, W. Wetleaf 94. C. W. Budd 92 R R. Meisenheimer 92, M. W. Pennington 92 H Mc- Elroy 91, G. Van Pelt 91. The professional high aver- ages were: H. W. Vietmeyer 93, Ed O'Brien 91, Fred Gilbert 90. High amateur average in all of the regular events 330 targets: Guy V. Dering of Columbus. Wis , 320' S. A. Huntley 316, Woolfolk Henderson 314. High professional averages, in all of the, regular target events: L. R. Barclay, 321 out of 330, Fred Gilbert 320, Ed O'Brien 319. Monday, August 23d was practice dav, the sched- ule was five 20 target races, 16 yards, $2 entrance per event, Rose system S-5-3-2. Sweepstakes op- tional. Frank C. Riehl. F. A. Dryden and Fred Gilbert were high guns with the good score of 97 each out of 100. The other scores were: Harry Ellis 96, Lee Bark- ley 96, H. E. Poston 95. W. W. Caldwell 95, C. H. Ditto 98. S. A. Huntley 95. E. D. Farmin 95, L. N. Reed 94, M. W. Pennington 94. Bob Allen 94, D. A. Robinson 94, J. E. Cullison 93, G. Nelson 93, M. Skeen 93, Ed Arnold 93, Geo. Miller 92, K. C. Shepard- son 91. P. J. Holohan 91, G. E. Stacey 91, H. Junker 91, R. P. Meisenheimer 91, C. R. Adelman 91, J. L. McLaughlin 91, S. A. Fulton 91, S. Johnson 91, Clar- ence A. Haight 91, J. E. Enyart 90, C. Wagner 90. J. C. Jensen 90, S. Williams 90, J. A. Forbes 90. W. F. Willet S9, J. F. Smails 89, R. H. Miller 89, W. C. Robertson 89, J. T. Skelly SS, T. A. Babcock 88. Dell Cooper SS. L. S. Dahl SS, R. H. Baldwin 88. Ed Brakney SS, L. L. Burtenshaw SS, J. Cooper 87, T. B. Ware Si, X. D. Thorp 87, A. G. Adelman S7, D. B. Sanders S7, W. A. Robertson 87, L. E. Stephens 87, B. Pleiss S7, H. R. Kramer S7, H. Garrison 86, .1. G. Naquin 86, L. A. Gates 86, J. F. Hillis 86, F. Hardy S4. J. Kirnast 83. B. Eastman S3, G. F. Julian S3, F. Schiess SO, D. W. King SO, F. Bryant 7S. Jones Scoot 7 ;, A. O. Porter 74, C. C. McNealv 72, F Phis- cator 67, P. A. Purdy 52. First day, August 24th, 1909 — Targets. |15]15|15|15|15 Events. i 2 3 4 5| G. \. Dering. ,15:15,15 13 15 •Fred Gilbert 15 14 13 15 15: S. A. Huntley ;15|15il4,13!l4 E. D. Farmin 13 15 15 15 14 •Lee Barkley ,14,15,15 15 15 •Ed O'Brien |15!llil4ll4il5 W. Henderson 11 15|15 14jl5 L A. Gates ,14 14 14 15 14 John Xoel ]l4114|l5|l3|15 20 20 20 6 7 8 2" 20 is 20 2" 2 0 2- 2" i: IS 20 IS 20 is 15 20|20 16 19 20 IS 2 0 W. Ridley •H. E. Poston •W. F. Willet *H. W. Veitmeyer. F. E. Foltz E. W. Cooper J. G. Naquin G. W. Miller R. W. Clancy Ed Arnold •L H. Reid J. L. McLaughlin.. C. A Thorpe W. W. Caldwell •Harry Ellis D. A. Robinson.... K. C. Shepardson.. Fred Ellett R. R. Meisenheimer S. Johnson J. E. Cullison A. Bishop William Wetleaf . . M. Skeen J. H. Elson Hugh McElroy M. w. Pennington . •Tom Marshall •F. C. Riehl *D. W. King. C. E. Cook. R. H. Miller Frank Woody Ed Brakney Fred Dryden •Jack Forbes J. Converse E. E. Ellis P. A. Purdy J. J. Law •P. J. Holohan T. B. Ware T. H. Clay J. F. Smailes J. E. Rice X. D. Thorp H. Garrison W. S. McLaughlin. . H. R, Cramer H. Junker Dell Cooper Charles Wagner . . . G. E. Stacey Guy Holohan L Burtenshaw .... A. E. Guist Charles Holcomb . J. C. Jensen A. G. Keister Dr. Spratlev •E. G. White A. Adleman George Van Pelt... H. P. Jacobson •W. A. Robertson.. L. S. Dahl C. W. Budd A. K. Copson J. E. Enyart B. C. Thompson. . . . B. Eastman L. E. Stephens Jones Scott George Julian D. B. Sanders E. Young W. Fleet. H. Ditto T. Hi 15 15 14 14 14 1-t 13 12,15,15 '" 14 15.14,13 15 15 14 13 13 13 14 14 i: 15 15|15 14 14 14 14 14 IS 14 15 12 13 15 13 14 15 11 14 15 14 14 14,15 13,15 15 14 13 14 14' 14 14 13 14 15 15 1314 IS IS 19 16 IS 13 20 15 IS, 16 iv i: 19, IS 20 15 14:13 14 13 1115 14 11 14 14 1513 15 14 15 12 15 1, 15 15 14 14 15 10 15 15 11 14 14 9 13 14 14 14 12 15 15 15 13 12 15 14 14 15 13 14 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 14 13 11 14 14!l4,ll 17 IS 16 IS IS 17 19 IS 17 17 20 14 17 IS 14 IS 19 14 17 IS 14 IV Is 13 Is lv 15 19 15 20 14 17 15 j|l 171 170 167 167 166 166 165 165 163 163 162 162 162 161 IS 17 161 2o IS 160 IS Is 16" IS 17 160 19|19|159 " 0 1 3 V IV 2i, 15 V 1- 2" 15V 19 IS 159 IS 20 15S 158 175 158 153 13 14 1115 15 14 131-5 15 11114 15 14 13 13 14 14 14 13 15 13J13 15 10,14 1515 14,1214 14 14 14 13 1 13 14|15 II 14 12 14 14 14 13 14 Oil 15 14 15 15 13 14 13 11 14 13 14 10 11 1 12 13 13 13 15 14 14 1313 14 11 11' 13 15 1 14 13 1114 1, 12 13 13 13 13 15 15 13 15112 12 13'15 13 13 12 IS 1413 13 11 911|1415 12 15 12 12 15 10 12 14 13 15 14 14 14 10 14 13,15 13:13113 15 14 15 15 13 13 11 15 12 14 11 lo 13 13 12 13 14 13 12 12 11 13 14 12 14 11 13 12 14 14 10 14 14 12 14 13 12 13 11 13 13 12 13 14 15 12 13 13 14 13 14 13,15 12,12 I! 12 13 11 14 13 13 13 14 15 IS 17 17 ,' , , ; 17 IS 16 20 IS 14 IV IS 16 17 IS 16 15 IV 17 16 IV 14 IV IS 17 17 IV IV 16 17 13 15 IV 13 16 17 IS IS IS 17 IS IS 13 Is IS 11 IS IS 13 171711 15 20 II IS IV 13 15 17 IT IV 17 16 16 16 14 IS 17 15 IS 17 13 15 1S|15 15 16 lo 18ll6|18 16 IS 13 15 IS 12 16 is 14 15 17 IS 17 IS 15 IV 16 13 16 13 II 14 IS 14 IS IS' 16 19,15 16 2 16,20 ] is, 20 : 17 iv : 17 19 I 19119,15s 17,19;15S IV 19 15 S 20 IS 15S 20 19 158 17,17,157 20 19 157 20 1S|157 16.18 157 IS 20 137 13 IS 157 IS IS 156 19 1S]155 15 17 155 16 IS 135 IS 17 134 15. 19 154 15 IS 133 19 17 153 IV IS 133 16 Is 133 16 IV 132 20 16 132 IV IS 132 20 2" 152 IS IV 151 IS IS 13! IS IS 151 IS 20 151 19 17 150 IS IS 150 IS IS 13.i IS 16 150 15 IS 130 17 15 149 16 2 0 14S 17 IS 14S 149 17 15 12 16 17 14 16ll8 13 17J17J11 16 15 11 16 IS 13 2o 20 11 12 IS 16 19 20 18 IX 17 17 19 16 7* 16 19 IS is IS •!il 16 17 17 17 IS 17 16 1 , is 3 0 17 16 19 IS is 1 7 17 16 17 E. D. C. J. R. E. Allen Hlll2jl3ll4ll3 C. Adleman 15 15 15 12 14 B. G. Pleiss '13 13'13 12 12 J. G. Weatherwax '12 14 13 12 14 •F. W. Sumner 113 13ll5!llil3 J. Cooper 14 14 14 11 14 Dr. S. A. Fulton 13 12114 15 15 M. S. Williams 14 13 12 12 10 J. Ruppee 14110 13 1114 •Chris Gottleib 91113:12 14 H. T. Denha.m 15 14111 10 11 H. D. Smart 10'l4 13:lo!ll F. Schiess 13112 lljll, 12 •C. A. Haight 11 15 13 12 14 L. L. Bean Illll3|l3 10 12 T. A. Babcock Il3'12ll2 10111 Charles Logan 11 ll'lO 12ll2 •J. T. Skelly 13 13110 8 11 J. A. Dagne 1213 14 13 12 Frank Bryant 1113 12 10 13 J. Kirnast 12 11 13 7 12 •F. Phiscator S 12 13 11 11 A. Blair I 9 9 S.6' 9 W. Davidson S 1013! 51 8 C. E. Lain 11 10 9 S 5 *W. L. Robertson 13 11 15 14 14 •A. McNealy 112 14 9 10 9 J. Pearson 12114 11 11 10 James Stevenson | 7| 5| 5|l0 11 16 14 17 13 13 17 13 14 IS 14 16 17 12 17 IS 12 17 IS 14 17 17 10 16 15 14 12 IS 13 17 13 12 16 16 11 15 14 13 13 IV II 14 IS 14 16 IV 13 17 17 13 16 13 12 17 IV 14 13 17 II 15 16 13 17 17 13 17 14 11 17 13 11 16 14 13 15 13 14 13 13 13 12 IS 11 6 19 10 10 13 7 1 S 1 6 . . 10 .. .. 148 148 148 148 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 147 146 146 146 145 16 145 IS 13 143 IS 16 144 36 IS 144 17 17 144 12 19 144 17 16 144 15 Is 143 33 17 143 13 17 142 Iv 15 142 34 17 142 16 14 142 17 16 141 17!l6il!i) 15 IS 140 lv 12 140 16 17 13S 17 17 13 6 14 13 136 17 17 136 16 17 135 15 17 135 16 IS 131 14 12 131 12 14 130 13 IS 12S 9ll4 120 16 20 IIS II 12 102 .. '.'. i6i .. .. 64 .. .. 58 •Professional. Event No. S. 10 double rises. Second day, August 25th, 1909 — Targets. Events. S A. Huntley •F. Gilbert J. L McLaughlin 15 15 15 15 15 1 2 3 4 ■-, In It. 14 15 ! J 14 1.-, 14 15 15 lo 14 14 15 15 Saturday, September i, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN •L Earkley •Ed O'Brien William Ridley . . . C. A. Thorpe •W. A. Robertson G. E. Stacey J. T. Smailes •L. H. Reid E. W. Cooper H. Junker «T. A. Marshall . . . •H. E. Poston G. V. Dering C. H. Ditto L. A. Gates -H. Ellis 15|15jl3 T. C. R J. F. F. C H. B. D. G. W. A. K. C. Shepardson *H. W. Vietmeyer Ed Brakney F. "Woody J. J. Law A. G. Adelman A. W. Bishop J. G. Naquin Geo. Miller •Jack Forbes •W. F. Willet H. McElroy •R. W. Clancy «F. C. Riehl Del Cooper D. A. Robinson *C. A. Haight A. E. Guist *F. W. Summer S. A. Fulton B. Ware Adleman R. Meisenheimer E. Enyart Dryden E. Foltz W. Budd Fred EUett E. D. Farmin John Noel R. H. Miller H. W. Spratley J. H. Elson Guy Holohan C. Holcomb M. W. Pennington A. G. Keister J. E. Rice J. G. Weatherwax *D. W. King •P. J. Holohan M. Skeen J. C. Jensen R. H. Baldwin G. Shea J. Kirnast E. Ellis P. A. Purdy R. E. Allen L. S. Dahl »E. G. White W. W. Caldwell J. A. Dagne D. W. Fleet P. Jacobson G. Pleiss B. Sanders Van Pelt S. McLaughlin K. Copson William Wetleaf T. H. Clay H. Garrison J. Converse L_ E. Stephens G. Julian *W. L. Robertson F. Schiess H. D. Smart H. R. Cramer J. E. Cullison •J. T. Skelly J. T. Hillis Jones Scott M. S. Williams J. Cooper Ed Arnold N. D. Thorp »C. Gottlieb . T. A. Babcock A. Blair H. E. Johnson «C. M. Logan B. C. Thompson C. E. McLain F. Bryant L. L. Burtenshaw B. S. Eastman W. H. Lambert C. E. Cook *T. J. McAndrew C. T. McLaughlin A- C. Scott F. R. Atkins W. E. Davison *F. Phiscator R. C. Ross •A. McNealy Preliminary Handicap — Targets. Events Yds. •R. W. Clancy 19 »*»C. R. Adelman 17 •»E. E. Ellis IS *F. Gilbert 21 •Jack Forbes IS J. D. McLaughlin 19 Wm. Wetleaf 19 S. A. Fulton 16 SW. A. Robertson 17 Chas. Wagner 18 M. Skeen 19 F. E. Foltz 19 C. H. Ditto 19 W. Henderson 21 H. W. Vietmeyer 18 *H. E. Poston 20 John Noel 18 F. Schiess 16 C. A. Thorpe IS Ed Brakney 17 J. G. Nauquin 18 D. W. Fleet 16 F. "Woody 17 T. B. Ware 18 •Ed O'Brien 21 G. V. Dering 20 •Harry Ellis 19 L. A. Gates 19 H. W. Spratley 18 H. Junker 18 •W. F. Willet 19 Ed Arnold 17 F. Dryden 18 R. H. Miller 18 S. A. Huntley 20 H. McElroy 19 K. C. Shepardson 19 15115173 14 15 73 15[14|73 14,14 7" 1414 15,15 15 15 13.15 15 14 15 14|14ilSj 15il5;14 "" 15 15 14 15 13 13|15 11 i 10 55 12153 10 52 45 36 ->.o 30 80 20 20 1 2 3 4 i IS 19 19 m lx 19 19 IS 19 IX 17 •Ml 17 Ml 19 18 IS 19 17 ::n 1H 21) IS 19 ■j" 1X IS 17 19 ■:n 18 19 16 in 19 15 19 18 211 18 "I, HII 15 1 1 IX lx 17 16 19 -ii IS 19 1.x 17 IX 16 19 IS IS III V, 2(1 lb 20 1 x IS lx IS 19 17 ;:.n 16 IS 1 1 i.; 19 17 19 17 i i IS 15 20 17 in 19 In 20 1 i n; 19 IB IS IS 14 19 17 19 IX 1b 20 IB 19 17 IB IS 15 20 18 II. S. Williams 16 D. B. Sanders 17 T. A. Babcock 16 B S. Eastman 16 G. Julian 16 G. Van Pelt 17 J. E. Cullison 19 •T. A. Marshall 18 A. W. Bishop 17 C. Holcomb 17 E. W. Cooper 17 A. E. Guist 17 J. H. Elson 17 C. W. Budd IS H. Garrison 18 R H. Baldwin 16 F. R. Atkins 16 Del Cooper IS •P. J. Holohan IS •F. C. Riehl 20 •J. T. Skelly 18 J. E. Rice 16 A. G. Adelman 16 D. A. Robinson 18 G. E. Stacey 18 R. E. Allen 16 •W. L. Robertson 16 Jones Scott 16 H. D. Smart 16 L. G. Dahl 17 Guy Holohan 17 J. T. Hillis 17 T. H. Clay 18 *D. W. King 18 E. D. Farmin 19 A. K. Copson 16 Wm. Ridley 19 •L. H. Reid 18 W. S. McLaughlin 16 M. W. Pennington 17 •Lee Barkelev 21 Geo. Miller 18 J. Cooper 17 H. R. Cramer 17 B. C. Thompson 16 J. G. Weatherwax 16 L. E. Stephens 17 N. D. Thorp 17 W. W. Caldwell 18 J. E. Enyart 18 J. F. Smails 18 A G. Keister 17 H. E. Johnson 16 *C. A. Haight 17 B. G. Pleiss 17 •F. W. Sumimr 16 J. Converse 17 •C. Gotlieb 18 L. L. Burtenshaw 16 F. Bryant 16 H. P. Jacobson 17 Fred EUett 19 R. C. Ross 16 C. T. McLaughlin 16 P. A. Purdy IS R. R. Meisenheimer IS C. E. Cook 17 W. H. Lambert 16 J. G. Startup 16 •C. W. Logan 16 •J. W. Edwards 16 •F. Phiscator 16 •E. G. White 18 W. E. Davidson 16 •A. J .Hamlin 16 III 20 17 IB IB IX 19 IB 17 ' . IS IS 14 in IS 1 ; lx 16 16 m 1 x -ii IB 19 16 i , -ii lx 15 IB ID IS 16 17 16 IX 16 in 17 IB 1> IB 15 17 111 lb 1 . 17 ■ii 1 i lx -,i 15 16 1 7 111 lx 16 IB 1 , 19 in 13 111 IB 17 1 7 16 18 lx lx 18 l 1 17 IB 16 19 IB 19 IB 17 19 15 lx IS .; IK 16 111 16 IK 16 1 4 -II 19 16 17 14 19 in 15 19 14 IX lx 1 , 16 16 17 lx 16 16 17 17 IS in 16 14 19 111 1 . 19 14 17 I'l IS 19 13 lx 15 17 16 13 lx 19 l.i In 17 17 19 16 18 13 19 1 i 15 lx 14 17 lx IK 18 1 1 19 13 in 17 9 19 lx lx IK 13 16 1 1 15 -.i 1- in IB 15 15 ni in IV 13 1b 17 m lx in 19 12 19 1 B l , 18 IX 19 IB 19 lx 10 18 17 16 17 10 lx 211 1 i" IB 14 17 17 15 14 14 l.i ;'ii 19 1 i 9 IS lx HI 12 15 IS 20 15 IS 18 13 lx IK IS 14 17 1 4 18 16 14 15 18 17 17 In 16 16 1 ,' lx 1" 1 : 19 IB 17 IB IX 14 16 IS 11 IS 17 17 IB 15 18 14 18 IS 1 1 IB I , 12 IS IS 15 16 15 19 V 17 m 17 19 13 17 13 16 15 14 17 16 IB IB 14 14 lx 13 16 IM 19 17 17 17 in In 14 13 Hi 12 15 17 1 , 16 111 15 18 IS 14 9 I'- IB 111 211 11 ll 16 14 111 1* 17 IB 13 17 I' 17 17 m 13 17 15 9 IM 16 12 15 IB IB 16 9 l.i IB IB 16 II 14 1 B IB 15 1- 15 111 IM 13 ].-■ 14 IB 10 17 14 15 15 10 12 14 16 19 16 •Professional. ***Shoot off of tie — 17; winner. ••Shoot off of tie — 16. Event No. 3. 10 double rises. Third day, August 26th, 1909 — Targets. 20 Events. 1 F. E. Foltz 19 20 •H. W. Vietmeyer 19 20 •H. E. Poston 20 20 J. L. McLaughlin 19 20 •Lee Barkley 19 19 *F. Gilbert 20 20 Fred EUett 20 20 •Ed O'Brien 19 20 Geo. Miller IS 20 G. V. Dering 18 20 L. A. Gates 20 IS J. Converse 20 19 W. Henderson 17 20 •W. F. Willet 20 20 H. McElroy 19 19 R. R. Meisenheimer 19 20 "Wm. Wetleaf 19 19 *L. H. Reid 19 19 •Harrv Ellis 19 20 R. H. Miller 17 20 •D. W. King 19 20 E. D. Farmin 17 20 K. C. Shepardson 20 17 J. J. Law 19 19 D. B. Sanders 19 19 M. Skeen 19 18 •F. C. Riehl 19 20 S. A. Huntley 19 19 •R. W. Clancy 19 20 •J. Forbes IS 19 •W. A. Robertson 19 20 Ed Braknev 19 19 J. Noel 17 IS G. Van Pelt 20 20 W. W. Caldwell 18 17 T. H. Clay 20 19 E. W. Cooper 20 16 H. Junker 18 19 L. L. Burtenshaw 17 20 H. D. Smart 20 18 A. G. Adelman 17 19 D. A. Robinson IS 20 F. Dryden 16 20 •P. J. Holohan 17 IS P A. Purdy 118 18 J. F. Smails 11918 A. E. Guist 119 17 M. W. Pennington 117 19 G. Julian 119 18 Wm. Ridlev 118 19 •T. A. Marshall 118 20 •R. H. Baldwin IS IS G. Holohan '19 17 J. G. Weatherwax 18 20 •C. A. Haight 18 17 •E. G. White ■ 117 19 C R. Adelman 117 16 •J. T. Skelly 17 17 E. E. Ellis IS JO J. T. Hillis 19 IS " 17 C. A. Thorpe C. E. Cook *W. L. Robertson Jones Scott L. S. Dahl D. W. Fleet T. B. Ware J. E. Enyart J. E. Cullison . . . C. W. Budd Del Cooper 1 IS 19 16117 17118 ■1,1 20 -ii :-! 4 5 20 2" 20 -ii 19 211 19 ill m 1H 20 ■in -ll 19 20 lx 19 211 lx 19 19 -1, IS m IM 19 19 -Ii -i, lx IS 20 211 19 IS -ii 211 -n 19 lx 19 in ■■„ 18 ■in 17 19 IS -n 19 19 -i 19 in 211 IS IS 19 19 -n 18 19 lx lx llli 19 in lx -i lx 19 19 19 1S 19 19 IX ■In in 17 in 17 19 19 19 16 19 19 IS 19 19 18 17 -M 17 lx 19 m -ii lx 1S 1 i 19 -,i lx lx IS 1 1 lx 19 111 18 19 IS V) lx 17 ■m IB lx m IS 19 17 17 211 I 9 zo IB lx ■ni IX -II 16 111 17 m lx 17 :'n lx m lx' lx in 17 lx lx IS IS 18 lx 17 19 17 IX 17 lx in 17 16 19 IS 30 17 20 IS IB ■1" 19 1x 19 m lx 1 ,' 17 17 19 IB 17 lx in IX 17 m ix 17 IS 17 lx lx 19 IS 1 , 18 19 lx IN 17 17 m 16 -ii 19 17 17 17 17 16 lx m 19 16 •C. Gottlieb H- Garrison T. Woody W. S. McLaughlin C. Holcomb J. E. Rice •C. M. Logan J. G. Naquin T. A. Babcock S. A. Fulton L. E. Stephens R. E. Allen B. S. Eastman G. E. Stacy B. G. Pleiss F. Schiess M. S. Williams F. Bryant J. A. Dagne H. P. Jacobson A. K. Copson B. C. Thompson •F. Phiscator J. Cooper Ed Arnold J. C. Jensen A. Blair C. E. McLain •A. C. Scott John Kirnast •J. W. Elias •F. W. Sumner *A. McNealy W. E. Davison Pacific Coast Handicap — Targets. Event. Yds. '•F. K. Foltz 19 •**J. Noel IS Wm. Wetleaf 19 •H. W. Vietmeyer IS A. G. Adelman 16 M. W. Pennington 17 R. R. Weisenheimer 17 C. W. Budd 18 •Ed O'Brien 21 G. Van Pelt 17 H. McElroy 19 •F. Gilbert 21 L. A. Gates 19 K. C. Shepardson 19 J. G. Naquin 18 D. B. Sanders 17 C. Holcomb 17 •H. E. Poston 20 •J. Forbes 19 Wm. Ridley 19 T. B. Ware IS E. D.| Farmin 19 J. L. McLaughlin 19 G V. Dering 20 T. H. Clay 18 W. W. Caldwell IS Harry Ellis 20 D. A. Robinson IS M. Skeen 19 F. Dryden 18 L. S. Dahl 17 S. A. Huntley 20 *R. W. Clancev 20 A. W. Bishop 17 S. A. Fulton 17 R. E. Allen 16 *B. Armstrong 16 *-W. A. Robertson 17 •W. F. Willet 19 •P. J. Holohan 18 C. Wagner 18 •F. C. Riehl 20 P. A. Purdy 18 E. E. Ellis 19 J. F. Smails IS R. H. Miller 18 J. H. Elson 17 A E. Guist 17 J. T. Hillis 17 "A. L. Moltinger 16 W. Henderson 21 J. E. Enyart 18 •C. Gottlieb IS H. Garrison IS Geo. Miller 18 Ed Arnold 17 F. Woody 17 J. Converse 17 H. Junker IS •W. L. Robertson 16 •L. H. Reid 18 E. Brakney 17 F. Bryant 16 B. G. Pleiss 17 J. E. Cullison 19 G. E. Stacey 18 J. E. Rice 16 •F. R. Atkins 16 G. Julian 16 F. Schiess 17 Del Cooper IS •J. T. Skelly 18 C. R. Adelman 19 •T. A. Marshall IS »H. W. Spratley IS «C. A. Haight 17 H. R. Cramer 17 L. E. Stephens 17 •Fred Hardy 16 •J. B. Gordon 16 •D. W. King 18 T. A. Babcock 16 C. A. Thorpe 18 •R. H. Ealdwin 16 •C. M. Logan 16 H. P. Jacobson 17 H. D. Smart 16 B. C. Thompson 16 L. L. Burtenshaw 16 M. S. Williams 16 •T. J. McAndrew 16 C. E. Cook 17 A. K. Copson 16 •Lee Barkley 21 J. C. Jensen IB •R. C. Ross 16 A. Rieekhoff 16 •A. C. Scott 16 •A. L. Hall 16 •J. Kelleher 16 •E. G. White 17 •F. Phiscator 16 Jones Scott 16 J. A. Dagne 16 •J. W. Edwards 16 Fred Ellett ." IS *F. W. Sumner 16 •J. W. Elias 16 •A. McNealy 16 G. Holohan 17 B. S. Eastman 16 •Professional. ••Shoot oft — 17. •••Shoot oft! — 20; winner. Event No. , 10 double rises. 15 IB 19 -., 17 S7 1 ,' IB lx m 17 K7 IB 20116 IB 19 S7 14 1818 in lx xv In IS 15 lx 17 87 lx 15 17 lx In 87 15.19 17 lx lx 87 17 14 19 19 IK X7 17 19 161S 16 86 IB 19 19 1 , 15 86 IX llll 14 IS 16 86 IB 19 l.i l.i -il Sh IB 20 1:, 16 IN X5 1 1 IS IB lx !'-■ 84 17 17 15 is 1 7 K4 ;.; m l.i In in x4 IB 20 17 17 14 84 1 , 16 IB in 15 83 IB lx in IX 15 S3 15 lx 1 i lx lr, S3 1.. 14 m IX 16 82 16 IS 17 14 IB 81 IB 1" lx 1 , 1 - SI 17 1.x lx IB 14 XII IB l.i 1 1" m 79 17 111 1 , 17 16 79 IB in 1 i 1 7 6 12 i. 13 lx In 75 14 IB 1- 15 17 74 111 IB lx IB 15 74 in IB 1S IB 13 67 12 In 14 l.i 9 65 13 15 1 1 14 1 1 64 11 IB 13 IB 11 59 20 2H 1 1 20 19 20 17 19 19 19 IS 17 m IS 18 20 17 16 IS 18 18 15 19 18 15 16 IB 17 IS 17 19 17 17 lx 17 19 14 m IB IB IB 17 18 15 1 16 20 1 20 19 16 15 13 16 16 1 in 20 19 17 16 13 lx 18 17 14 1 16 16 14 15 15 16 16 15 14 19 IS 17 14 17 17 15 12 17 13 13 ix 15 15 IB 12 15 IB 14 14 13 17 17 13.. 14|l4 1619 14 15 18 IB 1 IX 15 15 IB IB IB IB IB 1 1 85 85 85 85 84 S4 84 84 84 S4 S4 S4 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 82 S2 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. A report ot the Tacoma shoot is the following: With many of the best trap shooters in the country competing, high class shooting marked the special events on the traps of the South Tacoma Gun Club at Mountain View station, near Tacoma, Wash., Au- gust 29 The shoot was marred, however, by the lack of sufficient blue rocks. Through a mistake, 3000 of the clay birds were carried beyond the grounds to the Country Club and all efforts of the gun club to have the street car company bring them back were futile. In consequence only six events at 120 targets were shot, instead of 10 events at 200 targets, as the original program read. H E Poston of San Francisco made the high score of the day, breaking 117 out of 120 birds. Fred Gilbert and J. F. Skelly each broke 116. Poston s shooting was remarkable. He broke 99 out of the first 100 birds. G E Stacey was high gun among the amateurs with a score of 112, and Tom Barclay second with HI. . . . The visiting shooters were enthusiastic in their praise of the South Tacoma traps. The scores were Targets. H. E. Poston F. Gilbert J. F. Skelly Stacey Tom Barclay Willet Lee Barkley F. C. Reihl Reid A. G. Adleman J. Cooper Burg Tom Marshall Dr. S. A. Fulton J. Converse W. W. Caldwell J. C. Jensen W. A. Robertson J. Forbes H. Ellis Logan R. Miller E. W. Cooper J. Dagne D. W. King L. S. Dahl Thompson |lg King |14 C. A. Haight 17 Gottlieb |16 C. R. Adleman ]3S|1V Wright |16]13 Cramer I ■ • ! ■ • D. Perrow |17I14 H. T. Denham |1S|17 Penington | . . (20 R. Cady 116 17 15I16|16| Scott |ll|l516|10|..|.. H. Cooper |16|1S|. .|. .| 1719 1918 181171' 120 117 116 116 112 111 111 110 110 110 110 109 108 108 108 108 107 107 107 107 107 107 107 Iverson 0.0 2 12 2 2 0 Faulkner 01200 10 Event 3. 12 pigeons, birds extra, 30 vards rise — Naiiman 2 12 2 1 Holling 2 112 1 Ashcroft 1110 1 Klevesahl 112 2 1 Prior 2 1 0 2 1 Thomas 112 2 1 Rink 12 10 0 Dr. Bodkin 2 2 0 2 1 Faulkner 11011 Event 4, 12 pigeons, birds extra, 30 vards rise — Naunian 22221 Holling 12 111 Prior 10 2 2 1 Webb 2 2 2 2 0 Ashcroft 2 12 11 Thomas 2 1111 Event 5, 12 pigeons, birds extra, 30 vards rise — Nauman 2 2 2 2 2 Webb 2 2 1 2 0 Holling 0 2 12 0 * Dead out. 161106 1711 18|20|14|15tl6 1817|17|15|20 1617|l5|19|16 16 17I17|1S|16 17|15|18|15 15|19|19|17 16|17|17|17 15|16|14|16 19(16|19|.. 12|10|17|r7 106 102 101 101 101 100 100 100 96 96 91 89 88 80 52 34 A live bird shoot of the Golden Gate Gun Club at Ingleside Sunday, August- 29th, closed the club's trap season for 1909. The attendance was rather slim — many members and shooters finding deer and dove shooting, trout and salmon fishing a mid-summer diversion from the powder burning sport that was an irresistible attraction for other scenes of recreation for the time being. A strong lot of birds were provided and a lively shoot supplemented by an appetizing lunch made the meeting for those in attendance an enjoyable affair. One of the features of the shoot was the work of W. H. Price who scored straight in the second 15 bird race at 30 yards rise. Ed Kerrison also shot in good form, 14 straight and the last bird dead out in the first race. Edgar Forster and Geo. Thomas also had straights spoiled by an out of bounds kill. C. C. Naumann shot three 12 bird races and with 3 extra birds scored a total of 39 birds straight during the afternoon, pretty good shooting. Emil Holling killed straight in two 12 bird races. The scores follow: Event 1, 15 pigeons, birds extra, side pool optional, 30 yards rise — L. Prior 12210211221212 2—14 HoeUe 2 2212112202121 1—14 Kerrison 12211211121211 *— 14 Forster 11*11111211111 2—14 Murphv 22202222212222 2—14 Ashcroft 01111112111211 0—13 Murdock 10111112111012 1—13 Webb 2 2202022212221 1—13 Thomas 20121102112011 1—12 Holling 2 220121221*110 1—12 Haugwout 0 0220112112022 2—11 Salmina 12202210112100 1—11 Rink 012102202201*2 1—10 Event 2, 15 pigeons, birds extra, side pool optional, 30 yards rise — Price 22 111122212212 2—15 L. Prior 12212111110221 1—14 Murphy 2 2222221120222 2—14 Kerrison 12211011121212 2—14 Webb 11111111111112 0—14 Ashcroft 11112120211111 1—14 Thomas 112111112*1211 1—14 Holling 12102112212*21 2—13 Rink 12210112112120 0—12 Potter 2 110*112221020 1—11 Salmina 22220201101021 1—11 1 12 11 0 1- -11 0 2 0 2 1 2 2—8 side pool c ptional, 2 2 2 2 2 1 1- -12 1 1111 1 1- -12 1 1112 2 1- -11 0 2 10 1 1 2- -10 1 2 112 0 1- -10 0 2 2 11 0 2- -10 0 2 12 1 2 1- - 9 2 0 0 2 1 1 1- - 9 1 0 110 1 1- - 9 side pool obtional, 2 2 2 2 2 2 2- -12 1 2 111 1 2- -12 2 12 12 1 2- -11 2 2 2 2 2 2 2- -11 * 112 2 1 1- -11 0 2 110 2 0- - 9 EXPERT RIFLEMEN BORN, NOT MANUFAC- TURED. side pool optional, 2 12 12 2 2—12 2 0 2 2 2 1 2—10 011220 2— S J. H. Elson, the Presidio crack, attended the P. C. H. and other northern shoots. Otto Feudner will, among other local shots, at- tend the Pacific Indians' shoot at Medford. The California Wing Club live bird shoot at Ingle- side tomorrow will end the club shoots for 1909. H. P. Jacobson, former secretary of the Pacific Coast Trapshooters' League, shot in the Handicap at Seattle. C. A. Haight, H. E. Poston, D. W. King. W. F. Willet. were the San Franciscans at Seattle, and the other northern shoots. They shot well and had a grand time. George Julian of Tucson and J. G. Naquin of Globe. Ariz., did not believe the distance too far for a round of the northern shoots Guy Holohan is a son of P. J. Holohan of Twin Falls, Idaho. He was once a most popular baseball player in the Northwest. "Old Man" Robertson was a unique figure at Seat- tle and Spokane, he is 70 years old and still in the ring He wiped Chingren's eye recently at a shoot in Calgary. Mr. N. L. Nielsen, Jr., a popular trap shooter, who met with quite a serious mishap two weeks ago, hav- ing been nearly asphyxiated by the fumes of chlorine gas, has entirely recovered. This will be pleasant news to a host of the genial sportsman's friends. After Seattle, many of the shooters went to Ta- coma. thence to Victoria and Vancouver. The Mult- nomah Rod and Gun Club shoot at Portland was billed for the 3rd. Next Medford will be a three-day stand, after which the procession will head towards San Francisco. Ingleside week after next will be the gathering place for a big three-day tourney. Another character in the contests up north was Charley Thorpe, who will be remembered as a well known jockey some years ago. Thorpe is now a crack amateur at the traps, and he says he enjoys playing short shots a little better than back in the days of the track when he was mixed up with the long ones. Everybody knows Thorpe, and at every appearance he was greeted on all sides by those who have known him both as a trap shooter and as a jockey. Tom Marshall, besides winning the G. A. H. at live birds twice, was captain of that famous Ameri- can trap team that wrent to England and Scotland eight years ago, and among other things, they allowed the Scots to shoot both barrels to their one, and then beat them for the championship in a way that perhaps will never be forgotten by the gun enthusiasts across the water. Two other members of that great team were competing in the tourney. They are Fred Gil- bert and Charlie Budd, the latter having been shoot- ing over the traps for nearly a quarter of a century. Everybody seems to call him "Pop" and the aged ex- pert likes it. At least he says he does, and the shooters say his word is as good as his eye, which is as keen as an eagle's. The art of riflemanship demands arduous prac- tice and a high degree of natural aptitude. The rifleman's physical condition must be excellent, his nerves steady, his vision keen, his understanding of the "normal" or the beautiful shooting traits of his own gun must be thorough, and his apprehension quick. By long practice he must have become famil- iar with the effects of light and shade, wind and moisture. In the good rifleman there must be a fine co-ordination between the mind and the muscles. The rifleman who consistently makes good scores even at the 200-yard range and especially at the 300, 500, 800 and 1000-yard ranges must be proof against gun-shyness, and only a small percentage of men handle the high power military rifles attain this essential of good shooting, but it means the ability to explode the shell in the gun without anticipating the shot by winking the shooting eye or unconscious- ly tightening any muscle of the hand, arm or shoul- der to meet the recoil of the gun. The man who does this will make poor scores at 500 yards and beyond. It requires a sound nervous organism to anticipate a shot. The man who has learned to judge the wind and the light and to adjust his windage and elevation accordingly, simply "holds" while softly and gently squeezing the stock and trigger until the increasing pressure releases the firing pin. The man who gets his sight and then "pulls" the trigger shotgun fash- ion will never hit the target on the long range. One sporting writer states in all his acquaintance with riflemen, he never saw a phlegmatic man who was a skillful rifleman. The rifle type of man is a muscular, lean, quiet fellow of nervous temperament, but whose nerves are under complete control of the will. The phlegmatic man seems to lack the mental alertness and that instinct of thinking required to get the bullet at the right angle. Each rifle shot of prominence has his idiosyncra- eies, but there are several positions and "holds" that are standard, though the variations of these "holds" are without limit. On the National and State ranges, a man shooting 200 yards must stand at both slow and rapid fire. The usual position with the right- handed shot is to rest the left elbow on the left hip or against the side of the body and permit the gun to rest gently in the palm of the left hand or on the tips of the fingers. To "grip" the gun with the left hand is fatal to the accuracy of fire. Some men shoot with the left arm extended or half extended, but these positions are unusual. The tiip rest is the usual thing. At 300 yards the rifleman may kneel or sit. The kneeling posture used to be common; now it is rare, men making better scores by sitting. The usual position is to rest an elbow on each knee, but if a man's legs are long enough, it is better to draw up the left leg, wrap the left arm around it and rest the gun on top of the arm. A great position is to draw up both legs, and wrapping both arms around them, rest the gun. At all the ranges beyond 300 yards the rifleman lies prone, forming a tripod by means of his stomach and his elbows. It requires long practice to become comfortable and easy in these positions, for any constraint whereby a muscle is made tense means poor and uneven shooting. The uses of the strap on the gun are varied, dif- ' fering with the men. o SALMON ANGLING. A new world's record of- twenty-eight consecutive bull's eyes, followed by a narrow miss and sixteen more consecutive bull's eyes, at slow fire on the 500- yard range in the Shuman re-entry match was the feature of the opening day of the fifth annual meet- ing of the New England Military Rifle Association on the Wakefield range July 26th. The new record was made by Private George W. Reed of Companv A.. Sixth Regiment, M. V. M„ of Wakefield. The best previous record of the range was twenty con- secutive bull's eyes made last year by Capt. Stuart W. Wise, Ordnance Department, M. V. M. For the past week salmon trolling has been the absorbing sport of the salt-water contingent. One day the flotilla of small craft numbered about sixty. During the forenoon the water was calm, in the after- noon the wind came up and then the fish began to take the spoon lure, anchovies for the time being were rejected. Power launches have been at a premium for the salmon fishers for two weeks. The record fish so far was caught two weeks ago by Wm. Finley, a 54- pounder. Frank Marcus caught a fish that scaled 52 pounds. A few salmon have been caught inside the bay, last Sunday a fish weighing 46 pounds was taken 200 yards off the Tiburon slip. It is believed that the fishing in the bay waters will be improved, the anchovies have made their appearance inside in large shoals. A Venison Barbecue. — A large party of ladies and gentlemen were present August 26th at "The Wilder- ness," the mountain home, in Marin county, near Lagunitas station, of Dr. and Mrs. J. Auburn Wiborn. A most unique outing and venison dinner was enjoyed by the guests, who motored, drove and rode up on horseback from Ross valley. After thoroughly enjoy- ing the day in the picturesque mountain country they sat down to a sportsmen's spread prepared by Charles F. Breidenstein, a culinary wizard of,repute among gun and rod devotees. The table decorations were mounted deer heads, and more unusual, the venison partaken of was also bagged by the hostess, who is a clever shot and skilled in woodcraft. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Hannan, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Mr. and Mrs. Mauzy, Mr. and Mrs. Winfield Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Carey, Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Kierulff, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kerr, Mr. and Mrs. S. Marcuse, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. Kenneth McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. P. Irvine, Lloyd Weaver, Kent Weaver, Miss Helen Weaver. Saturday, September 4, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN TRADE NOTES. A New Remington .22 Repeater. Supplementing the "Autoloading Shotgun," "Rifle" and "Pump Gun," the Remington Arms Company have gone a step further and applied the solid breech hammerless idea to the .22 calibre rifle. The features of the new Remington .22 repeater may be briefly stated as follows: In addition to the solid breech hammerless idea already mentioned, the empty cartridges are ejected at the side upon the operation of the slide. Safety is further insured by the double locked action. The mechanism is very simple, having less working parts than any other arm of its type. The barrel can be looked through and cleaned from the breech, which is an important fac- tor because the .22 calibre is so small that it is hard to carefully examine the inside of the barrel. By being able to clearly see through the barrel from the breech every little spot can be detected and removed and thus prevent "pitting." The take-down is made by simply turning the assembling screw on the left side of the frame. The magazine is a long tube directly beneath the barrel easily filled from the end. The Remington is the only solid breech ham- merless .22 made with this convenient type of maga- zine. The usefulness of the rifle is multiplied by the fact that it is chambered to shoot equally well without adjustment, all of three popular .22 calibre cartridges —.22 short, .22 long and .22 long rifle. The new Remington is at present made in three grades: 1. "Standard" grade, having round barrel, straight grip walnut stock and weighs iy2 lbs. This grade will appeal to boys because it is so light to carry. 2. "Gallery Special" grade. Designed for shooting gallery use. Special care is taken in rifling and sight- ing so as to make it thoroughly accurate for fine target work. Chambered for .22 short only; octagon steel barrel; pistol grip walnut stock fitted with steel rifle butt plate; weight, 5V2 lbs. 3. "Target" grade. Designed for all around target purposes, chambered for .22 short, .22 long and .22 long rifle cartridges. Octagon steel barrel; straight grip, walnut stock- fitted with steel rifle butt plate; weight, 5*& lbs. Later this grade will also be made chambered for .22 W. R. P. cartridges only. The cuts shown here will give some idea of the new Remington's handsome trim lines. It is beauti- The Boosters Boosted "Red W." When smoke of battle cleared at the recent big Anaconda shoot of the Western Boosters, Aug. 17, 18, 19, "Red W" was on top again, it makes no dif- ference where they are used — any territory within the four cardinal points — Winchester guns and Win- chester shells are prominent factors in putting the winners to the front. Ed O'Brien of Chicago was high professional av- erage 583 ex 600, on all targets shot at. Wm. Wet- leaf, of Nicholls, Iowa, won high amateur average, 5S2 ex 600, on all targets shot at. Both used Win- chester shells and Winchester "pump" guns. On the regular target events, 500 targets that counted for average, high professional average win- ners were: First Ed O'Brien 491, second H. E. Poston of San Francisco, 486, third Max Hensler of Colorado Springs, 483. Each of these shooters used a Winchester "pump" gun. Morris Skeen of Ogden and W. Wetleaf each broke 485 out of 500 in second high amateur aver- age position, shooting Winchester shells. S. A. Huntley of Kansas City was third high amateur, 483 out of 500, shooting a Winchester "pump" gun and Winchester shells. One hundred and twenly-five shooters competed on the first day, 55 of which shot a Winchester "pump" gun and 75 used Winchester shells. Ed O'Brien scored 196 out of 200 for high professional average during the day. Max Hensler was second with 193 breaks. R. Clancy and H. E. Poston, shooting Win- chester "pump" guns with 192 were in the tie for third high average. S. A. Huntley and Morris Skeen were second high averages with 195 ex 200. J. G. Naquin of Globe, Ariz., third average amateur, 192 ex 200, using Winchester shells. On the second day, 123 shooters contesting, 58 Winchester guns were on the firing line, 74 shooters used Winchester shells. Ed. O'Brien was high pro- fessional with 199 out of 200. H. E. Poston second with 197 ex 200. P. J. Holohan of Twin Falls, Idaho, shooting Winchester shells, third with 195 ex 200. S. A. Huntley, Jas. McLaughlin of Sisseton, So. Dak., and M. Skeen were in the tie for high amateur av- erage with 195 ex 200. Huntley shot a Winchester "pump," the other gentlemen used Winchester shells. Second high average was 194 ex 200 tied by Morris Skeen, shooting Winchester shells, W. Selvidge shoot- ing a Winchester "pump" and Harry Sugden shooting .^^yikUJiuLyi^ New Remington Repeater, Standard Grade, Weight About V/z Pounds. fully finished and in every respect is a racy looking rifle. Peters Points. The Western Boosters' Tournament at Anaconda, Mont., August 17, 18, 19, was the occasion of new glory for users of Peters shells. Mr. Woolfolk Henderson stopped over on his way to the Seattle Exposition to indulge in his favorite sport, and tied for second amateur average with 4S5 out of 500; and also made a straight run of 13S, which was only beaten by two other contest- ants. Mr. Henderson dropped into third place in the Handicap race with a score of 96 out of 100, a very handsome job of shooting considering his heavy handicap. Second professional average was won by Mr. H. E. Poston, western assistant manager of the Peters Cart- ridge Company's San Francisco office. Mr. Poston interrupted a business trip long enough to shoot with the boys, and that he brought a trusty eye and some ammunition with him is evidenced by his score of 486 out of 500. The work done by these two shoters was freely commented upon and drew very favorable attention to Peters shells. Mr. C. A. Young, shooting Peters Premier Shells at the one day tournament, Columbus, Ohio, August 12th, won high professional and high general aver- ages, scoring 235 out of 250, while Mr. W. B. Cham- berlain, also with Peters shells, scored 226 out of 250 and won high amateur average. In the Korn Kutters 100 target race Mr. Young was high pro- fessional, 94. and Mr. Chamberlain high amateur, 90. Mr. Neaf Apgar won third professional average at Rome. N. Y.. August 10th and 11th, with Peters shells, scoring 359 out of 400. Mr. H. W. Cadwallader, shooting Peters Target Loaded Shells, won second professional and second general averages at Evansville, Ind., August 12th, scoring 193 out of 200. Mr. H. E. Poston won second professional aver- age at the Idaho-Utah Tournament, Ogden. Utah, August 10-13. scoring 570 out of 600, with long runs of 106 and 10S. His score in the regular average event was 407 out of 425, while in the special handicap race of 25 tarkets he shot from the 22- yard mark, and was the only contestant scoring 25 straight. He used Peters factory factory loaded shells. Winchester shells. Hugh McElroy of Spokane, shoot- ing Winchester shells tied for third high amateur with 193 ex 200. The closing day had 117 shooters competing, 53 of which shot Winchester "pump" guns, 72 used Win- chester shells. Fred Gilbert, shooting Winchester shells, was high professional average with 98 ex 100. H. E. Poston second, 97 ex 100. Ed O'Brien third, 96 ex 100. W. Wetleaf tied for first high amateur av- erage with 99 ex 100. C. Snyder, using Winchester shells tied for second place with 96 ex 100. Hugh McElroy with Winchester shells and F. E. Foltz of McClure, O., who shot a Winchester "pump" gun, tied for third high amateur average with 96 breaks. The feature for the closing day was the Handicap event at 100 targets. Hugh McElroy, 18 yards, shooting Winchester shells, won on a score of 98 breaks. W. Wetleaf, 20 yards, broke 97, using Win- chester shells. A Strong Combination. Wm. Ridley of Whateheer, Idaho, who has been up with the leaders in the Northwest shooting circuit, shot high amateur average in the regular target events at the Boosters' Tournament, Anaconda, Mont., 488 out of 500 targets, at 16 yards rise, 125 shooters competing. He shot Du Pont smokeless. "New Schultze" came in at the same tournament for a record of 98 out of 100 at IS yards. Hugh McElroy won the handicap feature of the meeting on the third day, shooting "New Schultze." Watch the top-notchers and you will see what good powders are capable of at the traps or in the field. The members of the Victor gun club of Marin county and their invited guests had one of their old time annual deer hunts at Lucas valley Sunday. J. H. Corcoran, the assessor, took the first prize for the largest buck, which weighed more than 100 pounds. H. Collins of Sausalito was a good second. After the return from the hunt there was an elegant spread prepared. Everybody returned home well satisfied. Those present were: H. Collins, V. Hoxie, B. Baum, J. Martinez, J. Kerrigan. F. Ambler, A. Scott, T. Richardson, F. Mulhern, D. Geary, J. Lucchin, T. Green, 8. A. Pacheco, T. J. Fallon, R. Pearson, J. H. Corcoran, E. J. Connell, J. E. Foge, J. Schlosser, F. Reide, J. Dawson, M. C. Dias, H. Martin and W. H. Marston. HORSES AND AUTOS ON THE FARM. Breeders have about outgrown the fear that auto- mobiles would pare off much of the demand for horses, either for business or pleasure. Farmers find horse buyers more and more liberal with them at the same time the power vehicle is establishing itself in public favor. The result is much like that years ago, within the experience of the oldest farmers, when grain binders }vere first brought into the wheatfields, says the editor of the Breed- ers' Gazette, Chicago. Opposition of harvest hands was so bitter against this machine, which seemed certain to throw them out of employment, that more than a few of these wonders were mysteri- ously reduced to ashes and scrap iron, while many an owner rode his machine during the day and watched it with his rifle at night. So far from being relegated to idleness, some hands who for- merly bound their "stations" in the harvest field found work at increased nay making these brawn- saving, time-saving, grain-saving machines. Other hands, finally more than before, wera needed to supplement the work rf the binder in the expanding fields which were attempting to furnish food for increasing millions of people. The ultimate out- come has been an elevation of farm labor to a posi- tion of trust and independence. Job-hunters do not now seek farmers; farmers seek men. Although horses lack the adaptability of men in adjusting themselves to changing conditions, they have signally set at naught the general prediction of machinists that the horse business would die a sudden death. With each reiteration of this proph- ecy horses have registered new price records in the markets, and buyers have scouted the country for material to fill thdir orders. The expansion of busi- ness and construction work, with the more intense cultivation of older lands and the subjection of new farming territory, all have conspired to draw an increased volume from the horse supply. The au- tomobile has proved to be a business partner of the horse, instead of his rival. Farmers, realizing the distinct circumstances in which each excels, have been quick to avail themselves of the combined ser- vices of the rapid distance eating capacity of the machine and the faithful, intelligent, reliable alle- giance of flesh and blood. Wherever prosperous conditions and good roads encourage the use of the automobile it has proved to be a valuable as well as pleasurable addition to the equipment of the farm, relieving the horse from long journeys, while broad- ening the territory of business and social relations of its owner. Horses raised where automobiles are a daily sight grow naturally accustomed to them. There is no possibility of any horse permanently escaping the necessities of close proximity to' these machines, so the younger and cftener he sees them the more re- liable will he become. As an accessory to the nur- sery of driving horses, power machinery of various kinds, and especially the auto, fosters a fearless- ness that adds dollars to the value of animals in- tended for an exacting, high-class trade. Useful city drivers and horses for ladies' or family use any- where must now be accustomed to their inevitable traveling companions. Horses than can be guaran- teed reliable under all circumstances are as scarce as the demand for them is urgent. Prices for them are such that the training sometimes represents more value than the raw horse. Shrewd horsemen are those who accustom their horses to automo- biles during their young days on the farm. — West- ern Horseman. WON THREE BIG STAKES. The victory of Rob Douglass at Buffalo also brings to mind the fact that Lon McDonald has captured the most valuable trotting stake offered at each Grand Circuit meeting this summer, writes Palmer Clark. At Detroit he won the M. & M. with Mar- gin 2:06%; at Kalamazoo he captured the $10,000 Hotel Burdick with the same mare, while as stated. Bob Douglass annexed both Cleveland's and Buffalo's richest events. Margin also won a $2500 stake at Grand Rapids, Mich., driven by Lon's assistant trainer, Ed. Avery. Last year McDonald had out a great pair of trot- ters in the mare Amy Brooks 2:05%, and the stallion Allen Winter 2:06%. He has more than duplicated that pair in Margin and Bob Douglass. While Mar- gin may not be as good as Amy Brooks, Bob Doug- lass has shown far more class than Allen Winter. The latter, outside of his win of the $50,000 Derby handicap, was not called upon to meet any fields of classy trotters in his other engagements* although of course he might have been able to handle them had he had to. Bob Douglass is a gray stallion, and was bred by George W. Leavitt, Boston, Mass. He is now owned by D. N. C. Hyams of Boston. He was sired by the lamented young stallion Todd 2:14%, who died a year ago last June when entering upon the most successful stud career ever known by a stallion of his age. Douglass' dam was Glycozone, also the dam of Poindexter 2:09 by Cyclone 2:23%. Poiudexter was at one time owned by Thomas W. Lawson, but was sold to the Europeans several years since. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. 8 THE FARM BIRDS AS AIDS TO FARMING. "William L. Finley of the National As- sociation of Audubon societies, delivered a stirring address on "The Value of Wild Birds in Field and Forest" on Aug- ust 11th at the 17th sessions of the Na- tional Irrigation Congress at Spokane, "Wash.,, August 9th to 14th, when more than 5,500 delegates from various parts of the world were gathered together. Geo. Eames Barstow of Texas, presided, and among the speakers were representa- tives of the government, railroad presi- dents, bankers and farmers and orcbard- ists. The full text of Mr. Finley' s ad- dresSj which was received with favor, follows : "We all know that the real wealth of the country is based upon agriculture and horticulture. Without the help of our wild birds, farming would be impos- sible. Xo farm hands can accomplish the work intrusted to the birds. Wild birds of orchard, field and forest are Na- ture's check upon the increase of insect life. With the great handicap of bird destruction in our present day, the loss from inseet and rodent pests in the United States during the past year is es- timated to be $SOO,000,000. This loss can be reduced only when a public senti- ment is aroused for proper bird protec- tion. The practical farmer cannot afford to ignore the relations which wild birds bear to his crops. They are a part of the natural resources of any farm. The farmer will prosper in proportion to the way he encourages these extra hands that Xature has given him. " While the value of the birds to the farmer, orchardist and planter has for years been recognized, it is believed by the authorities that their importance in preserving the forests is not generally known. According to a recent report of the government, insects alone cause an annual loss to the trees of the country estimated at over a hundred million dol- lars. On the oak alone 400 species of in- sects which are sought and consumed by the birds of the forest, prey constantly, the experts of the Biological survey have discovered. On the willow 1S6 such species constantly attempt its destruc- tion, on the pine 165, on the hickory 170, on the birch 105 and on the elm 80. Careful analysis of the stomachs of thou- sands of woodpeckers, titmice, creepers, kinglets, wood warblers, wrens, fly- catchers, swallows, nut hatches and other birds of the woods show that their constant labor is to consume just these devastating insects. "Birds work more in conjunction to help him than any other form of outdoor life. They police the earth and air and without their services the farmer would be helpless. Larks, wrens and thrushes search the ground for grubs and insects. The food of the meadow lark consists of 75 per cent of injurious insects and twelve per cent of weed seed, showing that it is a bird of great economic value. Sparrows, finches and quail eat a large amount of weed seed. Practically all the food of the tree sparrow consists of seed. Examinations by Professor F. E. L. Beal of the Biological survey of the Depart- ment of Agriculture show that a single tree sparrow will eat a quarter of an ounce of weed seed daily. In a State the size of Iowa, tree sparrows alone will consume more than eight hundred tons of weed seed annually. This, with the other work of seed-eating birds, saves the farmer an immense amount of work. Nut hatcl es and chickadees scan every part of the trunks and limbs of trees for insect egre. "In a day's time a chickadee has been known to eat hundreds of insect eggs and worms that are very harmful to our trees and vegetables. Warblers and vireos hunt the leaves and buds for moths and millers. Flycatchers, swallows and night hawks are busy day and night catching flies that bother men and beast. Hawks and owls are working silently in daylight and darkness to catch moles, mice, goph- ers and squirrels. "The valuable service which birds ren- der about the farm is shown most strik- ingly in places where insects and rodents have become so numerous as to destroy crops. Birds collect in such places where food is abundant and by giving their whole time to hunting and eating these insects, they become the most valuable assistants the farmer can have. To illus- trate, a few years ago a large apple or- chard in central Illinois was attacked by canker worms. Professor S. A. Forbes spent two seasons in this locality study- ing bird life. He examined the stom- achs of 36 different species of birds and found that seventy-two per cent of these were eating canker worms. Taken as a whole, 36 per cent of the food of all the birds of the locality consisted of these worms. Out of a flock of 35 cedar wax- wings, seven were killed and examined. With the exception of a few small beetles, these birds were living entirely on cank- er worms. By actual count, he found 70 to 101 worms in the stomachs of each one of these birds. If we assume that each waxwing ate a hundred worms a day, which is a very low estimate, the flock of 30 were destroying 3,000 a day, or dur- ing the month when caterpillars were out, a flock of 30 waxwings would eat 90,000. "A number of years ago blackbirds were exceedingly abundant through eastern Nebraska. They were so plenti- ful that the farmers believed they were damaging crops. They began poisoning the birds. A single grain of corn soaked in strychnine was enough to kill a black- bird. In the years that followed, great numbers of these and other birds were destroyed during the spring and fall. At the same time thousands of quail, prairie chickens and other game birds were killed in every county to supply the market. As the birds began to disap- pear, swarms of locusts took their place. These insects hatched out in countless numbers and began devastating crops. Few fields of grain escaped damage. Many were entirely destroyed. Where blackbirds, quail, prairie chickens, plov- er and other birds remained, they took to living entirely on locusts. In such lo- calities fair crops were secured solely through the assistance of the birds. "The members of the United States Entomological commission who witnessed the work accomplished by the birds in this region, said that the results were so complete that it was impossible to enter- tain any doubt as to the value of birds as locust destroyers. "When the Mormons first settled in Utah , black crickets came in great myriads from the mountains and would have destroyed the crops had it not been for the gulls that came by the hundreds and thousands from the surrounding lakes. At that time the settlers at Salt Lake regarded the advent of the birds as a heaven-sent miracle, and ever since the gull has been esteemed almost as a sacred bird by the Mormons. About the beet and alfalfa fields when they are being ir- rigated the gulls still collect and feed largely on field-mice that are so destruc- tive to crops. "Years ago a hunter along the Massa- chusetts coast shot some terns and sent the plumage to a New York milliner. The tern is a bird that is sometimes called the sea-swallow or summer gull. Its plumage is as delicate as its flight is graceful. The long pointed wings and tails of these birds at once became styl- ish. 'Send more tern wings. We can SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been unerated Address. F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg.. San Francisco. CART FOR SALE OR TRADE. Practically same style as the Toomey. Low seat. 26-inch bike wheels for pneumatic tires — at present has cushion tires. I'sed but twice. In first-class condition. Will sell for SGO or trade for a standard bred filly, yearling or older. Apply or address GEORGE AT. FRASER. Pinole. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co."s Stables. 327 Sth St.. Oakland FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old, 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Xow in foal to Gerald G., by Zombro. out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood "vT.; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. "WAKEFIELD, 211S K street, Sacramento, California. THREE GOOD ONES FOR SALE. PATROSE 2:12j£. sired by Falrose. dam Patty Washington. He stands 17 hands high, weighs 1235 pounds, is 9 years old. handsome bay in color. Absolutely sound, kind, afraid of noth- ing and a first-class roadster in every respect. SORREL GELBIXG. 7 years old. by Chas. Derby, dam Empress. Gentle and safe for any one to drive. Shows plenty of speed, is a good looker, weighs 1100 pounds, stands 15.3 hands high, absolutely sound and a pacer. BLACK GELDIXG by Bryson, dam Xellie Wilkes. Nine years old, weighs 950 pounds, kind and a good driver and fearless. These horses are all right in every respect and will be sold at a very reasonable figure. For price and further particulars call or address DR. A. J. RYDBERG. San Rafael. Cal. XOTICE OF IXCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Xotice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by me Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: Is. S. ADAMS. Secretary. STAXDAHD BRED YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE. I offer for sale the following choicely bred young trotters which can be seen at any time at Pleasanton track, where they are being handled. No fancy prices are asked for the excellent young pros- pects, but they will be priced right. The description and breeding of these three youngsters are as follows: Bonnie Searchlight 43S99, brown stal- lion, trotter, 15.2^ hands, foaled April S, 1905, by Searchlight 2:03%, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr. 34S34, second dam Gabilan Girl by Gabilan 19733, third dam Clara by Elmo 891, fourth dam Lady Comstock by Norfolk, thorough- bred. Georgia (registered), black filly, foaled March 25, 1906. 16 hands, trotter, by Lecco 2:09%, dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917. second dam Emma by Whip- pleton 1SS3, third dam Gladys by Glad- iator S336, fourth dam Kate by John Nelson 1S7, fifth dam by Shakespear. Lady Pobrieta, black filly, trotter, foaled February 23, 190 1, sire Bonny McKinney 413S3, dam Pobrieta by Boodle Jr. 34S34, second dam Martha by Mam- brino Jr., third dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino 1787, fourth dam Ida May Jr. by Owen Dale, fifth dam Ida May by "Williamson's Belmont, sixth dam by Red Buck. For particulars and prices, address the owner, EL BUSING, Pleasanton Training Track, Pleasanton, CaL Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehf.ke. Prop., Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. MeFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton, Ontario. Canada. Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies. Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter A- Homing pig- eons of the very best blood: a fine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 454 West Santa Clara Ave., San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups. 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbyville Ky. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco "357AL irzsr:2" The Original Egyptian" You Can't Cut Oat A BOG SPATTX, FUiT or THOKOUGHPIS, but AflSORBINE will clean them off permanently, and yon -work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. Will tell yon more if yon write. $2.00 pel bottle at d'lersordeliv'd-BookiDfree. , ABSORBINE, JR., for mankind. P£*M SI bottle. Reduces Varicose Veins, Var- icocele, Hydrocele, Ruptured Muscles or Liga- ments. Enlarged Glands. Allays pain quickly* W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For Sale bv — Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ;'Woodward\ Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Brann Co., Los Angeles, CaL; Western Whosesale Drag Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal. ; Pacific Drag Co., Seattle, Wuh.; 6pokan« Drag Co., Spokane, "Wash. Saturday, September 4, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 pay cash for all you forward,' the tele- gram ran. Dealers in plumage immedi- ately issued circulars asking for large quantities of terns and sea gulls. The demand kept running ahead of the sup- ply. Up and down the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and through the country the word went forth. "Never had there been such a slaugh- ter of birds in this country. Thousands of terns were killed along the coast of Massachusetts and at other breeding places. At Cobb's Island, Virginia, one of the laymen said 1400 terns were killed in a single day and 40,000 were shot during the summer. The destruc- tion at other places was equally great. In two or three seasons the killing of these breeding birds had its effect. These well known bird colonies were a thing of the past. "One can get an idea of the slaughter of one species of tern by glancing at the records of the feather sale at the Com- mercial Sales Rooms in London on April 14, 190S, when one shipment of over 14,- 000 sooty terns was catalogued. Again at, the sale on Tune 10, 15,500 more skins of this same species were on sale. This means that professional plume hunters had found and raided new breeding places of this species and practically every bird had been killed. This is but one example. "Years ago flocks of gulls and terns added life and interest to our sandy shores. White herons flocked through swamps and everglades of the southern States; the great tale marshes of the "West were white with the nestling multi- tude. In those halcyon days men would have scoffed if you had said these birds, so strong in numbers, could have been destroyed. They were so harmless to mankind that at that time no one could think of a cause that would lead to their extermination. There was no cause ex- cept their marvelous beauty. Yet in less than a quarter of a century some of the plume birds have all but taken their places with vanished races. "Although the decrease of bird num- bers has been so marked in our country, it has even been more deplorable in other lands. The demands for plumage of wild birds have been growing. All through the tropical countries natives were eagerly looking for an easy means of livelihood. Killing all kinds of birds has opened the way. Thousands of Indians and negroes have been supplied with guns and ammunition by traders. Everywhere they are roaming through the forests and swamps, seeking the last individuals of the species that are left. Many a rare and beautiful bird has been slaughtered beyond recovery. As the plumage of these birds has become scarce prices have scored higher and higher. But the money has been ready. So the natives have sought further and harder to lay low the last plume bearer. "What will come of it all, this slaugh- ter of the birds? If these plumes were only answering some real need — but they are for decoration only. As yet no per- son has ever offered a single logical rea- son for this destruction, yet there are many reasons against it. The prosperity of all nations must depend to a large ex- tent upon agricultural pursuits. The dangers to agriculture from insect pests are well known. Wild birds are Na- ture's check against the swarms of insect life. With our bird numbers so rapidly decreasing, the balance of nature is bound to be affected. Our wild birds are as much a part of the natural resources of the country as are the forests and streams. For our own prosperity, we should not permit these resources to be ravaged. Saving our wild birds is a debt we owe, not only to ourselves, but what is of more importance, we are in duty bound to transmit this inheritance to our children." BREEDING GEESE. Old geese lay a greater number and larger eggs and are more re- liable than young geese. Neverthe- less, if geese must be purchased it often saves time to buy young geese rather than to attempt to secure any number of old ones. Young ganders are better for breeding purposes than young geese. Young geese do not lay as many fertile eggs or produce as many goslings in the first breed- ing season as they do the second. If geese are often changed from one place to another they are apt not to breed well, and the other condi- tions being equal, the breed better the third season they are in a lo- cality than the second. In order to insure the best results, geese for breeding should be ob- tained as early in the fall as possible — not later than October. They thus have an opportunity to become ac- quainted with their new surroundings before the breeding season. Breeding geese should have considerable exer- cise and be kept moderately thin in flesh through the witner by light feed- ing and a free range or facilities for swimming. The best ganders for breeding purposes are African and Brown China. The Toulouse geese lay well, but often do not sit. The Embden geese lay fewer eggs but make better mothers. Brown China and White China geese are prolific layers. Geese are grazers and too much grain is not good for them. To insure fertile eggs they should have an abundance of green food and have access to a pond or other body of water. If this is not possible, a tub of water set level with the surface of the ground may be substituted. Very early hatching is not desir- able, since the goslings do not thrive well unless they have an abundance of grass. For the first two or three days they should be given nothing except grass and water. Later a lit- tle feed of scalded cracked corn should bo given in addition three times a day. The goslings are liable to be overcome by the heat, and should always have some place of retreat where they may escape the sun's rays. The eggs may be hatched advantag- eously under hens, but the goslings should be immediately taken away from them. They may be brooded for a short time in outdoor brooders and after that confined in houses at night. — Farmers' Guide. A Few Left , Dates on which you can go East cheap Low Rate Round Trip Tickets Sold SALE DATES: SEPT. 7-8-9-10-13-14-15, 1909. Other dates and rates to various points in effect daring October, 1909. SOME RATES: Omaha $60.00-New Orleans $ 67.50 Council Bluffs 60.00-Washington 107.50 St. Louis 67.50-New York 108.50 Chicago 72.50-Boston 110.50 Tickets good until October 31, 1909. some cases longer. Choice of routes, etopovers. Write agents for details. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TICKET OFFICES. Flood Building, Market St., Ferry Depot 13th and Franklin Sts.. Oakland. ■^_DO* Registered Trade Mark * ^\ jB^ ^SPAVIN CURE < GENEVA, Ind., Aug. 4, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: I took off a windpuff about as big as your hat from the with- ers of one of my horses. I only used one bottle. Tours trulv, OTTO BOLDS. LYNN, Mass., Aug. 5, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Bear Sirs: Enclosed please find check for $6 for one bottle of Save-the-Horse spavin cure and one pound of Save- the-Horse ointment. I used one bottle on a bone spavin last year and it worked to perfection. Yours respect- fully. TV. E. HALLOW ELL, 24 Friend St BAY CITY. Wis., Aug. 10, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Gentlemen: I bought two bottles of your Save-the-Horse spavin cure about three years ago for a mare and it did wonders. I worked the mare every day and cured her from two spavins, and she is as sound to-day as she was when a colt. Yours truly, BEN BENSON. MIDDLETOWN, Del., Aug. 2, 1909. Save-the-Horse Co., Binghamton, N: Y.: Gents: I want to give your remedy "Save-the-Horse" credit for what it did for me. I used it on capped hock and it did all you claim for it. I have faith after being convinced. Truly yours, JULIAN COCHRAN. MAKES A TENDON LIKE A ROD OF STEEL. "Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. $5.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. At all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada or sent express paid by TROY CHEMICAL CO., BIXGHAMTOX, N. Y. D. K. jVewell, ofl Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. Albuquerque Stake and Purses Close Oct. 1st 29TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO FAIR AND RESOURCES EXPOSITION, OCTOBER 11-16, 1909. 2:12 Pace, "BULL DURHAM STAKE," given by Blackwelis Durham Tobacco Co. 2:19 Pace . $500 2:30 Trot . . 500 Free-For-AU Pace . 500 2:30 Trot and Pace (County horses) . . 300 $1000 2:25 Pace . . 500 2:20 Trot ... 500 Free-For-AII Trot . . 500 County Handicap Trot and Pace . . .300 Stake and purses close October 1st. Records made after July 1st. no bar. Precedes El Paso and Phoenix meetings. $1800— IN PURSES FOR RUNNING RACES— $1800 The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railway will return horses free to points of shipment on their road to California. New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Kansas, also El Paso. Texas. For blanks, etc.. address JOHN B. MCMANUS, Secretary, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited New Edition of John Splan's Book. "Life With the Trotter" Price. $3.00, Postpaid. "Life With the Trotter gives ua a clear insight into the ways and mum to be adopted to inoreaae pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finiah. Address. Breeder aj-'d Sportsman; P. O. Drawer H7, San Francfaoo, Oal. Pacific Bldg.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. Touching the question of size for car- riage and road horses of high-priced class, a close watch on the demand in the great leading markets is the very best guide, says an exchange. A few years ago, buyers purchasing for the top were talking sixteen-hand horses, and on the rangy order, and could scarcely find them too much so, or enough of that kiEd. But a great change has come about, and today no buyer looking for drivers at high fig- ures will touch a sixteen-hand, rangy built order of roadster. Occasionally one will consider a fifteen and three- quarters hands horse to be used in the road-driving class, but the rule is that fifteen and one-half is the limit and considerably under, rather than any above, preferred. The whole range for street and roadster drivers now is the blocky, stout made sort, closely cou- pled, with plenty of substance, and good feet and legs, with plenty of bone and tendon. Sixteen-hand horses must go for coach or other uses, where speed cuts little or no consideration, and hence where price is rangid much under the speedy class that standard- bred breeders are courting. Some deal- ers had to find this out in a 7ery dear experience. One party in our acquaintance, who had not been on the market for quite an extended period, told us he sacri- ficed about one-half the cost of a car- load shipped to the New York and Boston markets, of what he regarded t lie toppiest, fanciest lot of sixfeen- hand speed and road drivers lie had ever put up, such as not a very long time before would have gone "like hot c^kes" to fanciers of speedy roadsters. But to say sixteen hands was to fail to get even "a nibble" for this large class of buyers that pay the long fig- ures. Fifteen to fifteen and a half was on every tongue, and, right in other respects, sold with readiness to the only buyers with large money to put out. And this seems to be the status everywhere with the road-driv- ing class where speed is paid for. This does not do away with the necessity of keeping up good size in breeding stock, particularly in the stal- lions in use, as the tendency is to lose size rather than to gain it, and the standard-bred class have not an ances- tral inheritance of large size. Hamble toman 10 stood only fifteen and a halt hands, while George Wilkes was a scant fifteen hands and American Star fifteen and a half; the progenitors of the Clays, Black Hawks, Morgans, etc., were not much over fourteen hands, and the thoroughbred foundation not larger, so that size when present comes only through occasional out- crosses, and is not established as a type. Then, at best, the male partakes of the larger size and for stock uses should be the coarser, larger horse of his tribe as a rule, so that as a rule, sixteen-hand stallions are not over- sized, nor liable to sire too large horses. The average standard-bred mares are generally not endowed with much size, making it all the more essential to use the larger stallion. But owners need not worry if they are producing a good style, stout made horse, with gait and speed of high order, that does not mature over fir- teen to fifteen and a half hands. Style, finish, disposition, gait and speed are the sine qua non of high-priced driv- ers. For heavy carriage, coach and other classes of horses it is another proposition. First Fall Combination Sale AT CHASE'S PAVILION, MONDAY EVE., SEPT. 20, '09 "We already have consignments from the following breeders, headed by the McKINNEY STALLION BY MACK, full brother to Marengo King 2:29i, sire of Marie N. 2:08i C. JOHNSON ESTATE, Castro Valley, a number of drivers and saddlers. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, several 2-year-old prospects. LAUREL CREEK FARM, well broken driving horses. CHAS. BUTTERS, a high-class combination hackney mare. L0NGW00D STOCK FARM, Nap% a matinee prospect. GEO. GEITNER, a road horse by Cupid. ENGLEWOQD FARM, Campbell, a high-class surrey horse. LLANO SECO RANCHO, Chico (Parrot Estate), consigns a carload of high- class broken horses by Imp. Socrates, German Coach stallion. Consignments from many other owners will be announced later. Send for Entry Blanks. FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco. 75 PER CENT OF ALL HORSE OWNERS AND TRAINERS USE AND RECOMMEND CAMPBELL'S HORSE FOOT REMEDY -SOLD BY- rjrvjj P^Ols^ 3r ■ ©BMSUfc W~ S8* p 'tllARANltED UNDER WE [BUG ii'10 1 -FOOD ACT i ffllKE-FODTRIHHir SS^J] ■ ■■■■■■aE-iByw BpS; — ^J JUNE30TT 1906 SERIAL NUMBER | 1219 C. F. MOREL, successor to J. O'Kane Co... San Francisco, Cal. W. A. Sayre Sacramento, Cal. Miller & Patterson San Diego, Cal. J. G. Read & Bro. . Ocden, Utah Jublnville & Nance Butte, Mont. A. A. Kraft Co . Spokane, Wash. Thos. M. Henderson Seattle, Wash. C. Rodder Stockton, Cal. , Wm. E. Betels Pleasanton, Cal. V. Koch . San Jose, Cal. Keystone Bros. ..... San Francisco, Cal. Fred Reedy Fresno, Cal. Jno. McKerron San Francisco, Cal. Jos. MeTigrue San Francisco, Cal. Brydon Bros Los Angeles, Cal. , CAMPBE7 , 'VVIADISoa/' *■ CHICAGO. >S>. Guaranteed under the Food and Drugi Act, June 30, 1906. Serial Number 1219. Gombauit's Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest anil Surest W$ Veterinary Remedy £■ HAS IMITATORS BUT NO COMPETITORS I SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE. Supersedes All Cautery or Fir- ing. Invaluable as a CURE for FOUNDER, ■WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SKIN DISEASES, RINGBONE, PINK EYE, SWEENY, BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS. CAPPED HOCK, STRAINED TENDONS. We guarantee that one tablespoon fal of Canstio Balaam will produce more actual results than a whole bottle of any liniment or spavin mixture ever made Every bottle sold ia warranted to give satisfaction Wiita for/testimonials showing what the most promi nent horsemen say of it. Price, SI. 50 per bottle. Sold hy druggists, or Bent by express, charges paid, with l uli directions for its use. The Accented Standard VETERINANY REMEDY Always Reliable, Sure In Results. m SAFE FOR ANYONE TO USE. ^^Ht'ESg'Zt™ \ Cleveland, o NOTHING BUT GOOD RESULTS., Havensed GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALPAJI (or more I ■ than 20 years. It is the best blisterl have ever tried.Iha\ ■ used it in hundreds of coses with best resnlta. It i9 pe |fectly safe for the most inexperienced person lo use. Th "iStha largest brooding establishment oc trotting/horses i_ thoworld, nndnso your Mister often. —TV. H, KAYJIOSD, [Prop. Belmont l'arb Stock Farm, Belmont Park, Slont, I USED 10 TEARS SUCCESSFULLY. I have used GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM for tea 1 I years; have been very successful in curing curb .ringbone, T capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and si- I most every cause of lameness in horses. Have a stable of I forty head, mostly track and speedway horses, and cer- I tainly can recommend it.— C. C. CRAMER, Training I Stables. 990 Jennings Street, Kew York City. SoSe Agents for the United States and Canada* The Lawrence-Williams Co. TORONTO, ONT. CLEVELAND, OHIO. A BIG AUCTION SALE m AT THE Old Bart GuthreyRanch 3 miles southeast of Davis. Cal. I will sell the following described property at public auction : JA8. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago- 25 Brood Mares, 3 to 6 years old. weight 1.000 to 1,600 lbs. 10 3-year-old Geldings, weight 1.100 to 1,500 lbs. 5 Work Mules, weight 1.000 to 1.100 lbs. 20 head of 2-year-old Geldings and Fillies. 3 Buggy Horses, 1 Saddle Horse, 6 head of Milk Cows, 4 head 2-year-old Heifers, 1 2- year-old Holstein Bull, 5 Holstein Heifer Calves 20 head Stock Hogs 6 two-horse wagons and grain beds 3 Bonanza Plows, 1 Cassady Plow. 3 6-horse Harrows, 2 Rakes, 1 2-horse Plow, 1 Garden Cultivator, 1 Complex Sep- arator, 1 Barley Cleaner. 2 set Double Driving Harness, 1 set Single Harness. 4 Water Troughs, 14 Fifth Chains, 1 Black- smith Outfit Complete, 1 Clod Masher, 2 Mowers, 1 Gem Seed Sower, 1 Garden Plow, 1 Derrick Fork, 1 Brooder, 12 set Chain Harness, 1 Sheep-Dip Outfit, 1 3000 gallon Tank, 16 Stretchers, 1 Corn Culti- vator. Household and Kitchen Furniture, and other things too numerous to mention. TEEMS: All sums of §25.00 and under, cash; over that amount 12 months time with 8 per cent interest on good security. Stock will be sold first thing after lunch. Sale will commence at 10 -a. m., Sharp. Free Buss from Davis to the sale. Free lunch for man and beast. F. B. WIRE, Owner. W. G. HARRIS, Auctioneer. Take the Breeder and Sportsman. Saturday, September i, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough. Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods phone Temporary less. 5[0 Market St., San Francisco MANUFACTURERS *nd OUTFITTERS i FOR THE I SPORTSMAN CAMPERS ATHLETE. (pmpanij 1-8-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT ,41° APPARATUS I FOR ' EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Inc. Sole Pacific Ooast Branch — Smith & Wesson, A. J. Reach Co.. Ithaca Gun Co., Iver Johnson's Anns and Cycle Works, Maxim Silent Fire Arms Co., The Planet Co., The Horton Manufacturing Co., F. W. Klingertfc Langbein Co.. E. C. Cook & Bro., Hamilton Rifle Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co.. Mark- ham Air Rifle Co., Ideal Manufacturing Co.. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co.. King Manufacturing Co. No Stock Carried. Goods Sold to the Trade Only. San Francisco, Gal, aia Wkflfie Iw You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large catalog — it's mailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Co. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts, wagons, etc. WriteW.|J. Kenney, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal.. for Catalog SMITH GUNS HUNTER ONE-TRIGGER You can be just as sure of your second bar- rel as your first, if you use a Smith Gun with Hunter One-Trigger. It does away with all your double-trigger troubles — the better shot you are the more you will appreciate it. The world's shotgun record is held by a Hunter One-Trigger— 419 straight, made by W, R. Crosby. Can be attached on order to any Hammer- less Smith Gun. Talk it over with your deal- er or send to us for a catalog. Ask him or write us about the new 20-gauge Smith Gun- weight 5% to 7 lbs., and a little beauty. THE HUNTER ARMS CO., 92 Hubbard St., Fulton, N. Y. ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. \BreeLmed Uorsef are not curiosities by any means. The country is full of them, Tte fourth leg is there all right but it is not worth anything because of a curb, splint, spavin or other like bunch. You can cure the horse of any of these ailments and put another sound leg under him by the use of Quinn's Ointment. It Is time tried and reliable. When ahorse la cured with Quinn's Ointment he stavs cured. 31 r. E.F.Burke ofSpringtleld.Mo., writesas follows: "I have been using Quinn's Ointment forseveral years and have ef- fected many marvelous cures; it will go deeper and* cause less pain than any blister lever used. Thought Itmy duty lortbe benefit of horeew to recommend your Ointment, lam never without It " Tbia is the general veidict by all who give Qulnn'a Ointment a trial. For curbs, Biulnts, spavins, wlndnulTs, and all bunches It la uneqnaled. price SI per bottle at all druggists or sent by mail. Send for circulars, testimonials, &c W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, N. Y. mvm* hugh Mcelroy of spokane WON The Boosters' Handicap o I At Anaconda, Mont., August 19, 1909, | with 98 out of 100 from 18 yards, using "New Schultze" High Amateur Average For the 500 I6-yard targets shot at during THE BOOSTERS' TOURNAMENT, August 17-19, was won by WM. RIDLEY of Whatcheer, la., with 488, using sxxv«xxve!C^v*v^vvxvi»^v FOR 50 YEARS PARKER GUNS have led all other makes in durability and efficiency, among trap and field shooters. With a range of price from $37.50 to $-525, it fits all purses. QUALITY is the dominent feature in all grades of the PARKER GUN. Catalog on application to PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. (OldestCun Builders In An»ric) r* 3q Piece 1909 MODfEL Our new "3-Bolt, 3-Piece 1909 Model Gun has the simplest and fastest lock ever put in a gun. Some makers claim a three-piece lock, but do not show or count the main spring — now, we both show and count the main spring — see cut above. Please note we have cut out all cocking bar*, levers and push rods and hook right on to the toe of the hammer. This not only makes a lock with large, strong parts, but a lock that works as smooth as oil. We use an unbreakable coil top lever spring, also a coil main spring which acts directly on the hammer, and a horizontal sear, which makes a very fast lock with a quick, clean, sharp and snappy pull. Send for art Catalog and special prices. 18 grades, $17.75 net to $300 list. Pac. Coast Branch— Phil. B. Bekeart Co.. 717 Market St., San Francisco. ITHACA CUN CO. Dept. 15, Ithaca, N. Y. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 4, 1909. The Best Horse Boots , ) 4f \ . h£i - WINCHESTER METALLIC CARTRIDGES During our 30 years of gun making, we have discovered many things about ammunition that no one could learn in any other way. Our discoveries in this line, together with years of experience manufacturing ammunition, enable us to embody many fine points in Winchester Metallic Cartridges for rifles and revolvers which make them superior in many ways to all other brands upon the market. 'Winchester cartridges in all calibers are accurate, sure-fire and exact in size. They shoot when you want them to and where you want them to ; being made and loaded in a modern manner by exact machinery under the supervision of skilled experts. Remember this, and insist upon having ■Winchester cartridges, and you will get the best. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., % A. MULLER, Pacific Coast agent, 714 Market NEW HAVEN, CONN, St., San Francisco, Cal. Another Clean . . Sweep . WITH SMELTING & LEAD CO., Professional High Average Amateur High Average <&p At Bellingham, Aug. 1, 1909 Also at Salinas, Raymond, Tacoma San Francisco, Cal. X*NVOiVXXSVVX*NX\XS%%%XXS\^VV**XSVVN^^ 1 RECORD BREAKER £ The Trap Shooting Tournament at Hickman, Ky., July 12th and 13th, produced a combination of high scores and straight runs, the like of which never were made be- * Read the Details. fore in any tingle shoot; and in this unique achievement the chief actors were users of Peters Shells 351 ex 360 by Frank Foltz of Toledo, 0., winning High Amateur Average. 185 Straight by Frank Foltz 350 ex 360 by Woolfolk Henderson of Lexington, Ky., winning 2nd Amateur Average. 103 Straight by A. M. Hatcher Two runs of 80 Straight with l lost bird intervening, by C. A. Young. 156 Straight by W. Henderson On the 1st day Messrs. Foltz and Henderson each broke the entire program— 120 Straight 100 Straight by H. D. Freeman A feat never before performed by 2 Amateurs in any one day's shooting. Isn't it very evident that PETERS SHELLS are Absolutely Perfect? I THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. Xew York: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Mgr. San Francisco: 60S-612 Howard St., J. S. French, Met. New Orleans: 321 Magrazlne St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. For Results-Advertise in the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN VOLUME LV. No. 11. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1909. Subscription— $3.00 Per Year THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. Insure Your Live Stock I N E» I AN A AN D HoRSEsiMuLEs X Cattle AGAfNST_D£ATH FROM AN.Y CAUS £ State Agents: $10000000 APPROVED BONDS ^V-^"' E POSITED with The <«Y -" -"_ " ~~ TOR OF STATE FOR THE B J 'ESTABLISHED l88S PROTECTION OF ALL ^,1 POLICYHOLDERS ,^ W. T. CLEVERDON, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco. J. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 McAllister st., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of ihe FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GL1DE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 Frerich and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 297. Home Telephone. Sacramento. Cal. Dixon, Cal. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track Use, GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Polling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Polling. Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Cheeking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing; for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit. "With it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort; it will make him forget his bad habits, bring- out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, TV. L. Snow. D. J. McClary. Alta McDon- ald, J. B. Chandler. Crit Davis. Alonzo McDonald, and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on folly SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. TVe are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of "worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as "Ellis* Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Over-check. Mailed prepaid free to any part of Patented Aug. 11. 1S96. Patent No. 565,681. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate borsemen located at a distance from us. who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device and can not wait to get them direct from us, we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our device is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sell them for direct: Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Co.. New York City ; Becker & Wickser. Buffalo. N. Y.; Turtle & Clark Detroit. Mich.; FosterH-elmrieck-Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City. Mo. zSTA/Vt/fACrt/fiERS HARNESS $ TURF GOODS Fresno County Fair Meet Oct. 19-23, 1909, Fresno, Cal. Entries to close Sept. 16, 1909 Horses to be named with entry. EDtrance fee 5 per cent, due Sept. 16. 1909. Additional 5 per cent from money winners. TUESDAY. 1. — Trottlns. --H f Ian S300.00 2. — District Pine. 2:20 Class 200.00 WEDNESDAY. 3. — Pacins. Frcc-for- AH $300.00 4 Trotting. 2:10 Class 300.00 THURSDAY. 5. — Pacing, 2:14 Class $300.00 «. — District Trot. 2:2.-. Class 200.00 FRIDAY. 7. — District Trot. 2:3.1 Class $200.00 S Pacing, 2:10 Class 300.00 9. — Trotting. 2:1S Class 300.00 SATURDAY. 10. — District Pace, 2:30 Class $200.00 11. — Pacing. 2:20 Class 300.00 12. — Trotting. 2:24 Class 300.00 Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman. A BIG AUCTION SALE Saturday, September 18, 1909 m & AT THE Old Bart Guthrey Ranch 3 miles southeast of Davis. Cal. J0 I will sell the following described property at public auction: 25 Brood Mares, 3 to 6 years old. weight 1.000 to 1.600 lbs. 10 3-year-old Geldings, weight 1.100 to 1.500 lbs. 5 Work Mules, weight 1.000 to 1,100 lbs. 20 head of 2-year-old Geldings and Fillies. 3 Buggy Horses, 1 Saddle Horse, 6 head of Milk Cows, 4 head 2-year-old Heifers, 1 2- year-old Holstein Bull, 5 Holstein Heifer Calves 20 head Stock Hogs 6 two-horse wagons and grain beds 3 Bonanza Plows, 1 Cassady Plow. 3 6-horse Harrows, 2 Rakes, 1 2-horse Plow, 1 Garden Cultivator, 1 Complex Sep- arator, 1 Barley Cleaner. 2 set Double Driving Harness, 1 set Single Harness. 4 Water Troughs, 14 Fifth Chains, 1 Black- smith Outfit Complete, 1 Clod Masher, 2 Mowers, 1 Gem Seed Sower, 1 Garden Plow, 1 Derrick Fork, 1 Brooder, 12 set Chain Harness, 1 Sheep-Dip Outfit, 1 3000 gallon Tank, 16 Stretchers, 1 Corn Culti- vator. Household and Kitchen Furniture, and other things too numerous to mention. TERMS: All sums of $25.00 and under, cash; over that amount 12 months time with S per cent interest on good security. Stock will be sold first thing after lunch. Sale will commence at 10 a. m., Sharp. Free Buss from Davis to the sale. Free lunch for man and beast. F. B. WIRE, Owner. W. G. HARRIS, Auctioneer. First Fall Combination Sale AT CHASE'S PAVILION, MONDAY EVE., SEPT. 20, '09 We already have consignments from the following breeders, headed by the McKINNEY STALLION BY MACK, full brother to Marengo King 2:29^, sire of Marie N. 2:08*. C. JOHNSON ESTATE, Castro Valley, a number of drivers and saddlers. H. BUSING, Pleasanton, several 2-vear-old prospects. LAUREL CREEK FARM, well broken driving horses. CHAS. BUTTERS, a high-class combination hacknev mare. L0NGW00D STOCK FARM, Nap'i, a matinee prospect. GEO. GEITNER, a road horse by Cupid. ENGLEWOOD FARM, Campbell, a high-class surrey horse. LLANO SECO RANCHO, Chico (Parrot Estate), consigns a carload of high- class broken horses by Imp. Socrates, German Coach stallion. Consignments from many other owners will be announced later Send for Catalog. FRED H. CHASE & CO., Auctioneers, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco. Saturday, September 11, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ^> BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year, $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Tulare Sept. 13-18 Fresno Oct. 18-23 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Salem Sept. 13-18 Portland Sept. 20-25 Seattle Sept 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Peoria, III Sept. 12-19 Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 A CHANGE IN THE SYSTEM of arranging race prdgrams and closing entries will have to be made on this coast before another year or harness racing will get to be a very unpopular sport with owners of trotters and pacers. Under the system in vogue this year, entries for all the races held on the Cali- fornia circuit from San Bernardino to Sacramento, closed before the first meeting of the eight was held. In other words every purse and stake given was an early closing event, and from one end of the circuit to the other there was no such thing as re-classifying the horses after the first meeting was held. The re- sult was that out of 27 original entries in the 2:20 class trot at the California State Fair, but eight started in the race, and out of 19 named in the 2:20 pace there were but four starters. The same propor- tion of starters to entries prevailed in many other purse races at the late meetings. The plan of clos- ing all purses early in the season is a very pernicious one. It doubtless brings in a good deal of entrance money to the associations, but it results in poor racing as the season progresses and places many persons on the suspension list for large sums who have had no chance to race at all. There must be a change in the plan of closing entries before another season arrives or the majority of horse owners will be on the suspension list by the close of 1910. On the eastern circuits a tew early closing stakes or purses of large value are advertised by every asso- ciation, but the great bulk of the class races do not close for entry until about ten days or two weeks be- fore the meeting at which they are to be raced. By this plan the horses are re-classified every two weeks and those that win races in 2:10 must, after a couple of weeks, start in the 2:10 or faster classes instead of heading processions in the 2:25 and 2:30 classes, as is the rule here in California. Horse owners should unite and refuse to enter throughout any circuit which closes all its purses before the first meeting opens. o THE OREGON STATE FAIR will open on Mon- day next and there is every reason to believe that it will be the same big success it has been in recent years. It is conducted on the same lines that have made the State Fairs in the east and middle west so successful. There is something to interest all ' classes of people and the Oregonians show their interest by patronizing it most liberally, as many as 25,000 people passing through the gates in one day. This is the more remarkable because Salem. where the fair is held is a city of not over 20,000 inhabitants. The Portland Fair is held the week following the Oregon State Fair, and is also largely patronized. Many California breeders and owners will exhibit and race their horses at these two fairs this year, and the probability is that a very large share of the premiums and purses will be won by them. o THE FIRST WORK HORSE PARADE ever held on this coast paraded through the streets of San Francisco on Admission Day. There were over 2000 horses in line and the parade was a big success from start to finish and reflected great credit on the Grand Marshal, I. B. Dalziel, President of the Work Horse Parade Association, and his able assistants. As it was the first parade of the kind ever given here, there were a few features that will be greatly im- proved in the future, but the only criticisms that could be made are those that were suggested by the managers of the parade themselves. At least a hundred thousand people were on Market street and Van Ness avenue to see the parade, which took over four hours to pass. CALIFORNIA COLT WINNERS OF 1909. No California trotting three-year-old racing in this State has won more than one stake race this year. The Pacific Breeders' Futurity, value $1600 to the winner, went to Zulu Belle by Pctigru, a black Slly owned by W. G. Durfee of Los Angeles, and driven to ■ victory by his father, C. A. Durfee. The Occident Stake, value ?1S00 to the winner, fell to Volante, bay colt by Zombro, owned by C. A. Canfield of Los Angeles and driven by Walter Maben. The Stanford Stake, value $650 to the winner, was won by the bay cost Easter by Monierat, owned by S. B. Wright of San Bernardino, and driven by Homer Rutherford. These three, having been returned the winners, must be considered the best' three-year-olds of the year on this coast up to the present time. Volante. winner of first money in the Occident Stake, and second in the Breeders' Futurity, was not entered in the Stanford. He won the second heat of the Futurity in 2:15%, the fastest heat of that race, and took three straight heats in the Occi- dent each in faster tima than had ever before been made in the stake, the fastest being the second in 2:13%, which is this colt's record. Zulu Belle won a matinee race at Los Angeles in 2:19 and 2:1S% before she was taken to the Breed- ers' meeting, where she won the first, third and fourth heats of her race in 2:17%, 2:17% and 2:16%. She contracted a cold after that race and did not start in the Occident to which she was eligible. Easter, winner of the Stanford Stake, won the first race on the California circuit this year — the 2:25 trot for district horses at San Bernardino. In this race he defeated a field of six aged horses in 2:20%, 2:19 and 2:24. At Fresno he again started in a race with aged horses in the 2:12 trot, Zombronut winning in straight heats in 2:16 and 2:15% and Easter getting third money. He was third to Atha- sham at Los Angeles in a matinee race. In the Breeders' Futurity at Salinas he was 2-3-3-6, and won fourth money. At Pleasanton Easter again met the aged horses in a special won by Ida Millerton and won fourth money. At Woodland he won a heat in the 2:21 trot in 2:15%, the race going to Ollie B. 2:13%. Easter won second money in this event. He did not start at Chico. In the Stanford stake he won as he pleased in straight heats in 2:19%, 2:19 and 2:17. As the majority of Easter's races have been against aged horses his showing is a very cred- itable one. But one three-year-old pacer has shown class enough to win a stake race on the coast this year — Jim Logan, whose third heat in 2:05% so far out- classes anything heretofore done by a three-year-old that he is in a class by himself. Jim Logan is by Chas. Derby out of Effie Logan, Ihe dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03% and Dan Logan (4) matinee record 2:12%, by Durfee. As a two-year-old he started but once. In this race he was 2-4 and took second money, Easter D. by Diablo winning the race in straight heats in 2:15% and 2:13%. This year Jim Logan has made three starts. His first race was at Salinas where he won the three-year-old division of the Futurity in straight heats verv easilv in 2:15%, 2:16% and 2:13%. The following week at Pleasanton he started in a special pace against Demonio Wilkes, Tom Murphy 2:09% and Geo. Woodard, all aged horses. He again won handily in 2:17%, 2:11% and 2:11%, a great race for a three- year-old, but when he reached Woodland he broke the world's record for three-year-old pacers by win- ning the 2:20 class pace in straight heats in 2:09%, 2:09% and 2:05%, defeating Adam G. 2:07, Freely Red 2:10, Grace R. and Alto Genoa Jr. He is un- doubtedly the greatest three-year-old pacer that has ever been seen. The two-year-old trotters that have won stakes this year are Agnes Carter 2:20 by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Excella, owned by the Carter Estate and driven by Chas. DeRyder, Sweet Bow 2:17% by Bon Voy- age, dam The Silver Bell by Silver Bow, owned by L. H. Todhunter and driven by John Quinn, Pal 2:17% by Palite, dam Lorna Doone by Bayswater Wilkes, owned by E. D. Dudley and driven by Fred Chadbourne, and Donasham 2:29 by Athadon, owned by C. A. Canfield and driven by Walter Maben. Agnes Carter won the Nogi stakes at Fresno in July, in straight heats in 2:21% and 2:20. She is more than a half sister to Ella M. R. 2:16%, winner of last year's two-year-old Futurity, being out of the same mare Excella by Monbells, and her sire Nut- wood Wilkes, being the grandsire of Ella M. R. Agnes Carter was not in good condition at Salinas, but she got fourth money in the Futurity, four good colts finishing behind her. Sweet Bow 2:17% has appeared in but one race. She won the Breeders' Futurity at Salinas after Babe Verne, a rattling good colt, had taken the first heat in 2:25%. Sweet Bow's two heats were in 2:17% and 2:22%. She is very speedy and a handsome filly, and is the first of the get of the great colt trotter Bon Voyage 2:12% to start in a race. Pal 2:17% is probably the best two-year-old of the year, in California, by the records. He has started in three races. In his first start, at Salinas, in the Breeders' Futurity, he was outside the money, being sixth in the final summary in a field of eight. His next start was at Woodland, where he defeated Babe Verne, Tu Tu and Alto Express in straight heats in 2:18% and 2:17%, the first heat pulled up to a walk to keep from distancing his field. At Sacramento last week he defeated Agnes Carter and Yu Tu in two straight heats in 2:21 and 2:18. Pal is doubtless equal to a mile in 2:14 or better as in his last two races he was not fully extended at any time. Donasham, a colt that had phenomenal speed early in the year, got off later, and while he won the Canfield Stake at Los Angeles it was in very slow time, 2:31 and 2:29. He is credited with miles better than 2:20 in his work early in the season. There have been but two races on the circuit for two-yar-old pacers — the Breeders' Futurity at Salinas, and the Falrose Stake at Sacramento, the latter for the get of Falrose only. The Futurity was won by the very high class filly Normono, owned by J. N. Blair of Sacramento and driven by Chas. De Ryder. She met in this race the colt Sirius Pointer, who took the first heat in 2: IS, but the filly won the next two in 2:14% and 2:17%. Normono is by Demonio 2:11 out of Louisa by Welcome 2:10%. and comes from a family of producing mares, her fifth dam being the famous old running mare Bonnie Belle by Williamson's Belmont, to whom trace Clipper 2:06, Janice 2:08% and many other fast ones. Zamrosa, winner of the Falrose Stake, won his two heats in 2:31 and 2:25. He is by Falrose, dam by Zombro. The above comprise all the colt stake winners this season in California and they are a bunch of youngsters that any State might be proud of. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Dr. Booker, Selma. — There are about a dozen mares registered by the name of Nelly W., some with records and some without. Five trotters and four pacers by this name have records. Give us an idea of which Nelly W. you desire the breeding of and we will try to furnish it for you. H. Edgar, City. — The fastest time ever made by a two-year-old trotter was made by Arion, son of Elec- tioneer in November, 1891. He trotted a mile against time, pulling a high wheel sulky in 2:10%. His record of 2:07% was made in 1893, when he was a four-year-old, and he pulled a bike sulky in making this record, which was also against time. Senator Bailey is fast coming to the front as a breeder of trotters and his stud, headed by the grand old sire, Prodigal 2:16 is composed of some thirty of the best bred brood mares in Kentucky, several of which came from the late Marcus Daly. The Texas Senator also has in training at the Lex- ington track one of the best stables he has ever had and if nothing happens they will get a part of the money when Trainer Childs sends them to the races. The two young mares. Lucile Marlow and Shiney Silk, which are row in the training stable, will not be raced this season, but will be prepared to take a low record at the October trotting meeting and then retired to the stud. Secretary Knight of the American Trotting Asso- ciation is authority for the statement that the trot- ting mare that has been called Perico Maid is prop- erly known as Penisa Maid. The owner, he says, has the right to change the name without being liable to penalty if the change is not too radical. In this case, he says, the American Trotting Horse Asso- ciation has accepted thp name of Penisa Maid, and the mare will be so recorded during the year. Charles Sanders of Salem. Mass, bought LThlan for driving in the matinees and soon found that he was just what Arthur Parker, his breeder, said — a wonder- fully fast and game trotter. He was matineed at Readville the summer he was a three-year-old and pulled his owner in 2:13% hooked to a wagon. He was defeated once in the handicap at Readville last August. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR OF 1909. Complete Account of the Races Held During the Six Days — Notes and Items of Interest. (By Win. G. Layng. ) One glance at the extensive grounds and many im- provements in course of construction at the Fair Grounds will convince any one that the President and Directors of the State Board of Agriculture in- tend so far as lies in their power to make this place second to no other in the United States. Its situa- tion could not be surpassed and the work accomplish- ed during the past four years with the appropriations granted by the State only gives a faint idea of what is to be done in the future. The permanent build- ings erected are large, well-lighted and ventilated, and are strictly "class" buildings, i. e., devoted to different displays: Horticultural, Mechanical, and the Arts and Sciences. Space has been left for the addition of many others for exhibit. The grand stand was erected merely as a temporary building, and will be replaced by one worthy of its surround- ings. The barns for live stock exhibits, cattle, sheep, and swine will be increased in size, while the few buildings erected for the horses are models of size, ventilation and comfort, and it is the intention to add a number of similar ones close to them. The lack of an adequate supply of water ,has been felt ever since the first posthole in these grounds was dug, but Superintendent C. W. Paine says the big 200-foot well recently sunk will furnish all the water needed. A six-inch pump will carry the water to the concrete sixty-thousand gallon tank that is al- most completed, and then he hopes to have the track watered more plentifully and regularly, and make it second to no other in California. The infield will be planted in alfalfa; shade trees will be set out, and, if all that is contemplated toward beautifying this place is consummated, then every resident of Cali- fornia will take a pride in calling attention to this, the finest and best State Fair grounds and the fastest and best race-track in America. Like the great Charter Oak Track at Hartford, Connecticut, there will be no inner rail on the course, nothing but a border of green grass to define the line over which trotters and pacers must not cross in their efforts to beat time with that musical rythm of hoof beats which sends a thrill through every one who loves to see good contests from wire to wire. The weather was ideal throughout the meeting. The lack of saloons and gambling of all kinds con- tributed in a great measure toward increasing the attendance each successive day; and it was with unfeigned pleasure the Directors announced that the gate receipts exceeded any meeting of like duration in the history of the Association. The starting Judge, Mr. J. L. McCarthy, duplicated the excellent work he has been doing at all other meetings this season, where he won the confidence of the public, esteem of the drivers and endorsement of the mana- gers. The intermissions between heats during the entire week afforded opportunities for exhibitors of gaited saddle horses to put them through their paces, a novelty, by the way, to Californians, but not to those who have visited the fairs in the Middle West. The parading and exhibiting of German Coach, Percheron and Belgian stallions proved another attraction high- ly apprec:ated. There was only one claimant for prizes in these classes and that was the firm of J. Crouch & Sons, of Lafayette, Indiana. This firm is known as the largest importer of prize winning representatives of these breeds of horses in America. In has taken many years of careful study and the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars for them to achieve the success they have attained. Their exhibit at this Fair surpasses in numbers and excellence any they have ever bad. Mr. J. F. Campbell, mc.nager of the Pacific Coast branch, deserves great credit for the manner in which he has shown these horses. Happy Jack's Wild West Show served to fill up any "gap" that existed in the programme every after- noon. With exhibitions of lasso throwing, "bronco busting," and rough riding, they added another fea- ture, that of offering a cash prize to any one who would ride a black bull they had. This feat was considered almost impossible, for several riders es- sayed the task, but, inside of five seconds, they were making "ascensions" which would make Orville Wright turn green with envy. On Saturday, how- ever, Messrs. Rush & Pierce of the Suisun Stock Farm, sent Chester Billard, one of their employees, in to do the feat, and to the surprise of the public and the chagrin of "Happy Jack and his monster ag- gregation of rough riders," Chester rode the bull and did it so well that he said he wished there was a five-eighths dash on the programme, he would like to pilot that bull in it just for fun. The stock parades were insignificant compared with those heretofore held at this Fair. The absence of Nevada and Oregon cattle was noted as well as the long line of standard bred trotters, roadsters, double teams, etc. But next year special attention will be given to inducing owners of good horses to partici- pate. The exhibits in the horticultural and agricultural pavilions surpassed any heretofore held. The poul- try exhibit, although not large, was noted for the excellence of those entered for prizes. The machinery exhibit was small and the absence of mining machinery for which this Fair was once celeb "ated was commented upon by many. The cat- tle, sheep, goats, and swine exhibited will compare favorably with those in any other State in the Union and the Judges found it a serious problem as to how to make the awards. On Fridav, an auction sale of short horn cattle was held in the new judging barn. Major Geo. Bel- lows of Maryville, Mo., being the auctioneer. The sale was not a success, there being a scarcity of bid- ders and, after a few animals were disposed of at ridiculously low figures — considering the quality of the offerings — the sale was closed. The blame for this must be laid to those who had this sale in charge. It was not advertised as it should have been and very few interested received catalogues. If there is anything needed to boom a sale it is a liberal use of printer's ink and a desire on the part of all interested to see that eveiy one interested knows when and where the sale is to take place and how the animals to be sold are bred. Monday. The attendance on the opening day was not as large as expected. There were three races scheduled and the famous Occident stake for three-year-olds "one of California's classics" was included. For this there were four entries: Mrs. T. B. Gibson's Vir- ginia Lee, S. H. Hoy's Complete, C. A. Canfield's Volante and Dana Perkins' All Style. Volante, ably driven by Walter Maben, easily defeated his compet- itors in three straight heats, the fastest ever made by a three-year-old in this State with the exception of those won by his famous sire Zombro. The time over this new track today, 2:14%. 2:13% and 2:14, creates a hope that many fast records will be shattered over it this week. The trio that opposed Volante were so closely matched that the second and third money was added together and divided equally between them. The amount being $31S each. Volante re- ceived $1,831. ■ The 2:20 class trot for a purse of $2,000 brought out H. E. Armstrong's Kid Wilkes. C. H. Thompson's Escobado, C. F. White's Sophie Dillon. Woodland Stock Farms' Prince Lot. W. S. Maben's Ida Miller- ton, L. H. Todhunter's Silver Hunter, and Frank Col- lum's Scotch John. Kid Wilkes had no trouble in winning this event in straight heats, Escobado. ably driven by Ward, was the only one to carry him the fastest mile. In the second heat Sophie Dillon made a bad break and fell back to seventh position, but in the last heat Groom took her to the outside and came in second to the "elusive Kid." Prince Lot showed a vast improvement over his work at Pleas- anton. The race for the Trotting Park Amateur Cun brought out S. Christenson's Reina Directum. Frank H. Burke's Siesta, and G. Wempe's Plumado. Reina Directum won in straight heats easily. She had been very sick all morning and at one time it was believed would not be able to start. However, she did, and her victory seemed all the greater because of this exhibition of gameness. If Mr. Wempe had not become a little nervous in the second heat and began to urge Plumado too quick the result of this race might have been different. Plumado will do better next time she starts. Tuesday. This was "Sacramento Day" and if a stranger was to drop from a flying machine on to the course he would have wondered if there were any people left ii the Garden City. Everybody and everybody's friend was there gaily bedecked in red ribbons. The band played the very' latest music and every man. woman and child seemed to enjoy all they heard and <3~*w Th:> first r^co of the dav was for two-vear-olds. fro+tirigf ivir*e $400. Only three contestants ap- nrn-prt. the fast filly Sweet Bow being withdrawn on account of a slight lameness; E. D. Dudley's Pal, Carter Estate's Agnes Carter, and N. M. Strong's Yu Tu. .Tas. Sutherland had the mount behind Pal. and guided him with all his old-time skill to victory, de- feating his competitors with ease in 2:21 and 2:18. In the 2:30 class pace, there were four entries: Adam G.. Cora. Freely Red. and Grace R. Adam G. won in straight heats. Grace R. demonstrated her ability to get a 2:10 record, being a good second in 2:091/? in the second heat of this race. She will be a dangerous one in the green classes next season. In the 2:13 trot, nurse $2,500. Zombronut won first money. Katalina being the only one to force him near his limit in two of the heats, while in the third heat the black gelding Crylia Jones nipped second place from her just at the wire. Wenja trotted a game race, but Zombronut seemed to outclass his field. Wednesday. There were only two events on the card to-day. consequently the gate receipts were light. It might well be termed an "off-day." The first race was for the 2:11 class pacers, for which there were five en- tries: Little Dick, Queen Derby, Lady R.. Dan S.. and Dawn o' Light. Judge McCarthy had no trouble in getting these sidewheelers away on even terms in each heat. Queen Derby 2:10. the smooth-going daughter of Chas. Derby, outclassed her comnetitors and won in straight heats. Dan S. being the only one to come within two lengths of her at any part of the journey. In the third heat Ladv R. forged to the front and beat this horse a head. Dawn o' Light was fourth and Little Dick, "the Pride of the Stadium." came :n last in each ppat; hp seemed weak, having recently recovered fr^m a sick spell; this accounted fo>" bis TipnT showing: The Free-for-All Pace open to all driving Clubs in California furnished the best contest of the day. 'Ti-ore were pntprpd jpP McGregor, Demonio Wilkes, Diodens. and Teddy. There was much dissatisfac- tion over this event and the judges should have used more discretion. Henry Helman, the driver of Demonio Wilkes, being a professional reinsman, was not allowed to drive, hence he withdrew his mare while Joe McGregor, a horse that has been campaign- ed all over the circuit was allowed to start in this amateur event. However, it furnished quite a con- test. Diodens, ably driven by H. Eoyle, kept at Joe McGregor's sulky wheel almost up to the three- quarter pole, then fell back and, pulling out, his driver set sail lor the leader; then, just within a few yards of the line he broke and Joe McGregor won, with Teddy a few lengths in the rear. The last named was taken from a milk wagon in Woodland. He has a very smooth way of going and with more development will be one of the "surprises" of the pacing division. Thursday. Governors Day! But the Governor did not come, he was over in Humboldt county. It made little dif- ference with the people, for they came ten thousand strong and filled the grand stand and every avail- able space on the rail at the track side. Automobiles with happy passengers chugged in between carriages, cabriolets and victorias, while Director Paine with his well-filled four-in-hand brake drove in alongside the grand stand, added "color" to the scene. Ring- ling's circus was in town, but its attractions did not seem to draw the people for the race meeting as its managers contemplated. There were several events on the card to-day which kept the vast throng deeply interested. There were two good races scheduled and a Marathon race for amateurs — distance ten miles — besides many side show attractions and the judging of highly schooled horses. The first race was for the 2:07 class pacers, purse $1,000. There were five entries: C. J. Uhl's Solano Boy, I. H. Tod- hunter's Hymettus, Homer Rutherford's Josephine, E. S. Train's Ray o' Light and G. W. Bonnell's De- lilah. On the word being given to a beautiful start Josephine took the lead and held it until the quarter pole was reached where Hymettus who was gradually gaining on her. passed her, and, as Solano Boy also moved up, these three paced to the head of the homestretch not an open length between them. Suth- erland who was driving Solano Boy took the shortest route at the turn and gradually gained on Josephine passing her a few yards from the wire, getting second place about two lengths behind Hymettus. Delilah was fourth, and Ray o' Light fifth, ten yards behind the field. Time, 2:07%. In the next heat Hymettus led all the way, the others were close up. It was the best contested heat of the day. Coming toward the judges' stand Sutherland made a strong drive and gradually came up on even terms with Hymettus, his horse, Solano Boy, gamely responding to every word. His driver must have thought he had passed the judge's stand for he suddenly stopped driving and Hymettus landed the heat by a neck in 2:0S%, ap- parently all out. Josephine was four lengths behind, a length in front of Delilah and leading Ray o' Light by two lengths. In the third heat Whitehead took Ray o'Light to the front, and at the half a blanket could almost cover him, Solano Boy and Hymettus; nearing the three-quarter pole Josephine forged ahead. Hymettus fell hack four lengths and Ray o' Light stopped to keep him company. The battle now lay between Josephine and Solano Boy. It was a whipping finish to the wire but the former won by half a length in 2:11. Hymettus, Ray o' Light and Delilah following in the order named. According to rule all non-winners of heats became nor. starters, benre only Josephine and Hymettus came for the word. The former won the next two heats as she pleased from her tired competitor in 2:16 and 2:15. The Cup race for free-for-all trotters followed. F. Ruhstaller of Sacramento drove Wild Bell, S. Chris- tenson of San Francisco piloted Charlie T and Mr. Artkirs drove R. W. P.. while Wild Bell outclassed the others and was ably driven by her owner, the skillful manner in which Mr. Christenson handled the ribbons over Charlie T. in this race stamps him as a driver of merit. He drove like a veteran and Mr. Ruhstaller had to exercise all his skill to keep his great trotter in the lead. R. W. P. also trotted a very good race and in the second heat got second position. The time made was 2:16, 2:13 and 2:13. Friday. Another record-breaking crowd filled the grand- stand to-day. The first event was for the 2:15 class pacers, purse $700. The starters were J. F. Heenan's The Judge, G. Peirano's Alto Genoa, J. Depoister's Milton Gear and Mrs. F. W. Chadbourne's Moortrix. The ease with which Moortrix won this slow race proved how far he outclassed his competitors. The struggle for second position furnished the only ex- citement, but Milton Gear, ably handled by Joe Cui- cello, won the coveted position from Alto Genoa. The Judge took no part in the argument, seemingly satisfied with watching the battle from afar off and was satisfied to save his entrance, which he did. The time 2:18, 2:18 and 2:17% waB only a workout for Moortrix 2:07%. A trotting race for amateurs, prize, a cup, furnished the surprise of the day. Frank H. Burke, Vice-Pres- ident of the Board of Agriculture had the mount be- hind his beautiful Zolock mare Wenje. G. Wempe drove his Advertiser mare Plumado, and S. H. Cowell was up behind his Dexter Prince mare, Hulda C. The race became a duel between Wenje and Plumado, and furnished one of the most exciting events of the week's meeting. If $10,000 was at stake both drivers could nor have been more deeply in earnest. From wire to wire it was a question as to which was Saturday, September 11, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN the better of the two. Wenj'e took the lead but Plu- mado was dangerously close and when the home- stretch was reached both drivers used all their skill, while Plumado, seeming to realize she was to win, trotted as she never did before and won the three heats by the narrowest of margins, almost in front of the stand in 2:16%, 2:15 and 2:16, Hulda C. third It was the first time in nineteen years that Mr. Burke drove a race, and. although defeated, it was no fault of his. The ovation he received from the vast assemblage was well merited. The Capitol Hotel cup for amateur drivers was in- ducement enough to bring out a field of four con- testants: Joe Dick, Economizer, Lady Bird and Buster Brown. The heats were well trotted, Econo- mizer winning the first in 2:23, a neck in front of Joe Dick, but the latter captured the other three and race in 2:2iy2, 2:25 and 2:22%. The Falrose stake for two-year-olds was a procession and as both colts were by Falrose it was more to see just how far they would pace than anything else. Rosemaw was second in the first heat until the three quarter pole was reached, then he broke and before he got on his stride Zomrose paced by him and in a drive down the stretch won by three lengths in 2:31. The second heat proved that Rosemaw had more speed but was more inclined to break than Zomrosa, for, after breaking he would pace very fast and pass the latter and in this way he won the second heat. J. Sutherland was selected by the owner to drive Zomrosa and the way this veteran "razooed" this youngster caused the latter to pace much faster and to run quicker when he made a break, that is why he landed under the wire in 2:25 a winner by seven lengths: Saturday. It seemed as if everybody wanted to see the race meeting to-day. The news that this is strictly a "moral" fair has spread to all parts of Sacramento and the surrounding country, consequently, people who had never attended races before came to-day. The grand stand was filled to overflowing while all the big buildings wherein exhibits were shewn, as well as the barns where the livestock were standing, were thronged with men, women and children. "There were three races scheduled; the first and most important being the Stanford Stake for three- year-old trotters. There were only three entered up- on which last payments had been made, viz: S. H. Hoy's Complete, Dana Perkins' All Style, and S. B. Wright's Easter. When the word was given Easter took the lead. At the quarter All Style was fully two lengths behind and a like distance from Com- plete. Going down the backstretch All Style moved up to Easter and like a double team they trotted around until they entered the homestretch, All Style then broke and fell back two lengths. Easter came on and won easily by two lengihs in 2:19%, Com- plete a good third. Easter won the secend and third heats in about the same manner in 2:19 and 2:17, and the ease with which he trotted shows that, if forced, he could have trotted in 2:15; as it was, he lowered his previous record two seconds. The Consolation pace for the 2:11 class pacers being declared off, the next event on the programme was the 2:10 trot. There were five entries: W. J. Miller's Katalina, Mrs. A. Whitehead's Delia Derby, Geo. W. Ford's Goldenut, Wm. Magan's Era, and A. B. Miller's Zammell. The first heat proved to be well contested, Era, Delia Derby and Katalina trotting closely together in the lead. On entering the home- stretch Delia Derby left her companions and was two lengths in front twenty yards from the wire. Williams behind Era, began his drive and just about three lengths from the goal Delia made a "jimmy" and before she got squared away Era passed her and was declared the winner. Katalina was third by two lengths, Goldenut fourth and Zammell last. Time 2:10. In the second heat Katalina took the lead at the first quarter but going down the backstretch she made a break and before Daniels could get her on her stride she was an eighth of a mile behind the bunch now being led by Goldenut, Era, Zammell and Delia Derby. Goldenut kept in front to the seven- eighths pole when he broke and Era passing him was never in danger to the wire, coming in three lengths in front of Goldenut, with Zammell a length farther away, Delia Derby was fourth and Katalina dis- tanced. Time 2:12%. Era won the last heat and race, after trailing Goldenut to the head of the homestretch where the latter made a disastrous break. She then took com- mand and jogged in easily in 2:13%. The Cup race for amateur drivers furnished a good contest between Harold B., tveimit, Natoma and Briarwood. The summary will show how this ended but it does not explain how deeply interested every one of the drivers seemed to be in this event. It was a fitting ending to one of the best attended meet- ings in California and the only regret is that the fields were so small and the races so few. Some- thing must be done to remedy this before the next race meeting is held. The subject of later classifi- cation is one that should receive the earnest consid- eration of the Directors of all associations on the Pacific Coast, if they hope to make harness horse racing a feature of the State Agricultural Fair here- after. Summaries: Monday, August 30, 1909. Occident Stake, three-year-old trotters. Value $2785. Volante, b. c. by Zombro, Mamie Elizabeth by Red Regent (Maben) 1 1 1 Virginia Lee, b. f. Iran Alto-Maggie (Hogo- boom) 4 3 2 Complete ch. 1. by Palite, Camilla by Bays- water Wilkes (Hoy) 3 2 4 All Style, b. c. by Stam B.-Zaza (Quinn 2 4 3 Time— 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:14. Trotting, 2:20 class. Purse $2000. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes, by Bal- boa (Helman) 1 1 1 Escobado, b. f. by Escobar-Leah (Ward) 2 2 3 Sophie Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Groom) 4 7 2 Prince Lot, br. g. by Prince Ansel (Spencer). 3 3 5 Ida Millerton, blk. m. by Millerton (Maben).. 5 4 6 Silver Hunter, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 7 6 4 Scotch John, ch. g. by Tomanco (Daniels) ..657 Time — 2:09%, 2:12, 2:10% . Trotting Park Amateur Club race. Silver Cup. Reina Directum, bl. m. by Rev Direct-Stem- winder by Venture (Christenson) 1 1 1 Siesta, b. g. by Iran (Kilpatrick) 2 3 2 Plumado, ch. m. by Advertiser (Wempe) . . . .3 2 3 Time — 2:23, 2:22%, 2:23%. Tuesday, August 31, 1909. Trotting, two-year-olds. Purse $400. Pal, b. c. by Palite-Lorna Doone by Bayswater Wilkes (Sutherland) 1 1 Agnes Carter, b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes-Excella (De Ryder) 2 2 Yu Tu, br. m. by R. Ambush, by Dick Turpin (Rutherford) 3 3 Time— 2:21, 2:18. Pacing, 2:20 class. Purse $2,000. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney-Nona Y (De Ryder) 1 1 1 Grace R., b. m. by Demonio-Hannah (Suther- land) 2 2 3 Cora, b. m. by Del Coronado, by Dexterwood (Helman) 4 4 2 Freely Red, b. m. by Red Medium, by Bourbon Wilkes (Sampress) 3 3 4 Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:13. Trotting, 2:13 class. Purse $2,500. Zombronut, b. h. by Zombro (Ward) 1 1 1 Katalina, b. m. by Tom Smith-Kate Lumry (Daniels) 2 3 2 Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Ruth- erford) 4 2 5 Wenja, b. m. by Zolock-Naulacka (Davey)...3 4 4 Queen Knight, blk. m. by Knight (Maben) 5 5 3 Time— 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:15. Wednesday, September 1, 1909. Pacing, 2:11 class. Purse $2,000. Queen Derby, br. m. by Chas. Derby-Addie Ash by Indianapolis (Cuicello) 1 1 1 Dan S., b. s. by Athablo-Day Break (Ward) . .2 2 3 Lady R., br. m. by Col. K. R. by Dexter Prince (Sweeney) 4 4 2 Dawn o' Light, b. m. by Searchlight-Lidine (Hellman) 3 3 4 Little Dick, ch. g. by Dictatus, (Verhillac) ... 5 5 5 Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:12%. Free-for-all Pace, open to all Driving Clubs in Cal- ifornia. Cup. Jot McGregor, b. h. by Fergus McGregor-by Joe Young (Wright) 1 1 1 Diodens, b. g. by Diablo (Boyle) 2 2 2 Teddy, b. g. by Diablo (Henningtr) 3 3 3 Time— 2:14, 2:12, 2:12. Thursday, September 2, 1909. Pacing, 2:07 class. Purse $1,000. Josephine, b. m. by Zolock, by New- ton N (Rutherford) 3 3 1 1 1 Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro-The Silver Bell (Quinn) 1 1 3 2 2 Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon- Minerva (Sutherland) 2 2 2 ro Delilah, b. m. by Zolock-Gazelle (Bon- nell) 4 4 5 ro Ray o' Light, b. s. by Searchlight-Car- rie B. (Whitehead) 5 5 4 ro Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:11, 2:16, 2:15. Trotting, free-for-all. Cup race for amateurs. Wild Bell, b. g. by Wildnut (Ruhstaller 1 1 1 Charlie T., blk. g. by Zombro (Christenson) . .2 3 2 R. W. P., b. g. by Welcome (Adkins) 3 2 3 Time— 2:16, 2:13, 2:13. Friday, September 3, 1909. Pacing, 2:15 class. Purse $700. Moortrix, b. c. by Azmoor-Trix by Nutwood Wilkes (Sutherland) 1 1 1 Milton Gear, ch. h. by Harry Gear-Lulu N (Cuicello) 2 2 3 Alto Genoap, blk. h. by Alto Jr.-Gcnoa (Peir- ano) 3 3 2 The Judge, b. g. by Bonnie Direct (Heenan).4 4 4 Time— 2:18, 2:18, 2:17%. Trotting, Amateur Cup Race. Plumado, ch. m. by Advertiser, by Dexter Prince (Wempe) 1 1 1 Wenje, h. m. by Zolock-Naulacka (Burke) 2 2 2 Hulda C, ch. m. by Dexter Prince-Hulda (Howell) 3 3 3 Time— 2:16%, 2:15, 2:16. Capitol Hotel Cup. Amateur Drivers. Joe Dick (Heenan) 2 1 1 1 Economizer (J. Silva) 1 2 3 2 Lady Bird (Christie) 3 4 2 ro Buster Brown (H.Pike) 4 S 4 ro Time— 2:23, 2:21%, 2:25, 2:22%. Falrose Stake for two-year-old pacers. Zomroza, b. c. by Falrose-Zwilka by Zom- bro (Quinn and Sutherland) 1 2 1 Rosemaw, b. c. by Falrose, bv Sterling 2 1 2 Time— 2:31, 2:29, 2:25. Saturday, September 4, 1909. Stanford Stake, three-year-old trotters. Value $1,300. Easter, b. c. by Monocrat-Alta Rena by Alta Rex (Rutherford) 1 1 1 All Style, b. c. by Stam B.-Zaza by Bay Bird (Quinni 2 2 2 Complete, ch. f. by Palite-Camilla by Bays- water Wilkes (Hoy) 3 3 3 Time— 2:19%, 2:19, 2:17. Trotting, 2:10 class. Purse $1,000. Era, b. m. by Zombro-Nelly K (Williams) 1 1 1 Goldenut, ch. h. by Neernut-Florence Covey (Hellman) 4 2 2 Delia Derby, blk. m. by Chas. Derby-Nora D (Whitehead) 2 4 4 Zammell, gr. h. by Zombro, by A. W. Rich- mond 5 3 3 Time— 2:10, 2:12%, 2:13%. Cup Race, Amateur Drivers. Harold B. (Pike) 1 1 1 Kermit (Cowell) 2 2 3 Briarwood (Christy) 3 4 2 Natoma (C. Silva) 4 3 4 Time— 2:12, 2:13, 2:13. Notes of the Week. "When the late Dr. Hicks was praising his little band of Flaxtail mares here in Sacramento I know of no man who was the recipient of more sneering and jibes for his assertions than he," was the remark an old horseman of Sacramento made to a friend as they looked at Jim Logan 2:05%. "This is not the only great one carrying a large infusion of Flaxtail blood. I could name many of the very fastest and gamest that have appeared on the track during the past twenty years. Over there in that box stall," pointing to where the handsome two-year-old stallion Pal 2:17% stood, "stands one of the most promising trotters in the United States, and he traces twice to Flaxtail, and I will prove it to you. He is by Mr. Dudley's stallion Palite, he by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16% out of Palita (2) 2:16 (dam of 2 in 2:30) by Palo Alto 2:08%; second dam Elsie (dam of 5) by Gen. Benton; third dam Elaine 2:20 (dam of 4) by Messenger Du- roc, and the fourth dam Green Mountain Maid (dam of Electioneer and 9 in the 2:30 list). Pal's dam was a mare called Lorna Doone (trial 2:18) by Bays- water Wilkes (son of Sable Wilkes 2:18 and Fanny Bayswater by Bayswater, a thoroughbred, and I don't know how many dams back of that is thoroughbred, at least ten. Pal's second dam is Bee Sterling (dam of McFadyen 2:11% and three others in 2:20) by Sterling, a sire, and here's where the Flaxtail blood comes in: Sterling was by Egmont out of Mary, one of Flaxtail's best speed-producing daughters, her fastest descendants being Sir Albert 2:03% and Jim Logan (3) 2:05%. Pal's third dam was Flash (dam of Javelin 2:08% and 4 others in 2:30) by Egmont, out of Flight 2:32 (grandam of eleven in 2:15) by Flaxtail. Why, if old Dr. Hicks lived he would be giving some of those who poked fun at his theories about pacing blood in the trotter the ha ha and maybe he wasn't the one to do it." With this declaration the speaker took his friends's arm and walked away, leaving Jim Logan's caretaker wondering who he was. H. E. Armstrong, the affable owner of the Pleasan- ton racetrack and the great trotter Kid Wilkes 2:09%, started for Salem, Oregon, last Saturday so as to have stalls ready for the delegation of trotters and pacers that were to follow him from Sacramento. Mr. Armstrong is well known in Oregon and he says he will see that the Californians will get everything that is to be had that is good. His foresight and thoughtfulness is deeply appreciated by horse owners and trainers. Last Thursday the pacing stallion Sir John S. 2:04%, was shipped from Marysville to Salem, Ore- gon. Easter Bells 2:11%, and one of the progeny of Sir John S. were sent in the same car. Sir John S. is entered in the $1,000 pace and Easter Bells in the $5,000 trot. They will go to Portland from Salem, and it is more than likely both these campaigners will be sent to the big racing meet at Phoenix, Ari- zona. Mr. Vance, the owner, feels confident that he will lower both their records bafore he returns home. All Style, Dana Perkins' good three-year-old trotter that came in second to Easter in the Stanford stakes, last Saturday, in 2:19%, 2:19 and 2:17, is a well bred fellow. He was sired by Stam B 2:11% out of Zaza by Bay Bird SS74 : second dam Mary Lou 2:17 (dam of Kinney Lou 2:07%) by Tom Benton, etc. All Style will be a hard one to beat in the green classes next year. The great filly Sweet Bow (2) 2:17% will have a good rest until next spring. John Quinn, her capable trainer, has decided to take only two horses to Salem and leave her in Sacramento. Geo. W. Ford, owner of the Santa Ana racetrack, was actively engaged in presenting inducements to owners and trainers to have them lay over at Santa Ana (on their way to Phoenix) where he will give a race meeting. Many he had spoken to were very favorable to the projpct and believed it would pay them to do so. As Mr. Ford will go to Salem no doubt he will do good missionary work there for his track. The compiler of the programme for the race meet- ing at Sacramento should have been more explicit in giving the breeding of the various entries. The 6 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. breeding of the dams of all horses entered should have been printed, for it is considered as important as the name of the sires. Next year it is hoped that this will be attended to and that some one qualified to do this work will be employed. The champion three-year-old pacer Jim Logan, 2:05% will be sent by his owner, J. Elmo Montgom- ery, to Chico, where he will be placed in charge of L. M Daniels, to be carefully worked and kept in form preparatory to his campaign next year. He will not be raced again this season. It is not generally known but the breeding of fine trotters on a small scale is one of the pursuits fol- lowed on the late Senator Leland Stanford's farm at Vina, California, and also at the Palo Alto Stock Farm. Carrie Malone (sister to Klatawah 2:05%, Chas. Derby 2:20, etc.,) by Chas. Derby 2:20, out of Katy G., by Electioneer, died last week at Woodland, and her four month's old filly by Iran Alto 2:12%, was found drowned a short time after. The little thing must have become bewildered and fell into a hole in the creek which flowed through the pasture, and was unable to struggle out. Carrie Malone was bred on the Oakwood Park Stock Farm, sold to the the late D. J. Murphy of Milpitas, Santa Clara County, when a three-year-old, and then placed in the breeding ranks. She was mated with Soudan 2:27 and pro- duced several foals, one of them, Moorland Lass, is the dam of Pinky H., 2:17%. Carrie Malone was sent to Woodland to be bred to Alex. Button and by him she produced Carrie B. the dam of Ray o' Light 2:0S%, (the unbeaten three-year-old pacer of 1908) and Alexander Malone, a full brother to Ray o' Light's dam, that will be heard from as a sire. The late Mr. Jas. Coffin purchased Carrie Malone and bred her to Bon Voyage 2:12%: and at the dispersal sale of the horses belonging to his estate, Mr. H. Hogaboom bought her. She left a beautiful bay colt by Bon Voyage which promises to be a good one. Mr. Frank H. Burke of this city has his beautiful McKinney — Daisy S. mare Vallejo Girl 2:10% safe in foal to Bon Voyage 2:12%. Wanda 2:17%, with her latest contribution to the trotting horse world, a very shapely and blood-like roan filly by Birdman at her side, won the first pre- mium at the State Fair last week. As a race mare and matron Wanda occupies a very unique place in the annals of the trotting turf of the Pacific Coast. Wm. J. Kinney's prize winning driving cart at the California State Fair was sold to Mr. W. A. Sayre, a prominent harness maker of Sacramento, as soon as the awards were made. Mr. Kinney's display of light vehicles elicited many favorable comments from all the visiting horsemen and vehicle makers at the exhibition who had seen it. It must be exceedingly gratifying to Hi Hogoboom, the well known horseman, to see that the only colts that have been handled sired by his well bred stal- lion Palo King 2:28% at Woodland, have more than exceeded his expectations in conformation, action and speed. One of them, a filly just fourteen months old, after six weeks' handling, trotted an eighth of a mile in 16 seconds. Her dam was bv Di- ablo, 2:09%. After Walter S. Maben, one of the famous reins- men of California, alighted from his sulky at the State Fair in the race in which he drove Zammell by Zombro, he said, "Well, that's the last race I believe I shall ever drive again. I am going farming and will devote my time hereafter to that. Thirty years ago I drove Inca in a race I won and since then I have been almost continuously training and develop- ing trotters and pacers. I will step down and let others continue where I leave off." The news of Mr. Maben's retirement from the business will be read with regret by horsemen everywhere. His life with the trotters has been unsullied by scandal, and his reputation as a driver and gentleman is un- tarnished. Noted for his kindness, care, and skill as a developer of two and three-year-olds, his services have always been in demand. As a driver he is con- ceded to be one of the coolest and most levelheaded in America. His work with Stamboul 2:11, proved his worth, and his name will always be associated with the development of this great horse, and, in fact, with all the horses belonging to the late L J. Rose of Roserneade, Los Angeles County. In his new venture Mr. Maben carries the best wishes of all who have the pleasure of knowing him. The trotting mare Berenice, (trial 2:11) 2:25% (sister to Owyho 2:07%) by Owyhee 2:11, out of Bertha (dam of 10) by Alcantara, etc., owned by Jas. Marshall of Dixon, will be bred next spring to his grandly-bred son of Searchlight 2:03%, Aerolite 2:11; (trial 2:05%). The great broodmare Trix (dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Moortrix 2:07%, etc.) will be bred to Jim Logan (3) 2:05% next year. The produce should be another 2:05 performer, for Trix has proven her worth as a breeder of fast ones when bred to repre- sentatives of other leading trotting-horse fami- lies in California. water (thoroughbred) by Bayswater, second dam Bessie Sedgwick by Joe Daniels, etc., died at his place at Winters last week. Bayswater Wilkes sired Kelly Briggs 2:08 and Friskarina 2:13% and the good mare Lorna Doone (trial 2:18 as a four-year-old) dam of that beautiful trotter Pal 2:17%, one of the best two-year-olds seen this year on the California cir- cuit. He was bred by N. L. Stone of Mayfleld, Cal., and sold to Mr. Hoy when a yearling. His opportuni- ties as a sire were very limited, nevertheless, all his progeny is noted for beauty, style, intelligence and gameness. His daughters, especially, are highly es- teemed and many of them will be noted as the dams of extremely fast and reliable trotters and pacers. His death at this time is a serious loss to Mr. Hoy and all the horse breeders in Yolo county. TURNS TABLES ON HAMBURG BELLE. That Advertiser mare, Plumado, which Mr. Wempe developed and drove so well at the State Fair, win- ning a silver cup for amateurs, is twelve years old, and for years has been used for business pur- poses drawing a heavy wagon in San Francisco. By the way she won that race in 2:16%, 2:15 and 2:16 it was predicted that she will be in the 2 : 10 list next season. Her dam is Plotina by Dexter Prince; sec- ond dam Princess (dam of Alexandre 2:15%) by Nutwood 2:18%, etc. — o PARK AMATEUR CLUB. A cold, cloudy day, with a breeze blowing that made it uncomfortable for all who had ventured out without overcoats or wraps, prevented any fast time at the stadium track last Saturday afternoon when the Park- Amateur Driving Club held another matinee of its fall cup series. The greatest interest centered in this class A trot in which the horses most likely to win the Clark cup are starting. Reina Directum, -Mr. S. Christensou's black mare that has two races to her credit, was just back from a trip to the State Fair, where she had won a cup on the Monday pre- vious. The trip from the hot climate of the Sacra- mento valley to the cold fog of San Francisco had tied her up so that she was not herself and she was last in every heat of the race which went to the gray horse Dr. O'Brien, driven by Dan Hoffman. All the races were won in straight heats. Sum- maries: First race — Class B pacers, one mile. I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 1 H. C. Ahler's Princess V. ( Ahlers) 3 2 J. B. Dalziel's Tom T. (Dalziel) 2 3 Time — 2:27%, 2:23. Second race — Class A trotters, one mile. D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien (Hoffman) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 2 2 S. Christenson's Reina Directum (Christenson) . .3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:19%. Third race — Class C trotters, one mile. Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton (Joseph) 1 1 Captain W. Matson's McKinney M. (Matson)..2 2 R. Consani's Dividend (Hoffman) 3 3 G. Lyons' Martha (Lyons) 4 4 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh 5 5 Time— 2:29, 2:29. Fourth race — Class B trotters, one mile. A. Ottinger's Lilly Dillon (Ottinger) 1 1 I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato (Borden) 2 2 F. L. Matthes Walter G. (Matthes) 3 3 Time— 2:29%, 2:26%. TULARE COUNTY FAIR OPENS MONDAY. Tulare, Sept. 7. — Preparations are now in full blast at the fair grounds, putting things in shape for the opening on Monday, September 13th, of what promises to be the best county fair ever held in Cal- ifornia. Tulare has earned a reputation for her county fairs, but the coming fair promises to eclipse any yet held. Thirty men are now at work cleaning up the grounds and getting the buildings in order. Nearly all the space in the pavilion and the machin- ery building has been engaged. The livestock ex- hibit last year was greater than at the State fair at Sacramento and promises to be as large this year. In the entertainment department, racing leads. Two harness and two running races will be run off each afternoon. The track has never been in bet- ter condition than it is at present and some fast races may be expected. About twenty harness horses are preparing and several trials in 2:13 were made this week. Most of the horses go to Bakers- field for the races there this week, returning here for the opening on September 13th. Eight vaudeville performers have been engaged from San Francisco for the free evening entertainments in the pavilion. A series of five games of baseball has been arranged to be played on the fair grounds, game to be called each morning at 10 o'clock. Two brass bands have been engaged, so there will be no lack of music. Other attractions are being engaged and there will be few dull moments during the week. Samuel Hoy's grand looking stallion Bayswater Wilkes, a son of Sable Wilkes 2:18 and Fanny Bays- The three-year-old filly Emily McKinney, by Mc- Kinney 2:11%, dam Emeline Chimes, by Chimes, semond dam Emily 2:11, by Prince Regent 2:16%, trotted to a record of 2:17% at Philadelphia a few days ago. She is owned by A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., who also owns another crack three-year-old in Muda Guy, a filly by Guy Axworthy 2:08%, dam Muda S., by Stamboul 2:07% second dam Nancy Lee (dam of Nancy Hanks 2:04), by Dictator, that recently trotted a mile in 2:12%. This last one is eligible to start in the Kentucky Futurity and is being pointed for that great race. Uhlan Defeats the Axworthy Mare at Readville in Straight Heats. In the second meeting of the two champion trot- ters of 1909, Hamburg Belle and Uhlan, which came off at Readville last Friday the Bingen gelding de- feated the Axworthy mare in straight heats in much slower time than she beat him a week before at North Randall. The track was said to be at least two seconds slow but had it been lightning fast it is not probable that the mare could have won as she was evidently not in the condition she showed when she trotted the two fastest heats on record in a race at the previous meeting. Hamburg Belle was favorite before the start at odds of 5 to 3 because of her success at Cleveland, when she earned the world's record of 2:01% for trotters in a race, two seconds better than the previ- ous mark, which had stood since the Cresceus-The Abbot race at Brighton Beach in 1903. In drawing for position Billy Andrews held to his usual run of good luck in securing the pole. This was rather disheartening to those following Uhlan. On the second score Walker sent them away to a fine start. Immediately Andrews opened a gap of a length, maintaining this advantage clear to the three- quarter pole, when it was seen Proctor was driving for the first time in earnest in attempting to overtake the leader with the black son of Bingen. Rapidly Uhlan closed in on the mare until at the head of the home stretch he had her lapped, his head being at her saddle. Andrews apparently had confi- dence in the finishing ability of Hamburg Belle, and never made a move until he saw Uhlan had reached her neck. Then, thirty yards from the wire, he tapped the trotting queen a couple of times, but she failed to respond, and Uhlan quickly went into the lead, winning easily by two lengths. The fractional parts of the mile were :31%, 1:02%, 1:33% and 2:04%. After a couple of warming-up scores for the second heat the contestants turned for the word and got it the first time down. The pole, the backers and admirers of the Boston representative had concluded, was a big help, but just before reaching the quarter pole Andrews surprised every one by fairly jumping Hamburg Belle into the lead, so that it appeared from the grand stand as if Uhlan had met with an accident and been forced to stop stock still. It was a wonderful burst of speed, considering, too, that the quarter was reached in :31. From this point Uhlan was in about the same position back of the leader as the previous heat, and Proctor, too, made his drive in the lower turn at exactly the same place as before. Andrews, knowing the result of waiting possibly too long in the former mile, was not to be caught so easily this time, and began when entering the stretch to ask his mare for increased speed. However, Uhlan was as certainly crawling to even terms, and had collared his opponent when inside the distance. Here Andrews was successful for a number of yards in holding his own, but soon after it was perceptible to the spectators that Hamburg Belle was weakening under the strain. Cheering began all along the quarter stretch for the conquering horse, which then came away in front and was a good length in front at the wire. The fractional parts of the heat illustrated the methods Andrews used in trying to escape defeat. The quarter was passed in :31, half in 1:01%, three- quarters in 1:32 and the mile in 2:03%. The final quarter was slower by a half second than the others, which was due to Hamburg Belle having been raced into submission the latter part of the journey. In deciding the relative merits of the two fastest racing trotters the world has ever seen the score stands one each, with a third meeting necessary to establish the championship. It has been suggested that this race take place at Lexington, Ky., at the fall meeting in October, but there is nothing in the articles of agreement to that effect. It is known that Columbus wants the race badly at its Grand Circuit meeting, and it may be decided to break the tie at that place. Uhlan is a five-year-old by Bingen out of Blonde, by Sir Walter Jr. He was bred by Arthur H. Parker of Bedford, Mass., once the owner of Bingen, for which he paid $32,000 at auction, and later soid to William G. Bradbury of New York for a largely ad- vanced price. When Uhlan was three years old Mr. Parker sold him to Charles Sanders of Salem, Mass., for $2,500. The same season Uhlan won a race to matinee wagon over the Readville track in 2:13%, which is today the yorld's record for the age that way hitched. In his four-year-old form, Uhlan won all his races excepting the American trotting derby, securing a record of 2:07%, the fastest race-record made by a gelding of that age. This season his single defeat was by Hamburg Belle at Cleveland, he having previously won in that city, tying the gelding race record of The Abbot in 2:03%, which he repeated at Buffalo and bettered today by half a second. Sanders was offered $20,000 for his horse after the first heat in the Hamburg Belle race at Cleveland, but refused to consider the proposition. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September 11, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN | NOTES AND NEWS 1 Oregon's State Fair opens Monday next. The California horses are expected to carry off a good share of the 'money. 'The Portland fair and race meeting will follow the Oregon State Fair. Kid Wilkes looks to have every trotter in his class on the Pacific Coast beaten this year. The Harvester is still unbeaten although he lost a first heat to Bob Douglass last Monday. Of the 37 pacers that started in the Readville $15,000 handicap all but eleven wore the hopples. This was certainly a "harness" race. Ollie B. 2:13%, the chestnut mare by Nutwood Wilkes is a very handsome trotter and can go as many heats as the next one. W. J. Kenney has just received a carload of speed carts and sulkies from the McMurray factory that are just the very latest things in this line turned out by this celebrated factory. Dell Dillon, a three-year-old filly by Sidney Dillon, won the colt stake at the Charleston, Illinois, fair on August 25th. She is one of the first crop of foals got by Sidney Dillon after going to Maywood Stock Farm, Indianapolis. More California horses will be raced at Phoenix this year than at the two previous fairs held there. Quite a crowd of horsemen residing in Southern California will attend the Phoenix meeting. Morning Star certainly surprised everyone last week when he won the free-for-all pace at the Cleve- land one-day meeting and lowered his record to 2:04. He is 12 years old and is by Charley De Ryder's old champion Star Pointer 1:59% now at Pleasanton. The pacing mare Mabel C. that won a race for Andy McDowell at Philadelphia last month in 2:17%, 2:13%, was sired by Bellman 2:13%, dam Santa Clara, by Santa Claus 2:17%, second dam Clara, the dam of Carl Brown, 2:13y2, and Silver Mark 2:19%. The last cup race at the California State Fair was won by Mr. Pike of Sacramento who drove his Kinney Lou pacer Harold B. three heats in 2:12, 2:13, 2:13, a mighty . good race for a green horse with an amateur driver. The horses to be sold at Chase's Fall Sale, Mon- day, September 20th, will be at the salesyard, 478 Valencia street, on Saturday, September 17th, for inspection. Chase's First Fall Sale of 1909 will be held at 478 Valencia street on Monday evening, September 20th. About forty head of good serviceable road horses and track prospects are to be sold. Don't forget that By Mack, son of McKinney and By By by Nutwood, is to be sold to the highest bid- der at Chase's Fall Sale Monday evening, September 20th. This is one of the best bred McKinney stal- lions living. The Madden family certainly made a big invest- ment when they bought Hamburg Belle 2:01% for $5,000. With her sale for $50,000 and her winnings last season of $12,100, a neat sum is chalked up to the credit account of the daughter of Axworthy. Patchen Wilkes Farm has lost over two score of this year's foals. The exact cause of their death has not yet been determined, but is attributed to the extreme wet weather with which Kentucky was vis- ited all spring and early summer. If you want to see a county fair that is conducted on up-to-date lines, go to Tulare next week and see the Tulare county fair. It will be the best ever, and there will be thousands of people in attendance. It opens Monday, September 18th. See those two-year-olds by Bonney McKinney 41383 that will be offered at Chase's Fall Sale Monday evening, September 20th. One is a filly, the other a gelding and both royally bred and excellent pros- pects. Among the horses to be sold at the Fall Sale at Chase's pavilion, 478 Valencia street, Monday even- ing, September 20th, are Telephone and Guy Abbott, consigned by A. Ottinger. Telephone is one of the most popular horses ever driven on the speedway in Golden Gate Park. He has a regular race record of 2:15% trotting and is a very handsome horse. He was once used as a saddle horse by an officer located at the Presidio, and made a very handsome mount. Telephone should bring a fair price at auc- tion. Guy Abott is also a good roadster and has plenty of speed for road driving. The directors of the National Horse Show have voted to give $10,000 in prizes for the draft horses at the next Madison Square Garden show. It is expected that the big horses which have made the Chicago show so successful will be exhibited, in- cluding the famous six-horse teams of the big pack- ing firm. No pacer even went two heats as fast as did Hamburg Belle in her race Against Uhlan. Minor Heir won a heat in 2:00% at Lexington, but his next heat was not better than 2:02. Bolivar and Prince Alert have race records of 2:00%, but did not beat 2:02 in their next heat. Sonoma Girl 2:05% won a rather poor race at Hartford last Tuesday, beating Nahma, who won the first heat in 2:09%, Lady Jones, Sterling Mc- Kinney and Locust Jack. The fastest heat of the race was in 2:07%. This is not much trotting for the free-for-all class. The 2:07 pacers had a hard time trying to beat one another after Charley D. 2:06% retired from the California circuit. It cannot be called good racing when horses that all beat 2:09 the first heat fail to beat 2:16 in the fourth heat although all are trying. The pacing mare Kate Dillon, by Sidney Dillon out of Robler by Robin, now has a record of 2:11% made at Joliet, Illinois, August 27th this year. Kate Dillon is a full sister to Dr. J. J. Summerfield's handsome stallion The Lord Dillon, that made a good seasoa this year at his owner's place at Santa Rosa, Cal. Uhlan 2:03% has a strain of about every kind of blood that is identified with the light harness horse, trotting, pacing, running and saddle stock. Where the pacing line comes in is through King William, the grandsire of his grandam that was out of a daughter of old Bald Stockings, one of the fountain heads of the Hal tribe. There were no less than 38 starters in the $35,000 handicap at Readville and this big field was started all right with one or two exceptions. Nearly every horse got away trotting and while two or three of the fast ones were pocketed there were few that had the speed to improve their positions that did not find a place to go through. Maggie Winder, champion three-year-old pacing filly reduced her record to 2:06% at Indianapolis last Tuesday when she won the Western Horseman stake. Her new record was made in the first heat of the race. She is by Oratorio (son of Wilkes Boy and a mare by Dictator) and her dam is Clara Direct by Direct 2:05% a grandson of Dictator. Dr. D. F. Herspring of Woodland has had the mis- fortune to lose his colt by Dan Logan out of Edna Richmond by Richmond Chief. Dr. Herspring found him dead in the pasture on Sunday morning last. The colt was entered in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity and in the California State Fair Futurity. It was a grand individual and promised to be a whirlwind pacer. Dan Logan, the sire of this colt, is an own brother to the three-year-old champion Jim Logan 2:05%. At the Melbourne, Australia, trotting meetings, a printed notice is conspicuously posted on the grounds which reads: "Any person hooting or otherwise shouting any objectionable remarks will be expelled from the grounds." Such a rule should be enforced on all tracks, and especially against the would-be humorists who shout "go" and othewise try to take the control of the races away from the judges. In a Boston daily newspaper's account of the $35,- 000 trotting handicap at Readville appears the fol- lowing: "Ben Walker, with a flaring red suit and driving Munic, a horse that seemed to prefer the running gait, was in one respect about the most conspicuous thing on the course, and Munic's bad behavior at the post was almost entirely responsible for the delay in starting." Ben and Munic were 33 at the finish. Mr. R. O. Newman of Visab'a is going into other business, so has decided to sell his beautiful home. The Palms, and all his horses. He owns the stallions Robert Direct and Best Policy, both registered and both highly bred horses. Robert Direct is already a producing sire: Best Policy is a young horse, but all his colts are showing up in fine shape and have great natural speed. Don't fail to read the quarter- page advertisement that Mr. Newman has in this issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman," as it will ap- pear but once. Trix by Nutwood Wilkes and Effie Logan by Dur- fee are owned by farmers who reside within a few miles of each other near the dividing line between Yolo and Solano counties in this State. Two greater broodmares would be hard to find. Trix is the dam of Mona Wilkes 2:03%, Moortrix 2:07%, Aerolite 2:11%, public trial 2:05% as a three-year-old, Sirius Pointer 2:18 and Thelma 2:19. Effie Logan is the dam of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, Jim Logan 2:05% three- year-old record, third heat of a race against aged horses, and Dan Logan, four-year-old matinee record of 2:12%. When H. M. Hanna paid $50,000 for Hamburg Belle 2:01%, he gave the largest price ever paid for a trot- ting mare. Tuesday, September 21st, will be Button Day at the Portland, Oregon, fair. Twenty-five hundred but- tons have been ordered by the association and will be given out to the first 2500 people entering the gates. All but 20 of these buttons are to be num- bered consecutively from 1 to 2500, but these 20 will be of the same number. Any two persons coming to the office of the secretary with buttons bearing the same number will be entitled to share $5 given as a prize by the association. Additional prizes are to be given by different firms about the city for per- sons getting badges bearing numbers corresponding to their telephone number or street address. The statement that Al Stanley established a new world's record for three-year-old stallion on a half- mile track when he trotted in 2:16% at Frankfort, Ind., was an error, as the record had been placed at 2:16% by Lewis Wilkes in 1S98, at Bushnell, 111. However, as Stanley trotted in 2:13% last week Tuesday over the half-mile track at Crawfordsville, Ind., he now has the honors by a margin of three seconds; as well as those for his age, regardless of sex, by one and one-half seconds. The roan son of the dead Todd 2:14% and Moonrise, by Jay Hawker 2:14%, now holds the world's trotting record over a two-lap track for both two and three-year-olds. — Horse Review. The only really sensational trotter at the California State Fair was the mare Plumada, with which Mr. G. Wempe, of the Park Amateur Driving Club won the cup race on Friday. Plumada was beaten in a cup race on Monday in straight heats, the fastest of which was in 2:22%, but on Friday she came out and fairly romped in a winner in straight heats in 2:16%. 2:15 and 2:16, defeating Mr. Burke's mare Wenja 2:18 and Mr. Cowell's Hulda C. Plumada is by Advertiser out of a mare by Dexter Prince, and as good gaited a trotter as was seen at the State Fair. Mr. Wempe drove her with excellent judgment in the race. A half dozen professional trainers want her for their 1910 strings. Mr. E. A. Gammon, of the Bonnie Brae Farm, Courtland, Cal., writes us as follows, under date of September 6th: "All owners of yearlings entered in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for 1910 are to be congratulated on their good luck as my 'sure winning' filly Mabel Pointer by Star Pointer 1:59%, dam Cleo G. by Yosemite, got out of her paddock at Winters on Friday night and in some manner killed herself on Sam Hoy's track where she had been in training. Had she lived and kept up her promising speed, others wouldn't have had a look-in." This is indeed bad news. Cleo G. the dam of this filly is also the dam of Easter Direct pacing record 2:09% and of Cleo Dillon 2:13%, winner of last year's Breeders' Futurity for trotting three-year-olds. Samuel Elmore, or Astoria, Oregon, has consigned the five-year-old mare Miss Mary to Chase's Fall Sale on September 20th. This mare is one of the best prospects for a fast trotter that Mr. Elmore ever owned and he has bred many good ones. Miss Mary is by Vinmont 2:21%, one of the best bred sons of Altamont living, and a producing sire. Her dam is Lady Clara by Silver Bow. and Silver Bow mares are showing up wonderfully as broodmares. Her second dam is Mamie Harney, a producing mare, by Grand Moor, and ber third dam the Sarpy mare, by Ethan Allen Jr. Miss Mary showed quarters in 36 seconds as a three-year-old and has since been used as a private driving mare. This is a very fine mare and one of the very best that has been consigned to a sale in this city. The fourth wholesale movement of range horses for this season was recently effected by John S. Cooper at Omaha. Seventy-five carloads were dis- posed of, mostly in carload lots, in a two days' auc- tion. This time the horses were chiefly from Mon- tana, Colorado and South Dakota, with a few good natives. Several choice native mares and geldings sold singly at $165 to $210. The highest priced car- load, mares and geldings of draft blood, brought $135 per head. Other loads landed within a range of $50 to $88 a head. Yearlings brought $30 to $48.50 and colts around $20 to $25. The country is hungry for horses and has taken in these big offerings with surprising alacrity. Easter 2:15% by Monicrat 2:13%, besides win- ning the first race of the California circuit at "San Berdoo." and the Stanford Stake at Sacramento on the last day of the circuit racing, has started and won money in several other races, generally racing against aged horses. He is a very classy three- year-old. Easter is owned by S. B. Wright' of San Bernardino and is out of Alta Reina 2:27 dam also of Alta Reva 2:28, etc., by Atto Rex 6821, second dam Jay by Jim Hawkins, son of Jack Hawkins. Easter took a record of 2:27% as a two-year-old, starting three times that year, getting second money twice and fourth money the other time. Homer Rutherford has trained and driven him in all his races. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. SALMON TROLLING. THE UNSOLVED MYSTERY OF THE SALMON. Salmon trolling outside "the heads" and along the Marin shores promises to become epidemic in the ranks of the salt water fishing fraternity. One Sunday recently there was a fleet of more than sixty power boats outside the Golden Gate, each boat having from four to a dozen enthusiastic anglers on board — everybody was enthusiastic at the start; at the finish ginger gave way to "that queer feeling." More than one salmon hunter rendered an account- ing to" Neptune. Most of the fish caught on that day were taken on a Wilson No. 6 brass spoon; for some season the salmon refused the anchovy and other baits. In the forenoon the weather was calm and but few fish were caught. When the wind came up later and a choppy sea was on the boats put out further from the shore line and many fish were taken. At that it was a case of luck, for a number of boats returned empty- handed. The average catch was estimated at two fish to the boat. During the week launches were out daily, and early this week the sport was fairly good, but for the past two days the salmon were not so visible. Large schools of anchovies are now in the bay and this fact should bring about a change of opera- tions from outside the heads to the Sausalito shores and Raccoon Straits. Last Supday a fine salmon weighing 46^ pounds was caught by Chas. Bouton 200 yards off the Tiburon slip. The record sized fish to date was taken by Billy Finley outside; it weighed 54% pounds. Frank Marcus also caught a fish out- side that scaled 52 pounds. A curious and unusual incident in salmon fishing occurred Sunday last. Chas. Witte was fishing for rock cod off Belvedere Point. Tiburon. His tackle was the usual handline affair used for rock fish, the hooks were baited with salted sardines and he was bottom fishing. Getting a lusty "bite" on his line, he hauled in lively, and to his extreme surprise he had caught a 23-pound salmon. Another fishing adventure reported is one in which Mahlon C. Osborne and his fishing comrades were the startled participants. A salmon had been hooked off the Bolinas shore, and was being reeled in to the boat, but before a chance offered to use the gaff the fish was bitten in two by a huge shark. The as- tonished angler lifted the head of the salmon aboard and swore at the shark. This episode savors of a Catalina fish story. There the big fish eat the smaller fish caught by the rodmen, so it is said. Among the lucky anglers on Sunday were: Chas. K. Kewell, Emil Acceret and Ed Conlin, four fish ; W. H. Campbell's launch brought in nine; Nielsen, Jenssen, Christianson, Johanson, Mansabele, "Smiley" and other boatmen with parties brought in from six to four fish; Jack Karney, Will Turner, Jim Turner and Jack Duckel caught five; Dr. C. E. Young and A. H. Young accounted for three salmon. Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn and Mrs. Wiborn made the high hook catch on a recent Saturday, returning with thirteen salmon. Fred W. Kelly and Frank L. Kil- patrick were out one day last week. The open season for salmon will end on September 17th for one month. Last Sunday the weather outside was rather bleak and raw, a heavy fog prevailed all day and com- paratively few fish were caught. Salmon trolling inside the bay, in the straits and along the Marin shore from California City to Point San Quentin was only fair in results. The rod and reel anglers caught a few fish however. The salmon were noticed in the waters, close off the shore of California City, in Immense schools. This appear- ance of the fish was taken advantage of by the net men who were present with a fleec of fishing boats; they made a good haul of salmon in the drift nets. The run of salmon in the straits of Carquinez was unusually heavy early in the week, the fisher- men averaging from four to five hundred daily. Forty salmon were caught by one boat at a single drawing of the net during the past week. The salmon can- nery at South Vallejo has just been opened for the season and it is predicted that the business will sur- pass that of any previous season. A Msxitn Cannon Silencer. — Hiram Percy Maxim Jr., son of the inventor of the Maxim gun, and himself the inventor of the noiseless gun. will begin fitting a cannon of large bore, it is reported, -with a silencing device which he will exhibit in Germany when he re- turns to that country in October. la an interview Mr. Maxim said that the experts abroad, especially in Germany, were as much im- pressed with the flashless feature as they were with the noiseless feature of the device. The silencer was tested officially in England, Austria, France and Germany, he said, and companies wTere organized to manufacture it under control of the American com- pany. At Berlin, he said, a machine shot sixty-five shots a minute with no flash and no noise, save the whirri: g of the gun mechanism. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Everman and Jordan after a life-long study, Bab- cock after years of practical work in general fishery matters as well as in hatcheries, Cobb in his reports of the Alaska fisheries, the magnificent work of the special Commissions appointed by the Commissioner of Fisheries of the United States, my own two years' work — all have failed to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the salmon from our shores and their reappearance several years later. Our own country has done little to investigate this mystery. I speak of the Dominion when I state this. British Columbia, under the skillful guidance of John Pease Babcock, is doing all the needed guardian and hatchery work, and when we have more leisure, when this the largest Province of all, with its myriad rivers, its thousand streams, its countless islands, sounds, and fiords, is opened up more thoroughly for man's settlement, then, and only then, will we be able to take our place in the ranks of the investigating Com- missioners of the world. Only one little fact have we gleaned. The salmou hatched out in our wonderfully scattered watersheds do not disappear for four years, as has been so often stated for I have been able to trace them for at least one year if not a little more — possibly one year and a haif — after they leave the parent stream; from that until the full grown four-year-old salmon returns to spawn and die on our shores, as its ancestors have for countless ages, the mystery of its feeding grounds remains unsolved. Come with Fritz and me and see the salmon as we do daily. Let me first of all attempt to describe this wildly magnificent Vancouver Island, and remember that, although it is our largest Western island, it is only one among many in this mis-named Pacific Ocean, one and the greatest along our thousand miles sea- line. Picture to yourself a red-topped range of hills and mountains that run along past your limited vis- ion for three hundred and fifty miles, a rolling sea of metal-bearing trap-rock full eighty miles wide, clothe these almost to the summits with gigantic red and white firs and tall, noble cedars. Fill in all the valleys and bench-lands with alder and scrub oak, bull pine, and sallal, salmon berry and wild rose bushes, drape all the half-exposed ridges and sum- mits with waving fern and clutching moss and lichen, people these with elk and blacktail deer, black bear, and cowardly panther. Cut up every mile of this shore line into fantastic harbours, spit-sheltered or rock-guarded, some many miles long, others wee bit shelters from the wind and the wave. In turn, fill all these with every manner of invertebrate, with all the eatable shell-fish, with all the good-food fishes, add the sharks and the devil-fish, the seal and the sea- lion. Literally spatter the water with black dots — these are the innumerable flocks of sea-fowl — the geese, the swans, all the plover and the snipe. En- liven the little clearings where man has wrested a few acres from the giant vegetables with quail and pheasant, ruffled and willow grouse, and into this scene of primeval beauty pour a shining, crowding, splashing, leaping host of salmon that no man may number — then you may have a very small concep- tion of the actual wonders of the mighty island! Here is a typical island river, the Sooke — a brawl- ing, rushing torrent in the rainy season, transparent pools and dry reaches in the summer season. Up this now half-dry stream during these early fall days the dog salmon, the coho salmon, and the steelhead trout may be seen struggling. We only get these two salmon out of the five varieties of the Pacific salmon, or Russian salmon as it is often called. Re- member that this fish differs from our true Atlantic salmon in the manner of spawning. The gamey, ex- cellent-eating Atlantic salmon spawns in the fresh water rivers and returns to the sea. The coarser cousin, the Pacific salmon, spawns in the fresh water rivers and almost immediately dies and rots upon the shore, as it is emaciated, frayed, starved, torn, and half dead when it is spawning. We divide this salmon into five varieties — first, the quinnat, or as it is locally called the spring; second, the blueback — the local sockeye. that you eat as canned salmon all over Canada, unless they put up an inferior fish; third, the silver, called the coho out here; fourth, the humpback, a soft, pink-fleshed fish, not the deep salmon red of the first three good-food salmon; and fifth and poorest, the dog salmon, a soft, pale-fleshed fish. Add to these the big. hard-fighting steelhead trout, and you have the six fish that yearly crowd up the British Columbia and the United States streams to spawn. It is in the early fall that the first stragglers, the couriers of the mighty host, arrive. A few of these leap and play about the mouth of the rivers. All dur- ing June. July and August huge schools of salmon, mighty, shining living rivers of fish amid the cur- rents of the Straits of Juan de Fuca have passed along the shores of this island on their way to the spawning streams of the mainland. These salmon are spring sockeye and some coho, the families that go far up the great rivers to spawn, hundreds of miles from the ocean mouth. Poor fish! for weeks the egg sacs and the milt bags have been growing larger until uow they fill nearly all the body cavity. No room for a stomach and food, so the stomach shrinks and the fish stops feeding. It is pitiful to look at the thousands of great silvery fish that daily crowd past us and to think that they are literally starving, living on the tissues they have builded up. There is a full thousand miles ahead for some of the fish we see passing up the straits that divide this inland from the mountainous U. S. shore, and as these fish swim with each tide, falling back with the next, it takes months to make the full trip. During all this time no food of any kind is eaten by the millions of mouths. Daily, after the egg sacs and milt bags have attained full growth, the fish lose in weight, until later, after they have dragged their bodies over rapids and riffles, up shallow streams, leaping many a steep fall in the way, they are literally worn to the bone. Many a noble salmon we have seen so frayed and torn by rock and branch and current that its tail becomes extended fleshless from its body, its fins mere fringes, its body a mass of fungus- covered wounds, its once shapely jaw hooked so that it could not nearly close its mouth; and these were not all females — even the males went agape. Onward, ever onward, upwards to the shallows, where both male and female beat and clean out a small depression, and the male, constantly swimming about the spawning female, impregnates with his milt the several thousand eggs, averaging some six thousand. Many of the fish are so spent that they die before the full course of the spawning is done. Poor, poor fish, what a tragic race it ran to even arrive here at all! As far north as we can trace the starting of the run, in Behring Sea, the squat natives were active with net and spear and weir. The rivers that de- bouch into the sea were lined with salmon traps, great long fences of power-driven firs, wire-netting and cotton net hung, traps that take from a thousand to fifty thousand fish at one catch. All the sounds and bays and straits held purse and drag nets that took millions from the shining throng. As this gleaming river of fish pressed southward and nearer the rivers, a fleet of boats, armed with long drift nets, manned by Japanese, active men of Nippon that have displaced our white fishermen and take nearly all the value of our fisheries back to their island kingdom. These men made sad inroads into the now diminishing host. No sooner had the sur- vivors of this starving homing army passed the drift- nets of the river's mouths and started to ascend the parent streams or as near to the parent streams as instinct would lead them, than the natives, the In- dians to whom by all right the fish belong (and a dying race also), as they form the winter's food of these Pacific tribes, fell upon them with spear and net and weir, dragging the dead and dying fish ashore and drying and smoking them for food — bad food, the cause of the heavy death rate in the tribes. Even after this tremendous assault there were sufficient salmon of some of the varieties left to fill the spawning pools in some of the streams. In some rivers the most valuable salmon, the sockeye, had been caught out so thoroughly that none reached the spawning grounds. . We have established hatcheries at some of the headwaters of these rivers, and when enough of the fish are allowed to ascend the stream the eggs are taken from the female and successfully hatched without the enormous waste that Nature has allowed — if the balance had not been disturbed by man. this waste would not have been apparent. November and December see the shores of the rivers and lakes, the streams and bays lined by the dead and dying salmon. This occurs over thousands of miles of sea and river front. I think one of the most pitiful sights in Nature is to see a male salmon — one that has passed through the spawning grounds with his mate — following that mate as it slowly flaps its way along. Lightened of the great mass of eggs, its poor body weakened by its two or three months' fast and torn and wounded by its long journey, it has lost its power of balance and continually turns over. The male, while sadly weakened and actuallv starving, has been able ofttimes to keep and retain more power and life. Curious as to the actions of his mate, he follows, swimming slowly about her as she struggles in the shallows, edging up to her side as she remains motionless, awkwardly plunging off, for he has lost his primal speed and grace, as she splashes and struggles on her side. At last her jour- ney is edded; a few feeble flaps of the once-powerful tail, an intermittent waving of the fins, a gaping of the gills — then death ensues; yet the male fish lin- gers, swimming about and wondering why his once active mate is so still in one place. For hours he swims about her, wandering off at times, returning ever to his strange vigil. Finally the current dis- lodges her, and she sinks, submerged, on her side, and down the brawling stream the dead fish and her faithful dying mate swiftly disappear. — Bonnycastel Dale, in "Rod and Gun in Canada." o Mountain Lion's Scratch Deadly. — An unusual cas- ualty in connection with the attack of a mountain lion, is the death of the 14-year-old boy, Earl Wilson, who was severely scratched by the mountain lion that attacked and badly mauled Miss I. Kenendy of Morgan Hill about six weeks ago. The boy died of lockjaw last week. The wound had healed, but blood poison followed and death ensued. Saturday. September 11, 1909.] FISH LINES. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 9 Williamson river, a confluent of Klamath lake in Oregon is regarded by many anglers, as one of the best trout-fishing streams of the Coast, within com- paratively easy reach. Most anglers from this State go by railroad to Ashland and from thence by a fairly short stage ride to Pelican bay on the lake. Williamson river, at the junction of Spring cieek, is about 20 miles from Pelican bay. At this spot Prank Silva has established a sportsmen's resort where the fishermen are put up in comfortable tents The river is full of wide and deep pools in which are rain- bows, many of them weighing 15 pounds. These fish are lusty fighters and give the angler a merry time in bringing them to gaff or landing net. The royal coachman and march brown on No. 4 or 6 hooks and the Wilson No. 2 to 4 spoons are the principal artificial baits for that water. The best bait, how- ever, is a grasshopper. When there is a wind blow- ing and these insects are carried over the banks and drop in the stream, the surface of the water is churned into a foam by the trout, which, in hundreds, snap up the hoppers, often before the luckless flip- per strikes the water. At the present time the caddis flies are out and the trout are having a change of diet. Among the local anglers at the Williamson resort recently were: Walter D. Mansfield, Edward Everett, John Siebe, H. E. Rose and C. R. Overholzer. Dr. Herbert of Honolulu and C. W. Tuttle of Chico were also enjoying the good fishing. From 4 to 6 fine rainbows of four pounds and over was the individ- ual catch daily of each angler, all the smaller fish, many of them one-pounders, were returned to the sream. Mr. Overholzer hooked an 8%-pound trout one day that fought for 55 minutes before being landed. When one of these big fellows strikes, the angler is compelled to let the fish run 30 or more yards before giving the fish the butt of his rod. One of the best places on the Williamson is re- ported to be about five miles above the junction of Sprague and Williamson rivers. This spot is easy to reach by way of Klamath Agency in a launch from Klamath Falls daily. Reports from Eel river are most tempting for the fishermen who enjoy fishing for steelhead. Besides the big fish reported as being in the pools, there is now a run of half-pounders. These small fry put up a fine article of sport for the anglers who fish with flies. Jas. S. Turner. Wm. F Hillegass, Wm. Eaton and several other local rodsters are at Eel river now. A report from the Truckee river states that the sport in the river is somewhat improved recently. On days when the gates of the dam at Lake Tahoe were closed the water in the river was low and some nice baskets of large fish were taken, the professor fly being the most effective killer. Calvin S. and Mrs. Grandi of this city returned early last week from the Truckee. They fished Lake Tahoe, the Truckee and Five lakes. The trout were not rising very well to the fly at Five lakes, but Grandi stated that sport was excellent in the small streams tributary to the big river. He whipped Bear and Squaw creeks with success, getting many nice baskets of trout ranging from 6 to 10 inches in length and on one day he creeled a limit catch that included nearly a dozen 12-inch railbow. Several local anglers left for Boca on the Truckee, during the last week, among them being E. J. Ber- gen, Dr. E. W. Westphal, A. Cooper, Henry Ehlers, George Mitchell nnd J. H. Wilkinson. Jim Turner, ner, J. Dougall and several other San Franciscans left for Eel river, being attracted by reports of an abun- dance of steelhead in that stream. The smaller coast streams, such as the Paper Mill, Olema, Sonoma, Pescadero and San Gregorio creeks should be yielding steelhead dividends before long. In past years a number of the old guard fared well on Marin county creeks during September and October. The water in these streams becomes colder and the natural food less plentiful as the season wanes, and trout which successfully evaded capture during the summer months commence to rise to artificial flies and to strike at spoons. Several of the best catches made in nearby coast streams in past sea- sons were creeled in September and October, and having this fact in mind fishermen are commencing ing to pay more attention to creeks easily reached from the city. A party of anglers headed by Geo. A. Wentworth, Chas. F. Breidenstein and W. A L. Miller with Joe Springer and other members of the California Anglers' Association this week distributed about 50,000 steelhead trout fry in Pescadero creek. Stop- ping at Purisima they enjoyed excellent steelhead fishing in the lagoon. them. It was feared that the tuna had abandoned their old haunts forever, but recent catches would indicate that Catalina was to again be the mecca for anglers who love to fish for big game fish. Since the first large leaping tuna taken at Cata- line in five years was brought to land, August 19, by Steve Brode of Los Angeles, twenty-one of the world- famous fighting fish have been caught, every one weighing more than 100 pounds. The average weight of the season's catch up to date is 120 pounds, and the largest tuna up to date taken by Philip O'Mara of Salt Lake City, weighed 153 pounds, which was an angling feat which has not been equaled since 1900. For the first time in the Tuna Club's history a minor, Ross Kirkpatrick of Los Angeles, aged 15 years, is wearing the blue button, his tuna weighing 126 pounds. C. G. Conn of Elkhart, Ind., a millionaire manufacturer and former Congressman, has taken the greatest number thus far, and daily goes forth to battle with the gp.mest fish in the world. Conn's catch includes three tunas, taken in one evening, forty-four minutes sufficing to subdue the three fish, weighing 12S, 120 and 109 pounds respec- tively. Mr. Conn caught the second tuna of the season, 110 pounds, another 120 pounds, and still an- other tipping the scales at 114, making six of the twenty-one drawn from the waters thus far. Conn is determined to surpass the world's record for tuna caught on rod and reel, which was made by Colonel C. P. Morehouse of Pasadena, in 1900, the tuna weighing 251 pounds. This splendid fish, resembling a steel projectile from some battleship, with its sug- gestion of deadly power, is the chief ornament of tne Tuna Club clubhouse. In following the leaping wonder of the waters in his efforts to find a greater fish, Mr. Conn uses a row- boat, so that he can follow the fish to greater advan- tage. The rowboat is attached to his launch, the Nevada, and is cast loose when a strike is made. In the first surface run made by the tuna, the boat is frequently carried seven or eight miles out to sea, and when the fish has sounded and is coming to the surface again the small boat is upon him and he is gaffed in a twinkling. George Farnsworth accom- panies Conn, and has gaffed every one of the beg fish. Button, button, who has the blue button, which is awarded for landing a tuna over 100 pounds, could be answered for the present season by the following roll of honor up to last week: Steve Brodie of Los Angeles, with the first of the season, weighing 126 pounds; C. G. Conn of Elkhart, Ind., six tuna weighing 110, 128, 120, 109, 120 and 114 pounds; L. G. Murphy of Converse, Ind., 118 pounds; E. T. Judah, 111 pounds; Arthur J. Eddy of New York City, 117 pounds; C. C. Bowerman of Monrovia, 110 pounds; Dr. Johu L. Kirkpatrick of Los Angeles, 138% pounds; William M. Hunt Jr., 117 pounds; E. J. Polkenhorn, 113 pounds; Ross Kirkpatrick, 126 pounds; Philip J. O'Mara of Salt Lake City, 153 pounds, and three other tuna reported last week Of absorbing interest to an angler is the intro- duction of a new lure. Few fishermen are there but what have positive ideas in regard to baits and lures, both artificial and natural. Some of our most gen- erally used flies and spoons have been studied out practically and designed by anglers. The trout, black bass, striped bass and salmon spoons designed by Al Wilson are universal favorites. The "Stewart" spoon, an idea evolved by Charles F. Breidenstein, is used by many fishermen. He has studied out an- other style of spoon for salmon trolling which prom- ises to be a killer. The "blue and gold" spoon for salmon and striped bass has proven a killing lure when other spoons failed. This lure has also been effective with both trout and black bass. Parson Jackson is experimenting with a salmon lure. A wooden Dowagiac bait has the tail fitted with a piece of metal which gives the bait a motion, in the water similar to an anchovy. The new trout fly designed by James Watt promises to be one of the best killers for Truckee trout fishing that an angler can carry in his fly-book. This fly will be known as "Watt's Truckee." A grey wing, similar to that on a black gnat, a peacock herl body wound with fiat silver tinsel and black silk and the head also wound with black silk, the tail with a bit of red color showing goes to make up a hand- some and taking lure. Dr. S. E. Knowles has patented a trolling spoon which is spoken very favorably of by such anglers as have tried it on striped bass. The hook is ar- ranged on the spoon so that the barb is flush with the end and placed in an upright position. When the fish strikes the hook slides along a slot for a short distance and is fixed in the fish's jaw solidly, with a jerk as it were, when the hook runs out to the end of the slot on the spoon. Striped bass anglers find Tiburon lagoon the cen- ter of attraction these days. Sunday is the big day for a turn-out of the clam-slingers, at least seventy- five fishermen being on and about the lagoon last Sunday. A catch of ten fish was reported, the larg- est weighing thirteen pounds. Nearly a dozen bass were caught in the vicinity of Greenbrae on the same day. San Antone slough is shy in big bass at pres- ent, although Billy Kittle landed a large fish re- cently. Tuna, rhe "leaping tuna," have appeared off Cata- lina island. Southern California, after an absence of five years. Before these big game fish disappeared anglers came from all over the world to fish for That a person may have a lot of sport fishing at Catalina without ever getting into a boat is vouched for by L. M. Lidster, George Morgan, Pete Neath and "Rugby" Ross of Los Angeles, who recently landed six large sharks by an hour's fishing from the isthmus at the island. The members of the party stood on the shore and with heavy hand lines made long casts into the channel. No sooner had Lidster's bait struck the water than it was grabbed by a large shark, aud for a few seconds the line buzzed like a crosscut saw. Another man grabbed the line, and by their united efforts the two fishermen managed to haul the shark within a few feet of the short. Another mighty effort, a whirr and a hundred feet or so of line had been towed into the channel by the shark. For ten minutes the shark and the men battled along these lines, and then Lidster became disgusted. He wanted the shark and he wanted it right away. Without more ado, when the big five-foot fish had been again towed within a few feet of the shore, Lidster ran into the water behind the fish and at- tacked it from the rear. And then and there followed a battle royal, which those who witnessed declared to be a sight for gods and men. Lidster grabbed the long, slippery, flopping shark in his arms and started for the shore. He had gone about ten feet when his feet became entangled in the line, and then Lid- ster, shark and fishing tackle mingled in a Chinese puzzle effect. Those on shore turned away that they might not witness the painful spectacle. But finally Lidster extricated his person, slimy and wet, from the melee and again fell upon the shark. The fish had by this time gotten into deeper water and at times both combatants were nearly submerged in the bay. First a long, waving fin appeared from the seething waters and then followed an arm and a strange bubbling noise. Back and forth they swayed, the shark flopping in frantic endeavors to get away and Lidster making his way slowly and laboriously towards the shore. The fish, however, gradually tired and Lidster, with a look of triumph, finally cast his still struggling prize on the shore and the battle was o'er. Every other member of the party landed a shark during the next few minutes, while Lidster kept turn- ing over and over in the sun in a vain endeavor to dry his clothing Mrs. Charles F. Martin, who later joined the fishermen, succeeded in landing the larg- est fish of the day, a shark over six feet in length. Comparatively few anglers who fish for striped bass know the gastronomic value of both the roe and milt of this fine fish, and further, we might add that the liver of a striped bass is a tid bit that once eaten will be a cherished dish ever after. The roe or milt is prepared in the same manner as shad or herring roe and is decidedly toothsome. A brochette of striped bass liver is something that is well worthy of a trial. The eleventh annual meeting of the California Fish and Game Protective Association will be held at Tahoe Tavern. Lake Tahoe, commencing Mon- day, September 13. Professor David Starr Jordan and others interested in the preservation of fish and game will address the meeting. The members will divide the time between the business affairs of the association and fishing. The Truckee will oe whipped for rainbow and efforts will be made to land some c f the record size trout that are to be found in the lake. WASHINGTON GAME LAWS. The recently enacted new game law of Washington State, the Rydstrom law so-called, will not go into effect until November 19. Briefly stated, the game law which becomes effec- tive November 20, provides for an open season from October 1 to December 1 for deer, mountain goats, mountain sheep or caribou. It is made unlawful to kill more than two deer during the season, or any spotted fawn. Hunters are prohibited from killing deer in the water. The open season for upland game birds is between October 1 and January 1. However, it is made un- lawful to kill Hungarian pheasants until 1913. In the counties lying east of the western boundaries of Okanogan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat the open season for upland birds is between September 1 and October 15. Quail, Chinese, ring-neck, golden or English pheasant are protected at all times until October 1, 1912, in the following named counties: Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Whitman Spokane, Yakima, Kittitas, Ferry, Stevens, Okanogan, Adams, Chelan. Benton, Klickitat, Frank- lin, Walla Walla, Skagit, Whatcom, Snohomish, Clark and Kitsap. It is specially provided, however, that quail may be taken in Snohomish county be- tween October 1 and January 1. The hunter is limited to taking five upland game birds a day, no matter what the variety, save that ten quail may be taken when it is lawful to hunt them. Prairie chickens are protected until 1912 in the counties lying east of the western boundaries of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima and Klickitat, but the law does not apply to the counties of Okano- gan, Chelan, Garfield, Lincoln and Walla Walla. The open season for swan, goose, brant, duck, snipe or curlew, plover, rail or any surf or shore game bird, is between October 1 and February 1. An exception is made in the counties of Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Spokane, Adams and Whit- man, where it is made lawful to take shore birds from September 1 to January 1. It is also lawful to take geese and brant in March and April along the ocean beach and within five miles of the beach in Pacific, Chehalis, Challam, Jefferson and San Juan counties. The bag limit for snipe, geese or brant is twenty for one day or fifty for a week. Restaurants or hotels are prohibited from serving or having in their possession any of the protected animals or birds except that the person taking the game may have it for his own use. Informers, other than regularly paid game war- dens or peace officers, are entitled to one-half the fines collected when the convictions are obtained, save that in no case is the reward to be more than $25. The penalty for violations of the game law is a fine of not less than $10 or more than $500. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. AT THE TRAPS. California Wing Club members shot live birds last Sunday, the 5th inst, at Ingleside in the final medal match for this season. A total of eighty-four pigeons constituted the number shot at in seven monthly matches. A. J. Webb of Emeryville .won first gold medal with the fine score of 82 out of 84. In shoot- ing both club races at 12 birds each Webb missed but one pigeon out of 9S in the last four monthly shoots at various handicap distances. Tony Prior and Ed Schultz each grassed SO birds out of 84 and were awarded a gold medal each. Schultz had the additional distinction of winning the elegant cup, donated by P. L. Murphy of Petaluma, for the club high general average for this year. He scored 159 pigeons out of 168 shot at, missing but nine out of that number of birds from 30 to 33 yards handicap. This is some shooting with a double bar- relled fowling piece. C. C. Nauman, who never shot at less than from 32 to 34 yards, scored 157 birds in seven matches. Tony Prior's roll of birds totalled 157, at 30 to 32 yards, also a fine bit of shooting. Walsh of Black Point connected with 154 birds. Webb's total was 157. Clarence A. Haight missed two club shoots during the season, for the past two meets be has been shoot- ing in grand form, but one bird, which dropped out- side bounds, lost out of a total of 4S is rather clever going. James T. Skelly of Wilmington, Del., shot as a guest of the club. Mr. Skelly is a popular devotee of the sport at the traps from East to West. The weather was raw and mistj*. conditions uncom- fortable as to temperature, but excellent for shoot- ing at animated targets in the air. The birds made good marks against the gray sky background. Straight scores of 12 birds were shot in the fore- noon medal race by T. Prior, P. J. Walsh, L. Prior, A. J. Webb, W. E. Murdock, Frank Turner. J. T. Skelly, and Ed Schultz. Naunian, Haight and Ashlin had the ill luck to each lose a bird "dead out." In the afternoon race, 12 pigeons, the top scores were: Murphy, Webb, Nauman, E. Klevesahl and Haight. Walsh lost one pigeon by not putting enough lead in it to stop it from dropping inert be- fore crossing the boundary fence. The men with straight scores divided two club purses of $50 each. Following the wind-up club shoots, 12 bird pools were shot. The scores follow: Club medal race, 12 pigeons, $50.00 added, 3 mon- eys, high guns, distance handicap — L. Prior 26 11121111121 1—12 P. J. Walsh 31 11121111112 2—12 T. Prior 32 22222221222 2—12 A. J. Webb 33 22222222222 2—12 W. E. Murdock 29 22211122112 1—12 F. Turner 26 12222222221 1—12 J. F. Skellyt 30 21112211122 2—12 E. L. Schultz 32 2 2 122222212 1—12 C. C. Nauman 34 22*22122212 2—11 C. A. Haight 29 21*22222112 2—11 C. J. Ashlin 28 02222112*22 1—10 P. L. Murphy 28 22221022222 0—10 R. C. Haas 26 22212200212 2—10 E. C. Prather 26 011111021011—9 E. C. Prather1? ...26 011011220111—9 tGuest *Dead out. "Back score. Club purse race, 12 pigeons, $50.00 added, 3 mou- eys, high guns, distance handicap — Nauman 32 22222212222 2—12 Webb 28 22222122121 2—12 Murphy 31 22122222222 2—12 Murdock 29 12111121211 2—12 E. L. Klevesahl 2S 11111211121 1—12 Haight 31 21122112221 1—12 Walsh 30 '2111111211 1—11 Ashlin 31 21111112112 *— 11 T. Prior 31 12212220211 2—11 Turner 26 11112122101 1—11 Haas 26 11210222012 1—10 Skellyt 30 21110222111 0—10 Schultz 33 20222222*12 2—10 L. Prior 26 22011010110 1—8 Pool shoot, 12 pigeons, $2.50 entrance, birds extra, high guns, 2 moneys, 30 vards rise: Haight 11121222211 2—12 Walsh 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1—12 Nauman 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—11 Webb 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 * 2 2 2 2—11 Turner 12 2 112 2 2 10 1 1—11 Skellv 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 2—11 Prather 2 2 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 * 1 2—10 L. Prior 2 1211012220 1—10 Walsh 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1—12 Nauman 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1—12 L. Prior 1 2 2 0 w Webb 0 w The San Francisco Trap Shooting Association three day tournament at Ingleside September 17, 18 and 19, will be the final shoot on the ground that has been a favorite trap shooting resort for over a decade. The program arranged for the first day will be at live pigeons. Event 1 — 8 live birds, $8 entrance. $80 added. Event 2 — 10 live birds, $10 entrance, $100 added. Event 3 — 12 live birds, $12 entrance, $120 added. All contestants shoot from 30 yards rise, high guns, one money for every five entries, open to all. Saturday's schedule calls for fifteen 15-target races, $1.25 entrance and $30 added money each event. Sunday's program embraces fifteen 15-target events, $1.25 entrance and $30 added each. Inters ate Association rules govern all events. The total added money will be $1200. Division of moneys in target events will be Rose system, class shooting, ratio 7-5-3. There will be three sets of traps, Sargent system for blue rocks and the five-bird set of traps for pigeons. This shoot will bring out a large attendance of shooters. Friday, September 3rd at the Multnomah Rod and Gun Club traps, Portland, Ore., thirty-three shooters lined up for a club shoot. This was a fraternal affair in honor of the Eastern and other visiting sportsmen now en route for the big tourney at San Francisco. Fred Gilbert and Lee Barkley were high profes- sionals and Howe, Huntley, Wagner and "Mooch" Abraham led the amateurs. Ed Morris and Jack Forbes managed the shoot in a very satisfactory manner, supplementing the shoot ing with a tasty lunch. The scores: A. G. Adelman 182 L. H. Reid 182 *W. A. Robertson 181 'Torn Marshall ISO *D. W. King ISO *Fred Gilbert 196 i •"Lee Barkley 195 1 *H. Ellis 193 ' Frank Howe 192 *H. E. Poston 192ja *J. E. Forbes 192] W. W. Caldwell ISO S. A. Huntley 191(W. E. Carton 179 C. J. Wagner ISSjJ. G. Naquin 177 *P. J. Holohan 187 M. Abraham 1S7 *F. C. Riehl 1S5 M. Pennington 1S5 *Fred Willet 184 J. R. Converse 183 J. E. Cullison 1S3 0. Thornton 174 *C. Gotlieb 172 R. H. Miller 171 J. Smith 170 F. Meyer 167 J. Dillon 165 P. Nelson 164 B. Keith shot at SO, broke 56; H. Beal 45-29; N. Bateman 50-28. A Tucson shooter sends word that the coming tournament is creating much interest and enthusiasm among the Arizona powder burners. "To put themselves in proper form for the big tournament, which is to be held in this city next month, members of the Blue Rock Gun Club of Tucson will participate in weekly shoots until the time for the tourney. This decision was made re- centlly and as a result it is expected that the local sportsmen will make a better showing that at any previous tournament of the Arizona Sportsmen's Association. It is announced, however, that the re- maining shoots of the club trophy shoot will be conducted as originally planned; events to be car- ried out every other Sunday, the next and eighth event for the trophy being scheduled for Sunday, Apgust 22. On intervening Sundays, the members of the club will shoot for practice and it is figured that the members will be in condition to capture their share of the prizes without much difficulty. One of the most attractive prizes to be offered during the entire tournament has been received by the officers of the gun club from the Selby Smelting and Lead Company, of San Franciscco. This is a handsome gold watch, Waltham movement of sev- enteen jewels. The movement is in an open face plain case with "Selby Trophy." engraved on the back. A number of other merchandise prizes will be given . by Tucson merchants, but the bulk of the prizes will be cash." DOINGS IN DOGDOM. The Derby entries for the British Columbia Field Trials Club meet at Ladnor, B. C, on September 27 are announced by Secretary H. H. Abbott of Van- couver, B. C. Twenty-seven entries (21 setters and 6 pointers) are given. The All-Age will have, a good entry, if present indications prove anything. Birds are plentiful and a very pleasing meeting is antici- pated. Rocklme Tod, black, white and tan (McLeod Boy — Melrose Nora) ; Mrs. F. J. Fulton, owner; Clias. Coutts, handler. Pilchuck Fairy (Uncle Jimmy Whitestone — Zettie Rodfield) ; Dan G. Chisholm, owner; I has. Coutts, handler. Nora Blue (Boy Blue — Lakewand) ; J. G. Roberts, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Judge {Count Whitestone — Glemmer) ; F. J. Ruh- staller, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Belvedere (Caesar — Keepsake); S. Christenson, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Shasta Queen (Count Whitestone — Glemmer); J. E. Terry, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Miss Ives (St. Ives — Kil's Moxey) ; S. Christen- son, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Blossom Whitestone (Count Whitestone — Peach Blossom) ; A. F. Cole, owner; W. B. Coutts, handler. Melrose Rodney (Prince Rodney — Lakefield An- nie) ; J. W. Considine, owner. Melrose Tod (Prince Rodney — Lakefield Annie) ; J. W. Considine. owner. Melrose Jane (CcCloud Boy — Melrose Nora); J. W. Considine, owner. Melrose Mac (McCloud Boy — Sue) ; J. W. Consi- dine, owner. Rockline Tip (Roy's Last Montez — Little Sister) ; Mrs. F. J. Fulton, owner; Chas. Coutts, handler. Western Belle (McCloud Boy — Melrose Nora) ; D. G. Macdonnell, owner and handler. Eastview (Prince Rodney — Ingleside Flirt); D. G. Macdonnell, owner and handler. Melrose Prince (Prince Rodney — Lakefiald An- nie); , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. Melrose Rod (Prince Rodney — Lakefield Annie) ; , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. Count's Phantom (Count Whitestone — Amelia Gladstone) ; , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. Balboa (Boy Blue — Tiburon) ; , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. Sir Walter (Caesar — Keepsake) ; , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. Canny Scot (St. Ives — Kil's May) ; , owner; J. E. Lucas, handler. B. C. Rip (Spot's Rip Rap— Maggie) ; D. G. Macdonnell, owner and handler. Queen Hal Rip (Tom Hal — Barret's Peach Blos- som) ; J. W. Williams, owner; Chas. Coutts, handler. Dick F. (Henley's Jock — Janeiuta D.) ; Ross Fin- negan, owner; E. S. Munger, handler. Buckeye Rip (Ripstone Jingo — Jingo Bells) ; Buck- eye Kennels, owner; E. S. Munger, handler. Rex Oregonus (Ripstone Jingo — Jingle Bells) ; J. R. Baker, owner; E. S. Munger, handler. Curatux (Abbott's Jock — Brice's Queenie) ; H. H. Abott, owner; Chas. Coutts, handler. Eastern kennel publications are decidedly mis- lead and imposed upon when they are inveigeled into publishing matter indicating that there is a lack of unison and the presence of opposing factions among the fancy of the Coast. These statements are deliberate falsehoods, germinated for the ex- press purpose of creating dissension. Certain para- sites of the Coast fancy could not thrive here with- out chicanery and rascally conspiracies. The watch- word is: "Keep 'em fighting and apart and we'll come in for the pickings." One of the Eastern kennel exchanges seems to thrive on a lemon diet exceedingly well. As a change from the stereotyped flattery iceorded a Coast dog handler from time to time, this journal is out with a boost for Mr. J. P. Norman's scheme to foist him- self on Coast dogdom as the "salaried" secretary of the Pacific Advisory Board. Coast dogdom does net need a salaried secretary for the Pacific Advisory Board and last of all selec- tions should he that of J. P. Norman, if the con- sensus of opinions expressed by many fancie.-s is any indication of current desires. Furthermore, the sooner the Pacific Advisory Board, as it has been conducted, is abolished, the better for coast kennel affairs. At present the coast represensentative of the A. K. C. is of no more utility than a "fifth wheel." In the past every matter of more than frivolous importance has been passed up to the home office for settlement. The board has shown a phenomenal lack of backbone and admin- istrative abilities. The secretary, however, has made a self-extoJled record for volumnious reports of business transacted which have been published generally 60 or 90 days after the alleged business wras gone through with. In matters where petty au- thority and a stickling for stereotyped form could be used, either for a grand-stand play or for cudgel- ling of small fry fanciers, the secretary has formu- lated a brilliant but undesirable model. In preparing cases and drawing briefs for the fo- mentation of petty squabbles the secretary, it is reported, has shown himself an "attesting" and petty- fogging genius. These matters are all designed to impress on the Liberty street officials the importance of taking care of an exceedingly narrow-gauged offi- cial on a too broad salary basis. Much stress has been laid on the fact of long and faithful service, a career which should in natural course be properly rewarded. In the first place, the present incum- bent almost dislocated his vertebrae getting a foot- hold. His service has been faithful, very much so, too much so for the fanciers. The proper re- ward should not be made by milking the pockets of the Coast fancy. In the review of Del Monte show Western Kennel World states: "The night accommodations for the dogs iin the hotel stables) were far from safe, though dry and comfortable, and we would suggest that some better place could be found for the dogs at night for future Del Monte shows." W. K. W., no doubt, received the suggestion from an experienced observer. There was one individual present at the show that has the unsavory reputation of stealing more than one dog. The Oakland Kennel Club's dates are October 14, 15 and 16. The show- will he held at Piedmont Rink hall. Harry W. Lacy, of Boston, will judge all breeds. Teh selection of Mr. Lacy to make the awards is one that will appeal strongly to the ranks of not only the local fancy, but to the breeders and exhibitors of the whole Coast. This will he the third appearance here of the Boston kennel authority. At Salt Lake City, beginning October 6, a four- day bench show will be held, the fourth annual show of the Utah State Fair Association. Mr. J. W. Burton of Chicago will judge all breeds. F. L. Hansing of Salt Lake City will be superintendent. Mr. G. W. Ellery's crack parti-color Cocker Spaniel Ch. Spiden has been sent East to be served by Mr. Win. Bloodgood's grand dog Shotover. This mating should be a producing one. The times point to the establishment of a "Drei- bur.d" for the control of business and the division of pickings from Coast kennel interests. The San Mateo Kennel Club this week, on Admis- sion day, had an entry list of 320 dogs. Saturday, September 11, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN SIMON KENTON WINS PACING DERBY. HAMBURG BELLE AND UHLAN. BREEDING FOR QUALITY IN HORSES. Simon Kenton, a patched up pacer that was very fast as a youngster, lost sight o£ for a while and finally took a record of 2:12% iu 1907, won the pac- ing handicap at Readville last week, although the glory of the race went to The Eel, who paced the full mile and a half and finished third. The Eel's great work was easily the feature of the stake and brought the crowd of ten thousand to its feet for a great demonstration. To the big crowd it seemed as though the winning of first money by Simon Kenton, starting with an allowance of 315 feet, and of second money by Bard Allerton, with the allowance of 450 feet, were but incidents in comparison with what The Eel accom- plished. Simon Kenton and Bard Allerton jogged back to the judges' stand after the race practically unseen, in comparison with the enthusiasm that awaited the return of the little gray stallion and his modest driver, Dan McEwen. The winner's time was 3:12, or, in other words, he paced at a rate of 2:12 for the actual distance he covered. The race proved one thing so far as The Eel is concerned. It is that he has the world's record for a mile and a half, now held at 3:15% by the Boston horse Locanda, completely at his mercy. Starting from a dead standstill, The Eel was timed separately in 3:13%. The Eel had a slow track and a big field to con- tend against, and in order to mow down those ahead of him, Dan McEwen had 10 carry him along nearly to the outside of the track the entire mile and a half, for there were plenty of other horses in toward the pole, and then, too, the going there was altogether too heavy. There were even puddles of mud in spots. Catting clown first one and then another of those ahead of him The Eel finished four lengths behind Simon Kenton and Bard Allerton. He was coming like a whirlwind, too, at the finish. The Eel's work, grand as it was, was not the only spectacular element of the race. No less than four drivers were thrown from their sulkies before the first quarter-mile had been covered, and for an instant it looked as though there was to be a mighty nasty mess on the track. That none of the drivers was seriously injured was remarkable. The first to be thrown out was W. Fleming, driving Frank A., from the 315-yard mark. Fleming bore the fateful "23" number upon his arms, and his horse hadn't taken a dozen strides when another driver bore down upon Frank A.'s sulky and Fleming was tossed face down upon the ground, where he lay, in mid- track, while fully 20 other horses raced around and over him. But Fleming escaped without a scratch, and Frank A. was caught shortly after. Driver Fleming had hardly got to his feet in safety before there was a crash of sulkies right opposite the three-quarter pole, and in less time than it takes to tell it Tommy Murphy, driving Baron Whips, Johnny Marston, up behind Northern Spy, and Dan King, driving Simon, had been tossed to the ground. Murphy and Marston were both on their feet again in an instant, and while, of course, out of the race, never lost control of their horses. King was some- what more badly injured, the wind was knocked out of him, and he was carried from the track on a stretcher, while his horse, Simon, tore on up past the grand stand alone, only to be caught on the next turn. The pacing division of the Derby furnished a verit- able study in hopples, for of the 37 starters only 11 were without the straps. Of those finishing within the 15 moneys, which ranged all the way from $6000 to the winner to $150 to the 15th horse, Dirl and Brenda Yorke, fifth and sixth respectively, and Oak- land Son, in tenth position, were the only ones not hoppled. The result of the race showed the following fifteen money winners in the order named at the finish, the amount each horse won and his allowance being given: Simon Kenton, 315 ft. (Talman) $6,000 Bard Allerton, 450 ft. (Fox) 1,500 The Eel, scratch (McEwen) 1,100 Gentley, 495 ft. (Awyland) 1,000 Dirl, 495 ft. (Carpenterl 900 Brenda Yorke, 315 ft. (Nuckols) 800 Cecilian King, 270 ft. (Cox) 700 Asa Wilkes, 180 ft. (Bardwell) 600 Frank S., 450 ft. (Gillies) 500 Oakland Son, 405 ft. (Ernst) 450 El Galo, 215 ft. (Hayden) 400 Charley King, 450 ft. (O'Neill) 350 Dillon Queen, 225 ft. (Kelly) 300 Outcast, 495 ft. (Bailey) 150 o DOW, Chebuygan Co., Mich., S.'3, '09. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T. : Gentlemen: T =end you $5.00. Send me Save-the- Horse Spavin Cure to Cheboygan, Mich. Send mail to Dow. I would like to fell Save-the-Horse Spavin Cure for you, as I know it is all right. I had a horse and sold it for $100 on time. The party starved the horse and he had a spavin and I had to take him back, and par- ties said I was foolish to take him back; I would have lo bury him. T sent to you last April for Save-the- Horse and cured him and now I would not want to sell him for less than $150. Yours respectfully, GEO. bELAMAKTER. what lox Mcdonald has to say. Indianapolis, Ind., June 23, 1909. G. S. Ellis & Son, Cincinnati, O. Dear Sirs: — Having" used the Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for several years on all kinds of horses, will say that T think it is the best check on the market. Tours truly, ai.onzo Mcdonald. In a retrospective article about the great race at North Randall between the two fastest trotters of the year, H. T. White says: "It is a second heat, after one has been done in record breaking time, that shows up the weaker horse of the two. For instance, in the race between Cresceus and The Abbot in 1901, The Abbot made a fine showing in the first mile, where the record was lowered to 2:03%, but in the second heat the clip at which Cresceus carried him away from the wire was en- tirely too heart-breaking for the son of Chimes, and a break left him behind the distance flag, just as a like mishap did for Uhlan at Cleveland. After The Abbot broke and was out of the race Cresceus took things a little easier than would otherwise have been the case, but still he had to be driven out to fin- ish the mile in 2:05. That Hamburg Belle will trot nearer to her top speed without a peacemaker than would Cresceus probably is true, but there is a vast difference be- tween 2:05 and 2:01%. A mile in 2:03% took the run out of The Abbot, and one in 2:01%, supple- mented by a half mile in :59%, did the work for Uhlan, and while the performances of those two horses were of the highest character, it nevertheless is true that each was more outclassed when a better trotter was met in the second heat than in the first. As to Uhlan's break, it always will be a question whether he broke first and then hit the boot that came loose or whether the boot came loose first. It was a quarter boot, and people familiar with horses know that such boots are strapped firmly over the hoof of the horse and cannot "come loose" unless the strap breaks. If Uhlan, like many an- other trotter before him, became numb in the fore- legs from the terrific pace the mare set for the first The first point is that of general appearance, says Professor Hooper of the Department of Animal Hus- bandry. In noting tills characteristic, the sludent studies the size and weight of the horses, before him, noting the symmetry of body, to see that the fore- hand is not out of proportion to the croup or barrel and to see that the legs are not too long or too short, and the student makes a study of the style and "air" exhibited by the horse, together with his disposition and character. Conformation is the next point noted, and this in- cludes, Df course, the build of the horse in detail, it includes the shape of the head, neck, forehead and size of the nostril, width and cleanness of throat barrel, croup, thighs, hocks, and in fact every part of the horse in detail. Constitution is a point I al- ways lay special stress upon, including therein the size of the nostril, width and cleanness cf throat latch, cleanness about the windpipe, width of chest and spring of rib, together with the correlated point, width through the heart, and the size of the heart girth. Then comes the point in question, quality, which includes the fineness and denseness of the bone about the head, with veins apparent, evidencing a fine, mellow skin, and fine hair, then fineness and denseness of bone about the canon, knees, hock and hind legs, I would consider a horse that is meaty about the hock as lacking in quality, and probably he would lack quality in other parts as well. The horse that has quality is the one that has refinement and denseness of texture throughout. A horse lack- ing in quality is coarse in hair, bone and skin, and has not the refinement desired. A dense hoof is an- other indication of quality. In my work I have the students particularly ex- BEST POLICY 42378 The young son of Allerton 2:09% offered for sale by E. O. Newman. half of the second mile, it is possible he lost con- trol of his front action and batted the quarter boot, causing it to come loose. Or he may have gone to a speed break and then hit the boot. No matter what happened or how it happened, Uhlan showed himself the greatest trotting gelding since the days of Major Delmar, and he was unfor- tunate in being pitted against a mare that already held the world's record for a three heat race, and that this year had taken a record of 2:02% against the watch. It simply was a case of a truly great trotter being matched against what looks like the best the world has seen. The Uhlan partisans — and they are many — were justified in having the utmost confidence in their horse, but to argue, as has been done in published accounts of the race, that Uhlan was going much the fastest at the end of the first mile in record breaking time, and that if the distance to be gone had been twenty-five yards farther be would have won, is carrying the matter a litle too far. There is no doubt that in the first heat Uhlan trotted fully as good a mile as did Hamburg Belle, perhaps a better one, as he was on the outside all tbe way and had a shade the worst of the start. At the end of that mile he was entitled to stand pre- cisely as high in the public esteem as did the mare. But the second heat put an entirely different aspect on the question of their relative class. The mare out- speeded him, outlasted him, and outacted him. The torn boot, the break, and the subsequent distancing because of the mishap, are things that cannot be considered. Quarter boots do not come loose if they are properly strapped, and in the absence of posi- tive proof to the contrary horsemen will assume that the horse hit the boot, which means either that he broke before the boot was displaced or that he batted it from leg weariness and then broke." amine the feet and legs and report thereon. This includes the conformation of feet and legs, the proper muscling of forearm and gaskin being the uppermost points examined under this especial heading. Then the set of limbs, size of bone below the knee and flatness thereof, and size and shape of feet are con- sidered. The above heading includes an examination for unsoundness and the students are particularly taught to guard against any malformations that would give rise to unsoundness. When the horse is put in motion his wind is observed as well as the eye when standing still. Action is the last but one of the most important points considered, and this includes a consideration of trueness of the gait, discrimination being made against winging or paddling or closeness of gait. The saddle horse is scored on his ability to go perfectly the three or five gaits. During the time that the horse is in action particular attention is paid to the first characteristic mentioned above, namely, the general appearance, style and vigor. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. ii the association would only devote as much time and attention in securing a competent presiding judge as they do in looking out for a good starter we should hear fewer complaints about the inability of these officials, say? the Horseman. While it is necessary that a starter should know the rules, there are but few. of them that come in direct contact with his office, while with the judges all the rules of trotting races must be in their immediate view if they are to properly discharge the duties of their office. It is quite true that with a good set of driv- ers there may at some meetings be little or no occa- sion to apply rules relative to discipline, but on these rules they should be so thoroughly well posted as not to need any reference to the printed book. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN fSatiirday. September 11, 1909. THE FARM STOCK SHOW LIST DRAWS ON WORLD. With more than 2,000 head of pure bred stock entered in the different classes by breeders from every section of the United States and Canada, the lists for the live stock show of the Alaska- Yukon- Pacific Exposition, which will be held from September 27th to October 9th, closed last week. In speaking of the show, W. L. Carlyle, superintendent of the live stock department, said: "In my twenty years' experience managing live stock shows, I have never seen a better pros- pect. The entries are large, representa- tive and by breeders of world-wide fame. The old world has been ransacked for choice specimens especially for this show, and any breeder who wins a ribbon at the Exposition has good reason to be proud. The friendly rivalry between the breeders of the East and West will add zest to the show and interest in the com- petition. George Lane of Calgary, Alberta, who is one of the most extensive farmers and breedeers ou the American continent, vis- ited the Fair recently to enter his choice breeds in all the Percheron classes. He has the distinction of being the owner of the largest herd of pure bred Percheron horses in America, numbering 500 head. The following committees of judges will act: Horse classes — Thoroughbreds, G. M. Rommel, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; stand- ard breds, John A. Craig, Stillwater, Okla. ; Morgan, C. F. Curtiss, Ames, la. ; American carriage horses, G. M. Rom- mel, United States Department of Agri- culture, Washington, D. C. ; roadsters and carriage, John A. Craig, Stillwater, Okla. ; saddle horses, C. F. Curtiss, Ames, la., hackney, R. B. Ogilvie, Chicago, 111. ; German coach, French coach and Shetland ponies, C. F. Cur- tiss, Ames, la. ; Clydesdale and Shire, R. B. Ogilvie, Chicago, 111.; Percheron and Belgian, John S. Cooper, Chicago, 111.; Suffolk and draft horses in harness, J. A. Craig, Stillwater, Okla. ; jacks, jennets, and mules, John S. Cooper. Cattle classes — Shorthorns, Abram Rennick, Winchester, Ky. ; Herfords, Galloways and Angus, M. A. Judy, Talulla, 111. ; Brown Swiss, Devon and Red Polled, C. F. Curtiss, Ames, la.; Holstein, C. Easthope, Warren O. ; Jer- sey and Guernseys, C. W. Sisson, Potts- dam, N. Y. ; Ayrshire, F. E. Stephen, Huntingdon, Quebec; Dutch Belted, C. Easthope. Sheep classes — Fine Wools, E. D. King, Burlington, Kan.; Shropshire and Southdown, L. E. Shaw, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; Oxford Down, Hampshire and Dorset Horn, R. J. Stone, Stonington, 111. ; Cotswold, L. E. Shaw, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. ; Leicester, R. J. Stone, Stoning- ton, 111.; Lincoln, L. E. Shaw, United States Department of Agriculture, Wash- ington, D. C. ; fat sheep grades, R. J. Stone, Stonington, 111.; Angora goats, X. A. Gwinn, Lawrence, Kan. Swine classes — Berkshire, C. F. Cur- tiss, Ames, la. ; Poland China, John Smith, Spokane, Wash. ; Chester White and Duroc Jersey, G. C. Council, Yan- dalia, 111.; Large Yorkshire, John Smith, Spokane, Wash. ; Essex, Tamworth, Hampshi-.e and grade fat hogs, G. C. Council, Yandalia, 111. THE LINCOLN LONG WOOL SHEEP. There is no country in Great Britain whose live stock has acquired a greater reputation, and which is known over a more extensive area than that of Lincoln- shire. And no live stock of this country stands out with greater prominence than the Lincoln long wooled sheep. The Lincoln sheep has a special claim to prominence. It is as yet the only Eng- lish mutton breed whose rams have ever reached or exceeded 1000 guineas ($5000) each. Henry Dudding once sold a ram for 1450 guineas ($7250). Xothing stronger in the conformation of the merits of the Lincoln long wooled breed can be quoted than the great de- velopment that has taken place in con- nection with the Argentine mutton sup- ply. To that breed, and that breed alone, belongs the credit, if one may use the term, of bringing the mutton supply from the Argentine from nothing to its present position of being practically the largest supplier of mutton to the British markets. The Lincoln sheep is not only a mut- ton producer but also an excellent wool producer. In this capacity it ranks above any other British breed. The abil- ity of this breed to produce so large a quantity of wool combined with its merit oi producing deep fleshed, well develop- ed sheep, has secured for it well deserved reputation as being the most suitable sheep for crossing with the native sheep in the Argentine and other countries. The popularity and demand for these sheep is indicated in an average of near- ly $10, made on July 9, at a sale of SI shearing rams, the property of members of the Lincoln Long Woo] sheep associa- tion of Lincolnshire. England. o CATTLE AND SHEEP PRICES. J. W. Van Meter, the cattle man of Butte county, sold 300 head of beef cat- tle to A. H. Mclnnis of Red Bluff last week at 7 cents, delivery to be made Sep- tember 15th : The sheep sales reported last week through the Mclnnis agency are S00 head of lambs and wethers from the herds of An tone Xunes and 1700 head of lambs and wethers from Charles Herford. These sheep were pnrchasei with the wool on at $2.25 a head for lambs and $2. 75 -for wethers. Elmer Parks made a sale of 400 head of sheared lambs at $2 a head. George Peterson is to deliver for shipment 600 wethers and 250 head of lambs at a like price. THE BEST LINIMENT OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY ^ Gombault's « Gaustic Balsam IT HAS NO EQUAL For =» soothing and d for all Old onnds, Fol Exterior Cancers, I Human Bunit CAUSTIC BAL5A1I has no equal as Liniment. Body We would say to all who buy it that it does not contain a particle of poisonous substance and therefore no harm can result from its ex- ternal use. Persistent, thorough use will cure many old or chronic ailments and it can be used on any case that requires an outward a p g I i c a t i o n with perfect safety. Perfectly Safe and Reliable Remedy lor Sore Throat Chest Cold Backache Neuralgia Sprains Strains Lumbago Diphtheria Sore Lungs Rheumatism and all Stiff Joints REMOVES THE SO REN ESS -STRENGTH ENS MUSCLES Comhill. Tex.— "One bottle Caustic Balsam did my rheumatism more good than J12U.00 paid in. doctor"ibills." OTTO A. BEYER. PriceS 1 .50 per bottle. Sold bv drupgistB, or sent by di express prepaid. Write for Booklet R. The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0. DUCKS AS A SIDE LINE. Dependence should not be placed on hens alone if one wants to get the best profits out of poultry. Try other varie- ties also, beginning with ducks. Many who have never tried them are deterred from doing so by tales of their objection- able qualities, not knowing that if profit is considered the balance is wholly in favor of these birds. To begin with, the Pekins are considered the most desirable by the writer on occount of their great size, early maturity and prolificacy, and if a sufficient number are kept so that there is a surplus of feathers, the white bring more than colored ones — another point to their value. SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address. F. W. KELLEY. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co.'s Stables. 327 8th St.. Oakland FOR SALE. Bay mare, standard and registered, seven years old, 16 hands, by Owyhee, out of Inex by Sweepstakes. Broken to harness, and a sure, regular breeder. Now in foal to Gerald G., by Zombro, out of Italia by Sidney. Also, yearling bay filly out of the above mare, by Lynwood TV.; large and promising. Correspondence solicited. C. B. WAKEFIELD, 2118 K street. Sacramento, California. NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by me Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation, No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 190it, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH. President. Attest: U. S. ADAMS, Secretary. STANDARD BRED YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE. I offer for sale the following choicely bred young trotters which can be seen at any time at Pleasanton track, where they are being handled. No fancy prices are asked for the excellent young pros- pects, but they will be priced right. The description and bleeding of these three youngsters are as follows: Bonnie Searchlight 43S90, brown stal- lion, trotter, 15. 2y. hands, foaled April 8, 1905, by Searchlight 2:03*4, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr. 34S34, second dam Gabilan Girl by Gabilan 19733, third dam Clara by Elmo 891, fourth dam Lady Comstock by Norfolk, thorough- bred. Georgia (registered), black filly, foaled March 25, 1906, 16 hands, trotter, by Lecco 2:09%. dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917, second dam Emma by Whip- pleton 1SS3, third dam Gladys by Glad- iator S336. fourth dam Kate by John Nelson 1S7, fifth dam by Shakespear. Lady Pobrieta, black filly, trotter, foaled February 23, 1907, sire Bonny McKinney 413S3, dam Pobrieta by Boodle Jr. 34834, second dam Martha by Mam- brino Jr., third dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino 1787, fourth dam Ida May Jr. by Owen Dale, fifth dam Ida May by Williamson's Belmont, sixth dam by Red Buck. For particulars and prices, address the owner, H. BUSING, Pleasanton Training Track, Pleasanton, Cal. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton. Ontario. Canada, Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies. Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter & Homing pig- eons of the very best blood : a fine lot of dog puppies on band, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 454 West Santa Clara Ave., San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups. 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL.Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wit. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. McPall & Co.. Portland. Ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco No mailer how new or how old your 3 in One." Trigger, shell extractor, hi ; — every aclion part of any gun worts easier, surer, truer, if oiled with "3 in Oae." I ' cleans gun barrels inside and out, removes residue of burnt powder, black or smokeless. Positively prevents rust in any climate or weather. Will not gum or dry out. "3 in One" also cleans and polishes stock. EDCE Try this good oil on your gun at our expense. rllCC Write for sample bottle and booklet -boih free. Library Slip in everv package. 3 IN GHZ 0 L CO.. io> New St., NEW YORK CITY. flUSORBlNE Cares Strained Puffy Ankles. Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fistula, Sores. Wire Cuis, Bruis- es and Swellings, Lameness, and Allays _ Paia Quickly without Blistering, removing ^y tne hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant to use. £2.00 rer bottle st dealers or de- livered. Horse Book 5 1> free. ABSORBINE, JR., (mankind.$1.00 bot- tle.) For StraiDS.Gont.YuricnseYeins.Var* icocele.Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Masa For Sale ov— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ;""Woodwai'd, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drag Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokan* Drag Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, September 11, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 If one does not like clucks with the other poultry, being quiet by nature they can be confined by a low enclosure of boards or poultry-netting. Ducks will find any aperture near the ground and crawl through it, but will rarely attempt to fly over a fence two feet high. They are gluttons, and if fed with chickens will always get more than their share. For this reason we like them penned away from the other poultry. They need more bulky food, too, and will subsist almost entirely on green stuff" if they can have some meat scraps to supplement such food. This is true of both old and young, though in the laying season it is well to feed grain also. A duck well fed will lay almost continuously from March to mid-summer. In the latitude of cen- tral Missouri they often begin to lay even earlier, and have kept at it till Novem- ber, with a rest only through the hottest weather. A good supply of growing onions, peas and rape makes cheap feed for the ducks, and if they can range over the plot wheie these plants are grown they may feed at will and save time for the caretaker. If this is not practicable, the green stuff must he cut in short lengths. Plenty of water must always be at hand for them to drink, in vessels deep enough so they can bury their bills ; this keeps the nostrils clean, which is very es- sential. In feeding mashes they eat so ravenously that water must be right at hand to wash down every "mouthful" or they choke. In feeding grain it is best to put it in a dish or trough of water so they have to "fish" for it, and are thus compelled to eat more slowly. Ducks require the simplest shelter and can be housed very inexpensively. Five or six may easily use a tight large dry goods box for their sleeping quarters, with the open end protected by a curtain of denim or burlap. The box must be elevated a little off" the ground to prevent dampness, and should have clean straw or other litter put into it every night for the ducks to sleep on. This clean litter is necessary even after the weather is warmer, for when the ducks began lay- ing they rarely take the trouble to make a nest, but drop their eggs wherever they happen to be. As they lay very early in the morning the eggs should be looked after the first thing, so as to keep them from chilling, and to secure them while the shells are still clean. If washed they rarely hatch, as the water removes the viscous coating of the shell. Ducks are good layers but poor moth- ers, and it is of no use to waste their time in incubation. Let hens or incu- bators do the work. — Colman's Rural World. FLAVOR OF TUNIS MUTTON. Stoppage of the bowels is one of the most common ailments of cattle and more of them die from this cause than any other, for the simple reason that stoppage is due to paralysis of the bow- els. It occurs in almost all fevers, indi- gestion and over-eating. Treatment must be applied to the ailment which causes it. In case of partial paralysis the bowels reqire a laxative and tonic for the former alone will have a tendency to cause irritation, indigestion and inflam- mation from which death follows. For this reason it is dangerous to give a cow salts or oil. Give a laxative and tonic, plenty of drinking water with the chill taken from it, bran mashes made of flax seed tea and also inject several quarts of warm water once or twice daily by hose and funnel. Give the animal a reason- able amount of exercise. o At the Wisconsin Experiment station the conclusion reached was that the large cow gave more milk and butter, and though she ate a trifle more feed, she paid well for it and produced her butter- fat at less cost than the small cow. This is brought about by the surplus of skim milk which the large cow usually pro- duces more than the small cow. American Sheep Breeder says the "sheepy" taste that is popularly sup- posed to come from contact of the flesh with wool, but which really comes from some peculiar flavor distilled from the inner or secondary skin in process of cooking, does not belong to the Tunis sheep or lamb, nor indeed to any other of the fat-tail tribes of sheep in either African or Asiatic countries which doubt- less accounts for the sweetness and un- equalled delicacy and rare flavor of the flesh, which from time immemorial has been noted by Eastern travelers. ^YT* Hegistered Trade Mart ^^C ** GENEVA. Inch. August 10. 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. T.: I took off a windpuff as big as a hat from the withers of one of my horses. 1 only used one bottle. Yours truly, OTTO BOLDS. LYNX, Mass.. August 5, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. Y.: Enclosed $fi for one bottle of "Save- the-Horse" Spavin Cure and one pound of ointment. I used one bottle on a bone spavin last year and it worked to per- fection. Yours respectfully, 24 Friend St. W. E. HALLOWELL. BAY' CITY, "Wis., August 10, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: I bought two bottles of your "Save- the-Horse" about three years ago for a mare and it did wonders. I worked the mare every day and. cured her of two spavins, and she is as sound to-day as a colt. Yours truly, BEN" BENSON. "Save-the-Horse" permanently curei bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thorougnpin, splint, shoe boll, windpuff. Injured ten- dons, and all lameness, without scar or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. $C Per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make It At DruKurlstfl and Dealers or I&xpreaa Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Blnghatnton, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, 66 Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. A Few Left f Dates or which you can go East cheap Low Rate Round Trip Tickets Sold SALE DATES: SEPT. 13-14-15, 1909. Other dates and rate? to various points in effect during October, 1909. SOME RATES: Omaha $60. 00-New Orleans $ 67.50 Council Bluffs 60.00-Washington 107.50 St. Louis 67.50-New York 108.50 Chicago 72.50-Boston 110.50 Tickets good until October 31, 1909. some cases longer. Choice of routes, stopovers. Write agents for details. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TICKET OFFICES. Flood Building, Market St., Ferry Depot 13th and Franklin Sts.. Oakland. Announcement Extraordinary Having determined to change my business. I will offer for sale the following real and personal property: Robert Direct 0883 foaled 1901. and bred by R. O. Newman. Visalia, Cal.: is a beautiful stallion, black in color, a grand individual in style, action and substance; has a perfect disposi- tion; is a grand model in form, with the best of feet and legs, and has already proven that he is a sire of early and extreme speed (he is the sire of Albert Direda 2:14 ^ (P.), a hors*1 that has been successful in winning seven races out of eight starts this season; Robert Direct has sired Irma Direct 2:24^4, the sixth heat of a winning race at three years old; Irma Direct has trotted quarters in her work this summer in '30 seconds t. Robert Ttiiect comes from a family that has given to the world some of the greatest trotters and pacers in the historv of the turf. Sired by Direct 2:05^; first dam b> Robert Basler 2:20. sire of Jonesa Easier 2:05% and others, by Antevolo 219^: second dam by Pasha 2:34. son of Sultan 1513; third dam by -\. W. Richmond* ]6S7. Robert Direct is a sure foal-getter Best Policy 42378 bred by C. VT. AVilliams. fkilesburg. III.; is a handsome young stallion, foaled 1905; a rich mahogany bay in color: perfect model in form, substance and con- formation, and of great muscular development, and one of the greatest bred young sires in California. Sired by the great race horse and sire AUerton 2:09%, sire of 190 in 2:30 and better: first dam Exine 2:1$'^ by Expedition 2:15% ; second dam Euxine. dam of 5, by Axtell (3) 2:12; third dam Russia 2:28, full sister to Maud S. 2:0S^i, and dam of 1. by Harold 413; fourth dnm Miss Russell, dam of 7, by Pilot Jr 12; fifth dam, Sally Russell, grandam of 7, by Boston. Best Policy is destined to become one of the greatest sires ever in California. His colts are large and fine and natural trotters. "With five weeks' work on a slow track he trotted a full mile in 2:27%, quarters in 34 seconds, eighths in IK seconds. He trots with light shoes, no toe weights, never makes a mistake in his work, and is a sure foal setter. Brown colt, foaled 1908, sired by Robert Direct 0883; dam Stonelita 2151i at 3 years, by Stoneway 2:22%; second dam Ethel Basler, dam of three, by Robert Basler 2:20: third dam Richmoor by Pasha 2:34, son of Sultan; fourth, dam Miss Rowland by A. W. Richmond. This colt is good size. ;i pacer, and is gentle; broke to harness. Eight registered trotting brood mares, all from good producing families: safely in foal to Robert Direct and Best Policy: I have a few more standard mares also. I have colts and fillies, standard bred, sired by Best Policy and Robert Direct. All of the above stock are in good condition and for sale cheap. This stock will be on exhibition at Tulare Agricultural Fair, beginning September 13, 1909. I also offer for sale my beautiful suburban home The Palms situated half mile east of Visalia. California, containing 40 acres of land well improved, fenced into six fields; twenty acres in alfalfa, balance farmed in grain; everlasting ditch of water runs through the place; plenty of shade trees; a good house and a large barn; no barbed wire fences; a family orchard; a nice little orange orchard in bearing; poultry yards and houses. All of the above is for sale. Don't write unless you mean business. All who are interested cut this advertisement out; it will appear only once. R. O. NEWMAN, Visalia, Cal. $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 Class Trotting No. 2—2:23 Class Trotting No. 3 — 2:19 Class Trotting; Arizona Copper Stake No. 4—2:15 Class Trotting No. 5—2:12 Class Trotting No. 6—2:09 Class Trotting No. 7— Free-For-AII Trot No. 8 — 2:29 Class Trotting for Arizona Horses No. 9—2:18 Class Pacing No. 10 — 2:15 Class Pacing No. 11 — 2:12 Class Pacing No. 12 — 2:10 Class Pacing No. 13 — 2:08 Class Pacing; Arizona Copper Stahe No. 14 — 2:05 Class Pacing No. 15— Free-For-AII Pace No. 16—2:20 Class Pace for Arizona Horses $1000 1000 5000 1000 1000 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 5000 2000 1000 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they arenoweli gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1 . 2, 8, 9, 1 0 and 1 6 In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. one horse may be entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. Entries close on September 15, 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September 15th, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar. except in purses Nos. 1, 2, 8, 9, 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September 15th. All horses not entered until Sep- tember 15th must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September 15th can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed, THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a $10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of $5,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:0S Pacers. The entrance fee for these purses is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money winners. These purses will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready to start in each race. THE SIS ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY", Secretary. Phoenix. Arizona. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 11, 1909. 1 PETERS SHELLS WIN-Seattle, Tacoma, Portland PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. Aur. 24-213. PRELIMINARY HANDICAP— R. W. Clancy, 19 yds. , High Score, including ten pair doubles, PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP— Frank E. Foltz, 19 yds, tied for 1st, LONGEST RUN OF TOURNAMENT— Frank E. Foltz HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE— Woolfolk Henderson, tied for 3rd TACOMA Aug. 28. PORTLAND Sept. 3. HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE— H. E. Poston, HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE— Frank Howe 96 x 100 96 x 100 103 Straight 317 x 330 117 x 120 192 x 200 They Used Peters Quality Factory Loaded Shells THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. New York: 98 Chambers St., T. H. Keller, Mgr. San Francisco: 60S-612 Honard St., J. S. French, Mgp. New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. KVX*S^*1^%^XX\^V^*XX%X^^^ The first cattle brought into the Ameri- can colonies landed at the James planta- tion in Virginia about the year 11307 or 160S. They are supposed to have come from the West Indies, having descended from the cattle brought by Columbus on his second voyage in 1493. In 1610 sev- eral cows were landed and 100 were brought to the plantation in 1611 and here was the beginning of cattle produc- tion in America. In order to encourage the production of cattle to the fullest pos- sible extent an order was passed forbid- ding the slaughter of any animal of the kind, under penalty of death. o For the pig two to six months old pro- tein is found in skimmilk, clover and alfalfa. Corn is nine-tenths carbohy- drates. Oats have a little more protein than corn, but not sufficient for the pig. liye contains a little more protein than corn. Barley is one of the best feeds on the farm. It contains more protein than rye. The Mexico Message gives the fol- lowing account of a battle -which oc- curred on a farm near that place: "J. R. Snook, out on Route 4 keeps Jersey cattle, and the monarch of the herd had been ruling his subjects with a rod of iron, as it were, without com- plaint from the subjects. When a flock of sheep were turned into the pasture, with the cattle, the aforesaid monarch sought to extend his sovereignty over the sheep also, and to enforce disci- pline he began tossing one into the air and butting one over here, not knowing that there was a mighty chieftain and warrior among said sheep whose rights must be respected, but he was destined to be enlightened speedily. There was an opening in the ranks of the sheep, a backward movement of their chief, then as a mighty catapult or rushing meteor he went forward. It was David and Goliah over again, the huge giant of the Jersey had fallen, his astonished vision saw the constellation Aries fill the heavens and cover the earth while Taurus had been eclipsed and his glory departed forever." $5 Due Oct. 1, 1909 ON WEANLINGS. Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 9 $7250 GUARANTEED. MARES SERVED 1908. FOALS OF 1909. To trot and pace at two and three years old. Entries closed December 1, 1908. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on -whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose entry is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. $1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. $250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on Decemberl, 190S , when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; 95 May 3, 1909; $5 October 1, 1909; $10 on Yearlings March 2, 1910; $10 on Two-Year-Olds March 1, 1911; $J0 on Three-Year-Olds, March 1, 1912. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the three- year-old divisions. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO ENTER. REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE: — If the mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before March 1, 1910, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or sub- stitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. 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Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags an-i Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotter gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address, Bbeedek and Sportsman I '. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Cal. Pacific Bldg.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL, BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there is none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS, SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of tile SKIN It has no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed it on the market relying wholly on its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This increase was entirely due to its MER- ITS, and it is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20th CENTURY. It is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which Injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food nnd Drags Act, June 30, 1806. Serial Number 1219. All Trainers Should Keep It in Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy in next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers In Harness and Turf Goods. If not in stock ask them to write any Jobber for it. JAS. B. CAMPBELL 4 CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago. 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Y. $xxxsxxxxxxia^^ 120 LONG RUNS OF One Hundred Straight or better made during present season by shooters who used SMOKELESS SPORTING POWDERS Have you made a Century S3«X3t««3£5000SXXN%XN%\VNSSX\XVNNNNSN\NN\N\XSVViSS3f3<5»X3«3SX' AN UNPARALLELED RECORD IN SHOOTING HISTORY MADE BY THE PARKER GUN, At Chicago, the week beginning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yard mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles— score, 94. Mr. Fred Phattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the 18 yard mark— score, 96. and 20 straight in the shoot-off. Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Championship with a score of 193 out of 200. which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive winning for the PARKER GUN. THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. 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If your aim is true, you get the game. UMC Came Laws & Guide Directory free. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO,, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City. '.'-■- v ->'"t. -.-;■' *?• „.. -■-.•■:i— -."■ :■:■:■•■ .■•■•>■*■" WINCHESTER METALLIC CARTRIDGES During our 30 years of gun making, we have discovered many things about ammunition that no one could learn in any other way. Our discoveries in this line, together with years of experience manufacturing ammunition, enable us to embody many fine points in Winchester Metallic Cartridges for rifles and revolvers which make them superior in many ways to all other brands upon the market. Winchester cartridges in all calibers are accurate, sure-fire and exact in size. They shoot when you want them to and where you want them to ; being made and loaded in a modern manner by exact machinery under the supervision of skilled experts. Remember this, and insist upon having Winchester cartridges, and you will get the best. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.. A. muller. Pacific Coast agent, 714 Market NEW HAVEN, CONN. St., San Francisco, cal. I Another Clean . . Sweep . WITH J» Professional High Average Amateur High Average At Bellingham, Aug. 1, 1909 Also at Salinas, Raymond, Tacoma SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO., San Francisco, Cal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September IS, 1909. Insure Your Live Stock I N&IANA AND O ill G ■u $ IOO.OOOOO ^ APPROVED BONDS DEPOSITED WITH THE UDITOR OF STATE FOR Th PROTECTION OFALL POLICY HOLDERS f Worses, Mulls tf Cattle ■A/A/3T OEATH FROM ANY CAUSE ESTABLISHED I&86 Ctata Ao-antc W. T. CLEVERDON, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco. OlflLC ftgCIIl&. j. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 McAllister st., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of the FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams- Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph. Dixon, Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth tor Road or Track Use. GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Pulling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pnlling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit, and "with it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort. It will make him forget his bad habits, bring- out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. L. Snow, D. J. MeClary, Alta McDon- ald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, Alonzo McDonald, and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. We are sole nwners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as the "Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Overcheck. Mailed prepaid free to any part of Patented Aug, 11. 1S96. Patent No. 565.681. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do Ail We Claim for It. the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us, who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices and can not wait to get them direct from us, we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our devices is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sell them for direct: Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Co.. New York City : Recker & Wiekser, Ruffalo, N. Y. ; Turtle & Clark Detroit, Mich. : Foster-Helmreich-Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City, Mo. z^fT/S/WSMerVXERJ HARNESS $ TURF GOODS RACE MEETING Santa Maria, Cal. October 6-7-8 and 9, 1909. Entries Close October 1, 1909. First Day, Wednesday, Oct. 6. 2:20 Class $150 2:30 Class . . . 125 Over Night Running. Second Day, Thursday, Oct. 7. 2:22 Class . $125 Three Minute Class 100 Over Night Running. Third Day, Friday, Oct. 8. 2:25 Class $125 2:40 Class 100 Over alight Running. Fourth Day, Saturday, Oct. 9. Free-for-All . . $250 2:22 Class . 125 Over Xight Running. All harness races for mile heats, best three in five. There must be five to enter and three to start. The board reserves the right to hold less than five to fill by withdrawing a proportionate amount of the purse. Entrance fee to harness races >"s to be 10 per cent, of purse, and is to accompany nominations. All harness races will be divided 60. 30 and 10. Entrance fee to running races is to be 10 per cent, of purse, and is to accompany nominations. All running races will be divided £0 and 40. The National Association rules shall govern the meet. The entries close Oct. 1. 11109. ROBEfr EARL, Pres. E. A. ABADIE, Secretary. Albuquerque Stake nnd Purses Close Oct- 1st 29TH ANNUAL NEW MEXICO FAIR " " AND RESOURCES EXPOSITION, OCTOBER 11-16, 1909. 2:12 Pace, "BULL DURHAM STAKE," given by Blackwells Durham Tobacco Co. 2:19 Pace . . $500 2:30 Trot . . 500 Free-For-AII Pace . 500 2:30 Trot and Pace (County horses) . . 300 $1000 2:25 Pace . . 500 2:20 Trot ... 500 Free-For-AII Trot . . 500 County Handicap Trot and Pace . . .300 Stake and purses close October 1st. Records made after July 1st. no bar. Precedes El Paso and Phoenix meetings. $1800— IN PURSES FOR RUNNING RACES— $1800 The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railway will return horses free to points of shipment on their road to California, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Kansas, also El Paso, Texas. For blanks, etc., address JOHN B. MCMANUS, Secretary, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. 75 PER CENT OF ALL HORSE OWNERS AND TRAINERS USE AND RECOMMEND CAMPBELL'S HORSE FOOT REMEDY —SOLD BY- C. F. MOREL, sue.-es.sor to J. O'Kane Co... San Francisco, Cal. W. A. Sayre Sacramento, Cal. Miller & Patterson San Diego, Cal. J. (J. Read A Bro . . _ Osrden, Utah Jubinville f all wagering on horse races. MR. T. J. CROWLEY, of this city, one of the directors of the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breed- ers' Association, returned last week from a tour of European countries that lasted nearly six months, and during which, in company with his wife, he traveled through Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Holland and other countries. It was their intention to visit England, Scotland and Ireland, but made a change in their plans and they returned home direct from France. Mr. Crowley enjoyed his trip thoroughly, about the only disappointment he met on the continent being his inability to see more than one trotting meeting, that being held at Florence, Italy. He missed the great Vienna meeting by a week, the horses having moved on to Budapest, which was off his itinerary. The racing at Florence was on Sunday and there were ten or fifteen thousand people present, their enthusiasm being great, and the backing of the horses heavy The track was very much like those in use in this country, being of soil, sprinkled and rolled, though contaiirng more gravel than is seen on American tracks, the gravel being quite noticeable. There was one handicap during the afternoon, the other races being on the plan of the racing held here, although all were single dashes. The time made by the horses was about 2:24 for the fastest race. Mr. Crowley states that the only thing he could see wherein these Italians lead us, was in the strict requirements as to the appearance of drivers, grooms, and all others who appeared on the track. Both drivers and grooms wore uniforms that were spick and span for neat- ness and the general effect was a great improvement on the go-as-you-please dressing seen on American tracks. BERTHA, the wonderful old daughter of Alcantara, mother of nineteen foals, four of which have taken records below 2:10, was bred to the fast McKinney pacing stallion Charley D. 2:06%, last spring, hut failed to get in foal. Her last foal was the filly by Aerolite 2:13% named Rubylight, and now owned by Mrs. Shreve, of Cathlamet, Washington. Ruby- light was foaled in 1908, and Bertha was bred back- to Aerolite but. did not produce a foal this year. She was bred to Charley D. 2:06% as stated, and again proved to be not in foal, so two weeks ago, Bertha's owner, Mr. C. L. Crellin, of Ruby Hill, had her bred to the handsome and promising two-year-old colt Bon Guy, owned by Mr. W. E. Detels of Pleasanton. Bon Guy is a royally bred youngster, being by Bon Voyage 2:12%, out of La Moscovita, dam of Yolande 2:14%, by Guy Wilkes. Bertha is in fine shape, fat and healthy in spite of her twenty-five years of life and nineteeen years of foal rearing. It is to be hoped that she will produce another foal and if she does its breeding will not suffer comparison with that of any other she has produced. The fact that Bertha was never trained or developed in any way on the road or track, being unbroken to harness or saddle, will make her looked upon by the development the- orists as the one grand exception to prove their rule. THE CAMPING FEATURE, so popular at the Oregon State Fair, is gradually being adopted by the fairs throughout the States of the middle west. A thousand farmers with their families occupy tents on the Oregon fair grounds during the week of the fair, the tents being pitched in a beautiful grove of oaks, which is on the State's property. It is un- fortunate that the California State Fair grounds has no grove of trees as yet; and we suggest that one of some fast growing variety might be planted with good results. There is the opportunity for a great fair to be held at Sacramento as soon as the grounds are in shape and all the contemplated buildings are erected. The Sidney Dillons are doing splendidly this year, especially his daughters. The green mares Sophia Dillon and Rapidan Dillon have trotted to records of 2:11% and 2:12%, respectively; Martha Dillon has lowered her mark from 2:29% to 2:10%, and Weate- water, while taking no record, has shown a mile in 2:08 and trotted second in a race in 2:12%. The green pacing mare Mary Dillon has taken a mark of 2:09%. — Horse Review. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September IS, 1909. EXCELLENT RACING AT STOCKTON. Sacramento and Stockton Driving Clubs Compete in Matinee Races. (By Geo. H. Tinkham.) Admission Day the San Joaquin Driving Club gave the best matinee of the season and it was a reminder of the days when the San Joaquin Valley Agricul- tural Association gave the people great sport for their money. The grand stand was well filled with ladies and there was a large number of buggies upon the ground. The crowd became very impatient at the long delay, as it was after 2 o'clock before the first race was called. It was no fault, however, of the Driving Club, for the fast express bringing the Sacra- mento horsemen was over an hour late and they did not reach the track until after 1 o'clock. Finally the races were called. No prettier races have been seen for many a day and the audience was interested until nearly sunset. Many of the heats were so closely contested that the whip was freely used. The Sacramento drivers came here anticipating a picnic, but they found several Stockton horses eager for the fray and in the four races in which they started they took first honors in the Class A pace only. Over-zealous to win, they attempted to cut out Guy Vernon, driven by Parker, on the back stretch in the second heat of the Class D mixed, which resulted in a running race the balance of the heat. Under a strict construction of the National rules, the Sacramento driver should have been shut out for foul driving, for it is just such tricks as this that kill the sport. The first and third heats of this race, however, were fine. Zamrose, the Sacramento horse, a handsome dark brown, was beaten by Guy Vernon in two close finishes, Guy winning by less than a length. He is a promising three-year-old owned by Dr. Thompson of Oakdale, and has not been driven over three months. Chappo beat his former record a half second and Royal McKinney, driven by W. R. Jacobs, proved him- self a worthy son of a great sire and lowered his record several seconds. He easily beat the Sacra- mento horses, Big Sis and Buster Brown, although Big Sis trotted at Chico in 2:20. She was handicap- ped, however, for her driver, Jake Martin, weighs over 300 pounds. Will Guthrie, M. Henry's little black, astonished his friends by the easy manner in which he took straight heats from the 2:20 horse, Joe Dick, Taking the lead at the word "Go," the Sacramento pair were not in even speaking distance. He had speed extra, for he had paced a mile in 2:18. The so-called special pace between Kelley Briggs and Wild Bell was a farce for the old stagers have a record of 2:08% and to pace around the track in time slower than three-yer-old colts is simply fooling the people. The great race of the day, and one not often seen — tbey saw no such a race at the last State Fair — was the Class A pace between two Stockton and two Sacramento horses, all of them better than 2:15. Stockton's champion was the five-year-old Noble, by Diablo, owned by C. W. Helm. He is a very promis- ing bay and considering the fact that he has not been worked over two months his performance was excel- lent. The Sacramento champion was Harold B., a well seasoned pacer, who has gone in 2:12*, but Noble pushed him on the back stretch and upper turn so fast that he twice broke. Sacramento, how- ever, had a reserve in Natoma, another speedy pacer, and he now came to the front and the race lay be- tween him and Noble. Natoma took both heats, beat- ing Noble by less than half a neck, his driver whip- ping ojt. Helm had no use for a whip, yet the v.ren s.?soned pacer, who has gone in 2:12%, but ing considerably behind in starting. The officers of the day were as follows: Judges — George Vice of Sacramento, Dave Young and John Galway. Timers — John Grigsby, A. W. Cowell and Frank Leiginger. Starter — A. B. Sherwood. Announcer — George Vice. Clerk of the Course — Frank Lieginger. The following are the results: Class D., Mixed. W. H. Parker's Guy Vernon (Parker) 1 2 1 Zamrose (Maston) 2 1 2 Joe Sarto (Nance) 3 4 3 Flyaway (C. Silva) 4 3 4 Time— 2:23%, 2:26%, 2:20%. Class A, Trot. J. N. Jones' Little Branch (Jones) 1 1 Blanch T. (C. F. Silva) 2 2 Time— 2:16, 2:18y2. Class A, Pace. C. F. Silva's Natoma (C. F. Silva) 1 1 Noble (Helm) 4 2 Harold B (Pike) 2 4 Briarwood (Christie) 5 5 Newport (Morris) 3 3 Time— 2:14, 2:13. Special Match. F. J. Ruhstaller's Wild Bell (Ruhstaller) 1 1 Kelley Briggs (Wright) 2 2 Time— 2:16, 2:15. Class B., Pace. J. N. Jones' Lady Irene (Jones) 2 1 1 Chappo (Donovan) 1 2 2 Time— 2:19%, 2:23, 2:15%. Class B, Mixed. M. Henry's Will Guthrie (Henry) 1 1 Joe D ck (Heenan) 2 2 Blanch A (Acker) 3 3 Ladybird (Pierce) 4 4 Time; — 2:21, 2:19%. Class C, Mixed. W. R. Jacob's Royal McKinney (Jacobs) 1 1 Big Sis (Martin) 2 2 Lillie Ash (Acker) 3 3 Buster Brown (Pike) 4 4 Time — 2:21%, 2:23. o ADMISSION DAY AT NEWMAN. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Over a thousand persons attended the races at the Newman half-mile track on Admission day last week. The big race of the day was the 2:10 pace in which Lady R. 2:11%, Tom 2:12%, Radium Way 2:11% aud Miss Idaho 2:09% were the starters. The race went to five heats. The first was won by Radium Way in 2:14, who took the second in 2:18 owing to a collision between Tom and Lady R. in the heat, Tom's sulky being smashed and his driver, William Best, thrown out and badly bruised The judges allowed Tom to start again and driven by William Brown he won the next three heats the fastest in 2:14. The buggy horse race went to Maj. Eachus' Experi- ment, as was anticipated. Chancellor and Bessie were scratched, and Daisy K., the Kinnear entry from Modesto, was a disappointment, finishing a poor second. Jorgensen's Nig took third place The third event, the 2:20 class, was an exciting contest. Kohl Direct, the little black from Pleasanton outclassed his field a little, and would have won in straight heats, but William Brown, driving Silver- stem, the Los Banos sorrel, took advantage of Kohls swinging wide on the last turn in the second heat took the pole from him and beat him out in a tight finish. Silverstein stock boomed for a few minutes but the Pleasanton nag came back and took two more heats in good style, winning the race Mo- desto Mac— formerly known as Gossamer— had many friends on his last season's performance, but showed nothing, finishing third in three heats and then re- tiring. It took three heats to settle the special match race Barba's Bob managed to get away with the first! but Chancellor, the Crosbie entry, which was sold to Judge Meredith of Gustine before the race, took the second and then beat Bob out in the rubber. Chancellor is a promising animal. The half mile dash proved one of the most enjoy- able races of the day. White Star, the Stevinson colony horse, and Gray Eagle, the Firebaugh mare made a beautiful race of it, the former nosing out his rival by a short head. This was a spectacular race and was greatly enjoyed. The program wound up just in time for supper, and the big crowd went home thoroughly satisfied;' at least all but those who picked Radium Way to beat Tom. The association is well satisfied with the attend- ance, the gate showing a small margin on the right side. Summaries: Pacing, 2:10 class, $300. Tom, b. g. by Moses S. (Best and Brown) 4 4111 Radium Way, b. s. by Stoneway (Lig- gett) 1 1 3 2 2 Lady R., b. m. by (Sweeney) 2 3 2 3 0 Miss Idaho, ch. m. by Nutwood Wilkes (Byrne) 3 2 4 0 0 Time— 2:18, 2:14, 2:17, 2:18, 2:1S. Buggy horse race, $50. Half mile heats. Experiment, s. s. (Lewis) 1 1 Nig, b. g. ( Jorgensen) 2 3 Daisy K., s. m. (Kinnear) 3 2 Time — 1:15, 1:16. Pacing, 2:20 class, $150. Half mile heats.. Kohl Direct, b. g. by Direct (H. Brown).. l" 2 11 Silverstine, s. g. (W. Brown) 2 12 2 Modesto Mac, b. g. (Dirst) 3 3 3 0 Time — 1:07, 1:06, 1:07, 1:04. Special Match race — $50 a side. Chancellor, b. g. (Ramage) 2 1 1 Bob, b. g. (Lewis) 1 2 2 DEATH OF MRS. WILLARD ZIBBELL. Mrs. Williard R. Zibbell of Fresno died on Saturday last at the home of her brother, H. E. Bowen, 1937 Filbert street, Oakland. The body was sent to Fres- no, where the funeral was held on Wednesday. Willard R. Zibbell, her husband, is the young man who met with an unfortunate rialroad accident at Fresno in 1905. To save his life, the doctors were compelled to cut off both hands and one of his legs. He survived the operations to the surprise of all his relatives and friends. At the time of the accident, he was engaged to marry Mrs. Georgie Smith. She rushed to the bed- side of the injured man, who offered her her free- dom, as he was destined to be a cripple for life. But she loved young Zibbell and refused to back out. The wedding took place directly Zibbell was able to sit up, which was about two weeks after the final operation. The young couple were very happy, but several months ago Mrs. Zibbell became afflicted with a cancer, which resulted in her death. Willard Zibbell was awarded damages of $100,000 for his injuries which was reduced to $70,000 by the Court and a new trial refused. The railroad com- pany then appealed to the Supreme Court where the case now is. There was never a more beautiful day that last Saturday at Golden Gate Park. The sun shone warm enopgh to make wraps superfluous even for those out in automobiles and there was a slight breeze that barely kept the flags from idleness but their motions were languorous at that. A splendid program of six races between horses owned and driven by members of the Park Amateur Driving Club, drew but a small crowd however, not over three hundred being present to see the sport. Three of the afternoon's events were won in straight heats, while the others went to three heats each. In the race for Class A Trotters Mr. Ottinger's gray gelding, Mike Kelly, was returned a winner in straight heats, Mr. Kilpatrick's Elma S. being sec- ond each time, Mr. Christenson's Reina Directum third and Mr. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien fourth. The time was 2:19 in each heat. The fastest race of the day was the class A pace which was won by Mr. Cerciats' handsome little mare Moy, 2:07%, after Mr. Donnelly's Alford D. 2:12% had taken the first heat in 2:18. Moy's heats were in 2:14 and 2:15, a rattling good race. Mr. Borden's Barney Bernato and Mr. Smedley's Red Velvet, both by Zombro, had a hot race in the Class C trot, Red Velvet finally winning owing to Barney making a bad break in the last heat. The summaries: First race — Class D, Trotters, one mile. Molera & Josephs' Belle Overton (Josephs) . .1 2 1 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 2 1 3 Captain W. Matson s McKinney M. (Matson).2 3 2 Time— 2:27y2, 2:27%, 2:26%. Second Race — Class A, trotters, one mile. A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 1 1 F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S (Kilpatrick) 2 2 S. Christenson's Reina Directum (Christenson) . .3 3 D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien, (Hoffman) 4 4 Time— 2:19, 2:19. Third race — Class B, trotters, one mile. F. J. Kilpatrick's Princess W. (Kilpatrick) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Lily Dillon (Hoffman) 2 2 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 3 3 Time— 2:18, 2:20%. Fourth race — Class B, pacers, one mile. I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 1 H. C. Ahler's Princess V (Ahlers) 2 2 Time— 2:19, 2:19%. Fifth race — Class C, trotters, one mile. J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet (Smedley) 1 2 1 I. L. Borden Barney Barnato (Borden) 2 1 2 Time — 2:20, 2:23, 2:26%. Sixth race — Class A, pacers, one mile. T. Cerciat's Moy (Cerciatl 2 1 1 M. M. Donnolly's Alford D (Donnolly) 1 2 1 F. L. Matthes' Opistah (Matthes) 3 3 3 Time— 2:18, 2:14, 2:15. A HANDSOME COLT. Victor McK by W. R. Murphy's stallion Red McK, whose picture is on the front page, is even better looking than his photograph and is bred in the purple, his sire being by McKinney out of Bonnie Red by Red Wilkes, second dam Bonnie Bell (dam of 4 in the list) by Almont 33 and the colt's dam is Celandine by Ignus Fatuous 2:16, second dam Daisy Graham by Diadem 2:18. Victor McK was bred by W. R. Mur- phy and is 15 months old. He is an exceptionally good sized colt, for his age and most symetrically built; he is a bright bay in color with black points and a small star in his forehead; his right hind ankle and left hind coronet are white. He has the best of bone, good feet and legs and stands on them right, a most intelligent head, well set on a breedy looking neck and big full eye; his chest is especially good and so are his quarters. Altogether he is an exceeding handsome and well built colt, and though just broken nicely has a good way of going and when frightened at anj'thing instead of running, rushes away on a trot and at a speed that promises well for early develop- ment. Should he develop into a race horse, and there is everything to make one believe he will, he certainly should have the ability to carry his clip from end to end and go as far as anybody's horse with his three crosses to Geo. Wilkes, for certainly the Wilkes' family will "try." E. A. Montgomery, the new owner of Victor McK, has recently joined the Los Angeles Driving Club and is a wealthy mining man of that city. He is devoted to horses and has another colt, a blue roan, by Red McK out of an old roan mare he used for years on his prospecting tours and that is how "pensioned" and enjoying life. Should his new purchase turn out well, it would not be surprising if Mr. Montgomery following the example of his friend C. A. Caiifield and fired by the success of the gentleman's El \o- lante, got into the racing game. And such men is what the sport needs and needs badly; men of standing and character who race not for the dollars and cents but purely for the love of seeing a good horse win a good race. All the horsemen here wish him the best of luck with the colt and may he be a future stake winner. J. H. Vance has Victor McK. in his barn and will begin his education next week. "MOITIVT PISGAH STOCK FARM." Dr. W. H. Feurt, p- p-ipt-,- Miunt Fisgah Stock Farm. Proctorsville, Ohio, writes: Enclosed find draft for six bottles Quinn's Ointment just receive!. I find it a valuable remedy for the a'lments of Horses for what it is recommended. For Curbs, Splints, Spavin, Windpuffs and all blemishes, use Quinn's Ointment. Satisfaction guaranteed. If cannot obtain from drug- gist, address W. B. EDDY & CO.. Whitehall, N. T. Price, ?1, delivered. Saturday, September IS, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN READVILLE SU MMARIES— AUG. 31 TO SEPT 4. 2:11 class, pacing, 2 in 3, purse $1000. Earl Jr., gr. h. by The Earl-Jenny by Segasta (Cox) 1 1 Louise E., br. m. (Fox) 2 2 Carrie S., br. m. (Turner) 3 3 Stiletto C, ch. b. (Nevins) 4 4 Auda H., blk h. (Murphy) dis Time— 2:11%, 2:10%. 2:06% class, pacing, 2 in 3, purse $1000. Walter W., b. g. by Little Frank-Irene by King Milton (Geers) 3 1 1 Texas Rooker, b. g. (McEwen) 4 2 2 Green Pilot, b. h. (Murphy) 2 3 3 Milton S. Jr., ch. g. (Cox) 5 4 4 The Friend, blk h. by Heir-at-Law (Brawley)l dis Time— 2:06%, 2:08%, 2:08%. 2:13 class, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $1,000. Alice Rosevelt, ch. m. by The Seacher-Pap's Flaxen by Black Hawk McGragor (Murphy) 1 2 1 Fair Margaret, b. m. by Reelection (Benyon).2 1 2 Bronson, b. g. (Titer) 5 3 3 Gladys, b. m. (McDonald) 3 5 4 Wilkerson, b. g. (Lasell) 4 4 5 Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:10%. The American Derby, trotting division; mile and one-half; handicap, dash; purse $35,000. Baron Alcyone, b. g. by Baron H.-Brownie by Alcone, 540 feet (Ernest) 1 Axtator, b. g., 540 feet (Gillies) 2 Kaldar, b. g., 495 feet (O'Neil) 3 Lady Jones, blk. m., 90 feet (Murphy) 4 Penico Maid, b. m., 135 feet (Shutt) 6 Jacli McKerron, b. h., 135 feet (Shank) 6 San Francisco, br. h., 45 feet (Hodges) 7 Ralph Wick, b. g., 405 feet (Dore) 8 Genteel H., br. h., ISO' feet (Snow) 9 Billnice, b. g. 450 feet (Reidy) 10 Sonoma Girl, br. m., 45 feet (McMahan) 11 Jay Kay, br. g., 450 feet (Fox) 12 Hylie Bird, b. g., 540 feet (Tiirley) 13 Henry Setzer, b. h., 315 feet (Lassell) 14 E. D. M., b. g., 360 feet (Hollenback) 15 Sterling McKinney, Bisa, Miss Winter, Ward, Peter Balta, Zcmalta, A Laundry, Esther Bells, Baron Le- land. Birchleaf, Cadueeus, The Aloma, Rebecca G., Nancy Gentry. Sir Todd, Jim Ferry, Klondike, Mimic, The Angelus, Silver Baron, McQuillen, Re- morseful and Prince Lacalard also started. The Massachusetts, 2:14 class, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $10,000. Margin, ro. m. by Time Medium-Alfemeda by Alfred G. (McDonald) 1 1 Innerguard, b. g. (Murphy) 4 2 Jack McKerron. b. h. (Shank) 2 7 Judge Lee, gr. h. (Lasell) 3 4. Marie N.. br. m. (Geers) 5 3 Melva J., b. m. (Cox) 6 5 Sir Todd, b. h. (O'Donnell) S 6 El Victress, blk. m. (Rosemire) 7 8 Silver Baron, b. h. (Carroll) dis Time— 2:08%, 2:08%. 2:09 class, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $1,000. Carroll, b. g. by McAdams-Caraealla by Patron (Shank) 1 1 Beatrice Bellini, b. m. (Dickerson) 3 2 Miss Abdell, b. m. (McDonald) 4 3 Ward M., blk. g. (Rathbun) 2 dis Time— 2:14%, 2:1C. 2:16 class, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $1,000. Rosemary Chimes, b. m. by Chimes-Lucille's Baby by Redwyn (Rathbun) 2 1 1 The Sailorman, b. g. by Lookaway ( Moore).. 1 2 2 Dena, b. m. (Pierce) 3 4 3 King Peter, b. h. (Titer) 5 3 5 Estil Boy, b. g. (Lasell) 4 5 4 Albert V.. ch. g. (Dore) dis Rebecca G., b. m. (Carpenter) dis Time— 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:16%. The American Derby, pacing division, mile and one-half, handicap, dash, purse $15,000. Simon Kenton, br. h. by Bernadotte-Coral W. by Coralloid, 315 feet .Talman) 1 Bard Allerton, br. h., 450 feet (Fox) 2 The Eel, gr. h., scratch (McEwen) 3 Gentley, br. g., 495 feet (Ayllard) 4 DM, b. h., 495 feet (Carpenter) 5 Brenda Yorke, b. m., 135 feet (Nuckols) 6 Cecilian King, ro. h., 270 feet (Cox) 7 Asa Wilkes, ch. h., 180 feet (Bardwell) 8 Frank S., b. g., 450 feet (Gillies) 9 Oakland Son, b. g„ 405 feet (Ernest) 10 El Gano, b. g., 315 feet (Hayden) 11 Charley King, b. g., 450 feet (O'Neil) 12 Dillon Queen, b. m., 225 feet (Kelty) 13 Prince Hamlin, b. h., 270 feet (Noonan) 14 Outcast, gr. m., 495 feet (Bailey) 15 Billy V., Reproachless, Baron Wilkes, Mendoilita, Sara Anne Patch, Ethel Woodford, Enoch W., North- ern Spy, Frank A., Doctor Ware, Ella Willas, Keller- ville Lad, Chester A., Leana, Lou Medium, Barbara B., Belle Gold, Emmett H., Green brino Jr., Major Strong and Simon also started. Time — 3:12. The Championship, trotting, 2 in 3. Uhlan, blk. g. by Bingen-Blonde by Sir Walter Jr. (Proctor) 1 1 Hamburg Belle, b. m. by Axworthy (Andrews). 2 2 Time— 2:04%, 2:03%. American Horse Breeder Futurity, foals of 1906, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $6,500. Soprano, ch. f. by Bellini-Operetta by Elyria (Dickerson) 1 1 Czarevna, ch. f . (Nolan) 2 2 The Wolverine, b. h. (Benyon) 3 3 O'Neil, br. h. (Murphy) 4 4 Belvasia, b. h. (Dore) 5 6 James A., b. g. (McDonald) 8 5 Meteor, blk m. (Hyde) 6 7 Nancy McKerron, b. f. (Andrews) 7 8 Gaworthy, b. f. (Brady) 9 dis Captain George, b. h. (Brawley) dis Time— 2:09%, 2:08%. American Horse Breeder Futurity, foals of 1906, pacing, 2 in 3, purse $2,000. Maggie Winder, b. f. by Oratorio-Clara Direct by Direct ( Jones) 1 1 Miss Eva Wilkes, ro. f. (McDonald) 2 2 Lecopia, b. h. (Burch) 3 3 Time— 2:12%, 2:12%. 2:11 class, trotting, 2 in 3, purse $1,000. Baron May, blk. h. by Baron Wilkes-Nelly May by Electioneer (Sayles) 2 1 1 Demarest, b. g. by Ariel Highwood ( Geers )..l 2 4 Dr. Jack, b. g. (Murphy) 6 5 2 Bell Bird, blk. m. (McDonald) 3 3 3 A Laundry, b. g. (Bither) 5 4 5 Birchleaf, b. g. (Titer) 4 6 6 Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:08%. 2:08 class, pacing, 2 in 3, purse $1,000. Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator-Ella Eddy by Jerome Eddy (Murphy) 4 12 1 Rollins, b. g. (McDonald) 3 2 12 Geraldine, br. m. (Geers) 1 4 4 3 The Bosun, b. g. (Cox) 2 3 3 ro Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%. The Blue Hill, handicap, dash, mile and one-half, trotting, purse $2,000. Peter Balta, br. g. by Guardsman-Helen by Dark Night, 360 feet (Snow) 1 Olga W., b. m., 495 feet (Sheridan) 2 Ralph Wick, b. g., 270 feet (Carpenter) 3 Almaden, blk. h., 405 feet (Walker) 4 Lady Jones, blk. m., 45 feet (Murphy) 5 Joe Onward, b. g., 270 feet (McDonald) 0 MacDougall, Lester Boy, Albert V., Boxer and Prince Lavalard also started. Time — 3:15. The Neponset, handicap, dash, mile and one-half, pacing, purse $2,000. Annabelle Lee, br. m. by Abdell-Gabriella by Gambetta Wilkes, 360 feet (Geers) 1 Aileen Wilson, blk. m., scratch (Cox) 2 Hal Raven, b. m., 90 feet (Snow) 3 Brenda Yorke, b. m., 180 feet (Nuckols) 4 Baron Whips, ch. g., ISO feet (Murphy) 5 Hallie Direct, ch. m., 495 feet (Shaffer) 6 Time— 3:11%. o CHASE'S FIRST FALL SALE. Much interest is manifested in the Fall Sale of trotting and coach bred horses advertised by Fred H. Chase & Co. to take place at the pavilion, 47S Valencia street, next Monday evening, September 20th. While there is not a large consignment of horses there are some of unusually fine breeding and the bidding is expected to be lively when they are led out. The young stallion By Mack is one that should be readily bid on. He is not only a, son of the great McKinney, but his dam is the $10,000 mare By By by Nutwood, that is one of the great brood mares of this country. By Mack is an own brother to Marengo King, sire of the first 2:10 trotter of 1909. Others to be sold are Lady Jane and Belle, both by Welcome 2:10%; a bay filly and a black gelding by Bonny McKinney 41383, a mare by Moses S. 2:19%. a gelding and a filly by Cupid 2:18, a mare by Silvarrow 42068, a mare by Vinmont 2:21%, mares and geldings by Diablo 2:09%, Soudan, Wald- stein and other highly bred sires. The coach horses by imported Socrates are a very fine lot. The two speedway trotters, Telephone 2:15% by Direct, and Guy Abbott by Searchlight, that have been con- signed by A. Ottinger will make fine road horses as they are said to be suitable for ladies to drive. The sale begins at 7:45 next Monday evening. Thomas H. Williams has sent to Mr. Chase seven broodmares with foals at foot to be sold after the animals catalogued are disposed of. Among the mares is Lottie Parks 2:16% by Cupid 2:18. The foals are by Dillcara (one of the best bred sons of Sidney Dillon living) and Flosnut, a well bred son of Nutwood Wilkes. Full particulars of the breeding of thse mares and foals will be given at the sale. o The Westren Horseman says: For sensationalism the 2:22 pace at Beatrice, Neb., outclassed any race pulled off in the Missouri valley since Ed. Pyle came west with Charles Caffrey and other horses, which event really marked the beginning of light harness horse breeding in Nebraska. In the race referred to five horses started, three were heat winners, one fell down three times, another twice and still another fell two times. See Emily was the one falling three times, one of her tumbles being caused by the fall of Prince McGregor. Last-at-Law raced right over the top of See Emily and Prince McGregor, and when the mare took a notion to tumble of her own accord the Heir-at-Law horse was so close behind that he went ovei the mare the second time. To put a finishing touch to the race cne of the swipes drank a bottle of body brace and required the prompt attention of physicians and stomach pumps to save his life. Summaries of this eventful race show that Last-at-Law was distanced the fifth heat, which is not correct, as he was placed by the judges. EVERETT, WASH., HARNESS RACES. First Day — Aug. 31. Three-year-old trot, purse $500. Tortoise Shell, b. f. by Bozeman, dam Silver Shell (Huber) 2 1 1 Harry T., b. s. by Zombro, dam Mary L. (Diyo)l 3 3 Belle Wilkin, bl. m. by Zombro, dam Red Girl (Crawford) 3 2 2 Time— 2:35%, 2:29%, 2:26%. 2:25 pace, purse $500. Nellie Chimes, b. m. by Christmas Chimes, dam Knob, (Erwin) 1 1 1 Czenta, b. h. by Little Rock, dam Unknown (Richards) 2 3 2 Olga S., b. m. by Diablo, dam Vevo (Marshall)3 2 3 May Moon, b. m. by Barondale, dam Idle May (Butcher) 4 4 4 Major Defiance, ch. g. by Peleg, dam Black Bess (Boyd) 5 dis Georgine S., b. m. by Copper King, dam Oad (Huber) dis Atabel, b. g. by Keller, dam Attie (Rohse) . .dis Time— 2:22%, 2:16%, 2:16%. Second Day — Sept. 1. 2:40 trot, purse $500. Lee Crawford, b. s. by Leach, dam Crawford (McGuire) 1 1 1 Glorie O'Neal, b. m. by Pawle, dam Troy (Davis) 2 2 2 Delia R., b. m. by Rodomont, dam Unknown (Boyd) 3 3 3 Shamrock, blk. h. by Senator, dam Loretta (Sebastian) 4 4 dis Revilo, b. m. by Mendocino, dam Electric Wilkes (Butcher) dis Time— 2:27, 2:26%, 2:26%. Three-year-old trot, purse $400. Admiral Evans, b. s. by Conroy's Altamont, dam Bailey Moore (Johnson) 2 1 1 Rosa R., s. m. by Senator, dam Unknown (Sebastian) 1 2 2 Elsie Norte, bl. f. by Del Norte, dam Unknown (Hogoboom) 3 3 3 Sadie T., ch. m. by Shamrock, dam Natchez Maid (Rohse) dis Time— 2:24%, 2:27%, 2:30%. Third Day — Sept. 2. Trot, purse $500. Lee Crawford, b. s. by Leach, dam Crawford (McGuire) : 1 1 1 Nellie Mars, b. m. by Curier (Irwin) 2 2 4 Tortoise Shell, b. m. by Bozeman, dam Silver Bell (Huber) 4 4 2 Dr. Ullman. br. h. by Bondsman, dam Rioco- letta (Chappell) 3 3 3 Time— 2:25%, 2:26%, 2:26%. 2:14 pace, purse $500. Glendor, bl. g. (McGuire) 3 4 1 1 1 Lady Melbis, ch. m. (Irwin) 1 12 4 3 Esther B, bl. m. by Alexis (Davis) 4 5 4 5 2 Atabal, b. g. by Keeler, dam Attia (Rhose) 5 6 dis Amy S., b. m. by Bonner N. B. (Cable) .6 dis Winnie G., b. m. by Barnacle, dam Inno- center (Chappell) 7 2 3 2 dis Time— 2:18%, 2:14%, 2:18%, 2:19, 2:29%. Fourth Day — Sept. 3. 8:10 trot, purse $500. Lady Sirus, s. m. by Sirus (Irwin) 4 2 4 3 Lida Carter, b. m. by Stam B (Hogoboom) 1 12 1 Cherry Diamond, b. g. by Bozeman (Huber)3 3 3 4 Daybreak, b. g. ( McGuire) 2 4 1 2 Time— 2:22%, 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:25. Special trot, purse $300. Independence Girl. b. m. by Meteor (Miller). 4 4 4 Dr. McKinney, blk. g. (Cudihee) 3 3 2 Marguerite, br. m. by Zombro (Dayo) 2 2 3 Shamrock, bl. s. by Senator (Sebastian) ... .1 1 1 Time— 2:39%, 2:35%, 2:34%. Fifth Day— Sept. 4. 2:35 pace, purse $400. Atabal, b. h. by Keeler (Rohse) 1 1 1 Kitty Hart, s, m, by King Lovelace (Chap- pelle) 2 2 3 Benita, br. m. by Gossip (Cabel) 4 4 2 May Moon, b. m. by Barondale (Butcher).. 3 3 4 Time— 2:24%, 2:21%, 2:24%. 2: OS pace, purse $100. Tommy Grattan, b. g. by Grattan (Mc- Guire) 4 i i i General Hurtis, b. g. by Alexis (Hogoboom) 1 2 2 2 Lord Lovelace, b. s. by Lovelace (Lindsey)2 3 3 4 Dan Z., b g. by Aranax (Johnson) ..5 4 4 3 Whitehall, g. g. by Copper King (Huber) . .3 5 5 5 Judge Dillard, c. h. by John Dillard (Crawford) dis Time— 2:15, 2:13%, 2:15%, 2:14%. o Clover hay is John E. Madden's favorite horse feed, and Nancy McKerron 2:10%, Hamburg Belle 2:01%, and all the rest of the Madden horses in W. J. Andrew's stable are supplied with it. The evening feed, of the Madden horses consists of chopped timothy or California hay, mixed with three quarts of oats and three of bran. The ration is wet with cold water so as to render it more digestible. Mr. Andrews reecntly stated that this is an ideal ra- tion, with the clover hay fed during the day, and that he has never seen horses thrive so on an}' other sort of feed. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September IS, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS | FIVE— HACKETT Chase's First Fall Sale next Monday evening. Easter won the three-year-old trot at Salem last Tuesday in straight heats, best time 2:21%, an easy race for him. Margin reduced her record to 2:05% at Indian- apolis last week, where she won a $5000 stake at the Indiana State Fair. The Harvester was rightly named. He is certainly gathering in the sheaves every time a purse he is entered for gets ripe. The Park Amateur Driving Club will hold races this afternoon on the stadium track in Golden Gate Park, beginning at 1:30. Work on the new mile track at San Jose is pro- gressing and Mr. Mead expects to have it ready for training on by the middle of October. Mr. C. K. G. Billings purchased Peter Balta 2:11% after that horse won the Blue Hill handicap for trotters at the Hartford meeting. Hollister will soon have a half mile track to be built on the Jones tract of land, just east of the thriving county seat of San Benito county. Uberto H. Strider, of South Solon, Ohio, is acting as official starter of the harness and running races at the Oregon State Fair this week. Mr. O. J. Johnson, of Orange, Cal., advertises two registered trotting colts and a registered mare for sale. They are well bred as will be seen from the advertisement. Joe Levy and Louis Hertorfl of San Francisco, went to Salinas last week and bought a carload of draft horses that were very fine animals, weighing from 1400 to 170U pounds. If you are going to El Paso and Phoenix to race, better take in the New Mexico Fair at Albuquerque. The purses range from $1000 to $300. Entries close October 1st. See advertisement. The owner of Uhlan 2:03y2 denies that he put the price of $20,000 on that gelding after he beat Hamburg Belle at Readville. He says that not less than $35,000 will buy the horse. Darkey Hal, the black mare by Star Hal won the 2:05 class pace at Syracuse this week in 2:03% and 2:02%. the fastest race that has been paced this year. Strange to relate the trotting record of the year is faster than the pacing record. Martha Dillon won the $2000 2:30 class trot at Indiana State Fair taking a record of 2:10%. She is out of By Guy, by Guy Wilkes, second dam By By by Nutwood, and is a full sister to Frank Turner's stallion Guy Dillon 2:28%. Carlotfa Wilkes is now the dam of three 2:10 performers — Carlokin 2:08% trotting and Inferlotta 2:04% and Mary Dillon 2:06% pacing. The last named mare took her record in a winning race at the Indiana State Fair last week. She is now seven years old. The 29th annual New Mexico Fair will be held at Albuquerque October 11th to 16th. There will be five days racing, beginning on Tuesday and ending Sat- urday. The purses are $500 in most instances. The 2:12 pace is for a purse of $1000. See the advertise- ment in this issue. There will be four days of racing at Santa Maria, California, October 6th to 9th, inclusive. Purses ranging from $100 to $250 will be given. There will be two harness races each day, and an over night entry running race. Entries to the harness races close October 1st. See advertisement. Soprano, winner of the American Horse Breeders' Futurity for three-year-old trotters at Readville is a handsome filly by Bellini 2:13%, dam Operetta 2:26% by Elyria 2:25%. Her record of 2:0S%, made in the second heat, is within 1% seconds of the world's record of 2:07 for three-year-old fillies held by The Leading Lady. Gracie W., the daughter of Demonio, owned by W. B. Connelly of Suisun, was shipped to her owner after the State Fair ended, and is now being used as a road horse by him. Gracie R. did not win a heat or a race on the California Circuit, but she won enough to pay all her expenses and about $100 over. Mr. Connelly was offered a good figure for her but declined it, and she will be out again next year. She has been timed several heats below 2:10 in her races, and in the heat won by Jim Logan ij 2:05% at Woodland, she was third and timed by several watches better than 2: OS. Look over the breeding of the mare Mary con- signed to Chase's sale next Monday night by Samuel Elmore of Astoria. Her pedigree is fully tabulated to five generations and is a "dandy." Col. A. W. Morrison, of the Western Hotel, Sacra- mento, has lost his fine mare Addie Carter by Nut- wood Wilkes, dam by Waldstein. She was a young mare, in foal to Sidney Direct, and received a kick in pasture, that resulted in her death. An eastern paper says that Stiletto 2:12% by Steinway, dam No)a, by Nutwood is faster than ever this year. He has lately been supplied with a set of the Indiana adornments and will be thoroughly tried. His daughter Stella Mack (4) took a record of 2:16% at Readville. There is lots of fame gained by the horse that wins a big stake, in addition to the money and the glory. Just notice how the shrewd advertisers call the public's attention to the face that the winner drew a certain sulky, wore a particular make of harness and was made sound by the only liniment worth buying. R. J. Earlston, of Stockton, is driving a three-year- old trotter that he has named Bert Kelly, and which is showing so much speed that he is expected to get a low record next year. Bert Kelly is by McAdrian. a son of Guy McKinney, he by McKinney 2:11%. The three-year-old has been a mile around 2:30 with quarters at a much faster gait. Mr. Eugene Cerciat has sold the handsome little pacing mare Moy 2:07% by Prodigal to Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick of this city. Moy is one of the best bred mares in the country. Her sire Prodigal is siring speed from all sorts of mares. Moy's dam is by Clay King and her grandam Minnie Merrill is the dam of Paronella, one of the greatest of brood mares. Santa Maria, Arroyo Grande and San Luis Obispo have organized a little racing circuit of their own. Santa Maria will lead off, followed by the other towns in the order named above. The Santa Maria pro- gram appears in this issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman. " There ■ will be at least three days' racing at each town, with purses for trotters, pacers and runners. Jack Grigsby of Stockton is the owner of the seven-year-old horse McDougal, son of Stam B. 2:11%, and a mare by Fallis. Geo. Algeo has been training this horse for a few months and recently drove him a mile in 2:15% in a matinee race. McDougal has been entered at Tulare and Fresno for the fall races. He won his race at Bakersfield last week in straight heats, best time 2:25%. The mare Lida W. 2:1S%. dam of Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, etc., has been dead for nearly two years but her produce are still showing well on the track. At the Everett, Washington, fair held during the first week in this month, her daughter, Lida Carter that took a three-year-old race record of 2:20 in 1906, won the 2:10 trot, and reduced her mark to 2:1S%. Lida Carter is by Stam B. 2:11%. P. H. Metz, the popular harness dealer of Sac- ramento is first in the field with a claim to the name of Doctor Cook, having named his fine Stam B. colt after the first man to reach the north pole. The colt was foaled in 190S and is a full brother to Mr. Metz's gelding Major McKinley that made his first start in a race at Woodland last mouth, where he was well up in heats trotted in 2:13% and 2:13%. Tidal Wave 2:06%, the handsome pacing stallion owned by Mr. S. S. Bailey, of Albany, Oregon, struck his knee in his work and will probably be laid up for the rest of the season. The son of Nutwood Wilkes had shown so much speed this summer that he was expected to reduce his record a second or two in the races this fall. He was being worked in Albany two weeks ago without the spreaders he usually wears, with the above result. Frank Taylor of San Jose has sold to Henry Imhof of San Francisco the hay mare Princess Bessum, by Egyptian Prince (son of El Mahdi 2:25% and Egyp- tiene 2: IS by Mambrino Kingl dam Carrie Malone, full sister to Chas. Derby 2:20 and Klatawah (3) 2:05%, and grandam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:0S%, by Steinway (3) 2:25%, second dam Katie G., the dam of 7 in the list by Electioneer. Mr. Taylor sold to Mr. Imhof, with this mare, her weanling colt by Kinney Lou 2:07%. that is pronounced by all who have seen him to be the stoutest and best developed colt of his age they have ever seen. Dr. J. T. Sullivan, the well known veterinarian of Suisun. Solano county, having decided to give up his lucrative practice there, left for Portland, Or- egon, last Monday where he intends to take up his future residence. Dr. Sullivan's skill as a veterinary surgeon is universally ackuowledged, while his geniality has made him countless friends who join in wishing him prosperity. Dr. H. Bergh who has been with Dr. Fox of Sacramento for some time, will take Dr. Sullivan's place in Suisun and as he is well known to many of the horsemen and farmers of Solano county, he will, no doubt, achieve a signal success. C. C. Crippen is the first trainer to locate at the new San Jose track, having taken several head there this week, and will jog them on the splendid roads thereabouts until the track is completed, which will not be a great while now, in fact more than one-half of it will be ready for use the first of October. Mr. Mead is rushing the work as rapidly as thirty head of horses can do it, and additional stalls will be built at once to meet the demands of trainers who have applied for quarters there. A horse that sold at the last sale of the Port- land Horse Sale company for $550 was recently re- sold to Mr. Laidlaw of Spokane for $1750. This horse was consigned to the sale by the Woodland Hackney Farm, and is one of the products of that horse breeding establishment. The horse is said to be one of the best ever seen in the northwest, and will be entered in several classes in the horse shows to be given at Portland, Seattle, Spokane and other northwest points, where shows are to be given this fall. A bona-fide offer of $15,000 was made for the fast tmmarked trotter Ario Leyburn that stepped the Readville track recently in 2:08%, with the last half in 1:02%. The offer, however, was declined by his owner, W. A. Mathews of Pine Bluffs, Ark. The horse is a five-year-old stallion by Arion (4) 2:07%, from Rose Leyburn 2:15%, dam of seven, by On- ward 2:25% and is in the stable of R. W. Rosemire. The horse was purchased earlier in the season by his present owner for something like $5000 on his then showing a mile around 2:12. The second of the get of Bon Voyage to start in a race is Mr. F. E. Alley's two-year-old colt Bon- aday that won the Breeders' purse for two-year-old trotters at the Oregon State Fair last Monday. Bonaday is out of the mare Welladay 2:14 by Stein- way, second dam Katie. G. the dam of Klatawah (3) 2:05%, Chas. Derby 2:20, etc., by Electioneer. While the time made by Bonaday in this race was not fast, both heats being in 2:39%, the colt won it easily and could have trotted much faster. Mr. Alley thinks very highly of Bonaday and named his stock farm near Roseville, Oregon, for the son cf Bon Voyage. Last year first money in the $5000 purse for 2:08 e'ass pacers at the Oregon State Fair was won by the California horse Charlie D. 2:06%. This year Lind- 'tty, the Oregon trainer, put it over the California hoys with Lord Lovelace, and gave that son of Prince Lovelace a record of 2:07% in the second heat of the big event. Lord Lovelace is seven years old, and is out of Maggie, the dam of Portia Knight 2:16%, etc., by Duroc Prince, next dam Prankie, grandam of Prince Direct 2:07, etc., by Oregon Pathfinder. Lord Lovelace was purchased by his present owner at the Portland Horse Sale last April for $700. The name of the winner of the 2:15 trot at Salem, on Tuesday last, is Lucy H, not Lady Cyrus as the daily papers have it. Lucy H. is a daughter of Sirius 17550, (son of Garnet Wilkes 3101 and a mare by Iowa Duroc 16623). Her dam is by Ensign and her grandam by Bellfounder Jr. Lucy H. was bred in Iowa but is now owned by Anderson & Co. of Van- couver, B. C. She took a record of 2:16% in 1906, at which time she was six years old. Her winning of the 2:15 trot last Tuesday in straight heats, beating Zombronut and several other good horses, the last heat in 2:10%, makes her look like a very promising candidate for the new 2:10 list of 1909 before many more weeks have passed. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick called on Thursday, and was a very pleased man. He had just returned from an interview with Mr. Rudolph Spreckels who had promised to turn over to him the grand old trotting mare Hulda 2:0S% by Guy Wilkes 2:15% provid- ing her physical condition was such that Mr. Spreck- els would feel justified in having her shipped to Ken- tucky where she will be bred to Mr. Stokes' grand stallion Peter the Great 2:07%, and will end her days on the beautiful blue grass fields of Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. She now has at her side a beautiful filly by Washington Mc- Kinney. This filly Mr. Spreckels will not part with. Hulda's history is surrounded with an atmosphere of tragic interest. The great race in which this magnificent mare broke down, trotted at Chicago in 1903, will live in trotting horse history as the most fiercely fought by both drivers and horses ever seen on the American turf. Alix won the first heat in 2:07%, Hulda the next two in 2:10% and 2:10%, and Alix won the fourth in 2:11%. In this heat Hulda was leading when she was seen to falter, then stagger, and finished ninth with a dislocated ankle. This ended her turf career. Lord Clinton won the fifth heat in 2:11%, Pixley the sixth'in 2:09%, the seventh went to Hamlin's Nightingale in 2:12% ; Pix- ley won the eighth in 2:15% and Alix the ninth and race in 2:09%. The first four heats were trotted September 14th, 1S93, the next four on the 15th, and the ninth and concluding heat on the 16th. It was the consensus of opinion that had not the accident occurred to Hulda she would have won the fourth heat and the race would have ended there. If Hulda should produce to the cover of Peter the Great, the foal will be watched with great interest in California. Saturday, September IS, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN The Everett, Washington, Tribune, thus comments on the absence of betting at the recent successful race meeting held in that city: Though a certain element bemoans the absence of pool selling at the track, its elimination is a good thing for the racing game and for the better class of patrons of the track. People bet just the same among themselves and have just as much, if not more fun, for they do n,ot lose enough to hurt. And what they lose, does not go to professional gamblers from Seattle, as it did last year. The absence of the betting ring has especially improved the tone of the races, and the drivers go after the purses instead of splitting heats to win side bets. In the past there has been some notorious job- bing among drivers because there was more money to be made in the betting ring than on the track. Now the drivers and jockeys get down to business and as a consequence the races are real contests of merit. SONOMA VALLEY DRIVING CLUB. OREGON STATE FAIR RACES. P. W. Hodges has always insisted that his horse San Francisco, 2:07%, finished second in the $50,000 handicap at Readville last year, and now we find that he played in hard luck again this year in the renewal of the big race. The New York Herald of Sunday, Sept. 5th, contained the following item: "Photo- graphs of the finish of the trotting division of the $50,000 race show that San Francisco was, as stated in the Herald the next day, as good as third, although placed seventh by the judges. Whether the mistake can now be rectified is a nice question which the turf courts may be called upon to decide. In cases appealed to the Board of Review it is the almost universal rule to refuse to review or revise questions of fact decided by the judges of a race. But in this case the camera has demonstrated unmistakably that the judges were wrong in placing San Francisco seventh, and it is said by those who were in a posi- tion to know that if the judges themselves were called as witnesses in an appeal from their decision they would have to admit having placed the horses as best they could, without agreement among them- selves as to the order of the finish after the first two had passed the wire." At the Indiana State Fair held at Indianapolis last week Millard Sanders equaled the world's pac- ing record for a two-year-old pacing filly with Fletta D'llon, by Sidney Dillon, dam Lady Hilda Hill, by Wilkes tJoy, and the handsome bay filly proved her- self to be nothing short of a speed marvel. It was late in the evening when Sanders appeared in front of the stand with the filly, accompanied by a runner driven by his assistant trainer. Claude Robinson, and she got away en her long record-seeking journey the first time down. She paced the mile without a single skip or mistake, stepping the distance in 2:10%, just equaling the world's record made by the two-year- old filly Exstasy several years ago. The fractional time of the mile was as follows: :32, 1:04, 1:36%, 2:10%, and the filly did the mile splendidly. She tired slightly coming to the wire at the finish, but Sanders rallied her and she responded gamely and came home in fine style. It was the most notable performance by a two-year-old pacing filly since Exstasy stepped her record-breaking mile eleven years ago. Fletta Dillon is a product of Maywood Stock Fax-m and is owned and was bred by Hon. Sterling R. Holt. She is a shapely, handsome bay filly, who goes clean-legged and wears but little rigging, and that she is good-gaited is proved by her performance, as only a good-gaited two-year-old filly could pace a mile in 2:10%. — Western Horseman. Gaiety Girl 2:15% is making a remarkable record as a producer of early and extreme speed." Her first colt was Gay Bingen by Bingen 2:06%, foaled in 1903. He gained a record of 2:12% as a three-year-old, and was then sold for $5100 for export to Europe. Gaiety Lee, a full sister to Gay Bingen, was foaled in 1904. She has trotted this season in 2:13%. Gaiety Girl's next foal, Gayworthy, by Axworthy 2:15%, has trot- ted in 2:11% as a three-year-old, and her foal of 1907, now a two-year-old, is reported to have trotted in 2:20 in his work within a few weeks. He is called Gay Audubon, and is by the fast pacer Audubon Boy 1:59%. James Y. Gatcomb owns him. Gay Todd, the next foal, now a yearling, by Todd 2:14%, is owned by F. L. Lee, the Massachusetts farmer, who owns the dam of this notable brood. Mr. Lee has thus far sold three of her foals, undeveloped, for $11,000. A new yearling pacing champion is predicted in a son of Cochato 2:11%. The youngster has already worked a mile in 2:22%. Horse owners should not kick at the Readville management. More money was distributed among horse owners in the American Derby at Readville than in all the races decided at the Grand Circuit meetings at Detroit and Cleveland, while the entrance fees paid by the horse owners were not one-tenth as large. The $50,000 purse was thus a very good thing for horsemen, but it proved to be a very bad thing for the management of the meeting and a very dis- appointing one for the spectators, at least as far as the trotting division was concerned. Charles M. Jewett, the secretary of the Readville track, said after the race that entrance fees would fall short of the face of the big purse by something like $22,000. As no revenue was to be derived from betting, only the gate receipts could be relied upon to make up the deficit. This they failed to do, although the attend- ance was large. About 1200 people turned out to see the Admission Day racing at the half mile track of the Sonoma Val- ley Driving Club at Sonoma on Thursday of last week. The fastest race of the day was the free for all pace in which the San Francisco horses Kitty D. and Opitsah started. The former won in straight heats. There were four harness races, the results being as follows: Road Race. El Verano Maid 3 1 1 Black Joe 1 3 3 Fred W 2 2 2 Time— 2:49, 2:40, 2:39. Free for all Pace. Kitty D 1 1 Opitsah 2 2 Time— 2:18yo, 2:18. Thoroughbreds, half mile dash, amateur riders — Two Step won; McGintie, second; Coney Island, third. Time — 51%. 2:20 Pace. Satmour 2 1 1 Marin 1 2 2 Monk 3 3 3 Time — 2:23%, 2:25, 2:20%. 2:30 Pace. Mike C 1 1 Babe 2 2 Tom T 3 3 Time— 2:23%, 2:26. GOOD RACING AT CONCORD. Four good races, all won in fast time, entertained a big holiday crowd at the Concord, Contra Costa county, track on Thursday -last, Admission Day. W. J. Kenney of this city acted as starter, got the horses off well and put the program through on time. The races were all for cups and trophies, but they made as good sport, as though big purses had been hung up. There was a sensation in the third heat of the free-for-all pace when Tom Murphy 2:09% ran away, and while Dan Hoffman driving Hickman Girl, had a close call, he stuck to his sulky and won the heat thus ending the race. The second heat of this race was won by Hickman Girl in 2:12%. The 2:25 pace was also an excellent race, Prince D. winning the first and third heats in 2:15% and 2:15, while Lady Listowell took the second in 2:13%. The results: Three-year-old Pace — Marion C. won second and third heats and race in 2:25 and 2:26. Dockmoor won first heat in 2:25. Jim Rankin, Mabel D. and Cricket also started. Free-for-all Pace — Hickman Girl won three straight heats in 2:17, 2:12% anl 2:25. Dioden was second each heat and Tom Murphy third. Cup Race — Dictatum won in straight heats, Modi- cum second. Time, 2:22, 2:25, 2:20. 2:25 Pace — Prince D. won first and third heats and race. Lady Listowell won second heat. Easter and Lilly Pointer also started. Time, 2:15%, 2:13%, 2:15. o William Bradley, who recently established at Rari- tan, N. J., the largest horse breeding stud east of the Alleghanies, now owns both the sire and the dam of Uhlan 2:03%. He purchased Blonde at the Fasig- Tipton sale in Madison Square Garden last winter, paying $1000 for the daughter of Sir Walter Jr. 2:18%. Her dam, Brunette, was got by a horse called Black Eagle, that was said to be a Kentucky saddle stallion. John Trout, a well known Boston trainer, campaigned Brunette on the half-mile tracks through New England twenty-two years ago, driving her to a record of 2:31%. She won her maiden race on the old half-mile track at Readville, Mass., where her grandson last week outtrotted Hamburg Belle. Four harness races and a running race made up the program of sport at the Newman track Thursday of last week. The principal event was the 2:10 pace, which Will Tinnin's old pacer Tom by Moses S., driven by William Best, won after he had finished fourth, the first and second heats which went to Radium Way, driven by Moody Liggett. Lady R. took third money and Miss Idaho was drawn after the third heat. The best time in this race was 2:14. The purse was $300. The second race was for buggy horses, and went to Mr. Lewis who won with Experiment in two straight half mile heats, best time 1:15. Jorgensen's Nig, and Kinnear's Daisy K divided second and third money. Harry Brown won the 2:20 pace, purse $150, with Kohl Direct, but William Brown got the second heat with Silverstine. This was also a race at half mile heats and the fastest was in 1:04. A match race at $5 a side between Ramage's Chan- cellor and Lewis' Bob was won by the former. Best time, 1:10. The running race was won by Cameron's White Star, beating Sorrel Tom and Gray Eagle. The half was run in 55 seconds. A large holiday crowd was out to see the sport. The harness racing at the Fair Grounds track of the Oregon State Agricultural Society, near Salem, began last Monday. The track was fast. On the opening day Mr. F. E. Alley's colt Bonaday, by Bon Voyage, dam Welladay 2:14 won the two- year-old trot, with Mrs. Mauzey's Listerine by Zom Norte second and H. H. Vandervort's Woodcock by Zolock third. The best time was 2:39%. The same day the capital city $800 purse for 2:12 pacers was won by Mrs. Chadbourne's Moortrix, Dan S. second, and Whitehall third. Best time 2:09%. The 2:25 trot went to Paul W., a son of Zcmbro owned by E. Houri of Portland. Paul W. took a record of 2:14% in the first heat, the fastest time of the race. Lady Malcolm won the second heat in 2:16% and took second money. Tuesday, the second day, there were three har- ness races. Easter by Monicrat won the three-year- old trot in straight heats, best time 2:21%. Harry A. by Zonibro second, Tortoise Shell by Bozeman third. The 2:25 pace went to Maud H. after Bonnie Tangent had taken the second heat. The best mile in this race was in 2:09%. The third race of the day was won by Lucy H. an Iowa bred mare by Sirius. Zombronut was second to her every heat, and Henry Gray, another Zombro, was third. The time was 2:14%, 2:11% and 2:10%. On Wednesday the 2:08 pace, the first of the two $5000 stakes to be decided during the meeting was the feature of the day's racing. There were four- teen starters and under the conditions the race ended after five heats although no horse won more than two heats. Queen Derby won the first heat in 2:06%, a new record for her and the fastest heat of the race. The next heat went to Lord Lovelace in 2:07%, a new record for him, then Hymettus won the third in 2:07%, and the fourth in 2:08%. The horses that had been up in front were now getting tired but Lord Lovelace managed to win the fifth heat in 2:11% which gave him first money, Hymettus second. Queen Derby third, and Josephine fourth. There were only six starters in the last heat, the other two being General Heurtis and Delilah. The remaining starters were Solano Boy, Adam G., Dan Z., Moortrix, Whitehall, Bushnell King and Tommy Grattan. Twenty thousand people were present and they went wild with excitement over the race. Sam Casto won the three-year-old pace with the grown colt King Seal by Red Seal in 2:19% and 2:20%. The 2:30 trot Wednesday was won by Lady Mal- colm in straight heats, best time 2:20%. The $5000 stake for 2:12 class trotters was trotted on Thursday, and like the $5000 pacing event of the day previous, went to five heats without any horse getting more than two heats, giving first money to Lee Crawford, the bay stallion owned by Joe Maguire ot Denver, who won this race last year in straight heats with Daybreak. The incomplete summaries re- ceived by telegraph show that Zombronut won the first two heats, Lee Crawford the third, Henry Gray the fourth and Lee Crawford the fifth. Kid Wilkes and Sophia Dillon were outside the money along with Charley T., Goldennut and Lida Carter, while Delia Derby, Crylia Jones and Easter Bells were distanced. The race was not a good one for the class of horses starting, as the fastest heat was 2:11%, and the fourth was trotted in as slow time as 2:14%. Kid Wilkes and Sophia Dillon must be badly out of con- dition to be outside the money in such slow time as that. The 2:20 pace on Thursday was won by Henry Hel- man with Mr. H. E. Armstrong's Demonio Wilkes, best time 2:17%. A full report of the meeting with the complete summaries will appear next week. o WILL RACE AT PARK TODAY. A program of seven races is on the card of the Park Amateur Driving Club for its regular matinee at the stadium track this afternoon. The contests for the various cups to be awarded at the close of the series of matinees is just getting interesting and every member is striving to win as many heats and races, and to get as fast a matinee record as possible. The program for the afternoon is as follows: First race, class C trotters — A. P. Clayburgh's Charles 2d, Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton, Capt. W. Matson's McKinney M., F. L. Matthes' Walter G. Second race, class A pacers — G. E. Erlin's Alford D., F. J. Kilpatrick's Moy. Third race, free-for-all trotters — A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kil- patrick's Elma S.. S. Christenson's Reina Directum. Fourth race, class A trotters — A. Ottinger's Lady Irene, G. Wenwe's Plumada, J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet, M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell. Fifth race, class B pacers — D. E. Hoffman's Dic- tatum, I. L. Borden's Roberta, F. L. Matthes' Opitsah. Sixth race, class B trotters — A Ottinger's Lily Dil- lon, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, F. Von Issen- dorf's Ceta Dillon. Seventh race, class D — Molera & Jospeh's Bay mare. R. Nolan's Pan Yan, F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Randle, E. Stock's Director B. In his 2:06% mile over the Columbus, O, half-mile track last week. Minor Heir paced each of the first three quarters in :32 and then came the last one in :30%, without being driven out. A race with seven starters and six money winners, like the Neponset pacing handicap at Readville. comes pretty near being ideal from a hungry owner's standpoint. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September IS, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVENTS. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Trap Shoots. *Sept. 17-19 — San Francisco Trap Shooting Association. In-leside, San Francisco, Cal. C. C. Nauman, Sec'y. ±Spet. 24-26 — Arizona State Tournament. Auspices Blue Rock Gun Cluh. Tucson Ariz. Kirt L. Hart, Sec'y. *Sept. 27-2S — Wvoming State Tournament. Auspices Wyoming Gun Club. Douglas, Tfyo. H. C. Saul, Sec*y. Bench Showw. Sept. 22-25 — Spokane Kennel Club. Interstate Fair. Spokane, Wash. Entries close Sept. 13. R. H. Cosgrove. Sec'y. Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 — Montana Kennel Club, Helena, Mont. Dr. C. A. Belk. Sec'y. Oct. 2 — Bull Terrier Club of America. Philadelphia. Pa. Alan Northridge, Sec'y. Oct. 1-i-lG — Oakland Kennel Club. Oakland, Cal. J. W. EUerv, Sec'v. 4S Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose, Cal. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. Sept 27 — British Columbia Field Trial Club. Ladnor, B. C. H. H. Abbott, Sec'y. Sept. 30 — Pacific Northwest Field Trial Club, Ladnor, B. C. J W. Considine, Sec'y. Seattle. Wash. Oct. 6 — Oregon Field Trial Club. Salem, Ore. E. A. Parsons, Sec'y. Oct e_9 — Utah State Fair Association. Salt Lake City. F. L. Hsnsing, Superintendent. Salt Lake City. Oct. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Secy. Oct. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton. O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm. Sec'y. Nov. 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Nov. S — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville. Ind. S. H. Socwell. Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk. Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow. Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven. Ont. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. Nov. 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root, Sec'y. Dec. 6 — ^Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. Dec. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke. Sec'y. Dec. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. Wallace. Sec'y. Dec. 16 — Texas Breeders" Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen. Sec'y. Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson. Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. Jan. 3. 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant. Miss. S. C. Bradley. Sec'y. Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. Arthur W. Van Pelt. Sec'y. Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y. San Francisco, Cal. 0 A TRAP SHOOTER PINCHED. Congratulations and good wishes are in order for a popular sportsman and well known figure among the trap shooting fraternity of this State for over a decade past. The story is told by the Petalunia Argus in the following lines: "Peter L. Murphy, the well known local merchant and expert shot, and Miss Stella McGrew, a popular and handsome lady of this city, gave their many friends the surprise of their lives on Friday after- noon f September 10th) when they went to San Francisco where they were quietly wedded and are now on their way to Washington, D. C, and Florida on their bridal trip. The surprise was the greater, owing to the fact that a local contemporary not long since, announced the engagement of the bride to a young resident of Napa City. Late on Friday afternoon Mr. Murphy and Miss McGrew left here in the auto of J. H. Madison with the owner at the wheel and San Rafael was reached in 44 minutes. Sausalito was reached before the arrival of the electric train which the party had missed at San Rafael. The auto was ferried across on the steamer Sausalito and on arrival hurried to the county clerk's office and there the license was procured. A few moments later in the chambers of Judge Kerrigan, a friend of the groom, the ceremony was quickly performed. The couple were unattended and Mr. Madison was one of the legal witnesses. After the ceremony the auto hurried the couple to the Oakland ferry and they took the 'Owl'' on their wedding trip to the east, including Florida and Washington via Los Angeles. The bride is tall, handsome and stately ,m.l ?s one of the most popular young ladies of this city. She is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will McGrew and sister of Arthur McGrew, and has spent her entire life in this city and vicinity where her friends are very numerous. For some time she filled a position as accountant for Mr. Murphy at his place of business, and the romantic culmination proves that Master Cupid lurked amid the ledgers and cash books. Mr. Murphy needs no introduction to the local public, for he is a friend to all who know him. They will live ir. this city on their return from their honey- moon trip." Black bass fishing recently was reported at its best in the Sacramento waters and the veriest ama- teur with hcok and line can go to almost any point in the river at the present time and capture a first- class mess of this delicious table fish. The cream of the fishing from all accounts lies between the first and second Bannon Sloughs, but is not confined to these points by any manner of means, as several Sacra- mento lovers of the hook and line have caught more than they cared to carry home, directs opposite the city on the Yolo side of the river. While it is impossible to give a list of all of those who have enjoyed great fun with the bass during the past week or two owing to the fact that they can be numbered by the hundreds, Andy Hertzel has been out several times and has brought in good catches. Mr. Saul from San Francisco, went out one day and declares that he never had better sport. C. H. Davis, Fred Benning, George Reynolds and George Reynolds, Jr., went up above the First Ban- non Slough and landed fifty bass in a few hours. Jack Williams, fishing on the Yolo side of the river, near the boat landing of the Washington Boat Club, landed sixteen beauties. George Reynolds, Jr., fishing on the Yolo side and in the waters lying in- side of the fyke nets, captured eighteen bass. C. J. Ettel, the builder, accompanied by his son, Philip, caught 32 bass. They started in with live bait, tak- ing seven, and caught the rest with a small brass spinner. Harry Bowman, who is camping out with his family on the river bank near Mike Bryte's, com- ing in to his work every day, says that he can catch six or seven bass in a short time after he gets back- to camp in the evening. He only cares to take enough for the folks to eat: Bass are more than plentiful and anyone who desires can catch them at almost any point on the river where the bass feeding grounds are known. In the Monterey county exhibit at the State Fair, recently, the most complete and thorough of all the county exhibits, was a collection of fishes, preserved in glass jars, which is notable for the fact that the eyes of the fish retain a lifelike appearance. Xever before has this been accomplished. The remarkable effect has been obtained by Ross W. Fllcher, son of W. B. Filcher, manager of the exhibit. For many years fish have been displayed, natural in every respect save that the eyes were white and clouded. For several months Filcher, Jr., who is a naturalist of ability, experimented with the fish in an effort to overcome this defect. Several months ago he discovered a process by which the eyes remain perfectly natural. Since then he has recorded a perfect score in all his efforts. His work is not only of advantage in commercial display, but is also a scientific discovery that has surprised scientists. He recently received a latter of inquiry from the British museum to confirm the report of his discovery. The exhibit of the fish at the State Fair was the first ever made, and Mr. Filcher, Jr., is the exclusive possessor of the secret which has made him so suc- cessful. A recent press dispatch from Avalon, Santa Cata- lina Island states: After spending §9000 in nine years fishing at Cata- lina, in a vain endeavor to land a tuna, L. G. Mur- phy of Converse, Ind., has at last been rewarded in landing one of the much-sought-after sea-fighters, a 100-pound tuna being brought to gaff by the am- bitious angler last week. Murphy now wears the coveted blue tuna button in a conspicuous place, and the veteran angler is boasting that the catch of his first tuna was fully worth the prolonged efforts and tremendous expen- diture. "That tuna cost me $9000," said Mr. Murphy, "for I have been nine years catching it, but I got the worth of my money." Murphy is one of the mightiest anglers in the land, and besides registering his first tuna catch, also brought in one of the largest sword fish ever seen at Catalina, the sea monster measuring over eight feet in length and weighing 141 pounds. The big marlinspike fish leaped from the water fifty-eight times in its effort to free itself from the line, and two hours of the hardest fighting of the season was seen before the fish was brought to gaff. Murphy holds the tarpon record for Aransas Pass, the great silver tarpon which he caught on light tackle in June weighed 156 pounds, and measured 6 feet 6 inches. The scales of this beautiful fish, gleam- ing with silver, are cherished souvenirs of the won- derful catch, and a number of them have been sent through the mail to his friends, like postal cards. Last week W. Greer Campbell of Pasadena brought in the first tuna from Clemente, and it tipped the scales at 140 pounds, a beautiful specimen. It is said that the tunas are off Clemente now, and when Gifford Pinchot reaches there next Tuesday he may rave the pleasure of catching one of these famous fighting fish. The second minor to be admmited to the Tuna Club is George E. Pillsbury of Los Angeles, who has caught two tunas weighing over 100 pounds, one tipping the scales at 104^4 pounds, and the other at 126 pounds. The power of a tuna to draw men from all quarters of the globe was shown last week, when a telegram came to the Tuna Club from A. W. Hooper of Bos- ton, Mass., saying he would reach Catalina next Thursday. Hooper passed the early part of the season on the island, and fished assiduously. He had been gone about a week when the news of the first tuna electrified the fishing world. Xow he is obeying Horace Greeley's advice to young men, and is coming West as fast as possible. The sight of a life-time may be seen just now at the fish-mounting quarters in Avalon, where twenty- two tunas, all over the 100-pound limit, are hanging on the walls. The splendid symmetry of this ocean monarch, with its blue back and silver under parts is perfectly preserved, and makes one realize the might of the fish in its native element. Among the fish recently mounted is an exquisite variety of Canadian salmon. The angler had an Indian skin the fish, wrapped it in a cloth, and brought it in his trunk to Avalon. Princes, counts, dukes and barons recently pro- nounced Herbert Earlscliffe, the Santa Barbara mil- lionaire a crazy man. when upon discovering that there was big tuna in the waters off the coast of Messina he endeavored to catch the huge fish with the regulation Catalina light tackle. But Earlscliffe, who arrived from Europe recently, says he has discovered the largest tuna in the world and one day means to land one of them with the very tackle that was the cause of so much ridicule in Italy. "The largest tuna ever taken with light tackle off Catalina weighed 253 pounds," he stated, "I saw dressed tuna in the Italian markets weighing over 120C pounds. I tried fishing with light tackle. There was but one run of the fish while I was off the Italian coast." The deer season closed in Santa Cruz county in September 1st and the hunters report one of the best seasons of hunting enjoyed in this county in years. Many fine bucks have been brought to camp by local sportsmen. The hunters in general in the Boulder Creek vicinity miss the dogs for tracking wounded deer and report wounding numbers of deer which they were unable to get and also of finding deer dead in the woods, these deer dying from the effects of wounds. It does seem as though the county ordi- nance prohibiting the use of dogs to track wounded deer is rather unnecessary. While hunting near the land of the China grade, E. D. Rodgers killed one of the finest and largest deer of the season, a four point buck. When the deer was dressed it tipped the scales at one hundred and twenty-five puunds, being very fat. Lot O. Morrell killed a fine spike near his ranch on Two-bar creek the last Sunday, which dressed one hundred and ten pounds. A party consisting of Emmet t Madock, Jack Hanna and Winnie Rodgers brought in a buck from the head of Boulder creek the same day, Emmett being the lucky hunter. Deer are more plentiful in the San Bernardino mountains this year than for five seasons and the bucks secured by hunters so far exceed the number shot in the last two years put together. The continued hot weather last year drove the game to the inaccessible reaches of the upper ranges, and the gunners scoured the hills in vain quest of their quarry. Unmolested through the natural pro- lection of rugged surroundings the deer multiplied. This season in the same localities which produced no sport last year, deer have been shot in gratifying numbers. The north and east slopes of Mt. San Bernardino, Mt. Sugar Loaf, the east slope of San Gorgonia, and even Barton Flats, a cienega, three miles distant from Seven Oaks, have all been hunted with success. The sport in the San Bernardino mountains seems to be improving as the season advances. Now that cooler weather prevails, and the early bombardment of opening week has subsided, the deer have re- traced their tracks into the lower valleys and can- yons, and the gimner who visits the more likely meadows should be fairly certain of securing a buck. Several parties of hunters are preparing to track the south slope of Mt. San Bernardino, and judging from the number of fresh tracks seen there recently the antlered game should be found in short order. A hunting trip that came within an ace of proving the last for one of a San Jose hunting party ended in the mountains above Ne.w Almaden the other day successfully when Adolpho Alarid suc- ceeded in making way with a fine, big buck weighing 168 pounds dressed. The party consisted of Alarid, Jose Guerra, Andreas Lopez, Sr., and Andreas Lopez. Jr., Thomas Lawlor and W. H. Pearce. Alard shot the buck while hunting alone and ap- proached the animal, which he supposed was dead, only to find it very much alive. The deer arose and plunged for the plucky hunter who dodged and finally hurled himself astride the back of his prey where he stuck long enough to pull out his hunting knife and Saturday, September 18, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN cut the fleer's throat, weakeuing it so that struggling soon ceased. The hunt is one of the most thrilling recorded this season on account of Aland's narrow escape, and the quarry is one of the finest specimens taken since the bars against shooting deer came down for this year. The head of the deer has been mounted and presented to Dr. Kocher of San Jose. AT THE TRAPS. That the elk o£ Curry county, Coos and Douglas counties and other Oregon coast counties and those of western Washington are larger and heavier than the elk of Wyoming and Colorado is the belief of J. A. Sawyer, county treasurer of Douglas county, and an authority on deer, elk and other game of the Oregon coast district, recognized by the chief hunting journals of the United States. The bull elk of the coast ranges sometimes weigh as much as 1200 pounds, while those of Wyoming and Colorado rarely exceed 1000 pounds. The difference in weight of the average elk of the two regions is about 200 pounds. Doves are still plentiful on the Santa Margarita ranch, near San Luis Obispo, and those who are favored with hunting on the grounds invariably return home with the limit. Recently Warren M. John and Fred Finney enjoyed the sport and had the usual good luck. o TO THE PACIFIC INDIANS. Near the shores of the Rogue river, in a strange and distant land, In the country of the paleface Gather now the Indian Band. From the hoary winter's realm And the Tum-Tum's water roar, From the High-U-Skookum Mountains, Where the mighty eagles soar. From the land of peace and plenty, Where the flowers bloom all the year, Came the warriors and their Kloochman, Came the sachems far and near. Runners long ago were sent them, Telling them that they must meet In the first moon of September For their annual shooting feat. With their awful war whoops sounding, Answering to their chieftain's call, Swearing by their ancient symbols. Came the Tribesmen, one and all. With the memory of their heroes In their hearts, then gathered they To begin their dreaded warfare On their hated foes of clay. Chanting praises, paleface allies From the local tepees came, Bearing loads of luscious melons. Strings of fish and bags of game. Telling them that all their wigwams Were to be their home as well, Till the mighty hunt was over. Till the* last clay bird fell. Then the warriors gave their war dance, Whooped and yelled with jure deiight, Told them they were all blood brothers, Told them that they were sure all right. Then they had a High-IT-Banquet And the Wawas of the Tribesmen Told their paleface friends they loved them And next year they'd come again. Bade them in their time of trouble Light the sacred council fire, Bade them keep this promise always, Hand it down to son from sire. Then the council fire was covered And the peace pipe laid away, And the Indians silent vanished To their homes so far away. — Leland Beveridge. Medford, Ore., September 9. 1909. Elks for Sale. — Up near Chico in this State, on the range of the John Crouch Land Company there is a large band of Elks. These animals are about as domestic and tame as the horses and other stock on the range. Some years ago it was the idea of a member of an Elks' lodge up that way to raise and take care of a band of elk — an elk preserve as it were for the Order of Elks. What the particular development of this scheme has been we are not fully informed, at all events, the elks evidently have thriven and now there are more elks on the preserve than can be conveniently cared for, hence the announcement in our advertising columns of this issue, of a "band of elk" for sale. These animals are all young and in fine condition, gentle, and for sale as a band or in pairs. Here is a chance not often offered for obtaining a pair of elks that can be safely turned loose in a park or a range that is properly protected. Under such conditions of captivity they will thrive. The first annual Council of the Pacific Indians at Medford, Oregon, September 7, 8, 9, was one grand time from start to finish — similar to the hospitable reception given a bunch of visiting sportsmen on their way north after the windup of the First Pacific Coast Handicap at Ingleside, San Francisco, Sep- tember, 1905. On the closing day some excellent individual shoot- ing resulted. Fred Gilbert broke 99 out of 100. Barkley scored 98, Poston 97, Cullison, 96, Thorpe 96. Riehl 95, Naquin 95, L. H. Reid 94, and Marshall 94. Of the local men, Jeff Heard scored the highest, breaking 93 out of 100, Hellman being second with 90. Gold medals in the 50-bird shoot following the regular shoot were won in the first class by Riehl, breaking 50 straight; in the second class by Hell- man of Ashland, breaking 50 straight and in the third class by King, breaking 46 out of the 50. The first class consisted of those scoring 94 per cent or better in the big shoot, the second class 92 per cent, and the third class 87 per cent or less. The winning of the medal by Hellman, a Jackson county man, occasioned great rejoicing among the specta- tors and he was given an ovation. The Tribune cup for *he championship of Jack- son county was won by Dr. Seeley of Medford, who shot off a tie with Enyart, getting 22 to Enyart's 21. For the tie each had 25 straight. Minard won the cup last year. High amateur average was shot by J. G. Naquin of Globe, Ariz., 436 out of 460. J. E. Cullison of Portland second with 433 and H. Helman of Ash- land, Ore., third with 432. Lee H. Barkley of Seattle and Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, la., tied for high average in the Indian shoot, breaking 446 targets out of a possible 460, while second and third place by professionals were won by Frank C. Riehl of Tacoma, 434, and H. E. Poston of San Francisco, 439. Gilbert made the highest run during the shoot, breaking 132 straight, with Naquin second, 127, and Barkley third with 121. 1st 2d 3d Medal J'ck'sn Day Day Day Total Event Co.Cup Targets 1S0| 180| 100 Gilbert— D | 170| 177 99 171j 177| 1721 170i 170| 171| 168! 1711 171| 166; 170 168 169 170 163 166| 16SJ 167| 1621 1691 166| 165| 1641 161| Barkley — D Poston — D . . Naquin — D . . . *Riehl— D . . Cullison — D . Marshall — D . Ellis— D .... Reid, L. H.— D Forbes — S . . . **Helman — S . Holohan — S . Thorpe — S . . . Adelman — S . Fuedner — S . Miller— S . . . Willet— S .... Abraham — S . Dillon— S . . . Enyart — S . . Converse — S . Haight— K . . xSeeley — K . ***King— K . . Heard— K . . Gottlieb— K . Hafer— K . . . Bordeaux — K . Wells— K . . . Deyo Bowen Miles Minard Biden Van Dyke . . . Hawxhurst . . J. E. Reid . . . T. E. Daniels . Bigham Whitney . Dyer Johnson Whisler | j f. . . "Delate Medal — First class. D. **Skookum Medal — Second class. S ***Kloosh Medal— Third class. K. xjackson County cup. I 167 I 166 | 159 I 167 i 160 I 161 I 152 164 155 156 166 149 148 ; 147 134 139 144 I 158 153 153 1431 125| 1631 160| 163| 163| 166| 156 162 149 157 152 1441 147 148 134 144 135 971 95 95 96 94 94 94 91 90 91 96 89 91 91 82 84 88 91 91 86 S7 85 83 83 82 82 76 •••I 153i. 169| 1651 135|. 831. 84 721. 460 446 446 439 436 434 433 430 430 430 423 422 422 421 419 417 413 412 410 405 405 404 398 395 395 389 379 363 360 350 50 48 47 48 36 50 49 44 48 48 48 50 47 48 47 46 45 42 48 45 44 47 45 44 46 41 42 36 40 40 25 .24 . .|Tie 25 25 21 22 Crowds lined the streets Wednesday evening to see the parade in which the Indians appeared in cos- tume and on floats. Plenty of red fire was used. The floats were of a burlesque nature and caused much amusement. Medford's military band headed the parade, which formed at the baseball park, and marched down Main street. Chief Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. Enyart on horseback preceded them. The first float represented Teddy Roosevelt hunting big game in Africa, and H. L. Patterson, with a ten-foot gun, as Teddy, with Mr. Quissenbury as his stenographer. Then came the patrol wagon. The capture of Tom Marshall, the world's most wonderful marksman, was shown in another float, with Judge Kelly spieling about Tom's wonderful prowess. Upon another Fred Gilbert, "the wizard of Spirit Lake," with Pete Holohan extolling his virtues. Upon another float Bill Hillis, the water- melon kid, was handcuffed to a stool with a pile of watermelons just out of his reach. The "councili- ator" represented a farmer surrounded by no tres- pass signs, keeping hunters and fishers off except when bribed with a bottle. C. E. Whisler was the farmer and the three hunters were H. E. Poston, George Bordeaux and Wes Reid. The tepee float showed a group of braves and squaws and papooses sitting around a camp Are in costume. Automobiles filled with sportsmen brought up the rear. Many costly Indian costumes were worn, those at- tracting particular attention being those of Chief Dillon, Scribe Riehl, Richard Reed, Joe Whitney, J. E. Enyart, while Mrs. Enyart, Mrs. Riehl and Mrs. Dillon were Kloochman costumes. Credit for the success of the parade is due to Holbrook Withington, Clarence Reames and J. S. Orth. After the parade was over the Indians took pos- session of Hotel Nash and a general "pow-wow" and jolly good time was had. At the conclusion of the first annual shoot of the Pacific Indians at Medford a closing meeting was held, at which 14 new members were passed upon and elected good Indians. They were: M. O. Feud- ner, H. E. Posten, of San Francisco: L. H. Reid, J. E. Reid, J. R. Converse, of Portland; R. H. Miller, J. A. Forbes, of Seattle; J. G. Naquin, Globe, Ariz.; H. E. Adelman, Boise, Idaho; L. S. Hawxhurst, of Spokane; Edgar Hafer, Dr. Seeley and J. R. Wright, of Medford, and E. B. Morris. The vacancies on the board of councilors were filled for Arizona by electing J. G. Naquin of Globe, and Idaho by H. E. Adelmann of Boise. A new ruling was added to the by-laws, that only those men who had taken part in an entire program at a tournament as shooters Ipould be elected to the tribe. A resolution of thanks was voted to the officials of the tournament, especially the statistical force in charge of the shoot, E. S. McColl, and to Chief Make 'Em Fly Charlie North, who kept the traps and target force running smoothly, and especially to the newspapers and people of Medford for their warm reception and entertainment while here. To Frank C. Riehl is due the thanks of the organ- ization, for it was by his untiring efforts that the Pacific Indians was organized and the movement carried to success. He organized a similar band 15 years ago in the east, The Palefaces, which is still a flourishing organization. A very flattering offer to hold the next annual meet at Nelson, B. C, was made to the club by George Welles of that city. However, it wras not definitely decided upon and will not be until other clubs can be. heard from. The big event of the Tucson shoot will be a fifty- bird match for members of the Arizona gun clubs only. The entrance will be $5 and there will be $150 added money. In all there will be $1,150 added money in the various events of the tourney. Preparations are going on upon an extensive scale for the entertainment of the guests. It is expected that another badger fight — "one of the most fasci- nating sports of the West, as well as one of the most expensive" — will be pulled off for the especial benefit of the visitors. One of the most ferocious badgers obtainable will be provided for the occasion, it is said, and a game bulldog, with a reputation as one of the best fighters in the Territory, will be pitted against the badger. The committee in charge of this feature of the shoot has not yet announced the names of the referee and the "string puller," as it is understood that the members will await the arrival of the guests and permit them to name those important officials as an act of courtesy. With only one more of the trophy shoots of the Tucson Gun Club series intervening before the an- nual tournament of the Arizona Sportsmen's Associa- tion to be held in Tucson this month, C. F. Weber stands first man on the roll of honor by virtue of his record on the local grounds. Up to the present time Weber has made the good score of 404 out of 450 in all the shoots of the local series. Second nan in the local contest is W. A. Julian, who has made 403 out of 450. J. C. Etchell comes third, with a score of an even 400 out of 450. The last of the series of shoots will be held on the 19th of this month. The statement is made that at least a dozen local shooters are yet in a class that will permit them to win the honors of the local club before the series closes, and none of the head men are yet sure of their ground. The Oakland Gun Club final club shoot for 1909 took place September 12th. Webb won the Pierce Hardware Company cup with a total score of 93 out of 100 targets. Blanchard won the Prior trophy, high average score for the season 286 out of 350. Cook won the Selby medal, second high aver- age, with 2S1 out of 350. Clark was third high av- erage with 2S0 out of 350. The final club race was at 100 targets, the scores were: Webb. 93, Holling 93, Woolner 91, Cook 88, Blanchard 85, Clark 83, C. Lancaster 82, Nelson SO, Hobson 79, Adams 7S, Bussell 77. W. Lancaster 76, Bangle 75, Walker 72, Blake 65, Schrieber 57, Mat- thews 51, Hopkins 4S, Tesio 45. In the Cook trophy race 50 target handicap, Nel- son won with th_> score of 43. Holling broke 47. Webb 44, Cook 42, Hobson 41, C. Lancaster 41, W. Lancaster 39, Blanchard 34. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 18, 1909. The Carnation Gun Club shoot at Guadeloupe Val- ley on the 12th inst., wound up the South San Fran- cisco shoots for the season. The club's final shoot •will take place on the 26th inst at the Ring Point Gun Club traps at California City, Marin county. In the regular club event last Sunday at 24 targets Geo. Sylvester was high gun with 21 breaks. In the Du Pont trophy race E. Barry and E. Mohl tied with 17 each out of 25. Herring broke 23 in the second trophy event. The previous winners in this event shot at increased distances. Sylvester 20 yards, having won twice; Ferrier and Finoechio IS yards. Barry and Mohl shot off their tie at 10 tar- gets, in a dense fcg, resulting in another tie which will be shot out on the 26th. The scores follow: Club Shoot, 25 targets — Sylvester 21, W. Scharetg 19, Ferrier 19, T. Mohl 18, F. Draves 15, Vvidenian 16. DuPont Trophy, 25 targets — Sylvester 16, Ferrier 15, Scharetg 14, E. Barry 17. F. Draves 12, E. Mohl 17, Herring 13, C. Wideinan 12. Second Trophy. 25 targets — Sylvester 18, Ferrier 13, Herring 23, Barry 17, Draves 9, Mohl 14, Wide- man 12, Scharetg 21, Finoechio 20. ON TERRIERS. The three-day tournament this week of the San Francisco Trap Shooting Association will close the career of the grand old Ingleside grounds in a blaze of smokeless glory, so to speak. The program, given in detail last week began yesterday with live birds, today and tomorrow blue rocks will be the game. The aggregation of local shooters is supplemented by about 25 northern and Eastern shooters, among them some of the best, both personally and with the shooting iron, in the country. One item of inter- est In the general proceedings will be watched closely and that is the outcome of the present friend- ly rivalry between Lee Barkley and Fred Gilbert. These two champions are practically a tie at present on a total of 1200 targets, beginning at Seattle and temporarily laid over at Medford recently. The California State rifle team landed fifteenth place in the national match at Camp Perry. The 1908 team landed ninteenth place, and the results this year show a considerable pull-up in form for the California beys, as the other teams had all improved considerably during the past year. Nearly fifty teams entered the match and the Cali- fornia boys beat out thirty other States and Terri- tories in the great match. The match this year was shot by classes, the fifty teams of last year being divided into class A, B and C. Class A consisting of the first fifteen teams in last year's match, Class B in the second fifteen teams, and Class C of the re- maining teams and such other teams as have not entered the match before. Under the present arrangement, any team can win a prize in a class ahead of it, providing it can shoot well enough to land the place, but the teams in the higher classes are prevented from winning prizes in a lower class. For example, had the Cali- fornia boys landed fourth place in the national match instead of fifteenth, they would have taken the fourth prize in Class A instead of a prize in the lower class. As it was, the team landed fourth prize in Class B — in which they were classified from their last year's showing, but they shot themselves into Class A and in the future will have to try for the prizes in this higher class. The Californians, had they taken sixteenth place, would have gone into Class B, with a chance for the prizes of this class, but having won the fifteenth place, only the Class A prizes are open to them for the next year, and they must shoot against teams like the TJ. S. Infantry, the Navy, the Marine Corps and Massachusetts to land in the money. The skirmishing of the California men is higher than any team skirmish on record up to the time of the Camp Perry shoots this year. The team aver- aged over 90 per cent on the "B" target used, and the fine run of the westerners pulled them up twenty- third place to fifteenth. In the team shoot, the conditions were ten shots per man at 200, 600, 800 and 1000 yards, ten shots rapid fire at 200 yards and a twenty-shot skirmish run from 600 down to 200 yards, possible score to make 350 points. The scores were: Sergt. Guldner 322, Corp. Kopf 313, Capt. Lee 308, McKillop 307, Lieut. Sanborn 306, Lieut. Demmitt 294. Lieut. Easterbrooke 290, Private Bruner 289, Sergt. Lewis 289, Capt. Dickson 2S8, Sergt. Decius 2S7, Nordstrom 267. Beware of the dog hospital. If you have a valuable dog, or one that you are fond of, it is better to have him treated, if sick, at home or in solitude at a regular kennel. If you wish to have him boarded, send him to the country or to a private house. For the majority of so-called dog hospitals are prolific breeding places of contagious canine diseases. Many dogs, of many breeds, of many ailments, are herded together in them, breathing the same atmosphere, and newcomers are often placed in boxes vacated by diseased dogs, without proper disinfection. If you should nevertheless determine to send your dog to a hospital, satisfy yourself that it is one where he can enter quarters that are isolated and have been disinfected. Better yet, if he is merely to be boarded, send him to a private or public kennel where no diseased dogs are taken. Otherwise you may lose him. In "Pathfinder's" old book on Breaking and Train- ing Dogs, there is a charming chapter on Terriers. The chapter is not the piece de resistance of the volume, which is mainly confined to practical in- struction in the education of sporting dogs, a matter in which "Pathfinder' was such a master. It is a mere interlude, a Mck-shaw of the repast which the author lays before his readers, and yet it is quite a gem of its kind. Our author was an expert in the training of retrievers and other sporting breeds, and retrievers were his specialty, but he had always a soft corner in his heart for a terrier, as the follow- ing passage will show: "Many a man will tell you that his pipe has solaced many a lonely hour and pulled him through many a rough time. I have known a terrier to act as an anodyne where a bois- terously cheerful companion would have been a bore. To Bachelors, to sufferers from the 'blues," if they do not smoke, then 1 recommend a terrier — both go well together. Abjure both! then let them enjoy their solitude as best they can, they shall have little sym- pathy from "Pathfinder." But what sort of terrier? Well, he tells us in a single graphic little description — "The dog of my fancy is the hard, pig-bristle coated sort, just broken haired enough to be called rough, with a long, thick- set body, short, straight legs, cropped stern, car- ried gaily, ears generally at half cock (not pricked), and sad but intelligent eyes." With this word pic- ture, all terrier-lovers of mature age can see the dog, as intended, in the mind's eye: a terrier not too common even in bygone days, but now rapidly be- coming extinct. We shall not find it in any of the show terriers of modern time, and when a breed is not classified for show purposes, it is bound to dis- appear. We shall not find it in the show fox-terrier, rough or smooth, either in shape or disposition. In the days when the low, thickset little terrier was in vogue, dogs of modern terrier type were de- scribed as of the milking-stool shape, and the term was not meant to be a compliment. As long as short backs are a standard of beauty, Pathfinder's special fancy will never be admired. Still less will the up-to-date fox-terriers, in constitution or disposi- tion, accord with the old-fashioned type. They may be as handsome as paint, brimful of life and pluck, but that's the rub. They have lost the quaint, wear- and-tear expression, they are too excitable; a bit of a scrimmage and the fox-terrier will have his master and best friend by the calf of the leg rather than no mouthful at all. Pathfinder's pig-bristled kind possessed more discrimination. Nor shall we find it among the modern Irish or Welsh, and still less again in the Airedale, whose size, as a terrier, is a dis- grace. The white English, and the Manchester black and tan are equally out of the question. The vari- ous breeds of Scotland may be nearer the mark, but they fail to hit the bull's-eye. We shall have to look elsewhere than on the show benches for the article we want. Color is no main object. Path- finder says he likes white best, with a tan splash somewhere, because when ratting or rabbiting this may save an awkward mistake; but he admits that the mustards, the black-and-tans, the blues, and the grizzlies are otherwise just as good, and so we come to the old English terrier which some true terrier- lovers tried desperately in the nineties to revive, and failed. All shame to England that the failure was so signal; it meant the deathblow of the very best terrier the country possessed. The old terrier of England was both rough and smooth, with the best of stuff in both varieties; but provided the jacket was of the true bristly kind and, as Pathfinder describes, just broken-haired enough to be called rough, it was the better pro- tection in days when the terrier really had to work. The roughs, if entered to water, could stand pro- longed immersions with more impunity; also for work in wet covert, and the subsequent trudge home at a horse's heels in muddy lanes, the rougher coat wTas a more adequate protection. And their ap- pearance was the more attractive, more picturesque, conveying that wear-and-tear, cut-and-come-again aspect which aopfals to the heart of every sportsman. Idstone, a good judge, was of that opinion. Talking of vermin dogs, "the best breed," he said, "are wire- haired. The peculiar texture does not interfere with the profile of the body, though there is a shaggy eye- brow and pronounced moustache. The eyebrow is the great mark, giving the dog the look of a Bristol merchant." He describes a typical specimen belong- ing to a huntsman as "of a pale tortoise-shell, mixed with white and grey, a hard-coated, enduring dog, fit for any kind of work, however hard, with a rough jacket defiant of all weather, and resolution to serve him in all difficulties." There is no doubt that the old English terrier was originally a colored dog, and the old-fashioned black or grizzled and tan specimens were very taking; but white has its advantages. It is better seen in a dark barn, and it is believed that vermin bolt more readily from a wmite dog. Parson Jack Russell, of Denning- ton, in North Devon, favored the white ones too, but the type was that of the old colored terrier. His first terrier of his famous strain, the bitch, Trump, the progenitress of the race, was of the old world stamp, white with a splash or too of hound tan, a close wiry jacket, a little long in body, but with legs as straight as arrows. White or colored, the type is however the main thing. The shorter legged dogs are undoubtedly more suited for work underground where long legs are useless lumber, aud with the shorter leg comes the longer back. The terriers bred by Mr. Crowley, of King's Langay, were the first rate specimens of sci- entific breeding for the legitimate terrier work of unearthing badger of fox. Mr. Cowley aimed at little terriers of about 16-lb. weight, with long powerful jaws, small drop ears, close wire coats, and short legs strong in bone. He would, however, try to breed his terriers as straight in the leg as he could. There is no object in the crooked leg, but if the leg is too short it is bound to be crooked, and, though the terrier may thus be not the less efficient below ground, he is slow above. The old English terrier was not low in the sense of the Scottish terrier or the Dandie Dinmont. On the contrary, he possessed, far more activity and considerable speed- In disposition, the true old-day terrier was a gen- tleman, game to the core without being quarrelsome, keen to death on sport, but well in hand, full of life when it came to business, but reasonably sedate at other times; a loyal companion, but a terror to tramps, small in size, but not too diminutive for hard work, and with a constitution fit to stand rain and sleet without shivering, and to thrive on any fare. There was a day when special strains of these grand little workmen were dotted over England. Yorkshire and the North knew and appreciated them, Westmoreland and Cumberland would be tolerably sure finds, but South Wales knew them too, and Devonshire and also the Midland Counties. They had work to do when the country was full of rottins, stots, tors, and brocks. They feared nothing with a hairy skin, and in their vocation they lived the life and died the death they loved. With such blood as remains in the old country, no doubt the breed could be resuscitated if there were any real desire in that direction. The small flicker of interest which was aroused in the 'nineties, when Mr. Percy Roberts exhibited his very attractive little terriers of the old stamp, soon died away, and it is yearly becoming more aud more difficult to secure a specimen of the real old breed. It is the age of fanciers, not of sportsmen. Foreign varieties of the dog, neither beautiful nor useful, continue to multiply, but the genuine terrier of old England has gone to the wall. In the North countries, when describing the little varmints of former days, it was not un- usual to hear the expression: "Ye ken John Peel? one o' that sort." and there was a world of meaning in the phrase. But with the disappearance of sports- men of the John Peel stamp, the stamp of terrier they loved has been fast disappearing too. — Peeping Tom in The Asian. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. Oakland entries close on Tuesday, October 5th. The main office of the club is located at 48 Geary street. San Francisco, phone Douglas 4645. The Oakland office is at 454 Ninth street, phone Oakland 602. The premium lists will be mailed today. Fanciers and exhibitors all over the Coast are afforded easy opportunity to file entries, a number of auxiliary offices having been established as will be seen on perusal of the club's announcement in our adver- tising columns. The El Paso Kennel Club which was organized recently has requested membership in the A. K. C. El Paso fanciers are taking much interest in the new club and are planning for a dog show to be given in connection with the El Paso fair. The mem- bers of the new club are: D. M. Sutro, T. M. Wingo. F. J. Feldman, W. F. Payne, H. L. Newman Jr.. Lee Burdick, John FTanklin, Dr. James Vance, Dr. Alvin White, James Marr. W. E. Race, Judge Leigh Clark, Dr. H. A. Stark, C. A. Beers, H. S. Beach. Winchester Cooley, Garnett King, D. P. Smith, R. L. Obear, Harry Turner, J. C. Payton. That properly trained bloodhounds can do good work in man trailing was exemplified last week in Shasta county. Roland Harrison of San Francisco, stopping near Burney, on a vacation trip, went out on a deer hunt one day in the vicinity of Mount Burney in the Dry Lake section. Night came on and the hunter did not return. Two days afterwards a rescue party composed of Frank Corraz and John Winkle started on his trail with bloodhounds. When Harrison was finally discovered by the dogs he was found completely exhausted. The dogs kept the two rescuers on a lively chase for two hours before finally coming up with the lost man. The dogs belong to G. A. Darrah of Burney, Shasta county, and are held in high esteem in that section. Another instance of the utility of trained blood- hounds comes in a press dispatch from Portland, Ore., this week. The four-year-old child of A. Dcnson was missing on Tuesday afternoon at 4 oclock. A long search of the fields and roads in the vicinity proved futile; it was the final conclusion that the child had fallen in the river nearby. W. E. Skidmore offered the use of his trained bloodhounds. The dogs were given the scent at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning and took the trail through the bushes and over the fields for an hour and a half when they at last came upon the little one asleep under a cedar tree two miles in a straight line from the Denson home. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, September IS, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE TWO HANDICAPS. The two handicaps at Readville proved conclu- sively that the conditions under which they were given are not in keeping with the kind of racing that is demanded in this day. While each was a reasonably interesting contest, the mere fact that good horses were handicapped out of it, made them in a sense failures. The racing public, together with the thousands of readers of race reports, always has a feeling of disappointment in looking over the summary of a race and finding that out- siders finished in front of every horse possessing any pretensions to class. Nothing can so quickly destroy the interest in handicap racing as the con- tinued defeat of high class horses, defeat not brought about by natural conditions, but realized before the race began. In the future, if such events are contin- ued, it will be impossible to persuade owners of good horses to engage them, for they will know full well that they will be handicapped in such a manner that it will be impossible for them to win and that some second-rater or carefully bottled up horse will capture the prize. As an example of how unreasonable the handicap was, Uhlan can be cited. Here is a horse capable of trotting a mile, under favorable conditions, in about two minutes, and a mile and a half at probably a 2: OS clip, although this would be an herculean task for any horse. He is put on the scratch, and in front of him, for hun- dreds of feet is scattered a large field of his infer- iors. In order to win, he must not only thread his way through the various groups of horses and sulkies, through clouds of dust, but must meet with all sorts of racing luck, must outrot every horse in the race. This in itself would be an impossible feat, or least one against which the odds would be ten to one, even if he possessed the speed of a flying machine, and as he does not, and is incapable of a mile better than two minutes, the task is beyond his capacity and is so known by every prac- tical horseman when the handicaps are announced. The trouble with the Readville handicap, is that it was made on a basis of yard, instead of feet. The race, from a spectacular standpoint might be very thrilling, if one could take in the whole panorama, but as it would be impossible to watch all the horses at once with the focus that is given the human eye, one must be content with watching the leaders. In the trotting handicap, those horses with any pretensions to class were completely out of it, and the winner, who was far and away the best horse, under the conditions, had little trouble in defeating his field. It would have been a physical impossibility for either Hamburg Belle or Uhlan to have been in the first flight, if they had started from the scratch, and had they been able to find their way through the mass of horses and sulkies that covered the track. If a trotter is asked to give another a great start, it is absolutely necessary that a distance of ground be covered by those receiving an allowance, and for this reason, every starter at Readville should have gone the full one mile and a half and those horses given handicaps should have been behind the starting line. Had this beun the condition, The Eel might have over- come his field, a feat that would have probably made that race one of the most memorable in the history of the sport, for the spectators, the racing, as well as the lay public, give their sympathy to the fighter who is struggling against the greatest odds. The money winners in the trotting division were not a classy lot, although Baron Aleyon is a matinee trot- ter of much merit and is a game, reliable race horse, yet not anywhere near first class. It is a source of congratulation, however, that such a race is won by so thorough a sportsman as Mr. Ernest I. White, whose participation in harness racing is prompted solely by a love of the sport and who, with his brother, Lieutenant-Governor Horace White, has done so much to maintain racing for pleasure and who are the very best exponents of amateur racing to be found in the Empire State. The pacing handicap was in many respects the most remarkable event ever decided, yet the only admirable feature in connection with it was the stunning performance of The Eel, who, stationed far back on the mile and a half line, once he took up racing, mowed down his field, and picking up each contender and leaving him behind, this superb horse, whose cour- age and speed have made him one of the most pic- turesque harness horses in the world, struggled to overtake horses who were favored by the handicap and yet who were not worthy to be on the same track with him. To go to the other extreme, a re- markable feature of the race is the fact that it was won by Simon Kenton, who in the days in which he was trained at the Lexington track was one of the most worthless horses that ever wore har- ness. It seems impossible to believe that this morning glory of a few years ago should have in a few minutes written his name in the hall of fame. A pigmy became a giant; a selliug plater, a stake horse. When Simon Kenton was trained at Lexing- ton, he was one of the handsomest horses in America, a showy, flashy, yet an attractive looking pacer, capable of halves in a minute and incapable of most of the things that are essential in a race horse. P'or a time he was trained in the stable of Scott Hudson, who won with him and who regarded him as a horse of great promise, and since then he has been in comparative obscurity, until he flashed like a comet across the trotting firmament, captured a rich prize and became in a sense a hero. Think of The Eel being forced to finish behind Simon Kenton! If it were not so bad, it would be funny. Taken as a whole, the fields in both handi- caps were inferior, all of which is probably due to the conditions of the races themselves. It is unfor- tunate that this system of racing should in its very inception furnish disappointment to the racing public and to the admirer of the light harness horse for the Readville association deserves much credit, as it has shown greater progress, has taken greater chances than any association in the world, it has done much to promote the sport, and it de- serves every ldnd of success. — "Hawley," in Ken- tucky Stock Farm. THE SEASON'S RECORDS. HANDICAP RACING. The handicap races at Readville seem to have de- veloped two factions, one in favor of the system, tho other opposed to it. Of the two prominent daily papers, each of which gives considerable space to light harness horse affairs, one says that the system is a failure, while the other says that it was a suc- cess, and that the large crowd in attendance was well pleased with both the trotting and pacing divis- ions of the race. It is conceded by everyone that the trotting divis- ion did not develop as interesting a contest as last season. This condition often exists in other large stakes or futurities, as for example, this year's Chamber of Commerce, and still it is no argument against the system under which the race was con- ducted. That a hitherto unknown trotter won is no argument against the system of racing, nor is it any argument against handicap racing that some of the fastest trotters were defeated in the contest. It is also urged against the handicap that the at- tendance was not as large as anticipated. It should be recognized in this connection that it is impossible to arrange a system of racing that will attract the whole world. Only a certain per cent of the people will attend and there are many things that may in- fluence this attendance. The people are capricious about their attendance at race meetings and other forms of sport and when they do not attend in great numbers, it can not be urged that they are against the system under which the races are conducted. It is only natural that some owners should feel grieved over the treatment of their horses when given their position in the race. We presume that human nature is so constituted that every owner would have been pleased to see his horse start from rhe shortest mark, without any handicap whatever. This, however, is not what a handicap is intended for, and those who enter their horses in such a race are advised of the fact before they do so. The handicap system of racing was introduced in this country with the earnest hope that out of it would be evolved some new system of racing that would increase the earning capacity of the trotters and pacers and at the same time increase public interest in light harness horse racing. Early in this year, several such races offered by various grand circuit associations did not receive a sufficient num- ber of entries to justify the associations in going ou with the race. It was not thought then that horse- men were against the system, and as the Readville handicap was liberally patronized with entries, it was thought it would add to the popularity of handi- cap racing. We still believe that there is an oppor- tunity to make this system of racing popular. It may require time; more time, perhaps, than will be given it in the end, but still there is a place for it in light harness horse racing in the United States. There is one more trial for the handicap and that is at Lexington, where there will be two division? trotting and pacing. The number of starters will be less than at Readville. We are waiting, expecting these handicaps to show that they are successful and that they please the people. The Readville events were well conducted, the management having the details of the race well in hand, and from this source there is absolutely no criticism to be made. — American Sportsman. Charles Sanders, the owner of Uhlan 2:03%, has been referred to as a newcomer on the trotting turf, but he is very far from being in the novice class in horse racing. He attended the first Grand Circuit meeting held in Buffalo almost forty years ago, and has always been a frequenter of the tracks about Boston, where he is engaged in business, while living in Salem. He has owned a great many good road horses, but never a really high class trotter until Uhlan came into his hands two years ago. Arthur H. Parker of New Bedford, who bred the black geld- ing and used him as a buggy horse when he was a youngster, sent him to the Readville track to drive in the amateur races of the Gentlemen's Driving Club. After a short preparation he trotted a mile in 2:13% in one of the matinees, driven by his owner. Mr. Sanders saw him, liked him, and bought him on the spot for about $2500. One of the best three-year-olds of the season was uncovered at Readville by James Brady, the man who formerly trained James Butler's stable of trotters. Her name is Gayworthy, and she is a bay filly by Axworthy 2:15%, out of Gaiety Girl 2:15%, by Red Wilkes. In her work before her race at the Readville track she trotted a mile in 2:11%, with the last quar- ter in :30% — a 2:02 clip. The Ally is owned jointly by Brady and F. B. Fisk of Montgomery, Ala. Her stake engagements include the Kentucky Futurity. The best records for the different ages and sex divisions of trotters and pacers are as follows: Trotters. Two-year-old colt — Pal, by Palite, dam Lorna Doone. by Bayswater Wilkes 2: 25% 2:17% Two-year-old filly — Eva Tanguay, by Peter the Great 2:07%. dam Madam Thompson, by Guy Wilkes 2:15% 2:16% Three-year-old colt — Vito, by Prodigal 2:16, dam Mary North, by Moko 2:12% Three-year-old filly — Soprano, by Bellini, 2:13%, dam Operetta 2:26%, by Elvria 2:25% 2;0S% Four-year-old colt — The Harvester, by Walnut Hall, 2:0S%, dam Notelet. by Moko" 2:06% Stallion— Bob Douglas, by Todd 2:14%, dam Clycezone, by Cyclone 2:23% 2:06% Mare — Hamburg Belle, by Axworthy 2:15%, dam Sally Simmons 2:13%. by Simmons, 2:28 2:01% Gelding— Uhlan, by Bingen 2:06%, dam Blonde by Sir Walter Jr. 2:1S% 2:03% New performer — Margin, by Time Onward, dam Allemeda, by Alfred G. 2:19% 2:06% Pacers. Two-year-old colt — Sirius Pointer, by Star Pointer 1:59%, dam Trix bv Nutwood' Wilkes 2:16% 2:18 Two-year-old filly — Normona, by Demonio 2:11, dam Louisa, by Welcome 2:10% 2:14% Three-year-old colt— Jim Logan," by Chas. Derby 2:20, dam Effie Logan by Durfee 2:05% Three-year-old Ally— Maggie Winder, by Ora- torio 2:13, dam Clara Direct, bv Direct 2:05 % 9:06% Four-year-old colt— Tony Swift, by Swift Bell, dam Gipsy Girl 2:22%, bv Simmocolon 2:13% 2:05% Stallion— The Eel 2:02%, by Gambolier 2:22%, dam Belle Bidwell, by John C 2:02% Mare — Lady Maud C, by Chitwood 2:22%, dam Ncretta, by Norris 2:22%; and Aileen Wilson 2:02%, by Arrowhead, dam Ella C, by Redfield 2:19% 2:03% Gelding — Giftline. by Online 2:04, dam Tolo, by Stratmore 2:03% New performer — Lady Elgin, by Prince Gomah, 2:26%, dam Glide 2:25%, by Jay D., 2:26%. 2:05% o BRYAN SAW THE SULTAN'S HORSES. The Mexico (Mo.) Intelligencer relates the fol- lowing incident of the round-the-world trip of William Jennings Bryan: "While Mr. Bryan was in Constantinople, on his famous tour of the world, he declined to accept an audience with the Sultan of Turkey for the reason that he expected to say something of the govern- ment and its power in his writings, and he did not care to embarrass the United States legation by accepting of the hospitality of the Sultan and then criticising the manner of his administration of affairs. Hence, he saw Constantinople and Turkey as any other tourist would view the sights of the land of the 'Sick Men of Europe' While on the streets of Constantinople one day, he saw a very fine pair of horses hitched to a stylish vehicle and upon inquiring he was told that they were from the stables of the Sultan. This prompted in him a desire tc see the fine Arabian horses kept there and after permission had been granted, he devoted an entire forenoon to the inspection of the kingly steeds quartered there. As a tourist he declined the great privilege of an audience with the Sultan of Turkey, but as a horse- man he sought for and obtained the privilege of in- specting the Sultan s horses. o At International Stock Food Farm the two-year-old filly Queen Patch trotted a mile in 2:21%. This filly was not trained as a yearling and this was the first time she has been driven a fast mile. She was sired by Dan Patch 1:55, and her dam is the pacing mare International Qieen 2:13%, also the dam of three pacers by Dan and one pacer by Directum 2:05%. •'MR. SNOW'S OPINION." KALAMAZOO. Mich., July 6. 1909. G. S. Ellis & Son. Cincinnati, Ohio: Gentlemen: Please ship me at once care American Express six Ellis Improved Patent Checking Devices. I have used the Huttoii ever since it was put on the market, and have also given all of the many similar checks and devices made a trial, but have never found one that would give as good results as I get from the Hutton. It is unquestionably the best check made. Tours truly. W. L. SNOW. o FORT WORTH. Texas. Aug. 11. 1909. Troy Chemical Co.. Binghamton. X. T.: Gentlemen: Last February I bought a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" liniment to use on my brood mare "Queen Belle." She had a very severe barb wire cut on her right front leg and was so lame she could hardly put her .foot to the ground. A large lump of proud flesh formed on her foot between the ankle and the hoof, which became very hard. I tried every remedy on the market to cure her lameness and re- move the lump, but failed. I then ordered a bottle of "Save-the-Horse" from your firm, which took all the lameness away from the leg. The lump is going away as fast as possible. I bad previously used "Save- the-Horse" for bone spavin and I can honestly recom- mend it. Whoever uses it once will use it again. I am, Yerv trulv yours. J. E. FENELON. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 18, 1909. THE FARM DAIRY NOTES. Stir the cream in the jar every time fresh cream is added. No sweet cream should be added to the ripened cream. The right temperature of cream for sum- mer churning is 5S to 60 degrees F. If the dairy or cellar is too warm for the cream place the cream jar in a keg, fasten the keg to a light chain and let the cream can, which should be closely covered, down the well, where it can be kept cold and at even temperature. One quart of cottonseed meal mixed with two quarts of wheat bran divided into two equal parts, one part made into a thick slop and given to each cow in milk in the morning and the balance in the eve- ning, will increase the quantity of the cream. Salt the cows twice each week. The meal will give the butter a superior flavor, a firm texture, and there will be more of it. The cows in hot weather should have shade, a full supply of pure, fresh spring water and extra green forage if grass is short. Churn early in the morning in a cool place. Scald the churn and butter w7orker and cool with cold water before putting cream into churn. If butter comes soft, draw off the buttermilk and pour into churn a little ice cold water. AVhen butter is hard take out and set away in ice-house for a few hours. When firm work out the milk; weigh salt at the rate of three-quarters of an ounce to the pound, work the salt in and pack in stone jars or in one-pound rolls for market. It does not take much of a mathemati- cian to see that a herd of selected cows yield much more profit through its milk than those that are kept without regard to their production, and dairy investiga- tions will get the farmers to thinking about this subject. It is certainly worth while to cut out two-thirds of the ex- pense of making a gallon of milk. Hard work alone can do it. Dairying when done successfully is very largely a matter of head wrork, and if dairymen do not take that view of their calling they will from necessity take the view that dairying requires lots of hard work and does not pay. For example three herds that contained 106 cows pro- duced a pound of butter fat for 10.8 cents, while one herd of twenty-two cows produced a pound of butter fat for 35.4 cents. If the owner of the one herd could keep out of the poorhouse by sell- ing his butter fat at forty cents a pound, the owners of the three herds could keep out of the poorhouse by selling their but- ter fat at about 15 cents per pound. That fact should make dairymen think tli at it is worth their time to inquire into problems of making dairy products cheaply. When the warm milk is brought in from the evening's milking, strain enough into a milk pan to fill it three-quarters full. Let the milk stand till morning in a cool place; then set the pan on the back part of the range to heat. In the old time a few small nails kept the pan from too direct contact with the range; now the convenient asbestos mat may be used. When the milk has come to the scalding point, or when the outline of the bottom of the pan shows in a distinct ring on the cream, take the pan carefully from the range and set in a cool place for 12 hour. ; then skim carefully, keeping the cream in large, thick pieces and al- lowing the milk to drain through the -^kinin r. — Colman's Rural World. CATTLE AND MULES FROM MODOC. A dispatch from Fort Bid well, Modoc county, to the Sacramento Bee states: Several cattle buyers have been in the county in the last few days inspecting the cattle and making arrangements to drive them to market. W. T. Cressler, one of the largest cattle raisers in the county, sold 500 head of beef cattle last week to Miller & Lux. Powers and Scott have bought about 600 in the vicinity of Stein's Mountain, while W. H. Patter- son has bought all the cattle available in the neighborhood of Fort Bidwell. The drives will commence this month and will continue for several weeks. Stock men will experience a good year, as the feed has been good on the range and the losses are very light, with good prices for their beef. In addition to the steady demand for beef, Modoc mules are now sought at good prices. Mr. Sharp of Tulare county is here buying many mules. Mule raising is a comparatively new in- dustry in Surprise valley. A number of the stockmen have seriously contem- plated going into the mule business ex- tensively, as it is claimed that a mule can be raised as easily and as cheaply as a steer, and will bring three times the price of a steer in the market. FEEDING SILAGE TO COWS. The following suggestion by Professor Knapp will answer several inquiries in regard to avoiding a taint to milk while feeding cows silage : First, silage must be fed only after milking. Second, the floors must be kept clean and no silage allowed to ac- cumulate in the alleys. Third, there should not be more silage fed than the stock will clean up at once. Fourth, the stable must be well ventilated. Fifth, corn should not be put in too green. Sixth, don't feed moldy silage. Silage properly put up and properly fed, is a very cheap and most excellent feed; im- properly put up and improperly fed, it may be an expensive and hazardous ex- periment. Denver Field and Farm of last week contained the following: The other day the dispatches told how top cattle at Kansas City brought §S per cwt and the news made everybody feel good but there was nothing in it after all. A single steer was taken out of a load and sold for this figure so as to doctor up the re- port and make things look roseate. The Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HTJMAJf REMEBT for Kh*M- malinm. Npniins, Sore Throut> eta-, it id invaluable. Every bottle of Caustic Balnam sold i« Warranted to pive satisfaction. Price 9S1.AO per bottle. Sold by rtrupirists. or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for ita use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address THE LAWRENCE-WILLIAHSCOMPAHY, Cleveland, 01n- wire did not say anything about the fact that the top load of steers on the market for the day sold at only $7, hut gave as such reports always do, the impression to the country that full loads of cattle were selling at $8. Nothing in the whole line of live stock market reporting is more misleading to the west than these wires of top prices. Kansas City is not the only market that sends out such stuff. They all do it but the idiocy of it is not lessened in the least by this fact and the practice ought to be stopped. The percentage of fat in cream sepa- rated by a centrifugal separator de- pends largely on the position of the cream screw. Even under the best conditions there will be some variation from day to day in the percentage of fat in the cream, due to other causes than the changing of the position of the screw. Some of these variations may be easily accounted for by the condition of the separator. The rela- tive size of the openings for the out- let of the cream are such that the SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been unerated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific BIdg.. San Francisco. FOR SALE. Brood mare, Gamelia 36,177 — Brown mare, foaled 1898, sire Gamaleon 7825 ; dam Vixil by Durango 1115. Green Trotter. Norfolk Medium 44060— Brown colt, foaled May 4. 190G, sire Red Medium 3051C; dam Gamelia. as above. Elmodena 48387— Brown colt foaled June 13, 1908, sire Expedition HiNJO; dam Gamelia. as above. These are all A-l stock. Address. O. J. JOHNSON Orange. Cal, Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co. 's Stables. 327 8th St.. Oakland NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL, STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the pur>ose of complet- ing the action taken by me Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation, No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the 18th day or October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: I,. S. ADAMS, Secretary. STANDARD BRED YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE. I offer for sale the following choicely bred young trotters which can be seen at any time at Pleasanton track, where they are being handled. No fancy prices are asked for the excellent young pros- pects, but they will be priced right. The description and breeding of these three 3roungsters are as follows: Bonnie Searchlight 43S09, brown stal- lion, trotter, 15.2% hands, foaled April S, 1905, by Searchlight 2:03%, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr. 34834, second dam Gabilan Girl by Gabilan 19733, third dam Clara by Elmo S91, fourth dam Lady Comstock by Norfolk, thorough- bred. Georgia (registered), black filly, foaled March 25, 1906, 16 hands, trotter, by Lecco 2:09 94. dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917, second dam Emma by Whip- pleton 1SS3, third dam Gladys by Glad- iator S336, fourth dam Kate by John Nelson 1ST, fifth dam by Shakespear. Lady Pohrieta, black filly, trotter, foaled February 23, 1907. sire Bonny McKinney 413S3, dam Pobrieta by Boodle Jr. 34S34, second dam Martha by Mam- brino Jr., third dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino 17S7, fourth dam Ida May Jr. by Owen Dale, fifth dam Ida May by Williamson's Belmont, sixth dam by Red Buck. For particulars and prices, address the owner, H. BUSING, Pleasanton Training Track, Pleasanton, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated case3 treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Groye, Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton. Ontario, Canada, Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies. Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter ct Homing pig- eons of the very best blood; a tine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 451 West Santa Clara Ave.. San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop., Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. "IlSrOETED" "BOYAL HESTOS" ' The Original Egyptian " Shoe Boils, Capped Hock, Bursitis are hard to cure, yet ft0SORBINE ■will remove them anil leave no blem-L isli: Does not blister or remove" the hnir. Cures any puff or ewelling. Horse cm be -worked, 42.00 per bottle.delivered.Book 6 U frte. ABSORBtVE, JR., (mankind, $1.00 turtle.) For Boils, Uruf&es, Old Sores, Swellings, Goitre, Varicose Veins, Yaricositiea. Allays Pnin. W. F. YOUNG, P. 0. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal.; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W*. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, September IS, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 separation should be complete under a constant flow of milk, but if the flow is faster some days than .others, there will be a variation in the thickness of the cream. When the milk is let into the bowl very slowly the cream will be comparatively thick, but when the cream is let into the bowl rapidly, the cream will have a less percentage of butterfat. The difference of the flow of milk into the bowl will depend upon its temperature, its viscosity and the amount of milk in the supply can. These conditions are more or less variable on the farm and little atten- tion is usually paid to them. The speed of the howl is often allowed to vary from the limits indicated on the crank. A high speed will produce a very thick cream, while a low speed will have a tendency to produce a thin cream. o THE ADVANTAGES OF SILAGE. Of the various feeas which are the most palatable, corn silage is without doubt the cheapest and most effective to add to the ration, writes D. H. Otis, of the Wisconsin Agricultural College. It is a valuable feed for both dairy and beef cattle and also for horses, calves and sheep. Many of the leading Wisconsin farmers find that silage can be handled as cheap, if not cheaper, than the corn crop can be handled in the usual manner. Silage furnishes a succulent feed with very little waste, and is always ready for use. In combination with alfalfa or clover, with a mixture of corn or barley for grain, silage furnishes an especially good ration, all grown on the farm and cheaper than mill feeds. The import- ance of palatability cannot be over- estimated, as it increases the amount of feed eaten and, when properly as- similated, the more the animal eats the larger product it will return. A ton of mixed hay occupies 400 cu. ft. of space, and eight tons of corn silage can he put in rhe same amount of room. The ton of mixed hay con- tains about 960 pounds of digestible dry matter, while eight tons of silage contains 2560 pounds of dry matter. This one point of the economic storage of the corn crop, when put in the foim of silage, is worthy of attention where a large number of animals are fed. The cost of handling the corn in the form of silage is less than when any other method is used. A leading Wis- consin farmer reports that it cost him 50 to 60 cents per ton, or $7 per acre, to put his corn crop in the silo. The same area of corn would yield about 150 baskets, which would cost him $8 for husking, while the cost of cutting, stacking, shredding and grinding would be about double what it costs to put the same crop in the silo. The advantage of summer feeding of silage, particularly during periods of di'outh, is fully appreciated by those who have tried it. During the latter part of the past summer, Wisconsin suffered a severe drouth, and corn silage was fed to the university dairy herd. The flow of milk was never kept up so well during the summer as it was by the use of this silage. The summer silo is sure to become a more important factor in successful dairying. The use of silage for fattening beef cattle has been tested at a number of experiment stations and by stockmen with excellent results. In experi- ments conducted by the writer in 1904, it was found that silage-fed steers sold at $4.95 per 100 pounds, while those fed no silage brought only $4.70 per 100 pounds, a gain of 25 cents in favor of the silage-fed ani- mals. It was found that for every 100 pounds of gain, 471 pounds of silage fed saved IS pounds of grain and 156 pounds of alfalfa. In these tests, silage was fed in con- nection with alfalfa hay, corn chop, kafir coin chop and cottonseed meal. The average soil, in usual seasons, will produce 12 to 15 tons of green corn per acre. Even with a yield of 10 tons per acre, there is an income, according to this experiment, of about $33 per acre. The financial statement of this ex- periment showed that the silage-fed steers made a profit of $4.10 per head while the same grade of steers fed on the same feed except silage lost $1.47 per head More silos should be built for summer use and this is the time to plan for them. o ROPING A STEER. Hundreds of the "tenderfoot" class around the stock yards at Chicago have watched the interesting perform- ance of the brand inspectors rope an b-tinate western bovine and tie him lo the manger while the hieroglyphics oi his starboard side are deciphered with the aid of a pair of shears. It requires the efforts of two or three experienced men to this little stunt and it is not always accomplished without difficulty, for naturally the steer unused to such a performance rebels and makes it interesting for the inspectors. Recently at Cheyenne ji man by the name of McCarthy broke all previous efforts in a roping con- test. He caught, threw and tied his steer in forty-four and two-fifths seconds, which is "going seme." Properly speaking, McCarthy is not entitled to all the credit. It takes two experts to do a good jo*b of steer- roping, not counting the steer. One of them is the pony. Nothing is more saddening than to see a careless pony spoil the efforts of a good rider, unless it is to see a rider in bad form fail to live up to his pony's ability. The rider throws the lasso at the steer. With the steer once caught, the pony runs around him without waiting for orders and trips him with the lasso rope. Up to that point it's a com- bination of pony and rider. After that the two go it separately. Pony pulls the lasso and keeps some thousand pounds of steer, flopping like a fish, from getting to its feet. Rider sprints to the front and "hog-ties" the steer. And all this in less than three-quarters of a minute. The frontier day celebrations of the GENEVA, Ind., August 10, 1909. Troy Chemical Co.. Binghamton, N. T.: 1 t?ok off a windpuff as big' as a hat from the withers of one of my horses. 1 only used one bottle. Yours truly, OTTO EOIiDS. LYNN, Mass., August 5, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. N. Y.: Fnclosed $6 for one bottle of "Save- the-Horse" Spavin Cure and one pound of o'ntment. I used one bottle on a bone spavin last year and it worked to per- fection. Yours respectfully, 21 Friend St. W. E. HALLOW ELL. BAY' CITY, Wis., August 10, 1909". Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: I bought two bottles of your "Save- the-Horse" about three years ago for i mire and it did wonders. I worked the mare every day and cured her of two spavins, and she is as sound to-day as a colt. Yours truly, BEN BENSON. "Save-the-Horse" permanently curai hnne and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpin, splint, shoe boil, windpuff, Injured ten- Ions, and all lameness, without scar or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. nr» Per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as i he best legal talent could make It. \t Druggists and Dealers or Express Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Binghamton, V. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, 56 Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. West may not have as much of melo- dramatic appeals in them as Wild West shows, but they have the advan- tages of being genuine in every way. True, men, ponies and even some of the steers make the circuit, but the men are genuine cowboys, the ponies are either genuine cow-ponies, or, for other events, the real article in "wild," that is to say, unbreakable, animals, and the steers have bad dispositions and deep-rooted desires to be let alone. — Live Stock World. inn You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large catalog — it's mailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Go. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts, wagons, etc. Write W. | J. Kenney, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal.. for Catalog OAKLAND KENNEL CLUB'S THIRD ANNUAL DOG SHOW PIEDMONT RINK, Oakland, Oct. 14,15,16. H. W. LACY. Esq., Kennel Editor of The Ameri- can Stock Keeper, Boston, Mass.. will judge all breeds. Send a Postal for a Prize List To- Day Before You Forget— Ready to Mail Sep- tember 18tb. Coast fanciers can obtain prize list and entry forms from: Frank E. Watkins, 250 Alder St., Portland, Or. ; Arthur Murphy. 505 Pike St., Seat- tle, Wash.: F. E. King. 946 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wash.; George Bentley, 2000 Tenth St., Sacra- mento. Cal.; H.R.Warner, Hotel Del Monte. Cal.; F. W. Welch, London Grocery, Vancouver, B. C; Jas. Ewins. Klfi South Main St.. Los Angeles. Cal.; Paul Piepers. 325 Towne Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; Berrar & Robertson, 3d and Santa Clara Sts.. San Jose ; Branch 's Inc., Stockton. Cal . ; T. P. McCon- nel, Victoria. B. C.; Chas. Newman, The College Inn. Oakland. Cal. Former Exhibitors whose addresses have changed, new fanciers desiring prize lists and all those seeking further particulars concerning the show will please correspond with the Supeiin- tendent of the Show, W. E. CHUTE, Phone Douglas 4646. 48 Geary St., San Francisco Oakland Office : 454 9th St., Phone Oakland 6L2. ENTRIES CLOSE TUESDAY, OCT. 5 Band of Elk, Twenty, AIE Gentle. For Sale as a Band or in Pairs No Old Ones. Address: JOHN CROUCH LAND COMPANY, Chico, Cal. $S Due Oct. 1, 1909 ON WEANLINGS. Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 9 $7250 GUARANTEED. MARES SERVED 1908. FOALS OF 1909. To trot and pace at two and three years old. 'Entries closed December 1, 190S. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three-Year-OId Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot when mare was bred. $1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two- Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of Two-Yeor-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace when in n re was bred. $250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1908, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; 95 May 3. 1909; $5 October 1, 1909; $10 on Yearlings March 2, 1910; $10 on Two-Year-Olds March 1, 1911; $10 on Three-Year-Olds, March 1, 1912. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the three- year-old divisions. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO ENTER. REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE — If the mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before March 1, 1910, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or sub- stitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. In Futurity Stake No. S the demand for substitutions far exceeded the supply. Be sure and make payments in time. E. P. HEALD, F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, President. :J66 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September IS, 1909. r Phenomenal Shooting At the DENVER TOURNAMENT, Sept. 1-3, with PETERS SHELLS POSTAL TELEGRAPH-CABLE COMPANY INCO™EHCTION THE COMMERCIAL CABLE COMPANY. CLARENCE H. MACKAY, President. 1. 0. STEVENS, Secy 1VM. H. BAKER, V. P. & 0. M. CLARENCE H. MACKAY, President. ALBERT BECK, Sec'y. GEO. 0. WARD, V. P. 6 0. M. NIGHT TELEGRAM Counter Number. 21 GF CH Time filed. 212am Check. 64 Collect nite Denver, Sept. 3/09. 190 To The Peters Cartridge Company, Cincinnati, 0. Henderson wins Colorado Handicap ninety eight at twenty one yards. Max Hensler high professional ninety six at twenty one yards. Henderson and Foltz high average three hundred ninety five of four hundred at sixteen yards. Henderson and Foltz high general average five hundred eighty six of six hundred. Ed O'Brien high professional average three hundred ninety four. Peters shells win everything. 0. E. Searles. The above message gives briefly the details of the MOST COMPLETE VICTORY ever won by any make of am- munition at a tournament as big and important as the recent one at Denver. Every honor was won by users of PETERS SHELLS. PfllflRAnn UAKiniPAP \ Won hy Woolfolk Henderson. Score, 98 ex 100 from 21 yards. UULUIMUU nHIIUIUHr { Max Hensler, High Professional. Score, 96 ex 100 from 21 yards. HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE ' HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGE wun by Ed. o -En*.. &«*, m ex m 200 STRAIGHT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM scored straight by Frank Foltz on September 1st. 100 STRAIGHT Scored by A. E. McKenzie of Denver on Practice Day, August 30th. " With this evidence before you, Mr. Shooter, you must surely be convinced of the superior quality of PETERS SHELLS. Why not get into the Winners' class yourself? THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, OHIO NEW YORK: 98 Chamber St. T. H. Keller, Mgr. SAN FRANCISCO: 608-612 Howard St. J. S. French, Mgr. NEW ORLEANS: 321 Magazine St. J. W. Osborne, Mgr. Messrs. Woolfolk Henderson and Frank Foltz tied on 395 ex 400 at 16 yards, and 586 ex 600, including handicap events. Saturday, September 18, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough, Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods phone Temporary 1883. 5I0 Market St., San Francisco MANUFACTURERS ™ OUTFITTERS, FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER"!? ATHLETE. ■t-8-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT ; «LD APPARATUS PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Inc. Sole Pacific Coast Braxch— Smith & Wesson. A. J. Keach Co.. Ithaca Gun Co.. Iver Johnson's Arms and Cycle Works. Maxim Silent Fire Arms Co.. The Planet Co.. The Horton Manufacturing Co.. F. W. Klinger & Langbein Co.. E. C. Cook & Ero., Hamilton Bine Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co Mark- ham Air Rifle Co.. Ideal Manufacturing Co.. Daisy Manufacturing Co.. Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co.. King Manufacturing Co. No Stock Carried. Goods Sold to the Trade Only. San Francisco, Cal. Piece Our new "3-Bolt, 3- Piece 1909 Model Gun has the simplest and fastest lock ever put in a gun. Some makers claim a three-piece lock, but do not show or count the main spring — now, we both show and count the main spring — see cut above. Please note we have cut out all cocking bars, levers and push rods and hook right on to the toe of the hammer. This not only makes a lock with large, strong parts, but a lock that works as smooth as oil. We use an unbreakable coil top lever spring, also a coil main spring which acts directly on the hammer, and a horizontal sear, which makes a very fast lock with a quick, clean, sharp and snappy pull. Send for art Catalog and special prices. IS grades, $17.75 net to $300 list. Pac. Coast Branch— Phil. B. Bekeart Co., 717 Market St., San Francisco. ITHACA GUN CO. Dept. 15, Ithaca, N. Y. rA FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC 8 i SPORTING POWDERS are used by • THE HIGH AVERAGE WINNERS. High Score on AU Targets Including Doubles -at- SOUTHERN, GRAND AMERICAN, EASTERN, WESTERN and PACIFIC COAST HANDICAPS held during 1909 was won by shooters using 8 SPORTING POWDERS The Powders for Particular Shooters. ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone' Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotter gives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address, Breeder and Sportsmjln 1 . O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Cal. Pacific Bldg.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Quinns Ointment Will Make A Horse Over; I will put sound legs under him and will save him from the cheap hawker and trader. It is the! standard cure for Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Windpuffs and all the various lumps and bunches of like kind. E>rp it always on- hand and you will be prepared when trouble conies. Leading horsemen everywhere know it and use it. Mr. H. H, Clark. Frerlnnia. N. Y., writes: "The bottle of Qulnn's Ointment puuhiu-ed Ir-Tii yotl aljout two years ago removed a curb and thorouyhpin and did it for good. My horse's leg is as smooth as ever." j Price $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists or sent by mail' Write for circulars, testimonials, etc. W .B. EDDY & COMPANY, WHITEHALL, N. Y.\ Take the Breeder and Sportsman. AN UNPARALLELED RECORD IN SHOOTING HISTORY MADE BY THE PARKER GUN. At Chicago, the week beginning June 21. Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yard mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles — score. 94. Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the 18 yard mark— score. 96, and 20 straight in the shoot-off. . Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Championship with a score of 193 out of 200, which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive winning for the PARKER GUN. THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN, (OldestCun Builders in America.) New York Salesrooms, 32 Warren St. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Oomplete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. 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Terms— One Year, S3; Six Months, $1.75; Three Months, $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. 0. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno Oct. 18-23 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Seattle Sept. 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Columbus Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Columbus, O Sept. 20-Oct. 1 Springfield, 111 Oct. 5- 8 Dallas, Texas . . Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 A NEW RECORD FOR YEARLING TROTTERS has been set after fifteen years. This long hiatus between the 2:23 of Abdell at San Jose September 27th, 1894, and the 2:19% of Miss Stokes at Lex- ington September 17th, 1909, is mainly due to the fact that yearlings are not trained for records as they were fifteen and twenty years ago, most own- ers having reached the conclusion that yearlings holding world's records have generally stopped there and gone no faster. The first yearling to trot a mile faster than three minutes was the brown filly Pride by Buccaneer out of Lightfoot by Flaxtail. She trotted a mile in 2:44% over the old Bay District track in San Francisco on November 5th, 1881, driven by her breeder and owner, Ihe late Dr. M. W. Hicks. The same afternoon. Chas. Marvin drove the filly Hinda Rose by Electioneer, dam Beautiful Bells a mile in 2:43 and nine days later drove the same filly a mile in 2:36% over the same track. For six years California held this yearling record, but on October 15th, 1887, Geo. Bowerman drove the filly Sudie D. a mile in 2:35% over the Lexington, Ken- tucky, track and secured the record, but held it for less than a month as on November 12th of the same year Senator Stanford's filly Norlaine by Norval out of Elaine by Messenger Duroc, driven by Chas. Marvin, put the yearling trotting record at 2:31% on the Bay District track. This record stood for three years until John Goldsmith for the first time in the history of the trotting horse drove a yearling a mile better than 2:30. This was the colt Freedom by Sable Wilkes, dam Laura Drew by Arthurton. owned by William Corbitt. His record of 2:29% was made October 18th, 1890, at the track at Napa, California. The following year Marvin again lowered the yearling record with Bell Bird, full sister to Hinda Rose, driving her in 2:27% October 6th, 1891, and in 2:26% October 21st. One month later, in November, 1891, Millard San- ders took the great yearling Frou Frou by Sidney, clam Flirt by Buccaneer, to Stockton and on the 21st drove her a mile in 2:26%, thus tying Bell Bird's record, three days later knocked a quarter of a sec- ond from the mark and on November 28th drove Frou Frou the mile in 2:25% which remained the championship yearling trotting record until on No- vember 18th, 1893, it went to Kansas when Pansy McGregor by Fergus McGregor, out of Cora by Cori- ander, driven by O. M. Keets, trotted the mile track at Holtou in that State in 2:23%. A year later, September 27th, 1894, the championship came back to the Palo Alto Stock Farm and California when for the third time, a foal of the great broodmare Beautiful Bells, Adbell by Advertiser, lowered the record to 2:23 driven by Walter Maben at the San Jose track. That was fifteen years ago and Adbell has been the champion yearling trotter ever since and is still the champion yearling stallion, the new record holder being a filly. Now let us see if the extreme early training necessary to make a record breaker out of a yearling has resulted in any last- ing benefit to the horse when it reached maturity. Net one of the champion yearlings was a champion two-year-old. Hinda Rose trotted to the champion three-year-old record of 2:19%, but none of the others ever came near champion honors after leav- ing their yearling forms. Frou Frou reduced her record to 2: 22 as a three-year-old, and Pansy McGregor trotted in 2:17% as a two-year-old. but none of the others ever reduced their yearling records. Nearly all breeders have abandoned the training of year- lings entirely, the evidence showing that the train- ing of the baby trotters is more of a detriment to them than a benefit. But the filly Miss Stokes is a wonderful little irotter for all that, and now that she has set a new world's record we hope she will be permitted to run at pasture and have her own free will until she has grown nearer maturity. Miss Stokes was bred at Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lex- ington. Kentucky, and is by Peter the Great 2:07%. GEORGE M. ROMMEL, of the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United States Agricultural Depart- ment has been in San Francisco a few days this week, having come down from the Oregon State Fair where he judged the carriage breeds of horses this year. During an interview which the editor of this journal had with Mr. Rommel, we were very pleased to hear him say that the California and Pacific Coast bred trotters and pacers that he saw at the Oregon fair this year were handsomer horses in conforma- tion and general make-up than those seen every year on the tracks through the middle west. He saw in the races at Salem fewer ewe-necked, cat- hammed, sloping-hipped horses than one would see among the same numbei of starters in races through the western states. This is certainly very pleasant news to California breeders and they should one and all strive to stiil further improve the standard bred horses of this coast in looks as well as in speed. Mr. Rommel reports that the venture of the United States Government in establishing a breed of American carriage horses is proceeding most favor- ably and that at the Colorado station where the oldest of its breeding are now three years old some grand looking colts and fillies are to be seen. The idea is to establish a breed of horses that will be the most profitable for the farmers to raise — a horse that will have the style and action of the best European carriage horses and the stamina and endurance of the American trotter with a goodly proportion of his speed. The venture has been very successful thus far and before many years have elapsed, breeders all over the country will realize that the Government officials have made their selec- tions of foundation blood for such a breed with wis- dom and will see the advisability of following the same plan T.hat they may breed horses whose hand- some proportions and other qualifications will com- mand a ready sale at better prices than the nonde- script horses so many of them are now raising. Dr. Chas. Keane, State Veterinarian of California, is accompanying Mr. Rommel on his trip through the State. They went to Bakersfield this week to pay a visit to President Jastro of the California State Agricultural Society, and to visit some of the vast stock farms in that section. DAN PATCH 1:55 has been permanently retired from the turf at the age of 13 years. The world's champion pacer showed a slight lameness this sum- mer and Mr. Savage wisely had him shipped home and retired. He was certainly an iron horse and during his racing career paced no less than 120 heats in an average of 2:02%, and is the only champion pacing stallion that was never beaten in a race. He went one mile in 1:55, another in 1:55%, two miles in 1:56, three in 1:56%, and fourteen miles averaged 1:56%. He went one mile unpaced in 2:04%, a mile to a wagon in 1:57%, a half mile in : 56, and two miles in 4:17. He paced a half mile track in 2:01, and he also negotiated the two lap ring hitched to a wagon in 2:05 — a marvelous list of performances, which is not likely to be soon surpassed, if ever equalled. In discussing his retirement Palmer Clark recently made the following comment: "Should he become a sensational sire it must be classed on the hypothesis that 'like begets like,' as a study of his blood lines does not warrant it in being classed as particularly strong, saving with the exception that his sire was the former champion, Joe Patchen 2: 01 VI, who, though a champion pacer was stoutly bred in trotting lines, being an inbred Wilkes-Mambriuo Patchen. His dam, however, produced no other standard performer, and was by Wilkesberry, a grandson of George Wilkes, thar never sired a standard performer, and she in turn was out of Ab- dailah Belle, by pacing Abdallah, who sired only two standard performers, and she in turn was o.it of an unknown mare called Fanny, by Yellow Jacket. He has, however, three strains of the great George Wilkes blood, and several of the other channels run back to strong fountain heads. There is, however, no reason for speculating as to his success in the stud, for if his strenuous campaigns have not sapped his vitality the showing he has already made with but little opportunity stamps him as destined to establish a family of high class pacers." THE CHAMPION STALLION STAKE NO. 3 will close for the nomination of stallions on October 1st. This stake is given by the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders and will be worth fully $15,000. Owners of stallions should nominate their horses in this stake, and thereby make all the foals of 1909, sired by them, eligible to it. The cost of nominating a stallion is the price of his service fee. If he has been kept as a private stallion the nominating fee is only $10. There is a feeling among the breeders who patronize the trotting anil pacing bred stallions and enter the produce of their mares in the stakes, that stallion owners are not doing their part in keeping up these stakes and thus Increasing the value of trotting bred horses. Stal- lion owners now have a chance to help the business along by liberally patronizing this stake. Read the article headed "Stallion Stake Entries Close Oc- tober 1st,'' which appears on page 7 of this issue, and after reading it send in the ncmination of your stallion to H. K. Devereaux, the Secretary. o AN ORNAMENTAL STAND for the judges is to be erected directly in front of the graud stand at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park, San Fran- cisco, and will be finished within the next month. It is a gift to the Park by Mr. Frank H. Burke, pro- pritor of the La Siesta Farm, near San Jose, and a member of the well known real estate firm of Madi- son & Burke of this city. The plans show a very neat and ornamental structure of re-inforced concrete, of the old mission style of architecture with a red tile roof. It will be erected en the spot now occupied by the temporary wooden stand used by the judges who officiate in the club races held there. It will be quite an expensive affair although very simple in design, and will supply a long felt want. The gen- erosity of Mr. Burke is greatly appreciated by the horsemen who are members of the clubs that race there and they propose to place a bronze tablet on the exterior of the pretty octagonal stand, commemo- rative of the date of its erection and having the name of the donor inscribed thereon. WILL RACE AT PARK STADIUM TODAY. At 1:30 p. m. today the Park Amateur Driving Club will hold another of its interesting matinees, six races being on the card. Those who enjoy har- ness racing and have no conveyance of their own by which to reach the stadium can take the cars whicli go to the beach on the south side of the park, alight- ing at Speedway Station and walking through the trees directly to the track, or the McAllister street line which goes out Fulton street as far as the old Chutes and there transfer to the Fulton street extension which car runs as far as the Park entrance on 36th avenue, directly opposite the grand stand. The program for this afternoon's races is as fol- lows: First race, class C trotters — Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton, F. L. Matthes' Walter G., Capt. W. Matson's MoKinney M.. A. P. Clayb trgh's Charles 2d. Second race, class A trotters — A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, S. Cl,ristenson"s Reina Directum, D. E. Hoff- man's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilnatriqk's Elma S. Third race, class B trotters — A. Ottinger's Lily Dillon, G. Wempe's Plmnada, F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon, I." I. Borden's Barney Barnato, J. W. Smed- ley's Red Velvet, M. W. Herzog's Nell. Fourth race, class A pacers — I. L. Borden's Rob- erta, F. L. Matthes' Opitsah. Fifth race, class D trotters — Molera & Joseph's bay mare, R. Nolan's Pan Yan, F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandle. Sixth race, free-for-all pacers — F. J. Kilpatrick's Moy. Drink Jaekeon's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 25, 1909. CHASE'S FIRST FALL SALE. It has been a long time since as poor a lot of horses passed through the Valencia street sales pavilion of Fred H. Chase & Co. as were auctioned by William Higginbottom tor Mr. Chase on Monday evening last. There were a few good ones in the consignments sent in by various owners, but the majority were very ordinary specimens of the breeds thev represented and the prices obtained is con- clusive evidence that there is a demand for horses that can be used. It was very noticeable that any horse gentle broke was bid on without delay pro- vided he was serviceably sound. Several little trot- ting bred animals not heavy enough to pull anything but a light buggy were sold for all they were worth in any market and old broodmares with indifferent looking colts at foot were also purchased at fail- prices. Whenever a really well bred horse was offered that looked anywhere near his breeding, the bidding was prompt and the prices fair. The highest priced horse in the sale was the eight- year-old stallion By Mack, a son of McKinney and the great broodmare By By, by Nutwood. This stal- lion received a very severe cut on the near hind ankle when a colt. The cut did not heal for a long time but was finally cured up, leaving a big bunch on which the hair has not grown on the outside, making a very bad blemish. The horse is not lame however, and shows nice trotting action and but for the blemish would be a very handsome horse. He is about the same size as his illustrious ancestor Geo. Wilkes. By Mack was knocked down to Mr. P. J. Kilpatrick for $375 and will be shipped east. He may go to Patchen Wilkes Farm in Kentucky for the season of 1910. and will surely make a suc- cess in the stud if given any opportunities as his colts out of the most ordinary mares show well. His opportunities thus far have been more limited than any horse with equal breeding that has ever been in California. The sales resulted as follows: Lady Jane, trotter, chestnut mare, foaled 1901, by Welcome 2:11%, dam Ruth B. by Guide: A. E. Rob- inson, $155. Belle, trotter, brown mare, foaled 1900, by Welcome 2:10%, dam a work mare: Mike Gilmore, $S0. Beauty, trotter, bay mare, foaled 1903, $50. Prince, trotter, brown gelding, foaled 1900, $40. By Mack, trotter, dark bay stallion, foaled 1901, by McKinney, dam By By, by Nutwood; F. J. Kilpat- rick, $375. Bay filly, trotter, foaled 1907, by Bonny McKinney, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr.: H. Stolzenberg, $90. Capt. McKinney, trotter, foaled 1907, black gelding bv Bonnv McKinney, dam by Daedalion; I. Carter, $S0. Chestnut mare, trotter, foaled 1S99; M. Gilmore. $165. Bav gelding, trotter, foaled 1903, by Cupid, dam by Echo"; H. Gerchal, $130. Rectola, trotter, black mare, foaled 1902, by Sil- varrow, dam by Elector; S. H. CoweU, $240. Chestnut filly, foaled 1903, by Cupid, dam Lillie S. by Speculation; San Francisco Riding Club, $100. Bay gelding, trotter, foaled 1900, by Soudan, dam by Alinoon; E. C. Buchanan, $60. Bay gelding, trotter, foaled 1906. by Young Falrose, dam by Electioneer; Dr. Quinlan, $155. Bay gelding, pacer, foaled 1900, by Cupid: R. W. Mehrens, $115. Smuggler 2:17%, brown gelding by Waldstein, $105. Farmer Bunch, trotter, chestuut gelding, foaled 1901, by Iran Alto, dam by Electioneer; O. A. Lowe, $160. Lottie Parks 2:16%, bay mare, foaled about 1S94, by Cupid, $120. After the trotting bred horses were sold eight horses from Llano Seco Ranch, Butte county, were offered. These horses were rather rough, but were broken single and double and were of fair size and ready to put to work. They were by the German coach stallion imported Socrates, and out of com- mon mares. They averaged $166. A pair of mares that hooked up well together, both by the hackney stallion Green's Rufus, brought $530. A half dozen mares with colts at foot, the property of Thos. H. Williams, were sold without breeding and brought a total of $460. Several head of light work horses and gentle driv- ers were also sold. The work stock averaging around 1200 pounds brought from $150 to $175. The drivers sold for from $125 to $150. good enough to race on the circuit. Her miles were in 2:15%, 2:14 and 2:15%. The free-for-all trot went over on account of dark- ness until next Sunday after Major Cook and Modi- cum had each taken two heats. Summaries: First race, 2:30 trot. John Nowlan's Dick (Nowlanl 2 2 111 C. Buckley's Walter G. (Buckley) 1 13 4 3 F. Clotere's Monk (Frellsoni 3 3 2 2 2 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) 4 4 4 3 4 Time — 2:29, 2:30, 2:25, 2:25, 2:27. Second race, free-for-all pace. H. Boyle's Diodens (Boyle) 1 1 1 Al Hoffman's Kitty D. (Swartz) 2 2 2 P. Kohn's Alfred D. (Donnelly) 6 3 4 Luke Marisch's Little Dick (Verilhac) 5 5 3 G. Giannini's George Perry (Machado) 3 6 6 W. C. Rich's Hickman Girl (Hoffman) 4 4 5 Time— 2:15%, 2:14, 2:15%. Third race, 2:30 pace. B. Edwards' Baldv Mitchell (Swartz).. .2 12 11 H. C. Ahlers' Princess V. (Ahlers) 1 4 1 fell 4 A. M. Scott's Rov S. (Scott) 4 2 4 2 2 D. Dalziel's Tom T. (Hoffman) 3 3 3 fell 3 Time — 2:22, 2:24, 2:22%, 2:27, 2:24%. Fourth race, free-for-all trot. H. Boyle's Modicum (Bovle) 3 2 11 J. J. Butler's Major Cook (McGrath) 1 1 3 3 S. Sinsheimer's Princess Christina (Erlin) .2 3 2 2 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 4 4 4 4 Verilhac's Dr. Hammond (Verilhac) 5 d Time — 2:18%. 2:18, 2:18, 2:19. Officers of the day: Starter, W. J. Kenney; judges, Tim Sexton, H. Schoettler and R. Bennett: timers, M. Senderman, J. V. Cooney and E. I. Ayers; marshal, F. Lauterwasser Jr.; Secretary, J. McGrath. RUSTIC VISITS SANTA ROSA. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. The usual big Sunday crowd attended the races of the San Francisco Driving Club at Golden Gate Park last Sunday afternoon, cheered their respective favor- ites and had a good time generally. There was a collision and runaway in the 2:30 pace to add to the excitement and when Dr. Dalziel's pacer Tom T. made a mad rush down the stretch without a driver and headed for the crowd it looked for a minute as if a serious accident could not be avoided, but William Swain, a stableman in the employ of Dalziel, ran onto the track and grabbed the horse by the bit, bringing him to a standstill. It was a courageous act and coolly done, and doubtless prevented, many injuries, and perhaps saved a life or two. Swain was rewarded by a generous purse taken up from among the horse- men preser:. There were four races on the card, all resulting in split heats except the free-for-all pace which H. Boyle won easi! with Diodens, a Diablo mare that looks PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. Cold, windy weather, in contrast to the beautiful day of the week previous, made the afternoon uncom- fortable for those who sat in the grandstand at the stadium last Saturday afternoon to watch the contests on the track between the horses of the Park Amateur Driving Club. The free-for-all trotters attracted the most attention as these horses are out for the handsome Clark cup. The race went to Dr. O'Brien in straight heats, but a different story might have been told had not Mr. Christenson become pocketed on the back stretch in the second heat, thus preventing his making a drive until he turned into the home stretch several lengths behind Dr. O'Brien and Elma S. Dr. O'Brien has now won two of the necessary three races, and it looks as if the contest will be between him and Mr. Christen- son's mare. In the race for class A trotters M. W. Herzog drove his faithful mare Lady Nell a good race and beat the fast Plumada after the hottest kind of a contest. Mr. I. L. Borden received many congratulations from his many friends for winning the class B pace with Roberta, his beautiful black mare by Robert I. 2:08%. Roberta defeated the fast Dictatum and Opitsah in straight heats, and paced a nice race, the fastest heat in 2:19%. Mr. Joseph won two races during the afternoon, the first race on the card with Belle Overton and the final one with a bay mare that has not yet been named, that has a very classy look. She is by Nutwood Wilkes out of a mare by Axtell and is a nice gaited trotter. During the afternoon Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick started to drive his new purchase. Moy 2:07% by Prodigal, an exhibition mile. Moy broke soon after getting the word and did not get settled until she had gone a half mile, but Mr. K. let her step a full mile at the pace after she got settled and she covered this mile very handily in 2:16. A day or two previous he drove her a mile on the stadium track in 2:12. Summaries: First race, class C, trotters. Molera & Josenh's Belle Overton ( Joseph)... 1 4 1 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 4 1 4 Captain W. Matson's McKinnev M. (Matson) . .3 2 2 F. L. Matthes' Walter G. (Matthes) 2 3 3 Time— 2:27, 2:2S%, 2:29%. Second race, class A, pacers, one mile — F. J. Kil- patrick's Moy (Kilpatrick) walked over. Time — 3:21%. Third race, free- for-all, trotters, one mile. D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien (Hoffman) 1 1 F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (KilDatrick) 2 3 S. ChristenFon's Reina Directum (Christenson) . .4 2 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelley (Ottinger) 3 '4 Time— 2:19, 2:19%. Fourth race, class A. trotters, one mile. M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell (Herzog) 1 2 1 G. Wemne's Plumada (Wempe) 2 1 2 J. W. Smedlev's Red Velvet (Smedley) 3 3 3 Time — 2:23, 2:23, 2:24. Fifth race, class B, pacers, one mile. I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 1 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dictatum (Hoffman) 2 2 F. L. Matthes' Opitsah (Matthes) 3 3 Time — 2:22, 2:19%. Sixth race, class D, trotters, one mile — I. L. Bor- den's Barnev Barnato (Borden) walked over. Time— 2:29%. Seventh race, class D, trotters, one mile. Molera & Joseph's Bay Mare (Joseph) 2 1 1 R. Nolan's Pan Yan (Nolan) 1 2 2 F. J. Kilpatrick's Katv Randle (Kilpatrick) . . .3 3 3 Time— 2:3S%. 2:35%. 2:34%. o Paderewski 2:06% is one of the most consistent of the fast trotters that have been out this year. He has only lost one race so far. The former cow pony has the winning habit all right. Olema, Sept. 15, 1909. Dear B. & S. — On Thursday last I went via San Rafael to Santa Rosa to get and bring home my gray mare Spotless by Leo Wilkes, dam Pastime by Rustic. I had this mare bred to The Lord Dillon, whose pedi- gree bristles and sparkles with speed inheritance. By Sidney Dillon, out of Roblet 2:12, grandam Eve- line, the dam of Ole 2:10% and grandam of Sonoma Girl 2:04%. I had brought along my stop watch, expected to see The Lord Dillon step a fast eighth trotting — he has stepped one in 15% seconds, but alas the noble horse was single footing and trying to pace. My big friend, Dr. Summerfield, his owner, said: "The Lord is too strongly pacing bred; I am going to put the hopples on him and have him pace." "Don't do it, Doctor,'' I said; "a trotting stallion is far more valuable than a pacer. Put a roller shoe on forward. Examine his front feet — there is something wrong there." "No, no;" replied the Doctor. "Pacing, not trot- ting, is his natural gait." So just before my departure when, seeing The Lord Dillon just back from the farrier, I asked: "Did you have him shod to pace," the answer was: "Well, no, Rustic, we shod him to trot. We found a well developed corn in each front foot. Experientia . docet,' the old man was right." "Yes," I replied, "any five-year-old that can show two-minute speed at the trot has not very faulty action." As I could not see a "Lord" trot, I borrowed Dr. Summerfield's road horse and drove out to the Santa Rosa track to see the "Prince" of California horse- men drive — Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick. Sam Norris and Dick Abies were as busy as bees hitching up green trotters for Mr. K. to drive. The first try-out was between horses driven by him and Abies. The former was up behind a bay mare by Washington McKinney, I think, Abies driving a green chestnut filly. Abies led around the turn and down the back stretch by six open lengths. Turning to Mart Rollins, who stood beside me, I said: "Dick is going too fast." "Yes." said Mart, "he'll stub his toe." Sure enough, he did, and Kilpatrick, driving like a professional, passed the sorrel and before she was again on her feet had a commanding lead which he never surrendered. I saw Mr. Kilpatrick drive until noon — at least a half dozen colts and not one was driven off its feet. "Confidence in the driver (Chas. Marvin says) makes and keeps speed in the horse." Genial Sam Norris showed me the six two-year-old stallions Mr. Kilpatrick brought out recently from the East — all bred in the purple. Sam liked a colt by Constantine well, a black colt by Moko Hall better, and a grand, smooth two-year-old by Walnut Hall the best. "Why," said he, "the third time I hitched this lad up he showed me a quarter in 41 seconds — his gait is as smooth as oil. Talk of The Harvester, why this fellow is a mowing machine." "Well, Sam," I said, "there is not an inferior colt in the bunch — they all look one hundred per cent better than when 1 last saw them, just off the cars." One good turn deserves another, so I turned from Sam to Turner and took a long look at Guy Dillon, a royal horse, made from the ground up. Next I looked at two beautiful Guy Dillon colts, one out of the dam of Carlokin 2:08% which looked every inch a trotter. "Come, Rustic, get in behind Major Dillon and take a ride with me around the track and see what we are doing to improve our race course." A dozen teams and twenty-five men were as busy as bees throwing up the turns from % of an inch to 1% to the foot, primarily for an automobile meet on the 25th and 26th of this month. "Don't tell me," sa'd Turner, "there is any feeling among the automobile men against the horse men. Why, these improvements (throwing up the turns) will cost $2500. The Santa Rosa horsemen subscribed $1500. The auto people offered to loan us $500 out of their treasury, which we thanked them for but declined. Seven of our best citizens, of course horse lovers, guaranteed to meet the deficit of $1000." "Don't think for a moment," said honest Frank Turner, "that these improvements mean automobile — they mean Saint Hoss. We intend to give a two days' meeting in October and expect to get the Breed- ers' meeting next year. See," said Frank, pointing with his whip, "how I am grading and carrying away the hill on the upper turn to the inside winter track to give it drainage." Sonoma county is the birth-place and home of the light harness horse and Santa Rosa intends to keep it so. RUSTIC. o The stakes for the meeting at El Paso, Tex., No- vember 2 to 5, were well supported by the horsemen, there being 19 entries in the 2:16 pace, 14 in the 2:25 pace, 15 in the 2:19 trot and 15 in the 2:19 pace. To supplement these stakes eight class races have been opened to close on September 30. Four of the purses are $1000 each and four are $500 each, while $2500 has been reserved for specials. •A WORM FB05I MR. GEERS." PEOP.IA. ILL.. June 17, 1909. G. f$. Ellis & Son. Cincinnati, O.: Gentlemen: I have used your Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for the past twelve years on many of my best horses and could not well keep house without them. I have also given all similar bits and checks a thorough trial and consider the Hutton the simplest, irost practical and humane de- vice ever offered to horsemen and far superior to any other checking device that I have ever seen or used. With kindest regards, and wishing you success. I remain, Tours truly. E. F. GEERS. Saturday, September 25, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OREGON STATE FAIR RACES. The partial report of the harness races at the Oregon State Fair which appeared in these columns last week gave only the names of the winners. The meeting, like all that have been given at Salem in recent years was an excellent one and was enjoyed by the thousands of people who came to see the State Fair. Nearly 30,000 were on the grounds Portland Day and the 5000 mark was passed several times during the week. The opening day, Mr. F. E. Alley's handsome Bon Voyage colt, Bonaday, won the two-year-old trot, Moortrix the 2:12 pace, and Paul W. a gelding by Zombro won the 2:25 trot, taking a record of 2:14%. On Tuesday, Easter, the good three-year-old trot- ter, owned by Mr. S. B. Wright of San Bernardino captured the three-year-old trot, with Harry A. a son of Zombro second. The best time in this race was 2:21%, not fast for the son of Monicrat. Mack N., a McKinney gelding, took the 2:25 pace, taking a record of 2:09% and giving McKinney his twenty-fifth 2:10 performer. Lucy N. by Sirius, whose name has been changed to Lady Cyrus or Lady Sirius, the reports getting it spelled both ways, won the 2:15 trot in straight heats beating the two Zombros, Zombronut and Henry Gray, who were second and third respectively. In the last heat of this race the track trotting record was lowered to 2:10%. On Wednesday the $5000 purse for 2:08 class pacers was won by Lord Lovelace who stood best in the summary after five heats had been finished. Hymettus, the California gelding by Zombro, owned by L. V. Todhunter of Sacramento, and driven by John Quinn, paced a great race. He drove Queen Derby out in 2:06% the first heat, and after losing the second heat, which was won by Lord Lovelace in 2:07%, Hymettus won the next two in 2:07% and 2:08%. In the fifth heat, although having the pole Hymettus was sent off behind and Lord Lovelace won the heat in 2:11%, ending the race. There were 13 starters in this event. The 2:30 trot went to Lady Malcolm in straight heats, and the three-year-old pace was won by Sam Casto with the good Real Seal colt King Seal in 2:19% and 2:20%. Thursday's program began with a pacing event for two-year-olds, which was won by Huber with Mussel Shell, a good looking gelding by Bozeman. Then came the $5000 stake for 2:12 class trotters. Kid Wilkes was the favorite for this race, but Hel- man could not get him away in the big field of four- teen and he failed to win a heat. The race ended at five heats under the conditions, and there were three heat winners. Lee Crawford, driven by Joe Maguire, who won this big event in 1908 with Day- break, stood best at the end of the five heats, with two firsts, a second, a third and a fourth to his credit, and got first money — $2000. Zombronut won two heats, was fourth twice and seventh once, and took second money. Henry Gray won the fourth heat and third money. Era was second twice and third every other time and was awarded fourth money. The day's sport ended with the 2:20 class pace in which there were four starters. Henry Hel- man won the race in straight heats with Demonic Wilkes, owned by Mr. H. E. Armstrong. On Friday the consolation purse of $1000 for horses that started in the 2:08 pace on Wednesday and failed to win, had five starters. It was won in three straight heats by Adam G. cleverly driven by Chas. De Ryder. Solano Boy took second money and Delilah third. The time was very good for the track, 2:10 being beaten in every heat, the fast- est in 2:08%. John Sawyer won the 2:20 trot the same day with Paul W., the fastest heat in 2:15%, and the 2:05 pace went to Hymettus in straight heats, the gelding defeating Josephine, Sherlock Holmes and Sir John S. The last named horse was very sick when he reached Portland and many thought he should not have been started in this race. On Saturday, the last day of the meeting, two excellent races were decided. In the 2:15 class pace Glendora won after Bushnell King had taken two heats. Dawn o' Light and San Lucas Maid, two Cali- fornia bred pacers, started in this race but were distanced in the second heat. The 2:12 consolation trot had seven startersi Charley T. won the first heat, but Kid Kilkes took the next three. Goldennut got third money and Delia Derby fourth. The week's summaries ars as follows: Monday, Sept. 13. Trotting, two-year-olds. Breeders' purse, $400. Bonaday, b. c. by Bon Voyage, dam Welladay by Steinway (Duncan) 1 1 Listerine, b. c. by Zom Norte (Mauzy) 2 2 Woodlock, gr. g. Zolock (Rutherford) 3 3 Time— 2:39%, 2:39%. Pacing, 2:12 class, $800. Moortrix, b. s. by Azmoor, dam Trix by Nut- wood Wilkes (Chadbourne) 1 1 1 Dan S., ch. g. by Athablo (DeRyder) 4 2 2 Whitehall, g. g. by Copper King (Huber) 2 3 3 A. R. E., b. m. by Zombro (Parker) 3 4 4 Judge Dillard, ch. g. by Hal Dillard (Craw- ford) '• 5 dis Time— 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:12%. Trotting, 2:25 class, $800. Paul W., b. g. by Zombro, dam Kitty Kisbar by Kisbar (Sawyer) 1 1 4 1 Lady Malcolm, b. m. by Malcolm (Kirk- land) 4 2 1 6 Zomzell, gr. g. by Zombro (DeRyder) 5 3 3 2 Nellie Mars, br. m. by Courier (Erwin) . .6 6 2 3 Gloria O'Neil, b. m. by Parole (Davis).. 2 4 6 4 Zomoak, b. g. by Zombro (Starr) 3 5 5 5 Rastus, b. g. by Oro Guy (Johnson) dis Time— 2:14%, 2:16%, 2:20%, 2:20. Tuesday, Sept. 14. Trotting, three-year-olds, $500. Easter, b. c. by Monicrat (Rutherford) 1 1 Harry A., br. c. by Zombro (Deyo) 3 2 Tortoise Shell, b. f. by Bozeman (Huber) 2 4 Zomdell, b. g. by Zombro (Sawyer) 4 3 Florodora Z., br. f. by Zombro (Cox) 5 5 Time— 2:23, 2:21%. Pacing, 2:25 class, $500. Mack N., blk. g. by McKinney (Starr) 1 4 11 Bonnie Tangent, b. s. by Tangent (Casto). 2 15 5 Capt. Apperson, b. g. (Parker) 5 5 2 2 Lord Sidney Dillon, b. h. (Derring) 4 2 3 4 McClosky Wainwright, blk. h. (Kirkland) . .3 3 4 3 King Lovelace, b. h. (Lindsay) 6 6 dis Best time — 2:09%. Trotting, 2:15 class, $1000. Lady Sirius, ch. m. by Sirius (Erwin) 1 1 1 Zombronut, br. s. by Zombro (Ward) 2 2 2 Henry Gray, gr. g. by Zombro (Hartnagle) . .5 3 3 Blacksmith, blk. h. by Ben Johnson (Cox) ... .3 6 7 Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Ruth- erford) 4 5 5 Cherry Diamond, b. g. by Bozeman (Huber).. 6 7 4 Belle N., b. m. by Bonnie Direct (Starr) 7 4 6 Time— 2:14%, 2:11%, 2:10%. Wednesday, Sept. 15. Pacing, 2:08 class, $5000. Lord Lovelace, b. s. by Prince Lovelace Lindsey) 5 12 2 1 Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 2 9 114 Queen Derby, b. m. by Chas. Derby (Cui- cello) 6 3 5 3 2 Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) 6 3 5 3 2 Gen. Heurtis, b. s. by Alexis (Hogo- boom) 9 13 6 5 3 Delilah, b. m. by Zolock (Bonnell) 7 6 7 7 5 Solano Boy, Adam G., Dan Z., Mortrix, White- hall, Bushnell King, Ray o' Light, and Tommy Grat- tan also started. Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:11%. Trotting, 2:30 class, $500. Lady Malcolm, b. m. by Malcolm (Kirkland) 1 1 1 Dolly McKinney, b. m. (Clark) 3 2 3 Nelly Mars, br. m. (Erwin) 2 3 4 Velma Z., b. m. (Sawyer) 5 4 2 Shamrock, b. h. (Sebastian) 4 5 5 Time— 2:20%, 2:20%, 2:20%. Pacing, three-year-olds, $500. King Seal, br. c. by Red Seal (Casto) 1 1 Admiral Evans, b. c. by Conroy's Alta (John- son) 3 2 Rosa, ch. f. by Senator (Sebastian) 2 3 Time— 2:19%, 2:20%. Thursday, Sept. 16. Pacing, two-year-olds, $400. Mussel Shell, ch. g. by Bozeman (Huber) . .2 1 2 1 Waverly B., b. f. by Tiday Wave (Duncan) 3 3 12 Sable Hal, br. c. by Hal B 1 2 dis Time— 2:27%, 2:22%, 2:23%, 2:23%. Trotting, 2:12 class, $5000. Lee Crawford, b. s. by Leigh Crawford (Maguire) 3 4 1 2 1 Zombronut, br. s. by Zombro (Ward) . .1 17 4 4 Henry Gray, gr. g. by Zombro (Hart- nagle) 10 7 4 1 2 Era, br. m. by Zombro (Williams) 2 3 2 3 3 Kid Wilkes, Dr. Munday, Sophia Dillon, Charley T., Goldennut, Lida Carter, Delia Derby, Crylia Jones and Easter Bells also started. Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:14%, 2:12%. Pacing, 2:20 class, $800. Demonio Wilkes, ch. g. by Demonio, dam by Nutwood Wilkes (Helman) 1 1 1 Esther B. (Davis) 3 2 2 Lord Sidney Dillon (Deering) 2 3 3 King Lovelace distanced. Time— 2:19%, 2:17%, 2:20%. Friday, Sept. 17. Pacing, 2:08 class, consolation, $1,000. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney, (DeRyder) ... .1 1 1 Solano Boy, br. g. (Ward) 3 2 3 Delilah, b. m. (BonneU) 2 3 5 Ray o' Light, br. h. (Whitehead) 3 5 2 Gen. Hurtis, b. h. (Hogoboom) 4 4 4 Time— 2:09%, 2:08%. Trotting, 2:20 class, $800. Paul W., b. g. by Zombro (Sawyer) 1 1 1 Cherry Diamond, b. g. (Huber) 4 3 3 Stalene, b. m. (Stetson) 3 4 4 Time— 2:18%, 2:15%, 2:18%. Pacing, 2:05 class, $1,000. Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 1 1 1 Josephine, b. m. (Rutherford) 2 4 2 Sherlock Holmes, ch. m. (Childs) 4 — 3 — 4- Sir John S„ b. s. (Vance) 4 3 4; Time— 2:09, 2:07%, 2:09%. Saturday, Sept. 18. Pacing, 2:15 class, $1,000. Glendora, blk. h. by Red Medium (Mc- Guire) 3 2 1 1 1 Bushnell King, br. h., by Norval King (Chapelle) 1 1 2 2 2 Nellie Chimes, br. m. (Irwin) 6 4 4 3 3 Lou Miller, ch. m. (Cox) 5 5 3 4 4 A. R. E., b. m (Parker) 2 3 5 dr San Lucas Maid, ch. m. (Huber) 4 dis Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:17. Trotting, 2:12 trot, consolation, $1,000. Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes (Hel- man) 7 1 1 1 Charley T., br. g. by Zombro (DeRyder)..! 2 2 3 Goldennut, ch. s. (Williams) 3 3 3 2 Delia Derby, blk. m. (Whitehead) 2 4 7 6 Lida Carter, br. m. (Hogoboom) 6 7 4 4 Crylia Jones, blk. g. (Rutherford) 4 6 6 5 Doc Monday, b. g. ( Parker) 5 5 5 dr Time— 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:13%, 2:15%. HARTFORD GRAND CIRCUIT RACES— SEPTEM- BER 6, 7 AND 8. There were but thre days of racing at the Hartford Grand Circuit meeting, the summaries being as fol- lows: Sept. 6 — 2:13 class, trotting, three in five; purse $1000: Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (T. Murphy) 1 2 1 1 Jennie Constantine, b. m. by Constantine (Grady) 3 1 2 4 Klondyke, br. g. by Quartermaster (Clark) .8 4 6 2 Naoma, br. m. by Lynne Bel (Burgess) ... .2 7 7 5 Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) . .5 3 3 3 Royal Penn, b. s. by William Penn (Lud- wig) 7 5 4 6 Rosemary Chimes, b. m. by Chimes (Rath- bun) 6 6 5 7 Maedougall, ch. s. by Robert McGregor (Lasell) 8 8 dr Time— 2:14%, 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:11%. 2:09 class, trotting, the Charter Oak, three heats; stake $10,000. The Harvester, br. c. by Walnut Hall (Geers).2 1 1 Bob Douglass, g. s. by Todd (McDonald) 1 6 2 Baron May, blk. s. by Baron Wilkes ( Sayles).4 2 6 Genteel H„ br. s. by Gambetta Wilkes (Snow). 3 3 3 Raffles, blk. g. by Brownmaster (Burgess) ..744 Judge Lee, g. s. by Lee's Pilot (Lasell) 5 5 5 Mae Heart, ch. m. by Great Heart (Hyde) . .6 7 7 Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:09. 2:06 class, pacing, two in three; purse $1000. Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (T. Murphy) .1 1 Major Brino, blk. g. by Wildbrino (McDonald).. 2 2 Texas Rooker, b. g. by Texas Rooker (McEwen) . .3 3 Green Pilto, b. s. by Greenbacks (G. Murphy) ... .4 4 The Friend, blk. s. by Heir-at-Law (Brawley) . .5 5 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. Sept. 7 — 2:11 class, pacing, three in five; purse $1000. Earl Jr., g. c. by The Earl (Cox) 1 2 2 11 Hallie Direct, ch. m. by Walter Direct (Geers) 3 1 1 3 3 Anda H., blk. s. by Andalusia (Hill) ..4 4 3 2 2 Forest Prince, b. g. by Cecilian Prince (Cook) 2 3 4 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:13%. 2:07 class, pacing, the Nutmeg, two in three; stake $5000: George Gano, b. s. by Gambetta Wilkes (Mur- phy) 1 1 Rollins, b. g. by Delmarch (Avery) 3 2 Hal Raven, b. m. by Hal B. (Snow) 2 3 Annabelle Lee, br. m. by Adbell (Geers) 6 4 Hoosier Prince, ro. g. by Cecilian Prince (Mona- han) 4 6 The Bosun, b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 5 5 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. Free-for-all class, trotting, two in three; purse $1000: Sonoma Girl, br. m. by Lynwood W. (Proctor). 5 1 1 Nahma, b. m. by Peter the Great (Burgess).. 1 3 4 Lady Jones, blk. m. by Captain McKinney (Murphy) 2 2 2 Sterling McKinney, br. s. by McKinney (Geers) 3 5 3 Locust Jack, g. g. by Kellar Thomas (Ma- loney) 4 4 5 Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:07%. Sept. 8 — 2:09 class, pacing; three in five; purse $1000: Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator (Mur- phy) 2 111 King Cole, b. s. by Bingen 1 2 2 2 Time— 2:09%, 2:09, 2:07%, 2:09%. 2:10 class, trotting, two in three; purse $1000: Carroll, b. g. by McAdams ( Shank) 1 1 Inner Guard, b. g. by Guardsman (Murphy) 4 2 Demarest, b. g. by Ariel High wood (Geers) 2 4 Raffles, blk. g. by Brownmaster (Burgess) 3 3 Wilkerson, b. g. by Todd ( Lasell) 5 5 Ward M., blk. g. by Direct (Crozier) dis Time— 2:09%, 2:09%. Free-for-all class, pacing, two in three; purse $1000: The Eel, g. s. by Gambolier (McEwen) 1 1 Aileen Wilson, blk. m. by Arrowwood (Cox) 2 2 Time— 2:05%, 2:03%. To beat 2:14% trotting. McDougall, ch. s. by Robert McGregor Lasell won Time— 2:14. o . J)-"JL- A ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. William Clark, Medford, Oregon — The bay mare Anona L. by Baron Bretto took a trotting record of 2:28 at the recent meeting at Chico. She was driven to beat 2:30% by Chas. De Ryder. Geo. W. Fraser, Pinole — Alcona was by Altamont 33, dam Queen Mary by Mambrino Chief 11, second dam untraced. Dr. Booker, Selma— Nelly W„ the dam of Wald- stein, was by Electioneer 125, out of Sister (dam of Albert W. 2:20, etc.), by John Nelson, second dam Lamott mare (dam of Aurora 2:27), pedigree not traced. Drink Jackaon'i Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 25, 1909. § NOTES AND NEWS | Copa de Oro 2:02 is the fastest pacer of the year in a race. At least ten thousand people went from Portland to Salem to attend the Oregon State Fair on Portland day. The Board of Supervisors of Fresno county has appropriated $3000 to aid the county fair to he given there next month. The Zombros did well at the Salem, Oregon, races, winning three races, five second moneys, three third moneys and four fourth moneys. It was a great loss to the breeding interests of America when Todd 2:14% died. His produce are showing that he was a wonderful sire of speed. Sonoma Girl is winning now in a manner that indi- cates she has lots of speed in reserve. Dick Mc- Maban has made a good mannered mare out of her. The California horses got considerable of the Salem and Portland money, but Ihey did not cut quite as much ice up north as they did last year. Thos. Ronan intends leaving Pleasantcn soon and taking up his residence in San Francisco. He will dispose of his racing stock as fast as possible and make the move at the earliest convenient time. The horsemen in Southern California who own colts by Audubon Boy 1:59% are greatly pleased with the way the get of this fast pacer are showing up over east. They are nearly all trotters. California horses are doing very well this year, east, west, north and south. In the races they stand well up among the money winners as well as among the fastest record holders. Mary Dillon 2:06%, Kate Dillon 2:10, Martha Dil- lon 2:10% and Fleta Dillon 12) 2:10% are a pretty fast trio to be added to Sidney Dillon's list of new and reduced record holders. It has been carefully computed that Uhlan trotted fully forty feet further than Hamburg Belle did when he nesed her out in 2:01%. in the first heat of their North Randall race, and must have trotted the mile about a second faster than the mare. Adam G. 2:06%. 2:06%, and 2:06% in straight heats at Portland makes him the highest class pacer on the Pacific Coast this year. None hut the free-for-all pacers on the Grand Circuit have put up a better race thun this during the present season. Paul W., the Zombro trotter I hat has taken a record of 2:15% and won several races up north this year, looks like one of the best horses in his class that is racing on the circuit He is out of a mare by Kisbar. The citizens of San Jose are showing a commend- able spirit in the aid they are giving the new- train- ing track which Ray Mead is building just south of that city. A generous cash subscription to help the enterprise along, is being subscribed. Copa de Oro 2:03% was a pretty good horse at Syracuse last week, where he made his first start. He was just beaten the first heat by The Eel in 2:02% and then beat the gray horse back in 2:03%, losing the third and final heat to the same horse in 2:03%. Nancy Hanks 2:04 now has a producing sire of speed in Admiral Dewey 2:04%, that is represented this year for the Prst time in the table of sires. He is the sire of Scieutia 4 2:22% and High Admiral (3) 2:23%. A. F. Rcoker, of this city, shipped thirty very fine mules to Honolulu this week. The horse and mule trade with the Hawaiian Islands is an exten- sive one, and the demand for good work stock over there seems to he incessant. The Sacramento Driving Club will give a benefit matinees at Agricultural Park track in the near future, the gate money taken in to go to a worthy charity of The capital city. During this matinee Mr. Frank Ruhstaller will try to lower the track record of 2:09% now held hv Kid Wilkes, with his fast trotter. Wild Bell 2:08%. Baroness Virginia, the filly that won the Western Horseman stake at Indianapolis and the Stock Farm Futurity last Wednesday is by Baron Review (son of Baron Wilkes and Spanish Maiden the dam of 6, by Happy Medium) and her dam is Virginia Reynolds by Jay Bird. Hc-r record of 2:09% made in the first heat of the Columbus race showed that she possesses extreme speed and the fact, that she trotted the next heat in 2:11% proved she has stamina. Soprano 2:08% winner of the American Horse Breeders' stake, was not entered in this event. Charles James, the well known trainer, has taken charge of the McKinney Stables on 36th avenue, owned by F. Gommet of this city. He will train all of the trotters and pacers owned by Mr. Gommet and will develop several youngsters also owned by him. He will also have charge of Mr. S. Christen- son's matinee horses. Geo. T. Beckers will be back at Los Angeles soon after the Lexington meeting closes. His horse Zom- bro has made a very heavy season in the stud to as fine a band of mares as were ever sent to a trotting stallion. Zombro is recognized as the best sire in America today by many of the leading breeders in this country. Kid Wilkes refused to score in the $5000 stake at Salem, and was finally withdrawn from the race. He acted just as he did at San Bernardino in his first start, but a few days later took the consola- tion race in straight heats. He outclasses all the trotters en the circuit in speed. The horses and trainers will soon all be home again, and will rest up for the hard work which will begin again soon after the first of the new year. There are many high class two and three- year-olds waiting to be developed and made ready for the stake events of 1910. Maggie Winder 2:06%, the new champion three- year-old pacing fiJly, has a close double cross to Dic- tator. Her sire, Oratorio 2:13, son of Wilkes Boy 2:24%. is out of Canzonet, by Dictator, while her dam Clara Direct is by Direct, p. 2:05%, son of Director 2:17. by Dictator. Tim Murnan, a widely-known and popular horse- man, who trained the champion Creseeus 2:02%, when that great stallion was in his prime, died in Denver, Colo., last week, where he had lived for several years. He formerly iived in Toledo, O., and had a stroDg circle of friends all over the United States. Johnny Dickerson is more pleased over winning the American Horse Breeder Futurity than any other victory he has ever scored. He has wanted W. B. Dickerman, the owner of Bellini, to allow him to race some of the great sire's colts since he first went to Hillanddale Farm, but has never succeeded. H. B. Coombs gave him the opportunity he desired to demonstrate that Bellini gets colt trotters by sending him Soprano. Mr. Strider, who started the horses at the Oregon State Fair, is a young man, 2S years old. and is very highly spoken of Jjy the majority who raced at that meeting. He has a wonderful memory for men and horses, and having seen them once, can call them by name at sight thereafter. He formerly trained and drove horses and knows all the points of the game. Zombronut 2:11% is picked by nearly every horse- man on the coast who has seen him race, as one of the free-for-all trotters of next season. His flight of speed is wonderful and his gameness and stam- ina unquestioned. He is a little unsteady now but is improving all the time and likes long races. His conformation is superb and he is being pointed out as one of the future great sires of the McKinney family. In the race won by Hymettus at Salem, in which Josephine took second money, Sherlock Holmes third money and Sir John S. fourth money, a protest was made against Sherlock Holmes being awarded any part of the purse on the ground that his driver car- ried a chain instead of a whip. The judges allowed Sherlock Holmes to stand in the summary as he finished, but warned his driver to discontinue the use of the chain when starting in future events. Three youngsters by the great pacer Audubon Boy 1:59% were given trotting records last week, despite the fact that their sire was one of the best race-horse pacers ever out. Gay Audubon, a two-year- old, is out of Gaiety Girl 2:15%; Peeress Audubon 2:29%, a four-year-old mare, is out of Peeress by Dex- ter Prince, and Major Audubon 2:25%, a two-year-old. is out of Fanny M., by Quartermaster. All of them could have shaded 2:20, but were marked only as a precaution against accidents. H. L. Hodapp, of Isleton, claims the name Queen Demonio for a big fine filly by Demonio 2:11%, dam Belle D., with which he expects to win the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for pacing foals of 1909. Mr. Hodapp states that by all present indications he has a second Jim Logan in speed. The filly is either a dark brown or a dark chestnut, it being impossible to tell at this time (she was foaled June 2d) just what color she will be. The proportion of mares in Sidney Dillon's list of record holders is remarkable. Of his 2:10 per- formers, new seven in uumber, all but two are mares and the two are geldings. His 2:10 list now comprises Lou Dillon 1:58%. Ruth Dillon 2:06%, Dolly Dillon 2:06%. Stanley Dillon 2:07%, Custer 2:05%, Mary Dillon 2:06% and Kate Dillon 2:10. The next fast- est of his get are Fleta Dillon (2) 2:10%, Martha Dillon 2:10%, Sophia Dillon 2:11% and Rapidan Dil- lon 2:12%. Baroness Virginia is one of the most intensely in- bred of Wilkes trotters. Her sire is Baron Review 2:21%, son of Baron Wilkes 2:1S, by George Wilkes; her dam is Virginia Reynolds, by Jay Bird, son of George Wilkes; her grandam is Harrie Wilkes, bv Eagle Bird 2:21, son of Jay Bird; her third dam is May Bloom, by William L., son of George Wilkes, and her fo-jrth dam is Tansy, by George Wilkes — making five close crosses of the bleod. The Hal family seems to have a prospective 2:10 trotter out in Argot Hal, that was second five times in the 2:19 trot at Indianapolis last week in time ranging from 2:12% to 2:14%. The curious thing about this horse is that he has been trotting only since the Buffalo Grand Circuit meeting as he was pacing previous to that lime and got a mark of 2:11% at that gait at Detroit. He is bv Brown Hal 2:12%, dam by Duplex 2:17%, second dam the dam of Argot Wilkes 2:14%, and third dam old Sweepstakes, the dam of Star Pointer 1:59%, Hal Pointer 2:04%. etc. He is a good-gaited trotter and a remarkably handsome horse of the show-ring type. Ed Renyon has him. Dr. J. J. Summerfield, the popular Sonoma countv veterinarian, was in the city this week for a short visit. He states that his mare Rose McKinnev, dam of Almaden, has a fine filly at foot by Lvnwood W. Czarina D. 2:13% has a chestnut fillv bv the doctor's fine stallion The Lord Dillon, and Alix B. 2:24%, the dam of Alsandra (4) 2:12, by Nutwood Wilkes, is safely in foal to The Lord Dillon. There will be several grandly bred young trotters and pacers on Doctor Summerfield 's stock farm next spring, all his brood mares being in foal this year. The Lord Dillon is by Sidney Dillon, and his dam is IJoblet 2:12 by Robin, second dam Eveline, the dam of 6, and grandam of Sonoma Girl and others. The Lord Dil- lon's full sister Kate Dillon took a record of 2:10 the other day. The late E. H. Harriman's string of race horses, handled by Trainer J. S. Murray, have been with- drawn from all their engagements on account of the owner's death. Among the horses are Fantana. Quisetta and The Laird, all of whom have raced suc- cessfully- on the half-mile tracks this season- also Dr. Smith, who won handily at Goshen and had shown better than 2:08 speed; Silver Gentry, which won a good race as early as Decoration Day; Weston, surelv a 2:07 pacer: Walter Gentry and Gentlev, both bv ilr. Harriman's favorite stallion, John R. Gentrv. Most of these were bred at Arden Farm, and this would have been the first time they were to be shown in races over the Grand Circuit in the fastest company. Fantana mer with a singular accident at Syracuse last week, on account of which she had to be destroyed. On Thursday the mare was given several workout miles, showing better than 2:08 speed in one. She appeared to be in excellent health, but looked rather tired, and rested most of the morning. While getting up in her stall she slipped and fell, breaking her off hind leg. Surgeons were called, but they gave no hope of saving her and she was humanely destroyed. Fantana was by Bingen 2:06% out of Maggie Sultan, the dam of Nie'o 2:08%. She won the American Horse Breeder Futuritv for two-year-olds in 190C. The American Snortsman. published at Cleveland. Ohio, says: In Ohio reports from secretaries of the fairs indicate that this season will certainlv be a record breaker in attendance and interest. In- variably the reports show the largest attendance in the history of the fairs while there is increased interest in the things that contribute to the success of the fair. By this, we mean the exhibits in which an agricultural people are interested. But the chief attraction remains as it always has been, the enter- tainment offered by the trotters and pacers. This fact is now recognized by almost every fair board and the resulls are that larger purses are being offered each year. Recently an experienced and successful fair secretary remarked in our presence that a free-for-all trot or pace or a race for three- year-old trotters or pacers would draw five times as many people as all the balloons and flying machines in existence. He also remarked that (he trotters and pacers had improved in appearance and gait, and that they raced, better now than ever before. This improvement in performance was, as he thought, one of the reasons wdiy the people take so much more interest in the sport of harness racing. The improvement in the fairs has been marked, while the principal attraction, the harness racing, has also improved. During recent years, better business man- agement has been applied to the fair which has its influence in promoting better fairs. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. Conducted by WM. F. EGAN, M. R. C. V. S. Subscribers to this paper can have advice through these columns in all cases of sick or injured horses, cattle or dogs, by sending a plain descrip- tion of the case. Applicants must give their name Ad address when writing. 1 have a horse with curb of two months stand- ing which I have blistered several times with no effect. Kindly inform me as to the best treatment. GEORGE BROWN. Ans. — Firing and blistering, followed by long rest at pasture is considered the best treatment. Saturday, September 25, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, Sept. 20, 1909. Notwithstanding: the extreme heat we have had here the horses have all been getting their regular work and seemingly with no ill effects. The track has been kept in pretty fair shape, considering the weather, as the water put on it dried up almost as scon as it struck the ground, consequently it was very dusty, but enough soaked through to give fairly good footing. It will not be long now before the contemplated improvements at Agricultural Park will be begun. Enough money has been subscribed to insure the new track, stand and stabling and it is expected to start the work any day. The grand stand will have a capacity of 2000 which will be about 500 larger thai the present one and it is to cost $20,000. The construction of the new track will he in the neigh- borhood of $10,000. This amount, $30,000, has been guaranteed, so that all that is left is to raise enough for the stables and fence. This will not take much as there is any quantity of lumber in the present grand stand, and other buildings that can be utilized for the stalls; and the fence separating the track from the park proper is to be of woven wire six feet high and covered with vines or a quick set hedge that will be impossible to look over or through. Everything is to be the best of its kind, and in keeping with the surroundings, so that when it is done, it, with the adjacent half million dollar park will constitute a lay out second to none in this country. I was talking with Walter Maben this morning and that veteran reinsman said: "Well, it took 15 years for them to lower the mark of 2:23 for year- ling trotters I set with Abdell in 1S94, but they did it with a vengeance when they stepped Miss Stokes in 2:19% in Kentucky last week." The chestnut four-year-old Chiquita owned by A. B. Miller and in Walter Maben's string, certainly looks good. She is a good size, well built all over, sound as a new dollar, goes free of the straps and with practically uo boots. Last Saturday Maben worked her an easy mile in 2:12, last half in 1:04% and last quarter in 31 seconds. He gave her a cooling out mile in 2:25 but came through the stretch in 28% seconds. Next year as a three-year-old she ought to have the green classes at her mercy. She is the oldest of the get of Highland C. and was sold a year ago by W. A. Clark Jr. at auction for $265 to C. T. Hewitt who in turn sold her a month ago to Mr. Miller for $500. The only others of Highland C's colts that have been handled at all are Iola that J. O. Gerrety drove in 2:23% as a two-year-old, Sarena who stepped in 2:23 as a three-year-old, Miss Wyman who at the same age got a mark of 2:23% and Silas King that Mr. Miller got from Ted Hays in a trade and that Maben worked a mile in 2:31 with less than 6 weeks training; he is a good looking big black colt also three years old. It looks from this as if Highland C. would become a sire of early speed. Jos. H. Williams' black colt by Audubon Boy 1:59% is coming to himself. His dam was not a good mother to him and he nearly starved to death before he could be weaned. Then he was taken sick and was in the Vet's care for a long time; finally he got strong and has grown like a weed. He now .stands over 15 hands and is filling out nicely. I saw him jog a mile today in three minutes with the last quarter well within himself in 40 seconds and did it like a pacer. Victor McK. whose picture was on the front page of last week's "Breeder and Sportsman," is learning his A B C's quickly and the more J. H. Vance, who has his education in charge drives him the better he likes him. It is hard to tell which takes the most interest in him, his owner, E. A. Montgomery, or W. R. Murphy, the owner of his sire Red McK. Mr. Henderson of San Jose arrived at Agricul- tural Park last week with a good looking pair of bay road horses, each over 16 hands that he had driven down from that town. He has them here for sale and when he disposes of them will bring down ten or a dozen colts from his farm up north and develop them here. JAMES. STALLION STAKE ENTRIES CLOSE OCTOBER 1. On Friday, October 1, entries to the third Cham- pionship Stake of American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders will close. instituted solely for the purpose of benefiting breed- As is well known, the Breeders' Association was ing and racing interests. Just a short time after the organization was completed a Stallion Stake was opened, and notwithstanding the briefness of the time allowed for advertising it and the natural disinclina- tion of breeders to take up a new affair, the stake received the nominations of 120 stallions making eligible 3000 foals. From the early (and the small) payments at the start the association received and has on hand more than $9000 which goes to the race together with other additions, such as the premium from the track which accepts the contest. The heavy payments on this stake are yet to come, so it is con- servatively estimated that the stake should at ma- turity be worth fully $15,000, hence be one of the most valuable of next year's three-year-old races. Championship Stallion Stake No. 2 was accorded enough entries to warrant the prediction that it will be even more valuable than No. 1. Next summer the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders will begin to trot off its stakes, and just so soon as it enters actively into the racing field and the value of its stakes and the interest attached to them becomes known, these future stakes of the Breeders' Association will be among the most inter- esting events in the trotting world. It is certain that the first result of the trotting of the Breeders' Stake will be an increased interest on the part of breeders and owners and that more than one will be glad that their young things are eligible to the association's stakes that will follow 1910. In Championship Stallion Stake No. 3, entries to which close on October 1, the conditions provide that any stallion can be named upon the payment of the amount of the service fee at which he stood in 1908 (if a private stallion $10) and the nomination will make eligible to the stake every one of the stallion's foals of 1909, no matter by whom owned. In other words, the price of one service enters in a stake that is sure to be worth more than $15,000 the entire produce of 1909 of any entered stallion. To the stallion owner it is a good advertisement because it gives an opportunity to his patrons; to the owner of an eligible foal it gives an entry in a stake that should not be worth less than $15,000 with no pay- ment due until the foal is practically a two-year-old and then only $5, and a total payment of only $65 on trotters and $25 on pacers up to the night before the race. This makes the lightest entrance of any stake in existence. Another thing — the Stallion Stake is one that is not only encouraging to the stallion owner but pleasing to the small breeder who is in the game for fun, yet would like to have his foal in a stake race should it show anything like stake form. It is up to the stallion owner to enter in the Stal- lion Stake and show to his patrons that he has con- fidence in his stallion to produce early extreme speed and furnish encouragement to those who are patrons by giving them an opportunity for stake races. Remember that entries will close on October 1 atid should be sent to H. K. Devereaux, 215 Hickox build- ing, Cleveland, Ohio. KERN COUNTY FAIR. A very successful fair and race meeting was held at Bakersfield, Kern county, during the week end- ing September 11th. The display of livestock was very good and in fact there was as good a showing of general farm products as was made at the State Fair. The races held on a half mile track drew large crowds every clay and were hotly contested. Follow- ing are the summaries of the harness events: Pacing, 2:14 class. David St. Clair 3 2 1 1 1 Andy Direct 1 1 3 2 3 Headlight 2 4 2 3 2 King Kohlan distanced in third heat. Time— 2:25, 2:30, 2:26%, 2:29, 2:30. Trotting, 2:20 class. McDougal (Algeo) 1 1 1 Irma Direct (Brolliar) 2 2 2 Reginald (Stoll) 3 3 3 Baby Kemp (Kemp) 4 4 4 Time— 2:25%, 2:32%, 2:29. Pacing, 2:30 class. T. D. W.. by Nutwood Wilkes (Lieginger) . .1 1 1 Honest John (Bernare) 2 2 2 Del Rey and Stoneway Jr., distanced. Time— 2:30%, 2:28, 2:38%. Trotting, 2:30 class. Leader (McDougal) 1 2 1 2 1 Bert Kelly (Earlton 2 1 2 1 2 Royal Envoy distanced. Time— 2:33, 2:34, 2:32%, 2:35%, 2:33. 2:10 pace. My Way 1 1 1 Dave St. Clair 2 2 2 Milton Gear 3 3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:22, 2:23. 8:30 trot. Latuna 1 1 1 MacAdrian 2 2 2 Breezy Mack 3 3 3 Mike wardens have taken the field against the unlicensed hunter and to look after game law violators. The fish and game seasons in Nevada are the following: Open Seasons: Sage hens — July 15th to Oc- tober 1st. Grouse — October 1st to January 1st. Duck, geese, sandhill crane, curlew, swan and snipe — September 15th to March 15th. Trout and olack bass — June 15th to November 15th. Deer and antelope — Protected until September 15th, 1910. Steptoe Creek closed until 1910. Bag limit — 20 duck, 10 sage hen, 6 grouse, 10 geese. 3 swan, 15 snipe- Catch iimit — 20 trout or black bass in any one day. Hunting and fishing license. — Bonafide resident of Nevada, $1; non-resident, $10: foreigners, $25: license good for 1 year from date. Every person violating any of the provisions of the license act is punishable by a fine of from $10 to $100. B'ar Sign on the Ridge. — Livermore sportsmen are keenly interested over the recent report that there is a bear ranging on Pine Ridge, about fifteen miles distant from that burg. Uruin has not yet been seen but his bracks were in evidence, the tracks are those of a large bear and have been followed by several parties about 100 yards in different places on Section 17, near Elderberry Springs. The presence of the animal should give added zest to a deer hunt in that district. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 25, 1909. A SPORTSMAN'S DEMISE. David Thorn, a true sportsman of the old school and a man of sterling integrity and genial disposition, passed away in Berkeley, Cal., last Tuesday after an illness of about two weeks. "Uncle Dave" had been located in San Francisco for over thirty years and in that time had acquired a reputation as a gunsmith of skill and artistic re- sources that made him known, either personally or by correspondence, to thousands of sportsmen of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to the Isthmus. Aside from his standing as a gunsmith of rare abilities he was noted for a gentle and pleasing personality that made him popular with everyone who met him. The last earthly duties of family and friends on behalf of the departed took place at the Masonic Temple in Berkeley on Thursday afternoon under the auspices of Durant Lodge, No. 26S, F. & A. M. There was present a large attendance of friends and sports- men. ON A CAMPING TRIP WITH PACK MULES. [By I. J. Bush.] In every country, the Lord has created for man's use beasts of burden just suited for the climate and topography of that particular region. Thus we find the camel for the Arab, the reindeer for the Lapland- ers, the dog for the Esquimo, and for the rough moun- tain regions the little Spanish pack mule. In the settlement of our own country the pack animal has even been a forerunner of civilization, as with steady step he has, with his intrepid master, pushed his way westward, over trailless mountain ranges into the land of the unknown, where years later towns and cities were to be built. When the railroad comes .the pack mule goes; his work is done in that region, and he must seek new fields for his labors. And thus it is that he has practically disappeared from the United States today, but in Mexico he is yet used and esteemed at his full value, even in regions where the railroads are. The Mexicans are not an imitative race of people and hence are slow to make changes. What was good enough for the father is good enough for the son, and hence we find the Mexi- can farmer of today bringing his milk and vegetables into the city packed on the back of a donkey, when he might just as well use a wagon. But it is in the mountains that pack animals are a necessity, and were it not for these beasts of burden Mexico would not be. as it is, the greatest mining country on earth. Thirty years ago when "Boss Shepherd" opened up his famous Batopilos mine thirty days were required to transport his supplies and machinery from Chi- huahua, and even yet the nearest railroad is six days journey distant. A good sized mule will carry 800 pounds. For carrying freight they use a large leather bag stuffed with grass, called an "apparejo." This is strapped to the mule by means of a wide cinch and a crupper goes back under the mule's tail to prevent the charge from slipping forward. The cargo is then loaded on and fastened in place by a long rope to one end of which is a cinch that goes under the mule's belly, and the rope is drawn tight by a "diamond hitch" over the pack. A pack thus put on will go all day over the roughest trails imaginable. Ten to fifteen miles is considered a day's journey for a "freight mule." A "passenger mule" is not loaded so heavily as be is supposed to travel faster — twenty-five to thirty miles a day — and as a rule he is equipped with a pack saddle in- stead of an "apparejo." It is a saying in Mexico, that a pack mule has as much sense as some people, and in many respects it seems to be true, for the moment he feels that, he is being overloaded he begins a vigorous protest by grunting and looking back at the load on his back, and of times they will further protest by lying down. Often the trails are dangerous, skirting along the brink of precipices in which case they walk on the outer edge so as to prevent the pack from touching the walls on the other side — intelligence almost human. Sore backs are a source of great trouble and worry to packers; and to prevent it requires a careful watch of your animals. I remember once when I was going down a long, steep mountain trail, one of the breech straps became unfastened and allowed the load to slip forward and hurt my animal's withers, whereas had I been more watchful it could have been pre- vented. Two hundred pounds is a good cargo for a "pas- senger mule" and he is supposed to carry this amount as far in a day as a man can ride over the rough trails. The great question, when going on a camping trip, is what to take and what to leave behind, and here is where your knowledge of camp life comes in. You have to learn it by experience and often at the expense of some unpleasant one. The tenderfoot on his first trip wants to take just four times as much equippage, while the grizzled old prospector who has spent years iu the hills, goes out with a blanket, a frying pan and coffee pot, and a very few other articles. They represent the two extremes. Try and hit a happy medium between the two and have it. Tour first consideration must be lightness and com- pactness. Your cooking outfit should be of aluminum and so arranged that they nest, thus taking up very little space. A small silk water proof tent can be rolled up in your bedding and the whole rolled in a canvas. The bedding is the bulkiest pack and it should be folded rather than rolled so the pack rope will force it down close on the animal. You will need a pack animal to each man of the party if you expect to remain out over ten days. For packing I use two kinds of receptacles — boxes and bags. Take a couple of boxes of the kind in which oil cans are shipped (they are just the right dimensions! and cover them with a fresh beef hide, leaving loops on each to go over the pack saddle, and you have pack boxes, or "kiaks" that are indestructible. In these you pack your cooking outfit, your canned goods and other hard aticles. The bags or "alforjas ' should be made of the heaviest canvas, then cover-id with heavy "gunny" sacking and provided with leather loops to hitch over thee cross pieces of your pack saddle, and in them you pack your flour, coffee, sugar, etc. — such things as are soft and will not cut through from the continual motion of the animal. Such extra clothing as is needed should be packed in a canvas bag. A Pomel "fish brand" slicker should always lie carried tied behind the saddle, and to prevent the saddle strings from wearing off the oil, and thus rendering it leaky, it can be rolled and thrust into the leg of an old pair of trousers. Now a few more words about pack saddles. Sev- eral years ago I was out camping with a party of friends and our hired outfit was "bum" with the re- sult that we had sore backed animals. While on that trip I planned the construction of a pack saddle that I felt would not hurt an animal and on ray return I had a couple made in accordance with those plans, and the following summer I went on a trip of nine weeks during which time I traveled over one thousand miles and neither animal ever had a sore back. Since then the firm who made those saddles for me have made dozens and they are becoming pretty well known in Mexico. The only profit I derived was the pleasure of knowing I have saved the back of many a faithful beast, and that is sufficient. With a pack outfit one may go anywhere fancy leads — over the roughest mountains and across the deepest canyons and into regions of the wildest grandeur where civil- ization has not placed its polluting touch on the face of nature. One such trip is worth a dozen by rail over beaten paths of civilization, but few people seem to possess the qualifications necessary for mak- ing such trips, but blessed are those few, for it is their privilege to see first the beauties of nature just as they came from the Creator, and to realize and enjoy them. Only real men undertake such trips. They are not for the timid and the effeminate trav- esty on hanhood, as often met with today. Let a man prove his worth on the trail and in the camp and he will do to trust in other affairs for he is made of the right stuff. SOME ODD BAITS. OPEN SEASON FOR GAME BIRDS. The fall hunting season will open next week, Fri- day, October 1st, when it will be lawful, in California, to shoot and hunt wild ducks, black seabrant, valley quail, snipe, curlew, plover, ibis, rail and other shore birds. The limit bag for one day's shooting on ducks and seabrant is 25 birds. The limit bag, in one calen- dar day, for the other birds above enumerated is 20. The open season on doves will close on October 15th. To legally hunt and shoot game in this State it is necessary to procure a hunting license. The fee for citizen residents is $1 per annum, for non-resident citizens $10 a year, and for aliens $25 per year. With the exception of ducks and geese it is illegal to sell any feathered game birds in this State. The prospects for duck and quail shooting on the 1st inst. are reported generally good in many parts of the northern and middle sections of the State. Around the bay counties marsh hunting preserves, home bred birds are plentiful, these flocks have been much increased by the early arrival of northern birds. Many local hunters will spend the opening days in the Los Banos region, birds are reported to be there in thousands. Should there be an early rain, the local birds will go south and increase the flocks now in the San Joaquin valley. Quail have thriven well this summer in many hunt- ing grounds within reach of local sportsmen, the outlook for a satisfactory season is encouraging. Caught a Big Swordfish. — Gifford Pinchot, United States Forester, caught a swordfish weighing ISO pounds at San Clements one day last week. For over two hours the fish fought the angler, who was in the launch Juanita. The fish was 7 feet 9 inches in length Pinchot used regular Tuna Club standard tackle. Despairing of catching tuna at Clemente, the Pinchot party has announced its intention to leave there and will fish in Catalina waters. A new rifle club has been organized at Globe, to affiliate with the Arizona Rifle Association, in which besides military organizations, are clubs in Bisbee and Tucson. The open season for bucks and wild turkeys in Arizona opened on Seetpmber 15th. Selby Loads Get There. At the "Western -Boosters" Shoot, held in Ana- conda. Mont., August 17, IS, 19, 1909, Mr. Hugh McElroy won the Boosters Handicap trophy with the remarkable score of 98 ex 100 at 18 yards and using Selby loads. General high average at Spokane, Wash., August 21. was won by Lee R. Barkley and Fred Gilbert, with the scores of 212 ex 225 and amateur high av- erage was tied by Mr. W. Henderson, 209 ex 225 all shooting Selby loads. Amateur high average was won by Mr. Stacy, at the "Tacoma Shoot," August 29, scoring 112 ex 120, vsing Shelby loads. In discussing the merits of the gang hooks over that of the single hook, anglers hold -a wide differ- ence of opinion. Many cf the old sportsmen are using the gang hook as being more certain of hold- ing the game. This is quite true in a general way, but there are exceptions to this rule. Single hooks are easier handled and cared for, and will not gather weeds so readily and are not so liable to smashing by the big fish. The matter of hooks will probably always be a disputed question. With a certain hook another might fail. II is not a matter of hook, rod and reel as it is a matter of bait attraction. There are times when the most resourceful sportsman cannot land bass, though there may be plenty in the stream. An authority who has given this subject much study says of fishing on these days: It is under such circumstances that the skill of the resourceful angler most shows itself, and the right man will take some fish, though all others go day after day wuthout a strike. There is hut oue thing to do, and that is to con- tinue trying the bass with every form of bait within the reach of the angler. It often happens that some one thing will tempt them, and it is the business of the fisherman to find that thing. At this time of year many of the bass have not finished spawning and are likely to resent the pres- ence of any foreign object. So that almost any bait in the vicinity of their spawning beds is likely to be struck. The man who designs to woo them with worms should rig himself the contrivance that in fisher's parlance is known as crazy bait. It consists merely of a couple of weedless hooks on snells a foot long. These should be tied to the line some four inches apart. No sinker or spoon is used with them. When they strike the water and are reeled in one of them travels about six inches in advance of the other, and they rarely tangle. Selecting a spot where the water is deep and the lillies grow so close that their leaves almost touch, the angler anchors his boat and puts a half dozen big worms on each of the hooks. It is difficult to get much distance with this sort of bait, as it lacks weight, but thirty feet will do. The cast having been made, the line is reeled in slowly, pausing when the bait is over any small open space. Bass have never seen angle worms swimming along in bunches, but they know that there is delicate and desirable meat within reach, and they are apt to rise to it. There is just enough oddity, unreason and incon- gruity about this lure to make it effective when other lures which successfully imitate live bait have failed. The bass is inherently contrary and will often strike at something which outwardly seems to have no attraction. Another form of the crazy bait is made of two gobs of salt pork about an inch square. These are hung on the hooks and cast either among the pads or in the open water. It is a bait which should be reeled in swiftly. It stays on top of the water all the time, where it kicks up a tremendous bobbery. It may be the disturb- ance of the water which angers the bass, or perhaps there is something likeable in the appearance of the ungainly lure, judged from the bass view point, but the fact that is that it takes fish sometimes when even angle worms are of no avail. o To stimulate interest in range shooting a Pacific Coast rifle and revolver club league is being organ- ized by members of the Los Angeles Rifle and Re- volver Club. The new league will include the clubs on the Coast that shoot both rifle and revolvers and which use the military rifle to some extent at least. Monthly or bi-weekly shoots will be held between the clubs. Fixed ranges and other conditions to be agreed upon later, and the standing of the clubs will be determined upon the percentages at the end of the season. The first shoot will be held September 12, and will be participated in by the Los Angeles Rifle E.Ed Revolver Club, the Southern California Rifles, Spo- kane, Tacoma, Seattle and North Yakima. The con- ditions of the match are: Ten men per team, ranges 200. 300 and 500 yards, five shots per man, with 2 sighters before each string. There are eight or ten strong rifle and revolver clubs on the Pacific Coast, including Seattle Rifle and Revolver Club, the Tacoma Rifle and Revolver Club, the Southern California Rifles of Los Angeles, the same organization at Santa Ana, the Bisbee Rifles and the Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Club, with other organizations in the Northwest. The Salinas Rifle Club is a possible member of the league. Favorable replies have been received from Tacoma, Seattle and the Southern California Rifles, which with the Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Club, already forms a nucleus for next year's organization. Owing to the rains, the shooting season in the North ends about the first of October and the present plans are for the season of 1910. It has been the experience in all clubs that the greatest interest is aroused by the team matches with other clubs and that men will come out and fight for a place on the team who would not show up if they had a cinch on a gold medal. Telegraph contests, while not as exciting as matches shot on the same ranges, are of enough interest to make those interested in shooting lay aside other plans and devote their Sundays to work- ing for places on the team of their club. Saturday, September 25, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN DRAFT HORSES IN GLASGOW. CHEHALIS-CENTRALIA RACES— SEPT. 7 TO 11. BEST HORSE FOR THE FARMER. L. Ogilvy, the well known draft horse breeder o£ Denver, Colorado, writes most entertainingly from Glasgow to the Chicago Breeders' Gazette about the horses he saw in that city. Mr. Ogilvy's letter which appeared in the Gazette of the 8th inst. is as follows: Last fall I had a good chance to see the draft horses in Glasgow. A splendid sight they are with their clean harness and bright steel chains to set off their massive bulk. These horses have great weight but it is combined with a correct conformation and they handle themselves well on the slippery surfaces on which they are compelled to travel. Perhaps the finest horses are seen up town, but the most interest- ing place for me to watch them is at the docks. Here you see all kinds — horses in the full bloom of their eight and nine-year-old form and alas too many on the down grade whose stiffened joints and gait make one wish they might be retired from the stones. Many of the worn horses seem to find their way into sand carts and great loads they haul at a steady gait. At any rate they use their experience to handle their loads easily and quietly, making use of their great weight rather than their muscles for the start and they are given plenty of time. But while we cannot withhold sympathy from these faithful servants in their decadence the horses in the full flush and glory of their power claim and rivet our attention. Here comes a little black horse of 1922 pounds; his driver lets me see him weighed. He has behind him a 2240-pound lorrie or dray and a load of three and a half tons. He belongs to the Caledonian Rail- way Company, which has some grand horses. What a bit of horseflesh! In a photograph he would look like a fourteen-hundred-pounder. He has beautiful feet, a little pigeon toed, correct pasterns, flat short cannon bones, great muscular development in fore- arms and thighs and beautiful set hocks. His quar- ters, while wide, are not of that flat table kind devoid of muscle. His loins, back and ribs are just perfect and his rather sloping upstanding shoulders beauti- fully set off by his high peaked collar, perfectly stuffed, till it fits him as the paper does the wall, completing a form of strength, activity and beauty. And his head set on his well arched neck; what a head! Can it be the head of a soulless thing? The regard from his flashing eye is as bold and fearless as that of any stallion. He seems to survey his king- dom, to delight in his surroundings; and his kingdom it is, at any rate for the present. He may some day be displaced by motor power, but for the present down the broad quays, though the devious narrow ways of sheds, he and his driver thread their way with often not an inch to spare. Many of these horses carry a long coat. Their drivers do not like them clipped as it spoils their summer coat. They are nicely groomed, however, and shine as short coated horses. There are many more massive horses here than our black friend but 1 see none more truly built or in more sympathy with his driver. I watch the horses hauling the eight and ten-ton coal trucks up to the ship's side, where truck and all are lifted by a giant crane over the hatchway and the coal dumped through the end of the car down the hatch. The crane swings back and the truck is replaced on the track as easily as a potato basket, hauled away and another loaded one comes up. They make great use of horses in and about the sheds. The3r are so handy and quick, though so big, that they can switch these small cars in a tenth the time it can be done by engines. And time is money here with 15,000 tons of cargo to come out and as much to go back in the holds in from four to five days, and not one ship to load but hundreds. It is hard to go and one lingers to watch team after team as they pass along. Here comes a pair of giant bays that look like 2500 pounds apiece hitched tan- dem. They are using themselves a hit and seeming to try to grip and hold the pavement with their mas- sive hoofs and well they may, for they are handling ten tons on a two-ton wagon. They are long tons too, > 2240 pounds — altogether the load is over eleven of . our tons. The driver is at the leader's head walking - backward part of the time and speaking sometimes to i the wheeler. He winds them sinuously through ob-jjl structions very deftly but he must stop now. With a ■ gentle word and a cessation of the pull the wagon :.■■ gently rocks to a stand, much as a boat coming to^l her berth. The great mammoths throw their heads"'- in air and take long breaths, but they say plainly, f'$j "This is nothing, we can handle more." A great pairSfij these, the leader is just a trifle on the leg perhaps butffl of great bone and of fine massive body when your|§ eye dees reach it. The wheel horse is no taller butfl what a lot of weight and substance! How he doesfi fill the breeching and he fills even those euormousg§ shafts. The driver says he has come from the rail-j way station and up no hills. It is getting late but Ijj am going to see this load start if I miss my train. [ Presently they do go. First they lean to their collarss for quite a bit; they settle lower and lower, but theg wagon does not move. Then by the slightest per- ceptible side swing of the leader, the near fore wheel! starts and with a hack sowing as gently as a pendulum! the other starts and now their great muscles arc! playing to and fro all over them. With flashing feel! they gain control of the inert mass and move it as| they will. o Mr. James T. Ragsdale, of Merced, lost his magi nificent saddle bred stallion Monroe McDonald lasil week from pneumonia contracted when the horse wac, shipped from the State Fair at Sacramento back tt Merced. Monroe McDonald was four years old anf| won the first prize in the sweepstake class at thf State Fair this year. Mr. Ragsdale had refused arf offer of $4000 for him. The horse was insured 2:25 pace, $400. Olga S., b. m. by Diablo (Marshall) 1 1 1 Czenta, b. s. (Richards) 2 2 2 Amy S., b. m. (Cable) 4 3 3 Atabal, b. g. (Rohse) 3 5 4 Capt. Wilder, ch. g. (Nelson) 5 4 dis Time— 2:21%, 2:17%, 2:55. Special pace, $125. Admiral Evans, b. s. by Conroy's Altamont (John- son) 1 1 Rosa R., s. m. by Senator (Sebastian) 2 2 Sadie T., s. m. by Shamrock (Rohse) 3 3 Time— 2:23%, 2:25. Special trot, purse $300. Day Break, b. h. by Tenrose (McGuire) 1 1 1 Lee Crawford, b. h. (Green) 2 3 2 Lady N.( s. m. (Erwin) 4 2 3 Johnnie K., g. g. (Kuster) 3 4 4 Time— 2:20, 2:13. 2:14%. 2:40 trot, purse $400. Anita, b. m. (Webb) 1 1 1 Crosscut, b. m. (Crawford) 2 2 2 Gee Whiz, bl. h. (Hubbard) 3 3 3 Shamrock, bl. s. (Sebastian) 5 4 4 Hazel W., b. m. (Davis) 4 d Time — 2:29%, 2:30, 2:26. 2:25 trot, purse $400. Gloria O'Neil, b. m. (Davis) 1 12 2 1 Nellie Mars, b. m. (Irwin) 2 2 1 1 3 Rastus, b. g. by Oro Guy (Brooker) 3 3 4 3 2 Padishah, b. g. by Alcone (Rohse) 5 5 3 4 5 Caspetto, br. m. (Webb) 4 4 5 5 4 Time— 2:20, 2:20%, 2:20%, 2:25%, 2:24. 2:14 pace, purse $400. Edith O., b. m. (Chappell) 1 1 1 Ester B., blk m. ( Davis) 2 3 3 Dan Z., b. g. (Johnson) 3 2 2 Bell Onward, b. m. (Eafau) 4 4 4 Time— 2:17%, 2: '5%, 2:16. Sept. 10 — 2:08 pace, purse $500. Lord Lovelace, b. s. by Lovelace (Lindsey) . . .1 1 1 Bushnell King (Chappell) 2 2 2 Judge Dillard (Crawford) 3 4 3 Edith O. (Beach) 4 3 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:12, 2:14. Special for local horses. Guy 1 3 1 Birdie C 2 1 2 Ruby Knight 3 2 3 Time — 3:05, 3:00, 3:00. Special for local horses. Ban 1 3 1 G uy Fuller 2 1 3 Shamrock 3 2 2 Sept. 11 — 2:35 pace, purse $300. Atabal (Rohse) 1 1 1 Capt. Wilder (Nelson) 2 3 2 Kitty Hart (Chappell) .- . .3 2 3 Beneta (Gibson) 4 4 4 Time— 2:24, 2:23%, 2:22%. Special race, purse $200. Olga S 1 1 1 Czenta 2 2 2 Amy S .."^3 3 3 Time— 2:17%, 2:17%, 2:17%. EUGENE, OREGON, RACES— SEPTEMBER 1 TO 4. Trotting, 2:30 class. Babe H. (Woodcock) 3 1 1 Dolly McKinney (Clark) 1 2 3 Zom Oak (Norton) 2 3 2 Time— 2:37, 2:27%, 2:28. Pacing, 2:26 class. Lord Sidney Dillon (Dunning) 1 1 McClusky (Johnson) 2 2 Admiral Togo ( Mauzey) 3 4 Mack N. (Marsden) 4 3 Time— 2:23%, 2:19%. Special trot. Babe H. (Woodcock) 3 1 1 Zom Oak (Norton) 2 3 2 Dolly McKinney (Clark) 1 2 dis Time— 2:29%, 2:30, 2:31. Pacing. Lord Sidney Dillon (Dunning) 1 1 McCluskey (Johnson) 2 2 Admiral Togo (Mauzey) 3 4 Mack N. (Marsden) 5 3 Wing and Wing (McEIory) 6 5 Kit Crawford (Woodcock) 4 dis Time— 2:19%, 2:19%. Special pace. Mack N. (Marsden) 1 1 McClusky (Johnson) 2 3 Admiral Togo (Mauzey) 3 2 Time— 2:23, 2:24. Special pace. Zom Norte 0 Lou Miller 0 Dead heat — Time 2:21 — Money divided. Three-year-old pace, mile dash. Hell Smith (Cox) 1 Miss Slacking (Daniel) 2 Time — 2:40. Special trot. 'Jolly McKinney (Clark) 1 1 '•iom Oak (Norton) 2 2 Dottie Dimple 3 3 Time— 2:31, 2:31%. Todd Mac 2.07% makes the third 2:10 trotter to Jthe credit ot Todd 2:14%. The dead sire has three |more on the way in Henry Setzer (4) 2:10%, Sir Todd :11% and Wilkerson 2:12%. In determining which is the best horse for the farmer several things must be taken into considera- tion, writes Prof. Bass, of the University of Minne- sota, among which stand out prominently: First, the kind of work to be done while in the farmer's pos- session, and, second, the kind of a market to be supplied when there is a surplus. Farm work in our diversified farming regions is a mixture of light and heavy work, both in the field and on the road, demanding in reality a combination horse that the public is pleased to call a general purpose horse. The nature of the work calls for a quick, active horse with good bone and feet and plenty of strength and ruggedness. Size is also a factor, though not so essential a one while upon the farm as when offered for sale. To do farm work to good advantage a horse should weigh from 1300 to 1600 or even 1700 pounds. It is true that many 1300-pound horses will outwork the larger ones, owing to superior quality, disposition and will power, but this does not alter the fact that the heavier weight combined with equal quality, will power and action, gives greater power and durability under heavy strain. In type the farm horse should lean toward the draft form with the preference given to the slightly upstanding indi- viduals that have ample hard, flinty bone, clean and well shaped legs, medium sized, round shaped feet with tough shells and high heels. It is quite as important that his disposition be good and that will- ingness and freedom of action be expressed in every movement. It is believed that the slightly upstand- ing type of horses are better adapted to farm use than the very low set "wide out" drafters because they can take the road work with less exertion and strain. It is not contended that the extreme is needed, but that the horse with some length of leg has a decided advantage over the extremely short- legged one for road work and is quite as much at home before the plow or grain drill. If the type of horse for farm work has been prop- erly described the next question is how to secure horses of this type. In my opinion most of the work on diversified farms should be done by mares weigh- ing from 1300 to 1600 pounds of the type above men- tioned. These mares should be bred to draft sires of any approved breed weighing from 1800 to 2000 pounds, also of desirable type, form, and disposition. Colts from such matings should run in weight when mature from 1400 to 1500 or 1800 pounds. By retain- ing those best adapted to the farm work, which in many cases are the 1400 to 1500-pound ones, the stock for farm use could be kept up. The heavier mares and the geldings which are always in keen demand would find ready sale on the city markets as van and bus horses, or for express work. This plan pro- vides opportunity of selection for the kind of horses most useful at home and also results in raising horses for sale that are in active demand. There is one thought further in connection with horse breeding that ought to be emphasized, and that is that there should be continuity of effort. Four western States are credited by the twelfth census report with possessing over three millions of horses. Nearly all of these horses are raised by individual farmers in lots of two to five or six per year on the diversified farms of this region. They are sired by grade or pure-bred sires of every breed of horses known to exist, and they are out of dams of all kinds and descriptions, but most of them without breeding of any consequence. The farmers owning the mares become impressed with the virtues of the Percheron breed and use Percheron sires for a few years. Then the Clydesdale cross becomes popular and the offspring are bred to Clydesdales to be fol- lowed by a Belgian or a Suffolk Punch, and then comes the craze for road horses resulting in de- struction of type, form, and use. The result has been a conglomeration of all breeds and types from which many good work horses can be selected, but which are very uncertain in reproduction of their kind. While I am not one of those who believe that all of the good qualities are wrapped up in any one breed, I do believe that greater uniformity and de- sirability will follow if one selects a certain breed and sticks to it, following Percheron with Percheron or Clydesdale with Clydesdale, or Coach horse with Coach horse. It requires only five top crosses to give 96 per cent of the blood of pure-bred horses, thus reducing to the minimum variability in type and form. Such a process followed with judgment and care in selection would do much to weed out the horses that now must be classed as mongrels. The advisability of using draft sires is obvious when market demands and conditions are considered. Draft colts are docile, easily broken and ready for the market at 4 years old. They can be grown cheaply and the demand for those of good weight is always active. Road and coach colts require more careful handling, greater skill in training and more time to develop, and, unless speedy enough for the track or coachy enough for the fancy market, they must be sold at a sacrifice, as they are of little value for any kind of farm work. While a few fanners will succeed at raising coach and roadster horses, their breeding should be looked upon as a business by itself that requires special knowledge and skill. A farmer once asked an institute speaker what kind of wheat would be best for him to raise. The. answer was "the kind that will yield the most in your vicin- ity and give the largest net profit per acre." The question "what is the best horse for the farmer." could not be answered better perhaps than by say- ing: "The horse that will give you the mast service on the farm and sell for the most money is the bigli grade or pure-bred draft horse. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 25, 1909. FOREST EXPERIMENT STATIONS The government is now carrying on investigative work at regular forest ex- periment stations similar to the agricul- tural experiment stations in the different States. The first forest experiment station oreated in this country was the Coconino Experiment Station at Flagstaff, Arizona, established last summer. Investigations covering many phases of forestry in the southwest have already been undertaken at this station. The second forest ex- periment station has been established this year on Piko's Peak, Colorado. The need for such stations becomes ap- parent when the long time necessary for handling forest experiments is consider- ed. In agricultural experiments definite results can usually be obtained in one or at most a few years; in forestry, because of the long time required for trees to de- velop, scores of years are often required to complete a single experiment. All experimental work is conducted under the direction of men who have had thorough training in technical and prac- tical forestry. Every experiment has a direct bearing upon some problem which vitally concerns the management of the forest. Every experiment will be pur- sued until conclusive results are obtain- ed and every man conducting investiga- tive work will be given an opportunity to put his recommendations to the test in actual field work. Under this system every new plan can be thoroughly tried before being put into practice on a large scale, and thus the injury resulting from mistaken practices can be minimized. The greatest technical problem which now confronts the Forester in handling the great pine forests of Arizona and New Mexico is that of establishing a new stand of trees to replace the old timber which is cut off. This was the first prob- lem undertaken by the Coconino Experi- ment Station. [Much valuable informa- tion regarding the factors influencing natural reproduction has already been secured, but many years of systematic study will be required to fully solve the problem. The feasibility of artificial re- generation by planting and sowing is al- so being tested. The latter experiments, for the sake of economy, are being con- ducted on the smallest scale which will insure reliable results applicable to gen- eral conditions. The plans for the near future provide for a detailed study of the problems con- cerning the natural and artificial regen- eration of other commercial trees such as Douglas fir, Engelmann spruce and the junipers. Tests will be made of trees introduced from other regions, with the view of finding other species, adapted to plant- ing in this region, which are superior to the native trees. One important problem which will oc- cupy much attention at the experiment station for a number of years is the de- termination of the rate of growth of im- mature trees left on an area after logging. In scientific forestry, as practiced in many European countrys, every tract of timber is so handled as to yield a perpet- ual supply of material, harvested at regu- lar intervals. In order to establish such a system of management, it is necessary to know for each area logged how soon it is prac- ticable to return for a second cut, and the yield which can be expected at that time; and in order to do this, it is neces- sary to determine how fast trees of differ- ent apis grow after the mature timber has been removed. This data will be secured by periodic measurements of all trees on typical cut-over areas on differ- ent forests in Arizona and New Mexico. During the present season, experiments to determine the influence of thinning upon the rate of growth and the quality of timber produced by the remaining trees will be initiated. Attention is also being given to the im- provement of the range. An attempt will be made to introduce valuable for- age plants on portions of the range on which the native vegetation is sparse or of an inferior quality. Experimental sowings of Kentucky bluegrass, timothy, red top and brome grass have already been made, and other forage plants will be tested from time to time. A collec- tion is being made of all herbs, shrubs and trees found on the National Forests, together with notes on their forage or wood producing value. "Wheresoever situated, no farmer is rightly prepared to raise hogs profitably in any considerable numbers unless well provided with pasture and grass or facil- ities for providing acceptable substitutes, says F. D. Coburn. In the economical THE BEST LINIMENT OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BOOT 4m Gombault's n^ Caustic Balsam IT HAS NO EQUAL rUr ing ! ..■■.■!:.. i- 1; an . Qe&luuj, ;.:. : -. r all Old iL. Sores, Brnises.or IslD Wounds, FaloDS. Exterior Cancers. Bo. is Human K„\°,d caustic balsam has D> Ju no equal as DOfly a L.mment. We would say to who buy il that it does not contain a particle of poisonous substance and therefore no harm can result from its ex- ternal use. Persistent, thorough use will cure many old or chronic ailments and it can be used on any case that requires an outward application with perfect safety. 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KELLEY. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco. FOR SALE. Brood mare, Gamelia 36,177 — Brown mare, foaled 1898. sire Gamaleon 7825; dam Villi by Durango 1115. Green Trotter. Norfolk Medium 44060— Brown colt, foaled May 4. 1906. sire Red Medium 30516; dam Gamelia. as above. Elmodena 48387— Brown colt foaled June 13. 1908, sire Expedition 14900; dam Gamelia. as above. These are all A-l stock. Address, O. J. JOHNSON Orange, Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co.'s Stables. 327 8th St., Oakland NOTICE OF INCREASE OP CAPITAL STOCK, To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by tne Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into Ave hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation, No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San P'rancisco. State of California, on Monday, the 18th day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: I* S. ADAMS, Secretary. STANDARD BRED YOUNG HORSES FOR SALE. I offer for sale the following choicely bred young trotters which can be seen at any time at Pleasanton track, where they are being handled. No fancy prices are asked for the excellent young pros- pects, but they will be priced right. The description and breeding of these three youngsters are as follows: Bonnie Searchlight 43809, brown stal- lion, trotter, 15.2% hands, foaled April S, 1905, by Searchlight 2:03^4, dam Rita B. by Boodle Jr. 34834, second dam Gabilan Girl by Gabilan 19733, third dam Clara by Elmo S91, fourth dam Lady Comstock by Norfolk, thorough- bred. Georgia (registered), black filly, foaled March 25, 1906, 16 hands, trotter, by Lecco 2:09%, dam Martha Frasier by Rustic 917, second dam Emma by Whip- pleton 1SS3, third dam Gladys by Glad- iator S336, fourth dam Kate by John Nelson 1S7, fifth dam by Shakespear. Lady Pobrieta, black filly, trotter, foaled February 23, 1907, sire Bonny McKinney 41383, dam Pobrieta by Boodle Jr. 34834, second dam Martha by Mam- brino Jr., third dam Gabilan Maid by Carr's Mambrino 17S7, fourth dam Ida May Jr. by Owen Dale, fifth dam Ida May by "Williamson's Belmont, sixth dam by Red Buck. For particulars and prices, address the owner, H. BUSING, Pleasanton Training Track, Pleasanton, Cal. Band of Elk, Twenty, All Gentle. For Sale as a Band or in Pairs No Old Ones. Address: JOHN CROUCH LAND COMPANY, Chico, Cal. RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting, BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all cases of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL. 620 Octavia St.. between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton. Ontario. Canada. Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies, Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes, Pouter & Homing pig- eons of the very best blood: a fine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 454 West Santa Clara Ave., San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake, Moffit & Towne. Los Armeies. Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, Ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco No matter how new or how old your gun, it needs 3 in One." Trigfler, shell extractor, hammer, break Joints — every action part of any gun works easier, surer, truer, if oiled with "3 in One." It cleans trun barrels inside and out, removes residue or burnt powder, black or smokeless. Positively preveots rust in nny climate or weather. Will not gum or dry out. "3 in One" also cleans and polishes stock. EDCC Try this good oil on your gun at our expense. mCL Write for sample bottle and booklet -both free. Library Slip in every packaffe. 3 IN ONE OIL CO., 102 New St., NEW YORK CITY. ^gSORBINE. Will rednce inflamed, swollen Juinlij Bruisea, Soil Bunches. Care Boils. Fis* tola or any unhealthy sore quickly: pleasant to use: does not blister under bandage or remove the hair, and yon can_work the horse. $2 per bottle at dealers or delivered. Horse Book 7 D free. ABSORBING. JR , for mankind. $1.0li per bottle. Reduces Varicose .Veins, Varicocele, Hydrocele, (Goitre, Wens, Strains, Bruisea, stops Pain and inflammation. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F.f 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass, For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.: F. W. Brann Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Lob AngeleB, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, September 25, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 growing of pork there is no more impor- tant factor to be considered than that of pasture. Range in pasture affords grow- ing animals the exercise so necessary to health and proper development; and the succulent grasses, while rich in muscle and bone-forming materials, tend to pre- vent disease and to counteract the heat- ing and fever-imparting properties of corn. This latter quality, and exercise, annually save many thousands of dollars to hog-raisers in the United States, yet the loss that results every day to farmers who do not act upon the fact that the hog is, in his normal condition, a rang- ing and grass-eating animal, is still enor- mous. o BREEDERS MUST HAVE A STANDARD. In the raising of cattle it is necessary to have clearly defined standards before the eyes of the mind. A standard ia a mental pictnie of what the breeder de- sires. "Without such a standard all breeding will be without an object and will generally attain to nothing of im- portance. The country is full of cattle breeders who have no standard. They buy and sell any kind of cows and breed to any kind of bull that happens to be handy. They have done more to pull down standards than to bring them up. They have had standards brought before them, but have not adopted them. If their children go on breeding as their fathers are breeding they will not make any progress in a thousand years of effort. The standard of the breeder of fancy cattle is not the same as the standard of the breed of animals for the butcher. Each must have a standard of his own. The breeder of animals to be sold at a high price for breeding animals must have a standard before his eyes that has already been set by the cattle judges. The nearer his animals come to that standard the higher will be the prices they will bring. All the animals that sell at high prices at the great auction sales are those that come close to the ideal standard of per- fection established by the judges. Most of the high-priced animals have taken prizes at the great shows. Some beef bulls have been held at $10,000 because in the great competitive contests they won first place. The breeder of fancy stock must there- fore have this kind of a standard before him, and for that reason he should make himself familiar with the great prizewin- ners in the cattle ring. The standard may be faulty, but if so he has no re- course but to follow it. Every departure from the accepted standard will mean a lessened chance to sell his animals at high prices. Most of our common farmers who are breeding cattle are not raising animals to sell as breeders, but animals which shall go to the butcher when fitted for it. They do not care as much about the rules of the show ring as they care about the standards that are found in the great stock yards in which animals are pur- chased for slaughter. If they study the standards of those yards they will find that the buyers do not care anything for markings or colors. They do not care whether an animal is a grade or pure-bred so long as he has the right kind of meat on him and that meat placed to the best advantage. More than once a grade steer in the stock yards has brought a higher price than the pure- bred by his side. The farmer who breeds cattle out of which to make meat needs to work as near some one beef breed as possible. The higher his grades are the more they will be sought after by the cattle buyers, and consequently the higher the price that will be paid for them. A buyer of cattle who has grown old in the business says that he picks out his steers largely on the degree to which they approach some of the established beef breeds, for those breeds are all beef producers. — Colmau's Rural World. o ALFILERILLA AS FORAGE PLANT Washington, September — Uncle Sam is now studying the distribution and the habits of Alfilerilla, one of the West's best forage plants, with a view of deter- mining the possibility of growing it upon overgrazed ranges, and introducing it upon National Forest ranges where hereto it has been unknown, or has oc- curred only in limited quantities. Alfilerilla is a very valuable and hardy forage plant, which constitutes one of the principal spring feeds upon many of the semiarid ranges of the Southwest. Stock fattens rapidly upon it, and the gain is good hard tallow not easily lost through shipment. Many stockmen have endeavored to in- troduce it upon their ranges, and in most instances their efforts have failed. The cause of this failure is now found to lie in the fact proven by tests made by the Bureau of Plant Industry, that the seed sold by seed firms seldom has over ten per cent germinative power, and that nine-tenths of the seed sowed is worth- less. The United States Forest Service has been in receipt of many requests for the planting of Alfilerilla upon spring ranges within the National Forests, and has de- cided to act upon them. Tests having proved the impossibility of securing sat- isfactory supplies of the seed through the ordinary channels, A. W. Sampson, Plant Ecologist, was detailed to the work of securing a supply that would meet all requirements. Beginning his investigations upon the Sequoia Forest in California he discover- ed that by setting aside suitable tracts upon which the plant was abundant, and watching its growth seed with a germin- ative power in excess of ninety per cent could be secured in large quantities, and at a cost much below the prevailing market prices. As a result of his investi- gations the Forest Service has arranged to set aside certain tracts in the South- west this fall for the purpose of cultivat- ing and collecting Alfilerilla seed. The seed thus secured will be used to reseed overgrazed and otherwise depleted ranges within National Forests, and it is planned to introduce the plant upon many dry ranges to which it has hitherto been a stranger. The success of this movement means much to the stockmen using National Forests ranges. In the Southwest many a stock owner has been saved from heavy loss or even absolute ruin by the Alfilerilla that covered his spring ranges at a time when other early feeds were lacking and sustained his cat- tle until the advance of the season pro- duced other sources of feed supply, and it is probable that the plant will be as valuable in other portions of the coun- try. LIVERMORE HAY CROP. The hay crop of this end of the valley is now under cover or shipped to the San Francisco market with the exception of a iew straggling lots, says the Livermore Herald. The crop amounted in all to about 21,000 tons, or several thousand tons more than our estimate at the time the hay was cut. The crop realized an average of $15 a ton which gave the farmers of this section the neat sum of §315,000, which is a pretty substantial amount for a season in which there was no rain after March. Very few farming sections can make such a showing. $5 Due Oct. 1, 1909 ON WEANLINGS. Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 9 $7250 GUARANTEED. MARES SERVED 1908. FOALS OF 1909. To trot and pace at two and three years old. Entries closed December 1, 1908. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: 93000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters. 91000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on "hose entry Is 200 for Nominator on vrhose entry Is nnmed the Dam of Winner of named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. Tliree-Y'ear-Old Pace. 1250 for Two-Year-OId Trotters. 750 foP Two-Year-OId Pacers. 200 for Nominator on "hose entry Is 200 for Nominator on whose entry Is named the Dam of Winner of named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-OId Trot. Two-Year-OId Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace when mare was bred. whea mare was bred. $250 in Special Prizes was Paid to Stallion Owners. KNTRANCE AND PAYSIEMS — »2 to nominate mare on Decemberl. 1908, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; 95 May 3, 1909; 95 October 1, 1909; 910 on Yearlings March 2, 1910; 910 on Two-Year-Olds March 1, 1911; 910 on Three-Year-Olds, March 1, 1912. STARTING PAYMENTS — 925 to start In the Two-Year-OId Pace; 935 to start in the Two-Year-OId Trot; 935 to start In the Three-Year-Old Pace; 950 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting; again In the three- year-old divisions. A CHANCE FOR THOSE WHO FAILED TO ENTER. REMEMBER THE SUBSTITUTION CLAUSE — If the mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before March 1, 1910, her nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or sub- stitute another mare and foal, regardless of ownership. In Futurity Stake No. 8 the demand for substitutions far exceeded the supply. Be sure and make payments in time. E. P. HEALD, F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, President. 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. Entries close Sept. 15, '09 No. 1—2:27 CLASS TROTTING $1000 No. 2—2:23 CLASS TROTTING 1000 No. 3—2:19 CLASS TROTTING; ARIZONA COPPER STAKE 5000 No. A — 2:15 CLASS TROTTING 1000 No. 5—2:12 CLASS TROTTING 1000 No. 6—2:09 CLASS TROTTING 2000 No. 7— FREE-FOR-ALL TROT 1000 No. 8—2:29 CLASS TROTTING FOR ARIZONA HORSES 1000 No. 9—2:18 CLASS PACING 1000 No. 10— 2:15 CLASS PACING 1000 No.11— 2:12 CLASS PACING 1000 No. 12— 2:10 CLASS PACING 1000 No. 13— 2:08 CLASS PACING; ARIZONA COPPER STAKE 5000 No. 14 — 2:05 CLASS PACING 2000 No. 15— FREE-FOR-ALL PACE 1000 No. 16— 2:20 CLASS PACE FOR ARIZONA HORSES 1000 NOTICE— ENTER NOW— You can enter your horses in classes to which they are now eli- gible, and any record made after entry is no bar, except in Nos. 1, 2. 8, 9, 10 and 16. In these races horses must be eligible Sept. 15th. Entrance fee five per cent. No race longer than five heats. Money divided in accordance with summary at end of fifth heat. One horse may be entered in two classes, and be held for but one entry, unless two starts are made. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. Entries close on September 15, 1909. Horses may be entered at any time before September loth, and any record made by horses after they have been entered will be no bar, except in purses Nos. 1, 2, S, 9, 10 and 16. In these purses horses must be eligible on September 15th. All horses not entered until Sep- tember 15th must be eligible upon that date. Horses entered prior to September 15th can be declared out on that date, by written notice to the Secretary and a payment of two per cent, The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE ARIZONA COPPER STAKE. The public-spirited citizens of Arizona, desiring to assist the Fair and taking pride in the fact that Arizona produces more copper than any State or Territory in the United States, have this year contributed by popular subscription a $10,000 stake, known as the Arizona Copper Stake. This has been divided into two purses, one of $5,000 for 2:19 Trotters and one of $5,000 for 2:08 Pacers. The entrance fee for these purses Is only 3 per cent, with the usual deduction of 5 per cent from money winners. These purses will positively be raced for, even if there are only two entries and two horses ready to start in each race. THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Secretary, Phoenix, Alisons. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, September 25, 1909. PETERS SHELLS WIN-Seattle, Tacoma, Portland Aug. 24-26. I TACOMA Aug. 2S. f PORTLAND PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP. PRELIMINARY HANDICAP— R. W. Clancy, 19 yds., High Score, including ten pair doubles, PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP— Frank E. Foltz, 19 yds, tied for 1st, LONGEST RU>~ OF TOURNAMENT— Frank E. Foltz HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE— "Woolfolk Henderson, tied for 3rd HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE— H. E. Poston, HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE— Frank Howe 96 x 100 96 x 100 103 Straight 317 x 330 II7 x 120 192 x 200 -ept. They Used Peters Quality Factory Loaded Shells I THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0, Xeir York: 98 Chambers St.. T. H. Keller, Mgr. San Francisco: 608-012 Howard St., J. S. French, Mgx. New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. \V. Osborne, Mgr. 5i\\XXVV*VVX%V^NXVVXN*X\X%\\^^\\V\XV\X*\%XV\^Vi^^ A municipal abattoir is proposed for Pittsburg. It is planned for the city to erect a slaughter house, to inspect, slaughter and iress cattle free of cost to the local butchers, and keep the carcasses in cold storage until they are wanted for sale and consumption. As compensation for doing this the city is to receive the non-edible parts, including the hides, liroofs and horns. The plan is a new one in this country, but if well managed it ought to be successful in reducing the cost of fresh meats in Pittsburg, and re- vive the beef raising industry in the farming country tributary to that city. o The hog is a natural grazer, and grass is the cheapest food element involved in his growth. Every lot in which hogs are kept should grow a crop of some kind every year and for a double purpose. The cultivation and growth of the crop freshens the soil and tends to assist na- ture in its constant efforts to destroy dis- ease germs. Fresh soil has certain disin- fectant properties that cost nothing ex- cept the effort expended in stirring it up. In summer, if the pig keeper is wise, a large proportion of his stock will be run- ning out to grass. Then, of course, is an opportune time to give the vacant pig- geries a thorough cleansing and lime washing to set drainage of yards and out- lets right and attend to any structural repairs that may be necessary. o When the pigs are intended for breed- ing purposes, the males should be sepa- rated from the females at three or four months ot age. Gilts may be bred at six or eight months of age, if they are vigor- ous, large and healthy. A NEW CLASS. It has been said that the great trusts and railway combinations would not be possible were it not for the mod- ern system of bookkeeping, which shows actual cost of every detail of production. Competition has made this necessary. The same economic laws are at work in the farming busi- ness. The study of costs has begun Dairymen must find out what thu": cows produce. All the great caltlc registry associations now recognize yearly records of performance as a viral factor in improving their respec rive breeds, and now the National Dairy Show Association announces that it will give recognition to this class by offering a premium for cows which have completed a year's record under the supervision of a State agri- cultural experiment station or college. It is proposed that 100 points be al! -wed for conformation, as ordinarily judged in the show ring; that to this shall be added one point for each 20 1 s. of fat produced more than the minimum of 250 lbs. for the cow that is two years old when her test begins, the minimum requirements to be in- creased one-tenth of a pound for each day the cow is over two years old, which would make a minimum require- ment of 360 lbs. at five years of age. Thus, the cow that has produced 560 lbs. would have an escess of 200 lbs. above the minimum requirement of 360, which would give a credit of ten points to be added to her allowance on conformation. The cow with the highest total score is to be awarded first place. While the system may need im- provement and correction, the making of this class is a recognition of the important yearly records of perform- ance and cannot but be an added in- terest to the careful student of breed- ing problems. Breeders in attendance, when this class is judged, will watch with no little interest to see how far great performance accompanies desir- able conformation. As yet investiga- tion has not been conducted to deter- mine accurately the relation of form to function by the taking of careful measurements. The accumulation of authentic records in increasing num- bers is the first step and is going to afford data for study of this kind. The National Dairy Show is. rendering a service in thus stimulating an added interest in the subject. — Hoard's Dai- ry m an. OAKLAND KENNEL CLUB'S THIRD ANNUAL DOG SHOW PIEDMONT RINK, Oakland, Oct. 14,15,16. H. W. LACY. Esq., Kennel Editor of The Ameri- can Stock Keeper, Boston. Mass.. will judge all breeds. Send a Postal for a Prize List To- Day Before You Forget— Ready to Mail Sep- tember ISth. Coast fanciers can obtain prize list and entry forms from: Frank E. YVatkins, 250 Alder St.. Portland. Or.; Arthur Murphy. 505 Pike St.. Seat- tle. Wash.: F. E. King. &16 Pacific Ave.. Tacoma. Wash.: George Bentley. 2000 Tenth St.. Sacra- mento. Cal.: H.R.Warner. Hotel Del Monte. Cal.: F. \V. Welch. London Grocery, Vancouver. B. C; Jas. Ewins. $16 Poutb Main St., Los Angeles. Cal.; Paul Pit-pers. 3*25 Towne Ave.. Los Angeles, Cal.; Berrar & Robertson. 3d and Santa Clara Sts..San Jose: Branch's Inc.. Stockton. Cal.; T. P. McCon- nel. Victoria, B. C; Chas. Newman. The College Inn. Oakland. Cal. Former Exhibitors whose addresses have changed, new fanciers desiring prize lists and all those seeking further particulars concerning the show will please correspond with the Superin- tendent of the Show. W. E. CHUTE, Phone Douglas 4646. 4S Geary St., San Francisco Oakland Office : 454 9th St., Phone Oakland 602. ENTRIES CLOSE TUESDAY, OCT. 5 Cure That Horse With Tuttle's Elixir Ijupe horses Veterinarians have given *ap and which otherpreparatlonsh&vefailed to help. have been cored, made as sound as a dollar, with Tattle's Elixir. It produces better results than anything else because it acts on a different principle. It is something more than a mere liniment. Let us ex- plain and show you the proofs of Its value In cases of Curb, Splint. Spavin, Sprains, Swellings of any kind. Also for internal aliments. Horse Doctor Book Free Write for It today. 100 pages, illustrated, filled with informa- tion valuable to every horse owner. Dealers keep Tuttle's Remedies. Don't experiment. 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THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, President. P. O. Drawer 447. 366 PACIFIC BLDC, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Insure Your Live Stock l^jPIANAAND OHIO W Horses,Mules&Cattle $ ioo.ooo oo APPROVED BONDS DEPOSITED WITH THE »V AUDITOR OF STATE FOR THE ■] PROTECTION OFALL '/ HOLDERS ^ AGAIN STz&EATH FROM - ANY [CAUSE ESTABLISHED I88S State Agents: W. T. CLEVERDON, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco. J. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or -write 425 MoALLISTER ST., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of ihe FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade — 7-S French and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Earns for sale at all times. P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph. Dixon, Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal. Complete Dispersal Sale of Trotting Bred Horses owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland At CHASE'S PAVILION, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco, Monday Evening, Sept. 25, '09 Two Grandly Bred Young Stallions by McKinney 2:11% and their colts and fillies out of well bred mares. Joe Brown, the best and fastest green pacer in California. Worked a mile in 2:08>^ last July. Producing Brood Mares by registered stallions. 25 HEAD IN ALL. Horses all in good flesh and in fine condition. Will be at salesyard Saturday, Sept. 23d. Send for catalogue. FRED H. CHASE & CO., 47S Valencia St., San Francisco. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the Breeder and Sportsman Saturday, October 2, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 3 ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN. The colts and fillies have been smashing records east and west this year. The last one to break a record is the two-year-old filly Native Bell by Moko, that won the Horse Review Futurity at Columbus last Wednesday in straight heats in 2:13% and 2:12%. the last heat being the fastest ever trotted by a two- year-old filly and equalling the record ot the fastest two-year-old colt in a race, Trampfast 2:12%- In the race won by Native Bell there were eight starters, Mr. W. A. Clark Jr.'s Bon Vivant by Bon Voyage be- ing among them. The Bon Voyage colt had trotted in 2:16% a few days previous, but was just outside the money in this stakes. o THE SPOKANE FAIR. They hold a little fair up at Spokane, Washington, every year, at which they give premiums for all sorts of livestock, have trotting and running races every day on a half mile track and make an intelligent effort to get the people to attend. They have a secre- tary, Mr. Robert H. Cosgrave, who knows his busi- ness and that he knows how to get the people out, is proven by the following figures, which record the attendance at the fair every day this year: Monday, Sept. 20 20,998 Tuesday 15,370 Wednesday 16,375 Thursday 15,793 Friday 1S.S59 Saturday 16,500 Total 103,901 o PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. The program of racing at the stadium in Golden Gate Park this afternoon arranged by the Park Ama- teur Driving Club, is as follows: First race, class C trotters — Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton, F. L. Matthes' Walter G., Capt. W. Matson's McKinney M., A. P. Clayburgh's Charles 2d. Second race, class A pacers — I. L. Borden's Rob- erta, F. L. Matthes' Opitsah. Third race, class A trotters — A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, S. Christenson's Reina Directum, D. E. Hoff- man's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. Fourth race, class B trotters — A. Ottinger's Lily Dillon, G. Wempe's Plumada, F. von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, J. W. Smed ley's Red Velvet, M. W. Herzog's Nell. Fifth race, class D trotters — Molera & Joseph's bay mare, R. Nolan's Pan Yan, F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandle, E. Cerciat's California Belle, E. Stock's Director B., H. C. Ahler's Ocean Beach, I. L. Bor den's Ella G. o ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. J. Blanco, Vallejo. — Pay Car, registered number 19403, was a bay horse, foaled 1S8S, sired by Ross S. 18900 (son of Nutwood) dam Etelka by Sultan 1513, grandam Katy Did, dam of Inez 2:30 by Fireman, a son of Langford J. L. ft. City. — There are 72 trotters and 11 pacers credited to George Wilkes list of standard per- formers. Harry Wilkes 2:13% is the fastest trotter and Mike Wilkes 2:15% the fastest pacer by him. Chas. Mondel, Stockton. — The track in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, on which the driving club? hold their meetings is three-quarters of a mile ir circumference. It is maintained by the city and i costs the horsemen nothing to use it. H. G. C, Sacramento. — Gossiper's record is 2:14%. He was a trotter and his record was made at Los Angeles October 17th, 1893. The positions of the horses in the final summary were Challenger Chief 3-1-2-1-1, Gossiper 1-3-1-2-2, General Wiles 2-4-3-3-3, Conn 4-2-4-4-4. Time 2:19. 2:17%, 2:14%, 2:1S%, 2:18. Gossiper foaled 1885 was sired by Simmons, dam Lady Bryan by Smuggler, grandam Mary B. by a son of Mambrino Patchen. The pacer Tom Murphy, record 2:09% is by Gossiper and his dam is by Memo. She had no record. Tom Murphy took his record at Portland, Oregon, in 1908, winning his race in straight heats in 2:14%, 2:10% and 2:09%, defeat- ing Donax, Louladi and Lucky Pet. He is owned by Mr. F. J. Yandle of Santa Rosa who has owned him several years. Hickman Girl was entered this year in the races as sired by Redwood. o VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. Conducted by WM. F. EGAN. M. R. C. V. S. Subscribers to this paper can have advice throug)' these columns in all cases of sick or injured horses, cattle or dogs, by sending a plain descrip- tion of the case. Applicants must give their name ...id address when writing. An aged horse has blood spavins and thorough- pins. He has been lame for two years. The enlargements did not show much at first, but are plainly visible now. Can they be cured and what is the best treatment. SUBSCCRIBER. Answer. — Tie horse being old, and the disease having existed so long, the prognosis is very doubt- ful. However, firing and blistering the parts, and repeating the blister after one month, will be of great benefit, if not resulting in cure of lameness. In some cases of spavin, the cartilage in the point becomes ulcerated, or otherwise diseased. In such a case the above treatment may not be successful. Long rest at pasture, following the firing and blister- ing is essential. BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts. , San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year, S3: Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kclley, P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno Oct. 18-23 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Seattle Sept. 27-Oct. 9 Spokane Sept. 20-25 Walla Walla Oct. 4-9 Boise Oct. 11-16 GRAND CIRCUIT. Lexington Oct. 4-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Springfield, 111 Oct 5- 8 Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 THE NEXT MATTER OF IMPORTANCE to occupy the attention of Pacific Coast breeders of trotting and pacing stock is the nomination of their mares served this year in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, which like its predecessors of recent years, has a value of $7250 guaranteed by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. This futurity stake is the most important harness racing event in California. It provides four races annually at the Breeders' meet- ing and has done more to keep the sport alive, and to keep up an interest in the breeding of standard horses than anything else that has been done. To the person who has a love for the trotting or pacing horse and who enjoys speed contests between them, there is nothing like seeing a colt or filly of one's own breeding win first money in a futurity. It is the event of the season and is looked forward to until it happens and is then talked about forever after. There are many things to be done with a colt before it can win a Breeders' or any other futurity, but the first and most necessary of these is its entry in the stake. Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10 closes for the nomination of mares on the first day of December next, and those who own mares that were bred to trotting or pacing stallions this year, should make a note of this date, and not let it pass without filling out an entry blank with the mare's name, her description and pedigree, the name of the stallion she was bred to, and sending it with two dollars to Secretary F. W. Kelly of the P. C. T. H. B. A. at his office in the Pacific Building, San Francisco. There is one saying in the horse business that contains so much truth that it has become a pro- verb and that is "It pays to enter in the stakes." THE HARNESS RACING SEASON OF 1909 will soon be ended and the statisticians will begon pre- paring tables of money winners and record breakers for the year. When they are all compiled the results will show that the trotting bred horses have won the most money and taken the fastest records. There will be a few freaks that were not bred for any- thing in particular, but the horses that stand out the most prominently will be those that were bred to trot or pace by men who expected a trotter or a pacer when the parents of these horses were mated. The standard bred trotter, although a creation of the last half century is an established breed of horses, and is able to do the thing he was bred for. As breeding progresses from year to year the propor- tion of 2:30 performers will gradually increase, and before the standard breed is a century old the members of the family that cannot trot in 2:30 or pace in 2:25 will be so few that they will be less than ten per cent of the entire product. THE OLD THREE IN FIVE system of harness racing is, in spite of all that has been spoken and written against it, the most popular system of racing with both owners and trainers. Probably four out of five of these same persons will admit that the two in three system will make better racing, but when entries close they all send in the names of their horses to the races under the old plan, and these lists are longer than those received for the purses given under new systems. There is a reason for this. The three in five race gives the owner more chances to win or to get his entrance money back, if he keeps his horse inside the tlag he has at least five heats in which to try for some of the money, and it often occurs that a horse after being ninth or tenth for four heats will manage to finish second in the fifth heat and thereby save his entrance or get third money. If the owners did not have to pay five per cent to enter they would not think so much of the old three in five system, but having to put up five per cent of the purse to start, and knowing that five per cent more is to be taken from the amount won by the first four horses they like the system that gives them the most chances to "save stakes." If the associations would give more two in three races they should lower the entrance fee and they will then have little cause to complain about small entry lists. MANY OWNERS have found this season that it is not only a good thing to post themselves on the rules under which trotting and pacing are held, but also to read carefully and remember the special conditions governing the races in which they have entries. Nearly every association makes a few special condi- tions under which the purses it offers are to be raced. It is well for every owner therefore to care- fully peruse the entry blank before making his entry as it may save a lot of talk in the future. TROTTING BRED HORSES must be popular with some people when a mare sells for $50,000 the high- est price ever paid for a trotting mare, and a geld- ing sells for ?35,000. As both these sales were made in the United States during the past two months, there is certainly some foundation for the claim that trotting bred horses are still in favor. o HAMBURG BELLE AND UHLAN were both named early in the season as likely to lower Lou Dillon's record of 2:00 without a wind shield. Both have been driven as fast as they could go in races and against the watch, but Lou is still the peerless queen of all trotters at all ways of going. o One of the sharpest disappointments at Allen Farm, writes Hamilton Busby in American Horse Breeder, was the black mare Jet Wilkes, born 1886, by Guy Wilkes, out of Sable, dam of Sable Wilkes. Mr. Corbitt represented her as a young mare of won- derful speed, and dwelt upon her possibilities as a brood mare. A large price was paid for her, but after she landed in New England it was discovered that she was worthless for racing purposes and that she was sterile in the stud. In 1898 she was sold to W. H. Fearing for $50 and the genial Jobstown gentleman was compelled to admit that she was dear at any price. The lottery element will never be eradicated from the breeding stud. Miss Russell, when her great daughter Maud S. was queen of the turf, was sent from Wocdburn to Palo Alto and bred to Electioneer, then the most famous of stallions, and the produce was Rustique, followed by Suffrage. These two close descendants of Miss Russell and Green Mountain Maid were at first held at above price, but they finally passed to Allen Farm, where Rustique died in giving birth to twins, and Suffrage died in foaling a dead colt. A strange fatality fol- lowed the two highly-bred sisters. The breeder whose aims are lofty has much to discourage him. but if he is genuinely interested in solving the prob- lem, he recovers his poise and bravely tries again. W. A. Hunter, who acted as secretary of the Wood- land Fair Association this year is moving his train- ing quarters to Sacramento, taking with him his two- year-old Martha Dean which has shown lots of class and speed, also the yearling Alpha Dean that has developed into a big, fine colt. Barring accidents Mr. Hunter thinks he has two Futurity candidates for 1910 that will fetch home some of the money. Both these youngsters are out of Lady B. by Stephen A., the two-year-old being by Money Mac, a son of McKinney and the yearling by Turban. Lady B's weanling is by Prince Ansel and is as fine looking as any yearling on the coast. Lady B. is now safely in foal to R. Ambush 2:09% and Hunter says he is counting on the foal as a future meal ticket. Mr. H. has a number of saddle horses in training at Sacra- mento and will take Artist Jr. and Black Belle, both fine gaited saddle animals imported by Judge Bridgeford, to the Fresno fair. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:09%. Trotting, 2:20 class, $800. Belle N, b. m. by Bonnie Direct (Starr) 2 12 11 Cherry Diamond, b. g. by Bozeman (Huber) 1 2 1 2 3 Velma Z., b. m. by Zombro (Sawyer) . . .3 3 3 3 2 Time— 2:19%, 2:14%, 2:18, 2:20%. Time of last heat not taken. Pacing, 2:05 class, $1000. Sherlock Holmes, ch. s. by Zolock (Childs)..! 1 1 Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 2 2 2 Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) 3 3 3 Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:08. Trotting to beat 2:30%. Bonaday, b. c. by Bon Voyage-Welladay by Stein- way (Duncan) Won Time — 2:27%. Saturday, Sept. 25. Bushnell King, b. h. by Norval King (Chap- pell) 3 1 1 1 Lou Miller, ch. m. by Blacksmith (Cox)..l 3 3 3 Nellie Chimes, br. m. by Christmas Chimes (Erwin) 2 4 4 4 McClosky, Wainwright and Atabel also started. Time — 2:14, 2:15, 2:16%. Trotting, 2:12 class, consolation, $500. Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 1 1 1 Charley T., blk. g. by Zombro (DeRyder) 2 2 3 Goldennut, ch. s. by Neernut (Helman) 3 3 2 Time— 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:16%. o BLACKFOOT, IDAHO RACES— SEPT 14 TO 17. [Saturday, October 2, 1909. PORTLAND, OREGON, FAIR AND RACES. DISPERSAL SALE OF FINE HORSES. Success from every standpoint was the verdict of the public when the Portland Fair and race meeting ended on Saturday last. The attendance was very heavy, the five thousand mark being registered by the turnstiles on at least four days, and on one day at least twelve thousand people passed through the gates. The live stock show was exceptionally good and the harness races were as good as were ever seen in the Northwest. Rain fell on the opening day before the program was ended, but on the remaining five days good weather prevailed. The California horses were not so conspicuous among the race winners as they were last year, the only winners of races during the week hailing from this State being Moortrix, Adam G., Solano Boy and Era. The fastest mile made by a trotter during the meet- ing was 2:11%, Zombronut and Lee Crawford both winning heats in that time, but in the pacing division Adam G. set a new race record for three heats in the Northwest when he won the 2:0S pace in 2:06%, 2:06% and 2:06%, one of the best races ever paced on this Coast. The $2500 purse for 2:12 class trotters was won by the gray Zombro gelding Henry Gray after a hard battle with Lee Crawford, Sophia Dillon and Lida Carter, the gray horse outlasting his field in a five- heat race. The summaries for the week's races fol- low: Monday, Sept. 20. Trotting, 2:25 class, $800 — Last heat Tuesday. Gloria O'Neil, b. m. by Parole (Davis) 1 13 1 Paul W., b|. g. by Zombro (Sawyer) 2 2 1 2 Nellie Mars, br. m. by Courier (Erwin) .. .3 3 2 3 Time— 2:21%, 2:21%, 2:23%, 2:20. Pacing, 2:12 class, $800— Last heat Tuesday. Moortrix, b. s. by Azrnoor (Sutherland) ... .2 1 1 1 Dan S., s. g. by Athablo (DeRyder) 3 2 2 2 Whitehall, g. g. by Copper King (Huber) . .4 3 3 3 Judge Dillard, eh. h. by Hal Dillard (Hogo- boom) 1 4 dis Time— 2:14, 2:14%, 2:24%, 2:20. Tuesday, Sept. 21. Pacing, 2:25 class, $800. Capt. Apperson, b. g. by Zombro (Parker) ... .1 1 1 Mack N. (Starr) 2 2 2 McCloskv Wainwright, by McKinnev (Lind- say) 3 3 3 Time— 2:1S%, 2:1S%, 2:23%. Pacing, three-year-olds, $500. Admiral Evans, b. c. by Conroy's Alta (Johnson) .1 1 Sadie T., ch. f. by Shamrock (Rohse) 2 2 Rosa R., s. f. by Senator (Sebastian) 3 3 Time— 2:22%, 2:26. Trotting, 2:15 class, $800. Zombronut, br. s. by Zombro (Ward) 1 1 1 Lady Sirius, ch. m. by Sirius (Erwin) 2 2 2 Cherry Diamond, b. g. by Bozeman (Huber).. 3 3 4 Crylia Jones, blk. g. by Capt. McKinney (Ruth- erford) 4 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:17%, 2:15. Wednesday, Sept. 22. Trotting, 2:20 class, $500. Paul W., b. g. by Zombro (Sawyer) 1 1 1 Zomack, b. g. by Zombro (Starr) , 2 2 2 Nellie Mars, br. m. by Courier (Erwin) 3 3 3 Tortoise Shell also started. Time— 2:16%, 2:19%, 2:19. Pacing, 2: OS class, $2500. Adam G., b. g. by McKinney (De Ryder) 1 1 1 Lord Lovelace, b. s. by Prince Lovelace (Lind- say) 2 3 4 Hymettus, b. g. by Zombro (Quinn) 6 2 3 Josephine, b. m. by Zolock (Rutherford) 7 7 2 Solano Boy, br. g. bv Father McKinnon (Ward) 3 4 5 Gen. Huertes, Queen Derby and Whitehall also Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:06%. Thursday, Sept. 23. Pacing, two-year-olds, $400. Mussel Shell, ch. g. by Bozeman (Huber) 1 1 Bailey S. Wave, b. m. by Tidal Wave (Putnam) . .2 2 Sally Younger (Cook) 4 3 Waverley B„ b. f. by Tidal Wave (Parker) 3 4 Time— 2:23%, 2:27%. Trotting, 2:12 class, $2500. Henry Gray, g. g. by Zombro-Alice by Rockwood (Hartnagle) 9 8 1 1 1 Lee Crawford, h. s. bv Leigh Crawford ( McGuire) 1 1 8 2 4 Sophia Dillon, b. m. bv Sidney Dillon (Groom) 7 2 5 3 2 Lida Carter, b. m. by Stam B. (Hogo- boom) 2 4 3 6 3 Charley T., blk. g. bv Zombro (De Ryder) 5 7 2 5 6 Zombronut, br. s. by Zombro (Ward)... 4 9 9 4 5 Era, b. m. by Zombro (Williams) 3 3 4 7 dr Goldnenut, ch. s. by Neernut (Ford).. 6 5 6 8 dr Kid Wilkes, ch. g. by Stanton Wilkes (Helman) 10 6 7 dr Doc Munday, b. g. by Zombro (Parker) 8 dr Time— 2:11%, 2:12, 2:12%, 2:13%, 2:14. Pacing, 2:20 class, $500. Demonio Wilkes, ch. g. by Demonio (Helman) 1 1 1 Dan Z. (Johnson) 2 2 2 Esther B. (Davis) 3 3 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:14%, 2:14%. Friday, Spet. 24. Pacing, 2:08 class, consolation, $500. Solano Boy, br. g. by Father McKinnon (Ward) 111 Gen. Heurtus, b. s. by Alexis (Hogoboom) ... .4 2 2 Queen Drrby, b. m. by Chas. Derby (Cuicello)2 3 4 Whitehall, g. g. by Copper King (Huber) 3 4 3 Three-minute trot or pace, purse $300. Hickory, r. s. by Slivers S. (Reeder) 1 1 1 May E.. b. m. by Bay Demon (Doe) 2 2 3 Mamie Wroodland, b. m. (Burwell) 3 3 2 Fannie Ward, b. m. by Sidmont (Drew) 4 4 4 Massawan, br. s. by Massawa (Williamson) . .4 4 4 Fred Newton, g. s. by Clatawah (Runyan) dis Time — 2:24, 2:24, 2:23. Gay Star, br. s. by Grey Stone (Anderson) 1 1 1 Baby Thome, b. m., un traced (Kent) 5 2 3 Ned Wilkes, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Bur- ton) 2 4 4 Prodigal Baroness, b. m. by Prodigal (Wall) . .4 6 2 Rhoteda, br. m. by Margrave (Budwell) 3 3 7 Reina del Norte, b. m. by Del Norte (Barrows)7 5 5 Lander, blk. g., untraced (Reed) 6 7 6 Time— 2:24 4-5, 2:20 1-5, 2:23 3-5. 2:35 trot or pace, purse $300. Collis H, s. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Bur- ton) 1 6 2 1 1 Ellen Taylor, br. m. by Barney Boy (Reeder) 3 113 3 Sam T., br. s. by Dunraven (Wilson) . .5 2 3 2 4 Red Cloud, s. s. by Conqueror (Kerwin)7 7 4 4 2 Buster Brown, c. s. by Reward S (Drew) 4 3 5 5 5 Mamie Woodland, b. m. by Woodland (Burwell) 2 5 7 d Katrinka Norte, br. m. by Del Norte (Barrows) 6 4 6 d Time— 2:20 1-5, 2:22 2-5, 2:21 2-5, 2:24, 2:27 2-5. Free-for-all trot or pace, purse $300. Queen Pomona, b. m. by Pomona (Hall. . . .1 5 1 1 Eddie Woods, g. g. by Mazon (Drew) 2 12 2 Alzama, r. s. by Altoka (Harker) 4 2 4 3 Lou Ladi, br. m. by Del Norte (Barrows) . .5 4 3 4 Little Jim, b. g. by Dick Red (Dee) 3 3 5 dis Dora Electrict by Electrict (Williamson) .6 6 6 dis Time— 2:16 1-5, 2:19 2-5, 2:21 1-5, 2:17 1-5. 2:40 trot or pace, purse $300. Gay Star, br s. by Gray Stone (Anderson). 2 111 Hickory, r. s. by Stivers (Kent) 1 2 2 2 May E., b. m. by Bay Demon (Dee) 3 3 3 3 Katter Gray, g. m. by Klatawah (Runvon) .4444 Time— 2:22 1-5, 2:21, 2:21, 2:23. Three-year-old stake race $100 added, six entries. Elizabeth Hal, b. f. by Walter Direct (Kent) 1 1 Kentucky Hall. b. c. by Walnut Hall (Wall) 2 2 Princess, b. f. by Walter Direct (Burton) 3 3 Time — 2:27, 2:24. 2:20 trot or pace, purse $300. Teddy, b. h., untraced (Mendenhall) 1 1 1 Dora Electrite, blk. m. by Electrite (Wood).. 2 2 2 Collis H, s. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Burton) . .3 3 2 Road Bird Jr., r. s. by Road Bird (Reeder... 4 4 6 Prodigal Baroness, b. m. by Prodigal (Wall) . .6 5 4 Noonday, b. g., untraced (Reed) 7 6 5 Sir John, br. s. by McKinney (Kent) 7 d Time— 2:18 2-5, 2:21, 2:21 2-5. 2:30 trot or pace, purse $300. Cromo, blk. g. by Crogan (Finch) 4 111 Sam T., br. s. by Dunraven (Wilson) 1 2 3 3 Ned Wilkes, c. g. by Nutwood Wilkes 3 3 2 4 Buster Brown, c. s. by Reward (Drew) ... .2 4 4 5 Primus, b. g. by Silent Brook (Well) 6 5 6 2 Red Cloud, s. s. bv Conquerer (Kerkin) ... .5 6 5 6 Time— 2:23 1-5, 2:23 2-5, 2:24 2-5, 2:29 3-5. While Darkey Hal's two heats at Syracuse in 2:03% and 2:02% give her the record for a two-heat race by a pacing mare, her performance did not equal in merit that of Citation at Columbus last year, when, after forcing Hedgewood Boy to pace the first heat in 2:02%, she won the next two in 2:01%, 2:03 — Horse Review. o WHAT LOX McDOXALD HAS TO SAY. Indianapolis, Ind., June 23, 1909. G. S. Ellis & Son, Cincinnati. O. Dear Sirs: — Having used the Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices for several years on all kinds of horses, will say that I think it is the best check on the market. Yours truly, alonzo Mcdonald. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Fred H. Chase & Co. announce that Mr. A. B. Rod- man, the well known horse breeder of Woodland, whose health is such that he is compelled to give up the business of horse breeding, has consigned to them to be sold on Monday evening, October 25th, all his stallions, broodmares, geldings, colts and fillies, 25 in number. This sale will offer the best oppor- tunity buyers have had for some time to get stock that is really high class in breeding and looks. The consignment is headed by two fine large stallions by McKinney 2:11% — Merry Mac 2:19% and Money Mac. Both these young stallions are handsome horses, 15.2 and 16 hands respectively, and their colts to be offered at the sale will show what sort of sires they are. Merry Mac is out of the great brood mare Advocatrix 2:40, dam of two in the list, by Attorney, sire of the dam of that renowned mare Alix 2:03%. Money Mac is out of Patsy Washing- ton, dam of Patrose 2:12% trotting by Geo. Wash- ington 2:16% one of the grandest looking and best bred stallions ever in service in California. In addi- tion to the young trotters and pacers to be sold, and several handsome broodmares, Mr. Rodman has consigned the sensational pacer Joe Brown to the sale. This horse worked a mile in 2:08% last July and goes without hopples. He is by Falrose 2:19, dam by Chas. Derby, second dam by Guy Wilkes, third dam a producing mare by Almont 33, fourth dam by Brignoli, and fifth dam a thoroughbred mare by Cripple, son of Medoc, the sixth dam being by American Eclipse. This pacer is about the best green prospect in California and should command lively bidding when he is put up. The following is a partial list of the horses to be sold at this dis- persal sale. Merry Mac 2:19%, brown stallion, 15.2, foaled 1901, by McKinney 2:11%, dam Advocatrix (dam of Cal Brown 2:25 and Merry Mac 2:19%) by Attorney 1005 (sire of dam of Alix 2:03%) second dam Pad- field mare by Burger 2571, third dam thoroughbred. Money Mac, bay stallion, 15.3. foaled 1901, by Mc- Kinney 2:11%, dam Patty Washington (dam of Pa- trose 2:12%) by Geo. Washington 2:16%, second dam Patty P. 2:27 by Richmont, son of Almont 33. Merry Boy, brown stallion 16 hands, foaled 1904, by Merry Mac 2:19%, dam Italka (full sister to Iris, sire of Jasper Ayers 2:09, etc., by Eros 5326, second dam Jennie by Elmo 891. Joe Brown, bay gelding, 16.3, foaled 1903, by Fal- rose 2:19, dam by Chas. Derby 2:20, second dam by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, third dam by Almont 33, fourth dam by Brigrioli, etc. Bay gelding 15.2, foaled 1906, by Money Mac, dam by Mambrino Chief Jr. 11622, second dam by Alex- ander Button 1997, third dam Padfield mare by Bur- ger 2571, fourth dam thoroughbred. Bay gelding, foaled 1907, by Money Mac, dam Lady Armington 2:31 (full sister to Abanteeo 2:16%, by Anteeo 2:16%, second dam Abbotine by Abbotsford 2:19%, third dam Lena Bowles by Vick's Ethan Allen Jr. 2903, fourth dam by Williamson's Belmont. Chief, chestnut gelding, foaled 1907, by Diablo Boy (son of Diablo 2:09% and Mischief (3) 2:22% by Brown Jug 21985) dam by Mambrino Chief Jr. 11622, second dam by Alexander Button 1997, third dam by Burger 2571, fourth dam thoroughbred. Patty Washington, chestnut mare, foaled 1892 (dam of Patrose 2:12%) by George Washington 2:16%, dam Patty P. 2:27 by Richmont, son of Almont 33. Bay suckling filly by Kinney Rose 2:13%, (son of McKinney 2:11%) dam Patty Washington, dam of Patrose 2:12%, as above. Flossie, brown mare, foaled 1902, by San Diego 8776, dam Patty Washington, as above. Bay mare, foaled 1902, by Mambrino Chief Jr. 11622, dam by Alexander Button, second dam by Burger, third dam thoroughbred. Yearling by Merry Boy, dam mare by Mambrino Chief Jr. 11622, second dam by Alexander Button, third dam by Burger, fourth dam thoroughbred. Suckling by Money Mac, dam mare by Mambrino Chief Jr. as above. Grit, chestnut gelding, two years old, by Diablo Boy (son of Diablo 2:09% and Mischief (3) 2:22% by Brown Jug 21985) dam by Son of Gold Rose and Lady Armington (Gold Rose by Sterling out of Madam Baldwin by The Moor) second dam Nelly Turner (full sister to Daisy S., dam of Vallejo Girl 2:10%, Tom Smith 2:13%, etc.) by McDonald Chief 3588, third dam Fanny Rose, dam of Geo. Washington 2:16%, Columbus S. 2:17, etc., by Vick's Ethan Allen Jr. 2903, fourth dam Jenny Lind, dam of Prince Allen 2:27. Chestnut filly, foaled 1905, sired by Joe Terry dam by St. Paul, etc. This filly is strictly thiroughbred. Brown filly, foaled 1906, by Money Mac, dam Lady Armington 2:31, trial 2:17, full sister of Abanteeo 2:16%, by Anteeo 2:16%, second dam Abbotine by Abbotsford 2:19%, third dam Lena Bowles by Ethan Allen Jr. 2903. Tubelina, brown mare foaled 1901, by Tuberose 2:25%, dam Lena Holly 2:16 by Mountain Boy. Brown filly, foaled , by Merry Mae 2:19%, dam Tubelina by Tuberose, second dam Lena Holly by Mountain Boy. Chestnut filly, foaled 1905, by Merry Mac 2:19%, dam Faith by Gold Rose, second dam Advocatrix by Attorney 1105, third dam by Burger 2571. Bay mare, foaled 1903 by Tuberose, dam by Alex- ander Button 1997, second dam by Burger 2571, third dam thoroughbred. Bay mare, foaled 1901, by Son of Gold Rose and Lady Armington, dam Nelly Turner, full sister to Daisy S. as above. . Saturday, October 2, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN SYRACUSE GRAND CIRCUIT MEETING— SEPT. 13 TO 17. 1 9 7 3 3 2 2 2 11 4 Black Syracuse, Sept. 13. — 2:09 class, trotting- purse $2000. The Harvester, b. h. by Walnut Hall (Geers) . .1 1 1 Genteel H., b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Snow) .2 2 2 Zomalta, b. m. by Zombro (Murphy > 3 3 3 Time— 2:09 y2, 2:10%, 2:09%. 2:19 class, trotting, purse $1200. Sir Todd, b. h. by Todd (Proctor) 2 1 Wilkerson, b. h. by Todd (Laselle) 1 The Sailorman, b. g. by Lookaway (Moore) 3 Capt. Cute, blk. g„ (Shahan) 7 Lady Worthy. 8-7-5-ro ; Mercury, 9 8-9-ro Belle, 4-11-6-ro; Lux, 10-6-3-ro; Areo, 14-4-12-ro; Silver Barch, 13-10-4-ro; Gypsey Boy, 14-13-10-ro; King Pette, 12-12-13-ro; Border Knight, 15-14-8-ro; Sir Arthur, 5-5-dis: Lady Vincent, 6-dis. Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:11%, 2:16%. 2:15 class, pacing, purse $1200. Hoosier Prince, ro. g. by Cecilian Prince.... 1 1 1 Hallie Direct, ch. m. by Walter Direct (Geers)2 3 2 Flora Coffee, b. m. by Redwald (Snow) 3 2 3 Galista S., dis. Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:07%. Sept. 14. — 2:05 class, purse $1200. Darkey Hal, blk. m. by Star Hal (Snow) 1 1 Major Brino, ch. h. by Wildbrino (Avery) 2 2 Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (Murphy) . .3 3 Texas Rooker, b. g. by Texas Rooker (McEwen) . .4 4 Gheen Pilot, 5-5; The Friend, 6-6. Time— 2:03%, 2:02%. Three-year-old class, trotting, purse $1000. Gaworthy, b. t. by Axworthy (Brady) 2 1 1 James G, b. g. by Prodigal (Jolly) 1 2 2 Muda Guy, b. g. by Guy Axworthy (Terrell) ..333 Time— 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:13%. 2:08 class, pacing, purse $2500. George Gano, b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes ( Mur- phy) 1 1 1 Hal Raven, b. m. by Hal B. (Snow) 2 3 2 Rollins, b. g. by Delmarch (Avery) 3 2 3 Time — 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:08. To beat 2:02%, pacing to pole. Hedgewood Boy, ch. h. by Chitwood; Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood (Wilson) Lost Time— 2:05%, 2:04%. 2:13 class, trotting to wagon; prize, silver cup. Willow Belle, ch. m. by Alcamedia (E. White) . . .1 1 Paul Steele, ch. g. by Ashland Wilkes (Alvord) . .2 2 May Kew, gr. m-. by Baron H. (Conway) 3 3 Mercury, b. g. (McDermott) 4 4 Sir Arthur, 5-5. Time--2:13%, 2:13%. 2:20 class, trotting, to wagon, prize, silver cup. Rondall F., ch. g. by Fulano (Ryan) 1 1 Hazel B., br. m. by Laurence H. (Brees) 2 2 Patsy Hendrick, ro. m. by Baron Wilkes Jr. (Alvord) 3 4 Lucy, b. m. by Medio (Leamy) 4 3 Time— 2:18%, 2:16%. Sept. 15. — 2:14 class, trotting, purse $10,000. Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) 1 1 1 Jack McKerron, b. h. by John A. McKerron (Shank) 2 2 3 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (Murphy) 3 4 2 Jennie Constantine, b. m. by Constantine (Grady) 4 3 4 Henry Setzer, 5-5-5; El Victress, 6-6-dr; Frazee, dis. Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:07. 2:14 class, pacing, purse $2500. The Bosun, b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 1 1 1 Star Patchen, blk. h. by Joe Patchen (Snow) . .2 2 2 Sara Ann Patch, blk. m. by Joe Patchen (Coak- ley) 3 3 3 Sidney R., dis. Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:12%. 2:07 class, trotting, purse $1200. Padereswki, ch. g. by Constanero (Ross) 1 1 Wilkes Heart, b. g. by Great Heart (Snow) 2 2 Nahma, b. m. by Peter the Great (Burgess) ... .3 3 San Francisco, b. h. by Zombro (Hodges) 4 4 Sterling McKinney, 5-6; Judge Lee, 6-5; Lady Jones, 7-7; Spanish Queen, 8-8. Time— 2:06%, 2:06%. To beat 2:10%, trotting, under saddle. Country Jay, ch. g. by Jay Hawker (Macey) Won Time by quarters, % % % Mile First heat :31 1:03% 1:37% 2:08% Sept. 16. — 2:10 class, trotting, purse $1200. Baron May, b. h. by Baron Wilkes (Sayles) . .1 1 1 Inner Guard, b. g. by The Guardsman (Mur- phy) 2 2 3 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers).. 4 3 2 Carroll, b. g. by McAdams (Shank) 3 4 4 Raffles, 6-5-5; Bell Bird, 5-6-6. Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:07%. 2:17 class, pacing, purse $1200. Gentley, br. g. by John R. Gentry (Aylward) . .1 1 1 Oakland Son, b. g. by Oakland Baron (Ernest)3 2 2 Royal Heir, b. h. by Heir at-Law (Shahen) 2 3 4 Anda H.. blk. h. by Andalusia (Murphy) 6 4 3 Miss Argola, 4-6-6 ; Mary Boo, 5-5-5. Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:11%. To beat 2:01%. trotting. Hamburg Belle, b. m. by Axworthy (Andrews) . .Lost Time by quarters, % % % Mile First heat :29% 1:00% 1:31% 2:04% Sept. 17. — 2:09 class, pacing( purse $1200; 4 heats heats Sept. 16. Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator (Murphy) 1 2 2 11 Caffeno, b. g. by Col. Kuser (Merrifleld)5 114 3 Byron K., b. g. by Greystone (Wilson) 3 5 5 2 2 Lady of Honor, ch. m. by Direct Hal (Snow) 2 3 3 3 4 Annabelle Lee, 7-4-4-ro; Schermerhorn, 6-6-6-ro; King Cole, 4-dis. Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%. Free-for-all class, pacing, purse $1200. The Eel, gr. h. by Gambolier (McEwen) 1 2 1 Copa de Oro, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes (Mur- phy) 2 1 3 Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood (Wilson) . .4 3 2 Aileen Wilson, b. m. by Arrowwood (Cox) ... .3 4 4 Time— 2:02%, 2:03%, 2:03% . 2:16 class, trotting, purse $1200. Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) . .3 1 1 1 Branson, br. g. by Bingen (Titer) 1 4 4 3 Silver Baron, br. h. by Baron Silver (Geers) 4 2 2 2 Wilkerson, b. g. by Todd (Lasell) 2 3 3 4 Alamaden, 5-5-5-ro. Time— 2:13%, 2:11%, 2:13%, 2:13%. EUREKA FAIR AND RACES. The fair and racemeeting held at Eureka, Humboldt county, during the week ending September 18th, was successful from every point of view, drawing large crowds every day. The racing on the new half mile track at South Park was very good, all the horses being owned and the majority of them bred in Hum- boldt county. While no very fast time was made there were many close contests and the crowds cheered the winners to the echo. The free-for-all pace on the last day was won by Young Monterey son of the Monterey 2:09%. His mile in 2:17 over the half mile track was certainly as good as 2:13 over a good mile track. The summaries of the races follow: Sept. 15 — Trot or pace, 3:00 class. Oakwood Derby by Chas. Derby (Hunt) 1 1 Myrtle T. P. (Noble) 2 2 Phyllis B. (Stewart) 3 3 Time— 2:35, 2:33. Sept. 16— Trot or pace, 2:33 class. Oakwood Derby by Chas. Derby (Hunt) 2 1 1 Belle Stocks (Stocks) 1 2 2 Cassene (East) 3 3 3 Time— 2:25, 2:24%, 2:25. Trot or pace — named horses. Donna ( Lancaster) 2 1 1 Belle Stocks (Stocks) 1 2 2 Cassene (East) 3 3 3 Time— 2:25, 2:24%, 2:25. Sept. 17— Trotting, 2:26 class. Belle Stocks (Stocks) 1 1 Cassene (East) 2 2 Lillian 3 3 Myrtle T. P., Crusoe W. and Haidee also started. Time— 2:26, 2:26%. Novelty Race — mile nearest 4:00. Billie (McGaraghan) won 4:01 Timothy B. (Stuart) second 4:01% Twelve others started. Sept. 18— Free-for-all, $250. Young Monterey by Monterey 1 2 1 1 Betsy Waldstein by Waldstein 2 1 2 2 Tobasco 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:17, 2:35, 2:17%, 2:19. Trot or pace — named horses. Gene Waldstein by Waldstein 1 1 Lady Listene 3 2 Phyllis 2 3 Bonnie Sain 4 4 Time— 2:33, 2:32%. DILLON, MONTANA, RACES— AUG. 31-SEPT 3. 3:00 pace, purse $300. Grey Star, br. h. by Grey Stone (Anderson) . .2 1 1 Hickory, r. h. by Silver S. (Reeder) 1 2 3 Sam T„ by Dunraven (Wilson) 6 3 2 Joe Patch, by Copper King (Clark) 3 4 4 Time— 2:20, 2:24%, 2:22. 3:40 class. Katrinka Norte, p., b. f. by Del Norte (Barrow) . .1 1 King Brook, b. g. by The King Red (Higgins) 2 2 Mamie Woodland, b. f. by Woodland Boy (Bur- well) 3 3 Primus, by Silent Brook (Wall) 4 4 Time — 2:23, 2:23. 2:30 pace, purse $300. Hickory, r. h. by Silver S (Reeder) 1 1 Camille, b. m. by De LaSalle (Higgins) 2 2 Sam T., b. h. by Dunraven (Wilson) 3 3 Coin's H., ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Burton) . .4 5 Time— 2:35%, 2:33%. 2:40 mixed, purse $100. Kentucky Hall, br. h. by Walnut Hall (Wall) 1 1 Queen, b. f. by Fire Fly (Anderson) 2 2 Princess, b. f. by Prince Chas. 2:16 (Wilson) 3 3 Time— 3:06, 3:20%. 3:00 trot, purse $300. King Brook, b. m. by The King Red ( Higgins )..l 1 Ned Wilkes, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Burton) .2 2 Axdellore, br. h. by Axdell (Reeder) 3 3 Kellog O., b. m. by W. A. Sanborn (Williamson)4 4 Tim<^2:53%, 2:59%. Free-for-all trot, purse $300. Ned Wilkes, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes- (Burton) 2 111 Cromo, bl. g. by Grogan (Finch) 1 2 3 2 Rena Del Norte, b. m. by Del Norte (Bar- row) 3 3 2 4 Kellog O., b. m. by W. A. Sanborn (William- son ) 4 4 4 3 Time— 2:49, 2:43%, 2:50%, 2:46%. o Drink Jackion'a Napa Soda. ANCESTRY OF MISS STOKES (1) 2:19^. The peerless young trotter Miss Stokes (1) 2:19% was bred by Mr. W. E. D. Stokes of New York City, proprietor of the Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky. Her sire is Peter the Great 2:07%. Her dam is Tillie Thompson, no record, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, a son of George Wilkes 2:22, second dam Eva 2:23% by Sultan 2:24, son of The Moor 7S0; third dam the great brood mare Minne Ha Ha, by Stevens' Bald Chief, a son of Bay Chief, by Mambrino Chief 11; fourth dam by Abdallah 1, and fifth dam by Engineer 2d (3). Peter the Great 2:07% was by Pilot Medium 1597, whose sire was Happy Medium 400, by Ham- betonian 10, and whose dam was Tackey 2:26 by Pilot Jr. 12. The dam of Peter the Great 2:07% was the great brood-mare Santos (dam of four trotters with stand- ard records), by Grand Sentinel 2:27%, second dam Shadow, by Young Octoroon, by Octoroon, by Comet, a son of Chittenden County Morgan, he by Putnam Morgan, a son of Woodbury Morgan, by the original Justin Morgan, and from a daughter of Bulrush Morgan, another son of Justin Morgan. Grand Senti- nel 2:27% was by Sentinel 2:29%, whose sire was Hambletonian 10, and whose dam was Lady Patriot (dam of Volunteer 55, etc.) by Young Pariot, a de- scendent of the thoroughbred Blucher, by Duroc. The dam of Grand Sentinel 2:27% was by Mam- brino Pilot 29 ; second dam Brown Lock, a thorough- bred daughter of imported Leviathan, and third dam by Stockholder, a son of the famous Sir Archy. Mambrino Pilot 29 was by Mambrino Chief 11. His dam wos Juliet, by Pilot Jr. 12, whose sire was the noted Canadian pacer Pilot, and whose dam was by Funk's Havoc, a son of the thoroughbred Sir Charles, by Sir Archy. The second dam of Mambrino Pilot 29 was by Webster, a thoroughbred son of Medoc, by the famous four-mile race-winner American Eclipse. What must be regarded as the most wonderful performance ever made by a young trotter took place over the Lexington track on Friday of last week during the progress of the fair given under the auspices of the Colored A. & M. Association, writes "Hawley" in the Kentucky Stock Farm of Sept. 23d. It has been customary for owners to take advantage of the opportunity offered by this fair, to give their horses time records, and as the association is a mem- ber of the National, everything is conducted accord- ing to rule. The yearling filly, Miss Stokes, who has been the most conspicuous trotter of her age in Kentucky during this season by reason of her private and public performances, was started on Friday of last week against the yearling record. 2:23, held by Abdell, and made fifteen years ago. That she was successful is now known wherever there is an interest taken in the light harness horse, and today the record is 2:19%. She has been trained and driven throughout her short career by Edward Willis, superintendent of the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, and to him alone is due this credit of accom- plishing something with a trotter under two years old never before achieved by a trainer. Miss Stokes, as early as the month of June, gave some idea of her capacity, by her work over the home track, and during the Blue Grass Fair she trotted a mile in 2:28, a performance that gave promise of something unusual, yet creditable as it was even her most enthusiastic admirers could not with reason have predicted anything as sensational as the record she gained last week. On the day on which she so materially lowered the yearling record, she trotted over a track that had received no special preparation, for during the week it had been used for purposes not conducive to improve its surface. She scored once and was then sent away on a journey which resulted in giving her a prominence never before attained by a trotter and the manner in which she finished her mile gave every reason for the belief that she is capable uf still greater things. She trotted the last half in 1:08 and finished like a veteran, displaying gameness that is rarely seen even in an aged horse, and courage, speed and stamina never even approached in a youngster. It may be too much to say that her per- formance was more meritorious than that of Arion, when he placed the two-year-old record at 2:10%, yet when one stops to think that a filly but little over fifteen months old has entered the 2:20 list and in doing so has shown speed enough to trot a mile in 2:17, it can readily be seen that even so remarkable an exhibition as was made by Arion is not superior to this latest event, which even in an era of won- derful performances has astonished all horsemen and has quite naturally raised a question of- doubt in the minds of many. Nothing, however, can be said to detract from the performance, for Dot only was it made according to rule, but was accurately timed, at least two of those officiating in the stmd, Messrs. Clarence C. Harris and John Utterback, being horsemen of national reputation. The fiity --as timed by dozens of watches and I have yet to hear of one that registered slower than the time an- nounced, while more than one caught the mile in 2:19 flat. Miss Stokes is a bay filly very much on the Peter the Great type, with a very frictionless way of going" and with consilerable aclion. There is much about her that indicates class of the highest order, and had she never been started in her yjc'r ling form, she must surely have become one uf ti'.e world's greatest trotters. Whether or not she recovers from the efforts that she has mado tnis season subsequent events will prove, yet whe I er or not her name is ever again seen in a summary, she will go down in history as the fastest, gamest, in ■ let, the most wonderful of all immature trotters. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 2, 1909. 1 NOTES AND NEWS | The Pacific Coast racing season is over for 1909. Matinee racing will continue for several weeks however. The biggest matinee of the year is to be held at Sacramento tomorrow. Stallion owners are looking up records and getting ready for the season of 1910. They will step at Lexington next week and the probability is that several new records will be made. Lexington next week and the Phono x meeting in November and the racing for 1909 will be over. Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, fi r mares bred this year will close for nominations on December 1st. Marie N. by Marengo King, reduced her record to 2:0814 in the third heat of a race at Columbus last Monday. Zombro 2:11 will again lead all California sires this year in the number of his get to take new standard records. The Lexington meeting opens on Tuesday next, and with good weather a record-breaking crowd is expected. While Jim Logan is only a three-year-old, his mile in 2:05%, is the fastest paced on the Pacific Coast this year. There is a four-year-old by Hal B. 2:04%, out of the dam of Darkey Hal, up in Ontario that is said to be a pacing wonder. Chitwood, the sire of Hedgewood Boy 2:02% and Lady Maud C. 2:02%, died this week at the home of his owner in Illinois. Ed Geers' horses have won over $30,000 in purses this year, in spite of the fact that his stable is the poorest he has had for several seasons. Queen Pomona 2:07% is being raced through Idaho. She won the free-for-all pace at Blackfoot last month, but did not have to beat 2:16 to get first money. Squire of Chester, a blue roan hackney stallion, sold by Woodland Stock Farm at the Portland Horse Sale last spring, won a blue ribbon at the Portland Fair last week. Kid Wilkes 2:09% is the only trotter that has beaten 2:10 on the Pacific Coast this vear. Era by Zombro reduced her record to 2:10, bit', no other trotter has equalled that time. Paderewski 2:05% and Penisa Maid 2:05% are a pretty fair pair of trotters to graduate from the half mile tracks before starting on their money winning campaigns on the Grand Circuit. If standing starts were the rule in all harness races, there would be slower time, but there would also be better behaved and better mannered horses, which would be one step forward at any rate. Collis H., a chestnut gelding by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Net by Magic, won a pacing race at Blackfoot, Idaho, September 15th, taking a record of 2:20%. Collis H. was bred by Capt. C. H. Williams of Palo Alto. A yearling colt by Cochato 2:11%, dam by Sam Estes 2:20%, paced to a record of 2:24% at the Colored Fair at Lexington the same week that Miss Stokes broke the world's yearling trotting record. Sherlock Holmes' heat in 2:06% in a winning race at Portland shows that the chestnut son of Zolock is still a pretty fair pacer. Young Childs, who has raced him this year, has made a very successful cam- paign with him. When betting was prohibited at Charter Oak track, Hartford, Andy Welch did not sit down and cry, but organized a big State Fair to be held in conjunction with the races, and there were 70,000 paid admissions one day this year. The only two of the get of Bon Voyage to start in races this year have taken standard records. Sweet Bow, winner of the two-year-old Breeders' Futurity, took a mark of 2:17% and Bonaday, winner of the two-year-old trotting stake at Oregon, has a record of 2:27%. Pleasanton track has been kept in file shape all summer and although there were only ;i few horses worked there while the trainers were a isent on the circuit, the track was always ready to step horses fast on '.f anyone desired. Mr. Armst -ong contem- plates many improvements to be comple/ ed during the winter and spring. The Fresno County Fair will open on Monday, October 8th. The racing program, which provides for four davs' racing, will begin on Wednesday the 20th. A five-year-old pacing mare by Diablo 2:09% and a four-year-old trotting gelding by Stam B. 2:11%, are offered for sale by an advertiser. See advertising columns. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick worked ten Washington Mc- Kinneys better than a 2:40 gait last week. These horses are all green and have not been on the track a month yet. The combined fair and race meeting when prop- erly managed solves the question of racing without betting. These fairs give good big purses and can afford to be very liberal with horsemen. The Santa Rosa track, which will be the scene of automobile races today and tomorrow, will be in fine shape for training trotters over next week. The turns have been thrown up just right for miles below 2:14 and the footing is excellent. The Sidney Dillons have made a wonderful show- ing this year. Nearly every one that has started has taken a low record. The number of the get of this horse left on this coast is very small, and there are hut very few in the east old enough to race. The Portland Fair and Live Stock Show was a big success. The attendance was good every day except the first, when it rained. On the last day 12,000 persons passed through the gates. The man- agement intend giving a bigger fair than ever next year. When Sonoma Girl won her race at Columbus last week in 2:06%, 2:06 and 2:07 she was not extended in either heat, and seemed to be winning so easily that everyone present was convinced she could have lowered her record several seconds had she been driven for it. Will Ross, the trainer who is campaigning the great trotter Paderewski 2:05% by Constanero, left at home a four-year-old pacer by the same sire that showed him a mile in 2:06 with the last half in 1:02%. Her name is Florentine and she will be entered in the biggest purses for the green classes next year. Charles De Ryder returned from Portland on Tues- day of this week and expected his horses to arrive by freight in a day or two thereafter. The best horse in De Ryder's string this year was the pacer Adam G. 2:06%, owned by D. L. Bacbant of Fresno. Adam G. wron about $5000 on the circuit. If there is anyone who wants a well bred McKinney stallion that has size as well as good looks and hand- some colts to show he can produce, they should look over the stallions Merry Mac and Money Mac that Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland has consigned to a sale in this city at Chase's October 25th. Mr. Geo. M. Rcmmel, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of tgriculture, who judged the carriage classes at the O egon State Fair, remarked while in the office of tl e "Breeder and Sportsman one day last week that hi was much impressed with the get of Mr. F. E. Alk-y's stallion Sonoma Boy, brother to Sonoma Girl Ji:05%. He stated that the Sonoma Boy colts he saw at the fair were grand looking upstanding youn Esters, with finish as well as substance. Sue D. 2:15% that got her record last week at the Colored Fair races at Lexington, Ky„ is the season's fastest two-year-old trotter to date. She is* by Todd 2:14%, from Calpe (dam of Frank Mack 2:17%, by Norval 2:14%, second dam by Pretender, son of Dic- tator, so it will be seen she comes of lines productive of extreme speed. She is but 14.1 and weighs little more than 600 pounds, but is a trotter from end to end, and her admirers predict championship honors for her before the season's end. Miss Stokes 2:19%, the phenomenal trotting year- ling that holds the world's record is bred to trot fast. She is by Peter the Great 2:07%, dam Tillie Thompson by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, second dam Eva 2:23% by Sultan 2:24, third dam Minnehaha, dam of eight in the list, by Stevens Bald Chief. Minne- haha, the third dam of Miss Stokes, is the second dam of Abdell 2:23 champion yearling trotting stal- lion whose record made fifteen years ago, is now beaten for the first time by this great filly. The Sacramento Driving Club will be the host of members of driving clubs from Woodland, Oroville, Marysville, Chico, Stockton, Rocklin and other places tomorrow, Sunday, afternoon, when a grand pro- gram of matinee racing will be given at Agricultural Park at the capital city, the sum taken in at the gate to be given to the Children's Home, a charitable institution located at Sacramento. The prizes which have been donated by Sacramento merchants prob- ably make up the best list of trophies offered in Sac- ramento for some time. There are three prizes for each race, which makes a total of eighteen. The list is headed by nine cups. The other articles are as follows: One set of track harness, one stop watch, one blanket and hood and six track halters. G. G. Bundy, of Santa Monica, owns a full brother to Copa de Oro 2:02, and that it has paced a mile in 2:08% is the claim made by the Santa Monica Outlook. A yearling thoroughbred colt by Baldo has just been sold in Buenos Ayres for $60,000, the highest price on record in any country for a baby. The colt was bred in Argentine Republic. Hamilton Busbey writes to the American Horse Breeder as follows: "At Syracuse, September 15, Country Jay reduced the trotting saddle record to 2:08%. He was quite lame after his previous effort and was given the freedom of the pasture for three weeks. Then he came out fresh and beat his record two and one-quarter seconds. The value of the rest cure was never more sharply demonstrated. Rest is nature's remedy, and it is a mighty good remedy. The way to keep a lame horse lame is to go to trot- ting him in races when lame." The greatest bargain ever offered m broodmares was advertised in this journal last spri ig when Frank Turner of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm offered among many others for sale, the mare Carlotta Wilkes and her foal by Guy Dillon for $600. Cirlotta at that time had two 2:10 performers to he t credit — Inf er- lotta 2:04% and Carlokin 2:08% an 1 she now has added Mary Dillon 2:06% to the lis?. The colt by Guy Dillon at her side is a big lusty (3llow that gives every indication of growing into a magnificent horse. Since Mr. Turner advertised Carlotta Wilkes and foal at $600 he has bred her to Bon Vo rage and she~is doubtless in foal to that futurity wiming horse that is already siring futurity winners. Mr. John I. Sparrow of this city has received word that his handsome mare by Secretary, dam the thor- oughbred mare Pacheco by Hubbard, was found dead in pasture the other day. This mare was a fine indi- vidual, 16 hands high and had trotted a mile in 2:15 on the Sacramento track when in training some years ago, and at that time Mr. Sparrow was offered a thousand dollars for her, but refused it. She was never raced, but used as a roadster and as a brood mare. Mr. Sparrow has a very handsome four-year-old filly from her that is by Falrose and she seems to know nothing but trot, although she is not yet fully broken to harness. He also has a four-months-old filly from her by Alta Vela, that is very promising. W. E. Detels has been driving his two-year-old colt Bon Guy some recently on the Pleasanton track and the youngster is stepping along like a real trot- ter. Bon Guy has had his shoes off for a month, but it does not make any difference with his speed, as Mr. Detels drove him a mile in 2:29 two weeks ago with the last half in 1:13%. Last Tuesday he again took him on the track barefooted and let him trot a mile in 2:31%, the last quarter in 33% seconds very handily. Bon Guy is by Bon Voyage 2:12%, dam La Moscovita, dam of Yolanda 2:14%, by Guy Wilkes, grandam Muscova 2:28%, dam of Mamie R. 2:15% and Oro Belmont 2:15%, by Belmont 64. Be- sides being a fine individual and a natural trotter, he is one of the best bred sons of Bon Voyage in Cali- fornia. It has often been remarked that some of the best of horsemen and racing men have an imperfect knowledge of the rules of the National Trotting Association. There are those at the present day who still hold to the belief that because a horse breaks near the wire and runs under it he must be penalized because of the fact. The rules do not provide for any such penalty. By others it is held that four breaks disqualifies a horse from winning a heat. There is no such rule in the book. There are a few who are of the opinion that with four horses in a race a horse distanced in the last heat stands in the summary in the rank he held before he was distanced. The rule distinctly says a dis- tanced horse is out of the race and is not entitled to win any part of the purse. A neophyte in racing sometimes feels very much aggrieved and takes it very hard when the rules are applied for some breach of the code. He does not understand the rules, and there are always those, as ignorant as himself, at hand to give injudicious advice, which he accepts and gets into trouble at once. Every man who races a horse should study the rules. It may save him from foolish conduct. — Spirit of the West. Uhlan 2:02%. the fastest trotting gelding now in training, was sold last Wednesday to Frank Jones, presumably acting for Mr.C. K. G. Billings, for $35,000. Mr. Billings is the owner of Lou Dillon 1:58%, the world's champion trotter, now retired to the breed- ing ranks, and by the purchase of Uhlan has doubt- less become the owner of the best trotter now in training, as while Hamburg Belle defeated him at North Randall this year in 2:01% and 2:01%, the fastest race ever trotted, Uhlan beat the mare de- cisively when they again met, though'in slower time and over a heavier track. Since then the owners of Hamburg Belle have declined to again meet Uhlan, and he is looked upon by most horsemen as the best trotter now on the turf. It is said that Uhlan, in accordance with the rule Mr. Billings adopted years ago, will not be started in purse races again, but will be reserved entirely for cup races and matinee performances. Uhlan, as doubtless all our readers know, is by Bingen 2:06%, dam Blonde by Sir Walter Jr., grandam Brunette by Black Eagle. He made a record of 2:07% as a four-year-old in 190S. Saturday, October 2, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN RECORD-BREAKING IN AUSTRALIA. THE THREE-YEAR-OLD CHAMPIONS. UNIFORMITY IN HORSE BREEDING. From files of the Victorian Trotting Record, the official organ cf the Victorian Trotting Association, published at Melbourne, sent us by Mr. Andrew Robertson, we learn that for the first time in the history of harness racing in that country a two-year- old has beaten 2:30 in a race. The record-breaking performance was made on a half-mile track by Grat- tan Bells, a son of the American-bred sire and dam, Abbey Bells and Blonde Grattan. Abbey Bells is by Bow Bells, out of Russia, sister to Maud S. 2:08%, and Blonde Grattan is by Grattan out of Blonde Beauty by Strathmore. From this it will be seen that the two-year-old Australian record- breaker is bred in lines That are as fashionable as any in the United States, and conies by his speed naturally. A correspondent of the Victorian Trot- ting Record thus describes the race in which Grat- tan Bells took his record: Grattan Bells, in his race with Emmie Derby, reg- istered a new Australian mile record for two-year- old trotters, when he trotted the distance in 2:29%. Until Grattan Bells' appearnee on the race track this season, the two-year-old record for trotters in Australia was 2:59, and this record had stood since November. 189S — nearly eleven years. The best rec- ord for two-year-old trotters in New Zealand, I think, is claimed by the champion mare Jessie Palm, who as a twoyearold got a record of 2 minutes 43 seconds. Although the breeding of trotting horses has made wonderful progress in this country during the past few years, yet horsemen here were hardly prepared to see such a phenomenal performance as that reg- istered by Grattan Bells, and it certainly serves as a striking illustration, that to produce champion trot- ters, breeding is the first essential, and I am pleased to note breeders in this country are waking up to the fact that successful blood lines are as necessary in the trotting horse as they are in our racing thor- oughbred. Grattan Bells was bred and is owned by the Allendale Stock Farm. The race in which Grattan Bells took his record requires little description. He was always favorite in the betting, except at the jump off, when the filly, who had the inside position, went away to the front. Lou Robertson, who was piloting Grattan Bells, was content to stay in behind the first time up the hill, and driving wide on the top turn so as to escape the sharp dip in the track on the turn into the back- stretch. At this stage of the journey three furlongs had been traversed, and Emmie Derby was leading by fully three lengths, but when over the dangerous part of the hill Lou spoke to his colt, with the result that he struck a 2:20 gait, and in a few strides had the mare at his mercy, and from this on he romped home an easy winner, in the remarkable time of 2 minutes 29% seconds, and gained for him- self the proud distinction of being the first and only two-year-old trotter in the Australasian States to trot a mile in American standard time. When speaking to Lou Robertson after the race, he said he could have stepped the colt in 2:24 had it been required. Grattan Bells is a dark bay, and a most handsome individual, and one of the best and cleanest gaited trotters I eevr saw. He is certainly hung up right for a 2: 10 rrotter. He wears no gear, and goes with 6 ounce shoes forward and 4 ounce shoes behind. His feet and legs are perfect, and he has the manners of the old family horse that takes the children to school and the women to town shopping. Tom Martin, who steered Emmie Derby, surely de- serves great praise for the manner in which he handled his mount, he getting the last fraction of an ounce out of her, but he hadn't the "goods" to de- liver, as the colt proved to be in an entirely different class. Emmie Derby is out of the imported mare Lottie Derby, who is by Charles Derby, out of Lottie she by San Diego, sire of two in the list, dam Flora B., by Whippleton, sire of seven performers. Lottie Derby war- imported by D. J. Price in 1903. The champion trotting stallion in New Zealand is Norval 2:16%, record made in a race from a stand- ing start He was sired by Black Child, a son of Rothschild, the best producer of speed in the Anti- podes. Norval's dam is the Palo Alto bred mare Norbell by Norval (son of Electioneer), dam Clarabel by Abdullah Star, second dam Fairy by Hamble- tonian 10, third dam Emma Mills by American Star. The new three-year-old pacing queen is most in- tensely bred in the very best of trotting lines and is a brilliant example of the now accepted fact that extreme speed at the pace comes as naturally from the descendants of the Hambletonian family as speed at the trot. The leading sires might be divided into three groups, those who produce prin- cipally trotters, those whose produce are divided between the gaits and those who produce pacers principally. Oratorio 2:13, the sire of Maggie Winder 2:06V*., in his stud career has to his credit just twice as many pacers as trotters. He is bred in ultra fashionable trotting lines. He is by Wilkes Boy, by George Wilkes, while his dam was Can- zonet, by Dictator, his second dam Fugue 2:19% by King Rene: and his third Fuga, by George Wilkes. King Rene was by Belmont. Wilkes Boy was out of the celeorated brood mare Betty Brown, by Mam- brino Patchen, while Dictator, being out of Clara gives him the American Star cross. Through George Wilkes, Dictator, King Rene and Fuga, he goes straight to Hambletonian 10. Maggie Winder gets her pacing inclination from the dam's side though there again the pedigree is redundant with high class trotting lines. Her dam was Clara Direct by Direct 2:05%, at the pace. The dam of Clara Direct was Miss Alcantara Davis, by Alcantara, dam Cleopatra, by Abdallah Prince. Here again Dictator and George Wilkes are the predomi- nant elements to which may be added the influence of Echora, the dam of Direct, who was by Echo, he by Hambletonian 10. It will be seen at a glance that in the pedigree of Maggie Winder George Wilkes and Dictator are the preponderating factors. She gets her speed honestly and has done all her work so easily that it is highly probable she will again reduce her record before the season is over. The latest performance of Soprano places her far ahead cf all the great fillies of her age so far as race records go, for though Fantasy away back in 1893 trotted a record heat in 2:08%, her first heat was in 2:16%, and she had a running pace-maker to force her out in the second heat. The race at Readville for the American Horse Breeders' Futurity was won by Soprano in 2:09% and 2:08%. There is no comparison between the two races. The first heat of Fantasy in 2:16% was little better than a workout for her and the track at Nashville at that time as proven by the records was fast. At Readville the track was pronounced by good judges as two seconds slow. The breeding of Soprano is well worth a study for it is ultra high class although neither George Wilkes, Nutwood nor Electioneer appear in the tab- ulated pedigree. Soprano is by Bellini who is rapidly looming up as a great sire of 2:10 trotters. Bellini is a horse that considering his limited opportunities has done wonderfully. With the exception of one year he has been kept as a private stallion and bred each season to a few of his owner's mares. If we are to judge by what he has produced, he should with full books at fashionable mares now lead all sires in the exclusive 2:10 list. Bellini 2: 13%, is by Artillery 2:21%, a son of Ham- bletonian 10, while Artillery's dam was Wells Star, by American Star. The dam of Bellini was Merry Clay, by Harry Clay, who was out of Ethel berta by Harold, dam Juliet, by Pilot Jr. Here we have the three great female crosses. Star, Clay and Pilot Jr., so prominent before the daughters of Mambrino Patchen came into the limelight. But on the side of the dam Soprano gets the blood of Mambrino Patchen in the male line for her dam Operetta 2:26%. is by Elyria 2:25%, he by Mambrino King, the famous son of Mambrino Patchen. Oper- etta's dam was a daughter of Star Hambletonian, by Hambletonian. Soprano comes of developed ancestry backed up by the best blood within the covers of the Register and the season is not yet too late for her to demonstrate that even her Readville record is not the limit of her three-year-old career. — Chicago Horseman. Australian Dan Patch, whose record of 2:10 is the fastest ever made by a harness horse south of the equator, was recently exhibited before a crowd es- timated at nearly fifty thousand people at Brisbane, and was driven a mile by Lou Robertson in 2:19 over the track there, which is only a quarter of mile in circumference. The horse was taken to the Queens- land's Turf Club's grass track a few days later and showed them a half in 1:01% and a mile in 2:10%. This is certainly a world's record for a turf track. Lou Robertson, the clever trainer and driver of this horse, is a brother to Andrew Robertson, well known in California, where he bought about two dozen well- bred trotters and pacers for Australian parties two years ago this winter. *The secretary of one of the big draft horse asso- ciations wisely suggests some good things on uni- formity in breeding and says: In the great efforts for the elevation of the horsebreeding interests of the country, much money is annually spent, yet, while progress is not unmarked, it is certainly not so ob- vious as lovers of the horse could wish it to be. The great lack in this work, as felt and seen everywhere, is that jewel named consistency. The work has lacked uniformity. Many men are of many minds, and this fact has led to each man forming, in his own mind, some ideal for which he works along his own lines, and in his -own way. Limited he often is to material not too well adapted for carrying it out. In all countries where horse breeding has enjoyed a full measure of success, such success as commands the patronage of other nations for breeding stock, some such thorough appreciation of a common ideal in type and standard is ubiquitous. Perhaps there would be no more immediately practical system, which could offer fewer objectionable features, and at the same time accomplish substantial advancement in the acceptance of a universally recognized type of horse, than the more thorough standardization of the work of the department judge at the spring stal- lion show. Were every judge to work for a common ideal, in each class of horse, the public mind would be very quick to graps it, and the result of this would be evident in a very few years, in a type of horse essentially far more uniform than at the present time. This work has already been under- taken in a small degree, and departmental judges have all been asked by J. Lockie Wilson, the present superintendent of fairs, to attend a short course series of lectures, at the Ontario Agricultural College, where, under the supervision of Prof. G. E. Day, efforts are made to render a more uniform ap- preciation of just what the right thing in the various breeds of livestock is. This is a work which could well receive more exhaustive attention. Its import- ance cannot well be overestimated. The fixing in the popular mind of a comprehensive and accurate idea of an ideal type, embodying the qualities and characteristics desirable, is a work rather too big for any one man to undertake, and should call for the co-operation of the best horsemen in the country, whose experience and judgment quaiify them to adju- dicate upon such a matter intelligently. Its compila- tion should represent the best efforts of the best men whose services could be obtained. — Spirit of the West. During the past racing season in New Zealand forty-one trotting meetings were held, extending over seventy-four days. The amount of stakes distributed was something over $175,000 and the total amount that passed through the totalisator was over a mil- lion and a half dollars. Dr. Battey of the Western Horseman says: "The Electioneer family has furnished in the past, is now furnishing and promises to continue producing in the future a number of very high-class trotting geidings. This assertion must not lead one to be- lieve that the Electioneer family has never fur- nished the racing game a high-class trotting stal- lion or trotting mare. In the way of geldings, how- ever, it does seem as though this particular branch of the American light harness horse was especially strong. A better type of the trotting gelding than The Abbott. 2:03%, has never yet been seen at race meetings. That son of Chimes was a perfect gentleman in harness. A better race trotter than Azote. 2:04%, has never shown up in the way of a trotting gelding until Uhlan made his appearance. Major Delinar is the champion trotting gelding and the second fastest trotter. Probably the most sat- isfactory speedway trotter (among geldings, and perhaps among all sexes) was Cobwebs 2:12. A truly sensational race trotter was Boralma 2:07, while Nico 2:08%, is yet referred to as one of the truest types of the trotting horse yet bred in New Engla.nd. In addition to those mentioned are The Monk 2:05%; W. J. Lewis 2:06%; Monte Carlo 2:07%; Baron de Shay 2:08%, etc., each of them Electioneers in the male line of descent. The first two-minute trotting gelding was an Electioneer, and the second promises to be an Electioneer. Major Delmar was the first and Uhlan will doubtless prove the second." A RICHLY MERITED TRIBUTE. The following well deserved tribute to Mr. A. J. Welch is clipped from the New York Sunday Herald: "Boston's Grand Circuit trotting meeting last week savored of reform and reformed. With Massachusetts blue laws vigorously enforced to prevent all book- making, pool selling and liquor selling on the grounds, this prohibition trotting meeting was planned, financed and managed by a retired bookmaker. A. J. Welch, to whose enterprise it was due, has been known as the leading layer of odds against the trot- ters in the Grand Circuit ever since bookmaking sup- planted mutuel pools as a medium of speculation on the harness races. But Mr. Welch is much more than a bookmaker. Few amateur horse fanciers are imbued with so much real enthusiasm and love of the sport as he possesses, and not many have done as much as he has done for his favorite pastime. When Charter Oak Park, in his native city of Hartford, was closed on account of the interference with pub- lic betting and sold under the hammer twelve or thir- teen years ago, it was 'Andy' Welch who stepped into the breach, bought the property, beautified it until it was a park in fact as well as in name and revived the Grand Circuit meetings there on a larger scale than ever before. And when the New England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association threw up the spouge last spring, for the same cause that had closed Charter Oak Park, it was Mr. Welch who saved the day for harness racing by paying some- thing like $90,000 for the Readville track and then offering $80,000 in purses and stakes for the Grand Circuit meeting just ended. Mr. Welch's interest in trotting horses has not been confined to racing. He is one of the best informed men in the country on the blood lines of the trotters and has himself bred a number of good ones, including Fanella 2:13, the dam of Sadie Mac 2:06%, and of the wonderful trot- ting sire Todd 2:14%, now dead. In the palmy days of the road in New York, Mr. Welch drove Directress, the dam of Fanella, on Seventh avenue, and afterwards paid stud fees of $2500 each to breed her and several other mares to Arion 2:10%. Id these critical times it is well to remember that ad- mirers of the trotting horse owe to 'Andy' Welch the existence of the Hartford track. o By Mack, the brown stallion by McKinney out of By By by Nutwood, for which Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick paid $375 at Chase's sale two weeks ago, will be shipped to Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, and will be placed in the stud there next spring. Sam Gamble, who sa"W this horse for the first time at the sale, was very much taken with him, and predicts that he will be a great success in the stud. It is un- fortunate that By Mack's injury to his near hind ankle, received when he was a colt at his dam's side, prevents his being trained as he gives every sign of having natural trotting speed. The big ankle does not cause him to show lameness however when given ordinary exercise, but it is a bad blemish nevertheless. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 2, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COHIXG EVENTS. Trap Shoots. *Sept 27-2S — Wyoming State Tournament. Auspices "Wyoming Gun Club. Douglas, Wyo. H. C. Saul, Sec'y. Beach Shows. Sept. 2S-Oct. 1 — Montana Kennel Club, Helena, Mont. Dr. C. A. Belk, Sec'y. Oct. 2 — Bull Terrier Club of America. Philadelphia, Pa. Alan Northridge, Sec'y. Oct. 14-16 — Oakland Kennel Club. Oakland, CaL J. W. Ellery, Sec'y, 4S Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose. Cal. Feb. 9-12 — "Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. "Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. Sept. 27 — British Columbia Field Trial Club. Ladnor, B. C. H. H. Abbott, Sec'y. Sept. 30 — Pacific Northwest Field Trial Club, Ladnor. B. C J. W. Considine, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. Oct. 6 — Oregon Field Trial Club. Salem, Ore. E. A. Parsons, Sec'y. Oct 6-9 — Ctah State Fair Association. Salt Lake City. F. L. Hpnsing, Superintendent. Salt Lake City. Oct. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Sec'y. Oct. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton, O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Koehm, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Nov. S — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. "W. L. Cook. Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. T. Nov. 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction. N. C. W. C. Root. Sec'y. Dec. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. "Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene. Sec'y. "Waynesboro, Ga. Dec. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke, Sec'v. Dec. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. "Wallace, Sec'y. Dec. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen. Sec'y. Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. Jan. 3. 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant, Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y. Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y. San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth. Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y. Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. Jan. 17. — United States Field Trial Club. . W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. Jan. 24 — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. . W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction. Tenn. "ON SAFARI." The above ritle is that of a book by Mr. Abel Chapman, recently issued by Longmans, Green & Co. It relates to the abundance of bis game in East Africa and in the following reviews are given several of the authors' experiences, the whole of which is very interesting reading. The author s*ates in his preface that "Safari" is an Arabic term which has no precise equivalent in the British tongue, yet it is daily used throughout Brit- ish territories six times larger than the home islands. "Hence 1 venture to introduce it into our common language. Its interpretation will become clear to those who read this book." We read on and at last we discover that "Safari" means a mobilized hunting expedition. British East Africa comprises 750,000 square miles, inhabited by only some 3000 souls. At present it consists chiefly of virgin hunting grounds, unex- plored save by a handful of pioneers and big game hunters. As an indication of the abundance of game it may suffice to ray that the author and his brother in two expeditions obtained specimens of thirty-four different species. Many years of strenuous hunting in Europe had yielded them only fourteen species. "The antelope tribe alone counts upward of forty members — from elands of 2000 pounds to dikdiks of under ten; then there are the beasts of prey, the three great pachyderms, giraffes and zebras, buffa- loes and a mixed multitude besides. Beyond all stand out on the hunter's horizon the elephant and the lion, These two constitute his supreme triumph, being not only the most difficult to encounter, but the most dangerous to attack." In short. British East Africa affords the finest hunting field in all the world. But what South Africa was fifty years ago East Africa is today. The center of attraction has shifted northward, far north- wa'd — to the British territories that lie around the equator. There some of Nature's wildest, scenes, practically unchanged since the days of creation, moy ypt be enjoyed. More than that these new re- gions are accessible as South Africa never was at its 7;D THE FARM HOW TO HAVE GOOD COWS. A relative of the writer who had fol- lowed dairying for thirty years and al- ways kept from forty to fifty cows, which were bought, not raised, said he had never owned any prodigy or uncommon- ly good cow, but a large number of or- dinary and poor ones ; that in buying he had always picked for the l>est in accord- ance with the rules and marks laid down by the experts, who declare that the dairy type indicates good cows and that good cows always have it. He spoke of a neighbor who boasted of having a cow that gave a "bushel" of milk (thirty- two quarts) a day, but said such cows were scarce as the famous trotting horses that got over a mile in a little less than two minutes. The writer said to a neighbor who kept good dairy stock and frequently sold cows: "When you have a good cow to sell, let me know; I want to buy her." He smiled and answered confidentially: "I don't sell my good cows." Xo doubt other sellers have the same rule, and keep their good cows, as they certainly should. This being generally the case, it would seem that the only way to have a good dairy and keep it good is to raise the heifer calves to maturity and mother- hood, and after testing them retain only the best. Of course, the calves should be sired by a full blood dairy bull. A heifer should not be condemned and dis- carded for unsatisfactory performance at the pail the first year. She should be given another chance to prove her worth with the second calf. Like is said to produce like, and why the calf of a superir cow, begotten by a dairy bull of good ancestry, should not be the equal of the mother for milk pro- duction is a hidden fact of nature which will never be discovered. I have owned three uncommonly good cows, and had them served by good bulls, but not one of their calves ever equalled her mother, but no doubt were better than they would have been had not their parents been good. If painstaking does not meet expectations it is nevertheless necessary to practice it in any kind of business. If it does not always produce like, it is much more likely to than blind chance. "We must breed from the best and not be- come "weary in well doing." Breeding only from the best, and discarding the poorest, was the rule and the practice of the old breeders who founded the breeds which have remained superior to this day. Some critic may say: "When a well-bred heifer proves inferior to the parent stock, it is the fault of the breed- er;" that "the nerve force must be kept up, the lung capacity made large and the digestion powerful." I don't know much about a calf's nerve power, except butting the feed pail and splashing the milk, and this power, it seems to me, should not be encour- aged. The lung capacity can not be en- larged, but the lungs can be kept in a healthy condition by keeping the calf in a well ventilated stall, frequently cleaned and well bedded. Good digestion can be preserved by proper feeding. Rich foods, not easily digestible, will bring on the scours, the scourge of calfdom. The proper foods fed too liberally will do the same thing. Calves are greedy animals and will eat and drink more than their stomachs can endure, and the stomachs will weaken and fail to do good work. Gormandizing food is not the failing of calves alone; human beings, too, are guilty. Somd dairy writers have said that heif- cal^es should have food of a different composition from bull calves. It doesn't seem reasonable. Until a heifer gives milk, the food she needs and must have is to make flesh, blood and bone, pre- cisely the same as the male calf needs. Do these writers provide different foods for their daughters and for their sons? It appears that the only sure way to have good cows is to raise them yourself and weed out some of the poorest. The weeding out process may be carried too far. Radical reformers say: "Weed them out!" "Send them to the butch- er!" "Don't send them to board on some other unfortunate man!" Some persons are perfectionists, and carry their doctrine to extremes. We all believe in better farming, in raising good stock, and in keeping the best cows we can raise or purchase, but the three hundred pound butter cows, like the two- minute horses, are not plentiful enough to supply the demand. Their milk alone would not support the babies in the United States. — Tribune. NEW INSTRUCTORS IN ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Mr. Howard Phillips and Mr. F. D. Hawk, both of whom are graduates of the Iowa State Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa, have accepted positions as instructors in the department of animal husbandry at the University of Califor- nia. While in college, Mr. Phillips was a member of the live stock judging teams representing the State at the American Royal Stock Show at Kansas City, Mo. , and was a member of the winning team at the International Live Stock Exposi- tion at Chicago, receiving first honors in judging horses. After graduating he re- ceived the Armour scholarship and spent a year in post-graduate work. Mr. Phillips has a great deal of experience with live stock and -comes to California thoroughly prepared for his new work. Mr. Hawk was a member of the live stock judging team representing Iowa at SULKY FOR SALE New McMurray Sulky, latest model, never been uncrated Address, F. W. KELLEY, 366 Pacific Bldg.. San Francisco. FOR SALE. Brood mare, Gamelia 36,177 — Brown mare, foaled lSyS. sire Gamaleon 7S25 ; dam Yixil by Durango 1115. Green Trotter. Norfolk Medium 44060 - Brown colt, foaled May 4. 1906. sire Red Medium 30516; dam Gamelia. as above. Elmodena 48387— Brown colt foaled June 13. 190S. sire Expedition 14900: dam Gamelia. as above. These are all A-l stock. Address. O. J. JOHXSON Orange. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union Ice Co.'s Stables. 327 Sth St.. Oakland NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of ET7GENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by me Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou^ sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the rar value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: I*. S. ADAMS, Secretary. Gombault's Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest W$ Veterinary Remedy $s HAS IMITATORS BUT NO COMPETITORS I SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE. Supersedes All Cautery or Fir- ing. Invaluable as a CURE for FOUNDER, WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SICIN DISEASES, RINGBONE, PINK EYE, SWEENY, BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS. CAPPED HOCK, STRAINED TENDONS. SAFE FOR ANYONE TO USE. We guarantee that one tablespoonfal of Canstlo Balsam will prodnee more ac:u=J results thanawbolo bottle of any liniment or spavin mixture ever made Every bottle sold ia warranted to give satisfaction Write for testimonials showing what the most proml nent horsemen say of it. Price, SI. 50 per bottle. Sold, by dmpgists, or sent by express, charges paid, wild, lull directions for its ose. The Accepted Standard VETERINANY REMEDY Always Reliable. Sure In Results. fci £y ^'^Til^^t "* } CLEVELAND, 0 NOTHING RUT GOOD TIESCXTS Have used GOMDAtLT S CAt/STIC BALSA* fort ■ than -"Tear*. It is the best blister! ha™ o er trie! II ■ used itinhund-eds of cases with best results ■ fertly safe for the most inexperienced perscn t |i»th« largest breeding establishment of tru.ttJnK,..„ ■ the world, md use vonr blister oten-W. H. li.'.YJIU |Frop- Belmont 1'ark Stoefc F*nn, Belmont Part, 31, rSKD 10 YFAT^ Sr^nF^RFTXT.Y. I have used GOMB1T1TS CAUSTIC BALSAM fort* I years; have been very successful in curing enrb. ringbone), I ■ capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and aj- I This H most every cause of lameness in hortes. Have, a stable of I T forty head, mostly track and speedway horses, and cer- I Itainly can recommend it.— f. C CBAJIKa, Training I I Subles. 990 Jeaning* Street, Sew York City. Soie Agents fon the United States and Canada* The Lawrence-Williams Go. TORONTO, ONT. CLEVELAND, OHIO. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth (or Road or Track Use, GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Pulling-, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pulling-, Bit Fighting-, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit, and with it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort. It will make him forget his bad habits, bring out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Csed and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. L. Snow, D. J. McClary. Alta McDon- ald. J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, Alonzo McDonald, and nearly all the prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. "We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as the "Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Overcheck. Mailed prepaid free to any part of 1 Patented Aug. 11. 1S96. Patent No. 565.6S1. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us. who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices and can not wait to get them direct from us, we have established the following agencies where a large stoefc of our devices is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sell them for direct: Fiss. Doerr & Carroll Horse Co.. Xew Yorfc City ; Becker £ Wickser. Buffalo. X. Y. ; Turtle A Clark Detroit. Mich.: Foster-Helmreich- Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City, Mo. z.sogwi/fAerc/fiERJ HARNESS k TURF GOODS Saturday, October 2, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 the American Royal Live Stock Show at Kansas City the fall of 1907. The team was victorious by a wide margin and car- ried off first honors in every class. The following fall he was a member of the stock judging team at the National Dairy Show held in Chicago where he received first individual honors, and needless to say was one of the winning team. Since graduation Mr. Hawk has been connect- ed with Mr. J. E. Dodge at the Penhurst Farm, Narberth, Pennsylvania, where is kept a fine large herd of Jersey and Ayr- shire cows of the best type and breeding. In the University of California Mr. Phillips will specialize along the lines of fat stock, while Mr. Hawk will take the line of dairy stock. TEACHING SOIL MANAGEMENT. The farmer who knows exactly how to handle his soil so as to secure max- imum crops and at the same time pre- serve its fertility for future genera- tions is a fortunate man. The farmer who is handling his soil in this man- ner is a true citizen, while the man who is exhausting his soil fertility for his own gain is not living up to his duty or his opportunities. There is no more vital problem before the farmers of the country today than that of main- taining the soil's fertility. Soil physics and soil bacteriology are of the greatest importance in se- curing an immediate crop, but to se- cure crops and at the same time main- tain the fertility one must know some- thing of tne chemical character of the soil since it is upoc tiie constituents present, the form in which they occur as well as upon the total amounts present that permanent fertility de- pends. Naturally soils differ widely in chemical character and to maintain fertility most economically one must know the particular character of the soil he is handling, hut in general the principles of fertility maintenance are practically the saiNc. The student learns, for instance, the elements in which soil are usually deficient. He learns that for most Missouri lands these are nitrogen and phosphorus, and with lack of nitrogen there is al- ways associated a lack of humus. He learns, too, that upon this humus sup- ply depends very largely the avail- ability of the plant foods present, especially the ones most apt to be lack- ing, and that to maintain fertility the first essential is the maintenance of this humus. He is then taught just how this humus may be maintained most economically and how the nitro- gen may be built up by proper systems of rotation. Finally he learns the steps necessary to the maintaining of a large stock of available phos- phorus as well as the more abundant mineral elements and how this can be done and a good profit secured at the same time. In short he learns the principles necessary to maintain re- munerative yields and to the perma- nent maintaining of the fertility of his land. A great aid to this instruction in soils is found in the soil survey and the system of soil experiments now being carried out by the College of Agriculture. The purpose of this work is not only to show the kinds and lo- cation of the various soils of the State together with their analysis, but also to carry out carefully planned experi- ments on the various types, thus deter- mining absolutely the most profitable system of soil management, together with the most economical means of permanently maintaining the fertility. By the aid of this survey and these experiments the college will soon be able to give very accurate recommen- dations regarding the handling of each quarter section of the State, a thing that will be of inestimable value to the farmers of the State. However, to be able to take advan- tage of such recommendations a man must give some study to the soil it- self. It is this information regarding the principles of soil •physics, soil bacteriology and soil fertility that the College of Agriculture is teaching. The subject is a large one and the man who is not abel to attend such a school will find a large amount of reading and study necessary to be able to handle his soil most intelligently. — M. F. Mil- ler, Missouri Experiment Station. WHAT IS NEEDED TO ERADICATE TUBERCULOSIS. The germ of tuberculosis is a very elusive little fellow. He turns up when least expected, and seems to de- light in putting in his work where doors and windows are barred against him. Give him predisposing conditions and he'll take care of himself. Veter- inarians may soak him in carbolic acid and bury him six feet deep in a thous- ond condemned carcasses and he'll reappear in some magnificent cow par- lor where water never freezes during the coldest January night, and the cat- tle are so warm and comfortable that tho steam from their breath con- denses and runs down on the walls of their quarters. It was a sorry day for bovine health when our agricultural press and institute workers got the farmer infatuated with the warm sta- ble craze. Xo stable is sanitary when Band of Elk, Twenty, All Gentle. For Sale as a Band or in Pairs No Old Ones. Address: JOHN CROUCH LAND COMPANY, Cliico, Cal. OVERLAND LIMITED CROSSES HIGH SIERRA GREAT SALT LAKE by daylight Chicago in 3 Days Electric lighted — Fast FlyingCross-Coun- try Train — Luxuriously Equipped. Pull- man Drawing Room, Stateroom, Vesti- buled Sleeping Cars. Careful and attentive dining service. Parlor Observation Car with Library and Cafe, Ladiess' Reading Room, Gentle- men's Smoking Room. Daily Xews Bulletins, Latest Papers and Magazines. SOUTHER PACIFIC warmed by the exhalations of their occupants; and I am not aware that there is in successful operation any practical device whereby a barn may in cold weather be kept warm and at the same time filled with pure air. And so it seems to me that we need more an educational campaign among stock growers than we need recruits for the squirt-can brigade. Impress upon our dairymen the fact that the health of their cow is worth more to them than the extra quart of milk. Teach them to build up constitutional vigor in their herds instead of permit- ting them to deplete vital energy through misguided efforts to intensify the milking habit by incestuous mat- ings and too early breeding of heifers. Tell them sunshine and oxygen are the best disinfectants they can use. Let us hope that truth and good common sense will ultimately prevail in the treatment of this subject. — J. H. Un- derwood. OAKLAND KENNEL CLUB'S THIRD ANNUAL DOG SHOW PIEDMONT RINK, Oakland, Oct. 14,15,16, H. W. LACY. Esq., Kennel Editor of The Ameri- can Stock Keeper. Boston. Mass.. will judge all breeds. Send a Postal for a Prize List To- Day Before You Forget — Ready to Mail Sep- tember ISth. Coast fanciers can obtain prize list and entry forms from: Frank E. Watkins. 250 Alder St.. Portland. Or.: Arthur Murphy. 50o Pike St., Seat- tle. Wash. : F. E. King. 946 Pacific Ave.. Tacoma. Wash.; George Bentley, 2000 Tenth St.. Sacra- mento. Cal.; H.R.Warner, Hotel Del Monte. Cal.; F. W. Welch, London Grocery, Vancouver, B. C.j Jas. Ewins, 816 South Main St.. Los Angeles. Cal.: Paul Piepers. 325 Towne Ave.. Los Angeles, Cal. ; Berrar & Robertson, 3d and Santa Clara Sts..San Jose; Branch's Inc., Stockton. Cal.: T. P. McCon- nel. Victoria. B. C; Chas. Newman, The College Inn. Oakland. Cal. Former Exhibitors whose addresses have changed, new fanciers desiring prize lists and all those seeking further particulars concerning the show will please correspond with the Superin- tendent of the Show. W. E. CHUTE, Phone Douglas 4646. 48 Geary St.. San Francisco Oakland Office : 454 9th St.. Phone Oakland 602. ENTRIES CLOSE TUESDAY, OCT. 5 ^ RJf *^ Registered Trade Mark % ^\ J^»»i T>^ SPAVIN CURE ^ No promise of results impossible to perform or false testimonials to mislead you. Tou cannot mistake the certainty of its unfailing and unequalled power or the security of our guarantee. It is the Only Remedy that Can Be Sold with Contract. This Tells the Story WOMELSDORF, Pa., May 26, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Dear Sirs: I have used , also , and while using the latter one morning T came out and found the entire leg swollen something awful. Now, if you can guarantee yours not to do this, and that I can use the horse all the while, you may send me a bottle of Save-the-Horse, with guarantee to cure. Tour truly, DR. R. L. HAMAKER. WOMELSDORF, Pa., Sept. 1, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Dear Sirs: I want to say this, that 1 entirely cured my pacing horse ■'Dexter,'* with one bottle, and sold him sound for S250. Enclosed rind $5.00. Send me one bottle of "Save-the-Horse." Please enclose guarantee. Yours respectfully, R. L. HAMAKER, D. D. S. MAKES A TENDON LIKE A ROD OF STEEL. 95.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. "Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. At all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada or sent express paid by TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON", N. Y. D. K. Newell, 5« Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. 75 PER CENT OF ALL HORSE OWNERS AND TRAINERS USE AND RECOMMEND CAMPBELL'S HORSE FOOT REMEDY —SOLD BY— C. P. .MOREL, successor to J. O'Kane Co... San Francisco, Cal. W. A. Sayre Sacramento, Cal. Miller & Patterson San Diego, Cal. J. G. Read & Bro. . Ogrden, Utah Jublnville & Nance Butte, Mont. A. A. Kraft Co Spokane, Wash. Tii oh. 91. Henderson Seattle, Wash. C. Rodder Stockton, Cal. Wm. E. Detels Pleasanton, Cal. V. Koch San Jose, CaL Keystone Bros. ..... San Francisco, CaL Fred Reedy Fresno, Cal. Jno. McKerron San Francisco, Cal. Jon. McTlsme San Frnnclico, Cal. Brydon Bros Los Angeles, Cal. Guaranteed under the Food and Drug-a Act, June 30, 1906. Serial Number 1X10. JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madlaon »tr«at, Chloage. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 2, 1909. FIRST MANUAL FOR FARMERS. A most important addition to the agricultural literature of the world has just been issued by the Dry Farm- ing Congress in the form of a "Hand- book of Information" which contains the official report of the proceedings of the third session of the organiza- tion which was known as the Trans- Missouri Dry Farming Congress prior to the convention at Cheyenne, Wyo., last February. This report is a com- prehensive review of the work of the Congress and contains, in addition to the addresses and papers delivered before the convention at Cheyenne, the complete report of Statistician W. H. Olin, in which a review of the actual results of dry farming throughout the world is given, together with sugges- tions and recommendations to dry farmers that will be found invaluable to those hardy settlers who are in- vading the public lands of the west and transforming the former so-called desert into productive farms. The contents of the book are con- veniently classified and indexed to that any reference to any subject re- lating to dry farming may be found without delay. The book, issued as a handbook of information for farmers is sent without extra charge to the members of the Congress in good standing, and may be purchased for one dollar a copy by others interested in the subject. It is published by the Dry Farming Congress which will hold its fourth sessions and the Second In- ternational Exposition of Dry Farm Products at Billings, Montana, October 25-29, 1909. Those who desire the handbook may send ?1 to Secretary John T. Burns of the Congress for membership. The members receive not only the handbook but the semi- monthly Dry Farming Congress Bul- letin, the only official "dry farming" newspaper published in the world. As a whole, the Barred Plymouth Rock is without doubt the most popu- lar breed of chickens in this country; more of them are found on the farms than any other breed. On special poul- try farms, the Leghorn is a very pop- ular breed, while in the poultry farm- ing districts of Rhode Island the Rhode Island Reds are almost exclusively used. As a general utility fowl the Wyandottes are second in popularity to the Rocks, the White variety being the most popular. Their blocky shape makes them an excellent breed for broilers. Like the Plymouth Rocks and Rhode Island Reds they lay a brown egg. The Leghorns lay a white egg and in this respect they have a slight advantage, as most markets prefer the white egg, though there is no difference in quality of eggs with a brown or white shell. o Dr. Elie Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute in Paris has elaborated the theory that disease-breeding germs make their headquarters in the long intestine. When sour milk or butter- milk are taken into the system the lactic bacilli kill the germs located there. Many housekeepers may he unaware of the fact that beefsteak put in sour milk will keep sweet for sev- eral days. There is scientific reason in the thirst many people have for buttermilk, especially in hot weather. FOR SALE. A beautiful bay mare. 5 years old. stands 15.2 hands and weighs 10-30 lbs. Natural born pacer. Wears nothing but the harness and light shoes. Was broken last year and driven on the roads through the winter and this spring. Was trained by an amateur for six weeks on a poor half mile track and paced a mile in 2:1S^2. last quarter in 31 seconds. Could have gone faster if asked to do so. I consider her a sure 2:0-5 pacer for next year. Very stylish and racy looking. Kind disposition and absolutely sound. Sired by Diablo 2:09^, and is eligible to registration. Also a fine looking bay gelding, 4 years old, 16 hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. A line trotter, well broken, good disposition and will make an ideal carriage horse for a lady to drive. He was never trained but can show a 2:40 gait. Abso- lutely safe for anyone to drive among cars and automobiles. A good prospect for a first-class race horse. He is a full brother to Ben Hur 2:17% and shows more speed with the same amount of training. He is absolutely sound. I would not sell these two horses if I was not com- pelled to go to Europe to settle up an estate, but as it is. I will be compelled to sell them and they can be bought at one-half their value. Address JOHN DALEYT. Care San Lorenzo Trotting'Park. San Lorenzo. Alameda Co.,!Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all caBes of veterinary dentistry. Complicated casea treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Ootavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Franeiaoo, Cal WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton, Ontario. Canada. Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies. Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter & Homing pig- eons of the very best blood; a fine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old. for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 4M West Santa Clara Ave.. San Jose. Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups. 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL. Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Eheke. Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Angeles. Blake. MeFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof, Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. "507AL jTSSTOB" ' The Original Egyptian " SeldomSee a bie knee like this, bnt yotir horse may have a bunch or bruise on his Ankle, Hock, Stifle, Knee or Throat. A|JSORBINE will clean them off without layine the horse np. No blister, no hair groiie. »2.00 per bottle.deliv'd. Book 8 D free. AJtSOiiBINK, JR., for mankind, $1. Removes Painful BwellineB. Enlarged Glands, Goitre, "Wena, Bruises, Varlcoie Veins, Varlcoi- ltiea, Old Sorea. Allaya Pain. Book free. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, Ban Fran- cisco, Cal.: Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore. ; F. w. Brann Co., Los Angeles, Cal. ; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los AngeleB, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; ■pokans Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. 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Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-* Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Ram; — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Bos 215. Telephone and telegraph. Dixon, Cal. Address, Dixon, Cal. $7,250 6mM' Only $2 to Nominate Mare $7,250 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 10 To be given by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries to close Wednesday, Dec. 1, '09 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals, to Nominators of Dams of Winners, $450 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1000 for Three- Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry Is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS. Given to Owners of Stallions standing highest in number of Mares nominated in this Stake that were bred to their respective horses, divided as follows: 1st prize, $100. 2d prize, $50. 3d prize, $35. 4th prize, $25. 5th prize, $20. 6th prize, $20 The Above Prizes will be Paid on December 24, 1909. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909. when name, color, description of mare and stallion brel to must be given; $5 May 2. 1910; $5 October 1, 1910; §10 on Yearlings. April 1. 1911; $10 on Two-Tear- Olds, April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds, April 1, 1913. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start In the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Y"ear-01d Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when mnklng payments to start whether the horse entered Is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting: again in the three-year-old divisions. For Entry Blanks and further particulars, address the Secretary. CONDITIONS: The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2-in-3, and for Three-Year-Olds, 3-in-5. Distance for Two-Year-Olds, 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1. 1911. her nominator may sell or transfer hia nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership! font there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given: also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1909. Entries must be accompanied b> the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes In case the number of entries received Is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Eatries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W, KELLEY, Secretary, President. P.O. Drawer 447. 366 PACIFIC BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Saturday. October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN <^>^.THC WEEKLY „s^=v> BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of tho Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sta., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terras— One Year, $3; Six Months. $1.75: Three Months, $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno ...Oct. 18-23 NORTH PACIFIC FAIR CIRCUIT. Boise Oct. 11-16 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 NATIVE BELLE, the filly that won the Horse Re- view stake for two-year-old trotters at Columbus last week, taking a mark of 2:12%, and then on Wednesday last won the Kentucky Futurity for tow-year-old trotters in the wonderful time or 2:12% and 2:07%, in the last heat breaking all two-year-old trotting records, is by the great futurity winning sire Moko, and her dam is Yellow Belle by Gen. Wellington 2:30, full brother to the once champion trotter, Sunol 2:08%. Yellow Belle is the dam of The Native 2:17% that took his record in 1907 as a three-year-old. The second dam of Native Belle is Chestnut Belle, the famous Red Wilkes mare than produced Mobel 2:10% and seven more trotters with standard records, the third dam is Mary by Gov. Sprague, sire of McKinney's dam, the fourth dam is Maud, by Gilroy, a son of Lex- ington, and the fifth dam by Mambrino Chief. Moko, sire of Native Belle, has a great record as a sire of futurity winners. He sired Fereno 2:05% who won both divisions of the Kentucky Futurity, Brenda Yorke 2:08% that won three futurities, Susie N. 2:09% that won three futurity stakes in 1905 and was second in the Kentucky Futurity of that year, be- sides Mobel 2:10%, Siliko 2:11%, Jessie Benyon 2:12%, all futurity winners. BARONESS VIRGINIA won the Kentucky Futurity, but there is a question in the minds of those who only know of the race from the telegraphic reports whether she is a better filly than Czarevna, winner of second money. The race was the most hotly con- tested in the history of the stake and required six heats to decide which of the three-year-olds was entitled to first money. Czarevna started out in the lead and won the first and second heats in 2:09% and 2:07%, with Baroness Virginia second the first heat, and back in ninth position in the second heat. After this probably easy mile in the second heat, Baroness Virginia won the third heat in 2:08%, the fourth in 2:12% and then dropped back to third when Bertha C. that had finished eighth in the four heats, won the fifth in 2:10%. Seven non-winners of heats then went to the stable and Baroness Virginia won the sixth and final heat in 2:14. Czarevna trotted a good race, being 3-7-2-2 after winning the first two heats. According to those who helieve that totaling the figures which represent the positions of each horse in each heat will show which has trotted the best race, Czarevna will be given first place as her 1-1-3-7-2-2 total 16, while the 2-Srl-l-3-l of Baroness Virginia total 17. Soprano that went to the stable for not winning a heat in five trotted an excellent race, her positions being 4-2-2-2-4 for the five heats, show- ing that she was the contender in the two fastest heats of the race. It was in many respects the great- est Kentucky Futurity ever trotted, and there has seldom been such a field of high class three-year-olds to start in a race. Baroness Virginia is a roan filly by Baron Revier fson of Baron Wilkes and Spanish Maiden by Happy Medium) her dam being Virginia Reynolds by Jay Bird, second dam Harrie Wilkes by Eagle Bird, a son of Jay Bird, third dam May Bloom by William L. (brother to Guy Wilkes), fourth dam Tansey by Geo. Wilkes, fifth dam Dame Tansey by Daniel Lambert, and sixth dam a running mare. Baroness Virginia took a record of 2:14% several weeks ago on the halt mile track at Lebanon, Indiana, which was at the time a world's record for her sex and age on a two-lap track. She has since won the Kentucky Stock Farm Futurity at Columbus, the record of which race will be found on another page of this issue of the "Breeder and Sportsman." Czarevna, winner of second money in the Kentucky Futurity, took a record of 2:12% last year when she won the two-year-old division of the Kentucky Fu- turity in straight heats, the second heat of the race being nearly as fast as the first — 2:13%. Czarevna is by Peter the Great, dam Orianna 2:19% by On- ward. Czarevna's heat in 2:07% is the fastest ever made by a three-year old filly in' a race. The winners of the Kentucky. Futurity since its inception in 1S93, together with - the name of the driver, and the time of the fastest heat are here given: Year. Winner. Driver. Time. 1893 Ora Wilkes J. Goldsmith 2:14% 1894 Beuzetta Macey 2:14% 1895 Oakland Baron Milam 2:161,4 1896. . . .Rose Croix McHenry 2:14 1897 Thorn Hickok 2:13% 1598 Peter the Great Johnston 2:12 Yt 1899. . . .Boraima Macey 2:11% 1900. . . .Feren6 E. Benyon 2:10% 1901. .. .Peter Stirling J. Chandler 2:11% 1902 Nellie Jay F. McKey 2:14% 1903. . . .Sadie Mac A. McDonald 2:12% 1904 Grace Bond . . .W. I. Andrews 2:09% 1905 Miss Abdell A. McDonald 2:09% 1906 Siliko McCarthy 2:11% 1907.... Gen, Watts M. Bowerman :2:11 1908. . . .The Harvester .Geers 2:08% 1909. . . .Baroness Virginia... .Murphy 2:07% OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. IT OFTEN OCCURS that a high class stallion is sold for a low figure and afterwards makes a repu- tation in the stud that causes his value to increase many times. We are reminded of this fact by an advertisement that came to the "Breederl and Sportsman" from Los Angeles this week, in which Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. announces his horse Highland C. 2:19% for sale at a very low figure. Here is a high class trotting stallion that should he given an opportunity in the stud where he can be bred to some good mares, as he is not only a royally bred horse of grand proportions and fine looks, but he has shown that he can sire a very high rate of speed. His breeding alone should attract attention as he is by Expressp (son of Advertiser and Esther, the dam of Expressive (3) 2:12%, that is already a great broodmare and the dam of a 2:10 performer. Advertiser 2:15 was by Electioneer out of a great brood mare by Geo. Wilkes. The breeding of High- land C. on his dam's side is in the very best of pro- ducing lines. His dam Alpha 2:23% is the dam of four in the list and is by Alcantara, one of the great- est of sires and a full brother to Alcyone, sire of Me- Kinney, etc. The second dam of Highland C. is famous old Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11. This mare has founded a great trotting family and besides producing two standard trotters has no less than seven daughters that have produced standard speed and three producing sons. Highland C.'s record of 2:19% is no measure of his speed as he worked miles around 2:12 before meeting With an accident that kept him from racing. But five of his get were ever trained and of these four have beaten 2:24, three having trotted better than 2:24, one in 2:31, while the fifth has paced a public record trial in 2:08% as a four-year-old. It is the fore- going facts about Highland C. that leads us to predict success for him in the stud if he falls into good hands. He is a handsome black horse a little over 16 hands high and a sure foal getter. THE DEVELOPMENT THEORY which every breeder of trotting and pacing horses should have faith in and practice, is the careful development of the speed of the horses he breeds. As a prelude to their development they should be well entered in stakes (not every stake advertised, but as many as the owner can afford to keep them in) and then carefully trained for those events. Every two or three-year-old that wins a race or takes a record, adds to the value of its relatives on the farm, and there is nothing that helps the sale of a green colt more than to have his older brothers and sisters take records. Careful development will not injure any colt, but will be a benefit to him, but this will be in the minimum degree if the youngster has no stake engagements. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 3, 1909. The annual meeting of the Los Angeles Driving Club was held last evening and the following board of directors was elected for the coming year: C. A. Canfield, L. J. Christopher, E. J. Delorey, Wm. L. James, Elbert Deffebech, Frank Williams, John W. Nickerson, R. B. Morehead, David F. Hogan, L. E. McLellan and F. A. Coffman. After the election the directors held a meeting and elected C. A. Canfield, president; L. J. Christopher, vice-president; E. Deffe- bach, treasurer, and the vote for secretary resulted in a dead heat between Delorey and James as there was only eight members of the board present. The two contestants scored down for a second heat which was also a dead heat and the race for the secretary- ship was postponed till the next meeting of the board. Mr. Delorey was president of the Los Angeles Driving Club last year and James was sec- retary. The contest at the next meeting between the two should be exciting. Delorey of course is fresh, and James having just finished a secretaryship race that took a year may have gone off a littie but this will decide whether he is game enough to repeat. Agricultural Park almost presents the appearance of a track before a meeting as the Los Angeles horses that have been racing up north have all re- turned and Cuicello, Rutherford. Hellman and others are here with their strings and will lay up till they ship to Phoenix. It was decided at the meeting of the Driving Club last evening to give a matinee each week and to classify the horses by their matinee records. Wm. Morgan's mare Era looks in fine shape after her season's campaign. JAMES. SCARCITY OF ARMY HORSES. The problem of supplying horses for the use of the armies of the different nations of the world is a growing one. It is getting more difficult every year. England, especially, with its present increas- ing movement for the country's defense, is grappling with this question of the best means of obtaining enough horses for its army. A conference was held recently in that country, when the scheme of breed- ing horses for that nation's army was considered. At this meeting the secretary of the Imperial Horse Society declared that it was absurd to suggest to the government the establishment of breeding branches throughout England, for all knew that there was practically no demand for British bred horses, or not a large enough demand to warrant such an ex- penditure. The most favored plan at this meeting was to form an organization that would enable horses to be bred and supplied to the army on con- ditions that would give equitable security to the breeder and to the national funds employed. Of course, the basis was not fixed, but £53, or $265 per head was suggested. The proposal would prac- tically amount to breeding on a contract. It was contended that the way in which things were con- ducted at present was very unsatisfactory. They were spending about two millions a year for re- mounts, and the breeders of horses were not getting the benefit. The question was really this, Were breeders ready to breed horses on a business con- tract for the army, or would they let the govern- ment go on buying foreign horses. The proposals which were put forward might be modified, but they could not ask the government for a grant unless they had a definite scheme to put forward. The chairman pointed out during the discussion that if a horse survived as a five-year-old they would get $265 for it on the basis suggested, but if it died as a two-year-old they would be paid some- thing by the government, while under ordinary cir- cumstances the breeders would be the sufferers. Just now- Germany is a buyer of horses in the United States for the use of cavalry. Cuba is now having filled in the Kansas City and St. Louis mar- kets a contract for 2200 small horses for its army. "Our own government annually buys 5000 or more horses and mules. The quartermaster's department reports considerable difficulty in securing the exact kind of animals needed. Dealers who accept govern- ment contracts for horses usually have to send out many buyers to search and hunt the country for the animals. It is no small matter to supply even a bunch of fifty cavalry horses for the United States government. It has already found it neces- sary to buy colts and raise and train them especially for the army to overcome the faults of the average horse raisers. Some army officers have even sug- gested that the United States ought to establish army horse breeding farms. — Stallion News. o Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick has purchased the mare Laurel Leaf 2:13 from F. J. Yandle of Santa Rosa. This is a fast mare that should trot in 2:10 easily next year. Mr. Kilpatrick also purchased this week from Mr. Fissel of Woodland, a handsome bay mare, six years old. by Washington MeKinney, dam Petmont by Alban 2:24, second dam the great brood mare Petrina by Piedmont, third dam the registered thoroughbred mare Miss Peyton by imported Glengarry. Every race at the Phoenix meeting closed with a good list of entries except the free-for-all trot and free-for-all pace. Both these purses have been re- opened to close October 25th. The purses are $1000 each, and there will be but three heats in each event. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. JOHN E. MADDEN'S BREEDING PLANS. Following the plan of the Arabs, who trace all families of their horses to certain foundation mares and regard the female line as of greater importance than the male line, John E. Madden is instituting a novel system of bleeding trotters at his two-thousand- acre farm in Kentucky. When Mr. Madden bought Nancy Hanks 2:04 a year or two ago, and then pro- ceeded to pick up several daughters of the former queen of trotters, the Herald drew attention to his apparent attempt to corner the family. It now ap- pears that he has followed the same course respect- ing two other families, and has at Hamburg Place about 30 mares, young and old, tracing back to three foundation sources, or tap roots, as he terms them. These are the only mares from which he will breed, except as an independent enterprise. Fanella 2:13, the dam of Sadie Mac 2:06 and of Todd 2:14%, Is on the farm, but none of her daughters will be used for breeding purposes at Hamburg Place, and her blood will be excluded from the stud unless she produces a son that is considered good enough to be used as a sire. In thus confining his breeding operations to the direct descendants of three mares, Mr. Madden says he will be insured against introducing inadvertently a strain that might prove to be "sawdust in oats," as Robert Bonner once said of the Clays. Another consideration is that when a fast trotter from the stud is brought oat his fame will be reflected on a number of relatives at home instead of one only, as usually is the case when a breeder's mares are of many different families. One of the foundation mares to which Mr. Madden has pinned his faith is Mamie, by Star Almont, the full brother to Hamlin's Almont Jr. 2:26. Mamie's dam, Kit, was by Long's American Boy, and her grandam was by Roger's Highlander. Star Almont never got a trotter with a record as fast as 2:30, and as the maternal ancestors of Mamie were obscure, non-standard horses she cannot be called a particu- larly well-bred mare. But, like many other individ- uals in the records of track and stud, she was far greater than her family and founded a tribe of her own. Foaled in 1SS0, she produced six fillies, as fol- lows: 1SS4, bl. f. Criterion 2:29% (dam of Wilto Leyburn 2:14%; Lizzie Leyburn 2:15%; Crito Leyburn 2:16%: Bertha Leyburn 2:17; Skillful 2:17%, etc.) By Crittenden dam of Annie Leyburn 2:10%, pacing) By Onward 2:25% 1S86, eh. f. Catherine Leyburn 2:14 (dam of Annie Leyburn 2:10%, pacing) By Onward 2 : 25% 1SS7, b. f. Rose Leyburn 2:15%, pacing (dam of Mary P. Leyburn 2:11%, etc.) By Onward 2:25% 1S90, b. f. Helen Leyburn 2:14 By Onward 2:25% 1891, br. f. Alice Leyburn 2:29% By Baron Wilkes 2:18 1S92, br. f. Scourine 2:18% (dam of Roma 2:1S%) By Wilton 2:19% Of this remarkable brood Mr. Madden owns Rose Leyburn, also Countess Leyburn 2:36%, by Arion 2:07%, out of Rose Leyburn; Bertha Leyburn 2:17 by Arion, out of Criterion; Belle Leyburn 2:23%. by Bow Bells 2:19%, out of Criterion; Wilton Leyburn 2:14%, by Wilton 2:19%, out of Criterion: Elsie Leyburn 2:27% (dam of Jack Leyburn 2:04%), by Expedi- tion , 2:15%, out of Skillful 2:17%; Queen Ley- burn, by Clay King, out of Alice Leyburn, 2:29%; Lady Leyburn, by Arion, out of Margaret Leyburn 2:25% (by Wilton, out of Rose Leyburn); Willet Leyburn. by Wilton, out of Belle Leyburn, and Minnie Leyburn, by Prince Wilburn 2:21% (a son of Rose Leyburn), out of Elsie Leyburn. Mr. Maddens third foundation mare is Silicon 2:13%, winner of $12,000 as a three-year-old in 1892. She was by Wilton 2:19%, out of Silhouette, by Hambrino 2:21%, grandam Silverlock (dam of Sii- verone 2:19%), by Mambrino Time. Silicon is the dam of Siliko 2:11%, winner of the Kentucky Fu- turity of 1906, and of Brighton 2:27%, a young stal- lion of 2:00 speed that Mr. Madden considered good enough to mate with Nancy Hanks last spring. Of the Xancy Hanks famil3T he owns the old mare herself and her daughters, Markala, by Peter the Great 2:07%; Xancy McKerron 2:10%, by John A. McKerron 2:05%, and a yearling filly by Todd 2:14%, not yet named. In a small way many breeders of trotting horses have followed the plan which Mr. Madden purposes to pursue at Hamburg Place, sticking to one or two great producing mares and their descendants and among these breeders have been some of the most successful ones of which there is any record. P. P. Parrish of Midway, Ky., who bred Mamie and all her daughters, as well as most of her granddaughters, is a notable example. With a little stud embracing only this family he has raised more fast trotters and pacers than some men who have kept 100 brood mares and expended $l,u00,000 in breeding and devel- oping their offspring. Old-time horsemen recall the rise of Timothy Anglin, a Lexington dairyman, to independent wealth through the sale and development of descendants of Betty Brown, the daughter of Mam- brino Patchen thai now figures in the records as the dam of three trotters and the grandam of almost 100 more. From Alma Mater, another daughter of Mam- brino Patchen, and her descendants Dr. A. S. Talbert of Lexington also realized an independent fortune, and the sa\ne thing was true of Bryan Hurst of Lex- ington, ov-ner of Belle Patchen 2:30% (the dam of Baron Wi'kes 2:18), and of Joseph Cairn Simpson of California, owner of Columbine (dam of Anteeo, 2:16 %); E. W. Conover of Middletown, N. J., who owned Emeline (dam of Adele Gould 2:19); John Stout of Midway, Ky., who owned Nettie Time (dam of Temple Bar 2:17%), and scores of other small breeders that might be named. — New York Herald. o INBREEDING BECOMING POPULAR. Such practical breeders of trotting stock as are close students of the breeding problem are becom- ing more and more in favor of the practice of in- breeding to the best of speed-producing strains, says the Horse Breeder. This was brought forcibly to mind by reading of the recent purchase of the three- year-old colt Peter Onward by Mr. Jacob Ruppert, proprietor of Hudson River Stock Farm, the home of Oakland Baron 2:09%, by Baron Wilkes 2:18. It was announced that Mr. Ruppert had bought Peter Onward for the purpose of mating with him fillies by Oakland Baron 2:09%. Peter Onward was got by Peter the Great 2:07%. His dam is Flight Onward 2:17% by Onward 2:25%, a son of George Wilkes 2:22; second dam. Flight by Baron Wilkes 2:18 (the sire of Oakland Baron 2:09%), a son of George Wilkes 2:22; third dam, Lamberta (dam of Jingles 2:28%) by Daniel Lam- bert 102 ; fourth dam, Fanny by Young Columbus, and fifth dam Fannv Cook (the dam of Daniel Lambert 1021, by Abdallah 1. The foals by Peter Onward and from daughters of Oakland Baron 2:09% will be very strongly inbred to the Wilkes strain and quite closely inbred to Baron Wilkes 2:18. Lamberta, the fourth dam of Peter Onward, is quite closely inbred to Abdallah's famous daughter Fanny Cook. It is not surprising that close students of the breeding problem are advo- cates of quite close inbreeding to exceptionally good individuals that are not themselves closely inbred. Some of the most successful of the famous old-time American race-winners were considerably inbred to some noted race-winning strains. Boston, the great- est long-distance race-winner that this country ever produced, was one of them. His sire was Timolean by Sir Archy, the best son of imported Diomed, and Boston's dam was by Ball's Florizel, another noted son of imported Diomed. Lexington was the fastest son of Boston and Lex- ington's dam was from a daughter of Sumpter by Sir Archy. Fashion was one of the very few racers that was able to beat Boston. She was the greatest race mare in her day. Her sire was the imported Trustee. Her dam was Bonnets o' Blue by Sir Charles, a son of Sir Archy, making the dam of Fashion very closely inbred to Sir Archy. Some of the most successful of trotting sires have been strongly inbred. Rysdyk's Hambletonian 10, the greatest progenitor of trotters of his generation, was intensely inbred to imported Messenger. It has been proven that he inherited three crosses of Mes- senger aside from Amazonia, the dam of Abdallah. There is the strongest kind of circumstantial evi- dence to prove that Amazonia was by Saratoga, a son of imported Messenger, and that her dam was by imported Expedition, the horse to which Williamson's Belmont was inbred. Bingen 2:06%, the greatest living sire and perpetuator of trotting speed of his age that has ever lived, is from a dam that is closely inbred to the Wilkes strain, and his best son, Todd 2:14%, was inbred to the Electioneer strain. George Wilkes 2:22 and Electioneer 125 were both by Rysdyk's Hambletonian 10. SPOKANE HARNESS RACE RESULTS. 2:25 pace, purse $500. Zanthus, b. g. by Zombro (M. Childs) 1 1 1 William T., b. h. by Sunrise (Payne) 2 2 2 Nortewood, br. h. by Del Norte (Knapp)....3 3 3 Time— 2:28, 2:18, 2:19%. 2:20 trot, purse $500. Mayo (M. Childs) 2 1 1 1 Packline (Knapp) 1 2-2 2 Jack Monroe (Fletcher) 3 3 dr La Caresta Lance) dis Time— 2:16%, 2:17, 2:23%, 2:27%. 2:15 pace, purse $500. Nellie E. (Childs) 1 1 2 4 1 Lady Smith (Payne) 3 4 4 3 2 Del McKinnon (Mason) 6 5 3 2 3 Buster Brown (Lance) 23 5 5 4 Carlyle F (Ervin) 4 2 1 1 dis Helennes (Phillips) 5 dis Time— 2:18%, 2:17%, 2:15%, 2:17% 2:19. Match race, puEse_$iuOO. - - . - Mayo (M. Childs) 1 1 1 King Kassell (Ross) 2 2- 2 Time— 2:16%, 2:18%, 2:20%. 2:20 pace, purse $500. Zanthus (M. Childs) 1 1 1 William T. (Payne) 2 2 2 Buster Brown (Lance) 3 dis Time— 2:25, 2:19%, 2:18%. Special trot, purse $300. Lady Sunrise (Payne) 1 1 1 Jack Munroe (Fletcher) 2 2 3 La Caresta (Lance) .3 3 2 Time— 2:22%, 2:24%, 2:24%. Special pace, purse $500. Del McKincon (Mason) 2 3 2 11 Helennes (Phillips) 1 1 3 3 2 Lady Smith (Payne) 3 2 1 2 3 Carlyle F. (Franklin) 4 4 4 4 4 Time— 2:17, 2:17, 2:19%, 2:21%, 2:21. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. ST. ANTHONY, IDAHO, RACES — SEPT. 22-28. 2:25 trot or pace, purse $300. Prodigal Baroness, b. m. by Prodigal- Baroness Bonnie (Wall) 6 6 6 11 Collis H., s. g. by Nutwood Wilkes-Net (Burton) % i 2 3 4 Cromo, br. g. by Crogon-Letta Halo (Reeder) ; 4 3 x 2 2 Gray Star, br. s. by Gray Stone Bettie Brown (Andersen) 1 2 3 6 6 Baby Thome, b. m. untraced (Kent).. 3 5 4 5 3 Lander, b. g. untraced (Reed) 5 4 5 4 5 Time— 2:22, 2:23%, 2:26, 2:25, 2:25. 3:00 trot or pace, purse $300. Buster Brown, c. s. by Reward S.-Erba (Drew)l 1 1 May E., b. m. by Bay Demon bv Black Prince (Dee) 2 2 2 Hickory, r. m. by Slivers S.-Hilda S (Reeder) .3 4 3 Pat C b. s. by Barondale-Crick (Pease) 5 3 dis Coperella, br. m. by Cooper King-Rain in the Face ( Smith ) 4 ,jis Time — 2:25. 2:26%, 2:28%. 2:35 trot, or pace, purse $300. Ned Wilkes, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes-Rosa (Burton) 1 j ^ Red Cloud, s. s. by Conqueror-Minnie (Kirwin)4 2 2 Sam T., br. s. by Dunraven-Brown Alpha (An- derson) ^3 3 3 Ellen Taylor, br. m. by Barney Boy-Nell (Reeder) 2 4 dis Time— 2:24%, 2:26%, 2:29. 2:40 trot or pace, purse $300. Gray Star, br. s. by Gray Stone-Bettie Brown (Anderson) 1 1 -± May E„ b. m. by Bay Demon, bv Black Prince (Dee) 2 2 2 Coperella. br. m. by Cooper King-Rain in the Face (Smith) 3 3 3 Time— 2:24%, 2:28, 2:26%. Two-year-old stake race, $100 added. Elizabeth Hal, b. g. by Walter Direct-Mattie B. (Williamson ) 1 1 Kentucky Hall. br. c. by Walnut Hall-Mattie Medium (Wall) 2 2 Princess, b. g. by Prince Charles-Rena B (Wil- liamson) 3 3 Time— 2:25, 2:26%. Special trot or pace, purse $200. The Magnet, b. s. by Allerton-Miss France (Williamson) 1 1 1 Fannie Word, b ni. by Sidmont-Wilkie (Word) 2 2 2 Kellogg O., b. m. by Sanborn-Ridney (Ander- son) 3 4 3 Primus, b. g by Silent Brook, not given (Wall) 5 3 4 Lottie G., b. m. not given (Pease) 4 5 5 Time— 2:35, 2:32%, 2:33%. 2:20 trot or pace, purse $300. Dora Electrite, blk m. by Electrite (Wil- liamson) 6 1 1 1 Road Bird, r. s. by Road Bird Jr. -Princess Nicotine (Reeder) 1 3 4 2 Sir John, br. s. by McKinney-Altilla (Kent) 5 5 2 3 Collis H, s. g. by Nutwood Wilkes-Net (Burton) 3 2 3 dis Teddy, b. g. untraced (Mendenhall) 2 6 dr Moondav, b. g. untraced (Reed) 4 4 dis 'Time— 2:17%, 2:20%, 2:21%, 2:25. 2:30 trot or pace, purse $300. Ned Wilkes, ch. g. by Nutwood Wilkes-Rosa (Burton) 1 1 1 Crome, br. g. (Reeder) 3 2 2 Buster Brown, ch. s. by Reward S.-Erba (Drew) 2 3 3 Prodigal Baroness, b. m. by Prodigal-Baroness Bonnie (Wall) 4 4 4 Keliogg O , b. m. by A. W. Sanborn-Ridney (Anderson) 5 5 5 Time— 2:22%, 2:22%, 2:24. OIL MEAL FOR HORSES. On the farm where corn is the main grain feed, it will pay to purchase and feed some linseed meal or cotton-seed meal. Both of these meals are rich in nitrogenuous, or muscle building material, which will greatly aid in balancing the highly carbonaceous diec of corn and timothy hay. In addition, these meals are mildly laxative and help to keep up the general, physical tone of horses. They should ne.er be fed exclusively, but always in connection with other dry feeds, not more than a half pint to a feed to a horse to start with till they become used to it, and not more than a pint to a feed afterwards. They are very concentrated and rich, a pint being equiva- lent to three to six times the quantity of other ground grains. The following are quoted from experiment stations on the value of feeding cotton-seed meal to horses, and the feeding of linseed meal produces similar results: "Horses and mules may be fed rations of two to four pounds of cotton-seed meal with benefi- cial results. Cottonseed meal can be use_d to displace a part of the corn or oats in a horse or mule ration, and that two pounds of cotton-seed meal as a part of the daily rations were fed to horses and mules with great satisfaction. We mix cotton-seed meal with other feed when fed to work stock, using two pounds per day, distributing the two pounds among the three meals. There is no trouble in starting horses and mules to eating cotton- seed meal if they are put on it gradually. We have been feeding cotton-seel meal for three years to our work stock. The animals are doing regular farm work, and heavy work at that." Saturday, October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN COLUMBUS, OHIO, RACES— SEPT. 20-OCT. 1. Sept. 20. — Board of Trade for 2:07 pacers, $3000, three heats. George Gano, b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Murphy) 1 1 1 Hal Raven, br. m. by Hal B. (Snow) 3 2 4 Governor Searles, br. h. by Lockheart (Mc- Mahon) 2 3 5 Rollins, b. g. by Delmareh (Loomis) 4 4 3 Hoosier Prince, 5-5-2. Time— 2:04%, 2:07%, 2:05%. Hotel Hartman for 2:14 pacers, $5000, three heats. The Bo'sun. b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 2 1 1 Greatest Line, br. m. by Great Heart ( Clark) 1 2 3 Annabelle Lee, blk. m. by Abdell (Geers) 7 3 2 Ora Jackson, b. m. by Charleston, (McMahon)3 4 4 Directly Connor, 4-5-6; St. Patrick, 5-6-5; Hazel West, 6-dis. Time— 2:06%, 2:07%, 2:05%. 2:10 trot, $1200. Inner Guard, b. g. by Guardsman (Murphy) . .1 1 1 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers).. 2 3 5 Ruby Clay, b. m. by C. F. Clay (Hogan) 5 2 3 Carroll, b. g. by MeAdams (Shank) 6 4 2 Great Medium, 3-5-6; Ora Bellini, 7-6-4; Happy J., 4-dis; Reuben S., dis. Time— 2:08%, 2:07%, 2:09%. 2:11 pace, (first division) $800. Ess H. Kay, blk. h. by Direct Hal (White) 3 111 Maconda, b. m. by Red Wing, (Albin) 1 3 3 3 Vasten, b. g. by Margrave (Stahl) 2 2 2 2 Early Patchen, b. m. by The Patchen Boy (Wilson) 4 4 6 4 The Cannon, 6-6-4-ro; Shadeland Nutalear, 5-5-7-ro; King Cole, 7-7-5-ro; Flora Coffee, 8-dis; Ina Bars, dis; Mary Dillon, dis. Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:06%, .2:09%. 2:11 pace, (second division), $800. Dillon Queen, b. m. by Baron Dillon, (Kelly). 1 1 1 Hal Perry, b. h. by Brown Hal (Falls) 4 2 2 Mayor Purcell, b. h. by C. H. Purcell (Snider) 5 7 3 Maggie C, b. m. by Earlmont (Snow) 5 7 3 Rushville, 3-5-10; Margaret Frey, 10-3-6; Peter Pan, 7-10-4; Dr. Fox, 6-8-5; Emma Welte, 9-6-6; J. B., 8-9-S Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:09%. Sept. 21. — Columbus purse for 2:09 trotters, $2000, three heats. The Harvester, b. h. by Walnut Hall (Geers). 1 1 1 Genteel H„ br. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Snow) 3 3 2 Beatrice Bellini, blk. M. by Bellini (Dickerson) 2 4 3 Nancy Royce, blk. m. by Allerton (McCarthy) 5 2 5 Judge Lee, 4-5-4; Brace Girdle, dis. Time— 2:08%, 2:08%, 2:08%. Hoster-Columbus stake for 2:16 trotters, $10,000, three heats. Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) 3 1 1 Jack McKerron, b. h. by John A. McKerron (Shank) 1 3 4 Margin, r. m. by Time Onward (McDonald) ..222 General H., b. h. by The Combineer (Haag) . .4 4 3 Idlewise, 5-5-5. Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:07%. 2:09 pace, $1200, three in five. Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator (Murphy) 1 1 1 Flying Jim, b. g. by Bourbon Patchen (Birney) 2 3 7 Byron K., b. g. by Greystone (Wilson) 3 10 2 Ruth D., b. m. by Anderson Wilkes (Lane) ... .8 2 5 Billy B., 7-8-3; Shamrock, 4-4-6; Shaughran, 6-5-4; Sir Milton, 9-6-S; Complex, 10-9-9; W. D. S., 5-7-dr. Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:07%. 2:17 trot, $1200, three in five. Lady Stately, b. m. by Stately (McDonald) . .1 1 1 Lady Vincent, b. m. by Lord Vincent (Shank)2 2 2 Ashland Clay, ch. h. by C. F. Clay (Hogan).. 3 4 4 Startle, b. g. by William Wilkes (Gahagan) . .4 7 3 Sir Todd, 5-3-7; Remorseful, 9-5-5; The Sailorman, 6-6-8; Little Red, 7-8-6; Argot Hal, 14-10-9; John B. Donavan, 12-10-10; Fanfalla, 8-11-dr; Silver Baron, 12-9-dr; Miss Baritone, 11-dis; Pansy Elknut, 13-dis; My Gift, dis; King Peter, dis; Lottie Sherbet, dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:08%, 2:10%. Sept. 22. — Kentucky Stock Farm Futurity for three- year-old trotters, $5000, two in three. Baroness Virginia, r. f. by Baron Review (Mur- phy) 1 1 Vito, b. e. by Prodigal (J. Benyon) 6 2 Czarevna, ch. f. by Peter the Great (Nolan).... 3 5 Bertha C, b. f. by Baronmore (Chandler) 7 3 The Wolverine, 4-4; Strafford, 5-6; Billy Burke. 2-dr; Gaworthy, dis. Time— 2:09%, 2:11%. Kentucky Stock Farm Futurity for three-year-old pacers, $2500, two in three. Maggie Winder, b. f. by Oratorio (Jones) 1 1 Capitola, b. f. by Oratorio (McMahon) 2 2 Miss Eva Wilkes, r. f. by Glencoe Wilkes (Mc- Donald) 3 3 Dixie Parole, br. f. by Parole (Nuchols) ..5 4 The Philistine, b. c. bv Direct Hal (Turner) 4- 5 Time— 2:09%, 2:08%. Free-for-all trot, $1200, three heats. Sonoma Girl. b. m. by Lynwood W., (Mc- Mahon) 1 1 1 Margaret O., b. m. by. Onward- (Willis) 2 2 2 Oro, blk. g. by Little Corporal (McCarthy) 3 3 3 Jack Leyburn, ch. g. by Alto Leyburn (Grady)4 4 4 Time— 2:06%, 2:06, 2:07. Free-for-all pace, $1200, three heats. Aileen Wilson, blk. m. by Arrowwood (Cox) . .2 1 1 Copa de Oro, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes (Mur- phy) .'. ..1 2 2 The Eel, g. h. by Gambolier (McEwen) 3 3 3 Citation, b. m. by Norvalson (McMahon) ... .4 4 5 Hedgewood Boy, s. h. by Chitwood (Wilson) . .5 5 4 Time — 2:02, 2:03%, 2:04%. Sept. 23. — Races postponed on account of rain. Sept. 24. — 2:12 trot, $1200, three in five. i Demarest. b. g. by Ariel (Highwood (Geers)4 111 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (Murphy) 2 2 10 3 Bell Bird, blk. ni. by Jay Tine (McDonald)3 6 3 2 Baron May, br. h. by Baron Wilkes (Cox and Sayles) 1 13 2 dis Kenyon W., Jennie Constantine, Montell, Todd Mack, Borealice, Martha Dillon, Bob Riley, Yaw- rietta, and Robert L. Jr. also started. Time— 2:09%, 2:0S%, 2:09%, 2:10. 2:05 pace, $1200, three heats. Darkey Hal, blk. m. by Star Hal (Snow) 1 2 3 Brenda Yorke, b. m. by Moko (Nuchols) 8 11 1 Dan S., b. g. by Greystone (Shuler and Walker) n i 9 Red Bow, b. m. by Redfield (McMahon) 7 8 2 Eph Cinders, Major Brino, Texas Rooker, Ardelle, Alice Pointer, The Friend and Major Mallory also started. Time— 2:04%, 2:04%, 2:05%. 2:07 trot, $1200, three heats. Paderewski, ch. g. by Constenaro ( Ross) .... 1 1 1 San Francisco, b. h. by Zombro (Hodges) 2 2 2 Wilkes Heart, b. g. by Great Heart (Snow) . .3 3 3 Sterling McKinney, br. h. by MeKinney (Geers)4 4 4 Time — 2:05%, 2:06%, 2:05%. Same Day — To beat 2:03% trotting. Uhlan, blk g. by Bingen (Proctor) Won Time by quarters — :31 1:02, 1:32, 2:02%. Sept. 25. — 2 : 07 pace, $1200, three heats. Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (Murphy)l 1 1 Rollins, b. g. by Delmareh (Loomis) 2 2 2 Willie Benton, br. h. by Wilton (Brady) 3 3 3 Arthur J., b. g. by St. Actell (McDevitt) 4 4 4 Milton S. Jr., 5-5-5; Geraldine, 6-6-6. Time— 2:07%, 2:05%, 2:08%. 2:15 trot, $1200. Startle, b. g. by William Wilkes (Gahagan) 2 111 Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) . .1 2 2 2 Nero, blk. g. by Weber (Rhodes) 4 3 03 3 Captain Aubrey, b. h. by Peter the Great (Thomas) 3 4 6 4 Maud Caesar, 6-9-4-ro; Peter Dorsey, 5-6-8-ro; Joe S., 7-8-5-ro; Gladys 8-5-7-ro; Victor C, 9-7-dr; Castle Dome, 11-10-dr; Brother Milroi, 10-11-dr. Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:11%. 2:13 paee, $S00, (first division). Ross K., b. h. by Constenaro (Francis) 2 111 Meadow Brook, br. m. by Silent Brook (Turner) 1 4 6 4 Hoosier Prince, r. g. by Cecilian Prince (Cox) 4 2 3 2 Mary Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (San- ders) 6 7 2 3 Flora Coffee, 3-3-4-ro; Ian Bars, 5-5-5-ro; Greatest Line, 7-6-7-ro; Lady Patchen, .8-8-8-ro; Anda H., dis; Pat Haynes, dis. Time— 2:06, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:09%. 2:13 pace, $800, (second division). Harry Mc, br. g. by Wilson S. (Taylor)... 2 111 Maggie C, b. m. by Earlmont (Snow) 1 4 7 2 Danish Girl, b. m. by Sphinx (Rhodes).. 10 2 2 4 Allerdaw, b. g. by Allertonian (Russell) ..4383 Peter Pan, 6-5-3-ro. ; Roan Tom, 3-9-6-ro.; Van Brown, 7-8-4-ro; Ethel Woodford, 5-6-9-ro; John R. Gibson, 8-7-5-ro.; Power Lot, 9-10-10-ro.; Alcyfras, dis. Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:11, 2:13%. To beat 2:30 trotting. Bon Vivant (2) b. c. by Bon Voyage, dam by Diablo (Proctor) Won a. - Time— 2:16%. . Sept. 27. — 2:09 class, trotting, purse $1200. Innefguard, b. g. by Guardsman (Murphy) ... .1 1 9 Marie N.; b. m. by Marengo King (Geers) 7 5 1 Kenvon W.. blk. h. by Marco Bozarris (Ken- yon) ...2 2 6 Nancy Royce, blk. m. by Allerton (McCarthey)4 6 2 Beatrice Bellini, 5-34 ;■ Genteel H., 3-4-5; Brace Gir- dle, 9-7-3; Ruby Clay, 6-8-7; Harry Banning, 8-9-8; Judge Lee, dis. Time— 2:10, 2:11%, 2:08%. 2:13 class, trotting, purse $1200. Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by Searcher (Murphy) 3 2 112 Dulce Jay, rn. h. by. Jay Bird (Dean)..l 1 10. 4 4 Martha Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Sanders) 4 3 4 2 1 Jennie Constantine, b. m. by Constan- tine (B. Grady) 2 10 2 3 3 Montell, 104-3-ro; Beauty Wright, 5-7-6-ro; Bo- realice, 8-9-5-ro; Lawretta, 9-5-9-ro; Robert L. Jr., 6-6-7-ro; Roval Penn, 7-8-8 ro. Time— 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:12%, 2:13. 2:18 class, pacing, purse $1200. Iris, b. m. by Island Wilkes (Cox) 1 1 1 Evelyn Patchen, b. m. by The Patchen Boy (Wilson) 11 2 3 Mary Dillon, b. m. by "Sidney Dillon (Sanders) 2 10 5 Gus B., b. g. by J. S. G. (Patterson) 7 9 2 .Norval Jr,,. 3-3-8; Hazel B., 10-4-4; Pat Haynes, 4-7-9; Margaret Frey, 5-8-6; Auda H., 9-5-7; Brother Direct, 6-6-dr; Barney O'Connor, 8-11-dr; Chaplain Root, 6-9-dis. Time— 2:07%, 2:09%, 2:09. Sept. 28. — 2:09 class, pacing, purse $1200. Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator ( Murphy) 1 1 1 The Cannon, b. g. by Red Merribell (Rhodes). 2 2 3 Annabelle Lee, br. m. by Abdell (Geers) 14 11 2 Shadeland Nutlear, b. h. by Shadeland Fausta- . lear (Hopkins) 5 8 3 Flying Jim, 3-15-12; Beauty Wilkes, 4-12-4; Byron Kay, 12-4-5; Shaughran, 9-5-7: Shamrock, 6-9-6; The Bosun, 7-6-13: Ruth D., 8-7-9; W. D. S., 10-8-10; Rushville, 11-10-11; Ora Jackson, 13-13-dr; Dr. Billv, 1 5-dr. Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:08. 2:13 class, pacing, purse $1200. Ross K., b. h. by Constenaro (Frances) 1 1 1 Danish Girl, b. m. by Sphinx (Rhodes) 2 2 3 Meadow Brook, b. m. by Silent Brook (Turner)4 3 2 Ian Bars, br. h. by Monbars (Kitchen) 3 4 S Peter Pan, 5-6-4; Harry Mac, 6-5-6; Ethel Wood- ford, 8-8-5; Fred Patchen, 7-7-7; John R. Gibson, 9-9-dr. Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:09%. 2:19 class, trotting, The Buckeye Purse, $5000. Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) 1 1 1 Margin, rn. m. by Time Onward (McDonald). 2 4 2 Jack McKerron, b. h. by John A. McKerron (Shank) 3 2 4 General H., b. h. by Combineer (Haag) 4 3 3 Idlewise, dis; Frazzee, dis. Time- 2:05%, 2:0S%, 2:06%. 2:05 class, pacing, The King Purse, $5000. Darkey Hal, blk m. by Star Hal (Snow) . . .1 1 2 1 Major Mallow, b. g. by Box Elder (Mallow) 3 2 15 Major Brino, blk. g. by Wild Brino (Mc- Donald) 2 3 3 3 Geo. Gano, b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Mur- phy) 4 4 7 2 Brenda Yorke, 5-5-4-6; Lady Maud C, 10-8-9-4: Eph Cinders, 6-9-5-8; Dan S., 7-7-6-9; Gov. Sarles, 8-6- 8-7; Alice Pointer, 9-10-dis. Time— 2:04%, 2:05%, 2:04%, 2:06%. 2:19 class, trotting, purse $1200, three in five. Sir Todd, br. h. by Todd (Proctor) 3 13 11 Silver Baron, b. h. by Baron Silver (Geers) 1 2 1 2 3 Bronson, br. g. by Bingen (Titer) 2 10 11 3 2 The Sailorman, b. g. by Lookaway Moore) '!" 4 4 2 4 4 Miss Baratone, 9-3-4-ro; Buck Athol, 5-5-1 0-ro; Fanny Woodburn, 8-6-5-ro; Remorseful, 7-8-6-ro; My Gift, 6-9-9-ro; Kioto, 10-7-S-ro; Ruby Patchem, 11-11- 7-ro; Heiress Baron, 12-dr; Argot Hal, 13-dr; Pansy Elknut, dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:13%, 2:12, 2:13%. Sept. 29. — Horse Review Futurity, three-year-old class, trotting, purse $7000. Czarevna, ch. f. by Peter the Great (Nolan).. 1 1 1 Soprano, eh. f. by Bellini (Dickerson) 2 2 2 Captain George, b. c. by Admiral JDewey (Brawley) 3 4 3 The Wolverine, b. c. by Peter the Great (Ben- yon) 6 3 4 Bertha C, 4-5-5; Nellie Tregantile, 5-6-6; James A., dis; O'Neill, dis; Gaworthy, dis. Time— 2:10%, 2:10%, 2:09%. Horse Review Futurity, two-year-old class, trotting, purse $3000. Native Bell, b. f. by Moko (Murphy) 1 1 Eva Bellini, b. f. by Bellini (Dickerson) 2 2 Eva Tanguay, br. f. by Peter the Great (Geers) . .3 4 Hill Brooke Queen, br. f. by Wilask (Moody) 4 3 Bon Vivant. 5-dis; Lady Katherine, 6-dis; Grace Shaw, 7-dis; Woodford Todd, dis. Time— 2:13%, 2:12%. Oct. 1. — 2:05 class pacing, purse $1200. Darkey Hal, blk. m. by Star Hal (Snow) 1 1 1 Major Mallow (Mallow) 2 2 2 Brenda Yerke (Nichols) 3 4 3 Texas Rooker ( McEwan) 3 4 6 Red Bow, Eph Cinders, Ardelle and Dan S. started. Time — 2:04%, 2:05, 2:04%. 2:19 class trotting, three in five, purse $1200. Lady Stately, b. m. by Stately (McDonald) 1 1 1 Melva J. (Cox) 2 2 2 Startle (Gahagan) 3 3 3 Nero (Rhoades) 4 4 4 Adboo, Captain Aubrey, Kioto, Olean, Fuz, Johnson and Victor C. started. Time— 2:09%, 2:09%, 2:09. 2:11 class pacing, three in five, purse $1200. Maconda b. m. by Red Wing (Albin) 1 1 1 Hoosier Prince (Cox) 2 2 2 Dillon Queen (Kelly) 4 3 7 Major Purcell ( Snider) 5 5 3 Laura W., Hal Perry, Dr. Cox and Maggie C. started. Time— 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:07%. Sept. 30. — 2:15 class, pacing, purse $1200. Alcyras, ro. m. by Alcyon (H. Clark) 1 1 4 Flora Coffee (Snow) 2 3 1 Greatest Line (A. Clark) 10 2 2 St. Patrick (Rhodes) n 4 3 Alardaw, Gus B., Directly Connor, Mackev Bov, Rex L., Sarah Ann Patch, Gilliford and Jennie" Direct also started. Time— 2:06%, 2:07, 2:0S%. 2:07 class, trotting, purse $1200. Wilkes Heart, b. g. by Great Heart (Snow)..l 1 1 Paderewski (Ross) 4 2 2 Sterling McKinney (Geers; 2 3 3 Locust Jack ( Farley) 3 4 4 Time— 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07%. 2:07 class, pacing, purse $1200. Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon ( Murphy )1 1 1 Governor Searles (McMahon) . . 3 2 2 Willie Benton (Dean) " 2 4 6 Rollins (Loomis) 7 3 3 Geraldine. Arthur J. and Milton S. Jr. also started. Time— 2:07%, 2:06%, 2:07%. Free-for-all class, pacing, purse $1200. The Ee|, gr. s. by Gambolier ( McEwen ) 1 1 1 Hedgewood Boy (Wilson) 3 2 2 Citation (McMahon) 2 3 3 Time — 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:05%. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. NOTES AND NEWS Miss Stokes 2:19%, new champion j-earling trotter. Belle N. 2:07%, new champion two-year-old trotter. Fleeta Dillon 2:08%, new champion two-year-old pacing filly. Jim Logan 2:05% in third heat, new champion three-year-old pacer. Maggie Winder 2:06% in third heat, new champion three-year-old pacing filly. This is a pretty good showing for the youngsters to make in one season. Copa de Oro 2:02 is the fastest pacing stallion of the year. Onward 2:25% now has 200 standard performers to his credit as a sire. Jos. Cuicello will race the mare Queen Derby 2:06% at the Phoenix meeting next month. The Park Amateur Driving Club will race at the stadium today at 1:30 p. m. if the weather is favor- able. The coming sale of trotting bred horses owned by A. B. Rodman of Woodland, to take place in this city October 25th, is attracting much attention. The Chicago Horse Review of last week paid a well deserved editorial tribute to the greatness of Bertha, Lon Crellin's brood mare by Alcantara. Minnehaha is the grandam of three, and the great grandam of another champion yearling trotter. The daughter of Stevens' Bald Chief founded a wonderful family. Geo. Beckers had Zombro 2:11 at Columbus during the recent meeting, and the son of McKinney attracted more attention than any horse on the grounds. Boy Voyage (3) 2:12%, foaled in 1902, is now sire of the following two-year-olds: Sweet Bow 2:17%, Bon Vivant 2:16% and Bonaday 2:27% — all trotters. These are the only ones of his get to start, and he has no offspring older than two years. Sterling R. Holt of Indianapolis, who owns Sidney Dillon, the sire of Lou Dillon, recently imported from England several highly bred hackney stallions. Bellwort, the half-brother to Ralph Wilkes 2:06%, by Bow Bells 2:19%, out of Mary Mays, by Mam- brino Patchen, recently trotted to a race record of 2:14% over a half-mile track. Penisa Maid won the Transylvania in straight heats — 2:04%, 2:07%, 2:05%. This is the fastest Transylvania ever trotted. Bob Douglas was second, Marie N. third and Paderewski fourth. Maggie Winder won the Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old pacers and paced the third heat in 2:06%, a reduction of her former record by a quarter of a second. This is the world's record for a three- year-old filly. The third heats of Jim Logan in 2:05% and of Maggie Winder in 2:06% are strange to say the world's records for three-year-old pacers. How fast could they go if they were pointed for one fast mile? Work on the new training track at San Jose is pro- gressing favorably and applications for stalls come in every week. There will be a grand opening when the track is ready to train on. The two heats in 2:05% and 2:05% by Sonoma Gill at Lexington Wedensday is pretty good evi- dence that she is in fine shape and the probability is that she will reduce her record this year if neces- sary. Twenty head of draft horses weighing from 1600 to 1S00 pounds, were purchased in Chicago last month by a dealer who shipped them to Bangor, Maine, where they will be used in the lumber camps. The price paid for the twenty head was $4700, an average of $235 per horse. There will be good racing at the park stadium this afternoon and to-morrow afternoon. The track is now in fine condition, and as the horses have been resting up a little during the wet weather they should break some of the track records during the two days. A stallion seven or eight years old, sired by Mc- Kinney, dam by Axtell, died at the Dexter Prince stables in this city last week from impaction. This stallion was out of a mare that Sam Gamble pur- chased in F entucky several years ago and brought to California, where she afterwards became the prop- erty of Mr. A. J. Molera, who owned this stallion. One hundred and fifty head of mules were sold by auction near Chico, Butte county, September 30th. Several spans brought $500, and single mules brought $200 in many instances. Betting was heavy on the Kentucky Futurity at the Lexington meeting last Tuesday. Czarevna was favorite at $100, Baroness Virginia selling as second choice for $50; Soprano brought $25 for third choice and the field with seven in it brought $75. Baroness Virginia won, with Czarevna second. Highland C. 2:19% is offered for sale. This fur- nishes an opportunity for some one to get a good horse at a low figure. Read the advertisement and write to J. O. Gerrety, 910 West 39th street, Los Angeles, for further particulars. The Stovall-Wilcoxson Company of Williams, Cali- fornia, has sued Andrew Martin, a Davis farmer, for $S50, the price paid Mr. Martin for a draft stallion that proved to be impotent. A Salinas valley farmer turned several horses into an apricot orchard last month, and on going out one morning found one of his best mares hang- ing dead from a tree. She had probably reared up and caught her head in the tork of a big limb and strangled to death. Ray o' Light (3) 2:08% is back at the Salinas track for the winter after his campaign through the circuit, and it is the intention of his owner, E. Swift Train, of Santa Cruz, to send the son of Searchlight to Oregon for the stallion season of 1910. The Fresno Fair opens October 18th. The display of livestock will be extra good this year and there is every probability of the races being the best ever seen at the Fresno track. The early rains have started the grass in all parts of the State, and with a few showers this month there will be pretty fair feed for stock by Decem- ber 1st. Hay keeps up and choice wheat or oat hay is selling at $20 in the San Francisco market. Two elegantly bred sons of McKinney are to be sold by Chase & Co. at the dispersal of Mr. A. B. Rodman's trotting bred horses in this city October 25th. See the advertisement, and send to Chase & Co. for a catalogue. P. J. Williams of Oakland is the owner of a big black three-year-old stallion by Monterey 2:09%, dam Leap Year 2:26% by Tempest that will develop into a grand horse. He is now over 16 hands and a good looker in every way. Allerton 2:09% is to be taken back to his old home at Independence, Iowa, to end his days. Mr. C. W. Williams, his former owner, has purchased a plot of ground where he will have the old horse buried and erect a monument to his memory. The son of Jay Bird has not many months to live. A driving club is proposed for Lincoln, Placer county, a good half-mile track to be built for the use of tie club. We hope to see more half-mile tracks built in California, as it takes a good many horse owners to support a mile track. The Chicago Breeders Gazette of last week said: Eastern horse markets report draft horses in urgent demand since the opening of September. Good heavy horses are quoted at $350 to $450 at Boston. Express and small delivery horses are in weaker demand and the poorer sorts have registered a decline in prices. Small and common drivers are also slow sale at lower figures while the best drivers hold steady. Thos. Ronan, former owner of the Pleasanton track, recently went to Merced and purchased what he says is the finest big jack he ever saw, and shipped him to Dayton, Washington. For this jack, a jenny in foal, and two work mules, Mr. Rbnan paid $2000-^- the jack being priced to him at $1500. W. J. Kenney, the well-known dealer in sulkies and speed carts, now owns a pacer that will win cups galore in the matinees if Kenney succeeds in reducing his own weight down to somewhere near the regu- lation 150 pounds for drivers. This pacer is a gelding by Dexter Prince out of Psyche 2:16% by Cupid and can pace close to a two-minute shot. The only train- ing he has had is the driving he gets in Kenney's business buggy, but he can "sure step some." He will start in the fourth race at the San Francisco Driving Club's meeting on the stadium track Sunday next. California makes a good showing in the list of fast- est pacers of the year. The fastest two-year-old colt is Sirius Pointer 2:18, bred in this State, the fastest two-year-old filly is Fletta Dillon 2:08%, daughter of California sire Sidney Dillon, the fastest three- year-old colt is Jim Logan 2:05%, California bred, and the fastest three-year-old filly is Maggie Winder 2:06% whose dam is by a California sire. The fast- est stallion is Copa de Oro 2:02, a California bred horse. California is certainly showing up well as a producer of fast pacers and perhaps it might be well to make the pacing stakes here a little more val- uable, so as to still further encourage the industry. The trotting stallion General H. 2:11%, who made his start on the Grand Circuit at Columbus last Tues- day, where he was fourth to Penisa Maid 2:06%, had previously started in 13 races this season, winning 12 of them. A Lewiston. Idaho, paper says: "Horses are in such demand that prices have been forced to a higher point than has ever been known in the Lew- iston country, ordinary farm horses, weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds, bringing $200. Farmers are selling muie colts for $50 each, and good young mules broke to farm work sell as high as $500 a span. Range cayuses, which used to go begging at $10 a head, are now worth from $25 to $50, and Indians who have large herds of ponies are getting rich from the ani- mals raised with little attention and practically no cost." One of the greatest brood mares in California, Car- lotta Wilkes, dam of Inferlotta 2:04%, Mary Dillon 2:06% and Carlokin 2:08%, has been purchased from Santa Rosa Stock Farm by Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick for Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, and will be shipped there in a few weeks, to be bred to Peter the Great 2:07% in the spring. She is now safely in foal to the great colt trotter and sire of early speed, Bon Voyage. Carlotta Wilkes should produce a great trotter by Peter the Great. W. J. Kenney is preparing to make an exhibit of McMurray speed carts and sulkies at his place of business, 531 Valencia street, to show the horse- men who visit the city during Portola week. This display was intended for the California State Fair but got stalled on the railroad somewhere and did not arrive in time. Speed carts and sulkies will be showrn in all shapes and sizes in all colors of the raiubow and some without any paint whatsoever on the wood, so buyers can see just how they are made. The display will interest anyone who uses speed vehicles and Mr. Kenney invites all horse- men who are in the city during the celebration this month to call at his place and look these carts and sulkies over. He will have a high wheel cushion tire speed cart on exhibition that is the latest thing out and the fastest high wheel vehicle made. MUDA GUY BREAKS A WORLD'S RECORD. The Axworthy family made another world's record last week when on Thursday, at Allentown, Pa., be- fore an immense crowd, Muda Guy, a three-year-old daughter of Guy Axworthy (4) 2:08%, trotted to a race record of 2:12% in the second heat of the colt event for two and three-year-olds, thus making her the record holder for three-year-old trotters of any sex, over a half-mile track, the previous mark having been the 2:13% of Al Stanley, at Crawfordsville, 111., August 24 iast- Muda Guy started in the colt race at Syracuse, N. Y., two weeks. ago, but though she showed a lot of speed in places, was for some reason unsteady and cut no figure in that event, though she had started before that over half-mile tracks and won. She is a handsome filly and one of the best-gaited young- sters that ever trcd a race track. When her pedigree is examined it will be found that she comes from a champion producing family, as her dam is Muda S. (dam of Bugle (4) 2:12% and Enticing 2:26%), by Stamboul 2:07%; secoud dam Nancy Lee, dam of Nancy Hanks 2:04, by Dictator. The new champion was bred by John H. Shults. at his Shultshurst Farm, near Portchester, N. Y., and sold by him at the Old Glory sale of 1907, when a yearling, the purchaser and present owner being A. B. Coxe, of Paoli, Pa., the gentleman who also owns the cham- pion three-year-old trotting filly The Leading Lady 2:07. Joseph Serrill broke the filly, has given her all of her education, and drove her to her. record. — Horse Review. o MR. ESTABROOK'S COLTS. George H. Estabrook, of Denver, unmindful of the ill luck he has met with all this season, added the three-year-old pacing colt, The Philistine, to his string" last week. The colt is a son of Direct Hal 2:04% and Pearl Onward 2:06%, by Onward 2:25%, and is charged with a trial mile in 2:07% at In- dianapolis recently. W. A. Owings, of Lexington, Ky„ worked him around 2:12 last season in his two- year-old form. Just now he is a trifle off, but is sound and should make the game Denver sportsman a first class stake horse next season. Mr. Estabrook was made very sad last Wednesday when Colorado E. (formerly Colin), by The Bondsman, threw out a curb. Gus Macey had worked him a mile in 2:35 and immediately after it the curb was in evi-% dence. It is a big curb, too. and a very hot and painful one. Colorado will be remembered as hav-^ ing trotted a quarter last fall for Will Evans in 32% seconds, it being the fastest ever stepped by a year- ling. At Indianapolis, some three weeks ago, he worked a mile in 2:11%, and not only did he ap- pear to be the master of all the 1909 two-year-olds, but Macey and others thought 2:10 would be easy for him. An effort is being made to shape him for the futurity, in spite of his ailment. The above is from "Marque's correspondence in last week's Horse Review. We notice that Colo- rado E. started in the Kentucky Futurity for two- year-olds won by Native Belle last Wednesday and won third money, being second the first heat and third in the second heat. For a lame colt this is a wonderful showing considering the time made. Saturday, October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN NATIVE BELLE CHAMPION TWO-YEAR-OLD. FRESNO FAIR AND HORSES. ROCKLIN DRIVING CLUB. Daughter of Moko Wins Kentucky Futurity and Lowers World's Record. The record of Arion, whose two-year-old mark of 2:10% has stood unapproaehed since 1891, was low- ered three full seconds at Lexington on Wednesday last when the Ally Natiye Belle by Moko trotted the second heat of the two-year-old division of the classic Kentucky Futurity in 2:07%, the most mar- velous performance ever made by a colt trotter. When we consider that this mile is only one second slower than the world's three-year-old colt record of Gen. Watts 2:06% and but % of a second slower than the world's record for a three-year-old filly held by The Leading Lady, the marvel is great, but when we read that Native Belle trotted the first heat of the race in 2:12%, within half a second of the world's two-year-old race record, and then came out for the second heat full of trot, led to the quarter in 33 seconds, to the half in 1:04, passed the three-quarters in 1:35 and then came home trot- ting true and as straight as an arrow's flight in 2: 07%, we are astonished and wonder if we are not dreaming. Native Belle is the greatest trotting machine that has yet appeared and if she has concluded her campaign sound in wind and limb, it is not too much to predict that two minutes will be within her reach when she has matured. There is only one thing to be said about this great performance in comparing it with Arion's and that is it was made to a modern bike while his was to a high wheel sulky which fact will always put the Electioneer colt's performance in a class by itself. But in everything else Native Belle's mile is far and away ahead of his, as hers was made on a mile track in the second heat of an actual stake race, in which there were nine starters, while Arion's was a per- formance against time on a kite track. The filly Native Belle is a product of the famous Walnut Hall Farm and was sired by the great sire of futurity winners Moko, and is out of a mare by the Palo Alto bred stallion Gen. Wellington 2:30, the last named a full brother to the famous mare Sunol 2:08%. The extended pedigree of Native Belle will he found on the editorial page of this issue. Those who oppose the development theory in breeding trotters will have much to say over this new record, as Moko has no record, and neither the first, sec- ond, third or any of the succeeding dams of Native Belle is credited with a record. But in spite of these facts there is no two-year-old living that has a stronger trotting inheritance than she, as her ances- tors for five generations on both sides of her pedi- gree are producers of speed at the trot. Native Belle is no accident. She was bred to trot and she has not only done what it was intended by her breeder that she should do, but she has done it in a manner that lays the performances of all other two-year-olds in the shade. The summary of the race in which Native Belle took her record, follows: The Kentucky Futurity, for two-year-old trotters, $5000. Native Belle, b. f. by Moko, dam by General Wellington (Murphy) 1 1 Eva Bellini, blk. f. by Bellini, dam by Election- eer (Dickerson) 3 2 Colorado, b. c. by The Bondsman, dam by Jay McGregor (Macey) 2 3 Eva Tanguay, br. f. by Peter the Great, dam by Guy Wilkes (Geers) 4 4 Sue D., blk. f. by Todd (Willis) 6 5 Hill Brooke Queen, b. f. by Wilask, dam by Earl (Moody) ,..7dis Bon Vivant, br. c. by Bon Voyage, dam by Diablo (Proctor) '.'. .dis . Chatty Direct, br. f. by The Director General, dam by Silent Brook (Stout) dis Time— 2:12%, 2:07%. o WILL INVESTIGATE A RACE. The Columbus judges have the 2:12 trot raced on Friday under advisement, and if the facts, which point to a job, can be ferreted out, it is antici-. pated that the perpetrators will be expelled for life, writes "Marque" in the Horse Review: Baron May 2:07%, because of his recent good form, was favorite, but his showing after the first heat indi- cated that "something was rotten in Denmark." Walter Cox, together with a group of Boston and New England gentlemen, who own horses in his string, were down on Baron May, "hook, line and sinker," and as there was nearly $50,000 wagered on the race, they lost an enormous sum. Sayles, Baron May's regular driver and trainer, asked Cox to take the mount early in the week, and realizing that the horse outclassed his field, the New England contingent played their money to the limit. Baron May won the first heat without effort, but when he came out for the second heat it was apparent that something was wrong, as he broke- wildly and for the first time in his career, refused -to flatten out and trot. Cox was merely driving the horse, Sayles and his caretakers having him in charge and taking him to their barn after the first heat. There were sad faced gentlemen from Boston-town after the race, not because they lost their money, as they said, but because they seemed to have been made victims of a "framc-u;)." Fresno, Oct. 5, 1909. We are fixing up for a booming fair commencing October ISth and ending the 24th. Secretary Powell is leaving nothing undone to make it a grand success financially and otherwise. There seems to be quite a stir already. Horses are working on the track daily, the stalls are in fine shape, everything is cleaned up and there is plenty of room for horses, cattle and other live stock. The pavilion at the fair grounds has been thor- oughly overhauled, and the decorators are now putting on the finishing touches. Good premiums are offered in all departments. J. W. Zibbell has a large string of horses, among which are some extra nice youngsters that can show some step. Tom Smith 2:13% is at the head of this stable and will be shown at the fair with some of his yearlings and sucklings that are a fine lot of colts. Charley Clark has a stable of five head, some of them youngsters that can step around 2:20 and are as promising as any in the country. Mr. D. L. Bachant's little horse Adam G. 2:06% has returned from his northern trip looking fine as a fiddle and ready for the race of his life any old day. We all predict 2:03 for him next season. Mr. B. has Athasham 2:09% looking well and will exhibit him at the fair with his get. There are two two-year-olds by him that were worked a little this spring, the trotter showing 2:25 and the pacer 2:20. The crop of sucklings are grand lookers and it will take mighty high class youngsters to beat them in the showing. Schuyler Walton is working a yearling full brother to Athasham and Donasham that is a hummer and should get some of the big money as a two-year- old. He is good size, good gaited, good headed and no faults. Schuyler has eleven head in all, mostly young stock. Mr. Ed. Erlanger, of Lemoore, sent his young stal- The club at Rocklin held a meeting on Sunday afternoon, September 26th that was thoroughly en- joyed by the large crowd present, the feature of the afternoon being the lowering of the track record to 2:23 by the mare Ramona a daughter of Stam B. 2:11%. Ramona won her heats in 2:23 and 2:25, good time for a half mile track. The harness races held during the afternoon resulted as follows: Class D. Anteeo Jr. (Blackwell) 1 1 Direct (Correa) 3 2 Billie H. (Kelly) 2 3 Time— 2:48, 2:50. Class B. Laurel Bush (Correa) 1 2 1 Frank Bates (Pfosi) 2 1 2 Stamrock (Scribner) 3 3 3 Time— 2:37, 2:35, 2:35. Class A. Ramona, b. m. by Stam B. (Tuttle) 1 1 Jewess (Levison) 2 2 Saddle Rock (Gaffett) 3 3 Time— 2:23, 2:25. Class E. Buster Brown (Clark) 2 1 Lady Mosko (Harmer) 1 2 Bones (Cecchettini) 3 3 Time— 2:59, 3:02. Class C. Half mile heats. Peter (Johnson) . v 1 1 R. E. I. (Lovell) 2 2 Time— 1:35, 1:33. NOCI 2:1 OX lion Lightning Bug to Walton the other day. He is a full brother to Toggles 2:08%. He is a light bay, well proportioned, good gaited and can step a 2:20 gait with ease. He also has a Searchlight out of the dam of Kinney Rose 2:13% that has been worked a little over a month and can show a 2:12 gait at the pace without hopples. This colt belongs to Cor- nell Bros, of Porterville. They have two more sired by Billy Dunlap 36310. Dunlap is the sire of those two yearlings that Walton and Liggett worked last season, one a half in 1:06%, the other a half in 1:08. Both had 2:04 speed. Zibbell has a two-year- old by the same sire that has worked a mile in 2:19 and a half in 1:07. There are only eight colts in all and all have an abundance of speed. Jack Bu'rris of Kings county has sent a four-year- old pacer to Walton that looks like a classy horse. He is a gray gelding about 16 hands and weighs 1100 pounds. Geo. Warlow has a fine lot of yearlings and sucklings by his stallion Stanford McKinney. Any- one wanting a good racing prospect should see these colts. Nogi 2:10% will soon be put to jogging as Mr. Warlow intends racing him next year if he is not sold, so look out for a 2:07 trotter. FRESNO. SIDNEY DILLON FILLY BREAKS RECORD. At Lexington on Wednesday last, the same day that Native Belle broke the world's two-year-old trotting record, Millard Sanders drove the two-year- old pacing filly Fleeta Dillon a mile against the world's record of 2:10% for her age and sex held by Extasy. The mile was made in 2:08%, lower- ing the former record two full seconds. The only two-year-old that ever paced a faster mile is the stallion Directly, whose mile in 2:07% made in 1894, has never been equalled. Directly's record was made at Galesburg, Illinois, September 20th, 1894. Fleeta Dillon was foaled at Maywood Farm, In- diana, and is still the property of Hon. Sterling Holt. She is a bay filly with both hind pasterns and fore coronet white, sired by Sidney Dillon, dam Lady Hilda Hill by Wilkes Boy, second dam Bonnie Belle, dam of five in the list by Almont 33, third dam Alice Drake by Norman 25, fourth dam by Pilot Jr. 12. o The Lexington meeting opened last Tuesday with the most sensational Kentucky Futurity ever trotted. It was won by Baroness Virginia. The Pacific District Board of Appeals of the Na- tional Trotting Association will meet in this city Tuesday afternoon, November 16th, at which time all cases properly before the board will be acted upon. There are several protests to be decided at this meeting. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. The San Francisco Driving Club will race on Sun- day afternoon, October 10th, at the Park Stadium track, starting the first race promptly at 12 o'clock noon. The judges will be A. M. Scott, Chris Recker and Tim Sexton The timers, Al. Hoffman. W. C. Rice and William Higginbottom. W. J. Kenney will officiate as starter and M. Senderman will act as Marshal. The secre- tary of the club is James McGrath. The program for tomorrow afternoon follows: First race, 2:30 trot — Thos. Murphy's Monte, John Nowlan's Dick, G. Tassi's Steve D., R. Consani's Divi- dend, F. Clotere's Monk, E. T. Ayer's Dalta A., Jos. W. McTigue's Darby Mc. Second race, free-for-all trot — A. Ottinger's Lady Irene, S. Sinsheimer's Princess Christine, J. J. But- ler's Major Cook, H. Boyle's Modicum, H. H. Dun- lap's Borina D. Third race, free-for-all pace — Al Hoffman's Kitty D., W. C. Rice's Hickman Girl, L. Marisch's Little Dick, Geo. Giannini's Geo. Perry, P. Kohn's Alfred D., H. Boyle's Diodens, Thos. Ford's W. J. Fourth race, 2:35 class — W. F. Bennett's Lulu B., F. Lauterwasser Sr.'s Bessie Derby, D. Dillon's Lady D., W. J. Kenny's W. J. K., William Hamner's Clara W. Fifth race, 2:20 pace — C. E. Blanchard's Byron Lace, J. B. Campidonico's Lucero, A. C. Ahler's Prin- cess V., R. Bennett's Sidney B., P. Donnelly's Sister Bess. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. After two postponements on account of the weather, the following program will be given by the Park Amateur Driving Club at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park, today, weather and track per- mitting: First race, class C trotters — Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton, F. L. Matthes' Walter G., Capt. W. Matson's McKinney M., A. P. Clayburgh's Charles 2d. Second race, class A pacers — I L. Borden's Rob- erta, F. L. Matthes' Opitsah. Third race, class A trotters — A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, S. Christenson's Reina Directum, D. E. Hoff- man's Dr. O'Brien, F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. Fourth race, class B trotters — G. Wempe's Plumada, F von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon, I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet, M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell. Fifth race, class D trotters — Molera & Joseph's bay mare. R. Nolan's Pan Yan, F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandle, E. Cerciat's California Belle, E. Stock's Director B., H. C. Ahler's Ocean Beach, I. L. Bor- den's Ella G. Claro, the chestnut gelding with which Joseph F. Gibbons, a prominent member of the New York Driving Club, has been getting the money during the last few weeks in races over the New York" State half-mile tracks, his last win being a $1,000 stake at Minaola was taken aver from California a few years ago by Monroe Salisbury, when that great horseman had charge of James Butler's string of harness horses. He worked a mile in 2:09 for James Brady, who at that time trained the Butler horses, and the next year was driven a mile in an amateur race at the Empire track in 2:10%. Mr. Gibbons bought him at the Old Glory sale of 1907 for $S75. and since that time has used him on the New York speedway and for matinee racing, prin- cipally. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVENTS. Oct Nov Feb Feb Oct. Oct Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov. Nov Nov Nov. Nov. Nov, Nov Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Jan. Jan. Bench SIiows. 14-16 — Oakland Kennel Club. Oakland, Cal. J. W. Ellery, Sec'v, 48 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose. Cal. 9_12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. 6 — Oregon Field Trial Club. Salem, Ore. E. A. Parsons, Sec'y. 6-y — Utah State Fair Association. Salt Lake City. F. L. Hansing, Superintendent. Salt Lake City. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Sec'y. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton, O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. . 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm, Sec'y. , 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. . 8 — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. , 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial 'Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. , 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. . 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root, Sec'y. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke, Sec'y. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. Wallace, Sec'y. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen. Sec'y. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. 3. 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant, Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfleld, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth. Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. 17. — United States Field Trial Club. . W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. 24 — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. . W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. WHY GAME BIRDS HAVE BECOME SCARCE AND COSTLY. The outlook for a generally satisfactory opening, on the morning of the 1st, of the duck shooting sea- son was most promising up to a few hours before it was legal to sbool wildfowl. A drizzling rain and attendant uncomfortable weather conditions knocked "into a cocked hat" the calculations and anticipations of thousands of sportsmen, in the central shooting districts of this State particularly. Upland shooters had the same unpleasant experience generally as the duck hunters — quail took to heavy covert for shelter and that put them safe for another and better day. Those who like to enjoy a duck in the hotels, clubs and swell cafes had to pay a price for their birds. On the 1st inst. spring were quoted at $15 per dozen, mallard $18, teal $8, canvasbacks could not be had at any price. Early this week the market quotations dropped a peg or two — mallard were $7 to $10 per dozen, sprig $6 to $8, widgeon $4 to $6, teal $6, gray geese $6. Prior to the change in the weather ducks were reported in thousands at the ponds of the Suisun and other marshes. Immense flocks of ducks were noted on the San Pablo bay stretches and every- where daily flights of homebred sprig, mallard and teal were seen. Where the birds have flown is gen- erally answered by the laconic phrase "gone south," be that as it may, the opening of the season was dis- appointing in more ways than one. The scarcity of the birds and the high prices asked and paid brings us up to the following story, "The Rise of the Guinea Hen," by Emerson Hough, and which first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. The writer puts some home truths before the reader and although the material illustrations come from the middle west regions, there is here a few perti- nent comparisons and conditions created that are worthy of serious attention by our sportsmen: In a current comedy-drama there is a scene be- tween a Would-be and a Widow, who are about to dine at a certain fashionable cafe. The victim asks his companion what she prefers to eat, and she sug- gests canvasback. Sudden pallor overcasts his coun- tenance, nor does any relief come to him until„in a swift sane moment the waiter advises him that there is not a canvasback left in the house. Lofty scorn now . replacing abject fright, the Would-be orders something else. Now, what did he order? This happened in Chi- cago, and there lay before him the menu of one of the better-class cafes, not one offering the very high- f-st price i. Had this same menu been printed in New York, Boston or Washington, the prices would have been, rerhaps, twenty-five per cent higher. What the Would-be actually saw was about like this: Prairie Chicken, Broiled, on Toast (% $1.50) . .$3.00 Partridge, Broiled (% $1.50) 3.00 " Roasted, English Bread Sauce (y2 $1.75) 3.50 Broiled Quail with Bacon 1.00 Roast Quail with Currant Jelly 1.00 Golden Plover, Jack Snipe 60 Woodcock 90 Canvasback Duck 4.00 Mallard Duck, Roasted 3.00 " Duck, Hieronymus 4.00 Butterball Duck 1.50 Teal Duck, Broiled or Roasted 1.00 Broiled Reedbirds en Broehette (4) 75 Venison Steak 1.75 Chop 1.00 Frizzled Venison a la Allen 1.50 Redhead Duck 2.50 But what the Would-be really ordered was guinea- hen, at two dollars. He was lucky. Had he really been landed for a full-sized canvasback in one of the swell cafes of the effete East, he would have paid from five to ten dollars, according to the imagina- tion of the manager. Had he wanted some brook trout to precede the bird he would have paid seventy- five cents to a dollar and a half a portion, and liver- fed at that. A simple terrapin on the river's brim would have cost him more than all the rest he had in his clothes, because a crate of real diamond- backs nowadays is worth at least seventy-five dollars. In these days it is much better for the intending host at a little supper to go into the matter with the manager well in advance. Today we eat near-game, and do not always know it. Any chef worth his salary knows that a celery- fed mallard cannot be detected in the dark from a real canvasback even by an epicure; and knows also that the average Would-be is not a close student of anatomy in wild game, and will not see that the mallard is more elongated in contour. Most terrapin served to statesmen and others is made of the plain, unvarnished Kankakee mud-turtle. Some salmon is made of stained carp. Redhead ducks are mostly made of bluebills, and teal are without much dis- guise made of mud-hens, which latter have much the same facial expression when cooked. Reedbirds are mostly made of English sparrows. Venison is difficult to counterfeit; although in certain big game dinners in Chicago beef has been served for buffalo, mutton for mountain sheep, Texas steer for elk, and plain goat of the suburbs (Capra Harlemiiensis) for antelope. Suppose little Jacob really loved the girl. What could he do? Jacob now is much at the mercy of Esau, the scale having suddenly reversed. Jacob has to eat something "just as good." What is just as good as wild game — what has the actual flavor of the air and sky in it, as does, or, rather, did, the jack snipe or the doughbird or the brown woodcock from the covers, or the wild fowl from the long path up- stairs in the air, or the nut-fed turkey, or the hopper- fed wild grouse, or the clover and berry-fed partridge with the bass drum concealed on his person? Noth- ing really is just as good as these; but Esau, in the shape of a head waiter, only grins. "Not tonight, Jakie," says he. "What you eat tonight is guinea- hen. You will like it, and you will not kick on the price, because in five years it will cost twice as much." Whereupon, exit Esau, rubbing his hands in his apron, and exulting for that at last he has evened up matters on that mess of pottage business. Of a verity, Jacob must content himself with this vocally ejaculatory speckled fowl. Within five years the guinea-hen will have become a national institu- tion. Five years from now the chef will bring it in himself on a silver plate, with two polka-dot feathers attached, as who should say. "This is not common crow." In those evil days epicures will content themselves with the reflection that after all the guinea-fowl, the game-cock and the pheasant are all descended from the ancient jungle-fowl of India, and are all Phasianidae. These same guinea-hens will not seem so high-priced when one reflects that they are Phasianidae. Not long ago a couple of Eastern friends went out to Kansas for a prairie-chicken hunt, overlooking the incidental fact that there had not been any prairie chickens in their chosen locality for the past twenty-five years, and indeed not very many prairie chickens anywhere else in Kansas. They tramped two days without seeing a mottled feather, until at length, near a farmer's barnyard, their pedigreed dogs brought up in the middle of a covey of wildly screaming polka-dotted creatures, of which they man-' aged to knock down a couple in the confusion. Ex- ultant, they showed the farmer their specimens of prairie chicken. The' farmer lost his wrath in his amusement, but presently gave them consent to go and kill all of the spotted chickens they liked. He explained that those guinea-hens were a nuisance about the farm! that they ran practically wild; that they tore up the garden, woke up the family at un- seemly hours even for a farm, laid eggs that were no earthly good, and were themselves not fit to eat. "Go after them, friends,' said the farmer, "and enjoy yourselves. Kill 'em all." That was a few years ago, and the sportsmen were ashamed to take home their guinea-hens. They would not need to feel ashamed today. In a few years more little Jacob will send around a brace of guineas as a peace offering to his fiancee's father, and hardy sportsmen, fresh back from the wilds of New Jersey or Long Island, will offer clubfellows game dinners of guineas killed with their own horny, sun-browned hands. Talk at such a table will nat- urally turn upon the wisdom and virtue of sports- manship, and all those present may well exult in the fact that Americans will ever be a race of sportsmen, the more militant by reason of their general inter- est in the pursuit of the guinea-hen. It seems plain that the guinea is assured of a place in the history of wild sports of America. But why. Ought this question to have been taken up among the others having to do with waste of our natural resources, as discussed in a recent con- vention of governors at Washington? We may an- swer that by saying that no part of the world ever furnished a district equal in food-producing quality to that portion of the temperate zone includ- ing the United States. Gaze on the old picture and the new one, and draw your own inferences. The reason for the change lies in our public disregard of that ancient natural law — Greek, Roman, Gallic and Saxon — which recognized Esau in the chase first and last, and said that wild game belonged to him who reduced it to possession. It was left to modern Jacob to deny this fact, and to treat wild game as a matter of commerce. Jacob "reduces" it to posses- sion by paying cash. Result, Jacob hungry, Esau elated, and the guinea-hen rampant. It takes no very widely experienced man to admit the truth that no game tastes quite so good as that which one lolls for one's self. Could this basic truth have been preserved, Merry Widows would have better times today at cafe tables. Some theorists say that sturdier men might pay the checks. Eng- land holds to the theory that sport and war run together. In her colonies she does what she cannot do at home, and so keeps alive her militant sporting soul, which, so far as England alone is concerned, is pretty much to the seed these days, outside of practice had on barnyard pheasants and other arti- ficial game. It is almost unbelievable that the Jacobites have so soon brought America to a parity with little England. It is not even a parity. We have not yet learned what England knows, that a hen must hatch before there can be chickens; that a dead hen means no chicks at all; that although it is easier to pot a hen sitting on her nest, a man doing so is not necessarily engaging in a rational and commendable act. Eng- land knows, what we do not know, that men who engage in that kind of thing wind up with the sad alternative of sucking their thumbs or else a guinea- bone. The waste of natural resource is the great Ameri- can specialty. In politics we view with alarm, and in questions of resource we hold conventions, and view with regret. A million or two additional inhabi- tants each year must eat something. Naturally this great supply of wild poultry, grand species of game- birds — whose superior does not exist anywhere in the world — offered great attractions to Americans, never hampered by the thought of replacing or spar- ing. Paul did not plant our game-birds, nor did Apollos water. We could reap where we had not sown, and God Almighty might take care of the after results. So the guns went afield all over America — not alone the guns of Esau, but of those Esaus who worked for Jacob at a price, forgetting the law that wild game cannot long be held as matter of merchandise. Jacob, at home in the city, with now and then a Merry Widow to feed, insisted that he had a right to get game so long as he had the price. Very well, Jacob has had his way. Today it is guinea- hen for his'n. There was never so much actual waste of our wild game-birds as of our wild timber and wild minerals. Their disappearance is due not so much to mis- handling as to the fundamental misconception in the whole matter of merchandising in game. Most of the game killed was not wasted, although in early and abundant days I have personally seen men go out and shoot down splendid prairie grouse and leave them in the grass ungathered. I have known of hundreds of wild ducks wasted in this worse than barbarous way. These, however, were only occa- sional instances. It was not the wastes of our game- birds which cost their existence, and which made game a luxury on the table of any man today; on the other hand, it was their utilization as merchan- dise without regard to moderation, and without re- gard to renewal of the supply. The farmer boy who killed the prairie chicken for fun and did not pick it up footed a small total alongside of the professional market hunter who shipped hundreds of thousands of chickens from all over the West at a dollar and a half a dozen. It was Esau organized who shot him- self out of Esaudom. There is no special merit in condemning this state of affairs, because pretty much everything in North America is already well "roasted," to use a common phrase. None the less, we can with certainty refer to that time of license and call it the sure precursor of our time of want. No one planted. All destroyed. No one looked back to the ancient natural law, or remembered that wild game could not be marketed any more rationally or surely than Jacob could be expected to grow whiskers on his arms and play it blind on papa. We lost our game-birds in those flush times when hired Esaus shot for Jacob — pre- historic days, when mud-turtles were not terrapin, when no carp swam in a clear stream, and no English Saturday, October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 9 sparrow chirped where the wild sweet-williams grew. I have known a market hunter who traveled in a private car; who made six to ten thousand dollars a year shooting ducks, and who cleaned up ten thousand dollars' worth of plumes in three weeks' time in one Mississippi swamp. I have known one order for various kinds of upland birds, footing over half a million head in all, to come from one Boston commission firm to a commission firm in Chicago, all this game to be used on the tables of trans-Atlantic steamers. That order was filled. It could not be filled now for a million dollars. In those days commission dealers in Chicago and St. Louis sent out to their staff of market hunters in Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, kegs of powder, sacks of shot, or fixed ammunition sometimes total- ing more than ten thousand rounds per shipment. Killing was a business. The market hunter made a study of it. He worked early and late, after the sportsman was too tired to work. It was market shooting, and nothing else, which destroyed the American game. In those days South Water Street, the great com- mission market of Chicago and centre of the game supply of the world, was a variegated bird shambles, interesting or horrible, as you choose to call it. The commission dealers of that and other cities kept lobbies at the legislative halls, and kept them there until game became too scarce to market profit- ably. One after another great game districts were shot out. Thus, when Oklahoma was opened, train- loads of game, splendid game of all sorts, were dumped into St. Louis, Kansas City and Chicago. In two years the commission men reported nothing coming from Oklahoma. The story was very swift and sure. [Concluded next week.] OPENING OF THE SEASON DOWN SOUTH. A FINE GAME AND FISH COUNTRY. Isolated and remote from the whirl and noise of civilization is the Elk river valley in the eastern part of the Kooteuay district, British Columbia, north- east of Spokane, which today is declared by seasoned sportsmen to be one of the most prolific and varied big game ranges on the American continent. Elk roam the valley in bands of hundreds and beaver have colonized by thousands. This is due in a large measure to the restrictions adopted and the excel- lent grazing range afforded. Elk and beaver have been protected since 1905 and the close season will continue until 1911. R. L. Laird of Spokane, who has explored parts of the valley, declares that the measure of protec- tion afforded the big game in the preserve has not been half-hearted; in fact, he adds, it is the belief of government officials, guides and others familiar with the district, that the law has been strictly ob- served with the result that elk and beaver, bear, deer, goats, mountain sheep and other fur-bearing animals have increased and are today probably more abundant than at any other period within the last half century. Mr. Laird states in describing the coun- try: "Elk river rises a couple hundred miles north of the Crow's Nest branch of the Canadian Pacific rail- road and runs in a general way due south to that line, finding its way ultimately into the Kootenay river. From the town of Michel, an important coal mining community and the outfitting point for the upper Elk river country, the valley stretches 8 to 10 miles wide and is abundantly watered by the swift Elk river, literally alive with the gamest trout that ever fought for a piscator's fly. On the uplands are thousands of acres of grazing land, covered with a thick growth of grass resembling the "prairie wool" which makes the cattle ranges of Alberta and Saskatchewan unrivaled, horses preferring it to tim- othy. This grass cures itself and affords an ideal range for elk, deer, goats and bighorn sheep. For countless years the valley of the Elk river was a famous hunting ground for Indians, aborigines of (he hills and prairies gathering there annually to restock their larders for the winter. When the white men arrived and began their usual tactics with re- gard to the beaver and elk the game dwindled rap- idly, and there was grave danger of the extinction of both varieties. Realizing this the government declared a long closed season and the game secured a fresh lease of life.. Energetic game wardens have succeeded in keeping the Indians out of the valley, while the guides and trappers have co-operated in the preservation of protected game, realizing that when the close season lapses the importance of the district as a big game range will bring them a golden harvest. It is expected that sportsmen will be restricted to one bull elk annually after 1911, while a further close season may be declared for beaver. The last named animals have increased remarkably and the nature lover who desires to study the habits of beaver at close range can satisfy himself to the. full. The elk have become careless and indifferent to vis- itors and parties entering the country commonly encunter bands of elk, which manifest but slight dis- position to waive the right of way on the trails. The highlands of Elk river valley are ideal rauges for mountain goats and the famous bighorn sheep. These can be found at any time within a day's march from camp, although, as elsewhere, the matter of shooting either variety depends wholly upon the sportsman's skill as a stalker and taxes the expert's experience and endurance. Several experienced guides may be found at Michel with well equipped pack trains, and the outfitting point is best reached from Spokane." Reports from Los Angeles give a lively account of the opening day in that section. It is estimated that there was an army of over 5000 shooters out. Covering a 60-mile stretch of beach shooting pre- serves the following notes are interesting; Limit bags were the rule in only a few of the duck club preserves at the opening of the season on the 1st inst., but most of the gunners who got twenty- five birds did so before 9 o'clock. The others blamed the road hunters and moonlight feeding of the birds the previous night for their ill luck. The road hunters were more numerous than ever and thousands of free lances secured good bags by shooting the ducks as they flew across roads and un preserved lands in their nights to and from the gun club grounds. The quail seaso:i opened auspiciously in some quar- ters, but limits were scarce, largely because the ex- perienced hunters were after ducks, and the others were unable to reach the better hunting grounds. Snipe and curlew furnished sport for hundreds of gunners along the beaches and the adjacent marsh lands. So thick were the free hunters after these birds that dropping shot frequently fell on the sportsmen as they tramped afield. As a whole, the opening of the season for wild fowl was the most successful (?) in recent years in the south, as more persons enjoyed such sport as there was, and everybody had some success. Even on the protected preserves of the private clubs, where only a limited number of guns were allowed the first day, gunners had to be satisfied with from ten to twenty ducks. The majority of the unattached hunters returned with only a brace or two of birds. Lots of gunners failed to get a duck, and partially filled their bags with snipe and curlew. The late moon shining through a clear sky created an unfavorable condition for good sport, and a horde of road shooters who lined the boundary fences of the clubs bombarded the birds so generally that the flocks of ducks quickly flew out to sea. The birds were feeding all night in the light of the moon. The first few rounds of shooting started them seo- ward, and there they stayed the greater part of the day. Never before have there been so many road shoot- ers. The reports of good shooting near the Canvas- back, Blue Wiug and Christopher preserves attracted hundreds of unattached sportsmen. They came in automobiles, in wagons, on motorcycles; many walked miles from stations on the electric lines, and there were more than twice the number of free shoot- ers than of club gunners. All along the county road from the Olympic and Lomita to the Bolsa Chica grounds, guns were constantly cracking like the dis- charge from a line of sharpshooters. A couple of hundred unattaqhed shooters were scat- tered among the sand hummocks between Bay City, Anaheim Landing and Sunset Beach. Scarcely a limit number of birds was shot by the entire squad. There were thousands of ducks flying far out on the ocean, but close to the shore the birds were few and far between. Large flights of birds flew high over head, far out of gunshot. Their startled cries told that the birds had been frightened from the inland ponds. A few hunters with twelve-gauge guns picked an occasional duck from the swiftly-passing flights. The majority of the shooters got but a few snipe and curlew. A couple of gunners had a narrow escape from being killed on the viaduct of the Pacific Elec- tric stretching across the neck of the channel. Bob Davis and Gus Schmidt were standing about mid- way on the bridge trying to get a shot at the pass- ing birds, when a car whizzed without warning around the bend a hundred yards away. The motor- man had no chance to stop. The gunners threw their guns across the ties, and hung suspended from the end of the sticks as the car roared past. So many shooters were emptying their guns along the beach that the sky literally rained shot. Spent pellets dropped all about. The shot didn't have the force to do injury except to sting. It was wonder- ful that nobody got plugged. Around Newport and Balboa conditions were about the same. Hundreds of shooters lined the beach, but the ducks flew too high to he disturbed much. The gunner with the sixteen-gauge arm had no chance at all to make a killing. Snipe were slaughtered to some extent, but the man who got one or two ducks was congratu- lated. While the road-shooters were usually numerous they gave the clubmen little cause for interruption beyond the fact that the unattached gunners would shoot indiscriminately. Lee Stephens of the Blue Wing and E. A. Curtis of the Golden West Clubs said Friday night that they never saw so many road shooters in any two years put together. Curtis said he counted almost 500 gunners in the stretch of road within sight of his club, and he declared he saw seventeen men pull trigger on one lone duck fool- ishly seeking a passage to the ocean. Several poachers were driven from the Blue Wing, hut the removal was peaceable. The Blue Wing pre- serve was a popular hunting ground. Clear around the club the free shooters lined the boundary fence. They kept up almost a continuous fusilade of shoot- ing till 10 o'clock. There were plenty of birds, al- though not as many as last year. The birds seemed to realize they were better off within the range of the clubmen than in trying to get beyond the line of shooters along the fence. The appearance of the road shooters banging away at any old distance was really ridiculous. The Westminster scored high for the clubs, thir- teen members being in the blinds and all getting the limit. Sprig and teal predominated in the bags, although a scattering of mallard was secured. On the squad were C. W. Gates, W. R. Leeds, J. A. Graves, Karl Klokke, E. R. Smith, Marshall Stimson, Ben Williams, E. S. Rowley, C. C. Carpenter, W. G. Chanslor, J. M. Elliott, Jr., F. E. Brown and Adolph Swarz. After dinner the party split up and started in autos on a quail shoot. Swarz, Chanslor, Klokke and Louis Breer went to Corona, and Gates, Stoddard, Jess and Strasberg went to the Santa' Rosa ranch. Excellent shooting was enjoyed on the Blue Wing preserve, six members getting the limit and three averaging fifteen. Two mallards and one canvas- back were shot, the remainder of the bags being sprig and teal. The members opened the new club- house aud held high larks the night before. Lee Stephens declared the shooting was not near as good as on opening day last year, and added that the number of ducks on the ponds was deceiving. The road shooters kept up an awful racket along the fence, and one of the outsiders came to grief, getting a partial charge of shot which was intended for a duck. The man was located in a tree. He al- most fell trying to get down. He picked a handful of shot from his legs. George Adams of the Blue Wing shot only sprig and got the limit by S o'clock. Lee Stephens filled his bag by 6:30, and others who got the legal allow- ance were Dr. C. B. Jones, C. E. Groat, A. B. Barrett and Dr. Schiffman, W. D. Woolwine, Dr. W. M. Lewis and Charles Sailson averaged fifteen apiece. Dr. Lewis experienced his first shoot Friday. He but recently joined the ranks of the Blue Wing, and was hardly adjusted to the surroundings. Eighteen gunners shot from the blinds on the Bolsa Chica, five limits being shot by Dr. G. McGowan, W. E. Dunn, Edward R. Hull, Isaac Milbank and James Slauson. The remainder of the squad got but fair bags. The shooting was good only in spots, and the gunners had difficulty in locating the birds on the large preserve. The club has extensive grounds covering 7000 acres, and the birds were so wild it was with difficulty that the gunners got within range. There was good shooting, however on the Chica preserve. Eddie Maier, Joe Giola and C. E. Slaughter each got the limit before 9 o'clock, and several others in the squad got twenty birds. Here, as near the Blue Wing the road shooters were lined along the boundary fence and kept the birds in the air about all the time. The ducks became as crazy as startled chickens, and would circle directly over a blind, quacking in alarm at the shooters. Gen. C. F. A. Last and four members enjoyed a hilarious day on the Green Wing. Birds were rather scarce, but the boys were out for a rollicking time, and they had the "makings" of the "last" label. The general got twenty-one, A. Winstel, A. Marquis, J. Adloff and J. Fieber averaging fifteen. Down on the Golden West ponds shooting was rather poor. The birds were unusually wild, and the road shooters stirred up the flight till the sport was spoiled almost completely. E. A. Haffman and H. A. Hcffman each got twenty-five, J. T. Lewis twenty- three, Ernest B. Rivers nineteen, E. A. Curtis nine- teen, Bedford Rivers sixteen and Glen Lull twelve, H. A. Hoffman got two mallards, Lewis, Bedford Rivers and Lull two each, and A. J. Hoffman one. The big birds were more numerous than last year, and the Golden West got more mallards than any other club. The road shooters spoiled all the fun for the gun- ners on the Canvasback grounds, and no one of the members got within five of the limit. Down at the Del Rey the boys jumped from the beds to find thous- ands of ducks on the bay, but the first reports of guns scared the young ducks far away out on the ocean. After the sudden departure the shooting stopped and a half dozen club men trudged to the cars, a disgruntled lot, with only a mere handful of birds to show for the opening shoot. Eight gunners occipied the blinds on the Pacific grounds. The hunting was fair, said Ed Tufts, but no limits were secured. The Pacific squad is not disturbed by road shooters. The club has 800 acres, and the ponds are located just about in the center of the preserve. A deep sluice marks the border of the grounds, and any poacher would be drowned try- ing to cross to the club property. Many clubs were to try their first shooting Sat- urday and Sunday. They should have had fair sport, for large flights of birds which were distributed on the clubs which shot on the 1st took flight to the quiet ponds of the closed preserves. There are plenty of ducks. Its only a question of getting within range. Very few quail limits were brought in by first- day shooters. A large number of gunners stayed out all day, or remained at distant points to try the sport till Monday, and reports of the opening days' luck were but meager. A large proportion of the gunners operated in the San Fernando valley. Flattering reports came in from Oceanside, where limits were secured in a short time. Dave Katz and Joe Zenasky were out but an hour and each got their twenty from one covey. The sport is said to be excellent. The birds are to be found in accessible country, not too hilly or covered with much brush. The first limit of quail secured was credited to "Bob" Brain, under sheriff, near Sawtelle. In less than two hours Brain and his brother both shot twenty birds. Hunting in the same neighborhood with ihem were Drs. Carleton Allen and Anders 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9. 1909. Peterson. They both bad bagged tbe limit at 6 o'clock that night. Another successful party of quail hunters "was that of George Cline. his brother W. H. Cline Jr., John Jeffries and W. H. Webb. They went to Monte Vista and found the birds tame and plentiful. "It was difficult to flush them," said Mr. Cline, "but our dogs did good work. We returned with the limit. We met a number of other hunters in the Tejunga who bad found good sport." HABITS OF THE TARANTULA. The great tarantula of the southwestern part of the United States, like many other poisonous crea- tures as well as some that are quite harmless, is much maligned. It is not aggressive upon man, nor is it often intrusive, although many an old miner or prospector has shaken them out of his blankets or boots in the morning. Strange to say, tarantulas thus disloged are usually "the size of a saucer." It is often stated that the spider frisks about in tbe sunshine on the hot sands of the desert, but in reality it avoids sunshine when it is hot, and remains well down in its burrow in the ground. About sun- down, it comes up to the opening and lies in wait just below the surface. It assumes this position whether it desires food or wishes only to get a bit of fresh air. It does not travel about in quest of food, even when hungry, but remains quietly in the attitude described, often for hours at a time. At the near approach of a caterpillar, grasshopper, beetle, or almost any creature of like size, other than his enemy the wasp, it rushes out and seizes it; but rarely goes farther than a few inches from the open- ing. Should the prey, when first arrested, simulate death, which often is the case, since usually it is not at once wounded, the spider, unless it is very hungry, remains quiet until the insect moves, when the needle-pointed fangs are thrust into it. By pausing, it learns the nature of the object seized. The spider then retreats with it into its burrow, to feast, where the prey is ground up by the powerful mandibles, and the liquid portion, upon which the spider subsists, is sucked out. One fair-sized insect a week is suffi- cient to satisfy its hunger, because of its inactive existence, while it can live several months without food, even when most active, provided it has water. The spider will fight and destroy its own kind, but when equally matched the combatants spar for an advantage and rarely clinch unless one relinquishes its vigilance, when the other buries its fangs in it. It does not then relinquish its hold until the helpless captive dies of paralysis, induced by the poison in- jected. Death results in ten or twenty minutes. There are approximately seven or eight females to each male. The adult males are highly energetic and, unlike their phlegmatic mates, cannot be kept long in confinement. They wear themselves out in ceaseless endeavor to escape. This striking degree of activity is an essential attribute, since the females live often remote from one another and take no initiative in the courtship. The tarantula does not dig its own tunnel. It takes possession of some deserted burrow, usually that of a pocket gopher, which to the adult spider seems highly satisfactory. These burrows run for the most part, horizontally, but the spider enters through a short vertical shaft. The burrows are two or three inches in diameter, but tbe spider at once restricts the entrance nearly to the diam- eter of his own body. It does this in a sin- gular and interesting manner, affording a striking example illustrating the wide resourcefulness of lowly creatures. The spinnerets are two flexible and movable processes upon the under side of which are long rows of pores from which the silk is drawn out of a multiplicity of frail threads. With these organs, free particles are covered with a frail gauze which is then wadded together, along with much of the loose earth, which adheres to it. The wad is then carried up and pressed against the vertical wall, where it adheres, when it is further secured in place with more silk. The wads may be a half inch in diameter, and often many are required to finish the task. In autumn, the spider closes the entrance com- pletely in this manner, frequently using a large quantity of material. It is then ready to pass the winter in a semi-lethargic state, partaking of no food. In the spring it digs its way out. If the burrow is still in good condition it is cleaned out, the refuse being placed in a circle about the opening, where it renders the abode conspicuous. If the burrow proves untenantable another one is sought at once. There is evidence tending to show that the spider does not seek another habitation as long as the old one is suited to its needs; and quite often a number have been found that have lived at least three years in one place, judging by the number of discarded skins of suggestive size found in the burrow. During the growth of the tarantula, which requires about twenty years, it sheds its entire skin once each year — in mid summer. The event is an important one to the spider, and as it is then quite helpless, the entrance is previously closed, a sheet of silk drawn across it sufficing. In June two or three hundred eggs are produced in a mass which is at once covered with silk. The tunnel, unlike that of the trap door spider, is not lined with ulk. therefore to guard the eggs against contamination, while they are uncovered, the spider first incloses itself in a silk bag. sufficients large to allow it to turn around freely. This discovery was made jy hatching spiders in captivity, numerous brief inspection having been made at suitable inter- vals. The subject's aversion to light and to being disturbed at this period is quite apparent, and any prolonged or too frequent inspection causes it to abandon the task, so the entire operation cannot be learned from a single spider. Unless it is captured within a few days of the time that the cocoon is to be made, the spider makes no effort whatever to preserve the eggs. The large envelope inclosing the spider is quite frail, but its distension is assured by attachments to the wall of the burrow; and while it is very thin it is so closely woven that the finest dust is excluded. The floor of this silken cell is raised a little above the floor of the burrow. Soon after the egg mass is properly inclosed in its cov- ering, the fabric inclosing the spider is torn away. The finished cocoon is over an inch in diameter and shaped like a deperessed globe. The young emerge from the cocoon in mid-summer and, after shedding their skins, are found to be the size of a house fly divested of its wings. They remain during the sum- mer in the maternal domicile, seemingly a happy family: but in autumn they leave, one by one, each seeking some hole, suited to its size, which it pro- ceeds to clean out and barricade in conventional manner. Nature will favor two, perhaps, out of as many hundreds, and protect them until they die of old age, at the end of twenty-five or thirty years. TRADE NOTES. OAKLAND SHOW. The entry list for the Oakland Kennel Club show next week totals nearly 300. This, considering what the club has had to contend with is a good showing. The number of specials has been increased to 110. Indications point to a popular show and a pay- ing gate. Considering the fact that a pettyfogging attempt was made to throttle the show and practically pre- vent its opening, the situation at present looks as if the responsible and respectable elements of the fancy stood together in defense of their interests and as a rebuke to a coterie that is, and always has been, a serious detriment to the local fancy. The American Kennel Club has no civil standing in this State. As a corporation it has never com- plied with the provisions of the laws of California. Every act of the Pacific Advisory Committee, the representative of the A. K. C. on the Coast since the American Kennel Club was incorporated has been illegal. The action of William Ellery in bringing an injunc- tion suit against the American Kennel Club (through the doings of the P. B. C.) came up in the Superior Court, before Judge Sturtevant, yesterday. What action was taken would be, of course, unknown to the writer of this paragraph a priori. Under the merits of the case it is safe to assume, and we hope to state so positively later on, the plaintiff was granted a permanent injunction. The matter in its inception was founded upon a trivial and unimpeachable cause. The history of bench show catalogues is a monument to typo- graphical and clerical errors for obvious reasons. The rules require that a kennel club's correct list of entries be sent to the New York office before official recognition is given the show wins. To do this certain directions are laid down and penal- ties provided for non-compliance. The San Fran- cisco Kennel Club complied with the rules, the A. K. C. accepted the certified document and published a list of winnings. This ended the affair officially. Subsequently, Pooh Bah Norman pompously and arrogantly overrode the regular action of the A. K. C. and started something. It was odorous in its inception, tainted in purpose and petty-fogging in procedure. It looked as if there was a form of official (?) nagging adopted that threatened, if it prevailed, to do injury to the coming exhibition of a kennel club. Srar chamber proceedings would not dare be resorted to and a disgusted indifference might catch somebody napping. This would allow of a proclama- tion of disqualification or suppression for instance — and where would the show be then? The Pacific Advisory Committee should be aware of the fact that they have no legal standing as an official representative, in the State, of the A. K. C. Suspension and disqualification are apt to be pro- ductive of loss and damage to an individual who has money and property invested in dogs or who depends upon dog shows and dog breeding for an in- come or livelihood.' Mr. Norman could do one thing officially that would meet with a pleased recognition, and that is to resign. Valley Hunters Get Limits. — Hundreds of club members were out in the club preserve blinds in the valley country on the opening day. At Los Banos the shooting was fair, limit bags fell to the guns of hunters who knew the game. Further north at Newman, Gustine. Firebaugh and other resorts the same conditions applied. At the nearby shooting grounds, around the bay shore marshes, the sport was desultory in results, few limits were reported. Peters Points. H. E. Poston, assistant manager Peters Cartridge Company, San Francisco, at the Arizona State tournament, Tucson, on September 24, 25 and 26, won the high professional and high general average, scor- ing 495 out of 525, and the high average on all targets, scoring 610 out of 650, using Peters shells. High professional average and high general aver- age at Wills Point, Tex., September 14th, were won by Mr. L. I. Wade, shooting Peters factory loaded shells; score 134 out of 140. Second professional average was won by Mr. W. C. Allen, Terrell, Tex., score 124 out of 140, also using Peters shells. At Forth Worth, Tex., Sept. 17th, Mr. L. I. Wade was high gun for the day, 95 out of 100: E. L. Kin- solving second with 94, and A. G. Ilseng high ama- teur with 90; all using Peters factory loaded shells. An Indianapolis, Ind., September 15-16, Mr. C. A. Young, shooting Peters factory loaded shells, won third professional average, 362 out of 400. At Morristown. Tenn, Sept. 2d, in the Challenge Match between Knoxville and Morristown Gun Clubs, high score was made by Mr. Hugh Mims, of Morris- town, who scored 4S out of 50; Mr. W. D. Bushong being second with 47. Both gentlemen used Peters factory loaded shells. Mr. F. E. Rogers won high professional average at Higginsville, Mo., September 15-16, with Peters shells, score 371 out of 400. What Merit Will Prove. The fourth Pacific Coast Handicap at Seattle, Au- gust 24, 25 and 26, brought out a total of nearly 130 shooters competing on different days in the various events. L. R. Barkley won high professional average for the three days, 321 targets out of 330, in the regular average events. Fred Gilbert was second with 320 x 321 and Ed O'Brien third with 319 x 321. All three shooters used Winchester shells. Messrs. Barkley and O'Brien shot Winchester "pump" guns. S. A. Huntley broke 261 out of 275 (targets count- ing on average) using a Winchester "pump" gun and Winchester shells for second high amateur aver- age. H. Gates tied for third high amateur average, 259 x 275, shooting a Winchester "pump" gun. On the first day, Lee Barkley shot high professional average 151 x 155. Fred Gilbert shooting Winches- ter shells was second, 150 x 155, Ed O'Brien was third (on a tie) 147 x 155. The other tie, 155, was made with a Winchester "pump" gun. S. A. Huntley was second high amateur, 150 x 155 and E. D. Farmin (shooting Winchester shells) third with 149 out of 155. Out of 117 men entered 33 shot Winchester "pump" guns and 62 used Winchester shells. At pairs, 10 double rises, Fred Gilbert, shooting Winchester shells, scored straight. On the second day, 120 shooters entered 33 shot Winchester "pump" guns, 67 used Winchester shells. Messrs. Barkley, O'Brien and Gilbert were high professional averages in the regular events, break- ing 73 out of 75. Second and third high averages were tied with Winchester "pump" guns, 72 and 71 out of 75. S. A. Huntley, 73x100, and J. McLaughlin (shoot- ing Winchester shells) were in the tie for first high amateur average. H. Junker and J. T. Smails (shooting Winchester "pump" guns and Winchester shells) and E. W. Cooper (shooting Winchester shells) 72 x 75, were tie in second high amateur average. H. C. Shepardson and Ed Brakney (shooting Winchester "pump" guns and Winchester shells) were in the tie for third high average, 71 x 75. In the Preliminary Handicap, 100 targets, E. T. Ellis (Winchester shells) tied for first amateur av- erage 93 breaks. J. M. McLaughlin 92 breaks and W. Wetleaf (shooting Winchester shells) were second and third average. Dick Clancy, shooting a Winchester "pump" gun, 94 x 100 made first high professional average. Jack Forbes (Winchester "pump"), Fred Gilbert (Winches-. ter shells), were second with 93x100. W. H. Viet- meyer (Winchester "repeater") third, on a tie, 90 xlOO. Frank E. Foltz, on the third day, broke 99 out of 100, in the regular events, shooting a Winchester "pump" gun, for first average. J. McLaughlin sec- ond with 98 x 100, shooting Winchester shells. Seven men tied for third place with 96 x 100. Five men used either a Winchester "pump" gun, Winchester shells, or both; they were: W. Wetleaf, Fred Elllett, Geo. Miller. H. McElroy and H. Gates. Out of 107 contestants 32 shot Winchester "pump" guns and 56 used Winchester shells. Both the first and second high professional and high amateur averages in the fiourth Pacific Coast Handicap were shot by shooters using Winchester guns and Winchester shells. H. W. Vietmeyer (Win- chester repeater) was high professional 93 x 100, Ed O'Brien (Winchester "pump" and Winchester shells) 91 x 100 second, Fred Gilbert (Winchester shells), third, SO x 100. Frank Foltz (Winchester "pump" gun) 96 x 100, tied for first high amateur, W. Wetleaf, 94 breaks, second. The foregoing is a brief summary of one of the most complete recent Winchester landslides. The champions use guns and ammunition that keep them on top. The inference is obvious, use Red "W" goods and you will be with the top notchers. Saturday. October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 THE IOWA MARE PENISA MAID. The final Grand Circuit meeting of 1909, which began Monday, Sept. 20th, at Columbus, Ohio, and lasted through to Saturday, October 2d, is providing the sensational spirt that was looked forward to and is being attended by all the features which make for excitement — immense attendance, large fields of horses, fast time and unexpected results — in addition to which there is in evidence one feature which has been absent from the majority of the "big ring" meeting this season — unlimited betting. The star event of the Columbus program, from the financial standpoint, is the $10,000 Hoster-Columbus purse for trotters of the 2:16 class. In contra-distinction to the rule at the meeting the field for this race, which was trotted last Tuesday, was very small, there being but five starters, but the race itself proved extremely exciting and the result has brought joy to the hearts of western horsemen, for the winner was the remarkable little Iowa mare, Penisa Maid, who defeated therein the season's leading stake- winning trotter, Margin, the heroine of the M. and M. at Detroit, the Massachusetts at Readville, etc., besides the fast Cleveland stallion, Jack McKerron; the Canadian crack, General H., and the good Ohio gelding Idlewise. Penisa Maid leaped into sensa- tionalism early last July when, coming unheralded from the half-mile tracks of Iowa, she took a party of aristocratic Grand Circuit trotters into camp at Terre Haute, trotting in 2:0S% in most impressive style. Up to that moment no one in high society had so much as heard of her — in consequence of which her achievement made her one of the most talked-of trotters in training. Several rich owners made overtures for her purchase when they found that she was engaged in some $96,000 worth of stakes, but her owner M. D. Shutt, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, put a price on her that they considered pro- hibitive— it was $12,500 — so she did not change hands. Nor was it long before her would-be buyers were congratulating themselves on not having got her, for when she struck the stake horses at Detroit, she was soundly trounced, winning fourth money only in a fast race that went to the marvelous crip- ple Country Jay. It was then freely said that she was another exploded "phenom" from the bushes. But her owner, who also trains and drives her, and is a confident but modest man, remained firm in the belief that she would yet make good. Her next essay, however, was not encouraging. It was made in the $10,000 stake at Kalamazoo, and while she was a prominent con- tender in the early part of the race, the soft going — it was contested over a heavy track — then caused the mare to be unplaced. It was now contended by the wise men that the mare was handicapped by her owner's driving, he being an amateur and in deep water alongside the star reinsmen of the Grand Cir- cuit. Being always willing to listen to argument, Mr. Shutt gave heed to this, and the next week at Cleve- land, secured Gus Macey to steer her in the race for the $5000 stake there. In this she raced in improved form and won second money, trotting 2-2-3 to Bob Douglass in 2:07%, 2:0614, 2:06%. The result could not, nevertheless, have convinced her owner that he was unable to do as well with her as anyone else, for he has driven her in all her subsequent races and in a manner that has not called for criticism. Her next start was at Buffalo (Fort Erie), and there she shook off her bad luck and won the $2000 Lafayette Hotel purse with ease, not having to beat 2:10 to do so. Then came the $35,000 American Trotting Derby handicap at Readville. In this she was penalized 135 feet, starting from the 2:10 mark. She made a remarkable effort in this race, as, in a field of thirty-nine horses, of which thirty-two started ahead of her, she finished fifth, winning thereby $1700. Thence she was shipped back to Indianapolis, Ind., where she met her old rival, Margin, in a $5000 event. The two mares went a stunning race, but the roan was the winner. Penisa Maid forced the pace throughout and Margin was obliged to trot the first heat in 2:05% and the third in 2:06*4 to head her to the wire. In spots the pace was terrific. In the first heat the three-quarter pole was reached in 1:32% — better than a 2:04 gait — and in the third the middle half was done in 1:00^ — a 2:01 gait. Follow- ing this fine efforL the little mare was shipped east to Syracuse, N. Y., and there she was in the same brilliant form, as she won the $10,000 Empire State stake from a field of six others, almost without ex- ertion, although her heats were trotted in 2:06*4, 2:07*4= and 2:07. That was two weeks ago, and it was followed by her race at Columbus last Tuesday, in which she humbled her former conquerer, Margin, and won at odds that must have brought her owner, who is re- ported to have backed her liberally, a heavy win- ning in addition to the first money that he received from the purse. She lost the first heat in 2:07*4 to Jack McKerron, and he finished ahead of her in the second also, but was set back for running and the award made to her, in the same time. In the third heat she was mistress of the situation and won with something to spare in 2:07%. Penisa Maid has become one of the most popular trotters of the season among those who love a good race horse for itself alone. She is only a midget in size, standing but fourteen hands three inches in height; she is so pure gaited that she needs no fancy rigging of any kind, wearing only quarter boots for- ward, and none of any kind behind, and going with an airy whizz that is decidedly taking to anyone with an eye for gait. Her speed is simply terrific; very few trot- ters have been seen on the Grand Circuit that could step a two-minute shot with such ease.. She is thor- oughly game and will go to the limit and give her driver everything she has in her struggles to win. Besides, good sportsmen like to see an owner who is, like Mr. Shutt, modest and not given to boasting or strutting in the glare of the spot light, win well with a horse that he drives himself. Penisa Maid is not a fashionably-bred trotter, although her sire was in his day a good race horse — Pennant 2:15, aud her dam, Seneca Maid 2:20, a good race mare. But she "gets there just the same," and she does it in a way that makes one admire her. She has several Jther rich engagements yet to fill, including the classic Transylvania at Lexington, next week, and if she retains her present form to the close of the campaign she will stand up well among the leading money winners, as her earnings to date reach the comfortable sum of $14,483. Last winter she cost her owner the small sum of $1200, her rec- ord at that time having been 2:19*4, and as previ- ously said, up to that time she had not been heard of outside of the "bushes." What she has done will undoubtedly result in renewed beatings of those same "bushes" the coming winter and spring by own- ers and trainers looking for stake winners. — Chicago Sunday Record-Herald. THE TROTTER THE HORSE FOR FARMERS TO BREED. RUSSIANS DEEPLY INTERESTED IN TROTTERS. Will Caton, the young American horseman now located in Russia, is on a visit to his old home and attended the recent meeting at Columbus, where he was interviewed by a representative of the Western Horseman. "This is a fine meeting," he said, "and I am, of course, glad to be back in America, and I thoroughly enjoy the racing here, but Russia is to- day one of the greatest trotting horse countries in the world. The Russian people are greatly interested in the trotting horse, and they are particularly interested in the breeding problem. They are deep students of breeding and they watch the growth of the different trotting horse families in America, I think with even more interest than do the people of this country. Nearly all of the American turf papers are taken in Russia, and everything published in these papers pertaining to the breeding and development of the trotters is eagerly read. The Russian papers copy and feature articles of this character. I wish the breeders of this country could be made to realize the importance of cultivating the European market for trotters, and I also believe that an inter- change of breeding animals would result in not only improving the Russian horses, but the blood of the Orloff trotter would strengthen and improve the American trotter. "I may be mistaken, but I think that the contin- uous inbreeding of the American trotter will in time result in weakening him, and I am firmly of the opinion that the blood of the Orloff will prove just the proper outcross. "I know of several stallions which were regarded as failures as sires in this country, which were taken to Russia, bred to Orloff mares, and they sired many fast trotters and good race horses, and they are now regarded as great and successful trotting sires. I wish you could go home with me and spend a few months visiting the race tracks and stock farms in Russia, and see for yourself the interest the Russian people are showing in the trotter. The Russians are studying the breeding problem, both from a theoretical and practical standpoint, and American breeders could learn much by visiting the tracks and breeding farms in that country. My father, Sam Caton, is doing well, and likes it extremely, and expects to stay there many years yet. Fred Keyes is also doing splendidly, has a fine position with one of the leading Russian breeders and horsemen, and intends to stay in Russia for a long time to come." Will Caton is one of the brightest young horsemen I have met in many years, and he is one of the best posted men I have met in many years on the breed- ing problem. He had studied both Russian and American breeding problems, and he has practical ideas which he knows how to express. He informed me that that enterprising and enthusiastic supporter of the light harness horse, Frank G. Jones, of Mem- phis, Tenn., has requested him to select a couple of good Orloff mares in Russia and send them over to this country, and Mr. Jones will try the experi- ment of breeding them to some high-class trotting sires. All breeders will watch this experiment with deep itnerest. o CLIPPING SEASON IS ON. The season for clipping horses is here again and shows evidence that the custom of clipping: is grow- ing- appreciably. The best horse authorities agree that almost every animal is better for a good clipping at (he proper season and there is no question but that the clipped horse makes much the better appearance and can be cuffed in much less time than the undipped animal. Other good reasons for clipping are that" the clipped animal drys out much faster than the un- dipped horse: the pores of the skin are more easily kept open, permitting the various impurities to pass off in that way. It is no longer a difficult matter to clip a horse. Good hand-power machines are now being sold at very low prices, so that practically every man who owns a horse can have his own outfit. The man who has four or five horses to clln can easily make the cost of the machine by doing the work — this as compared to the custom of paving from one to two dollars for hav- ing the work done. A writer, evidently a farmer, in a letter to the Breeders' Gazette on horsebreeding for farmers, after referring to the hit-or-miss plan of breeding trotters in vogue in the early history of trotting horse breed- ing for speed alone in so many instances, says: In the face of all this fearful waste and out of all this wreck of men and horseflesh, we are glad to say the American trotting horse, as evolved from the work of skilled horsemen and breeders, represents more tangible value aud possibilities of usefulness and pleasure to man than that from all other breeds of horses in the country. Eliminating all the misfits and mongrels that have resulted in the effort to evolve the nation's ideal of a trotting horse, we have a type of horse that, barring the saddle horse, can do as well or better the work for which so many other breeds have been fostered. The horse of all- around usefulness must have size enough to carry a trooper, to draw a plow or a ton load on country roads. He must move easily over the boulevard or a plowed field and when hitched to a vehicle to cover his> mile or miles in fine style and with more ease to himself and pleasure to his driver than any other horse on earth. We have not yet reached the possibilities of devel- opment of the American trotter. He has so much inherent worth as man's servant that even the blunders of the multitude that have tried to breed trotters have not dimmed the visions of the future for this American breed. If farmers will quit breed- ing to cheap, ordinary stallions and select those of good size, strong in limb and middle piece, level- headed, yet spirited, even the misfits will have size enough and intelligence enough to make the best farm horse going. A pair of trotting bred, 16-hand horses, full made, on strong well-set legs, can do more farm work in hot weather or cold with more ease to themselves and pleasure to their driver than any kind I have ever tried. The heavy drafters of 1600 to 3 800 pounds have no equal in cities before heavy loads, but they lack ease of action necessary for best work on the farm- They may break as much tough sod on heavy clay land as the trotting-bred farm horse, but when it comes to working down that sod with disc or harrow and roller, I find my trotting- bred team will do more in a day, and when hitched to the planter, cultivator, mower, tedder and reaper they will walk away from our big team so easily that the latter makes the energetic man tired. If a farmer has to commit his teams entirely to inefficient hired help, then he may do as well to fur- nish them the grade drafters, or better yet, good mules. Such mules will do less harm with these teams, but never do as much work or do it as well, as a good farmer can do with his home-grown team with plenty of trotting blood. The automobile craze along with unfair legislation against speed tracks is having a depressing effect on trotting horse values. It is a favorable time for the farmer who knows a good horse when he sees it to secure for his work big, level-headed trotting bred mares and from these grow his work teams and drivers. Pass by the under- sized stallion. Patronize only those of fine carriage with size enough to be useful at any work. Of course, the man behind the horse is as important as the breed. The man who fancies the heavy drafter for farm work has no business with a trotting-bred farm team before it is well worn out by years of hard work. The good ones are good for twenty years or more of such work on the farm or road as an intelli- gent farmer will give. o Belle N., the mare by Bonnie Direct 2:05% that won a five-heat race and reduced her record from 2:28M> to 2:1414 at Portland, is out of Petrina, by Piedmont, her second dam being the thoroughbred mare Miss Peyton by imported Glengarry. Petrina was bred at Palo Alto Stock Farm. STICK TO THE GOOD OLD HORSE REMEDY. Nearly 20,000 horses were exported from the United States to Canada during the first half of the present year. Tt is a wise plan for all horse owners to keep some well-known, tried remedy on the stable shelf. Horse Hesh is heir to a good many ailments. Many of them are trivial if treated promptly. Most of them can be cured without the aid of a veterinary surgeon if only the owner has some little knowledge of horses and the remedy is at hand. There will be cuts and sprains and lamenesses, an occasional shoe boil or a curb "or splint will develop: there will be swellings, abnormal bonv growths, etc. These come unexpect- edly and surelv, often without any apparent cause. The sensible horse-owner recognizes the fact that something is liable to happen at any time and pre- pares for the emergency. The appearance of Kendall's Spavin Cure in our ad- vertising columns so oftpn is intended to suggest, as it should surerest. a right line of action. Kendall's Spavin Cure is one of the best all-round horse remedies that was ever compounded. The fact that it is so old a remedy is greatly in its favor. It is proof positive of its efficiency. All old-time horse- owners know Kendall's Spavin Cure and most of them use it. Thev would not hnve continued to use it for upwards of fortv vears if it had not proven to its legion of users that it does cure the things for which it is recommended, namely, spavins, ringbones, curbs, splints, wire cuts, swellings, sprains, lameness, etc.. the ailments that are always and everywhere common to horses. Of course, a remedy of such universal use has a universal sale. It is a reassuring thought that it can alwavs be bad at the drugstore. Readers of this, howevec, would do well not to wait to buy it until there is need for it. Being a standard remedy and as nothing else seems able to take its place, it ought to be readv on the shelf at all times. Ask your druggist for Kendall's "Treatise on the Horse." or write to DR. B, J. KENDALL,, Enosburg Falls, Vt. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. SHORT COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT. Last year many prosperous farmers were attracted to the Short Courses offer- ed at the University Farm at Davis. A very instructive course was given along the line of animal industry and was largely attended. The course prepared for this year's work will be even more attractive. The work will be in charge of Professor Major and his two assist- ants, Mr. Howard Phillips and Mr. F. D. Hawk, graduates of the Iowa State Agricultural College, who have recently been added to the force of instructors. These young men were both members of winning teams in live stock judging and received individual honors in judging at the live stock shows held in Kansas City and Chicago and come highly recom- mended to the University. The work the Animal Industry Short Course will begin November 1st and con- tinue until Saturday November 20th. The first week will be devoted to dairy stock and dairy interests. A course of lectures will be given on the various phases of dairying. The origin, history, importation and improvement of each breed will be studied, attention being paid to herd registry and to the registry of merit. Seclection, feediug, care and management from the standpoint of economical production of milk and but- ter fat will be discussed and practical work in judging dairy stock will be given each afternoon. The second week will be devoted to cattle, sheep and swine. Lectures will be given on the origin, history and de- velopment of the different breeds; their place in our agricultural study of the dif- ferent market classes, methods of feeding the breeding herd, and methods used in feeding for the fat stock market. Two hours each afternoon will be given over to the judging of stock both from breed and market standpoint. The third week will be given to the subject of horses and mules, and the lec- tures will include a discussion on the various breeds; their origin, history and their adaptability to different soils and climates. The breeding, care and hand- ling of the mare and the rearing of the colt, special attention being devoted to their feeding. The last day of the week theie will be a judging contest which will be open to all men under twenty- five years of age who have attended the course. A number of classes of live stock will be arranged for competitive judging and to the student receiving the highest standing a liberal award will be given. THE BEEF SITUATION. Information from Washington, says the National Provisioner, is to the effect that in his ccming annual report Secre- tary of Agriculture "Wilson will call the attention of Congress and the country in a graphic way to some conditions in the beef trade of the United States. The fact that there has been a decrease of 2,- 187,000 in the number of cattle in this country in the last two years, and that the exports of cattle have dropped off nearly 100,000 in the last eight or nine months, is giving the department of ag- riculture a great deal of concern. The price of beef has .gone steadily higher in the United States, while it ap- pears to have remained at a fairly rea- sonable standard abroad. Last year for th< first time in history the shipments of South American beef into England ex- c( sded the shipments from America. The European market for that product is said to be growing rapidly. Although the Secretary of Agriculture probably will make no reference in his report to the rumors that persons inter- ested in cattle raising in Uruguay and Argentina are preparing to invade the American markets with frozen beef, he has undoubtedly been apprised of them and may have some views to express concerning such a trade innovation later. For the present it can be said that the Department of Agriculture is well cogniz- ant of the state of affairs existing on the cattle ranges of this country, and pro- poses at least to open up the subject for discussion before conditions get worse. The decline in the beef exports, the Bureau of Animal Industry thinks, is due to economic conditions at home, coupled with increased supplies in the English markets from other sources, chiefly Argentina. The fundamental cause it is thought is the shortage in our own supply of beef cattle, with the re- sulting high prices of beef in the home markets. Restrictions on the range and the high prices in the feeding districts are assign- ed as the chief cause of the big cattle shortage. The free public range is now a limited affair owing to the extent of the forest reservations and the grazing regulations imposed by their manage- ment. Hay for winter range feeding is expensive, and in the feeding grounds of the middle west the stock raiser now is paying from 56c to S2c for corn which two years ago cost him from 39c to 66c. o One of the finest flocks of sheep in the world, 512 head, has arrived at Weiser, Idaho, direct from England for the But- terfield Live Stock company. Every Warranted to give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cnre for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrash, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. - As a HTMAX KEMEDT for Rhen- matlira, Sprains, Sore Throat, =:*-. it is invaluable. Every bottle of CaoBtio Balsam sold is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price S1.50 per bottle- Sold by druppiFts, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, v/ith fall directions for its ase. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc Address TEE UVaBHCB-WIUIaMS C0SPA5T, CleTeland, 0b> Band of Elk, Twenty, All Gentle. For Sale as a Band or in Pairs No Old Ones. Address: JOHN CROUCH LAND COMPANY, Chico, Cal. sheep is a registered full blood, and the majority are prize winners of the king- dom. The band consists of Lincolnsand Hampshires. The head of the flock is a 2-year-old Lincoln ram weighing 4S0 lbs. He has taken first prize at every contest in • which he has been exhibited. The flock cost the company over §25,000, about $50 per head. FOR SALE. Brood mare, Gamelia 36,177 — Brown mare, foaled 1-SyS. sire Gamaleon 7S25; dam Vixil by Durango 1115. Green Trotter. Norfolk Medium 44060— Brown colt, foaled May 4, 1906, sire Red Medium 3fol6: dam Gamelia. as above. Elmodena 48387— Brown colt foaled June 13. 1908, sire Expedition 14900; dam Gamelia. as above. These are all A-l stock. Address. O. J. JOHNSON Orange. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Oam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO. The Union lee Co.'s Stables. 327 Sth St.. Oakland FOR SALE. A beautiful bay mare. 5 years old. stands 16.2 hands and weighs 1050 lbs. Natural born pacer. Wears nothing bot the harness and light shoes. Was broken last year and driven on the roads through the winter and this spring. Was trained by an amateur for six weeks on a poor half mile track and paced a mile in 2:18^. last quarter in 31 seconds. Could have gone faster if asked to do so. I consider her a sure 2:05 pacer for next year. Very stylish and racy looking. K»nd disposition and absolutely sound. Sired by Diablo 2:09%. and is eligible to registration. Also a fine looking bay gelding. 4 years old. 16 hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. A line trotter, well broken, good disposition and will make an ideal carriage horse for a lady to drive. He was never trained but can show a 2:40 gait. Abso- lutely safe for anyone to drive among cars and automobiles. A good prospect for a first-class race horse. He is a full brother to Ben Hur 2:17J4 and shows more speed with the same amount of training. He is absolutely sound. I would not sell these two horses if I was not com- pelled to go to Europe to settle up an estate, but as it is. I will be compelled to sell them and they can be bought at one-half their value. Address JOHN dat.f.yt Care San Lorenzo Trotting Park. San Lorenzo. Alameda Co.. Cal. NOTICE OP INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting- of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by ine Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th. 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the ISth day of October, 1909. at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President, Attest: I- S. ADAMS, Secretary. HIGHLAND C. 2:19V FOR SALE Mr. TV. A. Clark Jr. has decided to sell his grandly bred, standard and registered trotting stallion Highland C. 43*35. by Expreso 29199, dam Alpha 2:23*4 by Alcantara 729. dam of 4 standard performers, 3 producing" sons and 2 producing daughters, second dam the famous broodmare Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11. dam of 2 stand- ard trotters. 3 producing sons and 7 producing daughters. Highland C. is one of the best bred stallions living. He is black, stands 16.1 and will weigh 1100 pounds, and is ten years old. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited, still he has proved him- self to be a great sire. But five of his colts have ever been trained. He is the sire of Cynara, three-year-old record, trot- ting, 2:23. Chiquito. four-year-old public trial, pacing. 2:0S%. Miss Wvman. three-vear-old public trial, trotting, 2:23*4. lola. two-year-old public trial, trot- ting, 2:2394. Silas King, three-year-old public trial, trotting. 2:31. "Will guarantee him a sure foal get- ter, and sell him so as a man can pay for him in one season. The horse can be seen at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles. For price, address J. O. GERRETV, 910 West 39th Street, Lot* Angeles, Cal. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track Use. GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Palling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side Pulling, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit, and with it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort. It will make him forget his bad habits, bring out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. L. Snow, D. J. McClary, Alta McDon- ald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis. Alonxo McDonald, and nearly all the prominent Track and Boad Drivers, and on folly SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. "We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as the "Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The geuuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Overcheck. Mailed prepaid free to any part of Patented Aug. 11. 1S96. Patent No. 565.6S1. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us, who are m a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices and can not wait to get them direct from us, we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our devices is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sell them for direct: Fiss. Doerr £ Carroll Horse Co.. Sew York City : Becker & Wickser. Buffalo. >". Y.: Turtle & Clark Detroit. Mich.; Foster-Helmreich-Wagner Harness Co.. Kansas City. Mo. z^*r/}#i/fAen/#ERS Harness § turf goods Saturday. October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 STACKING AND THRESHING ALFALFA. Care should I>e taken not to stack or thresh alfalfa when the straw is too green or tough and the seed not fully dry. It requires even more time to properly cure the seed crop of alfalfa than it does to cure the hay crop. The steins are large- ly stripped of leaves and care slowly and pack closely in the stack. If stacked green, the alfalfa is sure to heat and thus injure or destroy the vitality of the seed. Also, if threshed green or damp much seed will be lost, since it will not hull properly, and if damp seed is stored in bulk it may heat and spoil. To cure the alfalfa fit to stack from three to seven days of favorable weather are required, and a longer period if threshed from the field. When bound and shocked the crop should have twenty weeks or so of drying weather to cure before stacking or threshing. It is safest to put into narrow stacks and it is also a good plan to mix with layers of dry straw, especially if the alfalfa is bound and there is any indication that the straw is damp or green in the middle of the bundles. The straw improves the ventilation of the stack and absorbs the excessive moisture. The practice of using straw in this way, however, is seldom practicable. To prevent loss of seed in stacking or threshing, racks are sometimes covered with canvas and canvas is spread under the machine or along the stack in order to catch the shattered seed and the bolls which break off. Care must be taken to handle the alfalfa carefully in pitching and loading. Large growers of alfalfa often stack the seed crop in the field with the sweep-rake and hay stacker. Those who practice this method usually cut with the mower and leave in bunches or windrows, drying the alfalfa quickly and stacking as soon as possible. This is a rough way to handle the crop and occasions more or less loss of the seed, but when a large area is handled it may be more profitable to handle the crop in this way than by a slower method and run the risk of damage from wet weather. When the alfalfa is left in gavels or bundles, as thrown off by the harvester, it should be taken up with a barley fork. There will be less shatteiing of seed, however, if the alfalfa is in small, com- pact bunches, not too heavy to be lilted in one forkful, and this is important. When the alfalfa is stacked, unless threshed within two or three days after stacking, it should be allowed to pass through the sweat before being threshed, which requires several weeks or months. The best plan is to cover the stacks well to prevent damage by rain, and thresh late in the fall when the weather is dry and cool. In order to secure seed for fall sowing it is often desirable to thresh from the field and in a favorable season. If a machine can be secured this is the safest and most economical method of handling the crop. Farmers differ in their opinions as to whether it is preferable to thresh with a huller or with a common grain separator provided with a huller attachment. Some growers favor the use of the latter machine because the work can be done more rapidly. As a rule, however, when farmers have had a chance to use both kind of machines and have compared their work the huller is preferred. Al- though it takes longer to thresh with a good huller, yet with a good crop enough more seed may be secured to ampl}T pay for the extra time and expense required; in fact, the owner of a huller will often pay something for the privilege of thresh- ing over again the strawstacks left by the common thresher. — Field and Farm. ABORTION IN MARES. For abortion in mares we suggest the carbolic acid treatment, which several of our readers have tried in the past with satisfactory results, says Wallace's Farm- er. An Illinois correspondent who tried this treatment some years since, reported that he began the treatment six weeks before the time when the trouble had oc- curred the previous year. He gave car- bolic acid in teaspoonful doses, one dose every other day for ten days and then one dose each day until the time at which the trouble had occurred the pre- vious year had passed. Then he grad- ually discontinued the use of the acid by giving it only every other day for a week and then discontinued it altogether. He gave crude carbolic acid, putting a tea- spoonful of it in a half gallon of water, and into the water stirred ground feed to make a thick mash. Other correspondents have reported successfully by using fluid extract of black haw, given in doses of a table- spoonful in a little water twice a veeek. It is usually necessary to drench the mares to get them to take this medicine. When black haw is used begin the treat- ment about a month before the time when the trouble previously occurred and continue for a month afterward. Thirty thousand dollars was paid out for beef cattle at Ashland, Oregon, Sep- tember 17th, about 900 head changing hands. The prices paid ranged from $3.50 per hundred weight gross for steers, down to $2.50 per hundred for lowest grade stuff, feeding steers going at $3.25 and dry cows at $3. No promise of results impossible to perform or false testimonials to mis- lead you. You cannot mistake the cer- tainty of Us unfailing and unequaHed power or the security of our guarantee. It is the Only Remedy That Can be Sold With Contract. FOKT WORTH, Texas., Aug-. 11, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: Last February I bought a no? tie of "Fave-the-Horse" to use or. my brood mare. Queen Belle. She had a severe barb wire cut on her right front leg and v'as so lame she could hardly put her foot to the ground. Proud flesh former' on her foot between the ankle and the hoof, which became very hard. T tried e«'erv remedy on the market to cure her lameness and remove the lump, but failed. I then bought "Save-the- Horse." which took all the lameness away. The lump is going fast. I had previously used "Save-the-Horse" for bone spavin and I can honestly recom- mend it. Very truly yours. J. E. FENELON". 924 Farragut St.. PITTSBURG. Pa., May 24. 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: I used a bottle of your "Save-the-Horse," which 1 got through Mark Cross Co., New York, and our horse that was lame for a year with spavins is now sound. Kindly send us two bottles of "Save-the-Horse" and one pound of ointment by express, C. O. D., as soon as you can. Very respectfully, JOHN CLANCY. "Save-the-Horse" permanently curei bone and bog? spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpln, splint, shoe boll, wlndpuff, Injured ten- dons, and all lameness, without ecar or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. $0 Per bottle, with el written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could mak» It. At DruefftHts and Dealers or Expreu Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Blnchnmton, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, B6 Bayo Viata Avenue, Oakland, Cal. OAKLAND KENNEL CLUB'S THIRD ANNUAL DOG SHOW PIEDMONT RINK, Oakland, Oct. 14,15,16. H. W. LACY, Esq., Kennel Editor of The Ameri- can Stock Keeper, Boston. Mass.. will judge all breeds. Send a Postal for a Prize List To- Day Before You Forget— Ready to Mail Sep- tember ISth. Coast fanciers can obtain prize list and entry forms from: Frank E. Watkins. 250 Alder St.. Portland, Or.; Arthur Murphy. 505 Pike St.. Seat- tle. Wash.; F. E. King. 916 Pacific Ave.. Tacoma. Wash.; George Bentley. 2000 Tenth St.. Sacra- mento. Cal.:H.R. Warner. Hotel Del Monte. Cal.; F. W. Welch. London Grocery, Vancouver. B. C.; Jas. Ewins. $16 South Main St.. Los Angeles. Cal.; Paul Piepers. 325 Towne Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; Berrar & Robertson. 3d and Santa Clara Sts..San Jose; Branch's Inc., Stockton. Cal.; T. P. McCon- nel. Victoria, B. C: Chas. Newman, The College Inn, Oakland. Cal. Former Exhibitors whose addresses have changed, new fanciers desiring prize lists and all those seeking further particulars concerning the show will please correspond with the Superin- tendent of the Show, W. E. CHUTE, Phone Douglas 4646. 4S Geary St.. San Francisco Oakland Office : 454 9th St.. Phone Oakland 602. ENTRIES CLOSE TUESDAY, OCT. 5 mm Before Buying get samples of our Alfalfa Seed PUREST AND BEST AH kinds of Seeds-Plants-Trees C. C. MORSE & CO. 57 Jackson St. San Francisco SEND FOR FREE CATALOGUE OVERLAND LIMITED CROSSES HIGH SIERRA GREAT SALT LAKE by daylight Chicago in 3 Days Electric lighted — Fast Flying Cross-Coun- try Train — Luxuriously Equipped. Pull- man Drawing Room, Stateroom, Yesti- buled Sleeping Cars. Careful and attentive dining service. Parlor Observation Car with Library and Cafe, Ladiess' Reading Room, Gentle- men's Smoking Room. Daily News Bulletins, Latest Papers and Magazines. SOUTHER PACIFIC T utile's Elixir is depended upon from Coast to Coast, wherever horses are raced, as tlie surest preventive oC chills, sore and stld muscles, and all troubles dne to re- action after heats. Let us send you reports 6bow- !.:..: what prominent trainers think of it as a Leg and Body Wash It keeps the horse warm outside until he is cool Inside, thoronphly cleanses the skin, but never burns the hair or leaves it greasy. Unexcelled In the treat- ment of leg weaknesses and blemishes of'all kinds when used full strength. Pealers sett It at 50c a bottle, or we'll snip by express. Ask also for Tuttle's 'Condition Powders, Worm Powders and Hoof Oint- ment. Veterinary Book Free. Tutt'e's Elixir Co. 52 Beverly St., Boston Mass. Willis A. Shaw, Los Angeles California Ak'ent RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof. Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO., S to 124 First St., San Francisco, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the be3t of profes- sional services to all caaea of veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calla from out of town promptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL, 620 Ootavla St., between Fulton and Grove, Phone Special 207*. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN, M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton, Ontario. Canada, Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies, Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter &. Homing pig- eons of the very best blood; a fine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. ENGLISH SETTERS Well bred puppies, three months old, for sale. For particulars address M. PERRY, 454 West Santa Clara Ave., San Jose, Cal. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups, 400 red foi cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHXLL. Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Eheke, Prop.. Tiburon, Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St., Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit A Towne. Los Angeljes. Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland. Ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing. 141 Valencia St., San Francisco THREE IN ONE OIL CO., 102 New St., New York City. LAMENESS from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone or i.mi- lar trouble can be stopped with ABS0RBINE Full directions In pamphlet with each bottle. J2.00 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Horse Book 9 D free. AIISOUBINH, JR., for mankind, IL a bottle, removes Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands. Goitre. Wens, Bruises, Vart Oose Veins, Varicosities, Old Sores, Allays Pain. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F-, 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal. ; Woodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drng Co., Spokane, Wash. 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. XXXSCSaCSC3C3(SS(3C3CSC3C9C3(%S(3CXS(3CSaftaC3^^ «XXVXVXXNX**Sk*3^*3kXX^XX^S3aKX%XX\XX%XXXXX^^ 495 OUT OF by MR. H. E. POSTON at Tucson ARIZONA STATE TOURNAMENT, SEPTEMBER 24-26th WINNING- HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE ■With- PETERS SHELLS Four thousand Hereford and Short- horn heifers have been distributed among the Indians on the Klamath reservation in southern Oregon. The stock was given to the Indians by the government in lieu of money due from the sale of lands, one of the famous southern Ore- gon road grants having extended across the reservation. Four head were given to each adult Indian, while the younger members received three each. By this arrangement some families were given as many as 35 head of young cows. The cattle cannot be sold for at least two years, and though the head of the family has control of those apportioned to his minor children he must account to the children for the original stock and the increase at the time the children attain their majority. While most of the Indians have range on their allotments, many of them turned their stock out on the common range. Thus in addition to the general agency brand, the individual brand of each Indian was also placed on each animal. To complete the herds 75 bulls will be furnished, but will remain the property of the government. Mongolian horse races are never under ten miles, and though from the pecun- iary point of view an ordinary race is not worth the winning, the Mongolian derby is a striking exception for the winner. The course is at Urga, and the race is over twenty miles of rough steep coun- try. It is held under the direct patron- age of the chief of the region, and the winners are presented to him and he sup- ports them for the rest of their lives in honorable idleness. The jockeys are the smallest boys procurable. They ride without saddle or any equivalent, clutch- ing the ponies ribs with their bare legs. They carry long whips and use a single snaffle with rawhide reins, a disc of burnished silver being attached to the headband. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. A 3-year-old black stallion, registered under Rale 1. A very handsome horse, fine disposition, has Electioneer, Onward, Mambrino King strain. Sire Advertiser (3) 2:15; has good prospect for speed. Will trade for a registered Percheron mare or will sell for $500 cash. For further information address CHAS. F. THOMPSON, R. F. D. No. 3, Bakersfield, Cal. Complete Dispersal Sale of Trotting Bred Horses owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland At CHASE'S PAVILION, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco, Monday Evening, Oct. 25, '09 Two Grandly Bred Young Stallions by McKinney 2:11^ and their colts and fillies out of well bred mares. Joe Brown, the best and fastest green pacer in California. AVorked a mile in 2:0S>^ last July. Producing Brood Mares by registered stallions. 25 HEAD IN ALL. Horses all in good flesh and in fine condition. Will be at salesyard Saturday, Sept. 23d. Send for catalogue. FRED H. CHASE & CO., 478 Valencia St., San Francisco. ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotter rives us a clear insight into the ways and means to be adopted to incrmte pace, and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish, Address. Breeder aud Sportsman, r. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco, Qui. Pacific Bldg.. Cor. Market and Fourth Sta. The Great Meeting of the Southwest! $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. STAKES RE-OPENED Entries close Oct. 25, '09 . . $1000 . . 1000 No. 7 — Free-For-AII Trotting No. 15 — Free-For-AII Pacing ' Three heat. Money divided according to summary at the end of the third heat. All Other Races Filled. Entrance fee five per cent. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Secretary, Phoenix, Ariz. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited Agents and Correspondents wanted everywhere for the Breeder and Sportsman Saturday, October 9, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabrough.Golcher & Co.) Fine Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods Phon. Temporary 1883. 5I0 Market St., San Francisco MANUFACTURERS a«d OUTFITTERS ( FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER™ ATHLETE. (pmpan' 48-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT 41° APPARATUS FOR EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Inc. Sole Pacific Coast Branch— Smith & Wesson, A. J. Reach Co., Ithaca Gun Co., Iver Johnson's Arms and Cycle Works, Maxim Silent Fire Arms Co.. The Planet Co., The Horton Manufacturing Co.. F. W. Klinger it Langbein Co., E. C. Cook & Bro., Hamilton Rifle Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co., Mark- ham Air Rifle Co.. Ideal Manufacturing Co.. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co.. King Manufacturing Co. No Stock Carried. Goods Sold to the Trade Only. San Francisco, Cal. No road too rough. Carries weight over the wheels, not on the axle. It has the strength. Never a tired driv- er after a long workout day. Why? The long spring makes it easy riding.and does away withallhorsemotion. Furn- ished with either Pneumatic or cushion tires. McMurray Sulkies and Jogging Oarts Standard the world over. Address for printed matter and prices. Sales agent for California. W. J. KENNEY, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco Awarded Gold Medal at California State Fair, 1892. Every horse owner who values his stock should constantly have a supply of it on hand. It improves and keeps stock in the pink of condition. Ask your grocers or dealers for it. Positively cures Colic, Scouring and Indigestion. Manhattan Food Co., C. P. Kertel, Pres., 1001-1003 E. 14th St., Oakland. Cal. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there is none superior. The horse CAN BE WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS, SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of the SKIN It has no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed it on the market relying wholly on Its merits for success. The sales of 1906 were 100 per cent greater than the aggregate sales of Gall Remedy preceding that year. This Increase was entirely due to its MER- ITS, and it Is THE GALL REMEDY OF THE 20th CENTURY. It is quick and sure for those trouble- some skin cracks under the fetlock which injure and often lay up race horses. Guaranteed under the Food and Draffs Act, Jane 30, 1906. Serial Number 1219. All Trainers Should Keep It in Their Stables. PRICE— 25c, 50c and $1.00. (Read our ad. on Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy in next issue of this paper) Jas. B. Campbell & Co., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison St., Chicago, Illinois. Sold by all dealers in Harness and Turf Goods. If not in stock ask them to write any Jobber for it. JAS. B. CAMPBELL & CO., Manufacturers, 418 W. Madison Street, Chicago. Take the Breeder and Sportsman. New Schultze At the Westy Hog'an Tournament THE OLD-TIME FAVORITE In a Field of 150 High-Class Shooters Made the following records: THE DUPONT LONG RUN CUP Won by W. M. Foord with 198 Straight o HIGH PROFESSIONAL AVERAGES J. R. Taylor L. S. German 544 x 560 543 x 560 OTHER LONG RUNS L. S. German J. R. Taylor H. Herman 131 Straight 128 - 128 Straight 114 - 105 Straight 32 Long Runs of 100 Straight and Better Made With New Schultze During 1909. The Powder for Particular Shooters. AN UNPARALLELED RECORD IN SHOOTING HISTORY MADE DY THE PARKER GUN, At Chicago, the week beginning June 21, Mr. Frank Fisher won the Preliminary Handicap from the 18 yard mark, shooting at ten doubles and eighty singles— score, 94. Mr. Fred Shattuck won the Grand American Handicap from the IS yard mark— score. 96. and 20 straight in the shoot-off. Mr. Fred Gilbert again won the Professional Championship with a score of 193 out of 200. which included 40 doubles, of which he broke 37, making his second consecutive winning of this classic event, and the fourth consecutive winning for the PARKER GUN. THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN. (OldestCun Builders in America.) New York Salesrooms, 32 Warren St. mwi Take It In Time It you have the remedy on hand, and are ready to act promptly, you will find thatthere is nothing' in the form of Spavins, Splints, Curbs, Wiodpuffs and Bunches which will not yield promptly and perma- nently to \Qu inn's Ointment It has saved thousands of pood horses from the peddler's cartandtbebroken-downhorsemarket. Mr. C B. Dicb> I ens, of Minneapolis. Minn., ■who conducts one oE the largest livery stables in the Northwest, writes as follows: I have been using Qulnn'« Ointment lor some time and with the greatest success I take pleaeurein reconimendinglt to mj friends. No horseman should be wlth- I out it In Mb stable. For curbs, splints, spavins, windpuds and all bunches It has no equal." I > PricoSLOO pen-bottle. Sold by all druggists or sen t by mail. Write us f or circulara, r^^lV0"' W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall, N. Y. Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 9, 1909. Fine Harness... The Best Horse Boots 'fiNE Harness nORSE BOOTS Coast Shooters Attention ! |ll M C STEEL LINED SHELLS WON THE PACIFIC COAST HANDICAP Mr, John Noel broke 96 and 20 straight in the shoot off, winning the big prize from a field of leading Eastern and Western shots. Do you know that U M C Steel Lined Shells have won the 5 Classic Interstate Handicaps of 1909 right in a row, viz: The Southern, the Grand American, the Eastern, the Western and the Pacific Coast. This is a convincing endorsement by the winning expert shooters of the country. The Remington Autoloading Gun won the Southern and Eastern Handicaps. The Remington Pump Gun won the Western Handicap. New and modern ideas win ! Shoot U M C Steel Lined Shells and a Remington Solid Breech Hammerless Repeater — a Pump or Autoloading Gun — and get the game. Came Laws Free. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., Bridgeport, Conn. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City. Remington Arms Co., Won, N. Y 8 O O , 't , „r -1 .-- WINCHESTER METALLIC CARTRIDGES During our 30 years of gun making, we have discovered many things about ammunition that no one could learn in any other way. Our discoveries in this line, together with years of experience manufacturing ammunition, enable us to embody many fine points in Winchester Metallic Cartridges for rifles and revolvers which make them superior in many ways to all other brands upon the market. Winchester cartridges in all calibers are accurate, sure-fire and exact in size. They shoot when you want them to and where you want them to ; being made and loaded in a modern manner by exact machinery under the supervision of skilled experts. Remember this, and insist upon having Winchester cartridges, and you will get the best. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.. A. MULLER, Pacific Coast agent. 714 Market NEW HAVEN, CONN. St., San Francisco, Cal. 2 o Q WATCH the STRING of SELBY VICTORIES Spokane, Aug. 21, GENERAL HIGH AVERAGE. Tacoma, Aug. 29, AMATEUR HIGH AVERAGE. and 98 per cent at Anaconda, Aug. 17-19. Ask the Shooter Who KNOWS! SELBY SMELTING & LEAD CO., San Francisco, Cal. J VOLUME LV. No. 16. SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1909. Subscription — $3.00 Per Year. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 16, 1909. Every Horse Should Be Clipped in Season It is the wise thing to do for the clipped horse not only is easier to clean and looks better, but clipping does much to make him immune from coughs, colds and the usual ills that come to a horse from standing in a coat of long, wet hair after any hard exertion. The prespiration evaporates quickly from the clipped animal and leaves him dry. On cold days a blanket when he stands keeps him comfortable. The Best Clipping Machine the World has ever Seen is the Stewart Ball Bearing Enclosed Gear Machine It is the easiest turning, fastest clipping and most enduring of all machines. The materials in it are all of better quality, the workmanship is superior. All file hard cut steel gears, protected from dust ---* and dirt and running constantly in oil. It couldn't be better for twice the money. Write for the New Catalog Send Now I CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, 204 Ontario Street, CHIGAGO Insure Your Live Stock IN DIANA AND OHIO INSURES Horses, Mules X Cattle AGAINST DEATH FROM 1-- ANY CAUSE ESTABLISHED 1886 (tain Aa-antc ■ w- T- CLEVERDON, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco. OldlC Hgcllla. j. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents, HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or ■write 425 McAllister st., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide i- Sons. Sole Proprietors of itae FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GL1DE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade — 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph. Dixon, Cal. Address. Dixon, Cal. $7,250 6uraM' Only $2 to Nominate Mare $7,250 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 10 To be given by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries to close Wednesday, Dec. 1, '09 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators of Dams of Winners, $450 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS: $3000 for Three-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS. HveD to Owners of Stallions standing highest in number of Mares nominated in this Stake that were bred to their respective horses, divided as follows: 1st prize, $100. 2d prize, $50. 3d prize, $35. 4th prize, $25. 5th prize, $20. 6th prize, $20 The Above Prizes will be Paid on December 24, 1909. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 May 2. 1910: $5 October 1. 191"; $10 on Yearlings. April 1. 1911; $10 on Two-Year- Olds. April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds. April 1. 1913. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again in the three-year-old divisions. For Entry Blanks and further particulars, address the Secretary. CONDITIONS: The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2-in-3. and for Three-Year-Olds, 3-in-5. Distance for Two-Year-Olds. 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare or foal dies before April 1, mil. her nominator may sell or transfer hiM nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid In or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedisrree of mare mu»t be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1909. Entries must be accompanied by the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250. the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50. 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W. K EL LEY, Secretary, President. P.O. Drawer 447. 366 PACIFIC BLDG.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1SS2.) F. W. KELLEY. Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 417. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CIRCUIT. Fresno Oct. 18-23 GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Dallas, Texas Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Phoenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 MATINEE RACING is becoming more popular every year in California and great good could be accomplished if the many clubs in this State were to call a convention of representatives from each organization, such convention to formulate rules of racing that would be uniform and also provide for one great inter-city matinee during the year, when the fastest horses from the different clubs would meet for valuable cups and trophies. In an article on matinee racing Palmer Clark of Chicago recently said: "With the growing number of outclassed horses — and when I say outclassed I mean both horses that cannot win in the classes where they have a right to start and also horses that are too fast to get engagements only at a very few meetings — it is be- coming a problem as to what is to become of them. The only salvation lies in the matinee racing, where an outclassed horse can be so classified, regardless of his record, in a contest where he has a chance to win. The sale during the past few weeks of Ham- burg Belle to Mellville E. Hanna and of Uhlan to C. K. G. Billings, for 550,000 and $35,000 respectively — men who are iterested in amateur racing — should prove a great impetus to that form of sport, which has lagged somewhat during the past few years. Nothing has ever been more healthful to the breed- ing industry or a greater stimulus to the training and racing of the light harness horse than the enthusiasm that has been shown in amateur races. It has done more to maintain prices than anything else, and, together with the foreign demand, has been the very backbone of the market. Men fond of the exhilaration found in driving the light har- ness horse in contests annually spend large sums of money in maintaining their stables, and fortunes have been spent in an endeavor to obtain something faster than other members of racing clubs have been able to- secure. The friendly rivalry makes one of the most interesting of gentlemen's sports, and despite the apparent apathy of the last year or two, I believe the sport will grow from now on.' RECORD-BREAKING MILES by trotters and pac- ers have been numerous this year, and they have served to arouse new interest in the light harness horse on all sides. There have been at the least calculation, more than 2500 harness meetings in the United States this year, racing being held in every State and territory in the Union. At each of these meetings there have been from twenty to two hun- dred horses and it is within reason to say that there have been ten thousand trotters and pacers in actual training in the United States this year. Twice that number would probably be nearer correct as over 2200 trotters and pacers entered the standard list during 1908, and there are certainly more than five horses trained to every one that takes a record. But placing the number of horses in training at the very conservative number of 10,000, the vast extent of the business is evident. Placing an average valua- tion on these horses of $300, which is below their auction value, as shown by the big New York, Lex- ington, Chicago and other sales, these horses in training represent a total investment of three mil- lion dollars. If half of them are actually trained for the races, they get at least three months' work at an expense of $40 each per month or a total out- lay of $600,000 each year for training expenses. Har- ness, shoeing and other incidentals will cost at the very lowest figure fifty thousand dollars more each year, while entrance fees run up in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The trotting horse is the fun and light business horse of America and for actual use or for sport, far exceeds in value the horses of all other breeds. The amount of money raced for by trotters and pacers in the United States every year is probably ten times the amount contested for by the runners, but as the harness races are in most instances free from bookmaking and professional gambling they are not considered to be worth much attention by those who manage the sporting depart- ments of the daily press. Horse breeding is the chief animal industry in the Llnited States accord- ing to the census reports and harness racing, next to baseball is the chief American sport. While the racing for 1909 is not entirely ended and there may be a few more records smashed before the year is ended, the following list will show how some of the principal records have been lowered during the year. The table gives the title of the record, the name and record of the horse holding the cham- pionship prior to this year, followed by the name of the horse lowering this record and the time made in so doing: Trotting. Fastest five-year-old gelding, Major Delmar (1902), 2:05%, Uhlan 2:02%. Fastest five-year-old stallion, Allan Winter (1908), 2:06%, Bob Douglass 2:06%. Fastest heat in race, Cresceus (1901) 2:03%, Ham- burg Belle 2:01%. Fastest heat by a mare, Sweet Marie (1906) 2:03%, Hamburg Belle 2:01%. Fastest heat by a gelding, Highball (1908) 2:03%, Uhlan 2:02%. Fastest heat by five-year-old, Major Delmar 2:05%, Uhlan 2:02%. Fastest first heat, Cresceus (1901) 2:03%, Ham- burg Belle 2:01%. Fastest second heat, Sweet Marie and Highball 2:03%, Hamburg Belle 2:01%. Fastest fourth heat, Beuzetta (1S52) 2:06%, Bob Douglass 2:06%. Fastest two-heat race, Sweet Marie 2:04%, 2:03%; Hamburg Belle 2:01%, 2:01%. Fastest two-heat race by gelding. Jack Leyburn 2:05%, 2:04%; Uhlan 2:04%, 2:03%. Fastest two-year-old trotter, Arion (1891) 2:10%, Native Belle 2:07%. Fastest three-year-old filly in race, Fantasy (1S93) 2:08%, Czarevna 2:07%. Fastest mile under saddle, Charley Mack (1904) 2:13%, Country Jay 2:08%. Pacers. Fastest three-year-old colt, Klatawah (1898) 2:05%, Jim Logan 2:05%, third heat. Fastest three-year-old filly, Brenda Yorke (1906) 2:08%, Maggie Winter 2:06%, third heat. Fastest two-heat race by mare, Aleen Wilson 2:03, 2:04; Lady Maud C. 2:03%, 2:03%. Fastest mile by a team, Direct Hal and Prince Direct 2:05%. Lady Maud C. and Hedgewood Boy 2:02%. GOOD HORSES AT AUCTON. About a year ago William Hashagen of Woodland suffered a stroke of paralysis, and since that time this well known horseman has been confined to his bed and there is little hope of his recovery. He has therefore ordered his brother, Chris Hashagen, to sell all of his horses at auction, including the stal- lion Kinney Rose 2:13% that was campaigned on the coast circuit this year during which he took his present record in a race. Kinney Rose is by the great McKinney and is out of a mare by Falrose 2:19, second dam by Alaska, son of Electioneer, third dam by Algona sire of Flying Jib 2:04, etc., fourth dam by thoroughbred Odd Fellow. Kinney Rose is not only a fast and good gaited trotter, but is faster than his record and is a producer of very handsome and good gaited colts. The oldest of his get are two years old. Kinney Rose stands 15.3 and weighs 1200 pounds. Among the mares to be sold is the mare Leta H. 2:22% by Nutwood Wilkes out of the great brood mare Liska, dam of five in the list, by Electioneer. This is a young mare that should be a great pro- ducer of speed if bred to any good horse. There arc several fine young colts and fillies in the consign- ment, also an ISOO-pound Percheron stallion that as a splendid reputation as a foal getter. See the adertisement for full particulars. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, October 12. 1909. A meeting of the new board of directors of the Los Angeles Driving Club was held last Saturday evening and has caused a good deal of feeling between the two factions in the club. The E. J. Christopher party wished the meeting to decide the secretary- ship postponed till the return of President C. A. Canfield, but the Deloreyites were anxious to have it at once, so five of their adherents sent a written request to vice-president Christopher to call a meet- ing for the evening of October 9th. This request was received Friday and Secretary James was instructed by Christopher to call a meeting for Wednesday, Oc- tober 13th, as several members of the Christopher faction could not be present Saturday on such short notice. This the secretary did. On receipt of the notices Saturday morning, some one called a meeting for Saturday evening and notified the vice-president of the fact, who informed the secretary that a meet- ing had been called for 7:30 that evening. Secre- tary James immediately handed Mr. Christopher his resignation as a member of the board of directors and also the keys, and declined to attend the meeting. John W. Xickerson absented himself and also Treas- urer Deffebach. Vnce-president Christopher, although he had not called the meeting for that day, but had for Wednesday next, attended, and Mr. E. J. De- larey was elected secretary. Mr. C. A. Canfield re- turned from the East this evening but too late for the meeting. This has caused so much feeling in the club that Win. A. Clark Jr. the owner of Bon Voyage and a very prominent and valuable member not only re- signed from the board when first elected, but has now resigned from the club, and it looks as if his example would be followed by a number of others. This looks at first like a misfortune but it may turn out to be a blessing in disguise as a number of dissat- isfied members are already talking of forming an- other driving club. This would of course eventually establish a rivalry and would result in many match races between horses owned by members of each club and would certainly stimulate the interest of club members and the general public. For instance, each club could hold a matinee on alternate Satur- days, then on holidays like Christmas, New Year's and Washington's birthday inter-club meetings could be held and all arguments as to the relative merits of the horses settled. The idea now is to have the new club limited to fifty members with an entrance fee of $5 and annual dues of $20 which would easily pay with the gate receipts of a paid matinee occasionally, for the track and cups, and now with the new track and buildings are soon to be under way a better time could not be had to start and keep alive an active interest in matinee racing. William Morgan's string, in charge of Frank Wil- liams, including Era 2:10, Crisis 2:19% and the three-year-old pacer Corey by Zombro, leave Agricul- tural Park tomorrow for their home barn at Pasa- dena, where they will rest up for some time before coming back here for their next season's "prep." Will Durfee leaves Lexington this week and is expected at Agricultural Park about the 21st of the month. Geo. M. Vail's three-year-old pacer by Zombro is credited with a mile this week in 2:15, a half in 1:03 and a quarter in 30 seconds. J. H. Vance has a very good looking black two- year-old by Zombro. He has not asked him for any- thing yet but he has a nice way of going when on the track. He is getting most of his work on the road just now as Vance wants to get him accus- tomed to cars, automobiles, etc. He is a fall brother to Geraldine 2:13%. Etta McKenna in J. S. Stewart's barn is doing nicelv for that clever reinsman. She tramped a mile last week in 2:14, last half in 1:06 and last eighth a shade better than 16 seconds and seemed to have quite a bit in reserve all the way. The same train- er's black three-year-old filly by Zombro dam by Titus worked a mile in 2:11 and looked as if she could have gone in 2:10 just as easily. Stewart let his yearling Zolock step a mile in 2:35. This is the third mile he has ever been asked to go and Stewart thinks that 2:20 in a couple of weeks is not too much to expect of him. Charles Atkinson, one of the best known and most successful trainers and drivers in the Maryland and Virginia circuits, is expected here about the first of the month. It is his intention to open a public stake at Agricultural Park and make this his home. He trained for Henry Brehm, the millionaire brewer of Baltimore, who owns Prospect Park race-track, in that city and has had a large stock farm at Havre de Grass. Md„ for a long time. W. A. Glascock has one of the best looking year- lings at the track, she is a bay filly by Murray M. and is in J. S. Stewart's string. She certainly looks promising and her owner has her in $34,000 worth of stakes now. She can show a '40 gait but has never been asked for a mile better than three min- utes. Another good looker and actor is owned by Suth- erland & McKenzie, and is in Walter Maben's barn. She is a brown two-year-old by Redlac. dam Sidlette. She looks as if she was well worth staking any- where. Mrs. C. S. Hastings' string, including Judge Dillon and Princess Louise, have been let up on for a month or more but are now getting down to work and today I saw Judge Dillon step through the stretch like a train of cars. JAMES. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 16, 1909. I HERE AND THERE | BON VOYAGE lias another record to his credit. Ted Hayes informs us that he has mated the son of Expedition with 70 mares this season and every one of them from a paying subscriber at $75 per. No stal- lion since the day of McKinney in California has made such a record on this coast. And while among the seventy were a large number of mares that had never produced a foal, and a few old ones that are probably "beyond hope,' Ted Hayes believes the percentage of mares safely in foal is as large as any horse ever had credit for. Bon Voyage has been a most remarkable horse from the date of his two- year-old form to the present time. As a two-year- old he won $9500 and took a record of 2:15, the fastest mile by a two-year-old that year. He was the fastest three-year-old stallion the following year and the largest money winner having about ten thousand dollars to his credit in stakes. Mr. Clark paid $10,000 for him, and although he has been asked repeatedly to set a price on the stallion has in- variably answered that Bon Voyage is not for sale. The oldest of the get of Bon Voyage are two years old. Four of them have started in races this sum- mer and all have trotted in standard time. Sweet Bow, the first to start, won the Pacific Breeders' Futurity and took a record of 2:17%. Bon Vivant took a record of 2:16% at Columbus. Bonaday won the two-year-old stake at Salem and trotted to a record of 2:27%. Viaticum, purchased by W. H. McDoel of Chicago, started in a matinee race to wagon at Chicago and won a heat in 2:29%. These four are the only ones of Bon Voyage's get that have ever faced a starter, except Bon Guy, who was a starter in the Breeders' Futurity but did not win, and since then has trotted a mile in 2:29 barefooted over the Pleasanton track. There are many others that have worked in better than standard time and all are trotters. Bon Voyage is by far the best young horse of the Electioneer family now on this coast and he will doubtless be to that farnfcms strain here what McKinney was to the Wilkes family. RAY MEAD was up from San Jose this week on business connected with the new mile track he is building just south of the garden city of California. The grading of the track is all complete and men with teams are now at work dragging the surface into shape. There was a pretty fair half mile com- pleted by last Sunday and all the horse owners in San Jose turned out with their trotters and pacers and tried to race over it. There were thirty or forty good brushes and when the track is com- pleted, which will be about the 1st of November, a grand opening matinee is to be held, and it is as certain as taxes that several thousand people will be there to enjoy the sport. Over forty of the new stalls have been erected and a force of carpenters is at work every day, so that there will be 100 stalls finished before opening day. Mr. Mead has leased a building site near the entrance to two well known and popular caterers who will immedi- ately begin the erection of a hotel that will be first class in every respect. The track is said by those who have seen it to be perfectly laid out and graded, properly drained and ideal in every way. The soil is entirely free from grit of every kind, not an ounce of gravel or sand being on the entire mile. Mr. Mead tells us that during the time he was grad- ing this track he did not shoe one of the thirty horses he was working and the feet of the barefooted horses grew longer instead of b~ing worn down. This is conclusive evidence that there is no grit in Ihe soil. C. C. Crippen who already has several horses stabled at this park, jogging them on the roads while waiting for the track to be finished, took soil from a dozen different places on the course and tried to wash sand out of it. In all the experiments he made he failed to find any sand whatever. Dick Abies was down to look the track over last week and said that Mr. Kilpatrick would want about thirty stalls there as soon as he had shipped his consign- ment to the Old Glory Sale, which would be soon after the first of November. Budd Doble will also move his horses there as soon as the stalls are fin- ished, and there are a half dozen others who have applied for from one to ten stalls. S. CHRISTENSEN has sold the handsome trotting mare Enchatress 2:29% to a gentleman for shipment to New Zealand, and she will be bred to Mr. E. D. Dudley's grand young stallion Palite, sire of Pal (2) 2:17% before she is sent to her new home. En- chantress is a nice trotter, very handsome and with perfect manners. She has trotted trials close to 2:20 and is beautifully gaited, wearing no weights or boots. She is by Bonnie Direct 2:05%, dam Perza by Allie Wilkes 2:15, second dam Anglina, sister to Patchen Wilkes, sire of Joe Patchen 2:01%, by Geo. Wilkes, etc. This is one of the best bred mares ever sent to the antipodes and the pros- pective foal which she should produce next fall will carry the blood of many great brood mares. Palite is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16y2. dam Palita 2:16. ex- two-year-old champion by Palo Alto 2:0S%, a cham- pion, second dam the famous mare Elsie, dam of five in the list, by Gen. Benton, third dam Elaine 2:20 also a champion of her day, and now the dam of four in the list, including Iran Alto 2:12%, a pro- ducing sire, fourth dam Green Mountain Maid, the dam of nine in the list. BETWEEN THIRTY AND FORTY HORSES, the last of the trotting bred stock on the once famous Oakwood Park Stock Farm at Danville, Contra Costa county, were sold at auction on Saturday last. The sale was not advertised, and the majority of those sold were old and in poor condition, but there was quite a large crowd present and it would have been much larger had the public been made acquainted with the fact that a final clearance sale was to be held. Old Charles Derby 2:20, son of Steinway and Katy G by Electioneer, full of years and honor, was knocked down for less than two hundred dollars and was bought by Geo. Meese of Danville, owner of Derby's good grandson John R. Conway 2:07. Chas. Derby is twenty-four years old and shows age, but he is still vigorous and wjll be bred to a few good mares next year. He is the sire of seven 2:10 per- formers, and has nine or ten trotters and over thirty pacers in the standard list, while ten or twelve of his daughters are producers. At this sale Messrs. Joseph and Molera of this city, who have been engaged in breeding and racing runners, and lately have become interested in breeding trotters, purchased the three brood mares Ituna, Brilliantshine and Tone. Ituna was foaled in 1894, and is the dam of Tuna 2:08% and Confienza 2:12%. She is by Steinway out of Nettie Ward by Echo. Brilliantshine is the dam of Brilliant Girl 2:08% and is the same age as Ituna. She is by Chas. Derby out of Ethel by Gen. Benton, second dam by Electioneer and third dam by Ameri- can Star. Tone, the third mare purchased, is 22 years old. She is the dam of Agitato 2:09. The prices paid for these three mares did not total two hundred dollars. There were between thirty and forty horses sold and Oakwood Park Farm is now devoid of the stock whose representatives made it famous as a nursery of fast harness horses. ANOTHER HALF MILE TRACK is being talked of by the horsemen who reside in Alameda county. This time it is proposed to build a half mile oval on rented land near and just south of the Southern Pacific station at Fruitvale. There is a tract of land there level as a floor that is admirably suited for the purpose and if it can be leased the track will be built. The climate of Fruitvale is the best around the bay for a race track. There is sunshine nearly all the time and the winds from the bay are nothing but pleasant zephyrs by the time they reach that point. The soil is excellent and the horsemen of Oakland and Alameda are enthusiastic over the project. If this track is built the matinees held by the clubs will attract large crowds of people, as the spot can be reached by railroad trains and electric cars from all parts of Oakland, Alameda. Berkeley and towns as far out as Haywards. The fare from San Francisco to this proposed track is only ten cents. We sincerely hope the use of the land can be secured as the project will go through with a vim if a lease can be had of the property. Last April, Messrs. DePue & Sprague, of the Wood- land Hackney Stud, consigned a horse to the Portland sale that brought $520. The horse was a gelding by the farm's hackney stallion Manchester and out of the trotting bred mare Lady Escott, the dam of Ellert 2:11 and Stamboulet 2:10%, by Arthurton. The horse was purchased at the sale by Mr. T. S. Brooke, who after driving him a couple of times thought he had been stung, and the man who had advised him to buy him took the horse off his hands at the same price paid. The new purchaser, Mr. S. Kramer, drove the horse for a few weeks and sold him to Andrew Laidlaw of Spokane for $1750, at the same time guar- anteeing that he would win a blue ribbon the first time shown. Ambassador, as the horse is now called, made his debut at Seattle, sweeping everything be- fore him, and Judge LTnderhill of New York, who judged the horses, said he was the finest horse he bad seen in the West, and almost the equal of Lord Brilliant, the famous New York champion. Since then Mr. Laidlaw has refused an offer of $3000 cash for Ambassador from a Vancouver, B. C, gentleman. There is no doubt but Ambassador is a very high class horse, but in spite of the fact that he has been declared a champion at his first appearance Messrs. DePue and Sprague believe they have a horse at the farm that can beat him in the show ring should they ever meet. Mr. Charles Dana Palmer, who died at his home in Lowell, Mass., a few days ago, was a well-known figure in horse circles. At one time, many years ago, he owned and campaigned horses on the new England tracks, but latterly he was better known by his identity with the National Trotting Asso- ciation. For a number of years he had occupied a place on the Board of Review. The Harvester worked a mile in 2:04% at Lexing- ton last week. It has been decided however that this great four-year-old will not be sent to beat the 2:05% of Directum which remains the best record for a four-year.-old. SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB. Although the day was hot and sultry a big crowd was at the stadium last Sunday when the San Fran- cisco Driving Club opened its program of races, and they stayed until the last heat was decided and cheered the winners heartily. There was fast time made in several events, Geo. Giannini's gelding Geo. Perry by Waldstein break- ing the track race record by pacing a mile in 2:11 in the free-for-all pace. The winner of the race how- ever was the Dictatus mare Kitty D. A popular chord was struck when President Ken- ney's horse W. J. K. won the 2:35 class pace. This race was at three-quarter mile heats, none of the contestants being in regular training, and W. J. K. showed himself to be quite a race horse. In the free-for-all trot Mr. Sinsheimer's mare Princess Christine showed her heels to four good trotters and trotted the second heat of the race in 2:15%. This mare is in fine fettle just now and it will take a 2:12 trotter to beat her. The summa- ries of the races follow: First race, 2:30 trot, one mile, two in three heats: J. W. McTigue's Darby Mc (McTigue) 1 1 F. Clotere's Monk (Clotere) 2 2 J. Nowlan's Dick (Nowlan) 3 3 E. T. Ayers' Dalta A. ( Ayres) 7 4 T. B. Murphy's Monte (Murphy) 5 5 R. Consani's Dividend (Consani) 4 7 G. Tassi's Steve D. (Tassi) 6 6 Time— 2:25, 2:22. Second race, free-for-all trot, one mile, three in five heats: S. Sinsheimer's Princess Christine (Sins- beimer) 1 1 1 J. J. Butler's Major Cook (McGrath) 2 2 3 H. Boyle's Modicum (Boyle) 3 3 2 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 4 4 4 Time— 2:17, 2:15%, 2:18. Third race, free-for-all pace, one mile, three in five heats: Al Hoffman's Kitty D. (Schwarz) 1 4 1 1 George Giannini's George Perry (Becker). 5 13 3 P. Kohn's Alfred D. (McGrath) 7 3 4 2 H. Boyle's Diodens (Boyle) 2 6 5 4 L. Marisch's Little Dick (Verillacl 4 2 2out W. C. Rice's Hickman Girl (Rice) 6 5 6out T. Ford's W. J. (Ford) 3 out Time— 2:13%, 2:11, 2:13%, 2:16%. Fourth race, 2:35 class, three-quarters of a mile, two in three heats: W. J. Kennev's W. J. K. (Frellson) 1 1 D. Dillon's Lady D. (Dillon) 2 2 W. Hamner's Clara W. (Hamner) 3 3 W. F. Bennett's Lulu B. (Bennett) 4 4 Time— 1:50, 1:49%. Fifth race, 2:20 pace, three-quarters of a mile, two in three heats: D. Donnelly's Sister Bess (Donnelly) 1 1 R. Benett's Sidney B. (McGrath) 3 2 C. E. Blanchard's Byron Lace (Lauterwasser) . . .2 3 A C. Ahler's Princess ( Ahler) 4 4 Time— 1:41%, 1:40%. PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. The stallion Alio Leyburn, who is unmarked and has not been started this year, but has attracted much attention along the Grand Circuit, was worked a mile by R. W. Rosemire at Columbus in 2:07%. No trotter has at yet beaten 2:10 over a half-mile track this season. The mile of Happy J. in 2:10% at Parkersburg, W. Va., being the fastest. Last Saturday was just about perfect for har- ness racing at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park and the Park Amateur Driving Club had some excellent sport. Four races were on the afternoon's card, only one of which was decided in straight heats. The class A trotters put up a hot contest, Dan Hoffman getting the race with the gray Gossiper gelding Dr. O'Brien after Mike Kelly, the doctor's brother, had taken the first heat, with Dr. O'Brien fourth. Dr. O'Brien trotted the third heat in 2:15%, which is the fastest heat that has been trotted in the Clark cup contest. Dr. O'Brien has now won two races, but must win three out of six starts to secure the cup. There was a hot contest in the class B trot be- tween Ceta Dillon and Plumada, the former winning the odd heat. Results: First race, class C trotters, one mile: Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton ( Joseph)... 1 2 1 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 2 1 2 Captain W. Matson's McKinney M. (Matson).3 3 3 Time— 2:35, 2:23%, 2:25%. Second race, clas A trotters, one mile: D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien (Hoffman) 4 1 1 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 1 4 3 S. Christensen's Reina Directum (Christensen) 3 2 2 v. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (Kilpatrick) 2 3out Time— 2:18, 2:17, 2:15%. Third race, class B trotters, one mile: C. F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon (Von Issen- dorf) 1 2 1 G. Wempe's Plumada (Wempe) 2 1 2 I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato (Borden) 3 3 3 J. W. Smedleys Red Velvet (Smedley) 4 4 4 Tme — 2:23%, 2:22, 2:22. Fourth race, class D trotters, one mile. E. Cerciat's California Bell (Cerciat) 1 1 Molera & Joseph's Bay Mare (Joseph) 2 2 R Nolan's Pan Yan ( Nolan) 3 3 F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandle (Kilpatrick) 4 4 E Stock's Director B. ( Stock) 5 5 Time— 2:34, 2:32. o ■ When two trotters can be sold within a few weeks of each other for $85,000 the market cannot be very bad. Does anyone suppose that they would have brought more money if the automobile had never been invented? Hardly. — Western Horseman. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PACIFIC BREEDERS' FUTURITY NO. 9. 178 Foals of 1909 Have Third Payment Made on Them for This Stake. A very large percentage of the foals entered in Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 9, are still eligible to the stake, as of the 208 on which second payment was made, only 30 have forfeited, leaving 178 still in good standing. A perusal of the list of foals on which third payment was made October 1st, will show that there are many very highly bred ones in this stake. The list is as follows: Frank E. Alley's ch. c. Michael Angelo by Sonoma Boy, dam Angelina Boswell by Hart Boswell; br. c. Minnehaha by Sonoma Boy, dam Gussie J. W. by Jud Wilkes; ch. c. King Dixon by Sonoma Boy, dam Ruby D. by Sam Ford. L. E. Barber's bl. f. Clara Louise by Alconda Jay, dam Pink Tea by Monterey. F. Barnett's c. by Moko, dam Saluvian by Wilton. Mrs. S. V. Barstow's br. f. Belle Ammen by Nearest McKinney, dam Aunt Joe by Iran Alto. Z. A. Beall's foal by Tom Smith, dam Athabell by Athaneer. W. H. Beasore's br. c. Lucky Tom by Tom Smith, dam Dolly by Junio. Joe Bonaparte's foal by Carlokin, dam Princess Emma by Daedalion. Mrs. Elizabeth BonnTio's b. f. by Copa de Oro, dam Vela McKinney by McKinney; foal by Del Coro- nado, dam Atherine by Patron; b. f. by Del Coronado, dam Beatrice Zombro by Zombro. Thos. H. Brents' foal by Zolock, dam Laurelia by Caution; foal by Zolock, dam Miladi B. by Che- halis. T. W. Brodnax's b. f. Sweet Chimes by Strathway, dam Mary Chimes by Chimes; s. c. May Boy by Strathway, dam Belle by Neernut. S. Brolliar's b. or br. c. Buster Brown by Star Pointer, dam Nellie by Dyerwood. Alex. Brown's ch. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Serpolo by Mendocino; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Bonnie Derby by Chas. Derby; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Everette by Nephew; b. f. by Prince Ansel, dam Josie D. by Nutwood Wilkes; h. c. by Nushagak, dam Nosegay by Langton; br. c. by Nushagak, dam Zanita by Electricity. Harry D. Brown's b. f. by Alconda Jay, dam Helen Keys by Sidney Dillon ; b. c. Cole Pointer by Star Pointer, dam Grace Cole by Nutwood Wilkes. Dr. L. Bruce's b. c. Sir Valentine by Athasham, dam Beauty N. by Nushagak. C. M. Burleigh's b. g. C. M. B. by Tom Smith, dam Trixie by Glenway. Frank H. Burke's f. by Birdman, dam Wanda by Eros; f. by The Limit, dam Grace Kaiser by Kaiser; f. by Constructor, dam Lady Belle Isle by Eros. H. Busing's b. c. by Bonnie Searchlight, dam Sweet Hallie by American Hal. James Campbell's foal by On Stanley, dam Nelly Bly by Woolsey. Mrs. M. F. Case's foal by Sir John S., dam Black Gypsy by Kentucky Baron. John M. Clark's b. f. Ruby C. by Palo King, dam Diorine by Diablo; b. c. by Dia Rose, dam- Bird Falrose by Falrose. Herbert Coil's s. f. by Diablo, dam Alto Rose by Iran Alto. J. E. Connell's b. f. Gertrude C. by Strathway, dam Linnett by Electioneer. Dr. E. M. Conroy's foal by Star Pointer, dam Frances C. by Wasatch. Cornell Bros.' foal by Light Rose, dam Pet Junior by Sunday. A. W. Cowell's b. f. Bonnie Pointer by Star Pointer, dam Bonnie W. by Delphi. S. H. Cowell's foal by Lynwood W., dam Charmion by Nutwood Wilkes. J. Harris Cox's br. f. Queenie R. by Birdman, dam Nellie H. A. G. Dahl's foal by Zombro, dam Judith by William Harold. Philip S. Driver's b. f. Heather by Aerolite, dam Sukey Mac by McKinney. E. D. Dudley's ch. c. Enchalada by Palite, dam Paprika by Oro Belmont; br. c. Starina by Star Pointer, dam Friskarina by Bayswater Wilkes; b. c. Leonid by Aerolite, dam Lorna Doone by Bayswater Wilkes. E. R. Dunn's b. f. Abbie D. by The Limit, dam Bonner Bell by Bonner N. B. W. G. Durfee's foal by Carlokin, dam Lady H. H. P. Eakle Jr.'s foal by Iran Alto, dam Ollie Mac by McKinney. H. H. Elliott's b. f. Search Way by Wayland W., dam Pitiless by Searchlight. F. E. Emlay's bl. f. Nettie McKinney by Washington McKinney, dam Hazel Turk by Silas Skinner; b. c. El Medio by Washington McKinney, dam Fawnette by Louis Mac; b. f. Birdie McK. by Washington McKinney, dam Bird W. by Eu- geneer. Byron Erkenbrecher's foal by Star Pointer, dam Rita H. by McKinney. W. B. Evans' b. c. Alta Nola by Enolo, dam Maebe by Del Coronado. J. L. Field's bl. f. San Jose Belle by Nearest McKin- ney, dam Cammaneer by Nearest. A. Morris Fosdick's b. f. Lulu Kinney by Kinney Lou, dam Athene by Dexter Prince. F. N. Frary's ch. c. by Herbert Dillon, dam Dart by Cupid; bl. f. by Loring, dam Arrow by Cupid. A. R. Fraser's foal by Del Coronado, dam Belle Pointer by Sky Pointer; foal by Del Coronado, dam Lady Alexandria by Bob Mason; foal by Del Coronado, dam Rose of Peru by Charleston. Morris Friedberger's b. f. Beauty Pointer by Star Pointer, dam Black Beauty. J. B. Frinchaboy's b. f. Jersey Smith by Tom Smith, dam Miss French by Teheran. Robert Garside's bl. c. Chanate by Alconda Jay, dam Dora Mac by McKinney. J. A. Garver's b. c. Best Nut by Best Policy, dam Four Oaks by Nutwood Wilkes; b. c. Best Mc- Kinney by Best Policy, dam Queen by Zombro; b. c. Best Way by Best Policy, dam Sissy Way by Stoneway. A. J. Gillett's b. c. Wright McKinney by Ed. McKin- ney, dam Floracita by Red Cloak. T. S. Glide's foal by Greco B., dam Eva by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Josephine by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Fannie G. by Nutwood Wilkes; foal by Greco B., dam Babe by Jas. Madison. F. S. Gurnette's b. f. by Unimak, dam Kitty Bellairs by Monbells. J. W. Haile & Co.'s foal by Demonio, dam Minerva by Guy Wilkes; foal by Demonio, dam Hannah by Le Grand; foal by Demonio, dam Rose Bud by Fallis; foal by Demonio, dam Corinne by Cal. Nutwood; foal by Demonio, dam Nellie T. by Dawn; foal by Demonio, dam Ellorita by Alban; foal by Demonio, dam Olita by Bradtmoor. Bessie B. Hardy's b. c. by Del Coronado, dam A. Zeta by Dick T. W. S. Harkey's b. f. Aeroletta by Aerolite, dam Devi- letta by Diablo. C. R. Harrington's b. c. by Prince Ansel, dam Virginia Vasto by Vasto. E. P. Heald's foal by Tom Smith, dam Bay Mare by Owyhee; foal by Tom Smith, dam Lady Marvin by Don Marvin; foal by Tom Smith, dam Nona Washington by Geo. Washington; foal by Tom. Smith, dam Lady Rowena by Pilot Prince. A. E. Heller's foal by Hal McKinney, dam Athalene by Coeur d'Alene. H. H. Helman's bl. c. by Alconda Jay, dam Ada Mc- Kinney by McKinney. Willie Henry's b. f. Dixon Lassie by Diablo, dam Sofala by Falrose. " J. L. Hodapp's br. f. Queen Demonio by Demonio, dam Belle D. by Chestnut Tom. John Hogan's br. f. Valentine Lou by Kinney Lou, dam Sally M. by Rinaldo; ch. f. Ruby Mc by Diamond Mac, dam Babe by Count Lionel. H. S. Hogoboom's b. f. by Iran Alto, dam Diawalda by Diablo. F. H. Holloway's br. c. by Geo. W. McKinney, dam Lady Zombro by Zombro; ch. c. by Kinney Lou, dam Louise Carter by Chestnut Tom; b. c. by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Stambina by Stam B. ; b. f. by Geo. W. McKinney, dam Belle by Conifer; br. f. by Lord Alwin, dam Mora Mac by Mc- Kinney. Lewis Humphreys' b. c. Dude H. by Strathway, dam Lady by Billy Hayward. W. A. Hunter's b. f. Alice Dean by Prince Ansel, dam Lady B. by Stephen A. Henry Imbof's ch. c. by Kinney Lou, dam Princess Bessum by Egyptian Prince. J. B. Iverson's s. c. by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Ivoneer by Eugeneer; br. c. by Alconda Jay, dam Amy I. - by Diablo. Anton Jacobs' b. c. Atha G. by Athasham. dam Topsy G. by Dexterwood. M. C. Keefer's b. c. by Kinney Lou, dam Trueheart by Nearest; b. c. by Prince Ansel, dam Annie McKinney by McKinney. C. A. Kinney's foal by Del Coronado, dam Moressy by Silkwood. J. C. Kirkpatrick's foal by Star Pointer, dam Flewey- Flewey by Memo. Mrs. Emily D. Knott's b. c. Ireneito by McKena, dam Irene by Nutwood Wilkes; b. c. by Unimak, dam Ellita by Nutwood Wilkes. William Leech's b. f. Agnes Pointer by Star Pointer, dam Hiawatha by Baron Bretto. D. Lynn's b. c. Delzin by El Tesoro, dam Azina by Azmoor. W. S. Maben's foal by Walter Barker, dam Dixie W. by Zolock; foal by Volante, dam Sue by Athadon; foal by Volante, dam Cleo by Conifer. Chas. Main's foal by Del Coronado, dam Kate Hamil- ton by General Hamilton. Frank Malcolm's foal by Tom Smith, dam Lady Allen by Echo Chief. Mastin & Kerr's s. f. Queen Ansel by Prince Ansel, dam Nuvola by Nushagak. Geo. H. McCann's b. f. Idalane by Iran Alto, dam Patience by Gossiper. Chas. M. McCarthy's foal by Nutwood Wilkes, dam School Belle by Prodigal. W. C. McCully's b. c. Austin Mac by Cedric Mac, dam Lila Stanley by On Stanley. H. C. McKay's b. g. by Tom Smith, dam Angelica by Day Break. J. H. McKowen's b. f. Zoloteno by Zolock, dam Alteno by Oneco. Ray Mead's b. f. Bon Bonita by Bon Voyage, dam Carrie B. by Alex Button. H. W. Meek's foal by The Limit, dam Crispiana by Nutwood Wilkes. Estate of Dr. C. F. Millar's foal by Palite, dam Maud by Diablo. A. B. Miller's b. c. Dr. R. by On Stanley, dam Belle Raymon by Raymon. Carey Montgomery's b. f. by Aerolite, dam May Logan by Diablo; b. e. by Lynwood W.. dam Lady Caretta by Nutwood Wilkes. J. E. Montgomery's b. c. Logan Pointer by Star Pointer, dam Effie Logan by Durfee. William Morgan's b. f. Luna by Direcho, dam Una K. by McKinney; b. f. May by Limonero, dam Sona by McKinney. Dana Perkins' ch. c. Golden State by Stam B., dam Zaya by Bay Bird; b. c. by Stam B., dam Princess Eulalie by Tom Benton. William Pierce's foal by Unamak, dam Lottie by Our Captain. G. L. Pugh's br. c. Ardonda by R. Ambush, dam Birdie Wood by Nutwood II. Geo. W. Putnam's foal by Star Pointer, dam Jessie Tilden by Roy Wilkes. Dr. H. O. Ramsey's b. c. St. Patrick by Bon Voyage, dam Rosie O'Moore by Sidmore. Jas. W. Rea's foal by Iran Alto, dam Mrs. Weller by McKinney. A. B. Rodman's b. c. Derwin by Kinney Rose, dam Patty Washington by Geo. Washington. W. Herbert Samson's s. c. Corning Boy by Herbert Dillon, dam Electa by Escort. A. L. Scott's b. f. by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Cora. Jas. Shera's bl. c. Kenneth Vane by Strathway, dam Babe by Black Diamond. Thos. Smith's b. f. by Gen. J. B. Frisbie, dam Venus Derby by Chas. Derby. C. A. Spencer's ch. c. by Monoerat, dam The Bloom by Nushagak. J. W. Storm's bl. c. by Highland C, dam Nora D. by Del Sur. Henry Struve's b. f. Princess Jay by Alconda Jay, dam Princess by Eugeneer. John Suglian's bl. c. Booster McKinney by Tom Smith, dam Foxey by Valentine Boodle; b. f. Colleen Bawn by Tom Smith, dam Nellie Vasto by Vasto. F. W. Thompson's b. f. May Washington by Washing- ton McKinney, dam Lady Washington by Geo. Washington. L. H. Todhunter's f. by Almaden, dam The Silver Bell by Silver Bow; foal by Almaden, dam Loma B. by Stam B.; foal by Almaden, dam Zomitella by Zombro; foal by Gerald G., dam Gladys by Duden. Dr. I. L. Tucker's b. f. Babe Russell by Dick Russell, dam Babe T. by Rajah. W. E. Tuttle's foal by Stam B-, dam Maud McAlto by McKinney; foal by Stam B., dam Lula McAlto by Mendocino. J. Twohig's b. f. Katherine R. by Lord Alwin, dam Melba by Nutwood Wilkes. Valencia Stock Farm's foal by Direct Heir, dam Rose- drop by Sidney; foal by Copper King, dam Puck- achee by Dexter Royal; b. c. by Copper King, dam La Belle H. by Derby Heir. Horace M. Vance's b. f. Our Girl by Tom Smith, dam Janice by Sidmoor. Jas. C. Wallace's ch. f. El Sueno by Strathway, dam Bessie by Prince Nutwood. Geo. L. Warlow's br. c. by Stanford McKinney, dam Cora Wickersham by Junio; br. f. by Stanford McKinney, dam Narcola by Athadon; b. c. by Athasham, dam Soisette by Guy McKinney. Geo. W. Whitman's b. f. Starry by Star Pointer, dam Violet by Abbotsford Jr.; br. f. Oma Jay by Alconda Jay, dam Nushoma by Nushagak. Capt. C. H. Williams' b. c. by Unimak, dam Leonet K. by Leo Corbitt; br. c. by Unimak, dam Alta Nola by Altamont; b. f. by Unimak, dam Miss Mascot by Iran Alto. S. E. Williamson's bl. c. Elkhorn King by McCola, dam Ada D. by Electioneer Jr. T. D. Witherly's br. c. Valentine by T. D. W., dam Jetta Richmond by Soudan. F. E. Wright's foal by Lijero, dam Pearl Sinclair by Hanford Medium. Zibbell & Son's foal by Tom Smith, dam Kate Lumry by Shadeland Onward. In addition to producing a 2:06 performer her- self in Heir-ai-Law 2:05%, Estabella, the noted for- mer Millage Farm matron, is now credited with three different daughters that are also the dams of 2:06 performers — Princess Chimes (dam of Lady of the Manor 2:04y2), Princess Royal (2) 2:20 (dam of Ess H. Kay 2:05%), and Queen Regent (dam of Princess Helen 2:05%). Madame Peters, the four-year-old filly by Peter the Great 2:0?%, that reduced her record to 2:17% over the two-lap ring at Malone, N. Y., is an own sister in blood to the champion yearling Miss Stokes 2:19%, being out of Madame Thompson, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, own sister of Tillie Thompson, the dam of Miss Stokes. The three-mile record of 7:33%, made by the pacer Joe Jefferson in 1891, was beaten one and three-quarter seconds last week, at Kendallville, Ind„ half-mile track, by Elastic Pointer, p. 2:06%, who turned the trick in 7:31%. The track was some- what rough, there was a strong breeze, and in the first lap a boot came loose. Mr. Billings drove Uhlah a few slow miles at the North Randall, 0., track a week ago last Saturday and then turned him over to Bob Proctor. Mr. Proc- tor drove Uhlan .a very evenly rated mile in 2:05% to wagon, last half in 1:01%. The track was slow from recent rains. Paronella, dam of Country Jay, 2:07%, Kentucky Todd 2:08%, etc., gets another trotter to her credit in the three-year-old colt. Paronhurst 2:25%, by Todd, 2:14%. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 16, 1909. | NOTES AND NEWS | Geo. Perry's heat in 2:11 last Sunday is the sta- dium track race record. Mona Wilkes 2:03% is to be bred to Peter the Great 2:07% next spring. There will be good racing at the Golden Gate Park track today and tomorrow. A brother of The Harvester 2:06% is to be sold at the Old Glory Sale in November. Gil Curry will open a public training stable next spring, either at Chicago or New York. There is a movement on toot towards building a halt mile track at Fruitvale, Alameda county. Hamburg Belle struck her knee in a workout the other day and will not be started again this year. Penisa Maid is the second trotter to win both the Transylvania and the Walnut Hall stakes at Lexington. Nutboy is the other horse that was able to win both these events. The first nomination made in stake No. 10, Pacific Breeders' Futurity, for foals of mares bred this year was made by Air. A. L. Scott of San Francisco, who nominated the mare Cora, bred to Bon Vovage 2:12%. Tommy Murphy has marked two horses in 2:02 — Locanda and Copa de Ora. He has also driven two three-year-old and a two-year-old inside the 2: -10 list — Susie N. 2:09% and Baroness Virginia 2:0S% and Native Belle 2:07%. Mr. G. Wempe of this city has received from the State Agricultural Society the beautiful cup won by his mare Plumada at the fair last September, during which race she stepped a heat in 2:15. So far this year 33 trotters have been added to the 2:10 list. The list is not as large as last year but it is a very classy as it has a two-year-old cham- pion in it for the first time since trotters were bred. Thos. W. Murphy will have to be recognized as the leading trotting horse trainer and driver in America today. He has won more money than any other trainer in the country this year. "Who'd a thought" that Lady Jones would beat The Harvester, but she did the trick in a race at Lexington last Wednesday. But The Harvester was a sick horse and had to be withdrawn after winning two heats and being last in the third. Charley D. 2:06% and John Caldwell 2:0S% are both in the private stable of their owner Col. J. C. Kirkpatrick at Pleasanton, and are being looked after by Joe Goss. Both look to be in fine shape. There is to be racing for sixty days at the Emery- ville track, beginning November 20th, under the management of the New California Jockey Club. The purses will be $250 in most cases, a reduction of $150 from those given last season when betting was permitted. Emma T. 2:17% is now the dam of three 2:10 performers — Meadow Brook 2:06%, Emma Brook 2:09% and Miss Abdell (3) 2:09%. The first named got in this year, and she and Emma Brook were both sired by Silent Brook 2:16%. Don't fail to see the splendid display of sulkies, carts and other speed vehicles that W. J. Kinney will make at his shop, 531 Valencia street, during Portola week. Ask him to show you that new high wheel speed cart that is the best thing ever gotten up for road work or muddy weather. If Oakwood Park Stock Farm had advertised its clearing out sale which was held last Saturday at the farm, the thirty-five horses sold would have brought twice the money they did. Only a very few persons interested in harness horses knew the sale was to be held. Chas. Derby 2:20, now 22 years old, was purchased last Saturday at the Oakwood Park Farm sale for $125, the purchaser being Mr. Abberott, the Danville blacksmith, and not Mr. Meese as is stated on page 4 of this issue. Money Mack, by McKinney 2:11%, dam Patty Washington. dam of Patrose 2:12% by Geo. Wash- ington 2:16%. second dam Patty P. 2:27 by Rich- mont. is a handsome 16 hands stallion that is a sure foal getter and a sire of fine, big, speedy colts. He will be sold at auction at Chase's October 25th. One week from next Monday evening at Chase's Pavilion, 478 Valencia street, the dispersal sale of Mr. A. B. Rodman's horses will be held. There are two well bred McKinney stallions in the consign- ment, and a green pacer that trialed in 2:08% with- out hopples this summer. Catalogues are already out. The horses will be at the salesvard Saturday, Octo- ber 23d. Claro 2:11% by Mendocino, has won two $1000 purses within the last three weeks and another of $500. He is being raced at the New York county fairs by his owner, J. F. Gibbons, the New York amateur. The Fresno Fair opens next Monday. Purses aggregating $2000 are to be given for trotting, pacing and running races. The fair will be the main fea- ture and there will be large displays in all depart- ments. Merry Mac 2:19%, one of the McKinney stallions to be sold October 25th by Fred H. Chase & Co., is a royally bred horse as his dam is a producing mare by Attorney, the sire of the ex-trotting champion Alix 2:03%. If you want a good McKinney stallion look this fellow over before the sale and then tell the auctioneer that evening what you are willing to pay for such a horse. Horsemen from the interior who visit San Fran- cisco next week during the Portola celebration, should not miss the opportunity to visit the sta- dium track at Golden Gate park, where the amateur races are held. It is a beautiful spot, well worth a visit and horses are worked out there everv morn- Billy De Ryder started his bay gelding Ben M. by Knight in the 2:20 trot at Jefferson, Wisconsin, Sep- tember 30th. The gelding was unsteady the first three heats, but then steadied down and won the next two in 2:18% and 2:20%, the race ending there and Ben M. being awarded second money. The track is a half mile. Uhlan 2:02% was not broken until the year he was three years old, but made speed very fast as soon as he was driven. As he was not staked he was sold by his breeder, A. H. Parker, to Charles Sanders of Boston, for $2500, and Mr. Sanders has now sold him as a five-year-old to Mr. C. K. G. Billings for $35,000. All the Boston horsemen are certain that Uhlan can beat 2:00 without a windshield or a run- ner in front. A trotter sired by an Arabian stallion and out of a daughter of Chimes, took a record of 2:56 at a New York county fair this year in an effort to be three minutes. Fred Beachey, of the Horse Review's East- ern department, says this was a wonderful perform- ance as the trotting half of the stallion had to drag the "desert" half around the track. The royally bred stalion Bonnie Steinway 2:06% can be leased for the balance of this year and the entire stud season next year by a responsible party. There is no better bred horse. His sire Steinway has sired six 2:10 performers, and his dam Bon Bon by Simmons has produced two 2:10 performers (Bonnie Direct 2:05% and Bonnie Steinway 2:06%, besides the pacer Rector 2:10% and the trotting mare Bonsilene 2:14%. Bonnie Steinway made his record in a race. He is a horse of excellent confor- mation and fine disposition and will sire extreme speed if given an opportunity. See the advertise- ment. The deciding races in the free-for-all trot and pace for two beautiful cups donated by Mr. A. Ottinger and Mr. James Cairns will take place at the meeting of the San Francisco Driving Club on Sunday, Oc- tober 17th, at Golden Gate Park. There will be a good program of races which will oe started promptly at 12 o'clock noon. Those who are looking for racing or matinee pros- pects should get a catalogue from Fred Chase & Co. of the A. B. Rodman horses to be sold October 25th. The pacer Joe Brown, there catalogued, is one of the best prospects in California as a race horse. He as worked a mile in 2:08% with the last quarter in 30 seconds. He has no record or bar, is six years old, and is game and level headed. As a matinee horse he could set a new record for the stadium track very easily. The death of D. D. Streeter occurred at Kalamazoo week before last. Mr. Streeter was the leading trot- tig horse breeder of Michigan. He had the now fa- mous stallion Peter the Great 2:07%, probably the most valuable trotting bred stallion in America today, and sold him to the late Malcolm Forbes, the horse being now the property of Mr. W. E. D. Stokes. Mr. Streeter was a director of both the American Trotting Association and the American Register Association and was very highly respected. Ray Mead, who is building the new training track at San Jose, recently sold his two-year-old filly Love- lock, by Zolock 2:05%, dam Carrie B. 2:18, dam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:08%, by Alexander Button, second dam Carrie Malone, full sister to Klatawah (3) 2:05%, Chas. Derby 2:20, etc., by Steinway (3) 2:25% Lovelock is a very handsome brown filly, of good size, and while she has never had any training she is a natural trotter and does nothing but trot, never showing the least inclination to pace. The purchaser is Mrs. J. P. Nicholls, wife of the popular veterinarian of Salinas. She will leave Lovelock with Mr. Mead for a while and the filly will probably be trained on the new track in the spring. There is no three-year- old in California that has any license to go faster than this one, while her breeding is such that she should make one of the best of brood mares. Dr. Smith 2:15% by Grattan Boy 2:08, owned by the late E. H. Han-iman, has been presented to a life- long friend of the dead railroad magnate bv Mrs. Harriman. The horse recently trotted a mile in 2:09%. Dr. G. S. Battey, who has written so entertaininglv for the Western Horseman for many years, has joined the staff of the Chicago Horse Review and in conjunction with Chas. H. Gelo, will manage the Western Department of that excellent and enterpris- ing jorrnal. There is talk of a match race between Princess Christine owned by Mr. S. Sinsheimer and Dr. O'Brien owned by A. Ottinger, both of this city. Last Saturday Dr. O'Brien won a heat in 2:15% over the stadium track ond an the following day Princess Christine won a heat in the same time over the same track. It has been proposed that the race be held under the auspices of one of the local driving clubs. It would bring out a big crowd to see it and a handsome silver cup would be the trophy. Of the fifteen Washington McKinneys that Mr. F. J. Kilpatrick has in training at Santa Rosa, one is sick and another lame, leaving him thirteen at work. Of these ten stepped miles in 2:40 or better this week. This is remarkable for a lot of green horses that have been in training but a few weeks. A big Washington McKinney stallion whose breeding on his dam's side is unknown except that be is from a pacing mare from the Palo Alto Farm that is sup- posed to be by Electioneer, was hooked to a cart for the first time this week and trotted a half mile in 1:20, and two days later, on his second hitchina to a speed vehicle trotted a full mile out in 2:43. Mr. Kilpatrick will have a fast bunch to take back to the Old Glory Sale in November. By the way this Old Glory Sale offers a chance to sell a good fast horse for a good big price, and those who would like to sell in New York should take advantage of it. WHAT SALE OF UHLAN MEANS. The purchase of Uhlan 2:02% by C. K. G. Billings for $35,000 means nothing less tnan the return of that gentleman to the matinee turf, on which he shone so brilliantly a few years ago with his famous stable that was composed of such as Lou Dillon 1:5S%, Major Delmar 1:59% and a dozen of others, with which he made a total of 113 world's records, says the Stock Farm. Mr. Billings is just home from his wonderful tour of Europe, where he raced Lou Dillon and other members of his stable. His trip in Europe had a wonderful effect in stimulating interest in light har- ness sport abroad, and also had a beneficial effect on the breeding industry. .he purchase of Uhlan, while Mr. Billings is a resident of New York, is really a Cleveland owner- ship, as Billings has conducted in the past and will in the future conduct his racing affairs as a member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Cleveland. This fact, together with that of Mr. H. M. Hanna's own- ership of Hamburg Belle 2:01%, gives to Cleveland the two fastest trotters in the wond, and as each has won a race against the other, speculation will be at a heated point when the two come together again next year. LThlan reached Cleveland from Columbus at noon last Thursday and was at once taken to the North Randall track, where he arrived at 2 o'clock. He is in the hands of Mr. Billings' manager of racing affairs, Charles Tanner. Uhlan, who is a five-year- old, has lost but one race in his career, and this was to Hamburg Belle at North Randall on August 25. Bob Proctor, who has always had Uhlan, went to Cleveland Saturday and drove him a mile in 2:05% and later Mr. Billings drove him in 2:15 to wagon, with last quarter in 30 seconds. Mr. Billings only other horse training in Cleve- land is Berta Mac 2:08, a mare which raced well in Caliornia a year ago. He will also start her, and the chances are that he will ride her under saddle for a record. Lou Dillon is at the North Randall track and heavy in foal to John A. McKerron. The chances are she will never again be harnessed. Her first foal, a two-year-old, called Lou Billings, was given her first mile a few days ago and she trotted in 2:40. RACING AT SANTA MARIA. Following are the summaries of the races held at Santa Maria last week: Pacing, 2:22 class — Bismark 2-1-1, Way Jay, 1-2-2, Chorro 3-3-3. Best time 2:20. Trotting, 2:40 class — Silver Stein 1-1-1, Con Mc- Cormick 2-2-2, Dan Jr. 3-3-3. Best time 2:21. Trot and pace — Bobby Hall 1-1-1, Ranch Forty 2-2-2, Baby W. 3-3-3. Best time 2-2-5. Trot or Pace — Steam Beer 1-1-1, Fred Branch 2-2-3, Loreta F. 3-3-2. Time, 2:25, 2:26,^2:28. Pace — Bobbv Hall 1-1-1. MeCormick 2-2-3, Bobby H. 3-3-2, Baby F. 4-4-dr. Time, 2:19%, 2:21, 2:24. Pace — Chorro Prince 1-1-1, Black Bart 2-2-2, Cuckoo 3-3-3. Time, 2:16, 2:21, 2:16. Trot or Pace — Wavward Jr. 2-1-1-1. Bismark 1-2-2-3, Silver Stein 3-3-3-2. Time, 2:16, 2:16, 2:17%, 2:21. Trot or Pace— Cuckoo 1-3-1-2-1, Black Bart 2-1-2-1-2, Inferno 3-3-3-3-dis. Time 2:15%, 2:34, 2:23, 2:21, Trot or Pace — Wayward Jr. second, Honas Bismark third. won, Charro Prince Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN THE SEVENTEENTH KENTUCKY FUTURITY. It Was Thomas Murphy, the Driver of Baroness Virginia, That Won This Race. Lexington, Ky., October 5. — The world has never known a field of three-year-old trotters to put up as great a race as was the six-heat contest for the seven- teenth Kentucky Futurity, which featured the card for the opening of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders" Association's thirty-seventh annual meeting this afternoon. The winner was Baroness Virginia, a roan filly by Baron Review (brother to Margrave) out of Virginia Reynolds, by Jay Bird, bred and owned by Samuel J. Fleming & Son, Margrave Farm, Terre Haute, Ind„ and driven by Thomas W. Murphy, the Long Island reinsman, whose home is now at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and who stands in the first rank of the knights of the sulky. It was due to Murphy's superior driving rather more than to the individual qualities of the filly that Baroness Virginia won the race. Czarevna, the favorite, was unquestionably the speediest and the gamest of the party, but she, not- withstanding the well-intended efforts of genial Thomas Nolan, was the victim of a poor drive. In the pools before the opening heat Czarevna sold for $50, Baroness Virginia $25, Soprano $25, Vito $12, Captain George $10 and the field $10. Czarevna drew the pole, led all the way and won easily by a length in 2:09%, with Baroness Virginia half a length in front of The Wolverine, a neck better than Soprano. Just after the start Captain George swerved into A! Stanley. The compact shattered a wheel of Cap- tain George's sulky, throwing Driver Bob Brawley out. Brawley, however, gamely clung to the reins, and w-as dragged about 50 yards, but he succeeded in stopping the son of Admiral Dewey and preventing the possibility of a more serious accident. When the crowd of S000, the largest ever here for an opening day, saw that Brawley was not injured they broke into a cheer that fairly shook the grand- stand. Before the second heat Czarevna sold for $50 and the field $10. Czarevna again went to the front, closely attended by The Wolverine, Soprano and Baroness Virginia. They passed the quarter in :32% and went by the half in 1:03%. It was a hot pace and the crowd began to buzz in speculation on what was going to happen. Around the far turn Baroness Virginia went into the air and when she settled Murphy did not send her on after the flying one in front of him. He rode it out quite leisurely and the judges soaked him $250 for laying up. As they flew past the three-quarters in 1:35%, Johnny Dickerson was &^ Czarevi_a's wheel with Soprano, and as they straightened for home it was plain that he was after the very heart of the favorite. Such a grueling contest as these two were making! Steadily, swiftly, gamely they rushed onward, Czarevna not yielding an inch and doing her level best. She outlasted and outgamed Soprano, winning by half a length in 2:07%, the fastest mile ever trotted by a three-year-old in a race, and within a quarter of a second of the record for three-year-old fillies, which was made here last fall by The Leading Lady in a trial against time. The backers of Baroness Virginia and Soprano particularly, believing that such a heat had taken too much out of Czarevna, now were eager for field tickets, and the backers of Czarevna, who apparently had not weakened on the daughter of Peter the Great, got $22 against every $50 they put up before the third heat, and it was a lively game they had. Czarevna again went away in the lead and held it, closely attended by O'Neill, Soprano and Vito until they were in the stretch. Here Murphy came up rapidly on the outside with Baroness Vriginia and won by a head from Soprano, who had nipped Czarevna in the very last strides, O'Neill finishing a close fourth. Murphy virtually lifted Baroness Virginia under the wire. The time of this heat was 2:08%, which is the fastest third heat ever trotted by three-year-olds, and likewise half a second faster than The Harvester's 2:08%, which was the record for the Kentucky Fu- turity until Czarevna trotted her remarkable second heat today. Captain George and Muda Guy were distanced. The pooling before the fourth heat was Baroness Virginia $50 and the field $30. While the horses were scoring there was a whisper- ing through the stand that Nolan intended to lay up this heat with Czarevna. His actions seemed to indicate it. When Starter Frank Walker gave them the word and they went around the first turn with Al Stanley in the lead and The Wolverine, Soprano and Baroness Virginia close up, and the favorite making no move, the public was sure that Nolan was out for a rest. Twice, however, before they reached the stretch Nolan seemed to have changed his mind. He moved up on these occasions as if he had decided to go out after it, only to drop back again, finally coming to the wire seventh, while Baroness Virginia trotted home easily in front of the trying but tired Soprano in 2:12%, O'Neill getting third and The Wolverine fourth. The judges assessed Nolan $250 for his siesta. The betting was now Baroness Virginia $50 and the field $25, and the fifth heat produced a genuine sur- prise. Czarevna trotted into the lead entering the back stretch, and, gamely responding to Nolan's urgent call and forceful application of the whip, stalled off the stout challenge of Baroness Virginia, but to the out- side of her there lomed up within 20 feet of the wire a fast-coming, dangerous cloud in the shape of Bertha C, who, under the guidance of J. B. Chandler, had been a consistent eighth in the previous four heats. Bertha C. was too fresh for the favorite, and got to the wire a neck in front of her in 2:10%. The crowd wondered that the judges overlooked the fact that Chandler had been eighth in 2:12% in the previous heat. There may have been a reason. With all others than the three heat winners going to the barn, the pooling before the sixth race was, Bertha C. $22, and the field $50. Starter Walker sent them away on even terms the one time down. Bertha C. took the lead around the turn, but Chandler's choice (and many thought it ill-advised) was appar- ently to wait on the other two. He had the freshest filly, and in the opinion of many good critics she should have gone away boiling and opened up a big lead, taking the chance that she would outlast the others to the wire. When they straightened out in the stretch it looked as if Czar- evna would yet win the race. She had headed Bertha C. and was trotting on a little better than even terms with her, but just then Murphy, to the great surprise of the throng, came out from behind the other two and sent Baroness Virginia up with a rush. She got to the wire a head in front of Czarevna, with Bertha C. only a neck back of her, in 2:14. It was one of the most exciting finishes ever seen on the local track. They were in the matter of average time as well as excitement-producing contest the six best heats ever trotted by three-year-olds. Notwithstanding the favorite had been defeated the victory of Baroness Virginia was cheered to the echo, and when Murphy was seated in the floral horseshoe and carried across the track he was greeted with appreciative applause in recognition of his masterful ability as a driver. As a fitting accompaniment to the flower stunt John C. Weber's Prize Band of America, fresh from Cin- cinnati this morning, played selections from "Little Nemo," among which were "They Were Irish" and "There's Nothing the Matter With You." Blanche Mehaffey cut in with "Singing Bird" and got a big hand. First money in the Futurity was $10,000, second $2000, third $1000, fourth $500. The remaining $500 was divided among the nomi- nators of the dams of the money-winning horses, S. J. Fleming getting $300 of this in addition to the $10,000 first money. The Kentucky Futurity, for three-vear-olds; value $14,000; three in five: Baroness Virginia, ro. f. by Baron Re- view-Virginia Reynolds (Murphy)... 2 9 113 1 Czarevna, ch. f. by Peter the Great- Orinanna (Nolan) 1 1372 2 Bertha C, b. f. by Baron More-Marble (Chandler) 6 SSS1 3 Soprano, ch. f. ( Dickerson) 4 2224 ro O'Neill, br. c. (McMahon) 7 3 4 3 5 ro The Wolverine, b. c. (Bynon) 3 o 5 4 6 ro Vito, b. c. (Geers) 3 4 7 6 7 ro Al Stanley, ro. c. (Whitehead) 5 6 o 5 S ro Muda Gay, b. f. (Sherrill) 9 7 dis Captain George, b. c. (Brawlev) 10 10 dis Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:14. RACING FOR THE ORPHANS. PROPOSED RACE MEETING. Mr. F. J. Kilpatrrick intends to mark a dozen or so of the Washington McKinneys he will ship to the Old Glory Sale, and has proposed to the Santa Rosa Driving Club that a meeting be held on the famous Santa Rosa track during the second week in No- vember at which two days of regular racing be held. The plan is to give two races each day for purses of $200 or $300, and it has been suggested by .Mr. Kilpatrick that the selling race plan be adopted for these events. The idea is to have the classes given for horses to be sold for a stated sum. For instance, the 2:40 class trot for horses eligible to that class that are entered to be sold for $250. Should the purse be $300, with $200 to first horse, the winning horse, if sold, would bring his owner $450. This plan would keep the owners of horses valued at large amounts from entering in these slow classes. It is not probable that any of the winners would be sold, but if they were bid up, the owner would get a fail- price for his horse. One of the conditions of these races would be that the owner of the winning horse could claim any other horse in the race by paying the selling price with the amount of first money added. It seems as if selling races on such conditions should attract big entry lists at this season of the year. At any rate the Santa Rosa people may decide to give the plan a trial. By next week we will be able to state whether the Santa Rosa club will give a meeting. There are many horses owned within a radius of a hundred miles of Santa Rosa, whose owners are anxious to race them for moderate purses before retiring them for the winter and as no meeting as been given at Santa Rosa this year, the people there are anx- ious to see one before the rainy season sets iD. We hope to be able to announce a complete program for this proposed meeting next week. Before a large crowd at Agricultural Park last Sunday afternoon the Sacramento Driving Club held a matinee race meet for the benefit of the Sacra- mento Children's Home. The fair weather brought out fifteen hundred spectators who were treated to the best harness races seen on the track this season. Four out of six events were won by Sacramento horses. The sensational race of the day was for the Thorp and Elkus cups in crass A event, which was won by Kelly Briggs (Frank Wright, Sacramento), in two straight heats, barely nosing out Kermit (S. N. Cow- ell, San Francisco) in one heat, and Harold B. (H. C. Pike, Sacramento) in the other. Kelly Briggs also carried off the set of harness put up by the Walsh-Richardson Company for traveling the fastest heat of the day in making the second mile in 2:13. Tom Murphy, owned by Frank Casey, made the next best time of the day, traveling his second heat in the class B race for the Charles F. Curry cup in 2:13y2. The class A race had the horses within a length at the finish, and the winner, Kelly Briggs, barely crossed a nose ahead of the next two horses. Tom Murphy easily won the class B race. He proved himself to be a class A horse. Guy Vernon, owned by Drs. Thompson & Thompson of Oakdale, stepped ahead in the class C event, taking the two heats with ease. Blanche A., a Stockton horse, got a bad start in the first heat of the class D event, but made up for it by taking the next two and winning the Hawk- Carly cup. Big Sis let Buster Brown step away with the first heat of the class E match, but forced ahead in the next two, winning the Schaw-Batcher cup. Buster Brown was also awarded a cup from the Kimball- Upson Company. After getting away with the first heat of the class F event, Expedio dropped the next two to Benton Bowl, whose owner will possess the M. R. Beard cup. Track halters were given to third-place horses by the Ben Leonard Company. Summary: Class D prizes: Hawk-Carly cup, Driving Club cup. Blanche A. ( Acker, Stockton) 3 1 1 Lady Bird (Pierce, Sacramento) 1 2 2 Joe Dick (Heenan, Sacramento) 2 3 3 Time— 2:27y2, 2:17%, 2:17%. Class F prizes: M. R. Beard cup. Benton Bowl (Wilson, Sacramento) 2 1 1 Expedio (Weldon, Sacramento) 1 2 2 Katy B. (Shane, Sacramento) 3 3 3 Time— 2:39, 2:38, 2:4iy2. Class C prizes: Goddard cup, Seamann cup. Guy Vernon (Thompson & Thompson, Oakdale )..l 1 Blanche T. (Silva, Sacramento) 2 5 Linden Girl (Meyers, Stockton) 3 3 Time— 2:25%, 2:24%. Class A prizes: Thorp cup, Elkus cup. Kelly Briggs (Wright, Sacramento) 1 1 Kermit (Cowell, San Francisco) 3 2 Harold B. (Pike, Sacramento) 2 5 Noble (Helms, Stockton ) 4 3 Natoma ( Silva, Sacramento) 5 4 Time— 2:14, 2:13. Class B prizes: Charles F. Curry cup, Lavenson cup. Tom Murphy (Casey, Sacramento) 1 1 Newport (Morris, Stockton) 2 2 Chappo ( Donovan, Stockton) 3 3 Will Guthrie (Henry, Stockton) 4 4 Time— 2:14%, 2:13%. Class E prizes: Shaw-Batcher cup, Kimball-Upson cup. Big Sis ( Martin, Sacramento 2 1 1 Buster Brown (Pike. Sacramento) 1 2 2 Princess Flora B. (Burge, Stockton) 3 3 3 Time — 2:29, 2:33, 2:32. o ■ HARNESS RACES TODAY AT PARK. The regular weekly matinee of the Park Amateur Driving Club will take place at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park this afternoon. Five races are on the card as follows: First race, class C trotters, mile heats, two in three: I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato, F. L. Matthes' Walter G., Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton, A. P. Clayburg's Charles H., J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet. Second race, class A pacers, mile heats, two in three — I. L. Borden's Roberta, F. L. Matthes' Opitsah, H. C. Ahler's Princess V. ri bird race, class A trotters, mile heats, two in three — F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S., A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly, D. E. Hoffman' Dr. O'Brien, S. Christensen's Reina Directum. Fourth race, class B trotters, mile heats, two in three — F. von Issendorfs Ceta Dillon, A. Ottinger's Lilly Dillon or Ladv Irene, M. W. Herzog's Ladv Nell. Fifth race, class D trotters, mile heats, two in three — F. J. Kilpatrick's Katie Yandle, E. Cerciat's California Belle, Molera & Joseph's bay mare, Cap- tain W. Matson's McKinney M. Starter — George R. Gay: judges — J. A. McKerron, A. J. Molera, T. F, Bannan: timers — R. Nolan, G. S. Eriln, G. Lyons; marshal — H. M. Ladd; secretary — F. W. Thompson. o W. W. Evans, known throughout the country as Billy Evans, perhaps the greatest developer of young trotters and pacers in the country, died at his home at Lexington, October 7th, after an illness of many months. He was 40 years of age. Evans de- veloped more young trotters than any other trainer in the country. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 16, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVENTS. Bench Siiows. Oct. 14-10 — Oakland Kennel Club. Oakland, Cal. J. W. Ellery, Sec'y, 4S Geary street, San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose, Cal. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Raucb, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. Oct. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Sec'y. Oct. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton, O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — American Field Futurity. Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Nov. S — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White. Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. Y. Nov. 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root. Sec'y. Dec. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. Dec. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke, Sec'y. Dec. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. Wallace, Sec'y. Dec. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor. Tex. A. A. Bogen. Sec'y. Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. Jan. 3, 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant, Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y. Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfleld, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth. Tex. C. T. Hodge. Sec'y. Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. Jan. 17. — United States Field Trial Club. . W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. Jan. 24 — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. . W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction. Tenn. DUCKS. There is not one out of one hundred that knows the proper use of decoys. Nor is there more than the same proportion out of the vast army that yearly pursue the web-foots that know how to call ducks nor when to call them. So writes a Texas sportsman, and continuing he- gives a few hints and tips that are worthy of consideration. Most hunters think that all they have to do is to get into a blind, put out a lot of wooden decoys and wait. They fully expect that all passing flocks will let go their hold on the air and come plunking down on the water amongst the wooden cheats. Far up the lake this hunter sees ducks of all kinds drop- ping into a large bunch of mudhens and ducks, and upon looking the other way he sees a great flock of gadwalls make a circle or two and light amongst another bunch that is evidently waiting for him. Now comes a swift flock of redheads; they pass at one hundred yards and for a little while it looks as though they are coming in, but it is only a bluff and they pass on to slide into the large aggregation. The hunter wonders why they passed his decoys, it is simple. In the first place the hunter has placed his decoys in the wrong place. There is positively nothing there that the ducks want. Ducks are look- ing for a place where there is feed or shelter or both. They will often light in the open water and swim several hundred yards into cover where they will find the food they want, or if the wind is blow- ing strong, they come gracefully against the wind and alight close to the lee shore. Study the wind and if it blows from the north you will invariably find that the main body of ducks always "work'' northward. You will find them banked up against the north shore, protected from the wind and often away up on the land. The writer has seen thousands of mallards and teal on dry land and they probably had been there many hours, judging from the number of plucked feathers that remained. This was about 200 yards north of the north end of Mitchell's lake and there were ducks — mostly mallards — covering a little pond and overflowing, as it were, away into the mesquite. When they arose they made a noise like that of a railroad train at full speed. I hid between the mesquite trees with a large bunch of prickly pear . in front and another in my rear. Pretty soon a pair of mallards came in. I killed one and stuck him out for a decoy. How did I stick him out? I cut a stick, stuck it in the mud in the middle of the pond, sharpened the end which stuck out of the water, ran my knife blade under the duck's bill, near the head and inserted the end of the stick. The bird had a broken wing which spread out on the water so I passed a string around it so as to hold the broken wing against the body and before I had wad' d ashore three mallards began to hover over the pond until they saw me, and mallard-like, they skiddoed never to come back, but others came and kn wing that the four would be sufficient in that little pond, I settled down to an old fashioned mal- lard killing — the greatest sport on earth if the weather is cold — not too cold — and the birds flying well and decoying to where the gun can reach them. At this point, there was really no use for decoys, but to save time. Without the few decoys, the mal- lards would not have approached the little pond with such confidence. The first circle a full-grown malard makes is to find out "for sure" whether the coast is clear, i. e. if there are ducks on the pond Mr. Mallard reasons that of course there can be no hunters near. Finding that there are no ducks is an indication that extra caution be exercised. This means that Gen. Mallard issues orders for at least a half dozen circles, and after having circled with his force within easy gun range of every spot close to the pond the general concludes that it is safe for the bathing of the red feet of his little command, so he softly "quack-quacks" to them and with lots of fuss and feathers they settle down to a nice time, out of the wind and within easy reach of the little mussels on the bottom, to say nothing Oi a stray acorn from the only liveoak on the place and the nice green winter grass on the edges. With decoys it is a different thing. At the first circle, Gen. Mallard sees tour of his brethren in the pond, consequently there can be no hunters in the immediate vicinity so he lets up on his ordi- nary caution only to find to his horror, just as he is sticking out his feet preparatory to his alighting, that there is an ugly gleam of gun barrel in the bunch of mesquite. With haste he gives out the note of alarm, so familiar to all old hunters, and quickly he begins to climb. He thinks he is safe as he sees one of his flock tumble into a shapeless mass as the hunter's gun is fired but alas, as soon as he reaches the top of the timber he himself falls a victim to a good second barrel. On this occasion I killed 37 mallards. This was long before the legal limit was established and by no means was thought to be a very big bag. If you see ducks going up a little bay and the wind is blowing from the shore end of that bay and if you note that ducks are going in and not coming out, it is dollars to doughnuts that the birds are having a nice time and are alighting at the end. There is where decoys are useful. Find where the ducks are coming in, place your decoys near there, note the way the ducks come in, then station your- self in such a manner as to be in the line of flight before or after they have passed over your decoys, for ducks rarely light on their first passage over decoys, and then they often discover the deception and leave not to return. ihe number of decoys depends largely on the size of tne body of water you' are shooting on and the competition you have. By competition is meant the flocks of ducks and mudhens there may be a short distance away, tak- ing the play away from you, or in other words decoy- ing birds that would come to you if the competing bunch was not there. Then is where you need a large bunch and some times it pays the hunter to rout out his competing flocks and rush hack to his blind. If there is a round piece of open water, it is often good policy (and much more pleasurable) to have a partner. Station him in the cover, put out your decoys so that the bunch will look larger from the point where you expect the flight from and go to the opposite side yourself. When the first birds come in you can tell how the others will act. If your partner misses, this will drift the birds over you and vice versa. The first bird is a greenwing teal and the little devil twists and twists again, and before you can realize it, he has seen your partner who makes two very large holes in trie air and the bird comes by you with the velocity of the wind. With a hurried swing of the gun, passing the bird by two lengths of your gun you are gratified by centering your game and you feel a satisfied feeling coming all over you. Your part- ner applauds. "Good boy," he cries; "that was a beauty." You feel sorry, just a little sorry, that you wiped his eye. Then you feel glad that you did. Presently from the opposite direction there comes a flock of bluebills. You see them coming just in time. That big fellow in the lead— a good incomer, but just as you pull trigger, the bird swerves to the left and you quickly put the gun on a tail ender for a second barrel kill and the whole business goes on. They make a half circle and your partner kills twice, wiping your eye in fine shape. The iron en- ters your soul; he laughs loud and long. If you are polite and not too d d mad, you will cry out as cheerily as the circumstances will permit: "Fine double, old man; good boy. Nicely done. A crackerjack." And he will reply: "This makes us even. What's matter anyhow. Thought you had 'em." "First one dodged out of the load. Second one went so fast got feet stuck in mud and — mark! — south!" Frozen to the spot the two hunters are, for they are both seasoned, and they know that one essential in duck shooting is not to move, even if you are not in cover, it is best to be absolutely immobile. This time it is five gadwalls — a shy duck — that come coasting down to the decoys. The leader gracefully curves against the wind and lazily flaps his wings, preparatory to alighting and he sticks out his dun-colored legs for a foot bath. Your partner does not want the birds to light, for a rising shot just out of the water is too easy and not a bit sporty, and to shoot a bird as he alights is too much of a good thing so he yells and shows himself. Instantly there are five pairs of wings that are working overtime and their owners are all too willing to work them overtime without pay, as they take on a little speed, first one bird and then another curl up into balls of meat and feathers — a nice, clean but not too hard double. Then your time comes, as in their endeavor to escape the gun of enemy number one, they come straight at you, and as both birds are struck dead in the air, you know you could kill the other if yon were hog enough to want to have three loads in the gun. There is a little lull in the festivities, to the ducks this ought to read hostilities, and your partner proposes a drink on the last double, hence you pull the duck boat out of the bunch of grass where you have put it and the next moment, while you have the neck of a bottle stuck in your throat you see a large bunch of canvasbacks coming straight for the decoys. "Great Scott. My gun is in the boat ten feet away. Your partner makes a break for his gun which' he has laid on two limbs of this friendly mes- quite tree near where he was standing. He stum- bles, then falls flat on his face. He has waders on. Can the reader guess what follows? Here it is: Your partner: "!!!-???-!!!-!?! — !!! — !!! — You say: What d — d idiots, always the case though. Soon as you leave your blind, suthin' comes in. All of which is absolutely true. Ask any old duck hunter and he will tell you that even on a dull day, when the ducks are not "working" well, if the hunter leaves his blind to retrieve a few birds that are drifting windward, just as soon as he is far enough away from his blind not to be able to return to it in time, just as sure will the opportunity of the day present itself in the shape of a fine flock of aristocratic web-foots. But such is the duck hunter's life. o BEAR AND ELK SHOOTING. The number of bears I have shot is, I think, thirty- nine, besides several wounded which got away — probably to die a lingering death — a circumstance I very much regretted but had no power to prevent. Nine or ten of these animals were grizzlies, the re- mainder were of the common American species, which is sometimes black, often brown, 'and occa- sionally parti-colored — black and brown. Nearly all these were killed with muzzle loading percussion guns — the first before I was twenty years of age, and the last about twenty-five years later. They were nearly all bears that accidentally came in my way while I was rambling about the North American continent in search of Nature's beauties, and most of them fell during the early part of my career. During the last years of my travels very few bears were seen, and those were very shy, so rapidly did the peopling of the wildernesses destroy the wild animals or drive them to the shelter of inaccessible hiding places. Concerning the difficulty and danger of bear- shooting I can say little with the authority of an expert in sport. It would not be wise for a weak- nerved man to attempt to kill a grizzly, because if he missed his aim or wounded the animal without dis- abling it the consequences might be very serious. American trappers were very loth to attack grizzlies single-handed. They usually went on bear-shooting excursions in parties, and attacked the animals from as many points as possible. The attention of the bear was thus diverted from any particular one of its enemies, and if, by chance, one of the men was so unfortunate as to fall into its clutches, he had many friends to help him out of his difficulties. Even thus aided, the man did not always escape — at any rate, without having what I have heard described as "Grip's ten commandments" left upon him. It is the grip of a bear which is supposed to be fatal; but the claws play no mean part in destroy- ing a foe. I saw one trapper who had escaped from the clutches of a black bear, and the terrible marks he bore showed that he had experienced a narrow escape of having the animal's claws driven clean through the muscles of his sturdy back into his heart and lungs. Bears, especially grizzles, often bite, and then they crush the bones to splinters, leaving little hope of re- covery to the miserable hunter, even if he is speedily rescued by his comrades. The great object in shooting bears is to disable them with the first or second shot. If this is not done there is but little chance for the man; for the animal is on him before he can reload, even with a breechloader. Repeating rifles are now made power- ful enough to attack grizzlies with. Of course, if there is a party of men, the bear may be riddled, but this is not a sportsman-like way of killing game. There are only two spots where it is immediately fatal to plant a bullet in a grizzly — the brain, and a shot straight in the chest from -the front, so that the ball shall traverse down the body. If a side shot is taken, the object should be to smash the shoulder blade. This cripples the bear to the extent of pre- venting it from coming up with the hunter, who may easily keep out of its way and destroy it at leasure. A bullet trough the heart will not stop any bear, and they generally live for many hours after the infliction of a wound of this character. Personally, I never experienced much danger in bear-shooting, though once or twice I had some ex- citing adventures. My first bear, for instance', caught me on ground from which I could not retreat, and Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN was compelled to shoot it to escape. Bears, as a rule, do not attack man unless provoked or fearful that their retreat is imperiled, but on this occasion the animal was attracted by the scent of some freshly killed birds which hung at my belt. I do not hesi- tate to say that it was the desperation of fear that kept me cool. I suffered the bear to come very close before I fired, and I had the good fortune to kill it without difficulty. Many years afterwards I had another surprise by a bear — a grizzly this time. It was behind some rocks, and I came upon it so sud- denly that I nearly trod upon it. I think it must have been asleep, as it did not seem to either hear or sniff my approach. It rose with a savage growl, but one shot through the head (almost a snap-shot) killed it. On another occasion, when I was armed with a shotgun only, I surprised a grizzly (and myself most unpleasantly so) by walking round the corner of a rock almost into its arms. Providetly, the shock was mutual. After staring at each other for what seemed to me the longest five minutes I had ever known, we both decided on a retreat. After I bad retired some distance I looked behind to see if my friend were following. Bruin was sitting on his haunches looking after me, but the moment I turned he dropped on all fours and shuffled off with an ungainly haste that, at any other time, would have amused me greatly. I have always paid much re- spect to good examples, and I imitated this one to the letter. I never afterwards went bird-shooting in wild spots without carrying a good rifle slung to my back. The true elk is the moose deer, but the former term is misapplied, by Americans, to the wapiti, one of the largest of the family, and a very noble animal. When I first visited the Wild West, wapiti were so abundant that it was a not uncommon sight to see a herd of 500 or more; for wapiti were fond of congregating together, which moose are not. Moose form "yards," that is, family parties, generally con- sisting of one old bull, one or two younger males or bull calves, and five or six does, with a young one or two. Forty years ago 12 or 14 head were a good "yard" in Canada and the Northern States. Now, a yard of six or seven has to he searched for long and far. Yards are only formed in the winter, when there is snow on the ground, and they were death- traps to the animals until it was made illegal to kill yarded moose. At other times of the year bull moose were usualy found singly, or fighting with an antag- onist. To those who know how to go about the work, moose-slaying is not more exciting than ox-felling. A yard is space of ground surrounded by the snow which the animals pile up by scraping. They cannot escape from it until the thaw sets in, and they exist by eating the leaves of the overhanging ever- greens, etc. It was otherwise with the wapiti, or elk. These timid creatures soon learned to scent man and to know that the "smell of Esau" meant death. As they inhabited open, plain country, it was often nec- essary to stalk a herd for many hours before a shot could be obtained. The firing at them often occa- sioned so much terror that I have known a herd run fifty miles at least before stopping, and if fired at on several successive days quite forsake a district and go no trapper could tell where. Of course, these deer were easily killed with rifle fire. If the wound was not in a vital part they might run for miles before dropping, but if it was at all serious they invariably bled to death. It was advisable not to immediately pursue a wounded wapiti or moose, because, if the stricken animal found itself in no pressing danger it was very likely to lie down. Then its fate was sealed; in a few minutes the wound stiffened, and the doomed creature could not rise. I remember on one occasion a wounded wapiti running a distance of about eight miles before it dropped, the whole way being marked by a line of blood, which shows the immense quan- tity these animals must have in their veins. In fact, both wapiti and moose are full of blood, but they are rarely furnished with a particle of fat; hence the meat is coarse, to say the best of it, and a few pounds of bear flesh is worth the entire carcass of a moose or wapiti. Bears are always fat, except just after a hiberna- tion and about the end of autumn (the 'fall/' as Americans invariably call it) they become rolling butter-tubs — or, rather, perhaps I should say used to become; for in these latter days scarcity of food and incessant persecution have caused a marked deterioration of all the preying animals of North America, wolves and foxes excepted. The excitement and pleasure of moose and wapiti shooting consisted entirely in the preliminary stalk- ing of the animals, and the uncertainty of the hun- ter succeeding in getting within effective range of the cautious animals. The fright occasioned amongst them by the shooting of one of their number was so great that it was rarely possible for the hunter to follow them up and obtain a second shot. Occasionally large parties of mounted men sur- rounded a herd of wapiti and so confused and narassed the unfortunate animals that they broke up into small parties, and then the slaughter was sometimes considerable. At the present time there are many wapiti and moose in the Rocky Mountains at an elevation and in spots where there were none when I was travers- ing the region. — P. F. in Shooting Times. WHY GAME BIRDS HAVE BECOME SCARCE AND COSTLY. Silver Salmon. — Quantities of silver salmon, it is reported, were running up the San Lorenzo last week. It is not lawful to take these fish until Oc- tober 23. Many mistake them for steelheads, as the fisb is comparatively new to the Santa Cruz waters, their presence being due to propagation from the Brookdale fish hatchery. [Continued from last week.] One by one (he Western States awakened, in the good American fashion, too late, and rallied around the new slogan of "Stop the sale of game!" Even Texas, thought to be one of the most reckless States in the Union, but really one of the most thoughtful, prohibited the sale of game, prohibited its shipment across county lines, and cut down the daily limit to twenty-five birds per gun. This action in Texas was largely due to the avarice of a Gal- veston banker, who fenced out the public from one of the best canvasback marshes in the world. I have seen fifty thousand canvasback feeding in one body on a lake in that marsh. This banker, conceiving that those birds belonged to him and not to the people, went into canvasbacking as a business, and laid up the money until Texas took her revenge. While that banker was making money you and 1 lost money. It was all part of ihe same system through which we have come pretty near losing America. For particulars you are referred to our conventions at Washington. We are becoming a somewhat polka-dotted republic. From a dollar a dozen, prairie chickens rose until many years ago they brought six and eight dollars a dozen; then twenty dollars a dozen, then twenty- four, now anything you like. The best prices, of course, were in the summertime before the law was out, and when all the gourmands of hotels and clubs wanted nice young birds. Rallying under their new war cry, the sportsmen twenty years ago began a ragged and somewhat dissenting fight; selfish in some sense perhaps, but finally somewhat effectual; a fight which today has wholly or in modified form prevented the sale of game or export for sale, or export for any purpose, in nearly all the States. What game country is left on which to draw for merchandise in game? And what man cares to break the law each time he eats a game-bird? Naturally, however, game laws were long, of all dead measures, nearest to dead-letter laws in this country. Each man made himself his own supreme court, and declared it "un-American" and "uncon- stitutional" to protect a sitting hen so long as any- body felt like taking a shot at her. For instance, Wisconsin passed the singular law which said that she would stop shooting ducks in the spring as soon as Illinois did. The latter commonwealth, which runs far down into Egypt, naturally stood pat. This made it a matter of conscientious duty for Wisconsin to shoot ducks for a term of years longer! Michigan never did know her own mind as to spring shooting. Minnesota for a number of years has presented one of the best game laws, and best enforced laws to be found in the Union. In spite of the best sentiment in such matters, mal- lard ducks went right on up to ten, fifteen, eighteen dollars a dozen, other game following suit, "until game passed from the table of the average man, and finally became a luxury which not even the rich can today obtain at will. This is a phenomenon not de- pendent on the swift rise in price of everything else in this country; although a law reading "Stop the rise in salaries" would no doubt meet a warm reception in some of our best circles. As to the future, there is no future. The waiter says, "I am sorry, sir, hut we have no partridge. We have guinea-hen, and it's just as good, sir." As one after another the ducking clubs East and West have been obliged to surrender, some of their richer members have gone out farther and bought great estates, as, for instance, that of the railroad man of Chicago who has purchased nearly a town- ship in Wisconsin, and introduced electricity and acetylene gas into sportsmanship thereabout. These rich men can ask friends to come to their preserves without paying any club fee. They can offer baited ducks for sport, and eke out with the more purpose- ful occupation of draw poker. It was not cur intelligence, but our selfishness, which finally wakened us to the fact, that our game- birds were going, and that, if we wanted to eat game, we must get busy and do something about conserving it. As the pressure grew one State after another stopped the sale of game, cut down the limit from twenty-five to fifteen and ten birds a day, prohibited spring shooting, prohibited the shipping of game. As all these things cost money for enforcement as laws, the really un-American idea of a gun license became popular. Hundreds of thousands of shoot- ing licenses are taken out in Western States each year — more than seventy thousand dollars' worth in Wisconsin in one year. The funds thus raised are becoming enormous; and they are all used not to put game on, but to keep game off. the public table. Most States charge non-residents many times as much as they do their own residents for shooting license. Naturally the non-residents at first howled at this. For the past ten years these matters have been threshing out in the courts. The decisions now warrant these distinctions in license. The American of today, therefore, has to pay something to shoot, even at home, has to pay something more if he shoots somewhere else, and has to pay something a great deal more still if he eats game which he did not kill. Some States will not allow a non-resident to take home game-birds or game-fish with him, even though he intends them for his own use and not for sale, and even though he has killed them legally. Michigan is such a State; and all the natural supply of game which might come to the relief of Jacob and the Merry Widow, from Michigan, is cut off by the game statutes of that State. Thus it readily may he seen that, in spite of the growth of intelligent shooting, that same intelligent shooting began a dozen years ago to shoot more and more for itself, and less for Jacob and the Merry Widow in the city. State's rights did this much. But State laws have never had the reverence in America which is given to national laws. It was left for Uncle Sam to put the final crimp in Jacob's supper. What is known as the Lacey Law, a United States statute, has done more to stop marketing of game than any and all other agencies combined. This measure was introduced by John F. Lacey of Iowa, and he will be remembered by that act rather than by all his other useful work in Congress, although without doubt he builded far better than he knew in his labors for this measure — which was approved May 25, 1900. For a long time the guns had kept at work for the markets, and, in spite of State laws, game got into the cities marked as poultry or butter or eggs, coming in bags and bundles and all sorts of disguises, smuggled across the illegal lines into omnivorous markets, where it was difficult or impossible to trace. It was getting hard and expensive to obtain, but it could still be obtained. When the Lacey Law came the lid went pretty nearly shut. This made it an offense against the United States to ship out of a State where it was killed any sort of game killed or handled contrary to the statutes of that State. It required the marking and description of each package of game, and the giving of the name of both sender and consignee. This made it dangerous to smuggle game. It was. of course, a measure based on the Interstate Commerce Act, which latter is about the only bulwark of our not immaculate but highly polka-dotted liberties that we have left. It struck at the transportation part of the merchandis- ing of game; which was getting mighty close to the root of matters. With the Lacy Act enter the guinea- hen. Enter also the general proposition that one can- not always reap where he has not sown. Jacob has no kick coming outside of that which is licensed under this declaration. Guinea-hen for Jacob! Guinea-hen, also, for you and me. Nothing can stop the triumphant march of this vulgar fowl, unless some Elihu Root shall arrive to show the failure of State's rights to preserve many resources which properly belong to the entire people. Perhaps we may some time believe that the nation comes on the scene where exploitation means ex- haustion. The pioneer did not need to care for you and me, because he iived in a happier day. Hereto- fore wre have allowed the individual to bankrupt the country as he liked. Perhaps we may not always allow it. Mr. Root recently said: "It is high time that the sovereign States of the Union should begin to perform their duty with reference not only to their own individual local interests, but with refer- ence to the common good." Is it possible that the Honorable Elihu had been turned down by the head waiter, and offered some- thing "just as good' ? o THE STUDY OF BREEDING. The following words of wisdom anent the art of breeding, are from a gentleman who is a lover of dogs, and who has bred and observed them for many years. His experience and judgment in the matter of breeding are given here for the benefit of the beginner to inspire thought and reflection on a subject that none know to the bottom, and which is ever fraught with new and startling experiences. "We are all 'notionable' about breeding and seldom see things in just the same light. There is a chance to get a 'nick' that throws a majority of extra good ones, but as a ru*e the best winning sires and dams bred together, th ow back, a majority of their pro- duce being 'commoners.' We are very largely in the dark because so small a percentage of the best bred dogs are tried out, to show what is in them, that we catch only a few of great merit. The best we can do is to breed along the lines of the largest percentage of ancestral winnings. We should be careful to know just where the ancestral strength lay, whether in speed, nose, or bird instinct, and select blood of those with the greatest average. "In this it should be first, bird instinct, as that makes the bird dog; second, nose, without which the dog can do nothing — failure to catch scent, false pointing and failure to locate accurately is sure to put your dog out of the game; third, speed and en- ergy, which he must have or be in the rear of the procession. "Do not use a stud dog that is not high in all these. ' If you have bitches deficient in all, build a monu- ment over their graves and forget them. 'ii you have any pre-eminently great in any one merit, breed her to a dog best in that in which she is deficient, and so on, culling out the poorest and breeding only the best. It requires careful observa- tion and intelligence not only to breed up to a high standard, ~ut also to keep it up. "The dam impresses the pup more than the sire, therefore more attention should be given to brood bitches." • o Trout Fry Distributed. — The Loyalton Game Pro- tective Association received a shipment of sixteen cans of small trout from the California Fish and Game Commission and they will be planted in the different streams of Sierra county. Gold Lake. Tur- ner Creek, and other streams will receive this con- signment. The waters of this part of California have been fished out considerably. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 16, 1909. THE PECULIARITIES OF SHOTGUNS. Before I commenced my amateur attempts at boring shotgun barrels, it bad always seemed strange to me tbat tbere should be so much individuality in fowling pieces. Rifles of the same calibre, cham- bered for the same cartridge, if well made, behave very much alike; but shotguns are different, each one seems to have special likes and dislikes of its own. It pays a man well to find out all he can about his pet shotgun, for there is certain to be some particular combination as regards size and charge of shot, and make and weight of powder, which will suit it better than anything else. The reason for this, as I said above, you find out soon enough when trying to bore a shotgun barrel yourself. Theoretically the barrel should be a. true cylinder up to the commencement of the choke, but soon enough when trying to bore a shotgun barrel yourself. Theoretically the barrel should be a true cylinder up to the commencement of the choke, but practically nearly every barrel tapers slightly owing to the wear of the boring bit. Few gun- makers trouble, I fancy, to make the bore a true cylinder by the subsequent use of a long parallel lead lap; nor does a slight taper appear to have a bad effect on the shooting. Then the exact distance of the commencement of the slope up to the choke, and the angle of that slope, must always be variable quantities. The shooting of shotguns is largely a matter oi trying a few- shots, and then altering the choke, and then firing more shots, and so on. Thus there are many gunmakers who turn out good shoot- ing guns, but never make two exactly alike. Firms like the Winchester Arms Company, who make their shot guns as well as their rifles entirely by machinery, attain much closer uniformity in their products; but when as with English gunmakers, the choke and its slope are touched up with emery as wanted, until the pattern comes up to the standard required, it is obvious that no two barrels can be just alike. In my own case the boring of .360 and .410 shot barrels was a much more chancy undertaking than it would be for a regular gunmaker, and so the touching up with emery, and trial on the plate, were processes which had to be repeated again and again, in the case of one of the .360 barrels turned out by the joint efforts of my mechanical friend and my- self, the results were so good that we have not yet been able to make a second barrel which will equal them. This is the more annoying as the .360 in ques- tion has some bad tool marks and rings in the choke; two other barrels of the same calibre made since, are apparently perfect inside, while the angle and degree of choke are as close to the measurements of the original, as we can possibly get them. Despite this the first and worst bored gun shoots superlatively well, and we cannot make the others quite reach its standard. A common way by which gunmakers improve the shooting of a choke bored gun, is to run an emc lap over about an inch or so of the bore, just below the slope of the choke. This operation causes a small jug or enlargment of calibre; and as this is just behind the constriction of tue choke, it has the effect of increasing the degree of choke and so im- proves the closeness of the pattern. It was by the subsequent jugging that we got the shooting of the first .360 so close. Unfortunately a jug choke is most -jcult to measure exactly; with an ordinary choke one can pour melted lead into tne bore, and get an exact cast of the cnoke and the slope to it, but w. a jug of course this is impossible, as the lead would not come owing to the enlargement being of greater diameter than the cylindrical portion of thi barrel below the choke. Thus the exact amount and shape of the jug so successfully given to our first .360, cannot unfortunately be ascertained. As guns vary thus in position, degree and slope of choke, it is not surprising to find that a certain com- bination of powder and shot may suit one barrel to perfection, but give poor results out of another chambered for the same cartridge. A tight barrel, i. e., one that is somewhat below its standard cali- bre, will naturally do best. We made a nominal .410, with the cylindrical portion of its barrel .395 in diam- eter. This gun owing to its tight barrel gives con- siderably more resistance than usual to the passage of the felt wad up the bore; as a result it shoots very hard and well with Schultze, this powrtir re- quiring considerable resistance to make it perform well in a small bore. A .360 made rather too large in the bore, will not shoot Schultze at all, and re- quires a very heavy charge of Black to make it give respectable penetration. Then size of shot is all important. Pellets should be chosen which will fit in perfect layers in the muzzle of the gun, where the diameter of the bore is the smalest. Having found a suitable sized shot and made sure by shooting the gun for pattern that it gives the highest possible results, a note should be made not only of the number of the shot, but also the maker. A number made by one manufacturer, is seldom the same size as the same number of shot from another factory. As an instance also or how different powder charges may affect patterns I will mention a discovery I made. I was testing cartridges some years ago from a favorite gun which I had had for a long time. The pattern this gun made when first manufactured, was 185 with both barrels; I had again and again confirmed the maker's figures, with both black and smokeless powders. During the trials referred to I tested a new smokeless powder, and to my astonishment, my old gun proceeded to regularly put patterns of 200 and a little over, with the greatest steadiness on the plate. i have no reason now to think that the pow- der was an atom better than some half dozen other smokeless compounds, but just by chance it hap- pened in an extraordinary manner to suit the bor- ing of my gun better than anything else. The above notes suffice I fancy to indicate the desirability of seeking out the particular charge that suits a gun, and sticking to it religiously. — "Fleur- de-Lys" in The Indian Tleld. OAKLAND SHOW. The bench show of the Oakland Kennel Club started smoothly Thursday morning. Exhibitors were prompt and early with their dogs and the experienced executive work of the officials kept things moving in good shape. The judging began at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Lacy followed the regular order of classes as given in the catalogue. The attendance for a first day was strong, the prospects for a paying gate were good The total entry numbers over 400 represented by 255 dogs. Considering that there has been four shows since May this can be considered a flattering recognition of the judge. The entries include the pick of our kennels and from individual owners. The lateness of the season wTas somewhat a deterent cause in not bringing out a larger entry. Many of our fanciers finding it rather an inconvenient condi- tion to keep their dogs in show condition for so long a time. In the bird dog classes, considering that the shooting season is now in full swing the total number of dogs benched, 34, is a very good showing. The penchant of Mr. Lacy for cockers has been recognized with an entry of 38. The entries of dogs, by breeds, is the following: Mastiffs 1, St. Bernards 1, Great Danes 7, Russian wolfhounds 1, Esquimaux 1. Deerhound 1, Greyhound 1, Foxhounds 3, Pointers S, English setters 10, Irish setters 9, Gordon setters 3, Collies 17, Irish water spaniels 4, Curly poodles 2, Chow Chows 1, Bulldogs 16, Frencn bulldogs 7, Bull terriers 21, Airedale ter- riers 17, Cocker spaniels 38, Dachsunde 16, Black and tan (Manchester) terriers 1, Fox terriers (smooth) 10, Fox terriers (wire) 6, Irish terriers 8, Boston terriers 17, Italian greyhounds 4, Chihuahuas 2. Japanese spaniels 3, Pekinese 2 Pomeranians 2, Toy poodles 6, English toy spaniels 1, Yorkshire terriers 2, Maltese terriers 1. Total 255. o Tom Blight reports a litter of English setter pup- pies out of a daughter of champion Lady Kate by Fleet's Sargent. This should be a most desirable style of dog for one who likes a good upland worker on birds. Mr. Blight's address will be found in our advertising column. The owner of a broken young Pointer can find a purchaser, should he desire to sell, by communicating with the Kennel Editor. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Duck and Quail Hunting. — Not for many seasons past have local sportsmen experienced such a torrid temperature as prevailed last Sunday. The condi- tions for both upland and marsh hunting were melt- ing in the extreme. In the marsh districts 90 degrees in the shade was about the mark on the thermometer. In the hills and open country it was just as hot. Not- withstanding the heat in some sections the duck hunters had a day to be remembered, for the birds were in evidence plentifully. About the best results were had on the Suisun marsh where nearly every hunter shot the limit. At Green Lodge, W. W. Richards, Dr. J. Fuller Sharp and F. W. Frank shot limits, principally sprig. The Volante Club members, eight of them, shot limits before 7 o'clock a. m. At about every club preserve the shooting was over early in the morning, limits being the rule. On the southeast side bay marsh ponds limits were few and far between. Down around Las Banos birds were scarce, many bags were spoiled by the heat. Quail hunters in many sections did fairly con- sidering the weather. The mid-week shooting has been excellent for the duck hunters. Black Bass Plentiful. — A catch of black bass that is something of a record for size and in the time taken to make it was made by Roger L. Scott of Sac- ramento at Brushy Lake recently, when he caught over a hundred of the gamey fish in three hours' time. Scott first tried minnow's as a tempter to the bass, but finding that they would not take to this bait he conceived the idea of using little green frogs which were holding a convention on the shores of the lake that day. The bass took to the frogs greedily and Scott gathered in bass about as fast as he could handle them. He fished from 1 o'clock in the afternoon until 4 o'clock and when he finished for the day he had a string of over a hundred. He says the meat of the bass was fine and not a bit mud-tainted. Scott has been bass fishing several times since he made this big catch and has had good sport. The above story appeared in the Sacramento Bee and is respectfully referred to Game Warden George Neale for proper action in the matter. The limit on bass is 50 in one day. If there were no limit on tne indvidual catch daily the opin- ion of true sportsmen concerning Mr. Scott's exploit would be the same. Why a man who catches 100 black bass should not be called a "fish hog" is a question hard to answer. mer, in Sissons Tuesday for concealing deer. Con- ley, R A. Campbell and others, fitted out with guns, licenses and everything necessary for a hunting trip, have been camping on the McCloud river. Several deer were killed, among them a very small one by Conley, who, wishing to come home by train and not wishing to be troubled by his luggage, rolled his venison with his camp outfit and checked the whole as baggage. He says so far as he knew he had com- plied witn the law. Some interesting disclosures are expected. Striped Bass Club Outing. — The San Francisco Striped Bass Club last Sunday was attended by about 40 saltwater anglers. After an enjoyable trip around the bay the party landed at Glen Cove, opposite Crockett. Here an appetizing lunch was partaken of and a good time indulged in for the balance of the day. Rods were put together by a numoer of the ang- lers but all drew blanks save Tim Lynch, who landed two moderately sized bass. Honk! Honk! — Wild geese have appeared in con- siderable numbers in the Colusa county tule sections. Geese generally rind their way down the river to the tule land the latter part of September but it is seldom that they are seen about Williams before the latter part of October and generally not before the middle of November. This, it is claimed by the old-timers, is the sign of a wet and early winter. Striped Bass Angling. — Reports from San Antone slough are that several good sized bass, one a 19^ pounder, were caught last Sunday. This slough is full of small "yearling" striped bass at present. These young fish run from 5 to 10 inches long. The San Pablo waters are also reported to be teeming with young bass. TRADE NOTES. U. M. C. Notes. At the Colorado Handicap, Denver, many remark- able scores were made with U. M. C. Steel Lined Shells. "Pat" Adams broke 194 straight and won the high professional average the first day, while George Maxwell made a run of 151 straight. He also broke 48 out of 50, double targets, which is wonder- ful shooting for a man with one arm. Mr. Cobb, of Albuquerque, N. Mex., broke 1S4 straight and was second in the Colorado Handicap, one target behind the winner. Mr. O. N. Ford won the Preliminary Handicap with a score of 98 out of 100, with TJ. M. C. Steel Lined Shells. At this tournament, 19 men broke 100 straight or more. Nine of them used U. M. C. Steel Lined Shells. On every one of the three days more shooters were using U. M. C. Steel Lined Shells than any other make. Concealed Deer. — A Bee dispatch from Edgewood, Siskiyou county, last week states: Game Warden A. E. Doney arrested Al. Conley, an Edgewood far- Peters Points. At Fourtain Springs, Pa., September 29th and 30th, Mr. Neaf Apgar tied for high professional average with a score of 249 out of 280 using Peters factory loaded shells. High professional average and high general aver- age at Tucson, Ariz., September 24th-26th, were won by Mr. H. E. Poston, assistant manager of The Peters Cartridge Co., San Francusco branch, using Peters Ideal Shells. Mr. Poston scored 495 out of 525, and including handicap races 610 out of 650. At St. Louis Mr. Arthur Killam tied for high pro- fessional and high general averages with a score of 79 out of 80, using Peters factory loaded shells. At Creston, Neb., September 28th and 29th high amateur average was won by Mr. R. A. Austin shoot- ing Peters factory loaded shells and scoring 351 out of 370. Mr. Austin also won high general average, beating the nearest professional by nine birds; a most creditable score and indicative of splendid marksmanship. At this tournament there was a double target event, 15 pairs, which was won by Mr. George Boulder. Cedar Bluff, Iowa., who scored 27 out of 30 with Peters shells. Championship of the world at double targets was won at the Westy Hogan tournament at Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 16-18, by Mr. Frank Foltz, of Mc- Clure, O. Mr. Foltz and Mr. Woolfolk Henderson of Lexing- ton, Ky„ tied with scores of S4 out of 100, both shoot- ing Peters factory loaded shells. In the shoot-off Mr. Foltz broke 43 out of 60 to Mr. Hendersons 40. Double target shooting is a very severe test both of the shooter's ability and of his ammunition, and that the first two places in the world's championship event were won with Peters factory loaded shells will convince even the most skeptical that these loads are of very superior shooting quality. Mr. Henderson won third amateur average for the tournament with a score of 539 out of 560, or 92.2 per cent. "Red W" Again on Top. At Spokane, August 23, sixty shooters competed, 21 men used Winchester "pump" guns, 36 shot Win- chester shells. S. A. Huntley and W. Henderson tied for high amateur average. 189 out of 200. Huntley won the shoot-off. 25 straight with a Winchester "pump" gun and Winchester shells. F. E. Foltz was second with 1S7, W. Wetleaf third with 186. The special event, at 25 targets was won by W. Wetleaf making 24 with his Winchester pump. Fred Gilbert and Lee Barkley of Seattle tied for high professional average 191 out of 200. Harry Ellis of Seattle, shooting a Winchester "pump" gun, was second 187 ex 200, Ed O'Brien and J. A. Forbes of Seattle were third, 195 ex 200. Results talk — Winchester goods are used by every- body and they win everywhere. Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ORDERLY SCORING AT RACES. It mav sound to race-goers fantastical or visionary to speaK of such a thing as orderly scoring in harness races. We have all become so accustomed to a helter-skelter scramble and jumble of horses, sulkies and drivers that the very idea that anything like order or svstem could be introduced seems prepos- terous One driver follows one order of getting back, turning his horse and getting off, and another an entirelv different one, until there are about as many in the "average field as there are starters. The very horses seem to have wills of their own in the matter and insist in getting off their own way or not going at all A starter who undertakes even so much as bunching them at a certain distance from the score and -etting a line-un before a move is made to come up finds himself balked ninety-nine times in a hun- dred and after a few attempts generally gives it up and 'gets them off just as he can from a state of chaos till the word is given. Where there is a field of eight or ten, or more, it looks to the spectators as though thev never could be straightened out and given anvthing like an even start, as he sees them mixing around the track in all kinds of disorder, one here and another there, covering an eighth of a mile almost, or entirely, during the scoring process. And it is little less than a herculean task to undertake to <*et them all off in their places, on their strides and approximately on even terms. Needless to say, it is the one grear detraction from harness racing that the public complain of in nearly every harness race you ever hear discussed. Many become disgusted and remain at home simply because of the time and an- novance of seeing attempt after attempt made in vain to get a start, and often when made in what looks like an unfair and unsatisfactory manner. So long and so universally has it been accepted as a necessary and incurable evil, any remedy of radical k'nd is not even thought of or sought. But that immense improvements is possible by amendments removing manv of the worst features, there is every reason to believe, and based not on theory alone, but in experience reported from a country beyond the S'a= young in the game to what we are in this coun- trv '"the home of the trotter" pre-eminently. The well-known driver, Will Caton, giving the practice in Russia in this particular, shows how the order-loving, systematic people have met and solved this, to us, intricate and seemingly unsolvable problem. And it is done simply bv starting and standing to a method o~E strictest order right through till the field horses are given the word, and are off. The line to start from is a fixed one for every horse, designated by a tape-line a hundred feet from the wire and no devia- tion is allowed from this without incurring a heavy pena'ty that insures no repetition. Then the entire field go to this line in a regular and orderly proces- sion, not one at a time and straggling over the course, each to his own system, as is done in this country, but each with his place assigned him. and keeping it with militarv precision, incurring a heavy penalty if any deviation is made from it. As a case in illus- tration, Mr. Caton says: "If ten horses are scoring abreast, each is numbered from the pole horse out. When they go up the track to score down, the pole or number one horse turns from the outside of the track straight across to his position, and is followed by numbers two, three, four and five. Numbers from six to ten go up the track on the inside and turn in front of the other horses, number ten leading this division and going to the outside rail from which position he starts to the wire. In this manner all horses score down together. The distance the horses go up the track is designated by a tape that is stretched across the course one hundred yards from the wire. For any horse that goes beyond this tape, a fine of one hundred dollars is laid on the driver. In coming down the track, every horse scores with the pole horse and the latter is forced to score as slow as the slowest horse in the entire field and any horse coming ahead of the pole horse is fined a hun- dred dollars. Any horse that spoils three starts is, in addition to being fined one hundred dollars, sent to the stable and all money bet on him is refunded. When a start is spoiled a tape is stretched across the track about two hundred yards from the wire, a fail- distance in which to stop a horse, and then each man turns in his place and the horses parade back to the starting point in order. There is no straggling all over the track and confusion is avoided. If the start is perfect, the tape is not drawn across the track and the horses become quickly familiar with this scheme and they know as well as the drivers whether it is a go or not. Large fields are frequently sent away the first time in Russia, and seldom more than two trials are required to get a race started." Caton further states: "It is mainly the fault of the trainer if his horse acts badly and any horse that cannot be taken back while scoring must be better trained before he is started in a race." This may sound to Yankees like rigid legislation, but it is effective and meets the case as is testified to, so that all the delays and con- fusion seen on our tracks are unknown there. The result is that the very worst obstacle to popularize the harness racing sport is overcome and the vital interests of horsemen themselves conserved by their own strict regulation. It has been our contention for years that drivers should not be tolerated on tracks with horses so ungovernable that they spoil start after start, imperil others and annoy a whole assem- bly of people who gather ancLpay their money to see races, and not to see some broncho-acting horse, and driver, loo, perhaps, squander five, ten or fifteen minutes of time fooling around and preventing a race. Onlookers are aided also by the orderly continental method of managing horses on the tracks preparatory to a start, in locating each horse and driver, and keeping tab on him till off in the race, and the public become better acquainted with the field, which en- hances interest in a race very greatly. With drivers wearing caps and uniforms, and the colors given on score cards, as well as numbers on the arms, some- thing approximating an intelligent conduct of races is made. It will have to come to this if public patron- age is secured and maintained in large enough meas- ure to sustain the sport as an entertainment which will have to be done to secure any permanency to the business. It is up to horsemen and racing associa- tions to cater to the grandstand and the gates as they have not hitherto been accustomed to do, if they are not left to conduct their races at their own cost, "furnish the hall, do the dancing and pay the fiddler also." It is no wonder when enthusiastic horse fanciers are disappointed and disgusted with after- noon programs of races, as often they are, and have just occasion to be, that disinterested people and the public at large, turn from them and give them the grand go-by. If opera and vaudeville and show peo- ple made as little effort to please their patrons as the average lot of horsemen and many racing socie- ties do their's they would soon be out of a job. It has often been a marvel to us to witness the amount of patience a throng of people will exercise waiting, and sweating and endeavoring to see a contest that is delayed and trifled with and made a farce in the end by" a lot of fellows acting as though it made no difference and as if they cared nothing for the public, or the treatment accorded those who are their only substantial supporters. It cannot always be so. — Spirit of the West. COLT RACING. HOW GOOD ROADS HELP. In a recent address to the Oklahoma Farmers' Union, B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Rock Island- Frisco system, advances the following model argu- ment for good roads: "Another subject, important alike to the interest of the farmer and the railroads, is good roads. Your president, Mr. Garrison, has given this matter much thought and the road laws you now have are largely due to his efforts. Farming is rapidly becoming more of a science. To insure a fair return upon the con- stantly appreciating value of land the amount of crop per acre must be increased and the cost of hauling to the railroad station reduced. After the farmer has solved the question of soil treatment and methods of cultivation there still remains the movement of the crop over the wagon roads to the railroad station. This expense the farmer must bear, and it enters into his cost of production just as much as cultivation, harvesting or ginning, and is a branch of expense on which a greater saving can be made than in any other way. "We have numberless instances where the con- struction of a railroad had advanced the value of farm lands from $10 to $50 per acre. We also have many instances where the improvement of the public roads has increased farm value from $10 to $50 per acre. Therefore, saying nothing about the relative comforts of a good road over a bad one, good roads are a splendid investment for the farmer. "According to the office of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture the average cost to haul a ton of farm produce one mile in this country is 25 cents. The American Encyclopedia tells us that similar service on European highways costs but S cents. We have as good teams as the farmers of Europe. It is the condition of the road that makes the difference. The public roads office also states that on farm arid mining products, by having as good roads as those in Europe a saving could be made in the transportation of same of $250,000,000 a year, $27,000,000 of which would be saved on the three products of wheat, corn and cotton." THE MAN NEEDED. The following from the pen of Milton Hatch of the American Horse Breeder, is too good to pass with- out reproduction: Running a fair without a practical racing man to look after the race-horse interests is much like the play of Hamlet with the part of the melancholy Dane omitted. We have seen a couple of such in- stances the present season, and results were just what might have been expected. The shoemaker should stick to his last. The racing end of a big fair is not the whole show, but it is a important adjunct and one that can hardly be left out, judging from the cash receipts of the grand-stand. Therefore it re- quires a man at the helm who understands the needs of the horsemen, and is ready to accede to their rea- sonable wishes in general matters. Cut down the ornament and let in the light of utility and adaptableness. o If vou have a free-for-all pacer or trotter that you desire to race at the Phoenix, Arizona, meeting in November, it is well to remember that the two purses of $1000 each for these classes will close on Monday, October 25th. See the advertisement m this paper. Thos Murphy was fined $250 for laying up a heat in the Kentuckv Futurity with Baroness Virginia, winner of the race, but from all that can be learned about the circumstance, the judges were in error. Those who watched the filly closely in this heat say that she made a break just after entering the home- stretch and that Murphy had all he could do after getting her back to her gait, to beat the flag and only did that by half a length. Racing immature trotters in valuable stakes has become a feature of the sport that is regarded by many as more attractive than any other classes, says the Stock Farm. It appeals to the breeder becausa it indicates what improvements have been made, what has been accomplished by scientific breeding and because the efforts of the youngsters indicate the strength of heredity. The racing public enthuses over this form of racing, because as a rule young trotters race to form and because the very precocity has a fascination that cannot be found in matured horses. The speed and racing ability of a two or threeyear-old is natural and canftot be acquired or manufactured, w-hile a trotter at maturity is fre- quently the result of much patient endeavor on the part of the trainer, and because the horse has been educated to his speed, he has more appearance of artificiality than has the youngster. Many of 'he keenest contests ever seen in light harness racing have been made by three-year-olds, and the amount of money that is offered each year tor trotters of this age makes it possible for a colt or filly to earn in one season a comfortable fortune. The futurities have grown in number and are fach year mo-^ ex- tensively patronized than when first given. These races have been an incentive to owners to collect richljr bred mares of idividual excellence to mate them with stallions that were themselves stake win- ners at an early age: in fact, they have been the very backbone of the breeding industry, they have maintained it through years of depression, have established a markei value that could not have been had without them. Tn the early days of colt racing, three-year-olds were not regarded as physically capa- ble of racing as many heats as did matured horses. The amount of speed was in a sense limited, and the miles were never trotted in anything like the time that was recorded for the older horses. Gradually the speed increased and year after year the race record for three-year-olds was lowered until today fields composed of trotters of this age give exhibi- tions that would do credit to free-for-allers. The youngsters score like veterans and halves in 1:02 are by no means uncommon while miles in anything slower than 2:10 are regarded as commonplace. The race record for three-year-olds is 2:06%, and each season at least half a dozen youngsters are seen that are capable of miles in 2:10 or better. Many of these are given comparatively little education, and when they score for the word in contests involv- ing thousands of dollars, they are forced to a rate of speed that must be a tremendous task by reason of the immaturity of the horse himself. A three-year-old, even in the autumn, is without the muscular development that comes after several years of active training: his bones are not as well knit as in after life, and he is after all but an infant, more thoroughly developed, of course, than a two-year-old. but far from possessing the strength and endurance of an aged horse. In spite of this, he is asked to rac3 heat after heat, to score repeatedly and to undergo exactly the same preparation that is given an older horse. If it is barbarous to ask a free-for-all trotter to race under the three-in-five plan, it is little short of a crime to demand so much of a three-year-old. Flesh and blood cannot withstand the ordeal, and every year larger numbers of promising young trot- ters are ruined in the course of their preparation for active racing. In a race for three-year-olds the win- ner of two heats clearly establishes his supremacy, all else being equal, and after that it is only a question of endurance. This is something distinctly apart from gameness and courage, for endurance is found to a greater degree in the mustang or bronco, a horse of no breeding, than it is in the thorough- bred, who has been bred for generations to carry his greatest speed over a distance of ground. Cour- age and gameness come from the heart and lungs and brain, while endurance does not necessarily do so. A small animal may fight with great courage and game- ness against a iarger enemy, yet succumb through sheer exhaustion, the other having the greater en- durance; yet the smaller of the two may be pos- sessed of a greater degree of courage and gameness than his rival. Examples of the difference between gameness and endurance are seen every day in the armies of the world, yet the latter is not regarded as the better quality, but is, in fact, less highly esteemed than gameness. A three-year-old trotter, who in a struggle against other competitors reaches the wire first in two heats, has done all that could be asked of him, and while his efforts- may result in an early decay, a quick breakdown, it is less likely to do so than when he is asked to take part in a struggle that has become long drawn out and in which the test is not one of courage or speed but of endurance. Believing that the best interests of the light harness horse can be served by abolishing entirely the three-in-five plan, as far as colt trotters are concerned, the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders has endeavored to influence the promoters of futurities to confine their races to the two-in-three plan. They have met with a certain amount of success, for in the future every stake for three-year-olds will be decided after some one horse has won two heats, with the exception of the Ken- tucky Futurity, the association giving this event having deemed it advisable to continue a plan for youngsters who race in 2:10 or better that was in- augurated when the rate of speed was much slower than it now is. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday. October 16, 1909. THE FARM WHAT THE MARKET DEMANDS. In handling mixed droves of hogs at large markets, the packers do not dis- criminate along breed lines; they handle pure-breds and grades of all recognized breeds. Through wide market connec- tions they are able to find an outlet for the product of all classes of hog, which, while profitable for the feeder to pro- duce, is also a desirable hog in the pack- ing house and in the store of the retail dealer. A good barrow should be smooth and well-finished, possessing a symmetrical outline with well-balanced development in all parts. He should stand squarely on sound, strong feet, with well shaped limbs. >howing dense, firm bone, strong enough to carry him to a desirable fin- ished weight without breaking down. The head and neck should be ot medium weight; the shoulders and hams smooth, and laid evenly with the sides, shoulders free from shield and harshness, and hams firm and compact. There should be no surplus fat behind the shoulders, over the loins, around the tail-head, or along the bottom lines. While the most desirable weight changes from time to time, depending on the demand for lard and provisions, a good packer hog should weigh between 2'2o and 300 pounds, with an average of 250 pounds. During the past ten years, there has been a fairly steady decline in the average weight of hogs received at western markets. The ideal market hog comes from no particular breed, nor is he the result of any particular system of grading or cross- breeding, but it is true that some breeds show a high percentage of desirable mar- ket grades. While the number of mar- ket hogs, showing Berkshire blood is rel- atively small at western markets, the quality of Berkshire grades and crosses, is unusually high. They have long been recognized as profitable killers, cutting out good hams, tidy shoulders, extra good backs and loins, with a high pro- portion of side and belly cuts; in fact, many Berkshire grades are almost ideal hogs for bacon production. The demand both from foreign and do- mestic markets is for lighter, leaner meats finished at earlier ages. Berk- shires are right in line with this demand as they will stand liberal feeding and come to market at eight to ten months, in prime condition for slaughter without being over-fat. Breeders of swine should keep closely in touch with market conditions, and as in the past, should endeavor to supply breeding stock which will produce the highest grade of market hogs. While size, scale and strength of bone are de- sirable, these should not be developed to the point of injuring quality in the fin- ished meat product. — Rural World. PEKIN DUCKS. A breeder of these birds gives the fol- lowing directions for raising them: First, I believe in having pure bred stock, I prefer the young duck and the older drake, as the young ducks begin laying earlier in February and produce a greater number of eggs. One year we had ten that averaged twenty eggs in September, after a heavy laying term in the spring. By securing them in the pen at night, for a few times, they will learn to go there alone, and since they lay about daybreak you are sure of the eggs. I use twelve eggs for a setting and often have a 100 per cent hatch, and there is lo prettier sight in the poultry business to me than a nice gang of Pekin ducklings. They should be fed four times a day, say at sis, ten, two and six o'clock, their feed consisting of bran and meal, about equal parts, with a small amount of some good poultry food occasionally. Above all things they must have sand mixed THE BEST LINIMENT OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN BODY ^ Gombault's h». Caustic Balsam IT HAS NO EQUAL in e. soothing and healing, and for all Old iU rt Sores, Brnise;,or Ille WouDds, Felons. Exterior Cancers, Boils Human %z\0"? CAUSTIC BALSAM has Body Liniu We would say to all who boy it that it does not contain a particle of poisonous substance and therefore no harm can result from its cs- temal nse. Persistent, thorouoh use will cure many old or chronic ailments and it can be used on any case tha requires an outward application with perfect safety. 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"Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. At Uruu'£l«tn and Dealers or Eipreii Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Binghamton, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, 56 Bayo Vista Avenue, Oakland, Cal. Bonnie Steinway 2:06^ to Lease. The fast and royally bred stallion Bonnie Steinway. pacing record 2 :06K. will be leased to a responsible party for the remainder of 1909 and the entire season of 1910. He is a stallion of splendid proportions and royal breeding, being sired by Steinway, sire of 6 in 2:10. and out of Bon Bon. dam of 2 in 2:10 and 4 in 2:15, by Sim- mons, sire of the dams of Hamburg Belle 2:0lM. Fereno 2:05^, etc. For full pedigree and terms address, A. L. CHARVO, Pleasanton. Cal. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. A 3-year-old black stallion, registered under Rule 1. A very handsome horse, fine disposition, has Electioneer, Onward, Mambrino King strain. Sire Advertiser 13) 2:15; has good prospect for speed. Will trade for a registered Percheron mare or will sell for &>00 cash. For further information address CHAS. F. THOMPSON. R. F. D. No. 0. Bakersfield. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old, handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO, The Union Ice Co.'s Stables. 327 8th St.. Oakland FOR SALE. A beautiful bay mare. 5 years old. stands 15.2 hands and weighs 1050 lbs. Natural born pacer. Wears nothing but the harness and light shoes. Was broken last year and driven on the roads through the winter and this spring. Was trained by an amateur for sis weeks on a poor half mile truck and paced a mile in 2:1SH. last quarter in 31 seconds. Could have gone faster if asked to do so. I consider her a sure 2:05 pacer for next year. Very stylish and racy looking. Knid disposition and absolutely sound. Sired by Diablo 2 :09%. and is eligible to registration. Also a fine looking bay gelding, 4 years old, 16 hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. A line trotter, well broken, good disposition and will make an ideal carriage horse for a lady to drive. He was never trained but can show a 2:40 gait. Abso- lutely safe for anyone to drive among cars and automobiles. A good prospect for a first-class race horse. He is a full brother to Ben Hur 2:1~K and shows more speed with the same amount of training. He is absolutely sound. I would not sell these two horses if I was not com- pelled to go to Europe to settle up an estate, but as it is. I will be compelled to sell them and they can be bought at one-half their value. Address JOHN DALEYT, Care San Lorenzo Trotting Park. San Lorenzo, Alameda Co.. Cal. NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK. To the Stockholders of EUGENE SMITH CO. Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the Eu- gene Smith Co., a corporation, has been called by the Board of Directors of said company for the purpose of complet- ing the action taken by tne Board of Directors and Stockholders of said cor- poration at their meeting held on July 14th, 1909. increasing the capital stock of said company from twenty-five thou- sand (25,000) dollars, divided into five hundred (500) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, to one hun- dred thousand (100,000) dollars, di- vided into two thousand (2000) shares of the par value of fifty (50) dollars each, and that said meeting will be held at the office of said corporation. No. 310 Clay Street, in the City and County of San Francisco. State of California, on Monday, the 18th day of October, 1909, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said aay. Dated August 11th, 1909. By order of the Board of Directors. EUGENE SMITH, President. Attest: I.. S. ADAMS, Secretary. HIGHLAND C. 2:19 ; FOR SALE Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. has deciled to sell his grandly bred, standard and registered trotting stallion Highland C. 43S35, by Expreso 29199, dam Alpha 2:23 *£ by Alcantara 729, dam of 4 standard performers, 3 producing sons and 2 producing daughters, seconl dam the famous broodmare Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11, dam of 2 stand- ard trotters, 3 producing sons and 7 producing daughters. Highland C. is one of the best bred stallions living. He is black, stands 1G.1 and will weigh 1100 pounds, and is ten years old. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited, still he has proved him- self to be a great sire. But five of his colts have ever been trained. He is the sire of Cynara. three-year-old record, trot- ting. 2:23. Chiquito. four-year-old public trial, pacing. 2:08%. Miss Wyman. three-year-old public trial, trotting. 2:23*4. Iola. two-year- old public trial, trot- ting, 2:23%. Silas King, three-year-old public trial, trotting, 2:31. Will guarantee him a sure foal get- ter, and sell him so as a man can pay for him in one season. The horse can be seen at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles. For price, address J. O. GERRETY, !>10 West 33th Street. Los An^i'li's. Cal. Ellis' Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device Absolutely the Greatest Controller on Earth for Road or Track Use, GUARANTEED to stop your horse from Pulling, Tossing the Head, Tongue Lolling, Side PuUlnc, Bit Fighting, or any other bad habits caused by Bits or Checking Devices that inflict punishment or keep a horse under too much restraint. Just the thing for your road horse, as this device has a neater appearance than any ordi- nary bit, and with it you have per- fect control over your horse at all times with little or no effort. It will make him forget his bad habits, bring out all the style there is in him and make your driving more pleasant. Used and endorsed by E. F. Geers, W. U. Snon, D. J. McClary. Alta McDon- ald, J. B. Chandler, Crit Davis, Alonzo McDonald, and nearly all tbe prominent Track and Road Drivers, and on fully SO per cent of the horses campaigned over the Grand Circuit tracks. We are sole owners of patent and sole manufacturers of this device. Be- ware of worthless imitations and devices claimed to be as good as the "Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Device." The genuine have name, number and date of patent stamped on bit, also on leather parts. Price $5 for complete device, in- cluding Back Part of Over-check. Mailed prepaid free to any part of Patented Aug. 11. 1896. Patent No. 565.6S1. Money Refunded if This Device Fails to Do All We Claim for It. the world when cash accompanies order. In order to accommodate horsemen located at a distance from us. who are in a hurry for our Ellis Improved Hutton Patent Checking Devices and can not wait to get them direct from us. we have established the following agencies where a large stock of our devices is constantly on hand and can be bought at the same price we sell them ior direct: Fiss. Doerr A Carroll Horse Co.. New York City; Becker i Wickser. Ruffalo. N. "^ .; Tuttle i Clark Detroit. Mich.: Foster-HelmreichAYagner Harness Co.. Kansas City. Mo. <^*C4/mFAer{/#ERS HARNESS $ TURF GOODS Saturday, October 16, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 with their food to aid in digestion; say about a handful to the quart of food. Some finely cut grass, lettuce or onion tops, mixed with the feed is a splendid addition. When quite young they should not be allowed too much water unless it can be so arranged as not to admit their bodies, since they are weak, if they get entirely immersed, but after they begin to feath- er they should be allowed enough water to bathe in. We use wooden troughs about three or four feet in length, one foot wide and four inches deep. If their nostrils get closed with dirt they will soon pass away. We live within a stone's throw of a nice stream, but since naughty turtles abound our ducks are not allowed the run of the creek, except those we intend to keep for breeders, which when about full feathered are then let go to the creek, as it makes them stronger and helps to develop muscle. There is money in raising ducks, but they must be put on the market early. Two years ago we marketed over 200; the first 15 were put on the market in June; they were between nine and ten weeks old and averaged three and three- fourths pounds at 15 cents. The next 25 weighed 99 pounds at 12>£ cents. By the time our next were ready the market was a little off, so our profits were not so much. They are a better paying proposition than the chicken since they are easier raised, and lice and other troubles are not so numerous. I neglect- ed to say after the duck is four or five weeks old we begin feeding crushed corn, slightly moistened. To this I may add, if you intend to try duck raising another year, the soon- er you buy your breeders the better, and then feed them so they will have some- thing to produce eggs from when the lay- ing season begins. o Strange as it may seem to say so, there is no best breed of cows, chickens or any- thing else. It is true that some breeds are better than others, but when it comes to deciding among the few best ones, much must be left to individual prefer- ence and varying circumstances and con- ditions. When it comes to making a se- lection, it pays best to choose the breed most prevalent in your vicinity, provided it is one of the best standard breeds. This will enable you to sell your products to better advantage and ship to better advantage. If your community is known far and wide as making a specialty of any certain breed, buyers will come after them and pay you a better price if they can get enough to ship in car lots. So, if you are a practical man, this will de- cide your choice rather than any fancied superiority of breeds. The virtues of the different breeds balance up pretty well any way. While Jerseys give richer milk, Holsteins give more of it. One breed eats less and another makes more beef. It is well to study up all the points and then decide according to your own needs and best judgment. THOROUGHBRED GAMES. Herbert Atkinson, a prominent Eng- lish poultry judge, artist and authority on games, has written Dr. H. P. Clarke, of Indianapolis, Ind., a letter on the new standard for Thoroughbred games which contains much useful information for those interested in breeding games. His letter fellows: In looking over your standard from an English point of view, we should con- sider anything over (3 pounds in cocks undesirable in good specimens, which never exceed this and are often 5)4 pounds. Much is lost in purity, activity, hardihood and productiveness when larger size is encouraged. Why this destructive craze for large size is rampant among game fanciers, I am at a loss to know. A large specimen eats much more, while productiveness decreases, also foraging ability and activ- ity. It encourages unsoundness and loss of fertility. Some of our fanciers were boasting of improving the size of the Leg- horn fowls, but on trial last year it was found they were beaten easily in number and weight of eggs produced by the Dan- ish-Leghorns that were from one to two pounds lighter and consumed about one- third less food. The old match weights for cocks in England were from 3 pounds, 6 ounces to 4 pounds, 12 ounces. This would mean birds on their walks from 4 pounds to 5;h> pounds, as they reduced them considerably. Then hundreds were bred where one is now, so they must have known more than we do the proper weight. Raise your voice and influence to stem this craze for the chimera size, the fetich of the novice, the bugbear of the experienced fancier. In neck, lay more stress on it being strong at base. Tail and wings, the quills of the feathers to be big and strong. I don't quite like the word "solid" applied to the bird in hand. The muscles should be solid, but the body light and-corky and springy in the hand. In points I should suggest 8 for thighs, very important points in the Game fowl, and 8 for shanks and feet. The birds should be judged: First for purity of blood and gameness of look ; second, for shape and carriage; third, for soundness of constitution, flesh and feather. Color comes last and least of all. EGG-LAYING TYPE. C. H. Wyckoff says that 100 pullets, hatched at one time, and raised together, were placed in one house, and when one laid she was taken out. This was con- tinued until there were fifty in each house. A critical examination showed that nearly all that were laying were of a certain type — while those that were still unproductive, were of another type — a longer legged, ungainly, slim-bodied hen, that spends her time looking for some- thing to get scared at. A record of the two flocks showed a difference of 20 per cent, in the number of eggs laid. No. 1 kept laying until nearly denuded of feathers, and after molting began laying before No. 2 did. A short-legged, deep- bodied, full-breasted, wedge-shaped, large combed hen, witii a quiet disposition, has capacity to consume large quantities of food, and return eggs instead of noise and flutter. o Pork reached the lofty price of $24.85 a barrel recently. This is 10 cents high- er than the record figure of $24.75 in October, 1882, and August, 1874. Dur- ing a period of manipulation in 1S69 as high as §34 was reached, but the recent price is the highest on record for prices apparently dominated by supply and de- mand. Band of Elk, Twenty, All Gentle. For Sale as a Band or in Pairs No Old Ones. Address: JOHN CROUCH LAND COMPANY, Chico, Cal. IiaSphere Wwm MctfURKAY RACER You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large catalog— it's mailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Go. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts, ■wagons, etc. Write W. J. Kenney, 53X Valencia St., San Francisco. 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CLOSING OUT SALE of all the horses owned by WM. HASHAGEN, WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, at Woodland Race Track, Saturday, November 13, 1909. Owing to Mr. Hashagan being a sufferer from paralysis, all the horses owned by him will be sold at auction as above stated. They are LETA H. 2:22*4, five-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska 2:28%, dam of five trotters in the list, in- cluding- Lisonjero 2:0814, by Elec- tioneer; second dam Lizzie, dam of three trotters in the list by Wildidle, thoroughbred. CHITTYWEE, chestnut mare, foaled 1S94, bv Chas. Derbv 2:20, dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes 2:15V*; sec- ond dam Alia by Almont 33. third dam by Bregnoli 77, etc. Chitty- wee is in foal to Kinnev Rose 2:13%. YEARLING GELDIXG by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, as above. Broken to harness. PERCHERO\ STALLION, weight 1800 pounds, and by a sire that weighed 2100. This horse gets large, fine colts, and his get are very highly prized. TWO-YEAR-OLD GELDIXG by the above Percheron stallion. A splen- did big young horse, "well broke to harness. KIXXEY ROSE 2:13%, bay stallion, trot ter, sired by McKinney 2:1114. dam Golden Rose., by Falrose 2:19; sec- ond dam by Algona; fourth dam by Odd Fellow, thoroughbred. Kin- ney Rose is one of the best pros- pects in California for a 2:10 stal- lion. KINNEY H., two-vear-old bay colt by Kinnev Rose 2:13%, dam Leta H. 2:22% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^. This colt has a yearling record of 2:50. a two-year-old trial of 2:30 after a month's work. KIXXEY. two-year-old chestnut colt, pacer, by Kinney Rose 2:13%. dam Chittywee, bv Chas. Derby; second dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes; third dam by Brignoli 77. This colt has paced a mile in 2:28 with only a month's work. FAXXIE H.„ three-year-old filly by Az- moor 2:20, sire of Betonica 2:09.14 and Moortrix 2:07%, out of Chit- tywee by Chas. Derby, as above. Fannie H. has a foal at foot by Kinney Rose 2:13% and has been bred back. All the above will be sold without reserve. CHRIS HASHAGEN, for Wm. Hashagen, Owner. Complete Dispersal Sale of Trotting Bred Horses owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland At CHASE'S PAVILION, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco, Monday Evening, Oct. 25, '09 Two Grandly Bred Young Stallions by McKinney 2:11J^ and their colts and fillies out of well bred mares. , Joe Brown, the best and fastest green pacer in California. Worked a mile in 1":"°;; last July. Producing Brood Mares by registered stallions. 25 HEAD IN ALL. Horses all in good tiesh and in fine condition. Will be at salesyard Saturday, Sept. 23d. Send for catalogue. FRED H. CHASE & CO., 47S Valencia St., .San Francisco. ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camn Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone K amy 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. The Great Meeting o! the Southwest! $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. STAKES RE-OPENED Entries close Oct. 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THE PARKER GUN also won the High General Average for the entire tournament, thus winning about all there was in sight. PARKER BROS., MERIDEN, CONN, the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid in. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, President. P. O. Drawer 447. 366 PACIFIC BLDG.. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Saturday, October 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN -5==*=^. THE WCEKLY^^> BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Secoud Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. $3; Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. St. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. GREAT WESTERN CIRCUIT. Dallas. Texas : Oct. 18-30 El Paso. Texas Nov. 1- 6 Pboenix, Ariz Nov. 8-13 PROTESTS REACH THIS OFFICE from time to time from breeders throughout the State against the conditions of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity Stake which was inaugurated ten years ago by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. While it would be absolutely impossible to make conditions in any stake that would suit- every breeder, there are many reasons for believing that the conditions of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity meet with gene- eral approval, the first and foremost of which is that this stake secures a larger number of original entries and more subsequent payments than any stake ever inaugurated on this coast. There has never been a colt stake depending almost entirely for its entries on the breeders of one State, that has come any- where near being as popular as this one, and we think that the fact of its getting a greater number of en- tries than any other stake given west of the Missis- sippi river, is pretty good evidence that its conditions are not unpopular. The protest sent in by Mr. Philip C. Byrne to the Directors of the Breeders' Associa- tion, which appears as an "open letter" in another column, recites several of the objections which have been made to the conditions of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity. Mr. Byrne's first objection is to the divis- ion of the money in this stake, and he would have it more equally divided between the trotters and pacers. There might be a few mere payments made on pacers were this amendment to be made, but we fully believe that the falling off on payments for trotters would more than offset it. The stake, it must be remem- bered was originated to encourage the breeding of trotters, and the pacing division was given as a sort of consolation for those whose colts took to the lat- eral gait. If Mr. Byrne will put on his thinking cap he will remember that in every futurity given in the United States, including the Kentucky, the Horse Review, the Horseman, the American Horse Breeder, the Kentucky Stock Farm, the Western Horseman, and all others, the largest part of the money goes to the colts that trot for the simple reason that a fast trotter is a much more desirable horse than a fast pacer. The claim that it costs just as much to breed, raise and train a pacer as a trotter may be true, but the market prices show which are the more valuable. Another condition of the stake which Mr. Byrne would eliminate is the one which awards $800 to the persons who nominate the dams of winners We think this would remove from the stake one of the very greatest inducements for breeders to nomi- nate their mares and thus make the stake possible. Men who train and race colts are a little too apt to consider the starters in a race as the whole show. They seem to forget that it is the 392 of the 400 original nominations who have paid out their money and have nothing but receipted bills to show for it, that have made it possible for the eight starters to race for a good fat stake. If there is $200 set aside for the owner of the dam of the winner in each of the four divisions, there is an extra inducement for breeders to nominate their mares even though they do not race them. We ask Mr. Byrne to look over the list of names of owners who made original nomina- tions in the last Breeders' Futurity and count those who race the colts they breed. He will be sur- prised at the small proportion. If the trotting horse breeding industry depended upon those who actually race the colts they breed it would be a rather small business indeed. We know a gentleman who savs he will never have a colt trained, yet who has paid out several hundred dollars for stallion fees in the past two years. Mr. Byrne also begrudges the stal- lion owners the prizes paid to the horses having the largest list of foals in the stake and those paid to the owners of sires of three-year-old winners. These prizes do more to secure a large list of nominations than any other one thing. If the stallion owners did not send in the lists of mares bred to their horses and did not aid the Secretary of the Breeders' Asso- ciation in getting the patrons of their horses to nomi- nate these mares, the list of original entries would be so small that the stake could not be given. It must be remembered that the Breeders' Association guar- antees this stake to be worth $7250. If only $5000 should be paid in the directors would be liable for the remaining $2500 and might discontinue or else reduce the value of this stake, and they have there- fore used their besl thought and best efforts to devise a plan that would secure not only a large list of original entries, but the largest possible proportion of complete payments. TI.e stake has been a suc- cess since its inception and the Breeders' Association has the right therefore to the opinion that its con- ditions are popular. The Board of Directors of the Association is glad at all times to receive suggestions and criticisms and if there are others, who, like Mr. Byrne, think the conditions of the stake should be changed we will be glad to publish these suggestions in the "Breeder and Sportsman" and know that the Directors of the P. C. T. H. B. A. will be pleased to read and give them due consideration. TROTTING AND PACING TODAY. Five excellent races have been arranged by the Park Amateur Driving Club for this afternoon at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park. The first race will be called promptly at 1:30 and the program is as follows : First race, class B trotters, mile heats, two in three —Belle Overton. Molera & Joseph: Walter G., F. L. Matthes: Charles II, A. P. Clayburgh. Second race, class A trctters, mile heats, two in three — Barney Bernato, I. L. Borden; Ceta Dillon, F. von Issendorf; Lady Nell. M. W. Herzog; Red Velvet, J. W. Smedley. Third race, class A pace, mile heats, two in three — Roberta, I. L. Borden; Opitsah, F. L. Matthes. Fourth race, free-for-all trotters, mile heats, two in three— Dr. O'Brieu, D. E. Hoffman: Mike Kelly. A. Ottinger: Elma S-, F. J. Kilpatrick; Reina Directum, C. Christenson. Fifth race, class C trotters, mile heats, two in three — California Belle, E. Cerciat; Katie Yandle, F. J. Kil- patrick. The officials will be as follows: Starter, G. E. Er- lin; judges, J. A. McKerron, A. J. Molera, I. B. Dal- ziel; timers, George R. Gay, F. Jermyn. T. F. Bannan; marshal, H. M. Ladd; secretary, F. W. Thompson. o THE LEXINGTON SALE. The sale of trotting bred horses during the Lexing- ton meeting this month was very successful and the prices obtained show that the value of the standard bred horse has not declined. On the first day 95 head were sold at an average price of $225 per head. The second day 42 head brought $12,600, an average of $300. Cn the third day $15,120 was received for 39 head, an average of $387. The fourth day there were 42 head sold and the average was $300. The high average was reached on the fifth day when 35 head brought $15,750, an average of $450. On the sixth and last day of the sale the average was $410 for 30 head. During the six days 2S3 horses were sold at an aver- age of $345 per head. o Fred Booth, superintendent of the Oakwood Park Stock Farm for so many years, and who was put in as receiver about twenty months ago when Mr. John F. Boyd, the former owner and present holder of a large mortgage on the place, brought suit to foreclose the mortgage, has terminated his receivership and will again take up his residence at Danville. Mr. Booth has during his term as receiver paid all the accrued interest on the notes secured by the first and second mortgages and the entire farm, comprising 8000 acres, has now been leased to an Oakland firm who will stock it with cattle. Humphrey Bros, of Chicago, who own the place, will now try to effect a sale of it subject to mortgages in the neighborhood of $185,- 000. All the trotting bred stock on the farm has been sold. Mr. Booth made a splendid record as re- ceiver of the property and under his management this magnificent farm could be made to pay well. BRED FOR A SIRE. Ted Hayes, who has managed the voung sire Bon Voyage 2:12% the past year, recently purchased a yearling colt that is not only a magnificent individ- ual, a fast natural trotter and a representative of the famous Eleotionee-r-Wilkes cross, but is bred in such strong producing lines that it can be truthfully said of him there is nothing in breeding if he does not pro\e to be a sire of extreme speed. The sire of this colt is Bon Voyage 2:12% as a three-year-old, 2:15 as a two-year, and a big stake winner in both years. Bon Voyage is by Expedition 2:15%, a great produc- ing son of Electioneer that is out of an own sister to the champion of her day, Maud S. 2:08%, and that has produced fite standard trotters, three producing sous and several producing daughters. The dam of Bon Voyage is the great broodmare Bon Mot, dam of three in list with records as two and three year olds from 2:12% to 2:20%. Bon Mot was by Erin 2:24% a sire of standard trorrers that was by llelmont M the sire of Nutwood, etc., out of Eventide that great broodmare by Woodford Mambrino that produced Kremlin 2:07% and two more in the list, besides five producing sons and the same number of producing daughters. The second dam of Bon Voyage is Farce 2-29% by Princeps, siro of the renowned Green- lander 2:12 and Trinket 2-14 and with 42 produc- ing sons and 48 producing daughters- the third dam is the triple producer Roma by Golddust 150. and the fourth dam the producing mare Bruno by the great Pilot Jr. 12. There is nothing but producing blood in Bon Voyage's pedigree, but there is not a strain of Geo. Wilkes in it, and the dam of this yearling supplies that. As her name. Daphne McKinney im- plies, she is by the greatest sire of the Wilkes tribe, McKinney 2:11%, and is a mare whose colts, all less than four years old and untrained, show great nat- ural speed. Daphne McKinney is out of La Mos- eovita, the dam Yolanda 2:11% trotting, and La Mos- covita was by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, one of whose daughters produced that marvel of early trotting speed, the champion yearling Miss Stokes 2:19%. The third dam of Mr. Hayes' colt is Moscova 2:28%, dam of Maiuie R. three-year-old record 2:15% and Oro Belmont 2:15%, both race winning trotters. Mos- cova was by Belmont 64, a great sire. Mosa, the fourth dam of this yearling was by Woodford Mam- brino another great sire, and she produced five stand- ard trotters, a producing son and three producing dams. The fifth dam is Hermosa by Edwin Forest 49, a great horse, and she produced Hermes 2:27% and had three sons and four daughters that produced horses with standard records. There are few stal- lions that have five producing dams, but this fel- low has one more, the dam being Black Rose, the dam of the noted trotting horse Darkness that made a record of 2:27%. Black Rose was by Tom Teemer and out of mare by Cannon's Whip. We advise those who like to look over and study pedigrees that go back six crosses in producing lines to study that of this colt which Mr. Hayes has recently purchased, as the tabulation of it will show that few pedi- grees glisten with so many brilliant stars. AN OPEN LETTER. To the President, Secretaiy and Board of Directors of the P. C. T. H. B. Association — Gentlemen: I would like to make a few sugges- tions in regard to the Breeders' Futurity races which I think, if adopted, will induce more people to enter and make more paymeuts. I would ask your hon- orable board of directors to make the distribution of the money more equal between the trotters ana pacers, as it costs just as much to breed, raise and train a pacer as a trotter. Then I would take $400 away from the dams of winners and make a consola- tion purse for pacers. Then I would take all away from the stallions and make a consolation purse for trotters. I claim the stallion owners get paid for the services of their horses and tlterefore do not need this aid. A large number of nominations amount to hut little, if owners stop when the first or second pavment is made, as one man's horse had forty nomi- nations recently and the number decreased to eight on the first payment, to four on the second and two on the third. It will be reasonable to state that there will be many more final payments made if these consolation purses are offered as it will make it possible for 24 colts to get money instead of 16 as before. Now I would like to have this published in the "Breeder & Sportsman" and if necessary have an expression of opinion from the breeders of the State on this subject. Believing as I do that if these hum- ble suggestions be carried out that it will increase breeding and entering and cause more final pay ments to be made, thereby doing the greatest good to the greatest number. If a coupon could be sent to all the brecdeis and let them take a vote on this question it would likely be the best and easiest way of getting an expressicn of opinion on the subject. Mr. Secretary, I have written this communication at the request of several breeders in different parts of the State. Yours sincerely, PHILIP C. BYRNE. Hanford, October IS, 1909. Mr. I. L. Borden's Roberta by Robert I. 2:08% and Mr. F. L. Matthes' Opitsah by William Harold 2:13%, are two pacing mares that are so closely matched in speed that they furnish an exciting race every time they meet at the Park Amateur Driving Club matinees. If the club races today at the sta- dium these mare will meet in a match race and it will be worth going to see. Frank S. Turner of the Santa Rosa Stock Rarm. received a cablegram from Australia on Wednesday asking him to name the figure at which he would part with Guy Dillon, and California Dillon, both sons of Sidney Dillon. He has answered the cablegram, and it is not improbable that the figure will be accepted, and these splendid animals shipped to the Antipodes. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. LEXINGTON SUMMARIES. Following are the complete summaries of the races held during the first week of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' meeting at Lexington, beginning October 5th. 2:06 pace, the Tennessee purse, $3000: George Gano, b. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Mur- phy) 1 1 1 Governor Searles, b. h. by Lockheart (Mc- Mahan) 3 3 2 Major Brino, bl. g. by Wildbrino (McDonald) 4 2 3 Ross K„ b. h. by Constanero (Francis) 2 5 7 Major Mallow, b. g. by Box Elder ( Mallow ) . . 5 4 4 Mary Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon ( Sanders) 7 6 5 Eph Cinders, ch. g. by Argosy (Crist) 6 7 6 Time— 2:05%, 2:03%, 2:05. Foals of 1906, trotting, the Kentucky Futurity, purse $14,000: Baroness Virginia, r. f. by Baron Review (Murphy) 2 9 1 1 3 1 Czarevna, ch. f. by Peter the Great (Nolan) 1 1 3 7 2 2 Bertha C., br. f. by Baronmore (Chandler) S 6 S 8 1 3 Soprano, ch. f. by Bellini (Dicker- son) 4 2 2 2 4 ro O'Neil, br. h. by Walnut Hall (Mc- Mahan) 7 3 4 3 5 ro The Wolverine, br. h. by Peter the Great (Benyon) 3 5 5 4 6 ro Vito, b. h. by Prodigal (Geers) .... 6 4 7 6 7 ro Al Stanley, r. h. by Todd (White- head) 5 S 6 5 8 ro Muda Guy, b. f. by Guy Axworthy (Serrill) 9 7 dis Captain George, b. b. by Admiral Dewev (Brawley) 10 10 dis Time— 2:09%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:14. Baroness Virginia won $10,300; Czarevna, $2100; Bertha C, $1075; Soprano, $525. 2:09 pace, purse $1000: Belying Jim, b. g. by Bourbon Patchen (Biney) 1 10 11 2 10 *1 1 Flora Coffee, ch. m. by Sir John (Snow) 9 1 1 7 5 3 3 Beauty Wilkes, b. m. by Wilton Wilkes (Gahagan) 7 7 5 5 1 2 2 Pat Haines, br. g. by Guy Princeton (Sweeney) 10 9 10 1 2 4 4 Ian Bars, br. h. by Monbars (Thomas) 4 2 2 4 6 ro Maconda, b. m. by Redwing C. (Albin) 2 8 4 10 9 ro Shadeland Nutlear, br. h. by Shadeland Faustalear( Walker) 12 12 3 3 3 ro Shaughran, b. h. by Ananias (Shanks) 3 3 6 6 4 ro Annabelle Lee, br. m. by Adbell (Geers) .6 4 9 8 S ro The Bo'sun, b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 5 5 8 9 7 ro Harry Mac, br. g. by Wilmons (Taylor) 8 6 7 11 11 ro Billy B., ch. g. by Caneland Wilkes (Nuckols) 1111 dis Sir Milton, ch. g. by Milton (Jackman) dis Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:07%, 2:07%, 2:08%, 2:07, 2:07%. "Last two heats October 6th. Foals of 1907, trotting, two in three, Kentucky Fu- turity, purse $5000: Native Belle, b. f. by Moko (Murphy) 1 1 Eva Bellini, br. f. by Bellini (Dickerson) 3 2 Colorado E., b. h. by The Bondsman (Macey) . 2 3 Eva Tanguay, br. f. by Peter the Great (Geers) 4 4 Sue D„ bl. f. by Todd (Willis) 6 5 Hilbrooke Queen, b. f. by Wilask (Moody) 5 6 Krell, b. h. by Kavalli (Titer) 7 dis Chatty Direct, bl. f. by The Director General ( Stout) dis Bon Vivant, b. h. by Bon Voyage (Proctor) ... dis Time— 2:12%, 2:07%. Native Belle won $3150; Eva Bellini, $S12; Colo- rado E., $812; Eva Tanguay, $225. 2:15 pace, purse $1000: Iris, b. m. by Island Wilkes Jr. (Cox) 1 1 1 Directly Connor, bl. h. by Directly (Falls) ... 2 2 2 Gus B., b. g. by J. S. G. (Patterson) 6 3 3 The Orator, b. g. by Oratorio (Horine) 3 9 7 Claimless, r. m. by Claimant (Blair) 7 5 4 Nettie Rogers, b. m. by Billy Sayre (Nuckols) 11 4 6 Roy Wilkes Jr., b. h. by Roy Wilkes (Long) ..488 Alcyfrass, r. m. by Alcryon (Clark) 8 6 5 Temple Jr., bl. g. by Temple Bar (Glasscock) 5 7 9 Juno, b. m. by Jay Morse (Davis) 9 dis Prince Welchmore, b. h. by Cecilian Prince (Schmoyer) 10 dis Baron Operator, ch. h. by Baron Posey (Ken- yon) 12 dis Belorator, b. g. by Oratorio (Walker) dis Fred Patchen, b. g. by Star Patchen (Jolly) . .dis Time— 2:08%, 2:0S%, 2:09%. 2:06 trot, two in three, purse $1000: Sonoma Girl, b. m. by Lynwood W. (McMahan) . 1 1 Wilkes Heart, b. g. by Great Heart (Snow) 3 2 Margaret O., b. m. by Onward (Willis) 2 3 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%. 2:10 trot, purse $1000: Lady Stately, b. m. by Stately (McDonald). Ill Orlean, b. h. by Ormonde (Geers) 2 2 2 Farfalla, b. m. by Bellini (Dickerson) 3 3 3 Empire Queen, br. m. by Empire Expedi- tion ( 3rown) 5 4 4 Castledome, b. h. by Jay McGregor (Chand- ler) 6 5 5 St. Peter, br. g. by Courier (Long) 4 6 dis Kioto, b. m. by Norval (Jackman) 7 dis Time— 2:10%, 2:11%, 2:10%. To beat 2:10%, pacing: Fleta Dillon, b. f. by Sidney Dillon, dam Hilda Hills by Wilkes Boy (Sanders) Won Time— :31%, 1:02%, 1:35, 2:08%. 2:12 trot, the Transylvania, purse $5000: Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) Ill Bob Douglass, gr. h. by Todd (McDonald)... 2 2 6 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers).. 4 5 2 Paderewski, ch. g. by Constenaro (Ross).... 3 3 3 Innerguard, b. g. by Guardsman (Murphy) . . 5 6 4 Baron May, bl. h. br Baron Wilkes (Savles) .645 Time— 2:04%, 2:07%, 2:05%. Foals of 1906, pacing, purse $2000. Maggie Winder, b. f. by Oratorio (Jones) .... 1 1 1 Miss Eva Wilkes, ro. f. by Glencoe Wilkes (McDonald) 3 2 2 Capitola, b. f. by Oratorio (McMahan) 2 3 3 Time— 2:0S%, 2:09%, 2:06%. 2:20 trot, purse $1000: Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox)... Ill Silver Baron, br. h. by Baron Silver (Geers) .222 Raggedy Bill, b. h. by San Mateo (Stuart) ... 3 5 5 Bronson, br. g. by Bingen (Titer) 5 3 8 Miss Baritone, b. m. by Baritone (McDevitt). 6 7 3 Miss Alliewood, gr. m. by Alliewood (Davis) .746 Alice Gregor, b. m. by Tommy Gregor (Tur- ner) 4 6 7 Fanny Woodburn, br. m. by Expedition (Brady) 8 8 4 Time— 2:12%, 2:11%, 2:12%. 2:10 trot, purse $1000: Demarest, b. g. by Ariel Higbwood (Geers) ..11 1 Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (Murphy) 2 2 2 Nancy Royce, blk. m. by Allerton (McCarthy) 3 3 3 Surmise, b. g. by Sidney (Ganoung) 5 5 4 Kenyon W., b. h. by Marco Bozzaris (Ken- yon) 6 4 5 Ed Monahan, b. g. by Boreal (Bowerman) . . . 4 6 6 Time— 2:09%, 2:08%, 2:08%. 2:24 trot, purse $2000: Jack McKerron, b. h. by John A. McKer- ron ( Shank) 2 1 1 1 Ora Bellini, br. g. by Bellini (Dickerson) . 13 2 2 Martha Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (Sanders) 4 2 3 4 Frazze, b. h. by Arion (Geers) 5 4 4 3 Adboo, bl. h. by Advertiser 3 5 5 5 Time— 2:11%, 2:0S%, 2:10, 2:11%. 2:00 pace, two in three, purse $1200: The Eel. g. h. by Gambolier (McEwen) 1 1 Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (Murphy) . . 2 2 Aileen Wilson, bl. m. by Arrowood (Cox) 3 3 Time— 2:02%, 2:03%. The Wilson, 2:20 pace, purse $2000: Ross K., b. h. by Constenaro (Frances) Ill Hallie Direct, ch. m. by Walter Direct(Geers) 2 2 3 The Bo'sun. b. g. by Alkalone (Cox) 4 3 2 Laura W., b. m. by Sir Alcantara (Jamison) .345 Hal Perrv, b. h. by Brown Hal (Falls) 5 5 4 Time— 2:06%, 2:04%, 2:05%. 2:14 trot, purse $1000: General H., b. h. by Combineer ( Haag) ..4111 Roval Penn, b. h. bv William Penn (Lud- wig) 1 4 6 7 Beauty Wright, b. m. by Arthur Wright (Chandler) 2 2 4 3 Startle, b. g. by William Wilkes (Galagan) 3 5 3 2 Bob Rilev, b. g. by Decorum (Birnley) . . 5 3 2 4 Pansy Elknut, eh. m. by Elknut (Kelsey). 10 7 5 5 Empire Queen, b. m. by Empire Expedi- tion (Brown) 9 6 7 6 Crystallion. br. h. by Arion (Willis) 11 11 S 8 The Savior-Man, b. g. by Lookaway (Moore) 6 9 S dr Gladys, b. m. by Gladax (McDonald I 7 S dr Idlewise, b. g. bv Elire (Patterson) 8 10 dr Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:12, 2:10%. 2:10 pace, purse $1000: Maconda, b. m. by Redwing C. (Albin) 1 1 1 Shadeland Nutlear, br. h. by Fanstalear (Snow) 2 2 2 Hilda, br. m. by Norval (Boop) 5 3 3 Meadow Brook, br. m. by Silent Brook (Tur- ner) 3 5 5 Pat Haines, br. g. by Guy Princeton (Sweeney) 7 6 4 Major Purcell, b. h. by C. H. Purcell (Snyder) 4 7 6 T. B., ch. g. bv Rex McDonald (Bosworth) ... 6 4 7 Time— 2:06%, 2:06%, 2:06%. PRINCESS CHRISTINA IS PARK CHAMPION. BOARD OF REVIEW, N. T. A. A regular meeting of the Board of Review will be held at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York, N. Y., at 11 a. m. on Tuesday, December 7th, 1909, in accord- ance with the by-laws. The president authorizes the announcement, accord- ing to precedent, that a special meeting of the board will be held in the early spring of 1910, to accommo- date those whose convenience or necessities will be served thereby. All communications intendent for the consideration of the board at the December meeting must be for- warded to the secretary not later than November 23d, and all parties who desire that their cases should be acted on at the spring meeting should immediately notify the secretary to that effect. The Board of Review is empowered to act in place of the full board with the same authority and juris- diction, and at the above meeting will consider busi- ness arising in each and all of the districts. The mare Princess Christina, owned by S. Sins- heimer of the San Francisco Driving Club, won the handsome Cairns cup on Sunday last and in the first heat of the race trotted the mile in 2:14, the fastest mile ever trotted in a race over the stadium track in Golden Gate Park. She won her race handily in three straight heats and could have taken a still faster matinee record had it been necessary. Princess Christina is a bay mare, 13 years old, having been foaled in 1S96. She was bred at Aptos Farm, and is by Dexter Prince, dam Christina by Chris Smith, second dam Eleanor by Speculation 92S, and third dam a thoroughbred mare by Lodi, fourth and fifth dams by imported Lapidist and Revenue. Princess Christina was discovered by Mose Hart, the well- known horse dealer of this city, who handled her for her owner and raced her at Emeryville on Butchers' day, 190S, in three dash races. She won her first race in 2:21, was just beaten the second race in 2:15 and won the third in 2:18. Since then she has been raced at matinees and driven over the park roads. She is a good gaited trotter and her heat in 2:14 shows that it will take a good horse to beat her just now. W. K. Kenney, president of the San Francisco Driving Club, scored bis second winning race last Sunday when his Dexter Prince gelding W. J. K. won the 2:30 class pace. The summaries of the after- noon's races are as follows: First race, free-for-all trot, one mile, best three in five: Sinsheimer's Princess Christina (Sinsheimer) .1 1 1 H. Boyle's Modicum (Boyle) 2 2 2 J. J. Butler's Major Cook (McGrath) 3 3 3 Time— 2:14, 2:16, 2:16. Second race. 2:25 trot, one mile, best two in three: John Nowlan's Dick (Nowlan) 3 3 11 F. Clotere's Monk (Clotere) 2 12 2 J. W. McTigue's Darby Mc (McTigue) 1 2 3 3 E. T. Avers' Dalta A. (Ayers) 4 4 4 4 Time— 2:24%, 2:25%, 2:22%, 2:25%. Third race, 2:20 pace, one mile, two in three: C. E. Blanchard's Byron Lace (Blancbard) 1 1 James O'Kane's King V. (O'Kane) 2 2 R. P. Giovannoni's Golden Buck (McGrath) 3 3 H. C. Ahlers' Princess V. (Ahlers) 4 4 Time— 2:17%, 2:18. Fourth race, free-for-all . pace, one mile, three 'in five: Al Hoffmann's Kitty D. (Schwarz) 1 1 1 Phil Kolm's Alfred D. (Donnelly) 2 2 2 H. Boyle's Diodens (Boyle) 3 3 3 George Giannini's George Perry (Becker) 4 4 4 Time— 2:16, 2:14%, 2:15. Fifth race, 2:30 class, one mile, two in three: W. J. Kenney's W. J. K. (Fulkerson) 4 1 1 W. Higginbottom's Billy H. (Higginbottom). . .1 6 5 G. Tassi's Steve D. (Tassi) 3 4 2 D. Dillon's Lady D. (Schwarz) 2 3 4 W. Hamner's Clara W. ( Hamner) 6 5 3 Tom Murphy's Monte (Nolan) 5 2 6 Time— 2:28, 2:24, 2:26. o STIMULUS TO AMATEUR RACING. The sale during the past few weeks of Hamburg Belle and Uhlan, for $50,000 and $35,000 respectively, to men who are intensely interested in amateur rac ing, should prove a great impetus to that form of sport which has lagged somewhat during the past few years. The return of C. K. G. Billings to active participation in this pastime is welcomed by all and now that Melville E. Hanna is the owner of a real champion, he will be a notable member of the amateur brigade. Nothing has ever been more health- ful to the breeding industry or a greater stimulus to the training and racing of the light harness horse than the enthusiasm that has been shown in amateur races. It has done more to maintain prices than any- thing else and, together with the foreign demand, has been the very backbone of the market. Were it not for the sporting spirit of M. E. Hanna and C. K. G. Billings and the eagerness with which foreigners have sought the best that is obtainable in this coun- try, the market value for trotters of great reputation would be less han half what it now is. Men fond of the exhilaration found in driving the light harness horse in contests, annually spend large sums of money in maintaining their stables and fortunes have been spent in an endeavor to obtain something faster than other members of racing clubs have been able to secure. The friendly rivalry has resulted in fur- nishing a market for horses that would be of little value for racing purposes, for under the conditions that now exist a two-minute trotter, or one who out- classes his field, has practically no earning capacity, no usefulness other than that which is found in exhi- bition miles. The recent Inter-City meeting held at Pittsburg exemplifies the keenness with which the sport of racing for pleasure is followed and it would be well could this interest be extended over a wider field. Racing the light harness horse is today more of a sport than anything else, for w'hile some men en- gage in it with the hope of material gain, the vast majority are attracted only by the sporting side of it as against what is termed professionalism. The pride of ownership of a truly great trotter is so grat- ifying that men of means have no hesitancy in spend- ing large sums in order to produce one, and this very spirit is the keynote to whatever success exists. — Stock Farm. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, October 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PARK AMATEUR DRIVING CLUB. SANTA MARIA RACES. RAISING COLTS. One of the best managed matinees yet given by the members of the Park Amateur Driving Club was held last Saturday at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park. The prompt manner in which the races were called and started was a new feature for this organization, but it pleased everybody and is to be commended. It is to be hoped the management will pursue the same course at every meeting hereafter. The class A trotters of course furnished the fea- ture race of the day, as these horses are competing for the beautiful Clark cup which is to be given to the horse trotting the fastest heat in a winning race during the season. The conditions of this race pro- vide that to win this cup a horse must start in not less than six races and win at least three of them. The contest now lies between Mr. S. Christenson's Reina Directum, Mr. T. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. and Mr. D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien. A summary of their standing at the present time is as follows: Name of Horse. Starts. Races Won. Best Time. Dr. O'Brien 6 3 2:15% Elma S 7 2 2:18 Reina Directum... 7 2 2:17% Dr. O'Brien trotted a heat in 2:15 Saturday in the class A event but as he failed to win the race the time does not count, but he is in the lead for the cup, and the horse that beats him will have to trot a mile better than 2:15% in a winning race. It is expected that a very hot contest will result at the next meeting of these horses, and as Elma S. seems to be improving in form, she may be the one to get the cup. The summaries of last Saturday's races are as follows: First race, class C trotters, 1 mile. I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato (Borden) 1 1 Molera & Joseph's Belle Overton (Joseph) 4 2 A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 2 3 P. L. Matthes' Walter G. (Matthes) 3 4 Time— 2:26, 2:26. Second race, class A pacers, 1 mile. F. L. Matthes' Opitsah (Matthes) 1 2 1 .2 1 L. Borden's Roberta (Borden Time— 2:22, 2:19%, 2:20y2. Third race, class A trotters, 1 mile. F. J. Kilpatrick's Elma S. (Kilpatrick) 1 2 1 D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien (Hoffman) 3 1 2 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 2 3 3 Time— 2:20%, 2:15, 2:20. Fourth race, ciass B trotters, 1 mile. A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Ottinger) 1 1 C. F. von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon (von Issendorf).2 2 Time— 2:25, 2:24%. Fifth race, class D trotters, 1 mile. E. Cerciat's California Belle (Cerciat) 1 1 F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandel (Kilpatrick) 2 2 Capt. M. Matson's McKinney M. (Matson) 3 3 Time— 2:35%, 2:32. -o- HARNESS RACES AT WALLA WALLA. Meeting Otcober 4-9. 2:10 trot: Daybreak (McGuire) 2 1 1 1 Lady Sirius (Erwin) 1 2 2 2 Lida Carter (Hogoboom) 3 3 4 4 Belle M 4 4 3 3 Time— 2:16, 2:10, 2:09%, 2:11%. 3-year-old trot, purse $400: Admiral Evans 1 1 1 Katrinka Norte 2 2 2 Carrie C 3 4 dh Marwood Mat 4 3 dh Best Time— 2:14. 2:25 pacing, purse $500: Nellie Chimes (Erwin) 2 3 1 Zanthus 1 2 4 Lady Smith 3 1 3 Junior Dan Patch 4 4 2 Time— 2:15, 2:14%, 2:17%. 2:10 pacing: Glendore 1 2 General Heurtis 2 1 Lady Melvis ' 3 3 Judge Dillard 4 4 Time— 2:11%, 2:17%. 2:20 pacing: Dan J 2 1 1 Nellie Bishop 1 2 2 Time— 2:21%, 2:20%, 2:19%. 2:25 trot: Mayo 1 1 1 Zomvoak 3 2 2 Nellie Mars 2 3 3 Anix 4 4 4 Time— 2:19%, 2:22%, 2:21. Yearling race: Teddy B 1 1 Cherry Red 2 3 Disappointment 3 2 Rinaldo . : 4 4 Einconett 5 6 Lady Hudson 6 5 Time— 1:26%, 1:24%. 2:10 trot or pace: Daybreak (McGuire) 4 4 111 Glendore 1 1 4 4 4 General Huertis (Hogoboom) 2 2 2 2 3 Ladv Sirius 3 3 3 3 2 Time— 2:13, 2:11%, 2:12, 2:13%, 2:12%. 2:15 pacing: Judge Dillard 2 1 1 1 Zanthus bv Zombro 1 4 4 3 Lady Smith 4 3 2 2 Lady Melvis 5 2 5 5 Junior Dan Patch 3 5 3 4 Time— 2:11, 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:14. Following are the official summaries of the races held at Santa Maria on the 6th, 7th, Sth and 9th of October, 1909, a partial report of which was printed in this journal last week. The judges' book does not state which races were for pacers and which for trot- ters, but we understand that in a majority of the events horses competed at either gait: 2:20 class, purse $150: Cuckoo, b. g. by Strathway (Hamilton). 1 2 12 1 Black Bart, blk. g. by Gen. Gomez (Mead) 2 1 2 1 2 Iuferno, b. s. by Diablo (Ferguson) 3 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:15%, 2:24, 2:21, 2:21, 2:25. 2:22 class, purse $125: Wayward Jr., b. s. by Wayward (Mc- Cormick) 1 1 3 2 2 1 Honas Bismark, b. g. by Purisimo (Blosser) 4 3 2 1 1 2 Choro Prince, s. g. by Morris A. (Hamilton) 3 2 1 4 3 3 Bobby H., blk. m. by Purisimo (How- ard) 2 4 4 3 d. Steam Beer, blk. s. by- Quervo (Fer- guson) 5 5 5 d. Time— 2:20, 2:17, 2:15, 2:21, 2:20, 2:20. 2:30 class, purse $125: Silver Stein, ch. g. by Silver Bow-Belle Caprice (Brown) 1 1 1 Baby F., br. g. by L. W. Russell (Ferguson) . .2 3 2 McCormick, formerly Avalon, b. s. by Men- docino (McCormick) 3 2 3 Time— 2:22%, 2:21, 2:24. 3:00 class, purse $100: Bobby H., b. g. by Hanford Medium (McCor- mick) 1 1 1 Branch Forty, b. g. by Mestoe (Ferguson) 2 2 2 Hovita S., ch. m. by San Luisito (Trainor) ... .3 3 3 Baby W., b. m. by Joe Salton (Wimmer) 4 4 4 Time— 2:25, 2:27%, 2:32. Special, purse $100: Steam Beer, blk. s. by Quervo (McCormick) . .1 1 1 Fred Branch, b. s. by Quervo (Brown) 2 2 3 Loretta F., b. m. (Hamilton) 3 3 2 Time— 2:24, 2:26, 2:2S. Special, purse $100: Wayward Jr., b. s. by Wayward (McCor- mick) 2 1 1 1 Honas Bismark, br. g. by Purisimo (Blos- ser) 1 2 2 3 Silver Stein, ch. g. by Silver Bow (Brown). 3 3 3 2 Time— 2:16, 2:16, 2:17%, 2:21. Free for all, purse $100: Choro Prince, s. g. by Morris A., dam by Gav- iota (Hamilton) 1 1 1 Cuckoo, br. g. by Strathway (Zahner) 2 2 3 Black Bart, blk. g. by Gen. Gomez (Mead) 3 4 2 Steam Beer, blk. s. by Quervo (McCormick) ..434 Time— 2:16%, 2:19%, 2:16%. 2:25 class, purse $100: Bobby Hall, b. g. by Hanford Medium, dam by Thompson (Hamilton) 1 1 1 McCormick, b. s. by Mendocino (McCormick) .2 2 2 Baby H., s. m. (Brown) 3 3 3 Baby F., br. g. by L. W. Russell (Mead) 4 4 d Time— 2:19, 2:21%, 2:24%. A MORGAN HORSE CLUB. For several years the more progressive of Morgan hcrse breeders have felt that there was too much of a difference of opinion as to type, that more of the blood of the founder of the family should be found in a registered Morgan than is now necessary, and that there should be a general awakening if the breed in any of its original quality were to be preserved. At the secretary's office of the Vermont State Fail- grounds during the recent meeting at White River Junction, a company of gentlemen, Morgan breeders, met according to a previous notice, for the forming of a club which should safeguard the interests of the Morgan horse. The assembled company was briefly addressed by Maxwell Evarts, president of the Vermont State Fail- Association, who explained the purpose of the club — to perpetuate the Morgan breed of horses, preserving the original blood and type, rather than any effort to bring about improvement as to size or other features, and as a means to this end to endeavor to have Morgan classes at the agricultural fairs; to have the judges of such classes selected with a view to their thorough knowledge of the breed and their sympathy with the aims of this club; to formulate a standard of points which shall be upheld by members of this club and judges of Morgan classes; to offer, where practicable, such prizes as may stimulate the breed- ing of Morgan horses; to encourage owners of Mor- gan horses to register them with as full pedigrees as can be obtained by careful research; to afford to members of the club and all breeders the fullest information concerning Morgan stallions for public service and also of the breeding of Morgans, and to promote friendly, social relations and confidence in each other among the members of this club. The officers chosen were: H. F. Wardner of Wind- sor, Vt., as president; C. C. Stillman of New York, secretary and treasurer. The direct organizers of the club were: A. F. Phil- lips of Barton, Vt.; Spencer Borden of Fall River, Mass.; C. C. Stillman of New York; A. R. Van Tas- sell of Dubois, Pa.; J. C. Brunk of Rochester, III.; Nelson Bogue of Batavia, N. Y.; George H. Stevens and M. B. Stevens of Johnstown, Pa., and seventeen others from the State of Vermont. The directors and other officials will be selected at a future meeting. There are more horses in the United States than ever before; over 20,000,000. Horses never were so high and it never paid so well to raise them as at the present time. Now it costs very little, if any more, to raise a colt to the spring it is three years old than it does a steer or heifer. A well-kept, fat, three-year- old steer might bring $75; he would have to be a good one, and it would be an extra good three-year- old heifer that would bring as much as that. How many three-year-old colts do you think you could buy in one day for $150 apiece and start in the morning and ride all day? The trouble is the farmers as a whole do not understand the business. The idea of raising horses to sell has not been a custom in this locality; they associate colt-raising with race tracks, training bills, high stallion fees, etc. All of these things can be eliminated from the expense account if it is managed right. I am not talking about raising race horses alone, but the kind that will do to go to mill or to meeting, to plow, or draw a mowing machine, one that in an emergency ycu can get the doctor there the same day, or take your best girl to ride and make her look pleasant, the all-around general purpose horse. Now, I am not going to try to tell you just what type of a mare will be the best brood mare, but I do say, get a good- looking mare, for beauty is one of the greatest assets: get one that shows breeding, and if she shows it she will have some even though you do not know what it is. In selecting a stallion, select a well-bred, well-made, handsome stallion from one of the best of the trot- ting families. It does not pay as well to breed pacers for general purpose horses. You can find young rep- resentatives from the very best of our trotting fam- ilies that are good individuals where the service fee is within the reach of most everyone, from $25 to $50. And let me say again, be very particular about good looks; it is the easiest matter in the world to sell a handsome horse, and an uphill job to get rid of a homely one, be he ever so good. It is an old saying that beauty is only skin deep, but in many kinds of cases it goes deep into the pocket. The fact that the stallion is a Bingen or an Ax- worthy or Peter the Great amounts to nothing with- out he is a good individual, good disposition, and good-gaited, with some good producing dams on the maternal side. All of these qualities a stallion re- quires to be a good sire or general purpose or race horse. ■ For size, I would select a medium, a horse that would weigh at maturity from 1050 to 1100 pounds, and stand about 15.3 hands high. Brood mares that are handled judiciously can do all kinds of work without injury nine months of the eleven of pregnancy. The judicious mating of the class of horses I have mentioned wrill produce a class of horses that are in demand everywhere at good prices. They would be a class that would average to trot in 2:35, with always the chance of producing the phenomenon when the mare was exceptionally well-bred. This class of horses will weigh at maturity on an average of from 1000 to 1100 pounds and will beat the class of horses that come from the West that weigh from 1200 to 1400 pounds, doing anything. When the colt is eight or nine months old, his schooling begins. They do not break colts any more, they teach them. With careful and kind treatment, the colt soon learns what is wanted. There need be no extra expense for breaking; if the colt possesses extraordinary speed you will find it out without pay- ing someone to tell you of it. Then, perhaps, it will pay to have it trained by an expert. At the present time we have several families of horses that have come to their speed very young, before they are two years old. With a little work, they will show you what they are best fitted for. — Chicago Horseman. At Walnut Hall Farm there is a weanling fnll brother to Native Belle by Moko out of Yellow Belle, daughter of General Wellington and the famous old mare Chestnut Belle (the dam of nine standard trot- ters) by Red Wilkes. There is also at the farm a three-year-old sister of Native Belle, and this filly has never been trained and is under reservation as a broodmare. Native Belle is likewise a full sister to The Native 2:17% and he was second to Kentucky Todd in the two-year-old Futurity in 1906. Penisa Maid never saw a mile track until she reached Terre Haute last July and there are a lot of trainers of high-priced horses who doubtless would have been happier if she had never set a hoof east of the Hawkeye country. Sam Caton, who is in Cleveland on a vist from Rus sia, rode the fastest mile of his life when he stepped Uhlan 2:02% a mile in 2:0%, over the North Randall, Ohio, track on last Saturday, says the American Sportsman. John R. Gentry 2:00% has only three 2:10 per- formers to his credit — Dart 2:08%, Gentry's Treasure 2:09% and Weston 2:09%. As the "little red horse" is nearly twenty years old and was owned for many years by the late E. H. Harriman, it cannot be said that he lacked opportunity. The highest price ever paid for a trotting gelding was $36,000, the sum paid for Rarus. Uhlan at $35.- 000 is the second highest priced gelding. Little Babe of Company G. has the distinction of having the longest name of any harness horse raced this year. In spite of the name she is a winner. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS J The Fresno Fair is drawing big crowds this week. Zomalta 2:08% by Zombro has been consigned to the Old Glory sale. Baroness Virginia, winner of the Kentucky Fu- turity, will go to the Old Glory sale. Mr. C. A. Durfee took a trip over to Kentucky during the meeting of the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. Adam G. 2:06%, driven by Chas. De Ryder, won the free-for-all pace at Fresno on Wednesday of this week. Best time 2:10. Native Belle 2:07%, the champion two-year-old, wears but four ounces in front and two ounces be- hind. She is a natural trotter. Frank Jermyn who has been enjoying the racing on the Grand Circuit and at Lexington, returned to San Francisco last week in time for the Portola cele- bration. The $5000 purse for stallion trotters, offered by Andy Welch did not fill. After The Harvester trotted a trial mile in 2:03% there was no hope of getting a race. It might be a good idea in making up the condi- tions of colt stakes, to set aside a sum for the colt that trots his races with the fewest boots and the least weight on his feet. Shire colts and fillies brought very high prices at a recent sale in England. The highest price paid for a filly was ?10P0, and for a colt $550. The entire consignment fetched an average of over $400. Elastic Pointer 2:06% that now holds the world's three mile record of 7:31% for a pacing stallion, is a full brother to Star Pointer 1:59%. The blood of Brown Hal and old Sweepstakes never knows what it is to tire. Geo. Beckers reports that Zombro was bred to 106 mares this year of which 44 had records. The horse- men who looked Zombro over at Lexington were greatly enamored of the greatest son of McKinney. Don't forget that there will be two well bred Mc- Kinney stallions sold at Chase's sale of the A. B. Rod- man horses next Monday evening. These horses are both good looking and have size and speed. They will be at the salesyard, 47S Valencia street, today. Five of the best Orloff mares in Russia have been booked by Will Caton to Peter the Great (4) 2:07%, and the mares will be shipped some 7000 miles to the Patchen Wilkes Farm. Don't fail 1o make a memorandum to the effect that Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, for the produce of mares covered in i909, will close on December 1st. It only costs $2 to nominate a mare in the stake. Entries for the free-for-all trot, $1000, and free-for- all pace, $1000, to be decided at the Phoenix, Ari- zona, Fair, next month, will close on Monday next, October 25th. Send your entries to Shirley Christy, Secretary, Phoenix, Arizona. Chas. De Ryder put another two-year-old by Bon Voyage in the list at Fresno last Wednesday. This colt is out of Lucy May by Oakland Baron and was bred by W. A. Clark Jr., owner of Bon Voyage. The colt trotted to a record of 2:24%. His name is Voy- ageur. Chatty Direct, a two-year-old trotter that was dis- tanced in the first heat of the Kentucky Futurity, worked a mile in 2:10% a few days before she started at Lexington. The filly is by The Director General, dam Chatty Brook by Silent Brook 2:16%. She is owned by John W. Stout of Midway, Ky. Eva Bellini, an unmarked two-year-old trotter by Bellini 2:13% out of Expressive 2:12% by Election- eer, was separately timed in 2:09 in the heat in which Native Belle set the record at 2:07%, at Lexington, last week. She was bred and is owned by W. B. Dickerman of Mamaroneck, N. T. At Lexington this year two men were stationed about two hundred yards up the stretch with a wide tape of webbing which they stretched across the track during scoring and would not permit any horse to go above it before turning to score. The plan worked well and helped the starter out. Normona 2:14%, the two-year-old filly owned by J. N. Blair of Sacramento that won the pacing division of the Pacific Breeders' Futurity at Salinas last Au- gust, is still in Chas. de Ryder's string at Pleasanton and one day last week paced a half mile in 1:01. She is one of the best prospects for a record break- ing tb ee-year-old ever seen in California and if no accident happens her the 2:06% of Maggie Winder will be in danger next year. Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C. will be at the Territorial Fair at Phoenix next month. Sterling McKinney 2:06% is now in the stable of the very successful trainer, Tommy Murphy, for next season. Citation 2:01% is not to be raced after this year, but will be bred to some good stallion. She is now ten years old. The Phoenix Fair will open on Monday, November Sth, and there is every promise that a splendid week's racing will be held. Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C, holders of the world's pacing record as a team, will be at the Phoenix Fair next month. The yearlings by Peter the Great 2:07% being worked at Patchen Wilkes Farm are allowed to carry their heads as they please, no check rein being used on any of them. Jos. Osner of Denver purchased the pacing gelding Dan S. 2:05% at Lexington during the recent meet- ing, paying $1250 for him. The horse will be used for matinee purposes. It is said that the fast pacing mare Merry Widow 2:09%, by Red Pac, 2:16%, will be started through the Grand Circuit next season. She has been re- markably successful this season. Patchen Wilkes Farm has the greatest collection of 2:10 brood mares in the world. There are already twenty of them there with records of 2:10 or better, and Mr. Stokes is buying more. Imported St. Blaise, the famous stallion that once sold for $100,000 after being brought to America, and whose get have been very prominent on the turf since, died at Belmont's farm near Lexington last week. He was 21 years old. The fair grounds at Hanford, Kings county, Cali- fornia, were recently sold to the county, and the property converted into a county farm, the hospital and almshouse being located on the tract. $18,546 was paid for the property. The prices at the auction sale of trotting bred horses held at Lexington during the recent meeting where much higher than has obtained at this sale during the past few years. While the highest price of the sale was $1900 paid for a two-year-old colt by Zurone, there were a very large number of horses that brought around $500. In spite of the fact that the railroads brought about four thousand people from Fresno to San Fran- cisco's Portola celebration this week, the Fresno papers state that the county fair opened there last Monday with the largest attendance in its history. Harness racing began at this fair on Wednesday of this week. We notice that the stallion Aquin 2:08%, the fast- est four-year-old trotting stallion of 1908, is to be sold at the Old Glory sale in November. He is a well bred one, being by Aquilin (son of Bingen and a mare by Allerton), dam Ka 2:23 by Kremlin 2:07%, whose sire was a full sister to Maud S. 2:08%, sec- ond dam the dam of four in the list by King Wilkes 2:22%, a 2:10 sire by Geo. Wilkes, third dam Lady Russell, a full sister to Maud S. 2:08%, fourth dam the dam of Nutwood 2:18%, etc. A bona-fide offer of $15,000 was made for the fast unmarked trotter Ario Leyburn that stepped the Readville track recently in 2:08%, with the last half in 1:02%. The offer, however, was declined by his owner, W. A. Mathews, of Pine Bluff, Ark. The horse is a five-year-old stallion by Arion (4) 2:07%, from Rose Leyburn 2:15%, dam of seven, by Onward 2:25%, and is in the stable of R. W. Rosemire. The horse was purchased earlier in the season by his present owner for something like $5,000 on his then showing a mile around 2:12. Kid Wilkes 2:09% by Stanton Wilkes and Happy Dentist 2:11% by Nutwood Wilkes, besides being somewhat related and stable companions during the racing season in California, are great chums. There is a bond of affection between the geldings that is very marked when they are close enough to ex- change greetings. Both are sorrels with white markings and while the pacer is the heavier horse of the two they look very much alike, as the picture on our front page shows. Captain George, the fast three-year-old by Admiral Dewey 2:04% that worked a mile in 2:07% at Lex- ington, is out of the mare Avena 2:27 by Palo Alto 2:08%, the dam of Mendovenio 2:19%. The blood of Palo Alto 2:08% and Expressive 2:12%, both by Electioneer out of thoroughbred mares, seems to be very productive of speed at the trot. Expressive. is now the dam of Esther Bell 2:08% and Expressive Mac 2:25%. besides the two year old filly E\a Bellini that was second to Native Belle when the latter won the second heat of the Kentucky Faturitty and took the world's trotting record of 2:07%. Eva Bellini was separately timed in 2:09% in this heat. A daugh- ter of Expressive has produced two trotters with race leeords of 2:16% and 2:20 respectively as two year- olds. The five two-year-olds that finished behind Native Belle when she made the world's record of 2:07% at Lexington, all beat 2:12%, the world's race record for two-year-old trotters previous to this race. They were a great bunch of youngsters and are worthy of special mention. They are Eva Bellini by Bellini. Colorado E., by The Bondsman, Eva Tanquay by Peter the Great, Sue D. by Todd, and Hillbrook Queen by Wilask. Eva Bellini is out of the former great three-year-old Expressive 2:12% who is bound tn become one of the greatest of broodmares. Budd Doble was up from Salinas during the first part of the week and reports Kinney Lou 2:07% and all the rest of the his horses in good condition. Mr. Doble visited the new San Jose track recently and says it will be a great training track in his opinion, the sediment soil on which it is built being entirely free from grit. He brought up a specimen taken from the surface of the track. It is a yellow- ish brown in color and is very much like smooth chalk. The harrow breaks it up into small particles and there is every indication that this new track can be made very fast as well as safe both winter and summer. The first in the catalogue for the A. B. Rodman sale next Monday evening is the brown mare Flos- sie, a very beautiful mare broken single and dou- ble and to saddle. She has never been trained, but would trot fast if given a chance. She was bred to Merry Boy, son of McKinney, this spring. Flossie is by the registered stallion San Diego 8776, sire of Lottie 2:15. Flossie is ont of Patty Washington, the dam of Patrose 2:12%, by George Washington 2:16%, and her second dam is Patty P. 2:27, a very game little trotter by Richmont, a well bred son of Almo'nt 33 that is both standard and registered. Flossie should make a great brood more. Alto McKinney, the stallion by McKinney that Farmer Bunch raced some last year in Virginia, tak- ing a trotting record of 2:32, won two races for Bunch at the Virginia State Fair at Richmond during the first week in this month. They have a half mile track there and Alto McKinney trotted his fastest mile over it during the first race when he won the second heat in 2:17%, which is pretty good time for a two-lap ring. It is estimated by the Richmond papers that 75,000 people were at the fair that day. Alto McKinney is by McKinney 2:11% and his dam is Cressida 2:18% by Palo Alto 2:08%, second dam Clarabel by Abdallah Star, etc. Oakwood Park Stock Farm, from which the last of the trotting bred horses were sold two weeks ago, was founded for the purpose of breeding fast trotters, and while it had its greatest success in breeding fast pacers, there were many high class trotters bred there. Brilliant Girl 2:08%, Tuna 2:08% and Derby Princess 2:08% were the most famous trotting mares from the paddocks of Oakwood Park, and the list of fast pacers is very long. Among the best known of the sidewheel brigade that first saw light under the shadow of Mount Diablo are Don Derby 2:04%, Thornway 2:05%, Klatawah (3) 2:05%, Cap- tain Derby 2:06%, Queen Derby 2:06%, W. Wood 2:07, Much Better 2:07%, Owyho 2:07%, Derbertha 2:07%, Agitato 2:09 and Diablo 2:09%. Neko by Nutwood Wilkes, a chestnut gelding thrt has been racing in Montana and Idaho as Ned Wilkes, was recently purchased by Mr. W. H. Woodring of Bingham Canyon, Utah, who has written to the Breeder and Sportsman to ascertain if there is any bar against Neko except the record of 2:22% which he recently took. Neko is under suspension by the Pleasanton and Chico associations for nonpayment of entrance this year. As to his mark, we do not think he had a record when he left California, but as he had raced at many meetings of the San Francisco Driving Club in this city and elsewhere, it is probable that he has a bar. He won a race for a purse at the meeting of the above club held at Vallejo Cal., May 30th, 1908, trotting the third heat in 2:20. We cannot recall whether he ever trotted a faster mile in a purse race. The Sacramento Driving Club sent a check for $500 to the Sacramento Children's Home on the 18th instant, which represented the net profit of the mati- nee of racing held at Agricultural Park on Sunday, October 10th. Each year the Driving Club gives a matinee for the benefit of some charitable organiza- tion. Last year the proceeds went to the Sacra- mento Orphan Asylum. Next year some other insti- tution will be helped. The race meet this year was one of the most successful the club has ever given. The grand stand was taxed to accommodate the great crowd. The race program was one of the finest ever seen on the Sacramento track. The club has succeeded in stimulating a deep interest in owners of fast horses, and the rivalry among them is becom- ing so keen that race meets under the auspices of the Sacramento Driving Club are being looked forward to with great interest by the public. Sentiment against the three in five system of har- ness racing is not confined to colt trotting. The system came into vogue in the days when the best of horses could not trot fast enough to pound themselves to pieces, as they do nowadays, when 2:10 speed is commonplace. In old times, too, most of the races were matches, in which the winner had only one horse to beat, while at present, in races where large fields start, the favorite must often meet one com- paratively fresh horse after another as the race pro- Saturday, October 23, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN grasses, with the result that an inferior horse is fre- quently the winner. The trotter that can beat the whole field in one heat and then do it again, as the winner must do under the two in three system, is in nine cases out of ten a horse that could beat any one of his competitors in a single handed race, best three in five or best seven in eleven, but he cannot always keep on beating the whole field combined. RIDING COMPETITION BETWEEN CAVALRYMEN. A cablegram has been received in New York stat- ing that several of Great Britain's crack military' riders will participate in the classes open to officers of all nations and branches of the service at the com- ing National Horse Shov in Madison Square Garden. Major Beresford stated that the entries would be se- lected from the following: Col. H. Grenfell, Third Dragoon Guards; Major P. D. Fitzgerald, D. S. O., Eleventh Hussars; Major Thompson, Third Dragoon Guards; Capt. A. B. Pollock, Seventh Hussars; Capt. 0. P. Vandev Byl, Sixteenth Lancers; Lieut. M. Gra- ham, Sixteenth Lancers; Lieut. T. L. Horn, Sixteenth Lancers; Lieut. L. V. Owston, Third Dragoon Guards, and the Hon D. P. Tollemachc, Seventh Hussars. This is the first time in the history of the National Horse Show Association that foreign officers have entered in the events. All the officers mentioned in Major Beresford's cable have been exhibitors and prize winners in the big Olympia show in London. The classes for which the British officers will be eligible are: Class 131, for the Louisville Cup presented by Mr. M. L. Akers for officers' charges (heavy weight) up Jo carry 210 pounds; class 132, for officers' charges (middle weight), up to carrying ISO pounds; class 153, for officers only, for cup presented by Mr. R. P. Mc- Grann, Lancaster, Pa., and cash presented by the Hotel Association of New York; first jump, board fence, 4 feet 3 inches high; second jump, stone wall, 4 feet high; third jump, double post and rails, 4 feet high and 30 feet apart (twice around); class 154, over same course by teams of two officers of same nationality, the fences to be taken two abreast, and class 155, for cup presented by Mr. Robert A. Fair- bairn, of Westfield, N. J., and cash presented by the Hotel Association of New York City for water jump. The first trial will commence at fifteen feet and be widened one foot at a tim*3. until the contest is de- cided. Only three trials will be allowed each horse at the various widths. Cant. W. C. Short, Thirteenth Cavalry. U- S. A., has notified the management that five cavalry officers and fourteen horses from Fort Riley, Kan., would participate in the classes for which the British officers are entered. — Rider and Driver. ARABIAN HORSE EPOCHS. Every now and again we find ourselves living in an Arab horse epoch. The thing creeps upon us while the Arabian horse is farthest from our thoughts, and all of a sudden we awaken to another Arab era. We have had these spells before, and in all probability we will have them again. That is to say, our ances- tors lived through Arab borse epochs, we must live through them, and in all human probability our chil- dren will have to pass through Arab periods, too. Finally, we may ask today, as our forefathers asked, What is it all about? From whence comes this Arab horse bug, and what is it doing here any- how? Nobody knows and few people care, except that men with the Arab horse fad disturb the true course, the good intent of a younger generation of horsemen. The Arab horse bug looks good to the young horse novice. There is a glamor of poetry around this horse and the horre traditions of the man of the lonely desert. All of which is gilded into still more beautiful colors when an artist hand paints the trials of an American buyer on an Arabian desert looking for an opportunity to exchange good Ameri- can gold eagles for Arabian ponies. The young American horseman has not yet forgotten the stories of the Arab and. his horse he used to read about in his school book. The good boy at school gets the notion into his head that if the wild thieving Arab of the desert had but one apple pie for the family supper, the horse would get all the filling and the juice, while the other Arabs would take what was left and spend the evening feeling sorry for the poor horse. We all had our Arab horse studies, and it was good exercise for our imagination and our moral machin- ery. We learned from this wild man of the desert to love our horses and to practice unselfish acts. And the influence of it all lingers to our credit after we have appeared to have forgotten it. We like the Arabian horse, but we don't quite know why. To be sure, the good man, Homer Davenport, and other Arabian horse breeders, are telling us from day to day about the greatness of the little Arab, but somehow what they sqy does not take hold of us with a certain grip. We rather like the Arab stuff they print, possibly because it stirs up some sleepy old cells that have been idle since our school days. We are lulled into a pleasing state and then we wake up and ask, What it is all about. What is to be done with these ponies of the Arabian desert? Are they to beat our thoroughbreds? Are they to supplant or improve our trotters, cr will they give us better saddle horses? No one seems to know just what figure they will cut in the American horse economy except to furnish subjects for pleasant reading of the romantic school. It is probably certain that the Arabian horse is quite as fit for the Arabian desert as the American mustang was for a life on the American prairie. Our noble red men of the American plains had a horse peculiarly suited to their needs, but no one ever discovered any other very good use to which the pony of the plains could be put. He used to be a heroic figure in dime novels, and was, in fact, a competent horse for a life of neglect and severe service. Our Indian and his pony got a reputation early in the dime novel stage for doing things exactly contrary to the Arabian method. Instead of giving his pony the best of the family pie at night, after a hard day's work, our red man gave him a grunt and possibly a kick and permitted him to rustle as best he might for his supper. Our native pony never was quite humanized by the poets who knew the Indian by contact. Perhaps had the Indian been as far away from high civilization as the Arab, he might have got his pony into the literature of the gentle roman- ticists, and we might have had Indian pony epochs just as we have Arabian horse epochs. Of course a man has a good American right to in- dulge in any sort of a harmless fad he may choose to take up. Still, it is wise not to permit the faddists to go too far. They are often likely to carry people astray who are taken where they really did not desire to go. They are carried out of their true course under a kind of false pretense. Among dog fanciers and pig- eon fanciers there are faddists who prefer one variety over another — just because. They do not pretend one of their freak varieties are of any special use or live to fill a long-felt want. They just fancy them because of their good looks or of their freakish ugli- ness. No one pretends the fancy bulldog of today is of any use under the sun. They are just an ugly freak dog, and the more their ugliness is emphasized the more money they fetch in the dog market. The Arab is not ugly. He is, indeed, a rather hand- some little horse, but in the economy of the Ameri- can horse world he has no place save in the stable of the faddists and in the circus ring. — Hackstone in Chicago Horseman. STARTING TROTTERS IN RUSSIA. GOOD ROADS. While France in the latter part of the eighteenth century had many miles of fairly good roads, Eng- land, on the other hand, had practically none worthy of the name. In the winter season and after continued rains the highways were almost impassable for vehi- cles, and even horseback travel was difficult. To- ward the end of the century, however, two sensible and practicable men, Macadam and Telford, began to build roads in the right way, and before many years passed the country had some very fair public roads which were kept in good condition, and for the past hundred years the highways of England have been about all that a reasonable man could ask. While the systems of Macadam and Telford differed in some essential respects, both insisted on thorough drainage, which is a vital necessity in all successful road making. The Macadam system in a somewhat modified and cheaper form has been in use in this country for many years, but if Macadam could by any chance revisit the pale glimpses of the moon, it is scarcely probable that he would feel specially compli- mented by the use of rather misuse of his name in connection with some of our so-called pikes. In the first half of the sixteenth century when Pizarro and his daring and adventurous companions invaded and conquered Peru, the land of the Incas, they were amazed to find a system of roads superior to any they had seen in Europe, with a government control and management intelligent and effective to a high degree. The main road between Quito and Cuzco was about 1550 miles in length, with an average width of forty feet, and amply provided with culverts and bridges. It was durably paved with earth and stones, and in low-lying and marshy lands constructed of substantial masonry like the plans of ancient Roman roads. Low hills were cut down, hollows filled and the bases of high elevation skirted, in the effort to run the line as straight as passible. Suspension bridges across nar- row rivers were built when necessary, and creeks and small water courses were bridged with stone and logs- The suspension bridges, while made of essentially different materials, were not in principle much unlike those of today. The cables of plaited osiers were run over wooden uprights and stretched from one plank to the other. Six cables were bound together with fibers and then covered with bamboos, and the big rope so formed was capable of sustaining very heavy weights. At regular intervals stone houses were built for the use of various Government officials and others trav- eling on public business, and the entire road was care- fully and regularly inspected by competent men in the national service. "WEDDING HORSES." An old fashioned man who wanted to hire a team for the afternoon saw a nice pair of bays which he thought he would like to drive. "Can't let you have them," said the liveryman. "They are wedding horses." "What's that?" asked the innocent pleasure seeker. "Horses that won't shy at old shoes and showers of rice. Some horses seem prejudiced against matri- mony. Anyhow they lose their temper if they happen to be hit by anv of the good luck emblems that are fired after a bridal couple, and run away if they get half a chance. Every livery stable, however, keeps two or more horses who take a more cheerful view of the wedding state. They may be liberally pelted with old shoes without resenting it. Those bays are that kind. They are slated to head a wedding procession tonight and are resting up for the job." — New York Sun. The method of starting in Russia is slightly differ- ent from, and a great improvement over ours, writes Geo. Starr in the Horse World. The judges and start- ers are stationed m the grandstand and an assistant starter takes his position on the track and directs the positions of the horses. In addition to the judges in the stand, there are three patrol judges, stationed in boxes on the track, one at each turn and one at the middle of the back stretch. In the case of aged horses, if the same horse spoils three starts by bad acting, he is sent to the stable and not permitted to start, and money bet on this horse is returned. In scoring when difficulty is experienced in getting horses off and the width of the track permits, for instance, 10 horses to score abreast, they divide and the pole horse with the four next to him go down the outside of the track in single file the wrong way, the outside horse and the four next to him go down single file also on the opposite, the pole, or inside of the track, to a given point, about one hundred yards below the stand where they are to turn. The pole horse and the outside horse are turned at the same time each leading his line across the irack to take the position in which they start. As the leaders of these two lines turn the right way of the track, all in line turn, this brings every horse into his own position. The start is ac- complished so easily that it seems the same method might be adopted here. When there are more than can score in one tier across the track, the remainder go down in advance of the first tier, and turning drive up close behind. This can be done without difficulty as those in the first tier are on a walk. In ordinary events, when there are more horses entered than can be scored in one tier across the track, it is customary to divide the field and the club gives two purses of the original amount instead of one. This little feature might also be adopted here. I was told by a member of the club that it gave the public two races to bet on instead of one. (However, the club gets a commission from the betting on both races). The sending of several horses to the stable for acting badly might spoil a race aad to overcome this, in starting a large field, a rope is stretched across the track about 25 yards nearer the stand than the orig- inal score was made. When the field returns to score again, they have only about 75 yards to score upon instead of 100 yards. If on this score another start is spoiled by bad acting, the rope is brought up to about 50 yards from the start. I have seen it brought so close that the field was obliged to turn almost under the wire and got the word before reaching top speed. They were sent off on a trot and if they broke after that they took care of them- selves. Horses are disqualified for going foul-gaited such as running behind, etc. EXTRAORDINARY JUMPING. Perhaps the most extraordinary jumping contest ever witnessed in England took place at Olympia Horse Show. Before a crowded house it commenced at 9:35, and was not finished till 2:05 in the morning, the full audience remaining till past midnight. The contest was for the first high jump, and began at 5 feet 4 inches, at wmich forty-five out of an entry of sixty-six acquitted themselves well. At 5 feet S inches some ten others were disposed of, and as the bar rose to 6 feet 8 inches the competition had dwindled down to about twenty. These were all the greatest jumpers seen at the show, such as All Fours, Paddy, Lady Belle, Storm King, Marmion, Alice, Jubilee, An- tonio, Narrator, St. Hubert, Gramignon and Never Mind. It required three men to hold a gray named Vissuto while Lieutenant Trissino mounted him or, rather, vaulted into the saddle. Then none but the greatest expert could have sat him as he reared, bolted into all parts of the ring, and plunged in the most terrible fashion, but he could jump, and his rider was immensely applauded as he took the bar at 7 feet with him. After that he was out of it, and the only ones remaining in were Antonio, Jubilee, Gramignon and Marmion. The two last succumbed, and at 7 feet 4 inches the contest was left to Jubilee and Antonio. The latter failed, and a magnificent jump made the French mare the victor, with Antonio sec- ond. Splendidly ridden by Captain Berille, Jubilee had helped to win King Edward's Cup in the after- noon, and by the high jump she won £130 — £80 first prize, £20 for clearing over 7 feet and £30 for breaking the record, as in England the previous best was 7 feet 2 inches. The world's record of 7 feet 8 inches is held by the American gelding, Heather Bloom. IIAVF1 VOl' A r^IPPF.E'n IIOttSE? As evidence that ABSORBINE is successful on Splints. T quote the fol!oiving letter, received under date of Oct. 2, 1909. from R. S. Monsell. West Hampton, L. I He writes: "Some time ago I wrote you in re- gard to my two-year-old rolt having a bunch on his shin Some railed it splint and some said it was where he had cuffed himself. At any rate, he was so lame T could not iise him. T purchased a can of your AB- SORBINE. uceu it by rubbing it on two or three times a day. Have taken the nunch off and last night drove him and he is going1 smind as a dollar. Alsn mad'' a liniment 3S ner vbur book on page 35, which has taken the soreness out." ABSORBINE, a splendid preparation for Bog Spavin. Thoroughpin. Curb, Shoe Boil. Capped Hock. Puffs and Swellings, etc., is sold at druggists for $2.00 a bot- tle, or sent express prppnid upon receipt of price. Write for further iti formation. W. F. YOUNG. P. r>. F. 54 Temple St.. Springfield. Mpss. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. PIGSTICKING. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVE.VTS. Bench Shows. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose. Cal. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. Oct. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Sec*y. Oct. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton. O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Nov. S — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'3". Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook. Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells. Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion. N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White. Sec'y. Hempstead, L. I., N. T. Nov 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root. Sec'y. Dec. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro. Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, "Waynesboro, Ga. Dec. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Sprav. N. C. C. B. Cooke. Sec'y. Dec. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery. Ala. John H. Wallace. Sec'y. Dec. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen, Sec'3'- Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson. Miss. J. B. Smith. Sec'y. Jan. 3. 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant. Miss. S. C. Bradley. Sec'y. Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt. Sec'y. Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth. Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y. Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford. Sec'y. Jan. 17. — United States Field Trial Club. . W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. Jan. 24 — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. . W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction. Tenn. TWO ARCTIC BIG GAME HUNTERS. A man who shares in the honor and fame of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, discoverer of the north pole, is James R. Bradley, who financed the Cook expedition. Mr. Bradley is also an explorer of much fame, and as one of the most indefatigable hunters of big game in the world he has had thrilling adventures on every continent. In relating some of his hunting experi- ences recently Sir. Bradley said: "I will never forget one experience which I had with a rhinocerous. I was going along one day through an open section of the country in equatorial Africa, my caravan plodding along behind me. About 300 yards away to the left I saw something which at- tracted my attention and, getting out my glasses, discovered a rhinoceros. "When I was within about 100 yards of him I fired and saw from the kick of dust from his thick hide that I had fired toe high. In a second he had wheeled and was coming for me like a locomotive. I dashed toward my gun hearers and snatched from one my Winchester and with this opened fire on the rushing beast, and in eleven seconds more or thereabouts had pumped eleven bullets into him, most of them glanc- ing off from his snout, but one fortunately breaking one of his knees. He is too heavy and clumsy a brute to do much on three legs, and I was thus enabled to maneuver so as to put a bullet through his brains." How Sir. Bradley came to send an expedition to the north pole is an interesting story in itself. Pri- marily he did not equip his schooner, which later he turned over to Dr. Cook, for a strictly polar expe- dition of discovery; but, having hunted big game in every other quarter of the globe and sighing for other game than lions, leopards, tigers and rhinocer- oses to conquer, he determined to shoot polar bears, seals and such other game as could be found along the northern fringe of this continent. He wanted sport, and Dr. Cook, who had become notable as the first man to conouer Mount McKinley, in Alaska, the tall- est and bleakest peak in North America if not in the western hemisphere, went along as a companion and to make scientific observations. When Harry Whitney sailed from New Bedford with Peary on the Roosevelt July 9. 1908, to hunt polar bears and any other game in which he might become interested be did not foresee that he would become a factor in the story of the dash for the north pole. Had he done so he would have saved a whole lot of people considerable trouble, for in that case he would have left some records about himself that would be interesting reading matter .iust now. But Harry Whitney at the time of his departure never thought he would be "wanted" as a writeup. He was what thousands of other young men of rich families are. He was out for a good time in the line of sport — a "good fellow" in a certain set, with enough wanderlust in his nature to send him scurry- ing hither and yon by land and sea, with no definite goa* on his gridiron of expectation. For awhile after Pear}' had sailed Whitney was lost to the world. As soon as Dr. Cook returned he put Whitney on the map; then Peary, back from his discovery, but northern lights about the young man from New Haven, Conn. The discussion as to who found the pole first was temporarily hung up to await the coming of Harry Whitney from his bear hunt. "Wait for Whitney" was passed along the wires and through the air. Well. Whitney is back from the chase, and what he has said has not set- tled the controversy. The Whitney family record containing the birth of the young man who has been thrust into the light of publicity has not been opened to the public. It is known, however, that he Is the elder of the two sons of Stephen Whitney of New Haven, Conn. He is stili a young man. His brother was graduated from Yale only last June. The statement has been made that Harry Whitney received considerable property from the late Bradish Johnson, his grandfather, a rich man of New York city. Harry is not college bred. When he left high school he went at once to learn the copper manufacturing business. After three years at this in Ansonia, Conn., he quit and sailed j'rom New York city for Australia and engaged in raising sheep. He was not successful in this venture. He returned to this country and bought a ranch in Arizona. He divided his time between the ranch and pros- pecting, and while engaged in the latter he nearly tound his finish. While riding a mustang a winged insect peculiar to that country flew into his ear. He wa; unable to remove it. He was a hundred miles from the nearest town, but he put spurs to his mount and reached Tucson When he arrived he was raving mad. Fortunatelv for him he wore the insignia of *he Elks, and members of that order went to his aid and had him removed to hospital, where he obtained relief After his recovery he went on a hunt, for that was always his ambition. He was noted for it when he lived in New Haven. He weDt to Col- orado, and one of the results of his expedition was the killing of one of the biggest silvertip grizzles of that section. He remained in the west indefinitely and returned east about the time that Peary was preparing for his last dash for the pole. He became interested in the project while visiting a club in New Y'ork city, not because he ca'*ed anything about the pole, but because he learned that there was an oppor- tunity of trapping game in the far north. A number of young men of the club where Whitney became an enthusiast agreed to go with him. One of these was a nephew of Andrew Carnegie. When the expe- dition was ready to start Whitney was the only one of the club coterie that went with it. In fact, he pre- ceded Peary to New Bedford, and while waiting theie for the explorer he superintended the building of two power boats of the whaleboat model, and these he presented to Peary on the latter's arrival at New Bedford. The first picture of Whitney that the pub- lic saw was the one laken of him while he was standing in one of these boats. He has the distinction of being the first young American to go to the far north in search of game. He spent the long winter night in that remote land in sledging, and when he returned to civilization he had twenty-one musk oxen and arctic deer to his credit, but the polar bear had kept out of his range. Harry Whitney inherited his love of sport from his father, who was known in New York city, and in New Haven as a "thoroughbred." The elder Whitney was a splendid type of the sport loving gentleman. The family consists of two sons and two daughters. The latter are Mrs. Charles Dickey of New York city and Mrs. William Blodgett of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson. Harry's mother was the daughter of Bradish John- son of New York city and Long Island, and he was a country gentleman of distinction and wealth. The father and mother of Harry Whitney are dead, but his stepmother is still living. The young man who has been shoved into noto- riety without any effort of his own fills the definition of an all round sport. He has the spirit of adventure and has the faculty of recording what he sees and hears in a happy vein, for he loves to write. He has a quiet vein cf humor and tells a story well. o Arizona Hunting Season. — The open season for deer began on the loth inst. for Arizona sportsmen. Since the first of the month quail hunting has been the order, but the hunters have not been having re- markable luck. The birds are not as plentiful as in former years nad are exceedingly wary of a man with a gun. The coming of the deer season is always re- ceived by the nimrods with delight as it gives them a chance for an outing in the hills. Run of Yellowtail. — Yellowtail, have recently, been very plentiful at Redondo beach. Live bait and light tackle are used by most of the anglers. At Santa Monica last week, John Plant of Sawtelle caught 10 fish ranging in weight from 16 to 22 pounds. At a station where pigsticking was one of the favorite sports and the pig during five months of the year got bui little rest, there happened to be but few Sahibs who went in for this sport, owing to there having been many changes in the garrison just before the pigsticking season opened. One Thurs- day, the soldier's holiday, we had a meet some ten miles from cantouments at a place where one canal divides into two. These canals could only be crossed by swimming one's horse across, and the banks were so very steep that it was very difficult to get out again when once in. The meet consisted of Jones. Robinson and myself, of whom the two former had not had much experience of riding a pig. The first heat was a thick jungle of triangular shape between the two canals, the plan was to beat up from the base to the apex of the triangle,, which was where the canal bif jrcated, and to try and make the pig break cover and swim across the canal When we had reached the further side he would only have a narrow belt of tall jungle grass to go through before he was in the open, and once there it was two miles of good riding between him and his nearest place of refuge. Intending to give the novices the best chance of a run. I put Jones on one of the outer banks of the canals and Robinson on the other outer bank, and took up a position my- self on one of the inner banks in line with the beaters. When putting the other two into their places I tried to impress on them the necessity of giving the pig plenty of law, and not to ride him until he was well out in the open; at, if he was hurried along too soon, he would simplv recross the canal and retire to the jungle from which he had already been driven, and it would be well nigh impossible to dislodge him agaiu. We look up our positions, and the heat com- menced. In a few minutes a big boar broke out quite close to me and swam across the canal and entered the grass belt on the outside bank and so disappeared from my view, but Jones, who was on that bank spotted him, and regardless of the instructions I had given bim rode the pig before he was well out in the open, the result being that the pig jinked and made for the canal. When 1 saw him coming I exerted my lurgs to the uttermost, and managed to turn him again towards the open, hut no amount of shouting at Jones could make him desist from hustliing the pig, and again the pig made for the canal. This time my lungs were not lusty enough to turn the pig; he got into the canal and began to swim across to the jungle from which he had been driven. I dismounted, and with a six foot six inch spear in hand awaited his arrival. The pig just before reaching the bank was in his own depth of water, but could not move very quickly. When he came within reach I lunged at him as hard as I could, meaning to tumble as far into the water as I could, if my spear missed him, and so be safe from the attack of an infuriated boar. Fortunately the spear went well home in front of the shoulder, but he was not killed. As the spear had not met a bone, the pig tried to wriggle up the spear to get to close quarters with me. and the only thiug I could do to stop him was to draw back the spear a few inches without taking it out entirely and then to lunge forward in the hope of striking a bone. I was unsuccessful, and the pig got gradually nearer inch by inch. The struggle went on for quite a quarter of an hour before anyone arrived to help me, then the old shikari who had been with the tent club for twenty years rode up, but unfortunately he had no spear. Jones, who was watching the battle from the other bank, managed to throw his spear across far enough for the shikari to reach. When he had got the spear I told him to thrust at the pig as hard as he could, but instead of doing this he merely pricked the pig which naturally made him more furious than ever, and I found it very difficult to hold him. However, I managed to do so and he got quieter, having become exhausted, due no doubt to his standing in mud and water, which also made his attempts to get to close quarter with his assailant very much easier to ward off than if he had been on dry land. When the pig had become fairly quiet I made the shikari hold on to my spear, and taking his I lunged and speared the pig rather low. just behind the shoulder He measured 33 inches and had excellent tushes, which are now being used as decanter labels About a month afterwards a very similar incident happened at the same place, being however rather different in the result. This time Jones, who had seen the battle above described, was in the same predicament as I had been. He was standing half way down a very steep canal bank and had his speer well into the pig. His idea was to keep the pig off at spear's length, and in this he succeeded, but in- stead of moving along the bank and keeping oppo- site to and above the pig when the latter made any movement, he stood still and the pig circled round him until he reached the top of the bank and had Jones below him. Having gained this command- ing position, the pig charged and toppled Jones and his spear into the canal, from which unpleasant posi- tion he was able to extricate himself without any aid from the onlookers on the other bank, who had been much amused watching the above incident. The pig shook himself, grunted, and trotted off into the jungle. Nothing would induce him to leave the jun- gle again. — The Asian. Fishladders will soon be placed at every dam in the Susan river, Lassen count}*. A large number of trout fry were placed in the river last week near Susan ville. Sutter county anglers are having good black bass angling in the Sacramento river at present. The spoon seems to be a better lure now than live min- nows. Saturday, October 23, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 9 A STORY OF THE WILDS. (By Aug. Wolff). Randall H. Kemp, frontiersman, journalist and big game hunter, who knows the Spokane country and the Pacific Northwest as he does his guns and dogs, was in a reminescent mood the other night, when the controversy between President Roosevelt and Dr. William J. Long, nature writer, was the chief topic of discussion. Men who have prospected and hunted in the hills in northeastern Washington and north- ern Idaho and along the boundary and studied wild animals in their native haunts sustained the posi- tion of the chief executive of the nation, leaving the impression that the reverend "nature" student was making desperate efforts to "drag a herring across the scent" rather than confine himself to clearing his name of the charges preferred by the president in branding Mr. Long and his ilk as "fakers." These men spoke of wild things from long years of observa- tion. "Speaking about bears," Kemp broke in, after packing his short black pipe fall of plug tobacco and getting it under way, "I have a story that doesn't require an Indian's affidavit to make it stand up, and yet a young buck, one of the braves of the Calis- pel tribe, some of which still make their habitat along the banks of the Pend d'Oreille river in the ex- treme northwestern part of Washington, took an- im- portant part in the tale. This happened in the fall of 1S89, when, accompanied by a friend, I went into the Metaline country, north of Spokane, where we fell in with the redskin, named Kusote, who at- tached himself to our commissary when he learned we had packed in an assortment of choice canned veg- etables and fruits. He was with us day and night; in fact, we could not shake or lose him from the time we landed in the hills until we shouted "kla- hawya," when we pulled up at the mouth of the Calispel. "I had little hope of ever again meeting the young Siwash, so you can imagine my surprise when, the following spring, I received a call at my lodging in Spokane from the Indian. How he located me I have not yet ascertained, but it shows the Siwashes can trace any one, especially if you speak their tongue. The Indian did not lose any time in preliminaries, but drew from his blanket a buckskin pouch and emptied the contents on the table. It was a peculiar form of natural cement, and on crumbling it with my fingers I noticed that it was well filled with native gold, some pieces as large as a pea, but the bulk was much finer. We took the stuff to Charles Fassett's assay of.ice, where the mass was ground, panned and melted h * assayer turned over to us a brick which weighed two ounces, and Warren Hussey, then a banker and ■gold buyer of Spokane counted out four $10 gold pieces for it, which the Indian stowed away in his buckskin poke. "Kusote then told me the story of how he came to secure the gold. A few weeks before he had been out hunting near where his tribe were camped when he ran onto a cinnamon bear, which had apparently come out of its winter quarters sooner than usual. He had taken a shot at the animal and wounded it in the side. The beast remained stunned for a few moments and then ran snorting up a gulch. Going to the place where the bear stood when hit, he found that the bullet had chipped the substance carrying the gold from the side of the bear. Trailing the animal up the gulch he located its lair, as it had disappeared in a hole in a pile of rock. "The Indian's sincereness impressed me and I con- cluded to go with him and ferret out the mystery. If bears were roaming around the country packing heavy loads of native gold I was determined to have a share of it. The Indian agreed to pilot a companion and me to the spot for a share of the profits, and I immediately set to work to find a suitable person with whom to divide the sport and also the possible divi- dends of the enterprise. I found the man. He was one of the powderless colonels who had heard of the civil war, but not sufficiently to enable him to draw a pension. We were not long in arranging details, and in two days more were on the way with a wagon and a complete camping and prospecting outfit. "Leaving Spokane early one morning we traveled leisurely and camped that night on the Calispel river, where it widens out into the broad valley. At noon of the following day we were on the bank of the Pend d Orielle river opposite the old Hudson's Bay company's blockhouse, several miles above the point where the Calispel empties into the Pend d'Orielle. "When we reached that point the Kusote told us we'would have to leave our traveling uotfit and cross the river on a raft. After ferrying all our provisions, blankets and other supplies across the swift stream we placed our team and wagon in the care of a rancher. We made camp at the mouth of a gulch near the blockhouse and while the sun peeped over the Cabinet range of mountains the next morning we were astir. Armed with rifles and supplied with prospecting implements, we proceeded up the gulch, keeping a sharp lookout for wild things. "As the colonel and I stopped to rest at the mouth of a small side gulch, which the Indian said was the one up which his wounded bear had escaped, we were aroused by a shout from the Siwash. Look- ing up we saw a large cinnamon 200 feet from us up the gulley. Bruin appeared to be in a hurry to get somewhere and was going in an opposite direction from which we came. We fired simultaneously, but only had the satisfactory of seeing the animal stop for a second and then move on. We decided, how- ever, that one of our bullets had struck. We followed the bear up the steep gulch and saw it enter a hole in a ledge of loose rocks. Kusote said this was the place he lost track of the one he had wounded ear- lier. Here we found a considerable quantity of cement that contained gold such as the Indian had shown me in Spokane. It was heavily impregnated with yellow metal. "Among our supplies was ten pounds of dynamite, caps and fuse. We placed the explosive in the open- ing properly primed, then piled rocks on top of the charge so that none of the force of the dynamite would be wasted, lighted the fuse and retreated, going up the hill. There was a deafening report and the gulley was soon filled with rock and dust. Then followed a rumbling noise. It did not require much time to discover that the jar of the explosion had loosened the large quantity of boulders, the mass sliding down the hill." "When we thought all was safe we scrambled down. A huge cinnamon appeared on the down hill side of the rock pile. It was but a moment until we had pumped the brute so full of lead that his mis- sion in life was ended. The colonel and I were esti- mating the quantity of gold that was clinging to his shaggy sides when we were aroused by a cry from the Indian. We saw the Siwash on top of the rock slide, gesticulating wildly and on reaching the point where he stood was the remains of another bear, torn by the action of the sliding rocks. This gave us addi- tional information as to the importance of our new source of wealth. The stomach and intestines of the animal were filled with the cement, and this, to use a miner's phrase, was lousy with gold. " 'By the sword of Bunker Hill,' remarked my mili- tary titled companion, T have heard bear stories, but when we get back to civilization and tell this one, no person can be found who will believe us, even when we show them the gold that will be cleaned up from this remarkable discovery." "When we returned to camp that night the colonel and I pondered the problem and reasoned out a solu- tion as to how these bears were going around loaded with wealth. They made their lair in a natural ce- ment lead, this material being soft, it clung to their shaggy coats. The intestines of the animals being filled with the substance was also easily accounted for. Bears, while hibernating, are inclined to swallow anything soft within reach, and as these had not yet left their dens or consumed food, the accumula- tions of the winter remained. "We worked like nailers the following day, and it was difficult to collect the gold-laden cement from the rock. We did it while Kusote skinned and cut up our bear, and when this was done we placed our stuff in gunny sacks and went to camp, where, by diligent work all of the metal was panned and stowed in a buckskin poke. We had no scales, but the colonel said as he lifted the sack: "I lost everything I had in the Spokane fire except my military title and my war record, and I'll bet both against a peanut that these bears will assay $1500 each. " "The colonel took the metal to the United States assay office at Helena, Mont., and our net returns were a little more than $3,000, which we divided. We never visited the scene again, but we are now arranging to pass our summer vacation there, when we may slaughter a few more loaded bears and exploit the lead of the gold impregnated cement. Should President Roosevelt or any naturalist desire to join our party, he has my permission, and I believe that I can vouch for the colonel, as he is very much alive and heavily charged with good nature." NOTES ON WORKING A BIRD DOG. If there is one requirement in a shooting dog that is seemingly disappearing from public favor more than anything else, it is the custom of breaking dogs to drop to shot. While it has been the greatest aid to staunchness it has many disagreeable features about it. One thing especially, it takes away from a dog, and that is his instinct for marking game and the development of this quality for open shooting is rather a great thing in a dog, for he appears to al- ways have the flushed covey in his grasp. And this is more evident if the dog is in ordinary weed patches where he has a full view of the surrounding coun- try. If he had been made to drop to shot, the mark- ing of the birds would be out of the question. This also is very much apparent in the dog's efforts to secure dead birds, for the sight of where it has fallen is of equal aid to him when he is allowed to go out and search for it, for his confidence in his own sense of location is far greater than in that of his master. These few words on the subject are not the most clinching argument against dogs dropping to shot, but the great possibility of many dogs becoming gun shy or shrinking from it, especially if their dispo- sition is naturally timid, and often many handlers bring on shyness in this manner by the persistence of a patron in demanding this accomplishment when the dog should never have been forced to drcp. But each one to his taste; and it's often the best thing lor a headstrong youngster where instinct prompts him to break shot on every occasion. But it is always the bare possibility of acting against the dog's future, by intimidating him, either with the force collar or the whip, whichever method you choose to Instill this lesson on the memory of your canine companion. No matter what method you may resort to in securing staunchness in the young ambi- tious fellow, the elder he grows and the more op- portunities he has, the more likely he will be to at- tempt to jump the bonds of restraint. More so where he is put down to work in the field with a companion of his own temperament How m&ny dogs have you seen, no matter how limited your experience may have been, staunch on point the first time his nose ever scented game? So intoxicated was he with scent and in his ability to hold the lying bird that he was like the rock of ages, immovable in his staunchness. Hundreds of these dogs are born every year, but as the chances to find game become the more frequent and his own in- stincts prompt the spirit of aggressiveness, with age his anxiety to retrieve the game, or to scent for dead becomes greater. Then the habit of breaking to shot develops if you allow him liberty or persist in exciting it by your own anxiety. It is hardly presumable that a man ever gains any- thing by beiug more anxious than the dog. This is one reason why it has been suggested to the ama- teur to do mere work with his dog during the closed season than at other times, for you will give more time to the dog than tc the birds. Where a dog is kept up in a city yard and his opportunities are very limited to get out for exercise, other methods must be resorted to to keep him in condition. Some try massage and use of various treatments of the kind, but one very good thing that has been tried is wrestling wirh the dog. Give him a real hard bout of fifteen minutes each day and it is almost certain to have beneficial results on every muscle in his body. Not only that, but the dog will* enjoy it, and it will dispel any tendency toward moroseness which a caged up dog is likely to develop. There is no time of the year more suitable to training young dogs than through the winter and spring. Weather for working a dog is at an ideal stage and unless too severe stormy or inclement weather visit you progress should be rapid. One thing espe- cially not to be overlooked is that the youngster or old deg that is starting has at all times full-grown birds to contend with the development of his natural gifts is more likely to show in the quick manner in which he adapts himself to the game which nature has cut him out for. A young dog whose pointing instinct has not yet developed into perfect steadiness in fall or summer has the additional handicap of young coveys and tricky hen quail, old mothers that possess a faculty of overthrowing a puppy's equilibrium on game when he makes an attempt to draw to point on her highly cherished youngsters. This in winter is not to be seen; coveys are all together, and their feeding grounds, selected until the last days of May, prompt them into plighting their troth in pairs and making preparations for the advent of a new brood into the world. This, then, is one of the best periods in which to place your dog in training If sent to a professional you will not then find him overcrowded and your dog will secure plenty of work and will not have anything before him to prevent his perfect education before the shooting season opens Many possess valuable dogs that are from 3 to 6 years of age, keeping them at home under the im- pression that they are too old to train. The reverse is the case. If the dog has the hunt in him and no physical defects you are sure to find a ready pupil, quick to develop and whose memory is more reten- tive than in the immature youngster, so often started into the lessons of obedience when he should he al- lowed more liberty in the field than is generally give" him: Nearly all trainers like to train old dogs, for then they retain their knowledge when sent home and are not so susceptible of erratic performance as the precocious youngster, which shows everything of class one day and the next nothing that would stamp him as a bird dog. By this it must not be inferred that the youngster is to be kept from the field; but, on the contrary, he should be given all the opportunities to hunt possible, and too great restrictions must not be placed on him. He is capa- ble of doing so much and no more, and you alone should be able to judge by his physical powers just what he can stand. Why stress is here laid especially on working dogs after January 1, is mean't to apply as much if not more to the amateur than the professional. More so if your season on birds closes then, for if you will work your beginner more when you cannot shoot game yourself his quality of performance will be far more carefully watched than if you had the killing of game as the chief incentive before you. When the latter desire confronts you, to some extent the puppy's education is neglected in the greater desire to get game. GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES RIFLE SHOOTING. While primarily interested in long-range and out- door shooting, the government is doing much to en- courage, indoor shooting with the .33 caliber rifle. Each year a liberal appropriation is made from which the Wat Department can construct indoor ranges. Mil- lions of rounds of .22 caliber ammunition are manu- factured or bought and issued to the regular troops, and the soldiers are encouraged to keep in practice throughout the vear. The ne^\ Springfield with a .22 barrel is no* being issued, and the .22 Krag and .22 Winchester are also used when fitted with the mili- tary sights. It is proposed to extend the issuing of arms and ammunition so as to include students in mil- itary institutions. and inmates of soldiers' and sail- ors* homes. It is pointed out that the department is now authorized by law 1o issue obsolete ordnance to such institutions under certain conditions, and it is thought the authority to issue ammunition should be clearly given, though now inferred. It is also proposed to issue at some future date a small number of the government rifles to student clubs, say one to each in members, together with a limited number of rounds of ball ammunition. 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. RUBICON COUNTRY HUNTER'S PARADISE. When the engineers ot the Southern Pacific Com- pany and those ot the Rubicon River Water Company set their stakes along the headwaters of the Rubicon river and down to Hell Hole, with a view of making thai mysterious hole in the ground the site of a two thousand-foot drop for water it is proposed to take from Lake Tahoe through a tunnel in the backbone of the Sierras, they tapped not only a fine power site, but the best deer hunting territory in California. For the Rubicon country, from the confluence of that stream and Long canyon to the summit of the range, has long been the Mecca of the real hunter. For fifteen years and more Judge J. W. Hughes of Sacramento has gone into the mountains for his sum- mer vacation, and other hunters have stared and won- dered when the judge came back wiih stories of bucks slain. The thing they did not understand, or if they understood did not comprehend, was that he hunted in the Rubicon country. The old mountaineer smiles when he tells you about the Rubicon and Long canyon and the high and difficult range that lies between. He will tell you about Devil's Pool— the prettiest little body of water on earth, a cup as round as a ball and with rim as smooth as glass, to slip over which would mean drowning as sure as fate, and it looks like one would not possibly drown — of Hell's Peak, the highest point of the range and which seems to run to a needle point, yet which has a top a mile in diameter that is as flat as the proverbial pancake, but it is "hell" getting to that top, hence the name of the mountain; he will tell of the grizzly feeling that poseesses one while tramping or riding up Grizzly canyon, and of the prospectors' fever that seizes one when he finds traces of gold along its banks; he will tell you of the bear, black and cinnamon, which infest the country, and of many, many rattlesnakes. And finally he will take you through the Ellicott meadows, past the great salt lick where deer, bear, squirrels and mountain lions go to "take the waters," and on and up and soon he will stop at Hell Hole. He does not try to de- scribe it. Hell Hole cannot be described. The camera might help, but few cameras ever see the Rub- icon. If they did the Yosemite would have a rival, for the canyons, gorges, wilderness of thimble brush and stately sugar and yellow pines, tamaracks and fir, the cliffs rising sheer thousands of feet, the peaks piercing the very heavens, are worth "packing" across even the Rubicon to see and make the Yo- semite feel neaidy commonplace. Hell Hole is just a hole in the ground. At first glance the experienced miner would say "it is a "blow-out." Then he would change his mind, and before he got to the bottom, if he did get there, he would stop, look about him and say, "It's hell!" And that is how it came by its name. One can go down into Hell Hole, if he knows how. In the winter of 1889-90 the Bennett brothers wintered there, and when they came out the next spring it was common talk that they sold a thousand deer hides. As a matter of fact their act was one of the things urged to secure the passage of a law protecting deer. There are deer on the Rubicon divide, plenty of them, but the hunter will never find them -by sitting down and waiting for them. Judge Hughes might tell how he and Charlie Hilton (and by the way, Hilton knows the Rubicon country probably better than any living man), packed across impossible country, pitched camp where they were kept awake nights by the screams of the mountain lions, and how they made long detours against the wind, and how, after probably half a dozen days their labors were re- warded and the big six-point buck was brought down. And Judge Hughes might tell one that there are grouse on the lower point of the Rubicon divide; that there are bear wallows on the abrupt sides of Long Canyon, that one can warm in where the bear had only just wallowed and yet see no bear, and of a thou- sand other things. And probably he would tell about Hell Hole. But since the corporations, which expect to gener- ate electricity to turn the wheels of commerce, have gotten into the Rubicon country — ferreted it out — its saeredness must go. In time the happy hunting ground of the few- will become the sight-seeing land of the many. People go to Europe, the Yellowstone and other famous resorts for a glimpse of mountain scenery that thousands and thousands have seen before them ; few know that there is a Rubicon coun- try, or if they do the name tells nothing, which is richer in natural scenery, wild game, rare beauty, sublimity, grandeur, and magnificent splendor than any of these, and that it lies at their door, though the way to it is hard. It is a virgin strip hidden away in the very heart of the mountains, ripe for the rifle, the rod. the camera, and has been waiting mil- lions of years for people to awake to the fact that its wild beauty excels most anything in the world. Aside from the little band of cattlemen who each year drive their cows to mountain ranges, and the occasional friends they take in with them, there are few visitors to the Rubicon divide or to Hell Hole. In all that broad sweep of country there is no tav- ern, no wagon road; nothing but the blazed path of the cattleman that a tenderfoot would lose the first hour out — this and the splendor of the scenery which artistic eye has feasted on but little. It is still the home of the deer, the bear, the grouse, the mountain bon, the otter, the black eagle and the grav squirrel, ft is the hunter's paradise, but the hunters who enjoy it each season can be counted on the fingers of one hand. If you are looking for big game, drive to Uncle Tom's cabin, leave your rig there, pack across the Ellicott trail, and get lost in the weird wilderness of the Rubicon. The trip will be worth it. SAN JOSE SHOW. The premium lists for the bench show of the Santa Clara Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Association have been mailed. Entries will close on Tuesday, Novem- vember 2d. Each dog, one class, $2; one additional class, $1. Same dog. each additional class, after first two, 50 cents. Entry fee includes all care and feed of dog during show and season ticket for exhibitor. Cash handler's prizes will be awarded for the larg- est strings from San Francisco, southern California, and from the northwest (Oregon and Washington). Five sweepstake prizes are offered consisting of cups and trophies. The breed specials number over 70 and more will appear listed in the catalogue. The classification is a very complete one and should satisfy the fancy at large. The list of judges announced are: Toy dogs (all breeds), Mrs. J. Harrison Todd of England; cocker spaniels, Mrs. W. C. Ralston of San Francisco ; setters and pointers, Dr. L. W. Spriggs of San Francisco; greyhounds, Mr W. H. Carmichael of San Jose; great Danes, Mr. Thos. Blight of San Francisco; all other classes, Mr. G. S. Haliwell of Boston. The officers of the club are: President, H. F. Mann; Vice-President, F. E. Baldwin, Geo. A. Sealy, E. K. Clendenning, V. W. Richards, D. A. Robertson; Executive Committee, F. E. Baldwin, Henry Berrar, Jos. T. Brooks, W. S. Sullivan, E. R.: Everett, A. B. McKean- Secretary, Chas. R. Harker; Treasurer, E. Van Every; Auditors; H. M. Billings, Geo. Leaman; Dog Show Committee. Chas. R. Harker, Henry Berrar, V. J. Ruh; Superintendent of Dog Show, J. C. Berret; Veterinarian, Thos. W. Healey, D. V. S This bench show held for years past in conjunction with a poultry and pet stock exhibit has always been a creditable one, and is worthy of the generous sup- port, as of yore, of not only San Francisco fanciers, but of breeders and exhibitors all over the coast. Offices have been opened for receiving entries as follows: San Jose — Chas. R. Harker, secretary, 739 Jackson street; Berrar & Robertson, Third and Santa Clara streets. San Francisco— Ellery Arms Co., 48-52 Gearv street; Robison Bros., 12G0 Market street, near Larkin. Sacramento— Geo. Bentley, 2000 Tenth street. Los Angeles — Jas. Ewins, 870 So. Main street. For other and further information address Chas. R. Harker, secretary, San Jose, Cal. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. The Oakland show was a classy show throughout, almost every breed being an entry of good ones, in some breeds the showing has never been better here, particularly so in bull trrriers. The report of the show and list of awards were unavoidably left over until our next issue. Lovers of a good cocker spaniel will regret to know that Denniston Kennels' Twinkle died a few days ago while whelping a liter by Ch. Searchlight. Wilammette Peer had the distinction of winning in a private match, at Oakland show, over Ch. Soimd End Challenger. There has been considerable rivalry between these two crack bull terriers. Peer was in for exhibition only and Challenger was entered in regular classes. The match was made by two staunch admireres of the dogs and Peer won. Peer has been a consistent winner in the past and has proven a producing sire. The first instance recorded in Berlin of a dog using a telephone occurred recently, when a poodle which had been lost by two provincials during their stay in the capital was recognized by this means. It an- swered the description left by the owners as to out- ward appearance, and in order to solve all doubts its probable masters were rung up on the country telephone and asked to communicate with the dog, against whose ear the receiver was placed. On hear- ing itself called by its name the animal burst into a joyous excited bark, which was recognized by the owner at the other end of the wire. The dog was thereupon forwarded to its masters by rail. FISH HASH. There was a commotion Down under the sea; The dog and the catfish Were scrappy's could be. The dog barked with fury. The cat scratched and spat; Then climbed a sunk masthead He couldn't get at. Two swordfish they dueled, Two skates became jagged: A horn-pout blew loudly And had to be gagged. A school of wild porpoise Got Into a gale, To which soon was added A shark and a whale. The shark was whaled badly. And ran down the pike; The hake grabbed the scul-pin, And ran out of sight; The frighteued sea-robin Let out a loud squeal "T think," croaked the toadfish, "This ain't a squared eel." o Los Angeles sportsmen have paid, so far this sea- son, $9000 for hunting licenses. This is the largest amount received from any county in the State. GUN ACCIDENTS. Gun accidents may be classed under two headings — unavoidable and avoidable. Obviously, of the former class it is useless to say much, for when a shooter is satisfied as to the reliability of his gun and cartridges, has made himself well acquainted with the flight of shot and its occasional eccentric behavior, and when shooting, takes every care for the safety of others as well as himself, nothing more can be done. But, unfortunately, many accidents that are said to have been unavoidable cannot rightly be called so, for they frequently happen from ignorance of the gun's' condition. The use of dangerous over- charges, the spread of shot, the distance at whic it will inflict injury, and other cconditions are all ma ters of which a man should have some knowled before he begins to shoot at least in company. All such accidents must be considered avoidtble, for no man has a right to amuse himself to the danger of others without first taking every precaution to diminish that danger as much as possible. It is his duty to know all there is to know about the powers of the gun and charge he uses, and when an accident occurs through him he should by no means be able to offer the excuse "I didn't know," for, if he can truthfully do so, the accident could have been and should have been prevented. I know many men who have been shooting for years, some of them very good shots indeed, who know nothing about the flight of shot, beyond the fact that from their guns it kills up to acertain dis- tance and occasionally beyond, and to this lack of knowledge not a few men owe the loss of an eye or worse. Experiments have been made by firing at a very large area covered with paper, and it has been found that although in most cases the whole charge at 30 yards was distributed within a circle of a few feet, yet in a certain percentage (I think seven) three or four pellets (generally close together) would be found at a distance of from 15 to 20 feet from the center of the main charge, having thus flown at an angle of about 40 degrees. Two accidents from this eccentric flight of shot have come under my notice — a man standing 8 or 10 yards out of the line of fire was hit in the knee with three pellets, and on another occasion, in a similar way, a man was hit by two pellets in the eye. This angular flight is often caused by the pellets having been crushed out of shape as they travel up the barrel, and is the more likely to happen when soft shot is used and a choke-bore gun. These pel- lets that go off at a tangent, fortunately, have not the velocity of the main charge, but nevertheless are capable of doing serious injury. When grouse driving, and the birds have kept low between our butts, I have had No. 3 from my neighbor's gun much too near my head to be pleasant; and even in 80 yards this size shot will do very serious damage. It is no uncommon thing to see a man shoot at a pheasant 30 feet above a beater s head, and I have known shot to glance from a branch and come down through a man's hat. A very risky shot is one at ground game, when the ground is frozen hard, with any one at all near the line of fire: and yet hundreds of men take the shot, and sometimes regret it. Many shooters, when walking turnips or other root crops carry their guns with the barrels resting in the left hand, while the grip is in the right hand and the muzzles pointing to the left. Many a time have I seen them pointed toward the left-hand neighbor. It is far safer to have the rib resting on the right shoul- der, from whence the barrels may easily be brought down into the left hand when birds rise. A friend of mine who had shot a great deal in India told me that he frequently had for a companion a young lieutenant, and when they walked in single file this young man in front carried his rifle over his shoul- der with the muzzle pointing at my friend's head. The latter persuaded him to change his method and carry it gripped by the right hand round the breech with the muzzle pointing ahead, and even the lieu- tenant frequently turned round to speak, at the same time pointing his rifle at my friend's waistbelt. So the latter gave up the lecturing and walked in front of him instead of behind. Guns are frequently closed after loading by snap- ping up the barrels, a foolish practice, for it strains the gun, and a dangerous one as well, for when the gun is open the muzzles may be pointing to the ground; but on being raised to close the breech they are pointing at the head of the than in front. The correct wray to close a gun is by raising the stock, not the barrels. Many so-called, fatal accidents should certainly be brought in as manslaughter, for they happen through rank carelessness. This is especially so among farm- ers. I have on many an occasion watched a farmer pointing and carrying his gun with the trigger-guard resting in the hollow of his left arm and the left hand gripping the heel-plate. As he ran to pick up a ferrett the muzzles, being about on a level with his elbow, covered every one behind at intervals. Moreover, they never have their guns attended to until it is absolutely necessary, and many of them have a "pull-off" of the very lightest description. * Most of them use guns of the commonest make, and frequently so loose at the breech that one could easily insert a threepenny bit. For loads they will use powerful nitro powders which occasionally they mix with black; they take the most risky shots, shooting on the top of the fence or within four feet of a friend's position, and the wonder is not that there are so many accidents, but that there are not a great many more. The majority of them came from lack of knowledge and sheer carelessness. — Ejector in Field (Loudon). Satur^y, October 23, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN CLASSIFICATION OF MARKET HORSES. Carriage Horses. Carriage horses are used on the various heavy- weight vehicles and are often spoken of as "heavy harness horses." They are smoothly turned, full made, up-headed horses with an unusual amount of quality and must possess to a marked degree, high action, with a fair amount of speed. The neck should be long and arched, the head small and clean cut with a neatly set ear. The shoulder should be oblique in order to enable the horse to bring his knees as high a? possible. The width of breast should be in keeping with the conformation of the horse, too much width, as well as too little, being undesirable. The body should be of good depth and length; the length being in a long croup rather than a long back. The back should be short and well muscled, the ribs springing well from the spine, giving a round barrel. The hips should be rounding, the croup well muscled, the tail set high, and the quarters deep. The limbs should be free from blemishes or unsoundness and possess- ing an abundance of quality with plenty of substance, oblique pasterns and good feet. This class includes coach, cob, park and cab horses. Coach Horses. Coach horses have a little more size and length ot neck than other horses of the carriage class. Gross- ness and coarseness are common faults and should be avoided as well as staggy necks, flat ribs, long necks and goose rumps. The principal requirement is high action combined with beauty of form. Those with good conformation but deficient in style and action are comparatively cheap horses. They must be "high steppers," flexing their hocks well under the body, folding the front legs well at the knees and carrying them high toward the chin. They may be said' to be a little more stately in action than cobs and park horses and should have a shorter stride than speed horses, lifting the knees higher in front of the body, and not dragging the hocks behind. The de- mand is for trotters only. They should stand from 15.1 to 16.1 hands high and weigh from 1100 to 1250 pounds. The essential thing is to get a horse that looks right and proper before the vehicle to which he is hitched; a light brougham requires 15.2 to 15.3 hand horses, while a heavy coach requires them from 15.3 to 16.1 hands high. Cobs. Cobs are small coach horses that are driven singly, in pairs or tandem fashion (one in front of the other), usually by ladies, though they may be used by gentle- men as well. They are small horses of a stocky build with plenty of quality, good length of neck, a neat head, and high action. They stand from 14.1 to 15 hands high and weigh from 900 to 1150 pounds. Strictly speaking, they are an English horse and in England they never consider a horse a cob that stands over 15 hands; however, the American markets accept them 15.1 hands high. The strongest demand comes for horses 14.3 to 15 hands high and weighing from 1000 to 1100 pounds. The action should be much the same as that of the coach horse or a little higher both before and behind. "They must be able to get away smart," i. e., should be quick on their feet and able to move off at a "good clip," carrying their knees high and bringing the hocks well under the body. Cobs are a little more proper for ladies' driving than full sized coachers, hence they are often spoken of as ladies' cobs. They are usually hitched to a light brougham, phaeton or some carriage that is not intended to carry more than four. Their tails must be docked and set to meet the demand of the city customer, but it is better to leave this operation to the dealer or buyer. Park Horses. Park horses are hitched singly to a cart or tandem to a gig and are used strictly for dress purposes for driving in parks. They are the cream of the small coach horses and must possess an abundance of quality and high action at both knees and hocks, which is a prime essential of the class. On account of high action a great amount of speed is seldom secured. A solid color is more desirable than one with white markings, as no one except a gentleman that wishes to "cut a swell" would want to drive such a horse, since it is not considered in good taste for a lady to drive a strikingly marked, extremely high acting horse. They must possess an abundance of quality and finish and be well broken and mannered. The limits for height and weight are 15 to 15.3 hands high and from 1000 to 1150 pounds, the most desirable height being 15.1 to 15.2 hands, and weight from 1000 to 1100 pounds. Cab Horses. Cab horses are used on either two or four wheeled cabs, coupes, and other vehicles for public service in cities. They are much the same type as the coach horse, and, in fact, many of them are the discarded and the lower grades of the coach class. The action need not be excessively high, in fact, moderate action is all that is desired since such a horse possesses greater endurance than an extremely high actor. Cab horses stand from 15.2 to 16.1 hands high and weight from 1050 to 1200 pounds. The principal qual- ity sought is symmety of form combined with endur- ance; hence, they should possess good feet and bone, strong constitution, a deep barrel with good spring of rib and be closely coupled. Not as much flesh is required as in other carriage horses, for they fill a cheaper trade, but to satisfy the demand they should be in good condition. Cab horses are generally of nondescript breeding excepting the discarded coach- ers; and since the supply is larger than the demand they are usually cheap horses. This is not true with the other horses of the carriage class, as the market requires the best of breediug and refinement for which good prices are paid. Road Horses. This class embraces the lighter weights of the har- ness horses which are commonly spoken of as driv- ers or "light harness horses." They are more lithe in build and angular in form than those of the car- riage class. The use to which they are put demands that, if called upon to do so, they be able to cover distance in the quickest time possible without undue fatigue. Performance is the principal quality sought, but a good conformation is almost as desirable. This class is composed of the runabout horses and road- sters. Runabout Horses. Runabout horses occupy an intermediate place be- tween typical roadsters and carriage horses. Be- cause of the harness they wear, some authorities might class them as carriage horses, but on account of their action, conformation and the use to which they are put, it seems more proper to class them as road horses. Runabout horses are rather short legged, standing from 14.3 to 15.2 hands high and weighing from 900 to 1050 pounds. The neck is not quite so heavy as tjiat of coach horses and net so light and thin as that of roadsters. They are not so stockily built as cobs, being not so heavy in neck and crest, not so full made and rotund in body and heavy in quarters. The action of a runabout horse is more moderate than that of a cob, i. e., he does not need to be as high an actor and should have a little more speed. They are used largely by business men of cities on runabouts, driving wagons, phaetons, etc. Roadsters. Roadsters should have action and stamina that will enable them to draw light vehicles with ease at a fairly good rate of speed for a considerable distance without undue fatigue. Stamina is generally accom- panied by a marked degree of quality and a highly developed nervous system. They are usually more lithe in build and angular in conformation than run- about horses and possess less uniformity of type. Roadsters stand from 15 to 16 hands high and weigh from 900 to 1150 pounds. They are usually not so wide, more tucked up in the rear flank, the croup is more drooping and the width not so well carried out, the thighs and quarters are not so deep and well rounded out with muscle as in carriage horses. An extremely drooping croup or a "ewe" neck are discriminated against, as they are very un. sightly. In general, a roadster may be described as having the "greyhound" form, often measuring a little higher on the hips than at the withers, and powerfully developed in the propellers or hind quarters. Speed, combined with grace, ease and endurance are the principal qualities sought in the action of roadsters. They should have a long, free, open stride and quick recovery; should be straight-line movers and have good knee action, but it need not be excessively high. Interfering, forging, cross-firing and spraddling wide behind are common faults dis- criminated against. To fill the demand as racing and matinee horsse they must be able to trot a mile in 2:30, or pace in 2:25 or less, the more speed they possess the higher price they will bring. There is a stronger demand for trotters than pacers for road work, but for racing purposes they are about on a par. Saddle Horses. The requirements for saddle horses are sureness of foot, ease of carriage to the rider, good manners and ease of control. To possess these requirements they must have an oblique shoulder with a moderately long sloping pastern, a short back, and a trifle more height at the'withers than on the hips. The withers should be high and well finished in order that the saddle may be held in its proper place. The head should be neat, clean cut and attractive, set on a moderately long neck. The forehead should be broad and there should be good width between the jaw- bones. The length of neck is important as a long neck is usually more supple and renders the mouth more flexible, which is necessary for ease of handling and smoothness of carriage. A horse that is a "lug- ger" cannot possess the good qualities he otherwise would. The croup should be long, muscular and not drooping, with neatly set tail. The limbs should be strong and clean, and action quick and graceful. This class is composed of five gaited saddlers, three gaited saddlers, hunters, cavalry horses and polo ponies. Five Gaited Saddle Horses. Five gaited horses, sometimes spoken of as "gaited ' saddle horses, or "American saddle horses," are dis- tinctly an American product. A recognized type has been brought about by skillful selection and breeding for more than half a century. The principal require- ments are that they possess at least five of the recog- nized distinct gaits under the saddle, viz.: walk, single-foot or rack, running-walk or fox-trot, trot and canter. The action should be bold and vigorous with no inclination to mix gaits. The rack should be regu- lar and not have side motion in either feet, legs or body which produces roughness wheu going fast. In cantering the horse should be taught to lead with either leg and go slow or fast according to the pleas- ure of the rider. Five gaited horses should stand from 15 to 16 hands high and weigh from 900 to 1200 pounds, the most desirable height being 15.2 to 15.3 hands and weigh around 1050 to 1150 pounds. The tail should be long and carried gracefully. Three Gaited Saddle Horses. The three gaited horses are subdivided into two divisions, light and heavy, depending on the weight they are expected to carry. In general type and eon- formation they are much the same as the five gaited horses, but are required to go only three gaits, walk, trot and canter. A good point to be looked for in three gaited horses, or all saddle horses for that mat- ter, is to get a conformation that will place the rider well back, showing as much of the horse in front of him as possible, thus lightening the weight on the fore hand. "Walk trot, canter" horses are a little more com- pactly built, having shorter necks and bodies, and their tails are usually docked and set. The light weight saddlers are used as mounts for ladies and small men, they being required to carry not over 165 pounds, while heavyweight horses are generally used as gentlemen's mounts and must be able to carry 165 pounds and upwards. Three gaited saddlers should stand from 14.3 to 16 hands high and weigh from 900 to 1200 pounds. The most desirable height being 15.1 to 15.3 hands and weighing 1050 to 1150 pounds. The heavyweight saddlers should possess a conforma- tion indicative of strength equal to carry the weight expected of them and in general they are about an inch taller and 50 to 100 pounds heavier than the lightweights. Hunters. Hunters are large, strongly built horses and must be able to stand long country rides and be good jump- ers. Strictly speaking, they are sporting horses, be- ing used by hunting parties to ride after hounds. They must be fearless, being often required to take daring leaps over fences and gullies, for if they should shrink at such a time the rider's life is placed in danger. The ability of a horse to stand a long, hard chase without becoming unduly jaded and able to "take" high fences as well as broad ditches adds to his market value. The class is subdivided into light, middle and heavyweights, the divisions being deter- mined by the weight they are expected to carry. The most desirable height is from 15.2 to 16 hands and weighing from 1000 to 1200 pounds, but the limit in height may vary an inch or more according to the build of the horse. The heavyweight hunters are usually about an inch taller and weigh from 50 to 100 pounds more than the lightweights; the middle- weights being intermediary. The principal qualifica- tions for the class is that they possess a conformation indicative of their ability to carry the weight ex- pected of them. A lightweight hunter is expected to carry not over 165 pounds; a middleweight, 165 to 190 pounds, and a heavyweight, 190 pounds or over. Cavalry Horses. Cavalry horses, like artillery horses, are purchased by contract, orders being given to the lowest respon- sible bidders. The requirements are for geldings of uniform and hardy color, in good condition; from four to eight years old; weighing from 950 to 1100 pounds, depending on height, which should be from 15 to 15.3 hands. Other requirements are much the same as that of other saddle horses. Polo Ponies. These are the smallest horses of the saddle horse class for which there is a recognized market. Polo ponies are used in playing polo, rendering them essen- tially a sporting horse. There are four essentials a polo pony must possess: First, a specified size; second, weight carrying ability; third, agility; fourth, speed. The rules of the American Polo Association limit the height of polo ponies to 14.2 hands or under, but of late years the rule has often been disregarded. It is not uncommon to find ponies used for this pur- pose that measure one or two inches taller than the maximum height prescribed. While the larger ponies may have the advantage in weight and speed, it is generally conceded by the best players that they are not so quick to stop and start, a very important requisite. The best height, then, is not more than one-half inch from the standard either way and they should weigh from S50 to 1000 pounds. For strength they should possess a compact conformation with good bone and quality, rather short cannons and well muscled limbs. They must also possess a marked degree of intelligence and be capable of acquiring an education or they will be worthless for polo. The three gaits necessary are walk, trot and gallop. They must be quick on foot, dextrous at starting, stopping and turning. While swfiftness is a necessity, agility is an essential and must not be underesti- mated.— R. C. Obrecht, Urbana, 111., in Stallion and Jack News. HUNTERS ARE HIGH PRICED. Mr. W. D. Grand, who is vice president of the Tichenor-Grand Company of New York, dealers in high class horses, recently returned from England and says the demand for horses suitable to make hunters is greater in England than the American horsemen can readily realize, and at the prices cur- rent for animals of this type there is a rare chance for American breeders to reap a harvest, in his opinion. "Does anybody here realize," he said the other day, "that far more money is expended in hunting than in racing in England? I am told that investments in horses, hounds and the like for cross country sport represent about $78,000,000, and that annual expendi- tures are almost $44,000,000. English investments in racing are estimated at $41,000,000, while annual expenditures in connection with the turf reach $53,000,000.' "What is a hunter worth over there?" Mr. Grand was asked. "Anywhere from $1000 to $5000," he replied, "and the demand for them is never satisfied." Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. THE FARM FROM THE CALF TO THE COW. In order to make a good dairy cow we must start with the calf of some good dairy type. The care that the calf, or any farm animal for that matter, gets for the first few months will largely deter- mine the quality of the adult animal. Giving the calf a good, strong, healthy start is one of the prime essentials of suc- cess in growing it. The calf need not be kept rolling fat, but it should be kept thriftily growing from start to finish. Except for beef production with the beef type, it is best to raise the calf by hand method. When it is a day or two old, take it away from its dam and teach it to drink milk. For the first feed take some warm milk fresh from the cow and place some with the hand on the calf's mouth. It will lick this with its tongue and, of course, find that it is good. Then place the pail up to its mouth so that the warm milk will touch its lips. Be patient for the first time. It will require several minutes, and possibly nearly an hour, but when once it learns what is in the pail and botv to take the food, there will be no further trouble in urging it to eat. It may be necessary the first few times for you to wet two fingers with milk and allow the calf to suck up the milk with the hand partly immersed in the liquid. Feed whole milk warm from the cow for about two weeks, and then gradually substitute skim milk for the whole till at the end of the fourth week nothing but skim milk is given. Warm the milk, as it is most natural for the young animal, and demands less energy from the digestive organs. After the third month, the calf will be- gin to want extra water, and some may be mixed with the milk. The calf at this age should be allowed access to drinking water every day. At the end of four months, milk may be withheld and other feeds substituted. The young calf will begin to nibble on hay and other feeds within reach, and in the course of three or four weeks, it will have learned to eat dry feed. From this stage on place some fine, well cured and preserved hay where it can reach it, and by the time it is six weeks old, give it a handful of shelled corn, or place meal in the milk feed. Skim milk contains all the necessary elements for animal growth, the removed cream furnishing only material for fat and heat. Since the cream has been re- moved, it is well to supply the equivalent material in a cheaper form. Corn and corn meal are carbonaceous matter, similar in composition to that of cream, and there is no feed that a calf likes so well as shelled corn or corn meal. Cream is worth 20 to 30 cents a pound, while corn is worth only about a cent a pound; hence the economy of its use. If corn meal is fed with the milk, it should not be stirred much, but allowed to settle to the bottom of the pail, so that it will have to be eaten, rather than swallowed with the milk. We have found by experience that whole shelled corn is as good as the meal and that the calf can and will eat it very readily. One value of the whole corn over the meal is that it develops the chewing power of the young animal, which is of great benefit to any animal, since the finer the food can be chewed, the better can it be digested. Corn nil give all the elements for fat and heat to meet the young growing needs While milk is being fed there is no need of furnishing the calf any nitrogen- ous feeds; but after the milk is no longer given, wheat, bran and oats will furnish elements for flesh and other nitrogenous growth . Clean clover hay, or alfalfa, are excel- lent at this time to form a well balanced Warranted to give satisfaction. 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Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Dear Sirs: I used your "Save-the- Horse" Spavin Cure and it cured a thoroughpin that people here said could not be cured. Now she is sound and well; she had it about one year. It is fine. THEO. SILVER. MONT CLAIR, Colo., S-2-'09. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Dear Sirs: It is with pleasure I write you in regard to my horse that had a big bunch on his knee. I wrote you in April about it and I got your manual. I purchased a bottle the 22nd day of April and used it, and to-day my horse is as sound as a dollar. I re- main, D. S. OVERHOLT. ARMSTRONG, Mo., July 27, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: Enclosed you will find P. O. money order for $5-*10. Please send me one bottle of "Save-the- Horse." I have used your medicine on three different cases with the results hoped for. I gladly recommend it. Ship at once and oblige, Yours truly, R. F. D. No. 2. GEO. "W. LENOIR. Makes a Tendon Like a Rod of Steel $5.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. "Save- the -horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. At DniKfflMtn and Dealers or Expren Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, llJngrlinmtoii, N. Y. Formerly Troy N. Y. D. E. NEWELL, SO Bayo Vlila Avenue, Oakland, Cal. ration, but, of course, a variety should be given at all times. The calf, too, likes salt as well as older cows, although a small amount is neces- sary. The hand-fed calf, intended for dairy purposes can be made a much better ani- mal than the one allowed to feed from the cow in the natural way. The main reason for this is that through eating heavier and coarser foods its digestive organs are enlarged and strengthened. Other things being equal, the dairy cow's capacity for digestion, represents her milk-producing power. With large, strong, digestive organs she is able to as- similate much food and transform it into more valuable food, milk and butter-fat. — H. H. Shepard. Bonnie Steinway 2:0614 to Lease. The fast and royally bred stallion Bonnie Steinway. pacing record 2:06K. "ill be leased to a responsible party for the remainder of 1909 and the entire season of 1910. He is a stallion of splendid proportions and royal breeding, being sired by Steinway, sire of 6 in 2:10. and out of Bon Bon. dam of 2 in 2:10 and 4 iu 2:15. by Sim- mons, sire of the dams of Hamburg Belle 2:01J4, Fereno 2:05K. etc. For full pedigree and terms address, A. L. CHARVO, Pleasanton. Cal. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. A 3-year-old black stallion, registered under Rule 1. A very handsome horse, finedisposition. has Electioneer. Onward, Mambrino Kingstrain. Sire Advertiser (3) 2:15; has good prospect for speed. Will trade for a registered Percheron mare or will sell for $500 cash. For further information address CHAS. F. THOMPSON, R. F. D. No. 3. Bakersfield. Cal. Kinney Lou Trotting Colt For Sale Dam by APTOS WILKES. Three years old. handsome, dark brown, good size, sound, thoroughly broke, and a fine pros- pect. Price right. Must be seen to be appre- ciated. Call or address FRANK FARO, The Union Ice Co.'s Stables. 327 8th St.. Oakland FOR SALE. A beautiful bay mare, 5 years old, stands 1-5.2 hands and weighs 1050 lbs. Natural born pacer. Wears nothing but the harness and light shoes. Was broken last year and driven on the roads through the winter and this spring. Was trained by an amateur for six weeks on a poor half mile track and paced a mile in 2:lS%,last quarter in 31 seconds. Could have gone faster if asked to do so. I consider her a sure 2:05 pacer for next year. Very stylish and racy looking. K>nd disposition and absolutely sound. Sired by Diablo 2:0'.t1+. and is eligible to registration. Also a fine looking bay gelding, 4 years old, 16 hands high and weighs 1200 lbs. A line trotter, well broken, good disposition and will make an ideal carriage horse for a lady to drive. He was never trained but can show a 2:40 gait. Abso- lutely safe for anyone to drive among cars and automobiles. A good prospect for a first-class race horse. He is a full brother to Ben Hur 2:17K and shows more speed with the same amount of training. He is absolutely sound. I would not sell these two horses if I was not com- pelled to go to Europe to settle up an estate, but as it is. I will be compelled to sell them and they can be bought at one-half their value. Address JOHN DALEYT, Care San Lorenzo Trotting Park, San Lorenzo, Alameda Co., Cal. HIGHLAND C. 2:19^ FOR SALE Mr. "W. A. Clark Jr. has decided to sell his grandly bred, standard and reg-istered trotting- stallion Highland C. 43835, by Expreso 29199, dam Alpha 2:23% by Alcantara 729, dam of 4 standard performers, 3 producing sons and 2 producing daughters, second dam the famous broodmare Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11, dam of 2 stand- ard trotters, 3 producing sons and 7 producing daughters. Highland C. is one of the best bred stallions living. He is black, stands 16.1 and will weigh 1100 pounds, and is ten years old. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited, still he has proved him- self to be a great sire. But five of his colts have ever been trained. He is the sire of Cynara, three-year-old record, trot- ting, 2:23. Chiquito. four-year-old public trial, pacing. 2:0S3-i. Miss Wyman. three-year-old public trial, trotting, 2:23%. Iola. two-year-old public trial, trot- ting, 2:23%. Silas King, three-year-old public trial, trotting, 2:31. Will guarantee him a sure foal get- ter, and sell him so as a man can pay for him in one season. The horse can be seen at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles. For price, address J. O. GERRETV, 910 West 39th Street, Los Angeles, Cal. HE FIGHT ON CANNONiSM SUCCESS MAGAZINE f'.."V- Utbfak A Great Magazine Offer to New Subscribers Through a special arrangement just effected with the publishers, the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN is enabled to make new subscribers the follow- ing unprecedented yearly subscription offer, for a short time only: Regular Price Breeder and Sportsman Cosmopolitan . . . Success Magazine Total Value $3.00 1.00 1.00 $5.00 Our Price Only $3.50 For AM Three Many of the popular magazines are raising their prices this year, but we have secured the co-operation of these well-known publications on such advantageous terms as to permit of this great clubbing offer. Xo such bargain in a similar group has been offered tor years, and it is an opportunity that will not come soon again. If your subscription to "Breeder and Sportsman" has not yet expired, you may still take advantage of this offer by merely having it extended now for a year from the date of its expiration. Saturday, Octr.ber 23, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 AVOID MIXING BREEDS. When a farmer uses a pure bred sire to mate with common stock, we have a sire bred for many generations for an es- pecial purpose until it is very prepotent, as the breeders say ; and as the dam has no particular fixed characteristics, the stronger blood will predominate to the uplifting of the farmer's herd. This il- lustrates another point not fully under- stood by many farmers, and that is the lack of wisdom in mixing breeds. One frequently hears the remark that a cross of Jersey and Holstein is a good thing because the resultant heifer will give a large amount of rich milk, com- bining the leading desirable characteris- tics of both breeds. But when two ani- mals are mated, each one of which is the result of years of breeding with a par- ticular purpose in view — both of these purposes different in the two animals — there is a clash of prepotencies, so to speak, and no one can predict what the result may be. It is just as likely to be a small amount of milk of the Jersey and the poorer quality of the Holstein or vice versa. Mixing different strong bloods is a gamble; you may draw a prize, more likely a blank. But when the sire rep- resents many generations of mating the best animals of a certain type of struc- ture, color or performance with those which represent nothing in particular, though the dam may by accident be a good one, the result will be that the in- fluence of the sire will be the strongest in the descendants and that the general quality of the herd will be improved and in addition to that the probability of the improved animal being able to transmit some of their improvement will be in- creased.— G. M. Wnittaker. POINTS IN THE CARE OF PIGEONS. The homer is considered the best bird for squab profit. If your breeder produces small, mushy squabs be sure there is something wrong. Clean out the lot and start anew. ■When pigeons are a day old they are called "peepers" and when three weeks old "squealers." Never feed oats to pigeons, young or old. If you want big squabs breed from big hens. Pigeons must have clean bathing water about three times a week. If you notice that the pigeon's plum- age is fluffy or ruffled, the bird is in poor condition. A little hemp seed is a good thing to feed but too much is harmful. Experi- ence alone will tell how much. A damp loft will soon destroy your flock. The male bird makes the nest, but it is a poor affair — only a bundle of sticks or coarse straw. Orange boxes make good nests for pig- eons. Never buy pigeons unless the dealer guarantees they are mated. A rattle-braindd boy does not make a good pigeon raiser. The business re- quires regular work and good judgment. KEEP THE HENS TAME. The tamest hens I have always found to be the best and most reliable egg pro- ducers. When a hen is undisturbed and contented she is more apt to get down to business. A nervous or wild hen, one that easily becomes excited when she is approached on the nest or elsewhere, has nevei proved a very profitable fowl for me. It is remarkable how quick a flock of hens recognize their attendant and how shy they are when a stranger appears. Yet it is claimed that hens know the least of any farm stock. It is not an easy matter to prevent hens from being frightened, especially when strangers visit the house, or a dog or a cat runs through the yards. There is a difference, too, in the breeds about being wild and nervous. The Mediter- ranean class is more so than the Ameri- can breeds, and the latter, as a rule, are more easily excited than the Asiatics. The proper way with all breeds or varie- ties is to commence when they are chicks taming them, by handling, feeding and going among them when closely con- fined. A male bird that is inclined to be timid will excite, even the tamest hens, so it is best that the male bird be tamed first, then he will assist in keeping the others quiet. Those who succeed best with laying hens are the ones who are careful in their movements about the flocks and never lose an opportunity of making friends with the fowls. A flock so handled will grow better, lay better, and look better at all times than one cared for by a "helter skelter" sort of an at- tendant.—V. M. Couch, Cortland, N. Y. GREAT OPPORTUNITY! Until November 1st. A LIMITED NUMBER OF OUR CELEBRATED NO. 7 CARTS Without Screen O .•.' $49.00 O CASH WITH ORDER. REGULAR PRICE, $62. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED £W^ NOTE: Stock color carmine. Brass screen $3.25 extra. Miller Cart Co., Goshen, N. Y. 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F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon, 1155 Golden Gate Ave. Branch Hospital, corner Webster and Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cal. H. E. BECKWORTH, Fesserton, Ontario. Canada. Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotch Collies. Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter & Homing pig- eons of the very best blood; a fine lot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marked. Will make prize winners, no better breeding in America. Can send pedigree 60 years back. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and pups. 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL, Shelbyville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Marin shore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing Tackle to let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Eheke, Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Market St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco, Cal. Blake. Moffit calls for a good gun gun good— oils trigger, lock, action perfectly— cuts oat allresidueof black orsmokeless powder— keeps all metal parts bright and free from rust . Gen- erous sample free. Write to THREE IN ONE OIL CO. L02 New St Hew York City. I. ORBINE "Will reduce inflamed, strained, swollen Tendons, .Ligaments, Muscles or Bruises, Cure the Lameness and Stop pain (mm a Splint.Side Bone or Bone spavin No blister, no hair eone. Horse can be used. Horse Book 2 D free. ¥2.00 a bottle at dealers or delivered. ABSOKB£NE.JR.,formankind,SL Reduces Strained Torn Ligaments, En- larged glanda.velna or muscles — heals nlcera— allays pain. Book Free. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Mass. For Sale by— Langley &, Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal.;"Woodwaid, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore-; F. W. Braun Co., Los Angeles. Cal.; "Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drog Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokana Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 23, 1909. 8 495 OUT OF ARIZONA by MR. H. E. POSTON at Tucson STATE TOURNAMENT, SEPTEMBER 24-26th ■WINNING- HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE ■With- PETERS SHELLS THE HORSE AND THE MOTOR. "Do you think that the motor car will displace the horse?" asked the conversa- tional young woman. "It will," answered the nervous young man, as he gazed down the road, "if it ever hits him." The Ballentine-Beggs company of Den- ver has purchased the Lockhart feeding plants in Otero couDty, Colorado, for $lo0,000. During the last ten years the Lockhart company has fattened 50,000 cattle and 75,000 sheep annually at their two plants in Rocky Ford and Sugar City. In the process of fattening the pulp from the sugar factories at those places has played an important part. Tiie plants are equipped with railways which haul its feed and distribute it automatically to the stock in the fatten- ing pens and the new concern will con- duct the feeding business on a still larger scale. SAN JOSE DOG SHOW Nov. 10-13, '09 Premium Lists Now Ready. Address Offices for the Reception of Entries. Sax Jose: Secretary. 739 Jackson St., Berrar & Robertson. 3rd and Santa Clara Sts. Sa>- Francisco: Ellery Arms Co.. 4^52 Geary St. Sacramento: Geo. Bentley. 2000 Tenth St. Los Angeles : Jas. Ewins. 870 South Main St. Entries Close Tues., Nov. 2, '09 CLOSING OUT SALE of all the horses owned by WM. HASHAGEN, WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, at Woodland Race Track, Saturday, November 13, 1909. Owing to ]\Ir. Hashagan being a sufferer from paralysis, all the horses owned by him will be sold at auction as above stated. They are . KINNEY ROSE 2:13%, bay stallion, trot ter. sired by McKinney 2:11%, dam Golden Rose by Falrose 2:19; sec- ond dam by Algona; fourth dam by Odd Fellow, thoroughbred. Kin- ney Rose is one of the best pros- pects in California for a 2:10 stal- lion. KINNEY H., two-year-old bay colt by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Leta H. 2:22^ by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16^. This colt has a yearling record of 2:50, a two-year-old trial of 2:30 after a month's work. KINNEY, two-year-old chestnut colt, pacer, by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, by Chas. Derbv; second dam Etna G. by Guy "Wilkes; third dam by Brignoli 77. This colt has paced a mile in 2:2S with only a month's work. FANNIE H.. three-year-old filly by Az- moor 2:20, sire of Betonica 2:091/4 and Moortrix 2:07*4, out of Chit- tywee by Chas. Derby, as above. Fannie H. has a foal at foot by Kinney Rose 2:13% and has been bred back. LETA H. 2:22M, five-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska 2:2S%, dam of five trotters in the list, in- cluding Lisonjero 2:08^4, by Elec- tioneer; second dam Lizzie, dam of three trotters in the list by Wildidle, thoroughbred. CHITTYWEE, chestnut mare, foaled 1894, by Chas. Derbv 2:20, dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes 2:15*4; sec- ond dam Alia by Almont 33. third dam by Bregnoli 77, etc. Chitty- wee is in foal to Kinnev Rose 2:13%. YEARLING GELDING by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, as above. Broken to harness. PERCHERON STALLION, weight 1S00 pounds, and bv a sire that weighed 2100. This horse gets large, fine colts, and his get are very highly prized. TWO-YEAR-OLD GELDING by the above Percheron stallion. A splen- did big young horse, well broke to harness. All the above will be sold without reserve. CHRIS HASHAGEN, for Wm. Hashagen, Owner. Complete Dispersal Sale of Trotting Bred Horses owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland At CHASE'S PAVILION, 478 Valencia St., San Francisco, Monday Evening, Oct. 25, '09 Two Grandly Bred Young Stallions by McKinney 2:11J4' and their colts and fillies out of well bred mares. Joe Brown, the best and fastest green pacer in California. Worked a mile in 2:0S^ last July. Producing Brood Mares by registered stallions. 25 HEAD IN ALL. Horses all in good flesh and in fine condition. Will be at salesyard Saturday, Sept. 23d. Send for catalogue. FRED H. CHASE & CO., 47S Valencia St., San Francisco. The Great Meeting of the Southwest! $27,600 FOR TROTTERS AND PACERS Phoenix, Arizona Arizona Territorial Fair Six Days, November 8 to 14, 1909. STAKES RE-OPENED Entries close Oct. 25, '09 . . $1000 . . 1000 No. 7 — Free-For-AII Trotting No. 15 — Free-For-AII Pacing Three heat. Money divided according to summary at the end of the third heat. All Other Races Filled. Entrance fee five per cent. Two horses may be entered in one class and be held only for the entry of the horse that starts, but if neither horse starts, one entry fee will be required. The payment of purses does not depend upon a large attendance or a great number of entries, as the Arizona Territorial Fair is given by the Territory of Arizona, and payment is absolutely guaranteed. THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. For entry blanks or further information, address: SHIRLEY CHRISTY, Secretary, Phoenix, Ariz. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the Fir^t National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. Saturday, October 23, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. ( Formerly of Clabrough. Golcher BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 18S2.) F. W. KEULEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. S3; Sis Months, $1.75; Three Months. SI. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 417. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be aecompanii-cl by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. THE APPELLATE COURT on Monday last handed down a decision that the anti-betting law passed by the last California Legislature, and known as the Walker-Otis law. is constitutional. The case decided was on the hearing of the petition of Frank O'Shea, accused of betting at the Ingleside coursing park, for a writ of habeas on the ground that the section of the code under which he was held was illegal. The appelate court, in passing on the case said that the only important question which it had to examine into was whether or not the legislature, had violated the constitution in going beyond or contrary to the law in its prohibition or mandates. It held that the legislature had not erred in that particular. The court dismissed Attorney Carroll Cook's long analy- sis of the law with the terse comment that a person of common understanding would by reading the sec- tion and the complaint know that the defendant was charged with certain acts prohibited by the sec- tion. The first point raised by O'Shea was that the section provided cruel and unusual punishments for violation of the law. This contention the court dis- missed as worthy of but little consideration. In an- swer, to the more important contention that the legislature had no right to name penalties that range from 30 days' imprisonment to one year and from incarceration in the county jail to a sentence in the State penitentiary, the court responded fully. Among other things, it said: "The court believes that it was in the mind of the legislature that there should be some power whereby mercy should be shown and discretion exercised in the severity of the punishment. * * * .It was not the inten- tion of the legislature that a young person of pre- vious good character for his first offense should, by an unbending' rule, receive the same punishment as the experienced book-maker who has followed the racetrack for years.'' The attorneys for O'Shea took an appeal to the Supreme Court, but the majority of the bar who have been interviewed on the subject by the newspaper reporters, seem to think that the highest court will not set aside the opinion of the Appelate Court, which was a unanimous one. OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. NICHOLAS COVARRUBIAS, of Santa Maria, Cal., who acted as Don Gaspar de Portola, king of the carnival, in San Francisco, last week, is well known to nearly every horseman in California, as he has been a director of the Los Angeles and the State Agricultural Societies in days past and has been a horse breeder all his life. Although 70 years of age, the six feet of magnificent manhood of this grand old Don, came nearer filling the idea of a Spanish cavalier when mounted on his handsome black charger, than any painting that ever came from the brush of an artist. He rode like a centaur and his erect form was not only impressive but his seat in the saddle was remarkably graceful and his salutations to the vast throng as courtly as those the most famous knights of old were ever credited with. The veteran trainer, Peter V. Johnston, of Kala- mazoo, Mich, stated at the Lexington meeting last week that the recent death of D. D. Streeter would result in the disposal of all of his horses but one at the fall sales. The exception is the noted brood mare Santos, dam of Peter the Great 2:07%, concerning which Mr. Streeter expressed a wish that she should remain the property of the family and be given a good home and every attention until she dies. Mr. Streeter was the owner of about 25 horses at the time of his death, six of which, all by Peter the Great, were sent to Lexington to be given records by Mr. Johnson. Los Angeles, Oct. 26th, 1909. Every one is busy these days at Agricultural Park getting ready for the Phoenix race meeting. Some horses will be shipped this week but the ma- jority will leave next week. . Will Durfee has returned from Lexington, Ky., with his string. He is looking well but his arm is still very weak. It may not be generally known that he broke it twice after leaving here last June and though it is doing well and will eventually be as good as new, it gives him a good deal of trouble at present. He will ship Copa de Oro, Carlokin, Almaden, and Wicki Wicki to Phoenix, and will also lake along the roan mare Margin 2:05% that Lon McDonald won $27,000 with this season. She is owned by F. D. Meyers of New York and will start at Phoenix against Kid Wilkes and others. Durfee will also take Gift Line 2:03% by On Line and turn him over to his trainer and driver Dave Carter who will start him in the free-for-all pace. This bunch will leave on November 4th. Walter Maben takes Queen Knight, Zomell, Pan- dora and Rapidan Dillon who are all entered at Phoe- nix and also take a number that will be put up at auction on the track, including Princess Louise, Zona by Zolock, a three-year-old by Hal B., dam by Sky Pointer, and another named Betsy by Sky Pointer, all owned by Mrs. C. S. Hastings. He will also take Tom McKinney and Marie G., a two-year- old trotter by Zombro, dam by Woolsey, that is a full sister to Clara G., owned by Wm. Morgan. She is hardly bridle wise, yet she has been an eighth in 16 seconds and a quarter in 33 seconds and all of it on a square trot. She is as pretty as a picture and good headed. C. F. Hewett set Zombretta down last week for a mile in 2:10% in a work-out with Zolock; they fin- ished head and head. "Red" Gerrety is busy with Highland C. 2:19% get- ting him in shape to show a good mile. I saw him for the first time today and he is certainly a good looker. He is at least 16% hands and as black as the ace of spades. I also saw Margin and was agreeably disappointed in her looks. The Eastern papers have described her as ugly as a stone fence but except for her head which is large and coarse and thick through the jowl, she is a well built blocky mare with excep- tionally good quarters. She is a blue roan and looks like a Jay Bird but not so rangy as the ma- jority of that strain. Durfee is going to work her a couple of miles Thursday round 2:15 and I expect to see a better looking mare in action than stand- ing in her stall. Zombro is back and looking well after his heavy Reason in Pennsylvania. A. B. Coxe at whose farm at Paoli he "stood," bought Del Coronado from Dur- fee, so that good stallion will no more be seen on the coast. Dunbar, who is valet for a bay stud called Dob- bins in Maben's string, is prophesying great things for his charge by Xmas, judging by the way he is reducing his "record" every time he works out. The fast four-year-old mare Chiquita by Highland C. has been let up on since her mile in 2:07%. Josephine worked an easy mile this morning for Rutherford in 2:12 without the hopples. JAMES. o WILL RACE TODAY. During the meeting of the Park Amateur Driving Club at the stadium in Golden Gate Park this after- noon, the new judges stand, a donation to the Park by Mr. Frank H. Burke of this city will be formally presented and dedicated. An excellent program of trotting and pacing races has been prepared, the leading feature of which will be the last race in the contest for the Clark cup. The program is as follows: First race, class A pacers, mile heats, 2 in 3 — Roberta, I. L. Borden; Opitsah, F. L. Matthes. Second race, class B trotters, mile heats, 2 in 3 — Barney Barnato, I. L. Borden; California Belle, E. Cerciat; Charles II, A. P. Clayburgh. Third race, class A trotters, mile heats, 2 in 3 — Lady Irene, A. Ottinger; Mike Kelly, A. Ottinger; Lady Nell, M. W. Herzog; Red Velvet, J. W. Smed- ley; Ceta Dillon, F. von Issendorf. Starter — George E. Erlin. Judges — F. H. Burke, J. A. McKerron, A. J. Molera. Timers — A. Joseph, G. Wempe, D. Hoffman. Marshal — H. M. Ladd. Sec- retary— F. W. Thompson. Zombro 2:11 has six new trotters and four new pacers to his credit so far this season, and ten of his former performers have reduced their records. The new trotters are as follows: Clara G. 2:22%, EI Volante 2:13%. Paul W. 2:14%. Philice C. 2:17, Pincess Zombro 2:27% and Zomona 2:21%. The pacers are: Captain Apperson 2:18%, Mary K. 2:0S%, Zanthus 2:15% and Zombrewer 2:14V2. The trotters which reduced their records are: Charley T„ 2:11% to 2:10%; Era, 2:11% to 2:10; Henry Gray, 2:14 to 2:12%; Mayo, 2:25 to 2:20; Zoe Patch- en. 2:23% to 2:19%; Zoe W.. 2:22% to 2:20, and Zombronut, 2:15% to 2:11%. The pacers with re- duced records are: Bessie Barnes, 2:17% to 2:16%; Hvmettus, 2: OS1/* to 2:07%, and Miss Jerusha, 2:24% to 2:22%. BENEFIT RACE MELTING. The San Francisco Driving Club, always to >' front when there is anything to be done for charity's sake, has announced a matinee for tomorrow after noon at Golden Gate Park, during which the club proposes to raise quite a sum for that worthy char- ity, the Youth's Directory, of which Father Crowley, lately injured by being run down by an automobile, is the head. No sooner was this meeting suggested than every member of the club went to work and under the able direction of President W. J. Kenny, they have per- fected arrangements by which they will raise quite a large sum for this institution which has done and is doing much for the good of the youth of this State. A beautiful souvenir program of the races has been printed and will be sold at the meeting, be- sides which it will be tag day for every horseman in San Francisco and everyone who goes to the races fill be requested to buy a tag, the money thus obtained to be turned over to Father Crowley for the benefit of the institution of which he is the head. An invitation was extended to the Sacramento Driving Club and that enterprising organization will send down seven or eight horses for the matinee, among them Kelly Briggs 2:08, and the Kinney Lou pacer Harold B. Invitations were also sent to the clubs at Pleasan- ton, Stockton, Vallejo and other points and several of these towns will be represented. Tom Smith of Vallejo will send down his trotter Vallejo Boy that is said to be a 2:15 or better trotter, and Princess Christine 2:14 and Dr. O'Brien 2:14%, the champion trotters of the speedway, will both start in the free-for-all trot. Kitty D. and Diodens, both fast pacers that can do 2:10 when in con- dition, will also start during the afternoon. At least fifty horses owned in the San Francisco Driving Club have been entered and the meeting will be the best held in this city for years. About a dozen very handsome cups have been donated for '.hese races, nearly all of them sterling silver cups which have been appropriately engraved. Racing will begin at the stadium track promptly at 12 o'clock Sunday if the weather is not unfavorable. SHORTER RACES FOR COLTS. The strenuous six-heat battle furnished by the high-class lot of three-year-old trotters in the re- cent Kentucky Futurity, has furnished a wealth of material for heated discussion to the turf scribes and horsemen generally. While there may be a scant and scattered minority that will attempt to ridicule the statement that the three-in-five plan of racing for colts should be aban- doned, there are so many overwhelming arguments in favor of cutting down the strain to be imposed on two and three-year-olds, that radical action is apt to result ere another racing season is reached. When one stops to consider the remarkable pro- gress that has been made in extreme speed develop- ment among our juvenile trotters, and pacers, and the high speed rate we have reached, it seems like rank cruelty, as well as poor business judgment, to impose such a prolonged test on immature horses. There is a limit to any sport, a certain boundary line which must be observed, for when that is over- stepped it ceases to be clean, enjoyable sport and is replaced by common brutality. When a two-year-old trotter races a second heat in 2:07%, and at least three others are sepa- rately timed faster than the previous record; when three-year-olds trot six brilliant heats, establishing several new world's records, the thrill occasioned by. this truly splendid exhibition of speed and gameness, worthy of a field of seasoned, matured campaigners, is apt to make us for the moment forget the great strain imposed on these three-year-olds, the drain on their immatured vitality and nerve force. If these colts did not stagger under the wire at the finish and were in apparently good condition after the race, this is but another tribute to the progress made in breeding and to the efficiency and able efforts of the men who developed and trained them. But that such a supreme effort such a protracted test of speed and stamina, is conducive to their future development and welfare, is in direct contradiction of the laws of nature and common sense. It is very probable that at the annual meeting of the American Association of Trotting Horse Breeders, to be held next month in New York, that the matter of using its influence to limit the length of contest for two and three-year-olds, will come up for action. — American Sportsman. o MEETING FOR SANTA ROSA. Since Miss Stokes reduced the yearling record to 2:19% some of the horsemen are talking about yearling races for next season. We hope it will be nothing but talk. The driving club at Santa Rosa will give a two days' race meeting at the Santa Rosa Stock Farm track on the 10th and 11th of December. There will be several purses offered for trotters and pacers and the meeting will furnish the opportunity for owners to give their horses records. It is the intention of Mr. F. J. Kilp^trick to send a dozen or fifteen of the Washington McKinneys against time in an endeavor to give them standard records. It was Mr. Kilnatrick's intention to send these horses to the Old Glory sale at New York in Novem- ber, but he has concluded to delay the shipment until January, when they will be offered at the Mid- winter Sale in Madison Square Garden. There is not the slightest doubt but ten or twelve of them will be given records at the December meeting at Santa Rosa. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30, 1909. HARNESS RACES AT FRESNO FAIR. W. G. DURFEE SELLS DEL CORONADO 2:09i/2- SALE OF MR. A. B. RODMAN'S HORSES. There were more people out to attend the fair aud see the races at Fresno last week than have been seen at a fair in that county for many a day, and this in spit of the fact that the great Portola festival had taken thousands from Fresno county to San Francisco during the week. The Fresno Fair opened on Monday, but the har- ness racing did not begin until Wednesday. There were four days of it, and while no remarkably fast time was made, the contests aroused the greatest enthusiasm as the horses were nearly all locally owned. Mr. Bachant's great pacer Adam G. won the free- for-all pace, Chas. DeRyder driving him the second heat in 2:10, which was the fastest mile during the meeting. The results of the harness races were as follows: Wednesday, Oct. 20. Trotting, match race, $100: Wahtoke, b. m. by Athadon (Zibbell) 2 1 1 Cora BUIe, b. m. by Junio (Clark) 1 2 2 Time— 2:32%, 2:30%, 2:28. Pacing, 2:14 class, $300: David St. Clair, b. g. by St. Clair (Bachant) ..111 Cole Direct, b. g. by Direct ( Brown) 2 2 2 My Way, gr. m. by Stoneway (Brolliar) 3 3 3 Time— 2:15%, 2:14, 2:15. Pacing, free for all, $120: Adam G., b. g. by McKinney (DeRyder) 1 1 Lady R., b. m. by Col. K. R. (Sweeney) 2 2 Miss Idaho, ch. in. bv Nutwood Wilkes 3 3 Time— 2:10%, 2:10. To beat 2:40%, trotting — Natalie, b. m. by Strath- way, dam by Sidney. Time — 2:37. To beat 2:25%, pacing — Trix Adrian, b. m. by Mc- Adrian, dam by Mountain Boy. Time — 2:23%. To beat 2:30%, trotting — Voyageur, b. g .by Bon Voyage, dam Ida May by Grosvenor. Time — 2:24%. Thursday, Oct. 21. Pacing, 2:12 class, $160: Calwa, b. g. by Athadon (DeRyder) 4 2 1 1 Milton Gear, ch. s. by Harry Gear (Mat- thews) 1 4 2 2 Newport, b. g. by Raymon (Morris) 2 1 4 3 T. D. W., b. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (Lie- ginger) 3 3 3 4 Time— 2:16, 2:14%, 2:15%, 2:21. Trotting, 2:24 class, $160: Con Brie, b. s. by Echo Chief (Clark) 1 1 1 McAdrian, b. s. by Guy McKinney (Lieginger) 2 3 2 Hazel Nut, b. s. by Neernut (Donahue) 3 2 3 Babe Kemp, b. m. by Guv McKinney (Kemp) 4 4 4 Time— 2:2S, 2:23, 2:24. Friday, Oct. 22. Pacing, 2:14 class, $120: Chappie, b. g. by Booth (Morris) 3 4 11 My Way, g. m. by Stoneway (Brolliar)... 12 3 3 Stoneway Jr., b. g. by Stoneway (Rey- nolds) 4 1 4 4 Vera Hal, b. m. by Expressive Mac (Lig- gett) 2 3 2 2 Time— 2:22%, 2:24, 2:18, 2:21. Trotting, free for all, $160: McDougal, b. g. by Stam B. (Morris) 1 2 1 Don Elo, br. s. by Washington McKinney (Donahue) 2 1 3 Bert Kelly, b. g. by McAdrian (Earlston) 3 3 2 Prince Mack, b. g. bv McKinney (Lieginger). 4 4 4 Time— 2:21, 2:18%, 2:19%. Saturday, Oct. 23. Pacing, 2:20 class, $300: Cole Direct, bl. g. by Direct (Brown) 2 1 1 1 Little George, b. g. by Stoneway (Liggett! 12 2 2 Andy Direct, bl. g. by Robert Direct (Brol- liar) 3 3 3 3 Time— 2:17%, 2:19%, 2:20%, 2:23%. Trotting, to beat 2:32%: Cora Belle, b. in. by Junio (Clark) Won Time — 2:29%. While at the Lexington Kentucky, meeting, Will G. Durfee of Los Angeles sold his stallion Del Cor- onado 2:09% to Mr. A. B. Coxe of Paoli, Pa., and while the price is nto given in the dispatch, it is known that Mr. Durfe.e held this horse at a good long figure. Del Coronado is one of the handsomest stallions ever sired by the great McKinney, and from the showing made thus far by the very few of his get that have been trained, is destined to be a won- derfful sire of extreme speed and gameness. He is a rich seal brown horse, the same color as his sire, stands 15.3 and weighs about 1150 pounds. It has often been said that Del Coronado looks more like McKinney than any colt the champion ever sired. One of his greatest qualifications is the absolute soundness of his feet and legs, as with all the training and racing he has had there is not a pimple on them. As a sire he has already shown his class by put- ing seven or eight in the list, one of them, the filly Cora, taking a record of 2:08% before she has seen her fourth birthday, she being a December foal. The dam of Del Coronado is Johanna Treat 2:24%, trial 2:17, ai three years of age, who is the dam of Ihree standard performers, one of which Zulu Belle, took a two-year-old (.rotting record of 2:24% last year, and won the Pacific Breeders' Futurity for ihree-year-olds this year, taking, a record of 2:16% in the fourth and last heat of the race. Johanna Treat was by Thos. Rjsdyk 2:2S, sire of the famous DEATH OF A PRIZE WINNER. Troubador, J. W. Clif e s champion Morgan stallion, valued at $5000, and winner in the American carriage horse class and saddle class at the recent Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition livestock show, is dead of pneumonia, the result of a cold contracted while on exhibition at the stock show. Pronounced by expert judges the best individual type cf the famous Morgan blood in the United States, Troubador was one of the few living horses that preserved in its purity the blood of the celebrated strain that has almost disappeared in the last few years. He was a son of the great Jubilee de Jarnette and Bird Pepper. The United States Department of Agriculture has recently undertaken the establishment of a typical "American carriage horse" and has provided compe- tition for such a class at the great livestock shows. In the two opportunities Troubador had to face this classification he won hands down. At the recent livestock show at the exposition he was judged in this class by George A. Rommel of the Department of Agriculture, who pronounced him the finest type he had seen and awarded him the first honors in that class. o Bellini 2:13 looms up as one of the great sires of the year, with the great trotting fillies Soprano (3) 2:0S% and Eva Bellini, the latter second to Native Belle (2) 2:07%, when she trotted to her world's record. DEL CORONADO 2:09|/2. trotter Clingstone 2:14, and out of Kate Treat, a daughter of the thoroughbred trotter Venture 2:27%. sire of the dam of Directum 2:05%, etc. The blood lines in Del Coronado are of the race winning, do or die sort on both sides, and as he has shown him- self to be the very gamest of race horses he is sure to transmit the qualities of speed and gameness to his produce. The sale of Del Coronado to Mr. Coxe takes one of the best sous of McKinney out of Cali- fornia and is a distinct loss to the breeding industry of the State. VALUABLE MARE DIES. Mabel Wynn 2:21, the beautiful daughter of Zom- liro 2:11. and Grace Kaiser (dam of Coney 2:02, etc.) bv Kaiser, one of the highest bred mares on the Coast and a splendid type of the trotting bred mare, died at Eugene, Oregon, on the 13th instant, of pneu- monia, while on the way home from the Seattle expo- sit'on. At Salem, Portland and Seattle, she carried n^ th-? championship honors. Professor Rommel of Washington. D C. in charge of the Bureau of Horse Industry of the Department of Agriculture, pro- pounced her the finest animal he had ever seen, and was negotiating with her owner for her purchase to plcae her at the head of the breeding farm in Colo- rado. During the livestock parade in honor of Presi- dent Taft at the A.-Y.P., the President left the stand to examine the mare, and pronounced her the finest animal he had ever seen. Mabel Wynn was bred bv Mr. Gardner of Los An- geles and was eleven years old. Mr. Gardner sold her to the late James Coff'n. and at the dispersal sale of that gentleman's estate, she was purchased by Mr. F. E. Alley, proprietor of the Bonaday Stock Farm, Roseburg, Oregon, whose property she was when she died. We do not know how many foals she left, but believe Mr. Alley owns a two-year-old filly by her that is sired by Bon Voyage 2:12%. The picture of Mabel Wynn on our front page this week is a fair likeness of this handsome mare. OF VALUE TO HORSEMEN. The dams of the ex-champion pacing mare Lady of the Mai or 2:04%, Ess H. Kay 2:05% and Princess Helen 2:05%, are all daughters of Estabella by Heir- at-Law 2:05%. Do you turn your horses out for the winter? If so. we want to call your attention to a very important matter. Horses which have been used steadily at work, either on the farm or road, have quite likely nad some strains whereby lameness or .enlargements have been caused. Or perhaps new life is needed to be infused into their legs. Gombaulfs Caustic Bal- sam applied as yi^r directions, just as you are turning The horse out, will be of great benefit; and this is the time when it can be used very successfully. One great advantage in using this remedy is that after it is ap- plied it needs no care or attention, but does its work well and at a time when the horse is having a rest. Of course it can be used with equal success while horses are in the stable, but many people in turning their horses out would use Caustic Balsam if they were reminded of it, and this article is given as a re- minder. The complete dispersal sale of the trotting bred horses owned by Mr. A. B. Rodman of Woodland, which took place at Fred H. Chase's pavilion in this city last Monday night was not a great success, but the horses were all sold with one exception and brought fair prices in most instances. None of the horses sold were registered and many of them were not eligible to registration, which probably kept a few buyers away from the sale, but their breeding was good nevertheless and some good individuals went for low prices. The 24 head were nearly all just out of the pasture, unshod and without and brushing up for the salesring, but all were in good flesh and were sold without any special claims being made as to their speed or road qualities. The pac- ing geiding joe Brown, whose trial mile in 2:08% had attracted a number of prospective buyers, was the only horse of the consignment on which a reserve bid had been piaced, and he was returned to Mr. Rodman after a bid of $610 had been made on him. The sales were as follows: Flossie, br. m. foaled 1902, by San Diego 8776. dam Patty Washington by Geo. Washington 2:16%; S. S. Paxon, Honolulu, $125. Tubelina, br. m. foaled 1901, by Tuberose 2:25, dam Leny Holly by Mountain Boy; E. A. Lefevre, $190. Bay mare foaled 1903, by Tuberose 2:25%, dam by Alex-Button; Gus Liudaur, $140. Roan mare, foaled 1905, by Money Mac, dam by Tbex; W. Michaelson, $170. Bay gelding, foaled 1906, by Money Mac, dam by Mambrino Chief Jr.; O. J. Frostman, $135. Bay filly, foaled 1906, by Money Mac, dam by Alex. Button; F. J. Seaman, $130. Bay gelding, foaled 1907, by Money Mac, dam Lady Armington by Anteeo; G. A. Lee, $85. Money Mac, b. s. by McKinney, dam Patty Wash- ington, dam of Patrose 2:12%, by Geo. Washington 2:16%; Walter Masten, $295. Brown mare, foaled 1903, by Falrose 2:19, dam bv Tuberose 2:25; A. J. Martin, $130. Bay filly, foaled 1908, by Merrv Boy, dam bv Mam- brino Chief Jr.; Maj. O'Neil, $70. Merry Boy, b. s. foaled 1904, by Merry Mac. 2:19%, dam Italka by Eros; Mr. Stone. $225. Grit, s. g. foaled 1907, by Diablo Boy, dam by son of Gold Rose; J. B. Schroyer, $85. Chestnut filly, fnaled 1905. bv Merrv Mac 2:19% dam Faith by G"!d Rnse: M. Gilmore $125. Bay mare, foaled 1901. by Son of Gold Rose, dam Nelly Turner by McDonald Chief; A. Cohen, $50. Merrylina. br. f. foaled 1906. by Merry Mac 2:19%. dam Tubelina by Tuberose: W. Michaelson, $175. Merry Mac, br. s. foaled 1901, by McKinney, dam Advocatrix by Attorney 1105; Geo. Anderson, $205. Derwin, b. c. foaled 1908, by Tuberose, dam Patty Washington; S. H. Cowell, $100. Bay mare foaled 1902, bv Mambrino Chief Jr., dam by Alex. Button, and suckling by Money Mac; W. Rice, $95. Patty Washington, ch. m. foaled 1892. bv Geo. Washington 2:16^.. dam Patty P. 2:27 bv Richmont, and suckling by Kinnev Rose: S. H. Cowell, $100. Chestnut gelding, foaled 1907. by Diablo Boy, dam by Mambrino Chief Jr.; Mr. Becker. $75. Chestnut filly, thoroughbred, foaled 1905, by Joe Terry, dam by St. Paul; S. Natuse, $110. Bay mare by Bayswater Wilkes, dam by Tilton Almont; S. S. Paxon, $50. DEATH OF SALVATOR. The champion running horse of the world, Salvator. whose record of 1:35% for one mile, made at Mon- mouth Park August 29, 1890, against time over a straight course, has never been beaten, died at James B. Haggin's Elmendorf, Kentucky, on Saturday last, the 23d of October. He was foaled in 1886. Salvator was one of the grandest race horses the American turf has ever known. During his career he won $120,365, and was never unplaced but once, in his maiden start for the Junior Champion, in which he finished fourth. His victories included the Titan, Tidal, Realization, Lorillard and September stakes, the Suburban with 127 pounds, Monmouth cup, Cham- pion stakes, 1% miles in 2:05 (best on record for a circular track), and one mile in 1:35%, the best on record. His sire, imported Prince Charlie, was the speediest horse of his day in England. He was unbeaten as a two and a four-year-old, winning ten straight races at the latter age. eight out of nine starts at five, and five out of eight at three, including the 2000 Guineas. His sons in the stud in America are all doing well. The get of one of them. Pirate of Penzance, won $64,370.50 in 1902, and he had out more two-year-old winners in 1904 — sixteen — than any other sire. In the maternal line, Salvator belongs to the great Levity family. His dam, Salina, was a superior race mare, and she also produced the fine race horse Danicheff, the winner Saltpetre and tne producing daughter Virlein. Salina's sister, Nevada, was the best three-year-old filly in 1872, and is renowned as the dam of Luke Blackburn, etc. Another sister. Crucifix, was the dam of St. Augustine. Blanche. Quito, St. Albans, Fair Play and Semper Felix. The last named is the dam of Leonatus and Semper Vive, she the dam of Fordham, Folsom, Portehester and Semper Idem, dam of the great Longstreet. Sprightly, another sister to Salina, and Gulnare, a half sister, have likewise become noted in the stud. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, October 30, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN GOOD RACING LAST SATURDAY. SECOND WEEK AT LEXINGTON. With fine weather, a large crowd, and racing con- ducted in a manner that greatly pleased the spec- tators, the Park Amateur Driving Club's meeting at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last Saturday was one of the best the club has ever held. There were five races, and four of them required but two heats to decide, but in the class A pace, in which but two horses competed, there were five hot heats before the winner could be named. This race was three best heats in five and was for a set of harness, the match being made the week previous between the owners of the mares Robrta and Opitsah. There has not been a match race on any track for many days as closely contested as this one. Mr. Borden won it finally with Roberta and in the second heat his mare paced the mile in 2:13%, which is the fastest mile she has ever paced in a race. In the free-for-all trot D. E. Hoffman put a cinch on his claim for the Clark cup by winning with Dr. O'Brien in straight heats from Mike Kelly and Reina Directum, lowering the record in this cup event to 2:14% in the second heat. Mr. A. P. Clayburgh won a nice race in the class B trot with his favorite Charles II, trotting the heats in 2:21 and 2:20. M. W. Herzog's mare Lady Nell took her race, the class A trot, in like manner and almost identically the same time. Eugene Cerciat's new purchase, California Belle, a sister to Dr. Hammond 2:11%, showed up well in the class C trot, defeating Katy Yandle in straight heats in 2:22% and 2:1S. The results: First race, class B trotters, one mile: A. P. Clayburgh's Charles II (Clayburgh) 1 1 Molera & Josephs' Belle Overton (Josephs) 3 2 F. L. Mattheas' Walter G. (Mattheas) 2 3 Time— 2:21, 2:20. Second race, class A trotters, one mile: M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell (Herzog) 1 1 J. W. Smedley's Red Velvet (Smedley) 3 2 C. F. Von Issendorf's Ceta Dillon- (Von Issen- dorf) 2 3 I. L. Borden's Barney Barnato (Borden) 4 4 Time— 2:21, 2:20%. Third race, class A pacers, one mile: I. L. Borden's Roberta (Borden) 2 1 2 1 1 F. L. Matthes' Opitsah (Matthes) 1 2 1 2 2 Time— 2:19%, 2:13%, 2:19, 2:17%, 2:18. Fourth race, free-for-all trot, one mile: D. E. Hoffman's Dr. O'Brien (Hoffman) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Mike Kelly (Ottinger) 3 2 S. Christensen's Reina Directum (Christensen) . 2 3 Time— 2:21%, 2:14%. Fifth race, class C trotters, one mile: E. Cerciat's California Belle (Cereiat) 1 1 F. J. Kilpatrick's Katy Yandle (Kilpatrick) 2 2 Time— 2:22%, 2:18. o DEATH OF COL. J. M. MOORHEAD. Col. John Murray Moorhead, an old resident of the Santa Clara valley, died at San Jose on Friday, October 22d, aged 76 years. Col. Moorhead was quite an extensive breeder of trotting horses, having owned the Geo. Wilkes stal- lion Hambletonian Wilkes, and was the breeder of Robert I. 2:08%, and several other horses with records that were sired by that stallion. Col. Moor- head had been in poor health for the past year or two, having failed in health materially since the death of his brother, Robert I. Moorhead, about a year ago. The brothers lived together on the colonel's ranch, which was on the Brokaw road, just outside the city limits of Santa Clara, where the colonel resided until recently, when he disposed of the ranch. The deceased was born in Rockhaven, Pa., and for thirty years lived in the city of New York, being a familiar figure about the Hoffman House. He was a man well known throughout the country, and one who knew many prominent people, especially in the metropolis. In his early youth he went into the railroad busi- ness, and followed the calling of the railroad builder until the later years of his life. He was associated with the famous Tom Scott coterie of operators, who controlled the Pennsylvania Central Railway and who projected a transcontinental line to San Diego. By Scott, Colonel Moorhead was sent to Japan on a railroad project. On that mission he made his first visit to California, in 1872, and spent some time in Japan. He returned East, and again came to Cali- fornia in 1883, since then making his home in this State. He lived some years in San Francisco, then went to Los Angeles, and thence to Santa Clara about 1893. He bought a ranch near Mountain View, and later moved to a ranch near Santa Clara, where he fol- lowed the vocation of orchardist and farmer, raising many fine horses, of which he was very proud. The colonel never married, and leaves no relatives save two nephews, the sons of his deceased brother. One of them, John M. Moorhead, resides in Indian- apolis, and the other, Robert I. Moorhead, lives in New York. He counted among his most intimate friends in this State Walter Hobart Sr. and Charles McLaughlin, well known as the promoter of the Western Pacific Railroad. He was a very energetic and active man, and a leader in all that he undertook. At the same time, he had the reputation of being one of the most kind- hearted men. Although making no marked religious pretensions, he was a man of high character and integrity, and was counted a good friend among those who knew him intimately. Oct. 12— 2: OS pace, $1000: Geraldine, br. m. by Cutting (Geers) 1 2 1 1 Ella Ambulator, b. m. by Ambulator (Mur- phy) 2 1 2 2 Shaughran, b. h. by Ananias (Shank).... 3 3 6 4 Governor Searles, b. h. by Lockheart (Mc- Mahon) 7 8 3 3 Baron Kay, Hoosier Prince, Mattie Chimes, Arthur B. and Flying Jim were also starters. Time— 2:14%, 2:14, 2:14%, 2:13%. Walnut Hall Farm Cup, 2:15 trotters eligible June 1st, $3000: Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant (Shutt) 1 1 1 Margin, r. m. by Time Onward (McDonald) .232 Jack McKerron, b. h. by John A. McKerron (Shank) 3 2 4 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers) ... 4 4 3 Todd Mac and Martha C. distanced. Time— 2:14%, 2:13%, 2:15%. 2:18 trot, $1000: Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) 1 1 1 Lady Stately, b. m. by Stately (McDonald).. 2 2 3 Farfalla, b. m. by Bellini (Dickerson) 4 3 2 Bronson, b. g. by Bingen (Titer) 3 4 4 Silver Baron, Ashland Clay, Camille, Miss Baritone, Miss Allie Wood and Alice Gregory also started. Time— 2:17%, 2:18%, 2:20. Oct. 13—2:18 pace, $1000: W. A., br. g. by Blanaleo (Floyd) 2 1 1 1 Iris, b. m. by Island Wilkes (Cox) 1 2 2 2 Ella Hughes, b. m. by Allerton (Bower- man) 4 4 3 3 Garrard, br. g. by Boreal (Horine) 6 6 4 ds Roy Wilkes and Mabel C. distanced. Time— 2:13%, 2:10%, 2:12%, 2:10. The McDowell stake, $3000, for 2:08 trotters: Lady Jones, blk. m. by Captain Mc- Kinney (Murphy) 3 5 1 1 1 San Francisco, b. h. by Zombro Genteel H„ br. h. by Gambetta Wilkes (Snow) -.l. 4 3 3 3 3 Nancy Royce^ blk. es*s. Allerton (Mc- Carthy) ....-'.uninteresting 66544 Brace Girdle ditto the drive Harvester withdrawn. Time— 2^0C%, *.-v.fy2, 2E09%, 2:12, 2:11%. Blue Grass Handicap, $5000, one and one-half mile dash for pacers: Major Mallow, b. g. by Box Elder (Mallow) 1 Alcelia, b. m. by Gen. Forrest (McMahon) 2 Brenda Yorke, b. m. by Moko (Nuchols) 3 Sir Milton, ch. g. by Milton S. (Jackman) 4 The Philistine, Baron Whips, Major Brino, Hedge- wood Bov, The Friend and Onfield also started. Time— 3:21%. Oct. 14— The West stake for 2:29 trotters, $2000, three in five: Margin, r. m. by Time Onward (McDonald) . . 1 11 Oro Bellini, br. g. by Bellini (Dickerson) 2 2 3 Martha Dillon, b. m. by Sidney Dillon (M. Saunders) 3 4 2 Frazee, b. h. by Arion (Geers) 4 3 4 Ed Monahan 5 5 ds Time— 2:10%, 2:14%, 2:10%. Oct. 15 — 2:12 pace, $1000 (unfinished from Thurs- day), three in five: Meadowbrook, br. m. by Silent Brook (Turner) 1 2 6 2 1 1 Flora Coffee, ch. m. by Sir John (Snow) 3 1 1 5 3 3 Beauty Wilkes, b. m. by Wilton Wilkes (Gahagau) 7 4 5 1 2 2 The Orator, b. g. by Oratorio (Horine) 7 5 2 3 4 ro Helen Tell, Mable C, Hilda, Gus B. and Hettie Rogers also started. Time— 2:10%, 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:14%, 2:10%, 2:12. 2:11 trot, $1000, three in five: Demarest, b. g. by Ariel Highwood (Geers) ..11 1 Startle, b. g. by William Wilkes (Gahagan) ..222 Inner Guard, b. g. by Guardsman (Murphy) ..833 Bell Bird, b. m. by Jay Tine (McDonald) 3 4 4 Sir Todd, Surmise, Ann Direct and Kenyon W. also started. Time— 2:11. 2:11, 2:11%. The Kentucky stake of $2000 for three-year-old trotters, two in three: Soprano, ch. f. by Bellini (Dickerson) 0 1 Muda Guy, b. f. by Guy Axworthy (Terrill) 3 2 O'Neil, br. c. by Walnut Hall (Kinser) 4 3 The Wolverine, b. c. by Peter the Great (F. Benyon) 5 4 Bertha C, b. f. by Baronmore (Chandler) 0 ds 0 — dead heat. Time— 2:14, 2:12%. 2:15 trot, $1000, three in five: Melva J., b. m. by Peter the Great (Cox) .... 1 1 1 Martha C, b. m. by Pat Clare (Wright) 2 2 2 Kioto, b. m. by Norval (Jackman) 5 3 4 Farfalla, b. m. by Bellini (Dickerson) 3 5 6 Adboo, Orlean and St. Peter were also starters. Time— 2:14%, 2:14%, 2:14%. 2:03 pace, $1000, two in three: Lady Maud C, ch. m. by Chitwood (Dean).. 14 1 The Eel, g. g. by Gambolier (McEwen) 2 1 2 Aileen Wilson, blk. m. by Arrowwood (Cox). 3 2 3 Red Bow, b. m. by Redfield (McMahon) 4 3 4 Time— 2:05%, 2:05%, 2:05. The Lexington stake, $2000, for two-year-old trot ters, two in three: Sue D., blk. f. by Todd (Willis) 1 1 Colorado E., b. c. by The Bondsman (Macey) 4 2 Eva Bellini, br. f. by Bellini (Dickerson) 2 4 Eva Tanguay, br. f. by Peter the Great (Geers) . 3 3 Bon Vivant 5 ds Time— 2:16%, 2:17. The October Prize, $5000, handicap for trotters. dash of one and one-half miles, $3000 to first, etc.: Alice Roosevelt, ch. m. by The Searcher (Cox) .... 1 Wilkes Heart, b. g. by Great Heart (Snow) 2 San Francisco, b. h. by Zombro (Hodges) 3 Just the Thing, b. m. by Highwood (B. Walker) . . 4 Sonoma Girl, Judge Lee, Sterling McKinney and Carlokin were starters. Time by quarters— :32%, 1:05, 1:39, 2:12, 2:45. Oct. 16—2:06 pace, $1000, three in five: Major Mallow, b. g. by Box Elder (Mallow) ..11 1 Major Brino, blk. g. by Wildbrinoo (Mc- Donald) 2 2 2 Baron Whips, ch. g. by Baron Dillon (Mur- phy) 5 3 3 Eph Cinders, eh. g. by Argosy (Crist) 3 5 4 Texas Rooker, Mary Dillon, Maconda and Green Pilot were also starters. Time— 2:0S%, 2:06%, 2:06%. 2:09 trot, $1000, three in five: Penisa Maid, b. m. by Pennant ( Shutt) 1 1 1 Nancy Royce, blk. m. by Allerton (McCarthy) 2 2 2 Brace Girdle, b. m. by Tregantle (McMahon) ds Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:08%. The Stoll for 2:19 trotters, $2000, three in five: General H„ b. h. by Combineer (Haag) 2 2 111 Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King (Geers) 1 14 3 4 Maud Caesar, b. m. by Margrave (Tur- ner) 4 4 2 2 2 Baron McKinney, br. h. by McKinney (Dickerson) 3 3 3 4 3 Time— 2:11%, 2:08%, 2:12%, 2:10%, 2:10%. THE NEW YORK HORSE MARKET. The feature of the New York horse market since the fall trade commenced, writes a correspondent of the Chicago Breeders' Gazette, has been the increased demand for heavy draft horses. There are several purchasers for every desirable animal offered, and the dealers cannot find sufficient material with which to supply their customers. This demand is not confined to New York. Purchasers from Phila- delphia, Washington. Baltimore and other eastern cities are daily seen at the marts where heavy drafters are handled, and all report an excess in demand over the supply in their respective local- ities. The fall auction sales have just commenced and, so far as held, have been quite as satisfactory as was anticipated. Horses for heavy work have been eagerly sought by an unusually large number of buyers. The most popular among heavy horses for this market, up to the present time, have been the Percherons or half-bred Percherons. Perhaps this is because our people are more familiar with this breed than any other and perhaps it is because the Percheron shows more quality than any of the other breeds. As yet but few Belgians "have been offered in the New York markets, but such as have been seen have been greatly admired and it is prob- able that, when they are better known by our people, their popularity will rapidly increase. It is expected that the showing made in the draft horse classes at the next national exhibition will be a great educa- tional agency to eastern breeders and others who have but a limited knowledge respecting the relative merits of the different breeds, it will probably cause a greater demand for these magnificent animals than has heretofore existed. Trotting bred show horses of the highest class are still very scarce and such as have been offered are held at such high prices that no one without a liberal bank account can do more than look at and admire them. Several high class Hackneys have been re- cently imported and the prospect now is that the high-stepping classes at Madison Square Garden next month will be at least as good as were ever seen at a show in this country. PURSE RACES AT SAN BERDOO. The San Bernardino County Driving Club is plan- ning a race meet to be held at Association Park pos- sibly on Thanksgiving. The Riverside club has been talking of a matinee on that date, but both the San Bernardino and Riverside clubs are desirous for a one day purse meeting to be held this fall and that may be arranged for Thanksgiving at the San Ber- nardino park, though it has not been fully determined upon. The club will probably also hold a matinee on Christmas or New Year's, the exact date to be de- termined later. By Thanksgiving time most of the local race horses would be home from Phoenix, Arizona, the last point on the circuit, so that a good showing could be made for some fast events. A number of new horses owned by horsemen in San Bernardino valley have been in training this fall, and these, together with the regular circuit fol- lowers, would make a fine showing for a purse event of one day to include the horses of San Bernardino and Riverside counties. o Dan Patch and Minor Heir will appear at the Phoenix Fair after all and the former will be sent to lower his record. It^is said that Mr. Savage was induced to send the great pacer to Phoenix because his driver, H. C Hersey, thinks the Arizona track is one of the fastest in the country and that it will be a splendid opportunity for the champion to lower his record. The terms are as follows: The owner of Dan Patch receives 65 per cent of the total gate and grand stand receipts over and above the average total gate and grand stand receipts for the same day on the two preceding years. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30, 1909. NOTES AND NEWS Zanthus bv Zombro, reduced his record to 2:11 at Walla Walla. Tbe Phoneix meeting will open November Sth. one week from Monday next. Chiquita by Higbland C. worked a mile at Los Angeles two weeks ago in 2:07% and tbe first quar- ter was in 34 seconds. James Hogan stepped tbe trotter Ruby Clay 2:09% a mile at tbe Memphis track a few days ago in 2:04, last half in 1:00%. Zombro is back in his old stall at Geo. Becker's home at Los Angeles, and looks to be in fine condi- tion. Cbas. David, the well known horseman of Hono- lulu, where he has resided for the last fourteen years, is in San Francisco on a visit for a few weeks. The county fairs of Oregon and Washington have been very successful this year and nearly every one made a cash profit. Zolock 2:05% is being put in condition to race at Phoenix, Arizona. He has beaten 2:10 in his work at Los Angeles and looks to be as good as ever in his life. Mr. Frank J. Kilpatriek left for New York last Tuesday on the Overland Limited and will not re- turn to San Francisco for two weeks. The recent rains have greatly benefitted tbe new San Jose track and it will soon be in shape to train horses on. Eleata's 2:08% first foal to appear on the turf is the two-year-old black trotting colt High Private, by Bingen 2:06%. The youngster was a creditable sec- ond in 2:25%, tbe third heat over a half-mile track. Mr. Arstrong. owner of the Pleasanton track, made a net profit of $22.50 per acre from that portion of the infield which be rented out for sugar beets this year. A movement is on foot to organize an agricul- tural district of the coast counties of Central Cali- fornia and bold a fair each year at San Luis Obispo. The horse Wayward Jr. by Wayward, owned by F Buzzinl, of San Luis Obispo, has been entered in tbe Phoenix, Arizona, races. They only charge 25 cents admission to the Allen- town, Pa., fair, which has a half mile track, yet the total received for admissions this year was a little more than $45,000. Lady Maud C. by Chitwood equaled the worlds pacing record for three heats, held by The Broncho, at Springfield, 111., when she won in 2:03%, 2:02%, 2:03% — averaging 2:03. William Leach of Marysville received a silver medal and the commendations of the award com- mittee at the Alaska-Yukon Fair for tbe stallion shield manufactured by him. Czarevna (3) 2:07%, Baroness Virginia (3) 2:08% and Oratorio 2:13, sire of the world's champion three- year-old pacing filly Maggie Winder 2:06% are a trio of stars to go to the Old Glory sale. The brothers Sam and Will Caton, who have achieved remarkable success on the Russian harness turf, sailed from NewT York October 16th for Moscow, after a visit to friends and relatives in this country. Miss K. L. Wilks of Cruiclcston Farm, Ontario; has leased her young stallion Kentucky Todd (3) 2:0S% to R. C. Estill of Lexington, Kentuckv, for the season of 1910. Surpol 2:10, the gray stallion by Electricity 2:17%, dam Sallie Benton, was recently sold by George Ar- nold of Sedalia, Missouri, for export to Russia. Sur- pol was bred at Palo Alto Stock Farm. Kid Wilkes 2:09% is reported to have improved considerably in looks since reaching Los Angeles and has gained in weight. He will race at Phoenix dur- ing the fair which opens November Sth. Freedom 2:29%, the first yearling to beat 2:30, is still living and is the property of William Hoegg of New York. Freedam was bred at San Mateo Stock Farm, and made his yearling*-' record on the Napa track. The sensational trotting mare Margin 2:05% by Time Onward, that won the M. & M. and several other rich stakes this year, was recently purchased by F. D. Meyers, of New York, who has turned her over *o Will Durfee. Mr. Durfee brought her to Los Angeles with his other horses last week and after taking aer to Phoenix, where she is to race in No- vember, will winter her at the Los Angeles track. Already credited with The Abbott 2:03%, The Abbe (3) 2:10%, etc., the famous broodmare Nettie King 2:20% has two new ones this season in the pacer Mitre Bearer 2:19% and the trotter King Bellini (2) 2:27%. L. V. Harkness, proprietor of Walnut Hall Farm, has placed Moko's fee at $1000 for the coming season, desiring to make him practically a private stud, but seven mares were booked to him in one day during the Lexington meeting. Flora Coffee 2:05% is a good part thoroughbred, being by Sir John, son of Clear Grit, by Imported Lapidist, while her dam was by the running horse Marauder. Her second dam runs to tbe Golddust family. With Aileen Wilson 2:02, Copa de Oro 2:02, Darkey Hal 2:02%, The Eel 2:02%, Lady Maud C. 2:02%, Hedgewood Boy 2:02%, George Gano 2:03%, Hal Raven 2:03%, Giftline 2:03%, and others, there will bo material a plenty for the free-for-alls next season. Moko seems destined to achieve as much fame as a broodmare sire as be has as a progenitor of early and extreme speed. His daughters have already produced The Harvester 2:08%, Vito (3) 2:12% and O'Neil (3) 2:13%. A Nutwood Wilkes mare is offered for sale by an advertiser. Tbe Nutwood Wilkes mares should find ready sale. This one is a full sister to Mr. Kilpat- rick's fast mare Elma S. See advertisement for particulars. The next regular meeting of the board of appeals of tbe American Trotting Association will be held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, on Tuesday, Decem- ber 7th. All new applications and written evidence must be received by tbe association not later than November 6th. Max Berlin of LivermM| ^V.vertises a Belgian stallion and a German eoacil^tlK^oii for sale. Both these horses are imported, the Belgian weighing 2000 pounds and tbe coach stallion 1450. They can be seen at Livermore and their colts will also be shown. Read tbe advertisement on another page. Carey Montgomery of Davisville has moved his horses to Pleasanton and will train there during the coming season. He has Dan Logan, the four- year-old brother to Jim Logan 2:05% and several other good ones in his string. He will handle several colts for J. W. Marshall of Dixon. Kinney Rose 2:13% whose record was made in a trotting race this year will be sold with all the other horses owned by William Hashagen, at Wood- land on Saturday, November 13th. Seven or eight other horses, all well bred and in good shape will be offered at the same time. See the advertisement in this issue fcr description of these animals. Gil Curry received a letter last week from his friend J. L. Markey (Marque) of the Chicago Horse Review, containing the information that this well known writer on turf affairs has joined the band of Benedicks and is now trotting in double harness and stabled in a neat little flat in Chicago. Every horseman who reads his weekly correspondence will wish him success and prosperity as well as joy and happiness. Schuyler Walton was up from Fresno to attend the Rodman dispersal sale. He reports that there is considerable speed at the Fresno track, particularly among the youngsters that are just being broken. He has a coming two-year-old full brother to Atha- sham 2:09% and the fast two-year-old Donasham, that he thinks will be faster than either. This fellow is a natural trotter and could show it tbe first time he was hitched up. Cornelia by Beau Brummel, dam Lou Milton, tbe half sister to the world's champion trotter Lou Dil- lon, is again in Jack Groom's stable at Alameda, Mr. C. F. White having had her sent down from Cosmopolis, Washington, for Groom to train. Cor- nelia has raced well in matinees up north and the chances are that she is as fast as her stable compan- ion Sophia Dillon 2:11%, also owned by Mr. White and successfully raced by Groom this season. Signor Lamm a, the Italian trainer, who raced successfully Kirkwood Jr., 2:10, and other American borses:in Europe, is at Lexington, Ky., accompanied by two others of his countrymen. Mr. Lamma is in search of mares and stallions to race abroad. A woman in the party is tbe only one of the quar- tet that can speak a work of English. She uses our language with fluency and is thoroughly posted on our horses, their racing, breeding, etc. Marvin Wilkes 2:12% won the first and champion prizes at the Royal Agricultural Show at Mel- bourne. Australia, last month. Marvin Wilkes is owned by Allendale Stock Farm, and was pur- chased in California two years ago by that excel- lent judge of a horse Mr. Andrew Robertson of Mel- bourne. A very fine picture of Marvin Wilkes wear- ing the blue ribbon on his neck, adorns the front page of the Victorian Trotting Record of September 17th. Adam G. 2:06% is the fastest green pacing geld- ing of tbe year. Gen. Watts (3) 2:06%, now a four-year-old, trot- ted a quarter in 28% seconds during a work out at the Lexington meeting this month. Ed. Thompson, the owner of Native Belle, has been campaigning one or two good horses for several years. Susie N., Rudy Kipp and Deloree are some of those Tommy Murphy has raced for him. On a Pennsylvania half mile track two weeks ago a pacing race went to five heats and the time was 2:0S%, 2:07%, 2:08, 2:08, 2:09. Ethan Roberts won the first two heats and Jennie W. the next three. Both pacers have records of 2:04%. Tommy Murphy heads tbe list of money winning trainers this year with $6S,000 to bis credit. Lon McDonald won $40,000 and Geers $35,000. There were ten trainers w7hose stables won over $10,000 each. These are Grand Circuit figures. A reader of the "Breeder and Sportsman" wTould like to know the present address of the owner of the dark bay five-year-old full sister of Elma S. that was sold at the dispersal of the horses owned by the late Martin Carter. The mare was knocked down to Jos. Cuicello at tbe sale. According to a correspondent at Lexington, Trainer Dick Wilson and J. C. Crabtree, owner of the noted pair Lady Maud C. 2:02%, and Hedge- wood Boy 2:02%, have had a disagreement, as a result of which both horses have been taken out of Wilson's stable and transferred to that of Charles Dean. The trouble originated at tbe Springfield, TIL, meeting and it is said that there is likely to be liti- gation before the matter is settled. The appeal of the Southern Pacific Company against the judgment of $70,000 awarded Willard Zibbell of Fresno for injuries received in an accident four years ago, was argued at tbe Los Angeles ses- sion of the California Supreme Court two weeks ago, and a decision must be rendered during the next sixty days. It will be remembered that the Fresno jury awarded Mr. Zibbell the full sum sued for, $100,000, which was reduced by consent to $70,000 when the court refused to grant the railroad com- pany a new trial. Mr. Zibbell lost both hands and one leg in tbe accident. FEEDING CARROTS. Carrots will be a part of the winter ration for an Illinois subscriber's horses. He has the carrots and wishes to know the most approved method of feeding them, the amount to feed and whether the tops should be fed with the roots. Carrots are topped when they are harvested because the tops if left on wilt, rot, heat and finally dry up when exposed to tbe air, so they are of no use for feed. The tops are cut off close to the crown at one stroke with a corn knife after they are pulled. Some men cut off the tops with a hoe before plowing the carrots out, but that does a rough job of it. Horses will eat carrots whole, but it is better to slice them as they are then eaten more promptly and with less waste. They may be fed mixed with the grain or alone. The main thing is to get the carrots inside the horse. The value of carrots lies not in their nutritive materials, but in the cooling laxative healthful effect on the digestive system, making the horse to thrive and bis coat to shine. A comparatively small amount of carrots is enough, eight to ten pounds daily per horse being the usual ration. Larger amounts add nothing to the beneficial effect on the system and are detrimental because of their lack of nutrition. Carrots only con- tain about 12 per cent of dry matter. Attempts to make horses derive any large share of their nourish- ment from them have been uniformly unsatisfactory. It is as a source of winter succulence that carrots are useful and for this purpose in horse feeding they are unexcelled. — Breeders' Gazette. o HORSE SENSE. There is a firm in Washington whose business re- quires tbe use of a large number of delivery wagons. In each wagon, on the back rest of tbe driver's seat, there are painted these words, "Be good to your horse." Far from being maudlin, this sentiment deserves to be recorded in letters of gold. Wise and humane at all times, it will, during the next two or three months, have a meaning more weighty than at any other season of the year. This motto is hidden from the world, yet always faces the man to whom it appeals as be climbs into his seat and takes tbe reins in hand. The strength of the little sentence lies in the moral character. A agent of the Humane Society can bold up a brutal driver, and a policeman can bale him before the courts. Such a course is likely to pro- voke a desire for revenge, and it is only too proba- ble that this desire will be wreaked on tbe inoffen- sive animal under conditions of time and place known neither to the friend of the beast nor to tbe upholder of the law. The automobile has doubtless come to stay, but the horse has not departed. On the hot asphalt, in the paddock or down the last stretch on Derby Day he counts. And in every case the force of the in- junction on the back of the delivery wagon seat will have its application. Saturday, October 30, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN FASTEST RECORDS FOR 1909. Attention is called to the splendid showing tor California bred horses made in the table o£ fastest records of the year at different ages as given below. All horses bred in California whose names appear in this table are printed in black face type. A star (*) after a record denotes that it is a world's record for that age, sex or gait. A dagger (t) indicates a time record. A double star (**) denotes a world s race record. The (%) indicates that the record was made on a hall-mile track. The table is from the columns of the American Hoise Bleeder of Boston: TROTTING. Yearling. Filly— Miss Stokes, b, by Peter the Great (4) 2:07%, dam Tillie Thompson, by Guy Wilkes (2:15%) *t2:19% Colt — Capt. Denny, b. by Ma]. Higginson 2:18%; dam Minuet 2:13%, by Strathmore (%*) 2:43 Two-Year-Old. Colt— Bon Vivant, b- by Bon Voyage (3) 2:12%- dam Reina del Diablo, by Diablo (4) 2:09% t2:16% Filly — Native Eelle, b, by Moko; dam Yellow Belle, by Gen. Wellington 2:30 "2.07% Three-Year-Old. Colt — Vito, b. by Prodigal 2:16; dam Mary North, by Moko 2:12% Filly — Czarevna, eh. by Peter the Great (4) 2-07%, dam Orianna 2:19%, by Onward 2:25% "2:07% Gelding— James A., b. by Prodigal 2:16; dam Maggie Baron, by Baron Wilkes 2:18 2:14% Four-Year-Old. Colt — The Harvester, br. by Walnut Hall 2:08%; dam Notelet, by Moko 2:06% Filly — Fair Margaret, b. by Re-election 2:27%; dam Alabama 2:15; by Hambletonian 2:26%. 2:10% Gelding — Safeguard, b. by Greystone; dam Ze- lotta, by Hambrino- 2:21% 2:11% Five-Year-Old. Stallion— Bob Douglass, gr. by Todd 2:14%; dam Clycezone, by Cyclone 2:23% "2:06% Mare — Esther Bells, b. by Monbells 2:23%; dam Expressive (3) 2:12%, by Electioneer. Marie N., br. m. by Marengo King 2:29%; dam Miss Dorothy M. 2:19%, by Peeler 2:23%.. 2:08% Gelding— Uhlan, blk. by Bingen 2:06%; dam Blonde, by Sir Walter Jr. 2:18% *f2:02% Fastest. Staliion— Bob Douglass, gr. (see 5-year-old stallion) 2:06% Mare — Hamburg Belle, br. by Axworthy (3) 2:15%; dam Sally Simmons 2:13%, by Sim- mons 2:28 "2:01% Gelding— Uhlan, blk. (see 5-year-old gelding) .t2: 02% New Performer. Stallion — Frazee, b. by Arion (4) 2:07%; dam Lady Vervenia, by Bourbon Wilkes 2:09% Mare — Margin, ro. by Time Onward; dam Al- femeda, by Alfred G. 2:19% 2:05% Gelding — Kid Wilkes, ch. by Stanton Wilkes 2:10%; dam by Balboa (tboroughbredl 2:09% Half-Mile Track. Stallion— Happy J., gr. by Happy Partner; dam Miss Muscovite, by Muscovite 2:18%.. 2:10% Hare — Nahma, b. by Peter the Great (4) 2:07%; dam Caracas, by Bingen 2:06% 12:09% Gelding — Fred C, b. by Hindoo King; dam Wild Bird, by Jerome Eddy 2:15% 2:11% Fastest Mile in a Race. —Hamburg Belle, br. by Axworthy 2:15y2 "2:01% PACING. Two-Year-Old. Colt — Sirius Pointer, o. by Star Pointer 1:59%; dam Trix by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. 2:18 Filly — Fleeta Dillon, b. by Sidney Dillon; dam Lady Hilda Hills, by Wilkes Boy 2:24% . .*t2:08% Three-Year-Old. Colt — Jim Logan, b. by Charles Derby 2:20; dam Effie Logan, by Durfee "2:05% Filly — Maggie Winder, b. by Oratorio 2:13; dam Clara Direct, by Direct 2:05% "2:06% Gelding — Pard Givens, b. by Todd Allerton 2:12% 2:11% Four-Year-Old. Colt — Tonv Swift, blk. by Swift Bell; dam Gipsey Girl 2:22%, by Simmocolon 2:13%.. 2:05% Filly— Princess Lulu. ch. by The Earl 2:14%; dam Lula Mack, by Johnny Mack 2:06% Gelding — March McEwen, ro. by Fred S. Mc- Ewen; dam by Rattler Brooks 2:23% 2:08% Five-Year-Old. Stallion — Bland S., b. by Egyptian Boy 2:17; dam Hoku, by Cuckoo 2:16% 2:05% Mare — Lady Elgin, b. by Prince Gomah 2:26%; dam Gladys 2:25%, by Jay D. 2:26%. 2:05% Gelding — Hymettus, b. by Zombro 2:11; dam The Silver Bell, by Silver Bow 2:16 2:07% Fastest. Stallion — The Eel, gr. by Gamboleer 2:22% dam Belle Bidwell, by John L 2:02% Mare — Darkey Hal, blk. by. Star Hal; dam Brownie, by Hamlet 2:02% Gelding — Giftline, ch. by Online 2:04; dam Tolo, by Strathmore 2:03% New Performer. Stallion — Star Patchen, blk. by Joe Patchen 2:01%; dam Sara Ann, by Thistle 2:13%. Ross K., b by Constenaro 2:16%; dam Morn- ing Glory, by Kentucky Peak 2:04% Mare — Lady Elgin (see 5-year-old mare) 2:06% Gelding — Adam G., blk. by McKinney 2:11%; dam Nona Y. 2:25, by Admiral 2:06% Half-Mile Track. Stallion— The Eel, gr. (see fastest stallion) . ,t2:04% Mare — Gipsey Woodland, b. by Woodland Bov 2:06%; dam Birdie H, by Prince Edict Jr. 2:22. Ardelle. br. by J. H. L. 2:08%; dam Lady Yeiser, by Yeiser Boy (against time) . .2:07% Gelding — Major Mallow, b, by Box Elder 2:23%; dam Bessie B., by Bobby Burns 2:19%. Giftline, ch. g. by Online (against time) 2:06% Fastest Mile in a Race. — Copa de Oro, b. h. by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%; dam Atherine 2:16%, by Patron 2:14% 2:02 CHANGES SUGGESTED. Several changes in the manner of conducting har- ness races are suggested by Palmer Clark who says: My first proposition would be to abolish all the big early closing stakes with the single exception of the colt futurities. These early closing stakes for $5,000 to 510,000 are usually for horses with slow records, yet every man who owns a harness horse knows in advance that he has to have a 2:05 trotter or a 2:02 pacer in order to get the money in either of these events. An owner, however, having one that approaches such speed possibilities accordingly enters him -right down the line at a heavy expense, only to meet some world's champion, in whose wake he follows from week to week without scarcely a possibility of his doing more than save his entrance fee, in con- tests that prove uninteresting to the public and a source of disgust to the drivers and owners who have to continue in the funeral procession all down the line. These big early closing stakes should be abolished, and as time records is our only means of handicap- ping, the entries to no race should close more than a week before the meeting. This would require a new alignment of horses each week and give to the races the very necessary element of uncertainty thai is now so much lacking. If there is anything more ridiculous than selling pools on the horse that wins second money, with the favorite barred, a spec- tacle that is uften afforded, I do not know what it is. Another and more radical change is that of the recognition of records made on a mile track as at least three seconds slower for handicap purposes on half-mile tracks. Many are the half-mile track performers eligible to the 2:13 class that would take a shy at the mile track purses only for the resulting 2:10 or better record that he would be likely to acquire on the big track and which would put him out of business on the half-mile track, as thereafter the only ciass open to him in fne small sircuits would be the free-for-all, and such races, when given, very often fail to fill, leaving him without any earn- ing capacity whatever. Allow a record of 2:10 on a mile track to be called for handicapping purposes equal to 2:13 on a half-mile track and many of the best of the half-mile campaigners will try conclu- sions occasionally with the big guns. Some changes along this line are absolutely nec- essary if we are to continue io have mile-track racing, and if these suggestions are not the right remedies, some others must be, as the present conditions cannot continue The horse with a fast record on a mile track where he has become outclassed cannot go back to the smaller track with his fast record, where he is hopelessly outclassed, hence he becomes absolutely worthless as a race horse, and in these days of hob- bled pacers is next to useless as a road or matinee horse. The system, as the lawyers would say, prac- tically amounts to confiscation of a man's property, more especially if he is on the square and out to win right off the reel, for he lands all the sooner in the "no account" class. H. S. Hogoboom of Woodland recently sold his two-year-old Bon Voyage colt out of Carrie Malone, the sister to Chas. Derby, to Chas. Whitehead of Saliuas for $800. Mr. Hogoboom says he knows the colt is worth twice the money he got for him but believes the time to sell is when a fair offer is made. He has lately received from Captain C. H. Williams of Palo Alto, five youngsters that he will jog during the winter and work for speed during the spring. Hiram has a few colts by Palo King that are showing extreme speed at the trot and pace. Palo King is bound to be a great sire if he has the opportunity. He is one of the best bred horses in America to-day. The Petaluma Driving Club has decided to give a horse show in December. It is proposed to have classes for colis from six months to two years old, draft stock and roadsters. Prizes will be given in each class and they will also be given to the best lady driver and the best man driver and the best decorated rig. The full particulars have not been decided on as yet but they will be published at as early a date as possible. $5000 REFUSED FOR A YEARLING. The yearling full brother to Czarevna which is owned by Mr. W. E. D. Stokes of Patchen Wilkes Farm, and which he gave the name of Kilpatrick in honor of his friend Mr. Frank J. Kilpatrick of New York and San Francisco has attracted so much at- tention by his good looks and speed that offers of $5000 were recently made for him, but they have been refused. When, early in June, 1908, Edward Willis, the trainer at the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm, was at Terre Haute, he called up the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm on the long distance telephone to inquire how Czarevna's sister was getting along, and reply came back that she was very sick, and would probably die. A few minutes afterward Willis saw McDervitt, Mr. Shaw's representative, and said that he was very worried about Czarevna's sister. Shortly afterwards, McDervitt came back and said: "Willis I will give you $1000 for her, just as she is, dead or alive." Willis said: "All right, it is a sale," and McDervitt said he bought the filly for Mr. Shaw. Word was sent several times to Mr. McDervitt and Mr. Shaw to pay up the $1000, but these letters it is claimed by both Shaw and McDervitt were never received, owing to the fact that they were traveling around the Grand Circuit. Finally in Oc- tober, 190S, at Lexington at the Breeders' meeting, several months after Czarevna's victories, Mr. Shaw and McMcDevitt came to the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm one morning at 5 o'clock, and said that they had bought Czarevna's sister at Terre Haute in June in good faith, when the Ally was very sick. Mr. Shaw said he thought that McDervitt had paid the $1000 and McDervitt said he thought that Shaw had paid the $1000; that there had been a misunderstand- ing and demanded the filly and presented the $1000 in cash. Meanwhile, this filly, now known as "Alice Shaw" got well and the farm had been offered $3000 for her. Mr. Shaw said their word was as good as their bond, and had the filly died, the $1000 would have been paid. Mr. Stokes said be would accept their explanation of the misunderstanding and delay about payment and he took the $1000 and gave them the filly which was named Alice Shaw and told Shaw that in future any transactions regarding horses meant instant action — no delay. Early this spring Alice Shaw showed a tremendous lick of speed, so Mr. McDervitt went down to Lex- ington to look at a full brother to Czarevna and Alice Shaw, which he had tried to buy the previous fall, as a weanling. The colt in the 'meantime had been named Kilpatrick. He offered Ed Willis $2000 for Kilpatrick. Willis communicated with Mr. Stokes in New York, and finally Mr. Stokes on July 6th, 1909, telegraphed McDervitt that he would take $2250 for Kilpatrick. No reply was received. Mr. Stokes then went to Lexington about the the middle of July, 1909, when McDervitt called Mr. Stokes on the long dis- tance telephone from Cleveland, and told him that $2000 was all he or Shaw would pay for Kilpatrick. Mr. Stokes replied that Kilpatrick had already gone a mile in 2:32 and that he had refused an offer of $3000 for him. Long about the end of July Kilpatrick had shown a mile in 2:25, which was phenomenal time for a year- ling. The newspapers had heard of it and McDervitt had heard of it, and on August 2, 1909. Mr. McDer- vitt sent a check to Mr. Stokes for $2250 by regis- tered mail and demanded the colt of Mr. Stokes. Mr. Stokes returned the check and told him he spoke too late, and nothing more was heard of it until the Breeders' Meeting at Lexington, October, 1909, was over, and Mr. Stokes returned to New York. Mean- while Mr. Coxe of the Paoli Farm, Pa., Mr. Shaw and two others had gone to the farm and tried to buy Kilpatrick. Mr. Coxe of the Paola Farm had made an offer to Willis, the trainer, of $5000 for Kilpatrick, which offer had been telegraphed to Mr. Stokes to New York. Mr. Shaw was also prepared to give $5000 and so were one or two others, as it had developed that Kilpatrick, although a yearling, was capable of turning a mile close to 2:20, and it was claimed could go as fast a mile as Miss Stokes 2:19%, the world's champion, and is said to be without question the finest yearling colt in Kentucky. Meanwhile, Mr. Stokes had telegraphed to Lex- ington refusing the Coxe offer of $5000 for Kilpatrick. But Mr. Shaw fearing that the sale might go through, there being a rivalry as to who was going to get Kilpatrick among the horsemen at Lexington, Mr. Shaw has sworn out an injunction forbidding the sale. Mr. Shaw says that if anyone is going to get the stud he is, or he will know the reason why; that Alice Shaw, his two-year-old, went a mile easy in 2:12 and he proposed to save her for her three- year-old futurity engagements. Ed Willis announces that it is the rule of the Patchen Wilkes Stock Farm to breed from only the best and that it has long been decided not to sell Kilpatrick but to keep him to take Peter the Great's place. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. E. E. Sherwood, McFarland, Cal. — Oakland Baron 2:09% was sired by Baron Wilkes 2:1S, dam Lady Mackey by Silverthreads 18653 (son of The Moor and Grey Dale by American Boy Jr.), second dam Fleet- wing by Hambletonian 10, third dam Patchen Maid by Geo. M. Patchen 30. Stamboul was by Sultan (son of The Moor) and his dam was Fleetwing, which mare is the second dam of Oakland Baron. Lucy R. 2:18% was by Sultan and her dam was Lady Mackey, the dam of Oakland Baron. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVENTS. Bench Shows. Nov Feb. Feb. Oct. Oct. Nov Nov, Nov Nov Nov Nov. Nov, Nov Dec. Dec. Dec, Dec. Dec, Jan. Jan, Jan. Jan. Feb, Jan. Jan. San York Chas. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. Jose. Cal. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. 26 — Connecticut Field Trial Club. Hampton, Conn. H. A. Bailey, Sec'y. 27 — Central States Field Trial Association. Ham- ilton. O. Lee Parish, Sec'y. . 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roehm, Sec'y. . 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. . 8 — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. . 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. "Wells. Hon. Sec'y. , 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John "White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. T. 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. "W. C. Root, Sec'y. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. "Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke, Sec'y. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. Wallace, Sec'y. 16 — Texas Breeders' Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen. Sec'y. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. 3, 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant, Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. ■ . Arthur W. Van Pelt. Sec'y. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield, Cal. E. Courtney Ford. Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge, Sec'y. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. 17. — United States Field Trial Club. . W. B. Stafford. Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. 24 — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. . W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction. Tenn. OAKLAND SHOW. The third annual bench show ol the Oakland Ken- nel Club at Piedmont Rink, Oakland, October 14th, 15th, 16th, can be tallied as a show of class and qual- ity in many respects. A benching of 255 dogs and a class entry of over 400 is quite a respectable show- ing for this time of the year. Mr. Harry W. Lacy of Boston judged all breeds and did so with general satisfaction to everybody concerned. The location of the hall cut down a big gate, not- withstanding the generous notices of the Oakland and San Francisco press. The fancy at large were there in force, it was pleasing to see a few of the retired (?) veterans come into the game again, and they won too. The hall is large, well ventilated and lit and has a convenient exercising annex. The bench- ing arrangements were excellent, with the exception that it is about time that our local kennel clubs will secure their own benching. Benching that has been in use for over a decade at innumerable Coast shows is surely not the sanitary proposition young and val- uable dogs should be put against. The ring manage- ment was excellent, Messrs. Chute, Mahoney, Gil- bert and Blight were efficient aids in an even current of class judging events. While there were no particu- larly striking "upsets" there were several incidents that created a few riffles on the water. Cockers were the largest representation, "Bird dogs," so- called, were only fair in numbers, the reason for this being that many eligible entries were devoting their talent to use in the hunting fields or marshes. Pointers (S) were only ordinary with the exception of Lady Beresford, a neat finished, clean built bitch, Ch. Mike Geary and Prince K. English Setters (10) brought out nothing new or startling, save that the excellent young dog Sven C. went over Cr. Mallwyd Invader and properly too. Sven is the cleaner put up dog of the two. Invader's bowed forelegs and abnormally dished face does not strike the Coast sportsman as the desirable type in setters. In bitches Ch. Lady Kate was alone, but she annexed the special for best on matured and pleasing conformation- Gordon setters (3) were about as good as can now be drummed up at a Coast show. This good work- ing breed, for some unaccountable reason, has been allowed to sink into the background. Ch. Flora B. won out over Ch. Silkwood Rip. Irish setters (9) as usual were a bit on the leggy order, too light in color and silky in coat, verging on the English setter type, good lookers, however, but not the proper thing in this breed. Pat was de- servedly put up in dogs, he is more on the sturdy but graceful lines of the old type, with the deep rich color and desirable coat texture. St. Lambert's Doris, winners bitches and special is an old bencher here and a pleasing sort, could be a bit heavier in bone. No puppies were shown. Irish water spaniels (4), one absent duck hunting, were good and a satisfactory showing, in quality, of the advancement this breed has had in the last few years, our shows generally have a pleasing exhibit of these useful dogs. Girl was placed over the others by a shade only. Cocker spaniels (34) were an excellent averaging lot with but two puppies shown. In blacks Saxon's Model went over Knebworth Rowdy, both familiar benchers this season, this leaves the card marked up for two wins apiece this season. In bitches Cressella Peggy won over Brynwood Camille. Uvas Selva kept up her initial puppy promise of good development by get- ting the special for best puppy. Reds and parti-colors were a nice lot nearly throughout. Ch. Spiden, parti- colored, came on for special for best cocker shown. Mission Roue, an imported dog, won over Ch. Gay Lad with Beacon Light third, all parti colors of quality. Parti-color bitches were better than usual, with only a few ordinaries. Ottawa Red Light, first open dogs, is a newcomer and a stylish red one. Dachshunde (16) had a larger and better class entry than usual. The puppy classes were well filled and generally satisfactory. Honors laid with The Doctor and Ch. Nordlca. Collies (17) were nothing striking with the excep- tion of Valverde entries. Winners class in dogs and bitches were fine specimens of home breds. Curly Poodles (2) were both good. Imported Or- chard Cabin Boy won special for best dog in the show. He is the best one we have seen at a Coast show, has the hallmark of class and quality. Bulldogs (16) were a neat lot with nothing new or spectacular benched. Airedales (17) turned out strong, another indica- tion of a useful and game breed coming rapidly into recognition. Ch. Matchlock Bob and a young bitch Lake Dell Damsel. Seattle entries, both a bit out of coat condition, but with enough merit to win out. The general average of the class shows an improve- ment and the attention of breeders and sportsmen in bringing out the "all rounder." Bull terriers (21) were about the most even and best exhibit of the breed we have seen for years here, few mediocre dogs in the lot. It was a race from ^tart to finish. While some decisions were not fol- lowed, in the main, the judge got the right dog placed. A youngster, Bloomsbury .Terror, took the measure of Ch. Sound End Challenger. The latter was out of coat and condition, an overnight develop- ment. Terror, however, is about right in head, muz- zle, lips and nose, in body and legs he is clean and well built, but needs maturing to come out a leading one. The puppy class was the right sort, merit was plenty and there were some who would have reversed the placing of the young dogs. Winners bitches were Ch. Willamette Starlight and Edge- cote Bastile, the latter is a bit on the light design, good at (hat. but could have given way, without much harm, to Stiletto Bright, maturity here counted. Stiletto Glitter and Bright are two more than promising Willamette Peer — Ch. Meg Merriles puppies, and that means a lot. French bulldogs (7) were very good and compara- tively poor. Ch. Halcyon Alexandre led the dog classes and Boulette De La Mare won out in bitches, making in addition her championship. Boston terriers (17) turned out in fine fettle. Ber- keley Bantam of Wonderland had plain sailing from puppies to winners with Ascot Little Jack, one of the prettiest toys on the Coast and in excellent condition in for reserve winners. The newcomer Cap- tain Careless went down before Bantam with a shade to spare. Bantam prevailed on finer finish and neater lines, at that the Captain is a lattling good one on the larger size. In bitches, Endcliffe Cymbal, another newcomer, won out with a kennel mate Wood Daisy of Wonderland for reserve. The puppies were a strikingly good lot. Every entry in each class got a ribbon, the general average 'here was excellent. Ch. Endcliffe Totora, entered for specials, was ab- sent, having met with an accident, slight, but enough to nut her on the shelf for the time being. Smooth and wire fox terriers were rather on the indifferent order, compared to past shows, there were 16 benched. Humberstone Reckon and Tallac Tartar in dogs and Tallac S5rlph with True Blue Olga were the smooth winners and all proper styled and ap- pearing terriers. Olga was put in by J. B. Martin, an old and well known devotee of the breed who has not forgotten how to send in a winner. Irish terriers (S) with the exception of Ch. Ende- cliffe Curate will do a bit better next time. The large breeds were few and far between, a soli- tary mastiff r\as a trifle better than we have noticed for some time past. Great Danes (7) were only ordi- nary save a good young bitch Harlequin Pearl. One excellent. Russian wolfhound, Ch. Tybo, a poor specimen of the deerhound, three fine greyhounds that would be in the ribbons or money at any show, or in any field, and two good American foxhounds filled out the large breeds, saving one solitary St. Bernard, which looked lonely and forlorn. Toys were few in numbers but averaged finely in class and quality. Two Pekinese spaniels were the best ever shown here and cannot be much beaten in the East, if at all. Japs were excellent also as were Yorkshires and toy poodles. Italian greyhounds were up to the past excellent standard. Awards. Mastiffs. Limit dogs and bitches — 1 T. S. Cross' Chief. Winners withheld. St. Bernards. Rough Coated. Limit, open, open bred in XJ. S., dogs — 1 Chas. Dallerup's Noble VII. Winners dogs — 2 Noble VII. Great Danes. Puppy dogs — 1 D. J. Baker's Samp- son. Junior and limit dogs — 1 Peter Weber's Frisco. Open and winners dogs — 1 J. Snook's Ch. Dick, 2 Frisco. Puppy bitches — 1 J. A. Snook's Lady Speck- els, 2 A. Bezakis' Diana. Junior bitches — 1 Diana. Limit bitches — 1 Capt. C. G. Saxe's Harlequin Pearl, 2 Diana. Open bitches — absent Mrs. C. G. Saxe's Ch. Princess Harlequin. Winners bitches — 1 Harle- quin Pearl, res Lady Speclcels. Specials — Best, Harlequin Pearl. Best of opposite sex, Ch. Dick. Russian Wolfhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss A. N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo. Special — Best, Ch. Tybo. Deerhounds. Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 .1. D. H. Janssen's Sport. Greyhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Black Tralee. Limit bitches — 1 Miss J. Forgeus' Sasco. Open and winners bitches — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Forepaw, 2 Sasco. Specials — Best, Ch. Black Tralee. Best of opposite sex, Ch. Forepaw. American Foxhounds. Limit dogs — 1 J. H. Olco- vich's Dexter. Open dogs — 1 Dexter, absent Hon. Carroll Cook's Prince Louis. Winners dogs — 1 Dex- ter. Open and winners bitches — 1 Hon. Carroll Cook's Kenwood Beauty. Special — Best, Kenwood Beauty. Pointers. Novice dogs — 1 O. E. Putzker's Prince K., 2 T. G. Wilson's Ned Daniels, absent F. P. But- ler's Follow Me. Limit dogs (under 55 lbs.) — 1 Prince K. Limit dogs (55 lbs. and over) — 1 H. E. Burmeis- ter's Duke. Open dogs (under 55 lbs.) — 1 J. W. Gibbs' Ch. Mike Geary, 2 Prince K Open dogs (55 lbs. and over) — 1 Duke. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Mike Geary, res Prince K. Limit bitches (under 50 lbs.) — 1 Mrs. A. L. Holling's Lady Beresford, 2 G. Borella's Fairfax Beauty. Limit bitches (50 lbs. and over) — 2 R. Reh's Toodles, 1 withheld. Open bitches (under 50 lbs.) — 1 Fairfax Beauty. Open bitches (50 lbs. and over) — 3 Toodles, 1 and 2 withheld. Winners bitches — 1 Lady Beresford, res Fairfax Beauty. Specials — Best, Lady Beresford. Best of opposite sex, Ch. Mike Geary. English Setters. Puppy and junior dogs — 1 J. H. Huffman's Lucky Spot, 2 E. L. Fournier's Bobby Bloodstone. Novice dogs — 1 J. H. Huffman's Nichol Ludlow, 2 W. J. Fries' King F. Limit dogs — 1 F. P. Butler's Sven C, 2 G. S. Haliwell's Mallwyd Star. Open dogs — 1 V. A. Kuehn's Ch. Mallwyd Invader. Open dogs (bred in TJ. S.) — absent Ed. Weisbaum's Rex Rodfield. Winners dogs — 1 Sven C, res Ch. Mallwyd Invader. Novice bitches — 1 H. D. Swales' Alice R. Open bitches — 1 Dr. G. A. Spriggs' Ch. Lady Kate. Open bitches (bred in U. S.) — absent G. W. Ellery's Counts Gift. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Lady Kate, res Alice R. Specials — Best, Ch. Lady Kate. Best of opposite sex, Sven C. Best puppy, Lucky Spot. Gordon Setters. Junior, limit and open (bred in U. S.) — H. A. Smith's Buster. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. A. E. Drendel's Ch. Silkwood Rip, res Buster. Open and winners bitches — 1 A. L. Holling's Ch. Flora B. Specials — Best, Ch. Flora B. Best of opposite sex, Buster. I rish Setters. Junior dogs — 1 G. Corcoran's Water- ford. Novice dogs — 1 P. N. Hanrahan's Pat. Limit dogs— 1 Pat, 2 C. N. Wood's St. Lambert's Larry, 3 G. B. M. Gray's St. Cloud's Liscarny. Open dogs — 1 Pat, 2 St. Lambert's Larry. Open dogs (bred in TJ. S.) — 1 Waterford. Winners dogs — 1 Pat, res St. Lambert's Larry. Puppy bitches — absent F. P. But- ler's Muskerry Shielah. Limit bitches — 1 H. B. John's Biddie, 2 A. E. Drendel's Fancy Girl. Open bitches — 1 G. B. M. Gray's Ch. St. Lambert's Doris, 2. G. B. M. Gray's St. Lambert's Norah. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. St. Lambert's Doris, res Biddie. Specials — Best, St. Lambert's Doris. Best of op- posite sex, Pat. Irish Water Spaniels. Open dogs — absent G. T. Wayman's Sprig. Puppy bitches — 1 Wm. Cohn's Frisco Madge. Open bitches — 1 V. M. Comerford's Girl, 2 Wm. Bay's Frisco Bess. Winners bitches — 1 Girl, res Frisco Madge. Special — Best, Girl. Cocker Spaniels. Black. Junior dogs — 1 G. W. Roach's Major Lucky. Novice dogs — 1 H. Henning"s Bob. Limit dogs — 1 D. P. Cresswell's Saxon's Model, 2 Mrs. D. G. Gallun's Frisco, 3 Athens' Kennels' Athens' Winkie Boy, res Major Lucky. Open and winners dogs — 1 Saxon's Model, 2 C. G. Gilbert's Knebworth Rowdy. Other than black. Puppy dogs — 1 T. B. C. Sielck- en's Red Leo H. 2 T. B. C. Sielckeu's Prince T. Novice dogs — 1 E. F. Larson's Denniston Larry, 2 T. B. C. Sielcken's Red Billy II, 3 T. B. C. Sielcken's Crown Prince Jr., res Mrs. Jas. Hoyt's Buster Brown. Limit dogs, any solid color except black — 1 G. W. Ellery's Ginger, 2 T. B. C. Sielcken's Teddy S. Limit dogs, parti-colored — 1 Misison Cocker Kennels' Mission Roue, 2 Mrs. C. H. Lutky's Rex L., 3 Athens' Ken- nels' Athens' Chief Romany, res Mrs. J. L. Arm- strong's Nixie A. Open dogs, any solid color except black — 1 G. W. Ellery's Ottawa Red Light, 2 Crown Prince Jr., 3 Teddy S. Open dogs, parti-colored — 1 Wm. Blackwell's Ch. Gay Lad, 2 V. J. Ruh's Beacon Light, 3 Mission Cocker Kennels' Mepal's Olaf. Win- ners dogs, other than black — 1 Mission Roue, res Ch. Gay Lad. Black. Puppy bitches — 3 Geo. A. Nieborger's TJvas Selva, 2 Lena Murray's Bright Eyes. Novice bitches Saturday, October 30, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN —absent Mrs. .1. W. Matthew's Saxon's Babbie. Limit bitches — 1 M. A. Cresswell's Cressella Peggy, 2 Geo. A. Nieborger's Brynwood Camille. Open bitches — 1 Brynwood Camille. Winners bitches — 1 Cressella Peggy, res Brynwood Camille. Other than black. Novice bitches — 1 T. B. C. Sielcken's Santa, 2 T. B. C. Sielcken's Beauty. Limit bitches, any solid color except black — 1 T. B. C. Sielcken's Flirt, 2 Lena Murray's Little Sister. Limit bitches, parti-colored — 1 V. J. Run's Denverton Tinker Bell, 2 W. H. Dennis' Denniston Lady Mar- garet, 3 Wm. Blackwell's Idahurst Gazelle, res Wm. Blackwell's Tolna, v h c Beauty. Open bitches, any solid color except black — 1 Geo. A. Nieborger's Brownland Babble, 2 T. B. C. Sielcken's Lady Jane. Open bitches, parti-colored — 1 Mission Cocker Ken- nels' Lucky Peggy, 2 Denverton Tinker Bell, 3 Ida- hurst Gazelle, res Tolna. Open bitches, any color, bred by exhibitor — 1 W. H. Dennis' Denniston Cym- beline, 2 Lady Jane. Winners bitches, other than black — 1 Lucky Peggy, res Denniston Cymbeline. Specials — Best, Ch. Spiden. Best of opposite sex, Mission Roue. Best sired by Ch. Mepals Saxon, Cressella Peggy. Best puppy, any color, Uvas Selva. California Cocker Club trophies, members only — Best, Ch. Spiden. Best of opposite sex, Mission Roue. Best parti-color in limit class, Mission Roue. Dachshuncle. Puppy dogs — I Miss D. Jackson's George Washington, 2 Mabel M. Bradford's Pretzel, 3 Miss L. Fisks Dutch, res Mrs. Laura Allen's Boo Boo. Novice dogs — 1 George Washington, absent Ed. Fleming's Joe Kelly, Judge Geo. H. Cabaniss' Chief Jusiice Marshall. Limit dogs— 1 Pretzel, 2 H. Timm s Waidie, absent Joe Marshall, Chief Justice Marshall. Open dogs — 1 Mrs. Phil M. Wand's The Doctor, 2 L. R. Sollars' Could Be Worse, 3 Waidie. Winners dogs — 1 The Doctor, res. George Washington. Novice bitches — 1 Mrs. Clarence M. Reed's Could Bo Worse, 2 Mabel M. Bradford's Mabel B. Limit bitches — 1 Could Be Worse. Open bitches — 1 Mrs. Sidney St. L. Cavil's Ch. Nordica, 2 A B. Euchner's Queen B, 3 Could Be-. Worse. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Nordica, res Queen Bee. Specials — Best, The Doctor. Best of opposite sex, Ch. Nordica. Collies. Rough. Puppy dogs— 1 Mrs. E. D. Brown's Valverde Laddie. Junior dogs — h. c. H. C. Peets' Tony. Novice dogs, sable and white — h. c. Dr. Chas. G. Schwarz's Donald, absent Mrs. Chas. Simpson's Handsome Bush. Novice dogs, other than sable and white — 1 Valverde Laddie. Limit dogs, sable and white — 1 C. W. Riffee's Farallone Roderick, 2 Thos. Murray's Captain Tom, withheld F. I. Buck's Chap. Limit dogs, other than sable and white — 1 Valverde Laddie. 2 and '! withheld, h. c A. W. Meloling's Val- more Lad. Open dogs, sable and white — withheld Chap, absent Henderson Mush, Highland Chief. Open dogs, other than sable and white — h. c. Valmore Lad. Open dogs, bred in L' S- — Wm. Ellery's Valverde Vir- ginms, 2 Wm. Ellery's Valverde Virgil, absent Wm. Ellery's Valverde Van. Winners dogs — 1 Valverde Virginius, res Valverde Virgil. Puppy bitches — 1 Wm. Ellery's Valverde Midge. Limit bitches, sable and white — 1 Carl E. Bhursk's Lady. Open bitches, sable and white — 1 Lady. Open bitches, any color, bred in U. S. — 1 Wm. Ellery's Valverde Victoria. Winners bitches — 1 VaVlverde Midge, res Valverde Victoria. Specials — Best, Valverde Virginius. Best of oppo- site sex, Valverde Midge. Best puppy, Valverde Midge. Curly Poodles. Limit dogs — 1 Miss Alice Harri- son's Imported Orchard Cabin Boy. Open and win- ners dogs — i Imported Orchard Cabin Boy, 2 Miss Ethel Dean's LTnconnu. Special — Best, Imported Orchard Cabin Boy. Chow Chows. Limit, open and winners dogs and bitches — I Capt C. H. Cross' Chew. Bulldogs. Puppy dogs — 1 Miss Eva Yorker's To- reador Taurus. Junior dogs — 1 Fearless Kennels' Fearless Lincoln, 2 Dr. J. Auburn Wiborn's Dread- naught Invader. Novice dogs — 1 R. G. John's Ivel Jax. 2 Fearless Lincoln. Limit dogs, under 45 lbs. — 1 V. Waldron's Nairod's Weiss Pasha, 2 withheld, 3 G. C. Smith's Monarch, withheld G. C. Smith's Bustev S. ]r. Limit dogs, 45 lbs. and over — 1 Dr. L. B. Gambitz' Walsingham Roy, 2 Fearless Lincoln, 3 Carrie L. Rowell's California Eooster. Open dogs, under 45 lbs. — 1 Nairod's Weiss Pasha. Open dogs, 45 lbs. and over — 1 Walsingham Roy, 2 Ivel Jax, 3 Fearless Lincoln, res Mrs. C. Thompson's Empire Day, r. h. c. California Booster. Open dogs, bred in U. S.— I Walsingham Roy, 2 Nairod's Weiss Pasha, 3 Fearless Lincoln, res California Booster. Winners dogs — 1 Walsingham Roy, res Nairod's Weiss Pasha. Puppy bitches — 1 W. J. Seroy's La Marquise, absent W. F. Weiss' High Cliff Duchess. Junior bitches — 1 Fearless Kennels' Fearless Lady Barnone. Limit bitches, under 40 lbs. — 1 Capt. C. Thompson's Lou- vina, 2 Fearless Lady Barnone. Open bitches, under 40 lbs. — 1 Louvina, absent Jas. Ewin's Primrose. Open bitches, 40 lbs. and over — 1 Mrs. J. P. Norman's Ch. Toreador Venus Winners bitches — Ch. Toreador Venus, res Louvina. Specials — Best, Oh. Toreador Venus. Best of oppo- site sex, Walsingham Roy. Best puppy. Toreador Taurus. Best American bred of opposite sex to win- ner of Pacific Bulldog Club trophy, Walsingham Roy. Best novice, Ivel Jax. Best owned in Oakland, Cali- fornia Booster, Jr. Pacific Bulldog Club trophy for best — Ch. Toreador enus. Best puppy — Toreador Taurus. Airedale Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 Sierra Kennels' Sierra Chief II, 2 Dr. Geo. A. Spencer's Derryfield Briar. Junior dogs — 1 C. Westerfeld's Lagunitas Buck, 3 Dr. David Hadden's Sierra Dale. Limit dogs — 1 Sierra Geezis, 2 Derryfield Briar. 3 Lagunitas Buck, res Geo. W. Ellery's Otis Moor. Open dogs — 1 Lake Dell Kennels' Ch. Matlock Bob, 2 Sierra Geezis, 3 Sierra Dale. Open dogs, bred in U. S. — 1 Otis Moor. Winners degs— 1 Ch. Matlock Bob, res. Sierra Geezis.. Puppy bitches — 1 Lake Dell Kennels' Lake Dell Damsel, 2 Sierra Kennels' Sierra Princess, 3 Dr. Geo. A. Spencer's Derryfield Betty. Junior bitches — 1 Lake Dell Damsel, 2 B. McCaul's Blinker. Novice bitches — 1 Lake Dell Damsel, 2 Sierra Ken- nels' Sierra Barbara. Limit bitches — I Lake Dell Damsel, 2 Sierra Kennels' Sierra Blackie, 3 Blinker, res Derryfield Betty. Open bitches — 1 Lake Dell Damsel, 2 Dr. Geo. A. Spencer's Derryfield Doris, 3 Dr. Geo. Spencer's Derryiield Nell, res Sierra Betty. Open bitches, bred in U. S.— 1 Lake Dell Damsel. Open bitches, bred by exhibitor — 1 Lake Dell Dam- sel. Winners bitches — 1 Lake Dell Damsel res Derryfield Doris. Specials — Best, Ch. Matlock Bob, res Lake Dell Damsel. Bull Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. Frank Norris' Bloomsbury Terror, 2 J. C. Berry s Tamarack Victor, 3 J. Maxwell Taft's Montecito Arc Light, res Trebora Kennels' Trebora Pat, v. h. c. Arthur H. Clack's Edgecote Jeff. Junior dogs, 2 M. Mackenzie's Surf- side Jupiter. Novice dogs — 1 Bloomsbury Terror, 2 Tamarack Victor, 3 Mrs. L. Smith's Silkwook Tom, res Edgecote Jeff, v. h. c. Surfsidde Jupiter. Limit dogs,' not over 30 lbs. — 1 Surfside Jupiter. Limit dogs, over 30 lbs. — 1 Bloomsbury Terror, 2 Mrs. Syd- ney St. L. Cavil's Tamalpais Shortall, 3 J. K. Burge's Edgecote Vigilant, res, J. Goldwortby's Wild Rover. Open dogs, not over 30 lbs. — 1 Surfside Jupiter. Open dogs, over 30 ibs. — 1 Trebora Kennels' Ch. Sound End Challenger, 2 Edgecote Vigilant, 3 Wild Rover. Open dogs, bred in XJ. S.— 1 W. D. Kants's Terror Del Rey, 2 Edgecote Vigilant Open dogs, bred by ex- hibitor. 1 Tamalpais Shortall, 2 Trebora Pat. Win- ners dogs — 1 Bloomsbury Terror, res Ch. Sound End Challenger. Puppy bitches — 1 Mrs. C. R. Thor- burn's Stiletto Bright, 2 Mrs. C. R. Thorburn's Sti- letto Glitter, 3 Mrs J. P. Plummer's Edgecote Dido, res. Mrs. Laura Smith's Silkwood Judy. Junior bitches — 1 Mrs. Sidney St. L. Cavil's Edgecote Bas- tile, 2 Edgecote Dido. Novice bitches — 1 Stiletto Bright, 2 Silkwood Judy. Limit bitches, over 30 lbs. — 1 Edgecote Dido. Open bitches, over 30 lbs — 1 Trebora Kennels' Ch. Willamette Starlight. 2 Edge- cote Dido. Open bitches, bred by exhibitor — 1 Sti- letto. Glitter. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Willamette Starlight, res Edgecote Bastile. Specials — Best, Bloomsbury Terror. Best of oppo- site sex, Ch. Willamette Starlight. Best puppy, Bloomsbury Terror. Best puppy of opposite sex, Sti- letto Bright. French Bulldogs. Limit dogs — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Halcyon Alexandre, 2 A. Methiver's Blackinger Bounon, 3 M. W. Simpson's Leon II. Open dogs — 1 Blacklinger Bouno, 2 Leon H. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Halcyon Alexandre, res withheld. Novice bitches — 3 Miss G. Blaine's Abington Cherie. Limit bitches — 1 A. Methiver's Zet, 2 withheld, 3 Abington Cherie. Open bitches — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Boulette De La Mare, 2 Wm. Bay's Glenwood Marie, 3 Zet, h. c. Abington Cherie. Open bitches, bred in U. S. — 2 Abington Cherie, 1 withheld. Winners bitches — 1 Boulette D? La Mare, res Glenwood Marie. Specials — Ch. Halmyon Alexander. Best of oppo- site sex, Boulette De La Mare. Boston Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crock- er's Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland, 2 Dr. P. V. Allen's Allen's Winks, 3 Dr. P. V. Allen's Allen's Pete. Junior dogs — 1 J. W. Brook's Ascot Little Jack. Limit dogs, 12 lbs and under 17 Ibs. — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Honey Peach of Wonderland. Limit dogs, 17 lbs. and under 22 lbs. — 1 Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland, 2 Miss Gertrude Blaine's Rainier Dick. Limit dogs, 22 !bs. and under 28 lbs. — 1 B. E. Nixon's Count Boni. Open dogs, 12 lbs. and under 17 lbs. — 1 Honey Peach of Wonderland. Open dogs, 17 lbs. and under 22 lbs. — 1 Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland, 2 Rainier Dick. Open dogs, 22 lbs. and under 2S Ibs. — 1 Mrs. J. W. Bothine's Captain Careless, 2 Count Boni. Open dogs, bred by exhibitor — 1 Ascot Little Jack. Open dogs, under 12 lbs. — 1 Ascot Little Jack. Winners dogs — 1 Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland, res Ascot Little Jack. Puppy bitches — 1 Lake Kennels' Pansy of The Lake, 2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Hush-A-Bye of Won- derland. Junior bitches — 1 Mrs. A. C. Niehaus' Comanche's Judy. Novice bitches — 1 Hush-A-Bye of Wonderland, 2 G. S. Haliwell's Bayside Flashlight, 3 Comanche's Judy. Limit bitches, 17 lbs. and un- der 22 lbs. — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Endcliffe Cymbal, 2 Miss G. Blaine's Eldora Necco. Limit bitches, 22 lbs. and under 28 lbs. — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Wood Daisy of Wonderland, 2 D. Shan- non's Driftwood. Open bitches, 17 lbs. and under 22 lbs. — 1 Endcliffe Cymbal, 2 Eldora Necca. Open bitches, 22 lbs. and under 28 lbs — 1 Wood Daisy of Wonderland, 2 Driftwood. Winners bitches — 1 End- 'Cliffe Symbal, res Wood Daisy of Wonderland. Specials — Best, Endcliffe Cymbal. Best of oppo- site sex, Ch. Dick Razzler. Best puppy, Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland. Fox Terriers. Smooth. Junior dogs — 2 Miss G. Blaine's Garston Crusader II, 1 withheld. Limit dogs — 1 W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Tartar, 2 Miss L. H. Patty's Bob O' Link, 3 Garston Crusader II. Open dogs — 2 W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Indian Chief, 3 Garston Crusader II, 1 withheld. Open dogs, bred in U. S. — 1 Irving C. Ackerman's Humberstone Reckon, 3 Garston Crusader II, 2 withheld. Winners dogs — 1 Humberstone Reckon, res Tallac Tartar. Puppy bitches— 1 J. B. Martin's True Blue Olga, 2 W. W. Stettheimer's Tallac Glory. Novice bitches— 1 Miss G. Blaine Hampshire Vixen. Limit bitches — 1 Hampshire Vixen. Open bitches — 1 W. W. Stett- heimer's Tallac Slyph, 2 True Blue Olga, 3 Hampshire Vixen. Open bitches, bred in U. S. — 1 Hampshire Vixen. Winners bitches — 1 Tallac Sylph, res True Blue Olga. Fox Terriers. Wirehaired. Novice dogs — 1 Mr. Rudolph's Garston Rags. Limit dogs — 1 H. Hastings' Cuthbert. Open dogs — 1 Cuthbert, 2 F. J. Carolan's Ch. Cairnsmuir Otheris. Winners dogs — 1 Cuthbert, res Ch. Cairnsmuir Otheris. Puppy bitches — 1 S. St. L. Cavil's Tamalpais Pea Nuts. Limit and open hitches — 1 J. C. Bone's Humberstone Hawthorn Co- quette. Winners bitches — 1 H. H. Coquette, res T. Pea Nuts. Specials — Best, Humberstone Reckon. Best of op- posite sex, Tallac Slvph. Best puppv, True Blue Olga. American Fox Terrier Club — Best American or Canadian bred smooth, Humberstone Reckon. Western Fox Terrier Breeders' Association — Best smooth bitch puppy, Tallac Glory. Best smooth bitch, Tallac Slyph. Specials — Best wire, H. H. Coquette. Best of oppo- site sex, Cuthbert. Best puppy, Tamalpais Pea Nuts. American Fox Terrier Club — American of Cana- dian bred, Cuthbert. Western Fox Terrier Breeders' Association — Best wire dog, Cuthbert. Best wire bitch, Humberstone Fidget. American Fox Terrier Club — Best American or Canadian bred, Cuthbert. Irish Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 J. H. Reilly's Mike. Junior dogs — 1 J. Goodwin's Shon. Novice dogs — 3 W. P. Coughley's Blackthorn, 1 and 2 withheld. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs. E. G. McDonnell's Tommy Atkins, 3 Blackthorn, 2 withheld. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. Daniel T. Murphy's Ch. Endcliffe Curate, 2 Tommy Atkins. Puppy bitches — 2 W. P. Coughley's Her Ladyship. Limit bitches — 3 Her Ladyship, 1 and 2 withheld. Open bitches — 1 W. P. Coughley's Vin- egar Hill Lass, 2 D. Shannon's Bracelet. Winners bitches — 1 Vinegar Hill Lass. Special — Best, Ch. Endcliffe Curate. Best of oppo- site sex, Vinegar Hill Lass. Black and Tan (Manchester) Terriers. Limit and winners dogs and bitches — 1 A. I. McDonald's Tiny. Pomeranians. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. Leon L. Roos' Itte Fritz. Winners withheld. Open and winners bitches, not exceeding 8 lbs. — 1 Mrs. N. J. Stewart's Ticki Of Achray. Special — Best, Ticki Of Achray. English Toy Spaniels. Open dogs — absent Mrs. Cameron's Buttons. Japanese Spaniels. Limit dogs — 1 Mrs. Kilburn's Ko Ko. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. J. Schalike's Ch. Fujiyama. Limit, open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. Kilburn's Pitti Sen. Pekinese Spaniels. Puppy dogs and bitches — 1 Miss Lydia K. Hopkins' Ah Moy of Devonshire. Junior, limit, open and winners dogs and bitches — 1 Miss Lydia K. Hopkins' Huhi, 2 Ah Moy of Devonshire. Special — Best, Hu Hi. Toy Poodles. Puppy dogs and bitches — 1 Mrs. B. Wyatt's Peter Pan. Junior dogs and bitches — 1 W. F. Carlton's Bob. Novice dogs and bitches — 1 W. Hartnup's Dimples. Limit dogs and bitches, under 8 lbs. — 1 Miss Felicia Biggs' Daisy Bell II. Limit dogs and bitches, S lbs. and over — 1 Mrs. W. Hart- nup's Dandy Boy, 2 Bob. Open dogs and bitches, un- der 8 lbs. — 1 Daisy Bell II. Open and winners dogs and bitches, 8 lbs. and over — 1 Dandy Boy, 2 Bob. Special — Best, Dandy Boy. Yorkshire Terriers. Limit dogs and bitches — 1 M. J. Brock's Lady Wood. Open dogs and bitches — 1 M. J. Brock's Lady Nell. Winners dogs and bitches — 1 Lady Nell, res Lady Wood. Special — Best, Lady Nell. Maltese Terriers. Limit dogs and bitches — absent C. Glenn's Twenty. Chihuahuas. Limit and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. Ida Byrne's Petite. Puppy, limit and winners bitchess — 1 Mrs. Ida Byrne's Beauty. Italian Greyhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Ch. Duke II. Limit bitches — 1 Duna McMahon's Lassie, 2 W. B Dunn's Midget. Open bitches — 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Ch. Queenie II, 2 Midget. Open bitches, bred in U. S. — 1 Midget. Winners bitches — 1 Ch. Queeme II, res Midget Lassie. Special — Best, Ch. Queenie II. Mscellaneous. Esquimaux. Open dogs and bitches, over 24 lbs. — absent O. Smith's Coon. Champion Variety Class. Dogs and bitches — 1 Mrs. J. Schalike's Ch. Fujiyama (Japanese Spaniel). Ladies Variety Class. Dogs and bitches — 1 Miss A. N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo (Russian Wolfhound). Sporting Variety Class. Dogs and bitches — 1 Geo. W. Ellery's Ch. Spiden (Cocker Spaniel). Veteran Variety Class. Dogs and bitches — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Black Tralee (Greyhound). .Variety Braces. Dogs and bitches — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Dick Dazzler and Endcliffe Cymbal (Boston Terriers). 2 Robt. A. Roos' Ch. Sound End Challenger and Ch. Willamette Starlight (Bull Ter- riers), 3 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Black Tralee and Ch. Fore- raw (Greyhounds). Variety Teams. Dogs and bitches — 1 Robt. A. Roos' Ch. Sound End Challenger, Trebora Pat, Edgecote Bob and Ch. Willamette Starlight (Bull Terriers). Unclassifieo 'Specials. The Mayor's Challenge Cup for best in show — Miss Alice Harrison's Imported Or- chard Cabin Boy (Curly Poodle). Best of opposite sex — Geo. W. Ellery's Ch. Spiden (Cocker Spaniel). Best California bred puppy — Wm. Ellery's Valverde Midge (Collie). Best brace shown — Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Dick Dazzler and Endcliffe Cymbal (Boston Terriers). Best variety team — Robt. A. Roos'. Best in champion variety class — Mrs. J. Schal- ike's Ch. Fujiyama. Best in ladies' variety class — 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30, 1909. Miss A. N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo. For second best — Mrs. J. Schalike s Ch. Fujiyama. Third best — Miss L. K. Hopkins' Ah Moy of Devonshire. Best in Sport- ing variety class — Ch. Spiden. Best in smooth terrier variety class — Robt. A. Roos' Ch. Willamette Star light. Best rough terrier — Lake Dell Kennels' Ch. Matlock Bob (Airedale). Best veteran variety class — Ch. Black Tralee. Best sporting dog — Ch. Spiden. Best owned and shown by a lady member of L. K. A. of California— Dr. G. A. Spriggs' Ch. Lady Kate (English Setter) Best shown by a lady — Im- ported Orchard Cabin Boy. Best toy— Ch. Fujiyama. Best setter — Ch. Lady Kate. were identified, was held October 13th to 16th, when a representative body of the American Kennel Club, incorporated, placed itself in position to have its motives criticised, as it does here. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. As a matter of extreme convenience to Coast fan- ciers, the proceedings of the Pacific Advisory Com- mittee are published in the A. K. C. Gazette any- where from one to three months after they have been incubated and properly inspected. These reports as exemplars of superficial ver- biage and milky-watery legal smugginess, are works of art. They are coupled, in the niche of fame, with the "rule in Sheliy's case." There is, at times, a streak of humor (accidental, belike the incident related in Don Quixote, "such a lit- tle one") that can be scooped out of the com- posite package. For instance, in a recent case (?) which was galvanized by the P. A. C. tribunal the following excerpt is taken from the published re- port: "The testimony of these (three witnesses) and of the appellant showed that the appellant was sober at the time he was assaulted." The inference here is that the "appellant" is a devotee of Bacchus and that his being sober was an unusual condition but necessary, however, to give him a standing be- fore the court (?) Come to think of it, the appellant, so it is reported, was fired by an employer, some- what recently, for bibulous indulgences among other things. The crux of this cause celebre caninus is rather paradoxical, for the appellant, in one breath, showed he was sober when he was assaulted, and in the next admitetd he was "soaked." It was a "rum go," we could also file an affidavit for we sawed it. Be sure you are sober when you come before Poor Bah (officially) or you may be fined a dollar or so, just to rwell the record and inflate his offi- cial (?) importance. Another case, the A. K. C. vs. San Francisco Ken- nel Club, as it appears in print is at decidedly a vari- ance with proceedings as they followed one another prior to the incubation of the transcribed minutes. Material facts are suppressed and the dilatory tac- tics of the secretary hidden in direct charges that are not worth the paper they are written upon. In the matter of the A. K. C. vs. William Ellery, "It was moved and seconded: That, whereas, an affi- davit has been filed with the committee stating that William Ellery, falsified the ages of two pups and at the same time falsified the pedigrees of the collies by stating when as a matter of fact they are by " and here follows the pedigrees in particular, not as known to and given by the owner and breeder but an allegation of the committee. This is rich, an affidavit, and that by a discharged and disgruntled employe, is taken as "a matter of fact" and grave charges filed on the strength of it. That affidavit as a matter of evidence is irrespon- sible and of no weight whatever, anybody can make an affidavit — out of court. The filer of this affidavit is the same person, presumably, that testified ( ?) he was sober when he was "plugged." When the puppies, whose ages have been ques- tioned from a prejudicial source, were whelped it is a matter now, of correspondence record with a number of prominent Eastern and English collie fanciers who had their eyes on the Valverde Ken- nels and were interested in the matings of dogs of international reputation. When an irresponsible and unscrupulous person chooses to file an affidavit with the Pacific Advis- ory Committee, this self important body, through its self important secretary, can take action that will bring into question the integrity and reputation of a fancier and sportsman, and which will also hold him up to public scrutiny in the daily press, according to an analysis of the report of the committee's meeting held in this city on September ISth, 1909. All this is preliminary, mind you, and plentifully colored with printers' ink. Here is where the harm is done and where the injustice of allowing such paltry administration of fanciers' interests to be jeopardized and private character assailed crops up. What is the result if the charges are not sub- stantiated? "It was moved and seconded: That, whereas, and therefore be it resolved these charges are and shall be dismissed," or words to that effect. The smug secretary, like Beasley's dog, after paying his matutinal compliments to the other fel- low's doormat, nonchalantly ambles around to the (official) backyard and dodges consequences by tak- ing refuge in the (official) barrel in the (official) cellar. The San Francisco show was held in May. The proceedings above adverted to came off on September ISth, at the St. Francis, too, dignity and pantomime mixed. Four months it took to hatch this peculiar egg. The Oakland show, with which the Messrs. Ellery The hole in the doughnut is located when the re- quest for the entry blanks of the San Francisco show was made four months after the show was held and three months after the list of awards were accepted at New York and published in the Gazette. This does not look right, it is decidedly clumsy. Cuttle fish tactics are resorted to apparently in the assertion that "The Ellerys are fighting the A. K. C." There is no fight on against the A. K. C. There has been, however, prompt action taken by a fancier of backbone and fair mindedness in the protection of his rights against the pettyfogging tactics of an A. K. C. deputized representative. eises a judge for not giving a dog he is interested in the special for best in the show. A vulgar appre- ciation indeed of a club's hospitality to say the least. When the same judge officiated at a subsequent interior show bad taste was coupled with petty spite and an entire disregard of what was due to the fancy at large, when every entry that could be con- trolled (they were not so many; one entry, however, was enough to emphasize this statement) was im- portuned to stay away. Further comment here is unnecessary, such ac- tions are soluble in their own mire. The cause for the recent injunction proceedings is only one of many, all similar in effect and of magni- fied official (?) importance, that has made the yard- master of the "Whereas, and therefore be it resolved factory" an object of ridicule and dissatisfaction to many of the Coast fancters. A petty custom that should be discouraged by kennel club officials is that of tacking over a non- winning "mut," award cards of first or other wins, as the case may be. This is misleading and an injustice to winning exhibitors. The small fraud is apparent at a glance to the fancier and breeder, a reflection on the judge, in the eyes of visitors and a practice that is repugnant to a degree. If we are not mistaken, such an act by an unscrupulous ex- hibitor is within the bounds of discipline under the rules. At all events such action should meet with the prompt attention of a show superintendent and unauthorized or misleading printed matter or rib- bons displayed should be removed. Mrs. A. L. Holling's Lady Beresford. Recent Coast shows — selected ones, notably so the May show of the San Francisco Kennel Club, have been rather harshly criticised for not "rushing" the judging of classes in the ring. Several judges have been "roasted" for an alleged lack of speed in going over their classes and the club officials were given the benefit of captious comment. These ebulitions were both uncalled for and undeserved, we firmly believe, and could not be prompted by an intelligent understanding of bench show ethics or a familiarity with sentiments prompted by good sportsmanship and a desire for the general good of the fancy. If this view is erroneous the cause may then reason- ably be attributed to narrow-minded quibling or delib- erate "knocking," possibly of catspaw voltage. Bench shows, as we take it, are mainly for the bet- ter development of breeds and for the good of the dog, for the encouragement and benefit of breeders, for general information and harmony among fanciers and incidentally for the fostering of a spirit of sports- manship. Last, but not least, for the education of and creation of an intelligent interest among the gen- eral public for man's best friend, the dog. Some exhimitors may be under the misapprehen- sion that a bench show is for their particular benefit; well it is, but not entirely so. The kennel press and the daily press devote columns of space descriptive of bench shows, all for the good purpose of inducing a "gate." This gate is made up mainly by non- exhibitors and the public at large. Most of this class are decidedly in the dark concerning breeds or indi- vidual dogs and the purpose and methods of bench shows. To these visitors, (he judging of dogs in the ring is an object lesson of much interest. This inter- est awakens inquiry and the possible development of a new devotee in dogdom. "Rushing" a class cuts out much that is of interest to many people who visit bench shows. Any experienced judge can "rush" his classes, and it takes an experienced judge as well to spend time over a class. The majority of the spectators come in to see the show and they are entitled to some reognition. The club is, of course, anxious to come out even, if not ahead, and it is entitled to that. So that is all there is to it. Handlers Gil Haliwell, Charley Gilbert and Tom Blight had their charges in fine fettle at the Oak- land show.' Entries for San Jose are coming in nicely, we look for the good show the Garden City fanciers always pull off. o The first essential is to examine the scabs for the mange parasites. This examination may be con- ducted with a low-power magnifying glass such as is used by ladies for examining cloth. The scab should be scraped off and collected on a black piece of paper. If no small, round, moving mite-like bodies can be seen, the paper may be held over a stove or lamp at just sufficient distance for the heat to make it uncomfortable for the parasites and thus drive them out of hiding, but care should be taken not to overheat and kill them. When again viewed under the hand-lens the parasites may be seen moving across the paper. Yard dogs and hunting dogs with short hair are easily treated by any efficient remedy, but house dogs, especially those with long or silky hair, are treated with more difficulty. The hair must be clipped off, and this is often objected to by the owners. Most of the best remedies are made in the form of ointments with lard, vaseline or bland oils, but the considerate veterinarian will hesitate to prescribe such preparations, because the oil on the coat accum- ulates fifth and the dog in turn soils all household articles and clothing that he happens to touch. This difficulty may be obviated by clothing the dog in a jacket prepared to cover the body while the treatment is being applied. Other difficulties, as injuring the skin, coloring the hair of those dogs fancied for their coats and also injury to the fiber of the hair of the latter class of dogs, are to be considered. Delicate house dogs and puppies are very susceptible to poisoning by some agents, as carbolic acid, benzine, arsenic, mercury, etc., by absorption through the skin or by being licked from the surface of the body. From a great variety of prescriptions recommended by various authors the following have been selected: Recipe — Sublimed sulphur 1 oz., oil of cade 3 ozs., lard 5 ozs. Make into an ointment and apply over the entire surface of the body. Recipe — Iodide of sulphur 1% drs., oil of tar 2 drs., cottonseed oil 5 ozs. Recipe — Precipitated calcium carbonate 10 parts, sublimed sulphur 15 parts, oil of cade 15 parts, green soap 30 parts, lard 30 parts. Mix the oil or cade, green soap and lard and rub the other ingredients into the mass. Recipe — Napththalin % oz., vaseline 2% ozs., oil of lavender 8 drops. Recipe — Balsam of Peru 2 ozs., alcohol to make 1 pint. Expensive and slow in action, but effective and an agreeable preparation to use on house dogs. Recipe — Creolin or lysol 1 part, alcohol 15 parts. Very effective but not altogether free from objec- tionable features. Recipe — Sublimed sulphur 3 ozs, lime (unslaked) 6 ozs., water 1 quart. Boil and set aside till cool, then decant the clear solution. Apply daily with a sponge. The solution will stain the coats of white-haired dogs, but this will disappear in the course of a day. THE REAPER'S GARNERING. An A. K. C. official who will visit a Coast bench show as the guest of the show-giving club exhibits exceedingly bad taste when he persistently criti- The late Mr. Ed. Donohoe was popular in the extreme with many of our sportsmen. His unfor- tunate passing away last week was deeply deplored by not only a host of business and social friends, but by many who met him in the lines of sport. Mr. Donohoe, a gentleman of most affable person- ality and a genial sportsman, was a popular member of the California Wing Club for many years, of the Olympic Gun Club and an important directing in- fluence in the career of the San Francisco Trap Shoot- ing Association. Devotees of trap shooting, particu- larly at Ingleside, are much indebted to Ed. Dono- hoe's interested efforts in behalf of the sport. As a live bird shot he won the club championship medal — he staid with the game until he reached the top. At inanimate targets be cut a top-notch pace. In other sports and recreations -he was an enthu- siast. He, at one time, had the preserve on the Suisun now known as the Harvey place. He was quite an athlete, being a skilled bowler and an ardent yachtsman as well. He designed the winning racing beat for a cup contest between the San Francisco and Corinthian Yacht Clubs. For several years past he had taken but little active part in shooting diver- sions. His final absence now is noted with a keen feeling of sorrow for the unlucky accident, caused by his automobile becoming unmanageable and smashing into a fence, which was responsible for his early passing away. Saturday, October 30, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 FROM FLORA TEMPLE 2:19%. TO PENISA MAID 2:04i/4. [Chicago Horse Review, Oct. 20.] Friday of last week, October 15, 1909, was the fiftieth anniversary of one of the most memorable events in the history of the trotting turf. On October 15, 1859, at Kalamazoo, Mich., the little bob-tailed mare Flora Temple trotted the third heat of a public, contested race in 2:19%. This was the first time thai 2:20 ever was equaled or beaten, the previous world's record having been 2:21%, made by Flora herself. An enormous crowd was present and the enthusiasm was unbounded. To many of these people it doubt- less seemed that they had just witnessed not only the fastest mile ever trotted, but the fastest that ever would be. It is impossible to even hazard a guess near correctness as to the number of persons in at- tendance at Kalamazoo that day who are still alive. But, all told, quite a number very probably are — and in the half century since elapsed they have witnessed such wonderful advancement in trotting speed that today we have a yearling that has beaten the record of Flora Temple by a half second — Miss Stokes 2:19m.; a two-year-old that has beaten it by twelve seconds, Native Belle 2:07%; and a three-year-old that has beaten it by thirteen seconds, General Watts 2:06%, while the present world's record for a mature trotter is twenty-one and one-quarter seconds faster — Lou Dillon's 1:58%. It is impossible to accurately compare horses of different eras. It is only by actual contest that we can be reasonably certain of the superiority between rivals, and even then circumstances may leave the question in doubt. As time passes conditions are constantly changing and these changes are powerful contributory factors in producing changed results. The enormous improvement which a half century has produced in trotting speed has been brought about by various causes, but three have been beyond all others important. These are, the advancement in knowledge and consequently in method, due to ex- periment and experience, of the breeder, the trainer and the track builder. Giving the two latter a generous measure of acknowledgment for what they have accomplished, we may yet confidently assert that it is to the improvement in breeding that the improvement in speed is most largely due. There can still be found an occasional critic to aver that the trotter of today, simply as a trotter and stripped of extraneous aids, is "no better and no faster than the trotter of fifty years ago" — but almost invariably, also, it will be found that this critic is a man who lives largely in the past, is joined to his idols and is either unable or unwilling (or both) to comprehend that "the world do move." It would be unprofitable to attempt an estimate of the exact amount of im- provement that has taken place in our horses in the past half century, but it has been perhaps the most marked ever known in a breed so high in the scale of animal life, in so short a time. We need not endeavor to give 2d exact mathematical estimate of the degree of superiority of the trotter of 1909 over the trotter of 1859 — but, relatively speaking, we be- lieve it to be nearly as great as the difference in the records now and then would imply. There were, undoubtedly, horses in the era of Flora Temple which, with the many modern advantages in tracks and training methods, would have gone far faster than they did. But they were few and far between, and it may be said without fear of contradiction that among the trotters of today there are a host capable of eclipsing them. The trotting BREED, as a matter of fact, has vir- tually been created since 1859. The two most import- ant elements which have entered into its composition were then almost unknown. Rysdyk's Hambletonian was but ten years of age and Mambrino Chief fifteen, and neither of them had as yet a 2:30 performer to his credit. The merits of the blood of Messenger, particularly the strain from his son Mambrino, were recognized, but the reigning houses were those of Andrew Jackson and Justin Morgan, to whom the two premier performing stallions of the day, George M. Patehen 2:23% and Ethan Allen 2:25%, belonged. Both these families are now practically extinct in the male line and long since ceased to contribute, except collaterally, to the upbuilding of the breed. Flora Temple herself belonged to a sub-tribe — that founded by the horse known as Kentucky Hunter — of the Messengers. Kentucky Hunter, bred in Oneida county, New York, about 1823, was by Watkin's High- lander, a putative grandson of Messenger, and Flora's sire, Bogus Hunter, was Kentucky Hunter's son. It has been many years since this family sunk into virtual oblivion except as a feeder for the dominant ones, but by one of those strange freaks of the "whirligig of time" it has remained for this present year of 1909 to produce by far the greatest trotter that belongs to it. This is none other than Penisa Maid 2:04%, the winner of the Transylvania, Walnut Hall cup, Empire State, Hoster-Columbus and Buck- eye stakes, and by common consent the premier stake trotter of the year. Penisa Maid is by Pennant 2:15, he by Abe Downing 2:20%, he by Joe Downing 710, he by Edwin Forrest 49, he by Young Bay Kentucky Hunter, he by Bay Kentucky Hunter and he by the original Kentucky Hunter. We may, therefore, look upon the wonderful little Iowa mare as a reincarna- tion of Flora Temple, appearing, fitly enough, to cele- brate the fiftieth anniversary of Flora's epochal feat by a series of performances which have made her name, as was Flora's, a "household word" in the trot- ting world. We can indeed trace more resemblances than those of lineage in these two mares, for, accord- ing to all accounts, their individual likeness is strik- ing, both being mere ponies in size, intelligent, en- during, consistent and game to the core. The seeker for coincidence will find none more remarkable than that which the appearance and exploits of Penisa Maid has furnished when regarded in connection with the anniversary of Flora Temple, especially when we consider how completely forgotten their family had become and how impossible it is that it shall ever again rise to the crest of the wave. For Penisa Maid cannot be regarded as other than the last of her race — her sire is dead lunhonored and unsung), and the stock farms of the country may be searched in vain for any stallion of his blood. It had been proposed to celebrate the anniversary date of Flora Temple's mile, last Friday, at Kalama- zoo, by having some one of the stars of 1909 appear there and, in an exhibition to old-fashioned high- wheeled sulky, demonstrate the progress that fifty years have accomplished in speed improvement, but, unfortunately, the project had to be abandoned be- cause of the impossibility of securing any of them for that day, Uhlan and Hamburg Belle being in retirement for the season and the others elsewhere engaged. Moreover, had it been possible to secure one of them, the inclemency of the weather would have rendered the performance of no value as a criterion. It had been peculiarly fitting could Penisa Maid herself have made the attempt, under favorable auspices, and while we will not venture to hazard how fast she might have trotted, it is safe to say that it would have been probably ten seconds faster than 2:19%. It may be argued that Penisa Maid in herself is proof that old-fashioned blood is just as good as any — but the fact that she is an isolated case invalidates the argument. There will always be those "excep- tions which prove the rule" and she is one of them. Moreover, if we compare their pedigrees we will discover that while Penisa Maid belongs to the same family as Flora Temple, she is far better bred. Her sire was from a mare by Harold, son of Hambletonian, while his grandam was by a son of Mambrino Chief and she thus inherits both the dominant modern strains. Moreover, her sire was a fast trotter him- self, with a high-wheel record of 2:15, and by another with a record of 2:20%, while her dam was a stout race mare with a record of 2:20 and descended from the house of Andrew Jackson. Flora Temple, on the contrary, was out of a mare by a circus horse — a so-called "spotted Arabian" — and not one of her an- cestors possessed a fast trotting record. The dif- ference is instructive and its chief lesson is the one which the Review ceaselessly endeavors to inculcate — that the price of progress in speed production is speed development. FAMOUS ROADS. The first road of which there is any authentic knowledge is the Appiau Way, the most famous and historic of ail thoroughfares and one of the most last- ing survivals of the glory and power of Rome. Work on this great undertaking began in 312 B. C, under the supervision of Appius Claudius Caecus, who built it, but the last division was not completed until 282 years later. The road was 350 miles in length, and ran in an almost straight line from Rome to Brundusium. The plan of construction for solidity and durability has never been equaled, and parts of the road are in con- stant use and in good condition to this day, while ether sections form basts for more modern highways. In width the Appian Way varied from fourteen to eighteen feet, between footpaths, and the bed was from three to fo^r feet in thickness. There were four layers of material in the bed, which was prac- tically indestructible after the various courses had properly settled. The foundation layer was usually of fiat stones, laid in an excellent quality of mortar. The next was of rubble masonry of small stones, or in lieu of stones, a coarse sort of concrete. The third layer was a fine quality of concrete, and the top surface consisted of flat, irregularly shaped blocks of stone, neatly and accurately jointed, in Rome the builders and even repairers of roads were held in high esteem, and sev- eral monuments at different periods were erected to public spirited and wealthy citizens who had given their time and money to the improvement of the pub- lic roadways. In two instances the Senate even directed the honors of a triumph to consuls who had built good roads in conquered provinces. In France, which has the finest roads in the world, are the remains of several highways of Roman con- struction, but in England, long a Roman possession, no such survivals have been found. Approximately, France has about 26,000 miles of thoroughfares owned by the nation, whose officials keep them in such per- fect condition that it is a pleasure to travel over them in any kind of vehicle. It was a French engineer, Tresaquet, who, in 1764, made a most beneficial change in road building, and his method of construc- tion is still more or less in vogue on stone roads in France. Before this date foundation stones were always laid flat, whereas Tresaquet set them on edge, thereby giv- ing greater durability, in addition to increased perma- nency of position. The excellent system of roads in France was in- augurated by Napoleon, who more fully than any other man of his time recognized the value of good roads for both military and industrial purposes. In his reign, between the years 1805-1813, a total of fifty- six million dollars was expended on road construction and sixteen million dollars on bridge building. When the relative purchasing power of money at that period and the present is considered, the vastness of such figures is apparent, for in our day these totals would have to be multiplied three or four times in order to accomplish :he same results. The great roads built by Napoleon in France and over the Alps constitute an imperishable monument to his genius, as lasting perhaps as the memory of his marvelous military achievements. It is a singular coincidence that Hannibal and Napoleon, the greatest captains of the ancient and modern worlds, were also the first to accomplish the apparently impossible feat of crossing the Alps with armies, one over the pass of the Little Si. Bernard and the other that of the Great St. Bernard. The carriage road constructed over the Simplon by Napoleon's order and under his direction is probably the finest mountain roadway in the world, and every traveler who journeys over it should, and no doubt does, bless the memory of its imperial builder. Peru at the period of the Spanish Conquest had about four million people and a total area of approx- imately 500.000 square miles, and in wealth and civ- ilization was far in advance of any other country in the new world. Manco Capac, the greatest of the Incas, inaugurated the system of public roadways, and his successors enlarged and improved it. In the United States there was no interstate road of any importance as late as the year 1810, but the public demand for a national highway was so great then the powers that be in Washington were com- pelled to gi\e serious attention to it. The birth of the so-called national road was in 1811, and contracts were let for its construction from Cumberland, Md„ to some point, not then determined, on the Ohio river. The terminus was to be either Wheeling or Steubenville, and the contest between these towns for the prize was of the keenest and bitterest kind. Wheeling finally won through the potential influence of Henry Clay, to whom the grateful citizens subse- quently erected a monument. — Kentucky Farmer. GEERS DRIVES MANY MILES. How would you like to ride from fifty to 150 miles in a sulky in a day? How would you like to try the same thing every day for a month and then for a year? Would you believe that there is a man at the present time who has averaged fully 100 miles a day driving pacers and trotters for, not a month, not a year, but for thirty-five years? Few and far between have been the days since 1874 that Ed. (Pop) Geers, the veteran driver of harness racers, did not climb and reclimb into sulkies and reel off mile after mile until, on some occasions, he nad driven 150 miles. His average during all these years has been about 100 miles. Just try to drive fifty miles a day in a sulky, and you will learn that it is no snap. Geers, however, likes to be up behind a good piece of horseflesh. He doesn't mind the fifty miles a day right now, despite his years. He says it's child's play. He feels that he has done a good day's work when he drives 100 miles, while 150 tires him out to such an extent that he never moves from the time he retires at night until next morning. It is almost be- yond comprehension the thousands and thousands of miles Geers has driven some of the best trotters and pacers in the history of the sport. Giving him credit for 100 miles a day for thirty-five years, the veteran has ridden 127,500 miles in sulkies since he first started to train the fast steppers. Of course, Geers has missed some dajs in the' past thirty-five years in which he did not drive, but they have been very few. It is more than likely that his daily average is even more than 100 miles, in which event he probably has been in the sulky while his various charges reeled off 150,000 miles. There is not a driver on the Grand Circuit who works any harder than the veteran. He is on the job every morning at the same hour and makes it a point to retire about the same time each night. Truly, the record of Geers is one that will stand for many years to come, if not for all time — Ex- change. o SENSATIONAL GREEN PACERS. Several green pacers have shown such sensational form in their recent work that they are already being touted as prospective racing stars in 1910. Walter Cox has in his stable the four-year-old brown Stallion Branham Baughman, a son of Gambetta Wilkes 2:19%, dam by Nuthurst 2:12, being along the same lines as this year's big winner George Gano. Cox's boarder is a well-made, smooth-turned horse, one that goes free-legged and seems to have splendid manners. During the Columbus meeting he was worked a mile in 2:05, pacing the final quarter in 28% seconds. Branham Baughman has a two-year- old record of 2:24% and is the joint property of three Boston horsemen. Ed. Benyon has been carrying a very promising green sidewheeler this summer and in a recent work- out stepped him a mile in 2:05%. This one is known as Druin, being sired by Onward Silver 2:05% and said to look and act like a sure-enough race horse. During the first week at Lexington Geo. H. Esta- brook of Denver, Colorado, whose racing stable met with a series of mishaps the past season, purchased the three-year-old pacer The Phillistine. Gus Macey got up behind this youngster and drove him a mile in 2:07%. with apparently a little left in the way of speed. Another paceV that may have to be reckoned with next season is Lady of Honor 2:11%, a daughter of Direct Hal 2:04%. This mare was raced in 1908 and showed extreme speed, but was inclined to be very erratic. W. L. Snow now has her in his stable and it. is reported that he has been a mile in 2:03% with her. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30. 1909. C8BSS»MSC8K»£««83»O0OOO©00O THE FARM A VANISHING TYPE OF CATTLE. [Chicago Breeders Gazette.) "There's a bunch of cattle that will top the market provided theie are'nt any more here," said a salesman. "Five loads of that kind are liable to precipi- tate a half-dollar break." It was on the Chicago market last week and in this instance no competition was encountered and the drove in question did top the market, at SS.35, but as the oracle quoted intimated few such big beeves can find a satisfactory outlet. They represent a type that was popular twenty years ago, or less, but is now in the vanishing stage. "Look like the Gillette cattle weighing a ton we used to get," said a bystander. The weight in this case was 1,784 pounds; the 30 head in the consignment cost the buyer §4,468.80, an average of §148.96, which is probably more money per head than a two-load bunch of steers has ever real- ized at the same market, excepting, of course, show cattle. But public taste has changed and the outlet for such weighty carcasses is nar- row. Boston still buys that kind and Kosher trade in New York is sufficiently brisk to put a premium on the fore-quar- ters, especially the coarse cuts. New York and Chicago hotels consume a moderate quantity of heavy beef, but even that demand does not require 1,S00- pound cattle most of the year. These cattle were fed by T. F. Dale of Wayne Co., Iowa. They were Short- horns, 4 years old and Iowa-bred. Their weight and quality indicate the scope of the Shorthorn in the feed-lot, as they do equally well as yearlings and when fully matured show no evidence of coarseness. Buyers who looked over this drove expressed surprise at their smooth finish. They made money for the feeder, but results are not calculated to encour- age beef makers to keep steers on full feed a year as these were and had they been sent to fehe butcher in less finished stage net results would have been more satisfactory. They consumed over 100 bushels of corn per head while in the feed-lot and the cost of getting them ready made serious inroads in the amount the feeder took home. PROSPERITY FOLLOWS DAIRY COW. WOOL BRINGS GOOD PRICE. Cloverdale' s fall wool sale held recent- ly was nearly three hundred bales of the fall clip, and sold at sixteen cents per pound. Crockett Gaines of Healdsburg and Charles E. Humbert of Cloverdale, representing the same firm, secured the mayor portion of the clip. Simon Pinchower and AYm. T. Brush, local wool buyers, made most of their purchases before the sale day arrived. Early in the season seventeen cents per pound was refused by most of the grow- ers, and fifteen and one-half cents per pound was the highest offer made just prior to the sale. The Brush Mercantile company's warehouse is filled to over- flowing with the fall clip and all but ten thousand pounds is now in Cloverdale. The fall clip is quite heavy and the wool will be shipped out shortly which has been purchased. — Santa Rosa Democrat. o The simplest way to provide variety for the fowls is to make each feed consist of only one grain, giving them oats, rice or wheat for bteakfast and corn, when it is fed, for their supper. It is best to feed bran mash at night because the hens do not have to exer- cise to get that and if it is given in the moruing they will gorge them- selves and immediately go and lie down. Where the farmer pursues the policy of more and better the most casual ob- server can not help but note the change to more prosperous surroundings. The ascendancy of the dairy is remarkable. Prosperity follows good dairy methods as surely as day follows night. A Michigan farmer says he does not know of a single instance where a good dairy herd prop- erly managed has not brought success to the owner, both in material prosperity, shown by dollars and cents, and in- creased fertility of the soil and conse- quent larger yield of farm crops gener- ally. Not only is this true of the man who lives upon and cultivates his own farm, but the tenant farmer finds the dairy the most profitable line to follow. Land owners are encouraging their ten- ants to keep more cows, realizing the benefit thereby accruing to themselves. Yet there are those who are so short sighted that they will do nothing to en- courage a tenant wdio favors dairying and shortsightedly objects to furnishing suitable stabling, fences, etc. It is safe to say that the farm tenanted by a man with a herd of cows for a period of five THE BEST LINIMENT OR PAIN KILLER FOR THE HUMAN B0D> ■ Gombault's « Caustic Balsam IT HAS NO EQUAL Cah — ** ispenetrat- rUl ing.soothingand healing, and for all old Ttie Wounds, Feh.ns Exterior Cancers, Boils Human ?„"o"d CAUSTIC BALSAM has no equal as Body We would say to all who buy it that it does not contain a particle a\ poisonous substance and therefore no harm can result from its ex' ternal use. Persistent, thorough use will cure many old or chronic ailments and it can be used on any case that requires an Dutward application with perfect safety. 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Nutwood Wilkes Mare For Sale. A dark bay tive-year-old mare. 15-2, weighs about 1000 pounds, and is a full sister to the fast niareElmaS. Matinee record 2:18. This mare is perfectly sound and gentle and anyone can drive her. She has been driven a mile in 2:25 and is a good gaited trotter. Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by California Nutwood, second dam by Anteeo2:ltiJ-'2, third dam Queen by Venture. For further particulars apply at the office of the Breeder and Sportsman. FOR SALE. The imported Belgian stallion Barnum de Limelette. No. 2672S; color brown, weight 2000 pounds, age 8 years. Also the imported German Coach stallion Odin, No. 8974; color black, weight 1450 lbs., age 8 years. Both of these horses are high-class pro- ducers and intending purchasers will be shown their colts. Horses and colts can be seen at Liv- ermore, Alameda county. For further particu- lars call or address MAX BERLIN. Box 616. Livermore. Cal. Bonnie Steinway 2:06' f to Lease. The fast and royally bred stallion Bonnie Steinway, pacing record 2:06%. will be leased to a responsible party for the remainder of 1909 and the entire season of 1910. He is a stallion of splendid proportions and royal breeding, being sired by Steinway, sire of 6 in 2:10, and out of Bon Bon, dam of 2 in 2:10 and 4 in 2:15. by Sim- mons, sire of the dams of Hamburg Belle 2:01%. Fereno2:05j4. etc. For full pedigree and terms address, A. L. CHARVO. Pleasanton, Cal. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. A 3-year-old black stallion, registered under Rule 1. A very handsome horse, finedith Street, L.OS Angeles, Cal. Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all cases or veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated buc- cessfully. Call3 from out of town oromptly responded to. The best work at reasonaoie prices IRA BARKER DALZIEL. 620 Octavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. 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MORSE & CO. 57 Jackson St. San Francisco 14 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, October 30, 1909. i I 495 ARIZONA STATE OUT OF by MR. H. E. POSTON at Tucson TOURNAMENT, SEPTEMBER 24-26th ■WINNING- HIGH GENERAL AVERAGE ■With- PETERS SHELLS MONEY IN SHEEP. It is a good tiling to keep accounts of all farming operations to know just where one is at all the time. We all like to know what the other farmer is doing, how he does it, and how much he makes. The following is an exact account of what an Illi- nois farmer made on thirty-eight ewes during one year: Mr. Charles Maxcy of Sangamon County, 111., had thirty-eight |ewes, high grade Shropshires, last spring. The business was new to him and he studied the sheep and the available bulletins upon their care as he went along, learning the way over one diffi- culty after another. Only thirty- three ewes produced lambs — forty- seven lambs — and only forty of these liived to a marketable age. These ewes sheared 380 pounds of wool which sold at 29% cents per pounds, netting him $112.10 or ?2.95 per ewe. Mr. Maxcy determined to save sev- enteen of the best young ev^s, and thus enlarge his flock to fifty-five for next year. This left him twenty-three lambs to sell; they had been con- tracted for in advance at 6% cents per pound at home, and weighed 1.480 pounds when taken June 30. This makes an average weight of 64 1-3 pounds, a price of $4.18 per head, and a total of $96.20. The seventeen lambs retained, at $4.18 per head, would add $71.06 to the account. The total income was thus $279.36. These sheep have done some excel- lent work in cleaning weeds out of the farm. Mr. Maxcy did not have an exact statement of the cost of keeping them, but as the reader can form a fair judgment as to whether there is good profit at these figures. — A. J. B. ' Registered Trade Mark "*^C • SPAVIN CURE It Is the Only Remedy That Can Be Sold With Contract. WYNCOTE, Pa., July 22. 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Blnghamton, N. T.: Gentlemen: I enclose $5.00 for another hottle of "Save-the-Horse." My horse Ted had a bone spavin. I treated him with "Save-the-Horse" and it com- pletely removed it. I treated him for ei^ht weeks. I have been a horseman all mv life, and I have found nothing: to equal your medicine. T had two first" class doctors treat this horse, and each one gave him up as a hopeless case. The horse is now perfectly well. I have not seen him so a lame step, and it is over three months. I cannot recom- mend your medicine too highly. Yours respectfully, PATRICK DOR AN. FIVE YEARS AFTER. CHESTEETOWN, Md., Sept. :S, 1903. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. Y.: Gentlemen: About five vears ago I bought a S5.00 bottle of "Save-the- Horse" Spavin Cure, and it did its work all right. Please send me a 50 cent box of oint- ment. It is the best cure for collar sores I ever had. Verv respectfullv, C. W. REINHART. "Save-the-Horse" permanently cures bone and bog spavin, ringbone (except low ringbone), curb, thoroughpin. splint, shoe boil, windpuff. iniured tendons, and all lameness, without scar or loss of hair. Horse may work as usual. Send for copy and booklet. S5.00 per bottle, with a written guaran- tee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. At Druggists and Dealers or Express Paid. TROY CHEMICAL COMPANY, Ringfcnmton, IV. Y. D. E. Newell, Sfi Bays Vi.sta Avenue, Oakland, Cal. 11 0? Market Street, San Franetsco, Cal. CLOSING OUT SALE of all the horses owned by WM. HASHAGEN, WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, at Woodland Race Track, Saturday, November 13, 1909- Owing to Mr. Hashagan being a sufferer from paralysis, all the horses owned by him will be sold at auction as above stated. They are KINNEY ROSE 2:13%, bay stallion, trot ter, sired by McKinney 2:11%, dam Golden Rose by Palrose 2:19; sec ond dam Lady Harper by Alaska; third dam by Algona; fourth dam by Odd Fellow, thoroughbred. Kin- ney Rose is one of the best pros- pects in California for a 2:10 stal- lion. KINNEY H., two-year-old bay colt by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Leta H. 2:22% by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%.. This colt has a yearling- record of 2:50, a two-year-old trial of 2:30 after a month's work. KINNEY, two-year-old chestnut colt, pacer, by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, by Chas. Derby; second dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes; third dam by Brignoli 77. This colt has paced a mile in 2:28 with onlv a month's work. FANNIE H., three-vear-old filly by Az- moor 2:20, sire of Betonica 2:09% and Moortrix 2:07%, out of Chit- tywee by Chas. Derby, as above. Fannie H. has a foal at foot by Kinney Rose 2:13% and has been bred back. All the above will be sold without reserve. LETA H. 2:22%, five-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska 2:28%, dam of five trotters in the list, in- cluding Lisonjero 2:08%, by Elec- tioneer; second dam Lizzie, dam of three trotters in the list by Wildidle, thoroughbred. CHITTYWEE, chestnut mare, foaled 1894, by Chas. Derby 2:20, dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes 2:15% ; sec- ond dam Alia by Almont 33. third dam by Bregnoli 77, etc. Chitty- wee is in foal to Kinney Rose 2:13%. YEARLING GELDING by Kinney Rose 2:13% , dam Chittywee, as above. Broken to harness. PERCHERON STALLION, weight 1S00 pounds, and by a sire that weighed 2100. This horse gets large, fine colts, and his get are very highly prized. TWO-YEAR-OLD GELDING by the above Percheron stallion. A splen- did big young horse, well broke to harness. CHRIS HASHAGEN, for Wm. Hashagen, Owner. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. 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Horses have made me all the cash dividends that I have ever had and brought me manv pleasures in other ways, and it is always a great pleasure to say or do anything that might add in the least to their comfort. Yours very truly, JOHN SPLAN. Ml Holland Bldg.. 211 N. Seventh St. JOHN SPLAN HON. NORMAN J. COLMAN First Secretary of Agriculture, and Member of Pres. Cleveland's First Cabinet. Also Director Missouri State Fair, American TrottiDg Asso- ciation and American Trotting Regis- ter Association. . St. Louis, Mo- April 2S.'09. The Reducine Co., New York City— The can of Rpducine was duly received, and my super- intendent reports favorably as to its value. He is especi- ally pleased with it because, it can b»- used with bene- ficial effects while the horse is in training, and without laying up, as "with most other remedies. For sore or enlarged tendons he thinks it has no superior. Sincerely yours, NORMAN J. COLMAN Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN .<7=!^-THE WEEKLY ^sv^V BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1S82.) E. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts. , San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms — One Year. $3; Six Months, $1.75; Three Months, $1. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley, P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. STALLION OWNERS have an opportunity to earn a nice Christmas present in coin, add to the present and future value of their horses, and get quite a lit- tle free advertising, by securing nominations to Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, of the mares bred to ther stallions in 1909. The owner of the stal- lion that is represented by the greatest number of mares -will get a prize of $100, the second prize will be $50, the third $35, the fourth $25, and the fifth and sixth $20 each. The stallion owner who is wise will do his best to have his horse well represented by his produce in as many stakes as possible. It is the colt trotters and pacers who win that bring prominence and patronage to their sires. We hear much of Moko being the greatest sire of futurity winners, but had his produce not been en- tered they could not have won. While Moko has been at public service for many years, and many of his patrons enter their mares liberally in stakes, the owner of Moko himself nominates thirty or forty of the mares bred to him in every prominent eastern futurity every year. An owner may have the greatest speed siring stallion in the world, but if the stallions get are not in the futurities he will have a mighty hard time getting breeders to believe in his horse. So we say to every stallion owner that he should not only get his horse represented in the Breeders' Futurity, but he should see that the representation is as large as possible. Breeders are getting tired of hearing that a certain horse has had limited opportunity, especially if the lack of oppor- tunity is the fault of the owner. Send a complete list of the men who patronized your stallion this year to Secretary Kelley of the Breeders' Associa- tion, and he will send each one a personal letter asking him to nominate his mare or mares. Do this without further delay. Nominations to this stake close December 1st. There are six prizes to be won and if you should not succeed in getting one you will at least have the satisfaction of knowing your horse is well represented when the list of nomina- tions ]s published. o THE EVERLASTING QUESTION for discussion by the turf writers is the rehabilitation of harness racing as a sport. Take down the files of any trot- ting horse journal of ten years ago, and you will find many long-winded articles on the three-in-five system of racing, early closing of purses, paid judges, professional starters and many other sub- jects, each writer taking up his hobby and arguing that unless his views of reform are adopted, the whole game will go to the demnition bow-wows and soon be a thing of the past. You will also find many learned articles as to how racing must be conducted so as to bring out the people, the writers seemingly of the opinion that gate receipts were falling off so badly that harness racing was in great danger. And yet after all (these warnings land admonitions the racing of trotters and pacers- went on, records were broken year after year, the old three-in-five continued in fashion and meetings were given from Maine to California and from Florida to Washington. The Grand Circuit, The Great Western Circuit and a hundred other circuits have continued to give racing, the purses and stakes have increased in value and the trotting and pacing horse is bred in greater numbers than ever in spite of the fact that there has been hardly anything new evolved In the system of harness racing that proved so popular in years past. All of this leads one to believe that the old system is still popular with the public, and while there are many poor and unsuccess- ful harness meetings given in the United States every year, the vast majority are success- ful and the associations giving them will continue to give them for years to come. Horse racing is a good deal like politics — the losers think the system is wrong, but as the majority of the people are on the winning side the critics are not listened to very long after the results are announced. When one stops to consider that there are over 2000 harness meetings held every year in the United States, with purses agregating several millions of dollars, and that the horse breeding industry exceeds every other animal industry in the nation, one must conclude that the old-fashioned system of holding fairs and harness races must have been built on a pretty good foundation after all. BEGIN NOW to think about what horse you will breed your mares to next spring. The mating of mares is of enough importance to have earnest thought devoted to it, and those who own brood- mares should be very careful in selecting sires. It might be a very good idea to look the mares and colts they have already produced carefully over and see what qualities they lack. If you own well bred mares that have been mated with good stallions and have only produced indifferent foals that have been hard to sell at profitable prices, sending them to a jack in 1910 might be the proper thing to do. But if they have shown themselves to be good brood mares then select the very best stallions of their own breed you can find that you think will sire good colts. Always look at the mare's faults aDd try to eliminate them in the produce. If the mare's head is coarse select a stallion wtih a fine handsome head If her hocks are curby see that the horse you send her to is clean jointed and sound in every way. In short breed up all the time and you will find that there is a profit in raising horses, be they trotters or drafters. And always remember that the best "cross" in any colt is plenty of feed. The finest colt on earth will look like a mongrel when half starved. TWO RICH STAKES for thoroughbred colts and fillies, each with $5000 added to the stake, are ad- vertised by the Coney Island Jockey Club to close for entries on Monday, November 15th. These are The Futurity Stakes to be run at the autumn meet- ing of 1911 by two-year-olds, and The Lawrence Re- alization to be run at the June meeting, 1912, by three-year-olds. Read the full conditions of these stakes in the advertisement this week. ■ THE PHOENIX ENTRIES. The entries for the trotting and pacing events to be decided next week at the Arizona Fair at Phoenix, shows that many high class horses will compete for the rich purses that have been hung up. The entries are as follows: Class No. 1, 2:27 Trot. Reginald, H. G. Stoll; Zombretta, Charles Saddler: Prince Zonibro, J. G. Belt; Worth While. Eugene F Binder; Major, J. C. Adams; Lady Boydello, Victor Holding; Sonny J., Victor Holding; Silverstein, R. S. Wood; Bolock, J. H. Kelly; Zomell, W. S. Maben; Johnnv G., George J. Thomas; Rex Gould, W. H. Harrison; Prodigal Baroness, R. E. Allen; Mary Don- lin, Ed. L. Peckham. Class No. 2, 2:23 Trot. Zombretta, Charles Saddler; Worth While. Eugene F. Binder; Almaden, W. G. Dm fee; Zomell, W. S. Maben; Bolock, J. H. Kelly; Silverstein, R. S. Wood; Johnnie G.. George J. Thomas; Rex Gould, W. H. Harrison; Prodigal Baroness, R. E. Allen, Mary Don- lin, Ed. L. Peckham. Class No. 3, 2:19 Trot, Copper Stake. Rapidan Dillon, W. S. Maben; Kid Wilkes, H. E. Armstrong; Reginald, R. G. Stoll; Weatewater, A. L. Scott; Zombretta, Charles Saddler; Escobado, C. H. Thompson; The Picket, C. H. Runger; Nancy Gentry, Guss Macey; Denver (Dr. Harvey), Guss Macey; Prince Zombro, J. G. Belt; Billy D., C. W. Moore; Ethel Mack, T. W. Murphy; Dr. Jack, T. W. Murphy; Almaden, W. G. .Durfee; Margin, A. Mc- Donald: Marie N., E. F. Geers; Frazzee, E. F. Geers: Carrie S. B., H. W. Emney; Lewis Young, Oakwood Stock Farm; Belle Gamaleon, Oakwood Stock Farm; Miss Elyre, Dick McMahon; Santa Rosa Girl, Dick MeMahon; Bolock, J. K. Kelly; Johnnie G., George J. Thomas; Myi-tle O, George J. Thomas. Class No. 4, 2:15 Troa. Rapidan Dillon, W. S. Maben; Weatewater, A. L. Scott, Escobado, C. H. Thompson ; Zombronut, Table Rock Mineral Water Co.; Charm P., Ed. L. Peckham; Billy D., C. W. Moore; Ethel Mack, T. W. Murphy; Dr. Jack, T. W. Murphy; Almaden, W. G. Durfee; Nancy Gentry, Guss Macey; Montell, Dick McMahon; Marie N., E. F. Geers; Frazee, E. F. Geers; Margin, A. McDonald; Lewis Young. Oakwood Stock Farm; Belle Gamaleon, Oakwook Stock Farm; Myrtle O., George J. Thomas; John B. Donivan, C. A. Niles; Kitty Roval. George Castle. Class No. 5, 2:12 Trot. Zombronut, Table Rock Mineial Water Co.; Am I Early, Er. L. Peckham; Delia Derby, Mrs. Alma Whitehead; Goldtunuf, George W. Ford; Billy D., C. W. Moore; Alice Roosevelt, T. W. Murphy; Inner Guard, T. W. Murphy; Montell, Dick McMahon; Nancy Gentry, Guss Macey; Denver (Dr. Harvey), Guss Macey; Kenyon W„ Charles W. Kenyon; Lewis Young, Oakwood Stock Farm: Belle Gamaleon, Oak- wook Stock Farm; Myrtle O. George J. Thomas; Queer Knight, W. S. Maben: Pandora, W. S. Maben; John B. Donivan, C. A. Niles; Richie Baron, Arlie Frost; Kitty Royal, George Castle; Dixon, W. C. Allen. Class No. 6, 2:09 Trot. Zombro Nut, Table Rock Mineral Water Co.; Delia Derby, Mrs. Alma Whitehead; Goldenhut, George W. Ford; Alice Roosevelt, T. W. Murphy: Inner Guard, T. W. Murphy; The Har\ ester, E. F. Geers; Carlokin, W. G. Durfee; Del Coronado, W. G. Durfee; Nancy Royce, W. H. McCarty; Country Jay, Guss Macey; Nancy Gentry, Guss Macey; Denver, (Dr. Harvey), Guss Macey; Kenyon W., Charles W. Kenyon: Mon- tell, Dick McMahon; Brace Girdle, Dick McMahon; Zomalta, P. W. McStay; Margin, A. McDonald; Bob Douglas, A. McDonald; Dixon, W. C. Allen. Class No. 8, 2:29 Trot, Arizona Horses. King Cyrano, G. Wombach ; Sonny J., W. John- son; Silver Russell, G. B. Schuller; Lady Boydello, Victor Holding; Major, J. C. Adams; Delfino, Al- berto Lopez; Hope So, C. M. Stearns. Class No. 9. 2:18 Pace. Maydello, J. C. Adams; Nettie Oh So, J. K. Wheat: Arizona, Shirley Christy; Near Kinney, C. E. Connor; Maggie Barkley, W. R. McEuen; Tommy Lawson, W. G. Lentz; Big Boy, J. O. Vroman; Nancy C, J. C. Rous, Jr.; Red Rock, L. E. Booker; Isabelle, Perry B. Low; Demonio Wilkes, H. E. Armstrong; Mar- garet Frey, C. A. Niles; Zolita Harry Messmore; Al- zama, Henry Harker ; Admyri, Ed. L. Peckham. Class No. 10, 2:15 Pace. Pearl Pick, James Dailey; Demonio Wilkes. H. E. Armstrong; Richard B., C. Sears; Knight of Strath- more, Arlie Frost; Glendor, C W. King; Isabelle, Perry B. Low; Red Rock, L. E. Booker; Nancy C, J. C. Rous, Jr.; My Way, Etta Brclliar; Jack Dawson, J. O. Vroman: Zolita, Harry Messmore; Alzama, Henry Harker: Margaret Frey, C. A. Niles; Baron Line, W. J. Harris. Class No. 11, 2:12 Pace. Sunday Pipes, M. F. Baker; Pearl Pick, James Dailey: Clara B., Arlie Frost; Knight of Strathmore, Arlie Frost; Demonio Wilkes, H. E. Armstrong; Black Douglas, George J. Thomas; Siegfried, Table Rock Mineral Water Co.; Richard B.. C. Sears; Lady Elgin, C. W. Moore; Boton de Oro, W. G. Dur- fee: C the Limit, Guss Macey; Direct Hal, Jr.; E. F. Geers: Walter W., E. F. Geers; Ora Jackson, Dick McMahon: Glendor, G. W. King; Radium Way, Etta Brolliar; Helena Morgan, C. M. Bassett; Cap Dawson, J. O. Vroman; Margaret Frey, C. A. Niles; Evelyn Patchen, Dick Wilson; Baron Line, W. J. Harris. Class No. 12, 2:10 Pace. Sunday Pipes, M. F. Baker: Black Douglas, George .1. Thomas; Siegfried. Table Rock Mineral Water Co.; Lady Elgin, C. W. Moore; Boton de Oro, W. G. Dur- fee; Creston, J M. Wray: C the Limit, Guss Macey; Ora Jackson, Dick McMahon; Knight of Strathmore, Arlie Frost; Lulu Hurst, Jack Sproule; Queen Derby, McGowan & Cuicello; Miss Castle, George Castle; King, Robert Nickel. Class No. 13, 2:08 Pace, Copper Stake. Delilah. G. W. Bonnell; Josephine, Hemer Ruther- ford; Moortrix, Mrs. Chadbourne; Joe McGregor, Table Rock Mineral Water Co.; Hal Raven, Dr. John L. Wentz; Ray o' Light, E. S. Train: Cora, H. E. Armstrong; Brewer's Kill, Jack Sproule; Lady Elgin, C. W. Moore; Baron Whips, T. W. Murphy; George Gano, T. W. Murphy; Creston, J. M. Wray; C the Limit; Guss Macey: Arthur J., E. F. Geers; Walter W., E. F. Geers; Gov. Soles, Dick McMahon; Donax. M. E. Lee; Glendor, G. W. King; Solano Boy, C. J. Uhl; Radium Boy, J. A. Kirkman; Major Gantz. William J. Gamm; Miss Castle, George Castle; Doc- tor Bonney, George Castle: Dick Allen, E. A. Sage; Byron Kay, Dick Wilson; Evelyn Patchen, Dick Wil- son; Black Douglas, George J. Thomas; Queen Derby, McGowan & Cuicello; Scrunimer, G. W. Meeks; Queen Pomona, R. E. Allen; King, Robert Nickel. Class No. 14, 2:05 Pace. Delilah, G. W. Bonnell: Highfly, Arlie Frost; Jose- phine, Homer Rutherford: Moortrix, Mrs. Chad- bourne: Hal Raven, Dr. John L. Wentz; Ray o' Light, E. S. Train; Giftline, Ramsey & Carter; Cora, H. E. Armstrong; Baron Whips, T. W. Murphy; George Gano, T. W. Murphy; Creston, J. M. Wray; Red Bow, Dick McMahon: Lady Maud C, Dick Wilson; Solano Boy, C. J. Uhl ; Brewer's Kid, Jack Sproule ; Doctor Bonney, George Castle; Dick Allen, E. A. Sage; Joe McGregor. Table Rock Mineial Water Co.; Queen Pomona, R. E. Allen: Zolock, W. S. Young. Class No. 16, 2:20 Pace, Arizona Horses. R. B., Walter Harrington: Lillian Zolock, A. H. Davidson: Arizona, Shirley Christy: Maggie Barkley, S. Y. Barkley; Near Kinney, C. E. Connor; Big Boy, J. O. Vroman; Nettie Oh So, H. C. Lockett; Tommy Lawson, W. G. Lentz; Maydello, J. C. Adams; Delfino. Alberta Lopez. The horses taken over to Montana and Idaho by F. E. Burton to be raced this summer were both pro- tested. The trotter Ned Wilkes was protested as being Neko, while Collis H . the pacer was said to be Albert S The money is therefore tied up in several races in which these horses started and must, wait for a decision by the American Trotting Association before being distributed. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 6, 1909. STADIUM RECORDS ARE LOWERED. New Pacing and Trotting Records Mate at Youth's Directory Benefit. The largest crowd that ever gathered it the sta- dium track in Golden Gate Park to enj )y an after- noon of harness racing, filled the gran 1 stand and lined up three or four deep along the rail for a quarter of a mile last Sunday when the San Fran- cisco Driving Club gave its benefit to the Youth's Directory, the institution for homeless boys over which Father D. O. Crowley presides. There were at. least six thousand people present during the afternoon, large numbers continuing to arrive and depart, after standing until they were tired and see- ing no chance of getting a seat. About 2000 were crowded into the grand stand and it was filled from 11:30 in the forenoon until 5 o'clock in the after- noon, when the races were finished. The day was a delightful one, the sun being a little warm for comfort and only the slightest of breezes blowing. The track was in superb condi- tion, and was the subject of many complimentary remarks from the horsemen from outside the city, many of whom saw it for the first time that day. In every event a beautiful silver cup was the prize for the winner and the contests for them were keen. The only incident of the day's racing that jarred the general harmony was the discovery of a ringer in the first race. When Doughnuts won in straight heats he was protested as being the horse Erosmont 2:22, and therefore not eligible to the 2:30 class trot, for which class the race was made. Mr. Chase of Berkeley, who owns the horse, stated to the judges thai he had purchased him three or four weeks before and did not know he had ever raced. Hans Frellson, who drove him, being simply cm- plojed to drive him in the race.- After the protest was made, the racing went on without further trouble of any kind and the cups were all awarded to the winners amid the applause of the crowd. The free-for-all pace, in which there were six starters, was expected to furnish a very close contest with split heats before a result was reached, but Mr. Geo. Giannini's bay gelding Geo. Perry by Wald- stein found a day and a track that just suited him and he broke the stadium record the first heat by a mile in 2:10% and then lowed it again two full sec- onds by a mile in 2:08%. Geo. Perry was splen- didlv driven by Chailey Becker and no professional could have driven a better race. The very cream of the Sacramento and San Francisco clubs were start- ers in this event, the capital city being represented by Mr. Frank E. Wright with the old favorite Kelly Briggs 2:08%, Mr. H. C. Pike with Ha'old B. and Mr S. NT. Cowell with Kermit. The San Francisco club's entries in addition to Geo. Perry were Mr. Al. Hoff- man's Kitty D.. and Mr. Hugh Boyle's Diodens. It was Geo. Perry's race from start to finish. Kelly Briggs pacing the race of his life and heating 2:10 the last heat as he was less than thirty feet behind the winner at the finish. There was a very speedv bunch of pacers in the 2:15 pace which was won bv Mr. John Silva's chest- nut three-year-old Natoma bv Zolock. Natoma, Al- fred D. and Sister Bess were the principal contenders in this race and they would go away like a bunch of free-for-all pacers and in two cf the heats reached the half mile pole iu 1:05. and from there on of course it would be a race between tired horses. But while the three heats were all in 2:15% there was a whipping finish each tint0 and the race only won when the wire was reached. One of the most popular wins of the day was James O'Kane'? capture cf the cup for 2:20 class pacers with his old stand-by King V. In the first heat of this race he had a battle down the stretch with Byron Lace, and iu the second bent Onitsah was the contender, but Mr. O'Kane landed the King in front safely both times and was greeted by much cheering. Lady Nell, Mr. M. W. Herzog's black mare that is one of the steadiest and mest reliable ot the speedway trotters won the 2:25 trot very hand'ly from a big field in 2:22 and 2:20. la the free-for-all trot Princess Christina, well driven by Geo. Erlin, won almost as she pleased in straight heats, the first in 2:13% setting a new record for the track, the former record of 2:14 hav- ing been set by this mare two weeks previous. Th:s race ended one of the best programs that has ever been given on the yellow oval in Golden Gate Park and the excellent manner in which the races were conducted reflects credit on the committees of the San Francisco Driving Club that had the meeting in charge. The Park Commissioners had given the club the privilege cf selling programs and tag" dnring the day and a neat sum was realized for the Youth's Directory. The races resulted as follows: First race, 2:30 trot, mile. F. Chase's Doughnuts (Frehlson) 1 1 Chris Buckley's Walter G. (Buckley) 2 3 Tom Murphy's Monte (Nolan) 4 2 E. T. Ayers' Dalta A. ( Avers) 3 4 G. Tassi's Steve D. (Tassi) 5 5 William Hamner's Clara W. (Hamner) 6 6 Time— 2:24, 2:26. Second race, 2:25 pace. mile. Bob Bennett's Sydney B. (McGrath) 1 1 R. J. Lathrop's Marin (Lathrop) 2 3 I. W. Pierce's Lady Bird (Pierce! 7 2 Dr. Dalziel's Tom T. (Richardson) 3 5 J. R. Campodonico's Lucera (Pastere) 4 6 J. C. Heeuan's Joe Dick (Heenan) S 4 W. J. Kenny' W. J. K. (Faulkersonj 5 7 H. C. Ahler's Princess V. (Ahlers) 6 9 D. E, lion's Lady D. (Dillon) 9 S J. E. Finch's Honesty (Finch) lOout Time— 2:23. 2:20%. Third race, free-for-all pace, mile. George Giannini's George Perry (Becker) 1 1 Frank Wright's Kelley Briggs (Wright) 2 2 H. Boyle's Diodens ( Boyle) 3 3 S. N. Cowels' Kermit (Cowels) 4 4 Al Hoffman's Kitty D. (Schwartz! 5 5 H. C. Pike's Harold B. ( Pike) 6 6 Time— 2:10 3-5, 2:08 3-5. Fourth race, 2:15 pace, mile. John Silva's Natoma (Silva) 1 5 1 Phil Kohn's Alfred D. (M. Donnelly) 2 1 2 P. Donnelly's Sister Bess (P. Donnelly) 4 2 3 J. Doran's Lady Listowel (Doran) 3 4 4 W. C. Rico's Hickman Girl (Schwartzl 5 3 5 Time— 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:15%. Fifth race, 2:20 pace, mile. James O'Kanes King V. (O'Kane) . . : 1 1 F. L. Matlhes' Opitsah (Matthes) 6 2 C. E. Blanchard's Byron Lace ( Sharp) 2 3 R. P. Giovannini's Golden Buck (McGrath 5 4 T. H. Corcoran's Lady Falrose (Benson) 3 6 J. R. Christie's Briarwood (Christie) 4 5 Time— 2.21%, 2:16%. Sixth race, 2:25 trot, mile. M. W. Herzog's Lady Nell (Herzog) 1 1 F. von Issendorf Ceta Dillon (vou Issendorf ) . . .2 2 Albert Joseph's Bell;-- Overton (Joseph) 4 3 Jos. W. McTigue's Darby Mc (McTigue) 3 4 A. P. Ciayburg's Charles II (Clayburg) 6 5 J W. Smedley's Red Velvet (H. Frehlson) 7 6 John Nowlan's Dick (Nowlan) 8 7 F. Clotere's Monk (Clotere) 5out Time — 2:22, 2:20. Seventh race, free-for-all trot, mile. S. Sinsheimer Princess Christina (Erlin) 1 1 A. Ottinger's Dr. O'Brien (Ottinger) 6 2 A. Ottir.ger's Mike Kelley (Frehlson) 4 3 H. Boyle's Modicum (Boyle) 3 5 J. J. Butler's Major Cook ( McGrath ) 5 4 A. Ottinger's Lady Irene (Becker) 2 6 Time— 2:13%, 2:14%. THE LEADING 2:10 TROTTING SIRES. GUIDELESS PACER WINS RACE. Newport, the twenty-year-old pacer was the win- ner last Sunday in a race at the Stockton track against the nacer Cbappo, although Newport went guideless while Chappo had a driver. The first heat of this race was paced in 2:15, and the second in 2:22. Newport, received lots of applause when he stopped and returned to the stand after each heat. There were two other races on the card, the occa- sion being a matinee of the San Joaquin Valley Driving Club. Both races were won by sons of Nut- wood Wiikes. Results: First race, free-for-all trot or pace. T. D. W.. b. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (D. LiegingerH 1 McDougaid, b. g. by Stam B. (C. Nancel 2 2 Time— 2:24%, 2:24. Second race, 2:20 trot. Allen Pollock, b. g. by Nutwood Wilkes (C. Nance) 1 1 Mc Adrian, b. s. by Guy McKinney, (D. Lie- ginger) 2 2 Prince Mack. b. g. by McKinney (F. Lieginger).3 3 Time— 2:29%. 2:24. Third race, novelty pacing. Newport, r. g. by Raymond (withoui driver).... 1 1 Chappo, b. g. bv Booth (T. F. Donovan) 2 2 Time— 2:15, 2:22. Fourth event, exhibition mile bv two-year-old: P. J. Chalmers' b. f. Trix McAdrian. by McAdrian, dam bv Mountain Boy (record 2:23%), driven by Dan Lieginger. Time. 2:24%. OAKLAND DRIVING CLUB. The road drivers of Oakland organized a driving club some time ago and having fixed un the old five- eighths track near Sixteenth street station, shortening it to half a mile, have been holding races thereon nnd having some excellent sport. The ground on which the track is located is owned in Dart bv the Santa Fc Railroad Company, and a'; this comoany may want to use it at any time for freight sheds ttr some other purpose, no lease can be had of the grounds, consequently the club is only snending money to keep the track in shape for driving on. During the past month there have been several rnatinees, races having been held on the 10th, 17th and 24th of October for prizes offered bv the busi- ness men of Oakland At the regular bu°ine3s meeting of the club held on Fridav evening of last week these prizes were awarded as follows: First .prize, silver cup donated by Dr. Buteau, won by J. F. Fraga's Babe. Second prize, silver cup donated by Tim Sexton, won by P. W. Bellingall's Alva P. Third nrize, silver cup donated by James Corley, won by E. C. Chase's Doughnuts. Fouith prize, silver cup donated by Jas. Corley, won by C. A. Loper's Dandy. Fifth, sixth and seventh prizes won by J. Vance's Volo, A. L. Hind's Gold Mane, and H. T. Burr's Monte. The club has appointed a committee to inquire into the matter of securing a piece of land whereon to build a half-mile track. If a suitable tract can be secured a track will be constructed immediately. It is honed that land in the vicinity off Fruitvale can he found. o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. There are only nine stallions that have sired five or more 2:10 trotters, McKinney leading with thir- teen to his credit, Bellini coming second with eight, and Zombro and Jay Bird tied with six to the credit of each. Allerfon, Axtell, Baron Wilkes, Directum and Onward each has five 2:10 trotters to his credit. The names of the 2:10 trotters credited to each of these sires is as follows- McKinney, 2:11'4. Sweet Marie 2:02 Ste-ling McKinney 2:06% Charley Mac 2 : 07% Kinney Lou 2:07% Berta Mac 2:08 Carlokln 2:08% Mack Mack 2:08% Hazel Kinney 2:09% Lady Mowry 2 : 09% El Milagro 2:09% The Roman 2:09% Del Coronado 2:09% Dr. Book 2:10 Bellini, 2:13^.. Leonardo 2:06% Beatrice Bellini 2:08% Soprano (3) 2.08% Carlo 2: HS% Tokio 2:09 Ora Bellini 2:09% Albert C 209% Farfalla .2:09% Jay Bird. Hawthorne 2:06% Alcc-ste 2:07% Allerton 2:09% Dulce Jay 2:09% Invader 2:10 Early Bird 2:10 Zombro, 2:11. Zephyr 2:07% San Francisco 2:07% Zomalta 2 : OS % The Zoo 2:09 Bellemoni (4) 2:09% Era 2:10 Allerton, 2:09'/4. Redlac 2:07% Gen. Forrest 2:08 Gayton 2:08% Nancy Royce 2:09% Alves 2:09% Axtell, 2:12. Ozanam 2:07 Angle 2:08% Elloreo 2:08% Mainland 2:09% Praytell 2:09% Baron Wilkes, 2:18. Baron May 2 : 07 % Dulce Cor 2 : 08% Baron Bell 2:09 " Oakland Baron 2:09% Baron Rogers 2:09% Directum. 2:054. Ethel's Pride 2:06% Consuelo S 2:07% Judge Green 2:09 Gulvallis Directum 2:09% Directum Lass 2 : 09% Onward, 2:2514. Onward Silver 2:05% Margaret O 2:05% Beuzetta 2:06% Pilatus 2:09% Cornelia Belle 2:10 PACING BRED TROTTERS. "Breeder and Sportsmon," San Francisco, Cal. D?ar Sir: I would like to call your attention to the following peculiar breeding facts and see if they fit the generally accepted breeding theories: This fall at the Minnesota State Fair, Queen Patch won the two-year-old trot. She was sired by Dan Patch, dam International Queen (p) 2:13%, who is Ihe dam of three pacers and no other trotter. Queen Patch took an easy mark of 2:25% at Sioux City and could trot a mile in 2:15 with five months training. At the Minnesota State Fair Pearl Patch won the two-year-old pace in 2:16%. 2:17 and can pace a mile in 2:10. She was sired by Dan Patch, dam Per- lissa. the dam of Bob Fitzsimmons and Alpha W. My extremely promisiug yearling pacer for the two-year-old pacing races in 1910 is a full sister to Queen Patch, my this year's trotting two-year-old. My- most promising yearling trotter for the two- year-old trotting races in 1910 is a full sister to Pearl Patch, my this year's two-year-old pacer. This year- ling we expected to be a great pacer and she. will do notl'ing but trot and trots fast. It strikes me as somewhat peculiar that of these four Dan Patch colts, from mares that have always produced -pacers, two of them should reverse what would naturally be expected and that the two mares should produce a fast trotter and- a fast pacer and the next year reverse their colts of the previous year and again produce a fast trotter and a fast pacer. Some facts are hard to fit to many theories in this world, hut you may know one to explain these facts. Yours truly, M. W. SAVAGE. Highfly 2:04% beat a field of good paders at Dallas, Texas, in the free-for-all pace, winning in three straight heats. The best time was 2:09%. Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OUR LOSS, EUROPES GAIN. [American Sportsman.] During tile past two weeks four more fast record trotting stallions have been sold for export to Eu- rope: Judge Lee 2:08%, Surpol 2:10, The Aloma 2:10% and Ward 2:10%. It is likely that several ethers will be purchased by European buyers at the fall auction sales. Although there are hundreds of trotting stallions in the public stud in this country, many of which have taken race records and are bred along satis- factory lines, how many of them have shown their ability to sire extreme speed, racing qualities and the individual essentials which go to make up the high-class trotter? The loss of every tried and desirable trotting stal- lion, be it by death or sale for export, is a serious blow and a handicap to the breeding interests of our country- There has been a marked change in the light har- ness horse breeding business in the past ten years. The matinee game with its amateur sport has inter- ested hundreds of business and professional men in the trotter. They maintain a small private stable of wagon horses and many of them have embarked in the breeding of trotters, mating the mares they have used at the matinees with the best stallions they can find. The introduction of the amateur matinees certainly proved of vast benefit to the racing and breeding industries, as an addition to the men that it brought to the ranks of our breeders, many of the owners of professional racing stables first became interested in the trotter and pacer when they actively participated in the wagon sport. The European horseman's purchases of the Ameri- can trotting stallions and mares the past ten years have been a constant drain on us. They usually insist on individuality and conformation, with the breeding of secondary consideration. Such of us as are prone to believe that we are far ahead of them in matters pertaining to the breeding and racing of the trotter will find it very interesting to investigate their methods and compare them with ours. Talk it over with some one who has been over there and made a study of the subject. It is a fact that they have already outstripped us in many particulars and in a few more years we may be obliged to pattern after them, if we are to keep up with the standard they are endeavoring to set up. In several of the European countries the government takes an active interest in the breeding and racing of the trotter, and these industries are carried on under their supervision. Stallions and brood mares must come up to certain requirements before they can be used for breeding purposes. The governments secure high-class trotting stallions and place them in the public stud, to be bred to approved mares, at a fee that is nominal and so reasonable that even the more modest breeder can mate his mares with a good horse. Reports from Europe the past season show that many of the young trotters bred there are showing remarkable speed and certain types are now being established, with particular families giving every indication of achieving the same fame as have the more successful trotting strains in this country. The average horseman probably has no conception of the many high-class trotting stallions and success- ful sires that have been exported in recent years. The following list will give some idea of the valuable breeding material which has been lost to us in this manner: Cresceus 2:02%, by Robert McGregor 2:10%. Onward Silver 2:05%, by Onward 2:25%. Tommy Britton 2:06y2, by Liberty Bell 2:24. Allen Winter 2:07%, by Ed Winter 2:12%. Caid 2:07%, by Highwood 2:21%. Fleming Boy 2:07%, by Camara. Glenwood M. 2:07%, by Bobby Burns 2:19%. Jupe 2:07%, by Allie Wilkes 2:15. Directum Kelly 2:08%, by Direct 2:05%. Gayton 2:08%, by Allerton 2:09%. Judge Lee 2:08%, by Lee's Pilot 2:12%. Trevillian 2:08%, by Young Jim. A. Penn 2:08%, by William Penn 2:07%. The Zoo 2:09, by Zombro 2:11. Poindexter 2:09, by Abbotsford 2:19%. Alton 2:09%, by Alcryon. Boreazelle 2:09%, by Boreal 2:15%. Dillon Boy 2:09%, by Baron Dillon 2:12. Idolita 2:09%. by Mendocino. Pilatus 2:09%. by Onward 2:25%. Shadeland Faustalear 2:09%, by Cuylercoast 2:11. Baron Rogers 2:09%, by Baron Wilkes 2:18. B. B. P. 2:09%. by Pilot Medium. Codero 2:08%, by Bingen 2:06%. Ellard 2:09%, by Charley Wilkes 2:21%. Lecco 2:09%, by Bonnie Boy 2:27%. Que Allen 2:09%, by Champion Medium 2:22%. Athanio 2:10, by Junio 2:22. Brownie Wilton 2:10, by Wilton 2:19%. Kirkwood Jr. 2:10, by Silverthorne 2:15. Senator A. 2:10, by Tramp Panic. Surpol 2:10, by Electricity 2:17%. Grattan Bells 2:10%, by Woodbrino 2:23%. McVera 2:10%, by Talavera 2:30. Shady G. 2:10%, by Shade On 2:08%. The Aloma 2:10%, by The Conqueror 2:12%. The Phantom 2:10%, by Boreal 2:15%. Wainscott 2:10%, by Alcy Wilkes 2:16. Ward 2:10%, by Richford Baron. Petigru 2:10%, by Kingward. Alamito 2:10%. by Engle Bird 2:21. Bravado 2:10%, bv Kentucky Wilkes. Capt. Bacon 2:10%, by Bingen 2:06%. Robbie P. 2:10%, by Charles Caffrey. Alvin 2:11, by Orpheus 2:30. Metallas 2:11, by Mambrino King. Col. Kuser 2:11%, by Stranger. Siliko (3) 2:11%, by Moko. Re-Elected 2:11%, by Re-Election 2:27%. St. Valient Vincent 2:11%, by St. Vincent 2:13%. Cole Direct 2:12%, by Direct 2:05%. Gay Bingen i31 2:12%, by Bingen 2:06%. Lord Revelstoke (3) 2:12%, by Bingen 2:06%. Prince Herschel 2:13, by Herschel. Falkland 2:13%, by Happy Medium. Fleetwood 2:13%. by Elvria 2:25%. Wig Wag (3) 2:16%. by Wiggins. THE ELECTIONEER-WILKES COMBINATION. [American Horse Breeder.] LOCOED HORSES. Recently F. Millsap and J. O. Cooper of the hill section of Gienn counLy, reported to the County Live- stock Inspector, Dr. Jensen, that a number of their horses had died of a peculiar disease and asked that be come to their ranches and investigate. The doc- tor found that the animals had died from loco disease. Dr. Jensen says that the so-called loco disease is caused by the animals eating the loco weed, and has for years caused serious loss of cattle, sheep and horses in the western section of the valley. The loco weed is a class of leguminous (pod) plants, of which the principal ones are ;he purple loco weed (as- tragalus mollisimus) and the rattle weed (argallus lamberti). After eating the weed awhile the animals show a slow, staggering gait, rough coat, staring, vacant look, and emaciation. The affected animals have hallucinations, cannot be led or backed, show more or less muscular co-crdination, gradually lose flesh and then die. An animal which is locoed is, in many respects, like an opium fiend, who prefers the drug to good, wholesome food. o RACES AT CONCORD. Manager Benson of the Concord mile track gave a race meeting on Sunday afternoon, October 24th, three races being on the card and all were won in straight heats. Results: Three-year-old pace. Cricket (Williams) 1 1 1 Jim Rankin (Benson) 2 2 3 Marion C. (Ivey) 3 3 2 Best time— 2:23. Pacing, 2:20 class. Easter (De Martini! 1 1 1 Baron Bowles ( Smith) 2 2 2 Baldy (Soto) 3 3 3 Best time— 2:18. Free-for-all, mixed. Prince D. (Smith) 1 1 Lady Listowell (Doran) 2 2 Best time— 2:15. HOW YELLOW BELLE WAS NAMED. L. V. Harkness. breeder of Native Belle 2:07%, bought her dam, Yellow Belle, at one of Fiss, Doerr £ Carroll's horse auctions, in East Twenty-fourth street, says the Stock Farm. The sale took place on October 10, 1900, and the mare was catalogued as Julia D. C, her original name. Acting for Mr. Harkness, John Splan bought her for $420. She was consigned to the sale by Fred T. Steinway, but was sold as "the property of a gentleman." It was stated in the catalogue that she had trotted a trial in 2:16% over the Empire track, moving the first half in 1:06 and the last half in 1:10%. That was her style of trotting when owned by W. B. Fasig. He considered her a rank quitter, named her Yellow Belle and sold her because she could not go both ends of the mile. The mare was pure gaited, wore practically no boots or other artificial appliances, and carried nine-ounce shoes forward and mere plates behind DEATH OF "DOCTOR" KEY. "Doctor' William Key, who attained national fame as the owner of the trick horse Jim Key, the horse that could do problems in arithmetic, make change with a cash register, spells words by picking out let- ters, etc., is dead at his home at Shelbyville, Tenn. William Key was considered one of the wealthiest colored men in the country, his estate being valued at $200,000. He was born a slave and after the war started out as a "voodoo" doctor and accumulated money. His fortune was made one day when he purchased an Arabian mare from a bankrupt circus for $30. He taught the mare several tricks that aided him in selling his medicine, and when a colt was foaled he taught :he youngster a long series of tricks. This colt. Jim Key, was shown all over I he United States under the management of Elbert R. Rogers, who paid $10,000 for him. But he had to take the old darkey along with him, for the colt would do nothing for anyone else, becoming ugly and refusing to eat when his breeder was not along to §leep in his stall and take care of him. So great was the affection between the two that it is not Expected that the horse, now 25 years old, will long survive his master. There is a lesson in this old colored man and his colt that trainers could well take to heart. Key never abused his horse and the latter seemed to appreciate the fact by doing his best. — Western Horseman. Honors are pretty evenly divided between the Wilkes and Electioneer families for producing the champion trotters of 1909. The fastest trotter of the season is Hamburg Belle (2:01%), whose sire and dam wer both direct descendants of George Wilkes in the paternal line. She is also inbred to the Mam- brino Patchen 58 strain. The most formidable com- petitor of Hamburg Belle (2:01%) was Uhlan (2:02%), and he really trotted a mile in faster time than did the mare in the heat won by Hamburg Belle (2:01%). Unlan is a direct descendant in the paternal line of Electioneer, but though his sire, Bingen (2:06%), was by May King (2:20), a son of Electioneer, yet the dam of Bingen (2:06%) was in- bred to George Wilkes (2:22), so that really honors between Electioneer and Wilkes are about equal in Uhlan's case. The time of fastest heat won by a trotting stallion in a race the past season is 2:06% and stands to the credit of Bob Douglass, whose sire was Todd (2:14%), a son of Bingen (2:06%). The time of the fastest heat won by a yearling is 2:19%. The winner. Miss Stokes, is a daughter of Peter the Great (2:07%), a direct descendant of Happy Medium, by Hambletonian 10, but the time of the fastest heat won in a race by a yearling stallion was 2:26%, by Silent Brigade, a son of Silent Brook (2:16%). The latter was by Dark Night, a son of Alcyone (2:27), by George Wilkes (2:22). The fastest two-year-old trotting stallion of the year was Bon Vivant (2:16%). His sire is Bon Voyage (2:12%), by Expedition (2:15%), a son of Electioneer 125, but the fastest two-year-old filly of the year is Native Belle, race record 2:07%, whose sire is Moko by Baron Wilkes (2:18), a son of George Wilkes (2:22). The fastest record made by a three-year-old trot- ting stallion during the past season is 2:11%, and was made by Al Stanley, whose sire was Todd (.2:14%), by Bingen (2:06%), but the fastest record made by a three-year-old filly is 2:07%, made in a race by Czarevna, a daughter of Peter the Great (2:07%), sire of the champion yearling Miss Stokes (1) (2:19%). The three-year-old gelding record of the season is 2:14%, made by James A., a son of Prodigal (2:16). The latter is a direct descendant of Mambrino Chief 11, but also inherited two strains of the blood of Hambletonian 10. The fastest four-year-old trotting stallion of the season is The Harvester (4- (2:06%), whose sire, Walnut Hall (2:08%), traces directly in the paternal line to Electioneer, yet the dam of The Harvester (4) (2:06%) was by Moko, a son of Baron Wilkes (2:18) by George Wilkes (2:22). The fastest four- year-old trotting mare of the season, by the records, is Fair Margaret (2:10%), by Re-election (2:27%), a son of Electioneer 125. Her record, however, is three seconds slower than that of the two-year-old trotting filly Native Belle (2) (2:07%), by Moko. The fastest new performer of the past season is Margin (2:05%). Her sire, Time Onward, was by Onward (2:25%), a son of George Wilkes (2:22). The fastest new record stallion of the year is Frazee (2:09%), by Arion (2:07%), a son of Electioneer 125. The fastest gelding among the new performers of the season is the much maligned Kid Wilkes (2:09%), by Stanton Wilkes (2:10%), a son of Nut- wood Wilkes (2:15%). It seems that the Election- eer-Wilkes combination is an excellent one for pro- ducing trotting speed. Pelagon 2:17%, twelve-year-old bay gelding by Milroi, dam by Prodigal, grandam by Electioneer, lowered the world's record for two miles by a trot- ter hitched tc a four wheel wagon at Belmont track Philadelphia, recently. The time was 4:38, a reduc- tion of five seconds from the former record. BROUGHT TOO MANY LETTERS. Pleasanton. Cal., Oct. 26, '09. "Breeder and Sportsman," San Francisco: Please discontinue advertisement in regard to leasing Bon- nie Steinway and send bill. The ad. was certainly a success. Have more letters than I can answer and more coming every day. Yours truly, A. L. CHARVO. Volume IS, of the American Trotting Register has been published and a copy received at this office. It is uniform in appearance with the preceding vol- umes of this work and is well printed and bound. Five thousand stallions registered since volume 17 was published are in this book, and there are five hundred pages devoted to the registration of mares and geldings whose names have not appeared in previous volumes. The price of the book is $5 and it can be ordered through this office. The people at Rock Rapids, la., are planning a big barbecue and celebration when M. D. Shutt and his great trotting mare, Penisa Maid 2:04%, return from their long campaign. People from all over the coun- try and from many places in the State will be pres- ent to congratulate the man who "has placed Rock Rapids on the map." The Stud Book of the Arabian Horse Club of America has just been certified by the United States Department of Agriculture to the Secretary of the Treasury as the official book of record for Arabian horses, and H. K. Bush-Brown of Newburg, N. Y.. is designated in the order as custodian of the records. The Leading Lady 2:07, who holds the record for three-year-old trotting fillies is one of the many well bred mares that are heavy with fcal to Zombro 2:11. She is owned by Mr. A. B. Coxe of Paoli. Pa. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 6, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS 1 Mary K. 2:0S% will go to the Old Glory Sale. The Phoenix, Arizona, fair will open on Monday next. Joe Maguire's trotter, Daybreak 2:09% is the fast- est trotter bred in Colorado. It has been definitely settled that Pasadena will hold a horse show this winter. Murray Howe has a new excuse to add to his list. It is 'shied at the airship when going up the back stretch." William Duncan has resigned his position with the Bonaday Stock Farm and has opened a public training stable at Marysville. Margin 2:05% will be bred to Peter the Great early in the season next year and will be raced dur- ing part of the summer. Word comes from Marysville that the track there is in fine shape and the Driving Club is contemplating a meeting this month. Jacob Brolliar, of Visalia, California, has sold the registered mare My Way 2:15% by Stoneway to Mr. Geo. W. McLees of Lindsay. Princess Christina lowered the trotting record of the stadium track last Sunday to 2:13% and seemed to be trotting easily at the finish Minor Heir paced an exhibition mile in 2:02 ar Dallas. This track is not a fast one. Minor Heir should go a very fast miie at Phoenix next week. Tuesday next will be Dan Patch day at the Phoe- nix fair. The champion pacer will race with Minor Heir in an exhibition. There are so many entries in the Arizona Copper Stake to be raced next week that the trotters may have to start in two divisions. Los Angeles is to have two driving clubs, and when both are fully organized there should be some keen competition at the inter-club matinees. Geo. Perry is the champion of the San Francisco speedways. His mile in 2:08% on the stadium three- quarter track last Sunday shows the gelding is some pacer. Moko will stand at ?250 for the season in 1910, in spite of the statement that has been widely pub- lished to the effect that bis fee has been raised to $1000. Mr. G. J. Johnston of Victoria, B. C, is now the owner of the JIcKinney mare Shelagh that is by Mc- Kinney 2:11%, dam Elect way by Stein way, second dam Katie G. by Electioneer. Mr. Frank H. Burke has purchased a ten-acre tract of land immediately north of and adjoining the new San Jose race track, and will subdivide it into small tracts and sell to horsemen on easy terms. The old pacer Newport, owned by D. M. Morris of Selma, is now 19 years old. At five years old 3:00 was about the best Newport could do, but when he was fifteen he paced to a record of 2:17 and now he can rattle off a mile around 2:10. Mr. F. Gommet has presented his old stallion Alta Vela 2:11% by Electioneer, to Messrs. Molera & Joseph, who will send him to the Molera ranch at Monterey and mate him with a few good mares next spring. Alta Vela was foaled in 1SSS. After being back of the monev at Columbus in 2:10, 2:11%, 2:08%, Ruby Clay 2:09%. was shipped to Memphis, where she trotted publicly two different miles faster than 2:05. The death of Leland Onward 2:04*4 is announced. He was owned by J. W. Clark of Edmonton. Alberta, who had owned him but about a year. As he was a royally bred stallion and a game race horse, bis loss to Mr. Clark will be severe, especially as he pur- chased him to use as a sire. Among the number of Grand Circuit trotters of 1909 to go to the Old Glory sale are Czare\na <3) 2:07%, Baroness Virginia (3) 2:08%, Inner Guard 2:06%, Genteel H. 2:0S',4 and Zomalta 2:0S.% One of the questions to be decided at the coming meeting of the National Trotting Horse Breeders' Association at New York will be whether the stakes of the association will be conducted on the best tnree in five or the best two in three system. About SO stalls have been completed at the new San Jose 1 riving Park and the carpenters are still at work. "When they finish there will be 125 first class .-•ills :"or horses. The fall and winter sales this year will be as good a test of the harness horse market as could possibly be found. Watch the big auctions at Chicago next week and at New York two weeks later and see if prices have fallen off. Have you a mare that was bred to a trotting or pacing stallion this year? If so nominate her in Pa- cific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, entries for which close on Wednesday, December 1st. It pays to enter in the stakes. The Sacramento horsemen who visited the stadium track in Golden Gate Park last Sunday were greatly pleased with the yellow oval, and said the Sacra- mento track wrould be the fastest in the world if it could be covered with that yellow clay. The Emeryville race track will open two veeks from today, and betting or no betting there will doubtless be a large crowd present Dut of curiosity if nothing else, as a betless running meeting is a nov- elty on this coast. Searchlight 2:03% is to be sold at auction at Chi- cago next week. According to the advertisements Searchlight will be No. 1 in the catalogue. There is much interest taken among California breeders who own the get of this famous race horse as to how high a price he will bring. Lou Dillon's two fillies will be sent to John Dick- erson to train. Lou Billings, the two-year-old, has been miles in 2:40 with quarters in 30 seconds. The yearling Gretchen B. is only just nicely broken. Lou Dillon is again heavy in foal to John A. McKerron 2:04^, sire of the two fillies. Mr. Frank H. Burke has secured a mate for his Zombro gelding Laddie G. It is a mare by Willeroo, son of McKinney, and they make a very handsome team, both being seal brown with white hind ankles. They can step close to a 2:40 gait together and are very pleasant drivers. . Titos. Gordon, of Hanford, Tulare county, recently sold two spans of young black Percheron geldings, getting $425 per span, or $S30 for the four. One span was three and the other four years old. It pays to breed and raise the right kind. Mr. A. H. Rosenbaum of this city is the owner of a very promising four-year-old stallion by Bonnie Steinway 2:06%, dam Emma R. by Electioneer, sec- ond dam Emma Robson, dam of four in the list, by the thoroughbred stallion Woodburn. Mr. Rosen- baurn's colt is a square trotter and has a high rate of natural speed, although he has never had any training. Among the young stallions to be sold at the Old Glory sale this month are a couple that should bring good prices for sires provided they are good indi- viduals. These are Music Master 2:27%, a four- year-old by Moko out of Santos, the dam of Peter the Great, ;:nd Mr. Forbes 2:30, a two-year-old by Bingen 2:06% out of the same mare. On breeding these colts are sureb in the first class. Fred H. Chase £ Co.'s next sale will be a holiday combination sale and will be held Monday evening, December 20tb. Entries for this sale will close Monday, December 6th. The holiday sales held here- tofore by this firm have been very successful. Use- ful horses are bringing good prices in San Francisco at the present time. Geo. P. Anderson who purchased the McKinney stallion Merry Mac 2:19% at the Rodman sale last week, has taken the horse to Mendocino and will use him in the stud next season. Merry Mac is not only a well bred horse, but he hr.s already shown himself to be an excellent sire, his rolts having size, excellent conformation and natural rneed. The adverse conditions the second week at Lexing- ton prevented Millard Sanders from starting the champion two-year-old pacing filly Fleeta Dillon 2:08%, a second time for a world's record. But for this he is confident that she would have gone into winter quarters with at least 2:07 opposite her name Any person w'ho will go through the San Francisco horse markets and notice the small horses that are sold every day at from $75 to $100 each will know that the raising of good horses must still be a profit- able business. When ordinary light business horses bring from $125 to $200 in the market, as they do in San Francisco at the present time, the horse breeders are not losing money. H. E. Woods of Norbonne, Mo., recently lost by death the good stallion Dictator Wilkes 5231, by Red Wilkes, dam Nancy Lee, the dam of Nancy Hanks, 2:04. As a speed sire he was fairly successful, hav- ing to his credit the good trotting mare Aunt Jerusha, 2:0S% and 11 others. He was 25 years old. Mr. Woods is the well known starter wTho has officiated in Oregon and Washington for several seasons. L. V. Harkness, proprietor of Walnut Hall Farm, Donerail, Ky., recently added 700 acres to his noted breeding establishment, purchasing from Mrs. C. L. Garth at a reported price of $75,000. This makes the fourth tract of land added to the Walnut Hall Farm during the year, and makes it the second largest establishment of its kind in Kentucky, The Elmdorf Farm of J. B. Haggin being the only one of larger proportions. The latter is used mostly at the present time, for blooded cattle, so that Mr. Harkness can well claim the largest trotting horse breeding establishment in the country. Matinee racing will be held at the Newman track on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 25th, the prizes being ribbons and cups. An admission fee will be charged and the proceeds used to pay the expenses of raising the turns on the track. When this work is completed Newman will have one of the best half mile tracks in the State. Matt Zahner of Arroyo Grande writes us that he was the driver of Cuckoo, winer of the 2:20 pace at Santa Maria, also of Fred Branch and Bobby F., horses that contested in races at that meeting. Our report of these races was made from the official judges' book, consequently the errors must be laid at the door of the clerk and not of this journal. Among the fives youngsters sent by Capt. C. H.. Williams of Palo Alto to Hi Hogoboom at Woodland, to train is a three-year-old filly by Unimak, full brother to Sterling McKinney 2:06%. dam by Nut- wood Wilkes, grand dam by Eros. This filly is a beautifully gaited trotter and one of the most prom- ising that has been seen on the Woodland track for some time. They say "the best Star Pointer colt on earth" is June Star, a two-year-old owned by S. Christenson of this city. The colt is out of Perza by Allie Wilkes, second dam Anglina, a full sister to Joe Patchen's sire. Frank Jermyn wants to trade a whole corral full of horses for this colt, but the owner has de- clined all overtures so far. As this colt is not staked he Trill not be trained much until he matures. Possibly the handsomest horse seen during the Lexington meeting, writes Hawley, was Jack Mc- Kerron, who is nearly a perfect individual and were it not for the fact that his feet have troubled him, would surely have been in the very first flight. He is a rich mahogany bay of exquisite quality, yet he has abundant substance and size. He has a beautiful head and neck, and either at speed or at iest is a striking looking horse. The quarter that General Watts (3) 2.06% trotted in 28% seconds at Lexington, Ky., on the closing day of the recent race-meeting there, with the last eighth in 13% seconds, indicates that he has sufficient speed ability to beat the champion trotting stallion record. Whether he can be put in condition to maintain so high a rate of speed throughout the mile as is nec- essary to give him additional championship honors, may be a doubtful question. There is no doubt about his speed. Sandy Smith, who is now in the employ of Mr. H. K. Devereux, of Cleveland, has discovered a pacer that he expects to mark in 2:10 next year. The pacer is called California Derby and is by Charles Derby 2:20 out of a mare by Nutwood. He was sold at the Blue Ribbon sale three years ago and has been doing farm work until David Shaw of Cleveland purchased him recently and got Sandy to train him. Califor- nia Derby is beating 2:20 now and goes quarters in 31 seconds. Kelly Briggs 2:08, the brown pacer owned by Mr. F. E. Wright of Sacramento, came in for many compli- ments on his appearance and condition at the sta- dium track last Sunday, when he forced Geo. Perry to break the track record twice in the free-for-all pace. Kelly Briggs is fourteen years old, and made his record of 2:08 when he was twelve, and is yet one of the garaest horses and races as if it was fun for him. He beat 2:10 in the second heat of this race and was loudly applauded when he finished. Capt. C. H. Williams of Palo Alto had the misfor- tune to lose a splendid three-year-old filly one day this week, finding her in the pasture with a wound in the abdomen from which her entrails protruded. She was put to death to end her suffering. The filly was by the Captain's stallion Unimak, full brother to Sterling McKinney 2:06%, and out of Alta Nola by Altamont, second dam Nola by Nutwood. She was very promising, having shown a high rate of speed with little work. About 500 head of trotting bred horses are cata- logued to be sold at the Chicago sale next week. There are over a hundred record horses to be sold, starting with Searchlight 2:03%, and followed by Directum Miller 2:05%, Hal Chaffin 2:05%, Hal C. 2:05%, etc., and those with almost every conceivable record from these to the 2:30 mark, including a lot of youngsters, some of them entered in $100,000 worth of stakes. Then there are consignments from the Grasslands farm, the Dauforth farm of Ed Custers and Klatawabs; the John A. McKerrons from H K. Dev- ereaux, Cleveland. Ohio; the Baron Reviews and the De Forrests, from Terre Haute, Ind.; the Baron Poseys from Phillips Bros.: the Prodigals from Sen- ator J W. Bailey, and then there are tbe Free Givers from Major P. P. Johnston, Lexington, Ky. ; the High- woods from W. A. Williams, Kansas City, Mo.; the Baronmores from Riverside farm, and many others. Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 1909. The initial step was taken today in the forma- tion of a new driving club in this city to be called the California Driving Club and the following per- sons will he invited to join: Jos. H. Bohon, Wm. Garland, W. A. Connoly, C. G. Epps, J. W. Nicker- son, W. J. James, C. C. Colyear, W. A Clark, W. A. Glascock, J. W. Snowden, Mrs. N. Bonfilio, Mrs. C. S. Hastings, Clarence Berry, J. A. Fairchild, D. B. Stewart, Austin Moore, L. O. Powers, B. M. McStay, Dr. Dodge, P. Long, J. Leonard, M. Montgomery, B. G. Doyle, Wm. McGaw, E. Ewing, Joe Servitch, O. O. Jonas, C. H. Thayer, C. C. Desmond, Joe Des- mond, P. Lowe. W. R. Murphy, G. M. Vail, C. Nieker- son, Wm. Morgan, F. Williams, J. Baker, L. L. Bricker, W. R. C. Burton, Chas. Chick. L. J. Christo- pher, A. Levy, H. Messmore, C. A. Canfleld, A. B. Miller, — . Rice, M. K. Young, F. Allender, E. Deffe- bach, J. Mott, Jos. Walker, E. A. Montgomery, G. T. Beckers, Chas. Saddler, Dan Rozell, C. G. Willis, Dr. Ralph Hagan, R. Mayo. Of these L. J, Christopher, W. A. Clark Jr., E. Deffehach, J. W. Nickerson, C. C. Colyear, Wm. L. James, W. A. Glascock and C. G. Willis have ac- cepted and the rest will be asked as soon as it is possible to see them. It is proposed to limit the mem- pership to fifty, with an initiation fee of $5 and $15 a year dues, payable semi-annually on January 1st and July 1st, in advance. The object of the new club will be to foster mati- nee racing in every way and by giving matinees on alternate Saturdays with the Los Angeles Driving Club to awaken a spirit of friendly rivalry and on Christmas, New Year's day, Washington's birthday and other holidays give inter-club races where the merits of the horses owned by members of the two clubs can be settled, at all events for the time being. With the new track and stand and stables soon to be built and the clubs contending for cups over the course it would seem as if interest in the light har- ness horse could not help being revived and put on the basis it enjoyed a few years ago in this city. There is no dearth of matinee material here now, over thirty horses being owned by the above-named gentlemen and several others have expressed their intention of buying as soon as the new club is formed. The first of Red McK's get to win a race was a black 15 months old filly called Miss Murphy, out of Lassie by Strathway that W. R. Murphy has. She is as pretty as a picture and a nice going trotter. Frank Wood thought his Del Coronado filly was pretty good "goods" and matched her against the Red McK. baby to go a quarter. When he overtook Murphy at the % pole he said "Let's make this two in three and double the stakes. We will jog to the % pole and come home." That was agreeable to W. R. and the black filly again headed the summary. The stakes which was put up in bottles nicely packed in a box was delivered the next clay at the home of Red McK. on Santee street. Now it is up to Wood to get even if he has anything he wants to match against Victor McK. that tramped a quarter in 47 seconds the other day. Man and money can be found any day at the place where the "package" was delivered. Agricultural Park is deserted again for the time being, two carloads, about 20 horses, having been .shipped to the Phoenix races last night and W. G. Durfee will leave with his string tomorrow or Thurs- day. He tuned Copa de Oro up yesterday with a mile that was variously caught from 2:02% to 2:03%, but W. G. himself had it in 2:03 flat. It was a great mile considering the track and there is no doubt that Copa de Oro is a great pacer. How fast he can go a mile over the Phoenix track under favorable conditions will be known next week. If he is as good as he was yesterday he will set a mark that will last a long while. The sudden changes of weather that we have had here lately has been hard on the horses and a num- ber are coughing, among them the "blue mare" Margin and a good five-year-old of D. B. Stewart's. Charlie Thayer let his good looking black colt by Six Bells step a nice mile in 2:35. He is a good look- ing up-headed big fellow and will be matineed this year. J. S. Stewart worked Etta McKenna today several easy miles and let her come through the stretch in 31% seconds, well within herself. She is getting more "brush" every day she is worked and a quarter in 31 seconds or better is now within her capacity. D. B. Stewart has a colt by Audubon Boy 1:59% that he is taking a good deal of pains with and it looks as if he was going to have his reward, for like so many by that sire he is a pure gaited trotter and takes to his work as a duck takes to water. Homer Rutherford left his good three-year-old stud Easter here when he shipped to Phoenix yester- day and this morning he had a severe attack of colic; a veterinary was in attendance when I left the track. A large delegation of horsemen headed by Messrs. Christopher, Glascock and Nickerson will leave here next Saturday for the Phoenix races and a good time generally is expected by them. Geo. W. Ford, the owner of Goldennut 2: 11% will be there to see his horse win and will take with him the bank roll he won on him up north, so there will be something doing if anyone thinks he has a horse in his class that can beat him. Walter Maben took eleven head belonging to A. B. Miller, Mrs. C. S. Hastings and himself to Phoe- nix, where they will be shown on the track and knocked down to the highest bidder by Ed. R. Smith, the silver-tongued orator. W. A. Glascock also shipped two high class sad- dlers, broken to all the gaits, with the same object in view. Sam Watkins, the livestock auctioneer, has bought all of the horses, wagons and harness of the late Henry U. Henderson, including Ida Millerton, that Walter Mabeu raced through the California Cir- cuit this year. He bought them at a figure that will enable him to sell them "worth the money." JAMES. KING OF THE SPEEDWAY. M. & M. CANDIDATES FOR 1910. The lowering of the track record at the stadium in Golden Gate Park last Sunday to 2:08% by the bay gelding Geo. Perry, a son of Waldstein, was the feature of the day's sport. The record breaking was done in the second heat of the free-for-all pace, and was a notable performance. The track race record previous to this was 2:11 and was held by Geo. Perry himself. When the race started a majority of the horsemen present expected the old campaigner, Kelly Briggs, to be returned the winner, but although the son of Bayswater Wilkes was in fine fettle, Geo. Perry was too fast for him and beat him a couple of lengths the first heat in 2:10%, reducing the crack record slightly. In the second heat Perry and Kelly went to the half in 1:04% and it was thought the Sacramento horse would beat the San Francisco pacer home, but Charles Becker, who was driving Geo Perry had not begun to take the speed out of the son of Waldstein and on entering the stretch went to the front and was three lengths in advance of Kelly Briggs when he crossed the wire. Geo. Perry was loudly cheered at the finish, M. Giannini, the owner of the horse, being one of the most popular members of the San Francisco Driving Club, and his horse a great favorite. Geo. Perry has paced a mile in 2:07% against time on the same track and is now the undisputed king of the speed- way. CAUGHT A RINGER. Symbol Maid, 2:10%, the mare that has been win- ning the slow stakes in Kansas and Oklahoma during the present year, has been identified as Mary Laid- ley 2:07%. Symbol Maid is owned by E. P. Kerr, Paul's Valley, Okla.. and has been driven by W. B. ' Brewer. The mare attracted suspicion in her very first race this year, and, while no one was able to identify her, she was regularly protested and her winnings hung up. The attention of Secretary W. H. Knight of the American Trotting Association, was called to her and he set on foot a series of investigations that lasted all the summer. At last he had her photo- graph published in The Western Horseman, and inside of a couple of days from the date of publi- cation letters were received to the effect that the mare was none other than Mary Laidley. Secre- tary Knight requested that Will Squire, a well known driver of Parkersburg, W. Va., accompany him to Tulsa, Okla., to identify the mare, as the latter was well acquainted with the peculiarities of the mare. Mr. Squire at once identified Symbol Maid as Mary Laidley 2:07%, owned last year by A. D. Simon, of Fairmount, W. Va. She got her record at Lexington, Ky.. last year when she was driven by Frank Herdick. She is by Pegasus 2:30, son of Harold. Last December she was sold at the Chi- cago Horse Sale, and for $700 went to "A. M. Nel- son, Orford. Miss." Inquiries at Orford revealed the fact that no such man as A. M. Nelson was known there. Just where "Nelson" and Mary Laid- ley went after the sale has not been fully estab- lished, but Secretary Knight is at work and will have a complete case when it comes up for trial at the annual meeting of the Board of Appeals in December. A good many horsemen will be particularly in- terested in the case, as over $3000 in winnings have been tied up, and this money will be redistributed among the horses standing below "Symbol Maid" in the summaries during the past season. — Western Horseman. DEATH OF WILLIAM EASTON. While on a visit to Ireland, William Easton, the greatest auctioneer of thoroughbred horses that ever cried a sale in the United States, died after an ill- ness of more than a year. He was the auctioneer when St. Blaise was sold for $100,000, and purchased Rock Sand in England for $125,000 for August Bel- mont. He also figured prominently in the purchase of Ormonde for $150,000 for Mr. W. O'B. Macdon- ough of this city. In all the important thoroughbred sales held by the Fasig-Tipton Company in recent years Mr. Easton was the auctioneer. He was per- haps the most accomplished gentleman that ever wielded the auctioneer's hammer at horse sales in the United States. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. L. Dobrzensky, Newman. — There is no horse named Lucky Tom that has a record of 2:12, either trotting or pacing, so far as the records of the Year Book show. o Moko seems destined to achieve as much fame as a broodmare sire as he has as a progenitor of early . of sight, leaving the awkward angler to bite his lip with annoyance. The thing must be done all over again after wati- ing for another to rise. This time the slight breeze is not ignored, and the fly falls, feather light, upon the glassy current a few feet above the last rise. Lazily it Boats down the stream two, three feet and then — a swirl, a flick of the tail, a gentle check by the fisherman and the trout, feeling the hook, dashes across and up the river, then down again, striving to gain the entangling shelter of the reeds, from which the stout rod keeps him clear. He is a heavy fish, but he has little current to assist him, and his pluck is not quite equal to that of our Fontinalis so that in less thau ten minutes the net is slipped under him and his quietus is administered in the form of a knock on the head. A pound and a half, very fair. The fisherman ex- ults as much as the Anglican temperament will per- mit and moves upstream to stalk another Fario. No British angler fishes down stream unless on an up- roarious American torrent which compels him to do so. It would take us too far afield to discuss the rela- tive merits of the two schools, which, after all, are both quite justified in the regions where they chiefly obtain. We must not take it amiss, however, if the dry fly angler, with his tapered line, and delicate leader and expisite fly cast far and fine, considers himself the elite of his craft, though the North woods fisherman may be prone to regard him much as the writer of vers de Societe is looked upon in poetry. But the lack of appreciation, amounting to absolute disdain, with which the dry fly purist views all other fishermen is in nowise warranted, for the two arts differ widelv in certain cardinal points. Chief among these so far as North woods angling is concerned, when fishing for our brook trout, is the aversion shown by this handsome fish for dead bait of all kinds, though in preserved water he is readily trained to feed upon such food as liver. J Harrington Keene, in his interesting and authori- tative remarks on the origin of the trout flies in the angling portion of that book on "Guns, Ammunition and Tackle" i American Sportsman's Library), speaks of the feud of the formalists, who assert that the fish regard almost exclusively the shape of the lure, and ihe colorists, who declare that the color of the fly is the most important element. The dry fly fisher- man is neither one nor the other, but insists that the artificial should be as nearly an exact imitation as possible of the real insect upon which the fish is feeding. Mr. Keene lays down certain axioms, which he assumes are admitted by all anglers, but his very first, it seems to me, is true only part of the time, indeed less than half of it, when Fotinalis is being angled for. He says: "The trout certainly take the artificial for the natural fly." Very often, no doubt, but not generally. They take it simply for something that can be eaten The brook trout is no entomologist, but he is a most voracious feeder. He stops not to distinguish insect from grub or minnow; his instinct tells him it is clean, for the trout touches nothing carrion, and most essentially, he sees that it moves and is conse- quently alive. We know, as the late peerless H. P. Wells told us, that the giant trout of Maine will generally take only a submerged fly. usually of large size, pulled with measured jerks through the water, and this is often the case in many other districts. All this season in Nova Scotia I have found the trout taking the sub- merged fly more than ever before. They certainly do not take it for a fly, but probably for a minnow, or, not possessing the power of analy. sis, merely for food, as said above. Mr. Keene himself expresses wonder that our trout rise to flies that have little resemblance to anything that has wings, but the apparent anomaly is explained if we abandon his axiom and say that trout by no means necessarily take the artificial fly for the natural. The difference between the chalk stream anglers of England and ours of the North woods is that the quarry also differs, for Fontinalis in his wild state in most cases disdains dead food, while Fario loves to suck in a sedge or a spinner that floats over him without a struggle. The above is written after two seasons of experi- ments with the dry fly in Nova Scotian waters. To be sure I did not possess any flies tied by English tiers in the semblance of American ephemera, but out of a large assortment of flies tied by Wyers, Cummings and Hardy I was able to select a number that were to all intents and purposes counterparts of the insects on the water. My experiments, which "were described at length in the London Field, resulted in almost utter failure. The ending of each trial was, in fact, nothing less than comic, for after putting in practice all the tricks of the trade, as I practiced them in England, I in- variably, growing impatient with the failure of the trout to notice the tiny flies floating so temptingly over them, threw dry fly angling to the winds and dragged my fly through the water, with the inevita- ble result that a lusty fish immediately rose and seized it with avidity. I came to two conclusions in this way: firstly, that Fontinalis will, almost always ignore a lure that looks to be dead; and secondly, that dry flies are ex- cellent lures when used as wet flies. Perhaps the fishermen of this country will have better luck with the dry fly. To see it in its full artistic glory one must, however, visit the chalk streams of the old Countree. CALIFORNIA HATES CARP. An interesting article recently went the rounds of the press about the carp and the fondness of the Germans for that fish. It must be served absolutely fresh, say the newspapers, and in German restaurants they frequently allow the guests to catch the carp that is to be cooked, immediately and serve at once. That sort of thing may do in Germany, but it will not be a success in the Sacramento valley. There they know the carp, and the voices of true sportsmen are still raised from time to time in Devil's blessings on the species. We are perfectly willing that our Deutschen friends shall enjoy the golden carp or the silver carp — the always muddy carp — and let it go at that. But we have had all that we want. We desire no more. It was about thirty years ago that some misguided son of the Fatherland came to this country, according to the Sacramento Union, with a lot of carp, imported at great expense, because his palate hungered for the food of the old country. He wished to have served with his kartofelpfannekucken some of the finny tribe that he remembered when he was young, not realizing that in our glorious trout, our imperial salmon, our flashing smelt and even in our humble "shiners," we had far better fish than all Germany could boast. Those carp were loosed in the streams and muddy pools. They increased in a way that would have made their introducer's hair stand on end had he lived to suffer from his mistaken kindness. They gnawed at the "wild celery" and thus destroyed many of the best feeding grounds of the canvasbaek duck. They got away with the food of the trout fry and they wandered betimes into the fields that before had been sacred to the sturgeon. The lazy vegetable-eaters soon became a nuisance and ranked as vermin. It has taken years to somewhat rid our streams of the foul-feeding carp and no press agenting can ever induce us to allow it to come into condition again in these waters. Peoria. Ills., is the center of the carp industry in the United States. From that point thousands of dollars' worth of these fish are annually shipped to the cities and towns of the middle west, some ship- ments go as far east as New York. This industry may be all right for the Peoria river, possibly a habi- tat where the fish can do no harm, comparatively speaking but in the state, particularly in the Sacra- mento and Yolo basins, the damage done has been considerable. The Suisun, Napa and other marsh districts are still infested with the pest, despite every effort to get rid of them. Ponds have been drained and left dry for a year, hut enough carp survived to continue the species. The fish buries itself in the deep mud and keeps alive until the water is turned on again. In such ponds as have black bass, the practice has been to leave a few old and large carp for the purpose of supplying the bass with live food. Young carp seem to be very palatable to the bass, which seem able to keep down the supply. Carp will wriggle over the marsh grass for quite a distance in their efforts to get into a pond or slough. NOTES FROM THE NORTHWEST. In connection with the foregoing the following in- cident is given as an illustration of what one of the crane family can do in the offensive line at close quarters: A lively battle with a giant crane was fought re- cently by two Baltimore anglers, Deputy Sheriff James Jung and Gus Schoenlin, better known as Americus, the wrestler, while fishing in Back river, eff Twin Oaks shore. Jung and Americus were in a boat some distance from shore when, to their surprise, they were at- tacked by the big bird. Jung had just hooked a large eel and was pulling it in when both occupants of the boat were startled by hearing the swoop of powerful wings. Just as they looked up the crane struck them. The huge bird beat with its wings and struck at them with its long, keen bill. It was nearest to Jung, but he was tangled up with the eel. and being unable to offer much defense was rapidly getting the worst cf the encounter when Americus came to the rescue. He seized an oar, but for several seconds could not deliver a blow at the bird for fear of hitting the Deputy Sheriff. Finally, however, he saw his chance to break in under the crane's guard and land a blow with the oar on its long, sinewy neck. The stroke broke the bird's neck and knocked it into the water. The battle broke up the fishing expedition, as the fishermen had an idea that the crane might be one of a party. Both men were at a loss to account for the bird attacking them in such a vicious manner. The only possible reason that they could advance was that the crane wanted the eel and was willing to make a fight for it. Oriental pheasants made a showing of a big in- crease on the prairie lands south and southwest of Tacoma and in the Puyallup valley this summer, says a Tacoma report. Hunters believe the season has been a good season for the birds to nest and raise their young, as the most of the birds seen were small ones. Islands adjacent to Tacoma are also said to bold large numbers of the birds. The supposition entertained by hunters last winter, that quail would all be starved and frozen by the long snowy spell of weather in January, was not borne out, large flocks of California quail were found, even in the suburbs of Tacoma. The big, reddish-gray squirrels that began to ap- pear early last summer were reported in large num- bers in the Nisqually river valley this year. Sports- men say they are the advance guard of a great move- ment of squirrels which began several years ago from eastern Oregon and northern California. [By August Wolf.] Advices from North Yakima, Wash., west of Spo- kans, state there is a growing disstaisfaction over the administration of the game laws in Yakima valley. The chief offenders are sons of orchardists and ranch- ers, armed with muzzle-loading shotguns, "hut," it is added, "not all are boys." A letter received by the writer from a prominent sportsman at North Yakima contains these observations: "The present system is wrong, not suited to the conditions and is merely a waste of money. Nothing is being done and the public knows it. Not only that, but the time when a healthy sentiment should be cultivated is passing, as also are the birds. King county has proper game protection because it has a good warden and it has a good warden because it pays sufficient money for an active man to take the job and give all his time to it. Yakima county has never collected enough money from licenses in one year to pay an adequate salary for the kind of man needed to protect the game in such a county as this. But this county has done worse. It has expended large sums of money in buying birds to be planted here and has then allowed those birds to be slaughtered because it could not see its way clear to protect them. There is suf- ficient good sense in this community to see where the trouble is, but, and I regret to say it, there is an aggressive element which does not want the game law rigidly enforced and that element has just about been having its way. What Yakima needs, in the interests of game pro- tection, is a state law with state wardens on duty here. Yakima has always opposed such legislation and in doing so has lined up with unprogressive sec- tions of the United States. The state can afford to patrol Yakima county and Yakima county can not. According to the experience of states like Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, a state law will give Yakima what it wants. According to the experience of the state of Washington the present law will not. Think of it; less than 1000 licenses in a county such as this, where there are 50,000 people and probably 12,000 homes, each containing at least one person who hunts. Yakima sportsmen will have to get together in favor of a state law." "Elk are increasing rapidly in the northwestern part of Montana, also in Madison and Gallatin coun- ties, and there is every indication that in a few years, comparatively speaking, they will again be counted by the thousands in the hills instead of a few scattered bands." Henry Avare, Game Warden in Montana, said this in the course of an interview. His observations are of particular significance to sportsmen in the Inland Empire, which takes in the Bitter Root country in the western part of that state. He added among other things: "Some time ago I made a personal investigation of the conditions which prevail among big game in the region near where the Madison and the Gallatin rivers leave the boundaries of the park. The Deputy Warden of Gallatin had been reporting elk by the thousand in that district and I could not believe it. Accordingly, I took him up on his invitation and spent several days with him. Seeing is always be- lieving, and I saw thousands of elk there and they were feeding with the half-wild range cattle as com- fortably as if they were domesticated and were in barnyards. This condition has been brought about through the laws protecting elk and, furthermore, because the poachers, who used to make big killings near the boundary of the park, are practically eliminated from the game. Time was when they would enter the park, scare a bunch of elk or buffalo across the line, butcher them at their leisure and sell the meat. Now, the selling of elk meat or venison is pro- hibited by law and every soldier in the Yellowstone National Park — and there are three troops of cavalry there — is a special Deputy Game Warden and he has power to follow poachers across the park line into either one of the three states which border. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, and make arrests. These poachers are frequently tried at Fort Yel- lowstone, and the way the military officers have of handing out $1000 fines for offenders is rather dis- concerting, for if the fine is not paid it means a long term in the guardhouse and the guardhouses on mili- tary reservations are not fitted up for the comfort of the involuntary guests. Rather an important step was taken this year regarding the ranging of sheep near the boundaries of the park. On the Yellowstone side it has been customary in the past to range the sheep up to the very line of the park. This practice resulted in the feed being eaten off so closely that the snowshoe rabbits starved to death. When the elk, antelope and deer came out of the deeper snows of the park in the early winter to their old wintering grounds, they found nothing to eat, and some of them were in danger of starvation. Often they would wander into the settlements, to be tangled up in wire fences. I took the matter up wtih the Foresry Department, and the commandant at Fort Yellowstone, the result being an order that sheep would not be allowed to come nearer than within six miles of the park line. The results are already apparent, for there is a splendid stand of grass on all sides of the park, and the game will be assured of plenty of pasturage during the coming winter. Success has attended the efforts of many of the hunting parties which have gone into the hills, so far this season, but the weather has been unfavorable because of the absence of 'tracking snows.' The 10 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 6, 1909. hunters who have killed elk and deer have done so because they are 'wised up' to the haunts of the denizens of the forest. The best hunting for big game in the state is in the mountains of northwestern Montana, as I have said before, and near the Yellow- stone National Park. In the Lewis and Clark re- serve and, in fact, all over the Clearwater and Black- foot sections and in the Swan river tributaries and ether headwaters of the Columbia, as well, whitetail and blacktail deer, mountain goats, mountain sheep, elk and bear are found, and the trout fishing is the best in the world. In the mountains surrounding the park there are no goats, but every other class of big game is found in abundance, there being more moun- tain sheep in the middle canyon of the Madison, in all probability, than in all other sections of the state. The Madison river and the tributaries o fRed Rock river furnish the best grayling fishing of any place I know of. The sportsmen of the state, co-operating with the government, state and private hatcheries, are working untiringly to keep the streams of Mon- tana well stocked, and altogether you can say that fish and game conditions were never better since primitive days in Montana." o AN ACT OF VANDALISM. On Friday night, October 22d, some miscreants en- tered the grounds of the State game farm near Hayv.ards and opened the gates on practically all of the pens which contained pheasants (ring-necks, Reeves, Hungarian pheasants), Hungarian partridges ■ind a large number of valley quail that had been procured from different sections of the State where these birds are in great abundance, to be used for stocking other public lands; with the result that daylight found the grounds around the farm popu- lated with all varieties of loose game birds. The attendants were unable to catch all of the quail but did recover many of the pheasants. The loss to the State, therefore, was confined only to the valley quail that have undoubtedly spread out through the countryside. Apparentl3r this was not mischief enough. On the morning of October 27th, the superintendent, J. R Argabrite, noticed in one of the large pens that had not been opened, in which he had a great many quail and pteasants that he was preparing for ship- ment to various applicants throughout the State, that there were a great many dead and sick birds, some staggering about. -Investigation showed that not only in the pen but in several others, there were many dead birds. He immediately brought some of the birds to the office of the Fish and Game Com- mission in San Francisco, together with some sam- ples of the wheat that was found inside the pens. This was a suspicious circumstance because wheat had not been used as a feed. Some of the wheat, one Hungarian partridge and one quail were sent to the chemical laboratory of Mr. Frank T. Green in this city, who reported to the Fish Commissioners as follows: "Hungarian partridge received at my laboratory on the 27th inst. 1 made a chemical analysis of same and find strychnine present in sufficient quan- tity to cause death." And a similar report as to the quail and wheat. The Fish Commissioners immediately took the matter up with Governor Gillett, who endorsed their recommen- dation that $500 reward be offered for information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the party or parties guilty of this outrage, and such an offer has been made. The Fish Commissioners al- ready have evidence that points strongly to the sus- pected parties. HUNTNG NOTES. The present duck shooting season has been very good in many sections adjacent to San Francisco, particlarly so ir. the Suisun marsh preserves. With the advent of storms in the north there will be a scurrying of northern birds to the more genial climate of this State. Canvasbacks and bluebills are here, but in few numbers, the main northern flight being due at arty time now. Quail hunting has been excellent. In Marin and San Mateo counties the season on quail closed No- vember 1st. Many devotees of duck hunting journey down the San Joaquin Valley to the Los Banos country where until recently the sport has been excellent. A re- port from further south states: "Thousands of wild ducks, geese, sandhill cranes and snipe are feeding on the Tulare Lake, in the San Joaquin Valley, and a new hunting ground for the bird sportsmen is available, where the finest kind of duck shooting can be had with little trouble. A few years ago the land now covered by Tu- lare Lake, the largest body of fresh water in Cali- fornia, was occupied by prosperous grain ranches, which yielded fortunes to their owners each season. Now the entire area is inundated to a depth of sev- eral feet, and the lake has attained a diameter of more than twenty miles. Around the borders of the lake there has sprung up a luxuriant growth of tules, which, in some cases, reach a height of twelve to fifteen feet, and these thickets of wild glass have for the last two seasons afforded nesting piaces for huge flocks of wild ducks, geese,, sandhill cranes, snipe and other game birds. In addition to the flocks which remain here during the entire year there are now large numbers of mi- gratory birds arriving at the lake daily from the far north, so that Tulare Lake today affords ex- cellent shooting, ;ind is the mecca for sportsmen from many portions of the State. For many miles about the lake are large grain fields, and as the seeding season has commenced, the ducks and geese from the lake flock to these fields by the thousands, doing so much damage to the new seeding that the farmers not only welcome but en- courage the hunters in the quest of the birds. Two hunters recently discovered a large flock of geese feeding in a grain field, and under cover of a herd of cattle in an adjoining pasture, they ap- proached the birds to within shooting distance and secured sixty-five geese before the flock took flight. Several barges have been constructed for the use of hunters on the lake, the largest one being in use by the Coalinga Gun Club on the west side. The San Francisco Gun Club also has a boathouse fitted up at Corcoran for the use of its members. The Widgeon Gun Club, composed of sportsmen from Visalia, Hanford, Tulare and other points, has erected a neat clubhouse at the south end of the lake, with accommodations for about twenty-five members. The most indifferent marksman can easily secure the legal bag limit of twenty-five ducks in a day's shooting, and as there are no restrictions regarding geese and cranes, the hunter's supply of game is only limited by his ability to bring down the birds. Corcoran is the most convenient point from which to reach the best hunting grounds about the lake, and here is where the majority of the hunters make their headquarters, as it is only a short distance to the favorite feeding grounds of the birds. A favorite method of hunting wild geese hereto- fore has been by the use of steers, a number of which have been trained by their owners quietly to approach a flock of ducks or geese with the hunter walking beside them. When within shooting dis- tance several shots are fired into the flock before they get wise and fiy away. One farmer has an animal which he rents to the hunters, but the new game law forbids this practice, which is now re- sorted to only in secluded spots, where the eye of the game warden cannot detect the ruse. HUNTING THE SANDHILL CRANE. The sandhill crane (whooper) is among the myriads of visitors which come in winter to gladden the heart and quicken the pulse of the Texas sportsman. Even an expert hunter can put in as much time and kill no greater number of game than President Roosevelt did after bears. There is an element of danger to the sport, because a winged whooper can put up as vicious a fight as an insulted Irishman. Many hunt, but few bring in many birds. While the sun is yet an hour high we secrete ourselves on the west side of a low dense clump of chaparal in the line of the evening flight of the cranes. The clump must be low else the cranes will avoid it and it must be thick else you will be seen by the travelers and their course changed just enough to carry them out of range. The silent nionontonous wait may be for an hour or only for a few minutes, but, be that as it may, the impatient, restless fellow will not succeed. The nerves must be under control thoroughly to make the hunt pleasant or profitable. After a time the assembly call of the cranes is heard on the distant feeding grounds. Even an ama- teur hunter will recognize it the second time he hears it. Then the hunter begins to carefully watch for that slowly moving dark line or lines along the east- ern horizon. At length that line becomes visible a mile or two away, drawing closer to you. There comes the supreme test of the hunter's nerves. He must remain in perfect seclusion and at the same time keep track of the flight of the cranes. The suc- cessful hunter must be a good mathematician and have an accurate surveyor's eyes. He must be able to tell a mile away the angle the cranes are making with the base line on which he is located and then figure the distance north or south that he must go to intercept their line of flight. The crane, like the crow, flies from feeding ground to roost in a straight line unless disturbed and that fact is quite a help to the hunter. When he has located the exact place of crossing he must get there and hide himself when the cranes are yet half a mile away, else they will see him and change their course. Then comes a brief period that would keep a true sportsman warm even in a blizzard. If you have tried you know and if you have not you cannot realize it. The hunter is matching his ingenuity against the skill and keenly alert senses of the shrewdest of wild fowl. It is a battle royal of skill and will be a well earned victory no matter which party succeeds. The time is short, perhaps not over five minutes but in that time a thousand things flit through the hunter's active brain. In his cramped position he is also con- stantly saying, "careful boy," "steady." By and by the lazy swish of the birds' wings can be heard and then the eyes can be distinctly seen. Now is the time for action. That cramped and apparently inanimate object must spring into very rapid but steady life. The first trial is very apt to create a feeling and action very similar to "buck ague." The birds are so large and so close to you that there seems ac- tually to be some danger. Their wild cries and quickly ruffled feathers when you are seen greatly increase the nerve tingle. Quick as a flash we rise and too quickly fire twice at the hurriedly retreating big birds, but we have worked ourselves up to where a flock of barns would be safe and the net results of our two shots is two resounding echoes and we feel much as if we had stepped into water over our boottops. "Oh pshaw! wasn't that tough luck. Never mind, some more are coming, and may be you will be steadier next time." As the next flock of birds approach you experience much the same sensation as at first but there is, if the face could be seen, a calm determination under the exterior of excitement. As the birds get in proper range you rise quickly but steadily and with careful aim bring dowm one fine bird with each barrel. That is better, the animal man is being mastered by the skilled hunter and things are coming your way. And so is another bunch of the whoopers. A little more excitement (it is better than new wine), a little more nerve and muscular control, two quick accurate shots and two more cranes have winged their flight to the peaceful feeding grounds of an unknown world. DUCK HUNTING IN MEXICO. The hunting season for 1909-1910 has opened under very satisfactory conditions. The late October rains have filled many of the lagoons and swamps in the valley of Mexico, and have spread far enough to give good shooting in the states of Hidalgo and Puebla, to the joy and rejoicing of the men who, from No- vember 1st to April 30th, make weekly trips to the haciendas of their friends in this valley and in the states of Hidalgo and Puebla. The majority of hunters usually leave the City of Mexico on Saturday afternoon and reach their shoot- ing grounds in time to have a few shots before dark. Then they are up bright and early on Sunday morn- ing, always just at dawn, which gives them from three to four hours' lively shooting. Duck and snipe afford the best sport from now until the end of April, many of the hunters varying their amusement by tramping after hare at midday, or in the early after- noon. Hunters — and there are many of them — who do not count wealthy haciendados among their intimate friends, have to trust to good fortune to get a day's sport. They know every lagoon and swamp within fifty miles of that city, they know how to get to them. and if they happen to be the "early birds" they can count upon some good sport and bring back to the city well filled bags. The regular hunters of this city who are fortunate enough to have good friends owning haciendas bor- dering on Lakes Texcoco and Xochimilco, never lack sport from one end of the season to another. They make their plans for an afternoon shoot on Saturday, are again at the blinds at daybreak on Sunday morn- ing, following this with shots at the evening flight of duck seeking their resting place for the night. Then it is early to bed, and by dawn on Monday morning each man in the party is at his blind, and as the birds fly for their feeding grounds they are brought down by the waiting hunters. One of the earliest hunting parties of the present season was made up two weeks ago. They left the city on Saturday afternoon and reached their destina- tion at Texcoco at 4 o'clock, where blinds had been prepared for them, with Indians and their canoes in waiting to do the retrieving. The party included six, all well known hunters and capital wing shots. They were Perry Brown, Fred W. Davis, Henry Blake Shelton, F. B. Smith and Mr. Dewar. The birds flew well, considering the season is yet in its Infancy. Teal, mallard and widgeon were bagged and the party enjoyed a duck supper, broiled duck, fried duck, roast duck, and a grand duck stew, each course having an appropriate dressing, thanks to the good work done by a most skillful and well trained chef. A FRIEND OF OURS. For persistent and systematically inaccurate and misleading reports of local affairs in dogdom we will strongly recommend Field and Fancy. It looks as if our New York contemporary deliberately seeks information that is unreliable or else is being treated to a lemon diet. The current issue of F. & F. is particularly mis- leading. For the benefit of our Eastern friend, who is placing itself in a decidedly compromising atti- tude we will state positively that there is no "Ellery- A. K. C. fight" on. There was no "boycott" of the Oakland show that was noticeable. The entries this year fell off about 40 dogs — last year this number of dogs was made up of 19 collies entered by Valverde Kennels (they only entered four at last month's show), and the balance mainly hunting dogs. The entry of hunting dogs last month was materially reduced for our shooting is on and the dogs were busy in field or marsh. The San Francisco daily press treated the show nicely, particularly the Chronicle, for the writer of this paragraph had nearly a column each day while the show was on. The statement that "the San Francisco press wasted no space on the event" is a deliberate lie. Field and Fancy has either taken an unwarranted liberty in making a libelous presump- tion or has been imposed upon — the latter most probably. The "location" was popular enough, as was testi- fied by the attendance of the fancy, the hall is an excellent one for a dog show and is not "a cold barn of a place." "Poor old Oakland, a regular Cock-Peary-North Pole experience," sounds very much like "young Lochinvar from the West," who by the way is a professional promoter of trouble in the ranks. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 DJS3S3SSS3333S3SS3X830S3KSD© THE FARM CeC£83££&K«KKKKK««Ka£aeSS3SaCt GOOD COWS. It has become recognized that profit- able milk and butter production re- quire specialized herds of cows that will average in yield above the aver- age of the dairy industry, says the Drovers' Journal. New York State, Pennsylvania and the States of the Mississippi Valley are the districts of the greatest milk production and the districts where the best thoroughbred herds of dairy cattle are located. The growth of great cities increases the demand for milk and its consumption is increasing per capita. In Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois the dairy industry is becoming the leading branch of husbandry. In these States are herds of Holstein, Jer- sey, Guernsey, Ayrshire and general purpose Shorthorn cattle. Full bloods and grades of these breeds comprise the bulk of the cows used in the dairy industry. For milk production and cheese manufacture the Holstein cow has many admirers, while for cream and butter production the Jersey and Guernsey breeds are preferred by many dairymen. The Holstein cow is recognized as a great producer of milk, while the Jersey and Guernsey cows have high records for butter fat. There are individual Holstein cows that have high records for butter pro- duction and Jersey cows that are cred- ited with a great flow of milk. Grace Fayne 2d's Homestead, which died last month, was a Holstein cow that made a seven-day butter record of 35.55 pounds. The Jersey cow Jacoba Irene made a milk record in 1908 of 17,253 pounds, which made 1,112 pounds of butter. This is an official record made at the Illinois experiment station and shows the possibilities of production of good cows and the neces- sity for dairymen improving their herds to realize the greatest profits connected with the industry. Jacoba Irene's milk tested 5.5 per cent butter fat and had a commercial value of 8.3 cents per quart for con- sumption. This cow- yielded enough milk to supply eighty persons at the normal per capita consumption, and if sold by the quart would have totaled a grass value of $653.50. A farmer with six cows of this ability could sup- ply an ordinary milk route and ten such cows would produce an income of $6535. At the Nebraska experiment station in 1908 a series of tests was conducted of lightweight and heavyweight cows. A test was made also at the Wisconsin experiment station between five heavy Holstein cows and five medium-weight Jersey cows, the latter test resulting in the Holstein cows averaging $95.31 per head and the Jersey cows $80.01 per head. The heavier cows yielded the larger returns. The conclusion reached at the Wisconsin agricultural station was that the larger cow gave more milk, and though she ate more than the smaller cow she paid well for the difference in increased produc- tion HOME PASTEURIZATION OF MILK. Milk delivered in the cities in the summer months frequently contains bacreria in such large numbers that it is not a safe food for children, espe- cially for infants whose food consists entirely of milk. In many cities a special milk can be secured, but this is sometimes difficult and always in- volves additional expense. Under such circumstances it is ad- visable to pasteurize all milk con- sumed by small children. The pas- teurization should be done in such a way that disease-producing bacteria as well as those likely to produce in- testinal disturbances are destroyed without at the same time injuring the flavor or the nutritive value of the milk. This may be accomplished in the home by the use of a simple impro- vised outfit. Milk is most conveniently pasteur- ized in the bottle in which it is deliv- ered. To do this use a small pail with a perforated false bottom. An inverted pie tin with a few holes punched in it will answer this purpose. This will raise the bottles from the bottom of the pail, thus allowing a free circula- tion of water and preventing bumping of the bottles. Punch a hole through the cap of one of the bottles and insert a thermometer. The ordinary floating type of thermometer is likely to be inaccurate, and if possible a good ther- mometer with the scale etched on the glass should be used. Set the bot- tles of milk in the pail and fill the pail with water nearly to the level of the milk. Put the pail on the stove or over a gas flame and heat it until the thermometer in the milk shows not less than 150 degrees nor more than 155 degrees F. The bottles should then be removed from the water and allowed to stand from twenty to thirty minutes. The temperature will fall slowly, but may be held more uni- formly by covering the bottles with a towel. The punctured cap should be replaced with a new one, or the bot- tle should be covered with an in- verted cup. , After the milk has been held as directed it should be cooled as quickly and as much as possible by setting in water. To avoid danger of breaking the bottle by too sudden change of temperature, this water should be warm at first. Replace the warm water slowly with cold water. After cooling, milk should in all cases be held at the lowest available tempera- ture.— L. A. Rogers, Bacteriologist, United States Bureau of Animal In- dustry. English beef producers are much in- censed over the preference given to American beef by the Birmingham authorities. In soliciting bids on the supply of meat for their workhouse the usual stipulation calling for only home-killed beef has been changed to specify "first grade United States beef, Swift, Morris or Armour brauds only, in the original cloths or sheets." Nutwood Wilkes Mare For Sale. A dark bay iive-year-old mare. 15-2, weighs about 1000 pounds, and is a full sister to the fast mareElmaS. Matinee record 2:18. This mare is perfectly sound and gentle and anyone can drive her. She has been driven a mile in 2:25 and is a good gaited trotter. Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by California Nutwood, second dam by Anteeo 2 :16J4, third dam Queen by Venture. For further particulars apply at the office of the Breeder and Sportsman. FOR SALE. The imported Belgian stallion Barnum de Limelette, No. 2672S; color brown, weight 2000 pounds, age S years. Also the imported German Coach stallion Odin , No. S974; color black, weight 1450 lbs., age 8 years. Both of these horses are high-class pro- ducers and intending purchasers will be shown their colts. Horses and colts can be seen at Liv- ermore, Alameda county. For further particu- lars call or address MAX BERLIN, Box 616. Livermore. Cal. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. A 3-year-old black stallion, registered under Rule 1. A very handsome horse, fine disposition, has Electioneer, Onward. Mambrino King strain. Sire Advertiser (3) 2:15; has good prospect for speed. Will trade for a registered Percheron mare or will sell for $500 cash. For further information address CHAS. F. THOMPSON, R.F. D.No.3, Bakersfield, Cal. - HIGHLAND C. 2:19 , FOR SALE Mr. W. A. Clark Jr. has decided to sell his grandly bred, standard and reg-istered trotting- stallion Hig-hland C. 43S35, by Expreso 29199, dam Alpha 2:23'/& by Alcantara 729, dam of 4 standard performers, 3 producing- sons and 2 producing" daughters, second dam the famous broodmare Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11, dam of 2 stand- ard trotters, 3 producing sons and 7 producing daughters. Highland C. is one of the best bred stallions living. He is black, stands 16.1 and will weigh 1100 pounds, and is ten years old. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited, still he has proved him- self to he a great sire. But five of his colts have ever been trained. He is the sire of Cynara, three-year-old record, trot- ting, 2:23. Chiquito, four-year-old public trial, pacing-, 2:08%. Miss "Wy man. three-year-old public trial, trotting, 2:23%. lola. two-year-old public trial, trot- ting, 2:23%. Silas King-, three-year-old public trial, trotting-, 2:31. "Will guarantee him a sure foal get- ter, and sell him so as a man can pay for him in one season. The horse can be seen at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles. For price, address J. O. GERRETY, 010 West 39th Street, Los Ajigeles, Cal. The Holiday Number :e_»:i:i;e:i;»;i;»:i;.i:o-i:i s.i !-•:•:'■::• :*:■•:»:■•:•:■• :§■:•:•:.■! .•-•_•.•:■:•.. *:»:o. •.•;•-•-•.!)-•-•-•. ••:•-•: Of The BREEDER and SPORTSMAN TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 25TH. Advertisers Should Re- serve Space Now. •-?"•-'• }*"• -■•-•-• -•:•:< »:*•••••:•• •:••:■•• .(•;»» •••*•••*:• •••:•:••••!•• its a •■: M.tjiiiii i iii •• lit ii.i <;■ i i:i:t ■ ci it it itii ■:■:>:• a i i i ■ ••*■:•• o :•••:•••_•; ■;•;•;•:••;. ». i.i. 0.1.1. i _• • •:••:• • ••-•• *:i-9i i:i i:i.i:i:i i.i-t:ii ii» :•-•:■ ••••title •.•:•:•:•:•:•:•_•:•_•_■_• •:•:•:• • :•••• i~i •:•■:•. ■ • :■:■:■:•:•• i :»_; :i- •-•:•- :•:•:•_•:•: • •-•-•:■.•_•:■.■.•:■:•:•:■ o_i •_••■_• It is only a few weeks now to Christmas. 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Success Magazine Total Value $3.00 1.00 1.00 $5.00 Our Price Only $3.50 For All Three Many of the popular magazines are raising their prices this year, but we have secured the co-operation of these well-known publications on such advantageous terms as to permit of this great clubbing offer. No such bargain in a similar group has been offered for years, and it is an opportunity that will not come soon again. If your subscription to "Breeder and Sportsman" has not yet expired, you may still take advantage of this offer by merely haviug it extended now for a year from the date of its expiration. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 6, 1909. STARTING A FLOCK OF SHEEP. hi starting a flock of sheep some ad- vise the purchase of pure-bred animals, such as a bunch of ewe lambs, says a writer in the Inland Farmer. This means a heavy outlay at the beginning with not much income during the first year. A ewe should be two years old before she drops her first lamb; thus the only source of income from the ewe lamb is her wool clip, which should pay for her keep. For the man who has had no expe- rience in the raising of sheep and wishes to start a flock, I believe a much more profitable and economical method would be to purchase the so- called old ewes which have been dis- carded from the flocks of sheepmen. When a ewe has reached the age of five years many people consider her to be old and undesirable. Such a ewe, if a good breeder, will not appear so nice to the eye of the visitor as the ewe two or three years of age. Still, if her udder is good, there is no reason why she should not be profitable from a breeding standpoint until she is eight or ten years old. She is just the kind of an animal for the begin- ner in the sheep, busines to handle. During the months of July. August and September each year there are hun- dreds of just such ewes sent to the markets, where they are a drug on the market. A ewe which has reared a good lamb or perhaps two lambs is always rather thiii in flesb, and the butcher does not want her, except at a very low price. They can usually be purchased at from $3 to ?5 per head at any of the leading live stock markets. In selecting such ewes get those which show good breeding and have good fieeces. It is well to have them dipped before leaving the yards; and (better still) after they arrive home, as a safeguard against scab, vermin and other troubles. Having secured a flock of old ewes for a small amount of money you can now afford to spend some money in the purchase of a good sire. He can- not be too good from a mutton and wool-producing standpoint. It is net necessary to have all the fancy points of his breed, such as color markings, wooling of the head and legs and other fancy points. It is very important, however, that he does have a good mutton form, a good heavy fleece of wool, and a strong constitution, as ind:cated by width and depth of chest. He must be right in every respect, be- cause he is more than half the entire flock. The ewes should be well fed during the mating season, also during the winter months. The next fall some culling out should be done. Those rwts which are the oldest and least prolific should be separated from the rest of the flock and fattened for the market, to be sold in December or January (not September, when the market is generally overstocked with such animals). A number of the best ewe lambs should be selected to replace the old ewes which have been discarded, in this way selecting the foundation for the future breeding flock. If this method is followed up, in a few years all of the old ewes will be replaced by younger ones of better type and breed- ing. At the same time the flock will pay larger dividends on the capital invested than any other class of stock on tbe farm. By getting a new and better sire every two years an excellent flock can be built up from a very small outlay of money. More attention should he paid to breed type in the selection of the sire from year to year, as by so 'loiug the type of the entire flock will bo very much improved. If after a few years* experience with the flock, yon wish to establish a pure-bred flock, a few choice, pure-bred ewes may be added to the original flock. Then by proper care and selection the pure-breds may be increased from ar to year and the grades discarded. The majority of men, however, will make more money by handling a flock cf good, high-gradu shrep, the off- spring of which are sold for market purposes than by engaging in the pure- bred business. EvU OR BINE will clean them off permanently, and yon work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. Will tell yon more if you write. $2.00 pei bottle at d'lers or deliv'd-Boofc iDfree. ABSORB1NE, JR., for mankind $1 bottle. Reduces Varicose Veins, Var- icocele, Hydrocele, Ruptured Muscles or Liga- ments. Enlarged Glands. Allays pain quickly. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. For Sale bv— Langley & Michaels, Ban Fran- cisco, Cal.:" Wood ward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore-; F. W. Brann Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 13 Every Horse Should Be Clipped In Season It is the wise thing to do for the clipped horse not only is easier to clean and looks better, but clipping does much to make him immune from coughs, colds and the usual ills that come to a horse from standing in a coat of long, wet hair after any hard exertion. The prespiration evaporates quickly from the clipped animal and leaves him dry. On cold days a blanket when he stands keeps him comfortable. The Best Clipping Machine the World has ever Seen is the Stewart Ball Bearing Enclosed Gear Machine It is the easiest turning, fastest clipping and most enduring of all machines. The materials in it are all. of better quality, the workmanship is superior. All file hard cut steel gears, protected from dust and dirt and running constantly in oil. It couldn't be better for twice the money. Write for the New Catalog Send Now CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, 204 Ontario Street, CHIGAGO Insure Your Live Stock DIANA AND OHIO g. Horses.Mules X Cattle AGAtHST^OEATH FROM : - _-'ANY_CAUS E ^V $ IOO ooooo APPROVED BONDS DEPOSITED WITH THE AUDITOR OF STATE FOR THE SJ ESTABLISHED /886 ""OTECTION OF ALL ^J OLICY HOLDERS ,^ State Agents: W. T. CLEVERDON, 350 Sansome St., San Francisco. J. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 McAllister ST., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide tfc Sons. Sole Proprietors of ihe FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GL1DE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-S Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph. Dixou.Cal. Address. Dixon. Cal. $7,250 GuMleed' Only $2 to Nominate Mare $7,250 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 10 To be given by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. Entries to close Wednesday, Dec. 1, '09 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. $800 to Nominators of Dams of Winners, $450 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS : $3000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two- Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS. Given to Owners of Stallions standing highest in number of Mares nominated in this Stake that were bred to their respective horses, divided as follows : 1st prize, $100. 2d prize, $50. 3d prize, $35. 4th prize, $25. 5th prize, $20. 6th prize, $20 The Above Prizes will be Paid on December 24, 1909. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; $5 May 2, 1910; $5 October 1, 1910; $10 on Yearlings, April 1. 1911; $10 on Two-Tear- Olds, April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds, April 1. 1913. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start tn the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start whether the horse entered is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting again In the three-year-old divisions. For Entry Blanks and farther particulars, address the Secretary. CONDITIONS: The races for Two-Year-Olds will be mile heats, 2-in-3, and for Three- Year-Olds, 3-in-5. Distance for Two-Year-Olds. 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or if either the mare or foal dies before April 1. 1911, her nominator may well or transfer lily nomination or substitute another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any, entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for. In entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must be given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in UKlJt. Entries must be accompanied bv the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid In. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred in trotting and pacing divisions Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes in case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, President. P. O. Drawer 447. 366 PACIFIC BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. H THE BEEEDER AND SPORTSMAN [.Saturday, November 6, 1909. Miss Mary Harriman, eldest un- married daughter of the late railroad magnate, E. H. Harriman, is about to become the greatest woman farmer in the United States, if not in the world. She has assumed control of Arden Farm, where her father died. This farm consists of 26,000 acres, of which 3,000 acres are now under actual cul- tivation. When additions to Mr. Harri- man's land holdings, acquired shortly before his death, have been opened up, Miss Harriman will have, all waste landed excluded, a farm of practically 33,000 acres She has taken hold al- ready of the task of developing this vast farm property, giving directions to a foreman who employs 400 men, and giving special care to the Arden Farms Dairy Company, capitalized at $100,000, which has 350 registered cows and sells a large quantity of but- ter every day under contract in New York City. Miss Harriman, although reared among the four hundred, has never cared for society life, but has devoted her energies chiefly between settlement and charitable work in the city, and her participation in farm life. Growing turkeys should not be al- lowed to go a single day without grain feed of some kind. They should be given every evening a liberal feed of grain, such as barley, oats, wheat or kaffir corn. This evening feed of grain keeps the young turkeys growing rap- idly instead of making slow progress during the hot weather. It also gets them in the habit o£ coming to the house every night and they sleep at home instead of on the most conven- ient fence as they often do when not fed daily during the summer. GombauWs Caustic Balsam The Worlds Greatest and Surest W$ Veterinary Remedy $B HAS IMITATORS BUT MO COMPETITORS I We guarantee that one tablespoonful of Caustic Balsam will produce more actual results than a whole bottle of any liniment or spavin mixture ever made Every bottle sold ia warranted to give satisfaction Write for testimonials showing what the most proml nent horsemen say of It. Price, $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, or Bent by express, charges paid, with fall directions for Its use. The Accented Standard VETERINANY REMEDY Always Reliable. Sure In Results. SAFE, SPEEDY AND POSITIVE. Supersedes All Cautery or Fir- ing. Invaluable as a CURE for FOUNDER, ■WIND PUFFS, THRUSH, DIPHTHERIA, SKIN DISEASES, RINGBONE, PINKEYE, SWEENY, BONY TUMORS, LAMENESS FROM SPAVIN, QUARTER CRACKS, SCRATCHES, POLL EVIL, PARASITES. REMOVES BUNCHES or BLEMISHES, SPLINTS. CAPPED HOCK, STRAINED TENDONS. SAFE FOR ANYONE TO USE. I ^^gi^T^F^) cmmm.o NOTHING T?UT GOOD RESULTS'. Have used GOMBAULTS CAUSTIC BALSAM for mora an SO rears. It is the best blister I have ever tried I have ■ used it in hundreds of cases wilb. best results. Itisrer- ■ feelly aafe for the most inexperienced person to nsc. This ■ lithe largest breeding establishment of trotting horses in ■ the world, and nse your blister often.— W. H. UAYJIOXD, , ■Prop. Belmont 1'ark Stock Farm, Belmont Park, Mont USED 10 TEATtS SUCCESSFULLY. I have used GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM forte, ears; have been very successful in curing curh .ringbone, I I capped hock and knee, bad ankles, rheumatism, and al- I most every cauao of lameness in horses. Have a stable- of I forty head, mostly track and speedway horses, and cer- I tainly can recommend it.— C. C. CRAMER, Training I | Stables. 990 Jennings Street, Kew York City. RaceCourse: Sheepshead Bay, N. Y. Office: Windsor Arcade, 571 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Soie Agents for* the United States and Canada* The Lawrence-Witliams Go* TORONTO, ONT. CLEVELAND, OHIO, CLOSING OUT SALE of all the horses owned by WM. HASHAGEN, WOODLAND, CALIFORNIA, at Woodland Race Track, Saturday, November 13, 1909. Owing to Mr. Hashagan being a sufferer from paralysis, all the horses owned by him will be sold at auction as above stated. They are KINNEY ROSE 2:13%, bay stallion, trot ter, sired by McKinney 2:11V!. dam Golden Rose by Falrose 2:19; sec- ond dam Lady Harper by Alaska; third dam by Algona; fourth dam by Odd Fellow, thoroughbred. Kin- ney Rose is one of the best pros- pects in California for a 2:10 stal- lion. KINNEY H., two-year-old bay colt by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Leta H. 2:22^4 by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%. This colt has a yearling record of 2:50, a two-year-old trial of 2:30 after a month's work. KINNEY, two-year-old chestnut colt, pacer, by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, by Chas. Derby; second dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes; third dam by Brignoli 77. This colt has paced a mile in 2:2S with only a month's work. FANNIE H., three-vear-old filly by Az- moor 2:20, sire of Betonica 2:09% and Moortrix 2:07%, out of Chit- tywee by Chas. Derby, as above. Fannie H. has a foal at foot by Kinney Rose 2:13% and has been bred back. LETA H. 2:22*4, five-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska 2:28%, dam of five trotters in the list, in- cluding Lisonjero 2:08%, by Elec- tioneer; second dam Lizzie, dam of three trotters in the list by Wildidle, thoroughbred. CHITTYWEE, chestnut mare, foaled 1S94, by Chas. Derby 2:20, dam Etna G. by Guy Wilkes 2:15%; sec- ond dam Alia by Almont 33. third dam by Eregnoli 77, etc. Chitty- wee is in foal to Kinney Rose 2:13%. YEARLING GELDIXG by Kinney Rose 2:13%, dam Chittywee, as above. Broken to harness. PERCHERON STALLION, weight 1800 pounds, and by a sire that weighed 2100. This horse gets large, fine colts, and his get are very highly prized. TWO-YEAR-OLD GELDING by the above Percheron stallion. A splen- did big young horse, well broke to harness. The Coney Island Jockey Club Events Close Monday, November 15, 1909, FOR FOALS OF 1909 Now Weanlings The Futurity Stakes— $5000 ADDED To be Run at the Autumn Meeting, 1911. .A'l the above will be'sold without reserve. CHRIS HA8HACEN, for'Wm. Hashagen, Owner. The Lawrence Realization— *50fl°D°ED To He Run h< the June Meeting, 1913. THE FUTURITY, $5000 ADDED. For Two Years Old (Foals of 19-19, Now Weanlings). By subscription of 510 each; the onlv liability if declared out by November 1st, 1910; or $30 if de- clared out by May 1st, 1911; or $50 if declared out by July 15th, 1911; or $100 if left in after the last mentioned date. Each starter to pay $2o0 additional, which shall be divided between the second and third horses as further provided. The Coney Island Jockey Club to add $5000: the second to receive $700 of the added money and two-thirds of ihe starting fees: the third S400 of the added money and one-third of the starting fees. The nominators of the winner, of the second horse and of the third horse to receive $500, $200 and $100 of the added money, respectively, whether they are the owners of the horse when the race takes place or not. Colts 122 lbs.. Fillies and Geldings, 119 ibs. Winners of two races of $1500, or one of $3000, 4 lbs.; three of $1500, or two of $300'), or one of $5000, 8 lbs. extra. If sire or dam has not produced h winner prior to November 1st, 1909, the entry will be allowed three pounds for either or five pounds for both, said allow- ance to be claimed at time of entry. Maidens allowed 5 lbs., which allowance shall not be cumulative. By filing, on or prior to November 1st, 1910, with The Coney Island Jockey Club an accepted transfer of the engagement in this event, the subscriber will be released from liability, other than the first forfeit of $10 each. The Coney Island Jockey Club reserves the right to cancel this Event, with- out notice, at any time prior to the actual running thereof, without liability except for return of the entrance money. Six tnrlougs. THE LAWRENCE REALIZATION, $5000 ADDED. FOR THREE YEARS OLD (FOALS OF 1909, NOW WEANLINGS). Conditions for Horses Nominated ns Foals l>y November 1,1th, 1900. By subscription of $10 each, the only liability if declared out by November 1st, 1910; or $30 if declared out bv Julv 15th, 1911; or $50 if declared out by Novem- ber 1st, 1911; or $100 if left in after the last mentioned date. Starters $250 addi- tional. By filing, on or before November 1st. 1910, with The Coney Island Jockey Club, an accepted transfer of the Foal's entry, the original subscriber will be re- leased from any liability as to the engagement of said entry except the first for- feit of $10 each. Conditions for Horses Nominated as Yearlings by November 15th, 1910. By subscription of $50 each: the only liability if declared out by July 15th, 1911: or $100 if declared out by November 1st, 1909; or $200 if left in after the last mentioned date. Starters $250 additional. The Coney Island Jockey Club to add $5000. The second to receive $1000 of the added money and two-thirds of the additional fees paid for starting; the third $o00 of the added money and one-third of the additional fees paid for starting. The nominator of the winner, whether the owner of the horse when the race takes place or not, to receive ?."00 of the added money. Colts 126 lbs.; Geldinsrs 123 lbs.; Fillies 121 lh<\ Non-winners at any time of $3000, allowed 4 lbs.; of $1500, 7 lbs.; of $700. 10 lbs. The Coney Island Jockey Club reserves the right to cancel this. Event, without notice, at any time prior lo the actual running thereof, without liability, except for the return of the entrance money. One Mile and Five Furlongs. Send Entries to THE CONEY ISLAND JOCKEY CI. I B, "Windsor Arcade, "1 Fifth \vcnm1, New York City. Entry Blanks can be had at the ofnv-e of the Breeder and Sportsman. The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge -of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. Makes Horses Sound— Keeps Them So In over 100,000 stables horses with bad legs and other troubles, such as Distem- per, Founder and Colic, are made sound and kept in prime shape with f ' -_ m ■m-fu» • Cures Spavin Lameness, Curb, Splint, hpraln, J^lltflD'C m llVll* Bunches. Send for the proofs. Don't experiment. M. UUJ.W »3 I ill/ill Use Tuttle's aDd be sore. Ask also for Tuttle-s Worm Powders Condition Powders and Hoof Ointment. At dealers or by expre^. Valuable Veterinary Book Free. The best guide for horsemen In all emergencies. Write for It today. TUTTLE'S ELIXIR CO.. 52 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. WILLIS A. SHAW, Los Angeles, California A gent New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotoer gives us a olear inaight into the ways and means to be adopted to increase pace and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to. nnisn. Address, Breeder and Sportsman. I'. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Cal. Pacific Bldg., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. Saturday, November 6, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 15 GOLCHER BROS. (Formerly of Clabroutfh, Golcher & Co.) Fina Fishing Tackle, Guns, Sporting and Outing Goods phon. T^nporary less. 5io Market St., San Francisco MANUFACTURERS «P OUTFITTERS/ FOR THE | SPORTSMAN CAMPER"" ATHLETE. (brnpaw 48-52 GEARY ST. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. EQUIPMENT ,«L° APPARATUS I FOR EVERY NEED. PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES. PHIL. B. BEKEART CO., Inc. Sole Pacific Coast Branch— Smith & Wesson, A. J. Reach Co., Ithaca Gun Co., Iver Johnson's Arms and Cycle Works. Maxim Silent Fire Aims Co., The Planet Co., The Horton Manufacturing Co., F. W. Klinger A Langbein Co., E. C. Cook & Bro.. Hamilton Rifle Co., Marlin Fire Arms Co., Mark- ham Air Rifle Co., Ideal Manufacturing Co.. Daisy Manufacturing Co., Mills Woven Cartridge Belt Co., King Manufacturing Co. No Stock Carried. Goods Sold to the Trade Only. San Francisco, Cal. Campbell's EMOLLIC IODOFORM Gall Remedy For GALL BACKS and SHOULDERS, CRUPPER SORES and SADDLE GALLS there la none superior. The horse CAN BE "WORKED AS USUAL. For BARBED WIRE CUTS, CALKS, SCRATCHES, Blood Poisoned SORES, ABRASIONS of the SKIN It has no equal. Its use will absolutely prevent Blood Poisoning. We placed it on the market relying wholly on Its merits for success. 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Mv Dear Sirs: I have used Reducine on bowed tendons and have given same a very thorough test I never saw anything like Reducine. It certainly is a wonderful remedv. One can of it was worth ?2000 to me. Yours truly, JOHN HUSSEY. HENRY STRAWN A trainer who has a national reputation as an expert in the treatment of horses' legs and feet. Fonca City, Okla., June 22, 1909. Reducine Co.. New York. N. Y.: Gentlemen: I enclose money order for $4.00 for which please ship me by express one can Reducine. I have used Reducine for everything it is recommended for, except riEghone. with the very best of results. I have used everything that T have seen advertised for bog spavin, curb splints and bowed tendons, for the last twenty-five years, but J would not give one can of Reducine for all of them. Yours respectfully, HENRY STRAWN. Driving Park. Memphis, Tenn. E. F. GEERS Memphis.. Oct. 30. 1908. The Reducine Co.. 90 W.Broadway. 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If it does not Bear this Signature it is not Reducine. £8 Reducine is sold on the Pacific Coast gS by Druggists and Horse Goods Dealers gg among ■which are U. S. Wood, Pomona, S3 Calif.; Wm. Detels, Pleasanton, Calif.; S3 The Clark, "Woodward Drug Co., Fort- S3 land. Ore; I.angley & Michaels Co., San S3 Francisco, Calif.; Carpenter & Son, S3 Waitsburg, "Wash.; Frank L. Orr, Los S3 Angeles, Calif.; Bates & Downs, Hay- S3 den, Colo.: Wadsworth & Kennedy. Den- §3 ver. Colo.; J. A. Kelly, Forsyth, Mont.; gg Wm. A. Monson. Dungeness, Wash.; £* Western Drug Co.. Los Angeles, Calif.; 88 Robt E. Allen, Hermiston, Ore.; Stew- £t art & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle, Wash. A. L. THOMAS Office Fasig-Tipton Co., Madison Square Garden. New York, December 5. 1907. Gentlemen: Enclosed find draft, for which please send six fans "Reducine*r to me at Benson, Neb. The last lot of six tins I got from you is used up and I want to say that it is the greatest preparation I ever used, and don't want to be "without it in ray stables. It is the only thing I ever saw that will cure sprung tendons, and I cannot say too much in its favor. Truly yours, A. L. THOMAS. fONE YEAR LATER.) The Reducine Co., 90 W. Broadway, New York City. Benson, Neb., October 22, 1908. Dear Sirs: Send one-half dozen cans of Reducine to me at the Jewett Farm covered track, for mv use this winter. After using the Reducine another year, I am move than ever convinced of its merits. Very truly yours, A. L. THOMAS. GEN. C. C. WATTS Owner of the world's champion three-year-old trotter. General Watts 2:06%. C. C. Watts, C. T. Davis, Jr. Staige Davis, H. A. Matthews. WATTS. DAVIS & DAVIS, Attorneys-at-Law. Citizens' National Bank Bldg. Charleston, West Va., Jan. 4, 1909. The Reducine Co.. New Y'ork. Dear Sirs: I herewith enclose my cheque for three cans of Reducine. I have used this medicine on my farm with not only satisfactory, but very gratifying results. It is, in my opinion, an extraordinary, valu- able and useful remedy for spavin, thoroughpin and injuries of a kindred nature. I would hate very much to be without it; in fact regard it as indispensable in mv barn. Verv truly yours, C. C. WATTS. Walnut Hall Farm. Lexington. Ky., Nov. 8, 'OS. The Reducine Co — Gentlemen : We have used several cans of Reducine on enlargements of different kinds with the most satis- factory results. HARRY BrRGOYNE, HARRY BURGOYNE Mauager of the Great Walnut Hall Farm, the man who bred The Harvester. Manager of Walnut Farm. Hall Saturday, November 13, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN ^>«.THE WEEKLY^=^=\> BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) F. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 363-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year. S3: Six Months. $1.75; Three Months. SI. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money should be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 447. San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith . HAMBURG BELLE 2:01%, the greatest trotting mare since Lou Dillon, died of pneumonia at Thomas- ville, Georgia, on Wednesday last. Hamburg Belle was the property of Mr. M. Hanna, of Cleveland, Ohio, who paid John Madden $50,000 for her the day she took her record at North Randall, Ohio, last summer. This is the highest price ever paid for a trotting mare. She had been sent south with other horses owned by Mr. Hanna, to be wintered on hia farm, but contracted pneumonia on the trip and only lived a half hour after being taken from the ear. This is one of the greatest losses ever suffered by a horse owner in this country, as Hamburg Belle was not only thought capable of beating two min- utes next year, but to have her death follow so poon after her purchase is surely a very keen dis- appointment. Hamburg Belle was by Axworthy, dam Sallie Simmons 2:18% by Simmons, second dam Sally Adams by John Burdine, third dam not traced. Her record was made at North Randall, Ohio, August 25th this year, when she defeated Uhlan 2:02%, in 2:01% and 2:01%, the fastest first and second heats and the fastest two heats ever trotted in a race. Her sale for $50,000 took place immediately after this race. The following description of this great mare, written by "Volunteer" appeared in the Horse Review the following week: Hamburg Belle is an extremely rakish and very racy looking whole-colored brown-bay tnare with black points, standing 15.1% hands tall. Her head is of exquisite beauty, small, of delicate outline, with a taper muzzle, broad forehead and large, full, bril- liant eye. Her neck is moderately long, well-shaped and very clean at the throttle. Her shoulders are one of her best points, long and deep, the withers fairly high and running well back, giving her, as her breast is not narrow, unusual heart room and lung capacity. Her midrow-piece is long, with a some- what perceptible dip back of the withers and her coupling is, like those of Lou Dillon and Alix, well back of the point of the hip. As seen broadside, she is here devoid of the smoothness that otherwise distinguished her outline, the raggedness being em- phasized by the abrupt pitch of her rump, which is as steep as that of an old-fashioned pacer and almost as noticeable in this respect as was that of Sunol, its peculiarity being heightened by a depression about midway of the croup* between the roots of the tail and the coupling. Through the hind quarter her power is prodigious, the muscles not only being long and sweeping in formation, but broad and massive as well, the stifle and second thigh, viewed from behind, having a breadth almost abnormal for a mare of her inches. Her hind leg is decidedly straight, with the hock well up off the ground, and her limbs, at both ends, exceptionally well shaped, the bone neither unusually heavy nor noticeably light, the tendons clearly defined and the joints finely articulated. Her mane is heavy and wavy, at which point she perhaps shows less "blood" than any other, and her tail is of the same description, but short rather than long. In carriage she is iow-headed and her gait is low and stealing and singularly devoid of knee action, being the most so of that of any latter-day record-breaker. This makes her a deceptive trotter to watch, as she moves over the ground with so little apparent effort That the rate of speed at which she is going is hard to gauge — and not even when she is "strung" to her limit does she seem to struggle. Behind her stroke is also stealing, as she goes close to the ground and with almost as much absence of marked hock action as she lacks knee action forward. The harmony be- between her front and hind stroke is perhaps as com- plete as that of any trotter ever seen ; she goes "flat- footed" from wire to wire, never changes her feet, alters her stroke, shuffles or weaves, preserving at all limes a rhythm and balance that are extraordi- nary; and she seems not to know how to break. ' Her one fault of gait has been a tendency to hit one of her knees. In her race last Wednesday she wore white felt knee boots forward and combination shin, ankle and passing boots of the same material behind — she needs neither scalpers nor quarter boots, an unusual thing with a trotter, there being very few that do not wear one or the other, or both. Her shoes are plain 7^-ounce ones in front, with 2-ounce toe-weights; behind they weigh 3% ounces. Her har- ness included breast collar and traces, with a patent double breeching and she wore an open bridle, a plain bit and overcheck and a standing martingale. She pulled a Faber sulky weighing 31 pounds and driver W. J. Andrews tipped the beam at just 151 pounds, with his cushion, when he weighed out after the second heat. Hamburg Belle is now seven years old, having been foaled in 1902. She was bred by Mr. E. T. Bedford of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has been for many years a prominent devotee of the trotter, alike as owner, breeder and amateur reinsman. THE HOLIDAY SALE advertised to be held De- cember 20th by Fred H. Chase & Co. should draw a good list of entries. This date has always been a good one for prices and nice roadsters, carriage horses, trotters, ponies, etc., can be expected to bring full value at this sale. Quite a number of well bred horses have already been consigned, and those who want the advantage of having their animals well catalogued should correspond with Mr. Chase at . once, as entries will close on December 6th, two weeks prior to the sale. A HIGH CLASS SIRE would make a good season in Oregon in 1910 according to the Rural Spirit, which says: "It would be a good business propo- sition to bring to Oregon the coming season a trot- ting sire of distinction, one with individutlity, a good record and a prod icer. He would, of course, need to be of the right breeding and from a fash- ionable family. There are a number of good young trotting stallion in Oregon, but it would help to give our breeders access to a trotting sire already made." o $7250 IS QUITE A SUM to divide between a few horse owners, but that is the amount the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders' Association guar- antees to divide between the breeders and the own- ers of the winners of Pacific Breeders' Futurity No. 10, which is for the foals of mares covered this year. Nomination of mares closes December 1st. Mark the dale. o THE DECISION CONFIRMED. Judge Saynor's decision that betting is a crime in New York only when accompanied by a record, registry or the use of some part of the paraphernalia of professional gamblers, was confirmed last Tues- day by the Court of Appeals of New York State. The status of the bookmakers at race tracks in that State will not be altered by this decision except that the seal of the State's highest court is placed on a system which has been employed by book- makers and bettors since shortly after the enact- ment of the Hart-Agnew law. Betting at the tracks ihis season has been conducted by word of mouth with wagers unrecorded. In effect, the decision holds that oral betting does not constitute book- making in violation of the anti-race track gambling law. The court affirmed the order of the lower court for the discharge from custody of Orlando Jones and Sol Lichenstein, who were indicted in Kings county on a charge of bookmaking. In holding that the laying of odds alone does not constitute a crime, Judge Haight said: "If a man should offer to bet the ladies of his party a pair of gloves or a box of candy, it would be the laying of odds and publishing the same. To hold him to be a bookmaker would, in my judgment, be a departure from the rule that gives to the terms of the statute the ordinary and accepted meaning, and would be a construction which was not within the contemplation of the Legislature." Chief Judge Cullen, in his opinion, says: "Legis- lation should be practical and it is at least doubtful whether a statute, making every offer or acceptance of a bet or wager a crime could, in the present state of morals and habits of the community, be enforced. "While in reality the statute is directed against gambling, not against its incidents, the law had laid hold of certain incidents on the theory that those being prohibited, the evil itself would be suppressed because of the impracticability of carrying on gam- bling on a large scale without some of the acces- sories denounced by the statute. "How far this plan has proved successful in oper- ation, is for the Legislature — not the court — to de- termine, and we cannot hold that the aim of those men constitutes a crime unless it falls within the ierms of the statute." In a dissenting opinion Judge Vann says: "The Constitution forbids bookmaking without defining it, and the statute forbids engaging in it without defin- ing it. In view of the explicit command of the Consti- tution and the history of legislation on the subject as well as the origin of the word 'bookmaking.' and its meaning in the country from which we borrowed it, I think Ihe statute prohibits engaging in book- making with or without the aid of any writing, he- cause writing is not of the substance and need not be resorted to and if resorted to is a mere incident. "Engaging in the business of public gambling by quoting and laying insidious odds to a multitude of people, was the evil aimed at, not the making of a record of the business, which is comparatively inno- cent." RACING WITHOUT BETTING. That harness racing can be made to pay without betting is the belief of A. J Welch, the owner of the Readville, Mass., track. He now knows that the entertainment he gave the public at this track this season cost too much money. The $50,000 handicap race was a very costly feature. It drew a large crowd, but it was a losing proposition. Many old- time horsemen do not take to the handicap idea of racing, but Mr. Welch is still firm in the belief that it is the kind of racing that will bring the crowd. But no association can afford to put on a race like the one at Readville last summer without asking grand opera prices, and it is evident that the follow- ers of the harness horses are not educated up to paying them. Since the close of the racing season at Readville. says a New England exchange, Mr. Welch has been going along with the work of improving the property, and there is no doubt that Readville will be on the map next season, with a Grand Circuit meeting and possibly with a big fair. The proposition to form a big New England fair circuit, to be composed of Readville, Hartford, Providence. Brockton and possi- bly another member, looks like a good idea to horse- men who have raced at the big fairs in their sections of the country. It is a matter of record how suc- cessful the Brockton fair has been. It is true that it is the result of years of good management, but it certainly looks as though equally successful fairs could he held in Boston and in Providence. On the day that the Charter Oak Stake was raced this year it is probable that the largest number of spectators that ever witnessed a trotting race saw the great four-year-old stallion The Harvester take the meas- ure of Bob Douglass. The Brockton management hangs up $1000 and $500 purses, but if it was one of a line of meetings that would give the best horses a chance to race for four or five weeks it would be possible for the manage- ment to give a number of stakes for larger purses with perhaps one or two $5000 early-closing events. With s chance to enter their horses in valuable events of this kind the trainers with high-class horses would not he obliged to go West to race dur- ing the latter part of the season. The fair associations in the West have found that it pays to give purses large enough to attract the hest horses, and there is no reason to believe that the fair proposition would not appeal to the people of this part of the country as strongly as it does to those in the sections where they are so great a success. — Horse Breeder. A QUEER MATCH. I have heard of and read about many queer matches, but none more extraordinary than the following de- scribed thus in the Sporting Magazine for August, in 1S09: "On Monday, the 24th inst, a bet of 150 guineas was run for between two galloways, which were to be set out from Wood's Gate, about four miles beyond Tunbridge. and run to Kent street end, in the Borough^ and back again, which is near four score miles, without baiting; and that which arrived first, dead or alive, was to be the winning horse. One of the horses, when he had about fifteen miles to run, dropped dowu dead : the other could only make a walk. The abetters of the dead horse pro- cured a fish cart from some distance, mounted the dead horse upon the cart, set the rider upon his back, and with four hbrses galloping away at the rate of fen miles an hour, passed the living horse, arrived first, and were judged the winners — the first instance of a dead horse winning a match from a living one. Those who betted in favor of the living horse, when they discovered the intent of their opponents, en- deavored to avail themselves of the same artifice, but no other fish cart uas to be got. otherwise the wager would have been determined by a race between two fish carts." THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 13, 1909. LOTS OF SPEED AT WOODLAND. IS IT EROSMONT? OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. Woodland. Nov. 6, 1909. Breeder and Sportsman: Just a few lines to let you know what is going on at the Woodland track. Dan Logan (4), matinee record 2:12%, is surely a wonderful horse. Four months ago he could not pace a mile better than 2:40, then he came out and won a cup race at the Woodland fair in August in 2:12% and last week he paced a mile on this track to cart in 2:12%, the last half in 1:03 and the last quarter in 29% seconds, and best of all, he does not wear the straps and can surely beat 2:10 a good ways. A wonderful feat last Thursday was that of St. Patrick, a yearling gelding by Dan Logan. This year- ling paced two different miles in 2:48, stepping the last quarter of the first mile in 36 seconds, and the last quarter of the second mile in 33% seconds, with the last eighth in :16%. and the boys all say he was flying the last fifty yards. Dan Logan is a ful! brother to Jim Logan (3) 2:05%, and a half brother to Sir Albert S. 2:03%, so how can he help being a speed marvel and a great sire. Chas. Spencer, of the Woodland Stock Farm, worked what I think is the best green trotter in Cali- fornia— Prince Lot, a mile in 2:10% and back in 2:11, the last quarters in 30% and 30% seconds, and he looks like 2:08 to me. Spencer also has a couple of Zombros that are crack yearlings and both can step a 2:40 gait. Det Bigelow has a good string here. The chestnut stallion Diablo Jr. 2:21% worked an easy mile for him yesterday in 2:13 and has paced several quar- ters in 30 seconds. This stallion is by Diablo 2:09% and out of a mare by Alcantara Jr.. -so you will see he is bred the same as Sir John S. 2:04%. Det also has the making of a very fast pacer in Meridian Mac 2:24%, a grandson of McKinney. He has worked a mile in 2:19, and a quarter in 33% seconds. Dorothy Ansel is taking things easy running in a paddock, but will soon be taken up and jogged. It will be remem- bered this filly is sired by Prince Ansel (2) 2:20, and out of an Alex Button mare. She is the most won- derful yearling trotter in California, having trotted a quarter in 32% seconds last summer. Hi Hogoboom is breaking a number of Iran Altos and Palo Kings, and say! how they can all step. He lately received quite a bunch of nice looking young- sters from Capt. C. H. Williams, of Palo Alto, that are by Unimak and Searchlight Rex. Bernice, James Marshall's chestnut mare by Owy- hee 2:11, dam Bertha, dam of four 2:10 pacers, by Alcantara, was given a trotting record of 2:25% last August by Carey Montgomery. She is now pacing and today worked a mile in 2:09% and back in 2:10%, and is a very much improved mare in actions. Chas. Johnson, the popular liveryman, has a two-year-old in Montgomery's stable that is a nice one. He was put to pacing and paced a mile in 2:44 with the last half in 1:20%, and did it right. He is a richly bred one. being by Demonio 2:11%, dam Potrero Girl by Prince Airlie. second dam Muscova, the dam of Mamie R. 2:15% and Oro Belmont 2:15%, by Belmont 64. He is as handsome a colt as one sees in a long journey. Charley Marley's mare. Nusta, is working well and a mile in 2:25 was easy for her this week. You may look for great things in the horse line from Yolo county next year, as there are a number of other that I have not mentioned, that can beat 2:20 now en this track. Respectfullv. DR. DAVID F. HERSPRING. STILL IN THE RING. In the midst of the present extravaganza of au- tomobile and aeroplane racing it is refreshing io take notice, occasionally, of the horse. Witness the feat of an Illinois horse who- belongs to a mail carrier. He has traveled twenty-six miles a- day for twenty- iwo months, or a total of over 17,000. It is im- pressive to note that in all this distance this horse did not puncture a tire, lose a bolt, wear out a bear- ing, foul a spark plug or run out of gasoline ten miles from home. Moreover he did not once exceed a speed limit, run over a hog or skid on a corner. His ebaiffeur ne\er killed his engine on a hill, nor did he have to get out after an hour or two and crank him from in front. The horse climbed every hill, and pulled through every mudhole, and at the end of the 17,000 miles his owner did not find that it would cost about $100 to replace his bearings, re- build his magneto and take the carbon out of his cylinders. Truly, the horse may be humble, but there is much comfort in him. — Aurora Beacon. WANTS TO RACE FOR $1000. Ever since the races of May 31st, says the Newman Index, when Princess Ethel took the measure of Tin- nin's Tom, after a hard fight, there has been talk of a return match. In fact, Mr. Wood, the owner of Ethel, has promised that he would put the mare against Tom again and give the backers of the Newman horse a chance to get even. But as nothing has been heard from him, Mr. Tinnin now sends out the following def., hoping that it will bring matters to a focus: "R. S. Wood, Los Banos, Cal.: "The undersigned hereby challenges you to race Princess Ethel against Tom, on Thanksgiving Day, 1909, on the Newman track, for $100.0 a side or more, as you see fit. If you really want to see which is the best horse, now is your chance. "W. L. Tinnm." o Driak Jackson's Napa Soda. Mr. E. C. Chase, of Berkeley, who owns the brown gelding Doughnuts that won the first race at the meeting of the Sau Francisco Driving Club in Golden Gate Park October 31st, the horse being protested as being Erosmont 2:22, called at this office on Tues- day, and had the breeding and description of Eros- mont looked up. Mr. Chase is evidently an innocent party in this matter, if the horse is really Erosmont, which he does not believe. He has a bill of sale of the horso and statements from three parties who owned him before he did. In all these transfers the horse was sold without a pedigree. Mr. Chase pur- chased the gelding for $100 to drive in one of his bakery wagons and finding he had some speed niati- need him at the Oakland Driving Club races and then entered him at the San Francisco Driving Club races where he was protested. The horse Erosmont 2.22 is registered in vol- ume 15 of the Ami-rican Trotting Register. Ac- cording to that authority Erosmont was foaled in 1893, which would make him over 16 years old at the present time. Erosmont was sired by Eros and his dam is the great broodmare Francisca by Al- mont, the dam of I Direct 2:11%, etc. Erosmont was bred by Meyers & Meyers and passed through dif- ferent hands until he became the property of Ben Chaboya who got him in a trade and raced him in 1904, giving him a record of 2:22 at the State Fair at Sacramento. Mr. Chaboya, who lives near San Ramon, in Contra Costa county, could identify Eros- mont. We are convinced from the documents shown us by Mr. Chase that he is innocent in the matter, and he is making every endeavor to have the identity of the horse established. He says if the horse is Erosmont he wants to knowr it, but so far has found no one who has positively identified him. The man from whom he purchased the horse and the next previous owner, both scout the idea that the little gelding is Erosmont, but there are a number of horse- men in San Francisco who are just as positive that he is. CATCHING THE RINGERS. The gray gelding which Burr Hull, now- located at Shamokin. Pa., but formerly a resident of Maysville, Mo., raced during the past season as Silver King in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, has been identified by The National Trotting Association as Walter H., alias George F., 2:12%. The identification of the trot- ter which Hull raced during the past season as White- line has also been demanded. He says that he pur- chased him from a dealer in Reading, Pa. Whiteline is a flea bitien gray gelding with a fine head, light neck, round body and sloping quarters. He stands about 15% hands and weighs in racing condition about 900 pounds. This horse has what looks like three barbed-wire scars on his left side, the hair on them now being almost black. He also has a number of scars of the same kind on the inside of his right flank. Whireline's left front leg is filled from the ankle to the knee and his left hind ankle is also enlarged on the inside. Hull rays that these enlarge- ments developed during the past season. This horse has a six-year-old mouth, but his teeth have evi- dently been tampered with. In his races Whiteline acted very rank in scorirg and at times came tip on a pace. The National -Trotting Association, Hart- ford, Conn., will be pleased to hear from anyone who knows of a trotter that fits this description. QUEEN POMONA WINS S5CC0 STAKE. The bay mare Queen Pomona by Pomrna. dam Nugget the dam of The Donna 2:07%. won the $50nn stake for 2:08 class pacers at Pboenix. Arizona last Monday, the opening day of the Territorial Fair. Queen Pomona was second in the first heat which was won by Biewer's Kid in 2:06%. She then won the second heat in 2:05%, and the third In 2:06. then lest the fourth to Dick Allen in 2:08% and the fifth to Miss Castle in 2:10%. This ended the race. Queen Pomona standing best in the summary wras awarded first money. Her second heat in 2:05% is a new record for her. This mare has been rac- ing successfully up Through Montara and Idaho this year and as this race shows is in g~ea: form at pres- ent- Josephine and Deli'ah. the Zclock mares owned in San Bernardino, were both starters in this race but were outside the money. o W. R. WYNN BRED MABEL WYNN. It has been stated that John W. Gardner was the breeder of the mare Mabel Wyim by Zombro that died recently, the property of Mr. F. E. Alley, or Bonaday Stock Farm. Roseburg. Oregon, and the Year Book gives Mr. C. A. Durfee as the breeder. Mr. W. R. Wynn, of Bloomington, Cal., writes us that he was the breeder of this grand mare, having pur- chased Grace Kaiser from Mr. Gardner and sending her to be mated with Zombro. The filly that resulted he named Mabel Wynn after his wife. Mr. Wynn then bred Grace to Zolock and sold her with Mabel Wynn and the filly foal by that horse to the late James Coffin. This foal, now called Grace Zolock, is owned by Mr. Sesnon . of this city and is in the stable of Jos. Cuicello. If you want to sell your horses correspond imme- diately with Fred H. Chase & Co. in regard to the Holiday Combination Sale to take place December 20th. Entries close December 6th for all horses to be advertised and catalogued. Los Angeles, Nov. 9. 1909. Agricultural Park is like a grave yard this week owing to the absence at Phoenix of nearly all the trainers and horses. Williams, Stewart and Vance are about the only public trainers on the grounds and consequently little of interest was done in the way of fast workouts last week; about the best was a mile last Tuesday that J. S. Stewart gave Joseph Sresovich's mare Etta McKenna in 2:12. She looked like a very high class proposition and as soon as she has had half a dozen matinee races and has learned to score down and get away fast, she will make a very fast mare. The really sensational mile of the year was nego- tiated at Santa Ana last week when E. A. Heller drove his three-year-old stud colt a mile in 2:08% with the last quarter in 2S% seconds and repeated in 2:04% last half in 1:02% and last quarter in 30 seconds. This is the fastest mile a three-year-old has ever paced and though there is no question as to the performance, of course it is not official, as it was only in a workout. The colt was bred by Mrs C. S. Hastings of Los Angeles and sold to I. C. Mosher, who in turn disposed of him as a yearling to Heller for $1500. Heller went to work gradually wiTh him and as a two-year-old drove him in 2:12% and quarters in 30 seconds or a shade better. He was then so pure gaited and frictionless, and at the same time big and strong, that his owner made up his mind not to stake him in his three-year-old form but shape him up to go against the three-year- old record of Klatawah of 2:05%. For some reason Ibis program was not carried out, however, and no one here had any idea that he was capable of such a mile, though every one knew he was a sensa- tionally fast colt, and W. G. Durfee called him the best pacer of his age in the country. He was sired by Young Hal. (that died here last spring of blood poi- soning caused by picking up a nail) dam Juliette D. by McKinney. She was the dam of Irish 2:08%. It s a great pity Heller did not take him to Phoenix this week, for if he could step a mile in 2:04% over the Santa Ana track which could not have been in first class shape, how fast a mark would he have set for three-y-ar-old colts? The Los Angeles Driving Club will give a matinee on Thanksgiving day at Agricultural Park the en- tries for which close on the 19th. A program of eight events is contemplated and exhibitions by Copa de Ora 2:02, and Margin 2:05% promised. L. J. Christopher's matinee mare Zombretta took her first professional record 2:15% at Phoenix Mon- day when she won the 2:27 class after losing the third heat. Zomell, trained and driven by Walter Maben and owned by A. B. Miller, got second money, so the Los Angeles horses have made a good begin- ning and it is to be hoped that the others will be equally well. Zombretta has been in several matinee races and two or three professional ones this year, with but indifferent success. After the Harness Horse meeting here in July she was turned over to C. T. Hewett who. after letting up on her for some weeks, began giving her easy miles till just before going to Pboenix set her down for a mile in 2:10%. The mare is good and strong now and with this race in her should do well in her next start, as Hewett seems to have the "bang" of her and she seems to try for him. The invitations to join the new driving club here are to be mailed today and within a week it is safe to say that enough answers in the affirmative will have been received to warrant a meeting being called to adopt a constitution and by-laws and or- ganize the California Driving Club. Already fifteen or eighteen men have signified their intention of joining it and it looks now as if the limit of fifty would have to be raised if all who wish to join are accepted. A very important innovation in ihe rules is being talked of and is meeting with general ai>- proral but of course will not be definitely settled till a meeting of the whole club to organize and adopt a constitution and by-laws is held, and that is that in matinee races a member rf the club must own the horse racing, but he can put up anv one to drive him he chooses, whether he is a member of the club or not. This will increase the matinee material considerably, and give a number of young things a chance to get their education in company, two and three-year-olds that some of their owners do not care to drive themseh es in a race before they know just how they are going to ace in case of a collis- ion or something breaking: and it will also enable a horse in training for the regular races to matinee without going out of his trainer's hands. A great many owners and some of them the possessors of the best horses here, never get uu behind them them- selves, preferring to sit in the grand stand and see them race, and these men don't care to turn, their stock over to someone to train simply because lie is a friend and a member of fhe club. There was a heavy rain here last night, the first of the season, and a good many of the horses at the track are coughing but none are seriously sick, just suffering a little from the sudden changes we have had for the last two or three weeks. As soon as the campaigners return from Phoenix things will brighten up here and work will begin in earnest getting all shaped up for the Thanksgiving matinee. Work will begin on the new track, stables, grand stand and fences and grounds generally by January lst. 1910. and "with two driving clubs in the field by that time the horse business will boom. JAMES. Saturday, November 13. 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN NOTES OF THE BON VOYAGES. WORKED OUT AND KNOCKED OUT. -Mr. W A. Clark, Jr., has decided to leave Bon Vivant (2) 2:16% in Bob Proctor's hands for his three-year-old stake engagements. Proctor thinks well of this colt and believes he will make a high class three-year-old. Bon Vivant holds the two- year-old record for colts of 1909. In a letter from Proctor to W. A. Clark, Jr.. he mentions the fact that Bon Vivant could have trotted a mile as good as 2:13 during this season. Wm. E. Detels cf Pleasanton worked his Bon Voy- age two-year-old Bon Guy one day last week a mile in 2:24. half in 1:09, last quarter in 34 seconds. This is quite a performance as the colt has not had a shoe on for over two months and trctted this mile bare- footed. In a warming up heat just before this he stepped the mile in 2:31 with the last quarter in 33 seconds. Ted Hayes has a yearling in his stable by Bon Voyage, first dam Daphne McKinney by McKinney, second dam La Muscovita by Guy Wilkes, which he believes to be the best yearling he has ever handled. This colt had never had a harness on until the first' day of June. Not long ago he trotted a quarter over the Pleasanton track in 35 seconds. Shortly after this he stepped a last half in 1:15 and again on an- other occasion in company with a pacer stepped the first half in 1:15. Beside being a grand looker this colt is a good gaited. level headed trotter and loves company. Quite a few mares have already been booked to Bon Voyage for the season of 1910. The good show- ing made by his two-year-olds this year is bound to keep up the good reputation of this great young sire. Mr. C. H. McPeely of Chico says that his mare Diana by Dialect is safely in foal to Bon Voyage. Air. McFeeley is nominating his mare in all the futurities in the country and trusts that she will produce a stake winner. SONOMA GIRL'S SIRE IN HIS OLD STALL. Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 7, 1909. "Breeder and Sportsman": — I just got back from the Pacific Northwest. Lynwood W., Sir Lynwood, Belle of Lynwood, and the rest of the bunch arrived in good shape, and are now in their old stalls at home, and from their actions they seem to be glad to get home. They surely enjoy this bright Cali- fornia sunshine. I know that 1 do. The Lynwood W.'s seemed to have "a homestead" on the blue rib- bons up north. Tbey won the blue ribbon, champion- ship and grand champion prizes at the Pacific Na- tional at Portland, Seattle and all through British Columbia as far east as Winnipeg. But what I wanted to say was please send the "Breeder and Sportsman" to me here instead of at Portland. Talk about racing in the mud — I saw them race at Portland when the track was a lake of mud and water. You would surely have laughed had you seen our friend Sutherland driving Moortrix. The mud was flying so thick he could not see; his glasses were plastered with mud. He grabbed the lines in one hand and with the other he went to work on those glasses and finally got them off, but by that time the horse had won the heat in a jog. So Mr. S. was all smiles anyway. I guess he was, for you could see the mud crack open on his face. He wanted to weigh in after the heat but the judges would not stand for it. as they had new scales and didn't want to take a chance of breaking them the first day. H. A. CARLTON. o THE USE OF BANDAGES. To bandage or not to bandage, is a serious ques- tion with the average trainer, perhaps more so with the owner. For a time there was a regular craze for bandaging every horse regardless of whether the animal needed them or not. There is no question but that the average trainer went to extremes in this matter. Race horses had their legs wrapped with cotton and covered with ban- dages while on the track, in the stable, night and day. This without regard as to whether the horse had bad tendons or not. Every trainer felt that he must have a trunk full of cotton and the quicker he used that trunk of cotton the better results he was getting. Fortunately the average trainer is not in- dulging in this practice so much as formerly. Some of the best veterinarians in the country do not countenance the general use of bandages, but to go into a detailed explanation would be impos- sible at this time. Sometimes a homely explan- ation convinces a trainer', and this happened not a long while ago. The owner had, for a cou- ple of years, been suggesting to his trainer that the use of bandages was not necessary. The trainer did not heed until one day the owner said: "You put a glove on one hand and keep it on all of the time and let the other hand go ungloved. At the end of a month tell me which of the hands is in the best condition." The trainer did not follow the ad- vice, but he did ponder it, and the result is that ihe bandage is not in daily use in that stable and the legs of the horses are in better condition than formerly. — Western Horseman. A problem confronting every trainer and drivei- pertains to the amount of speed work to be given the horses in his charge. When it comes to the total sum of work there can be little difference of opinion, says Spirit of the West. All well posted horsemen under- stand that an abundance of preparatory work is abso- lutely essential to make a race horse of any caliber. If a horse has the ability to go a mile as fast as Lou Dillon in 1:58% and yet has not had an ex- tended season of preparation to race, no well in- formed horseman would think it good horsemanship to enter and campaign such animal. It takes more than speed to fit a horse to do racing of any account, and it requires plenty of time and work to develop and equip a performer to make anything ot a cam- paigner on the track. But the matter wears another phase entirely when it comes to working miles at full, or even fast speed, the ability of the animal regarded. On this proposition there are many very capable drivers who raise the interrogation point as to many work-outs at anything approximating the speed limit. They say to race out rather than work out the record miles. The method of handling the great trotter Uhlan 2:02% may be used in exemplification. It is said that "before he left Readville for his race at Cleveland where he set the world agog by trotting a second heat in 2:03%" he had never been called to trot but two heats as fast as 2:10 — one of these being at Read- ville in 2:07. Before racing Hamburg Belle 2:01% miles at a two-minute gait he had gone in all but four miles as fast as 2:10, all in races but the two. He had miles and work abundant at what was slow time for him and was only called upon to demonstrate that he possessed the ability of going extremely fast when called upon to do so. tl is an open question whether many horses are not worked out rather than raced out, when it comes to the fast miles they go. It is undoubtedly the case that many good horses are rendered stale by overwork at speed early in the season before racing time comes on. and when the time to start comes they have no miles left in them. Some drivers, while out on a campaign, drive more fast miles before and between the races they take part in than in such races. It is a thing to be ex- pected when you hear of sensational time being made by a driver in work-outs and trials, that you will never hear of any achievements in races by the horses so handled. As the familiar adage goes, "You cannot eat your pie twice." When it is eaten before the meal there is none left for after. It is undoubt- edly the case that very many trainers have just that account to be given of their handling of horses in preparation to race. They are always "worked out" rather than "raced out." and there is no money won by the former. Better have several seconds clipped off in the race over any previous effort than have it turned around the other way. Winning seconds are the ones clipped off in contests only. CONFORMATION AND ITS RELATION TO SHOE- ING. NOT THOROUGHBRED. Mr. Robert F. Curtis, of Redland, w-rites us: "Mr. Chas. H. Thomas, of Redlands, California, the veteran breeder of thoroughbred horses, and breeder of the fast pacer Velox 2:09% (now dead), as well as the breeder of the dams of Kid Wilkes 2:09% and Velox, sold last week a one-half interest in two fillies by Geo. W. McKinney 2:14, one being out of Anne Boleyn, the dam of Velox, and the other out of Italia, both dams thoroughbred. Mr. Thomas is a great be- liever in the thoroughbred cross, and to the average roan he is not so far wrong, as during the past year he has sold from the mare Anne Boleyn the horse Velox for $5000, a one-half interest in his sister for $1500, and a half interest in the filly from Italia for ?500. Mr. Thomas has great faith in these two fillies, both of which are being worked on the track at Hemet, Riverside county. Mr. Jack McGregor, of Riverside, is the partner of Mr. Thomas as owner of the two promising fillies. "Robt. F. Curtis." We thank Mr. Curtis for sending us the above item of news, but desire to correct the statement therein that the mares Anne Boleyn and Italia are thorough- bred. They were sired by Balboa, a thoroughbred horse, but their dams were by Romero, a registered trotting stallion with a record of 2:19%. Mr. C. K. G. Billings, owner of Lou Dillon 1:58%. and the geiding Uhlan 2:03% for which he paid 535,000 recently, was in this city last week with a party of friends with whom he has been touring the coast in his special car. The party registered at the Fairmont and spent a couple of days looking over the city. Horsemen will watch the career of the stallion Sterling McKinney 2:06% next year with unusual interest, says Trotter and Pacer. V. L. Shuler, it will be remembered, took this son of McKinney when he was a cast-off and made a really great trot- ter of him. Shuler sold the horse to a couple of Pennsylvanians for ?25,000 and he was turned over to that prince of reinsmen, Ed Geers. In Geers's hands the stallion has been about as worthless as a trotter could be. He has great speed, but some way he and Mr. Geers never get along well, and in the two sea- son's he has raced in Geers's stable the horse has never trotted more than one or two races, and but few heats in which he has not made one or more breaks. Recently the stallion was turned over to Tommy Murphy, and (hat rapidly rising young trainer will winter him and endeavor to fit him to make a campaign next season like what he seemed able to make when his present owners paid such a big price for him. Sometimes one trainer will get along with a horse that proved worthless in the hands of another of equal skill, but if Murphy can make a good racehorse of Sterling McKinney it will be about the biggest feather in his cap he has cap- lured for it to date. In the Horseshoers' Journal a West Virginia shoer gives some excellent advice regarding the import- ance :of reviewing the conformation of a horse before attempting to shoe him. He says: The object of the examination of the horse's feet is to acertain the direction and position of the legs; the shape, character and quality of the hoofs; the form, length, position and wear of the shoe and num- ber and distribution of the nails: the manner in which ihe foov leaves the ground, its line of flight and manner in which it returns to the ground, and any Gther peculiarities that may be noticeable. To examine front feet and legs, the horse should be placed on floor or surface as nearly level as can be made, that eveiy part of the foot may be resting on the even surface; take your place in front of the horse, raise his head slightly, which will cause him to set his feet down naturally. First observe the leg from the center of the canon bone, down through the center of the hoof. Draw your imaginary line down to center of toe, then take up the foot and see if the point of the frog points direct to the center line which you have drawn on the outer surface of the foot. If so, your imaginary line was drawn correctly, for in most cases the frog is the center of the leg and indicates the way the horse will extend the foot. Bj- this method you find the center of foot and leg from front observation. Now. when you have pared the hoof, observe by the eye, or dividers (which are more correct), if the distance from the center of the frog to rfhe outside wall is equal distance across the bulge of the hoof; if the foot is not equal, make your shoe to extend over the narrow side, to make them equal, thus completing the front observation. Side observation should be taken at a distance of six or eight feet from the horse, to note if the long pastern bone, and the front surface of the foot, are standing on the same degree, or that both have the same slant. A horse,-to travel with ease, should have the long pastern, short pastern and the coffin bone in a perfect line. When shod in this way the flexor tendon and extensor tendon will work harmoniously, not causing any sprained or bowed tendons. My success in shoeing lies in the fact that I leave the feet as nearly natural as I can possibly get them. Standing directly back of the horse, note if the ankle is standing straight with the leg. This gives you your ideas as to how the foot should be pared to throw the ankle in or out. Have the horse stand as nearly straight as you can by dressing the feet. Make your shoes to fit the feet. Set the shoe so the point of the frog points directly to the center of the shoe, so that the heels be equally divided from the center of frog. In this way, I find that 99 out of 100 horses travel properly and without hitting. By this simple rule of making the shoe fit the shape of the natural foot I have cured many horses that were called bad cutters, at the same time taking care that both heels were the same length as on front shoe, and seeing that the point of the frog pointed directly to the center of the shoe, and that the heel divides equal from center of frog. ROAD BUILDING. Road building is an art based upon a science. In this age of specialists, it almost surpasses belief that the American people, so practical in all other lines of endeavor, should permit their golden mil- lions to be frittered away by men who for the most part know little or nothing about either the science or the art of road building, writes Logan Page in The World's Work. There are today more than one hundred thousand petty road officials in the United States, each and all receiving compensation. Very few of these men devote more than a fraction of their time to road work, because their interests lie elsewhere and their compensation is too small to enable them to devote their entire time to the work. It is not surprising that a century and a quarter of this kind of supervision has resulted in the present chaotic condition of our public roads. The reforms that should take place will provide a comparatively small body of trained, competent road builders de- voting their entire time to continuous road work. Not only must the roads be built by trained men, but they must be kept in repair. It has been the universal practice in America to repair the roads at such times as will interfere least with individual duties, and this has crystallized into working the roads once or twice a year. So hard and fast has this custom become in many of the States that, even if costly macadam roads are con- structed at great expense, they are allowed to go to ruin because minor defects are permitted to go un- repaired until they result in practical destruction of the road. No more admirable system of maintenance could be devised than that which is followed in France. Every mile of road is inspected daily, and the slight- est defect repaired at its inspection. The mainte- nance of way departments of our great railroad systems do not provide a more thorough inspection of railroad tracks than do the French for their pub- lic roads. Trie changes which should come in the American system will mean the adoption of a con- tinuous system of repair and a methodical inspection ot all roads. And the road building era has already begun; already great strides have been made in recent years toward bringing about these needed reforms in the road laws and administration, in providing more adequate revenues, and in devising methods of con- struction and maintenance adapted to the require- ments of modern traffic. THE BREKDEK AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 13, 1909. I NOTES AND NEWS | McKinney has eleven new standard performers this year. Kinney Lou 2:07% is now at the new San Jose training track. Queen Derby won at Phoenix on Wednesday. Her fastest heat 2": 10. Demonio Wilkes lowered his record to 2:10% in a fifth heat at Phoenix. Prodigal had 17 new standard performers and Todd 16 for the season of 1909 up to last reports. Del Coronado 2:09% will be in public service at Newtown Square, Pa., next season at a fee of $100. Carlokin won the $2000 trot last Wednesday at Phoenix. W. G. Durfee's horses are doing well at this meeting. The National Horse Show at New York this .week was a big success. The horse is still king in this country as well as in Europe. Big crowds have seen good racing at ths Phoenix fair this week A full report of the races will be given in these columns next week. The early rains and warm weather has brought the feed up all over the State, and the grass will have such a good start that stock running out will do well this winter. A five-year-old by Searchlight out of a mare by Chas. Derby is among the horses consigned to Chase's Holiday Sale, December 20th. He will make a use- ful horse for someone. The nineteenth annual convention of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions will be held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, December 2, com- mencing at fi o'clock in the evening. Whenever a horse is consigned to an auction sale he should be in good condition If in good flesh, sound, and carefully groomed it will be much easier for the auctioneer to get full value for him. Henry Hahn has consigned a couple of well bred trotters to Chase's Holiday Sale. One is the geld- ing Lecket by Lecco 2:09% that is a very hand- some little horse and one that should find ready sale in the auction ring. Stallion owners should not fail to send Secretary Kelley a list of the mares bred to their stallions this year so that he may get as many of them nominated in the Pacific Breeders' Futurity as possible. The stake closes December 1st. The American Sportsman says: "The owner of Native Belle (2) 2:07% has refused an offer of $50,- 000 for her. This is a lot of money but Mr. Thomp- son does not have to sell her and for other reasons retains the champion filly." C. A. Spencer, manager of the Woodland Stock Farm, advertises two good roadsters for sale. One is a bay gelding, seven years old, the other a brown gelding four years old. Both are sound and gentle for a lady to drive. See advertisement. The daily papers all report that John Cavanaugh, of New York will have charge of the trotting ring at Emeryville this winter. It is said that the New York plan of betting, which has recently been de- clared legal by the courts, will be followed here. Prince Lot. the unmarked gelding by Prince Ansel, worked a mile in 2:09% at the Woodland track last Saturday, with the iast quarter in 31% seconds. Prince Lot should be a good horse in the green classes next year, and is just now in fine shape. Mr. J. H. Judd, of Riverside, California, has a yearling trotter by Mainsheet 2:05, that trotted a quarter of a mile the other day in 43 seconds very handily. We believe this is the only one of the get of Mainsheet in California, and it certainly is a very promising one. Dr. F. A. Ramsey, of Riverside, reports that his young stallion. Don Reginaldo 2:15%, at three years, is now big and strong and looks like he would be a good five-year-old trotter next year. He has a year- ling colt by him rut of a mare by Ellerslie Wilkes, that is a coal black and as stylish as anybody's colt. He has just broken this fellow to drive, and likes him very much. He has registered him as California Chief 48500. Ross Nelson, of Independence, Oregon, purchased five Jersey cows six years ago for $400. Last month he sold 44 head, which represented the original five and their offspring, at auction. The animals ranged from me month to 14 years of age and brought from $47.50 to $319 each, the total amount received being $300" ,50. F. D. Prettyman and D. W. Cole, of Watsonville, have brought suit against the California Mutual Live Stock Insurance Company to recover the sum of $1000, the amount of a policy held by them on the life of a draft stallion. The stallion died last August and they have been unable to collect from the com- pany since. A dispatch from Walla Walla dated November 9th states that a fire originating from a carelessly thrown lighted match destroyed the barns and stables of the Walla Walla Fair Association, together with seven valuable race horse, causing a loss of $25,000. Ollie M. 2:11% by Weslfield, one of the best known pac- ing mares in the northwest, was among those burned. is one of the best bred young horses on this coast. We don't know of a stallion whose dams from the first to the fourth, have been more prolific in pro- ducing standard speed. His first dam has produced 2 trotters, his second clam 5, his third dam 4, and his fourth dam 9 in the list, a total of 20 standard bred trotters produced by the first four dams of Palite. As he is by Nutwood Wilkes 2:16%, sire of Copa de Oro 2:02, the fastest pacing stallion of this year, and also of John A. McKerron, the fastest trotting stallion in America, Palite's breeding is of the very choicest, and breeders will make a big mistake if they overlook him in 1910. The stockmen of Newman, California, contemplate giving a horse and cattle show at that place on the 22d of next February. This show will be on the lines of the Livermore annual show, the stock being pa- raded in the streets, and all classes being eligible to march in the parade. The annual show at Liver- more is attended by hundreds of people and many . trades and sales are made during the day. Will Durfee won the $5000 trotting stake at Phoenix last Tuesday with the eastern mare Margin 2:05%. Her fastest heat in the race was the third and final, which she trotted in 2:08%. In this heat the Sidney Dillon mare Rapidan Dillon, owned by Mr. J. H. Bohon of Los Angeles, was a good second. Esco- bado, driven by Fred Ward took third money and Rapidan Dillon fourth. The Los Angeles Driving Club will hold a matinee at the track in Agricultural Park on Thanksgiving day. An effort is being made to arrange a program that will bring out all the fast record horses in Los Angeles county at this matinee and if Copa de Oro 2:02 is in good shape he may be sent a fast mile. A trotting race under saddle is also one of the features which the management hopes to secure for this day. No remedy for lameness in horses has attracted more attention lately than Reducine. During the past year the trainers of California have used a great deal of it, and everyone that has used it speaks in the highest praise of its efficacy in the cure of the troubles for which it is used. The Reducine Com- pany prints a full page advertisement of this rem- edy in the "Breeder and Sportsman," to which we refer all our readers, the testimonials therein con- tained being very convincing. Hay has taken a drop owing to the large quantity sent to market during the past few weeks. Choice hay is now a little below $20 a ton in the San Fran- cisco market for the first time in many months. The quotations this week are: Choice Wheat, $19@20; No. 1 Wheat or Wheat and Oat. $17(31S; No. 2 Wheat or Wheat and Oat, $14@15; Choice Tame Oat, $16 @17.50: other Tame Oat, $14(3)15: Wild Oat, $11@ 15; Stock Ha}-. $S@9; Alfalfa Hay, $10@13. The elaborate new catalogue of the Patchen Wilkes Farm — which, by the way, is a thing of beauty typo- graphically, and bears evidences of much care in compilation — includes in its brood mare division the noted pacing mare Mona Wilkes 2:03%. She was in- serted upon the supposition that she had been pur- chased by Mr. Stokes from her owner, Col. W. H. McDoel, of Chicago, but when it came to closing the deal the two gentlemen proved to be widely apart in their estimates of her value and she did not change hands. — Horse Review. President Kenney of the San Francisco Driving Club, turned over the neat sum of $650 to Father D. O. Crowley, of the Youth's Directory this week, which amount represented the net proceeds of the race meeting given by the club at the stadium track in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, October 31st. This sum was obtained from the sale of programs and badges, and is good evidence that the management of the benefit was in competent as well as ener- getic hands. Father Crowley was greatly and agree- ably surprised at the amount realized. Mose Hart, who has been handling Mr. Geo. Gay's six -year-old pacing gelding by Exel, son of Ax- teli, thinks he has a very promising young horse. The gelding is learning to pace naturally and while he has never been asked for speed, very often shows that be has considerable of it. As Hart has quite a reputation for discovering good horses, among those he took green and sold for a fair price being John R. Caldwell 2:08%, Billy Red 2:10, the matinee mare Princess Christina 2:13% and several others, his opinion about Mr. Gay's pacer is worth something, and he says he is promising enough to work for the races. Mr. E. D. Dudley, of Dixon, passed through this city last Thursday on his way to Pleasanton with four young horses that will be in Sutherland & Chad- bournes string. He had his colt Pal 2:17%, the fastest two-year-old trotting stallion of 1909 in a race, and a yearling called Nat Higgins that is by Pal's sire, Palite, and out of the great broodmare Bee Sterling, dam of McFadyen 2:11%, etc. Nat Higgins is the first of Bee Sterling's foals to trot, but he is a square trotter and has a lot of natural speed. Mr. Dudley also had in his car Sirius Pointer (2) 2:18 and a yearling full sister to this colt. These two are the property of James W. Marshall of Dixon. Mr. Dudley has a most promising sire in Palite, that H. Busing, of Pleasanton, owns a fine looking colt that he secured by purchase, that is better bred than many registered horses, yet cannot be registered because the dam is not registered. This colt is by Demonio 2:11% dam Sister by Nutwood Wilkes, sec- ond dam Corolla Wood by Woodnut, third dam Corolla, dam of Ben F. 2:07%, by Steinway, fourth dam by Signal. It is Mr. Busing's intention to have Sister registered, although she does not belong to him, so that he can register the colt. As Sister is by a registered horse and her first, second and third dams are by registered horses she can be registered under rule 5. KEEPING THE SPORT CLEAN. Turf journals devoted to the harness horse have all the while stood out for clean, honest sport, thereby helping to make the way of the tiansgressor more difficult. They have not as yet accomplished all that they have advocated, and for this reason their work is not yet done. Reformation — of the character ap- plicable to the sport of harness racing — cannot be accomplished in a day or a year, but must be done by a continuous effort on the part of those who wish for its betterment. It is safe to say that the turf press will never change its attitude towards dis- honest racing methods. It would be suicidal if they should, and would, perhaps, mean the destruction of one of the most popular sports and pastimes. There is no use to deny the fact that the methods now in use are not, by any means, perfect. The rules of racing seem to meet the requirements of the pres- ent time, but here occurs a problem that has always appeared under like circumstances, the problem of enforcement. The problem, then, that confronts those who are charged with the enforcement of the laws of the land, and the holding in check of those who would otherwise become law-breakers. Those who are familiar with the sport of harness racing can, without assistance properly diagnose the trouble. In most instances those who are intimately acquainted with the situation could name those who are responsible for nearly all the gossip about deals, evasions and violations of the turf law. Very little, if any, good will be accomplished until the known violators of the rules of racing are summarily dealt with. It should not make any difference whether these law-breakers are millionaire breeders, the most prominent trainers or other wealthy and prominent citizens, nor how much or how little influence they have, if they violate the rules, they should be pun- ished and that severely. They should be given the kind of treatment the outlaw deserves. In other words, severe and just judgment should be meted out to them without fear or favor. There is to us one inexplicable feature connected with the strict enforcement of the rules of racing. We have known judges to permit the evasion or vio- lation of the rules, whose private and business char- acter was above reproach. Merchants who would rather quit business than wrong a customer, pro- fessional men who in all business transactions were as honest as the day is long; men of large affairs, men who sought and won prefer- from their fellowmen, but whose men- seem to be under a complete change judging a race or when racing a horse as owner. There seems to be a lamentable lack of understanding that the man who wins a race by dis- honest methods is guilty of a breach of justice, just the same as the man who robs a bank. There has al- ways been a strong desire on the part of weak hu- manity to get something for nothing, but why a man should think that he had a right to be dishonest in racing a horse or judging a race rather than in his business we can not fathom. We believe that the factor that must be prominent in improving the sport is the local association. They can have just 1he kind of a meeting they want. If it's to be one that improves the sport by honest methods, it will be a success. If it's to he one that cares little about so important a feature, it will be more or less a failure, and even if for the present There seems to be a success, the end will surely prove disastrous. — American Sportsman. o Mr. Ezekiel Smith, proprietor of the Chicago Stock Farm at Marceline, Missouri, writes us that the eight fine brood mares he took back from California last year are all doing well. He has a fine colt by the great trotter San Francisco 2:07% and a fine stud colt by Bon Voyage out of Rosie Woodburn that is reeling off eighths in 16% seconds. Ben Hur 2:17%, his trotting stallion by Stam B. 2:12%, dam Moun- tain Maiden, the dam of Tom Carneal 2:0S%, Ken- neth Mac 2:13% etc., was not raced this year, but will be campaigned next year. Mr. Smith says he greatly enjoys reading in the Breeder and Sportsman what the California horses are doing. ment tality when Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 13. 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SUMMARIES. CALIFORNIA MARES FOR KENTUCKY. The following are incomplete summaries of the first three days' harness races at the Arizona Fair being held this week at Phoenix. These are probably not entirely correct. A full account of the meeting with the correct summaries will be printed next week: Monday, Nov. 8. The 2:08 pace, Arizona Copper Stake, purse, $5000. Queen Pomona 2 1 1 2 2 Miss Castle 4 5 3 3 1 Brewer's Kid 1 3 5 4 5 Maj. Gantz 7 1 4 5 3 Josephine 6 6 6 6 4 Dick Allen 5 4 2 Idis Delilah 3 2dis Hal Raven dis Time— 2:06%, 2:05%, 2:06, 2:08%, 2:10%. The 2:12 pace, purse $1000. Donline 2 1 1 Lulu Hurst 1 3dis Demonia Wilkes 3 2dis Time— 2:12%, 2:15%, 2:12%. The 2:27 trot, purse $1000. Zornbretta 1 1 3 1 Zomell 4 4 2 2 Bolock 3 5 4 3 Silverstein 5 3 5 4 Prodigal Baroness 2 2 ' ldis Time— 215%, 2:16%, 2:16%, 2:16. The half mile two-year-old trot for $400 and added money was won by Miss Arizona taking two heats in 1:24 and 1:25 against five other Arizona colts. Tuesday, Nov. 9. Dan Patch and Minor Heir tried to beat the world's record of 2:00%. The race was won by Dan Patch in a hard drive in 2:03%, the fastest mile he has made this year. Minor Heir's record of i:59% is to be gone after Friday. As a preparatory effort subsequent to to- day's race, he paced a mile in 2:01%, paced by a runner. Quarters were :30, 1:00, 1:31. Other races finished were: The 2:30 pace, Arizona horses, three in five, purse $1000. Tommy Lawson 2 1 1 1 Nettie Oh So 1 2 2 3 Maggie Barkley 4 4 3 2 R. B. and Near Kiuney distanced in first heat; Lil- lian Zolock distanced in second heat. Big Bow drawn, account of lameness Time— 2:14%, 2:14%, 2:17%, 2:16%. The 2:19 trot, Arizona Copper Stake, purse $5000. Margin 1 1 1 The Picket 3 2 3 Escobada 2 3 4 Rapidan Dillon 5 4 2 Johnny G 4 5 5 Time— 2:11%, 2:10%, 2:08%. Three-year-old trot, $400 and added money. Creme Dementhe 1 1 Sunlight 2 2 Joe Galloway, Maxwelton, Braes, Helen J. dis- tanced, first heat. Time— 2:40%, 2:37. Wednesday, Nov. 10. The racing sensation of the day was the perform- ance of Copa de Oro, which heat his record of 2:02 by three-fourths of a second. The mile was a fault- less one, "with the finish in 2:01% bringing out tre- mendous enthusiasm in the grand stand. Queen Pomona took only second money in the $2000 2:05 pace. Giftline led in three heats, with best time of 2:06%. Special pace, three in five, $1000. Queen Derby 1 1 2 3 3 Demonio Wilkes 3 4 3 1 1 Miss Castle 2 2 12 2 Lulu Hurst 4 3 4 4 4 Time— 2:11, 2:10, 2:09%, 2:10%, 2:10%. The 2:05 pace, three in five, $2000. Giftline 1 1 1 Queen Pomona 2 3 3 Delilah 4 2 5 Dick Allen 3 4 2 Josephine 5 5 4 Time— 2:06%, 2:07% ,2:08%. The 2:09 special trot, $2000. Carlokin 1 1 1 Richie Baron 2 2 2 Queer Knight 3 3 3 Gold Nut 4 4 4 Time— 2:13, 2:11. 2:13%. Two-year-old pacing race, $400 and added monev: Won by Count Mojeska. Half mile, 1:39%, 1:17. In heats for records to beat their own trotting time, Mein Kleiner got a new mark of 2:24%, and On Conn. 2:28%. Half mile dash: Little Mose, Elcarlo, Bartlett, Romero, in order, 50s. A profit of nearly thirty thousand dollars is shown on the Iowa State Fair this year, says Spirit of the West, by Secretary Simpson's balance sheet, which he has jjst completed. Taking into account the two rainy days, which brought the gate receipts down to $1500 less than a year ago, and the fact that the expenditures this year were nearly $13,000 greater than last the showing is considered highly satisfac- tory. A total of $8000 more was paid out in pre- miums this year than ever before. Mr. Simpson's figures show the total receipts to be $137,182.30 and the total disbursements $107,353.57. These figures may be changed slightly in the final report to be made to the board of directors in December, but they are approximately correct. Frank S. Turner of the Santa Rosa Stock Farm, has sold to Mr. W. E. D. Stokes, proprietor of the Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, six brood mares. The negotiations were conducted by Mr. Frank J Kilpatrick who represented Mr. Stokes in the matter. The mares were the following: By Guy b. m. 1894, by Guy Wilkes, dam By By by Nutwood. By Guy is the dam of Martha Dillon 2.10%, the stallion Guy Dillon 2:23%, Harry Dillon 2:17%, etc. Mildred Russell, ch. m. 1899, by L. W. Russell 20S20, dam Lou Milton, the dam of Lou Dillon 1:58%, etc. Guycara 2:18%, br. m., 1S94, by Guy Wilkes 2:15%, dam Biscari, dam of four trotters and six pacers in the list, by Director 2:17.. Russie Russell, b. m. 1894, by Bay Rose 2:20, dam Oakley Russell by Happy Russell 4494. Russie Rus- sell is the dam of Ruth Dillon 2:06%, etc. Carlotta Wilkes, b. m. 1S8S, by Charley Wilkes 3563, dam Asphasia by Alcantara. Carlotta Wilkes is the dam of Carlokin 2:08% trotting, Inferlotta 2:04% and Mary Dillon 2:06% pacing. Bred to Peter the Great and the other high class young horses at Patchen Wilkes Farm these mares should produce some very fast performers. Mr. Turner received a letter from Hon. Sterling Holt of Indianapolis last week in which it was stated that Harry Dillon, a four-year-old brother in blood to Mr. Turners horse Guy Dillon has trotted a mile in 2:12% and a quarter in 30% seconds. SAN JOSE TRACK NOTES. Budd Doble, the veteran reinsman and driver of three trotters that have taken world's records, has arrived at the new track with the string of horses he has had at Salinas during the past year. The string is headed by Kinney Lou 2:07%, the fastest entire trot- ting son of McKinney left in California. Mr. Doble is highly pleased with the new track and especially with the new stalls that have been erected. "Jack" Phippen will move his string of horses here from Mayfield on the 15th inst The former Palo Alto Stock Farm trainer has about a dozen head with some excellent prospects among them. C. C. Crippen has a four-year-old pacing gelding that promises to make a very fast horse. He is by Nearest 2:22%, sire of Highfly 2:04%, etc.. dam Lady Falrose by Falrose 2:19. He is a very hand- some bay with a white face and four white legs, a pure gaited pacer that wears nothing but the har- ness and never makes any mistakes. Although he was never trained he can brush a two minute gait. Before the rain, which commenced to fall here last Monday night, the new track was in fair shape to work over, and the copious wetting it has received during the last few days will enable it to be put in first class condition. Ray Mead, proprietor of the track, receives almost daily letters from all parts of the State, asking for information as to the track and stall occommodations. The indications are that the demand for stall room is to be greater than the supply. The desirability of San Jose as a place of residence is one of the many favorable conditions that will make this track pop- ular. CONCERING HORSE BREEDING. In Wallace's Farmer there recently appeared a val- uable article on the above subject which we reprint as follows: The great majority of farmers will find that it pays to raise mere or less colts every year. It is advis- able to breed every year all draft mares and roadster mares that are needed to run the farm and that have the proper conformation and have no hereditary diseases. It will not ordinarily pay to keep a brood mare for the sole purpose of raising colts. Colts can be bought cheaper than they can he grown unless the farmer has wfork for his mares. Most farmers prefer the draft breeds, and for good reasons. There is always a demand, and always will be, for well bred draft horses weighing from fifteen hundred pounds upward. A certain number of these can be grown with very little additional ex- pense on farms that grow big enough grass. The draft horse can not he grown successfully on thit lands, on mountain lands, on lands that will not grow either clover, alfalfa or blue grass. On the right kind of land they can be grown in the United States quite as well as in any other part of the world. As to breeds, there is less difference than many suppose. Whether a man should breed the Per- cheron, Shire, Clyde, Belgian, or Suffolk Punch, de- pends more upon the character of the sires available and the particular breed grown in that particular county or section than on anything else. A Shire in a neighborhood where the Percheron is the favor- ite would be out of place: and a Percheron would be out of place in a Shire, Belgian, Clyde, or Suffolk Punch neighborhood. Many farmers fail through making a bad choice of sires. A grade sire is of course out of the question. He should prefer, if possible, a sire that has been trained to do so, and does, an actual day's work at least the greater portion of the year. If sentiment among farmers would compel stallioners to work their stallions there would be a very great immedi- ate advance in the science and art of breeding draft horses. Few farmers take the proper care of their mares at the time of mating. The man who works his mare on the plow or cultivator till late in tlie even- ing before mating her, or after mating her in the morning puts her to plowing and makes her do a hard day's work, does not deserve success. For some weeks before mating the mare should be well fed and not overworked. Perhaps the greatest mis- take farmers make is in using inferior sires to save a little money on the fee. This is utter foolishness. Another mistake is selecting sires that carry so much flesh that their defects are covered up. Use a little common sense in the mating, and the percentage of colts will be of much better quality. It goes without saying that the draft colt must be fed. If the dam is a good suckler it gives tie colt a great advantage. After weaning time it must be fed generously up to the time it is ready for market. o IMPORTANCE OF HORSE SHOWS. Breeders of trotting horses are often inclined to be skeptical concerning the fact that horse shows have an important bearing upon their interests. It' they are not skeptics they are very indifferent and this is a matter for wonder. For the horse shows are second in importance only to the offerings of the various racing circuits. Ultimately it seems certain that horse racing will be almost solely an adjunct to the great state and other fairs. And a competent as well as a most popular part of these fairs is the Horse Show feature. Illustration of the point under discussion is had in the announcement at hand concerning the International Show to be held in Chicago next month. Some two weeks prior to the date fixed for the closing of entries more than ten thousand nominations had been made, and the entries were pouring in at such a rate that the directors had found it necessary to limit competition to prize winners of this season or those having previously won championships. The accommodations of the greatest live stock market in the world not having a capacity for more than nine thousand animals. Thousands upon thousands of visitors from every part of the country pour through the gates at every session and no part of the entertainment is more popular than the horse show. But the shows must have the horses and except for the draft and saddle horse classes the trotting bred horse is hound to be the source of supply. Carriage and harness horses are recruited from but few classes, the Hackney, the French Coach and the Morgans furnished what little competition there is and It utterly unworthy of the name. On the other side of the question is the fact that many trotting horses have not speed enough to win their expenses upon the track, though these same horses would be. in many cases unbeatable on the tan- bark. Most of the great show horses are trotters converted to the curb bit and heavy leather. Con- sequently the man who entirely ignores the show ring possibility of his trotting bred horse is merely shutting his eyes to an alternative market for his wares which affords him a double value. Prices for high class show horses range well up toward the average of the trotting market and despite the in- vasion of the automobile, harness horses are in greater demand and command better prices than for many years. Breeders should encourage the Horse Show by every means. — Horseman. MORE FREQUENT ADJUSTMENT. One thing has impressed us quite strongly the last year or two in watching the course of events in ex- tended circuits like the Kansas and Oklahoma, and a few others of similar magnitude, says Spirit of the West. It is that more frequent readjustment of record performers to put them into the faster classes to which they become eligible would be deirable and promises to become a stern necessity. As at present a winner, or two or three of them, comes to the front possibly in the very first meeting, and proves invul- nerable in her field, going right through the circuit winning the races regularly as they come off. Two serious evils are almost sure to result. One is that other starters after a trial fall out of the class and from a large number of entries started in with it dwindles down to a beggarly few, possibly to two of three as has been witnessed in a number of instances. It is discouraging to owners meeting with such ex- perience and costly to those who know or see noth- ing to do but to go on through with no prospect of winning anything worth the expense. But worst of all is the effect produced on the racing as a public attraction and entertainment, a matter of the very highest consequence to harness speed horse and driv- ers. With a sure winner conceded the race it be- comes simply a procession almost, or wholly devoid of excitement or interest. It is like a "flier" race in the public eye and nobody cares to look at it. Just the change to make might not be so easy to suggest. Some classes do not develop such condi- tions and grow more intense and exciting by bat- tles for supremacy between a number of entries and they are better not disturbed. But after winning two or three firsts there seems the greatest reason for ro- tating a performer out of a class, or putting some sort of handicap on him to make things nearer even for the field started with. With good purses offered two or three first moneys in the same class ought to satisfy an owner to go on and race horses with even rating or record. Cinches for one man, or a few. can not be kept open for a permanency, as the many are of greater consequence, and the popularity of racing contests of still wider consideration. Im- provement of the present order is certainly desirable as well as feasible. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 13, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DeWITT. COMING EVENTS. A DEPUTY FISH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT. Bench Sliows. Nov. 3-6 — El Paso Kennel Club. (License.) El Paso. Texas. C. A. Beers, Sec'y. Nov. 9-12 — Lone Star Field Trial Club of Texas bench show. (License ) San Antonio. Texas. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. Nov. 10-13 — Santa Clara County Kennel Club. San Jose, Cal. Nov. 17-19 — Boston Terrier Cluh. Boston, Mass. Wal- lace Snow, Sec'y. Nov. 24-27 — Altoona Kennel Cluh, Altoona, Pa. C. E. Wensel, Sec'y. Nov. 29 — French Bulldog Club of New England. (License.) Boston, Mass. E. W. Bright, Sec'y. Dec. 8-11 — Louisville Poultry and Pet Stock Asso- ciation. (License.) Louisville, Ky. W. C. Cawthon. Sec'y. Dec. 9-10 — Tov Spaniel Club of America. New York Citv. Miss H. G. Parlett, Sec'y. Dec. 11 — Philadelphia Bulldog Club. Specialty show. (License.) Philadelphia, Pa. Edwin L. Boger, Sec'v. Dec. 16-17 — North Jersey Kennel Cluh. Newark, N. J. Jas. "Watson, Sec'y. Dec. 30-31 — Schuylkill Valley Kennel Club. Reading, Pa. N. E. Richards, Sec'y. Feb. 9-12 — Westminster Kennel Club. New York City. Wm. Rauch, Chairman. Feb. 22-25 — New England Kennel Club, Boston. Chas. W. Taylor Jr., Sec'y. Field Trials. Nov. 4 — Dayton Pointer Club. Dayton, O. John Roelrm, Sec'y. Nov. 4 — American Field Futurity, Hutsonville, 111. Ad- dress American Field Publishing Co., Chicago, 111. Nov. 8 — Independent Field Trial Club. Hutsonville, Ind. S. H. Socwell, Sec'y. Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 9 — Field Trial Club of New England. Norwalk, Conn. S. M. Sterling, Sec'y. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Ruthven, Ont. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. V. Nov 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root, Sec'y.' Dec. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. Dec. 7 — Virginia-Carolina Field Trial Association. Spray, N. C. C. B. Cooke. Sec'y. Dec. 13 — Southern Field Trial Club. Montgomery, Ala. John H. Wallace, Sec'y. Dec. 16 — Texas Breeders* Club. Taylor, Tex. A. A. Bogen, Sec'y. Dec. 27 — Mississippi Field Trial and Game Protective Association. Jackson, Miss. J. B. Smith, Sec'y. Jan. 3, 1910 — Eastern Field Trial Club. Cotton Plant, Miss. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y. Jan. 10 — Louisiana Field Trial and Kennel Associa- tion. . Arthur W. Van Pelt, Sec'y. Jan. 24 — Pacific Coast Field Trials Club, Bakersfield, Cal. E. Courtney Ford, Sec'y, San Francisco, Cal. Jan. 26 — North Texas Field Trial Association. Fort Worth, Tex. C. T. Hodge. Sec'y. Feb. 1 — Lone Star Field Trial Club. San Antonio, Tex. E. M. Ford, Sec'y. Jan. 11 — United States Field Trial Club. Rogers Springs, Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junc- tion, Tern. Jan. — National Championship Field Trial Associa- tion. To follow IT. S. trials. Rogers Springs. Tenn. W. B. Stafford, Sec'y. Grand Junction, Tenn. Alleged Game Law Violations. — J. T. Hazelwood. Hie keeper for the Gustine Gun Club has been ar- rested by Deputies Newsome and Blackwell, lor the alleged offense of shooting after hours. This is the same case in which J. I. Wooley was acquitted by jury trial, and L. D. Weinand plead guilty. Hazel- wood has demanded a jury trial. It is understood that the Gustine Gun Club has investigated the matter and come to the conclusion that its "Keeper is not guilty of the offense charged and will assist in his defense. Attorney Ostrander of Merced has been engaged and will look after Mr. Hazelwood's interests. District Attorney Shaffer will prosecute, and the case will be heard by Justice Griffin of Merced, who has been invited by Justice Meredith to sit in his place. The case was set for hearing last Friday, but it is reported that the attor- neys could not be present and that a postponement was ordered. Considerable feeling has been stirred up over this case and it will be fought hard. Hunting Wild Geese With an Auto. — A report from Hamilton, Glenn county, states: Wild geese are comiug in fast now and hunters can be seen in every direction, some of them with plenty of game. H. L. West of that place has found a new way of hunting and is causing quite a bit of comment. The geese were so thick on his ranch last week that he took his auto and a gun and started hunting. He would wait until the geese lighted and then would run the car at a high speed up as close as he could to them before they would fly and then would shoot into them. In this way he bagged several nice big geese and returned home thinking that he had found an ideal way of hunting geese. Big Run of Salmon.— -The ruu of salmon up Red Bluff way is an unusually heavy one at present. At both the Battle Creek and Mill Creek stations the at- taches are busily engaged in taking eggs. Every morning many of the farmers of Tehama county are at these places and carry away wagon- loads of spent salmon given to them after the spawn is ta'.en. Many go to see the work and see the fish :n their interesting and strenuous efforts to go over the dams. Sportsmen interested in the work of the State Fish and Game Commission will find worth perusing the following report, submitted by Deputy Ernest Schaeffle last month, this by the way can be regarded as a' fair sample of many submitted by the corps of deputies during the year: "On Tuesday, October 12th, after finishing my work at Susanville as far as possible at that time, I left for Alturas and the other towns in northern Modoc county. On my way out I met Mr. James, the agent of the N. C. O. Railway at Hot Springs, who had just re- ceived a shipment of pheasants from the game farm. I drove out to Mr. James' homestead, about four miles southeast of Hot Springs on the east side of Honey Lake valley and had a look at the pheasants themselves and the pen provided for them by their new owner. Both Mr. James and his wife are intel- ligent, high class people, who take an interest in any work that may benefit their community, and I be- lieve that they will make a success of their efforts in raising pheasants. As the east side of Honey Lake valley is as yet unsettled and altogether uncultivated, I advised Mr. James to liberate his birds — when the time comes that he has a surplus — on the cultivated lands bordering Honey lake on the west. The pheasants sent to Mr. Fitch of Purser are being held for propagating purposes in an enclosure near the town of Janesville, which is on the south side of Honey lake. This was one of the first locali- ties in the valley to be settled and cultivated and should be well suited to the birds. The Janesville section is well stocked with valley quail from the original planting of 13 birds brought from Carson sink in 1894 by W. H. Earle of Susanville. The val- ley quail seem to thrive better in these high moun- tain valleys than do the mountain variety, as during big snowstorms and cold weather they seek the shel- ter of haystacks, hedges and even barns, while the mountain quail stay in the timber and brush and are killed by the thousand. Mountain quail are very plentiful in Lassen and Modoc counties this fall ;and would not be unfavor- ably affected by all the hunting the native hunters could do. It is the opinion of sportsmen in the two counties mentioned that the lessened supply of moun- tain quail is the result of sheep pasturing, cold weather during the hatching season and in winter, and heavy snows that cover up all feed and even smother the birds in their roosting places. Men familiar with the habits of these birds inform me that they roost on the ground like a 'bob-white.' In a country of deep snowfall a bird like the valley quail — that roosts high — will stand storms and weather fatal to ground roosting game. A planting of 'bob-whites' was made in the Honey Lake valley some years ago, and they are seen occa- sionally. The bench lands encircling the valley are probably too dry for valley quail. I think the desert quail might do well. Upon my arrival in Alturas I met Deputy J. W. McAfee and drove with him over the Warner moun- tains to Cedarville in the Surprise valley. I found there one of the most unique communities in one of the most interesting regions I have ever discovered. 'Surprise valley' is probably a volcanic trough, formed by the breaking apart and subsequent uplifting and tilting of the ancient plateau floor. This action has left a long, narrow valley, walled in on east and west by precipitous ranges several thousand feet higher than the valley, and cutting off all means of natural communication with other territory. In consequence of this, the small streams that flow out of the moun- tains and through the valley were barren of all fish life, except some variety of sucker, until trout were brought in from Goose lake by a man named Wood- son, who conducted a resort on Lake Anna near Ft. Bidwell. As the result of his work and of the several plantings made by other citizens, every one of the fourteen local streams is now well supplied with fish. The three large lakes occupying the lowest part of the valley floor are so alkaline and salty that no fish can live in them. To the east and north of the valley, however, are two large fresh water lakes (Cowhead and Cook's) which, from report, are suited to black bass. They contain catfish, minnows and suckers, and I would recommend that they be stocked with bass. The mountains bordering the valley on the west are full of mountain quail, grouse and deer, while there are thousands of sagehens and some antelope in the eastern range. The deer in this section are 'mule deer,' and frequently weigh 300 pounds dressed. Valley quail were introduced into Surprise valley in 1904 by the Cedarville Gun Club. From the plant- ing of 14 birds brought from the Sacramento valley, there has been such an increase that now the entire valley for 70 miles is well stocked. The results obtained in Surprise and Honey Lake valleys, from plantings of the most modest character, certainly justify the continuance of this character of work by our Commission. This valley is phenomenally rich and with the se- curing of adequate transportation facilities will take its place in the front rank among western farming communities. The population of the valley at the present time, with four towns, Ft. Bidwell, Lake City, Cedarville and Edgeville, is perhaps 2000 and tlie value of its products this season will crowd the million dollar mark. I found little sentiment, among the people, favorable to fish or game protection, but interested some of the leading business men in the work of fish and game planting, and think that relations were estab- lished through my work that will prove profitable and pleasant, both to the country people and to the Commission. Deputy McAfee has done much good work in this section, but lacks the experience and local support to produce the results most desired. After returning to Alturas from Cedarville, I spent two days interviewing the county officials with whom we have frequent relations, and all those I could find who had any information of value to impart or who seemed interested in our work. The streams and lakes in the Modoc region teem with splendid trout, and the country is full of game; but the 'game law' is almost unknown and the aver- age citizen believes there is no reason for such laws or excuse for their enforcement. The region is very new and raw yet, and with the coming of new people and conditions a different sentiment will spring up and develop. In the meantime, we will need to keep up our present missionary efforts. The black bass planted in the Pitt river at Alturas and Likely seven years ago are now in evidence all along the streams — a number have been caught at Alturas this season and the fishing should be excel- lent within a few more seasons. The river below Goose lake on the north fork and Likely on the south fork is rather alkaline and very sluggish, hence altogether unsuited to trout. It should develop into a splendid bass stream, as the water is good enough and teems with small, inferior fishes for food. I met the officials in charge of the Modoc and Warner Mt. National Forests while in Alturas and had a pleasant talk with them. They are doing much work that advances our interests, even if they do not prosecute minor violations that come to their notice. Their mere presence in the hills has ended much of the trout spearing and dynamiting that was once common, and the winter killing of deer is not so general as it was. Mr. Baron, the Acting Super- visor, assured me that his department would lend their active aid in the support of any man we might send into the section. There are no game birds in the Pitt River valley except mountain quail, sagehens, ducks, geese and snipe, and I believe that valley quail would thrive there, as they have in the other valleys. The region is probably unsuited to pheasants because of the lack of cultivated farms and shelter. On my way home from the north, I stopped a day at Floriston and arranged with Superintendent Rus- sell of the Floriston Pulp and Paper Company to take up the long delayed work on the fishway and prose- cute it with proper diligence and along the lines suggested and outliend by the Commission. This fishway should be completely remodeled by the first of November and in such condition that next spring's run of fish will have no difficulty in passing over the dam. In the fishway developed by Deputy Mande- ville and myself, the force of the current has been almost entirely broken up and we have almost elimi- nated the 'jump' or 'rise' from pool to pool. The attached drawing shows this type of 'ladder' with its different features drawn separately and fully ex- plained. Deputy Mandeville and I also gave our attention to the matetr of preventing the waste liquor from the paper mill from flowing into the Truckee, and in my opinion solved the problem thoroughly. If it should at any time be considered necessary to change the present system of waste disposal, we can advise the paper company and save the previous nuisance, liti- gation and expense. In closing I will state that my visit impressed me with the necessity of appointing an intelligent, ener- getic, interested man to represent the Commission in Lassen and Modoc counties — a man who could do missionary work in a field that needs it." Fox Hunting With Beagles. — Seymour Hill and Lee Loveless of El Dorado, Cal., formally opened their winter campaign of extermination on predatory var- mints with their united packs of beagles last week. An exciting run of three hours succeeded in putting Reynard number one out of commission. Last win- ter these two men killed over 100 predatory animals — foxes, lynx, wildcats, coons and coyotes, says The Bee. The recenc rains have provided softer footing and better scent for the energetic and doughty little bea- gles and once started it is an exceedingly rare oc- currence that the quarry escapes. As most of these animals are found in the dense thickets of greenwood, manzanita or chaparral, these smaller hounds are idea! for the sport in this locality. Most of the foxes are run down and killed by the dogs, although occassionally one may tree. Cats, when hard pressed, usually take Co the trees. The wily coyote, however, commonly necessitates the use of buckshot. As landowners recognize the benefit of ridding their premises of these destructive animals, protecting their poultry aud game from damage, or extermina- tion, they give the hunters a wide-open permit. Quail are far more plentiful this season than last, due to the thinning out of their enemies. Tuolumne Rod and Gun Club members held a big "bluejay hunt" on the 9th inst, in the vicinity of Sonora. Saturday, November 13, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN NOTES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE PASSING OF THE FREAK DOG. [By August Wolf.] Three hundred and fifty-eight pounds was the weight of a black bear killed by T. A. Ireland of Colfax, Wash., on the Knight ranch near Parmington, Wash., on the Idaho border, recently, following a fierce battle between bruin and six dogs owned by Arthur Howe. This is the second big bear dis- patched by Ireland this season. Ireland was accom- panied on a hunting trip by T. J. Lenty, Claud Ren- frew and Frank Sheridan of Colfax, when Howe's dogs picked up the scent and followed it into the timber. The bear showed fight, but the handicap was too great and it made for a tall pine, where Ireland scored with the first shot. The hunters report seeing numerous tracks, indicating that bears are plentiful in the north Idaho hills. Hunters returning to Spokane from western Mon- tana report that William Green of Belton, felt the teeth and the claws of a grizzly in a fight with the bear, in Big Horn basin, 25 miles north of Midvale. While the man was torn on the arms and body, it is believed he will recover. Green, who was accom- panied by Samuel Brock of Whitefish, Mont., stopped on the side of the mountain to pick berries, when two bears made the attack, Green wounded one, but be- fore he could shoot the second time the other bear was upon him. The wounded bear's squeals attracted Brock, who was 200 feet ahead in the brush and he reached the scene in time to separate the com- batants. The two men started to run, but the bear caught Green and knocked him over the cliff. Brock stood his ground and killed the animal. Afterward he carried his wounded companion three miles to camp, thence 25 miles on a litter to the station at Midvale, whence he was conveyed on a train to the hospital at Whitefish. J. M. Mason and Arthur Merner of Tyler, Wash., stopped in Spokane two weeks ago on their way home from a big game hunt at the headwaters of Lake Chelan in north central Washington. They secured a black hear and a doe, 20 miles from Meadow creek. They carried the animals back five miles and obtained horses for the remainder of the trip. They report that bear signs were plentiful all about the lake and with dogs it would be possible to get a bear with a few hours' hunting. Mason and Merner made the trip with packs on their backs and without dogs, so they were hampered in securing more game. Real sportsmen and ranchers, Sunday hunters and other armchair experts are in the thick of an argu- ment in Yakima county, Washington, to ascertain the location of a coyote's knee. J. S. Cooper of Alfalfa, Wash., raised the question in questioning the auditor of the county, who declares it is on the front leg. Cooper maintains a coyote has elbows, County Game Warden Harmer sustains the former contention, but Cooper declares that as the coyote is not a game animal it does not come under the State law; there- fore, the ruling is not binding. The law says that the right forefoot of a coyote cut off at the knee entitles the slayer to a bounty for the trophy. Cooper has asked the State Commission for a ruling on the matter. Daniel Murphy of Spokane saved the lives of two young women by a well-directed shot which dis- patched a panther on the Mount Hood road near the Welch ranch in western Oregon. The big cat was crouched in a tree, ready to spring, as Zoe and Bee Welch were passing under it. Murphy saw the animal through the foliage and fired, the first shot inflicting a severe wound. He tried to slip another cartridge into the gun, but it exploded before the breech was locked and the firearm was rendered use- less. Murphy secured another gun and followed the panther for some distance by the blood stains and laid it low at the edge of a thicket. The cat is one of the largest yet bagged in Oregon. Cyrus Kleba, night clerk in a hotel at Sprague, Wash., fought a large bobcat in the rocks south of that town the afternoon of October 26th. Armed with a single-barreled shotgun, he started out to hunt ducks, and had gone five miles from town when he came upon the cat, lying at the foot of a large tree. He fired, wounding the animal slightly, when the cat bounded toward him and sprang before he could reload his gun, clawing and scratching in an en- deavor to reach the man's throat. Kleba held it off and, clubbing his gun, he beat the cat's head to a pulp, but not before it had torn his clothes into strips and scratched him on the face, arms and body. Probably the largest golden eagle ever killed in eastern Washington was brought down by A. W. Gates of Spokane, using a parlor rifle. The bird was preying upon pullets at Corbin park, within the city limits of Spokane, where it captured two birds, when the alarm was given, Gates, living nearby, went after the eagle, which was perched in a high tree. The first bullet wounded the eagle. However, it managed to fly nearly a mile before it became exhausted and fell in a field, where Charles Presnall caught it. The eagle is a magnificent specimen of its kind. It was fully feathered and quite fat. Gates will have it mounted. One hundred and thirty-nine geese, of which 30 were bagged by T. C. Martin of Spokane, fell before the guns of a party of 10 hunters near Roosevelt, Ore., a few days ago. The trip was made with Dr. N. G. Blalock and James Blalock of Walla Walla, Wash., J .0. McKinney of Spokane and five men from . Portland. Mr. Martin was accompanied by his brother-in-law, F.G. Cooper of Pasco, Wash. Speak- ing of the hunt he said: "The birds are very plenti- ful and there are lots of hunters, hut it requires good shooting as the geese are wary of the gun. We took no dogs and found no need for them." Some interesting remarks anent the disappearance of the "freak" dog are contributed to a London paper; we make the following extracts: The st'ongest bridge between any two classes in the animal kingdom is the friendship between men and dogs Over it have traveled — and today travel — multitudes of thoughts and feelings which sweeten the course of life. We all know people who let their affection for dogs take the place of their proper human affections; but in general the friendship of dogs is pure gain to humanity . They are human, with dif- ferences. No other animal in the world is really at home within the circle of human companionship. Much useless discussion is heard about the intelli- gence of animals, but it seems to me that the senti- ment of the dog for man is much more wonderful than the cleverest things that the cleverest liars have attributed to dogs. My spaniel, who has a con- tinuous mood of wretchedness, lasting sometimes for a mouth and more, when I am away, astonishes me more than if he could prophesy the day of my return. He knows me by my footstep, even the sound of my bicycle hell, and he knows me by his sense of smell, which it is my firm impression con- veys much more to him than identity. The friendship of dogs is so real a thing that a dog- lover goes to a dog show with mixed feelings. He de- lights to see such glorious specimens of the race, as, for instance, will be collected at the Crystal Palace show, but, at the same time, he nurtures a certain resentment against the "Fancy" which has made a semi-sc'entific sport of this human thing. The "Fancy," which flourishes nowhere as in Eng- land, is a very strange cult. It has Darwinian lean- ings— and. indeed, gave to Darwin half his exam- ples and evidence It is the apostle of unnatural se- lection It produces pigeons with such feathers on their legs that they cannot walk; mice that scarcely keep their equilibrium; hens that appear to he on stilts. It has laid its sacrilegious hand on the dog. The modern bulldog has the lower jaw so pro- longed that his grip, which should be his strongest point, is weaker than any mongrel's. His legs, or- iginally wide for strength, have been so straddled by the "Fancy" that, the dog moves with, difficulty. in. some of the toy dogs that nose is held to be the most beautiful of which the nostrils are directed most upwards. The fox-terrier, meant for earths and burrows, must now have iegs proportionately as long and straight as his nose. Even show retrievers are very far from that ideal reached the other day by Lord Rothschild's cow Dor- othy, which was first in show points and also first in milking competitions. Too seldom does the win- ner on the bench become the best sporting dog. Few hounds are seen at. the Kennel Club shows, and this is due in some measure to a natural reluctance among masters to allow an animal bred by sports- men of great fame to fall under the influence of the ingenious fanciers whose last thought is utility. The great prize St. Bernards die of heart disease before half their term of life is up, and feather-weight Ital- ian greyhounds shiver into their graves in spite of their greatcoats. Some of the tender and titivated toys that yap at the Kennel Club shows are as unlike the dog of our affection as are those strange and dog vagrants that frighten the visitor to Constantinople, or the wan- dering pariahs that vex the outskirts of an Indian village. Tel the club is one of the most efficient aud sensible institutions in the world; and our breeders have brought to great perfection almost all the imported dogs they have taken in hand. Our setters are now as good as, or better than, those of Spain; and neither America nor Newfoundland can compete with us in retrievers. Again the newly developed varieties are a real ad- dition to the number of our friends. What animal could be of sweeter disposition or finer lines than the golden retrievers shown in public for the first time last year by Mr. Harcourt? The newly "fixed" white West Highland terriers, for which at this moment there is something of a rage, have most, of the qualities that are proper to a dog. For these the scientific breeders, if not the "Fancy" proper, are to be thanked. If, after all, the mongrel is the most intelligent and faithful of all the species, it is still true ihat you can get the perfect mongrel from the aristocrat whose points are fixed in history. Year by year the Kennel Club drops affectations and insists more on adherence to nature. The freak dog is disappearing. The new era began when, to the horror of the "Fancy," the club forbade the clip- ping of the bull terrier's ears. Every such institution, necessarily autocratic, must be abused. We all have our criticisms to make. It seems to me, for example, a mistake that no sepa- rate identity is permitted to the Sealyham terrier, who is to other terriers what the beagle — whose pedi- gree is incomparable — is to the hound. His points are distinctive and beautiful and his identity clear. No terrier is more terrier-like in build or character, But this is a small point. The club is sensible, strong, and very English. It is regarded as a model all over the world, especially in America. Nevertheless some teirtble crimes have been committed in its name. The bulldog, accepted by an ironical accident as typically English, is ruined. His nose is not meant to retract between his eyes, as the "Fancy" at present demands, nor his under- jaw to protrude aud hook as the judges desire. In this case the prime principle has been very closely correlated with the original use of the dog. If any l'reakishness is allowed, as in this most unhappy in- stance, a crime is committed against the worthiest friend of man. The show at the Crystal Palace is described as for "sporting and other dogs, ' and, in spite of the horde of pet dogs, sporting proclivities still come to the top. and much less unworthy tampering has been per- mitted with hounds, retrievers, and spaniels than with the "other dogs." But though the master attrib- ute of all dogs is the power to scent, in the shows shape and coat must take first rank. This power of scent is something more than a very fine sense. It moulds in a large degree the mind of the animal. The Osbaldestons and the great masters of hounds have always bred for "nose," and for this reason they and the owners of retrievers in the past have produced dogs of incomparable intelligence. No doubt the toy is clever, in some respects extraordi- narily so. For craftiness nothing can cap that quite authentic tale of the toy spaniel who stole an egg every morning, and every morning made the big dog, his companion, eat up the fatal evidence of his guilt — the shell. But if the larger sense, the deeper fidelity, the higher capacity for friendship are what we seek in the dog, we should breed for these quali- ties with the same seriousness that the sportsman has done, with wonderful results, in order to obtain stamina and hunting qualities in hounds that should be "matched in mouth like bells." Of course, the dog should have "a form complete," as in White Melville's fine description; but he had too good an eye for a dog not to include among the other quali- ties— the straight legs, round feet, "and frigate-like ribs" — the "fashion" and "fling" that tell of the inner intelligence. The hound, if we must take a special variety, stands for all dogs. The puppy which is "walked" by a vil- lager apart from the pack develops at once his genius for friendship. His nature has nothing savage in it. The foxhound is perhaps — the bloodhound excepted — the least fierce of all varieties. It is only when he re- turns to primal ways and is carried away by the zest of the pack and the huuting scents that any rage possesses him. Nevertheless, he lives faster than other animals outside his species. For all dogs ex- haust themselves. They breathe quickly; their en- ergy is furious. The number of foot-pounds a collie, with his "clamor on small occasions, fussiness," will lift in a morning's walk baffles arithmetic. In a day he touches the extremes of ecstacy and lethargy, and his genius for friendship has but a short course. If dogs lived longer they would surely converse with yet more speaking gestures, movements, and sounds than those of the nose lifting our forearm from the knees, the slight bit quick vibration of pleasure, when we touch for a moment in the midst of work the half-slumberous form at our feet, or the dance of pleasure as the hat is taken from the peg. The dog is a great friend because self-negation — so strangely opposed to his physical energy — is as innate in his character as is self-interest in the cat's. PACIFIC COAST DERBY ENTRIES. The list of Derby candidates, given below, for the twenty-seventh annual Derby Stake of the Pacific Field Trials Club, includes a classy lot. Nine of these young dogs (designated by a star) ran in the recent northwest trials at Ladnor, B. C, and Salem, Ore., and have had a prior seasoning and working on Denny pheasants. Melrose Prince and Melrose Rod ran in the North Dakota Derby. Prince was given a divided third, Rod's work was very much praised. This meeting was run on prairie chickens, rather wild, the shooting season having been on for some time. Shasta Daisy was placed second in the British Col- umbia trials at Ladnor, B. C, in September (East- view by Prince Rodney-Iagleside Flirt won first). In the Pacific Norihwest Realization Stake, which event took the place of the usual Derby, under practically the same conditions of running, Shasta Queen won first and Eastview took second place. In the Oregon trials at Salem in October Queen ran third in the Derby. Belvidere divided third in the British Columbia trials, he was unplaced in the Pacific Northwest and Oregon trials. Melrose Prince was not placed in the B. C. trials but divided third in the Pacific Northwest Derby. Dick F. won the Oregon Derby, Miss Ives ran sec- ond Melrose Prince and Melrose Mack each ran in the second series of both the B. C. and North- west meetings. Shortly after the Oregon trials, Dick was pur- chased by S. Chiistenson, who subsequently disposed of him to Fir.nk H. Jeriuyn, In the opinion of sev- eral sportsmen present Dick was not regarded, good dog as he is, the better dog tha'i Miss Ives or Shasta Queen — if he was, it was thought a good plan to secure him, which was done. The work at Bakers- field, on valley quail, should decide the question. In the Oregon Derby there were eight starters, with but two exceptions, it is reported, they were as classy a lot as could be wished for. Dick F., so it is stated, "is "a dog that can worry them all." He is large and upstanding, built on pleasing lines, has strength and a lot of endurance. He is a fast goer and a wide ranger, looking for birds all of the time, with the independence and boldness that is desired in a Derby puppy. He thoroughly under- stands Chinese pheasants and knows how to handle them. In his work he reminded one of Ch. Senator P. or Ch. Kilgarif. Miss Ives ran two stylish and classy heats, she was full of ginger and out after birds all lb'- 'inn- 18 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 13, 1909 She is a merry and attractive worker. Shasta Queen has the speed, range and style, but was unfortunate in not getting birds in her heats. William Dormer of Oakland, Cal., and Henry L. Betten of Alameda, Cal., have been invited to judge the coming trials at Bakersfield, beginning January 24th. 1910 The closing date for the All-Age entries has been set back from December 1st until January 1st next. There will be four events as usual — a Derby, All- Age, Members' and Champion Stake. The Executive Committee, Jos. E. Terry, S. Chris- tensen and T. J. A. Tiedemann propose to provide (by donation of gentlemen sportsmen) three cups for each event excepting the Champion Stake, in which latter the winner will receive a cup and so also will the runner-up, there will be no purse offered. The purses in the Derby and All-Age will be divided in the usual ratio. Stockdale Kennels' pointer entry, Frank, if breed- ing counts anything, should give a good account of himself. On pointer blood lines he is hard to beat. The Derby entries number 17 (11 English setters and 3 pointers), and are the following: •Dick F„ liver and white pointer dog, by Henley's Jack-Juar.it?.. whelped , 190S. F. H. Jeimyn, San Franciscc, owner. Sky Blue, black, white and tan English setter dog. by "Boy Blue-Kil's Jioxie. whelped . 190X. J. G. Roberts, Madera, owner. Unnamed dark liver and white pointer dog. by Houghton's Doc-Queen, whelped March 9, 190S. Lloyd Tevis, Stockdale Kennels, owner. Frank, liver and white pointer dog. by Fishel's Frank-Alford Babe, whelped July 3, 190S. Lloyd Tevis, Stockdale Kennels, owner. •Miss Ives, black, white and ticked English setter bitch, by St. Ives-Kil's Moxie. whelped June 1. 190S. 5. Christenson, San Francisco, owner. •Belvidere. black, white and tan English setter do?. by Caesar-K°epsal:e, whelped June 1, 190S. S. Chris- tenson, San Francisco, owner. Linda, black, white and tan English setter bitch. by Cavalier-Belinrln. Whe'perl April — , 190S. A. R. Hardin. San Francisco, owner. •Melrose Pvinee. black, white and tan English setter dog. by Ptince Rodnev-I^akefield Annie, whelped March — , 190S. J. W. Considine, Seattle, owner. •Melrose Rod, black, white and tan English setter dog. by Prince Rodney-Lakefield Annie, whelped March — , 190S. J. W. Considine. Seattle, owner. Melrose Jane, black, white and tan ticked English setter bitch by MeCloud Boy-Melrose Norah, whelped January, — , 190S. J. "W. Considine. Seattle, owner. •Melrose Mack, white, black and tan English setter dog. by MeCloud Boy-Sue. whelped March — , 190S. J. W. Considine, Seattle, owner. •Blossom Whitestone, black, white and tan Eng- lish setter dog, by Cll. Count "Whitestone-Glimmer. whelped May 6, 1908. Post and Taylor, Sacramento. Cal., owTners. Glim, blue Helton and tan English setter Jos. by Ch. Count Whitestone-Glirimer, whelped May 6, 190S. Post and Taylor, Sacramento. Cal., owners. Blue Bonnet, black, white and tan English setter bitch, by Boy Blue-Tiburon, whelped , 1908. J. B. Chase. San Francisco, owner. •The Judge, black, white and tan English setter dog, by Ch. Count Whitestone-Glimmer, whelped May 6, 190S. F. J. Ruhstaller, Sacramento. Cal., owner. Shasta Queen, white and lemon English setter hitch, by Ch. Count Whitestone-Glimmer. whelped May 6, 1908. Jos. E. Terry, Sacramento, Cal.. owner. Keepsake Caesar, black, white and tan English setter bitch, by Caesar-Keepsake, whelped June 1, 1908. W. H. Estabrook, Treka, Cal., owner. DOINGS IN DOGDOM. GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. A bench show will be held iu Mexico at the San Antonio International Fair, November 6th to 17th. Mr. W. C. Lee of Winnipeg, Man., judged the Brit- ish Columbia trials at Ladnor, B. C. September 27th, 1909. Mr. J. A. Balmer of Cle-Ellum, Wash., judged the Pacific Northwest trials at Ladnor, B. C, September 30th 1909 Mr. T. J. A. Tiedemaun, of San Francisco, judged the Oregon trials at Salem, October 7, 3909. In the injunction suit brought by Wm. Ellery against the Pacific Advisory Committee there was a demurrer filed, there has been three postponements of two weeks each on motion of the defendant. The case will come up again on the 19th inst. Ellery is not fighting the A. K. C. He is, however, standing on his legal rights for fair treatment and in this he is practically a champion in behalf of Coast dogdom — his interest is that of every fancier in 'he jurisdiction of the Pacific Advisory Committee. Grave charges have been made and the committee has seen fit to constitute itself a trial court. Action has been taken by an unauthorized and irresponsible body that impugns the character and may be of damage to a citizen and fancier. The matter will not be allowed to drop by the whitewash route. Ellery insists upon a trial but claims the committee has no authority to try him. He is willing that the American Kennel Club should take up the matter, as it properly should do, and is ready to submit the matter to headquarters. Salt water anglers are elated over the promised sport in striped bass fishing resorts. These fine fish are known to be frequenting many parts of the bay waters, and among the visitors are some huge fish. A bass weighing C4 pounds was caught recently in San Pablo bay by net fishermen. Two weeks ago Bob Sangster caught a 44 pound fish in San Antone slough with rod and line, on a clam bait. Near Wiugo, Rodeo, Port Costa. Tiburon lagoon and other resorts quite a few bass have been landed, several goirg over 30 pounds in weight. Last week a number of bass were taken at San Autone and Wingo that ranged from 20 to 35 pounds, to say nothing of quite a few smaller fish. Duck hunters have had excellent sport, in many localities within easy reach of this city, for a week past. As usual the Suisun preserves have afforded the best results. Weather conditions have greatly favored sportsmen in some districts and subdued the sport in others. The main flight of northern birds is due in a week or too, if the experience of past years is repeated. Among the fewr northern birds in are redheads and Muebills, fat as butter. This argues they had an easy trip down from the north. In some portions of the State, notably so in and around Los Angeles ducks have been scarcer than for years past. Reports from some points in Washington are that the northern flight is way behind this season. On the contrary, reports from the middle west, Utah, Minnesota, the upper Mississippi, the rice fields of Texas, and other southern points, even from the extreme East, Long Island for instance, and from the interior of Mexico, state that ducks are and have been for several weeks more numerous than for many past seasons. With some observing sportsmen, the theory has been advanced, that through some unknown condi- tions, probably wind and storm, the main body of the southward bound ducks has been deflected from the usual path of migration favorable to our coast, and in consequence the wildfowl have taken a course south along a more easterly line of longitude than usual. Conditions for the quail bunting sportsman have been rather favorable, although better sport will en- sue when tho leaves and other cover get a drenching of rain. Tho season in Marin county has been ex- cellent. A week ago many limits were turned in by gunners who had an outing in the Marin hills. At the Country Club among the shooting squad were: F. W. Van Sicklen, George Boyd, LeRoy Nickel, John Lawson, Templeton Crocker, Alex Ham- ilton and John Quay. Besides limits of valley quail, tea: and sprig ducks were shot, Hamilton grassed fourteen English snipe and Quay satisfied his angling enthusiasm with a string of twenty-five nice trout. Van Sicklen, who is a member of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, carried his birds on a game strap when he boarded the Sausalito boat. The string of quail attracted the attention of a deputy fish commissioner. The deputy thought the bunch of birds w"as over the limit — the ducks were covered by the quail — he introduced himself as a State officer and requested permission to count the quail. He did, found the bag within the legal score, expressed his appreciation of the courtesy shown and was pass- ing away, when Van Sicklen, after complimenting the deputy for his zeal, showed his own badge, the deputy for a moment was very much at a loss. He had had the unique experience of holding up his chief. The Salmon Creek Club is happily located about nine miles from Bodega, on a preserve where not only quail abound, but ducks and snipe are found with steelhead and striped bass fishing in the creek and lagoon that is first class. Will Golcher, Ned Bosqui, John B. Coleman, Jack Lemmer, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. TJhl, Phil B. Bekeast, and other sportsmen have re- cently enjoyed excellent sport at this preserve. Fred Butler found quail enough for the day in Marin county to score a limit last Sunday. For those who have the time and opportunity a trip to the Fresno vineyard country pans out a quail hunt worth going after. Dr. Simon, Dr. La Coste and Theodore Kytka shot limits for four days last week over the Anchor vineyard fields. The Scyamore country, twelve miles from Brent- wood, a rough district to shoot in, is reported to he well stocked with quail at present. A visit last week to the Rio Seco district, near Soledad, by Ed Schultz and C. C. Nauman for a quail shoot turned out indifferently. Birds were plentiful enough, but sprinted and dodged in and about the abrupt knolls and hills and baffled the hunters to a degree. The closing days on quail in San Mateo county at San Gregorio were enjoyed by Arthur* Blade. Besides the birds, cottontail rabbits and trout were gathered. The private fish pond industry in many East- ern States has assumed huge proportions, particu- larly so iu New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Pennylvania- The breeding and raising of trout and other varieties of fish for commercial purposes has been regulated by legislation so that there is now no clash between the angling fraternity, who catch fish for sport and recreation, and the individ- ual who raises fish for sale. The system of sending privately raised fish to market is under the espion- age of delegated officials in States where it is a vio- lation of the law to sell any trout, for instance, taken from the public waters. The fish rearing business is coming westward. In Montana it is in full swing. In Oregon and Washington the project has been favorably received. The recent incorporation of the California Trout Farm Company is the initial move in this State for the creation of a trout selling plant. The statutory weight limit for trout which are sold in market is placed at not less than one pound. Many anglers and sportsmen are favorable to the prohibition en- tirely of the sale of wild trout as a protective meas- ure for the trout streams. This sentiment has been appeased in other Stales by the private fish pond enterprises. The people who like trout, but do not fish for them, can now have the fish served provid- ing they have the price. That this may be in future the custom in vogue in California remains to be seen. The movement has the uninterested support of a number of promineut sportsmen, also some opposi- tion. For the California Trout Pond Company affairs are not progressing smoothly. There is at present a mixup with both Mendocino county and Ukiah officials. An ordinance was adopted this week, to take effect November 20th which prohibits the taking of fish eggs of any variety of the streams of Mendo- cino county for the purpose of being hatched in any other county The breeding of trout or other fish in that county for outside stocking and the taking of any fry out of the county for other streams is also stopped. The California Trout Pond promoters, so it is claimed, acquired last July the rights and interests of the Northwestern Railroad Company in the Ukiah hatchery and also the spawTn-taking plant on Eel river, these the company had maintained for four- teen years past. A ten years' lease was secured and is on record from the county to the company for the Ukiah plant. The promoters maintained at an ex- pense of nearly $1000 the latter establishment during July and August. Subequently a question arose over one of the spe- cific conditions of the lease — the amount of trout fry to be placed annually in the Mendocino streams by the new management. According to the lessee's fig- ures, this would practically take the whole output of the hatchery. The new company removed about 40,000 trout fry, leaving 400,000 troutlets in the tanks at Ukiah. While the vexed question was being threshed out certain of the city fathers took possession of the hatchery buildings. The little trout were liberated in various streams of the county and now the hatch- is closed up. This action will result in a suit for damages. The trout fry, taken without warrant, were valued at $20 per thousand. These little fish had originally been hatched by the railroad company and were part of the assets assigned by the railroad company to the fish pond promoters. The claim is made that the fish were the property of the company and that the county had no right to take them. The ordinance, it is further claimed, will not stand, but for the present both the Ukiah and the Eel river stations are tied up. The company has a lease of the latter place for ten years from a power corpora- tion, upon the land of which the Eel river station is located. It is proposed to use the Eel river station as a base of supply for trout eggs. Some of the proceeds were to go to Ukiah and the balance to a hatchery to be erected in Marin county. The Marin county hatchery will be established by the county authorities but will be operated by the trout breediug company, whose ponds are located near Inverness. The establishment of county hatch- eries is past the experimental stage, as is illustrated by the success of the Santa Cruz hatchery at Brook- dale. The few days of the open trout season remaining will be, in most localities, just a bit too rigorous for the fly-casting fraternity. Truckee river fishing is now practically under the ban of snow conditions. Eel river still furnishes good sport for a number of rod- wielders. The next number on the program will be Russion river — provided the rains do not raise freshets and roil the steelhead pools. A trip last week to San Gregorio creek by Arthur Blade resulted in a basket of trout from nine to fourteen inches in length. Within a comparatively recent period many streams in this State have been plentifully restocked with trout fry from the Sisson hatchery. This State estab- lishment is, in the opinion of piscicultural experts, regarded as one of the best appointed hatcheries iu the United States. When location, water, climate and other necessary conditions are taken into con- sideration there is no other hatchery in the East, not even those under Federal management, that can be compared to the Sisson hatchery. The young trout are taken from the State ponds and distributed here and there by means of one of the best appointed "fish cars" in the LTnited States. Notable Visitors. Mr. W E. Keplinger, vice-president of the Peters Cartridge Company, while on a recent tour of the Coast, stopped over for a week in San Francisco. Mr. Keplinger, in due course, met a number of our representative local sportsmen and was pleasantly entertained. If his passing comment on men and affairs is any criterion we believe he was most favor- ably impressed with present conditions here. One thing certain he made quite a few friends in this neck of the woods. Captain Arthur W. Du Bray, representing Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., was due in San Francisco this week, coming through on his annual visit to the Coast. The genial Captain has many friends here — and all along the line, among shotgun devotees who will be pleased to shake hands once more with the "Old Reliable" representative. "In addition I had with me a number 12 Fox shot- gun. No better gun was ever made.'' Mr. A. W. Conner, vice-president of the Fox Gun Company, was in our city last week and found a number of interested sportsmen keen to be ad- vised as to the merits of the Fox gun, so pertinently advocated by Colonel Roosevelt in his story of recent African hunting experiences. — o Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 13, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN crasKOjacesassDiooJSCOKcrooooooo THE FARM OBTAINING FERTILE EGGS. It is from strong, healthy breeders that one obtaius the largest percent of strong- ly fertilizing eggs, if these breeders re- ceive the right care and proper food. The houses must be comfortable and roomy, and the most scrupulous cleanli- ness must be observed in them. Filthy houses are the breeding places of lice and mites, and biddies infested and torment- ed by these pests lay few eggs, and those few will contain weak germs, or what is more likely, no germs at all. Green food is conductive to the health of the fowls and also to greater egg pro- duction. Small potatoes, beets, veget- able parings, etc., may be chopped and fed raw to the poultry ; and a head of cabbage suspended by a string, just out of reach of the birds, is so tempting that they are induced to jump for the coveted bites, and thus while satisfying a craving for the green food, exercise is taken at the same time. An occasional meal of some meat food is a great aid to the pro- duction of fertile eggs. Scraps of meat may be cut up and made to fill this re- quirement; green cut bone also will ans- wer, or soup stocks and gravies — left overs from the family table — with scraps of cooked meat help materially where added to the morning mash. As water enters very largely iuto the formation of each egg, it is very important that plenty of fresh water is supplied the fowls in each pen daily. Grit, oyster shell and charcoal, each should have a place in the breeding pen. Sometimes the head of the breeding pen is responsible for the lack of fertility in the eggs for hatching, and if a large per cent are found infertile, and no other cause can be found for the trouble, it is well to remove the male and substitute another, to discover, if possible, where the fault lies. It has been found a good plan to have two males for each pen, us- ing each alternately, a day or two at a time. "We have not tried this, but have been told by one who did, that a larger per cent of fertile eggs was obtained by such practice. — Rural World. o A Colorado farmer relates the follow- ing in reference to the use of Hubbard squashes in that State : A neighbor claims he can finish the fattening of hogs on Hubbard squashes in one-half the time he can with corn, while with pumpkins he can only make them hold their own. He says he can finish a hog in fair condition in six weeks on about one ton of squashes, making a 200 to 250-pound hog. He cuts the squashes and feeds them raw, and says the hogs clean up everything, shell and all. The squash apparently has a fattening value greater than that of the pumpkin, and both pumpkins and squashes are worthy of more attention in swine husbandry than has been generally given them. o A writer in the Swineherd says it is expensive foolishness on the part of a breeder to attempt to grow and develop the runts in any litter. From my past experience I am convinced that it will be beneficial to the breeder and the breed to kill off the runts. They not only do not remunerate the feeder "for his feed, but they are a constant menace to the bal- ance of the litter and health of your herd. They aie inviting to every disease germ. They have so little resisting powers that they are a fruitful source of the begin- ning of a disease that may get beyond your control, then contaminating or in- fecting the balance of the herd. Warranted give satisfaction. GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM A safe, speedy and positive cure for Curb, Splint, Sweeny, Capped Hock, Strained Tendons, Founder, Wind Puffs, and all lameness from Spavin, Ringbone and other bony tumors. Cures all skin diseases or Parasites, Thrush, Diphtheria. Removes all Bunches from Horses or Cattle. As a HUMAN KEMEDT for Khen- matiim, Sprains, Sore Throat, et«.. It is invaluable. Every bottle of Caustic- Balsam sold is Warranted to give satisfaction. Price 1S1.50 per bottle. Sold by druppists, or sent by ex- press, charges paid, with full directions for its use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo- nials, etc. Address TEE LAWRENCE- WILLIAMS COMPANY, Cleveland, Oai' FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. Brood Mare Zombro Filly Standard bred and registered trotting mare — Black Vela — by Alta Vela: 2 in the list. A great mare and producer. Standard bred trotting filly (coming three) by Zombro. out of Black Vela. Large and as perfect as a picture; never been trained but she has all the qualities of the fastest and should develop into extreme L speed. ■rMMk« c:m., J Coming two. Not standard Zombro Filly j bred but a grand individual. Will sell or exchange one or all for draft stock, horses or mules. For particulars address CHAS. L. MOON, 817 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Nutwood Wilkes Mare For Sale. A dark bay tive-year-old mare, 15-2, weighs about 1000 pounds, and is a full sister to the fast mareElmaS. Matinee record 2:1S. This mare is perfectly sound and gentle and anyone can drive her. She has been driven a mile in 2:25 and is a goorl gaited trotter. Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by California Nutwood, second dam by Anteeo 2:10.1.j, third dam Queen by Venture. For further particulars apply at the office of the Breeder and Sportsman. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. No. 1. Brown gelding, 4 years old, stands 15 2 hands, sound, showed trial miles in 2:20 as a 3- year-old. Perfectly gentle for a lady to drive. Not afraid of cars or automobiles. No. 2. Brown gelding, 7 years old. stands 15.2 hands, sound, record 2:23H. trial 2:18>£ as a 3- year-old. Gentle for a lady to drive, not afraid of cars or automobiles. These two horses are handsome, good roadsters and are being used regularly every day as buggy horses. Address, C. A. SPENCER, Woodland. Cal. FOR SALE. The imported Belgian stallion Barnum de Limelette. No. 2672S; color brown, weight 2000 pounds, age 8 years. Also the imported German Coach stallion Odin No. 89/4: color black, weight 1450 lbs., age 8 years. Both of these horses are high-class pro- ducers and intending purchasers will be shown their colts. Horses and colts can be seen at Liv- ermore, Alameda county. For further particu- lars call or address MAX BERLIN. Box 616. Livermore, Cal. HIGHLAND C. 2:19 4 FOR SALE Mr. "W. A. Clark Jr. has decided to sell his grandly bred, standard and registered trotting stallion Highland C. 43S35, by Expreso 29199, dam Alpha 2:231/£ by Alcantara 729, dam of 4 standard performers, 3 producing sons and 2 producing daughters, second dam the famous broodmare Jessie Pepper by Mambrino Chief 11, dam of 2 stand- ard trotters. 3 producing sons and 7 producing daughters. Highland C. is one of the best bred stallions living. He is black, stands 16.1 and will weigh 1100 pounds, and is ten years old. His opportunities in the stud have been very limited, still he has proved him- self to be a great sire. But five of his colts have ever been trained. He is the sire of Cynara. three-year-old record, trot- ting, 2:23. Chiquito, four-year-old public trial, pacing. 2:08%. Miss Wyman. three-year-old public trial, trotting, 2:23&. lola. two-year-old public trial, trot- ting; 2:23%. Silas King, three-year-old public trial, trotting. 2:31. Will guarantee him a sure foal get- ter, and sell him so as a man can pay for him in one season. The horse can be seen at Agricultural Park, Los Angeles. For price, address J. O. GERRETY, 910 West 39th Street, Los Angeles, Cal. The Holiday Number • •_■•• • • •_» >•• • • a • • • ■ • • a • o •:• • • • ■-■:■-« a • •••:••••:••:« • »:•■■ • • •»•:••• •••a* • • • a •: •:»:•:•••• a aaaa a ••••:•• ■ a • < :*:*:a:a.a.a a_a_a:a.a:a a a o •:•„•• • * * Of The BREEDER arid CPORTSMAN TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 25TH. Advertisers Should Re- serve Space Now. • ••• • •••••••••• ••*••••-* :••• • -•.• • a. a a •••••* a a •:• • • • •**••• • :*•*•* a. a. a. a a • i • :•■:■•■:■• ,a:a :a:a la'.a.a a •«:•:«:«• a * a a-»;a.a-' »•-• a •_•,»» »;aa:a:» ••;•:••;• :a;a ••:••* It is only a few weeks now to Christmas. Therefore arrangements are already under way to make the HOLIDAY NUMBER a feature of the midwinter season from the all around sportsman's viewpoint. It will contain original, at- tractive reading combined with pictorial features. The HOLIDAY NUMBER will be a splendid advertising medium. Advertisers should therefore arrange at once for space. Addressing the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco •OBOacwcaiararerai-a^a-ara:* "a :a-*r«:a:a'a-a:«r-» ;■•:•: .a a :a l a _ a a a a _a :a a:a a a a a : a : a : a a a a a w * * Pedigrees Tabulated (Typewritten, Suitable for Framing. I Stallion Folders with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on back page. Stallion Cards Two sides, size ?>}£ x 6%, to fit exvelope. Stallion Cards for Posting Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14. STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1. It Pays to Advertise Your Horse! Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francit-eo ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco, Cal. 12 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 13, 1909. SKINNING A BEEF ON THE RANCH. A reader asks bow beef should be stuck and skinned when slaughtered on the ranch where there are no facilities for slinging it up on a gambrel. Most butchers advise the following as a correct way to stick and skin the beef. Stand in front of the lying animal with back to the body. Place one foot under the jaw and the other in front of the fore legs. Then lay open the skin from the breast bone toward the jaw for a distance often or twelve inches. Insert the knife with the back against the breast bone and the tip pointed directly toward the spinal column at the top of the shoulders. Cut under the windpipe to a depth of five or six ihch.es. The vein and arteries across at this point and if they are sev- ered the blood will flow freely. "When the veins on one side of the windpipe have been severed, run the knife on the other side also and sever them there. Do not make the cut too deep tor the pleura may be punctured and the blood will flow into the chest. Begin skinning as the carcass lies, by splitting the skin from the poll to the nose. Skin the face back over the eyes on both sides and down the cheeks. Cut around the base of the horns, leaving the ears on the hide. Then split the skin from the chin down to the incision made for the sticking. Start the skin slightly on the sides of the neck and down to the jaws. Remove the head by cutting just back of the jaws to the de- pression just back of the poll. The carcass should then be rolled on its back and held there by placing a post on each side or by bracing it up with sticks braced against each side of the brisket. Split the skin over the backs of the fore legs from between the dew claws to the point three or four inches above the knee. Skin around the knee and the chin, unjointing the knee at the lowest joint. The brisket and the foreleg need not be skinned till the carcass is bung. Cut across the cord over the hind shin to relax the foot. Split the skin from the dew claws to the hock and up over the rear part of the thigh to a point five or six inches back of the cod or udder. Skin the hock or shin, removing the leg at the lowest joint of the hock. In splitting the skin over the thigh the knife should be turned down flat, with the edge turned outward to avoid cutting the flesh. After the legs are skinned well down split the skin from the breast) bone to the rectum. Begin at the flanks and skin along the mid line until the side is nicely started. Then skin down the sides, taking care to leave the mus- cles over the abdomen on the carcass. Their presence on the hide is objection- able while the carcass looks much better with them. On the side skinning it is necessary to go nearly down to the back bone, leaving the skin attached at the thighs and shoulders. Skin over the but- tock and as far down on the rump as pos- sible. After the carcass has been opened the hind quarters may be raised to a sufficient height to remove the skin from the thighs, rump, hips, and finally from the front shoulders. — Field and Farm. 0 SHEEP AND WOOL. Nearly all the wool raised in the United States east of the Missouri river is medium wool. This is because the best mutton sheep are of this class. The Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana wools bring the highest price; they are cleaner and consequently shrink less and are mostly staple wools. Wools from the above sec- tions and neighboring States are called bright wools; those from Western Minnesota, Western Iowa, the Dakotas and Eastern Nebraska and Kansas are sr-iii-bright. The range wools are usually known as Western wool and are quoted generally by the name of the State in which they are raised, such as Montana, Oregon, Colorado and Utah wools. They all have characteristics that distinguish them, owing to the soil, climate and range conditions. All farms of eighty acres and up ought to have a small flock of sheep. When fenced for them there is little expense in keeping them, as they eat mostly what would be wasted by the other stock. They kill out the weeds and bring in money for the wool at a time when the farmer usually has little else to turn into money. The range wools, according to the Fur News, are much better in breeding and staple than a dozen years ago, because the sheepmen have been steadily grading up their flocks with the best blood that could be secured, regardless of price. The result is that their wools are bring- ing nearly if not quite as much as the Eastern or bright wools of the same grades. — Rural World. o Soils of the United States are not wearing out and the crop yields are rather increasing than decreasing. These facts are demonstrated in a bulletin shortly to be issued by the bureau of soils of the agricultural de- partment, prepared by Prof. Miltou Whitney, chief of the bureau. The bulletin deals exhaustively with the yields of the crops from 1887 to 1906 inclusive. M^MURkAY You Ought to Know all about this sulky if you are in need of a bike. Ask for our large catalog — it's mailed free. Also book of photos of famous horses drawing sulky. The McMurray Sulky Go. Marion, Ohio. Full line of speed and road carts, wagons, etc. Write W. J. Kenney, 531 Valencia St., San Francisco, Cal., for Catalog KENDALLS SPAVIN DIRE "ONLY SURE REMEDY" Gadsden, Am., Apr. 28, 1909. Dr. B. J. Kendall Co. Gentlemen-. Please send me copy of your TREVTISE. I have beennsingyour spavin Cure for 20 years, am', find It Is the only sure remedy. It Is in© best liniment I car* got lor horse and man. Yours truly, W.J.JIcBee. That tells the whole story, and It Is the ex- perience that hundreds of thousands have had in the past 10 years, and it's the experience you will have — "It is the only sure remedy"— For Spavin, Ringbone, Curb, Splint, Swellings and All Lameness Sold ByDrung'sts— 31. OOa Bot'le, 6 bottles for 85.00. Keep It on hand always. Be ready tor the emergency. Kendall'? stops the pain, starts the circulation, penetrates and removes the caus* ofthedlBorders. Asb forafreecopy of "A Treat- lee on the Horse." It not at dealers write to — DR. B. J. KENDALL CO., Encsburg Falls, VU YOU DON'T WANT TO FIRE? YOU DOX'T WANT TO BLISTER? YOU DOX'T WANT A SWELLED AND FEVERED LEG? NOR A PERMANENTLY THICKENED LEG? NOR A CURE THAT RELAPSES? DO YOU? Success instead of being contingent upon one or all these direful expedients is absolutely free from them with "Save-the-Horse." 71 Beaver Hall Hill, MONTREAL, P. Q.. Sept. 30. 1909. Troy Chemical Co., BInghamton. N. T.: Gentlemen: Some time ago I wrote you and obtained your remedy for my Brazilian mare. "Mollie," whose ten- dons were in bad shape for past year, and am pleased to report that she is sound as a new milled dollar, standing all kinds of hard road work. I have also, as I promised you, given this rem- edy a thorough trial in my practice. In five weeks one bottle removed a bad bunch from hind anKle of a matched pair of chestnuts which had resisted under competent veterinary treatment here for seven months. Said team sold and went tc Burlington, Vt. Killed lameness on bone spavin on horse and two splints from another subject, all for $5.00. Yours respectfully, 71 Beaver Hall Hill. R. VARIAN. FORT LEAVENTVORTH, Kan., Sept. 30, 1909. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton, N. 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Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN -5»^.THE WEEKLY^^KO BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN (Established 1882.) r. W. KELLEY, Proprietor. Turf and Sporting Authority of the Pacific Coast. OFFICES: 3G3-365-366 PACIFIC BUILDING, Cor. of Market and Fourth Sts., San Francisco. P. O. DRAWER 447. Entered as Second Class Matter at San Francisco Post-Office. Terms— One Year, S3; Six Months, $1.75: Three Months, tl. STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. Money Bhould be sent by Postal Order, draft or registered letter addressed to F. W. Kelley. P. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Calif. Communications must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a private guarantee of good faith. THE DEATH OF DIRECTUM was announced last Friday in a brief telegram to this journal from the great stallion's owner, Mr. M. W. Savage, of Minne- apolis. The telegram stated that Directum had died from blood poisoning resulting from a slight injury. While the son of Director and Stemwinder had al- most lived the time allotted to members of the equine race, having been foaled in 18S9, and being therefore in his 21st year, his death must be reck- oned a very severe less, as he was making an ex- cellent reputation as a sire and barring accidents and sickness should have been a valuable horse in the stud for the next Ave or six years. It has long been the opinion of the most expert horsemen that Direc- tum was the greatest trotting stallion ever bred on the Pacific Coast, and that as a race stallion his only real rival was the worlds champion Cresceus 2:02%. Directum was bred by the late John Green of Dub- lin, Alameda county, California. Mr. Green owned the mare Stemwinder by Ventura 2:27%, and when Monroe Salisbury established the Pleasanton Stock Farm with the great race winning stallion Director 2:17 at its head, Mr. Green, in 1888, sent his mare Stemwinder 2:31 to be bred to the champion. The result was a black colt that began to show wonderful speed as a three-year-old. Mr. Green came to San Francisco one day and calling at the office of the "Breeder and Sportsman," requested Mr. W. G. Layng, then editor of this journal, to assist him in making out entries of the colt in all the principal eastern trotting stakes and also in naming him. Mr. Layng suggested the name Directum, and in that name the colt was entered. Monroe Salisbury was given the management of the colt, and with John Kelly as a driver the black fellow started on his re- markable campaign as a three-year-old. His first start was on August 12th at Grand Rapids, Michigan, in a purse of $1000 for three-year-olds. He won this race, taking a mark of 2:23 in the second heat. The next week at Chicago the colt won again, the heats in 2:23% and 2:23. A week later at Independence, Iowa, Directum was a starter in the $5000 stake for three-year-olds. The race was won by Kentucky Union, with Jessie McCorkle second and Directum third. The fastest heat in this race was 2:19%. At the same track a week later Directum won a $1000 stake in straight heats, the fastest time 2:21. The next start was at Fort Wayne in a $500 purse for three-year-olds. This was easy for him and the third heat in 2:19% was a new record for the black colt. At Richmond, Indiana, September 14th, he won a $700 purse for colts of his age, the first heat in 2:16%, a still further reduction of his record. On the 27th of September at Terre Haute he started in a feld of eleven 2:20 class trotters for a purse of $1000. He was distanced the first heat of this race, Greenleaf by Simmons winning the race, the first heat being in 2:15%. On the 8th day of the next month at Lexington Directum won the $5000 stake for three- year-old, the time being 2:17%, 2:18% and 2:19%. One week later at the same place he beat Czar, Bell- flower and Sabina two straight heats in 2:13% and 2:13% and four days later at Nashville he defeated Kentucky Union, Trevillian and nine others in straight heats in 2:15, 2:12 and 2:11%. This was a world's record tor three year-olds in a race. He started but once more that year and won the race in three heats in slow time, 2:21% the fastest heat. This was at Birmingham. Alabama, Nov. 11th. Monroe Salisbury again directed the training of Directum the following year, when the stallion was a four-year-old. The horse's first start that year was at New York on August 30th in a $5000 free-for- all. In this race he met Walter E., Lord Clinton, Martha Wilkes, Ryland T., and Greenleaf, a group of the best trotters on the track that season. After Walter E. had won the first and second heats in 2:11 and 2:12%, Directum being fourth the first heat and second in the next heat, the son of Director took the next three heats in 2:10, 2:10% and 2:09% and was hailed as the best trotter of the year. He started at the same track a few days later against Hazel Wilkes, Phoebe Wilkes, Pixley and Azote, defeating them in straight heats, the third in 2:09%. Two days after this he was started to beat 2:07% at the same place and made his mile in 2:07. At 'he World's Fair at Chicago September 15, Directum lowered his record again to 2:06%, but at St. Joseph the following week in an effort to beat this time lost by a quarter of a second, the mile being in 2:06%. October 6th at Evansville, Indiana, in an effort to beat 2:06% he trotted in 2:07% and the next week thereafter at Lexington won the $2000 free-for-all, in 2:09%, 2:08% and 2:08, Pixley getting the second heat in 2:08%. On this same day at this track the California four-year-old Arion, took a record of 2:07% in a trial against time. At Nashville, the folowing week. Directum met Hazel Wilkes and Hamlin's Nightingale in a free-for-all trot tor $1000. He won the first and second heats handily in 2:13% and 2:14 and then distanced was waived and the black stud was sent tor a record. He made the mile in 2:05%, which still stands as the world's record for a four-year-old stallion. During November of that year Directum was started four times. November 2d he won a $5000 free-for-all match at New York against the pacer Mascot, beating him in straight heats in 2:10%, 2:07% and 2:08%, and the next week defeated Alix in a $5000 match in slow time. 2:15%, 2:16% and 2: OS. In an effort to heat 2:05% two days later at Hartford, Directum lost, the time being 2:08, and he closed the season by defeating the pacer Saladin 2:05% at Philadelphia, November 27th in 2:10%, 2:11% and 2:12 after Saladin had won the first heat in 2:10%. The next year, when Directum was a five-year old Orrin Hickok was his trainer. In a race for stallions at Boston, September 26th, the purse being $15,000, Directum defeated Arion and Nelson in straight heats; time 2:12, 2:10, 2:11% and a week later at Portland, Maine, he won in three straight heats from Nelson in 2:10, 2:13% and 2:08. October 20th came his great match with Alix for $6000 at Boston. Directum was in bad shape and Alix won in 2:09, 2:14% and 2:07%. The race was not a match but one of Hickok's frame ups tor gate money, and the press denounced him severely tor it. As a six-year-old Directum made but three public appearances. He trotted a mile at La Crosse, Wis- consin, in an effort to lower his record, but 2:06 was the best he could do. At Minneapolis Fantasy beat him in the free-for-all, Directum getting the sec- ond and the fourth heats, the fastest of which was 2:12%. At Saginaw he was second to Azote twice and then drawn for lameness, Azote getting first money and Ryland T. second. The heats of this race were trotted in 2:08, 2:10 and 2:09%. Directum was then taken to Kentucky for the winter and made o season there the following spring, but was not raced in 1896. When he came back to California it was seen that his lameness would probably keep him from racing any further and in October, 1898, he was sold for breeding purposes to the late Mr. Spiers, of Glens Falls. New York, for $20,000. A few weeks prior to Mr. Spriers' purchase of Directum, several year- lings by the horse were sold for big prices in Ken- tucky. Mr. Spiers got Sam Gamble to take Directum to New York and he was placed on the Glens Falls farm, where he remained until Mr. Spiers' death a few years ago, when Mr. M. W. Savage of the In- ternational Stock Farm of Minneapolis purchased him at the closing out sale of the farm. In the stud Directum met with success. Up to the close of last year he had sired Ethels Pride 2:06%, Consuella S. 2:07%, Judge Green 2:09, Directum Lass 2:09% and Gulvallis Directum, four-year-old record 2:09%, all trotters, and Directum Miller 2:05% pac- ing. This year he added the pacer Black Dart 2:09% to his 2:10 list. Directum has sired 42 standard per- formers, of which 31 are trotters. As a trotter he was powerful in action and there are stories of his wonderful speed that seem hardly credible. It is said that he repeatedly trotted quar- ters in less than 29 seconds, and we have heard it said that an eighth in 13% seconds was once trotted by him. That he was a great trotter, none will deny, and the fact that his tour-year-old record of 2:05% has stood since 1893, is good proof that as a colt he had marvelous speed. He brought much fame to California, and it is not likely that his record will be beaten very soon. FOLLOWING CLOSE upon the announcement of the death of Salvator, the champion running horse of America, comes the news of the death of his great rival, Tenny, which occurred in Kentucky, No- vember 12th. It is an odd coincidence that Tenny died only a few weeks after his greatest rival, Sal- vator, and at the same age. Salvator, the fastest race horse of his day, defeated Tenny by a head in two races and their contests are classics of the turf. Songs and poems have been written about them and man)' pictures painted. Tenny was owned in his halcyon days by David Tenny Pulsifer. Mr. Pulsifer bought Tenny, which was by Rayon d'Or-Belle of Maywocd, as a yearling, tor $150. He won a big fortune by backing Tenny when the colt captured the Brooklyn Handicap at a long price in 1891. While possessing marvelous speed, Tenny was of a surly temper. He lost a stake to Salvator by a head merely through sulking, and he was beaten by both Salvator and Longstreet in matches for the same reason. Tenny lost by a head each time. THE OLD GLORY SALE will open at New York en Monday next, and as usual it will, when the week is ended be the very b~st exposition of the value of trotting and pacing bred horses that the year affords. Rich men pay $50,000 or more for a world beater, but the auction ring is the true test of the average value of horses. There are no less than 831 horses catalogued for this great sale, the catalogue itself being the most expensive one ever issued for a horse sale. The Fasig-Tipton Company has the confidence of both sellers and buyers, and they get the cream of the stock farms when they sell. We shall give a report of this sale in the columns of the "Breeder and Sportsman," although it will be impossible in our limited space to report all the sales. o THE CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR was a financial success this year, even though there was no betting on the races. The total receipts amounted to $49,- 353.65, which includes $20,000 appropriated by the legislature to bP used exclusively tor prizes for stock and industrial exhibits. The total expenses were $43,790.61, leaving a net gain of $5563.04. In the items of expense, however, is included a list of old bills incurred during the years 1907 and 1908, amounting to $6469.11, which the surplus from this year's fair wipes out. The total paid admissions were, in round numbers, 35,000. The total gate re- ceipts were $11,715.15; grand stand receipts, $1044.50; concessions, $1365; exhibition entries, $1544.50. THE SAN FRANCISCO DRIVING CLUB is con- ducting an investigation of the case wherein the horse Doughnuts that started at its meeting October 31st, was protested as Erosmont, and while all the testimony is not yet before the club, it is more than probable that the horse is Erosmont. Horsemen living at Pleasanton say there is no doubt but Eros- mont is the proper name of this horse, as he has been traced through various owners back to the Davis estate that owned Erosmont at one time and sold him. COPA DE ORO. the handsome son of Nutwood Wilkes whose picture appears on our front page, lowered his record to 2:01% at Phoenix, Arizona, last week, and is almost certain to beat two minutes next year. He is a grand individual, wears no hopples and is one of the best headed race horses living. He is owned by Mrs. L. G. Bonfilio of Los Angeles and has been trained and driven since he was a two- year-old by W. G. Durfee. o THE CLARK CUP, for which members of the Park Amateur Driving Club contested this year was awarded to Mr. Dan. Hoffman who drove the gray gelding Dr. O'Brien to victory in the contest, but as there was an objection raised on the ground that Mr. Hoffman dees not own Dr. O'Brien, he has do- nated the cup- back to the club, and it will be put up again next season. CHASE'S HOLIDAY SALE is set for December 20th. This is an excellent time and place to sell good useful horses. There is a demand for good roadsters and business horses at the present time. Write Chase about it. Entries close December 16th. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. SALE OF WALTER MABEN'S HORSES. THE CHICAGO SALE. Walter Maben, tbe well known Los Angeles trainer, took a carload of trotting bred borses to Phoenix and sold them at auction during the Territorial Fair, Ed R. Smith ot Los Angeles acting as auctioneer. The sale resulted as follows: Princess Louise, brown mare, foaled 1902, by Del Coronado 2:09%, dam Louise by Woolsey, $300. Zona P.., bay mare, foaled 1903, by Zolock 2:05%, dam Hvtu by Happy Prince, $300. Zombro Belle, bay mare, foaled 1907, by Zombro 2:11. dam Belle Raymon by Raymon 12007, $350. Rip Van Winkle 44U", chestnut horse, foaled 1905, by Jubilee de Jarnette, dam Jet Wible by Silverthorn, $210. .Marie 1.. bay filly, foaled 1906, by Zombro 2:11, dam Willimina by Woolsey, $325. Lucila Maid, bay filly, foaled 1905, by San Luisito 2:14%, dam Graves mare by McKinney, $2S5. Betsy Pointer, foaled 1899, by Sky Pointer, dam Mollv Mason bv Bob Mason, $125. Betsy Hal, bay filly, foaled 1906, by Hal B. 2:04%, dam r.etsv Pointer bv Sky Pointer, $320. Queer Knight 2:13%. bay gelding, foaled 1901, by Knicht 2:22'i,, dam by son cf Pascora Hayward, $260. Tom McKinney. chestnut gelding, foaled 1904. by Geo. McKinney 2:14%, dam by State of Maine, $2S5. Bonnie Ailse 2:08%, brown mare, foaled 1897, by Faustino 2:12%, dam Ailse Medium by Happy Me- dium, $205. Brown filly, foaled 1907, by Del Coronado 2:09%, dam Bonnie Ailse by Faustino, $315. KINNEY ROSE 2:1834 BRINGS $800. At the sale of the horses owned by William Has- hagen, held at Woodland on Saturday last the prices obtained were as follows: Kinney Rose 2:13% bay stallion by McKinney, dam by Falrose. Frank Olmo. San Francisco, $800. Kinney H.. two-year-old colt by Kinney Rose, dam Leta H. 2:22% bv Nutwood Wilkes. C. A. Arvedson, $310. Kinney, two-year-old chestnut colt by Kinney Rose, dam Chittywee by Chas. Derby. $200. Fannie H., three-year-old filly by Azmoor. dam Chittywee, $160. Yearling gelding bv Kinney Rose, dam Chittvwee, $100. Leta H. 2:22%. five-year-old mare by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska, dam of five, by Electioneer, $220. Chittywee, chestnut mare, foaled 1S94, by Chas. Derbv, dam bv Guv Wilkes, in foal to Kinnev Rose, $75. Percheron stallion, sold to John Beck for $380. Two-year-old gelding by above Percheron stallion, $140. SEARCHLIGHT 2:0314. The highest price paid for a horse at the Chicago sale was $1750, the price paid for Searchlight. The son of Dark Night is now 15 years old Henry White says the sighr of the old fellow in the ring recalled the days when he was king of the fast pac- ing classes en the grand circuit. That was when McHenry had him, and the Illi- nois reinsman was the only driver Searchlight never could make afraid of him. The brown horse was n willful fellow at tbe time he was racing, and for that matter there are times right now when it takes a careful and firm man to handle him. but his best work in the obstinacy line was done in races after McHenry had ceased to drive him. By that time Searchlight had learned all about the racing game, and dec-ded it had no charms for him. So he would decline to score with other horses, sometimes remaining in that frame of mind for quite a while. Then perhaps he would come down with the rest, but if there was no start it was necessary to have a man at the turn to lead him back, as other- wise he would not come. A pari of the stage that had to be set to suit the stallion had to do with an old white gelding he had taken a fancy to. and that in consequence had to be carted all over the country, and on race days was as necessary a feature as Searchlight himself if the latter was expected to take any interest in the sport. The white horse had to be on the home- stretch where Searchlight could see him all the time, and, moreover, he had to make a bluff at starting with the stallion, otherwise the latter would decline to budge. Of course, it was not long until that sort of a pacer had to be sent to the stud. There are a good many reasons why Searchlight should sire speed of tbe extreme sort, and already some of the foals he got in California have shown well above the aver- age. He comes of the best branch of the George Wilkes family, that represented by the brothers, Alcyone and Alcantara, his sire being Dark Night, son of Alcyone. In the female lines of his pedigree Searchlight also is well bred, his dam, Nora Mapes, being by King Rene and out of a George Wilkes marc: second dam by a son of Seeley's American Star, daughters of which latter horse brought the Ham- bletcnian family into prominence by producing Dex- ter, Dictator, and other good trotters and sires of the early days of American harness horse breeding. Al Stanley, that this season placed the three-year- old half-mile track record at 2:13%, recently won a race at Birmingham, Ala., and reduced his record to 2:11% (his course being a mile track), and thereby making him the fastest three-year-old trotting colt of the y?ar. displacing Vito (3) 2:12%. Quite a successful sale of trotting and pacing horses was the one held in Chicago last week. While no horse brought a large price the average for several hundred horses sold was nearly $300. The principal sales were as follows: Searchlight 2:03%, br. h. (15), by Darknight; E. E. Smoot, Petersburg," III., $1750. Senator Stone 2:25%, b. c. (2). by Prodigal 2:16; C. F. Swart, Loveland, Colo., $510. Mary Van De Boe, b. m. (3), by Rhythmic 2:06%; C. von Thyne, Brussels, Belgium, $500. Admiral Togo, b. g. (5), by General Forrest 2:08; Hunter C. Moodv, Lexington, Ky., $500. Harting Hall, b. c. (2), by Walnut Hall 2:08%; P. McGuire, Holstein, Iowa, $4S5. Pearl Onward 2:06%, b. m. (16), by Onward 2:25%; Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky., $3S5. Steele, ch. g. (7), by Ashland Wilkes 2:17%; Miss Keith by Colonel Hambrick; J. D. Kirkwood, Phila- delphia, Pa., $375. Sarah Horn 2:25%, b. m. (4), by Prodigal 2:16: A. F. Cooper, Joliet, 111., $335. Marlstone, ch. h. (4), by Greystone; C. von Thyne, Brussels, Belgium, $300. Bessie Kirby, b. f. (1), by Prodigal 2:16; J. B. Chandler, Berlin, Wis., $300. Benton Axworthy, ch. c. (2), by Axworthy 2:15%; A. K. Ware, Northfield, Minn., $300. Roger Wilson, b. c. (1), by Prodigal 2:16; W. \V. Wright, Winamac, Ind., $290. Irwin S. 2:16%, b. m. (7), by Pactolus 2:12%; Anton Agnini, Milan, Italy, $625. Onoqua Gentry 2:14%, b. m. (5), by John R. Gen- try 2:00%; Cazlatt & Son, Assumption, 111., $575. Joe Nelson 2:27%, br. h. (5), by Dutch Joe 2:15%: J. Blackman, Miles City, Mont., $500. Arlo H. 2:11%, b. h. (11), by Gan Zoo 2:24%; W. O. Korns, Gambier, Ohio, $460. King, b. g. (7) ; J. L. Tarlton, Lexington, Ky., $435. Red Stearns, b. h. (4), by Red Heart 2:19; M. W. Gibbs. Streator, 111., $425. Montag, b. c. (3), by Bezel; F. M. Dorsey, Cordova, Nev., $400. Conquedan, ch. g. (6), bv The Conqueror 2:12%; A. W. Longley, Chicago, 111., $400 . Redress, b. m. (4), by Red Medium 2:23%; Smith & Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., $390. Lilly Kent 2:19%, b. m. (10), by Prince Roland 2:13%. Lu Green Jr., Indianola. 111., $350. Molly Barolite 2:1S%, b. m. (7), by Barolite 2:17%; John Bangert. Chicago, 111., $350. Black saddle gelding (5); Dr. George Z. Jackson, Chicago, 111. Princess of Bengal, ch. m. (7), bv Prince of India 2:13%; R. Smith, Racine, Wis., $325. Directum Miller 2:05%, br. h. (11), by Directum 2:05%; C. M. Leonard. Delaware, Ohio. $1100. Hydrangia, b. f. (1), by Vice Commodore 2:11. F. A. Canon, Viola, Wis., $1050. Averill, ch. h. (4), by Red Heart 2:19; J. H. Sheen, Lincoln, Neb., $655. Tommye, br. t. (1). by Baron Dillon 2:12; F. A. Canon, Viola, Wis., $500. Motor Jr. 2:08%, b. g. (7), by Motor 2:29%. Dick MeMahon, Chicago, 111., $475. Lucile Lewis, b. f. (1). by Coehato 2:11%; Chase Hussey, Wheaton, III.. $450. Team bay geldings (6) and (7); Dr. H. J. Cascaden, La Porte City, Iowa, $445. Joe Lawson, b. f. ID, by Baron Dillon 2:12; Charles E Dean, Palatine. 111., $400. Sadie Bozarth. ch. f. (3), by Klatawah 2:05%; Smith & Johnson, Kansas City, Mo., $385. Roan Tom 2:11%, r. g. (7), by Altar 2:16%; J. Blackman, Miles City, Mont., $575. Frank Tavlor, eh. g. (8), by Gamester; J. B. Chan- dler, Berlin. Wis., $400. Ruth Allerton 2:26%, b. m. (7). by Allerton 2:09%: L. Holmes. Sycamore. 111., $375. Annie Allendale, br. f. (1), by Baron Dillon 2:12; E. Beckwith, Mount. Pleasant, Iowa, $350. The Clown 2:22%, ch. h. (S), by Merion; J. G. P.allina, Mexico City, Mo., $350. Annette McKerron 2:27%. ch. m. (4), by John A. McKerron 2:04%; Patchen Wilkes Farm, Lexington, Ky.. $350. Dean Patchen, br. g. (10), bv Joe Patchen 2:01%: N. R. Eddy. Erie, 111., $325. Olfson 2:20%, b. g. (91, by Alfred B. 2:15%; W. Alexander, Eau Claire, Wis., $320. Lady Marion, b. m. (5), by Emeriga 2:1S%; C. von Thyne, Brussels, Belgium, $320. Major Law 2:19%. b. g. (7), by Heir-at-Law 2:05%; Elmsdale Farm. Pontiac, Mich., $310. Prince De Forest, b. c. (1), by The De Forest 2:22%; James L. Dodge, Orangeburg, N. Y., $1050. Yukon Gold, bl. c. (2). by Dare Devil 2:09%; R. Sanduskv, Riola, 111., $650. Picaroon, b. c. 12), by The De Forest 2:22%; F. Caine, Galesburg. HI., $510. Bessie H. 2:19%, br. m. (8), by Wood Talmadge 2:1S%; Dr. Charles Tanner, Cleveland, Ohio, $475. Team, bay mares (7), by Drusus and Grant; George N. Fuller, Park Ridge, 111., $475. Emeline De Forest, br. f. (3), by The De Forest 2:22%. Smith & Johnson, Kansas City, Mo.. $400. Baroness Review, r. f. (1), by Baron Review 2:21%; W. H. McCarthy, Terre Haute, Ind., $450. Matoaco 2:29%, b. m. (5), by Chesko 2:19%; H. W. Hermining, Chicago, 111., $450. Pearl Pick 2:15% (5), by Silkwood 2:07; D. J. Fenelon. Ripon, Wis., $405. Main Guy, bl. c. (1), by Mainland 2:09%; W. H. McCarthy, Terre Haute, Ind., $400. Count Buckner 2:06%, br. h. (10), by Governor Buckner; D. J. Fenelon, Ripon, Wis., $400. Diamond Jim 2:19%, b. g. (7), by Pactolus 2:12%; Dr. Charles Tanner, Cleveland, Ohio, $400. ' Laura De Forest, b. f. (1), by The De Forest 2:22%: W. H. McCarthy, Terre Haute. Ind., $375. Kim 2:30, ch. g. (6), by General Alger 2:17%; Fred Chesbro, Delavan, Wis., $350. McD., r. g. (6), by Baybury; J. Ballini, Mexico City, Mexico. $350. Fantasie De Forest, br. f. (1), by The De Forest 2:22%. George Banner. Berwin, 111.. $340. Baron Belfry, br. c. (2), by Baron Posey 2:21%; H. B. Varney, Leedy, Mont., $330. Jack De Forest, br. c. (3), by The De Forest 2:22%: A. L. Crawford, Philadelphia, Pa., $325. LAST TWO DAYS AT PHOENIX. Our report last week ended with the result of the races on Wednesday. On Thursday the entire after- noon was devoted to-aitomobile racing, the trotters and pacers coming on again Friday and Saturday. There were four races Friday. The first w*ent to Richie Baron in straight heats, the second to the pacer Xancy C. after Demonio Wilkes had taken two heats, the third race was won by the Zombro trotter Cornell, after another Zombro, th«* mare Zombretta, had taken tbe first I we brats: and tbe fourth race, a pace for three-year-olds, went to Jessie Oh So, an Arizona filly Summary The 2:12 I rot, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1000. Pichie Baron 1 1 1 Kittie Royal 2 3 2 Myrtle 4 2 3 Goldennut 3 4 4 Queer Knight distanced in first heat. Time— 2:15, 2:13%, 2:15%. The 2:15 pace, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1000. Nancy C 1 2 2 1 1 Demonio Wilkes 2 1 1 3 3 Donline 3 3 3 2 2 Captain Dawson 4 4 4 4 4 Richa,rd B 5 drawn Time— 2:12%, 2:09%. 2:09%, 2:11%, 2:14%. The 2:23 trot, 3 in 5 heats, purse $1000. Zomell 3 5 1 1 1 Johnny G 2 3 2 3 3 Prodigal Baroness 5 4 4 2 3 Silver Stein 4 2 5 4 5 Zombretta 1 1 3 4dis Time— 2:15%, 2:15%, 2:14%. 2:14%, 2:16%. Pacing, three-year-olds, 2 in 3 heats. Jessie Oh So 2 1 1 Robert D 1 3 2 Fridav 3 5 3 Pussell Kid 4 2 4 Ned C 5 4 5 Time— 2:41%. 2:34, 2:40%. The fifth Arizona fair, and by far the best ever held, closed Salurdav. The attendance had by Fri- day night equalled that of any previous fair for the entire week. The crowning racing a^.d harness exhibition card was shown on the last day. Dan Patch paced an exhibition mile in 2:02^. That and bis mile on Tuesday in 2:03% are bis fastest two miles this sea- son. Minor Heir paced a mile in 1:59%. beating his former record a quarter of a second. Some watches, unofficially held, caught his time 1:59 flat. The exhibitions of both Minor Heir and Cona de Oro, earlier in the week, each making 2:01%, and Minor Heir's: miie Saturday in 1:59%, gives the Phoenix track the three fastest miles made in the United States th:s year. The free-for-all pace was won bv Copa d-? Ora iu very easy fashion, and then Durfee took ibe 2:15 trrt with Margin in the same manner trotting the last heat in 2:06%. Fred Ward's horse Escobado was second in every heat of this race. Demonio Wilkes started in three races during (he meeting, winning ibe last one and reducing his mark to 2:09%. Summaries: Pace, free-for-all, purse $1000. Copa de Oro 1 1 1 Gift Line 3 2 2 High Fly 2 3 4 Queen Pomcna 4 4 3 Time— 2:04%. 2:05%. 2:04%. Trotting. 2:15 class, purse $1000: Margin 1 1 1 Escobado 2 2 2 Charmp 3 3 3 Rapidan Dillon 4 4 4 Mvrtle 5 5 5 Time— 2:09%, 2:10%. 2:06%. Pacing, 2:18 class, purse $1000. Demonio Wilkes 5 1 1 1 Nancy C 1 2 2 2 Zolita 2 3 3 3 Tommy Lawson 3 4 4 4 Nettie Oh So 4 5 dr Time— 2:11%, 2:10%. 2:09%, 2:09%. Trotting, 2:09 class, purse $1000. Hope So 1 1 2 King Cvrano 3 2 1 Ladv Bovdello 3 2dis Time— 2:27%, 2:30%, 2:25%. o At the conclusion of their campaign, Hedgewood Boy and Lady Maud C. were shipped from Lexing- ton, Ky., to Rushville, Ind.. where they will be win- tered in the stable of Jerome Sampson, who will con- dition them for their 1910 campaign. The famous pair were exhibited on the streets of Rushville dur- ing the recent horse show, and driven both single and double by two young ladies, attracted much at- tention. Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN | NOTES AND NEWS | Searchlight 2:03% brought hut $1750 at the Chi- cago sale. Dan Patch 1:55% and Minor Heir 1:59% will give an exhibition at Los Angeles Thanksgiving Day. A meeting of the Pacific District Board of Appeals called for Tuesday was postponed as there was no quorum present. When Copa de Oro lowered his record to 2:01% at Phoenix, Arizona, last week, he paced the quarters as follows: :29%, 1:00%, 1:30, 2:01%. Sonoma Girl 2:05% will be wintered by Dick Mc- Mahan and raced by him next season. The report that she had been turned out is uutrue. A. L. Charvo of Pleasanton advertises for Per- cheron and Shire mares. Wants full bloods, and prefers those that are registered. See advertisement. It is reported that strikebreaker James Farley, will, after selling his horses, quit the racing game for the present. Mr. Farley has owned some fast trotters and pacers. Ed Geers will train next season Ormonde, a half brother to Country Jay 2:07% and Kentucky Todd 2:0S%. He was sired by Wilkes Boy 2:24%, out of Paronella by Parkville. Major Gantz 2:0S% by Iowa Sentinel, a pacer that was raced at Phoenix, changed hands there during the meeting at the reputed price of $3500. He was purchased by H. D. Heacock. Geo. T. Beckers is now at home in Los Angeles with his great stallion Zombro and will probably take him east again about April 1st. Zombro will be per- mitted to serve a few mares in the meantime. E. Stewart held a most successful sale of draft horses in this city last Tuesday. Good prices were obtained for every sound broke horse offered. One pair brought $720. Silverstein, the horse that William Brown has been racing this year is said to be by Silver Bow 2:16, dam by Steinway. He is owned by the Miller & Lux Land Company. C. T. Hewett, the well known Los Angeles horse- man, who raced Zombretta at Phoenix and gave her a mark of 2:15%. says the track at Phoenix is the best one he ever raced over. At the Old Glory Sale which begins next Monday Ihe three great trotting three-year-olds of 1909 — Czarevna 2:07%, Baroness Virginia 2:0S% and So- prano 2:08% are to be sold. Which will bring the most money? An effort is being made to bring Dan Patch 1:55%, Minor Heir 1:59% aad Copa de Oro 2:01% together in a race at Los Angeles on Thanksgiving Day, but while all three horses will appear at the Los An- geles track that day it will probably not be in a race. The consignment of polo ponies recently sold in New York by Howard Gould brought an average of $260. These ponies were Texas-raised and the prices and strong demand developed for them indicate a better tone to the trade than was shown last year. In the recent municipal election at Goshen, Ind., Dr. S. F. Spohn, president of the Spohn Medical Company, manufacturers of Spohn's Distemper Cure, was elected mayor of that city by a strong majority, though on party lines there was a majority of over 300 against him. Merry Widow by Red Pac 2:16% reduced her record to 2:09% at the Wheeling. W. Va., meeting. It is probable that she is the largest money-earning pacer over the half-mile tracks, as she won 13 or 14 straight races this year, and the last seven or eight were $1000 stakes. An immense silver loving cup was presented to M. D. Shutt at the recent Rock Rapids, la., demonstra- tion, when he arrived home with his great trotter, Penisa Maid. The same afternoon Penisa Maid trotted a half over the home half-mile track in 1:05, quarter in 30 seconds. Leta H. 2:22% by Nutwood Wilkes, dam Liska dam of Lisenjero 2:0S% and four others, by Electioneer, will be bred to Dan Logan, matinee record 2:12%, next Spring. Dan Logan is a full brother of Jim Logan (3) 2:05%. Jos. Twohig of Irvington was in the city this week. He reports his good mare May T. 2:12% by Monterey 2:09% in fine shape. Mr. Twohig will keep his. horses home on the farm this winter, but expects to take them to the new San Jose track in the spring. Range horses of the usual grade draft sorts sold in John S. Cooper's last Omaha sale at $60 to $115, with yearlings at $30 to $50 and colts $18 to $49. A few registered Shire mares, branded and range-raised, weighing 1600 ro 1700 pounds, sold at $300 to $375, with extra good range-bred draft geldings at $130 to $150. The horses bringing these figures were of ex- cellent draft type and heavy, needing only to be broken to make them extremely serviceable horses. — Breeders' Gazette. Kinney Rose 2:13% is a well bred horse although he is not registered. He is by McKinney, his dam by Falrose, second dam by Alaska, son of Electioneer, third dam by Algona, the sire of Flying Jib 2:04, fourth dam by Odd Fellow, thoroughbred. Kinney Rose brought $S00 at auction last Saturday. The three most talked of green pacers developed during the year are Branham Baughman, who worked a mile for Walter Cox in 2:05 with the last quarter in 2S% seconds; Druien by Onward Silver 2:05% that Jimmy Benyon drove in 2:04% and The Philistine, a three-year-old by Direct Hal 2:04% that Gus Macey worked in 2:07%. The fast trotting stallion and proven sire of ex- treme speed, Early Reaper, 2:09%, by Highwood 2:21%, has been purchased from E. Knell, Carthage, Mo., by Augustin Boice, a weil-known lawyer of Indianapolis, Ind., who has for years been interested in the trotting horse, and who at the present time owns a select though small band of brood-mares. The price paid was close to $10,000. The coaching race this year in connection with the Chicago International Horse Show in December will have a $2000 trophy hung up as a prize. The drive will he made from the Auditorium Annex on Michi- gan avenue to the livestock pavilion at the Union Stock Yards. A number of prominent Eastern ex- hibitors of four-in-hand crack teams have signified their intention to enter the event. Among the trotting stallions that have died the past season is Alcy Wilkes 2:16, by Alcyone 2:27, dam Daisy, by Stanhope's Blood Hawk, a descendant of Blood's Black Hawk, by Vermont Black Hawk 5. Alcy "Wilkes was foaled in 1S83 and is credited with two trotters and one pacer that have made standard records, the fastest of which is the good trotting stallion Wainscott (4) 2:10%, now doing stud serv- ice in Germany. W. V. Bennett of Chico has a couple of promising young pacers. Clara Collins, a two-year-old filly by Arner 2:17% worked a mile in 2:38 for John Sang- ster last spring before she was two years old. She should pace fast as a three-year-old. Mr. Bennett's five-year-old by Dialect, dam Jane Stanford by Nephew, with three months' training this year, paced a mile in 2: IS and an eighth in 15 seconds. He should make a good green horse next season. In the annual fall try-out of yearlings at Allen Farm, there were 21 candidates for honors: 17 of them showed ability to trot at the rate of 2:40 and better: 12 of them showed ability to trot at the rate of 2:30 and better; five showed ability to trot at the rate of 2:20 and better, and one showed 2:14 speed at the trot. All the work is done on the farm half-mile track, and the training is not severe or long continued. The average rate of speed of the 1909 yearlings is somewhat faster than it was for those of 190S, and this increase in the average speed has been quite regular from year to year, showing general improvement right along. The Travelers' Insurance Company of Hartford reports that during the month of September it paid $35,750 for death losses alone resulting from auto- mobile accidents, $13,750 being on account of one accident at St. Louis. In addition $2S35 was paid as indemnity under automobile accidents during the month. The Travelers has tabulated its vacation and recreation losses for the thirteen months ending October 1, showing a total of $311,324 paid in that time. Of these, automobile accidents were responsi- ble for $119,415, drowning $57,550. sports and recrea- tion for $86,649, and horse and vehicle accidents for $47,409. Referring to the sale of Uhlan, Mr. Sanders states that securing $35,000 for him did not make him any front in the horse line. Having a quiet evening to himself recently he took out pencil and paper and found that what he got for the peerless gelding was simply turning a new dollar over for an old one. He began putting down in a column what all the horses he had owned had cost him, the cost of keep- ing and compound interest to date. He discovered that with the selling of Uhlan at the sum named he had come very close to bringing himself out square, thus giving him all his fun for thirty-five years for nothing. — Horse Review. A Cleveland correspondent writes under date of November 7: "Doc" Tanner closed a deal yesterday for the purchase of the good trotter Demarest 2:08% that was campaigned during a part of the last two seasons by Ed Geers. Tanner bought this trotter for someone of his patrons and he will he seen in the matinees at North Randall next summer. Dem- arest was trained for some time by Scott Ross, the Toledo horseman, but late in the 1908 season he was turned over to Geers to race at Columbus and Lexington and the past season was again sent to the Tennesseean to race. At Columbus this year Dem- arest won the second, third and fourth heats of a race in 2:09%, 2:08^. 2:10. At Lexington he won another good race in 2:09%, 2:0S%, 2:08%. S. B. Carter has leased the Rohnerville, Humboldt county, track, ploughed and harrowed it into good shape and horsemen say it is now one of the best and safest tracks in the State. There will be races held i here next year, and several trainers will locate there in the spring. Will Johnson will probably have a stable of horses there. According to Maurice Connelly, president of the Carriage Builders* National Association, the horse as a means of transportation is more than holding his own against the automobile. Mr. Connelly says the trade in horse-drawn vehicles this year is greater than ever, and the business booked for 1910 will eclipse all previous records. No other State fared so well in the distribution of awards at ihe Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition at Seattle as California. Here exhibitors won 800 awards. J. A. Filcher, California Commissioner to the fair, and secretary of the State Agricultural So- ciety, after taking a toll of them, finds that ninety of the S00 awards were grand prizes, 414 gold medals, 155 silver medals, 108 bronze medals and 32 honor- able mentions. That is more than all other States combined got for their exhibits," said Commissioner Filcher. "It beats all previous California records at other world's fairs by 200. No State ever did get so many of the highest awards as California this time. More than half of the prizes are gold. The Rocklin Driving Club will hold its second an- nual meet Thanksgiving Day on the club track and from the list of entries in the hands of the secretary indications point to keen competition. Among the Placer county entries are — Placer county horses — James Petch's Advance, Charlie Kenna's Mickey Fee, M. H. Tuttle's Ramona. Alex Levison's Jewess, Ed. Pfosi's Frank Bates, J. Correa's Laurel Bush. B. N. Scribner's Shamrock and Lady F., John McTwigg's Nan Patterson, R. T. Cook's Etta Logan, W. Doyle's Prince, William Keeley's Billie H., W. L. Perry's Di- rect, H. E. Blackwell's Anteo Jr., Cechettini's Bones, W. H. Holmes' Lady Mosho, Clark and Stone's Bus- ter Brown, H. Hunter's Babe, J. C. Smith's Truly. From Sacramento — I. Christie's Briarwood and Charles Silva's Blanch. AT SAN JOSE'S NEW TRACK. Ted Hayes made a visit to the new San Jose track last Monday and was so favorably impressed with it that he engaged stalls and will move his stable there December 1st. He also leased from Mr. Mead the infield for pasture for the mares that will be sent to the court of the great voung sire Bon Vovage in 1910. The rains of last week proved to a certainty that the track will be an ideal winter training ground. The drainage is so perfect that it is impossible for water to stand on any part of the track and the soil dries so quickly after the rain ceases to fall that it is a surprise and revelation to all who have seen it after a storm. Harry Brown was there last week during the two rainy days and said that it looked good to him, and nowr has his horses there. Ed Dowling of Soquel has engaged stalls and will soon bring some young things owned by John Hogan of that place. Several of them are by Kin- ney Lou 2:07%. E. S. Train of Santa Cruz, owner of the great race colt Ray o' Light (3) 2:0S%. came this week and saw and was conquered. He expects to bring the son of Searchlight and a few others here for the winter. Carrie B. 2: IS dam of Ray o' Light (3) 2:08% owned by Ray Mead is in foal to Mr. Doble's great son of McKinney and has a beautiful weanling filly by Bon Voyage. Mr. Mead is jogging a large two-year-old daughter of Carrie B by Zolock 2:05% that is the image of her son, also another daughter, three years old, by Monbello. son of Monbells 2:23% and the great brood mare Laura C. 2:29% by Electioneer 125). This filly is a trotter and acts like she would be a fast one. C. C. Crippen is 'working a half sister to Carrie B. (by Egyptian Prince, dam Carrie Malonel that is a very promising trotter and a beautifully gaited one. Two colts in his stable out of this mare, a two-year- old and a weanling by Kinney Lou are hard to beat for looks. Construction of a new hotel on the grounds will soon begin and when completed will be a suitable stopping place for those who are accustomed to hav- ing the best. This hostelry will be something more than a cheap country hotel or race track boarding house. Besides providing for the wants of the hungry bovs that take care of the horses it will cater to the needs and whims of the wealthy owner and his friends who will be his guests on a visit to see the prospective winners and champions take their work,' and although he may live at the Palace, St. Francis or Fairmont when in San Francisco he will not wish himself at home when he stops at the new hotel at the new San Jose Driving Park. The beatuiful chestnut colt Kinney de Lopez by Kinney Lou, dam Bessie Direct by Direct 2:05% in Budd Doble's srajile is a very fast trotter. He can brush a 2:00 gait. Redlight. a green pacer in the same stable, by Searchlight 2:03% dam by Guide 2:16. has been a mile in 2:10. last half in' 1:02%. last quarter in :30%. This is a level headed fellow that wears only one harness and few boots. Kinney Lous handsome son Diamond Mc. 2:26% is in fine condition and looks and acts like a trotting race horse. Only an accident will prevent him from equaling his sire's record. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909 OUR LOS ANGELES LETTER. THREE ROAN HORSES AND THEIR INFLUENCE. Los Angeles, Nov. 16th, 1909. Another week of "innocuous desuetude" at Agri- cultural Park with nothing doing except routine work with colts, and comments on the Phoenix races, but it will be another story next week as all the cam- paigners are expected to return tonight or tomorrow morning and from then on till Thanksgiving Day things will 'hum" at the track. The Los Angeles horses did well at Phoenix; Copa de Oro went a mile in 2:01% under unfavorable cir- cumstances, as I'm told it was late in the day and cold and a good strong wind to face part of the way. Carlokin, Zombretta and Zomell all won as did the "tourists" Gift Line and Margin. Rapidan Dillon was second in 2:08% by a nose to Margin in the third heat, from where she got away in fourth position she must have beaten 2:08. The horses that were taken up from here to Phoenix lo be sold at auction on the track did not bring anywhere near their value and the purchasers in every case got bargains. Queer Knight bringing an advance of $100 the next day. John W. Nickerson in my opinion got the bargain of the sale in Marie G., a three-year-old filly by Zombro, dam Williminia bv Woolsey. 2d dam Alcove by Albion, third dam by Billy Norfolk. Woolsey a full brother to Sunol 2:08% aud to Gen. Wellington who was the sire of the dam of Native Belle, two-year-old record 2:07%. Marie G. has had very little work but has stepped halves in 1:11 and quarters in 33 seconds. She is good gaited, always on a trot and very level headed. Her new owner got her for $325. C. K. G. Billings was in town for a few days last week but unfortunately there were no horses here at that time to interest him. P. G. Meyers of New York, the owner of the roan mare Margin, is here now and will probably stay over Thanksgiving Day to see his mare perform again in the Los Angeles Driving Club's matinee on that day. The Los Angeles Driving Club has secured Dan Patch and Minor Heir for the Thanksgiving matinee on a basis of 75 per cent of the gate receipts. This is the first time either of the horses have appeared on the coast so it is to be hoped that the citizens will turn our en masse to see them. The promoters of the new driving club here are so encouraged by the responses to their invitation to join that they have thought of a new and better scheme to boom the horse interests of this part of the State. The details I will be in a position to give in full next week. The rains we have had lately made the track bad for the last week but will benefit it in the end and the horses should find it good by the time they have rested up from their return trip from Phoenix. Joseph Sersovitch, the owner of Etta McKenna, has taken her home to use on the road, so as to give her a let up, before beginning to matinee her. She has had good steady work all the fall and has come to her speed very quickly as her mile a week or so ago in 2:12 proved. J. McLean's black pacing filly in J. S. Stewart's stable is taking her work nicely and has a world of speed. The best trained animal at the track is a fox ter- rier dog in Vance's combination. He leaps hurdles like a steeple chaser, says his prayers, plays dead, goes to the postoffice for the mail, sits up with a pipe in his mouth, walks on his hind legs carrying a flag, and a lot more tricks, but he makes the lives of two kittens in Charlie Nickerson's stable across the alley, miserable, for the moment either one comes out of the "tack" stall he takes it gently by the nape of the neck and goes and hunts a mud puddle and drops it in, or if there is no puddle takes it into an empty box stall and covers it with straw. He is as handsome and as well marked as his pedigree is long and that's saying a good deal. He is only ten months old but knows more than most boys of ten years. Frank Wood has a goat, a yellow one at that, down the line as a mascot, but his education has not got beyond the stage of knowing what not to eat. He has at last cut out side poles, snaffle bits and liniment from his menu and is soon to be weaned from quarter boots, sponges and rub rags. JAMES. Does it pay to campaign trotters and pacers? It does when one can get hold of the right kind. Thomas Murphy has to his credit, at the end of the present season, $66,858: Alonzo McDonald, $39,154. E. F. Geers, $32,565; Walter Cox, $25,708; W. L. Snow, $23,774; M. D. Shutt. owner of Penisa Maid, and her driver and trainer, $18,413: Bert Shank, $14,423: Harvey Ernst. $15,750. John Dickerson, 515.C09; Die!; McMahan, $10,943. In the $7000 class are C. W. Lasell and Nolan. McEwen, Mallow and Talman are in !he $6000 class. In the matter of money winning trotting horses, the roan mare Margin leads the list with $22,250. Penisa Maid ranks next with $19,388. Then comes Baron Alcyon, winner of the trotting Derby, with $15,000. Baronesss Virginia, iwth $13,500: Bob Doug- lass, with $11,002: Jack McKerron. with $10,900; The Harvester (4) with $10,54S: Alice Roosevelt, with $9198; Soprano (3). with $8275; Czarevna (3), with '7175: Marie N.. with $5579; Caroll, with $5416; Gen. H., with $53S3: Judge Lee. with $5050; Genteel H„ with $4769; Native Belle (2), with $4650; Inner Guard, with $4030; San Francisco, with $3920: Dem- arest, with $3S36. and Lady Jones with $3450 and Axtator with $3000. In the $2000 and upward list the win iers number six. In the $1000 and upward list the number is 27. This is a story — or rather a plain relation of some interesting and significant facts — about three roan mares and the influences they have had on their de- scendants for generations, an influence so all-per- vading and powerful as to be almost uncanny. Jay Bird was a roan horse. To start with, no man knows and none has been able to give a satisfying explanation of why some colts are foaled roan in color, although expert horse bugs have been on the job for 50 years. The original roan wrestlers started with the notion that roan was a combination of gray and most any other old color, but the idea was found to be fallacious and today the really smart horsemen will tell you that no man knows how the roan color originates or why it is the most persistent of all colors. Furthermore, if he is a particularly deep student of the subject he will haul you off to one side and whisper that the best colts by a roan sire or from a roan dam also are roans. Jay Bird got his start from his grandmother, a roan trotter, called Lady Franklin, that was one of the best in her day, especially in the matter of en- durance and gameness. She was foaled in 1848, and was by Esty's Black Hawk, a roan son of Vermont Black "Hawk 5. She never stopped racing until after the Civil War. When 24 years old she produced Lady Frank, by Mambrino Star, a horse that will live in his- tory simply because this old mare was mated with him and the produce was the dam of Jay Bird. On account of what her dam had done and the fur- ther fact that Cottage Girl, a full sister to Lady Frank, was considerable of a trotter, the mare was bred to George Wilkes, and the resultant foal was Jay Bird. Lady Frank, like her dam. was a roan, al- though her sire, Mambrino Star, was a bay son of the bay stallion Mambrino Chief, son of Mambrino Paymaster, a bay; he by Mambrino, a bay, and he by Messenger, a gray — so that the first appearance of the color that, combined with bay was supposed to produce the roan, occurs more than 100 years back. Well, the roan colt Jay Bird, from the roan dam and roan grandam. turned out to be. all things considered, about the best son of his sire. He was a stake win- ner as a two-year-old, and in spite of his unfash- ionable color was retained by the owner of George Wilkes, who bred him, as one of the stallions to suc- ceed his sire at the home farm because of his great speed. He more than made good, as he is credited with 124 in the- standard list, all but 13 being trot- ters. He sired the first stallion to trot in 2:10, Al- lerton. and that horse added to Jay Bird's fame by siring in turn 200 standard performers up to the close of 1909. Jay Bird sired a futurity winner— the capturing of which turf classic by one of his get gives a stallion immediate distinction. This futurity winner was Rose Croix, a roan. Another lasting honor for Jay Bird is the fact that one of his sons sired also a futurity winner. Jawhawker was a roan. The filly that won the futurity for Jawhawker was Nella Jay, a roan. Do you wonder that the roan bug works nights and days in the case of the men who get it? But that was not all the roan color accomplished for Jay Bird in the first generation. His first trot- ter— got when Jay Bird was but three years old — was Eagle Bird, a roan, the sensational colt trotter of his day as a (wo and three-year-old Thirty-seven sons of Jay Bird have gotten them- selves into the Year Book bv siring standard speed at the trot or pace. Nine of them are roans. All this shows what has come from the potent blood of the roan mare of unknown breeding. Lady Franklin. There is another roan mare of unknown breeding, dead these many years, that deserves a place beside Lady Franklin. Her deeds were not so great as those of the grandam of Jay Bird, but her opportunities wer.5 as nothing when compared with the chances afforded Lady Franklin. This second roaa mare iid not have even a name io start with, and in the early volumes of the Trot- ting Register it is related that she was called a Mor- gan, which is precisely what is being done right now in regard to Lady Franklin, both statements being on a par with the one, "she's a Messenger," that was duly told of every gray mare above the common in looks or speed 50 years ago. The "said to be a Morgan" mare, however, was good enough individ- ually to be bred to the stallion Alexander Abdallah, and that meant a good deal. The colt that came of the union was a roan, like his dam, and although practically his entire life was spent in the woods of Tioga county, Pennsylvania, at a time when there was not a mare of standard blood within 40 miles of him. Wood's Hamble- lonian, for this was the name given him, not only got speedy trotters with quality enough to race on the Grand Circuit, but his sons have sired speed and his daughters have produced it to such an extent that delvers in the study of blood-lines and their potency have put Wood's Hambletonian down as. like his sire, one of the greatest stalions in the books, when his almost total lack of opportunity is taken into ac- count Buried in the Pennsylvania lumber forests, Wood's Hambletonian sired 24 trotters with records of 2:30 or better, a good many years ago, when that sort of showing meant he was one of the great sires of the country, as he died in 1SS8. That he was a horse of prime constitution is shown by the fact that he lived to the age of 30 years. Of these 24 trotters 15 were roans and the five fastest of the lot — all the family, in fact, that beat 2:21 — were roans. More than this, to show the wonderful potency of that roan stallion's blood, four of the five were out of mares whose breeding is absolutely unknown. If these two instances of what roan hairs can do for a mare are not sufficient, attention may be paid to one of the most wonderful speed producers in the books, the roan mare Nell, by Estill Eric. She is the dam of nine trotters and three pacers that have taken standard records, one of her trotters having a mark of 2:07 and her best pacer being in the same notch. But this is not all by any means. The old roan mare has three pacers better than 2:10, two trotters better than 2:10; she furnished the world a cham- pion yearling trotter long ago, and she has given two well-known and successful sires, Axworthy and Vati- can, their first 2:10 trotters, besides handling another one, Ambassador, his second fastest pacer. Had all the fast foals of Nell been sired by one stallion there would have been a chance to argue the question of her overwhelming greatness, but when she makes a reputation for three such sires as those just named nothing is left to be said on that point. Without going into the details of the matter it may be said that in the trotter Belle Vara 2:08% and the pacer Vassar 2:07 Nell, produced the fastest individual of each gait to the credit of Vatican. Vatican was by Belmont. Axworthy by Axtell, and Ambassador by George Wilkes, so that each of the stallions is of different immediate male line blood. This is mentioned because if they were all sons of the same horse it might be argued that the "nick" between their blood and that of NelJ "just happened," tut under the circumstances there is no chance for such contenlion. After Nell was well along in life — 20 years old — she was mated with Axworthy, and in the next five years she produced the trotters whose names and records are subjoined, all the perform- ances being to their credit at the close of 1909: Year. Name. Record. 1899— Nel Worthy 2:22 1900 — Tom Axworthy 2:07 1901 — Nela Worthv 2'27% 1902— Nelly Worthy 2:25% 1903 — Nelda Worthy 2:12% Now for the climax : Axworthy is a chestnut horse, but every one of his five foals from the old mare, that was in her 21st year, when the first one was born. is a roan. Every one has proven itself to be a trot- ter, Tom Axworthy standing for awhile at the head of the family for speed. There were doubtless sev- eral mares at the Shults Farm, where Nell produced these five trotters, that have been mated with Ax- worthy five times in succession, but I doubt if any of them can make any such showing as the old mare did, not taking age into account at all. A mare that, beginning at the age of 20. produces strong and per- fect foals in each of the succeeding five years, would be entitled to a medal for vigor, but when it trans- pires that each of the foals is a born trotter, and one of them steps in 2:07, all that can be said is that there never was another such brood-mare as the old roan. — Kentucky Stock Farm. DAN PATCH AND MINOR HEIR AT LOS ANGELES. There have been many wonderful harness horses: the harness horse championship of the world has been held by many great pacers and trotters, none of them, however, have worn the crown for so long a time or have so completely outclassed all competi- tors as has Dan Patch. There are only six other har- ness horses in the world that have ever paced or trotted under two minutes, and no one of the six has ever reached that mark more than a half dozen times. Dan Patch was never beaten in a race. He has been champion for six years; he has lowered the world's record fourteen times. He is now the holder of seven world's records, and has paced seventy- three miles that average 1:59%. There is only one world's record for pacers that Dan Patch does not hold at the present time; that one is for an unpaced mile. Three years ago the champion was driven an unpaced mile in 1:58, but the American Trotting Association refused to allow this record on the ground that Dan had a lower mark, "another way of going." The world's record for an unpaced mile is, therefore, 1:59%, made by Star Pointer. Last Saturday when at Phoenix, Ariz., Minor Heir paced one of the greatest miles in history, lower- ing his own mark to 1:59%, and tying the world's record. A majority of the horsemen present at the exhibition caught the time of the mile at 1:59 flat. The general opinion was that the little brown son of Heir-at-Law paced the fastest mile on record, and should now be the undisputed holder of the unpaced mile championship. These two pacers have been secured by the Los Angeles Driving Club for their Thanksgiving matinee. Dan Patch and Minor Heir will give an exhibition race, and those in attendance will be given an op- portunity of judging for themselves the respective merits of the two wonderful horses. In addition to this, Minor Heir will pace an exhibi- tion mile against the world's unpaced record, and if weather and track conditions are favorable, it is hoped the Los Angeles track will be given a new world's record, and it is certain that it will be given a mark that will stand for some-time to come. FROM A PROMINENT BREEDER IN W. VA. PARSONS. W. VA. Troy Chemical Co., Binghamton. X. Y. : Gentlemen: Mr. L. W. Parsons and myself used "Save-the-Horse" on a young stallion. Mascagna, for bog spavin with satisfactory result, and after sold the stallion for a long price. Yours trulv. S. O. BILLINGS. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN AZOTURIA. Despite the fact that the causes of the two for- midable diseases, "azoturia" and "lymphangitis," are well understood by all qualified veterinarians and many experienced horsemen, these ailments continue a menace and loss to owners of horses. It should be quite a simple matter to prevent horses from being attacked would owners but strictly follow a few sound, practical rules of management. These will be set forth in this article and should help readers of this paper to protect their horses against attacks. The name "azoturia," is given to that disease of the horse which is characterized by sudden swelling and hardening of the muscles of the hip and loins, followed by paralysis of one or both hind legs. The urine is high colored like strong coffee; the mem- branes of the eye-lids and nostrils are intensely in- jected and at first sweating is profuse. After going down paralyzed the horse may either struggle vio- lently, gallop spasmodically during delirium and speedily succumb or remain comparatively quiet, lie upon the sternum and eat hay or any other feed offered. In large cities many attacks are of the acute, fatal form, but in the country attacks are likely to he less severe and followed by complete or partial recovery. Where recovery is incomplete the muscles of one or both hind legs (usually one) waste away in the region bounded by the stifle, point of hip and hip joint. Complete recovery from such mus- cular wasting (atrophy) takes place after four or eight months, in a majority of cases, where but one leg is affected. In rare cases azoturia may most affect a fore leg and where this happens the attack is rarely severe. Almost invariably azoturia follows one or more days of idleness in the stable, during which time the horse is fed the same amount of oats or other rich food allowed when working hard. Attacks are most common after heavy snow or rain storms in winter and spring, at which time spells of idleness are un- avoidable. They are also common during holidays, wheu men and horses are excused from work. Pre- ventive measures should always be taken at such times, in the case of city horses, while country horses should never be allowed to stand idle indoors. When a horse that has been idle and well fed for a few days is harnessed and goes to work he starts off gayly, "feeling his oats," prancing and full of life. After going a few rods or a mile or so he begins to lag, sweat and knuckle over in his hind fetlocks. If made to keep on walking these symptoms quickly aggravate, the hind legs have a characteristic drop as well as the knuckling and soon the horse falls, struggles now and then to rise and at last remains down, either quietly or a semi-delirious state. The other symptoms described in the foregoing para- graphs then are noticed and the attack runs its course towards death or recovery in a few hours to five or six days. When the characteristic, premonitory symptoms of azoturia are noticed by the driver he should at once stop the horse, unhitch him, remove the harness and keep him quiet. When excessive nervousness sub- sides the animal should be slowly led to the nearest barn and there tied up so that he cannot lie down, or be supported by slings, or a canvas sheet stretched under his belly from one stall partition to the other. Made to stand up he will be able to pass urine and manure and be much less likely to completely lose the use of the affected hind leg. If both hind legs are attacked it will be impossible to keep the horse on his feet, and he should be given a soft bed of straw in a roomy box stall. Then it will be necessary to draw off the urine with a catheter at least twice a day as the horse will not urinate in the recumbent position. The severe case of azoturia requires in- stant professional attention, the less severe one may often be successfully treated at the very outset by giving a physic and keeping the affected muscles covered with blankets rung out of hot water. In place of hot wet blankets, and more especially in cold weather, many prefer to rub a strong stimulating liniment upon the affected muscles once or twice daily. A suitable liniment may be quickly made by shak- ing up one ounce .each of aqua ammonia and turpen- tine with four ounces of druggist's soap liniment and water to make one pint; or two ounces each of the ammonia and turpentine are shaken up in twelve ounces of raw linseed oil, lard oil, or melted lard. The oily liniments are somewhat objectionable as they mat the hair, collect dust and make the patient unpleasant to handle. If the horse attacked is very fat and the operator is close at hand it is good prac- tice to instantly extract a few quarts of blood from the jugular vein, but no benefit will follow blood let- ting if too long delayed. If the patient is down and delirious he may be quieted by a full dose of choral hydrate dissolved in a suitable quantity of water or flax-seed tea and injected into the rectum; or the veterinarian will give a dose of medicine by means of a hypodermic syringe. To encourage urination torsemen sometimes insert an onion or leek or some salt in the horse's sheath or mare's vagina. This should never be done. It leads to great irritation and restlessness and that means aggravation of the dis- ease. The mare's urine may very readily be drawn off through a catheter or small rubber hose passed into the bladder, the opening into which will be found on the floor of the vagina about four inches from the external orifice. The horse's urine is much more difficult to draw off by means of a long flexible rubber catheter which is passed through the urethra of the penis into the bladder. It often requires consider- able patience and skill to pass the catheter and such work should be intrusted to the veterinarian. After a physic has been given, the bicarbonate of soda in half to two ounce doses dissolved in water, is a simple and often beneficial medicine which may be safely administered by the layman at intervals of three or four hours. The all-important matter for horsemen is the pre- vention of the disease and it is really simple. It may be safely asserted that azoturia will be practically unknown among horses that are never allowed to stand for a single day idle in the stable. In many of the large city stables where azoturia at one time was a positive scourge it is now practically unknown and the reason is that when there is no work for the horses to do each of them is given adequate walking exercise to halter daily and is put on a light laxative diet. The rations consist practically of bran, carrots and hay. The oat ration is wholly or almost alto- gether withheld while the horse is idle and gradually restored when he returns to work. It also is a com- mon practice nowadays to feed bran at each meal and then give a small bran mash on Saturday night. In this mash a tablespoonful of saltpeter is dissolved for a heavy draft horse and less in proportion for a light horse with the object of stimulating free action of the kidneys. The reasons for feeding the idle horse lightly, giv- ing him daily exercise, and stimulating free action of the bowels and kidneys are based upon the condition present in the animal at the time of an attack of azoturia. The name "azoturia" is derived from the French word "azote," meaning nitrogen. The name has been given to the disease on account of the fact that the nitrogen or nitrogenous foods given to the idle horse is not expended in the production of force and repair of waste tissue, but is retained as a sur- plus on account of the overcharged condition of the liver and excretory organs. A poison or "toxin" is generated from this unused nitrogen and on being pumped through the circulatory system when the horse is actively exercised after a spell of idleness, acts as a poison or paralyzing agent to the nerves and muscles they control. When a horse works and sweats every day he uses up most of the nutrients of his food for the maintenance of his body and performance of labor. At the same time he perfectly rids his body of surplus nitrogen ( urea ) and ail effete, or poisonous matters which otherwise would clog the system. It is to get rid of these effete mat- ters that exercise is given as an imperative necessity and to lessen the amount of such matters produced and stored up by the horse in the absence of work, less food is given and that given is of a laxative character. Horse owners understanding these things and act- ing wisely on the understanding need never have a horse attacked by azoturia and in giving the treat- ment suggested will also prevent lymphangitis. — A. S. Alexander, V. S., in The Horseman and Spirit of the Times. ATTENTION TO HORSES' TEETH. A veterinarian is needed to make a skillful veteri- nary dentist; it requires a man who thoroughly un- derstands the anatomy of the mouth, and has the necessary instruments and skill to correct whatever is wrong. Few farmers have either and the so-called "veterinary dentist" who is not a veterinarian is usually an unscrupulous person who neither under- stands the proper arrangement and conditions of the teeth nor the proper manner of correcting faults — a man who lives by deceiving the horse owner. Hence, we think that it is better for the owner to get a qualified man to attend to his horse's mouth. There are few horses that have reached the age of six years or over (and often those of younger age) that would not be better if their teeth were dressed once every year. The reputable veterinarian does not tell all his patrons this and look in the horse's mouth and say that his teeth require attention. This looks too much like looking for a job, and horse owners are very apt to take it that way; and the veterinarian who has much respect, either for himself or his profession, is above it. He rightly thinks that if his services are worth having, they are worth asking for. All the same, the average horse wrill thrive better on the same food if his teeth are regularly dressed. There are many cases in which attention is not required, and the professional man who, for the sake of the fee, will dress a mouth that does not require it, is, we trust, rarely found. The first trouble likely to result from the teeth appears in many cases between the ages of two and four years. At from two years and three months to three years of age, the first and second molar teeth in each row (which are temporary teeth) are shed and replaced by permanent ones. At from three years and three months to four years, the third molar in each row (also a temporary one) is shed and re- placed by a permanent one, and the sixth molar in each row appears. It is not at all uncommon to ob- serve a colt between two and a half and three or between three and a half and four years old to be- come unthrifty and have apparent difficulty in masti- cating. He does not appear sick, but becomes dull and listless and does not eat well. During the growth of the permanent molars, which are to occupy the space previously occupied by the temporary ones, the fangs or roots of the latter gradually disappear by absorption as the new teeth grow. In normal cases by the time the new tooth has reached the level of the gums the fangs of the temporary ones have be- come so absorbed that the crown drops off. but in many cases, on account of incomplete absorption, this does not occur and the new tooth, continuing to grow, forces the temporary one above the level of its fellows, and, as a consequence, mastication becomes very difficult or practically impossible, and unless the animal be fed on food that requires little mastica- tion he will fail in flesh and energy. When unthrifti- ness, without apparent cause, is noticed in colts of these ages, the molar should be carefully examined, and if any of the crowns are not shed, they should be removed with a forceps. In older horses the trouble is usually the presence of sharp points on the outer edge of the upper molars, and the inner edge of the lower ones. The lower jaw of the horse is narrower than the upper jaw, hence the rows of molars are closer together, and as the motion during mastication is lateral it can readily be seen that the molars in the upper rows will be worn from without inwards and upwards, leaving the outside of the teeth longer, and the lower molars wih be worn from within outwards and downwards, leav- ing the inner side of the teeth longer. The teeth are irregular in outline in each side, thence, on account of the manner in which they are worn, there are numerous little sharp points existing on the sides of the teeth mentioned. These, in many cases, irritate the cheeks and tongue, and the degree of incon- venience or inability to masticate properly will de- pend upon the size and direction of these points, but in most cases they interfere to some extent. Treat- ment, of course, consists in removing with a rasp these points. In the performance of this operation, a mouth speculum to keep the mouth open and rasps of different shapes are required, and care must be taken to not remove too much tooth. Special care should be observed to not rasp the bearing surfaces of the teeth. These surfaces are normally rough or serrated in order to grind the food, and if made smooth by the rasp, the horse will be in a worse condition than before. In other cases, from various causes, one or more ot the molars become longer than their fellows, the opposing tooth or teeth being abnormally soft and wearing more quickly or their roots decaying, and allowing the tooth to be forced further into the socket; the long tooth or teeth after a while attain such length that they come in contact with the oppo- site gums and render mastication impossible. In such cases the long teeth must be shorn and rasped down to a level with their fellows. A horse whose molars are in this condition will, of course, never again have a good mouth, but after the teeth are shorn he will be able to masticate fairly well. Decaying teeth are not uncommon in horses. This condition is usually indicated by a fetid discharge from the nostril or a fetid breath. In some cases difficulty is experienced in locating the diseased tooth, hut when the disease has advanced to that stage in which it can be located it must be extracted. Wolf teeth (those small, supernumerary teeth which appear in front of the first molars in the upper rows) are generally supposed to have an injurious effect upon the eyes. This is a mistaken idea. They seldom do any harm unless they are large and in such a position that they interfere with mastication; but being supernumerary and having no function they should be extracted. The somewhat common habit of knocking the crowns off should not be followed. They should he drawn with a pair of forceps. We repeat that sufficient attention is not given to horses' teeth, and that a dollar spent for having them dressed is usually a good investment, while a bungling job does more harm than good. — Rider and Driver. THE BREEDING OF DOLLY SPANKER. The following very interesting bit of news is from the columns of the Trotter and Pacer of New York: John P. Ray, who recently died at his home in Hemlock. X. Y., was for many years one of the most fervent admirers the trotting horse had in Cen- tral New York. It was Mr. Ray who dug up the evi- dence that made it appear that Dolly Spanker, the dam of the famous trotting progenitor, George Wilkes, was a daughter of Henry Clay and that version of her breeding went into the Register. A few years later Mr. Ray discovered that the evidence he accepted as true in his first investigation of Dolly Spanker's pedi- gree was bogus and he immediately went to work to learn the truth about the famous mare's ancestry, which resulted in his rejection of the Henry Clay theory of her parentage and the mare's breeding since that time has aupeared as "unknown." Mr. Ray did not cease his efforts to find out Dolly Spanker's breeding until ill health forced him to give up all work and not long before his death he told friends that he had unearthed a chain of cir- cumstantial evidence which had convinced him that the great mare was a daughter of Mambrino Pay- master. He traced the mare through various owners and discovered a family living just across the line from southern New York in Pennsylvania who re- membered well an older member of that family rid- ing a mare answering Dolly Spanker's description away from home on a cattle-buying trip, and singu- larly enough the mare was called Dolly Spanker. The member of this family who rode this mare away is dead, but other members remember that he traded the mare away while on his trip. George Wilkes' dam, it is well known, found her first owner in southern New York through a trade, being secured from a Pennsylvania cattle buyer. Mr. Ray. in telling of his belief that Dolly Spanker was bred by thf Pennsylvania family referred to and sired by Mambrino Paymaster, said that he did not have a sufficient amount of direct corroborative evi- dence to justify trying lo show his belief was right beyond question of doubt, but that he hoped to se- cure such evidence eventually and he was engaged in that work only a few months before his death. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. ROD, GUN AND KENNEL CONDUCTED BY J. X. DoWITT. POINTERS ON SNIPE SHOOTING. (By "Scaiper") To the beginner tbe flight of the snipe seems to be a hard thing to stop. To be sure, I have seen davs when Mr. Scolopax got such a move on himself ihat even such shots as Chan Powers and Frank Parme'.ee used language that is not contained in the Bible nor in the dictionary. This was near Live Oak Mott, in San Patricio county, Texas. The day was dark and the wind was what is called in Texas a "blue norther," and it whistled through the patches of lake brush where the snipe were with weird tone. We happened to be on the wrong side of the marsh and our'hunting was in the teeth of the wind. Snipe are always wild under such conditions and it did not take long for several misses to be registered against evervone of the party. It took three shots for each snipe baaged that day, and when it is considered that the rnenmentioned above are as good shots as the best in the world, it will be seen that on that particu- lar dav snipe shooting was no snap. If you hunt this bird against the wind, you will invariably have what is called a "driver." The bird holds his head downward and seems to charge like a mad bull. It will hug the ground for a while, make one or two characteristic crotchets and soar irregu- larly upwards. It is on such occasions that "scream- ers,' corkers and crack-a-jacks" are born, for if the sportsman succeeds in stopping the bird, this good shot is sure 1o receive the applause it deserves. Don't start too early in the morning. If you have a stiff norther on and the day is gray the best way 10 hunt snipe is to go for ducks. Snipe like a warm day and just a gentle breeze. Then, when you flush it, * providing you are hunting down wind, he will drive but little and as he rises to the wind he will nresent his white breast to you and if you are just a little ahead of him and in the line of his flight, you will have the satisfaction of recording a clean kill. If the snipe are plentiful and the cover very thick, you will soon come to the conclusion that it will be of little use for you to kill double, unless, indeed, you are a good "marker." You will kill the first snipe at thirty yards on the left. You know that one has flushed on your right and with a quick sec- ond, you have killed the second bird and you con- gratulate yourself on the nice double. In the mean- time you "have taken your eye off the place where the first bird fell, but you can still see the tall grass wave a little where the second one plunged to its death. You probably will pick up the second bird (quien sabe'l and return to where you stood to find the first kill, but you miss the place and you are mortified more than once by hearing a hasty ■'sca-a-i-i-pe" as a snipe gets up behind you and your eyes are on the ground. It may be that you take a few hasty shots and it is unneccessary for the writer to sav right here that if ycu do the first bird is lost, and it is dollars to doughnuts that you will lose others. Now for the proper method. When you enter the snipe patch and a dozen birds get up at one time, be deliberate as is cautioned in the earlier part of this story and coolly kill one. Stop in your tracks, keeping your eyes on the place where the dead bird fell and find some object in the distance in the line of sight, be it a tree two miles away or a bunch of cover two hundred yards off, anything you can recognize when you return. Then nlace your handkerchief on the top of the grass in such a manner that the wind will not dislodge it, slip in a shell and you are ready to advance. A snipe flushes before you have taken three steps. You kill and mark this bird as before. You have but one handkerchief — then take your hat. You have marked this last bird in a line with a distant windmill. Then you go to the place where the first bird fell and you will find it and return to where your hat is lying, look straight toward the windmill and you walk in that direction and you will have the satisfaction of finding the victim of the second kill somewhere on the line indicated. The main thing to do is to keep your eyes ou the place where the dead body of the bird fell and to make the alignment. A little practice will soon convince one of the effi- cacy of this method. The impulse of the beginner is to run to where the game falls and hasten to bag it. This should be con- trolled by the shooter and he will find that if he stops to load his gun before he proceeds, he not only will be cooler and can mark his dead birds down much better but he will not have the mortification of flush- ing a lot of lazy ones that could have easily been killed if he had taken plenty of time and taken things coolly. "Next for the snipe you must prepare — He darts like lightning through the air, With devious wnng — a moment wait. You'll see the rover travel straight." There are many ways in vogue for overcoming the exaggerated difficulties attending the shooting of snipe; in fact, every sportsman has some particular rule of his own to guide him, and recommends it in the strongest terms to every tyro panting to reach that oesirable goal "a good snipe shot." However, laying all means and modes aside, every one is well satisfied if he reaches home at the close of a long day's tramp with the limit of 20 of these wary birds. When, however, snipe were very abundant on the marshes, and the weather favorable for shooting be- fore the day of limits it was no unusual thing for an experienced shot to retire from the field with from 50 to 100 birds. All the various systems for shooting snipe may be reduced to the two following plans — "snap shooting" and "deliberate shooting," both diametrically op- posed to each other in practice and theory, but the same in their results, as either will be found to an- swer equally a swell in the present case. The snap shot kills the bird as soon as sprung, and before he enters upon his zigzag course; the deliberate shot poises his weapon, and coolly waits till those singu- lar gyrations are at an end, and then pulls the trig- ger upon his victim with a certainty of bringing him to the ground. The irregular flight of the snipe is discontinued, if the bird be allowed to pursue its course for a short distance, and its motion becomes uniform, and steady long before it is out of reach of the gun, as it is very easily killed, requiring but a shot pellet or two to bring it down. The following anecdote is not bad, and we think the plan adopted by our sporting friend a good one — perhaps worthy of attention. "It is known to all snipe-shooters, that when the bird rises he makes a kind of screaming noise, some- thing resembling the sound of the word "escape." A noted shot of our acquaintance invariably ex- claims, before pulling the trigger, "I'll be d — d if you do!" giving as a reason that it affords him time to take bis aim coolly and collectively. The plan ap- pears to succeed with him, for a snipe rarely escapes from his merciless barrel." The singular twisting flight of the snipe, when sud- denly come upon, is not altogether natural to the bird, but is rather the result of circumstances, and has very justly been attributed to fright and the great anxiety of the bird to escape; and perhaps their indistinct vision in the glare of the day also ) enders their course, as it were, undetermined and YJicertain. Another cause for the erratic gyrations is given and that is, when the bird rises it turns its head one side or the other, the long bill acting as a rud- der. Going too far to one side the action is re- versed and it whips about on another turn. Snipe when they are unmolested will rise from the ground and fly away in a straight direction. "Whene'er you beat for snipe, implore Old Aeolus o'er marsh and moor Boldly to breathe, yet always mind You turn your back upon the wind." Snipe almost invariably fly against the wind; it will therefore be important for the shooter to have the wind at his back, for by this arrangement the bird presents a much better mark when coming towards him, and he is also in the proper position to take advantage of all the cross shots. These birds lie better in windy weather than any other time; but are more difficult to shoot, perhaps, when on the wing, as they fly much further and swifter 1han if the day be warm and mild, when their flight is short and easy. This latter assertion seems rather strange, too — that they should fly "further and swifter" on a windy day than on a mild one — for considering that they always proceed directly against the wind, it would be very natural for us to infer that in con- sequence of this singular habit, their flight ought to be proportionately shorter, slower and more la- bored, owing to the powerful resistance offered by a stiff breeze; but such however is not the ease, as every snipe shooter knows. If, however, snipe have been much hunted after, and are wild, they make long flights even in the calmest and clearest weather; and are, as said be- fore, very difficult to get at, in consequence of this very "calm and clearness of the atmosphere," as they possess very acute organs of hearing, and take wing at the slightest noise, which is "wafted gently o'er the moor" from all quarters, and from very long distances; and when one rises if in bunches of two, three, or more, the alarm most usually becomes gen- eral, and the example is followed by all the others in quick succession. As snipe invariably fly against the wind, it is a good plan to go around the dog when on a point, and thus facing him, you may get a much better shot when the bird rises. It is hardly necessary to add. you should look out for your dog, otherwise you may shoot him; however, such accidents have occurred, and may happen again. Notwithstanding the mud and mire, trouble and vexation, we consider snipe shooting a most pleasant diversion, more particularly on account of the great number of shots to be had in the course of a day, as well as their rapid succession, and we are ac- quainted with no kind of sport that so soon improves an indifferent shot as this does. So much quickness, and at the same time so much judgment are so absolutely necessary to hit upon the exact moment for drawing upon the trigger, that the tvro, with a little practioe will soon have com- plete control over all his movements and it is also necessary for him to be ever on the qui vive, as nearly every bird that spiings presents a different shot. 1. Snipe are widely distributed over the world, and are equally esteemed in all parts for their game qualities. 2. To Wilson belongs the honor of describing a marked distinction between the American and Eng- lish variety. 3. The snipe is a migratory bird, breeding in the elevated districts of our Northern States, as well as Canada. 4. They begin to arrive on California shooting grounds in October and remain all winter to return to their breeding grounds in March, April and May. 5. Their food consists of worms, insects, larvae, and the tender roots of aquatic plants. 6. Snipe move farther North towards the close of April. 7. The young brood generally consists of four. S. Snipe are very fickle, shy, and uncertain in their movements. 9. Snipe almost invariably fly against the wind; therefore hunt them with the wind on your back. 10. Old and slow dogs are most suitable for this sport; young and heedless animals are better at home. 11. A "crack snipe shot," is good on other kinds of game. 12. Snipe fly in "wisps," and not in flocks, there- fore say a "wisp of snipe," and not a flock. Notwithstanding these birds are perhaps more dif- ficult to be killed on a windy day than a mild one, there are but a few snipe-shooters that would prefer a moderately windy day to a calm one, as the points in favor of the former certainly overbalance all that can be said of the latter position, and that very considerably. In this opinion, we presume that we are sustained by nearly all our sporting friends; however, there are some of our acquaintances, one at least, and what is more surprising, a very acute observer, too, about everything appertaining to the sports of the field, who will at times contend for the ooposiite, and strive most pertinaciously to support his erroneous opinion, in spite of all the powerful arguments brought to bear against it, by men not his inferiors, in any point of view as sportsmen. The only argument worth alluding to — and which in fact is not an argument, but merely a position or assertion, that these advocates of calm weather adduce in support of their opinion is the fact "of the shooter so frequently overwalking the birds on a windy day, and finding them get up far behind him after he has passed over the places where he ex- pected to find them." This circumstance, however, is not owing to the state of the atmosphere, but rather in consequence of his own ignorance and bad management in not quartering the ground properly — which is of the utmost consequence in snip? shoot- ing, when pursued without the assistance of a dog. When we say that the sportsman must hunt down wind, we do not mean that he should walk directly with tbe wind in his back, but rather that he should proceed in an oblique course, so as to quarter the ground in such a manner as to travel within hearing distance of ever)- bird that might be feeding around. By fallowing this plan, the birds rise on a windy day within ten, fifteen or twenty feet, as the case may be, circle about for an instant, and theu make invariably towards you or by you, and thus presj.it the very best shot that could be desired. When it is raining, snipe are very uneasy, wild, and difficult of approach. There are few dogs that can be employed with much success in snipe shooting, and when the birds are abundant, most of our shooters prefer going to the field alone. However, when there is sufficient cover on the marshes, and the dog is accustomed to his game, snipe will frequently lie well, and surfer a cunning animal to approach within a few feet of them. The dog, however, must be very careful, and not too fast, otherwise he will overrun his game, and do much more harm than good.. The English, or rather Wilson's snipe, as every one should call it, gives forth a strong game effluvia, and it is no un- common circumstance for a careful dog to draw upon one at a distance of twenty, thirty, or even sixty feet. When the birds are very numerous and somewhat confined, owing to the locality and small extent of their feeding grounds, we would advise a persever- ing shooter to leave his four-footed companion at home, provided he is willing to travel backward and forward over tbe cover, and get all the birds up him- self, for by doing so he will have a fairer chance to bag them than if he had the best dog in the world. A snipe dog should be staunch, and had better be too old than too young, as hunting young dogs on these birds is very likely to prove injurious to them, having a tendency to make them slow, and perhaps lazy, as they find" the birds' so easy, and the points succeed each other so fast, that they are unwilling thereafter to put themselves to aey great deal of trouble to find other game, which will generally prove much more difficult to be got at. If you must, however, take a canine friend along with you — and there are, we know, some shooters who cannot stir on an occasion of any kind without two or more of these favorites — please recollect that one at all events, is quite sufficient. Drink Jackson's Napa Soda. Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN FISH LINES. Striped bass angling circles are stirred from cen- ter to circumference over tbe recent appearance of large-sized bass. Reports from San Antonio slougb and Wingo waters denote that the expected good sport, at this time of the year, is now ripe and ready for the clam-tossing contingent. All previous records have been beaten by different catches during the last two weeks. Friday, a week ago, Al Wilson, one of the most skilled local salt water anglers, returned from a launch-fishing trip in the sloughs near Wingo station with four fine striped bass. The largest weighed forty-tour pounds; the combined weight of the four scaled 127 pounds. This catch is the individual "high hook" record for striped bass in our waters. Two weeks ago Bob Sangster hooked in San Antone and landed a fish that turned the scale at forty-four pounds when caught. Recently there were about twenty-five rods out in the Wingo resort. James S. Turner's twenty-two pound fish was the banner catch for the day. Other lucky anglers were: Fred Franzen, whose fish weighed eleven and six pounds, respectively. Terry Evans, Will Turner and Ed Martin's five bass ran from eight to ten pounds in weight. The sport is not monopolized by the sterner sex, for Mrs. Cun- ningham landed an eleven-pounder after a lively struggle. Anglers who have fished the San Antone slough waters, near Burdells station, Marin county, seem to have fared the best collectively. One Saturday Jack Bliss captured a thirty-five-pounder. This achievement puts him way in the lead for the San Franqisco Striped Bass Club "higfaj-hookj' medal. The two larger fish mentioned above place the honors with the Pacific Striped Bass Club so far, both Wilson and Sangster being members of the latter organization. One other modest angler landed three fish one day, 33, 23 and 21 pounds, and also a thirty pounder the following day. A fisherman named Hall caught a 32%-pound bass. Dr. Millar's fish scaled twelve and six pounds. Al Wilson previously caught a twenty and an eigh- teen-pound bass at San Antone. Other successful anglers were Professor McFarland, C. B. Hollywood, Chris Johnson, Howard Vernon and James Lynch. Last Sunday there were probably 125 anglers at the Wingo and San Antone waters, although bass were observed in the sloughs the catches were limited to comparitively few fish of medium size. The Saturday before Harry Hook landed a 10 pounder, Hugh Draper's fish weighed 8 pounds. Chas. Landresse caught a 10 pounder. Chris Johnson is credited with a recent catch of G striped bass that scaled SO pounds altogether. Bob Sangster landed a 12% pound fish. It is believed that larger striped bass than have yet been landed are in the resorts mentioned, for the reason that several of the anglers were cleaned out by big fish. This argues that these stampeding bass must have been large and powerful, for with hardly any exception our local striped bass anglers are equipped with the best tackle procurable. Striped bass were also in plentiful numbers in the San Pablo waters. A report last week stated that during the week two big catches were made. A. A. Patton caught twenty-seven and Boatman Mul- ler's stepson captured fifty odd bass. No very large fish were among these hauls, but all were of legal size. It will be remembered that market net fish- ermen three weeks ago caught a sixty-two-pound striped bass in the same fishing ground. This fish is the largest striped bass yet reported caught in Cali- fornia water. Rodeo returns have been rather meager recently. On the contrary, but a few miles north at Vallejo Junction, the sport has been excellent. From Sacra- mento, where striped bass are usually very plentiful in the near-by river waters, the report is that this game fish is at present exceedingly scarce. An amusing episode is reported concerning a recent shipment of striped bass from Black Diamond to a local wholesale fish company. The box containing the fish weighed 200 pounds. A number of the fish shipped were palpably under the legal three-pound limit. The shipper had filled the small fishes' bel- lies with an interesting collection of junk — rusty bolts, nuts, pieces of lead, spikes, etc., to bring them up to the proper weight. These fish were seized by a deputy fish commissioner. What kind of striped bass fishing prevails in the East may be inferred from the following story, given in a recent communication from New York to a local angler. The tale will be of some interest to the "loyal legion of Wingo" and affiliated clam-tossers. Here it is: "Jimmy Riley took me fishing in Butt's draw, part of Goose creek channel, in Jamaica bay. We fished awhile: Jim got a bite, and his line ran out fifty feet. He had on a heavy fish. The fish kept taking line in spite of all he could do to hold it back — he thought he had a shark on. "He was about to cut his line before too much went off the reel, when a man in a near-by boat told him that he had hooked a large bass and advised him to hold on to the fish. Jim immediately got busy and turned the bass before all of his line was run out. He landed the fish shortly; it was a fourteen pound striped bass, and put up a good fight. This proved to be the record striped bass caught in Ja- maica bay, a favorite fishing ground, for this year, and was almost double the weight of any bass re- ported up to that time." From all accounts there is hardly any compari- son to be made between this sport in and around New York waters and the splendid fishing that is available for local anglers. The League of Salt Water Fishermen of New York numbered recently a mem- bership of 150,000. The organization was strong enough to influence legislation favorable to fisher- men, particularly the Sunday contingent. It is only recently that anglers have been permitted to follow the bent of their sporting proclivities on Sundays in Massachusetts and Connecticut. SAN JOSE SHOW. Black bass, both the large and small mouth va- rieties, have thriven wonderfully since the introduc- tion of this game and splendid food fish in many waters of this State. In the upper waters of the San Joaquin and its tributaries are to be found many ideal black bass habitats. The streams are cold from the melted snows of the Sierra; sandy and gravelly stretches of bottom and swift currents put the fish in a condition that is most desirable, both for sport and the table. Another pleasing feature is the ab- sence of tules on the banks of most of the black bass fishing resorts. Anyone who has eaten black bass caught in the tule basins, particularly during a warm summer, will appreciate fish taken elsewhere. John Lemmer recently caught a limit of fifty splendid black bass near Newman's. The fishing in the Merced river near at that point is first class, and so it is near Fire- baugh. From a report filed by District Deputy Andy Fer- guson of Fresno, it would not seem like exaggera- tion to imagine that black bass was the most prolific crop raised in some of the irrigated country near Fresno. Deputy J. E. Lewis reports that on many different days since July 25th he has taken thousands of black bass from a few inches in size to two or three pounders, from pools, ponds and ditches where they had been landlocked or stranded. During July 11,320 fish were rescued and returned to living waters. In August the redemption was 23,- 960, and up to October 24th a rear guard of 5350 ma- rooned fish — a grand total of 40,630 black bass, alive and kicking, replaced in water where they would an- swer a better purpose than as an accidental fertilizer. Charles F. Breidenstein has placed 45,000 steelhead fry and 5000 young silverside salmon in Lagunitas creek. The Marin county streams have been well stocked with steelhead fry this season. The silver- side planting is tbe first stocking of this game va- riety of the salmon north of Santa Cruz. These fish were placed in the San Lorenzo river, the fry having been reared at the Brookdale hatchery. Results fol- lowing this liberation of silversides have been most pleasing. A number have been caught this fall going up the San Lorenzo. Lemon cove, Visalia and other points also received assignments of young trout. San Bernardino county's allotment was 150,000 fry to be placed in about twenty different creeks. Ten tbourand rainbow troutlets were turned loose in the Palomar mountain country. Santa Ana received about 5000 fry for Santiago, Trabuca and San Juan creeks. Riverside trout streams were also plentifully restocked. The campaign of trout distribution has been carried on in every section of the State. Trout anglers have, con- sequently, something to look forward to for next year's fishing. In Puget sound and its tributaries, the rivers of British Columbia and Vancouver island, the silverside is very plentiful. As a food fish it ranks high and as a medium of sport to the angler is in a class by itself. Fly-fishing for silverside salmon must be tried to be thoroughly appreciated. This fish will scale up to fifteen pounds in weight. The California Anglers' Association has placed thousands of trout fry this fall in the waters of So- noma and San Mateo counties. A week ago 120,000 trout fry, rainbow and Loch Leven, were forwarded to District Deputy Game Warden Andy Ferguson at Fresno These fish were liberated in Hume lake and tributary streams, the "three rivers" country near Porterville. An Alaskan Eagle. — L. W. Hollingsworth of 25 City Hall avenue recently purchased a splendid speci- men of the brown Alaskan eagle. This magnificent bird was captured about nine months ago when about three months old, so it has attained a year's ma- turity. Its plumage is beautifully soft with white spots distributed all over. The cleanliness and bright color of its beak and talons indicate its youth. Mr. Hollingsworth has his eagle on exhibition in his window near the City Hall. It has attracted much attention from the city employes, politicians and the general public who frequent that vicinity. COMING EVENTS. Bench Shows. Nov. 17-19 — Boston Terrier Club. Boston, Mass. Wal- lace Snow. See'y. Nov. 24-27 — Altoona Kennel Club, Altoona, Pa. C. E. Wensel, Sec'y. Nov. 29 — French Bulldog Club of New England. (License.) Boston, Mass. E. W. Bright, Sec'y. Dec. 8-11 — Louisville Poultry and Pet Stock Asso- ciation. 'License.) Louisville. Ky. W. C. Cawthon. Sec'y. Dec. 9-10 — Tov Spaniel Club of America. New York Citv. Miss H. G. Parlett.' Secy. Field Trials. Nov. 15 — Kentucky Field Trial Association. Glas- gow, Ky. W. L. Cook, Sec'y. Nov. 16. — International Field Trial Club. Buthven, Ont. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. Nov. 22 — Continental Field Trial Club. Barber Junc- tion, N. C. All-age entries close Oct. 15. John White, Sec'y, Hempstead, L. I., N. T. Nov 29. — Pointer Club of America. Barber Junction, N. C. W. C. Root, Sec'y. Dec. 6 — Georgia Field Trial Association. Waynes- boro, Ga. Derby and All-Age entries close Sep- tember 6. J. P. Greene, Sec'y, Waynesboro, Ga. Awards. St. Bernards. Rough coated. Limit and winners dogs — 1 J. D. Harner's King B. Special — Best, King B. Great Danes. Puppy and winners dogs — 1 Rev. J. A. Lally's Boris. Limit and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. C. G. Saxe's Harlequin Pearl, 2 Ch. Princess Har- lequin. Specials — Best, Harlequin Pearl. Best of opposite sex, Boris. Russian Wolfhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss A. N. Wilkins' Ch. Tybo. Special — Best, Ch. Tybo. Deerhounds. Local and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. J. C. Berret's Jean. Special — Best, Jean. Greyhounds. Novice dogs — 1 T. Cooney's Sir Lip- ton, 2 S. E. Portal's White Sox. Open dogs — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Black Tralee. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Black Tralee, res Sir Lipton. Open and winners bitches — 1 T. J. Cronin's Ch. Forepaw. Specials — Best, Ch. Black Tralee. Best of oppo- site sex, Ch. Forepaw. American Foxhounds. Novice dogs — 1 H. E. Wright's Rex, 2 C. X. Portal's Mike. Open dogs — 1 Rex, absent Hon. Carroll Cook's Prince Louis, Ch. Ned. Winners dogs — 1 Rex, res Mike. Open and winners bitches — 1 Hon. Carroll Cook's Kenwood Beauty, absent Hon. Carroll Cook's Ch. Queenie II. Specials — Best, Rex. Best of opposite sex, Ken- wood Beauty. Pointer's. Puppy dogs — 1 A. C. Eaton's Jingo Joe, 2 W. L. Dowton's Choppy. Local dogs — 1 Jingo Joe. 2 E. F. Henshaw's General Joe Wheeler. Novice dogs — 1 Rex, 2 L. V. Garrigus' Jingle, 3 Jingle Joe, res General Joe Wheeler. Limit dogs — 1 Jingo Joe, 2 General Joe Wheeler. Open dogs — 1 Rex, 2 Jingle, 3 Jingo Joe, res General Joe Wheeler, absent C. F. Holman's Ch. Victor Joaquin. Winners dogs — 1 Rex, res Jingle. Puppy bitches — 1 J. Caldero's Diana. Local bitches — 1 J. A McDonald's May Blossom, 2 Diana, 3 R. B. Barrett's Nora. Novice bitches — 1 H. Schintzgebel's Nellie M, 2 W. L. Dow- ton's Queen Ann, 3 Diana. Limit bitches — 1 G. Bo- rello's Fairfax Beauty, absent Chas. F. Holman's Lady Joaquin. Winners hitches — 1 May Blossom, res Fair- fax Beauty. Specials — Best, May Blossom. Best of opposite sex, Rex. English Setters. Puppy dogs — 1 E. L. Fournier's Bobby Bloodstone, 2 J. Schulte's Crystal Bar. Local dogs — 1 Bobby Bloodstone. Junior dogs — 1 Bobby Bloodstone. Novice and limit dogs — 1 A. L. Temple's Major, 2 Crystal Bar. Winners dogs — 1 Major, 2 Bobby Bloodstone. Puppy bitches — 1 Mrs. Thos. Murphy's Pretty Peggy. Local bitches — 1 E. L. Fournier's Little Nell. Junior bitches — 1 Pretty Peggy, 2 Little Nell. Novice and limit bitches — 1 Little Nell. Open bitches — 1 M. Manning's Lady Dorie M., 2 Little Nell. Winners hitches — 1 Lady Dorie M., res Pretty Peggy. Specials — Best setter in the show, Lady Dorie M. Best English setter, Lady Dorie M. Best in limit class. Major. Gordon Setters. Limit dogs — 1 A. L. Stuart's Doc's Peerless Lad. 2 H. A. Smith's Buster. Open dogs — 1 A. L. Stuart's Ch. Doc Watson, 2 Buster. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Doc Watson, res Doc's Peerless Lad. Special — Best, Ch. Doc Watson, Irish Setters. Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 G. Corcoran's Waterford. Limit bitches — 1 Miss C. Cal- vert's Lady Dell, 2 G. Corcoran's Claire. Open bitches — 1 Claire. Winners bitches — 1 Lady Dell, res CJaire. Special — Best, Lady Dell. Cocker Spaniels. Black. Local and novice dogs — 1 W. C. Lasse's Captain. Limit dogs — 1 Captain, 2 W. G. Roach's Major Lucky. Open dogs — 1 C. G. Gilbert's Knebworth Rowdy. Winners dogs — 1 Kneb- worth Rowdy, res Captain. Limit bitches — 1 Mrs. T. J. Blight's Delverton Nedda, absent W. H. Mc- Kay's Lassie Kathleen. Open bitches — 1 M. A. Cress- well's Cressella Peggy. Winners bitches — 1 Cressella Peggy, res Delverton Nedda. Cocker Spaniels. Other than black. Limit dogs, any solid color other than black — 1. V. J. Run's Dandy Red. Local dogs, parti-colored — 1 V. J. Rub's Beacon Light. 3 J. V. Lloyd's Del. Open dogs, parti- colored— 1 Mission Kennels' Mission Roue, 3 Del. AVinners dogs — 1 Mission Roue, res Beacon Light. Local bitches, parti-colored — 1 V. J. Ruh's Delverton Tinker Belle. Novice bitches, parti-colored — 1 V J. Ruh's Notion, 2 C. Leonard's Susie Trotwood, 3 Mrs. W. F. Lenzen's Rita Belle. Limit bitches, parti- colored— 1 Delverton Tinker Belle, 2 Susie Trot- wood. Open bitches — 1 Mission Kennels' Lucky Peggy, 2 Delverton Tinker Belle, 3 Susie Trotwood. Winners bitches — 1 Lucky Peggy, res. Delverton Tinker Belle. Specials — Best solid black, Cressella Peggy. Best of opposite sex, Knebworth Rowdy. Best parti-color. Mission Roue. Best of opposite sex, Lucky Peggy. Best red cocker, Dandv Red. Best shown by member of California Cocker Club, Knebworth Rowdy. Best of opposite sex, Lucky Peggy. Dachshunde. .Novice and winners dogs — 1 H. S. Bradford's Duke. Puppy and limit bitches — absent Mrs. C. M. Reed's Could Be Worse. Open and win- ners bitches — 1 C. Leonard's Gretchen, absent Could Be Worse. Special — Best, Duke. Collies. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. E. F. Brown's Val- verde Laddie, 2 T. Scbarff Jr.'s King Louis. Local dogs — 1 L. Belvail's Casino, 2 T. Scharff's Boulder, 3 Mrs. W. Wilson's Croney, v h c S. Albinson's Lad- le THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. die. Novice dogs, sable and white — 1 L. Belvails' Casino, 2 T. Scharff's Live Oak Boulder, 3 L. C. Beekwith's Monarch. Limit dogs, sable and white — i L. Belvail's Casino, 3 Monarch. Limit dogs, other than sable and white — 1 Valverde Laddie. Open dogs, sable and white — 1 Wm. Ellery's Valverde Virgil. Open dogs, other than sable and white — 1 Valverde Laddie. Winners dogs — 1 Valverde Laddie, res Val- verde Virgil. Puppy bitches — 1 T. Murray's Val- verde Midge, 2 Miss L. Weisse's Glen Tana Miss, 3 T. Scharff Jr.'s Iris, v h c Miss L. Weisse's Pica- dilly Circus. Local bitches — 1 Mrs. E. R. Everett's Live Oak Daisy, 2 J M. McKinnan Jr.'s Gladdie, 3 L. O. Jack's Thornburne Princess. Novice bitches, sable and white — 1 Valverde Midge, 2 Glen Tana Miss, 3 Mrs. W. W. Merriman's Valverde Lou, v h c Thornburne Princess, absent Picadilly Circus. Limit bitches, sable and white — 1 Valverde Midge, 2 Live Oak Daisy, absent Wm. Ellery's Valverde Victoria. Open bitches, sable .and white — 1 Valverde Midge, 2 Wm. Ellery's Valverde Vixen. Winners bitches — 1 Valverde Midge, res Valverde Vixen. Specials — Best, Valverde Laddie. Best of opposite sex, Valverde Midge. Best in local class. Live Oak Daisy. Best tri-color puppy. Valverde Laddie. Curley Poodles. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss Alice Harrison's Orchard Cabin Boy, absent Mrs. Eugene Murphy's Toppy. Special — Best, Orchard Cabin Boy. Bulldogs. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. C. R. Harker's Mag- nolia Monarch. Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 Dr. L. R. Gambitz' Walsingham Roy, 2 Fearless Bull- dog Kennels' Fearless Lincoln. Puppy bitches — 1 S. R. Freeman's El Toro Girl, absent Mrs. C. R. Har- ker's Magnolia Buzz. Limit bitches — 1 H. G. Steven- son Jr.'s Aida Stone. Open and winners bitches — 1 Mrs. C. R. Harker's Ivel Chaddie, 2 Aida Stone. Specials — Besst, Ivel Chaddie. Best of opposite sex, Walsingham Roy. Best puppy, Magnolia Monarch. Airedale Terriers. Puppy dogs — 1 Mrs. J. W. Cawkwell's Matlock Buster. Local dogs — 1 Mrs. E. Haven's Sierra Mike. Novice dogs — 1 Mrs. E. B. Pierce's Sergeant Buz Fuz. Limit and open dogs — 1 Dr. G. A. Spencer's Derryfleld Briar, 2 Sierra Mike. Winners dogs — 1 Derryfleld Briar, res Matlock Bus- ter. Puppy bitches— 1 Mrs. J. W. Cawkwell's Mat- lock Beauty. Local, novice and limit bitches — 1 Ida Wehner's Bridget. Open bitches— 1 Jas. G. Keefe's Bradford Dolly, 2 Dr. Geo. A. Spencer's Derryfleld Doris, 3 Bridget. Winners bitches — 1 Bradford Dolly, res Matlock Beauty. Specials— Best. Bradford Dolly. Best of opposite sex, Derryfleld Briar. Bull Terriers. Puppy dogs— 1 H. F. Coe's Rose- wood Prince, absent Mrs. F. Morris' Bloomsbury Gladiator (formerly Bloomsbury Terror). Local dogs — 1 H. F. Coe's Englewood Buck. Novice dogs — 1 J. D. Canny's Silkwood Chief. Limit dogs — absent Bloomsbury Gladiator. Open dogs — 1 Robt. A. Roos' Ch Sound End Challenger, absent Bloomsbury Gladiator. Winners dogs — 1 Ch. Sounth End Challenger, res Rosewood Prince. Puppy bitches — 1 H. F. Coe's Rosewood Pride, 2 J. L. Math- eson's Princess Dena. Local, novice and limit bitches— 1 J. Villar's Rosewood Lassie. Open bitches —1 Robt A. Roos' Ch. Willamette Starlight. Win- ners bitches — Ch. Willamette Starlight, res Rose- wood Pride. Specials— Best, Ch. Sound End Challenger. Best of opposite sex, Ch. Willamette Starlight. French Bulldogs. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Halcyon Alexandre, 2 A. Methivier's Bonou. Open and winners bitches— 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Boulette De La Mare. Special — Best, Ch. Halcyon Alexandre. Boston Terriers. Puppy, opfn and winners dogs — Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Berkeley Bantam of Won- derland. Limit, open and winners hitches — 1 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Endcliffe Cymbal, 2 Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Wood Daisy of Wonderland. Specials — Best, Miss Jennie A. Crocker's Ch. Dick Dazzler. Best of opposite sex, Endcliffe Cymbal. Best Puppy, Berkeley Bantam of Wonderland. Fox Terriers. Smooth coated. Novice dogs — 1 Miss E. Moon's Finnigan. Limit dogs — 1 L. H. Patly's Bob O' Link. Onen dogs — 1 I. C. Ackerman's Humberstone Reckon. 2 Bob O' Link, 3 Finnigan. Winners dogs — 1 Humberstone Reckon, res Bob O' Link. Local bitches — 1 B. S. Armstrong's Nita, 2 J. E. Auzerais' Tippecanoe. Novice bitches — 1 Nita, 2 H. C. Doerr's Dottie, 3 Tippecanoe. Limit bitches — 1 Nita, 2 Tippecance. Winners bitches — 1 Nita, res Dottie. Fox Terriers. Wire haired. Puppy dogs — 1 Dr. H. C. Brown's Humberstone Precision. Local dogs - -1 C. G. H. McBride's Rex, 2 Humberstone Precision. Novice dogs — 1 Rex. Limit dogs — 1 Rex, 2 R. Reyn- tien's Dusky Bounder, absent H. Hastings' Flash Remus. Open dogs — 1 Rex, 2 Duskv Bounder, ab- sent F. J. Carolan's Ch. Cairnsmuir Otheris. Winners dogs — 1 Rex. res Humberstone Precision. Puppy and local bitches — 1 Dr. H. C. Brown's Humberstone Pre- cise, absent R. Reyntien's Overland Sally. Winners bitches — 1 Humberstone Precise. Specials — Best, Humberstone Reckon. Best of op- posite sex. best in local classes, best puppy, Humber- stone Precise. , Irish Terriers. Limit dogs — 1 T. D. E. Wilson's Jerry. Open arid winners dogs — 1 Mrs. D. T. Mur- phy/s Ch. Endcliffe Curate, 2 Jerry. Open and win- ners bitches — 1 D. Shannon's Bracelet. Specials — Best. Ch. Endcliffe Curate. Best of op- posite sex, Bracelet. Pomeranians. Puppy dogs, any weight — 1 Mrs. N. J. Stewart's Chocolates of Achray. Local dogs, any weig'it — 1 Mrs. H. Eerrar's Pinto B., 2 Chocolates of Achray, 3 Mrs. P. Schoff's Iona, res Dr. J. W. Abbo's Dick Abbo. Novice dogs, any weight — 1 Iona. Limit dogs, over 8 lbs — 1 Ponto B., 2 Mrs. Pfingst's Brown Bear, 3 Miss F. M. Reid's Reid's Prince Buff. Open dogs, over 8 lbs — 1 Ponto B., 2 Brown Bear, 3 Mrs. E. T. Reid's Herbert. Winners dogs — 1 Ponto B., res Chocolates of Achray. Puppy and local bitches, any weight — 1 Mrs. N. J. Stewart's Miss Satan of Achray. Open bitches, over 8 lbs — 1 Mrs. E. F. Reid's Lucy. Winners bitches— 1 Miss Satan of Achray, res Lucy. Specials — Best, best bred in Santa Clara county; best under 8 lbs., Mrs. N. J. Stewart's Ch. Ticki of Achray. Best of opposite sex, best over 8 lbs., Ponto B. Best white, Lucy. English Toy Spaniels. Limit, open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. Cameron's Buttons. Japanese Spaniels. Open and winners dogs — 1 Mrs. J. Schalike's Ch. Fujiyama. Special— Best California bred toy dog, any variety, Ch. Fujiyama. Pekinese Spaniels. Open and winners dogs — 1 Miss Lydia Hopkins' Huhi. Puppy, open and winners bj tches— 1 Miss Lydia Hopkins' Ah Moy of Devon- shire. Special — Best brace. Miss Lydia Hopkins. Pugs. Local, limit, open and winners dogs— 1 Moore and Mann's Gruby. Local, open and winners bitches— 1 Mrs. J. C. Stevenson's Baby Nell. Special— Best, Baby Nell. Toy Poodles. Open and winners dogs— Mrs. W. Hartnups Dandy Boy. Puppy bitches— 1 Mrs. W. Hartnup's Dimples. Limit bitches— 1 Mrs. W. Hart- nup's Lorisse. Open bitches— 1 Miss F. Biggs' Daisy Bell II. Winners bitches— 1 Dimples, res Daisy Bell II. Special— Best display, Mrs. W. Hartnup. Chihuahuas. Open and winners dogs — 1 H. M. W. A. Simonton's Bag of Ducks. Bufflngton's Pipo. Puppy, novice, limit, open and win- ners bitches — 1 Mrs. Byrne's Beauty. Special — Best, Pipo. Italian Greyhounds. Open and winners dogs — 1 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Ch. Duke II. Open and win- ners bitches — 1 Mrs. W. A. Deane's Ch. Queenie II. Special — Best, Ch. Queenie II. Sweepstake Specials. Best brace, any variety, of toys, Mrs. N. J. Stewart. Best in Santa Clara county, owned and shown by a lady resident, Ch. Tichi of Achray. Best owned and shown by a lady non- resident of Santa Clara county. Orchard Cabin Boy. Best kennel, any breed. Miss Jennie A. Crocker. Best in local classes. Beacon Light. Best of opposite sex, Delverton Tinker Belle. Best owned and exhibited by a member of Ladies' Kennel As?ociation of Cali- fornia, Huhi. Best display of toy dogs, Mrs. N. J. Stewart. been our experience to have observed. Press con- veniences, by the way, were excellent. It is time, however, that the use of ten-year-old benching should be discontinued. Notwithstanding the claim that the ancient junk is disinfected after every show, there still remains the danger of infec- tion for both old and young dogs. Superintendent J. C. Berret has lost none of his past dexterity in running a show. The Auditorium Rink is one of the best show halls on the Coast. Good light, ventilation and al- most every requirement that could be wished for. The dogs numbered something like 155, there were ten absentees. Class entries ran up to 246. Mrs. J. Harrison Todd judged the Toy classes and did so in a style that proved ability and experience. Mrs. W. C. Ralston judged Cockers. They were a good lot. Her awards were well accepted. Mr. H. W. Carmichae] did not have a hard task in placing the greyhounds. They were few, but good. Mr. Thos. J. Blight had an easy stunt in Great Danes. Dr. L. W. Spriggs judged pointers and all setters. The pointer entry was the largest San Jose ever showed. The general average was pleasing, several good ones were shown. English setters were scant, the reserve hitches winner will be a contender in future. Mr. G. S. Haliwell had all other breeds to judge. Bulldogs were few but generally en the good order. Collies turned out in fair numbers, several good young ones, winners at previous shows. Bull terriers pleasing but nothing new. French bulldogs and Bos- Ion were represented by Wonderland Kennels and that means, about the best we have here. Fox ter- riers were not numerous, Humberstone entries and breeding leading. Irish terriers developed nothing new. We heard some comment on cip distribution. Some of the big specials went in the sweepstakes. If the donors chose to put them in that way for whomso- ever they selected there can be no exception taken. In the regular specials some of the cups were of rather meagre capacity. That was all right too, they were won by "short legged dogs." o The San Jose show last week was in many respects a reminder of "old times." There was a large at- tendance every day and the show ran smoothly throughout. The average of class and quality was excellent and the general arrangement very good. Tom Blight acting as ring steward was "on the job" in a most satisfactory way. A number of the veterans were on hand and ma- terially helped the current of events move smoothlv — Gil Haliwell, Charley Gilbert, John Calkwell, Billy Haliwell, A. L. Stewart, C. Leonard of Stockton, N. J. Stewart, and others. The attendance of 'Frisco and Oakland fanciers was a flattering one. Chas. Harker prepared the several judging books in better shape and form for the use of the judges and subsequent press accommodation than it has ever GOSSIP FOR SPORTSMEN. Duck shooting locally for the past week has been of the favorable conditions generally that have en- sued since the opening days Quite a few northern birds, principally sprig, have come in. Canvasback, bluebills and spooneys are also arriving. During the heavy rainstorm one night last week in Colusa thousands of geese became bewildered by the electric lights and for hours, in fact until almost daylight hovered over the town, all Ihe while keeping up their everlasting "honk, honk." Several parties shot into the hand and many were killed. Hundreds of the lost birds after flying about became tired and alighted at the edge of town. Thousands of wild ducks are dying in Imperial valley, but whether from disease or poison is not known. In places acres of grain fields are strewn with dead birds, while others still living are so stu- pefied they can be caught by hand. Several were brought into Los Angeles by George House to be examined in an effort to learn the cause. House declares he is positive they are not poisoned in his section. As they are destructive to young barley, it is thought some farmer placed poison else- where. It is not generally known that the Eastern "Bob White" quail does well in some sections of this State. A number of these game little fellows were put out two years ago on the Haggin Grant near Sacramento. They were kept immune from the hunters and now they are gradually spreading over the foothill country. Occasionally thev can be heard calling in the vicinity of isolated farmhouses, but it is rare, so it is stated, to catch a glimpse of them, so wary are they. Ground squirrels have been sold in the local mar- kets until recently as young cottontails. Why this particular deception should prevail, unless as a mat- ter of sentiment, is not known, for the squirrel is rather palatable, particularly so during harvest time The squirrel now is under the bsn of the United States Public Health and Hosnifal Service. The rodent hao been found to be infected with bubonic plague. Scattering cases were found by Govern- ment inspectors in Contra Costa. Alameda, Solano and Santa Clara counties. A war of extermination has been declared and agents are now at work dis- tributing poison to farmers and landowners whose property is known to be infested writh .ground squir- rels. o Winchester Telescope Sight. Laymen who shoot at a mark for fun now and then, as well as expert riflemen, will be interestei in the Winchester Telescope sight recently placed upon the market. By the exercise ot that care, thoroughness and progressiveness in manufacture which the Win- chester Company has long been famous for. it has produced a telescope sight which experts, who have tested it carefully, say is a great improvement over any similar instrument heretofore "offered. Noticeable among the new and exclusive features of the Win- chester Telescope are the micrometer adjustment of the objective lens, which makes it simple and easy To take advantage of the possibilities of this sight to the fullest degree, and the aperture reticule furnish- ing the smallest aperture with the least obstruction of the field of any other offered. The new sight is made in two styles and in three different powers, and can be attached to all makes of repeating or single-shot rides A circular fully describing this new sight can be obtained bv writing the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Conn. As sent out by the manufacturers, this sight can be carried in stock, as there is nothing to confuse the user or dealer in mak- ing a selection. Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 11 THE FARM Fowls should be fasted from fourteeen to sixteen hours before killing. If this is not done, and they are full of food when killed, the carcass soon decom- poses, turns the bird green and renders it comparatively worthless. Even if the food has passed out of the crop into the bowels, the fowls will not keep very long, as the half digested food in the in- terior causes them to spoil and give an exceedingly unpleasant odor. Fowls to be dressed should be dry-picked, for the feathers are worth money. Turkey tail and wing feathers are made into feather dusters and "feather-bone" manufactur- ers give from fifteen to twenty-five cents a pound for them. Body feathers, used for cheap pillows and mattresses, bring from two to three cents per pound. No ■ one who uses hot water to scald poultry should expect the best price for the feath- ers. They bring more if carefully sorted and shipped in boxes. — Ex. 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MAKES A TENDON LIKE A ROD OF STEEL. 95.00 per bottle, with a written guar- antee as binding to protect you as the best legal talent could make it. Write for copy, booklet and facsimile letters from bankers, business men, prominent breeders and trainers the world over on every kind of lameness. "Save-the-horse" permanently cures, without scar, blemish, or loss of hair, bone and bog spavin, ringbone, (except low ringbone), thoroughpin, curb splint, capped hock, wind puff, broken down, bowed or strained tendon, or any case of lameness. At all druggists and dealers in the United States and Canada or sent express paid by TROY CHEMICAL CO., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. D, E. NEWELL, 50 Bnyo Vinta Avenue, Oiiklnnd, Cal. 1108 Market Street, San FrnnclMco, Cnl The Holiday »o«cao«oacaca -•"•"■•"•*•"•-♦*■"#"•"• "**«;*?•: > • o • •:• • ■■_• • •:• • •.• • a •■:•« ■ o : a • a •"• o «:■• • bob - •--• --•■-»-«>:■•■-■•'■■•■': Number ..*:•:•-•:•:• *••:•••:•• ■ a • • • e • * _joaoaoaoao»:»-»-» ■•/•-■■• •-•:•■:•-•-•-• • • i • ••••••••••••I* > ••••• a • Of The BREEDER and SPORTSMAN TO BE ISSUED DECEMBER 25TH, Advertisers Should Re- serve Space Wow. • •_• • • • s ■ a a a a.aa a a; a : e a a _a : • _•:•; a i !"•:•:■• ■»-•:■-• :• _a:a *•••••:• a a a a a •:• • • •-•-• a.aa a a* •••_• a a:a •»■:■•* a a i a »-■•-.• a a'a a a •-■a a •:••••• • ■• -» - a " a "a'B * .•_•_•_• a a • a » • • a a • • » • • a a a c a a • a It is only a few weeks now to Christmas. Therefore arrangements are already under way to make the HOLIDAY NUMBER a feature of the midwinter season from the all around sportsman's viewpoint. It will contain original, at- tractive reading combined with pictorial features. The HOLIDAY NUMBER will be a splendid adveitising medium. Advertisers should therefore arrange at once for space. Addressing the BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 366 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco a «:•••:• a • a: e a • aaaaaa i .a a a a a a a" b: o : o a a; • _ a , a: a , a a; a : a;a a:a:a a _•;•:• • •:•. a a • :•:•-■•?•:•:■•"•:•:•:»-• -.»-.• :•:«:»-•:• :.•.-•-•:•:•: »'■•:) .a:a.a.a.a:a s a as oa.o.a sobbb.bb • . a . a a a Pedigrees Tabulated i Typewritten. Suitable for Framing.) Stallion Folders with picture of the horse and terms on first page; complete tabulated pedigree on the two inside pages and description on back page. Stallion Cards Two sides, size 3J^ x 6J£, to fit exvelope. Stallion Cards for Posting Size, one-half sheet, 14 x 22; size, one-third sheet, 11 x 14. STALLION SERVICE BOOKS, $1. It Pays to Advertise Your Horse! Address, BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN, 1106 Pacific Bldg., San Franciseo ROSS McMAHON Awning and Tent Co. Camp Furniture, Awnings, Hammocks and Covers in stock and to order. Flags and Banners. Phone Kearny 2030. 403 Battery St., San Francisco. Cal. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. THE BEST BACON PIGS. The style of animal which best meets the bacon curer's ideal has otten been spoken about, but the desired standard is not always reached, and this in many cases is due to faulty breeding. To consider briefly one or two of the indications of what is really a good bacon pig, we might start first from the head. Here, length of snout, which partly includes length of jowl, and the absence of loose flabbiness so frequently seen there, indicates as a rule a lengthy animal. The idea has been to reduce the cheap parts of the animal and to in- crease those which are dearer. On that account a light fore-end is necessary but it must not be at the expense of width of back or depth in the pig. As a rule a pig narrow at the poll (be- tween the ears) is not the widest on his top nor is he the thriftiest of feeders. There may be exceptions to this rule but it can be applied generally. The advan- tages of a prominent eye and a smooth unwrinkled jaw or cheek, as well as width between the eyes, are that they in- variably indicate a smooth, lean-fleshed animal. The short, heavy head is invariably as- sociated with the very round body and a wide and very fat back, altogether a very wasteful carcass. The neck should not be too long, otherwise it indicates weak- ness, and a short neck generally goes with a short side, which from the bacon point of view, of course, is not desirable. It is important to note the character of the middle piece. The ribs should spring from the back but they "should not be entirely round. They should rather spring well and al- low the animal to be turned out slightly flat in the sides. There will he then less wasteful fat on the top without decreas- ing the depth of the pig. What is wanted is a pig that contains a maxium of lean meat and an undercut with as much streaky as possible. The loin, of course, should be well covered and muscular, because so much depends on good development here. The rump should not be too straight, otherwise the hams will invariably be short. There should be no flabbiness about the hams and a well carried tad puts finish to a pig, which helps it greatly at the time of sale. The quantity of bone should also be ac- companied by strength of bone, because it is not possible to carry a heavy weight of meat of very fine quality without sub- stance. Round bone should be avoided, as it indicates lack of breeding and is in- variably associated with a fat carcass. The pasterns should not be weak and the pig should be straight on its legs. This is likewise of great importance, for exercise is necessary in the production of the best class of carcass. These may seem small points, yet they all indicate particular functions which the bacon pig is supposed to fulfill. — Rural World. o CARING FOR THE PIGS. In order that we may take proper care of the young pigs it is necessary that we know about what time to expect them, says A.I. Legg. I have made it a rule to keep a record of the date on which the sows are bred. By reference to my record I find that my sows farrow from the 112th to 115th day from breeding. Some claim that an old sow will go longer than a young sow but I bred a yearling sow, a two-year-old, and a six- year-old sow all on the same date. These three sows all farrowed on the same day. I like for my sows to be in a thriving condition when the pigs are farrowed. In fact, I like for them to improve in flesh during the entire period of gesta- tion. Some people are afraid of getting their sows too fat, and I suppose that they can be made too fat, but they ought to be in good flesh. They should have a surplus laid up for the suckling of the young pigs, because it is hard to keep a sow from go- ing down in flesh rapidly while the pigs have to depend upon her for their food. The sows are given separate lots with a good shelter, close, warm house, if the weather is cool, about a week before they are due to farrow. The sows are fed sparingly for a few days after farrowing then gradually brought up to a full ration. It has always been hard for me to keep from feeding the sow too much while the pigs are young and as a result I have had several cases of scours with the young pigs. When I find the pigs beginning to scour, I give the sow 15 or 20 drops of laudanum in her feed for a few feeds. Her feed is reduced and this usually checks the scours in a day or so. If I have not any laudanum I have used powdered charcoal with good results. As soon as the pigs are old enough to eat I give them a separate trough where they can eat without being disturbed by the mother. They are given a mixed feed with the water. The sow gets a similar ration. More corn is used in cold weather than if the season is warm. —Rural World. ALFALFA HAY FOR HOGS. While alfalfa pasture has been found to be very valuable for hogs the hay as a part ration for winter is scarcely less im- portant. Throughout many parts of the West the farmers are feeding the hay to hogs in winter. The hay has been found to be especially valuable for brood sows before farrowing. Where it is fed dur- ing the winter only a small ration of grain is necessary to keep the sows in good flesh and in healthy condition. Sows thus fed also farrow good litters of strong, healthy pigs. Many feed the hay by throwing it on the ground in forkfuls ; others have made low racks in which the hay is placed where the hogs can feed like cattle or sheep. The hay is usually fed dry. The leaves are more readily eaten by the hogs than the stems, and they contain more of the nutritive value of the plant. For these reasons some farmers save the last BROOD MARES WANTED. Full blooded Percheron and Shire mares wanted for breeding. Registered mares preferred. Send description and price to A. L. CHARVO, Pleasanton, Cal. Nutwood Wilkes Mare For Sale. A dark bay live-year-old mare. 15-2, weighs about 1000 pounds, and is a full sister to the fast mareElmaS. Matinee record 2:18. This mare is perfectly sound and gentle and anyone can drive her. She has been driven a mile in 2:25 and is a good gaited trotter. Sired by Nutwood Wilkes, dam by California Nutwood, second dam by Anteeo 2:163-2, third dam Queen by Venture. For further particulars apply at the office of the Breeder and Sportsman. GOOD ONES FOR SALE. No. 1. Brown gelding. 4 years old, stands 15.2 hands, sound, showed trial miles in 2:20 as a 3- year-old. Perfectly gentle for a lady to drive. Not afraid of cars or automobiles. No. 2. Brown gelding, 7 years old. stands 15.2 hands, sound, record 2:23%, trial 2:18J4 as a 3- year-old. Gentle for a lady to drive, not afraid of cars or automobiles. These two horses are handsome, good roadsters and are being used regularly every day as buggy horses. Address, C. A. SPENCER. Woodland, Cal. FOR SALE. The imported Belgian stallion Barnum de Limelette. No. 26728; color brown, weight 2000 pounds, age 8 years. Also the imported German Coach stallion Odin, No. 8974; color black, weight 1450 lbs., age 8 years. Both of these horses are high-class pro- ducers and intending purchasers will be shown their colts. Horses and colts can be seen at Liv- ermore, Alameda county. For further particu- lars call or address MAX BERLIN. Box 616. Livermore. Cal. cutting of hay for the hogs because it is more relished. It is eaten up cleaner, as the stems are not so woody. Sometimes the hay is cut up fine, yet, and mixed with other feed, and sometimes it is fed ground, as there are now alfalfa mills scattered throughout the alfalfa regions. But it is very doubtful whether this ex- tra expense will pay, unless it be for a ration of young pigs. There is no way of telling the cost of producing wool for the flock is increas- ing at the same time. The return upon the lambs and upon the mutton is great- er than that from the wool. There is no particular part of the cost except the shearing and the handling of the wool afterward whicli can be called cost of producing the wool. Each cost belongs to all three products. Hence we can only speak of wool as below cost of pro- duction when, after the grower has add- ed together what he has received from lambs and mutton and after he has sub- tracted from this sum enough to make up for losses in and depreciation in value of his original flock, the price which he re- ceives for his clip added to the remainder is too small to pay back all his running expenses plus a reasonable profit on the original investment. Before Buying samples of our Alfalfa Seed PUREST AND BEST All kinds of Seeds-Plants-Trees C. C. MORSE & CO. 57 Jackson St. San Francisco R FREE CATALOG For Lame Horses For curb, splints, spavin, wind paffa, sprains or swell- ings) Of any kind, use Turtle's Elixir. Results are quick and permanent. Tens of thousands of farmers, the owners of gTeat city stables, tlie race horse men, all swear by Tuttle's Elixir Best for colic, distemper and founder. Also ipakfiW the most effective leg and body wash. Only B0 cents a bottle at all deal- ers. Keep Tuttle's Worm Powders, Condition Powders and Hoof Oint- ment on hand also. If not at your dealers, we'll ship by express. Valuable Veterinary Book Free. "Write for a copy today. Full of Important polnlersto every horse owner. A 100-page Illustrated guide free, but it Is worth dollars. Tuttle's Elixir Co. 52 Beverly St., Boston, Mass. Willis A. Shaw. Los Angeles, Cal. AgL OVERLAND LIMITED CROSSES HIGH SIERRA GREAT SALT LAKE by daylight Chicago in 3 Days Electric lighted — Fast Flying Cross-Coun- try Train — Luxuriously Equipped. Pull- man Drawing Room, Stateroom, Vesti- buled Sleeping Cars. Careful and attentive dining service. Parlor Observation Car with Library and Cafe, Ladies' Reading Room, Gentle- men's Smoking Room. Daily News Bulletins, Latest Papers and Magazines. SOUTHERN PACIFIC Veterinary Dentistry Ira Barker Dalziel Every facility to give the best of profes- sional services to all caseB ol veterinary dentistry. Complicated cases treated suc- cessfully. Calls from out of town Dromptly responded to. The best work at reasonable prices IRA BARKER DALZSEL. 620 Oetavia St., between Fulton and Grove. Phone Special 2074. San Francisco, Cal WM. F. EGAN.M.R.C.V.S. Veterinary Surgeon. 1155 Golden Gate Av» Branch Hospital, corner ^Yeb5ter ana Chestnut Streets. San Francisco, Cai. H. E. BECKWORTH. Fesserton, Ontario, canada. Breeder and Exhibitor of Scotcn tallies, Sil- ver Penciled Wyandottes. Pouter & Homing pig- eons of the very best blood; a fine jot of dog puppies on hand, beautifully marKea. Will make prize winners, no better oreeaing in America. Can send pedigree 60 years Dack. PEDIGREED FOX HOUNDS. All guaranteed, broke dogs and puds. 400 red fox cubs. Price list. J. D. STODGHILL.£helorville Ky. GOOD FISHING and pleasure boating on the Mann snore at Tiburon and vicinity. Fishing TacKie 10 let and Bait always on hand. First-class boats at reas- onable prices. San Francisco Boat House, Capt. F. Wm. Ehrke, Prop.. Tiburon. Cal. Good ferry service from foot of Mamet St.. Blake, Moffit & Towne Dealers in PAPER 1400-1450 4th St., San Francisco. Cal. Blake. Moffit & Towne. Los Aneeies. Blake. McFall & Co.. Portland, ore. CALIFORNIA PHOTO ENGRAVING COMPANY, High-Class Art in HALFTONES AND LINE ENGRAVING Artistic Designing 141 Valencia St., San Francisco RUBEROID ROOFING. Weather Proof. Acid Proof, Fire Resisting. BONESTELL & CO. 118 to 124 First St., San Francisco. Cal. *3/n(9i it&y r .s used and recommended by the_l^ largest fire-arms manufacturers irrl America. Experienced gun users every-1^ where say it is the best rust preventatives on eartli — on water, too. Being a light oil it enters the pores 1 of the metal and forms an impercept-l ble covering that is moisture-proof I without making the gun sticky or I greasy to handle. Best for oiling the r fine mechanisms of the finest gun, j because it does not dry out. gnm.i harden, turn rancid, collect dustj^ Free sample- THREE IN ONE Oil, CO., 102 New St., New Tork City. TyjSORBINE Ceres Strained Fnffy Ankles, Lymphangitis, Poll Evil, Fistula, Sores, Wire Cuts, Bruis- es and Swellings, Lameness, and Allays Pain Quickly without Blistering, removing the hair, or laying the horse up. Pleasant to nse. $2.00 per hottle nt dealers or de- livered. Horse Book 5 D free. ABSORBINE, JR., (man kind.?!. 00 bot- tle.) For Strains.Gout.YaneoseYeins, Var* icocele.Bydrocele, Prostatitis, Villspaio. W. F. YOUNG, P. D. F., 54 Temple St., Springfield, Hasa For Sale by— Langley & Michaels, San Fran- cisco, Cal.iWoodward, Clark & Co., Portland, Ore.; F W. Braun Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Western Whosesale Drug Co., Los Angeles, Cal.; Kirk, Geary & Co., Sacramento, Cal.; Pacific Drug Co., Seattle, "Wash.; Spokane Drug Co., Spokane, Wash. Saturday, November 20, 1909.] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN Every Horse Should Be Clipped In Season It is the wise thing to do for the clipped horse not only is easier to clean and looks better, but clipping does much to make him immune from coughs, colds and the usual ills that come to a horse from standing in a coat of long, wet hair after any hard ~ jga^^^^^ra exertion. The prespiration evaporates quickly from the clipped animal and leaves him dry. On cold days a blanket when he stands keeps him comfortable. The Best Clipping Machine the World has ever Seen is the Stewart Ball Bearing Enclosed Gear Machine It is the easiest turning, fastest clipping and most enduring- of all machines. The materials in it are all of better quality, the workmanship is superior. All file hard cut steel gears, protected from dust and dirt and running constantly in oil. It couldn't be better for twice the money. Write for the New Catalog Send Now CHICAGO FLEXIBLE SHAFT COMPANY, 204 Ontario Street, CHIGAG0 Insure Your Live Stock INDIANA ANp OHIO HoRSEs.MdiEs H Cattle ESTABLISHED 1886 Ctafp AffPnk' w- T- CLEVERDON, 350 Sansomo St., San Francisco. Oldie HgClllb. j. ED VAN CAMP, Germain Bldg., Los Angeles. LARGEST and OLDEST STOCK COMPANY Assets $350,000. No Assessments. Responsible parties with good business desiring agencies apply to State Agents. HEALD'S BUSINESS COLLEGE trains for Business and places its graduates in positions. Call or write 425 MCALLISTER ST., San Francisco. GLIDE BROTHERS Successors to J. H. Glide & Sons. Sole Proprietors of the FAMOUS BLACOW-ROBERTS-GLIDE FRENCH MERINO SHEEP. Glide Grade— 7-8 French and 1-8 Spanish Merino — Thoroughbred Shropshire Rams — Rams for sale at all times. P. O. Box 215. Telephone and telegraph, Dixon, Cal. . Address, Dixon, Cal. 1 $7,250 GunM Only $2 to Nominate Mare $7,250 Pacific Breeders Futurity Stakes No. 10 To be given by the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association For Foals of Mares Covered in 1909 to Trot and Pace at Two and Three Years Old. to close Wednesday, Dec. 1, '09 $4250 for Trotting Foals. $1750 for Pacing Foals. 00 to Nominators of Dams of Winners, $450 to Owners of Stallions. MONEY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS : $3000 for Three- Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Three-Year-Old Trot. 1250 for Two-Year-Old Trotters. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Trot. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three- Year-Old Trot when Mare was bred. $1000 for Three-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry Is Named the Dam of Winner of Three- Year-Old Pace. 750 for Two-Year-Old Pacers. 200 for Nominator on whose Entry is Named the Dam of Winner of Two-Year-Old Pace. 100 to Owner of Stallion, Sire of Winner of Three-Year-Old Pace when Mare was bred. SIX SPECIAL CASH PRIZES FOR STALLION OWNERS. Given to Owners of Stallions standing highest in number of Mares nominated in this Stake that were bred to their respective horses, divided as follows: 1st prize, $100. 2d prize, $50. 3d prize, $35. 4th prize, $25. 5th prize, $20. 6th prize, $20 The Above Prizes will be Paid on December 24, 1909. ENTRANCE AND PAYMENTS — $2 to nominate mare on December 1, 1909, when name, color, description of mare and stallion bred to must be given; ?5 May 2, 1910; $5 October 1, 1910; $10 on Yearlings, April 1, 1911; $10 on Two-Year- Olds, April 1, 1912; $10 on Three-Year-Olds. April 1, 1913. STARTING PAYMENTS — $25 to start in the Two-Year-Old Pace; $35 to start in the Two-Year-Old Trot; $35 to start in the Three-Year-Old Pace; $50 to start in the Three-Year-Old Trot. All Starting Payments to be made ten days before the first day of the meeting at which the race is to take place. Nominators must designate when making payments to start -whether the horse entered Is a Trotter or Pacer. Colts that start at two years old are not barred from starting1 again In the three -year- old divisions. For Entry Blanks and farther particulars, address the Secretary. , CONDITIONS: The races for Two-Year-OIds will be mile heats, 2-in~3, and for Three-Year-Olds, 3-ln-5. Distance for Two-Year-Olds, 150 yards; for Three-Year-Olds, 100 yards. If a mare proves barren or slips or has a dead foal or twins, or If either the mare or foal dies before April 1, 1011, iier nominator may sell or transfer his nomination or substitnte another mare or foal, regardless of ownership; but there will be no return of a payment, nor will any entry be liable for more than amount paid in or contracted for. lu entries, the name, color and pedigree of mare must he given; also the name of the horse to which she was bred in 1!H)9. Entries must be accompanied bj the entrance fee. Nominators liable only for amounts paid fn. Failure to make any payment forfeits all previous payments. This Association is liable for $7,250, the amount of the guarantee, only. Hopples will be barred In trotting and pacing divisions. Right reserved to declare off or reopen these Stakes In case the number of entries received is not satisfactory to the Board of Directors. Money divided in each division of the Stake 50, 26, 15 and 10 per cent. There will be no more moneys in each division than there are starters. Entries open to the world. Membership not required to enter; but no horse, wherever owned, will be allowed to start until the owner has become a member. Write for Entry Blanks to E. P. HEALD. F. W. KELLEY, Secretary, .._ , — _. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. XV^*\\X*XXXS«XXX3«3SXSXXS^^ CSXVSXX3««XSSXX»S»«^>VVVN**3^V«%S^^ 390 ex 400 Scored by Mr. Woolfolk Henderson at Jackson, Miss., Oct. 19-20, with PETERS SHELLS Winning High General Average ggf PETERS SHELLS have been time and again proven superior for Trap Shooting, and they are just as good for FIELD SHOOTING, being strong, uniform, absolutely sure fire and thoroughly reliable. The season is on— order PETERS SHELLS NOW THE PETERS CARTRIDGE COMPANY, CINCINNATI, 0. tfcxv York: 98 CluimberH St.. T. H. Keller, Mgr. San Francisco: 60S-C12 Howard St.. J. S. French, Hgr. New Orleans: 321 Magazine St., J. W. Osborne, Mgr. |««^«ewe^xvww^x\v\vsJSJS3(»s«^^ The sheep show at Sydney, Austra- lia, is locally claimed to be the great- est on earth. It is entirely a sheep show, founded during the days of the fireat sheep kings. With the advent of the smaller flock owners, competi- tion is even keener than in the old clays. The strong interest in sheep is attended by the fact that no other attraction than the great exhibition of sheep is needed to make this event an annual success. Judging is done by a committee of six and they decide the championships by independent votes. This year the vote was unani- mous for both the ram and ewe cham- pionship. Mexico is facing a corn famine, ac- cording to current reports. Unless the import duty is lifted great suffering will result because of lhe crop short- age there this season. The recent frcsl, which worked injury to the crop estimated at millions, is the culmina- tion of a series of disasters to farmers of the republic, included in the list being copious rains in some places and dry seasons in others and cyclones which have swept away a great por- tion of the crop in the central district. In former famines the government has been forced to lift the duty on im- ported corn. The warm early fall rains we have been having and the present delightful balmy sunny weather is bringing up the green feed all over the fields and pastures and theieby supplying abundant fall grazing for stock, which is greatly appreciated and thankfully welcomed by the farmers and stock raisers. The dairymen on the Coast are especially elated as it means an increase in their products, richer cream and consequently more but- ter. The high prices that generally pre- vail prior to and during the holiday sea- son will be somewhat kept in check and all — the very poor as well as the well-to- do — will be able to have and enjoy their share of the dairy products that have been so greatly increased by the early rains, freely given from God's unfailing supply. o A national bison range is to be es- tablished on the Flathead Indian res- ervation in Montana in accordance with an appropriation of ?40,00 by the last congress for that purpose. This money is to be used for land and fenc- ing. A fund of $10,000 has been raised by the American Bison Society to pur- chase bison to stock this range and thus preserve representatives of the former denizens of the West. THE HOLIDAY COMBINATION SALE To be held at our pavilion MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20TH Offers a good chance to sell your horses. There is a good demand now. Entries close Monday, December 6th for the catalogue. Write us immediately what you have to sell. FRED H. CHASE & CO., 478 Valencia St., San Francisco The First National Bank Corner Post and Montgomery Streets Complete Banking Service I. The First National Bank fully equipped for commercial business. II. First Federal Trust Company, associated with the First National Bank, pays interest on deposits, and takes entire charge of property, real and personal. III. Armor Plate Safe Deposit Vaults, the highest type of security, guarantee absolute protection for valuables. Inspection Invited New Edition of John Splan's Book "Life With the Trotter" Price, $3.00, Postpaid. " Life With the Trotcer gives ua a clear insight into the ways and meana to be adopted to increase pact , and preserve it when obtained. This work is replete with interest, and should be read by all sections of society, as it inculcates the doctrines of kindness to the horse from start to finish. Address. Breeder and Sportsman I'. O. Drawer 447, San Francisco. Cal. Pacific Bide., Cor. Market and Fourth Sts. HE FIGHT ON CANNQNISM SUCCESS MAGAZINE A Great Magazine Offer ■UgXiS?\£. \?s .€SM0P SjrS^SXZg W. B. Eddy & Co., Whitehall. N.Y. Subscribe for the Breeder and Sportsman. 16 THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, November 20, 1909. JXXXXJSXXXXXXX31XXSXXJ«XXX3CXSX3^^ *XVtVV**VX*VVXX\!